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The Legacy of James Gandolfini and 'The Sopranos'
TV Guide.com Editor-in-Chief Mickey O'Connor discusses James Gandolfini's extensive career and the influence of The Sopranos on cable TV dramas. The actor died June 19 while in Italy.
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Only a little more than one-third of investors between the ages of 21 and 50 are confident they will have enough money for retirement, according to a study released Thursday by T. Rowe Price.
Even though they understand the importance of retirement planning, two-thirds of these investors have not developed a detailed plan for their finances in retirement.
"This research underscores the fact that many more young investors need to get started planning for their retirement, even though the date may be decades away," Christine Fahlund, senior financial planner with T. Rowe Price, said in a statement.
"The study also demonstrates the important financial and psychological benefits of having a detailed savings and investment plan," Fahlund said. Younger investors who have a detailed plan reported feeling much more confident about their retirement readiness, with 58% believing they will have enough money for retirement.
Harris Interactive conducted the online study on behalf of T. Rowe Price in December among 860 adults, comprising Generation X (ages 35 to 50) and Generation Y (ages 21 to 34), who had at least one investment account.
A detailed retirement plan might include the following components, the study found:
- 77% of those with a plan said it targets an anticipated monthly budget;
- 84% cited having a specific monthly withdrawal strategy;
- 78% said their plan considers life expectancy and how long their savings might need to last.
Generation X and Generation Y investors said they expected to receive retirement income from multiple sources, most commonly:
- 401(k)s or other workplace retirement plans, 74%;
- IRAs, 65%;
- Non-retirement accounts (e.g., checking, savings, stocks, bonds, mutual funds), 64%;
- Social Security, 63%.
"Younger investors' confidence in the Social Security system was surprisingly positive," Fahlund said. "Still, it shouldn't be relied upon too heavily. Investors need to consider it as only one source of retirement income and make sure they are contributing to their retirement through other accounts."
Study participants said they expected to retire at the mean age of 62, and anticipated living 22 years in retirement. Fahlund said the latter number was a significant underestimate.
"Many people will live well beyond 22 years in retirement," she said. "To be adequately prepared financially and to ensure they don't outlive their money, we suggest that investors annually save at least 15% of their salary, including any available employer match, and consider a possible retirement of 30 or more years, to age 95."

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Your Aging Parents: Living Arrangements
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Your Aging Parents: Living Arrangements
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It's estimated that about 1.5 million people over the age of 85 live on their own, and that number will double in the next 20 years. And researchers say that by 2020, there will be 15.2 million people who are 65 or older living by themselves.
Money Morsel
Be aware that there are many services available to help aging people be able to stay in their own homes. Most communities have programs that provide home helpers, meal-delivery, drop-in visitors, transportation services, and senior centers. Contact your local Area Agency on Aging to see what's available in your community.
Housing is another important, and potentially difficult area in which your parents might require your assistance. Ideally, Mom and Dad will be able to live safely and comfortably in their own house for their entire lives. Some people are fortunate enough to have that happen.
Chances are, however, that one or both parent may someday need to move.
This could occur for many reasons. Perhaps the family home your folks have lived in for the past 40 years is simply too large and requires too much upkeep. Or one parent might die and the other moves in order to be closer to a son or daughter. Maybe Dad is tired of cleaning and cooking for himself and decides to move to an apartment building designed for elderly folks that includes meals and a cleaning service. Or Mom may need to go into assisted living because she can no longer take care of her own needs.
If your parent or parents are thinking about moving, you can assist them by letting them know what options are available. Older people have many more housing options these days than they used to, and some of them are really interesting. Let's take a quick look at some of what's available.
ECHO Housing
ECHO homes (it stands for Elder Cottage Housing Opportunity) are fairly new, but they're gaining in popularity. They're modular homes that you move onto your property for as long as necessary, and remove them when they're no longer needed. Usually about the size of a large garage, a typical ECHO home includes a living room, kitchen, eating area, bathroom, and one or two bedrooms. Because they're designed especially for older people, they are wheelchair accessible, energy efficient, and all on one level. They typically cost about $25,000. Be sure to check with the municipality in which you live to make sure this type of housing is permitted. You can find out more about ECHO housing on the Senior Resource's Web site at www.seniorresouce.com/hecho.htm.
Adult or Retirement Communities
These vary greatly in scope, and offer different services and amenities. Typically, retirement communities are clusters of homes on small lots. Outside maintenance usually is provided, and there normally are common areas for residents to share. Some communities include a lake or pond for fishing, a golf course, tennis courts, shuffleboard courts, horseshoe pits, and so forth. There often are planned activities, such as bingo or card games, day or overnight trips, entertainment, and educational programs. Your parent would either buy or rent the house, and would pay a monthly or quarterly fee for services such as grass cutting, snow removal, and outside painting. If your parents are considering moving to a retirement community, be sure they shop around before committing themselves. There are huge differences from community to community, and, while many are very nice, others are less desirable. The cost of retirement communities varies greatly depending on location, the type of homes, services provided, and whether your parent would buy or rent. Some retirement communities offer lots for sale, and allow you to build a house of your choice.
Learn how to be financially stable in your 40s and 50s.


