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Report: Dre Kirkpatrick had shoulder surgery
The Bengals took a cornerback in the first round of the draft for the third time in the last five years when they took William Jackson with the 24th overall pick, a move that gives them an option in place in the event Dre Kirkpatrick leaves as a free agent after this season.
It also gives them an option in the event Kirkpatrick's health is a problem again during the 2016 season. Kirkpatrick dealt with a shoulder injury for much of last season — he was initially injured in Week Three — and Coley Harvey of ESPN.com reports that he had surgery earlier this offseason to repair the problem.
Kirkpatrick, who also appeared on the injury report with a variety of lower body injuries, is still rehabbing after the procedure and is expected to be healthy enough to participate in OTAs when they begin later this month. He didn't miss any games last season, but his play — which featured 70 tackles and 16 passes defensed — came in for some criticism over the season.
The Bengals re-signed Adam Jones this offseason and have 2014 first-round pick Darqueze Dennard on the roster at cornerback as well.
Jaguars won't pick up Luke Joeckel's 2017 option
Offensive tackles went with the first two picks of the 2013 draft, but only one of them had the fifth year of their contracts exercised for the 2017 season.
According to multiple reports, the Jaguars will decline to exercise their option on Luke Joeckel. Joeckel, the first draft pick of the General Manager Dave Caldwell/coach Gus Bradley era, went second in the 2013 draft behind Eric Fisher, whose $11.9 million option was exercised by the Chiefs on Monday.
If there's any surprise about the news, it's only because Joeckel was drafted at such a lofty position.
His play hasn't been good enough for the Jaguars to justify keeping him at that salary and the team may not even have him in the starting lineup this season. They signed former Steelers left tackle Kelvin Beachum as a free agent and Joeckel may be shuffled inside to guard if Beachum wins the job this offseason.
Colts announce 21 UDFA signings
The Colts on Monday announced that they've agreed to terms with 21 undrafted free agents.
The Colts didn't draft a wide receiver, so it's no surprise to see five wide receivers among the group of 21 undrafted players who will vie for roster spots. Those five are Daniel Anthrop, Chester Rogers, MeKale McKay, Marcus Leak and Tevaun Smith.
The 6-foot-5 McKay started his college career at Arkansas and finished it at Cincinnati, where he had 17 career touchdown catches.
The rest of the undrafted group includes defensive end Sterling Bailey, guard Isiah Cage, cornerback Daniel Davie, running back Josh Ferguson, tight end Darion Griswold, tackle Davante Harris, linebacker Curt Maggitt, safety Stefan McClure, tight end Mike Miller, cornerback Christopher Milton, guard Adam Redmond, linebacker Anthony Sarao, defensive end Delvon Simmons,linebacker Ronald Thompson, cornerback Darius White and safety Andrew Williamson.
Ferguson finished his Illinois career second in school history with 4,474 all-purpose yards. He was a third-team All-Big Ten pick last fall.
Dolphins cut Damontre Moore
Defensive end Damontre Moore lost his job with the Giants last season after a fight with teammate Cullen Jenkins, ending a run with the team that featured flashes of pass rushing ability mixed in with a penchant for personal fouls that made it hard to consider his contributions to the team a net positive.
Moore landed with the Dolphins on waivers and saw action in three games before the year was out, but he won't be building on those outings this offseason. The Dolphins announced Monday that they have waived Moore as they make room for rookie additions to the roster.
Moore has 9.5 sacks as a rotation player in 45 career games since entering the league as a 2013 third-round pick of the Giants. The pass rushing ability may earn him another look, but the total package that Moore has brought to the table doesn't do much to create optimism that it will all come together for a long and productive NFL career.
The Dolphins also waived wide receiver Christon Jones and running back Jahwan Edwards.
Broncos decline option on Sylvester Williams
Broncos defensive tackle Sylvester Williams is on track to become a free agent after the 2016 season.
According to multiple reports, the Broncos have declined to exercise their team option on Williams' contract for the 2017 season. The option would have had Williams in line to make over $6.75 million and would have only been guaranteed against injury, but the Broncos opted not to go that route.
Williams, the 28th overall pick of the 2013 draft, started 15 games for the Broncos last season and finished the year with 25 tackles and three sacks. He should remain in the starting lineup this season and told Troy Renck of the Denver Post that he expects to have his best season yet.
Declining the option hardly closes the door on Williams' return to Denver. Running back Doug Martin and safety/linebacker Mark Barron re-signed with the Buccaneers and Rams respectively this offseason after failing to get their options exercised. If Williams is right about how his 2016 season unfolds, that might make him more expensive than that option price although that's a risk the Broncos are obviously willing to take.
Antrel Rolle wants to play Bears, "bust their a–"
After being cut by the Bears, longtime NFL safety Antrel Rolle said he wanted to return to the Giants.
But the more he talks, it sounds like he'd like to play with anyone who plays the Bears next season.
"Like I said, I like the Chicago franchise and the organization," Rolle said, via Dan Wiederer of the Chicago Tribune. "I had a great relationship with all the coaches and players and the general manager. So there's no hard feelings. I don't take anything personally. This is a business. This is a performance-based business. And due to my injury, I wasn't really able to perform that year and really show what I can bring to the table. So I wasn't shocked by anything.
"But at the end of the day, I am who I am. I'm still a human being. And I definitely have a chip on my shoulder. And like I said, whatever team I go to, I hope Chicago's on the schedule. Because I'm coming to bust their ass. And that's that."
Of course, part of Rolle's grudge may stem from some dissatisfaction with the playing surfaces there, saying his knee injury was a result of the poor practice field conditions.
While coming back from a high ankle sprain, he suffered a torn MCL on the final play of a practice, and would finish the season on injured reserve.
"Obviously my ankle was taped up to the max," he said. "There was so much tape on my ankle where it could barely move. There were a lot of restrictions. I was just pretty much shuffling. I wasn't even running. I was just shuffling. And I just tried to change direction and I slipped on the surfaces. . . .
"Yeah, I think the surface had a whole lot to do with it. Ya know, it happens man. … The facilities are good in Chicago. The fields are just not as good. I don't know the reason behind it. I'm a down south guy. I don't know the soil level or how the maintenance and the upkeep works in the Chicago area. But, yeah, it's really hard to maintain and just be stable under those conditions. I'm sure that they'll try to work and fix it.
"I always knew that Soldier Field was bad. I just never knew that the facilities were just as bad."
Rolle had a reputation for durability before getting to Chicago, so it's understandable that he'd be upset about missing so much time. And complaints about Soldier Field are nothing new, but it's surprising to hear such a direct complaint about the practice field.
Bills announce deals with 14 undrafted free agents
The Bills have removed the sheet from their 14-man class of undrafted free agents. As expected, it's headlined by the youngest Gronk: Kansas State fullback Glenn Gronkowski.
