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HYTHE, KENT, UK (Catholic Online) - A woman showed up at the rectory with her baby boy who had stopped breathing. She said she was going to get medical help, but wanted us to baptize him first. We did. On the way to the hospital the boy mysteriously began breathing again. The doctor said there was nothing wrong with him. She came back to the parish.
I saw something on her face that I have rarely ever seen - true and pure gratitude. At that moment, looking upon the face of this woman, for one split second, the very thin veil that lies between the world of grace and this world was lifted and there I saw before my eyes the One who was visiting us in disguise - Jesus Christ. It was he who came to us that day and he who is the grateful One.
Gratitude. Got some?
One out of ten of the lepers in the Gospel for today showed it, and he was a Samaritan. Just as he was given the further gift of another encounter with Jesus Christ, who said to him, "Stand up and go, your faith has saved you," so those with gratitude are given not only the blessing of cementing the graces deeper in their hearts that they have been given, but also open themselves to further graces and blessings.
Gratitude is one of the most healthy and healing things there is. It is one of the most psychologically and emotionally sound attitudes toward life. Gratitude is real. It is also real hard some times. Here is one for you. Are you grateful to God for your government? That is what the first reading indicates. "Remind them to be under the control of magistrates and authorities, to be obedient, to be open to every good enterprise."
WHAT? Be obedient to Obama? Are you nuts?
This is what shows whether your faith is centered truly on Christ or if it is still catered to your own preferences and will.
Is God, God? Is he in charge of the government? Are Jesus' words about the government of the day true (to Pilate), "You would have no power were it not given to you from above"? Is Jesus the Lord of history and the Holy Spirit its protagonist?
If God is still in charge of the whole scheme of things, he has allowed this present government to be elected and we must first give thanks for the gift of ordered government and then cooperate with it as much as possible so that we can bring all things to be pleasing to God.
I personally can't stand the fact that Obama was re-elected, however, I pray sincerely for him at every mass. He has a big job to do and has been given one of the most powerful and influential roles in the contemporary world. Woe to me if I don't pray for him. I pray.
I don't angrily bark at God and ask him why things are the way they are or become another bitter voice amongst the whiners and howlers - too many of those around. I sincerely from the heart with faith in God's mercy and providence ask God to bless the government that all things that it does may come into accordance with the holy Will of God.
Obedience is not easy and although we are required by moral conscience to obey all legitimate authority inasmuch as it aids to bring about the common good, the other side of obedience is equally challenging.
We are bound in conscience to disobey authority or laws which are directly opposed to the natural law.
"A human law has the character of law to the extent that it accords with right reason, and thus derives from the eternal law. Insofar as it falls short of right reason it is said to be an unjust law, and thus has not so much the nature of law as of a kind of violence." (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1902, St Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae I-II 93)
St Thomas goes on to say that if a human law is opposed to the natural law, we are bound in conscience to do everything in our power to oppose it. In this situation, the way a person honors their government is disobeying its morally illegitimate laws and doing everything possible to overturn them. The most clear example of this is the priority we must have to do everything in our power to criminalize abortion again by making it illegal, and oppose with every ounce of our strength the HHS mandate.
Although we find ourselves in a very unpleasant situation, gratitude helps us accept with a serene heart the way things are, and it also helps us find the good amidst an evil situation. It balances us, corrects, enlightens, and guides us to see that God is still God, and that he hasn't abandoned us despite the wickedness we perceive.
Gratitude heals us of the leprosy of a decaying and decrepit attitude. It gives us newness of skin, a fresh way of thinking and authentic Christian JOY - joy which is never based on how much we like the way things are going but on the fact that God will continue to be God and pour out his goodness despite difficulties we must endure. Gratitude gives us the renewed energy to oppose things which are evil and in need of reform.
The source, summit, and center of all Christian gratitude is the Most Holy Eucharist. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (1328), "Eucharist.is an act of thanksgiving to God."
Eucharistein is greek for thanksgiving. Jesus' heart is primarily one of thanksgiving. Since the eternal personality of God the Son is one of gratitude, of proceeding from the Father and having received his very Being from the Father, we can be sure that the fundamental disposition of His whole life was thanksgiving. This is true even of the Cross. Many like to think of the Redeemer's suffering and expiation for the sin of man on the Cross, however, since Jesus is God almighty, everything He did was primarily a divine act carried out through a human nature, and therefore we can be sure that His fundamental disposition, even on the Cross, is gratitude.
