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By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
6/8/2012 (2 years ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
Editor's note: This virtual pilgrimage is part of the Catholic Online Summer Solution program. A program of activities, books and recipes to keep your family busy through the summer. Check back every day for updates and exciting new things to do!
You may not be able to travel to Tepeyac, but you can still honor Our Lady by taking your family on this virtual pilgrimage.
A virtual pilgrimage is a day of prayer, activities and devotion that you can do at home, at school, or virtually anywhere.
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
6/8/2012 (2 years ago)
Published in Living Faith
Keywords: Our Lady of Guadalupe, Virtual pilgrimage, virtual shrine, summer solution, activities
How to follow this itinerary.
Everything on this list is optional and you may tailor and customize your day however you like. A number of activities feature choices and substitutions.
Enjoy your virtual pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalue. We pray that you find it to be spiritually fulfilling and rewarding as you share these activities with your family.
1. Juan Diego's Breakfast:
As with most of the activities you have several options. Choose the option that suits you best. The general aim is to consume a meager meal as the people of Mexico in the time of Juan Diego did not eat substantial breakfasts. Also, a mini fast is an appropriate option.
Consider one of the following as an option:
- Harina de maiz
- Oatmeal
- Grits
- Corn tortillas
- Chorizo and egg
- Bowl of cereal
Harina de maize recipe
- Milk Base
- 2 cups milk (whole or 2%)
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 cloves
- pinch of salt
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan and bring up to a boil.
The Cornmeal
- 1/2 cup fine yellow cornmeal
- 1 cup milk (whole or 2%)
Mix together and set aside until the milk, sugar, and spices come up to a boil. Stir mix together one last time and pour this slurry into the saucepan, stirring vigorously with a wooden spoon. Lower the heat to medium and continue stirring until the mixture thickens, at least 7 minutes. Be careful when it starts bubbling - it is not a delicate simmer! If needed, remove the saucepan from the heat, stir for a couple for a couple of seconds, and return to the burner.
2. Prayer After breakfast, begin your journey with a quick and simple prayer dedicated to our Lady of Guadalupe. Click here for the prayer.
3. Read or learn about Mexico in the time of Juan Diego. This activity requires some preparation and tailoring to the audience. Naturally, small children will not appreciate the full history of the period as much as an older student or adult.
Here is a great resource for learning about Mexico in the time of Juan Diego.
4. Learn and do a traditional art or craft, or color this picture of Juan Diego. If you know or wish to learn or teach a period specific craft, we encourage you to try. It's a great way to spend family time and to learn something new. For younger children, drawing a picture may suffice. Older children may do well making their own rosaries if you have string and beads available. Most of these items are available locally or online.
If you choose coloring, get your picture of Juan Diego here.
5. Juan Diego's Lunch:
This meal may remain meager, or you may fast. Alternatively, do something a bit more substantial for younger children, you will soon begin the challenging part of the pilgrimage.
Suggested meals:
- Beans and rice with a corn tortilla.
- A mix of corn, squash, or other vegetables.
- Broth or soup.
- Quesadilla
6. Siesta. Take a short afternoon nap or rest for awhile you don't want tired pilgrims to fall asleep while praying the rosary!
7. Children may draw or color their version of Juan Diego's Tilma. Alternatively they may make one using this format.
- For one child: one paper grocery sack or bag
- For a class: a roll of brown kraft paper (available at office supply stores or the Post Office, usually sold for wrapping packages).
- Scissors
- Glue stick
- Picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Crayons or markers
- Colored raffia
- Cut out the sides of the paper grocery sack, and lay it flat
- Cut a 7 inch circle (for the child's head) from the bottom of the sack.
- Fringe the bottom of the tilma with scissors or punch holes and tie colored raffia as a fringe.
- Color the picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe - make it as bright and colorful as you want.
- Cut out the finished picture and glue it to the front of the tilma.
- That's it!
8. Brief prayer offered to Our Lady of Guadalupe. Click here for the prayer.
9. The Pilgrimage. For this pilgrimage the following items are recommended. A rose (or roses), or flowers, water (if walking a long distance), and your rosaries.
Walk to your nearest parish church or shrine to Our Lady. If the distance is too far, walking around the block may do. As you walk, think about the journey Juan Diego took to see the bishop after seeing Our Lady. You may discuss this as you walk, or another matter of faith. Alternatively you may keep silent, or pray the rosary as you go. Do what is most fitting for your area and desired experience.
If you cannot leave the home, spend some time in quiet reflection then approach Our Lady in prayer. No shrines, altars, or statues are needed. Your prayerful attitude is what's most important at this time.
