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11/21/2012 (4 years ago)
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We can bring this Feast to life in our age by participating in God's plan for the whole human race. The Feast of the Presentation of Mary Challenges us to Present Ourselves, Our Children and the Whole World to the Lord.
Presentation of Mary in the Temple
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11/21/2012 (4 years ago)
Published in Year of Faith
Keywords: Joachim and Ann, Mary, mother of God, Feast of the presentation, dsicipleship, holiness, universal call to holiness, Baptism, mission, parents, mother, father, domestic Church, Deacon Keith Fournier
CHESAPEAKE, VA (Catholic Online) - The Feast of the Presentation of Mary is celebrated in both the Eastern and Western Churches. It recalls the day in the life of the Jewish girl named Mary (Maryam) when her parents, Joachim and Anne, presented her to the Lord in the temple and dedicated her life to Him.
Mary had already been chosen by God, preserved by a singular grace as a chosen vessel through whom the Incarnate Word would be given for the salvation of the whole world. However, the offering by her parents is a response to the invitation to join their own free choice to God' invitation and thus participate in salvation history.
This exercise of freedom lies at the heart of discipleship and is the inner core of every vocation. We are invited to cooperate with grace by exercising our capacity to choose God.
In the Office of Readings for the Feast, we are given an excerpt from a sermon by St. Augustine proclaimed on this Feast and entitled "She who believed by faith, conceived by faith" for reflection. Here are a few excerpts:
"Stretching out his hand over his disciples, the Lord Christ declared: Here are my mother and my brothers; anyone who does the will of my Father who sent me is my brother and my sister and my mother. I would urge you to ponder these words."
"Did the Virgin Mary, who believed by faith and conceived by faith, who was the chosen one from whom our Savior was born among men, who was created by Christ before Christ was created in her - did she not do the will of the Father?
"Indeed the blessed Mary certainly did the Father's will, and so it was for her a greater thing to have been Christ's disciple than to have been his mother, and she was more blessed in her discipleship than in her motherhood. Hers was the happiness of first bearing in her womb him whom she would obey as her master."
Today's Feast emphasizes our response to God's gifts. It also invites us to reflect on how we are doing in our call to do the Will of the Father.Â
We are invited to remember the response of Mary's mother and father in their decision to present her in the temple for dedication to the Lord. All Christian parents are called to imitate their response when they present their own children for Baptism.
As a Deacon of the Church I often prepare couples for the Sacrament and serve as an ordinary minister of the Sacrament. I am regularly reminded of the deeper meaning of the Feast of the Presentation.
On this Feast of the Presentation of Mary we should also reflect on the mystery of her continuing response to the Lord's invitations of grace to her. Though preserved free from the fractured freedom which is one of the consequences of original sin, Mary was still called to continually say Yes to God's invitation.
In her continual "Fiat" she shows us the way we are all called to respond to the invitations of grace in our own lives. No matter what our state in life or vocation, we are all called to respond to the universal call to grow in holiness. Mary's pattern of responses helps us understand the deeper meaning of all of this.Â
Mary was the first evangelizer and the first disciple of her own Son Jesus. She gave the first Gospel testimony to her cousin, Elizabeth, without words, as the Redeemer in her womb drew the child in her womb, John the Baptizer to Himself. Jesus did this from the Throne he had already established in Mary's womb, a living Tabernacle. Jesus, Love Incarnate, drew John from the first home of the whole human race, a mother's womb, into eternal communion.
At the beginning of that missionary encounter, Elizabeth greeted Mary with profound humility, saying "who am I that the mother of my Lord should come to me?" Then the son in her own womb became the first convert "in utero" as he leapt in praise of the Maker of the Universe, who had taken up residence in Mary's womb.
John the Baptizer, the last Prophet of Old Testament and first of the New, was prepared in a womb - and drawn by this amazing grace - without a word being spoken, through Mary's witness of surrendered love. This event, traditionally called "The Visitation" and recorded in the Gospel of St. Luke (Luke l: 39-45), is also meant to be reproduced in our lives as we carry Jesus forward in time. It can - through the witness of our surrendered lives of love.
In the Biblical account, this encounter immediately follows the visit of the Angel Gabriel to Mary (Luke 16:38) and is a fruit of her humble, obedient response, her "Fiat" to the word of God which she was most certainly attuned to hearing. That response was not a onetime reaction. It was the fruit borne from a life of surrendered love. It stretched forward to characterize and inform her entire life.
Mary was at the Wedding Feast at Cana in Galilee, when the first of the Lord's "signs" occurred - in a response to and as a fruit of - her intercession. It was there she gave that sage advice to all those in attendance at that wedding and to all who throughout human history seek to follow her Son, "Do whatever He tells you". She invites each one of us to that kind of response through the testimony of her surrendered life of love for God.
There are very few records of Mary's explicit words in the texts of the New Testament of the Bible. However, there is no lack of her presence at the most significant events in the life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and therefore in the great events of salvation history.
She always encountered God - in profound ways - from the beginning to the end of her life. In every encounter, she surrendered to Love and was changed.
Mary was there at the Incarnation, Birth, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of the One whom Christians proclaim is God Incarnate, Jesus Christ. She was there throughout what are often called the "hidden years" in His life at Nazareth where ordinary work was ennobled and childrearing forever changed because of His participation.
His disciples spent three years with Him, during His "public ministry", but Mary spent thirty three years.
In the earthly ministry of the Redeemer, every word he uttered - at every age and stage - and every act he undertook - was redemptive, revealing the very life of God and the mystery of heaven touching earth. Because of that, every moment of His presence among us reveals the deeper purpose of our own lives-  when they are lived entirely for Him.
Mary was there in all those pregnant moments of His thirty three year earthly mission of love. His redemptive presence forever changed the history of the world and can do so in our own personal histories if we learn how to surrender to His invitation to love and choose to live as she did.
The mission of the Redeemer continues for all who have the eyes to see His presence still walking and working among us; and the ears to hear His loving words still being spoken amidst the cacophony of our daily lives. Mary did.
Every waking moment can be filled with grace for each one of us, if we learn to discover their deeper meaning and make them our own. If we learn to live our entire life as, an invitation to love, an encounter with the God of love, as Mary did, we will find our lives transformed by the Son whom she bore for the whole world.
She was there on the great day of Pentecost, the birthday of the Church, and witnessed the extraordinary clothing with the Holy Spirit that transformed and empowered the early disciples. That same Holy Spirit had inspired her own unique missionary vocation.
Mary understood this work of the Holy Spirit unlike anyone in history. She had been clothed in that wonderful gift when she was first visited by the angel and "overshadowed." It empowered her to live her whole life in complete surrender to God's will and to thereby prefigure the mission of the entire Christian community throughout history.
Mary understood all of this because she was a woman in love -with God. Mary was a woman of prayer, an ongoing conversation and intimate communion with God. We are invited into her prayer because we are invited into that same relationship with God. Understanding and living the Prayer of Mary is about living a life of surrendered love. She is the first disciple who shows is the way to follow her Son and Lord.
Christian living is about being- more than about doing. It is about response- more than initiation. It is about encountering God relationally, personally and intimately. It is about a receiving, giving, receiving, giving, and becoming a person for the Lord - and in Him for others.
Christian living is about offering the "Fiat" of a surrendered life. Mary's "Fiat" ("let it be done"), freely given in response to the visitation from the messenger of heaven, the angel, provides a pattern of prayer and a way to live for every follower of her Son.
Her Yes, her "Fiat", her humble surrender to God's vocational invitation, bore the fruit of her "Magnificat" which bore the fruit of the Word made flesh, spoken and birthed through her. This is a kind of trajectory of love. It provides a prototype of the vocation of every human person who says "Yes" to God and learns to bear the fruit of surrendered love.
Mary's Yes reveals the meaning of life for all men and women who are children of the one Creator. We were made to give ourselves away to the Lord and, in and through Him, to others.
