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Brandon Vogt posted this video of some sisters dancing to Psy's Gangnam Style. I had to turn it into an animated GIF:
Yesterday, at a Mass celebrating the Solemnity of All Saints, the priest's homily was about how All Saints was like Thanksgiving; we're all gathered around a table for a feast—our chatty aunt, our boisterous grandpa, our crazy grandma who drinks a little too much. And all those relatives who have died—our aunts and uncles, our grandmas and grandpas, some of our siblings, and maybe children—are saints. The feast is to celebrate all of them, not 'big name' saints like Augustine, Aquinas, and Clare.
I was willing to give the priest the benefit of the doubt when he said this, because he could mean that all those who have passed away and are now in Heaven are saints... but then he said further: "We're all more good than bad," and proceeded to talk about how he loves eulogies in funeral liturgies (which he says became a norm after Vatican II) because they show all the good things people did in life. He also said he's glad priests don't wear black for funerals anymore (they can, of course, but very few do), because black is so depressing. Priests wear white because they celebrate the resurrection of the dead!
This is not how faith works.
What an incredible thing to hear! I might as well stop going to Mass, then, because I generally try to do good things, and worship of God is just one of many good things I could be doing, right? Wrong. Oh, so wrong.
You see, the priest has fallen prey to the belief in the fundamental option and the false outcome of its conclusion: We generally choose to either try to do good and follow God, or not. If we try to choose the good, it doesn't really matter what we do, because God will be all smiles and hugs when we die and visit him at the pearly gates.
Here's the problem: There are most certainly things that can cause us to not get to Heaven, even if we generally (or almost always) do good things. We call those things mortal sins: murder, adultery, masturbation, gluttony, not making holy the Lord's day, etc. When a person commits a mortal sin, that person must go to confession or the person risks losing Heaven!
And another problem: most people don't go straight to Heaven after dying. There's a saying, "there are two people lying at a Funeral—one in the coffin, and one at the pulpit." One good reason for not having a eulogy in the actual Funeral liturgy is that it tends to sanctify the person. Most people, believe it or not, are not perfect, and are not going to Heaven straightaway. They're going to need to spend some time in purgatory purifying themselves of all the effects of their sins before they can make it to Heaven. Imagine a child playing in mud and dirt for an afternoon—before coming to dinner with the rest of his family, he'll need to wash up; the more dirt, the longer the washing. Purgatory's like that.
Also, if one believes that all people who die end up in Heaven, what's the point of today's feast, All Souls? Why would we celebrate All Saints one day and All Souls the next? We're not celebrating our own souls—we're celebrating and praying for the souls of the faithful departed; the souls of our aunts and uncles, grandmas and grandpas, brothers and sisters who have passed away before us. These souls are in need of our prayer, for many are not yet in Heaven!
We can't be sure of anyone's sanctity, so we default to praying for all those who have passed away and are not canonized—even those who we feel lived the holiest of holy lives here on earth! Yes, including your saintly grandmother who prayed the rosary (all the mysteries) every day. Yes, including your uncle who ministered to the poor every week. Yes, including the priest or nun who seemed to be on his or her knees praying more than anyone else you know.
This anecdote (from an article on eulogies in Catholic funeral liturgies) about Mother Teresa illustrates the point that the holiest people are most acutely aware of the fact that they are not holy enough to enter Heaven (yet):
Another joke tells of the man who died at the same time as Mother Teresa of Calcutta and found himself a few places behind her at the Pearly Gates. He is complacent that he will be admitted until he hears Saint Peter exclaim sternly, "But Teresa, you could have done a lot more."
Mother Teresa herself would have insisted that she could have done a lot more. It is one of the characteristics of saints that they are acutely aware of their sins, of how completely they depend on God's mercy, of how little they "deserve" at God's hands. But modern sensibilities have subtly changed hope—that a merciful God will grant me salvation—into arrogant certainty.
Another joke tells of the man who died at the same time as Mother Teresa of Calcutta and found himself a few places behind her at the Pearly Gates. He is complacent that he will be admitted until he hears Saint Peter exclaim sternly, "But Teresa, you could have done a lot more."
Mother Teresa herself would have insisted that she could have done a lot more. It is one of the characteristics of saints that they are acutely aware of their sins, of how completely they depend on God's mercy, of how little they "deserve" at God's hands. But modern sensibilities have subtly changed hope—that a merciful God will grant me salvation—into arrogant certainty.
We are not certain that our deceased relatives are in Heaven, so we pray for them on this great feast, the feast of All Souls. We celebrate the lives of the saints on November 1st, and hope for the sanctification of others in the communion of the faithful on November 2nd.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
[Update: I've been playing around with Windows 8 Pro for a few hours since receiving it from Amazon (Win 8 Pro is only $66 on Amazon!), and I have a few more observations:
I've been playing around with all the Windows 8 preview releases, and reading a bunch of early preview reviews, and current reviews. This review from Ars Technica highlights the highs and lows of Windows 8, but almost all the most annoying aspects of the new version of Windows have to do with the 'desktop' vs 'Metro' ('modern ui') divide. This paragraph summarizes my thoughts exactly:
There is a hard and dividing line between the two worlds. Far from allowing seamless switching between the two environments, they barely even acknowledge the other's existence. It's extremely limited, and it means that as a person who has to use the desktop for some things, I find myself avoiding Metro apps for all things. Bridging the gap is just too painful and annoying.
At this point, I'm still of the opinion that Apple has it right: Full-featured desktop OS optimized for keyboards, mice, and trackpads called Mac OS X, and Full-featured tablet/phone OS optimized for touch called iOS.
I had hoped Windows 8 would be a desktop OS on the desktop (or when you have a mouse/keyboard attached to your Windows tablet), and Metro/modern ui when you're using a tablet. Trying to have both worlds on both platforms feels terrible, especially on the desktop. Instead of feeling like a 'modern' ui, Metro feels like a thorn in Windows' side because of how annoying it can be. Even with all the (hard-to-learn) keyboard shortcuts.