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The official histories of family planning and reproductive rights in Chile started in the 1960s, with initiatives by Chilean doctors to reduce maternal mortality due to self-induced abortions; Chilean women's mobilization for rights surged in the 1970s, and the concept of reproductive rights became the focus within health policy debates only by the 1990s. Specific Chilean political developments shaped these trajectories, as did global paradigm changes, including the politicization of fertility regulation as a subject of the Cold War. These same trajectories also generated new understandings of reproductive rights and women's rights. The goals of preventing abortions and maternal mortality, of controlling population size, and of protecting families all contributed to the public endorsement of family planning programs in the 1960s. Medical doctors and health officials in Chile collaborated with the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and founded the first Chilean family planning institution, the Association for the Protection of the Family (APROFA). Since 1965, APROFA, affiliated with the IPPF, has remained the primary institution that makes family planning available to Chilean women and couples.
The concept of "reproductive rights" is relatively new, globally, and in its specific national representation in Chile; questions of women's rights gained unprecedented international prominence after the United Nation's designation of the International Women's Year (IWY) in 1975. International conferences, and the extension of IWY to a Decade for Women between 1975 and 1985, stimulated debates about policy norms that linked human rights, women's rights, and the right to health to nascent definitions of reproductive rights. Just as international gatherings provided platforms for debates about rights, unparalleled human rights violations under military rule (1973–1990) interrupted the lives of Chilean citizens. Women in Chile protested the dictatorship, mobilized for democracy in their country and their homes, and added reproductive rights to the list of demands for democratic restructuring after the end of dictatorship. While family planning programs largely survived the changes of political leadership in Chile, the dictatorship dealt a lasting blow to quests for reproductive rights. The military's re-drafted Constitution of 1980 not only compromised effective political re-democratization, but also imposed such changes as the end of therapeutic abortions, which have remained at the center of political activism against reproductive rights violations in the 21st century.
Keywords: family planning, reproductive rights, voluntary motherhood, women's health, human rights, birth control technologies, Zipper-ring, population control, neo-Malthusianism, Chilean feminism, Cold War, oral contraceptives
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Hi guys,
I went through a lot of posts on this forum about the board graphics, and still is not clear to me what is the best way of printing on a board that is not PBT.
Due to the large surface of the print, rice paper is not in option. Personally, I think of silk which is screen-printed, but would still like to get confirmation from you.
Is PBT can be used on boards that are CNC 3D cut, or only on a flat surface?


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Semantic Universe is seeking to identify and recognize promising start-ups in the SemTech field through the $12,000 SemTech Startup competition. Prizes for the No. 1 company - voted by peers and vetted by judges -- include a chance to present for 30 minutes in front of relevant attendees at the SemTech conference this summer, and a $7,000 sponsorship package.
Dramatic growth in semantics-based products and applications released over the past years means that semantic technologies are no longer a "future" technology – they're here right now.
The mission of Semantic Universe is to raise awareness and explain the usage of semantic technologies in business and consumer settings. Projects by Semantic Universe include the annual Semantic Technology Conference, (SemTech) and the Semantic Universe network.
SemTech 2010 is the world's largest, most authoritative conference on semantic technology for consumer and enterprise computing professionals features five days of presentations, panels, tutorials, announcements, new company/product launches, and conversations. It's a place for new learning, professional networking, and business development. Now in its sixth year, SemTech 2010 is the world's largest educational conference for the community of executives, technologists, researchers, investors and customers who are involved with semantic technologies.
Who should apply:
Companies that provide at least a demonstrable "beta" product in the SemTech and or SemWeb space and have received no more than a Series A round of financing. We are looking for companies with systems or applications that provide value and demonstrate great applications of semantics on a small or large scale. Companies can be physically located anywhere in the world although they must have the financial means to attend the conference, (i.e. flights, hotel, etc. etc.)
How to submit:
Already on Vator? Sign-in and click the "participate in this competition" button on the top right of this competition page.
Not yet on Vator? It's quick, easy and free. First register. Then create a profile for your company. The more comprehensive your company profile is, the more likely to get votes, followers, ratings and be reviewed. Once you create your company profile, then just click the "participate in this competition" button on the top right of this competition page.
Rules on how to win:
The first round consists of a popular vote, which will whittle down the field to the top 15 vote getters.
The second round consists of a judges' vote. The judges will score companies between 1 and 10 on multiple criteria. The combined judges vote (60% weighting) and popular vote (40%) weighting will determine the overall winner.
See round details (below) for more information about the rounds and criteria.
An overall package worth over $12,000, including a 30-minute speaking slot at the official 2010 SemTech program ( Valued at $3,500, one conference pass (priced at $1,795) and a 2011 Silver Sponsorship (priced at $7,000).


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The theme of this year's Golden Scissors Awards — "Hair GaGa" demands an analogy: Everyday black hair is to the styles displayed last night as a traditional red-carpet gown is to the eccentric pop star Lady Gaga's meat dress.
Technicolor, tall, bedazzled and ornate. Evoking images of butterflies, clowns and princesses. Paired with outfits straddling couture and costume, the styles were the best of what you'd expect from a hair show: over the top and totally unself-conscious. The Washington Convention Center, where the 19th annual awards were held last night, was an incubator — nurturing risk taking and providing shelter from the concerns that tend to weigh down black hair and beauty.
At the core of the five-hour marathon of musical performances, exhibitions, awards and commentary was a competition: Sixteen salons battled for the $1,000 "Hair GaGa" prize. But this contest felt like an afterthought — by 11:30 p.m., when Golden Scissors founder and emcee Glynn Jackson announced the winner, the crowd had thinned and models were roaming the empty back of the room in still-attached hairpieces and pajama pants, rubbing sleep from glittery eyes.
