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One of my fears was that it would look "light" even with the real damage that happened. I didn't want to play it for laughs or in any kind of non-serious way.
I think that sometimes the prejudice against Cardassians seems to be hardest on my Cardassian doctors. I think that "even" on Cardassia, a
doctor is someone who swears to be the absolute opposite of the Cardassian stereotype...a compassionate, caring person. So while they are at once very sensitive to the wrongs Cardassians have done, and ashamed, they also want to be seen for who they are. I think they want it to be known that
are Cardassian too--that not all about Cardassia or Cardassians is terrible and monstrous. There is another kind of person who has those scales and ridges, too--one who cares deeply about the life force that all six of his senses bring to him. (Seven, if you count his compassion and empathy for others.)
So yes, there is a very upset part of him that is thinking, "Why did you
this to me?" But you're also right about how guilty he feels. He knows now that he should've communicated better with his patient. And for him as a doctor, causing harm to his patient--to include emotional harm--is deeply mortifying. I think it makes him feel he has been dishonorable. I believe the clinical terminology for it is that he feels like crap.
The other thing that was hard for me about writing this was zh'Thessel. That was honestly
frightening to me because here we have a woman who believes she has been sexually threatened and as it turned out it was a misunderstanding. I was very afraid of coming off as belittling those who are victims of both real assaults and bad miscommunications. I guess I was also afraid there were those who might react viscerally to the idea of the man being "right" and the woman being "wrong" in such a situation. But I do think that sometimes these kinds of miscommunications happen and the result is exactly like this, where both parties end up hurt.
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As Kiril said, you need to address the thatch first, most likely using a mechanical solution to go along with your cultural practices.
I'm also right there with you on the winter being sh*tty. We've been above 60 once this year. Last year I was out working for 3 weeks already. Nothing is ready here now.
I had separated the use of compost and the discussion of 'real thatch'... I had commented that compost would not help the reduction of real thatch and that we agreed on that point... That completed the discussion of compost at that point...
Then I switched to a question dealing only with 'real thatch' and proceeded to ask a straight forward question in dealing with the thatch itself, i.e. "Sugars and thoroughly drying the surface, b4 watering again"
That was the question put forth in the last post...
"Is my theory valid or not?" ...
Now that I know that clay's texture(platelets) has nothing to do with water infiltration, percolation, or drainage,,, I wonder what does...
I would say that your theory is valid. However, in the real world of keeping customers happy, then you may not get the results you need in a reasonable amount of time. By adding the aeration, I think that you could reduce that time and get it into the acceptable range. I would also double aerate it to really open it up, and it wouldn't hurt to add some aact to really jump start the process.
Think warm sun and green grass!
Thanks for the responses. ..
Now that we have gotten rid of the 'real thatch', it would be nice to keep it under control and build the soil structure and CE capacity...
Now that I know that clay's texture(platelets) has nothing to do with water infiltration, percolation, or drainage,,, I wonder what does...
since you mentioned me....i take it for granted in this forum that either
a) the people here are doing treatments and seeding and aeration, but not mowing, clean-ups and dethatching so much, in which case talking about irrigation and thatch (along with proper clean-up and mowing strategies) is kind of moot. my company does the whole shebang. so we certainly have a 'comprehensive program' if you wish to call it that. and i frequently receive contracts back where i disagree with the services requested by the customer and tell them i will switch one service for one that they need more seriously, or tell them that they either need to spend an extra $xyz to make their program sensible, or else i will just refund their $abc so they aren't throwing money away on results they will not get.
or b) the companies are doing dethatching and everything else, in which case, i know they are pimping those services hard every Spring. do a clean-up, power rake the lawn, aerate, mulch all the thatch and leaves from the clean-up, plus throw in an application of granular dehydrated compost and fert. meals/CGM if you use them......you're on the fast lane to a profitable season!
furthermore, i think thatch and irrigation don't really apply to organics per se. they are issues that are handled very similarly in both the organic programs and the conventional programs. thatch: rake that crap up, aerate, add compost in the organic program, and speak to customer about mowing and irrigation habits for improvements. in the conventional program, rake it, aerate it, add fertilizer so as to spark surging grass growth taller and thicker, and talk to the customer about mowing and irrigation habits.
well, the only difference there is that the organic program calls for compost to ensure long-term benefits that will ultimately prevent the conditions for thatch to build, whereas the conventional program is about correcting symptoms and getting the grass green and lush in time for the weekend. well, that is already the difference between organics and conventional programs. the existence of thatch hasn't really altered our mindsets about how to proceed with our programs. and the way to treat the short-term symptoms of the thatch are all the same. so what's to really talk about here?
Now that I know that clay's texture(platelets) has nothing to do with water infiltration, percolation, or drainage,,, I wonder what does...
ok, i re-read your posts. you want a) more comprehensive information to handle all possibilities. and you want some answers specifically about thatch.
1. i think it's been said over and over, organics is about adapting and changing, so that's why there isn't a specific program you can apply one-size-fits-all. i use a broad program and make adjustments at my own discretion. is that a comprehensive program? yes. but it must be made clear that i have discretion for changing it.
2. with regards to molasses, i don't think that speeds up thatch decomp. molasses is food. OM is food. if the thatch dries out it is going to be a feedlot for the bacteria. when you introduce sugars, it's like serving the bacteria chips and beer when you really want them to snack on the platter of veggies. yes, if the bacteria population expands, then that means more bacteria to feed on the thatch after the molasses is gone. but i don't think it would be necessary. maybe i will be corrected though, i honestly have not put too much consideration into this before.
also, i think power raking and aerating is better margin and therefore better bussiness
when the thatch is a real *****, it is sitting up half an inch or more in the grass and microarthropods are going to have to shred that stuff. fungi can only attack it from the bottom to try to open it up for bacteria. if you're going to be spraying teas, molasses, meals, etc. i would think off the top of my head that a protozoa soup would be more beneficial as these little buggers will chew up the thatch and make it easier for the bacteria to get involved.
let's just run through a cost example. let's say i'm dealing with 3000 sq. ft. of lawn with considerable thatch.
power rake it: $30-50
aerate it: $30-50
mow the lawn, mulching thatch & grass at 3-3.5" tall: $20-30
PACKAGE DEAL: $85 for one man hour
customer responsibilities: give a deep watering to the lawn, a second in 3-4 days if lawn is not shooting up by about an inch at that time. instruct them going forward on proper irrigation and mowing techniques, and recommend compost and anything else that suits their particular situation.
