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At his court date Tuesday, it was revealed is a patient at St. John Vianney Center in Downington, PA, "a faith-centered community that specializes in the treatment of behavioral health issues that are unique to Catholic clergy," according to the center's website.
Carey was formerly the head pastor of Waterford's St. Paul in Chains Rectory when police found 338 files of child pornography on computers he owned inside the Roman Catholic Church. Carey had his third court appearance Tuesday, where his case was continued until October 15.
At the appearance, Judge Susan B. Handy confirmed that Carey is a patient at the center, although she said he would be discharged soon to live either with his sister in Westchester, NY, or his parents, who live near Boston. Carey met $100,000 bail in July and was released on several conditions, including mandates to not to interact with children, to avoid the Internet and to not possess any pornography.
The center, according to its website, is a member facility of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and offers a "multi-disciplinary, research-based approach to the behavioral health issues of Catholic religious and priests."
"Our programs integrate treatment for behavioral health issues with each patient's vocational journey," the center's website says. "While fully and faithfully Catholic in our identity, what we hold in common with other Christians inspires us to welcome clergy from all denominations."
The center is named after St. John Vianney, the patron saint of the parish priest, according to the center's website. According to the website, the center's goal is to reconnect a patient with his or her faith and engender hope by listening to a patient and never allowing them "to feel as though they are a number, a diagnosis or a problem."
Patch called Michael Strammiello, Director of Communications for the Diocese of Norwich, which Carey is part of. Strammiello said he was not aware that Carey was in the center and said he couldn't comment about it.
Strammiello did say that the diocese is in the process of defrocking Carey. He added the diocese was watching what happened with Carey's court case.


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Many of you by now have seen the online video of Brené Brown's lecture on the power of vulnerability.
Check it out on TEDx. I heard her speak recently, and it inspired me to buy her bestseller titled Daring Greatly.
I was thinking about her when I read that the theme for the 2013 annual conference of the International Leadership Association is resilience. Usually, we think of resilient leaders as tough, hard, stubborn, persistent, overcoming the odds. We do not associate the word "vulnerable" with the word "resilient."
Dr. Brown would contend, based on years of research, that vulnerability is not weakness, but strength. To expose yourself to the emotional risk, to being wounded and uncertainty, that is the highest measure of courage. Counter-intuitive, right? You do not change, you do not take chances, when you play it safe.
Is it possible that resilience depends on our capacity for vulnerability? Strange stuff, to be sure, but maybe we need greater resilience in an age of uncertainty. Things change abruptly. Some industries collapse. Economies flirt with disaster. We want to lay our weapons down, then another threat looms. It's not entirely clear the extent to which our privacy is being violated on a daily basis. Imminent failure.
Many of us elect to hide. Stay under the radar. We humbly decline to expose ourselves to criticism. Look, anybody can sit on the sidelines and make snide comments. It requires very little grit to play the comic or to look down one's nose at someone stumbling around trying their damnedest.
Christians, we often confuse humility with fear. Humility means you will enter the fray, put yourself out there, not because you are so great, but because that is why God put you here to begin with. It is not absurd or pretentious to assert yourself. Be gracious, yes. Be tactful, absolutely. But get out there.
Will you fail? You bet. Stuff happens. You learn from doing, but you learn more from failing. Entrepreneurs understand this in their bones, and I admire them. They deserve the reward that might, eventually, come their way. I don't begrudge them success.
Writing a weekly column in a newspaper is itself a little nervy – telling people what to think and all. But it insulates me from daring more. It gives me the freedom to finish typing, send it off to the editor, and then go watch football. I don't have to make hard decisions. I don't have to watch anyone suffer because of something I did.
I tell myself, look, dude, you have anxiety. You are a little high-strung. You just don't have the temperament of the happy warrior — not like your eldest son. So maybe you're not really cut out for "vulnerability" when you bruise so easily.
Then, immediately I confess that I am invulnerable in my softness, in my obscurity. Nobody will assail what they never see. Right? Ah, I am a ninja? Not so: a coward. As most of us are, I suspect. Brené Brown gives us all a quick kick in the rear, on the threshold of daring something, telling us that we can face the future only if we enter the arena against it.


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Mix up the flavored coffee creamers for your regular brewed coffee.Mix them and store in an airtight container.
Any of these creamer recipes may be made into an instant flavored coffee mix by adding a 1/2 cup (more or less) instant coffee to the mix
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2 C hot cocoa mix2 C dry non-dairy creamer1/2 C powdered sugar3/4 tsp ground cinnamon3/4 tsp ground nutmeg
Amaretto Coffee Creamer
3/4 C powdered non-dairy creamer1 tsp almond extract1 tsp ground cinnamon3/4 C confectioners' sugarToffee Coffee1 C powdered non-dairy creamer1/2 C brown sugar
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1 C dry non-dairy creamer1 C chocolate mix for milk1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
Cinnamon Coffee Creamer
2/3 C sugar2/3 C nonfat dry milk1/2 tsp ground cinnamonOrange Coffee Creamer3/4 C sugar1 C nonfat dry milk1/2 tsp dried orange peel
Cappuccino Coffee Creamer
1 C hot cocoa mix3/4 C dry non-dairy creamer1/2 tsp ground cinnamon1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
Combine all ingredients in blender and process until well combined. Place in jar, seal and label.
To use: Add 1-2 Tbsp. to fresh cup of coffee, stir well.
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Pat, I love doing mixes as gifts! You're right that they would be perfect for stocking stuffers!
