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Overdraft Privilege is a discretionary service provided to eligible customers. It is designed to help guard customers against having items returned by our bank. At the discretion of Citizens Trust Bank, each eligible customer is provided a specific Overdraft Privilege limit depending on the type of account they have. NSF/Overdraft fees are included in the Overdraft Privilege limit.
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Federal regulations state that account holders have to give affirmative consent or "opt-in" to having their non-sufficient funds transactions approved for ATM and everyday debit card transactions.
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Journey through the beautifully hand-lettered messages by award-winning illustrator Jessica Hische. This uplifting and positive book encourages kids to promise that tomorrow, they will try new things, do their best, and be brave.
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Contact: John Eidsmoe, Foundation for Moral Law, 334-262-1245, email@example.com
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. 5, 2018 /Christian Newswire/ -- Prayer at public school football games, including over the school loudspeaker, does not violate the Constitution if it is a student message and not the school's, according to the Foundation for Moral Law which last Friday sent a memorandum on the subject to all Alabama school superintendents.The Memorandum on Student Religious Speech at Athletic Events countered letters sent by the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation ("FFRF") to several Alabama public schools claiming that prayer at school athletic events is unconstitutional and demanding that schools immediately stop the practice.Foundation President Kayla Moore explained: "The courts have never issued a blanket prohibition on prayer at athletic events. Provided the prayers are student-initiated and student-led, they are protected by the Free Speech and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment and may be broadcast over the public address system."The Memorandum analyzes several U.S. Supreme Court and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decisions, cites examples of schools responses to those decisions, and suggests a sample policy for schools concerning prayer at athletic events.Foundation for Moral Law Senior Counsel John Eidsmoe added: "Often the FFRF's letters say what the FFRF wishes the Constitution said rather than what it actually says or what the courts have said about it. We invite school officials to contact us so that we can help them draft a student-speech policy for athletic events that is constitutional and fair to all concerned."The Foundation for Moral Law is an Alabama nonprofit dedicated to the defense of religious liberty and the strict interpretation of the Constitution as understood by its Framers.


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Acrophobia – The Fear Of Heights: The word acrophobia is derived from the Greek word 'akron', meaning edge or summit. Acrophobia is rightly defined as an irrational or morbid fear of heights. Most feel apprehensive when looking down from a height. However, in those who suffer from acrophobia, this discomfort is intense and brings feelings of panic and agitation that are not within the normal range.
Acrophobia belongs to a specific category of fears referred to as 'space and motion discomfort'. Many a time, the word 'vertigo' is used incorrectly to describe fear of heights. An individual who suffers from vertigo feels dizzy that comes not only when looking down from a height, but also due to other stimuli.
Acrophobia is believed to be caused, like other phobias, as a result of constant conditioning or traumatic incident involving heights. However, recent studies have suggested that the fear of heights is inborn and common in many of the mammals. The word phobia can be used to describe those whose fears are at the very end of the spectrum. Such a fear can disrupt everyday living when the person becomes scared to climb a flight of stairs, or standing on a table, etc.
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Research indicates that a contributing factor to this fear is because of a degree of dysfunction in the ability to maintain balance. Balance is maintained using visual, proprioceptive, and vestibular cues. Even in normal individuals, visual cues are seen to recede in heights. People then rely more on the vestibular and proprioceptive cues for movement. An acrophobic continues to rely more on visual cues which may be due to a wrong strategy or inadequacy of the vestibular and proprioceptive functions. As the visual cortex becomes loaded, confusion sets in.
Symptoms of Acrophobia
Both physically and emotionally, the symptoms of acrophobia are similar to other phobias.The acrophobic experiences sweating, involuntary shaking, shortness of breath, sweating, nausea, dizziness, palpitations, etc.The acrophobic may or may not experience symptoms of vertigo. However, a sense of panic sets in that may cause the individual to look for something to cling on, lower the body, crawl on all fours, and even stop moving.The mind becomes paralyzed with fear and it becomes difficult to think further.Acrophobics dread future situations wherein they may have to spend even some time at heights, for example, even driving over a bridge, using the balconies in houses, staying in a hotel room on a higher floor, etc.
Acrophobia – Treatment Options
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a popular treatment choice for the disorder. Techniques where the acrophobic is gradually exposed to a simulated situation (using virtual reality) or even actually exposed to heights and taught to rationalize and react (systematic desensitization) positively are used. Alternately, a rapid flooding method is sometimes seen to be useful. The virtual reality method is seen as a savings in both time and money as there is no need for a therapist to accompany the sufferer to the location. Hypnotherapy, muscle relaxation training, and counseling are other techniques that are sometimes used to add effectiveness to the ongoing treatment
Anti-anxiety medications, tranquilizers, or other drugs may be prescribed to combat the physical symptoms but will not cure the underlying psychological cause of the problem. They may also cause side effects that may have to be handled in an appropriate fashion. Herbal and homeopathic treatments are favored by some as they offer relief from the physical symptoms without the uneasy side effects. Lavender and passionflower are herbs that help to soothe nerves. Bryonia alba and Gelsemium are homeopathic ingredients among others that help to combat dizziness, nausea, and sweating.
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OTTAWA, April 18 (UPI) -- Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist Sunday and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat Ottawa 4-2 to take a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.
Bill Guerin also got a goal and a helper while Evgeni Malkin and Alexei Ponikarovsky chipped in with scores as the Penguins wrested away Ottawa's home ice advantage in the first-round series.
Marc-Andre Fleury turned aside 20 shots and was tested down the stretch after Matt Cullen's power-play marker with 7:02 left had pulled the Senators to within 4-2.
But Ottawa couldn't score again despite getting a power play and pulling the goalie in the final 2 minutes.
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David Blue
from Providence, RI
February 18, 1941 - December 2, 1982 (age 41)
Born in Providence, Rhode Island as S. David Cohen (a name he returned to for one of his albums), David Blue was a member of the folk singer/songwriter community of Greenwich Village in the '60s and a close friend of Bob Dylan (he recounts this period of his life in Dylan's movie Renaldo & Clara). Blue made several albums for Elektra, Reprise, and Asylum in the '60s and '70s, and is best remembered for his songs "I Like to Sleep Late in the Morning" and "Wanted Man" (recorded by the Eagles). He died at age 41 of a heart attack while jogging in Greenwich Village's Washington Square Park in December 1982. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi
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Enjoy Breakfast with Santa & Mrs. Claus at Golf Mill Shopping Center! We will be hosting our annual Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, December 8th from 9 am – 11 am in the Food Court. Event tickets are $5 per person and will go on sale Saturday, November 17 at the Customer Service desk located near Entrance 8 (cash only). Tickets must be purchased for both children and adults. Space is limited, so buy your tickets early. All proceeds from Breakfast with Santa will be donated to Toys for Tots.