God is not an "add on" to our life. Rather, He is its source and its summit. Authentic and fruitful spirituality is "inside out" rather than "outside in." There is a way, a pattern that all men and women are invited into - not just once, but daily. This is the way of surrendered love.
Mary's surrender reveals the path to authentic peace.It is the portal of the mystery of meaning. It is what Christian Scripture calls the "more excellent way" (1 Cor. 12), the way of love. Mary understood and walked this way with extraordinary humility.
Is it any wonder that the early Christians painted her image in the catacombs during their moments of fear, persecution and doubt? They found great inspiration from this little woman of great faith. In her "yes" they came to understand that ordinary people can change human history. They were inspired to add their own "yes", their own "fiat" to hers.
Is it any wonder that the writings of the early Fathers of the Christian Church are also replete with reflections on this woman who said so little verbally in the biblical text? That is because it is not about an abundance of our words but rather our receptivity to the Word.
Justin Martyr and many other early Christian apologists found in her "fiat", her obedient "yes" to the angel, the undoing of the "no-I will not serve" uttered in rebellion by the first woman Eve. They called Mary "The Second Eve", the mother of a new creation, because she said "Yes" and in her womb carried the One whom the biblical authors would call the "New Adam."
Jesus Christ was born from her as the first born of a new race of men and women who find a new birth through His life, death and Resurrection. That is realized afresh every time we say "Yes" to Him in word and deed.
That same Redeemer comes to reside within, and live through, all of those who respond to the invitation of Love like Mary did. All who are prepared and who, in response, surrender to His grace.
Mary's choice, her response to the invitation of a God who always respects human freedom, is a singularly extraordinary event in all of human history. However, it is meant to be much more. It is meant to be an invitation to each one of us to explore our own personal histories and to write them anew in Him by joining our own "yes" to hers.
On this Feast of the Presentation of Mary, let us make the choice to surrender ourselves to the same Lord who Joachim and Ann honored when they presented their dear daughter in the temple. Their daughter, Mary, became the Second Eve. The New Creation was born through her because iot began in Jesus Christ. Her Yes is to be repeated in each of our lives.
We can bring this Feast to life in our age by participating in God's plan for the whole human race. The Feast of the Presentation of Mary Challenges us to Present Ourselves, Our Children and the Whole World to the Lord.
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Issue Brief #3772 on National Security and Defense
November 13, 2012
November 13, 2012 | Issue Brief on National Security and Defense
This summer, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 (CSA) failed to pass the Senate, with Democrats and Republicans alike voting against the bill. The overriding concern was that the regulatory approach of the bill would be ineffective at best and harmful at worst.
Following the failure of the CSA, the Obama Administration began drafting a cybersecurity executive order that is based on regulations, similar to the CSA. While the CSA and the executive order see government-designed standards and regulations as the way to encourage cybersecurity, the performance of the federal government in securing its own computer systems calls such an approach into question.
Many government agencies are known to have flawed cybersecurity practices, yet despite the best efforts of those creating the standards for these agencies, these organizations often remain vulnerable. Instead of relying on a static, top-down government approach to cybersecurity, the U.S. should have a dynamic solution that leverages the strengths of both the government and the private sector.
What follows is list of federal government cybersecurity breaches and failures since May 2012. The compilation of this list (or any list, for that matter) necessarily requires judgment in determining whether an incident qualifies for the list. This list is by no means complete: Some hacks might not be reported, and others have not even been realized yet. Additionally, the list does not include the large number of private-sector failures. Nevertheless, the seriousness and amount of U.S. government cybersecurity failures undercut the argument for a government-led regulatory approach to cybersecurity. The list is alphabetical by agency.
U.S. Army Chief of Public Affairs
1. Awards Database—September 2012. A contractor erroneously uploaded an Army awards database to a public server. This breach made the personal records of over 500 Army personnel available, including some Social Security numbers.[1]
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
2. E-mail System—June 2012. An employee of the CFTC was fooled by a phishing e-mail and gave away sensitive information to unknown hackers. The hacker was able to use this information to access the employee's e-mails and attachments, which contained sensitive information, including Social Security numbers for up to 700 employees of the CFTC.[2]
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
3. National Energy Research Scientific Computer Center—June 2012. James Miller of Devon, Pennsylvania, broke into a DOE supercomputer and was able to use it for his own purposes. He was noticed only because he tried to sell access to an undercover FBI agent.[3]
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
4. Databases at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)—September 2009–December 2011. CMS was breached 13 times by unknown hackers, affecting over 300 records. The CMS did not notify the affected parties in a timely manner for seven of these breaches. Additionally, the CMS notification did not provide critical information regarding the type of information exposed or when the breach occurred.[4]
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
5. DHS website—June 2012. A hacker group calling itself "digital-corruption" hacked a DHS website and stole personal data including usernames, passwords, and security questions and answers.[5]
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
6. DOJ websites—May 2012. The hacker group Anonymous hacked the Bureau of Justice Statistics and stole 1.7 gigabytes of data, which it proceeded to publish online. The hacked data included internal e-mails that likely contained personal or sensitive information related to crimes, criminals, or crime victims.[6]
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
7. EPA Superfund servers—March 2012. The EPA was breached by an unknown hacker and lost personal and financial information including Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, and addresses belonging to almost 8,000 users. The breach is thought to have come through a virus on a contractor's computer, but that has not been confirmed.[7]
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
8. Thrift Savings Plan Database—May 2012. An unknown hacker stole personal and financial information including Social Security numbers, addresses, and account numbers from thousands of individuals, likely through a contractor's computer.[8]
National Weather Service (NWS)
9. NWS website and servers—October 2012. A hacker group known as "Kosova Hacker's Security" breached the NWS's website and posted lists of files, vulnerability information, and administrators' account names. The hackers claim to be motivated by U.S. action against Muslim nations, specifically the Stuxnet and Flame malware.[9]
U.S. Navy
10. Navy website—June 2012. A hacker known as ".c0mrad" broke into the U.S. Navy's public website and downloaded over 170 military e-mails and passwords.[10]
11. Navy website—June 2012. A hacker group calling itself "digital-corruption" hacked the Navy website and stole personal data including usernames, passwords, and security questions and answers.[11]
12. Navy Smart Web Move Database—September 2012. An unknown hacker or hackers breached a database containing the sensitive data of over 200,000 people. It is unknown exactly how much was stolen, but many usernames and security questions and answers were taken.[12]
U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
13. OPM Database—May 2012. An unknown hacker broke into the OPM database and posted the stolen information online. Thirty-seven user IDs and passwords were compromised.[13]
—Paul Rosenzweig is a Visiting Fellow in the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies and the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, a division of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, at The Heritage Foundation. David Inserra, a Research Assistant in the Allison Center, contributed to this report.
Show references in this report
[1]Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, "Chronology of Data Breaches," http://www.privacyrights.org/data-breach/new (accessed November 5, 2012).
[2]Silla Brush, "CFTC Data Breach Risks Employees' Social Security," Bloomberg News, June 25, 2012, http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-06-25/cftc-data-breach-risks-employees-social-security-numbers (accessed November 5, 2012).
[3]Mathew J. Schwartz, "Feds Bust Hacker for Selling Government Supercomputer Access," Information Week, June 21, 2012, http://www.informationweek.com/security/attacks/feds-bust-hacker-for-selling-government/240002474 (accessed November 5, 2012).
[4]Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, "Chronology of Data Breaches."
[5]Adam Jones, "Another US Government Site Hacked!," Security, June 23, 2012, http://www.seczine.com/article/hacking-news/230612/another-us-gov-site-hacked.php (accessed November 5, 2012).
[6]John Ribeiro, "Anonymous Claims It Hacked a Justice Department Site," PCWorld, May 23, 2012, http://www.pcworld.com/article/256034/anonymous_claims_it_hacked_a_doj_site.html (accessed November 5, 2012).
