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The Power of Belonging
This guest post is by Peter Bell, executive vice president for programs and services at Autism Speaks. Peter and his wife, Liz, reside in New Jersey with their three children. Their eldest son, Tyler, has autism.
When I was a college student back in the 80's, a big part of my learning experience occurred outside the classroom. That's because much of my time was spent participating in a fraternity. Yes, we had parties and enjoyed the camaraderie that comes with belonging to a brotherhood. But my involvement in the Greek system taught me a lot about leadership (I was an officer every year), community service (we held successful fundraisers for charities) and the importance of teamwork (our motto was "all for one, one for all"). To this day, the bonds I formed with those brothers have endured and they remain some of my closest friends.
When it became obvious that my son Tyler, who has autism, was not on a path towards college, I mourned the loss of an experience that had a profound impact on me during my formative years. Joining a fraternity helped shape me in many ways, equipped me with life lessons and afforded me friendships that would last a lifetime. If Tyler wasn't destined for college and he didn't have an opportunity to belong to something like a fraternity, how would this impact his future?
Thanks to the members of Theta Delta Chi Fraternity at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Tyler is now getting a chance to experience these benefits first-hand. For the past six weeks, Tyler, who turned 17 in January, has been participating in a pilot mentoring program that was created to offer a positive social experience for teenage boys with autism. The program is named BrosUniteD, or B.U.D., in recognition of the TDX motto "our hearts are united." The concept involves pairing each participant (eight boys between the ages of 13-19) with up to three big brothers from the fraternity who are there to support, encourage and get to know them. Each week, the groups participate in a structured activity that allows for lots of fun, meaningful friendships and safety. Activities included bowling, ice skating, rock wall climbing, and hiking. The six-week pilot program took place on or near the Rutgers campus on Sunday afternoons. The program culminated last Sunday with a special ceremony featuring dinner, awards and a paddle presentation.
The benefits of the B.U.D. program were obvious from the start. The little bros immediately felt accepted and valued by their big bros. They got to practice their social skills without the fear of fitting in or being teased. The activities were fun and specifically designed to encourage meaningful interaction and the opportunity to bond. In some cases, like ice skating, the playing field was leveled and the little bros got to show off their talents and best their big bros! Some of the boys communicated their positive experiences with statements such as "I like going to Rutgers fraternity," while others demonstrated their enthusiasm for the program through their actions and body language including lots of smiles and laughter.
Equally important were the benefits to the brothers of TDX. This chapter had previously participated in our central New Jersey Walk and successfully raised substantial money and awareness for Autism Speaks. However, the opportunity to have direct contact with these teenage boys with autism was an extremely rewarding experience for them. Before the program started, they went through a two-hour training session conducted by a local autism consultant and Autism Speaks representatives. They also got to witness autism in its many forms and learned about not only the challenges but also the extraordinary gifts and talents of each of these young men. As a result, some of the TDX guys are now interested in careers that involve autism.
One of the objectives of BrosUniteD was to develop a program that could be replicated to other TDX chapters across the country (currently, there are 29 chapters in the U.S.). With the number of teen boys with autism rapidly rising, there's no question that there's a significant need for positive male role models for this population. I want to personally thank the young men from Theta Delta Chi at Rutgers for their enthusiastic participation in this program and for caring enough to make B.U.D. such an incredible experience for Tyler (and his dad).
For more information about the program and to see photos of the activities, please visit the BrosUnited Fan Page on Facebook.
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The finish line is in sight.
May is the month when the television season culminates with a colossal barrage of season finales, and -- in a few cases -- series finales. That means plenty of weddings, an unusually high body count, unexpected twists and lots of crazy cliffhangers.
A few shows have already packed it in. And speaking of which, we'd like to rise from the couch and give a standing ovation to "The Good Wife" for awarding us with a fantastic, absolutely stunning season-ender. Julianna Margulies and company have given their drama peers a lot to live up to.
Of course, most of our prime-time favorites are still waiting to submit their finale exams. Here are a dozen hotly anticipated shows that we'll be eyeballing in the coming days:
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GLENWOOD SPRINGS —The personal information of more than 5,000 people who have been patients at Valley View Hospital may have been compromised by a computer virus that infected the hospital's computer system, according to officials there.
Hospital information technology (IT) officials discovered the virus in early January, said Stacey Gavrell, Valley View Community Relations director, and steps were taken immediately to quarantine the virus and begin the laborious process of determining what happened.
A forensic IT team was brought in to conduct the investigation, she said, and the results so far indicate that:
• From Sept. 11, 2013, to Jan. 23 this year, the virus took screen shots of Internet web pages off selected hospital computers and stored the information in hidden, encrypted files within the hospital's system.
• Personal information pertaining to about 5,400 patients was found in the files. "No medical information was collected," said Gavrell.
• In some cases, only names were in the files. In others, names, bank account and credit card information, dates of birth, phone numbers, Social Security numbers and other information was present, she said.
It is not clear whether the information ever left the system.
"The hospital has been unable to confirm whether any data was improperly accessed by or transmitted to an outside entity," according to a prepared statement released by the hospital.
"We apologize for any inconvenience or concern that this may cause our patients, employees and their families," said Gary Brewer, chief executive officer of the Valley View Hospital Association. "We take our responsibility to protect patient information very seriously."
Gavrell did not know whether the data collected in the encrypted files was limited to people who were patients during the time when the virus was active or whether patients outside that time frame might also have been affected. She also did not know how much the hospital has spent addressing the issue.
The hospital has taken the following steps to protect individuals who may have files that were potentially compromised:
• Notification letters, which will be mailed Monday, March 17, are to be sent to all individuals who may have been affected. The letter will outline steps they can take to mitigate a potential impact.
• The hospital has established a dedicated data virus information line — 888-236-0444 — to assist people with questions and to inform them how they can protect themselves. It is available 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. beginning Saturday, March 15, and continuing Monday through Friday. Spanish-speaking operators are available.
• The hospital is offering free identity- and credit-protection services for a year. More information is available at www.vvh.org or by calling the virus information line above.
The hospital also has upgraded and expanded its IT security and procedures, Gavrell said.


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Massillon Cable TV has purchased a former ambulance office and garage.
The cable company paid $525,000 to acquire a one-time Stark-Summit Ambulance location at 311 Erie St. N, near downtown. The nearly one-acre site includes a 17,000-square-foot office building and multiple-bay garage.
Massillon Cable, headquartered in the near northwest area of the city, serves 30,000 unique customers in Stark County.
Massillon Cable President Bob Gessner said the location will primarily be used by service technicians and installers and their vehicles. Customer service will remain on Cable Court NW, about a mile away.
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VINCENT - Just three times this year has an opponent held the Gallia Academy Blue Devils to less than 40 points.
Never have the Blue Devils been held off the scoreboard, even playing against the likes of undefeated Licking Heights and Division IV powerhouse Ironton.
So give an offense with that kind of resume five extra possessions, and it'll lead to a pretty long night.
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KAREN HENTHORN Special to The Times
Warren's Austin Kuhn (7) tries to separate from the Gallia Academy defense Friday night.
The Warren Warriors lost three fumbles and threw two interceptions while Gallia Academy scored on its first five possessions of the ball game as the Blue Devils took a commanding 52-21 win at Warren High School Friday night.
"We've had a habit of scoring points this year, so one of the things you want to do is limit our possessions. They weren't able to do that," said Gallia Academy football coach Mike Eddy.
Instead of limiting the Blue Devils opportunities, the Warriors gave them every chance they needed and then some.
