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Keeping employees engaged is a challenge for most managers. But for the executives at Automotive Components Holdings, a temporary business that was created solely to sell off its 17 unprofitable plants, it's critical.
In 2000, Ford Motor Co. spun off its auto parts supplier Visteon as a separate company. But last year, to prevent Visteon from filing for bankruptcy, Ford bought back 17 of its plants and six other facilities in the U.S. and Mexico. The plants operate under the new name Automotive Components Holdings. The task for the company management, which is composed of Ford and Visteon executives, is to make the plants profitable and attractive to potential buyers.
Since October, ACH has closed two plants and transferred another two back to Ford. The company has announced it will close one more plant by year's end. Now ACH is focused on selling the remainder of its facilities.
The company's success is not only crucial to its 10,500 hourly and 3,700 salaried employees; it's also key for Ford's turnaround strategy. The company is the automaker's main supplier.
For that reason, closing all of the plants is not an option, analysts say. Despite the enormity of the task at hand, Deb Forester, organizational development manager and operations effectiveness manager, says she was thrilled when Al Ver, chief operating officer of ACH, called her to join the leadership team.
"It's not just about selling off the facilities," she says. "It's the opportunity to impact 25,000 families and create a supply base that is more efficient and effective for Ford."
Ford's approach to Visteon is a stark contrast to how General Motors is addressing the financial struggles facing Delphi, its former auto parts supplier. While Ford is working to make the Visteon plants profitable in hopes of selling them, GM is fighting efforts to force it to take back its former Delphi plants.
Observers, however, note that while Ford's approach may be kinder to workers, it remains to be seen whether it's the more effective strategy in turning around the business.
"They are taking a humane approach and giving employees time, but that doesn't mean that, ultimately, Ford won't have to buy out more employees," says Maryann Keller, an auto industry analyst.
Setting up a strategy
In August 2004, Forester and 12 other executives were pulled off their current jobs at Ford and Visteon to start working on a strategy for ACH.
The executives, who came from various divisions at Ford such as finance, communications and human resources, relocated to a building in Dearborn, Michigan, and met for two to three hours three times a week to establish a strategy for ACH. The company began operations October 1, 2005.
"The first thing the group wanted to do was to make sure that everyone understood clearly the vision of where we wanted to go so that everything went smoothly," Forester says. "The task was not going to be easy, but we wanted to be sure it was well understood."
At the outset, the group articulated the company's mission. It would give Ford "the ability to obtain competitively priced, high-quality parts and systems by preparing its business units for sale or other disposition."
Some employees complained about the statement, calling it demoralizing, says Della DiPietro, a spokeswoman and member of the company's leadership team.
"I could appreciate their angst that the mission statement was all about selling the business, but it forced employees to come to grips with that reality," she says. "It also showed that this leadership team had the integrity to be very clear with what we were about."
The team also developed four key metrics to gauge its success in reaching this goal: quality, cost, on-time delivery of parts and progress toward the sale of the facilities.
To motivate employees, ACH introduced an incentive program. Every worker receives an annual bonus based on the company's success in improving in those four categories, DiPietro says. She declined to say how much an employee could receive in annual bonus pay.
Incentive pay is one way the company seeks to keep workers engaged, but a bigger focus for ACH is helping workers improve their skills, Forester says.
"For us, this is a way of showing employees that we meant it when we told them we want them to be successful," she says.
ACH conducted a benchmarking study of other automotive companies' skill needs and training programs to make sure the training it was providing would make the company more attractive to buyers.
"We looked at the skill base at other companies and if there was something that we could incorporate into our training that we hadn't thought of," Forester says. "All of those things went into our training and development curriculum."
By teaming up with local colleges and vendors, ACH provides training to any employee who wants it. The leadership team has met with supervisors and asked them what their staffs need. The company has conducted 4,200 classes and has 1,200 requests for more classes. One hundred employees are taking nine-month certification courses in technical specialties.
For employees who just want a refresher course, ACH is enlisting senior employees to offer insights or tips to their peers. Some of these classes have nothing to do with technical training or day-to-day jobs, Forester says. For example, some employees are offering yoga classes, while others are giving pointers on financial planning, she says. By offering these classes, ACH hopes to improve morale and productivity, Forester says.
Employee uncertainty
The biggest challenge for ACH executives is communicating with employees when they don't know what the future holds, DiPietro says.
Given the temporary nature of the company, ACH can't rely on traditional methods of communications, like monthly newsletters, she says. DiPietro and her team had to come up with timely and effective ways to get information to all of ACH's employees. When the company began operations in October, ACH decided to hold town hall meetings.
