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Little Caesar's Bowl Preview: '5 Things You Need To Know'
1) Vegas vs. History: Each of the last five Little Caesars' Bowl matchups have been decided by 5 points or fewer. WKU is (currently) favored by 6 points on Vegas betting sites.
2) Hot vs. Cold: Western Kentucky started the season 5-1 overall before losing four out of their last six, finishing at 7-5. Central Michigan on the other hand, started the season 3-6 before winning their final three games, finishing 6-6.
3) CMU Suspensions: Three Central Michigan wide receivers, Titus Davis, Defarrel Davis, and Courtney Williams have been suspended for the bowl game for violating CMU team rules. Davis and Williams combined for 10 of CMU's 20 receiving touchdowns this season. Davis was CMU's 'big play' threat, leading the team with 8 touchdown receptions and a 20.0 yards per catch average.
4) Antonio Andrews: A Paul Hornung Award finalist, WKU's featured runningback needs 274 all-purpose yards to break the NCAA single- season record of 3,250 set by Barry Sanders in 1988.
5) Similar Styles: Despite their 'big play' loss in Davis, Central Michigan still has capable players suiting up for their offense. Runningback Zurlon Tipton rushed for 19 touchdowns this season, adding 1391 yards on 229 attempts (a 6.1 yards per carry average). Similar to WKU's pro-style/'control the clock' offense, Central Michigan will try to maintain possession of the football via the run game, aiming to wear down WKU's defense.
Stay tuned with WKUInsider.com for postgame reaction live from Ford Field at the conclusion of the Little Caesars' Bowl.


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Sommers went on to help the murky thriller "Deep Rising" (1998) and had his first real box-office success at the helm of "The Mummy" (1999), a loose remake of the 1932 classic starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. Although not quite as stunning as the films that inspired it ("Raiders of the Lost Ark" was a heavy influence) Sommers did redfine the mummy from the bandaged Boris Karloff image of film legend into Imhotep, a powerful and charismatic eternal-lived villain as played by Oded Fehr. Sommers regrouped his cast for an equally successful sequel, "The Mummy 2" (2001). That film also introduced the Sommers-created character of The Scorpion King, played by wrestler-turned-actor Duane "T... Continue Bio >>
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Mallo Cups
Mallo Cups are milk chocolate cups with a whipped creamy center and a sprinkle of coconut. There are 2 cups per package in the standard size. Yes, they still come with the coupons and you can still redeem them (see below).
Mallo Cups History
In Altoona, PA, is a confectionery company, Boyer Brothers, Inc. that manufacturers cups - actually cup candies. Cup candies consist of various soft centers and coatings molded directly into crinkled glassine paper cups. [continued below]
Mallo Cups Mini - box of 60$19.79
Mallo Cups Mini - Bulk
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[continued from above] Founded in 1936, Boyer Brothers specializes in producing candy bar items that come in cup form. One of their best selling is the Mallo Cup, milk chocolate coating containing coconut, with a whipped marshmallow cream center.
Another cup, Fluffernutter, is a combination of marshmallow and peanut butter covered with milk chocolate. Peanut Butter Cup has a peanut-butter center covered with milk chocolate. S'Mores combine graham cracker, marshmallow, and chocolate.
Other Boyer cup products are Bunch o' Nuts, Milk 'n Cookies, Smoothie and Minty Mallo. Smoothie has a center of peanut butter and is coated with butterscotch. Minty Mallo has mint-flavored marshmallow cream center covered with dark chocolate.
Today only Mallo Cups, Smoothies and Peanut Butter cups are still made by the Boyer Brothers company. Boyer is still redeeming the coupons. You can get a catalog and order form at their website.
Mallo Cups Memories
I was never a big candy person as a child strangely enough. That changed one evening at dinner when I wouldn't eat, yep, you got it, asparagus. Ack! I was about 9 years old and my mom, lucky for me, wasn't too harsh in making us eat stuff we didn't want. Also, not one to be big on cooking dessert after "slaving over a hot stove", my mom would usually let us roam the cabinet or refrigerator for what ever would rot our teeth.
That evening after dinner she was enjoying her favorite candy, a Mallo Cup. My mom was crazy over Mallo Cups, but I always turned my head. That night she was kind of joking around with me and told me that she would make me eat an entire serving of asparagus if I didn't try just one teeny-tiny bite of her ooey-gooey Mallo Cup.
What is a 9 year old to choose? Thinking she may really do it, I did give in. It's been 12 years since I was "forced" to try that Mallo Cup and I have been absolutely HOOKED on them ever since. It's my favorite things in one now, chocolate, coconut and marshmallow whip. Yummmm! Unfortunately, my mom decided she would get my one year-old son hooked also. As soon as he sees the yellow wrapper and red logo he knows what it is and comes running like a begging puppy. I'm lucky to get two bites of it! Little did my mom know, that she would start a new family tradition. ~ Jennifer from South Carolina


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Republic of Liberia
Area: 111,369 sq. km. (43,000 sq. mi.). Slightly larger than Ohio.
Cities: Capital--Monrovia (est. 1,000,000). Principal towns--Buchanan (est. 300,000), Ganta (est. 290,000), Gbarnga (est. 150,000), Kakata (est. 100,000), Harbel (est. 136,000).
Terrain: Three areas--Mangrove swamps and beaches along the coast, wooded hills and semideciduous shrublands along the immediate interior, and dense tropical forests and plateaus in the interior. Liberia has 40% of West Africa's rain forest.
Nationality: Noun and adjective--Liberian(s).
Population (2004): 3.4 million.
Annual growth rate (2004): 2.4%.
Ethnic groups: Kpelle 20%, Bassa 16%, Gio 8%, Kru 7%, 49% spread over 12 other ethnic groups.
Religions: Christian 40%, Muslim 20%, animist 40%.
Languages: English is the official language. There are 16 indigenous languages.
Education: Literacy (2003)--20%.
Health: Life expectancy (2003)--47 years.
Work force: Agriculture--70%; industry--15%; services--2%. Unemployment is 80% in the formal sector.
Type: Republic.
Independence: From American Colonization Society July 26, 1847.
Constitution: January 6, 1986.
Political parties: 30 registered political parties
GDP (IMF 2005 est.): $548.4million.
Real GDP growth rate (2004): 2.0%.
Per capita GDP (2005): $119.4.
Consumer Price Index (2004): 7.0%.
Natural resources: Iron ore, rubber, timber, diamonds, gold and tin. The Government of Liberia has reported in recent years that it has discovered sizable deposits of crude oil along its Atlantic Coast.
Agriculture: Products--coffee, cocoa, sugarcane, rice, cassava, palm oil, bananas, plantains, citrus, pineapple, sweet potatoes, corn, and vegetables.
Industry: Types--agriculture, iron ore, rubber, forestry, diamonds, gold, beverages, construction.
