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Just kidding. But wow- does Flynn look comfortable out there.
On the other side – nice defense we have. I realize our studs aren't in there but our defense remains a real question mark.
Does the Pack have any chance to get something in return for Flynn? The only option i can think of is to place the franchise tag on him and then trade him before the draft. Anyone have any idea of how likely they are to do that?
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Meet Fifi's captain and 14-year-old NickSaturday, April 7th, 2012
Want to see a youngster with a real passion for flying? Look for the Nick in the red shirt this video, and you'll see just that. Jim Moore, who reports for AOPA Online, has just published his video on Commemorative Air Force Col. David Oliver, the captain of Fifi, the only flying Boeing B-29 in the world. To B-29 crews in World War II, Oliver at 29 would had been the old man. Nick was at the B-29 every morning of Sun `n Fun. After Moore's interview in front of the plane and in the cockpit was over, I introduced Nick to Oliver, and Oliver gave him an inside tour. By the way, Moore not only shot this video, he edited it in the days following Sun `n Fun.


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But we arrived at Cunningham first. I wonder where Jared is. "Forget first woman, forget your time, just go for the win!" said her Dad. I tried to signal him, shake my head and mouth, "No." To let her run, no, walk, as best she can and leave it at that. All the women at the aid station, women Diana did not know, were shouting her name in the dawn morning chill. There was a sense that she had been watched, rooted for, been an inspiration all night as she led a major American endurance event.
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There was little else to say, seven miles from the finish. I looked down toward Cunningham, but saw no other runners. Later, I would learn that the next did not show up until 9:02 a.m. And we had been walking since mile 80.
Her anger and disappointment grew. "What a terrible way to finish," she said. "I am disappointed in myself. Not to finish second, but to finish this way, in this state, in this fashion."
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The first troop of 18 Girl Guides formed in Savannah, Georgia, in March 1912 under the leadership of Juliette Gordon Low. Juliette's goal was to guide her girls toward positive physical, mental and spiritual development. She took her girls hiking and camping, and taught them how to survive with first aid lessons and by using the stars as their guides. She followed through on her goal to bring her girls out into the open air and to participate in community involvement. But her success came at a price: her only funding opportunity came from the sale of her cherished and valuable pearl necklace.
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Politicians have used the Yayasan Sabah forest as a personal honey pot.The Yayasan Sabah forest was supposed to be sustainably logged over an 80-year period, but instead roughly 75 percent of Yayasan Sabah has been far more intensively logged. Today, Yayasan Sabah retains only fragments of its primary lowland forest, and the foundation's revenues for health and education have nearly dried up.
Forests in the neighboring Malaysian state of Sarawak have seen an environmental Armageddon.by the Yayasan Sabah foundation. The first years of the scheme went well. Forest regulations were generally respected and a generation of Sabahans benefitted from millions of dollars in scholarships and poverty alleviation programs. Businesses did well, too: the coastal of city of Sandakan — Sabah's wood processing and trading hub — boasted in the early 1980s of having the highest concentration of millionaires on the planet, mostly from the state's timber industry.
What happens in Sabah could portend what happens on a larger scale across Borneo.establish oil palm plantations on 100,000 hectares of land cleared for the non-existent pulp plantations. His thinking was that the revenue created by oil palm would generate the needed funds for Sabah's social programs. Otherwise, with the state desperate for money, he feared that Sabah officials would remove Yayasan Sabah from the forestry department's control and turn it over permanently to oil palm developers. "If Yayasan Sabah fails, we'll all eat grass," Mannan said in an interview. "It won't be able to meet its economic obligation."


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While the news coming from Rhythm & Hues last week seems bleak as they head in to bankruptcy, there is always hope for a new beginning.
In a statement issued by Lee Berger, president of Rhythm & Hues Film Division, he said, "Following the filing, R+H will be seeking to secure financing for future growth. I believe that we are going to come out of this situation stronger, more efficient and as prolific as we are now."
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Skip to comments.Girl, 15, with low IQ gang-raped under desk during class in Elmont: suit (New York)
Posted on 01/12/2013 8:21:27 PM PST by dynachrome
A mentally challenged 15-year-old girl was gang-raped beneath her desk during class only feet away from her teachers at an Elmont, N.Y., school, according to a lawsuit filed Friday. When the girl reported the horrific incident the next day, school officials failed to report it, the victims mother claimed in the suit.
