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Would God create non-human animals? I am not merely wondering why God would create animals. What I am wondering is that, if God exists, would God* really create animals?
At the very least, assuming that God would create animals, would they look like animals in the actual world?
So, we can easily imagine how non-human animals could be much more impressive than they actually are. For instance, God could have made animals to be much more like humans.
Setting aside the problem of whether humans are (relatively) impressive, the fact that animals don't even have some of the capabilities that humans have is quite surprising on the hypothesis of classical theism. If animals had the capacity to reason just like humans, it's quite obvious how this would be extrinsically beneficial (and intrinsically good on theism). God could have also made it the case that animals would communicate at the level of human communication.
In addition, if God exists, God could have made many more types of animals. Moreover, there could have been a lack of animals that are displeasing to the eye like the angler fish. I think you get the point, which is that when we are talking about an all-powerful God, the options are limitless.
Whereas, none of this data is surprising on the hypothesis of indifference. The hypothesis of indifference, according to Paul Draper, is the following:
(HI) neither the nature nor the condition of sentient beings on earth is the result of benevolent or malevolent actions performed by divine persons.
The Argument
1. It is a known fact that animals exist
2. The existence of animals (and what we know about them) is much more likely on the hypothesis of indifference than on the hypothesis of classical theism
3. The hypothesis of indifference is equal to the intrinsic probability of the hypothesis of classical theism
4. Therefore, other evidence held equal, it is probable that classical theism is false
Premise 3, if anything, is incredibly generous. That's because classical theism is just one variation of theism, and theism is just one form of supernaturalism.
By "God" I am referring to classical theism. Classical theism is the view that God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent. In addition, God, on classical theism, is timeless, spaceless, immaterial, uncaused, eternal, and not composed of parts.

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When I took Katie for her 18 month check-up at the pediatrician's office last month, the doctor asked me, "Does Katie speak?" Specifically, she asked if Katie is speaking between 15-20 words, other than mama and dada. Ummmm….. no, definitely not. Not. Even. Close.
Since that appointment, she has spoken a few more words. She knows if something is yellow (lello) or if she is naked (nake nake). She asks for milk (mill) and loves her sister Maddie (Mad).
Not to worry. Katie communicates. She just doesn't speak a lot of words. She can tell you she's looking for something by putting this puzzled look on her face (that seems so grown-up) and shrugging her shoulders. She can wish you goodnight by planting a big, fat kiss on your lips and offering a wave of her tiny hand. She can tell her older sister Maddie that she wants to play by pulling Maddie into the playroom by the hand. She can tell you she's wary of a stranger by plopping in your lap and snuggling in close, peeking at the stranger from the corner of her eye. She can tell you she's in the mood for a story by grabbing one of her favorite books, shoving it in your lap, and sitting close-by, ready to listen. She can demand more food by slamming her empty plate on the high chair tray. She can tell you when she finds something to be funny by her contagious, too-cute-for-words, belly laugh. She will tell you it's nap time by resting her head on your shoulder. She can roar like a lion and moo like a cow. And you'll know, without a doubt, that she's up to no good when she runs like lightning through the kitchen with a mischievous grin on her face. She speaks volumes.
Yeah, Katie speaks.
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Tuesday, 18 July 2017
Subjects: Establishment of a Home Affairs portfolio; national security reform.
Minister, good evening and congratulations on the promotion and the responsibility that comes with it.
Thanks very much mate. I appreciate it.
Now, I've got to ask the straight question to try to explain to everyone watching right now, can you give us an idea of what centralised control in something like a Home Office can achieve that the current system that's worked very well can't?
So Paul, at the moment I think all of us recognise that we've got great agencies in all of our intelligence and law enforcement agencies. You know we're a bit biased, but I think they're the best in the world. There's no question about that.
But they're operating at the moment as independent statutory authorities in their own right – if I can describe it in those terms – so in their own silos. Now they work together, they've got a good relationship, but our argument is that under an umbrella portfolio of Home Affairs they still retain their independence, the Commissioner's still making decisions about investigations and who's arrested and who's charged and all the rest of it. But it allows the organisations to be joined up in that we can have regular discussions about the strategy, where our priorities are, where there might be an overlap of work, where for example the Counter Terrorism Unit Officers at our international airports which we never had even five years ago are working hand in glove or can they work more effectively with their Federal Police counterparts, with ASIO. So that's the idea that we allow a closer working relationship.
And as we saw off the back of 9/11 in the United States, there was a difficulty in the sharing of information. As we saw out of Man Monis here, there was a breakdown in some parts of the system where information wasn't known to other government departments. And the reality is that we face a significant terrorist threat now, but that is not going to abate, that's going to continue into the future and our argument, the Prime Minister's argument, is that we should be ahead of that game and we should bring the agencies together, allow the independence, but make sure that they are definitely sharing information, working together and we could do that most effectively within one portfolio and that's what we're proposing.
Now much has been made of two things here. The first is that when the Prime Minister first came to power he removed you from the National Security Committee. This is one hell of a turnaround from then. What has he said to you about, you know, that's one heck of a journey to go on in the best part of two years?
Well he said to me that there's no more important job in government at the moment than keeping people safe and making sure that we are ahead of the threat. We know even just over the last three years that 70 people have been charged with terrorist related offences. There have been five successful attacks, three of which have involved death of innocent people and there have been 12 potential terrorist threats or plots that have been thwarted. So if you contrast that to the previous three years, or the previous 13 years, that really is a significant ramping up. We've got foreign fighters coming back from overseas.
But the joining up of the portfolio goes beyond the terrorist aspect. We've got a lot of work, as you know, that we've been doing in cancelling visas of non-citizens who have committed offences against Australians. So there's a lot of work to do around outlaw motorcycle gangs, a lot of work to do in relation to any sort of criminal activity, organised criminal activity, paedophile rings. I mean, there is a lot that we can do on the national security front to keep our population safe and that's the priority that he's given me and I take it very seriously.
Now there are plenty of people who, you know, they're the experts in these areas who jump up and say either there's no need for this or they're unconvinced whether it's going to work, there's a lot of commentary inside the media about is this the right thing to do. Well this is all basically the same class that had its view about stopping the boats, but it was Scott Morrison first and then yourself as well have been able to basically bang heads together to get a better result. To get a result that says you know what, we can do business as usual and that's fine, but there's a way to improve on it. How much of this is about that? About a new series of relationships that are put together with - as Jim Molan said a little bit earlier tonight with Andrew Bolt - a clear idea of what everyone's purpose is, who they report to and that in part is part of the need for the restructure?