My roommate got me a wonderful *just cause* gift for me yesterday--Gingerbread coffeemate creamer to go in my gingerbread flavored coffee! YUM!
I had some this morning for breakfast.
this is one of our favorite to make up as gifts .. my DD did up a bunch of this for the lady at the homeschool co- op I thougth it was a great gift she included a bunch of coffee mugs .and a small tin of cookies .
gayla50:Any of these creamer recipes may be made into an instant flavored coffee mix by adding a 1/2 cup (more or less) instant coffee to the mix
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San Jose Stealth sniper Luke Wiles out six weeks
NLL Insider has learned that San Jose Stealth forward Luke Wiles broke his foot during the Stealth's embarrassing 12-5 to the last place Edmonton Rush and will be on the shelf for at least six weeks.
Wiles apparently caught his foot on the turf at Rexall Place and limped off the floor in pain. After checking in with doctors after the game, it was determined that Wiles did in fact break his foot.
It is unclear how the team will replaces Wiles, but after the team's dismal showing against Edmonton, many already feel the team will go with healthy vet scratches, Gary Rosyski or Peter Veltman. Neither player has seen much game time with San Jose lately and are both uninjured.
With Wiles' projected six week layoff, the Stealth could only hope for a return partway into a potential playoff run in early May, if at all.


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|Australia Network
|1 January 1993 as Australia Television International
1 January 2002 as ABC Asia Pacific
17 August 2006 as Australia Network
|ABC Television
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|Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Government
|Picture format
|480i (SDTV),
576i (SDTV)
|from our world to yours
|Sydney, Melbourne
|Formerly called
|Australia Television International
(1 January 1993 – 1 January 2002)
ABC Asia Pacific
(1 January 2002 – 7 August 2006)
|Australia Television International
|Astro Malaysia
|Channel 521
|TVB Network Vision Hong Kong
|Channel 39
|Dream Satellite TV Philippines
|Channel 36
|Indovision Indonesia
|Channel 350
|Intelsat 2
|Transponder 8L
|Intelsat 8
|Transponder 6
|TelkomVision Indonesia
|Channel 810
|Dialog TV
Sri Lanka
|Channel 34
|DishHD Taiwan
|Channel 6650
|Cignal Digital TV Philippines
|Channel 86
|G Sat Philippines
|Channel 123
|Cable TV Hong Kong Hong Kong
|Channel 153
|Cablelink Philippines
|Channel 65
|First Media Indonesia
|Channel 251
|Hathway India
|Channel 29
|Macau Cable
|Channel 92
|StarHub TV Singapore
|Channel 447
|Cable Star Iloilo Philippines
|Channel 56
|Parasat Cable TV Philippines
|Channel 97
|SkyCable Philippines
|Channel 130 (Digital)
|C&M Cable TV Korea
|Channel 544
|Destiny Cable Philippines
|Channel 87
|MCV Broadband Guam
|Channel 64
|ABNXcess Malaysia
|Channel 251
|HyppTV Malaysia
|Channel 401
|bbTV Hong Kong
|Channel 505
|mio TV Singapore
|Channel 251
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Australia Network, originally Australia Television International and later ABC Asia Pacific, is a free-to-air international satellite television service operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation since 2006.[2] The television and online service broadcasts 24 hours a day on 7 days a week, to approximately 44 countries in Asia, the Pacific and the Indian sub-continent. The channel broadcasts a mix of programming, including lifestyle, drama, sports, English-language learning programs, children's programming and news and current affairs.
The international television service's current incarnation launched on 1 January 2002.[3] It is funded partially by Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, as well as some advertising (unlike the ABC's domestic television services). The channel is targeted at local audiences in 44 countries across parts of Asia, the Pacific and India. Australia network, along with international radio network Radio Australia, is a part of the ABC's International, Corporate Strategy and Governance division.[4]
Australia Television International the forerunner to Australia Network was launched in 1 January 1993[citation needed]. Radio Australia had been operating as part of the ABC since 1939 while the passing of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act in 1983 allowed the Corporation to operate an additional international television service. The channel was originally proposed by directors Mark Armstrong and David Hill, who felt that a television channel would further heighten Australia's presence in the Asia-Pacific region and demonstrate the ABC's technical abilities.[5]
The new channel was to be funded by a combination of government subsidies and commercial sponsorship.[5] The presence of commercials, not previously seen or heard on the ABC, resulted in the creation of an updated edition of the ABC Editorial and Programme Practices stipulating that the 'Australia Television service will retain editorial control and independence in all programming'.[5] Paul Keating launched Australia Television International on 1 January 1993[citation needed] – televised live to 50 countries in the southeast Asian region, from the ABC's television studios in Gore Hill.
Funding cuts made in the 1997–1998 federal budget, and recommendations made in the Mansfield Report, meant that control of Australia Television was handed over to the Seven Network in 1998.[6] Under Seven's direction the channel continued to receive federal funding, and carry some ABC News.[6]
2002–2006 – As ABC Asia Pacific[edit]
Despite efforts made by Seven to expand into Asia using the service, it continued to lose money. In 2002, the government announced a five-year, $50 million tender for the service[6] – at the time watched primarily by Australian expats for its news programmes, football coverage, and children's programming.[6] Seven chose not to bid, while Imparja Television's application was unsuccessful. The ABC won the contract and launched ABC Asia Pacific on 1 January 2002, with content from the Seven Network, Nine Network, Network Ten, and the ABC's own original content, as well as news bulletins produced by Sky News Australia.[1][3]
The tender was renewed in 2005 however the ABC was re-awarded control of the service, over other applicants including Sky News Australia.[7][8] Soon after, the network stopped showing content from Sky News Australia, replaced with bulletins produced by the ABC's own news and current affairs division from its Southbank studios in Melbourne.