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affiliated automakers hyundai and kia have basically just doubled the number of all-electric models they sell here in the u.s., so we can't blame you if you're a little confused. until recently, the only all-electric models available were versions of the hyundai ioniq and kia soul, but debuting at the 2018 los angeles auto show were forthcoming evs based on the hyundai kona and kia niro, with an electric version of the redesigned soul just around the corner.
confused yet? well, here's the important stuff: the ioniq and the outgoing soul were relatively low-range by today's standards, with epa-rated ranges of just 124 and 111 miles, respectively; the kona ev, with a higher-capacity battery, is now rated at 258 miles. ranges for the next-generation soul ev and the new niro ev are still pending, but both have the same battery, which suggests that we should soon see them join the small but growing ranks of 200-plus-mile electric cars.
that brings us to the niro ev. it rides the same platform as all-electric versions of the kona and the redesigned 2020 soul, so it gets a 201-horsepower electric motor that puts out 291 pounds-feet of torque; it draws all that power off a 64-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack.
drivers can choose between eco, normal, sport and eco plus modes that balance comfort, drivetrain response and efficiency. visual differences versus the niro hybrid are what you'd expect for any electric car, including a closed-off grille, some aerodynamic effects on the bumpers and side sills, and special 17-inch wheels. the battery pack cuts cargo space by about 1 cubic foot, kia says, while the interior gets unique blue-highlighted upholstery and an available rotary shifter.
related: 2018 los angeles auto show: what you missed
the car goes on sale in well-equipped ex and ex premium trim levels. watch the video above to learn more about caveats regarding availability of the 2019 kia niro ev, as well as its on-sale date.
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Project Description
Beyond The Bell Carol
Robert W. Smith
Released: 2018
Grade: 3.5
Performance Time: 2:55
Series: RWS Concert Band Series
#RWS-1830-00 | Concert Band
This rock and roll-themed arrangement of the traditional Ukrainian Bell Carol is a fresh new sound for a Winter Concert. Intertwined with other classic holiday melodies, Robert W. Smith has truly gone "Beyond The Bell Carol." With optional solo guitar, bass guitar and drum set parts, the opportunity to feature your entire band program is included throughout this arrangement. There is even a solo section that can be opened up to feature individual wind soloists. This is an incredible closer for your holiday performance!


text: The Principal–Agent approach guides a comparison of the scrutiny and implementation records of the EU member states. The main argument is that there is systematic co–variation. Cross–nationally, an influential scrutiny process is associated with a strong implementation record. But because both of these variables also co–vary with the North–South dimension of EU politics, a fundamental challenge for future research is to evaluate the importance of existing between–country variation relative to the new Principal–Agent relationships that are emerging within the integration process.


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Friday, October 6, 2017
Killing Capital Punishment: How Pope John Paul Set Precedent for Pope Francis
Written by Joseph D'Hippolito / Published in The Remnant Newspaper today!
Two decades before the current Pope caused open consternation among the faithful by disregarding previous teaching, one of his most beloved predecessors successfully did the same thing with barely any outcry.
Concerning capital punishment for murder, Pope John Paul II arbitrarily reversed centuries of teaching from both Scripture and Tradition in favor of an abolitionist approach the Church now embraces. However, that approach changed the fundamental moral criterion the Church applies to the issue, leads to contradiction and confusion, creates a moral equivalence between perpetrators and victims – and, ultimately, threatens the Church's theological and moral credibility.
The Old Testament provides the deepest layer of soil for the traditional teaching's roots. In Genesis 9:5-6, God orders Noah and his descendants to execute murderers:
"I will demand an accounting for human life… Anyone who sheds the blood of a human being, by a human being shall that one's blood be shed. For in the image of God have human beings been made. (New American Bible)."
That command came after a flood that destroyed a morally chaotic world – and is repeated in every book of the Torah, the first five books that form the Bible's foundation. The command implies three theological principles. First, if God is the author of life, then God retains the prerogative to define the circumstances under which life can be taken. Second, God demands that humanity create just societies to protect the innocent. Third, murder is such a heinous violation of the divine image in humanity that execution is the only appropriate punishment. Exodus 20-23 elaborates on these principles in the lex talonis, which advocates punishment proportional to the offense – the original meaning of "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth." Instead of encouraging vengeance, as the modern hierarchy maintains, the lex talonis discourages ad hoc vigilantism – the ultimate form of vindictiveness – in favor of due process. In the New Testament, St. Paul reinforces the idea in his letter to the Romans. In Chapter 12, he discourages his readers from avenging themselves by quoting Deuteronomy 32:35 ("Vengeance is mine, says the Lord. I will repay!"). In the next chapter, St. Paul encourages them to rely on due process through legitimate authorities "because they do not bear the sword in vain (verse 4)." Centuries of Catholic thought reinforced those principles. In The City of God, St. Augustine wrote:
"The same divine law which forbids the killing of a human being allows certain exceptions. Since the agent of authority is but a sword in the hand, and is not responsible for the killing, it is in no way contrary to the commandment 'Thou shalt not kill,' for the representative of the State's authority to put criminals to death, according to the Law or the rule of rational justice."
St. Thomas Aquinas, in his masterpiece Summa Theologica, argued against the idea that incarceration alone is enough to protect the community:
"If a man is a danger to the community, threatening it with disintegration by some wrongdoing of his, then his execution for the healing and preservation of the common good is to be commended. Only the public authority, not private persons, may licitly execute malefactors by public judgment. Men shall be sentenced to death for crimes of irreparable harm or which are particularly perverted."
In Summa Contra Gentiles, Aquinas even argued that an impending execution can stimulate repentance:
"The fact that the evil, as long as they live, can be corrected from their errors does not prohibit the fact that they may be justly executed, for the danger which threatens from their way of life is greater and more certain than the good which may be expected from their improvement. They also have at that critical point of death the opportunity to be converted to God through repentance. And if they are so stubborn that even at the point of death their heart does not draw back from evil, it is possible to make a highly probable judgment that they would never come away from evil to the right use of their powers."
Not even Sister Helen Prejean, one of the most popular opponents of capital punishment, contended that abolitionism has biblical roots, as she admitted in her book, Dead Man Walking:
"It is abundantly clear that the Bible depicts murder as a capital crime for which death is considered the appropriate punishment, and one is hard pressed to find a biblical 'proof text' in either the Hebrew Testament or the New Testament which unequivocally refutes this. Even Jesus' admonition 'Let him without sin cast the first stone,' when He was asked the appropriate punishment for an adulteress (John 8:7) – the Mosaic Law prescribed death – should be read in its proper context. "This passage is an 'entrapment' story, which sought to show Jesus' wisdom in besting His adversaries. It is not an ethical pronouncement about capital punishment." (emphasis added)
John Paul's revisionism finds its roots in his 1995 encyclical "Evangelium Vitae." While condemning abortion, contraception and euthanasia, John Paul declared capital punishment to be fundamentally unnecessary:
"Public authority must redress the violation of personal and social rights by imposing on the offender an adequate punishment for the crime…In this way authority also fulfills the purpose of defending public order and ensuring people's safety, while at the same time offering the offender an incentive and help to change his or her behavior and be rehabilitated. "It is clear that, for these purposes to be achieved, the nature and extent of the punishment … ought not to go to the extreme of executing the offender except in cases of absolute necessity: in other words, when it would not be possible otherwise to defend society. Today, however, as a result of steady improvements in the organization of the penal system, such cases are very rare, if not practically non-existent." (emphasis added)
The head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith during John Paul's tenure – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI – changed the catechism to reflect the late pope's view.