"We had not been able to talk with employees who were assigned to ACH until October 1, so there was a huge cry for information, but no one could talk," DiPietro says. In the first week of October, the management team visited each of the ACH facilities to explain the situation and answer questions. Since Ver couldn't get to each facility within the first week, the ACH leadership team decided to allow other top management executives to conduct the employee meetings, DiPietro says.
"That was a tradeoff we made because we thought that timeliness was more important," she says.
Ver continues to have monthly meetings for his salaried workers, and ACH is considering doing another meeting for hourly workers this year, DiPietro says. Since the company can't afford to take its hourly workers off the floor for town hall meetings, it tries to communicate to them in other ways.
DiPietro and her team created templates for different types of e-mails that it could send to salaried workers and could also post on the bulletin boards for hourly employees.
"Each notice has a different masthead so that people can recognize the topic just from how they look," DiPietro says.
For example, the "Ask Al" bulletin provides answers to employees' questions. "Making the Grade" provides workers with a report card of how the company is doing, as measured by its four metrics.
The company had resisted launching a Web site because of the costs and permanency associated with it, but in response to employee demand it did put up a password-protected Web page that contains documents that employees might need, DiPietro says. The site features policies and procedures, but not company news. The Web page in many ways symbolizes the fine line that ACH has to walk with its employees.
"We are a transition team, so we don't want to do anything that suggests permanency," DiPietro says. "But we also want to be responsive to our employees' needs."
Challenges remain
As a result of its efforts, ACH has seen 5 to 10 percent improvement in its quality, delivery and costs during its first eight months of operations, DiPietro says. It also has been contacted by 100 parties interested in acquiring plants, she says.
Despite this, retaining workers remains a challenge. The company won't comment on turnover statistics, but DiPietro says that turnover is "higher than we would like."
Even putting the workforce management issues aside, analysts are skeptical about who will buy the facilities. Whoever buys any of the plants would have to want Ford's business. But given Ford's falling market share, there is a higher risk of taking that business on, they say.
But ACH's efforts in keeping its workers and training them to be more marketable may work in Ford's favor in the long run, analysts say. Just by taking the humane approach, ACH might create goodwill that will facilitate a sale, says Arthur Wheaton, a workplace and industry education specialist at Cornell University.
"Whoever buys those plants is stuck with the union," he says. By making an effort to keep employees' jobs, it might make buyers more comfortable with bringing on union workers. wƒmMore online Training to engage young workers: workforce.com/dofasco
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Improved Construction and System Preservation Techologies
new strategies to enhance the quality performance of highway systems
Accelerated Construction Technology Transfer (ACTT) is a strategic process that identifies innovative techniques and technologies to reduce construction time on major highway projects while enhancing safety and improving quality. In September 2003, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) hosted a two-day workshop that brought together almost 100 attendees from 19 states.
Its purpose was twofold. First, the workshop would draw on the expertise of participants to help generate specific, practical recommendations for the ongoing development of Project Pegasus, a major reconstruction of downtown Dallas traffic arteries now in the planning phase. Second, attendees would see how the ACTT process works in a real-life scenario so that they could apply ACTT in their own agencies.
The key element of the workshop was the brainstorming session, which brought together experts from across the country with their local counterparts to search for methods and measures that would help TxDOT achieve its chief project objectives, namely minimizing construction time and traffic delays.
With an estimated cost of $760 million, ProjectPegasus is a large and complex project presenting many challenges:
- Project Pegasus involves total reconstruction of the IH30/IH35E interchange (the "Mixmaster") as well as other portions of both highways
- The project covers 11 miles of roadway and over 99 entrance/exit ramps
- The roads to be rebuilt are crossed by busy rail lines, and are abutted by historic buildings, hospitals, public parks, and flood-control levees
- Neither IH30 nor IH35E has been substantially improved since original construction in the early 1960s, so dramatic changes will be necessary to comply with current design guidelines
- Hundreds of thousands of vehicles travel daily through the "Mixmaster"
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All of these challenges are precisely the issues that ACTT was developed to confront, making Project Pegasus a natural choice as the topic for a national ACTT workshop.
Opening the workshop on September 9 were three officials representing TxDOT: the Texas Transportation Commissioner; the Dallas District Engineer; and the District's interim Director of Transportation Planning and Development. Following their remarks, the Chair of TRB A5T60 posed the question "Why ACTT? Why Now?" before bringing on several TxDOT representatives to give an overview of Project Pegasus.
Over the course of the following day and a half, participants broke into nine "Skill Set" teams to examine how ACTT methods could be implemented to accelerate various aspects of the project. Once the Skill Set teams had developed lists of ideas, workshop participants began intermingling so that members could consult with experts from other Skill Sets. As the workshop progressed, each team completed report forms summarizing their ideas and recommendations, and also narrowed the results of their brainstorming and consultation down to a list of five to seven "priority" recommendations. These lists were then presented by each Skill Set team to the entire conference.