Trade (2004): Exports--$103.8 million: rubber 93%; cocoa 3.5%. Major markets--Germany, Poland, U.S., Greece. Imports--$268.1 million: mineral fuels and lubricants; food and live animals; machinery and transport equipment; manufactured goods; pharmaceuticals; and tobacco.
There are 16 ethnic groups that make up Liberia's indigenous population. The Kpelle in central and western Liberia is the largest ethnic group. Americo-Liberians who are descendants of freed slaves that arrived in Liberia early in 1821 make up an estimated 5% of the population.
There also are sizable numbers of Lebanese, Indians, and other West African nationals who make up a significant part of Liberia's business community. The Liberian constitution restricts citizenship only to people of Negro descent; also, land ownership is restricted by law to citizens.
Liberia was traditionally noted for its hospitality and academic institutions, iron mining and rubber industry booms, and cultural skills and arts and craft works. But political upheavals beginning in the 1980s and the brutal 14-year civil war (1989-2003) brought about a steep decline in the living standards of the country, including its education and infrastructure.
Portuguese explorers established contacts with Liberia as early as 1461 and named the area Grain Coast because of the abundance of grains of Malegueta Pepper. In 1663 the British installed trading posts on the Grain Coast, but the Dutch destroyed these posts a year later. There were no further reports of European settlements along the Grain Coast until the arrival of freed slaves in the early 1800s.
Liberia, which means "land of the free," was founded by free African-Americans and freed slaves from the United States in 1820. An initial group of 86 immigrants, who came to be called Americo-Liberians, first arrived in Liberia and established a settlement in Christopolis (now Monrovia, named after U.S. President James Monroe) on February 6, 1820.
Thousands of freed American slaves and free African-Americans arrived during the following years, leading to the formation of more settlements and culminating in a declaration of independence of the Republic of Liberia on July 26, 1847. The drive to resettle freed slaves in Africa was promoted by the American Colonization Society (ACS), an organization of white clergymen, abolitionists, and slave owners founded in 1816 by Robert Finley, a Presbyterian minister. Between 1821 and 1867 the ACS resettled some 10,000 African-Americans and several thousand Africans from interdicted slave ships; it governed the Commonwealth of Liberia until independence in 1847.
In Liberia's early years, the Americo-Liberian settlers periodically encountered stiff and sometimes violent opposition from indigenous Africans, who were excluded from citizenship in the new Republic until 1904. At the same time, British and French colonial expansionists encroached upon Liberia, taking over much of its territory. Politically, the country was a one-party state ruled by the True Whig Party (TWP). Joseph Jenkins Roberts, who was born and raised in America, was Liberia's first President. The style of government and constitution was fashioned on that of the United States, and the Americo-Liberian elite monopolized political power and restricted the voting rights of the indigenous population. The True Whig Party dominated all sectors of Liberia from independence in 1847 until April 12, 1980, when indigenous Liberian Master Sergeant Samuel K. Doe (from the Krahn ethnic group) seized power in a coup d'etat. Doe's forces executed President William R. Tolbert and several officials of his government, mostly of Americo-Liberian descent. One hundred and thirty-three years of Americo-Liberian political domination ended with the formation of the People's Redemption Council (PRC).
Over time, the Doe government began promoting members of Doe's Krahn ethnic group, who soon dominated political and military life in Liberia. This raised ethnic tension and caused frequent hostilities between the politically and militarily dominant Krahns and other ethnic groups in the country.
After the October 1985 elections, characterized by widespread fraud, Doe solidified his control. The period after the elections saw increased human rights abuses, corruption, and ethnic tensions. The standard of living further deteriorated. On November 12, 1985, former Army Commanding Gen. Thomas Quiwonkpa almost succeeded in toppling the government of Samuel Doe. The Armed Forces of Liberia repelled Quiwonkpa's attack and executed him in Monrovia. Doe's Krahn-dominated forces carried out reprisals against Mano and Gio civilians suspected of supporting Quiwonkpa.
Despite Doe's poor human rights record and questionable democratic credentials, he retained close relations with Washington. A staunch U.S. ally, Doe met twice with President Ronald Reagan and enjoyed considerable U.S. financial support.
On December 24, 1989, a small band of rebels led by Doe's former procurement chief, Charles Taylor, invaded Liberia from the Ivory Coast. Taylor and his National Patriotic Front rebels rapidly gained the support of many Liberians and reached the outskirts of Monrovia within six months.
From 1989 to 1996 one of Africa's bloodiest civil wars ensued, claiming the lives of more than 200,000 Liberians and displacing a million others into refugee camps in neighboring countries. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) intervened in 1990 and succeeded in preventing Charles Taylor from capturing Monrovia. Prince Johnson--formerly a member of Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL)--formed the break-away Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL). Johnson's forces captured and killed Doe on September 9, 1990. Taking refuge in Sierra Leone and other neighboring countries, former AFL soldiers founded the new insurgent United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO), fighting back Taylor's NPFL.
An Interim Government of National Unity (IGNU) was formed in Gambia under the auspices of ECOWAS in October 1990, headed by Dr. Amos C. Sawyer. Taylor (along with other Liberian factions) refused to work with the interim government and continued fighting. After more than a dozen peace accords and declining military power, Taylor finally agreed to the formation of a five-man transitional government. A hasty disarmament and demobilization of warring factions was followed by special elections on July 19, 1997. Charles Taylor and his National Patriotic Party emerged victorious. Taylor won the election by a large majority, primarily because Liberians feared a return to war had Taylor lost.
For the next six years, the Taylor government did not improve the lives of Liberians. Unemployment and illiteracy stood above 75%, and little investment was made in the country's infrastructure. Liberia is still trying to recover from the ravages of war; until today, pipe-borne water and electricity are unavailable, and schools, hospitals, roads, and infrastructure remain derelict. Rather than work to improve the lives of Liberians, Taylor supported the Revolutionary United Front in Sierra Leone (see Sierra Leone Country Background Note). Taylor's misrule led to the resumption of armed rebellion from among Taylor's former adversaries. By 2003, armed groups called "Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy" (LURD) and "Movement for Democracy in Liberia" (MODEL), largely representing elements of the former ULIMO-K and ULIMO-J factions that fought Taylor during Liberia's previous civil war (1989-1996), were challenging Taylor and his increasingly fragmented supporters on the outskirts of Monrovia.
On June 4, 2003 in Accra, Ghana, ECOWAS facilitated peace talks among the Government of Liberia, civil society, and the LURD and MODEL rebel groups. On the same day, the Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone issued a press statement announcing the opening of a sealed March 7, 2003 indictment of Liberian President Charles Taylor for "bearing the greatest responsibility" for atrocities in Sierra Leone since November 1996. In July 2003 the Government of Liberia, LURD, and MODEL signed a cease-fire that all sides failed to respect; bitter fighting reached downtown Monrovia in July and August 2003, creating a massive humanitarian disaster.
