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A northern Kentucky couple has a mysterious guest on their property.
Billy and April Doyle of Dover were aware of the headstone bearing the name "RH Kilpatrick" and "Died 1824" when they bought the land in 1999.
So far, they've been unable to find out any information about who the person was or why he's buried on their land.
Billy Doyle told The Ledger Independent he can find no records of others being buried on the land.
The couple doesn't object to someone being buried on their land. In fact, they've even worked around the headstone while building a house and having landscaping work done on areas of the property.
The stone has remained untouched in a hedge of scrub trees near Ky. 8.
While they were on vacation recently, Doyle's had work done to complete the landscaping; having the brush that obscured the house removed from near the road.
"We told the bulldozer driver not to go too deep and to avoid the stone," Doyle said.
The result has been attention about the tombstone. Mason County Judge-Executive Buddy Gallenstein asked the couple recently not to excavate too deeply in the area.
"We don't want to disturb anything, but now it looks better and we plan to plant something in the area to be respectful of the site . and so it doesn't draw so much attention," Doyle said.
Doyle hopes he can someday find out who Kilpatrick was and what became of his family.
In the meantime, Kilpatrick, and whoever else may lie with him, will remain undisturbed.
"From the way the road goes, it looks like they tried to go around more than just one grave, but we have not found any other stones," Doyle said. "I wouldn't want anyone to be moving me around 180 years after I die."

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Prominent evangelical leaders announced a new effort Monday to persuade conservative Christians and lawmakers they should support overhauling U.S. immigration laws.
Called "I Was A Stranger," the campaign asks churches to spend 40 days studying Scripture related to immigration, centered on the Matthew 25 exhortation to clothe and feed the stranger. Organizers hope to create a groundswell of support for changes that balance national security with keeping immigrant families together.
The coalition includes the National Association of Evangelicals, which represents about 40 denominations; the public policy arm of the 16 million-member Southern Baptist Convention; Esperanza, the Latino evangelical economic development group; pastor Bill Hybels of the influential Willow Creek Community Church in Illinois; and writer Max Lucado. Sojourners, the liberal-leaning evangelical advocacy group, is also participating.
"In the Anglo churches, there are so many more Hispanic people that we know and love," said the Rev. Joel Hunter, senior pastor of Northland church, which serves about 15,000 congregants in the Orlando, Fla., area. "There's a readiness, even in the Anglo churches, to address this."
Many evangelical leaders have actively supported reform in recent years as the number of immigrants has increased in their churches. However, rank-and-file congregants have been slower to take up the issue beyond demands for stronger national borders. In surveys, white evangelicals have generally ranked border security as their top priority. However, about four in ten have told pollsters they would favor an approach giving equal weight to national security and a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
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Approx. 3 years ago, my friends - Marccus & Tianchad created a blog and was so indulge in the blogosphere. And it was 3 years ago that msxeroz.blogspot.com was created.
Tuesday, December 14
Is Blogging A Sin?
12 comments:
- Kelvin said...
All i can say if this is ur blog and even u post nonsense here, there is really no reason for anyone need to "attack" u.
- December 15, 2010 at 5:17 PM
- lyCayenne said...
nicole, you can always ignore those attackers. I agree with kelvin. what's their logic of them to be so offended by your blog? this is your personal blog u can blog whatever you like!
- December 15, 2010 at 6:48 PM
- Vince G said...
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- December 16, 2010 at 12:05 AM
- Vince G said...
Blogs can be a place where we are comfortable enough to divulge our alter ego but at the same time it can also be our ultimate weapon (I'm guilty of using this, pretty often). But all in all, your blog is YOUR blog. There is no faintest need to 'entertain' and 'please' those who do not appreciate your blog.
p.s. Your blog is not inappropriate lah, if it's 'inappropriate' hor, sure become very famous amongst those hamsap lou one! XD
- December 16, 2010 at 12:06 AM
- Hilda Milda™ said...
I didn't see anything wrong with yr header too, it's not that you're in bikini or something :P
Your blog is awesome!
- December 16, 2010 at 12:58 AM
- MsXeRoZ Nicole said...
@Vince, hahahaha..ya wor. no wonder no traffic in la..
@Hilda, lol coz my sis say my header very kua zhiong put own face =)
- December 16, 2010 at 11:57 AM
- RedButtockz Wern said...
eh eh when i say that RAWR
- December 16, 2010 at 1:18 PM
- Nikel Khor said...
my blog only two years old.. still lousy
- December 19, 2010 at 12:12 AM
Il semble que vous soyez un expert dans ce domaine, vos remarques sont tres interessantes, merci.
- Daniel
- December 22, 2010 at 7:06 PM
- Cik Lily Putih said...
Dear Nicole,
i agree with u tentang no 3 tu kan. if we went to club it doesnt mean kite clubber kan. Kadang2 diaorg nie salah faham. I always facing this problem lah.
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(CNN) - Why is Lance Armstrong coming clean after denying doping allegations for so many years?
People close to the cyclist say he still thinks he has what it takes to compete professionally in triathlons, races that combine running, cycling, and swimming.
[1:29] "He's trying to rehabilitate his image and get his ban lifted so he can compete," said Bob Dorfman at Baker Street Advertising in San Francisco. He specializes in determining a professional athlete's marketing potential. "You're looking at appearance fees that could be pretty large. Just given the attention and hoopla surrounding this Oprah thing, I think a lot of people would pay money just to come watch him race whether he does well or not."
As for his devotion to fundraising for people with cancer, Dorfman says it would be best if Armstrong was no longer associated in anyway with the Livestrong Foundation.
[2:08] "It's possible that they may change their name, I don't know. But I can't see him staying attached to that group and it still having the success that it has."
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Lance's attorney Mark Fabiani, was Clinton's attorney during the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky investigations.
Oprah and Obama are VERY good friends.
Lance gives Oprah a tell all interview.
The Federal Attorney's office just announced it isn't filing charges against Lance.
Who cares?
Although I don't believe he should be allowed to compete in cycling, I think he should remain aligned with Livestrong. After all, he did beat incredible odds to survive cancer.
In part, the problem with that lies with the question -Did he give himself the disease by engaging in such reckless behavior?
He had his chance and while doing that, he tormented, bullied and extinquished anyone who went against him. Why on any level would we want to give him another chance. Those he did away with didn't get another chance. Their competitive days are over for them. They can never get that time back. Just because you cry and admit something doesn't mean you get to go back to the starting line.
