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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Time to be Tested!
Go here to take an online civics test put out by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and please report your results in the comboxes. I missed one question and got a score of 96.7% ( I missed the last question because I got in a hurry to complete it and didn't read the possible answers carefully.) My wife took the test and also got a 96.7%. The average score of 2508 Americans taking the tests was 49% and for college educators 55%. I found these numbers shocking as I thought the test was fairly simple. I am sure you will all do much better than the averages!
98% of Catholic Women Use Birth Control
- or so they say. "They" being random folks online, who seem to have picked it up from Huffington Post, or maybe Daily Kos.
To be fair, the original claim was that 98% of women (footnote in small type: at risk for unintended pregnancy) contracept, and came from the Guttmacher Institute; if you don't know who they are, they're probably the source for 90% of the crazy-on-the-face-of-it sex related claims you've seen online, usually after a couple of rounds of rephrasing and from-memory citation.
Here's the short form of how they got it:
So the study tells us only that 98% of women of child-bearing age who want to have sex without having babies use some form of birth control. That qualifies as a sort of "d'uh" moment.
He's got the long form, with details, at the link; it's VERY long form, and I don't want to copy all of it– TheOFloinn opens with an introductory course on statistics.
That said, honors for pointing it out first, digging into the statistics and being a reporter who actually did reporting goes to Mollie at Ricochet:
"So I guess we could say that among women aged 15-44 who had sex in the last three months but aren't pregnant, post-partum or trying to get pregnant, 87% of women who identify as Catholic used contraception. It's worth pondering just who is left out of this 87%, other than, you know, everyone who doesn't use contraception. Great stat, team journalist! I mean, the study was designed to find only women who would be most likely to use contraception. And it did.
Notable in the comments is someone making the argument that the Church's current stance against the birth control, sterilization and abortion causing drug mandate is the same as arguing for laws preventing business on Sunday. Seems to me that a better comparison would be fighting a law that requires all businesses to be open on Sunday.
Rombo: He Gets to Win This Time?
Santorum has some savvy ad people in his campaign if this ad is any indication. Having the buttoned down Romney in a Rambo spoof is hilarious and will stick in the minds of viewers. It also hits on Romney's one trick pony campaign: ceaselessly go negative because his flip-flops over the years make it impossible to portray himself, with a straight face, as a candidate with convictions about anything except that he should be president. Bravo Santorum campaign! Continue reading
Not Everyone Has To Get Married (Or Go Into The Religious Life)
Mary at the blog Young and Catholic has a good post up responding to a reader question about Church teaching on contraception versus NFP. Her handling of the NFP issue is great, but I was struck by the framing of her reader's question, because it struck me as getting at a common impression one can get from being around conservative Catholic circles. Her reader writes:
I'm an 18 year old female college student, and I have just gotten back in touch with Catholicism…
…I've thoroughly enjoyed getting back into my faith, but there is something that REALLY continues to rub me wrong. I've prayed and prayed about it, but I am not getting any answer. I've researched it, but just hear the same things over and over and it just doesn't sit right with me, and that is the issue of contraception. I've read humanae vitae, I've researched "natural family planning", and it all still leaves me completely unsatisfied still. I see where the Church is coming from on this issue, however, I feel that God has called me to do something else with my future besides staying at home with my "loving" husband and having a billion children…And then I went to the church and asked my female minister about it. The gist was this: If you have the financial capability, happiness, and wealth, your job is basically to be popping out children.
This just honestly does not sit right with me…Some women love being mothers, and being a mother is certainly an honorable duty, but I don't think I'm cut out for it. I'm very ambitious and have goals of working for the Department of Defense, not sacrificing all my happiness because the Church says I should.
She goes on to ask about why the Church teaches against artificial birth control, and as I say, Mary's answer is great. However, I think the other thing worth touching on is the impression people sometimes get that from a Catholic point of view you should either be in the religious life or else you should be married and having lots of kids. Continue reading
Ross Douthat Explains the Weathervane's Santorum Quandary
A brilliant piece by Ross Douthat in the New York Times explaining why Romney a/k/a the Weathervane, is running into so many problems in dealing with the challenged posed by Santorum:
But Santorum's advantage is that he can get to Romney's right and to his left at once. On the one hand, Santorum isn't responsible for a health care bill that looks an awful lot like "Obamacare" and he doesn't have a long list of social-issue flip-flops in his past. This makes his candidacy a plausible rallying point for the voters who previously turned Bachmann and Cain and the pre-debate Rick Perry into conservative flavors of the month.
At the same time, though, Santorum's persona, his record and his platform all have a populist tinge that plays well in states like Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, where swing voters tend to be socially conservative but economically middle-of-the-road. (Hence the Michigan poll that showed him leading among independents and Democrats who plan to vote in that state's open primary.)
This means that Santorum can play the same anti-Bain, anti-rich-guy, blue-collar card that Gingrich tried to play in New Hampshire and South Carolina – but subtly, implicitly, in ways that don't make him sound like he belongs in Occupy Wall Street instead of the Republican primary.
So what script should Romney choose as a response? Many conservatives have urged him to rebrand himself with primary voters by embracing a more rigorously right-wing policy agenda – endorsing Paul Ryan's budget more explicitly, outlining a more aggressively supply-side approach to tax policy or even a pure flat tax, echoing furious attacks on the Federal Reserve by Ron Paul and Gingrich, and so on. Continue reading
The Catholic Left Falls Into Line
It was inevitable that most of the Catholic Left, in any confrontation between the Church and Obama Caesar, would side with the Messiah from Chicago. A petition making the rounds indicates how quickly this process has played out.
Today the Obama administration announced an important regulation that will protect the conscience rights of religious organizations and ensure that all women have access to contraception without a co-payment. We applaud the White House for listening carefully to the concerns raised by religious leaders on an issue that has provoked heated and often misinformed debate. This ruling is a major victory for religious liberty and women's health. President Obama has demonstrated that these core values do not have to be in conflict.
Specifically, this new regulation guarantees that no religiously affiliated institution will have to pay for services that violate its moral beliefs or even refer employees for this coverage. Instead, if a woman's employer is an objecting university, hospital or other religious institution, her insurer will be required to offer her coverage at no cost. This is a sensible, common-ground solution.
In recent days, sound bites and divisive rhetoric have too often pitted the faith community against sound science and public health.The previous regulations caused an unnecessary conflict between the administration, the Catholic Church and other religious institutions. We are encouraged that the Obama administration has developed a substantive solution that addresses the concerns of the many constituencies involved. We look forward to bringing the same level of passion displayed in this debate to other pressing moral issues that face our nation. Continue reading
HHS Mandate Hastens The Demise Of Liberal Catholicism & Ensures The Growth of Catholic Orthodoxy
In a bizarre way President Barack Obama, through his Health and Human Services Mandate (HHS) has united religious orthodoxy across the spectrum as never before. In its wake liberal religiosity is going the way of striped pants, bell bottoms and lava lamps; something that is only seen on rare occasions usually when too much alcohol is flowing. At the precipice stands liberal Catholicism, for soon there will be no need for them to retain any religious presence. Liberal Catholic mouthpieces like the National Catholic Reporter are destined to go the way of so many other products whose users outgrew the usefulness of what they read and believed. Mainline liberal churches have imploded all the while the numbers of Catholics and Evangelicals continue to grow. Apparently the liberal religious elite are so smart, they have disappeared into the mists of history. Even if the current baby boomers remain religious, their liberal minded children have by and large abandoned the faith to the whims of Hallmark and Deepak Chopra styled spirituality.
