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On this rockFebruary 12,2013
The surprising announcement by Pope Benedict XVI that he will step down from the papacy at the end of this month is a reminder of the important role the Roman Catholic Church plays in the world, touching the lives of hundreds of millions of people, Catholic and non-Catholic alike.
Catholics responding to the announcement praised the popes decision as an act of humility, kindness and generosity. Rather than clinging to his position even as age undermined his strength and his ability to lead, Benedict chose to turn the immense authority of the papacy over to someone new. It has not happened since 1415.
There are about a billion Catholics in the world, a far-flung flock that reflects a great diversity of views. In Europe and North America, the church is shrinking, and Catholics often reject official doctrine on issues of gender and sexuality, including birth control, abortion, divorce, homosexuality, the ordination of women and the celibacy of the priesthood. Moreover, Catholics faith in their church has been shaken by continuing revelations about the sexual abuse of children by priests and the churchs record of complicity in those crimes.
In Africa, Asia and Latin America the church is growing with a vitality missing in many Western parishes. Indeed, the influx of Latino immigrants to the United States is already transforming the church here. The social mission of the church is alive in regions where poverty is widespread, and traditional mores in those regions mean people tend to accept the churchs conservative teachings on sexuality.
Benedicts papacy followed that of the most charismatic pope of modern times, John Paul II, and his message has been similar to John Pauls. He has emphasized the dignity of the individual and the importance of combatting poverty, greed, materialism and the failures of capitalism. But like John Paul, Benedict has maintained a hard line on issues relating to sexuality and has tried to promote traditional Catholic doctrine and practices.
Strict adherence to traditional views and practices has real world effects beyond the church itself. Use of birth control is widely understood to be crucial to allowing women in poor countries to limit the number of children, freeing them to be more constructive participants in their families, societies and economies. Economic and social progress occurs when women gain autonomy beyond the limits imposed by traditional practices. And yet Catholic teaching sometimes inhibits these gains.
Benedict has won praise for addressing the priest abuse scandal and ordering the church worldwide to take an aggressive stance to prevent abuse and to confront abusive priests. And yet the horror visited upon thousands of children around the world over the years has caused many Catholics to question the churchs traditional position on priesthood celibacy and the ordination of women. It has been a tragic loss for many Catholics that the institution they look to first for spiritual guidance has been afflicted by pervasive corruption.
The last pope to resign was Gregory XII, who stepped down in 1415 so the church could end the schism that had divided it, with one pope sitting in Rome and the other in Avignon, France. In 1294 Celestine V resigned after five months as pope in order to live a life of seclusion and contemplation. His successor locked him in a castle where he died after 10 months.
Pope Benedict IX was an 11th century pope whose godfather bribed him into resigning the papacy. That was in 1045. The godfather became Pope Gregory VI, but Benedict IX changed his mind after resigning, and so two popes reigned until Henry III, the Holy Roman emperor, came to Rome, recognized Gregory, then prevailed upon him to resign in 1046.
In those days the pope was a monarch among monarchs who ruled over not just souls, but also geography. Nowadays the pope has become the symbol of a tradition going back to St. Peter. On this rock I will build my church, Jesus said. Benedict XVI has decided he does not have the strength to serve as the rock required by hundreds of millions of people who look to the church for solace and guidance.MORE IN EditorialsProtesters converged on a bank in Montpelier early this week to show their solidarity with the... Full StoryPhil Scott will take office next month after winning with a margin of 51.11 percent to 43. Full StoryIdeologues and partisans work from the outcome backward. Full Story
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Zhang, W., Singh, P. and Issa, T.B. (2011) Arsenic(III) remediation from contaminated water by oxidation and Fe/Al co-precipitation. Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 3 (9).
Singh, P., Zhang, W., Robins, R.G. and Hubbard, G. (2007) Removal of As(III) from water by oxidation/coprecipitation-adsorption on Fe/Al hydroxide - Process demonstration. Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, 11 (1). pp. 58-62.
Mohapatra, D., Singh, P., Zhang, W. and Pullammanappallil, P. (2005) The effect of citrate, oxalate, acetate, silicate and phosphate on stability of synthetic arsenic-loaded ferrihydrite and Al-ferrihydrite. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 124 (1-3). pp. 95-100.
Singh, P., Zhang, W., Muir, D.M. and Robins, R.G. (2005) The effect of silicate on the adsorption of arsenate on coprecipitated ferrihydrite. In: TMS Annual Meeting, 13 - 17 February, San Francisco, CA; USA pp. 129-135.
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Ma, W., Zhang, W. and Gale, K.R. (2003) Multiplex-PCR typing of high molecular weight glutenin alleles in wheat. Euphytica, 134 (1). pp. 51-60.
Zhang, W., Singh, P. and Muir, D. (2002) Oxidative precipitation of manganese with SO2/O2 and separation from cobalt and nickel. Hydrometallurgy, 63 (2). pp. 127-135.
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Zhang, Wensheng (2000) SO2/O2 as an oxidant in hydrometallurgy. PhD thesis, Murdoch University.
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I hope it is going in the right direction for each and every one of you.
