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Beautiful Cottage by the Beach
|Per night
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The cottage is perfect for couples who are looking for long term inexpensive accommodation to escape winter in a nice, quiet, sunny and warm beaches with friendly locals. It is very close to amenities,church,store, wet market and internet cafe. There is a caretaker living nearby to look after your needs. Great place for tourist to relax and explore the islands and the mainland of Leyte province.
Imelda Aguilar
Property Rates
|Jan 01 2015
|Dec 31 2016
|1 Week
|Deposits: $50 damage deposit.
|Payment Options: PayPal, Personal Check
Reviews for this vacation cottage rental in Hindang, Philippines
Tony 'AJ' Davies
London, UK and Leyte, Phils
A Peaceful and Special Hideaway
September 25, 2013
Good vacation rentals in Leyte are hard to find and this is a real gem. If you want peace and seclusion its here but you are not isolated, the locals are very freindly but never intrusive and always have a smile. If you are not familiar with semi rural small town Philippines then you may have a pleasant surprise. If your thing is Malls, bars and restaurants then maybe try this place, its different. You shop in the public market, you can find all you need and fresh too. Buy your fish after 4:30pm, its fresh from the sea. If you need a town then BayBay, Bato and Maasin are not far but they are not cities. My wife lives in San Jose Dulag and we travelled aircon van from there 600 pesos each round trip, not much more from Tacloban, beware those who want to charge you 3500 each way, ok you get the van to yourself but its up to you. The cottage is well equiped and comfortable with aircon in the bedroom and fans in the other rooms. Gas for cooking was inclusive and you can also BBQ in the garden which has a toilet and shower plus cottage. Swimming is good when the sea is calm but it's shallow water for 30-50m, best at high tide. We went as a couple, if you are a group of 3 or 4 then you will share the bedroom which has 2 queen beds. We didn't have time to explore the 4 nearby islands but they look amazing and we plan for that next time, we did explore Hindag Caves which were worth a visit, one of Loloy's friends rented us a motorbike (200 a day) so we did have mobility..the pedicabs are a bit small for westerners. It was a pleasure dealing with Imelda the owner and I give this 5 stars as the best rental in its kind of location that I have found.
Chad Reel
Wasilla Alaska
great place
September 3, 2013
Thanks Imelda, Our stay at your place was super. Your directions were good and we found the place no sweat. Your manager and grounds keeper were very nice and attentive and your beach house was clean. We visited some of the islands that you recommended and had a blast. attended a sunday mass at the big open cathedral and it was really cool. The Wet Market was excellent and we got fresh fish, chicken and fruit every day. Attended a Sabong (cock fight) at the local arena, Visited the Hindang caves, and wow those are huge. We rented a motorcycle and had an enjoyable time at your place. Felt very safe and walked a mile or two down the beach every day. I would recommend your place and will visit again. Thanks Chad
Melengor Yao Gbanaglo
Seattle, WA USA
Great getaway!
August 24, 2013
Great hosts made the stay here amazing. This cozy little place is located on a foreigner sparse, but locally gracious island away from all of the usual tourist traps of the Philippines. I highly recommend a stay here if you've got the time!
John Uytendaal
The Netherlands
wonderful cottage in perfect location
March 19, 2013
A truly wonderful cottage in a perfect location. Right at the beach and with a big garden with BBQ. The area is quite and Hindang is a nice town with very friendly people. The caretakers are very friendly and taking good care of the property and their guests. I highly recommend this cottage for couples or families who are looking for a quite vacation spot in Leyte.
Gemma Rowena Acebedo
Cebu City, Phils.
Tranquil, exclusive getaway
November 6, 2012
City dwelling for almost 20 years with hardly enough time to slow down has left my soul weary. That's why during school breaks, my family is always on a look out for some beautiful, relaxing ambiance to unwind and perhaps to perk up our sluggish existence. Summer of 2012, the family headed off to Leyte and stayed in this quaint little cottage by the sea. It is situated in a small fishing village where life is very simple and modest. The resort was private, clean and cozy - a pleasant, comfortable place for a far-off getaway. Great solitude for families, friends and honeymooners. The cottage was all to ourselves, just perfect for quiet living where serenity is a bliss! I woke up happy and relaxed with the first rays of the sun casting colors at the expanse of the sea ... barbecuing by the beach while relishing the picturesque setting sun...gazing at the flickering, distant fishermen's lights ... savoring the coolness of the night's sea breeze ...soft splashing of the waves making melodies of peace lulled me to sleep. It was truly a delightful experience! There's no better place in this part of Leyte to rest one's thoughts. My family is eagerly looking forward to this tranquil, exclusive getaway next summer :)))
Andrew David Claridge
Sabang, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines, Witham, Essex, U.K.
Many improvements!
October 9, 2012
This was our third stay in Kayla Cottage and we were very happy with the many improvements that have been made and detailed by the owners at the foot of this page, the mosquito screens on all the windows are particularly welcome! The locals were as friendly as ever and we had a very relaxing stay which included celebrating our wedding anniversary with a large lechon in the garden! We look forward to our next visit.
jonathan stephens
bacoor , philippines
December 7, 2011
well the cottage is very remote it took over 3 hours to get there from tacloban.The cottage is quite old and lacks amenities ie a oven or decent knifes ect.When we arrived the cottage was not cleaned and was never cleaned the whole time we were there and after contacting owner she said we didnt want it cleaned which we never stated.The beach close to the property is poor rubbish on shore and the sand is black not nice to sit on or swim in our opinion.The caretaker was helpfull to us ie getting us water and small items from store but doesnt speak english as i was told he does so if you dont speak visayan or tagalog will be hard to talk to.The town is very small and doesnt have any places to eat except fpt street food and basic items .There is a wetmarket but like other small towns in philippines it is open and insects ect all over the meat and seafood so we didnt buy anything.The closest place for a good shop is maasin which has a big grocery store and a inasal and jolibee but it still lacks good vegatables which are poor quality everywhere we looked.Ovarall we were disapointed with our stay and would only recommend this place for a short stay if you were travelling thru the area you can find places for a better price in luzon which are in good locations close to manila .Others may have a different opinion of course about this place but we are not fussy people but this was well below our expectations
Cyd Mendoza Virola
Montreal, Canada
Cozy Accomodation & Warm and Friendly Staff
October 7, 2011
The capiz and bamboo mat design of the cottage was unique and provided an exotic ambience, water supply, air-conditioning, dining and kitchen equipments were adequate, Mang Nanding & Ate Lina were very helpful, reliable and ensure our safety at all times. Mosquitoes were common guests but the full blast of the air-conditioning kept them away a bit from the bedroom during bedtime & OFF lotion was handy to keep them away as well. For the purpose of my vacation with my brother and cousin to visit relatives in Leyte, Kayla Resort was a perfect choice!!! Thanks for the hospitality of Mang Nanding and Ate Lina,...Salamat po!
Roger Brooks
New Zealand
Quiet away from it all charming cottage.
June 23, 2011
This is the place for that relaxing away from it all vacation. The cottage is well equipped, spacious and altogether rather charming. The caretakers Nanding and Lina are very hospitable, anxious to be of assistance and invaluable sources of information of the surrounding area. They really do go the extra mile to ensure guests have a really enjoyable Philippines rural experience. The locals are very friendly. Local travel easy and inexpensive.