[7]Amber Corrin, "Was the EPA Data Breach a Failure of Cybersecurity 101?," FCW, August 3, 2012, http://fcw.com/articles/2012/08/03/epa-security-breach-contractors-virus.aspx (accessed November 5, 2012).
[8]Eric Yoder, "TSP Discloses Hacking of Accounts," The Washington Post, May 25, 2012, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/tsp-discloses-hacking-of-accounts/2012/05/25/gJQAsM4kpU_blog.html (accessed November 5, 2012).
[9]Paul Roberts, "National Weather Service Website Hacked by Kosova Hacker's Security," Nakedsecurity, October 19, 2012, http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/19/national-weather-service-website-hacked-by-kosovo-hackers-security/ (accessed November 5, 2012).
[10]Gianluca Messofiore, "Hacker Comrade Attacks US Navy Website and Leaks Personal Military Emails and Passwords," International Business Times, http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/347819/20120601/c0mrade-navy-emails-hacker-anonymous-habbo-freemasons.htm (accessed November 5, 2012).
[11]Jones, "Another US Government Site Hacked!"
[12]Mike Hixenbaugh, "Hackers Get Personal Data from Navy Website," The Virginian-Pilot, September 21, 2012, http://hamptonroads.com/2012/09/hackers-get-personal-data-navy-website (accessed November 5, 2012).
[13]Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, "Chronology of Data Breaches."

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Mary Jane Klabo
Mary Jane Klabo, 74, of Valley City and longtime resident of Pembina, passed away Jan. 28, 2013, in Sanford Hospital in Valley City. A funeral mass will be held at Assumption Catholic Church in Pembina on Thursday, Jan. 31, at 2 p.m. Burial will take place at St. Catherine's Catholic Cemetery in Valley City.
Mary Jane was born Feb. 24, 1938. She was the eldest daughter of L.P. "Pat" Malone and Josephine (Bosch) Malone, of Linton. Mary Jane grew up in Linton, where she attended St. Anthony's Catholic School through eighth grade and Linton High School, where she graduated as co-valedictorian.
She went on to attend the University of North Dakota, where she met the love of her life, Gordon N. Klabo. Mary Jane and Gordon "Gordy" were married at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Linton on June 9, 1958. The couple lived in Bismarck and Parshall before settling in Pembina, where the couple lived until retirement.
Mary Jane had a wonderful gift for instrumental and vocal music and honed her musical skills in grade school, high school and college. Throughout her life she played the piano and accompanied dozens of vocal and instrumental musical groups at Pembina High School. Mary Jane passed her musical gifts on to hundreds of children over the years who were warmly welcomed into her home to take piano lessons, and the musical gift that Mary Jane directly passed on has undoubtedly been indirectly passed on to future generations.
Mary Jane exemplified her love of the Lord by playing the organ for many years at the church that will host her funeral mass. Mary Jane had a large group of friends from various walks of life. For a small community, Pembina had a significant number of new arrivals, primarily due to the ports of entry at Pembina and nearby Noyes, Minn. Many of the new arrivals had their first local social engagements at the kitchen table of Mary Jane before plates of homemade food or treats and coffee. Mary Jane was the frequent hostess of many of the dear friends who dropped by for hospitality and discourse. Mary Jane truly lived her life in accordance with the Second Commandment to "love your neighbor as you love yourself."
Among Mary Jane's proudest accomplishments was bearing and raising four sons, all of whom married and went on to raise their own families in North Dakota.
The sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren are: Michael (Patty Sjoberg), of Alexander, and grandchildren, Matthew (Cynthia), Breanna and Shane; Steven (Nancy Roewe), Bismarck, and grandchildren, Zachary and Joseph; Timothy (Pamela Krenz), Antler, and grandchildren, Andrew, Scott, and Crystal; and Mark (Sam Menge), Valley City, and grandchildren, Madilyn and Connor; and four great-grandchildren. Mary Jane is survived by the aforementioned as well as her brother, James Malone (Judith), Omaha, and their children, Mary Beth Hendricks and Kelly Green; and one sister, Colleen Malone, Mohall.
Among those who met her at the gates of heaven are her husband of 52 years, Gordy; her parents, Pat and Josephine Malone; paternal and maternal grandparents as well as many friends and relatives.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Oliver-Nathan Funeral Chapel in Valley City. An online guestbook is available at (www.oliver-nathanchapel.com).


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We had another banner year in athletics at Palm Desert High School, 20 of our 21 teams made the CIF playoffs. We also had 18 student athletes receive athletic scholarships.
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In short: Nice race and good mix - great weather and organisation In full: Nice race. Turned up early as parking at the sports centre limited. Not especially hilly but some narrow bits of the course. Good mix of runners and enjoyed the day - nice distance - would do again and definitely recommend :DDate of review: June 24, 2012
In short: Much improved from last year and enjoyable raceIn full: Enjoyable race despite the tropical weather. Only complaints would be lack of energy drinks and water on course was warm. Other than that very enjoyable with loads of support and well organised finish. Date of review: June 1, 2012
In short: Hilly but marvellous marshalls made it possible In full: Nightmare weather for this race this year but amazing marshalls all shouting encouragement to everyone and smiling despite the weather. T shirt and some goodies to finish - well worth the entry fee. A+ Race and organisersDate of review: April 29, 2012
In short: Nice city race - weather was kindIn full: No starting pens making the start a little congested as everyone found their pace. Hill at the start but fairly even after that and nice home stretch along the prom to the finish. Good support from crowds and tech t shirt and medal to finish. Well worth the trip!Date of review: March 25, 2012
In short: Great Race and pretty medalIn full: Great race - race pack picked up nice and early and lots of cheap hotels near the start to choose from (and mine happy to let me get a late checkout to have a shower and store bags). Nice and flat other than the few small climbs up and down to the front but definite PB potential. Great medal - goody bag not great but run was cheap enough so no complaints :DDate of review: February 26, 2012
In short: Up one side of the Great Orne and down the other sideIn full: Challenging climb the first half but all the way down the second half makes it worth it. Friendly run and good organisation with chip timimg texted to my phone within the hour. Scenery very nice (would have been a 5 if the weather was better) but good fun. Date of review: February 13, 2012
In short: Poor organisation - especially at the finish - t shirts, medals etc could be better (for those that got them)Date of review: May 23, 2011
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by Anton Shilov
Acer Group, the world's third largest maker of personal computers, has revealed that Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 7 next-generation operating system (OS) will be released officially on the 23rd of October, 2009, if there are no changes in the plans.
"23rd October is the date the Windows 7 will be available. There is a 30 day upgrade time so that customers don't wait to buy a new computer, so if you buy during that 30 day period, you'll get a free upgrade to Windows 7," said Robert Watkins, managing director of Acer UK, in an interview with Pocket-lint web-site.
Earlier this year other makers of computers pointed at September – October timeframe for Windows 7 release, but the exact date has not been revealed so far.
It is widely known that Microsoft has been working hard to improve user interface as well as performance in Windows 7 and make the new OS much more user friendly overall. Many reviewers and early adopters agree that Microsoft has succeeded in improving its desktop OS dramatically. Microsoft Windows 7 will also bring numerous further improvements, including DirectX 11 application programming interface, as well as support for touch-based input.
Many computer makers as well as hardware designers expect the launch Windows 7 to catalyze end-users to buy new personal computers and spur sales of modern technology, which will boost revenues and profits of the tech sector that suffers from the global economic crisis.
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Queens of the Stone Age singer Josh Homme sounded like an exonerated death row inmate grateful for a second chance when he paused to address the audience in the midst of the band's 90-plus minute set at a crowded LC Pavilion on Sunday. "It's a good time to be alive," he said, flashing a broad, childish grin.
