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The spinning vortex of Saturn's north polar storm resembles a deep red rose in this false-color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Measurements have sized the eye at a staggering 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) across with cloud speeds as fast as 330 miles per hour (150 meters per second). This image was taken from a distance of 261,000 miles (419,000 kilometers) on Nov. 27, 2012, with filters sensitive to near-infrared light.
The eye of a super-hurricane at Saturn's north pole looks like a peaceful red rose in a fresh bouquet of pictures from NASA's Cassini orbiter. But don't be fooled: That rosy appearance is merely due to the false colors ascribed to infrared wavelengths.
This storm's eye measures 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) in diameter, about 20 times wider than the average hurricane's eye on Earth. The outer clouds at the hurricane's edge are traveling at 330 mph (530 kilometers per hour), which would be off the scale on our planet. The vortex whirls inside Saturn's mysterious hexagonal cloud pattern, and it's not going anywhere.
"We did a double take when we saw this vortex, because it looks so much like a hurricane on Earth," Caltech's Andrew Ingersoll, a member of the Cassini imaging team, said in a NASA news release on Monday. "But there it is at Saturn, on a much larger scale, and it is somehow getting by on the small amounts of water vapor in Saturn's hydrogen atmosphere."
On Earth, hurricanes are fed by warm ocean water. But there are no oceans on Saturn — so what source drives this super-hurricane? Cassini's scientists want to find out, and whatever they find might add to our understanding of storm dynamics on Earth as well.
The Cassini team suspects that this storm has been active for years, but Cassini has only recently been able to watch it in visible light. When the bus-sized spacecraft arrived in 2004 to begin its $3.5 billion mission to study Saturn and its moons, the north pole was shrouded in winter darkness. Now spring is coming to the north, and Cassini has shifted to an orbit that makes it easier to see the increasingly sunlit storm.
In an email, Cassini imaging team leader Carolyn Porco of the Colorado-based Space Science Institute said the hexagon-ringed vortex is "one of the most gorgeous sights we have been privileged to see at Saturn." But such sights won't last forever: Cassini's extended mission to Saturn is due to end in 2017 with a controlled plunge into Saturn's clouds.
To keep up with the mission in its final years, check in on NASA's Cassini website as well as the online home of the Cassini imaging team, and follow @CassiniSaturn on Twitter.
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A false-color image from Cassini highlights the storms at Saturn's north pole. The angry eye of a hurricane-like storm appears dark red, while the fast-moving hexagonal jet stream framing it is a yellowish green. Low-lying clouds circling inside the hexagonal feature appear in a muted orange color. A second, smaller vortex pops out in teal at the lower right of the image. The rings of Saturn appear in vivid blue at the top right. The colors are coded to show different near-infrared wavelengths, which are associated with different altitudes.
Andy Ingersoll, a member of the Cassini orbiter's imaging team, narrates a NASA video about a hurricane-like storm seen at Saturn's north pole.
The Cassini spacecraft is sending back unprecedented imagery of Saturn, its rings and its moons. Click "Launch" to see some of the greatest hits from the Cassini mission.
Update for 8:25 p.m. ET April 30: NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams found these pictures as awe-inspiring as I did. Here's the video clip:
The spacecraft Cassini has provided close-up views of a large hurricane at Saturn's north pole that's estimated to be about 1250 miles wide. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
More beauties from Saturn:
- Venus sparkles in Cassini snapshot
- Seasons change, and so does Saturn
- Cosmic Log archive on the Cassini mission
Alan Boyle is NBCNews.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter and adding the Cosmic Log page to your Google+ presence. To keep up NBCNews.com's stories about science and space, sign up for the Tech & Science newsletter, delivered to your email in-box every weekday. You can also check out "The Case for Pluto," my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for new worlds.
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Feast your eyes on an alligator-like mountain range and other curiosities seen from outer space in April 2013.


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Comtat's Ultra-light Carbon Bottle Cage certainly lives up to its name, weighing in at a mere 26g. The cage is constructed of a lacquered 3K carbon weave, which results in a high gloss black finish with the carbon weave showing through and the Comtat name picked out in white script.
From a purely aesthetic viewpoint, it has a classy, expensive look and finish that would complement any frame, but will no doubt appeal to those with carbon frames in particular.
Looks aren't all you get though; the cage is very rigid and hardly deflects at all even when squeezed hard. At first, it was quite tight to slide a bottle into it, but the cage freed up a little once the initial tackiness of the lacquer wore off. It does still however, keep a very firm grip of the bottle, and hasn't allowed it to move an inch unintentionally since fitting, with both 500ml and 750ml bottles (750ml being the maximum recommended size).
The design is such that it is easy to load and unload the bottle from the cage; the opening allows you to locate the bottle into the cage without having to look down too much, and the snug fit gives you confidence that you have located the bottle properly, and won't hear it bouncing down the road when you let it go.
This is a well made bottle cage with good looks to back up its solid performance, plus a price tag of only £19.99 making it good value for money, especially when compared with most of its direct competition.
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Make and model: Comtat Carbon bottle cage
Size tested: n/a
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
"A tried and tested design resulting in an ultra strong and very light bottle cage"
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Full Carbon weave: 3k
Finish:Clear coating
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
This is a solid performer, with a good firm grip on the bottle, and easy to load and unload.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
It's stylish good looks.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes
Would you consider buying the product? Yes
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes
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Age: 44 Height: 6\' 1 Weight: 155 lbs
I usually ride: Litespeed Icon My best bike is: as above
I've been riding for: 10-20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: road racing, touring, sportives, general fitness riding, fixed/singlespeed, mtb, Track Cycling


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Alabama prep runner signs with Lady Bisons
May 17, 2006
Karen Robichaud, Lipscomb track and cross country coach, has announced the signing of Julie Alley from Scottsboro, Ala.
Her Scottsboro High School program was the Alabama State Champion in Class 5A her freshman, sophomore, junior and senior years.
Alley, 5-foot-3, was an All-State cross country selection as a sophomore and senior and an All-State indoor/outdoor track selection as a freshman and sophomore.
As a junior she participated in the Nike Team Nationals in Portland, Ore.
"Julia is dependable, hard-working and a good ambassador for Scottsboro," said John Esslinger, her high school coach.
Alley plans to major in either nursing or exercise science.
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Sunday, April 25, 2010
Ethiopian Split Pea Stew (Kik Alicha) and Spicy Lentil Stew (Mesir Wat)
I haven't been eating many legumes lately. Perhaps I needed a break after a long winter of stews and soups? But, a recent meal at an Ethiopian restaurant made me realize that I'd actually missed lentils and split peas -- and left me craving more Ethiopian food. So, I sorted through different recipes on the internet, tracked down some spicy berbere seasoning, and made my very first attempt at mesir wat (spicy lentil stew, seasoned with berbere) and kik alicha (a mild but tasty yellow split pea stew, which provides a nice counterbalance to the wat). As you can see from the photo, I cheated a bit and made naan to eat with my stew, rather than injera.