Hopefully Windows 8 will improve it's desktop experience dramatically, or I fear it will be another Windows Vista (maybe worse) in terms of early user acceptance/perception.
Tomorrow begins the Year of Faith, when, as Pope Benedict points out, "we must rediscover a taste for feeding ourselves on the word of God, faithfully handed down by the Church, and on the bread of life, offered as sustenance for his disciples."
Here are a few resources I'd like to highlight for making the Year of Faith personal:
How are you going to kick off the Year of Faith?
[Update: An enlightening look at the viability of the study mentioned in this post.]
A recent study supports the popular opinion (used to justify the HHS birth control mandate, among other things) that providing free contraceptives to women reduces the rate of abortion:
Free birth control led to greatly lower rates of abortions and births to teenagers, a large study concludes, offering strong evidence for how a bitterly contested Obama administration policy could benefit women's health. The two-year project tracked more than 9,000 women in St. Louis, many of them poor or uninsured, who were given their choice of a range of free contraceptives.
– Quote from NYT, based on findings in this study.
Free birth control led to greatly lower rates of abortions and births to teenagers, a large study concludes, offering strong evidence for how a bitterly contested Obama administration policy could benefit women's health. The two-year project tracked more than 9,000 women in St. Louis, many of them poor or uninsured, who were given their choice of a range of free contraceptives.
– Quote from NYT, based on findings in this study.
People infer that the Catholic Church is 'wrong about contraception' and should accept contraception because free contraceptives are proven to reduce abortions and unwanted pregnancies.
But this view of the Church is wrong. Oh so wrong.
This may come as a surprise, but Catholics don't actually care whether free contraceptives reduce abortion rates and unwanted pregnancies. Sure, it's interesting to know this fact, but this has no bearing on whether or not we belive artificial contraceptives are morally acceptable.
Catholics believe humans are sexual beings—male and female. We belive that God made us to be united to one another, in loving and sexual relationships. These relationships have two essential characteristics: they must be unitive, and they must be procreative.
"They are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no human being must separate." (Matthew 19:6)
For every sexual act in a loving, sexual relationship, both characteristics must be present. If one is not, the sexual act is the opposite of love—it is devoid of love. The sin of rape is when someone forces another into a sexual act. The sin of adultery is when a sexual act is committed outside of a loving relationship (marriage), or is committed in a way that divides the love of the couple (as in masturbation). These are sins against the unitive aspect of a sexual relationship.
But the other aspect, that of procreation, is quite simple: don't mess with nature (basically).
When you place a barrier between the male and the female, or make one or the other infertile intentionally, you are destroying the procreative characteristic of sexual love. Therefore, the act is sinful.
Other people can explain this teaching more in depth.
There is no way the Church can ever approve of forms of birth control that destroy human relationships. It is irrational to allow something into a relationship that you know will destroy it.
So, is the Church against family planning? No.
Catholics practice methods of family planning that (a) unite couples, and (b) don't interfere with God's plan for loving sexual relationships. The Catholic Church supports and recommends Natural Family Planning methods (which are more effective, when used correctly, than any form of birth control).
Natural Family Planning uses natural signs of fertility to determine when a couple would likely conceive or not conceive a child as a result of sexual intercourse. Then, the couple chooses whether they will abstain from intercourse (if they wish to not conceive) during times of fertility.
It's an extremely simple method of family planning. It works, it doesn't require any taxpayer funding, or extra materials, or hormone-altering drugs, or possible-side-effect-inducing devices. And it builds character and relationship in two distinct ways:
Most important, and the reason the Church recommends it, is this: NFP is aligned with the Catholic view of wholesome sexual relationships—which are essentially unitive and procreative.
There are other benefits as well, like teaching a woman more about her body, and giving her indications about other potential health and fertility issues, but I'll leave it to the reader to discover them.
Nope. Not now, not ever. This won't change unless the Church backtracks on its entire understanding of human existence. And that's not gonna happen.
Even if artificial contraception lowers the number of abortions and unwanted pregnancies, it is not allowed in the Catholic worldview. The ends don't justify the means.
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I was disheartened by the following news story from the St. Louis Post Dispatch: 'Mormons: 1. Indonesians: 0' debate post by STL Catholic exec causes stir.
The story notes that Alderwoman Lyda Krewson, a Democrat in the 28th ward in St. Louis, tweeted a comment made by an employee of the Archdiocese of St. Louis on the employee's personal Facebook wall—which is set to private, and only accessible/visible to the employee's friends. (Note that the same employee has a public Twitter account that she uses for public communications).
I'm not writing this post about whether it was prudent or imprudent for said employee to have posted such a comment. I'm writing about the incredible violation of privacy committed by an elected official. Ms. Krewson knew that the post she commented on and posted to Twitter was a private post (as someone mentioned in a followup comment on Facebook before the employee's profile was taken down). She even replied to the Facebook comment twice before sharing it with the world on her Twitter profile.
This was a violation of a person's right to privacy. It might have even been illegal. And even if it's not illegal, I would argue it's unethical mudslinging; the high road would be to privately request the employee remove the post, or at least admit that it was unwise to post it. I think Lyda Krewson should publicly apologize to the Archdiocesan employee for violating her privacy rights, and the Post Dispatch should, at a minimum, remove the quote from their story.
(Not to mention, in Krewson's tweet, she uses the hashtag '#notaxbreak', suggesting (though she says otherwise in the Post-Dispatch article) that the Catholic Church should not be considered a non-profit/tax free because one of its employees made a partisan comment in a private conversation...).
Politics seems to bring out the worst in many people. Can't wait until the political season is past us. Back to Hoveround commercials instead of "this person is bad. No, this person is bad..."