After you arrive at your shrine, wherever that may be, offer your roses and drawings to Our Lady of Guadalupe. It is appropriate to light a candle dedicated to Our Lady with your intentions added.
10. Pray the rosary as a family.
11. Return home in prayer and contemplation.
12. Work as a family to prepare a traditional Mexican supper. This will conclude your virtual pilgrimage.
13. If you wish, you may view a movie or documentary about Juan Diego and Our Lady, or even better, start a Catholic book dedicated to the subject!
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Toca Kitchen is not a game - it's a toy where you and your kids get to explore cooking. What happens if you mix a carrot and then fry it? Will the cat like it? And what is the bull's favorite food? Toca Kitchen supports free play for all ages and is a great way to use your imagination.
As with all Toca Boca apps, there are no high scores, time limits or stressful music. Rest assured this app for kids let's kids play however they want!
Toca Boca is a game studio that makes digital toys for kids. We think playing and having fun is the best way to learn about the world. Therefore we make digital toys and free kids games that help stimulate the imagination, and that you can play together with your kids. Best of all - we do it in a safe way without third-party advertising or in-app purchases.
US DMV Driving Tests
Do you have a driving test coming up for any US state for cars, motorcycles, trucks or buses? This is the app for you! The US DMV Driving Tests app is the ULTIMATE tool to learn the rules, signs and laws of the road to pass any US DMV driving test.
✓ 31,300+ state-specific, vehicle type-specific questions and answers covering all signs and rules in every state (this is the most comprehensive app you could ask for!)
✓ Practice questions and test formats
✓ Questions are randomly generated, creating unique tests every time!
✓ Questions are up to date and very challenging!
✓ Score history so you can monitor your progress and know when you are ready to write the test!
✓ This app does not require the internet, so you can use it anytime, anywhere, including on your way to the test!
✓ This is the ULTIMATE US DMV driving test app!
Best review of app we have received so far:
"I can confirm its usefullness. I required my youngest son to use this and pass 10 tests in a row with a 90 or better before we would take him to the DMV for his learner's permit.
He aced his test, and has much better road knowledge than my older two sons who I only quizzed directly out of the DMV manual."
***If you like this app, please give it 5 stars to support us, so that we can continue to improve the app. Thank you!***
DISCLAIMER: This app is for general information purposes only. This app is not intended to be relied upon in any dispute, claim, action, proceeding or for legal advice. For official law descriptions and administrative centers, please consult the respective state body. It is also highly recommended that new drivers take an approved driver education course to learn the rules and laws of the road, and to develop responsible driving habits.
K9 Web Protection Browser
Backed by Blue Coat Systems' leading web filtering and content control technology, your children will receive the same protection trusted by Fortune 500 companies around the world.
Firefox-based Browser
• Screen Rotation
• Pinch and Zoom
• URL History
• Multiple Tabs
• Print
• Safe Search
• Bookmarks
Blocks Adult and Potentially Offensive Sites
• Pornography
• Open Image/Media Search
• Extreme
• Adult/Mature Content
• Nudity
• Intimate Apparel/Swimsuit
• Violence/Hate/Racism
Filters Potentially Malicious Sites
• Phishing
• Proxy Avoidance
• Spyware/Malware Sources
• Spyware Effects
• Suspicious
Stops Potentially Illegal Sites
• Hacking
• Illegal/Questionable
• Illegal Drugs
• Peer-to-Peer
• Gambling
Prevents Access to Parent-Child Discussion Topics
• Abortion
• Sex Education
• Alternative Sexuality/Lifestyles
• Personals/Dating
For descriptions of the categories, visit http://sitereview.bluecoat.com
More information about K9 Web Protection for Windows, Mac, iOS, or Android is available at http://www.k9webprotection.com
Free US Citizenship Test
** Please upgrade to the latest version of the App - fixes a problem in 1.6.3 **
*****Thanks for all the great reviews, glad so many of you have found this useful*****
You'll be asked up to 10 questions from a preset list of 100 questions. You need to get at least 6 questions right in order to pass. If you fail to pass the test, then your Citizenship Application will be denied and you'll need to reapply and pay a new filing fee.
Use this app to learn the answers for all the questions and actually practice the USCIS Citizenship Civics Test. Features flash cards for all 100 questions. View them in a random order, or the order presented in the USCIS documentation. Take a practice test and see if you can score well enough to pass the actual Interview Test.
I originally wrote this app for my own use and was successful in passing my Civics Test without any trouble at all. I hope this app will help you and make it a little bit easier for you to become a US Citizen!
Police Officer Exam Test Quiz
Want to be a Police Officer?
Or want to see if you have what it takes to pass the selection exam?
You'll need to know arithmetic, grammar, attention to detail and other important qualities to pass!
