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Over the last few weeks I have run into quite a few news items which tentatively indicate that justice is being done. Specifically regarding the Catholic church. The issue of trust in a big picture societal way is what separates a free society based on equality from those societies based on privileged. When we can't trust that the law will be applied equally. Nor that the very people we are told deserve our trust can't be trusted. Then what? For too long the Catholic Church held itself as above the law and demanded the privilege of governing itself. And in most cases in spite of the law and the people abused by its decisions. And in spite of the law the secular government has maintained a position of non-prosecution towards the religious authorities. Until recently that is. Sinead was right so long ago.
In Kansas City We have a Bishop under indictment. Apparently the first in the U. S..
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A bishop in the Roman Catholic Church has been indicted for failure to report suspected child abuse, the first time in the 25-year history of the church's sex abuse scandals that the leader of an American diocese has been held criminally liable for the behavior of a priest he supervised.
The indictment of the bishop, Robert W. Finn, and the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph by a county grand jury was announced on Friday. Each was charged with one misdemeanor count involving a priest accused of taking pornographic photographs of girls as recently as this year. They pleaded not guilty.
The case caused an uproar among Catholics in Kansas City this year when Bishop Finn acknowledged that he knew of the photographs last December but did not turn them over to the police until May. During that time, the priest, the Rev. Shawn Ratigan, is said to have continued to attend church events with children, and took lewd photographs of another young girl.
Well that is all and well with one exception. And that is that the bishops promised to report abuse to the proper authorities when they learned of them.
A decade ago the American bishops pledged to report suspected abusers to law enforcement authorities — a policy also recommended last year by the Vatican. Bishop Finn himself had made such a promise three years ago as part of a $10 million legal settlement with abuse victims in Kansas City
We also have from a few short months ago the Irish "Cloyne Report" and Enda Kenny's vigorous speech identifying what the church could expect from now on.
Rupture With Vatican Reveals a Changed Ireland.
DUBLIN — Even as it remains preoccupied with its struggling economy, Ireland is in the midst of a profound transformation, as rapid as it is revolutionary: it is recalibrating its relationship to the Roman Catholic Church, an institution that has permeated almost every aspect of life here for generations
This is still a country where abortion is against the law, where divorce became legal only in 1995, where the church runs more than 90 percent of the primary schools and where 87 percent of the population identifies itself as Catholic. But the awe, respect and fear the Vatican once commanded have given way to something new — rage, disgust and defiance — after a long series of horrific revelations about decades of abuse of children entrusted to the church's care by a reverential populace.
Rage, disgust, and defiance. I like it! And further the article states about Enda Kenny the Prime Minister.
His remarks were a ringing declaration of the supremacy of state over church, in words of outrage and indignation that had never before been used publicly by an Irish leader.
"For the first time in Ireland, a report into child sexual abuse exposed an attempt by the Holy See to frustrate an inquiry into a sovereign, democratic republic as little as three years ago, not three decades ago," Mr. Kenny said, referring to the Cloyne Report, which detailed abuse and cover-ups by church officials in southern Ireland through 2009.
Reiterating the report's claim that the church had encouraged bishops to ignore child-protection guidelines the bishops themselves had adopted, the prime minister attacked "the dysfunction, the disconnection, the elitism" that he said "dominate the culture of the Vatican."
But that isn't all, not even the half of it. Apparently Mr Kenny angered the Vatican.
The effect of his speech was instant and electric.
"It was a seminal moment," said Patsy McGarry, the religious affairs correspondent for The Irish Times. "No Irish prime minister has ever talked to the Catholic Church before in this fashion. The obsequiousness of the Irish state toward the Vatican is gone. The deference is gone."
While both sides are talking in more emollient terms now, there is no question that Mr. Kenny's declaration deeply angered the Vatican. It immediately withdrew its ambassador from Dublin, ostensibly to help fashion the Vatican's formal response. (The ambassador has since been reassigned to the Czech Republic.)
And that isn't all. check this out.
Why the pope must face justice at The Hague
When it comes to holding the Catholic Church accountable for sexual abuse of children by members of the clergy, all roads lead to Rome. That is what my organization, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (Snap), concluded after years of seeking justice in other venues and being turned away.
On 13 September, we traveled to the Hague to file an 84-page complaint and over 20,000 pages of supporting materials with the international criminal court, documenting our charge that the pope and Vatican officials have tolerated and enabled the systematic and widespread concealing of rape and child sex crimes throughout the world.
Holding childhood photographs that tell a wrenching story of innocence and faith betrayed, and joined by our attorneys from the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights, we stood up and demanded the justice that has so long been denied. The New York Times called the filing "the most substantive effort yet to hold the pope and the Vatican accountable in an international court for sexual abuse by priests".
No doubt, many people of faith are shocked that we would accuse a world church leader of crimes against humanity – a man considered by many to be infallible. But the man who is infallible must also be accountable.
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The difference between life and death in a tornado can depend on weather forecasters' choices about when and how to issue warnings, a National Weather Service official said Monday.
The choices can determine how much time people have to seek cover and whether they believe they need to take cover, said Kevin Laws, the science and operation officer at the National Weather Service office in Birmingham.
"You have to put a lot of thought into it," said Laws, speaking at a National Weather Association conference in Hoover. "It's not just sitting behind desks, hitting a button."
The weather conference was scheduled before a rash of deadly tornadoes struck Alabama on April 27. But that outbreak has loomed large over the gathering, which is focused on how to improve forecasts and the potentially life-saving decisions that follow.
Laws pointed to at least one case on April 27 in which a storm victim credited his decision to seek shelter -- and his ultimate survival -- to forecasters' choice to use the phrase "tornado emergency" and to mention his community by name.
