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Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.), U.S. senator: Calico Joe, by John Grisham (Doubleday). Joe Castle is a rookie phenom until one fast pitch changes several lives forever.
Cathy L. Lanier, D.C. chief of police: The Hypnotist, by Lars Kepler (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). After a young boy's family is murdered, a detective turns to a hypnotist to pry clues from him.
Jim Lehrer, executive editor of the "PBS NewsHour": Beastly Things, by Donna Leon (Atlantic Monthly). A body with few identifying marks washes up in a canal, posing a forensics challenge for Commissario Brunetti.
Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's "Hardball": They Eat Puppies, Don't They?, by Christopher Buckley (Twelve). A satire of U.S.-China relations.
Robert F. McDonnell (R), governor of Virginia: Washington: A Life, by Ron Chernow (Penguin). The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of the first president.
Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), U.S. senator: Cleopatra: A Life, by Stacy Schiff (Little, Brown). Schiff clears up centuries of myth surrounding one of history's most compelling and famous women.
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), D.C. delegate to Congress: It's Even Worse Than It Looks, by Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein (Basic). How the American constitutional system collided with the politics of extremism.
Diane Rehm, host of "The Diane Rehm Show": Traveler of the Century, by Andres Neuman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). A man finds himself trapped in an existential debate with an old organ-grinder.
James Webb (D-Va.), U.S. senator: Eisenhower in War and Peace, by Jean Edward Smith (Random House). A biography of the World War II general who became president.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. secretary of state: Anything that's not a six-inch-thick, three-ring binder of briefing material.
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Early on in my seminary formation, I greatly enjoyed learning about morality and ethics. My main role model at the time had a great knowledge of ethics and had impressed that upon me. I enjoyed learning how the great philosophers and theologians evaluated the "rightness" or "wrongness" of a given action. I was drawn to topics like "intrinsic evil" and levels of culpability for a given circumstance. However, at the same time, I also struggled with my own personal life. I was choosing evil quite often. While I was capable of discussing and evaluating the evil of an action philosophically and objectively, at the same time, I routinely chose and took part in such gross and painful things. My actions and my life did not seem to reflect the very topics that I was so passionate about. Due to the pain of my sins, and the voice of shame flowing from solely a moralistic view of life, I had trouble hearing Christ. There I was, in the seminary, and afraid to let Christ speak to me about me. In the end, Jesus felt like a standard I could not live up. Because of this, I hid behind impressive moral jargon and correct teachings, but in reality my heart was far from a relationship with Him.
I bring this up because there is in the Gospel today a line of scripture that used to fill me with fear and move me to isolation. After coming to Thomas, the resurrected Jesus says, "Do not be unbelieving, but believe." In my narrow, moralistic heart, I used to hear these words as a command issued from a drill sergeant, as if Jesus were shouting, "Get your act together, try harder, and stop being bad!" To one already filled with shame, this voice drove me further away into my own self-sufficient impulses. Over time, however, and to my great delight, I came to learn that the voice I heard is not the living Jesus, the true Christ, and I came to know this because of the "tone" behind the words.
The "tone" of Christ is what we celebrate today; the Church calls it, "Divine Mercy." Christ's eyes, His heart, his tone when communing with us is not one of condemnation or harshness, but a tone of elation, healing and liberation. As I came to hear and trust this love, I noticed scripture "sounded" differently to my heart. The same line in this Gospel passage, "Do not be unbelieving, but believe," was no longer an external reprimand. Instead, Jesus was inviting me, asking me, and, in fact, begging me to believe Him (He loved me, and therefore He would honor my freedom). To my delight, when I allowed Him in, He let me drink the "streams of living water" that He wanted to pour upon my dry heart. The result of such a gift was that even morally I began to experience freedom. I still had to choose, but my choice was gently guided and propelled to the good and true.
This freedom is what the Church celebrates today on Divine Mercy Sunday. Pope St. John Paul II, the same pope who gave us Theology of the Body, was the one who declared this Sunday to bear the mark of Divine Mercy largely because he knew the power of Christ's words to set the human heart free from sin. Divine Mercy is so linked to Theology of the Bodybecause it is due to our dignity as sons and daughters of the Father, that Jesus wants to show us His Devine Mercy. From the balcony of St. Peter's, the new Pope John Paul II said these words, "Be not afraid! Christ knows what is in man. He alone knows it – I ask you…I beg you, let Christ speak to you. He alone has words of life, yes, eternal life." The question for each of us on Divine Mercy Sunday is, where do we need to allow Christ to speak with his authentic tone of voice? Perhaps it's into your marriage that has been unsatisfying for a while now and you are afraid to name it? Perhaps it's into your workplace, where you don't even think about letting God in? Perhaps it's how you see yourself? Maybe it's an area of sin and resistance where you cannot imagine allowing another person to see this part of your experience? For each of us the encouragement is the same: let Christ speak to you, the real Christ, in his beautiful tone of voice. After all, He is Divine Mercy in the flesh.
Father Ryan Mann was ordained in May 2014. He is a parish priest at St. Charles Borromeo parish in Parma, OH. He loves jazz clubs, comedy clubs and movies. He enjoys great meals with good friends and being out on a boat in the summer time. Above all of these things, Fr. Ryan loves the eternal life and love of Jesus that is given as a taste through all these little pleasures. Fr. Ryan has attended Theology of the Body I and Theology of the Body II courses with the Theology of the Body Institute.


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God is so kind. He can take the worst of life and make the most beautiful things. After my mom died a girl she knew in college heard about it from the school newspaper. She started writing to my sisters and me. She wrote for a couple months and then asked if she could come visit. She flew out and from the moment we meet her we loved her. She poured into our lives from then on and became like a mom to us. She has faithfully loved us and cared for us when we were alone and hurting. Her example is a guide for me through life. I want to love and serve like she does.
She was in a bad car accident a couple years ago and it did serious damage to her brain. For therapy she was advised to go back to school. She did and last weekend she graduated. I was proud of her and thankful that I had the opportunity to finally stand next to her after years of her standing next to me. We had the best time together. She is so thoughtful. I walked into my room to find gifts, fresh flowers, and a stack of pictures of my kids cause she knew how much I missed them.
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(they live on a beautiful farm and I soaked up every minute.)
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From the aunt of an IDF soldier, worries what the occupation is doing to him. She read an article in March 21 Haaretz and shares her concerns with the broader Jewish community, through Jewish Peace News.
Dear all...
My nephew, whom I greatly love, was conscripted not long ago into the IDF after a year of national service, and chose to join a combat unit. To my knowledge, I am the only one in the family who is unhappy about all of that (except the national service part, when he worked with disadvantaged urban youth).
However, this is not my child, but my sister's child. Since I am not the parent, what could I have said? How much could I have interfered?
I sent him an email when he was inducted, saying, basically: "Sometimes after people get in the army, they discover that it is not what they thought it would be and they are troubled when they learn how it really is. If this happens to you, there are resources -- people you can talk to, outside of the army"-- and I gave him some suggestions.... names of organizations he can contact. --Meantime he has finished basic training and is in an officer's course. I wonder what slogan will be on the T shirt someone in his unit will print to mark the end of the course (see below)?
Will I be sorry later that I did not dare to interfere more vocally? I think about what he will almost certainly be required to inflict on others, including noncombatants, including children, unless he opts out somewhere along the way, a choice requiring a very strong resistance to groupthink and to a lifetime of brainwashing, a choice grounded in a profound inner conviction that the IDF is wrong, wrongly deployed, an instrument of a criminal and oppressive national policy, massively transgressing the norms we are supposed to hold dear -- a conviction which I can't see how he can possibly have developed, all of a sudden. And, since we become what we do, I think also about what this behavior of his will be doing to him. When he comes home on leave, surely he will be treated like a good son, a good brother. No one will ask for details of what he has been doing since his last leave. How is he to know he is doing wrong if everyone around him acts like all is well? That vacuum, that silence, seems to me to be criminal. That silence makes the families of IDF occupation soldiers into accessories to the murder of noncombatants. Doesn't it?
