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This post, truly, is kind of going to be a bunch of random ramblings. I've got a whole list of blog posts I could write, but now none of them seem fun to write at the time. I haven't blogged in forever, and I don't know why.
Maybe some of my responses *or excuses* are I'm too busy, I don't know what to write about, or I don't have any readers.
I'm not busy. I have plenty of time each night to write a post, and I have a whole list of posts to write. Maybe I just need to break it down, plan them out, and make them more interesting to myself. And, I do have readers *Hi family! And while we're at it, you know how you guys always say you want my writing to reach people? 99% of bloggers recommend Twitter and say it is the best social media platform to make your posts go viral...!*
It doesn't matter how many readers you have. Well, it kind of does to me, and I'm sure it would you too...but it doesn't change the fact that you might have a great blog with great content, and some people just can't find it that easily. *Ahem! TWITTER IS CALLING MY NAME!!* Or, maybe it just needs to be linked a few more places. Or, maybe you just need to find the right people. My point in saying this is get a Twitter - wait, no. My point in saying this is don't be discouraged if you don't have a lot of readers right away. Good things take time, and God has a plan for your blog. Don't stop writing EVER...just because you feel it's not being noticed. I don't know why I haven't blogged lately. I honestly think for me it's because I'm so sick of staring at that document I'm ready to light my computer on fire, and I'm gonna change that. Maybe I'll just trash the whole thing and start fresh. Do what works for you, but don't stop writing.
Nothing good in life comes with the blink of an eye. It takes work, and it takes patience. I've learned this a lot with my book. Keep having faith, keep blogging, and keep blogging. Your time will come. How do I know? Well that's easy.
The Jeremiah one is great, but I'm really starting to love this verse too. It's a reminder that yes, God does have plans for us, we need to be patient & trust Him. Keep blogging, maybe you can join Twitter at least, and put the definition of having faith to use.


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Dear Grumpy
Ardent fans of ChiBus know of our ongoing series to tap into the wisdom of second years and alumni. The star of our column is "Grumpy" Gerald Wockell, financial wiz, raconteur extraordinaire and reluctant second year. This week, we launched an "Ask Grumpy" session for students at Booth to get pressing questions answered anonymously. Here are Grumpy's responses to some of them:
Dear Grumpy,
I'm a second year and am looking to create a bucket list of all the things I need to do before leaving Booth. I have already prepared a 30 tab Excel of ideas for things to do at Booth, UChicago and the wider city. I've also been to every spring break's information session, have my tickets booked for a bunch of other trips and have a master list of people I need to grab coffee chats with before I leave, but I wanted to be sure to tap every source of information, no matter how disreputable or unreliable. So, do you have any suggestions?
Dear Nostalgic,
I certainly do. Let's start with courses. No Booth experience is complete without taking the "star" courses. I strongly recommend redoing the foundations with different professors. Yes, you've already covered the content before, but imagine the FOMO you'll have if you don't take that one Micro section that your batch bid 8000 points for. Moving on to food. You cannot, simply cannot, leave Chicago without fully experiencing one of its finest eateries. I suggest trying out EVERY SINGLE lunch option that Kovler has. This includes the candy, snack and dubious brussel sprouts options, no cheatsies. Yes, you'll probably put on 15 pounds and lose a ton of money but totes worth it for the memories when you're in your high paying job cashing that per diem and thinking back fondly to your broke student days. Outside Booth, the Museum of Damaged Mannequins is definitely worth a visit. There's a two hour wait most days, but what's that compared to the countless hours of family-friendly fun you can have looking at old damaged mannequins.
Dear Grumpy,
I'm in the throes of recruiting and have taken four heavy courses this quarter so I really don't have a lot of time for social activities. However, I think it's having a lasting negative effect on me. I still haven't made it to a single TNDC, I'm embarrassed to ask what an LPF is and am not a member of a single non-recruiting group. I met someone from my LEAD squad recently at Harper and they asked me if I was a second year! I'm worried I'm becoming one of the invisible 200. What should I do??
Dear Translucent,
Booth is all about finding the tradeoffs that are right for you. Fall is the hardest time of the year for most career tracks so it's okay to delay some of the fun for later. Having said that, what do you mean you haven't been to a single TNDC yet??? Are you sure you don't go to Kellogg? One night's fun never harmed anyone and the grades really don't matter.
Dear Grumpy,
I recently attended a recruiting event and met someone truly special. Our eyes connected when this person was handing me a brochure and we spoke for what seemed like hours on the work that company did and how I could fit in. I'm finding it hard to concentrate on everyday things but I'm worried reaching out would hurt my chances at the company which is one of my top targets. Do you think I should go for it?
Dear Love-struck,


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Sitting is the New Smoking
By Allyn Evans
"When did that happen?" I said out loud to my mirror as I looked at a new roll of something forming near my hips. I also had the thought: "Is my stomach sticking out more?"
It seemed to me that changes were happening more rapidly than they had in the past. Ahem, gravity tugging and the constant progression of time will do it every time. Sherlock, I think I got this one.
I am a mostly a regular exerciser, but in the last year, I have been living in a new place. This meant, I had walked away from a regular routine—inexpensive personal training classes and had not found an equivalent replacement. Months later, I noticed changes I didn't like. I didn't take much action. Guess what happened next? It got worse!
I eventually reached a defining point, especially with summer is fast approaching. I looked at my reflection in the mirror: "I gotta do something!"
As I said before, I was already doing something, but it was no longer enough. My new regimen consisted of walking and well, sort of jogging. I also took an aerial yoga class on Tuesday mornings, but I wasn't doing squats and strength training anymore.
What's a girl to do?
Not able to squeeze another drop out of my schedule and keep my sanity, I started thinking about things to do that wouldn't take more time. While watching a rerun of The Intern starring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway, I was reminded of something a good friend told me one night at dinner: "I've been sitting on a ball for 10 years?"
"What? What does that even mean?"
"Instead of using a chair at my desk, I sit on a ball. It's called a desk chair ball." He continued: "Really develops your core."
I did find it interesting, but at the time, I was more pleased with my core. Timing is everything, right? So, I am watching the movie and one of the characters says in passing while at work: "You know, sitting is the new smoking…"
READ the complete article in HERS Magazine's May/June issue!!
Allyn Evans is a published author, former newspaper columnist, former college lecturer and long-time workshop facilitator who has a BA in psychology and an MBA. She has teamed up with two MDs at Samvit Wellness www.samvitwellness.org who believe being vital and healthy involves the whole person—body, mind and emotions.


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Pashmina is the inheritance of the Himalayan people. Pashmina does not need a definition for it stands sufficiently to define itself. It is royally owned by the people around the Himalayan region.
Each pashmina is an outcome of dedication and zeal. It is the product of the supreme cashmere wool. Professional craftsmen are involved in weaving it. Women also are great contributors to the weaving of a cashmere pashmina. Pashminas get the vibrant and the out of the ordinary colour combinations from the dyeing process which is done in the running cold water of the Himalayas.
Do not let Ignorance Affect You
Pashmina has become a common term which is being used by the vendors. Every kind of stole or shawl is being sold in the name pashmina. Acrylic pashmina, silk pashmina, viscose pashmina, and wool pashmina are some of the types of shawls and stoles that are being sold under the regal name of pashmina but are really low-quality products.
Ignorant people are the ones who fall a prey to these fraudulent products.
When you are offered a pashmina scarf for 10 dollars, you become certain that you are dealing with a vendor who is deceiving you. Pashmina products are the heritage, the pride, and the dedicated outcome of the people of the Himalayan region.
What determines the price of a Pashmina?
There is a belief that pashminas are always costly. Let us know how true the assumption is.