In my last book The Tide is Turning Toward Catholicism, I noted that having worked in the Church with a good deal of liberals I cannot think of a single instance in which their children retained their liberal views and also practiced their Catholic faith. I have met their children and while some have become Evangelicals and others have seen the light and come over to orthodox minded Catholicism; those who have remained liberal would only darken a church door if a close relative passed away. Sadly not only have they left their faith but many can't find a single good thing to say about it. Their compliments are reserved for Big Government and Libertinism.
I am not writing this to sound clever or flippant or negative, simply to relate what I see. In many ways, the tide is turning like never before, and we can't say that Jesus didn't tell us that wheat would be separated from the chaff. Indeed we can't serve two masters and the liberals by and large have thrown their lot in with the Herod's of the world. While the liberal elite pretend to live oh so sophisticated lives; they in reality are nothing more than a fallen character in a 1980s hair band ballad video, succumbing to the vices on Sunset Boulevard that the liberal elite relegated to some degenerative red state tourist. As angry as we may be at the religious left's venom and their apostasy, they most certainly need our prayers and we should never forget that supposedly wise people can be fooled as much as anyone by the dark side.
In my previous article, I noted the striking metaphor of the pall of smoke hanging over the Acropolis in Athens caused by rioting Greeks who could no longer pay for their extravagant lifestyle. They are merely the first example of a culture that has aborted and contracepted itself into oblivion, prophetically predicted by Pope Paul VI in his encyclical Humanae Vitae. For the Greeks, Big Government had the answers and their Epicurean ancestors had the lifestyle that seemed oh so appealing. However in reality they couldn't pay the bills because charged with the simple mission of reproducing they felt it too complicated of a task. Continue reading
59% of Catholics Disapprove of Obama's Job Performance
Interesting numbers from Rasmussen:
Catholics strongly disapprove of the job President Obama is doing as the debate continues over his administration's new policy forcing Catholic institutions to pay for contraception they morally oppose. While the president's overall job approval ratings have improved over the past couple of months, they have remained steady among Catholics.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 59% of likely Catholic voters nationwide at least somewhat disapprove of the president's job performance, while 40% at least somewhat approve. But the passion's on the side of those who don't like the job he's doing: 44% Strongly Disapprove versus 19% who Strongly Approve.
Fifty-four percent (54%) of Catholics voted for Obama in November 2008. However, Republican hopeful Mitt Romney currently leads the president among Catholic voters by a 52% to 35% margin. Among all voters, however, President Obama leads Romney and all Republican hopefuls.
These results are from surveys conducted over the seven days ending February 12, 2012. Among all likely voters, 50% approve of how the president is doing and 49% disapprove. This includes 26% who Strongly Approve and 38% who Strongly Disapprove. Rasmussen Reports also provides daily updates of the president's Job Approval and match-ups between President Obama and both Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. Continue reading
Newt Fading
I wanted to followup on Don's post from yesterday about National Review urging Gingrich to exit the race. As I said in the comments, I owe NRO a slight mea culpa. I thought that by including Santorum (and Huntsman) with Romney as the candidates they thought worthy of the nomination they were merely blowing smoke. Yet they have given Santorum fairly favorable coverage, so much so that angry Romney fanboys like Old Fan think that NR is in the tank for Santorum. I still think the hatchet piece on Gingrich was out of line, so I'm not totally ready to forgive them for that.
As for the actual meat of their suggestion, there is much merit to it. There have been nine primaries and caucuses thus far. Gingrich was the landslide winner in South Carolina, but has otherwise done terribly. He's finished a distant second twice, and has barely hovered around ten percent in the other contests. Right now one poll has Gingrich in fourth place behind Ron Paul, and other polls show a clear trend towards Rick Santorum as the favorite among the anti-Romneys. Now, polls have shifted mightily throughout the campaign season, so Gingrich shouldn't head for the exits quite yet. But poor showings in Arizona and Michigan should just about do it for Newt. Considering the fact that the bulk of his supporters will likely flock to Santorum (where as Santorum supporters are evenly split between Romney and Newt as their backup choices), and that Newt is much more favorably disposed to Santorum than Romney, I would imagine that Newt will not stay in the race if he has another pair of fourth place finishes.
That being said, if National Review wants Gingrich out of the race the last thing it should have done is publish an editorial making this feeling public. Republican primary voters in general, and Gingrich supporters in particular have, to a large extent, been driven by spite. It's practically impossible to read a screed written by a Gingrich supporter that doesn't mention the "Establishment" once or a dozen times. Throw in the fact that National Review is already reviled with a special kind of intensity in camp Gingrich – and with good reason – and I can envision Gingrich supporters doubling down. Newt himself has shown that he is prone to fits of spite, so National Review may have just guaranteed that Newt will stay in the race longer than intended. In fact I'd submit that if National Review wanted Newt out of the race the best thing it could do is endorse the man.
Archbishop Chaput: HHS Mandate Dangerous and Insulting
Archbishop Charles Chaput of the Philadelphia Archdiocese has never been one to mince words, and he does not disappoint in regard to the Mandate and the "compromise".
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services refused on Jan. 20 to broaden the exception to its mandate that nearly all Catholic employers must cover contraception, abortifacients, and sterilization in their health-care plans.
An "accommodation" offered Friday by the White House did not solve the problem. Instead, it triggered withering criticism from legal scholars such as Notre Dame's Carter Snead, Harvard's Mary Ann Glendon, Princeton's Robert George, and Catholic University of America president John Garvey, along with non-Catholic scholars including Yuval Levin, the religious liberty law firm the Becket Fund, and numerous Catholic and other organizations.
Many Catholics are confused and angry. They should be.
Quite a few Catholics supported President Obama in the last election, so the ironies here are bitter. Many feel betrayed. They're baffled that the Obama administration would seek to coerce Catholic employers, private and corporate, to violate their religious convictions.
But it's clear that such actions are developing into a pattern. Whether it was the administration's early shift toward the anemic language of "freedom of worship" instead of the more historically grounded and robust concept of "freedom of religion" in key diplomatic discussions; or its troubling effort to regulate religious ministers recently rejected 9-0 by the Supreme Court in the Hosanna Tabor case; or the revocation of the U.S. bishops' conference human-trafficking grant for refusing to refer rape victims to abortion clinics, it seems obvious that this administration is – to put it generously – tone deaf to people of faith.
Philadelphians may wish to reflect on the following facts: The Archdiocesan Secretariat for Catholic Human Services spends $278 million annually on services to the community. About 4,000 employees make up our secretariat's workforce. Catholic Social Services is the largest social-service agency in Pennsylvania and the largest residential care/social-service subcontractor with the Department of Human Services of the City of Philadelphia.
There's more. Archdiocesan Catholic Health Care Services is the largest faith-based provider of long-term-care services to the poor and elderly in the five-county area, and the seventh-largest nationally. And our Nutritional Development Services ministry serves more than eight million meals a year to schoolchildren, summer programs, and child-care centers. It also provides 2 million pounds of nonperishable food to needy families and the elderly through its Community Food Program.