Mike White
toronto canada
Hindang almost alone
February 20, 2011
the house is fine, garden lovely and it's right beside the ocean. Cable tv AC in the bedroom fans in the living room. Most of the people in the city were friendly. basics provided by the little stores near by groceries at the market 6 blocks away entertainment in other cities up to 40 minutes away.get home early no taxies no scheduels. Water stopped almost daily for a while electricity went out infrequently. mosquitoes free access. toilet had to be repaired regularly by met
Julieta Orres
Anchorage, AK USA
tranquil place by the beach
March 5, 2010
Overall, we were very pleased for the amount we paid.The area is very rural and no air pollution. I loved watching the passersby and they loved talking to us. They were very friendly and you know they were curious of who we were and where we came from.At any rate, I will stay there again should we decide to come back to Hindang.The only we did not have is water heater in our shower. It was broken and the caretaker says needs replacement or repair. We did not have warm shower in the duration of our stay.
Mary Boustani
Avon Lake, Ohio USA
Boustani vacation
July 11, 2009
My family was in the philippines due to family business. However, we had a few days to relax before heading back to Cebu and Manila. The cottage was very comfortable. Since we are used to have airconditioning in the US, it was great that we had great working AC in the bedroom. The cottage was very spacious to accomadate a family. The place was also clean. The place was complete with a refrigirator stove cooking utensils and everyting else you need in a house. The outside had a garden that was so cute. The best way for me to describe the place is that it had a homy feeling and relaxing. There was a motorcycle to rent for 200 pesos a day unfortunately I don't know how to drive one. Also the market was in walking distance if you needed anything to buy and can hire someone to cook for you. But we did not need these services because we had relatives in the next town and we were expected to eat there. I have so much more to say but not enought space here to write them. Back 2010.
ontario canada
get what you pay for typical cottage
May 30, 2009
I'm sorry but the previous person must have had nanding's brother or we did?Not one word of english or tagalog came from the mans lips or from lina very disapointed in the comunication,we had more success with the locals,children who probably take english in school than our hosts who refused to acknowledge us when we spoke english.the cottage structure was fine but inside was dirty and that is putting it mildly!The time frame between mid march and when we arrived may 5th i dont believe any caretaker entered to clean up the cottage Our first night lights in bathroom and kitchen burnt out water supply to toilet was shut off and bad smell coming from kitchen.reason supply was shut off discovered water shooting all over bathroom floor instead of into toilet tank.this was never fixed by the way during 17day stay.we spent 2 days cleaning place before we felt comfortable eating in kitchen.it wasnt quiet setting as we had been told a resort played karioke till 2am base speaker shaken cottage
Belgium (Europe)
Quiet pleace to stay
April 23, 2009
We stayed in the cottage from half januari untill half march. Quiet place to stay, fine neighbours, only 5 min. from the proper town Hindang and his market. You find on this market all your western needs from bread to fish, meat, butter etc. On the market you find also internetcafe. From Hindang is easy with the public transport to go to the big towns like Maassin, Baybay, Ormoc, Hilongos, Bato, etc. The housekeeper, Nanding, is very provided about his guests and speaks fluent Englisch. At 4km you find a diving center who can bring you to the 4 islands for snorkeling or diving, but best you make arrangements before your staying (Naval Diving base). Daily excursions by walking are great and you can spend whole day's to explore the surroundings (ex. Bontoc caves). Great place to stay! We will for sure go back.
To improve our service, we listen to the feedback from our previous guest.
The cottage is newly renovated and painted with the following additions:
- new pressurized 82 gal tank
- water heater in the shower.
- ceiling fans and screen on windows and doors to solve the mosquito problem.
- new kitchen appliances
- Outdoor barbeque, kitchen , showers and toilet facilities.
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Ottawa: According to a report done by Theresponsiblecitizen.org, based on statistics published in the Correctional Services Canada's Annual Report on International Transfers, it is highly improbable that Canada's Minister of Public Safety, Vic Toews would approve convicted terrorist, Omar Khadr's application to come to Canada.
According to the 2009-2010 Annual Report, the latest data available on the Correctional Services Canada website, of 1290 applications filed for transfer between 2005-2010, only 17.75% (n=229) have resulted in a transfer, while 46.53% (598) were denied. The rest of applications are either still being processed or have been withdrawn.
The majority of these denials were based either on section 10.2(a) of the ITOA, "whether, in the Minister's opinion, the offender will, after the transfer, commit a terrorism offence or criminal organization offence within the meaning of section 2 of the Criminal Code" and/or section 10.1(a) of the ITOA, "whether the offender's return to Canada would constitute a threat to the security of Canada".
If the applicant is serving a sentence for a serious offense(s) such as homicide, attempted murder, murder, manslaughter, sexual assault, narcotics trafficking, attempt to import and export or such offence that is indictable in Criminal Code of Canada, there is a compellingly high chance, as high as 92% chance, that he/she would be outright rejected on public safety grounds.
Only 1 application has resulted in a transfer in 2009-2010.
The organization has called on Minister Vic Toews to reject Omar Khadr as they believe he poses a grave threat to Canadian public safety.
In a press release, it stated: "If not, urge Minister Toews to, at the very least, make his entry to Canada conditional, based on his acceptance or failure, to declare under oath in public, that he denounces his father's ideology of al Qaeda, renounces the doctrine of armed jihad and affirms the murder of U.S. medic Christopher Speer as an act of a war crime."


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SIKESTON -- One thing anyone can tell from watching a Sikeston Lady Bulldogs softball game is how much time and effort goes into putting a competitive squad on the field.
What may not be so evident, however, is the same time and effort that the girls put into their work in the classroom.
All that hard work was recognized, however, when the Lady Bulldogs were recognized as a Missouri State Fast-Pitch Coaches Association Academic All-State team.
"For the last three year's we've made it," Sikeston head coach Tiffany Morgan said. "Like I told the girls, I expect it now. It's a pretty big honor especially since the grades we take are the ones they make during the season. So they have to not just focus on playing softball, but they are also having to focus on keeping their grades up."
Easily surpassing the 3.3 cumulative grade-point-average (GPA) a team must have, Sikeston finished the fall semester with a combined 3.49 average.
Like last year, the Lady Bulldogs had four players earn first-team individual honors, which requires an athlete to post a semester GPA of 3.88 or better. Those who made the team this season include junior Sarah Dixon, sophomore Annie Ramey, and freshmen Maggie Shepherd and Paige Sailors. Dixon returns after earning first team honors last year when Sikeston posted a 3.65 cumulative team GPA.
Earning a spot on the second team was Sikeston's lone senior Lauren Graham. Athletes were required to earn a 3.75-3.87 cumulative GPA.
"The girls take honor in it," Morgan said of making the team. "They talk about being together and they do study groups and help each other out. They kind of become each other's tutors. The older kids help out the younger kids and in the same aspect the younger kids can sometimes help out the older kids.
"So it's kind of a bonding thing and the award is a huge honor for them to accomplish through the season. Especially in our season, which is so jam packed with games and practice and everything else."
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The Animal Inside Out exhibit opened Sunday at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas. The exhibit includes skeletons, muscles, organs and circulatory systems in more than 100 animal specimens. (That's right, humans are animals too!)
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Water World Swim
Saturday, September 28, 2013 from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
ALCATRAZ 11 th ANNUAL SWIM WITH THE CENTURIONS 2013
Before purchasing tickets, please read well our non-refund policy and guidelines for passengers
This swim is full and swimmers may bring a passenger to watch from the start of the swim and portion of the swim from Alcatraz. The ticket does not guarantee that the passenger will board the same boat or ferry of their swimmer. The Ferry or boat comes back to Fisherman Wharf and passengers must do a 5 or 10 minutes walk back to Aquatic Park to presence the end of the swim.
You may either buy a ticket and come to watch the swim from a boat or have the choice to just stay on the beach and wait for the swimmer's arrival. If the swimmer companion chooses to stay on the beach there are no charges of any kind to observe from Aquatic Park. Otherwise if you have bought a ticket, there is a NO REFUND POLICY.