An easy question.. might end becoming a very difficult question if you don't pay attention!
Download our FREE app and it'll help you pass your Police Officer test or you can do it just for Fun!
• Field Sobriety instructions and a fill in form you can e-mail to yourself
• Vehicle Inventory
• Field Interview Card
• Longitude/Latitude locator
• Language Translator
• Evidence Camera
• Flash light WITH A STROBE feature to use during traffic direction
• Notebook
• Radar Calibration Log
• Pill Identifier
• Chemical Placard
• Social Security Decoder
• Stolen Firearms Identification Tool
• Miranda recording that allows you to save the recording by subject name and will save the GPS location of where you read the Miranda warning at
• Daily log (still working to make this one better)
Please Read
We made our database store within the app so that you did not have to connect to a server and use wifi or have your information stored somewhere else…. We also made it so that every time you save something you can e-mail it to yourself for backup…. If you delete the app OR DOWNLOAD AN UPDATE you will lose your saved information so please make sure you e-mail it to yourself for safe keeping!!!!! This is the only way to keep the data on YOUR phone and not on a server.
The great thing about our app, we never stop, we will continue to develop new needed items within the app to ensure we stay up to date and provide our brothers in blue with what they need and want. Send us and e-mail and let us know what you like, don't like, what you want to see on this app and we will start developing it!
We have also made a job link for you to see what is out there (not that any of you are looking!!!) and we have a training site that is being developed to show you training throughout the state that you are in.
Developed By: Off-Road Studios | 360 Digital and Creative Design Agency
PCF0002 PRF Concurso Fácil
*** PRF - Policial ***
Descrição do Pacote de Questões:
- Número de Questões: 80
- Banca: CESPE
- Ano: 2008
- Cargo: Policial Rodoviário Federal
- Conteúdo do Edital: Português, Raciocínio Lógico e Matemático, Atualidades, Informática, Legislação de Trânsito e Direito.
*** Nem todas as disciplinas constantes no edital do concurso são abordadas na prova. Logo, este pacote de questões pode não conter questões sobre todas as disciplinas abordadas no Edital.
* Este aplicativo contém questões para o aplicativo Concurso Fácil. Baixe e instale gratuitamente o aplicativo Concurso Fácil.
* O Concurso Fácil funciona OFF-Line. Você não precisa estar conectado à Internet para utilizá-lo. Dessa forma, você não fica refém de sua rede de dados para estudar. Estude a qualquer hora e em qualquer lugar.
* Você tem duas opções para adquirir os pacotes com questões para o Concurso Fácil: Google Play ou diretamente pelo seu celular no ícone "Comprar Questões".
* Em ambos os casos, os pacotes são identificados da mesma maneira, ou seja:
- PCF0002 - Pacote Concurso Fácil nº 0002. Caso você queira indicar essas questões a alguém, basta fornecer esse identificador (PCF0002) que ele poderá encontrá-lo no Google Play ou pelo sistema Billing, diretamente do celular.
* Caso você queira sugerir provas para o aplicativo Concurso Fácil, envie e-mail para firstname.lastname@example.com
* Visite nossa página no Facebook e Twitter.
- https://www.facebook.com/concursofacil
- twitter.com/concurso_facil
Palavras-Chave: concurso técnico analista polícia civil militar federal candidato prova direito rede social questão direito gabarito mobile
Drug Guide & Pill Identifier
The search option provides gateway to access current information from most popular medical references. Internet connection is required.
Find drug information quickly to answer questions at the point of care with Drug Guide & Pill Identifier.
Features A-Z Listing of drugs.
This app features:
•Over 5,000 trade and generic drug listings
•Drug-drug, drug-natural, and drug-food interactions
•Appendices with dose calculations and lab values
•Details of IV administration, dilution, and concentration
•High-alert notices
•Patient safety information
•Interface optimized for Android devices
•Universal Index Search
•Pill Identifier
•Most Common Drugs
doctor, medication, drug guide, drug reference, medical, hospital, ems, emergency, An amazing amount of content packed in this excellent reference: EMS Field Medications, Commonly Prescribed Medications: Classificaton, Commonly Prescribed Medications: Generic and Selected Brand Data, Commonly Used Medicinal Herbs, Common Street Drugs, Reference Tables, Adult Emergency Cardiac Care Medications
US daily english
Another software: English Conversation Core is now available, Welcome to free download.
[Software Function]
1. Text and voice simultaneously playback, simultaneous display Chinese translation or not. Oversized fonts,to protect your eyes.
2. Adaptive support for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and English. Adaptive support for iPhone / iPod Touch and iPad.
3. Click topics picture to play topics, support select topics or paragraphs to play.
4. Support normal playback, a single topic looping, a single paragraph looping, continuous play (auto play the next section). Suppport playing in background mode.