The workshop Skill Sets selected by TxDOT prior to the start of the workshop were: Environment; Geotechnical/Materials/Accelerated Testing; Structures; Right-of-Way/Utilities/ Railroad; Innovative Financing and Contracting; Roadway/Geometrics; Traffic Engineering/ Safety/ITS/Worker Health; Construction; and Long-Life Pavements/Maintenance. Each Skill Set team focused on how the ACTT process applied to the specific concerns in their area of expertise, while collectively, the teams searched for methods and measures to help TxDOT achieve its goals - maintaining traffic with minimal disruption, accommodating regional/ national/international events, providing access to emergency facilities, reducing construction time from 7 to 4 years, and maximizing work zone safety.
The teams presented numerous ideas and recommendations, many of which were deemed viable and will be pursued, according to TxDOT Dallas District management. Among these recommendations were:
- Construction of Trinity parkway first, to be used as detour during construction;
- Dedicating an incident management system that can quickly locate incidents during construction on a project site, which is otherwise difficult because of the sheer size and complexity of the interchange;
- Giving broader latitude and decision-making authority to Dallas District to accelerate the response process;
- Screening and selecting a number of large contractors to get involved throughout the design process, who can then bid on the job; y Closing portions of the project to traffic during construction, which is expected to help reduce construction time beyond the 3-year reduction originally targeted;
- Allowing the contractor to build his plant onsite to minimize time and congestion; and
- Using onsite prefabrication of structural components, and installation methods such as rolling, launching, or lifting into final position
With the workshop now completed, it remains for TxDOT to sift through the various ideas put forth by the workshop and decide which recommendations should be implemented in future planning, design, and construction phases of Project Pegasus. Follow-up meetings with TxDOT will be conducted to evaluate the long-term benefits of this workshop.
To find out more about the project and the implementation of recommendations, contact:
Dan Sanayi at (202) 493-0551, email@example.com, or visit http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/.
(* 7/05 Contact Update: Jim Sorenson at (202) 366-333, email@example.com, or Jerry Blanding at (410) 962-2253, firstname.lastname@example.com)
Brian Barth of the TxDOT Dallas District at (214) 320-6189, firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit http://www.projectpegasus.org/.
U.S. Department of Transportation - Federal Highway - Administration - Texas Division Office
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I know how to sort in place an array using heapsort and max-heap property.
But I can not think of how I could sort it in place using the min-heap property.
I can sort it using a min-heap by using a temporary intermediate array e.g.
public static int[] heapSort2(int[] array){
int [] temp = new int[array.length];
for(int i = 0; i < array.length; i++ ){
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text: Home The Root TV Cocktails and Policy Talk: Education, More Black experts discuss policy and voting during a talk moderated by The Root's Cynthia Gordy. By: Authors Posted: June 8 2012 12:04 AM 0 The Root The Root's senior political correspondent, Cynthia Gordy, moderated the 100 Black Men of Greater Washington, D.C.'s first Cocktails and Policy panel discussion on June 6 at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The night's panelists -- who included the Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., president of the Hip-Hop Caucus; Ivory A. Toldson, research analyst and Howard University professor; political commentator Jeff Johnson; and pollster Cornell Belcher -- weighed in on the state of the black voter, education policy and more. Watch a video of the panel discussion below and stay tuned for 100 Black Men's second Cocktails and Policy event. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Get what we're watching delivered to your inbox everyday! Sign up for our daily video newsletter below. Powered by Livefyre 0


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Pear Maturity Indices
Days After Full Bloom (DAFB)
Days After Full Bloom (DAFB) can give an approximate harvest date or "ball park guess." The major problem with this type of measurement is little consistency from year to year and the wide spread in days. For example, for AnJou the range can be 120-150 days, for Bartlett 110-133, for Bosc 130-145, and for some of the new Asian pears 112-150 days.
In pears, fruit firmness is probably the most reliable indicator of maturity. Fruit to be sold immediately or held only for a short period of time can be harvested at a much softer stage than fruit to be held longer in storage. Firmness is not a good indicator of maturity for Asian pears. These types are best when ripened on the tree where fruit pressures will run 8 to 12 pounds. Color and taste are better indices for the Asian types. The recommended ranges for firmness measured by a pressure tested are as follows AnJou 13-15 lbs, Bartlett 15-17 lbs Bosc 14-16 lbs.
