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50] Communicate well – Oct. 16
51] Depopulation of Palestine – Oct. 16
52] Black Lives Matter – Oct. 16
53] Book "Greening of Africana Studies" – Oct. 16
54] Support SOA Watch – Oct. 16
55] Honor Grace Lee Boggs – Oct. 16
56] Steven Salaita at Red Emma's – Oct. 16
57] Ballroom Dancing – Oct. 16
58] Out with ICE. – Oct. 17
59] Day of Reflection with Pax Christi – Oct. 17
60] Reunion's Monthly Community Meeting – Oct. 17
61] West Chester peace vigil – Oct. 17
62] Empower D.C. – Oct. 17
63] Teach-In on Gaza – Oct. 17
64] Energy, Health, & Climate Expo – Oct. 17
65] Support Palestinians Rally – Oct. 17
66] Ryan Harvey in D.C. – Oct. 17
68] Sign up with Washington Peace Center
69] Donate books, videos, DVDs and records
70] Do you need any book shelves?
71] Join the Global Zero campaign
72] Join the Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil
50] – Come to the Institute for Policy Studies, 1112 16th St. NW, Suite 600, WDC, on Fri., Oct. 16 from 12:30 to 2 PM and join the Progressive Communicators of Washington, D.C. for a brown bag discussion with Jennifer Farmer and Victoria Wenger of Advancement Project. This talk is based on the new publication, "The Progressive Phrase Guide: Five Guidelines for Socially Conscious Communications," from Advancement Project and The Opportunity Agenda. Jennifer Farmer is also the author of the forthcoming book, "Striking While the Iron is Hot: Principles for Promoting Your Issue, Candidate or Grassroots Campaign." Bring a brown bag lunch.
Are you a media watchdog? They can walk through some real life examples of how media coverage can get it wrong. Bring and share a news story you've seen that reduces its subjects to "less than" status.
Progressive Communicators of Washington, D.C. is an informal network of 1,200+ people working in communications who are committed to progressive causes. Their goal is to improve the ability of the network's members to serve progressive organizations by sponsoring trainings and speakers; sharing tips, strategies and best practices; and providing forums for progressive communicators to share information, including a Yahoo Group email list. To join the PCDC Yahoo Group email list, send an email to email@example.com.
51] – A dramatic transformation took place in the landscape and demography of Israel after the 1948 war, as hundreds of Palestinian villages throughout the country were depopulated, and for the most part physically erased. How has this transformation been perceived by Israelis? At the Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW, WDC 20037, on Fri., Oct. 16 from 1 to 2 PM, Noga Kadman suggests some answers, based on a research that systematically explores Israeli attitudes concerning the depopulated Palestinian villages. She focuses on the most ordinary, everyday encounters of Israelis with the memory of the villages, their representations and their physical remains, exploring the naming and mapping of village sites and the ways depopulated villages are dealt with in tourist sites and Jewish communities established on their remains. Aided by statistics, original quotes, photos and maps, she will discuss her findings, which reveal a consistent pattern of marginalization of the depopulated Palestinian villages in the Israeli discourse, in the context of the formation of collective memory and of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A light lunch will be served at 12:30 PM, and the lecture at 1 PM. Visit http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/ht/d/EventDetails/i/53813.
Kadman is an Israeli researcher in the field of human rights and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, whose main interest is to explore the encounter between Israelis and the Palestinian presence in the landscape and history of the country. Copies of her book "Erased from Space and Consciousness: Israel and the Depopulated Palestinian Villages of 1948" will be available for purchase.
52] – There is usually a silent peace vigil on Fridays, from 5 to 6 PM, sponsored by Homewood Friends and Stony Run Meetings, outside the Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N. Charles St. The next scheduled vigil is on Oct. 16. Black Lives Matter.
53] – At Sankofa Books & Café, 2714 Georgia Ave. NW, WDC, on Fri., Oct. 16 from 6 to 7 PM, Rubin Patterson, Professor & Chair, Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Howard University will discuss his new book, "Greening of Africana Studies: Linking Environmental Studies with Transforming Black Experiences." He is also a Research Associate in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has published essays on transnationalism and environmental issues in various journals, including Social Forces, Globalizations, the Journal of Black Studies, and the Journal of Industrial Ecology. He served for ten years as the founding editor of the journal Perspectives on Global Development and Technology. Go to http://www.sankofa.com/bookstorecafe/calendar/icalrepeat.detail/2015/10/06/15963/-/dr-ruben-patterson-greening-africana-studies.
54] – Come to 1114 Girard St. NW, WDC, on Fri., Oct. 16 from 6 to 10:30 PM and join SOA Watch's 1st Annual Game Night! Bring your favorite games/game ideas, or come ready to play in different game rooms! There will be a casino room with card games and a room for board games along with a cash bar for refreshments, snacks, and drinks. Prizes will be given to all of the night's winners! The suggested donation is $5, and proceeds go towards the 25th Anniversary Vigil at the gates of Ft. Benning, Georgia – Nov. 20 to 22. See https://www.facebook.com/events/520833514751159/.
55] – The Washington Peace Center, 1525 Newton St. NW, WDC, on Fri., Oct. 16 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM will honor Grace Lee Boggs, who said "We never know how our small activities will affect others through the invisible fabric of our connectedness. In this exquisitely connected world, it's never a question of 'critical mass.' It's always about critical connections. "This intimate gathering will celebrate her life and legacy through reflection, dialogue, and poetry and be a night of healing and relationship building in the spirit of a revolutionary. Go to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1c7phnpZXvky96Rp7yJ11SxWoG1sKc-ODIox3CcPSs40/viewform.
56] – On Fri., Oct. 16 at 7:30 PM @ Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W. North Ave., Baltimore 21201, Steven Salaita will discuss his book "Uncivil Rights: Palestine and the Limits of Academic Freedom." Haymarket Books and Red Emma's present this discussion with Steven Salaita on academic freedom, free speech on campus, and the movement for justice in Palestine. In the summer of 2014, renowned American Indian studies professor Steven Salaita had his appointment to a tenured professorship revoked by the board of trustees of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Salaita's employment was terminated in response to his public tweets criticizing the Israeli government's summer assault on Gaza.
Salaita's firing generated a huge public outcry, with thousands petitioning for his reinstatement, and more than five thousand scholars pledging to boycott UIUC. His case raises important questions about academic freedom, free speech on campus, and the movement for justice in Palestine. Salaita currently holds the Edward W. Said Chair of American Studies at the American University of Beirut. Author of six previous books, he is a regular columnist for Electronic Intifada and a member of the Organizing Committee of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI). Call 443-602-7585. Go to http://www.redemmas.org.
57] – There is an opportunity to participate in ballroom dancing, usually every Friday of the month, in the JHU ROTC Bldg. at 8 PM. Turn south on San Martin Dr. from the intersection of Univ. Parkway and 39th St. Drive on campus by taking the third left turn. The next dance will be Oct. 16. Call Dave Greene at 410-599-3725.