The real win of the evening — the victory that infused every performance — was for black hair itself. The intangible prize: a night when the crowd of 1,100 experienced it not as a chore but as an art, not a burdensome set of required practices but a brilliant — and fun — tradition.
As the models in feather eyelashes, ball gowns and bikinis sauntered down the runway, Jackson provided a running commentary of approval, shouting into the microphone over the loud techno beat, "Beautiful! Hot! Fierce! Beautiful! Hot! Gorgeous! Sexy! Beautiful! Yes!!"
Trophies were awarded for lifetime achievement, best barber, best black business, best Dominican salon and more. But the most celebrated hair celebrity was Jackson himself ("Mr. Glynn" to his devotees).
When his adoring staff presented him with a surprise award honoring his legacy, Jackson (yes, the same the man in a T-shirt bearing his own name in gold foil script) lowered his eyes and shed real tears, shaking his head almost as if considering turning down the honor. Then he spun to pose for the cameras with his trophy and massive bag of Carol's Daughter goodies.
The event was like a service over which he presided as pastor, interspersing motivational messages about the black hair movement, black business and, again and again, "the children!"
Those "children" were the stars of the show. Just when you thought Willow Smith was exceptionally poised and talented (and maybe a tad grown for her 9 years), a 2-year-old Mr. T stomps down the runway like a shrunken Tyson Beckford, striking a pose so photographers can catch the details of his Mohawk. He's followed by itty-bitty girls in tutus. They look like they should be toddling in pre-ballet, but they're strutting and shaking their rainbow-colored ponytails with lips pursed in facial expressions that would put them in contention for any Top Model challenge.
None of these children is in need of self-image therapy via the viral Sesame Street "I Love My Hair" video. Who has any use for a gyrating, perma-smiling, hopping, bopping puppet trying to convey that black hair is cool when there's a kids' natural-hair salon like B.R.A.T. Box Salon For Kids putting on a skittle-colored, Willie Wonka-themed exhibition? "The way I normally wear my hair is less extreme, but still pretty. Still really pretty," said 11-year-old Diamond Carter as she prepped for the performance.
Meanwhile, Soul Food star Darrin Henson hawked calendars and Darrin's Dance Grooves DVDs before taking to the stage to open the show. And Lola Monroe (perhaps better recognized for her dramatic waist-to-butt ratio than her hairstyles, but nonetheless fully in the spirit of the event) performed her single, "Overtime."
After five hours of fanfare, the night's grand winner was finally announced. Note to stylists: When it comes to wowing judges, there's not much you can do to compete with moving parts. The color scheme of the winning entry: lime green and silver. The size: Think mini Hula-Hoop. The embellishments: woven hair, waist-length, leafy vines and a rotating, motorized flower the size of a dinner plate. Stylist Christopher D. Fountain (known as "Pastor") of Connecticut took home $1,000 for the masterpiece.
You won't see anything quite like the winning entry on the street, but the tradition of treating black hair as art isn't entirely confined to the runway, either. It's in the conch shells and beads in your friend's locks and the electric blue strands woven into the micro braids of the girl behind the Starbucks counter. This form of expression doggedly manages to survive every cultural assault on black beauty — not to mention, it makes for a damn good time. And if the Golden Scissors crowd has anything to say about it, the fun side of black hair is here to stay.
Jenée Desmond-Harris is a regular contributor to The Root.


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APASS-south is back up and running. The new camera is looking good! We had an additional problem with the filter wheel, where the index sensor got dirty, but the CTIO technician cleaned things and got it working. The big hold-up is the weather, which has been pretty poor. The past week has been cirrusy, and last night the freezing fog rolled in. The forecast is for improving weather this week, so I hope to get a few nights before full moon. In about a month, the good weather season will return and we will make a lot of progress quickly.
APASS-north is waiting for a replacement primary mirror for one of the OTAs. This should be shipped within a week, and installed shortly thereafter. We haven't been pressing ASA for the replacement, as -north is in the midst of the southwestern monsoon and there hasn't been any photometric weather. That will change in about two weeks when the moisture flow shuts off and clear skies return.
DR3 has been released and is on the web site. This totals 19 million stars in about 15,000 square degrees, with the best coverage in the south. UCAC has adopted APASS photometry and will include it in their next data release (UCAC4). It has been used to improve the native photometry from the UCAC telescope as well, removing much of the nonlinear signature from that photometry and doing a better job of calibrating the global zeropoint.
The next data release is expected in December, and should complete the southern hemisphere two-pass imaging. We will then start the final offset imaging to give 4 passes at each location; this should be done in 2012 barring additional hardware mishaps.