2006–present – As Australia Network[edit]
ABC Asia Pacific changed its name to Australia Network on 7 August 2006,[1] at the same time introducing a number of new programs, as well as the expansion of its existing news programs and English-language learning programs.[1] Following a restructure of the ABC in early 2007, Australia Network became a part of the Corporation's International, Corporate Strategy and Governance division.[4]
The channel is not available in Australia or New Zealand, owing to rights restrictions, although ABC News for Australia Network bulletins are carried overnight on ABC News 24 in Australia and on Face TV in New Zealand. Several Australia Network programmes are also available online in Australia on the ABC's iview platform. Australia Network became available in Malaysia on Astro (Channel 514) in December 2008.
Australia network shows a range of programming targeted at audiences within the region,[1] including evening news bulletins at two-hour intervals targeted at different parts of the region, and a number of English-language educational programs produced by the Network including Study English, Living English, English Bites and The Business of English.[9] Drama series shown include Home and Away, Offspring, Packed to the Rafters, Rake, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, The Time of Our Lives, factual entertainment programs Bondi Vet, One Plus One, and Cosmo Times, lifestyle programs Big Break, Food Safari and Poh's Kitchen, music program Rage, light entertainment programs Gruen Planet, Good Game and Good Game SP, the children's shows Play School, Blue Water High, A gURLs wURLd and Scope.[10]
News and current affairs[edit]
News bulletins are shown in the mornings, lunchtime and evenings. Australia Network News is presented from the ABC's Southbank studios in Melbourne, with stories from ABC reporters based in and around the region. Following the channel's relaunch in 2006, four new correspondents based in New Delhi, Beijing, the South Pacific and Jakarta were added to report exclusively for the bulletins.[9]
Some programs produced by ABC News and Current Affairs are shown on the channel.
News programs ABC News Breakfast, 'Weekend Breakfast, Grandstand, The World and The World This Week, Current Affairs programs #TalkAboutIt, 7.30, Australian Story, Big Ideas, Business Today, Foreign Correspondent, Four Corners, Insiders, Inside Edge, Landline, Lateline, Offsiders, Q&A, State To State, The Business and The Quarters.
In addition, other current affairs programs such as Financial Review Sunday, Living Black, Insight and Dateline.
The Australia Network broadcasts a number of Australian sporting events, such as W-League matches, Melbourne Cup, Australian Football League matches and highlights from A-League.[9]
Logo history[edit]
In 2002, ABC Asia Pacific used the same logo as ABC in Australia. The station idents also feature the same silver ring and elements as ABC Television's 2002 idents.
In 2003, generic break bumpers are used between commercial breaks, using a simple background and a simple ring animation.
In 2004, the channel used the new slogan Everyone's ABC Asia Pacific, with new idents using the same ribbon package of ABC TV Australia, but usually keeping the 2002 idents.
In 2006, ABC Asia Pacific rebranded as Australia Network, using a new logo as a stylised lower-cased 'a'. In 2009, the logo's color simplified from gold to simple white, with new idents using the new logo in guise of a balloon.
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "ABC Signs ASIA Pacific TV agreement". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. August 2001. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
- ^ "Australia's Television Service to the Asia-Pacific Region" (Press release). Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 10 July 2006. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
- ^ a b Downer, Alexander (13 February 2002). Australia, the Asia-Pacific, and Television: Broadcasting to the Region (Speech). Canberra. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
- ^ a b "ABC Bolsters Its Commitment To International Broadcasting" (Press release). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 February 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
- ^ a b c Inglis, Kenneth Stanley (2006). Whose ABC? The Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1983–2006. Melbourne, Victoria: Black Inc. ISBN 1-86395-189-X.
- ^ a b c d "2UE; Australian Television International.". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. March 2001. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
- ^ "Sky's push for Asian subsidy". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. June 2005. Archived from the original on 24 September 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
- ^ "Australian Television Service to the Asia Pacific Region" (Press release). Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 13 December 2005. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
- ^ a b c "ABC Asia Pacific to launch as Australia Network on 7 August". Indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
- ^ "Australia Network Programming". Retrieved 7 March 2014.
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Some new research throws into question things we say all the time about the Internet. The research focuses on Twitter, the service that lets many millions of people send short messages to each other from computers or cell phones. It's commonly said that social networking like this is revolutionary, that it's created new communities, even that it's obliterated geography. You can connect with people who share common interests, not just people who happen to live nearby. NPR's Shankar Vedantam is here to explode all that. Hi, Shankar.
Originally published on Tue February 21, 2012 6:42 am
This is MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.
And I'm Steve Inskeep. Good morning.
One more Arab nation is changing a longtime leader. Yemen's president for 33 years was Ali Abdullah Saleh. Today, millions of Yemenis vote. And they're being asked to ratify a plan under which Saleh's vice president will replace him. NPR's Kelly McEvers is in Yemen's capital Sana'a.
And, Kelly, where exactly are you in the capital city?
Originally published on Mon February 13, 2012 8:00 am
The U.S. economy is improving, even though Americans keep having to look over their shoulders at Europe. The state of the economy affects everything in American politics right now, from the presidential election to the budget that the White House lays out today.
NPR's Cokie Roberts has some analysis, as she does the most Mondays. Cokie, good morning.
COKIE ROBERTS, BYLINE: Hi, Steve.
INSKEEP: OK, so what does the president's budget tell us?