58] – On behalf of NDLON and Trabajadores Unidos of DC, you're invited to participate on Sat., Oct. 17 from 9 AM to 2 PM in a popular assembly against the racism that today resurges across the country. The objective is to better organize in the DC metropolitan area, and send a clear message: In with the people, out with the hate, out with ICE. The asamblea will be followed by a public activity at 3 PM. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1507817696205731/
59] – Members and Friends of Pax Christi Baltimore are invited on Sat., Oct. 17 to attend a Day of Reflection from 9:30 AM to 1 PM at St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church, 120 N. Front St.., Baltimore 21202. The main speaker is Sr. Patricia Chappell, executive director of Pax Christi USA. Her reflection will be on the theme "Peace In Our City/ Peace In Our Lives." Allow EXTRA TIME TO GET TO THE ST. VINCENT DEPAUL PARISH PARKING LOT, AS THE BALTIMORE RUNNING FESTIVAL IS DOWNTOWN ON THAT SAME MORNING! Contact Chuck Michaels [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com].
60] – On Sat., Oct. 17 at 10 AM, be at Reunion's Monthly Community Meeting at New Community Church, 614 S St. NW. At Reunion's monthly meeting, help determine the next steps in Reunion's Strategic Initiative #2: Implementing restorative justice practices in DC's sentencing structure.
61] – Each Saturday, 11 AM – 1 PM, Chester County Peace Movement holds a peace vigil in West Chester in front of the Chester County Courthouse, High & Market Sts. Go to www.ccpeace.org. Email firstname.lastname@example.com.
62] – Go to the Union Temple Baptist Church, 1225 W St. SE, WDC, on Sat., Oct. 17 from 11 AM to 2 PM to join, support & grow Empower DC! Founded in 2003, Empower DC is on the front lines of fighting displacement of DC residents. The annual meeting will include a report on organizational growth & direction. Dues-paying members will also vote to elect members of the Board of Directors. Be at the 11th Annual Membership Meeting, which will feature THIS IS HOW WE ORGANIZE & FIGHT GENTRIFICATION & DISPLACEMENT! Contact Parisa at (202) 234-9119 x 100 or email@example.com. Visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2359300.
63] – At the Bunn Auditorium, Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, 37th St. NW, WDC, on Sat., Oct. 17 from noon to 4 PM, the Jerusalem Fund's educational program, The Palestine Center, is pleased to cosponsor Teach-In on Gaza: History, Politics, and Economics presented by the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. Register at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/teach-in-on-gaza-history-politics-and-economics-tickets-18735345924.
Speakers will examine the current devastation in Gaza and the prospects for the future of a region that UN reports warn will be uninhabitable by 2020 if the current trends continue. Doctoral student Seraje Assi starts our public event with a lecture on the condition of Gaza under the British Mandate by drawing on the works of Palestinian Historian Aref al Aref, who had also served as the Official District of Gaza during the period between 1939 and 1943. Following Assi, Professor Noura Erakat will walk the audience through a history of Gaza from 1948 to present day, illuminating Israel's larger project of settler-colonization. Professor Erakat's lecture challenges the notion that Israel has Gaza specific problem as she ties together policies afflicting Palestinians throughout the state.
Finally, Professor Sara Roy, will discuss her most recent research on the political economy of de-development in Gaza and the necessity for freedom rather than aid alone. The program concludes with a series of videos on innovative approaches to improving life in Gaza, introduced and facilitated by Professor Rochelle Davis.
64] – Come to the next Maryland Climate Coalition at the Energy, Health, & Climate Expo: Renewing Maryland Together on Sat., Oct. 17 from 1 to 4 PM at the College of Southern Maryland, 8730 Mitchell Road, Room BI113, La Plata, MD 20646. RSVP at http://baltcoexpo.eventbrite.com (optional).
The Baltimore Green Forum is an enthusiastic partner in this Expo. The Expo will feature dozens of organizations and green businesses that can help you save energy and money by going green at home, including: The Empowers: energy-saving superheroes! * Mom's Clean Air Force * Groundswell clean energy purchasing groups * Ranger Rick & The National Wildlife Federation * Breathe Easy Home * ZeroDraft Energy Efficiency * Blue Water Baltimore * Baltimore Green Forum * Physicians for Social Responsibility * Gunpowder Valley Conservancy * Interfaith Power & Light * Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake * Maryland Sierra Club * Pearlstone Center's Community Sustainability Program * Baltimore Metropolitan Council's Air Quality and Bike Safety Program * Maryland Working Families * Institute for Policy Studies * and more!
65] – The situation in Palestine, especially in Jerusalem, is extremely unfair and intolerable for its inhabitants due to the terror of the occupation and the Israeli settlers' aggression recently reaching a boiling point. Yet the United States condemns the Palestinians for aggression against Israeli civilians. Join the American Palestinian Community in Northern Virginia at the White House, Pennsylvania Ave. and 15 St., 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, WDC 20500, on Sat., Oct. 17 from 1 to 3 PM.
Stand with the Palestinian people in their quest for human rights and freedom, Demand that the United Nations interfere to end to Israel's war crimes against civilians, -Demand that the U.S. stops using our tax dollars to send military aid to Israel,-Work to cease U.S. economic support to Israeli war crimes, and Support the Palestinian people to end the occupation achieve their freedom. Go to https://www.facebook.com/USPCN/posts/1071750689526439.
66] – Ryan Harvey's lyrics are situated between the street protest, the radical bookstore, and the basement punk show. Touring extensively since 2011, he has shared his insightful acoustic songs and powerful stories in 19 countries, visiting many epicenters of recent uprisings; Cairo, Athens, Reykjavík, and his hometown, Baltimore. A founding-member of the Riot-Folk Collective in 2004, Ryan has now launched Firebrand Records with former Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello to promote & support revolutionary musicians around the world. Hear Ryan at the Potter's House, 1658 Columbia Rd. NW, WDC, on Sat., Oct. 17 at 7 PM.
67] -- The Washington Peace Center has a progressive calendar & activist alert! Consider signing up to receive its weekly email: email@example.com.
68] -- If you would like to get rid of books, videos, DVDs or records, contact Max at 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski at verizon.net.
69] -- Can you use any book shelves? Contact Max at 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski at verizon.net.
70] -- Join an extraordinary global campaign for the elimination of nuclear weapons: http://www.globalzero.org/sign-declaration. A growing group of leaders around the world is calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons and a majority of the global public agrees. This is an historic window of opportunity. With momentum already building in favor of Zero, a major show of support from people around the world could tip the balance. When it comes to nuclear weapons, one is one too many.
71] – A Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil takes place every day in Lafayette Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 24 hours a day, since June 3, 1981. Go to http://prop1.org; call 202-682-4282.
Donations can be sent to the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD 21218. Ph: 410-366-1637; Email: mobuszewski [at] verizon.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/.
"One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the better" - Daniel Berrigan


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Author - Michael Dellinger
Michael Dellinger has over 25 years' experience in effective Software and Information Technology Management. He currently serves as the Chief Information Officer for the City of Tulsa. During his time as CIO, he has successfully transformed the City's Information Technology department to provide cost-effective and highly efficient technology services for all City departments. He championed the implementation of a formal IT Governance model which effectively eliminated technology silos and focused the City departments on identifying solutions that further the enterprise rather than just the individual departments. Certifications: MCSE, MCSA, PMI – Managing IT Projects, ICS-100, ICS-200, ICS-300; Oral Roberts University: BS in Music; Southern Nazarene University: MS in Management

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You are remember this day, right? When you get to bring your most prized possession to school and show your classmates what you think is special? Ruby's day was Friday and she could not wait to bring in her baby sister.
