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Any Naruto fan remembers the epic scene where Kakashi, the copy ninja faces off against Zabuza of the hidden mist and says that he will now use his "one and only original attack". He then precedes to unleash his "lightning blade" or Raikiri
For hundreds and hundreds of chapters, people have worshiped this amazing jutsu (which gave birth to many variations of the technique created by sasuke) under the guise that Kakashi created a true masterpiece. I myself was astounded by this jutsu seeing as I am an incredible Kakashi fan.
Unfortunately, (anyone not caught up in the manga through the 4th shinobi war and the kages vs kages fight please leave) we now know that this move isn't as original as we all once thought
When the third Raikage faces off against the allied shinobi forces, he uses an attack named something like the hell finger technique or something. Anyway, it involves him building up an enormous amount of lightning chakra in his hand, straightening his fingers, and spearing through an opponent. Knowing that the third Raikage was well before Kakashi's time, it is clear that the Raikage developed his move first.
I have to say though, there are some key differences between the moves.
1st) Kakashi uses enhanced speed to increase the power and piercing strength of his attack. Unlike the 4th raikage whos main attribute is his speed, the 3rd raikage was known for his rock-hard body (literally). While i wouldn't call him slow, I wouldn't put him at levels even close to his son, and think that he probably is less fast than kakashi (who along with sasuke had to attain speeds greater than rock lee in the chunin saga just to use his jutsu).
2nd) Raikiri has something special about it that seperates it even from chidori. When sasuke first used his chidori, it was simply a mass of lightning in his hand. Kakashi's full fledged raikiri was super concentrated in a small pointed ''blade'' enveloping kakashi's hand. I believe a crucial difference between lightning blade and the ''hell finger thunder punch" or whatever is that kakashi has his lightning much more concentrated. Think about it, the people of the hidden cloud seem to be able to use lightning like is the air they're breathing. there isn't a while hell of a lot of chakra consumption. Kakashi seems to get tired after a few uses of lightning blade. Its clear that kakashi's lightning takes a lot out of him, so rather than using lightning in bulk, he puts a small amount of it where it counts.
All this taken into consideration, obviously the raikage's rendition is more powerful (seeing as he could use it to take out several shinobi) but we do not even know if he could do this attack multiple times under non-edo circumstances. I guess we can call raikiri the 'economical' alternative that kakashi created for himself.
Thats about all i have to say comparing kakashi's lightning cutter to the raikiri's attack, but there are some few odds and ends i'd like to contemplate: Would kakashi's attack become stronger if he only used one finger like the raikage? Also, was the war in which A and B fought minato the same war that kakashi had fought in? Because by the time the war started, 12 year old kakashi had ALREADY developed his attack. I doubt that he saw the raikage use his version, so i'm not saying that he cheated, but we know that (based on how A and B look and minato look) the raikage perhaps didn't die for at least a couple years. Is it possible that he saw/heard of kakashi using the attack during the war and created his alternative shortly before his death? Then again, he used the attack against the 8 tails BEFORE Bee was his jinchuriki, so i guess that would pre-date kakashi (is Bee older than kakashi?). Too many questions too little time. If you guys have any light to shed on this, i'd love to hear it.


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While the blockbuster deal that's amped to put Windows
Phone 7 on all Nokia smartphones --essentially phasing out Symbian and making
WP7 the world's second-most popular mobile OS in its place -- is supposed to
benefit both parties involved, it has thus far been met with mixed reaction.
The day
the deal was announced Nokia's shares dropped 14 percent, and a number
of employees -- many on the beleaguered Symbian side -- used the company's flextime
program to go home early.
Then, at
the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona over the past weekend, Nokia CEO
Stephen Elop was forced to go on the defensive, Business Insider reports, after an audience member asked if he
was a Trojan horse.
obvious answer is no," Elop replied. "We made sure that the entire
management team was involved in the process, and of course the board of
directors of Nokia are the only ones that can make this significant of a
decision about Nokia. They made that final decision on Thursday night."
question was an obvious reference to Elop's past at Microsoft, where he was an
executive for two years before taking the top spot at Nokia. To some, it may
seem a little strange that Nokia would make such a partnership with Microsoft,
particularly after its 10-year investment into Symbian.
Elop also
had to defend his shares of Microsoft stock, which Business Insider reports
to be approximately 130,000 shares worth nearly $3.18 million.
theorists received additional ammunition Friday, when Nokia announced Chris Weber as its new president
of Nokia Inc. (US) and head of the North American market after current
president, Mark Louison, "decided to leave Nokia and pursue new career
opportunities." Weber spent 16 years at Microsoft, where he held executive
positions as high as corporate vice president.
solid details of the agreement between the two companies have not been
released, news surfaced over the weekend that sheds light on just how big the
deal is. According to Computer World, while
showing a slide that portrayed Microsoft's investments flowing in Nokia's
direction, Elop said, "the value transferred to Nokia is measured in Bs
not Ms." Meaning, Microsoft pay-out to Nokia in the deal would be in the
billions, not millions, of dollars. No additional details were given, like over
how many years the investments would take place.
We also
learned that Google was actively pursuing Nokia in what could have been a
similar deal, but Microsoft won out, according to Elop. "If you
combine the current market share of Android with the market share that Nokia
could deliver to Android over the next couple of years, it's a very large
number. One could believe the mobile industry thereafter would be some form of
duopoly," Elop said. The decision to go with Microsoft over Google was
made to change the dynamic and make it "a three-horse race," as Elop
said. Presumably, the multi-billion-dollar investment doesn't hurt, either.
As for
availability, a top executive told Computer World that the
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The 111-year-old building at the corner of Ocean and Bay streets known to most as the Jaguars building for its murals of the big cats in its boarded up windows was designated a city landmark on Tuesday by the Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission.
The action was opposed by the family that owns the Bostwick building because they face a $100-per-day fine for its deteriorated condition, but are prevented from tearing it down. The designation must be formalized by a vote of City Council.
SLIDESHOW: Inside the Bostwick building
The Bostwick family, which has owned the building for more than a century, has been trying to find an owner. They are asking $325,000, but Van Bostwick estimates it would cost more than $1 million to renovate the building and bring it up to code.
"There are a number of problems with it. There's a structural problem with the building, and, of course, we've got the ongoing fine," Bostwick told Channel 4's Jason Law last week.
A request for a demolition permit was denied.
Jacksonville's historic planner, Joel McEachin, admits Bostwick is in a tough spot as the fines add up on the building that could became a historic landmark.
"He's doing what he can do, and that's seek the City Council to overturn the committee's action," McEachin said. "I do know this attention the building has received in the last couple of weeks has brought people out who may be interested in doing something with it."
While Emily Lisska, of the Jacksonville Historical Society, says landmark designation does not make it impossible for the building to be taken down if the owners can prove it is a hazard, it does offer one level of protection for the building.
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CN and AMT began negotiating last spring on the possible sale of the electrified Deux-Montagnes Line, including the Mount Royal tunnel. AMT's ownership of the right-of-way will facilitate adding passenger service on the line, AMT's busiest, and also reduce potential scheduling conflicts with CN freight trains.
The 18.6-mile, 12-station route carries 45% of the agency's annual ridership. Opened in 1918 by CN predecessor Canadian Northern Railway, the Deux-Montagnes Line extends northward from downtown's Central Station (also VIA's terminal station in Montreal).
AMT has been leasing the line from CN, which operates freights over a portion of the line during two windows: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., and 8:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. With AMT as owner, its trains would have priority between 5:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.


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Hairopoulos: Aggies no match for physical Gators
Florida clamps down on defense, holding Turner to four points
COLLEGE STATION — No. 10 Florida smacked Texas A&M, 68-47, on Thursday evening at Reed Arena, unceremoniously halting the Aggies' previously rosy start in the SEC.
A&M (12-4, 2-1 SEC) was riding a 2-0 conference record, including a win Saturday at Kentucky, and playing in front of its best home crowd (11,046) of the season. But Florida (13-2, 3-0) used spirited defense to hold A&M to its season scoring low and shot 50 percent with a balanced offense. While overwhelming the Aggies, the Gators displayed what some of the best of A&M's new league has to offer.
"We lost to a very good team," A&M coach Billy Kennedy said. "They were more physical than us at every position. They're very hard to guard. Their maturity and toughness was evident."
