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Winter Solstice Kirtan
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On this, the shortest day of the year, come and celebrate the Light of your Spirit in joyful community with chant and sacred song. Re-Source yourself with these ancient and powerful sacred sounds; connect to the deep wisdom of the heart and the simple joy of 'Being' together in sacred space.
Jack and Stella return to Yoga Everyone by special request after such a sweet and powerful Kirtan in October, and are delighted to share their music at this magical time of the year when the dark, internal, reflective time of the year begins to turn back towards the Light…..come join us for chant and gentle meditation.
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Groups will be assigned to explore one of the following topics (see tabs above) related to the book To Kill A Mockingbird. Groups will be required to provide a visual presentation using along with an oral presentation of their topic.
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Why does the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, speak to so many people, from so many walks of life, after so many years? Listen to this podcast by Michel Martin, National Public Radio host of "Tell Me More" to find out how this book has affected her life.
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- 1 small onion, finely diced
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My favorite tale of last week could change the well known adage to "truth is better than fiction." A wonderful couple, of Madison Valley,who breed Newfoundland pups, came in with a well researched glassybaby color list. The colors corresponded to a name. The name was that of a 1 year old Newfoundland pup. As newborns, the pups had colored collars. Glassybaby in the collar colors were being sent to the pups as a 1 year old birthday present with a note included saying: "Happy Birthday, Love Mom." Obviously the breeders still own the mother Newfoundland. Somehow she convinced them to send her babies...glassybaby. Wonderful. Here is a breakdown of pup to color: Gemma/Seattle Sunset, Tully/Creamsicle, Finn/Sapphire, Chester/Rubber Ducky, and last but not least Mora/Iris.
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Boston University students - 16 of them in two minivans - had been headed to Tongariro Alpine Crossing in New Zealand, when one went off the road and crashed on May 12, 2012.
16 students were traveling in two minivans, on their way to hike the Tongariro Crossing, a popular area in New Zealand.
Police said some of the students were thrown from the vehicle, indicating they may not have been wearing seat belts.
Students Austin Brashears, Roch Jauberty and Daniela Lekhno were killed.
Meg Theriault had her skull fractured in the crash. Blood was clotting on her brain. But she was lucky, three other students were killed.
An Associated Press photographer and reporter have chronicled her difficult road to "Becoming Meg Again."
When Meg had pictured coming home to Salisbury, Mass., she expected a trip from the airport, not the hospital. In this Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012 photo Meg Theriault, right, speaks with her parents Deb, center, and father Todd, left, following surgery to install a plastic plate in Meg's skull at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston.
In this Wednesday, July 11, 2012 photo Meg Theriault reviews a list of exercises while working with physical therapist Heather Meunier, left, at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, in Boston. At this point in her recovery, Meg's mind wouldn't work the way she wanted.
In this Wednesday, July 11, 2012 photo, Meg Theriault works with physical therapist Heather Meunier to practice walking at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston.
In this Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012 photo Meg is escorted by nurse Darleen Crisileo, left, during preparations for surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston. Theriault had a plastic plate about five inches long installed during the surgery where a portion of her skull had been removed following the near-fatal head injury sustained during the crash.
In this Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 photo, Meg Theriault is assisted by her mother, Deb Theriault, right, as she arrives at their home in Salisbury, Mass., for the first time since she was involved in the multi-fatal minivan crash.
In this Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 photo Meg Theriault reacts during a conversation with her family about the logistics of her daily life while recovering from a traumatic brain injury at the family's home in Salisbury.
In this Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 photo, Meg Theriault is helped with a helmet by her mother, Deb Theriault. At this point in her recovery, Psychiatrist Seth Herman said Meg's memory and mobility had improved a lot, but might never be what they once were. Due to the frontal lobe injury, she had trouble with insight, including recognizing her shortcomings.
In this Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 photo, Deb Theriault, left, wipes a tear from her eye from joy that her daughter survived the crash.
In this Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 photo, Meg Theriault is assisted by her mother, Deb Theriault, left, as they descend a flight of stairs at their home in Salisbury, Mass.
In this Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 photo, Meg Theriault, left, is helped by her mother, Deb Theriault, as Meg examines her personal belongings after not being in her bedroom for eight months.
In this Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 photo Meg Theriault speaks with senior lecturer Eng Wu, right, following a class on the first day of spring semester 2013 at Boston University School of Management, in Boston. Theriault is auditing the class as she recovers from her brain injury.
In this Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 photo, Meg Theriault reflects on being back in class on the first day of spring semester 2013 at Boston University School of Management. She is back working part-time in a Chinese restaurant and in a BU mailroom, and volunteering at an elementary school.
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The president of a Philadelphia company that supplies food to school cafeterias said yesterday that it was "purely accidental" that a rat choked to death on a cracker supplied by his firm.
In an experiment similar to those performed often in other schools, sixth graders at Harrison Elementary School recently fed one rat junk food and another food from the school cafeteria to observe the effects of the different diets. On Thursday the rat eating the cafeteria food died.
"In all these years of providing this program at no extra cost to school systems, we have never lost a rat," said Richard Levin, president of Blue Ribbon Services, which has sponsored similar experiments at Harrison and other schools over the last three years. "The loss was purely accidental," he said in a press statement issued yesterday.


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By DAN HICKLING
WORCESTER – Taylor Chorney's goal with 3.6 seconds remaining in overtime gave the Springfield Falcons a hard-fought 4-3 win over the Worcester Sharks before 2,162 at the DCU Center.
Chorney's goal, his fourth of the season, came on an odd-man rush, while the teams were skating 3-on-3.
It came on a wrister from the left circle, and eluded Worcester goalie Tyson Sexsmith, to provide the Falcons their second victory in 23 games, a miserable stretch dating to Nov. 21.
"I looked at 'Pou' [Marc Pouliot] right away," said Chorney. "I realized there wasn't a whole lot of time left, and I kind of saw the right side of the net and shot it. I was actually going high glove, but it ended up going low. I'll take it."
The win was the final twist in a game that saw the Falcons haul back from a pair of one-goal third period deficits.
The teams swapped power-play goals, although both pucks were actually put in the net by Worcester defenseman Mike Moore.
Springfield took a 1-0 lead at 15:42 of the first period, when Liam Reddox's shot from the right point rattled off a scrum in front of Sharks' goalie Tyson Sexsmith, before Moore unwittingly tucked it into his own net
It was Reddox's seventh goal of the season.
Moore earned a measure of redemption when at 5:43 of the second stanza his right point drive traveled through a screen and past Falcons netminder J.P. Levasseur.
It marked a 15-minute opening stretch of the period that saw Springfield outshot by a lopsided 11-1 margin (it wound up 12-3).
Scrambly play in front of the Springfield net led to Andrew Desjardins' goal at 6:04 of the third period, which gave Worcester its first lead.
Desjardins was allowed to set up in the low slot, where he unloaded a 10- footer that Levasseur slowed, but didn't stop.
That was answered 2:01 later by Rob Hisey, who scored while he was being dragged down in front of the Worcester net, making it 2-2.
T.J. Trevelyan restored the Sharks lead, at 9:14, with a stuffer inside the left post, but the Falcons weren't ready to fold.
Moments after being robbed blind by a Sexsmith glove save, Hisey banked his second of the night in off Sexsmith's skate with 4:24 left in regulation, making it 3-3.
"It's shows a lot of character," Chorney said. "We were down twice in the third period and we battled back. Showed what our team's made of. Hopefully a game like this is something we can build on."
"It was Hisey's sixth goal in eight games as a Falcon.