"Are you sure?", I questioned, because Jo had already visited the classroom on Halloween and the kids all met her then. "Yep", she replies.
So we head into school and Jo was oh-so-happy to be walking on the sidewalk in freedom. We sign in and put the volunteer lanyard around her neck (she loves necklaces) and head up to the class.
**all iPhone images…
There's something about being the baby of the family and loving attention from everyone in the room. This girl turned on her charm, smiled at the teacher, went around giving everyone "five" and had the class in fits of giggles the whole time.
Ruby got to explain that we adopted her from Oregon and how excited she was to meet her that first day we brought her home from the hospital…and that gave another girl in the class a chance to talk about being in Foster Care and how they are kind of alike. Kind of.
I'm so proud that big sister is so proud of little sister. That of all her treasured possessions, Jo is the most treasured of all.


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What Questions Should You Ask Before Volunteering?
Guest Post by Pat Fredshaw
Too many new volunteers begin this process by asking "What am I good at doing?"
Now, don't get me wrong, that's not a terrible question, but it most certainly isn't the best one you should ask yourself either. After all, should you volunteer doing something you're good at or something you want to get better at? Think of volunteering as a way to gain new skills you might not have gained through your career.
Volunteering offers a unique set of opportunities to those who welcome it. And that means you can't approach it like anything else. So what questions should you ask yourself before volunteering?
1. Where can I make a difference?
Ultimately, volunteering is about making a difference — in your community and to those around you. It's about helping a cause where it's needed most. The bigger the difference you make, the more meaningful your contribution will feel and be .
And that, ultimately, is what volunteering is about, isn't it? Making as much of a difference as we possibly can.
2. What do I care about?
If you don't care about where you're volunteering, then it's going to be hard to stick around. Volunteering might look good on your college application or your resume, but the more we care about the cause, the easier it will be stick around despite the demands it makes on our time and the amount of effort involved. In fact, the more we care about a cause, the more fulfilled and happier we'll be.
And that has to matter more than whether we're good at what needs to get done. And besides, it's not like we can't get better at learning new skills, right? In fact, that's another important question to ask.
3. Where can I grow as a person?
Volunteering offers the unique opportunity for you to learn a set of skills that in the working world might be closed off to you. And so, as you give your time and your effort, what you hope to take back is a set of skills that you otherwise might not have learned elsewhere.
In that sense, volunteering becomes mutually beneficial. The place you volunteer at becomes better off (the more you grow the better off they'll be), and you become a more well-rounded person with a new set of skills and ideas to venture out into the world with.
Now that's win-win, isn't it?
4. Does this fit in with vision and my ethics?
Some people live for money. Some people live for prestige. Good people live to make the world a better place. To belong to this final category you have to make sure that what you're doing is in line with your code of ethics and moral values.
So before deciding whether you want to volunteer, or which nonprofit you want to volunteer with, ensure their ideas and motivations are in line with your own.
Are their means justified or is it only the ends they care about? Consider these questions. Think hard about the answers. And then, only then, decide if volunteering and/or this volunteer opportunity is right for you.
Ready to get started? Find a way to volunteer on VolunteerMatch.org.
Author Bio: Pat Fredshaw is a contributor on Essay Supply and freelance writer from Oakland, California. She enjoys traveling around the world. Connect with her on Twitter!


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Ecuador - Youth Entrenet
- Five training workshops for Facilitators, Key facilitators and Promoters have been conducted since 2001:
- The first workshop was held in Quito for entrepreneurship education facilitators and promoters working in the Pontifical Catholic University and in the National Financial Corporation (CFN), a public development bank, as well as some staff members of the ILO Regional and Sub regional offices in Lima, Peru.
- In 2002, another training workshop was held with facilitators from the National Polytechnic School (EPN), a public university in Quito.
- In August and September of 2006, three training workshops were conducted (two in Quito, one in Cuenca) with different staff groups from the Ministry of Labour and the Ecuadorean Occupational Training Service (SECAP)..
- It is estimated that a total of 75 facilitators, key facilitators and promoters were trained in these workshops.


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"Everything you can imagine is real."
Tidbits from the year 1994
Bits and Pieces
National Figure Skating won by Tonya Harding, which due to her attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan, she was stripped of her title, the US approved first genetically engineered tomatoes, OJ Simpson flees the police in his white Ford Bronco, Netscape Navigator debuts, Java programming language debuts from Sun Microsystems, 1994 is the year of the 232-day strike by the Major League Base Players Association, which caused the cancellation of the 1994 season, Orange County, California files for bankruptcy protection.
Average Costs
The average cost is $119,050. for a new house and average annual income is $37,070., monthly rent is $533., to gas up a new car costing $12,350. is $1.09 per gallon, a dozen eggs are $.86 and a loaf of bread is $1.59
Music and Culture
Lisa Marie Presley marries Michael Jackson, Kurt Cobain, lead singer of the grunge band Nirvana commits suicide. He was 27 years old – February 20, 1967, to April 5, 1994.
The sun is gone, but I have a light. – Kurt Cobain
Weather Events
San Fernando Valley shakes due to a 6.7 magnitude quake, 286,000 acres in Montana destroyed by violent wildfires, Southeastern US suffers damage from tornadoes
Flippity flap and this and that
Allow yourself a pat on the back
Whisper your lines you'll be fine
No backward talk no ceilings in life
Walk the walk and end all strife
Reset the pecks the woodpecker pecks
Connect the dots for your daily treks
If you learn to do nothing
Does that mean its something
No need to dwell on a false dichotomy
Facts are blurred and lack profundity
Don't sleepwalk blindly into the morrow
Perception is something one can borrow
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Ok, so I want to host a contest next week but I have no idea what to give away as a prize. Does anyone have any suggestions on something that most everyone would like? Here are a couple of ideas that I had.
Complete Italian Charm Bracelet with Charms
Floating Heart Locket with 2 Charms
Madagascar kids slippers
Mickey Mouse kids Slippers
Elmo kids Slippers
Basket of samples-razor, shampoo, lotion, etc.
Entrecard Points
Any other suggestions?


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We want to share with you some news from our friends over at America Media, about an event CNEWA is proudly helping to present next month. The announcement is below:
WHEN: Wednesday, 10 April 2019 | 6 p.m.
WHERE: America Media - 1212 Avenue of the Americas 11th Fl. - New York, N.Y. 10036
Recent conflicts and shifting geopolitical dynamics have left Christian communities in the Middle East seeking refugee and decimated compared to pre-conflict numbers.
Drew Christiansen, S.J., Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Human Development in Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, will deliver a lecture on the challenges and hopes for the Christian communities struggling to survive to in the homelands.
Father Christiansen, the former editor in chief of America magazine, is a senior research fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. His current areas of research include nuclear disarmament, nonviolence and just peacemaking, Catholic social teaching, and ecumenical public advocacy. He is a frequent consultant to the Holy See and a member of the steering committee of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network. He also served on the Atlantic Council's Middle East Task Force and on the Holy See delegation that participated in the negotiation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons during summer 2017.
This event is co-sponsored by the Eastern Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, and in partnership with the Catholic Near East Welfare Association and The Anglosphere Society.