Minors under 7 can board for free in the company of parents or guardians. If for any reason the ticket holder will not show up, percentage of their ticket value will be donated to any of the charity organizations Water World Swim supports.
PASSENGERS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE BRIEFING AT SPORTS BASEMENT ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27th FROM 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. RECEIVE COUPONS WITH A 10% DISCOUNT TO SHOP AT THE STORE WHILE SWIMMERS CHECK IN FOR THE SWIM. NEXT DAY THEY MUST BE PRESENT AT THE SAME TIME THE SWIMMERS MUST BE PRESENT AT AQUATIC PARK AND PRESENT THIS PRINTED TICKET FROM THIS REGISTRATION SERVER OR REQUEST THEIR TICKET ON THE DAY BEFORE OR ON THE DAY OF THE SWIM.
When & Where
Alcatraz with the Centurions passengers
499 Jefferson Street
San Francisco,
Saturday, September 28, 2013 from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM (PDT)
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Water World Swim
Water World Swim has been offering open water swimming events and training programs for over 16 years. Some of our programs include the "Swim with Pedro"
Weekly workouts and training sessions, regular Alcatraz crossings and instructional clinics, the New Waves program for young swimmers with an interest in open water swimming, and our numerous open water races and events.
Our swims have been chosen for their beauty, safety , and general "coolness" factor. Each swim is prepared, organized, and guided by a team of local coaches and swimmers with vast experience and in-depth knowledge of the local waters. All our swims are fully certified, permitted and supported by the U.S. Coast Guard.
We welcome swimmers from all over the world with all levels of ability. If you are training for an upcoming competition, want to accomplish a swim from Alcatraz, or just want to experience swimming in the beautiful waters of the San Francisco Bay, then we encourage you to join us. We offer something for everyone.
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Very very easy soup, and inexpensive as well. I made my version with oyster mushroms (which are cheaper where I live) and macaroni! Very tasteful!! Will definitely make again!
I enjoyed this soup with some change I saute the onions,mushroom,garlic and used one container of chicken broth with 2 cups of water I also ground up some caraway seeds plus some whole ones for ...
a good soup for those who like kraut, my husband who isn't quite the fan i am liked it but desired a little less of the cabbage.
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Creative Discussion – When Is It Time To Let An Idea Die?
It is time once again to engage the creative community in another discussion where we examine elements of the creative process. In this installment of our Creative Discussion we are asking for the design communities input on what signs tell you that you have come to the point where you need to throw in the towel on an idea. You have worked on it, and tried to attack it from several different directions and nothing seems to be working. So how do you know when that time has come, and it is better to move on to another idea and simply let the other die?
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When Is It Time To Let An Idea Die?
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My wife was watching "America's Next Top Model" when I got home from doing man things last night, which meant I asked lots of annoying questions and feigned disinterest.
For the most part, it worked. One thing did catch my attention. I hardly would have imagined writing a blog post about it the next day. But the contestant with the 30G breasts can be seen in the above clip flashing Tyra Banks et al during tryouts.
The reason this is newsworthy, and that I embedded the clip, is that Esther Petrack is a Modern Orthodox Jew, born in Jerusalem, and it took her about two seconds to sell out the Sabbath.
Benyamin Cohen, my favorite Bizarro Brad, writes about Esther and the history of Orthodox Jews on reality television. They've been a lot more prevalent than I would have thought. Cohen writes at the Huffington Post:
Esther Petrack, the America's Next Top Model contestant, at first chose to take pride in her Jewishness, telling Tyra she was from Jerusalem and taking the time to explain her beliefs. But once she realized that the rigors of the show would conflict with her Sabbath observance, Esther opted to switch gears and take pride in something else that made her unique: Her comedically enormous breasts.
This immediate about-face—a proud Modern Orthodox Jew one moment and sashaying in a bikini and heels on national TV the next—was a sad commentary. After all, the contestant is named after the biblical Queen Esther. That historical figure also competed in a beauty pageant, and even hid the fact that she was Jewish. But, when the chips were down and the time called for a hero, Queen Esther used the opportunity to reveal her faith and saved the Jewish people from imminent annihilation. It's her self-sacrifice that we celebrate each year on the festival of Purim.
Look, nobody is saying that being a Modern Orthodox Jew is easy. I'd be the last person to argue that wearing a skullcap all the time, only eating kosher, and not using electricity on Saturdays is easy. It's not.
But let's also be realistic here: I've often wished that I could be a contestant on The Amazing Race, but the bug-eating competitions (not kosher) and the flying on Saturdays (also not kosher) would put me in last place. (Although plenty of non-observant Jews have appeared on that show.)
Esther knew beforehand that competing on the show would conflict with the strict Sabbath rules she had been keeping until that point. And she decided that competing on the show, and the potential of a high-end modeling career, were more important. To be honest, she likely made that decision before the cameras started rolling. But the producers edited it in such a way that she appeared to be, as many grandparents would say, "finishing Hitler's work."
Talk about dripping with guilt. Shame on you, Esther.
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EU's Plans to Curb CO2 Supply Is Legitimate, Lawyer Says
European Union law allows regulators to delay sales of some permits in the bloc's carbon market as of next year, equipping them with a tool to curb oversupply, according to a leading emissions lawyer.
In any proposal to postpone carbon auctions the European Commission, the bloc's regulatory arm, would need to define the quantity of allowances to be sold at a later date, the distribution per member state and possibly a new timeline for introducing them to the market, according to Mihalis Kritikos, an expert in the EU law at White & Case legal practice in Brussels. The commission has said it's working on a draft measure to delay auctions after carbon prices slumped to a record low earlier this year.
"There is nothing in the Emissions Trading System directive that prevents the implementation of a measure to set aside allowances by postponing the auctioning of some of the allowances," Kritikos said by e-mail today.
Comments by Kritikos, who worked as a legal adviser to the commission before joining White & Case and has taught EU law courses at the London School of Economics, contradict the analysis of the Polish government, according to which the European legislation doesn't allow withholding carbon permits from the market.
The commission is planning to present to member states "in the not-too-distant future" a review of the carbon-permit auctioning regulation to postpone some sales of allowances in the early phase of the next trading period that runs from 2013 to 2020, Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said earlier this month. The draft measure could be submitted to EU governments by the middle of July, with a view to a vote in September, according to an EU official, who declined to be named.
Short-Term Fix
A delay in the auctioning rate would be a short-term fix to the EU emissions trading system, also known as the ETS, and would amount to a temporary withholding of allowances, without changing the 2013-2020 pollution cap. Environment lobbies and some members of the European Parliament have also urged the EU to create a permanent set-aside of allowances that would be subsequently canceled at the end of the next trading period.
"Setting aside the allowances is justified either as a way of tightening the cap in support of the transition to higher greenhouse-gas reduction levels, or to adjust the cap to the consequences of the implementation of renewables and energy efficiency targets or simply to safeguard the efficiency of the system, certainty and predictability," Kritikos said.
Headline Goal
Under the European law, the bloc's headline goal is to reduce greenhouse gases by 20 percent in 2020 compared with 1990 levels. The 2020 cap for utilities and manufacturers in the emissions trading system, the key tool of EU climate policy, will be 21 percent below 2005 discharges.
The emission caps that the EU emissions trading system imposes on more than 12,000 facilities owned by manufacturers and utilities were set before the debt crisis and economic slump. The program will be oversupplied by permits covering around 1.1 billion tons of CO2 by 2012, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. This surplus may be transferred into Phase 3.
EU permits for December have lost 61 percent in the past year on concern that the excess of allowances will be weighing on the market for most of the next trading period, also known as Phase 3. The contract fell 1.2 percent to 6.72 euros a metric ton as of 9:51 a.m. on London's ICE Futures Europe exchange.