The result? I can't vouch for authenticity, but they are both delicious. I think I would even be happy to eat them during a mid-winter slump.
Spicy lentil stew recipe here, yellow split pea stew recipe here. I found bebere seasoning ($7.99 for a 1-pound bag) at the World Food Bazaar, 242 N. Havana in Aurora.
7 comments:
- Monet said...
I adore lentils and split peas...and was actually planning on making naan to go along with lentil dish tonight! Great minds think alike...I love your blog, and I'm excited to try your recipes. Thanks for visiting mine.
- April 25, 2010 at 12:42 PM
- Foodycat said...
I've never tried Ethiopian food, so I have no idea if it is authentic, but it looks delicious!
- April 25, 2010 at 12:52 PM
- Healthy. Happy. Well. said...
this looks so good. Is that naan? Do you make it yourself?
- April 25, 2010 at 1:17 PM
- Beatrice said...
@ Monet -- thank you!
@ Foodycat -- it was delicious, although not very photogenic.
@ Jenna -- That is naan -- it's actually really easy to make, it just takes a little time to let the dough rise. There's a link to a prior post about naan in this post ("I cheated a bit and made naan" -- click on "naan").
- April 25, 2010 at 2:18 PM
- Monica said...
Looks wonderful. I had a look at the recipe for Ethiopian Spice Mix and the blend looks amazing... so complex and some of my favorite spices (fenugreek, coriander, cardamom). I'd also be interested in the naan recipe. Do you have one you like?
- April 26, 2010 at 12:36 AM
- Beatrice said...
The address for the naan recipe I use is below. Sometimes I follow the directions exactly; this last time, I substituted whole grain spelt flour for 1 cup of the flour called for in the recipe. I've found that, if you use a seasoned cast iron pan, the naan doesn't needed to be cooked in oil (although you can certainly add butter afterwards if you want).
- April 26, 2010 at 6:44 AM
I just LOVE Ethiopian food!!! Thanks for the recipes!
- July 3, 2010 at 8:36 AM


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Agendas, alternatives, and public policies
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Re-issued as part of the "Longman Classics in Political Science" series, Kingdon's renowned work features a new Foreword exploring the book's historical and enduring contributions.Kingdon's landmark work on agenda setting and policy formation is now offered in a Longman Classics Edition. This enduring work of original research, drawn from interviews with people in the U.S. federal government over the course of four years, examines the questions of how issues get to be issues for legislators. The book grapples with the questions: How do subjects come to officials' attention? How are the alternatives from which they choose generated? How is the governmental agenda set? Why does an idea's time come when it does? Hailed as one of the finest books about public policy- making, and winner of the 1994 Aaron Wildavsky Award, this book's rich detail and engaging prose make it a text that both students and instructors will savor.
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Well, so much for trying to chronicle our wedding preparations.
When we blogged about our engagement and committed to documenting each step, clearly we weren't clued in on just how all-consuming planning a wedding could be.
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If you're thinking of booking this Chapel for your own wedding, doing it a year or so in advance is probably a good idea!
A cozy little spot in our reception venue. No filter, all natural scenery!
Yes, these figure in somewhere!
D: I had to shoot the save-the-date video with an injured ankle!
D: A big thank-you to my grade school and high school alma mater for allowing us to shoot a snippet of the video in their lovely chapel.
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Texas Rep. Kevin Brady thinks that the Federal Reserve should concentrate on fixing "what they can control" — inflation– rather than "what they can't control, which is unemployment."
"I think the problem is this dual-mandate," the Republican from The Woodlands said in an interview on Bloomberg TV.
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With the Cauldron shattered and the cycle broken, Ragna begins his final mission: Hunt down the villainous Terumi. Noel's life and the fate of the entire world hang in the balance as Ragna the Bloodedge marches toward one last confrontation.
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Over at his own blog, Paul Krugman says something that can't be said enough: The plan Bowles and Simpson proposed would have been terrible fiscal policy had it been adopted.
Krugman doesn't include one other thing that also needs to be repeated again and again and again: The plan announced by Bowles and Simpson was not adopted by the Bowles-Simpson commission. It was just something proposed by the two co-chairs that didn't have enough support to move forward.
In fact, there wasn't even a formal vote. Bowles and Simpson decided not to take a formal vote when it became clear that their plan was only supported by 11 of the 14 members of the commission that were needed to move it forward.
For the record, the three B-S commission (yes, I'm calling it that intentionally) members whose support would have moved the plan forward but whose opposition killed it were House Budget Committee and GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan (R-WI), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), and House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX).
What makes this more infuriating is how Bowles and Simpson have been hawking their plan as the official final report of the B-S commission. Again, for the record, there was no report and Bowles and Simpson are lying when they refer to it that way.


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LG didn't mention any kind of U.S. availability when it made the Optimus Black official earlier this year, but it looks like Black and its Nova display could be making its way to several stateside carriers in the near future. The first bit of evidence we've got that shows that the Optimus Black is coming to the U.S. is an entry in the Tera-WURFL database for an LG device with the model number US855 that mentions the Black by name. The "US" portion of that number suggests that that particular version is destined for U.S. Cellular, a theory that's supported by the fact that U.S. Cellular last month declared that it plans to launch an LG Android phone with an "ultra-bright" 4-inch display later this year.
Besides U.S. Cellular, it also appears that the Optimus Black is headed to Sprint, Alltel, and Virgin Mobile at some point. As previously mentioned, the Optimus Black for U.S. Cellular carries the model number "US855." Several other LG versions of the 855 recently appeared in the FCC, although these products are known as the LS855 (Sprint), AS855 (Alltel), and VM855 (Virgin Mobile).
For those that would like a refresher, the Optimus Black features a 4-inch 480x800 NOVA display, single-core 1GHz processor, 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, 2-megapixel front-facing shooter, 512MB RAM, 1GB built-in storage, and Android 2.2. The Black's NOVA screen features 700 nits of brightness, which is brighter than the displays on most handsets. Those aren't terribly high-end specs, but the Optimus Black should make for a nice mid-range smartphone as long as the price is right. There's no word on when any of these products might launch, but we'll keep an eye out for any new information. So what say you, dear readers? Anyone tempted by the Optimus Black's super-bright screen?
Via Pocketnow, Tera-WURFL, FCC


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The record-setting 448 product recalls last year - about half of them for children's products - drove the bill through the legislative process. The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 passed both houses of Congress late last month with overwhelming majorities.
