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Overweight People In Developing World Outnumber Those In Rich Countries
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People are getting fatter around the world. And the problem is growing most rapidly in developing countries, researchers reported Friday.
"Over the last 30 years, the number of people who are overweight and obese in the developing world has tripled," says Steve Wiggins, of the Overseas Development Institute in London.
One-third of adults globally are now overweight compared with fewer than 23 percent in 1980, the report found. And the number of overweight and obese people in the developing world now far overshadows the number in rich countries.
"As countries go from being low-income to middle-income, and heading towards high-income, people earn more [money], and they can eat the foods that they find tasty," says Wiggins, who co-authored the report.
Many foods people find tasty are also often the most fattening. Globalization has made high-calorie snack foods readily available at low cost almost everywhere.
Take Mexico, for instance, which Wiggins calls a "poster child" for the global obesity problem.
"If you walk into a Mexican village store," he says, "you'll be confronted with lots of tasty offerings of potato chips, nice cookies with lots of fat and sugar in them and lots of sweetened carbonated drinks — all kinds of stuff, which is terrific in small quantities, but not when you start to eat it in large quantities."
In 1980, less than 40 percent of Mexican women were overweight. By 2008, almost 70 percent were.
In some Pacific Island nations, more than 90 percent of men are now considered overweight. The Middle East is also seeing a boom in chubbiness.
"It's something like 3 out of every 4 adult Egyptian women are now overweight or obese," Wiggins says.
This rapid growth in waist sizes poses huge challenges for health systems, especially those that are already overburdened in poorer countries.
Excessive consumption of fat, salt and sugar are "significant contributory factors to some cancers, cardiovascular disease and diabetes," the report noted. These diseases are costly to emerging economies, not only because of increased health care expenses, but also because of lost productivity.
"It's a personal and societal problem of considerable magnitude," Wiggins says.
Reversing this global trend, he says, could be accomplished with small changes to people's diets. In particular, public health campaigns could encourage families to substitute fruits and vegetables for high-calorie snacks.
But, the report concludes, there's been little political will in developing nations — where workers are finally enjoying a bit of disposable income — to tell people what they should or shouldn't be eating.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish. Obesity is becoming a major health problem in the developing world. A new report says that over the last three decades, diets in low and middle income countries have changed significantly. Now, almost a billion people in the developing world are overweight. More from NPR's Jason Beaubien.
JASON BEAUBIEN, BYLINE: As a result of globalization, high calorie, cheap snack food's now readily available almost everywhere. Take Mexico, for instance, which Steve Wiggins, one of the authors of the report, calls a poster child for the global obesity problem.
STEVE WIGGINS: Even in a Mexican village, if you walk into a Mexican village store, you'll be confronted with lots of tasty offerings of potato chips and nice cookies with lots of fat and sugar in them and lots of, you know, sweetened carbonated drinks. All kinds of stuff which is terrific in small quantities, but not if you start to eat it in large quantities.
BEAUBIEN: In 1980, less than 40 percent of Mexican women were overweight. By 2008, almost 70 percent were. This is according to a new report from the Overseas Development Institute in London. It found that more than a third of all adults on the planet are now overweight compared to fewer than 23 percent in 1980. And the number of obese individuals in the developing world now far overshadows the number in rich nations.
WIGGINS: As countries go from being low income to middle income and heading towards being high income, people earn more, they can eat the foods that they find tasty.
BEAUBIEN: In some Pacific Island nations, more than 90 percent of adults are now considered overweight. Obesity is also becoming a major problem among upwardly mobile Africans and it's affecting people in the Arab world.
WIGGINS: Some parts of the Middle East, such as Egypt, are now running extremely high rates of overweight and obese people. And it's something like 3 out of every 4 adult female Egyptians, Egyptian women, are now overweight or obese.
BEAUBIEN: The report notes that excessive consumption of fat, salt and sugar are significant contributory factors to some cancers, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Overeating poses huge challenges to countries that already had weak or overburdened health systems. It's costly to these emerging economies in that it drives up healthcare expenses while driving down productivity. Jason Beaubien, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- All the melodramatic twists, tweaks and breaks should've made the Giants virtually unbeatable on Saturday.
They had their ace, Matt Cain, on the mound, and the Reds lost their ace, Johnny Cueto, after eight pitches.
The Giants were at AT&T Park, their beloved and spacious home, and the scene of so many 2010 playoff raves.
Game 1 of this NLDS was all set up for the Giants, yes it was.
Until Cain got hit, the Giants' bats and home crowd stayed mostly silent, they lost 5-2, and suddenly the plot got flipped on them.
Now the Giants are the team in a scramble for answers to questions that they thought they might never be asked in this best-of-five series.
I mean, if the Giants can't win this game, with the Reds facing such instant adversity, how can the Giants win this series?
"We'll be fine," Cain said afterward. "These guys showed what they're made of. We'll see what tomorrow brings. Today's over."
In Game 1, the Reds were down a man early, and who knows what Cueto's status will be for the rest of this series after suffering from back spasms.
But Cincinnati still was clearly better than the Giants on Saturday -- while the Giants were at top strength and the Reds were not.
How did it happen? Brandon Phillips and Jay Bruce homered off Cain to grab a 3-0 lead and reliever Sam LeCure and scheduled Game 3 starter Mat Latos combined for 5 1/3 extremely important emergency innings.
That was enough to spin this whole series around and make Sunday's Game 2 something close to a do-or-die contest for the Giants.
"It's a big game," outfielder Hunter Pence said of Game 2. "We've got to get back out there and get after it, get some balls to find some holes.
"We had a lot of runners on and hit a lot of balls hard, and we feel pretty good about it."
Remember, the Giants never trailed in any of their three playoff series on their way to the 2010 championship. They took early leads and total control against Atlanta, Philadelphia and Texas.
They're a different team now, but they still don't have the feel of a come-from-behind club.
"This is one game, and sure, you hate to lose the opener and we're at home," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "But we have a lot of baseball left.
"These guys have been resilient all year and now it's time for us to wash this off and be ready to go back at it tomorrow."
Now the Giants will have to play from behind right off the bat, with Madison Bumgarner slated to start Game 2 ... but with the Reds' bats heating up.
And remember, Games 3, 4 and 5 are slated for Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park, a home-run bandbox that does not seem perfectly suited for the Giants' small-ball style.
There is now some question about who starts Game 3 for Cincinnati -- it almost certainly won't be Latos, a noted Giants-killer.
