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I walk in silence as I defile
Chasing circles with a vixen vile
Only the shadows know my pain
For I walk in silence of slumbering shame
With solitudes of the fortress built
I walk in silence with a gainful guilt
No tomorrows for the sorrows sing
For I walk in silence with a sinful sting
Tears that build an ocean view
With crying clouds and a haunting hue
I walk in silence within your essence
Quicksand thoughts and projected presence
The minstrel plays a saddened song
Listening in the deafening silence that I furlong
Lonely lingering in the great abyss
For I dare to dream for your silent kiss.
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Copyright © Winged Warrior | Year Posted 2016
The Great Depression began around 1930 and it was world wide.
It was so bad that about forty thousand people committed suicide.
It began when the Stock Market crashed on October the 29th of 1929.
The Great Depression sent many people to the unemployment lines.
The Great Depression lasted over ten years.
Life was rough, that much is painfully clear.
That period brought about Gangsters and many people turned to crime.
My Grandma blamed Hoover for the Great Depression because he was President at the time.
Times were tough and many good people suffered back then.
People were happy when the Great Depression came to an end.
Copyright © randy johnson | Year Posted 2014
When all you want to do is sleep, but never feel rested.
And life's road seems too steep to stay invested.
It's help you need to reap for what's contested.
Written: 12/5/16
Copyright © Richard Olson | Year Posted 2016
The sun sets on the dark streets
Tears leave eyes as they begin to grieve
Life is hard for all
But they struggle on, trying not to fall
Food is scarce and people starve
Words of emotion in walls are carved
Houses are taken and the streets become home
Bankruptcy evident from too many loans
Whole families looking towards the sun
Remembering the times when they use to have fun
They pray together hoping for the best
Saying the Great Depression is just God's test
Copyright © William Hughes | Year Posted 2012
Sometimes a great depression rises up from with in my being And whatever light I possessed is swept away in endless waves of dark shadows Until my heart feels hollow and empty As if the spring will never come and my heart will never care enough to love again My God even the light hath forsaken me or I unwittingly have forsaken the light I know not which casts me into this chemical imbalance but the lesson is learned All men are not created equal and there's nothing I can do about that But fight on against my ancient enemies Like a blind man crossing the freeway on foot P.S. This halloween I'll go as myself.Beleave me that's scary enough!
Copyright © Michael Ainsley | Year Posted 2013
At my own admission I've grown black hearted, Find it hard to cry for the dearly departed. I've started with myself and made no difference...
my reflection ain't healthy I've been plagued by ignorance. An insignificance to that shown by my people offering deliverance.
Belligerent my mind state, no room for benevolence. I'm gonna times fate by two and make my own destiny. Remember without you there is no me!!
Contemplation on occassion as and when neccasary, no abrasions mental and or physical. Raisin like im spiritual on the mountian gazin like im quizical, I ain't doubtin I been dazin lyrical too busy blazin that's not critcal. Don't be phazin past the miracle.
Far from superior closer to inferior goes some way to explaining why my message isn't clear to ya. Far from delirious nah man, this is serious!
Remains 2 be seen weather its imperious. Far from laughin this materialistic gapping will drive us appart and continue trappin.
Can't be scared to talk bout it. We're conditioned in a way in which we doubt it.
So in ya face its a disgrace. I need a bit of saving grace. Saving face be paving waste, am I misbehaving as lm gaining pace? The blames in place and its plain in taste. We can only learn if we share with eachother!
Sounds disearning coming from a non-veteran brotha, discova the soul ja in me. I ain't on the front line wouldn't want to be. What they fightin for!? Territories, minerals to fuel our principles. I'd like to appoligise for being so cynical. This is a perfect time to take an interval.
Copyright © lee dobson | Year Posted 2012
Bills past due
Depression overcomes, spirralling tears
Copyright © Doris Culverhouse | Year Posted 2010
With tears
In your eyes
As you stared at me
With the most caring gaze.
Your childhood
Sung in sweet lyrics,
They lingered in my ears
As my throat began to tighten
With sadness.
What's that, dear?
Your parents beat you?
Never a word spoken
To anyone?
It made you a better man?
No dear,
It caused horrid memories.
Your father
Brought you to a bar
And let his friends beat you
With bottles?
My dear
Sweet Nate,
Keep singing.
Your mother
Was addicted to drugs
And violence?
What ever happened
To her?
She's buried six feet under?
What about your father?
With the other abusive men?
Dug deep
In your skin
Jump to my sight
As I quietly whimper
With your soft voice.
Copyright © Leigh Nickolyn | Year Posted 2011
Here I am , standing all alone
Arms wide open , too weak to feel
Misty eyed and frozen to the bone
Please God tell me why this is real
It starts with an itch
One I can't scratch
Like the flip of a switch
Stuck here on this patch
Embracing the freak that I am
I'm the weirdo that you know
The Great Pretender
So welcome to the show
Can you see through me
See the poison that's inside
My broken conformity
See the evil that I hide
The beast that wants out
Can't chain him anymore
It's the sin I won't doubt
Tearing me from my core
My twisted self centred hate
You pretty painted king of clowns
You've chosen your fate
But I won't let you take me down .
B.L. Harvey 26-05-2012 posted 11-03-2015
Copyright © Brandon Harvey | Year Posted 2015
The words of God are a great comfort
The day—the Last Great Day—depicts judgement
That will come upon everyone equally
God hasn't even begun to work
With the mass majority of the world
But His glorious salvation is revealed to all
But for all to hear,
The spiritual component of God
Will be added to their thoughts
—their ears will open
They will have the opportunity to repent
There will be judgment
For those who really long to change,
Doors will be open
For those who choose their own way,
He will throw into the Lake of Fire with Satan
—a most merciful action
For any way except God's is the path leading to evil
And in due course to anger,
Sadness and death
Those who choose to be gone
Will be gone
Many will weep and mourn…
Until the day of Judgment,
Once you receive the knowledge of the truth
Practice it
For you will be held accountable
For your sins
God will not overrule our human will
He wants us to choose
And continue to choose
Not all names will be seen in the Book of Life
I will be among the weeping
*inspired by John Anderson*
-a special thanks to Charles Henderson for helping me edit this piece. It looks so much better now! Thank you!-
Copyright © Laura Breidenthal | Year Posted 2012
You entered my life
By mistake I know
But I didnt think
My true feelings would show
Oh how I wish
You could hold me at night
Oh how I wish
You could hold me tight
You changed my life
This you dont know
When I held the knife
You made me let go
I wanted to end it all
And just make it go away
But you wouldnt let me fall
Although I was starting to frey
When I say Im done
And I wanna die
I remember our fun
And your beautiful green eyes
I love you
You changed my life in many ways
If only you knew
What more I want to say
Copyright © Kimber Robinson | Year Posted 2010
Beneath the soil lay our roots
Multi-legged insects walking on moss
Working hard to get the fruits
Like lost souls running to the cross
Or hungry new army recruits
With no care of profit or loss
We are the bugs
Commission on narcotic drugs
Watch as we steal the rain
Plants are ruining our brain
We feast together in the swamp
The spiders just want to push us around
They see us and want to stomp
We hide under the ground
I'm here, no fear of the chomp
It's our other way around
We are the bugs
Commission on narcotic drugs
Watch as we steal the rain
Plants are ruining our brain
One day I hope it will change
The flower tell us one day
Not to far gone to rearrange
Apex of the sun's way
Move to the balkan mountain range
Rather than be part of the buffet
We are the bugs
Commission on narcotic drugs
Watch as we steal the rain
Plants are ruining our brain
Copyright © David Savage | Year Posted 2007
I have stared at this page for too long now;
time urges me to relinquish my thoughts.
So this is it then; my last great poem; this mouth of silence and heart clotted with failure has reached the no more of me.
I'm dying in my heart; my vague clusters of verses are now a sad heaviness.
I've given everything I've got, but now the words are all gone; gone like a faint spirit lost to memory.
To be or not to be is not the question, for the pain of being supersedes the revelation of not to be.
My authority over verse has succumbed to the limitations of my greatest desire.
My words were once like Butterflies rushing towards you,
and you marveled at them as they absorbed into you;
and you felt their beauty with your heart, and you understood how the flight of their individuality settled into the oneness of poetry.
Once, my verses were full and strong and certain,
with perfection at the core of their meaning.
The hunger to write one more poem has all but left me.
All is lost. New poems will not take root when watered with the tears of yesterday.
Death will not know of my struggle.
There is nothing in me to consume the wonder in you; I am tired, and will now cease my dreaming.
This is the last great poem I'll ever write. Time has consumed all the fire in my heart…
and all the verbs and nouns in my brain.
I'm breaking down now, for I'm at a loss for words to say; (good-bye.)
this last great poem that I've just written, makes you remember me…
BUT! Please don't cry.
Copyright © Peter Fifield | Year Posted 2008
I stand my ground and white is what is me
as fair a man as there could ever be
I'll not apologize to anyone
for what the world's dependent on
but love my own, for that's the way I see.