Much of the money used by these ministries comes from public funding. But of course, the reason these ministries are trusted with public funding is that they do an excellent job. The service relationship works well without compromising the integrity of either the government or the Church. In fact, in a practical sense, government often benefits more than the Church. Continue reading
George Will: This Is What Liberalism Looks Like
George Will on ABC's This Week last Sunday made three points in regard to the HHS Mandate "compromise" that are undeniably true:
Three points.
As Paul Ryan said to you, this is an accounting gimmick that they've done that in no way ends the complicity of Catholic institutions and individuals in delivering services they consider morally abhorrent.
Second. You asked the question, 'How did this come about?' George, this is what liberalism looks like. This is what the progressive state does. It tries to break all the institutions of civil society, all the institutions that mediate between the individual and the state. They have to break them to the saddle of the state.
Third. The Catholic Bishops, it serves them right. They're the ones who were really hot for Obamacare, with a few exceptions. But they were all in favor of this. And this is what it looks like when the government decides it's going to make your healthcare choices for you. Continue reading
Randians on the Right
Speaking as a former Rick Perry supporter, I promise you that not all of us are petulant brats. I cannot speak for others, unfortunately.
Red State's all-out assault on Santorum comes as no surprise. This is a blog that perceives all who fail short of achieving purity as a conservative (whatever that's supposed to mean) as heretics. So they have taken a few incidents where Santoum fell short – and in some cases, he did cast a wrong vote or endorsed the wrong candidate – and have now transformed Santorum into some kind of statist.
The shrill attacks on Red State are to be expected. What's disappointing is seeing an otherwise insightful blogger like Ace of Spades hyperventilate ignorantly about Santorum. What set Ace off was this comment by Santorum from much earlier in the campaign:
One of the things I will talk about that no president has talked about before is I think the dangers of contraception in this country, the whole sexual libertine idea … Many in the Christian faith have said, "Well, that's okay … contraception's okay."
It's not okay because it's a license to do things in the sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be. They're supposed to be within marriage, for purposes that are, yes, conjugal … but also procreative. That's the perfect way that a sexual union should happen. We take any part of that out, we diminish the act. And if you can take one part out that's not for purposes of procreation, that's not one of the reasons, then you diminish this very special bond between men and women, so why can't you take other parts of that out? And all of a sudden, it becomes deconstructed to the point where it's simply pleasure. And that's certainly a part of it—and it's an important part of it, don't get me wrong—but there's a lot of things we do for pleasure, and this is special, and it needs to be seen as special.
Ace is displeased: Continue reading
The Militant Secular Left Shows Their Cards, Proving That The Tide Continues To Turn Toward Catholicism
The militant secular left thinks they have won a victory with President Barack Obama's "Accommodation" with regard to the Health and Human Services (HHS) Mandate ordering religious based institutions to provide contraceptives, sterilizations and the morning after abortion pill. Some of the left couldn't contain their glee, one guest on MSNBC described President Obama's move as "brilliant." In their distorted thinking they surmise that since not all Catholics adhere to the Church's teachings, especially on birth control, they can cause a split in the Church.
First of all, the militant secular left continually cites the Guttmacher Institute's polling, which is about as accurate as the daily pronouncements of Syria's Bashar Assad. Secondly, it is one thing for Catholics to go against the Church's teachings, it is quite another to say they are proud of it and want more Big Government telling them what they and the Catholic Church to do. The sheer nuttiness of this was illustarted in a discussion which occurred on Sean Hannity's the Great American Panel seen on Fox News last week. One of the participants Jehmu Greene told fellow panelist Andrea Tantaros that without birth control she wouldn't be here. When the incredulous Tantaros wondered how that could logical be, Greene went on a tirade that demeaned women who have children and or decide to work at home.
For years the militant secular left has treated pregnancy as a disease and families as inconvenient truths interfering with their own narcissistic ends. Powerhouse television shows like Sex and City helped to illustrate this point. Katharine Jean Lopez of the National Review wrote some time ago how disgusted she felt seeing men demeaned as objects in the Sex and City movie, the very treatment feminists have railed about for years.
However with the narcissistic Sex and City lifestyle comes another reality playing out in the streets of Athens, Greece and soon to come to a city or country near you in the western world. The declining birth rate means the youngest among us will have to eventually have to pay for a culture that aborted or contracepted itself into oblivion. The generous benefits demanded by those cultures, especially from the militant secular left can only last so long. As the old saying goes; "The problem with Socialism is eventually you run out of other people's money." The ancient Greek world gods who hailed narcissism and hedonism and whose lifestyle was proselytized by the Epicureans seem as irrelevant as ever as the pall of smoke hangs over the Acropolis, a fitting metaphor for what the militant secular left has wrought. Continue reading
The United Nations, sustainable population development, and the Easter Bunny…
In contrast to the Vatican's steadfast opposition to the use of artificial means of birth control, the United Nations continues to sound the drumbeat of "sustainable population development," asserting that it's nothing short of an "imperative" for the 21st century and cannot be achieved without improving women's reproductive health. In short, the hypothesis is that reducing fertility ensures economic success.
No one is more convinced of the validity of this hypothesis than is the Executive Director of the United Nations' Family Planning Agency (UNFPA), Babatunde Osotimehin.
In a February 2012 press release, Osotimehin asserted that reducing fertility through family planning—including free access to contraceptives and abortions—is the key to ensure economic development.
The problem with well-intentioned ideologues like Osotimehin is that they conveniently overlook the demographic facts and economic implications that contradict their hypothesis.
Consider the example of Japan.
Based on a "moderate" interpretation of Japan's 2010 census in a report published by the Daily Yomiuri Online, by 2060:
- Japan's population will fall 30% (<90M), with those aged <14 years numbering less than 8M, compared to those aged 65+ who will number 35M (or, 39.9% of Japan's population).
- Japan's fertility rate (the expected number of children born per couple) will be 1.35 in 2060, down from 1.39 in 2010 and far below the 2.08 needed to keep Japan's population from shrinking.
- In 1960, 11.2 workers supported 1 retiree. In 2010, 2.8 workers supported 1retiree. By 2060, 1.3 workers will support 1 retiree.
So, Japan is now confronted with an increasing aging population and a decreasing young population. The economic implications of these demographic facts are nothing short of devastating! Topping the list: What these facts imply for Japan's social security and taxation systems.
While the Church has been warning about these matters for decades, The Motley Monk was pleased to read an article in ZENIT that the global stock markets are beginning to pick up on the Vatican's argument and projecting what "sustainable population development" means for almost every developed market.
A strategist for Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong, Ajay Kapur, believes it would be a crucial error for politicians and economists to believe that Japan's economic stagnation in the last two decades was something unique. Kapur said:
In the next five years, all of the 18 developed countries for which Deutsche has property market data going back more than half a century will see a decline in their working age population ratios.
Kapur then warned that this combination of fewer workers in the labor force and high levels of indebtedness is sure to affect the global economic environment adversely.
Many other nations—for example, Taiwan, the European Union, the United States—are only now beginning to deal with the consequences of near- to below- replacement fertility rates. The President of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou, has warned that her nation's lack of children presents "a serious national security threat."
As bad as that is, it's worse yet for Latin America.