The legislation reauthorizes the Consumer Product Safety Commission for FYs 2010-2014 and expands the commission's role in ensuring the safety of consumer products, especially those designed for children.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, said today that the new law would give parents peace of mind. "This landmark law will strengthen our ability to prevent unsafe toys from being sold, remove from the shelves more quickly products that are found to be harmful, and increase fines and penalties for violating product safety laws," Pelosi said.
Senator Mark Pryor, an Arkansas Democrat who authored the legislation said it would "keep toxic toys and other dangerous products out of our homes."
"This new law hands back the reins to the CPSC, our consumer watchdog agency, by giving it the necessary authority and resources to patrol today's global marketplace," Pryor said.
This set of blocks was recalled in January because surface paint contains excessive levels of lead. The toy was manufactured by First Learning Co. Ltd of Hong Kong. (Photo courtesy CPSC)
"We also require more responsibility from manufacturers and retailers, and stiffen the penalties if they fail to meet higher safety standards. From the factory floor to the store shelves, there are dozens more new safeguards that we've built in place to prevent unnecessary injuries and fatalities," Pryor said.
Congressman Bobby Rush of Illinois sponsored the bill in the House. "Congress is united in its effort to make children's products safer by establishing a tough new ban on toxic toys and revitalizing the Consumer Product Safety Commission," said Rush on August 1. "We have taken a big step towards reestablishing consumer safety and consumer confidence."
The new law bans six different kinds of phthalates - chemicals that make plastics more flexible. These chemicals have been linked with reproductive damage. Phthalates can be found in dozens of baby and child products, including bath toys and baby lotions.
The law raises the level of funding for the commission to $136 million in FY2014 and increases the commission's fulltime staff.
The measure enhances the commission's recall authority, makes its rulemaking process more efficient, and requires manufacturers of children's products to place tracking information on all of their products.
It requires the commission to create a publicly accessible database to inform people about harms related to the use of consumer products that are reported by consumers, government agencies, health care professionals, and other nongovernmental sources.
It also authorizes state attorneys general to bring civil actions on behalf of residents to obtain injunctive relief from a violation of a consumer product safety rule.
Under the new law, the commission's inspector general must create a website to receive CPSC employee reports of waste and fraud.
CPSC Acting Chairman Nancy Nord called the law "a victory for parents and consumers."
"New regulatory authorities and enforcement tools, many of which I asked of Congress last year, will make it easier for CPSC to find and recall unsafe products made around the world," said Nord.
"CPSC is ready to implement the law fully, fairly and in a way that bolsters the safety of children's products and increases consumer confidence," she said.
Francesca Grifo with the Union of Concerned Scientists had praise for the measure. "A stronger Inspector General and a website for CPSC employees to anonymously report their concerns, along with whistleblower protections for those who report about unsafe products, will contribute to more transparency and accountability at this agency," she said July 30 when Congress passed the bill.
"Toys will be tested for safety before they're sold, so our children aren't treated like guinea pigs," said Maureen Blackman of the nonprofit Public Citizen, an advocacy group that lobbied for improved consumer product safety.
She said now the public must follow through to ensure the law operates the way Congress intended.
"Now that the Consumer Product Safety Commission has more authority and resources to conduct recalls and test more products, we need to make sure it does its job," Blackman said. "We will preserve and expand our legislative victory by monitoring the Commission closely and participating in its proceedings."
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"I'm really excited about my new signature mallets, because I think they offer a fresh approach to the marching percussion idiom," states Moyer. "The marimba models are based on a multi-tonal concept, and the vibraphone models feature birch handles instead of the traditional choice of rattan."
Multi-tonal in construction, the four marimba models respond to the player's touch on the instrument. Increased velocity offers brighter articulation. Composers and arrangers will find that they can keep the same models in the players' hands for longer passages – changing articulation through technique and touch, rather than mallet changes.
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A Fatal Passion: The Story of Victoria Melita, the Uncrowned Last Empress of Russia
Random House, 1997 - Biography & Autobiography - 473 pages
After the firing squads of the Russian Revolution murdered Czar Nicholas II, Czarina Alexandra, and almost every other member of the Romanov family, there appeared in a small coastal village of western France a grand duke and duchess who proclaimed themselves to be the new monarchs of Russia.
The grand duchess was Victoria Melita, nicknamed Ducky. To begin with, she was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria as well as of Czar Alexander of Russia. Her sister was the remarkable Queen Marie of Romania, and her intricate family connections with the rulers of the world were almost unprecedented. The first cousin not only of King George V but also of Kaiser Wilhelm and Czar Nicholas, she had previously been married to Ernst Ludwig, grand duke of Hesse and the Rhine, but this relationship was destroyed by dark secrets, a betrayal that filled her with bitterness and shame.
Then, in a scandal that shocked the royal world, she married Kirill, a cousin of the late czar of Russia. She had married and divorced one of her first cousins and then married another--her father's nephew, and then her mother's nephew.
The family opposition was so great that Victoria Melita and Kirill were stripped of their wealth and their titles before being banished from Russia. When they were finally allowed to return, they tried in vain to bring democratic reforms to the dying, autocratic monarchy in a desperate effort to save it.
Trapped, inevitably, by the revolution, they managed to make an incredible and perilous escape, which led to a long life in exile abroad as pretenders to the throne.
Victoria Melita had never aspired to play the role of an empress without a throne. The shadowy life of aroyal pretender was the last thing this strong and independent woman had ever wanted. However, her passionate nature had centered itself totally upon her adored second husband, and, now, as Kirill set up his imperial court in the French fishing village of St. Briac and assumed the title of emperor of Russia, Victoria Melita became his empress and for twelve years proudly worked by her husband's side for the restoration of the monarchy.
And then, unexpectedly and brutally, her world collapsed again, and her inability to compromise almost brought her to ruin.
A Fatal Passion is the story of great wealth and privilege when rival royal families vied for position and power even as they were about to lose almost everything in the First World War. Among the few who survived the painful times was Victoria Melita, one of the most beautiful and liberated women of her era.
The book is set against the majestic canvas of Queen Victoria's far-flung empire, the intrigues of the royal courts of Europe, and the exotic splendor and fantastic events of imperial Russia as it balanced on the precipice of disaster. It culminates in the turbulent era of ruthless dictators and the advent of the Second World War.
Through the use of private diaries and letters previously unpublished, as well as exclusive interviews with many of the surviving principals, Michael John Sullivan has revealed the heart and mind of a remarkable woman, who, for too long, has been largely overlooked by history.
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What is considered plus size? For many women, being able to fit into a size 6 dress can be a triumphant moment. But, according to a recent article in PLUS magazine, size 6 is now considered to be plus size.