"If, however, non-lethal means are sufficient to defend and protect people's safety from the aggressor, authority must limit itself to such means, as these are more in keeping with the concrete conditions of the common good and more in conformity with the dignity of the human person." (emphases added)
Before "Evangelium Vitae," the catechism read, "If, however, bloodless means…authority should limit itself…." (emphases added). What is the difference between "should" and "must"? "Should" is advisory but "must" implies a demand. With these substitutions, Ratzinger and John Paul changed the fundamental moral criterion from the divine image within humanity – a criterion imposed by inspired Scripture – to the State's ability to incarcerate capital felons. Though his written opinion allowed for capital punishment in limited circumstances, John Paul used the encyclical as intellectual cover for his personal campaign to abolish the death penalty worldwide. During his 1999 trip to the United States, the late pope successfully convinced Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan to commute the death sentence issued to Darrell Mease, who was convicted of murdering three people – including a disabled 19-year old. In 2000, John Paul asked Rome's city officials to let the Coliseum's lights shine continuously in memory of those who received death sentences. In 2001, the late pope wrote a personal request to President George W. Bush for clemency for Timothy McVeigh, who murdered 168 people in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. John Paul revealed his true opinion about capital punishment at a large Mass in St. Louis on January 29, 1999, two days after Carnahan commuted Mease's sentence:
"The new evangelization calls for followers of Christ who are unconditionally pro-life: who will proclaim, celebrate and serve the Gospel of life in every situation. A sign of hope is the increasing recognition that the dignity of human life must never be taken away, even in the case of someone who has done great evil. Modern society has the means of protecting itself, without definitively denying criminals the chance to reform. I renew the appeal I made most recently at Christmas for a consensus to end the death penalty, which is both cruel and unnecessary." (emphasis added)
Eleven months later, Cardinal Renato Martino connected abortion with capital punishment while admitting the Church seeks to abolish the latter in an address to the United Nations:
"Abolition of the death penalty … is only one step towards creating a deeper respect for human life. If millions of budding lives are eliminated at their very roots, and if the family of nations can take for granted such crimes without a disturbed conscience, the argument for the abolition of capital punishment will become less credible. Will the international community be prepared to condemn such a culture of death and advocate a culture of life?"
Archbishop Charles Chaput, then in Denver, even equated Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia with Frances Kissling – the founder and president of the pro-abortion Catholics For A Free Choice – when Scalia expressed skepticism about John Paul's approach to capital punishment. "(W)hen Catholic Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia publicly disputes Church teaching on the death penalty," Chaput wrote in First Things magazine in 2002, "the message he sends is not all that different from Frances Kissling disputing what the Church teaches about abortion. Obviously, I don't mean that abortion and the death penalty are identical issues. They're not, and they don't have equivalent moral gravity. But the impulse to pick and choose what we're going to accept is exactly the same kind of 'cafeteria Catholicism' in both cases." Ratzinger tried to clarify the issue – and, in the process, destroyed Chaput's rhetorical subterfuge – when he addressed American prelates before the 2004 elections: "Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. For example, if a Catholic were to be at odds with the Holy Father on the application of capital punishment or on the decision to wage war, he would not for that reason be considered unworthy to present himself to receive Holy Communion…. There may be a legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about … applying the death penalty, but not however with regard to abortion and euthanasia." Ratzinger knew he could not justify, let alone enforce, an exclusively abolitionist approach. He knows Church history all too well. Nevertheless, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops announced in 2005 its own comprehensive abolitionist campaign, complete with political lobbying, judicial intervention and educational efforts in every parish. Yet the confusion remains, as exemplified by two reactions to the Vatican's response to the death sentence former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein received in 2006. Martino, president for the Pontifical Council for Peace and Justice, and Fr. Michele Simone, deputy director of Civilita Cattolica, condemned the sentence – with Martino expressing sympathy for Saddam. "If someone is himself a murderer, then killing him would seem to amount not to a crime but to justice – i.e., rendering unto the person according to his merits," wrote Catholic blogger Jimmy Akin. "If you've got someone dead to rights, like Saddam, who clearly committed crimes against humanity, then the act of putting him to death is intrinsically an act of justice…This is something that the head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace ought to understand…. In any event, these are statements unworthy of responsible churchmen." (emphases in original). Kevin Miller, professor of moral theology at Franciscan University, begged to differ: "I see that the Vatican has protested the sentence, and rightly so," Miller wrote on another blog. "Would it be just to hang Saddam for his crimes? Absolutely. But the Church teaches that this criterion, while necessary, isn't sufficient." Besides confusion, the Church's effectively abolitionist position creates a moral equivalence between murderers and their victims – and demonstrates outright disregard for the latter. In 2006, Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo, ND, used the following rationale to oppose the execution of Alfonso Rodriguez, who murdered a 22-year-old university student, Dru Sjodin: "Responding to this senseless act of violence with another act of violence through imposition of the death penalty … reinforces the false perspective of vengeance as justice," Aquila told Catholic News Agency. "In doing so, it diminishes respect for all human life, both the lives of the guilty and the innocent." When she heard the news about John Paul's intervention on McVeigh's behalf, Kathleen Treanor – who lost her daughter and two in-laws in the bombing – told Associated Press:
"Let me ask the pope, 'Where's my clemency? When do I get any clemency? When does my family get some clemency?' When the pope can answer that, we can talk."
In 1997, John Paul and Mother Teresa – another future saint – were among those advocating clemency for Joseph O'Dell, a Virginia man convicted of raping and murdering Helen Schartner in 1985. O'Dell's fiancée manipulated public opinion in Italy to such a point that Gail Lee, Schartner's sister, told Associated Press: "We're all very fragile at this point. It's just like the Italians hate us. They in essence have said to my family, 'You are worthless. Helen's life doesn't matter.'" Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington, D.C. displayed his own self-righteous indifference when he spoke to the Washington Post in 2001 about McVeigh's execution, which only victims' relatives could see via closed-circuit television:
"It is like going back to the Roman Colosseum. I think that we're watching, in my mind, an act of vengeance, and vengeance is never justified."
McCarrick thus equated the grieving, vulnerable relatives of murder victims with the hardened, barbaric masses of ancient Rome who found the bloody agony of gladiators and religious martyrs entertaining. By fusing the innocent with the guilty in demanding that life imprisonment without parole replace capital punishment, the abolitionists perpetuate their own form of injustice. Perhaps the ultimate example is Charles Manson, serving a life sentence in California for ordering the savage murder of seven people in 1969 – most notably, actress Sharon Tate, who was pregnant at the time. In 1971. Manson and three confederates received death sentences that California's Supreme Court invalidated in 1972. Though the state's Legislature re-instituted capital punishment in 1977, Manson and his confederates not only continue to serve their sentences in maximum-security prisons but are eligible for parole. Manson's continued existence begs this question: Why is it fair or just for a murderer to retain his life after arbitrarily taking the lives of people who did no harm to him, denying them the opportunity to enjoy God's gifts, exercise them and help others? In addressing the controversy surrounding "Amoris Laetitia," Austrian philosopher Josef Seifert rhetorically asked whether pure logic can destroy the Church's entire moral doctrine. Tim Capps, who blogs as "St. Corbinian's Bear," put the question more colloquially – and, perhaps, more powerfully:
"Is there a legitimate exercise of 'pastoral considerations' that is different from what looks more like Catholic three-card monte, with dogma as the Red Queen (that) suckers are led to think they can follow in a rigged game?"