The cost of the cashmere shawl depends on the quality of it. The thickness of the cashmere thread depends on the hair of the goat. It ranges approximately between 12 and 18 microns. The pashmina which is weaved using the hair that is obtained from the neck and the belly areas of a baby goat are the costliest of all pashminas.
The thickness ranges between 12 and 14 microns. This range of thickness of the hair is the softest and the thinnest and so it demands more dedication in the challenging process of weaving it. The hair from the belly of adult goats is thick which ranges between 14 and 18 microns are easy to be spun and hence are sold at a reasonable price.
The variable part of the pricing differs based on the shop it is sold and also the type of work done on it.
How to tell between a real pashmina and the fake?
Let us know to differentiate them
A real pashmina is extremely soft and defies the wrinkles.
An authentic pashmina can be effortlessly passed through a wedding ring. Such pure pashminas which pass through a wedding ring are called ring pashmina or water pashmina.
A genuine cashmere pashmina can be tested by getting few threads of it burnt. If it smells of sulphur and shrinks itself into small balls which get powdered later, then it is a real one. This is how any hair would react to flame and so it should be a real one.
A fake pashmina shawl burns quickly like a plastic without leaving any remains.
A true pashmina is hand loomed and is loosely weaved and the threads at the borders can be separated.
An actual pashmina is dull and does not shine.
The Blending of the Other Material on a Pashmina
A pashmina also comes blended with the other forms of threads like silk. The ratio of the blend determines the rate of the pashmina. The pashminas which are interwoven with silk threads give the glossy effect and are quite common today. The best part is that they give comparable warmness of the cashmere. The proportion of the silk determines the rate of a pashmina. The more the silk, the lesser is the rate of the pashmina. 1:1 of Cashmere and silk pashminas are very common. 7:3 of cashmere and silk pashminas give a good shiny finish, retaining the softness of the pashmina.


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Swine flu cases close Heights school until May 26
12 swine flu cases confirmed at Travis Elem.
Swine flu forced the closure Friday of a Houston elementary school where 12 students have been confirmed to have the virus, the state's largest outbreak in a single location.
Houston Independent School District administrators early Friday afternoon made the decision to close Travis Elementary School until May 26, hours after learning swine flu was one cause of the rampant illness that began spreading Wednesday.
Nearly 400 students stayed home Friday, many because they were ill and others because their parents didn't want them exposed.
"The most prudent thing to do was just to close the school," said HISD spokesman Norm Uhl.
Kathy Barton, spokeswoman for the city's health department, said she expects more of the Travis students will test positive for the virus, whose outbreak in Mexico caused considerable U.S. concern a few weeks ago but more recently seemed to be on the wane in Houston.
Barton said health officials will never know exactly how many Travis students had swine flu; many won't see a doctor, and some doctors will treat cases based on symptoms without taking a specimen to send to the city's laboratory.
The Heights-area school has 712 students.
Friday's 12 positive tests came from the first 13 samples sent to the lab.
Barton said she expects other viruses were also a cause of some of the illnesses at Travis. She said she wouldn't characterize all the illnesses as being swine flu.
"It's too early to draw any conclusions about what might have occurred at Travis to cause this explosion of infection," Barton said. "We will be looking for the answer to that."
Initially skeptical
Houston health officials first learned of the possible outbreak early Wednesday evening when Travis administrators told them 86 students, mostly third-graders, and some staff had stayed or been sent home with illnesses. Symptoms included fever and stomachaches.
By Thursday, the number of absent students had grown to 242, though a significant number weren't sick, just worried about catching what was going around.
Because the symptoms were wide-ranging and spread so quickly without a clear originating case, school and health officials were initially skeptical it was swine flu.
At least one Travis parent was unhappy a decision came only after swine flu tests came back positive Friday. Angela Casillas, whose daughter is sick, said she thinks officials waited too long to shut the school.
"I leave my daughter in their care, and I believed they provided the best possible care that a school can give," Casillas said. "Now, this situation makes me question that."
Earlier in the outbreak, following U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations, schools were closing at the likelihood of a single swine flu case, a policy that left about half a million Texas schoolchildren at home early last week.
On May 5, the CDC reversed course and said schools no longer needed to close because the illness caused by the virus was no more severe than seasonal flu.
The CDC said schools could close if an outbreak occurred, but for isolated cases the agency recommended students and staff with flu-like symptoms stay home for at least seven days.
3 days to finish testing
Barton said the health department has ruled out food poisoning as a cause of the illness, but she said seasonal flu and stomach bugs could be a factor.
She said the decision to close the school was HISD's, not the city's.
Two staff members have called in sick, HISD officials said. Two others missed work with sick children of their own.
The school year is slated to end May 28, but Uhl said he doesn't expect those students to have to make up lost time. Students will finish any remaining state tests in the final three days of the year, he said.
Friday afternoon, Travis students were taking the news in stride.
"I'm still being cautious," said Zoe Vastakis, a fourth-grade student who was taken home by her mother on Friday before HISD decided to close the school. "I'm eating the right foods, trying to wash my hands a lot."
The 12 swine flu cases brought the city of Houston's total to 35. The state has had 568 cases, including three deaths, the latest a 33-year-old Corpus Christi man who died May 6.


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BELMAR, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – One girl has died and another is on life support after being pulled from the waters off the Jersey Shore.
"We had a tough night in Belmar tonight," Mayor Matthew Doherty said.
The Coast Guard assisted Belmar authorities with a water rescue around 6:30 p.m. Thursday near Ocean and Ninth avenues.
The mayor said the elementary school aged girls were cousins and had no adult supervision. There were no lifeguards on duty.
"We usually start lifeguards the day after school ends. This tragedy happened the day before school ends," Doherty said.
The sunny day drew many to the beach, including one mother who witnessed the rescue of one of the girls.
"I saw someone being pulled out on a stretcher. Someone was doing CPR on that person," she told CBS2's Valerie Castro.
The mayor said it was police officers who rushed into the water to pull one of the girls out and medical teams rendered aid. But then they heard of a second victim.
"When they were wrapping up, we heard another call while on the beach that there was another person face down. At that time, we went back in, brought another girl out of the surf," Doherty said.
The tragedy has some calling for lifeguards on the beach every day earlier in the season, Castro reported.
"Someone is not alive right now because of this," the witness said.
At one point there were reports of a possible third victim, but the mayor said that's no longer the case.
Doherty also said there will be a discuss Thursday night with the chief of police as to whether lifeguards will be on the beach Friday.


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My rating: 5 of 5 stars
WOW. Such a satisfying 3rd book. So many unexpected twists, impressively complex and clever. I marvel at the mind who came up with this. Well done, great characters, highly recommend!
The Hickory Staff: The Eldarn Sequence Book 1 by Rob Scott
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
The cover made me pick this up from a friend's shelf.
It was a slow start. I was disoriented by the switch between worlds and even timeline for each chapter. I ended up ignoring non-Earth storylines until the inevitable merge. Easier to follow.
Some interesting elements, though I can see the complaints of other readers. Why is every woman stunningly beautiful, in danger of rape and yet whose grin can only be described as sexy? Why are they so eager to fall in love and have sex in filthy, public locations? This might be a little indulgent on teen boy geek fantasy.
Slow start and ends with a cliffhanger in the final epic battle which, now it seems will be just the beginning of a saga. I am curious to see how it plays out, so I might pick up the sequel. Would not recommend though, unless you're on vacation and it's all you've got to read.
To Hold the Bridge: Tales from the Old Kingdom and Beyond by Garth Nix
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Well, that's it for me. DNF. This is the second Nix book I've struggled through. Got about 75% done and just couldn't be bothered, even while on vacay.