At one time there was an air of invincibility surrounding both Homme and Queens. When the singer name-checked a litany of illicit drugs on 2000's "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" ("Nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol…"), for example, it appeared he was simply listing the various chemicals that could never hope to put him in the ground.
In the years since, however, fissures have started to show in this once unbreakable façade. Longtime bassist Nick Oliveri was fired from the band in 2004 in the wake of a felony domestic violence charge — a departure that coincided with a stretch of albums where the once-mighty crew sounded weary and adrift (Lullabies to Paralyze in 2005 and especially Era Vulgaris in 2007). Then, in 2010, Homme died. Well, briefly anyway, as he tells it.
"I had surgery on my leg and there were complications," he told the British music magazine NME, "And I died on the [operating] table."
Considering these circumstances, it shouldn't surprise that mortality emerged as a focal point of the group's long-in-the-works comeback album …Like Clockwork, surfacing everywhere from the cover art (an artist's depiction of a woman wrapped in the Grim Reaper's embrace) to Homme's words.
It remained one here in concert.
"I survived, I speak, I breath," the singer moaned on "The Vampyre of Time and Memory," a ghostly ballad he delivered while seated at a piano. "I'm alive, hooray." Then on a monstrous "I Appear Missing," which ping-ponged between choppy guitar passages and comparatively melodic interludes for more than eight glorious minutes, Homme appeared to address the incident even more directly, referencing hospital gowns, the gradual slide into darkness and his surprise at being shocked back into existence.
Even older songs took on new dimensions in light of these events. A reimagined "In the Fade," for one, sounded both slower and weirder here, with Homme's admission "you live til you die" coming on less like a battle cry than a simple admission of fact.
Of course, the frontman's new appreciation for life hasn't dulled his more animalistic urges, which rose to the fore on the hedonistic bump and grind of "If I Had a Tail." "I wanna suck, I wanna lick," he crooned, showing off a sandy falsetto. "I wanna grind, I wanna spit."
Homme's bandmates sounded equally reinvigorated, stampeding through a vaguely psychedelic "My God Is the Sun" and unleashing an array of slash-and-burn riffs on "The Sky Is Fallin'" that suggested the musicians themselves were the ones planning to tear it down. The players packed the songs with all sorts of interesting textures and welcome sonic flourishes: the single droning keyboard note on "Tangled up in Plaid" suggestive of Chinese water torture, the distorted, cranky riff introducing a feral "Sick Sick Sick," the hip-shaking bassline that added a cocksure swagger to "I Sat By the Ocean."
It was a thrilling display, and further proof that resurrection can, at times, be a source of divine inspiration.


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MSU to host powwow
Minot State University will host the 24th annual Native American Spring Honor Dance and Powwow Celebration Friday and Saturday.
Native American dancers and drum groups from the state and neighboring states and provinces will compete and 1,000 to 1,500 people are expected to attend.
The event includes the acknowledgement of achievements, competitive dancing, vendor and information booths, and food. Admission is $2 for ages 12 to 55; it is free for children under 12, senior citizens and MSU students, faculty and staff.
The event is sponsored by the Native American Cultural Awareness Club at the university and honors all 2013 graduates. Thirteen Native American students are graduating from Minot State University this spring.
Kevin Locke, "Tokeya Inajin" in Lakota or "The First to Arise," a hoop dancer, indigenous flute player and traditional storyteller from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, will perform at 8 p.m. Friday. Locke is well-known for "The Hope of Life," his hoop dance involving 28 hoops in a complex and acrobatic pattern. In 1990, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded Locke a National Heritage Fellowship.
Activities start at 10 a.m. on Friday and at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Two "Grand Entries," the time when all of the dancers enter the arena, are scheduled for 1 and 7 p.m. each day. The "Honor Parade," in which all 2013 MSU graduates are invited to participate, follows the 7 p.m. Grand Entry on Saturday.
Dance competitions will be held for adults, men, women, teens, juniors and "tiny tots." The competition for men includes traditional, grass and fancy dancing. Women's dance competitions include traditional, fancy and jingle styles. Cash prizes will be awarded.
To further honor the graduates and their families, a buffalo meal will be served at 5 p.m. Friday in the Student Center. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe donated the buffalo.
In addition to MSU and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, the Three Affiliated Tribes' business council, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and Visit Minot provided support for the event.
Cruisers offer scholarship
The Dakota Cruisers Car Club of Minot is offering scholarships for students attending any of the vocational schools in North Dakota and pursuing an auto-related course. Some out of state tech schools will also be considered.
The club will offer five separate scholarships in the amount of $500 each. The program will be administered through the Dollars for Scholars program. Students can contact high school guidance counselors for applications or contact Dick Sundhagen at 852-2631 or go to the Dakota Cruisers website at (dakotacruiser.com) to print an application. All applications must be returned by May 15.
Teen poetry slam Sunday
There will be a teen poetry slam from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday in Minot State University's Hartnett Hall, with an open mic night to follow. Nationally known slam poet Big Poppa E will be featured.
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NextFab is super excited to be hosting the Etsy Craft Party again this year! It will be coinciding with our monthly get-together: the NextFablous Social. It made perfect sense to combine the two into one.
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Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe
Of all the cars that say "poverty does not become me," the soft-top Roller is among the more eloquent. Remember Caddyshack, when Rodney Dangerfield drove the Mulliner Park Ward Silver Cloud III "Chinese Eye" red drophead onto Bushwood, novelty horn blaring "The Colonel Bogey March," before unloading his golf bag (complete with beer keg, audiovisual system and laser-guided putter) and getting crasser with every frame? Well, yes, it was a display of nouveau riche excess that the current custodians of the Flying Lady would likely prefer to forget...
More befitting the image Rolls-Royce seeks to promote is the lady in a town near this magazine's offices who motors down to the shops on Main Street to pick up a few odds and ends in her Corniche. In so doing, she makes a statement with a timbre nothing else with wheels can quite muster. Plenty of people with the means to make this statement have no desire to do so, and-quite apart from the $400,000 price tag-probably no more than a couple of hundred examples of the Phantom Drophead Coup? will be born into this world each year. For the people who do choose to buy one, this only adds to the exclusivity.
It seems fitting to address the image statement up front when examining this automobile, because nobody actually needs a four-seat convertible weighing three tons, propelled by a 453-hp V12 and costing not too far south of half a million dollars. One look at the car might suggest, unfairly as it turns out, that it will be bought not for its motoring prowess but for its boulevard braggadocio.
Like the Phantom sedan (see cover story in February/ March 2007 BJT), the Phantom Drophead Coupe has good bones. Its aluminum space-frame skeleton is a hidden masterpiece of load paths, bracing and welds supporting shapely body panels that are more cosmetic than structural.
For the convertible, this construction method is especially functional because it lends rigidity to a structure that has to cope with gaping holes in its top and, with two rear-hinged, forward-latching "suicide" doors for access, in its port and starboard sides. The man from Rolls-Royce encouraged those of us invited to San Diego to drive the car to push our fingertips into the narrow gaps and note the absence of any movement in the transitions where sidewall meets facia and door meets sidewall (separate components that in the latter pairing are held secure not by hinges but by only the door latch and the car's rigidity). There was the tiniest sensation of jiggle there but, as I noted once back home, no more than in the same spots on my hard-roofed, forward-hinged and drum-tight sedan.
The convertible as rattle trap appears to be a thing of the past, as evidenced by our evaluations of not only the Phantom Drophead Coupe but also the BMW M6 (June/July 2006 issue), the Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet (to be covered in
a future issue) and even the chump-change Mini Cooper S.
No question, the Phantom Drophead, which its builder describes as a "less formal interpretation of classic Rolls-Royce design," scores big on boulevard presence, but how does it rate as a driving experience?
