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July 30, 2013
by Husain Haqqani
Pakistan will elect a new figurehead president Tuesday, completing the first successful transition in the country's history from one elected civilian government to another. The man widely expected to win the election, Mamnoon Hussain, is a virtually unknown member of the conservative Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), the political party led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, which returned to office in legislative elections held in May. Sharif will now control all constitutional levers of power.
Governing Pakistan and addressing its myriad problems, including the continuing menace of terrorism, will be no easier for Sharif than for his predecessors.
In May Pakistan's electorate voted largely along ethnic lines. Sharif's majority is derived primarily from support in Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province, which is home to an overpowering majority of the country's soldiers, civil servants, journalists, and judges.
Lacking support in other regions, Sharif will only heighten divisions in an already polarized nation if he presses his advantage in numbers without seeking consensus on even minor matters. As it is, Punjabi dominance has fueled resentment among smaller ethnicities, including an ongoing insurgency in Baluchistan along the border with Iran and Afghanistan.
Sharif is two months into his third term as prime minister. His previous two terms were interrupted by Pakistan's all-powerful military, the last time in 1999 when Gen. Pervez Musharraf overthrew Sharif's government in a coup d'état.
Although he began his political career as a protégé of Islamist military dictator Gen. Zia ul-Haq, he is said to have matured into a pragmatic conservative with wide popularity among Punjabis. But his success in office depends largely on his ability to rebuild Pakistan's economy as well as wresting control of foreign-policy decision making, which continues to remain in the hands of the all-powerful military.
So far Sharif's foreign-policy views have been far from clear, adjusted for the benefit of the audience of the moment. His hands are somewhat tied by the anti-Western, hypernationalist rhetoric unleashed during the election campaign by his party as well as by the supporters of cricketer turned politician Imran Khan.
The bombast fuels a Pakistani view of self that contrasts greatly with how the rest of the world sees this nuclear-armed, terrorist-infested Muslim country of 180 million people.
Sharif has promised to fight terrorism with the help of the West and to resume the peace process he had started with India in 1999. If he can deliver on these promises, he will earn the gratitude of a world that worries about Pakistan as an epicenter of global jihad. But Sharif and Khan both represent a major problem that afflicts Pakistan's politics. Leaders say one thing to Westerners in English and another to their compatriots in local languages.
Pakistan's national discourse is based on denial of the concerns of other nations. During the 1980s Pakistan denied it had a nuclear-weapons program only to celebrate its existence after nuclear tests in 1998. Jihadi terrorist groups and their leaders are still hailed as heroes, and some even openly participated in the election process without fear of penalty.
Pakistan's media, both free of government restrictions and unrestrained by concerns about accuracy, constantly feeds conspiracy theories to a nation that tends to blame outsiders for its problems.
Conspiracy theories are often a substitute for examining harsh facts, such as the discovery of Osama bin Laden in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad. Nationalist bombast supersedes the need for analyzing the country's underlying economic and social problems.
In such an environment, the parties of Sharif and Khan ran campaigns that created expectations without offering concrete solutions. For example, Sharif has promised to build a bullet train from Karachi to Lahore without explaining how he would pay for it. Similarly, Khan's demagoguery about shooting down drones drew applause from his enthusiastic followers without examining its implications for U.S.-Pakistan relations.
It is important that Pakistan remains a democracy and makes peace with its neighbors. But if Sharif is to succeed in halting Pakistan's perilous descent, he must forge national consensus and change the Pakistani worldview. Instead of offering to pay Pakistan's bills, as has been the case in the past, the international community must now encourage Pakistan's elected leaders to fully take charge, tame the militants, and educate their own people about the country's problems.
Ambassador Husain Haqqani is a Hudson Institute Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia. He served as Pakistan's ambassador to the United States from 2008-2011 and is widely credited with managing a difficult partnership during a critical phase in the global war on terrorism.
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"The resignation and final farewell of Pope Benedict XVI leaves unanswered questions about the future leader of the Catholic Church. Several church leaders from nations around the world are being called likely successors. One of those possible pontiffs comes from Nigeria. Benedict's decision to resign due to failing health came as a surprise to the more than 1.1 billion Catholics around the world. The Vatican says it hopes to elect a new pope by Easter and the question on everyone's mind is, "where will he come from?" The growth of the Catholic Church has slowed in Europe and the United States but beyond western shores, Catholicism is expanding. That has many speculating that the next pope may hail from South America, Asia or even Africa, where there are over 185 million Catholics. Two of the frontrunners are Cardinal Peter Turkson from Ghana and Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria." - CNN
1. Cardinal Francis Arinze Photo:CNS/Paul Haring
Country: Nigeria
Age: 80
Title: Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri-Segni
Arinze was another popular candidate in 2005, who some think might be too old for the position now. The Nigerian was born into the Igbo tribe but converted to Catholicism at age 9 after attending an Irish missionary school.
2. Cardinal Angelo Scola Photo By Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images
Country: Italy
Age: 71
Titles: Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli; Archbishop of Milan
Scola is one of the front-runners to be selected, after many considered him a candidate following John Paul II's death in 2005. More academic than pastoral, Scola has published over 100 articles in journals of philosophy and theology and is the founder of Oasis, an organization that seeks to bolster the relationship between the Western and Muslim worlds.
3. Cardinal Peter Turkson Photo By Max Rossi/Reuters
Country: Ghana
Age: 64
Title: Cardinal-Priest of S. Liborio
Another favorite of the oddsmakers and prediction markets, Turkson was born in Western Ghana but studied at St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary in New York. His uncle is Muslim, and Turkson has been a leader in smoothing Catholic-Muslim relations across Africa.
4. Cardinal Marc Ouellet Photo: Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images
Country: Canada
Age: 68
Titles:Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina; Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
As the head of the Congregation for Bishops, the Canadian-born Ouellet has the advantage of strong relationships with many of those involved with the conclave. If selected, he would be the first North American pope.
5. Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco Photo By Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images
Country: Italy
Age: 70
Titles: Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio; Archbishop of Genoa
Bagnasco is another Italian candidate, and is considered to be a potential compromise choice between the different voting factions. Bagnasco studied metaphysics and contemporary atheism at the University of Genoa....
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The search for a new pope begins as former Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger steps down as the head of Roman Catholic Church by 8 pm today. Pope Benedict XVI, who will be 86 years in April, was elected into the throne of St. Peter in 2005. He announced his intention to resign on February 11, citing ill-health and old age. The Pope told the cardinals that his age had deteriorated "to the extent that I have had to recognise my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me". At 86, Pope Benedict is unarguably the oldest pontiff in recent time. His predecessor, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84. He was 58 years when he was elected pope in 1978 and ruled for a little over 26 years. Pope Benedict XVI on the other hand was elected pope at 78 years of age and has been in office for only eight years.
The Pope's resignation was the first since 1415 when Pope Gregory XII resigned his papacy to end the western schism in the church. During Gregory's papacy, there were three claimants to the throne – himself who was the Pope in Rome, Avignon Benedict XIII and Pisan John XXIII. The two last popes were called Antipope. Pope Gregory XII convened the Council of Constance and authorised it to elect his successor before he resigned from office.
Apart from Pope Gregory XII, eight other popes before him had abdicated their papacy. There were also reports that Pope Benedict XVI's predecessor, John Paul II in February 1989, wrote a letter of resignation to the Dean of the College of Cardinals. In the letter, the Pope said he would resign "if he had an incurable disease that would prevent him from exercising the apostolic ministry, or in case of a 'severe and prolonged impairment' that would have kept him from being the Pope". Fortunately, none of these happened and John Paul II remained as Pope till death.
Pope Pius VII, who ruled between 1800 and 1823, was said to have signed a document of resignation should he be imprisoned in France where he had gone to crown Napoleon Bonaparte king in 1804. And during the World War II, Pope Pius XII signed a document indicating that he should be considered to have resigned from office if he were kidnapped by the Nazis. The Pope instructed that the College of Cardinals should be evacuated to Portugal to elect his successor.
The Canon law makes no provision for a Pope to resign from office either due to old age or on health ground, unlike the case of bishop.
Catholic scholars, however, were of the opinion that John Paul 11did not consider throwing in the towel, even when his health failed him, because of possible schism this might cause within the church. And in the case of Pope Benedict XVI, it was a commendation because he has been able to separate the holder from the office. Stephen White, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Centre in Washington DC, said the Pope had demonstrated that the primary role of the holder of the office is service. "The papacy, in other words, was not given him for his sake, but for the sake of the church's mission," White was quoted in The Huffington Post.
Pope Benedict XVI's resignation is raising some concerns. Some observers argue that the old age and health conditions he cited as the reasons were not cogent enough. His predecessor, Pope John Paul II, despite his age, suffered from Parkinson disease for many years, which even distorted his speech, yet he held on till death.
A report credited to an Italian newspaper, La Repubblica linked Pope Benedict XVI's resignation to a 300-page report submitted to the Pope on December 17 last year, which exposes some scandals going on at the Vatican. The report, which was said to have been prepared by three cardinals – Julián Cardinal Herranz, (a Spanish), Jozef Cardinal Tomko (a Slovak) and Cardinal Salvatore De Giorgi, who was former Archbishop of Palermo, mentioned of "a secret gay conclave at the Vatican being blackmailed over acts of a 'worldly nature' with laymen". The authors were commissioned by the Pope himself to carry out the investigation.
But the Vatican dismissed such insinuation, and said it is an attempt to influence the Cardinals in their choice of a new Pope. The Vatican secretariat in a statement said the report is "unverified, unverifiable or completely false news stories that cause serious damage to persons and institutions".
The report is to be presented to the next Pope. There have been calls that the Cardinals who will be in the Vatican for the conclave should be availed of the content of the report, to enable them think of the direction of where Pope Benedict's successor will come from.
Whatever is the situation, the Catholic Church will not be the same again. As the 116 Cardinals (now bring down to 115 after Cardinal Keith O'Brien's resignation) who are eligible to elect Pope Benedict's successor gather in Rome for the conclave, it will be a battle line between the conservatives and liberals. The two groups clashed at the election of Pope Benedict in 2005 with the conservatives having the upper hand. And there is no indication that the liberals will win this time. Like his predecessor, Pope Benedict, an unapologetic conservative, appears to have made more conservatives Cardinals than the liberals. For instance, the last six cardinals he appointed late last year are mainly from Africa, Asia and Latin America. These are continents where the church is not yet caught up with the wave of liberalism.
Cardinal Keith O'Brien, former Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh gave an insight of what might dominate debate among the Cardinals when they go into the conclave to elect Pope Benedict's successor. Cardinal O'Brien mentioned the issue of celibacy, abortion and euthanasia. Although he said abortion and euthanasia were "basic dogmatic beliefs" of "divine origin" which the church could never accept, he noted that many priests struggle to cope with celibacy, and should be able to marry and have children.
Cardinal O'Brien was obviously expressing the liberal views. He, however, came under heavy attacks for expressing such view. The cardinal will therefore be cut in between electing a Pope who will lift the celibacy ban or the one who will maintain the status quo ante.
The Cardinals will also consider where the next Pope will come from. For many centuries now, Europe (mainly Italy) has been producing the head of the church. Will the Cardinals therefore be disposed to a Pope from Africa, Asia or Latin America? Pope Benedict was elected at the age of 78; will the Cardinals go for a younger Pope this time?
After today, Pope Benedict XVI will retire to a life of prayer and study in a monastery behind the Vatican walls. He said he would not participate in the conclave that will elect his successor. Benedict, who was described when he was elected in 2005 as "an introvert in an extrovert world," will fade into obscurity.