Cannot the same questions be asked about the Church's revisionism concerning capital punishment for murder? If so, can one say that the modern Magisterium has sacrificed theological and moral consistency for intellectual fashion, fideism, neo-ultramontanism and the modern papal cult of personality? If so, can one say that the modern Magisterium has no more credibility than the Ministry of Truth in Orwell's, 1984? If so, can one say that Pope Francis is hatching the egg that John Paul laid?


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Although Lil' Wayne is out of jail, the terms of his probation say he "may not consume or drink any substance containing alcohol" for the next 36 months.
He's also prohibited from associating with anyone engaged in criminal activity, anyone with a criminal record, and must submit to random drug and alcohol testing.
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Nussle 'Whistle Stop' Tour Stops in Newark, Frankil Outlines Member ROI Opportunities
New Jersey credit union leaders met yesterday with CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle during his Whistle Stop Tour. The town meeting was held at the Newark Penn Station Hilton and co-hosted by the New Jersey Credit Union League (NJCUL).
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Topics of conversation included staying competitive and relevant in today's technological environment, the spirit of credit union cooperation, credit union advocacy and priorities for the new Congress, and CUNA's upcoming national awareness campaign.
NJCUL President/CEO David Frankil opened the meeting with a review of hard dollar ROI opportunities the League is offering members. League programs such as cuGreenLoans, NJBizLoans, SimplyCredit's balance transfer loans and the CUCollaborate's Field of Membership (FOM) tool offer revenue generating opportunities that not only defray the cost of League affiliation but have the potential to yield net income in a multiple of a credit union's League dues investment.
Credit unions in south Jersey had the option of meeting with Nussle Tuesday in Philadelphia.


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Michael is making plans to release his very first Christmas album in late 2019. So far, he has written 2 original songs for the project and hopes to write more. This new recording will also feature standard Christmas tunes. To name a few that will make their appearance on this album are songs like "Mary did you know", "Have yourself a merry little Christmas", "I'll be home for Christmas", "O Holy night", and many others! His 2 originals are entitled "This is the Christ" and "Reign Forevermore".
Recording a new album is very costly and people often want to help us with these costs, in which we are highly grateful. We want to give you the opportunity to be a part of this project as well. After all, you are a part of this ministry and we could not do it without your prayers and support.
The upfront costs for this recording will be $2,500 to cover the musicians. We are only asking for you help to cover these initial costs.
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Top Ten Favorite Tech Tools for the Classroom
From classroom management and quizzing tools to gamification and learning management systems. If you're an educator, it's more than likely that you're using tech in the classroom. With thousands of new educational apps and a growing number of new devices making their way into classrooms around the globe, which of these tools should be familiar with and why?
As we've immersed ourselves in the world of ed-tech for the past decade, we've heard from thousands of educators about their favorite tech tools. Here at Kyte Learning, we also have a unique perspective gained from extrapolating the usage data from tens of thousands of educators on the tools they have viewed the most from our library of over 320 ed-tech-specific courses. From that data, we bring you the Top Ten Favorite Tech Tools for the Classroom:
- Google Apps for Education
More commonly referred to as, "GAFE" or, the "G Suite", Google's educational tools are super convenient and have a prolific presence in education worldwide. Google offers a suite of incredibly robust software tools to schools and districts for the always welcome price of free fifty free (that's zero dollars). The G suite includes the following apps/softwares:
Google Drive– A one stop shop for all your files and documents. Google Drive keeps all your school's data in one place and allows for quick and easy sharing, creation, and collaboration.
Gmail– An easy-to-use email client with 30GB of storage for all the parent emails and cat GIFs you could ever want to store.
Google Docs– A full fledged word processor that lives right inside your web browser. Docs automatically saves your progress as you work and allows for seamless collaboration with colleagues or, even better, amongst your students.
Google Calendar– An integrated online calendar that makes creating events and scheduling meetings a breeze.
Google Sheets– An online spreadsheet that looks and behaves just like you'd expect. Use all the functions and formulas you're used to for advanced calculations and work with any of the familiar file types (xlsx, .csv, .html, .ods, .pdf or .txt). As always, sharing and collaboration functions are built right in.
Google Slides– An online presentation builder that allows you to build polished slideshows all from the comfort of your web browser. Google has added those wonderful collaboration tools here as well which make group projects and presentations a joy to work on.
Google Sites– A dead simple way to build beautiful websites with absolutely no prior programming experience. Google Sites takes care of all the tricky backend stuff like hosting and domain names and lets you build something from scratch with user-friendly drag and drop functionality.
Google Forms– Create custom forms for questionnaires and surveys with a variety of question types. You can add images, videos, and other media types and view response data in real-time.
Google Hangouts/Meet– Jump on a quick video conference from anywhere with a few simple clicks. Google Hangouts allow up to 10 participants to join a video call from either a desktop computer or mobile device.
Google Classroom– Managing your classroom has never been easier. Google Classroom is the hub for your connected classroom. Classroom lets you easily distribute assignments, tack student data, and provide feedback all from one place.
2. Kahoot!
Kahoot allows users to create and share fun learning games in minutes. You can add a series of multiple choice questions that include audio, video, and images and track responses in real time as others participate in your Kahoot. Kahoot adds a level of gamification to an otherwise boring quiz and enables teachers to reinforce what is being learned in the classroom through interactive games. Kahoot is used by more than 50 million people monthly and their games are played in over 180 different countries.
3. Scratch and Scratch Jr.
From the brains of some of MIT's brightest minds, Scratch and Scratch Jr. are free tools to help kids (k-12) get a jumpstart on learning to code. It allows anyone to program their own interactive stories, games, and animations and share their creation with the thriving community of other "Scratchers". "Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century."
4. Apple's iMovie
Whether you are working on an iPad or iPhone or straight from your desktop computer, iMovie packs powerful video editing capabilities into a straightforward interface that any budding videographer can use. With iMovie, you can capture content right from within the app, create riveting movie trailers in minutes with pre-loaded themes and templates, and add a variety of transitions and effects to any project. Goodbye traditional book report and hello movie book trailer!
5. Nearpod
Nearpod changes everything about presenting to students through their engaging and individualized delivery method. Instead of "sit and get" style presentations with the teacher taking center stage, Nearpod brings information to life by allowing students to access content right on their own device. Teachers can guide the entire class through a presentation or, allow students to watch at their own pace. With built in quizzing functionality, it's a cinch to add a variety of question types to any presentation in order to analyze engagement and better judge comprehension of subject matter. In addition to embedding nearly any media type available (video, audio, photos, etc), Nearpod has recently added the ability to add both 3D and VR content to their slides as well.