May the holy Mother of God, whose grateful and Immaculate Heart was pierced with the Heart of Christ at Calvary, help us to understand the true depths of Christian gratitude, that we may begin to live the Gospel with mature faith.
Father Samuel Medley, SOLT, is a priest of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, and is currently based in Hythe, Kent, United Kingdom. He is a speaks to groups around the world on Blessed Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body. Visit his homily blog http://medleyminute.blogspot.com or his blog on sexual ethics http://loveandresponsibility.org
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Gratitude is awesome because it just lightens up everything and everyone around you ! My mission is to help others express gratitude, just as someone did for me during my first 30 day Gratitude Challenge. The experience is great, I even got to send my thoughts to friends and loved ones all around the world ! I recommend it to anybody :)
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Great post ; I am very grateful to be in America where hopefully things can get corrected in government w/checks and balances. If I had any doubt about attending Mass today - it has been squelched. Thanks to you for the post & missing you in the US!
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Governments exist so that there can be order. Without order all is chaos. Even corrupt government governs through fear and manipulation,threatening death to the governed,if laws are broken. If the factions to be governed are significantly violent,than tyrannical government is the logically induced form of government. We get the government that we deserve. Government intervenes to control the masses. Good government is government for well ordered people. Government is like a dog trainer. An easy dog to tame is a joy for the trainer. The dog likes its trainer as well and is blessed to have a good trainer. The dog too difficult to control is beaten or euthanized. The bad trainer is like a bad government the dog bites back only to be beaten into submission. To be governed by God is to be self controlled as the desire is to please God. A peaceful person is a self controlled person obedient to God. God is love.
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Power & Authority is off The Father, any way which ever way it is used by the handler it eventually works to the will of its Master, which is God. For Pilate even to a dream off His wife who said 'Have nothing to do with this man(Jesus)" in whichever whatever way he tried to release, in the power & Authority only ended by sending Jesus to the Cross, to the will of the Father, unto the salvation of man. So it is this Power & Authority that makes a Magistrate or the Government & to this is best to remind Obama & his Democrats as Jesus reminded Pilot, for it seems they are unaware of this, for Pride does hide the Truth.
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether Glucose-dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide (GIP) or Glucagon Like Peptide 2 (GLP-2) has an affect on the secretion of Glucagon from the pancreas in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
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Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment Masking: Single Blind (Subject) Primary Purpose: Basic Science |
Official Title: | The Effects of GIP and GLP-2 on the Secretion of Glucagon in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes |
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Study Start Date: | January 2008 |
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The speech/language pathologist is the specialist on the cleft palate team who evaluates speech, language, and soft palate functioning. As the child grows older, speech and language are evaluated according to developmental status. After surgery has taken place, the child's speech will be evaluated as well. If needed, recommendations for treatment, including speech therapy or additional surgery, will be made.
As your child begins to make intelligible sounds the "first words" will be noted, and the number of words and phrasing will be evaluated. Another thing listened for as speech develops is articulation. We will note the movement of the structures of the mouth to make speech sounds. The lower jaw, teeth, tongue, lips, hard palate, and soft palate (velum) all participate to make speech sounds. When soft palate movement is inadequate and speech inappropriately escapes into the nose, hyper-nasality and nasal air emission result. We will also carefully observe your child's speech adaptations to the structural changes made by the plastic surgeon and orthodontist.
Our goal is age-normal speech by the time your child enters kindergarten. This is usually a reasonable goal, unless there are some complications in addition to cleft palate that are affecting speech. Early identification and treatment of speech disorders is important if this goal is to be realized. This requires consistent cleft palate team follow-up of your child.
In order to understand the issues concerning speech and hearing in your child with a cleft, it is important to understand some basics about language.