Francis Cardinal Arinze Reacts to Pope's Decision To Resign, His words: VIDEO:
"For us it was a surprise, like thunder that gives no notice of it's coming…
We love you Holy Father, we know you've done this because of your love for the Church…
If anyone is confused, it's on the side of that person not on the side of the Pope…
God is always there, the Holy Spirit does not go on holidays…
So there will be another Pope, he will be elected in two weeks or so. There is no danger that Pope Benedict will become a problem for that Pope. Certainly not! Perhaps if he were a politician who was removed by maneuvers, his successor might be afraid. In this case, not so.
Some people may be so shaken that it might shake their perception. but my hope is that it will make many more mature in our faith. Our faith is not on the Pope. It's on Christ who is the foundation of the Church. Christ is the same, yesterday, today and forever. We all are servants, we come and go. Christ does not come and go. He stays on forever…
The Pope is a servant. Indeed one of his titles is the Servant of the Servants of God…
So Pope Benedict may be teaching us many more important things than we realise…"
- Francis Cardinal Arinze (Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Divine Worship)
The Vatican announced that Pope Benedict XVI will resign on Feb. 28, and below are his pictures with other world leaders. The Roman catholic pope is both a political and a religious leader. Pope is the head of Vatican City, the smallest city state in the world and also pastor over one billion flocks.
Below is the official Vatican translation of Pope Benedict's statement on his resignation:
Dear Brothers,
I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church.
After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry. I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering.
However, in today's world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfil the ministry entrusted to me.
For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter, entrusted to me by the Cardinals on 19 April 2005, in such a way, that as from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.
Dear Brothers, I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my defects. And now, let us entrust the Holy Church to the care of Our Supreme Pastor, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and implore his holy Mother Mary, so that she may assist the Cardinal Fathers with her maternal solicitude, in electing a new Supreme Pontiff. With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.
From the Vatican, 11 February 2013 BENEDICTUS PP XVI
Pope Benedict XVI named six new cardinals on Wednesday, adding prelates from Lebanon, the Philippines, Nigeria, Colombia, India and the United States to the ranks of senior churchmen who will elect his successor.
Among them is Archbishop James Harvey, the American prefect of the papal household who was the direct superior of the pope's former butler, Paolo Gabriele. Gabriele was convicted Oct. 6 of stealing the pope's private papers and leaking them to a reporter in the greatest Vatican security breach in modern times. Harvey will now become archpriest of a Roman basilica. The Vatican spokesman denied he was being removed because of the scandal.
Benedict, 85, announced the new cardinals during his weekly general audience and said they would be formally elevated at a consistory Nov. 24. The nominations help even out the geographic distribution of cardinals, which had tilted heavily toward Europe in general in the last few consistories and Italy in particular.
With the new cardinals, there will be 120 cardinals under age 80 and thus eligible to vote in a conclave to elect a new pope. Europe still has the most, with 62. But with the new additions, the College of Cardinals is a tad more multinational: Latin America will have 21, North America 14, Africa 11, Asia 11 and Oceana one.
Aside from Harvey, the new cardinals are: Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria, John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan; Archbishop of Bogota, Colombia, Ruben Salazar Gomez; Archbishop of Manila, Philippines, Luis Antonio Tagle; Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites in Lebanon, His Beatitude Bechara Boutros Rai; and the major Archbishop of the Trivandrum of the Siro-Malankaresi in India, His Beatitude Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal.
Harvey, a native of Milwaukee, became prefect of the papal household in 1998 after serving for less than a year as a top administrator, the assessor, in the Vatican's secretariat of state. His office organizes the pope's schedule, and one of his most visible duties was to escort visiting dignitaries through the Apostolic Palace to the pope's library.
Gabriele, 46, worked as an usher in the Vatican's secretariat of state before coming to work for Harvey. In 2006, Gabriele was named Benedict's butler, replacing Pope John Paul II's longtime butler, Angelo Gugel.
In announcing the new cardinals, Benedict said he was naming Harvey, 63, archpriest of St. Paul's Outside the Walls, one of the Vatican's basilicas in southern Rome.
Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi denied any connection between the leaks scandal and Harvey's new posting, saying it was "more than normal" that after 14 years as prefect, Harvey would be named a cardinal. That said, Harvey's predecessor, Cardinal Dino Monduzzi, retired as prefect after reaching 75 and was named a cardinal.
Harvey, 63, is well shy of the normal retirement age for bishops.
The timing of the move is also remarkable. Just Tuesday, the Vatican tribunal that convicted Gabriele issued its written explanations for reaching its verdict, saying the theft caused "reprehensible" damage to the pontiff, the Holy See and the entire Catholic Church.
The Vatican has taken such actions in the past. Last week, Benedict transferred to the United States the No. 2 official in the Vatican's office for religious orders, Archbishop Joseph Tobin, who had spoken out in support of American nuns in the wake of a Vatican crackdown.
Last year, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the then-No. 2 administrator of the Vatican City State, begged the pope not to be transferred after exposing corruption that cost the Vatican millions of dollars. He was named the pope's envoy to Washington soon thereafter. Lombardi said he "never would have imagined" that a face-saving promotion was behind Harvey's move to St. Paul's Outside the Walls.
The Vatican's inquisition into the source of leaked documents has yielded its first target with the arrest of the pope's butler, but the investigation is continuing into a scandal that has embarrassed the Holy See by revealing evidence of internal power struggles, intrigue and corruption in the highest levels of the Catholic Church governance.
The detention of butler Paolo Gabriele, one of the few members of the papal household, capped one of the most convulsive weeks in recent Vatican history and threw the Holy See into chaos as it enters a critical phase in its efforts to show the world it's serious about complying with international norms on financial transparency.