The National Weather Service in Birmingham had rarely issued "tornado emergency" notices before the April 27 outbreak, Laws said. But it did so on 38 occasions that day, he said. In addition, the National Weather Service in Huntsville issued nine "tornado emergency" warnings, he said.
The phrase is used when a twister has been confirmed and poses a substantial threat to a populated area. There was little question on either front that day, Laws said, because ample evidence was being captured on cameras everywhere. The images were dreadful, even to the experts.
"We just said, 'We're going to save as many lives as we can,'" Laws said.
The Birmingham office issued warnings for 95 percent of the tornadoes that struck that day, a rate that substantially exceeds the agency's overall 75 percent accuracy rate for detecting tornadoes, Laws said.
Still, close to 250 people died in Alabama because of the tornadoes, a fact that weighed heavily on those participating in the conference.
Russell Schneider, director of the NOAA-NWS Storm Prediction Center in Oklahoma, said the fatalities in Alabama and later in Joplin, Mo., interrupted a downward trend for tornado deaths that had continued since the Tri-State outbreak killed 695 people in 1925.
"2011 has been a reminder that this nice gentle slope (of decline) was not to be forever," he said. "This has been a real clarion call to us."
Trussville meteorologist Tim Coleman, who is a research scientist and adjunct professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, said power outages on April 27 may have played a role in the deaths in Alabama. But he doesn't believe that is the most likely explanation.
"We had numerous, violent tornadoes that hit populated areas," he said. "A lot of people got killed in their basements, doing exactly what they were supposed to do."
Coleman spoke at the conference about the atmospheric forces that came together to produce such deadly storms. "It was an extremely rare event and one we hope to never see again," Coleman said.
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Torre Story
May 3, 2013 – Last September, I spent a day with former Yankees manager Joe Torre in his hometown of Brooklyn for a very special feature, which will be published in the June Issue of Yankees Magazine.
On the morning of Sept. 25 — which is the anniversary of Torre's major league debut — he picked Yankees team photographer James Petrozzello and I up at Yankee Stadium, and we drove to the house the skipper grew up in.
After we arrived at the red-brick house on Avenue T in Brooklyn, we spent about an hour with Torre's two sisters — one of whom still lives there. The three siblings spoke candidly about their abusive father and about the violence they witnessed in the very room we were in.
"My dad caused a lot of fear in our home," Torre said. "A lot of times, I didn't know what was going on because I was so young, but I was still affected by it. Fear is a terrible emotion, and it caused me to be a nervous kid even when I wasn't at home."
Torre also reminisced about his mother, who passed away several years ago.
"My mom was always there for us," Torre said. "She was always home, and she was our security blanket. Because of my mom, there was a lot of love in our home."
After our mid-morning conversation, Torre, Petrozzello and I walked to Marine Park, which is located one block from the house. Torre learned to play baseball on the fields there, and his return brought back great memories.
"We were always in this park," said Torre as he leaned against the medal backstop of one of the many diamonds that are still there. "Baseball was the only thing I ever thought about."
After our walk in the park, we joined Torre's sisters at a local deli for lunch. During the meal, Torre discussed one of the turning points in his life, which came shortly after the Yankees hired him in 1995.
"[Torre's wife] Ali asked me if I would go to a four-day self-help seminar that was being held at the Holiday Inn in Cincinnati," Torre said. "I just said yes because she was pregnant, and I wasn't going to say no to her at that time. The point of the program was for people to discuss any issues they needed help with, and frankly, I didn't even go in there knowing what I was going to talk about.
"I didn't realize how invasive the conversations were going to be," Torre continued. "But without even thinking, I wound up talking about the fears I had as a kid because of my dad. I had already been named the manager of the Yankees, and I was sitting there with a group of strangers, crying my eyes out. It was great for me because I finally realized that I wasn't born with so many insecurities."
Torre's life off the field changed for the better after that. Of course, leading the Yankees to four championships made his work life pretty enjoyable, as well.
We ended Torre's homecoming visit with a stop at the Brooklyn Bridge. As Torre posed for the opening spread photo, which was taken about half way across the New York landmark bridge, Torre peered out toward the borough he grew up in.
"Regardless of where life takes me, this will always be home," Torre said. "I had some tough times here as a kid, but there's no place in the world where I feel more comfortable."
For more on Torre's inspirational life, check out this story in the June Issue of Yankees Magazine.
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Zacharia & Brown employs VA accredited attorneys. We understand the programs and the requirements that are involved. Our attorneys can help you plan for and ultimately obtain benefits if you meet the VA requirements. As with most other areas of elder law, obtaining benefits can be challenging. It is also a field where there is a lot of misunderstanding. For example, most people are informed that VA benefits are only for a Veteran who demonstrates a need. While the veteran is certainly a "primary eligibility person", benefits are not limited to only the Veteran. The surviving spouse of a deceased, otherwise eligible veteran may also qualify for a benefit. In addition, an otherwise eligible, healthy veteran who has an ill spouse, in need of additional care, is also eligible. This last example is not understood nor realized by most people, even those who work in the field.
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Kevelaer Things to Do
Gnadenkapelle – Chapel of Grace
In 1654 the Chapel of Grace was built over the shrine to protect the sacred image and give it a worthy home. The small but richly decorated hexagonal building was designed after the model of the pilgrimage chapel in Scherpenheuvel in Belgium. The altar inside was consecrated in 1663. The chapel is a little gem of Dutch renaissance. The image...more
Shopping for Holy Souvenirs
The centre of the town is full of shops selling devotional articles and souvenirs for all wishes and needs, all budgets and all kinds of taste, in some cases lack thereof. Enjoy the shop windows even if you don't want to buy anything.more
Parish Church of St Antonius
St Antonius has been the parish church of the town since the 15th century. It is dedicated to Saint Antonius the Abbot whose statue is standing in front of the church. Due to misfortune the church burnt down to the foundations in 1982. Afterwards it was rebuilt after new plans which adopt the general shape and elements of the old church but give it...more
Sakramentskapelle – Chapel of the...
