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Custodian Sees More Polite Kids, Less Abusive Language
Community's Outreach to Youth Changes Their Behavior
"I know most of the kids and their parents," says Dave Arnold, head custodian at Brownstown Elementary School, in rural Brownstown, Illinois. "I was a student here, too." Being a familiar fixture in the school helps Arnold in his work with students, but he gives credit to the adults in the community for the positive changes in student behavior he's seen over the past few years.
Here are Arnold's thoughts about students in his community and their use of abusive language.
Do you have swearing in your school and how do you handle it?
Very little. This is elementary school, preK-6, but occasionally 5th or 6th graders will let go with something.
We correct them on the spot. I'll say "That's uncalled for. We don't use that language here." If they're persistent and go on with it, I'll take them down to the office and principal will tell them it's just way out of line.
Name Calling
How do you handle name calling?
That's minimal as well. A kid might be overweight and another kid will call him "Fatty" or something like that. There again, we correct them on the spot. "That's uncalled for. You wouldn't want to be called that yourself." And not really make a big deal of it and make that person feel bad, but just try to correct the kid.
If correcting students in front of other kids will take care of the problem and not embarrass them too much, and make a point with the other children, I'll do it right there.
The most likely time I'll hear something is when I'm cleaning the hallways and fountains, as the kids are coming and going to recess. They're always in a hurry, pushing and shoving and trying to get ahead. Things happen. Or I'll hear something when I'm cleaning bathrooms or locker rooms, when I'm in close proximity with them.
We're very fortunate. We see that kind of behavior in just a small percentage of the kids.
Actually, the majority of kids are more polite now than they used to be. About ten years ago, we had two high school students in a year's time commit suicide. We had alcohol and drug problems too. Adults started to wake up. We knew we had to do something. We got some projects going on in the church to attract the youth. And things improved. Over the last four years, church attendance among youth in this area has doubled. Overall, things are much better than they were.
Threatening Language
How do you handle threatening language?
Here in the elementary school, I haven't seen it.
I've seen it a couple of times in the high schoolers. Once a high school student was expelled from school and came to our school's basketball courts to confront another high school kid who was practicing here. He knew he would catch that student at that time.
He got into it with the other student. I overheard him threaten to kill him. I knew I had to act. I just took him into the office right then. He could have resisted pretty easily and made a bad situation, but he went along with me. We met with the superintendent, the principal, and called in the sheriff (he didn't do anything but put it on record, but he was on the record).
Again, I have to say things are better now—thanks to the changes we've made in the community. Providing activities for the kids, through the churches. Once one church got something started, another church did the same. We have a church way out in the country that has the biggest youth group of any church in the county. They built a fellowship hall—a big gymnasium—where kids can play basketball, hold dances, and set up tables for dinner. The kids go on canoe trips, camp out, go bowling. They started a food pantry, collecting food and clothes for needy people. So it's kids helping kids, too. It's pretty neat all right.
We've got parents who are concerned about their kids and other people's kids and they're giving 110%. It takes everybody doing their part. It's all team work.


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The puffs can be formed and chilled or frozen on baking sheets well ahead of time, then simply popped into the oven.
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- Makes about 4 dozen
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, cut into 4 pieces
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse kosher salt plus additional for sprinkling
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 4 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups (packed) grated extra-sharp white cheddar cheese
- 2/3 cup minced green onions
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Bring 1 cup water, butter, and 1/2 teaspoon salt to boil in heavy medium saucepan. Remove from heat; mix in flour. Stir over medium heat until mixture becomes slightly shiny and pulls away from sides of pan, about 3 minutes; transfer to stand mixer fitted with paddle. Add eggs 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition to form sticky dough. Mix in cheese and green onions.
- Using 2 teaspoons, form dough into 1 1/4- to 1 1/2-inch ovals; drop onto baking sheet 1 inch apart. (Can be made ahead. Wrap in plastic, then foil. Refrigerate up to 2 days or freeze up to 2 weeks.)
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Ronald D. Trainum to Patricia B. Trainum, 901 Avon Street, by deed of assumption.
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Weather Hill Homes Ltd. to Christopher E. Paine and K.E. MacGraw, 1535 Dairy Road, .066 acre, $5000.
Spencer Graham to Dennis Woodriff and Mary Ann Parr, apartment at 500 Court Square, $125,110.
Hassan and Gillian E. Gomaa to G. E. Gomma, parcel on Hartford Court in Ridgecrest subdivision, gift.
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Wright considers Headley in his realm
The Padres got their first victory of the season Thursday on runs from players batting in Chase Headley's spot and an RBI from the kid filling in at his position.
Still, the second-best third baseman in Citi Field for the season-opening series between loomed large because he didn't play.
"It's fun to play against that type of player," the Mets' David Wright, probably the best in the game at his position, said before the Padres won 2-1 in the series finale. "From a third base standpoint, I was disappointed. From a team standpoint, I wasn't disappointed."
The Padres were able to salvage a game because starting pitcher Eric Stults is a gem they found underneath a rock, they strung together three hits in the fourth inning, including a double by Jedd Gyorko driving in Mark Kotsay, and Chris Denorfia scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the eighth.
But our hometown nine totaled 16 hits and were outscored 20-8 in a three-game series here, and we know now what we knew before the season started.
That is, the Padres face a rough time with Headley sidelined at least the season's first 2½ weeks with a fractured tip of his thumb.
"I've always kind of been a fan of the good third basemen in the game," Wright said. "Chase is right up there. I envy his ability to switch hit … I enjoy watching him play, because he does everything in the game well."
The Padres would like to believe Headley is something of a late-blooming David Wright -- an excellent fielder who can year after year hit for power and average, as well as a nice guy who can be a franchise's featured face.
If so, they're blessed.
And they're in trouble.
I stood on the field Opening Day with Padres Executive Chairman Ron Fowler, pointed toward third base and told him I was fascinated to see how his team goes about keeping Headley. And when I said fascinated, I really meant incredulous, even skeptical.
Fowler picked up on the tone.
"I'm not going to get into specifics of how we're going to do it," he said. "But I can guarantee you we'll make a long-term offer."
It's the sort of statement that sounds strong. And I believe it is intentioned that way.
But what does it mean and what does it matter?
Admiration for what the first two generation of baseball O'Malleys did makes me want to give benefit of doubt to the third generation. They're interested in not only restoring the Padres but preserving their family name.
Just because John Moores was disinterested and Jeff Moorad was in over his head doesn't mean this ownership group will fail.
I'm willing to give the new owners a year to make more moves.
But not making every effort to keep Headley would be unacceptable.
What "every effort" means, should Headley perform at a level approaching last year's 31 home runs and National League-leading 115 RBI, is an offer for something like $15 million a year.
The measure is a seven-year extension Wright signed last year that will pay him $122 million between 2014 and 2020. That's in addition to the $16 million Wright is making this year.
At first, it seems preposterous to compare Headley to Wright. A great half-season and a pretty good couple seasons do not equate to Wright's accomplishments.
Last year's National League-leading 115 RBI marked the first time Headley has driven in 100 runs. Wright has five seasons with more than 100 RBI.
Headley's 31 home runs topped his previous high by 19. Wright has hit at least 29 homers three times.
Headley's career average is .273, which includes a .287 clip the past two seasons. Wright has bettered .300 in six of his eight seasons.
Headley, who turns 29 next month, is promising, for sure. He finally did last year what he'd shown flashes of for portions four previous seasons. His was a big jump, not a leap from nowhere. There is a difference.
"You see what he's done and what he's capable of," Wright said. "I'm no scout, but he can play. He's just starting to scratch the surface of what he can do … And he's already established himself as one of the best third basemen in the game."
That said, Wright is just 17 months Headley's elder and is already the Mets' all-time leader in hits, runs, walks and RBI, and a six-time all-star.
"I don't think it's fair for me or anyone to put me in that category after just one year," Headley said.
But ridiculous is what ridiculous does. And baseball economics are ridiculous.
If Headley's 2013 approaches his 2012, he might as well have been to a half-dozen All-Star games as far as a new contract is concerned.
Headley's resume is shorter than Wright's, but his skill set is comparable, and that will be exciting to plenty of suitors.
Wright begrudges Headley nothing and predicts plenty.
"You look around and see there is a great need for third basemen," Wright said. "When you look at the markets that are in the hunt for third basemen, it makes that kind of player extremely desirable. I think he's earned the position he's in."