For me, it seems that nothing goes in the right direction.
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One or two of those punches came while my family was traveling to Illinois to spend the holidays with our parents.
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Things were going rather smoothly until we crossed over into Nebraska.
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Getting closer to first place.
For the second time this season, the Phillies have won three games in a row and have won six of their last seven as they defeated the Pirates in Pittsburgh, 8-4. The Phils opened the game by scoring five runs in the first inning, with two of those run coming in on a two-run homer by Ryan Howard, who is now back in the line-up, his fifth homer of the season, with two more runs coming in via Pirates fielding errors, while a single from Eric Bruntlett knocked in the fifth. They increased their lead to 6-0 when Geoff Jenkins knocked in Chase Utley with a single. Two more runs would later cross the plate in the sixth as Jayson Werth and Pedro Feliz knocked in runs with back to back doubles. By then, the score was 6-2, as the eventual winning pitcher, Kyle Kendrick, have given up an RBI single to Nate McLouth and an RBI double to Freddy Sanchez in the Pirates' third. He would later give up two more runs, one on an RBI ground out by Brian Bixler in the seventh and the last one as a solo home run to McLouth in the Pirates' eighth, his fourth of the year. After he gave up a follow up single to Sanchez, Kendrick was replaced by Rudy Seanez who ended the inning with no further damage. Ryan Madson would then come in and pitch a 1-2-3 ninth, ending the game.
The victory raises Kendrick's record to 2-2 with a 5.13 ERA as he pitched seven innings plus two hitters, giving up four runs, three of which were earned. The losing pitcher is Mike Morris whose record is now 0-4, while his record against the Phillies is now 5-4. He gave up six runs in 1 and 2/3 innings with his ERA rising to 9.67
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How awesome would it be to walk out of April in first place then get Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino back while Ryan Howard begins to get his bat together. There is no stopping this team!
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Arrests netted following city Christmas parade
Southern politics shifted yet again
Republican dominance of the South is almost total thanks to gerrymandering and the destruction of blue dog Democrats. When many conservative Democrats like Richard Shelby defected to the GOP they brought their patronage-loving tendencies with them. On national issues, they seemed in sync with the contract with America, but when it came to keeping the home folks happy with federal largesse they were very much their old selves.
However, the Tea Party revolution, however brief, brought to the fore a different kind of Republican. Unlike Dixie's darlings of the past, they referred to patronage as – gulp – earmarks. Suddenly the wheeling and dealing that essentially brought the South back from the economic damage wrought by the Civil War suddenly began to be seen as immoral. Money and ideology never were mixed – it was considered bad form.
Of course the lingering remnant of racism along with the cultural orthodoxy of the region created a conservatism more in time with antebellum attitudes. The specter of John C. Calhoun, with the loathing of canals, federal projects and national goals returned. The recent attempts to roll back voting rights is redolent of the reconstruction and "red shirt" violence of the 1890s. Suddenly the model for statesmanship is Jeff Fluke of Arizona, who has made "no" an ideology. Despite that fact that the federal government built the West.
During the fiscal fight and Hurricane Sandy relief, Southern Republican representatives turned righteous, voting 90 percent against the budget compromise, and voiced objection to helping the Northeast. Forgetting that the Northeast sends more of its tax dollars out and the South is a tax-eater, the GOP called the bill "pork ladened." Despite the fact that Katrina assistance was approved within 10 days, they blithely forgot how the system works.
Perhaps when the next batch of tornadoes strike or hurricanes hit, Northeasterners might not be generous in the customary way.
The amateurish nature of the Tea Party is based largely in that the organization is grounded in myths and resentments. If a penny is spent for the poor or a senior center, it is gazed on as a federal conspiracy. If it pays for an unnecessary war, it is money well allocated.
Southern politics can be complicated; however, when it has become orthodox in its conservatism, the region has suffered.
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At midnight mass in the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, the cradle of Christianity, the message was of peace, love and goodwill to all mankind. NBC's Martin Fletcher reports.
Pilgrims and locals celebrated Christmas Day on Tuesday in the ancient Bethlehem church where tradition holds Jesus was born, candles illuminating the sacred site and the joyous sound of prayer filling its overflowing halls.
Overcast skies and a cold wind didn't dampen the spirits of worshippers who came dressed in holiday finery and the traditional attire of foreign lands to mark the holy day in this biblical West Bank town. Bells pealed and long lines formed inside the fourth-century Church of the Nativity complex as Christian faithful waited eagerly to see the grotto that is Jesus' traditional birthplace.
Duncan Hardock, 24, a writer from MacLean, Va., traveled to Bethlehem from the republic of Georgia, where he had been teaching English. After passing through the separation barrier Israel built to ward off West Bank attackers, he walked to Bethlehem's Manger Square where the church stands.
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Hardock's girlfriend, 22-year-old Jennifer Gemmell of Longmont, Colorado, compared the festive spirit in Manger Square on Christmas Eve, saying "it's like being at Times Square at New Year's."
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The cavernous church was unable to hold all the worshippers who had hoped to celebrate Christmas Day Mass inside. A loudspeaker outside the church broadcast the service to the hundreds in the square who could not pack inside.