RSVP (required) to: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Ethiopians offer Mass for crash victims (Vatican News) The Boeing 737 Max 8 plane bound for Nairobi, Kenya went down last Sunday morning near Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, killing all passengers and crew. Thursday's Requiem Mass was held at the Holy Savior Parish in Addis Ababa and was organized by the Ethiopian Catholic Church and the international Catholic community in Addis Ababa…
Pope appeals for prayer and peace after New Zealand attacks (Vatican News) The Pope's thoughts during the Angelus on Sunday were with the people of New Zealand following the horrific attacks that took place there during the week. Speaking to the faithful in St Peter's Square the Pope said, "In these days, in addition to the pain of wars and conflicts that do not cease to afflict humanity, there have been the victims of the horrible attack against two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. I pray for the dead and injured and their families. I am close to our Muslim brothers and all that community. I renew my invitation for prayer and gestures of peace to combat hatred and violence…"
Syrian refugees who fled to Turkey face backlash (NBC News) In the conservative Fatih neighborhood where many refugees have settled, the streets are lined with stores selling Syrian perfume, jewelry, food and spices. The Arabic writing on signs normally signal that the owners are Syrian, and that you are in an area unlike most of Turkey, which uses the Latin alphabet. These signs are becoming increasingly common, to the unease of many…
Indian bishops seek to postpone voting on Holy Thursday (UCANews.com) Catholic bishops have urged authorities to change the 18 April date for parliamentary elections in India's Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states as Holy Thursday falls on that day. The federal Election Commission has announced a seven-phase schedule for national elections running from 11 April to 19 May. While all 39 parliamentary constituencies of Tamil Nadu are scheduled to go to the polls on 18 April, voting in Karnataka is set for 18 and 23 April. The poll date falls in Holy Week and is one of the holiest and important days for Catholics as well as the Christian community, Archbishop Antony Pappusamy of Madurai, president of Tamil Nadu Bishops' Council, told ucanews.com…
Report: Military leaders to have rare meeting in Damascus (Reuters) The military chiefs of staff of Syria, Iran and Iraq will hold a rare meeting in Damascus to discuss "ways to combat terrorism", the pro-Syrian government al-Watan daily reported on Monday…
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Approximately 480 men and women work at the Baltimore headquarters of Catholic Relief Services, the overseas aid and development agency of U.S. Catholics.
None were more affected than Yishak "Isaac" Affin and Atli Moges by the 10 March Ethiopian Airlines crash that took the lives of all 157 on board -- including four who were not just colleagues, but their fellow countrymen and women.
Affin and Moges were part of the standing-room-only gathering at the CRS chapel 14 March, when Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori offered a memorial Mass. His concelebrants included a majority of the 14 bishops who serve on the CRS board of directors, in town for meetings.
Like the four who perished, Moges and Affin are natives of Ethiopia, which has approximately 100 million residents. Almost half lack access to clean water.
Trying to better themselves so that they could better their country, the four CRS administrators were en route to a training session in Nairobi, Kenya, when their flight crashed minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa, the capital of the east African nation that sits in a region wracked by famine.
"They do their work from their hearts," Moges told the Catholic Review, Baltimore's archdiocesan news outlet. "They were the kind of people who stayed in the office until midnight or worked Saturday if that was necessary."
She speaks from experience.
A senior adviser for CRS in financial technical support, Moges came to Baltimore in 1988, but from August 2015 to March 2018 served in Ethiopia as the deputy country representative for operations.
Managing administration, finance, human resources and IT for a staff of approximately 200 during her time in Ethiopia, Moges said she worked with the four deceased staffers "very closely."
They were typical of the 7,000 people employed by CRS, which prioritizes hiring and training local people in the nations it serves.
Moges said that Mulusew Alemu, a senior finance officer, was devoted to his Ethiopian Orthodox faith and "a delightful person, very respectful and hard-working."
Despite his low-key demeanor, she said, Sintayehu Aymeku had "wonderful leadership skills." A procurement manager who had lived for a time in the United States, Aymeku left behind a wife and three daughters.
"I had high hopes for him," Moges said.
Sara Chalachew, who once spent three weeks in Baltimore on temporary duty, was promoted last December to senior project officer for grants. Moges said she was always smiling, and "got along with everyone on staff."
Getnet Alemayehu was a senior procurement officer, known for being patient and persistent while navigating shipments.
Before Affin, a senior accountant, came to Baltimore in 2003, he worked as an auditor in Addis Ababa, where he knew Alemayehu as a driver, albeit one "studying at university."
As Moges got emotional remembering the four after the Mass, Affin placed his right hand on her left shoulder.
The Mass included a choir comprised of CRS staff based in Baltimore.
Bishop Gregory J. Mansour of the Eparchy of St. Maron of Brooklyn, New York, who is chairman of the CRS board of directors, welcomed Archbishop Lori, who had made a short walk from the Catholic Center, headquarters of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, to CRS.
"Sorrow shared," Bishop Mansour said, "is sorrow lessened."
"Why were such good colleagues taken from us?" Archbishop Lori said in his homily. "A tragic moment such as this, and the season of Lent itself, tests and probes the depth of our faith," he said.
"It highlights the kind of faith, hope and love -- coupled with courage -- that undergirds the many risks you and your colleagues take each day to advance the kingdom of justice, peace and love in this world."
Archbishop Lori said the four employees "died in pursuit of their mission to bring a measure of food security to regions of the world that are habitually plagued by famine. They met the Lord as they were dedicating themselves and their lives to the golden rule."
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New Zealand's bishops tell Muslims 'We hold you in prayer' after attack (CNS) New Zealand's Catholic bishops have expressed their horror and distress at a terrorist attack in two mosques in Christchurch which saw at least 49 people killed. The shootings took place at or near the Al Noor Mosque, where 41 people were killed, and at the Linwood Mosque, where 7 were killed. One more person subsequently died at Christchurch Hospital. Muslims had gathered at the mosques for Friday prayers. Some of those killed were children, it has been reported…
Pope sends condolences to victims of New Zealand attack (Vatican News) His Holiness Pope Francis was deeply saddened to learn of the injury and loss of life caused by the senseless acts of violence at two Mosques in Christchurch, and he assures all New Zealanders, and in particular the Muslim community, of his heartfelt solidarity in the wake of these attacks…
Report: Kerala has more than 20,000 mothers under the age of 19 (India Today) Kerala, known for its high literacy rate, also has a large number of mothers aged below 19 years: 22,552. The shocking statistics reveal the prevalence of child marriage in the state…
Archbishop of Erbil: Iraq's Christians need to thrive, not just survive (Rudaw.net) Speaking to Rudaw on Wednesday at the Cathedral of Mar Yousif, Ankawa, Archbishop Warda explained how the church has supported families like those living above Neshtiman Bazaar and what donors can do to help rehouse them…
Eight years of war in Syria (Vatican News) Eight years of war in Syria have led millions of Syrians into hunger and poverty. War has displaced and forced them to find shelter where possible. Many are now trying to return to their homes but find their homes uninhabitable…
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Hundreds of Dalit Christians and Muslims took to the streets yesterday in India's capital, demanding welfare benefits they say are being denied to them.
The story below comes from UCA News:
Some 500 Christians and Muslims who belong to former untouchable communities came together in New Delhi on 12 March, two days after the schedule for the April-May general elections were announced.
"The country is in election mood. We want to put across our demands to the government that they consider the rights of our Dalit Christian and Muslim brethren," said Father Devasagaya Raj, secretary of the Indian bishops' office for Dalit and socially disadvantaged people at the gathering.