If nothing else, the contest allowed center Marc Pouliot, down from Edmonton on a reconditioning stint, to see his first live action of the season.Pouliot, who spent most of the 2007-08 campaign with the Falcons, underwent sports hernia surgery in the offseason.
He spent much of the night playing between wingers Liam Reddox and Colton Fretter, as well as working on the No. 1 power play unit.
"Physically I felt good," Pouliot said. "The game timing and the tempo, as you play you get it. Physically, my injury is healed."
EMPTY NETTERS: The Falcons' lineup sported a few other new/old faces besides Pouliot. Defenseman Theo Peckham, out since Dec. 11 with a head injury, saw his first action since then ... The chances of goaltender Devan Dubnyk returning to Springfield grew much slimmer when the parent Edmonton Oilers announced that No. 1 netman, Nikolai Khabibulin, would be forced to undergo surgery on his herniated disc and could miss the rest of the season. Dubnyk, who has been moving back and forth between the clubs since Khabibulin was shelved in mid-November, will stay up top for the foreseeable future.


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The proposal to ban hydraulic fracturing inside Youngstown city limits, despite a defeat at the polls Tuesday, gained some percentage points and narrowed the gap from a defeat in May.
But the numbers from Election Day aren't concerning an industry group that supports oil and natural gas drilling in Ohio, a spokesman for which says the 4 percent gain in support of the ban can be attributed to the ''politics of the election.''
Mike Chadsey, director of public relations for the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, instead pointed to raw vote numbers, which show the issue received about 1,900 more votes against changing the city's charter than the issue did six months ago.
Chadsey said the mayoral race was ''the game changer,'' and drove more voters to the polls on Tuesday compared to May. Also, there was a countywide ballot issue that may have brought more voters out, Chadsey said.
Unofficial returns from the Mahoning County Board of Elections show what's called the ''Community Bill of Rights'' going down, 54.8 percent to 45.1 percent. Results from May were 56.8 percent against the charter amendment and 43.1 percent for it.
FrackFree Mahoning Valley, the anti-fracking group that brought the charter change proposals, plans another attempt next year.
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Youngstown Community Bill of Rights:
2,912 votes 43.1 %
3,837 votes 56.8%
4,742 votes 45.1%
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Susie Beiersdorfer, of the group's leaders, said Tuesday's outcome is a ''small victory'' and that people are becoming more ''aware'' and ''educated'' on the subject.
''We are just going to continue educating,'' Beiersdorfer said Wednesday. ''We have scientists, citizens that are researching this. This is what we know, this is not what we believe.''
Voters defeated a similar charter amendment in Bowling Green by about a 50 percent margin. However, voters in Oberlin approved the fracking ban.
Still, Chadsey said, that whether in Youngstown, Bowling Green or Oberlin, the charter amendments are ''ceremonial'' and ''at the end of the day, there is no policy implications,'' but the proposals ''send a bad message.'' That, in part, was what the opposition group members in Youngstown hung their hat on, that the amendment sent the wrong message to companies in the drilling industry that wanted to do business here.
Butch Taylor, business manager for Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 396, which put up money to fight the amendment, called the measure a ''jobs killer.''
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has sole authority to regulate the industry, Chadsey said.


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Patch: 2 armed robbers hit Wauwatosa Walmart
Robbery occurred early Friday morning
Published 11:17 AM CDT Mar 22, 2013
Wauwatosa police are looking for two people who entered the near 124th Street and Capitol Drive early Friday and got away with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Two armed individuals who were wearing all black enter the store at 3850 N. 124th St. between 2:30 and 3 a.m., police said.
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The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments, Tuesday, in a case that could determine how far school administrators can go to ensure the safety of students.
Savana Redding says her middle school years hold one painful memory-- at age 13 she was strip-searched at her Arizona middle school for ibuprofen.
Now, justices are trying to determine if the school violated her Fourth Amendment rights by performing the search.
"They asked me to take off my clothes, and I did," she recalled. "When I was finally in my underwear I thought, 'Okay they are going to let me put my clothes back on now.'"
An assistant principal had the school nurse strip search Redding for the medicine-- she was an 8th grade honor student at the time. Administrators found nothing.
"I just wanted to know where my mom was and why were they doing this to me," she said.
Her mom, April, said she was "shocked" the school didn't call her about the incident.
"She was very upset, emotional," the mother said. "It just hurt me I couldn't protect her.
April Redding says her daughter was so embarrassed she refused to return to school. Her pain has fueled the legal fight that's reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
"If the court signs off on the strip search we could very well see more strip searches in our schools," said Redding's lawyer, Adam Wolf. "It is a proposition that should scare every parent."
School administrators saw nothing wrong with the strip search. They were worried about reports of students using drugs and alcohol after finding an eighth grader with a cigarette and pills.
"Most schools that engage in strip searches do it because they are acting in good faith. They are doing it because they feel an intense need to protect the safety of the students," explained Francisco Negron of the National Board Association.
Redding, however, said based on the school's actions, theyd didn't seem to care about her at the time.
At 19, the college student now waits for the Supreme Court to answer that question.
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Hey! I'm Dixie and I have a 5 year old son. My husband and I spend alot of time on the computer and my son is starting to enjoy the computer as well. I'm very interested in technology!
I lived in Cape Coral since 2004 and I moved from Miami Florida in Jan 2003. I was originally born in Perth Amboy NJ and moved down to Miami Florida at age of 5. I have been living in Florida ever since and really love South Florida. I have two children (2 yr old daughter, 6 yr son), been married for over 14 yrs and I'm 37 yrs of age. There's time that I miss Miami because Cape Coral aka Cape Coma is nothing like Miami expecially the Cuban Community. My parents are Cuban and have lived in this country since 1969.
Please check out the Journals that I post every so often...Hope you don't mind my positivity because I like to post positive affirmations that can help others in positive way. I've been bashed for being positive but I feel its part of my job to help others in postive fashion. You will see what I mean when you read the journal called "Positive Purpose in Life".
Hope to connect with you sometime through CafeMom or in future playdate if you live here in Southwest Florida.
Hey techi-moms! I am a bit of a techno-geek myself and enjoy computers, electornics, etc...
Currently mad because I finally got the HD2 and then they come out with the G2 (loved my G1) and this new Windows 7 phone. I want to be a cell phone reviewer!
I also spend a lot of time with my Nook. Current rant about Nook.... the new Nook Color!
The downfalls to loving all things that do things... there is always the latest and greatest just around the corner. And it is never realeased until a couple of weeks after you break down and buy the "old" one.
*sigh* rant over....
Hello, I'm a full-time working mother of 5 children. I am a Systems Administrator for a large hospital, meaning I work on Servers. I take care of very large systems at work.
I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and am currently working on updating my certifications. I have also hold a Masters Degree in Computer Science. I am constantly on a computer and am probably one of the most geekiest mothers out there.
If it is a machine and it's broke I can fix it :D
Hi, my name is Peggy. I found this group yesterday by a computer problem post. I know a little about the working of a computer and my dh is the IIT Computer person for the State Police computers. I am creative and I can repair almost anything in the household. Come see my profile. Not sure how to create a link, I joined CM in Oct. 2010. Still a lot to learn.
I just read all the posts here and I must say a very intelligent group of moms. I'm 63 yrs old. my DD & DS are adults and my oldest GD is 24. I have 4 other grandchildren. I know computers only because I was forced to just to advance my employment. I can remember when there was only data processing. I guess I am retired not that I wanted it that way. I am on unemployment and I can't even get an interview. There are so many of you out there that an older woman doesn't have a chance in the job market. I hope to learn a lot from you especially about this site. I am glad to find that some of you are older with adult children.