One of those markets looking to fill the hot corner is in Los Angeles. And the Dodgers have some coin.
Can you imagine?
Let's not.
Even if it is difficult to imagine how the Padres keep him.
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There is a mod for phpbb that allows for sub-forums, that is seperate forums contained within a forum classifier. When you click on the forum link on the index, your taken to a list of the sub-forums that are related.
I'm proposing this because as you know there's a 'dispute' or rather a subjective understanding of scifi and science documentary, and instead of being exclusive, the content can then be filtered out into one of several subcategories.
If you do not want content that isn't specifically definable as scifi, as some users have posted, then please vote no and/or specify any other preference.
If you would like this, we need to devise some suitable subforums for documentaries.
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Jack Gerard
Jack Gerard has served as President and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute since November, 2008. Gerard was born and raised in Idaho, moving to George Washington University to obtain a B.A. in Political Science and a subsequent law degree.
Prior to assuming his current position at API, Jack Gerard worked as the President of the American Chemistry Council from 2005-2008 and before that as the President of the National Mining Association from 2001-2005. Gerard obtained his initial political foothold throughout the 1980s while working for Representative George Hansen (R-ID) and Senator James McClure (R-ID), chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
According to Fortune, Gerard's position as Big Oil's top lobbyist gives him "unprecedented direct and regular access to the CEOs of his most important member companies, including ExxonMobil's former CEO Rex Tillerson and ConocoPhillips' James Mulva."
Gerard's salary was $6.4 million in 2010, among the very top compensation figures among nonprofit executives as well as among DC professionals. The Washington Post quoted API employees referring to Jack Gerard as "a political animal," a "hard-nosed guy," and "Voldemort." Upon taking over API's top leadership position, Gerard quickly cut expenditures by firing employees. The Post also wrote, "some lobbyists say Gerard is doing exactly what Big Oil expects of him, taking flak on controversial issues while corporate executives end up looking reasonable and moderate by comparison."
"When industries are confronted by challenges, they tend to get shellshocked and step back into the foxhole. [...] My philosophy is the opposite. Industries need someone to step forward and make the case when people don't understand them. [...] Because there's a lot of anxiety in the Congress about the industry, we have to step forward and be compelling in our advocacy. It's not a time to be bashful. The more transparent the discussion, the better off we'll be."
-Washington Post, June 17, 2008
"To be clear, API will provide the up-front resources [for its Energy Citizens rallies] to ensure logistical issues do not become a problem."
"[W]e don't want critics to know our game plan."
-Leaked memo from Gerard to API affiliates, August 12, 2009
"What we've learned is that the public probably doesn't understand or appreciate us as much as we'd like them to."
-Politico, July 21, 2009
"[EPA Endangerment Finding] action poses a threat to every American family and business if it leads to regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Such regulation would be intrusive, inefficient, and excessively costly."
-Reuters, December 7, 2009
"We have always encouraged our employees to engage in political activities."
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As the premier lobbying organization for the oil and gas industry, Jack Gerard has overseen $30 million in federal lobbying expenditures over the from 2007 to 2011 (quarter 3). While Jack Gerard says "energy is not about Republicans, not about Democrats," 70% of API's political donations go to Republicans.
In the summer of 2010, after Gerard took a weeklong international trip (focused on adoption) with Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA), the Senator blocked an appointment by the Obama administration in order to hasten the lift of an offshore drilling moratorium put in place following the BP Deepwater Horizon oil gusher.
Gerard is close to 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R-MA), a fellow Mormon. Gerard's family has donated over $7,000 to the Romney 2012 campaign, noting that the Romney's "have asked us to support them, and we have."
Jack Gerard has lobbied at the White House at least twice since President Obama took office, including againist Ozone (smog) regulations alongside high-ranking members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the NPRA (now AFPM--American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers), the National Association of Manufacturers, and the American Chemistry Council, speaking directly to top administration officials, such as Cass Sunstein at OMB's information and regulatory affairs division and EPA's Gina McCarthy. The White House ordered EPA not to enforce the Ozone rule less than a month after the meeting.
In March 2010, after President Obama urged Congress to end billions in annual taxpayer handouts to the oil industry, Gerard claimed that the President was trying to "punish the oil and natural gas industry through tax policy." The top five oil and gas companies operating in the U.S., which are all API members, have made profits of over one trillion dollars in the last ten years.
'Energy Citizens' Leaked Memo:
A leaked memo written by Jack Gerard in August, 2009 revealed that API, in cooperation with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers was coordinating "Energy Citizens" rallies as a way to increase political pressure against climate and energy legislation. This effort to create an apparent network of anti-climate legislation grassroots activists was funded directly by the oil and gas industry, and industry workers were actually bused to rallies by employers such as Chevron. The majority of these rallies were organized by oil industry lobbyists.
Vote 4 Energy advertising campaign:
API's new 2012 Vote 4 Energy is a continuation of the Energy Citizens astroturf campaign. Vote 4 Energy was launched to make it appear that there is widespread support for the oil industry's priorities, namely approval of the tar sands Keystone XL pipeline, offshore Arctic drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking). When Jack Gerard publicly launched Vote 4 Energy with his 2012 "State of American Energy" speech. At the event, Gerard claimed the campaign was nonpartisan, (despite overwhelming support for Republicans from oil companies) and avoided answering questions about the US recently becoming a net oil and gas exporter. Gerard also continued to exaggerate job creation figures from the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, and continues to blame the Obama administration for offshore drilling restrictions, ignoring a continuing rise in development of offshore wells and again making inaccurate claims on job impacts. The five largest members of the American Petroleum Institute (ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Shell and ConocoPhillips) get $2 billion in annual taxpayer subsidies and profited over $100 billion in the first three quarters of 2011.
Gas Prices and the President
Despite repeated statements from industry analysts dismissing oil industry claims that the president is responsible for high gas prices, Jack Gerard has repeatedly encouraged the rumor in public statements and Congressional testimony.
Exaggerating Job Creation Statistics
API and CEO Jack Gerard have repeatedly circulated a false job creation figure of 20,000 workers for the proposed Keystone, as opposed to estimates of 6,000 or less by the U.S. State Department and Cornell University, as well as a Greenpeace discovery that US job estimates on the were 67% higher per mile of US pipeline as opposed to numbers provided to the Canadian government. While one of API's main publicity claims is the oil industry's support for 9.2 million jobs, this inflated figure "includes not only legitimate direct and indirect jobs but more remote 'induced' jobs that the API has listed as including everything from day-care workers to valets to rocket scientists."


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For some, the 10 percent RES does not go far enough. The group "Michigan Energy, Michigan Jobs" has filed an initiative petition often referred to as "25 x 25" and slated to appear on the Nov. 6 ballot as Proposal 3. Proposal 3 would amend the Michigan Constitution to require electricity providers to increase the percentage of their annual retail electricity sales generated by "renewable electric energy sources" to 25 percent by 2025. These energy sources are broadly defined as "wind, solar, biomass and hydropower." The initiative directs that the resulting program "shall be implemented incrementally and in a manner that fosters a diversity of energy generation technologies."[16]
The initiative ostensibly encourages investment inside the state, stating, "Facilities used for satisfying the standard shall be located within Michigan or within the retail customer service territory of any … [major] utility operating in Michigan."[17] The initiative also directs, "The legislature shall enact laws to promote and encourage the employment of Michigan residents and the use of equipment manufactured in Michigan in the production and distribution of electricity derived from clean renewable electric energy sources."
The proposal also states, "To protect consumers, compliance with the clean renewable electric energy standard shall not cause rates charged by electricity providers to increase by more than 1% in any year."[18]
Note that here, as with the current 10 percent RES, the cost cap applies only to the cost attributable to compliance with the RES. A consumer's bill would be permitted to rise by more than 1 percent as long as the amount considered attributable to the RES was less than 1 percent.


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Kevin, Co-Founder of MapMyFitness, created the original MapMyRun to help him map and record the runs he completed over the course of training for his first marathon. In 2006, he teamed up with Jeff Kalikstein and Robin Thurston to form MapMyFitness, and envisioned the launch of a wide variety of fitness-related websites aimed at empowering individuals to live healthy and active lifestyles. Before his foray into the fitness industry, Kevin was Lead Architect at SiteLab, VP Technology at Universal Travel Insurance, Director of Development at PopStick. Kevin attended Johns Hopkins, where he received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.