NET EARNED: $80 (lost $5 to gas for mower, aerator, dethatcher)
TIME CONSUMED: 1 hr
so, run through a package dealing with teas/meals/molasses, etc. that would rectify the thatch problem within a week or two (customers probably don't want to hear about "in the long run..." they want a green, lush lawn at most within 3-4 weeks). so, what is the process, what is the cost?
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Weber needs to learn if you want to take a racer out and get away with it then you do it near the end of the race, not before the first corner.
Although he still in the race. Expect his car to blow up toward the end.
bad luck!
So pleased for Webber, not a man in Formula man who more deserved to win a race, hope this is the first of many.
Haha Ritchie. Do ya suck balls?
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Super stuff Webber, been a long time coming.
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'bout time...
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Surprised at the plaudits tbh. A middling driver at best, but then even notorious underachievers like Jarno Trulli have managed to get across the line in 1st place at least once.
Vettel has to be the one to win this championship if it's not to be simply a case of a competent driver winning because he had the best machinery.
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It did get crazy after he pulled a Bradbury years back when only 7 or so cars finished at Melbroune and he came 5th or something like that. There were pages dedicated to it in the papers for weeks afterwards.
Again bad luck for suttil..why kimi always find ways to hit him ???
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So pleased for Webber. Actually forgot it was on with the cricket AND Le Tour, but love the bloke (because I used to live in Queanbeyan ok?). Just a pro, who's up til now been consistently in the wrong place at the wrong time, but has always looked like he'd do well in a competitive car.
Before the killjoys attack, I'm not saying he's the reincarnation of Senna or the next big thing, but there's no-one in the field who hasn't won a race that deserves it more than Webber.
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|Irradiation effect on fatty acid composition and conjugated linoleic acid isomers in frozen lamb meat.
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|The effect of gamma radiation processing on the lipid content, fatty acid composition and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) profile in frozen lamb meat was investigated. Samples of longissimus thoracis muscle from lambs fed lucerne basal diets either unsupplemented or supplemented with polyunsaturated vegetable oils were irradiated (7kGy) and analysed. CLA contents in lamb meat did not affect (P>0.05) the levels of lipid oxidation induced by the irradiation. No significant differences (P>0.05) were observed for fatty acid composition, related nutritional indexes (n-6/n-3 and PUFA/SFA), as well as for total lipid and CLA contents, between non-irradiated (control) and irradiated meat samples. In contrast, meat irradiation affected the relative proportions of total trans,trans and cis/trans CLA isomers (P<0.001), in addition to the percentage of some minor individual CLA isomers (t11,t13 and t9,t11, with P<0.05 and P<0.001, respectively). The percentage of total cis/trans CLA isomers slightly decreased in irradiated samples, while the relative proportion of total trans,trans isomers slightly increased. This observation may be explained by the higher susceptibility to autoxidation of the cis double bond relative to the trans configuration.
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Saint Gregory Dialogos, Bishop of Rome
St Gregory was born in Rome to noble and wealthy parents about the year 540 AD. While the Saint was still young, his father died. However, his mother, Sylvia, saw to it that her child received a good education in both secular and spiritual learning. He became Prefect of Rome and sought to please God even while in the world; later, he took up the monastic life; afterwards he was appointed Archdeacon of Rome, then, in 579 AD, Apocrisiarios (representative or Papal legate) to Constantinople, where he lived for nearly seven years. He returned to Rome in 585 AD and was elected Pope in 590 AD. He is renowned especially for his writings and great almsgiving, and because, on his initiative, missionary work began among the Anglo-Saxon people. It is also from him that Gregorian chant takes its name; the chanting he had heard at Constantinople had deeply impressed him, and he imported many elements of it into the ecclesiastical chant of Rome. He served as Bishop of that city from 590 to 604 AD.
Dismissal Hymn (Fourth Tone)
The truth of things have revealed you to your flock as a rule of faith, an icon of meekness, and a teacher of temperance; for this cause, you have achieved the heights by humility, riches by poverty. O Father and Hierarch Gregory, intercede with Christ God that our souls be saved.
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To you, who are the Church's tuneful harp inspired of God, you are a tongue of wisdom who was verily possessed of God, to you, as it is meet, we now offer praises; for you truly had the zeal of the Apostles' choir and followed in their footsteps as their worthy heir; and to you we say, "Rejoiced, divine Father Gregory".


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The rating change is calculated from the following:
Where W is the score of the event, We is the expected score, n is the sum of the scores by both players.
The system is based on the rating system developed by Prof. Árpád Élő.
Why is my rating decreasing when I win?This can happen if you play more games, and the final score is "less" than the "expected score".
See the rating system description for more detailed explanation.
What does ≈ mean in front of the rating?The ≈ sign means that you have played less than 20 games, therefore your rating is "provisional". The sign will go away after the 20th game.
Ratings are calculated differently if you play against such players. The rating adjustment will be less.
If your opponent has never played a game before (denoted by ---) the rating change will be half of the normal. If your opponent played only 10 games, the rating change will be 3/4 of the normal, if your opponent has played 20 games already, rating change will be normal as described here.
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What is FlyOrDie Grand Prix?
FlyOrDie Grand Prix is an annual competition, in which you score points by getting top 10 placings in any FlyOrDie tournament.