Fruit Appearance
Although it is a subjective evaluation, fruit color and finish can be a valuable maturity indicator. In Bartlett look for a change from green to a white-green, blotchy appearance at the fruit neck and finally a light yellow. Any pink coloration at the calyx end probably indicates a premature ripening problem in Bartlett. For Anjou look for a change in ground color. Russetted Asian pears change from green to brown to orange or gold. Yellow fruited varieties change from grass green to light green to yellow green.
Fruit finish is another means of judging maturity. For Anjou and Bartlett, look for smooth, waxy skin. As the fruit matures corking of the lenticels is related to fruit maturity. Immature fruit have white lenticels that become brown and shallow. The brown color in lenticels is a good indicator that the fruit will ripen without shriveling.
Other Methods
Amount of soluble solids frequently does not have a good relation to maturity on the traditional varieties because of the need to harvest the fruit before it is ripe. A minimum of 11% for Bartlett and 10% for all other varieties except the Asian pears is recommended. On Asian pears, a starting point would be 12%.
Measuring the amount of starch in fruit is a technique that has worked very well in apples but only with limited success on pears. As the fruit matures starch is converted to sugars. The application of an iodine solution to the cut surface of the fruit stains the starch a blue-black. The iodine solution can be made by dissolving 10 grams of iodine crystals and 25 grams of potassium iodide in one liter of water. Reports from the Pacific Northwest indicate that where this may be a reliable indicator, the fruit should be harvested when 60% of the cut fruit surface still contains starch.
A combination of two or more of the above indices will give a better indication of fruit maturity. As with any measurement used to predict fruit maturity, expect variations from year to year, block to block and by tree and growing conditions. The best method is to select several tests and repeat these every year to develop a track record for your orchard.
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Posted By Miranda Marquit On 08/23/2011 @ 12:05 pm In Family | 2 Comments
We often think of back to school as something that happens only once a year, starting the end of July and lasting through the first part of September. Many of us feel financially stressed during back to school, since it usually represents an increase in how much we spend. In some cases, back to school can be a budget buster.
This year, you have the opportunity to break the cycle as you participate in back to school buying for your children. Pay attention to your buying habits this back to school season, and use the information to create a plan that can keep you from breaking your budget [3] next year.
First of all, it is a good idea to track your back to school spending. Add up how much you spend in various categories, including school supplies, clothing and extracurricular activities (activity fees can get quite expensive). This will give you something to work with as you plan for next year.
Once you know how much you spent, it's time to begin preparing for next school year. If you end up spending $600 on back to school, you know that you can set aside $50 a month (600/12) to get ready for next year. Breaking it down and preparing for the costs a little at a time can make your back to school shopping more manageable next year. Put the money in a high yield savings account, and you have the potential to have a little bit more.
It is also a good time to take stock of increased expenses as your child grows. If your child is involved in sports and/or music, the costs associated with back to school tend to rise each year. Equipment, trips, and other expenses quickly start to add up. I was in three different bands, and participated in two different sports, for much of my high school career. The planning involved for paying for these extracurricular activities, on the part of my parents, as well as what I was responsible for, increased as I got other. That's something to take into account as your child ages. If your child shows an interest in extracurriculars, you might find that going from the last year of middle school to the first year of school is quite a jump. Prepare for it by setting extra aside during the year so that it isn't such a sudden strain on your finances.
There is nothing wrong with encouraging your child to help pay some of these expenses. While it may not be reasonable to expect your child to bear the cost of such activities entirely on his or her own, it can be a good learning experience to have him or her contribute some of the money to pay these expenses. You might also need to require your child to prioritize his or her activities if it gets to be too much for your pocketbook, or interferes with a part-time job [4] or results in low grades. In the end, it's important to teach your child the importance of balance, as well as letting him or her enjoy extra activities.
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Though there are many noteworthy comments in the interview, I will only address the two which I believe will generate the most response in the Press; his follow up comments concerning economic issues and his desire to promote authentic Christian collaboration, with a special emphasis on the Orthodox Church.
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Keywords: Pope Francis, La Stampa, Vatican Insider, Marxism, Orthodox Church, Catholic ecumenism, Andrea Tornielli, Deacon Keith Fournier
VATICAN CITY (Catholic Online) - In another interview, Pope Francis has again set the media world buzzing. He also signaled his path for leading the Church which has been entrusted to him as the successor of the Apostle Peter.
The interview, entitled Never be afraid of tenderness, was given to Andrea Tornielli, of the Vatican Insider. It can be read here in its entirety. It was given on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, in the afternoon, in the Chapel of Saint Martha where the Holy Father celebrates daily Mass.
Though there are many noteworthy comments in the interview, I will only address the two which I believe will generate the most response in the Press; his follow up comments concerning economic issues and his desire to promote authentic Christian collaboration, with a special emphasis on finding some form of communion with between the Catholic and the Orthodox Church.