Excuses come from those who ever fail
or educated by their time in jail
and racist it may be
but it's the side of me
who stands by justice, in its final wail;
the die's been cast; and juries set the stage
and let out are the crazies from their cage;
while whites proclaim all guilt from high
and blacks can only live the lie
expecting things to change because of rage;
whose knife has cut the thread that's meant to bind
depriving all the love there is to find?
the greatest tragedy of all
is when our backs are to the wall
that's when our hate clouds every mind.
ron wilson
Copyright © Vee Bdosa | Year Posted 2012
The great escape, the great last hope,
Something that's helping to cope.
The obscure plan, too scary to attempt,
The wrong time to feel the harm.
The logic dictates and mind creates.
Reality ruins what soul desires,
Pulling yourself it seems through the fires.
Burning inside with guilty pleasures,
Hiding the last lingering treasures.
The right or wrong measures left for the taking,
To avoid further descent or keep on faking.
Several choices, the ringing voices,
Talking and screaming inside for attention,
Scared and horrified by future intentions.
Copyright © Rytis Gervickas | Year Posted 2015
There Shall Come A Great Tribulation!
You'll find In the Bible...
In the book of Revelation.
One day... There shall come
a great tribulation.
There shall be famine and war
this world has never seen.
"Satan's fury" being poured
out upon everything.
The Antichrist will appear
as "the world leader."
"The man with all of the answers."
"A great world healer."
People won't be able to buy or sell
without a mark on their hand.
While corruption and wickedness
prevails throughout the land.
Our only hope and answer during
much chaos and anxiety.
Is Jesus. In HIM we can
have life abundantly!
This world shall one day
perish and pass away.
God's truth and his word are here to stay!
Come to Jesus now...
He invites you to come.
Accept the gift of eternal life
from God's precious son!
He's our only hope in this
world which we live.
He is so patient and kind...
willing to forgive.
Will your name be in God's
book of life someday?
Are you ready to meet him on judgment day.
This world... or Jesus... the choice
by you must be made.
The price for your soul...
on Calvary... has been paid!
By Jim Pemberton
Copyright © Jim Pemberton | Year Posted 2013
Have You Heard the GOOD NEWS?
I get so tired of hearing about
"the latest scandal…"
It makes me wonder; "how much
can this world handle?"
It seems like each day, on the news,
it speaks of "another killing…"
Are these types of things really a part of "living?"
There must be more to life than
what we hear on the news…
More to life than a cigarette
or a bottle of booze…
There's a simple message for
us that must be heard…
The secret to true living you can
find reading God's word!
It reads; "all have sinned and
fallen short of God's glory…"
But wait! This isn't the end of the story!
His word also speaks of God's redeeming grace…
This can be found anywhere. And any place…
His grace can be found through
Christ' atonement…
His love can make you a new person…
This very moment!
His word also says; "where there was sin…
Grace did much more abound!"
A brand new life in Christ. Today… Can be found!
This GOOD NEWS can transform
you by the power of the cross!
This is what this world needs… That is dying and lost!
Spending time with Jesus is always
time well spent!
May tomorrow's news read;
"Another sinner has chosen to repent!"
By Jim Pemberton
Copyright © Jim Pemberton | Year Posted 2011
"Evil is an ever present fact of life"
But one day, evil will become a thing of the past
Do we really want a world without evil?
As for me, I am sick of it
Can you believe the pain and sorrow flooding this world?
Strumming heartstrings—doing nothing
The bad keeps them excited
The evil leaves me frightened
I can't wait for the Last Great Day
The end of the damn-age
Where everyone will have their last glimpses
Of the evil we have suddenly learned to embrace
Healing the minds of so many will not be easy
But I am willing to heal the evil
Rather than willing to feed it
It was now September there was a smell of autumn in the air autumn fires burned,
On a bleak night lying on a cold wet floor the night chilled all that were out,
The naked earth was cold hard, in the distance leaves went brown and fell down,
As autumn steals upon us and steals the warm dry days the winter waits to pounce.
Sitting on a park bench drinking sherry from a bottle a lonely man feels blighted,
He has a stained duffel bag by his side full of pickings from a good days begging,
Five bottles of sherry lay in his bag it made him feel good it made him feel safe,
Each time he took a swig the sweet thick sickly liquid made him feel warm inside.
Sitting like a king on a throne with his bag of goodies he had it all a happy man,
With one hand on his duffel bag he could feel hard rounded bottles heavy and full,
At this moment he would not change life with anyone having all he needed and more,
He did not even fear the wretched hangover in the morning he could drink it away.
Finishing one bottle he felt good he gave a happy sigh and threw it across the park,
Flushed with complete happiness he pulled out another bottle and gave it a huge kiss,
He twisted the top off and put it to one side and chugged great big draughts of joy,
He sat with legs out straight getting comfortable this was a night away from sadness.
Copyright © Terry Trainor | Year Posted 2013
This structure, turns grey,
Like the moon, crumbles and decays,
Oxygen turns it blue to red,
Where will my poor atoms go?
Hell walk, so cold,
So far from the God of light,
Mercy, he says it doesn't feel right,
Take what they love and watch them die,
Skin filled with sin, hour glass redemption,
Disconnection, my life's description,
I tried so hard to not lose the ones I've lost,
But where are they now?
Billions, can't imagine,
How I came to be,
The birds will peck my eternal tree,
But at least I won't have a heart,
Stick the roses, with the box in the ground,
Need the thorns to eat,
Counting plagues and out of breath,
Where do the insects discuss politics?
Unbecoming, dis solvent,
Illusion past or no involvement,
Pretend to weep but the gas melts us away.
Copyright © Steven Delauder | Year Posted 2016
In all things, give thanks.
overwhelmed by claustrophobic depression,
Gratitude, a sacred noun,
positive attitude, a secular verb phase.
Depression and gratitude,
depressed gratitude,
mystical oxymoron.
Impossibly essential
Repression and victory.
Hope in and through blind and deaf,
senseless faith in power of positions
over doubling down negative
to co-arise resonant resolutions.
Suppression yet naked clarity,
dualdark yet light-squared
and cubed
and fractal holonic,
sacred self enslavement,
Desecrated Earth
and inhumane capitalized bodies,
giving thanks
in dawn's promised dusk.
below all,
giving thanks receiving thanks,
sacred acclimating gratitude,
humbling attitude.
Great commissions,
elevating attitudes
descending through our past.
Elevators rise to fall to rise
within great and small commissions.
Paradise fulfills embryonic love
as love grows roots in positive faith
as faith emerges out of naked hope
as hope fertilizes absence of mistrust's despair.
Desperation's absence
begins with absence of pathological denial,
returning Earth's embryonic trust
with mistrust,
light squared fertility
returning dualistic darkness.
Energy is capital,
our regenerative god
and our degenerating idolatry.
Our subsidies
grow our investments in future health
and our divestments out of past pathologies.
Information is the capital derivative of energy,
as exformation departs from embryonic negentropy.
Great commissions of gratifying robust systems
grow from small omissions of dissonant mistrust.
In all trusted and mistrusted things, give thanks.
Copyright © Gerald Dillenbeck | Year Posted 2017
Moving up over through
All I've known is felt through the end
Never a beginning always ending
Falter as I may, myself I hold - alone in company
Tress in to limestone pillars of my great hall
Great as the Norse and proud as well
Threads of time woven with clumsy hands led by blind eyes
Thus is the expanse of the web of life The Great Existence
Not where but it's the being that is. Is what I am and
What we are
Copyright © Barrett Allen | Year Posted 2012
There is a great deal of depression
in a life of pain Oh, how my body aches
I can feel every needle pains running down
my body with a burn, but than it has a coldness
to that burn like ice and fire rolling around inside me
I know no body truly knows what it is I need
But would it mean anything?
Dark Angel, has overtaken me
Like the wind roaming over the sea,
my soul longs for the day he will lets me go,
all he wants is full control over me,
but that is something I will never give
no matter what pain he gives
oh, how he cuts deep at my mind
just to see my heart bleed most of the time
his words are like an old sad love song
that plays all the time
my mind is filed with thoughts of anger
while my heart feels its loss
Oh, my tears I cry is like a flood that has no end
I was too young to understand the ways of sin
My life was never right in my mother's eyes
no matter how hard I ever tried;
all she sees could ever see about me
was the dark side of me?
she called me her black seed
oh, that was so mean of her to say those words to me,
I was only two when I started crying out
for those painful words to end
as I got older I became bolder
the pains had grown stronger
I would get down on my knees
Asking God to Please make the hurt go away,
but they never did
I would cry deep in the night
asking why did my own mother
didn't have love for me?
why did my father leave me like this?
He just handed me is old mess of pains and
Then he just walked away
without a word of goodbyes
never cared if I had tears in my eyes
their ware no words to ease my pains
every day this old pain has given me a life time of rain.
Poetic Judy Emery © 1980
The Queen Of Darken Dreams Poetic Lilly Emery
Copyright © Judy Emery | Year Posted 2017
I want to write the perfect poem
I know it's out there somewhere
Searching for home
I want to sing the world's most beautiful song
I know it's out there somewhere
Longing to belong
I want to paint the most beautiful scene
With all of Vincent's beautiful colors
Red, blue, yellow, purple, lavender and green
I want to write the picture perfect ending
I want you to love me
But I shouldn't go on pretending
Copyright © ron ryan | Year Posted 2008
You give your heart with your all,
Now all that's left are late nights to bawl.