Scoring: 25 for 1st, 18 for 2nd, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1.
Non-subscribed players can also participate, by attending public tournaments, though you have better chance if you can participate in all tournaments.
How can I enter tournaments?Most of the tournaments are only for subscribed members. Though occasionally there are open tournaments for everyone. Please check the tournament calendar for details.
If you are eligible to enter, all you have to do is attend the tournament room at the given time.
Removing adsAny kind of advertising is annoying. Unfortunately it is necessary to keep viable a busy site like this.
Since several people complained and requested accessing the site without advertising, it was launched a package of premium subscription services.
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Among other services, it is included the possibility to access the site without advertising.
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Such an end is said to be won, if the player with the hammer has at least 2 stones counting, or the player without the hammer steals the end.
If neither of these occur, the skin is carried over to the next end.
The skin value for each end: 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5.
Full screen mode
Full screen mode is only available for our subscribed members. To activate full screen mode, press the F11 key on your keyboard after you start the game. The game can be also resized to any size. Simply drag the corner of the browser window, and resize it to any size you wish.
Non-subscribed players can only use the zoom levels in the browsers. Zoom is usually applied in most browsers by pressing the CTRL and + key on the numpad simultaneously (CTRL - for zooming out, or CTRL 0 for default zoom).
It might also be needed to maximize the game window, which can be done by clicking on the small icon next to (x) in the upper right corner of the window or pressing ALT+SPACE+X in some browsers.
The resolution of the game will not change, it is simple image zoom, so the resulting image will be little more blurred.
Setting the number of ends per matchIt is possible to select the number of ends to play in a match.
This setting can be accessed by clicking on the gear icon right at the center of the screen, which is called "Chat and game settings".
To access it click on this icon:
Can I purchase a gift subscription to friends, family members?You can subscribe a friend, family member, or anyone else, without using their nickname/password.
Visit the following link, enter the user ID of the player, and follow the instructions:
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While we value every user, our subscribed members are given extra consideration.
Subscribers have special privileges and special services. We listen with great care to our subscribed players' suggestions & concerns.
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Full screen mode
You can play in full screen mode.
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Enter full rooms
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Our subscribed members can challenge for being on the toplist, and have more detailed statistics.
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Special tools
Ability to add other users permanently as "buddies" or "muted" (unwanted users).
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You can enjoy the benefits on all FlyOrDie Games (benefits may differ for other games).
How to report abuse?The first and most important is that you use the "mute" button for every player whose activity disturbs you.
There is also a possibility to report any such activity by using the "report abuse" link on the offending player's play info page. (This feature is only available for our subscribed members, or members who have spent some time already on the games.)
How to clear your browser's cache?Cache is a local storage area in your browser in which previously viewed HTML pages and images are stored. If a previously viewed Web page is accessed again, the copy is loaded from the cache. With this technique, unnecessary Internet traffic is avoided. However, once there are new versions of files on the server, the cache must be refreshed. To ensure that the current copy is loaded from the server and not from the cache, clear the disk and memory cache in your browser and load the page again.
Internet Explorer 9
- Select Tools | Delete browsing history menu item from the main menu.
- Make sure that Temporary Internet files is checked.
- NOTE: DO NOT select Cookies. Delete Cookies removes all the cookies stored on the computer.
- Click Delete.
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- Click Tools and select Clear Recent History.
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Jack's adventure as the Bearer of The Mark of Aeacus continues. A mysterious stranger appears at the foot of Jack's bed, tells him the secrets of the mark of power that he bears, then tells him he must die. Can Jack's mysterious new powers save him… or would we all be better off if they didn't?
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Kevin Ingram
Position: QB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 178 lbs.
Born: April 26, 1962 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Murrell Dobbins Area Vo-Tech
College: East Carolina (school history) (Ingram college stats)
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (14739th overall since 1950)
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This Week in South Florida, June 3
Published On: Jun 03 2012 01:23:11 PM EDT Updated On: Jun 03 2012 04:06:49 PM EDT
Purging of Florida's voter rolls stirs up major controversy.
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Well, hello! I hope everyone had (or is still having) a most merry holiday.
On the topic of merriment, it's probably time that you think about unleashing solutions to help remedy the unholy mess of stains, spots, smudges, splatters and splotches left behind by the nonstop parade of rowdy houseguests, anxious pets, tipsy grannies, and coaster-eschewing brother-in-laws that may have passed (or are still passing) through your home over the last couple of weeks. Below, you'll find a handful of eco-friendly cleaning supplies to help you conquer any unsightly seasonal remainders. And in addition to the below products — many of them new to the market — that I have on my radar, it's never a bad idea to save a few bucks by concocting your own natural cleaning solutions from household staples like white vinegar, baking soda, lemon juice, and the like.
HAVEN Castile Soap - 12 oz @ HAVEN ($15.95)
Common Good Floor Cleaner @ West Elm ($14.95)
Murchison-Hume Everyday Furniture Spritzer @ Williams-Sonoma ($9.95)
NYCIB Duster @ West Elm ($14)
Bambooee Reusable Bamboo Towels - 20 sheets @ Reusit.com ($9.95)
Eco-Me Matt Carpet Deoderizer @ Abe's Natural Market ($8.71)
Seventh Generation Organic All-Purpose Natural Cleaner @ Whole Foods Markets
Full Circle Crystal Clear Glass Cleaner @ Green Depot ($7.95)
Method Smarty Dish Plus @ Method ($7.49)
TerraCycle Drain Maintainer and Cleaner @ DwellSmart ($8.99)
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The Preservation Hall Jazz Band will make its first stop at the Meyer Theatre on Sept. 25.
The Meyer Theatre has announced two concerts for fall.
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, renowned worldwide for performing New Orleans jazz since 1961, will make its first appearance at the Meyer in downtown Green Bay at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 25. The band is directed by Ben Jaffe, the son of founders Allan and Sandra Jaffe.