No chance, since Lance spent the last TEN plus years telling us he did not dope, and destroyed those who said he did. He is the example in the dictionary of a liar.


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I'll be honest, Halo's story confuses the hell out of me. Not the general outline, I get that, but the specifics and history of the universe are presented as a mess for someone who just plays the games and doesn't get knee-deep in the external fiction.
Why am I here? Who's that guy? When did that happen, and what the hell did that thing just say? That sort of thing.
So I'm appreciating this simple guide, laid out in chronological form, to the overall backstory of the universe, provided by GameFront. Though even after reading it through a couple of times, boy, they could have trimmed some corners there, made it a little neater.
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[Global: Presentation at UNAA On September 4, 2009]
Presentation made on September 4, 2009 by The Black Star News publisher at the Uganda North American Association (Unaa) meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
In attendance were also from Uganda: Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, Ugandan minister and permanent representative to the United Nations; David Wakikona, Minister of State for Northern Uganda Reconstruction; Member of Parliament and leader of opposition in parliament, Ogenga Latigo; a former Uganda minister of state for defense; Walter Ochora, the Gulu District Commissioner, in Uganda; and other officials. Cegun's Lucy Larom's presentation focused on genocide in Acholi and the spread of Hiv/Aids through targeted rape.
Bothers and sisters, fellow Ugandans, thank you all for coming to this very important Uganda forum.
It's not the northern Uganda forum. I have never heard of any country in the world called northern Uganda. I don't know where that is.
I wish someone could tell me. Anybody who knows of a country called northern Uganda please raise your hand and let me know.
So it's very important to lay the groundwork from the get go. There is no such thing as northern Uganda.
We have a Ugandan problem. Part of the reason why it's lasted for such a long time is because we allowed it to be cast in our minds as a northern Ugandan problem.
Just by agreeing to that terminology alone it means that we have also contributed to the prolongation of this tragedy.
I come from a media background so obviously words are very important to me.
When you hear terms like IDP; IDP could be a place where you go to spend the night if you've missed your bus. 'Internally Displaced.' As if those individuals had a choice; as if they displaced themselves intentionally to live in those camps for 23 years.
How do you willingly go to live in a facility where you know that the assured outcome is death? From lack of sustenance; lack of food; lack of hydration; lack of medical facilities. So let's stop the nonsense. You know sometimes honesty is good. Let's be honest. We travelled from allover the world to come here.
So why are we still pretending? Let's abandon these terminologies of nonsense and let's deal with the issue head on and recognize it for what it is. The tragedy is not only because of the vicious and brutal Lord's Resistance Army. If we accept that; it means we are not being honest. We all know that. Even the government officials that are here today. They know that not to be true.
They know that the Uganda government and military are also a problem. So why don't we recognize that. Why don't we accept that and be honest about that. [Audience clapping]
Honesty is good sometimes. It allows us to deal with issues head-one and move forward. Let's be honest. This video we just saw right now [Propaganda by Invisible Children promoting the Feingold/Brownback Bill which contains a section that would authorize the U.S. to militarily support the Ugandan Army in pursuing the LRA]. It would be difficult to recognize who made that video. An outside organization or the Ugandan government.
Let's be honest. How can you show us a video that is celebrating the Ugandan military as if it's not a part and parcel of the tragedy? That's not being honest. Does somebody agree with me or not? Let's be honest. When you have a tragedy such as the Ugandan situation let's recognize that the LRA has contributed massively to this calamity; as has the Ugandan government by maintaining those camps for such a long time when everybody knew what the outcome of maintaining people in those kind of living conditions--what the outcome would be.
Who can deny that? So, that's why people like Olara Otunnu have a good point when he says that you know the outcome of those kinds of living conditions, and you allow it to persist for 23 years; can you blame somebody then for believing that that was a calculated policy? Of course not. I would not blame somebody for believing that.
Let's be honest. The Ugandan problem is not very peculiar to Uganda after all. In fact, it's not even a Ugandan problem. Forget about northern Uganda. It's a problem of lack of accountable leadership in Africa. It's not unique to Uganda only. Where, rather than building institutions of governance and leadership, we substitute this with one-man or one-party rule.
So, let's start with presidential term limits. Let's be honest. It's a question of illegitimacy of government. And when a government feels that it is not legitimate, it survives by any means necessary.
There is no question of 'is there rule of law?' when government itself is in essence unlawful.
We talked about issues of transparency. Very good. I like the honorable minister's honesty [David Wakikona Minister responsible for reconstruction in northern Uganda had spoken about transparency regarding the spending of the proposed $600 million for recovery]. By bringing up issues of transparency the honorable minister recognizes that there has been a problem in terms of embezzlement and corruption.
We all know this. We read the Ugandan papers. Even the government newspaper talks about corruption and embezzlement. So it's good that the honorable minister talked about transparency.
And I hope that this transparency results in concrete measures such as for example having a website like the Federal government does in this country to show how stimulus money is being spent. So that we can see how the $600 million is going to be spent. So that one day no government official is going to come forward and tell us that the money is finished while nothing has been accomplished.
So by having a website that clearly marks how this money is being spent, where it's going, we can monitor it in real time; just like it's done in this country. There is nothing special about this country; there are things that we can adapt that can help us.
All of us here; we're educated, we're learned. And that's why it's disappointing when we come here --- I'm saying this in an American City; and I recognize that; I realize that; and I take advantage of doing that. But that does not mean that others within Uganda cannot make similar demands in their own ways.
I can just tell by the reaction of the audience that it's something that we all appreciate. We all believe that while one individual may indeed have a grand vision, nobody exists on this earth forever. He's not shy about talking about his vision. So then what do we do the day after? That's why it's important for us to agitate to build institutions that endure and outlast individuals. Not only in Uganda but in Africa. As I started from the beginning, I said this is not a problem peculiar or unique to Uganda.
I also appreciate what the minister said in terms of let's take advantage of this opportunity and not just come here and start listing a laundry list; pointing fingers, who did this, who did that, who's bad. That's why I haven't done that. I have just recognized the truth of the matter. Which is that we cannot be honest without appreciating that the LRA bears blame for the calamity; and the Ugandan government and military also shares blame.
Let's start from that premise and then we'll be able to move forward with some honesty.
Sometimes as people outside Uganda you feel a bit helpless that you are not able to influence events or conditions in Uganda. In fact, that's completely wrong. You can. In this new media era and environment, with the Internet, you can influence a lot of things. And I will give you an example.