First, Pope Francis responded to insinuations in ill informed media sources that he embraces what are tritely called "left leaning " economic policies. Here are the questions and the answers:
Some of the passages in the "Evangelii Gaudium" (The Joy of the Gospel) attracted the criticism of ultraconservatives in the USA. As a Pope, what does it feel like to be called a "Marxist"?
Pope Francis: "The Marxist ideology is wrong. But I have met many Marxists in my life who are good people, so I don't feel offended."
The most striking part of the Exhortation was where it refers to an economy that "kills".
Pope Francis: "There is nothing in the Exhortation that cannot be found in the social Doctrine of the Church. I wasn't speaking from a technical point of view, what I was trying to do was to give a picture of what is going on. The only specific quote I used was the one regarding the "trickle-down theories" which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and social inclusiveness in the world. The promise was that when the glass was full, it would overflow, benefiting the poor. But what happens instead, is that when the glass is full, it magically gets bigger - nothing ever comes out for the poor. This was the only reference to a specific theory. I was not, I repeat, speaking from a technical point of view but according to the Church's social doctrine. This does not mean being a Marxist."
After the release of his Apostolic Exhortation entitled The Joy of the Gospel, some in the media incorrectly characterized certain sections of the exhortation as being "against" capitalism. The fact is the word was not even mentioned. Rather, the Pope pointed out the emptiness of materialism and consumerism. Many of the reports made such comments with little or no understanding of the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church.
That apostolic exhortation, completely consistent with Catholic Social Doctrine, cannot be squeezed into the economic or political categories which fuel much of the charged debate in the United States. Yet, just such an effort occurred, from those with political and economic agendas, both from the left and the right.
Sadly, they also distracted the public from hearing a desperately needed corrective and beautiful message from a global pastor who has been given charge of what he properly referred to in the exhortation as a church without frontiers.
After an admonition to say No to what he prophetically called the new idolatry of money, Pope Francis called for, an economy of inclusion, one which expands to embrace more and more people. He noted that the root problem of the current economic struggles is a moral one. Yes, that is correct, a moral one. He wrote:
The current financial crisis can make us overlook the fact that it originated in a profound human crisis: the denial of the primacy of the human person! We have created new idols. The worship of the ancient golden calf (cf. Ex 32:1-35) has returned in a new and ruthless guise in the idolatry of money and the dictatorship of an impersonal economy lacking a truly human purpose. The worldwide crisis affecting finance and the economy lays bare their imbalances and, above all, their lack of real concern for human beings; man is reduced to one of his needs alone: consumption.
He was correct in his analysis. He was prophetic in his insights into the creeping atheistic materialism of the West. His strong response to questions in this recent interview further affirm, this Pope cannot be dismissed by attempts to squeeze him into a box, of any sort, political, economic, or even theological. He, like the Lord whom he serves is outside of the categories of the marketplace or the limiting language of modern political wrangling.
He prophetically reminded us in The Joy of the Gospel that what is needed is what he called, a return to an ethical foundation for the economic and social order. The kind of ethics which leads to a God who calls for a committed response that is outside of the categories of the marketplace. When these latter are absolutized, God can only be seen as uncontrollable, unmanageable, even dangerous, since he calls human beings to their full realization and to freedom from all forms of enslavement.
Ethics - a non-ideological ethics - would make it possible to bring about balance and a more humane social order. With this in mind, I encourage financial experts and political leaders to ponder the words of one of the sages of antiquity: "Not to share one's wealth with the poor is to steal from them and to take away their livelihood. It is not our own goods that we hold, but theirs. (par. 57)
The final sentence of that paragraph in The Joy of the Gospel upset a number of people who reacted without reading the exhortation. If they had read it they would have seen that the strongly prophetic language at the end was actually a quote from the great Fourth Century Archbishop of Constantinople, John Chrysostom whose prophetic correctives of his own age were not all that different than those offered by Pope Francis to this current age.
So, in short, efforts to disparage Pope Francis by calling him a "Marxist" are not only wrong and insulting, they are silly. Pope Francis is a Catholic. He is teaching what the Church has always taught. Would Archbishop John Chrysostom be called Marxist by today's media because he spoke of the poor with such affection and reminded the faithful of our obligations in solidarity to them?
Next, his responses to inquiries in the recent interview concerning the papacy; as well as his call for collaboration with other Christians - in particular with the Orthodox Church - signal his intent to continue the trajectory which began with the Second Vatican Council and advanced during the papacies of John Paul II and Benedict is extraordinary. Here are the questions and the responses:
You announced a "conversion of the papacy". Did a specific path emerge from your meetings with the Orthodox Patriarchs?