Tickets are $56 gold circle (first three rows) $35 and $20 students (limit of four per student ID). They go on sale at 11 a.m. Friday through Ticket Star outlets, (800) 895-0071 and www.meyertheatre.org.
The Ultimate Legends Band will do tributes to Kenny Rogers, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison and The Blues Brothers at 8 p.m. Sept. 7. The show features look- and sound-alike performers accompanied by a live orchestra.
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Late last week, we noted that the Toronto Raptors were buying out Peja Stojakovic, and that the veteran forward planned to sign with the Dallas Mavericks. In a not-officially-related move, the Mavericks were going to trade reserve big man Alexis Ajinca to the Raptors. The timing of the two moves raised some questions around the league, and the deal was held up by the league so that an investigation could take place.
On Monday, the Mavericks announced that both moves had been completed. In addition to formally confirming Stojakovic's signing, the Mavericks sent out the following details regarding the Ajinca trade.
The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have traded center Alexis Ajinca, a second round draft pick and cash considerations to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for the draft rights to forward Georgios Printezis.
Ajinca (7-2, 248) played in 10 games with 2 starts for Dallas this season. He averaged 2.9 points, 1.7 rebounds and 7.5 minutes per game as a Maverick. Ajinca was originally acquired via trade from Charlotte on July 13, 2010. Printezis (6-9, 230) was the 58th pick of the 2007 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs before Toronto acquired his rights from San Antonio for a future second round pick. Printezis is a native of Athens, Greece and plays professionally in Spain.The trade details are surely a formality, as the pick is likely heavily-protected and the draft rights to Printezis are inconsequential.
The move to pick up Stojakovic, of course, is an effort to fill the hole left by Caron Butler's season-ending knee surgery. It's not totally clear how much game the 33-year-old has left, as he's made just eight appearances so far this season.
This signing is the definition of a low-risk, low-reward move, as Stojakovic will make the veteran's minimum, costing Dallas virtually nothing, and Ajinca wasn't likely to see court time or progress past his "project" status any time soon. Even if Stojakovic is the step-slow, no-defense, spot-up shooting small forward everyone seems to think he is, the only standard he really needs to meet is "better than nothing."
ESPNDallas.com reports that Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle said on Monday that Stojakovic will not play for Dallas on Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Clippers and said that it wasn't yet clear whether he would play on Thursday night against the Houston Rockets.


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Maureen Scalia
Crisis Pregnancy Counselor
Pro-Life Advocate
"I have been moved by the courage of so many who in their loneliness struggle to protect the life they nurture within. Serving on the Board of the Nurturing Network is the culmination of my experience in working to protect and defend life."
Maureen McCarthy Scalia was born in Boston, and grew up and attended school in Braintree, Massachusetts. At the age of 20, while a student at Radcliffe College, she was introduced to an interesting law student from Harvard University. Antonin Scalia and Maureen were married after their graduations in 1960.
Through the years since, they have been partners in raising their nine children, and now enjoy the richness of grandchildren, soon to number 27. With her major commitment to family, Maureen has given her time to many volunteer activities, including working with handicapped children, teaching religious education at her parish in Great Falls, Virginia, and supporting her children's schools. The most important and meaningful to her has been her work with Hope in Northern Virginia, a crisis pregnancy center.
For twenty years Maureen has worked with pregnant women, first serving as a telephone volunteer, where she learned to hear the grief behind the statement "I need an abortion." While serving as Associate Director she has helped shape the policy of this organization as it focuses upon the mother in her time of need. Currently, she supervises all the cases that come with needs financial, emotional, medical and legal. "I have been moved by the courage of so many who in their loneliness struggle to protect the life they nurture within. To bring this experience to the Nurturing Network is a privilege for me."


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"Losing my dad at Columbine, I've lived a tragedy for the last 13 years and eight months," Coni Sanders said. "It has been a battle every day to figure out I can manage this; what can I do with it?"
Her father, Dave Sanders was shot and killed after helping students out of the cafeteria and the hallways. She was 24 years old at the time. Sanders says her dad's death is the motivation to her occupation as a forensic therapist.
"I've made it my mission to help people who have been violent in the past, people with mental illness," Sanders said. "I was curious how two boys could get so messy in the head that their only solution was to kill people."
Sanders works with criminals. She works with the state mental hospital. She runs her own anger management program to try to stop the violence before it starts.
"The largest provider of mental health in Colorado is the Department of Corrections," Sanders said. "So, we wait until people commit a crime before we offer them help."
She knows what it is like to be a victim, a therapist, and a counselor to criminals.
"So, all three sides of the current issues, I have information and that gives me a weapon against the violence," Sanders said.
She knows exactly what the families in Newtown, Connecticut are going through. She's been there. She's asked the same questions of why.
"You can identify with the feelings of those families," she said. "What it's going to be like without their loved one, the waking up every day and realizing this is real and that this really happened and it really hurts."
Trying to help violent people become non-violent is something she is doing in the name of her father. Maybe it is the same kind of thing the families of the Sandy Hook victims will be searching for, themselves.
"I want those families to know that there's hope," Sanders said. "But, that this will never go away."
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The incident happened on Bray Street around 12:30 a.m. Sunday.
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A 41-year-old township woman was stabbed early Sunday by someone who stole her vehicle and fled the scene, Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Charles Webster said.
Police believe a hitchhiker first spotted on Route 34 between Clover Hill Road and Bray Street tried to break into the woman's car at her Bray Street home, according to an email from township police to neighbors in the area.
When the woman opened the door to her home, the man confronted her, police said. He allegedly pushed his way inside and stabbed her multiple times. During the attack he grabbed her keys, and then he ...


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Meet Me at Phelps Barn
Phelps Barn at the Grafton Inn serves as the inn's bar. Attached to the main inn, Phelps Barn was once a carriage house for guests' horses.