Today, after reading Uri Blau's "No Virgins, No Terror Attacks" in Haaretz, I sent my nephew another email - pasted below. I try to be gentle with him because I keep reminding myself that this is not a volunteer army. My nephew was conscripted, and if all the brainwashing he has been subjected to, and his misplaced patriotism, made him a willing conscript into an army of occupation, still he was a conscript, nonetheless. That distinction, of course, will have no bearing on his culpability for any war crimes he may commit while in uniform.... Not even the Qassams fired from Gaza at civilian populations in Israel will have a bearing on his culpability for any war crimes he may commit while in uniform...
Dear G.,
I hope you are well and doing OK, hon...
When I saw this article (below), I immediately thought of you. You are the one I worry about these days, for a lot of reasons. What they talk about in this article is one of the reasons...
Try to take care of yourself somehow in the midst of all the insanity.
Read the Haaretz article online: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1072466.html
I rest my case.


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The Chadao Heritage Trail
I am starting a project--'The Chadao Heritage Trail'--that I hope will promote a greater awareness of 'The Way of Tea' during the Tang Dynasty before it became 'Chado' in Japan.
There just isn't enough material available in English, thus the urgent need to compile, translate and edit textual sources and compile oral histories.
I have read some interesting material in Chinese on chadao emerging in Chan monasteries at Mt. Emei in Sichuan. A lineage of tea masters apparently began in 845 C.E., with the Chan Buddhist Dharma Master Chang Fu (昌福禅师) and it is a lineage, however fragmented or broken, that continues to this day.
Any information in Chinese and English on chadao, articles, dissertations, etc, with the emergence of Chan Buddhism in the monasteries in China circa eighth century and perhaps much earlier, would be greatly appreciate.
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Historical Records for Del Principe – Part 2
by Phyllis Zeck
Below is continued research from Kathy at GenTracer. She has dug deeper into our family roots to uncover more of our Del Principe ancestors. Click on the page above titled "Del Principe & Ciolli Family Tree" to see more charts like the one below.
Documentation from GenTracer:
The goal of the Zeck #4A research project was to comb through the civil registration records of Pescasseroli, LAquila in order to extend the clients ancestral lines. Emphasis was to be placed on the Ciolli and Del Principe families. However, any other family lines could be extended where needed. Because the targeted family members of this project were born and married before civil registrations began, our search was limited to the death records of Pescasseroli.
The project began with Raffaele Ciolli and his wife, Speranza Tudini. In previous research their marriage was sought but not located. As Raffaele and Speranza were noted as alive in the marriage banns for their son Pietrantonio Amabile in 1854, their death records were searched for after that year. The death indexes of Pescasseroli were examined for 1854-1857 (FHL #1360904), death records for 1858-1861 (FHL #1360905), death records for 1861-1863 (FHL #1360906), and death records for 1864-1865 (FHL #1360907), the last available year of the microfilmed civil registration records of Pescasseroli. Their deaths were not found. (more…)


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The Lane Tech Murals
In 1907, the Art Institute of Chicago invited all art teachers
across the state of Illinois to convene for the purpose
of improving the work of their students
or as they put it :
"to get more beauty in manual art products and more graphic art that is useful"
In response to that convention,
Thomas Wood Stevens (1880-1942),
a young instructor at the Art Institute,
began the mural painting class that two years later
would compete for the commissions sponsored by wealthy benefactor,
Kate Buckingham (she of "Buckingham Fountain")
to adorn the walls of the new Lane Tech High School.
As Stevens wrote:
"These hundreds of children must grope their way into American traditions, for the old world traditions of their fathers and mothers do not hold out long against the hard attrition of the American city. The children find in the paintings some hint of America in the making"
"We have encouraged the adaptation of subject pictures to decoration.. the student (artist) concerns himself little with matters of archeology and research and devotes himself to the composition and painting."
Stevens still has some reputation as a painter and muralist,
but primarily he is known for founding
the first theater department in America (at Carnegie Tech)
Clearly --- he was a bright guy
and probably a very inspirational young teacher
who got more out of his students
than they had in them.
From what I can tell, none of them went on
to successful careers in art.
But their works compare well
with what the large workshops
of earlier eras might have turned out.
And the four students chosen
represent the diversity
of the student body at that time.
Two were female, and
William E. Scott was African American.
(note: this was 60 years before
Affirmative Action -- and Chicago
was hardly a paradise of racial harmony,
as revealed by this
story about a model
who refused to pose for black students.)
William E. Scott
Yes -- I think this really is some hint
of America in the making
Gordon Stevenson
These paintings have
picked up the energy of the street
and have good, lively drawing
(I've got several images of this one,
none of them perfect,
so I thought I'd show them all)
They're all good,
but this painting by Margaret Hittle
seems especially inspired
(probably by the theatrical Mr. Stevens)
Dorothy Loeb
This is the famous "Lost Mural"
that was uncovered later.
It's called "The Primitive Forge"
and this artist
is the only one whose other work
can now be found on the internet.
Not that she had a big career,
but that she never stopped painting,
and lived in Mexico on a small pension
from her family.
O.K. -- maybe this is just
typical school text book illustration.
But there is a kind of fresh excitement about it
that gets lost when professionals
are cranking out another job.
Henry George Brandt (1862 - ?)
Six years later,
a much older student from the same class,
was commissioned to celebrate
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The Satanic Cult Abuse and Gang Stalking are Real
February 9, 2012
|The Articulate and Intelligent Sarah Stanga — MK ULTRA, Satanic Cult Abuse, and Gang Stalking Survivor. Click photo for her blog.
A short time ago I was contacted by a friend on the Project Avalon forum asking me to look into the case of Sarah Stanga. I was unaware of who she was, and did not know that a video had been released with a four hour interview of her. The friend also asked if there was anything I could do to help her.
I sat down and watched the video and contacted her almost immediately. I was very happy to discover that we have another voice speaking out against the unconscionable abuses of children by high level rotten people who use mind control, torture, and black magic among other things to manipulate, control and use the abilities of intelligent and psychic children like Sarah Stanga.
The evil powers that be took a major hit to their collective nuts when Ms. Stanga came forward.
She is one of the few people who have had the bravery and perseverence to come forth and rip the lid off the secret goings on of the Illuminati. Though the man interviewing her was quite a bit too aggressive in his treatment of her, particularly when she was covering some of the more deeply personal and sensitive subject matters such as rape and torture, she was able to convey her story extremely clearly and coherently.
I highly recommend that you watch her interview and also her video blogs. In them, she reveals being used as a "soul singer" at various black rituals, some of which included no less than Prince Charles, Camilla, and other members of the royal family. Yes, you read that right.
Astrology a Main Factor
All children selected to be part of these sorts of projects and rituals are chosen for a reason. Sarah talks about why she was chosen, which was partly because her forced and traumatic birth happened to coincide with the holiday of a particular goddess and her astrological chart is comprised of mostly the fire element.
While I have never met Sarah personally (that I remember), I can corroborate or at least validate this part of her story because the same thing was done to Duncan and myself. They analyzed our birth charts and discovered, among other things, that the charts indicated an optimal pairing for the two of us.
