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The Subfamily Larinae is a member of the Family Laridae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Larinae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Sauropsida
Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass: Avialae
Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass: Aves
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Birds
- Cohort: Neognathae
Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder: Charadriimorphae
Huxley, 1867
- Order: Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - Shorebirds and allies
- Superorder: Charadriimorphae
Huxley, 1867
- Cohort: Neognathae
Pycraft, 1900
- Infraclass: Aves
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Birds
- Subclass: Avialae
Gauthier, 1986
- Class: Sauropsida
Linnaeus, 1758
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subfamily Larinae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Tribe (22): Aptosimeae · Arabideae · Chironieae · Cisteae · Colchiceae · Dipsaceae · Freziereae · Geranieae · Gordonieae · Haemantheae · Hemimerideae · Larini · Pancratieae · Rynchopini · Saliceae · Schizopetaleae · Spiraeeae · Stenomesseae · Stercorariini · Stylidieae · Tecomeae · Thlaspideae
- Genus (60): Allocasuarina · Anolis · Aptosimum · Aubrieta · Biebersteinia · Bifrenaria · Bomarea · Buxus · Casmerodius · Catharacta · Cleyera · Colchicum · Cornus · Creagrus · Diascia · Diosphaera · Ewartia · Exacum · Franklinia · Gabianus · Gaviota · Geranium · Haemanthus · Heuchera · Juniperus · Knautia · Larus · Leucophaeus · Mahonia · Ocyplanus · Ornithophora · Orphium · Pachycymbium · Paesia · Pagophila · Paliavana · Pancratium · Pandorea · Panisea · Parahebe · Peltaria · Pleioblastus · Polystichum · Quinchamalium · Rhodostethia · Rissa · Rossioglossum · Rracenia · Rynchops · Salix · Schizopetalon · Sibiraea · Stachyurus · Stenomesson · Stylidium · Thlaspi · Tiarella · Tuberaria · Xema · Xylanthemum
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 444 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Larinae.
Allocasuarina is a genus of trees in the flowering plant family Casuarinaceae. They are endemic to Australia, occurring primarily in the south. Like the closely related genus Casuarina, they are commonly called sheoaks or she-oaks, they are notable for their long, segmented branchlets that function as leaves. Formally termed , these branchlets somewhat resemble pine needles, although sheoaks are actually flowering plants. The leaves are reduced to minute scales encircling each joint. Fallen cladodes form a dense, soft mat beneath sheoaks, preventing the development of undergrowth and making sheoak woods remarkably quiet. [more]
Anolis is a genus of lizards belonging to the family Polychrotidae. With nearly 400 species, Anolis represents the world's most species rich amniote genus. Several species of Anolis are occasionally ascribed to the genus Norops, but the validity of the Norops genus is not widely accepted. The Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) has recently become the first reptile (not counting birds) to have its complete genome sequenced. [more]
Aubrieta (also Aubretia) is a genus of about 12 species of flowering plants in the cabbage family Brassicaceae. The genus is named after Claude Aubriet, a French flower-painter. It originates from southern Europe east to central Asia but is now a common garden escape throughout Europe. It is a low, spreading plant, hardy, evergreen and perennial, with small violet, pink or white flowers, and inhabits rocks and banks. It prefers light, well-drained soil, is tolerant of a wide pH range, and can grow in partial shade or full sun. [more]
Bifrenaria, abbreviated Bif. in horticultural trade, is a genus of plant in family Orchidaceae. It contains 20 species found in Panama, Trinidad and South America. There are no known uses for them, but their abundant, and at first glance artificial, flowers, make them favorites of orchid growers. [more]
Bomarea is one of the two major in the plant family Alstroemeriaceae. Most occur in the Andes. Several species are occasionally found as garden plants. [more]
Buxus is a genus of about 70 species in the family Buxaceae. Common names include box (majority of English-speaking countries) or boxwood (North America). [more]
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[1] [more]
The skuas () are a group of seabirds with about seven species forming the family Stercorariidae and the genus Stercorarius. The three smaller skuas are called jaegers in the Americas. [more]
Shrubs or trees, evergreen. Leaves petiolate; leaf blade margin entire or serrulate. Flowers bisexual, axillary, solitary or several in a cluster. Pedicel 1 cm or more, apically thickened; bracteoles 2, caducous, small, inserted near pedicel apex. Sepals 5, imbricate, unequal, basally slightly connate; outer sepals persistent, small. Petals 5, imbricate, basally connate. Stamens 25-30; filaments distinct, glabrous; anthers basifixed, 2-loculed, longitudinally dehiscent, with filiform trichomes, connective apiculate. Ovary usually glabrous, 2- or 3-loculed with 8-16 ovules per locule, placentation axile; style 1, persistent, slender, elongated, apically 2- or 3-lobed. Fruit baccate, ovoid to oblate, with several seeds per locule. Seeds blackish brown, reniform-globose to compressed globose, foveolate, shiny, glabrous; endosperm sparse; embryo curved.[2] [more]
Colchicum is a genus of flowering plants containing around sixty species of perennial plants which grow from corms. It is a member of family Colchicaceae, and is native to West Asia and part of the Mediterranean coast. [more]
The Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus) is an equatorial seabird in the gull family Laridae. It is the only species in the genus Creagrus, which derives from the Latin Creagra and the Greek kreourgos which means butcher, also from kreas, meat; according to Jobling it would mean "hook for meat" referring to the hooked bill of this species. It was first described by French naturalist and surgeon Adolphe-Simon Neboux in 1846. Its scientific name is originally derived from the Greek word for gull, "Glaros" and via Latin Larus, "gull" and furca "two-tined fork". It spends most of its life flying and hunting over the open ocean. The main breeding location is on the rocky shores and cliffs of Hood, Tower and Wolf Island, with lower numbers on most of the other islands. It is more common on the eastern islands where the water is warmer. [more]
Exacum is a genus of plant in family Gentianaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Franklinia is a monotypic genus in the tea plant family, Theaceae. The sole species in this genus is a flowering tree, Franklinia alatamaha, commonly called the Franklin tree, and native to the Altamaha River valley in Georgia in the southeastern United States. It has been extinct in the wild since the early 19th century, but survives as a cultivated ornamental tree. [more]
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[3] [more]
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Geranium is a genus of 422 species of flowering annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as the cranesbills. It is found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, but mostly in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region. The long, palmately cleft leaves are broadly circular in form. The flowers have 5 petals and are colored white, pink, purple or blue, often with distinctive veining. Geraniums will grow in any soil as long as it is not waterlogged. Propagation is by semi-ripe cuttings in summer, by seed, or by division in autumn or spring. [more]
Haemanthus is a Southern African genus of Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae, with some 22 known species, endemic to South Africa, Namibia and the kingdoms of Lesotho and Swaziland. About 15 species occur in the winter rainfall region of Namaqualand and the Western Cape, the remainder being found in the summer rainfall region, with one species Haemanthus albiflos occurring in both regions. [more]
The genus Heuchera () includes at least 50 species of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Saxifragaceae, all native to North America. Common names include alumroot and coral bells. They have palmately lobed leaves on long petioles, and a thick, woody rootstock. The genus was named after Johann Heinrich von Heucher (1677?1746), an 18th century German physician. [more]
Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus () of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on taxonomic viewpoint, there are between 50-67 species of juniper, widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere, from the Arctic, south to tropical Africa in the Old World, and to the mountains of Central America. [more]