Forget the region's endemic poverty. It's a region where UNFPA-sponsored programs have proven especially effective in reducing the region's population. To wit:
- In 1960, Brazil's fertility rate was 6 children/woman. In 2010, Brazil boasted a lower fertility rate than the United States, at 1.9 children/woman.
- In 2025, 26% of Latin America's population will be 60+ years old.
The estimated impact on the region will be an even lower standard of living. Considering the region's overall current standard of living, that's lower than lower!
The Motley Monk has thought for decades that Pope Paul VI's encyclical "Humanae vitae" is an infallible pronouncement because, in that document, the Pope presciently forecast some of the implications of what today is called the "birth control mentality." Despite the data gained in the 45 years since the document's publication, ideologues continue to assert the hypothesis that reducing fertility ensures economic success.
All The Motley Monk can say in response is "And there's an Easter Bunny, too."
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National Review Calls on Gingrich to Drop Out and Endorse Santorum
Interesting. I had assumed that National Review was in the tank for Romney. However, this morning the editors have called for Gingrich to drop out and endorse Santorum. They follow this up with a blast at Romney:
We hope so. Gingrich's verbal and intellectual talents should make him a resource for any future Republican president. But it would be a grave mistake for the party to make someone with such poor judgment and persistent unpopularity its presidential nominee. It is not clear whether Gingrich remains in the race because he still believes he could become president next year or because he wants to avenge his wounded pride: an ambiguity that suggests the problem with him as a leader. When he led Santorum in the polls, he urged the Pennsylvanian to leave the race. On his own arguments the proper course for him now is to endorse Santorum and exit.
We hope so. Gingrich's verbal and intellectual talents should make him a resource for any future Republican president. But it would be a grave mistake for the party to make someone with such poor judgment and persistent unpopularity its presidential nominee. It is not clear whether Gingrich remains in the race because he still believes he could become president next year or because he wants to avenge his wounded pride: an ambiguity that suggests the problem with him as a leader. When he led Santorum in the polls, he urged the Pennsylvanian to leave the race. On his own arguments the proper course for him now is to endorse Santorum and exit.
Santorum has been conducting himself rather impressively in his moments of triumph and avoiding characteristic temptations. He is doing his best to keep the press from dismissing him as merely a "social-issues candidate." His recent remark that losing his Senate seat in 2006 taught him the importance of humility suggests an appealing self-awareness. And he has rightly identified the declining stability of middle-class families as a threat to the American experiment, even if his proposed solutions are poorly designed. But sensible policies, important as they are, are not the immediate challenge for his candidacy. Proving he can run a national campaign is.
Romney remains the undramatic figure at the center of the primaries' drama. Lack of enthusiasm for him has set it all in motion. Romney is trying to win the nomination by pulverizing his rivals. His hope is that enthusiasm will follow when he takes on Obama in the summer and fall. But his attacks on Santorum have been lame, perhaps because they are patently insincere. (Does anyone believe that Romney truly thinks poorly of Santorum's votes to raise the debt ceiling?) Continue reading


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Wind Energy Projects: A Winning Situation for Local Economies
Wind Energy Projects: A Winning Situation for Local Economies
Date: 9/14/2007
Source: Stacia Cudd, National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service
Audio with John Stulp, Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture (MP3 3.2 MB) Download Windows Media Player. Time: 00:03:23.
Prior to taking on the role of Commissioner of Agriculture for the state of Colorado, John Stulp served as a County Commissioner in Prowers County for a number of years. During his time as County Commissioner, Stulp was part of a large wind energy project — the 162-megawatt Colorado Green Wind Farm. Stulp was not only approached as a commissioner, but also as a landowner. As a result, he says he had the unique opportunity to investigate wind farms from both perspectives.
In the end, Stulp says the county did enter into a lease.
"As commissioner, we worked with the developers on setting up some of the land use needs and went to some of the hearings that were conducted by our land use office and eventually a 162 megawatt wind farm was built in Prowers County."
Stulp says the project was more than a win-win — it was a winning situation for all parts of the economy. He says that includes the host ranches and farms for the wind farm, the agriculture community, 400 employees who worked on site during the construction phase, and ultimately, the community as a whole.
"That was a tremendous payroll and a big part of that got spent within Prowers County. And so that impacted a lot of our merchants and service providers in the community, and up and down Main Street there was a noticeable positive impact of increased economic activity. And this was during a period that we'd had several years of severe drought and our agriculture community was somewhat depressed, and this really gave a shot in the arm economically to the business community and certainly gave a lot of people hope for the future. Beyond that, we saw a great boost in our tax base. Our county assessed evaluation jumped by nearly 30 percent."
The Colorado Green Wind Farm project has already been expanded. Stulp says the newest addition in neighboring Bent County adds 50 turbines and increases the state's wind energy generation capacity by 25-percent, or 75 megawatts. He says Bent County will soon see the same short-term and long-term benefits Prowers County did.
"There's some permanent jobs that go with the wind farm. And in a fairly sparsely populated area, like eastern Colorado, why 12 to 14 new jobs, these jobs are good paying, good benefits and they help keep some of our young people in the community. And 14 jobs doesn't sound like a lot to some large metropolitan areas, but for eastern Colorado, that's a significant number of jobs for a rural community."
That's why Stulp says he'll work to bring future wind projects to Colorado as the state's Ag Commissioner.
"This is a wonderful economic development tool for rural communities and for agriculture specifically. And yet at the same time it's a renewable product, it's a clean product."
Stulp says construction is underway in Colorado that would add another 700-megawatts of electricity bringing the total amount of energy produced by wind in the state to more than one-thousand megawatts. He says people have seen the ripple effect these projects have on the communities and are asking when the next wind farm's coming. If it was up to Stulp, every rural community would have a wind farm and every farm or ranch would have wind turbines.
This information was last updated on September 14, 2007

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County's top schools (From Banbury Cake)
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County's top schools
10:30am Saturday 25th August 2012 in News
Four independent schools from the county have been ranked among the top 100 in the UK.
Following the A and AS-Level results last week and based on data from the Independent Schools Council, Oxford High School came in third position nationally, followed by Magdalen College School, Headington School and St Helen and St Katherine in Abingdon.
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Okay. I know it's ridiculoulsy early, but I'm stuck working 6 days a week for awhile, and I thought I'd do one of these because...well, because I'm a draft geek. Here goes.
1. Loucheiz Purifoy, CB, Florida - This guy is a ball hawk, and should immediately start over Dre. If he is already taken, I'd look at his partner Marcus Roberson, Deshazor Evertt from Texas A&M, or Kyle Fuller from Va Tech. CB has got to be addressed, early and late. Dre and Ghee are made of galss, and Newman can't have but one more year in him maybe.
2. Dominique Easley, DE, Florida - Yes, another Gator. He has a torn ACL, so this may need to be watched, but this guy reminds me Dunlap as far as skills go, but without the size. If he isn't healthy, or not available, other options could be Jackson Jeffcoat, DE, Texas, or Brian Stork, C, FSU.