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The announcement that women will be allowed in combat gave me pause. Not that I am opposed to the idea, but it set me to thinking and remembering.
Seventy-odd years ago, shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, I was in Navy basic training at Newport, R.I. Following that, I went through commando training with the Marines, and then through the most rigorous of all, training for naval aviators at Dallas and Pensacola.
The thought of women.sharing any of that with us would have produced lewd comments but little else. It would have been inconceivable.
U.S. women in uniform � an estimated 350,000 � played a big part in World War II. The woman who would become my first wife, Shirley Johnson of Holden, enlisted with the second contingent of women called up by the Navy, known as WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service).
Unlike World War I, when women did mostly clerical and office work, the WWII Waves (and women in the other services) trained for all kinds of specialties � mechanics, communications, intelligence, etc. Shirley became a link trainer instructor. Link trainers were cockpit mockups on the ground in which trainers simulated flight conditions and taught navigation, maneuvers, etc., to fledging pilots like me.
By the end of the war, 27,000 women had joined the WAVES.
But actual, violent, bloody combat was something else. For one thing, we probably doubted that women were physically able to meet the exhaustive rigors and challenges. For example, one of the requirements in the Navy aviation training syllabus was to run a mile in six minutes. That doesn�t sound like much today, but then it was a real challenge and some of the trainees couldn�t make it. I doubt that many women at that time could.
The same went for the other rigors of training � crawling with disassembled machine guns under barbed wire barricades, scaling walls with full 50-pound packs, etc. And those were just training maneuvers, not actual combat.
But ancients like me have to adjust our thinking about women and their capabilities. I suspect that a well-conditioned woman today can do all the physical stuff that we did 70 years ago, including the six-minute mile. Many women have already distinguished themselves in hazardous duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some have paid with their lives. There is no reason to doubt their dedication, bravery and ability.
Combat duty would open up dozens of military careers to women. It would mean that a determined woman could fix her sights on a goal all the way to the top � general or admiral.
What would be the downside of that change?
One is the sheer filthy brutality of combat � well described in an article by Ryan Smith in The Wall Street Journal. He recounts the actual infantry combat conditions that he experienced in the first Gulf War. Jammed aboard an amphibious assault vehicle, the 15 Marines �were forced to sit, in full gear, on each others� laps, or in contorted positions for hours on end. That was the least of our problems � Many Marines developed dysentery from the complete lack of sanitary conditions. When an uncontrollable urge hit a Marine, he would be forced to stand, as best he could, hold an MRE bag up to his rear and defecate inches away from his seated comrade�s face.�
It�s hard to imagine a female functioning effectively in such a situation.
I have never undergone anything quite like that, but I have been in any number of situations where bodily functions were done under conditions that would have been more difficult if women were around.
I never went through the rigors of ground combat because I was a flier. We spent hours on patrol searching for Nazi submarines. Women certainly could have been trained to do the kind of piloting and navigation that we did in 1943-44 on our patrol flights searching for German submarines. But even there adjustments would have been needed. Some of those flights were up to eight hours long. Sanitary arrangements on our PBYs and PB4Y-2s were primitive.
You would never have mistaken us for Air Force One.
I mention this because the handling of human waste can be a problem for men in combat. It would be somewhat more complicated if women were involved. Of course, adaptations can and should be made. But despite the new ruling about women in combat, I suspect that not many women will elect to do the some of the grungiest jobs.
But what do I know? I�m 92 years old, 70-plus years removed from World War II.
PBYs? PB4Y2s? I might as well be talking about bows and arrows.
If women want to volunteer for infantry combat duty and can meet the physical requirements, I say OK. And I think my late wife would agree.
Albert B. Southwick�s column appears regularly in the Telegram & Gazette.


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Like many teams that only kept two quarterbacks on the 53-man roster, the Saints have added a quarterback to the practice squad.
New Orleans, which went with only Luke McCown behind Drew Brees on the regular-season depth chart, announced that Ryan Griffin, a rookie quarterback from Tulane, has made the practice squad.
Griffin signed with the Saints this year as an undrafted free agent after a college career in which he started 39 games and threw for 9,026 yards and 79 touchdowns. In the preseason Griffin completed 32 of 59 passes for 380 yards, with two touchdowns and one interception.
Also on the Saints' practice squad are receiver Saalim Hakim, tight end Michael Higgins, fullback Austin Johnson, offensive tackle Marcel Jones and defensive back Jumal Rolle. All six were cut by the Saints on Saturday.


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Ronald Duncan was born of Austro-German parents in Salisbury (now Harare, Zimbabwe) in 1914. When World War One broke out Ronald came to South London with his mother and sister while his father who was to follow, died of an illness before he could join them. As a boy Duncan holidayed in Welcombe, North Devon and aged 18 rented a cottage there with the hope of settling one day.
In 1933 he went to Cambridge University to read English with F.R. Leavis at Downing College. After graduating Ronald worked briefly in a mine near Chesterfield and became sympathetic with the strikers' cause and the politics of peaceful protest. This led to him writing a pamphlet for the Peace Pledge Union in 1936 and he met Benjamin Britten through the pacifist leader Dick Sheppard.
Such connections prompted an invitation to visit the Mahatma Gandhi in India in 1937. On his way back the young traveller called in on Ezra Pound in Italy. The exiled poet became a long time friend as did the British-Hispanist Gerald Brenan who Duncan also met at this time.
During the Second World War Duncan ran a community farm near Bideford in North Devon. His wife Rose Marie was an artist and their son and daughter were born during the war years.
His main home was based at West Mill from 1937 and during that time visitors included Britten, Peter Pears, the singer Kathleen Ferrier, Lord Harewood as well as glamorous actresses of their day, Virginia Maskell and Anna Proclemer.
Duncan farmed, rode, fished, wrote and welcomed his milieu to Welcombe - up until his death in 1982 (at Bideford hospital, 3 June 1982) at the age of 68.
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Re: RPG:Champions of Geridarr
The staccato rhythm of automatic assault weapons from General Grievous's cadre of cyborgs filled the dank air, puncuated by the snarling hum of the four lightsabers: high strike blue, low slash green, block yellow, and mid section slice purple. Xenomorphs fell at his feet, or leapt away snarling and hissing. Some struck at him but were deflected or killed outright.
General Grievous knew that the only sure way to end this was to destroy the Xenomorph Queen. He knew that at this point, it would be nearly impossible. He spun sideways, slashing through the neck of one of the aliens, right into the path of another. He stared straight into its eyes. It snapped its powerful jaws at him. He stepped back as best he could in such confined space, lancing the upper tip of the purple blade out through its lower jaw. It howled in rage and managed to pull itself off of the blade. Viscous green fluid splashed out at the Kaleesh cyborg, catching him by surprise.