I am so glad I found this post. I get a little lost while shopping on line. I love shoes, clothes, makeup, accessories. That's why my user name is glamlady. Any thing to do w/the home, & gardening. I hope this post helps me w/all these.
Hi everyone, Welcome to the group ! Glad to have you . Look around and make your self comforable. Grab a cup of coffe ( or your fav drink ) and join in the conversaton !!
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IICA, SEGIB and LATN to Cooperate on Food Security, Climate Change and Trade
14 September 2011: The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Iberoamerican General Secretariat (SEGIB) and the Latin American Trade Network (LATN) have agreed to cooperate to analyze the relationship among food security, climate change impacts and trade in the countries of Central America and the Andean Region.
The formation of the research programme was the subject of a workshop recently held at IICA headquarters in San Jose, Costa Rica. The objectives of the research programme include to increase interaction among national and regional organizations responsible for agriculture, climate change and trade, and assist Andean and Central American countries in formulating coordinated policies for adapting agriculture to climate change, ensuring food supply for their populations, reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture and promoting agri-food trade.
IICA is a specialized affiliate of the Organization of American States (OAS) focused on cooperation regarding agriculture and rural development among the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. SEGIB is the Madrid-based permanent organ providing institutional and technical support to the Iberoamerican Summit Meeting of Heads of State and Governments and Iberoamerican Conference promoting cooperation between Spain and Portugal and Latin America. LATN is an independent and interdisciplinary research network of some 70 institutions founded with support from Canada's International Development Research Center (IDRC). [IICA Press Release] [Latin America and Caribbean Regional Coverage Story on CARICOM and IICA's Collaboration in Agriculture] [Latin America and Caribbean Regional Coverage Story on the Cooperation Among IICA and Four CGIAR Centers]


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Baseball- Innovations that changed the game is a limited time exhibit on display at Discovery World until May 19th.
By 1900 all Major League Baseball teams were wearing uniforms. In 1916 the Cleveland Indians became the first team to wear numbers on their uniform.
1900's- Winchester complete 3/4 button down jersey with quilted pants.
1920's Flannel baseball jersey
1935- Paul Dean St. Louis Cardinals "Palm Beach Fabric" experimental fabric
1940's flannel jersey
1975- Wayne Granger Houston Astros classic rainbow style game worn jersey
1982 Paul Molitor Milwaukee Brewers home jersey
The collection highlights many aspects of America's Pastime and how it has grown through innovation.
1875- Fingerless baseball glove. Before this time players fielded with bare-handed.
1880's- Sewn-in finger tip baseball glove. Manufactured in tan so that players could attempt to hide the fact that they were actually wearing gloves.
Ball player's mitt patent application #811,389. Patented Jan 30, 1906.
1910-1920- Web baseball glove. The "web" was a major innovation which today we may take for granted.
Baseball glove patent application #962,438. Patented June 28, 1910.
1920's Tunnel web glove. This model was so revolutionary to have "pocket" to catch the ball that the design remained available into the 1950's with only minor adjustments.
1940's U.S. Army baseball glove. Many "amateur" leagues started up overseas during the war.
1950's Mickey Mantle baseball glove. This glove remains the most popular selling glove of all time.
1992 Robin Yount "3,000 hit season" glove. This glove features leather laces wrist strap adjustment.
Graig Counsell's game used glove. Counsell is a former Milwaukee Brewer & Florida Marlin and is a Whitefish Bay, WI native.
Even glove oil changed over the years.
What is more central to baseball than the ball? This patent from M.J. Ryan is dated March 21, 1876.
The anatomy of a baseball- Size: 9-9.25", Weight: 5-5.25oz, Yarn used: 369 yards.
Admission to the exhibit is included with regular museum admission.
Improvements to safety gear was a necessity as the game became faster paced over the years.
Catchers mask patent number #200,358. Patented Feb 12, 1878.
1878 Catchers mask. The major innovation was a head rest and padded interior.
1890's Catchers mask. Leather chin strap added.
Catchers mask patent #761,257. Patented May 31, 1904.
1920's Catchers mask with sun visor. The obvious addition helped the catcher see the ball leaving the pitchers hand.
1930's Catchers mask with spit opening. Due to the amount of players chewing tobacco, the spit opening was added. Other innovations included reinforced steel cage and added padding inside.
1950's Catchers mask. Made popular by Yogi Berra this model used concentrated, wider steel in order to protect the player.
J.A. Hillerich's patent #771,247. This baseball bat patented October 4, 1904.
1850's Massachuttes Twon Ball Bat. According to a rule book in 1853- The bat must be round, and must not exceed two and a half inches in diameter, at the thickest part. It must be made of wood and can be any length to suit the "Striker.
1880's Early Modern Rules Baseball Bat. The grooved handle is believe to be an innovation of Civil War soldiers.
1906-1911 J.F. Hillerich & Son Professional Model Bat. Length 34", Weight 40oz.
1912 J.F. Hillerich & Sons Co. 125 Baseball bat. This model is still in use today. Originally sold for an outrageous $1.25 in 1912.
1921-1927 Heinie Groh H&B Louisville Slugger Bottle Bat. The innovation of this styple never really took off with major league players.
Miller Park weighs 500,000 tons and is constructed of 24,000 tons of structural steel.
The first All-Star game between the AL & NL was in 1933.
The first color televised baseball game was on August 11, 1951 between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves.
The first stadium built in the United States was Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.
The first televised Major League baseball game was on August 26, 1939.
For more information on this and all of the exhibits at Discovery World click here.
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where the flocks came to drink. And since they bred when they came to drink, the flocks bred in front of the rods and thus produced young ones that were striped, speckled, and spotted. Jacob separated the ones with spot, speckle or stripe and the black ones and did not let them mingle with those of Laban's. Whenever the strongest of the flock were breeding Jacob laid the rods in the troughs before the eyes of the flock that they might breed among the rods and for the feebler of the flocks he did not lay them there. In short the feebler became that of Laban and stronger that of Jacob. Jacob grew in wealth and the Lord blessed him.
It is here the above mentioned song comes into consideration, namely, when the sheep, goats and the lambs that were seeing the striped rod and breeding while drinking water they produced the striped young ones. The striped rod is seen as the symbol of the holy cross by the fathers to say that whenever humans, who belonged to the adversary or traitor, here in comparison with Laban, whom Jacob depicts as a cheater (Gen31: 7), come to water in the troughs, namely for baptism, they encounter and take in the holy cross and they are born again with stripes, speckle and spots, namely belonging to the herd of the saved ones or that of Jacob's. Spot, speckle and stripe are seen here as symbol of life. Death has no power over them for there is life in them, which is the medicine to defeat death. This faith is initiated through the salvific cross. Thus the holy cross has emptied the hades and moved the souls in bondage to the predicament of happiness and freedom. Just as Jacob put the peeled rods to put away the flocks from the cheater, the Lord put the holy cross, to mean His own death and resurrection, to trample and kill death. The Lord has plundered the hades and the proceeds belonged to Holiness. St. Paul cannot but attest this fact in Eph 2:16, namely, 'And that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enemy'.
We can see the Kukilion of the holy cross (Psalm 44: 5, 7), that is, 'In You we shall push back our enemies and in Your name we shall scorn those who rise up against us. For You saved us from those who afflict us. And You disgraced those who hate us', only in this very context. The holy cross is the one instrument that scripted life for the whole humanity!
Holy Cross in the New Testament
Cross in the New Testament times was an instrument used by the Romans generally for the punishments of slaves, specifically the cross on which our Lord died as recorded in the Gospels. Cross has a derived meaning as trials and misfortunes especially when considered as tests of Christian patience or virtue (Mt 16:24) as well.