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"So we, being many, are one body in Christ …" Romans 12:5
Pastor Tolan J. Morgan Sr. and the New St. Paul Baptist Church cordially invite you to attend the 2012 Unity Conference on Tuesday, July 24- Friday, July 27, 2012 on the campus of New St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church located at 21050 Ascension Ave. Warren, MI 48089. The 2012 Unity Conference will allow you to experience life-enhancing workshops for people of all ages from 6:30 pm-7:30 pm, & worships beginning at 7:45 pm. Tuesday, July 24th through July 27th, the guest evangelist will be Pastor Timothy Glynn from Mt. Olive Baptist Church of Ft. Worth TX., Evangelist Miranda Pope from Perfecting Church of Detroit, and Pastor Maurice Watson from Beaulahland Bible Church of Macon, GA. On Friday, July 27th@7:00pm, to close out the 2012 Unity Conference, Sunday Best & Grammy Award winner, Le'Andria Johnson will be the special guest for the GenerationXplosion.
The 2012 Unity Conference will also include workshops entitled:
"Mind your Business" which will be facilitated by Terry Payne, Local Multi Business Owner on July 24th & July 25th from 6:30pm to 7:30pm.
"Developing A Wealthy Conscience" facilitated by Rose Grant, Asst. VP of Fifth Third Bank. Session will be held on July 24th & July 25th from 6:30pm to 7:30pm
"We Got Next" This workshop will be an empowerment session for youth ages 5-17, influencing their decisions on making good choices. Session will be on July 24th, from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm.
"A family that Talks Together", Facilitated by Kim Logan-Nowlin PH.D. Session will be held on July 26th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.
"The Legacy Continues" Facilitated by Atty. Duane Johnson, ESQ.. Session will be held on July 26th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.
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Snapshots from Germany: Bread Bakeries
You can buy excellent bread all over Berlin. A string of organic specialty bakeries have recently sprung up across town. They all bake bread in the traditional, time-consuming manner. Take the "Hofpfisterei" a small bakery chain from Munich, 100% organic and producing some of the best dark farmer rye bread (dunkles Bauernbrot) without any preservatives. Just rye and wheat flour added to water and salt! It's an admirable dedication to simplicity mirrored also in the German tradition of beer brewing.
An increasingly popular trend is for young people, especially in the Prenzlauerberg neighborhood of Berlin, to bake their own organic bread. Couples will meet up on weekends with their trolleys, babies, and organic veggies to see and be seen around the Kollwitzplatz, a hipster-filled park area with an über abundance of politically correct fair trade organic food shops nearby selling delicious fresh-baked bread. (You'll meet very few Berliners here, mostly just tourists complaining about other tourists.)
For the best bread, I recommend the many Berliner weekend markets. Must-try German breads include the famous salty Laugen Brezel (pretzel) which you'll want to accompany your beer, aka liquid bread. The dark brown gorgeous looking sourdough-based Pumpernickel from Westphalia is another distinct German bread often used for hors d'oeuvres.
The most popular German bread must be the plain-looking and tasting Brötchen (white breadroll), eaten for breakfast with jam and for lunch with butter and slices of cheese or salami, or simply served beside your wurst (sausage). I always use three-day-old pretzel bread in my meatballs and for my knödle (German potato and bread dumpling).
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When asked by Terrell Davis on NFL Network's "NFL AM" on Wednesday whether or not he thought Dolphins teammate Lamar Miller was a 25-carry-per-game running back, Hartline kicked it to the coaches.
"Luckily, at this point in my career, I don't have to make those decisions," Hartline said.
That isn't exactly a ringing endorsement of the most talented running back on the roster. After five weeks, the Dolphins seemingly are at the same place they were during training camp.
"I would say our coaches are really wanting one of the guys to step up," Hartline continued. "You want someone to take the bull by the reins, and the coaches feel like that hasn't happened yet. So, until that happens, we are going to see multiple guys coming out of the backfield."
Miller carried the ball just seven times for 15 yards in Sunday's loss to the Baltimore Ravens, and he hasn't carried it more than 14 times in a game this season.
The running back hasn't made the leap this year, but it hasn't all been on him. The porous offensive line has failed to do its job, which likely is why the Dolphins sit in the bottom five of the league in rushing attempts (95).
The Dolphins rarely have run the ball 25 times in a game as a team this year, let alone one player. It's not a great sign that we've reached Week 6, and Miller hasn't done enough for his teammates to declare him "the man."
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World War I nurse and amateur sleuth Bess Crawford matches wits with a devious killer in this exciting and suspenseful adventure from New York Times best-selling author Charles Todd.
In the spring of 1918, the Spanish flu epidemic spreads, killing millions of soldiers and civilians across the globe. Overwhelmed by the constant flow of wounded soldiers coming from the French front, battlefield nurse Bess Crawford must now contend with hundreds of influenza patients as well.
However, war and disease are not the only killers to strike. Bess discovers, concealed among the dead waiting for burial, the body of an officer who has been murdered. Though she is devoted to all her patients, this soldier's death touches her deeply. Not only did the man serve in her father's former regiment, he was also a family friend.
Before she can report the terrible news, Bess falls ill, the latest victim of the flu. By the time she recovers, the murdered officer has been buried, and the only other person who saw the body has hanged himself. Or did he?
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Mass. Residents Disappointed O'Malley Was Bypassed For Pope
Clergy sex abuse victim Bernie McDaid's prediction days ago that Cardinal Sean O'Malley would be the new pope turned out to be flat wrong, and he admitted Wednesday that it was a letdown.
McDaid said the election of the Boston cardinal, who reached out to him and other clergy abuse victims to arrange a secret 2008 meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, would have signaled a church ready to finally reckon with its abuse problem.
Instead, Argentine Jorge Bergoglio was made pope on Wednesday, and McDaid said he sees a Catholic Church more interested in uniting its hierarchy.
"They're putting their problems first again, instead of the real problem that's causing the disruption, which is the child sex abuse, which they still haven't worked through," McDaid said.
But former Boston Mayor and U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Ray Flynn said the humble Bergoglio, a Jesuit, is similar to O'Malley. In the end, Flynn said, the heavy buzz around O'Malley gave the world a chance to know him and his work.
"I thought he brought great pride and recognition to the city of Boston and the United States," he said.
O'Malley, a Capuchin Franciscan, came to Boston in 2003, succeeding Cardinal Bernard Law. (Law, at 81, was too old to vote in the papal conclave.) O'Malley wasn't considered a serious contender when he left for Rome. But his plain style and reputation for cleaning up dioceses plagued by sex abuse scandals caught the Italian media's attention. In the days before the election, O'Malley's name was being floated among the favorites.
Boston College theology professor Thomas Groome said there's no doubt the support for O'Malley was more than media hype. He was seen as an authentic and holy man and perhaps also appealing because he probably didn't want the job, Groome said.
"I'd put my life on it that there's nobody more relieved in Rome right now than Sean O'Malley," he said.
At age 68, and with Bergoglio at 76, O'Malley is young enough to contend in the next conclave, Groome said.
"The O'Malley issue is not over and done with," he said.
Mitchell Garabedian, an attorney for sex abuse victims, said O'Malley's reputation for healing wounded dioceses is vastly overstated. In fact, he said, O'Malley has worked to obscure the abuse problem in Boston, such as by refusing to release a full list of abusive priests in the archdiocese by not including priests who belong to religious orders.
O'Malley is a "company man" and wouldn't have been an advocate for sex abuse victims as pope, he said.
"Cardinal O'Malley is skilled at sweeping clergy sex abuse matters under the rug," he said.
But former priest Bernie Sullivan, who knew O'Malley when he led the Diocese of Fall River and Sullivan edited the local newspaper, said O'Malley was just what the church needed.
Sullivan recalls O'Malley as so unassuming that at their first meeting they met at a second-rate restaurant and O'Malley was excited to have a coupon to defray the cost of their tuna melts. Sullivan also said O'Malley never held it against him that he left the priesthood and in fact held a regular dinner for former priests.
"I think the church could use the virtue of kindness, of simple kindness," Sullivan said.
O'Malley thanked God for the selection of Bergoglio, who became the first pontiff from the Americas and chose the name Francis.
"We pray that the Holy Spirit, who led us to choose the Holy Father, will guide him in witnessing the eternal truths of our faith," O'Malley said.