[Update] I just noticed that Lyda posted the comment below on the story, soon after its publication. This makes me wonder if she called up Joe Holleman (author of the story) and asked him to publish it. If that were the case, this is doubly wrong—posting it to Twitter is one thing; promoting the story through a newspaper is something else entirely:
Calling Gov Romney by his religious affiliation, and President Obama by an area he lived in as a child, seems disrespectful at best. It appears intolerate, partisan, and is likely inflamatory, especially coming from a high ranking official of the Archdiocese, a religious entity that enjoys tax exempt status. I am sorry this has strained our working relationship, but you know the saying... something like when they come for me who will speak up.... nuf said
...and, looking at Lyda's publicly-accessible Facebook page, it looks like she spread the information there as well (see post and picture). Prudence, please—at least the Archdiocesan employee had the prudence to share her words with her friends only, even if they were wrong and/or hurtful.
[Update 2] The archdiocese posted the following as a press release and in a comment on the news article:
The Archdiocese of St. Louis has learned that a St.Louis city alderman has publicly tweeted content from the personal Facebook page of an archdiocesan employee. When the employee posted content on her personal, privately-set Facebook page last night, she was not acting in her professional capacity for the archdiocese. This content can in no way be attributed to the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
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Improving selection performance on pen-based systems: a study of pen-based interaction for selection tasks. ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact. 7(3): 384-416 (2000)
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The Influence of Target Size, Distance and Direction on the Design of Selection Strategies. BCS HCI 1998: 67-82
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Efficient Strategies for Selecting Small Targets on Pen-based Systems: An Evaluation Experiment for Selection Strategies and Strategy Classifications. EHCI 1998: 19-37
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The Strategy for Selecting a Minute Target and the Minute Maximum Value on a Pen-based Computer. CHI Extended Abstracts 1997: 369-370
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Strategies for Integrating and Separating Pen-Based Operational States. HCI (2) 1997: 439-442
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The Best among six Strategies for Selecting a Minute Target and the Determination of the Minute Maximum Size of the Targets on a Pen-Based Computer. INTERACT 1997: 85-92
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A telewriting system on a LAN using a pen-based computer as the terminal. INTERCHI 1993: 303
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A Pen-Based System to Input Correct Answers to Assist in the Development of Recognition and Understanding Algorithms of Ink Data. HCI (2) 1993: 68-73
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Segmentation of Handwritten Text and Editing-Symbols from Ink-Data. HCI (2) 1993: 1010-1015
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The Minimal Sizes and the Quasi-Optimal Sizes for the Input Square During Pen-Input of Characters. HCI (2) 1993: 1028-1033
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Concept of Minute Operation and its Application to Pen-Based Computers. HCI (2) 1993: 1034-1039
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He considers it the usual crazy talk until one night when his sternum is nearly crushed by a snarling, otherworldly apparition.
Then you get a gander at the full monty, as it were, and he looks like someone inflated him from the sternum down.
1660s, from Greek sternon "chest, breast, breastbone" (in Homer, only of males), from PIE *stre-to- "to stretch, extend," from a root meaning "flat surface," related to stornynai "to spread out" (see structure (n.)), on the notion of the chest as broad and flat, as opposed to the neck.
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For every child whos ever dreamed of being in the Guinness Book of World Records comes the story of eleven-year-old Arthur Whipple and his fantastic family of world record breakers . . .
- Most Crème Brulée Eaten in One Minute
- Highest Number of Matching Outfits Worn by a Stuffed Toy and Its Owner
- Youngest Person to Summit the Third-Highest Mountain in the World
These are just three of the 49,521 records won by Arthurs twelve brothers and sisters. Unfortunately, unlike his siblings, Arthur hasnt broken a single, solitary world record! But when the Whipples suffer a spate of catastrophes and a curious amount of attention from a pair of irregularly sized and unusually menacing clowns, Arthur might be the only one who can save his family from losing their collective crown . . . or worse.
"Foley's entertaining debut takes a long time to find its focus, but those who wade through the myriad subplots and engage with the host of characters will be rewarded. The town of Remarkable is peopled by precocious children, a psychic pizzeria owner, an 'exceptionally proficient' but underutilized dentist, and even an underwater lake creature. It's also 'home to the world's two tallest trees, a celebrated science fair, and the best organic jelly that anyone had ever tasted,' and its residents are 'among the most terribly interesting and talented people in the whole wide world.' There are only two ordinary citizens, 10-year-old Jane Doe and her grandfather, John Doe; much of the tale is told from the point of view of Jane, who hopes to someday discover her extraordinary quality. Unusual events are set in motion by the arrival of pirates, as well as by the terrorizing 10-year-old Grimlet twins, who play a major role in tying up the various plot threads. The satisfying ending brings Jane her heart's desire — though not necessarily what readers have been led to expect. Ages 8 — 12. Agent: Faye Bender, Faye Bender Literary Agency." Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
A hilarious, eccentric young middle-grade novel narrated by twins Jimmy and Stella about their campaign to save the town of Wymore (pop. 49) by restoring the amazing Hippomobile. Comic flourishes include far-out diner slang, with explanatory footnotes.
Everyone in Remarkable is remarkable. Everyone except Jane, that is. While the rest of the town is busy being talented, gifted, or just plain extraordinary, she's never been anything but ordinary. Then Jane finds herself in school with the mischievous Grimlet twins, and her life suddenly gets a whole lot more interesting. And when a strange pirate captain appears in town, setting of a series of adventures that put the whole town in danger, it's up to Jane to save the day. Along the way, she might just find that she can be pretty remarkable after all.
There are many stories about kid crusaders who save something, but none like this one. With steampunk, tall tale, and just plain silly elements, the story of how ten-year-old twins Jimmy and Stella found out about the unique vehicle called the hippomobile, learned its history, and then used it to rescue their beloved town of Wymore is an original variant on a tried and true theme. A cast of wildly eccentric characters, most of whom are the twins' forty-seven grandmas and grandpas; a liberal sprinkling of diner slang and odd colloquial phrases, many explained in footnotes; and a sense that the events described never took place but could have are among the surprising ingredients of this unconventional creation. The fact that there really was a hippomobile with its own history doesn't interfere with the fun.