When we read Phil 2:8 the abomination of cross is to be felt: 'And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross'. However, when the Lord endured this abomination, it became a blessing and reason for happiness, which St. Paul describes in Hebrews 12:2, namely, 'looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God'. These verses mean that Christ voluntarily accepted the humiliation and death. It is in this notion itself that Jesus says to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me" (Mt 16:24; Mk 8:3410:21; Lk 9:23). Jesus not only preached this idea but put into practice too as we see in Jn 19: 17, 'And bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha'. The negative version of this verse is seen in Mt 10:38, namely, 'And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. In Lk 14:27 we read, 'And who ever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. Two ideas are evident here. Each person must take up his own cross. Secondly, the burden in this world is different for each person, and each has been chosen by God to bear certain struggles for his own salvation and the salvation of those around him. Therefore, the cross is to be taken up daily. In other words, commitment to following Christ is not just a one-time event. Rather, it is the continual practice of faith and obedience, even to the point of being shamed and persecuted by the world.
St. Paul also was confronted with the question of abomination of the cross and he came well with it. In I Corinthians 1:17 and 18 we read: 'For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. For the message of cross is foolishness to those who are perishing but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.' He was able to understand the profound meaning of the cross as power of God, though it was seen by the world around him as disgrace.
Another idea we see with Paul is that cross shall mean burdens that come along with the Christian faith. In Gal 5:11 we read, 'And, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased.' St. Paul was not prescribing circumcision to the gentiles for achieving salvation but the abomination and disgrace of the holy cross instead. He carries on to say that 'As many as desire to make a good showing in the flesh, these would compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ' (Gal 6:12). However, the consolation is the confidence of St. Paul, who is unashamed to say that he is willing to boast in the holy cross of the Lord, 'But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world' (Gal 6:14). This confidence has taken many expressions from Paul and we can read here some of them:
- Having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us that was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross (Col 2:14).
- For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ (Phil 3:18).


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Who's Your Daddy?
Podcast #43
Pyro-cumulous skies lumbering overhead; Tattoed babies in therapy; Former Rep. Wilson under ethics scrutiny...
Thank heavens Julia returns soon! Host Yon Hudson welcomes Special Guests: Barry McIntosh, Executive Director of Young Fathers of Santa Fe;
Enrique Limon, Culture Editor of Santa Fe Reporter; Santa Fe artist Jennifer Joseph; Phillips Director and Chief Curator of SITE Santa Fe Irene Hofmann.
Plus: Your Morning Commute, news and fire updates with John Caleff, The Prairie Dog Minute with Eliot Fisher, Onion News, The Progressive's POV


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We have lift-off!
AC Whetstone came of age and finally delivered - just as joint-managers Anthony Cohen and Clive Nathan knew they would. Thumped 4-1 by Catford & Bromley Maccabi on the opening weekend of the season, it was a case of sweet revenge as they ran out 5-1 winners with an excellent performance from start to finish.
A delighted Nathan told JC Sport: "A team made up entirely of 16-year-olds showed a team spirit; will to win and pure footballing ability way beyond their years."
"Since our formation in 2004 our aims have always been the same: to end the season with the boys wanting to play again and to see them improve. We know after 4 games that we are enjoying senior football."
The youngest team in the league has arrived. Who said you win nothing with kids!


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Tuesday, December 30, 2003
Insults Unpunished Here's a blog I enjoyed reading. It's political, it's funny -- well -- it's got to be funny, or we'd all have to go out and get guns. Enjoy.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/30/2003 09:40:00 PM
US Trade Deficit America currently owes the world about $4 trillion. And it keeps rising everyday. That's damn scary when you realize that America is the world's most powerful economy, and it's intricately tied with every first world economy around the world -- if America's economy hiccups, economists around the world wet their pants. So how did America get there? And how is it going to get out? Read the commentary from Robert Kuttner, of BusinessWeek magazine. One thing for sure -- America's current fascination with hunting terrorists, starting wars and building a wall around North America isn't going to help -- a bit more focus on the economy might though.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/30/2003 09:15:00 PM
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The Progress Paradox Here's a review of the Progress Paradox from BusinessWeek Magazine. This is a book that I am a little curious to read, and goes on my wish list, just below the Philosophy of the Matrix -- why below? Because I'm too much of a solipsist to think that the cure for the world's woes lie in everyone else's reality and not mine. I believe damnit! Anyway, the Progress Paradox -- it looks at the belief American's have that the times of the past were the better days -- the book contends that life has never been as good as it is today. The book addresses the general sentiment that the good times are over by looking at: 1) contemporary material life, 2) why people are so unhappy, and, 3) suggestions on how to treat some of the social problems. One of the book's conclusions apparently is that money isn't necessarily everything -- it doesn't guarantee a happy life. This may be more of a startling revelation for Americans than it is for Canadians.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/30/2003 09:09:00 PM
Saturday, December 27, 2003
Bush OKs Cutting of Alaska's Forests Well, if there ever was an anti-environmentalist, it's Bush. Ever since he came into office, his administration has been trying to open the last US old-growth forest -- and they've succeeded. The administration has given permission for the lumber industry to log and develop 300,000 acres of Alaska's Tongass National Forest. What took hundreds-thousands of years to create, Bush took four years of trying to destroy.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/27/2003 10:45:00 AM
Friday, December 26, 2003
Movies I Need to See NOW!
LOTR: The Return of the King - and it looks like I'm going to see it today!
Big Fish - well, it's Tim Burton. It's weird. It's wonderous. It has monsters -- and they're the good guys!
The Last Samurai - it's a remake of so many Japanese movies and westerns -- how can I resist?
Looney Toons: Back in Action - oh, why the hell not?! It's silly ole fun!
Timeline - I only saw the trailer for this, but it's SciFi, time-traveling, and looks like good action. Might as well!
Paycheck - Philip K. Dick's tale of the future gone bad -- good enough for me!
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/26/2003 11:22:00 AM
The Steier Striporama Here's a fantastic site of political cartoons done by Elena Steier. Witty and brutal. If your daily newspaper commentaries isn't cynical enough for you, try this one on for size!
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/26/2003 09:58:00 AM
Dumbya.com Here's what Bush has been good for -- entertainment.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/26/2003 09:52:00 AM
Bush's Deafeat Allows the Environment to Breathe The Bush Administration, among many things, is stupid. Some of the other things they are? Well, stupid ... and stupid ... and hey, stupid too! The administration recently tried to get EPA changes that would allow utilities, refineries and other industrial facilities to do routine maintenance, without having to install additional pollution controls. Talk about duh! At least, not everyone in America is as stupid is the Grand Poobah. Several states challenged the changes in courts and won. The environment can now breathe at little more freely -- for now -- but think America -- think before you decide to re-elect Bush -- the guy's an idiot. The world knows it -- you know it -- it's embarassing!
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/26/2003 09:49:00 AM
Thursday, December 25, 2003
Guilty of Refusing Queen's Honour This is a good one! Apparently it's a big secret, the list of those who have refused to accept the Knighthood from the Queen -- or the other honours like: the Order of the British Empire, or Commander of the British Empire. That is -- it was secret, until the list was leaked to the press. Naturally, fun ensued!