All these short, unsatisfying stories about an MC with some self-doubt dilemma that they come to terms with by the end of a very short chapter. What's the point? Each setting was different, but it was the same story and did not give me any more thought or complexity to the universal question, "Am I worthy?" This book was not worth it.
Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters by John C. Maxwell
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
A man I deeply respect once told me to pay attention to the personal pronouns someone uses. Are they mostly talking about "I" or "my", or "we" and "our"?
Friends of mine think very highly of Maxwell. As this is my first encounter, I can only comment on the premise of this book, and I was left highly disappointed.
Such a great concept, and yet the narrative executed felt so self-lauding and vague. It was lazy. Every sentence had multiple "I"s, every example one of Maxwell's successes.
This topic could have been so much better communicated had it been backed up with external articles, research, content, and a variety of others' perspectives/stories.
As it stands, it reads as a charismatic salesman saying, "This is how you live the most productive meaningful life: be intentional, the why the who the what---and here, what better examples could you find than my own wildly successful life! See? It's so easy/not easy."
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was an eye-opening, instructional read. I did find Pollan's tangential philosophic musings a little repetitive--once the narrative strayed from story for fact I often skimmed. I get that he wanted the reader to process his thoughts with him... But it felt "telly" vs "showy".
Nevertheless, I have a fresh appreciation for grass, new caution for the food industry, and now am committed to eating local.
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Quiet Congressional Action Could Gut Clean Air Laws
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Health and environmental groups are speaking out about what they say are efforts by Congress behind closed doors to gut important public safeguards.
The Midnight Rule Relief Act, which passed the House last week, could eliminate with a single vote any rule finalized in the last several months of the Obama administration.
And the REINS Act could require the House of Representatives to approve any new regulations in order to take effect.
Former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Carol Browner explains the goal is to repeal hundreds of existing protections, including parts of the Clean Air Act.
"They're doing it in a way that's hard to follow," she states. "It's hard for the public to really see what's happening – and I think that's intentional, because people like clean air and clean water. They don't want those safeguards rolled back, even if Congress wants them rolled back."
Supporters argue the legislation would make it easier to dispense with regulations that some lawmakers believe are unnecessary, improving accountability and transparency.
However, Browner says the bills would affect critical public health laws that reduce carbon pollution from vehicles, oil and gas infrastructure, power plants and other sources.
According to the American Lung Association, pollution such as ozone and soot can threaten the health of children and seniors with asthma and other respiratory disease.
Deborah Brown, president of the American Lung Association of the Mid-Atlantic, says there are hundreds of thousands of West Virginians at risk from those pollutants.
"They're causing asthma attacks, cardio-vascular and respiratory harm, and premature death," she points out. "And so if we start removing these safeguards, we are going to possibly make a difference between life and death for these individuals."
Brower is also concerned about the nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the EPA, given his past attempts to overturn climate regulations. But she's hopeful he'll continue the work of past agency administrators, if confirmed.
"We all believed in the mission of the agency," she states. "We believed it was our job to protect the health of the American people, and I certainly hope Mr. Pruitt will find it within himself to share that."
Pruitt's confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is scheduled for next Wednesday.


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New Delhi: The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) 2017 for admission to medical colleges across the country will be considered as the first out of three available attempts for all the candidates, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) clarified.
"It has been clarified by Medical Council of India that the attempts made by candidates for AIPMT/NEET prior to 2017 should not be counted and accordingly appearance in NEET-2017 will be counted as the first attempt for all the candidates, irrespective of their previous attempts in AIPMT/NEET," CBSE stated in a statement.
The confusion mounted after CBSE released NEET 2017 notification, on Tuesday, saying that aspirants who had already given AIPMT and NEET 2016 over three times are ineligible to appear for NEET.
"All candidates who could not fill up the application form due to the condition of three attempts at AIPMT/NEET will now be able to fill up their application form," the CBSE said. This year admission to MBBS/BDS course in medical/ dental colleges, which operate with the approval of Medical Council of India/ Dental Council of India, will be made through NEET.
The registration process began on Tuesday, 30 January, and will go on until 1 March. The exam will be conducted in 10 different languages on 7 May. In its notification released, on Tuesday, the CBSE had put an upper age limit cap for the candidates to 25 years, however, five-year relaxation has been given to the reserved category candidates.
Ever since the notification released, students across the countries are protesting demanding roll back of the age-limit and three-attempts criteria. The board had also made Aadhaar Number compulsory to fill up the online application of NEET 2017 for the candidates of all states except Jammu and Kashmir, Assam and Meghalaya.
Minister of Human Resource and Development, Shri Praksh Javaedkar has announced on twitter regarding the same .
Read the notification issued by CBSE about NEET 2017
The students and their families and some silly teachers / Doctors specially who children are not up to the Mark always wants substandard system. For that matter even the corrupt MEDICAL COLLEGES also against for improvement in the HEALTHCARE and MEDICAL EDUCATION. According to me more than 50% of Indian Medical graduates are par below the standard. I think only 10% of the present Generation of Doctors are capable of passing exams like USMLE and PLAB. India has become a substandard factory of PRODUCING Qualified QUACKS in excess. Such ILLTRAINED Doctors are worse than Militants / Extremists. By their ignorance, incapability and being ILLTRAINED and Greedy can be the worst enemies of the society. Look at cost of treatment of late C M of Tamilnadu, the so called hi-tech / multi speciality hospital ripped more than 100 cores only to put her in the coffin. What a criminal waste of money , time and efforts , this is the true pictures of our country. The young man are made die live in front of the public in our Roads with out immediate assistance and care. And in pretext of humanity THE same corporate / hi tech/ multi speciality Hospitals make huge sums of money by selling these innocent victims vital Organs like Kidney, Liver, Heart, lungs etc. Some funny and Fancy Media\'s promote such things being in association with such Hospitals. If at all organ transplant To be done ,it should be Free of cost or by the Government Teaching Medical colleges / Defense Hospitals only. The Judiciary and GOVERNMENT should STOP the transplant racket by money minting corporate hospitals.


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Kaczyński shuffles the pack: The meaning and consequences of Poland's more moderate cabinet
A cabinet reshuffle suggests that the new prime minister is no puppet and indicates a new direction of travel at home and abroad – one with potentially great rewards for PiS, but also significant risks.
By Daniel Tilles with Stanley Bill
Poland's cabinet, which has remained almost unchanged in the two years since Law and Justice (PiS) returned to power, underwent a major reshuffle today, with a third of its ministers replaced. While all of the individual decisions had been rumoured, some for quite a long time, the scale of the overall change, and the decisive manner in which it transforms the nature of the government, still came as something of a shock.
Previously, Jarosław Kaczyński, the country's unofficial but de facto ruler, has carefully and successfully balanced the various factions within the ruling camp (which, as well as his own PiS party, includes the smaller Solidarna Polska and Porozumienie). But he has now granted clear dominance to the more moderate, business-friendly wing. Meanwhile, major figures associated with PiS's traditional national-conservative and religious base have been demoted or removed entirely.
Although the new team still contains some hardline figures, like Zbigniew Ziobro, the justice minister, and PiS loyalists, such as Mariusz Błaszczak, who moves from interior to defence, it very much bears the stamp of recently appointed prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, suggesting he will be a more powerful figure than his predecessor, Beata Szydło. She was widely regarded as prime minister in name only, with Kaczyński pulling the strings from behind the scenes. The PiS chairman will remain ultimately in charge, but has clearly given Morawiecki more control.
The reshuffle also gives greater prominence to figures associated with the deputy prime minister (and leader of Porozumienie) Jarosław Gowin, who has tried to push the government in a more business-friendly direction and has expressed disquiet at some of the more radical aspects of its agenda, such as judicial reform. The cabinet will likewise be more to the liking of the president, Andrzej Duda, who has been in a long-running dispute over control of the armed forces with the defence minister, Antoni Macierewicz, who has now been dismissed.