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Lizzie K. Foley (www.lizziekfoley.com) has an MA in education from Harvard and has taught women's studies at Northeastern University. She has also worked in story development in the film industry in LA. She currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her husband and son and four poorly trained dogs.
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I dunno, somehow I found this ep lacking too. Everybody was so busy double-crossing and contingency-plan making that I found it hard to invest in anything that was going on as I was just waiting for each piece of action to be consistently undermined - which it was.
I also don't understand what Stefan gets out of the coffin-stealing bit? He's just setting everyone up to die and for what? I mean, either immolate the family or bury them in cement but to play "come and get it"? Why make everyone a target that way? I don't follow.
I mean, I get Katherine's motivation - get Klaus chasing someone else for once besides her. But for Stefan it seems a pretty stupid move.
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Whether or not 'Flaming June' lives up to its reputation weather-wise, the month is certainly a perfect storm of astrological activity.
How so? Three events dominate the celestial realm.
Firstly there's Mercury in Retrograde. This is one of the few pieces of astro-jargon that has entered popular parlance – there are several pop songs about it – hence many people know that the communications planet's apparent backslide spells slow-downs, foul-ups, dying phones and missing luggage. The three weeks of Merc. Ret. are usually talked up as worse than they are – patience and revision are its principal imperatives – but the May/June retrograde is a more substantial affair. That Mercury is strong in its own sign of Gemini amplifies the usual cautionary message, plus the tiny planet is also making three provocative aspects to Neptune, the planet of duplicity, scandal and glamour.
The ructions surrounding world football's governing body FIFA and the exposure of its corrupt practices fit this scenario perfectly. Will FIFA President Sepp Blatter (b.10.3.36) survive? Blatter (b. 10/3/36) is a slippery Piscean and has already squirmed through the net one, but heavyweight transits to his horoscope over the next two years (transit Pluto opposite natal Pluto, fact fans) make it highly unlikely that he will survive for long.FIFA itself will surely not continue in its present form. Founded on 21 May 1904, the world's football body has Saturn trundling back and forwards opposite its Taurus Sun for the next three months. A rigorous examination is promised, with the FBI cast as a relentless Saturnian force.
What this Mercury Retrograde means for individual Sun signs is addressed in the forecasts below.
The second major event in June is Venus meeting Jupiter in the sign of Leo, aligning to Prometheus in another fire sign, Aries, promising a romantic, sexy and creative summer, especially for fire signs (Leo, Sagittarius, Aries). With revolutionary Prometheus much involved in this rare conjunction, art in all its guises may acquire a fresh invention and importance this summer.
Thirdly comes the reversal of Saturn from Sagittarian skies into those of Scorpio, which dredges up business from late 2014 for resolution, not least for Scorpios and Taureans.
Add in a volatile new Moon on June 16 – Gemini air to fan all that fire – and June looks like a case of Flame On! Then there's the Midsummer Solstice, exact at 16.37.55 GMT on June 21. Sound the druid horns!
Your horoscope has a Janus-like quality just now, marching forwards while looking backwards, making the first three weeks of June a decidedly ambiguous affair. There being two Twins in every Gemini equation, you can manage to follow suit.
The retrograde of Mercury ruler in your skies calls for a careful revision of your strategy for self-promotion, not least in your profession. You are the classic unreliable narrator this month, and though you may drive others to distraction with your refusal to commit or explain yourself, that's their problem, not yours. Change your mind as often as you like and stay flexible. 'Making-it-up-as-you-go-along' may be a charge levelled against you, but with the Sun and Mars on your side, you're in charge. Neptune in your career skies is ideal for playing your own spin-doctor, as long as you aren't telling whoppers. The trickiest moment is at the Full Moon of June 2, when getting into a scrap is too easily done.
Otherwise, be forceful, not least if you are a sporting Gemini (Mars is the planet of the athlete). Mercury turns to forward motion on June 11, but the new Moon of June 16 is a better time to climb off the fence, and put all your carefully re-thought plans into dazzling action.
By then, Saturn has slipped out of opposition for three valuable months. It would be easy to coast through the summer but a mistake. Fix the roof while the Sun is shining, as the saying goes. As much applies not only to your physical habitat and to your work (expect to be put to the test come autumn) but to relationships. You gain enormously from a rich social life this summer (thanks to Venus and Jupiter) and if you are single and on the look-out, then you have possibilities. If you are stuck in an unsatisfactory relationship, you have a period of relief before Saturn asks difficult, probably un-dodgeable questions later in the year. Meanwhile, Happy Birthday.
Money may be the root of all evil, as the old saying goes, yet it's invariably better to have some than to be without. Your horoscope is certainly in favour of acquisition; rarely are both Venus and Jupiter together in your cash zone as they are this summer. Can you anticipate pennies raining from heaven, therefore? You can hope! Better to visualise a sudden shower of bank notes, and to plot a fresh source of income – very likely, as your astrologer has pointed out before, from a new, unorthodox line of work. Cash aside, this confluence of two 'money planets' does ask you to overhaul your value system in a more general sense. to assess exactly how much you need and for what purpose and prioritise accordingly,
Venus starts the month in your own skies until June 5, reason enough to get out the house, be among convivial company and flirt shamelessly. After all, with Mercury in rewind until mid-month, it looks hard to force the pace. Planets in your twelfth house, including the Sun, favour reflection rather than action, though a waxing Moon in your skies on June 17/18 lends you a canny touch. Once midsummer comes on June 21, you are in business, and with warrior Mars arriving on June 24 for six weeks, it is time to take on the toughest assignments, and grapple with your fiercest critics. With Saturn back in a fellow water sign (Scorpio) for the summer, affairs of the heart call for fearless examination, not least if you are a July birthday – unfinished business from 2014 may well be back on the agenda.