Language is the system of rules by which understanding and expression of meaning takes place. You might say that we learn language through a sort of "building blocks" approach: First children make general sounds, then they try to make sounds which approximate speech sounds, then they actually make speech sounds. After we put some of these sounds together to form a few words, we have the foundation to start learning sentences, which will ultimately provide the foundation for learning written language. In children with clefts, the development of verbal language can be hindered because of mechanical and anatomical differences in the vocal apparatus. If the children do not learn to make the same sounds as other children, it means they are starting with a different set of building blocks! Our job is to make sure that your child with a cleft is able to build the same linguistic skills as other children. You, your family, and other caretakers will also play important roles as models in helping this process along; because it is your voices to which your youngster will be closely listening as he or she learns to speak.
Children who do not receive adequate amounts of repetitive modeling may have difficulty developing language skills such as vocabulary, concepts, and grammar. Their speech may develop slowly, or they may not learn certain skills simply because they are not exposed to them. There are a few things that you can do to improve your abilities as a speech model for your child: Use short sentences when speaking to your child. Avoid over-doing "baby talk" because it does not provide the normal model speech and language examples that the child needs.
Speech is learned in the first few years of life. Normal speech depends not only on modeling, but also on good hearing, adequate mental functioning, and normal vocal anatomy. Of all of these factors, the one you will personally have the most control over will be modeling. Your cleft palate team will help to make normal speech mechanically possible, but they cannot do much about modeling. That is up to you and your family; and you should take special pride in that area as your child develops.
Practice for normal speech begins during the first year of life and continues over the next several years. Normal speech develops in a somewhat orderly fashion from sounds that are easiest to make (vowels) to sounds that require more coordination (s, r, th, st, and str).
Children will learn "object" words first and it is a good idea to name and talk about the objects in your child's environment. This includes the names of people, toys food, eating utensils, and furniture. Take advantage of trips to the store or to relatives to name and talk about new objects. Between the first and second year, "action" and "description" words begin taking on importance. When your child begins to show interest in books, a good starting place is to talk about the pictures. Take turns naming the objects and talking about what is happening in the pictures.
Normal speech consists of approximately 46 sounds. Three of these sounds emanate from the nose (nasal sounds), and approximately forty-three sounds emanate from the mouth (oral sounds). The nasal sounds are M,N, and NG. The remaining consonants and vowels are the oral sounds. Most of the consonants require pressure to be built up in the mouth. This pressure is then released (such as in the sounds P, T, or K) or it is constricted (such as in the sounds S, F, or TH.
Hyper-nasality is the resonance that we hear when voice is allowed into the nose for those sounds that should not have nasal resonance.
Hypo-nasality is the resonance that we hear when voice is not allowed into the nose for the three nasal sounds.
Glottal stops, pharyngeal fricatives, and posterior nasal fricatives are unusual sounds that are peculiar to children with cleft palate who still have speech escaping into the nose. These unusual articulation errors result when children try to stop sound from getting into the nose. These sounds are not otherwise heard in English, thus their unusual quality.
A combination of hyper-nasality and these unusual articulation errors are sometimes referred to as cleft palate speech.
The oral sounds emanate from the mouth by closure of the velopharyngeal valve (that is, the soft palate and the pharyngeal muscles). Figures A and B demonstrate the relationship of the oral and nasal cavities and normal velopharyngeal opening and closing.
The hard palate is the bony roof of the front of the mouth. It separates the nasal and oral cavities. The soft palate (or velum) is the muscular part of the roof of the mouth in the back of the throat. The soft palate is like a muscular door, the pharyngeal wall is the door jamb, and the nasopharynx is the doorway. In a condition known as of velopharyngeal competence (when these mechanisms are working properly), the velum opens the doorway for the nasal speech sounds and closes the doorway for the oral speech sounds. We refer to a condition as of velopharyngeal incompetence when the soft palate does not successfully close off the nose for the oral sounds. The hyper-nasality and the nasal air escape often associated with clefts are usually the result of velopharyngeal incompetence.
Speech problems are usually divided into two categories, hyper-nasality, and articulation problems. Either of these can make speech noticeably different from those of other children the same age and can make speech difficult to understand. Some of these speech problems may be caused by a structural defect that may require surgery, prosthodontics, or orthodontic treatment. For example, some problems may be related to a small opening remaining in the hard palate that allows speech to escape into the nasal cavity.