Smoothing relations in Europe, consolidating support at home
International coverage has presented the reshuffle as an attempt to curry favour with the European Union, and certainly this must have played a part. The replacement of Witold Waszczykowski, the gaffe-prone, spikey foreign minister, with Jacek Czaputowicz, an academic and civil servant who has operated away from the political front line, may help ease relations with European partners.
Similar thinking motivated the decision last month to install the urbane, multilingual former banker Morawiecki as head of the government in place of the more parochial and folksy Szydło, who never seemed comfortable in the international arena. The fact that Czaputowicz is a relatively unknown, technocratic figure suggests that Morawiecki himself, as well as Duda, will play a major role as figureheads of foreign policy.
The departure of the environment minister, Jan Szyszko, will also ease international relations. He made the controversial decision to increase logging in Białowieża forest, which has resulted in UNESCO threatening to rescind its status as a world heritage site and the European Commission launching legal proceedings that could result in huge fines for Poland. Szyszko, a climate-change sceptic and fan of coal, would also have been the chair of this year's UN climate summit in Katowice, a potentially embarrassing situation that will now be avoided.
However, today's reshaping of the cabinet is aimed primarily at a domestic audience, ahead of local elections this year and parliamentary ones in 2019. The intention is clearly to appeal to more moderate voters – the type who may otherwise favour for the centrist/liberal opposition (or not turn out at all) and for whom the religio-nationalist conservativism and conspiratorial rhetoric of the Szyszko-Macierewicz wing holds little appeal.
A change in tactics or strategy?
Yet major questions remain, in particular over the extent to which this represents merely a tactical switch ahead of those elections or a more fundamental strategic shift by Kaczyński.
An argument in favour of the former interpretation is that a very similar approach was adopted in 2015, when PiS won the presidency and an unprecedented parliamentary majority by downplaying its more radical rhetoric and aims and instead presenting a moderate face, helping it to appeal beyond its traditional and loyal base. The likes of Macierewicz and even Kaczyński himself took a back seat during that year's campaigns, which were fronted by the more conciliatory Duda and Szydło. Once PiS secured power, however, it reverted to a more confrontational approach and pursued the radical agenda of state overhaul that had long been Kaczyński's aim. It may now simply be switching, temporarily, back into election mode, hoping to repeat the trick.
Yet things could be different this time. Given that PiS has achieved its aim of securing greater influence over the judiciary, civil service, armed forces, state media and other key institutions, Kaczyński may have decided it can now shift to being a more traditional party, focusing on bread-and-butter economic and social issues while avoiding some of the domestic and international rancour it has provoked over the last two years.
The departure of Macierewicz is particularly significant in this regard. He has long been the promoter-in-chief of the conspiracy theory that the Smolensk plane crash which killed Kaczyński's brother, Lech, then the president, was a deliberate assassination. This became a central component of PiS's narrative regarding a shadowy 'post-communist' elite that, aided by foreign interests, controlled Polish politics, business and state institutions, preventing the country from becoming truly independent after 1989.
That narrative, while useful in opposition and the early stages of government, was always going to be harder to sustain the longer PiS was in power, especially once it had restructured and purged those institutions. Indeed, the increasingly farcical attempts of Macierewicz's Smolensk investigatory committee to produce evidence of wrongdoing have becoming something of an embarrassment, and are even having the opposite effect to that intended: surveys suggest that fewer Poles today believe in the idea of a deliberate attack than did two years ago.
Meanwhile, polling shows that PiS enjoys huge and growing support, with this popularity based not upon its overhaul of the state (which most Poles either oppose or are indifferent to), but on its successful management of the economy and its redistributive social policies. Morawiecki, as minister for finance and development, was a key architect of this success, and his appointment as premier, along with the new cabinet installed today, suggests that Kaczyński may have decided that economic nationalism, rather than the religio-cultural variety, is PiS's new winning formula.
The risk from the right
Whatever the case, today's reshuffle clearly represents a risk to Kaczyński. The party's traditional base, and the conservative media that give it a voice, were already sceptical of the decision to replace the popular Szydło with Morawiecki, who was not even a member of PiS when he joined the government two years ago. The decision now to remove national-conservative figureheads Szyszko and Macierewicz risks causing open unrest. The editor of conservative Gazeta Polska has already expressed his anger at the latter's departure, and late last year a social media campaign, #MuremZaMacierewicza (roughly: #StandBehindMacierewicz), was launched by his nationalist supporters.
Both those ministers were, moreover, closely associated with Father Tadeusz Rydzyk, who up until now has used his media and other resources to support the government (which since coming to power has directed generous state subsidies to his various business interests). Rydzyk, who weekly Wprost recently ranked third in its list of the most influential people in Poland, clearly has the ability to hurt PiS should he wish.
Kaczyński, however, is an experienced and wily political operator. He will have attempted to smooth out such concerns in advance behind the scenes. It was noteworthy that Morawiecki's first interview as prime minister was given to Rydzyk's TV station, in which the formerly moderate figure gave some uncharacteristically radical statements about, for example, his aim to 're-Christianise Europe'.
The PiS chairman may also be counting on the fact that, as during his moderate shift in 2015, PiS's more radical voters have no other party to turn to. However, if today's move was indeed part of a longer-term strategic shift, and if the likes of Macierewicz and Rydzyk are not kept on board, then there is clearly the danger of a new challenge from the right.


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Does Sharknado 2: The Second One Look Worse? Is That A Good Thing?
Remember Sharknado? Remember? No?
Ok, we'll catch you up. Sharknado was a minor blip on the pop culture radar around comic con last year. The outlandish title coupled with stunt casting and a heaping portion of internet chatter propelled the shark-sploitation film to higher heights than Asylum could have ever hoped for.
Now, only one year later, Asylum is about to release an aptly titled sequel. Sharknado 2: The Second One.
The new film looks to be as terrible and unabashedly campy as the initial installment. The only question remaining is, 'will people respond the same way?'
The official synopsis is:
They're sharks, they're scary. No one wants to get eaten. But I've been eaten! And I'm here to tell you it takes a lot more than that to take a good man down — a lot more than that to bring a New Yorker down!
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What is a Chemical Dependency Assessment?/
One of the most important first steps of overcoming alcoholism or drug addiction is determining which type of treatment will work best. The type of addiction treatment chosen will depend on a variety of factors, including the age and personality of the individual, how long they have been addicted, and their level of dependency on drugs or alcohol. A great tool for helping determine the best treatment type is a chemical dependency assessment.
What is Chemical Dependency?
Chemical dependency is when an individual is reliant on drugs or alcohol to go about their everyday life. The dependency becomes both mental and physical, and without getting a hold of the substance they are dependent on, the individual simply cannot function.
What is a Chemical Dependency Assessment?
A chemical dependency assessment is the first step used to determine the correct addiction treatment for an individual. Performed by a licensed alcohol and drug addiction counselor, the evaluation works to determine the level of dependency on a substance for an individual based on their drug and alcohol use. This multi-step process is performed at any qualified treatment center to determine the best course of action to treat the addiction, depending on the severity of their habit.
What are the Components of a Chemical Dependency Assessment?
A chemical dependency assessment consists of three separate steps, all performed by a licensed drug and alcohol counselor. Here are the three primary components of a chemical dependency assessment:
Background Information
The first step is asking the patient to fill out a form that features their background information, including their medical history. This step allows an addiction counselor to quickly understand the baseline of information needed to fully understand a patient's needs.