The holiest, the consecrated Eucharistic host, is displayed for adoration in the chapel by the entrance to the fountain courtyard. Please keep quiet.more
Brunnenhof – Fountain Courtyard
The courtyard is surrounded by Basilica, Sacrament Chapel and Confession Chapel. The fountain in the middle with its four water flows is a symbol of God's ever flowing mercy, just like the four streams of paradise that forever make Earth fertile.more
Chapel of Baptism and Confession
Tauf- und Beichtkapelle – The chapel in Fountain Courtyard served for the sacraments of baptism and confession. Many of the personal miracles of Kevealer happen here, where people are relieved of their burdens after confession their guilt and being granted absolution. Compared to the other churches this one is rather plain, on purpose. This is a...more
The Pope's Visit in 1987 – the Pope Door
In 1987 Pope John Paul II visited Kevelaer to participate in a church congress and to pray at the pilgrimage sites. An ancient liturgy requires him to knock at the door of the church with a hammer to be let in. The bronze side door of the basilica shows this scene.A special stamp with the image of the Madonna and the buildings of Kevelaer has been...more
The two small chapels soon were too small for the numbers of pilgrims that visited Kevelaer. In the mid-19th century the construction of a much larger new church was planned. Vincenz Statz, cathedral architect in Cologne, designed the big church and the complex of small chapels around the fountain courtyard. The foundation stone was laid in 1858....more
To take care of the pilgrims, the Bishop of Roermont sent Oratorian Patres from Scherpenheuvel to Kevelaer in 1646. A year later a monastery and parsonage was built for them next to the shrine, now called Priesterhaus. The Priests' House in Chapel Square is the pilgrimage centre, accommodation for groups and information office.more
Kerzenkapelle – Chapel of the Candles
Pilgrimages to the shrine with the little image of the Madonna set in immediately in 1642. Eight healings were reported already in the first year. In 1643 the construction of the first pilgrimage church the Chapel of the Candles, was begun and completed within two years. In this church the pilgrims celebrate mass and offer big candles. Most...more
Niederrheinisches Museum
Last october they had a special exhibition of Playmobil! A whole collection of normal playmobil through the years, so you were able to see the developement in this beautiful quality toy. Drawings of the products. Special advertising items etc. A children's playarea. Playmobil was only a temporary exhibition, but the rest of the museum is also worth...more
Walking around Kapellenplatz!
A nice thing to do is walking around Kapellenplatz where all pelgrims walk from chapel to chapel lighting candles!I allways wonder: What are people expecting from these pelgrimages? For themselves? For the world?Will you become a better person of it?I must honoustly say I don't know I only visited because of the playmobil exhibition in the local...more
The Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament is located to the left side of the entrance to the Fountain Courtyard. These chapels are all at Kapellenplatz and can't be missed!more
In Kevelaer, the faithful of all ages, both men and women, those seeking enlightenment and those in desperation, those acting out of belief and out of trust, all come to her. Shepherds and their flocks gather around her image, which is unusually close to them all, virtually close enough to touch. This chapel is very small, but still you can make a...more
The Candle Chapel is the oldest pilgrimage church in Kevelaer - therefore most processions still continue to make a stop here.more
Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament
The Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament is located on the western side of the Fountain Courtyard.The Chapel was built in 1860 as a confessional chapel for the Dutch pilgrims and its three-transom Paradise portico was added in the early 1880s.more
"Beichtkapelle" - The Confessional...
The entrance to the Confessional Chapel can be found in the Fountain Courtyard, on the sacristy side of the Basilica. The Confessional Chapel, built in 1857, houses now the cloister with the penitential cells.more
St. Mary's Basilica - stained glass...
The impressive colourful stained glass windows of the Basilica passed through different restructuring works, all aimed to match the original conception.more
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Hotel zur Bruecke
Bahnstr. 44, Kevelaer, North Rhine-Westphalia, 47623, Germany
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Gelder Dyck
Hotel is to be recommended very much a tasty one clarifies room favourably have breakfast and only...more
Hotel Goldener Loewe
Amsterdamer Strasse 13, Kevelaer, North Rhine-Westphalia, 47623, Germany
Satisfaction: Excellent
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Ice cream in Kevelaer
We spend only an afternoon in Kevelaer but we really enjoyed an ice cream while walking around the Basilica and on the town?s narrow streets.The coffee shop is called Europa Eis Cafe.more
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Souvenirs shops around the Basilica
All around the Basilica there are a lot of shops selling small souvenirs, from rosaries to statues, icons or pictures with John Paul II or Benedict IX.