If you overlay our charts, they are almost completely symmetrical (and oddly in the shape of a heart), but the list of factors that make us astrologically a good pair is very long and there are still some things I am sure we don't even know about.
Also, my own chart has an extremely large proportion of the element of water in it, which is one of the reasons why I was used so much in Project Seagate, which I have not talked publicly about as of yet. It may also explain who I was involved so much in the genetic breeding of humans and sea animal hybrids.
Sarah Stanga is the Real Deal
I wanted to do a post about Sarah partly because in the interview with her it is mentioned loudly and often that her story cannot be confirmed or backed up which is not exactly true. And I want to go publicly on the record to say that I believe she is telling the truth, and we want to support her and assist with getting her story out, especially since we have so many survivors following the blog.
The more we understand how the bad guys operate, the better we can come up with solutions for shifting the balance of power and regaining our freedom.
This is one reason why Sarah's information is so valuable. It gives us priceless intelligence into the very inside-est of inside workings that no one has yet revealed in other interviews.
Sarah herself has stated numerous times in public and privately that she is anxious for people to do the research and check her story out and help validate it (So often, I wonder why people think that asking the lab rats for their lab reports and files and paperwork of the experiments performed upon them makes any kind of sense. Surprisingly, they neglected to give us hard copies breaking down the hows and whys of our torture and terrorization).
Looking to the Future
I am incredibly impressed with the amount of wisdom and insight that Sarah has provided into the plight of the scores of thousands who have been used in satanic rituals by evil people.
And I use the term "people" loosely. Most of you should know that the top of the proverbial food chain ain't human. But that's a story for another day.
I highly recommend that those who are MK ULTRA survivors as well as those who are interested in truth and learning about the seamy underbelly of the dark individuals who are attempting to orchestrate the world's downfall pay close attention to this blog. There are so few people with the intelligence and courage to come forward, despite tremendous resistance and harassment, to reveal the crucial details of these satanic rituals and lifestyle. Sarah Stanga is one of those brave people.
Sarah has been subject to all kinds of torture and harassment which continues and has even escalated of late with her coming forward. She has paid a very large price to bring YOU this information. She is subject to astral and electronic attack, being followed, having complete strangers accost her and scream at her in public, and being messed with on every level — mental, emotional, psychic and physical.
Know that the information we all bring you comes at a steep cost. Though suffering with a severe case of PTSD, Sarah is nonetheless continuing to reveal not only what was done to her, but her real-world solutions as to how she deals with it and triumphs over her torturers. She is to be commended.
Check out Sarah Stanga's blog!
read also:
Electronic Stalking: The Silent Massacre
Satan's Nation
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Hang in there Sarah !
You will find very soon the help that you've asked. We will post your blog and send it to as many people as possible.
We are with you on that struggle,thanks for sharing with us.
Thank you Sarah for telling your story. It must be very difficult for you but God is on your side. Some websites:david icke, alex jones, infowars, prisonplanet, kevinannett.com (he does exorcisms at the Vatican). May you overcome your experiences and be successful in exposing all of this evil and those involved. Patty
Though with no personal experience, except my husband who was tampered with by mind control experimenters in Montreal in the 1970's, we never really explored what may have happened to him until 20 years ago, when these MK-Ultra accounts started coming out in alternative media – and we learned a lot. Now I realize that these mind control techniques, from experiments conducted, are being used. Look at so-called 'police brutality', in epidemic proportions around the world. These poor law enforcement officers are programmed, and go in for periodic training to strengthen the programming – and it is the same programming around the world now, particularly in North America, and the U.K. "Stop resisting" is a Mantra used to kick-start the violence among the police officers. No one is resisting when 3-6 cops are on top of them. It is a signal for violence. They become like a pack of mad dogs – to maim, and possibly kill the victim. You see, the global plan is to dominate and exterminate, and storm-trooper local police is the product, the cream-of-the-crop, provided by brainwashing experts. We must know the enemy is right now in our midst. As my husband said of a friend of ours in the Ontario Provincial Police, 'but he's a nice guy.' Exactly, they are all 'nice guys' until the mental switch makes them into programmed robots. A lady I know didn't like it when her son switched from being a poorly paid personal trainer to being inducted into the Canadian police also. He cut off almost all contact with her after graduating from the police academy – you see she was very outspoken about the global conspiracy. Then I believe she was targetted with a microwave weapon. She had a major stroke, and she has been stuck away for two years in a nursing home with no therapy provided. Her son has never visited her. The State wanted their investment in this young man protected, and his mother started making waves when she knew what her son had been involved in during the Vancouver Olympics. Get it? She was destroyed to protect their investment in him. And her son was always skeptical about the alternative info she had been giving him, as was the rest of her family. I have been reading and watching all the websites and videos @Patty Brey — It is no longer enough to expose the evil. It is too late, too late, too late for that.
Postscript to my above comment/don't want to post again, and I apologize, but this is so important to everybody really. I must add, regarding the story of my friend whom I believe was targetted by a microwave weapon (DEW – Directed Energy Weapon) – she was also very vocal in her community and among friends in protesting against the installation of cell phone towers in the lovely rural, high hilly area where she lived in Ontario, Canada. This is crucial, because the cell phone towers are part of the new mind control grid, which my friend and I feared might be the case back in 2002. Here's are three quotes from an expert:
"As I have stated in several recent articles, my reporting indicates that the nationwide cell tower- mounted microwave radio frequency directed energy weapon system – is under the operational command and control of the prime cyber-security contractor to the federal government, Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Global Solutions, whose Mission and Combat Support Solutions central command is located in Norristown, Montgomery County, PA."
"Published literature also indicates that various forms of electromagnetic weaponry are in the hands of various military and intelligence agencies and commands, ranging from the HAARP atmospheric research facility in Alaska to state and local police forces, some of which may be equipped with microwave weapons ranging from acoustic "sonic scream" devices to so-called 'active denial systems' ostensibly intended for crowd control."
"This cell tower attack network has been deployed under the cover of 'national security,' apparently as a means to instantly and covertly disable electronic devices that could be used as weapons by terrorists or hostile forces. The technology requires a continuous radar stream of microwave energy — meaning that the entire population of the United States is being bathed in microwave emissions every minute of every hour of every day."
This man's extensive articles are at these links. Copy them out for future use, and to share:
The expert also stated:
"I have solid reason to believe that elected officials in the Obama administration are now aware that the domestic directed energy weapon (DEW) system is being used against extrajudicially targeted American citizens to silently torture, impair, subjugate and, yes, slow-kill them."
As for myself in Canada, I believe that this is not a 'USA police state problem.' The modus operandi now going forward knows no borders. Everyone is at risk. There are accounts of people suffering these attacks around the globe.
But it is beyond the level also of individual stories of injustice and abuse. World events, large-scale human tragedies, and wars – perhaps the true 'war to end all wars' – are being orchestrated by attacks on leaders and politicians. It is not only blackmail. Those who cannot be blackmailed to obey, or bribed to obey, or who refuse to submit to threats to sell-out their countries — these key people are right now suffering in silence, and paying the price, in ways we cannot imagine.
I am most sorry to say that the story of sarah being presented in part two video base 10 is self evident. The children having their feet chopped off and then sarah being congradulated for participating, there is more to this. She was being congradulated because she is the one who chopped the feet of the children. Sorry sarah but you know way to much. You were carrying a weapon. You did it.