Personal Interview
Once all background information has been filled out, the next step is a personal interview between the patient and a drug and alcohol counselor. This in-person interview allows the counselor to thoroughly examine the patient's level of chemical dependency and risk factors. The counselor will ask questions that enable them to determine how much the patient's addiction controls the way they live their life, and how addiction negatively affects them.
During the interview, the counselor will also ask the patient to share any concerns about their addiction and skepticism about a full recovery. After the interview, the counselor will recommend the level of treatment that should work best for the patient, whether it be no treatment, outpatient treatment or inpatient treatment.
Chemical Dependency Assessment Follow-Up
After the interview, the counselor will mail the patient a follow-up letter, featuring all of the details of their chemical dependency assessment. The follow-up letter will also feature any and all treatment recommendations, drawing out a plan for recovery. If the patient so desires, the counselor can also send copies of the chemical dependency assessment to other people.
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GOP candidates for Congress hope to end earmarks
Tired of yelling at their televisions during the news, four men from Central Kentucky each hope to join Congress to block what they see as President Barack Obama's socialist, ruinously expensive agenda.
To get there they must face one another and two much-better-funded rivals in the May 18 Republican primary for the 6th Congressional District. The winner has to oust four-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Versailles, on Nov. 2.
Adding to the challenge, they're attempting to win with scant campaign funds and without promising to bring projects back from Washington if elected. In fact, they pledge to abolish federal funding for local projects, arguing that the national government already is trillions of dollars in debt.
"We'll be at political events and sometimes the local officials, like the magistrates, will sidle up to us and say 'Hey, if you win and go to Congress, we'd like to talk to you about some projects we want.' And I say, 'You must not understand what we're saying here. We're not going to be doing that,' " said candidate John Kemper III of Lexington.
Beating Chandler won't be hard because angry voters are hankering to dump career politicians, the candidates predicted. "My cat could beat Ben Chandler this year," said candidate Perry Wilson Barnes of Nicholasville.
The true battle is the Republican primary in two weeks, they said.
So far, much of the attention has gone to one candidate, Garland "Andy" Barr, a Lexington lawyer who served former Gov. Ernie Fletcher. Barr has most of the money — $411,659 as of March 31 — and support from local Republican Party leaders.
Another candidate, retired coal executive Mike Templeman of Frankfort, has raised $150,398, but mostly from his own pockets.
The remaining four GOP candidates tout their lack of money, official endorsements and political experience as proof of their authenticity.
If Barr is the nominee, Central Kentucky is blowing a rare opportunity to elect a citizen-legislator beholden to nobody and uninterested in climbing the political ladder, said candidate Matt Lockett of Nicholasville.
"He is the party establishment's chosen candidate," Lockett said. "We have to be careful who we send to Washington. It has to be a truly independent voice. Just changing the letter after our congressman's name from D to R isn't enough."
Perry Wilson Barnes
Barnes, 73, is the oldest candidate and the only one previously to seek office (the Nicholasville City Commission, unsuccessfully). He is a retired General Electric Co. calibration and maintenance specialist who operates a mail-order dance and exercise record business.
Barnes said he felt a religious calling to run for the House. Every day, he said, he grew more upset by Obama and the Democratic-led Congress as they broadened government power far beyond anything the Founding Fathers imagined in the 18th century.
He ticked through a list of recent legislation, including the cap-and-trade plan that Chandler voted for to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the stimulus spending package, and health care "reform" and financial services "reform" — he made air quotes around the word "reform" with his index fingers — that he said would pay for future Wall Street bailouts.
"A lot of this is just about expanding government, and it's obviously unconstitutional," Barnes said. "I would expect it to get struck down by the Supreme Court if it's not repealed first."
Barnes criticized Chandler for his costly foreign junkets to Australia and the Galapagos Islands, among other exotic destinations.
But he also takes a dim view of powerful Kentucky Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Rep. Hal Rogers of Somerset. Both men campaign on the billions of dollars in earmarked spending they divert to Kentucky.
Barnes and some of his neighbors have reopened a vacant storefront in downtown Nicholasville as the nonprofit Main Street Playhouse, now showing musical productions. Barnes said the theater does not take federal grants. Communities should support such projects themselves if they want them, he said.
"I'm not going to bring back wheelbarrows full of money or big styrofoam checks to present at these ceremonies. We need to keep our money here at home, not send it all to Washington and get some of it back to buy votes," Barnes said. "I can't imagine Hal Rogers getting along with that."
John Kemper III
Kemper. 46, is a big, brawny man, a walk-on linebacker for the University of Kentucky football team in the early 1980s.
He's a home builder and developer in Lexington who filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection a year ago with $4.1 million in assets and $4.9 million in debts. Kemper said the recession and failed land deals hurt him. Making no excuses, he said he's following a court-supervised, five-year repayment plan.
Kemper divides people into two categories, risk-takers and the fearful. He counts himself as a risk-taker. It's risk-takers who start businesses, create jobs and improve communities, and when they fall short, they assume responsibility, he said.
"I put my money where my mouth is, invested in myself and I paid the price," he said.
Like the three other less-funded GOP candidates, Kemper said his No. 1 issue is the exploding federal debt — currently $12.8 trillion — and the need to make immediate, sweeping cuts in government spending.
"It's a Catch 22," Kemper said. "People say they want lower taxes and less government. But if you get elected in the 6th district and you oppose earmarks, down in the 5th district there's Hal Rogers cranking out earmarks all the time. Pretty soon your voters are asking, 'Why aren't you doing that for us?'"
"Until the American people realize there is no free lunch, nothing is getting solved," he said.
Kemper said he's also an abortion opponent who wants the procedure outlawed and doesn't see how compromise is possible on this issue. "I call it the American Holocaust," he said.
Matt Lockett
Lockett, 35, is a funeral services salesman in Nicholasville and a former Southern Baptist associate pastor.
Lockett said Obama moved the United States to "European-style socialism" with the federal government bailing out banks, assuming ownership of major corporations and mandating health coverage.
Lockett blames both political parties for spending the country deep into debt. Kentucky's congressional delegation actually boasts about how much taxpayer money it spends, he said.
"For so long, that's been the Kentucky politician's mindset," he said. "Go to Washington and grab all the money you can and never mind the consequences. Our thinking is all wrong."
Lockett said he is skeptical that any one congressman, however earnest, can change things. Especially in the House, with 435 members and a powerful seniority system, a rookie lawmaker usually gets to sit on his hands for years.
So he co-founded the Conservative Freshmen Coalition. It presently has 33 members running for Congress across the country. Each signed a pledge to vote as a bloc — if elected — in favor of gun owners' rights, lower taxes on small businesses and constitutional amendments requiring term limits for members of Congress and a balanced budget, among other positions.
The hope is that enough coalition members will win in November to wield independent influence as a group in the next Congress, Lockett said.
George Pendergrass
Pendergrass, 49, is an emergency-medical pilot in Georgetown and the owner of an air-charter company.
Most waking hours, Pendergrass said, he's either working or racing between his jobs. He's attended some campaign events in his pilot jumpsuit — not to show off, but because he didn't have time to change.
His biggest complaint with Congress is that it's dominated by lawyers, who are more than half of its membership, rather than business owners or workers who punch a time clock. As a result, laws are passed with no comprehension for how they destroy jobs, he said.
"Manufacturing is gone now. Small business is all we have left holding this country together and employing people," Pendergrass said. "We need to do everything we can to help small business and reduce the burdens on it."
Pendergrass said he has supported himself since he was 12 and is disappointed that so many Americans have come to depend on the nanny-state.
Most federal spending goes to unaffordable entitlement programs — Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and welfare — that must be seriously cut, he said.
"Either we stop the spending or this country is going to explode down around itself," he said.