The Bill. The Feingold/Brownback Bill. The so-called Northern Uganda Bill. That Bill, once it came out and it listed all the items that it included, we started agitating. Particularly we appreciated the part that calls for reconstruction and devotes money for that; but we completely rejected the part of that Bill that gives the United States the opportunity to team up with the Uganda military to go after the LRA. Can that be a solution? What would the US add to that dimension that the Ugandan military was not able to do in 23 years?
So we reject that segment of this Bill completely and absolutely. And if anybody is willing to sign that petition [which Invisible Children was circulating at the Unaa Convention] make sure you note that on the petition as well; otherwise don't sign that petition until that segment whichrefers to military collaboration is removed. [Audience clapping].
My final example. In terms of, we're reading a lot of stories about land issues and land grabs in the Acholi part of Uganda; not northern Uganda. What is the solution? Do we feel completely impotent and helpless when faced with these powerful multinational companies?
No! Have we forgotten the ruling in a recent case in a New York Court when Shell settled with Nigerian activists for $15 million for their collusion and collaboration with the oppression in the Delta region of Nigeria? The law is called the Alien Torts Statute and it's being applied very effectively in the United States right now.
I have an article here from the Wall Street Journal ["Arcane Law Brings Conflicts From Overseas to U.S. Courts." Wall Street Journal August 27, 2009]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125133677355962497.html that explains exactly how people in countries such as Uganda can apply the same law to make sure that corporations that collude with any government, including in Uganda, regarding the oppression of indigenous people, can come to a United States Court and make legitimate claims.
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There isn't much science on the age old dilemma of the "right" way to brush your teeth. Sure, plenty of people have thoughts or opinions on why you should or shouldn't wet your toothbrush before brushing your teeth, and especially on the internet, we can be quite vocal about our preferences.
Some people argue that by wetting your toothpaste before brushing, you are creating extra foam to get into and clean all those hard-to-reach crevices in your mouth. Others claim that their dentists advised against this and that the water will reduce the toothpaste's effectiveness. I myself am part of a third group, preferring to wet my toothbrush before putting toothpaste on the bristles at all. These can just be personal preferences, but each method has some impact on the cleanliness of your teeth after each brush.
Is there a "best way" to keep your teeth clean?
Confirmed in a Myth Busters experiment, if you leave your toothbrush on the bathroom counter, all it takes is one toilet flush for tainted water droplets and fecal matter to contaminate it. Bacteria can spread to anything within a twenty foot radius of the toilet. Ever since I was a little kid, this fact has traumatized me. By rinsing my toothbrush before putting the toothpaste on it, I try to avoid the disgusting mental image of what may or may not be going into my mouth.
Unfortunately, this method is not as effective as one might hope. It's nearly impossible to escape the germs, regardless of when or whether you rinse off your toothbrush before use. One possible solution is to flush with the toilet lid down and avoid making a choice as to your toothbrushing habits all together. However, in college most dorm restrooms lack this feature.
Another possibility is to rinse your toothbrush in mouthwash before each use. Sounds like a good idea. But in this study, scientists found that there were essentially no differences between toothbrush cleaning practices to prevent contamination. "Using a toothbrush cover doesn't protect a toothbrush from bacterial growth, but actually creates an environment where bacteria are better suited to grow by keeping the bristles moist and not allowing the head of the toothbrush to dry out between uses," explains study author Lauren Aber. She suggests that regardless of your habits, you should replace your toothbrush about every 3 months.
In conclusion, I do stand behind my earlier opinion: you SHOULD rinse your toothbrush thoroughly before each use. There may not be a huge benefit to making this a habit, but all it will cost you is a bit of tap water and probably ten extra seconds to your morning or nighttime routine.


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Intel's business unit that makes desktop motherboards will begin winding down its operations over a three-year period. However, Intel will continue to honor existing motherboard product warrantees. An Intel spokesperson told PC World that the company will begin wrapping up its desktop motherboard business when its code-named "Haswell" CPU ships. Sales of Haswell CPUs, which offer power-saving advantages for ultrabook computers, are expected "to qualify" during this first quarter, but press accounts expect products with the new CPUs to appear sometime this summer.
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By issuing 23 executive orders to restrict firearms ownership, Obama has made his contempt for the People, the Congress and the Bill of Rights & Constitution blatantly obvious.
Aaron Dykes
January 16, 2013
Barack Obama's bold use of executive orders to 'take action without Congress' amounts to an outrageous unconstitutional overreach of powers, and is impeachable action on its face. And Obama isn't even done; he has vowed to push Congress on a new assault weapons ban along with other legislative restrictions on the guaranteed Second Amendment, which "shall not be infringed."
But worse, the 23 executive orders issued by Obama make clear that the vast medical bureaucracy centralized under ObamaCare will be used to profile and harass Americans in order to disqualify them for gun ownership based on "mental health" history.
At least 7 of the 23 executive orders relate to mental health reporting that includes "clarifying" the role of doctors and health care providers in "asking their patients about guns in the home," reporting "threats of violence" to authorities, and screening for "mental health" will create the backbone for a "no buy" list that disbars Constitutional rights from flagged individuals without due process. At least 8 executive orders relate to new rules on background checks and weapons sales & ownership restrictions.
The numbers on the list relate to the summaries of the executive orders reported earlier today by the Washington Times. The titles used are shorthand language by this author, with a fuller reference in the cited article.
These executive orders effectively "deputize doctors" to spy on patients, while priming and populating a database to take firearms rights under the pretense of "mental health" issues. This type of legislation has already been pursued by the likes of Sen. Chuck Schumer and others.
Order #2 Address legal restrictions related to states sharing data under Health Insurance Portability Act Contributes towards centralized health care database that will be used to authorize gun purchases.
Order #14 Directs the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to "research causes and prevention of gun violence." Undoubtedly, the report will flag PTSD and other related "mental health" symptoms that will negate gun ownership. Undoubtedly, it will not properly address the role of SSRI and other psychotropic prescription medications that an overwhelming number of mass shooters have reportedly been on.
Order #16 Under Obamacare, doctors can ask patients about "guns in their homes," and are clearly encouraged to flag gun owners that may show so-called signs of "mental illness." Under the newly revised DSM-5 manual that psychiatrists use for diagnosis, a wide-array of behavior is categorized as mental illness. While it may be desirable that unhealthy people find treatment, it is clear that such sweeping labels will serve to prevent otherwise law-abiding citizens from purchasing guns.