I cannot get her blog out of my head. I was used for experiments of "reception testing", abducted my entire life for breeding programs. I can't remember most of the details, but for a while I was part of a brain washing campaign where they tried to convince me that they were "protecting" humanity by regulating children's inventions, games, and thoughts. After some terribly unkind treatment of child geniuses (I was then in my early teens), and witnessing mind alterations (all energetic, that changed the way the brain fired and connected to the recall of information or areas of the brain that generated this genius)I told the group that was "educating" me, to go to hell, that I was done and they were no longer allowed to have access to me. I missed the rides in UFO's and being privy to the movement of the unseen worlds of in-between spaces… but I still prefer to this day to cut off all communication with all the meddling dudes, good and bad, because I have my own life to live. Except it's starting to trickle back into my memory and I'm at the point where I am looking at taking the next step to all this… to help myself. To help others. To evolve spiritually. And to help the planet and the collective here, as best as possible. Peace Sarah. I hope to meet you one day. Love to you and all of us working to anchor Love and Truth.
This is what gang stalking is…
YouTube: Message to Americans – A Critical Appraisal
YouTube: Robert Naeslund Mind Control Victim
And check out:
The Silent Massacre (Parts 1-6, Law Enforcement Complicity in Electronic Torture & Mind Control in America)
These links, however, do not address the complicity of psychiatrist, researchers and others with for profit motivations.


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The previously revised chapter <670> was published in Pharmacopoeial Forum 40(6), November-December 2014, and will become official on May 1, 2016 (USP 39-NF 34). This revision included the introduction of compendial standards for packaging desiccants. Common types of commercial desiccants are, for example, bentonite, calcium chloride, calcium oxide, molecular sieves, and silica gel. For these materials specific tests and assays are described in the general chapter.
Other desiccants are subject to appropriate testing to ensure suitability for the intended application. The desiccants may be incorporated directly into the wall or cap of packaging containers or bound by a carrier material.
On the basis of a comment received, in Pharmacopoeial Forum 42(1) it is proposed to cross reference general chapter Spectrophotometric Identification Tests <197>, to add the needed flexibility to the Infrared Spectroscopy section of paragraph Pharmaceutical Coil in chapter <670>. Therefore, the ATR technique can be used as alternative method.


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Tomato and Olive Pasta Sauce
This is simple and delicious. Serve with garlic bread (using vegan margarine) and a simple salad.
2 tbsp olive oil
Heat the olive oil in a pan. Add the onion and fry for 5 minutes. Add the garlic, tomatoes, stock, tomato puree and bay leaf. Simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Meanwhile, cook some pasta following the instructions on the packet.
Cool the tomato mixture slightly and remove the bay leaf, then whizz in a blender or rub through a sieve. Reheat gently in a pan and add 10 pitted black olives, sliced into rings.


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Inauguration Weekend Begins
Inauguration weekend has begun with President Obama's National Day of Service—a day of volunteer projects that he added to the 2009 inaugural schedule and hopes will become a presidential tradition. Speaking to a group of volunteers at Burrville Elementary School in Washington, Obama called the day an "affirmation that we're all in this together." More than 500 volunteers will join the first family today to help give Burrville a much-needed makeover. First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden's wife, Jill, will also host the Kids' Inaugural Concert on Saturday, which honors military spouses and children.


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Two International Standard Problems (ISP) have been successfully concluded in 2003. The ISP-41, performed in three steps, including comparison with experiments and parametric calculations, was purely dealing with iodine chemistry in the containment. The integral ISP-46 on the Phebus FPT-1 experiment included one part devoted to the same issue. The main outcomes from both exercises are first summarized. Then the lessons learnt on modelling and integral aspects as well as the implications for plant studies are given. Some weaknesses are still remaining in the iodine chemistry models and codes. They have been identified and improvement is expected from the results of newly launched experimental programmes and from modelling effort.
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Saturday, June 6, 2009
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The Catonsville Steel Drum Band performs outdoors tonight at 6 pm to kick off the Lurman Theater summer season. The free concert is on the grounds of the Catonsville High School (Bloomsbury side). Alumni members return to play some old tunes, and the band plays a mind-blowing classical piece too. Hopefully we will be sitting near the path at the top of the hill. Bring yout lawn chairs or blankets and snacks, but no alcohol allowed. No concert if it rains.....the auditorium is being remodeled. Hope to see you there!
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The Guardian reported on June 9, 2013 that Britain has a debt to revenue of 212%. According to the pro-evolution online encyclopedia Wikipedia Britain has an external debt to GDP ratio of 390% in 2011. Why is a 390% ration so serious? What is an external debt to GDP ratio?
According to Wikipedia:
....External debt, the total public and private debt (i.e. gross general government debt including both intragovernmental and sub-national public entities debts) owed to nonresidents repayable in internationally accepted currencies, goods, or servicesA world of financial hurt is coming to the UK.
We know that public schools are costly and less efficient than private schools and that many local governments are now struggling to fund them in a time of weak economies in the West. Furthermore, a crisis funding public schools is coming to America according to the agnostic Bill Gates. See: Efficient private schooling will grow in the West and Chicago schools are closing their doors
How long will you keep Charles Darwin on your currency Britain? How long will you run inefficient Darwinism indoctrinating public schools? Your day of reckoning is coming! And Bible believers who are growing in numbers each day in Britain will capitalize on your folly! See: Evangelical Christianity rising in the UK and challenging the status quo
The time is almost nigh for a full fledged Question Evolution! Campaign assault on British Darwinism. We will have a team in place who are going to kick Dawinism when it is down in Britain! Biblical Christianity thrives in times of economic adversity! See: Economics and Darwinism/atheism
"The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim." - Sun Tzu
"What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations." - Sun Tzu
Behold British Darwinists! Bible believing Christianity grows in times of economic adversity!
Does atheism thrive on economic prosperity? Does religion prosper when people are desperate and ignorant?
Social unrest in Europe altering its religious landscape
The Eurozone crisis is not over. European socialism, atheism and Darwinism are in for a tough slog
Why a literal reading of Genesis is surging in the world
Add 20 years of potential severe economic hardship to the many nails which are being pounded into the coffins of atheism and Darwinism.
Public school funding crisis coming to America
If you still doubt that more and more public schools that support evolutionism are under the gun financially and that a problem is festering and growing bigger, below is a video by the agnostic Bill Gates.
Private schooling is more efficient and effective. More and more schools will be private schools
Question Evolution! Campaign resources and other resources:
Question Evolution! Campaign
15 questions for evolutionists
Responses to the 15 Questions: part 1 - Questions 1-3
Responses to the 15 Questions: part 2 - Questions 4–8
Responses to the 15 Questions: part 2 - Questions 9-15
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Vicky Douglas recently visited St Vincent and the Grenadines
Into Barbados we arrived, and what a change there! I was last in Barbados in 2004 and just experiencing the airport and the descent into the island, I was amazed at how much the island has developed. As quickly as we arrived and were shown through the fast-track queue by an airline representative, we left for a completely different place – St Vincent and the Grenadines.
A very untouched Caribbean was waiting. The first couple of nights we spent on St Vincent, the largest island (still at only 18 x 11 miles) and the capital of St Vincent and the Grenadines. The island has a real authentic Caribbean feel where everyday life continues and I thoroughly enjoyed watching this; the busy market in Kingstown, the children noisily making their way to school, the boats coming in and out of the port. There is even a volcano to trek for those seeking active adventure. Scott Dunn are not working with any hotels on St Vincent , yet rumour has it an international airport in 2014 may bring a direct UK flight – this should bring in some more upmarket resorts.
From St Vincent we took a ferry, poor man's option but very quick, to the next largest island Bequia. Having worked in travel for a long time I was a little embarrassed to not even have heard of the island before planning this trip and shamelessly was calling it Be-quia instead of the correct "Bek-way". Hopefully, now a fan of this charming island, I am forgiven! The hub of the island is at Port Elizabeth, not a busy port and very pretty, it is a great place to experience the local flavors at a few of the relaxed restaurants. Our driver met us in his open sided taxi, such a fun way to start the experience of Bequia. We laughed all the way to Bequia Beach Hotel as we bumped over a few potholes and rocked around in the vehicle, not entirely confident our suitcases would make it all the way!