Pope Francis: John Paul II spoke even more explicitly about a way of exercising the primacy which is open to a new situation. Not just from the point of view of ecumenical relations but also in terms of relations with the Curia and the local Churches. Over the course of these first nine months, I have received visits from many Orthodox brothers: Bartholomew, Hilarion, the theologian Zizioulas, the Copt Tawadros.
The latter is a mystic, he would enter the chapel, remove his shoes and go and pray. I felt like their brother. They have the apostolic succession; I received them as brother bishops. It is painful that we are not yet able to celebrate the Eucharist together, but there is friendship. I believe that the way forward is this: friendship, common work and prayer for unity. We blessed each other; one brother blesses the other, one brother is called Peter and the other Andrew, Mark, Thomas..
Is Christian unity a priority for you?
Pope Francis: Yes, for me ecumenism is a priority. Today there is an ecumenism of blood. In some countries they kill Christians for wearing a cross or having a Bible and before they kill them they do not ask them whether they are Anglican, Lutheran, Catholic or Orthodox. Their blood is mixed. To those who kill we are Christians. We are united in blood, even though we have not yet managed to take necessary steps towards unity between us and perhaps the time has not yet come. Unity is a gift that we need to ask for.
I knew a parish priest in Hamburg who was dealing with the beatification cause of a Catholic priest guillotined by the Nazis for teaching children the catechism. After him, in the list of condemned individuals, was a Lutheran pastor who was killed for the same reason. Their blood was mixed. The parish priest told me he had gone to the bishop and said to him: "I will continue to deal with the cause, but both of their causes, not just the Catholic priest's." This is what ecumenism of blood is. It still exists today; you just need to read the newspapers. Those who kill Christians don't ask for your identity card to see which Church you were baptised in. We need to take these facts into consideration.
One of the most credible Catholic News Sources in the Catholic world, the Catholic News Agency (CNA), recently interviewed the President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, Cardinal Kurt Koch. The Cardinal is currently in Russia where he will meet with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and Metropolitan Hilarion, the President of the Department of External Church Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Many observers hope that these meetings are a part of what appears to be a continued preparation for a meeting between Patriarch Kirill and Pope Francis in the near future. I am included among them. There is no question this Pope is a man with a vision for the New Evangelization of the Catholic Church and a heart for a new Missionary Age. He is also a leader whose depth of insight cannot be categorized into neat little boxes.
Stay tuned, an historic papacy is unfolding.
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The Bachelorette: Lies, Cheating, & Betrayal From Ali Fedotowsky's Potential Suitors
June 20, 2010 07:00 AM by Nancy Floyd
If you thought the drama of Kasey's tattoo was too much to handle, wait until you see what's in store for the rest of this season of ABC's The Bachelorette. Ali Fedotowsky has narrowed the playing field down to nine guys, but there's still plenty of drama in store for her. If you want spoilers on which guy has a girlfriend back home, which guy lied about his previous relationship, and which one leaves Ali for an ex-girlfriend, keep reading…
Warning: this post contains spoilers about the current season of ABC's The Bachelorette! If you don't want to know the drama coming up, stop reading now. Consider yourself warned.
So far on this season of ABC's The Bachelorette, there hasn't been any shortage of drama. Most recently, one bachelor, Kasey, decided to get a tattoo (of a heart with a shield and a rose…gag!) to prove his love to Ali Fedotowsky. Considering the drama that's coming up, Kasey's act of desperation seems pretty mild. One bachelor lied about his divorce, another has a girlfriend at home, and still another ends up leaving Ali to return to his ex.
According to the ex-wife of contestant Ty Brown (the Nashville country boy who serenaded Ali on the beach during the calendar photo shoot date), their divorce was hardly a pleasant parting of ways. Ty told Ali that his divorce ended on friendly terms, but his ex-wife, Lindsey, tells Life & Style magazine a different story. "Contrary to what Ty has indicated, our marriage did not end on amicable terms," she says. "My husband had been untruthful to me."
Ty's offense seems mild compared to the betrayal of two other bachelors on this season of ABC's The Bachelorette. The next major scandal to hit the fan involves professional wrestler, Justin "Rated R" Rego. Reality Steve reported weeks ago that midway through the season, Ali finds out that Justin has a serious girlfriend at home. Apparently, the girlfriend allowed Justin to go on the show to advance his career (what self-respecting woman would do that?!), but found out that he was cheating on her with yet another girl so she decided to go to the producers. In two weeks, Ali will find out about Justin's other woman and send him packing.
