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Over the years, many Catholics have left the church because of its strict stand against contraception, abortion and homosexuality. But not those affiliated with Catholic Organizations for Renewal, or COR.
"I'm a married lesbian mom who's a Roman Catholic," says Marianne Duddy-Burke who understands that some people will see that as a contradiction. She is the executive director of Dignity USA, which is a voice for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Catholics.
Her organization is one of 15 that make up COR, which is meeting in Arlington this week…just as the Vatican conclave of 115 men meet to elect a new Pope. Duddy-Burke says it's a conclave that does not represent the people it serves.
"There are lots of people who are not being represented in this conclave. And we need to have other ways to have our voiced heard. The voices of women, the voices of young people, the voices of the poor, the voices of people from developing countries. All of those are not echoing in the Sistine Chapel right now," said Duddy-Burke.
The Group Catholics for Choice, a member of COR, says the continued exclusion of women from any meaningful decision making reflects badly on the church.
Duddy-Burke says the Church calls her homosexuality a "disorder" and it says homosexual relationships are evil. Yet, despite insults and name-calling, she's holding firm to her religion. She says she won't leave the Catholic Church because of her deep faith in Jesus and the religion. She considers herself a part of the Catholic Church even though her congregation worships in an Episcopal church because they're not wanted in the Catholic Church.
"I think it's our responsibility to speak the truth as it lives in our soul, in that still quite space within us. And eventually we'll see the Church be what it needs to be," said Duddy-Burke.
She says the Church is not buildings, the priests, the bishops or the Pope, but the people who believe.
"There are a lot of us out there, and we are Catholic. We are the face of Catholicism as much as Father Steve or Sister Mary," said Duddy-Burke. She says there are 150 women priests leading unofficial Catholic congregations throughout the country. "That split between the people and the hierarchy gets wider and wider," she said.
Magdalena Lopez, director the international program for Catholics for Choice says the Church needs to help women worldwide, by stopping its stand against contraception and abortion and let women make their own decisions about their health.
Lopez says she sees changes. She says she has known official priests who've supported women who made the difficult decision to have an abortion, "Sometimes you get lucky and get a priest who understands."
Lopez points to the Catholic Church's defunct commission on contraception that was started, as hopeful, even though is was abruptly shuddered. "Catholics believe in miracles. And I do believe that change can still happen. And change can only happen if we work from within"
COR says the first order of business for the new Pope should be to deal with the sexual abuse crisis… the problems with accountability and the cover-up.
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Browns coach Mike Pettine brings bulk of defensive coaching staff from Bills
CLEVELAND — Browns coach Mike Pettine has hired Jim O'Neil as his defensive coordinator, reuniting him with the coach who helped him turn around Buffalo's defense last season.
Pettine also retained special teams coordinator Chris Tabor from Rob Chudzinski's staff.
In addition, Pettine plucked assistants Chuck Driesbach (linebackers), Brian Feury (assistant linebackers coach) and Jeff Hafley (secondary) off the staff he worked on in Buffalo as defensive coordinator.
Pettine made Brian Angelichio, who spent the past two seasons in Tampa Bay, his tight ends coach and kept Bobby Babich (assistant secondary coach) and Shawn Mennenga (assistant special teams coach) from Cleveland's previous staff.
O'Neil was Buffalo's linebackers coach last season, his fifth straight with Pettine. The pair were together in New York, spending four seasons on Rex Ryan's staff with the Jets.
Pettine's connection with O'Neil predates their time in the NFL. O'Neil played for Pettine's father, Mike Sr., in high school.
With the help of Pettine and O'Neil, the Bills set a franchise record with 57 sacks, second most in the NFL. Buffalo finished 10th (333.4) in total defense, after finishing 22nd in 2012.
Since being hired by Cleveland last week, the 47-year-old Pettine has been busy assembling his staff. He knew he was behind the rest of the league after it took the Browns nearly a month before hiring him as their seventh coach since 1999.
Pettine still needs an offensive coordinator, and one of the reported top names on his list, former Houston coach Gary Kubiak, was hired by Baltimore on Monday.
Tabor has been with the Browns since 2011 after three years in Chicago.

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I'm loving this side panel tattoo of an internal spiral galaxy. It belongs to Valentene Peinhardt, who tells Carl Zimmer her corporeal star systems were inspired by Carl Sagan's Cosmos:
I wanted a tattoo that would embrace my love for astronomy and consciousness of being. I remember years ago realizing the fact that we were made of star stuff when I was watching an episode of Carl Sagan's Cosmos series. Since then, my entire outlook on life has changed.
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TORRINGTON >> Many young children will soon be starting the next big phase of their lives by entering kindergarten. But while the start of school can be very exciting for the young ones, for parents, the process of signing their child up, getting their child ready and letting them go, can be very difficult.
To help ease what can be a stressful and emotional process, the Torrington Early Childhood Collaborative (TECC) is hosting the sixth annual Kindergarten Readiness Fair Saturday, Jan. 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Torringford Elementary School.
TECC is an organization that provides myriad of services to the city's families of young children, from day care and counseling to outreach and education.
The kindergarten fair will provide parents with information they need about registering their child for kindergarten, as well as steps they can take to prepare themselves and their child for the big day.