6. Socrative
Socrative is an efficient way to formatively assess students at the end of a lesson or unit without having to use those pesky clickers that rarely work correctly. Signing in is easy and anyone can participate using a cell phone, tablet, or a computer. Socrative offers four different assessments types including:
- Quizzing- Allows you to add pictures and insert different question types such as fill in the blank, multiple choice, and multiple selection.
- Space Race- Like a quiz, but gamified, Space Race allows students to participate in teams and race against other teams to see who can answer the most questions correctly.
- Exit Ticket- Exit Tickets enable you to assess for understanding at the end of each day through multiple choice or short answer questions.
- Quick Question- Sometimes, questions and discussions you don't plan for naturally rise to the surface while you're teaching. The Quick Question feature allows you to take full advantage of those moments and poll the entire class with a variety of question types.
7. Class Dojo
Class Dojo is a classroom management application that helps teachers create a fun classroom environment while also reinforcing positive classroom behaviors. In Class Dojo students are given an avatar that collects virtual points for good behavior. Teachers can create multiple classes, add students, view reports, and connect with parents, students and other teachers. Class Dojo can be used on any computer that has access to the Internet, and any device that can download the Class Dojo app. Classroom management can now be reinforced at anytime during the school day, and from any devices.
8. Brain Pop
Brain Pop is an animated video learning website. Videos are short, packed with great information, and separated into several categories (Science, social studies, english, math, arts, tech, and engineering to be exact) Brain Pop has different videos geared towards different ages groups. Brainpop Jr for K-3 and Brain Pop for 3-6. They also have a series for ESL students. For you Dual Immersion peeps, it's available in English, French and Spanish as well. Each video has an assessment that can be set to hard or easy which can be taken online or printed to take on paper. Brain Pop has partnered with a plethora of companies to provide educational games that correlate with their courses and have aligned their courses with the various core curriculums to make finding the right video a lot easier. Brain Pop also has a word wall feature that highlights important vocabulary words used in the videos which students can review later on.
9. Canvas
Canvas is a learning management system (LMS) that can facilitate all sorts of online learning in the k-12 space. Canvas allows for content distribution and management on the part of the teacher and simple content retrieval on the part of the student. Canvas gives educators tons of flexibility for organizing and tracking online learning.
10. Padlet
Padlet has taken the age-old bulletin board and put a virtual spin on it. Instead of thumbtacks and stickie notes , Padlet allows you to "post" virtual stickies to an empty canvas with a few clicks. The app allows teachers and students to collaborate share ideas, links, photos, files, videos etc. to an online board that can be utilized in many different forms. Padlet is a great addition to any classroom.
BONUS- Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) apps
AR apps like Aurasma and Star Walk do just that, they augment reality via the camera in your tablet or phone. Aurasma has everyday AR triggers built right into the app. Things like a dollar bill, for example. When viewed through the Aurasma app, you watch an ordinary dollar bill come to life as the imagery on the paper comes to life and music accompanies the animations. Similarly, Star Walk shows you outlines of the constellations as you scour the sky with your device.
Thanks to Google Cardboard, VR has also become an easily accessible technology in any classroom. With the cardboard mask/phone holder and accompanying, "expeditions" app, teachers can take their kids on guided virtual field trips anywhere in the world. This incredibly immersive experience engages kids on a level that wasn't previously possible.
Dr. Ruben Puentedura would be proud of the widespread adoption of many of the technologies in this list and how they are bolstering each phase of his well-known SAMR model. If you are interested in learning more about any of these tools, Kyte Learning provides in-depth courses from a teacher's perspective to aide in learning how these tools work and more importantly, how to apply them in the classroom.


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Nick Kolakowski's back for another round of questions (feel free to check out the last round while you're here), to commemorate the kick-off to Main Bad Guy (which I just posted about), the conclusion to his trilogy of Love & Bullets Hookups.
Since we covered a lot of the basics last year, I dove deeper into this trilogy than I usually do. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did and that it spurs you to check these books out.
|Was A Brutal Bunch of Heartbroken Saps always supposed to kick-off a series, or did that idea come during/after writing it? It's not your everyday way to start a trilogy about a couple, why this approach?
|Why the Elvis suit? It was absolutely a great idea — but I've spent weeks coming back to this question, why did you pick that?
|Two things in particular made me realize that Main Bad Guy was going to be the best of the trilogy early on — Fiona's "origin story" and Walker. I love it when we get a mysterious figure like him and are given juuuuuuust enough information to buy into the character, but are left with a billion questions. Where did Walker come from, and have you considered doing more with him?
|There's this great thread running throughout the trilogy, chronicling the rise and evolution of The Rockaway Mob. Some authors would devote a novel or three to this saga, you make it something that can be overlooked. How intentional was that, and what was your reasoning?
|Is there a genre that you particularly enjoy reading, but could never write? Or are you primarily a mystery/suspense/thriller reader?
|Thanks for your time — and thanks for these Hookups.


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Every job comes with some unexpected perks. While I spend several nights a month covering meetings, many of which are drier than dust, Tuesday I got to do something new. I was asked to be a judge for the district spelling bee. It's the most fun I've had in ages. Yes, I know that reveals my not-really-hidden inner nerd and predilection for staying at home all weekend.
I was impressed by the number of parents and family members who came out in the cold on a Tuesday for the bee. I was even more impressed by how well the participating students did and how they encouraged one another. It's good to see kids competing academically.
Local sports tend to garner a great deal of attention in small towns. Sporting events provide social gatherings for adults and kids alike, keep the kids busy and teach them the importance of physical activity, teamwork, sportsmanship and more. But sports shouldn't get all the attention, either. Academic achievements need to be recognized as well. Spelling bees and knowledge bowls are ways for the general public to get involved in that same atmosphere of competition enjoyed at sporting events.
Much to my amazement, I'm now a member of a local board, and this time not by accident. (The editor of the newspaper is appointed to the Fairfield Trust committee by default.) I am honored to have been chosen to serve as a board member and officer for the Rio Blanco County Historical Society.
New board president Terri Ruckman-Reed's story about her ancestor who got caught in "traffic" between Meeker and Rifle has stayed with me. The wagon in front got stuck in the mud, holding up the rest of the travelers. (Not much has changed on that road, apparently.) At the end of the line, Terri's relation unhitched his team, led them to the front of the line and hitched them to the stuck wagon. The other wagons followed suit, and together they pulled the stuck wagon out of the mud so everyone could move forward. By working together they made progress. (Washington, D.C., could learn a lesson from our humble RBC pioneers.)
Radical independence and self-righteous self-sufficiency are admirable values, but if we want to move forward, it requires a bit of self-sacrifice and some basic, logical community cooperation. Sooner or later the one in the lead is going to be the one stuck in the mud. We might have moved beyond wagons and stagecoaches, but we haven't evolved so far we don't need to work together for our mutual good.


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Seriously. I am so tired. I think the antibiotics I'm on for my toof are sucking my energy dry. That and it is cold as SHIT outside still, and for whatever reason, I walked out of the house in really thin pants and moccasins instead of jeans and boots like I should have.