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Gallia Academy 52, Warren 21
Gallia 21 14 7 10 - 52
Warren 7 7 0 7 - 21
First quarter
GA: Ty Warnimont 59 run (Dylan Saunders kick) 10:03
W: Jake Scott 4 run (Chas Miller kick) 5:22
GA: Wade Jarrell 16 run (Saunders kick) 3:02
GA: Cody Russell 1 run (Saunders kick) 1:18
Second quarter
GA: Nick Clagg 39 run (Saunders kick) 10:42
GA: Russell 10 pass from Jarrell (Saunders kick) 2:01
W: Jake Scott 3 pass from Dylan Leffingwell (Miller kick) 0
Third quarter
GA: Luke Pullins 5 run (Saunders kick) 3:10
GA: Saunders 25 field goal 8:26
GA: Clagg 45 interception return (Saunders kick) 7:59
W: Austin Kuhn 9 run (Miller kick) 7:27
Team stats
First downs: 12; Rushes/yds 41-347; Passing yds 83: Passing (comp/att/TD/int) 4-9-1-0; Total yds 430; Penalties/yds 2-30; Punts/avg. 3-29.0; Fumbles/lost 1/0
First downs 15; Rushes/yds 30-142; Passing yds 161; Passing (comp/att/TD/int) 17-30-1-2; Total yds 303; Penalties/yds 1-5; Punts/avg. 1-23; fumbles/lost 3/3
Gallia Academy: Rushing: Cody Russell 7-22, TD; Luke Pullins 10-54, TD; Wade Jarrell 8-34, TD; Ty Warnimont 6-134, TD; Nick Clagg 4-98, TD; Logan Allison 4-8; Cody Call 2-(-3); Passing: Wade Jarrell 4-9-83 yds, TD; Receiving: Justin Bailey 1-31; Logan Allison 1-25; Cody Russell 2-27
Warren: Rushing: Austin Kuhn 18-148, TD; Dylan Leffingwell 4-(-12); Jake Scott 5-3, TD; Andy Farnsworth 1-3; Tanner Huck 1-(-4); Lance Schafer 1-4; Passing: Dylan Leffingwell 17-30-161 yds, TD, 2 int; Receiving: Jake Scott 3-21, TD; Chas Miller 3-27; David Ryan 1-5; Andrew Henthorn 3-16; Andrew Vincent 6-92
Three times Warren put the football on the ground, losing all three fumbles, and twice more the Blue Devils were able to intercept quarterback Dylan Leffingwell's pass.
Of the five turnovers, four of them led directly to points for the Blue Devils as Gallia Academy scored 24 points off the miscues.
"We gave them more help than they needed," lamented Warren football coach Andy Schob.
It didn't take long for the tempo of the game to establish itself, as the Blue Devils took the opening possession 80 yards on five plays with junior Ty Warnimont running 59 yards to the end zone for a 7-0 Gallia lead with 10:03 in the first quarter.
Warren answered that first score, as the ground game behind senior Austin Kuhn provided a counter-punch to the Blue Devil attack.
Kuhn had carries of 12, 15 and 12 yards on the drive before Jake Scott finished it off with a four-yard plunge to even the game at 7-7 with 5:22 to play in the first quarter.
Another touchback off the foot of Warren senior Chas Miller gave the Blue Devils the ball at their own 20, but again Gallia found the end zone in short fashion. A 16-yard run by quarterback Wade Jarrell capped another five play scoring drive for a 14-7 Gallia advantage.
The ensuing kickoff saw the first of the Warrior fumbles, as Warren lost the ball at their own 35 after the Blue Devils' pooch-kick.
Four plays later, the third different Gallia player found paydirt as Cody Russell scored from one yard out with 1:18 in the opening stanza.
The Warriors turned the ball over on downs on their next possession, and Gallia needed just three plays to put another dagger into Warren's hopes on homecoming night as Nick Clagg scored on a 39-yard run.
"We played horrible on defense in the first half," Schob said.
A missed field goal gave the ball back to the Blue Devils, and Jarrell found Russell on a 10-yard touchdown pass to give Gallia a 35-7 advantage.
Warren scored as time expired in the first half when Leffingwell connected with Scott on a 3-yard pass to set the margin at 35-14 in favor of the Blue Devils.
The Warriors scoring drive featured a change in mentality, as Warren threw the ball 11 times in the series and didn't attempt a single run. Prior to that, Warren had attempted just six passes and ran the ball 16.
Leffingwell completed 7-of-11 passes on the scoring drive and was 11-for-16 at the break, effectively keeping the Warriors in the game.
"He was able t o sit in the pocket and find the guy he wanted to throw to," Eddy said.
However, the second half was a different story as Leffingwell completed just 6-of-14 pass attempts with two interceptions, one returned for a touchdown, as Gallia Academy focused on slowing down the senior quarterback.
"One of the things we talked to our kids about at halftime was being more aggressive on our pass coverage," Eddy said.
Down by three scores at the break, the Warriors attempted to make a ball game of it in the early going of the second half, taking their first possession of the stanza all the way down to the Blue Devils' 5-yard line.
Like the proverbial snake bite, the Warriors hurt themselves as they fumbled the ball away to Gallia Academy. For the first time in the game, Gallia failed to score when it had the football following the turnover, and again the Warriors tried to get back into the contest.
Once again the offense moved the ball, taking it down inside the Blue Devils' 30 before another lost fumble stalled the drive.
"You're not going to beat anybody, especially the best team in the league, when you make that many mistakes," Schob said.
Gallia returned to form and turned that fumble into seven more points as Luke Pullins scored from five yards out with 3:10 in the third quarter.
The Blue Devils added a 25-yard field goal from kicker Dylan Saunders after the first Gallia Academy interception, and as Warren turned to the air again in an effort to get back into the game they scored their final points.
On the ensuing possession Leffingwell's pass to David Ryan was bobbled, and batted into the air where Clagg corralled it and scampered 45 yards to paydirt for a 52-14 Gallia advantage.
Warren returned to the ground game to set the final score, with Kuhn busting through the hole for a 56-yard gain to set up his own score from nine yards out with 7:27 to play.
"They kept playing. They played hard," Schob said.


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Doris C. (Clark) Finn, 90, a resident of Quincy Village and formerly of 343 Clayton Ave., both of Waynesboro, died at 7:17 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, in the Waynesboro Hospital. She had been in failing health for the past three months.
Born Dec. 4, 1922, in Somerville, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Walter and Marian (Johnson) Clark. She lived her early life in the Somerville area and it was her goal to return to her newly acquired home in Carver, Mass., to live with her sister. She was a graduate of Somerville High School.
Mrs. Finn served with the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Finn worked in administration for the Springfield, Mass., YWCA. However, she was a homemaker most of her life. She enjoyed gardening, her pets, and shopping.
She is survived by three sons, Ronald D. Finn of Waynesboro, Robert Michael Finn of Cape Neddick, Maine, and Walter J. Finn of Weatherford, Texas; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Mary Sears of Carver, Mass.; and a number of nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Robert F. Finn; one brother; and two sisters.
A memorial service will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Grove-Bowersox Funeral Home, 50 S. Broad St., Waynesboro with Pastor Adam Meredith officiating. Burial will be private at the convenience of the family.
The family will receive friends a half hour prior to the services, Friday afternoon, in the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: The Antietam Humane Society, 8513 Lyons Road, Waynesboro, Pa. 17268.
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STOCKTON – After answering a knock at her front door at 9 a.m. Monday, a 57-year-old woman ran for her life out the back door after three men, one armed with a chrome handgun, forced their way into her home in the 3100 block of Tenaya Lane in northeast Stockton, police reported.
The three men, believed to be intent on robbery, fled out the front door without taking anything, according to a report. The gunman was described as a black man between 18 and 20 years old, 5 feet 10 to 6 feet tall with a thin build, last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black pants. The other two men were described as between 18 and 20 years old.
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**EDIT August 2013**
Baby girl is 8 months old now!😀 We had an ideal labour and delivery at RCH. My water broke at 2:20pm on November 25th, 2012. I laboured at home until 6:20pm until contractions were 3 minutes apart. Checked in at RCH at 6:45pm. Examined 4cm dilated, fully effaced. There was a traffic jam in L&D that night, so I laboured in the exam room for another hour or so, then got transferred to a proper delivery suite down the hall. Couldn't manage to breathe in the gas without gagging, so we did the warm shower thing, and in the shower I got this major urge to push…panicked because it felt like the kiddo was going to fall out right then and there. Hubby pulled the help cord, and the nurses got me onto the bed. Examined again…fully dilated and ready to push! Didn't get to do any fancy pushing positions – it was seriously all I could manage to just lie down. No drugs. It hurt. Coached pushing felt stupid…eventually body took over with some big contractions and the pushing Doc arrived just in time to catch the baby with a few pushes left. Awesome little girl born at 9:07pm. Put to the breast immediately after getting stitched up.
Had to ring the nurses a lot to help me with breastfeeding and the crying and refusal to be put in bassinet etc. Seems like they sometimes give conflicting advice…but I guess they're trying all different methods to help you solve a problem so that's probably why. Baby had a rough second night (we got a 10 pounder with a set of operatic lungs for roommate, sigh) and I had to hold her skin to skin the whole night…which majorly freaked me out that I was going to drop her when I fell asleep (the back to sleep campaign put the fear of the Lord in me) but you do what you have to do to get through. Anyway, we got off to a good start with breastfeeding and that still remains one of my greatest joys.