On August 11, 2003, under intense U.S. and international pressure, President Taylor resigned office and departed into exile in Nigeria. This move paved the way for the deployment by ECOWAS of what became a 3,600-strong peacekeeping mission in Liberia (ECOMIL). On August 18, leaders from the Liberian Government, the rebels, political parties, and civil society signed a comprehensive peace agreement that laid the framework for constructing a 2-year National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL), headed by businessman Gyude Bryant. The UN took over security in Liberia in October 2003, subsuming ECOMIL into a force that grew to its present size of over 15,000.
The October 11, 2005 presidential and legislative elections and the subsequent November 8, 2005 presidential run-off were the most free, fair, and peaceful elections in Liberia's history. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf defeated international soccer star George Weah 59.4% to 40.6% to become Africa's first democratically elected female president.
Liberia has a bicameral legislature consisting of 66 representatives and 30 senators. Historically, the executive branch heavily influences the legislature and judicial system, the latter being largely dysfunctional for now.
There is a Supreme Court, criminal courts, and appeals court and magistrate courts in the counties. There also are traditional courts and lay courts in the counties. Trial by ordeal is practiced in various parts of Liberia. Locally, political power emanates from traditional chiefs (town, clan, or paramount chiefs), mayors, and district commissioners. Mayors are elected in principal cities in Liberia. Superintendents appointed by the president govern the counties. There are 15 counties in Liberia.
Principal Government Officials
President--Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Vice President--Joseph Nyumah Boakai
Speaker of the House of Representatives--Edwin Melvin Snowe
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court--Johnnie N. Lewis
Minister of Foreign Affairs--George W. Wallace
Minister of Finance--Antoinette Sayeh
Minister of Justice--Frances Johnson Morris
Minister of Defense--Brownie Samukai
Minister of Post and Telecommunication--Jackson E. Doe
Minister of Internal Affairs--Ambulai Johnson
Minister of Education--Joseph Korto
Minister of Public Works--Willis F.D. Knuckles
Minister of Agriculture--Christopher Toe
Minister of Health and Social Welfare--Walter Gwenigale
Minister of Commerce and Industry--Bankie King-Akinrele
Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism--Johnny McClain
Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs--Toga Gaywea McIntosh
Minister of State and Chief of Staff--Morris Dukuly
Minister of Land, Mines and Energy--Eugene Shannon
Minister of Labor--Samuel Kofi Woods
Minister of Youth and Sports--Jamesetta H. Wolokollie
Minister of Gender and Development--Varbah Gayflor
Chairman, National Investment Commission--Richard Tolbert
Director, Bureau of the Budget--Augustine Ngafua
Director General, General Service Agency--Willard Russell
Executive Governor, Central Bank of Liberia--J. Mills Jones
Commissioner, Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization--Chris Massaquoi
Inspector-General, Liberia National Police Force--Beatrice Seah
Director, National Security Agency--Fombah Sirleaf
Director General, National Fire Service--Joseph A.B. Derrick
Chairman, Governance Reform Commission--Amos C. Sawyer
Chairman, National Elections Commission--James Fromoyan
Chairman, Truth and Reconciliation Commission--Jerome Verdier
Liberia maintains an embassy in the United States at 5201 16th Street, NW, Washington DC, 202-723-0437.
The Liberian economy relied heavily on the mining of iron ore and on the export of natural rubber prior to the civil war. Liberia was a major exporter of iron ore on the world market. In the 1970s and 1980s, iron mining accounted for more than half of Liberia's export earnings. Following the coup d'etat of 1980, the country's economic growth rate slowed down because of a decline in the demand for iron ore on the world market and political upheavals in Liberia. Liberia's foreign debt amounts to about $3.5 billion.
The 1989-2003 civil war had a devastating effect on the country's economy. Most major businesses were destroyed or heavily damaged, and most foreign investors and businesses left the country. Iron ore production has stopped completely, and Liberia cannot profit from timber and diamond exports due to UN sanctions. Its few earnings come primarily from rubber exports and revenues from its maritime registry program.
As the second-largest maritime licenser in the world--with more than 1,800 vessels registered under its flag, including 35% of the world's tanker fleet--Liberia earns some $14 million annually from the flag registry. There is increasing interest in the possibility of commercially exploitable offshore crude oil deposits along Liberia's Atlantic Coast.
Liberia's business sector is largely controlled by foreigners, mainly of Lebanese and Indian descent. There also are limited numbers of Chinese engaged in agriculture. There also are significant numbers of West Africans engaged in cross-border trade.
Liberia is a member of ECOWAS. With Guinea and Sierra Leone, it formed the Mano River Union (MRU) for development and the promotion of regional economic integration. The MRU became all but defunct because of the Liberian civil war, which spilled over into neighboring Sierra Leone and Guinea. There was some revival of MRU political and security cooperation discussions in 2002.
With a new, democratically elected government in place since January 2006, Liberia seeks to reconstruct its shattered economy. The Governance and Economic Management Program (GEMAP), which started under the 2003-2006 transitional government, is designed to help the Liberian Government raise and spend revenues in an efficient, transparent way. Success under GEMAP and solid economic performance should result in Liberia being able to attract investment and begin rebuilding its economy.
Liberia has maintained traditionally cordial relations with the West. Liberia currently also maintains diplomatic relations with Libya, Cuba, and China.
Liberia is a founding member of the United Nations and its specialized agencies and is a member of the African Union (AU), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Development Bank (ADB), the Mano River Union (MRU), and the Non-Aligned Movement.
U.S. relations with Liberia date back to the 1820s when the first group of settlers arrived in Liberia from the United States. As early as 1819, Congress appropriated $100,000 for the establishment of Liberia (and resettlement of freemen and freed slaves from North America) by the American Colonization Society, led by such statesmen as Francis Scott Key, George Washington's nephew Bushrod, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and presidents Monroe, Adams, and Jackson. The United States, which officially recognized Liberia in 1862, shared particularly close relations with Liberia during the Cold War. The outbreak of civil war in Liberia and the long dominance of Charles Taylor soured bilateral relations. However, Liberia now counts the United States as its strongest supporter in its democratization and reconstruction efforts. In fiscal years 2004 and 2005, the U.S. contributed over $880 million, including more than $520 million to support the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). Another $90 million has gone for assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons. The U.S. is committing another $270 million for fiscal year 2006, making a total of some $1.16 billion for fiscal years 2004-06.
Principal U.S. Officials
Ambassador--Donald E. Booth
Deputy Chief of Mission--Louis Mazel
Political-Economic Counselor--Alfreda Meyers
Public Affairs Officer--Meg Riggs
Consular Officer--John Marietti
USAID Director--Wilbur Thomas


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What an Opening!Written by on April 8, 2005 Contributors: Nick Licata 463 Rods and Muscle Cars Pack Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum for First Twilight Cruise Night of the Season
In baseball terms, the first Twilight Cruise Night of the season at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museumwas a grand slam. In hot rod terms, it was simply bitchin'.