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/25/2003 12:00:00 AM
Wednesday, December 24, 2003
Amazon More Than Retail Amazon made a name for being a pure e-tailer, and it looks like this year, it will mature to its first year of being in the black. But what else has Amazon set it's sights on? Software. It aims to be the e-tailer platform of choice -- while its merchandise business is doing well, the company is polishing off the software that has the potential to make its services pitch bigger. On the way, it's co-opting the practices of the open source movement, and winning grassroots friends and free labour. More and more, Amazon is beginning to look like the Linux cult -- and it could make a lot of little guys rich in the process. Read the article at BusiessWeek.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/24/2003 05:35:00 PM
NAFTA & Mexico Why has NAFTA soured the palates of many Mexicans and a growing number of Latin Americans? Answer: Washington. More precisely, the Bush Administration (yes -- there is nothing that I can't blame on the administration). Mexico's envoy to the UN, Adolfo Aguilar says Washington "isn't interested in a relationship of equals with Mexico, but rather in a relationship of convenience and subordination." Where the US had the opportunity to play big brother to a developing economy, it has turned that relationship, like so many others, into one where it plays the big bully. Bush is only interested in his war, and closing America to the world -- trade is paying the price, and at a time when the US runs a huge deficit that's being bankrolled by foreign banks. Go figure.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/24/2003 05:15:00 PM
Expensing Stock Options To expense stock options or not? That is not the question. The question really is, 'Should companies be allowed to continue hiding their options expenses from investors?' That's what tech companies want to continue doing with their industry wide lobbying of the US Congress. Their ploy is that it will cost the US jobs to overseas tech companies. Bullshit. THe only way to stem the tide of research jobs is to make it so that the US produce smart, competitive, innovative people with technical background -- yes, I know I over simplify, but so is the argument that expensing stock options allow US companies to keep jobs in the US.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/24/2003 01:05:00 PM
This is a cool site for graphic designers; Coroflot. It allows people to post up their portfolios and link to their websites. Just an easy way to start things off until you get a real website going.
Posted by Vanessa at 12/24/2003 12:16:00 PM
Sunday, December 21, 2003
Beagle for Christmas The EU will be playing Santa to Mars this Christmas -- on Christmas day, the small probe, Beagle 2, will touch down on the Martian surface. The Beagle 2 will beat two of NASA's probes, Spirit and Opportunity, slated to land in January. The Beagle 2's mission is to look for signs of life on Mars.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/21/2003 10:59:00 PM
High Tech Cars Here's a quick link to BusinessWeek Online -- a special report about high tech cars, and what we can expect in the near future. Some alternative fuel technologies, Wi-Fi, Satellite Radio, new materials, etc.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/21/2003 10:45:00 PM
Saturday, December 20, 2003
Wired News Here's what I found of interest in the last half-an-hour, surfing the Wired site.
Flying Saucer - the US Navy is again putting some money behind research into building a flying saucer. This time around, they're funding a Russian group that claimed to have built and tested a flying saucer in the 90s. This is more than just optimizing on the lessons learned from down aliens ;-) -- there's actually some cool physics involved.
Kazaa isn't to Blame - here's a shocker for you. A Dutch court threw out a case suing Kazaa for copyright infringement. Apparently, the Dutch thinks software is OK -- what people do with may not be. I like to use the analogy of WMD -- WMDs don't kill people. Saddam does! ;-)
Another Blow for the Music Industry - a US federal appeals court threw out a lower court ruling that allowed the RIAA to force ISPs to reveal the identifies of their users. The mass suing of their customers just got a tad harder.
Free Your Information - some Universities are betting that 'cheaters can be winners.' Well, cheaters may be too strong a word -- they're encouraging the sharing of information, including academic works, so that they can be modified, or used in the works of others down the road -- like students using the works of students in the past to help them get an A. The idea behind all this is that sharing and cooperation is a lot healthier for society than competition. Looks like people are finally figuring out that 'together we stand, divided we fall,' actually does mean something.
Defending the Cows - the US Homeland Security department just allocated $33M to study ways of fending off terrorists from attacking America's food supply. OK, it's a scary thought. But aren't there more pressing concerns where that money could be spent?
On a Lighter Side - I always like these little quips from Wired. The latest is about the US holding in custody, three friends who traveled to Iraq to visit its holy sites, and bombarding them with loud rap music for days. Funny thing, the guys like rap -- and didn't complain about it, as the US may have switched to Jazz.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/20/2003 10:28:00 PM
GT Ripple Want to say goodbye to that ole boring desktop? Try GT Ripple. It adds nice soothing movement to your desktop. Once you've downloaded and installed the app, you will need to images to ripple. Go here:
Visual Paradox
Deviant Art
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/20/2003 01:09:00 AM
Windows Shell Replacement Got too much time on your hands? Screw with Bill Gates -- change the Windoze shell. These sites are a good place to start your adventure (or to kill your computer).
Shell Extension City - gateway to the world of shell replacements!
Litestep - the Litestep shell!
ShellFront - a place to get the latest on shells!
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/20/2003 12:21:00 AM
Friday, December 19, 2003
Classic Games Here are links to some great games -- stolen from PCFormat Magazine -- May 2003 issue.
Title: Blow out! Download: World of Spectrum
Title: BMX Kidz Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Bombscare Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Booty Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Brainstorm Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Byte Bitten Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Carrier Command Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Chicken Chase Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Dark Sceptre Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Dictator Download: World of Spectrum
Title: European Five-a-Side Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Fahrenheit 3000 Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Gothik Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Gregory Loses His Clock Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Gunstar Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Happiest Days of your Life Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Hive Download: World of Spectrum
Title: I, Ball Download: World of Spectrum
Title: I of the Mask Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Imagination Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Intensity Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Jumbly Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Kinetik Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Magnetron Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Mega-Bucks Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Mystery of the Nile Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Olli and Lissa Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Pool, 3D Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Rebel Star Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Rebel Star 2 Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Rick Dangerous Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Samurai Warrior Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Scuba Kidz Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Sentinel, The Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Sidewize Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Spawn of Evil Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Spiky Harold Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Starglider Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Starstrike Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Stock Car Championship Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Stunt Bike Simulator Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Tank Duel 3D Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Tanx, 3D Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Thrust Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Thrust II Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Turbo Boat Simulator Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Viking Raiders Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Virus Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Way of the Exploding Fist + Download: World of Spectrum
Title: Wild Bunch, The Download: World of Spectrum
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/19/2003 11:18:00 PM
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
A New Wireless Age Another article from BusinessWeek magazine. There's about to be an explosion in the wireless industry. Since the 30s the airwaves have been tightly regulated, but the FCC in the US is about to change all that, and poised to take advantage of the free airwaves are companies touting technologies such as Smart Antennas, Mesh Networks and Agile Radios.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/16/2003 11:33:00 PM
The Taming of the Internet Another article from BusinessWeek -- Spam! Spam! Spam! Governments around the world are moving to regulate the internet -- in America, legislation already awaits the signature of the President. A lot of the blame goes straight to spammers, who will undoubtedly be left untouched by the illegalities of what they do -- a lot of us however, will see tighter controls over what we do in the office and what we do at home, as corporations assert control over the use of their assets and local ISPs try to stem the abuse of their networks. Try some of these statistics on for size and ask if you wouldn't want something done as well: 10.4 million spam e-mails are sent every minute worldwide; 74% of executives say e-mail is even more vital to their business than the telephone; 80% of the e-mail reaching AOL is tagged as spam and blocked. That's 2.5 billion messages a day. 7% of US web surfers say they have purchased something from an unsolicited e-mail.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/16/2003 10:46:00 PM
Coming Out in Corporate America An article in BusinessWeek magazine -- even though they comprise 6% of the American population, and are one of the most highly educated minority, homesexuals face stiff discrimation as move up America's corporate ladder. But they are changing the face of corporate America. Openly gay corporate leaders include David Geffen, DreamWorks SKG co-founder, former Quark CEO Tim Gill and Ford Vice-Chairman Allan D. Gilmour. More and more, corporations are instituting policies banning discrimination for sexual orientation in the workplace -- but how much have things changed when 36 states in the US still make it legal to discriminate for sexual orientation in the workplace.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/16/2003 10:27:00 PM
Saturday, December 13, 2003
Microsoft's Swastika One of Microsoft's fonts contain the symbol of the swastika. MS quickly released a patch to remove the symbol. I don't get it. The swastika is used in many cultures and was used before Hitler took it, in Asia. That being said, people who take offense to things like that should really think hard about it. We're putting a lot of power into the symbol by denying it. The more we deny it, the more power it has. There is nothing offensive about the swastika -- what's offensive, was what it was used to symbolize. The Buddhist religion uses the swastika to symbolize the footsteps of the Buddha.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/13/2003 12:25:00 PM
Tuesday, December 09, 2003
US-Visit Well, nowhere in the US constitution does it say the Americans really have to give a rat's ass about non-American rights -- so, that's exactly what the US government is planning on exploiting with US-Visit -- the biometric database that will be filled with fingerprints and pictures of everyone entering the US from abroad. The plan is to have visitors names and fingerprints rapidly compared with those of known terrorists -- but who's a known terrorist? And what other non-mentionables will the US run visitors against? On one hand I agree with the Americans -- it's their country, so they can decide to welcome whoever they like -- but with the pendulum of American foreign policy, who really knows how the database will be used, and against who? The US makes some interesting friends overseas -- today's known terrorist may just be someone that one of the US government's 'friends' don't like today. Or the US may allow immigrants into the country, and later decide that maybe they shouldn't have when foreign policy has changed. And what happens when those immigrants become citizens of the US? Does that mean there will be one class of US citizens that are free and not in the database, and another that is? Only in the good ole United States of America!