Temporary Delay
The EU is moving toward auctioning allowances in the third phase of the ETS after giving most of them for free in the first two trading periods since 2005 to companies including Germany's biggest steelmaker ThyssenKrupp AG and Italy's biggest utility Enel SpA. Under the current rules, relatively more allowances will be sold to the market in the early part of the next phase and relatively fewer in the later years, according to Hedegaard.
While a temporary delay to some carbon sales could be done by revising the EU auctioning regulation in the so-called comitology procedure, any permanent cancellation of permits would require a revision of the EU ETS directive, which lays the foundation for carbon trading in the region.
Both changing the regulation and the directive require qualified majority support from member states, yet amending the ETS law to change the number of permits in the cap-and-trade system could take more than a year in a politically contentious step also involving the European Parliament.
The number of allowances in the ETS will also become the subject of talks when the EU discusses longer-term greenhouse-gas targets, Hedegaard said last month. According to a strategy paper published by the commission in 2011, the cheapest scenario for Europe would be to cut emissions by 40 percent in 2030 and 60 percent in 2040 compared with 1990 levels.


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Apart from singing Mike Oldfield's world famous hits Moonlight Shadow and To France, she always had her own wonderful career in music.
This site wants to inform you about Maggie's activities. We do our best to stay up to date. Fans' contributions are always very welcome! Please post them on the Contact page or on our Facebook page!
Great news for all Dutch fans: on 29th October Maggie will come to Holland for an exclusieve show in the Zaantheater in Zaandam. Tickets now available, see Agenda for details.
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Stillman football's number don't tell whole story
Published: Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 11:38 p.m.
Numbers don't lie, but they can be misinterpreted.
Central State at Stillman
When: 6:30 p.m. Thursday
Where: Stillman Stadium
Records: Central St. 2-5, 2-3 SIAC Stillman 4-3, 3-2 SIAC
For the Stillman College football team, the numbers are irrelevant, good or bad.
After a 35-7 loss against Tuskegee last Saturday, coach Teddy Keaton said the score didn't indicate how well his players performed but highlighted how the opponent took advantage of the Tigers' missed opportunities.
The Tigers recorded more first downs than Tuskegee (21-18) and ran for 120 yards on 30 attempts, compared to Tuskegee's 138 yards in 30 attempts.
Both teams each had about 30 minutes of possession time, and the Tigers had two red-zone opportunities to Tuskegee's one.
So the question is, "What went wrong?"
"They play a bend-don't-break defense, where they will let you move the ball down the field if you take what you are supposed to take, but when you get into the red zone they make the stops to make it difficult to score," Keaton said.
The Tigers (4-3, 3-2 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) have given up 35 points in two of their losses and no more than 21 in their wins. They host Central State (2-5, 2-3) at 6:30 tonight.
"Those were two well-coached football teams (Tuskegee and St. Augustine's)," Keaton said. "The difference is the little things, and when someone makes a mistake, you get exposed.
The Tigers rank No. 2 in the SIAC in scoring defense, No. 1 in sacks and No. 2 in interceptions.
The Tigers also have at least two players in the top 10 in tackles, tackles for loss, sacks, passes defended and interceptions.
But the numbers are irrelevant.
"I don't look at them, and I don't even tell my guys about them," defensive coordinator Dedrick Dodge said. "We are more concerned with the letters W and L."
Dodge said it's ultimately about his defense getting the job done. The statistics look good on paper, but being successful on the field requires players completing their assignments.
Linebacker Marcus Matthews, is No. 3 in the SIAC in tackles. The junior has 61 tackles, three sacks and one interception.
"He is a very tough, aggressive kid, and that helps him get to the ball and make tackles," Dodge said.
Dodge said Matthews also has developed a vision to recognize plays.
"The last two years he was just reacting to things, but it's always better when you can anticipate," Dodge said.
Matthews said he focuses on the fundamentals, something Dodge preaches every practice.
With five games left in the regular season, Dodge wants his players to get in the habit of doing their own jobs.
"I don't need a back-side player making a front-side play," Dodge said. "That's a challenge within itself."
Defense is a process the Tigers seek to perfect, even if the numbers are already impressive.
"We spend time correcting the things we don't do well and sharpen up on the things we excelled in," Keaton said. "It's never about what the other team does, but about your level of execution."
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Browse and search the BrickLink catalog.
Easily create XML files for Mass-Upload and Mass-Update either by parting out sets or by adding individual parts (or both).
Download and view any order by order number.
Download and view your whole store inventory. An easy way to use this for repricing, is to use the BrickLink Mass-Upload functionality.
Easily create and upload Wanted-Lists (this is not 100% complete yet - see below ).
Price your items based on the latest price guide information.
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If you load files which contain items with obsolete item ids you can fix them using the BrickLink catalog change-log (this could be automated with some support from BrickLink).
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By Alex McVeighMay 20, 2009
FORT MYER, Va. (Army News Service, May 20, 2009) -- As part of the Army's continued celebration of the Year of the Noncommissioned Officer, senior Army leaders Tuesday recognized 10 members of the 111th Congress who have served as NCOs.
In a ceremony on Whipple Field, Secretary of the Army Pete Geren, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston paid tribute to the 10 representatives in attendance, as well as four others not in attendance and three senators who served as NCOs.
Members of the U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" played a brief pre-ceremony concert before Soldiers from The Old Guard marched onto the Whipple Field carrying the 50 state flags, as well as the six flags from United States territories.
The official party of Geren, Casey, Preston and Rep. Silvestre Reyes (Texas) arrived after the ceremonial units were set. After they performed the dressing sequence, Command Sgt. Maj. David Martel, The Old Guard command sergeant major, took the official party and the representatives on the traditional inspection of the troops.
Each congressman was given a token of appreciation from Geren, as well as a coin from Preston.
Preston, speaking first, thanked all the veterans in the audience.
"[The] members of Congress who are here today began a lifetime of service to our nation as noncommissioned officers in the United States Army," Preston said. "As we celebrate 2009 as the Year of the Noncommissioned Officer, we all know that the noncommissioned officer corps was not formed overnight ... and our army today is the best Army in the world because of the competence of these mid-level leaders."
Casey opened up his remarks by thanking all NCOs present, particularly Julius W. Gates, Richard A. Kidd, Jack L. Tilley, and Gene C. McKinney, each of whom retired as the sergeant major of the Army. Casey credited the NCOs he knew for helping him to become the officer he is today, and said he believed that all officers owe a debt to an NCO.
"Any officer out here will tell you ... that they are the officer that they are today, because there was a noncommissioned officer behind them every step of the way," Casey said. "To some extent, all of us stand on the shoulders of great noncommissioned officers, and it's especially appropriate to remember that today, as we honor these men."
Geren also gave credit to the honorees, as the lessons they learned as NCOs led them to dedicate their lives to serving the country, long after they stopped wearing the Army uniform.
"We recognize our honorees this evening because before they took the oath of office as members of Congress, they protected and defended the constitution of the United States as noncommissioned officers," Geren said. "At the front of every mission, here or overseas, you'll find a noncommissioned officer. NCOs lead the way in education, training and discipline, and they share their strength of character with every Soldier they lead, every officer they support and every civilian with whom they serve."
The ceremony concluded with a pass in review, as each unit passed in front of the official party as the crowd of more than 50 Soldiers and civilians applauded. The Army Band put the finishing touches on the ceremony by playing the Army song, which the audience sung along to.
The theme of the evening was best described by the top noncommissioned officer in the United States Army, the sergeant major of the Army.