Riding Unruffled
Just like the Phantom sedan, this big car isolates its occupants from the coarse texture of the earth's crust, riding utterly unruffled on pliant and supportive air suspension and 21-inch wheels. This, at least, was the ride as I headed out of downtown San Diego and took 35 miles of Interstate leading to the scenic part of the day's 200-mile drive, in the desert and mountains to the northeast. The trouble with isolated, silky-smooth cars is that while they impress in a straight line, they can disappoint in the turns. Renowned for not tolerating such behavior, parent company BMW ensured that the engineers sprinkled the Phantom Drophead with enough Bavarian dust to bring a smile to the helmsman.
Propelled by the same hugely torquey V12 as the Phantom sedan, the Drophead Coup? reaches 60 mph in 5.7 seconds, but the more telling test of the car's worthiness comes when turns beckon, as they did on the swooping and curving road between I-8 and the coffee and apple pie at Apple Alley Bakery in Julian, Calif.
At one point on this largely deserted route, I pushed the Phantom Drophead up to 120 mph on a long wide-open empty stretch, and even with the roof down my passenger and I were able to converse at normal levels-no mean feat in aerodynamics by the car's designers-while enjoying a ride that was as smooth and stable as ever.
In the curves that followed, the sophistication of the suspension broke through. As lateral G forces build in a turn, the car tenses its muscles, replacing the hovercraft-like smoothness of the straightaways with some surprising athleticism. This is by no means a sports car, but it knows when to bypass the silk route and transfer its attention to maintaining its foothold. The suspension keeps the car level and, combined with good steering feel, tackles curves with a predictability and sureness that one would not expect from a three-ton luxury vehicle. By contrast, the rather flat front seat cushions, while comfortable for cruising and evocative of 1960s Rollers, lack this ability to adapt in the turns and do little to cradle the occupants against lateral Gs.
The woodwork, deep chrome, leather upholstery and stitching are flawless, of course. Rolls decided to go with a fully automated folding fabric top with glass rear window rather than jump on the stowable-hardtop bandwagon. "There is nothing more romantic than driving a convertible in the rain at night and hearing the drops hit the roof," observed Rolls-Royce Motor Cars chief designer Ian Cameron. The result of that belief is a substantial five-layer thatch that keeps out not only the weather but also much of the noise. As on most convertibles, the fabric in the area where there would be a C pillar impedes visibility to the rear, but so does the Phantom sedan's large, privacy-inspired metal C pillar.
When the Drophead's top is stowed for open-air motoring, it disappears beneath a cover that with the optional teak finish is reminiscent of the decking on a fine yacht, and in stark counterpoint to the optional brushed stainless-steel bonnet and A pillar that recall the Phantoms of the 1920s and 1930s. Amid all this opulence, Rolls does emphasize that the solid wood and wood veneer used in its cars come from sustainable sources. In the case of the teak rear decking, Rolls uses 30 pieces of the prized timber in each finished lid and applies a process that preserves the look of freshly cut and hand-finished wood. Perhaps the business jet completions industry might consider presenting wood as wood rather than a surface so highly polished and lacquered that it can end up looking like plastic.
Picnic for Two
Once arrived at, say, Pebble Beach, the occupants can flip down the vertical part of the trunk lid to serve as picnic seating for two (provided they don't exceed the hinges' 330-pound weight limit). Whether the top is raised or lowered, the trunk provides 11.1 cubic feet of stowage, enough to haul three sets of golf clubs to Bushwood.
The old Rolls-Royce Motor Cars coasted on its reputation for a decade or two, turning out stately but increasingly anachronistic Rollers and Bentleys from an antiquated factory in Crewe, in the northwest of England, until parent Vickers in the late 1990s found buyers for both brands. Rolls-Royce now designs and builds cars in a new factory on the south downs of England under the exacting and well-funded parenting of BMW. (Volkswagen got the Bentley winged badge and, grounded firmly in the heyday of the British Empire, the Crewe factory.)
The Phantom Drophead Coupe masterfully blends old-world wood and leather craftsmanship with modern engineering, quite likely the sort of car the Crewe crew knew it needed to build but couldn't, unable to pry loose the necessary money from Vickers. Thanks to BMW, Rolls-Royce is back in business, and the Drophead Coup? is the perfect complement to the sedan. We're told a Phantom Fixed-head Coupe is next in line to further solidify the triumphant return of what is arguably the most famous car brand in the world.
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The best gift is redemption
Roger Behm, Minot
I decided to attend the Christmas Eve mass at our church, but knew that I'd better get an early start. That mass fills up early and I thought there would be plenty of room if I arrived 35 minutes early. The church was already packed. Where were you people last Sunday? Although the church was very crowded I was able to find a seat close to the front of the church and close enough to see the beautiful Nativity scene. The Christ Child was still part of the Nativity scene. Hopefully, there won't be an incident of a disoriented atheist who may stumble into the church thinking he may be entering a bingo hall and tell us that the Christ Child must be removed.
While looking around the church I saw many types of people. Many parents with their children and many grandparents like myself who were wishing they were with their grandchildren. A few children were restless and asking important questions. I thought to myself about how important these questions may be to those children. I wish I could have answered every one of them. I also noticed many seniors who may not be with us next Christmas. As the Spirit of Christmas Present stated to Scrooge about Tiny Tim, "there will be a vacant place at Bob Cratchit's table next year." Maybe my own place at the communion table will be vacant next year. Hopefully, those seniors who are no longer with us will be looking down from heaven and praying for our world next year.
Father's sermon mentioned the many things that children may have wished for and received over the past 50 years. One item that father did miss and probably the most important gift was from God. It was the gift of redemption. Although the gift of redemption does not happen till Good Friday and Easter Sunday, the beginning of this process could never have happened without the birth of the Christ child. Jesus then lived on this earth like the rest of us, except for a few miracles, for another 33 years. Fortunately for us Christ died on the cross for the redemption of our sins.
Now that the hectic gift giving and gift returning seasons are over, I hope that you will take time to remember the true meaning of Christmas all year long. I also hope and pray that you will all have a prosperous and healthy new year.


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Trinity Episcopal Church Women
The Trinity Episcopal Church Women met recently to finalize the planning for its third annual Salad Bar Luncheon, which will be held Saturday, July 20 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Garland Hall, located behind the church at 11 Day St. in Fredonia. It is open to the public, and everyone is welcome. This year the luncheon will be held in conjunction with Fredonia History Days and will offer a variety of more than 20 different salads.
Community members may purchase tickets for this event from a stand at the front of the church from 10:30 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. or they may proceed directly to the hall entrance at the back of the church between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tickets are $7 and include a plateful of salads, a roll with butter and lemonade or water. Second helpings can be obtained for an additional cost. Take-out lunches are also available for picnicking. The hall will be decorated with tablecloths and floral centerpieces made by TECW member Linda Ingham. The public is reminded that the hall is air-conditioned, and lunch there will be the perfect place to refresh themselves before going back to the festivities in Barker Common.
Additional items discussed were the hosting of the annual Tuesday Episcopal Cottage Tea on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution on July 16 at 3 p.m. Members will carpool to the event and offer a choice of homemade treats including finger sandwiches and desserts to all who attend. Anyone on the grounds that day is invited to join them.
The annual members' picnic will be held on Monday, Aug. 5 at the home of Donna Reininga at 6 p.m.; each person attending is asked to bring a dish to pass.


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Fitch named Bethesda council president
BETHESDA – Bethesda Village Council convened for December, marking the last meeting of the year. Updates of the water project, a new council president, and the approval of two new members of the Bethesda Volunteer Fire Department highlighted the night's agenda.
The Council voted Paul Fitch in by a margin of 4-2. He will take position of council president as the New Year approaches. Mayor Marty Lucas also had some changes of his own to improve efficiency at each of the meetings. A form has been drawn up for residents wishing to bring a topic up before village council. For documentation and organizational purposes, the village asks this to be done to ensure each of the residents concerns will be addressed. These can be obtained from Police Chief and Village Administrator, Jeremy Campbell.
