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"If Congress were to pass legislation making abortion illegal and the federal courts upheld this legislation, or any state were permitted to ban abortion under state and federal law, the doctor or any other person performing this illegal act upon a woman would be held legally responsible, not the woman. The woman is a victim in this case as is the life in her womb. My position has not changed — like Ronald Reagan, I am pro-life with exceptions."
"Late termination of pregnancy is more controversial than abortion in general because it results in the demise of a fetus that is more developed and sometimes able to survive independently." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_termination_of_pregnancy
Recalling his personal observation of a late-term abortion performed by one of his instructors during his medical residency, Ron Paul stated, "It was pretty dramatic for me to see a two-and-a-half-pound baby taken out crying and breathing and put in a bucket." http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/abortion/
Late-term abortion, which the news media also refers to as partial-birth abortion, generally refers to any intentional abortion procedure occurring after 20 weeks of gestation. The point that experts consider pregnancy to be late-term is one of the biggest debates involving this subject. Some experts believe that 12 weeks and later is late term, others state 16 weeks, 20 weeks or even later. A common belief is that any abortion where the child has a viable chance to survive out of the womb is certainly a late term abortion. The problem with this theory is that it varies widely from one pregnancy to another.
Late Term Abortion Laws
Countries around the world have different laws regarding late-term abortions. Canada, for instance, has no law regarding the gestational age of the child and when abortions can be performed. Of the 152 countries with records on hand, the following observations can be made:
- 54 of these countries ban abortion except in cases where the mother's life is at risk
- 44 countries ban late term abortion after a certain gestational age
- 2 countries (The Netherlands and The United States) have regulations in place having to do with viability.
- The remaining 52 countries, including Canada, have no laws regarding gestational age and abortion.
Trump Supporter on CNN: Abortion Question Was 'Trap' From 'Liberal Media'
It WAS a hypothetical question and Chris Mathews is the one who brought up punishing women for abortion.
MATTHEWS: Do you believe in punishment for abortion, yes or no as a principle?
TRUMP: The answer is that there has to be some form of punishment.
MATTHEWS: For the woman?
TRUMP: Yeah, there has to be some form.
And just as the woman in the above clip points out, very soon after the attack of an interview, after having a bit of time to think, Trump clarified what form of punishment should be taken IF abortion was illegal. "The doctor or any other person performing this illegal act upon a woman would be held legally responsible, not the woman."
Over Population is a Myth
Rush Limbaugh Defends Donald Trump Abortion Comments to Chris Matthews
Trump Isn't for Punishing Women, He's Against Killing Babies & He Believes in the Rule of Law, Which Allows Abortions


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The recently renovated Hostal Azahara is open 24 hours a day all year round. Good location, great prices. In the old fishing village of Nerja.
All our rooms are en suite with sat tv, kettle and fridge. Continantal breakfast included and free internet.
We are 10 mins walk form the Balcon de Europe, town center and beach. We can help with tours, diving, horse riding, golf etc. We are located next to the only bus station with direct links to Malaga, Granada and many local white washed villages.
Nerja is a place you will come back to again and again.

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Having explored all there is to see in Lake George, Stoddard proceeded up the Lake.
Stoddard guides and photographs capture a fleeting moment in time. Within a decade of Stoddard publishing his first guide to Lake George, the landscape around Lake George had already begun to change. Much of the change has to do with the arrival of the railroad in 1882.
It was only logical that the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company would extend their line to Lake George. The company owned the exquisite Fort William Henry Hotel, the Lake George Steamboat Company, as well as several lines that took travelers to Lake Champlain where they owned other elegant hotels, such as Hotel Champlain, which opened in 1890.
The Lake George Railway Station was reconstructed in the early 1900s. It has since been renovated and is home to several shops directly across the street from the Steel Pier and the Lake George Visitors Center.
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The MKH 800 condenser microphone is the first microphone to fully utilise the wider frequency response and dynamic range of the new high bitrate standard of advanced digital recording systems (for example SACD). Featuring five switchable pick-up patterns, the MKH 800 is a superior microphone for any recording application, offering high clarity and the absolute minimum colouration.SENNHEISER MKH 800 P48 FEATURES • Extended frequency response up to 50 kHz • Wide, flat frequency response • Exceptionally low inherent self-noise, wide dynamic range • Switchable pre-attenuation, switchable roll-off filter and switchable treble emphasis • Transformerless and fully floating balanced output • LED for on-axis alignment • Anodised light metal body SENNHEISER MKH 800 P48 SPECIFATIONSPick-up pattern: omni-directional...cardioid...fig. eightSensitivity in free field, no load (1kHz): 40 mV/Pa +- 1 dBNominal impedance: 150 OhmMin. terminating impedance: 2000 OhmEquivalent noise level: 10 dBEquivalent noise level weighted as per CCIR 468-3: 20 dBPower supply: Phantom 48 +- 4 VCurrent consumption: 3 mADimensions: d 27 x 176 mmWeight: 135 gSENNHEISER MKH 800 P48 PACKAGE INCLUDES1 MKH 800 P 48, 1 MZS 80 shock mount, 1 MZW 80 windshield
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Registration deadline: August 9th
We'll be using Picture My Life (PML) cards in this workshop, a wonderful option for card makers. They give non-stampers of variety of fun images, but can also be "dressed up" by those who do love to stamp. The layout ideas in this workshop can be used with any of the PML cards, for any occasion.
BONUS: If 15 cards are not enough for you, I am offering bonus kits to all workshop participants for $25. You'll get the supplies and cut-to-size papers, cardstock, and envelopes to make an additional set of cards. Stamp the images during the workshop and assemble at home. That will give you a total of 30 cards (or more)! You must let me know BEFORE the workshop if you would like additional kit(s). Are you interested in making the project but can't make the above date? Contact me to purchase a kit!


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Today is the big day! check the full info below!
Im not sure if I can attend today, but will try if the cosmos permits me.
Dear Friends,
We would like to invite you to the book signing of Hans Bacher's Dream Worlds.
Hans Bacher is an award-winning production designer, art director and illustrator, and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is also an independent film producer and teacher. Among his notable works are:
• Production design for Disney's Mulan – for which he won an Annie Award in 1998
• Production design for Disney's Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Lion King
• Stylistic designs for Disney's Hercules, Fantasia 2000 (Tin Soldier, Beethoven's 5th) and Dinosaur
• Design development for Lilo and Stitch, Brother Bear, Little Match Girl, Wildlife, I Am, My Peoples, Snow Queen, Fraidy Cat, Beauty and the Beast (live action)
• Production design and art direction for Balto and Cats at Steven Spielberg's Amblimation in London
Get to meet the man behind the pictures. See you on Saturday, March 1, 4:00pm at The Forum, 4F Fully Booked, Bonifacio High Street.
Thank you!


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A good tomato is the essence of summer. In season, plump and juicy tomatoes taste like the sun. They're good enough to eat out of hand and worthy of preserving for midwinter noshing. Of course, during the summer months, most are destined for salads and sandwiches, but a little heat does wonderful things to a ripe tomato. Try tossing a handful of cherry or grape tomatoes, slicked with olive oil, directly on a hot grill, and turn them until they char and start to split, offering up their sweet juices. Thread them onto kabobs with marinated meat or cubes of tofu, zucchini, peppers—whatever's in season—or stuff larger tomatoes with rice or breadcrumbs, cheese and bits of leftover sausage to cook in a skillet alongside the main event. A tomato may be thin-skinned and delicate, but it can take the heat.
Marinate 1 lb. flank steak (or substitute pork tenderloin or skinless, boneless chicken), cut into 1-inch cubes, in ¼ cup soy sauce, ¼ cup red-wine vinegar, the juice of a lemon (about 3 tbsp), 1 tbsp Dijon or grainy mustard, 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce, 2-3 crushed garlic cloves and a good grind of black pepper for at least an hour, or overnight. When you're ready to cook, preheat the grill to medium-high and soak a handful of bamboo skewers for at least 15 minutes. Thread cubes of steak onto the skewers, alternating with small cherry or grape tomatoes. Leave enough room for a handle on the dull end. Grill for about 5 minutes, turning often, until the steak is cooked to your liking. Serves 6.