The prices tend to be higher than in other places, but a gift from Kevelaer will always be appreciated.Related to:
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With not being able to speak any German we could not understand the srvices held nearly every day in the town square. for one reason or another, then on Sunday the whole town came out to church, lots of processions and singing and candle lighting, we felt a little out of it as we did not understand what was actually happening. Great to watch though. With many of the men wearing colourful outfits with large hats covered with feathers!!Add to your Trip Planner
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Labyrinth in the Fountain Courtyard
In the Fountain Courtyard can be found a monument presenting a labyrinth. This representation of the labyrinth is similar to the one on the paviment of the church in Ravenna, Italy.more
Beichtkapelle (Confessional Chapel) door
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The "Portal of reconciliation" was created in 1997 in the memory of the ordination of the deacon Karl Leisner from Kleve in the concentration camp Dachau in 1944.more
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Pronunciation of the name
"Keh-ve-lahr" is the correct pronunciation. In this case the "ae" does not mark an Umlaut, as it usually does in German, but the extra e serves to prolong the "a" sound – a particularity of the dialects on the lower Rhine and in Westphalia which are closely related to the Dutch language. (Most Germans from other regions are confused by this, too.)more
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By Dana Milbank
WASHINGTON -- In Vietnam in 1968, two separate mine explosions left Chuck Hagel with shrapnel in his chest and burns on his face and arms.
This is not a man who is going to shrink from a fight with the chicken hawks of the Senate.
"Maybe most importantly," Obama added, "Chuck knows that war is not an abstraction. He understands that sending young Americans to fight and bleed in the dirt and mud, that's something we only do when it's absolutely necessary."
Behind the men was the Washington Monument, concealed by the East Room's gold curtains. In front of them, on Pennsylvania Avenue, workers were finishing the parade reviewing stand for Obama's second inauguration. For the president, who has too often shied from forceful leadership, the Hagel nomination was a welcome sign that he is willing to pick a fight in his second term.
And Hagel is worth fighting for. The Republican former senator from Nebraska should and probably will be confirmed by the Senate, despite irresponsible claims that he is anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, anti-gay and a coddler of Iran. Most of that is false and the rest is irrelevant: As head of the Pentagon, Hagel would not determine foreign policy.
What he would do is lead the people who fight wars -- and for that, the old infantry sergeant is uniquely qualified. When he says that war should be the last resort, he speaks with a moral authority that few of those senators who would judge him can match.
In accepting the nomination, Hagel spoke of the troops as his top priority, the "men and women in uniform and their families ... who have sacrificed so much over more than a decade of war." The only agenda item he mentioned was to "strengthen our country and strengthen our country's alliances."
Alliances were a Hagel trademark in the Senate, where, although he voted to authorize the Iraq War, he became a scalding critic of the George W. Bush administration's unilateralist policies and bungled prosecution of the conflict. His criticism of the administration antagonized many of his Republican colleagues, who are now returning the favor.
Sen. John Cornyn of Texas called Hagel's record "extremely concerning." Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana said Hagel's confirmation "would send exactly the wrong message." Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Hagel's views send "the worst possible signal."
Neither Cornyn nor Vitter lists military service in his biography. Graham was an Air Force lawyer.
Even some Republicans who once praised Hagel view him differently now that Obama has embraced him. When Hagel left the Senate four years ago, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky praised his "clear voice and stature on national security and foreign policy." But on Sunday, the Senate minority leader retreated, telling ABC News' George Stephanopoulos only that Hagel is "outspoken" and that it is necessary to "take a look at all the things that Chuck has said over the years."
Hagel, who fought from foxholes, knows better than to expect loyalty from former Senate colleagues, and he reacted with equanimity when neoconservative critics, hearing rumors of his nomination, put out word that he is anti-Semitic. "What a town!" he remarked at the time.
Standing to Obama's right in the East Room on Monday, Hagel wore a slight frown beneath his droopy eyes as the president lavished praise on him. "As a young private, and then a sergeant, he served with honor alongside his own brother," Obama recounted. "When Chuck was hit by shrapnel, his brother saved him. When his brother was injured by a mine, Chuck risked his life to pull him to safety."
Hagel, hands at his side, continued to wear his unimpressed frown as the man he would succeed, Leon Panetta, said Hagel is "a patriot, he's a decorated combat veteran, and ... his deep understanding of the security issues facing this country make him the right choice to be secretary of defense."
Panetta said he will return home to his California walnut farm to deal "with a different set of nuts."
It will now be Hagel's task to crack the nuts Panetta leaves behind -- beginning with those in the Senate.


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WILLIAMSPORT — State police have determined the city police officer involved in a Jan. 12 fiery fatal crash was traveling more than 50 mph over the speed limit at the time of the crash.
Preliminary findings of the investigation into the accident that killed James David Robinson, 42, of Williamsport, showed Officer Jonathan DePrenda, 32, was traveling at 88 mph in a 35-moile zone.
Lycoming County District Attorney Eric R. Lindhardt said he needs answers from state police to a few questions before he decides whether he will authorize charges. DePrenda remains on administrative leave.
Police may exceed the speed limit when responding to an emergency if lights and siren are used, but Lindhardt said they must exercise due care so not to endanger public safety.
DePrenda had activated his emergency lights and siren as he proceeded east on East Third Street, heading to Grove Street and Harding Avenue where a less experienced officer radioed he was holding a suspect at gunpoint following a pursuit, investigators said.
Heroin was found in that car and the driver, Jeremy A. Gooden, 23, of Williamsport, was charged with drug and driving counts.
As he was eastbound on Third Street, DePrenda came upon three vehicles and passed the first two, state police said.
The collision occurred as Robinson, in the third car, started to make a left turn onto Railway Street in front of the cruiser, they said.
Investigators did not say and Lindhardt would not comment on whether Robinson used his turn signal.
Robinson's car spun clockwise, severed a utility pole and come to rest against a house where it burst into flames, police said. Robinson was pronounced dead at the scene.
State police at Montoursville say they would like to speak with the driver of the vehicle that was just behind Robinson's and asked him or her to contact them 570-368-5700. A security camera on a nearby business recorded the accident, police said.
City police Capt. Timothy Miller declined comment when asked about on DePrenda's speed, saying he had yet to fully review the state police findings. Officers are aware of their responsibility when exceeding the speed limit, he said.