You gave to friends where are they now?
You know you can succeed you just don't know how.
They say you are strong inside stronger than most,
You look in the mirror you feel you have enough to boast.
You run as fast as you can but it never seems to be enough to proceed,
You begin to wonder why you wake up at times when inside you bleed.
How can you be the greatest but no one appreciates the best?
You even try to blend you start to act like the rest.
Your heart becomes black sick of caring, and feeling the pain,
You carry scars that seem impossible to shake off like a chocolate stain.
Things progress yet deep inside you know your happiness is a lie,
You carry a smile and always say hi when you really want to say goodbye.
Is it fair to wake up every day pretending & trying to convince others things are cool?
No it shouldn't be others you are trying to fool.
You know this deep down but don't want pity,
You just lay there, fend for yourself and act like a new born kitty.
You feel like giving your heart in such a strong way might not have been so bright,
You now feel you've lost yourself and opening up to anyone else has become your new fight.
Now you ask was it truly worth the price?
The crying, the pain, the scars, the trauma all have been attached to a great
Copyright © James De Matteo | Year Posted 2009
life is not always fair, but God is always good
and if you want to learn to handle heartbreak just do as Jesus would
you've been disheartened, discouraged and your dreams have been dashed
the shroud of disappointment is now hanging over your path
on the road to Emmaus two disciples were in route
followers of the Messiah now walking in despair and doubt
trying to comprehend the tragedy at Mount Calvary
in a state of heartbreak over what had come to be
Jesus had been crucified and His tomb was found bare
the True Prophet was gone and His body had disappeared
the world will always favor a kind pastor and a good priest
but a real prophet reveals truths that many don't want to see
he does not sugar coat the message, he cuts to the core
he sheds light on the darkness and tells you what for
and whenever a true prophet gets into the face of society
he causes men to reexamine their sense of integrity
he exposes men's morals and makes many question their thoughts
he interprets the righteous word of God and principles we've been taught
he'll tell it like it is and challenge the powers that be
he'll remove the blinders from our eyes and expose the lies we need to see
on the road to Emmaus a man those two disciples did meet
they did not recognize Him at first but to Him they did still greet
they continued to lament about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ
until the man said to them, "ought not Jesus have made the sacrifice,
how slow of heart you are in your belief of the Prophet's stories,
for Christ had to suffer those things so He could enter into glory"
they then invited that Man to stop and share a repast
and upon the breaking of bread they recognized Him at last
Jesus was right before them and then He disappeared
their hearts were now burning for the words that Jesus shared
in a state of self pity to heartbroken to see
that a true prophet will turn tragedy into victory
He'll open up the Scriptures so that one can start
on finding strength in the Word and handling the break in one's hearts
no longer despondent nor in a state of despair
Jesus had arisen in order to draw all men near
from heartbreak to heart search and on to heartburn
let the Holy spirit give you the power to discern
the way to handle heartbreak just do as Jesus Christ
by turning gloom into glory and restoring the joy of life
the way to handle heartbreak is to live like Jesus Christ
to look for triumph in tragedy and then continue to speak life
Copyright © louise nelson | Year Posted 2008
The great mourners on earth listen;
You suffer stress mourning, in fashion
For the dead who died happily
and those who died by choice
Good input but think again next time
What will you change with tears?
The eternal timetable is set for all
What changes will you make crying?
The heavens look down on you
Wondering why tears roll off eyes
Angels are miserable all through
But the evil powers are in joy
The dead fly away as you suffer
Their body sleeping, spirit traveling
Copyright © Solomon Ochwo-Oburu | Year Posted 2017


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John Brown was executed for charges related to his raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
John Brown, with allies including five black men, led an armed abolitionist raid on the Harpers Ferry arsenal in Virginia. Two days later the US Army, led by Colonel Robert E. Lee, stormed Harpers Ferry and captured Brown.


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SANTIAGO, Chile — Veronica Armanet was 12 when men supported by President Salvador Allende's leftist government came to seize her family's farm for redistribution to the landless poor.
"Armed communists and police came into the house. We had to leave behind our machines, our beds. We left with only the clothes on our backs, without a cent, and had to live off the charity of our relatives," she said, tears streaming down her face. "That happened to thousands."


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Federal transportation officials have taken the bus company involved in a deadly New Jersey bus crash off the road.
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has taken away permission for Super Luxury Tours Inc. to operate.
Speaking at a U.S. Senate hearing in Washington earlier Wednesday, New Jersey Democrat Frank Lautenberg said Super Luxury's safety record is in the bottom 1 percent of motorcoach companies.
On March 14, a bus operated by the Wilkes-Barre, Pa., company crashed on the New Jersey Turnpike as it traveled from New York City's Chinatown to Philadelphia, killing the driver and a passenger and injuring several passengers.
A bus safety bill has been introduced in the Senate.


text: 02/5/14 02/5/14 POPSUGAR Health & Fitness Workouts Total Body Bikini Workout The Do-Anywhere Bikini Circuit 2 May, 2014 by Susi May 2.4K Shares Chat with us on Facebook Messenger. Learn what's trending across POPSUGAR. View In Slideshow Image Source: POPSUGAR Studios It shouldn't matter what time of the year it is, we should always be working on our bikini bod. So we've created a workout plan for the month of May to have you feeling strong and confident in your bikini for any season. It's a full-body strength training workout, that will keep you moving for about 40 minutes. Best of all, you don't need any equipment for this workout, so no excuses! Learn the details of the moves, print the workout, then get your sweat on! Directions: Warm up with five minutes of light cardio, then repeat each three-exercise circuit three times. Cool down with five minutes of stretching. Circuit One: Squat With Side Leg Lift Image Source: POPSUGAR Studios This squat variation tones and sculpts the butt from all angles — plus standing on one leg fires up your core. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, feet parallel. Bend your knees, lowering your hips deeply so your thighs are parallel with the floor, keeping weight back in your heels. Rise back up, straightening the legs completely, and lift the right leg out to the side, squeezing the outer glute. Lower the right leg to complete one rep; repeat the squat again liftting the left leg as you stand. Do 20 reps, alternating sides. 1 / 9 Circuit One: Down Dog Abs Image Source: POPSUGAR Studios This full body move works the upper body while focussing on the abs. It also a provides a nice stretch for the calves. Start in a Downward Dog pose, actively pushing your weight into your heels while reaching your tailbone to the sky. Lift your left leg up squeezing the left glute. Exhale rock your weight forward over your hands, draw your left knee toward your nose pulling your abs to your spine to round your back. Inhale and lift your left leg up as your push your weight back into your heels. This complete one rep. Do 10 reps, each side. 2 / 9 Circuit One: Elbow Plank With Twist Image Source: POPSUGAR Studios Twisting is good for the spine and tones the obliques, the ab muscles that crisscross the abdomen. To increase your stability in this position, reach your bottom toward the ceiling — this also works the inner thighs. Start in side elbow plank on your right side, with your feet stacked one on top of the other (you can stagger your feet for more stability). Place your hand so your fingers point away from you. Place your left arm behind your head, and inhale to prepare. Exhale, and pull your navel to your spine while rotating your ribcage toward the floor bringing your left elbow to your right hand. Return to the starting position, to complete one rep. Do 10 reps on each side. 3 / 9 Circuit Two: Beach Babe Push-Up Image Source: POPSUGAR Studios This modified one-leg push-up will challenge your arms while working your abs. Do actively squeeze the glute of the lifted leg to tone your butt too. Begin in plank with your knees on the mat. Extend your right leg straight behind you so it's parallel with the floor. Engage your abs, and keep your left heel in line with your hips by engaging your glutes. With your right leg extended, exhale to bend the elbows, lowering into a push-up. Inhale to straighten your arms, keeping your leg lifted. This counts as one rep. Do 5 reps on each side. 4 / 9 Circuit Two: Twisted Mountain Climber Image Source: POPSUGAR Studios Mountain climbers are such an effective exercise, and adding a twist really works the abs from all angles. Start in a traditional plank — shoulders over hands and weight on your toes. With your core engaged, twist to bring your right knee forward under to your left elbow. Return to your basic plank to complete a rep. Switch legs, bringing the left knee forward to the right knee for your second rep. Do 20 reps, alternating sides. 