Cut 2 ripe tomatoes in half crosswise and scoop out the pulp; place cut side down on paper towels to drain. In the bowl of a food processor, pulse 1 thick slice of bread into crumbs; pulse in ½ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese, 1 crushed garlic clove, ¼ cup chopped fresh basil or Italian parsley, 1 tbsp olive oil and salt and pepper to taste. (If you like, stir in a little crumbled cooked sausage, chopped ham or salami.) Stuff the tomatoes with the mixture, then sprinkle with extra Parmesan cheese. Place in a cast iron skillet or disposable aluminum baking pan. Preheat the grill to medium-high, then set the pan on one side; turn off that side and leave the other on. Close the lid (the temperature should read about 400˚F) and cook for 20 minutes, or until the crumbs are golden. Serves 4.
Cut half a baguette into 1-inch chunks and put in a bowl with 2 cups small cherry or grape tomatoes; toss both with a drizzle of olive oil. Preheat the grill to medium-high and grill the bread and tomatoes, turning with tongs until the bread is toasted and the tomatoes char-marked. Transfer to a shallow bowl and add half an English cucumber, diced, and a handful of torn Italian flat-leaf parsley. Whisk or shake together 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil, ¼ cup balsamic vinegar, 1 tbsp grainy mustard and 1 tsp honey; drizzle overtop and toss to coat. Serve immediately. Serves 6.


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Oscar Pistorius's House Had Testosterone & Needles, Say Police
Witness describes non-stop fighting, shouting the night Reeva Steenkamp was shot
As a bail hearing continued Wednesday in the murder case of South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius, new details have emerged as prosecutors outline their charges that he is guilty of shooting his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp.
Police testified that they discovered testosterone and needles inside the "Blade Runner" Olympian's home, The New York Times reports.
But his defense lawyers said the Olympian took no banned performance-enhancing drugs, describing the substances found as herbal. The athletes, according to the International Paralympic Committee, tested drug-free as late as last September.
Pistorius, 26, has claimed the shooting was a case of mistaken identity.
Prosecution lawyers, questioning a police witness, said shots fired through the bathroom door that night countered Pistorius's claims that he was not wearing his prosthetic legs when he thought he heard an intruder inside his house and fired with a 9 mm handgun through the door.
Steenkamp, 30, was struck three times, in the head, arm and hip. She was buried on Tuesday amid an outpouring of national support and emotional family tributes.
A police detective testified Wednesday that Pistorius had accidentally fired a weapon at a restaurant in January and urged a friend to take responsibility for the shooting, The Times reports. The detective also testified that Pistorius threatened violence over a woman in another altercation.
Pistorius had claimed to investigators that his house was dark at the time he thought an intruder was inside but a witness who testified for the prosecution Wednesday said a light was switched on when the first shots were fired.
That witness said a gunshot rang out, then a woman's screams were heard, the more shots continued. Pistorius's lawyer, however, said that witness, a neighbor, lived 600 yards away.
The emotional Pistorius continued to proclaim his innocence. "I fail to understand how I could be charged with murder, let alone premeditated," Pistorius told the court in an affidavit read by his defense counsel Barry Roux. "I had no intention to kill my girlfriend."
The prosecution, however, was resolute, that this was not an accident but a premeditated act of violence. If convicted, Pistorius would receive life in prison.


text: The big show delved into the Josh Shaw situation. He came out and said that he lied. His story was fake. Hmmmmm, jumping off a 2 story balcony to save his 7 year old nephew, from a pool, who couldn't swim! Totally believable. We also talked about the Josh Gordon suspension. He got suspended for a year. What are your thoughts? We thought it might be a little much. Urijah Faber joined us in studio to talk UFC 177.


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I see that WordPress has kept innovating – I really like the simplified layout. I wonder if it costs more in management functionality. Ramble, ramble, ramble (spoiler alert: the rest of this long post is kind of like this).
You guys. You keep following me on Twitter and including me in your Follow Friday tags and it's just a lot; naturally I am super grateful for it.
I've read many "State of the [insert whatever your medium/project is]" posts all over the internet since this is a new year. I feel disinclined to post something similar (although this might as well be considered that I s'pose) – I'm terrible with goals, because I don't think being accountable to myself is good enough motivation to do anything. I'm just me, you know? Why do something for me? And sadly I know how thoroughly over-saturated video game blogging is, and how difficult it is to take it to a level to make money from it. I recognize that multiple times (probably all on this blog) I've tried to talk about how you can have a different end goal than making money. And sometimes that's really manifested itself – sometimes I've just written to write here because I want to wax eloquent about video games. Unfortunately those moods are few and far between. I know I started this blog to create a polished portfolio to present to Kotaku or Polygon or some online gaming news outlet, to then be hired. But sticking to as schedule feels like a chore, and not sticking to a schedule reduces most any chance of getting virally known (even mini-viral).
Plus, you know, my job is going real well in my real life. I get to write stuff, now I'm managing people, leading development direction in a small number of cases, and getting free break room food every day which helps my grocery bill. The motivation to write to get out of a situation wanes when the situation is pretty good.
The other conundrum is that I might still use this as a dumping ground for thoughts on video games except I find myself playing video games less and less, which is shameful. I've been playing a lot of Minecraft in my spare time. My girlfriend is loving Splice, which is super heartwarming. We tried to play through Cogs the other day but god damn that game, am I right? So hard. I suppose I could do a write up on Cogs . . . haven't done that yet. Aside from that, I finally tried Battle Block Theater (same team that put out Castle Crashers) and I Maed a Gam with Zombiez!!!!111!! Or whatever/however it's spelled. Okay, okay, I could write up some thoughts about the very minimal amount of gaming I've done, you're right. You're right.
You know what has really been catching my interest lately? Game casting. Right before I really dove off this blog/the internet, I recorded about an hour of me playing Remember Me (which I "rented" from Gamefly, and still have, and have been paying for without using for . . . many embarrassing months now). I was going to edit it down to at most 30 minutes and then see how people liked it – either keep going with Remember Me or pick another game with a female protagonist (without giving it away, it was kind of the point of the series to play games with female protagonists). The other day I was thinking about that (because I have a to-do task in my Gmail to cancel my Gamefly subscription) and I was thinking what if i just did like 5 minute highlights of playing games with female protagonists? More work on my end . . . but potentially a funnier option.
And I started thinking of that because I made a goal that in 2014 I would get more involved with charity work. I do nothing to give back, and everyone who can, should. I definitely can. But I realized that my primary interests were helping further Child's Play or like, Extra Life. Their official websites say either go volunteer at a hospital, or be the one streaming games and getting sponsors. Who would want to watch me play video games for 24 hours? I don't think my mother would even want to watch me play video games for 24 hours, and she's the most supportive, longest-present person in my life.
Unless I had an audience base. And then, the 5 minute video thought – I'd have to keep them always thirsty for more, so 24 hours was a real treat – something to entice donations, you know?
But we're back to the original problem/premise – it always feels like work. I get home from work, and watch a ton of YouTube. People doing what I'd like to be doing (e.g. RoosterTeeth and Achievement Hunter). Maybe some of us are just consumers, and some of us are just producers. If only I could get paid to write ramble-y blog posts . . . That's where my voice shines, but I suppose everyone's does when they ramble. But I like to think mine stays coherent, which might give me a leg up over other ramble-y bloggers.
I've honestly been thinking about posting the following question for awhile, and in sincerity (i.e. please leave a comment with real advice for me because I feel like I'm losing a part of my life and I'm not sure why): how do you get motivated to start/maintain/complete projects? All of these blogs of ours are labors of love, but why can't I follow through with it? Is that just a personality defect? Which sounds really negative but I can totally accept that – I'm more curious if anyone found themselves in a situation like this and crawled out of it. I suppose the outcomes have to outweigh the costs . . . but I'm unsure if I can achieve the outcomes I want (i.e. at least a little money and a little internet fame)
If anyone has read this far in this post, YOU ARE A TRUE FRIEND. I'm also disproving my false idea that my rambling stays coherent magically.