All legal beverages served. Free WiFi. NEW sit-down bar, upstairs in the pub.
Fall Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 4-10 pm, serving our pub menu 5-9 pm. Closed Mondays.
Thursdays: Burger & Brew Night, Old Tavern burger and a 16 oz beer for just $12.
Fridays: Flatbread Fridays, serving made-to-order flatbread pizzas (Open until 9:30PM).
Saturdays: Live music. See our show schedule.
Soup of the day
Chefs daily creation $5/$8
Caesar salad
Crisp romaine, herbed croutons, shaved parmesan, creamy Caesar dressing $10
Summer Greens
Local greens, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, sliced radish, lemon tarragon vinaigrette $9
Tortellini Salad
VT four cheese tortellini, with fresh mozzarella, local tomatoes, olives, basil, Greek vinaigrette $11
Sautéed PEI mussels tossed with garlic, local tomatoes, basil, fennel, white wine broth $14
Grafton Cheese Board
Clothbound cheddar, Lyden, Maple Smoked Cheddar, Apricot chutney, Castleton Crackers, dried figs $16
Pork Potstickers
Ginger soy dipping sauce $11
Topped with Grafton Cheddar, tomatoes, scallions, jalapenos, onions, and sour cream $ 12
Add pulled chicken $4, or pulled pork $6
Choice of Buffalo, BBQ, or Sweet chili, served with blue cheese and celery $10
Pretzel Bites
Grafton Cheddar and 1801 ale fondue $10
(Sandwiches served with hand cut fries or summer green salad)
Grafton Cheddar Burger
Vermont Beef, Grafton cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles $15
(Toppings $2 each: Applewood bacon, caramelized onions, mushrooms, fried egg)
Pulled Pork Sandwich
Braised low and slow VT pork, cider BBQ, Pineapple slaw $13
Tuscan Wrap
Basil pesto, fresh mozzarella and Grafton heirloom tomatoes, spinach and caramelized onions $15
Fish & Chips
Ale battered Haddock, hand cut fries, tartar sauce $15
Mac & Cheese
Cavatappi pasta tossed with creamy 2 year aged cheddar sauce $10
(add smoked bacon $2, asparagus $1)
Steak Frites
Grilled Beef Teres Major, rosemary demi glace, and hand cut fries $18
Sweet Chili Shrimp
Sautéed shrimp with a sweet chili lime glaze, over ginger black rice with Asian vegetable slaw $19
Spinach Ravioli
VT Fresh Ravioli with roasted shallots, Kalamata olives, wilted spinach, sundried tomato cream, shaved parmesan $17
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|Single-cell attachment and culture method using a photochemical reaction in a closed microfluidic system.
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 21045929 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review
|Recently, interest in single cell analysis has increased because of its potential for improving our understanding of cellular processes. Single cell operation and attachment is indispensable to realize this task. In this paper, we employed a simple and direct method for single-cell attachment and culture in a closed microchannel. The microchannel surface was modified by applying a nonbiofouling polymer, 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC) polymer, and a nitrobenzyl photocleavable linker. Using ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation, the MPC polymer was selectively removed by a photochemical reaction that adjusted the cell adherence inside the microchannel. To obtain the desired single endothelial cell patterning in the microchannel, cell-adhesive regions were controlled by use of round photomasks with diameters of 10, 20, 30, or 50 μm. Single-cell adherence patterns were formed after 12 h of incubation, only when 20 and 30 μm photomasks were used, and the proportions of adherent and nonadherent cells among the entire UV-illuminated areas were 21.3%±0.3% and 7.9%±0.3%, respectively. The frequency of single-cell adherence in the case of the 20 μm photomask was 2.7 times greater than that in the case of the 30 μm photomask. We found that the 20 μm photomask was optimal for the formation of single-cell adherence patterns in the microchannel. This technique can be a powerful tool for analyzing environmental factors like cell-surface and cell-extracellular matrix contact.
|Kihoon Jang; Yan Xu; Yo Tanaka; Kae Sato; Kazuma Mawatari; Tomohiro Konno; Kazuhiko Ishihara; Takehiko Kitamori
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|Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-09-30
Journal Detail:
|Title: Biomicrofluidics Volume: 4 ISSN: 1932-1058 ISO Abbreviation: Biomicrofluidics Publication Date: 2010
Date Detail:
|Created Date: 2010-11-03 Completed Date: - Revised Date: -
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|Nlm Unique ID: 101293825 Medline TA: Biomicrofluidics Country: United States
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|Languages: eng Pagination: 32208 Citation Subset: -
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Robinson won't run for re-election on council
De Pere Clerk-Treasurer Shana Defnet said last week city Alderman Dan Robinson filed his declaration for noncandidacy for the election in the spring.
Robinson has been on the Common Council since 2007, serving District 2. He was elected to the Brown County Board of Supervisors for District 19 last spring.
Interested individuals who meet eligibility requirements have until 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, to file candidacy papers for city offices that will be up for election April 2. A primary election, if necessary, would be Feb. 19.
For information, go to www.de-pere.org/egov/docs/1254948707608.htm.
Council approves expansion for medical college
St. Norbert College in De Pere is one step closer to opening a regional campus of Medical College of Wisconsin after the De Pere Common Council's approval of a proposed plan.
The council at its Tuesday, Dec. 18, meeting approved expansion of St. Norbert's science building, a $42 million project that allows the school to break ground.
The addition is "significant for St. Norbert and significant for the community," said Ken Pabich, De Pere's planning and economic development director.
St. Norbert President Tom Kunkel said with city approval of the plan the school hopes to break ground in the spring.
Eileen Jahnke, vice president of business and finance for St. Norbert, said the school is actively fundraising for the expansion and construction will begin "as soon as we get where we need to be, fundraising-wise."
St. Norbert and Medical College of Wisconsin have begun negotiations for the lease arrangement, Kunkel said, but they "don't anticipate any issues."