View over the almond forest that Bequia beach hotel sits amongst.
Bequia Beach Hotel is the only upmarket hotel on the island. Owned and constructed personally by a Swedish chap, who comes from the corporate industry and came across Bequia many years ago when sailing. It's taken time and has been a real labour of love and as a result the attention to detail oozes out of the property – think Caribbean plantation, colonial charm but in a relaxed and laid back manner. This is not a Sandy Lane or a Four Seasons type place, instead a boutique property with wonderfully furnished rooms, genuine service where you can forgive the staff that they are a little delayed in whatever you may have asked for as they are sat chatting with you about Bequia and it's way of life. The sweeping deserted beach at Bequia is beautiful, swimming in the warm turquoise sea completely unbeatable. That evening we had a wonderful fresh seafood dinner, followed by a cheese board (that's the European influence at the hotel!) and sat with other guests and the hotel's team drinking cocktails. At some point we decided it would be fun to head to the local nightspot, off we went in the open side vehicle and partied until daylight to a live reggae and soca band. What a memory!
The view over Admiralty Bay on Bequia.
Feeling a little sleepy the next day, we soon pepped up when we were whisked to the airport for our private jet with Mustique airways to Canouan Island. The journey was awesome, sat up front with the pilot the views were just spectacular and only from up here could I appreciate the beauty of these islands. Development is happening on a mega scale on Canouan with Canouan Resort, formerly a Raffles a hotel, now owned by the same investors at Sandy Lane in Barbados. They are rebuilding the whole resort, have already improved the airport and there are long term plans for the island. We explored the new private villas that are finished at Canouan, and they are incredibly beautiful with large private pools, exquisitely furnished and touches that would give any one house envy! Canouan also has the only golf course in St Vincent and the Grenadines with spectacular views too. We then donned our hard hats and explored the most exciting development in the Caribbean at the moment, a 50 room boutique property, rumoured to be the "New Sandy Lane". Very similar in style to its big sister and no expense spared, this currently unnamed hotel is more contemporary and slightly more tasteful in my opinion than Sandy Lane. The suites just took my breath away on detail with every single element, the leather handles on the wardrobes were my favorite and a disappearing TV – genius ! The resort is unlikely to be finished for another year, but I am incredibly excited about sending some of my guests here who love staying at the best places – it will certainly come with a price tag! The investor himself showed us around and it's fascinating to see a hotel in its construction stage and here the level of detail in the planning surpassed any hotel I'd ever visited at construction stage before, the secret staff corridors so that guests are not to see room service being delivered and the design of the pool so that no guest will have an interrupted view when relaxing on a sunbed!
View from one of the finished villas at Canouan resort, as far as you can see in the image is a sneak preview of the new boutique resort.
Now for my favorite part of the trip – the next morning, we boarded our privately charted catamaran from the Tamarind Beach Sailing Club pier and headed off to the Tobago Cays, passing little uninhabited islands. As we sailed into the Tobago Cays the color of the water just became progressively more turquoise blue. Snorkelling alongside Turtles here was something I will never forget, at one stage I was close that I could have touched the turtle, really magical. The waters this day were a little choppy making snorkeling hard work so we all we relaxed for a while on an island of sand deposited by the waves whilst our colleague, a Yoga instructor, gave an impromptu lesson! We then sailed for a well-earned lunch on a small island just a short sail away, the menu consisting of freshly caught Lobster and a cold local beer.
Back on the boat we sailed to Mayreau island, palm tree fringed with no hotels. The little beach bars are a fun place to hang out for an hour or so and we got chatting to a local boat builder who demonstrated the genuine friendliness of the Vincy people was evident.
The deserted beach at Mayreau.
The final leg of the sailing trip was to Petit St Vincent, a completely private island hideaway. Here I believe I found paradise! Run by ex Aman hotel managers this is the only place in the Caribbean I have ever experienced service as good as in Asia. With no internet, TV's or phones in the rooms, just a flag service that works remarkably well you can truly relax. The team at the hotel drive around in mini moaks and most of the team have been here for a long time, in fact one chap in his late 70's has been here since her was 14 years old and the bar is named after him! The 22 cottages are either on the beach or on the hillside (bluff) with the most incredible views.
View from my cottage.
Simple yet elegant is the best way to describe the resort, from the rooms to the dining. Waking around the island takes about an hour and on the way you'll find hammocks to chill out in or incredible viewing points looking over to Grenada or Petit Martinique. Water sports, diving, snorkeling tennis, outdoor gym, spa; there is plenty here if you need activities bit this is really a place for those who love a barefoot, outdoor experience and are looking for a private island paradise. If I was to choose a honeymoon destination, this would be it!
Normally by the end of work research trips away I am ready to get home, see my husband and daughter and get back to normal life, however St Vincent and the Grenadines captured me so much I just wanted to fly my family out here and stay forever!
This is a Caribbean for those who have a love for remote, unique places and don't mind that tiny extra hop to get here. It's not the bling of Barbados or the sophistication of St Lucia but it's an authentic, safe, genuine and non-intimidating Caribbean which I highly recommend a visit to now before everyone else realises this! Thank you to SVG Tourist Board for inviting me to experience this!


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For every school district, the key mission is to provide the best possible education for its children. Having well-qualified teachers is the main dependency to help them fulfill this mission. But there are a number of other functions which need to work seamlessly to make this happen. One of these functions is transportation for children every day from their home to school.
The main responsibility of the transportation department is to get kids to school safely and on time. In order to do so, they need a qualified driver workforce and a reliable fleet. With the advancement in technology all around us, there has been significant effort by most vendors and OEMs to bring new products and service offerings to the market.
Listed below are some of the technical offerings that have been introduced in the last few years.
Telematics: Telematics products have been around for several years now and have become more or less a pre-requisite for school bus operations. There are many players to choose from, with different feature sets and price points. It is currently very difficult for school districts to choose the right vendor due to a lack of benchmarking, standard technical specifications or service quality comparison. Hence, most decisions are made based on pricing.
Even with significant investment in these devices, most school districts struggle to realize the operational or financial benefits associated with telematics, due to the large volume and complexity of the data generated by these devices.
Camera Systems: There have been significant advancements in this area as well. Technology has come a long way from the days of local disk storage. Customers have a lot of options to choose from, such as on-demand recording, event-based recording, cellular/wireless transmission of videos to a central data center in near real-time, etc. Different vendors are offering different products based on their strengths and at different price points. However, not being sure of the value proposition of all these options, school districts struggle to justify additional spending for new camera technologies.
Student Tracking Apps: Even though a number of possible solutions have been introduced in this area, based on technologies ranging from key-cards to retina scanners to facial recognition, nothing has gained market traction. There are logistical challenges, security concerns and a lack of integration.
Parent Apps: The main objective of these apps is to track buses and notify parents in case of delays. There are a number of options available. One of the biggest challenges for these apps is accurately predicting the time delay between a scheduled stop time and an actual projected time of arrival. This requires a significant depth of integration between the routing systems, the dispatch system and the telematics devices.
Wi-Fi on Buses: The concept is to have Wi-Fi on buses to allow schools to extend their classrooms to buses, but most schools struggle to justify this expenditure. One reason is that most kids nowadays have cell phones with unlimited data plans which can be used as hotspots.