Honestly, the deterioration of this blog (and my gaming habits in general) always begin when I start dating someone. I don't think that it's because I start morphing into the other person, I just have a very strong and specific need to spend every second of every day with that person. So if they don't want to play video games (and sometimes if they do) I default to doing something else because hey, it's them. Video games are just video games. Plus, meeting all of their friends, and keeping up with your friends – it all just eats up time, time that I'm happy to sacrifice, but time nonetheless. Is all of that bad, or is it normal? Am I making relationships unhealthy, or is this just a natural evolution?
Here's the real bottom line: I've been really unmotivated and bored at work all day, and thinking about all of this a lot. So I've just vomited this all out but I would really love to hear some responses, if you too are bored or unmotivated sometime this weekend.


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Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Create Customers
The purpose of business is to create customers. I read this. When you are small with no or few customers, this is what you try to do. Customer service is big. As the customer base grows, the purpose of the business often shifts to profits. Money replaces customers in importance. I think that large organizations can learn from recovery programs such as AA which is growing each year in "customers." AA seeks to make no profit. Its passing of the hat is for expenses. There are a few national level employees. But at the local "shop" the work is done by caring volunteers. AA seeks to stay in business to pass on the product, which is the message of recovery and communal support. I am at my best when I think of myself as a volunteer for my message. I seek to pass on a message and have enough money to stay in business. This allows me to work because I love what I do. I used to make a lot more money, Columbia MBA, and all, but I was a lot less happy. Of course, I would love a few more people to attend my talks, but then again, I might not be all that talented. Maybe I am lucky to be in business at all!
Monday, June 29, 2015
Functional Caring Or Not
I have no idea who made the clothes I wear or grew the food I eat or packaged anything I have. If these people get sick or have troubles do I really care? Not really. If my shirt says, "Made in Vietnam," I don't know anyone in Vietnam. If the country is having economic upheavals, I pay little to no attention. These are what are called "functional" relationships. There was a time, even in my life, when we knew who prepared the things we eat. I knew all the Mom and Pop stores in our Bronx neighborhood. Longer ago then that, in small communities, people did know the farmer, who knew the baker, who knew the tailor and so on. They cared about what happened to and with one another. These are called "reciprocal" relationships. I read that what comes out of these relationships is the Principle of Gratitude. We are grateful to persons who do something for us. I feel no gratitude to Vietnam for sewing my shirt. We tend to be grateful for what an individual we know, or encounter does for us, but not for what a large comglomerate is doing for us. When people say they don't like some big organization it may be because of an individual event or simply because of some opinion or what they read. When I go to the hospital to visit someone and pray with them, they are grateful. It is the one on one encounter. One encounter in love and concern, a gentle smile, a sense of humor, can counter attitudes of a functional nature. The reciprocal always trumps the functional. Now if I met the woman who made my shirt, I might break out in gratitude!
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Reap What You Sow
I tend to take my hat off when I am addressing a female, and often a male. This is how I was taught. I have had surprising responses when I travel. I was in a bus terminal and asked the agent, after I took off my hat, if I had the right bus line brochure for where I wanted to go in Denver. She said yes and then asked me if I wanted her to show me how to read the brochure. I said yes, and she was very helpful with her yellow marker. She reminded me to get a transfer when I reached Denver. I went on a bus for the first time to Denver. I changed buses and did fine. Saving gas and following Laudato Si, the Pope's encyclical. Left me car in the garage. Polite is nice. Women seem to like it.
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Change Hearts
The Pope's focus on the environment has an underlying purpose which is very much in keeping with the purpose of religion. The Pope wants to change hearts, not just the environment. He links climate issues with the suffering of the poor. He wants people to change the way they do things because of compassion for the poor. Many people give money to charity to support the poor, because they care for the poor. The Pope has asked for more of a change of heart. He wants us to care enough so that we change our lifestyle. It is one thing to give money. It is another thing to leave your car in the garage. The same goes for corporate business. There is a lot of money to be made, for some, a few, in the way we do business that involves energy. The Pope wants the Directors and business leaders of such companies to change their hearts because of a compassion for those who cannot even afford their products. It will be a hard cell. So was the Gospel, and still is.
Friday, June 26, 2015
Credal Insight
Now and again in my reading I get a profound and new insight into one of my Catholic creed beliefs. It never comes from someone defending the superiority of the Catholic Church. It never comes from someone who is teaching catechism. The new insight is the "Aha" moment for me. It is the same words of the creed but the meaning is much deeper. This shows me that there is nothing wrong with my creeds. It is that they have not been taught in any sense of their fulness. Where the teaching is shallow, it is often due to a mistranslation of original texts into English. The translation was political. The "authority" had already decided what Jesus, Moses, or some prophet must have meant, or what some wisdom poem must have meant, and translate the original texts or the most ancient text into whatever will support their "opinion." Once you discover writers living "on the edge" they will lead you to other writers and more insights. If your religion does not stimulate and excite you, then you have not found the right teachers. Then again, the pupil might not be ready.
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Starting Place
People ask me why I am still a Catholic. I like to think of my church as my starting place in the spiritual journey to who I call God. Everyone has a starting point. It is usually given to us when we are young or discovered by us when we are finally open to the search for deep meaning and purpose in our life. But you don't want to stay where you start. It would be like staying in the first grade. The spiritual start is usually about "believing" something as the truth. We like it if our initial belief is the whole truth and no one else has anything unless they believe what we believe. There may be some ritual/worship early on as part of the teaching. None of this is about transformation or the sacrifice necessary to make the world a more holistic place. In my case, I believed in Jesus as God and worshiped him. I did not follow him. I did not ponder the New Testament Gospels that give me the meaning of his life for me. I was told how to get to heaven. Obey rules and avoid breaking commandments. All other religions were not worth the time. They were hopelessly wrong. My Catholicism has moved on into something much more contemplative and interfaith. I seek wisdom wherever I can find it, including pondering what the sayings of Jesus mean for me to do. Not believe, but do. I am still a Catholic but not a first grade one. The Pope's encyclical on environment is about doing. Most of us would rather keep our toys and stay with "belief" and worship. I spend less time worrying about creeds and more time struggling to live as Jesus taught me. The Borgias, the Renaissance Popes, believed but did not follow Jesus. The reformation was a about creeds, and so we went on killing one another. I suspect the Sunnis and Shiites are having the same inability to grow up in their faith.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Six Thomas Jeffersons
I was having a bad day. Nothing was all that wrong, but I was in one of my moods where nothing was right. I was begrudgingly helpful. In the afternoon I was asked to go on an emergency call to anoint a dying woman. Drop my agenda and go off. OK. I get to the nursing home and the daughter of the dying woman asked if we could wait for her husband to arrive. So much for an emergency. It was just one of those days. I sat down and said that since it was not such an emergency I would do some work. I ignored the daughter and did some cell phone stuff. Then I was hit with a bout of niceness. It did not come from me. I began to talk to the daughter and ask about her dying mother. The mother was 97 and with all mental faculties until yesterday. She even played bridge. Nice chat. Then the husband came in. We greeted one another in my miracle nice mood and got on with the sacrament. I chatted with them afterwards, and said that if the mother woke up, to tell me, because I needed two miracles to become a saint. On the way out, the husband asked if he could make a contribution. I said sure thinking it was for the church. Not for greedy me. He took out six Thomas Jeffersons and handed them to me. "This is for you father," he said. Good grief! Sometimes it pays to be nice. I was flat broke from my New York visit. God is good, even to rotten priests.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Laudato Si
Why is corporate American, big donors to political causes and the politicians they support so upset by the Pope's stance on Global Warming? I don't mean why do they disagree. People disagree with the Pope on other things, but don't get all upset about it. They think the pope is wrong on some other issue but otherwise get on with their lives. Lots of other issues simply won't affect your life all that much and you get on with your decisions and think yourself fine in the church or outside it. But global warming has gotten people heated up. I think it is because it affects their money. Some people simply worship money and want plenty more than they need. At a certain point in your life as you age you move beyond birth control issues for yourself. You never seem to move beyond concerns for money. Any stance that says you have the money and should spend it to alleviate global warming makes lots of people upset. Don't mess with their gods. You might disagree with who causes global warming, but the pope's stance focuses on the fact that such warming affects the poor adversely, and that should be the concern of those who have access to funds (business and government) to do something about it. It is possible to be rich and be a good person, or good Catholic for that matter, but the pope has added an extra box to check if you measure up. Many people like to think that the poor make their own poverty by decisions they make. The pope does not think that global warming was their decision.