Christians and Muslims of Dalit origin demand that they be given social welfare benefits meant for the uplift of Dalit people. Both communities have been denied these benefits since 1950 because the government says their religions do not follow the caste system.
"Six decades is not a small period [that] we have been suffering this injustice," said Father Raj. "There is a limit for everything. We have decided that we will support a political party who will put our demands in their election manifesto."
The 1950 presidential order said only Dalit people of the Hindu religion can enjoy constitutional benefits such as reservations in government jobs, education institutions and financial help with studies. The order was amended twice to include Sikhs in 1956 and Buddhists in 1990.
Both Buddhism and Sikhism also do not approve of the caste system, but they were included after the government accepted their argument that a mere change of religion does not change a person's socio-economic situation.
But the same argument put forward by Dalit Christians and Muslims has not been successful in having another amendment applied. Christian leaders say political parties fear doing so because it could antagonize their majority Hindu voters.
"Most of the political parties have promised to consider our demand but no one has kept their word when they come to power. We want a firm promise now," Father Raj said.
Delegates from most Indian states attended the rally which was organized by the National Council of Dalit Christians with support of Catholic Bishops' Conference of India and the protestant National Council of Churches in India.
An estimated 30 percent of India's 28 million Christians have a Dalit background. They are scatted across different Indian states, and speak different languages making coordination difficult, said leader like M. Mary John, founder member of National Council of Dalit Christians.
Some 500 Christians and Muslims who belong to former untouchable communities came together in New Delhi on 12 March, two days after the schedule for the April-May general elections were announced.
"The country is in election mood. We want to put across our demands to the government that they consider the rights of our Dalit Christian and Muslim brethren," said Father Devasagaya Raj, secretary of the Indian bishops' office for Dalit and socially disadvantaged people at the gathering.
Christians and Muslims of Dalit origin demand that they be given social welfare benefits meant for the uplift of Dalit people. Both communities have been denied these benefits since 1950 because the government says their religions do not follow the caste system.
"Six decades is not a small period [that] we have been suffering this injustice," said Father Raj. "There is a limit for everything. We have decided that we will support a political party who will put our demands in their election manifesto."
The 1950 presidential order said only Dalit people of the Hindu religion can enjoy constitutional benefits such as reservations in government jobs, education institutions and financial help with studies. The order was amended twice to include Sikhs in 1956 and Buddhists in 1990.
Both Buddhism and Sikhism also do not approve of the caste system, but they were included after the government accepted their argument that a mere change of religion does not change a person's socio-economic situation.
But the same argument put forward by Dalit Christians and Muslims has not been successful in having another amendment applied. Christian leaders say political parties fear doing so because it could antagonize their majority Hindu voters.
"Most of the political parties have promised to consider our demand but no one has kept their word when they come to power. We want a firm promise now," Father Raj said.
Delegates from most Indian states attended the rally which was organized by the National Council of Dalit Christians with support of Catholic Bishops' Conference of India and the protestant National Council of Churches in India.
An estimated 30 percent of India's 28 million Christians have a Dalit background. They are scatted across different Indian states, and speak different languages making coordination difficult, said leader like M. Mary John, founder member of National Council of Dalit Christians.
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Caritas India launches campaign against malnutrition (Vatican News) Caritas India, the charitable arm of the Catholic Church of India, has launched a Lenten campaign against hunger by creating an awareness among people regarding solidarity, food security, medical care and a dignified life for all citizens. The theme of the Lenten campaign 2019, launched last month, is, "Nutrition: our right." It aims at fighting the scourge of malnutrition, which it regards as a "painful and shameful for humanity"…
New Ukraine church endures inter-Orthodox feud, but offers Catholics hope (NCR) With Russian Orthodox leaders rejecting the new church and cold-shouldering the ecumenical patriarchate for approving its creation, the feud looks set to continue and intensify in the run-up to Ukraine's crucial presidential elections on 31 March. Yet Catholics in Ukraine and Eastern Europe remain optimistic that the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, once up and running, could herald a turn for the better in ecumenical relations…
Deadly plane crash a setback for Ethiopia's rise (AP) The crown jewel in Ethiopia's transformation to a continental power in recent years has been its state-owned airline that calls itself "the new spirit of Africa." Sunday's crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet that killed 157 people has set back those grand designs that were undertaken by a reformist new leader who has vowed to hold free and fair elections next year. Now, Africa is mourning not only the victims of the aviation disaster but also a symbol of the continent's rise…
World 'affirms commitment' to Lebanon on refugees (The Daily Star) The international community voiced its commitment to helping Lebanon cope with the Syrian refugee crisis during a conference in Brussels, a member of the Lebanese delegation to the conference told The Daily Star. "Everybody is still committed to helping Lebanon cope with the crisis through all programs that support Syrian refugees," Social Affairs Minister Richard Kouyoumjian said over the phone from the Brussels conference, being held to discuss the future of Syria and the region…
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Curia officials celebrate anniversary of pope's election (Vatican News) Some 65 officials of the Roman Curia who are on their annual Lenten spiritual exercises along with Pope Francis, Wednesday morning greeted the Holy Father on the 6th anniversary of his election as the head of the Roman Catholic Church…
Thousands surrender as ISIS group nears defeat in Syria (France 24) Around 3,000 Islamic State members have surrendered from the group's last holdout in Syria, Kurdish-led forces said Tuesday, as air raids and shelling resumed after a brief lull. A ragged tent encampment in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz is all that remains of a once-sprawling IS group's "caliphate" declared in 2014 across large swathes of Syria and neighboring Iraq…
In Ethiopia, deep grief for crash victims (Al Jazeera) Some 50 people sat in tense silence underneath a white tent outside a gated house on the southern outskirts of Ethiopia's capital. The women were dressed in plain mourning black; the men mostly in white. But the lull did not last long. A chorus of loud wails soon pierced the air, as the women started rocking back and forth, their hands covering their faces. Nearby, the men stared blankly at the concrete floor…
Catholics attack Indian bishop in land dispute (UCANews.com) A Catholic bishop had to be hospitalized after a group of parishioners attacked him, a security guard and a priest in a five-decade-old land dispute in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Salesian Bishop Jerome Dhas Varuvel of Kuzhithurai left hospital on 12 March two days after he was attacked by a crowd of about 130 Catholic men and women. The guard remains in hospital after suffering serious injuries in his attempt to protect the bishop, diocesan chancellor Father Russel Raj told ucanews.com. The Rev. Augustine Ponnaian, the diocesan financial administrator, only suffered minor injuries and was not hospitalized…
Israel seeks to quell Temple Mount tensions (Haaretz) Despite the hurling of a firebomb at a police position and the forces' subsequent decision to close all entrances to the Temple Mount, what was most apparent in Jerusalem on Tuesday was the joint effort to contain the conflict. Israel, with Jordanian assistance, seeks to prevent a flare-up at the Jerusalem site, partly in light of the latest events in the Gaza Strip…
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For the nearly 2,000 sisters and 200 women in formation who make up the Congregation of the Holy Family, the long wait is over.
Since 2012, members of the order based in Kerala state in southern India have observed strict fasts and engaged in earnest prayer awaiting recognition from the Vatican of a second miracle attributed to the order's founder, Blessed Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan.
Pope Francis recognized the miracle on 12 February, clearing the way for the canonization of the religious leader popularly known as the "patroness of families."