And yes, I did get to keep my placenta. Go back to the L&D floor afterwards and ask the desk for it. Just don't leave it too long otherwise I guess they send it away for disposal or whatever.
I wish you, dear reader, the best of birth experiences.
Post in the comments if you want to share your experience!
I'm pretty darn pregnant with my first baby (35 weeks) at present. Went to the prenatal tour offered at Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) today in New Westminster, BC. Great experience, so I want to share with you the details in case you're looking to give birth at RCH as well.
Here's the booking information I got from my doctor:
PRENATAL TOURS & PRE-REGISTRATION: Prenatal tours/Information sessions are available for you and your partner, usually when you are approximately 30-34 weeks. Space is limited, so please call to book when you are approximately 25 weeks. Please call 604-520-4956 between 9:00am and 4:00pm Monday to Friday. The hospital fee for tours is $25.00 per couple
The tour met today (Thursday) at 5:30 pm on the main floor lobby of RCH by the lottery stand. There were about 10 couples on the tour. The nurse who does the tours is named Jeanine (or maybe Jeanne?)…and she is GREAT. She has worked the labour/delivery unit at RCH for 35 years, and is now a lactation consultant in the maternity ward there. Her tour was very thorough, and she was clear and concise in all her explanations. Made my other 4 week prenatal class seem like a waste of time!
First, she explained that first, you call your doctor or midwife to let them know that you're in labour. Then, when you come to the hospital in active labour, you go to patient admitting and register. The person driving you to the hospital can drop you off right outside admitting (by the emergency entrance) and go park the car. The best parking lot with no time restrictions (unlike the staff parking lot and street parking) is just west of the hospital where the daily maximum is $8.75. THEN you head up to Labour & Delivery. So we went up to the 2nd floor to visit the Labour & Delivery unit. We passed by the neonatal intensive care unit on our way to the assessment and birthing rooms.
In L&D, the first thing in the hallway is the ice/water machine, toaster and microwave, and the placenta fridge! The food fridge is further down the hall – no food in the placenta fridge! Yes, I am planning on getting my placenta encapsulated, so I will be making use of this fridge. The food fridge is for food you bring for yourself and your partner. They don't feed any of your labour support team – delivering moms get fed 3x per day, but no one else – so it is imperative that you bring food so your husband or support person doesn't get cranky.
Next, we went past the assessment room where they bring you after you have been admitted. They do an exam to check the progress of your labour and dilation etc. If you're not in active labour, they'll send you home for a while. Otherwise, they set you up in a birthing room. Note: if you have a midwife, you might skip the assessment room because your midwife will probably have assessed you at home before you decided to head to the hospital.
Then we all went into one of the birthing rooms. It's not a terribly cozy scenario, but functional and clean. They have a variety of birth accessories there – birthing stools, birthing bars, birth balls, mirrors, and really encourage changing positions to help labour progress. Each room is also equipped with a shower (some rooms have bathtubs – request one upon admission and they will do their best to get you into a room with a tub if one is available). Labour partner should bring a swimsuit. She advised moms to stick with wearing the hospital gowns (they give you one for the front and one for the back so you're all covered up if you need to walk around). If you bring your own gowns, make sure they're really ratty – apparently they'll get totally destroyed in the birthing process. There is a full sized (like high school) locker in this room – you need to bring your own padlock.
Then came the talk about pain control procedures. At RCH, the nurses will work with you to try to manage your pain first with acupressure, massage, breathing, showers, etc., but if you do need more, they will be there to help you make informed decisions. They offer nitrous oxide, morphine, fentanyl, and epidurals, and apparently each of them can only be applied during a certain window of your labour. I'm personally hoping that I don't have to get an epidural, because I just don't like the idea of not being able to stand up and walk around. But it's nice to know it's available if I need it.
If you need a cesarean section, one interesting thing is that in the last few years, they've changed their procedures so that after the surgery, instead of whisking mom off to the recovery room and baby and labour partner to another room, they try to regroup everyone back in one delivery room to recover if possible, and apparently, they are now able to do this in 75% of their cases. Sounds much nicer.
Then when the baby is born, they encourage immediate skin to skin contact on the mom's chest and breastfeeding right away. They'll dry off baby with a warm towel placed on mom's chest. Interestingly, they don't dry baby's hands! Apparently amniotic fluid smells like colostrum, and the smell on their hands helps them find their first meal. Also, it was nice to find out that not all babies latch right away, so a couple hours before the first feed is normal as well. Labour partners are welcome to cut the baby's umbilical cord if they so wish.
There's a heat lamp and some fancy looking equipment on the other side of the birthing room so they can take care of baby in case he/she is in distress of any kind after the birth. They must also do a thorough assessment of baby before you are released from L&D.
Then we went up to the postpartum/maternity unit on the 3rd floor and visited the kitchen and one of the semi-private recovery rooms. They do 24 hour rooming in for baby and mom – they don't whisk baby away to the nursery like they used to! There are cots available for semi-private and private rooms for your significant other to sleep on, but they have to bring their own sleeping bag. No cots are permitted in the 4-bed wards and SO has to sleep in a chair. Private rooms are $195 per night, semi-private $165, and is worth it if you have extended medical coverage (or don't mind paying). The basic 4-bed ward is covered under your basic BC medical insurance. There are also lockers in these recovery rooms.
So the average stay for moms after vaginal birth is 24-48 hours, and 2-3 days after a c-section (not counting day of surgery). Again, they'll feed mom 3x per day, but bring your own snacks! During this time, there are daily lactation classes at 10am, and a nurse will come in to your room to teach you how to bathe the baby. A hearing specialist will also come in to check baby's hearing. They'll make sure baby is properly secured in a CANADIAN certified car seat before you are discharged from the hospital.
And then finally Jeanine discussed all the procedures for SAM (self-administered medication), and wristbands for mom, significant other, and baby (x2), the little starter pack you get with 6 newborn diapers (ie. bring your own stash), some maxi pads (again, bring your own stash), a squirt bottle, and fun stuff like that. She also talked about the BC published Baby's Best Chance guide as the one thing that you should definitely read during pregnancy that you should have picked up from the public health unit (mine actually got mailed to me!) as it is chock full of up to date and easy to understand info that is relevant to giving birth in BC.
Finally, she collects your $25 per couple fee (cash preferred, I paid by cheque payable to Fraser Health), and helps you complete your hospital pre-registration if you haven't already registered.
So in summary, if you are considering giving birth at Royal Columbian Hospital, I'd HIGHLY recommend signing up for the prenatal tour. It was really a great tour. I feel much more confident now that I know the lay of the land a bit more so I won't be anxiously wandering around the hospital wondering where to go when I'm in labour. Also, they seem to be well balanced with all the latest labour and postpartum and breastfeeding practices, which I like. Also, I've known two other families who have given birth at RCH, who have nothing but the highest praise for the care they received during labour/delivery/postpartum and recommended birthing there without hesitation.
I'm not really into the whole homebirth-with-midwife scenario because I'm not comfortable with being even 10 minutes' drive away from RCH if I happen to have sudden life-threatening complications. But that's just me. I know plenty of people have had really pleasant and safe homebirth experiences but for this birth, it's just not something I want to do.
So yes. Less than 5 weeks to go before baby girl arrives! I'm excited to face the whole challenge of labour and delivery. In some odd, perhaps sadomasochistic way, I really enjoy pushing my limits to see what I can physically accomplish. I used to row, and know what it feels like to push myself through muscles screaming 3/4 through a race or a time trial, still push through tunnel vision where everything else fades, you think you're probably about to faint, and it's just you and your goal. I've run a marathon without giving in to the temptation of walking, so I know what it feels like to be at mile 20, completely exhausted with aching joints, and break down crying over the thought at how brave Terry Fox must've been to do a marathon every single day, then keep going. It's really neat to feel like you're on the edge, that you're really living. So in the same way, I hope to be able to experience a natural vaginal birth with baby girl, even though I know it's probably going to…um…hurt.