Monday, June 22, 2015
Lightly Populated
When I was a boy I got the idea that only Catholic girls were going to heaven, and they had to be good ones at that. Catholic boys had no chance. We were full of lust and mischief. Protestants had no chance. They were heretics. As for all the unbaptized, they were automatically out too. In time I realized that there are guy saints, but they pretty much had to be virgins. Marriage would doom you. Pretty grim. I don't know why I kept being a Catholic since I had no chance. Frequent confession gave m the illusion that I would be the exception. Then lust and mischief would come along and I was again on the outs. For a while I just gave up. If I was going to burn anyway, sin boldly and often. It was actually an unfulling life that brought me to the Truth. God loves me and wants not to judge or condemn me. God wants me to be all God made me to be, with my imperfections. In transformation I still have faults. They keep me humble, but are way less messy in practice than they once were. And I met some really nice Protestants, Jews, and peoples of other paths or no belief in my God. I guess heaven is a lot bigger than I thought when I was young. I will get to see Helen there in heaven. She was a good Catholic girl who lived across the courtyard from me in the Bronx apartments. She was Irish with red hair. We were young, before lust.
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Catholics have a Valentine's Day that is not February 14. It is June 12. It is when we get to celebrate how much God loves us no matter what we do. It is called the "Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus." To non-Catholics it can look kind of weird, I know. The image is the heart sticking out of Jesus' chest. That may be a bit over the top, but does not take away from being God's Valentine to us. Some February 14 Valentine cards are quite weird too. Anyhow, I am a priest and share with widows, widowers, and single people who might have no special other, that Valentine's day is not so uplifting for us. Cobwebs in the mailbox so to speak. So for me, June 12 is a big deal reminder that God never gives up on me even when I am messed up in behavior or action or hard of heart. God is always loving and never abandons me The feast day was developed because some really weird people in 17th century France said that God is quite angry and not many people are going to get to heaven. Gruesome. And not scriptural or dogmatic. But that negativity seemed to win the day in many places. The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is the medicine to cure that sick idea. I need to try and be that kind of a heart in my daily life when people are acting badly around and with me. Then I will be a sacred heart rather than an angry, resentful and fearful heart.
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Anne Frank
June 12 was her birthday. Anne Frank was the Jewish girl who was hidden from the Nazis for two years. Eventually, they found her and she died in a concentration camp from typhoid in 1945. She is know for her diary, "The Diary of Anne Frank." It is quite uplifting. In spite of all the fear, and death around her, the dreaded Nazi regime, Anne wanted to maintain the virtues in herself that would contribute to a better world someday. Wow! I have a bad day or a stretch of messy stuff in my life, and virtue for a better world flies out the window. These are the times when I get resentful, fearful, and self-pitying. That is for starters. Anne was just a kid, but a graced kid who shows me how to "detach" or as we sometimes say in sports, "suck it up." She could not change the Nazis or her present situation in a "secret annex" but she could change her attitude. Maybe she was grateful for life, for being Jewish, for a God who loves her. You think?
Friday, June 19, 2015
Spiritual Recovery
One way that I look at religion is as a spiritual recovery from a lot of mediocre to bad behavior. It is a recovery from apathy to compassion, from ignorance to open encounter, and from fear to love. AA is a spiritual recovery program. A lot of outsiders and some AA people think that it is all about not drinking or drugging or whatever the addictive stuff is. AA is really about learning how to live without the stuff you used to ingest. It is called "sobriety." Sobriety is a lot more than not drinking. Religion is a lot more than going to church, which is like going to a meeting. It is a lot more than avoiding bad behavior. It is about learning good behavior through a connection to a spiritual force that is not you. It is more than believing this spiritual power exists. It is taking time to encounter it within yourself and than within others. Sobriety is a lot harder than abstinence. I meet people who abstain from things, but many of them are quite miserable and not much fun to be around. For me, prayer is the key to a sober way of life. I must have been into spiritual sobriety yesterday, because people seemed to enjoy being around me. Working on today.
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Falling In Love
For whom would you dress up? For whom would you like to look your best? God? Not really. Most of us have at best a relationship with God that is like one we might have with a loving Dad. We know that Dad loves us, but we don't much care about how we look around Dad. We don't dress up for Dad. We never fell in love with Dad. We never fell in love with God. When you fall in love, how you look, what you wear makes a difference. Many people find a Higher Power that keeps them out of hell. Life is not as bad as it once was. But they don't fall in love with the HP. They maintain sobriety. Heaven for all of us, I think, is an experience of falling in love with whoever you call God. It changes you. Even St. Francis ofAssisi, who was not into clothes, changed what he wore and how he lived when he fell in love with his God. I am fairly good at spiritual maintenance. I am rarely at the falling in love place. Oops! I see a food smudge on my shirt. I think I will change the shirt. I will do it for God if not for anyone else. If what I wear can help me to focus on God, with GRATITUDE, then it is a good thing. Just showing up is good, but there is so much more to transformation. It can be the little things that help move us to the next level. If you are a church goer, think about that the next time you are going to church.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Looking Back
I may not be all that I could be. I may not have fulfilled all my potential, but I am not the person I used to be. I like looking back on my life when I find myself wallowing in the present, beating myself up for not doing or being "more." Be good to yourself. You have grown some and this is not to be discounted by useless guilt feelings. I don't do a lot of the dumb things or selfish things that I used to do. No one is perfect. Only a wounded or exhaulted ego expects or dreams of that. I have today to be the better me. Gratitude is an attitude pick me up!
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
The Newcomer
While on my Jubilee weekend at Fordham University, many of us stayed at a dorm on campus. It was the first time at this new dorm for all of us. We were what you might call "newcomers" to the dorm. The dorm had no heat but did have a cool air blower on all the time. It was rainy and cool outside. This put the Jesuits on my resentment list. But this was minor. The big mishap came on Sunday morning when the first event did not begin until after 10:30 AM. Where would we go for coffee. Nothing was open! Behold, this was not so, but most of us did not know it. Right next to the dorm, but in a direction no one went, was a small coffee shop with free coffee and treats for us. It had been there all weekend, but no one informed us. This is one of those instances that remind me of how we overlook the newcomer because everything is so familiar to us who go somewhere all the time. It could be a church, a meeting, a club, or a regular event of some kind. We forget that there might be someone new in our midst. The coffee shop was right there, if you will, but for us who were not looking "right there" we knew nothing. May the Jesuits be rightly punished by God. Oh, I forgot. Forgiveness and tolerance are to be practiced by us.
Monday, June 15, 2015
A gem
I arrived at the Italian restaurant on East 62nd Street early. It turned out to be food to die for in New York. Being early I decided to go see some brownstones nearby. Suddenly, I cam upon a gem of a neighborhood Catholic church. The doors were open. I went in. One other person was there, praying in this quiet place, Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. This is what the church can do. Provide places of quiet respite with beautiful art for people to go and find/be with God in peace and quiet. On the way out I saw a sign asking me to sign a petition that the church not be closed. It is on valuable property. If sold, lots of money can go elsewhere from the proceeds. A Fordham alum who lives nearby says that the church has a congregation that does not live in the area but comes to church there and maintains it. There is an Irish pastor. No debt. Why not let this church be a witness in this neighborhood, of the presence of religious art that points to the Holy in our midst? Oh! St. Patrick's cathedral is being redone to the tune of a lot of money. It is my favorite church of all, but I am always for the little guy, the small parish almost hidden on East 62nd Street.