"If you see a veteran, please thank them for their service. America is deeply in their debt. I could not be more proud than I am today to be called a Soldier and to stand shoulder to shoulder with you and your Families," Preston said. "Together we are, and always will be, America's Army, the strength of the nation."
(Alex McVeigh writes for the Pentagram newspaper at Fort Myer, Va.)


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Light in a Shell
Category: Nature
Photo and caption by Nava Derakhshani
I took this photo while on a hike in a forest close to my home. It's a shell that was shed by what is know as a Christmas Beetle. I love the play of light on the shell and the magic that is captured here. The photo gives a sense of haunted hope where an empty shell that once occupied life is illuminated by the sun above.
Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Slugs, like everything in an ecosystem have a role. They are composters so break down vegetation, and they are also a source of food for other wildlife. There are approximately 30 species of slug in the UK and there are four main pest species that are native to the UK. These four pest species cause approximately £8 million in damage to vegetable crops each year.
Slugs move in rhythmic waves by contracting muscles on the underside of the foot. At the same time a layer of mucus is produced that helps to smooth the slugs path across the ground. This mucus is also used as the slugs navigation system, as slugs will find their way back to their tunnels and feeding sites by following their mucus trail.
A slug has two retractable pairs of tentacles. The upper pair of tentacles are called the optical tentacles and are the eyes of a slug. The optical tentacles have light sensitive eyespots on the end and can be re-grown if lost. These are also used for smell. The lower pair are two smaller tentacles and are used for feeling and tasting.
The mouth parts are below the tentacles and the slugs eat using a radula which is a tongue-like organ that is covered with approximately 27,000 tiny tooth-like protrusions that are called denticles.
Slugs have a large respiratory pore called the pneumostome. This leads to a single lung and is generally found on the right hand side.
The mantle is an area behind the head of the slug and is made of thicker flesh than the head. If a slug is frightened or not active the slug will retract its head into the mantle for protection. The mantle also forms the respiratory cavity. In some slug species there is a small piece of shell in the mantle, this is because slugs have evolved from snails.
The keel is a ridge that runs the length of the back of some species of slug.
For more, see the SlugWatch slug anatomy diagram
Cool weather, rain and fog is the best weather for slugs because since they don't have an outer shell to protect them, they may dry out in dry and warm weather. When the weather is warm and dry slugs will try and find a cool, dark and damp area to hide in. However if there is a long dry spell then slugs will encase themselves in a papery cocoon-like structure and attach themselves to a wall or a tree and wait it out.
Slugs will grind up their food and will eat things such as:
- Tender leaves
- Seedlings
- Soft fruits
- Fungus
- Decaying matter
Most species of slugs are herbivores however some are carnivores and the diet of a slug varies depending on what species it is. For more information about a certain species' diet see the Identification guide.
Slugs have a variety of predators such as:
- Hedgehogs
- Birds (e.g. Thrushes)
- Toads
- Ground Beetles
When a slug is attacked by a predator it will contract its body to make it a smaller target. The mucus that covers a slug's body doesn't taste very nice and is slippery, so this is why you will often see birds wiping slugs on the grass before they eat them.
Pest Species
There are four species of slug that are classed as pests; they are the netted or grey field slug, the garden slug, the keeled slug and the large black slug.
The Netted or Grey Field slug (Deroceras reticulatum) is normally a light brown colour with a chain of darker veins and blotches, it can grow to between 3cm and 5cm in length when extended. It is a pest on agricultural land as it feeds mostly on seeds and plants above ground, and is a major threat to cereal crops.
The Common Garden slug (Arion distinctus/ Arion horntensis) is brown in colour and can grow to 3cm when mature. This species is a major pest of potatoes and attacks both leaf and root crop.
The Common Keeled slug (Tandonia budapestensis) is black or grey in colour and can grow up to 6cm when mature. This species of slug will feed on newly drilled seeds underground and will badly affect crops such as potatoes. As it spends most of its time underground it is very hard to control.
The Large Red slug and Black slug (Arion ater) is either orange-red or black in colour and can reach a size of 12cm in length. This species of slug will eat seedlings on agricultural land in spring, but it is much less damaging than the other pest species.


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In one of the more unique marketing efforts out there, HBO has convinced a number of hip hop and rap artists to put together a mixtape specifically inspired by Game of Thrones. Dubbed Catch the Throne, artists such as Big Boi of Outkast, Common, and Wale have provided ten tracks covering the gamut of themes from the series: ambition, revenge, sexism, and more. And I have to agree with Victoria McNally's review at Geekosystem—Dominik Omega's "Arya's Prayer" is the stand out, thanks to his deeper understanding of the novels allowing him a wider range of material to reference. Good stuff.
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Cans on Wheels
Borrowing a page from the wine industry, a new crop of mobile canning companies has appeared on the scene in recent months. Their mission: to provide smaller craft brewers a turnkey canning solution.
The trend comes at a time when there are more than 2,000 craft breweries in the United States, with more than 1,200 in the planning stages. For many of these new brewers, it does not yet make sense to invest in a canning line of their own. So some are turning to the likes of the San Francisco area-based The Can Van, or the Longmont, Colo.-based MobileCanning.
The service these companies provide is similar to what has been available to wineries for quite some time. Explains Roger Walz, beer ambassador for Wild Goose Engineering, the Boulder, Colo. firm that built the mobile canning lines for these two companies: "A lot of vineyards aren't big enough to purchase an actual bottling line, so there are semis that drive around vineyards whether it be in Oregon or northern California, etc. and they'll stay sometimes for a week and just bottle the amount of wine that needs to be bottled."
The Can Van started as a school project in San Francisco's Presidio Graduate School. "It came out of a desire to help small business and the small craft brewing industry," says Lindsey Herrema, COO, The Can Van. "We're home brewers and have been avid connoisseurs of local small-batch beer and wanted to do something to help local businesses and when we started interviewing breweries it was such a welcoming community. They were all so eager to help us out and share tips and things like that."
The Can Van's canning line is taken via a trailer to the breweries where it is then rolled right into the brewery in order to get as close to the brite tank as possible to better control temperature, foaming and other variables.
The company charges by the case, providing the brewers with case boxes, the cans and the ends. The cans are then topped off with PakTech four and six-pack carriers.
"One of the problems we identified really early on with small breweries was the large minimum orders of pre-printed cans," says Herrema. "So we have some storage space and purchased blank cans. And we use a small pressure sensitive label applicator so we're getting labels made with the brewery's individual branding."
She continues, "I think our customers most like how hands-off they can be with it and they don't have to bother about manpower to run the equipment, a place to put it, knowing how to work it, all of that."
Pat Hartman founded MobileCanning in Colorado with his partner Ron Popma. They currently can for nine breweries in Colorado, including Boulder Beer Co., Crabtree Brewery, Bonfire Brewing and Renegade Brewing,
"We're truly mobile," he says. "We have a box truck and we pull all the equipment off the truck into the brewery. We install the line right there at the brewery and we can until we've reached our numbers and then we pack everything up and move on down the road to the next place."
Currently, they are utilizing a two head filler from Wild Goose that can run about a case a minute. They plan to upgrade to a four head to get into the 36 to 40 cans per minute range.
"We come with our crew that handles pretty much the canning line, making sure the cans are sanitized as we begin to fill them. The brewery staff often works on labeling and also on packaging," he says.
For most of his customers the appeal is the amount of money they can save. "Some of these smaller breweries are only maybe producing 200 to 1,000 barrels a year, so for them to purchase a canning line, put up the capital outlay and maybe only can once a month, maybe only can once every other week—it's an idle piece of asset just sitting there, sitting on their books that they're not taking advantage of," he says.