I went ahead and rescheduled my wisdom tooth extraction for next week. I don't have the greatest tolerance when it comes to dental pain, and I don't want to risk being too out of it to do well on my exams. So, as it stands, French final rescheduled for tomorrow, Women's Studies on Friday. Hoping I can work on my resume this weekend some and send it out to a few places before surgery, then my tooth gets pulled next Wednesday. Then, hopefully I'll be healed and feeling good enough to spend some time with friends before Christmas.
It's crazy. I seriously cannot believe my first semester back in school in almost 4 years is coming to a close. It seems like just yesterday that I was sitting on my friend's front lawn at 4am, drinking cheap red wine and telling her about my plans to go back to college, and that was in late June.


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Works very well, but the mike could be shielded against the wind. Price kind'a high, but could not find it anywhere else :-)
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Report by George Ratkevich
Thanks go out to all the alumni who showed up for our seventh annual Alumni Artist Day. On Friday, January 9, 2015, the Burlington High School Art Department hosted the event from 7:30 am until 2 pm. For the past seven years, the Burlington High School Art Department has welcomed back former students to discuss their careers as artists. Alumni in college talked about their experiences at art school and shared their portfolios, senior college students talked about how they were preparing to enter the workforce, and alumni who are working as designers, artists, and architects shared their experiences and day-to-day activities at their jobs.
All the high school's art students attended the event during their art periods. They learned about careers in the arts and had a chance to ask questions of the alumni. As often happens at the event, in addition to connecting alumni with current students, this year's Alumni Artist Day brought opportunities for alumni to network.
Rachel's talk with BHS can be viewed below:
Dan Barrera (BHS Class of 2013), a sophomore at Becker College focusing on Interactive Media and Game Design;
Elizabeth Johnson, a senior at Framingham State studying Fashion Merchandising;
Daniel Fitzpatrick (BHS Class of 2003), a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design working as the User Experience Developer at Smashfly Technologies;
Gamuchirai Dhliwayo (BHS Class of 2013), in her sophomore year at Massachusetts College of Art and Design majoring in Graphic Design;
Anesu Dhliwayo, a graduate of the Boston Architectural College. She is a designer at LAB (labarchitecturegroup.com) who is working toward becoming a registered architect;
Jen Vachon, a graduate of Syracuse University working in architectural design at Isgenuity,
Michael Guleserian, a freshman at Lasell College majoring in graphic design and working as a freelance graphic designer of logos
Marissa Cote (BHS Class of 2013), who shared the experiences of her sophomore year at School of the Art Institute of Technology (SAIC)
The common thread throughout the day was the gratitude that the alumni had for Burlington High School and all that the art department has to offer. Alumni told the current students numerous times " you are so fortunate to have the resources that you have in the BHS Art Department!".


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Jammu, Oct 2 (IANS) Two civilians — a 10-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl — were killed and 12 others injured on Monday in Pakistani shelling on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.
"Today at 6.30 a.m. Pakistan violated ceasefire by resorting to border firing with heavy/small weapons in Digwar and Kerni sector of Poonch," police said here.
"Firing exchanges stopped from both sides at 11 a.m."
While a 10-year-old boy Asrar Ahmad was killed in Kerni area, a 15-year old girl Yasmina Akhtar was killed in Digwar area of the LoC.
Police said all the injured have been taken to hospital.
The Indian Army retaliated effectively and strongly at both Kerni and Digwar, Defence Ministry sources said.
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ACLU files suit against Obama, Petraeus on behalf of dead Al Qaeda terrorists
Raise your hand if you think I am exaggerating with that title....ok, you can put them down now.
Civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the drone strike killings of three U.S. citizens in Yemen.
The Center for Constitutional Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit in federal court in Washington on Wednesday on behalf of relatives of the victims. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, CIA Director David Petraeus and other high officials are named as defendants.
And just who are these poor victims? Let's look at some quick bios:
Anwar al-Aulaqi: "senior talent recruiter and motivator who was involved with planning operations for the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda." Email pals with Major Nidal Hassan before he shot up Ft Hood. Was allegedly the guy behind the Christmas Underwear Bomber fiasco.
Samir Khan: Pakistani American editor and publisher of Inspire magazine, an English-language online magazine reported to be published by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Samir here used to live in his mom's basement in North Carolina and has been stirring up trouble for years, and my friends at "My Pet Jawa" have been tracking him the whole time.
Abdulrahman Al-Aulaqi: Son of Anwar, he was killed after the other two in a targetted strike that is claimed to have killed other AQ operatives.
ACLU for their part put up pictures of a young Abdulrahman and had this to say:
In Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta (Al-Awlaki v. Panetta) the groups charge that the U.S. government's killings of U.S. citizens Anwar Al-Aulaqi, Samir Khan, and 16-year-old Abdulrahman Al-Aulaqi in Yemen last year violated the Constitution's fundamental guarantee against the deprivation of life without due process of law.
The killings were part of a broader program of "targeted killing" by the United States outside the context of armed conflict and based on vague legal standards, a closed executive process, and evidence never presented to the courts.
Since 2002, and routinely since 2009, the U.S. government has carried out deliberate and premeditated killings of suspected terrorists overseas. In some cases, including that of Anwar Al-Aulaqi, the targets were placed on "kill lists" maintained by the CIA and the Pentagon. According to news accounts, the targeted killing program has expanded to include "signature strikes" in which the government does not know the identity of individuals, but targets them based on "patterns" of behavior that have never been made public. The New York Times recently reported that the government counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent.
Now, the last time I wrote about this subject it got 355 comments. As I noted at the time I wrote that post, the whole situation made me uncomfortable, and I wasn't sure what to think.
If anyone is reading an inherent bias on my part in the preceding, I'd love to know what that bias is, because I honestly have no clue how I feel about this whole thing. I feel uncomfortable with secret bodies not authorized by legislation authorizing things like killings. On the other hand, Awlaki needed to be ventilated and good riddance to bad rubbish. But, we should always think worst case scenario with these sorts of things. Can you envision a scenario where a US Citizen is killed abroad with a drone attack, and he didn't have what was coming to him? Probably we all can. So, what safeguard is there? That's where I get somewhat lost.
I still feel that way. I'm not crying into my pillow at night that these horrible folks got vaporized, not even a little. But I still don't know what the legal mechanism for this is. I had rather hoped at the time that there would be some statement made about how these trials took place in a FISA Court, but I still haven't heard that being the case.
You can see the picture above, that was the last article written for the Al Qaeda magazine by Samir. That's apparently not the Samir that the ACLU and his parents want to remember. From the court filing:
28. Plaintiff Sarah Khan is a U.S. citizen who has lived in the United States since 1992 with her husband and children. Her son, Samir, was born in 1985 and became a U.S. citizen in 1998.
29. Samir Khan attended elementary school in Queens, New York, and high school on Long Island, New York. After graduating from high school in 2003, he moved to North Carolina, where he attended a community college and worked part-time. He left for Yemen in October 2009.
30. Anonymous government officials have told reporters that Samir Khan was a propagandist" for AQAP. The government never publicly indicted him for any crime.
"Anonymous"? That's his magazine up there. If an "Anonymous" government official said that the bright ball in the sky is the sun, it doesn't make it not so. Just head over to My Pet Jawa and hunt through their records for "InshallahShaheed" which was Samir's online name.