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A midwinter Super Bowl north of the Mason-Dixon Line? Could be.
The New York Giants and New York Jets on Wednesday morning officially submitted their combined bid for Super Bowl XLVIII to the NFL, hoping to strengthen the already solid support to bring the Big Game to their New Meadowlands Stadium in 2014.
The story was linked to by the Wednesday issue of SportsBusiness Daily.
A first look inside the bid reveals the teams are using their biggest perceived weakness, the potentially frigid February weather in New York, as a strength, touting the game as a chance to embrace "old school" football. The teams include a host of weather contingency plans such as providing fans with hand and seat warmers and locating fire pits in the parking lots to keep the crowd cozy.
The bid also places almost all of the major events surrounding the game in Midtown New York and in the area around the Meadowlands, and touts public transportation as the best way to move the massive crowds around town.


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Oh wow, he does look quite a bit like Paul.
"Now and then, though, someone does begin to grow differently. Instead of down, his feet grow up toward the sky. But we do our best to discourage awkward things like that."
"What happens to them?" insisted Milo.
"Oddly enough, they often grow ten times the size of everyone else," said Alec thoughtfully, "and I've heard that they walk among the stars."
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22 July 2011
I have a friend that looks like a young George Harrison. I call him George or just Harrison sometimes. I don't have any pictures though...and yes, I do have a crush on him. But what makes me so mad about him having the HONOR of being called George is that the ONLY song he's heard is Let It Be. (Believe me, I tried to make him listen to more, I sent him Eleanor Rigby and Happiness Is A Warm Gun but he didn't listen to them.) And he has the AUDACITY to wear a Beatles shirt some times. NO. I DON'T THINK SO.
19 January 2012
there's a boy in my school who looks just like Paul would looked at the age of 15 - he's around 17 and he's one class below though sometime's just hilarious when during the break I'm crossing the corridors and hear girls gossip 'did you see him? this cute boy with this brown eyes?' and then it's chours of all the ohs and ahs. and then I'm always wondering if Paul's charm ever helped him in some reletions or anyting - I mean, when I look at This Boy from my school I'd believe in every word he says, just like his eyes could not lie.! btw. This Boy could be my younger brother - I wouldn't stop cuddle up him.
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9 June 2012
I had an idea for a Tumblr site: cats that look like Beatles. It's an absolute winner, I tell ya.
Not sure why this thread is in the film/TV section. I'll move it.
30 August 2013
Celebrated_Mr_K said
My cousin is the spitting image of Pete Townshend.
We must be cousins then, lol :p
I look a lot like Pete Townshend, or that's what I get told anyway, but I think I have the spitting image of George Harrison's nose
I also get told I look like Howard from The Big Bang Theory, but I think it's just because of the hair and people usually associate bowlcuts with him
I think if I were to look like a Beatle, I could look like George, Paul or Ringo but definitely not John, in fact I think he's the only Beatle I don't look like
I know a lot of people that look like John in the eyes and my friend looks like Ringo
Favourite band: The Beatles
Favourite song: Yesterday
Favourite album: Rubber Soul
Favourite member: Paul McCartney
18 April 2013
In college I used to tend to dress all in white sometimes and had some sunglasses that looked like ones that John wore (not the Granny glasses). A girl said she had a crush on me because (her words) I was soo cool and looked like John Lennon. At the time I wasn't a John Lennon fan. I don't think I look so much like him anymore now that my hair is short and I'm older, but I do think my facial structure and body type are similar to his. With a beard and even longer hair I used to get "Oooh, it's Jesus!" all the time. I looked kind of like the Warner Sallman version of Jesus (you know, the Caucasian Jesus).
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17 January 2013
I do actually know a guy that looks like Ringo, but his nose is a bit smaller.
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Wow! When i saw this wallet i love it. It has lots of room for all my credit card and more. Love and Aloha from Hawaii!!
Quality Design Rating
Rough and tumble portable pocket safe
I've had my black Bishop for a few years, and while a little worn on the corners it's still going strong. Never lost a card and holds plenty without maxing out butt pocket space. The coin pocket button has never been a problem with a buck or two and a CC. Save a cow and have better quality fo less.
Quality Design Rating
So close to being awesome
The wallet really is high quality. It's just the design that is killing me. I wish I read the review that noted the button being an issue, because it really is. I have to keep the bottle opener in the bottom slot to protect the cards from it. Also, the zipper won't fully open because it catches on the material fold on the inside, and then if you do jiggle-open it, the zipper pull has a chance of lodging inside the gap requiring pliers to get it out (yes this has happened). If you don't plan on keeping this in your back pocket, then you will be fine with it. And again, the materials and quality are really nice, just that darn button. I'm actually considering cutting it out and maybe sewing my own velcro or something.
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The perfect wallet
Perfect size, zipper(a must for me when it comes too wallets) durable and proven chrome bag material and look. I love everything about it. As an extra bonus they throw in an awesome bottle opener with the chrome logo. It's the last wallet I'll ever need.
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Bishop wallet five star winner
I have used the Bishop wallet for over a year. I put the bottle opener away. The button on the coin flap is not a problem. The wallet has two inside pockets. One is underneath the coin pocket. Put credit cards or IDs there. Paper money goes inside the other pocket on the left side. Sturdy and well constructed wallet.
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very good
very good and sturdy wallet!
A great design, with one major flaw
I've had this wallet for over a year now, and overall I like the design. The major flaw with it is, if you have the bottle opener in the wallet, the tension it creates compounds with the button to really bend/mess up ID/credit cards. I've had to have my credit card replaced because of this effect. If Chrome can redesign it without that massive button that's unfortunately right in line with credit cards, it would be a much better product.