Well it's a significant part of it and it's a good point because in Operation Sovereign Borders I've got responsibility for the execution of that operation obviously. We've got 16 different government agencies that are working on that front - so work that we're doing around disrupting ventures before they get away, making sure that we've got the aerial surveillance, the on water surveillance, all of our assets around the world that we've got through our intelligence agencies - utilising and coordinating all of that.
But don't forget that these same critics - the Labor Party were dead against Operation Sovereign Borders as it seems that they're against the changes that we're proposing now. I think Mr Shorten has to rise above the petty responses that we've seen today, accept that they made a mistake in relation to opposing Operation Sovereign Borders and accept the fact that the Government is serious about making sure that this works and I believe that we can do that.
But there is a lot of work to do. There is a lot of work in coordinating the agencies efforts and at the moment. There are four or five ministers across government that have different bits and pieces and the Prime Minister wants one person within Cabinet that he can go to on national security matters and that's the idea of the Home Affairs portfolio, but still working very closely with other colleagues.
And, as I say, there's an enormous amount of tremendous work that the agencies are doing, but I think they will be strengthened by having the coordination and being brought closer together so that they can get a greater appreciation of the direction of the Government, of the direction of their respective portfolios within their own areas of responsibility and I think ultimately we can say to the Australian people that this really is about making them as safe as we humanly can.
Well as our friend Alan Jones would say, you're the hope of the side and more power to you, literally in this case. Thank you so much for the chat. All the best, Minister.
Thanks Paul. Appreciate it mate.
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According to a new study led by Bert N. Uchino of the Department of Psychology and Health Psychology Program at the University of Utah, ambivalent interpersonal relationships cause telomeres, chromosomal structures that maintain a person's biological balance, to shorten. Short telomeres have been linked with increased risk for heart disease, infection, and decreased cellular life. Research has supported the theory that negative relationships are directly related to increased stress and blood pressure, but this new study is among the first to closely examine the link between ambiguous relationships and telomere length. Ambivalent relationships may not have the detrimental consequences of negative relationships, but the ambiguous nature of the relationships can cause unpredictability, stress, and anxiety. Additionally, almost half of the relationships people have are considered ambiguous, raising the question of whether or not these relationships should be evaluated more closely.
Uchino and his colleagues interviewed 136 participants and evaluated their relationships using the social relationships index, and telomeres were measured through blood samples. The researchers discovered that the participants with the highest number of ambivalent relationships had the shortest telomere lengths. Additionally, the cellular aging of those participants was much farther advanced than the cellular age of those with less interpersonal ambiguity. Uchino also realized that the women in the study had more ambiguous relationships than the men and, overall, had shorter telomere length. Further examination showed that those relationships were usually with family members, friends, or acquaintances, which comprised the majority of relationships for the participants. Uchino said, "Although there may be some psychological and behavioral benefits to ambivalent friendships, the present study suggests these friendships may come with 'hidden' physiological costs, especially for women." He believes his findings underscore the importance of examining every aspect of personal relationships, positive, negative and neutral, to understand how each affects an individual's psychological and physical health.
Uchino, B. N., Cawthon, R. M., Smith, T. W., Light, K. C., McKenzie, J., Carlisle, M., Gunn, H., Birmingham, W., & Bowen, K. (2012, January 9). Social Relationships and Health: Is Feeling Positive, Negative, or Both (Ambivalent) About Your Social Ties Related to Telomeres? Health Psychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0026836
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i made the fatal mistake of mixing an all day music session sunday (12.30) with a deep sea trip to kilmore quay on the enterprise the next day and paid the price.
plenty of good fish but then again i put down a lot of ground bait.
as expected the slagging was rough because the sea wasnt.
have booked for sept again but will leave out the gargle this time.
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While promoting her new movie The Shallows on the Today show Monday morning, Blake Lively gave a quick update on her daughter James, who turned 1 this past December. According to Blake, who is expecting her second child with Ryan Reynolds, James is "always doing something fun and exciting" these days. In fact, Blake says her daughter is "the most fun, funny human being I've ever been around in my life," which means James is a lot funnier than a lot of adults the Lively-Reynolds have come across. Anyway, in the interview, Blake also opened up about her plans to have more children with Ryan. "I'm one of five kids, my husband's one of four. We are officially breeders," she said, before adding that folks can "go on our website and we will give you some of our children." Please don't take her seriously, everyone. If you've learned anything from Blake in this interview — or her most recent Instagram posts — she's just being funny and trying to set a good example for her equally funny daughter. Got that?
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text: The rising tide of sensory troubles: Explosive behaviours Written by: Joanna Grace | Published: 30 January 2019 Image: Adobe Stock Comment on this article In a three-part series for SecEd, inclusion specialist Joanna Grace addresses the sensory challenges that many pupils face. In part two, she considers explosive sensory behaviours – and how not to react Our senses are our primary source of information about the world, nothing trumps the authority of the information we get from them. Even if our thinking brain tells us that something is not real, our senses take the upper hand.This is the second in a series of three sensory articles and in article one I evaluated the reality of sensory processing difficulties for our students. Suffice to say that for a variety of reasons we now have within our schools and classrooms children who process sensory information in a way that is different to the norm.You cannot escape the dinosaursRecently I experienced a perfect example of the trumping of sensory experiences over cognition for myself. I am a sensory engagement specialist, everything I do is focused on better understanding and engaging the senses. I was at a party and had the opportunity to try out one of these super fancy virtual reality headsets. Inside the virtual world dinosaurs were grazing in a wilderness.I could see them and hear them. I knew they were not real. I also knew that I regularly tell people that the information you get from your senses can't be trumped, but I thought that I would be able to do it. I figured, rather arrogantly, that I could pit my knowledge about engaging the senses against the experience I was having.So I focused on the food in my mouth, the feel of my bare feet against the carpet, I listened not to the dinosaurs but to the sounds of my friends around me. I knew and I sensed, that I was not in that world. And then a dinosaur walked straight towards me and I instantly threw myself to the floor to avoid it! You cannot beat the information you get from your senses – even if you are a sensory engagement specialist!For most of us our sensory systems are configured within normal ranges. They make it possible for us to accurately sense and discern the world around us. But as discussed in the previous article, people with sensory processing difficulties may have some of their senses configured in such a way that they do not accurately match up with reality.In some individuals this configuration is permanent and constant and for others it fluctuates. We all experience some variation with our perception, e.g. when we've first woken up, or when we're tired or ill, we would not expect to sense as accurately as after our first cup of coffee. Some people have their sensory abilities affected in a more pronounced way – by their sleep, their food intake, their current stress levels and so on. Many factors come into play.You cannot reason with the sensesThe important thing to remember is that you cannot reason with the senses, even within your own self. If you are supporting a child who produces explosive behaviours in response to sensory triggers you cannot tell them that they sensed it wrong.Have you ever heard yourself say that a noise "wasn't that loud" or that a push "wasn't that hard"? If you find you are consistently accusing a student of overreacting to sensations, question whether or not something may be at