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Notes & Outlines NUMBERS"By Dr. J. Vernon McGee © Thru the Bible Radio Network,http://www.ttb.org. "
NUMBERS(Called Arithmoi in the Septuagint, meaning "Arithmetic") (Audio index:MCGEECOMMENTARYAUDIO Numbers )
WRITER: Moses (see outline of Genesis)
THEME: "PILGRIM'S PROGRESS" — walking, wander- ing, working, warring, witnessing, and worshiping. It is a hand- book for pilgrims. "Chart and compass come from Thee." It is a road map for the wilderness of this world.
For whatever things were written in earlier times were written for our learning, that we, through patience and comfort of the scriptures, might have hope. ( kjv@Romans:15:4)
Now all these things happened unto them for examples, and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come. ( kjv@1Corinthians:10:11)
These all died in faith, not having received the promises but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and con- fessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. ( kjv@Hebrews:11:13)
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pil- grims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul. ( kjv@1Peter:2:11)
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. ( kjv@John:17:14,15)
FORWARD MARCH: In the Book of Numbers, we see the children of Israel depart from Mt. Sinai and march to Kadesh-barnea. At Kadesh-barnea, the attitude of unbelief is crystallized into actual disobedience. The light is focused on faith, and they failed. "So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief" ( kjv@Hebrews:3:19). After Kadesh-barnea, they began to wander until that entire generation died in the wilderness (two notable exceptions were Joshua and Caleb). The years of wandering were a veritable saga of suffering, a trek of tragedy, and a story of straying.
Numbers gets its name from the two censuses recorded in chapters kjv@Numbers:1 and kjv@Numbers:26. C. H. Mackintosh called it "a divine history of the wanderings of the Israelites in the wilderness for about 38 years and 10 months, commencing with the first movement of the camp after the tabernacle was reared."
KEY PASSAGE: kjv@Numbers:14:29-31
Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me, doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore to make you dwell therein, except Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun. But your little ones, whom ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
These verses outline the experiences of the children of Israel during the time of wandering until the new generation came to the east bank of the Jordan in the land of Moab.
It was 150 to 200 miles from Mt. Sinai to Kadesh-barnea — a journey in that time of 11 days (Deuteronomy 1:2). They spent 30 days at Kibroth. That means they spent 40 years on a jour- ney that should have taken 40 days. At Kadesh-barnea, walking was turned to wandering. They did not advance an inch after Kadesh-barnea; at the end of the wanderings they came back to the same place ( kjv@Numbers:20:1).
That their number was decimated is seen by a comparison of the two censuses:
603,550 fighting men ( kjv@Numbers:1:46) 601,730 fighting men ( kjv@Numbers:26:51) 1,820 loss (They were told to "be fruitful and multiply.")
The census in the first chapter furnishes a yardstick by which a total figure can be estimated. Dr. Melvin Grove Kyle gave to his students this approximation, which he considered a conser- vative figure.
600,000 fighting men ( kjv@Numbers:1:46) 400,000 women 200,000 older men 800,000 children 100,000 mixed multitude 2,100,000 TOTAL (tribe of Levi not included) From Egypt to Mt. Sinai The first 10 chapters deal with the order of the camp. Israel was not a mob crossing the desert. Every man had to know who he was and where he belonged in the camp.
From Mt. Sinai Onward The tabernacle was the center of the camp, and the twelve tribes were arranged according to the situation of the tabernacle. They marched according to their position. The tribe of Levi was directly around the tabernacle according to their families.
HOW ISRAEL ENCAMPED ON WILDERNESS MARCH CHART OF CAMP 12 Tribes of Israel NORTH DAN (Eagle) ASHER NAPHTALI TRIBE OF LEVI MERARI (3200) T EPHRAIM (Ox) MANASSEH BENJAMIN E A S T KOHATH (2750) Total — (8580) REUBEN (Man) SIMEON GAD SOUTH The 40 years of wandering and the unbelief at Kadesh-barnea are not recorded in the "faith" chapter of Hebrews (chapter 11). The record of their unbelief is recorded in Hebrews kjv@3:7-19. This is the "doubting chapter." S E W AARON MOSES GERSHON (2630) TABERNACLE JUDAH (Lion) ISSACHAR ZEBULUN
The years of wandering were not exactly wasted. God taught them many precious lessons during this period — among them:
1. The rebellion of Korahled to the confirmation of the priesthood of Aaron by the budding of the almond rod. This has become a pic- ture of the priesthood of Christ, which is based on His resurrection.
2. The offering of the red heiferin chapter kjv@Numbers:19 sets forth the method God uses to keep believers clean. Chapters kjv@Numbers:16 through 19 all have to do with the priesthood. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanseth us from all sin. ( kjv@1John:1:7)
3. The constant complaining of the people led to the judgment by serpents and the provision of the serpent of brass as the remedy. This teaches us that Christ was made sin for us. kjv@Numbers:22-25 gives us the account of Balaam, one of the bad men of the Bible, a rogue of revelation, a scoundrel of Scripture, a villain of the volume. He was a strange character. He was a heathen prophet with magical powers ( kjv@Numbers:22:6). He is specifically labeled a soothsayer ( kjv@Joshua:13:22). He received the rewards of "divination" ( kjv@Numbers:22:7). He confessed that he used these methods ( kjv@Numbers:23:23).
He gave four of the most remarkable prophecies in the Scriptures regarding Israel: 1st prophecy — kjv@Numbers:23:8-10 2nd prophecy — kjv@Numbers:23:20-24 3rd prophecy — kjv@Numbers:24:5-9 4th prophecy — kjv@Numbers:24:17-24 (This is a source from which the wise men could have known about the star.)
Balaam had some knowledge of God, and God used him ( kjv@Numbers:22:9, kjv@Numbers:22:20, kjv@Numbers:22:22, kjv@Numbers:22:31). He is a strange anomaly. The Scriptures have a great deal to say about him — see kjv@Numbers:31:16; kjv@Deuteronomy:23:4-5; kjv@Joshua:13:22; kjv@Joshua:24:9-10; kjv@Nehemiah:13:2; kjv@Micah:6:5; kjv@2Peter:2:15; kjv@Jude:1:11; kjv@Revelation:2:14. Every preacher of any consequence has preached on Balaam. Here are a few observations from some of these men. Bishop Butler: "Self-deception — Balaam persuaded himself that his sin could be brought into rules of conscience and revelation." Cardinal Newman: "The dark shadow cast over a noble course by standing always on the ladder of advancement and by the suspense of a worldly ambition never satisfied." Charles Spurgeon: "Double-minded man — he could see the right, and yet his lower nature turned him from it." B. H. Carroll: "He had but one real mind — greed and power. Religion — a stalking-horse."
Scripture distinguishes between the way of Balaam, the error of Balaam, and the doctrine of Balaam: "The way of Balaam" ( kjv@2Peter:2:15) was that he prostituted his gift for gain, he was covetous, he commercialized his office. "The error of Balaam" ( kjv@Jude:1:11) was that he concluded a righteous God must curse Israel. He was unaware of the grace of God revealed in God's redemption of Israel out of Egypt. "The doctrine of Balaam" ( kjv@Revelation:2:14) was his counsel to Balak. Finding that he could not curse Israel, he showed Balak how to break down the wall of separation by marriage with women of Moab ( kjv@Numbers:31:15-16). At chapter kjv@Numbers:26, the new generation has come of age. The gen- eration that came out of Egypt has died in the wilderness. Preparation is made for entering the promised land.
I. Fitting out the nation Israel for wilderness march, Chapters kjv@Numbers:1-8 (Preparation for the pilgrimage)
A. Order of the camp, Chapters kjv@Numbers:1-4 "Let everything be done...in order."
1. First census, Chapter kjv@Numbers:1 (603,550 of those able to go to war [ kjv@Numbers::3]. Probably 2 1/2 million came out of Egypt.) An Israelite must be able to declare his pedigree, know who he is in order to serve and fight. A Christian must know his pedigree — "Now are we the children of God" ( kjv@1John:3:2).
2. Standards and position of the 12 tribes on wilderness march, Chapter kjv@Numbers:2 They had to know where they belonged (see chart) and rally around their standard. Each had his God-appointed place and service.