This may be covered by a dental appliance or closing the opening may require additional surgery. Some speech problems may be the result of poorly learned or incorrectly learned speech habits. These will require speech therapy. Speech therapy may be provided by the speech therapist on the cleft palate team, at a clinic in your home community, or in school. Evaluation by the speech pathologist will determine the cause of any speech problems. In almost all cases, these problems can be managed through the combined efforts of the plastic surgeon, the orthodontist. and the speech pathologist.
Before a cleft palate is repaired, there is an opening between the oral and nasal cavities. Speech enters the nose through this opening. Although nasal sounds (m, n, and ng) sound normal, the oral speech sounds are distorted by too much nasal resonance (hyper-nasality) and the inability to build up pressure in the mouth. The child should be encouraged to use words that have nasal sounds such as "mamma." Unfortunately, the child will be unable to say "dada," since this word has oral pressure sounds. The cleft of the palate will have to be closed in order for your child to have normal speech. The closure of the cleft will depend on the size of the cleft, the health of the child, and the level of speech development.
After the cleft is closed, you will be instructed about how to encourage your child to make sounds that will help the muscles in the soft palate begin to function. Most children have normal soft palate function after the cleft is closed. A small percentage will not and will need a second surgery. The speech pathologist will evaluate your child's speech and soft palate function to make this determination.
Correcting this soft palate deficit, when required, often involves the combined skills of the plastic surgeon, orthodontist, and speech pathologist. The structure and function of the soft palate are evaluated by visual examination, videofluoroscopy (motion x-ray pictures), special fiber-optic scopes, and computerized instruments. These studies determine which procedures are used to correct the deficit.
Figure A (arrow) illustrates an abnormal velopharyngeal opening because of a short soft palate causing hyper-nasality and speech distortions. After careful evaluation it was determined that adding a ridge of muscle at the proper height on the posterior pharyngeal wall would allow the soft palate to make closure. Figure B (asterisks) shows how this surgical procedure resolved the hyper-nasality and speech distortions.
The outlook for good speech and language is bright. The combined efforts of caring specialists and cooperative families can help the child achieve normal speech and language -- the goal of cleft palate team treatment.


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well hoping if they release a 64GB ver? the 64GB will move to the $299.00 spot and then the 32GB=$199.00 and the 8GB=$99.00. that would be a good pricing tier :P
Or perhaps this is how Apple gets the cheap market...
iPhone 5 64GB = $299.99
iPhone 5 32GB = $199.99
iPhone 5 16GB = $99.99
iPhone 4S 8GB = $49.99
That's how you go low!
I can't see apple selling a 16 gig iPhone 5 for only $100 with a contract.no way!! lol
I was just throwing it out there!
I love my white i4, but I will ditch it for a white 64 GB i5.
Out of curiosity, why do you like the white iPhone over the black one?
I always felt the black iPhone had a more sleek look compared to the white one. On the other hand, I always was worried that over time the white on the white iPhone would fade to a yellowish color, which is very frightening to think about.
Finally someone understands.
They finally posted something about itA prototype based on speculation seems pretty unnecessary, especially when the phone itself is very close to being released. Their prototype does look very nice though and I commend their hard work.
To those of you seeking to purchase the 64GB iPhone 5, I hope you are willing to fork up! It'll probably be worth the investment for you guys in the long run and it was a logical next step for Apple.
Tuesday can't come soon enough!
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German Website Makes Own Physical iPhone 5 Mockup
What apple will do to the exterior design of the iPhone 5 is a real mystery but tbh the brick like shape give it its own definition. It wont really matter to me what it looks like, unless they COMPLETELY redesign it. As for the functions, i hope it has a HD front face camera. Also i think it would be better if they kept the casual screen size. It would be awesome if they put some sort of backward compatibility in the new iPhone so it would work with most of the cydia apps.
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The immediate threat to Republicans from the Trent Lott crisis has passed. But the Democrats, of course, have tried to use the scandal to cast a wider net: the supposed weakness of Republicans in general on the issue of race.
But it is important to understand precisely what, if any, real weakness there is. I suggest that there is more of an opportunity here for the Republicans, especially President Bush, than meets the eye. In order to take advantage of that opportunity, however, it is important to understand the ground upon which the battle over race is being waged.