3. Travis Swanson, C, Arkansas - This is a position of need, and could be addressed as early as round 2 if there is fear of a top C being gone, or one is BPA. If taken, Brian Stork, C, FSU, or Andre Hal, CB, Vanderbilt, or
4. Antone Exum, S/CB, Va Tech - Has played both positions in college, and could play either spot in the NFL. The secondary is our weakest position for the future, and the team would do well to address it. If he is gone, maybe they reach for a QB here...Sean Mannion, QB, Oregon State if he comes out would be a nice prospect to groom. Another one could be Jeff Matthew, QB, Cornell. Mannion is the rawer of the 2.
5. Anthony Hitchens, OLB, Iowa - has the talent to be a pro player, and would make an impact on ST's. He may just lead the B1G in tackles again this year. Would be a ST pick with Porter and Lamur both back next year, but may compete with DiManche. Other options are Christion Jones, WR/KR, Alabama - can we finally replace Tate??
6. Tevin McDonald, S, Eastern Washington - had some off-field issues which may steer us clear, but is a burner, who would compete with a weak S core, and would make an impact on ST. Brandon Thomas, G, Clemson might be looked at here, too.
7. LaMarcus Joyner, S/CB, FSU - another guy with KR abilities. Only 5'8", so he'd be a specialist or slot corner at best.
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Scouts who come to camp want to advance in rank. At the Ranch we offer 24 merit badges. We recommend that you don't take on more than three, because camp is geared for fun and not just advancement. Many of the merit badges we offer have requirements that must, or should, be done at home before you arrive. Some require a time-frame such as four weeks of observation; others require some written work. Why take fun time to write a report when you could do it at home on your computer in less time?
We grouped merit badges below in recommended groups for first-year campers on up to veterans. With the exception of those recommended for fourth-year campers, these are just recommendations.Recommended for first-year campers: Basketry, Fishing, Indian Lore, Leatherwork, Mammal Study, Swimming, Wood Carving
Recommended for second-year campers: Camping, Canoeing, Cooking, Fish and Wildlife Management, Forestry, Lifesaving, Orienteering, Pioneering, Rowing, Wilderness Survival
Tougher badges recommended for third-year campers and older: Archery, Astronomy, Environmental Science, Rifle Shooting, Soil and Water Conservation
Badges which require you to be at least a fourth-year camper: Climbing, Horsemanship
How to Schedule Your TimeOK, you've got all this information on merit badges. Now how do you make it work? We suggest that you build yourself a schedule.
Archery Merit Badge
This is one of the tougher merit badges we offer. It is also one of the most fun. Although some Scouts will be natural shots, some will never shoot well enough to qualify.
We recommend this merit badge for Scouts who are in their third summer camp or beyond. But if archery is your hobby, you can sign up earlier. We will teach you to shoot properly and safely.
To qualify, you must make at least one complete arrow and a bowstring. We have the materials for purchase in the camp Trading Post. You may bring your own personal archery tackle to camp. However, we do not encourage you to do so; and if you do bring your own equipment, we are not responsible for it. Bows may not exceed 40 pounds pull and they must be locked in the camp office when not in use.
Before camp: Read the merit badge book and practice shooting if possible.
Times offered: 9:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Each session is 90 minutes long.
Astronomy Merit Badge
Here's another tough one. It is recommended for third-year campers and beyond. But if astronomy is your hobby, come on down. It is unlikely that you could qualify for this badge without prior work.
Before camp: The requirements that you should complete beforehand are 5b, 6, 7b and 9. Read the merit badge pamphlet, and get plenty of skywatching. We suggest that you do 4c and 7a, which are easier done at home as well.
Times offered: 9:15 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sessions are one hour in the nature area, with evening stargazing out of your campsite as possible.
Basketry Merit Badge
Here's one that's a piece of cake. You could actually do this one before you come to camp, or do it in your spare time.
This is a fine first-year camper badge open to all Scouts. There are only three requirements. You can purchase kits ahead of time at the Scout Shop or a hobby shop. If you wait until you get to camp, you can buy the kits in the Trading Post for $15-$24, depending on which kits you choose to weave.
Times offered: 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. in the Scoutcraft Area.
Camping Merit Badge
Here's a great badge to earn at camp, and it's required for the rank of Eagle Scout. You should have 20 days and nights of camping under your belt before you sign up for this one.
Before camp: Requirements 2 and 3 should either be done or prepared for. These are bookwork-type requirements that will save you time at camp. Requirements 8c, 8d and 9 must be done before camp.
Times offered: 9:15 a.m., 11:15 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Scoutcraft area.
Canoeing Merit Badge
The Canoeing merit badge is great fun. Canoeing and Swimming are our most-earned merit badges in camp. You must be a swimmer before you can sign up. Learn to paddle a canoe the right way. Learn to save yourself and others in a boating accident.
Plan on taking some time in the afternoon to practice the skills that you learn in the morning sessions. You will have to demonstrate your handling of the canoe in a number of situations. You will be required to carry a canoe and rescue a swamped canoe, which takes some strength.
Before camp: Read the merit badge pamphlet. Practice your swimming. To complete this badge, you must come to camp with a completed "red card" indicating that you have the necessary CPR instruction. (See your Scoutmaster for more information.) This badge requires some strength in moving and lifting a canoe and the ability to climb back into a canoe from the water. Study requirements 4, 5 and 10.
Times offered: 9:15 a.m., 10:15 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. in the boating area.
Climbing Merit Badge
This one is limited to eight older Scouts from each camp. You must be a fourth-year camper or older to sign up. It is also part of our Older Scout program.This merit badge is strenuous, so you need to be in good condition.
Before camp: Pre-camp sign-up is necessary (see your Scoutmaster). Read the merit badge pamphlet to become familiar with the equipment and terminology. A "red card" for CPR will help. Visiting a climbing facility before camp will help. As climbing is strenuous, you will need to be in good physical condition. We suggest that you learn and practice the required knots.
Times offered: Wednesday morning and all day on Thursday. Meet at the Older Scout area.
Cooking Merit Badge
This is a merit badge which requires a lot of pre-work to complete. The good news is that your Scoutmaster is your counselor on your campsite, so you and he can be flexible with your scheduling.
Before camp: Read the merit badge pamphlet. Bring your "red card" for requirement 1. Also complete requirements 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
Times offered: It's up to you and your Scoutmaster.
Environmental Science Merit Badge
This is a good camp merit badge, but requires a lot of pre-camp work to complete. It is also another badge that's required to become an Eagle Scout. Sessions for this badge are held for two hours each day. We recommend that you be at least a third-year camper for this badge.
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Before camp: Read the merit badge pamphlet. It is recommended that you complete requirements 3 and 5. To complete this badge, you must come with requirement 3f completed.
Times offered: 10:15 a.m. and 2 p.m. Remember that these are two-hour sessions and this is a time-consuming merit badge. It is an important badge to earn if you want to become an Eagle Scout.
Fishing Merit Badge
Here's the perfect badge to complete before you get to camp, and all you have to do is fish!
Bring your fishing gear and the pictures of fish that you've caught in the past. Bone up on the bookwork requirements and parts of the tackle and you're home free.Before camp: Fish, fish, fish. You can fish at camp as well. But if they're not bitin'??? Read the merit badge pamphlet and come ready to answer the questions every fisherman should know.
For requirement 7 involving state fishing regulations, visit these web sites:Missouri: www.conservation.state.mo.us/Illinois: www.dnr.state.il.us/
Times offered: 9:15 a.m., 10:15 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. on Monday and Tuesday in the Scoutcraft area.