"We are thrilled now. Our joy has no bounds as the pope has approved the canonization of our foundress," Sister Udaya Punneliparambil, the congregation's superior general, told Catholic News Service.
"Mother's life has been a life of prayer and fasting. So, we have been following her model," Sister Punneliparambil said.
"We are happy our prayers have been heard. Now we are awaiting the announcement of the date of the canonization," she added.
Blessed Thresia was born 26 April 1876, the third of five children to Thanda and Thoma Chiramel Mankidiyan in Puthenchira, 21 miles south of Thrissur. She founded the Congregation of the Holy Family in 1914 and died 8 June 1926.
Devout and prayerful, young Thresia resisted her parents' plan to have her married at age 10, as per tradition. Instead, she chose to lead a life of simplicity and austerity, despite belonging to a wealthy farming family. For instance, she slept on the gravel floor of her family's home rather than in her bed.
"I cannot sleep comfortably on a bed when Jesus is hanging on the cross on three nails," Thresia is seen telling her mother in an hourlong documentary, "Blessed Mariam Thresia -- the Patroness of Families," produced by the congregation.
The film depicts her interest in family ministry and desire to share Jesus' love by caring for poor, sick and dying people. It re-enacts some of her practices as recorded by her spiritual director and congregation co-founder, Father Joseph Vithayathil, whose cause for sainthood is underway, and her contemporaries.
In 1909, while under the spiritual care of Father Vithayathil, Blessed Thresia experienced stigmata. The bishop ordered that an exorcism be performed as her situation became public.
Undaunted by the setbacks, Blessed Thresia continued with her austere prayer life and dedicated herself to serving families in the community.
Father Vithayathil, under direction of the bishop in 1913, erected a "house of solitude" where Blessed Thresia could go to pray. Three friends joined her in the house.
In May 1914, she received canonical permission to launch the Congregation of the Holy Family in Puthenchira, which today is in the Diocese of Irinjalakuda.
In 1922, she moved to Kuzhikkattussery, a short distance from her native village, where she had been given eight acres by a Catholic family to launch a convent.
Struggling for funds and material to build the convent, Blessed Thresia took a 31-mile journey with another sister on foot and by boat to a Hindu king's palace near Cochin. She planned to ask the king for funds to complete construction. Told the king was bedridden with a serious illness, Blessed Thresia made a potion from plants and instructed his assistants to apply it. The king was healed and sent word to bring the two women religious to him. He offered them high-quality teak from forests more than 90 miles away to complete the convent.
"All this wood is given by the king," Sister Pushpa, vicar general of the congregation, told CNS while pointing to the roof of the sprawling 24-room convent, completed in 1922.
True to the charism of the order's foundress, the convent includes a Family Retreat Center, where couples can attend a four-day retreat, offered twice a month.
"Even couples living separately for years and on the verge of divorces have gone back happily from here," Sister Pushpa said.
Since 1987, the congregation has operated the Family Apostolate Training and Research Institute, where nearly 200 women religious, laypeople and priests are trained annually.
Blessed Thresia was declared venerable in 1999 and was beatified in 2000.
Father Vithayathil, who is buried in the same chapel with Blessed Thresia, was named venerable by Pope Francis in December 2015.
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Marathon prayers in India ahead of election (UCANews.com) Ahead of national elections in India, Catholics in two dioceses of Chhattisgarh state have launched a marathon prayer program, encouraged by the result of a similar program during a state election last year. The all-night prayer program has been designed to cover all 96 parishes of Jashpur and Raigarh dioceses…
Report: Iran preparing for role in Syria's reconstruction (VOA) Iranian construction companies are to build thousands of residential units in the suburbs of Syria's capital, Damascus, an Iranian state-run news agency has reported. Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) recently quoted a business official with the country's investment association, who announced that Iran would build 200,000 residential units near Damascus…
Christians condemn acquittal of suspected vandals in Jerusalem (AP) Christian authorities in Jerusalem are denouncing the acquittal of two Jewish youths suspected of vandalizing a famous monastery. Wadie Abunassar, an adviser to church leaders in the Holy Land, said on Tuesday that an Israeli court's decision to acquit those suspecting of sprawling anti-Christian graffiti on the Dormition Abbey several years ago is "unacceptable"…
Study finds discrimination in Kerala flood relief (Times of India) Flood-affected people belonging to the scheduled caste/scheduled tribe and Dalit Christian communities faced discrimination after the deluge, a "fact sheet" released by an NGO reported last week…
Gaza women walk thin line between hope and despair (The Jerusalem Post) More than 2 million Palestinians live in the narrow Gaza Strip, which shares borders with Israel and Egypt. Israel maintains tight control of Gaza's land and sea borders, citing security concerns emanating from Hamas, the Islamist terrorist group which controls the coastal territory. Egypt also restricts movement in and out of Gaza on its border. Those restrictions have devastated Gaza's economy and left many of its women struggling to find work after graduating from college…
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No one does it better.
Makes me feel sad for the rest.
I would've ran away, called 9-11, shot up the place, pulled her out of the burning fire and saved the antique wallpaper, ran those meters in half that time, escaped, told them to go to hell, not voted, tried harder, waited longer, wouldn't have said it like that, demanded more, never joined, shot him in the head with one round, would not put up with that shit, returned fire, walked out, demanded to see the proof, saved my money, not listened, it would not have happened to me, saved him from falling 200', got a better price, not get pregnant in the first place, not went down like that, found a way ………….
Baby, you're the best.
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A round-up of Sunday editorials from Alabama's leading newspapers:
The Anniston Star – Truth, or lack of it, in politics
If you buy into the premise that everyone lies — especially politicians — then you face a choice: How much can someone lie and remain trustworthy?
The early slog of the 2016 presidential election cycle is answering that question, particularly for Republican voters. The first primary votes haven't been cast, yet fact-checkers are showing Americans which candidates of both parties are most inclined to say the earth is flat as if it were fact.
On Friday, Angie Drobnic Holan, editor of PolitiFact, wrote an op-ed for The New York Times that every voter should read. Again, take politics out of it. (PolitiFact is a nonpartisan fact-checking website.) Her fact-checking of presidential candidates' statements dates to 2007 and, given PolitiFact's track record of accuracy, is imminently reliable.
If you vote Republican, consider that Ben Carson and Donald Trump, two of the GOP's biggest newsmakers this fall, rank as the worst purveyors of falsehoods. Eighty-four percent of Carson's statements were either mostly false or worse, according to Holan. Trump, who's leading most Republican polls, is hardly better at 76 percent.
Taken another way, anytime Trump or Carson have made statements of fact during their campaigns, there's a chance that 3 out of every 4 of them will be misleading or patently wrong. Or, flipped around, only 4 percent of Carson's statements were true or mostly true. For Trump, it was 7 percent.
The Birmingham News – When Donald Trump accepts the GOP nomination, there's one way for him to make things right
As you may have noticed, I'm not a politically correct guy. When I said we needed to kill these ISIS jihadis and their families, people got upset, but not you guys. You know we have to kill them. We have to kill their families. We have to kill their pets. And we have to kill their pets' families. I know that sounds extreme, but if we don't, one day you're walking down the sidewalk, you look down and see a hamster, and boom! You're dead.
Promising to kill people is good for my polls.