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/09/2003 10:52:00 PM
Monday, December 08, 2003
Steady Supply From InformationWeek Online -- it looks like it's going to be a jolly season for retailers -- estimates are that retail sales will be up 5.7% this season over last year's, a 3.5% increase that will ring in $217.4 billion in November/December -- at least in the US. But usually the trend in the US gets reflected in Canada. A lot of the increase will come from companies being able to meet consumer demand -- companies that invested in Supply Chain processes and technologies over the last few years will now be reaping the rewards. A lot of those systems and processes are around planning and forecasting systems.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/08/2003 12:59:00 PM
Sunday, December 07, 2003
The Rise of India The cover story of the Dec. 8 issue of BusinessWeek magazine -- about the India's growth, its brainpower, and how corporate America is being reshaped. From the 90s, America saw the trend to outsource call centres and development jobs to cheap labour in India. Everyone have heard of the stories of people call help desks and not knowing that the person on the line engaging in small talk is actually have a world away, and has never seen North America. In the 70s and 80s, America saw its manufacturing jobs migrate to Asia (predominantly China), then in the 80s and 90s, it saw it's electronics engineering dominance wrested by Asia (Korea, Taiwan, etc.) -- but as it lost those jobs and underwent periods of pain that saw unemployment as workers were retrained, it emerged with a higher class of employees and jobs -- jobs that offered higher wages, greater benefits, etc. What now however, as India takes on the American service and research jobs? Two paths lie ahead: one that sees America fighting for the lost jobs and making the process painful for all involved; and another that sees the partnership between India and America evolving very successfully, where a huge and cheap talent pool can be tapped to deliver rapidly on innovation, and also growing a nice consumer market that wishes all the trappings of success. The latter is the inevitable path -- consider that the 1.8 million Indian expaexpatriatesrtriates in the US are the most successful group of immigrants to the US -- and now they have their sights set on tapping into the talent they know they've left at home. Consider as well that American businesses see the promise that India holds, and are not about to stop to get there. Lets hope that this story though won't carry as much misery as the manufacturing story, where we saw the evolution of behemoths like Wal-Mart that are sending us down a precipitous path where the final destination is does not appear economically bright. (See also the companion commentaries: Meeting the Asian Challenge, and, India is Raising its Sights at Last.)
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/07/2003 08:26:00 PM
Saturday, December 06, 2003
Trade War? Since the Bush administration took power, the US has been slowly sliding into protectionism -- 9/11 only served to accelerate the process under the guise of security. As a colleague of mine likes to say, "security has trumped trade." But the 9/11 is now only the latest excuse that Bush is using to reinforce the wall around America -- the economic slump the world has been in, resulting in the loss of American jobs and an upcoming election, has put the Bush administration in the position where short term gains and appearances far outweighed long term stability and growth. Recently, the US has been belligerent in its responses to rulings handed down by the WTO. Granted the WTO has mostly sided against the US in the past, but when you really dig into the heart of the matter, you'll find the US the cause of most of its woes. If it wasn't for American businesses striving to give American consumers the lowest cost at the price of American manufacturing jobs, we would have such huge trade imbalances. Read about the latest squabbles the US is having with the EU and China in BusinessWeek Online.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/06/2003 11:03:00 PM
Friday, December 05, 2003
GloFish Ladies and gentlemen -- let me introduce the GloFish. It is a bright red, fluorescent zebra fish that was created by genetically adding a gene found in sea coral to zebra fish eggs. Why? Researchers are attempting to create a fish that glows in the dark when exposed to toxins. Novel idea.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/05/2003 10:13:00 PM
Tuesday, December 02, 2003
Supply Chain-Centric Warehouse Here's an article that I find quite obvious -- that warehouse management systems need to be supply chain-centric. I especially liked the comments about supply chains not having the store-is-king mentality.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/02/2003 08:08:00 PM
Monday, December 01, 2003
The Top Givers Another from BusinessWeek Online -- America's top givers -- the people, who've made the billions, and are giving back during their lifetime. I, like everyone else, like to take a stab at Gates every now and again, but between him and his wife, they've $24,976 million dollars away to charities they support -- that's over 50% of their wealth! After reading this article, I actually felt like rejoining the human race.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/01/2003 10:55:00 PM
Wal-Mart Nation Americans it seems are finally waking up to the horrible noise of the Wal-Mart nation. After decades of businesses working hard to driving costs down, therefore keeping prices down, the downside of the strategy is showing up as a social disaster waiting to happen. Lowering costs to give consumers the lowest price has it costs. Among them is the paying of workers lower and lower wages, the outsourcing of jobs to temps or overseas labourers, and keeping the working stiff just where s/he is, as there is no possibility of career advancement, therefore no hope of ever achieving the American dream. It's a disturbing trend that's not just perpetrated by Wal-Mart, but also other businesses trying to keep pace.
Posted by Andy Dabydeen at 12/01/2003 10:32:00 PM
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Tokyo Youth Leadership Camp only 50 days away30 November 2013
Today marks 50 days to go until the start of the 8th Youth Leadership Camp (YLC) and the first time to be held in Tokyo, Japan. Over the past two years this flagship sport initiative of the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) has gone from strength to strength, with interest coming from all over the world to host the Programme.
UN Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, Mr Wilfried Lemke, tirelessly promotes the programme on his missions for future host countries and potential participants. The next year four camps will be placed strategically around the world to best support the youth sport leaders in some of the most disadvantaged communities.
"Sport is a powerful tool in promoting gender equality, inclusion of people with disabilities, world peace and development. As such, this programme helps the young community leaders better take advantage of sport from grassroots to facilitate positive changes social changes." Highlights the UN Special Adviser.
By helping youth develop their leadership skills in Sport for Development and Peace, this programme not only contributes to the personal development of youth, it contributes to community development. By providing opportunities for youth to develop and exercise their leadership skills, the programme can strengthen a community's capacity to build on its strengths and respond to pressing community needs.