But if Cueto can come back, then the Reds will have essentially switched Latos for Cueto in the rotation, with Latos in line to start either Game 4 or 5 if needed.
Also, the Giants haven't named a Game 3 starter themselves, for strategic reasons, but also because the back end of their own rotation is a little questionable right now.
So all those factors made Game 1 nearly essential for the Giants.
But Cain wasn't at his best, the Reds made him pay for it, the Giants' bats weren't in high gear, and even the injury to Cueto couldn't push this to the Giants.
The Giants had a shot in the eighth, when they got two runners on against reliever Jonathan Broxton, with Gregor Blanco at-bat.
The crowd stood up, waving orange towels, and for the first time all night it felt like the Giants could be destined again.
But Blanco took a called third strike on a full count to end the inning; then in the ninth, a bout of wildness by Reds super-closer Aroldis Chapman gave the Giants another chance before he settled down and struck out Buster Posey with a 100-mph fastball to end the game.
And there went Game 1, and the momentum, and control of this series.
The Giants could swiftly turn back the tide in Game 2, at least temporarily. But on Saturday the Giants should've pushed the Reds into a hole, and instead everything got reversed.
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Thirteen people have applied to become the next superintendent of the Ashland School District, said Eileen Hushbeck, the district's director of human services.
Hushbeck said five of the candidates are from Oregon, though she wasn't certain whether anyone from Ashland applied. The deadline was Wednesday.
The district will hold a special board meeting Jan. 21 to determine which candidates will be interviewed, following a screening-and-interview training next week from the Oregon School Boards Association. The OSBA is serving as the district's search consultant in the process.
Ashland School Board Chairwoman Carol Davis said the names of the candidates will not be disclosed until the finalists are announced in February following the interview process.
The district hopes to have a new superintendent selected by the end of February, according to a timeline on its website.
Superintendent Juli Di Chiro will retire in June 2013 after 13 years in the post.
Di Chiro had told the board after signing her contract three years ago that it likely would be her last with the district.
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KNIGHTSEN -- Homes going up in Discovery Bay are bolstering Knightsen School District's budget in the wake of a bond measure the agency tried, but failed, to persuade voters to approve last year.
Although the tiny district had been hoping that the $3 million revenue-generating proposal would help it repay a construction loan, a Walnut Creek builder has been pumping money its way instead.
Since the Nov. 6 election, Kiper Homes has paid Knightsen School District $632,000 in developer fees on approximately two dozen homes that it's building in the Discovery Bay community known as Watersong at the Lakes, said Superintendent Theresa Estrada.
The sum is enough to cover two more years of bond payments -- through 2016-17 -- which amount to $262,000 annually, she said.
This influx of money coupled with the fact that enrollment hasn't declined as quickly as school officials were projecting a couple of years ago has spared the district from notifying teachers this spring of its intent to dismiss them, Estrada said.
Whether the district will have the funds to restore at least some of the other services that it's cut by the time classes resume in July remains to be seen, she said.
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Today I learned that I love choosing flowers for my parties. I enjoyed browsing through the bouquets and potted plants at the Dominion supermarket and at the flower shop on Bloor, both near my apartment. I was thinking of getting something bright and colorful - to celebrate spring! - but none of the bouquets particularly struck me as worth the price. Instead, I bought a pot of Easter lilies, a timely and fragrant decoration that matches my white glass coffee table and my beige pillowcases. I love the smell of lilies, although the flowers on the Easter lily I bought today aren't nearly as fragrant as the stargazers I received before.
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LARKSPUR -- The Las Lomas High girls volleyball team used 17 aces and a balanced offensive attack to upset top-seed Redwood 25-23, 25-21, 21-25, 23-25, 15-12 on Wednesday in the semifinals of the North Coast Section Division II playoffs.
With the win, the fourth-seeded Knights advanced to Saturday's championship at No. 3 Maria Carrillo and earned a spot in the CIF Northern regional playoffs, which begin next week. Las Lomas (35-7) has never won a section title in girls volleyball.
"After (Las Lomas) won the first two games, I still didn't think we were going to lose," Redwood setter Sierra Dawson said. "I knew this would be tricky, but I thought we were going to have it."
Redwood (32-9) had trouble in several areas of the match. Besides serve-receive, the Giants had eight serves that went wide, long or into the net.
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Redwood had early leads in the first two games -- 5-1 in Game 1 and 7-2 in Game 2 -- but the Giants were unable to sustain momentum.
Some of that had to do with Redwood's mistakes, but much of it could also be attributed to Las Lomas' ability to dig the ball and then put the pressure on Redwood with an offense that got 12 kills apiece from Rachel Nieto and Geneva Duffy, 11 from Lauren Fitterer and 10 from Maddie Borch.
Redwood did get it rolling in Game 3 and 4, and with an early 5-2 lead in Game 5, it appeared the Giants might complete the comeback. But Las Lomas worked its way back to a 9-9 tie, then never trailed after a net violation on Redwood gave the Knights a 10-9 lead.
"If you noticed, I was standing up and I very seldom stand," Las Lomas coach Jim Changaris said. "That's how nervous I got. The one thing I was so proud of the girls is that even in Game 1 and 2, we were behind, but we rallied. And in the fifth game, they jumped on us and we came back. That shows so much."
"When the fifth game came around, we were like, 'We're so close, we know we can do this,'" Las Lomas captain Rachel Linden said. "We wanted it so bad. ... It would have been cool if we had won in three because Redwood's a good team and we could have said, 'Wow, we beat Redwood in three.' But five takes so much emotional strength and you have to be mentally tough, so I'm happy with the result."


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SAN JOSE -- A couple of days after a deadly shooting there, San Jose police Chief Larry Esquivel walked along Loma Verde Drive.
Clad in his dress blues and accompanied by Lt. Rob Millard, he chatted with residents, handed out police stickers to kids in the West San Jose neighborhood, and reflexively pointed out blight such as discarded mattresses he wanted to bring to the city's attention.
It's been about a quarter of a century since Esquivel, who recently became the city's permanent chief after serving about a year in the interim position, worked as a patrol officer. But Esquivel said he aims to walk a beat somewhere in the city once a week, and he has been known to jump spontaneously into the shotgun seat of a patrol car and ride along with a police trainee.
"I'm more of a cop who has to be an administrator than the other way around," he said.