Also, Wi-Fi service is more useful for rural school districts as they have longer routes with spotty cell coverage. It is also being tried out as an option to provide high-speed internet access to children in households that do not have access to a reliable broadband connection, which is often required to complete their homework.
Tablets: This is the newest technology gadget to be introduced in the school bus industry. Again, in principle, who can argue with the need to have this solution when all modern cars come equipped with screens?
However, the biggest challenge has been to display timely and accurate information about the route to the school bus driver. This requires robust scheduling and dispatch applications that integrate tightly with the tablet. Also, there is a lack of clarity around regulations regarding the use of tablets by drivers.
As you can see, there is a ton of innovation happening in the industry, and these are mainly being driven by vendors providing services or products to the student transportation industry. Most school district management teams are experts in transporting children safely and on time to schools. Still, they find that it is a lot more work to adopt and use these technology solutions for their benefit.
Some of the key reasons are:
- Lack of integration between different products
- Lack of clear business goals or problems to be solved
- Increasing costs with each new product
- Lack of comprehensive reporting or analytics to manage exceptions
- Too much complexity in setup
- Lack of industry roadmap or vision
- Every school district is on its own
I am not holding either the school districts or the vendors responsible for these issues/challenges. They are all doing their best to adapt, learn and improve in their own ways.
So, if this really needs to be solved, something big must take place, over and above what individual players are doing. We have some large associations like NAPT, NSTA, and STN; we have large school districts; we have large school bus contractors; and we have large OEM vendors. All these players need to come together and set up a comprehensive technology panel for our industry. They should set the vision and roadmap, and based on these, they should set up certain vendor guidelines.
For example, if I wanted to install three different devices on my bus that each required a cellular connection to function, I may need to subscribe to three different cellular services while one should have sufficed.
I am not suggesting that this panel should impede innovation, but rather provide a framework so that respective vendors can build solutions which are easy to adapt and implement. When we have customers become part of solution building, there will be no surprises for anyone.
Good technology is the one which works for us vs. us working to make it work. This is our problem and all of us need to come together to solve this. Hence, I welcome everyone's comments and suggestions in this regard. I encourage everyone to bring this up at every possible opportunity. In the meanwhile, let's all work to keep our kids, employees and buses safe.
Editor's Note: GP is the CEO & founder of technology company ByteCurve, LLC. He brings over 15 years of experience in the transportation industry. Before founding ByteCurve, he served as senior vice president of sales and marketing, and senior vice president of fleet maintenance at National Express Corp. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com, and the company's service offerings can be seen at www.bytecurve.com


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There has been a shift in the corporate world and media focusing on the prevention and swift reaction to sexual harassment on the job. What rules or technical additions should businesses and other institutions adopt to protect employees?
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This design is steller! You obviously know how to keep a reader entertained. Between your wit and your videos, I was almost moved to start my own blog (well, al#t!o&m8230;HaHas) Great job. I really loved what you had to say, and more than that, how you presented it. Too cool!


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Everyone has a favorite movie and many people may even have a particular director that they adore. But when it comes down to the raw numbers, you begin to flesh out who is really effective at delivering smash hits at the box office who's just a "point and shoot" director. As of 2015, these are the top 10 highest paid directors based on the ticket sales of their movies over the course of their careers. Having a long string of hits behind you means that you can call huge salaries from the people who want to have you help turn their screenplays into works of art on the silver screen.
10. Tim Burton: 3.65 billion dollars
This California native attended the California Institute of the Arts to get his film direction education and has been active in film since about 1982. This is when he made his first stop-motion short entitled 'Vincent'.
Tim Burton has a reputation for making movies people find to be an interesting mix of fascinating, cute, and creepy. Currently working on 'Alice Through the Looking Glass' Tim Burton has helped create some true classics in the world of film including Beetle-juice, Edward Scissorhands, Planet of the Apes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Corpse Bride.
9. Gore Verbinski: $3.73 billion dollars
This Tennessean when to UCLA Film School. He started his directing career helping to make music videos for bands such as Bad Religion, Monster Magnet, and Vicious Rumors.
Gore Verbinski doesn't have nearly as many movies under his belt as Tim Burton, so to actually be creating more revenue says quite a bit about his talent and how much he can call to do a film. Gore Verbinski has made headlines with movies such as The Mexican, The Ring, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Weather Man, and Rango.
8. Chris Columbus: 3.82 billion dollars
In his mid-fifties, Chris Columbus was born in Spangler, Pennsylvania and attended New York University to learn about film. He started his career working as a screenwriter under Steven Spieldberg at Amblin Entertainment.
Chris Columbus has a long and varied history in directing stretching all the way back into the late 1980s. Currently working on "Pixels," Chris Columbus has helped create various movie classics such as 'Adventures in Babysitting,' 'Home Alone,' and 'Mrs. Doubtfire.'
7. Robert Zemeckis: 4.06 billion dollars
At 63 years old, Robert Zemeckis has been active in film since about 1972. At this point, he was about to graduate from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts and was given an award for a film he had made then entitled A Field of Honor. Using this film as an introductory tool, he persuaded Stephen Speilberg to become his mentor.
Robert Zemeckis has had his share of cult favorites as well. He was responsible for 'Back to the Future,' 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' 'Forrest Gump', 'Cast Away', 'The Polar Express', 'A Christmas Carol', and 'Flight.'
6. David Yates: 4.18 billion dollars
Born in England, he made his first film in 1988. It was called When I Was a Girl and it helped him get accepted into the National Film and Television school for study.
David Yates has J.K. Rowling to thank for about 90% of his directing career. He directed 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,' 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,' 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' Parts 1 and 2.
5. Christopher Nolan: 4.22 billion dollars
Hailing from London, he went to University College London and began his film career in 1989. His first 8mm film back then was entitled Tarantella.
Christopher Nolan has had his biggest successes with the Batman franchise, directing the blockbusters 'Batman Begins', 'The Dark Knight,' and 'The Dark Knight Rises'.
4. Micheal Bay: 5.78 billion dollars
Born in Los Angeles, he attended Wesleyan University and graduated in 1986, which is when his career in film began with Propaganda Films working to direct music videos and commercials.
Michael Bay has had a head in a lot of action-packed thrillers throughout his career. He directed 'Bad Boys,' 'Pearl Harbor,' and 'Transformers' (Revenge of the Fallen, Dark of the Moon, and Age of Extinction).
3. James Cameron: 6.139 billion dollars
The lone Canadian on the list, James Cameron started directing in 1981 when he was unexpectedly given direction over Piranha II: The Spawning.
James Cameron is nothing short of an iconic film director. He was the brains behind movies such as 'Aliens,' 'The Terminator,' 'True Lies,' 'Titanic,' and 'Avatar'.
2. Peter Jackson: 6.52 billion dollars
Hailing from Wellington, New Zealand, Peter Jackson has a net worth of well over $397 million. His first film as Bad Taste-which he directed in 1987.
Even though it took him many more movies in order to do it, Peter Jackson does technically surpass James Cameron when it comes to pay. Some of his most notable films include 'The Lord of the Rings (The Follow-ship of the Ring, The Two Towards, and The Return of the King), 'King Kong,' and 'The Hobbit' (The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies).
1. Steven Spielberg: 9.02 billion dollars
Not that it's any major shock, but Steven Spielberg is the ranking champion when it comes to directing films. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was educated at California State University. He directed a pilot of the television show Night Gallery back in 1969. His first full-length film for Universal was entitled Duel.
'Munich,' 'War of the Worlds,' 'War Horse,' 'The Terminal,' 'Minority Report,' 'A.I.,' 'Jurassic Park,' 'Saving Private Ryan,' 'Amistad,' 'The Color Purple,' 'Indiana Jones' (The Temple of Doom and The Last Crusade), 'E.T.,' 'Raiders of the Lost Ark,' 'Jaws,' and 'Schindler's List' are all on his massively impressive resume.