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Page 1 of 6 INSTRUCTIONS FOR CJA 31 DEATH PENALTY PROCEEDINGS: EX PARTE REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION AND VOUCHER FOR EXPERT AND OTHER SERVICES The CJA Form 31 should be used to obtain investigative, expert and other services in all death eligible cases through disposition of the case, regardless whether the death penalty is authorized, notauthorized, or de-authorized. Read these instructions carefully before completing the form. Accuracy and thoroughness will aid in the prompt payment of the claim. Use a typewriter if possible to complete the form; otherwise, write legibly with a ball point pen (preferably black or dark blue ink). If the form is generated by the automated system, Items 1 through 10 and 13 will be preprinted on the form. Attach an itemized statement of the services provided and expenses incurred. Give the date and the number of hours claimed for the service requested. Provide the dates for and a description of expenses incurred. For additional guidance, refer to the Guidelines for the Administration of the Criminal Justice Act and Related Statutes (CJA Guidelines), Volume VII, Guide to Judiciary Policies and Procedures, which is available for reference in the Clerk's office. All payments made pursuant to this claim are subject to post-audit; overpayments are subject to collection, including deduction of amounts due from future vouchers. Refer to 21 u.s.c. 848(q)(9) and the cja guidelines concerning the conditions for making ex parte requests. Note: Prior authorization from the presiding judicial officer must be secured for all investigative, expert or other services where the cost (excluding reimbursement for reasonable expenses) will exceed $300. Failure to obtain prior authorization will result in the disallowance of any amount claimed for compensation in excess of $300, unless the presiding judicial officer finds that, in the interest of justice, timely procurement of necessary services could not await prior authorization. If prior authorization is obtained for an investigative, expert or other service and later it is determine that the cost of the service will exceed the initial estimate by a significant amount, you should seek, from the presiding judicial officer, further prior authorization for the additional amount. for cases commenced, and appellate proceedings for which an appeal is perfected, on or after April 24, 1996, the presiding judicial officer's approval of payment in Item 28 may require additional approval by the chief judge of the court of appeals (or active circuit judge to whom the chief judge has delegated excess compensation approval authority) consistent with the $7,500 statutory amount set forth in 21 U.S.C. � 848(q)(10)(B). Pursuant to that provision, if the aggregate amount of compensation and expenses for all investigative, expert, and other services exceeds $7,500 in any case, payment in excess of that amount must be certified by the presiding judicial officer as necessary to provide fair compensation for services of an unusual character or duration, and the amount of the excess payment must be approved by the chief judge of the court of appeals (or delegate).
Item 1.
CIR./DIST./DIV. CODE: This four-character location code is the circuit or district, and divisional office codes for the court where the proceedings for the person represented are held. PERSON REPRESENTED: Give the full name of the person whom you were appointed to represent.
Item 2.
Page 2 of 6 Items 3-6. DOCKET NUMBERS: Provide the case number assigned by the court. Enter the number using the last two digits of the calendar year (YY), the sequential number assigned by the court (NNNNNN), and the defendant number (DDD), as shown in the indictment or charging document. Thus, the format of the docket numbers is YY-NNNNNN-DDD. If two or more cases are heard or tried together for the person represented, complete a separate voucher for each case in which services are provided (i.e., for each docket number listed). Prorate the total time among the cases. On the supporting documentation, cross reference all related claims for which costs are prorated. IN CASE/MATTER OF (CASE NAME): In criminal cases, enter U.S. vs. Defendant's Name. If it is a multiple defendant case, give the case cite on the indictment (e.g., U.S. vs. Lead Defendant's Name, et al). If this is a habeas corpus proceeding, enter the Name of the Petitioner vs. the Name of the Respondent and include the respondent's title. TYPE PERSON REPRESENTED: Check the box that defines the legal status of the person represented. REPRESENTATION TYPE: Use the CJA Form 31 only if this is a death penalty representation. Check one of the following types of representation:
D1 Habeas corpus (capital) petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. � 2254, seeking to vacate or set aside a state death sentence and appeals; D2 Federal capital prosecution, either trial or direct appeal; D3 Habeas corpus (capital) petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. � 2255, seeking to vacate or set aside a federal death sentence and appeals; or D4 Death penalty prosecution in federal court under a state statute or any authority other than the United States Code and appeals.
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Item 10.
OFFENSE(S) CHARGED: If the case is a capital prosecution in federal court, cite the U.S. Code (title and section) or other code citation of all charges, up to five. List all death-eligible offenses first. If this is a direct appeal of a federal prosecution, list all offenses for which the defendant was convicted. ATTORNEY'S STATEMENT, NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS: Check the appropriate box to indicate whether the request is for authorization to obtain services, or approval of services already provided. Include, for the services described in Item 12, the total estimated dollar amount for compensation and expenses. Estimate the cost of the services (including expenses) requested, and show the amount where required on the form. Note the basis for compensation (e.g., number of hours of work at hourly rate, number of days at daily rate, or a fixed dollar fee). This statement must be signed and dated by counsel for the person represented (or by the person proceeding pro se). Check the appropriate box to designate the attorney status as an attorney from a legal organization (bar association, legal aid agency, or community defender organization not receiving a periodic sustaining grant under the Criminal Justice Act (CJA), a CJA panel attorney, a retained attorney whose client is unable to afford the cost of the service requested, or a person who qualifies for representation under the CJA but has chosen to proceed pro se. Give the complete legal name, mailing address, and telephone number of the attorney appointed to represent the person whose name is shown in Item 2. Provide the mailing address and telephone number of the attorney.
Item 11.