Knautia is a genus in the family Dipsacaceae. The common names of these flowers are a variant of "widow flower." Others are given the name "Scabious," although this word belongs to a related genus (Scabiosa). [more]
Larus is a large genus of gulls with worldwide distribution (although by far the greatest species diversity is in the Northern Hemisphere). Many of its species are abundant and well-known birds in their ranges. Until about 2005?2007, most gulls were placed in this genus, but this arrangement is now known to be polyphyletic, leading to the resurrection of the genera Ichthyaetus, Chroicocephalus, Leucophaeus, and Hydrocoloeus (this last had been recognized more often than the other genera) for several species traditionally included in Larus. [more]
Leucophaeus is a small genus of medium-sized New World gulls, most of which are dark in plumage, usually with white crescents above and below the eyes. They were placed in the genus Larus until recently. [more]
Mahonia is a genus of about 70 species of evergreen shrubs in the family Berberidaceae, native to eastern Asia, the Himalaya, North America and Central America. They are closely related to the genus Berberis. Botanists disagree on the acceptability of the genus name Mahonia. Several authorities argue plants in this genus should be included in the genus Berberis because several species in both genera are able to hybridize, and because when the two genera are looked at as a whole, there is no definite morphological separation. Mahonia typically have large, pinnate leaves 10?50 cm long with 5-15 leaflets, and flowers in racemes (5?20 cm long). [more]
The Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea is a small gull, the only species in its genus. It breeds in the high arctic and has a circumpolar distribution through Greenland, northernmost North America, and Eurasia. [more]
Pancratium may be: [more]
Pandorea is a genus of 6 species, of woody climbing vines and creepers in the family Bignoniaceae. They are native to Malesia, Australia and New Caledonia. The two most widely cultivated, mainly for their showy flowers, are the Australian species P. jasminoides (Bower Vine) and P. pandorana (Wonga Vine). All of the plants in Pandorea are subtropical to tropical and are frost-tender. [more]
Panisea is a genus of in family Orchidaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Pleioblastus is a genus of monopodial bamboo. Genetic research indicates that this genus may properly be part of the genus Arundinaria. [more]
Polystichum is a genus of about 180 species of ferns with a cosmopolitan distribution. The highest diversity is in eastern Asia, with about 120 species in China alone; Africa (17 species), North America (15 species), and Europe (5 species) have much lower diversity. [more]
The Ross's Gull (Rhodostethia rosea) is a small gull, the only species in its genus, although it has been suggested it should be moved to the genus Hydrocoloeus, which otherwise only includes the Little Gull. [more]
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[4] [more]
The Skimmers, Rynchopidae, are a small family of tern-like birds in the order Charadriiformes, which also includes the waders, gulls and auks. The family comprises three species found in South Asia, Africa, and the Americas. [more]
Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Most species are known as willow, but some narrow-leaved shrub species are called osier, and some broader-leaved species are referred to as sallow (from Old English sealh, related to the Latin word salix, willow). Some willows (particularly arctic and alpine species) are low-growing or creeping shrubs; for example, the dwarf willow (Salix herbacea) rarely exceeds 6 cm (2 in) in height, though it spreads widely across the ground. [more]
Schizopetalon (syn. Schizopetalum Sims) is a genus of the botanical family Brassicaceae. [more]
Shrubs deciduous, polygamo-dioecious. Branches stout, terete; buds ovoid, scales alternate, purplish brown. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, subsessile, simple, midvein distinct, lateral veins in 3-5 pairs, margin entire. Inflorescence terminal, pedunculate, a dense, spikelike, many-flowered panicle; bracts lanceolate, margin entire. Flowers shortly pedicellate, small. Hypanthium shallowly campanulate. Sepals 5, erect, persistent in fruit, margin entire, apex acute. Petals 5, white, longer than sepals. Stamens 20-25, slightly shorter to slightly longer than petals, vestigial in female flowers. Carpels 5, connate at base. Follicles erect, long ellipsoid, dehiscent along whole adaxial suture and abaxially near apex. Seeds usually 2, rather large.[5] [more]
Morphological characters and geographic distribution are the same as those of the family.[6] [more]
Stylidium (also known as triggerplants or trigger plants) is a genus of dicotyledonous plants that belong to the family Stylidiaceae. The genus name Stylidium is derived from the Greek st???? or stylos (column or pillar), which refers to the distinctive reproductive structure that its flowers possess. Pollination is achieved through the use of the sensitive "trigger", which comprises the male and female reproductive organs fused into a floral column that snaps forward quickly in response to touch, harmlessly covering the insect in pollen. Most of the approximately 300 species are only found in Australia, making it the fifth largest genus in that country. Triggerplants are considered to be protocarnivorous or carnivorous because the glandular trichomes that cover the scape and flower can trap, kill, and digest small insects with protease enzymes produced by the plant. [more]
Thlaspi are a genus of herbs of temperate regions. The rare species T. perfoliatum occurs primarily in Oxfordshire, England and is protected under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. [more]
The Foamflowers (Tiarella) are a popular genus of wildflower and garden plants. They belong to the Saxifrage family (Saxifragaceae). Some species are: [more]
Tuberaria (rockrose) is a genus of about 112 species of annual or perennial plants in the rockrose family Cistaceae, native to western and southern Europe. They occur on dry, stony sites, often close to the sea. [more]
The Sabine's Gull is a small gull. Its generic placement is disputed; some authors treat it as the sole species in the genus Xema as Xema sabini, while others retain it in the genus Larus as Larus sabini. It breeds in the arctic and has a circumpolar distribution through northernmost North America and Eurasia. It migrates south in autumn; most of the population winters at sea in the Pacific off western South America in the cold waters of the Humboldt Current, while Greenland and eastern Canadian birds cross the Atlantic by way of the westernmost fringes of Europe to winter off southwest Africa in the cold waters of the Benguela Current. Occasionally individual Sabine's Gulls can be seen off other coasts such as the northeastern United States or further east in Europe, typically following autumn storms. [more]
At least 8 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Xylanthemum.
More info about the Genus Xylanthemum may be found here.
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En quoi consiste ces produits : Le crayon à sourcils hydrofuge 5 en 1 Brow Power Perfector consiste en une poudre comblante pour les sourcils, un crayon hydrofuge, un gel, un traitement revitalisant et d'une brosse. Il contient des ingrédients bienfaisants pour les sourcils. Taille-crayon en prime! À qui sont-ils destinés? Ce produit est conçu pour quiconque souhaitent de magnifiques cils d'apparence naturels qui encadrent le visage pour une apparence symétrique.
Les bienfaits : Le crayon Brow Power Perfector s'applique en quelques secondes et vous aide à obtenir de magnifiques sourcils. Les effets bienfaisants aident à créer instantanément de somptueux cils sains pendant toute la journée.
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Ce qui est inclus : • Crayon à sourcils hydrofuge double extrémités Brow Power IT Cosmetics (1,40 g/0,049 oz chacun) • En prime : taille crayon
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Excellent Brow Tamer
Par Fashionista
de Montreal
I use all of Jamie's brow pencils and like them all because they really look natural and stay put.The first time I tried the gel pencil I pressed too hard and didn't like the results.But this morning I tried again and used very light pressure and feathered along and the brows looked great. But my favourite result of all is with this gel, you really get all those weird, wiry, pokey wayward hairs to lie down and behave!!For this reason, I think I prefer the gel pencil.BUT!!! Can't we get a gel pencil that swivels? I hate sharpening. I hope this will be the next step for this brow product.