The special-needs teen, known by the initials K.J., was allegedly sexually assaulted for 10 minutes under her desk by two teenage boys, as another hit her on the head whenever she tried to escape, during science class at Martin De Porres Academy, claims the lawsuit
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soon this could be part of the curriculum
Bloomberg is too busy encouraging 11 year olds to be sexually liberated
Fired? Fired! Why isn't that teacher in prison???
"We want the community to know that we hold our teachers to a high standard.
Can someone say this again with a straight face???
Our top priority is the safety and well-being of the children in our care," Dana said in a statement.
That Dana could say this after this event suggests Dana should be die in the death of a thousand cuts while being tanted every second.
Give me a break. Read all the activity that was going on by all involved, including dancing on the desk.
That teacher could be deaf, dumb and blind and still couldn't miss what was going on.
Something is rotten in Denmark......
Teacher probably participated.
I'd like to hear the teacher's side of this story. To have all these delinquent youth in a single classroom with this low-IQ girl sounds completely unreasonable, unless there was in-classroom support. I've had the experience of teaching 26 teenage boys and 2 girls in one classroom in a rough urban setting. It's pretty hard to get any real teaching done, and staying on top of conduct is also very difficult. If this teacher was the only adult in the classroom, it may have been an overwhelming and chaotic setting on a pretty regular basis. If kids were dancing on desks and assaulting a classmate, I'd be taking a hard look at what admin was doing to support teachers and to deal with misconduct in the building. I don't hold the teacher blameless by any means, but I'd want to understand the broader situation. Teachers don't operate in a vacuum.
Bloomberg was too busy making sure the soda machines did not carry any bottles more than 8 ounces.
OR should they not just be shot down now, and rid the gene pool of these sick sleeze balls !!
"My God, where is Bloomberg? "
Probably in New York City, where he is the mayor. He isn't the governor of NY State.
This is Elmont, NY. On Long Island. Bloomberg has no jurisdiction there.
Welcome to Obamanation
Welcome to 'sexual liberation'
Welcome to hell...
I have some friends with a special needs daughter. She's a sweet girl. If anyone ever sexually abused her I'd have no problem with the death penalty for them. Heck, I'd even help her Dad implement it. Seeing as how he's an ex Marine Corps fighter pilot - not a breed of cat known to be indecisive nor especially forgiving - I'm pretty sure he'd be up for that.
Murders and rapes are common at public union corporation run schools.
Sounds completely normal to me. Remember, this happened in a concentrated Democrat parasite nest ("city") where the government schools are little more than pre-prison, institutional acclimation facilities that double as daytime warehouses to keep kids off the streets and out of retail stores.
Bloomers is a total perv. He would have been under the desk if the victim was a male.
hmmmm- I'm surprised the school didn't bring her to court and charge her with sodomy- oh wait, this isn't Afghanistan... yet!
My Family lived in the Elmont / Valley Stream area of Long Island in the 50's. We moved to CA when I was a child.
Needless to say, the old place isn't what it used to be.
'Anally sodomozed'?
As if there's another type of sodomy?
It can be really hard teaching in an inner city high school. I wonder how big and strong this teacher was, a male or a female. My husband, 6 foot, unarmed combat teacher in the military taught high school in that kind of setting. Really physically exhausting, mentally exhausting, but the fact that he was a college wrestler sparing partner to an Olympic Heavyweight contender meant he could throw a hammerlock on an unruly student and frog march them down to the principals office if need be. On a related subject and comment below, imagine if this teacher had a hand gun and the delinquents in class were able to take it away from the teacher. Something to think about as suggestions are made.
If we had tougher gun laws this would not have happened...
Forget Nanny Bloomberg; where the heck was the teacher, or the other students? A gang rape isn't something that can be done quietly and discretely.
Both these boys should be castrated. Then killed.
Look for the union label, tra la la.
Sadly, this school is run under the De LaSalle Brothers — a parochial school that appears to receive some public funding for kids with severe disabilities. As someone said, there's probably a lot more to the story. For details, go to http://www.mdp.org/
In the last "sex under the desk" story I can recall, both participants had IQs several times sixty, and one had four stars to boot.
I don't know. Something stinks about this story. There's more here than meets the eye.
So while this is going on the teacher continues the lesson?
I agree it may be normal in some school districts. It's still a disgrace. From the information I've seen thus far, I put a lot of the responsibility for this on incompetent admin who may have created a completely unmanageable and unsafe situation. I don't absolve the teacher, but admin has a job to do and I suspect they failed.