With Tokyo, the first of the year and following the first Asian camp in the Republic of Korea, participants will originate from Asia and the Middle-East. Looking to provide an educational platform for the young leaders, the Tokyo YLC will be the temporary home for 30 participants from 14 different countries.
The Tokyo Youth Leadership Camp is organised in collaboration with the NGO Right to Play and will be hosted by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and will be implemented by the Jigoro Kano Memorial International Sport Institute.
"It is with pleasure that we host the 8th UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp here in Tokyo in this exciting time in sports history. Not only are we able to showcase the unique culture of Japan, but we are able to host the future leaders in sport for development and peace. We look forward to continuing this great programme here in Japan as we move develop or relationship with the UNOSDP."
This 11 day event will take place 20 – 30 January 2014, at National Institution for Youth Education National Olympics Memorial Youth Centre (NYC) in Tokyo.
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Ariz. man sentenced in NM to selling bird tail
An Arizona man has been sentenced in federal court in New Mexico after pleading guilty to selling the tail of a protected bird.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for New Mexico says 47-year-old Daniel Chee Walley was sentenced Thursday to two months of home arrest and then a year of probation.
He also must pay a $150 fine that will to go a wetlands conservation fund.
Walley pleaded guilty to violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by selling the tail of a Swainson's hawk in 2009 to an undercover agent in New Mexico's McKinley County.
The government says Swainson's hawks and other migratory birds are protected under federal wildlife laws to help ensure that bird populations remain healthy and sustainable.
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After first decade, Erie Bluffs maintains natural feel
Four million visitors go to Presque Isle State Park each year for its beaches and paved Multi-Purpose Trail and other recreational opportunities.
But just 10 miles west sits Erie County's other state park, where bank swallows nest in holes on the side of the Lake Erie cliffs, frogs dwell in vernal pools and game trails cross the forest paths walked by far fewer people. Little has changed at Erie Bluffs since the land along Route 5 in Girard and Springfield townships was named a state park in June 2004.
"It's a special area, a special park," said Ryan Rager, the Presque Isle assistant park manager who is the management lead for Erie Bluffs.
Named for the 90-foot bluffs that provide spectacular views of Lake Erie, the park is open 365 days a year from sunrise to sunset.
The nature-based park allows users to spend a day walking, picnicking, fishing and boating. Park staff hold special programs there like guided hikes and the occasional overnight camping experience for school or scout groups. The park isn't open for public camping.
"It's pristine and primitive," said Tom Fuhrman, whose family owns a cottage and land just west of Erie Bluffs State Park.
Fuhrman, who is also president of the Lake Erie Region Conservancy, said that agency worked hard to protect the land that eventually became the park. He said such open and green space is good for the air and the water and the well-being of people.
Erie Bluffs State Park covers about 587 acres, including 505 turned over to the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and an additional 81.65 near Elk Creek that was acquired later from Girard Township, Rager said.
Erie Bluffs has parking at the Elk Creek Access Area, which is within the park, and at a lot a little farther west, also north of Route 5. The majority of the park land is between the road and Lake Erie, with a small strip south of Route 5.
"It is very minimally developed," Rager said.
The only amenities -- a new restroom completed in 2012, a picnic pavilion and a boat launch -- are at the Elk Creek area. He said park staff will soon construct a new pavilion to replace the old one. The new one will be of a similar size, without electricity and available to users on a first-come, first-served basis, Rager said.
"The most popular thing in Erie Bluffs is the fishing over at Elk Creek," he said.
Steelhead are a big attraction, but brown trout, yellow perch and smallmouth bass also are hooked there.
Development was discussed in the park's early years, including construction of a 20-room lodge. But Gov. Ed Rendell, who had named Erie Bluffs a state park, withdrew the state's lodge plans in 2006 after some environmentalists, conservationists and sporting groups protested the proposed development.
There's no effort to resurrect the lodge idea.
"As far as DCNR's future plans, that's not something on our radar now," Rager said.
One change is anticipated after this year.
A local farmer has been leasing some of the land to grow corn and soybeans, Rager said. But the lease for agriculture is up at the end of 2014 and officials plan to let the area revert from cropland back to natural habitat like grassland and forest, he said.
Fuhrman said he thinks people who use Erie Bluffs like it the way it is and that is largely unchanged in the past decade. Unlike Presque Isle, which has car counters, there is no way to measure attendance at Erie Bluffs.
Visitors who do go to the public land find a diverse ecosystem. Beech, maple, pine, oak and other trees grow there.
"Erie Bluffs State Park also has naturally occurring wetlands in certain areas of the park, consisting of vernal pools," Rager said. "They are shallow and wet areas located in forests that contain water for all or part of the year. These naturally occurring wetland sites provide important places for biodiversity within the park. They serve as breeding areas for wildlife as well as protected environments for high quality plant communities. Some of the common vernal pool animals you may see at the park include various species of frogs and salamanders."
Hikers could also come across deer, bats and red-tailed hawks. Bank swallows have established at Erie Bluffs what is believed to be one of their largest colonies in Pennsylvania.
"We do have bald eagles that occasionally will nest there," Rager said.
Hunting for deer and small game is permitted during hunting season.
Besides Elk Creek on its eastern end, Erie Bluffs has a smaller stream, Duck Run, on the western side.
By following the Duck Run Trail for about a 35-minute hike, visitors can reach Lake Erie.
"It's a very beautiful walk through the park," Rager said.
Erie Bluffs has a mile of rocky Lake Erie shoreline, but none of the wide sandy beaches popular with swimmers at Presque Isle.
Rager said other trails don't reach the water but do offer beautiful views of the lake from above.
An official map for Erie Bluffs still doesn't exist, but Rager said the master plan map on DCNR's Erie Bluffs webpage has some trail, parking and other information.
Future plans for the park do include more trail development, he said.
"The trails that do exist are not well marked and can be easily confused with game trails," he said.
He said park officials try to maintain a balance between improving the paths for people and keeping the area natural.
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- Conference date: 28 June–3 July 2009
- Location: Nashville (Tennessee)
Flow instabilities are among the main issues of ICF studies. Heterogeneities and defects of the material or the geometry are generally considered among the sources of instabilities which are strongly amplified in spherical geometries. According to the theory of D'yakov, some ranges of the Equation of State (EOS) also generate or amplify instabilities in shock waves, which can be considered among the origin of Richtmyer‐Meshkov instabilities. It is well known that, on the Hugoniot curve of most materials, the volume decreases versus pressure down to a minimum and then increases with ionization towards an asymptotic value. Recent results in this range of pressure allow us to investigate now the stability conditions. The first question to raise is the possibility of existence of such instabilities. We focus here on the properties of several elements (aluminium, iron, copper) in this range of pressure to try to give a first answer to this question.
Key Topics
- Flow instabilities
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- Aluminium
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- Copper
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- Equations of state
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- Inertial confinement
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Probing Inflation with CMB PolarizationDaniel Baumann, Mark G. Jackson, Peter Adshead, Alexandre Amblard, Amjad Ashoorioon, Nicola Bartolo, Rachel Bean, Maria Beltrán, Francesco de Bernardis, Simeon Bird, Xingang Chen, Daniel J. H. Chung, Loris Colombo, Asantha Cooray, Paolo Creminelli, Scott Dodelson, Joanna Dunkley, Cora Dvorkin, Richard Easther, Fabio Finelli, Raphael Flauger, Mark P. Hertzberg, Katherine Jones‐Smith, Shamit Kachru, Kenji Kadota, Justin Khoury, William H. Kinney, Eiichiro Komatsu, Lawrence M. Krauss, Julien Lesgourgues, Andrew Liddle, Michele Liguori, Eugene Lim, Andrei Linde, Sabino Matarrese, Harsh Mathur, Liam McAllister, Alessandro Melchiorri, Alberto Nicolis, Luca Pagano, Hiranya V. Peiris, Marco Peloso, Levon Pogosian, Elena Pierpaoli, Antonio Riotto, Uroš Seljak, Leonardo Senatore, Sarah Shandera, Eva Silverstein, Tristan Smith, Pascal Vaudrevange, Licia Verde, Ben Wandelt, David Wands, Scott Watson, Mark Wyman, Amit Yadav, Wessel Valkenburg and Matias Zaldarriaga
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How to Prepare for the Death of Your Spouse
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Who pays the bills in your house? Our house isn't much different from most households around the country. I'm the financial person in the family so I handle all financial matters in our home including paying bills, watching all of our accounts, managing our investments, and corresponding with people regarding financial matters. My wife barely knows what comes in and goes out.