The tumult began with the publication last weekend of a book of leaked Vatican documents including correspondence, notes and memos to the pope and his private secretary. It peaked with the inglorious ouster on Thursday of the president of the Vatican bank. And it concluded with confirmation Saturday that Pope Benedict XVI's own butler was the alleged mole feeding documents to Italian journalists in an apparent bid to discredit the pontiff's No. 2.
"If you wrote this in fiction you wouldn't believe it," said Carl Anderson, a member of the board of the Vatican bank which contributed to the whirlwind with its no-confidence vote in its president, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi. "No editor would let you put it in a novel."
The bank, known as the Institute for Religious Works, issued a scathing denunciation of Gotti Tedeschi in a memorandum obtained Saturday by The Associated Press. In it the bank, or IOR by its Italian initials, explained its reasons for ousting Gotti Tedeschi: he routinely missed board meetings, failed to do his job, failed to defend the bank, polarized its personnel and displayed "progressively erratic personal behavior."
Gotti Tedeschi was also accused by the board of leaking documents himself: The IOR memorandum said he "failed to provide any formal explanation for the dissemination of documents last known" to be in his possession.
In an interview with the AP, Anderson said the latter accusation was independent of the broader "Vatileaks" scandal that has rocked the Vatican for months. But he stressed: "It is not an insignificant issue."
Gotti Tedeschi hasn't commented publicly about his ouster or the reasons behind it, saying he has too much admiration for the pope to do so. He also hasn't been arrested, avoiding the fate that befell Gabriele.
The 46-year-old father of three has been in Vatican detention since Wednesday after Vatican investigators discovered Holy See documents in his apartment. The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said Gabriele had met with his lawyers and that the investigation was taking its course through the Vatican's judicial system.
Gabriele, the pope's personal butler since 2006, has often been seen by Benedict's side in public, riding in the front seat of the pope's open-air jeep during Wednesday general audiences or shielding the pontiff from the rain. In private, he is a member of the small papal household that also includes the pontiff's private secretaries and four consecrated women who care for the papal apartment.
Lombardi said Gabriele's detention marked a sad development for all Vatican staff. "Everyone knows him in the Vatican, and there's certainly surprise and pain, and great affection for his beloved family," the spokesman said.
The "Vatileaks" scandal has seriously embarrassed the Vatican at a time when it is trying to show the world financial community that it has turned a page and shed its reputation as a scandal plagued tax haven.
Vatican documents leaked to the media in recent months have undermined that effort, alleging corruption in Vatican finance as well as internal bickering over the Holy See's efforts to comply with international norms to fight money laundering and terror financing.
The Vatican in July will learn if it has complied with the financial transparency criteria of a Council of Europe committee, Moneyval — a key step in its efforts to get on the so-called "white list" of countries that share financial information to fight tax evasion.
Anderson acknowleged that the events of the last week certainly haven't cast the Holy See in the best light. And he said the bank's board appreciated that the ouster of its president just weeks before the expected Moneyval decision could give the committee pause.
"The board considered that concern and decided that all things considered it was best to take the action at this time," Anderson said. "These steps were taken to increase the IOR's position vis-a-vis Moneyval."
The Vatileaks scandal began in January when Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi broadcast letters from the former No. 2 Vatican administrator to the pope in which he begged not to be transferred for having exposed alleged corruption that cost the Holy See millions of euros in higher contract prices. The prelate, Monsignor Carlo Maria Vigano, is now the Vatican's U.S. ambassador.
Nuzzi, author of "Vatican SpA," a 2009 volume laying out shady dealings of the Vatican bank based on leaked documents, last weekend published "His Holiness," which presented a trove of other documents including personal correspondence to the pope and his secretary — many of them painting Benedict's No. 2, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, in a negative light.
Nuzzi has said he was offered the documents by multiple Vatican sources and insisted he didn't pay a cent € to any of them.
Gabriele was in Vatican custody and unavailable for comment. No known motive has come to light as to why Gabriele, if he is found to be the key mole, might have passed on the documents. Nuzzi declined to comment Saturday on whether Gabriele was among his sources.
Bertone, 77, has been blamed for a series of gaffes and management problems that have plagued Benedict's papacy and, according to the leaked documents, generated a not inconsiderable amount of ill will directed at him from other Vatican officials.
"For some time and in various parts of the church, criticism even by the faithful has been growing about the lack of coordination and confusion that reign at its center," Cardinal Paolo Sardi, the former No. 2 official in the Vatican secretariat of state, wrote to the pope in 2009, according to the letter cited in "His Holiness."
Anderson, who heads the Knights of Columbus, a major U.S. lay Catholic organization, said he was certain the Holy See would weather the storm and that the Vatican bank, at least, could move forward under a new leader with solid banking credentials as well as a desire to show off the bank's transparency.
"I hope this will be the beginning of a new chapter for the IOR and part of that chapter will be restoring the public image of the IOR," he told AP. "I think we have a good story to tell."
Pope Benedict XVI's Christmas pleas for peace around the world were brutally ignored in Nigeria, where an explosion Sunday claimed by Muslim extremists ripped through a Catholic church during Mass. Authorities say at least 25 people were killed by the explosion at the St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, near the Nigerian capital, Abuja. Boko Haram, a radical Muslim sect waging a sectarian fight claimed the attack and another bombing near a church in the restive city of Jos.
The locations of the bomb blasts in Nigeria.