It is true that Republicans routinely win no more than 10% of the black vote and barely more than 30% of the Hispanic vote. Conservative analysts such as Michael Barone and Daniel Griswold, among others, have argued that these numbers can realistically be increased by offering benefits and programs for those particular groups. President's Bush's "compassionate conservatism" seems to endorse this idea.
But as UPI analyst Steve Sailer has noted, the recent Republican win was really the result of two factors. First, as it normally does, the party received a sizable majority of the white vote, but perhaps even larger than in 2000. Second, the number of minority voters, blacks most importantly, dropped somewhat from the previous midterm election.
Sailer highlights the obvious but sometimes overlooked fact that the white vote is four times the size of the minority vote. He observes that "tiny changes in a party's performance among whites can easily outweigh in importance sizable changes among nonwhites." One could easily argue that Republicans ought not to concentrate on minority voters, but rather should emphasize issues that will invigorate the white vote.
But what does it mean to invigorate the white vote? The answer is not Lott's apparent endorsement of the racially-segregated past. In fact, it is just the opposite.
The most important fact of electoral politics in the last forty years has been the rise of the GOP in the South. Southerners began to shift to the party after the Democrats lurched to the left in the 1960s on many issues, including race. Trent Lott was part of that shift. But his comments implied that nothing has happened on the issue of race in America since then. Some Republicans seems to think that the Southern white allegiance still hangs on some vague racial prejudice. This would mean that the main strength of the party — the white vote in the South — is actually a liability to Republicans.
But the South is no such liability. Studies have shown quite clearly that the region is strongly Republican because of issues like abortion, gun rights, and national defense. Racism or a desire for segregation plays no real role in the Republican advantage, in the South or elsewhere. Indeed, the chorus against Lott proves one thing: racism is simply illegitimate in America.
The danger of fiascos like the Lott affair is not that the GOP will lose part of the minority vote, but that it will suppress or lose some part of the white vote that is rightly offended by what Lott implied. Despite the protestations of the likes of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, white America on the whole is not racist. In keeping with that fact, Republicans would be smart to embrace unequivocally the idea of a colorblind society.
But the Republicans must do more than assert race neutrality. They should not, for example, merely condemn affirmative action as unfair to whites. That opens them to the charge of being indifferent to the legacy of slavery and segregation. Republicans must explain that racial preferences today, like racial segregation forty years ago, offend America's basic principle of equality.
Most of those voters agree with Charles Krauthammer's view that "the civil rights movement rose above sectarianism and insisted on defining itself far more broadly as a vindication of America's very purpose." Indeed, the greatness of that movement derived from its validation of "America's original promise of freedom and legal equality."
Republicans should look to this legacy. But forcing Lott out is not enough. President Bush rightly asserted that, "Every day our nation was segregated was a day that America was unfaithful to our founding ideals." The president should now affirm those ideals by moving to abolish affirmative action in his own administration. The party of Lincoln, then, would take a great step toward validating "America's original promise."


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Alizee wrote:He could come and teach me how to create guitar's solos...mine sound awful..brilliant idea isn't it?
Engel-Wegweiser wrote:Well, as I saw him on stage and felt some energy from him, I must say he definitely shouldn't stop playing, because I could see so well that music is his element, really. That is his way. And I'm sure he won't leave it.
Leb Yellow Butterfly wrote:a modeling agency?
Raised On Rock wrote:I agree with diego, he's a great guitarist but in Scorpions his skill is limitated to what was required for the band to work, what many of you called the "Scorpions Sound".
He is a versatile player, I see him as a fine blueser and I would be curious to see some projects like the ones Gary Moore did in the past... He shouldn't stop performing, I believe we will se "The Dark Side of Matthias" ( ) in his solo projects, if he will continue with music.
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This report addresses multilevel governance challenges in water policy in the Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) and identifies good practices for co-ordinating water across ministries, between levels of government, and across local and regional actors. Based on the OECD Multilevel Governance Framework and a survey on water governance, the report i) maps the allocation of roles and responsibilities in 13 LAC countries water policy at central government and sub-national level; ii) identifies the main coordination gaps in terms of territorial and institutional fragmentation, funding mismatch, information asymmetry, accountability, objectives and capacity, and iii) provides a range of mechanisms to improve water governance at all levels and foster capacity-building.