Also last week, the Common Council voted to maintain its salaries at current levels. Mayor Mike Walsh will receive $22,299 in 2014 and 2015; alderpersons will receive $6,392 those years.
Humana to add 40 jobs in county
Humana Inc. is adding 40 customer-care jobs in Brown County.
The healthcare company said the workers will provide customer support for its medical and specialty benefit products, including dental and vision plans.
Humana has been Brown County's largest employer the past three years. It employs more than 3,100 people in De Pere and Green Bay.
The company is looking to fill the positions to begin work in January. Information is available at www.careers.humana.com.
Roadwork pushed back to next week
Due to a snowstorm in the area last week, Wisconsin Department of Transportation postponed work on U.S. 41 as well as Grant Street in De Pere on the nights of Wednesday, Dec. 19, and Thursday, Dec. 20.
The full closure of Grant Street between Mid Valley and Lawrence drives to set girders was rescheduled for 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, and Thursday, Jan. 3.
Lane closures on northbound and southbound 41 between Scheuring Road and Main Avenue/County G for bridge construction was rescheduled for 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Jan. 2 and 3.
The lane restrictions are weather dependent and subject to change.
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Walk MS is the largest annual fundraiser for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Wisconsin chapter.
The Brown County date is the kickoff event for next year's Walk MS series. Eighteen communities in Wisconsin will hold events in April and May.
The Walk MS event features a 3-mile route. Sign-in the day of the event will start at 9 a.m. The walk will begin at 10 a.m.
Registration is available online at www.walkMSwisconsin.org or by calling (262) 369-4400 or (800) 242-3358. There is no registration fee, but Walk MS participants are encouraged to make a donation or to raise funds in support of MS-related research, programs and services for the more than 10,000 children and adults in Wisconsin who are diagnosed with MS as well as those who love and care for them.
Those who register by Monday, Dec. 31, will receive a commemorative 2013 Walk MS bandana for free.
Railroad program at Ashwaubenon museum
St. Norbert College's Language Services and National Railroad Museum will present the "Global Railroading Experience" workshops next month.
The workshops will be presented in three parts from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. the Thursdays of Jan. 10, 17 and 24 at National Railroad Museum, 2285 S. Broadway, Ashwaubenon.
The program will explore the development and history of railroading, starting with a global perspective and ending with Green Bay and Northeastern Wisconsin.
Registration cost for the event is $75, which includes the series of three workshops and admission to the museum. Due to limited seating, registration and payment must be made by Friday, Jan. 4.
For more information or to register, call (920) 403-4075 or go to www.snc.edu/languageservices.
Financial course to start Jan. 9
Green Bay Community Church in Howard will hold an upcoming course featuring Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University.
The nine-week course provides families and individuals with practical tools to gain control of their finances and set themselves up for long-term financial success. The course meets once a week with a different lesson taught by Ramsey on DVD followed by a small-group discussion.
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The FPU classes will start at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9, at Green Bay Community Church, 600 Cardinal Lane.
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So I mentioned this show on the previous forums, but no one seemed to really take much interest in it. I dunno if that's because you guys just didn't watch the videos or something, but this show is the most entertaining thing in the world. Some background info:
The show is made up of five guys. First there's the downtown comedy duo, Matsumoto and Hamada. There's another guy called Yamasaki and a second duo called Cocorico, made up of Endou and Tanaka. Don't ask me about their first names, because I don't know them.
There's a bunch of sections to the show, such as batsu (punishment) games, cooking segments, sketches, etc. Basically it's a panel show.
The most popular segment would be the batsu games, in which the loser(s) have to take place after losing a bet or contest. The winner(s) devise some cruel game for them to play. Past games have included "No Laughing Batsu Games" where the losers have to live in a certain place for around 24 hours without laughing or they're punished. Anyways, I'm getting tired of typing, so I'm going to leave you with a clip of the show. I will post clips that I find around.
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into the region. The living situation for
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One of Lister's partners in the venture, San Diego SWAT team weapons maker and government supplier Tim Lafrance, told the Weekly in 1997 that Pyramid was a "favored corporation" used by the CIA to help smuggle weapons to the Nicaraguan contras. Lafrance said he traveled to El Salvador with "two giant boxes full of machine guns and ammunition"—goods Lafrance said returned with him at the end of the trip.
"The whole idea was to set up an operation in El Salvador that would allow us to get around U.S. laws and supply the contras with guns," he explained. "The smart way to do this was to find a military base. It's much easier to just build the weapons down there."
While in El Salvador, Lafrance claimed, he manufactured weapons for Nicaragua's CIA-backed rebels known as the contras inside a mass-transit center run by the military. The weapons were airlifted by helicopter to contra training bases in Honduras, on Nicaragua's northern border. Lafrance also asserted that Pyramid's employees were guests at the well-appointed barracks of the elite, U.S.-trained Atlcatl battalion, the unit that carried out the massacre in El Mozote.
The Pyramid security contract offers further evidence of Lister's CIA connections. On its cover page, the contract lists Richard E. Wilker as the firm's "technical director." Wilker is identified in corporate papers as an employee of another Newport Beach company, Intersect Inc. Wilker's current whereabouts are unknown, but two founding members of Intersect—both former CIA agents—told the Weekly they knew Lister.
Although both nervously denied the CIA ever employed Wilker or Lister, the firm's vice president, John Vandewerker, said Wilker once traveled to El Salvador on business and mysteriously had to flee the country. "It was kind of touchy . . . as far as getting out of the country and all that kind of stuff," he said. Vandewerker also said that either Lister or Wilker had once helped him apply for a job with Nelson at Fluor Corp. "For a while, I tried to get a job at Fluor when I stopped working, and I know Rich [Wilker] was trying to sell something to Fluor," he said.
Nelson seemed to be a potential source of employment for many former CIA agents—an irony, given that one of his final acts as a deputy director at the CIA was to recommend the agency terminate full-time jobs for CIA agents who were "marginal performers."