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In churches and bus stations, on water skis and bicycles, people from the Middle East to middle America celebrate Christmas.
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Tourists in the square posed for pictures as vendors hawked olive wood rosaries, nativity scenes, corn on the cob, roasted nuts, tea and coffee.
An official from the Palestinian tourism ministry predicted 10,000 foreigners would visit Bethlehem on Christmas Day and said 15,000 visited on Christmas Eve — up 20 percent from a year earlier. The official, Rula Maia'a, attributed the rise in part to the Church of the Nativity's classification earlier this year as a U.N. World Heritage Site.
Christians from Israel — Arab citizens and others — also boosted the number of visitors.
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On Christmas Eve, thousands of Christians from all over the world packed the square, which was awash in light, resplendent with decorations and adorned by a lavishly decorated, 55-foot fir tree. Their Palestinian hosts, who welcome this holiday as the high point of their city's year, were especially joyous this season, proud of the United Nations' recognition of an independent state of Palestine just last month.
On Monday evening, Pope Benedict XVI prayed that Israelis and Palestinians live in peace and freedom, and asked the faithful to pray for strife-torn Syria as well as Lebanon and Iraq.
He urged people to reflect upon what they find time for in their busy, technology-driven lives.
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"The great moral question of our attitude toward the homeless, toward refugees and migrants takes on a deeper dimension: Do we really have room for God when he seeks to enter under our roof? Do we have time and space for him?" the pope said.
"The faster we can move, the more efficient our time-saving appliances become, the less time we have. And God? The question of God never seems urgent," Benedict lamented.
Later Tuesday, the world's Christmas focus will shift to Vatican City, where the pope will deliver his traditional "Urbi et Orbi" speech — Latin for "to the city and the world" — from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to thousands of pilgrims, tourists and Romans gathered in the piazza below.
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The Artwork of Mordechai Rosenstein on Exhibit in Martins Run Art Gallery
From presidents to the Pope to Chaim Potok, many admire the artist's work.
The Hebrew alphabet has never been more beautiful than in the hands of Mordechai Rosenstein, a local artist who has earned international acclaim. As part of the Spotlight Artist Series hosted by Martins Run, a senior living community located in Media, Rosenstein's work will be displayed in the Martins Run Art Gallery from August 30 to September 29, 2013. The public is invited to view the exhibit, which has been arranged to coincide with the Jewish holidays.
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By uniting his interest in Judaica and painting, Rosenstein has given new meaning to the art of Hebrew calligraphy. "The flowing forms of the letters have been an inspiration to me since my youth," said the artist, whose love of these forms is evident in every piece he creates, from synagogue interiors and tapestries to paintings, murals, silk screen prints, and stained glass.
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Curry and Roosevelt counties recorded three homicides each in 2005 — only half the number seen in the 9th Judicial District in 2004, but several touched large segments of area communities because the victims were well known and included three senior citizens and a 10-year-old boy.
Officials said the formation of a major crimes unit, an increased number of police officers, heightened community awareness and police programs targeted at curbing gang and drug activity may account for the reduction in violent slayings.
The major crimes unit was formed in February and helped with the year's homicide investigations, District Attorney Matt Chandler said.
Due to departmental pay increases, there were 10 Clovis police officers added to a force that was understaffed by 16 officers last year, Clovis Police Lt. James Schoeffel said.
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• Sept. 15: Clovis boy shot while asleep in bed
Three brothers were charged in the death of Carlos Perez, 10.
A fourth suspect, Noe Torres, 26, has also been charged with murder, but remains at large, officials say.
Police found nine bullet holes in the victim's bedroom window, but no bullet casings in or around the scene, according to a police report.
Orlando Salas, 15, Demetrio Salas, 19, and Edward Salas, 21, appeared separately in court Thursday for pre-trial hearings.
The Salas brothers and Torres are all charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and shooting at a dwelling. Additionally, Orlando Salas is charged with tampering with evidence and conspiracy; Demetrio Salas is charged with tampering with evidence, two counts of witness intimidation, and possessing a stolen firearm; and Edward Salas is charged with two counts of witness intimidation.
A witness told police that Edward Salas said he didn't mean to shoot the little boy; he meant to shoot the older brother, records show.
Perez' older brother, Ruben Perez stated Orlando Salas threatened him and tried to fight him at school, the report said.
Demetrio Salas is being held at the Curry County Adult Detention Center on $100,000 cash bond; Edward Salas is being held at the Curry County Adult Detention Center without bond; and Orlando Salas is being held at the Curry County Juvenile Detention Center without bond, officials said.
The defendants are expected to have their joint trial sometime this summer, 9th Judicial District prosecutor Andrea Reeb said.
• Dec. 10: Clovis waitress found strangled to death
Laura McNaughton, 30, a waitress, student and mother of two was last seen at the Clovis restaurant where she worked on Dec. 9. The next day, her naked and battered body was found in a ditch by hunters in the community of Pleasant Hill north of Clovis.
A local dentist, James Smith, 36, was indicted by a grand jury on Thursday for first-degree murder, kidnapping and criminal sexual penetration in connection with McNaughton's death.