Times are about as tough as they've ever been for the San Jose Police Department, a storied agency that a decade ago regularly claimed credit for maintaining the safest large city in the country. Soured by an erosion of pay and benefits, officers have left in droves, and there has been only modest relief.
But Esquivel's no-nonsense attitude, empathy for street cops and deep roots in the community might be exactly what the embattled force needs, according to officers and city officials.
San Jose's top cop is fiercely loyal, whether to the city where he grew up or to former Supervisor George Shirakawa Jr., a childhood friend Esquivel stands by even as Shirakawa serves a yearlong sentence for corruption and gambling with public funds.
That same loyalty may explain why he took on the challenge of the chief's job when he could easily retire.
Longtime colleagues joke that Esquivel is an ageless wonder whose look -- crew cut and all -- hasn't changed since he joined the force in 1986. What also hasn't changed, they say, is his methodical, detail-oriented approach, which they described as reassuring in an environment of uncertainty.
"He's like me: pretty boring. But it's absolutely what we need," said Lt. Danny Acosta, a 29-year veteran and contemporary of the chief. "We know what to expect. That stability's key. It's one less thing an officer has to worry about, and lets us stay more focused on the job."
Esquivel, 52, grew up the oldest child in a single-parent household in working-class East San Jose, near 24th and William streets, as gritty a neighborhood then as it is now. He became a father before he graduated from Yerba Buena High School, where he excelled in football, basketball and wrestling. Feeling the urgency that comes with supporting a young family, he became a carpenter's apprentice.
"I graduated on Thursday and had a job on Monday," he said.
He worked in construction for several years, but a childhood dream of police work always hovered in his mind, and he joined the police academy in 1986.
Since his first day on the force -- when recruits were put on the street almost immediately -- he has been known for an unwavering work ethic, which he said was instilled in part from his time as a carpenter.
"I always had to have that energy," Esquivel said. "You had to work hard or there would be no work for you."
In 28 years, his resume has come to include undercover narcotics detective, robbery unit supervisor, team leader on the MERGE (SWAT) unit, commander of the Internal Affairs division, and deputy chief overseeing patrol. Along the way he earned a degree in criminal justice from San Jose State University.
Esquivel was one of four MERGE officers involved in a 1993 gunbattle while serving a drug warrant at an apartment near Leigh Avenue in which they shot and killed a man out on bail in an earlier fatal shooting. The suspect narrowly missed hitting the officers, who included Dave Hober, now a deputy chief.
Esquivel said it was one of many instances that conveyed the emotional weight of the job, and it's a sensitivity that has stayed with him. He has made a point to visit the families of every homicide victim in the city.
"Whatever the circumstances, they were a member of the community," Esquivel said. "It's about treating them as human beings."
Additional touches, like his insistence on walking a beat, routinely dropping in on briefings and often suiting up in full uniform, don't go unnoticed by officers.
"It means something to them," Millard said. "I've worked under six chiefs, and he's the only one who gets out here like this."
When former Chief Chris Moore stepped down in January 2013, Esquivel was named interim chief as the city searched for a permanent replacement. But the search sputtered and after several months of dormancy, it became apparent that city leaders didn't have the appetite for another go.
Meanwhile, Esquivel wasn't content to just be a caretaker interim chief.
Consider the last week of May, when there were six homicides in the space of seven days. He ordered dozens of extra cops on the streets to crack down on gang hot spots. When that didn't work, Esquivel called his commanders in on a Saturday to alter the strategy. Less than two weeks later the department unveiled a three-pronged gang suppression plan. The frequency of homicides and gang violence tapered off for the last half of the year.
Esquivel officially became police chief in December, when the City Council signed off on a recommendation from then-City Manager Debra Figone.
"Having to run the department in difficult times, he proved he can do the job," Mayor Chuck Reed said.
There have been some bumps for Esquivel. In 2012, when he was deputy chief, he repaid the county for meals Shirakawa improperly charged with a county credit card. The former supervisor is a close friend, and when asked about his relationship to Shirakawa, Esquivel responded with a brief written statement:
"I have many friends I have known for a long time and George happens to be one of them. His current situation is unfortunate for him and extremely unfortunate for the community."
More recently there was a controversy surrounding a change in how the department classified gang crime, which raised questions about the legitimacy of a reported drop in those incidents in 2013.
Local civil rights groups also criticized him when, just days into his interim tenure, he suspended a policy signed by the outgoing Moore to vastly expand the in-field documentation of police stops with the aim of answering racial-profiling allegations. Esquivel said he did it after hearing officers complain the process was so cumbersome it risked dissuading them from making all but the most major stops. The policy has since been implemented after some revision, which even policy backers now see was necessary.
"He was wise to roll this out in a way where officers can appreciate what it's about," said LaDoris Cordell, a retired judge and the city's independent police auditor.
"We don't agree on everything, but there's never a second of disagreeability," she said.
And for the most part, Esquivel has avoided much of the community's ire about understaffing. The police union, which once considered a "no confidence" vote in Moore because of a perceived lack of advocacy at City Hall, has largely refrained from criticizing Esquivel in favor of turning its vitriol toward the mayor and the budget measures that slashed police pay to retain jobs.
"I hope people don't blame the chief," Reed said. "I'm responsible. I happen to think it was the right decision, but it's not the chief's decision."
It's all been a dizzying change of pace for a man who said he never had chiefly aspirations. After almost three decades on the force, Esquivel admits that retirement is near, but he's not slowing down. An astonishing example of that surfaced last year, when he became a national weightlifting record holder among police and firefighters in his age range by dead-lifting more than 418 pounds.
"I know I could have retired now. But I grew up in this department, and this is the most challenging time I've seen," Esquivel said. "I can stay a little bit longer, develop the other executive staff. Whatever I can do to better the department."
Contact Robert Salonga at 408-920-5002. Follow him at Twitter.com/robertsalonga.
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Experience: 28-year department veteran
Age: 52
Residence: Gilroy
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The Ultimate Gender Stereotype: Equalizing Gender-Conforming and Gender-Nonconforming Homosexuals Under Title VII
Zachary A. Kramer
Arizona State University - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2004, No. 2, pp. 465-499
While gay men and lesbians have increasingly gained legal rights in many areas of the law, they have not been as successful in the context of employment litigation, specifically in the realm of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Because sexual orientation is not a protected class under Title VII, gender-nonconforming homosexuals - that is, effeminate gay men and masculine lesbians - have utilized the Supreme Court's opinion in Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins to argue that they were discriminated against by their employers or coworkers because they failed to conform to gender stereotypes, which is evidence of sex discrimination under Title VII. On the other hand, gender-conforming homosexuals - that is, masculine gay men and feminine lesbians - have, until now, not been able to make this sort of gender stereotyping argument. This note takes up that issue.