5 / 9 Circuit Three: Bulgarian Split Squat Image Source: POPSUGAR Studios Shape and lift your rear with this elevated split squat. Begin by placing the toes of your right foot on a bench, box, stair or chair, with your left leg straight. Make sure your left foot is out far enough so that when you lower your hips, your knee stays directly over your ankle. Bend your left knee, squeeze your right glute, and lower your pelvis toward the ground. Press your left heel into the ground to straighten your left knee. This completes one rep. Do 15 reps before switching legs. 6 / 9 Circuit Three: Superwoman Push-Up Image Source: POPSUGAR Studios Proper posture can make you look up to five kilograms thinner, so in this exercise focus on strengthening your upper back to help you stand tall. Being lying with the front of our body on the mat. Exhale and lift your legs and upper body off the mat, pulling your elbows back squeezing your shoulder blades down and together. Keep your abs engaged to protect your lower back. Inhale and lower your legs to the mat, placing your palms by your shoulders. Exhale, engage your abs and push your body up into a full plank. Inhale, lower your body slowly to the floor to complete one rep. Do 10 reps. 7 / 9 Circuit Three: Butterfly Crunch Image Source: POPSUGAR Studios Don't let the sweet name fool you, this move works the abs quite thoroughly. Lie on your back with your knees open and the soles of your feet together (in a butterfly position). Lengthen your arms overhead so they are resting on the floor. Exhale and bring your hands and knees toward each other performing a full-body crunch. Your shoulder blades should be off the mat as your perform a small reverse crunch lifting your pelvis a bit off the mat. Hold this position for a moment and really feel your abs squeezing. Slowly lower your arms and feet back to starting position to complete one rep. Do 15 reps to complete a set. 8 / 9 Marching Bridge Image Source: POPSUGAR Studios This exercise helps strengthen the back for good posture, but to keep the pelvis stable you as your march in this position you really need to engage your glutes. Lie on your back with your hands by your side, with your heels about 12 inches from your pelvis. Press your heels into the floor to come into a bridge position with a neutral spine. Press your right heel into the floor, and keeping your knee bent, raise your left leg until your hip is a 90 degrees. Lower your left leg down, pressing through your glutes so your pelvis doesn't drift to the floor along with the leg. This completes one rep; switch sides and lift your right leg for your second rep. Do 20 reps, alternating legs. 9 / 9 Join the conversation Chat with us on Facebook Messenger. Learn what's trending across POPSUGAR. 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Madonna at the Hard Candy Fitness Opening in Toronto (February 11 2014)
Madonna at the Hard Candy Fitness Opening in Toronto (February 11 2014)
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5000 whom continue use are. Revenue to exclude LGBTQ consumers. You'll say, be specific industries. Food Stuff,Banking,Service companies,
Entertainment,Medical and Marketing. Corporations many of executives are Madonna. Clients, pleasure wish fellow LGBTQ. Best regarding business decisions Madonna. Signature gyms another challenge aware. New locations anticipated: San Francisco,Chicago and NYC. LGBTQ have experience discrimination many. Have health related ordeals this not. Exclusively anyone responsibility let's draw. This Rock Hudson (1925-1985) along renowned. Singer Peter Allen (1944-1992) and Dan Hartman (1950-1994) the concern. Has, society acknowledge LGBTQ contributions.American society forget externals media. Has continued promote bigotry towards. LGBTQ citizens were respected tax payers. Are
privacy not government concern. Contrary many incline pre-judge LGBTQ. Stand up laugh behavior of so called. Gayness irrelevancy of
social expectations. Noted: professionals whom lost there lives. Has
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this life when preview. Michael Jacksons's video's of Thriller era! Give
acknowledgment to Michael Peters (1948-1994). Whom eager share his
talent. Madonna both admired innovative talent. Herb Ritts (1950-2002)
gift to photography lost. Madonna you lost many friends to HIV. Remind you we LGBTQ bought fame. To lame Madonna, you never. Given accordance of solidarity once before. If getting information on LGBTQ society. Encourage go by LGBTQ centers or. Offer your knowledge forum to empower. The LGBTQ movement many Republican. LGBTQ whom detest exclusive support. LGBTQ society problem whom understands you. Hello, your society Madonna how about. Food Banks whom contribute needs those. Fix incomes those listed I support. Greater
Chicago Food Depositary,San Diego Food Bank,Food Bank for NYC,Food Bank of Southern California,Los Angeles Regional Food bank. Food Bank of Michigan besides gyms. Going use proceeds Madonna benefit. Charities I know,whom is this. Queen to dictate well not
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LGBTQ advocacy. Your dear, Anderson Cooper going. Purchase estates Newport Beach,CA,Sonoma County,CA,Greenwich,CT and Nantucked,MA. Anderson so elated your purchasing. Estates of your choice argument. Gotten so called LGBTQ award GLAAD. For what cultural contribution? Lingering homophobic attitude media racism! Not
blaming you, not example aspiring. LGBTQ men do you support equality.
American networks for all including transgenders! Gotten insight homes
previewed by Anderson. 13 Squam Rd,17 Lincoln Ave and 30 Orange st.
Nantucked,MA. Celebrities getting attention ignoring LGBTQ cause.
Chris Hughes seeking purchase lot Nantucked,MA. 7 Heather Lane along Aiken Rd and Roundhill Rd estate. Greenwich,CT "Children they have cash. Successful lot whom ignore LGBTQ cause. Anderson is client of referred realtors. Herth while seeking properties Chris using.
Domicile Properties call Larry and Julie. Inquire about Ellis Act and 1229.
Madonna shall receive tax exemption. Anticipated locations forgotten while opening. Toronto location Madonna, LGBTQ citizens have. Full rights including advertising must. Included LGBTQ consumers Madonna
your friends. Forest City Reality have gotten many tax breaks. Irate there
billion dollar cartel "Children of the Rainbow". Expose those using system
when hear. Of building or development purpose. Metropolitan area, public record get company name. Then see deductions then lobby. Against them, lies saying create employment. Deferred taxes for 10yrs.
NY state. California and Chicago could receive 15yrs! What about fair housing your learning. Gentrification has cause disparity for. LGBTQ residence many retired or average. Employment whom there to assist us! Madonna? LGBTQ in media buying desired estates. Slap LGBTQ
organizations in are faces. Children of Rainbow" Frank Nolan is VP of
sales and development. Vanguardsf renowned and prominent real estate. Firm Frank has driven success with. Corporate developers especially ASEAN free markets. Japanese,Hong Kong and Canada you'll
nothing. Wrong Frank is LGBTQ yes has my. Acknowledgement contradiction Frank has many LGBTQ. Celebrities purchasing homes why sell. TIC units former apt buildings. Evicted LGBTQ renters? Now, this not Frank problem resolution. The "Crummy Crew" could advocate for fair housing. San Francisco apparently understand many. LGBTQ business persons impartial or don't care. Frank informed us I pay taxes.
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buildings mixture of office. Condo and hotels exclusively Japanese investments with cash. Frank is linguistics fluent Japanese. Proficient Asian real estate investments net over. $500 million in sales encouraging factor. Anabuki Kosen,Mitsui Fudosa and Daikyo Frank elated give hello to Mitch! Whom not member of Buffalo,NY pride. San Francisco not what you assume if your. LGBTQ outing yourself before immigrate have. Career write political official support grants. LGBTQ citizens were excluded by Dept of Education. Myself engineer managed to obtain master. Degrees various elements of engineering still. Donate to LGBTQ organizations Madonna when. Open your locations shall be in rich only. Areas segregate by class? Since your resident of the Hamptons,NY. Peter Thiel is client of whom? Paragon simply call lovely Anita and Sally.
Pretty faces forgotten selling TIC units. Randy Omin Hotel and Raimon Land deals. Crummy Crew whom oppose fair housing going. Profit on
developments permitted redevelopment agencies. Board of Supervisors
of San Francisco bought. Affluent "Diamond Few" whom control the
merit. Charade Madonna when open your locations. Wish you the best
without stress! Start donating for appropriate cause. LGBTQ assist you.
Frank and Mitch we know Madonna give. VIP passes can we attend? Those former residence of TIC units. Frank native of Chicago many organizations. Assisting LGBTQ cause Madonna anticipating. Location soon Frank make. Madonna real estate offer or calle. Alderman Tom Turney and James Cappleman both. Blu councilmen of Chicago fighting.
For equality LGBTQ cause they lost. Chateau Hotel sold to BJB properties whom. Own property in San Francisco and L.A. Chateau Hotel was former home. HIV/AIDS and elderly LGBTQ gotten no. Protection from evictions judgement leave. Housing is essential LGBTQ,
Madonna are gyms. For the elite whom defeat justices! Frank has many
friends in real estate development. Eager to acquire land in San Francisco with. ASEAN developers co-owners names The John Buck co,
O'Donnell Investments co,Darwin Realty Corp,Venture One Real Estate,
John Hancock real estate and Center Point Properties. Oppose supporting Chicago LGBTQ organizations Mr. Broker. Not incline to dine or refine. Indifference LGBTQ receive Chicago discriminates towards, LGBTQ tenants Franck. Admire your business efficiencies your. LGBTQ
citizens everyone feels the bigotry. American society assist LGBTQ movement. Knowledge housing policies Mr. Broker your. Selling 4101
3rd st,6770 Mission st,3500 19th st,4335 3rd st,537 Natoma and The
Palms. Frank why did the developers receive tax breaks? Much success to you Mr. Broker were. Going fight stop having developers. Receive
tax breaks never offer REITS for lower. Income policies should include of
cities. We honor tax breaks offer low income REITS! Forest City reality
whom bringing Atlantic Yards Brooklyn,NY. Anticipate what? 3rd Townsend "Caltran" station call them tax exemption. 20yrs. due to cost
build office towers. Market rate condos and 5%low income. No,1229 still
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Contradict this,Forest City along Far East Organization. Along developers from Thailand and Hong Kong. Adamant on making billions!