Lucas also wanted to extend gratitude to many of the members around him for a well-collaborated year by all parts involved. "Everyone in this room has contributed in a lot of new ways this past year, you all have helped pick up the slack left, as Tim (Zdanski) did so much." Lucas praised of his peers. He also mentioned Richard Quinland for his extensive work on the water project to improve the water system. Lucas also commended, fiscal officer, Rick Burkhead for his tireless efforts to maintain many aspects of the Village behind the scenes.
Officials will be observing structural unsafe properties in the coming months, as the continued safety concerns grow for surrounding neighbors and residents.
Obtaining two grants for improvements were narrowly missed, one of which was plan to be used for paving purposes. The Village is eligible to re-apply for the next year.
Campbell has completed the Village Administrators report for the year. As the Police Chief, he has also compiled a detailed log of each of the calls into the police department, as well as, types of stops, locations, charges, and demographics of each.
Bethesda Volunteer Fire Chief Neil Young brought two members applications to be approved for additions to the department. Both were granted adding two firemen, with one doubling as EMS too.
A meeting is being scheduled as the State Liquor Board considers approval of a liquor license for the local VFW. The proximity to establishments such as a church will be a concern to be examined, before procedural approval.
The next meeting will be held at the Municipal Building on January 24th.
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Building a little house on the prairie
This 1884 document records the sworn statements of Almanzo Wilder that he had built a "12 ft. square frame" house in the Dakota Territory and was cultivating the land. Wilder had established the 160-acre homestead five years earlier, through the Homestead Act. It was his first home with his wife, Laura Ingalls Wilder—author of Little House on the Prairie. Text adapted from "Evaluating Perspectives on Westward Expansion: Weighing the Evidence" in the special "Teaching Difficult Topics with Primary Sources" November/December 2011 issue of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) publication Social Education.
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Nokia Corp. has clearly adopted its life-long strategy of developing smartphones that are tailored for a particular market segment to push Lumia smartphones forward. The company already has ultra-cheap Lumia devices as well as rather advanced handsets with unique capabilities. While the company yet has to catch up with highly-popular models from Apple and Samsung, there is a market it may address first: hybrid devices known as phablets.
Smartphones with ultra large – 5" and bigger – displays were first released by various companies in 2010 – 2011 timeframe. However, the first "official" tablet is believed to be Samsung Galaxy Note launched in late 2011. The company positioned its Galaxy Note series of devices for business and creative people who might need larger tablet-like screens for their applications, but in a form-factor that could fit into a pocket. As a result, the phablet, a hybrid device with functionality of a phone and tablet, was born. Eventually, some other rivals followed up with similar models, whereas Samsung itself added Galaxy Mega line into its family, addressing multimedia admirers.
Nokia is also looking forward to release a Windows Phone 8-based smartphone with 6" display, based on a photo of a large Nokia Lumia front panel published by Weibo and VR-Zone web-sites. The front panel looks rather ordinary and carries Nokia and Windows logotypes. It is believed that Nokia's phablet will use 6" screen with full-HD resolution.
Previously, virtually all Nokia smartphones which parts were pictured materialized later on. Keeping in mind that Nokia will need to strengthen its lineup for the holiday season, the company is likely to launch a phablet sometimes this fall. Keeping in mind that the company will have to unleash a series of smartphones based on Windows Phone 8 general distribution release 3 (GDR 3, brings support for high resolution displays, quad-core application processors, etc.) operating system, a hybrid product seems to be a likely candidate.
Nokia did not comment on the news-story.
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Student Success & Retention
This newly created office on Widener University's Main Campus provides support to all undergraduate day school students.
Our office works closely with all undergraduate academic divisions, student services, and the student body to promote academic and social success. Along with the assistance of the Academic Support Services staff, we monitor the academic progress of the freshman class.
As part of this initiative our department oversees the implementation of the MAP-Works program which provides alerts for all at-risk freshman undergraduate day school students. Our office — with the assistance of faculty and staff — works to address all feedback the office deems as placing the student at-risk of not being retained at Widener University.
These at-risk indicators could be academic, social, or financial.
The Office of Student Success and Retention oversees the following:
- Implementation of the MAP-Works Program on Widener University's Main Campus
- Daily review of all MAP-Works alerts and the dissemination of alerts to the proper Widener University faculty or staff member
- Facilitate the MAP-Works Freshman Transition Survey following the third week of classes in the fall semester
- Monitor the Widener University Early Assessment program at the sixth week of both the fall and spring semesters
- Evaluate programming and outreach methods at the end of each semester through retention rates, MAP-Works student survey response rates, and reporting of concerns by faculty and staff in the MAP- Works system
- On-going training of both faculty and staff in the use and utilization of the MAP-Works system.


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New work from Allison Torneros aka Hueman (click here for previous posts). A colourful exploration of multiplicity, "Hyperlimbo" involves a series of characters caught between different worlds and ways of being. See more images below or on display at KP Projects in Los Angeles until February 4th!


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The first race in the Skyrunner Ultra Skymarathon kicks off this weekend in Spain
Photo by Bryon Powell/iRunFar.com - elite athletes line up for a photo a couple of days before the start
The Transvulcania 50 Mile will be held this Saturday (May 12) on La Palma in the Canary Islands. It is the first race in the International Skyrunning Federation's (ISF's) 2012 Ultra Skymarathon Series, and it might have one of the deepest fields ever assembled for an ultramarathon.
"It is going to be an incredibly hard race, maybe the hardest I've ever done," says New Zealand's Anna Frost, who was the first female at the 2011 The North Face (TNF) Endurance Challenge 50-Mile Championship in San Francisco. Frost is competing in the Skyrunner World Series this year. "The race will be long, hot, steep, cold, rough, smooth, high and low. That is the greatest thing about the event—there is a bit of everything."
Frost will be facing Americans Darcy Africa (who last year won the San Francisco Dirty Thirty 50K and finished second at the Hardrock 100), and Nikki Kimball (who won the 2011 Bear 100 Mile in Utah, and finished second at the Spokane River 50K in April).


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Hey everyone!
I just wanted to know when you will make a desicion about the EVS volunteers for the next summer.
I'm so excited about it that I have to check my mails almost every hour
Did you get the additional information about me? I already fell in love with the Forest, even though I've never been there!
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Anyone just starting out? (continuation of Newbies thread)
Hello Everyone!!
As we reached 1000 entries on the Newbies thread we though it would be a good idea to start a new one!!
If anyone is just starting out or needs motivation/advice/support come join us here!!
Right guys, will start off re-posting my goals (if your doing a cut/paste job like me the goals are around pages 40-43 of previous thread
1)To lose 2 stone
2) To complete my programme and run non-stop for 30mins
3) To complete the 10km in Oct in under 1hr30
4) To complete next years RFL by running the entire 5km and in under 35mins.
5) Get BMI below 25. It currently stands at 27
Oh dear, My Goals...
1) To run the 10k I have (now next weekend...) in under 55 mins ( i might revise this to 50 depending on how i feel later this week)
2) to finish the GSR which is on October 26
3) to loose some weight/get fit, and
4) to enjoy myself (Maybe this should have been first?!?)
Hi i wasnt on the old thread as it got too big, so v.glad u started new one!
Im 24, live in Brum and have this crazy idea that i acn be a proper runner some day my goals are as follows:
1) To lose the three stone holding me back
2) Run for half hour non stop outside (can do inside but cant run for 5 mins outside for some reason!!)
3) To at least finish the 10k at Sutton park on 7th Sep, set PB and get a medal (1st ever race really scared!! especially as i recently found out i cant run outside!!!!)
4) To feel like a real runner and to look forward to running
5) To run half marathon on Oct 26th, set PB and get a medal.
6) To be so confident i enter Paris half in March 09
Re- posting my goals from last forum
and of course to have fun!
and to be size 12 by Crimbo! (currently 16!)