play with their processing. Reaction to sensation tends to be perfectly accurate to what was experienced by the individual. Two people do not necessarily experience the same sensation as the same. We each live through the lens of our own physiology, our own brains – we share the same world but it appears differently to each one of us.If a student receives a sensory message that tells them they are in danger they will respond as such. Those sensory messages enter the brain at its most basic level and trigger the fight or flight response. There is no filtering of these experiences through the rational mind first, it is an instant animal response.Fight or flight – in that orderFight or flight is the organism's way of protecting itself and ensuring its survival. Survival is our absolute top priority and our animal selves are willing to do anything, including hurt others, in the name of self-preservation. This does not just apply to children from troubled backgrounds, or even just to children who have sensory difficulties, it applies to all humans, we all respond like this if so triggered. The difference for children from chaotic backgrounds or children with sensory processing difficulties is simply that their brains are likely to be triggered more easily.When our senses tell us we are in danger it is fight first. The phrase fight or flight is in that order for a reason. At a most basic level if we can kill whatever threatens us, our animal-level understanding believes the threat to have been removed; it is a better way of ensuring our long-term survival than running away. If we flee then we will likely have to face that same threat again another day. It makes survival sense to fight first.Inside a split secondThe decision to fight is taken in a split second and in that split second the following things happen, extraordinarily quickly and without rational thought:We receive a signal from our senses saying we are in danger.We associate that signal with something (often with the person nearest to us or the person who is producing the most sensory output – e.g. the one that is loudest or moving fastest). We do not necessarily associate the signal with what produced it.At an animal level we judge which of us would win in a fight.If we think we would win, we attack.If we think we would not win, we look for an escape route.If there is an escape route we flee.If there is not an escape route we muster ourselves to attack with everything we have, knowing that we might be facing a greater foe, our animal self is willing to fight to the death.Animals without emotionRecently I was supporting a teacher who has a student who from time to time bites their peers. Not the sort of little nip to get a reaction: a full-on bite. The teacher observed that afterwards they did not seem remorseful or even particularly emotional. Indeed I heard staffroom whisperings that the child was psychotic, such was the eerie calm they seemed to exude after injuring a peer.This unemotional response is exactly what I would expect from a sensorially triggered behaviour. To understand the reasons, we need to go back to the primitiveness of the response.We are all animals, some of us might wear school uniforms, some of us ties or high heels, but at base level we are all the same. When that message hits our brains that we are in danger and fight or flight is triggered the brain does something extraordinary in order to ensure our chances of survival: it shuts down processing in other areas of the brain in order to maximise our capacity to fight or flee. In so doing it shuts down:Our ability to process language. Our ability to access memories. Our ability to think rationally. Our ability to lay down new memory. Our ability to feel and process emotions.Let that sink in for a while. It is an extraordinary list. A child who has had their fight or flight response triggered loses the ability to do all of the above. Now look at that list alongside the decisions made in that split section of reaction time and you will begin to see how ineffective standard responses to behaviour are going to be.Standard responses can make sensory triggered behaviour worseWe might shout "Stop!" at a child about to pick up a chair or punch a peer. But what use is this instruction if their language processing has already shut down. A sound we believe carries instructional information becomes simply a sound and is judged on its auditory merits. "Stop!" is a loud abrupt sound. Loud abrupt sounds in nature indicate aggression. Producing such a sound as a child rattles through those decisions in that split second of reaction time is likely to jump them from step three directly to step seven because if their senses tell them their potential opponent is about to attack then it no longer matters whether they can escape or not, they have to fight. Shouting stop could well result in the chair be thrown further or the punch being delivered with greater force.A child goes to storm out of the class/school and we stand across the door to prevent them from leaving. Some children will try to escape a situation before the sensations become too much for them. When we prevent them from getting away we force them to step seven in the split-second decision-making process. We prompt an aggressive response that could have been avoided.We rush towards a child about to enter a fight intending to use ourselves as a shield to protect the recipient of their aggression. That child does not have access to rational thought so they cannot understand our sudden movement as a protective action, they can only interpret it at that basic animal level. And someone rushing straight towards you in the animal world is a sign of attack so once again our standard response to behaviour leads to an amplification of the behaviour we were hoping to mitigate against.We threaten children with the consequences of their actions, at a time when they have no access to rational thought. We appeal to a child's emotional literacy pointing out the emotional effect of their behaviour on others, at a time when they cannot feel emotion.We remind a child that the last time they did this the consequences were bad, at a time when they cannot access memories. We get frustrated that the child does not learn from past events, when their experience of them happened at a time when they were physically incapable of laying down new memories. You can appreciate the problem!Supporting children whose behaviour stems from sensory triggersPrevent: The best way to support a child whose behaviour is triggered by sensory causes it to work out what those causes are and remove them. Remembering as you do so that you cannot reason that a cause is insufficient – what their senses tell them is the reality they live in.Flight: If you cannot remove the trigger then you need to think about how you respond. They have only two options: fight or flight. We definitely don't want the first so we need to work out how to safely facilitate the second. Look at creating sensory flight paths – these are essentially practised routes which children are used to employing to remove themselves from situations of conflict that are clearly perceived by the senses of that child when in a heightened state. Think visually clear pathways that lead to low stimulating environments.Sound: Do not shout or raise your voice. Give instructions calmly and in soothing tones, being aware that the only aspect of your communication that may reach them is the sound you are making. Aim to put into the situation the feeling you want to be there. Don't meet their anger with anger of your own, instead try to compensate: meet their stress with your uber calm and attempt to level the playing field.Approach: Do not approach them at speed or directly, tricky to do I appreciate but you are aiming for a swift sideways approach keeping your body language as uncombative as possible. Think of those animals on nature programmes that puff themselves out to look more threatening: don't do that!Touch: Don't grab or restrain or pull. But do touch – firm reassuring pressure delivered with caring intent has almost magical properties when it comes to dissolving tensions. Recently I was talking to a teacher who works in a unit supporting teenagers whose behaviour has got them into trouble with the law. She told me one of her best strategies was to sit alongside a youngster in such a way that their upper arms pressed against one another. Prevention is always better than a cure......Especially where the sensory world and behaviours are concerned. In my final article on February 7 I will be looking at low-level niggly sensory behaviours and at how we can deploy sensory stimulation to actively provide for sensory needs and enhance the curriculum.Joanna Grace is a sensory engagement and inclusion specialist, author, trainer, TEDx speaker and is founder of The Sensory Projects. Visit www.thesensoryprojects.co.ukFurther informationThe rising tide of sensory troubles: An overview (part 1), Joanna Grace, SecEd, January 2019: http://bit.ly/2sFqWtJTwo CPD events – Develop Your Sensory Lexiconary (a course that teaches the development of seven sensory systems) and Exploring the Impact the Senses have on Behaviour – are due to take place in 2019 at venues around the UK. 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Study participants in the high consumption group – those who ate 15 to 100 grams of chocolate a day in the form of everything from Mars bars to hot cocoa – had lower heart disease and stroke risk than those who didn't consume the confection.