Smith pleaded not guilty to the charges, on Friday, records show.
In a letter to his wife, Smith said he didn't kill McNaughton. But court records show Smith told police he gave McNaughton a "very physical embrace" at his home and McNaughton "died very quickly."
Chandler said he will decide in 90 days if he will pursue the death penalty.
• Dec. 24: Oklahoma photograph salesman shot to death
Joseph Phillips, 48, died on Christmas Eve in the parking lot of the Econo Lodge Motel in Clovis.
Phillips, a photograph package salesman from Guthrie Okla., was shot in the head after he exited a taxi, officials said.
The taxi driver told police he saw Phillips and Jimmy Bentley, 71, exchange words shortly before Bentley shot Phillips, records show. The driver told police Phillips' hands were open and raised before he was shot.
Bentley, of Farmington, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on Thursday.
Bentley's lawyer Randy Knudson said Bentley may have Alzheimer's disease, and may have felt threatened by Phillips.
Chandler said the slaying may have been racially motivated. The victim is black, and Chandler said Bentley, who is white, has a nickname of "Lynching Lloyd."
Knudson said the nickname, given to Bentley by his Farmington gun club, was meant to be funny and silly.
Bentley is being held at the Curry County Adult Detention Center on $100,000 bond, and he will go before a grand jury this week where charges will be determined, Chandler said.
Roosevelt County
• July 8: Causey rancher shot dead in his home
The body of rancher Jimmy "Bo" Chunn, 71, was found shot to death in his home in Causey, 32 miles south of Portales.
A rancher who raised black Angus cattle, Chunn had lived in Causey since 1959, and operated a well service until the early 1980s. He was a member of the Portales Lodge and the Causey Church of Christ.
Officials have said Chunn was shot in the head.
After the incident, Portales police investigated two people of interest based on interviews and evidence, but neither were charged in connection with the slaying.
• March 2: Charred bodies found in car
The burned bodies of Portales' Odis Newman, 70, and Doris Newman, 69, were found in the trunk of their charred vehicle by police.
Jerry Fuller, 32, and Stanley Bedford, 41, both of Portales, are accused of kidnapping and killing the couple.
According to arrest warrant affidavits, Fuller, the Newmans' nephew by marriage, told police he and Bedford went to the Newmans' home on March 2. After being let in, Bedford is accused of striking Odis Newman with a pipe. When Doris Newman tried to call 911, Fuller stopped her and bound her with duct tape, court records allege.
The men put the Newmans in the trunk of their car and drove to the countryside where they doused the car with an accelerant and set it on fire, the arrest warrant affidavit states.
Officials said the Newmans were alive when they were placed in their car's trunk and the car was set on fire.
Bedford faces two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping, two counts of tampering with evidence and one count of receiving stolen property.
Fuller is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping, one count of tampering with evidence, three counts of assault upon a peace officer and one count of aggravated burglary.
Chandler has said he will pursue the death penalty against Fuller and Bedford.
Bedford's attorney, Gary Mitchell said he may motion for a change of venue, while Chandler opposes the change.
The defendants will be tried separately and each trial is expected to take months, Chandler said.
Fuller's trial date is set for June 19 through Aug. 28 and Bedford's trial is set for Sept. 5 through Oct. 13, Chandler said.
Both Fuller and Bedford are being held at the Roosevelt County Detention Center without bond.
Homicide statistics
Curry County
1999 — 1
2000 — 1
2001 — 4
2002 — 5
2003 — 6
2004 — 10
2005 — 3
Roosevelt County
1999 — 0
2000 — 0
2001 — 0
2002 — 0
2003 — 0
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Remember Hitler's vision of the German super race? The blond, blue-eyed "Aryans" who would rule the world? Well, years of war, division, and now reunification have made the Germans fat according to a group's press release.
Seventy-five percent of men and fifty-nine percent of women are overweight in Germany. Germany managed to surpass the trio of the United Kingdom, Cyprus, and the Czech Republic. The thinest European Union countries are France (guess French women really do not get fat) and Italy. However, these two countries still have numbers around forty percent fat. A full breakdown by country is available via Spiegel Online.
Note: To be fair, Americans are still fatter with seventy-fiver percent (!!!) of Americans overweight.
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Manufactured in: China
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Comprehensive Agency Assessment June 2010 Part I Executive Summary
United States Peace Corps
|Table of Contents and Acronyms
|Part I:
|Executive Summary
|Part II:
|Part III:
|Background and Assessment Methodology
|Part IV:
|Adjusting Volunteer Placement
|Part V:
|Strengthening Management and Independent Evaluation and Oversight
|Part VI:
|Improving the Recruitment and Selection Process
|Part VII:
|Medical Care of Volunteers
|Part VIII:
|Training of Volunteers and Staff
|Part IX:
|Coordinating with International and Host Country Development Organizations
|Part X:
|Lowering Early Termination Rates
|Independent Assessments & Reform Plans
Fifty years ago, President Kennedy launched an innovative new program to spearhead progress in developing countries and promote friendship between the United States and the people of the world. Fifty years later, the mission and the three goals that inspired the birth of the Peace Corps are still relevant. The passion that drove the creation of the Peace Corps is still very evident in the lives of the Volunteers who serve around the world today. The Peace Corps at fifty is ready for a strong new beginning—rooted in the vibrant past of those early years, yet ready to harness twenty-first century American intellectual power, innovation and commitment to results.