Acronyms and abbreviations Executive summaryChapter 1. A multi-level governance approach to address complexity in the water sector -Introduction-Water as a cornerstone for development -Better public governance for sustainable water policies: A rationale for a multi-level approach-OECD Multi-level Governance Framework: A tool to diagnose water governance challenges-Conclusion -BibliographyChapter 2. Mapping institutional roles and responsibilities-Introduction -Methodology-Main features and observations of central government institutional mapping -Main features and observations of institutional mapping at the sub-national level-Conclusion -BibliographyChapter 3. Multi-level governance challenges in the LAC water sector-Introduction -Methodology for evaluating multi-level governance challenges in water policy making-A preliminary classification of LAC countries-Conclusion-Bibliography Chapter 4. Multi-level co-ordination instruments for water policy making: Evidence from the LAC region-Introduction-Overview of governance instruments for managing mutual dependencies in the water sector-Institutional mechanisms for upper horizontal co-ordination in water policy making-Co-ordinating water policy making across levels of government and among sub-national actors -Conclusion -BibliographyChapter 5. Country profiles-Argentina-Brazil-Chile-Costa Rica -Cuba -Dominican Republic -El Salvador -Guatemala-Honduras-Mexico-Nicaragua -Panama-Peru


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by John Rossomando and Ravi Kumar:
A Syrian Sunni sheik who raised at least $3.6 million during a U.S. fundraising tour last April has blessed a new coalition of Syrian jihadist groups aiming to replace the Assad regime with an Islamic state.
Sheik Osama al-Rifai, who raised the money for the Franklin, Mich.-based Syrian Sunrise Foundation, endorsed the creation of the Islamic Front in a Nov. 22 YouTube video. The front represents a merger of seven jihadist groups fighting Bashar al-Assad's forces. Many of them have ties to al-Qaida.
"The unification of these great Islamist and jihadist groups is not a normal piece of news, but is a great event that brings the happiness and thrill to every Muslim, not only in Syria but in the whole Islamic world," al-Rifai said in remarks translated by the Investigative Project on Terrorism. "I congratulate this brilliant news; I congratulate the brothers who formed it. I cannot say that we bless this group because it is they who should be blessed by them."
Al-Rifai visited mosques and Islamic community centers in cities across America. He spoke at fundraising dinners on Sunrise Foundation's behalf in Tampa, Miami, the Chicago area, Dallas, Crown Point, Ind., Los Angeles, a Detroit suburb called Novi and Meadowlands, N.J.
In Dallas, he said that anyone who works to raise awareness about what is happening in Syria was "a jihadist for Allah."
"Those who are subjecting themselves to martyrdom for the sake of god and who defend themselves and their families, not only them who are performing the jihad, but every single Muslim, Arab, and Syrian who has sympathy toward what happens in Syria," Al-Rifai said. "Every single one of you who give any kind of effort to help his brothers in Syria is a jihadist for Allah, every single one of you who spread the word to raise the awareness among the others about what's happening in Syria is a jihadist for Allah.
"I would love to address my brothers who are in charge of the organizations here like Shaam Relief, and Syrian Sunrise Foundation, you must be very aware that you are too performing jihad just like your brothers in Syria."
Calls seeking comment from the Investigative Project to the Syrian Sunrise Foundation and its President Ahmad Alabas were not returned.
The United States and United Kingdom suspended all non-lethal aid to rebels in northern Syria Wednesday, after the Islamic Front took over bases that had belonged to the western-backed Free Syrian Army. Officials fear the existing supplies could fall into the jihadists' hands. That assistance could include items such as radios, body armor, transportation and night-vision goggles.
The Syrian Sunrise Foundation's Facebook page states that al-Rifai helped raise $1.5 million in Tampa, $280,000 in Miami, $320,000 in Indiana, and $1.5 million in the Detroit area.
He spoke April 5 at the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview, Ill. Two mosque leaders, Kifa Mustapha and Jamal Said, were implicated in a previous terror-support investigation. Said appears on a telephone list for the "Palestine Committee," a Muslim Brotherhood umbrella group charged with supporting Hamas politically and financially. Mustapha was a paid fundraiser for one of the committee's branches, raising more than $300,000 for the Holy Land Foundation. Five foundation officials were convicted in 2008 of providing material support for Hamas.