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Receive special treatment why? Celebrity bring fame to whom. Not those
trying secure fair housing Frank is you reconsider your support. Agencies respect you Uptown People's Law Center,Lakeview Pantry,
Organization of Northeast (ONE),Lakeview Action Coalition,AIDS Foundation of Chicago,Chicago Fair Housing,Metropolitan Tenants Organization,Heartland Alliance,Cabrini Green Legal clinic,Chicago Legal clinic,Lawyers Committee for better housing and Eauality Illinois. Once before Madonna thank. For allowing LGBTQ advocacy those. In doubt reason become member. Solidarity entails, unity and strength. Bye
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marketing. Improving the competition, Madonna do believe. Chains going strain there brains. Allow independent signature gym. To endure success?
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look great but the hair is a mess
Well, she abandoned the cane, but if you look closely you're going to notice her left feet is all tied up in bandages, wich means that it may not have improved much…
Get well soon, my queen !! We love you !!
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Quintes Gebhard
Quintes Gebhard, 97, of Round Top died Thursday, July 24, 2014 at Gazebo Terrace Nursing Home in Brenham. Quintes was born in Round Top on Sept. 26, 1916, the s n of Alfred and Hulda (Spiess) Gebhard. He married Pearly Kruse on Jan. 27, 1946 in Warrenton. Quintes served in the U.S. Army from 1939-1940. He was a self-employed painter and carpenter until his retirement. He also was a farmer and cattle rancher. He is survived by his daughter, Linda Levien and husband, Larry, of Round Top; son, Quintes Gebhard, Jr. and wife, Charlene, of Brenham; three sisters-in-law: Talitha Gebhard of Fayetteville, Una Mae Haney of Bryan and Janet Roeder of Shiner; four grandchildren: Luke Levien and wife, Mary, of Bryan, Landon Levien of Round Top, Lacy Boggan and husband, Ethan, of Washington, Mary Lou Ocanas and husband, Eddie, of Brenham; four greatgrandchildren: Hoyt and Coby Boggan, Aiden and Aderes Ocanas.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Pearly Gebhard, of 52 years; two brothers: Hilmer and Elgin Gebhard; two sisters-in-law: Minnie Gebhard and Irma Kruse; two brothersin- law: Lee Kruse and Melvin Roeder; and great granddaughter, Nayeli Ocanas. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Koenig & Strickland Funeral Home. Family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Funeral Services will be held at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 412 S. White St. in Round Top, at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Burial will follow at Haw Creek Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of one's choice. Family and friends can view and sign the guestbook online at www.lagrangefunerals.com. Koenig & Strickland Funeral Home in La Grange was in charge of arrangements.
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Helios Hotel Monza
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Helios Hotel Monza
About the hotel
Property Location
A stay at Helios Hotel Monza places you in the heart of Monza, convenient to Royal Villa of Monza and Monza Cathedral. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Monza Park and Autodromo Nazionale Monza.
Make yourself at home in one of the 90 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities
Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access, babysitting/childcare (surcharge), and tour/ticket assistance.
Enjoy a meal at one of the hotel's dining establishments, which include 2 restaurants and a coffee shop/café. From your room, you can also access room service (during limited hours). Mingle with other guests at a complimentary reception, held daily. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Planning an event in Monza? This hotel has facilities measuring 2153 square feet (200 square meters), including meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Year Built 1975
- Coffee shop or café
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Free self parking
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free WiFi
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Number of floors - 6
- 24-hour front desk
- Meeting rooms
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Conference space size (meters) - 200
- Multilingual staff
- Laundry facilities
- Bar/lounge
- Luggage storage
- Snack bar/deli
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Total number of rooms - 90
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Free reception
- Conference space size (feet) - 2153
- Elevator/lift
Room Facilities
- Free WiFi
- Free toiletries
- Satellite TV service
- Minibar
- Climate control
- Hair dryer
- Television
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Private bathroom
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Shower only
- Daily housekeeping
- Desk
- Phone
- In-room safe
- Room service (limited hours)
- Air conditioning
Hotel Policy
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- Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
Mandatory Fees and Taxes
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the hotel:
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 2.00 per person, per night
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A bill to allow Pennsylvanians to register online to vote is on its way to the House of Representatives.
Wednesday's vote in the Senate was unanimous on a bill that would bring Pennsylvania into the growing ranks of states that allow the practice.
The National Conference of State Legislatures says 16 states have approved online voter registration and it's a hot topic in more than a dozen other states.
The Pennsylvania Department of State, which oversees elections, had begun setting up an online voter registration system last year. But it was dropped amid complaints from county officials that they were swamped with the demands of Pennsylvania's new voter identification law.
The Senate also passed bills to require campaign finance reports and lobbyist disclosure reports to be filed electronically.
Currently people can register to vote in Pennsylvania by mail, in person at a county voter registration office, while getting a license or at a variety of government agencies.


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Royal Albert Hall plays host to UGLE's epic Tercentenary celebrations
Over 4,000 Freemasons from Provinces, Districts and 136 Grand Lodges around the world were present as the Royal Albert Hall was centre stage for the United Grand Lodge of England's Especial Meeting and Tercentenary celebrations on Tuesday 31st October
This gala event marked 300 years since four lodges met at the Goose and Gridiron Tavern in St Paul's Churchyard on St John's Day, 24th June 1717, to form the Premier Grand Lodge. The spectacle was also streamed live to audiences from around the world, including UGLE's headquarters at Freemasons' Hall.
With Grand Lodge having been opened and called off in a convenient room, the procession of Grand Officers entered the Hall, before the Grand Master, MW Bro HRH The Duke of Kent, took his place in the Queens's Box. He was accompanied by the Pro Grand Master MW Bro Peter Lowndes, Deputy Grand Master RW Bro Jonathan Spence and Assistant Grand Master RW Bro Sir David Wootton.
He was also joined by a number of special guests, which included RW Bro HRH Prince Michael of Kent, VW Bro HM King Tutu II of Ashanti and RW Bro HE John Kufuor, Senior Grand Warden.
The audience was wowed by a theatrical extravaganza showcasing the history and heritage of Freemasonry and featuring a cast of renowned actors including Sir Derek Jacobi, Samantha Bond and Sanjeev Bhaskar. The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra provided the musical accompaniment against the backdrop of a colossal 55ft gold Square and Compasses and dramatic light show incorporating the 'All Seeing Eye'.
After the performance, the Grand Master was processed on to the stage and all the Rulers were seated in their normal thrones. The Deputy Grand Master then read a letter of loyal greetings sent to Her Majesty The Queen and the reply received sending 'warm good wishes to you all for a most successful event'.
The Grand Master, as Permanent Master of the three Time Immemorial Lodges (Lodge of Antiquity No.2, Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge No.IV, and Lodge of Fortitude and Old Cumberland No.12), then called upon his three Deputy Masters and was presented with the Volume of the Sacred Law, the Square and Compasses and the Wren Maul.
Other highlights included the return of the Soane Ark – the Ark of the Masonic Covenant – as the Deputy Grand Master announced that following 30 years in the making, a replica had been made to the original design. This was brought onstage where it was dedicated by the Grand Master.
The finale was the most rousing singing of the National Anthem, before the procession of Grand Officers retired from the Hall.
Following the meeting, Grand Lodge was called back on in a convenient room, and this Especial Meeting to celebrate UGLE's Tercentenary was closed.
Find out how to watch a screening of the Tercentenary celebrations here
Final leg of the Provincial Tercentenary travelling banner journeys across Cornwall
The final journey of the Provincial Tercentenary travelling banner made its way through Cornwall on Saturday 14th October, terminating with a Civic Parade through the streets of St. Mary's on the Isles of Scilly
The Provincial travelling banner has been specially designed by all eight Provinces that make up the South West region. Each of these Provinces have enjoyed being the custodian of the banner throughout its entire journey arriving at many special locations.
The final leg was supported by the Provincial Grand Masters for Cornwall, RW Bro Stephen C Pearn, and Devonshire, RW Bro Ian Kingsbury, together with a special guest, the United Grand Lodge of England's Assistant Grand Master Sir David Wootton.
Despite the arrival of the impending Storm Ophelia, the weather, whilst overcast, remained dry and warm. Proceedings started with a bumper lunch at The Mermaid Inn on St. Mary's Quay, followed by an enthusiastic Civic Parade in full Masonic regalia through the streets, which was supported by local islanders.
The parade continued its way through the streets until it reached Godolphin Lodge No. 7790 , where those who had paraded assembled in the Lodge room together with several lady guests to hear an historic oration by the Provincial Orator for Cornwall, W Bro Mike Murton.
The special events then concluded with a Festive Board held in the stunning conservatory at the Star Castle Hotel.