This part of the lawsuit apparently had the opposite effect as it was intended, at least for me:
Senior government officials, including Defendant Panetta and President Barack Obama, have acknowledged the responsibility of the United States for killing Anwar Al-Aulaqi. On the same day the strike was carried out, DOD published a news article stating that "[a] U.S. airstrike . . . killed . . . Anwar [Al-Aulaqi] early this morning" and that he had been "high on the military-intelligence list of terrorist targets."
Yeah, well good for them. I feel a little better everytime I read it, because it means there are fewer folks out there trying to hurt my family, including my brothers and sisters that are still deployed to Afghanistan.
So, I still remain concerned about the way the law of this works, but I'm not losing sweat over these guys here. What say you?
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cew (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 3:56pm
ACLU lawsuit
I totally agree with Mr. FORD.
Al Whiffen (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:32pm
ACLU suing US government
ACLU is nothing but a pack of traitors with nothing to do except sue, sue, sue over people who have already forfeited their constitutional rights.
DWAYNE (not verified)
July 27, 2012 - 1:07pm
The ACLU needs to be disbanded or desolved as an orginization. It was designed to help the helpless and defend the people who had no other means of defence. If they would put there efforts to good use like going after the Mexican Government to reimburse the U.S. for all the money we have paid to Mexican citizens here in this country ILLEAGELLY, then that would be a cause worth fighting for not supporting Terriorist.... It is time we as Americans stood up and said "NO MORE HANDOUTS". Illeagel means illeagel,not here have some money and we will figure it out. GO HOME and come back properly.
Craig V Wettstein (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:11pm
Anonymous (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:11pm
We should offer one way
We should offer one way tickets out of America for all their supporters. Why complain when you enjoy the luxury of toilet paper -
Gary Wood (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:13pm
And guess what? The American
And guess what? The American Taxpayer - you and me - pays the ACLU to sue us.
Isn't it wonderful?
Ben Allgor (not verified)
July 20, 2012 - 12:42pm
ACLU Funding
I have just looked through the ACLU foundation's Form 990 (tax return), and I couldn't see where it got any government money. It may, but I couldn't find it. This is the litigation organization. The ACLU itself is mainly a lobbying organization, and does little litigation so I didn't look at theirs.
Anon (not verified)
August 9, 2012 - 5:53pm
gary Wood (not verified)
Democrats did that to you.
JOHN MALONE (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:13pm
Curly Surmudgeon (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:14pm
Are we a nation of law?
If not then what did we fight for? There is little doubt that the three are Bad Guyz<tm>. They are also American citizens and have the right of trial. Obama violated the Constitution in killing them without judicial process. By doing so we handed Osama bin laden a victory, we've destroyed the very basis of our nation.
Assassinating American citizens is a very dangerous threshold to cross. Who's next? Who will the next president target? Will we assassinate drunk drivers? How about New York Bankers and Wall Street Tycoons who brought our nation to verge of bankruptcy?
This is the danger of extra-judicial murder. They may have needed killing but abandoning our system of checks and balances is an even greater danger for it corrupts our government.
Anonymous (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:43pm
People you are governed by
People you are governed by the laws of the country you are in, not where you are from. When an American goes to Iraq and gets in the way of any type of attack it is their own blame. If you run with the wrong crowd and get killed, its your fault. The line the ACLU is trying to cross is to hold other counties to American laws and that is plain wrong. Your complaining about court and justice for these 3 but ONLY because they were American citizens? All of you siding with the ACLU are doing EXACTLY what your condeming the US Government for doing, your convicting Obama without a trial.
Hammwebw (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:44pm
Raymond Seward (not verified)
July 20, 2012 - 9:35am
Your Comment
Thank You, your exactly right an agenda against our President by a group of racists, radical individuals.
Maurice (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 5:05pm
Right of trial??????
Using your theory, I would guess you would really honestly believe that AQ asked permission to wipe out the twin towers, right???? When someone declares themselves a terrorist by word or actions, the gloves have to come off. Just like the old saying "all is fair in love and war". In this case it was a love of war against the UNITED STATES. Not a healthy move.
Tom Plaugher (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 8:52pm
I agree that we fought for
I agree that we fought for those liberties guaranteed to our citizens. I also feel that in combat - and this is combat - those rules are suspended. These traitors were in effect enemy combatants and got what happens to those opposing us. We lost in Vietnam because our civilian leaders placed unworkable restrictions on our troops. Let the generals fight and when the peace comes let the civilians take over the administration of our civil liberties. As far as the ACLU is concerned their long history of championing our enemies is well documented. Yeah someone needs to protect the underdogs but there should be limits and the ACLU stomps all over those. I would hope that whatever trail is convened be one of a jury of twelve honorable citizens.
John Hall (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:16pm
ACLU files suit against Obama
No One Can File Suit Against The Federal Government Of The United States Of America. Check Your Constitutional Law. If You Have Anyone Able To Interpet It Properly.
Jim Bell (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 8:37pm
US Sovereign Immunity
Sure you can sue the US! There's the Federal Tort Claims Act, for one. Then there's the Administrative Procedures Act. 5 USC 552. You can sue Federal government employees as a Bivens Action, 28 U.S.C. 1331. . Generally, the Fed Govt has waived (given up) it's 'sovereign immunity' except for cash damages.
Richard (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:17pm
I too do not know the legal aspects of this but the way that I see it, anyone that declares a war on the United States and commits acts of terrorism against us, relinquishes ANY kind of protection under the law. They had declared themselves against any legality of the United States therefore they reject it. In the case of the ACLU, I believe that we should sue the ACLU for being a total and complete farce to humanity and to the United States of America. As far as I'm concerned, they should just start treating the ACLU and a bunch of nutcases and ignore them completely!
LOBObro 2 (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:20pm
When these people declare they are traitors; then haven't they also denied their rights in the American system? And haven't we declared war on all terrorist,both foreign and domestic? They are the enemy,
They deserve what they have coming to them as enemies of our country. Traitors were put up against the wall and executed!
Stephen Strickland (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:21pm
The ACLU should change their
The ACLU should change their name to a more appropriate and more fitting moniker: NOCLU. I'm site glad I served my country so idiots like this can counter act the safety I tried to provide.
arnold carr (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:21pm
I cann't beleve what I just read, I have always thought the A C L U was strange even thought they might havre done some good at one time. I now know they are crazy to defend these men,as far as I am concerned they should be tried as war crimanals and taken out and shot or hung or wait I have an idea,maybe beheaded just like they do to us. GOD BLESS AMERICA
MCorbett (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:22pm
On behalf of...
...all American citizen patriots, I plead guilty to the charge!
How might I say this; I'm proud that my country is not only capable of rooting-out the vermin that infests this planet, I support the eradication of all who hold ill-will toward this epitome of democracy - the United States of America. To al Queda and all like swine, I say, "You want jihad? You don't know what jihad can be until the full might of the USA comes to bear on your rancid ass!"