After broadening the definition of gender to include both an idealized (anchor) and an idiosyncratic (expressive) component, the author argues that there is an ultimate gender stereotype in play when homosexual employees are discriminated against for failing to conform to gender expectations. Unlike the previous gender stereotyping theory, however, the ultimate gender stereotype incorporates sexual preference into a homosexual's expressive gender. The author argues further that, because of its breadth, the ultimate gender stereotype equalizes gender-conforming and gender-nonconforming homosexuals under Title VII.
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LOS ANGELES -- There was no yelling or lecturing in Stanford's locker room after a 68-60 loss to UCLA at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday afternoon.
But there was lots of talking -- by coach Johnny Dawkins and many of his players -- in a give-and-take session that lasted 56 minutes.
A record?
"Yes, it was," Dawkins said after the Cardinal (9-6, 0-2 Pac-12) lost for the 15th time in its past 16 regular-season games against UCLA or USC in Los Angeles. "For us it was the right time based on how we're playing to bring our guys in and have a good talk about what we're capable of doing and how to go about doing it."
Stanford's players said the tone was constructive.
"He's passionate," junior Dwight Powell said of Dawkins. "He wants us to get better. It's all about winning."
Winning on the road in the conference has been a struggle for Stanford, which lost for the 29th time in its past 39 Pac-12 games away from home.
UCLA (12-3, 2-0) won its seventh straight game -- its longest win streak since taking 10 in a row during the 2008-09 season -- despite being held 12 points under its season average.
Dawkins' complaint isn't with Stanford's defense.
"I'd like to see us do this a little better," he said, pointing to 34.4 percent shooting on the stat sheet. "I don't care how good you defend, eventually you've got to make shots."
Stanford missed 17 layups, dunks or putbacks, according to the official play-by-play sheet. In the first half, the Cardinal shot 26.9 percent.
UCLA seemed in control, leading 55-40 with less than 6 minutes left. It was 59-49 entering the final 2 minutes when Stanford sophomore Chasson Randle tried to engineer a comeback.
Aided by three straight 1-and-1 free-throw misses by UCLA freshman Jordan Adams, Randle scored 11 of his 17 points in the final 1:17 as the Cardinal crept within five points.
UCLA freshman Shabazz Muhammad denied Stanford by hitting 5 of 6 free throws in the final 45 seconds. Muhammad finished with 23 points, 17 of them in the second half, to go with 10 rebounds.
Powell had 17 points and 13 rebounds but was scoreless after making a 3-pointer with 8:33 left.
Stanford's offensive woes aren't a one-game malady. The Cardinal entered the game ranked last in the Pac-12 in field-goal shooting and 3-point accuracy.
Most puzzling are prolonged shooting slumps by Randle and junior guard Aaron Bright, heroes of last season's five-game run to the postseason NIT title. The two combined to make better than 50 percent of their 3-point attempts in the NIT, but both entered Saturday's game converting less than 22 percent.
Randle, who hit two 3-pointers in the final minute against the Bruins, nonetheless was 7 for 19 overall from the field, including an air ball on a layup when the ball slipped from his grasp. Bright was 1 for 4.
"With me this year, it's been all mental," said Randle, who dismissed the notion that a move to point guard is impacting him. "I feel like I haven't been doing what I'm capable of doing, but it's because of me. Nobody's holding me back but myself."
Randle said he and Bright are trying not to dwell on their shooting troubles.
"Shots aren't falling," he said, "but they will."
Dawkins, who once was Duke's career scoring leader, agreed.
"You have to go onto the next play," he said. "It will come."
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Were the Holy Innocents Truly Martyrs?
Focus on the Catechism or the Bible?
Persuading Someone to Quit Driving
What Do the Poor Souls Know About Us?
Q: On December 28 we celebrate the
Feast of the Holy Innocents. According
to Matthew 2:16-18, King Herod the
Great ordered the murder of boys under
the age of two in Bethlehem.
Because they werenÆt Christians, how
can they be considered martyrs? They were
too young to have any religious beliefs of
their own or to know why they were being
killed. It seems to me that they died for political
reasons, not religious reasons.
A: By the year 200, St. Irenaeus of
Lyon had recognized the Holy
Innocents as martyrs, notes Francis X.
WeiserÆs Handbook of Christian Feasts
and Customs. Their feast is found in
the liturgical calendar used in North
Africa at the end of the fourth century.
Approximately 150 years later, St.
Quodvultdeus wrote these words that
are used for the Office of Readings on
December 28: ōThe children die for
Christ, though they do not know it.
The parents mourn for the death of
martyrs. The child [Jesus] makes of
those as yet unable to speak fit witnesses
to himself. See the kind of kingdom
that is his, coming as he did in
order to be this kind of king. See how
the deliverer is already working deliverance,
the savior already working salvation.
ōBut you, Herod, do not know this
and are disturbed and furious. While
you vent your fury against the child,
you are already paying him homage,
and do not know it.
ōHow great a gift of grace is here! To
what merits of their own do the children
owe this kind of victory? They
cannot speak, yet they bear witness to
Christ. They cannot use their limbs to
engage in battle, yet already they bear
off the palm of victory.ö
The story of the Holy Innocents,
which intersects the story of Jesus, is a
reminder that ultimately GodÆs grace
saves people, whether they are infants,
teens or adults. Accepting and cooperating
with that grace is the norm, but
denying the title ōmartyrö to the Holy
Innocents might be seen as the ultimate
age discrimination.
Herod the Great had one of his
wives, his mother-in-law, three sons
(Antipater, Alexander and Aristobulus)
and one of his uncles murdered.
You say the Holy Innocents were
killed for political and not religious
reasons. Motivations are not always so
simple. Was Jesus executed for political
reasons only? Perhaps so from PilateÆs
viewpoint, but not according to those
Jewish leaders who sought JesusÆ death.
Did Sts. Stephen and Thomas Becket,
whose feasts occur on December 26
and 29 respectively, die simply for political
reasons? Were the thousands of
Catholic catechists and lay Church
leaders killed by death squads in Central
and South America in the last 50
years murdered for ōpolitical, not religiousö
The Good News of Jesus Christ will
always upset some people. Martyrs are
killed almost always because they bring
faith to witness against their culture.