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The research team acknowledged that the findings were a big surprise because they were absolutely sure that the health benefits could only apply to dark chocolate, not milk chocolate. It's not only delicious, it's also filled with plenty of health benefits, studies show.
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Still, this doesn't seem to affect the participants' heart health, according to the authors of the study Cardi B.
Another question mark was to be found in "reverse causation": participants who knew they had cardiovascular problems may have followed a healthier diet and eaten less chocolate.
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The study measured more than 21-thousand people.


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The last decade of the 18th century brought to Baltimore two groups, both of whom assumed major roles in the development of missionary work among the colored people of America. The French Revolution effected even this hemisphere. Its direct effect was in San Domingo while it had an indirect effect in the refugees that it sent to American shores. The first group of refugees, who came in 1791 were perhaps one of the most welcome and influential additions the American Church ever received, the Sulpician Fathers. The second group arrived two years later. It comprised 1000 white and 500 colored refugees from San Domingo, fleeing from the unsettled government and the revolutionary times that has come to their island. Both groups were French-speaking, so it was logical that the San Domingans sought the spiritual ministrations of the priests, with whom they shared a common tongue. The chapel at St. Mary's Seminary became the center for the refugees. There the Negros from San Domingo found men willing to devote time to sacramental ministrations and catechetical instructions. The Rev. Louis W. Dubourg, future Bishop of New Orleans, began giving the Negroes catechetical instructions in July of 1796. This laid the remote foundation for the first Negro parish in the United States. The Chapelle Basse at the Seminary became the center of worship for many of the Negroes. At the same time the Abbé Jean Moraville aslo conducted services in St. Peter's Church at early hours for the Negroes of the city whose long hours of work prevented their attendance at Chapelle Basse.
The building begun in 1836 and opened in 1837 as the First Universalist Church. It was damaged in the great flood of 1837. In 1839 bankruptcy forced its sale, and it became an assembly and lecture hall. It served as the meeting place for the Whig Convention of 1844 which nominated Henry Clay for the Presidency, the Democratic Convention of 1844 which nominated General Cass, and, more dramatically, as the assembly hall for an attempt to put Maryland into the Confederacy on May 13, 1861. The guns of General Ben Butler bearing down from Federal Hill put short shrift to this attempt. In the same year it became a church for the German Lutherans, until it was purchased on October 10, 1863 by Father O'Connor, S.J. The Very Rev. Henry B. Coskery, the Administrator of the Archdiocese after the death of Archbishop Francis P. Kenrick and before the arrival of the new Archbishop, Martin J. Spalding, dedicated the new church on February 21, 1864. The building was described by the Baltimore American of the time:
Here came four missionary priests for the Negroes, together with their Superior, the Very Rev. Herbert Vaughan, from the Missionary College of St. Joseph at Mill Hill near London. However, they were sent by the Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith and this at the command of the Supreme Pontiff. On the following Sunday, which was 10th of December, they were solemnly received by me and inaugurated in the Church of St. Francis Xavier, the Jesuit Fathers giving it up so that during two or three years they might take care of this church which already had been bought for the Negroes by Rev. Father Michael O'Connor, S.J., formerly Bishop of Pittsburgh, who gathered money for this task from the faithful, with eat zeal and labor.
Father Cornelius Dowling became the first Josephite Pastor, and under his direction, a Night School and Lending Library was opened on February 5th, 1872, and at a slightly a later date, a modified industrial school was attempted, though it was not of long duration. On March 1st, 1872 a chapel was opened in South Baltimore on Leaden Hall Street under the title of the Chapel of the Sacred Heart. It was only in use for a few years when financial difficulties forced it to close. A 'widows Home' on Front street was attempted, and the work was subsequently taken over by the Little Sisters of the Poor. The first enthusiasm was chilled by the early death from Typhoid Fever of Father Dowling on August 9, 1872. Father James Noonan became the pastor until 1877. At that time, he joined the Jesuits and worked in Jamaica, B.W.I. until his health broke down, finally dying at Georgetown, D.C. in 1915. During his term of office, the church was extensively redecorated. The distinctive portico and wide entrance were removed, and the structure was made to resemble St. Ignatius' Church as nearly as possible. In 1895 four missions in Prince George County at Marlborough, Piscataway, RosaryVille and St. Ignatius, were taken under the care of St. Francis Xavier's priests. Since it was found that these were becoming predominantly white missions, the work was turned over to the diocese after four years. From St. Francis Xavier Church, priests went to take over the Negro Mission in Louisville, Kentucky in 1873 and in Charleston, South Carolina in 1875.
The first American among the Mill Hill Fathers became pastor after Father Noonan entered the Jesuits. He was Father John Slattery, who remained as pastor until 1884, when he left to begin the first mission in Virginia at Richmond. During his term of office, the mission in south Baltimore was once more attempted, and resulted in the formation of St. Monica's parish. He also began a foundling home in the parish which eventually become St. Elizabeth's Home. Under his urging Franciscan Sisters came from Mill Hill to staff the institution in December of 1881. In 1881 also, priest went from St. Francis Xavier's to take over the Church of St. Augustine in Washington, DC. In 1883, Father John H. Greene, associate for years with parish, wrote in St. Joseph's Advocate, which he published from there:
It takes a denizen of the Monumental city to realize the dangerous task of creeping up or down in frosty weather the terrible hill slopes of upper Baltimore, the steepest of which is perhaps that abutting on this Church with its angel of 60 degrees, and its every square foot like a block of glass veneered with slippery elm, defying Byron's "perpendicular reptile" tocrawl an inch; yet every morning in midwinter the Divine magnet of the tabernacle attracts colored feet over this fearful impediment a full hour before sunrise! Nay, on holy days of obligation, when Mass is obligatory …, living streams pour down the terrible watershed to catch the 5 O'clock Mass, fully two hours before dawn!
Two of the boys in St. Francis School, Frank Roberts and Arnold Waters, and their home training, were singled out for praise at the commencement in June of 1883.