Florida's Mike Rosario led all scorers with 19 points, Patric Young had 18 and Erik Murphy scored 16. Freshman guard Alex Caruso led A&M with 12 points. Freshman guard J'Mychal Reese, the only other Aggie to reach double figures, had 10.
The notable name missing is Elston Turner, A&M's senior guard who poured in 40 points in the win at Kentucky. Florida held him to four points on 1-of-10 shooting, including 0-4 from 3-point range. Turner entered the game averaging 17.1 points and had scored in double digits in each game this season. A&M doesn't have another consistent offensive threat.
"Elston's had nights like that this year," Kennedy said. "They were aware of where he was. They knew every set, they were prepared and physically they wore him down."
Florida coach Billy Donovan credited the defense of Scottie Wilbekin, with Wilbekin fighting through screens to stay on Turner, then getting help from post players if Turner put the ball on the floor.
Florida's team defense excelled — holding the Aggies to 34 percent shooting and just 17 field goals. A&M became the Gators' eighth opponent this season to fall short of 50 points.
Caruso said A&M's legs "got a little heavy" during the first-half run by Florida that put the game away. Kennedy said A&M's lack of depth affected the Aggies, but they'll need to get more physical.
They likely felt worn out by halftime, considering how Florida ended the first half.
A&M led 14-13 after a dunk by Kourtney Roberson when Florida went on a 22-4 run, taking a 35-18 lead. The Gators scored at will and harassed A&M on the other end, scoring the final 14 points of the half.
By then, it seemed the last cheers of the night for Aggie fans would be for the football team, which was honored for its 11-2 breakout season.
A smattering of Florida fans at Reed would make their presence known a couple times — shouting "Tim Tebow!" while A&M shot free throws. How very SEC.
A&M faces a quick turnaround, playing Saturday at Alabama, with the team traveling Friday.
"I'm disappointed for the crowd," Kennedy said. "Our fans came out and supported us, and I wish we could've given them a better effort."
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No. 10 FLORIDA 68, TEXAS A&M 47
FLORIDA (13-2) — Boynton 2-6 0-0 5, Rosario 7-15 1-2 19, Young 7-9 4-5 18, Wilbekin 2-8 2-2 6, Murphy 6-10 2-2 16, Kurtz 0-0 0-0 0, Ogbueze 0-0 0-0 0, Graham 0-1 0-0 0, Yeguete 1-1 0-0 2, Frazier II 0-0 0-0 0, Walker 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 25-50 11-13 68.
TEXAS A&M (12-4) — Reese 4-10 0-0 10, Harris 1-3 0-0 2, E. Turner 1-10 2-2 4, Roberson 2-5 2-2 6, R. Turner 4-9 0-0 8, Young 1-4 3-4 5, Green 0-0 0-0 0, Caruso 4-9 3-4 12, Jolly 0-0 0-0 0, Jahns 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 17-50 10-14 47.
Halftime — Florida 35-18. Three-point Goals — Florida 7-20 (Rosario 4-7, Murphy 2-5, Boynton 1-5, Graham 0-1, Wilbekin 0-2), Texas A&M 3-10 (Reese 2-3, Caruso 1-3, E. Turner 0-4). Fouled Out — None. Rebounds — Florida 28 (Murphy, Young 7), Texas A&M 33 (R. Turner 8). Assists — Florida 16 (Boynton 5), Texas A&M 9 (Caruso 3). Total Fouls — Florida 13, Texas A&M 14. A — 11,046.


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tyson needs to be an *******. he gets mauled all game and just complains to the refs instead of taking advantage of the refs not calling ****. ****ing hurt someone.
Antoni continues to run our young pg ragged. SMMFH
It's only the third guys, stop being so negative like we lost the game. We can go on a run anytime and our D in the 4th is strong.
Lin's body will be just as stiff as his uncle Bruce Lee's by the time the 4th quarter starts
If he's not gonna play baron today then he shouldn't play him tomorrow. What the fukc is the difference? We REALLY need a backup pg out there. Lin is mich better when he has his legs.
Superman just stepped into the booth..........uh-oh
Did you guys see STATs face there on the bench? ...what is wrong with him?
Anyone saw JR Smith left wide open but nobody passed it to him?
Hit the FT, Lin.


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After having found out, one day before we were due to leave, that our flight from Mexico City to Merida had been cancelled, we decided to reroute ourselves through the Puerto Escondido airport rather than drive all the way back down to Huatulco. Twelve hours and two flights later, we rolled up to the Casa de Cielo Grande in the Merida Centro neighbourhood of Santiago. Here we have a one bedroom casita (small house) at the back of a compound owned by two Canadians originally from Kelowna who enjoy their cervesas and make a mean bean dip.
The compound has a very nice kidney shaped pool and a lovely garden area, as well as five Chihuahua dogs, all of whom came racing and barking out to greet us (and do so every morning when we sit outside for our coffee). The little guy in the picture below next to my feet is very cute and very friendly; he loves his pats.
Who knew that May was the hottest month of the very hot year in Merida? May is just before the rainy season begins, when the temperature can soar upwards to 45 most days.
Afternoons here are blazing hot; about the only sensible thing to do is swim in the pool and lie inside under the air conditioner.
Since arriving Thursday night, we've walked down to the Main Plaza a couple of times, visited the Governor's Palace there to see the wonderful Pacheco murals depicting the results of the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish, the Main Cathedral, and today, the Lucas de Galvez market, the so-called "old market".
Lo Zocalo, the main plaza, is surrounded on all four sides by beautifully painted colonial buildings and arched arcades. Inside the square locals and the few tourists still about compete for shaded iron benches beneath the Indian Laurel trees, the ones in full sun being way too hot to serve as seats. Shoe shine guys ply their trade and tourist touts driven from Cancun by the lack of tourists try to get people to visit the many shops selling Mayan crafts and souvenirs.
One guy took us to the Mundo Maya, one of the more elaborate set-ups, where upstairs the gallery was illuminated especially for us so that we could see all the jewellery, carvings, and sculptures at their best.
One of the saleswomen showed us "live brooches", small wood bugs with fake jewels attached to their backs; these are collected as pets.
We managed to escape without buying any of their pricey stock, beautiful though it was. Walking back to the ranch, we stopped in at the small gallery/studio of Juan Pablo Bavio and purchased a signed reproduction of one of his Mayan-motif paintings. I felt a bit bad for him sitting in a screaming hot space with the sound of busy traffic constantly rumbling past his door. Unfortunately, his location is just a bit too far off the square to attract more than a few visitors a day.
The old market is enormous, with many acres of stalls and a dizzying array of stuff for sale,
from thousands of cheap shoes, to baby animals in tiny cages, to fresh fruits and vegetables, to fish, to meat, to you-name-it … We wandered around there for a couple of hours while I looked for some plastic flowers and paper products.
Compared with Puerto Escondido, Merida is an enormous city with the crowded busyness to match. The plaza has changed in feel since we were last here seven years ago; it's been cleaned up and the buses and combis are no longer allowed in its vicinity, with the result that fewer people are patronising its businesses. But a few blocks away from the zocalo, Mexican life hustles and bustles. Pounding music emanates from every second shop, competing with the jack hammers of construction projects, the traffic, and the shouting of merchants. After a few hours the noise was just too much for me, and, having decided to take the bus back, Ty and I made the mistake of jumping on one heading in the wrong direction, ending up paying our fare to go just three blocks before running to catch one headed the right way.
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There is another thread about a one-time valued vendor to this forum not meeting the OP's expectations. Oftentimes, a single bad experience does more harm than a dozen great ones do good for a company. That being the case, I want to make sure the GREAT service I received from Wakemakers is known!
Daze and I set up my ballast in July and it worked well, but not perfect as I had some indecision on where/how to use the directional Y valve. It took me some time on the lake to understand how I wanted the system to work and I tried a few other configurations to finally land on the one that I think will work best.
I called Tuesday and got Spencer on the phone (twice!) and he was again extremely helpful with evaluating what I had in mind and offering advice on how to optimize my system. We also confirmed what shipping method would get my stuff here by today (Friday) so I could hook it up tonight and have a great weekend on the water.
After he gave me the Moomba discount code (THANK YOU) I got my order placed online and rec'd my confirmation email. Unfortunately, on Wed I missed the email that said something on my order was backordered and my order wouldn't ship until Friday. Well, crap!