That has political implications, but
their witness is most deeply religious.
Focus on the Catechism or the Bible?
Q: Can reading and studying the Catechism
of the Catholic Church take
the place of reading Holy Scripture? I find
the Bible very confusing because it does not
seem to be in any logical order.
A: Perhaps the Catechism itself answers
your question best. In article
103 we read that ōthe Church has
always venerated the Scriptures as she
venerates the LordÆs Body. She never
ceases to present to the faithful the
bread of life, taken from the one table
of GodÆs Word and ChristÆs Body [citing
#21 of Vatican IIÆs Dogmatic Constitution
on Divine Revelation].ö
There are many good resources from
various publishers to help people understand
the Bible. I recommend a recent
St. Anthony Messenger Press book
by Father Timothy Schehr, The Bible
Made Easy: A Book-by-Book Introduction.
The Bible is a single book, and yet it is
also a library of books. Many other
resources for Scripture study are available
at this web site.
It is important to appreciate the different
styles of writing. The BibleÆs books were finalized over the course
of almost eight centuries.
In article 104 the Catechism teaches: ōIn Sacred Scripture, the Church constantly
finds her nourishment and her
strength, for she welcomes it not as a
human word, æbut as what it really is,
the word of GodÆ [citing 1 Thessalonians
2:13]. æIn the sacred books, the
Father who is in heaven comes lovingly
to meet his children, and talks with
themÆ [again citing #21 Vatican IIÆs Dogmatic
Constitution on Divine Revelation].ö
The Catechism is well worth studying,
but not at the expense of GodÆs
self-revelation given in Scripture.
Q: In the August issue you responded
to an ophthalmologist who has
patients no longer meeting the stateÆs
vision requirements but whose driverÆs
licenses are still valid. That issue is very pertinent
for me. I have several friends who are
losing their sight due to illness (diabetes,
macular degeneration, etc.).
As adults they know their limitations, but
it is very difficult for them to give up driving,
especially if they are single or widowed.
I have warned them of the dangers
of not being able to see things clearly. At
times they cannot distinguish or read things
until they are right next to them.
It would be a major inconvenience for
them, but alternative means of transportation
are available (driver, taxi services,
friends and family) and would make
the roads safer for everyone.
I realize that other drivers with good
eyesight can also be a danger to everyone
through their abusive driving habits.
As our population ages and health issues
increase, this will pose an even bigger
problem in time. What do you suggest
family or friends do to prevent possible
vehicular deaths when their loved ones
are too stubborn to listen to reason? Is it
our duty to notify the motor vehicle administration
about the danger that they pose?
A: Perhaps the place to begin is by
asking, ōHow much would it
hurt me if one of my friends killed
someone because he or she could not
see adequately?ö Your being correct
about their visual limitations would be
small consolation in that situation.
Virtually everyone who has received
a new driverÆs license has heard, ōDriving
is a privilege, not a right.ö Visually
impaired adults sometimes limit themselves,
choosing not to drive after dark
or on certain roadsŚand that may be
enough to keep everyone safe. But people
can also refuse to face facts, endangering
themselves and others.
Those who know how serious the
danger is have the moral obligation to
try to remove it. Talk to other people
who have direct knowledge of this driverÆs
vision problems.
Keeping quiet to avoid causing trouble
is irresponsible in the circumstances
that you describe. It seems to me that
speaking up about this is not creating
trouble but rather naming the danger
that already exists, though it has not
yet claimed any victims.
Your willingness to speak up should
be matched by a willingness to help
this person adjust to a life without driving.
You cannot do everything, but you
can be part of a network of people who
enable this person to continue the
activities that he or she enjoys.
Some of your vision-impaired friends
might quit driving more easily than
you expect. I know two religious superiors
who found that to be the
case when they broke the bad news
that someone should no longer be
You cannot force these people to discontinue
driving and may not succeed
in enlisting others to convince them to
do so. If you do what you reasonably
can, you at least have the benefit of a
clear conscience on that matter.
All of us, regardless of how good our
eyesight may be, need to make sure
that our driving habits are not endangering
ourselves or other people.
Q: Are the Poor Souls in purgatory able to view the comings and goings
of their loved ones here on earth? Can those who are already in
heaven do the same? I think they can, but some people have said
they cannot.
A: I side with you on this issue, though this has not been the
subject of any official Church teaching of which I am aware.
The author of the New TestamentÆs Letter to the Hebrews
speaks of a ōcloud of witnessesö surrounding us (see 12:1),
encouraging us to ōrid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to
us and persevere in running the race that lies before us while keeping our
eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith.ö I cannot imagine
that these witnesses are unaware of our temptations and the times when
we resist them.
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Published: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 6:44 p.m.
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The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service is requesting assistance with an investigation involving the suspected illegal take of a radio-collared red wolf that was recently found dead.
The federally protected wolf was found with a suspected gunshot wound on Monday south of Roper and west of Lake Phelps in Washington County, officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Red Wolf Recovery Program said in a news release Wednesday.
Anyone with information that directly leads to an arrest, a criminal conviction, a civil penalty assessment, or forfeiture of property on the subject or subjects responsible for the suspected unlawful take of this red wolf may be eligible for a reward of up to $2,500.
A total of nine red wolves have died since Jan. 1. Of those nine, three were struck and killed by vehicles, one died as a result of non-management related actions, and five were confirmed or suspected gunshot deaths.
The red wolf is protected under The Endangered Species Act. The maximum criminal penalties for the unlawful taking of a red wolf are one year imprisonment and $100,000 fine per individual.
Anyone with information on the death of this red wolf or any others, past or future, is urged to contact Resident Agent in Charge John Elofson at 404-763-7959, Refuge Officer Frank Simms at 252-216-7504, or N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Officer Robert Wayne at 252-216-8225.
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There is a Fava Bean plant in our sidewalk bed that is covered with aphids. It looks awful! There are LOTS of other Fava Bean plants in the front yard without aphids. One plant has them. Why not pull it out? Well, there is good reason....
On closer look one will find an entire ecosystem in action. All of it existing on one plant. First to show up were the aphids. They started sucking the juices out of the plant and excreting a syrupy substance on the leaves. Then, lots of different aphid-eating insects appeared and went to work gobbling them up. At one point little yellow eggs appeared on the undersides of some leaves. I had seen adult ladybugs among the other hungry insects so I waited to see if the eggs belonged to them. Ladybug larvae eat aphids in large quantities so that plant would be a perfect spot to lay your eggs if you were a ladybug!