Father Charles J. Gieson, a native of Utrechi, Holland, was the subsequent pastor, from 1884 until his death in 1896. He established the Xavier Lyceum for the young colored men of the city. The second division of the parish took place during his time when St. Peter Claver's parish was dedicated on September 9, 1888. He also extensively redecorated the church, during which the church was closed for several weeks in 1887. A mission in 1891 resulted in 1709 confessions being heard. A significant cause for rejoicing occurred in the parish on June 19th, 1891, when, at the closing of the Triduum in honor of St. Aloysius, Charles Randolph Uncles, served as Deacon at Vespers. He had been ordained a deacon that very morning. He was ordained to the priesthood on December 19, 1891, the first Negro to be ordained a priest in the United States, and was a former member of St. Francis Xavier's parish, a product of its school and there on Christmas morning, 1891, he celebrated his first solemn Mass. Although he chose to become a member of the Baltimore Archdiocese when the separate American Society was set up in 1893, Father Gieson remained on as pastor of St. Francis Xavier until overwork and exhaustion caused his collapse and return home to die in 1896. For one year a Kentuckian, Father Thomas B. Donovan, the second superior General of the Josephite Fathers, was the pastor of St. Francis Xavier before going to Richmond to serve on the Virginia missions. For a short while in 1897, until his health broke down, a priest from the Archdiocese of Boston, who contributed generously to the work of the Negro missions, was in charge of the parish, Father Patrick J. Hally. After his return to Salem and Lowell, Massachusetts, his continued interest in the work of the Negro Missions resulted in many vocations to the Josephite Fathers, and the work that was not physically able to do himself he was able to accomplish through the others whom he sent in his place. A planter's son from Pointe Coupe Parish, Louisiana, Father Pierre O. LeBeau, next took charge of the parish. He remained for almost a year, before returning to his native state to become the pioneer Josephite Missionary of Louisiana, eventually having the town of Petite Prairie renamed in his honor as Lebeau, Louisiana. Father Joseph Butsch was pastor for four years for his first term at St. Francis, until 1901, followed by Fathers Oliver Napoleon Jackson, Joseph A St. Laurent, Robert Carse and William Dunn. In 1911 Father Narcisse P. Denis, Massachusetts born of French Canadian stock began his pastorate of nine years.
The Golden Jubilee of the Parish was celebrated with solemnity on December 14, 1913, in the presence of Cardinal Gibbons, and another Josephite Father Charles Carroll, then a professor at the Epiphany College, as Deacon of the Mass. Cardinal Gibbons words of congratulation at that time were somewhat prophetic, for he said then: "let your work be such that those who come after you and in fifty years more, celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of this church, may rejoice, just as you have rejoiced, in the work of the fifty years that have gone before." One novel feature
of Father Denis pastorate was the trade school which he carried on in the basement of the rectory. Father Denis had had a hobby of printing and carpentry and in September of 1914 he began a school to teach these professions to the Negro boys of his parish. He had 26 pupils in his class in 1915. During his administration another parish was carved out of the Negro Mother-parish of Baltimore. This was St. Barnabas' Church, which in 1931 was transferred to St. Pius' Parish. In 1920 Father Denis was transferred to Richmond, and saw later service in Alabama, Louisiana and Texas. Father John A. Glancy, a native of Philadelphia, served as pastor from 1920 until his death by a heart attack after evening services on October 21, 1923. Father Joseph Butsch, born at Elkhart, Indiana, returned for his second pastorate at St. Francis Xavier's. Father Butsch was well known for his writings on the Catholic Missionary effort among the Negroes, being a contributor to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the Catholic Historical Review and other publications. Father Butsch was called to his reward from St. Francis on July 30, 1926. An English-born Josephite, who has been torpedoed on Laconia in 1917, and subsequently served as a Red Cross Chaplain with the American Forces in France, Father Joseph L. Wareing took charge of the parish in 1926-1927. For three years, until 1930, Father Charles Carroll, well known for his gracious powers of oratory, was the pastor of old St. Francis.
Father Thomas Duffy, aided at times by Fathers Timothy Sullivan and John T. Gillard, was the pastor during the years of transition from the old to the 'new St. Francis.' When Baltimore made plans to construct the viaduct, old St. Francis stood in the way, at least the rectory and school did, and it was necessary to begin looking for a new site. The Madison Square Methodist Episcopal Church at the northeast corner of Caroline and Eager Streets was purchased by Father Duffy. Hard times were very much present for the Church, since the city plans for the viaduct became enmeshed in political wrangles, and no payments were forthcoming for the old St. Francis Xavier rectory and school property. In the summer of 1933 the financial matters were finally straightened out with the city and the move to the new church could take place. The new pastor, appointed in 1933, Father Arthur Flanagan, noted for his geniality and charity, opened the church on October 29th, the Feast of Christ the King, and the Church was solemnly dedicated by Archbishop Curley on December 3, 1933; Feast day of St. Francis Xavier, the patron saint of the church. Mass continued to be said for several years at the old St. Francis on Sundays and Holy Days, but eventually in 1941 it was sold to become parking lot. There was much nostalgia among the parishioners at the time of the move, although it was eased somewhat by the architects and builders in remodeling the new structure. The three sided gallery, the altar, the altar rail, the Stations of the Cross, the window of St. Anthony, shrines and statues and other familiar objects which one had looked on in the old St. Francis, were present in the new. The first confirmation took place in the new church on June 17, 1934, when Auxiliary Bishop John McNamara confirmed a class of 233, among them 54 adult converts from St. Francis Xavier's parish.
Father Charles Winckler became the pastor in 1936, and during his time two catechetical centers were opened. These were effective enough so that in the confirmation class of May 15, 1938, of the 180 confirmed, sixty were converts. From 1942 to 1944 Father Michael O'Neill was the pastor, during whose term of office the former St. Anthony's Orphanage was converted into the present
school in 1943. Father O'Neill was followed by Father John Albert. Father Albert 1944-1948 began the mission at Turner Station, offering Mass in the recreation hall of the project. He also bought the ground for the Cherry Hill Mission. From 1948 to 1954, Father Joseph McKee, hero of the Dixie disaster, when the hurricane wrecked liner foundered off the Florida Keys in 1935 was the pastor of the parish. From 1954 to 1960 Father Henry Offer energetically conducted the affairs of the parish. He was able to report eighty-five persons being baptized in one day, June 12, 1955, in the oldest Negro parish in the United States, which since 1871 had recorded almost 12,000 baptisms. Father Offer built the Church at Turner station during his administration. During 1960 and 1961 Father Francis Cassidy served as the shepherd of the flock, being followed in 1961 by the present driving by the present driving force of the parish, Father Harry J. Maloney.