A lot of you don't think I care about the polls, which is remarkable since whenever in my speeches I'm not saying crazy racist stuff, I'm talking where I am in the polls. But the polls just show you which way the wind is blowing. They don't make the wind.
I make the wind.
When a lousy poll came out of Iowa showing that Ted Cruz was gaining on me — the thing was rigged, obviously — you know what I did? I went out on TV and said that we shouldn't let any Muslim people into this country. That's ridiculous by the way. I do a lot of business with Muslims. How am I going to do that if the princes and the sheiks and those other guys in the Middle East who care about money like me can't come here?
I care about money.
I've said from the beginning that I'm spending my own money on this campaign. I have a lot of money. But I haven't had to spend much of it. In fact, I have been getting money from other people, but that doesn't matter because I don't have to spend a dime. You know why?
I'm trending on Twitter.
The Decatur Daily – Bentley decries politics. Really.
Full of righteous indignation, Gov. Robert Bentley on Wednesday lashed out at the U.S. Department of Transportation.
"This USDOT investigation is nothing more than a weak attempt to embarrass the people of Alabama and exploit our state in the name of a political agenda," Bentley said.
It's amazing he could get the words out without choking on them.
The investigation to which Bentley referred is focused on his entirely political decision to close more than 30 driver's license offices in the state, including the one in Moulton. He closed them in October in the midst of a petty battle with the state Legislature, which has consistently refused to raise taxes on its wealthiest constituents.
Typical Alabamians were stuck in the crossfire. On the one hand, the Legislature is content to run the state into the ground rather than offend the rich with levels of taxation that they would have to pay in almost any other state.
On the other hand, Bentley's proposed taxes did nothing to inject fairness into the state's tax system, and he took out his frustrations at the Legislature's obstinacy on those Alabamians who are already at the greatest economic disadvantage.
The 31 driver's license offices Bentley closed were in the poorest counties in the state.
The total savings from the closures amounted to $100,000 per year. To put this in perspective, the state paid $50,000 to Planned Parenthood lawyers to give Bentley the brief political pleasure of saying he would no longer spend about $2,000 a year for Medicaid recipients to receive contraceptives at the organization's two Alabama clinics.
Bentley's decision to close the driver's license offices had nothing to do with state finances.
Dothan Eagle – Poverty is a challenge for Alabama
A report released by the child advocacy group Voices for Alabama's Children reminds us that poverty remains a significant challenge for far too many Alabamians.
The organization's most recent Alabama Kids Count Data Book reveals that about 25 percent of the state's children live in poverty stricken households, with half of those in families with less than $1,000 per month in income.
In this season between Thanksgiving and Christmas, there are ample opportunities to give to the less fortunate among us, and many aid organizations count on increased support during the holidays to buoy their programs throughout the year. That's an important consideration, as poverty isn't seasonal.
There are strategies to help lift families out of poverty, but there is no quick fix, just as there is no single culprit. Job growth is a key factor, but if those jobs don't grow in the most impoverished areas, they're out of reach for many who would hope to find employment or better-paying jobs. Many areas of the state, such as Geneva County, where child poverty is as high as 33 percent, the jobs lost in the decline of the textile industry haven't been adequately replaced.
On the bright side, economic recruiters and education leaders work diligently to lure job providers and develop job training programs to adapt a workforce for whatever jobs may materialize.
The challenge is daunting, but not insurmountable. Meanwhile, those who can should consider supporting those programs that give aid to the disadvantaged.
The Enterprise Ledger – Envious of Facebook posts? No way
Denmark, as it turns out, is home to the Happiness Research Institute. I guess Syria and Afghanistan didn't have the infrastructure to draw such an industry.
Among the findings of the self-appointed happy know-it-alls included that the people who gave up Facebook for one week reported suffering less envy and were "more satisfied with their own lives."
I guess this is as opposed to watching your classmate from the 1970's be deliriously happy with the casserole she baked from a Pinterest idea. Yes, there was even a video, complete with Martha Mae holding a spatula and talking about how tasty it was (although by the looks of it there had not been a bite taken, yet, therefore I assume it was only presumed).
I was not what you would call envious, but I did decide to make a Mexican chicken casserole the very next evening. I didn't get the idea from Pinterest, rather the fact that I walked past the shredded cheese in the grocery store and thought, 'Hey, I feel like something chicken-ey, cheesy and loaded with hot peppers tonight.' I had a lot to devour that evening, so there was no time to be envious.
When you begin seeing reruns of North Woods Law and it's midweek so college football is at a standstill, you turn to Facebook for entertainment. Or, at least I do.
There's the post from the girl I once dated bragging about her husband and how wonderful he is. Not envious there because if he can put up with her mood swings, then there is indeed someone for everyone.
TimesDaily – Ziegler's criticism comes across as posturing for political gain
Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler issued a news release this week criticizing calling the visit of three investigators from the United Nations "a major assault on Alabama laws protecting children." Ziegler has plenty of more pressing problems that he should be focusing his attention on.
Sometimes it's easy to spot when a politician is trying to advance his or her own career. Sometimes it's more subtle.
But Alabama, like a lot of states, has a problem in which elected officials use their office to campaign for future seats – revealing their larger interest in advancing their careers rather than doing the job they were elected to do.
Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler issued a news release this week alleging that "investigators from the United Nations" came to Alabama and launched "a major assault on Alabama laws protecting children."
In fact, the three women who visited Montgomery were not "investigators," and despite Zeigler's implications, the United Nations has no authority to make or change laws in Alabama or any other state.
It is a union of nations mostly known for wartime alliances that protect both our interests in overseas disputes and besieged ethnic minorities in lawless countries. But it also recently has taken up causes such as children in armed conflict, Rwandan genocide, democracy, sustainable development and messengers of peace.
So Zeigler's claim that these so-called investigators "neither understand or respect Alabama's values" is either an unintentional (bad) or intentional (worse) misrepresentation of the group's interests. The U.N.'s Human Rights Division has an arm devoted to protecting women, which any reasonable person realizes is a critical global problem.
Zeigler's problem with them, if he were to state it plainly, is that this group is preparing a report on global access to abortion related to women's health. They have made trips to China, Iceland, Spain, Peru, Tunisia, Chile, Morocco and more. So it's quite unlikely that Alabama is their biggest concern. They're also going to other states, including Oregon, so if Alabama is in trouble, Oregon must be too.
A more significant concern than a visit by this fact-finding team is how exactly a press release, on Zeigler's letterhead, is warranted from the state auditor.
According to Alabama law, his duties are "to perform post audits of the accounts and records of the Treasurer and the accounts and records of the Department of Finance."
The Gadsden Times – An education Christmas miracle
The U.S. Senate earlier this week overwhelmingly voted for a rewrite of the No Child Left Behind law that President Barack Obama called a "Christmas miracle."
Implemented in 2002, No Child Left Behind had ambitious goals but was fraught with unintended consequences.
NCLB was roundly criticized as forcing teachers to concentrate on making sure students could pass standardized tests, and the new law is supposed to help with that. Students will still take federally required statewide math and reading exams but states will be encouraged to focus less on testing. It will take some of the pressure off underperforming schools by giving states the option to consider performance measures beyond test results. Teachers had said using test scores alone ignored many factors and was an unfair way to measure their effectiveness.
