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Program which pays the child care provider while the parents/caregiver works of the 67clients, 25 grandparents are paid. As provide subsized child care for working parents/grandparents.
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Gilbert's San Tan Motorplex is set to get its sixth car dealership next year, bringing new momentum to the 125-acre commercial center developed as the economy began sliding into recession.
Earnhardt Dodge, in northwest Gilbert for more than 20 years, is moving forward with plans to relocate to the massive, partially-built auto mall near Val Vista Drive and Loop202. The company hopes to open its new location by November or December 2013, said Derby Earnhardt, son of dealership owner Hal EarnhardtIII.
Meanwhile, the existing dealership site near Country Club Drive and Baseline Road will be bulldozed to make room for discount-grocery chain WinCo Foods, Earnhardt said.
Once the land is sold, the Earnhardts plan to lease it back for several months as they build their new facility in the motorplex, Earnhardt said.
Site plans for the dealership and grocery-anchored shopping center went before the Design Review Board in study session on Thursday and could be approved next month.
The new dealership will include a few upgrades, such as 48 indoor service bays for the company's mechanics.
"Our service department is very large, and it will continue to be so," Earnhardt said. The existing Dodge-Chrysler-Jeep-Ram dealership is the only Earnhardt site where the mechanic bays are outdoors, he said.
The dealership currently employs about 170 people, a number that is unlikely to change after the move, Earnhardt said. As the economy improves, dealerships are seeing year-over-year increases in sales figures, but the revenue isn't where it was several years ago, he said.
"There's still a lot of trouble in the economy out there," Earnhardt said. "There were a couple of tough years, and now we're starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel."
The outlook appears to be brightening for the San Tan Motorplex, which for a few years played second fiddle to a rival auto mall 2 miles west in Chandler.
Both developments were highly-touted as economic drivers and subsidized by tax incentives from the respective municipalities.
Gilbert committed to give the San Tan Motorplex developer a rebate on half of the retail-sales tax it generates until 2017, with a cap of $60million.
Chandler agreed to rebate half of the retail-sales tax generated by the Chandler 202 Auto Park over 14 years with no cap.
By the time Gilbert's auto mall welcomed its first dealership in 2007, its Chandler counterpart had two dealers. With more room to build, the tables later turned in Gilbert's favor.
The arrival of a Volkswagen dealer in 2011 gave the San Tan Motorplex its fifth tenant, eclipsing the four dealerships currently at the Chandler complex. Earnhardt Dodge will make it six, and a rumored Kia dealership could soon bring the total to seven.
"It's a great area of Gilbert right there," Earnhardt said. "A lot of the other auto dealerships there do really well."
The auto mall includes San Tan Ford, San Tan Hyundai, Henry Brown Buick-GMC,CarMax and SanTan Volkswagen. There's room for about a half-dozen more.
"It might take some time to fill out, but that area is definitely getting some momentum," Earnhardt said.


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AS long as I can remember, I watched my mother doing some kind of needlework. Most of the time though, she was either knitting or crocheting. While I was younger and she was working, she was not as prolific a needlewoman as she was once she retired.
I picked up hook and needles early - how could I not, with Mom as an example?
Once retired, with more time to persue her crafting, she was never without hook or needles in hand. Afghans, doilies, sweaters - she crafted them all, and with love, for family members and friends. Sometimes people asked her for a piece, and other times she just surprised people with a gift.
After my Dad passed away, Mom did even more. As she became more active in our church, her fingers flew to make afghans, doilies, table cloths and bed spreads for the church to raffle off. The years marched on, and while the finer thread pieces were not as often done, afghans were ALWAYS being made for some occasion or for someone.
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As her mental faculties failed, the one constant was her love for her afghans. She would finger the stitches and yarns, tactile sensations seemed to get through to her. And my Mom would supply her with afghans to keep that much of her "alive".
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As we neared the first anniversary of Mom's death, I was visiting my Mother-in-Law at the home and saw their "giving tree" set up for the holidays. REsidents at the home made requests for things they wanted Santa to bring them, and neighborhood "elves" helped Santa out.