The history of a parish is a cold and remote thing, with dates, names and buildings. It can never present the true story of the parish, the untold and untellable sufferings and sacrifices of priests and people, the steady drive to do more for those who are fellow members in the mystical body of Christ. Words cannot express the consolation of returning to the sacraments those who have been long away from them, the meaning of the time and effort given by the generous souls who participated in the parish organizations, the daily devotion of the Sisters and teachers in preparing the youth of the parish to enter, well prepared, into the battle of life. The story can only be told in the results. Baltimore's Black Catholics are the result of the efforts of the Mother Church, St. Francis Xavier. God knows the good accomplished, and the parishioners have a proud heritage to keep high and carry on in time and in eternity.
Father Louis Dubourg was the first priest known to have devoted special attention consistently to a Negro congregation. On his departure for New Orleans in 1815, the work was turned over to Father Tessier, who for thirty-one years looked after the Negroes' spiritual interests. In 1827 he was aided by another Sulpician, Father James Nicholas Joubert de la Muraille, who has a career as a soldier, a tax collector and a San Domingo refugee behind him before entering the Priesthood. Finding it almost impossible to instruct his young charges due to their lack of education, Father Jourbert received permission to start a school. He discussed his plans with three colored ladies, one from Cuba and two from San Domingo. Together they originated the first group of colored Sisters in the United States. When these ladies were joined by another San Domingan, they took their first promises on June 3, 1829 to form the Oblate Sisters of Providence.
On the death of Father Joubert in 1843, the direction of the Oblate community and the care of the semi-parish attached to their convent were entrusted to the Redemptorist Fathers in a general way, and in October of 1847 under the particular care of Father Anawander. In 1857, the basement of St. Ignatius's Church was given over to the increasing congregation, under the title of the 'Chapel of Blessed Peter Claver.' Father Peter Louis Miller, S.J. became the pastor. His efforts and his devotion to his work attracted the attention of Father Michael O'Connor, S.J., who has resigned from Bishopric of Pittsburgh a few years previously in order the Jesuits. Father O'Connor visited many Baltimore families and was able to collect about six thousand dollars. This enabled the Jesuits to buy an historical old building on the corner of Calvert and Pleasant Streets.
On March 8, 1865, Father Miller opened a free school for girls which was conducted at the Oblate Sisters Convent, and slightly later a boys' school was also begun in the basement of the church. The Jesuits carried on the work until December 10, 1871, when a new religious community of men arrived in America to devote itself to work among the Negro race.
Under the Episcopate of Archbishop Martin J. Spalding, the hierarchy of the American Church had pleaded for help in this work at the Second Plenary Council of Baltimore in 1866. When the future cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, Father Vaughan, sought a mission field for the first priests of his new community, the Mill Hill Fathers, Pope Leo XIII and the Propaganda in Rome requested them to undertake the work of the Negro Missions in the United States. The first band of four priests, Fathers James Noonan, Cornelius Dowling, Charles Vigneront and James Gore, together with their founder Father Herbert Vaughan sailed from England in the company of Father Michael O'Connor, S.J.
They were entrusted with the charge of St. Francis Xavier's parish at Vespers on a December Sunday of 1871. Under the date of December 5, 1871, Archbishop Martin Spalding had recorded in his Journal:
The entrances, vestibules and walls of the interior have been painted in a pure white, the woodwork drab; whilst the outside is of a delicate plum color, with the window-casings, about forty in number, in bright green … there is a grand altar and two side altars, galleries, and robing rooms still further east … The grand floor contains six rows of pews, 116 in all, and the three galleries, 57 making a total of 173, with a capacity of one thousand comfortable sittings. On the grand altar is a superior painting of the crucifixion which has a fine effect. The choir, led by Mrs. Julia Briscoe, consists of a number of fine voices.


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…he had of me
All he could have; I made him just and right,
Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall.
John Milton: Paradise Lost.
Milton's God reacts to Man's foreseeable fall by his plan of grace, …. Milton's idea of grace is not "irresistible," but "conditional" upon Man's choice to accept or refuse it. For Milton, Man does not have the "will" to save himself, but can choose to be "saved" by a will that can save him.
From "Free will and necessity in Milton's Paradise Lost".
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Stages of progress below;
From the original snap through cropping,
digital manipulation printing as a montage 71cm sq
adding found material.
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developing composition
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Union Public Service Commission has latterly released the admit cards for NDA Paper 1 examination which is going to be held on 21st of April, 2019. The interested candidates who wish to appear in the examination can avail their admit cards from the official website of the UPSC upsc.gov.in
According to the information, the vacancies have been released to fulfill 392 posts of National Defence Academy and Naval Academy in the country. A few days back, the board has published the list of rejected candidates of NDA (I) exam who has not paid the application form fee. The aspirants who aspire to seek a career in Indian Defence Services has to go through the two stages of the exam, i.e. Written Exam and Staff Selection Board (SSB). The examination will be conducted in an offline mode and the question paper will be based on OMR pattern.
NDA (I) 2019 Admit Card Highlights
Name of the Exam
NDA Paper 1 exam
Conducting Board
Union Public Service Commission.
No. of Vacancies
392 posts
Job Type
National Defence Academy and Naval Academy
Admit Card
Mode of Selection
Written Test and
SSB (Service Selection Board) Interview
Job Location
All Over India
Official Website
How to Download NDA (I) 2019 Admit Card?
Here are some steps that candidates need to follow the mentioned procedure step by step in order to download the UPSC NDA admit card 2019:
Step 1: Go to the official website of UPSC.
Step 2: Go to the notification and click on the link available as NDA (I) 2019 admit card.
Step 3: It will direct you to a new page on your computer screen.
Step 4: Click on the link as "Click Here" under the link section to download e-Admit Card.
Step 5: Read the instructions carefully and then, click on "Yes" button to move further.
Step 6: Fill all your mandatory details asked such as "Registration ID/Roll Number, Date of Birth" etc.
Step 7: Now, click on the submit button and the admit card will be displayed on the screen.
Step 8: Finally, hit download to get your desired admit card and take a print copy of it for future process.
Details on NDA (I) 2019 Admit Card:
After downloading the UPSC NDA 1 Admit Card, aspirants need to verify the following details are mentioned accurately on the admit cards:
- Name of the candidate
- Signature of the candidate
- Roll NO.
- Exam Center
- Subject Name and code
- Exam Venue
- Day and Date of examination
- Photograph
- Signature
- Parent's Name
Important Instructions for the Candidates:
Before entering the exam venue, read the below-mentioned instructions carefully and follow the given steps:
- First of all, candidates must reach the exam center according to the time schedule mentioned on the UPSC NDA Admit Card. As none of the aspirants will be able to enter the venue late and therefore will not be allowed to sit for the test.