The others are Miami (Ohio) linebacker Bryson Albright, Marshall receiver Davonte Allen, Arizona State receiver Gary Chambers, LSU long snapper Reid Ferguson, Purdue center Robert Kugler, Iowa State guard Jamison Lalk, Fresno State defensive end Claudell Louis, West Virginia tackle Marquis Lucas, Rutgers tackle Keith Lumpkin, Georgia kicker Marshall Morgan, Oklahoma linebacker Eric Striker, Syracuse cornerback Julian Whigham, and Ferris State defensive tackle Justin Zimmer.
Striker (pictured) due widespread praise for a heartfelt speech to family and friends after he wasn't drafted. He said he'd get a shot, and he's getting that shot in Buffalo.
Chiefs defend decision to pick Tyreek Hill
Talent continues to trump character concerns in the NFL, even if the bar is now higher for getting a player a second chance — and lower for keeping him out.
The Chiefs deemed West Alabama return specialist Tyreek Hill to be good enough to get a shot at the NFL, and his misconduct not bad enough to prevent it. The Chiefs, who were called out locally by Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star for picking a player who pleaded guilty in 2015 to punching an choking his pregnant girlfriend while at Oklahoma State, have defended the decision.
G.M. John Dorsey and Chiefs coach Andy Reid held a Saturday night press conference specifically to address concerns arising from the use of a fifth-round pick on Hill.
"I know that I would never put this community in any type of situation where it would not be good and we've done that," Dorsey said, via Mellinger. "I would like to ask for you guys to just have a little bit of trust in us in this thing."
"There has to be a certain trust here, but there's just things that we can't go into and go through," Reid said, according to Terez Paylor and Tod Palmer of the Star. "We want people to understand, like [Dorsey] said, we're not going to do anything to put this community or this organization in a bind. We uncovered every possible stone that we possibly could, and we feel very comfortable with that part of it."
Reid explained that Hill has worked to rectify his past issues, which occurred when he allegedly punched his girlfriend in the face and choked her twice, when she was two months pregnant.
"Before you're given a second chance, you better be doing the right things," Reid said. "So he's been in counseling, he'll continue to be in counseling, we've got a great support system here for that with quality people. We feel good that he's trying to right a wrong, a big wrong. But he's trying to do better, and be a better person for it. And that part, we feel very confident in."
Hill, who also spoke to reporters on Saturday night, expressed gratitude for the team's decision to embrace uncanny talents as a return specialist and to overlook his past.
"I got questions everywhere I went, so it wasn't anything new to me," Hill said. "I would have just told them straight up, 'I'm trying to move on from that. I'm trying to be a better young man. I'm trying to show who I truly am.' Stuff like that. . . . The only thing I did say was, 'I'm sorry. I messed up. I embarrassed the program at [Oklahoma State]. I embarrassed the coaches. I embarrassed a lot of people back at home.' That's it. That's how I explained it. I really don't want to go into detail."
It's understandable why he wouldn't want to go into detail. Too much detail would allow a mental picture of what happened to be created.
But no mental picture would as potent as video. If, as in Ray Rice's case, fans and media could see what Hill did to his pregnant girlfriend, Hill could be Gale Sayers, Devin Hester, Billy "White Shoes" Johnson, and Dante Hall rolled into one and it wouldn't have mattered.
New Lions G.M. Bob Quinn fires two scouts he inherited
When Bob Quinn was hired as the Lions' General Manager in January, he kept on board many of the scouts that he inherited. But now that the draft is over, he's cutting two of them loose.
Quinn fired scouts Chad Henry and Darren Anderson, Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press reports.
It's not unusual for teams to fire scouts after the draft. Quinn may have felt when he took the job that he needed to go in a different direction with the scouting staff, but that he didn't want to lose the scouts who had already spent the entire college football season scouting players. Now that the draft is over, those scouts' services are no longer needed.
As Quinn reshapes the Lions' front office, several personnel people he inherited have been let go. Scott McEwen, the Lions' longest-tenured scout, and Sheldon White, V.P. of pro personnel, were both fired soon after Quinn took the job.
Buccaneers announce 19 undrafted free agent signings
The seven players drafted by the Buccaneers over the weekend won't be the only rookies joining the roster ahead of the team's rookie minicamp.
That camp gets underway on Thursday and there will be 19 undrafted free agents taking part after they agreed to terms with the Bucs. Among the players that will be vying for a role is safety Isaiah Johnson, who played for secondary coach Jon Hoke at South Carolina when Hoke was the school's co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach last year.
They also signed wide receiver Anthony Kelly, who wouldn't mind following in the footsteps of Kutztown's most decorated football alum although matching Andre Reed's production is a lot to ask.
Auburn running back Peyton Barber, West Chester tight end Tim Brown, Colorado State tight end Kivon Cartwright, Oregon linebacker Tyson Coleman, Memphis fullback/tight end Alan Cross, Memphis tackle Taylor Fallin, Missouri running back Russ Hansbrough, Northwestern safety Traveon Henry, Auburn defensive end DaVonte Lambert, Auburn linebacker Cassanova McKinzy, Western Kentucky defensive tackle Jonatavius Morris, William & Mary linebacker Luke Rhodes, West Georgia guard Dominique Robertson, Notre Dame safety Elijah Shumate, Ohio Dominican wide receiver Dez Stewart, Ole Miss defensive end Channing Ward and Missouri Western tackle Leonard Wester round out the group.
Browns won't pick up Barkevious Mingo's option
Barkevious Mingo is going to be heavier on the field this year, but lighter in the wallet in the future.
Via Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, the Browns aren't picking up the fifth-year option on outside linebacker Barkevious Mingo. He's still under contract for 2016, but the option for 2017 would have cost them $11.9 million.
That made it an easy call, since he didn't have a single sack last year, and has just 7.0 in three seasons.
They're hoping to find a way to tap into his pass-rush potential this year, but they weren't going to invest heavily in a guy who has yet to produce to the level of his world-class name.
Rams exercise 2017 options on Tavon Austin, Alec Ogletree
The Rams had two first-round picks in 2013 and they would like to hold onto both players through the 2017 season.
Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Rams have exercised fifth-year options on both wide receiver Tavon Austin and linebacker Alec Ogletree. Both options are guaranteed against injury only and both players are free to sign a longer deal with the team at any point.
Austin, who was the eighth overall pick in 2013, will make over $12 million under the terms of the option. He's played in 44 games for the Rams over the last three years and set career highs with 52 catches, 473 receiving yards and five receiving touchdowns last season. Austin also ran 52 times for 434 yards and four touchdowns and ran his streak of seasons with a punt return touchdown to three.
The Rams likely hope Austin's impact as a receiver continues to rise now that they've added Jared Goff at quarterback and they could revisit Austin's option down the line if that's not the case.