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expensive..powder gel good
Par Steph
de Montreal Area
I first ordered these pencils you can sharpen in November 2012. I ordered what was available in my colour, taupe, last winter too. Extemely happy with pencils as shown in this photo but not other types by IT. Actual powder is the best ever and my skin does not keep pencil or powder on my brows due to oils for very long. It isn't perfect but pretty good. Perfect would not need retouched through say 8 hours. I am 61 and it has been a lifelong makeup problem for me. The gel powder is smooth and natural when brushed after application.It will disappear and need retouching too. I wouldn't attest to waterproof.I wasted my money when I bought the thinner types and skinny variety. The product breaks from the get go, falls out, not very much of product to start. Don't know why the company ever went from anything except this type of applicator if the replacement was so awful. I was not impressed that when it is showcased with Jamie's very limited stock is available on TSC every time she comes. When will that be fixed for Canadian shoppers and these pencils. My advice: recommend product but return at first sign of an applicator problem. TSC please work on the stock IT has at showtimes. Blockbusters are great but we also would like to have other items to be available.
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Absolute Junk!
Par D.J.
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I've used this product for months now, so this review is a true reflection of someone who has given it a (more than) fair shake. It's junk, no two ways to say it. The first package arrived damaged (tip dried out and broken) which should have been my first clue. BUT I ordered a replacement – big mistake. The only good thing about this product is that it does stay on your skin so if you like the "painted-on eyebrow look" this will maybe get the job done. If you prefer a natural look, and want a pencil to fill in your brows this is not the one. It's cakey, leaves little pieces of product around your brows (even when applying with any eyebrow brush) and has a waxy unpleasant texture that does not apply evenly to the skin. It will not sharpen to a point (it's too soft) and so you cannot apply directly without creating a globby mess. It just crumbles and breaks during sharpening so gets used up in no time. Today I threw it away… and the 2nd new unused pencil as well. This is one of those times when you do not get what you pay for; expensive lesson learned.
What you see is ALL you get
Par Dorothy
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Loved this product until I accidently broke the tip off & tried to rewind it as you do with most eyebrow pencils but couldn't. Pretty pricy for 1/4 inch.
The Best
Par Cheryl
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Easiest one I've ever used & looks very natural.
Like all of the brow pencils.
Par Dee
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I was never one to use eye brow liners until IT Cosmetics. So I tried all that Jamie has to offer and I love them all.They make my eye brows look lovely and the liner stays on until you take it off which is what I really love about them all.They keep those little stray hairs down. I did not really know what a difference it makes to have your eye brows done as it really does frame your face. Very happy again with IT Cosmetics and it is the only product I use.
Really Nice Product
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Love this product - it's very soft and easy to apply. I found it does smudge a bit, though, so one has to be a bit careful immediately after applying.
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What happened to the Original Brow Power
Par Susie
I have tried both the Powder Gel Pencil and the new "Skinny" pencil -- neither measures up to the original Brow Power pencil. The original Brow Power pencil is the best eyebrow pencil I have ever used, but it doesn't seem to be available any more. I will not purchase the revised versions of the original again so please bring back the original Brow Power. Why mess with success!
Love this product but only one complaint
Par VANN-LY
de NORTH YORK
I love this brow pencil as it's great esp if you have brows with hairs that stray... the gel in the pencil helps tame them and you really can't rub your eyebrows off!!!!! My only complaint is the colour... I find the taupe has a slight gray tone in it. I am Asian background with a medium to tan skin tone with dark brown coloured hair. So I took a chance as on Jaime's last visit, only 2 colours were available and I ordered the auburn and I love it!!!Maybe I prefer lighter coloured brows but it works with my brown hair and if I want to go darker, I can use any eyeshadow or pigment but overall, it worked for me!
Love this product
Par Very Satisified Shopper
de HAMILTON
I purchased this pencil,(taupe) on Jamie's last visit...I really love this eye brow pencil...I was quite disapointed to see on her most recent visit, she did not replenish the stock. "WHY"There were two colours on hand...neither of which I use.It is nice to see a few more products in stock, in case one runs out. I would still like to see TSC, have more of her stock on hand.Please, Please bring the gel eye brow pencil back, in various colours. Thanks.

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Human Rights First Condemns Passage of Real ID Act Punishing Victims of Persecution (5/11/05)
Human Rights First believes the REAL ID Act seriously erodes the basic rights of asylum applicants and flies in the face of America's historic commitment to refugees. It denies fair treatment and violates international obligations to refugees. Moreover, its provisions are culturally insensitive and broadly expand the power of immigration judges to make life or death decisions.
The REAL ID Act damages the ability of refugees to gain protection while fleeing oppressive regimes. Under the REAL ID Act, refugees will be denied asylum:
- Because they do not look a judge in the eye – or because of other aspects of their "demeanor." The REAL ID Act allows an immigration judge to deny asylum to a refugee based on her lack of eye-contact or because she shows too little emotion. This provision fails to take into account how people from different cultures interact with authority figures – in particular, in talking about traumatic personal experiences.
- Because they cannot talk about rape with a male immigration officer. An immigration judge can deny protection in the United States to a woman who was raped by soldiers as punishment for her religious beliefs if she is unable to tell armed male airport inspectors about the rape, but later tells the judge. This provision fails to appreciate the discomfort women from different cultures feel in talking about violent sexual abuse, to men who are armed and in uniform – much like their attackers.
- Because their relatives were extorted by terrorist groups. The REAL ID Act allows people who bear no personal responsibility for terrorist acts – even the wives and children of victims of extortion by militant groups – to be deported and barred from asylum based on overly broad definitions of "terrorism" and of what constitutes "supporting" terrorism.
Broad Coalition Fights Back to Achieve Gains
Human Rights First led a broad coalition of religious and human rights groups in opposing the restrictive asylum provisions of REAL ID. Our work and that of groups including the National Association of Evangelicals, the Southern Baptist Convention, the Anti-Defamation League, and Congressional leaders like Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) prevented some of the worst language from being included in the bill. For refugees, this means:
- A person whose case is pending before a federal court is able to stay and argue their case. With earlier language, they could have been deported into the arms of their jailers and killers, even while their cases were pending before a federal court.
- A person who has been granted asylum can become permanent residents much faster – very good news for over 160,000 people who have currently been waiting over 15 years for this status. This is possible because the agreement reached lifts the numerical cap contained in the present statute.
- A person fleeing coercive population control can be given a final grant of asylum. This bill lifts the annual cap on eligibility of the number of refugees who can be granted asylum based on having fled forced abortion or sterilization which currently impacts over 9000 individuals.
History of the Bill
The REAL ID Act was introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) on January 26, 2005, and included provisions that place refugees at an increased risk of persecution and erode this countrys historic commitment to protect those seeking safe haven. In the House, the bill (called H.R. 418) passed on February 10, 2005. On March 16, it was attached to the emergency spending bill on Iraq and tsunami aid (H.R. 1268) which was then passed by the House. This emergency spending bill was considered a "must pass" bill, meaning that it would certainly come to a vote. The House leadership therefore attached REAL ID to it in order to press the Senate to accept REAL ID's anti-refugee provisions without sufficient consideration or debate. The REAL ID Act was passed by Congress on May 10 and signed into law by President Bush on May 11, 2005.