Page 3 of 6 For cases commenced, and appellate proceedings for which an appeal is perfected, on or after April 24, 1996, all totals for compensation and expenses authorized for investigative, expert, and other services will be included as a part of the statutory threshold. (Payments to counsel for representation is not a part of the statutory threshold.) The court may use this information to help determine whether advance approval should be obtained from the chief judge of the court of appeals (or delegate) in anticipation that the $7,500 amount for compensation and expenses for investigative, expert, and other services will be exceeded. If the estimated amount has been authorized already, in whole or in part, through a case budgeting process by the court (and by the chief judge of the court of appeals (or delegate) if applicable), attach the appropriate documentation to the first payment voucher submitted. Item 12. Procedures for Requesting Psychiatric and Psychological Services. If this is a request for an examination by a psychiatrist or psychologist, state whether the purpose of the examination is to determine (1) the current mental state of the person represented, or (2) the mental state at the time of the person's alleged offense. Counsel may request authorization to obtain necessary psychiatric and related services when the purpose of an examination is to assist the defense and counsel wishes to control disclosure of the examination report (i.e., keep it confidential from the court and the prosecution) as well as to select the expert conducting the examination. If the examination is ordered pursuant to a statute, cite the statute (U.S. Code, title and section). See paragraph 3.11 of the CJA Guidelines and accompanying chart, "Responsibility for Payment of Psychiatric and Related Expert Services." In habeas corpus proceedings, payment of fees and expenses of psychiatric examinations for purposes other than representation of the petitioner is not paid from Defender Services funds, but is determined by the rules governing section 2254 cases in the united states district courts and rules governing 2255 cases in the united states courts. In order to avoid confusion and possible delays in payment, the order authorizing the services to be obtained should specify the statutory authority and the agency responsible for payment. DESCRIPTION OF AND JUSTIFICATION FOR SERVICES: Briefly, describe the nature of the services requested and the reason services are necessary to provide adequate representation. Item 13. TYPE OF SERVICE PROVIDER: Check the box that identifies the type of service provider requested. If you check the box "Other," be sure to specify the type of service or service provider. If computer assisted legal research (CALR) is checked, refer to paragraph 3.15 of the CJA Guidelines for an explanation of the criteria and procedures for approval of CALR as a necessary service under CJA. COURT ORDER: This court order must be signed and dated by the presiding judicial officer. An additional court order is not necessary except for certain psychiatric and psychological examinations as explained in the instructions for Item 12, or to authorize payment for services exceeding $300 when prior authorization was not obtained (see Item 23). Indicate whether full or partial repayment was ordered by the court from the person represented by checking "Yes" or "No."
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Since the tragic events at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the nation has moved into major debate mode on the issue of gun control. When such debates have occurred in the past the focus has always been on the intent of the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. That amendment says:
Since the tragic events at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the nation has moved into major debate mode on the issue of gun control. When such debates have occurred in the past the focus has always been on the intent of the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. That amendment says:"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." So, who wrote the 2nd Amendment and what was the intent when it was written? In the late 1770s we had the Articles of Confederation that bound the colonies together but no Constitution. Congress was the supreme regulator and decision maker during that period of history. The 13 colonies had gone through a war (1776-1783) and had existed without administrative or judicial branches of government for 13 years until the acceptance of the Constitution in 1789. The first ten Amendments followed in 1891. James Madison, a recognized legal genius, is given credit for being the primary author. When the war with England was finally over in 1783, General Washington went to Philadelphia to meet with Congress. He turned over his sword symbolically resigning from his responsibility as General of the Army. He then recommended that Congress dissolve the army and send the men home. Both General Washington and Congress believed that a standing army was too costly and wasn't needed. In dealing with the issue of guns it was reasoned that if the nation was not going to have a standing army citizens might, never-the-less, be called up again to deal with a national emergency. Should such a call-up be necessary soldiers needed to be able to bring their guns with them in defense of the country. Thus, the reference in the amendment to both "A well regulated Militia" and to "keep and bear arms." When issues are raised as to the intent of a part of the Constitution the Supreme Court becomes the authority on "meaning." So, what does the Supreme Court say the 2nd Amendment means? Seven times the wording of the 2nd Amendment has been taken to the Supreme Court and confusion still reigns. Earlier rulings indicated that there was "the right to bear arms only within the militia." The most recent rulings ignored the militia issue and stated that citizens had "the right to keep and bear arms." If the dispute gets to the Supreme Court this time, with Columbine and Sandy Hook in our history but more than one third of our adult population owning guns, it is anyone's guess how they will rule.
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Will all hell break loose when Gordon Ramsay comes to The Curtis House Inn in Woodbury to shoot an episode of his hit reality series, "Hotel Hell."
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Lavi + Tyki = Laki = Lucky - In japanese Rakki means Lucky.
The term "Lucky" is used also because Tyki and Lavi need luck to be able to be united due to this situation, of being discovered it would be a big problem.
Lavi is bookman and exorcist. Tyki is Noah and he have a life as human. For this both live through a double life.
And as both have created a friendly bow with the human beings in spite of the fact that they must not have any deal with these.
It is necessary to add that Tyki is the noah of the pleasure and Lavi cannot have feelings for being a future Bookman, so nothing better that to feel pleasure with an expert in the matter XDD.
Hoshino has put subliminal Lucky in the manga.
The proofs are these:
*Tyki and Lavi fight in Edo but on good having seen it, Tyki only seems to play with Lavi, never he are obvious by the intentions of attacking him seriously.
*Something that surely we we all will have seen, in them fight inside the ark, when Tyki Noah wakes his side up and attacks Lavi, this one licks his blood. It gives us to understand many things XD.