So, a quick call to Wakemakers and short conversation with Kyle let me know that there was only 1 item backordered. It was the little brick bag that really isn't essential to what I really want to get done with the ballast. I asked if they would ship the rest of my order and send the brick ground whenever it got in. Kyle said I was past their normal cutoff time for shipping that day, but that he would get it out the door to arrive today. Only issue, they wanted an extra $30 for shipping. Yeah, that ain't happening since I already laid out $60 for 3-day and it's not my deal that the brick was backordered.
The guys at Wakemakers TOTALLY understood my point! They knew that my weekend plans were about to get jacked and they stepped up big time by getting my order overnighted for delivery today and they took care of the incremental shipping cost.
For taking care of me & the Moomba Crew!
Glad to hear things like this about our local guys, I see these guys almost every week and can say i barley get to talk to them some days as they are constantly on the phone lol.
They are great guys and truly love the sport as much as we do, and this in turn makes them understand the pressure we feel when we need something right away.
Im luckly they are local but there wharehouse is no longer local, so i have to wait for shipping also, so i feel your pain man when you gotta wait lol.
Im glad you got taken care of, and hats off to you Drew for taking a minute to share your happy experience.Malo <--- Means--Evil or Mean One. This explains a lot.
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So glad to hear these guys have hung in there and gotten their crap together. Their problem was never that they don't care; it was they grew faster than they anticipated. I'm happy for 'em and glad we have them available.My Mom said I'm not allowed to get wet!
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My objective was/is to take care of everything off the 3 stock pumps and under 15 min. I first set up a T off the port pump to the 1,100 and 370 tube, left center as is and used starboard to fill the IBS. However, the wave really improves with some weight in the starboard side and I was throwing a tsunami over the side. That sucked. I was going to then use the directional Y to divert from the starboard bag to the IBS, but wasn't sure where to mount it. I wanted it so I could control from the drivers seat.
Finally the light bulb began to dim and I realized that my fill time would be dictated by the port side 1,100 and tube. That totals just about 1,500 and the math for the center 450 and 650 IBS is less than that. Duh!
The center vent line runs from under the floor in the bow to just behind where the horn is mounted. I installed the Y valve at this point so I can have the center full w/ no IBS. I am getting the 1 in check valve and a Y to tie the vent lines together for these.
I am taking an extra 1 in quick connect and filling the hole with epoxy to make a plug should I want to run ballast in the port side w/out the 370 tube.
I'm hoping to tie the brick into the port leg of the IBS and hide it in the space behind the observer's seat. Just a lil extra weight for the reg side.
gotta agree, my last order was smooth as can be,
called, got the Moomba owners discount, odered online, then called back and changed the color of the bags (my mistake) and received the order about a week later.Hey, Its Moomba time
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- Unearthed: George Zimmerman's MySpace Page
In a long, rambling "About Me" section of the site, Zimmerman, who would have been in his early 20s when the site was active, wrote that he missed his friends in Manassas, Va., where he grew up and went to high school. But there were things he said he didn't miss.
"I dont miss driving around scared to hit mexicans walkin on the side of the street, soft ass wanna be thugs messin with peoples cars when they aint around (what are you provin, that you can dent a car when no ones watchin) dont make you a man in my book," Zimmerman wrote. "Workin 96 hours to get a decent pay check, gettin knifes pulled on you by every mexican you run into!"
Zimmerman also used the account to celebrate some legal victories, including one against his ex-fiancee, who he referred to as his as his "ex hoe," and another in which he was accused of assaulting a law enforcement officer.
"Im still free!" he wrote on Aug. 24, 2005. "The ex hoe tried her hardest, but the judge saw through it! Big Mike, reppin the Dverse security makin me look a million bucks, broke her down! Thanks to everyone for checkin up on me!"
- Lippman Announces Pro Bono Requirement for Bar Admission
Starting next year, prospective lawyers must show that they have performed at least 50 hours of law-related pro bono service before being admitted to the New York state bar, Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman announced yesterday.
The chief judge said in his annual Law Day address at the Court of Appeals that the requirement would serve a two-fold purpose: It would address the large, unmet need for lawyers to represent the poor and it would inculcate in aspiring lawyers a career-long duty to serve the public.
"If pro bono is a core value of our profession, and it is—and if we aspire for all practicing attorneys to devote a meaningful portion of their time to public service, and they should—these ideals ought to be instilled from the start, when one first aspires to be a member of the profession," Lippman said to a crowd of judges, lawyers and legislators.
- A Historical Guide To Hipster Racism
nd as our friends at Bitch pointed out, it is also distressing, though not in the least surprising, that the words "hipster racism" are more palatable, resonant, and listenable when they come from the mouth of a white blogger. It's enough to make you get real low and start thinking terrible emo thoughts, like one white blogger is worth more than ten bloggers of colour.
And so! To keep the emo monster at bay and, as an ancient person who remembers all the way back to a long lost time when Racialicious was known as Mixed Media Watch, I decided to quietly slip out of retirement for a moment to revisit just a few of our landmark posts about hipster racism, so as to remind ourselves (and yes, to remind the internet) of all the brotherpucking hard work we have done, lo these many years.
- 'Scream' Still Echoes After More Than A Century
When I think of The Scream, it takes me back to the 1960s and the Vietnam War. The image was everywhere on T-shirts and posters; it seemed to be both a personal scream from the abyss and a symbol of that particular horror. Created in the 1890s, it seemed to portend two world wars and the Holocaust. Simon Shaw, head of Impressionist and Modern Art at Sotheby's in New York, says it's been a talisman in times of crisis that "crystallizes our fears and anxieties. In recent times, the financial crisis and the global turbulence, we have seen more and more use of The Scream since 2007 than ever before," he says.
Munch and other painters in the Expressionist movement wanted to express a new internal, psychological form of reality. Art historian and psychoanalyst Laurie Wilson says the image touches on something primitive within all of us, because we were all once young and helpless like the hairless creature in the picture, wordless and afraid. She says Munch managed to convey something all human beings have felt at some time: "I am overwhelmed. I am helpless. There is nothing I can do and when I try to convey it, in some way, whether I am screaming or expressing some of what nature is screaming at me, other people ignore it."
- Gender Disparity on Power Rules
A just released study by the Yale Law Women documents that class participation at Yale Law tends to be disproportionately male (H/T to Jeff and Lior Strahilevitz at Prawfblawg). Although the report offers prescriptive advice for Yale faculty and students on how to close the gap, it does not offer an empirically grounded explanation for why the gap exists in the first place. Coincidentally, I recently read another empirical study that appears to offer an answer.
In an article in the 2012 volume of Adminstrative Science Quarterly, Yale School of Management professor Victoria Brescoll (photo above) provides compelling evidence that different power rules apply to women than men. Brescoll's article, "Who Takes the Floor and Why: Gender, Power, and Volubility in Organizations," found that when women possess the same objective measures of power as men, they are reluctant to use that power to speak up (i.e., be voluble) in organizational settings.
- Senate Republicans Reject 'Genocide' to Describe Treatment of American Indians
It was 1:30 p.m. April 19 when I received a frantic phone call from Colorado State Senator Suzanne Williams, D-Aurora, who said she had less than 24 hours to resurrect the Recognition of the American Indian Genocide resolution of 2008.
By noon the next day, the original draft of the new 2012 American Indian Genocide resolution, SJR12-046, was dead on the senate floor, and what was left was a watered-down euphemism that still reeks of sugarcoating and naiveté.
What was contentious to the republican state senators was the use of the word "genocide." The bevy of right-leaning Reagan fans had nothing but acrimonious things to say about American Indians, including myself, who assert that genocide was inflicted upon the first peoples of this continent.
And the most boisterous polemic of the bunch that day was republican State Senator Ellen Roberts of District 6.
Her argument, which she repeatedly reiterated at the podium, was that she didn't feel the death of millions of American Indians since Columbus qualified as genocide because American Indians are not extinct.
"When I look up the word 'exterminate' it is to destroy totally," she argued. "And my problem with this resolution is I thank God that we have not destroyed totally the Native American people. And one of my challenges … is (the) wording; that is as if they are extinct, because they are not."