Like the other GOP candidates, Pendergrass said he wants illegal immigrants to be deported and the U.S. border secured. However, he said it's sad that even in a time of high unemployment, jobs remain open for illegal immigrants.
"We're told that Mexicans will do the jobs that we don't want to do," he said. "Well, I've dug ditches. I've baled hay. I've done it all. There are jobs out there if people are willing to work. But if you get a government check every month, you have no incentive to work."


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Man 'in crisis' nearly jumped. Virginia deputy offered compassion — then action, video shows
Virginia deputy's quick thinking saves man 'in crisis' on ledge, video shows
Some situations require law enforcement to rely on compassion, smarts and instincts.
In other cases, lightning-fast action is what's needed.
And then there are scenarios that call on officers to use all of the above — just as a Virginia deputy did on Tuesday night, in a life-or-death scene that played out on an overpass ledge and was captured on the deputy's body camera.
Deputy James Robinson was called to the overpass on reports of "a man in crisis." The man was sitting on a ledge above Route 60 in Williamsburg, Virginia, when the deputy drove up, according to the York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office.
Robinson approached by foot and tried to calm the man, who was peering onto the highway below with his legs dangling over the edge of the overpass, video shows. He asked the man to come down from the cement guardrail he was perched on, and tried to establish a bond with the man — asking him over and over again if he was doing OK.
"I won't touch you, I won't do anything. Can you come back on this side for me? Can you do me a favor and come back on this side while we talk?" Robinson asks the man. "What's wrong?"
For the most part, the man on the ledge is unresponsive, video shows.
"I just want to know what's up. That's it," Robinson says. "I just want you to talk to me for a moment so I can figure out what's going on. Is something wrong?"
But all the while, Robinson inches closer and closer. The sun sets behind them, and semi-trucks and cars whiz past the unfolding drama.
Over the course of about three minutes, Robinson gets relatively close to the man, speaking to him reassuringly as he arrives at the guardrail.
Then, after minutes of trying to talk the man down, Robinson manages to distract the man. That provides Robinson his opening: He suddenly lunges for the man, grabs hold of him and pulls him from his perch, video shows.
"I got him off," Robinson says over his radio, video shows.
The sheriff's office said Robinson quite possibly saved the man from jumping.
"I've got nothing left," the man says on the ground as the officer holds him, video shows.
The man appears to be shaking and crying.
"Man you do, you've got plenty left," Robinson assures him. "Look at me. You've got a lot left."
The man was taken to a local hospital after paramedics treated him at the scene, the sheriff's office said. His identity was not released by police, and his face was blurred in the video posted online.
"Deputy Robinson showed the utmost compassion for the man and reassured him that he still has a lot to live for," the sheriff's office wrote in a Facebook post. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to this man and his family."
Hundreds commented on and shared the Facebook post, praising the deputy for his quick, life-saving actions.
"You are a true hero," one commenter wrote. "You showed compassion, caring, hope, and acceptance of his condition without criticizing or stigmatizing him. We need more of you out there in this fight."


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HR Pitfalls Series: 3/5........We all "get" the vision and values
We work with small businesses on their people management challenges. In this series we thought we would share some familiar HR pitfalls and offer some advice on how to avoid them.
You probably have some type of vision for your business (and if you don't, you should). You may also have created some values describing the characteristics which make your company unique and will help you achieve the vision. It all looks and sounds great, but do your team understand what it means in practice?
Your vision must be clear, so a great place to start is to ask your team if they understand it. Listen carefully to what they say, the answers will tell you what you need to work on. We regularly hear complaints from employees who don't understand how tasks they are asked to complete fit with the vision. It might be obvious to you but take the time to explain it if you want good results. You can use group meetings, 1:1 or appraisal process to get this across clearly.
Now for the values. You may have them on your stationary, website and office walls but to your employees they could feel like meaningless words. Avoid this by making sure everyone's behaviour (especially yours!) reflects those values at all times. When you are hiring new people, look for people who also naturally demonstrate your values. Finally, Don't be afraid to firmly address behaviour which does not reflect the values, in our experience these are the actions employees respect most from their leaders.
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The eighth episode of Marvel's heavily-teased "The Defenders" marks the conclusion of the team-up miniseries. As the street-level heroes faced the "Hand," the plot and motivations became as brittle as the Midland Circle.
After Daredevil and Jessica Jones gets the reluctant Luke Cage to agree on blowing up the Midland Circle, which housed the Hand and Elektra, they proceed to the bottom of the building, intending to save Iron Fist. What they find is a skeleton of a giant dragon, which the Hand wants to use for their convoluted plot. As Entertainment Weekly shares, the Hand is using that fossil to create the drug that make them immortal. A battle then takes place on the ancient dragon's ribcage between "The Defenders" and the evil organization.
On the surface, Colleen and Claire's task of setting up the explosives are halted by Bakuto and some of his henchmen. Each member of "The Defenders" were given some a fight or two to highlight their skills, given that it is the last episode and all. Misty loses an arm, Bokuto gets decapitated, and the heroes slowly get the upper hand.
Later on, Daredevil, played by Charlie Cox, goes all "hero mode" and lets the other "Defenders" escape via the elevator while he remained to handle Electra, which IGN calls as a rehash of their face-off in season 2 of "Daredevil." Once "The Defenders" got out, Midland Circle explodes, leaving Daredevil presumably dead.
In the closing parts of the episode of "The Defenders," everything seems to be going back together for the team. Cage and Jones, played by Mike Colter and Krysten Ritter respectively, seem to be patching things up, though the "coffee" offer got a soft pass from Cage. Most of the other characters are getting ready to continue their respective shows.
All in all, despite the buildup that was made for the series, it seems that the show was lackluster at best. Characters were underutilized, plot was everywhere then nowhere, and it leaves a rushed feel at the end.


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Spurs are 4th and thankfully to City's failure against Everton, have two points advantage and they're closest to CL spot. Second half in mid-week game vs. Fulham showed they can cope with the missings of some key players. They look very strong at home with 10 wins out of 15 games (2 draws and 3 defeats). I'm not concerned by the fact 2 of 3 defeats came from Stoke and Wolves (both were very, very lucky to win 1-0). Wolves thankfully to life display by goalie Myhill kept the clean sheet (0-0). Spurs attack in waves and look very safe and consistent. They have four competitive wins in a row at home and 3 of them were with 2 or more goals margin. Spurs' target is Champions League, they'll be focused and fully motivated. Very good news is Tom Huddlestone is returning to the squad. Some rumors say Defoe could play, but I don't expect him in game except in case of negative result. Excellent Pavlyuchenko (9 goals in his last 8 appearances) is in doubt, but close to appear. Bassong, Palacios and Walker will have a late fitness test. Corluka is out along with Jenas, King and Lennon.
Nothing much to say about Pompey. They have no worries as they're sure travelers to Championship. Big boost came from FA as they got a permission to sell the players before the regular transfer market. Players' motivation will surely be higher, but on the other hand we can expect plenty of individual efforts in attempt to impress the scouts. They're poor travelers, lost 11 out 14 games and scored just 8 goals (conceded 29). Their game against top sides all look the same, early conceded goal, heads down and few more goals till the end. They conceded 4 goals at Anfield and Emirates and 5 at Old Trafford ( 5 at home at mid week vs.
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Automatic Writing
In this connection it may be stated that many investigators and
experimentors along the lines of telepathic phenomena have met with
considerable success in the direction of Automatic Writing from living
persons, which of course is merely a special form of Telepathy. In some
cases the communications received in this way were at first thought to
be from disembodied entities, until later it was discovered that the
thoughts were actually transmitted (in some cases unintentionally) by
living persons. The late W. T. Stead, the London editor and famous
investigator of psychic phenomena, who was lost on the "Titanic" several
years ago, was remarkably successful along this special line of
telepathic transmission, he being one of the most efficient receivers of
this kind of which those familiar with the subject have any knowledge.