Like The Can Van, MobileCanning can supply the cans as well. "When you're looking at ordering printed cans you can be looking at 200,000 at a time, a truckload basically. So we can get a lot less minimums and the storage for the sleeves is just a couple of boxes on your shelf," he says.
With so many new craft breweries opening, it could be that MobileCanning and The Can Van will be traveling a profitable road for some time to come.


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dennis@home wrote:
> "Nomen Nescio"
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> > dennis "MD5-Boy" @home wrote:
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> >> > Really? This time last year they were counting sales into the
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> >> > http://www.microsoft-watch.com/conte..._too_high.html
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> >> They are sales figures as it says.
> >> That would be like download figures for linux.
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> > They're nothing at *all* like download figures for Linux.
> Yes they are.
No child, they are not, for the aforementioned reason. One is a tally
of the numbers of copies sent to distributors, and the other is a tally
of the number actually "sold". Even you aren't so stupid that you can't
comprehend the difference, so we'll assume you're being willfully daft.
Never quite got over the thrashing you were given when you blundered in
with your "MD5" imbecility, have you Denny? Ever since then you've been
obsessed with playing the part of the troll, trying to exact some sort
of "revenge" on the people who embarrassed you so thoroughly.
I call that pathetic taken to a new plane of existence. If there's
anyone it truly sucks to be, it would be you.


text: Copenhagen - Denmark is the first country in Europe to tax farmers who grow genetically modified (GM) crops. The money will be used to compensate organic or conventional farmers who can't sell their products because of contamination from a GM farm nearby. The European Commission authorized the scheme at the end of the year 2005. However, the Danish fund will not collect much money: Until now the country has no GM farmers.


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Research In Motion Ltd (BBRY): Today's Highlighted Laggard In Telecommunications
Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model.
Research in Motion (BBRY) pushed the Telecommunications industry lower today making it today's featured Telecommunications laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.6%. By the end of trading, Research in Motion fell 16 cents (-1.1%) to $14.69 on light volume. Throughout the day, 36.5 million shares of Research in Motion exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 67.5 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $14.47-$14.99 after having opened the day at $14.86 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $14.85. Other companies within the Telecommunications industry that declined today were: Telestone Technologies Corporation (TSTC), down 14.4%, Dialogic (DLGC), down 5.3%, NTS (NTS), down 4.7%, and Zoom Technologies (ZOOM), down 4.3%.
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Research In Motion Limited, doing business as BlackBerry, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of wireless solutions worldwide. Research in Motion has a market cap of $7.69 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 23.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are five analysts that rate Research in Motion a buy, 13 analysts rate it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Research in Motion as a sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its disappointing return on equity and weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full Research in Motion Ratings Report.
On the positive front, DragonWave (DRWI), up 28.4%, Adtran (ADTN), up 13.9%, NII Holdings (NIHD), up 13.9%, and Net Element International (NETE), up 11.2%, were all gainers within the telecommunications industry with Verizon Communications (VZ) being today's featured telecommunications industry leader.
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We can't all get behind the wheel of a NASCAR stock car, but Red Bull's new iPhone app allows you to drive a digital replica on a course you design using — you guessed it — cans of Red Bull.
Available free of charge in the iTunes store for both the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, Red Bull's augmented reality racing game asks users to get creative and design a racetrack by lining up cans of Red Bull in their desired configuration. To get started, you'll need head to your local Red Bull retailer and buy as many cans of the energy drink as your imagination (or wallet) will allow. Once you're ready, arrange the cans as desired, and scan them using the app. Once recorded, the app crafts a digital racetrack model shaped like your arrangement of cans.
Now that the track is designed, users can drive their courses and set lap times, both of which can be shared with friends. In the video below, Red Bull team driver Kasey Kahne designs his own kidney bean-shaped track, which can also be played in the game.
Red Bull will feature the game's best tracks and most active users on its website for all to see. If you've used the app or are considering it, send us your thoughts in the comments section below.
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Protesters in Khartoum call for Bashir to quit
More than 3 000 protesters took to the streets of the Sudanese capital Khartoum to demand President Omar Hassan al-Bashir quit.
More than 3 000 protesters took to the streets of the Sudanese capital Khartoum to demand President Omar Hassan al-Bashir quit.
Khartoum's gaping revenue hole has worsened the distrust between the north and south.
Denel Mechem says it is working closely with international and Sudanese authorities to ensure the safe release of South African employee Thabo Siave.
Sudanese planes have launched a bombing attack on the South Sudanese town of Bentiu, after Khartoum called off peace talks amid claims of incursion.
South Sudan has accused Sudan of launching fresh attacks along their disputed border, stalling peace talks in Addis Ababa.
South Sudan has ordered oil companies to shut down oil production within two weeks, to prevent Sudan from stealing more oil from the new country.
South Sudan, now an independent state, is facing a rise in conflict between militia groups which threaten the lives of civilians, a UN official says.
At least 59 soldiers and militiamen were killed and dozens wounded on Thursday in clashes between the South Sudan army and local militia groups.
The United States said on Monday it will recognise South Sudan as the world's newest nation as it moved to taking the north off a terrorism blacklist.
Turnout at south Sudan's independence referendum has defied gloomy expectations and is almost guaranteed to reach the 60% needed for a valid poll.
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir pledged on Tuesday to help build a secure, stable and brotherly state in the south if it votes for independence.
A Sudanese court on Wednesday convicted eight models who took part in a mixed-gender fashion show with "indecency" and ordered them to pay a fine.
Aid workers in South Sudan have criticised the government for not helping with the influx of citizens hoping to vote from the north.
The south Sudanese army accused the north's troops of provoking it, with the intention of breaking a ceasefire agreement between the two.
The United States has offered to remove Sudan from its terror list early to keep a January referendum that may partition the country on track.
Sudan on Wednesday denied trying to import arms on a ship intercepted in Cyprus, saying explosives on board had been ordered by a mining company.
Darfur rebels on Wednesday condemned a death sentence on two of its members by a Khartoum court, saying it endangered the peace process.
Election observers in Sudan said on Friday they were gravely concerned about government crackdowns on opposition rallies.
A Sudanese Christian teenager has been lashed 50 times for wearing what a judge considered an "indecent" knee-length skirt.
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ContraceptionPosted Monday, February 20, 2012, at 12:27 PM
As we prepare to start implementing the socialized medicine law, the latest issue to explode is the mandate that all businesses must provide insurance, which covers contraception.
Churches are not businesses and are excluded from the requirement, but church-run schools, hospitals, food pantries, etc., must comply.
The law also defines contraception as medicines and devices that kill unborn children.
This means that religious schools, hospitals, etc., must provide abortion coverage as part of their mandated health insurance coverage.
The offered "compromise," is a distinction without a difference in that the same "coverage" is provided to all at the same price to the employer but the law "says" the church isn't paying for that part of the coverage.
The largest group of Christians in America are Catholics.
The Catholic Church presently occupies the center of this debate even though there are many other religious groups with similar beliefs.
It is the doctrine of the Catholic Church that children are a gift from God and it is inappropriate to frustrate God's will by intentionally preventing conception when a couple is in a sexual (presumably married) relationship.
Reasonable people can have differing opinions on this issue, including priests and bishops.
However, so long as this is the teaching of the church, those with church authority, such as the bishops, are expected to uphold it the same way we expect civil authorities to uphold laws that they disagree with.
It is the doctrine of the catholic Church that when the 23 pairs of human chromosomes, which, from separate sources, come together at conception, form a single genetically unique organism, life has begun.
As that life can never become anything other than a human being, it is human life.
While all life ends, human life should never be ended by human hands without just cause. That when human life is intentionally taken without just cause, it is murder.