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A victim is tended to by medics in an ambulance following a blast at a Catholic church near Nigeria's capital Abuja, December 25, 2011. credit VOA
Police bomb experts gather around the car used in the explosion at St. Theresa Catholic Church at Madalla, Suleja, near the capital Abuja in north central Nigeria, December 25, 2011. Islamist militant group Boko Haram said it planted bombs that exploded on Christmas Day at churches in Nigeria, one of which killed at least 27 people on the outskirts of the capital. AP
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A burnt police truck in north-eastern Nigeria, next to a road sign reading 'Allah the Eternal'. It was destroyed by a bomb during a series of attacks in November claimed by Islamist group Boko Haram. Photograph: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images
Pope Benedict XVI kneels in prayer as he celebrates Christmas Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. AP
The assaults come a year after a series of Christmas Eve bombings in Jos claimed by the militants left at least 32 dead and 74 wounded.Benedict didn't refer explicitly to the bombings in his Christmas Day survey of the world's trouble spots, delivered from the sun-drenched loggia of St. Peter's Basilica. But the Vatican issued a statement denouncing them as a sign of "cruelty and absurd, blind hatred" that shows no respect for human life.
Elsewhere, Christians braved lashing rains and wind to celebrate Christmas Mass in Jesus' traditional birthplace on Bethlehem's Manger Square. St. Catherine's Church is attached to the smaller Church of the Nativity, which is built over a grotto where the faithful believe Jesus was born.
"We wanted to be part of the action," said Don Moore, 41, a psychology professor from Berkeley, Calif., who came to Bethlehem with his family. "This is the place, this is where it all started. It doesn't get any more special than that."
The holy town of Bethlehem is no stranger to violence. Like the rest of the West Bank, it fell on hard times after the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation broke out in late 2000. Although civil affairs in the biblical town on Jerusalem's southeastern outskirts are run by Palestinian authorities, security control remains in the hands of Israel, which built a barrier around three sides of the town to keep Palestinian attackers out.
Palestinians say the barrier has badly hurt the local economy, which depends heavily on tourism, by severely restricting movement in and out of the town.
But as the violence has subsided, tourists have returned in large numbers. On Saturday, turnout for Christmas Eve festivities in Bethlehem was at its highest since the uprising began driving tourists away. An estimated 100,000 visitors streamed into Manger Square on Christmas Eve, up from 70,000 the previous year, according to the Israeli military's count.
The Holy Land and the entire Mideast were very much on Benedict's mind as he delivered his traditional "Urbi et Orbi" speech (Latin for "to the city and to the world").
Speaking just a few hours after celebrating a late-night Christmas Eve Mass, Benedict said he prayed that the birth of Jesus, which Christmas celebrates, would send a message to all who need to be saved from hardships.
He said he prayed that God would help the Israelis and the Palestinians resume peace talks and "bring an end to the violence in Syria, where so much blood has already been shed." He called for international assistance for refugees from the Horn of Africa and flood victims in Thailand, among others, and urged greater political dialogue in Myanmar, and stability in Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa's Great Lakes region, which includes Congo, Uganda and Rwanda.
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Well the chatter around the NFL over the last two weeks has been if the season were to end today, Miami would be the 5th seed in the playoffs. That is fantastic news. It is the best news we as fans could've hoped for back in the preseason. With all that said, it is still premature. This team has a stretch of winnable games coming up. Playoff teams win these types of games. I've heard things like go 3-1 over the next 4 and then talk playoffs. I'm here to say they pretty much have to sweep all 4 in order for me to start booking my airfare and tickets. The reason is they come out of these games, @Indy, Tennessee, @Buffalo and then Seattle at home,and then go on the road against SF and then home against NE. If they take care of business and go 4-0 it would leave them 8-3 going into a tough part of their back half schedule They have two fairly easy games after that with J'ville and Buffalo but then finish on the road against NE.. An 8-3 record means they're beating the teams they should beat. A 7-4 record going into the SF game means they'll have to win one of those tough games to get in. While many people say they need to do that anyway, we have to remember how young this team is.
Having said all that, it is great just to be in the discussion at this point in the season. Once in..anything can happen. So I guess is sit back and enjoy the ride because the season hardly ever goes as expected.
The dinged up defense continues to impress. The key to stopping Luck and the Colts this week will be to shut down the passing game. He likes his TEs so having Dansby on the field would be nice. Defensive line guys can't arm tackle Luck. He's strong and athletic. He's Ben Rothlisberger with wheels and a cannon. Wake are you listening? On offense..this would be a great game to pound the rock with an occasional plink over the secondary. Perfect game for Matt Moore to play and let RT get healthy. Just my two cents
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I have skin discoloration on my neck and back. How can I get rid of these dark spots and get an even skin tone?
Having a dark neck is a fairly common complaint. There are a couple of simple reasons for this problem. One is lack of proper cleaning. We have a tendency to ignore the neck while cleaning and scrubbing the face. Sometimes, this leads to an accumulation of dirt that makes the skin on the neck dark and unattractive. Secondly, the neck has several fine folds of skin that have a tendency to trap dust and sweat particles there. Over a period of time, this also leads to darkening of the skin. In either case, you would have to concentrate on cleansing and then lightening the color of your skin in the area.
Follow a daily skin care routine of cleansing and exfoliation of the neck for at least two weeks before you see results. Use plain milk to cleanse your neck. Milk is an excellent cleanser as well as a good toner. After cleansing, scrub your neck with a granular exfoliating scrub. Any scrub bought off the shelf will do for this purpose. But if you do not wish to invest in one, you can also make your own. Make a pasty mix of olive oil and sugar crystals and use this to scrub your neck in gentle circular motions till all the sugar dissolves. This scrub will help to even out your skin tone. You should alternate using this one with a scrub that will also mildly bleach your skin. Make one with crushed walnut and yogurt, to which a few drops of lime juice have been added. Massage this into your skin gradually and slowly. Keep in mind that this is slightly abrasive, since walnuts will not dissolve as sugar does. Do be particularly gentle or you may hurt yourself while cleansing.
There are also some rare and unusual cases wherein pigmentation is part of the problem. The most effective natural skin care remedy for cases of pigmentation is applying aloe vera gel to the darkened area. You can apply and leave the gel on as frequently as is possible. Application of lime juice to the neck will also help to lighten its color somewhat. But remember to do this only at night, so that you do not go out in the sun with remnants of lime juice on your neck. This will have a tendency to make your neck darker, since skin that has been exposed to a mix of lime juice and sunlight will do that.