But no matter how you describe it, it was a super-strong opening show with 463 classic rods and muscle cars blanketing two Museum parking lots at the Fairplex in Pomona. Maybe it was the unexpectedly long So-Cal rainy season, the first 85-degree plus night, rodders itchin' to show off their cars - or all of the above - but approximately 1,200 people made this the biggest opener and one of the top-attended events in the event's six-year history.
"Just look at the variety of cars out there," said NHRA Founder Wally Parks as he pointed to a row of vehicles that included a 1947 Ford sedan, a '56 Vette and a '27 Model T. Of course, these vehicles were part of show that included 20-plus pristine Woodies (the car-theme of the night), Chevelles, T-buckets, rat rods and Mercs.
"Cruise Night always brings out the best cars," said Sam Jackson, executive director of the Parks Museum, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California, "but this is overwhelming! Look at all the people - families and kids - what a great season opener."
With all the superior cars, the evening's celebrity judges had their work cut out for them. The five winners chosen will participate in a pre-opening ceremonies parade at the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals in Pomona this November.
"I'd take this one home," joked judge Tony Thacker, VP of marketing at SO-CAL Speed Shop, who tabbed Butch Debie's incredible cinnamon-colored 1960 Pontiac Bonneville. Debie, from Chino, Calif., thanked Thacker for picking his car, but no, didn't give him the keys.
Kevin Lee, editor of Rod & Custom, meticulously picked his top choice, a dark '50 Merc owned by Sam Falco of El Monte, Calif. "It's a nice, good traditional style car that caught my eye," Lee said. Falco, who attends every Museum Twilight Cruise Night, but doesn't always bring his car, said the Merc won "The Look" award here three years ago.
This time around, the monthly "The Look" award, chosen by J.R. Martinez Design and Power Puzzles, went to Richard Hibbard's black beauty, a 1957 Chevy two-door. Hibbard, who lives in nearby Claremont, is well-known as the owner of Hibbard Chevrolet. Joe Martinez and Gary Moline give the Museum a $50 donation in the name of "The Look" award winner each Cruise Night.
Another Chevy won as Primedia Online Editor Nick Licata, an acknowledged "Ford guy," broke rank and picked Carson Lev's red-red '58 Bel Air. "It's awesome," Licata said repeatedly. Lev, who recently left Mattel Hot Wheels to form his own company, Redphin, was all smiles after winning the award and, yes, had a Hot Wheels version of his car hanging from his rearview mirror.
Automotive journalist and author Bob McClurg picked the evening's final winner, a gorgeous Aria 604-41 Willys coupe owned by Mike and Aida Nordahl of Alta Loma, Calif.
Scheduled for the first Wednesday of the month - from April through December - Cruise Nights transform the popular motorsports museum in Pomona, Calif., into hot rod heaven as cool pre-1970 rods, customs, classics and muscle cars fill two parking lots.
Next Twilight Cruise is set for Wed., May 4th. Cruise Nights, which run from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and are hosted by the Cal Rods car club, include raffles, prizes and a huge 50/50 drawing. Admission to the Twilight Cruise is free, and all who attend receive free admission to the Parks Museum as well. Food and beverages are available for purchase.
Dates for the rest of the season's Twilight Cruise Nights are: May 4, June 1 (Ladies' Night), July 6, Aug. 3, a special Aug. 31 date, replacing September's cruise due to the dates of the L.A. County Fair, Oct. 5, Nov. 2 and the annual Toy Drive on Dec. 7. For more information, call 909/622-2133 or visit http://museum.nhra.com.
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THE FLATS -- Looking to even the season series and continue its recent dominance of North Carolina at home, Georgia Tech hosts the Tar Heels in a 9 p.m. regionally-televised Atlantic Coast Conference game Tuesday night at McCamish Pavilion. The contest finished a stretch of three games in six days for the Yellow Jackets.
Tech (14-10, 4-8 ACC) has four of seven games since an 0-5 start to the conference schedule, and the Yellow Jackets are coming off a 57-56 win Saturday at Wake Forest, their second straight ACC road win this season. Tech, which fell, 79-63, in the first meeting with the Tar Heels on Jan. 23 in Chapel Hill, is 10-4 at home this season, but just 2-4 at McCamish Pavilion in ACC games.
Tuesday's game can be heard over the Georgia Tech IMG Sports Network (790 AM, 106.7 FM in Atlanta), as well as satellite radio (Sirius Ch. xx, XM Ch. xx). The game is being televised on the ACC Network, including WATL-TV in Atlanta, and is also available online via ESPN3 outside the ACC footprint.
North Carolina (17-8, 7-5 ACC) has won seven of 10 games since beginning the ACC schedule with two losses. The Tar Heels defeated Virginia, 93-81, Saturday in Chapel Hill, snapping a two-game losing streak. Carolina is 3-6 on the road this year, 2-3 in conference play.
Tech, which earned its first ACC road win of the season last Saturday at Virginia Tech, completes a stretch of three games in six days when it hosts North Carolina at 9 p.m. Tuesday night.
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Family Ties: Phil Mickelson's roots run deep at Pebble Beach
In lugging the golf bag of Phil Mickelson for two decades, Jim "Bones" Mackay had seen almost everything his mercurial boss could muster. But he hadn't witnessed anything quite like this.
On the Sunday of the 2012 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Mickelson was playing one of the most extraordinary rounds of his life. Paired with his longtime rival Tiger Woods, the San Diegan produced a stunning show of fortitude and firepower.
"Excluding his four majors," a beaming Mackay would later say, "this has to be the best final round of his career."
Mickelson shot an 8-under-par 64 to seize the 40th PGA Tour title. That Woods, beaten by nine shots that day, had a front-row seat was particularly pleasing. That the milestone triumph came on the famed Pebble Beach Golf Links – well, the sense of satisfaction was nearly indescribable.
If Mark O'Meara is the Prince of Pebble, with his five AT&T victories over a 12-year stretch, Mickelson is a pretty fair royal himself. Heading into this week's tournament on the Monterey Peninsula, coming off his dominating win in the Phoenix Open, Mickelson has four victories at Pebble Beach. That is as many pro wins on the seaside links as Jack Nicklaus, who captured three Crosby events and the 1972 U.S. Open.
"It feels great, because it's a special place for me, Pebble Beach," Mickelson said. "My grandfather having caddied here, such a national treasure, it means a lot to me."
Virtually every story about Mickelson's triumph last year made mention of his late maternal grandfather, Al Santos, but none provided the true perspective on the tremendous affinity the Mickelson family feels for the Monterey area, or the impact that a strict, but loving fisherman – a Steinbeck novel character in his own right – would have on a boy who would become one of the greatest golfers of his generation.