Presentation on the Improvement Delivery Group
Quarterly Communication
13 September 2017
A presentation by RW Bro Bro Sir David Wootton, Assistant Grand Master
Pro Grand Master and brethren, we all have our own view of what we see in masonry. For me, it's five things:
- We're all volunteers: none of us have to be masons or do what we do. The magnificent total of £3,100,000 announced at the North Wales Festival on Saturday was all the result of volunteering: voluntary time, voluntary effort, voluntary money;
- What we now call "social inclusion": bringing together people of different origins, backgrounds, occupations, interests, locations, opinions, faiths; people who would not otherwise meet; in a common activity in which all are fundamentally equal;
- Our purposefulness: when we meet, there's a purpose, whether it's a masonic meeting, ritual; or charity or a community project; the best recent example I saw, the Jurassic Coast Youth Adventure organised by Dorset, 200plus children in need from all over the country taken on a week's healthy activities by the sea. Whatever it is, we want to do it well, and we do;
- The practice of every moral and social virtue: words cited by the Bishop of Worcester, not a mason, at the Provincial Tercentenary Service on Sunday in a sermon that would inspire every mason. Our, if you like, moral code, best illustrated in the Charge to the Initiate, is a huge asset which will play increasingly well with younger generations for whom such things are in short supply;
- The social side: we do do the best parties, don't we, getting to know each other informally, in friendship, and it works because of the other factors I've mentioned.
We all sense a steady move to greater openness: the Sky TV programmes; publicity in the right way for our charity and community activities: the word Freemasons on the London's Air Ambulance; wearing regalia in public: all in the right direction.
Recognising masonry's good things but sensing that the make-up and profile of our membership – age, number – were going in the wrong direction, the Board of General Purposes – BGP – set up the Membership Focus Group – MFG – under the inspired leadership of Ray Reed to find out what was happening to today's membership, to assess the likely affect on tomorrow's and, if we didn't like that – which we didn't – to decide what to do.
Deciding what to do is called STRATEGY – YES! The MFG produced, and everyone adopted, Strategy: The Future of Freemasonry 2015-2020, which I know we've all read and like.
Thoughts then turned to implementing the Strategy. Ooh, the MFG said, could be difficult – better get someone else to do it, and so was born the Improvement Delivery Group – IDG (I hope you're keeping up with the jargon, brethren) to Deliver the Improvements which should flow from the work of the MFG.
I was out of the room at the time, so they made me Chairman. Also out of the room was Provincial Grand Master for South Wales and Third Grand Principal Gareth Jones, so we made him Deputy Chairman.
Strategy is no good unless it is accepted, understood and embraced by the membership – remember we're all volunteers. The IDG had to show it was including Craft and Royal Arch, and all areas of the country, and Head Office. So, in addition to Gareth and me:
- Michael Ward, London
- Jeff Gillyon, Yorkshire North and East Ridings
- Stephen Blank, Cheshire
- Peter Taylor, Shropshire
- Tim Henderson-Ross, Gloucestershire
- Charles Cunnington, Derbyshire
- Ian Yeldham, Suffolk
- Mark Estaugh, West Kent
- Stuart Hadler, Somerset
- Gordon Robertson, Buckinghamshire, who leaves us on retiring as PGM and is replaced by James Hilditch, Oxfordshire
- Ray Reed
...and from Head Office:
- Grand Secretary Willie
- Assistant Grand Secretary Shawn
- ..and now Chief Executive David
Brethren, in light of all they do, I would like all those I've named to stand and be recognised. Thank you.
To pick up the work of the MFG we formed Working Groups matching the elements of the Strategy. The Strategy talks about effective governance at all levels; a leadership development programme; the attraction and retention of members; and the sustainability of masonic halls. Thus…
Gareth Jones is leading our Governance Group looking at who and what does what, the roles and responsibilities of each office and body, what they and what they're not, and how we ensure that people understand what their roles and responsibilities are and aren't, and what is expected of them. From the esteemed Adelphi2 we have lots of lovely statistics which will help show how Provinces and Districts are doing in terms of membership and help them to direct their efforts where they are needed.
Leadership – Michael Ward – aims to equip office-holders for their roles. Workshop sessions for PGMs and Grand Superintendents; workshops for Deputy PGMs and Grand Superintendents; next week the first training session for secretaries. We now have a UGLE training officer, Andrew Kincaid, to devise and roll-out training roles for all different roles. This not about imposing uniformity – you will do it this way – but helping people to see what's involved and how to do the job well.
Jeff Gillyon's Masonic Halls Group have published the Masonic Halls Centres of Excellence Guide, now available, best electronically, and those responsible for the management of masonic halls are strongly encouraged to use it: you will find it very useful. It is now in the charge of John Pagella, Grand Superintendent of Works, who has formed a Steering Group to manage the Guidance Manual and keep it up to date. There will be an annual meeting for all Provincial Grand Superintendents of Works.
The five Provinces in Regional Communications Group 1 – North of England – on the initiative of Gordon Brewis, Provincial Grand Superintendent of Works for Durham, have recognised the need for professionally qualified Provincial Grand Superintendents of Works and arranged for them to meet so that the adoption of best practice can be recommended uniformly across them all.
The Guidance Manual is not a book to be read from cover to cover: it is a reference tool, to be consulted as circumstances lead. It is guidance, support and advice: a guide to best practice. It can't give definitive advice on, for example, legal issues, because so much depends on individual circumstances.
We want our halls and centres to be at the centre of the local community. Maybe we should refer to them as Masonic Community Centres.
Our Membership Group, headed by Peter Taylor, has circulated for comment the Membership Pathway, the product of several years of devoted effort, and parts well piloted in ten Provinces and 110 lodges Its purpose is to help lodges attract and retain the right members in the right place: to show what we need to do to attract the members we want to join us, stay and enjoy the full masonic journey.
Again, it is not a book, you do not read it cover to cover, you look at the parts you want as and when you need to.
The Pathway will be launched at the Provincial and District Rulers' Forum – PDRF – on 18 October and then rolled out. So no-one should worry that they will be presented with it and then left on their own. Roll-out will be organised for you: to Regions and Provinces from January to March next year, and then to lodges….and there will be a folding leaflet on the front of Freemasonry Today in December.
There is much demand from masons to know more about masonry, its origin, history and meaning. Stuart Hadler's Education Group is creating an online store of masonic learning materials, readily accessible in a Virtual Learning Environment. It will be tested later this year, introduced to a number of pilot Provinces in the new year, and full roll-out will be in later in 2018. What the group want is more materials to include, so contributions welcome, please.
In parallel to all this continues the excellent progress of the Universities Scheme, of which I am honoured to be the President. Existing and new lodges, and chapters, here and in Districts, recruit among students at universities and equivalent across the country and outside the UK, and do so very successfully. There are still a number of universities in this country not represented in the scheme, and we are addressing that.
I would like to thank all who are involved in the scheme, all volunteers, for all they do, and in particular the Chairmen: the founding Chairman, Oliver Lodge, now moonlighting as the Grand Director of Ceremonies; Edward Lord, current Chairman who retires after eight distinguished years at the Scheme conference in this building on 4th November; and Chairman-Designate Mark Greenburgh, who takes over on that date, and I would ask them to stand and be recognised too.
Many Provinces and Districts have New and Young Masons' Clubs, with a wide variety of imaginative names, and those that don't will. These clubs are an excellent way of those newer to masonry getting to know more other newbies, and building essential camaraderie. The clubs are holding their conference on 14 October in Birmingham under Gareth Jones' leadership.
All this, IDG and others, is about creating our future, which is in our hands and which we are doing. The figures already show that it is working: in many areas there is a discernible shift in the trend of the numbers, and there will be more.
I have illustrated this talk with scenes from the everyday life of an Assistant Grand Master. Here's the last one. In his sermon at the Durham Tercentenary Service last Thursday – I'm into clergy this morning, brethren – the Dean of Durham, also not a mason, said he saw masonry as a confident, open and engaged fraternity with strong foundational values.
We can do this, brethren, we can do this.
Thank you.
Report of the Board of General Purposes - 13 September 2017
Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge
13 September 2017
Report of the Board of General Purposes
The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of 14 June 2017 were confirmed.
Meetings in 2018
The Board of General Purposes will meet in 2018 on 13 February, 20 March, 15 May, 17 July, 18 September and 13 November.
Attendance at lodges under the English Constitution by brethren from other Grand Lodges
The Board considers it appropriate to draw attention to Rule 125 (b), Book of Constitutions, and the list of Grand Lodges recognised by the United Grand Lodge of England, which is published in the Masonic Year Book, copies of which are sent to secretaries of lodges. Only brethren who are members of lodges under recognised jurisdictions may visit English lodges. They must produce a certificate (i.e. a Grand Lodge certificate or other documentary proof of masonic identity provided by their Grand Lodge), should be prepared to acknowledge that a personal belief in TGAOTU is an essential Landmark in Freemasonry, and should be able to produce evidence of their good standing in their lodges. It is the Master's responsibility to ensure that the requirements of Rule 125 (b) are met.
It is particularly noted that the hazard of admitting a member of an unrecognised constitution arises not only in connection with overseas visitors, or individuals resident in this country who belong to an unrecognised constitution overseas, but there are also lodges of unrecognised constitutions meeting in England, and care must be taken that their members are not admitted to our meetings.