Oh joy. While Venus visits you every two years, and Jupiter every twelve, rarely do these two 'lucky' planets occupy the Lion's skies for an entire summer, a cue for you to be at your most Tiggerish – noisy, attention-seeking, lavish, resplendent. There has to be a catch . . .doesn't there?
Of course. Venus will be going backwards during your birthday month, meaning you'll be held accountable for all the wild promises and broken hearts that you leave in your wake during June and July. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Venus sailing through your sign from June 5 is a cue to give yourself a make-over, splash the cash (steady!) and put on a dinner party or three. If you're the creative kind, your masterpiece now calls with urgency. If you are in the game of romance, then be a little more outlandish.
Love affairs and relationships are flavour of the month (maybe something more jarring than ' flavour' implies). Jupiter and asteroid Juno (Jupiter's wife) in your skies give those of you who are already hitched the chance to renew your vows and find a way to march in tandem rather than out of step. Since you have a minor planet in opposition (Ceres), there is bound to be push and shove involved, a need to find the right balance of power. With the wayward planet Prometheus also in the mix, a third party may be involved – someone radical and possibly from distant shores fits the frame. Even if the attachment is not romantic, you are something of a magnet for mavericks who open doors to new interests. Explore. Leo is a 'Fixed" sign, meaning not comfortable with change, but this is not the time for the same-old same-old.
Of course, you are operating under the same Mercury retrograde as every other sign, in your case suggesting a reunion with old chums and fellow travellers. By the time of the new Moon on June 16 Mercury is back on track – this is an ideal time to initiate any team work and grab your position as committee Chair. Remember Jupiter is the planet of Presidents. It is also the moneybags planet par excellence but with Neptune occupying your zone of mutual assets, do take a peak to make sure your ex hasn't cleaned out your savings account.
Though there are rogue Virgos – the ones who think not doing the washing-up is an act of rebellion – most members of your tribe are fussy perfectionists who like the reports they have requested to be double-spaced, in triplicate, and handed in on time. Clear? You won't be, not during the messy retrograde of your ruler, Mercury. The backslide of the communications planet is not a super-demanding transit – unlike, say, that of Saturn – but it is irksome, and with this and the bulk of June's planetary action taking place in your career zone, may drive you to distraction. However, providing you are flexible, patient (not a strong point, let's face it), you can use Mercury's backslide to revise your plans, resharpen the contents of your pencil case, and refine your professional plans.
On that particular point the new Moon of June 16, by which time Mercury is behaving normally, makes a perfect time to launch your plans for global/office domination. With Mars involved until June 24, a pushy attitude to rivals and troublemakers may be called for – people who simply have to be out-administrated. For any such fights, June 22 and 23, when the quarter moon is in you skies, are ideal.
It's an odd month in other respects. Many Virgoans have planets in your adjacent sign of Leo, so the long sojourn of Venus and Jupiter behind the scenes until your birthday season is no disaster, but you may nonetheless like to keep your counsel until late August– very much a new chapter in your working and personal life. Until then, a steady rather than a frantic pace is called for.
Professional stresses ease in the last week of June, as the mighty Sun and warrior Mars move into Cancer, a more accommodating position for you, and one when you can find allies with ease.
More intimate relationships look a perplexing scenario. Neptune, in long-term opposition, is accentuated this month, making your expectations of significant others unrealistic, especially for early September birthdays. The picture becomes clearer after the midsummer solstice, meanwhile put in boundaries when handling waifs, strays and time-wasters. The action between you and that certain someone appears to have its most significant expression not in public but in secret and/or in the bedroom.
As the old joke has it, a Libran's indecision is final, but in the first stretch of June your wont to prevaricate is entirely appropriate. Mercury 's backslide in your fellow air sign Gemini is perfect for a major – yes major – rethink about projects and ambitions, high flying notions and deep philosophical resolution. If humanitarian causes are part of your brief, so much the better. You can think on a grand scale but the devil as ever is in the detail and you need to fine tune as well.
The new Moon of June 16 is the time to stop procrastinating and push boldly ahead with whatever bugs you most, be it unfinished creative endeavour, a career switch, or even relationship issues, more of which shortly. You can anticipate the last week of June and all of July presenting you with challenges career wise, as the Sun and Mars both crest your solar horoscope, when your pre-planning will serve you well. Pushy rivals can be confronted – that's what Librans do – but also isolated. June 24/25 are power days, as the Moon passes through the Scales' skies.
You don't have to fly solo. The move of your ruler, Venus, into the fire sign of Leo for a four month stay is all about fellow-travellers and helpful associates – though terms and conditions apply during August, you can prosper as a team player across summer, and especially over the next six weeks. Circulate.
Venus being the planet of romance, its ongoing presence should suit those of you in the dating game. With assorted asteroids in opposition and the minor planet Ceres in the mix, things look busy on the relationship front (June 15-ish looks promising). Options, options! As your astrologer has pointed out previously, the major player in your personal life remains the maverick planet Prometheus, harbinger of sudden arrivals and departures, but whether you have had your life gate-crashed by a maverick or seen a partner unexpectedly wave sayonara, the message is that you, a paid-up member of the partnership sign, are having to behave more independently.
Talking about money is properly considered somewhat rude, while mention of house prices is a dreary national obsession. Still, with the planetary ruler of your sign, Mars, halfway through its trawl of your 'scope's zone of assets and shared resources, where a full Moon (June 2), a new Moon (June 16) and a retrograde Mercury (until June 16) are also active, an unflinching gaze at your financial situation seems advisable, even inevitable. Retrograde Mercury can be a dog, but revisiting your accounts makes perfect astrological sense, not least because Saturn is revisiting your sign for the next three months, more of which anon.
Get your spread sheet humming sweetly before that new Moon, after which the focus of your 'scope shifts, along with Mars, to loftier pursuits; creativity, career, travel. Truly intimate matters – like what you get up to in the bedroom – are already in play, and while Mars promises some torrid moments, especially at the start of the month, Neptune's involvement asks for honesty rather than fantasy when addressing your romantic associations.