Al Santos, born in 1906, grew up in a tiny house in Monterey within walking distance of San Carlos Cathedral. His parents were devout Catholics who settled on the California coast, arriving from Portugal by way of Hawaii. The family business was fishing and they lived a hand-to-mouth existence. Al once recalled that he had to wear cardboard inserts to cover the holes in the soles of his shoes.
"His parents couldn't buy him shoes," Mary Mickelson, Al's daughter and Phil's mother, said, "so that's why he started caddying."
Al would recall for his family that he was about 11 when he went to work as a caddie at Del Monte Golf Course, which opened in 1897. Al said he hustled to get to the course early so he could walk two loops a day, making 25 cents per bag.
Then in 1919, the Pebble Beach Golf Links debuted, and though Mary Mickelson has no idea how her father got from town out to the course, she knows that he was among the first caddies there. There is a photograph of the first troupe of loopers, and dressed for work were Al and his brother, John. Al is scowling, as if he's just swallowed a spoonful of cod liver oil.
"If you knew my dad and you looked at that picture, you'd be able to pick him out," Mary Mickelson said. "He was scruffy and tough, but he lived by the rule that you don't cheat anyone, you don't lie, and you treat everyone the way you want to be treated."
Ironically, Al Santos wouldn't get to play golf seriously until his 60s. He went to work for his father in the fishing industry after eighth grade and eventually moved to San Diego to form his own fleet.


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Why a Clydesdale? The term actually comes from the Triathlon World, for a male athlete over 200 pounds and/or over 6 feet tall. This was never a derogatory term, though. The Clydesdale is a massive and powerful charger, bred for battle originally; not hauling around a beer wagon, to carry an armored knight into combat. They were the time periods equivalent of the M1 Abrams Tank.....large, fast, and unstoppable.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The USDA has expanded it's public health alert for all beef and beef products product by XL Foods in Canada on August 24, 27, 28, 29 and September 5.
The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service was informed of this recall on Friday.
All products that fall under the aforementioned criterion should be returned to their place of purchase or be destroyed.
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The Witcher II: Assassins Of Kings
Witcher 2 developer strives for "meaningful" player choice
CD Projekt RED is committed to serving up "meaningful" choice and consequence to players – even if that means twice as much work.
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THQ to publish The Witcher II 360 in the west
THQ's announced that it'll publish the Xbox 360 version of The Witcher II in the west.
Polish retailers list Witcher II 360 ahead of CD Projekt pre-E3 event
Polish retailers have started listing The Witcher II for Xbox 360, as CD Projekt gets set to have its pre-E3 press conference in just over four hours from now.
The Witcher II gets confirmed July release in Japan
Famitsu's reporting that The Witcher II is set to launch in Japan on July 28. It'll launch in the country for ¥7,140, although it'll launch initially with the Premium Edition for ¥9,240. It'll be localised for Japanese subtitles. The Witcher II launches today elsewhere worldwide for PC.
Witcher II launches today: watch Namco Bandai's UK PR team unbox it
After a while in development, CD Projekt Red launches The Witcher II today worldwide at retail and download. We haven't see any reviews for the game, but we think there's an embargo for today. We'll look into that now. In the meantime, there's a video after the break of Namco Bandai's UK PR team unboxing […]
Witcher II goes video mental ahead of tomorrow's launch
CD Projekt's gone video crazy on The Witcher II as it prepares to launch worldwide tomorrow. Find below four launch videos from the game, via IGN, GameSpot, G4 and GameTrailers. Then watch the most recent trailer before these lot here. Then get pumped. In that exact order.
CD Projekt "not in full-scale development on The Witcher 2 consoles"
CD Projekt's Tomasz Gop has said that a console version of The Witcher II has not entered production, but when and if it does happen, it won't "look like crap."
CDPR confirms Witcher II spec list, releases new screens
CD Project's confirmed the full list of specifications for The Witcher II when it releases in May.
Lewie's Weekly Deals - Skyrim, The Witcher II, 3DS, Fallout: New Vegas
It's Lewie's Weekly Deals, where I refer to myself in the third person and tell you which cheap games are worth your attention. Lots of great value preorder deals this week, ideal if you like planning ahead. For updates on what games are cheap throughout the week, beek sure to check out SavyGamer.co.uk. Are you […]
Witcher 2 confirmed for May 17, 2011 release
CD Projekt RED has announced a release date for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.
Witcher II gets dev diary and reveal trailer from Spain
CD Projekt Red dropped more than tons of screens and details from The Witcher II in Spain earlier this month. Watch the fantasy RPG move after the break.
Ton of Witcher II screens drops from Spanish event
When CD Projekt Red says The Witcher II will be the "best-looking RPG to date," you'd hope it can back it up. It probably can. Hit the link.
Witcher II detail explosion, "engrossing, mature storyline" promised
CD Projekt Red was in Barcelona two weeks ago to show off The Witcher II at Namco's pre-E3 event, spilling tons of new details. Spoilers within. Just adding some new shots for you now.
The Witcher II "aiming" for Q1 2011 release, says CD Projekt
CD Projekt's confirmed that it's "aiming" to release The Witcher II: Assassins of Kings within Q1 of next year.
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Total Carbohydrates 1 g
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Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) 1000 mg
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Folic Acid 600 mcg
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Gehlen Catholic Remembers 9-11
(LeMars) -- Sunday, marks the tenth anniversary of the tragic events of 9-11 when arab terrorists hijacked four airliner jets and deliberly flown them into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington D.C. and the fourth plane that crashed in a field in Pennslyvania. Gehlen Catholic School will hold a special program on Friday morning entitled: "We Remember". Dick Sievert is one of the co-coordinators for the program, and says Gehlen is using the opportunity to teach students about the memorable event.
He says the program will serve three purposes: First, the prayer service will begin with a flashback and rememberance for the victims and their families of 9-11. Secondly, the prayer service is designed to educate Gehlen Catholic students, many of whom were not born or too little to understand the tragic events that transpired ten years ago. Finally, the service will express the school's admiration and gratitude for the courage and service of our local law enforcement, fire, and emergency personnel.
The public is invited to the event scheduled for Friday morning at 8:45 a.m. at the Bob Kneip Family Gym on the Gehlen Catholic campus.
(LeMars) -- As a way to acknowledge the tenth anniversary, and to remember the victims and families of 9-11, several area communities will be sounding their warning sirens on Sunday at 12:00 noon for one minute. LeMars, Sioux City and Sioux County communities have all indicated they will activate their warning sirens as a way to recognize the sacrifices made by first responders.
(DES MOINES) - Gov. Terry Branstad has ordered all flags in Iowa be flown at half-staff from 5 p.m. on Friday, September 9, 2011, until 8 a.m. on Monday, September 12, 2011 in honor of Iowa service members who lost their lives while on active duty since September 11, 2001.
The governor's directive applies to all U.S. and state flags under control of the State of Iowa.
(LeMars) -- The LeMars Y is making final preparations for the LeMars Triathlon, scheduled for Saturday. Atheletes will compete in a combination of three events: running, swimming, and riding a bicycle. The Y is still seeking volunteers to assist with the event. If you would like to volunteer, you are urged to contact the LeMars Y.