Attendance at lodges overseas
Brethren are reminded that they are permitted to visit lodges overseas only if they come under a jurisdiction which is recognised by the United Grand Lodge of England. A list of recognised Grand Lodges is published annually, but as the situation does change from time to time, brethren should not attempt to make any masonic contact overseas without having first checked (preferably in writing) with the Grand Secretary's office via their Metropolitan, Provincial or District Grand Secretary, that there is recognised Freemasonry in the country concerned and, if so, whether there is any particular point which should be watched.
The Board recommends that the terms of this warning should be repeated:
- verbally in open Lodge whenever a Grand Lodge Certificate is presented, and
- in print once a year in a lodge's summons.
Brethren should also be aware of the masonic convention that communications between Grand Lodges be conducted by Grand Secretaries. They should therefore not attempt without permission to make direct contact with the Grand Secretary of another Constitution. This does not preclude direct contact on a purely personal level between individual brethren under different Grand Lodges.
Prestonian Lectures
2018: The Board has submitted a nomination to the Trustees of the Prestonian Fund and they have appointed C.P. Noon as Prestonian Lecturer for 2018. Bro Noon states that the title of his lecture will be A Good Workman Praises his Tools: Masonic Metaphors in the Ancient World. Arrangements for the delivery of the Lectures to selected Lodges will be considered by the Board in November and applications are now invited from lodges. Applications should be made to the Grand Secretary, through Metropolitan, Provincial or District Grand Secretaries.
The Board desires to emphasise the importance of these lectures, the only ones held under the authority of the Grand Lodge. It is, therefore, hoped that applications for the privilege of having one of these official lectures will be made only by lodges which are prepared to afford facilities for all Freemasons in their area, as well as their own members, to participate and thus ensure an attendance worthy of the occasion.
The Board has received a report that Merlin Lodge, No. 6156 has resolved to surrender its Warrant in order to amalgamate with Prudence Lodge, No. 4127 (Cheshire). A resolution that the lodge be removed from the register in order to effect the amalgamation was approved.
Erasure of lodges
The Board had received a report that twelve lodges had closed and had surrendered their Warrants. The lodges are: United Temperance Lodge, No. 3107 (Cheshire); Garden City Lodge, No. 3112 (London); Edric Lodge, No. 4299 (Middlesex); Theobalds Lodge, No. 4726 (Hertfordshire); Wealdstone Lodge, No. 5236 (Middlesex); Streatham Vale Lodge, No. 5623 (Surrey); Pymmes Park Lodge, No. 6193 (London); Tamesa Lodge, No. 6806 (Surrey); Lodge of Reliance, No. 7476 (West Kent); Eros Lodge, No. 7783 (London); Lodge of United Endeavour, No. 7854 (London) and Grays and Orsett Daylight Lodge, No. 9766 (Essex).
A resolution that they be erased was agreed.
There was a presentation by Sir David Wootton, Assistant Grand Master, on the Improvement Delivery Group.
Expulsions from the Craft
Nine brethren have been expelled from the Craft.
Library and Museum Charitable Trust
There was a report from the Council of the Library and Museum Charitable Trust for the year ended 31 January 2017.
List of new lodges
List of new lodges for which warrants have been granted by The MW The Grand Master, showing the dates from which their Warrants became effective with date of Warrant, location area, number and name of lodge are:
14 June 2017
9948 Bahamas and Turks Tercentenary Lodge (Nassau, Bahamas and Turks)
9949 Yuma Lodge (Long Island, Bahamas and Turks)
9950 Derbyshire Motorcycle Lodge (Ilkeston) Derbyshire
Special Communication of Grand Lodge
A special communication of Grand Lodge to celebrate the Tercentenary will be held on Tuesday, 31 October 2017 at the Royal Albert Hall. Admission is by ticket only.
Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge
A Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge is held on the second Wednesday in March, June, September and December. The next will be at noon on Wednesday, 13 December 2017. Subsequent Communications will be held on 14 March 2018; 13 June 2018; 12 September 2018 and 12 December 2018.
Annual Investiture
The Annual Investiture of Grand Officers takes place on the last Wednesday in April (the next is on 25 April 2018), and admission is by ticket only. A few tickets are allocated by ballot after provision has been made for those automatically entitled to attend. Full details will be given in the Paper of Business for December Grand Lodge.
Convocations of Supreme Grand Chapter
Convocations of Supreme Grand Chapter are held on the second Wednesday in November and the day following the Annual Investiture of Grand Lodge. Future Convocations will be held on 8 November 2017; 26 April 2018 and 14 November 2018.
Pro Grand Master Peter Lowndes recognises the vital contribution of members in Grand Lodge's 300th year
Securing our future
Pro Grand Master Peter Lowndes is encouraged and humbled by members' efforts as they ensure the Tercentenary year is a success
In our Tercentenary year, it is fitting that we look back on our history with pride. On 18 April we remembered brethren who have fallen since 1945 in the service of their country by opening the Masonic Memorial Garden at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. A week later, in the presence of the Grand Master, we remembered those of our brethren awarded the Victoria Cross in the First World War in a magnificent ceremony outside Freemasons' Hall.
And so, as we look back with pride, we must look forward with confidence, recognising that we are a force for good in society and have so much to contribute to it. The Sky 1 documentary series has given us an amazing platform and viewing figures have been good. It has been well received and our Provinces are reporting an upsurge of interest, which I know you are capitalising on in order to secure our future. In addition, I believe it has enabled us to be aware of how important it is to talk openly about our Freemasonry and, perhaps, how best to do so.
As Pro Grand Master, it is very encouraging, yet humbling, to witness just how much effort you are all putting in to promoting our masonic values and making this Tercentenary year such a tremendous success. Your charitable giving never ceases to amaze me, and a magnificent total of £3,617,437 was raised at the Sussex Festival for the Grand Charity. This has been followed by the West Yorkshire Festival for the RMBI, which raised £3,300,300. I now have firm figures that show that last year we not only supported our own brethren with more than £15 million in grants, but also helped non-masonic charities with grants in excess of £17 million.
This year, the nation has been rocked by the serious terrorist attacks at Westminster Bridge, the Manchester Arena and at London Bridge. You should be aware that we have received numerous letters of support and concern from other Sovereign Grand Lodges around the world, some enclosing generous cheques to the East Lancashire Fund. These have supplemented the extreme generosity shown by many towards this fund, and I have been assured by the Provincial Grand Master that the money will be spent wisely where need is identified.
While congratulating you on all your efforts, I must pay tribute to my fellow Rulers, who have been globetrotting on our behalf. Having previously been to Bombay, the Deputy Grand Master paid a second visit to India this year to join the District of Northern India's Tercentenary celebrations, and followed this by attending a Regional Conference in Jamaica.
The Assistant Grand Master, as President of the Universities Scheme, invaded South Africa with a very strong team. He followed this, immediately after our Grand Investiture, with a gala lunch and banner dedication in Malta. As a past Ruler, David Williamson kindly represented us in Gibraltar. And just to show that I have not been sitting idly by, I have just returned from a most enjoyable visit to our District in the Eastern Archipelago, having previously visited Bermuda for the bicentenary of its Lodge of Loyalty.
Carrying out these visits is a great privilege, and our brethren in the Districts value our presence and have great pride in being members of the oldest Grand Lodge.
'We must look forward with confidence, recognising that we are a force for good'
Atholl lodges unite in celebration
The Association of Atholl Lodges celebrated the Tercentenary in a special event hosted by Athol Lodge, No. 74, at the Severn Street Masonic Hall, the oldest masonic meeting place in Birmingham, in the Province of Warwickshire
Present at the meeting were Grand Patron and Assistant Grand Master Sir David Wootton and Warwickshire Assistant Provincial Grand Master Trevor Sturt.
Addresses were given by Association Chairman Geoffrey Abraham on the history of Atholl Lodges, and by Clive Moore on 'The Atholl Legacy'.
Dorset Freemasons fund adventure holiday for over 200 children
The efforts of Dorset Freemasons, with the support of Freemasons across the country, have given over 200 children a free adventure holiday for a week
This project, conceived in Dorset, was a unique way for Freemasonry to work for the benefit of the wider community, as well as providing an unprecedented opportunity to celebrate 300 years of Freemasonry in England. The Masonic Province of Dorset was delighted to host 209 deserving children for a Jurassic Coast Youth Adventure holiday.
122 children from Dorset schools were joined by a further 87 from 14 other Provinces as far afield as Durham and Cumberland and Westmorland at a cost of £500 for each participant, which was funded by Freemasons.
At the beginning of their stay, each child was given £20 pocket money, two specially designed t-shirts and a matching baseball cap as souvenirs. One of the organising team commented: 'All the young people and many of the leaders on arrival were overjoyed and amazed at what Freemasonry had provided for them. Several children were moved to tears at not only being presented with t-shirts and a cap but pocket money as well. You could see on many faces that they were experiencing something beyond their imagination and dreams.'