Human Rights First, together with a diverse group of faith-based, human rights, and refugee assistance organizations, opposed this bill on the grounds that it would harm refugees and undermine this country's commitment to protecting those who flee persecution.
On March 30, 2005, a diverse group of nearly 80 organizations and over 80 individuals sent a letter to the Senate urging them to oppose sections 101 and 105 of H.R. 418. They called on the Senate to give "careful, deliberate consideration" to the House passed REAL ID Act, which "will have devastating consequences for bona fide asylum-seekers and refugees without making our nation safer."
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Report
A ground-breaking report issued on February 8, 2005 by the bi-partisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) documents some serious failings in this country's treatment of asylum seekers. The report shows how hard it already is for refugees who flee from religious and other persecution to receive asylum in this country. The REAL ID Act further increases the already significant burdens facing those who seek refuge in this country.
Read more about the USCIRF report
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Proponents of the REAL ID Act repeatedly characterized it as necessary to prevent terrorists from "gaming" the system. The law in existence before the enactment of REAL ID, however, already barred those who present a security risk from getting asylum. Asylum seekers currently undergo rigorous security and background checks from the time they apply until they are granted. In fact, they continue to undergo these clearances even after being granted asylum and until they receive their green card.
Click here for an overview of Security Procedures in the U.S. Asylum System
The bill also contains one provision that helps refugees. The bill lifts the limit on the number of asylees who can receive permanent resident status in the U.S. Because of this limit, refugees who have already been granted asylum must wait 15 years before they can become permanent residents – delaying their path to citizenship.
The bill resurrects several controversial anti-immigrant and anti-refugee provisions dropped from the final version of the "Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004″ in December 2004 due to widespread opposition. The bill will fundamentally change U.S. asylum law. Many refugees who have fled brutal human rights abuses — including torture, rape, and other horrific violence — will be barred from receiving asylum under these provisions.
Widespread Opposition to the REAL ID Act
- Latino Leadership Urges President Bush to Remove REAL ID from Troop Relief Bill
- Jubilee Campaign Opposes Asylum Provisions of REAL ID Act (PDF – 210KB)
- Faithful but Forsaken – REAL ID Act Harms Victims of Religious Persecution (report endorsed by more than 30 faith-based and non-governmental organizations) (PDF – 1.5MB)
- Over 50 Asian Pacific American Organizations Urge Senate to Oppose REAL ID (PDF – 22KB)
- Statement of Dr. Barrett Duke from the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
(PDF – 206KB) - Statement of Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (PDF – 78KB)
- Letter Re REAL ID Act from 12 Senators to Senator Frist (PDF – 313KB)
- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service Oppose REAL ID Act (PDF – 61KB)
- Faith-Based Groups Oppose Asylum-Related Provisions of REAL ID Act (PDF – 14KB)
- From Doctor to Doctor, Over 100 Health Professionals Urge Senator Frist to Oppose REAL ID Act
(PDF – 27KB) - 138 Anti-Violence Organizations Urge Senate to Oppose REAL ID Act (PDF – 36KB)
- Human Rights First Opposes Sections 101, 103, 104, and 105 of the REAL ID Act (PDF – 104KB)
- Over 80 Organizations and Over 80 Individuals Urge the Senate to Oppose Sections 101 and 105 of theREAL ID Act (PDF – 232KB)
- Latino Groups Urge Senators to Oppose REAL ID Act (PDF – 20KB)
- Letter from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University to Senate Majority Leader Frist Urging to Not Support REAL ID Act (PDF – 164KB)
- Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Urges the Senate to Vote Against REAL ID Act (PDF – 84KB)
- The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and 64 other organizations urge opposition to REAL ID Act (PDF – 70KB)
- Letter from Jewish Community Leaders to the Senate Opposing REAL ID Act (PDF – 15KB)
- American Bar Association opposes anti-refugee provisions of REAL ID Act (PDF – 142KB)
- Over 50 Organizations Oppose Sensenbrenner's REAL ID Act and Subsequent Amendment, February 9, 2005 (PDF – 7KB)
- Coalition of individuals and rights organizations oppose REAL ID Act (PDF – 24KB)
- Interfaith Statement: REAL ID Act Threatens Ability of Victims of Persecution to Find Safe Haven in the United States, February 4, 2005 (PDF – 14KB)
- Interfaith Report: Faithful but Forsaken: REAL ID Act Harms Victims of Religious Persecution
- HRF Letter Opposing Sections101, 103 and 104 of the REAL ID (PDF – 107KB)
- Sign-on Letter by over 40 organizations and 70 individuals opposing section 101 of the REAL ID Act (PDF- 31KB)
- Letter by 35 Asian Pacific American organizations opposing the REAL ID Act (PDF – 14KB)
- Letter from Latino organizations opposing the REAL ID Act (PDF -15KB)
- Women's rights organizations oppose the REAL ID Act (PDF – 50KB)
Commentary by Cory Smith, Legislative Counsel for Human Rights First, on the REAL ID Act
The REAL ID Act in the Media
- "Jewish Groups Oppose US's Stricter Controls on Asylum," Jerusalem Post, March 9, 2005
- "Death Sentence?" Christianity Today, March 8, 2005
- "Republican Plan Would Tighten Laws for Asylum Cases," Hearst Newspapers, March 6, 2005
- "Keep the Doors Open," The Jewish Week editorial, February 25, 2005
- "Unwelcome Mat," The Boston Globe, February 25, 2005
- "Religious Asylum Assailed," Family News in Focus, February 22, 2005 (PDF – 51KB)
- "Proyecto de ley torpedea el derecho de asilo," El Nuevo Herald, February 22, 2005
- "Conservative camps split on tightening asylum," The Boston Globe, February 21, 2005
- "Not broke, don't fix," The Washington Times, February 20, 2005
- "National ID Party," The Wall Street Journal editorial, February 17, 2005 (subscription required)
- "On Guard, America," The New York Times editorial, February 15, 2005
- "Refugee Politics," The Baltimore Sun editorial, February 14, 2005
- "REAL ID Act deserves defeat in the Senate," San Antonio Express-Newseditorial, February 18, 2005
- "Playing the terror card," Contra Costa Times, February 14, 2005
- "Ineffectual migrant policy," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial, February 13, 2005
- "Aliens in Our Midst: America is hardening its heart to refugees and immigrants," Christianity Today, February 10, 2005
- "Anti-terror bill hides strictures vs. refugees," Arizona Daily Star, February 10, 2005
- "REAL ID, Real Problems," Washington Post editorial, February 9, 2005
- "Asylum Seekers Treated Poorly, U.S. Panel Says," The New York Times, February 8, 2005
- "RIGHTS-US:Anti-Terror Bill Targets Asylum Seekers," Inter Press Service News Agency, February 4, 2005
- "Faith-Based Groups Oppose Immigration Bill," Associated Press, January 30, 2005
- "Sensenbrenner and Davis bills square off," The Hill, February 1, 2005
Additional Information
Click here to see how the REAL ID Act affects the Immigration & Nationality Act (PDF-320KB)
Click here to view Critical Analysis of Section 101 of The REAL ID Act of 2005


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Posted on 09/21/2011 9:13:42 PM PDT by marshmallow
More than three years ago, readers on this site received fair warning that Father Frank Pavone was cruising toward a showdown with officials in the Diocese of Amarillo. Read the comment by Diogenes from August 2008, and you will find the simmering conflict neatly summarized, many months before it boiled over into full public view. Diogenes concluded his analysis this way:
The question isn't whether or not the Church will support pro-life work. The question is whether priests and religious, when they engage in pro-life work, remain subject to ecclesiastical discipline.