"We owe these people a lot," Nelson wrote then-CIA director George Bush in a 1976 memo. "But not a lifetime job."
Hundreds of CIA agents left the agency's payroll that year, including Vandewerker and Nelson himself, who said he was retiring for personal reasons.
During his FBI interrogation, Nelson claimed Lister had applied for a job with Fluor. "He was never offered a job," states the FBI memo. The next sentence was censored by the FBI, but the memo continues, "Nelson thought Fluor might be able to use his [Lister's] company"—an apparent reference to Pyramid. "Nelson said [Lister] started traveling overseas, Lebanon and Central America, and he always had some scheme that never materialized."
The Lister-Nelson-D'Aubuisson connection is only one strand of Lister's life story. But the FBI documents also appear to allude to another: Lister's claim that he was simultaneously running cocaine with the support of the CIA.
Nelson told his FBI interrogators that during a March 1985 meeting with Lister, the former Laguna cop begged Nelson for help. "I did a dumb thing because of greed," Lister reportedly told Nelson. What Lister meant is unclear—the next seven lines of the FBI memo are blacked out. But Nelson's response is intact: he told the FBI he informed Lister there was no way the Agency could help him.
Perhaps Lister was talking about the activity that earned him the most money—and ultimately the most trouble—in the 1980s.
In 1982—the same year Lister first traveled to El Salvador for Pyramid—and while meeting regularly with Nelson, Lister hit upon a lucrative business scheme: running cocaine to raise cash to support rebels in neighboring Nicaragua. Despite their close ties to the CIA, the rebels had a problem: their reputation on Capitol Hill. Among many U.S. lawmakers, they were known as terrorists, more likely to murder Nicaraguans than liberate them. The U.S. Congress fought the Reagan administration's requests to fund the contras and then, in 1984, banned any U.S. military aid for the rebels. Two years later, a federal investigation known as Iran-contra revealed that the Reagan administration had illegally sneaked around the ban, selling weapons to Iran for cash it transferred to the Nicaraguan contras.
There was also evidence the contras were selling drugs in the U.S. to finance their operations. Among others, Lister would later claim that he helped in the fund-raising. He hooked up with Danilo Blandon, a drug-dealing Nicaraguan exile then living in Los Angeles. According to voluminous law-enforcement documents, Blandon and Lister established a vast cocaine network throughout California. The network was especially strong in South Central. Blandon would later testify that Lister's job was money laundering and security. Lister kept Blandon well-stocked with surveillance gear and high-tech weapons: Mack 10s, police scanners, Uzis, even grenade launchers. Blandon said he passed the equipment on to his South-Central LA connection, "Freeway" Ricky Ross. Using Lister's gear to avoid police detection, Ross emerged as the region's most notorious cocaine trafficker. He would later recall that one of his favorite entertainments was to use his police scanners to eavesdrop on cops raiding rival drug rings—while he and his buddies counted the cash from their latest deal.
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Lourdes knows my love of reading has diminished greatly over the past 3 years, mainly due to not being able to maintain a focus or comprehension on anything too specific.
Fortunately, I was able to squeeze by a wonderful book by Brian Francis, called Fruit. While in the bookstore, I was drawn to the beautifully designed cover, but when I read the first page, I knew immediately that I would be finishing this book in record time.
Those first sentences of a book have to grab you; they have to compel you to want to know more.
"My name is Peter Paddington. I just started the 8th grade at Clarkedale Middle School. Six days a week, I deliver the Bluewater Observer and the other day, my nipples popped out."
Sorry, what did you say?
Poor Peter. Thirteen, overweight, with an overactive imagination and an obsession with his "diseased, deformed nipples" that eventually begin speaking to him. There's a motley crew of characters that Peter encounters every day, and I felt like I was bearing them right along with him.
I think anyone who was a chubby, gay kid will completely identify with Peter. I did immediately. Brian Francis did an exceptional job creating this voice and staying in character, careful not to make Peter too immature, but just young enough to not really "get" what's going on around him.
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Last summer, someone stole three nice, sturdy tricycles and a wagon from the kindergarten yard at Valley Vista School in Petaluma.
The cost to replace them: More than $1,200.
In December, a parent asked kindergarten teacher Andrea Neufeld what she'd like for Christmas. She replied that if possible, it would nice to replace the wagon and some of the trikes.
Parents pitched in $450. Neufeld added $225 and bought a wagon and a trike. The kids were ecstatic.
A bit later, Neufeld was driving in Petaluma when her 10-year-old son and ex-student, Matthew, spotted in a front yard what he was sure were the stolen wagon and two of the trikes.
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I'm sure everybody remember's former coach Michel Therrien's speech. Telling it the way it is. How the players don't really care. The only praise went to Max Talbot who bravely stuck up for a teammate while no one else would. Character. Even in the least advantagious and desirous situations. Fast forward to the present.
When asked who will come up big in Game 7. He responded. "I'd like to think it will be me." Honesty mixed with alittle well-placed pressure deflection from Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Sure enough, the Adrain Paul lookalike came up huge with two goals-capping a Stanley Cup Final that saw him collect 6 points second only to Superstar Evgeni Malkin.
If you go to Youtube you'll find a local Pitttsburgh BMW dealership inwhich Maxime Talbot calls himself a superstar. It's very funny and it features a very young Evgeni Malkin and his mentor Sergei Gonchar. And though his NHL numbers have yet to match his lofty QMJHL stats he has develped a reputation of coming up with big goals. Case in point he scored the tying goal that sent Game 5 to OT where Sykora finally scored. This year he went one step further scoring clutch goals against the Flyers, Hurricanes, Capitals and Red Wings. His biggest assist went unrecorded. With the Penguins down 3-1, he started a fight with a Flyer Designated Goon. He took his licks. But motioned the Philly Crowd to shutup. Sure enough he orchastrated a complete momentum swing with saw the Penguins tie it with quick goals by Mark Easton and Sidney Crosby. Needless to say they pierced Martin Biron's thin armor and closed the Broadstreet Bullies in 6.