Lastly, and this might come as a major heartbreak to some of you, fan-favorite Frank Neuschaefer makes it to the top three but then leaves Ali high and dry in Tahiti to return to his ex-girlfriend, Nicole. Not surprisingly, Ali is devastated to learn that Frank is still in love with Nicole, but can't convince him to stay.
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YosemiteSam Says:
June 28th, 2010 at 11:13 am
So lets see.. Jake and Vienna have gone their seperate ways, Ali picks.. oh nobody.. and at the After the Rose show, Jake shows up as a "surprise" guest and he and Ali ride off into the sunset!
I should write this stuff..
Christine McDow Says:
June 28th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
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May 27, 2016
A candidate running for House of Representatives officially announced his campaign Wednesday.
Robert Barfield, Sr., rallied with supporters at the Lauderdale County Courthouse.
Barfield is a retired network manager with AT&T, and served in the Marines and Air National Guard. He's senior vice-president of the USMC League.
Barfield said he'd like to help bring hobs to the state by lowering taxes.
"Meridian is my home. District 82 is my home. I've lived here all my life. And I see the situations and things that are in this city. I've bee seeing them all my life," said Barfield. "And I do believe that I can make a difference."
Barfield said he was asked by friends and family to run for the office left vacant by the death of Rep. Charles Young.
Four others are running in the June 9 special election: Roscoe Jones, Sr., John Harris, Bill Marcy, and Wilbert Jones.
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Kerry's Predicted Order Of Finish
D1 Team In All caps
1. West Orange-Stark
3. Hamshire Fannett
4. Orangefield
5. Hardin Jefferson
6. Bridge City
District Outlook: This District will be a little different this year with Jasper moving North and Kirbyville dropping to 2A. West Orange-Stark until they are defeated in District will remain the favorites. Silsbee will certainly challenge the Stangs with 10 returning starters. Hamshire Fannett returns 13 starters and should be in the top to or 3 this season. Orangefield, Bridge City and Hardin Jefferson are all capable of playing Spoiler though.
Team By Team
West Orange-Stark Mustangs: 24 games and counting, that's the winning streak the Stangs have in District since dropping to 3A. WO-S returns 11 starters from a team that went to the Quarterfinals last season. QB Ortavious Hypolite and RB Quintavious Garrett will lead the Offense with some very good recievers in Trey Franks and James Haynes. The weakness is the Offensive Line. If the Stangs can fix the Line they could go even deeper than last season. Defense will always be good at WO-S. DB Josh Gloston and LB Lynch will lead the Defense.
Silsbee Tigers: Silsbee returns 4 starters on Offense but did lose some size especially on the line. Plenty of Great players on this team as well. QB Jeremy Johnson, who alot of Schools are already looking at will lead the Offense along with RB Chris castle. On Defense DE Josh Skinner (All District pick in 07) will lead the Defense.
Hamshire Fannett Longhorns: 2nd Year Coach Walt Mangan certainly turned the Longhorn program around last season. The Horns finished the season at 5-5 even upsetting Silsbee. This season the Horns return 13 starters including TB Hagan Daigle and TB Chris Bell. On Defense FS Cameron Bell returns along with a very good defensive Line. Look for the Horns in the Postseason in 08.
Orangefield Bobcats: Orangefield gets so close every season but fall just short. Could this be the year to make the Playoffs? Maybe, The Bobcats return 13 starters including QB Jace Statum and very good OL. LB Zach Peevy will return and really help this Defense. If the Cats stay healthy they could easily make another playoff push.
Hardin Jefferson Hawks: Like Bridge City no where to go but up for the Hawks. HJ finished the season at 1-6 last season. The Hawks return a load in 21 starters. "This is such a tough District says HC David Martel, we have to stay healthy". RB trey Burrell will lead the Offense along with WR James Morrison. On Defense LB John Boles. "Boles is a very tough young man and will be a great player this season says Martel". The Hawks will look to play spolier this season.
Bridge City Cardinals: 2nd year HC Chris Stump will look to turn the Cardinals around this seaosn after going 0-10 in 07. They have look much better in scrimmages this year and look for the Cardinals to put a few W's this season. 17 starters return including RB Joe Robertson along with WR Luke Rhodes. The Cards are still probably a year away but look for a big improvement this season.
Players To Watch
Stephen Cook, DT WO-S
Prentice Lane, WR Silsbee
Jeremy Pinder, WR Hamshire Fannett
Josh Juneau, LB Orangefield
Jake Leger, OL Hardin Jefferson
Jerry Landry, WR Bridge City


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We are updating this list with cancellations as we get them. This is by no means a complete list. You should check your church's message by phone or internet before you head out if you question whether services are being held.
Beaufort County:
-Bath Christian Church - Morning and evening services are canceled.