3. Census, position, and service of Levites on wilderness march, Chapter kjv@Numbers:3 (Census of firstborn)
a. Aaron and Moses, kjv@Numbers:3:1-4
b. Tribe of Levi given to Aaron, kjv@Numbers:3:5-13 (cf. kjv@John:17:6, kjv@John:17:9)
c. Three families of Levi, kjv@Numbers:3:14-20
d. Gershon — in charge of curtains, coverings, and cords, kjv@Numbers:3:21-26
e. Kohath — in charge of articles of furniture, kjv@Numbers:3:27-32
f. Merari — in charge of boards, bars, pillars, sockets, and vessels, kjv@Numbers:3:33-37 g. Total of Levites (22,000), kjv@Numbers:3:38-39
h. Census of firstborn of all Israel (22,273), kjv@Numbers:3:40-51 4. Service of Levites about the tabernacle, Chapter kjv@Numbers:4 (census of Levites [ages 30-50] for service)
B. Cleansing the camp, Chapters kjv@Numbers:5-8 (Reason: "Our God is a consuming fire" ( kjv@Hebrews:12:29))
1. Restitution and jealousy offering, Chapter kjv@Numbers:5
a. Defilement by disease and death, kjv@Numbers:5:1-4 For the Christian, lepers represent the flesh; the dead represent the world.
b. Restitution, kjv@Numbers:5:5-10 Repentance is more than saying, "I am sorry" ( kjv@2Corinthians:7:10).
c. Jealousy offering, kjv@Numbers:5:11-31 "I am a jealous God." 2. Vow of the Nazarite: the triune blessing, Chapter kjv@Numbers:6 a. Nazarite vow, kjv@Numbers:6:1-21 Voluntary and temporary
(1) Not to drink wine or strong drink, kjv@Numbers:6:3 His joy is to be in the Lord.
(2) Not to shave head, kjv@Numbers:6:5 He is to bear shame ( kjv@1Corinthians:11:14).
(3) Not to touch dead body, kjv@Numbers:6:7 He is to forsake father and mother.
b. Triune blessing, kjv@Numbers:6:22-27 3. Gifts of the princes, Chapter kjv@Numbers:7 All give the same. The smallest gift is recorded.
4. Light of lampstand and laver for Levites, Chapter kjv@Numbers:8 a. Light of lampstand, kjv@Numbers:8:1-4 (Walking in the Light b. Levites cleansed, kjv@Numbers:8:5-26 The Christian's cleansing is by the Word.
II. Forward March!, Chapters kjv@Numbers:9-10
A. Passover and covering cloud, Chapter kjv@Numbers:9
1. Passover observed by all on wilderness march, kjv@Numbers:9:1-14
2. Pillar of cloud by day; pillar of fire by night, kjv@Numbers:9:15-23
B. Silver trumpets, Chapter kjv@Numbers:10:1-10 (Used for moving Israel on wilderness march and calling an assembly)
C. Forward March! Order of march, Chapter kjv@Numbers:10:11-32 (See chart.) D. Halt!, kjv@Numbers:10:33-36
III. From Sinai to Kadesh, Chapters kjv@Numbers:11-12
A. Complaining and murmuring of people displeasing to the Lord, Chapter kjv@Numbers:11 Complaining is initiated by the "mixed multitude" ( kjv@Numbers:11:4-6). God provides quail because of dissatisfaction with manna ( kjv@Numbers:11:31). When Moses complains, God permits the appointment of elders ( kjv@Numbers:11:16).
B. Jealousy of Miriam and Aaron; judgment of Miriam, Chapter kjv@Numbers:12 (Rebellion in high places, an infection which delays the march)
IV. Failure at Kadesh, Chapters kjv@Numbers:13-14 (Place of decision; great breach of the covenant)
A. Spies chosen and sent into land of Canaan; return and report, Chapter kjv@Numbers:13
1. Cause for sending spies (cf. kjv@Deuteronomy:1:22), kjv@Numbers:13:1-3
2. Choice of spies, kjv@Numbers:13:4-16
3. Commission of spies, kjv@Numbers:13:17-20
4. Conduct of spies, kjv@Numbers:13:21-25 (Did a thorough job)
5. Confirmation of facts, kjv@Numbers:13:26-27
6. Misinterpretation of facts, kjv@Numbers:13:28-29; kjv@NUmbers:13:31-33 (Majority report: giants vs. grasshoppers)
7. Right interpretation of facts, kjv@Numbers:13:30 (Minority report: reliance upon God)
B. Israel refuses to enter because of unbelief, Chapter kjv@Numbers:14 "So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief" kjv@Hebrews:3:19).
V. Faltering, fumbling and fussing through the wilderness, Chapters kjv@Numbers:15-25 (Silent years — only 4 incidents recorded — no connected history: 1 log, kjv@Numbers:33:19-37; 2 did not circumcise children, kjv@Joshua:5:5-6; 3 did not offer sacrifices to God, kjv@Amos:5:25-26; 4 worshiped idols, kjv@Acts:7:42-43.)
A. Delay God's blessing; do not destroy God's purpose, Chapter kjv@Numbers:15 God goes forward; the people go backward. He gives rules for the land. God said they would enter — it was as good as done. Thirty-eight years later, Israel, in new generation, enters land. These are the children that the fathers thought might perish kjv@Numbers:14:31). (Death penalty for breaking sabbath, kjv@Numbers:15:32-36. Do all commandments carry death penalty?)
B. Incidents relating to the priesthood, Chapters kjv@Numbers:16-19
1. Gainsaying of Korah, Chapter kjv@Numbers:16 5th murmuring, kjv@Numbers:16:1-3 Rebellion against divinely constituted authority. Korah, a man of great authority, has his place in the camp; Moses has his. Rebellion must be dealt with. 6th murmuring, kjv@Numbers:16:41 Judgment is stayed by Moses.
2. Aaron's rod that budded, Chapter kjv@Numbers:17 Office of Aaron is attested by resurrection ( kjv@Numbers:17:8). Christ is priest after order of Melchizedec, established as priest after His resurrection from the dead.
3. Confirmation of priesthood, Chapter kjv@Numbers:18 (Charge and position of Aaron and Levites) Levites receive tithes and give tithes ( kjv@Numbers:18:26).
4. Offering and ashes of red heifer, Chapter kjv@Numbers:19 (Purpose: cleansing the redeemed, cf. kjv@Galatians:6:1)
5. Deaths of Miriam and Aaron; water from the rock, Chapter kjv@Numbers:20 a. At Kadesh again (after 37 years), kjv@Numbers:20:1
b. 7th murmuring, kjv@Numbers:20:2-6
c. Water from rock; disobedience of Moses, kjv@Numbers:20:7-13
d. Edom refuses Israel passage through their land, kjv@Numbers:20:14-21 e. Death of Aaron, kjv@Numbers:20:22-29
6. First victory of Israel; first song; serpent of brass, Chapter kjv@Numbers:21 a. 8th murmuring, kjv@Numbers:21:5
b. Serpent of brass, kjv@Numbers:21:9 (cf. kjv@John:3:14)
c. Israel sings, kjv@Numbers:21:17
7. The prophet Balaam, Chapters kjv@Numbers:22-25 a. "The way of Balaam" — covetousness, (cf. kjv@2Peter:2:15-16), kjv@Numbers:22 b. "The error of Balaam" — ignorance of God's righteousness (cf. kjv@Romans:8:31-34), kjv@Numbers:23 c. "The doctrine of Balaam" — fornication with Moabites; embrace their idolatry, kjv@Numbers:24, kjv@Numbers:25
VI. Future (new) generation prepares to enter land, Chapters kjv@Numbers:26-36
A. Census of new generation ( kjv@Numbers::64), Chapter kjv@Numbers:26 Less than first census (cf. kjv@Numbers:1:46 with kjv@Numbers:26:51)
B. Woman's place under law, Chapter kjv@Numbers:27 Daughters of Zelophehad claim possession of their father. Moses appeals to God for a decision. God grants their request.
C. The law of offerings, Chapters kjv@Numbers:28-29 The offerings illustrate the abiding preciousness of Christ, what God thinks of Christ. True worship is thinking God's thoughts after Him.
D. Law of vows, Chapter kjv@Numbers:30 A vow is inviolate. A woman's vow depends upon her father or husband. The vow of a widow or divorced woman must stand.
E. Judgment of Midian, Chapter kjv@Numbers:31 (Moses' last act) Midian in the wilderness is a type of the world. The Christian is to be separated from the world (cf. kjv@Galatians:6:14; kjv@1John:2:15-17).