- Make sure that you have at least 2-3 print out of the admit cards. If in case, the original is lost or damaged then you should have a saved copy of the admit card on your phones or device.
- Any of the gadgets like mobile phones, calculators or IT tool is not allowed inside the examination center.
- It is obligatory for the candidates to mark the answers made by using Black Ball Point Pen only because no other pen is allowed here.
- After downloading the admit card for UPSC NDA examination, the candidates should check that the details printed on the tickers are up to date or not. If any kind of error or discrepancy is found in the admit card, then the aspirants have to contact the authorities or board immediately about the issue.
NDA (I) 2019 Admit Card Quick Links
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Safety, quality and the environment - Company philosophy
On the basis of voluntarily adopted provisions and legislation in force, Due Emme has implemented and developed fully integrated systems that have been recognised and certified.
Investment in training, staff workshop sessions, residual risk analysis, identification of strong points and of areas for improvement and the drawing up of action plans have all combined to enable us to reach important goals.
Our firm belief in this policy, one to which we have made a permanent commitment, has translated into remarkable positive results in terms of:
⇒ The safeguard of the health and wellbeing of our staff
⇒ Positive client relationship management and client satisfaction
⇒ A contribution to the protection of a better environment
Maintaining across-the-board professionalism, ongoing improvement and the consolidation of results obtained are all part of our plans going forward, with a further important goal being EMAS - Eco-Management and Audit Scheme – registration, the perfect incentive for the implementation of a concrete strategy of transparency and dialogue with all those who have dealings with Due Emme.


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Rydal Waters Receives Township Approval
Expansion to Rydal Park campus features exciting new amenities
JENKINTOWN, Pa. (1/16/18) — Recently, Presby's Inspired Life received unanimous final development approvals from Abington Township for the cottage home expansion of the Rydal Park Life Plan Community, to be known as Rydal Waters.
Abington Township Commissioner Ben Sanchez is very much looking forward to the development. "Abington Township is excited to welcome the Rydal Waters expansion of Rydal Park to our community. For over 40 years, Rydal Park has been a terrific 'neighbor' that has provided an outstanding living experience for so many of our township's senior residents," says Sanchez. "This project will allow Rydal Park to serve an even broader market within and beyond our community that is consistent with its high quality and standards that we know we can expect from it."
In addition to the planned cottages, the expansion includes a clubhouse with fitness center; multipurpose space with fireplace and audio/visual capabilities; cocktail lounge; outdoor, heated swimming pool; fire pit; outdoor grilling area; and much more.
"We are so proud of how well our team and Abington Township worked in partnership to develop a solid plan," says Judee Bavaria, president and CEO of Presby's Inspired Life. "This plan allows the beautiful Rydal Waters property of 85 planned cottage homes to be constructed in a way that will attract new residents to our campus."
The site will also feature a dog park and walking trails. Residents of Rydal Waters will have access to everything offered at Rydal Park, including dining venues, activity areas, programming and more. Likewise, Rydal Park residents will have access to the amenities offered at the Rydal Waters campus.
Current estimates for construction of the cottage homes and clubhouse are between $45 million and $50 million. When complete, the project's total costs will be approximately $75 million.
To see a preview of development and to receive more information, visit RydalWaters.org or call 877-933-6699.
Presby's Inspired Life is a not-for-profit, faith-based organization that provides continuing care and Affordable Housing for more than 3,000 people 62 and better, across more than 30 communities throughout greater Philadelphia. www.PresbysInspiredLife.org
Rydal Park is a Presby's Inspired Life community located on a scenic 20-acre campus in Abington Township, Montgomery County. Rydal Park is a full Continuing Care Retirement Community for people 62 and better. The community boasts 307 independent living apartment homes across four contiguous buildings. The community also offers personal care, skilled nursing and rehabilitative care. Known for its exceptional location and amenities, Rydal Park has become synonymous with healthy, elegant and quality retirement living. In total, Rydal Park offers 509 accommodations. www.ExploreRydalPark.org and www.ExploreRydalWaters.org


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Bowl projections: Predicting the playoff, every bowl game after Week 5
Two changes at the top of these bowl projections caused a cascade of shifts down the list. Stanford and Florida State, two teams projected to make the College Football Playoff in last week's slate of bowl projections, fell. Although the Cardinal could play their way back into a playoff berth—with some help from a Washington setback—Florida State is out of the mix.
Those shifts, along with the fluid hierarchy in the Big 12, lead to swings throughout the projected bowl matchups this week. Here is where things stand heading into Week 6.
But first, a reminder about how the college football postseason works. The playoff selection committee will choose the teams for the two playoff semifinals—the Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl this year—and the four other marquee bowls that are part of the New Year's Six. The highest ranked Group of Five conference champion must play in one of those six games, and other games, such as the Rose Bowl, have conference tie-ins.
The remaining bowl games are also governed by agreements with the 10 FBS conferences, though if a league doesn't produce enough bowl-eligible teams to fulfill all of its tie-ins, that bowl can select another conference's representative. In some cases, leagues will pool together their bowl tie-ins to create more flexibility. The Music City Bowl, for example, can choose either an ACC or Big Ten team to face an SEC opponent.
And lastly, just because a bowl may be designated to have a particular order of selection among a conference's teams doesn't mean it has to adhere exactly to the standings. The Alamo Bowl's second choice among Pac-12 teams, for example, does not require it to choose the No. 2 available team from the Pac-12 standings or from the playoff committee's rankings. Other factors, such as location, the matchup, the size of a school's fan base and the willingness of that fan base to travel, can influence bowls' decisions.
Washington leaps into top five of Power Rankings after Week 5
New Year's Six bowls
Peach (semifinal)
Dec. 31
TBD vs. TBD
Alabama vs. Washington
Fiesta (semifinal)
Dec. 31
Glendale, Ariz.
TBD vs. TBD
Ohio State vs. Clemson
Dec. 30
ACC vs. Big Ten/SEC/ND
Louisville vs. Tennessee
Jan. 2
Arlington, Texas
TBD vs. TBD
Houston vs. Wisconsin
Jan. 2
Pasadena, Calif.
Big Ten vs. Pac-12
Michigan vs. Stanford
Jan. 2
New Orleans
SEC vs. Big 12
Texas A&M vs. Baylor
New Mexico
Dec. 17
Albuquerque, N.M,
C-USA vs. MW
Louisiana Tech vs. Air Force
Las Vegas
Dec. 17
Las Vegas
MW vs. Pac-12
Boise State vs. Arizona State
Dec. 17
Montgomery, Ala.