That the end was coming was writ large on chalkboards (they still use those in schools, right?) across the country over the past few years. Many states, including Alabama, had sought and received waivers from the U.S. Department of Education regarding many NCLB requirements as state and federal officials recognized that the law's goals of proficiency would not be met. Try as they might, teachers and schools just couldn't get all students proficient in math and reading in the timeframe NCLB authors sought.
The Huntsville Times – Santa Trump is creeping out establishment Republicans
Y'all like pictures of kids crying on Santa's lap, right?
Donald Trump has been this election season's Santa Claus.
A few years ago, we had a cat that used to kill things in the yard and bring them into the house as trophies. One time, in the middle of the night, he brought a big ol' rat into our bed and dragged it right across my wife's face. It was big, wet and not quite dead yet.
But it was a gift, OK? Merry Christmas.
Dirty Santa Trump has been a prolific giver of such gifts. I'm not sure establishment Republicans fully appreciate his generosity, but my people – cartoonists – are grateful.
Press-Register –Drawing the line at Donald Trump
This Trump phenomenon – other, less kind descriptions, also come to mind – is getting curiouser and curiouser, as Alice might say.
First, Donald Trump has survived as a Republican presidential candidate despite a series of pronouncements that seemingly would have sunk anyone else: Mexican migrants are criminals and rapists; John McCain is no war hero because he was captured; a female debate moderator was too hard on him because of her hormonal cycle.
And now the latest: that we should bar foreign Muslims from entering this country, one-upping Ben Carson's suggestion that a Muslim shouldn't be president.
Through it all he has been at or near the top of opinion polls among Republicans –a current one shows him 20 points ahead. And it was the Donald – not Marco Rubio, not Ted Cruz, not Carly Fiorina – who got to host "Saturday Night Live."
Serious political commentators have been doing their best to explain what's going on. Trump, they say, through all his bombast and disdain for government experience or policy acumen, is effectively giving voice to the fury of a large number of voters who don't believe in politicians or government in the first place.
The anti-candidate, so to speak, for the anti-voter.
Montgomery Advertiser – Black lives still matter
"Black Lives Matter" is a movement established in response to a series of notorious killings of unarmed African-Americans by law enforcement officers. Denigration of the movement by police officers and others has included challenging its name as unnecessary and exclusionary. Critics have even accused BLM advocates of causing a conspiracy – heretofore undocumented – to assault law enforcement officers nationwide.
As it has been since the beginning of the republic, black life is devalued. Of the many theoretical foundations for that proposition, two warrant discussion here. First, in this democracy that struggles to be democratic, black lives have typically been regarded as expendable. Second, society has a differential regard for adverse circumstances, depending upon whether they occur in the black or white communities.
The most prominent example of the expendability of black lives is the incidence of scape-goating black people, especially black men. Harper Lee understood that Mayella Ewell would be instantly credible when she accused Tom Robinson of rape in "To Kill a Mockingbird." Lee's fictional proposition was founded on realism. Thirty years before "Mockingbird" was published in 1960, two white girls, Ruby Bates and Victoria Price had falsely accused nine black boys in Scottsboro of rape, forever ruining their lives.
This is not an ancient phenomenon. Since its founding in 1992, the Innocence Project, an organization devoted to exonerating inmates wrongfully convicted through DNA testing, has freed more than 330 persons, most of them black. The chief reason for the convictions was misidentification. Here in Alabama, our own Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative, maintains ever-growing documentation of wrongfully convicted black men, including Walter McMillian, who was famously exonerated in 1993 and Anthony Ray Hinton, who served 30 years on death row before his release in April of this year. Many remember Susan Smith, the white mother who, after rolling her car into a lake in 1995 and drowning her sons, told police in South Carolina that she had been carjacked by a black man.
Opelika-Auburn News –FDR's words about fear still ring true
In his 1933 inaugural address, Franklin D. Roosevelt said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." The United States was in the throes of the Great Depression then, and economic fears gripped the nation. Roosevelt was able to bring hope to Americans that a New Deal was coming that would return prosperity to a country facing the hardest of times.
Eighty-two years later our country faces more tough times, and though the fear is different, Roosevelt's words still ring true.
A Muslim couple who federal authorities say adopted extremist views killed 14 people last week in San Bernardino, Calif., creating the legitimate fear that radical Islamist terrorism is taking root in the American homeland.
Nobody wants that, and after more than a decade of American military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan and generations of unrest in the Middle East, it's understandable that some would see all people with ties to the Middle East as our enemies.
After a terrorist attack in Paris last month, Gov. Robert Bentley announced Alabama would not accept refugees from the Syrian civil war. Earlier this week, a presidential candidate stirred controversy when he proposed that Muslims be barred from entering the United States altogether. Basically, their message is that America is no place for immigrants.
That's not what America is about.
The Tuscaloosa News –Important to choose best leader for YMCA
Walt Larisey has served his country and his hometown with honor and distinction. He served his country fighting as a U.S. Marine in Ramadi, Iraq in 2005. He continues to serve in the Marine Reserves at the rank of major.
He has served his hometown just as impressively. He served as chief executive officer of the YMCA of Tuscaloosa County since May 2011. He has also been president and a driving force behind the founding and growth of the Druid City Business League, an organization aimed at building relationships between local business people and helping the local business community find ways to better Tuscaloosa. He has been the district chair for West Alabama Early Intervention and has sat on the Alabama governor's Inter-Coordinating Council for Special Needs Children. And that's just for starters.
Under his direction, the YMCA has begun an aggressive capital campaign to build a new home in Tuscaloosa. Construction of the $3 million first phase of the new downtown YMCA began in August.
Once that's done, work will begin on Phase Two, which will have an additional $1 million price tag. But Larisey won't be here to see the project to completion. An opportunity to run another YMCA in Florida has lured Larisey, his wife and three children away from Tuscaloosa. His absence will be felt, but we wish him the best and salute him for a job well done.


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Jeff and Bobbe have a Tolkien mindset tempered and lightened by a Midwestern practical sense of humor. A "Final Touch," "Last Minute Detail," and "Night Before Christmas," gathered around the Holy Family, "Flake and Friends," and "Snow Buds" drop by together with "Christmas Slumber Party." And here is fly-by-night "Holiday Goose" on skates. Will she stop and stay? Ask your child. Who else can understand the enchanting and bewitching world of the Schuknechts?
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On Nov. 22nd the Wii U finally has its killer app. A Mario game with as much imagination and platforming bliss as the Galaxy series. The next major 3D Mario game is here and it could be another Nintendo masterpiece.
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Lent begins February 14 and extends until Easter on April 1. During this season, I will be preaching on the theme "Learning from the Life of Jesus." We know many of the words of Jesus. His teachings rank among the best-known words in all the world, even beyond Christianity. However, he also taught with […]READ MORE
Recall for a moment a major transition in your life. It could be a graduation, a wedding, the birth of a loved one, a new job, or moving to a new home. In each case, most of us are apprehensive about the change, since we leave what is familiar to move into uncharted territory. Even […]READ MORE
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Organization CLG announced the signing of a youth line-up, which will have the same pocket as the main staff.
The current roster of the CLG Academy consists of the team Premier Rejects, which took fifth place last season ESEA Premier. The signing of the second line up, according to the organization, is the development and promotion of upward talents in CS: GO. The players will still play from home, but they will have access to the head coach, the strategy coach and the tactician, to the player development coach and analyst. CLG Academy will very soon be able to prove their skills in the upcoming ESEA Premier Season 25 tournament.
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