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Through it all, remember why you're doing this: you want to have a baby or be an important part of a little one's life. While there is reason for hope -- with 80% of infertile couples eventually getting a baby after treatment -- not everyone succeeds in getting pregnant.
You may not have wanted to think about using an egg donor, sperm donor, or embryo donor when you just started treatment, and you may not be ready to consider it now either. But just knowing it's a possibility can help.
The same goes for surrogacy. Few couples begin their journey to parenthood by saying they want someone else to carry a baby for them. However, surrogacy has helped many people build their family.
Adoption is another option, one that some men and women will choose without ever attempting fertility treatments and others will turn to only after trying everything else first. Neither path is better or worse.
What If You Can't Have a Baby
Not every person facing infertility will go onto have a baby or child of their own. Some choose to become a foster parent, a Big Brother or Big Sister, or volunteer in a youth organization, like scouting. Some enjoy being an "aunt" or "uncle" to the children of their friends or family members.
No, it's not the same as becoming a mother or father yourself, and I'm not saying it will erase the pain of infertility. But it's important to remember that you don't need to be a parent to be an important person in a child's life.
Some will remain child-free after infertility, choosing not to adopt or foster children (or not getting approval to adopt or foster children.) Some decide on a child-free life and never try fertility treatment, and others only come to a child-free life after trying treatment. Both are legitimate paths to take.
Infertility can quickly take over your life and color everything. Whether you consider yourself child-free by choice, or child-free not by choice, it is for some a time of healing and a time to let go of the striving for pregnancy and parenthood. It is a time for redefining what your life and future will be without children.
When a person or couple decides to stop seeking treatment, stop trying to conceive, and stop trying to adopt, it can lift an enormous burden from their hearts and allow them space to heal. That is to say, life goes on after infertility. It may be different than the life you once imagined having, but it does go on. You have reason to hope for your future, however uncertain it seems right now.
- Before You Start the Adoption Process
- Foster Care 101
- RESOLVE: Myths About a Child-free Life
- RESOLVE: Donor Options
- Parents via Egg Donation
Dovey S, Sneeringer RM, Penzias AS. "Clomiphene citrate and intrauterine insemination: analysis of more than 4100 cycles." Fertility and Sterility. 2008 Dec;90(6):2281-6. Epub 2008 Jan 14.
General Infertility FAQ. INCIID. Accessed online on July 12, 2011. http://www.inciid.org/faq.php?cat=infertility101&id=1
In the Know. Fertility Lifelines. Accessed online July 13, 2011. http://www.fertilitylifelines.com/intheknow/index.jsp#itkfemale
Recent Survey Tells What Women Want to Know About Infertility. Island Family Magazine. Accessed online on July 12, 2011. http://www.vuzix.com/UKSITE/site/_news/06-08-VUZ-IslandFamily.pdf


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LEGISLATIVE ALERT6/13/2008Important Vote on the Education Begins at Home ActCall Your Rep. on the House Ed & Labor Committee!Your member of Congress is voting on the Education Begins at Home Act on Wednesday this week. This Act would develop and expand voluntary, early childhood home visitation programs. This legislation addresses the critical need for services in America's communities to support families with young children. Communities are developing successful approaches for preventing the abuse of children from ever happening. H.R. 2343 would improve the ability of communities to protect children and to prevent child abuse and neglect. Call your Representative today and tell them to support H.R. 2343 when it comes up for a vote in the House Education and Labor Committee on Wednesday!ACTION REQUIREDCall the Capitol Switchboard to be connected with your member of Congress!U.S. Capitol Switchboard 1-800-828-0498MESSAGESupport H.R. 2343, a measure that would expand home visiting programs and prevent child abuse and neglect!Other Talking PointsThe U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect proposed as its number one recommendation the establishment of universal voluntary home visitor services -- the highlight of its report, Creating Caring Communities: Blueprint for an Effective Federal Policy on Child Abuse and Neglect. The Task Force on Community Preventive Services at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2003 endorsed "early childhood home visitation for prevention of child abuse and neglect in families at risk for maltreatment, including disadvantaged populations and families with low-birth weight infants." BACKGROUNDHome visitation programs hold great promise. A GAO report, HomeVisiting: A Promising Early Intervention Strategy for At-Risk Families, had this to say about the impact of these services:"Home visiting is a promising strategy for delivering or improving access to early intervention services that can help at-risk families become healthier and more self-sufficient. Delivering preventive services through home visiting can reduce later serious and costly problems." This legislation, providing grants to states to establish or expand early childhood home visitation services to pregnant women and parents of young children importantly, recognizes the development in recent years of home visiting programs and the need to coordinate services to families. The results of existing home visitation programs are encouraging. The pre-natal effects of these home-delivered services show an increased use of prenatal care, increased birth weight, increased use of health and community resources, improved nutrition during pregnancy, and a greater interest on the part of fathers. The outcomes of home visitation programs demonstrate a more nurturing home environment and a more positive parent-child interaction. The long-term effects have yielded fewer subsequent pregnancies, a decrease in the use of welfare assistance, and a decrease in child abuse and neglect incidents.
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@aruffini Thanks for reading and commenting! Ideally, eating more fruit than veggies and trying to aim for whole sources of fruit and veggies (so, not dried, which decreases the water content and sometimes adds in other undesirable ingredients, such as sulfates or preservatives) is your best bet. However, fruit is still incredibly nutritious, full of fibre and low in calories. Rather than eating less fruit, I would try to increase the amount of veggies you eat. (I'm not sure if you need to do this, you may already eat tons of veggies, but it is a universal suggestion). As for the water vs. tea. Herbal (non-caffeinated) teas do count as servings of water. Especially now that it's cold, drinking warm liquids is actually beneficial for digestion and creating heat in the body, so, 2-3 thermoses of herbal tea sounds good! I personally recommend herbal rooibus chai teas (without caffeine or black tea) for their warming spices - like ginger and cinnamon - and delicious taste! Thanks again for reading!