Sunday, June 14, 2015
The public transit in New York City is called the MTA. When I got off the plane, a native of New York, I had fears about being murdered in some area of the city that I went to by mistake, lost and confused. I thought, "We must deal with fear!" Or at least take a stab at it. So I found an agent with a red coat at the LaGuardia Airport Welcome Center, which was pointed out by a security guard. I was helped to buy a Metro Card. I deposited $20.00. The agent told me where to find the Q70 Bus which was supposed to take me to a subway which would take me to Manhattan to transfer to another subway. With thoughts of "Uber" limo service dancing in my head, I chose to try the bus. There is good signage. I could not figure out how to put the metro ticket into the ticket machine, but the bus driver politely did it for me. At the train stop, the only stop for this bus once it leaves the airport, I followed other people with luggage into the bowels of the subway. I read the map. I asked questions. I was not murdered. People were nice. I got on an E train for Manhattan and took it to 7th Avenue. A computer sign inside the air-conditioned subway car told me it was 7th Avenue. I got off and followed signs to the D and B trains that go uptown. I went one stop. Voila! I was a block from the church. It cost me $2.75. The President of the Paulists gave me the directions and I followed them. My New York genes were activated. I took public transport all around town for my week there. I am no longer fearful. I can do New York. I am lining up some work for there next year when it is warm which was not the first week in June this time around.
Saturday, June 13, 2015
I am now a Golden Jubilee Ram at Fordham University. It was a wonderful weekend. I wore my black suit and collar both evenings for the more formal dinner occasions. My classmates were very supportive and proud of me for being a priest, as I of them for all that they had done and many still do. We did not spend a lot of time going over crazy stuff from years ago when we were young. We were more interested in the journey since then. I learned a lot about how Fordham impacted upon their lives over these fifty years. And I was in New York City which brought out my New York genes. The best times for me were when I could talk quietly to friends on Sunday morning as we were winding down from the big group affairs. It was a chance to see what fascinating lives and turns we have taken. But always, there was that Jesuit sense of making the world a better place, of questioning what people say is true and challenging old ways of doing things. No wonder I don't fit in so well in the institutional church!
Friday, June 12, 2015
Tolerance is OK to get one through a meeting or passing scene. It is not much of a way to focus one's way of life. When I am tolerant, I might avoid unpleasantness, but I also avoid any encounter with the "other." I don't have to change or be challenged in my way of seeing things. My first encounter with gay people was seeing the "Gay Pride Parade," in San Francisco many years ago. I do not recall meeting anyone who I knew to be gay when I was growing up. I was obtuse I guess. The initial parades were kind of over the top as gay and lesbian people were expressing themselves publicly for the first time. Clothes were lacking, and costumes were weird to me. I got as far as "tolerance." I did not actually meet a gay person, actually meet and talk with anyone. They were weird from my distance. As the years of my priesthood wore on, I did meet many gay and lesbian people. My experience of encounter changed my opinion. My opinion had been based upon no experience outside of a parade that happened in San Francisco each Spring. Tolerance did not challenge or change me. I now have compassion and understanding. I have friends who happen to be gay. To me their sexual orientation is simply a part of the larger person. It does not define them. Tolerance defines in a more narrow sense.
Thursday, June 11, 2015
I love this one from Mother Teresa back in 1994. She says that the idea of peace for most people is that we don't bother one another. "Just leave me in peace" usually means, go away and don't bother me. This is what might be called the "World's Peace." Mother Teresa said that there is another kind of peace, the "Peace of the Heart." This is the peace that comes with loving, with doing good for others even when it might hurt us who try to love from the heart. One peace is a bit self-centered, as a solution to our misery. "Leave me alone." "Don't bother me." I know this peace quite well. It is a peace that might actually harm others, by avoiding them. "Blessed are the Peacemakers" does not mean doing nothing, but doing good. It requires compassion for the suffering of another, as well as the humility to accept that the good I try to do might meet with no success or change anything. Well, it will change me for the better. That is a good thing.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
I am not saying that my church needs to change its teaching on marriage, but it might need to change its approach to how it speaks about marriage to those who disagree. Telling people they are wrong goes nowhere. That is not a teaching methodology. Telling people that the present definition has been around forever won't sway anyone. We believed the world was flat. Then we believed that the sun revolved around the earth. Change for my church in one area, such as cosmology, meant that other things connected to old ways would fall too. People's experience is beginning to vary from church proofs about the definition of marriage. The church says that a child needs a father and mother, as in man and woman. People's experience is that this is not necessarily so. In the postmodern world people are going more with their experience and less with authoritative pronouncements. I believe that my church needs to address experience if the church hopes to get people to listen. When the Reformation came, we at first ignored it and then denounced it. We did not dialogue with this profound shift in the way people thought. Everyone took sides, became entrenched, and the split is still with us.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Grace Again
I met a young woman who has a five year old boy. The Mom seemed like a good Mom. She found out that she was pregnant when she was homeless, unemployed, and putting bad things in her body. There was no husband around either. She was rather young at the time. Lots of solid reasons for an abortion? Yet she never went in that direction. She had been a selfish thief, and yet when she found out she was pregnant something else took over. I call it Grace. Against overwhelming odds, Grace can happen. It is a spiritual power, unearned, but always surprising in its power and presence. Today, this woman is free of all the mess in her life. I like hanging around people like this. I hope Grace will rub off onto me.
Monday, June 8, 2015
No Cash
My week in New York City is my attempt to enter the present age when no one wants money, as in cash. The MTA (Metro Transit Authority) wants me to buy a card with my cash or credit card and then use this computerized card to go where I will. The limo services want me to sign up ahead of time, e.g. Uber, so that they just charge my card for the ride and send me a receipt. You want a map? Go on the computer and find a map of where the buses go and where the trails are in Central Park. The Big Apple is reminding me that the City of my birth and school years has changed. It is I who have been left behind. Maybe this is why I like my summer in the monastery? it is why I like old friends. New York was full of them this week.
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Look Back
If you find yourself being angry or upset about some good thing you are doing at the moment, you might look back and see what you did just before this moody fit. That is where the anger, frustration and whining began. Sometimes we yell at someone in the present or decide not to do some basic good action that benefits others, because we failed to connect our anger with its correct event. Example: I get moody about doing some religious service. I think I have no time for this or it is a waste of time. I might say something to those present that is off-putting or even offensive. Yet, what I am really upset about is that I could not get my email to function on my dumb computer just before I had to leave this "problem" to go do the religious service. Of course, if you are not a whining, resentful, and self-imploded person, you don't have this problem.
Saturday, June 6, 2015
The Proof For Spirit
I met a woman recently who came across to me as a very nice and together person. I felt comfortable in her presence. Then she told me about her life as a younger woman. She was kind of crazy and wild years ago and had the anecdotes to make for a vivid picture. Then she spoke of some spiritual something that seemed to help change the course of her life. I am a believer, but if I were not I think her story would at least get me to thinking. She was crazy and wild and now she is sane and a useful member of society. She felt that she did not do this on her own will power. My church could learn form her. We try to convince people of God by philosophical and theological arguments or put fear into you or debate with you. There are people who tell me how important God is to them, but they rarely have stories of years of debauchery. Young people all committed to God and church generally had uneventful lives beforehand, if not boring ones to a listener. But real change, that might make people stop and think. We need more of that in my church. Peter the Apostle was like that, a real mess. Then things changed. I have aways been held attentive by his story. I relate to mess in a spiritual journey. Must be something about me.
Friday, June 5, 2015
Relate OR Separate
We just celebrated Trinity Sunday a few days ago in my church. I used my volunteer experience in a big 10K race as an example of becoming "relational." God is relational. That is the Three in One idea. As a volunteer at the Memorial Day race, I related to all the runners. I cared about how they were doing. I tried to keep my part of the course safe for them. I watched for anyone stumbling. I felt connected with the runners regardless of who they were or how they looked. When I run I compete. It is all so self-focused. If I separate myself from others I am more likely to notice differences in ethnicity and language. But when I am of service I feel connected. The differences seem to disappear. This is the benefit to me of being of service, helping another person. And I seem to feel better about myself. When I compete I get into the "coulda" and "shoulda" done better. When I am of service I seem to do just fine. God is at work when my ego takes a break.