According to a press release sent by TECC Community Outreach Coordinator Donna Labbe, the kindergarten fair helps support and identify development skills.
"Children entering kindergarten for the 2013-14 school year will be able to work at hands-on 'stations' to help support the development of early literacy, math, gross motor and fine motor skills, find out what school they will be going to, meet teachers and enter raffles for fun children's prizes," Labbe wrote in the release.
Children will also be able to participate in story time with special guest readers including local and state officials, local police officers and firefighters. In addition, there will be interactive music and dance activities throughout the day, according to the press release.
"In one room we have anybody and everybody who is involved with early childhood and they have their tables set up and parents can come -- it's just unbelievable what they can find out about, let alone registering their child," Superintendent Cheryl Kloczko said. "They're going to learn the whole process of coming to kindergarten."
Kloczko also said parents can learn about day care, what's available in the summer time and who the doctors are.
The fair will also provide a variety of medical screenings.
"Brooker Memorial will be conducting free dental screenings. Vision and hearing screenings will be offered as well for incoming kindergartners," Labbe wrote in the release.
According to TECC's announcement, parents and guardians can register their child if they bring completed registration forms and required documentation. Transportation will also be provided by All-Star Transportation with a shuttle service from various locations. The shuttles will pick up and drop off residents from TJ Maxx at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m., K-Mart at 9:45 and 10:45 a.m. and Big Y at 9:50 and 10:50 a.m. for those who need it. Shuttles are scheduled to depart from Torringford Elementary at 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m.
It's an important event for parents and children to attend, Kloczko noted.
"Coming to the fair is just the first step. They (parents) have to register, which is a pile of papers, then after they register they have to set up for screenings, and now we have a bus ride to school," Kloczko said. "During the screening, it's a sample day of what kindergarten is like. The parents are learning what the academic expectations, behavioral and socially what their child will be expected to do."
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Here's a great use of social media to get the word out about HB12-1278. The YouTube video — produced and directed by Colorado Water Institute, animated by Noah Besser — follows the history of the appropriation and administration of the South Platte River downstream of the mountains.
Good luck implenting HB12-1278 Reagan and team.
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Don has been with Magna since 1987. He was CEO and a member of the Board from 1994 – 2000. Don took "Intier", a Magna spinco public in 2000 until 2005 as CEO. He rejoined Magna as Co-CEO and a member of the Board of Directors in 2005, and became CEO in 2010.
Don is a mechanical engineer from the University of Waterloo. He spent the first 7 years his career with General Motors.
Magna is a leading global automotive supplier with 285 manufacturing operations and 83 product development, engineering and sales centres in 29 countries with sales in 2014 of U.S. $36.6 B. Magna employs over 125,000 individuals and are focused on delivering superior value to their customers through innovative processes and World Class Manufacturing. Magna is the 3rd largest automotive parts manufacturer in the world. Forbes recently identified Magna as the Most Trustworthy (Large Cap) Company in America.
Don was a founding member of the Yves Landry Advisory Foundation, which promotes the value of technical education. He is a past Chairman of the APMA. In 1995, Don was a recipient of the Top 40 Under 40 Awards in Canada and The Wall Street Transcript selected him as the Gold Award winner in the automotive parts industry. Walker was also named a "Global Leader for Tomorrow" in 1998 by the World Economic Forum, and in 1999 Don received the Professional Engineers of Ontario Gold Medal Award. Since 2002 Don has been Co-Chair of the Canadian Automotive Partnership Council. In 2007, Don became a member of the Dean's Advisory Council, Faculty of Engineering, U of Waterloo. In 2012, Don received an Honourary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Windsor. In 2014, Don was awarded Canada's 2014 Outstanding CEO of the Year.
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Video of the "tasered" Jets fan has finally surfaced, and I don't want to spoil it for you, but it looks like at least one Indianapolis police officer is living life on a very thin edge.
Before we get to that, an email alert from Deadspin I-Team operative Dave:
I am an admitted Colts fan and was there when they hauled this Jet fan off to jail. He did through full beer bottles (as were about 150 other drunk Jet's fans), he did push police, he did scream obscenities at the police, he was very drunk and refused to take the most simple police instructions. He got exactly what he deserved.
I thought the Indianapolis Police showed great restraint by not using a club on him. He was not tazzed as reports have it.
I'm not sure what is typical fan behavior at NY games, but as they now know, that crap like that doesn't fly here. Regardless, they all seemed to behave shortly after the second half started.
Ha. Scoreboard. Anyway, the "150 drunk Jets fans" claim sounded suspicious until I saw the first clip of the melee. (Gothamist has the full multi-video rundown, but we'll summarize.) A very large group of predominantly Jets fans are gathered in the parking lot of Lucas Oil Stadium, being Jets fans. You don't see any hurled beer bottles on tape, but the gang appears to be clowning with each other and the police. So the officers decide to drive two cop cars through the crowd—slowly! they aren't monsters—to disperse them.
Suddenly, one of the cops—apparently hearing a crude remark from the throng—leaps out of his cruiser to confront Patrick Mallon, the fan made famous by yesterday's New York Post cover. Mallon is told to "get the fuck out of the way" even though he isn't really in the way, and when he does immediately respond, is shoved against the cruiser by two lawmen. Even though Mallon is putting up very little resistance (he doesn't appear to shove anyone) the first officer who confronted him immediately reaches for his taser and places it behind Mallon's neck.