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Sub thriller filmed at Maritime Museum
Movie "Phantom" brings to life Soviet submarine, underwater warfare
When U.S. Navy submarines glide past Point Loma and head to sea, what they do in the dark depths is mostly a mystery. Certainly it involves keeping an eye on other navies. Some U.S. submarines carry a portion of the American nuclear arsenal in their tubes.
During the Cold War, the Pacific was full of Soviet submarines doing the same job for the other side.
This dangerous world of submarine cat-and-mouse comes to the big screen again in "Phantom," a new Hollywood action movie with a major San Diego connection.
About 80 percent of the movie was shot aboard the former Soviet B-39 submarine owned by the Maritime Museum of San Diego. The 1974 Foxtrot-class submarine has been moored in the bay along Harbor Drive since 2004.
Meanwhile, just across the water is Point Loma Naval Base, the heartbeat of U.S. submarines on the West Coast during the Cold War.
San Diego subs and their crews stalked Soviet subs like the Foxtrot from the 1970s through the 1990s. .
"Phantom," a thriller starring Ed Harris and David Ducovny, depicts that world from the Soviet point of view.
Filmmakers say it is probably the first submarine movie shot on an actual sub. They used a compact digital camera weighing about 4 lbs, which allowed them to film in the tight corners of a real-life submarine. Some members of the movie crew reportedly fought claustrophobia during the three-week shoot.
"Phantom" was inspired by actual events. In March 1968, the Soviet diesel-electric submarine known as K-129 sank in deep water off the Hawaiian Islands.
Her country's navy never found the wreck. The United States reportedly launched a secret salvage mission, the results of which are still murky.
Author Kenneth Sewell, a former U.S. Navy submariner, argues in his 2006 book "Red Star Rogue" that K-129 was poised to launch a nuclear ballistic missile attack on the United States when something went awry and the detonation sunk the boat.
The movie "Phantom" is loosely based on that outline. Filmmakers thought the San Diego B-39 submarine was similar enough to the K-129 to fill in for Hollywood's purposes. Both were diesel-electric powered and carried nukes, though the sunken sub had extra tubes for intercontinental ballistic missiles and the B-39 only held nuclear torpedoes.
How did a Soviet submarine end up in the heart of its former enemy?
The Maritime Museum was the largest investor in a group that bought and moved the B-39 from the Seattle area, where it landed after a Canadian consortium purchased the decommissioned boat from the Russians in 1995.
Now, the B-39 and its more high-tech American counterpart, the former U.S. Navy submarine Dolphin, draw about a third of the museum's visitors.
"There aren't that many examples of Russian Soviet-era submarines around to look at," said Raymond Ashley, museum chief executive. He added that the comparison provided by the submarines is pretty stark.
"You get a whole picture of the Cold War and how it looked on each side simply by going on those two ships."
The Russians had it pretty tough, according to retired Navy Capt. Charles MacVean, who skippered the U.S. attack sub Seawolf in 1975 and later commanded San Diego's Submarine Development Group 1. MacVean has served on the museum's board.
The 300-foot Russian submarine didn't have enough bunks for all 78 sailors, so they had to "hot rack," which means the mattress is still warm from the last person who occupied it. They also didn't have much fresh water for showers.
When MacVean first stepped aboard the B-39, it was eery for the former Seawolf commander.
"It was amazing to me to see how capable but crude this thing was. I'd seen them through a periscope, and on the surface from a distance they looked sleek and smooth," he said.
"The habitability on this submarine is amazingly grim," MacVean said. "I'd always had a lot of respect for Soviet submariners. They were always a very capable, tough bunch."
The Soviet sub thriller isn't the only Hollywood splash that the San Diego museum has enjoyed.
The 2003 movie "Master and Commander" and 2011's "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" were shot aboard the HMS Surprise, the museum's replica of an 18th century British frigate.
Those spurred the public to tour the tall sailing ship, and the museum got a couple nice bumps in ticket sales.
It remains to be seen if "Phantom," which opened March 1, will create the same interest.
Reviews have been mediocre, according to the movie website Rotten Tomatoes. The movie-going public has been kinder than the critics.
MacVean liked the movie, saying it did a authentic job of portraying submarine life, good and bad – the cramped spaces, the claustrophobia, the slim chance for real relaxation but also the mutual respect and camaraderie in the crew.
"For a submariner, I found it well put together," he said. "It made me resonate with my past."
The amount of on-board drinking in the movie was pure fiction, he added.
In the 1980s, under President Ronald Reagan, San Diego was set to support up to 18 nuclear submarines as the Cold War raged on.
Today, Point Loma is the home port for six Navy nuclear fast-attack submarines. If you look hard at the northwest end of San Diego Bay, you may see the black top of one next to a pier.
"This is what victory looks like – six instead of 18," MacVean said.
Bremerton, Wash., is the other large West Coast submarine base, after the Navy shuttered its Mare Island sub facility in San Francisco Bay. Pearl Harbor in Hawaii is the other big Pacific submarine installation.
The Maritime Museum had intended to sink the B-39 after a few years and create a reef for divers.
But San Diego school teachers and history enthusiasts made a public outcry, so the Soviet sub is staying.
Museum officials want to create simulations that allow visitors to take part in Cold War scenarios in which the B-39 and the Dolphin are stalking each other – not too different from the underwater tension depicted in "Phantom."
Another real-world scenario would be the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, which was a 13-day standoff between American surface ships and Soviet Foxtrot subs like the B-39.
"We want to provoke thought and understanding about how close the world did come to a disaster," Ashley said. "We think that will be compelling."


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Spicy Wild Salmon Stir-Fry
The cuisines of coastal cultures seem blessed with healthful ingredients and delightful flavors and textures. We offer this example for examination and enjoyment.
Spicy Wild Salmon Stir-Fry
Nice and easy, with an Asian orientation.
Prep time 20 minutes
Serves 4
3 oz. Asian noodles (whole grain ramen*, buckwheat soba*, rice* or bean thread*)
3 (6 oz. each) skinless, boneless wild salmon fillets
2 Tablespoons kuzu* cooking starch (preferred) or cornstarch
1 1/2 cups cold water
2 to 3 teaspoons natural low-sodium soy sauce, to taste
1 teaspoon unrefined sesame oil
½ teaspoon organic garlic powder
¼ teaspoon organic ginger powder
¼ teaspoon organic cayenne powder (optional)
½ teaspoon organic turmeric powder (optional)
1 Tablespoon macadamia nut oil
1 lb. stir-fry vegetables (bean sprouts, snow peas, sliced red/yellow peppers, broccoli, carrots, and bok choy or daikon)
1/3 cup fresh or reconstituted Asian mushrooms (e.g., oyster, shiitake, maitake)
*Available at Asian, gourmet, and natural food markets. You can use any kind of noodle you like, but wed advise you avoid the white-flour ramen sold in supermarkets, which offer only bland flavor and empty calories. Buckwheat soba is a hearty choice, for cool nights. If you choose to use rice or bean thread noodles, cook them just before serving or they will stick together.
Nutrients per serving: 300 calories, 12g total fat, 2g saturated fat, 35% of calories from fat, 58mg cholesterol, 24g protein, 25g carbohydrate, 5g fiber, 1142mg sodium, 249mg calcium and 1.9g omega-3 fatty acids.
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The Second Annual BlessFest will be held at Wayne County Community College-Downriver Campus, 21000 Northline Road, Taylor, Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 9 am until 3 pm. This year's BlessFest will offer to the public on-site free medical and dental care, free health screenings, free groceries and a job fair with employers ready to hire.
Six free workshops will be presented by local agencies and financial experts every 30 minutes from 9:30 am – 2:30 pm. Topics include: Understanding Credit reports, Foreclosure and Mortgage Solutions, Loan Modifications, Investing, Marriage and Money, Tax & Retirement, Estate and Medicaid Planning, Where to Turn When You Need Help, Early Warning Signs of Addiction, Youth/Parent Connection and many more.
2012 BlessFest Partners include:
Home Depot, Michigan Works, and many employers with available jobs, Covenant Community Care (Medical & Dental Teams), Oakwood Health System screenings, Laske Chiropractic & Cousineau Chiropractic spinal check-ups, Fish and Loaves Community Food Pantry, Forgotten Harvest, New Hope Pantry (providing groceries to 1500 homes), ten EACH Downriver Community Network Churches, The Guidance Center, Wayne Metro, Life Challenge of S.E. Michigan, Green Path Debt Solutions, PFS Investments, Prudential, Harvest Partner Financial, JFR Financial and The Information Center are some of the 35 agencies with rotation of Workshops and Displays onsite, plus Kids Zone for children K5 thru 5th Grade.