The Syrian Sunrise Foundation likely brought al-Rifai to the U.S. due to his reputation inside Syria as the head of a movement with a large charitable operation.
Its website says that it aims "to send aid to families, orphans, and widows affected by the conflict." The group claims to have a "well-established humanitarian network of hundreds of workers" and denies having any sort of "any political, religious, or any other agenda."
In June, al-Rifai participated in a conference in Cairo in June that supported overthrowing Assad.
The conference was also attended by radical Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi and former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. The conference closed with a statement by an Egyptian cleric, Sheikh Mohamed Hassan, saying, "We're obliged to jihad in order to assist our brothers in Syria, with fighters, funding and arms."
And al-Rifai made vicious anti-Semitic statements in a 2010 speech, blaming Jews as "absolute evil" for corrupting society.
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But let me take a quick step back.
When I was a cloth diapering newbie and apparently had a lot more energy, I tried a bunch of different types of cloth diapers on my daughter. I tried AIOs, fitted diapers, prefolds with covers, and a few different brands of pocket diapers.
Pockets ended up being the clear winner in my book for their functionality and ease of use. A pocket diaper is comprised of two layers – a waterproof outer layer and a fleece (or other soft material) inner layer that sits next to the baby's skin. The two layers are sewn together at the edges leaving a "pocket" that can be stuffed to provide the absorbency. And of course, FuzziBunz is my favorite of the pockets.
In my head, I had always known that pocket diapers could be extremely versatile, but it has only been recently that I've started to actually experiment with stuffing. And when you play around with the absorbency a little, it's amazing how versatile they really can be.
So I thought I'd give a little run down of how you can stuff pocket diapers to get the most out of these hard working diapers:
- Microfiber inserts that come with the diapers. This is the obvious choice and the only thing I stuffed into diapers until recently. These guys definitely do the job, they fit the pocket perfectly and they have plenty of absorbency for a normal wetter if changed every two hours or so.
- Minky inserts. These are the new breed of inserts from FuzziBunz. They come with the One-Size Elites or you can buy a pack of the insert separately. And I love them. They absorb the same amount or more than the microfiber insert in a much slimmer package, making for a much trimmer profile on baby's bum. They are billed as being odor resistant and I have to say that I have never had an odor problem with mine. I dream about replacing all of my inserts with these gems.
- All Natural Cotton or Hemp inserts. These natural fibers absorb a LOT of liquid with a very trim profile. And hemp is naturally antibacterial. They make great doublers because they are so thin. I personally have only tried hemp in my pocket diapers and they definitely don't hold as much as the microfiber ones making for a couple of leaky situations.
- Pre-folds. Using good quality cotton prefolds in pocket diapers is a trick I've recently perfected in my pocket diapers. They are obviously not the trimmest option out there, but they saved me when I was fed up with stinky microfiber. I just folded the prefold and stuffed them into the pocket. For some reason, they never developed a stink and they wash up beautifully. And their absorbency is pretty amazing.
- Towels. Never tried it, but it just goes to show you that anything can be stuffed into pocket diapers. They are really just a way to hold the absorbency in place. So yes, absorbent hand towels (bought on sale or second hand, perhaps?), cut up receiving blankets or even old sweatshirts, tshirts, socks, make an easy emergency (or everyday!) alternative to specially-made inserts.
- Double-stuffed. Whatever you're keen on stuffing into your pockets, don't ever forget that you can always add absorbency (and perhaps add time between diaper changes?) by doubling up. Add a thin hemp or cotton insert underneath your regular microfiber friend and you've added a ton of extra "space" for liquids without increasing the size of your baby's behind (much). Or two microfibers. Or two Minkies. Or a Minky and a microfiber. The possibilities are endless, so if you're having leak issues (maybe your baby is finally sleeping through the night but now wakes up wet?), try a doubler. You can thank me later. ☺
What do you stuff into your pocket diapers? Which of these methods works best for you?
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Didn't see any incidents of nine iron massacres or Buck knife mass killings when I read this. There is a commonality though. What is it, Stamos?