He watched in shock and rage as the green acid ate through his alloy chest plate, burning deep through the armor. Fearing the acid would soon make its way through the chestplate into his organic gut-sack, Grievous began to fall back. He issued a remote order to the t100 soldiers via the two internal antennae built into his head, and they began to cover his retreat.
He was wounded, feeling the acid continue to burn through his chest armor. It angered him to retreat after so much progress made. He had no choice but to return to the Star Temple's Command Bridge.
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- Convert to dzil .
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- Add separate "LICENSE" file (CPANTS).
- Minimum version of perl in META.yml/etc. (CPANTS).
- Add a link to the version control repository to META.yml (CPANTS).
0.0210 2013-06-17
- Fix test failures on some Windows machines.
- They were caused by File::Copy preserving the file's read-only
- t/02-eliminate-old-ids.t
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- Made sure to make use of File::Spec instead of concatenating
pathnames with /s where appropriate - hopefully it will fix the
test failures on Windows.
0.0208 2013-05-22
- Fix scripts/tag-release.pl for the Mercurial repository.
0.0207 2013-05-22
- Add t/cpan-changes.t .
- Add scripts/bump-version-number.pl .
- Remove Makefile.PL - use Build.PL from now on.
0.0206 2013-05-11
- Add the <id /> element to the Atom feed.
- Feed did not validate due to this.
- Convert from YAML::Syck to YAML::XS .
- YAML::Syck fails tests on perl-5.18.x, and seems
- YAML::XS is in general better.
- Add tests and an assert for maximal number of feed entries.
0.0204 2013-01-13
- Bump minimal dependency of XML::Grammar::Fortune to 0.0506.
- Required for passing tests.
- Thanks to Andreas Koenig for some help in diagnosing the
0.0203 2011-05-28
- Convert the write-to directories in t/*.t to File::Temp's tempdir() ,
in order to get rid of Win32 (and other) test failures:
- http://www.cpantesters.org/cpan/report/2fabe6f4-9252-1014-9a4c-e9e71382d405
0.0202 2011-04-02
- Eliminate old IDs in the YAML file if the fortune cookies were moved
or deleted.
- see t/02-eliminate-old-ids.t .
0.0201 2010-10-26
- Reformat "Changes" (this file) - it had some long lines.
- Added MANIFEST.SKIP to the distribution. It's not functional yet,
but it keep getting auto-generated (we maintain the MANIFEST manually).
- Added a dependency on XML-Grammar-Fortune-0.0400 which was converted
to File-ShareDir, and so this module will now hopefully not fail the
0.02 2010-10-08
- Add List::Util (which is core, but is still explicitly used) and
XML::RSS version 1.46 to the dependencies.
- Revamped lib/XML/Grammar/Fortune/Synd.pm - the RSS feed is now
generated side-by-side with the Atom feed instead of converted from
it. This makes sure that the RSS feed is now fixed and does not
contain weird base-64 encoded data. However, the Atom feed is still
broken, due to this bug in XML-Atom:
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=61637
- Test for the RSS correctness in t/01-run.t .
- Add the tag-release.pl script to tag release in the svn repository.
0.01 2008-07-30
- First version, released on an unsuspecting world.
- Can syndicate to valid RSS and non-valid Atom.
- May require the XML-Feed customizations in:
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How to Use the Images Photos 1 & 2
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(Article from the Ladies Home Journal, March 1910, page 47)
Questions for Illustration 1
1. Based on the drawings of the maids at the top of the ad, what are some of the occasions they suggest require a specific uniform?
2. Based on the depiction of maids in this article, what characteristics do you think employers wanted in a servant? What does the ad indicate that a maid's appearance suggests?
3. Do you think articles and advertisements influenced what people thought about servants? Why or why not?
* The illustration on this screen has a resolution of 72 dots per inch (dpi), and therefore will print poorly. You can obtain a larger version of the text portion of Illustration 1, but be aware that the file will take as much as 60 seconds to load with a 28.8K modem.


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The Plaza Boutique Hotel lies in a quiet area near Antwerp's city park, around the block from Charlottalei metro stop. It offers newly renovated accommodation with flat-screen TVs and free Wi-Fi.
The spacious, elegant rooms at Plaza Hotel have a private bathroom and a walk-in dressing room. A buffet breakfast is available in the large Orangerie breakfast room and includes a variety of hot and cold dishes.
The English-style of the Victoria Bar offers a cosy setting to have a drink or snack. There is a lounge area decorated with cherry wood where you can read 1 of the free newspapers available.
For information about the area or help with anything, Plaza Boutique Hotel's staff is there to help. The Charlottalei tram stop is 250 metres away and offers easy access to the central station and historic centre.
Hotel Plaza has a private underground parking on site. The A1/E19 ring road is a 5-minute drive from the hotel.
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May 17, 2005
LOS ANGELES - Bruce G. Willison, chairman of the G. and R. Loeb Foundation Inc. and dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management, today announced the finalists of the 2005 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. He also announced the recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Lawrence Minard Editor Award. View the video announcement.
The Loeb Awards, which are the highest honors in business journalism, have been presented by UCLA Anderson School of Management since 1973. The Loeb Awards recognize writers, editors and producers of both print and broadcast media for significant contributions they make to business, financial and economic journalism.
The 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient is Byron E. "Barney" Calame, public editor designate of The New York Times. This annual award recognizes an individual whose career exemplifies the consistent and superior insight and professional skills necessary to further the understanding of business, financial and economic issues.
Timothy K. Smith, assistant managing editor of Fortune, will receive the 2005 Lawrence Minard Editor Award, named in memory of Laury Minard, founding editor of Forbes Global and a former final judge for the Loeb Awards. This award honors excellence in business, financial and economic journalism editing and recognizes an editor whose work does not receive a byline or whose face does not appear on the air for the work covered.
Calame and Smith will receive their career achievement awards at the Loeb Awards dinner, at which the 2005 Loeb Award winners in the 10 competition categories will be announced. The event will be held Monday, June 27, 2005, in New York City. Lou Dobbs, anchor and managing editor of CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight," will serve as master of ceremonies. Business Wire will be the sponsor for this year's gift bags at the event.
"The finalists in this year's Loeb Awards were selected from 394 entries, which tied last year's all time record high number of entries," said Willison.