Great wallet, super hard to find wallets with coin pockets and it has plenty of space for other stuff. also vegan :)
good wallet but stupid snap
great wallet ..but the button / snap inside has to go had to modify mine pulled out the button and added some Velcro but otherwise solid product
Best wallet I have ever owned
Seriously, any wallet that has a beer cap opener is the best. I don't have any lame strap attached to it either. Also I have owned this wallet for a year and a half now and it's durable. It does have that little pouch in it, and I use that for small tools for my bike. Booya
Nice Wallet
When I first got the wallet it caught me off guard how huge it is. It still fits in my back pocket with plenty of room in it , but it is a pretty big wallet. Which is good, it has tons of room in it. The quality of the wallet is amazing. I was actually surprised how nice and heavy duty the bottle opener was that comes inside it. Like others have stated in their reviews this wallet would be perfect if the coin pocket closed with Velcro instead of the button. Its still fantastic though, definitely recommend it.
ok but..
nice looking wallet, good size, heavyweight materials but poor finish. the chrome logo-ed tarp on the front has started to fray, and the logo is a bad quality (possible) heat transfer print. if i'd known i wouldnt have paid this much for a wallet. the bottle opener is cool, but too heavy and cant be removed without cutting the attaching cord.
Cool wallet. Bought it at the Chi store because I was pumped for the opening and didn't wanna walk out empty handed.
cons: I don't keep my wallet in my back pocket, but if I did, I assume it would be a bit too bulky. I wish the bottle opener could be taken off without cutting the strap. the Chrome emblem looks like it's already starting to rub off. coin pocket should be replaced with more card slots
pros: It's like it was made for my Metro, fits perfectly into the inside pocket. zipper is an A+ idea, keeps everything out of harms way (weather). I've actually used the bottle opener a ton since I've had this thing. nice materials as always.
decent job boys... if you make one with my suggestions I'll be buying another.
I like this wallet because it keeps my change from flying around. Now when I buy stuff I can just throw everything into my Chrome wallet, zip it up, hop on my bike, and I am on my way. Pretty sweet man.
Sweet but not perfect
Bought this wallet about 3 weeks ago and initially was stoked, but had a few problems. The first was the bottle opener, it got in the way a little but gives the wallet some rigidity. The other problem was the button on the inside. It kept digging into me when i would sit and bent my credit cards and id. I cut the bottle opener off so I can put it where ever i want then i pulled out the button out and it made it a lot better. Overall it is a great wallet but took a few modifications.
Almost perfect....
I love zippered wallets and this one definitely fits the bill. My only complaint is the button on the coin pocket. I wish they replaced the snap button with Velcro instead. The button is denting my cards, especially when my wallet is full. My only solution was to remove it.
Pretty Ok
I ordered this wallet because it is 1. Hard to find a men's wallet with a coin pouch and 2. Because it zip. Unfortunately I like to keep my wallet in my back pocket and this wallet is too bulky. I wear a size 29 waist and my pockets are small to begin with. If they made it in a smaller size it would be perfect.
Bishop Wallet Review
I've had the Bishop Wallet over a year now and it's great. I previously worked for another retailer and got their wallets at a great discount, but they were made like crap. When I first got hired at Chrome over a year ago this was one of the first items that I purchased. Nothing falls out because of the zipper, the bottle opener is perfect for nights out and about, and it is the toughest wallet that I have ever owned.
best wallet ever
I have had a rook and a this wallet and meany other this is my favorite it last forever
Great wallet
Before I bought this wallet, I carried:
*my bills in a money clip
*my credit cards in a leather credit card case
*my change in a leather change purse
A lot of stuff. Drove me nuts. ALL OF IT FITS INTO THE BISHOP WALLET. And even with everything in it, the wallet doesn't feel overstuffed. To the contrary, everything is really well distributed, and the wallet sits flat in my pocket. I no longer have to worry about my credit cards falling out of my pocket (they used to), and I can find everything I need in a second.
A simple item, but one of my best purchases ever.
This is THE BEST wallet I have ever owned. I have been through so many wallets that just don't fit what it should. A wallet with a coin pouch is rare these days. The whole thing zips up so I can be SURE nothing falls out. The bottle opener is SO convenient and it works REALLY well! LOVE IT
great wallet
I've had the bishop for 6 months and love it. It fits all my cards and I haven't dumped everything on the ground since then. I have to save receipts when traveling for work and with everything zippered shut in this wallet I haven't lost a receipt since I got it. It seemed a bit tight at first and sometimes one of my cards is a little hard to pull out, but this is really a result of the fact that I carry way too many cards. There's been some light fraying along the leather panel on the front, but it seems minor to my eye and doesn't lower my review at all.
Not what I expected
The huge prestige bottle opener included feels like a stiff hunk of lead in my pocket. Removed it immediately. You could make it half the size and stick on the outside somewhere in an exterior pocket or attach it to the zipper. The Chrome logo is printed on..not stitched? dude.... that's low rent stuff. Also although the waterproof section hasn't actually started to fray yet, I can see white threads on the side that will soon start to separate...and I've had it less than 24 hours...
I enjoy Chrome products but this thing misses the mark.


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Citizen commission has big plans for North Bend parks
Trails, trees, parking, clean-up and exercise are all part of the North Bend Parks Commission's plans for city parks in the near future. Yvonne Dalke, chairperson of the group, reported on the commission's recent and coming accomplishments at the Feb. 1 North Bend City Council meeting.
In addition to getting some work done on trails, and the creation of more parking spaces off Thrasher Avenue for EJ Roberts Park, Dalke said the commission has created an Adopt-a-Park program, and become the first participants.