5. Support timer to stop playing, you can use it to start listening for bedtime.
6. Support the total listen time and today listen time statistics.
7. Support English Examination function. According to your selection of topic, system will random generate some question from 8000 sentence, given the Chinese, require users to fill in the corresponding English. System can evaluate the exam result and limit the exam time. Support statistics and manage. This feature is a paid plug-ins, users need to pay another $ 1.99 to buy.
[39 topic]
1.At home
2.Enjoy leisure time
4.Love and marriage
5.At work
7.Date and Time
8.Meet,breaking up
9.Casual conversation
12.Talk about
15.Variety of problems
22.Difficult time
23.Not interested
29.On the Plane,restaurant
30.Walking in the street
32.Dining out
34. Trouble
35.(Email) introduction
36.(Email) body
37.(Email) end
38.(Email) Conclusion
Ranger Pro Safe Browser
Ranger Pro Safe Browser is a fully customizable Safe Browser designed specially for the android.
Parents and employers are able to access the browsing history and customize the Internet filter settings from anywhere in the World. In addition, Ranger Pro Safe Browser allows you to limit Internet access to the times you determine.
The filtering system uses a combination of blacklists, combined with customizable whitelists to create a solid, reliable filtering system that is updated hourly.
Your security is enhanced as your web traffic is not re-routed through our servers in any way, ensuring your children's and employee's data is completely secure.
With a World class features ensuring your child or employee experience the same functionality as Safari, Ranger Pro Safe Browser includes:
- Pinch & Zoom
- Copy & Paste
- Landscape Mode
- Alternative Search with Google, Wikipedia, Yahoo
- Multiple Tabs
- Bookmarks
- URL Browsing History
- URL Suggestions
- Persistent Cookies
US Citizenship Practice Free
(Tambien Traducido al Español)
Pass the US Citizenship Civics test by following the three steps of learning:
1) MEMORIZING: By reading, seeing relative images and listening to Q&A
2) PRACTICING: Using a scientifically proven method called spaced repetition
3) MEASURING: Taking quick quizzes and view your progress over time
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✔ Only app that automatically finds your state legislators and other answers that are based on your area or residence
✔ View a graph of your progress over time
✔ Displays images relevant to the questions being asked
✔ Listen to questions and answers
✔ It's completely FREE!!!
HR Interview Preparation Guide
This application contains top asked interview questions, all questions and answers are based on 100+ companies interview and 300+ students, we have compiled only best answers. Apart from interview questions this application also have more than 500 most discussed group discussion questions.
# Completely offline
# Add your own question & answer
# Discuss question with your friends and others
# Free interview tips
# Like and dislike other's answers
# Regularly questions and answers update
# Beautiful User Interface
1) Interview Questions
2) Group Discussions
Interview Questions are broadly classified in two categories 1) For freshers 2) For Experienced.
This application contains 30 + most asked questions ( for freshers ) with their best answers :-
* Tell me about yourself.
* Why should I hire you?
* What are your strengths and weaknesses?
* Why do you want to work at our company?
* What is the difference between confidence and over confidence?
* What is the difference between hard work and smart work?
* How do you feel about working nights and weekends?
* Can you work under pressure?
* Are you willing to relocate or travel?
* What are your goals?
* What motivates you to do good job?
* What makes you angry?
* Give me an example of your creativity.
* How long would you expect to work for us if hired?
* Are not you overqualified for this position?
* Describe your ideal company, location and job.
* What are your career options right now?
* Explain how would be an asset to this organization?
* What are your outside interests?
* Would you lie for the company?
* And may more ........
This application also contains 20+ most asked question ( for experienced ) with their best answers ...
* Why did you resign from your previous job?
* Why have you been out of work so long?
* Why have you had so many jobs?
* Tell me about a situation when your work was criticized.
* Could you have done better in your last job?
* Tell me about the most boring job you have ever had.
* May I contact your present employer for a reference?
* How many hours a week do you normally work?
* What was the toughest challenge you have ever faced?
* And may more ........
2) Group discussion
group discussions are classified in many categories
2.1) Creative Topics
2.2) Social Topics
2.3) Economics
2.4) General Interest
2.5) Management
2.6) Politics
2.7) Sports
2.8) Education
we respects the copyrights, trademarks and intellectual property of others and also we expect this from other users. In this app, if you found any information that is owned by you or any content that violates your intellectual property rights, please contact to us at firstname.lastname@example.com
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GPS Location
Upon opening the app, the users current GPS coordinates are immediately acquired and displayed. The map pin remains centered at all times. Users can also move the background map to acquire GPS coordinates for a different location or type a specific address to acquire coordinates for.