I taught 6 years in East Flatbush, Brooklyn during the late 80's and NONE of my students were allowed out of their seats without permission. When they did so, they were not allowed to return to their seats (sent to the Dean's Office) without permission.
It's about tone; it's about "rule of law" (that's right!); it's about who's in charge. Period. It can be done. It is being done. It's just not being done by the liberal teacher (not suggesting you) whose mindset is "Oh dear, what will they think of me if I request them to..."
Deep, deep down, high school kids know that rules/laws can have some pretty mean teeth. Some have been raised without first-hand experience with this. Others (many) have been groomed to see that there are far too many times where this is not the case—school being a place where this happens far too often. My experience has been when kids see the truth about rules/conduct/consequence many (not all, never all) will temper their tantrums. It all depends on what they see in front of the classroom.
I just left a parochial school where I was teaching in the inner city. It was in the de LaSallian tradition, and every morning's prayer was completed with an appeal to St. John Baptist De LaSalle. This school may be a mission school, or something close to it. There is a strong tradition in the Catholic schools of serving the poor. Some of the Catholic schools in the inner cities are now in very rough areas. That was the situation with the school in which I taught. The system as a whole was struggling financially, and in some of these schools most of the kids were having their tuition paid by others in the diocese. It was basically an educational charity.
The students we were serving came mostly from the local public and charter schools when their parents gave up on them, or moved a troubled child in one of a long string of attempts to educate them. Some of the kids were good kids with poor academic backgrounds, and others were thugs who came for the sports and little else. If the school where this took place was serving kids with disabilities and taking public funds for it, I suspect they were on a very tight budget, just as we were. That means no extra help in the classroom, and an admin that won't permit enrollment to drop even if that means keeping a thug in a classroom. I repeatedly raised issues of unruly kids, bad language, disrespect, threats, and bullying with my admin. The worst actors received demerits and were called to the disciplinarian. None were ever expelled, and few were ever suspended, let alone suspended from sports.
Teachers can be placed in impossible situations, even in parochial schools. The Catholic school where everything was orderly and disciplined under the watchful eyes of nuns with rulers are not what I experienced. It's a tough world in those inner city schools, whether they are parochial or public. When I had the opportunity to leave there for a safer suburban school, I took it. No regrets. My safety and well being outweigh any good I could have done there. I worked with very dedicated and good people, but the financial pressures on the admin were intense. I didn't agree with some of their decisions because I think in the long run they doom the school to a downward spiral in which parents of good kids will withdraw them and the only kids left will be those whom nobody else will accept. It is a form of charity to do this, but it's one in which I don't feel safe enough to function.
Totally agree, on both counts.
Sadly, there are no more Nuns.
They're still out there, and I worked with quite a few. Most are getting on in years, however.
It was New York...... It was in NeoEuropa, the liberal utopia that must be purged from the American union
a classroom full of violent juvies - probably with sex offender histories.
One girl - special needs, low IQ.
And no one could see it coming before it happened.
it's a school for juvies. They get sent here after they've been kicked out of all the other schools.
Teacher is accustomed to desk dancing
This was out on LI, not in NYC.
There is indeed. Oral sodomy or that involving animals.
Is she also accustomed to cries of pain from anal rape?
At a certain age a classroom full of kids could become a violent mob. The teacher would have to run for his life. There's no mention here if the girl got medical attention or if the police were called (unless I missed it) . The police should have been called.
Private school, probably Catholic.
A lot can change in 25 years, almost an entire generation.
From this schools web page:
We serve special needs teenagers who have serious emotional, psychological, social and behavioral problems, and whose needs have not been met within New York City Department of Educations special education programs.
Sounds like a charming school to be in, either as a teacher or a student. These kids have already been kicked out of NY public school special ed.
The worst of the worst, but without older means of control.
I suppose that is possible.
A roomful of juvies don't all wind up there by accident.
This place must have been getting handouts from somewhere to "babysit" these monsters everyday.
You're right. I forgot oral sex is sodomy as well.
Bloomie thinks he runs New York state already and will pobably run for President in 2016.
Bloomie/klintoon or klintoon/bloomie anyone?
"It was New York...... It was in NeoEuropa, the liberal utopia that must be purged from the American union"
Are you trying to be funny or are you just ignorant?
New York City is NOT the rest of the state, which is actually quite "red" as the election map goes.