The answer, by the way, is Yes. You can learn that the easy way or learn it the hard way.
Now Father Pavone is learning the hard way, along with many of his loyal supporters. The controversy that finally hit the headlines last week is a sad one, a damaging one for the pro-life movement, but not a new one. It was all too easy to see it coming.
For years Father Pavone has sought autonomy for his organization, Priests for Life. His quest for independence caused some tension with the Archdiocese of New York, where he originally served. At first it seemed that tension was resolved when he moved to the Amarillo diocese. But it cropped up again with Bishop John Yanta, who had welcomed him to Texas. Finally it came to a head under Bishop Yantas successor, Bishop Patrick Zurek.
Bishop Zureks decision to recall Father Pavone to Amarillo, and restrict him to ministry there, was not a bolt from the blue, then. Father Pavone has disclosed that he had been discussing the possibility with his bishop for several months. No doubt both, the bishop and the priest, had been seeking advice from canon lawyers and support from friends, trying to influence each other, hoping to resolve the mounting tension without a public ruckus.
Especially in light of those behind-the-scenes negotiations, and the consultations that must have taken place, it is unfortunate that Bishop Zurek sloppily used the word suspend in the public announcement of his decision. Father Pavone was not suspended; he remains a priest in good standing. He was summoned to serve the Church in the diocese where he is incardinated. There is no question that the bishop has the authority to restrict a priests ministry in this way. Although Father Pavone has announced a canonical appeal, it is difficult to imagine how he could prevail.
In September 9 announcement, Bishop Zurek said that he took action because of deep concerns regarding [Pavones] stewardship of the finances of the Priests for Life (PFL) organization. But his concerns went deeper, he revealed. He was also worried about Father Pavones incorrigible defiance to my legitimate authority as his Bishop. Those two concerns, it becomes clear, were very closely intertwined.
Father Pavone says that he has answered every question the bishop asked about the finances of PFL. Bishop Zurek disputes that point, charging that PFL has managed to rebuff my every attempt at calling for financial transparency. How can we judge those two contradictory claims? The audited financial reports of PFL, which Father Pavone has now made public, provide a few clues. Last year PFL showed a $1.4 million budget deficit, and the groups available cash balances dropped by over a half-million dollars. The latest PFL budget figures show an enormous $879,000 loan to Gospel of Life Ministries: another effort with which Father Pavone is personally involved. If those funds are not repaid, PFL faces an immediate financial crisis. Bishop Zurek has good reason to be worried about Father Pavones financial stewardship.
But financial reports only record the sums that were raised and spent; they do not necessarily tell how and why they were raised and spent. Therein lies the larger problem.
When he brought PFL to Amarillo, Father Pavone had ambitious plans to build a seminary there, and found a new religious order dedicated to pro-life activism. He raised enormous sums of money from donors who were encouraged to support that religious order and help build that seminary. But the seminary was never built, and within a couple of years the religious order had been disbanded.
In a revealing Amarillo television interview, Father Pavone admitted that much of the money raised for the seminary had been spent on other thingsthe operating expenses of PFL. Since the $10 million annual budget of PFL dwarfs the budget of the Amarillo diocese, it is eminently understandable that diocesan officialswho were hoping that a new seminary would provide benefits for their own pastoral workwould ask pointed questions about those other things.
Since being recalled, Father Pavone has assured his supporters that he plans to continue his pro-life activism. He has reminded reporters that he took a vow in the presence of a Vatican cardinal to devote himself full-time to the pro-life cause. The presence of a cardinal would not affect the binding force of a vow, of course; Father Pavone is reminding us that he has friends in high places. By insisting on his dedication to the pro-life cause, he is (intentionally?) feeding suspicions that his bishop wants to rein him in because he has been too outspoken in his opposition to abortionan assertion for which there is no supporting evidence. But there is something even more troubling about Father Pavones claim here.
When he made that special vow, in August 2006, Father Pavone was founding a religious order: the Missionaries of the Gospel of Life. Two years later that order was defunct. Looking back on the orders history today, Father Pavone is surprisingly unconcerned about its demise. We knew it was an experiment, he told the Amarillo television interviewer. It is oddand not at all healthythat the founder of a religious order would look upon it as an experiment. In the course of that interview, Father Pavone makes it clear that in his mind, the religious order was always a means to an end; it was intended to act as an arm of PFL. (As Diogenes pointed out when the order was suppressed, that was a major concern for Church officials: that a religious order might be controlled by a secular corporation.) Yet once the order was dissolved, Father Pavones special vow lost its force, and he became an ordinary priest of the Amarillo diocese.
Now Father Pavone wants to leave Amarillo, to become a priest in another diocese that will allow him to continue his pro-life work without unwanted supervision. His desire for complete independence is easy to understand: Which one of us doesnt want to be free from supervision? But in light of his track recordin particular, his insouciant approach to the details of raising, spending, and accounting for moneyit is equally easy to understand why his bishop would not think it prudent to grant him that degree of independence. Canon lawyer Edward Peters has written perceptively about this case in general and about Father Pavones quest to be free of Amarillo in particular. To state the matter in simple terms, a diocesan priest has a responsibility first and foremost to his bishop and his diocese, and only secondarily to any apostolate with which he is associated. Bishop Zurek spoke of the need for Father Pavone to readjust his priestly bearing and recognize that he is a priest first, an activist second. To date there is no sign that the embattled priest is getting that message.
In his quest to be rid of the irksome restrictions that he now faces in Amarillo, Father Pavone says that he will seek incardination to another diocese. That wont be easy. He has already switched his diocesan affiliation once, and any thoughtful bishop would look askance at a priest who wanted to switch for a second time. To aggravate matters still further, another pro-life group with which Father Pavone is affiliated (as a board member) is now planning to picket Catholic churches in the Amarillo diocese. What bishop would want to take on a priest who has become embroiled in such an openly adversary relationship with his diocesan superiors? What bishop would want a priest who has made it so abundantly clear that he considers his own personal apostolate more important than the work of the dioceseto the point that he is willing to attack the diocese in order to further the apostolate?
For years Father Pavone has run PFL as his own personal fiefdom. He has been answerable only to the PFL board of directorson which he and his paid subordinates have formed a solid voting majority. That long run of complete autonomy is now coming to an end. This is not a case in which a bishop has set out to squelch pro-life activism. It is a case in which a bishop has realized that a priest and a Catholic apostolate are both in urgent need of supervision.
Recognizing this reality may be a difficult process for Father Pavone. Until now, PFL has been his project: his baby. But he cannot continue running PFL the way he has been running it. If the mission of PFL is to continue and thrive, it will be under some new form of leadership.
Painful though it will be, Father Pavone should realize that the time has come to offer his baby up for adoption. He of all people should realize the most likely alternative: the baby will die.