Last year over 750 people attended BlessFest; many receiving free medical and dental care, employment assistance with over 175 jobs available, help with resumes, information through workshops, groceries and spiritual guidance.
Doors open at 9 am, Saturday, May 5th. For more information: www.blessfest.info
About BlessFest:
BlessFest was birthed through the unification of many downriver Churches partnering together through a movement in the Detroit Metro area called EACH. The actual BlessFest event was a God given burden on the hearts of many downriver church leaders to bless their communities because of the great needs they were seeing and experiencing daily. This event gives people not only the ability to experience the Good Deeds, but also the Good News of HOPE as many will share their 2wordstory at this event. Bless Fest is a partnership among local churches, businesses, counselors and local organizations. To register to help go to www.BlessFest.info or call New Hope Assembly of God, 14000 Racho, Taylor at 734-287-4673.


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A Legal Guide To Papal Resignation
Pope Benedict XVI, who is stepping down at the end of this month, will become the first pope in six centuries to resign the papal office. The rarity of such an event raises many questions about Catholic law and its handling of this historic transition.
For insights, Law Blog spoke with two experts at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.: Rev. Robert J. Kaslyn, dean of the School of Canon Law and Kurt Martens, an associate professor of canon law.
Q: Can Benedict XVI, who is 85 years old, participate in the conclave, like other cardinals?
Legally, the answer is no, unless he changes the law on his way out, says Father Kaslyn. The laws says you have to be younger than 80 to participate. He points to an "apostolic constitution" from 1996, a papal decree establishing the norms governing the vacancy of the Apostolic See and the election of the Roman Pontiff. It states:
Those Cardinals who celebrate their eightieth birthday before the day when the Apostolic See becomes vacant do not take part in the election … This does not however mean that the Cardinals over eighty years of age cannot take part in the preparatory meetings of the Conclave, in conformity with the norms set forth below.
Q: Under what circumstance can a pope resign?
Father Kaslyn says canon law speaks only "minimally" about the protocol for resignations. "Cardinals can't say, no we don't want you to resign," he said. The important thing is that Benedict XVI informed the cardinals that he acted with "full freedom."
The Code of Canon Law, the basic legal document of the Latin Church, states:
If it happens that the Roman Pontiff resigns his office, it is required for validity that the resignation is made freely and properly manifested but not that it is accepted by anyone.
That provision was adopted in 1983, according to Father Kaslyn, years after the Second Vatican Council. "The legal statement about resignation is broad enough to cover a variety of situations that can vary considerably," said Father Kaslyn.
Q: At what point does the pope cease to be infallible on doctrinal matters?
Canon law states:
By virtue of his office, the Supreme Pontiff possesses infallibility in teaching when as the supreme pastor and teacher of all the Christian faithful, who strengthens his brothers and sisters in the faith, he proclaims by definitive act that a doctrine of faith or morals is to be held.
That means the pope is no longer infallible the moment he leaves office, according to Mr. Martens. Until the next pope steps in, no bishop possesses infallibility, just like the period between a pope's death and election of a new pope.
Q: Pope Benedict last fall declared a "Year of Faith" during which Catholics can receive a plenary indulgence for praying for "the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff." Do Catholics still pray for Pope Benedict's intentions to receive the indulgence?
Mr. Martens said Catholics would pray for Pope Benedict's intentions until the moment he resigns. They would then pray for the intentions of his successor until the Year of Faith concludes in November.
Q: The pope was expected to publish a new encyclical on faith this year. If it doesn't get published before the end of the month, can the next pope scrap the project?
Yes, says Mr. Martens. If it's not ready by the time the pope's resignation takes effect on February 28, it's up to his successor to decide what to do with it, he said. The authority of the document flows from the office, not the man.
"The successor can say, 'I don't like it; it's not my priority.' Then the project dies," said Mr. Martens. "Or the successor can say, 'Great I'll sign it, and it goes under my name.'"
As a third option, the next pope can make edits before publishing it.
Q: Is the pope entitled to security protections, like ones afforded to ex-U.S. presidents?
That probably falls into the category of "to be decided," said Mr. Martens. "There's going to be some form of protection," he said. "The reason we don't have the answer to that is because we're writing history here."
Q: How does one refer to a retired pope?
Benedict XVI would technically retain the title, Bishop of Rome Emeritus. "I doubt he would use the papal titles, but that's something to be decided on," said Father Kaslyn.


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These are my links for May 31st through June 14th:
- jQuery Masonry · David DeSandro – Intriguing way to tesselate content areas. Better than CSS floats, David Desandro's method minimizes empty areas caused by content area heights in the same row.
- One-Third of Twitter Users Talk Brands – eMarketer – There are a finite number of influencers in the social space who will _ever_ consider talking brand or products. As this plateau continues, the competition for a share of voice with these influencers will become more and more fierce. Better spend some time on creative social presence, and stop just pushing out coupons.
- BP buys oil spill PPC ads: Nice idea, poor execution | Econsultancy – Interesting use of PPC display ads as PR damage control. We've seen this done with AdWords, but display ads area an even louder (faster?) way to respond to negative press.
- Candid answers from AT&T on the new iPhone data plans – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) – Everything you really need to know about the AT&T plans.
- An Author's Plan for Social Media Efforts « [chrisbrogan.com] – Just change the word "book" to product or brand, and this post is a great how to guide for social influence marketing.


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"Let me tell you a story 'bout a man named Jed…." Sound familiar? Jed and his clan are tidying up the mansion for St. James Community Theater's production of "The Beverly Hillbillies" Wednesday, July 24 and Thursday, July 25 at 7:00 p.m. Y'all are invited to come and share in their antics at the St. James High School Theater.
Starting in the Clampett's mountain cabin, the play follows them through the discovery of oil, their improbable invasion of hi-falutin' Beverly Hills society and the absurd adventures and ridiculous romances they encounter there.
Join Jed (Rick Carlson), Granny (Dr. Jen Anderson), Jethro (Joel Carlson) and Elly May (Bethany Carlson) as they meet Mr. and Mrs. Drysdale (Taylor Engel and Callie VanZandt) and a host of other crazy Californians.
Tickets can be reserved by calling 375-4517.
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SNOWMASS VILLAGE - Revelers will be able carry their drinks around Base Village Plaza at three concerts this season if an application for a common consumption area is approved at the next Liquor Licensing Authority meeting.
Four Base Village restaurants - Sneaky's Tavern, Base Camp Bar and Grill, Slice, and Burger Bar and Fish - have applied to create such an area during two Bud Light Hi-Fi free concerts and the end-of-season party planned in the plaza. The application is the first since the Town Council passed an ordinance last fall designating an entertainment district where licensed premises could apply to create common consumption areas.
The ordinance was proposed after the state Legislature passed a law allowing municipalities to create entertainment districts and develop application processes for them. Under the law, licensed establishments must form promotional associations through which they can apply to designate an area for common consumption. The applications must outline hours of operation and a management plan, and the association is responsible for security.
Town Clerk Rhonda Coxon said the liquor board developed its own application based on existing ones in other Colorado municipalities.
The four restaurants, acting as the Snowmass Base Village Merchants Promotional Association, met all the requirements, Coxon said, so now it's up to the liquor board to approve it. During the meeting, which is at 4 p.m. Feb. 11, there will be a public hearing. The board can amend some parts of the application, such as how much security the association will hire, Coxon said.
Some members of the public raised concerns about safety when the council was reviewing the entertainment district ordinance. Glen Wood, manager of Sneaky's Tavern, says the Snowmass Base Village Merchants Promotional Association has been working with the Snowmass police and town clerk and attorneys.
Snowmass Police Chief Art Smythe said the work on this application is very similar to what the department does regularly with special-event permits. Smythe said the department is most interested in the association's plan for managing the exit points and "about alcohol not coming onto the licensed area and alcohol not leaving the licensed area."
The department also is working to make sure the applicants understand the regulations under the state law that allows entertainment districts. For instance, beverages have to be served in specific cups, and each establishment has to serve drinks in their own cups.
Closing parties and concerts have been held in Base Village for a few years.
"None of them have had any issues with them related to alcohol," said Scott Calliham, owner of Base Camp Bar and Grill and Slice pizzeria.