Ogletree was the 30th overall pick and is in line to make $6.7 million in 2017 under the option. He's been a starter since joining the Rams, but missed 12 games last season with a broken leg. He's expected back in the lineup this season and will be spending more time in the middle with James Laurinaitis out of the picture.
Washington cuts cornerback Chris Culliver
It wasn't long ago Chris Culliver was Washington's high-priced answer to their cornerback problem.
As has so often been the case, he's now unemployed.
Via Tarik El-Bashir of CSNMidAtlantic.com, Washington General Manager Scot McCloughan said that Culliver had just been released.
With the signing of former Panthers franchise-player Josh Norman and drafting Kendall Fuller, Culliver was the odd man out.
He's coming off his second ACL tear in three years, but was only one year removed from a four-year, $32 million contract. Of course, the 2016 guarantees were voided when he was suspended one game for violating the league's personal conduct policy, making it easier to swallow from a financial standpoint.
Lions sign former Titans LB Zaviar Gooden
Teams across the league are announcing the signings of undrafted rookies, but there's some movement with veteran players to report as well.
The Lions announced that they have signed former Titans linebacker Zaviar Gooden to their 90-man roster.
Gooden was a third-round pick by Tennessee in the 2013 draft and was released off of injured reserve last year after he tore his hamstring during the preseason. Before the injury, Gooden played 24 games over two years with Tennessee and recorded 36 tackles while making three starts.
Gooden's arrival comes a couple of days after General Manager Bob Quinn said there was no update regarding linebacker Stephen Tulloch's status with the team. Tulloch's departure has been expected for a couple of months, but, for now, he remains on the team's roster despite the additions of Gooden and fifth-round pick Antwione Williams.
Colts cut center Khaled Holmes, three others
The Colts found their new center on the first day of the draft, so they had no more use for last year's replacement.
The team announced they had cut Khaled Holmes, along with tight end Cameron Clear, long snapper Forrest Hill and tackle Mitchell Van Dyk.
The other three were all signed this offseason, but Holmes had a much longer chance with the Colts.
Their 2013 fourth-rounder, Holmes started nine games in three seasons, filling in for seven games last year.
But with first-rounder Ryan Kelly coming on board in the first round, he was deemed surplus to requirements.


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Former fashion CEO Angela Ahrendts joins Apple this week as head of retail and online stores. Expectations are high that she'll bring a new burst of pizzazz.
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A Moral Beacon Amid the Darkness Of a Tragic Era
By JOSEPH HOROWITZ
Published: February 6, 2000
A CENTURY ago the equation of great music with spiritual uplift was a prevailing article of faith. To John Sullivan Dwight, the Boston critic who fathered American classical music, Beethoven's symphonies seemed ''sacred.'' To Theodore Thomas, the itinerant conductor who fathered the American orchestra, symphonic concerts were ''sermons in tones.'' Music making and music listening were cherished as inherently wholesome activities. Concerts were morally empowering.
The first half of the 20th century ridiculed and discarded this religion of music. World War I botched civilization -- the plunge of which ''in this abyss of blood and darkness,'' wrote Henry James, ''is a thing that . . . gives away the whole long age during which we have supposed the world to be, with whatever abatement, gradually bettering.''
In the wake of the Great War came the music lovers Hitler and Stalin. In Germany, music as a vehicle for uplift underwent a hideous reprise; Beethoven and Wagner were used to amplify the Nazi cause. Soviet Russia, too, propagated symphonies and operas patriotically understood. Stalin's enthusiasms included Mozart, whose Piano Concerto in A (K. 488) he was reportedly listening to when he died.
This poisoning of Romantic ideals of betterment redoubled anti-Romantic modernism after World War II. Contemporary music was abstract music for a limited audience. Schoenberg notoriously said of the listener: ''All I know is that he exists, and insofar as he isn't indispensable for acoustic reasons (since music doesn't sound well in an empty hall), he's only a nuisance.''
And yet, with the new millennium upon us, music as a vehicle for mass catharsis has undergone a startling comeback. No longer passe are the heroic symphonies of Jean Sibelius, once the standard-bearer for a resistance movement against Schoenberg and Stravinsky. A recent generation of explicitly religious composers -- Arvo Part, Henryk Gorecki, John Tavener -- has found a fervent following. But a crucial progenitor and prime beneficiary of the resurgence of moral music, suddenly a towering figure in the topography of 20th-century culture, is a symphonist altogether less sanguine than Sibelius: Russia's Dmitri Shostakovich, whose landmark cycle of 15 string quartets will be performed in five concerts by the Emerson String Quartet at Alice Tully Hall, beginning this afternoon.
Unlike Schoenberg and Stravinsky, who fled totalitarian regimes, Shostakovich stayed put in Stalin's Soviet Union. Unlike Richard Strauss, who stayed put in Hitler's Germany and, ostrichlike, mainly steered clear of politics, Shostakovich was ever entangled with Stalin and his minions. Intermittently denounced by Pravda and by Communist Party ideologues, he lived in fear.
The Soviet pressure cooker shattered Shostakovich's nerves and, doubtless, shortened his life. But Stalinism may be said to have more inflamed than suppressed his creative gift. With its mournful austerity, its vicious ferocity, its programmatic clues, his music conveyed his own denunciations: of state tyranny, of the persecution of Jews, of the suppression of the human spirit. He suffered and testified.
In Soviet times, a Shostakovich premiere in Moscow or Leningrad provoked tense public and official expectation. When at the final rehearsal of his 14th Symphony in 1969 a leading cultural bureaucrat suffered a heart attack, it was widely understood that Shostakovich's music -- its bitter and truthful morbidity, violating Soviet myths -- had done him in.
Like Beethoven in his paeans to liberty, Shostakovich was a moral bulwark or scourge. If this function was old-fashioned, so was his aesthetic. He wrote preludes and fugues, symphonies and quartets. He rejected modernist complexity. For decades, he was disparaged in the West as a sellout whose failure to challenge traditional means and forms signified a capitulation to retrograde party canons. Only belatedly did he emerge as the century's great political subversive among composers, a voice of conscience.
Earlier composers had written programmatic ''battle symphonies,'' of which Beethoven's ''Wellington's Victory'' is the best known. Tchaikovsky's ''1812 Overture'' is an offshoot of this entertaining genre. But Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony, composed during the siege of Leningrad in 1941, was deadly serious in its evocation of the German advance. It conveyed an impersonal despair new in music. Its topic was a tragedy of civilization.
Solomon Volkov, the editor of ''Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich,'' precisely describes Shostakovich's ''poetics of shock'' in recalling the premiere of the 11th Symphony in Leningrad in 1958: ''For the first time in my life, I left a concert thinking about others instead of myself.'' Mr. Volkov identifies Shostakovich with Russia's ''yurodivy'' tradition, of which he writes: ''The yurodivy has the gift to see and hear what others know nothing about. But he tells the world about his insights in an intentionally paradoxical way. . . . He plays the fool, while actually being a persistent exposer of evil and injustice.''