Forestry Merit Badge
This is a merit badge for those who love trees and forests and want to learn more. Recommended for second-year campers and older, this is a badge that is better researched before coming to camp.
Before camp: Requirement 5 must be done, and we strongly recommend that you complete requirement 7 as well.
Read the merit badge pamphlet and start assembling your collections. A tree identification guide and spiral notebook will be helpful.
Times offered: Forestry is a two-hour merit badge offered two days from 3 to 5 p.m. in the nature area. You may sign up for Monday & Tuesday or Wednesday & Thursday.
Horsemanship Merit Badge
This merit badge is reserved exclusively for veteran campers who are attending their fourth year of camp or more. We are limited to six Scouts per camp on this badge, and there is an additional charge of $15 to cover horse expenses. Sign-up for this badge prior to camp by using the Older Scout Registration form available from your Scoutmaster and in his Leaders Guide for camp.
You will need long pants and boots with heels. We recommend that you bring along a bandanna to wear under your helmet to keep the helmet dry for those riding after you. Physical strength is necessary for this badge.Before camp: Read the merit badge pamphlet and be able to complete requirements 1, 2 and 5.Times offered: 9:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. in the corral area at the north end of the camporee area near the Camp Famous Eagle entrance sign. Each session is 90 minutes long. Scouts attending Camp Sakima should plan on hiking, riding your own bike or arranging a ride.
Indian Lore Merit Badge
The Indian Lore merit badge is a good one that can be completed at home prior to camp. That allows you more time to take part in the fun Native American skills and games that we will show you in the Scoutcraft area. Any Scout can sign up for Indian Lore. Are you a member of an Order of the Arrow ceremonial team? Then this one may be right for you.
Before camp: Requirement 2 must be done, and we highly recommend that you complete requirement 1 as well.
Times offered: 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. in the Scoutcraft area.
Leatherwork Merit Badge
This merit badge is open to all Scouts and is a great one for camp. We provide leatherworking tools and advice. You may purchase your kit materials prior to camp at the Scout Shop or a leather craft store. If you purchase them at camp, plan on spending $7-$14, depending on your choice of kits.
Before camp: Read the merit badge pamphlet. Bring to camp your personal item to show for requirement 3; and if you choose options a, b or d in requirement 5, you'll need to complete them before camp as well.
Times offered: 10:15 a.m., 11:15 a.m. or 4 p.m. in the Scoutcraft area
Lifesaving Merit Badge
Here's a great badge that gets you in the water every day and may help you save your or someone else's life in the future. This merit badge is also an alternate required merit badge (with Emergency Preparedness) for Eagle Scout rank. Although you are not required to, you should have first earned the Swimming merit badge. You must be a strong swimmer before coming to camp, as requirement 1 requires you to swim 400 yards using four different strokes in a strong manner.
Before camp: Swim, swim, swim, and then read the merit badge pamphlet. You must have completed those requirements for Second and First Class regarding swimming. You must also have completed the "red card" CPR training prior to camp to complete this badge. (See your Scoutmaster for details.) You will need a long-sleeved shirt and long pants (not blue jeans).
Times offered: During your troop's Instructional Swim at either 9:15 a.m., 10:15 a.m. or 11:15 a.m. See your Scoutmaster about the specific time -- it is in his Leaders Camp Guide. If there is a conflict with this time and another of your merit badges, come down and visit with our Lifesaving merit badge counselor.
Mammal Study Merit Badge
Mammal Study is a good badge for any Scout, especially first-year Scouts. This is definitely one in which you should do the paperwork and research before you come to camp.
Before camp: We highly recommend that you complete requirements 3 and 4.
Times offered: 2 p.m., 3 p.m. or 4 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday in the Nature Area.
Nature Merit Badge
This outdoor merit badge is recommended for third-year campers and older. It is a great way to learn about the world around us.
Before camp: We recommend completing requirement 4.
Times offered: 9:15 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Nature Area.
Orienteering Merit badge
This is a great camp badge, recommended for second-year Scouts and beyond. Orienteering is like a treasure hunt with a map and compass. It is the largest participant sport in the Nordic countries.
You will need your compass and sturdy shoes or boots for running.
Before camp: Requirements 7, 8, 9 and 10 are recommended. If you don't do most of these requirements, you will find the merit badge tough to complete. Read the merit badge pamphlet.
For other available events, check out the St. Louis Orienteering Club's website, www.sloc.us.orienteering.com/. This club has great events that can help you qualify for requirement 7; and if you contact and assist them, you can complete requirement 9.
Times offered: 9:15 and 10:15 am in the Scoutcraft area.
Pioneering Merit Badge
This Scoutcraft merit badge is recommended for second-year campers and beyond. Building towers and bridges is a lot of fun, but you need to know your knots and learn to lash. The Scoutcraft area has all the spars and ropes that you will need.
Before camp: Complete requirement 6 and 7 prior to camp and bring rope machine and model to camp. The Trading Post will have twine to purchase for using with your ropemaking machine if you wait until camp to try it out. Read the merit badge pamphlet.
Times offered: 9:15 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sessions are two hours long.
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Reptile and Amphibian Study Merit Badge
This badge is offered to second-year campers and older. If you like things that crawl, jump and swim, chase this badge.
Before camp: Requirement 8 must be completed. Bring your records with you to camp. If you complete requirements 1 and 4, you will be well on your way.
Times offered: 10:15 a.m., 11:15 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the Nature Area
Rifle Shooting Merit Badge
This merit badge is a lot like Archery and is a lot of fun. Some Scouts pass the shooting requirement with no problem; other Scouts never seem to get the hang of it. Ammunition is .22 caliber single shot, and bolt action rifles are used for option A. You may not bring your own rifle or ammunition to camp.This merit badge is recommended for third-year campers and older. But if you are a marksman or hunter, and have your Scoutmasters' and the rifle range directors' permission, you may sign up.
For a portion of requirement 1 regarding hunting laws, visit these websites: www.conservation.state.mo.us for Missouri residents or www.dnr.state.il.us/ for Illinois residents.
Before camp: Read the merit badge pamphlet and practice shooting if possible. Even if it is with a BB gun, it will help you prepare.
Times offered: 9:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Sessions are one hour and a half and are held at (you guessed it) the Rifle Range.
Rowing Merit Badge
Here's another fun aquatic merit badge. It's not required but we recommend that you earn the Canoeing merit badge first. You must be a swimmer to sign up. This is a recommended merit badge for second-year campers and beyond.
Before camp: Read the merit badge pamphlet. Earn the "red card" for CPR instruction. Be prepared for requirements 4, 5d and 10. Practice your swimming skills.
Times offered: 9:15 a.m., 10:15 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.
Swimming Merit Badge
Swimming and Canoeing are the most earned badges in summer camp. This one's for you if you are a first-year camper and a swimmer. It is lots of fun, and you swim everyday. Surface dives, different swimming strokes and using mask, fins and snorkel are just a few of the skills that you will learn.
Before camp: Read the merit badge pamphlet and practice your swimming. Requirement 10c should be completed prior to camp. To complete at camp, you must have your signed "red card" that shows you have completed the CPR instruction. You must have completed requirement No. 3 in your troop, which qualifies you for the Second and First Class swimming requirements, before you can sign up for this merit badge.