"We have adopted a park as the parks commission," she told the council, and their first clean-up event has been scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 26, from 9 a.m. to noon, at EJ Roperts Park. Dalke encouraged anyone who was interested to come and help with the project. The city will provide some supplies, she said, but everyone who wants to help should bring their own tools.
Also in the commission's future parks plans is a fitness trail, with a variety of exercise stations placed along the trail. Citizens will be able to work out as they walk or jog along the trail. Council members were very enthusiastic about the fitness trail. Dee Williamson called the plan "Outstanding. That's a fantastic idea."
Chris Garcia agreed, then said "and maybe one of these days we can put lights around it so people can use it after 4 p.m. in the winter."
Mike McCarty, a senior planner with the city, continued Dalke's report with a status update on the commission's work program. With the goal of eventually earning Tree City USA-status for North Bend, he said, "The Parks commission wants to become the tree board for the city."
Tree City USA, a program of the National Arbor Day Foundation, recognizes cities with sound urban forestry programs. To receive the Tree City designation, a city must have a Tree Board, he explained.
There are three other requirements for cities that want to become a Tree City USA city. They must have a tree care ordinance; a community forestry program with an annual budget of $2 per capita; and an annual celebration of Arbor Day.
Asked about the benefits to the city of receiving this designation, McCarty explained that North Bend could receive preference from granting organizations for being a Tree City USA city, and that Puget Sound Energy generally provides trees at no cost to Tree Cities.
For more information about Tree City USA, visit www.arborday.org/programs/treeCityUSA/index.cfm.
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NEC's decision to reinvest in the fifty alumni of the Sistema Fellows Program created an exciting opportunity to deepen the relationships that had begun on campus. The creation of the Resource Center also presented me with an opportunity to learn the stories of the Fellows from the first three classes... Sistema Fellows Program
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People often ask me why designer basics retail for prices that boggle the mind. A T-shirt for $200? A denim skirt with a frayed hem for $250?
"The cost of creating those things has nothing to do with the price," David A. Aaker, the vice chairman of Prophet, a brand consulting firm, told the New York Times. "It is all about who else is wearing them, who designed them and who is selling them."
Luxury goods, of course, have always been about that, selling the fantasy. But where this gets confusing today is in the way designer have been shifting their feet, trying to find stable ground in this rocky recession.
Zac Posen, for example, has spread himself all over the price spectrum. In addition to his main label, he's got Z Spoke, the more affordable contemporary brand sold at Saks and a cheap chic assortment of party dresses and vibrant prints that go on sale this week at Target.
So if you can get a Zac Posen dress at Target, does it make you want to spend five figures on one of his signature label dresses, if you had the budget to do so? Does it cheapen his brand or build it?
I recently spoke to the Tulane University Retail & Luxury Goods association and that was one of the questions discussed by the panel, which included local couturier Harold Clarke, Saks Fifth Avenue New Orleans store manager Carolyn Elder and me.
Wilson, in today's New York Times, makes this point: "The range (of prices on khaki pants) suggests that since the luxury bubble burst, designers have no clue what customers are willing to pay."


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Manchester United was handed a fairly straight-forward group in yesterday's Champions League draw-- the Red Devils were drawn in Group C against Valencia (Spain), Rangers (Scotland), and Bursaspor (Turkey).
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Group C is by no means a walk-over group for Manchester United, but they should advance barring any disasters. Rangers will fancy their chances against a methodical Red Devils side over quicker sides; Valencia are hard to beat at the Mestalla; and long away trips [to Turkey] are aways though, but United has the quality to advance.


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There are at least 34 federal laws, regulations, and mandatory standards that pertain to securing privately owned IT systems and data in our nation's critical infrastructure sectors. Of the 34, 1 is a law, 25 are regulations, and 8 are mandatory standards. These requirements pertain to 10 of the 18 critical infrastructure sectors, including the agriculture and food; energy; nuclear reactors, materials, and waste; and transportation systems sectors. Each of the 34 federal legal requirements has at least one enforcement mechanism. These mechanisms include court injunctions, civil monetary penalties, criminal penalties, and administrative actions, such as license revocation and suspension. Typically, these mechanisms are what agencies use to enforce requirements in general, and are not necessarily specific to the requirements for securing privately owned IT systems and data.
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Some years ago, missionaries to India left their 12-year-old son and his younger brother to go to India and take up their tour of duty there. Their intention was that, once they got settled, they would send for the boys. But shortly after they left America, World War II broke out. They couldnt get to the boys, and they couldnt get the boys to them. So the separation between the missionaries and their sons went on for something like eight years. Can you imagine what that was like?
When the war was over, the parents returned to America. Their older son was 20 years old and in college. He recalled how excited he was when he got the word that his parents would soon arrive in their hometown by train. The son got to the train depot early, even before the sun came up. When the train finally pulled in, the mother and father were the only ones who got off the train.
The son later wrote these words: I could barely see them in the haze, and they could hardly see me. We embraced in the semi-darkness. Then, my mother took my hand and led me into the light of the waiting room. There were tears running down her cheeks as she looked at me. She kept looking at my face, staring hard. Then she turned to my dad and called him by name, Arnett, she cried, hes gone and looked just like you! Our child looks just like you!
That is what Jesus parable of the Prodigal Son is teaching us: To go and look like our Father, to take on the loving and gracious characteristics of God, to love unconditionally as God does. While the father is gracious and loving and forgiving, the elder brother is resentful and envious and judgmental.
There is nothing God-like about resentment. There is nothing more destructive to our spirits than brooding, seething resentment. Resentment is a spiritual poison. It can ruin your life and devastate your soul.