How much time you can spare for matters of the heart is a moot point. Jupiter in your career zone for the next six weeks, now joined by Venus until October, call for extra energy to be pumped into your professional life, where how you present yourself to the powers that be looks especially important. Plus when the ruler of your seventh house (Venus) is in your tenth, those of you looking for romance are tipped to find it in the boardroom, or wherever it is you ply your trade.
The return of Saturn into your skies may make some Scorpios shudder – the taskmaster planet has doubtless put some of you through the wringer in 2013-14 – but its presence is there to ensure you have tied off all the loose ends from that testing transit, especially unresolved issues from the last couple of months of 2014. If your birthday is November 19-21, that goes double. And if you were born anytime in 1985, you are facing the momentous decisions that accompany one's Saturn Return; a time when everybody sheds a skin and makes a bold move into the future, whether the issue is commitment/abandonment or promotion/change of job. Maybe you have already confronted this transition; if not, the next three months are all about doing so.
And the hits just keep on coming! The question is, are they the hits of battle or the hits that set you whistling merrily? Your horoscope has both varieties in mind during June. The bruising variety come courtesy of Mars, which is in opposition until June. Planets in opposition mean just that – an opposing force or person, a rival or enemy, or simply a difficult customer. Given that the full Moon in your skies on June 2 is directly opposite Mars, best keep your head below the parapet for now.
Relations with significant others – not just spouses and partners but friends, whoever you play doubles with at tennis and the like – are likely to be tricky during the retrograde of Mercury opposite you. Folks on whom you usually rely turn flaky or suddenly have their hands full. There's an 'up in the air' quality to life, obliging you to go with the flow and exercise saintly patience.
Such scenarios straighten out once Mercury moves forwards, with the new Moon of June 16 making a return to normal service, or something like it. You do, after all, have the wayward energies of planet Prometheus in operation via your fellow fire sign of Aries, implying mood swings, sudden changes of heart, perhaps even the advent of a liberating lover.
Add to that the ongoing alignment of your ruler Jupiter from fiery Leo, and the arrival, from June 6, of Venus in the same sign, and you have a dynamic scenario across summer when your questing Sag spirit must be given reign to gallop across strange lands, be they physical or in the mind. Grab your share of adventure, as you'll be back in harness come autumn.
That the Mountain Goat is an earth sign, and most of June's planetary action is in fire and air signs makes for something of a rum mix. Planets in Gemini, your solar sixth house, call for mens sana in corpore sano, a healthy mind in a healthy body, while the pesky retrograde of Mercury there suggests the filing system going amok. As ever in Capricorn lives, duty calls.
The fire sign action is less irksome but more intense. The meeting of Venus and Jupiter for a hot encounter in Leo falls in the ambiguous eighth house, a place where passion and money meet, a place that's both bedroom and counting house. You may be intensifying an existing relationship (bedroom) or overhauling (even revolutionising) joint financial responsibilities via legal contracts, mortgages and the rest of the fiscal paperwork that Capricorns are so good at. Either way, this summer looks a staging post in your intimate relationships.
Previous summers, if you have the years, should have shown you what to expect from the month of Cancer. This is your complimentary sign, that starts at the solstice and with the Sun joined there by Mars this year, you're lined up for more one-on-one action, though whether Mars is a dashing military type or a thin-skinned aggressor is never quite clear. Conflict with declared rivals and opponents may be incoming. Terms and conditions apply in all partnership scenarios and, no doubt, you'll be enforcing them.
Here you have a helping hand from your Saturn ruler rolling backwards into Scorpio's skies on June 14; a more accommodating position, signalling help from associates and fellow travellers. It's a three month window of opportunity, especially if business from late 2014 is involved.
You also get a couple of power days on June 4/5 when Luna passes through your skies, and the Capricorn Mountain Goat becomes the Sea Goat Capricornus.
If your horoscope was a movie scene it would have a curt Hollywood stage manager barking 'You're on, kid!' while pushing little old you into the spotlight. Already onstage would be a leading man or lady, calling for an elaborate Ginger'n' Fred dance routine. Well, you can hope!
The Sun and Mars in your fifth house demand attention, performance, applause and after-show parties, while Mercury in retrograde brings old friends and flames into your orbit. The Gemini new Moon of June 16 relaunches your romantic life and smiles on artists, poets and the non-conformist types that are so often born under your sign. Your heart strings are being strummed.
The full Moon of June 2 is also useful, emphasising help available from fellow-travellers. Though Aquarians are happy to march out of step and be a solo act, just now your horoscope is friend and team oriented, a theme conformed by both Saturn, the traditional ruler of your sign, and Prometheus, its modern competitor.
The ongoing issue in your horoscope is partnerships. This summer you are visited by a truly dizzy series of oppositions from Jupiter and Juno (right now), Venus (imminent), Mercury (July), and Sun and Mars (August). Don't worry, you'll live to tell the tale, but it will be surprising if you are without challenge, proposition or plain, corny romantic love (remember that leading lady or man?). Even true love can go wrong of course – there would be no such thing as romantic tragedy, otherwise – and since Jupiter equals freedom, that screen heart throb may well elope with someone different.
Your seventh house of partnerships is not only romantic attachment; it's business buddy, evil twin, co-conspirator, pushy ex, brazen foe and all points between. If you have Leos in your life, keep them calm. If you have someone generous and loving, hold them close and appreciate them. If you are in a fight, keep your distance. Live it up, but with Neptune in your cash zone, maintain the usual iron grip on your purse.
As pointed out in last month's forecast, when Saturn is hovering over the apex of your solar 'scope, you are unlikely to get much peace in your profession. You are being asked to step up a rung on that slippery career ladder, and while Saturn's mid-month retreat into the skies of Scorpio (fellow water sign), gives you three months to catch your breath, being a winning, hard-nosed pro will be back on the agenda, big time, come autumn.