I'm still with Father Pavone on this one.
What has the Bishop of Amarillo done for unborn babies lately?
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As am I. I think Pavone should and will prevail in his goal to establish a prolife ministry not under the authority of a bishop.
The very fact that the ministry, as stated, is raising about 10 million dollars, is evidence that having it under one bishop in Amarillo is entirely unworkable.
I am not bothered by Fr. Pavone's desire to move from NY to Amarillo, especially given that the new bishop of Amarillo is not the same bishop who was there when Fr. Pavone initiated the transfer.
I think that the bishop of Amarillo is playing games with Fr. Pavone and children's lives. Calling him back to Amarillo, without specifying what he wants Pavone to do? Having him wait?
As for his vow to serve prolife work for the rest of his life 'perishing' along with the defunct order, is complete nonsense. That would be like arguing that a priest himself must give up his order of celibacy, should his order fold.
I'm even more convinced that the powers that be do not have the best interest of unborn children after reading this terrible argument.
Curious how Father Pavone was ever able to evade the usual Church oversight on monies. His work has been wonderful from a media exposure standpoint to the travesty of abortion, the suffering of Terri Schiavo, and his activism has been instrumental in growing the numbers of laity into the pro-Life movement. However, the financial accounting and the red ink, the disappearance of the funding for a beautiful new and major seminary in Amarillo, and the so called "experiment" order that also failed would raise the brow and perhaps ire of any well meaning and concerned oversight authority, secular included, but certainly one's Bishop and brother. His unhappy history with Bishops who are charged with applying a little due diligence is not helpful to his case or cause. God bless him for all that he has done well and may the Catholic pro-Life movement be blessed, favored and fruitful.
Papist plot ping
This deliberately perverse and nasty ending supports the impression that it is an effort of the Amarillo diocese to crush Pavone's pro-life efforts. The money contentions are carefully lacking in any specifics - they are implicatory and biased without admitting bias. Pavone's status as a diocesan priest has long been associated with an extended definition of the diocese as including those of the unborn, wherever they may be.
I don't particularly care for Pavone for my own reasons, but he fought for Terri Schiavo's life and he has blazed a trail for the protection of the innocent for a very long time. To misreport his activities and slander him as a rogue egotist is simply wrong - and a sign that those who contend against him know that they are the liars and schemers in this matter.
Phil Lawler is a careful, thoughtful, precise journalist. I would not be too quick to dismiss anything he says. I certainly would not characterize his interpretation as perverse and nasty.
It's been a long time, a very long time since I heard anything about protecting the unborn.
Power trumps charity
I've always found it ironic that these Church officials exercise their authority in such a strong manner (legitimately, I should emphasize) when financial matters are involved, and yet never exercise this same authority when Catholic moral teachings and even outright criminal activity are involved.
Have a lay board of trustees run the group, and have Fr. Pavone serve as the organization's spiritual advisor and a good high-profile spokesman. This way, the organization would not be subject to oversight by a local bishop and could avoid having a priest like Fr. Pavone dragged into questions about its finances.
Me, too. We may hear these petitions in October, during Pro-Life Month, but not year round.
Unborn babies are out of sight, out of mind...in many of our churches.
" Ive always found it ironic that these Church officials exercise their authority in such a strong manner (legitimately, I should emphasize) when financial matters are involved, and yet never exercise this same authority when Catholic moral teachings and even outright criminal activity are involved. " <<<<
Well you certainly have a point there! Chances are that both these men are fallible and imperfect as are we, but in their vocation they are in the spot light now. One has visible fruits that are visibly afforded to him by that spot light on his good deeds and therefore known to all. The other suffers for all the faithful in ways we can not see and in this peculiar case we will never know, where he is disadvantaged by the absence of a spot light on his good works and deeds, but thrust out into the bright media lights set up against him because his works are hidden and we can't see.
Wagglebee - list or not? And I'd be interested to hear your viewopoint.
We had some very interesting posts on these two threads:
What bothers me the most - Fr. Pavone pens update from Amarillo
Fr. Pavone: dont vote for politicians who support cracking the skulls of babies
What is the purpose of priesthood? I fear that this is becoming a battle of wills.
No, it shows why such ministries don't work well with oversight by one diocese.
If it were under the direct authority of the pope, that would change things, for the benefit of both Pavone and the Church.
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More on the saga of Fr. Pavone; I can't comment because I have no understanding of how the Catholic Church does things. Fr. Pavone is doing wonderful work for the unborn and the helpless and I hope that somehow or other he is able to continue his work.
I just hope that Fr. Pavone can somehow continue his work.
Pinging a knowledgeable Catholic.
I feel the same. I wonder if jealousy may be a factor here. I just don't know. I think of him with Baby Joseph and Terry Schiavo, and I know that he has made a huge difference. This is of great concern to me, and I think to many, many others.
That should have been Terri Schiavo. My apologies.
I am, of course, a huge admirer of Fr.Pavone. he has done tremendous work. He does seem to be chafing under the vows of obedience he owes to his bishop --- and he is handling it "by the book," by canonical appeal, while accepting directin and assignment from his bishop. So he's putting forth a good effort to do the right thing.
It may be that Fr. Pavone needs to be released fromhis vows so he can function as an independent operator, which is possibly what he thinks he's called to be.
I will pray for all involved. I dont think there's any malice, scandal or skulduggery involved in this. It's just good men trying to live within their vows and God's will.
Obedience is always the hard one. Much harder than poverty and chastity!
Thank you, Mrs. Don-o. Excellent analysis, and I could not agree more about the difficulty of obedience. I hope that this unfortunate situation will result in something good. I believe that it can.
I respect Pavone, and am thankful for his work. But I can see the bishop's point. Especially with the recent examples of celebrity priests falling out in a big way.
Thanks to both of you. I look forward to a happy resolution.
I don't believe he should be left without supervision. The question is what is the best way to oversee the nonprofit?
PFL as stated raises about 10 million a year, responsible to a diocese that has about 1 million dollars. PFL has grown beyond the point where it can be adequately constrained by a diocese.
You could put them directly under Garcia in the Archdiocese of San Antonio. That would probably work better then the current situation in Amarillo.
Why don't more Bishops apply more "due diligence"to the travesty of church members being allowed to be politically active against life and thereby guilty of murder and almost always without any consequence. Now that would amount to something. Talk about mixed up priorities.
So you're saying that Priests for life is a failure? Hardly.
Yes, he failed before, but has succeeded with priests for life. No, my suggestion is to turn priests for life into another religious order. with oversight from the Pope, not from the diocese of Amarillo. Failing that, one of the archbishops in the US.
And, yes, it's primarily about oversight of Fr. Pavone's ministry. Had he been just a priest with Amarillo none of this would have come about.
When he brought PFL to Amarillo, Father Pavone had ambitious plans to build a seminary there, and found a new religious order dedicated to pro-life activism. He raised enormous sums of money from donors who were encouraged to support that religious order and help build that seminary. But the seminary was never built, and within a couple of years the religious order had been disbanded.
The Pope does not "oversee" religious orders directly. There are provisions in the Catholic Church for the establishment of what is called a personal prelature, but there are quite rare (I believe Opus Dei is the only one in existence). A personal prelature is a structure where all of its members in the world (lay people and religious alike) come under the authority of a single bishop rather than their local bishops.