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Thursday, November 27, 2008
Another exceptionally good-looking crowd has gathered at Fairbanks House for Thanksgiving. Here they are just before we walked out the door to Beech Street Grill for dinner. They're all in their rooms now contemplating which pair of jammies they'll be wearing to breakfast and to the party on Centre Street tomorrow. Or, like Bill and I, they're laying there like fattened calves just waiting for the Alka Seltzer to kick in. Either way, we'll see them in their pj's for breakfast.
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I have nothing against ebooks and e-readers. I always keep a few ebooks on my ipod for those times where Im waiting/stuck somewhere and feel the need to read. My sister lent me her e-reader the last time I had a long flight and it was fine. I much prefer paper books, but e-readers have their place.
My big worry though is the loss of bookstores. I do buy quite a lot of books online, but those are mainly from authors and series I know and love. I find it difficult to find new books online. Its hard to get a feel for the book when you cant flip though, see if the dialog draws you in, or to see the dimensions of the book (thus figuring out how much time I will be spending reading it). I know that you can get page excerpts online, but I find that the first few pages or first chapter of a book doesnt always give you a feel for what the book is really like. I often go to the bookstore and wander for hours, looking for books that look interesting and I have stumbled on many wonderful books in genres I would have never even looked at online.
Im pretty sure that if I were to switch solely to an e-reader, the amount of books I read would probably go way down because Id find few books online that I actually want to read. Happily, my local bookstores seem to be doing well. There are always people browsing when I go (and they arent just at Starbucks ).


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Afghan Journal
Lifting the veil on conflict, culture and politics
WikiLeaks : Talks with the Taliban a non-starter
Afghan President Hamid Karzai may be pushing for talks with the Taliban in public as the only way to end the nine-year war, but in private he is as determined as the United States in opposing any place for top Taliban leaders in a future government , the latest set of WikiLeaks documents show. Those repeated calls for talks are more aimed at sowing dissensions in the insurgent group than any serious attempt for a negotiated settlement of the war. Indeed as The Guardian reports on the leaked comments on its website, so far as Karzai and the Obama administration are concerned, the only option open to the Taliban is surrender.
Which pretty much is a deal-maker, given that the Taliban having fought the world's most advanced military formation to a virtual stalemate, have shown few signs of a compromise, much less surrender.
"We have no illusion that Mullah Omar could ever join the government," General David Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, is quoted as saying in a cable to Washington on 20 January 2009. The general made the remarks during a conversation with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev who said he was concerned by Karzai's bid to involve the Taliban in a post-war settlement. Petraeus says Karzai's position is more nuanced than that, and that the Afghan leader 's goal was to break up the Taliban, and reconcile some.
A year later another cable makes clear that the United States is remains fundamentally opposed to any deal with the Taliban. "There will be no power-sharing with elements of the Taliban," Richard Holbrooke, Obama's special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan tells Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao citing the Taliban's "unpalatable social programmes"and links with Al Qaeda.
Denuclearising Pakistan
At about the time WikiLeaks released tens of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables, including one related to a secret attempt to remove enriched uranium from a Pakistani research reactor, a top Pakistani military official held a briefing for journalists that focused on U.S.-Pakistan ties.
Dawn's Cyril Almeida has written a piece based on the officer's comments made on the condition of anonymity, and they offer the closest glimpse you can possibly get of the troubled ties between the allies.
from Russell Boyce:
"Allah-u-Akbar! God is Great!"
Some pictures still shock me. Some make me laugh; many provide an insight or window into a new idea but only a few haunt me with my mind's eye returning to them again and again.
On Wednesday 28th July an Airblue plane crashed just outside Islamabad in the beauty spot of the Margalla Hills killing all 152 on board. The cause of the crash, as yet unconfirmed, is thought to have been the driving monsoon rain. I edited the pictures shot by Reuters photographers who reached the scene. Images ranging from smoke drifting through the hills, men scrambling in the charred rocky, woodlands, picking through twisted metal and rocks looking for signs of life; tied cloth bags, dripping with the blood that contained the remains of the passengers, to a severed arm and hand, the fingers still perfectly formed, just lying on the ground. There were no survivors.
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Backlash over WikiLeaks release of Afghan war documents
There may be more shoes to drop from WikiLeaks if it releases another 15,000 documents on the Afghanistan war that the whistleblower website is reviewing. It is already seeing some backlash after releasing 75,000-plus documents on the Internet.
The Times of London reported Wednesday that the leaked documents expose informers helping U.S. forces and have put hundreds of Afghan lives at risk.
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Washington Extra
In many ways the documents released by WikiLeaks last night merely underscored the bleak assessment of the Afghan war which General Stanley McChrystal issued last August.
At the time McChrystal warned the overall situation was "deteriorating", complained of "under-resourcing" and called for not just more resources but a "fundamentally new approach" from NATO forces if failure were to be avoided.
WikiLeaks: shaking the foundations of U.S. policy toward Pakistan
A Pakistani security official stands near a burning vehicle after it was attacked in Chaman in Pakistan's Balochistan province, along the Afghan border on May 19, 2010.