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Pick a Tigers fan for All-Star honor
MLB, People Magazine recognizing community service
By Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
Fans are invited to vote in the All-Stars Among Us campaign, a presentation of People Magazine and Major League Baseball, for the 30 winners from June 8-24. One winner will be chosen as a representative of every club, and all 30 will be honored Busch Stadium in St. Louis for the July 14 All-Star Game. One club representative also will be featured in People Magazine.
Here are the finalists for the Detroit Tigers:
Kathleen Brooks: The Sterling Heights, Mich., resident actively recruits bone marrow donors for the Be The Match Registry and as the coordinator for the Southeast Michigan District of the United States Postal Service, Kate has secured more than 1,000 potential donors under the USPS Delivering the Gift of Life Campaign.
Lynne Hughes: The Rockville, Va., resident lost both of her parents by age 14 so she founded the Comfort Zone Camp to give children who have lost parents a place to grieve and heal with others in the same situation. To date, the camp has helped more than 2,000 children over the last 10 years.
Christina Lovgren: The Milford, Mich., resident manages the Livingston County Senior Nutritional Program, better known as Meals on Wheels, providing homebound seniors with a hot balanced meal every day.
Meanwhile, vote for your favorite players with the 2009 All-Star Game Sprint Online Ballot at MLB.com and all 30 sites, and look for Walt Disney Pictures G-Force All-Star Game ballots at Major League and Minor League ballparks.
The 80th Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and Sportsnet HD and televised around the world by Major League Baseball International, with pregame ceremonies beginning at 8 p.m. ET. ESPN Radio will provide exclusive national radio coverage, while MLB.com will provide extensive online coverage.
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The state of legislative affairs both on the state and federal level were the topic of conversation Friday, March 30, during the 2012 Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce's Legislative Breakfast.
Participating in this year's event was U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney, along with state Sens. Vincent Sheheen and Greg Gregory, state Rep. Deborah Long and South Carolina Chamber of Commerce President Otis Rawl.
Staff Reports
Calls to The Lancaster News on Thursday morning about layoffs at AkzoNobel Coatings Inc. were not confirmed by the local company Thursday afternoon.
Dianne Thompson, human resource manager for AkzoNobel in Lancaster, said she had no comment.
"I am not at liberty to discuss our corporate's internal business," Thompson said.
The headquarters of AkzoNobel, a paint and film plastics specialty company that produces coatings used in automobiles, marine products, furniture and architectural signs, is at 1872 S.C. 9 Bypass West.
Jesef Williams
The availability of beer and wine was debated during the consideration of a property rezoning at the Tuesday, March 27, City Council meeting.
Council voted 5-1 to pass final reading to rezone land at 1040 W. Meeting St. from MHP (manufactured home park) to B-2 (neighborhood commercial).
The property, which has been used commercially in the past, is now vacant and is being proposed for use as a convenience store.
Christopher Sardelli
Whether it's upgrading water lines or widening roads, residents will have a chance to discuss which proposed county projects have the highest priority at Lancaster Countay Council's Monday meeting.
Jesef Williams
A few thousand dollars are being saved in the continued efforts to revitalize the Brooklyn Avenue area.
At its Tuesday, March 27 meeting, City Council unanimously approved a change order pertaining to the sewer rehabilitation for phase II of that area's revitalization efforts.
The change decreases the amount of money spent after two sewer line segments were removed from the project, said City Administrator Helen Sowell.
A third man was arrested Friday in the murder of 23-year-old Jenika Jones.
Al Martinez Green, 19, 813 1/2 East Dunlap St., was arrested by Lancaster County sheriff's deputies and charged with murder, according to a sheriff's office press release. As of Friday morning, Green remained jailed at the Lancaster County Detention Center.
Two other men – Devatee Clinton, 24, 1911 Roseanna Lane and Wayne Blakeney, 20, 5987 Taxahaw Road – were arrested March 9 and both were also charged with murder.
Traumatic brain injuries can happen at any time to anyone at any age.
To raise awareness of the impact these injuries can have, March was designated as National Head Injury and Disabilities Month.
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a blow, jolt or bump to the head or penetrating head injury that disrupts normal brain function.
Joyce Davis, executive director of the Brain Injury Association of South Carolina, said TBIs are the No. 1 cause of death for people ages 1 to 44 in South Carolina.
GASTONIA, N.C. – The owner of a Panhandle business is out on bond as he awaits trial for a December shooting that took place in North Carolina.
Timothy Lewis Sisk, 42, of Gastonia, N.C., has been charged with attempted first-degree murder. The Lancaster News recently learned of the charge.
Sisk owns The Magic Pipe store in Indian Land.
Authorities say Sisk shot Bryan Michael Kratz in the face with a .25-caliber handgun outside a bar in Lowell, N.C., on Dec. 13, 2011. Lowell is about 5 miles from Gastonia.
Two Lancaster County men were hospitalized after sustaining injuries in a one-vehicle crash Wednesday night, March 28.
Doug A. Fells, 29, of Kershaw was driving a 1988 Ford Mustang with Christopher Adam Hunter, 32, of Lancaster as the front-seat passenger, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.
Fells was traveling north on Farmbrook Road at 8:40 p.m. when he came upon a right-hand curve. The car ran off the right side of the road and collided with a tree, said Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Billy Elder.
Police are searching for an armed man who stole several items from a Lancaster pharmacy last weekend.
Lancaster police officers responded to Walgreens, at 1101 Gillsbrook Road, shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday, March 24, about a robbery that just occurred, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.
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We all suspect that Sasuke needs a major power-up, if he wants to fight with Naruto, and doesn't want to be stomped.
Oro was commenting that it did bother him a little... Naruto's chakra.
I think Oro didn't mind it so much to be in Sasuke last time... perhaps.
Please... Don't let Sasuke's power-up be Oro, again. It would make the brat instantly number 1.
Oro(probably with Senju DNA, and possibly DSM)&edo's+ Sasuke EMS>>>>>Madara


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Quote: Here's a good question: Why has this thread been allowed to go on (and on and on and on and on) while so many others have been locked down so fast?
Quote: With a well defined system and strong governing body those not affiliated would not be TKD. This is impossible though unless ITF and WTF come together as one, determine the standards, monitor those standards, enforce the standards, and legally expel those clubs that do not live up to the minimum standards. The only way to pull this off is with a governing body that consist of both WTF, and ITF, so there is no question who governs and owns the TKD concept. With out involvement from both we end up with what we have now, two main entities fighting for recognition and dominance.
Quote: Keep in mind, when it comes to McDojangs, standards mean little, as if they are not applied locally, that is, in the school, then all the high standards don't amount to a hill of beans. For instance a certified ITF II can test up to half their rank. So a 4th dan can give up to a 2nd dan to their students based soley on their signature. Likewise a 6th Dan can do the same up to 3rd. The change takes place at 4th, where the ITF promotion committee rules take over.
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Maps as BooksSummer/Fall 2004
Maps as books? Am I suggesting that maps can be compared to books, be treated like books, and hold the status of books? Yes--more or less. Let me count the ways.
Maps and books are cousins in substance and in spirit. Rectilinear sheets of paper, made to be handled, opened flat for use, put away and stored, their essence is in the ink printed on their surface in a language intelligible to their audience.
Created by, and credited to, an authorial figure, they are physically produced by journeyman experts using complex technologies. As commercial products manufactured in numbers from dozens to thousands, they are sold in specialized venues and commonly stored in specialized collections organized for efficient retrieval.
They are subject to criticism, revision, re-publication, copying, obsolescence, and deterioration. If they become rare, they may be pursued avidly for private collections, display, or re-sale, generating traditions of connoisseurship and organizations of enthusiasts like the Zamorano Club and the California Map Society.
Bibliophiles and cartophiles have long relied on card files; now books and maps are both on a fast track to digitalization and a virtual existence in cyberspace. Their shared material heritage is de-materializing before our eyes.
The most important reason for thinking of maps as books is of course that they too can carry meaning from one mind to many, from one time to another, from one place to anywhere, revealing and binding their makers to their users. Maps, like books, are cultural products that deserve serious interdisciplinary study.
My attempt to raise our consciousness of maps by emphasizing their kinship with books admittedly rests on generalizations and takes no account of innumerable differences and special cases. The maps I have in mind, like the books, are those that have an historical character and a status definable as library-worthy. The Roy V. Boswell Collection for the History of Cartography in the Pollak Library exemplifies the ideal just as well as do the vast collections at the British Library, the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, or the University of Texas at Austin.