Ohio Cop
* ORC cheat sheet for traffic offenses; OVI; drug possession; drug trafficking; drug manufacturing; prescription drugs; tobacco; liquor laws; CCW permit holder violations and reciprocity agreements; statute of limitations; Castle Doctrine; ORC definitions (e.g. deadly weapon, offense of violence, etc.); conspiracy, attempt and complicity; degrees of mental culpability; organizational liability.
* Accident investigation formulas; brake efficiency; ORC charges; OH1 narrative templates; different tire size speed calculator
* County number listing; States requiring front license plate; CMV out of service orders & company snapshot.
* Spanish for law enforcement with text translator for other languages
* LiDAR test instructions; Warrant PUR guidelines
* Pill identifier; DEA drug schedule; DEA chemical list; pills of abuse photos; NADDI pharmaceutical drugs of abuse pamphlets; commonly abused prescription drug pics
* OVI SFST and new CPR technique video tutorials
* Case Law resource for probable cause (search); probable cause (arrest); reasonable suspicion; abandoned property; administrative search; community care taking; consent search; corrections (body cavity search; strip search; due process with discipline; prisoner drug testing); disorderly conduct type arrests; exculpatory evidence; exigent circumstances; expectation of privacy; good faith doctrine; hot pursuit; ignorance of law; incident to arrest search; international border searches; internal investigations; K-9 sniffs; Miranda; open fields doctrine; plain view; probationer searches; public authority defense; school searches; stop & frisk; suspect line-Up; thermal camera; traffic stops (pre-textual stops; passenger not free to leave; length of stops; order occupants out of vehicle; passengers to provide identification; miranda warnings; GPS, phone, and beeper pings; vehicle searches; vehicle inventory; roadblock / checkpoints); trash & garbage search; use of force; vehicle pursuits; warrant execution
*Liquor Permit Types; list of active permits (by County); permit violations (by County); and last 500 cancelled permits.
* News RSS feeds from American Police Beat, Officer.com, and PoliceOne.com.
* Legal update RSS feeds from multiple sources.
* Training articles regarding detecting concealed weapons, pluralistic ignorance, interview & interrogation, rookie drug interdiction mistakes, Drug Recognition Expert training, and OVI SFST video tutorials.
* Directory of OPOTC reported municipal police and county sheriff agencies, coroners offices, drug task forces, federal agencies, institutions, OSP posts, prosecutors, and state agencies.
* PDF Cheat Sheets (traffic code, criminal code, CCW, drug trafficking & possession, OVI, money laundering)
* Ohio Attorney General Crime Victims Compensation Program details
1. Header of photo contains GPS coordinates, street address (street name can be turned off for photos taken in open fields), time/date stamp. Time/Date stamp uses NTP (national time protocol) in UTC format. If NTP servers are unreachable, the device's time/date will be used in the header and will be signified using an asterisk * next to the time.
2. Footer of photos contains option for (a) add left-aligned text from a drop-down menu with the prefixes of #, File #, Case #, Report #, Project #, Subject, Victim, Suspect, and Witness; and (b) users to insert their own right-aligned identifying alphanumeric text.
3. GPS location can be refined only by up to 100 yards. If the user changes the location by more than 100 yards these changes are discarded.
4. Notes section allows user to input notes regarding photos for later reference.
***About UTC***
As more sophisticated time pieces became available to scientists, the need for a new international time standard became apparent. It became understood that due to the irregularity of the earth and the sun's movements, the exact time needed to be modified occasionally through the use of leap seconds.
With the need for precise accuracy of time, UTC was born. While based on zero degrees longitude, which passes through the Greenwich Observatory, is based on atomic time and includes leap seconds as they are added to the clock every so often. UTC was used beginning in the mid-twentieth century but became the official standard of world time on January 1, 1972.
UTC is 24-hour time, which begins at 0:00 at midnight. 12:00 is noon, 13:00 is 1 p.m., 14:00 is 2 p.m. and so on until 23:59, which is 11:59 p.m.
Because UTC time is indicated on the photo, users need to add/subtract their time zone differences to determine the image's local time. Users can find their time zone difference here: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/difference.html
Obviously, it would not be fair to have the timestamp permanently maintain a specific time zone (for example, EST) - others users in different time zones would not take kindly to this. UTC is the only time zone universally accepted around the World.
Categories include:
- Work
- Court
- Training
- Meeting
- Detail
- Sick time
- Comp time used
- Comp time earned
- Vacation
- Furlough Day
- Other
How-To Guide: http://cop-app.blogspot.com/2011/09/work-schedule-to-guide.html
This is a feature derived from the larger U.S. Cop app. Please visit officerbrooks.com or search "U.S. Cop" for information.