On the face of it, you could ask what's new about the latest disclosures of Pakistani involvement in the Taliban insurgency while accepting massive U.S. aid to fight Islamic militancy of all hues. Hasn't this been known all along — something that a succession of top U.S. officials and military leaders have often said, sometimes couched in diplomatic speech and sometimes rather clearly?


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Three Highlanders Named All-NJCBA
NEWARK, May 19 2005
Three NJIT players have been named Division II/III All-New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association (NJCBA), according to balloting released yesterday. Junior pitcher Chris Legiadre was named to the All-NJCBA Second Team. Senior catcher Phil Resciniti (at left) and freshman relief pitcher Cory Kuzmik were voted to the Third Team.
NJIT, New Jersey's science and technology university, enrolls approximately 10,000 students pursuing bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in 120 programs. The university consists of six colleges: Newark College of Engineering, College of Architecture and Design, College of Science and Liberal Arts, School of Management, College of Computing Sciences and Albert Dorman Honors College. U.S. News & World Report's 2012 Annual Guide to America's Best Colleges ranked NJIT in the top tier of national research universities. NJIT is internationally recognized for being at the edge in knowledge in architecture, applied mathematics, wireless communications and networking, solar physics, advanced engineered particulate materials, nanotechnology, neural engineering and e-learning. Many courses and certificate programs, as well as graduate degrees, are available online through the Division of Continuing Professional Education.


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MOUNT VERNON — Raymond Lewis Fiant, 95, of Mount Vernon, died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011, at the Country Court Nursing Center in Mount Vernon.
Raymond was born July 22, 1916, in Marion County to George Singer Fiant and Clara (Squibb) Fiant. He was a lifetime farmer, plus owned and operated a public harness racing stable. Raymond was a member of the Ebenezer United Methodist Church and was a former member of the Ohio State and U.S. Trotters Associations.
Surviving are his daughters, Lois Shaffer of Aurora and Bonnie (Sheldon) Eggleston of Canton; sons, Ken (Carole) Fiant of Gambier, John (Mary Jo) Fiant of Akron and Carl Fiant of Mount Vernon; a daughter-in-law, Mary Fiant Layfield; 13 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren.
Besides his parents, Raymond was preceded in death by his wife, Marjorie (Lee) Fiant, on Jan. 16, 2011; a son, Paul Fiant; and a brother, Walter Fiant.
Friends may call Sunday, Nov. 20, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Dowds-Snyder Funeral Home, 201 Newark Road, Mount Vernon. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home on Monday at 10:30 a.m. Burial will follow at Ebenezer Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be expressed to Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Donor Services, P.O. Box 4072, Pittsfield, MA. 01202.
Private online condolence may be expressed to the family at http://www.snyderfuneralhomes.com.
The Dowds-Snyder Funeral Home in Mount Vernon is honored to serve the family of Raymond L. Fiant.
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GLENDALE, CA—Dr. Gerald Pohost, a nationally recognized cardiovascular expert, has joined Glendale Adventist Medical Center (GAMC) as head of the Outpatient Cardiac Imaging Center. He is considered among the foremost authorities on cardiac imaging. The GAMC Outpatient Cardiac Imaging Center includes everything from education about quitting smoking to the most up-to-date methods of cardiac diagnosis.
Formerly chief of cardiovascular medicine and professor of medicine at USC's Keck School of Medicine, he developed a program in the diagnosis of heart disease in women using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). A pioneer in cardiac imaging, he has written numerous articles and books covering every aspect of cardiac imaging.
"We are pleased to have Dr. Pohost on board. He brings a wealth of experience with a distinguished medical career spanning three decades. He broke new ground in his discipline and has contributed so much in the field of cardiovascular medicine," said Glendale Adventist Medical Center's Robert Marchuk, Ancillary Services Vice President.
Prior to his term at Keck, he spent 18 years as Director, Division of Cardiovascular Disease at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. While there he developed top tier cardiovascular program and was built the first center focused on the application of MRI for cardiovascular disease.
GAMC's cardiac imaging center offers a unique combination of medical expertise and cutting-edge technology. Patients can obtain accurate assessments of their risk for heart disease with a simple, non-invasive test. This lets doctors know the risk of their patient for suffering the complication of heart disease and guides them to the appropriate treatment.. GAMC's nuclear cardiology system combines nuclear medicine with computer-aided tomography (CAT) scan technology, which delivers additional diagnostic accuracy over conventional nuclear cardiology systems.
Dr. Pohost has held several leadership positions with the American Heart Association (AHA) during his career. Nationally, he served as the Chairman of the American Heart Association's National Council on Clinical Cardiology, which is responsible for the issues facing clinical cardiology.
He has been honored with the Distinguished Achievement Award, Council on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association as well as the Honorary Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. He also received the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Awards of the AHA for the Excellence in Clinical investigation and the AHA Established investigator Awards.
Dr. Pohost graduated from University of Maryland School of Medicine.. He completed residencies at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed a fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.


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Small Donors Take Over Democratic Party
by Chris Bowers, Sun Jun 12, 2005 at 04:24:51 PM EDT
by Chris Bowers, Sun Jun 12, 2005 at 04:24:51 PM EDT
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The past is just a good-bye..
In some order, the leading issues will be security, the economy, taxes & the deficit, education, health care. Against that, "cleaner money" has the impact of stale ear wax.
The Democrats are the party of Christians (and Muslims, Jews, Hindus etc.)!!!
The GOP is the party of FUNDAMENTALISTS!!!
Add it to your vocabulary.
I may be wrong but Dr. Dean doesn't seem very comfortable in the position and he's defintely not getting a lot of support from his fellow Democrats despite being the only official in his party capable of raising his voice above the Repug noise machine. I see winds shifting.