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Pope Francis issues Christmas Day Prayer … Calls For Prayers for Syria, Libya Peace and Condemns Radical-Islamic "Brutal Acts of Terrorism"
Today, Pope Francis issued a Christmas Day prayer from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome that called for peace for Syria and Libya, prayers for the suffering and denounced the radical Islamist "monstrous evil" and atrocities." The Pope made reference to the heinous terror attacks in Paris earlier this year. He also made mention of the attacks in Egypt's airspace and in Beirut, Mali and Tunisia. The Pope further went in to denounce the ongoing conflicts in Africa, the Middle East and Ukraine and issued words of consolation to Christians being persecuted for their faith in many parts of the world. Isn't it quite amazing that pretty much all that the Pope is referencing as "monstrous evil" and atrocities" is at the hands of radical Islam? The Pope stated, "Only God's mercy can free humanity from the many forms of evil, at times monstrous evil, which selfishness spawns in our midst."
Pope Francis issued a Christmas Day prayer that recent U.N.-backed peace processes for Syria and Libya will quickly end the suffering of their people, denouncing the "monstrous evil" and atrocities they have endured and praising countries that have taken in refugees.
Speaking from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, Francis issued a plenary indulgence for all Catholics in hopes of spreading the church's message of mercy in a world torn by war, poverty and extremist attacks. The sun-soaked St. Peter's Square was under heavy security, as it has been since the Nov. 13 Paris attacks by Islamic extremists that left 130 dead.
An indulgence is an ancient church tradition related to the forgiveness of sins. Francis announced it after delivering his annual "Urbi et Orbi" (To the city and the world) speech listing global hotspots and his prayers for an end to human suffering.
Francis referred to the "brutal acts of terrorism" that struck the French capital this year, as well as attacks in Egypt's airspace and in Beirut, Mali and Tunisia. He denounced the ongoing conflicts in Africa, the Middle East and Ukraine and issued words of consolation to Christians being persecuted for their faith in many parts of the world.
"They are our martyrs of today," he said.
Posted December 25, 2015 by Scared Monkeys
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Pope Francis Stops Fiat to Kiss the Forehead of a Boy (Michael Keating) with Cerebral Palsy after Landing in Philadelphia, PA (VIDEO)
I have been some what critical of Pope Fancis' political statements that he has made while visiting the United States, only because the following is what he should always be doing and be remembered for. On Saturday morning after the Pope landed in Philadelphia and en route to his next speaking engagement, Pope Francis ordered the car he was traveling in be stopped immediately. Pope Francis got out of the fiat, walked over to a boy in a wheel chair in the crowd and kissed the boy on his forehead. The boy was 10 year old Michael Keating, who has cerebral palsy and cannot communicate. But the Lord works in mysterious ways! KUDOS to Pope Francis. Sir, this is what you need to be doing everywhere and stay away from the liberal BS on climate change and the political fray. You are a religious inspiration and need to bring people back to the faith and provide others with it. Stay Holy and away from politics, please.
Pope Francis kissed the forehead of a boy with cerebral palsy after landing in Philadelphia on Saturday morning, coaxing a small smile from the severely disabled 10-year-old.
Francis apparently spied Michael Keating as he was being driven away from the plane. Ordering the Fiat to stop, Francis got out and walked over to the boy, put his hand on his head and kissed him as his sobbing mother looked on.
Kristin Keating thanked the pope, who grasped her hand. Francis also shook the hand of Keating's husband, Chuck Keating, the band director at Bishop Shanahan High School in Downingtown. The band serenaded Francis as he arrived in Philadelphia for the last leg of his six-day visit to the United States.
"It was an unbelievable feeling," Kristin Keating said of the papal encounter, adding she felt "totally blessed and loved" by the pope.
Posted September 27, 2015 by Scared Monkeys
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Pope Francis' Easter Message: End Violence & Oppression … Pope Called for an End to "the Present Absurd Bloodshed and all Barbarous Acts of Violence" of Radical Islam
Pope Francis Easter Message: "Oh God, who on this day through your only begotten son have conquered death and unmarked for us the path to eternity. [...] We ask peace above all for beloved Syria and Iraq. That the roar of arms cease and that peaceful relations be restored".
During Pope Francis' message this Easter Sunday, he called for an end to the bloodshed in Libya, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria and in Africa and called for the international community not stand by before the immense humanitarian tragedy unfolding in these countries. Francis prayed for an end to the violence and persecution of Christians, specifically mentioning the recent slaughter of students massacred by Islamist militants at Garissa University in Kenya.
Pope Francis prayed for an end to the persecution of Christians in his Easter Sunday address, commemorating the students massacred by Islamist militants at Garissa University in Kenya.
Calling for peace in Libya, where last February Islamic State militants beheaded 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians, the pope called for an end to "the present absurd bloodshed and all barbarous acts of violence".
He prayed for peace in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria, where Boko Haram Islamist militants have also targeted Christian churches.
"We ask for peace and freedom for the many men and women subject to old and new forms of enslavement on the part of criminal individuals and groups," he said.
Pope Francis reminded the world of the Vatican's status as a state and his role as a moral diplomat in his traditional speech given at the end of Easter Mass.
The Pontiff lamented the suffering of people in the conflicts currently making headlines and called for violence everywhere to end.
Foremost, he asked that bloodshed end in Iraq and Syria and that humanitarian aid get to those in need.
"May the international community not stand by before the immense humanitarian tragedy unfolding in these countries and the drama of the numerous refugees," he said in his "urbi et orbi" address, Latin for "to the city (Rome) and to the world."
Then he turned to the Holy Land, expressing the wish that the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians resume.
Francis mentioned Libya; the nuclear talks with Iran in Lausanne, Switzerland; Yemen; Nigeria; South Sudan; and the shooting at the Garissa University College in Kenya.
The Full Easter Mass can be seen below
Official Vatican Text of Pope Francis' Easter Message:
"Jesus Christ is risen! Love has triumphed over hatred, life has conquered death, light has dispelled the darkness!
Out of love for us, Jesus Christ stripped himself of his divine glory, emptied himself, took on the form of a slave and humbled himself even to death, death on a cross. For this reason God exalted him and made him Lord of the universe. Jesus is Lord! By his death and resurrection, Jesus shows everyone the way to life and happiness: this way is humility, which involves humiliation. This is the path which leads to glory. Only those who humble themselves can go towards the "things that are above", towards God (cf. Col 3:1-4). The proud look "down from above"; the humble look "up from below".