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Irish Vote
One Vatican hierarch said that the Irish vote on gay couples was "a defeat for humanity." Meanwhile, another group of prelates, theologians and such met to talk about a "theology of love" to replace the "theology of the body" that JPII so loved. I think that this synod on the family next fall could be quite interesting. I keep reading the various responses to the Irish vote. A lot of conservative Catholics in this country identify with their Irish ancestry, and proudly so. This is going to be a reality check. The Catholic young adults of Ireland came back to the sod from other countries to vote on this issue. These are the people the Church hoped to evangelize. Maybe not. What is the future of such a church in Ireland, or anywhere for that matter? Time will tell.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Course Marshall
I was a course marshall for a town footrace/walk, that had about 50,000 entrants. My job was minimal. I was to work at one intersection to make sure that no cars tried to get through while the race was on. We had barricades as well. The weather was good for running and marshaling. At one point during the morning, I realized that I was doing something that benefitted almost 50,000 people. I never benefit this many people in anything I do. About ten people will read this blog and maybe half will benefit. I am small potatoes in the benefit world. Until the race I marshaled. It was my first time to volunteer to be of some use in this race. I have either run it or been out of town for it in all the years I have lived in Boulder. I think I did a good deed and now ten of you know it. When you volunteer you never know how many will benefit. You can only say yes and show up. Oh, and a few people thanked me as they ran by. I told them if they can still talk at that point in the race, they are not running hard enough. I am still al little bad.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Flesh And Bones
A local bishop is talking about when children should receive Confirmation and how that relates to Holy Communion. This is an internal matter of my church, as is who and how our liturgical services are done. This is only one part of what Church is supposed to be. Many bishops focus most of their remarks on this. If they get outside of these issues it is usually about sex. I call it the bones of the church. The Pope is trying to put some flesh upon this body by talking about outside issues that affect everyone. These are ecological and economic. People who are not at all upset about liturgy and sacrament edicts get quite upset about the Pope and his "flesh" agenda. Why? We have no say about internal matters and/or they don't affect us much, unless we are involved in the specific internal issue. We all are involved in ecology and economic issues as the Pope presents them. We don't want to change. Plus, we have very specific opinions about them. The Pope is hitting on the sensitive issues of money and lifestyle. A balanced church needs to be involved in both flesh and bones to be a sustainable body. This is the church at its best. It is OK to disagree with the Pope, but to say that the church should be silent on these "flesh" issues, is to say it should not be church. That is not your call.
Monday, June 1, 2015
Brown Bread
Well, I tossed my beloved, tasty white bread and ate a piece of wheat toast. I expected the bread would be tasteless. Wrong. It was better than I thought. Someone put two pieces of wheat bread on my desk with the label of stuff in the bread. It is made by a local bakery store rather than the supermarket. I am not sure why people want me to eat wheat that has no white flower in it. Anyway, change has to begin somewhere, so this day it began for me in the bread category. Next up is cheese. Is this going to make me holier? I will let you know if there is any improvement as the wheat eating goes on. The monastery has lots of homemade wheat bread too. But their white is to die for! OOPS! Backsliding in thought already.
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Length of Event: 30 minutes
Actor Performance: for what they didn't have they made up with amount of actors. you really had to look to find the actors blended into the walls. and by then they were already on you. all of the actors were highly motivated. and played there parts well.
Patron Flow Inside Attraction: to big of a group and lost portion of the scare impact and effects. half of the effects / events went for front folks only with little to be had at end of the group.
Props / Special FX: for slapped together wood placed in a building. with no big outside setting beyound the wait time ghouls. they did a good job with the props and special effects.
Costumes / Make-up: time went into creating the costumes to make them blend into the surroundings to hide the actors.
Summary: overall. more umph was put into how many times you could be scared. than a story / theme. it was more hollywood style with cutscenes from varying movies. for being in a big city, it would fit my expectations.


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With the number of people living and working in San Francisco surging, the perpetual search for parking becomes more challenging, and interest in San Francisco's residential parking permit program grows.
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The city created residential permit parking in the 1970s to help protect neighborhood life. Residents can ask for a zone that limits visitor parking and exempts residents, who can slap city-issued stickers on their cars. The idea is to keep quiet neighborhoods from turning into parking lots for commuters looking for somewhere to stash their cars for the day — or longer.
But the program is beginning to divide some neighborhoods, as residents who want bigger or brand-new zones clash with others who don't…
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By Judy Kinney
How to Deliberately Create Your Life After Your Relationship Changes
The Law of Attraction is a phenomenally powerful resource that is available to ALL of us! You may have seen the movies, "The Secret", and "What the Bleep", that helped popularize the Law of Attraction concepts that, our thoughts create our reality. This article explores how your answers to three questions can guide you to increased sense of peace and freedom after your relationship with a lover or partner changes.
Let's start with a quick review of how the Law of Attraction works.
Everything within the universe is comprised of energy.
Energy interacts dynamically with itself, and like a magnet, attracts that which is similar. In practical terms, the universe is always agreeing with you and the thoughts and feelings you radiate. The formula for deliberate creation is simple:
Your ongoing answers to three essential questions can tap into your desires and support your energy alignment after your break up.
- What do I want?
A key point of the Law of Attraction is that whatever you focus on expands. Since focusing on what you like brings more of it to your life, feel free to dive into your desires.Yes, begin with what you want.
It is our nature to continually notice and evolve toward our desires. So, please, don't be shy!!! Let your self be clear about what you like AND thankful for what you have. Learn to welcome the notion that your approach to life, break up, love, romance, and dating is uniquely yours.
To tap your desires, simply make a list of what you want. What do you want this very second, and in the future? Write it ALL down, and update it regularly. Remember, this is a list of what you want, not a list of what you don't want. How will you feel when you have what you want? Integrate these feelings into your daily life through activities, visioning, and journaling.
- What will bring relief?
The universe responds well to relief because it is free of resistance. As mentioned above, whatever you focus on expands, so resistance will only bring your more resistance.Additionally, your soul knows that you are a naturally happy, joyous, generous, and expanding being who also knows how to heal. As you take steps that feel good and bring relief, you are also tapping into your true self. This means that you get to trust what feels good to you, especially during tender and challenging times!
- What if this is the most perfect place and time in my life?
I love this question! Asking yourself this question can support, or inspire you to become the protagonist in your own life. Look around and really notice what's going well and what you're enjoying. The universe can only agree and give you more of what's going well. Yes, you will also notice a few things that you want to be different. But, the adjustments are much easier to make from the relaxed and inspired place this question arouses.
How to use these questions.
These questions are simple, yet profound guides toward your ever expanding self. The first question is all about desire, while the second and third questions relate to your alignment with your desires. Since transitioning out of a relationship is a journey, your answers to these questions at one time in your life might take you to one level of insight. As you continue to take action that supports your answers to these questions, you'll tap deeper into the peace and freedom found in your core self.
Ask these questions often, especially at the beginning and end of your day. At the beginning of your day, you'll be setting your intentions for how you want the day to be. At the end of the day, notice and appreciate how well you integrated the answers to these questions in your life.
Enjoy, and may you always flourish. . ..
Judy Kinney is the creator of Dream and Flourish LLC, a coaching resource for lesbian, bi and queer women who are ready for love, like they know it can be.


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Are you in search of a detailed CUNYfirst Login Guide? Then you are at the right place as today we bring you a detailed walkthrough of the CUNYfirst Login Guide with more insights about CUNY itself.
What is CUNY?
The full form of CUNY stands for the City University of New York and it is the public university system of the state of New York in the United States of America. CUNY is also the largest United States urban university system.
Many people often mistake the CUNY for SUNY (State University of New York). They are not the same university and are independent systems even though the funding for both the universities is done by the state of New York.
One of the main differences between CUNY and SUNY is that CUNY is located only in the New York City whereas SUNY is located throughout the New York state, which includes the New York City as well.
The City University of New York or CUNY is the United States's third largest university system and has one of the most diverse bodies of students in comparison to all other university systems in the United States.
CUNY was established back in 1961 and has over 270,000 students and 45,000 staffs spread across 24 campuses that are affiliated under the university.
What is CUNYfirst?