The Boswell Collection was created in 1971 by Ernest W. Toy, Cal State Fullerton's founding librarian, and Roy V. Boswell, a rare book and map dealer. They planned to provide the new university with a first-rate resource for scholarship and education in the rapidly developing interdisciplinary field of the history of cartography. The collection would consist of original early maps (made before the 20th century) representing important cartographers and themes in map-making, accompanied by supporting scholarly and reference works needed for their study. By 1985 the Collection had reached its projected size of just over 1,500 maps and 2,000 volumes. Upon Roy Boswell's retirement as its curator in 1987, the Collection was named for him. It has acquired a national reputation, has served twice as a venue for the California Map Society's semi-annual meetings, and has been the subject of three illustrated lectures for that organization.
The importance of the Collection may not be self-evident even in a university community--possibly even because the university promotes so very many other competing intellectual and practical activities. Those who have been involved in building, exhibiting, and studying the Boswell Collection have understandably been concerned to explain it. Most of us take it for granted that maps are intended to present as accurately as possible certain kinds of useful facts about our planet's surface. That is the European, though not the Asiatic, tradition of cartography. Inevitably, in portraying the physical world, maps also disclose the mental world of the cartographer. When his understanding of reality, or his purposes, are different from our own, his maps will seem strange to us and require explanation and interpretation. That is the task of historians of cartography, just as historians and critics of literature, philosophy, music, art, religion, or science seek to understand the cultural significance of each of these forms of thought.
Maps embody, synoptically, many components of the past: world views, geographic understanding, scientific knowledge, anthropological beliefs, artistic style, printing methods, publishing conventions, and commercial standards. Each map encapsulates to some degree a history of past maps leading up to itself, and each has its own history, from its publication to the present time. Each incorporates cumulative truths and errors as well as certain novelties. Each tells us not only what was known at a given time but also about that time's ignorance, misunderstandings, fears, hopes, and fantasies. Each, by its very existence tends to validate the ideas and images it presents, and carries a kind of authority—justifiable or not—because of its precision of line and technical nomenclature. Each is the work of an assertive expert working within a tradition—or modifying a tradition—who by reason of his reputation influences the ideas of an age.
Maps, like the literature contemporary with them, formulate explicit messages but also incorporate implicit aspects of their culture. Just as established methods of historical and literary criticism are needed to interpret books of the past, so early maps require analysis from the more recent discipline of the history of cartography if they are to reveal their significance. Maps hold a place in the history of civilization analogous to other forms of humanistic culture, and their study is an emerging multi-disciplinary endeavor that can make important and hitherto unrealized contributions to other fields of research.
Let's return, at long last, to my questions at the beginning. Maps can indeed be compared fruitfully to books in essential material respects. Maps are in fact treated like books as items of commerce, collecting, and connoisseurship. And, most important, maps hold the status of books as distinctive embodiments of cultural history and therefore worthy subjects of intensive, imaginative, scholarship. This is the sum of my argument for considering "maps as books."
The Boswell Collection's maps are themselves a part of history and will have to take their chances in the flux of time. But efforts have been made to promote their longevity. The fine paper they are printed on will probably remain chemically stable—as it has through one to five centuries—for hundreds more years. Each map is in an acid-free environment, protected by fixed temperature, limited light, and minimal handling. Never in their history have they been better treated. The digital photography and cataloging we are planning will help even more to assure that they survive intact into the remote future.
Albert R. Vogeler


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Lindsay Lohan Is Going to Trial
Manna from tabloid heaven: Lindsay Lohan is going to trial!
Today was the deadline for Lohan to take a plea bargain for the felony grand theft of a $2500 necklace—and, according to TMZ, she isn't taking it. Accordingly, the flaxen-haired kleptomaniac has been assigned a trial judge, the Honorable Judge Stephanie Sautner. Sautner's surprisingly telegenic past includes stints as an NYPD-SVU detective and a legal researcher for People's Court. (And, you know, being a judge for the last couple decades.)
Lohan's first pre-trial hearing is scheduled for April 22. Over-under on how many square inches of cleavage she shows: 15. [TMZ, NYPost, image via Getty]


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I happily mock the nonsense "Save Our Show" campaigns that try and save failed TV shows by tweeting, Facebook liking, online petitions, sending crap to a network and other such nonsense.
They do little more than waste time and money, and swamp the poor network's mail room staff.
On the flip side, the current Kickstarter campaign for a Veronica Mars movie allows fans to contribute to something that could actually produce results. Money.
The next time somebody suggests you tweet, sign an online petition, or mail something to network remind them about the money.


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This post is not of a very serious nature and maybe a bit long but its why I put it over here.
One commercial that I dislike even more than the yes, coach one (where Turkoglus talking on the phone with his disgusting mouth full of pizza or maybe I should say, on the phone with his mouth full of disgusting pizza) is where that sad and almost pathetic mid-level office-dude (you know hes an office-dude by day and the mid-level thing goes without saying) sneaks into the kitchen with the whole leather-and-Zorro-mask getup to scare his wife into what he thinks will be a little bit of fantasy role-play action and before he knows it, shes bashing him over the head with the iron skillet. Actually, as I typed that out, I laughed so never mind, maybe. But seeing dude get bashed over the head like that always leaves me shaking mine. At least they stopped playing the other one from the same company (and same ad firm) where the groom goes up to see his bride and surprises her and Dad having a private moment. Probably just me but I could never find anything at all amusing about that one, either. All in all, Id have to give the ad-campaign a thumbs down.
Vanilla Ice played at halftime? The Dufferin Mall gig mustve cancelled. Actually, the halftime gig is a step up, so maybe the comeback is moving along, as planned. (Lol.)
I notice that baseball announcers (the other sport I watch) pronounce Toronto (for the most part) the way most of us do (probably since theyve spent more time here, with the Blue-Jays playoffs back in the 90s and all), making the last t mostly silent. Toronno. Always sounded better to me and Ive half-convinced some who Ive discussed it with that its the proper pronunciation. (Lol.) (I made up a whole story on-the-spot once, that the original Native-Indian word Toronto, meaning meeting place which I think is true was properly pronounced with the last t, silent. Some bought it, some didnt. Its bs of course.) Anyway, basketball announcers always seem to fall all over themselves pronouncing that last t. Toe-RON-toe. Sounds ridiculous. Can somebody wise them up, please? That last t is mostly silent. Tell em the Native pronunciation thing. Or make up your own story.
So, I have three different Raptors T shirts: one from the VC era (navy with Toronto Raptors across the front Eastern Conference below that, with Dino w/ the ball above); one I bought when I was at the ACC for the last game of the 06/07 season (red, with Atlantic Division Champions and the Claw on it) and one I got at a game last year (grey, with a ball and the Claw). The last ones my favorite to wear out and about but lately, I noticed that the first one (navy) had a little mojo thing going on, as when I had it on during games, they seemed to win. So when I realized that, I hung it up (usually gets folded in the drawer when its not temporarily scattered), where I forgot about it for couple of games. Then, on the Friday night game against Milwaukee a couple of weeks ago (after losing two), I remembered that Id put it in the closet after the Dallas game (having worn it that Sunday and the Friday night game in New York, previous), so I ran (literally) to the bedroom closet to put it on and sure enough, the Raps won. I made a point to then, before each of the next four games, put it on and then after the game, hang it back up. So what happened Tuesday against Indiana? Well, as it happened, on Tuesday, the Missus got home before me and decided that shed take the laundry downstairs and for some reason, she went into my closet and grabbed whatever she thought needed to be washed. So when I went for it, it wasnt there (!!). Needless to say, I griped some about it (it was already in the washer) enough for her to call me an a-hole but after the game, I showed her that they lost and said, see? She called me something else, similar to the first one but in Italian this time, but it got me to wondering after I had it on last night for the big win against the Nets, if this is an unusual thing? It might be cause superstition is a bit silly (I do understand knock wood) but maybe not. So, does anyone else out there have a lucky T shirt or hat or whatever? Im just curious to know if there are others who make it a point to wear something or other for the very good reason that the Raps seem to win more often than not, when you do.
Thats all. Hope youre good.
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Discussion in 'Fan Productions' started by TK421, Dec 13, 2008.
Chris...to Dennis's defense...Lucy had it coming.
^^^No "floors" involved.
It makes him very endearing.