Order #17 Orders a letter to health care providers reminding them to "report threats of violence" to law enforcement. Clearly, this would also be a database flag used to disqualify potential buyers. The order leaves room for this policy to be abused.
Order #20 Clarify mental health coverage under Medicaid Emphasizes mental health as an issue of focus.
Order #21 Clarify "health benefits and parity requirements" under Obamacare Once again, ObamaCare is tied to collectivist society and effort to control guns.
Order #22 "Mental-health parity regulations" Mental health is clearly emerging as a watch word for reigning in firearms ownership rights. While truly unstable individuals should be helped, the opportunity for abuse is clearly widespread and troublesome. A nation of sheep have been encouraged to ask their doctors for pills if they feel unhappy or depressed. Will a history of SSRI medication be used to take away an individuals right to bear arms, for instance?
Gun Owners of America sounded the alarm back in June 2012 that ObamaCare would be used to flag would-be buyers and disqualify individuals from purchasing weapons:
"Centralizing these medical records will allow the FBI to troll a list of Americans for ailments such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to deny them their gun rights, in the same way that the Veterans Administration has already denied more than 150,000 veterans their right to bear arms."
A summary review of these executive orders makes clear that this kind of profiling and issuing of "no buy" lists is indeed a major concern that undermines Second Amendment rights. Good intentions to promote "mental health" are distorted and used to "out" supposedly unqualified individuals who will have no due process, no trial and no chance to even make a case concerning their rights.
While ObamaCare and other health care practices will increasingly flag patients and enter them into a database, the Obama cabinet will be engaged in selling the American public, taking away the rights of individuals on the basis of "mental health."
Order #7 Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign During the Clinton Administration, now Attorney General Eric Holder vowed to "brainwash" people on guns, attempting to change the perception of gun ownership the way that attitudes towards cigarette smoking was changed. Clearly, the president's new campaign would continue this effort, demonizing and undermining the clear constitutional and self-defense rationale for bearing arms.
Order #23 'National dialogue' on "mental health" w/ HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius & Ed. Sec. Arne Duncan Meanwhile, the heads of two of the most dangerous and distorted agencies will tour the nation to lecture on reforming the nations' "mental health" practices. Again, this has all been issued in the context of gun control. The Obama Administration is wantonly infringing upon the Second Amendment again by trying to distort the lines of jurisdiction and give the Dept. of Health and Human Services (administering ObamaCare) and the Dept. of Education authority on labeling or dealing with people deemed unfit for ownership.
The data amassed through the health care system will be matched with the criminal background checks that are already in place. Felons are already barred from purchasing firearms. Now, law enforcement is instructed to run additional background checks before "returning seized guns" while federally licensed firearms dealers are saddled with additional ATF regulations, and will, apparently be facilitating background checks for "private sales," which are targeted for further restrictions under this initial executive action.
Again, the stage is clearly set for background check authorization denial on the basis of "mental health" flags, on top of already instituted criminal history flags.
Order #1 Strengthens data sharing under federal background check system Further centralized integration of data.
Order #3 Provides incentives for states to provide background check In addition to infringement on the Second Amendment, much of this executive action furthers the trend of federal overreach, guarded in theory by the Tenth Amendment. This order calls for "incentives" (i.e. federal dollars) for cooperation by states which have a constitutional right to non-compliance with federal policies.
Order #4 Attorney General to "review categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun" Again, we see the formation of a "no buy" list similar to terrorism watch lists and "no fly" lists maintained by Homeland Security where due process is non-existent and individuals are flagged and disbarred based on suspicion or 'signs' of mental illness or related behavior. The potential for abuse and lack of legal recourse is clear.
Order #5 Law enforcement shall "run full background check" before "returning seized guns" The question here is what is a "seized gun" and under what circumstances is it seized? Will unregistered firearms, otherwise legally owned by a law abiding individual, be seized? This policy potentially violates legal gun owners stopped in traffic, at checkpoints, at registration (as proposed under Feinstein's bill) or even at home visits. While background checks can be done almost instantaneously, a "full" background check could disarm legal owners for days or weeks until individuals are cleared and, essentially permitted, to resume ownership.
Order #6 ATF to send letter to gun dealers on "how to run background checks for private sales" This is a big area. We have already witnessed the ATF attempting to halt legal private gun sales in the state of Texas. Now, as a half-measure to banning private sales outright, prospective buyers will be forced to go register and pass background checks at dealer locations, effectively outlawing purely private sales. Meanwhile, licensed firearms dealers, already burdened with paperwork and red tape, will apparently be forced to facilitate private sale transactions, after receiving ATF policy mandates on 'how to run background checks.'
Order #9 Require federal law enforcement "trace guns recovered in criminal investigations" This executive order reeks of the hypocrisy exercised by the Obama Administration during Operation Fast & Furious, which has now thoroughly unfolded into a scandal that has found Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for lying about what he knew and when, while casting doubt on the honest intentions of the ATF and Department of Justice. The Obama Administration admittedly "walked" thousands of semi-automatic weapons (now conveniently targeted by gun banners) into the hands of Mexican drug cartels so that they could subsequently be "traced" and blamed for crimes.
Order #10 Dept. of Justice to analyze "lost and stolen guns" data, make available Further centralizing data to trace guns, this order has the potential for abuse by criminalizing otherwise law-abiding owners who've not cooperated in registration efforts and may possess "lost or stolen guns" through legal means.
Order #11 New BATFE director appointed This relates to a purging of officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who were either indicated in the Fast and Furious scandal, or who may hold further information on other officials involved, particularly those higher up in the chain. Whistleblowers at the ATF helped uncover some of the details about Fast and Furious that were ultimately linked to Obama cabinet officials.
SAFETY DRILLS to push crisis culture, paranoia training and federal money/jurisdiction (6)
Finally, in fitting with the federalization of background checks, data sharing, and a mandate over gun safety and "mental health", the executive branch is sticking its hands into safety protocol at schools, churches, public centers and more.
It further hypes of the paranoia of terrorism and lone wolf domestic extremists identified by Homeland Security and other departments to institute mandatory training drills, crisis scenarios and the like that have the potential for abuse by wasting tax payer dollars on statistically unlikely scenarios while federalizing the chain of command and jurisdiction for police and other first responders.