Calliham advocated for the creation of an entertainment district specifically so that it would be easier to stage events like these. He said opening up the plaza to alcohol might not add up to increased sales for his restaurants, but it will make it more enjoyable for people. It also will be easier to control, he added, because people are more likely to sneak alcohol off the premises "just to enjoy a beer while they listen to music" than to sneak it off the plaza.
Smythe said a common consumption area doesn't present more or less concern over safety and alcohol violations.
"As long as the plan is in place, and they follow the regulations in the law, I don't think it's more of an issue," Smythe said.
If more events start happening because of the new ordinance, there would be "more potential for problems," he said.
"It's important that people understand it's not just an open free-for-all ... because of the confined area that they have to manage," Smythe said.
Rob Carney, owner of Snowmass Bakery, which now has a location directly beneath Slice, said allowing common consumption during the concerts wouldn't bother him.
"Anything that promotes more people down here, that's great," he said. "I'm OK with it, especially if it's that time of day. Hopefully they're not too stumbling drunk yet."
Calliham said most Base Village residents he's spoken with are on board with the application. They just don't want the party to go all night while they're trying to get some sleep.
"It adds to the reason that people would come rent your place," Calliham said. "People just don't want it to turn into a free-for-all."
The first of the Hi-Fi concerts on the application, Easy Star All Stars: "Dub Side of the Moon," is Feb. 16 in Base Village.


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How Reliable Are Biblical Texts?
Recognizing Holy People in the United States (Part 1)
Rosaries in Caskets
Q: In Joris Heise's January 2007 St.
Anthony Messenger article, "The
Gospel of Judas: Reliable or Not?," the sidebar
"What Is Scripture and Who Decides?" raised
a very important issue. He described the text
of Job 36:16-20 as "gibberish." When I looked
those verses up in my New American Bible (St. Joseph Edition), I found no text there but
simply a series of dashes.
When I called a Baptist friend, she read
me her Bible's text for that passage. My
Douay-Rheims translation, printed in 1941
with a nihil obstat and an imprimatur, has
words for those verses. Why does one
translation have words and another one
simply use dashes?
A: Your question raises a very
important point but requires a
detailed answer. Please bear with me. I
should say at the outset that I am very
much indebted to Father Hilarion
Kistner, O.F.M., a Scripture scholar, for
assistance with this answer.
Our oldest complete Hebrew manuscript
of the Bible dates to the 10th
century A.D. In his Dictionary of the
Bible, John L. McKenzie explains that
this was the work of rabbis called Massoretes (derived from the Hebrew word
for "tradition") and is thus called the
Massoretic text.
The Dead Sea Scrolls (found in the
late 1940s but dating to the second
and first century before Christ) contain
the complete text of Isaiah, as well
as fragments of varying length for every
other Old Testament book except
Esther. The oldest complete copy of
the Septuagint (Greek version of the
Old Testament) is the fourth-century
Codex Siniaticus (156 of its "leaves" are
now in London's British Museum, 43
are in Leipzig and some leaves are not
accounted for).
The vast majority of biblical texts
are quite certain. A few places, including
these verses from Job, have words
missing or words whose meaning is no
longer sure. Although some translators
make educated guesses for such passages,
other scholars use dashes to indicate
where the text is uncertain. That is
why your friend's Bible and your Bible
The Douay-Rheims Bible (completed
in 1609) is a translation from the Latin
text of the Bible. The New American
Bible and The New Jerusalem Bible are
translations from the Hebrew and
Greek originals, a change that was
encouraged by Pope Pius XII's 1943
encyclical Divino Afflante Spiritu.
A nihil obstat and imprimatur indicate
that the text in question contains
nothing that contradicts faith and
morals. Concerning editions of the
Bible, it is not a statement that a given
translation is the best one possible.
The New Jerome Biblical Commentary describes the Book of Job as "the most
difficult work in the Old Testament to
translate." Job has approximately 100
words or phrases not found anywhere
else in the Bible, plus many very rare
words. The oldest Hebrew text that we
have also contains about 100 more
verses than the book's Greek text.
We need to remember that the Scriptures
were given to faith communities
and are best understood in dialogue
with the Jews and Christians who recognize
them as inspired. That does
not mean that every biblical book
was dictated by God word for word
or was written by a single human
author. God is the ultimate author.
this web site's Archive section for Scripture From
Scratch, readers can find excellent articles
by Sandra Schneiders, I.H.M., and
Ronald Witherup, S.S. ("Interpreting
the Bible: The Right and the Responsibility"
and "The Use and Abuse of the
Bible," respectively). In the Archive section of Catholic
Update, readers can find "Choosing and
Using a Bible: What Catholics Should
Know," by Father Witherup. All three
articles are available as reprints.
Recognizing Holy People in the United States (Part 1)
Q: Where can I find a list of all the people
in the United States for whom a diocesan
investigation has begun for their possible
beatification and canonization?
A: Because the answer to this question
will take more space than
is available this month, I will start now
and conclude my answer in the August
Let's begin by reviewing the beatification
and canonization process. A person's
"cause" is opened in the diocese
where he or she died. Documents and
testimonies are collected—if any contemporaries
are still living when the
cause is opened. Otherwise, evidence is
collected about this person's reputation
for holiness. Once the diocesan
phase is concluded, the documents are
sent to the Holy See's Congregation for
the Causes of the Saints. The person is
called a "Servant of God."
The person's writings are then
reviewed for their orthodoxy. If the
Congregation issues a decree affirming
the heroic virtue of this person, then he
or she is given the title "Venerable."
When a miracle is officially accepted, a
decree affirming that is published and
the person can be beatified. If a second
miracle is accepted, the person can be
If the Congregation judges that the
person was killed out of hatred for the
faith, then no miracle is required for
beatification. But a miracle is needed
for canonization.
The Congregation for the Causes of
the Saints publishes Index et Status
Causarum, a book that indicates the
status of each active cause. The Index's
most recent edition was in 1999.
The following people who lived in
the United States have been declared
Venerable: Pierre Toussaint (1766-1853), a former slave known for his
charitable works in New York; Samuel
Mazzuchelli (1806-1864), a Dominican
missionary in the Upper Midwest;
Cornelia Peacock Connelly (1809-1879), foundress of the Society of the
Holy Child Jesus; Maria Dudzik (1860-1918), who founded the Franciscan
Sisters of Chicago; and Solanus Casey
(1870-1957), a Capuchin priest and
porter in Detroit (see Father Jack
Wintz's article).
The causes of Blesseds Damien
Joseph de Veuster, Junipero Serra, Kateri
Tekakwitha, Marianne Cope and
Francis Xavier Seelos are still active.
The same is true for Carlos Manuel
Rodriguez (1918-1963), a Puerto Rican
layman who promoted more active participation
in the liturgy and was beatified
in 2001.
The following causes have completed
their diocesan phase and are under
investigation in Rome: Mother Mary
Elizabeth Lange (c.1784-1882), who
founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence
in Baltimore; Bishop Frederic
Baraga (1797-1868), bishop of Marquette,
Michigan; Mother Henriette
Delille (1812-1862), foundress of the
Sisters of the Holy Family in New
Orleans; Msgr. Nelson Baker (1842-1936), pastor in Lackawanna, New
York; Father Michael McGivney (1852-1890), organizer of the Knights of
Columbus; Mother Maria Kaupas
(1880-1940), who founded the Sisters of
St. Casimir in Chicago; Archbishop
Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979), radio/TV
pioneer and mission promoter; Sister
Miriam Teresa Demjanovich (1901-1927), a member of the Sisters of Charity
in Convent Station, New Jersey; and
Cardinal Terence Cooke (1921-1983),
archbishop of New York.
These causes are all for clergy or
members of religious congregations.
Those most interested in seeing these
people beatified, however, are usually
laypeople who have benefited from
their apostolic work.
That is true of the nine people listed
above and of the six U.S. "blesseds"
listed earlier. Laypeople promoted the
causes of St. Padre Pio and Blessed
Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
I am grateful to Nancy Hartnagel at
Catholic News Service for assistance in
drawing up this list. Next month, I will
list the beatification causes that are still
at the diocesan level.
Q: At a recent meeting of Christian mothers, someone asked when
the custom of placing a rosary in a deceased Catholic's hands began.
Although we found the question intriguing, no one there could
answer it. Can you?