The Peace Corps' mission—to promote world peace and friendship—has three goals:
- Helping the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women.
- Helping promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served.
- Helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.
The Peace Corps is still very much in demand from both its host countries and the American public. Presidents and cabinet ministers in dozens of countries credit their start to Peace Corps Volunteers who touched their lives at an early age. Peace Corps Volunteers in 77 host nations are kindling a fire in the leaders of tomorrow. The fact that requests for Volunteers still far exceed the Peace Corps' capacity to place them within its budget is a clear and convincing measure of the Peace Corps' importance to many nations and its impact around the world. Peace Corps Volunteers are America's best and most cost effective grassroots development workers, magnifying the impact of government and donor investments at the community level and ensuring that efforts funded by others are community-owned and sustained. Peace Corps Volunteers are America's best ambassadors, building relationships with strategic partner countries from the ground up in communities across the globe.
The assessment team asked the question, "If the Peace Corps were created today, what should it look like?" The answer:
"The Peace Corps will be a leader, in partnership with others, in the global effort to further human progress and foster understanding and respect among people."
Excitement, engagement, and effectiveness are the terms that should characterize the Peace Corps as it moves into the future. As the agency prepares to turn fifty, the agency needs to position itself to be one that looks less in the rear-view mirror at its rich history, but rather, looks forward firmly believing its best days are yet to come.
The Peace Corps is not only still relevant—it is more important than ever in this increasingly complex twenty-first century world. The Peace Corps' leadership is ready to take the agency to a new level of engagement, with an inspiring new strategy to both revitalize the Peace Corps and achieve even greater impact in the nations it serves.
The agency's mission and three goals have historically provided the framework for defining its vision—and should continue to do so in the future. However, the three goals are not sufficient for setting the agency's future direction, articulating its role in the world, and establishing the baseline and reference points for strategic decision-making in the future. While the three goals still remain paramount, the Peace Corps needs to clearly articulate its strategies for how it will meet its three goals in a world very different from the one in 1961 when it was founded. The Peace Corps' new strategy must take into account the changing face of both the United States and the countries it serves. The twenty-first century Peace Corps is fully capable of achieving more than ever before, but needs a better roadmap to strategically guide its future.
As the world has advanced and become more sophisticated through new technologies, as new problems have arisen and old problems have revealed their complexity and intractability, the Peace Corps needs to evolve in order to better prepare and support Volunteers and their partners in addressing community needs.
Countries worldwide now have university trained leaders and national development strategies. They also have high expectations of the Americans who come to live and work in their communities. No longer can the agency send Volunteers to serve without ensuring that there is important work awaiting them and that they have received the very best training and preparation for completing their assignments.
No longer is the Peace Corps the only American volunteer organization operating internationally. Today's Volunteers have many other options for service and are aware of those options. The agency needs to recognize that it operates in a far more competitive environment and adopt a new recruiting model so that it can continue to attract the very best Volunteers.
Finally, Americans hold the Peace Corps accountable for using scarce resources in the most effective ways possible. The agency needs to maximize its impact, and doing so requires a rigorous decision-making process to optimize resource allocation, and an active monitoring and evaluation function that measures progress and strengthens management decisions.
These messages came through loud and clear in the interviews the assessment team conducted, the reports the team reviewed, and the hundreds of responses the team received from Volunteers, returned Volunteers, agency staff, host country partners, Members of Congress and their staff, and others. If the Peace Corps is to meet the demands of the 21st century, it must develop a dynamic plan of action with clearly articulated strategies to take it into the next 50 years.
As stated at the outset, the assessment team believes this is a key moment to renew excitement for the unique experience that Peace Corps service provides, to increase engagement with the international community through creative and innovative partnerships, and to enhance the effectiveness of the Peace Corps worldwide.
C.1. Background
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-117) enacted on December 16, 2009 provided the Peace Corps with the largest year-to-year funding increase in more than a decade. It also included a provision requiring the Director of the Peace Corps to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on the findings of a comprehensive assessment in the areas listed below:
- Improving the recruitment and selection process to attract a wide diversity of highly and appropriately skilled volunteers;
- Training and medical care for volunteers and staff;
- Adjusting volunteer placement to reflect priority United States interests, country needs and commitment to shared goals, and volunteer skills;
- Coordinating with international and host country development assistance organizations;
- Lowering early termination rates;
- Strengthening management and independent evaluation and oversight; and,
- Any other steps needed to ensure the effective use of resources and volunteers, and to prepare for and implement an appropriate expansion of the Peace Corps.
The Director of the agency also asked the assessment team to address how the agency can best strengthen third goal activities and agency reporting mechanisms.