I agree that this is all about oversight of Fr. Pavone. When you have a priest out there raising $10 million in annual revenue through donations like this, there needs to be some kind of serious oversight, no?
I don't see why this can't be done for PFL as for Opus Dei.
Seems to me the most appropriate outcome.
Should all the money go to Amarillo? That's not really right either, is it?
Are you speaking of Bishop Zurek? Have you reason to doubt his diligence or his competence?
Nobody's suggesting the money should go to the diocese, either. Fr. Pavone's bishop is suggesting that full transparency in the financial arrangements of PFL is necessary in order to protect the Church against potential scandals.
P.S. If PFL's attempt to start a seminary wasn't successful, then how can anyone possibly suggest that establishing them as a personal prelature would be viable? I mean, they can't even demonstrate that they have the ability to train their next generation of priests!
No, I'm just pointing out the irony of how fast this whole story has unfolded in light of how long many priests were allowed to sexually abuse young men without any action at all on the part of their superiors.
Hrm? Opus Dei was founded in 1928. It wasn't a prelature until 1982.
It also has 90k members but only 2k priests.
"I mean, they cant even demonstrate that they have the ability to train their next generation of priests!"
Is that really it's purpose?
Yeah, the bishop of Amarillo seems pretty clear on where he wants the money to go.
As for them wanting such an arrangement, didn't Pavone just apply to move to a different bishop?
Anyways, Los Angeles, which is the largest US archdiocese was earning about 30 million a year back in 2003. Would be about 50 million today. Anyway you slice it PFL is going to be larger than most Catholic dioceses in America, and is going to be a big part of whatever diocese it is a part of.
Is that really its purpose?
Well, yeah -- for a religious order that is organized as a personal prelature under an ecclesial head in Rome? That's EXACTLY what they're supposed to be doing. If an organization called "Priests for Life" can't even demonstrate how it will train their next generation of priests, then why would anyone in the Vatican bother going through the trouble of organizing a new prelature only to have it disappear once the current generation of priests dies or retires?
As an FYI . . . I don't know if any of this had anything to do with it, but I understand PFL actually did try to set up some sort of independent order that would directly report to Rome, and it was rejected by the Vatican.
Didn't you just say they didn't want that set up?
Your slips showing.
If there is any good that has come out of this shameful episode, it has been in "outing" those in the Church who have been against meaningful pro-life work all along. We can now see clearly how long jealous bishops and their minions have been building up their resentments against anyone who has actually done the good work they failed to do. The almost satanic delight they publicly take in seeing Fr. Pavone mugged in this shameful diocesan money grab is frightening to behold. Prayers for the grace of perseverance for Fr. Pavone and prayers of mercy on the wretched souls who are persecuting him and his work.
He needs to obey his bishop and let God control the outcome.
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AUTHOR WESTON DEWALT was researching the jogging trails near his home in Pasadena in the fall of 2005 when he came across a brief mention of an 8-year-old boy who disappeared along a beautiful Arroyo Seco trail more than 50 years earlier.
DeWalt was intrigued. How could little Tommy Bowman, who had been on a short hike with his father, brother, sister, uncle and two young cousins on March 23, 1957, just disappear forever?
The sandy-haired youngster had run ahead of the pack and was bent on beating them to the family car, parked less than a quarter of a mile away. But something went horribly wrong. The Redondo Beach boy vanished in the blink of an eye, and a weeklong search by frantic family, friends and police came up empty.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department helicopters buzzed over the Arroyo Seco, a stretch of verdant creek land that begins at Red Box, near Mount Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountains, and meanders through steep mountain canyons for 11 miles to South Pasadena. Bizarre theories abounded. Was Tommy dragged away by a mountain lion? Was he whisked into a car in the nearby Jet Propulsion Laboratory parking lot?
"People were grabbing in the dark for answers," says DeWalt. However, two women did provide one eerie clue. The day Tommy went missing, they saw a crying boy who resembled Tommy walk out on a trail near Altadena Drive in Pasadena. They said a tall, "deeply tanned" man dressed in khakis and a plaid shirt was not far behind him.
The cops talked to known local sex offenders. Northrop Corporation, which employed Tommy's father, put up a reward, and Northrop employees helped in the search. A few days after the boy vanished, a man demanded $2,500 in ransom money, and when the suspect picked up the money at an Eagle Rock gas station, the cops nabbed him. But the supposed kidnapping turned out to be a hoax, a vicious play for cash.
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"I was intrigued by the story that a child could vanish seemingly without a trace, and being a father myself, I couldn't imagine enduring that," says DeWalt, an engaging man in his early 60s. "I made a decision that if I could find some of his relatives alive, I would write a book about what it meant to a family to wonder for 50 years."
DeWalt produced a 1985 documentary about American POWs killed during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and he co-wrote The Climb with Russian mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev, about Boukreev's experiences during a May 1996 attempt to scale Mount Everest that resulted in eight deaths.
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"It is not what I set out to do," says DeWalt. "Some time in the middle of the night, it took a turn, and I have been following it ever since."
In Moorpark on the morning of October 6, while a media throng looked on, dozens of investigators began excavating along the 23 freeway's southbound Tierra Rejada Road off-ramp, in hopes of finding the bones of Roger Madison. An orange Caltrans front-end loader tore through the dirt as a forensic anthropologist looked on and a team of experts sifted soil.
FBI agents from the evidence-response team hovered nearby, ready to identify, collect and preserve evidence. At the ready were four corpse-sniffing dogs, who "alerted" authorities to the spot.
The dig continues all week, and the author and the cop hope they've found a long-secret burial site, thanks to their own ingenuity and the help of a retired Caltrans bridge engineer.
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With Bowman's blessing, DeWalt petitioned the Pasadena Police Department and the L.A. County Sheriff's Department to review the missing-person file on Tommy. There, among investigative notes written by detectives now long dead, the author found a sketch of the "darkly tanned" man purportedly seen following a crying boy on the Arroyo Seco trail that March day.


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CHICAGO (AP) - An attorney for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s wife says she signed a plea deal with federal prosecutors related to accusations her husband misused campaign funds.
Tom Kirsch tells The Associated Press former Chicago alderman Sandi Jackson agreed to plead guilty to one count of tax fraud.
Jesse Jackson Jr. was charged Friday with conspiring to spend campaign funds on personal expenses. His wife's charged with filing false joint tax returns.
The tax-fraud count carries a maximum 3-year prison sentence. Kirsch says the agreement doesn't "contemplate a sentence of that length."
He says his client and her husband have supported each other. He says the episode has been stressful for Sandi Jackson but she "expected to be held responsible ... and wants to put (it) behind her and her family."
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Among the most protracted of the Dutch controversies was the bitter quarrel which erupted around the well-meaning figure of Johannes Bredenburg, a dispute which reached such a pitch of intensity that it eventually generated a formal schism in the Dutch Collegiant movement. A fringe Church in numbers, the Collegiants, from their origins in the second quarter of the 17th century down to the early 18th, were disproportionately prominent in Dutch intellectual debate owing to the special emphasis they placed on the intellectual and spiritual freedom of the individual. As such they were both a new and highly innovative phenomenon in the wider European, as well as Dutch, context, reflecting in a theological mode the wider psychological and spiritual reaction against the pressures of confessionalization gripping western culture in the late 17th century. The Bredenburg disputes were the climax of a long process reaching back to the 1650s when a fringe of Socinian, rationalist Collegiants, including Jelles and Pieter Balling, became immersed in Cartesianism and formed links with the radical philosophical clique around Van den Enden, Meyer, and Spinoza.