On Easter morning, alerted by the women, Peter and John ran to the tomb. They found it open and empty. Then they drew near and "bent down" in order to enter it. To enter into the mystery, we need to "bend down", to abase ourselves. Only those who abase themselves understand the glorification of Jesus and are able to follow him on his way.
The world proposes that we put ourselves forward at all costs, that we compete, that we prevail. But Christians, by the grace of Christ, dead and risen, are the seeds of another humanity, in which we seek to live in service to one another, not to be arrogant, but rather respectful and ready to help.
This is not weakness, but true strength! Those who bear within them God's power, his love and his justice, do not need to employ violence; they speak and act with the power of truth, beauty and love.
From the risen Lord we ask the grace not to succumb to the pride which fuels violence and war, but to have the humble courage of pardon and peace. We ask Jesus, the Victor over death, to lighten the sufferings of our many brothers and sisters who are persecuted for his name, and of all those who suffer injustice as a result of ongoing conflicts and violence.
We ask for peace, above all, for Syria and Iraq, that the roar of arms may cease and that peaceful relations may be restored among the various groups which make up those beloved countries. May the international community not stand by before the immense humanitarian tragedy unfolding in these countries and the drama of the numerous refugees.
We pray for peace for all the peoples of the Holy Land. May the culture of encounter grow between Israelis and Palestinians and the peace process be resumed, in order to end years of suffering and division.
We implore peace for Libya, that the present absurd bloodshed and all barbarous acts of violence may cease, and that all concerned for the future of the country may work to favor reconciliation and to build a fraternal society respectful of the dignity of the person. For Yemen too we express our hope for the growth of a common desire for peace, for the good of the entire people. (the rest of the message)
Posted April 5, 2015 by Scared Monkeys
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Pope Francis Claims There Are Limitations on Freedom of Speech, 'One Cannot Make Fun of Faith' … REALLY?
Following the radical Islam terror attack at Charlie Hebdo, the satirical newspaper that had made fun of the prophet Mohammad in the past, that left numerous dead, Pope Francis stated that there were limitations of freedom of speech and said, "One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people's faith, one cannot make fun of faith." Really? SORRY PONTIFF, YOU COULD NOT BE ANY MORE WRONG. So let's understand this, the Pope thinks that people do not have the right to make fun of religion? The Pontiff made his point by comparing it to if an individual cursed at his mother, that person would be punched. So is the Pope saying that 'Charlie Hebdo' brought this on themselves? Would he say the same about a rape victim?
A note to the Pontiff, blasphemy is offensive, cruel and pretty much wrong, but it is not illegal and does not warrant murder.That is what is supposed to separate Christianity from radical Islam. Sorry, but the very essence of freedom of speech is to defend the very words that you would disagree with, offend you and make your blood boil. Wasn't it Jesus who told us to bless those who persecute us (Romans 12:14), to return love for hate and good for evil (Psalm 109:5), and even to love our enemies (Matthew 5:43-48). Loving your enemies would include supporting the fundamental commitment to free speech, and defending the right of free speech, even, or especially, for those who offend you. Why am I telling a Pope this?
Pope Francis suggested there are limits to freedom of expression, saying in response to the Charlie Hebdo terror attack that "one cannot make fun of faith" and that anyone who throws insults can expect a "punch."
The pontiff said that both freedom of faith and freedom of speech were fundamental human rights and that "every religion has its dignity."
"One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people's faith, one cannot make fun of faith," he said. "There is a limit. Every religion has its dignity … in freedom of expression there are limits."
The right to liberty of expression comes with the "obligation" to speak for "the common good," Pope Francis said, cautioning against provocation.
To illustrate his point, he joked about Vatican aide Alberto Gasparri who was standing nearby on the plane.
"It's true that we can't react violently, but, for example if Dr. Gasbarri here, a great friend of mine, says a curse word against my mother, then a punch awaits him," the pontiff said.
Pope Francis also said that killing in the name of religion is an "aberration," but adding that those who deride other faiths can expect to provoke a strong, even violent response. An aberration?
"One cannot react violently, but if [someone] says something bad about my mother, he can expect a punch. It's to be expected," the pontiff said. "There are a lot of people who speak badly about other religions. They make fun of them. What happens is what happens with my friend [who insults my mother]. There is a limit."
The pope made the comments during an in-flight news conference from Sri Lanka to Manila, where he took up the second leg of a weeklong tour of Asia. He was greeted at the airport by President Benigno Aquino III and a performance by hundreds of jeans-clad young people. People cheered the pope's motorcade to the residence of the apostolic nuncio.
In recent days, the 78-year-old pontiff strongly denounced the attack by two militant Muslim gunmen on Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical publication that has long derided Islam and other religions and their institutions, including the Vatican.
Posted January 17, 2015 by Scared Monkeys
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Is ISIS Really Targeting Pope Francis … He Did Previously Give His Blessing to Bomb Them
As reported by CBS News, ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is targeting Pope Francis. However, the Vatican is denying the report. Recently, the Pontiff supported the use of force to stop Islamic extremists from attacking religious minorities in Iraq. In a change from the Vatican's opposition to military force, Pope Francis blessed the use of force to stop the vicious Islamic radicals overrunning Iraq, but he said any intervention first must be backed by the international community.
A new report claims that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is targeting Pope Francis — a report that the Vatican says is simply not true.
According to Il Tempo, Israeli sources reportedly told the Italian newspaper that the pope is "in the crosshairs of ISIS." The report stated that Francis is being targeted because he is "the greatest exponent of the Christian religions" and the "bearer of false truth."
The Vatican, though, denounced the report.
"There is nothing serious to this," Father Federico Lombardi S.J., a Vatican spokesman, told Catholic News Agency. "There is no particular concern in the Vatican. This news has no foundation."
The Catholic News Agency reports that Italy has issued a nationwide terror alert, despite no imminent threats or specifics about a potential attack on the country.
Posted August 30, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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Just Disgusting … Pope Francis Says 1 in 50 Roman Catholic Priests Are Pedophiles … Abuse of Children was Like "Leprosy" Infecting the Church
Pope Francis was quoted in an Italian newspaper, La Repubblica, that 1 in 50 or 2% of Roman Catholic priests are pedophiles. The Pope said that the abuse of children was like "leprosy" infecting the Church. However, the Vatican was quick to backtrack on the comments and say that the Pope was misquoted. What, did the Pontiff quote a higher number? At some point the Vatican is going to have to come clean and rid itself of this terrible blight. If they think its an "infection" then they best find a cure pretty damn soon.
Pope Francis on Sunday was quoted by an Italian newspaper saying that about two percent — or 1 in 50 — of Roman Catholic priests are pedophiles, but the Vatican quickly released a statement saying the pontiff had been misquoted. Church officials also said that the journalist who did the story for La Repubblica had a history of having long conversations with public figures without taking notes or taping them, and then reconstructing them from memory.