A: This custom must have begun after the 12th century because
the rosary, as we know it, began then. When I passed your
question along to the Catholic Cemetery Conference, a
national organization headquartered in Hillside, Illinois,
they got in touch with Msgr. Joseph Rebman of the Diocese of Wilmington,
Delaware. He faxed me an article which noted that archaeologists
over the centuries have often found burial sites with religious
objects significant for that deceased person.
Some Christians bury their dead with a Bible in the person's hands.
Many Catholics place a rosary instead. I am not sure which pious custom
is older.
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A bit off topic, but as I'm fully happy with my setup, I thought I'd share. I'm not using the ps3 at all for audio playback, but have some squeezeboxes around the flat. They can be controlled through a web interface and apps for android and iStuff (I'm using iPeng). With the help of MusicIP Mixer, I can select a song to generate a mix with similar songs with about 5 clicks.
AFAIK it's not possible to do what you want with the ps3.


text: A call by the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists asking employers to work with unions to conduct risk assessments and if necessary allow workers to replace high heels with comfortable shoes in the workplace created a controversy this week.******Unions passed a motion at the Trades Union Congress conference demanding that women have the right to comfortable footwear in the workplace.******Defenders of the stiletto claimed that unions were attempting to ban the shoes in the workplace, but the podiatrists defended their position, stating that high heels can cause such foot problems as blisters, corns, calluses, damaged joints, knee and back pain.******Some women argue that stiletto heels give them a power advantage in male-dominated workplaces because the shoes make them appear taller and enhance their sex appeal.******Others consider the shoes demeaning and symbolic of the sexist subjugation of women and their health to satisfy male whims and fantasies.******What do you think? Should stilettos be banned in the workplace?


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The overall goal of the Department is to study evolutionary adaptations in insects which are mediated by chemical signals. The concept of co-evolution forms the theoretical framework, in which insect-plant, insect-microbe, and insect-insect interactions are examined. Since all evolutionary change has a genetic basis, the knowledge of how genes control phenotypes is fundamental to an understanding of the mechanism of co-evolution. Research in the department focuses also on detoxification enzymes in insects (CYP450), resistances against Bt toxins, and digestive enzymes in insects guts.
Director: Prof. Dr. David G. Heckel
Evolutionary Neuroethology
The Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology studies odor-directed behavior and the underlying neurobiological substrate in insects from a functional and evolutionary perspective. Studies are performed in two main systems: drosophilid flies and sphingid moths. In drosophilids, the main objective is to understand the evolution of olfactory functions. By studying related insects and other animals (e.g. crabs) living under different ecological conditions it is possible to understand how habitat and food-choice affect the sense of smell. The department has a variety of technical facilities (wind tunnels, flywalk system) for the quantification of behavioral patterns.
Director: Prof. Dr. Bill S. Hansson
Bioorganic Chemistry
The Department of Bioorganic Chemistry focuses on the elucidation of defense and interactive mechanisms of different organisms. Modern analytical methods are applied to identify high- and low-molecular elicitors and signal-transducers, and to analyze the biosynthetic pathways of volatiles and defense compounds in plants and insects. The defensive glandular systems in leaf beetle larvae are another part of the research efforts. The biosynthetic potential of insects is strongly enhanced by their commensal gut bacteria or by endosymbionts. A further research focus addresses the detoxification of plant toxins with the help of gut bacteria.
Director: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Boland
The Department of Biochemistry investigates the chemical defenses that plants deploy against their herbivorous enemies. The research goal is to determine which chemical compounds actually protect plants, how they act against herbivores, how the production of defenses in plants is regulated, and why plants seem to have evolved such a large diversity of defensive compounds. Current projects focus especially on the defenses of trees and other woody plants against aphids and beetles. The defensive metabolites under study include a variety of terpenoids, phenolics, alkaloids and glucosinolates. The latest methods of biochemistry as well as analytical chemistry, molecular biology and field ecology are applied.
Director: Prof. Dr. Jonathan Gershenzon
Molecular Ecology
The overarching objective of the research in the Department of Molecular Ecology is to manipulate ecological interactions in nature to identify traits that are demonstrably important for an organism's Darwinian fitness in the complexity of interactions that occur in nature. The scientists focus on plant-mediated interactions and have developed an ecological expression system with a native plant that has a rich suite of ecological interactions: the wild tobacco species Nicotiana attenuata. The department is well equipped with modern genetic and molecular methods and is running a field station in Utah (USA).
Director: Prof. Dr. Ian T. Baldwin
Research Groups
Max Planck Research Group Insect Symbiosis
The independent Max Planck Research Group is studying the evolutionary and chemical ecology of symbioses between insects and actinomycete bacteria.
Group leader: Dr. Martin Kaltenpoth
Research Group Sequestration and Detoxification in Insects
Scientists in the group study the interaction between crucifer-feeding flea beetles (Phyllotreta species) and their host plants using molecular and biochemical tools, analytical chemistry, as well as behavioral ecology.
Group leader: Dr. Franziska Beran
BMBF Research Group Olfactory Coding
The central question of the Research Group funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is to investigate how odors are coded and processed in the insect brain to lead to a specific odor perception.
Group leader: Dr. Silke Sachse
VW Research Group Experimental Ecology and Evolution
Research of the group funded by the Volkswagen Foundation (VW) focuses on the ecology and evolution of individuals that interact on different levels of selection. Main emphasis lies on the conflicts of interest that arise from these interactions as well as potential routes to resolve them.
Group leader: Dr. Christian Kost
Research Group Shoot-Root Communication
The overarching question of the root research group is how plants use their roots in defense against herbivores.
Group leader: Dr. Matthias Erb
Research Group Biosynthesis/NMR
The Research Group elucidates the structures of ecologically relevant low-molecular natural products, investigates the tissue- and cell-specific occurrence of secondary metabolites in plants and studies their biosynthetic pathways by means of NMR spectroscopic methods.
Group leader: PD Dr. Bernd Schneider
Research Group Mass Spectrometry/Proteomics
Research of the group is focused on the biosynthesis and the structure elucidation of natural compounds from plants and insects. Furthermore, experiments are conducted to investigate new plant and insect signaling substances.
Group leader: Dr. Aleš Svatoš


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How to Perform Paleo Strength Exercises
Wall balls strengthen many muscles and are considered a full-body workout.
To do wall balls, you need a medicine ball. Typically, men use about a 20-pound ball and women about 14 pounds.
Choose a spot on the wall to focus on, approximately 8 to 10 feet from the floor.
Start in a standing position, about 15 to 24 inches away from the wall, feet shoulder-width apart, toes turned out slightly if that's more comfortable for you in the bottom position, and your weight on your heels. Hold the ball with your hands and elbows underneath the ball at chin level.
Keeping the ball at chin level, descend into the bottom position of a squat (or close to it).
Quickly reverse the motion, explosively extending your hips and knees. You may come up onto your toes as you transfer the momentum of your body into your arms and launch the medicine ball at the target.
This movement should end with your body fully extended, fingers pointed toward the target.
As the ball bounces off the wall, catch it in a position near your chin, and let the weight of the ball push you back into a front squat to seamlessly begin your next rep.


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Chaska High School sent students home following a lockdown over a threat.
Administrators emailed parents about 8 a.m. Tuesday that the school was locked down because a threat was received. The school tweeted that everyone was OK. School officials did not give details about what kind of threat was received.
The school later said classes were canceled because of the disruption caused by the threat.
The Star Tribune (http://bit.ly/WJe1gP ) said police inspected vehicles in the school's parking lot.
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Haley Barbour's ties to Southern Co. questioned in PSC race
Published: Saturday, October 12, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, October 11, 2013 at 10:15 p.m.
MONTGOMERY | A candidate for Alabama's utility regulatory board has lined up a fundraiser with former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who helped to found a Washington lobbying firm that has represented the parent company of Alabama Power Co.
Republican Chip Beeker said Barbour is scheduled to appear at an Oct. 29 campaign event in Mountain Brook. Beeker is trying to unseat Republican incumbent Terry Dunn from the Public Service Commission. The primary is June 3.
With the exception of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee helping PSC President Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh with an ad in 2012, it has been unusual for big-name politicians to get involved in a low-key, low-budget race like the PSC.
Beeker said he is proud of getting help from Barbour. "In the Deep South, we call it pretty high cotton," he said Thursday. Beeker said the event was arranged through family members who are friends, and he was unaware of Barbour's connection to the Atlanta-based Southern Co., which is the parent company of Alabama Power.