There is a lot of information missing from the article... Nassau Poilice was called as soon as the event was reported by the student. Not all the facts are true. It was never proven that this actually took place. Clearly a case of someone trying to sue to get money. Why else would student still attend school???? The truth will come out... It always does.
And what happens during the 15 min that the teacher is OUT of the classroom, frogmarching, if that's what happens while he is still IN there?!?
Yes, They are clearly nice boys that got a bad rap. I'm sure the only reason they were living at a a residence for juvenile delinquents was because someone else lied about those nice boys too.
I'm also sure that the boy that put a gash over the girl's eye really didn't mean to do it. In fact, she probably just fell.
The internal investigation that resulted in the firing of the teacher was probably because they wanted to fire the teacher anyway.
The papers always have a way to twist the truth. I'm sure the teacher was at fault which is why they were fired. There are a few more details which aren't being shown here but are bring shown on other sources on Internet...
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The head of Sony Computer Entertainment believes that automatic stereoscopic 3D technology (S3D) employed by Nintendo for 3DS game console will not work in a long term. Sony conducted the appropriate research back in the past and did not find the technology – which Sony calls naked eye 3D – flawless.
"Based on internally conducted research, naked-eye 3D for portables does not have high precision, and at present there are limitations," said Kazuo Hirai, the head of SCE, reports Edge-Online web-site.
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Posted on 08/05/2013 2:35:47 PM PDT by NYer
Of all the challenging things Francis has said since becoming pope, none has been more quoted than this line: How I would like a Church which is poor, and for the poor!
Simple and direct, it perfectly captures the spirit of Francis new pontificate. And what gives it such power and meaning is the personal witness behind it.
Francis sparse and austere lifestyle is well-known: As archbishop of Buenos Aires, he shunned limousines and chauffeurs, opting instead for public transportation. Rather than live in the bishops residence, he chose a modest apartment. After becoming cardinal, he continued his own grocery shopping and even cooked his own meals.
Elevated to the Chair of St. Peter, many expected him to change habits, but Francis declined. He insisted on paying his own hotel bill, carrying his luggage, and living in a Vatican guesthouse rather than the Apostolic Palace.
Had he left it at that, many would have noted the new popes frugal lifestyle and commended his humility. But Francis has done something more: He challenged others to live more modestly themselves.
In a speech last month, Francis warned religious that following the latest fashions, in technology or dress, was not the route to happiness, much less suitable for their state in life:
It hurts me when I see a priest or a nun with the latest model car. . . . A car is necessary to do a lot of work, but please choose a more humble one. If you like the fancy one, just think about how many children are dying of hunger in the world.
Familiar as these comments should bewho hasnt been told by their parents not to be wasteful, with so many people starving in the world?they sparked a mini-uproar. Francis was rebuked by defenders of the auto industry, who pointed out that he himself recently received the keys to the expensive popemobile; was accused of bad economics, since inexpensive cars often break down and harm the economy; and certain traditionalists asked how he could be raising such trivial concerns when there was so much dissent going on in the Church.
Never mind that Francis has already cut his use of the popemobile (developed for the popes safety, not comfort), or that he never said one should buy a cheap, unworkable car (only a modest one), or that he has already indicated he will brook no dissent on essentials of the faith. Francis clearly touched a nerve, and his critics, both in and outside the Church, felt it.
In fairness to those who respectfully question Francis, the Church has never forbidden all examples of splendor, especially those which pay homage to God: Jesus graciously accepted the alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, even as those around him objected; and when it comes to the liturgy, sometimes more is more. As one commentator wrote in a spirited exchange with back-to-simplicity campaigners:
I agree that clerics should be humble and have a poverty of spirit in their everyday lives. I do not understand, however, why progressive Catholics are so bothered by formal liturgical dress. . . . Human beings are physical creatures who perceive through their senses. The Church has always had a physical sacramentality to reflect this fact. Liturgical pomp . . . serves to elevate the mind of the worshipper to God, to beauty and the sacred. If the priest and the congregation wear shabby clothes and vestments to mass there will be no elevation of the spirit via the senses, no physical reminders that the mass is different than going to a ball game, that the Eucharist is the source and summit of our Faith.
One trusts that Francis appreciates this fact, even if he himself prefers more low-key, reverent Masses.