Now, I have a lot of sympathy for police. They have a lousy job that is roughly 98% dealing with assholes and 2% paperwork. But still ... seems like a bit of an overreaction here. Mallon may or may not have been acting like a jackhole off camera, but it looks like the only reason he was arrested was because he mouthed off. While Dave is correct in that it doesn't look like the perp was actually tasered, I think he oversold it a bit.
I'm guessing this video won't make into the Indy PD's next seminar on effective crowd control strategies.
Video: Jets Fan Arrested, Tasered (Discreetly?) [Gothamist]


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Special access4x4
Alternative name the inlet
Wave qualityRegional Classic
ExperienceAll surfers
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DirectionRight and left
PowerHollow, Fun, Powerless
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Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good swell directionSouthWest, NorthEast
Good wind directionNorthWest, West, NorthEast
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Park your car about 200 meters from the jedis and hit a crowd. Watch for unexpected company on a ride and keep your eyes open for local groms. a lot of communicating is neccesary if you want to leave with your board in the same shape it was in when you got there.
Fairly friendly....not too many egos but people talk smack if you snake some of their waves because they need something to complain about.
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By Anonymous , 23-02-2010
- localism is the same as racism, dumb. If your from new smyrna and you don't like me driving in from outta town to surf Gods waves then suck it, and dont leave your town cause then you'll be in somebody elses and I hope when you go to get gas some local kicks your ass for taking their pump you idiot. Haha and i like the guy whose name is Cumskey.
By EastSideA1A , 03-05-2009
Surfing Smyrna - I used to surf at the inlet all the time yesrs ago, just decided to get back into surfing again. Like when I was first learning to surf I stayed south of the jetty and as I got better I moved closer and closer to the jetty and finally joined the line up. Treated all with respect and got the same in return. Now when I go back I'll stay out f the line up until I shake the rust off, common sense in surfing will take you a long way.
By Anonymous , 17-03-2009
UCF surfers - I'm a sophomore at UCF and have been surfing the inlet for about 2 years now.
Two things I've noticed, it's pretty damn consistent with Floridas standards, and everyone there rips.
Yea you've been living in NSB all your life, nice job, you're officially a North Florida Red Neck with a wet suit rash.
No one owns this wave except mother nature herself, and from the looks of it she's not too happy with how it's being managed and has decided to take it back, one sand bar at a time. Maybe when we all learn to get along we'll get some good surf a bit more often.
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Following the desires of one's heart can often be a risky business, but in trusting your own instincts, your choices can never be wrong. Just ask Valerie June, whose intuitions led her away from home and into a life of music.
Clash called her at home in New York, where she moved from Tennessee in the name of love, to learn more about her natural impulses. "I didn't really pay attention to the fact that Johnny Cash was playing on the radio at the old country store where we went to eat," she begins, "but when I got older, I started to study that kinda music, like old music and the music of my region and of the Mississippi Delta and different areas, the Appelachian Mountains, Southern music, and I was like, 'Oh my God, I've been listening to this my whole life and I didn't even know what it was!'"
In the wake of this realisation, Valerie dedicated her life to keeping American roots music alive. She's recorded three albums, each a collection of raw, stripped-down songs that encompass folk, spirituals and soul-stirring blues, but now finds herself signed to Sunday Best, with a 'proper' debut due in 2013, co-produced by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach.
Clutching one of her beloved guitars, banjos or ukuleles, she unveils a voice that's warm, honey-sweet and countrified, yet playful: "Voice is like my number one thing to have fun with, so I like to try to sing in many different ways in one set, because to me it gets boring hearing just the same thing."
As her seven-year voyage of discovery comes to fruition, Valerie is still keeping her eyes wide open. "I'm on this exploratory kind of path where I just wanna explore and learn more about music and sounds and instruments," she concludes. "There's no structure, there's no path; it's just like being out in the woods and cutting down the bush and making my way."