ER Locator
Groveport Police
This app allows users to:
- Submit anonymous tips to law enforcement
- Submit officer accolades
- Information regarding court appearances and payment options
- Locate and contact the Groveport Police Department
- Email the Chief of Police and other command staff
- Access departmental documents
- Submit photos to supplement an already-exisiting report
- Ask a general question
- Answers to FAQs
- Location and contact info for government offices and services
Just Smiles
- What to expect from dental procedures
- Schedule an appointment
- Contact office locations
- Driving directions to offices
- Watch videos of our locations
- View employee profiles
- Receive discounts via App notifications


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10/16/2013 (1 year ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
In this crazy world we live in, saying no to life has become much easier than saying yes. War,
contraception, abortion, and capital punishment are just a few examples of the Culture of Death
that permeate the world we live in. Against all of these, people still find the courage to say yes
to life.
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
10/16/2013 (1 year ago)
Published in Blog
Keywords: adoption, life, culture of death, baby, love, gift, abortion, baby girl,
DENVER, CO - My wife and I had said yes to life from the beginning of our marriage. Since we were pregnant three months into our marriage, we thought a big family was in our future. Unfortunately, our son that was born one month before our first anniversary was to be the only child we would conceive.
Sure we visited a host of doctors about our infertility. Nothing worked. The dream of more children started to vanish. We had talked about adoption when we were dating and decided to give that a try. But just signing up for adoption doesn't guarantee you a child.
For those of you that haven't gone through it, it is a long, arduous roller coaster of emotions. Multiple times we were told that a birth mother had narrowed her choice done to us and another family. Time and time again, we were not the family chosen.
Enter a woman I will call Anna. At the time of her pregnancy, she and her family were in dire circumstances. Without her permission, I won't go into details but not very many things were going their way.
How easy would it have been for Anna to simply make that trip to Planned Parenthood or
take the Morning After pill? In this day and age, it would have been very easy, and unfortunately, it would be expected of her. Instead, Anna choose life. She choose to carry the child full term. In a situation where everything was against her and the little life that growing inside her, she said yes.
The beauty of bringing life to the world.
St. Joseph
St. Clare
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St. John the Baptist
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St. Isidore the Farmer
St. Anthony
St. Mark
St. George
St. Christopher
St. Jude
St. Gerard
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Brigid of Ireland
St. Benedict
St. Barbara
By Wendy RN., BA, MBA
Eggs contain small amounts of almost every vitamin and mineral required by the human body. including calcium, iron, potassium, zinc, manganese, Vitamin E, Folate and many more.One large egg contains (1):Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin): 9% of the RDA.Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin): ... continue reading
By Jackie Stammen
There are consequences to every decision we make. With the decisions we make that are not pleasing to God, our loving Father tries to hold back the wrath that we bring upon ourselves as a result from those sins. However, as we sin more and more and as the sin goes ... continue reading
By Tara K. E. Brelinsky
My heart leaped as I raced barefooted across the cold mudroom floor. Pulling the door open, I found our little old mangy cat sitting just on the opposite side. Bending down to run my hands across her dirty winter coat, she rewarded me with a deep satisfied purr. ... continue reading
By Deacon Ian VanHeusen
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By Michael Seagriff
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Boomer Consumer
The Boomer Consumer is dedicated to helping boomers get what they want in life through using consumer information, making effective choices, and sharing their own experiences.