F. Reuben and Gad ask for land on wrong side of Jordan, Chapter kjv@Numbers:32 Jordan is a type of death and resurrection of Christ.
G. Log of the journeys, Chapter kjv@Numbers:33
H. Borders of promised land, Chapter kjv@Numbers:34
I. Cities of refuge given to Levites, Chapter kjv@Numbers:35 (To be used as refuge for manslayers)
J. Law of land regarding inheritance, Chapter kjv@Numbers:36 (Land to remain in tribe and family)
RECOMMENDED BOOKS: Epp, Theodore H. Moses. Lincoln, Nebraska: Back to the Bible Broadcast, 1975. Gaebelein, Arno C. Annotated Bible, vol. 1. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, n.d. Grant, F. W. Numerical Bible. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1891. Gray, James M. Synthetic Bible Studies. Westwood, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1906. Heslop, W. G. Nuggets from Numbers. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel Publications, 1958. Hvey, F. B., Jr. Numbers. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, Publishing House, 1981. Jensen, Irving L. Numbers: Journey to God's Rest-Land. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, n.d. Jensen, Irving L. Numbers & Deuteronomy — Self Study Guide. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, n.d. Kelly, William. Lectures Introductory to the Pentateuch. Oak Park, Illinois: Bible Truth Publishers, 1870. Mackintosh, C. H. (C.H.M.). Notes on the Pentateuch. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1880. (Excellent devotional study.) Meyer, F. B. Moses: The Servant of God. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: Christian Literature Crusade, n.d. Noordtzij, A. Numbers. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, Publishing House, 1983. Thomas, W. H. Griffith. Through the Pentateuch Chapter by Chapter. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1957. (Excellent summary.) Unger, Merrill F. Unger's Bible Handbook. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1966. Unger, Merrill F. Unger's Commentary on the Old Testament, Vol. 1. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1981.
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This Is Your Brain Online
Jan 12, 2012 12:53 PM PT
Too many hours of Internet use might actually change your brain. Researchers in China have concluded that those who are addicted to the Internet may experience changes in the brain that are similar to those seen in individuals hooked on drugs or alcohol.
A research team lead by Hao Lei of the Chinese Academy of Sciences used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to scan the brains of 35 male and female adolescents. Seventeen members of the group were classified as having Internet addiction disorder (IAD), based on interviews about their behavior.
In the brain scans of those adolescents with IAD, there were changes in the white matter of the brain, the area that contains nerve fibers. There was evidence of disruption to the connections in the nerve fibers that connect brain areas involved in emotions, decision making and self-control. The changes appeared similar to those seen in brains scans of individuals addicted to alcohol, cocaine, heroin and other drugs, the researchers noted.
The study's findings were published in the scientific journal PLoS ONE.
Addiction of the Young
Earlier studies have revealed a direct correlation between age and Internet addiction. Young adults are more likely to be addicted to the Internet than any other age group, according to SafetyWeb, an Internet monitoring service for parents.
It has not been determined whether there is an intrinsic vulnerability among young people or whether it's simply that young adults are early technology adopters and thus have been affected sooner than other age groups, SafetyWeb noted.
At reStart, an Internet addiction recovery program, the vast majority of patients are adolescents.
"They fit into the category of failure to launch," Hilarie Cash, PhD, LMHC, executive director of reStart, told TechNewsWorld.
They haven't figured out how to assume adult responsibilities, she said. "They don't have basic knowledge of how the world works and how to function in it."
Anyone Can Get Addicted
While some may be more susceptible, it's possible that too much Internet use could result in addiction in any user.
"Overexposure can trigger this in any brain," said Cash. "We all are vulnerable."
Device addiction isn't limited to the Internet, she adde, noting that "many of us are mildly addicted to our phones."
One danger sign could be as obvious as overuse. This may apply to surfing the Internet just as easily as to other behaviors.
"Overexposure of any substance or device can trigger adverse reactions such as IAD," Laura DiDio, principal analyst at ITIC, told TechNewsWorld.
There is no longer any argument that addiction to the Internet, television or video games is real, she maintained.
"The real and present danger is that there is not enough information available to predict who might be affected and under what circumstances," said DiDio. "So the fact that one can't predict when IAD might strike makes it all the more frightening."
Limit Internet Time and Get Outside
A number of therapies can help Internet addicts recover, Cash said. "We do a combination of psychotherapy and helping these people figure out the skills they need to function in the world. We work on both physical and emotional health."
The road to recovery could include plenty of hiking and backpacking, she observed. "That's a way to get them both physically fit and reconnected to the world."
Perhaps the most basic step in breaking the addiction is to deny access to the Internet.
A doctor might advise such people to go cold turkey and quit the Internet altogether until they can get the addiction under control, noted DiDio. "Bottom line, it's still very early stages in the research of the triggers and impact of IAD both physically and mentally."


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text: Palaces in Seoul are not the only way to explore a slice of Korean Culture and History. If you want to immerse yourself into the local culture of Korea then you should visit one of the traditional markets in Korea. Unlike the glitzy modern malls and supermarkets, Seoul's traditional markets retain a special charm and should be included on your list of places to see. The markets are not only an important part of the local fabric, but also a tourist attraction in Korea.


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Ten thoughts following the Chicago Bears second preseason game Thursday night, a 33-28 victory over the San Diego Chargers at Soldier Field:
1. It will be interesting to see how the dominos fall after Matt Blanchard left the game in the third quarter with a broken left (non-throwing) hand.
Blanchard, who suffered a fractured knuckle, is the third quarterback and was a longshot to make the 53-man roster. His loss -- assuming he cannot play with the injury -- will likely lead to a roster move this weekend and might create an interesting situation at final cuts.
The most immediate issue is the Bears need a third quarterback, particularly for the preseason finale against the Cleveland Browns on Aug. 29. Starter Jay Cutler will barely play in that game and unless the coaching staff wants to expose backup Josh McCown to the unnecessary pitfalls of a preseason game with no other quarterbacks experienced in the system, they will need a third quarterback. For the offense to click, they'll need someone who can run some basic plays in Marc Trestman's playbook without much experience.
When McCown re-entered the game, he threw only three passes and Trestman said the focus was on trying to run the clock and keep him out of harm's way.
"I was disappointed, really, for the second and third units on offense because once Matt went down, we really limited what we were going to do offensively," Trestman said. "We were going to run the football, try to use as much clock as we could, try to keep Josh as safe as we could through the second half and really get out of the game without losing a quarterback.
"I'm not sure about the time (Blanchard) will be out. But we are sitting there with two quarterbacks going into next week and that's something we are going to have to repair rather quickly, get a third on the roster."
Who could they call? In early June, the team brought in Trent Edwards, Jordan Palmer and former No. 1 overall pick JaMarcus Russell.
Edwards, 29, might make the most sense at this point. He has 33 career starts and could get a crash course on the offense in time to handle a heavy workload in the preseason finale and give the skill position players opportunities to make plays. Russell doesn't seem like a project to take on in this situation and Palmer has only thrown 10 passes in regular-season action throughout his career.
Here's where it gets interesting: None of the three would be practice squad eligible. The Bears likely would have been interested in keeping a healthy Blanchard on the eight-man developmental squad where he could continue to learn and help out in practice when needed. There isn't a lot to do for a third quarterback in practice during the regular system. The starting quarterback gets the vast majority of the work. But Blanchard was attractive because a team looking to keep just two quarterbacks on the 53-man roster needs a practice-squad eligible third to have around.
So, will general manager Phil Emery look for a veteran in this instance or does he start kicking tires on younger players? That probably depends in part on how long Blanchard is expected to be sidelined. Jimmy Coy, a local product from St. Xavier, participated in rookie minicamp on a tryout basis. But he might be a little too far off the beaten path for the Bears to consider him at this point. They need someone that can direct the offense in a basic fashion for that final preseason game.
2. It's too early to say how Marc Trestman and offensive coordinator Aaron Kromer will evaluate the performance of the rookie right side of their offensive line. First-round pick Kyle Long started at right guard and fifth-round pick Jordan Mills was at right tackle.
Know this much: They will be looking for reasons to keep Long and Mills on the field for next Friday's third preseason game at Oakland. The Bears don't want to turn back to J'Marcus Webb at right tackle and his time on the roster could be dwindling if Jonathan Scott's right knee holds up following the draining. The point is the Bears are ready to move on and continue the rebuilding process on the line and Mills' turn could be coming sooner than most anyone expected.