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By: Rev. Andrew Murray
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Contents: MurrayNewLife - Preface MurrayNewLife1 - I. THE NEW LIFE MurrayNewLife2 - II. THE MILK OF THE WORD MurrayNewLife3 - III. GOD'S WORD IN OUR HEART MurrayNewLife4 - IV. FAITH MurrayNewLife5 - V. THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD MurrayNewLife6 - VI. GOD'S GIFT OF HIS SON MurrayNewLife7 - VII. JESUS' SURRENDER OF HIMSELF MurrayNewLife8 - VIII. CHILDREN OF GOD MurrayNewLife9 - IX. OUR SURRENDER TO JESUS MurrayNewLife10 - X. SAVIOUR FROM SIN MurrayNewLife11 - XI. THE CONFESSION OF SIN MurrayNewLife12 - XII. THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS MurrayNewLife13 - XIII. THE CLEANSING OF SIN MurrayNewLife14 - XIV. HOLINESS MurrayNewLife15 - XV. RIGHTEOUSNESS MurrayNewLife16 - XVI. LOVE MurrayNewLife17 - XVII. HUMILITY MurrayNewLife18 - XVIII. STUMBLINGS MurrayNewLife19 - XIX. JESUS THE KEEPER
MurrayNewLife20 - XX. POWER AND WEAKNESS MurrayNewLife21 - XXI.THE LIFE OF FEELING MurrayNewLife22 - XXII. THE HOLY GHOST MurrayNewLife23 - XXIII. THE LEADING OF THE SPIRIT MurrayNewLife24 - XXIV. GRIEVING THE SPIRIT MurrayNewLife25 - XXV. FLESH AND SPIRIT MurrayNewLife26 - XXVI. THE LIFE OF FAITH MurrayNewLife27 - XXVII. THE MIGHT OF SATAN MurrayNewLife28 - XXVIII. THE CONFLICT OF THE CHRISTIAN MurrayNewLife29 - XXIX. BE A BLESSING MurrayNewLife30 - XXX. PERSONAL WORK MurrayNewLife31 - XXXI. MISSIONARY WORK MurrayNewLife32 - XXXII. LIGHT AND JOYFULNESS MurrayNewLife33 - XXXIII. CHASTISEMENT MurrayNewLife34 - XXXIV. PRAYER MurrayNewLife35 - XXXV. THE PRAYER MEETING MurrayNewLife36 - XXXVI. THE FEAR OF THE LORD MurrayNewLife37 - XXXVII. UNDIVIDED CONSECRATION MurrayNewLife38 - XXXVIII. ASSURANCE OF FAITH MurrayNewLife39 - XXXIX. CONFORMITY TO JESUS
MurrayNewLife40 - XL. CONFORMITY TO THE WORLD MurrayNewLife41 - XLI. THE LORD'S DAY MurrayNewLife42 - XLII. HOLY BAPTISM MurrayNewLife43 - XLIII. THE LORD'S SUPPER MurrayNewLife44 - XLIV. OBEDIENCE MurrayNewLife45 - XLV. THE WILL OF GOD MurrayNewLife46 - XLVI. SELF-DENIAL MurrayNewLife47 - XLVII. DISCRETION MurrayNewLife48 - XLVIII. MONEY MurrayNewLife49 - XLIX. THE FREEDOM OF THE CHRISTIAN MurrayNewLife50 - L. GROWTH MurrayNewLife51 - LI. SEARCHING THE SCRIPTURES MurrayNewLife52 - LII. THE LORD THE PERFECTER
PREFACE to The New Life by Andrew Murray
In speaking with young converts, I have very frequently longed for a suitable book in which the most important truths concerning the new life were presented briefly and simply. I could not find anything that entirely corresponded to what I desired. During the services in which I have been permitted to take part, I felt this need even more keenly. There I spoke with so many who professed to have found the Lord yet were still very weak in knowledge and faith. In the course of my journey, I have felt myself pressed to take my pen in hand.
Under a vivid impression of the infirmities and the distorted thoughts concerning the new life, with which almost all young Christians have to wrestle, I wished to offer them words of instruction and encouragement. I wanted to let them see what a glorious life of power and joy is prepared for them in their Lord Jesus, and how simple the way is to enjoy all this blessing.
I have confined myself in these reflections to some of the most important topics. The first is the Word of God as the glorious and sure guide, even for the simplest souls who will surrender themselves to it. Then, as the chief element in the Word, there is the Son, the gift of the Father, to do all for us. Then follows what the Scriptures teach concerning sin as the only thing that we have to bring to Jesus, as that which we must give to Him, and from which He will set us free. Further, there is faith, the great word in which our inability to bring or to do anything is expressed, and that teaches us that all our salvation must be received every day of our lives as a gift from above. The young Christian must also make acquaintance with the Holy Spirit as the Person through whom the Word and Jesus--With all His work and faith in Him--can become power and truth. Then there is the holy life of obedience and fruitfulness, in which the Spirit teaches us to walk.
It is to these six leading thoughts of the new life that I have confined myself. In ceaseless prayer, I have asked that God use what I have written to make His young children understand what a glorious and mighty life they have received from their Father. It was often very unwillingly that I took leave of the young converts who had to go back to lonely places, where they could have little counsel or help, and seldom mingle in the preaching of the Word. It is my sure and confident expectation that what the Lord has given me to write will prove a blessing to many of these young confessors.
While writing this book, I have had a second wish abiding with me. I have wondered what I could possibly do to insure that my book would not draw attention away from the Word of God, but rather, help to make the Word more precious. I resolved to furnish the work with footnotes, so that, on every point that was referred to, the reader might be stirred up still to listen to the Word itself, to God Himself.
I am hopeful that this arrangement will yield a double benefit. Many a one does not know, and has nobody to teach him, how to examine the Scriptures properly. This book may help him in his loneliness. If he will only meditate on one point or another and then look up the texts that are quoted, he will get into the habit of consulting God's Word itself on whatever topic he wishes to understand. But, this book may just as readily be of service in prayer meetings or social gatherings for the study of the Word. Let each person read the chosen chapter at home and review the scripture verses that seem to be the most important to him. Let the leader of the meeting read the chapter aloud once. He should then invite each person who desires to, to share the verse or point which has meant the most to him.