Hey, it's one of the few reasons I haven't written him off yet.
Very endearing my ass.
STATUS UPDATE: I spent an evening cataloging and organizing several hundred TOS sound effects into the project. Wee!
Bill Walker can attest as to how much "fun" he had recreating, re-recording ambient bridge sounds and chatter for our productions.
Actually, it was kinda fun. You don't realize how many variations there are in bridge ambience mixes until you listen to a whole bunch of them.
Are you using the existing TOS tracks?
Well I have tons of existing TOS tracks, far beyond those on the Star Trek Sound effects CD, so there are numerous "canned" bridge ambiences, like some from The Cage/Where No Man to a general 3rd Season bridge ambience. There's also quite a number of separated elements, so I could do some custom ambience if need be.
One thing I discovered upon listening to the audio for "Beauregard" from the Man Trap...if you slow it way down it appears it's just the sound of a seal or a sea lion that's been sped way up and played backwards and forwards.
Cool, I had no idea about Beauregard. I remember seeing a similar visual effect in Wolf 351 on The Outer Limits.
Back to the ambient bridge noises and chatter, I think folks will be very pleasantly surprised with our approach to it.
Got anything new to share with us, DS9Sega?
I'm holding DS9Sega incommunicado to work on Polaris this week.
Mmm! Mmmph! Mmph!
Rumors, lies and a politician's promises!
Dennis, i remembered your mention of this and decided to try this place. They didn't have one here in Dec. I just noticed one that opened here about a month ago near the Wal Mart where we live. About the same price, cooked on large flat hot surface and not char grilled over an open flame. Makes for a juicier burger. Liked the Cajun fries. Nice simple decor. Clean but crowded which makes me wonder if this is what you were alluding to? The music was a tad loud. I don't remember the last time I saw so many people working an assembly line behind a hamburger prep area.
Overall a okay place. Everything looked fresh as you would hope for. I liked the sacks of potatos stored right out in the dining area as part of the signiature diining atmosphere. Interesting touch.
What did you expect from someone who resides in the D.C. area?
As a certain Vulcan scientist would say, "Constant exposures to political shortsightedness and other unethical acts on the part of bureaucrats often result in a certain level of contamination."
That's what she said.
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Camby was quite versatile in his 20's, Chandler is freaking one-dimensional.
Defensively he's right up there with the best, but the guy got no offense, even on team USA he's by far the worst player on offense. To be precise, the only reason coach K selected him was to play defense on the Gasol brothers in the gold medal game, other than that he's totally useless for USA. K-Love and even Anthony Davis looked much much better at center.
Not saying Chandler is a bad player, but we definitely overpaid on him and Camby in his prime would be my starter.


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This is a true story. I have changed the names and a few details to protect the indentity of our operative who is embedded in a Catholic parish near you.
"I've known Amanda for almost 20 years. She's a church geek-- a Presbyterian pastor's kid. We met at a Catholic youth group.
"She IS the Christian that people claim the Catholic parishes are full of-- the one who has a deep, active life with Christ but is naturally reserved and humble so she doesn't talk about it. She is a private person, and goes out of her way not to offend. She is in church every Sunday. She's modest, generous, lives a life of service. She suffers from a chronic illness and never complains! - which is not actually funny, but it's funny that she fits the "secret disciple" stereotype to the letter (except for the Presbyterian part). She talks about her faith in context, stuff like how she feels about the new pastor, but not so much directly about lived relationship with God. It's just not her way. She is reserved in her worship as well. These are sit-still-in-the-pews folk and I think their choir knows more Latin than ours does.
So when I quoted Forming Intentional Disciples on Facebook- the part about how outspoken Catholics are considered "Protestant"-- of course she asked me what it all meant.
She was speechless. It took a long time to explain to her because it was too unbelievable. How is it Protestant to read the Bible? Do you mean, people really say, don't talk about Jesus like he is your "friend?" People really say, we can't all be Jesus? People really think it is prideful to talk about your relationship with God? You have been discouraged from talking about your experiences? In church, with people from your church?
I told her that there were Catholics who had deep or mystical experiences of God but felt compelled to keep quiet about them because it would be bragging, or elitist, to talk about experiences that other people hadn't had. Her reply was, "But you are supposed to share those experiences with people who have never had them, because that is how to bring them closer to God and help them know God. What if telling someone about it would make them interested in the Church, and you didn't tell them?" Hours later she was still bringing up the topic because of how shocked she was.
Just more proof that this is not even a cultural thing- it is a cultural Catholic thing. If my super-quiet, super-tolerant, very un-preachy, mainline Protestant friend, the one who asks for "good thoughts" instead of "prayers"-- if she thinks there is something abnormal about Catholic reticence to speak of relationship with Christ, then it's REALLY not my region vs. the Bible belt. Or happy clappy charismatic folks vs. serious believers. Or introverts vs. extroverts."
Yes. Amazon is finally admitting that they are out of stock of Forming Intentional Disciples (except for the Kindle option). The first printing has been sold out at OSV for almost two weeks - and we are all waiting for the second printing to arrive.
But - but I can tell our very special friends who have the good taste to actually read this blog - that we still have some copies in our office so you don't have to wait! Order from CSI and we'll ship the book to you on the next business day!
Although really big orders for 50 or more will probably have to wait until we get the next shipment in.
Last Lent, I went to Denver to see the exhibit of saint's relics called Treasures of the Church. Treasures is an evangelizing ministry of Fr. Carlos Martins of the Companions of the Cross, one of the new priestly communities that God has raised up.
The highlight of a Treasures of the Church exhibit is the chance to spend over an hour personally reverencing, praying before, and touching and even picking up hundreds of relics of saints both famous and obscure.
As I touched each relic, I asked each saint to pray for me and for the many needs in my own life and lives of others I was praying for. Of course, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Dominic and other favorites (St. Frances de Sales, Ignatius of Loyola, Teresa of Avila, etc.) loomed large but - although I am something of a saint maven - I encountered saints that I'd never heard of before.
I experienced a strong sense of peace, healing grace, and God's presence while revering the relics, especially the relic of the True Cross. I sensed rivers of Christ's redeeming grace flowing from the relic of the Cross. I felt very refreshed and strengthened by the time I left and carried a sense of God's presence away with me. And I am delighted to report that I received a huge answer to prayer a few days later!
I spoke to Fr. Carlos about the source of his relics and found him to be a theologically acute fountain of knowledge about the history and spirituality of relics and the documented history of each relic in his amazing collection of thousands.
The impact of extended exposure to saint's relics can be dramatic, even miraculous. Fr. Carlos told me of a young girl miraculously healed of a huge tumor and of a wheelchair bound man who walked again after reverencing the Relic of the True Cross at an exhibition.
Take a look. Attend an exhibit near you. Invite Fr. Carlos to your parish. It could be a powerful evangelical moment for your parish!
I had another conversation recently that opened a window on another pastoral reality: the number of highly committed, orthodox, and well catechized Catholic leaders who leave because they and their families are drowning without a supportive culture of discipleship at the local parish level.
As I wrote in chapter 12 of Forming Intentional Disciples:
" . . . what few people seem to understand is how debilitating spiritual isolation can be even for highly committed Catholics who are disciples. Many priests and lay leaders who are disciples and long to evangelize experience a devastating isolation. At least half of the leaders who attended one Making Disciples seminar a few years ago expressed profound loneliness. They were from twenty-two dioceses all over the United States and Australia. They told us over and over again how isolated they were back home and how incredibly healing it was to be able to talk to other Catholics who cared about the same things they cared about. Just as discouraging was the fact that five deeply committed, orthodox Catholics had spontaneously used the same ominous language while talking with me during the two weeks prior to the seminar: "If I left the Church…." The reason for their despair was always the same: the lack of a community of spiritual friends with whom they could walk the path of discipleship.
I know that the idea of leaving the Church because you are grieving the fellowship of other disciples can be utterly mystifying or seem whiny and self-indulgent. How could you leave the Eucharist? Much depends upon whether or not you have ever experienced being part of a group of intentional disciples who were actively supporting one another. If you have, it can be extraordinarily difficult to live without it, for even the most committed."
Last week I heard it again from a woman on staff at a very successful, orthodox, and well respected Newman ministry. Their highly committed, well catechized alumni - even their former staff - were struggling terrifically once they left college and entered the world of the ordinary parish. She even told me that her best friend had recently left the Church for the evangelical world.