This was happening to the elder brother in the story. He resented the homecoming his brother was receiving. He resented the generosity of his father, and he resented the work he had been doing for his father. Look at his words here. He says to the father: For all these years, I have been working like a slave for you. Notice this now:
He does not see his work as a wonderful opportunity.
He does not see his work as a joyful thing to do alongside his father or brother.
He does not see his work as a grateful response to his fathers blessings graciously shared with him.
No, he says: I have been slaving away and the words drip with the spirit of resentment.
And in speaking to his father who has come out to graciously invite him in to the party, the elder brother refers to the prodigal as this son of yours. Sounds almost like a curse, doesnt it?
I have noticed something over the years that the great people of faith I have known the ones who really inspired me were not harsh, critical, judgmental people. No, the ones who touched my heart and inspired me so much were the ones who just seemed to become more and more loving with each passing day.
They never talked bad about other people; they never acted holier-than-thou. No, they were grateful, tender, caring compassionate, merciful people. They were God-like people who had received Gods amazing grace and who then spent their days passing that gracious spirit on to others.
Isnt it sad that so many people miss that? Like the elder brother, they live in the presence of the Father, but somehow they miss the Fathers gracious, loving spirit.
In 1988, the poet Carol Wimmer became concerned about the self-righteous, judgmental spirit she was seeing in some people because she felt strongly that being judgmental is a perversion of the Christian faith.
So, she wrote a poem about this. Its called When I Say I Am a Christian, and it reads like this:
When I say ... I am a Christian,
Im not shouting, Ive been saved!
Im whispering, I get lost!Thats why I chose this way.
When I say ... I am a Christian,
I dont speak with human pride.
Im confessing that I stumble
needing God to be my guide.When I say ... I am a Christian,
Im not trying to be strong.Im professing that Im weak
and pray for strength to carry on.
When I say ... I am a Christian,
Im not bragging of success.Im admitting that Ive failed
and cannot ever pay the debt.When I say ... I am a Christian,
I dont think I know it all.I submit to my confusion,
asking humbly to be taught.When I say ... I am a Christian,
Im not claiming to be perfect.
My flaws are far too visible,but God believes Im worth it.
When I say ... I am a Christian,
I still feel the sting of pain.
I have my share of heartachewhich is why I seek Gods name.
When I say ... I am a Christian,
I do not wish to judge.I have no authority
I only know Im loved.Now, if Jesus based this parable in Luke 15 on a true story, we can only hope that eventually the elder brother came to his senses, left the far country of resentment and envy and self-righteous judgment and came home. If he did, we can be sure of one thing the father ran to meet him with open arms! Because our heavenly Father is always anxious to love, quick to forgive and eager to reconcile. He wants us to live that way, too!
Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea is the pastor of Aikens First Baptist Church.


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[Moe's Original Bar B Que, 2341 John Hawkins Parkway; 2501 Rocky Ridge Road; 2025 Third Ave. North; and 731 29th St. South.]
Paul Clark might well have written that old, childhood song that many remember: "Just plant a watermelon right upon my grave and let the juice (slurping sound) run through ... that's all I ask of you."
Clark admits his love for watermelon.
If he buys one watermelon to use in the restaurant, he buys a second one to nibble on during the workday. He just can't help himself.
No wonder then that last summer, when it was brutally hot in Birmingham, Clark concocted a recipe for watermelon salad. The salad quickly became a popular side option at the restaurant which offers prepared-fresh-daily sides such as marinated slaw, potato salad, fried green tomatoes and black-eyed peas.
"It has been wildly popular," reported Clark, the restaurant's executive chef who, with brothers Eric and Kevin Witherington, owns several Birmingham-area Moe's Original Bar B Que restaurants.
"I start making it when watermelon season begins and end when they are no longer sweet, usually in October," explained Clark, an honors graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y.
While the watermelon salad rotates on and off the menu, Clark agreed to have it available for at least a week, beginning today. Then, depending on how long Alabama watermelons remain sweet, the salad, randomly, will remain on the menu through the fall, he said.
Moe's Original Bar B Que is known for its pulled pork, racks of ribs and chicken smoked over hardwood served with two unique sauces.
Sandwiches of pulled pork, smoked chicken, smoked turkey and shrimp po' boy are $8.25 and include two sides and a drink.
Platters of pulled pork, smoked chicken, smoked turkey, chicken wings and catfish are $9.20 and include cornbread, two sides and a drink. A small platter of ribs is $10.50; large, $11.95.
A kids' menu ($4.95) offer choices such as grilled cheese, chicken sandwich, one rib, chicken fingers and pork sandwich.
Standard on the dessert menu are lemon pie, chocolate pie, white-chocolate Oreo pie, and banana pudding. Other pies -- such as butterscotch-coconut and Key lime -- rotate on the menu. And, there's scotch-a-roo which has a rice-crispy crust filled with peanut butter and butterscotch and topped with chocolate.
A chef for 10 years, Heath Miller, who works at Moe's in Hoover, is convinced that "this is the best barbecue I've ever put in my mouth."
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Throughout history, people in different parts of the world have been visited by Mary, the mother of Jesus. Still, no one expected her to visit Medjugorje, least of all the six children who would come to be known as "the visionaries." As they would soon find out, her heavenly visits would transform their sleepy hamlet into a destination of hope and peace for people from every part of the world.
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Mirjana Soldo was only 16 years old when she and five other children saw a mysterious young woman on a remote hillside in the village of Medjugorje, then part of Yugoslavia. The woman—who possessed a beauty and grace that seemed to come from beyond—identified herself as the Virgin Mary.
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