So there you have it! These directors are the best in their field and have the vision, management skills, and executive drive to help produce movies that scare us to death, touch our hearts, make us cheer, and (most notably) make us keep coming back to the box office for more!


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Herpes and self-sabotage
A common theme across the board on this herpes blog, in my responses in the herpes forum and support I offer my herpes coaching clients is the fact that most of the roadblocks we encounter around "coping with" having herpes are actually self-inflicted; the way we feel held back has less to do with herpes itself and more to do about how we feel about ourselves having herpes. Yes, there is a stigma, yes, sometimes it stings to get a "you have what?" reaction to a herpes disclosure … but how we react to herpes stigma or a herpes talk rejection ultimately comes down to how we feel about ourselves. Someone judging you about having herpes becomes more about realizing they are judgmental or have a negative association with herpes vs. you being a bad/dirty person. And if we feel ashamed of ourselves and guilty about our situation, we tend to self-sabotage. After all, the first roadblock to our happiness is usually ourselves, not our life circumstances. This isn't just about herpes. This self-sabotaging tendency applies to other things, too. Like our self-control around eating donuts, for example … Yes, donuts. How are donuts and herpes connected? Good question …
I ran into the youtube video below randomly, and it struck me how many parallels there are between the guilt, shame and self-judgment around any of the many things we do in our lives that we feel are wrong or make us into a bad person. This can apply to anything we have self-judgment about, whether it's herpes, smoking, drinking and yes, eating donuts.
The donut study. Synopsis: Participants in this study were trying to manage their weight and be more health-conscious. The study kicks off with basically forcing a donut on them (evil, right?). At this moment, I imagine that shaming voice in the back of their heads was having a shame field day: "You failed, you fatty. See, I knew you weren't good enough to keep up with your diet. Clearly, being healthy doesn't mean anything to you, you loser." Recognize this voice? I know I do …
Note: Start watching at 16:20 for the setup to the study.
The designers of the study had a hypothesis, and that was that the shame and guilt experienced by failing the willpower challenge would actually undermine their potential in the future. So they gave half the participants a simple message in the hopes of getting rid of the guilt and shame that comes when people make a mistake (a let-them-off-the-hook message): "We realize that some people feel guilty after eating the donut. We want you to remember that everyone indulges sometimes and we asked you to do it. Please don't be too hard on yourself about it."
Next, all of these (supposed) health-conscious people were then asked to "taste-test" a smorgas-borde of candy. Who ended up eating more candy? The people who WEREN'T given the let-them-off-the-hook message ate TWICE as much candy!
The power of self-forgiveness. The harder you are on yourself when you make a mistake, the more likely you will be to repeat that mistake in the future, and the bigger it's going to be when you do. This seems to fly in the face of common sense: If I give myself a break and don't punish myself for messing up, I'll never learn, right? But many studies have proven otherwise. For example, problem drinkers or smokers who beat themselves up about drinking/smoking too much tend to feel so horrible that they need to be comforted with something, which just so happens to be the very thing they are beating themselves up about! So self-forgiveness is an important component to the herpes healing process. "I have herpes and I'm okay."
So what does this have to do with herpes? In general, the more compassion we can have for ourselves, the more resilient we will be in all areas of life. Thankfully, this isn't just some woo-woo rose-colored glasses hope: It's been proven time and time again in research studies. It's like the self-judgment and shame and self-criticism acts like a drain to our life force, sapping us of our own will to live. Compassion and self-forgiveness seem to do the opposite: These acts of self-kindness give us the boost we need in tough times, much like your track-and-field coach who, after you trip and fall, says "You're fine! Dust yourself off! Get back up! You got this!"
And, sadly, what I hear a lot of on the herpes forums and with my herpes coaching clients is a deep self-resentment, a profound sense of "I did something wrong and I need to punish myself so I learn my lesson." The good news to you if you fall in this category of self-shaming (and a lot of us do) is this: You can officially let yourself off the hook. Much like the participants in the donut study were told: "We realize that some people feel ashamed about getting herpes. But we want you to remember that (most) everyone indulges in sex every now and again … Please don't be too hard on yourself about it." You got this.
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Remarks of Supreme Knight Carl Anderson
News Conference on Christian Refugee Relief Fund
Aug. 4, 2015
Thank you very much for being here with us today. I am pleased that we have Archbishop Jeanbart from Syria and Archbishop Warda from Iraq here, and they will be able to give you specific insights into the situation for Christians and others in their countries.
Today, the persecution of Christians is a worldwide problem. The Pew Forum notes that Christians are harassed by governments or social groups in 102 of 198 countries. It further explains that more Christians face persecution today than at any point since the early days of Christianity.
In fact, according to the International Society for Human Rights, 80 percent of religious discrimination in our world today is directed against Christians. A terrible microcosm of this phenomenon is occurring in Iraq and Syria, where Christians have been murdered, enslaved and driven from their homes in staggering numbers.
In Iraq, an estimated 125,000 Christians have been driven from Mosul and the surrounding Nineveh region.
In Syria, an estimated 700,000 Christians have been displaced. Many of these have been officially designated as internally displaced persons, rather than refugees. It is not only a semantic difference. It has legal consequence not nearly enough is being done for these innocent victims.
The Knights of Columbus International Convention is held in a different city each year. Eighty-nine years ago our convention was held in this city. At that 1926 convention, the Knights of Columbus announced that it would take up the cause of Mexican Catholics, who were being persecuted and killed there by their government. We raised awareness about the issue, and financially helped many refugees who fled north. We were able to do much good, for many people.
Today, we are compelled as an organization to speak up for our brothers and sisters in the Middle East. Pope Francis has called the conditions in which Christian refugees live there intolerable. He has said that the situation calls for our commitment to prayer and concrete efforts to help. He has said that their suffering has reduced him to tears. He has called it genocide.
I should point out that the concept of genocide then called widescale systematic crimes of barbarity was first created in the 1930s in response to the killing of Christians in the Middle East, including in Iraq.
Today, we are both thankful and inspired by the Holy Fathers expression of his gratitude for this vital mission we have undertaken. In the papal greeting to our convention, which will be read this afternoon, we learned that our Holy Father is profoundly gratitude for the efforts of the Knights to raise public attention to this grave humanitarian tragedy.
The pope also expressed his gratitude for the practical solidarity shown to suffering individuals through [our] Christian Refugee Relief Fund. To date, we have provided more than $3 million in assistance to those in the Middle East. We have provided general relief funds to be distributed by the Vatican, as well specific funds for building new housing for displaced families in Erbil, and providing medical care in that city where many refugees have fled. And in Aleppo too we are helping with needs of the population there.
Starting today, we will do even more. We have unveiled a new portal with information and the opportunity to help: ChristiansAtRisk.org and are using the hashtag ChristiansAtRisk to raise awareness as well.
We will continue our national television advertising efforts.
We will ask our more than 10,000 local councils to raise awareness through education and fundraising at the local council level.
We will make Olive Wood crosses crafted in Bethlehem available to our councils to sell at parish fundraisers, and our members will find other ways to raise money as well.
We will continue to identify key partners with projects in the region.
We have already helped with general needs, with housing, and with health care. But we know there is so much more to do. Food and education are sorely needed. More housing, more medical care, more of everything is needed by those who have, literally, nothing.
And the Knights of Columbus will reimburse all administrative costs of this program. 100 percent of the money raised will go directly to aiding those in need and to raising awareness on their behalf so that even more people can assist them.