C.2. Assessment Methodology
The assessment methodology is described in greater detail in chapter III of this report. A major hallmark of the agency assessment was the outreach effort utilized by the team to gather a large number of diverse opinions from all stakeholders. The observations, conclusions, and recommendations presented in this report are based on this major outreach initiative that generated strong input from multiple sources, including:
- An extensive literature review included internal documents and external documents from both supporters and critics of the agency;
- Meetings and interviews with stakeholders, including current and former Peace Corps staff, returned Peace Corps Volunteers, currently serving Volunteers, and members of Congress and congressional staff;
- Surveys on currently serving Volunteers, returned Volunteers, and newly recruited Volunteers as they prepared to travel to their posts;
- A strong outreach effort soliciting input from currently serving Volunteers and Peace Corps staff through an e-mail address created by the assessment team for this purpose;
- Strategic planning sessions with the agency's management team; and,
- Participation in agency conferences with country directors, program and training officers, and internal working groups.
The outreach effort yielded some important cross-cutting themes that in turn led to the development of the vision, the six supporting strategies, and the implementation plan presented in this report.
C.3. Organization of the report
The report is divided into eleven chapters that respond to the seven areas listed in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 enacted on December 16, 2009.
Each chapter of the main body of the report consists of three sections:
- Observations on the current system;
- Recent changes in the organization; and,
- A summary of findings, recommendations, and a strategy for implementation.


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The Pokémon Baccer World Cup.
It is the most anticipated event of the year and, as hundreds flock to Crown City to watch the exciting competition unfold, Ash and his friends encounter a mysterious new Pokémon they have never seen before.
But when the three Legendary Pokémon Raikou, Entei and Suicune suddenly arrive and begin rampaging through the streets, it's up to Ash and his companions, along with their new Pokémon friend Zorua, to uncover the secret behind the immense and powerful forces at work.
What strange and dangerous powers are afoot in Crown City? Why did Celebi suddenly return after vanishing for twenty years? And why is the mighty Zoroark unleashing its fury upon the town? The quest for these answers leads down an uncertain path filled with peril—can Ash and his companions find enough courage, strength and friendship to unearth the mystery in time to save Crown City?
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- Torterra (Ash's)
- Buizel (Ash's)
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- Sudowoodo (Brock's)
- Croagunk (Brock's)
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- Scizor (two) (Goone's)
- Ninjask (many) (Goone's)
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- Stunky
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- Gabite
- Garchomp
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- Teddiursa
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- Rattata (many)
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- Nidorino
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- Masquerain (two)
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- Shroomish (many)
- Breloom (two)
- Ledyba
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- This is the second movie to feature Celebi, Entei and Suicune.
- This is the first movie that Raikou was featured in, as well as the three Legendary Beasts appearing together for the first time as actual Pokémon.
- The movie included the first two Pokémon to be from Generation V.
- This movie was first shown in the United States on February 5, 2011 on Cartoon Network.
- Shiny versions of Raikou, Entei and Suicune appear in the movie. In the movie they are nicknamed the "Crown Beasts".
- This is considered one of the darkest Pokémon films, with having a shockingly evil antagonist, a more focused story driven plot, Kodai near fatally choking a Celebi, and the first on screen near fatal Pokémon death that was intentionally caused and it hardly had any Pokémon battles.
- This is technically the first Pokémon movie to feature illusions, though some say that The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon was the first.
- This is also the last movie Brock appears in.
- There appears to be changes in the night of Zoroark throughout the movie, ranging from around 6 feet tall to over twice as tall as any person.
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- Official Site (English)
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The personalities of the various scientists and Nobel laureates described in the book are highly entertaining. From beating one another with umbrellas, to insisting on wearing blue clothing only, to egos so large and unappealing as to empty an entire academic center of all its promising young recruits, one has the distinct impression that brilliance does not go hand-in-hand with grace.
That being said, each of these scientists did seem to share a common approach to research: carefully testing hypotheses, repeating peer study results to confirm them, and patiently exploring complex biochemical pathways over periods of decades. The physicians, physicists, and chemists showed an incredible ability to doggedly pursue answers to specific questions – understanding that the results might influence human health. But even more importantly, they were each willing to invest their careers in analysis that may never lead to anything more than a dead end. In fact, the book is full of examples of great ideas, developed over decades, that did not lead to a marketable drug. In some cases the research was halted due to lack of efficacy, in others political forces or personal whims influenced the course.


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Harry Reid Drops Scary Looking Gun Ban From Anti-Gun Legislation
You could almost see this coming. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) is a fan of guns, and also knows that legislation like an assault weapons ban could seriously damage the Dems chances for the 2014 mid-terms for Senate races. And, really, how often did you hear him discuss the ban? Beuller?
(Politico) Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said on Monday that a controversial assault weapons ban will not be part of a Democratic gun bill that was expected to reach the Senate floor next month.
After a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday, a frustrated Feinstein said she learned that the bill she sponsored – which bans 157 different models of assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines – wouldn't be part of a Democratic gun bill to be offered on the Senate floor. Instead, it can be offered as an amendment. But its exclusion from the package makes what was already an uphill battle an almost certain defeat.