Order #8 Review safety standards gun locks / gun safes
Order #12 First responders, schools active shooter training Homeland Security and FEMA have already been conducting training and drills based on mall shooters, returning veterans gone wild, homeland terrorist and other related scenarios. The Infowars crew covered one such drill that took place in Denver, not far from the Aurora Batman massacre, that was dubbed "Operation Mountain Guardian" and run by a federal chain of command headed by Homeland Security. Now, organizations like CrisisActors.org are institutionalizing this training by hiring FEMA-certified actors who play various roles in these terror and shooter scenarios. Obama's executive order expands and further mandates this practice for incidents which are statistically very rare, but widely hyped in the media as imminent. While certain aspects of this kind of training may be prudent, in many respects it conditions the public and first responder force to accept greater government control as an automatic response to any mass casualty incident, when the jurisdiction would normally fall on local or state authorities.
Order #13 Efforts to "prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime" Obama voted for laws to 'throw the book' at illegal gun owners who defended their homes from invaders in the state of Illinois, the home of the murder capital of the world, Chicago. Private gun sales and unregistered firearms will clearly be prosecuted, while Castle laws and 'Stand Your Ground' legislation will be undermined or challenged (recall the Trayvon Martin case).
Order #15 Attorney General report on 'gun-safety technologies' Again, the same Attorney General who wanted to brainwash Americans on guns and who was complicit in the Fast & Furious scandal wants to implement new technologies and promote gun safety. Where is Holder's credibility to do so?
Order #18 Incentives to schools to "hire school-resource officers" Federalized money will be thrown around for politically-correct "school-resource officers" who will likely provide counseling and monitor student behavior.
Order #19 Model emergency response plans for schools / worship / college campuses The Sikh temple shooting, the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre and the Batman movie premiere massacre have all brought the fear of violence to our private lives, and invited in the federal government to mediate those spheres.
Once again, it is generally abusive for a president to rule by executive fiat, and the authority to do so demands questions. It is all the more unconstitutional for a president to take on a constitutionally-guaranteed right and attempt to reign it in through countless regulations, all without formally consulting Congress.
While further gun control legislation has been recommended by the Obama Administration, and will be pushed via the kind of bills being introduced by Sen. Feinstein and Sen. Schumer, the people should demand that the overreach of executive power be checked by calls for impeachment, as Infowars.com recommended yesterday and in past occasions.
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NEA Announces FY08 Grants - (05/22/08)
Orchestras in 50 communities will provide educational activities, workshops, master classes, and concerts with the support of $1,210,300 in grants recently awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The second round of FY08 NEA grant awards was announced on May 1 in the major funding categories of Access to Artistic Excellence Part Two, and Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth.
In addition to these larger grant categories, funding through Save America's Treasures will enable two orchestras to advance preservation and conservation efforts, American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius grants will support two chamber orchestras in bringing unique performances and workshops to their communities, and Arts on Radio and Television grants will support radio broadcasts by four orchestras.
The League has compiled the project descriptions for grants to orchestras and grants related to the orchestra field in the major grant categories. Complete lists of grants to all organizations in all funding areas may be found on the NEA web site.
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What are the reasons one should believe in Reformed Christianity as put forth by the OPC as opposed to some form of atheistic materialism?
Your question is interesting. You seem to be asking why we should believe in a sovereign God as opposed to not believing in any god at all because the only things that are real are those things we can know by our senses—by touch, taste, sight, smell or hearing. This is classic atheism at its finest, or more properly, at its worst. It holds that since God is not accessible to the senses, not only is it impossible to be certain he exists but it is impossible that he does, for all that really exists is that which consists of matter.
The theory fails for want of comprehensive knowledge. The materialist assumes, or presupposes, that what is not matter cannot exist—what you cannot see or taste or feel or hear or smell does not exist. But how does the materialist know? He assumes infinite and comprehensive knowledge, something no human being has.
The theory also fails due to inconsistency. Do thoughts exist? Thoughts about materialism exist? They are not available to the senses because they are not made up of matter. Logic dictates we deny the existence of thoughts if they cannot be tasted, felt, heard or smelled.
Materialism finally falls under the withering words of Paul in Romans 1:18–23,
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
The materialist is really a person who suppresses the truth of what he/she knows about God.
The only alternative is to acknowledge what each human being knows in his heart—the existence of the Creator who sovereignly created all things by the word of his power. That is the Reformed view as held by the OPC.
I hope this answers your question.
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I sat here for hours with the blank post in front of me wondering what I could possibly write.
How do you tell someone you adore that you're sorry their precious daughter passed away? How do you possibly put into words how much she meant to so many people?
A year later and I still can't answer those questions.
It's been one year since Madeline Sphor became an angel.
One year seems too long and yet not long enough at the same time.
Sweet precious Maddie, you may be gone, but you will never be forgotten.
Maddie's parents have set up a wonderful charity in her memory. The Friends of Maddie works to support parents who have critically ill children in NICU's. Speaking from personal experience, it is a vital and necessary charity.
Today, in memory of Maddie, our family will be sponsoring a family support pack through the Friends of Maddie. I hope others will celebrate Maddie's life in this way, as well.
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Corn bulls were pleasantly surprised to see the USDA bump their feed usage estimates higher by 100 million bushels. The 2.2% jump in feed demand this month follows the USDA's 300-million-bushel increase back in January. The bottom-line is theres simply a limited supply of hay and grass available in the marketplace. In fact it wouldn't surprise to eventually see the USDA push their estimate even higher in the months ahead. The current 4.55 billion bushels could still be some 100-200 million bushels light.
To offset the 100 million bushel gain in feed demand, as expected, the USDA cut exports by 75 million bushels and raised imports by 25 million. Both of which I would have to agree with. Unfortunately I am thinking they could still cut exports even a little more (possibly down to 800 million) and eventually push imports a little higher. Obviously the USDA dance-steps remain the same at "2 steps forward...2 steps back."
Old-crop supplies will continue to remain extremely tight, while new-crop supplies (without a major U.S. weather glitch) could become extremely burdensome. Producers with old-crop bushels, in my opinion, should continue to hold. Producers with more new-crop bushels to price (not yet sold a bushel or still less than 40% priced) have to understand that with between 96.5 and 98.5 million corn acres going in the ground, a national average yield north of 150 bushels per acre, and all of a sudden we are swimming in a 2.0-3.0-billion-bushel carry. This type of burdensome "supply," along with our current setbacks in "demand" would be detrimental to price... sub-$4.50 corn could be a definite reality.