David Sullins (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:23pm
Domestic terrorists
I believe domestic terrorists are worse than the any other kind. Pretend to be loyal to the US and send secrets along with hijacking aircraft and flying hundreds of innocent Americans into a building. Who the Hell can we she over that? I say love our country the rest of us fought to defend or show some balls and get the Hell out! The ACLU should pick and chose their battles a little better, they are looking a lot like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. GOD BLESS AMERICA! .
arnold carr (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:23pm
I cann't beleve what I just read, I have always thought the A C L U was strange even thought they might havre done some good at one time. I now know they are crazy to defend these men,as far as I am concerned they should be tried as war crimanals and taken out and shot or hung or wait I have an idea,maybe beheaded just like they do to us. GOD BLESS AMERICA
Steve Sanders (not verified)
July 21, 2012 - 1:51pm
"should be tried"
I agree with your comment but the key point is that they should be tried... the ACLU's point was they were citizens put on a kill list without a trial or due process.
Dave (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:25pm
ACLU files suit against Obama, Petraeus
The President swore an oath to protect and defend the nation. He, Petraeus, and many others fulfilled that oath. For the ACLU (with "American" in their name no less) to assert that those people violated the Constitution is an example of how far removed they are from what America is.
Obama has nothin to apologize for defending America. He might not be the second coming and can't create jobs singled handed but he makes the hard choices when it comes to national security. And I didn't vote for him because I thought he would be weak on national security!
John Adams (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:26pm
The ACLU
Can I be rude and say I wish the government would target the ACLU. Not a lot of difference, you defend them, you associate with them you are them. No tears will be wasted, traitors used to be shot or hung. This is just the modern version of that. The government has a duty to protect the citizens of this country. It would seem all of the above failed to live up to their oaths they took to become citizens. Not a real loss to this country or the world. I could go on and on and I am sure the courts will see cause to move forward, but I am proud those bomb/ missiles were made in the USA!
Stan Hadden (not verified)
July 21, 2012 - 7:05pm
John Adams
Whoa John, what you are suggesting is to give the Feds' an excuse to 'take out' anyone they see fit. Not a good plan. You and I could be next. Better to do it constituitionally. If someone questions if we are lawful, that's ok. BUT, if they themselves are providing 'comfort to an enemy' then we should come down on that group with full force. As we should have done with Hanoi Jane, and the rest of the creeps who hide under our freedoms and laws. lf a link could be obtained between the ACLU and any of the 911 hijackers, then a monetary law suit should be filed for compensation to the people who died, the cost of the facilities, fire fighters, cops and the whole nine yards. This bankrupting suit would put an end to traitorus groups.
Korean Vet.
David Hayes (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:26pm
DJ Friederichs (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:28pm
As far as I'm concerned, the
As far as I'm concerned, the ACLU is a terrorist organization.
Tony Cruz (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:29pm
Where has the ACLU been the
Where has the ACLU been the last decade? Do they not comprehend that we are at war with terrorist's who want all Americans dead! Of course no one in the Government at any level should authorize the killing of anyone on a whim. But we are talking about hard core terrorist fanatics here! The fact they were Americans makes it easier to justify in my book. I am a disabled veteran of the "Global War on Terror" in Afghanistan and the way I see it, we should start watching the ACLU for supporting and sympathizing with known terrorist's!
Lorna Crawford (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:30pm
I applaud the government for taking out the terrorists. When people get upset about the protection of our country and military, they should lose their rights. Let them go and do what our military does. That kind will not protect this country, but are the first to make a scene when something does not go their way. All of us need to be alert and protect our country by what ever means it takes. All of us!!
I think of the attacks against Pearl Harbor, the pentagon, world's trade center and all of the bombings of innocent people. Those that do that are cowards and should not have any benefits from our great country.
Murray (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:31pm
I'm on the side of anybody the ACLU choses to sue. As far as I'm concerned, being a retired Navy Chief and a retired Deputy Sheriff, the ACLU stands for the "American Communist Liberation Union" or in other words totally against the fundamentals of the United States and totally stretching and twisting the Bill of Rights and Consitution in general for a totally liberal view point that this country can not survive with.
James Fratolillo (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:33pm
ACLU Law suit
What part of war do not these righteous, liberals not understand? Regardless of citizenship, when you are at war you take out the enemy. There is no doubt those in question were the enemy. You cannot attack the United States during war and think that because you hold a citizeship it means you need to have a trial before we eliminate you as a threat. If a Japanese pilot flying over pearl harbor had U.S. Citizenship, would that mean we could not take him out because he had to go to trial? If we knew the day before that the terrorist driving the truck into the Marine Compound in Beriut was a U.S. Citizen would that have meant we could not take him out but instead offer him a trial? Mr. Surmudgeon and other civil libertarians need to live in the real world and recongize we are at war. To call removing the scum of the earth an "assasination" is far too respecting. You don't assasinate the enemy, .....you don't murder the enemy,....... you KILL the enemy........before they kill you. God Bless America
Mjr Doc Horn (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:37pm
Treason is punishable by death.
The law is on the books.
IMO it sickens me for this to be made more than it is.
They are lucky it was a drone and not a Marine.
Shelton (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:38pm
Dave (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:38pm
It is very disturbing to me
It is very disturbing to me that an American citizen feels compelled to become an anti government terrorist. However, when that person commits anti American acts at the orders of an other government or organization has he not allied himself with that power against American. Is that the act of a loyal American. Remember, the Founding Fathers did not go to England to low up King George.
Blackjack (not verified)
July 21, 2012 - 8:52pm
Absolutely, also the individual has renounced their citizenship. Reread our pledge of allegiance to the republic of the United States. Since the 1970's the United States has had a zero tolerance for terrorism and terrorists. So why would the court system be in violation of the will of the people. Congress exists for the will of the people.
Fred Neeleman (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:38pm
Dick Peedoff (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:40pm
If this were the 1940's...
If this were the 1940's... menbers of the congress and white house would have all members of the ACLU in prision a long time ago. But, we have a different generation of people now.
William J Hamil... (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:47pm
Don Fitzwater (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:48pm
Anonymous (not verified)
July 19, 2012 - 4:51pm
I think under the Patriot Act
I think under the Patriot Act the ACLU should be consider a terroris organization for working with known terrorist and the entire organizations assests should be frozen while it is investigated.


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This weekend, our church will host our annual BBQ & Baptism. It is an amazing experience that I have had the opportunity to help coordinate for the last few years. We spend an entire afternoon honoring and celebrating with those who have decided to take that next step in their faith journey and be baptized. Our staff is wonderful about planning every detail to ensure that the day is unforgettable.
I can honestly say that this is one of my favorite events that we host each year. It is such a unique and special day, as we celebrate with those who have made one of the most important decisions in their faith journey: to publicly proclaim their relationship with Jesus.
The stories that I get the opportunity to hear are always amazing. Although the day takes an incredible amount of planning and coordination to pull it off, it is one of the most rewarding experiences that I have the privilege of being involved in.
It always makes me think of my own story, and my baptism a few years ago. What an emotional and freeing experience that was. There is nothing like the feeling of going under that water and coming up clean. The song Ocean Floor by Audio Adrenaline captures it so perfectly.
Although this video was shot around the theme of serving at our church, you can watch Some of my story here.
So, what's your story? Have you been baptized, or are you considering it? I would love to hear from you.
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