The finalists for the 2005 Loeb Awards in the print and broadcast categories are as follows:
Large Newspapers Category
The finalists in the large newspapers category (circulation of more than 400,000) are:
- Diana Henriques for "Captive Clientele" in The New York Times
- Walt Bogdanich for "Death on the Tracks" in The New York Times
- Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz for "Internet Security" in USA Today
- Steve Fainaru for "The Last Cartel" in The Washington Post
Medium Newspapers Category
The finalists in the medium newspapers category (circulation between 150,000 and 400,000) are:
- Robert Little and Mike Adams for "A Billion-Dollar Bet" in The Baltimore Sun
- Bill Vlasic and Jeff Plungis for "Danger Overhead: Crushed Roofs" in The Detroit News
- Jenifer B. McKim, William Heisel, Keith Sharon, Valeria Godines and Hanh Kim Quach for "Toxic Treats" in The Orange County Register
- Alwyn Scott, Brier Dudley and Jake Batsell for "Shifting Fortunes" in The Seattle Times
- Christopher Carey for "High-Tech Shell Game" in St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Small Newspapers Category
The finalists in the small newspapers category (circulation of less than 150,000) are:
- Harvy Lipman and Grant Williams for "Borrowing the Future: a Special Report" in The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Washington, DC)
- Bob Norman for "Our Mayor, the Lobbyist" in New Times Broward/Palm Beach (FL)
- Bruce Rushton for "In God We Trust" in Phoenix New Times
- Craig Troianello for "The China Challenge" in Yakima (WA) Herald-Republic
Magazines Category
The finalists in the magazines category are:
- Jonathan R. Laing for "Swept Away: How Fannie Mae keeps its losses from sullying the bottom line" in Barron's
- Charlie McCoy and Ralph King for "Bechtel's Power Outage" in Business 2.0
- Robert Berner for "The Next Warren Buffett?" in BusinessWeek
- Charles Fishman for "The Toll of a New Machine" in Fast Company
- Clifton Leaf for "Why We're Losing the War on Cancer (and How to Win It)" in Fortune
Commentary Category
The finalists in the commentary category are:
- Robert Barker for "The Barker Portfolio" in BusinessWeek
- Stephen H. Wildstrom for "Technology & You" in BusinessWeek
- Dan Haar for "Dan Haar Columns" in The Hartford (CT) Courant
- Andrew Ross Sorkin for "DealBook" in The New York Times
- Peter Eavis for "Cracks in Fannie Mae's Foundation" on TheStreet.com
- Kimberley A. Strassel for "Spitzer v. Grasso" in The Wall Street Journal
Deadline Writing Category
The finalists in the deadline writing category are:
- Michael Liedtke for "Google IPO" in Associated Press
- Andrew Ross Sorkin, Steve Lohr, David Barboza, Gary Rivlin and John Markoff for "End of an Era" in The New York Times
- Monica Langley, Theo Francis, Scot J. Paltrow, Ianthe Jeanne Dugan, Christopher Oster, Ian McDonald and John Hechinger for "The Risky Business of Risk" in The Wall Street Journal
- David S. Hilzenrath, Kathleen Day, Carrie Johnson and Terence O'Hara for "Fannie Mae" in The Washington Post
Beat Writing Category
The finalists in the beat writing category are:
- Jeffrey Krasner and Ross Kerber for "Boston Scientific" in The Boston Globe
- Bill Vlasic and Jeff Plungis for "Danger Overhead: Crushed Roofs" in The Detroit News
- Ellen E. Schultz and Theo Francis for "The Short Life of 'Lifetime' Health-Care Benefits" in The Wall Street Journal
- Ariana Eunjung Cha for "Iraq Reconstruction" in The Washington Post
News Services or Online Content Category
The finalists in the news services or online content category are:
- David Dietz and Adam Levy for "Investment Conflict on Wall Street" on Bloomberg News
- Carol S. Remond for "Exposing Small-Cap Fraud" on Dow Jones Newswires
- John W. Schoen for "The Answer Desk" on MSNBC.com
- Peter Eavis for "Cracks in Fannie Mae's Foundation" on TheStreet.com
Television Deadline Category
The finalists in the television deadline category are:
- Betsy Stark, Justine Schiro and Alice Maggin for "The Rising Price of Oil" on ABC News World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
- Chris Cuomo, Shelley Ross, Bob Lange, Thomas Berman and Jack Pyle for "Money for Nothing?" on ABC News: Primetime
- Maria Bartiromo, Tyler Mathisen, Mark Haines, Sue Herera, Dylan Ratigan, Scott Cohn, Bertha Coombs, Diana Olick, Nanette Hansen, Courtney Ford, Lacy O'Toole, Alex Crippen, Robert Contino, Bill McCandless, Bob Fasbender, Judith Dobrzynski and David Friend for "Enron Scandal: Ken Lay Indicted" on CNBC
- Anne Thompson, Fred Francis, Robert Hager, Don Teague, Jay Blackman, Denise Baker, Richard Latour, Charles Schaeffer, Albert Oetgen, John Reiss and Steve Capus for "Identity Theft" on NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
Television Enterprise Category
No finalists were announced in the television enterprise category. The judging committee has chosen not to select a Loeb Award winner in the television enterprise category for 2005.
The judges select finalists and winners based on quality of reporting and writing, news and analytical value, originality and exclusivity, and in the broadcast categories, production value and visual impact. Fifty preliminary judges representing a broad spectrum of print, online and broadcast media, as well as academia, chose this year's finalists. The winners are then determined by the distinguished panel of final judges:
- Lionel Barber, U.S. managing editor, Financial Times
- Lou Dobbs, anchor and managing editor, "Lou Dobbs Tonight," CNN
- Steve Forbes, president and editor-in-chief, Forbes
- Soma Golden Behr, assistant managing editor, The New York Times
- John Hillkirk, executive editor, USA Today
- Robert G. Kaiser, associate editor, The Washington Post
- Rik Kirkland, global editor, Fortune
- Mark Morrison, managing editor, BusinessWeek
- Allan Sloan, Wall Street editor, Newsweek
- Paul E. Steiger, managing editor, The Wall Street Journal
- Pamela Thomas-Graham, chairman, CNBC
- Bruce G. Willison, dean, UCLA Anderson School of Management
- Matthew Winkler, editor-in-chief, Bloomberg News
The Loeb Awards were established in 1957 by Gerald Loeb, a founding partner of E.F. Hutton, to encourage quality reporting in the areas of business, finance and the economy in order to inform and protect private investors and the general public.
For more information about the Loeb Awards, please visit the Loeb Awards Web site at http://loeb.anderson.ucla.edu, or e-mail email@example.com, or call the Loeb Awards office at (310) 206-1877.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. As abortion doctors reveal more details of the procedures and more women who have had abortions are speaking out about their awful experience, the abortion industry is collapsing, said Father Frank Pavone, national director for Staten Island, N.Y.-based Priests for Life.