There is only one progressive party in America which unequivically supports national healthcare, equal rights, alternative energy, responsible gun ownership, the environment, ending the supposed war on drugs and doesn't accept either PAC money or corporate contributions.
Both you and the good doctor are more than welcome to give us a call bubba. 'Til then, just remember that the lie is worse than the deed. See y'all soon!
As for the Green party, they will always be the party of Nader's 2.74% in 2000 to me. America has a binary party system, and always will (unless a party in the middle emerges, or a party takes a combination of extreme left and extreme right positions, like the Libertarians). Parties on either the far left or the far right merely hurt the Democrats and Republicans, respectively. A vote for any minor party canidate in most elections is a vote to not to vote.
The Republicans became a small-donor party when Barry Goldwater ran for president, and their small donor count went through the ceiling.
However, I believe it would be eduational to dredge up the facts on the matter.
1) Fundraising
Performance: Poor
Mr. Dean's primary job objective is to raise money for the Committee. His 2004 campaign's fundraising success was a principal reason he was hired. But after finally matching the other party in 2004, we have fallen far behind since he took over. In Q1 we raised only $14m vs their $32m. We had only 20,000 new donors and they had 68,200. We're left with only $7m in the bank versus their $26m. The press attributes this to Mr. Dean's lack of engagement with the fundraising effort and reticence from the business community, given Mr. Dean's anti-business stance in the last election. If we don't have money, we don't win, and if we don't win, we don't get money. This is a major problem.
Where are they getting their #s because they don't seem to jive with the one's I'm seeing here? The # of new donors looks particularly fishy. Anyone know?
It also focuses on the idea that the Dems matched the Reeps in 2004 fundraising. Well, that was a Presidential election year. This is 2005, three years before the next Presidential election year. Judging it against 2001 is more meaningful than comparing it with last year.
Republicans have historically beat the pants of the Democrats when it comes to small donors - almost exclusively a function of the Right's reliance and embrace of direct mail fundraising - and this goes back 40 years.
I wouldn't put the current numbers at the feet of Dean, either. Say what you will about Terry McAuliffe - he saved the DNC, big time - and he did it through: 1) big gifts to get out of debt and build infrastructure and 2) investing a pile of cash in the first real DNC donor acquisition program (in the mail)
In fact, in the first 6 months of 2004, the DNC mailed more letters than they had in the previous TEN YEARS combined.


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There is outrage around the world today after Lennox, a Belfast dog that was deemed to be a public danger, was put to death.
Reports say Lennox was a beloved family pet who never had bitten anyone and never caused any harm.
The Belfast City Council said Lennox met the criteria for the U.K.'s dangerous dogs law that bans the ownership of pit bulls or dogs similar to them.
An online "Save Lennox" petition and social media campaigns with tens of thousands of followers sparked protests in Belfast and New York seeking his freedom.
Pet Health Network is one of those mourning the loss of Lennox. They are angered at the treatment of pit pulls are calling for an end pit bull executions.
"We continue to make this Lennox's day on Pet Health Network in honor of him and all the other persecuted dogs around the world," they write on Facebook.
"Adopt your next pet. And consider adopting a pit bull; far too many languish in shelters. "


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Editor's Note: The following is a news release issued by Mercer County Community College.
Music students from Mercer County Community College will present two holiday-themed concerts in December. Both concerts, which are free and open to the public, will take place at MCCC's Kelsey Theatre, located at 1200 Old Trenton Rd. in West Windsor.
The MCCC Chorus, directed by Timothy Smith, will present its annual winter concert, "Gloria in Excelsis Deo!", on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m. The concert, featuring vocal solos by several Music majors, will include a variety of works celebrating the holiday season by such composers as Gustav Holst, Benjamin Britten, and John Rutter.
The MCCC Jazz Band will present its Winter Concert on Wednesday, Dec. 12, at 8 p.m. in Kelsey Theatre. The band, directed by Professor James Kelly, will present a varied program with the repertoire to include works by Tadd Dameron, Hank Mobley, Joe Zawinul, and Kurt Cobain. All selections will feature standout improvisations by jazz students, who will be performing in small group settings as well as in the full band.
For more information, contact the MCCC Music Department at (609) 570-3735.


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Golden Valley-based General Mills recently received praise from The Humane Society of the United States for its position on using pork suppliers that do not use gestation crates.
Gestation crates are a form of sow housing commonly used throughout the nation. The National Pork Producers Council says that farmers shouldn't have limited production methods. According to their website, "scientific research has shown that there is no one, single best way to house a pregnant sow."
In a statement on the General Mills website about how animals are raised and treated in pork production, the company wrote:
General Mills supports the development of pregnant sow housing alternatives. Though we recognize that the development and implementation of alternative systems may be a long-term process that could take up to 10 years, we will favor pork suppliers that provide actionable plans by 2017 to create traceability and end their use of gestation crates within the U.S. pork supply chain.
"Consumers are deeply concerned about inhumane treatment of animals, and General Mills is responding," said Josh Balk, corporate policy director of farm animal protection for The HSUS in a press release. "We welcome General Mills' important animal welfare progress and hope the pork industry can read the writing on the wall: gestation crates don't have a future in the pork industry."
Other food companies, such as Oscar Mayer and McDonald's, have made similar decisions recently regarding gestation crates, according to HSUS, which said other pork producers such as Hormel "have pledged to end the use of gestation crates at their company-owned facilities by 2017."