This leader sounded like another friend whom I quote in my book:
"Friendships were key in Seattle. I want to be able to speak of what I truly hope for and the things that appear to thwart those hopes—and I could do that very easily in Seattle. People came to you for help and we did our best. It gave you a sense when you participated in something like that it was holy and this was what God wants us to be about.
Here I'm a father on my own with my wife and kids. So far, we've gotten by spiritually. God help us if we had a real crisis because there is nowhere to go here. I find that a hell of lot worse than not having insurance. I know what a true community "insurance" policy looks like and I know what it can provide. It feels like I'm bleeding. How can you accept this? How can you expect so little of God?"
Most adults will not and cannot spend their lives in campus environments. At some point, 98% of practicing Catholics in this country will find themselves left with one spiritual alternative for them and their families: the local parish. In the US, we have to grasp that the impact of our most dynamic and effective campus ministries will be blunted and sometimes even strangled by the reality of our actual lived parish culture - which is hardly ever one of intentional discipleship. The irony is that the more spiritually mature you are, the harder it is to endure - much less flourish - as a disciple without the support of a community of disciples. It is harder because now you know what is possible. It is harder because now you know what "Normal" is supposed to look like.
But it doesn't have to be this way. And it doesn't take that long to see real change begin. We know of parishes where really significant changes occurred in five years or less because parish leaders did these four things:
I. Break the silence!
Obviously, I can't lay this all out in a blog post. I spend 8 chapters of Forming Intentional Disciples on the four beginning steps above. Read the book. Join the conversation.
And now for news from the front lines of evangelization:
First the good news which starts with a bit of bad news:
I told the story of a lay parish leader in Forming Intentional Disciples, who had the stunning experience of having six unrelated adults come to her in a single month last year, all saying "I'm about to leave the Church for the Protestant world because I'm having these spiritual experiences and I can't find anyone in the parish to talk to about it".
Word had gotten out in the parish that you could talk to my friend about issues of relationship with God and so Catholics on the verge of leaving came to her – and she was able to talk four of the six into staying.
Since then, she has been a catalyst of discipleship in her parish and region and is currently writing the first draft of a simple mini-retreat/formation process that will help parishioners gain an understanding of pre-discipleship thresholds of conversion and how to have supportive spiritual conversation with other Catholics.
I got this e-mail from her yesterday:
Our anemic little RCIA program is suddenly inundated with folk:
Last year, we had 4 baptisms: 2 youth and 2 adults. We also had 2 youth and 2 adult who were baptized but uncatechized and one adult profession of faith. (Total: 9)
This year we have eleven youth, ages 7-19 preparing for baptism, and six youth who are baptized but uncatechized. We also have eight adults preparing for profession of faith, and already four unbaptized adult inquirers...(total: 29) Can we say explosion? We have families that walked away and are coming back...I start interviews with them next month. I look forward to hearing the stories.
Nationally, the number of people entering the Church through RCIA has dropped 35% since 2000. But the experience of pioneering evangelizers that we are working with around the country indicate that it doesn't take a herculean effort to reverse that trend. All it takes is a clear vision for making disciples and the willingness to make this possibility visible and easily accessible to the semi-practicing and marginal Catholics and non-Catholics who float in and out of our parishes in a regular basis and are quietly scanning the spiritual horizon for options.
We've heard these stories before. The same spiritual hunger that lures spiritual seekers out of the Church draws them back in when parishes begin to openly talk about relationship with God and following Jesus Christ. When parishes break the culture of silence, spiritual seekers in the community and outside the community begin to come to you.
The fastest and easiest way I know of to break the silence and begin the conversation is to do what dioceses, and parishes are doing around the country: buy quantities of Forming Intentional Disciples and download the Instrumentum Laboris from the Synod on the New Evangelization and read and discuss them together.
This is the conversation we desparately need to be having in this Year of Faith!
"I have doubts in whether I am truly evangelizing the good news. I have doubts to whether I am communicating well the beauty and the power of faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God, as Savior of the world.
Here again is the crux of my thoughts….have I had the personal encounter with the person of Jesus Christ?"
Every day, we begin again. Every day, we seek God's face anew. Read Father's whole essay. Your thoughts?
Katie Dawson, one of our long time collarators in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, is featured in an article in the Tiding about her role as Director of Evangelization for one of LA's five pastoral regions. It's a great article and gives you a good sense of some of the work that has been going on in LA over the past 4 years.
As the article points out, Katie's region has established four very exciting priorities which have since been adopted by the whole Archdiocese:
imagine a parish and/or diocese where the following was really happening!
—Seeking out and drawing in the unbelieving and the unchurched.—Fostering life-long discipleship and spiritual growth.—Discernment of spiritual gifts (charisms) and vocations.—Equipping and supporting extraordinary apostolates.
Read the whole piece for inspiration about what your parish, region, or diocese could be doing.
Good job, Katie!
Yes. Church of the Nativity is a Catholic parish in full communion with the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Archbishop Lori.
No. We've never worked there.
Church of the Nativity is a movement of growing disciples of Jesus Christ committed to loving God, loving others and making disciples. As Roman Catholics, we seek to honor our faith tradition by authentically and creatively presenting it in our community of North Baltimore, especially to Catholics who have become disconnected to the Church. We are thrilled you have visited us.
Faith: Nicene Creed
Mission: Love God. Love others. Make disciples.
Vision: Making Church matter by growing disciples among disconnected Catholics in North Baltimore and influencing churches to do the same elsewhere.
Strategy (They have a strategy?)
Currently one in three Catholics are no longer connected to the Catholic Church. Our strategy is to creatively reach out to disconnected Catholics in our North Baltimore community with a fresh and relevant presentation of the life-changing message of the Gospel to make fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.
RCIA is called Vantage Point, there is a "online campus", a director of missions, and "As a Church, we want insiders to reach outsiders." The pastor studied at the Gregorian Pontifical University in Rome, not (as you may wonder) at some evangelical school.
Check the Nativity website out. What do you think?
Linda Oppelt and I hung out one morning last month at our local Panera's while she interviewed me about the New Evangelization and my book, Forming Intentional Disciples, for our local Diocese of Colorado Springs Catholic newspaper. You can read the results here. Here's a snippet of a much longer conversation:
Even though the church has a beautiful theology of evangelization, there's very little existential connection for a lot of people. It's the gap between the lived experience of the faith in the average parish for the average person, and what our theology says. I can articulate the theology all day but they can't take it and go anywhere with it. There's no connection with their lived experience.
I stumbled across this great quote from Mother Teresa this morning:
"Jesus will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in his love than in your weakness. Only then, his hand will be free with you."
- Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
If this is true - and I suspect it is - it may be one explanation for the fact that relatively little fruit is manifested in our parishes. If only 60% of Catholics who-still-hold-onto-the-indentity believe in a personal God and only 48% are certain that you can have a relationship with a personal God, that has to be one of the big contributors to our communal tepidness and powerlessness.
As a thought experiment, I have sometimes attempted to imagine what isn't happening in our lives, our families, our parishes, and our world because we only foster (de facto) roughly 1 -2 % of the all vocations God is giving us and only about 2% of all the charism that God is giving us.
Our failure to make disciples has many unintended consequences. The vast majority of the vocations and charisms intended to emerge don't manifest because the living relationship with God from which vocations and charisms flow does not yet exist for the vast majority of Catholics. And the vacuum where a universal culture and practice of discerning God's call should be is one of those consequences.
What suffering, what tragedies could have been avoided, how many families have been destroyed or diminished and the hopes of million crushed, how many millions of saints have not risen up to transform and heal our world, how many people have despaired of God altogether because they longed for but have not seen the goodness of God in the land of the living?
How much of what God passionately desires to do through his people and his Church has not happened, because he insists upon doing it through our assent and cooperation and huge numbers of our people do not even know that personal relationship with God and discipleship exists as a possibility?
The earthly and eternal consequences of our failure to make disciples is almost impossible to exaggerate.
As I wrote in Forming Intentional Disciples:
"The Holy Spirit is planting charisms and vocations of amazing diveristy in the hearts of all his people. Like the graces of the sacraments, they are reall but they are not magic. . . .