*And now something that probably even they haven't noticed for those that they read the manga:
Tyki and Lavi changed earrings in the new part of the manga, that is to say the new chapters. I will not give them any more explanations, better simply go on to this image: --> Sorry. In Spanish The image says [From left to right]: "The earrings that Tyki was using to the beginning were small and round." - "The earrings that Lavi was using to the beginning were of hoop and small." - "Transfer of earrings" - "Later Tyki uses Lavi's earrings. Of hoop and small." - "Later Lavi continues using them of hoop but bigger. [Since theirs they were given to Tyki]"
And it is all. I wait that, as to me, you like this perfect couple and that you share the motives that you have in order that you like it.


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Sean Reynolds cheerfully agreed to torpedo tired old thinking at the National Symposium on Adolescent Catechesis last November.
The symposium, dreamed up by Catholic leaders who have been staying up nights worrying about the dismal showing of Catholic youth in the ongoing National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR), gathered more than 100 Catholic leaders who work with youth. Their charge? To ask themselves what must change about the Catholic approach to forming adolescent faith.
Reynolds' presentation, late in the gathering, was designed to blow up any thoughts of convenient retreat into conventional Catholic remedies, such as, "All we need are some better religion books."
No way, he said: If Catholic youth have not learned nor committed to the faith in the way we hoped, we need to turn our attention to our parishes, to our sacramental system, and especially to parents, who today are asked to do much more with far less support. Parents need help and training to introduce their kids to Catholicism as "a comprehensive way of life," says Reynolds, borrowing a phrase from church historian Scott Appleby at the University of Notre Dame.
Reynolds has spent the last year and a half visiting parishes to explain the hair-raising results of the NSYR to parents and parish staff members in his Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Just as he did at the symposium, he raises quite a few eyebrows.
Why were Catholic youth the only ones to get their own chapter in Soul Searching (Oxford), which discussed the results of the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR)?
I asked the author and head researcher Christian Smith about that, and he said it was because the NSYR researchers were so absolutely stunned at how poorly Catholic kids did relative to other Christian denominations and relative to the researchers' own expectations.
Researchers were looking to find out, among other things, whether young people attend worship services, do Christian service, read the Bible, pray, and whether they are involved in some sort of youth ministry or religious education program.
Catholic young people were found to be 5 to 25 percentage points lower than their conservative or mainline Protestant peers on many of the indicators that they were looking for.
Is there any good news to go with the bad?
The good news and bad news are two sides of the same coin. The good news is, as the Catholic Church has consistently taught, that parents have the most significant impact on the faith of young people. I'm a Catholic parent myself, and we have much more authority in a positive sense in the lives of our young people than we give ourselves credit for. That comes not only from the NSYR but from other studies on millennial youth, which suggest that the more that kids are barraged with information from the Internet, from media, and from electronic devices they're plugged into, the smaller the circle of voices they trust.
A few years ago our office in Cincinnati decided it would be a great idea to develop a video highlighting the heroes of young people. We were going to be real cutting edge. Well, it was the most boring video you can imagine because all the kids talked about was mom and dad or grandma and grandpa.
Isn't that interesting? Kids are taking their signals from their families, despite the popular assumption that kids are rebellious regarding faith, that they're going to reject our beliefs and traditions and maybe later in life come back to them. The research shows that this is not true for this generation.
So the good news is that parents have a tremendous amount of impact on the faith of kids. The bad news is that parents have a tremendous amount of impact on the faith of their kids. If parents aren't living their faith, if they are not insisting that their kids engage in faith—just as they insist that kids engage in a variety of other things that are good for them—then it turns out that kids are not very committed. Parents can look in the mirror and see by and large what their kids are going to be; they have that much impact.
So by "insisting that their kids engage in faith," you mean dragging them to Mass on Sunday, right?
I do use the word "insist," but I use it in the sense that there are many things that we as parents don't bend on.
If one of your kids would say, "You know, Dad, math is boring. I don't want to go to math class anymore," would we even consider saying to the child, "Oh, honey, you're right, math is boring and so you only have to go to math class through the eighth grade and then no more math for you"? Of course not, but something has happened in us Catholics over the last 40 or 50 years so that the faith component in our kids' lives has become optional. Connecting the dots, that would suggest that it's become optional for parents as well. Math has not become optional, but somehow faith has, when Mom or Dad say, "Once confirmed, that's it for religion classes, and Sunday Mass is up to you."
Getting back to your question, I really am very blunt with parents. Now I don't want them going home and yelling at their kids: "No more Mr. Nice Guy; there's a new sheriff in town, mister, and you're going to Mass." Rather we equip parents with a couple of assessment surveys [available at uscatholic.org] for both parents and teenagers, so they can look at how they are living their lives in faith, consider how they can improve, and talk to one another about how to do better.
With elementary school kids it's different: Certainly there as a parent I would just say, "You're going to Mass, period, end of story." Isn't that what we parents do with anything else that's so important?
Tell us more about how Catholic youth scored in the NSYR.
Keep in mind what they were studying in this research was not simply kids' opinions about whether they believe in God. Rather, they were looking for the evidence. The question I sometimes ask teens is: "If you were arrested and accused of being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?"
When the researchers looked at Sunday worship attendance, there was not a significant difference between Protestant and Catholic young people. But when they looked at other ways of being connected with a church, that's where they found big differences.
What about Hispanic youth? They comprise half of Catholics under 18.