I cud go on and on and on
well done mark!!!..... but stay away from the chocolate! lol
here are my goals
1 Run a 5K in under 35 mins (Bramham 12th Oct)
2 Run 10K in under 70 mins (Leeds Abbey dash, 23rd Nov, prev PB 1h 11m 31s)
3 Cycle to work at least once a week
4 Generally get fit/toned and run at least twice a week
5 Flat stomach (this is a loooong term goal which may or may not be achievable after 2 kids as it never was before!). More planks i think
Can't believe I missed the 1000 post. Well done TTN for starting it off again, and thanks for the advice on pages would never have remembered my goals otherwise Hope your not too tired when you go to the gym tonight. When is your first outdoors run.
My goals1. Continue running and wherever possible go three times a week2. Improve 5k time3. Improve on distance (5k longest done so far)4. RUN rfl next year5. Enter and complete a 10k
Glad We've revisited the goals as I've just realised that I'm working on 2 and 3 when I run, albeit slowly. I'm definitely going to do a 10k next year or possible November/December if I can find one in our area
Mark impressed with the 50 mins for a 10k I'd be chuffed if I could do a 10k in under 11/2 hours!
Sarah G welcome, so glad starting a new newbies thread encouraged you to join. Know what its like when you want to join in but everyone seems really pally pally. Your goals put mine to shame I've been running since April and have only done the R4L but home to rectify that. Have you ran before.
Meglet planks are brilliant for getting a flat stomach and very good stomach muscles.
Lisa glad you're feeling a bit better about the running, hope the run tonight goes well.
Right I'm off to look into possible races
Hi JM3 can only put u to shame if i can actually do the races lol i am so scared!! ive not done any races b4, so far ive only been running for about 5 months on treadmills in gym and a few disasterous outside runs but the weights coming off slowly and i need the races to keep me focused.
Has everybody else been running long?
Hi all,
Just wanted to say thanks for warm welcomes .
I see that mostly everyone has set themselves goals....my goal is pretty much as basic as you can get - just to be able to get past the 8-9 week plan I've set myself to follow, so that by the end of 2 months I'm able to run 3 miles (I think better in miles as opposed to kilometres!) in about 30 minutes, which right now, I must admit, seems waaaaay beyond me .
Good luck to everyone with their goals and may they all be achieved .
Sarah - I've only been 'running' for about 4 days now.
ah Mark i know, it really doesnt do it when you want choclate does it? I'm on Weight watchers and im trying to advoid the chocolate too, and an alpen light cereal bar with a drizzle of chocolate on it just aint the same!
Jackie, i dont know why is stress about the running, part of me being so impatient i guess!
Sarah - i've been running for about 5 weeks and i have a 10K run in about 3 weeks!! lol, its sounds so silyl when i say it out loud!
Hi all, just a quick one for the goals,
1. Run three times a week.
2. Lose 3 stone before I'm 40 (January)
3. Run my next 10k in less than 1:26:08
...and after the last couple of weeks
4. Not get injured doing meaningless activities thereby preventing me from achieving goals 1-3!
Happy Trails
Need to update my goals1. Continue running and wherever possible go three times a week2. Improve 5k time3. Improve on distance (5k longest done so far)4. RUN rfl next year5. Complete Strathaven 10K on 23rd November
Now the serious training starts
Regretting it already the terrain is hilly with a total ascent of 60m and a total descent of 188 m. At least I'll be go down hill more than up
am fairly new to running, am injury prone! Am currently trying to manage heel and inner leg pain with a 10k on Sunday (boo!). Did my first 10k a month ago & it took me an hour and 2 minutes. Am training for a duatholon in 2 weeks at Loch Ness with a particularly horrible 22km cycle, the first 10km of which is uphill, I haven't even been out on a bike in over 2 years, am woefully unprepared!
Think of it this way once you're at the gym you won't be bored . Just take it easy on the treadmill, don't push yourself too hard and remember what cj said walk and run it. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT
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A Tale of 2 Energy Companies
I'm not going to regurgitate all the old news about CHK. Wednesday, the drama continued in a positive way as an investigation by CHK's board of directors into outgoing CEO Aubrey McClendon's personal financing deals with company partners determined the deals didn't benefit McClendon improperly or cost the company directly.
In an Associated Press report Wednesday afternoon the company said that "no intentional misconduct by Mr. McClendon or any of the company's management was found."
What will be "found" on Thursday is how CHK did in its last quarter when it comes to EPS and sales revenue. The consensus of 32 analysts is for only 14 cents of EPS in the fourth quarter compared to the same year-ago quarterly EPS of 58 cents. It will be difficult to disappoint with such low expectations.
When it comes to revenue from sales, analysts are expecting $2.86 billion, which is a 4.8% improvement over the same quarter in 2011. The chart below paints the picture of CHK's price, EPS and revenue history over a one-year period of time. I'd describe all three as "flat to down!"CHK data by YCharts
Another energy company that reports Thursday is not the most glamorous in its sector but it does consistently make money and even a few headlines. Ensco (ESV) hit a new 52-week high Thursday as it closed at $65.25.
ESV provides offshore contract drilling services to the oil and gas industry worldwide. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.4, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Its forward, one-year PE is an appealing 9.06. Analysts expect a 19% increase in earnings per share over the year-ago quarter.
When it comes to sales growth and revenue, those same 35 analysts are looking for a year-over-year quarterly sales growth increase of 8.7%. That would mean a quarterly revenue number of about $1.09 billion. That, by the way, would bring the 2012 revenue growth to almost a 52% gain. Impressive!
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Here's the one-year chart with the same metrics we used for CHK. ESV is one of my favorite companies in the oil services sector and this is one of the nicest looking charts, except for the line concerning its diluted quarterly year-over-year EPS growth.ESV data by YCharts
Like you, I'll be listening and watching for explanations as to why the diluted quarterly year-over-year EPS growth line isn't going the same direction as the share price and the revenue. We may see ESV correct if the forward guidance isn't ebullient enough. That, in my opinion, would be a buying chance.


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12/26/2012 (4 years ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
The terrible problems that challenge the world this Christmas are not really a God problem, they are our problems. How do we respond?Â
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
12/26/2012 (4 years ago)
Published in Year of Faith
Keywords: Challenges, Hope, Joy, Benedict XVI, priesthood, Christmas, homily, homilies, Jesus, Father James Farfaglia, Pope Benedict XVI, challenges, evil, tragedy, free will
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (Catholic Online) - In Africa, a tale is told of a boy called Amazu, who was always very inquisitive. One day he asked, "What language does God speak?" But no one could answer him. He traveled all over his country questioning everyone but could not get a satisfactory answer. Eventually he set out for distant lands on his quest. For a long time he had no success.
At length, he came one night to a village called Bethlehem, and as there was no room in the local inn, he went outside the village in search of shelter for the night. At last he came to a cave and found that a couple and a child also occupied it. He was about to turn away when the young mother spoke, "Welcome Amazu, we've been waiting for you."
The boy, amazed that the woman knew his name, was even more amazed when she went on to say, "For a long time you have been searching the world over to find out what language God speaks. Well, now your journey is over. Tonight you can see with your own eyes the language God speaks. He speaks the language of love."
And so each Christmas we contemplate the mystery of our God who became man. He is born in silence, poverty, simplicity and purity in Bethlehem, the house of bread.
Our God made man later taking bread and wine transforms it into his body and blood; thus is the mystery of his Incarnation continued for us in the mystery of the Eucharist, God made real for us.
God becomes man. Bread and wine becomes God-man.
Each time we come to the Eucharist, we come to a new Bethlehem. He, who rested once in a manger, now rests in our entire being, as we receive him in the mystery of the Mass.
Long ago, there ruled in Persia a wise and good king who loved his people. He wanted to know how they lived, and he wanted particularly to know about their hardships. Often dressed in the clothes of a worker or a beggar, he visited the homes of the poor. No one whom he visited even thought he might be their ruler.