His written records of these experiments are very interesting, and form
a valuable contribution to this subject. In this class of experiments,
the sender concentrates fixedly upon the thought--word for word--and
wills that the recipient write down the word so transmitted; the
receiver sit passively at the time agreed upon, and allows his arm and
hand to be moved by means of the psychic currents beating upon him, and
which are then unconsciously transformed into muscular action--the
process being similar to that of ordinary writing, except that instead
of the activity of the brain of the writer being behind the muscular
motion, that of the sender performs that task.
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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (CNS) — The former head of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences has challenged the continent's church leaders to evangelize by being a church of the poor.
Cardinal Orlando Quevedo of Cotabato, Philippines, said Jesus "strikes at the natural upward mobility of humankind … and goes down to the downtrodden, walks among them, lives with them, takes up their burdens, calls them his friends. This predilection for the poor, we now call his preferential option for the poor. This is how we see Jesus with an Asian face."
In a talk March 10 before an audience of theology students, religious and clergy at the Loyola School of Theology of the Ateneo de Manila University, Cardinal Quevedo said telling the story of Jesus through dialogue between cultures, different faiths and with the poor will be the most effective mode of evangelization in Asia.
According to Pew Research Center statistics from 2011, the world's poorest people live in Africa and Asia. In an interview with Catholic News Service after his presentation, the cardinal pointed out that Africa and Asia are also where Catholicism has been steadily increasing.
Of the 21 member and associate member countries of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences, only the Philippines and East Timor are Catholic majority countries. South Korea has one of the fastest-growing Catholic populations in Asia.
Cardinal Quevedo, who was president of the FABC from 2005 to 2011, told CNS bishops in Asia face a challenge.
"We treat the poor as 'they and we — we bishops and they,'" he said, adding that they don't often think "'all of us must be church of the poor.' All of us must have evangelical poverty. All of us must promote social justice, especially for those who are deprived."
He said the Asian church has to move forward with new evangelization.
"What we say about the idea of a 'church of the poor' is something we need to realize rather than what we are at present. The same thing is true with the idea of dialogue, (it's) what we'd like to do. And I think that's the challenge for Asia in the next 50 years: to be what we wish to be."
In his presentation, Cardinal Quevedo said there were other challenges for the church, such as not being taken seriously, especially in trying to work as "prophetic evangelizers" who have to go against the "contradictions of Asia." Those include increasing economic globalization while poverty continues to grow because of migrant and refugee movement.
"When a clown says there is a fire, no one believes him," said the cardinal. "While people ask modern-day questions, very secular questions … the theologians answer directly that question, but the answers are not taken seriously because they are not believed in. So the church and theologians continue to be clowns … their answers, our answers are sometimes sarcastically called archaic, ultra-conservative and so on."
But Cardinal Quevedo said that even with the challenges, the new evangelization efforts of the church in Asia are starting to bear fruit.
He told CNS this is most apparent in Asia's basic ecclesiastical communities, in which the church is "brought to the people" or taken to the grass-roots level and lets the laity, usually in poor communities, become more actively involved in serving, leadership work and church life in general.
Javier Beltran-Aceves, 28, a Xaverian seminarian from Mexico, attended Cardinal Quevedo's talk.
"We have the same challenge in Latin America, which is the church for the poor," Beltran-Aceves told CNS. "The church seems to be a big institution, sometimes very powerful, only for the rich, who cares only a little for the poor."
Beltran-Aceves said the discussion reiterated one of the main platforms of Pope Francis, which is to "care more for the poor and to contextualize the faith, in which we can not only preach, but also (give) help in a complete way to the poor."
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Nicaragua Retreat: A Reflection by Cathryn Stauffer
Popoyo, Nicaragua was a perfect spot for a yoga retreat. It was quiet and remote and not touristy at all, but Magnific Rock had all the amenities that I would want while on vacation: a pool, a restaurant, a happy hour and a fantastic view from every room. They even had local kombucha and local craft beer!
I loved the daily schedule that Eric planned. Every day there would be a sunrise meditation on the beach followed by a vinyasa class. During the day we would be out on the beach. I had an awesome massage and went surfing. Every afternoon Kristen taught a yin or restorative class which would end right before sunset. Then we would all go to happy hour by the pool until dinner. The food was absolutely amazing too. It was served vegan with chicken or fresh fish on the side. I am so impressed by how much of the food is sourced locally – very little was imported. We even had local chia and flax seeds.
A local guide took us on a cultural tour of his village. I was surprised by how authentic it was – again, not touristy at all. We rode an ox cart, saw the brick factory, helped make pottery and tortillas, and visited a farm. I held a 22 day old puppy and milked a cow! We learned that they dye their baby chicks bright pink to disguise them from predators. We all became so close on this retreat and everyone agreed that we should go back next year.


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There are a lot of limiting factors that can come up in training. Some of these factors can come from mobility issues, previous injuries or lack of strength. The safety squat bar that Robert is squatting with here takes away his range of motion limiting factor, which is supporting the bar in the front rack position. Although he will not stregnthen that front rack position by using this bar, he is still stregnthening the primary movers of the squat, which is more important in this situation.Another example of this is the use of straps in lifting. A lot of lifters use straps in training because grip stength can be a limiting factor. The straps eliminate this factor and allow more weight to be moved, in turn strengthening the primary movers more effectively. This does not mean training should avoid limiting factors (obvious need for grip strength in barbell pulling movements), as they need to be trained, there are just times and situations where it is useful to eliminate what is limiting.
Front Squat 3RM or 5RM
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This week I am mostly working for A&L in the mornings then Twist and Shout in the afternoons. It's fun. Looking for a real job still.
Twist and Shout17 06 2008
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Job Prospects21 04 2008
Hints have been dropped left right and centre. There's the possibility of the KTP with Sloane, which would be researching environmental materials and (potentially but people keep telling me this ia bit optimistic) helping to change the face of retail. Wakeupmakeup dropped a hint today that they might like to employ me full time, or possibly part time because they also mentioned the part time job that I am going to go for anyway with Leicester comedy festival. There's sparkly wonderful Bulb who are amazingly supportive and like me doing workshops and things, even though I don't have many media skills about my person. Graff I can do, and I like to think I'm alright at the group teaching part of things because I do like working with kids. But what do I want to do?
It's going to have to come to a decision soon because after June I can't pay my rent any more and I'm going to have to come up with a lot of money pretty sharpish in order to afford a deposit and first month's rent in a new place. Uncertainty reigns supreme.
In other news, got a photoshoot tomorrow as apparently I'm one of the 5 people who best represents our course. Rock on. Think it's just because I was in the room at the time they got the email though.
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Deadline week: Competition Project16 04 2008
Once again it's been an extremely busy time as I have been working flat out for this competition project and the dissertation, and have been having meetings with Sloane. Unfortunately on the day of the big meeting, where I went to their factory and really wanted to make a massive impression, I got struck down with an annoying cold. I feel a lot better today with a lot more energy, but it's not a good impression when I have to blow my nose every 5 minutes and leave a trail of tissues behind!
Their factory is actually amazing. Not sure how much I am allowed to talk about but it was fantastic, they think the same way that I do pointing out all the common sense errors and thinking of better ways to do things. Fantastic. It was so wonderful being there with them, and they dropped massive hints about the KTP so hopefully they'd like me to apply for it and this whole competition has given me a huge foot in the door.
On the other hand, working for Bulb has been a really fantastic experience and I would love to continue with them as long as possible. This is the tough decision, but it does sort of depend upon whether I work well in the KTP environment, and also whether I am suited to freelancing with Bulb. Who knows. It's going to be a tough couple of months as I push through.