When medications and devices which kill this unborn human life are used for the purpose of birth control, it is the commission of murder.
I do not believe a person could rise to any level of authority within the Catholic Church without sharing this fundamental view on the sanctity of human life.
If this law is implemented and the government tries to force the Catholic Church to pay for abortions, you can fully expect the Catholic Church to be in open rebellion against the U.S. Government.
You would see American Bishops going to prison for life before they ever permitted any Catholic institution to pay for anything that took innocent life.
The First Amendment to the Constitution prohibits the federal government from passing any law, which abridges the free exercise of religion. Presently, any person is free to do whatever they want regarding contraception and abortion.
But as an institution, the Catholic Church could no more pay for contraceptives and abortifacients than they could offer sacrifice to pagan idols. To force them to do so would be at a minimum an abridgment of their right to freely exercise their religious beliefs.
But this issue is not just about contraception and abortion. As important and inflammatory as those issues are, this controversy illustrates a broader problem with the health care law. It represents the loss of individual freedom and an attempted fundamental transformation of American society as the government takes over healthcare.
Remember, the first reason that people came to this continent was to be able to follow their own religious beliefs without having to pay a tax to a state church or follow the rules of a faith they did not believe in.
Unquestionably, governments have the power to declare conduct illegal. For example, while you can believe in human sacrifice to a god or that taking illegal drugs is a religious sacrament, you are prohibited from engaging in that activity.
Governments have the right to tell you what you must do? Can the government tell you that you must participate in human sacrifice or that you must consume drugs against your will?
I am a small business owner. If the government can tell me that I have to pay for my employee's abortions, what else can they order me to do? Don't forget that the 13th Amendment to the Constitution prohibits the government from compelling people to do things against their will.
Moreover, the 10th Amendment states that powers not directly given to the federal government are powers that belong to the states or to the people individually.
Some may say, "But healthcare is so important, there must surely be an exception. Besides, this could not possibly have been considered by the founding fathers when they wrote the Constitution."
While it is true enough that our founders did not consider health care, they also did not address food and shelter in the Constitution either. While important, these things are not the province of the government.
If we ignore these constitutional prohibitions, in the interest of health, can't the government also force us to do morning exercises? Rest is important for good health, can they mandate when to go to bed and when to get up? If you don't comply and someone "informs" on you, when you need medical care, the government can simply withhold treatment to non-conformers.
When I was in Shanghai, China, in 1990, that is exactly what I experienced. At 10 p.m., it was lights out. At 6 a.m., loud speakers would blare to awaken the populace. By 6:30, everyone was outside doing morning exercises.
The government withheld treatment for non-conformers which made bribery rampant among those who would inform on your staying out, sleeping in, or failing to exercise.
In the mid-90s, my brother practiced medicine in London for two years. He saw that when patients who were fat or smokers needed treatment, or who had received the same treatment once before, would simply be told that there was nothing more that medical science could do for them and sent home to die.
It was also common for hospitals to not tell patients the full extent of their condition, send them home to save the cost of treatment and allow them to die.
Virtually everything you do has the potential to affect your health in some way.
That means that under this law, the government has the ability to regulate virtually everything you do. When the government controls health care, the government controls your life as well as your health.
It seems to me that the reason people want socialized medicine is for a sense of security. When people seek security from the government, they trade their liberty. I wonder, are we still the land of the brave and the home of the free?
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There is no such thing as a "free" government program. The government can only give you that which it has first taken from someone else.
-- Posted by hgallatin on Mon, Feb 20, 2012, at 11:12 PM
Thank you for explaining this issue very clearly. Well reasoned and well stated.
Anytime someone tells me we live in a different world than our Founding Fathers and that therefore we must disregard some element of the Constitution, my response is always that, although it may be true we live in different times, the Founders allowed for that eventuality by providing the means to amend the Constitution. That's the legitimate way to enact some program that's prohibited by the Constitution in it's current form.
My least favorite words in the English language: prohibited and mandatory. Especially when used by government!!
-- Posted by Bob E on Tue, Feb 21, 2012, at 11:57 AM
You are teliing it like it is. Well written. Thanks
-- Posted by dick tracy on Thu, Feb 23, 2012, at 9:24 PM
Charles - you're way outta line here. The far greater threat to liberty in this country is having a bunch of old white guys make decisions about womens health care. Couple things, with all due respect to you as a Catholic:
Contraceptives are not abortion pills.
No one's religious liberty is violated when Catholic women or employees at Catholic institutions choose to get a prescription for birth control. No one is forcing Catholics to do anything, other than cover a prescription thats been recognized as a basic component of healthcare since the US supreme court decided the issue in the early 70s.
Lord forbid that we allow women to have some say in when they choose to become pregnant!!
Doesnt improved access to contraceptives mean fewer abortions, which is something we can all agree is a good thing??
-- Posted by NorvalJrJr on Sat, Feb 25, 2012, at 1:32 AM
maybe a related question - who decides doctrine in a church: its members or its administration?? Polls would indicate that the majority of catholic women disagree with the Vatican on the issue of contraception, as many others do on divorce, for instance.. Certainly lots of people in Brazil and everywhere else are having sex, and lots of them dont always intend that sex to be procreative. I think that whatever choice a couple makes for themselves is best, and that a lot of people are just waiting on the Pope to come around on this issue of contraception. You probably remember, for instance, that rumor had it John Paul I was ready to issue an encyclical on the matter before he (mysteriously) dropped dead in 1978.
i was always taught that the first lesson of being a Catholic is that we're all bad Catholics, anyways. ;-)
-- Posted by NorvalJrJr on Sat, Feb 25, 2012, at 1:43 AM
Dear Norval,
Thank you for joining the discussion.
While I personally believe that God gave man a brain for a reason. I personally believe that preventing conception is no more sinful than drinking alcohol. Rather, if alcohol induces some to sin, it is bad for them. If the ability to avoid conception leads some to sin, then it is bad for them.
Nevertheless, this all misses the point. Right now, anyone is free to do whatever they want regarding contraception and abortion. Right now, everyone is free to follow their own religious beliefs. This is protected either expressly in the Constitution or impliedly in the Constitution through Supreme Court interpretation.
The socialized medicine law is attempting to change that. The socialized medicine law does not define contraception as medicines and devices that prevent conception. Rather, the definition specifically included abortifacients as contraception. Then the law requires everyone to pay for the distribution of contraceptives and abortifacients. Compelling the Catholic Church to provide these is no different than compelling them to provide the lambs to be sacrificed to an idol of Baal.
That is why our founders specifically insisted that the Constitution include the First Amendment. The first words of the First Amendment are: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; . . ."
That is also why our founders insisted that there be a Tenth Amendment which states: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." I challenge you to find anything in the Constitution giving Congress the power to socialize medicine and make people pay for the contraception and abortions of others.
Seventy years later, our nation insisted on strengthening individual liberty by passing the 13th Amendment. The first sentence of which states: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
While our liberal friends are trying to frame this issue as a "freedom of choice" issue, the truth is that it is a liberty issue. The government wants to do something that restrained governments are not often permitted to do; compel people to engage in activity against their will. That is why there are so many amendments to the constitution prohibiting exactly that. And that is the problem.
-- Posted by Charles Hear on Sat, Feb 25, 2012, at 11:19 AM
Charles -
Again, I have to respectfully disagree with you.
You say that "Compelling the Catholic Church to provide [contraceptives] is no different than compelling them to provide the lambs to be sacrificed to an idol of Baal," but that again assumes that practicing Catholics think contraceptives are sinful. Recent polls would suggest otherwise!!!