No one obviously knows how the weather is ultimately going to play out, we already have planting delays in the South and several areas that are still extremely dry in the western corn belt. Therefore accurately predicting price direction is still a long-shot at best. The moral of the story however is that you have to prepare for the perfect "price storm." I can't tell you if the storm is going to hit us directly between the eye's this year or maybe next. It's still a ways out, but it is looking more and more like it could do some very extreme damage to price. Make sure you are prepared and have your operation in a position where you can comfortably ride out a 12-18 month severe price storm.
I hate to sound like a broken record, but even after the recent USDA data the lyrics remain the same: "Tight old-crop balance sheets for both corn and soybeans make time-spreads a much more attractive play than flat-price." Improving rainfall and snow coverage is easing concerns regarding the U.S. drought and therefore keeping a lid on U.S. new-crop prices. As each week passes the ability for old-crop tightness to help keep new-crop prices supported may get tougher and tougher.
Producers should make every effort to max out "Revenue Protection" this year, and lock in remaining 15-30% of your uncovered bushels that may remain at risk or not protected by insurance. If the weather here in the U.S. doesn't prove to be a major concern this season, prices ARE going lower! Demand simply isn't robust enough at this juncture to overcome the glut of new global supply coming online.
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In the main square of Parque Patricios, a working class neighborhood in south Buenos Aires, the outlines of 121 human bodies are painted in white on the ground. They represent the people from that area who were killed or "disappeared" – along with some 30,000 others – during Argentina's Dirty War.
The war was perpetrated by the right-wing military dictatorship which ruled in Argentina from 1976 to 1983 and put the country through a National Reorganization Process that constituted seven years of state terrorism and human rights violations. And now the de facto president throughout most of the regime has provoked outrage in Argentina by admitting for the first time that the dictatorship killed "7,000 or 8,000 people" and disappeared the bodies "so as not to provoke protests."
Jorge Videla headed the coup that brought the military to power and ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1981. He was sentenced to life imprisonment during the Trial of the Juntas in 1985 for crimes against humanity, but was pardoned in 1990 by former President Carlos Menem. However, after the government of Néstor Kirchner overturned Mr. Menem's impunity laws, Mr. Videla was reconvicted in 2010 and sent to the Campo de Mayo prison for life.
An official report released in 1984 called Nunca Más, Never Again in English, says 9,000 left-wing militants and sympathizers were disappeared by three of the four juntas that held power. That figure, however, is popularly deemed an underestimate and, today, it is recognized that around 30,000 people were murdered by the state.
But Videla, now 86, put the death toll much lower during his comments last week. Revealing details of the human rights violations of which he refused to speak while on trial, he told an Argentine journalist from his cell that "there was no other solution" to the disappearances. "It was the price we had to pay to win the war against [Communist] subversion," he said.
"We don't care what he says. He's a murderer," says Claudia San Martín, one of the mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, an association of women whose children were disappeared by the dictatorship. Mrs. San Martín's son, Carlos José, was 19 when he was taken by the state in 1977. His body was never found.
The mothers commemorate the 35th anniversary of their fight for justice next week and, despite their age – Mrs. San Martín is 82 – every Thursday they march in the Plaza de Mayo, the square opposite the presidential palace in Buenos Aires. "We have more strength every day," says Mrs. San Martín after taking part in the march, a white shawl – the symbol of the mothers – draped around her head.
Videla has been criticized by the mothers in the past for having shown no remorse. "These latest comments are worthy of the doctrine that he's always advocated:" remorseless justification of his crimes, says Cecilia Medina, a former judge at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and professor at the University of Chile – where similar violations occurred under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
Germán Ibáñez, who works as an academic secretary at the small University of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, believes Videla is repeating his attempt to justify his crimes. "Videla was brought to justice, but he always sought to validate what he did," says Mr. Ibáñez, seated in a room at the university filled with pictures of Latin America's left-wing icons. "Now, once again, he is trying to justify his actions by saying they were necessary in the triumph against Communism."
However, Juan Santiago García, the son of a desaparecido – the name in Spanish for those people taken by the state and murdered without their whereabouts ever being revealed – says Videla's words should not be shunned.
Mr. García, now 36, was kidnapped in 1976 together with his father, a member of the montoneros, a left-wing guerrilla group obliterated by the Dirty War. He was found a month later by his grandmother in the orphanage where the military had left him. His father was never seen again.
Watching the mothers march around the monument at the heart of the Plaza de Mayo, García, whose uncle and aunt were also disappeared, says Videla's words have a huge educational value. "Some young people in this country can't comprehend what occurred during the dictatorship," he explains. "As disgusting as Videla's comments are, they show it really did happen."
Mr. García came face-to-face with Videla last year as he was leaving the trial of another military officer. He says he didn't feel the need to insult or attack him. "Our fight and that of the mothers is a peaceful one," he says. "We fight for justice, memory, and truth and we do it with the law in our hands."


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In October 2007, the Magee-Womens Foundation announced the creation of the Dan Berger Cord Blood Program at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. The program offers parents the option of preserving their baby's umbilical cord blood for future health care needs or research.
After the birth of a baby, the blood remaining in a portion of the umbilical cord and placenta is called placental blood or umbilical cord blood, or simply "cord blood." This extra blood is not needed by the baby.
All normal elements of blood–red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma–are contained in cord blood. It is also rich in hematopoietic (blood-forming) stem cells, like those found in bone marrow. Cord blood can be used for transplantation instead of bone marrow because it does not have to match a patient's tissue type as closely as bone marrow does.
Stem cells found in cord blood have been used to treat malignant hematological diseases such as leukemia and lymphoma.
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In the past, umbilical cords and placental tissue were just discarded as medical waste. Now parents can choose to preserve this material for the potential benefit of their own family, members of the community, or the public in general.
Will collecting cord blood hurt my baby or me?
There is no risk to the mother or baby because blood is collected after the baby is born, after the cord is cut, and after the placenta has been delivered. There will be no change in the way mother and baby are cared for during labor and delivery or afterward.
What is the difference between donating cord blood and storing it for my family?
Public donations are free. The cord blood tissue type is recorded and stored in a public bank until needed. If you store your baby's cord blood privately, there is an ongoing fee for storage, and only your family can use it. You also can donate it to Magee-Womens Research Institute for research, which is also free.
How good are my chances of saving my baby's cord blood?