Webb almost sounded like a defeated man on Sunday when he was moved to left tackle with the second team. He's started 44 games the previous three seasons and he was asked if he expects to remain a starter.
"I'm not totally sure," he said.
Honest? Maybe. But it speaks to his lack of confidence at this point.
There is time to evaluate. Trestman called plays to closely evaluate the linemen. With first-and-five on the Chargers' 11-yard line, he went to three consecutive running plays for Matt Forte, who wound up scoring on a three-yard run between a nice alley created by Long and Mills.
The tape isn't going to be perfect but it will probably show upside and that's what the Bears didn't see last year or this spring and in training camp with Webb. At this point, a fresh start would probably serve Webb best and there is no question Scott's veteran demeanor makes him better suited for a swing tackle role. Again, that is provided Scott proves to be reliably healthy.
"It's never as good or as bad as you think it is," Long said. "So we'll take a look at the film and see how it turned out. But, I didn't end up on my back, so that's alright."
Trestman was clear that an answer on the starting five for the Sept. 8 opener against the Cincinnati Bengals isn't coming real soon. But the clues are starting to pile up.
"I felt as I watched the line of scrimmage and the run game, we were moving the line of scrimmage, we weren't getting pushed back," Trestman said. "For the few throws that we had, I felt the two of them played very well from my perspective. I could be wrong, I'll have a better look at it tomorrow. But Jordan Mills has deserved an opportunity to work. We'll evaluate it as I said last week. We haven't made any decisions on the five, this was the week to move people around with going into the third game next week. We did that and I will evaluate and see where we are.
"We are going to evaluate it and see where we are tomorrow. We will be very much aware of where we think we are by how we go about practicing next week. We are going to look at this thing closely and see where we are."
3. The scorecard between third running back candidates after the first preseason game at Carolina was jumbled. Armando Allen was one of seven players to be a four-phase starter on special teams, a clear indication of where he fits in Joe DeCamillis' world. Allen also lost a fumble. Rookie Michael Ford, an undrafted free agent from LSU, ran hard and scored on a short run. He also blew a pass protection assignment leading to a sack, and made an error on another block.
The situation is more intriguing now as Allen was announced as "week to week" following a hamstring injury earlier this week in training camp. All Ford did against the Chargers was return a kickoff 100 yards. He was caught from behind by Marcus Cromartie at the 4-yard line.
"I should have got in that end zone," Ford said.
It's clear he doesn't possess the speed of Devin Hester, who opened the game with a 45-yard kickoff return, but he broke attempted arm tackles by Frank Beltre and Jarius Wynn and was impressive. Ford isn't ready to be a major contributor on teams like Allen became last season, though. Not yet anyway.
"Special teams is where it's at because we have two great running backs in Matt Forte and Bush, so I've just got to find my niche somewhere else," Ford said.
Perhaps he'll be worked in more but if Allen isn't expected to miss too much time, it might be hard for him to be nudged aside. In the meantime, Ford is learning what he can from Hester.
"Watching a great returner like that I can just feed off his energy because the first return he had he busted it," he said. "I just have to match that intensity. If you just watch him, great players do great things at all times. Even at practice, he's at a high level, high speed, he is always working hard and always doing things great and it just pushes me to try to be at that level too."
Ford didn't get involved in the return game until his final season at LSU as he was behind some pretty talented returners – Patrick Peterson and Morris Claiborne, cornerbacks drafted in the first round by the Cardinals and Cowboys, respectively.
If Ford, who only had 28 yards on 15 carries, can prove to DeCamillis that he can be a multi-phase player on special teams, he might have a shot. He also has to show he's picking up the blocking schemes because as Ford said, "If you can't block, you can't play."
"A lot of times, college guys, aren't really exposed to a lot of protections in college if they don't have a very sophisticated passing scheme," running backs coach Skip Peete said. "They may not use a variety of protections. We do that here. For young guys, they really have to hit it hard and completely understand what the pass scheme is as well as the protections. It seems like running is the most important thing but I think at this level, if you watch over the last eight to 10 years, you've got to be able to protect as a running back. If you can't pick up the blitz, it doesn't seem like there is a position for you to play."
4. Remember all that talk about spreading the ball around? Brandon Marshall was the Bears' one-dimensional passing game last season and he was just that again Thursday night. Jay Cutler threw five passes and Marshall was the intended target on all of them. Marc Trestman blamed a short field for preventing the offense from mixing it up a little.
"You know you always want to do that," he said. "The field position, we're on a short field, and we were limited to some of the plays we wanted to call in the first 15 (script) and we really limited ourselves. We knew going in that if we had as many red-zone opportunities that we had, we were going to have to run the ball because we didn't go in there with a normal number of plays necessary that we would have used, or would have wanted to use in a preseason game, so we were left to third-down runs and doing other things to try to split a defense without exposing or using much of our red-zone offense.
"As I look back, you always want to score touchdowns there and we tried to do it, but we really didn't do it with a full complement of plays."
Starting tight end Martellus Bennett has not been targeted with a pass in two games now. He did look as physical as advertised in the running game, though.
"We certainly would like to and he would tell you that he was certainly involved in the early play calls," Trestman said. "Just situationally, things change so dramatically because of the field position. We had a couple calls to him that we wound up going to other receivers. So at the end of the day, we always want to be involved but I don't know that any of this passing game wise is any indication of the direction that hopefully we are going. We don't want to be a one-dimensional team, but Brandon hasn't had much practice time either and it was good to see him go out and have an opportunity to make some plays and to see that he was physically ready to do that was very encouraging."
Cutler also doesn't seem concerned about integrating Bennett into the passing game. It will be interesting to see if Bennett becomes more involved as a pass blocker on the right side to help the rookies if they remain in place.
"There's plenty of time," Cutler said. "I think we have a good idea of what he can do through practice. This next preseason game, hopefully we get him going a little bit too. We're calling plays off of defenses, not for a specific player involved."
5. Marc Trestman praised the play of the special teams unit after the game and at or near the top of the list has to be linebacker J.T. Thomas, who made a terrific move at the line of scrimmage to come free for a blocked punt. Talk about a fine way to celebrate his 25th birthday.
Thomas was also at the point of attack on some coverage plays. But he wasn't running with the starters on any of the special teams units. Maybe this will prompt Joe DeCamillis to take a closer look at the reserve linebacker next week. Thomas made six tackles on special teams last season in 16 games and he had one forced fumble. But Lovie Smith and Bob Babich had next to no success developing draft picks at the position. Thomas whiffed on an opportunity to stuff San Diego running back Michael Hill in the backfield during the third quarter.
6. After losing Matt Blanchard to the injury it made it difficult for the Bears to evaluate some of the young wide receivers because they were reluctant to call any pass plays for Josh McCown at that point. That meant a much different game for rookie seventh-round pick Marquess Wilson, who had 82 yards on four catches last week.
It's worth noting Wilson was running on second units on special teams and that is where he will need to make a mark to improve his chances of sticking around.
"We put a lot of stock in how guys perform in the game," wide receivers coach Mike Groh said earlier this week. "This is a player that has done a good job over the last 10 days or so and made steady improvement and has earned the opportunity to get more playing time."
Wilson is rail thin, listed at 6-foot-4, 184 pounds, and might struggle to be a front-line player on special teams. But he's getting the job done as a receiver.
"He's not imposing physically, he's not overly strong and he's underdeveloped," Groh said. "A lot of that has to do with his age (20), him being a very young player. But he's hard to get a handle on. They don't get clean shots on him because he can really stick his foot in the ground and drop his weight and he's got very good flexibility. I don't have a lot of concern. If we were asking him to block at the point of attack, I'd have a lot of concern. Based on what we're asking him to do, I think he is strong enough."
7. Is there a spot for a traditional fullback on this roster? ESPN's cameras caught Marc Trestman congratulating Tony Fiammetta as he came off the field following Matt Forte's three-yard touchdown run. He had a nice block on strong safety Marcus Gilchrist on the play -- and Fiammetta was involved with the starters which is the first good sign.
The Bears looked to be heading to the season without a true fullback until Evan Rodriguez's release in June. That is when Fiammetta was signed and he's been playing catch-up with the offense. He dropped a pass in the flat from Josh McCown later in the game -- and the West Coast offense requires the fullback to make plays in the passing game -- but it's clear he's getting a good look at this point.