"Many of my collaborators who fight with me (against pedophilia) reassure me with reliable statistics that say that the level of pedophilia in the Church is at about two percent," Francis was quoted as saying.
The Pope likens pedophilia inside church to 'leprosy'.
The Pope reportedly told Italian newspaper la Repubblica that abuse of children was like "leprosy" infecting the Church.
Francis said the "corruption of a child is the terrible and unclean thing imaginable" and vowed to "confront it with the seriousness it demands".
He said that paedophilia was unfortunately common and widespread.
"The church is fighting for the eradication of the habit and for education that rehabilitates. But this leprosy is also present in our house," he was reported to have said.
"Many of my colleagues who are working against it tell me that paedophilia inside the church is at the level of two per cent. Among the two per cent who are paedophiles are priests and even bishops and cardinals."
Posted July 13, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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Daily Commentary – Friday, June 20, 2014 – Pope Francis is Ditching His Bullet Proof Popemobile
- Saying that at his age, he doesn't have much to lose, that whatever happens to him is up to God
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Posted June 20, 2014 by Klaasend
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Pope Francis Easter Address: Called For End to War, Condemned Waste Exacerbating Hunger
Pope Francis' Easter Address in front of 150,000 people in St. Peter's Square called for and end to conflicts in Syria, Ukraine and Africa and an end to violence in Iraq, Venezuela, South Sudan and the Central Africa Republic. The Pontiff also denounced the "immense wastefulness" in the world while many go hungry.
Pope Francis, in his Easter address before a huge crowd, on Sunday denounced the "immense wastefulness" in the world while many go hungry and called for an end to conflicts in Syria, Ukraine and Africa.
"We ask you, Lord Jesus, to put an end to all war and every conflict, whether great or small, ancient or recent," he said in his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) message.
Francis, marking the second Easter season of his pontificate, celebrated a Mass to an overflowing crowd of at least 150,000 in St. Peter's Square and beyond.
He prayed to God to "help us to overcome the scourge of hunger, aggravated by conflicts and by the immense wastefulness for which we are often responsible".
Celebrating Easter Sunday, Christianity's most joyous and hopeful day, Pope Francis prayed for peace in Ukraine and Syria and for an end to the terrorist attacks in Nigeria that have targeted so many Christians.
He also recalled those suffering in Africa from an epidemic of deadly Ebola and urged a halt to "brutal terrorist attacks" in parts of Nigeria.
But Francis' Easter message also stressed that people pay attention to the needy close to home. Reflecting the priorities of his papacy, he said the "good news" of Easter's joy and hope means "leaving ourselves behind and encountering others, being close to those crushed by life's troubles, sharing with the needy, standing at the side of the sick, elderly and the outcast."
Posted April 20, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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Pope Francis Christmas Address Calls for Peace in Syria and Middle East & Urges the Faithful to Have an Open Heart, to Avoid 'Pride, Deceit & Self-Seeking'
During his first Christmas address to the throngs of faithful outside of St. Peter's Basilica and across the world , Pope Francis called for Peace in the Middle East and for all to have an open heart, to avoid pride, deceit and self-seeking. The Pope hoped for a better world, including successful Middle East negotiations in the land of Jesus' birth, peace for Syria, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Nigeria and Iraq, and dignity for refugees fleeing misery and conflict.
Pope Francis on Christmas Day is wishing for a better world, with peace for the land of Jesus' birth, for Syria and Africa, as well as for the dignity of migrants and refugees fleeing misery and conflict.
Francis spoke from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica Wednesday to tens of thousands of tourists, pilgrims and Romans in the square below. He said he was joining in the song of Christmas angels with all those hoping "for a better world," and with those who "care for others, humbly."
Among places ravaged by conflict, Francis singled out Syria, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Nigeria and Iraq. He also prayed for fruitful peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians
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The Pope calls for Lord of Life to protect all that are persecuted in your name. Pope Francis went on to say, "Child of Bethlehem, touch the hearts of all those engaged in human trafficking that they realize the gravity of this crime against humanity. Look upon the many children who are kidnapped, wounded and killed in armed conflicts and all those who are robbed of their childhood and forced to become soldiers."
"Dear brothers and sisters today in this World in this humanity is born this Savior, who is Christ the Lord. Let us pause before the child of Bethlehem."
During his first Christmas Eve Mass as head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis encouraged the faithful to emulate Jesus to avoid the darkness of the world.
Posted December 25, 2013 by Scared Monkeys
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Poll Says Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is 3rd "Most Influential" World Leader, Behind Pope Francis, Barack Obama
Well looky here, Ted Cruz is listed at #3 "most influential" world leaders …
As reported at the Washington Examiner, it would appear that Conservative Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has been chosen the third most influential world leader behind only Pope Francis and President Barack Obama. Imagine that Dems. According to a Rasmussen poll, the Tea Party Conservative ranked far above GOP establishment leaders like Speaker John Boehner, the lefts favorite Republican and Obama pal NJ Gov. Chris Christie and even Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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"The trouble in Washington is a bipartisan problem
The biggest problem we have is not between Republicans and Democrats
it is between entrenched establishment] politicians in both parties in Washington and the American people."
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has had the best year of any Republican and virtually anyone in the world, ranking third in Rasmussen Report's new poll of the of the "most influential" people in the world, behind Pope Francis and President Obama.
In the new poll, Cruz, who made headlines for trying to dismantle Obamacare, was the pick for the most influential of 11 percent. The pope was tops at 23 percent, Obama second at 21 percent.
Rasmussen poll: 1* Whom do you consider the most influential person in 2013?
23% Pope Francis
21% Barack Obama
11% Ted Cruz
8% Edward Snowden
4% Vladimir Putin
3% John Boehner
3% Chris Christie
more …
How fitting that Barack Obama is #2.
Posted December 15, 2013 by Scared Monkeys
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HELSINKI Cellphone makers Nokia and HTC are using technologies patented by German firm IPCom, a court said on Friday, but added it was unclear whether the patents were valid.
A district court in Mannheim, Germany decided to put on hold a request for injunctions to ban the sale and distribution of the two company's handsets in Germany, pending final decisions on the validity of the patents by the European Patent Office.
These decisions are due next year, the companies said.
"This ruling shows clearly that the companies have made unapproved use of our patents for years," Bernhard Frohwitter, IPCom's managing director, said in a statement.
Nokia and HTC stressed the importance of the court's comments on lack of validity of the two patents in question.
"We are trustful we can get both patents revoked," said Martin Chakraborty, partner at Lovells LLP law firm, who represents HTC on the case.
Nokia said it has always believed that the patents are invalid and are not infringed by Nokia products.
IPCom acquired Bosch's mobile telephony patent portfolio, created between the mid-1980s and 2000, which includes about 160 patent families worldwide.
Frohwitter said it expects to Nokia and HTC to return to the negotiating table and agree a license on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory licensing terms.