That said, the Pope deserves praise for speaking out against conspicuous consumption and urging religious to adopt a more humble way of life. Following the example of Our Lord, the saints and doctors of the church have always stressed the Beatitudes, the first of which is Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven. The need for personal sacrifice and discipline, in order to serve others, is at the very heart of the Gospel and should inspire every Christian, especially priests.
Historically, and continuing in our day, great harm has been done to the Church by an association with wealth and privilege. No one identified the problem better than St. Catherine of Siena, who, in a passionate letter to Pope Gregory XI on the reform of the clergy, wrote these searing words:
Alas, what confusion is this, to see those who ought to be a mirror of voluntary poverty, meek as lambs, distributing the possessions of Holy Church to the poor: and they appear in such luxury and state and pomp and worldly vanity, more than if they had turned them to the world a thousand times! Nay, many seculars put them to shame who live a good and holy life. . . . Holy Church should return to her first condition, poor, humble, and meek as she was in that holy time when men took note of nothing but the honor of God and the salvation of souls, caring for spiritual things and not for temporal. For ever since she has aimed at more temporal than at spiritual, things have gone from bad to worse.
Many of Francis predecessors have also made sacrifices and eschewed comfort. Among the most memorable examples is what Pius XII did during the Second World War. Sr. Margherita Marchione writes:
Out of solidarity with the miserable conditions of the people, he did not drink even a single cup of coffee, knowing the people had no coffee. He knew that heating fuel was in short supply, and he ordered the papal apartment to be kept without heat, even during the winter. During the war he did not take any vacations and did not go to Castelgandolfo.
Instead, Pius opened up the large papal residence for thousands of poor and persecuted people, who subsequently thanked him for saving their lives.
The outpouring of love and affection that has greeted Francis pontificate has a great deal to do with his modesty and commitment to the poor, and already prompted one priest to sell his luxury car. Leading churchmen have said that Francis has caused them to rethink their own elegant lifestyles, and at Commonweal, Michael Garvey argues persuasively that Francis words shouldnt be restricted to the clergy, but should motivate everyone:
When the newly elected Pope Francis said that he longs for a Church that is poor and for the poor, he undoubtedly had overdressed and bejeweled cardinals, careerists bishops, and cufflink priests in mind, but he was addressing all the rest of us, too. Just because I dont sit on a Bernini throne, keep a limo driver on hold or have a staff of vowed religious waiting on me at dinnertime doesnt mean that I have no ballast to throw out, no occluded lifestyles to simplify, open up and focus.
To those who fear Francis approach is diminishing the papacy and forgoing things necessary to protect Christianity, one need only consult the Gospel of St. Matthew:
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart will be also.
Pope Francis knows where our true riches lie, and by humbling himself and renouncing so many pleasures in this world, he is in fact elevating the papacy and attracting souls to Christ in ways that truly befit his leading representative on earth.
Priests take a vow of celibacy. They do not take a vow of poverty.
Religious-order priests, such as Pope Francis, do take a vow of poverty. Anyway, we are all called to practice evangelical poverty, appropriate to our station in life, just as we are called to practice chastity and obedience.
Only if they have a small (rosarie?)
GG2, Jesuit priests do indeed take a vow of poverty.
Pope Francis did not renounce his vows when he became Pope.
Drive, hell.
Somebody drives FOR him.
Kind of like Justin Bieber or Bill Maher.
Well I think common sense is the rule here. A priest driving a Mercedes is probably really bad optics. I don't know any that do or would But they are not required to drive a beater either.
Frankly I don't want my priest breaking down on the side of the road when I'm in the hospital waiting on last rites. :-)
One of my early church memories is my parents receiving a letter from the local church asking for money so the Monsignor could get a new Cadillac. My parents - both very conservative - were furious. They changed parishes.
The fact is that it looks lousy. That's not why people put money in a church basket. It's bad stewardship.
That Monsignor had chutzpah! I guess in his favor, he had honesty. Maybe he sent out the letter as a form of lesson.
so the Monsignor could get a new Cadillac. My parents - both very conservative - were furious.
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Don't know your 'age' range BUT I remember back in my 'Altar Boy' days of the 50's that the Church or KOFC or a Womans Group or a Mens Group or the BINGO would have a drawing about once a year for a new car and ALL in the Parish, including the non believers, were sold 'tickets' for the new car which was to be raffled.
Well we know the Lord 'looks out for his own' as I seem to remember it was always a Priest or Nun or such that won the raffle.
I, noticed this immediately and wonder(ed) why the adults didn't.