The ban is supported by more than a dozen Senate Democrats and the White House, as well as gun-control groups.
In fact, S.150 is supported by only 21 other Senate Democrats, none of them named Harry Reid, which is a pretty low number considering how quickly Democrats attempted to use the Sandy Hook tragedy to assault 2nd Amendment Rights. Reid also knows that the Some Scary Looking Guns bill will most likely not make it past a filibuster.
Aside from the ban, three other major pieces of gun legislation have been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee: a gun trafficking bill, a Democrats-only background checks measure and a proposal to increase school safety.
The gun trafficking bill should pass. The background check measure will most likely not be part of the bill brought to the floor, since it is will probably receive no support from Republicans, as it goes very, very far, particularly in retaining people's information. And there's a big danger in making the mental health information of citizens readily available to The Government.
Anyhow, we'll see if DiFi brings her big and complicated scary guns legislation to the floor. It goes after not just the guns you expect, but bolt action and single shot rifles, competition rifles, and lots of shotguns.
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£64 per tonne Landfill Tax is an absolute joke.
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Severin Niessen made three saves for a shutout, and Eastern New Mexico University capitalized on defensive miscues to take a 3-0 victory Monday at University of the Southwest in Hobbs.
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Beating Down a Dead Horse
"I regret that there are idiots in the world, that's what I regret."
–Milton Bradley on his experience with Cubs fans in 2009
Me too, Milton. Me too.
And let's face it. Cubs fans can be brutal — check that — are brutal.
Just ask Shane Victorino. Or me. Or Jacque Jones.
In fact, I used to think that Cubs fans couldn't hate anyone more than they hate(d) Jacque Jones.
Then along came Milton.
Bradley that is, with his $30 million contract, unfettered crybaby
angst and a mind-blowing 35 RBIs through more than two thirds of the
season. Wooing boos by not knowing how many outs there are in a
particular inning, by striking out looking with the game on the line
and by just plain lollygaggin', Milton certainly does it all. Now that's a fella who is truly hated at the Friendly Confines.
at least he seems to have a sense of humor about it, albeit an
insensitive, mildly inappropriate one. After the lowly Washington
Nationals lit up the Cubs on Tuesday night, Bradley told ESPN Chicago:
"We got a Rodney King beatdown tonight."
Okay, Milton. Sure, that was an ugly game and you are having
an ugly season, but already being the king of Chicago controversy,
couldn't you have used a less compromising analogy? To illustrate, we
at RSBS put our best intern to work and he came up with the following alternatives:
"We got a Barack Obama-on-John McCain beatdown tonight."
Well, coming from Sen. Reid, this biased (albeit true) analogy is a bit expected.
"We got a Jesus Christ beatdown tonight."
Er, yeah… okay. No argument here. I mean, I did see The Passion of the Christ. That was uber-ugly.
"We got a Clint Malarchuk beatdown tonight."
Now that was more of a slashing than a beatdown; still, it will make you puke.
"We got a Mr. Lung beatdown tonight."
Ah, yes. Now we're talking. 'Cuz if you are even halfway familiar with the bitter goings on of RSBS, you know that I, Mr. Lung, destroy Mr. Krause in every and all debate because, quite frankly, I am always right and he is always off gallivanting in his own little fantasy world where people actually care about what he might have to say.
course, these are all sufficient alternatives for our dear friend
Milton to use the next time he needs to highlight his ineffectiveness
with colorful language; but I believe the best, most succinct way of
getting his point across — the point that the Cubs just aren't any
good — would be to quite simply say:
"We got a Milton Bradley beatdown tonight."
no other statement carries as much 'beatdown' weight as the above.
Beaten down like Bradley has been by Wrigley Field bleacher bums.
Beaten down like Bradley has been by fed-up umpires. Beaten down like
Bradley's abysmal stats and his overall reputation (did he ever have a
good one to begin with?).
The only Milton Bradley thing that
looks good these days is his bank account. And if you listen closely,
you can probably still hear him laughing.
Don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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The only thing that is worse than a Milton Bradley beat down is a coffee and taco salad beat down. That's a sore a** for sure.
Ah snap… no you did NOT just go there. Oh, yes you did.
Bradley is always a convenient source of making my day better. He says the strangest things.
And does the even stranger, Dillon. Hehe.
Julia — I could go with that too I think😉
I sincerely hope Mr. Bradley continues his antics and never leaves the Cubs, simply because I enjoy the shiite out of Jeff's Cubs/Milty bashing posts!
Don't worry, Jonestein… the Northside is full of stories worthy of a good bashing. Whether it's a goat, Jacque Jones or Hendry's silly contracts w/ Sori and Bradley and Co., there's plenty of dissin' to go around😉
I dont see the problem, what was wrong with the Rodney King comment… thats that tennis player right, formerley known as Billy Jean…. beat down by that russian Navrat…something….:-) You know ESPN put the words in his mouth, this guy takes 2 hours to watch 60 minutes…. to get back to the post… I have to go with the "We got a Mr. Lung beatdown tonight."