(Sioux City) -- A man who conspired to distribute crack cocaine was sentenced to 3 years in federal prison. Billy Dee Williams, 22, from Sioux City, received the prison term after a guilty plea to conspiring to distribute crack cocaine, and to distributing crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of a public school or playground.
Williams admitted to conspiring to distribute more than 112 grams of crack cocaine in Sioux City. Williams also admitted that other members of the conspiracy were involved in the distribution of at least 822 grams of crack cocaine. Both of the distributions occurred within 1,000 feet of protected locations, including Smith and Riverside Elementary Schools.
Williams was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett.
(Des Moines) -- 18 different celebrities, ranging from entertainers, actors, musicians, athletes and coaches, all with an Iowa connection have signed on encouraging people to participate in the "Start Somewhere Walk" scheduled for noon on October 7th. The "Start Somewhere Walk" is a state-wide program as part of Governor Branstad's "Healthiest State Inititative." The city of LeMars is also organizing a community walk for the October 7th date. The celebrities include:
* Harrison Barnes, former Ames High School standout basketball player and 2010 Morgan Wootten Player of the Year.
* Liang Chow, head coach of the 2008 U.S. Olympic womens gymnastics team.
* Stephen Collins, actor best known for the television series 7th Heaven.
* Tim Dwight, former University of Iowa football player and retired NFL player.
* Simon Estes, opera singer/vocalist and professor at Wartburg College and Iowa State University.
* Kirk Ferentz, University of Iowa football coach.
* Dan Gable, University of Iowa wresting coach and U.S. Olympic champion.
* Fred Hoiberg, Iowa State University men's basketball coach and retired NBA player.
* Shawn Johnson, U.S. Olympic gold medal gymnast and Dancing with the Stars champion.
* Zach Johnson, professional golfer on the PGA Tour and 2007 Masters Tournament champion.
* Lolo Jones, U.S. Olympic 100-meter hurdle finalist.
* Natasha Kaiser-Brown, U.S. Olympic silver medalist and Drake University track and field coach.
* Cloris Leachman, Academy- and Emmy Award-winning actress.
* Ron Livingston, actor best known for the movie Office Space and HBOs TV miniseries Band of Brothers.
* Rebecca Meyer, at-home winner on Season 8 of NBCs The Biggest Loser.
* Johnny Orr, former Iowa State University men's basketball coach.
* Brandon Routh, actor best known for his role as Superman in Superman Returns.
* Kurt Warner, former University of Northern Iowa quarterback, retired NFL quarterback and Super Bowl MVP.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An annual report on Iowa public schools
shows students in 30 districts aren't making the progress required
by the federal No Child Left behind law, triggering required
actions such as changing staff members.
The report released by state education officials Thursday showed
that 415 schools weren't making adequate progress. That nearly 30
percent of all Iowa schools.
Schools in which students don't make progress required on
standardized tests are placed on the list.
The number of districts with low-performing schools rose from
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Did it even start?
Hooray for Metaphors!
Originally Posted by tman24
Did it even start?
Easily the funniest post of the day.
That show had no chance on Thursday night. Too many other options on TV. Plus, not good enough talent. If you're going to have Jon Miller running the show, he needs 1 of 2 things for a co-host:
1. A more prominent former player
2. A woman to offer some eye candy (ala Michelle Beadle on SN)
Was he complaining about it being canceled or something?
"The greatest risk in life is not taking one"
Originally Posted by tman24
Did it even start?
Not sure if this is a joke but I was wondering the same thing; had it aired yet?
RIP Janice
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May perpetual light shine upon him.
Will he be trying out for the KXNO auditions?
Well I guess we know who 1/2 the KXNO Morning Show will now be............
Originally Posted by weR138
Not sure if this is a joke but I was wondering the same thing; had it aired yet?
Yes it did, I would compare it to a poor mans PTI. I forgot want it was called, I watched it once...Pretty boring...
claims he will not go back to morning radio unless he needs it to put food on the table. still "reporting" for the big ten for Iowa games from IC, whatever that means.
The "pulse" or whatever his show was called is in the trashcan though.
Thats to bad for him. He should go back to the radio.
Wow, that was fast.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775
I find this to be hilarious.
Originally Posted by weR138
Not sure if this is a joke but I was wondering the same thing; had it aired yet?
Didn't mean it to be a joke but it worked out that way.
Originally Posted by Farnsworth
Thats to bad for him. He should go back to the radio.
Not really
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On paper, it looks like West Virginia and Clemson are a lot alike. Both teams started strongly, experienced a rather puzzling lull, then got after it at the end when it mattered most.
And they both boast big offenses.
''They are similar to us.'' WVU coach Dana Holgorsen said. ''I think they are incredibly similar to us.''
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Just taking a look at some of the numbers makes you think the Orange Bowl directors have to be thrilled with the matchup.
''I'd be surprised if there's not some points scored in this one," Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. "I don't think it'll be a 6-3 ball game, you know, like maybe some of the other games around. This one should be an exciting game for fans.''
Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd set school records with 3,578 passing yards and 31 touchdowns. Running back Andre Ellington rushed for 1,062 yards and 10 scores.
Freshman receiver Sammy Watkins, a first-team All-American, had 77 catches for 1,153 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Tight end Dwayne Allen, also an All-American, won the John Mackey Award as the nation's top tight end. He has 48 receptions for 577 yards and eight touchdowns - all school records for the position.
''They have big-play capability throughout their lineup on every down,'' WVU defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel said. ''They have a running back that can hit it, a tight end, couple wideouts, and a quarterback in Tajh that gets it there. They're going to be a handful.''
WVU safeties coach Steve Dunlap couldn't keep his eyes off Watkins as he watched the film.
''They're going to find ways to get the ball in (Watkins') hands, there's no doubt about that,'' Dunlap said. ''There's several ways they do it. They're a lot like Pitt. Very multiple, same kind of running game. A lot of blur motion, have two backs in the backfield, they'll run a third receiver through it and snap the ball. Really create different formations by using wide receivers as running backs.''
The Mountaineers (9-3), who are in search of their eighth season of 10 or more victories in school history and are 2-0 all-time in BCS games (it's Clemson's first), of course, counter with a little firepower of their own.
Quarterback Geno Smith, who played in the original Orange Bowl when he was 11 years old and threw a game-winning touchdown, is still working on WVU single-season records with 314 completions, 483 attempts, 3,978 yards and 25 touchdowns.
Stedman Bailey caught 67 passes for 1,197 yards and 11 touchdown passes.
Tavon Austin has a school record 89 catches for for 1,063 yards and scored four touchdowns. Together, they helped WVU become one of three schools in the nation to post two 1,000-yard receivers this season.
As for the three-game losing streak Clemson experienced, there were some significant injuries along the way. The Tigers bounced back in a big way in the ACC Championship Game.