"We believe IPCom's portfolio is a weak one and for weak portfolios companies don't want to pay high royalties," Chakraborty said.
Nokia said IPCom's demands were 'excessive' and 'unjustifiable.'
German daily Handelsblatt has estimated Nokia could have to pay 12 billion euros ($17.27 billion) to IPCom if it loses the legal battle.
Last week IPCom pledged to European Union regulators to stick to its promise of fair licensing terms for patents acquired from Germany's Bosch, averting a possible antitrust investigation.
Nokia and IPCom have been fighting in several courts for the last three years over the patents and their validity, but this has been still a sidetrack for Nokia's legal team, which has at the same time battled against Qualcomm, and, in October, charged Apple for infringing its patents.
(Additional reporting by Christoph Steitz in Frankfurt; editing by Simon Jessop and Rupert Winchester)
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Today has been a good day.
.:Woke up, weighed myself to find a wonderful loss for the week.
.:Had a great, low cal/high protein breakfast that stuck with me a good portion of the day.
.:Got 20 login points from the wheel today!
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Sunday, February 24, 2008
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Well, I decided to weigh in again. I debated about it, but I felt really good this morning, so I did it.
And it paid off!
I am now down to 200.8!! Next week I will be OUT OF THE 200's!!!!! Can I get a woot woot up in here??!?! (That... Read more
Saturday, February 23, 2008
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When I got home from grocery shopping today, I took my dog, Moxi, for a walk. It was the first day we'd had above 30 degrees in MONTHS, and it was actually about 45 at the peak of the day. Just beautiful. So I took her for a mile walk, which, ... Read more
Saturday, February 23, 2008
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So for lunch today Husband and I decided to check out this restaurant called "Johnny Sortino's." It's somewhat of a local legend. It's been around pretty much since Omaha became a city and people rant and rave about their food.
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Saturday, February 23, 2008
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Today was my weigh in day, and after this week, I thought I would lose a lot more.
I ended up losing .3 lb. I measured, and there was no change there.
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Friday, February 22, 2008
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Well, I finally got my husband to join SP. His insurance payment went up because of his "build," which is complete BS if you ask me, because I would definitely call him of "Average" build.
So be nice to him!! I want him to keep using it... Read more
Thursday, February 21, 2008
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Back at school today. It's only a two day week so it can't be that bad, right? Except today feels like a Monday.
Tonight after my Pilates class my husband and I got invited to dinner through the company that he's freelancing for right now... Read more
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
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So yesterday for lunch I ordered a club sandwich and fries from Old Chicago. I asked for no mayo and no tomato, because I knew I'd dip it in ranch dressing anyway.
The whole sandwich (minus the fries and ranch to dip) came to about 376calo... Read more
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
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School got canceled today due to dangerously cold wind chills. Last night, I found out at about 1030 or 11 that they were canceling.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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VERY HEALTHY two days in a ROW!!!
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Monday, February 18, 2008
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I AM VERY HEALTHY TODAY!!!!!!! Thats the first time since joining that I've ever been VERY HEALTHY on the lifestyle scale. Can I get a 'woot woot' up in here/!??!
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
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Dinner was wonderful! I am tired so you're getting bullet points :)
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
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Husband and I made homemade pizza for lunch today. I promised him that we would have pizza this weekend cause he's been craving it, and I thought it would be fun to make it.
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Notre Dame starter at inside linebacker heading into '99 campaign . . . slated to be regular on strong side, joining Anthony Denman as projected starters inside . . . quality player when he's on the field who only needs to avoid injuries that have bothered him . . . hard hitter who has begun to show the durability required . . . ranks as most experienced of returnees at inside linebacker, with his experience a factor in leadership void left by graduation of Bobbie Howard, Jimmy Friday and Kory Minor from linebacking unit . . . started a couple of games as sophomore, so has proven he can play big-time role . . . former defensive back who brings physical presence to the lineup . . . once played both safety and fullback for Irish in rookie campaign . . . Irish coaches believe he can be consistent playmaker this time around.
AS A JUNIOR: Played in nine games in '98 as reserve at inside linebacker, including vs. Georgia Tech in '99 Gator Bowl . . . made 45 regular-season special team appearances, then two more in Gator Bowl . . . suffered sprained neck early in Michigan State contest and didn't play vs. Purdue, but returned for Stanford game and made two solo tackles . . . added three stops vs. Arizona State . . . sat out Army game with minor injury and missed Navy game as well.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in four games in '97 as inside linebacker before knee injury ended his season . . . made first career start at inside linebacker vs. Purdue with Bobbie Howard out with injury and made five tackles plus two quarterback hurries . . . forced two fumbles in fourth period vs. Michigan while also making eight tackles . . . did not play in Georgia Tech opener and sat out Stanford game with back problems . . . started again vs. Pittsburgh, but tore right knee cartilage in first period, had Oct. 15 arthroscopic surgery and missed rest of the season.
AS A FRESHMAN: Played in eight games as rookie in '96, missing only Washington, Air Force and Boston College games . . . made 58 appearances with Irish special teams . . . worked at inside linebacker, safety and fullback at different points during '96.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Selected as East Texas defensive player of the year as senior in '95 by Longview News-Journal . . . three-year starter, at strong safety as senior and at free safety before that . . . earned three letters in football at Kilgore High School in Kilgore, Texas . . . named District 17-4A MVP, second team all-state . . . helped team win '95 district title and advance to Region III playoffs . . . had 87 tackles and three interceptions as senior . . . scored eight touchdowns as running back in goal-line situations . . . had 90 solo tackles, six interceptions and three fumbles caused as junior in '94 . . . born 12-18-77 in Kilgore, Texas . . . full name is Ronnie Glenn Nicks . . . enrolled in College of Arts and Letters with major in sociology.
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- The Irish offensive player who will surprise people this year is Raki Nelson
- The Irish defensive player who will surprise people this year is Anthony Denman
- The sports teams I followed when I was younger were The Dallas Cowboys and Oakland A's
- A word to describe me on the field is Intense
- A word to describe me off the field is Quiet
- Other than Notre Dame Stadium, my favorite college stadium in which to play football is Memorial Stadium (Austin, Texas)
- The area I would like to improve as a football player is My footwork
- If I could play another position on the other side of the ball it would be Tailback
- My greatest personal athletic moment was Against Michigan
- The most stimulating class I ever took at Notre Dame was Statistics
- The people who have helped me the most since I've been at Notre Dame are Dr. Holly Martin, Mary Ann Spence and Pat Holmes
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Consumer goods suppliers can save millions of dollars by evaluating and improving Direct Store Delivery (DSD) operations — the way that products are ordered, sold, delivered and merchandised — according to a report from Honeywell.