Times offered: At your troop Instructional Swim time, 9:15 a.m., 10:15 a.m. or 11:15 a.m. See your Scoutmaster for your time.
Weather Merit Badge
This interesting badge teaches you skills that you can use the rest of your life. Weather is recommended for Scouts in their third year of camp or older.
Before camp: We recommend that you do the drawings in requirement #6. Requirement #8 must be completed prior to camp and brought with you.
Times offered: 11:15 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Nature Area.
Wilderness Survival Merit Badge
Do you really like roughing it? Then try Wilderness Survival.
Recommended for second-year campers, this badge will have a survival overnight.
Before camp: Read the merit badge pamphlet. Make your own survival kit for requirement 5, and practice your fire-building for 6. Be prepared to answer questions on 1, 2, 4 and 7.
Times offered: Monday or Tuesday at 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. (three-hour sessions) with an overnight.
Wood Carving Merit Badge
Wood Carving is a great merit badge for all Scouts in camp. It also is a great one to start before you get here. Step one is to get the merit badge pamphlet and read it. Next, get a pocketknife with a small blade. Sharpen the blade so that it is very sharp, and then take your time carving the two projects that you will need to complete requirements 6 and 7.
You can buy neckerchief slide blanks at any Scout Shop. For relief carving, most Wal-Mart stores have basswood (or lindenwood) in their hobby/crafts area. Most hobby shops will have carving wood as well. Anticipate spending $5-$10 at camp.
Visit your local library for whittling or carving books for ideas.
Before camp: Equipment and instruction is available in the Scoutcraft area.


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Labour candidate Mark Burns-Williamson has won the most votes in Bradford for the role of West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, it was announced at the count this afternoon.
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I was sitting in the bus chilling for the strangers that would ginger the bus driver to get out of the bus park with their hard earned cash. I guess I was so impatient, uptight and really agitated. And if that wasn't enough, I was really trying my best to stay awake. Today is the 5th time I'm going to be late this week and since today is Friday, what does that tell you.
Before you start judging, you need to understand that all the clocks in my home are at conflict with one another. When my eyes popped one, my body clock said 4am; my wall clock read 7:30, while my head clock was one hour behind. I went for the first option, got an extra 30 minutes, but the ultimate clock, GRANDPA came and snapped me out of blissful sleep.
So back to reality, I couldn't sleep in the bus, because I would miss my bus stop and frankly I didn't have enough cash to afford a mistake. 20 minutes went by and the passengers were loading up in trickles. I put my head down for a second and then I heard it. First it was a little giggle. I figured it was some silly teenage girl caught up with herself, and then I heard a manly laugh and two more. Okay now curiosity was killing this cat. I lifted my head to see who the comedian was. I looked and saw this
Hey I wasn't the only one taking pictures of the pink man. Heck the whole bus was intrigued. If that guy was a blog, I am certain that he would have had a couple of thousand hits. He had everyone's attention. It also got me thinking, about blogging. Most of the questions I get asked a lot of times is how to get your target market's attentions. There are a lot of things at stake, but one determining factor is the name or title you give your blog post. Your title is what evokes your audience to click on your article or write up.
Here are 4 tips I have discovered that will go a long way in capturing the attention of your audience just like this pink outfit guy got mine.
Tip 1: Develop the art of writing "How To" articles. A large portion of the searches done on the internet is information search. Heck I have even a search on how to make pancakes. "How To" articles presents you as the expert. Here are a couple of "How to" titles you can develop
- How to be a university rockstar in your first year
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- How to stay successfully married to a Nigerian man (This blog post got me about 575 hits in one single day…at the time, that was a huge success for me)
When your titles begin with "How to", your audience is automatically drawn and it is because, no one knows it all. A lot of times we are very unaware of that innate character in all of us to know more. No wonder the school business are still thriving in grim times when a lot of economies are failing.
Tip 2: Make use of words that help your audience connect with past experiences or situations. They should be able to attribute your words to pictures stored in their memory. A while back, I stumbled on this title and I was intrigued because I remembered the movie "Murder she wrote"
"21 Killer ways to spread your influence online"
Notice the use of the word killer. There was a murder in the movie that wasn't revealed until the end. Also notice the blogger combined that with my interest…online traffic. Tell me what can stop me from clicking on that article?
The lesson here is while making use of such bold words; do not forget to connect them with words or jargons that are specific to your niche.
Tip 3: Everybody has a list and it ranges from a to-do list up till the list of qualities you expect in your spouse, kids or friends. So when you write list like blog posts, everyone can relate. Secondly, if you are in the Generation Y bracket, then your attention span will be just as short as mine. List-like articles allows folks like me know just how much time we will be investing in reading your blog posts. Examples of List-like articles are:
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Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson will play in a critical Week 16 matchup against the New York Giants.
It was unclear whether Johnson would play on Sunday after his participation in practice was almost non-existent. He was held out on Wednesday and Thursday, while being officially listed as "limited" on Friday. The team listed his status as "questionable," with Johnson recovering from a knee injury that caused him to miss one game earlier in the season.
Johnson has been the team's most consistent offensive weapon in 2013, catching 81 passes for 1,449 yards and 12 touchdowns. Quarterback Matthew Stafford has struggled in recent weeks, but the team's receiver has been a constant threat -- regardless of the passing situation.
Detroit doesn't face an extremely difficult game against the Giants, but the team can't afford to be complacent. A loss on Sunday would make their a chance at the playoffs very difficult, allowing the Chicago Bears to take control of the NFC North and potentially usher in a surprising scenario where the injured Green Bay Packers could limp into a division win.
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Is LinkedIn Lying About Having Fixed Their Security Hole?
LinkedIn just confirmed that some of their passwords were stolen.
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1. Members that have accounts associated with the compromised passwords will notice that their LinkedIn account password is no longer valid.
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2. They say "members whose passwords have not been compromised benefit from the enhanced security we just recently put in place, which includes hashing and salting of our current password databases". But since they store the hashed passwords and not the actual passwords, how did they salt the un-compromised passwords? (I believe salting needs to be done before hashing...) Edit: As theaolway suggested below, they could do a sha1(salt+sha1(password)).


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Relief convoy reaches besieged Yarmouk following landmark agreement
Published Saturday 18/01/2014 (updated) 20/01/2014 09:34
DAMASCUS (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority Minister of Labor Ahmed Majdalani said that a convoy with food and medicine had entered Syria's Yarmouk camp on Saturday afternoon as part of a relief agreement for the camp reached on Friday.
Majdalani said that the convoy includes 200 parcels weighing 30 kg each, consisting of basic foodstuffs to help Palestinian refugees in Yarmouk after seven months of siege imposed by regime forces.
UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness confirmed that the aid had been successfully received inside the camp as part of a "trial phase" of the agreement.
Majdalani said during a press conference at the national information center in Ramallah on Saturday that some of the non-Palestinian armed factions had left the camp starting Friday evening, and that the rest of these factions would leave the camp on Saturday and Sunday.
He said that their departure would be followed by more aid convoys on Sunday, including food and medicines, while the evacuation of the sick, injured, and the elderly would begin today in collaboration with the Syrian Ministry of Social Affairs, which will provide shelters for the evacuees.