''Well, they didn't look too bad in their last game, and they played a pretty good team (Virginia Tech),'' WVU defensive tackle Julian Miller said. ''They were real hot and won some close games. It is hard to maintain that. We saw that with them as well as a whole bunch of other teams. They hit a two- or three-game skid, but because they are well-coached and have good players, they were able to win the game that counted at the end. It is what college football is about. They regrouped kind of like how we regrouped. It is a tribute to their coaches and players.''
That's true. Losses to Syracuse and Louisville left the Mountaineers wondering just what went wrong. They put it together in time to beat Pitt, Cincinnati, and South Florida in succession to close the season.
''First and foremost you have to win,'' defensive end Bruce Irvin said. ''Regardless of the situation where you need another team to win, you have to take care of what you have to take care of first, and that's to win. I think we did a good job of that the last three games of finding a way to win. It might not have been the prettiest way, but we found a way. We overcame adversity. People thought we were out of it. But we continued to fight, fortunately we got to a BCS bowl.''


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Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I, the Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, is one of the great churchmen of our age. His courage has been demonstrated throughout his service to the Church and the world in which she carries forward in time the redemptive mission of the Lord. He is a holy man, in love with the Lord and well aware of the challenges we face in this new missionary age. Cardinal George reminds me of heroic Bishops throughout our history as a Church. Thank God their numbers are increasing in this urgent moment. We need them. They should inspire us all to take our place in the mission of the whole Church, no matter what our state in life or vocation. We must defend marriage.
Francis Cardinal George of Illinois
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CHICAGO, IL (Catholic Online) - My readers know I have a 'pet peeve', to use an expression which my dear deceased mother used to use quite frequently. It is the haranguing of Catholic Bishops on cranky corners of the Catholic blogosphere and some Catholic media circles. I refer to it collectively as the Catholic circular firing squad. I think it impedes our mission, often sins against charity and fails to recognize our obligation in solidarity.
One of my antidotes to the malady is to call attention to the courageous Bishops standing firm in the ancient but ever new Catholic Christian faith. These men are unafraid of engaging the collapsing culture in which we live with the liberating Good News of the Gospel. In my ecumenical work at the intersection of faith and culture, I am increasingly reminded by Christian friends in other faith communities of the impact of many of our Bishops on them. I wish some half empty Catholic commentators could hear what I hear.
Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I, the Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, is one of the great churchmen of our age. His courage has been demonstrated throughout his service to the Church and the world in which she carries forward in time the redemptive mission of the Lord. He is a holy man, in love with the Lord and well aware of the challenges we face in this new missionary age.
The Cardinal's mettle was personally demonstrated by his heroic struggle against cancer. It moved me deeply. Not a complaint, but a witness of prophetic hope in a culture of despair. He is a prophetic leader, unapologetically committed to proclaiming and defending truth in an age of relativism, militant secularism, nihilism and hostility toward the Church, her message and mission. He has long been a defender of the fundamental human right to life of our first neighbors in the first home of the womb. He is a friend of the poor and a man of mercy.
This brave man has stood firm against one of the greatest assaults against truth in our time, the assault on marriage and the family and society founded upon it. He knows the implications of the struggle - and the ferocity of the opposition. In an article the Catholic New World entitled The Wrong Side of History, written just prior to the 2012 elections in the United States, he offered some insight into the context within which he sees this task:
"Communism imposed a total way of life based upon the belief that God does not exist. Secularism is communism's better-scrubbed bedfellow. A small irony of history cropped up at the United Nations a few weeks ago when Russia joined the majority of other nations to defeat the United States and the western European nations that wanted to declare that killing the unborn should be a universal human right. Who is on the wrong side of history now?"
"The present political campaign has brought to the surface of our public life the anti-religious sentiment, much of it explicitly anti-Catholic, that has been growing in this country for several decades. The secularizing of our culture is a much larger issue than political causes or the outcome of the current electoral campaign, important though that is."
"Speaking a few years ago to a group of priests, entirely outside of the current political debate, I was trying to express in overly dramatic fashion what the complete secularization of our society could bring. I was responding to a question and I never wrote down what I said, but the words were captured on somebody's smart phone and have now gone viral on Wikipedia and elsewhere in the electronic communications world."
"I am (correctly) quoted as saying that I expected to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will die a martyr in the public square. What is omitted from the reports is a final phrase I added about the bishop who follows a possibly martyred bishop: "His successor will pick up the shards of a ruined society and slowly help rebuild civilization, as the church has done so often in human history." What I said is not "prophetic" but a way to force people to think outside of the usual categories that limit and sometimes poison both private and public discourse."
Cardinal George reminds me of heroic Bishops throughout our history as a Church. Thank God their numbers are increasing in this urgent moment. We need them. They should inspire us all to take our place in the mission of the whole Church, no matter what our state in life or vocation. We must defend marriage as what it is, a bond between one man and one woman, intended for life, and open to the gift of children.
Marriage is the preeminent social institution. It is a relationship defined by nature itself and protected by the natural law that binds all men and women. It finds its foundation in the order of creation. Civil institutions do not create marriage nor can they create a right to marry for those who are incapable of marriage. The institutions of government should, when acting properly, defend marriage against those who would redefine it.
Marriage and family have been inscribed by the Divine Architect into the order of the universe. They are God's idea and not our own. Marriage is the first vital cell of society and creates the first society wherein children are to be raised, develop and flourish. Children have a right to a mother and a father.
Yes, there are single parent homes and we should provide a compassionate social framework for those families. However, marriage, procreation, and the nurturing of children form the foundation for the family, and the family forms the foundation of civil society. marriage and family are the foundation and glue of any human and humane society.
Government has long regulated marriage to serve the common good. For example, the ban on polygamy and age requirements were enforced in order to ensure that there was a mature decision at the basis of the Marriage contract.
To limit marriage to heterosexual couples is not discriminatory now, nor has it ever been. Homosexual couples cannot bring into existence what marriage intends by its very definition. To confer the benefits that have been conferred in the past only to stable married couples and families to homosexual paramours, whether by misguided legislation or ill founded judicial activism is bad public policy and can never serve the common good.
The early Church was sent into cultures much like our own. The mission was to evangelize and contend with people who thought they were advanced in light of the arts and sciences of their day. Those cultures practiced primitive forms of abortion and even exposure, a practice of leaving unwanted children on rocks to be eaten by birds of prey or picked up by slave traders. To them, freedom was rooted in a notion of power over others and the right to do as they chose. Sound familiar?
Ancient Christian manuscripts such as the Didache (the Teaching of the Twelve) speak of cultures of use where people were treated as property - cultures of excess where license masqueraded as liberty - cultures of decadence where homosexual sexual practices were prevalent and efforts to grant them moral and legal equivalency were championed.