Do feel bad for not being back down south more often, and I feel I am neglecting that part of my life but it will be sorted after this month when my huge deadlines have gone. I just hope people at home can understand that, and remember what it was like.
In other news, family is doing really well. Which is a big relief.
Have almost conquered the pole dancing fear, am going to go the lesson tomorrow with a non scared attitude and just do it. I WILL conquer this!
Dan is starting to feel a bit neglected as well, but will have to remedy that this weekend by cooking stew and having barbeques and drinking Pimms like we always do. Have really enjoyed hanging out with different people though, it's been wicked making new friends.
Right, must get the competition project finished tonight so can print off tomorrow and rest my mind about it, then can crack on with the dissertation and get it more or less drafted out. It's all going well so far, mainly because I am working non stop. Had a bit of a lazier day today because it was drawing sketchbook work but it'll be back to the hard graft soon enough!
Really looking forward to the party at the beginning of next month, and Freefest. Woooohooo! Excitement!
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Lovely weekend31 03 2008
Last week was a bit of a killer all in all, with the amount fo working and things. But the weekend made up for it. Oh yes it did. Friday was a lovely impromptu drinks session with Seani and people, because I was having trouble staying awake so obviously having a pint was going to make all the difference 😉 however, it was tons of fun and it ended up with everyone back at ours learning pole dance moves till about 1230! had to go to bed then though, hardcore.
Saturday was monster dissertation writing session, wrote a whole seciton just need to get it cleared by the tutors. Hmmm. Then it was off to Gemma and Jermaine's for drinkies and EZ Rollahhhhhhs! Wicked night, playing ring of fire and discussing work, ladies and knives. Big knives! Hehe. It's sod;s law though, the night I've been looking forward to for ages and cue non stop bleeding ear. I got in a taxi and went home. Damnit.
Sunday: hungover. So very very hungover. It was good though because the sun was shining and we all trooped around town having roast dinner and coffee and the like, then back to Sam's for a WIll Ferrell finlm bonanza! With added yumchi. Wicked.
So, in conclusion best weekend woohaaaa trying not to experience guilt pangs for not doing any work sunday, so am going to blitz it this week. All my companies are wanting things done by Wednesday, and I'm starting to panic about the design project because I haven't even visualised it yet. Arrrrggghh. A bit of a bonus though, am doing some wicked artwork for Creativtypes, they wanted me to illustrate something for their wall so of course I'm going to steal it and whack it on here because it is my work after all! Wicked though. Back to the grindstone….
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Week 2628 03 2008
This week I have mainly been doing:
So I still have a mountain of work that goats fall off of but it is getting steadily smaller. The placement is going really well and I've got some wicked portfolio stuff going on too, so it seems everything is going well so far. I also have a new skirt from Gsus which is amazing and only £6 off ebay! Yessss student budget clothes shopping pays off again! Am still saving for the mooncup but I've got enough money this month! Woohoo! Now it's just justifying spending all that money in one go. Or I could just shut my eyes, enter my card details and click 'send'. I might just do that.
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Funding Application: Almost There19 03 2008
After goodness knows how long, I've finally got my bottom in gear and written out the funding application for a 2 months summer project with kids, shooting panoramic photographs of Leicester town. Boooyaaa. Hopefully it'll come through, don't know what I'll do if it doesn't! It's such a wicked project, but then there's no telling if this is good or bad value for money as we don't know what other people are doing at this time. Oh well. Keep the fingers crossed.
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Adventures of a graphic design placement student: Day 218 03 2008
It is day 2 of the three week work placement with Creativtypes in the LCB depot of Leicester, and I do have to say I am enjoying it immensely. Yesterday was wicked because I got to work on a live logo pitch, doing four logos in an afternoon, which is much much faster than I'm used to! Hope they were alright, fingers crossed. Still really nervous about my illustrator, photoshop and design skills.
Today was a tour of a printers where I saw litho printing and loads of other different things like laser cutting going on, it was amazing. I've never seen a printers before, as silly as that sounds, so I had no idea what it would look like. It was wicked.
Overall, I am really happy here at the moment but having to come home and immediately start on dissertation and live project is really draining. I also have to work on the wakeupmakeup brief but I don't know if I'm on the right track so am waiting for the nod to carry on and finalise things. Wakeupmakeup has felt the most difficult so far, maybe because it is a format I am really not used to. I've never done multimedia before so I'm having a jolly good bash at it! Wooooohooooo!
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>Last September, Husband went to a presentation from a venture capital group that was held at the Philadelphia Planetarium. For no good reason other than the meeting was being held at a planetarium, the key note speaker was an obscenely wealthy guy who was the third private citizen to go into space by paying the Russians a lot of money. Husband said that his presentation was mostly boring, but the highlight was his explanation of how people shit and piss in space, complete with pictures. It seems that astronauts' doody ultimately winds up in some sort of sealed box, which is then ejected into space.
Now picture this: some sort of other life form in the universe finds a large box floating into its home. "How lovely," it thinks. "Someone sent me a gift!" Upon opening the box, however, (and hopefully before sampling it, think it is chocolate, a favorite food of all life forms) the life form discovers that some asshole has in fact sent it a turd. It is embarrassed and repulsed, and feels rather degraded. It never mentions the incident to any of its kind.
If we are not careful, this could happen over and over again. And one day, the other life forms are going to get really pissed. They will trace the space poop back to earth, invade the planet, and kill us all, which I often think we deserve at the rate we are going, anyway.
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Ronald is survived by his three daughters, Jean (Thomas) Reasonover, Wendy Andrews, and Gail Andrews; two granddaughters Alexandra and Isabella Reasonover; and siblings Lois Andrews, Donna (John) Henning, and late Gary Andrews and Wallace (Margaret) Andrews; also survived by several nieces and nephews.
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The Rental HouseThis is rental Property that I just recently sold. I purchased this little guy for around $80000. It was a foreclosure and was in need of very little TLC. It was only 1350 sqft. I liked this house a lot because even though it was small it had a great layout and it had really good walk in closets. It just needed a little paint new floors and some simple touches to make a little different from the others in the neighborhood.
Before we sold we updated the outside. It was really simple we removed the old vinyl shutters. They were faded by the sun. We put in a new front door and painted it with a complimentary color that also had some contrast. The vinyl siding was a gray so we went with a really dark blue gray. Then we landscaped with simple bushes mulch and sod.
The day we laid the sod down is when we received a full price offer
Here is the shutters I built. I use smart side because it has the wood texture but it has the same qualities as Hardi board. These are really simple to build.
So here is the kitchen before. really plain oak cabinets white appliances, no microwave, and a whole lot of YUCK!.
I trimed the island with bead board and trim then painted it black. I sanded and painted the cabinets. I added a microwave over the stove so I needed to build custom cabinets to accommodate accordingly. You can also see that I tore out the old laminate floor. I replaced all my main walk areas with a hard surface. I do this to save on maintenance of replacing carpet constantly.
The living room also had a lot of blah moments. we removed all the oak laminate trim from the house and replaced it with new mdf. We added new carpet and did a three tone paint job throughout.
So added twice the space to this closet by utilizing the high ceilings and building custom closet system with multiple rods.
The master bathroom wasn't huge but it still needed some update to match the rest of the home. I found this tile on clearance at one of the box stores for like .06 a tile. so i installed it on a 45 pattern cleaned everything up and painted and the bathroom felt fresh and new.
All in all I put maybe $5000 into this home. I owned for about three years and was renting it out for 2 of them. At the end the market was really strong and the house had doubled in value and it was time to say good bye.
Check out some of my other homes that I have fixed and sold.
Including The Project house I just started @ The Little House on Lighthouse Lane
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