8. Undrafted rookie cornerbacks C.J. Wilson and Demontre Hurst are pushing for a spot (or spots) on the 53-man roster. Wilson made two tackles -- one in the open field -- and Hurst was credited with two stops on special teams.
Hurst is an instinctive player who has been running with the second team defense as the nickel back. Wilson has been timed at 4.33 seconds in the 40-yard dash. He needs to prove he can be a steady tackler and an aggressive performer.
"I need to show them that I can be more aggressive and more physical," Wilson said. "That is one of the parts I was lacking when I was in college. Just being around Peanut (Tillman), who is one of the best in the game at being physical, he is teaching me a lot right now and he is showing me things I didn't know before. I am getting better with that."
9. Special teams coordinator Joe DeCamillis used five players as four-phase starters on special teams: linebackers Blake Costanzo and Khaseem Greene, safeties Anthony Walters and Craig Steltz and wide receiver Eric Weems. Cornerbacks Sherrick McManis and Zack Bowman and linebacker Jon Bostic started on three phases.
It's worth noting that tight end Fendi Onobun was with the starters on the punt team and punt return team, a closer look for a guy battling for a roster spot. Still no sign of safety Brandon Hardin, the third-round pick from last year.
10. Fifteen NFL teams were represented with scouts at the game. Baltimore, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Green Bay, Houston, Kansas City, Miami, Minnesota, New Orleans, Oakland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay and Washington were in attendance. The Ravens, Browns, Cowboys, Lions, Vikings, Saints, Steelers and Redskins all had a scout in Carolina for the game last week. The Bengals, who the Bears play in Week 1, have yet to attend a game. There were three CFL teams at the game: Montreal, Saskatchewan and Toronto.
10 a. Long snapper Pat Mannelly was featured on the cover of the Gameday magazine. It is the first time in 16 seasons he has been featured. He is the longest-tenured player in franchise history. "It's about time," Mannelly joked.
10 b. Someone in the Chargers press conference room asked San Diego quarterback Philip Rivers if he still gets up for playing Jay Cutler. They had a good little feud going when Cutler was an AFC West rival with the Broncos.
"No, that's a dead topic, for both of us I would imagine," Rivers said. "He looked good. They got some decent things going. There's nothing there."
10 c. Former Bears safety Mike Brown recently took the plunge into the Twitter universe. He liked what he saw from free safety Chris Conte, who had an interception.
"Chris, we have never met, but you got it, never forget what (OG[Gil Byrd] taught u), love watching u play!" Brown wrote via his account @21mb30.
10 d. Marc Trestman on Generation WHY, not Generation Y: "I think every professional player needs to know why we are doing things. We're not going to answer them 'because that's the way we do it.' We're going to try, they expect to know why and I think that is part, I think we are dealing with Generation Why. W-H-Y. We really are. I think a professional player needs to have those answers so whether it's Jay and the quarterbacks asking questions or anybody we try to give them an explanation that's built on common sense and in the best interest of the team."
10 e. It doesn't look like the competition at punter is serious any more. Why is that? Adam Podlesh was the holder for all seven kicks by Robbie Gould in the game. If the Bears were serious about pushing him with Tress Way -- and potentially sticking with Way -- they would want to work him more as a holder. Plus, Podlesh has outperformed the undrafted rookie from Oklahoma in the games.
10 f. You got a real sense for the athletic ability of defensive end Chauncey Washington on Michael Ford's 100-yard kickoff return. The replay shows Washington -- 6-foot-4, 265 pounds -- nearly caught up to Ford racing downfield to make a block. Washington has looked unrefined in game action, though.
10 g. The Bears will play next on Friday, Aug. 23, at Oakland. It will be the first preseason game there for the Bears since 1977. That meeting 36 years ago was the beginning of a semi-regular series between the teams in preseason that extended past the Raiders' move to Los Angeles. The Bears and Raiders played eight times in preseason between 1977 and 1991.
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The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a case testing to what extent personal e-mail is protected by federal privacy law.
Most Americans believe that their private e-mail accounts are at least as secure from prying eyes as paper-based snail mail that arrives at their front doors. It is not.
The federal privacy law governing e-mail and digital communications was passed in 1986, long before Internet-based e-mail became an essential form of personal communication in the US.
The appeal in Jennings v. Broome (12-831) was asking the high court to resolve divergent judicial opinions, one released by a federal appeals court in California and, most recently, one announced by the South Carolina Supreme Court. By refusing to take up the case, the justices are allowing the divergent opinions to remain in place. Sometimes this is done to permit a more suitable case to arrive at the high court. The justices did not explain why they rejected the case.
The e-mail privacy issue arose in a South Carolina case involving marital infidelity. Gail Jennings found a card for flowers in her husband's car. She couldn't recall receiving flowers. When she confronted her husband about it, Lee Jennings confessed that he'd fallen in love with another woman. Mr. Jennings admitted that he had been corresponding with the woman via e-mail, but he refused to reveal her name.
Gail Jennings discussed the issue with her daughter-in-law (from another marriage), Holly Broome. Ms. Broome had worked for Mr. Jennings and knew he had a personal e-mail account with Yahoo. She hacked into the account by guessing the answers to his security questions and resetting his password. Broome then printed out copies of incriminating personal e-mails and turned them over to Gail Jennings, Gail's divorce lawyer, and a private investigator.
When Mr. Jennings discovered his e-mail had been hacked, he sued Gail, Broome, and the investigator for allegedly invading his privacy and violating the federal Stored Communications Act.
A state judge dismissed the case. An appeals court upheld the dismissal as to Gail and the investigator, but the appellate court said Mr. Jennings could sue Broome under the Stored Communications Act because the disclosed e-mails were in "electronic storage" at the time they were accessed and were thus covered by the federal law.
The South Carolina Supreme Court disagreed. "We find these emails were not in electronic storage," the court said. The justices reasoned that once an e-mail recipient opens a message, that e-mail is no longer in electronic storage, even though Jennings left his e-mails on the Yahoo server.
The bottom line was that Broome could not be held liable under the Stored Communications Act for accessing and disclosing the content of Jennings' e-mails.
Appellate lawyers were hoping the US Supreme Court would take the case and determine when an e-mail is in "electronic storage" under the Stored Communications Act. The issue is critical in determining what level of privacy protection applies to e-mails, both read and unread.
Under a narrow interpretation of the law the most robust privacy protections would apply only to e-mails that had not yet been read by the recipient. Once read, the protections of the statute would disappear, even though the e-mail might remain available in the e-mail account.
This is the position supported by the Obama administration, a stance long favored by federal investigative agencies because it allows significant surveillance activities without having to apply to a judge for a warrant.
In 2003, the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco embraced a broad reading of the statute. That court said the law requires a higher level of privacy protection not only for unread e-mails, but also for e-mails that have already been opened and viewed but are nonetheless being retained in the e-mail account.
"We acknowledge that our interpretation of the Act differs from the government's and do not lightly conclude that the government's reading is erroneous," Judge Alex Kozinski wrote in the opinion.
"Nonetheless," he said, "we think that prior access [to an e-mail] is irrelevant to whether the messages at issue were in electronic storage."
While the government cannot intercept and open a private letter without a probable cause warrant approved by a judge, federal agents can, under certain circumstances, scroll through personal e-mails by simply requesting access to the messages through a subpoena with no judicial oversight.
The key question is whether the e-mails are being held in "electronic storage" as defined under the Stored Communications Act. If they are, higher privacy standards must apply.
Questions about e-mail privacy burst into the headlines last year after federal agents examined the personal emails of then CIA Director David Patraeus. The messages revealed that Mr. Patraeus had engaged in an extramarital affair. That information was later disclosed to the news media, and Patraeus resigned in November.
"Privacy is such an essential component of digital interactions that users remain largely unaware of the risks to exposure of their private communications. They assume, rightfully so, that there are legal and technical protections in place to prevent unauthorized access to and disclosure of their private affairs," wrote Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, in a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to take up the case.
Mr. Rotenberg noted that none of the e-mail messages reviewed by federal agents in the Patraeus scandal involved any crime.
"The thin basis on which the original investigation was launched and the apparent lack of criminal conduct did not, of course, prevent law enforcement from gaining access to a large volume of private messages," Rotenberg wrote. "Nor did it prevent the parties involved from suffering substantial embarrassment and economic loss as the contents of their private emails were accessed and publicized."