Sure enough, little prehistoric looking creatures appeared all prickly in orange and black dots. Those colors are these babies protection. Even though they look prickly they are actually quite soft-bodied. In nature the colors orange and black represent something that is inedible. The Monarch butterfly is the best example of this. They taste horrible to birds so many, many other butterflies use those same colors for protection even though they might be quite tasty.
So, if you see these little larvae do not be alarmed. Be happy! They are important helpers in your garden. Each day I transfer some to the fruit trees in the back garden to eat the aphids appearing on the new leaves. It's working!
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Aphid Infestation or Ladybug Nursery?
Posted by Petaluma Urban Homesteaders at 1:29 PM
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- ingridcc said...
Hi Suzanne,
I just found your blog and it is great reading! Plus beautiful. I was just trying to describe ladybug "babies" to someone, only learned about them a year or two ago in a preschool science book (at a school where I sub)!
--Ingrid (the braider)
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Nice looking blog. I just recently also foundcout about ladybug babies. I was asking the Master Gardeners over at my local farmers market, and they described them as "orange and black alligatory bugs". Very descriptive and memorable. Nice to know they are garden friends.
Mil, also urban gardener and beekeeper over by Berkeley
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Published: Friday, April 11, 2014 at 6:58 p.m.
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Detectives with the Henderson County Sheriff's Office are investigating a shooting that occurred around 5:30 p.m. at 1166 Brooklyn Ave.
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The victim was rushed by ambulance to Mission Hospital. A suspect was taken into custody minutes later, according to Chief Deputy Frank Stout of the Sheriff's Office.
A neighbor, Aaron Cunningham, arrived home shortly after the incident.
"Generally, it's a quiet neighborhood, " he said."Nothing ever really happens."
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The world of physics takes a bold leap forward with a single laborious finding
The world's two most advanced particle detector experiments --
-- have both detected signs of a particle that eluded physicists for almost a half century -- a particle researchers suspect is the Higgs boson.
I. Hunting for Higgs -- Inside the Most Expensive Machine Created by Man
The two detectors are housed within a 17 mile in circumference underground tunnel in the Alps, a tunnel which is chilled to temperatures colder then outer space. The particle accelerator and attached detection apparatus is a triumph of engineering, and at $10B USD is the single
most expensive piece of laboratory equipment
in the history of mankind.
Brought online in 2008, the collider suffered from
early hiccups
, typical of large particle accelerators. But before long it was setting records and gathering data which led to the
discovery of new exotic particles
The LHC track stretchs 17 miles and is colder than space. [Image Source: Entropy Bound]
But the biggest payoff for the high cost and years of effort came when the
European Organization for Nuclear Research
(CERN) announced that they had detected signs of the Higgs-like boson, a particle whose operation necessitates a super-powerful collider and world class detection equipment.
Just a couple days before
U.S. Department of Energy
published data from their
now-defunct Tevatron
indicating that they were
99.8 percent (roughly 3σ) sure
that they had detected a Higgs-like boson. That level of confidence is called an "observation" in particle physics.
II. From "Observation" to "Discovery"
By contrast the threshold of confidence for a "discovery" is 5σ -- and CERN delivered precisely that on Wednesday.
Using data gleaned from
record 7 TeV and 8 TeV proton collisions
, the CMS and ATLAS teams jointly pinpointed a Higgs boson or similar particle to within the 125-126 GeV mass region, with the requisite 5σ confidence.
That result is strengthened by the fact that the observation at the Tevatron predicted a mass between 115 and 135 GeV.
The CMS experiment spokesperson Joe Incandela comments:
The results are preliminary but the 5 sigma signal at around 125 GeV we're seeing is dramatic. This is indeed a new particle. We know it must be a boson and it's the heaviest boson ever found. The implications are very significant and it is precisely for this reason that we must be extremely diligent in all of our studies and cross-checks.
A CMS detector view of a Higgs boson creation from a 8 TeV collision. [Image Source: CERN]
ATLAS experiment
spokesperson Fabiola Gianotti comments:
We observe in our data clear signs of a new particle, at the level of 5 sigma, in the mass region around 126 GeV. The outstanding performance of the LHC and ATLAS and the huge efforts of many people have brought us to this exciting stage, but a little more time is needed to prepare these results for publication.
An ATLAS detector view of a Higgs boson creation from a 8 TeV collision. [Image Source: CERN]
III. The Hunt is Over, But the Discoveries Have Just Begun
The discovery of the new boson is a momentous day for particle physics, and one that comes
despite wise caution
on the parts of the men and women involved. Physicists were wary of jumping the gun and announcing the discovery, lest they make a mistake and alienate a public who already is less than highly interested in taking a trip into the cerebral land of modern particle physics.
The Higgs boson is theorized to give rise to the so-called Higgs mechanism, a form of electroweak symmetry breaking. A simple analogy of this complex effect is to think of a sort of "sticky field" that coats particles like a spoon dipping through a jar of honey. This "sticky" effect is thought to give protons, neutrons, and electrons -- the building blocks of matter that most of us are familiar with -- their mass.
To summarize in the simplest terms, researchers are now have detected a particle which they believe may give all standard particles their mass.
Finding the Higgs boson is a major step on the road to discovering the secrets of the universe.
[Image Source: NASA]
The discovery takes researchers a step closer to confirming the "Standard Model of particle physics", a theory which in turn opens the door to more advanced applications, such as string theory.
Much work remains to be done, though. The particle, while observed with a high measure of confidence, was poorly quantified, aside from its mass. By further probing observed Higgs-like bosons, researchers will be able to tune, accept, or reject certain compenents of Standard Model theory. These changes could help researchers better understand mysterious components that make up much of the non-visible universe --
such as dark matter
and energy.
In short, Higgs boson -- also nicknamed the "Goddamn particle" or "God Particle", for short, by a famous Nobel laureate -- is only the first step in a bold journey for mankind, a journey which will take humans, quite literally where no man has gone before.
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Going with your definition, everyone will agree what God exists. But not that God is sentient, listening or caring for our prayers, or performing any miracles in response to them or for whatever other reason. Also, there is no reason to believe in an afterlife, divine justice or much anything else that constitutes a religion.
So, then why not just use the word "Universe" instead of confusing people, and yourself, with the much more ill-defined "God"? And admit that you are not truly religious.