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By Chung Ah-young A new book "Victor, the Fool: Spread Your Wings" written by Joachim de Posada, best known for his bestseller "Don't Eat the Marshmallow Yet," was published last week in Korea for the first time in the world, along with an electronic version. The reason why the author chose Korea as the first place to publish his new book is because his previous bestseller "Marshmallow" sold the largest number of copies in Korea — more than three million — since it was first introduced in 2006. His popularity seems to be proven again as his new book both in print and the electronic version is drawing a massive response from Korean readers. Ahead of the launch of the e-book, reservations were sold out earlier than expected in a special event, according to Kyobo Bookstore. "The reservations of the print books before the release were common but the early 'sold-out' of the presale reservations of the e-book is very rare," the bookstore said. After "Marshmallow" sold some three million copies in Korea alone, Hankyung BP, its publisher, asked the author to release his new work in Korea before other countries, given his popularity, and the author pleasantly accepted. "The Korean market is becoming more attractive as a test market for many foreign authors to predict whether their new works can succeed before their world debut," Cho Min-ho, a team manager of the publisher, said. He said that such trends can be spotted in the recent local publishing market as some works are uniquely loved by Korean fans, more than any other parts of the world. "Currently, many Korean young people are suffering from a high unemployment rate amid the economic slowdown and feel frustration and a sense of failure in the harsh social reality. So books containing hopeful messages are particularly appealing to Korean readers. Many want to find hope and consolation in such books as 'Victor, the Fool,'" he said. "Victor, the Fool" is based on the real story of Victor Serebriakoff, the late honorary president of Mensa International, who lived as a fool for 17 years and overcame his limits and finally became an influential figure in the world. The book revolves around a shy, stuttering boy named Victor who is ostracized by his classmates and eventually is forced to quit school. Victor accepts his destiny as a fool, as it seems to be hard for him to escape his destiny. Meanwhile, Laura, Victor's schoolmate, has a complex about her appearance because of her "ugly" face and dreams of undergoing plastic surgery. The book traces the process of how the two characters find what is truly precious in life. It portrays courage and confidence found against all odds, and how people have the power to change today's agony into tomorrow's hope, talents and potential. Another new book "The Final Summit" written by Andy Andrews first came out here in January for the first time — it will be released in the United States on April 12. His previous bestseller "The Traveler's Gift" sold the largest number of copies by country, one million, since it was published in Korea in 2003 and thus his publisher had an interest in the Korean market and his fans, deciding to release his new work here. "The Final Summit" has sold some 60,000 copies in the two months since its debut in January. It explores the heroic and inspiring story revolving around David Ponder, the male protagonist, who seeks the truth behind life. The recent trend was already noticed in the case of French author Bernard Werber. He was not famous in his home country before his book series "The Ants" became a smash hit in Korea, selling more than four million copies. After Werber became a household name in Korea, his following books also sold more than a million copies, and with a strong and proven sales power, his reputation and works became popular in France. Korean readers appreciated his unique imagination and literary world earlier than those in other countries. Werber's latest work "The Mirror of Cassandra" has a Korean male protagonist, which is seen as his consideration of Korean readers. The story revolves around Cassandra, an autistic orphan with no memory of her past, who has the ability to foresee the future. She meets a soldier, actor, shaman and North Korean defector named Kim Ye-bin in the course of the story's development. The character of the North Korean is designed to deliver the message that everyone has the right to free speech and that we should listen to each other. Simultaneous publications of both Korean and English versions are also often found. "The 33" by Jonathan Franklin which portrays the stories of 33 men trapped in a remote copper mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile on Aug. 5 last year, was published simultaneously in Korea, the U.K., the U.S. and France last month. "WikiLeaks" by Daniel Domscheit-Berg, which reveals the reality behind the non-profit media organization, was also released in 18 countries on the same date. |


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Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza, who got married amidst great fanfare on Friday, February 3rd, had their reception party the next day.
After two wedding ceremonies – in Maharashtrian as well as Christian style, the newly-wed couple Riteish and Genelia held a grand reception at a five star hotel on February 4th. The party was attended by the bigwigs from Bollywood, Political and Business.
Genelia glowed in a red-pink-gold creation, whereas Riteish wore a formal black bandhgala jacket. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, her parents-in-law Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan, were present at the reception.
Madhuri Dixit, Juhi Chawla, Bipasha Basu, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Aamir Khan, Imran Khan and wife Avantika, Anushka Sharma, Aftab Shivdasani, Arshad Warsi, Ameesha Patel, Jiah Khan, Sushmita Sen, Randhir Kapoor, Abbas Mustan, Jacqueline Fernandes, Zayed Khan, Himesh Reshammiya, Zarine Khan, Shekhar Suman with son Adhyayan, Bappi Lahiri, Atul Agnihotri, Alvira, Arpita, Dabboo Ratnani, Mithun Chakroborty with son Mimoh, were some other who attended the reception. Industrialist Mukesh Ambani and wife Nita were also present on the occasion.


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This mild mannered looking gentlemen is making a complaint. He is on the phone with the Riverside Transit Agency to complain about the bus driver. What did the bus driver do? Let me tell you
This guy first walked up asking for change to get on the bus while the bus driver was using the bathroom. He then set his large heavy duffel bag down on the bike rack outside on the front of the bus and walked away… Yes in today's world he left his bag unattended at the Oceanside transit center. Where he went? In search of change I suppose.
While he was gone the bus driver returned, took our fares and started asking who's bag was on the bike rack. It was none of ours (there were three other people on the bus) so he picked it up and tossed on to the curb. Just as he did this the guy came back, picked his bag up, paid his fare and got on the bus. Then he called to complain.
Now let's think about todays world and how this could have gone. Bus driver calls 911 and the bomb squad comes. Man is detained, bus is delayed and we are all late to work.
He tosses the bag on the sidewalk and we all go on our way.
I called up the RTA and left a positive comment with their comment section for the bus driver. I didn't think it fair that he be punished.
While taking this picture the guy became upset and started yelling at me for taking his picture.
Here is the picture of the Homeless guy who threatened to kill me after I took his picture.
I want to be like this old couple with my wife when we are old; matching outfits from head to toe including black berets.
Passed out, some days are just like this. I see this guy in the mornings and evenings on the bus on his way to work.
This picture was taken on March 8th, It's the King of the Bus! This guy was pretty cool.
One of the fun parts about @Amtrak_CA is the snack bar. Food, booze, and coffee. It's pricey though but hey IT'S ON THE TRAIN!
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Poodle in a duffel bag.
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this dude on amtrak was pretty much like "hmmmm, let's see if i can finish this here mother-scratchin' crossword". i remember that this older asian guy came onto the train at like 8 in the morning and was already drunk.


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They say this has nothing to do with religion yet the churches are paying for it? Whaaaaaat?
I sure hope the ACLU points out that fact in the lawsuit against the county.
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Actor and comedian Bill Cosby was victim of yet another Internet hoax on Monday as rumors flooded social networking sites alleging Cosby had died.
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