The squall of planets in Gemini also doesn't give you much rest, more likely bickering over unresolved details with managers and wayward builders. Mercury in Retrograde re-asserts the priorities of family ties and scribbles over your timetables. Your Piscean ingenuity is your helper in the latter case. If you are trying to rebuild your home base, things become easier after the new Moon of June 16. Be prepared.
This summer's activity surrounding Pisces' traditional ruler, Jupiter, falls across your mind/body/spirit axis, with the emphasis on body; clean living, exercise, scrupulous daily routines.
By contrast, the solstice brings enrichment of your social and romantic life, as the Sun and Mars move into your fellow water sign of Cancer, a month more to escape the house, circulate, and, if you're single, go hunting (Mars is the warrior planet). Both planets will be making connections to Neptune in your skies as June turns to July, accentuating opportunities for the artists among you, and stirring up emotions. Good news, if you don't turn soppy.
You are entering one of the most inflammable phases of your year, when the major planet in your skies – Prometheus the Awakener – aligns with Jupiter and Venus. The major thing ablaze is your personal passion, be it for a cause, an individual, acts of creativity or your offspring. This is a passion that refuses to go unanswered, and if turmoil is the only way to square with your best self, then so be it. Aries folk can be rash to a fault, but just now, indeed for the rest of the summer, action and change (maybe revolution) are where it's at. World beware.
That doesn't mean you can ignore the timing imposed on you by Mercury retrograde. The communications planet in mischievous may have already left you fuming, though the opening fortnight of the month is ideal for revision of contracts/your book but once you arrive at the new Moon of June 16, you are in the clear. With ruler mars coursing through your third house of travel and messages, you appear to have multiple agendas to pursue.
Once the Sun and Mars reach the nadir of your 'scope at the solstice, you may be obliged to pay more attention to home and hearth and the security that underpins your adventures. Saturn's retreat into your zone of shared resources likewise insists that you straighten out all financial contracts over the next three months, most notably any matters left dangling at the end of 2014. Weighty love affairs may also fit this particular picture; some karma you can't escape.
Career looks largely a matter of will power now, though if your job and your passion are a close fit, you should be able to pull something special out of the hat this summer; another name for Prometheus is The Magician (similar to the tarot card of the same name). Go ahead and conjure.
Mercury Retrograde in your cash zone has a simple enough message; go back to your accounts and spreadsheets and recalibrate. If you are owed money, chase it hard. If you are in negotiations with the bank, expect a lot of haggling until mid month, when the new Moon in the same zone of your 'scope allows you to sign off a deal.
The good news is that with your financial planets aligning to Jupiter, which is ensconced in the family/home zone of your solar chart, deals can be done, accommodations made, plus there are many delights to be had from the clan and from the aesthetic overhaul of Taurus Towers that you appear to be undertaking. The Bull's ruler, Venus, spends almost four months of this summer in your family and home zone, and if that doesn't involve either of those subjects, then it will be career where you find the key to another level. The minor planet Ceres at the apex of your chart is tweaked at the end of June, when a commanding female presence in your professional life is indicated; commanding but hopefully not too bossy.
On the subject of bosses, Saturn, the planet that has asked you to make searching changes in your professional or personal life these last two years, creeps back into opposition for three months at mid-June. Though this leans chiefly on birthdays 18-20 May, you are all asked to return to matters from the close of 2014 for resolution. If the issue is a friend or lover who feels slighted, keep them at arm's length while you settle disputes. Here there are likely no quick fixes, apart from which late June is a time for lightning deals and trades.


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Quick admits he didn't get the job done
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Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick might not have won Game 1, but he instilled a lot of doubt into shooters' minds coming into Sunday's Game 2 nonetheless. His evening ended up being as rough as it was short, though, as you can see.
Quick didn't hesitate to accept the blame following that defeat, as CSN Chicago's Nina Falcone reports.
"They did their job at home, now we have to go do our job at home," Quick said. "I haven't done my job on the road."
The Kings are indeed 1-7 away from Los Angeles, yet it's unfair to lay it all at the 27-year-old netminder's feet.
Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville provided interesting perspective on his opponents' goaltender, according to the Chicago Sun-Times' Mark Lazerus.
"I still think that's going to be an ongoing challenge with him," Quenneville said. "Some nights it goes in."
- adambballn - Jun 2, 2013 at 11:45 PM
It was strange to see Quick giving up the 5 hole… I'm expecting a very tight low scoring game 3.
- esracerx46 - Jun 3, 2013 at 8:17 AM
Last I checked 5 hole was between the legs…. I know 2 of the goals were stick side. The one that was credited to Bickell was off Regehr's backhand and kind of a flu key goal. Thought Hands us went stick side as well.
- adambballn - Jun 3, 2013 at 10:16 AM
Seabrook and the Bickell goal were both 5 hole…
- foleysfish - Jun 3, 2013 at 12:08 AM
The Kings are not the team they were last year. Quick cant win every game for them. He is human and will have bad games. Kings are just sitting back and playing D and hoping Quick bails them out. That might work with the Blues & Sharks but not the Hawks. Hawks are way too fast and can match Kings in defense. Not saying Kings are done but if they expect Quick to do everything it will be a short series. GO HAWKS
- blomfeld - Jun 3, 2013 at 1:15 AM
To hell with tonight, as we 'real' King's fans 'know and love' Quickie as the 'best' of the best today, bar none. Coach Sutter will have him back in game 3 in LA, fear not friends. And man, are these 'brassieres' from Chicago ever going to be 'violated' come Tuesday night eh ? … we could be talking of upwards of 10 x goals 'against' these freaks Crawford and Emery ! … I absolutely love it man ! Anyway, Jagger and crew are 'assholes' for making us Kings play every 'five minutes' there in Chicago in-order to accommodate their stupid Monday night concert. I mean seriously, what kind of suck-hole goes to a Monday night concert anyway ? So FU 'glimmer twins' as I used to seriously love you guys, but now you make me sick … and FU you too Watts while we're at it !