How you treat the dark skin on your neck depends on the cause of your skin discoloration. It's hard to tell exactly what the reason for the dark skin patches is without consulting a professional. So you should first see a doctor to get a diagnosis. Don't try too many different products without first determining what's causing your skin discoloration. You don't want to risk making the dark skin patches even darker or irritating your skin.
Sometimes dry skin can begin to look patchy and become areas of dark skin. If this proves true for you, the treatment might be as simple as exfoliating and moisturizing. The neck is particularly prone to this because it has several fine folds of skin which can accumulate dead, dry skin cells and particles. Over time, this leads to the darkening of the skin. It's a common cause of skin discoloration.
Most people use a store-bought scrub to exfoliate, but my mom and aunt like to make a natural one out of household products. It's a pasty mix of olive oil and sugar crystals. It can really exfoliate, which I think would really help you if your dark skin patches are related to dry skin. Use the scrub on your neck by rubbing it in a circular motion until all the sugar dissolves. I really think natural remedies are the way to go sometimes — you might not want to use lots of chemicals and artificial products on your skin. Skin discoloration should be treated very conservatively.
If the skin discoloration is more like spots than patches, your problem might be age spots caused by sun damage. This is a very common cause of skin discoloration. There's some good information on how to treat dark skin spots here: The advice says it's just for face spots, but these methods could be used on dark skin spots related to sun damage no matter where they appear on your body.
A dermatologist might prescribe a cream or lotion that is appropriate to your particular skin condition that will help fade your skin discoloration. The dark skin on your neck may be something that can fade using a retinoid product. The dermatologist might also suggest a facial peel or laser treatments for the dark skin on your neck. Whatever the reason for your skin discoloration, you can get rid of them only after getting a proper professional evaluation.
One of the best products that may help in removing discolorations is diluted hydrogen peroxide. This can be diluted with equal parts of water and used for best results. Just make sure you do not expose your skin to the sun after you have applied this product, as that may tend to darken your skin further. You can also try to exfoliate your skin from the places where these spots are most prominent. This could also help you with getting rid of them. Depending upon what kind of skin you have, use an exfoliating scrub for oily or dry skin. You can also make your own instead of buying from outside. For oily skin, make one with coarsely ground walnuts and fresh yogurt and rub this over your skin till the walnuts go soft. This should take about 10 minutes. For dry skin, make one with olive oil to which crystalline sugar and a few drops of lime juice have been added. Scrub your skin with these.
This sounds like it might be acanthosis nigricans. It is a deeper pigmented skin behind the neck, under the arms, etc. It almost looks velvety. It can indicate a tendency to get diabetes type 2. I think you might have to ask a doctor about it.


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-- -- -- in this week reported the Electoral College to the smell test presidential election not that far away at Americans are getting ready to cast their votes.
But do Americans understand how our Electoral College system work does that still work or just a time may be to -- formal system.
Jordan -- now is chairman of national popular -- John Kozey.
And I think I think all of -- got a real refresher course and Electoral College in 2000 with bush gore.
But here we are again everybody's saying this is going to be a close one you're saying scrap.
Electoral College.
What we're saying reform the Electoral College so that.
It will guarantee the White House to the candidate who gets the most votes in all fifty states.
And we can do that by using what's in the constitution which lets the states changed the method.
Of awarding electoral votes.
So it and for some big states like California where they've got like fifty some electoral votes.
It's it's winner take all right now expected to go to President Obama this year but -- what you're saying this may be a popular vote where gifts Romney won.
40% and Obama won 60% they would split that stayed up by the by the popular voter how we your -- Work while our system guarantees the White House to the candidate who gets the most votes and all the states we get rid of that winner take all rule.
Which gives Obama pretends that Obama got a 100%.
Of California right he won't or pretends that -- Romney gets a 100% of Texas which he won't that's all the votes together and what it means is that every person's vote in the United States would matter.
-- right now.
Only ten states are in play the candidates are campaigning and only ten states.
Paying attention only to ten states and four out of five Americans are effectively left out of the president -- choice.
Absolutely look at the look at the campaign schedules both candidates and they're just going to those states over and over and over.
Here -- New York for example were blue state.
I don't see any any commercials for the candidates said.
They've why spend their money here they already they already know what the outcome is going to be makes me feel.
Makes me feel dumb like -- my vote doesn't count because -- show up it's going to be a that's going to be Obama wins New York.
Well Tommy actually right.
Actually two thirds of the visits and money that the candidates have -- since they were nominated this year.
Have gone into just three states which is Ohio Florida and Virginia so this shrinking battleground as was leaving more and more Americans.
Out of the choice for president.
When did you start working on this was as the bush gore thing -- you said Dennis and I'm gonna work Cummins well primarily what we started in 2006.
Because we realized in the 2004 election.
Only eighteen states -- we thought that.
That was bad.
But of course now only ten states matter and the problem is that with this winner take all rule that we have.
Wyoming has ignored Vermont has ignored texas' ignored New York is ignored.
And the election comes down to just a handful of closely divided states and that's -- that they get some attention but what about the four out of five Americans in the other forty states to.
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As I'm sure you've noticed, there are a lot of photography contests out there and many of them these days are requiring entrants to have a model release form if they submit an image with a person in it. All of these requirements compels the question: Is it always necessary to have a model release form when photographing someone?
Well, as with most things in life, it depends on what your purpose is.
First of all, a model release form is a liability waiver that the person who is the subject of the photograph signs, granting permission to the photographer or publisher to use their image.
When you're using someone else's image for commercial gain, you're going to want to use that release form to be legal. This would mean images used for brochures, websites, catalogs, ads, tradeshows, kiosks, etc. Because model release forms pertain to privacy, using one for commercial purposes protects you from civil liability.