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DISH offers website where customers can claim settlement benefits
As part of a settlement with the Washington State Attorney General's Office over allegations of an unlawful monthly line-item surcharge, DISH Network agreed to refund about $2 million to consumers and provide additional benefits to them. Consumers who want to obtain the additional benefits need to submit a claim form at a website DISH has […] [Read More]
DISH Network to give refunds, additional benefits to settle charges related to a deceptive surcharge, attorney general says
DISH Network will refund about $2 million to Washington state consumers and provide additional benefits to them that could total up to $3 million for an unlawful monthly line-item surcharge. The Washington State Attorney General's Office alleges that DISH began charging state consumers the surcharge in May of 2012 and collected more than $2 million […] [Read More]
Foreclosure trustee QLS agrees to postpone foreclosures, pay homeowners
When Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, one of the largest foreclosure trustees in Washington state, closed its Poulsbo office in January and moved to Seattle without informing borrowers who were in the foreclosure process, the Washington State Attorney General's Office took action. A moratorium was placed on all QLS foreclosures on Feb. 27 and […] [Read More]
Mudslide charity scams: Beware of rip-offs
As donors consider contributing to relief efforts for the Snohomish County mudslide tragedy, state officials are urging consumers to watch out for scam artists trying to make a fast buck. The officials joined forces with the Better Business Bureau in reminding consumers that rip-off artists follow news coverage of natural disasters such as this one […] [Read More]
Get informed, take action on last day of National Consumer Protection Week
If you haven't taken the time yet to mark National Consumer Protection Week, you still have time Saturday to get informed or take action. One of the agencies on the forefront of helping consumers is the Washington State Attorney General's Office. "If you believe you are the victim of a scam or unfair business tactic, […] [Read More]
Clicking on pop up ads among risky behaviors leading to identity theft
When Jackie Swett's computer began acting up and she couldn't log into her email, she called an 800 number from an ad that popped up on her screen offering help. The 50-year-old Bellevue resident was told her computer was badly infected and needed a $199.99 firewall and security program. Swett gave them remote access to […] [Read More]
Get informed, take action during National Consumer Protection Week
National Consumer Protection Week is March 2 to 8. Two groups in our state that are on the forefront of consumer education and protection are the Washington State Attorney General's Office and the Better Business Bureau. "You are your own best shield against identity thieves and online threats," said Attorney General Bob Ferguson. "I am proud […] [Read More]
Internet fraud: Risky behavior, stress increase chances you'll be scammed
If you have certain online behaviors that are combined with life stressors or events, it will increase your chances that you'll be a victim of online fraud. An AARP report, "Caught in the Scammers Net," shows 15 key risk behaviors and life experiences that increase vulnerability to online fraud. Victims said in a survey that […] [Read More]
DRAM chip settlement: Consumer claims being accepted for computers, printers, DVD players purchased between 1998-2002
With the settlement of multi-state antitrust charges that manufacturers conspired to fix prices, consumers can file claims to recover money from the makers of Dynamic Random Access Memory computer chips. DRAM is a widely used form of computer memory that is found in many products including personal computers, servers, and MP3 players. Regardless of the […] [Read More]
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Tidbit: Apple naming Leopard point release after ancient godsIt's well known that Apple brands major versions of its Mac OS X operating system with code-names corresponding to big cats, but the company also uses similar naming conventions internally for its maintenance releases, such as those for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard bear the names of ancient gods.
For example, back during the Mac OS X 10.5.7 beta test in March, AppleInsider reported that the point release was being referenced in some internal circles as "Juno" or project Juno.
The precise significance of this code-name was unclear, though cursory checks suggested that Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard point releases may have been following naming conventions tied to Roman goddesses or the names of asteroids.
With Mac OS X 10.5.7 having since been released, Apple recently began distributing to developers the first builds of Mac OS X 10.5.8. People familiar with the its internal naming convention claim that it has adopted the "Loki" moniker, establishing a pattern that appears to indicate Leopard point release are adopting their nicknames from that of gods or goddesses in ancient mythology.
According to Wikipedia:
Juno was an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counselor of the state. She is a daughter of Saturn and sister (but also the wife) of the chief god Jupiter and the mother of Juventas, Mars, and Vulcan. Her Greek equivalent is Hera.
Loki is a god or jötunn (giant), or both, in Norse mythology. Loki's relation with the gods varies by source. Loki assists the gods, and sometimes causes problems for them. Loki is a shape shifter and in separate incidents he appears in the form of a salmon and a mare. Loki's positive relations with the gods ends with his role in engineering the death of the god Balder.
Obviously, AppleInsider publishes this information purely for interest's sake, as it has little material value. In related news, developers should see a new build of Mac OS X 10.5.8 to evaluate as early as this weekend.
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I have a remarkably happy marriage, and people ask me all the time how I got so lucky. (Not as often as they ask me about autism, vaccines and Jim Carrey, so let's get something straight before we go any further: Not. Her.) I used to wonder if it had something to do with pheromones or having relatively low expectations, but after eleven years of wedded bliss I am pretty sure the key is some combination of kindness, respect and my ability to read a road map upside down divided by my husband's skill at tuning out my nagging.
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3. Don't watch a lot of chick flicks. Seems that after sitting through Gnomio and Juliet (or any other rom-com) relationship dissatisfaction tends to skyrocket. Apparently this is because maybe it could happen to you but you realize that it hasn't and it probably won't and that fat bastard never sprinkled rose petals on your bed, dammit. At least you're thinner and better looking than he is.
4. Don't win a best-actress Oscar. I included this one because unlike getting hotter or having your jaw wired shut, it's actually pretty painless and doable. Personally, I am going to make this a priority in my marriage.
5. Limit your booze consumption (both of you). No comment.
6. Become or urge your partner to become a farmer, nuclear engineer or optometrist. Evidently every career choice has its own unique divorce-risk profile, with these three being on the lowest end. Dancers and choreographers are pretty much screwed. You can't make this stuff up.