*** Eat 'S' Jagger … the Beatles were 'always' the best ! ***
- alswingman - Jun 3, 2013 at 2:08 AM
You are just baiting with stupidity and need a better hobby.
- esracerx46 - Jun 3, 2013 at 8:12 AM
Your use of quotes has your "English" teacher presumably rolling in their "grave". Learn the English language pal. Don't give that whiney ass excuse for having to play back to backs. The other team had to as well. The Beatles are the most over rated, monotone, boring boy band that has ever been called rock and roll. The Stones love em hate em or indifferent, have actually done something in the last 40 years. Not to mention more energetic and actually entertain when they perform. But, the most hysterical part of yet another rant is you thinking the Kings could actually score 10 or more goals. Do yourself a favor, stop talking. Just making yourself and the other hundred or so Kings fans look like you have concussions.
- foleysfish - Jun 3, 2013 at 1:59 AM
U really need to take your meds. Everyone that read your post is now dumber for reading it than they were before. See attached link http://youtu.be/C3JzbWVDzac
- comeonnowguys - Jun 3, 2013 at 8:58 AM
Man, if they require him to be flawless 4 of the next five games to have a chance (and–at this point–they do), I'm not big on their chances.
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But one week ago, after having studied diligently for her citizenship test and with her cancer spreading to her bones and her brain, Ms. Torres-DeChamberlin, quite literally, was granted her dying wish.
She was sworn in as a U.S. citizen.
She even got a one-hundred percent score on her exam.
Aided by social worker Susana Lenox at a Phoenix-area Hospice organization, and officials at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services department, Ms. Torres-DeChamberlin was sworn in as a U.S. citizen during a private ceremony in her home.
With one arm broken and in a cast (the cancer has left her bones quite frail and breakable), the 50 year-old grandmother recited the Pledge of Allegiance. And afterwards, she stated "for me, it's a wonderful day. I will have the right to vote, and I will have liberty."
It is questionable whether or not Ms. Torres-DeChamberlin will live long enough to cast any ballots. But the dignity with which she has carried herself, and the love and respect for the United States that she has demonstrated, are both inescapable, if not overwhelming.
And the contrast between Ms. Arellano and Ms. Torres-DeChamberlin is also overwhelming. One woman is devoting her life's energy to displaying contempt for our nation and it's laws, and has chosen to create a distance between her and her child.
And then there's Maria Torres-De Chamberlin. She entered the U.S. legally, and has been working towards citizenship ever since. And now having obtained that goal, she wants to live long enough to see her children become citizens, and to vote in an American election.
This dichotomy should give pause to those who aided and abetted Ms. Arellano, and others who believe that her illegal and contemptuous behavior is appropriate.
And the rest of us, those of us who love and respect our nation, should be humbled and inspired by our fellow American - - Maria Torres-DeChamberlin.
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Slide 3 Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources to achieve specific goals. A project is a temporary exercise with a defined beginning and end (usually time-constrained, and often constrained by funding or deliverables),[1] aimed at meeting unique goals and objectives. The temporary nature of projects stands in contrast with business as usual (or operations),[3] which are repetitive, permanent, or semi-permanent functional activities to produce products or services. In practice, the management of these two systems is often quite different, and as such requires the development of distinct technical skills and management strategies. The primary challenge of project management is to achieve all of the project goals and objectives while overcoming the preconceived constraints. Typical constraints are scope, time, and budget. The secondary—and more ambitious—challenge is to optimize the allocation and integrate the inputs necessary to meet pre-defined objectives. Slide 4 Extreme project management In critical studies of project management it has been noted that several PERT based models are not well suited for the multi-project company environment of today.[citation needed] Most of them are aimed at very large-scale, one-time, non-routine projects, and currently all kinds of management are expressed in terms of projects. Using complex models for "projects" (or rather "tasks") spanning a few weeks has been proven to cause unnecessary costs and low maneuverability in several cases[citation needed]. Instead, project management experts try to identify different "lightweight" models, such as Agile Project Management methods including Extreme Programming for software development and Scrum techniques. The generalization of Extreme Programming to other kinds of projects is extreme project management, which may be used in combination with the process modeling and management principles of human interaction management. Agile project management Agile project management approaches based on the principles of human interaction management are founded on a process view of human collaboration. This contrasts sharply with the traditional approach. In the agile software development or flexible product development approach, the project is seen as a series of relatively small tasks conceived and executed as the situation demands in an adaptive manner, rather than as a completely pre-planned process. Slide 5 Traditionally, project management includes a number of elements: four to five process groups, and a control system. Regardless of the methodology or terminology used, the same basic project management processes will be used. Major process groups generally include initiation planning or development production or execution monitoring and controlling closing In project environments with a significant exploratory element (e.g., research and development), these stages may be supplemented with decision points (go/no go decisions) at which the project's continuation is debated and decided. An example is the stage-gate model. The initiating processes determine the nature and scope of the project. After the initiation stage, the project is planned to an appropriate level of detail (see example of a flow- chart).[19] The main purpose is to plan time, cost and resources adequately to estimate the work needed and to effectively manage risk during project execution Executing consists of the processes used to complete the work defined in the project plan to accomplish the project's requirements. Execution process involves coordinating people and resources, as well as integrating and performing the activities of the project in accordance with the project management plan. Monitoring and controlling consists of those processes performed to observe project execution so that potential problems can be identified in a timely manner and corrective action can be taken, when necessary, to control the execution of the project Closing includes the formal acceptance of the project and the ending thereof. Administrative activities include the archiving of the files and documenting lessons learned. Slide 6 Project management triangle The time constraint refers to the amount of time available to complete a project. The cost constraint refers to the budgeted amount available for the project. The scope constraint refers to what must be done to produce the project's end result. These three constraints are often competing constraints: increased scope typically means increased time and increased cost, a tight time constraint could mean increased costs and reduced scope, and a tight budget could mean increased time and reduced scope. Slide 7 A part of improvisation Slide 8 THANK YOU GOD, I HAVE FINISHED!!
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