The report, which contains feedback from 350 C-level consumer goods executives and directors from across the globe, finds that 49 percent of organizations feel increased transportation costs have severely impacted profit margins in the past 12 months. But those organizations that have carried out process evaluations (known as process re-engineering) in the past year to improve their DSD processes have cut, or expect to cut, costs on average by $734,000 annually.
Additionally, approximately 20 percent of all respondents have experienced, or expect to experience, at least $1 million a year in tangible cost-savings through DSD process re-engineering, and about 20 percent of companies with 3,000 or more employees anticipate saving at least $3 million.
According to the report, the top five areas identified by survey respondents for cost improvement are:
- Fuel and petrol costs: $889,000 projected average annual savings
- Merchandising: $725,000 projected average annual savings
- Delivery receiving/check-in: $686,000 projected average annual savings
- Delivery: $682,000 projected average annual savings
- Payment procedures: $665,000 projected average annual savings
Respondents also said time, as well as money, could be saved across key workflow areas. Through making improvements to delivery, truck loading, delivery receiving/check-in, merchandising and order processes, respondents indicate that approximately 30 minutes could be saved in each of those five areas per route, per day, equating to more than 2.5 hours per day for each DSD route.
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*If you missed part one of this series, you can read it here.
So far in this series, we've looked at business requirements that drive governance - including accountability, quality, appropriateness, restrictions, discoverability, and compliance. In this article, I wanted to touch on how training requirements - and lack of them - can affect governance for SharePoint.
In my travels, I speak with many large enterprise customers who often spill the beans on the issues they are having with relation to SharePoint. One of the biggest things I encourage is to get details on their plans and strategies for SharePoint governance. A key area that I see omitted in these plans is training. Training is oftentimes the elephant in the room, from an IT perspective, and subsequently is often left until the last minute without receiving the proper amount of attention.
Training Expectations
One of the key messages you'll hear from all the experts in the field regarding governance is the alignment of the business to IT, and actively encouraging their involvement in creating the plan. This should lead to business leaders asking for training, but they often don't know what to request. Additionally, IT's usual training is vague enough that the business won't realize it's insufficient to satisfy users until it's too late. What do I mean by "too late"? Training should be given to the appropriate people before the launch of any workload or application on SharePoint in order to maximize the effectiveness of the launch and adoption. It is never too late to start training, even if the launch has occurred, and often the business owners in the governance committee will push for this after the fact.
Make Users Earn the Privilege
For many customers, the main driver for training comes from the governance committee in terms of combating site sprawl and security compliance. Referring back to my post on governance and accountability, essentially Site Owners will get full control of their site collection or sub site which gives them the keys to do anything they wish. This is often dangerous in the hands of untrained owners. I have found many organizations enforcing that a business user cannot be a Site Owner until she has passed specific training. This can actually be enforced more readily with Claims Based Authentication where the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) token contains the certifications the business user has achieved.
Relevant Training Material
Some of the biggest hurdles in SharePoint training is that while it is easy to find SharePoint 101 for business users virtually anywhere, the requirement from the business oftentimes is that the training should be tailored to the look and feel of the actual workload or application the organization has had built. This essentially means re-creating all the screenshots in the context of the specific environment deployed. Another large hurdle is that, in most cases, teaching business users how to add new documents as well as create lists and libraries is not successful at driving adoption (Which we will talk about in my next post ... foreshadowing!) because people can't relate it to their current business process pains. As an example, training someone how to create a list with a few columns is great, but without context, that business user may not realize that her current inventory list in Excel could be a perfect candidate to be in a SharePoint list so that you can have workflows on each inventory list item, have alerts on inventory changes, version changes in inventory information at the item level, and have multiple views set up of the inventory items.
One-on-One Workshops
One very successful initiative I've witnessed is one-on-one training with business user Site Owners. Essentially, they are "SharePoint Champions" who work with a user to find out "what their problems are" in her day-to-day operations. The champion then starts showing how SharePoint can help improve the current process, and at the same time, educates the business user on how to create it for future reference. This is obviously a resource intensive exercise, but the results are worth it - one customer I spoke with told me that this helped to raise SharePoint adoption significant in their organization.
Brown Bag Sessions
An extension of one-on-one workshops, these are team events where people get together to talk about what they have done in SharePoint over lunch, hence "brown bag". These can be very useful for individuals to share what they've learned, but also for people to bring challenges and obstacles to a larger audience in hopes that the combined brain power will help them come to a resolution.
Scheduling Training
Frequently in an organization, the reason SharePoint is purchased is for collaboration and, in some circumstances, on a global scale. This immediately brings problems regarding scheduling training across geographies and time zones. AvePoint has 25 offices worldwide, so our training team deals with this by internally conducting three live sessions for each topic, leveraging Lync as well as a conference bridge.
Online Training
To best accommodate the varying availability of new users of the platform, training is either scheduled online or made available for viewing online at all times. In organizations I have worked with, SharePoint 2010 itself has been leveraged to host the videos and viewed via the Silverlight web part on the screen. I have a personal preference for consuming these things on the road, as I'm on it a lot, and therefore prefer to download the videos and push them onto my Samsung Series 7 slate for viewing on the train.
With all these things mentioned above, it is important that the expectation is set as part of the governance plan on what your organization will do and when in terms of end-user training.
Next week, I'll explain in greater detail the next business driver for governance with adoption requirements.
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Polycom CX5500 And CX5100 Are The Industry's First 360-degree, Panoramic 1080p HD Video Collaboration Solutions Custom-built For Microsoft(R) Lync(R) 2013. (Photo: Business Wire)
Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in open, standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C), today unveiled the industry's first 360-degree, panoramic 1080p HD video collaboration solutions custom-built for Microsoft® Lync ® 2013. The new Polycom® CX5500 and CX5100 Unified Conference Stations are designed to deliver a groundbreaking around-the-table experience for all participants, whether they're in the room or thousands of miles away.At the Microsoft 2013 Worldwide Partner Conference, Polycom also announced that it has received Lync 2013 qualification for its full portfolio of Polycom® VVX® Business Media Phones. These announcements further the extensive partnership between the two companies, building on Polycom's industry-leading portfolio of 40 video, voice and content sharing solutions that are interoperable or optimized to work with Lync today. "The strategic alliance we've built with Microsoft over the past several years continues to deliver innovative collaboration solutions that provide Polycom and Lync customers with an unrivaled experience," said A.E. Natarajan, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Engineering, Polycom. "Our custom-built for Lync solutions such as the new panoramic video collaboration experience, and our leading portfolio of Lync interoperable offerings, enable Polycom and Microsoft to win business from organizations seeking UC&C solutions that empower people to collaborate however, wherever and whenever they want." "In the pervasive video era, it is all about the user experience. The new center-of-table, panoramic video solutions from Polycom will provide Lync customers with a richer, more interactive collaboration experience," said Jim Lundy, CEO of Aragon Research.
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