If you are healthy, and if you are delivering one baby (rather than two or more), your chances for collecting are higher than they might otherwise be. Ask your doctor about your particular case.
Are cord blood stem cells part of the stem cell debates that I hear about in the news?
No. Cord blood stem cells are free of political and ethical debate. Many states are introducing legislation to educate families about the options for their baby's cord blood. To read about the United States government's support and legislation, visit http://bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov/.
If I donate to the public blood bank, will I have access to it if I need it?
The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) is a national data base where any person needing a transplant can search for a compatible cord blood. Cord blood units are provided based on this need.
By donating your baby's cord blood to a public registry you consent to make it available to anyone at anytime in need of a transplant. There is no way to predict if your cord blood donation will be eligible for listing or if it would be available to you or a family member if a future need were to arise.
There is no guarantee of product availability.
Magee's program is unique in that the hospital offers parents three options from which to choose: Parents can:
Magee wants you to be well-informed and able to make the best decision for you and your family. If you are interested in receiving more information about the Cord Blood Program, talk to your doctor or call program coordinator, Mary Wiegel at 412-209-7479 or by email.
Do you need to know more about umbilical cord blood options? To help you make an educated decision about what to do with your baby's cord blood, watch the video below.


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Glucosamine sulfate increased from 1 g to 1.5 g
Addition of: 500 mg Univestin® (blend of Scutellaria baicalensis and Acacia catechu) and 500 mg quercetin
Removal of: Cyplexinol® PRO, niacin, zinc, selenium, copper, manganese, boswellia extract, turmeric, cetyl myristoleate, hyaluronic acid and collagen II
ArthroSoothe™ Supreme offers ideal nutritional support for joint health and function. This synergistic formula contains powerful joint-supportive nutraceutical compounds including glucosamine sulfate, green-lipped mussel, MSM, trans resveratrol, quercetin, NAC, and a blend of the plant extracts Scutellaria baicalensis and Acacia catechu.
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Offshore wind project in Maine faces major hurdle at PUC
Credit: By Alanna Durkin | The Associated Press | www.pressherald.com ~~
A 12-megawatt offshore wind project a few miles off Maine's coast could transform the state into a leader of the infant industry, supporters say. But first developers must overcome their first major hurdle: getting the green light from a panel of state regulators this week.
The Maine Public Utilities Commission is poised to vote Tuesday on whether to grant initial approval for a state contract to the University of Maine and its partner companies, called Maine Aqua Ventus, to build a two-turbine pilot project off the coast of Monhegan Island.
The vote will come nearly a year after the PUC gave the first nod to Norwegian company Statoil for its own offshore wind project, which was spiked after maneuvering by Republican Gov. Paul LePage's administration. Now those who've long urged the state to capitalize on its wind resources are keeping a close eye on the PUC's decision this week.
"We need to start reaping the benefits of offshore wind, both the economic benefits and renewable (energy) benefits," said Sean Mahoney, executive vice president of the Conservation Law Foundation, who criticized the administration for scuttling Statoil's project last year.
The PUC's decision is significant in terms of financing for the project and essential in helping it win a $50 million federal energy grant, said Jeff Thaler, assistant counsel to the university. He said he's cautiously optimistic that the proposal will be approved because it has received strong support from the public, which shows there's a hunger to take concrete steps to combat climate change.
"Overall, we think that people are much more aware of the risk of not doing anything and we have to take action," he said.
The project has gained significant support from lawmakers and business leaders who say those environmental and economic benefits more than outweigh the short-term costs.
Maine Aqua Ventus officials have estimated that the project could create 340 full- and part-time jobs during the three years of planning and construction, and $120 million in investments, half of which would be paid to Maine-based entities.
Electricity from the UMaine project is expected to cost 23 cents per kilowatt hour, significantly higher than current market rates. That comes out to nearly $9 more a year on utility customers' bills. It's expected to generate enough power for as many as 7,000 Maine homes, said Jake Ward, vice president for Innovation and Economic Development for UMaine.
The LePage administration had opposed Statoil's project because, at 27 cents per kilowatt hour, it said ratepayers would be on the hook for $200 million over 20 years. The administration also said the state's flagship university should have a chance to compete before granting a contract to a foreign company.
The administration first sought to explicitly void Statoil's project, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. Eventually, the administration pushed for a bill to reopen the competitive bidding process to let UMaine submit a bid, causing Statoil to withdraw its project last year.
Patrick Woodcock, the governor's energy director, wrote in a letter to the PUC that the administration believes the Maine Aqua Ventus proposal meets the requirements the state has laid out for an offshore wind supplier. The administration will work with officials to help secure more state and federal funding, "increasing the chances that this research and development will ultimately develop a technology that will provide competitively priced electricity to the Maine ratepayer," Woodcock said.
Other concerns have been raised by those who will be most directly affected by the project – the residents of Monhegan Island. Some have said that they're worried about the impact on wildlife and that the sound and sight of the turbines will deter visitors on the tiny island, which relies heavily on tourism.
Thaler said Maine Aqua Ventus is doing everything it can to ensure that all residents have a voice in the discussion as the development moves forward.
"We will continue our dialogue with people on Monhegan, people on shore, the Legislature and others to make this a truly positive experience and a project that will benefit all Mainers and their children and grandchildren – because you've really got to look long term," he said.
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Knee-Jerk Reaction :
Kiss of Death :
The kiss of death is an action that means failure or ruin for someone, a scheme or a plan.
Kiss Something Goodbye :
If someone tells you that you can kiss something goodbye, you have no chance of getting or having it:
Kissing Cousin :
A kissing cousin is someone you are related to but not closely.
Kitchen-Sink Drama :
Kitchen-sink drama deals with ordinary people's lives.
Kith And Kin :
Your kith and kin are your family. Your next of kin are close relations you nominate to deal with your affairs in the event of your death on a document like a passport.
Knee-Jerk Reaction :
Knee-jerk reaction is an instant, instinctive response to a situation.
Knickers in A Twist :
When your knickers are in a twist, you are angry and snappish over something trivial.
Knight in Shining Armour :
A knight in shining armour is someone who saves you when you are in great trouble or danger.
Knit Your Brows :
If you knit your brows, you frown or look worried.
Knock Them Dead :
The idiom KNOCK THEM DEAD is used as a way of wishing someone luck before they give a performance or have to appear before people as in an interview.
Knock On Wood :
This idiom is used to wish for good luck.