As we help tell the story of these suffering Christians, your presence here today is very important. The media is integral to telling this story. We cannot forget what is happening to these people, simply because they choose to believe in the one who taught us to love one another.
Thank you very much, and now I am pleased to introduce Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, Iraq.


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Saving money is obviously an important action to be taken to maintain strong financial health. Unfortunately, many of us put it off until our 40's and miss out on DECADES OF COMPOUND INTEREST. It's also something that many people will never do despite being widely encouraged to do so. Tomorrow holds no significance for them at all. On the other side of the coin, there are some people who actively save. Within that group, there are some that are passionate about saving.
I'm in that latter camp. As I've gotten older I've taken a closer look at my finances and projected where I am compared to I would like to be long-term. The results of this exercise have pointed me in the direction of increasing my savings rate. Of course, one can only save so much but if your income grows, so should your savings!
Clearly, there's something motivating me, might you agree? This "long-term" notion I mentioned at the beginning of the prior paragraph naturally points to a future a need for money! Folks let's face it. We're all going to get old someday and we will need and want more than social security will provide.
OK – so that's nothing different than saving for retirement, right?
Maybe…But it goes further than that.
While some savers are motivated to tuck away money for specific items (house, for example), paying off debt, or for a retirement filled with world travels – I'm primarily motivated by one thing! NOT BEING OLD AND BROKE!
Sure, WE ALL have other "aspirational" motivations, such as a glorious retirement filled with traveling around the world, living in a very nice home, spending lots of time with grandchildren, generously giving to those in need, etc. Actually, what I would really like is financial freedom as soon as possible.
Let's get this party started quickly!
But really, it's that avoidance of being old and broke that's at the foundation of my interest in saving. I had always had that in some far corner in the back of my mind, but my recent endeavors have opened my eyes and mind to just how powerful SAVING really is.
I remember being in big cities and seeing old people on the streets literally begging for money. This is soooo sad. I feel for each and everyone of them. It makes me sad. It makes me stop and think now that I'm older and wiser.
What really gets to me the older people who I have seen. While being on the street probably ages people, a few of the people I saw clearly looked to be 65+. I remember being in Denver Colorado when I was in the military. The first such person I saw was a woman, the second one an even older man. These people have never left my mind for some reason.
More than likely that's someone's Mom or Dad out there!
Back then, being young and naive, I really didn't give it much thought. Now, who knows what happened in their life to get them to that point. Maybe they did some bad things? Or, maybe they had just one or two bad financial decisions or life events and they were out on the street? Tough to say. Sad whatever the reason.
Anyway, once I acknowledge that I feel bad for them, I realize that I NEVER WANT TO BE THAT WAY.
On the list of financial motivators, that's at the top of the list for me.
What motivates you to save money? Not superficially, but at your core. Why do you, deep down, feel the need to save?
You can definitely make your latter years more comfortable if you'll safely tuck away money each week. Invest it and forget it. Let compounding help you and your future. Start small if you'd like and gradually increase your savings rate. The earlier you start, THE BETTER. But regardless of your age, SAVE SAVE SAVE!
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Enough time has passed to where even Harrison Ford jokes about how terrible an archaeologist Indiana Jones would be. Prometheus doesn't have the advantage of a strong character lead, like Indy does. Prometheus' edge is its beautiful use of cinematography and art direction, accompanied by a multi-million dollar special effects budget. It's a shame that Michael Fassbender is, once again, the only quality figure in another summer blockbuster. How creepy is that?
Maybe I was too tough on The Avengers film. Maybe the people on my facebook and twitter feeds are right. For what movies offer now, maybe something like Prometheus is the best hope of a breath of fresh air. How sad is that?
To be a pseudo-prequel in an era where the general audience demands more explosions than exposition, Prometheus isn't an all-together trainwreck. Yes, this is the best compliment I could possibly give a film where every character that dies, does so in the most telegraphed manner.
The science fiction aspect of Prometheus exists only as a tool to distract you from the plastic set design and Charlize Theron's Dr. Evil wardrobe. The film opens as if it's a National Geographic documentary. It's actually one of the film's high points. It's quite beautiful and gives the film a sense of scope, but functions as a brass ring it will never reach. The audience is introduced to a crew, of which we aren't given a clear definition as to everyone's specific roles. From the film's start, you are to assume that bad stuff will happen and "these guys" will probably die first, barring a select few out of a cast of 17.
This part, the guys dying first and in quite awesome scenarios, I got no beef with. However, the deaths in this surprisingly question-filled, shallow yarn are telegraphed every 10-minutes. I'm not kidding. Every character who dies in Prometheus, makes a bad decision. An obviously caveman-esque bad decision, then two scenes later, boom, dead. Go ahead, test out my theory. Make a drinking game out of it. You'll even have the pleasure of being in the theater with other smart people and you'll hear someone murmur, "Well that's a dumb idea. Oh damn, they're dead! That was kinda cool."
"But Isaiah, I really enjoyed Prometheus and I thought all the characters who played those of a scientific profession behaved as such." -- Fictional person I just made up.
Now I know there is a suspension of belief that we have to buy into. I even reference the amazing immersion one feels when watching an Indiana Jones film [circa anything prior to that last disaster of which we will not speak of]. However, it is disturbing to see this world that Ridley Scott has painted for us, populated with our [fictional] best and brightest scientist, forgetting about every damn thing they've learned.
In the future, every scientist will discover something and then touch it and breath on it profusely. Going against any and everything scientific. In the future, you discover a new foreign land and expose yourself to its elements, only to be surprised when you catch a gut exploding venereal disease. Also, Charlize Theron will be there dressed as Mini-Me from Austin Powers. Guy Pearce will be there for no reason, explaining a conclusion that makes as much sense as my next sentence.
In the future, you will look super-hot in a bandage bikini. This is a genuine pro, versus many cons.
The one character we find the movie directing our investment toward is the robotic and seemingly asexual creature played by Michael Fassbender. We see this world of idiots through his eyes. Aptly so, the movie is shot in such a cold and calculating manner, it's just as aimless as his character motivation and progression. I love Idris Elba more than any hetero-black male should admit in written word. Seeing his character accompanied by the stock "asian pilot" and "white person of miscellaneous ethnicity" didn't sour me on the movie, his relationship with Theron's character did.
Hard to be an intellectually engaging film when the main characters are behaving like a frat boy on Friday. Noomi Rapace has scenes of brilliance, when it's just her. When we muck it up with the cast of Phi Kappa Bro, we end up with tepid sexual tension and a computer generated crate of unlikable people. What kind of scientist is she again? Wait, they called her and her boyfriend "engineers." Of what? What do they engineer?
You walk away with more questions than answers, and not in the "European film"-way. Apt that a movie tackling the subject of humans coming from a greater lineage is representative of a franchise that birthed our current nerd culture. We are given characters searching for answers and a sense of self. They are presented aboard a familiar-looking ship with archetypal characters and it isn't until the very end where we see the heavy-handed references made true. We are given a conclusion that not only makes zero sense, but says, "Hey, those two hours of your life you just spent? Totally wasted. See you at the sequel."
Prometheus is at its best when it's impersonating the shell of the Alien's franchise it predates. When people begin to die, though obvious that they will, it's still framed in a manner that is exciting. Unfortunate the means in which they are dying comes from [idiotically] incubating two alien lifeforms. Or travelling down dark corridors with no support or a nonsensical need to "split up" or "stay put." When given several opportunities to kill both creatures on the ship, they chose not to. Why? Because these guys are idiots and it's kinda fun to watch dumb people die.
I give Prometheus …
The "Bill & Ted Poetic Portrait" Award