Father Pavone is one of the Catholic Church's most visible pro-life speakers, with a regular column in Catholic newspapers and a television show on EWTN. He has assisted the Vatican's Pontifical Council for the Family and has lectured around the world. He is currently assigned in the Diocese of Amarillo, Texas, where he is launching a new religious order, Missionaries of the Gospel of Life.
During a whirlwind visit April 28-30 that included visits to several parishes and talks to local pro-life groups, priests of the diocese and politicians, Father Pavone spoke about the state of the abortion industry and encouraged the pro-life movement here to step up its work with promoting pro-life legislation and speaking out to others on abortion.
"The momentum is in our direction," he said during his main public address April 29 at Holy Apostles Church. "This is an industry crumbling from the inside."
Father Pavone said that the abortion industry is actually less worried about not having enough doctors to perform abortions. Father Pavone said he knows many doctors who have left the industry.
"It shows that the pro-abortion lobby has not and never will be able to take the stigma away from abortion," he said.
"You show up at these clinics and lives will be changed by your presence. The abortion industry knows this sometimes better than we do."
Father Pavone urged the local pro-life movement to "expose the evil" by showing people the reality of abortion both during the procedure and the physical and emotional aftermath that include sterilization, depression, intense regret and possibly death.
Earlier in the day, Father Pavone addressed the Colorado Springs Diocese Respect Life Committee and concelebrated Mass with Father Bill Carmody, diocesan Respect Life director, for approximately 80 people across the street from the Planned Parenthood Clinic on West Colorado Ave.
In his homily at Planned Parenthood, Father Pavone challenged people to "take to the street and not be afraid to show what's going on."
"This morning is beautiful, the sun is shining and there's a cool breeze. It seems peaceful, but is not, because there is injustice across the street," he said. "We should not say there is peace where there is no peace."
On April 28, Father Pavone addressed the diocesan priests at their spring retreat at St. Malo in Estes Park, met with local pro-life leaders and politicians at a Life Network luncheon and spoke to St. Mary's High School students.
"There is no such thing as an abortion that is necessary," Father Pavone told St. Mary's students, relaying reasons people get abortions. "It's not because of freedom of choice. It's exactly for the opposite reason: people who feel they have no freedom and no choice. They feel trapped, desperate, afraid."
Father Pavone said those who get abortions are often made to feel they have a choice between their baby and their education, careers and other matters. Priests for Life offers help to those considering an abortion with financial and medical assistance, as well as many other aspects such as adoption, housing, education and employment assistance.
"The good news is the help is available. The sad news is those who need that help don't know it's there," said Father Pavone.
Friends are important to stopping people from getting abortions, said Father Pavone.
"Friends don't let friends drive drunk because they don't want their friend dead or making others dead. That's why friends don't let friends get abortions: because they don't want their friend dead or making others dead," Father Pavone said. "There is nothing that claims more human life. There is not a single disease that takes more human lives than abortion does. . . . Poverty doesn't come anywhere near a fraction of those dying from abortion every day.
"Every day, by surgical abortion alone, 4,000 children are killed."
Men are just as responsible for abortion as women, according to Father Pavone, and carry the responsibility to protect the child. A father can often stop an abortion from taking place by simply showing care and kindness to the mother of the child instead of an uncaring approach to the unborn child.
"What she wants to hear is: 'I'm with you. We're going to see this through. I'm going to stand by you and by our child.' You've got to be the source of strength," said Father Pavone.


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Many are they who say of me, "There is no help for him in God." Selah
But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head.
I cried to the Lord with my voice, And He heard me from His holy hill. Selah
I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustained me.
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Who have set themselves against me all around.
Arise, O Lord; Save me, O my God! For You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone; You have broken the teeth of the ungodly.
Salvation belongs to the Lord. Your blessing is upon Your people. Selah
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The other day, while cruising around online, I noticed that the newspaper that lands in my front yard had once again been scooped on a major religion story in its own backyard. In this case, the news was that Baltimore Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien, at the age of 72, had received a rather symbolic, yet still significant, post in the Roman Catholic hierarchy -- one that usually comes with a red hat and a seat in the College of Cardinals.
I wondered if I should mention this scoop in a GetReligion post, but then decided not to bring it up. After all, the Baltimore Sun misses major religion stories several times a year. This was nothing stunning, in other words.
Plus, the news source that did the scooping was Whispers in the Loggia, the website operated by the omnipresent Rocco Palmo of Philadelphia.
Getting scooped by Palmo is something that mainstream journalists are getting used to and, quite frankly, this was not the most embarrassing case in recent years. I am sure that editors at the Los Angeles Times would agree.
The Sun, of course, had a basic story on the appointment days later -- after the official Vatican announcement. Everyone had the story by then. However, instead of sulking, the Sun editors did something that caught me by surprise. They ran a lengthy A1 feature story about the man who scooped them. It was more than a nice gesture. It was a look at an important religion-beat figure in the Internet era.
By all means, read it all. Those who have followed Palmo's work will already know most of the facts and even some of the anecdotes reported here. Still, this is new stuff for most newspaper readers.
So bravo.
Here is the section of the report that I think will most interest GetReligion readers. Lurking in the background is a very basic question: Palmo is clearly an independent voice, but what kind of journalist is he? Many are not quite sure what to think of his approach to journalism. For example, what about his family's ties to Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua?
"People who would never speak to a reporter will talk to Rocco," said John Rivera, a former religion reporter for The Sun who now is director of communications for Catholic Relief Services. "Partly, it's because he clearly loves the church and is writing from the inside. He'll criticize the church, but he's not a critic of it."
That's not to say that Palmo is an apologist for the institution. Far from it. He has spoken out tirelessly against those priests involved in sex scandals, and those accused of protecting the clerics -- including Bevilacqua. ...
Palmo said he tried many times to talk to Bevilacqua about his alleged role in a cover-up. He hasn't seen or spoken to the cardinal since 2007. Bevilacqua was never charged with a crime, and Palmo is aware that he'll probably never know what really happened. So all he can do is to piece together what information he can from court proceedings and from his discussions with abuse survivors.
"He taught me that what's best for the church," Palmo said, "is more important than what's best for any one person."
The crucial concept in that passage, for me, was this one: "He'll criticize the church, but he's not a critic of it."
What does that mean, precisely? Palmo is not a public-relations man, yet he's a practicing Catholic who does not hide his love for his church.
So is he a journalist? Yes. An advocacy journalist? Sort of. But what is he advocating?
Here's the key, for me (and I have not discussed this point with Palmo). I think that what sets Palmo apart is that he considers it controversial when Catholics (left or right) attack -- in word and deed -- the teachings and traditions of the Catholic faith. However, unlike far too many mainstream journalists, he does not consider it controversial (and thus hot news) when Catholics defend the church's teachings.