We have found in my congregation that the benefit of such meetings for bringing and reading aloud verses on a point previously announced is very great. This practice leads to the searching of God's Word as even preaching does not. It stirs up the members of the congregation, especially the young people, to independent dealing with the Word. It leads to a more living fellowship among the members of Christ's body and also helps their upbuilding in love. It prepares the way for a social recognition of the Word as the living communication of the thoughts of God which, with divine power, will work in us what is pleasing to God.
I am persuaded that there are many believing men and women who ask what they can accomplish for the Lord-- who along this path could become the channel of great blessing. Let them once a week bring together some of their neighbors and friends to read aloud the texts for which they have been previously searching. The Lord will certainly give His blessing there.
With respect to the use of this book in private, I would like to request one more thing. I hope that no one will think it strange. Let every portion be read over at least three times. The great poison of our conversation with divine things is superficiality. When we read anything and understand it somewhat, we think that this is enough. No, we must give it time so that it may make an impression and exercise its influence on us.
Read every portion the first time with consideration, to understand the good that is in it, and then see if you receive benefit from the thoughts that are expressed there.
Read it the second time to see if it is really in accordance with God's Word. Take some, if not all, of the texts that are cited on each point and ponder them in order to come under the full force of what God has said on the point. Let your God, through His Word, teach you what you must think and believe concerning Him and His will.
Read it the third time to find out the corresponding place, not in the Bible, but in your own life, in order to know if your life has been in harmony with the new life, and to direct your life in the future entirely according to God's Word. I am fully persuaded that the time and effort spent on such personal contact with the Word of God under the teaching of this or some other book that helps you in dealing with it, will be rewarded tenfold.
I conclude with a cordial, brotherly greeting to all with whom I have been permitted to mingle during the past year, in speaking about the precious Savior and His glorious salvation. Greetings also to all in other congregations, who in this last season have learned to know the beloved Lord Jesus as their Redeemer. With a heart full of peace and love, I think of all of you, and I pray that the Lord may confirm His work in you. I have not become weary of crying out to you: the blessedness and the power of the new life that is in you are greater than you know--are wonderfully great. Only, learn to trust in Jesus, the gift of God, and to know aright the Scriptures, the Word of God. Only give Him time to hold communion with you and to work in you, and your heart will overflow with the blessedness of God.
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly more than we can ask or think, to Him be glory in the Church to all eternity.
Andrew Murray
Wellington, August 12, 1885
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What happens when you mix a groovy hippy font idea (like Canada Type's Janice for instance) with a Western concept such as Playbill? You end up with a groovy hippy western font, of course!
The idea is not new. It was quite common, but hardly ever used, in film type in the 1960s and 1970s. It is however, as far as we can tell, unique to digital type.
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PKRA Argentina 2013 - Day 3: Freestyle Action in Changing Winds
After the solid wind conditions that were experienced in the prior day's heats, day 3 of the PKRA Kitesurf World Cup arrived with all the promise of stronger winds and an exciting start to the main event freestyle. At the 10 am riders meeting, the wind was already blowing 10-14 knots, and hopes were high for a full day of competition.
As the wind strengthened, the start time was set and the heats got underway. Unfortunately, after a few minutes into the first heat, riders began to struggle and the heat had to be abandoned due to variable winds on the inside of the completion area, which would fill in and then retreat seemingly without warning. This was a scenario that would unfold continually as the day progressed. As the day was young, conditions soon improved and spectators were treated to some solid freestyle riding with some close heats as riders battled it out on their biggest kites.
The up and down conditions were challenging for all and had riders calculating the right time and conditions to execute their maneuvers. Noteworthy performances came during heat 3, while despite solid and stylish riding from Hutter, the young Brazilian Mario advanced, earning the highest score of the day with an impressive Hinterberger Mobe 5 and Blind Judge 7 (8.67). Heat 5 was the closest heat of the day wherein De Souza beat out Bakker by only .02 and both riders landing high scoring tricks. Also, notable - Neto's double grab S-Mobe 5 turned heads and scored a solid 7.4 on the judge's tablets in Heat 6.
Upon finishing the men's round, the ladies took advantage of their first opportunity to compete. Largely comprised of South American riders, the first 4 heats featured Vieira from Brazil with the highest scoring heat. Advancing to the next round were Pipkin, Campos, Vieira and Jurado.
Switching back to the men, the Brazilian duo of Eudazio Da Silva and Carlos Madson went head-to-head in the fluky conditions with Da Silva taking the win. In the last heat of the day, Tack advanced over Umpierre.
It was clear in the final 2 heats of the day that contestable conditions would not return and the event was called for the day. With the sun setting late here in the southern hemisphere, some of the riders used the remaining daylight to do some tasting at a local winery. With glasses in hand, the riders cheered with high hopes that tomorrow will see the return of better wind. Hopes are high that tomorrow will see the return of better wind. Riders will meet at 10:30 am with a first possible start of 11:00.
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A bout featuring two featherweights in desperate need of a win has been booked for UFC 136.
Former top WEC featherweight contender Josh Grispi (14-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC) and recent UFC returnee Matt Grice (13-4 MMA, 1-4 UFC) have been booked for the October event, officials today announced.
UFC 136 takes place Oct. 8 at Toyota Center in Houston.
The night's main card airs on pay-per-view, though Grispi vs. Grice will be part of the preliminary card.