In this area, we are not asking for too much; we are settling for too little. God is not asking us to call forth the gifts and vocations of a few people; he is aksing us to call forth the gifts and vocations of millions. Our problem is not that there is a shortage of vocations but that we do not have the support systems and leaderhsip in place to foster the vast majority of the vocations that God has given us.
Most fundamentally, when we fail to call our own to discipleship, we are unwittingly pushing away the vast majority of the vocations God has given us. . .
"The Church fulfills her mission when she guides every member of the faithful to discover and live his or her own vocation in freedom and to being it to fulfillment in charity.
. . . Indeed, God with his call reaches the call of each individual, and the Spirit, who abides deep within each disciple (df. I Jn 3:24) give himself to each Christian with different charisms and special signs. Each one, therefore, must be helped to embrace the gift entrusted to him as a completely unique person and to hear the words which the Spirit of God personally addresses to him"
Pastores Dabo Vobis, 40 (I Will Give You Shepherds, John Paul II)
When I was getting my undergraduate degree in Modern Middle Eastern history, Kuwait was widely regarded as an exceptionally tolerant Islamic country. Not any more.
The Vicariate of Northern Arabia, (Saudia Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait) which stunningly, is responsible for two million Catholics, is moving its HQ from Kuwait to Bahrain because of looming threats to religious freedom in Kuwait.
"In February, it was reported that a Kuwaiti parliamentarian was set to submit a draft law banning the construction of churches and non-Islamic places of worship in the Gulf state.
Kuwaiti Member of Parliament Osama Al-Munawer announced on Twitter he plans to submit a draft law calling for the removal of all churches in the country.
However, he later clarified that existing churches should remain but the construction of new non-Islamic places of worship should be banned.
In March, it was reported that the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia said it is "necessary to destroy all the churches of the region".
Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, Saudi Arabia's top cleric, made the comment in view of an age-old rule that only Islam can be practiced in the region."
Presumably, the "region" indicated is Saudia Arabia itself, although it is only the area around Mecca and Medina which is totally "off limits" to non-Muslims.
This is a Christian world unknown to most of us. According to the Atlas of Global Christianty, the 2010 populations of Kuwait and Bahrain were 10% and 9% Christian respectively. Even Saudi Arabia is nearly 5% Christian. The vast majority of Catholics in the Gulf are Asians there for work purposes. Many, especially domestic and construction workers, work under very difficult circumstances. Even in more tolerant Gulf countries, the choices of Christian services on weekends often amounts to 1) Catholic; 2) generic "Protestant" since the historic denominations have little meaning in such a setting and functional ecumenism is a matter of survival. I've had Christian friends who have lived in the Gulf for many years and have heard a lot of stories.
The Christians of the Persian Gulf are one face of the new Christian majority which is neither European or North American. Pray for them.
Here's a moving, beautifully written article by Anthony Shefter about his experience of mental illness and his Catholic faith. Anthony was part of the Institute's original trio of staff (including Fr. Michael Sweeney and I) back in Seattle.
It was during our first year that his illness began to manifest. This is a man who has lived faith, gratitude, and abandonment to God as has his family. If you come from a family or are in a family or have friends plagued with mental illness, this will resonate.
A few snippets:
"Whatever you call it, I'm crazy as a hoot owl on hormone therapy. When I am not on my meds, I take off in the middle of the night to go wander the streets; I listen to voices telling me to do things that are a really bad idea (like leave the restaurant without paying); I hallucinate; and sometimes I freeze up like the tin man in a rain storm, and stand stock still for an hour at a time. My most superlative exploit? Sliding under the back gate of the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, and then commanding God to set the prisoners free."
"My Catholic faith gets me through everything. I know that I am a human person who has value, despite consistently underperforming in almost every job I've had in the last 13 years, and there have been many. I am not a "mentally-ill person" or a "schizophrenic"; I am a human person who struggles with mental illness. My illness does not define me; my relationship with Jesus does. "
Read it all and pass it on to someone who might be encouraged. If you are encouraged, drop Anthony a line and let him know.
The Diocese of Lansing, Michigan just started a Year of Prayer, to coincide with and complement the Year of Faith. See http://www.dioceseoflansing.org/year_of_faith_year_of_prayer. This is the prayer the Bishop of Lansing has directed to be recited at every Mass in the diocese during this year:
Let us pray that every person within the Catholic Diocese of Lansing will come to know and love our Lord Jesus Christ in a personal way, grow in maturity as a disciple of Christ, become actively engaged in the full life of the Church, and joyfully utilize his or her gifts for building up the Kingdom of God and the salvation of souls.
A talk by Deacon Dan Foley introducing the Year of Prayer is here.
The Bishop of Lansing has also promulgated a pastoral letter: Go and Announce the Gospel of the Lord.
I have not yet had time to read it in detail, but I want to recommend it, and Deacon Foley's introductory talk, to anyone who would like to see what an attempt at a diocese-wide embrace of the New Evangelization can look like. I especially appreciate the pastoral wisdom that recognizes that any such effort must begin with sustained communal prayer.
Some excerpts:
Until we have encountered Jesus at a deep and personal level, at a heart level, our engagement in the life of his bride, the Church, will remain quite limited. … Jesus calls us his friends. Friendship is built on communicating with one another. Prayer is communicating and so we need to pray….
We also need to pray because the task ahead is daunting. In begging God's help, we acknowledge that what we cannot do ourselves can be accomplished by the grace of God.
So as we say at Mass, "Let us pray." As a diocese, let us join in a long Year of Prayer, starting on Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, and ending on Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. This time frame coincides with the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese of Lansing on Aug. 4, 1937, and the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the patroness of our diocese and our cathedral, dedicated on that date in 1913.
We also will join the universal Church which has been called to a Year of Faith by Pope Benedict XVI, beginning Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, and concluding on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. This period also includes the Ordinary Synod of Bishops in Rome during October 2012 (the 50th anniversary of the Opening of the Second Vatican Council) when the bishops will advise the Holy Father on the theme of the new evangelization.
… I invite all of our parishes, schools and agencies, our houses of consecrated men and women, and all families and individuals to pray that all of us in the Household of Faith will become friends with Jesus and a community of witnesses to the world.
Once upon a time in Rome, Fr. Michael Sweeney and I and our OP host were standing jammed upright in a Roman bus famous for its crowds and its pick-pockets. I had my purse firmly clapsed under my arm and my arms rigidly down at my side when our guide casually nodded his head toward a church that we were passing and said "Oh, and that's where St. Dominic raised the boy from the dead." "Wait!" I squealed inwardly as I desperately tried to turn my wedged body so that I could see what he was referring to but we had passed the spot by before I managed to extract myself.
Another tantalizing almost-brush with resurrection.
Bl Jordan of Saxony, who followed St. Dominic as Master of the Order, wrote a very sober account of the miracle which was witnessed by a number of intelligent Dominicans.
"It happened that, once while he was in Rome, a young man, related to the Lord Cardinal Stephen of Fossa Nuova, was riding recklessly down a steep hill and thrown from his horse. While he was being carried away, it was hard to tell whether he was still alive or dead. As the crowd which had gathered was displaying its grief with wails and lamentations, Master Dominic happened along with Brother Tancred, a good, fervant man and one prior in Rome; in fact, it was he who told me of this incident. Brother Tancred said to him, "Why do you hesitate? Why don't you call on the Lord? Where is your pity for your neighbor, your confidence in God?"
Stirred by these words and inflamed by the fire of his own ardent compassion, he ordered that the young man be brought to a nearby house. There he restored him to life by his prayers and personally led him out of the house in the sight of those who had gathered."
He had expired. That is what I heard from his parents, who lived in the Roman Campagna.)
Wow. A Dominican whose instinctive response to a fatal injury was "Why do you hesitate to pray for life? Where is your pity for your neighbor, your confidence in God?"
That should give us all a jolt on this feastday of St. Dominic. And encouragement to ask this famous intercessor to pray for us.
As Pope Benedict observed today:
"Blessed Jordan of Saxony (who died in 1237), his successor as head of the Order, thus writes: "During the day, no-one was more sociable than he…conversely at night, no one more diligent in keeping vigil in prayer. He devoted his days to others, but the night he gave to God "(P. Filippini, Domenico visto dai suoi contemporanei, Bologna 1982, p 133). In St. Dominic we can see an example of the harmonious integration of contemplation of the divine mysteries and apostolic activity. According to the testimonies of those closest to him, "he always spoke with God or of God."
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