In contrast, if your image is appearing in an art exhibition, a trade publication, magazine or newspaper, a model release form isn't necessary because those contexts are considered to be for educational purposes. It's also unnecessary to use a model release form for casual photographs, such as for street photography. There's no expectation of privacy when you're out in public so there's no need for the form so long as you're not taking that picture to specifically promote a product or service.
Additionally, if you're a photographer and want to publish such an image on your website that is for sale, you still don't need to a model release form. As of this blog post, whether it's required to get a model release form for publishing an image on the internet is being debated in 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. I'll be sure to post an update when there is a decision.
In the meantime, if you are going to use a model release form, it's helpful to have one exclusively for adults and one for minors. You can get a very simple sample release form right here.
So if you're ever unsure whether or not it's okay to shoot people, get a form for it. Wait…that sounds really messed up.
But in all seriousness, if you're unsure, always err on the safe side and get the release form.
Happy photographing!


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The members of the House of Representatives of the Forty-sixth General Assembly of the State of Indiana, met this day, at two o'clock P. M., in their Hall in the Capitol, in extra session, in pursuance of the proclamation of His Excellency, the Governor of the State, dated March 22 1869 Mr Speaker Stanton taking the Chair.
The SPEAKER The House will please come to order. And the order of the attention of members in their places obtaining, the Speaker announced a call of the House, and directed the Clerk to proceed with the roll. Whereupon -
The Clerk called the names of such members of the House as did not resign on the 4th of March last and before the close of the last regular session, and there were responses, immediately and subsequently, as follows:
PRESENT - Messrs. Admire, Baker, Barnett, Beatty, Britton, Breckinridge, Buskirk, Chapman, Chittenden, Coffroth, Davidson, Davis, Dunn, Fairchild, Field of Lake, Field, of Lagrange, Furnas, Gilham, Gordon, Greene, Hall, Hamilton, Higbee, Higgins, Hutson, Johnson of Parke, Johnson of St. Joseph, Jump, Kercheval, Lamborn, Logan, Mason, Millegan, Miller, Mitchell, Monroe, Osborn, Overmyer, Palmer, Pierce of Porter, Pierce of Vigo, Ratliff, Sabin, Skidmore, Stephenson, Stewart of Ohio, Stewart, of Rush, Tabor, Vardeman, Vater, Wile, Wildman, Williams of Hamilton, Williams of St. Joseph, Wilson and Mr Speaker - 56.
The SPEAKER The Clerk will now call the counties represented
Mr COFFROTH suggested that it is customary to call the names of the members elect in connection with the counties.
The SPEAKER. The Clerk has no official information on that subject
Mr. COFFROTH supposed he has as much information as the Clerk generally has on that subject at the opening of any session.
The SPEAKER now directed, and the Clerk proceeded to call the names of the resigned and the re-elected members of the House, as printed in the Roll ot Members of the House of Representatives of the late regular session.
Mr OSBORN suggested, as to the order, to call the names of those whom rumor says are elected Representatives of certain Counties, that it would be proper now to call the names of the Counties and Districts not represented here to-day, so that if there should be any person present having credentials as a Representative from any of these Counties or Districts, he may come forward, present them, and the fact, be made a matter of record
Mr COFFROTH stated the ordinary course to be this: When the counties are called, the name of the person elected therefrom (of whom the clerk has information) is called with it. It had never been the case that the name of the county alone has been called, for some other person to step up and claim a seat here.
Mr. OSBORN corrected the gentleman from Huntington. He did not say that any person might step up with credentials, and the clerk swear him in; but simply that credentials might, be presented, and the fact recorded. He would have all the counties called
Mr. COFFROTH said responses could not be reasonably exuected from all the counties. There was Mr Cotton elected from Whitley county but last Monday, and there has not been time for him to get here. Mr Shoaff, also, elected for the county of Jay, though he is here, is sick, and unable to get to his place.
The SPEAKER In the absence of any official information as to who are elected, the Chair thought that there could be no impropriety in calling the names of the counties alone, or with the names of their members elect, and if credentials are presented the House can pass upon them.
Mr OSBORN still urged that the Clerk had already called the names of those of whom rumor says they are elected, and there was no response. He thought it proper now that the Speaker order the call of those counties. For, in every case where there is no response, there is a failure on the part of those counties to send a representive here; and we ought to have a record of it.
The SPEAKER directed the Clerk to call the unrepresented counties and the names of their representatives elect.
The Clerk called: "From the county of Posey - M T Carnahan."
Mr STEWART, of Rush, seconded the view of Mr Osborn, that it would be enough to call the name of the county alone; and, of course, as credentials may be presented the House will receive them
The SPEAKER The names of the counties will be called; and if any present have credentials as a Representative, let him step onward.
Mr OSBORN stated again, that his object was to get a record of the unrepresented counties - a record of the fact, if any person come from them, or from any page: 25[View Page 25]one of them, with the credentials of a Representative
The thirty seven counties and Representative districts, for which the thirty-six resigned members were re-elected - and Hon J S Davis, for Floyd county - were then called; and there was no response by credentials
The SPEAKER announced the number of members present to be less than a quorum to do business.
Mr OSBORN then moved that the House now adjourn till to morrow morning at nine o'clock; and that the absentees be notified of this adjournment. And accordingly -
The House adjourned.


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Dns uncensored software: monitor and query DNS records on DNS servers, Windows DNS server, Query DNS servers, like "dig" or "nslookup" and more.
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Depending on the specific inclusion criteria used in a given trial, people with PRMS may or may not be invited to participate. When they are included, it tends to be in trials for symptomatic management medications — see, for example, the trials for fampridine-SR and cannabis extract.