His positive influence to Marc-Andre Fleury also can not be underappreciated. Talbot's pregame ritual which loosens up/rev's up youngster Marc-Andre Fleury helps the talented by shy goalie excell to his fulliest. Though remarkably consistant and develping a reputation of cluth/momentum-shifting saves, the critics have instead acted like vultures preying on the occational softy or mini-meltdown games. After dropping the first two games in Detroit, Fleury faced the daunting task of needing to be perfect 4 out of the next 5 outings. Despite lacking the vast experience that Chris Osgood has, he one bettered his counterpart. Osgood won two in a row. Fleury doubled his feat winning two in row twice in the same series-scripting a legendary victory. A large chunk of his Grant Fuhr-like confindence on enemy ice must be attributed to Superstar, his faithful and self-sacrificing teammate.
Based on his output in this Final, I believe Talbot has earned the right to be penciled in as Evgeni Malkin's permenant RW. The two have a chemistry. Ironically, Malkin still refers to him as "Bad Hands".


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WACO - A legal fight over liability in the case of a March 2011 accident that killed a woman in College Station is headed back to court.
Police say CSPD officer James Elkins had his emergency lights on and slowed to remove debris from Highway 6 when 79-year-old Lillie Bayless of Caldwell was behind him. A third driver, 69-year-old Laura Striegler of College Station slammed into the back of Bayless's car, forcing Bayless to hit the police car in front.
Bayless died a short time later, Elkins and Striegler were both injured.
Now Bayless's daughter is looking to the courts to find the City of College Station, Elkins, and Striegler each liable for the death. Documents show the City filed a motion for summary judgment alleging sovereign immunity which was denied, and Friday the 272nd District Court in Waco reversed a trial court's order denying the City's motion for summary judgment and remanded the case to the trial court for further proceedings.
Patricia Kahlden, the plaintiff, is suing for negligence, survival damages, and wrongful death.
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Opponents of the Church are doubtlessly emboldened by their sweeping victories this Tuesday, and they aren't losing any time in attempting to punish and harass the bishops who dared to oppose their goals:
A Madison-based group that advocates the separation of church and state and once took on Green Bay City Hall for putting up a nativity scene is now taking on the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is looking for help from the Internal Revenue Service in going after Bishop David Ricken for what it says is a violation of the diocese's nonprofit tax status. The foundation argues Ricken intervened in a political campaign.
…The Freedom From Religion Foundation's lawyer, in a Nov. 1 letter addressed to the IRS and shared with the media, said Ricken's letter generally addressed issues distinguishing Republican and Democratic social platforms and clearly was an effort to influence the outcome of the vote.
"Though he does not explicitly state, 'Vote for Romney' or any other specific candidate, it is clear to the reader that Ricken is urging members of his diocese to vote against President Obama and other Democratic candidates," foundation staff attorney Rebecca Markert wrote. [Green Bay Press Gazette]
My understanding is that Bishop Ricken and the Diocese of Green Bay are firmly on the right side of the law here. Nonetheless, in these times, I'll believe anything is possible so we can't let our guard down. This is a blatant attempt by liberal activists to silence a courageous bishop, and we can expect to see more of this sort of harassment and intimidation in the months and years to come.
On a related note, might I suggest that now would be a good time for the Church to regroup and set its house in order?
I suggest starting with Fr. Mike Tegeder, who –no joke– publicly called for his superior, Archbishop Nienstedt, to resign in the wake of the archdiocese's unsuccessful effort to pass a marriage protection amendment in Minnesota. Tegeder wrote:
"As a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, I would ask our archbishop, John Nienstedt, to prayerfully consider stepping down from his office. It would be healing for our state and our church and would show some magnanimity on his part. His misguided crusade to change our Constitution, spending more than a million dollars and, more importantly, much goodwill, has been rejected. Elections have consequences."
Indeed, elections have consequences, and so should disobedience.
Next we have Fr. Richard Lawrence of Baltimore, MD, who preached from his pulpit two sundays before Maryland voted on same-sex marriage that he thinks the church should include same-sex couples in the sacrament of matrimony. Fr. Lawrence's comments were widely disseminated by the liberal media out to all corners of the archdiocese in order to further confuse and demoralize Catholics.
(Notice how you will never see the "Freedom From Religion Foundation" going after priests like Fr. Lawrence or Fr. Tedeger. That's because FFRI and their liberal ilk are happy to encourage priestly disobedience because it serves their deeper purpose of splintering the Church.)
If the Church is to protect herself, she must also protect herself from those inside her walls that seek to let the enemy in.
And speaking of enemies within the walls, just look at Boston College "Catholic" theologian (and, more importantly, national co-chairman of Catholics for Obama) Thomas Groome's letter to the Erie Times arguing that Obama will be an abortion-reducing president and was thus the "pro-life" choice. What's incredible is he makes this argument while simultaneously claiming (like VP Joe Biden did) that he is a faithful Catholic.
(In case you are interested, Prof. Michael New dismantles these "Obama is pro-life" arguments here, and offers some encouragement to pro-lifers in the wake of the election here.)
And while we're on the general topic, I think the bishops should take some action to address every Catholic who accepted a national co-chair position on Obama's reelection team.
Finally, this is the one chart Catholics need to look at to understand the challenge and opportunity for the Catholic vote over the next months and years (via Catherine Harmon at CWR):
As I said time and time again four years ago, if active Catholics simply reach out to our fallen-away brothers and sisters and invite them back to frequenting the sacraments we will simultaneously change the culture and the trajectory of our politics. If Catholics in America take their faith seriously our national politics will seriously change for the better.
Thank God for the Year of Faith, that's all I can say.
And with that, try to enjoy your weekend, everyone!