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Mass Effect 3, and why the ending did not fit itPosted: March 08, 2012
Now, let me set this up; Mass Effect is, despite my own reservations about the ending, my favorite videogame series. I love it for the story, for the characters, for my part in shaping these characters and having them evolve from the conversations given. I love it for the massive amount of diversity in locations, scenarios, and possibilities.
Throughout the Mass Effect series, I was shown many different characters, the most notable generally being the ones who were squadmates that served aboard the Normandy. I was allowed to speak constantly to these characters, learn their backgrounds, learn their hopes and dreams, learn about them. Despite them just being video game characters, they still felt alive. I grew to care about these characters, and ME2 was where it shown through the most; I was damn near obsessive throughout my first playthrough because I did not want anyone to die. And I achieved it. This was obviously impossible in ME3, and it broke my heart each time.
I watched Mordin sacrifice himself in order to correct what he grew to believe was wrong because of my conversations with him. Mordin was a brilliantly written character, my favorite in the game. His end, and every moment leading up to it, was perfectly Mordin. I am not someone that gets emotional easily, especially over games, videos, or books, and yet this moment choked me up. The subsequent dream sequences and hearing 'Someone else might have gotten it wrong' repeatedly was like a knife being twisted in my chest. And yet, that is one of my top 5 moments in Mass Effect 3.
Watching Tali give in to despair because the Geth were annihilating her people and the Quarians refused to listen and back off, then throw herself off a cliff because of it made me feel as if I needed to be running to stop her just as Shepard was. The Paragon icon gave me hope, and I had to close my eyes and take a moment upon seeing that Shepard had not caught her.
In the 'best' scenario for that moment, hearing Legion refer to itself as 'I' and ask if he had a soul before dying due to the upload was another emotional moment, because I cared.
When Thane died, the moment was a good one, but upon hearing that the final prayer was not for him, but for Shepard, I had to again take a moment to collect myself.
In the caverns with the captured Rachni queen, knowing that I had just asked Grunt to leave his own squad to die in order to save one of the Krogan's enemies was bad. Shortly after, Grunt was willing to give up his own life in order to get Shepard out alive, and it was my fault. Seeing him stumble out of those caves bloodied and beaten, but still alive, made me smile and say 'Goddamn right'.
I could go on, but I believe my point has gotten across. Bioware, you did a phenomenal job in getting me to care about this game, this world you created, and the characters within in. So one would think, after all that, the culmination of all of these elements and the finale of the series would easily land in the top 5 moments across the series, as it should have. Instead, I was met with 3 choices that barely mattered to the ending, and upon choosing, met with a cutscene that barely lasted a minute. And the worst thing I can say for it is simple.
I didn't care. I felt nothing.
After this roller coaster of emotions your series put me on, the finale was not met with sadness, or happiness, or anger. It was met with a blank stare and a 'Really?' as the credits started rolling. I was actually glad, at this moment, that some of these characters had died during the game, because it gave me a resolution with them. But the rest of these characters that I had built up and fought with, that I cared for, were not given an ending. I got a very slight cutscene with a fraction of them given seconds of screen time stumbling onto an unknown planet (let's not even get into how they got there, despite 1 of them being on my ground team during the fight. I truly hope the hallucination speculation is not how it is supposed to end, because that will be an entirely other kind of disappointment.)
I was not shown what the thousands and thousands of military personel did upon finding out the relays were destroyed, and they were likely stranded in the Sol System. I was not shown the fate of all these individuals now separated by vast quantities of space, with no way of getting back to their families, or likely even able to communicate with them. I was shown almost nothing, and in return, I felt nothing. That is my greatest disappointment.
I said that the ending to a trilogy should likely end up within the top 5 moments of a series, due to it being the grand finale. And yet this would not even land in a top 50 list, and I am sure I could expand that list quite a bit more if I went back and got fresh memories of ME1 and 2.
I did not write this in an attempt to bash Bioware, or the writers responsible. I wrote this in order to, hopefully, give them some perspective and some ideas on what to do in future situations. Thank you to those of you who read all the way through, and thank you to anyone who finds this worth discussion.
My Contributions
- Title
- Date
- Mass Effect 3, and why the ending did not fit it


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NORMAN — In some ways, Norman North's game tonight will be the most meaningless of any this season. After all, the Timberwolves have already secured themselves the District 6A-3 championship, rendering tonight's trip to Lawton Eisenhower simply another bump in the road to the playoffs.
But, on the other hand, it can be argued that tonight's game is huge for the T-Wolves, regardless of the playoff implications. After all, you can't overstate the importance of entering the postseason at the top of your game, making North's performance tonight vital to its playoff hopes.
It's the second line of thought fourth-ranked North (8-1, 6-0) is subscribing to this week, putting a major emphasis on how well they perform in what is expected to be a lopsided game against Lawton Eisenhower (2-7, 1-5).
"It's very important for us to go down there and play well and take care of our business," coach Wade Standley said. "You want to get in there and play well and leave without anyone getting hurt, and then take that momentum into the playoffs."
North's ultimate stated goal is to win in the playoffs. To do that, Standley stresses improving every week. That includes this week. While North doesn't yet know what its opponent will be when the postseason begins next week, Standley said that in order to peak at the right time the T-Wolves can't afford to let down on any week.
"I do think we've gotten better every week of the season," he said. "Our guys have come into practice focused and we've had a good week of practice this week. They know what our goals are, and they take that upon themselves to be ready."
It's a sentiment that's evident among the Timberwolves. Even while celebrating earning the District 6A-3 title with a blowout win last week over Moore, quarterback Peyton Gavras was already looking ahead.