Palmo is critical of Catholic leaders, in other words. He is not afraid to criticize the institution. However, he is not critical of Catholic traditions and doctrines.
Thus, it's rather interesting to note who protests his work and who praises it.


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promoted to Police Officer III (Field Training Officer) in 1990 and
Police Officer III+1 (Senior Lead Officer) in 1991, both in Newton.
She promoted to Sergeant in 1993 and worked both West Los Angeles
and Harbor Patrol. In 1996, she promoted to Sergeant II (Assistant
Watch Commander) in Harbor Division and in 1998 she promoted to
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Lieutenant II in 1999, and was assigned to Rape Special Section of
Robbery-Homicide Division. In 2002, she promoted to Captain I and
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she remained until she promoted to Captain II in May 2003. In April
2005, she was promoted to Captain III and Commanding Officer of
Rampart Area. On May 14, 2006, she was promoted to Commander. In
January 2010, she was promoted to Deputy Chief.
Deputy Chief McCarthy was born in Providence Rhode Island in 1960.
She was raised in Jamestown and is the fourth of eight children.
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Jose Mourinho: West Ham play football from 19th century
Jose Mourinho accused West Ham of playing "football from the 19th century" after Chelsea's 0-0 draw at Stamford Bridge.
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The Blues fell three points behind new Barclays Premier League leaders Manchester City, who beat West Ham 9-0 in the two-legged Capital One Cup semi-final, after a resolute display from Sam Allardyce's men.
Mourinho outlined his unhappiness with the Hammers' tactics afterwards.
The self-proclaimed 'Special One' said: "It's very difficult to play a football match where only one team wants to play. It's very difficult.
"A football match is about two teams playing and this match was only one team playing and another team not playing.
"I told Big Sam and I repeat my words: they need points and, because they need points, to come here and play the way they did, is it acceptable? Maybe, yes.
"I cannot be too critical, because if I was in his position I don't know if I would do the same. Maybe.
"At the same time I told him also this is not Premier League, this is not the best league in the world, this is football from the 19th century."
Chelsea tried everything to unlock the Hammers' defence and when they did they found goalkeeper Adrian in supreme form.
Mourinho added: "The only (other) thing I could bring was a Black and Decker (tool) to destroy the wall."
The Blues had 39 shots but could still not find a way past a heroic West Ham who finished the game with 10 men following a shoulder injury to Joey O'Brien which could see him out of action for up to three months.
Mourinho was also left frustrated by what he viewed as the Hammers' time wasting tactics and could not understand why only four extra minutes were added on.
"They wasted two minutes every time they kicked off and the referee gives the wrong message when he gives just four minutes but it is what it is."
Mourinho pointed to aimless long balls to illustrate his point, which he had made to Hammers boss Allardyce after the game.
"He was laughing," Mourinho added. "His objective was won: come here and take a point. It was not to come here and play good football or to try to win or to feel part of the quality of the Premier League.
"He takes the point. After that he's a happy man and I'm a sad guy."
Mourinho refused to criticise his players, who could have done with someone of the guile of Juan Mata, now at Manchester United.
"With my players, I'm happy," Mourinho said.
"My team tried everything. Their goalkeeper saved a lot, but they also had other players without gloves who saved a lot.
"They played with five defenders; they looked more goalkeepers than defenders."
Mourinho resisted the urge to criticise the officials, who ruled out a stoppage-time Samuel Eto'o strike, having already blown for a foul amid a confusing conclusion which also saw Adrian save from Frank Lampard.
Chelsea next play a City side who beat Tottenham to go top of the Premier League.
"For me it's not a surprise," Mourinho added.
"We go there next Monday and the result at this moment is 0-0. Are they favourites? Yes. Are they even favourites to score again four, five, six goals? Yes.
"But the result is 0-0 and we go there to compete and to play."


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"One in every five children under 18 is of Hispanic origin. We must work together to ensure all these children stay in school and have the chance to achieve their potential."
-- Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
In the past, too many Hispanic American students were shortchanged by our nation's schools.
- In the greatest country in the world, we created two education systems – separate and unequal.
- A growing "achievement gap" was evidence that some students were taught well while the rest – mostly poor and minority – were allowed to struggle or drop out.
- Language and cultural barriers, too often left unaddressed by schools, exacerbated the problem.
The No Child Left Behind law ensures that schools are held accountable for the academic progress of every child, regardless of race, ethnicity, income level or zip code.
- Because of No Child Left Behind, closing the achievement gap is now a national priority.
- Schools are now held specifically accountable for the annual progress of Hispanic American students.
- Schools must have high expectations for every child -- the soft bigotry of low expectations is no longer tolerated.
Parents now receive important information about the academic performance of their child and his/her school.
- No Child Left Behind requires annual assessment of students in grades 3-8 and once more in high school.
- The law requires states and school districts to give parents easy-to-read, detailed report cards on schools and districts, telling them which schools are succeeding.
When schools don't make the grade, families are given new options.
- Schools that don't meet state standards for two years in a row are identified as "in need of improvement."
- Parents must be offered the choice of sending their child to another public or public charter school in the district that is not in need of improvement, as well as transportation to that school.
- Schools that don't meet state standards for three years must offer free tutoring or other academic services to eligible low-income students.
- School officials must develop a plan with families, teachers, the school district, community leaders and outside experts to turn their underperforming school around.
The No Child Left Behind Act is working for Hispanic Americans.
- According to the Nation's Report Card, reading and math scores for Hispanic nine-year-olds, and math scores for Hispanic 13-year-olds, are at all-time highs.
- Over the past 5 years, Hispanic 9-year-olds' reading scores are up 12 pts. and math scores are up 17 pts.
- The achievement gap between white and Hispanic 9-year-olds in reading and math is at an all-time low.
President Bush and Congress continue to demonstrate their commitment to education.
- President Bush's FY 2006 budget would increase total funding for No Child Left Behind to $25.3 billion, an increase of $8 billion, or 46 percent over FY2001 levels.
- The budget would increase Title I funding for low-income students to $13.3 billion, an increase of $4.6 billion, or 52 percent since the law was enacted.
- The President has called for more than $675 million – a 51 percent increase since 2001 – to help ensure that Limited English Proficient students learn English and meet high academic standards.
For more information on No Child Left Behind visit www.nclb.gov or call 1-800-USA-LEARN.


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Pneumo its your gotcha day, I am remarkably sullen and sad. I feel as if I let you down so much today. Thw sun was so warm today, you would have loved it so. I miss you, I wish I could have done more, I would do anything to feel you curled up against me again.


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