The "first" in CUNYfirst is an abbreviation for Fully Integrated Resources and Services Tool. The CUNYfirst is an online portal that offers quite a lot of useful tools and resources to students who study in campuses affiliated to CUNY. The main motivation of the CUNYfirst platform is to offer students with necessities that can improve their technical knowledge and skills.
The CUNYfirst platform also offers students with online classes on several topics so that they can easily learn the topics they like within the comforts of their personal devices.
What is CUNYsmart?
Strategic Management Analytics and Reporting Tool or CUNYsmart is an enterprise solution by CUNY that functions as a reporting and business intelligence platform. The platform features data that include historical as well as current information that is displayed in an easily understandable and secure manner in the form of dashboards and reports.
The CUNYsmart platform will initially feature data from CUNYfirst including the finance, procurement, HR, and student information and more enhancements will follow in the future for the platform where more data and sources will be added.
What is CUNY Blackboard?
The CUNY Blackboard is an app that can be accessed by logging into the CUNY online portal. The Blackboard application will allow professors and instructors to upload the classwork online and will also help students in keeping track of the different classwork.
Instructors can choose to upload various resources related to the topics on the platform thus helping students in studying easily and efficiently. Students can also interact with instructors within the platform to clear their doubts and topic-related queries.
What is CUNY Virtual Bookstore?
The CUNY Virtual Bookstore is an online application developed in collaboration with vendor Akademos. The CUNY Virtual Bookstore platform features several educational and technical resources for students with disabilities thus helping them study better.
The platform is regularly updated to make it a better online learning space of students with disabilities. The CUNY Virtual Bookstore platform also features a customer service team to assist students with any help they may require while using the platform.
How to do CUNYfirst Login?
The CUNYfirst login is a sign in procedure that you need to complete in order to access all the services of CUNY that we have listed above.
While performing the CUNYfirst login procedure, you need to have a CUNYfirst login username and password. The CUNYfirst login username should be followed by "@login.cuny.edu" which is added to ensure user authentication and requirements of access control.
Completing the CUNYfirst login once will allow you to access all CUNY services like Blackboard, CUNYfirst, and CUNYsmart easily.
If you are a CUNY guest account holder, then you need to use your username of CUNY Portal followed by "@login.cuny.edu" to log in to the CUNYfirst platform. You can use the same password as your CUNY Portal account to log in to CUNYfirst.
Now that you have some basic idea about CUNYfirst login, let us take you through the steps required to complete CUNYfirst login easily.
- To begin the CUNYfirst login procedures, visit the official CUNYfirst login page by clicking here.
- Wait for the CUNYfirst login web page to load completely.
- Now you will be presented with a login form.
- Enter your CUNY login username or CUNYfirst login username in the space provided.
- Now enter your CUNY login password or CUNYfirst login password.
- After entering your login credentials, click on the "Log in" button.
If you have entered the correct login credentials in the right format, then you will now be able to access the CUNYfirst online platform and also all other CUNY services that we have detailed in this article.
How to Reset CUNYfirst Login Password?
If you forgot the password of your CUNYfirst account, then here is how you can reset it.
- Visit the official CUNYfirst password reset page by clicking here.
- If you are a CUNY student, then enter your User ID or if you are an instructor, then enter your Employee ID in the respective field provided.
- Now, click on the "OK" button.
- Wait for additional instructions to appear on the screen and follow these instructions to reset your CUNYfirst login password.
How to Sign Up for CUNYfirst Account?
If you are in search of how to activate CUNYfirst account, then follow the steps below to register for CUNYfirst login account.
- Launch the official CUNYfirst Account Activation page by clicking here.
- Enter the details that are asked for in the web page. The details you need to enter include your first and last name, date of birth, and last 4 digits of your SS#.
- Now, tick the "I'm not a robot" checkbox to verify that you are a human.
- Click on the "OK" button.
Now follow the next instructions that appear on the screen to complete your CUNYfirst Sign-Up process.
CUNY Tech Resources & Support
Contact the CUNY technical support team for any tech related support you in need.
For General Inquiries:
- Call at 1-800-286-9937
- Mailing Address: City University of New York
University Offices
205 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
For Admissions:
For the admissions and application status in Cuny First, You can contact following numbers.
- For undergraduate inquiries, call them at 212-997-2869.
- For graduate inquiries, call them at 646-664-3550.
Final Words
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A new kind of non-alcoholic Guinness is now being tested out on markets in Asia.
Production of the new stout comes after Indonesia's recent campaign to block the sales of beer in their supermarkets in order curb the country's problem with excessive drinking.
The new drink, dubbed 'Guinness Zero,' is now being distributed across Indonesia.
This isn't Guinness' only foray into trying different variations of the classic stout, with recent attempts including Hop House 13 and Blonde American Lager. In 1979, they also released a low-calorie Guinness Light, which received a dismal reaction from the public.
While Diageo Ireland currently has no plans to launch the non-alcoholic batch of the Black Stuff in Ireland, if it proves a hit in Asia it might become a reality here as well.
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The Latest: Louisiana declares emergency for flood threat
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on weather in the Deep South (all times local):
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Louisiana's governor has declared a state of emergency because of the threat of flooding along the Mississippi River and elsewhere across the state.
Gov. John Bel Edwards' office says the declaration announced Thursday allows the state's emergency preparedness office to help local agencies with flood response efforts.
In a statement, the Democratic governor cited the National Weather Service's flood warning for the entire length of the Mississippi River and noted more rain is in Louisiana's forecast.
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TVA River Forecast Center manager James Everett says river levels have slowly begun to come down in northern Alabama and western Tennessee, which saw 10 to 13 inches (25 to 33 centimeters) of rain last week. That's two to three times the normal rainfall for February.
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Forsyth, Guilford bridges make 'substandard' list
AAA Carolinas releases 20 most substandard bridges
A 58-year-old bridge over South Buffalo Creek in Guilford County is rated North Carolina's most substandard bridge, according to AAA Carolinas.
Guilford, Forsyth and Wake counties topped the list with three bridges among the top 20 substandard bridges.
The South Buffalo Creek bridge carries more than 123,000 vehicles daily and was built in 1955. It's located at the intersection of Interstates 40 Business and 85 Business.
A Forsyth County bridge came in second. It carries I-40 Business traffic across Liberty Street and was also built in 1955.
Buncombe, Davidson and Cumberland counties each had two bridges at the top of AAA Carolinas' list.
"Inadequate funding for road and bridge maintenance over the past decade means we still have a significant number of substandard bridges in North Carolina," said David E. Parsons, president and CEO of AAA Carolinas. "We need to find new sources of funding for our state's Department of Transportation."
North Carolina has the nation's second-largest state-maintained highway system, with more than 79,000 miles of state-owned and maintained highways. NCDOT is also responsible for 13,317 bridges; 39% of those are substandard.
Other Forsyth County bridges that made the list include U.S. 52 over U.S. 311 in Forsyth County (6th); and U.S. 52/311 & N.C. 8 over Diggs Blvd. in Forsyth County (8th).
Counties with the highest number of substandard bridges are Buncombe (218), Guilford (166), Wake (155) and Wilkes (142).


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Real Estate Leads 101 - Are You Copping Out of Following UpWorking with a lead generation company has given me interesting insight into both real estate leads and agents. I dealt with both ends: the consumer and the agents themselves, and my job was to make them both happy. Yeah right. Easier said than done.
The consumer side is easy - real estate leads want a home value, they want information on the market, they want a real estate agent and we get them that. The real estate agents? Well that's another story - they pretty much wanted everything under the sun when it comes to real estate leads. They wanted to be handed people ready to list their homes with them asap, with no work involved on the agent's part. They want listings, not real estate leads.
Well, if I could provide that consistently, all the time, I'd either have a multi-million dollar company, or I'd be doing real estate full time myself. Get this through your heads agents: there is no magic service out there that will hand you listings for a low fee. Instead, these services provide you with real estate leads and it is YOUR job to turn them into clients. Got that? Real estate leads + you = clients!