Grispi had been slated to fight newly crowned UFC 145-pound champ Jose Also at UFC 125. But when an injury forced the champ off the January card, Grispi instead agreed to a bout with Dustin Poirier and was thoroughly outclassed en route to a unanimous-decision loss. The fighter, who snapped a 10-fight win streak with the defeat, didn't fare any better in his sophomore UFC effort; George Roop earned a TKO victory over Grispi with a body punch at The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale.
Grice, meanwhile, recently returned to the UFC on the heels of a four-fight win streak on the Oklahoma fight circuit. However, Grice, a four-time state high-school wrestling champion who went 1-3 in his first UFC stint, suffered a vicious TKO loss to Ricardo Lamas at UFC on Versus 4 this past month.
The loser of Grispi vs. Grice likely faces a contract termination.
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I pray you are all doing well and finding time to look up and keeping your hearts centered on Jesus. One thing to keep in mind whenever you feel discouraged about this year of waiting is this: If we had all sorts of signs and evidence pointing to Christ's return 365 days ago... how much more expectant should we be now?! We are closer than we have ever been so please don't let your guard down. That GREAT Day will surely come and all signs point to SOON. It sounds so simple but I think its true.... each day that passes brings us one day closer to the Blessed HOPE, one of the most exciting and impact events that will ever happen on this planet!!
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Thank you for sharing Ozark, and if you see this...well done Lyn! I love your blog and will be checking in on it from now on!! Here is her most recent post:
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July 06, 2012 | By John Oreovicz
Jeff Gordon wasn't the first USAC short-track star to pursue a career in stock cars instead of Indy cars.
But he was the symbolic trailblazer who broke the mold in the early 1990s, and since then, USAC midgets and sprint cars have become the accepted path to NASCAR – which is no surprise, actually, given the fact that modern Indy cars have little in common with USAC cars other than four wheels and a steering wheel.
Gordon was born and raised in northern California, but with his mother and stepfather John Bickford, he moved to Pittsboro, Indiana when he was a teenager to be closer to the center of the USAC scene. Pittsboro and greater Indianapolis have long claimed Gordon as one of their own, despite the fact that he lived in Indiana for just a few years during the developmental phase of his racing career. Gordon won the USAC midget title in 1990 and the sprint car crown a year later, becoming the youngest ever series champion at age 20.
Gordon and Bickford visited the CART-sanctioned Indy car race at Cleveland in 1990 and were told that they needed to bring their own sponsorship or funding to get Jeff into the CART series. They turned their focus to NASCAR, running the Busch (now Nationwide) Series for Bill Davis Racing. Gordon was Rookie of the Year in 1991 and he set a record by nabbing 11 pole positions in 1992.
That led Gordon to where he remains today, 20 years later: a Sprint Cup driver for Hendrick Motorsports. He was the Cup Series' Rookie of the Year in 1993 and scored his first Cup race win in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
A far more significant victory came a couple of months later when, in fairytale fashion, Gordon won the inaugural Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Gordon's victory was significant on a number of levels; as an adopted hometown boy, the win was extremely popular in Indianapolis, and it no doubt contributed to the city of Indianapolis' transition to a "NASCAR town" in the 1990s while Indy car racing was at the start of a decade-long battle for control of the sport.
Nicknamed "Wonder Boy" by the late Dale Earnhardt, Gordon claimed his first NASCAR Cup championship in 1995 after a season long battle with Earnhardt. Gordon improved on his seven-win 1995 season a year later, taking ten victories, but he lost out in the championship to Dale Jarrett. However, Gordon started 1997 by winning the Daytona 500 and went on to his second Cup crown.
His most successful campaign came in 1998, when Gordon and crew chief Ray Evernham teamed to win 13 races, a modern era NASCAR record, and a third championship. Gordon's fourth and most recent Cup title came in 2001 with Robbie Loomis as crew chief.
Although success has come more sporadically for Gordon and the #24 team, he still ranks as one of NASCAR's most feared competitors. He retains a great reverence for Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and he is one of just a few drivers who have scored four race wins at IMS, adding Brickyard 400 victories in 1998, 2001 and 2004. He also won the Daytona 500 in 1997 and '99.
Gordon formed a new NASCAR cup team in 2004 in conjunction with Hendrick. The #48 team with driver Jimmie Johnson has dominated the last six years of NASCAR competition, while Gordon has sometimes struggled. The switch to the "Chase" playoff format has not worked in Gordon's favor and he has finished higher than sixth in the standings only twice. He is enduring a difficult 2012 campaign and looks unlikely to qualify for the Chase for the first time in his career.
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Before I continue, I must divulge my affiliation with the organization and event. I have been a CoG member for years, and I am currently serving as its National Public Information Officer (NPIO) – a position that I will hold until Samhain 2014. Often when I speak publicly about CoG, it is in an official capacity as NPIO. What I share below is my own personal reflections. Additionally, I happened to also be one the event planners.
This year, the bulk of the MerryMeet conference was held at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia, selected partly for its exceptional green space. The 2014 theme was "Standing on Common Ground," which reflects both the organization's attention to interfaith or intrafaith work, as well as its spiritual and practical focus on the Earth – our literal "Common Ground."