We live in a neo-pagan age. I prefer to call it a pre-Christian age. The early Christians spoke and lived a different way in the midst of such cultures. As a result, they stirred up hostility. Some were martyred in the red martyrdom of shed blood. Countless more joined the train of what use to be called white martyrdom, by living lives of sacrificial witness and service in the culture, working hard and staying faithful to the end of a long life spent in missionary toil.
Slowly, not only were people converted and baptized, but leaders and entire Nations followed suit. The Christian worldview began to influence the social order. The Christian faith and the lifestyle practices of these Christians began to win the hearts of men and women. Cultures enmeshed in pagan practices, such as plural marriage, homosexuality, exposure and abortion began to change.
Christianity taught such concepts as the dignity of every person and their equality before the One God. Christians proclaimed the dignity of women, the dignity of chaste marriage and the sanctity of the family. Christianity introduced the understanding of freedom not simply as a freedom from, but as a freedom for living responsibly and with integrity.
Christians insisted that freedom must be exercised with reference to a moral code, a law higher than the emperor, or the shifting sands of public opinion. It was the Christians who understood that choice, rightly exercised, meant choosing what was right and that the freedom to exercise that choice brought with it an obligation and concern for the other.
Their faith offered a coherent and compelling answer to the existential questions that plagued the ancients, such as why we existed and how we got here. What was the purpose of life? Questions like how evil came into the world and why we could not always make right choices? What force seemed to move us toward evil and how we could be set free from its power?
Christian philosophy began to flourish and the arts flourished under the Christian vision of beauty. Philosophies of government and economic theory began to be influenced by principles derived from a Christian worldview.
Today, we are called to transform our own American and Western culture from within once again. Our social and cultural mission is not an option. It lies at the heart of what it means to be leaven, light, salt and the soul of the world as the early Christians taught.
However, the task we face is first, at root, a spiritual struggle that will first be won in prayer and then stepped into a new Christian missionary movement by the compelling witness of a vibrant, orthodox, faithful Christianity that is culturally engaging, relevant and compelling to the new pagans of our age. The heroic witness demonstrated by Cardinal George points out the path we must walk in. His wise counsel is the prescription for the malady which is making the culture sick.
Below I offer the newest column written by Courageous Cardinal George. It was published in the Catholic New World.
The public discussion on "same sex marriage"
Contributing to the discussion of "marriage" between persons of the same sex is as challenging as the subject is complicated. The first word right now should be one of gratitude to the many citizens of Illinois who have said to our legislators what we know to be true from nature itself: two persons of the same sex cannot be physically joined in a marital union.
A word of special thanks is due the Protestant pastors from the African American community, for whom the Word of God in the Bible is a sure and absolute guide to life, in public and in private. The words of Jesus are as true today as when he spoke them to the Pharisees: "Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, and said 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one'? So they are no longer two but one" (Mt 19: 4-6).
For many, the concern most often expressed in the public debate is for the family, for recognizing the ties between a child and his or her mother and father, together in marriage for the sake of protecting and forming the next generation of the human race.
The opposite voice in the discussion speaks from a different base. The plausibility of the legislative proposal to create a marriage based on sexual relations between people of the same sex comes from a cultural shift regarding marriage.
Many, unfortunately, now see marriage only as a private, two-person relationship based on love and sexual attraction rather than as a public social institution governing family life. Further, the claim that one is not equal under law is powerful in our society; it makes one a victim. And the claim that one is being demeaned and personally wounded is even more powerful evidence of victimization. Finally, in a post-Freudian culture one should be free to act on every sexual desire, provided there is no coercion in the relationship.
Nonetheless, the legal creation of what is naturally impossible is not inevitable. Cultural change can be redirected so that the long road to obtain respect that has been traveled by many homosexually oriented persons can be maintained without destroying the institution of natural marriage. Since the difference between men and women is different from racial difference, same-sex marriage is not a civil rights issue. A newly invented civil right cannot be used to destroy a moral good, lest society itself go into decline.
What comes next in this public discussion? Concern for strengthening family life was a topic for the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council recently. The results of their excellent deliberations and suggestions for help on this issue can be found by going into the "Archive" section of the archdiocesan blog on our website, www.archchicago.org/blog.
The upcoming celebration of Fathers' Day might serve as the occasion to appreciate anew the distinctive role of men in family and society. We all know that parents are not interchangeable. Fatherless families contribute to the violence that plagues us. An honest discussion of violence would take us beyond laws on gun control, important though that discussion is, to the disappearance of men from the institutions that develop their sense of responsibility and their desire to protect rather than destroy women and children.
We should be concerned as well about the State overreaching its proper authority, which is limited to the civil order. Neither the church nor the state "own" the institution of marriage. The state has a right to supervise but not to redefine an institution it did not create. This tendency for the government to claim for itself authority over all areas of human experience flows from the secularization of our culture. If God cannot be part of public life, then the state itself plays God. There are many paths to total state control of life - fascism, totalitarianism, communism. In the United States, the path is labeled "protection of individual rights."
We should be concerned about the role of Catholics in public life. Catholic politicians are complicit in secularizing our society when they reduce their religious beliefs to private opinions and promise that their religious faith will not influence their public life. This false dichotomy began when John Kennedy, fighting anti-Catholic prejudice in his campaign to be elected president, told Protestant ministers in Houston not to worry about his acting like a Catholic.
Political figures who still claim to be Catholic but who systematically ignore Catholic moral and social teaching in public life cut themselves off from the communities that once nurtured them. How should faithful Catholics distinguish political pragmatism from betrayal?
Are we to have a religious test for public office that excludes Catholics serious about their faith from appointment to federal judgeships? Are Catholics who will not perform abortions to be excluded from medical school? Are Catholics to be unwelcome in the editorial offices of major newspapers, in the entertainment world, or on university faculties unless they put their faith aside?
In short, what began as a political device to get elected to office in a Protestant society can be used more broadly to exclude Catholics from any position of influence in public life. If Catholics are to be closeted and marginalized in a secularized society, Catholic parents should prepare their children to be farmers, carpenters and craftsmen, small business people and workers in service industries, honorable occupations that do not, however, immediately impact public opinion. Is this the future? That's a concern.
And there's a last concern, even more fundamental. We are now remembering Pope John XXIII 50 years after his death. Pope John was a good man who experienced a conversion of mind and heart because he talked to a rabbi from France. The rabbi explained to the pope the consequences of "the teaching of contempt" for the Jewish people. While official doctrine condemned overt persecution, Jews had suffered terribly from a contempt embedded for many generations in much of European culture. Its full consequence was the exclusion of Jews from public life in Germany and then their extermination in the Holocaust.
The pope understood what the rabbi told him, and the relation between Catholics and Jews was given a new start. Today, listening to the public discussion on talk shows, watching television series and movies, overhearing influential conversations in offices and universities, which groups are most often discussed with open contempt? That, too, is a concern.
Pray for the public conversation in our state as the debate on "same-sex marriage" continues.
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