The Suze Ormans, Dave Ramseys, and Clark Howards would probably say that each person in a marriage should take an equal part in financial affairs of the household but over the years I've talked to a lot of people and I haven't found many of my friends that operate differently than my house. Maybe you and the people you know are different but managing the complicated maze of household money isn't easy and two people can make it more confusing.
That isn't to say that my wife doesn't have total access when she wants to look at the accounts but a few years ago I started thinking about the fact that none of us are guaranteed a tomorrow and what if something happened to me? Would she know where to start when she was thrown in to being the financial manager of the house? Because of that, I put the information together for her. Here's what I gave her.
The Basics
I started by placing a file on our home network that contains the complete contact information for every financial institution that we interact with during the year. That includes name, address, and phone number for each. If we have a person that we deal with, I included their name and extension. If we have online access (nearly all do) I included the user name. I also update that file with any balances owed or deposit accounts.
There is a companion file that I gave to my mother and sister as well as my wife's parents that has the account numbers for each of those accounts and the passwords. I do this so that all financial information isn't in one place. My wife knows that in the event something would happen to me, she and our family should meet to combine the files.
My wife doesn't have a lot of interest in investing so that task is left to me. I handle all of our investing matters but if something were to happen to me, I have an investment adviser, someone I know personally, ready to take over. My wife knows him and knows to contact him if something happens.
She also knows the basics of our accounts. She knows that if she needed money for something she should take it from our brokerage account rather than our IRA. My wife is a career professional who has, what would be considered a professional level job but when making these plans, the fact that she is highly intelligent and could probably figure everything out is unimportant. I treat her like she knows nothing in order to cover everything and I know that her mind won't be operating as well as it normally would during this time.
She also knows about our life insurance policies and how to start that process if something happens.
Documents like tax returns are all scanned and kept in a password protected directory with my family and on our home network. She knows how to get to all of that. Any piece of paper that holds importance has been scanned and shredded unless the original has to be kept.
Bottom Line
It may sound a little complicated but she only has to remember a few steps to get to everything she needs and I have instructed my family and her family on how to do this in case she isn't in a mental place to take care of things and of course, anything about her that I need to know if something happened to her is in my possession.
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TimeSplitters Future Perfect
Not quite perfect, but really really fun.
Well, I've got a message for you, fellas: I don't care if it's "serious." TimeSplitters has never failed to be a complete blast to play, and Future Perfect upholds that tradition by improving upon the series' lofty standards in nearly every way.
The most fundamental change is the introduction of an honest-to-goodness story. Yes, instead of an artificially strung-together sequence of generally unconnected missions, there is now a common thread that runs through the entire game. Moreover, you actually play as just one character throughouta fact that will shock fans of the previous games.
This is a welcome change, addressing what was the series' biggest weakness. Now, don't get me wrongthis isn't Oscar-caliber scriptwriting or anything. The basic plot is, in fact, fairly simple. But it provides motivation for your actions as time-jumper Cortez, and more importantly, provides a justification for some hysterical cinematics. It's not so much the writing that makes these cut-scenes so funny as it is the comic timingnot to mention recurring gags like Cortez's "Time to split!" catchphrase (which other characters in the game correctly recognize as almost unspeakably cheesy).
The real innovation, though, is a devious exploitation of the time-travel theme, in which Cortez repeatedly travels back just a few moments in time to help himself get through some tough spots. This is handled very skillfully in the game; you'll do things like drive a tank and then go back in time to man the guns on the same tank, or guard your own back as you hack a computer via a simple tile-puzzle interface. Hearing this, you might think there's a chance these segments could feel tedious and forced, as though the designers attempted to draw out the playtime by forcing you to replay segments, but it's not that way at all. Each instance is comfortably brief, so you're in and out before you have a chance to get bored with it; but more importantly, in the vast majority of circumstances you're performing different tasks each time. So it's not a cruel trick, but a really entertaining gimmick. It works.
As for the basic gameplay, well, that remains virtually unchangedwhich is a very good thing, if you ask me. The game is still blazingly fast, with a sizable selection of interesting weapons for each time period, some of the sharpest graphics you'll see on any system, and plenty of completely unrealistic settings to play around in. The addition of a limited selection of vehicles adds a little variety, but the only major alteration here is that the designers finally got rid of the aiming quirk that caused your gun to "lead" before the screen moved, a change that is most noticeableand most welcomewhen sniping. (Incidentally, you can revert to the old style of aiming in the Options screen, if you're a glutton for punishment.)
I have no problem with the fundamental gameplay remaining unchanged. As I see it, this allowed the designers to concentrate on coming up with interesting levels, lots more minigame-style challenges (most memorable: monkey curling), and unusual multiplayer modes for splitscreen and online play. (Check out the sidebars for more specifics about online.) There's only one area in which I was really hoping for a bigger change: mapmaker.
Now, if you've messed around with mapmaker in the past, you know that you can do a lot with it. In fact, a dedicated person would be able to create an entire story level if he really wanted to sit down and hack it out. (Incidentally, this depth is going to make things really interesting once the game comes out and everyone starts trading maps online; remember to make judicious use of the map rating option so the rest of us will know what to look for and what to stay away from!) I just wish there were some way to customize the look of the levels a bit more. I remember some of the map pieces from the first gamelike that awesome cathedraland it makes me wish it were possible to craft more organic creations. Oh well, maybe on PS3.. At least the developers did add some more decorative details so that I can finally fashion a scale model of the funeral home where I grew up.
Yes, I'm aware this is a really minor complaint. No, I don't have anything more major to gripe about. Look: In one of our multiplayer matches, EGM's Greg Ford commented that "Future Perfect is to shooters what Burnout 3 is to racing games." That's exactly right, and I couldn't have expressed it any better. Future Perfect is the kind of game that places pure entertainment above stodgy realism and loads up the experience with tons of extras, minigames, and well-paced rewards. The result is a game that's not necessarily impossible to put down (because it's divided into easily digestible segments, you see)but is impossible to stop picking up. Just one more challenge! Just one more arcade level! Just one more online match!
So say what you will about TimeSplitters being too arcadey or too cartoony or not serious enoughI'll just be over here having a hell of a time. Last I checked, that's what games were for.
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From the weakest to the strongest, Wireless security capacity is.
No Security
The documentation of your Wireless devices (Wireless Router, and Wireless
Computers Card) should state the type of security that is available with
your Wireless hardware.
All devices MUST be set to the same security level using the same pass
Therefore the security must be set according what ever is the best possible
of one of the Wireless devices.
I.e. even if most of your system might be capable to be configured to the
max. with WPA2, but one device is only capable to be configured to max . of
WEP, to whole system must be configured to WEP.
If you need more good security and one device (like a Wireless card that can
do WEP only) is holding better security for the whole Network, replace the
device with a better one.
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