I am certainly no expert in that area, but one finding I'm aware of is that both Hispanic and Anglo young Catholics evidence a similar dropping-off in terms of church attendance and religious behaviors. I said earlier that young people in this study mirror their parents, but that's apparently less so in Latino families: What researchers found is that even if the parents are regular Mass-goers and strong Catholics, that is not reflected as frequently in their kids.
My conjecture is that's a reflection of the assimilation of those young people into the broader culture.
Do Catholic kids at least believe in God?
Yes, they do. The NSYR refers to the faith of teens as a kind of "benign whateverism," whose credo can be boiled down to five elements that the researchers termed "moralistic therapeutic deism." They found it emerging as a new kind of adolescent religion across America. What's frightening is that it seems to be replacing the doctrine and practices of Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish youth in the United States. The five elements:
First, there is a God that exists who created the world and watches over human life on earth.
Second, God wants people to be good, nice, and fair as taught in the Bible. How many times in the New Testament does Jesus ask people to be "nice"? Never. I've actually had parents come to me and say, "I don't want my kids to know about the church's teaching on justice or nuclear weapons. I just want them to be nice to their brothers and sisters."
Third, the central goal of life is to be happy and feel good about oneself. Now, what's the big complaint about Sunday Mass? "It's boring. I don't get anything out of it." In other words, it's not doing something for me. Remember that we have kids who interact with screens all day, who are used to watching stuff, who will just move on if it's not fun or interesting or doesn't make them feel good. They have no idea how to participate in liturgy, which is not about them. They need to be taught how to do that.
Four, God does not need to be particularly involved in one's life except when God is needed to solve a problem. So that's God as therapist.
Five, good people go to heaven when they die. In Soul Searching a researcher asks a young person whether there is punishment after death for bad people like Hitler. The response is, "Well, he probably thought he was a pretty good guy." You might agree this is a pretty low bar in terms of accountability for one's behavior. Where's the sense that the decisions I make make a difference to God? This is God saying, "Whatever."
What's the problem with "benign whateverism"?
Obviously there's a significant person missing from those statements: Jesus Christ, missing in action. No Trinity, no Resurrection. God is "out there" and doesn't make demands on me; there are no challenges beyond being nice. And as long as I'm nice, I'm going to go to heaven, or whatever.
I'll go to church, like my parents do, if it is a feel-good experience for me. No sense that I'm here for everybody else, which of course is the communal dimension integral to Christianity in terms of our worship, our commitment to justice, and our connections with the poor. And even more troubling, it seems to be replacing what we really believe with a very thin imitation without much notice.
So how do parents react when they hear about this in your presentations?
I've had some parents come up and say, "Thanks so much. Our family has gotten so sloppy. You've given us a little bit more backbone, and we're going to try to get back on track."
There are no bad guys, there are only good guys in this picture. All parents want what's best for their kids.
It's too bad that so often pastoral ministers are angry with parents. Parents are who we've made them to be when we set up a system of programs that implicitly say to them, "Leave this to the professionals; don't try this at home." Parents are doing the best that they can and are under incredible pressures. When I share this information with parents, I don't want to leave them feeling bad, but informed and hopefully empowered to make some changes. Yet I'm sure some inevitably do because the information is really sobering, a huge wake-up call.
How have we ended up here?
Church historians have referred to it as the demise of the Catholic subculture. Fifty years ago, multiple institutions supported parents in handing on the faith: largely homogeneous Catholic families, Catholic neighborhoods with parishes at the center, ethnic Catholic communities, Catholic schools. Even the media helped reinforce values.
These were buttresses, like those that hold up a cathedral. Today they have largely fallen away. What was sustained by mutually supporting institutions is now being sustained by religious education and sometimes youth ministry and by parents and family. When you think about it, there really isn't much else. Even if you include Catholic schools in the mix, they affect roughly only one of ten Catholic teenagers in the United States.
Yet we continue to fall back on conventional thinking and business as usual, assuming that the institutions that served us so well in the middle of the last century will do the job for us today, with no Catholic subculture holding it all together and filling in the gaps. This research suggests that's just not the case. The usual stuff isn't working.
What can parishes do about all this?
If I'm a parish director of religious education, responsible for cradle-to-grave faith formation, I might realize that I need to focus mainly on empowering, equipping, and enthusing young parents about faith: Our focus needs to shift from providing sacraments for children to empowering parents to rear their children in the faith.
Consider matrimony. When a couple walks in the rectory door and says they want to get married, that's not the time to say, "Oh, you're cohabiting? Come back when you're not." These are the rare, golden opportunities to help people reconnect with their faith.
When parents bring their kids for Baptism, let's not think of it just in terms of "baptismal preparation" and hoops they need to jump through, but as an opportunity for hospitality and faith-building for the parents.
We have trained Catholics to expect to hear, "You have to do these things, then you get the sacrament. Then you're finished until the next sacrament, at which point you come back and jump through more hoops." That's the consumer model of church, and it's killing us.
We need to rethink our sacramental system. You don't "get" a sacrament. We live the sacraments. We need to begin to mentor young married couples and young parents in how to do that.
Is it realistic to think we can "restore" a Catholic culture?
Scott Appleby has said that young Catholics need to be introduced to "a sense of Catholicism as a comprehensive way of life." I'm not, and I don't think he was, talking about restoration of a former style of Catholicism.
So what does it mean then?