-Old Ford Church of Christ in Beaufort County has canceled all Sunday.
-Grace Lutheran Church in Washington - Sunday worship services are canceled
-Harvest church, 2020 W. 15th Street. - services for Sunday are canceled
-First Christian Church in Washington - all Sunday services are canceled.
-First United Methodist Church in Washington - Sunday services canceled.
-Cornerstone Family Worship Center Church of God- Sunday morning service has been postponed to Wednesday @ 7:30pm.
Carteret County:
-Parkview Baptist Church of Morehead City - no Sunday services
-Zion's Chapel Church of Christ in Roper - all Sunday services canceled
-Saint Egbert Catholic Church in Morehead City - masses for Saturday evening are canceled. Masses for Sunday will go on, weather and travel conditions permitting.
Chowan County:
-Rocky Hock Baptist Church - all Sunday services canceled
Craven County:
-Christ Episcopal Church in New Bern has canceled services for Sunday
Dare County:
-St. Andrew's By-The-Sea - Sunday worship services are canceled
Tarboro 1st P.H. Church of Tarboro has canceled all services tomorrow.
Lenoir County:
-Bethel Freewill Baptist Church in Kinston- all Sunday services canceled
-Rivermont Baptist Church in Kinston - all Sunday services canceled
Martin County:
West End Baptist Church of Williamston, all services canceled.
-First Christian Church of Williamston, NC will not be holding services on Sunday.
Pitt County:
Oakmont Baptist Church, Greenville, all services canceled Sunday.
-First Christian Church in Greenville - all Sunday services are cancelled
-Black Jack Pentecostal FWB Church - all Sunday services are canceled.
-St. Paul's Episcopal Church morning services canceled, 5:00 p.m. service has been scheduled.
-Greenville Church of God has canceled service for Sunday.
-Trinity Free Will Baptist Church in Greenville - August 27th Upward Evaluations rescheduled for August 30th, 5-7pm. Sunday morning services are canceled. 6pm services will still go on as scheduled.
-Winterville Baptist Church services canceled for Sunday
-Immanuel Free Will Baptist Church, Winterville, closed Sunday morning & night.
-Grifton Free Will Baptist Church, Grifton.
-Mount Shiloh Church in Winterville, no Sunday services
Onslow County:
-Salem Baptist Church in Sneads Ferry - Sunday morning services are cancelled. Will have 6pm evening services if weather permits.
-First Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville has canceled the Worship Service and Sunday School for Sunday.
Perquimans County:
-All services of Bethel Bapist Church, Hertford, NC, Sunday August 28, are canceled.


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Standoff between Detroit bomb squad, barricaded woman ends inside east side Detroit home
DETROIT, Mich. (WXYZ) - A nine hour standoff between Detroit police, bomb squad and a barricaded woman ended Tuesday morning.
Police were called to the 12000 block of Kennebec and Bradford around 11:30 Monday night where a 48-year-old woman was barricaded inside the home.
The situation began after the suspect's family approached her, asking her to seek mental wellness help.
At one point, the suspect approached officers wielding a knife.
During the several hour standoff, officers employed the help of negotiators and family members to persuade the suspect to exit the home peacefully to no avail
Around 4:30 a.m. they deployed tear gas into the home. Four hours later bomb squad officials in full gear, and a robot entered the home, detained the woman and brought her out. She is now undergoing a psychological evaluation.
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Ricotta and spinach cannelloni
Ricotta and spinach cannelloni
This ricotta and spinach cannelloni is easy on the budget and really good comfort food. The creamy ricotta filling is teamed well with the tomato flavours and covered with delicious melted cheese. Make two and freeze one to have later!
- 750g full fat ricotta cheese
- 250g frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- freshly ground salt and pepper
- 1 large bottle of passata (Italian tomato sauce)
- 1 box of canelloni tubes
- 3 cups mozarella cheese, grated
- In a bowl, mix together the ricotta cheese, spinach, nutmeg and eggs.
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Pour half of the bottle of passata in the bottom of a baking dish.
- Using a piping bag, fill the cannelloni tubes with ricotta mix and lay on the sauce.
- Pour the rest of the bottle of passata over the top of the canelloni.
- Sprinkle with the mozarella cheese and bake for 40 minutes. If the cheese is browning too fast, cover the dish with foil to protect the top.
- This recipe is economical and deliciously moist.
- It's a great vegetarian dish to have in your recipe book.
- This recipe was created by Kidspot Social mum Mummygot2boys and tested by Jennifer Cheung for Kidspot, Australia's best recipe finder.


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2. Josh's wife Melissa Paris still races in the US. There is no way Josh is going to leave the US and have her playing with all her ex-boyfriends in the paddock.
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