The four day conference opened, as it typically does, with a daylong leadership institute. This year's topic was the expanding interfaith movement. Over 40 attendees met at the beautiful Chattahoochee Nature Center (CNC) in Roswell to participate in discussions led by leaders in interfaith work.The morning Pagan-only panel consisted of CoG inferfaith representatives Don Frew, Rachael Watcher, M. Macha Nightmare (Aline O'Brien) as well as special guest Rev. Selena Fox of Circle Sanctuary. In the afternoon, they were joined by Garth Young (Buddhist), Cliff Trammel (Jewish), Carl McCollum (Catholic), Syndey Linquist (New Thought Christian), and Iraj khodadoost (Baha'i).
Both panel discussions began with introductions, relevant stories and questions on general interfaith work. However, the conversations slowly gravitated to the intersection of the interfaith and environmental movements. What role does or should faith play in protecting our ecosystem and how can the interfaith movement support that role? *
Several of the panelists lamented that their interfaith work is frequently kept separate from their environmental concerns. However, Frew relayed a story on how the 1990s global focus on the environment led to a greater interest or support for Nature-centered religions within the international interfaith world. Unfortunately, that interest waned after 9/11. However, Frew added that now the attention appears to be shifting back once again.
In the afternoon, Garth Young, a Buddhist, brought the discussion down to a personal level and said, "Caring for myself is caring for the Earth. Caring for the Earth is caring for myself." In the end, the panelists all agreed that Earth care is and should be at the forefront of the interfaith movement because, as the theme states, the Earth is our common ground.Outside of Earth stewardship, the panel spent a longtime discussing the obstacles of interfaith work. What are the walls that prevent "bridge building" toward interfaith understanding? Cliff Trammel, representing Judaism, noted that his biggest obstacle is fear. "Will I be accepted or represent my faith well?" He added that, in letting go of expectations and personal anxiety, he is able to bring down those walls and listen to others. All the speakers agreed and shared their own experiences with confronting personal fear.
Before and after the panel discussions, attendees had the opportunity to go out into nature and explore the literal "common ground." For those guests that didn't want to brave the 90 degree temperatures, the CNC treated them to an animal encounter. The wildlife rehabilitation manager brought a Merlin falcon into the meeting room and answered questions about raptors and other native species of Georgia.
The very next morning, Grand Council began. Working by consensus, CoG representatives from around the country convened to discuss all manners of business from internal organization, external works, policies and the voting of next year's officers.
This year's meeting resulted in two landmark decisions. First, CoG adopted an official environmental policy statement. Spearheaded by CoG interfaith representative M. Macha NightMare (Aline O'Brien), the statement was the result of a year's worth of collaborative work. She says, "It gives me a great sense of accomplishment that we, the Witches of the Covenant of the Goddess, have crafted a statement about our beloved Mother Earth that reflects our shared values and expresses our mutual concern for our planet, as well as our responsibilities for its current state and our hope for the future."
Second, CoG approved the creation of an internal Abuse Advisory Committee to "advise, educate, and support the Covenant on issues of physical and sexual violence." The committee will be made up of CoG members who are professionally trained in this field and those who "remain current on information pertinent to the issue."
The CoG Abuse Advisory Committee was proposed and presented by Lady Aradia and Lady Emrys, two licensed social workers from Pennsylvania. Lady Aradia, also psychotherapist, said:
Sexual offenses and family violence happen in every community including the Wiccan and larger Pagan community. Although we pride ourselves in not being a religion with a large institution, this places us at a disadvantage when issues of abuse arise.
During the two-day meeting, Lady Aradia also presented a well-attended workshop called "Boundaries," and another member presented a workshop on "Mandatory Reporting." Aradia says:
By COG agreeing that a committee be formed to address and help the community navigate this issue, they/we take an active stance in both reducing these offenses but also providing safe ways for everyone to engage in their religions communities … We know we may not have all the answers but it's a beginning, a way to keep talking about the issue from an educated and knowledgeable perspective.
In addition to these two landmark decisions, CoG held three important ceremonies honoring various Pagans for service and dedication. Just after the meeting opened, National First Officer Kathy Lezon called for a moment of silence to honor those members and others who had passed over the year. Names were read aloud.
After lunch Friday, CoG was joined by Circle Sanctuary for the first-ever joint presentation to honor Pagan military servicemen and women. Lezon presented CoG's Military Service Award Medal while Rev. Selena Fox and Rev. Dawnwalker presented Circle's Pagan Military Service Ribbon. Jack Prewett, a Vietnam Veteran and former Sergeant United States Air Force, said:
As a Vietnam veteran, I didn't get much of a homecoming. So I felt both honored and humbled to be recognized by both Circle Sanctuary and Covenant of the Goddess for my service to my country. To have both these organizations recognize servicemen both past and present is truly a gift from the Gods and I know from personal experience how much it means those that do and have served.
In the third and final ceremony, CoG presented its newly-established Award of Honor for outstanding service to community. The membership had only just approved the new award Friday morning. Spearheaded by Ardantane director and longtime CoG member, Amber K, the CoG Award of Honor recognizes people for "outstanding service to the greater Pagan and Heathen communities in areas such as religious rights, international peace, environmental protection, interfaith leadership and education, the creation of lasting institutions, and the promotion of social justice and civil rights."