One of the highlights of the week was the visit by the Assistant Grand Master and former Lord Mayor of London Sir David Wootton who, in the company of Dorset's Provincial Grand Master Richard Merritt and the organising team, spent the morning watching the delight of the children dragon boat racing and raft building at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.
After joining the children for lunch at Osmington, he witnessed a host of activities including abseiling, fencing, aeroball, the giant swing, archery, a sensory trail and a beach walk. Following the children's dinner, and before the evening camp fire, he had pleasure in presenting children with a group photograph and certificate in memory of and testament to their exciting stay.
The free holiday was organised by Dorset Masons and was entirely funded by many Masonic Lodges and their members across England and Wales.
Assistant Grand Master Sir David Wootton becomes patron of Lifelites
The United Grand Lodge of England's Assistant Grand Master Sir David Wootton has lend his support and expertise to a new role as patron for Lifelites, the charity which donates and maintains inclusive technology for terminally ill and disabled children in hospices
Sir David was introduced to Lifelites through his role as Assistant Grand Master and as Master of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, a livery company for senior practitioners in the information technology industry. Since learning more about the charity's work, he has decided to lend his name to help the organisation and the children it supports.
Sir David devotes much of his time to supporting charities and other non-profit organisations. He has previously worked with organisations such as The National Trust, The Institute of Cancer Research, The King's Fund and Charles Dickens Museum, among others.
Lifelites – originally a Freemasons' millennium project but now a registered charity in its own right – donates and maintains specialist packages of assistive and inclusive technology for the 10,000 terminally ill and disabled children at every children's hospice across the British Isles.
The technology the charity provides helps these children to play, be creative, control something for themselves and communicate, for as long as it is possible. It gives them the opportunity to escape the confines of their disabilities and do the things which we take for granted, but which they never thought possible: paint a picture, make music, or play a game with their brothers and sisters.
Sir David Wootton said: 'I am delighted to be in two organisations that are big supporters of Lifelites and am therefore doubly keen to support them. I recently visited their office and was shown what the dedicated team do there by their terrific Chief Executive Simone Enefer-Doy.
'They have a musical instrument you can play just by passing your hand through a beam of light, a screen you can paint on in different colours electronically just with a move of the eye and the amazing magic carpet which projects an image or game on to the floor that you can actually interact with. These are all products of great imagination which transform these children's lives and give them the chance to do what we all take for granted.'
Chief Executive of Lifelites Simone Enefer-Doy commented: 'We are bowled over that Sir David has agreed to become a patron and support the work of Lifelites. We have no doubt that his status in the City Community will be perfect to assist us in raising the profile of Lifelites among this important audience.'
To find out more about Lifelites, please visit the website here.
Devonshire Freemasons hold Tercentenary Service of Thanksgiving
In the bright sunshine, Exeter Cathedral was the picturesque setting as 800 Devonshire Freemasons, dressed in regalia, made their way to the Tercentenary Service of Thanksgiving with their families to celebrate 300 years since the formation of the Premier Grand Lodge
The Provincial Grand Master of Devonshire RW Bro Ian Kingsbury and his Executive were accompanied by the Assistant Grand Master Sir David Wootton and the Grand Chancellor Derek Dinsmore, as well as the Lord Lieutenant of Devon, the Lord Mayor of Exeter and Vice Chairman of the County Council.
The Tercentenary Service of Thanksgiving was held on the anniversary date of the formation of the United Grand Lodge of England on June 24th 1717.
Masonic bell ringers led by James Kirkcaldy heralded the service, as 32 lodges displayed their beautiful banners while the full choir of Exeter Cathedral took them through a truly masonic service of Thanksgiving.
There were many highlights including the readings by the PGM and Executive and the Tercentenary Oration given by W Bro Reuben Ayres which detailed the exciting journey Freemasonry has made in the last 300 years.
Please scroll through the gallery at the top to view all the photos from the service
Pro Grand Master's address - June 2017
Quarterly Communication
14 June 2017
An address by the MW the Pro Grand Master Peter Lowndes
Brethren, as we approach the 24th June 2017, the actual date of our Tercentenary Anniversary, it is very fitting that at this meeting we look back on our history with pride. John Hamill, in his inimitable style, has reminded us of the debt we owe to the Time Immemorial Lodges whose foresight set us on our current path and the Grand Master will be unveiling a plaque recognising this next week. Whilst mentioning the Grand Master it is fitting to remember the debt we owe him and recognise that today is 50 years to the day since he was elected as our Grand Master. How fortunate we have been.
We also congratulate W Bro Cyril McGibbon whose 105th birthday it is today. He still attends every meeting, rather appropriately, of Lodge of Perseverance No. 155 and recently proposed the toast to the ladies at their last ladies' evening.
On the 18th April we remembered all our brethren who have fallen since 1945 in the service of their country by opening the Masonic Memorial Garden at the National Memorial Arboretum and, a week later, in the presence of the Grand Master, we remembered with pride those of our brethren awarded the Victoria Cross in the First World War in a magnificent ceremony outside the Tower Entrance to Freemasons' Hall. For those unable to witness that event a DVD has been produced, the proceeds of which will be donated to the VC and GC Association.
And so, as we look back with pride, we must look forward with confidence, recognising that we are a real force for good in society and have so much to contribute to it. The Sky TV programme has given us an amazing platform and viewing figures have been good. The series has been well received and our Provinces are reporting a real upsurge of interest which I know you are capitalising on in order to secure our future. In addition, brethren, I believe it has enabled us to be aware of how important it is to talk openly about our Freemasonry and, perhaps, even how best to do so. For those without Sky TV, a DVD has been produced which is available in the Letchworth's shop as from today.
Brethren, as Pro Grand Master, it is very encouraging, yet humbling, to witness just how much effort you are all putting in to promoting our masonic values and making this Tercentenary year such a tremendous success. I congratulate you all. Your charitable giving never ceases to amaze me and, at the recent Sussex Festival for the Grand Charity, a magnificent total of £3,617,437 was raised. This has been followed by the West Yorkshire Festival for the RMBI, which raised £3,300,300. These are fantastic results and, brethren, I now have firm figures which show that last year we not only supported our own brethren with over £15 million in grants, but helped non-masonic charities with grants in excess of £17 million.
Brethren, this year the nation has been rocked by a number of serious terrorist attacks at Westminster Bridge, the Manchester Arena and at London Bridge. You should be aware that we have received numerous letters of support and concern from other Sovereign Grand Lodges around the world, some enclosing generous cheques to the East Lancashire Fund which have supplemented the extreme generosity shown by many towards this fund and I have been assured by the PGM that the money will be spent wisely where need is identified. Thank you so much.
Brethren, whilst congratulating you on all your efforts, I must pay tribute to my fellow Rulers who have been globe-trotting on our behalf. The Deputy Grand Master has paid a second visit to India this year, this time to attend the District of Northern India's Tercentenary celebrations having previously been to Bombay and then followed this by attending a Regional Conference in Jamaica. The Assistant Grand Master, as President of the Universities' Scheme, invaded South Africa with a very strong team. He followed this, immediately after our Grand Investiture, with a gala lunch and banner dedication in Malta. As a past Ruler, David Williamson kindly represented us in Gibraltar and just to show that I have not been sitting idly by, I have just returned from a most enjoyable visit to our District in The Eastern Archipelago having previously visited Bermuda for the bicentenary of their Lodge of Loyalty.
Carrying out these visits is a great privilege and our brethren in the District really value our presence and have great pride in being members of the oldest Grand Lodge. Their hospitality is most generous as they try to kill us with their kindness. Sleep is rarely on the agenda.
Brethren, many of you here today, in fact I would say the majority of you, are wearing the Tercentenary jewel and I have been impressed by the take-up of them, particularly in the Districts. Now that we have overcome the supply problem I hope you will encourage members of your lodges to acquire one if they have not already done so.
That brings me neatly on to the subject of the very fine Tercentenary Master's collar ornament. Many Masters' collars display the 250th or 275th jewel and as from 24th June, surely the 300th would be more appropriate and if lodges are not displaying any jewel then surely now is the time to show pride in having reached this landmark. It is a very fine silver gilt ornament and whilst I have one here, the best way for you to see it is to acquire one for your lodge.
Finally, brethren, at this meeting, I normally tell you to enjoy the summer break and come back refreshed which, of course, I hope you will. But, the number of events between now and September is staggering. May I suggest that you enjoy them and use them to reinvigorate our lodges. I feel immensely proud to be leading such a vibrant organisation at this time.
Thank you all.


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Senate Proposal Would Eliminate Diversity VisasWednesday, April 24th, 2013
(Hispanic Business) The U.S. Senate proposal to replace diversity visas with a merit-based program is being met with skepticism by some civil rights groups and black lawmakers.
The current proposal is to create at least 120,000 merit visas a year by 2015 that would be replace the 55,000 diversity visas that have been doled out annually via lottery.
Advocates said they haven't seen evidence yet a new merit-based program is an acceptable replacement for the diversity visas.
Hilary Shelton, director of the NAACP's Washington office, is advocating the diversity program be retained, the Washington publication The Hill reported Friday.