In later life it led me to quip at various raffles at the VFW and AL that "since you bought so many tickets I will make sure some of them get in the drum", naturally I was joking but I wonder where I got that idea???? <: <:
Or like Billy Graham.
As far as I can see, so does Pope Francis. A priest should have transportation that will allow him to perform his duties efficiently and safety.
My pastor has an Audi sedan, very safe and reliable. I think his family bought it for him. Some priests can walk or use public transportation or rarely leave their missions, and don't need to have a personal vehicle at all.
All of them - and all lay people, too - should be asking themselves, "Is this good stewardship? Is this apostolic?"
If 5th generation welfare recipients can, whats the matter with priests. They at least get it by consent, not by government force.
Fifty years ago, the pastor of our parish drove a black 1960 Ford Falcon. Sometimes he did, since it was usually commandeered by the nuns running errands. We had three priests, twenty nuns & a convent, a huge grade school, and the church in the school ground floor & the cafeteria converted to extra space for Mass.
And one automobile. The bishop of our diocese rode in a chauffeured Cadillac.
If they are in an order, they might take a vow of poverty. Diocesan priests usually do not.
I like this Pope and I'm not even Catholic!
Could be worse.
a rich priest should . . . if he chooses to.
What happened? Many of us wonder.
Poverty is fine, most priests receive very little from the catholic church. They do not own their cars. The church does.
In the 70's, our church who had 8 priests, 20 some nuns, and 40 some clergy (St. Benedict's in Chicago), had a Cadillac with suicide doors. I am not sure of the year model of the car. They all shared it.
Yes, it was a nice car, but, our church also had gold vaulted ceilings, and alabaster columns.
The church was ostentatious to show its power, wealth, as were all Catholic Church's.
By no means were the priests getting rich.
My priest in Nova Scotia, Pere Marinelli, drove a Mercedez. He would fit as many young hockey players into his car as possible to take them to a game. I don't think anybody ever questioned his integrity and unselfishness. People cried when he was transferred from the parish. I remember him to this day.
Priests are free and are able to drive anything they can afford. Those with a vow of poverty probably raise eyebrows by driving Corvettes, and that means their "vow of poverty" is being cheapened in the eyes of outsiders. In their case, I'd say it isn't wise, but that doesn't change their freedom.
With diocesan or others with no vow of poverty, then they should drive what they can afford to drive.
Some time ago, our parish priest (a navy chaplain) bought a very well used TVR 2500 sports car and I spent a lot of time helping him get that thing running. One Saturday, he was driving with excessive brio and we were pulled over. The cop was apparently a Catholic too and when he spotted our priest's roman collar, he said something like: "Father! What were you doing driving like that?". Our hotrodding priest said "Oh, give me a break - I gave up sex, didn't I?". The red-faced young cop just told to get going and behave.
Some time ago, our parish priest (a navy chaplain) bought a very well used TVR 2500 sports car and I spent a lot of time helping him get that thing running. One Saturday, he was driving with excessive brio and we were pulled over. The cop was apparently a Catholic too and when he spotted our priest's roman collar, he said something like: "Father! What were you doing driving like that?". Our hotrodding priest said "Oh, give me a break - I gave up sex, didn't I?". The red-faced young cop just told to get going and behave.
I'd ditch the Audi and put him in a Jeep, even more safer, reliable and less expensive.
How is that parish doing now?
Parish priest in Elk Grove circa 1980s, had a new small chevy every other year. Donated by the local Chevy dealer who also took him to the London car show every year, where the priest would hop on a flight and go to Ireland to visit his family.
Good guy and good deal.
When I worked for the state in south Sac, I had many occasions to check a car out of the car pool. Usually had a choice pinto or chevette. On a hot day I had to shut off the air to make it up most onramps and merge into traffic without being killed. I'm sure they bought 4 cylinders which came with 2.
Many diocesan priests have their own cars as they typically have not taken a vow of poverty.
That is a safety issue; I really cannot stand underpowered cars! If you want small with decent gas mileage get an old Miata; they typically still have the horsepower to move out of the way.
That President Reagan was never chauffeured? Because that would be false.
Or that Pope Francis has never driven himself anywhere? Because that also would be false.
Nice picture, though.
Nice people should enjoy their nice things.
There is always going to be some poor drunken wretch too ignorant to help himself let alone anyone else. That doesn't mean the religious experience has to be cheapened for all the rest - imho.