7. Prefer having the car windows down. I haven't technically seen a study on this, but do you not fight about this every single time you ride in a vehicle together? And doesn't he get all pissed when you want them up and accuse you of being more concerned about your hair than his precious need for non-recirculated air? If anyone bothered to study this, I'm confident the results would back me up.
So there you have it. I do not suggest trying to master all seven steps at once. For instance, if you stop doing housework altogether (to try to tilt his portion of the ratio toward more), you'll have a lot of extra time on your hands which you may want to spend drinking alcohol. Remember, there's no rush here. Till death do us part is a really long time**.
*I may have bastardized the language a bit in some cases but the facts are mostly accurate.
**I stole that line from If It Was Easy They'd Call the Whole Damn Thing a Honeymoon: Living with and Loving the TV-Addicted, Sex-Obsessed, Not-So-Handy Man You Married, which I wrote (and please note that it says the blah-blah-blah man you married, not the one I married. My husband likes it when I point that out). You can find out more about me, my books and how I survived tanorexia on my website .


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El Segundo, Calif. (Feb. 7, 2014)—The U.S. television market fell a steep 9 percent in 2013 despite the usual last-minute rally during the holiday season in the fourth quarter, which failed to compensate for low demand among Americans throughout the year, according to a new report from IHS Technology (NYSE: IHS).
U.S. TV shipments in 2013 declined to 34.0 million units, down sharply from 37.5 million in 2012. The country's television market as of last year consisted entirely of liquid-crystal display (LCD) and plasma display panel (PDP) sets, with old analog tube-type TVs long gone and the last rear-projection TVs having exited the market completely in 2012.
Both the LCD and PDP segments lost volume in 2013 from a year earlier. LCD TV shipments slid to 31.9 million units, down 6 percent; while PDP TV shipments plunged 42 percent to 2.1 million, as shown in the attached figure.
"The TV market in the United States has reached a point of saturation following a period of huge growth in years past, especially as the flat-panel-TV craze set in," said Veronica Gonzalez-Thayer, analyst for TV systems at IHS. "As a result of the market's maturity, and also because of lingering uncertainties in the economy, American consumers have been less eager to rush out and buy new replacement TV sets."
From 2009 to 2011, the U.S. TV market continued to grow or remained at robust levels, and each year saw shipments of more than 38 million units. In contrast, 2012 volume was less than 37 million, and shipments last year dipped below the 34 million mark for the first time in five years.
For 2013 the lower overall figures stem not only from the significant decrease of plasma TVs but also because of continued weakness in the LCD TV segment, Gonzalez-Thayer noted. Plasma TVs are on their way out with shipments on the retreat since 2010, while the LCD TV segment was down in 2013 for the second year in a row.
These findings are contained in the report, "U.S. Flat-Panel TV Market Continues on a Declining Trend," from the U.S. TV Systems Intelligence service of IHS.
Revenue suffers as well; each quarter in 2013 worse off than in 2012
The decline in U.S. TV shipments during 2013 also shows up in the balance sheet, with revenue for the year down 12 percent to $23.5 billion from $26.9 billion in 2012.
In retrospect, an increase in the shipments of large-sized flat-panel models with advanced features like Internet connectivity and full high-definition 1080p resolution could not offset the loss of shipments on the whole and a general 3 percent decline in average selling prices during 2013, said Gonzalez-Thayer.
Underscoring the market's softness last year, shipments during every quarter in 2013 were down from their equivalent periods a year earlier.
The first-quarter deficit was approximately 700,000 units, with the difference in shipment volume ballooning during the second quarter to nearly 1 million units. The third quarter then incurred a loss of 800,000 units compared to the same time in 2012, and the fourth quarter fell short as well by more than 1 million units.
Prospects to improve this year
Last year's contraction was the second straight year of decline for U.S TV shipments. However, the market will start to stabilize this year as the consumer purchase cycle readjusts after two years of continuous losses. Shipment growth will be flat to slightly positive in 2014, IHS predicts.
In particular, LCD TV shipments are forecast to be up this year from 2013, reversing last year's decline. And for the first time, active-matrix organic light-emitting-diode (AMOLED) TVs will be entering the U.S. market in perceptible volume. About 8,000 shipment units are expected in 2014 of AMOLED TVs, which will feature super-thin profiles and significantly improved contrast ratios that could appeal to TV connoisseurs eager to become first adopters, even though very steep pricing at present makes the units out of reach for most buyers.
Together the projected rise in LCD TV shipments as well as the entry of AMOLED TVs will help revitalize the U.S. TV market this year. Both factors will also help cover expected losses in the plasma segment, which will finally cease shipments after 2015.
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