What it means to me is that a person has made an individual and personal decision to lead a Catholic way of life and to do that comprehensively, so my faith affects every aspect of my life.
It means that Sunday Mass and an occasional religious education class aren't nearly enough. It means that Jesus Christ is the compass I use to navigate through the moral questions in my life. That I have spiritual underpinnings rooted in Catholic thinking about spirituality and stories of Catholic saints, which I can rely on when my life is falling apart. That the Catholic faith is imbued in my relationships. It means that I pray, and not just on Sunday, but through the week. It's how I live; it's not just something that I do.
Family life is so frantic today. How do you establish a comprehensive way of life when you're so busy with everything else?
I don't think there's any way of doing it except counterculturally, or at least with some awareness about what the culture does to you, to your children, and to your family. We try to equip people with some lenses to look at how they're living their lives and ask themselves, "Are you happy?" or as Dr. Phil says, "Is that working for you?"
What about parents who are doubtful about their own faith, maybe frustrated with the hierarchy or the sex-abuse crisis, for example? Would you tell these parents to involve their kids in the Catholic Church?
I've had that question phrased exactly that way, and my response is yes. As parents don't we teach our kids many things that are allied with ideas or groups we don't agree with on every score? Does teaching kids the Pledge of Allegiance imply that we agree with everything our country does?
Talking to parents, I would, in a compassionate way, raise the question: Are those things that are troubling to you a reason to deny your child an experience that so clearly benefits her in so many positive ways? I am suggesting that you put aside those concerns, as we parents so frequently do in other areas.
The research shows that there's a strong correlation between positive life outcomes and how religious a person is. You may not even see the good in religion at this point in your own life, but if you want to make a decision based on what's best for your kids, you're going to get them to church, let them build a connection with the faith community and learn to pray.
Let your child have the experience of faith. Later on there will be plenty of time for her to figure out women's ordination or whatever list of issues that are a problem for you.
Is part of the issue that parents themselves are not as articulate about their faith as they used to be?
Some observers say that the faith formation today's parents received was inadequate to the task, that all religious education after Vatican II was fluff. I was teaching back then, and I know that's not the case. There was fluff, but there was substance as well.
I suspect Catholic parents have never been especially articulate about their faith. I think about my own mom, God rest her soul: She knew the Baltimore Catechism by rote. Was that knowing the Catholic faith?
She knew it in her bones, but could she explain it the way we now expect parents to? Have parents ever been fully equipped to pass on the faith, or have we grown up assuming a Catholic subculture that no longer exists will pass on the faith?
So the challenge of Catholic parents today is more difficult than anything our parents ever faced?
There's an assumption out there that today's parents forgot or never learned what their parents knew, and that by comparison we're deficient. I think that's a misreading of history.
We're asking parents today to do something completely new: to explicitly and intentionally decide to live the faith themselves in a way not supported by the wider culture, and to be able to share it with their children—without the benefit of the buttresses of the Catholic subculture that our parents enjoyed.
Parents need help to do that. How do you pray with your child? That's really hard for many parents; many are uncomfortable praying with anybody out loud.
Parents need to make a connection with other parents and meet with them on a regular basis to support each other. That was one of the huge assets my own kids had growing up: we had a small faith community we prayed with, other parents we shared our struggles in parenting with.
The hope is that faith is so much a part of your life so that you can't help but bring it up at the dinner table. You end up talking about what happened in the news or praying for people who are sick and hurting.
What would it be like for your sons and daughters if, instead of hearing the Today Show when they wake up in the morning, it was quiet and you were sitting on the couch with a candle lit and scripture in your lap, praying and meditating?
What would it be like if your son or daughter saw you doing Christian service regularly and not just because you have to as a parent to get your kid there?
I call it living faith out loud. Not letting it be a secret, but living it openly at home so your young people catch it, learn it, ask about, grow in it. That's how faith gets in them.
If we were to talk with your sons, what would they say was key for them in terms of faith?
They might acknowledge that we made many investments over the years to be sure that faith would get into them. Not just Catholic schools, but many other things. Once we changed parishes just to get a good youth minister because we knew we couldn't do it by ourselves.
Unfortunately only about 20 percent of our parishes have full-time youth ministers, who are significantly more effective than part-timers or volunteers. But people still balk at paying for them: "What are they doing all day? Are they worth the money?"
We have to make a commitment to have people in youth ministry who are trained and effective.
Where will we end up if we fail?
Here in the United States, aside from growing numbers of Hispanic Catholics, I can see us going the way of Europe, where the parish is relegated to a gray-haired minority, principally women. Or there could be a retrenchment if a significant number of bishops try to turn the church toward a regressive, clericalized Catholic enclave.
I hope there is a third way, not irrelevance and dissolution and not retrenchment, but a pioneering effort in the style of Elizabeth Ann Seton and Katharine Drexel and saints like them. They didn't have marching orders, they didn't have a script. They read the signs of the times and responded with prayer, creativity, passion, and genius, and just look at what grew out of it.
I think we're in one of those historical moments that call for saints, that call for us to step out, take courage, and take some risks. Who knows where that will lead, but it will surely be full of faith and spirit.
This article appeared in the April issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 74, No. 4).
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The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office said Tuesday the self-described "Painter of Light" died April 6 due to a combination of ethanol and Diazepam intoxication, or in common terms, alcohol and the tranquilizer often marketed as Valium.
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