University students, meanwhile, would be evacuated starting Sunday.
Majdalani also explained that bulldozers began to remove roadblocks and barriers that had previously blocked major roads linking the camp to the outside world in order to facilitate the delivery of relief convoys and to return life to normal inside the camp.
He stressed that the fact that "militants barricaded themselves inside the camp was no coincidence," but was primarily a "political act."
He added: "We will work hard to ensure that the Palestinians in Syria remain neutral and outside of the Syrian internal crisis because the Palestinians in Syria are guests and do not interfere in the internal affairs of the host country."
UNRWA is playing 'support role'
UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness said that "Syrian authorities sought UNRWA's support as the neutral, humanitarian agency with a mandate for Palestine refugees. It is important to emphasize that the contribution of UNRWA was a small contribution to the effort of others, such as the Palestinian groups, to test an arrangement.
"UNRWA responded positively by donating the requested food parcels -- not directly to the Palestinian factions -- but through an intermediary," and he said that they received assurances that the donations would be distributed in a "neutral manner for humanitarian purposes."
He clarified, however, that in the convoy, "UNRWA is playing only a support role. Today's effort is not an UNRWA convoy and UNRWA is not involved or engaged in the transport of the food parcels into Yarmouk or its distribution inside Yarmouk."
"Regardless of the outcome of today's effort, UNRWA's position remains that Yarmouk must be open to safe, regular humanitarian access; that the civilian residents of Yarmouk must be granted free, safe movement; and that all sides to the Syria conflict must comply with their international obligations to protect Syrian and Palestinian civilians in Yarmouk and across Syria," he added.
The announcement came after the 14 militant factions involved in the fighting, the national reconciliation committee, and Palestinian militants inside the camp had agreed to allow the introduction of aid into the camp from the Rama Road entrance on Saturday.
The agreement was the result of a long meeting that took place on Friday between the parties involved in the clashes in the camp that was chaired by Rateb Shehab, head of the delegation, with a delegation from inside the camp representing the armed groups and Palestinian committees headed by Abu Hashem Zaghmout, Abu al-Abd Arisha and Abu Saleh Fatyan.
As a result of the meeting, humanitarian aid began entering today, and preparations have begun to remove barriers from the Rama Street entrance to the camp to facilitate the movement of the sick and the young from the camp.
Several attempts to deliver aid to Yarmouk camp have been thwarted in recent weeks due to rigorous fighting within and around the camp.
At least four Palestinians were killed in the camp on Thursday after government helicopters dropped a barrel bomb on it, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Militants say at least seven Palestinians refugees died in the attack.
At least 50 people have died due to food and medicine shortages in the camp in recent months, according to the Observatory.
After rebels seized control of Yarmouk in December 2012, the camp became embroiled in the armed fighting taking place across Syria and came under heavy regime assault.
Regime forces eventually encircled the camp and in July imposed a siege on the camp, leading to a rapid deterioration of living conditions.
Fatah leader Abbas Zaki told Ma'an in mid-October that Yarmouk's population of 250,000 had dwindled to 18,000 after two and a half years of conflict in Syria.
The Syrian conflict, which began as peaceful protests in March 2011 but developed into a civil war, has killed more than 130,000 people and prompted millions to flee their homes.
More than 760,000 Palestinians -- estimated today to number 4.8 million with their descendants -- were pushed into exile or driven out of their homes in the conflict surrounding Israel's creation in 1948.
1 ) Tara Hargreaves-Court / UK
18/01/2014 19:42
Thank G-d the convoy with food and medicine has entered Syria's Yarmouk camp, will these Arabs ever stop killing each other?
2 ) Linda J / USA
18/01/2014 20:05
Tara, when will Israel welcome the return of Palestinians to their home (after all, Israel's brutal expulsion is why the Palestinian refugees are in Yarmouk).
3 ) Sarah / The Netherlands
18/01/2014 20:45
I was just looking at the pictures and video's, I am so happy now! Lets keep the food coming in, lots is needed.
4 ) E / usa
18/01/2014 22:02
To first 3 comments. What are you people kidding me! Who cares wheather food is there or not. Waste of taxpayers money for no reason what's so ever. And by the way #2. Arabs told arabs to leave in 1948 they just didn't think jews will win but jews are strong and arabs weak. So blame arabs while jews enjoy life in their land.
5 ) Wardah Abd Al Hadi / Oman
18/01/2014 22:08
Al hamdulliah wa Allahu Akbar (Praise be to God, God is Great). Thanks to Allah the aid is starting to get through & the rebel forces have heeded the call to withdraw from Yarmouk camp to make this possible. The Palestinians in the camp are neutral & vunerable. Hopefully as many as possible, preferably all, will be evacuated from there, to safer places.
6 ) Watercress Farmer / Spain
18/01/2014 23:14
#5 You live in cloud cuckoo land if you think, ''as many as possible, preferably all, will be evacuated from there, to safer places''. Islamic countries have not given these Arab Muslim people citizenship or shelter, in the past sixty years. They have left these brother Muslims to fester and rot, not prosper.
7 ) Miriam / us
19/01/2014 01:09
#1, Tara...you should've stopped after your praise for relief convoy entering Yarmouk. Too bad you contaminated the kindness with bigotry/ignorance. #4, E says: 'who cares' whether there's food?waste of $$$$. U haven't looked into the eyes of a baby dying of starvation...would you speak such venal cursed words to a mother who lost a child during shoah? Then you make it worse by adding the same old lies ....about 48. Get an educated...way overdue.
8 ) Robby / USA
19/01/2014 02:56
2 ) Linda J / USA - there probably isn't very many, if anyone in Yarmouk that wasn't born there. The refugee camps are an invention by the Arabs, stop making excuses for them.
9 ) Adam Neira / Egypt
19/01/2014 08:27
Yarmouk is a test case/microcosm. This relief shipment is a positive yet the amount is tokenistic. To build trust, the Assad Regime must allow, for a minimum period of ten days (leading up to, including and after the talks in Montreaux) a minimum of ten (10) fully loaded 5 tonne trucks containing food, medicine and other goods, into the camp per day. Drivers should come from INSIDE the camp and be given safe passage on their exit and return. Prayers for Syria.
10 ) 200 years from now / when the number
19/01/2014 08:28
of Palestinian refugees in Yarmouk camp will be 27,000,000 ....... the hunger problems will be HUGE and many many trucks will be needed. Then 400 years from now when the number of Palesinian refugees will be close to 900,000,000----the hunger problems will REALLY be SEVERE!!!!
11 ) Rene / US
19/01/2014 11:45
Why does this report and at least one other at Maan say "after a seven months of siege imposed by the regime forces". Yarmouk has been sieged by Takfiri and al-Nusra terrorists and God know who else. There was also an article here last week and in the comments there was some discussion about are Palestinians fighting and for who? I have read that very large numbers of Palestinians have joined with the various terrorist groups. Those who have lived in Syria so long should not fight Syria.
12 ) E / Usa
19/01/2014 16:41
To Miriam please stop living in fantasy world and spare me the non sense of looking babies in the eyes. first and foremost muslims dont care about their children. and in case your brain forgot syria used chemical weapons on children so please you get educated or you just plain ignorant. and about 1948 lies or lies its irrelevant. arabs leave and syria and jews in israel. period
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