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Designer Dom Streater Reveals Why She Won 'Project Runway'
Dom Streater, the timid 24-year-old from Philadelphia who is a magician with bright prints, is the winner of this season's "Project Runway." We spoke with her by phone about working with Tim Gunn, her favorite label, and her plans for the next New York Fashion Week. Hint: Project Runway collaborations could be in the near future.
When was the finale episode taped? Was it tough to keep it a secret?
I've known since September 7th, which was the night we taped the finale. It was in the middle of Fashion Week and we went directly from the professional shows to our own runway, so it was chaos. Since then, I've literally gotten asked every day, multiple times, from random people, about who wins the season. Finally, I mastered this robotic reaction of: "You gotta tune in!"
So what have you been up to since?
I immediately got to work on designing my fall-winter collection for next year. I also got a few commissions that I've been working on, including clothes for a musician, which has been really interesting and fun.
Who did you think was your biggest competition?
Helen. Throughout the season, I was always, always impressed with her work. And she was, in my opinion, the most consistent designer on the show. She's very fashion forward, she has a strong image, and her work leaves an impression.
Are you still in touch with her or other castmates? Have you considered working together?
I talk to Helen almost every day, and I talk to Kate, Justin and Ken a lot. We're all close friends. I've had multiple conversations with people from the show about working together. Justin and I have discussed collaborations, and I'd love to do something with Helen although we haven't talked about it yet. We all really respect each other's work, which was one of the things that resonated with me about this season. I wouldn't be surprised if you saw several collaborations coming out of this season.
Were there moments when you felt certain you'd be eliminated?
For me, I was only in the bottom one time, but that one time…oh man. It was the Belk Challenge and I thought for sure I was out. I don't know if the judges thought I was too quiet, or maybe they weren't impressed with my work, but I was terrified! Other times, I had moments where I sent a design around the runway and then saw everyone else's and got nervous that mine was too pedestrian or boring, but I'd have to sit there and tell myself not to lose confidence and not to compare too much.
Did you worry that being one of the quieter presences might hurt you?
Oh, absolutely. "Project Runway" is a competition but it's also a reality show. Your personality is a major factor in how far you go. In the beginning especially, I worried that I wasn't dramatic enough, or I didn't speak up enough, but I got over that. After a few episodes, I began to understand that yes, it's about your persona, but it's more about what your work looks like going down the runway and whether it reflects you. I can be stoic, I don't wear my emotions on my sleeve, and I didn't want people to interpret that as being cold… but eventually, I just let the clothes speak for me.
Which judge do you think understood your vision from the beginning?
Nina. She's a wonderful editor with a strong eye for fashion-forward clothing and new ideas. I think she understood what I was trying to do with prints early on, so sometimes when I was working in the studio, I'd think, "Oh my God I hope Nina loves this!" She was the one I really wanted to impress. But honestly, I didn't dislike any of the judges. I'm sure other contestants did, I mean some people got it bad! But I felt like I had good, constructive feedback throughout the whole competition. Anything they said about my garment was understandable, so I'd go back, work on that thing and try to reflect that understanding in the next challenge.
How do you describe your aesthetic?
My look is about statement pieces. I grew up in a city, and in places like New York and Philly, wardrobes tend to drift very dark. I'd like to change that. I want vibrant clothes, you know, prints that carry well through the day. Fashion should be fresh and fun to look at, but it should also transition from the office to dinner to the airport. It should fit your personality, and your life.
What line do you look to for inspiration?
Preen. They do strong prints and stunning silhouettes season after season. That's a line that new generations of women will definitely look to for this kind of clothing — after me of course!
What was the best piece of advice Tim Gunn gave you?
Don't doubt yourself. I had moments where I'd worry about what the judges were expecting, and it would influence my design strategy and my authenticity. And boom, I'd wind up on the bottom. So Tim would tell me: "Don't overthink it, don't doubt yourself." Ever since then, I've made a point to go with my gut.
What does the show teach you about starting your own label?
That in this day and age, designers are a package deal. We're not just sewing machines, we're not always behind the scenes, and we can't detach from the clothes we make. They're our product, and we're a brand, so it's about figuring out how to convince the public that my brand is worth buying into. And the show — with the crazy two-day challenges and judges panels — forces us to communicate our vision persuasively. At the end of the day, that's what this business is all about: Branding yourself, and then selling the hell out of it.


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TAHOE CITY, Calif. - North Tahoe Arts welcomes and embraces the changing of the season with an exhibition of fall-inspired photography by award-winning photographer Geoff McGilvray and an exhibit of teapots, tea accessories by Nancy Olson, a great selection of locally made teas, and wall art by Heidi Reeves, Deb Rich, and Eileen Blodgett in the Main Gallery.View several private teapot collections. Exhibit will run until Monday, Oct. 29. Artist's reception is Friday, Oct. 12, 5-7 p.m. Refreshments served and a tasting of "Tahoe Teas" by Alenka. Open to the public. Gallery hours are 11-5pm daily, closed Tuesdays. "Bits & Pieces" A Sculpture and Mosaic Exploration held over in the Corison Loft Gallery until Monday, Oct. 29.North Tahoe Arts is located at 380 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City. Call 530-581-2787 or visit www.northtahoearts.com for information.
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I wish we could just say "stop it," and the destructive negativity on the news and in the newspapers would stop, but it won't. People on both ends of the political spectrum feed this, and it is fostered by news stations and newspapers because anger sells.
Yes it sells, but anger is not an emotion that allows anyone to move forward. This behavior - "I want it my way and will not compromise because I am morally correct" - is the narrow thinking that has, and is, fueling religious wars and now fuels political campaigns.
Please understand that I'm not choosing either side. I'm addressing the behavior on both sides that has gotten us where we are.
The election is over! Please put your energy in the direction of helping both parties work together. If members of both parties care about the future of our children (of course they do), then set the model of behavior that we would like our children to emulate.
I wasn't always chosen to be on the team that I wanted to play on, but I didn't "take my bat, go home and refuse to play unless ...''
I know that this message will not touch people on the far ends. Some will find reasons to be angry and probably direct their anger toward me and my comments.
I also take great comfort in knowing that most of us are much more reasonable than that.
We can't change behavior by saying "stop it," but we can go back to the roots of when we were young and learned to play well with others. Let's leave that as a legacy for our children.
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When efforts to fund a $7.5 million school construction project in Powers Lake fell $1 million short, students turned to their piggy banks.