After its approval, the membership awarded the honor to eight people including, Margot Adler, Alison Harlow, Sparky T Rabbit, Deborah Ann Light, Kathryn Fuller, Don Frew, Selena Fox and Judy Harrow. After receiving the award, Rev. Fox said, "I was deeply moved to be among the 8 selected by Covenant of the Goddess at this year's Grand Council to receive the newly created Service Award. It means a lot to receive recognition and appreciation by peers." Also present at the ceremony was member Kathryn Fuller. She said, "I was taken aback by the nomination, and both honored by the award and humbled to be in the company of such giants in the Pagan community."
Outside of the landmark decisions and moving ceremonies, there was an overwhelming sense of presence at the meeting. During those four days the membership looked back at those who had passed or had contributed to our cultural progress.Their efforts were exemplified strongly in the group's ability to safely meet in a openly accessible hotel deep within the conservative Southeast. Because of those people and that work, "we are here now."
At the same time, the membership looked toward its future – one that looms ahead driving all of us to continue. "Here we are. But what next?" In considering this unknowable future, the delegates discussed the results of the CoG Vision Survey and how to apply its data to the organization's direction going forward. How can we affect positive, lasting change in a fluid, evolving world filled with so many unknowns? This discussion will continue as delegates return home and digest their MerryMeet 2014 experience.
Next year, CoG's Merry Meet and Grand Council will be hosted by Touchstone Local Council and held in Ontario, California, Aug 13-16. The organization will be celebrating its 40th anniversary.
*Dogwood Local Council has made the MerryMeet Leadership Institute Prayer Book to the Earth available for download. The book contains prayers, chants, songs and other writings dedicated to the Earth.


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Happy new year dear blogfriends! How did you celebrate? Well, we were a bit under the weather, so it was quite intimate.
This morning, I began my New year's preparations by throwing out all garbage. I then did a water and salt cleansing potion. I burned rosemary with mandrake. I did a Goddess blessing and an elemental blessing and then I drew my tarot cards for each month of 2017. It looks like it is going to be a great year for me!
Then we cut our vasilopita which is a traditional Greek cake that has a coin in it. Whoever gets it is supposed to have good luck through the year that comes. Ours was a bit more magical. It was an apple abundance cake from which we will make an offering to the Goddess and fairies. And to top it all off it was sugarless, very low in carbs and delicious. The only downside was we forgot to take a picture. It's a shame because me and the little witchling had decorated it, in a short of "frozen"theme. But we were hungry, and sleepy and sick. It completely slipped our minds. Well, the coin was in my mom's piece which was great because she got really excited when we called to tell her.
Right now the witchling and her dad are playing with her cars in her motorway, right next to me. I am sipping nutmeg coffee with milk foam and cinnamon which is my drink of choice with a heating pad on my back, on my rocking chair by the fireplace. Life is wonderful! It would be a little more wonderful if we all didn't have the flu and I didn't have menstrual cramps but I am not one to split hairs. Just kidding! This was one of my all time favorite New Year celebrations.
May 2017 bring peace, love, health and abundance to all!!
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Happy new year dear blogfriends! How did you celebrate? Well, we were a bit under the weather, so it was quite intimate.


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The detention of the widows and daughters of Osama bin Laden has ended
A Pakistani judge ordered that they be deported once they had served the sentence
The widows' lawyer says he doesn't know when they'll leave the country
Yemen has said it will allow the Yemeni widow to return home
Osama bin Laden's three widows and two daughters could be deported from Pakistan on Wednesday after their period of house detention expired overnight.
A Pakistani judge ordered earlier this month that the five women be deported back to their countries of citizenship after serving their sentence for living illegally in Pakistan.
The 45-day detention period ended Tuesday night, said Aamir Khalil, the widows' lawyer. But he said he had no information on when they would be deported.
The widows – identified by U.S. and Pakistani officials as Amal Ahmed Abdul Fateh, Khairiah Sabar and Siham Sabar – have been in Pakistani custody since U.S. Navy SEALs raided bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad and killed the al Qaeda leader in May 2011.
The daughters are aged 17 and 21, Khalil said.
All five defendants confessed to impersonation, illegal entry into Pakistan and staying illegally in Pakistan and chose not to appeal the judge's sentence.
Yemen has officially announced that it will allow Fateh, bin Laden's youngest widow, to return to her homeland. Her brother Zakaria Abdul Fateh said the Yemeni Embassy in Islamabad was processing her paperwork and that she planned to go back to Sanaa next month.
The position of the authorities in Saudi Arabia, where the other two widows are from, is unclear. Saudi Arabia had initially been resistant to their return.
Bin Laden spent years on the run in Pakistan after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, moving from one safe house to another and fathering four children with Fateh – at least one of whom was born in a government hospital, she told Pakistani investigators.
A deposition taken from Fateh gives the clearest picture yet of bin Laden's life while international forces hunted him. He and his family moved from city to city with the help of Pakistanis who arranged "everything" for them, Fateh said, according to the deposition.
She told police she never applied for a visa during her stay in Pakistan.
CNN's Shaan Khan and journalist Nasir Habib contributed to this report.