A poll published by USA Today (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/Religion/post/2012/02/contraception-catholic-bishops-obama-hhs/1#.T0nB5flaeuI) on Feb 5 said that:
"58% of all Catholics agree employers should be required to provide their employees with health care plans that cover contraception. That slides down to 52% for Catholic voters, 50% for white Catholics.
61% of religiously unaffiliated Americans say employer plans should cover contraception.
50%of white mainline Protestants want the coverage. However, for evangelical Protestants, that drops to 38%."
This doesn't even really consider how many non-Catholics work for or study at Catholic institutions (like universities or hospitals). The law merely mandates that those institutions should provide the same coverage as any other employer in the country. I know several women (Catholic and Protestant) who live in Brazil and work at St Mary of the Woods in TH that are cheering about this - if they want to get birth control, who are you to tell them that they're wrong or not Catholic enough?? Their husbands might also get pretty angry if they suddenly had to start wearing condoms because birth control in pill form became too expensive!!!
Another way of looking at it - What if prostate exams were considered sinful, even though its a regular health concern of men? Should a religiously-affiliated employer who decides that prostates are evil be allowed to not pay for regular prostate exams, by claiming that it violates their freedom of religion? Hardly!! They should be held to the national standard that also says you must provide building access to the handicapped, cannot discriminate by the basis of gender or race in employment, etc... These things might not be in the Constitution, but legislators and the courts have decided over time that they are common-sense equalizers and protections for American workers.
Much related, a position eerily similar to your defense of Catholic institutions on this issue was taken after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 mandated desegregation for public accomodations like lunch counters - some wondered how the government could force private businesses to do something its owners might believe was harmful to society, or even sinful. But the proposition that "all men were created equal" tells us that this was the right thing to do.
This is why Republicans might win Clay/Vigo Counties (and our embarrassingly high teenage birth rates), but they'll lose the national election. Most people (besides angry newspaper columnists like you) just don't care about this issue anymore. Moderates and women voters are fleeing from increasingly radical, offensive, and out of touch Republican candidates.
I want to hear the Republican candidates talk more and smarter about the economy!! But could the GOP's hesitation to present a coherent plan be because the economy is doing better all the time, with unemployment down, manufacturing going back up, and the Dow flirting with 13,000 for the first time in years?? I voted for McCain last time, but i think Obama's gonna get my vote this time around. I don't trust Romney, Gingrich is an idiot, and as you might have guessed - Santorum's pretty far out there for me and a lot of other moderates on many issues. He said that world was going to end soon, and appears to think more about gay sex than most gay people. Also some weird stuff comes up when you google him.
But back to my point - When even a healthy majority of Catholics think that birth control, which is used by 98% of women at some point during their lifetimes, should be covered by the insurance provided by Catholic employers like universities or hospitals - you know its time to find a new issue, fellas! Sorry, but the GOP loses on this one. Contraception is not the issue thats gonna put a Republican back in the White House in 2012.
-- Posted by NorvalJrJr on Sun, Feb 26, 2012, at 1:08 AM
I believe in separation of church and state, but there are many instances where Government has come between a religious tenant and law. We outlawed polygamy, Jehovah's Witnesses' children can be forced to have blood transfusion. I am sure there are many more. This is just another doomsday scenario put out to scare voters into voting for a Republican. Ohhh be scared, President Obama is going to take over your church. Hogwash!!!
-- Posted by alwaysopenminded on Mon, Feb 27, 2012, at 8:27 AM
Christians are not the only people that live in America! We the people determine the balance of separation of church and state....And I say KEEP religion out of our government. Mr Hear I thought you are a dem???
-- Posted by Combat VET on Mon, Mar 5, 2012, at 9:37 AM
Dear WeThePeeps,
I have always believed that the ultimate power of a government is derived from the people who are governed. However, one of the beautiful thing about our Constitution is that it severely restricts the government so that power remains with the people, not the government. When the Constitution was presented to the States, the states insisted on 12 amendments to specifically constrain the government. 10 of those amendments were passed and we now call them the Bill of Rights.
The term "separation of Church and State" was first written by Thomas Jefferson, putative founder of the Democratic Party, in a letter written by him to the Baptist Church of Danbury Connecticut. The purpose of the letter was to assure the congregation that under the First Amendment to the Constitution, the federal government does not have the power to interfere with their religious practices.
The letter from Jefferson states: "Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof", thus building a wall of separation between Church & State."
While today many of us want to keep religion out of government, it is no less important that government stay out of religion.
According to the plain and ordinary meaning of the words of the First, Tenth, and Thirteenth Amendments to Constitution, the socialized healthcare law is plainly unconstitutional. Among the most egregious violations of this law, is the violation of the First Amendment right that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
If the people allow the government to violate the constitution to do something they like, there is nothing to stop the government from violating the constitution to do things we don't like. If it is that important, then Congress and the states should amend the Constitution.
-- Posted by Charles Hear on Mon, Mar 5, 2012, at 12:07 PM
But Charles this rule will not apply to all religions in this country and you know this.
-- Posted by Combat VET on Tue, Mar 6, 2012, at 6:03 PM
Why should it? That is what freedom means. I make my choices, you make yours.
Forcing me or you to do things against our will is tyrany. No one is equal when you try to make everyone the same.
-- Posted by Charles Hear on Tue, Mar 6, 2012, at 8:41 PM
You are missing his point. We do not allow 'you' to make your choices and pursue your religions if we deem them socially unacceptable. In its most libertarian phase the Supreme Court admitted laws outlawing polygamous marriages were infringing upon the religious rights of Mormons, but they felt that society had good reasons to do so. Those screaming about religious freedom now are not demanding those laws be overturned. They are not demanding that blood transfusions not be covered because it might infringe on LDS.
They are complaining about a law that is already enacted in over half the country on contraception(btw your description was very propaganda-esque).
And referring to a bill essiantly modeled after the Heritage Foundation's plan, Mitt Romney's plan(which Gingrich and Heritage along with most conservatives praised), and Paul Ryan's Medicare plan as 'socialized medicine' is propaganda.
Socialized medicine is the VA or the UK. We can debate the merits of 'ObamaRomneyCare' and whether it makes an improvement over the status quo. But we can not have this debate relying on hyperbole and appeals to emotion, but on logic and evidence.
As an attorney I know you are experienced in both, but are capable of the latter.
-- Posted by abdcd on Sun, Apr 1, 2012, at 7:59 PM
Dear Abdcd,
Thank you for your thoughts. I like your analytical approach and direct way of expressing yourself.
I never said that Romnycare wasn't socialist. It is. You are right that the Heritage Foundation had a similar plan. I can't pretend to understand why.
Medicare and Social Security are also socialist in nature and deter the free market from coming up with better solutions.
Unfortunately, we as Americans have sacrificed much of our liberty for many socialist "programs." Apparently, the fear of uncertainty is stronger in many people than the desire for liberty.
It is said that soldiers have two opportunities to die for their country. Once on the field of battle. The second time in the VA hospital. The VA under-performs the free market precisely because it is government run.
If the term "socialist" is emotional or propaganda-esque, I can only say that I try to call them the way I see them.
Government treats everyone the same (theoretically). However, one size doesn't fit all, it fits no one.
I believe that logic dictates that ordinary people striving for personal success will always outperform the greatest geniuses with the power of government to impose their brilliant ideas. Moreover, the evidence of history appears to be clearly on my side on this point.
Finally, I cannot see how the federal government has any authority to regulate marriage under the U.S. constitution. The ruling on polygamy you refer to is as far outside the Constitution as the ruling on abortion. Both are purely state issues as is any regulation of health care, care for the aged and poor, and so many other things that the federal government has usurped.
-- Posted by Charles Hear on Thu, Apr 5, 2012, at 8:48 AM
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