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Judged: 1 1 1 Didn't see any incidents of nine iron massacres or Buck knife mass killings when I read this. There is a commonality though. What is it, Stamos? |
Judged: 1 Guns make all kinds of people dead. Honest or not. |
But you go right ahead spewing your nonsense you uninformed mental midget. |
Lol changing his stupid little moniker again, but not his dumb-azz ways. I'm very well informed-and very well armed. Have enough for my whole family-and your mother. Hell, I'll save an extra one for her. I'll need to teach her though. She's a lousy shot. But she is good at something. |
Judged: 3 3 3 I also notice alot of city people are afraid of them and that is most likely due to thugs that usually shoot other thugs in the city. Well this country good ole boy was raised and taught about gun safety and how to properly handle them. It is the norm for everyone who resides in the county towns. Maybe you city folks should take a gun safety course, get your permit and become a gun owner. Don't worry, it won't bite you. You will also feel safer. I know at first it is scary for a newbie to have something that can take a person's life but I would rather take a criminal's life instead of the criminal taking my life or my family's life away. If more responsible residents had guns there would be less crime. |
Judged: 1 1 1 sprry, that wasn't me. But you are the fraud phony army man on here. Such a little boy, pretending to be military when our brave soldiers are doing men's work. |
Judged: 2 1 1 What do you do when a thug breaks into your home in the middle of the night with your wife and kids at home? You don't have time to wait for the police because the thug would have shot you and raped your wife by time the police arrive. The thug will not let you out of your own home either. Trust me the thug isn't going to talk to you, this is not a social hour. So do you let the thug just kill you and your family? Nope, us townies just reach for our handy dandy 9mm sitting in the drawer in our nightstands and shoot the thug. Remember city folk, it is either the thug or it is you that will live. |
Judged: 1 1 1 Adam Lanza's mother "took a gun safety course, had a gun permit and became a gun owner." But as you qoute" Don't worry, it won't bite you. You will also feel safer." But then again we are all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view. |
How many morons did it take to try and write the title of this topic? Do yourself favor and try to get your GED.
Not everyone has an Adam Lanza living at their home. Sounds like she knew he had problems. She should have removed the guns from her home. Guns do not belong in a home with someone that has behavorial problems but that does not mean guns should be outlawed. |
Judged: 1 1 So i see you and some others have not answered the question? What are you gonna do when a thug breaks into your home in the middle of the night? Remember you don't have time to wait for the police and the thug isn't going to let you and your family out of the house. How will you protect yourself and your family? This is one of those situations that most people don't think about or feel it will not happen to them. But when it does it is too late. |
In England, where there are no guns, 40 people die a year from them
Here, 1000 a month die from Guns, 12,000 a year GUNS KILL PEOPLE PERIOD Assualt weapons and extended rounds of clip ammo, MORE PEOPLE KILLED WITH GUNS!! You idiot faithful to the constitution aren't fooling anyone, never hear a peep out of you when it comes to the Government spying on you or any other liberty infringements that have happened. Every single person trying to arm themselves with more firepower than the nut they let buy guns from gun shows without even a background check will result in MORE GUN DEATHS not less! |
Listen up chuckles, you're useless, here and everywhere. Every person on this board is smarter than you, earns more money, respect and integrity than you could ever dream of in your little mind, and has more valid things to say. We know these kinds of posts make you feel like you have valuable input but you don't, you're a waste of bandwidth, text and time. Why don;t you just go off and shoot yourself, if not STFU until you can actually write something worth putting down!!! |
Constitutional argument is ridiculous, it would portend to...
Each of you think you have this right so that you can get yourself MORE FIREPOWER THAN THE GOVERNMENT in order to stand off a US SOLDIER at your door with the Army!!! NOT GONNA HAPPEN! Also, what are you going to do with that? Are YOU GOING TO SHOOT A US SOLDIER with your constitutionally protected firearm? YEAH RIGHT!!!!!! Nobody is trying to take your guns away, only trying to control senseless GUN DEATHS!!!!!! RAnt on ingnoramous'!!! |
Judged: 2 And what happens most times when a homeowner breaks out his gun? He and his family are usually SHOT WITH THEIR OWN GUNS! |
That's some very hurtfull text. You may dislike me because of my skin color but believe me when I say I make enough money to support my family. |
Judged: 1 1 1 Uh, NO ! |
explain that to the families of the conneticut tradgedy you moron |
Obviously you are not a responsible gun owner. |
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