Once he visited a very poor man who lived in a cellar. He ate the coarse food the poor man ate, and he spoke cheerful, kind words to him. Then he left.
Later when he visited the poor man again, he disclosed his identity saying, "I am your king!" Then the king thought the man would surely ask for some gift or favor, but he did not.
Instead, he said, "You left your palace and your glory to visit me in this dark, dreary place. You ate the course food I ate. You brought gladness to my heart! To others you have given your rich gifts. To me you have given yourself!"
This is the true meaning of Christmas. The second person of the Blessed Trinity becomes incarnate. Jesus is true God and true man. He is one person with two natures, a divine nature and a human nature.
"For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man" (Roman Missal, 3rd edition, Profession of Faith).
Had our greatest need been knowledge, God would have sent us an educator. Had that greatest need been technology, God would have sent us a scientist. So too had our greatest need been for money, God would have sent us an economist. Had our greatest need been for pleasure, God would have sent us an entertainer. But, because our greatest need was for redemption from sin, God sent us a Savior.
All of us are familiar with the character of Ebenezer Scrooge depicted in Charles Dickens famous novel, A Christmas Carol, or we have come to know of him through movies and television specials aired during the Christmas season.
Ebenezer Scrooge is completely self-absorbed. He is resentful of the demands made upon him by those who are poor and less fortunate.
Scrooge, a tragic figure indeed, is visited by three spirits: the spirit of Christmas past, the spirit of Christmas present and the spirit of Christmas future.
The dramatic journey elicits his repentance. He becomes aware of his past indifference and cruelty and is moved to be more generous and benevolent toward those he had been mistreating in the past.
Through a profound catharsis, Ebenezer Scrooge learned how to live for others and not only for himself. By breaking the circle of his ego, he had enabled the light of Christianity to invade his soul and change him into a new man filled with joy and hope.
We all have wonderful memories of how we have celebrated Christmas in the past. On this Christmas, we will relive those memories, create new ones, and cherish our fondest memories in the recesses of our hearts.
The joy and excitement of opening Christmas presents; sampling the delicious foods and deserts that our mothers and grandmothers had prepared; the decorating of the tree; the setting up of the manger scene; the singing of Christmas carols; and of course, the gathering together of family members and friends, all make up the wonderful memories of Christmas.
I have many beautiful memories of Christmases past. From early childhood, I remember how our entire family always attended Christmas morning Mass at our parish.
Inevitably, somewhere along in the liturgy, the choir would sing Silent Night. As the beautiful hymn filled the church with harmony, my grandmother would begin to weep uncontrollably. Once, as a child, I asked my grandmother why she wept so much. "God loves us so much," was her immediate answer.
This Christmas memory of my grandmother fills me with sadness at times, but then I remember how she died a number of years ago. As she lay in bed taking her last breath, she said, "Dear God, I love you."  I am sure that now in heaven she contemplates the eternal face of the God made man born in Bethlehem.
There is another Christmas memory that fills me with profound joy, the memory of the first time that I celebrated the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass as a newly ordained priest.
Yes, I was given the amazing privilege of celebrating my first Mass on Christmas morning after having received the inestimable gift of the Catholic priesthood on December 24, 1987, twenty five years ago. Â
My family and friends gathered together with me in Rome at a beautiful basilica dedicated to our Blessed Mother, as I celebrated my first Mass at an altar containing relics from the manger of Bethlehem.
Most of our memories of Christmas are beautiful indeed; however, many people have memories of a Christmas past permeated with sadness, times of difficulty and distress.
Why does terrible evil exist in the world? Why doesn't God put a stop to it all?
This world is not a fantasy world as if we were immersed in a Harry Potter movie. God does not fly around the world like Super Man or like a wizard stopping bad things from happening.
The gospel tells us that the wheat and the weeds grow together. God respects our freedom and many times our choices are bad. There are periods of history where it seems that the weeds outnumber the wheat.
Despite the tragedies that man inflicts upon man, the goodness of man prevails because the God-Man Jesus Christ overcame evil. The tomb is empty.
Tragedies exist; evil exists; bad things happen precisely because man rejects God. Our modern times are marked by a general rejection of God thus causing the terrible chaos that we see in the news each day.
"The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone. You have brought them abundant joy and great rejoicing, as they rejoice before you as at the harvest, as people make merry when dividing spoils" (Isaiah 9: 1-2).
If we live as autonomous beings as though God does not exist, we will be unable to recognize our need for a Savior simply because we will be incapable of recognizing ourselves as sinful creatures needy of redemption.
Christmas is all about the Savior who came to save us from sin. We need to open our minds and our hearts, and allow this Savior to possess our entire being. As Pope Benedict XVI recently wrote: "The birth of Christ challenges us to reassess our priorities, our values, our very way of life. While Christmas is undoubtedly a time of great joy, it is also an occasion for deep reflection, even an examination of conscience."
Whatever language we may speak as we contemplate the Christ child lying in the manger of Bethlehem, God speaks only one language and that language is the language of love.
The terrible problems that challenge the world this Christmas are not really a God problem, they are our problems. How do we respond?
The answer is not a what, it is a whom. "I proclaim to you good news of great joy; today a Savior is born for us, Christ the Lord" (Alleluia, Mass at Midnight).
Father James Farfaglia is a contributing writer for Catholic Online and author of Get Serious! - A Survival Guide for Serious Catholics. You can visit him on the web at www.fatherjames.org.
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Season on wolves
Senator Tom Casperson is working feverishly to push through SB 288, which removes the right for Michigan voters to vote in 2014 whether or not wolves and other species should be hunted. This regardless of the fact that over 250,000 signatures were collected from registered Michigan voters who are concerned about the future of Michigan's wildlife.
In trying to rush SB 288 through, Senator Casperson is not representing the voters in Michigan. This is not what the vast majority of voters want as evidenced by the recent petition drive. There is no biological or scientific reason why wolves should be eliminated any more than mourning doves. The grey wolf numbers have already declined as noted at the April 11 NRC meeting. The estimated population is 658, down from 687 in the previous count. Let nature take care of itself.
It is unfortunate that we live in a society where killing takes precedence over sound, scientific judgment. There will be a huge overpopulation of deer as already seen in certain areas. Large predators such as the wolf, are a necessity to our ecological balance. To permit a hunting season on wolves would be a grave mistake.
Those concerned should contact their legislators immediately and voice your opinion ASAP as this is very time sensitive.
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Country Fried Steak
Recipe courtesy of Paula Deen
- 1 1/2 cups, plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 8 (4-ounce) tenderized beef round steak*
- 1 teaspoon House Seasoning, recipe follows
- 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 2/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 quart whole milk
- 1 bunch green onions, or 1 medium yellow onion, sliced
- *Cook's Note: Have butcher run them through cubing machine
- House Seasoning:
- 1 cup salt
- 1/4 cup black pepper
- 1/4 cup garlic powder
Combine 1 1/2 cups flour and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper in a small bowl. Sprinkle 1 side of the meat with the House Seasoning and the other side with the seasoning salt, and then dredge the meat in buttermilk and then flour. Heat 1/2 cup oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add 2 or 4 of the steaks to the hot oil and fry until browned, about 5 to 6 minutes per side. Remove each steak to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Repeat with the remaining steaks, adding up to 1/4 cup more oil, as needed.
Make the gravy by adding the 2 tablespoons of remaining flour to the pan drippings, scraping the bottom with a wooden spoon. Stir in the remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and the salt. Reduce the heat to medium and cook, stirring frequently, until the flour is medium brown and the mixture is bubbly. Slowly add the whole milk stirring constantly. Return the steaks to the skillet and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to low, and place the onions on top of the steaks. Cover the pan, and let simmer for 30 minutes.
Combine all ingredients. Store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.
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