Dunn questioned Barbour's involvement. "When you've got the lobbyist for the Southern Co., it tells where he's headed. I think it would be unethical," the incumbent said.
Alabama Power is the state's largest electric utility and is regulated by the three-
member PSC.
Alabama Power spokesman Michael Sznajderman said the Birmingham-based company has never employed Barbour's lobbying firm, but its parent has. He said Alabama Power had nothing to do with Beeker's fundraiser. State law prohibits the company from contributing to PSC candidates, and the company has a policy against employees and their spouses contributing, he said.
State law does not prohibit the involvement of companies or individuals that do work for Alabama Power or Southern Co., such as lobbying groups or law firms.
Southern Co. spokeswoman Jeannice Hall said the company does have a business relationship with BGR Group, Barbour's lobbying firm. But Hall said Southern Co. doesn't get involved in state elections.
Barbour did not return phone calls seeking comment. But in a speech last month in Mississippi, he defended a coal-fired plant being built by Mississippi Power, which is also part of the Southern Co. Afterward, he acknowledged that Southern Co. has been a longtime client of BGR Group, which he helped start in 1991. He left the firm during his eight years as governor of Mississippi and returned in January 2012.
Beeker, a former chairman of the Greene County Commission, said he got in the PSC race because he felt the Obama administration was trying to curtail coal production and coal-fired steam plants. He said Alabama Power's coal-fired steam plant in Greene County is a major employer in his rural west Alabama county and provided more than half of the county's property tax revenue.
Two other Republicans, Phillip Brown and Jonathan Barbee, also are running against Dunn. No Democratic candidate has announced.
"We couldn't have made it without it," the former commission chairman said.
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About the Book
"Occult happenings, romantic passion, and murder disrupt the peace of a Berkshire village in 1911 in this hauntingly good novel."
—Marie Claire (UK)
Katherine Webb's debut novel, The Legacy, was an international bestseller—and her remarkable second effort, The Unseen, is as gripping, thrilling, and unforgettable as her first. In this compelling story of love, deception, obsession, and illusion, the arrival of two dangerous strangers in a small village in England in the early 1900s disrupts the quiet lives of a vicar with a fascination with spiritualism and his naïve young wife, and ultimately leads to murder. The Unseen is literary suspense at its most entertaining and enthralling, truly superior fiction not unlike the captivating tales of Kate Morton and Diane Setterfield.
From Katherine Webb, the author of the acclaimed international bestseller The Legacy, comes a compelling tale of love, deception, and illusion
A vicar with a passion for nature, the Reverend Albert Canning leads a happy existence with his naive wife, Hester, in their sleepy Berkshire village in the year 1911. But as the English summer dawns, the Cannings' lives are forever changed by two new arrivals: Cat, their new maid, a disaffected, free-spirited young woman sent down from London after entanglements with the law; and Robin Durrant, a leading expert in the occult, enticed by tales of elemental beings in the water meadows nearby.
Quickly finding a place for herself in the underbelly of local society, Cat secretly plots her escape. Meanwhile, Robin, a young man of considerable magnetic charm and beauty, soon becomes an object of fascination and desire. Sweltering in the oppressive summer heat, the peaceful rectory turns into a hotbed of dangerous ambition, forbidden love, and jealousy—a potent mixture of emotions that ultimately leads to murder.
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Critical Praise
"Occult happenings, romantic passion, and murder disrupt the peace of a Berkshire village in 1911 in this hauntingly good novel from the author of The Legacy." — Marie Claire (UK)
"Webb winds her way through three generations of women by following the path of grief created by a broken heart, crafting characters you care about and a story you won't soon forget: poignant and completely engrossing." — M. L. Malcolm, author of Heart of Deception on The Legacy
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- On Sale: 05/22/2012
- Trimsize: 5.313 in (w) x 8 in (h) x 0.744 in (d)
- Pages: 464
- List Price: 14.99 USD
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Rockette plan
Want those legs? Here's a workout used to get them and keep them
|Rockette Stacy Paydo demonstrates the second pose of hamstring Rolls on the Ball, December 4, 2012 at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie, Texas. (Ben Torres/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
The second thing they're known for are the way their legs look when they do those kicks. Countless hours of practice, rehearsals and performing (sometimes up to four shows a day) leave these ladies in tip-top shape.
Take some cues from Stacy Paydo, a Los Angeles-based Rockette, who created a fusion workout of ballet, Pilates and yoga that'll get you on the way to the famed Rockette legs (if you run through this set of exercises enough times, that is).
Before you start, do a five-minute warm-up by taking a brisk walk or another easy cardio exercise. Do each exercise 8 to 10 times and repeat the set three times for a full workout.
Stand straight with your feet under your hips. If you have a Thera-band, place it around the outside of both ankles so your feet are inside. (Get one for $15 at thera-band.com. They are color-coded to your level, so if you're a beginner, get the red one. If you don't have one, you can do the exercise without it.)
Starting with your right leg, extend it straight forward to the maximum height the Thera-band will allow. Pulse and lift here 8 to 10 times. Repeat the exercise to the side and to the back and then switch to the left leg. Hands can be placed on your hips. This exercise also challenges your balance, which works your core muscles.
Start in a deep lunge, create a 90-degree angle with your front leg keeping your back leg is straight. When lunging, your heel should be right under your knee.
Reach your arms high into the sky. Slowly transfer your weight forward, lowering your torso, and lifting your back leg until you are parallel with the floor and feeling like a big capital "T." Arms reach forward by your head or can be taken out to the side if you are having trouble balancing. With control, bend your supporting leg and return to your starting crescent lunge. Switch sides.
In dancer lingo, these are known as eleves. Heels can be lifted with feet parallel hip-width apart, or you can turn out to first position (heels touching, toes apart) to work those deep lateral rotators buried in your gluteus maxims.
For added challenge, find a chair for balance and try single-leg calf raises (same exercise but one leg at a time).
Start in a deep grand plie in second position. This is done by placing the feet wide apart with the toes comfortably facing out to the side. There should be no discomfort in the knees. If it doesn't feel right, try angling your feet more toward the corner.
Bend your knees until you've created a 90-degree angle between your hamstring and calf, and keep your bottom in line with your knees. Arms can be straight out to the side.
Explode off the floor by pushing through your feet. Reach the arms up to the sky when you jump. Smoothly return to your turned-out grand plie when you land and repeat.
Start on your back, legs bent, knees pointing to the ceiling, feet flat on the floor. Rolling through your spine, lift your pelvis so that one line is created from knees to shoulders. Pressing into the ground with your hands should help you with this.
Carefully lift one leg straight up to the ceiling, lower it until your knees are even, and then bring it back up the ceiling again. Repeat lowering and lifting on one leg 8 to 10 times before placing the foot back on the floor and switching to the other side.
At the end of a great performance or after a fantastic ballet class it is common to bow.
The ladylike version of this is the curtsy, so what better way to prepare for a standing ovation than with this exercise?
Start by placing one foot behind you and bend both legs in a turned out fourth position (right toes pointing to the right, left toes to the left, legs crossed so the right toes line up for the left heel. Feet should be about 2 feet apart).
Place your hands on your hips or out to the side to help with your balance. In one swift movement, straighten your supporting leg and bring the back foot into passe and hold. Passe is a common dance position when you bring the toe of one foot to the knee of the opposite leg.
Take the foot in passe back down behind you into your lunge and repeat. Make sure to get that left side in when you are finished with the right.
Find an exercise ball and lay on your back. If you don't have a ball, you may use a stool or a chair — but you should skip the rolling portion of the exercise.
Place the ball underneath your heels so that your legs are lifted in the air. Place your arms to your sides and press down into the ground until you can lift your pelvis off the floor.
At this point all of your leg muscles should be fired up and your feet should be flexed. Keep pressing into the floor and try to keep your hips lifting high as you bring your heels closer to your bottom and back out again.
If done successfully, your ball should be rolling along the floor.
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You import source files into a project as the basis for footage items and use them as sources for layers. The same file can be the source for multiple footage items, each with its own interpretation settings. Each footage item can be used as the source for one or more layers. You work with collections of layers in a composition.
You primarily work with footage items in the Project panel. You can use the Footage panel to evaluate footage and perform simple editing tasks, such as trimming the duration of a footage item.
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