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Jeeps roll over, and the car you have is more economical than the car you don't.
For a priest who has to drive around a lot - a big parish, or several parishes - a good quality, reliable car makes sense.
I can see that the optics of a high-end luxury sedan or sports car are bad, and it also is not as useful for hauling a bunch of parishioners or sisters about, not to mention the new washing machine for the rectory . . .
But I can see a high-end SUV or crossover because of the versatility, reliability, safety, and comfort. You don't want to be in a bouncing tin can if you're on the road for a good part of the day.
Personally, I couldn't care less what kind of car a priest drives. Really.
. . . our old Triumph TR-6 was bad enough. THERE's a car that a priest should NEVER drive . . . unless he likes spending a lot of time hitchhiking to his destination or getting under the hood.
I agree.
Catholic churches are built with great beauty to give glory to God Who is Beauty and Truth.
I knew it wouldn't take long to see the Ferrari that Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. drive in "The Cannonball Run".
Eh, that's a myth. I am not talking about a circa 1955 model. As for the car I have, the little one (old well maintained Miata) is a pretty damn efficient commuter car, but only for short men. I wouldn't try to fit anybody tall or "heavy" into it, they're just not designed to carry those people.
Miatas are cute. I remember when they came out.
I drive a 15-passenger van.
God bless Pope Francis.
It was the first thing that came to mind. Hilarious movie!
I'm not sure any Catholic diocese are doing as well as they were in the 60's. I could be wrong. I'm sure there is an exception to every rule.
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At the base of Griffith Park's rolling hills and above a makeshift stage, Angelenos looked on - from their lawn chairs and blankets - as actors from the Independent Shakespeare Company brought the literary tragedy Macbeth to life as part of LA's popular Shakespeare in the Park summer festival.
Prior to the performance on Sunday, Professor of English Jonathan Burton helped set the mood for the evening by leading playgoers in an hour-long discussion titled "Shakespeare and the Common Core," which examined the history behind our certainty that Shakespeare's plays are good for American students and how this history might shape the future of Shakespearean educations. The talk was part of the festival's signature "Salon Series," conversations led by experts on topics related to Shakespeare and contemporary culture.
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VESTAL, N.Y. – Freshman Bri Arthur scored the game-winning goal with six seconds remaining in regulation as Binghamton women's lacrosse slid past visiting Quinnipiac (0-7) 9-8 on Sunday afternoon. With the win, BU set a new program record for victories in a season, improving to 6-3 on the year.
The Bearcats had five different goal scorers and were led byAllie Rodgers and Bri Arthur who each netted hat-tricks on the afternoon at the Bearcats Sports Complex.
Binghamton was rolling in the first half, capitalizing on goal scoring opportunities early and often. The Bearcats separated from a early 1-1 tie by spurting on a 6-0 run that elevated them to a 7-1 lead. Allie Rodgers scored three of Binghamton's first six goals and freshman Valerie DeNapoli's goal with 4:18 left in the first gave them their largest lead of six.
However, Quinnipiac was able to get one back just before halftime to gain some momentum, trailing 7-2 at intermission. From there, the Bobcats went on a lengthy 6-0 run themselves in the second half and took the lead on Kyra Ochwat's fourth goal of the game. Ochwat netted the goal with just over two minutes left on the clock and snatched the 8-7 lead.
BU responded over thirty seconds later, tying the game up at eight apiece on Arthur's second goal of the game. Arthur snapped a 32-minute scoreless streak with her timely score with 1:25 left in regulation.
With seconds to go Bri Arthur went to ground, and was awarded a free position shot. She rocketed it into the back of the net with only seconds remaining, and the game was wrapped up again by Arthur who won the ensuing draw control.
Binghamton was able to win the battle on the ground, picking up 29 ground balls to Quinnipiac's 21. However, Quinnipiac controlled the draw circle winning 11-of-19 draw controls.
Both teams struggled on free position shots on Sunday. The Bearcats were 3-for-10 while the Bobcats went 1-for-7. Denapoli was outstanding in the midfield for BU, recording a goal,eight ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers.
Kara Parfumi registered six saves in goal, playing all 60 minutes in the net for the Bearcats. The Bearcats win marks the first time they have ever beaten Quinnipiac (1-6 all-time).
The Bearcats will play two games on the road next week, beginning at Marist on Wednesday, March 26 at 12:00 p.m.. They close out the week with their America East opener, playing at Albany on Saturday afternoon.
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