YOU went to the classes, YOU studied up on sales and marketing techniques and YOU printed up all kinds of trinkets with your name and logo on them for your real estate leads. Ergo, YOU must convince your real estate leads to work with you. And if you're not converting them, maybe you need to take a look at your own methods, rather than immediately blame the source of the real estate leads.
By now, I've probably heard every excuse under the sun as to why online real estate leads are bad or bogus. And that's all it is, an excuse, a cop out to make you feel better about not being able to turn your real estate leads into listings. That being said, here are the top 5 cop-outs I've heard over the years about following up with real estate leads and my responses to them.
1. I'm a new agent and no one wants to use a new agent.
Well, how do they know you're a new agent? Did you announce it the second you spoke with your real estate leads? You don't need to tell all your real estate leads that you're new. If they ask, tell them, and be honest, but don't just volunteer the information. And how to you know "no one" wants to use a new agent - sounds like a gross generalization to me. You won't know until you get out there and try - convince your real estate leads that to be new means you're cutting edge, the best thing out there right now, show them what an expert you've become, even if you're new to the business. Just TRY to convert them. Assuming from the start your real estate leads won't want to use you because you're new doesn't even give you a chance.
2. Some real estate leads are on the Do Not Call Registry.
So? There's no such thing as a Do Not Knock list. If your real estate leads are on the DNC Registry and you feel THAT uncomfortable risking a call, you should have your butt in the car, directions in your hand and preparing yourself mentally for your introduction once you knock at their door. And actually, as per the basic rules of the Do Not Call Registry, if a consumer on the lists makes an inquiry (which is what online real estate leads are!), you can contact them for up to 3 months after the inquiry. So you've got 3 months to get them on the phone, after that, there's still always that door! Don't use the DNC as a cop-out method with real estate leads. It's a flimsy excuse.
3. It's unprofessional to go knock on someone's door.
This is the line I usually got after suggesting stopping by the property. My thing is, who said so? Who told you it is unprofessional to go visit your real estate leads' homes and drop off the information they requested? That is a matter of opinion and as long as your real estate leads don't think it's unprofessional, you're good. And by showing initiative and going out of your way to meet your real estate leads, you may have just earned a client for life.
4. These real estate leads are too far from my area, or it's in a very bad part of town.
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The long-promised "internet of things" is here – and already, it's in the trash.
Cleveland is equipping new trash and recycling cans and carts with radio frequency identification (or RFID) chips and bar codes. If you don't bring your recycling bin to the curb for a few weeks, city workers go through your trash. If they find more than 10% recyclable material, you'll get fined $100.
It's not for love of the environment. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that the city "pays $30 a ton to dump garbage in landfills, but earns $26 a ton for recyclables."
Cleveland has had a smart-cart pilot program in place since 2007, and just expanded it to include 25,000 households. They plan to cover the entire city within 5 years.
However, Cleveland and other cities should be wary of any environmental or cost-savings claims coming from the makers of smart-trash-tech themselves. In Philadelphia, the City Controller just released a due diligence report claiming that the city's much-heralded solar-powered trash compactors haven't produced their promised savings.
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My other piece of news? Well, for going on eight years now, my reader have asked me when the Coffeehouse Mysteries would be available in audio. Finally, I have an answer...
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Full of action, humor, romance, and recipes, Murder by Mocha can be read as a stand-alone book. If you're new to my series, no worries. You can pick up the story just fine without reading the previous titles.
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Mostyn (モスティン, Mosutin) is the first king of Talys, who united the island tribes. He is the father of Caeda and is friends with Lorenz of Grust. He hid Marth in Talys after his flight from Altea, and was rescued by him when pirates under Gazzak attacked the castle.
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The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. -Carl Jung
Hell is other people. -Jean-Paul Sarte
Now it's ten years later but he still keeps up the fight
In Ireland, in Lebanon, in Palestine and Berkeley
Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland's Thompson gun and bought it
Somme Mud by EPF Lynch and edited by Will Davies. I put a query into the WWI forum about the accuracy of the book. It was written as fiction, then discovered, edited, and published recently. However, the cover states "The war experiences of an Australian infantryman in France 1916-1919." At any rate, it is a good read and full of some words I hadn't heard before, so that's always fun.
Originally posted by panzermacher View PostAny Good? I am re-reading the Camalod series by Jack Whyte Pretty good even a 2nd time around!�To discriminate against a thoroughly upright citizen because he belongs to some particular church, or because, like Abraham Lincoln, he has not avowed his allegiance to any church, is an outrage against that liberty of conscience which is one of the foundations of American life.�
I saw it at a store wasnt sure Id like it but it sounded interesting!Now it's ten years later but he still keeps up the fight
In Ireland, in Lebanon, in Palestine and Berkeley
Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland's Thompson gun and bought it
Appart from my acg and guns and ammo magazines I am now (still) reading John Keegan's 'The Iraq war'. But as I belive I put that down last time arround, I will list the two great Osprey books that I sometimes like to look at and read just before going to sleep. They are 'Centurion universal tank' and 'Chieftain main battle tank'.
In reading these one can see that although the Brits were slow at getting a good well balanced tank together in ww2 (although the MATILDA II was immune to all axis tanks until the Panzer IV long barrell 75 came along sometime in 42, and in the desert it was known as the 'queen of the desert' as the Germans could only take it out with stationary 88mm aa guns firing solid shot, plus this tank caused the slight panic in the seventh panzer divisions hq when the counter attack arround the Aa canal/river came with a number of Matilda's which just took everything that the t-38s could dish out, and then knocked them out with their then effective 40mm gun).
Still, the Centurion was arguably the best tank in the world during the fifties and a heck of a good one still in the sixties (the Israeli victory of three Centurions prevailing against a Syrian armour Brigade of 60 Soviet tanks ' t-55s I belive', in the 67 war is proof of this).
And the undoubtably best tank in the world of the late sixties to until the Leopard II came up, meaning the Chieftain, which still has it's influence on today's NATO standard tank fleets of the USA, UK, France and the Leopard II, and ofcourse the Merkava is a kind of Chieftain telling that although the Brits kind of missed the bus in ww2, after that slightly unknown to laymen the Brits have had probably the best tank of the 50s one of the still very good one's of the early 60s , then from 65 to the late 70s the top tank in the world, and now certainly up with the best, if not the best tank, this being ofcourse the challenger II.
So, these Osprey books make good arguments to back up what I just claimed about the Centurion and Chieftain. If you dont belive me, get the books!Attached Files
"SI VIS PACEM, PARA BELLUM" - " If you want peace, prepare for war".
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Originally posted by Nukehawg View PostI am currently reading Flags of Our Fathers (followed up by Iwo Jima)
After a long hiatus I finished reading von Mellenthin's "Panzer Battles" this weekend. I am currently reading Keegan's "Face of Battle", and McPherson's "Battle Cry of Freedom".
New additions to the queue:
"A Bridge Too Far" by Ryan
abridged version of "Lee's Lieutenants" by Freeman (edited by Sears)
"Tactics and Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon" by Muir
Howard/Paret translation of Clausewitz's "On War""When they get in trouble they send for the sonsabitches." - Admiral King
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Originally posted by vyshka View PostAfter a long hiatus I finished reading von Mellenthin's "Panzer Battles" this weekend. I am currently reading Keegan's "Face of Battle", and McPherson's "Battle Cry of Freedom".
New additions to the queue:
"A Bridge Too Far" by Ryan
abridged version of "Lee's Lieutenants" by Freeman (edited by Sears)
"Tactics and Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon" by Muir
Howard/Paret translation of Clausewitz's "On War"
"A Bridge Too Far" by Ryan...I am just finishing this book up. Very intresting read.
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told you once you stupid cunts
you fucked the fuck-ups all fucked up
those fucked up fuck-ups fucking suck
told you once you stupid cunts
you fucked the fuck-ups all fucked up
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0General Comment11 seconds , 10 fucks . Great song by my standards :)
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0General CommentI think it's about Neo-Cubism. Have you ever looked at that stuff? Truly f*cked up. So P.P. just decided one day "F- everybody, they all suck with there 'pretty pictures' and 'actual portraits,' I'm gonna draw some real art. I told ya'll I'm a genius, so here's the proof. Snnnnnnnnnnnap!"
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