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Spring Training in AZ and PA
It's sad to be in Pennsylvania while my parents are in Arizona with the Mariners and are sending us pictures like this one of Ichiro…
…, this one of new Mariner Jesus Montero…
…, this one of Felix (the catcher)…
…, this one of Smoak, Carp, Ichiro (with pink-lined shoes), Rick Griffin and Guti…
…, this one of Dustin Ackley…
…, this one of Hisashi Iwakuma…
…, this one of King Felix pitching…
…and this one of a foul ball my dad caught today and then got signed in Japanese by Ikawuma:
As explained by our friend Nao: "top, "岩" (IWA=rock); 2nd, "隈", (KUMA=corner, shadow); 3rd, "久" (HISA, eternity); bottom, 志(SHI, will)."
Okay. That's a lot of fun in Arizona.
But, while we don't have any Mariners here in Pennsylvania, we do have baseball!
This past weekend, Tim and I headed to our favorite local ballfield with our buddy Greg for some catching, throwing and hitting. Tim focused on the hitting.
He had a lot of fun with his new baseball bats. Here is a single to right:
A little fun with photo editing resulted in this picture of Tim's batting motion:
Near the end of our practice, I got two two pictures that did not require any photo editing (although they may look like they did). Tim took a mighty swing but came up empty on this pitch from Greg:
FYI, that is a cloth Rawlings training ball so it did not hurt when it nailed me behind the plate (I was using a camera only, no glove).
And I saved the best for last. Tim's wicked 6-year-old bat speed made his new metal bat look like a flimsy piece of swing cheese on this swing:
While we are quietly longing to be in Peoria with our Mariners (and Grandma and Grandpa), an afternoon playing baseball at the park is a great alternative!
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November 8, 2012 —
KINGSTON, NY — Lost in the furious scramble to celebrate championship victories and the heroics that marshal such wins in playoff games are the more important and enduring values gained from athletic endeavors. Perseverance, in the face of adversity, teamwork, self-discipline, and striving to attain reachable goals have a much longer shelf life than wins that will erelong be forgotten. As the late John Wooden, the legendary men's basketball coach at UCLA once noted, "Success is knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming."
Wooden would have lauded the efforts of the Liberty football team that rose from the early season ashes of a 0-2 league record, and the loss of its star running back Kenny Jaycox later along the way, to run off an impressive six-game winning streak. That resurgence included league wins over Burke, Dover and Onteora and propelled Liberty into the playoffs.
Last week, the Indians defeated Millbrook 35-18 to reach the Class C title game with a chance to knock off defending champion James I. O'Neill. That Liberty would come up short in that final quest by dint of its 35-14 loss to the Raiders might be the subject of other sports narratives about the game. But for this writer, that final score, which does not begin to inform how close this game was, belies Liberty's outstanding efforts in the season run up to this encounter and their performance for three fourths of the championship fray.
Tied 7-7 at the half and 14-14 at the end of the third quarter, the Indians were afforded a trio of opportunities to take charge of this game and to win their first title since 1999 when they beat Spackenkill 13-12. (In 2002, Liberty was the only team in Class C and was awarded the title by default.) One of the salient lessons to be gleaned from this game is about opportunities that are presented to us; those precious chances we are given and what it takes to seize the moment to turn those to our advantage. Sadly for Liberty, probably as a result of far less playoff experience than their battle-tested rivals, the team failed to capitalize on its chances, which might have well resulted in a 21-7 first half lead. Unable to "seize the day," Liberty left the door open for talented O'Neill to wear them down, and for Section 9's leading rusher Jerry Nasi to amass four touchdowns and 248 rushing yards enroute to being named the game's Offensive Player. For those who wish to revel in the game details, see "A Game of Chance(s)" on www.sportsinsightsny.com [1].
But for this post-season elegy, the emphasis is on the glorious legacy this football team leaves. The last time Liberty played in a title game was in 2009 in a lackluster 27-0 loss to Ellenville. The Indians were never in that game but they surely were in this one. Liberty Coach John Wilhelm lauded his team's character and effort with words that reflect the sentiments of the community and the county, which looked to the Indians as their local standard bearer.
"We're extremely proud of the kids. They really stepped up. They just adapted to life without Kenny [Jaycox] and they did a great job. They bought into what we were doing and they kept on fighting. It's a great group of kids," Wilhelm said. "We had a great year."
The stark contrast between the joyful celebration of the O'Neill Raiders on the occasion of their back-to-back title wins and the somber, at times tearful, exit of the Liberty players from the stadium reflected the huge emotional chasm between victory and defeat. But as time goes on, and the pain of the loss diminishes accordingly, what will be left is the residual positives from a season to remember. Kudos to the Liberty coaching staff, to the players, the fans and the community. Indeed Liberty Pride, that phrase which has become the byword of the school's academic, artistic and athletic lifeblood, reminds us that we can all feel proud when we put our best effort forward no matter what the outcome.
In the Class D final, Eldred (4-6) fell to Chester 53-22. The Hambletonians set a Section 9 record for the most points in a title game and now embark on a quest to make it back to the state title game. They lost to Letchworth 27-0 in 2011. No Section 9 Class D team has ever won a state title.
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