In six days, the 105 elementary school students in the northwestern North Dakota town raised nearly $1,200 in pennies and other coins. That is an average of more than 1,100 pennies per student.
Superintendent Marlyn Vatne tells the Minot Daily News the money won't be enough — but the effort made the students feel a part of the project.
The planned classroom addition and new cafeteria at the high school is being funded through loans, a state grant, a bond issue passed by voters and donations. The district has set up a fundraising fund through the North Dakota School Foundation to try to reach the goal.
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Leon Hiebert was pastor of Andover Assembly of God (Generations Church A/G) from 1989 to 2009. He is a Viet Nam veteran who spent 10 years in the US Navy most of the time as a corpsman serving with the Marine Corps. A native of Belleville, Kan., Hiebert is semi retired and lives in Andover with his wife, Sharon. He is a school bus driver for USD 385, Andover, Kansas.
Scripture: 2Corinthians 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
Observation: God is known as the "Father of compassion" and the "God of all comfort." He has these titles because compassion and comfort are priorities to Him.
Application: Two applications I see: First, when I need comfort, I know where to go! My Heavenly Father is the expert on comfort! He invented it! He created me and knows how to comfort me. Second, when I see someone needing comfort I have the opportunity to pass along what God has given me! Comforting others is being a part of God's ministry to those He loves.
Prayer: Lord, thank you for the comfort you have given me; now use me to comfort others. Amen
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Seeking marriage help
A Roscommon farmer having trouble with his wife took a unique approach back in 1980 and wrote to the then Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Charles Haughey for help.
According to the recently published state papers for 1980, the farmer was having problems with his wife of four years.
He told Haughey she hadn't a penny when he married her, but she "has refused to have a child, cook, wash or clean the house. All she does is walk the roads and lie in bed all day. When I ask her what she intends doing, she tells me mind my own business, that she will do as she likes."
He claimed that she left the house for four months the previous year "dossing around with old bachelor men."
He explained that he had tried to prevent her return home, but she got into the house "in spite of me."
"Could you please tell me is she entitled to equal share in my property, as I think she is entitled to none of it," he asked Haughey. Haughey's secretary said that only the man's legal adviser could clarify his position in law.
Meanwhile, on November 1, 1980, contraceptives became legally available in Ireland for the first time in 45 years, but only on prescription from a doctor. These regulations enacted the Family Planning Act 1979, described by Haughey as an "Irish solution to an Irish problem."
A group of women from Ballaghaderreen wrote to Haughey warning him of the "abhorrent inevitable consequences" of the bill, including that Ireland would "cease to be one of the last outposts of moral society."
Mary T. Geever, recalled former Fine Gael Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave as a "man of moral conscience."
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The Irish College of General Practitioners says it has concerns about a move by pharmacy chain Boots to offer emergency contraception over the counter without a prescription for the first time.
Until now, women who wished to take the morning after pill had to visit their doctor first.
Dr. Mel Bates, chair of the Irish College of General Practitioners, said dispensing emergency contraception in this way raised issues about the quality and continuity of care given to patients.
He said that in a doctor setting, women could be offered advice about contraception and sexually transmitted infections.
Boots says it will offer the morning after pill in all its Irish pharmacies from Wednesday of this week.
It says it is able to do legally under a patient group direction. This allows its medical director to instruct non-doctors on following certain protocols.
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Recession pressure
THE crippling collapse of the economy is putting huge additional pressures on Kerry families, and the recession is leading to a sharp increase in marriage breakups and difficulties meeting maintenance payments.
There has been a huge surge in demand for services offered by the Legal Aid Board center in Tralee, where an 11% rise in demand in 2010 was confirmed with a total of 88 applicants still awaiting an appointment at the end of the year.
Eileen Bowden, the board's director of corporate services, confirmed that the Tralee center dealt with a total of 530 applicants in 2009, and up to November 2010 it had already dealt with a total of 550 applications.
"We are finding that there is more pressure. Because of the recession more people are qualifying for the service, and people are losing their jobs in the current economic climate," she stated.
"We would also see in Tralee that there has been an increase in people looking for advice in relation to debt cases. With debt we look at each case on an individual basis. We can give advice but we cannot always take on a case," she added.
Over the last 12 months the Legal Aid Board solicitors in Tralee have also observed a major increase in the number of people seeking help in relating to child care and child abduction cases.
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THE collapse in the construction sector has been starkly revealed in figures published by Mayo county manager Peter Hynes in his annual report.
Planning applications in the county fell last year to levels not seen since 1994, and are now less than a third of what they were during the heady days of the Celtic Tiger.
Mayo County Council had received a total of 1,172 applications up to the end of November 2010, a decline of 7.5% on the same period in 2009.
It now appears almost certain that 2010 will have been the worst year for construction in Mayo since 1994 when a total of 1,376 planning applications were lodged.


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For web page archival there are much better apps (paid) like DevonThink, Together, Yojimbo that give perfect results and are much faster.
I like it and I use it on OS X, WinXP, and iPod touch. It's become an essential part of all kinds of workflows. I'm still using the free version. The ads are not a big deal, for me, as I get a lot of use out of the product and they have to monetize it somehow.
Things in my previous comment being said, I have found Evernote to be useful and an enhancement to my productivity, although I have not been using it enough to warrant a subscription. I also find the (rather unobtrusive, IMHO, once you get over the initial annoyance) ads a small price to pay for the free usage and reassurance the service will not go away one day taking my notes with it.
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Friday, April 19, 2013
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW) -- A man is wanted in North Augusta in connection to multiple car break-ins.
Toby LaCarter, 34, is accused of breaking into cars in parking lots at Riverview Park.
LaCarter is said to drive a gray Dodge Ram with a single cab that has a "for sale" sign in the bottom right corner of the front windshield. He is a black male with cornrow braids and a short beard who is 6 feet tall and weighs approximately 155 pounds.
An officer was called to the park on Monday afternoon and initiated a traffic stop as the suspected vehicle drove west on Woodlawn Avenue. According to the incident report, LaCarter leaned out the window and asked the officer if he was the one being stopped. The officer says he saw LaCarter lean toward the passenger seat of the vehicle, which is when the officer took cover before witnessing LaCarter driving away.
After the officer started to pursue LaCarter, the officer claims LaCarter was speeding and disregarding stop signs and traffic lights. The chase ended when the vehicle crossed the state line.
If you have any information, call the North Augusta Department of Public Safety at (803) 279-2121.