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JRLA was founded in 2011 to help improve the educational landscape in Detroit, but funding a charter school is not an easy task and we need your help! Detroit charter schools receive less state-aid than other Michigan Public Schools – a student attending JRLA receives roughly $7,100 in state-aid for their education while a high school student in Birmingham gets nearly $12,000 - a quality public education should not be defined by zip code! JRLA offers Detroit area high school students unique opportunities that they would not receive from any ordinary public school, which means we need to raise significant funds from private sources to bridge the gap and meet our ambitious educational goals. As a tuition-free school, we need to raise $525,000 to balance our 2013-14 budget.
If you would like to support JRLA's operational campaign:
Donations can be made payable to JALEN ROSE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY and mailed to:
15000 Trojan Street
Detroit, MI 48235
Unlike traditional public schools, Detroit charter schools do not receive funding from their school districts to purchase, lease, expand or improve facilities. This causes financial challenges that can limit the charter school's ability to provide appropriate accommodations. As the landlord, Operation Graduation is the 501(c)(3) non-profit implementing a comprehensive capital campaign in an effort to minimize the facility costs for the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy. Its mission is to create life-changing opportunities for underserved youth in the Detroit area through scholarships and educational programs. In an effort to own the facility outright and expand to include a full size gymnasium and a multi-purpose cafeteria space, Operation Graduation needs to raise $5 million.
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I regularly ride around Stevens Creek Reservoir by taking Pierce Road to Mt. Eden Road which becomes Stevens Canyon Road. On Sunday December 20, 2009 at 1:00 PM I crashed at about 30 mph on a patch of gravel where the road has been repaired, just a few hundred yards down from the summit by the archery range. (Thank you to the cyclist and car driver who stopped and helped me with my wounds.) I'm dealing with a broken clavicle, scapula and some possible rotator cuff issues due to the accident. Has anyone else crashed here recently? I would like to know if I have a case against the County for improper road repair and I know my case, and anyone else's, would be stronger if there is more than a single "victim." I am unemployed and uninsured and I don't yet know what the medical expense total will be. Does anyone out there have advice on how I might go about attempting to find the County at least partially at fault and liable due to improper road repair on a road known to be popular with bicyclists? Any advice would be welcome. (I have an e-mail in to Len Tillem, but so far, no reply) Thanks. -Ken
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Sorry to hear about your incident. Involved in similar event last August, however I stayed on my bike with only a fractured Mavic hoop. The mishap happened in Gilroy so I filed a incident report with the city after contacting traffic dept. Turns out the GUSD had an easement (in front of new Christopher High) so I was out of luck with a City reimbursement. The contractor or subcontractor's insurance will need to pay the claim. I would try to find the municipality responsible and pursue that. In the end, the roadway should be safe for all approved vehicles- including bicycles or indicate otherwise. However, safe is a evasive term ;-)


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Wallace B. Mears died peacefully at his home in Bountiful, Utah, on the sunny morning of June 27, 2012, in the presence of his wife, Shirley, and eldest daughter, Janene Spencer, having spent the previous evening with all his children and several grandchildren. Born May 9, 1922, in Salt Lake City, Wally graduated from South High School, attended the University of Utah for less than a year, then forfeited his football scholarship to enter flight training for the Navy. He later served in the Merchant Marine as a Midshipman Engineer. In 1944 he married his childhood sweetheart, Shirley Jean Fellows, beginning their 68 years together as husband and wife.
He is survived by his wife; five children: Mark (Kathy), Janene Spencer, Lu Ann Samuelsen, Scott (Wendy), and Kenny (Kriston); 14 grandchildren; and 17 great grandchildren. In his earlier years Wally was a scratch golfer and an avid hunter and fisherman, but his lasting passion was skiing. He was a ski instructor at Alta for 60 years, teaching on Saturdays as a second "job". After developing a chronic lung condition at the age of 84, he continued to ski the Albion run at Alta with his oxygen tank strapped to his back until even that was impossible. (He was also known to play a round of golf, placing the oxygen tank on the ground between his feet before swinging away.) He worked at the Utah Oil Company refinery (later Amoco) for 40 years, starting on the labor crew and finishing as manager of the product inspection laboratory. After retiring in 1984, he enjoyed traveling with his wife (and often friends and family) in his RV. He and Shirley remained lovingly involved in the lives of their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, attending many school and athletic events, and never forgetting a birthday. Wally was a faithful member of the LDS Church, holding a number of service positions in his ward and in the Bountiful Temple.
The family wishes to thank the staff of the Intermountain Medical Center ICU and the South Davis Community Hospital for giving Dad more time with us and South Davis Hospice for supporting and comforting Dad and the family during his decline. Special thanks to you, Danny. A viewing will be held from 7-9 p.m. Friday, July 6, 2012 at Larkin Mortuary (260 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah). Funeral services will be held at noon on July 7, 2012 at the Bountiful 28th Ward meeting house (2285 South 200 West, Bountiful, Utah), with a viewing prior to the funeral at 11 a.m. Condolences may be posted at http://www.larkinmortuary.com.


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Paper Camera
JFDP Labs
Real time cartoon and painting effects displayed on your camera feed! See the world through a new, original, stylish and captivating lens, have a wonder in your own home and discover how cool is now your world in cartoon!
This is the ultimate collection of cartoon/sketch/comic book/half tone/noir/neon and many other effects painted directly in your camera, no more boring post-effects, it's all ...
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Updated: December 05, 2013
Publisher: JFDP Labs LTD
Version 3.6.0 [11.534336 MB]
Sure, we've all heard of apps that put interesting filters on your photos. But, I've never seen effects like the ones that come out of Paper Camera for Android. Paper Camera applies tons of different "cartoon-like" effects to your photos in real time, making you and your friends look like sketches, paintings or comic book characters. There are 11 different filters to choose from: Comic Boom, Sketch Up, Acquarello, Old...
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Good app by RaytheTech
this is a very fun app for taking pictures, my favorite is the sketch up camera, but the app is $1.99


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