Knock Something On The Head :
If you knock something on the head, you stop it or stop doing it.
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President of the House of Deputies July 10 Sermon
The following is the sermon preached by Episcopal Church President of the House of Deputies Bonnie Anderson on July 10 during Eucharist at the Church"s 76th General Convention. (Video will be available on the Media Hub, http://gchub.episcopalchurch.org/)
76th General Convention
President of the House of Deputies, Bonnie Anderson, D.D.
Sermon for community worship
July 10, 2009
A fan once asked Louis Armstrong, commonly known as Satchmo, "Pops, what is jazz?" His answer first came in that gentle smile and then this penetrating response, "Man, if you gotta ask, you"ll never know."
The same can be said for unity. It would go like this. "Pops, what is unity?" "Man, if you gotta ask, you"ll never know." In other words, you know it when you see it.
When you experience unity you know it because of how it makes you FEEL. The expression of unity, of interwoven community in Christ, is a powerful experience - difficult to describe in concept, but recognizable by the dynamic effects on our hearts when we touch it and we see it and we live it.
To me, unity is about the experience of being transformed in community. Unity is not about getting along, though that would be nice from time to time. It is not about the absence of conflict or the unattainable expectation that we can all believe exactly the same thing, except, of course, in our beloved Jesus Christ. Unity is not about "buying the world a Coke" or teaching the world to sing. And I don"t believe that unity is a state of being, some utopian community for us to construct and achieve. To me, unity is a spiritual practice something we need to first understand and second, spend our lives trying to do. Unity is an action, an intention, something we practice over and over and over again in faithfulness to God. The Good News here is that the practice of unity has tremendous potential for transformation unity, if it is unity, can change us, enlighten us, enlarge our perspectives and our experiences, and bring us closer to God. Unity is about inviting others to be in community with us with the hope and expectation that as we do this, we will be changed by the people who we invite to join us.
And we are called to understand and practice unity in this way. In this morning"s Gospel, Jesus responds to the lawyer"s question about how to inherit eternal life with a simple response: love God and love God by loving your neighbor. What this tells us is that loving God is inherently relational it is not contained to an individual transaction between individual and God, but requires an intentional connectivity to other people through which we allow ourselves to be changed.
Let me give you a couple of examples of what I mean.
A friend of mine wrote her master"s thesis about the healing miracles in Luke"s Gospel. Her thesis argument was that while Jesus was curing the ailments of the outcasts the blind, the crippled, the scorned he was also curing the community by restoring the outcast to them. Jesus was healing both the person and the community. Present in Luke"s miracle stories is almost always three characters: the outcast, Jesus, and the crowd. And we so often overlook the crowd as a main character in these stories. But my friend"s point was that the crowd is not there as innocent bystanders but actually the essential focus of the healing miracle. Jesus was ministering to the community by restoring the outcast to it. A community is only as good, only as capable, only as centered and wise as the people that populate it. When a community invites the outcast in, it is the community itself that benefits the most. For by bringing in the outcast or the outsider, the community gains for itself new perspective, a fresh witness of how God works in the world, new ideas, a new voice, new wisdom, and the possibility of passion and energy and sometimes even quirkiness. I can just imagine the blind man or the leper newly healed, newly restored to the community watching Jesus and his disciples walk away down that dusty road and turning to the crowd and saying, "Let"s go inside and I will tell you all about my experience of the living God." And together they walk back into town, expectant that the exchange of stories and experiences they will be changed, they will be united, in that exchange they will never be the same.
Here is one other story.
This past Palm Sunday I was invited to the Diocese of Fort Worth to visit and preach in a congregation. The congregation where I was preaching holds their weekly Sunday service in the community"s performing arts center. It"s a small town and the theater was, well, "rustic." When I arrived, people were unloading card tables, buckets of water, palm branches and prayer books from the trunks of their cars in the parking lot and carrying them in. The people were waving and yelling greetings and dropping things and laughing. They waved at me and greeted me. Someone handed me something to carry. I was already starting to feel like I was in a screen play, something out of It"s a Wonderful Life but without the snow or Jimmy Stewart.
We processed into the theater and were all seated in small, red velvet theater seats that had seen better days. The stage is what got me. It was set up for a production of Hansel and Gretel. The card table, used for our altar, was set smack dab in front of the "boiling pot" meant to stew Hansel once he was fattened up. But right there in front of the pot, the card table was carefully draped in fair linen, the palm branches carefully placed in vessels brought from home. The table was prepared and the space had become sacred.
As the congregation sang I watched their faces. They were vibrant, alive, joyful, smiling, prayerful. They seemed so unafraid. And I was deeply, deeply moved. I realized at that time that I was standing in the middle of a Christian community let loose a community confident, expectant, generous - made up of an unlikely mishmash of people. This truly was community unity - the kind of gathering described by Henri Nouwen when he said that true Christian community is a collection of people who under any other circumstances you would never have chosen for yourself. What moved me the most was the community"s sense of openness. For they were able to communicate this to the outsider through their words, through the choices they made about their worship, through their actions that in no uncertain terms I was welcome there, but even more than that, they were hopeful that this new outsider might have something to share with them that could enflame their hearts, or refresh their minds. Simply, this community was open to being changed and deepened and strengthened by God"s grace through the people that joined them anew each and every Sunday. It was one of the most distinct and profound experiences of Christian unity that I have ever had.
Today we celebrate our communion with the Moravian Church and in welcoming them into our midst I wonder if we might practice true Christian unity by ourselves wondering how might they change us? Will we learn from them their art of communicating their theology through beautiful music and song? Will we learn from them that everything is sacred, that nothing is secular as everything is of God? Maybe one thing they have to teach us is how to sing our lives.
So today I invite you to consider taking on unity as a Christian practice. I invite you to look around more and notice people who live on the outside of our Episcopal communities and wonder how, if they were invited in, they might change us. I invite you to wonder how their experience of the living God, their hopes, their expectations, their thoughts, their wonderings might be brought into the center of our faith communities and allowed to redirect our hearts and minds toward God in new ways. In many ways we like the way we are. And we want to invite people in to what we"ve already designed, planned and decided upon. But that is not unity. Unity is the receptivity to being changed. Our practice is to open our hearts to the unexpected. Our practice is to ease our rigidity about how we think things ought to look and create room for the Spirit to move through the people we invite in. If we can practice unity, we will deepen our relationship with God. And in the words of Mother Theresa, "If we have no peace it is because we have forgotten that we belong together."