MAC vs. Sun Belt
Eastern Michigan vs. New Mexico State
Dec. 17
Orlando, Fla.
AAC vs. Sun Belt
Temple vs. Appalachian State
New Orleans
Dec. 17
New Orleans
Sun Belt vs. C-USA
Georgia Southern vs. Southern Miss
Miami Beach
Dec. 19
AAC vs. MAC
Cincinnati vs. Ohio
Boca Raton
Dec. 20
Boca Raton, Fla.
AAC vs. C-USA
Tulane vs. Middle Tennessee
Dec. 21
San Diego
BYU vs. MW
Army* vs. Wyoming
Famous Idaho Potato
Dec. 22
Boise, Idaho
MAC vs. MW
Toledo vs. San Diego State
Dec. 23
Nassau, Bahamas
AAC vs. MAC
Tulsa vs. Central Michigan
Armed Forces
Dec. 23
Fort Worth, Texas
Big 12 vs. Navy
Texas vs. Navy
Dollar General
Dec. 23
Mobile, Ala.
MAC vs. Sun Belt
Western Michigan vs. Troy
Dec. 24
C-USA vs. MW
Western Kentucky vs. Utah State
St. Petersburg
Dec. 26
St. Petersburg, Fla.
ACC vs. AAC
Georgia Tech vs. South Florida
Quick Lane
Dec. 26
ACC vs. Big Ten
Notre Dame vs. Maryland
Dec. 26
Shreveport, La.
ACC vs. SEC
Wake Forest vs. Akron*
Heart of Dallas
Dec. 27
Big Ten vs. C-USA
Kansas State* vs. Old Dominion
Dec. 27
Annapolis, Md.
ACC vs. AAC
NC State vs. Memphis
Dec. 27
San Diego
Big Ten vs. Pac-12
Minnesota vs. UCLA
Dec. 27
Big 12 vs. Pac-12
Texas Tech vs. Cal
Dec. 28
New York
ACC vs. Big Ten
Pitt vs. Iowa
Russell Athletic
Dec. 28
Orlando, Fla.
ACC vs. Big 12
Florida State vs. TCU
Foster Farms
Dec. 28
Santa Clara, Calif.
Big Ten vs. Pac-12
Penn State vs. USC
Dec. 28
Big 12 vs. SEC
Oklahoma State vs. Missouri
Dec. 29
Birmingham, Ala.
AAC vs. SEC
Ball State* vs. Kentucky
Dec. 29
Charlotte, N.C.
ACC vs. SEC
UNC vs. Ole Miss
Dec. 29
San Antonio
Big 12 vs. Pac-12
Oklahoma vs. Utah
Dec. 30
Tucson, Ariz.
MW vs. Sun Belt
New Mexico vs. South Alabama
Dec. 30
Memphis, Tenn.
Big 12 vs. SEC
West Virginia vs. LSU
Dec. 30
El Paso, Texas
ACC vs. Pac-12
Virginia Tech vs. Colo.
Music City
Dec. 30
Nashville, Ten..
ACC/Big Ten vs. SEC
Indiana vs. Georgia
Dec. 31
Jacksonville, Fla.
ACC/Big Ten vs. SEC
Miami vs. Auburn
Dec. 31
Orlando, Fla.
Big Ten/ACC vs. SEC
Nebraska vs. Arkansas
Jan. 2
Tampa, Fla.
Big Ten vs. SEC
Michigan State vs. Florida
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2 Wheels, 2 Early
Rob and I are both chomping at the chain to get Harper Sue rolling with us. With great expectations that she was big enough to wear the smallest bike helmet (one of my preconditions of bike adventuring) I headed out to Sports Basement to find the perfect noggin guard. The infant helmet selection was pretty good and all the choices looked SO small …I of course did not have Harper with me at the time. Obviously I was wrong.
So we have a bit more time to research bike carriers. Two that are on my shortlist thus far:


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SC591 Velour Sigaro
This lace up derby is a Spring / Summer must have. The tan suede combined with the ambra colored sole make a shoe that can be worn with just about any color in your wardrobe. The high density rubber sole along with our sporty technogel innersole make for a very comfortable fit.


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Office Closed on Memorial Day
In observance of Memorial Day, Houston Volunteer Lawyers is closed on Monday, May 27. This includes our Pro Se Assistance offices located in the Harris County Courthouse and the Harris County Law Library. All of our offices will reopen on Tuesday, May 28, at regular business hours.
Posted: May 24, 2019


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In Sarawak the indigenous population is about 48% of the total population of the state. They are divided into numerous distinct ethnic groups with different social structure and mores, but all share a culture at whose base is land. Land supplies not just food and resources; it is the spiritual home of the community.
Although the dams are being built on native land, indigenous communities have not been properly consulted and are being forcefully relocated from their communities. While the government promises full compensation, better schools, access to healthcare, and adequate farmland, these promises are often broken.
Bakun Dam Resettlement Disaster
In 1998 the government of Sarawak relocated about 10,000 people to Sungai Asap to make way for the Bakun Dam. Over one decade after resettlement, the people displaced by the project are still struggling to eke out a living. The government required resettled communities to pay for their own housing, which forced many families into debt. Communities that had been able to catch fish in the river, hunt, and gather forest products no longer have access to forests, and pollution from the dam has decimated fish stocks. Each family was promised 10 acres of farmland but was only provided 3 acres, often a half-day's journey away, and often on infertile, rocky, and sandy land. This has not been enough to sustain a living. As the children of resettled families grow up, there has not been enough land available for them to start their own families. In short, resettlement has devastated the communities.
Indigenous Rights Violations in Baram Dam Preparation
A fact finding mission led by SAVE Rivers found significant human rights violations concerning resettlement for the Baram Dam. Based on detailed interviews in 14 villages along the Baram, the report shows how indigenous communities have been denied information, withheld from participation in studies and decision-making, coerced into accepting the dam through threats and intimidation, and thus denied their rights to their lands and territories, self-determination and to Free, Prior and Informed Consent. Read the report, "No Consent to Proceed," here.
Learn more about indigenous rights globally through Forest Peoples Programme.
Watch Global Witness's film Inside Malaysia's Shadow State, and see exactly how politicians and their cronies by-pass Malaysian law to sell off Sarawak's land and take away indigenous land rights.
Learn more about organizations fighting for indigenous rights in Malaysia through the indigenous people's network of Malaysia, Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia (JOAS).
Read about Sungai Asap in Al Jazeera, and cultural implications of displacement in The Ecologist.