As I looked at the tags, I saw at least a dozen asking for - of all things - an afghan. I wanted to grab each of those tags up and run home and crochet them each an afghan - but I knew I could not make 12 in just three weeks. So I left those tags there.
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As the holidays came to an end, the fact that I had seen all those requests for afghans continued to bother me. Such simple requests. And how many of us take our afghans for granted - and here, these people in the twilight of their lives, just wanted the warmth and love that a hand-crafted afghan could bring them.
As the days went by and I continued to ponder this, an idea started to form. Each day, if gathered momentum - until finally - "it" was born.
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We ask that yarn crafters take that excess yarn, and create a "square" and send it to us. We will then take their square and join it with others from around the wrold to make scrapghans that we will present to those who want or need that kind of love and hugs.
In the two years since the idea took shape and the web site went live, we have received hundreds of "squares". Finally catalogued and sorted, they are being attached to create the scrapghans of hugs and love that will be gifted out.
There are currently four scrapghans finished and ready to go - and countless more in the wings. Our first gifts will go to the local Ronald McDonald House, the home where my Mother-In-Law spent her last days, the local Veterans Home and, if they will accept them, to Enterprise, Alabama and those who lost so much in the devastating tonado that ripped through the town and school there just two weeks ago.
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>>jeffchirco_at_gmail.com wrote: >> >>>Is there a way to get the week number that a date falls in based on the >>>52 week calendar? Is there a function or how could I obtain this? >>>Thanks. >>> >>>Jeff >>> >> >>I assume you mean 53 week calendar ,in that case are you asking about >>format model 'WW' ? >> >>select to_char(sysdate,'WW') from dual; >> >>Best regards >> >>Maxim
I didn't had in mind ISO by answering, so spontaneously typed 53 ;-) But regarding the format modifiers, 'WW' means 53, 'IW' may vary (according ISO 8601) 52 or 53 resp.
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According to wiki (I know, I know, but it seems as if the freighters have all the really late line numbers too) the pure freighter B727-200F was only launched in 1981, only a few years before 727 production stopped altogether (and looking at the database, only for FedEx.) I'm curious as to why Boeing didn't make a freighter out of the 727-200 earlier. Was the cargo need fulfilled by the -100C? Or was there just no demand for a freighter around that size at the time? Or some other reason altogether?
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By presidential proclamation, Patriot Day is observed in the United States on September 11, or 9/11, in memory of the thousands who lost their lives as a result of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States that involved four hijacked planes. The observance also honors those who came to aid in the aftermath. Each year on Patriot Day, the U.S. flag is flown at half-staff. Citizens are asked to observe a moment of silence, usually at 8:46 a.m. EDT (when the first hijacked plane struck the World Trade Center in New York City), and are encouraged to devote the day and year to serving their neighbors and communities.
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The Flathead unemployment rate has dropped almost a full percentage point in the first two months of 2013, and employers are filling the boards at the Job Service in hopes of getting folks back to work.
Plum Creek employee Todd Shelling recalls the day when the Evergreen sawmill shut its doors in 2009, "It was a very stressful time. Not knowing what the future was going to hold. Of course the economy as bad as it was..."
Shelling and Garrison both had to leave their posts at sawmills in Evergreen and Fortine four years ago. They went through retraining and several different jobs as the lumber industry fell to its knees. Shelling drove in the oil fields and Garrison worked in retail.
"[It was] hard to leave my family, hard to leave friends, hard to leave the lifestyle this valley has to offer," said Shelling.
"It was a little bit worrisome but I knew the economy would pick back up," said Garrison. "I knew this plant would eventually start back up. You play a waiting game."
But recently, unemployment rates in the Flathead started to fall. The Job Service says in the first two months of 2013, that number has gone from 10.6 to 9.8 percent.
"We're not too surprised by that drop," said Bill Nelson. "Employers are looking for employees too. So I think its across the board. We've seen a lot of improvement everywhere."
Employers like Plum Creek were looking, too. They reopened their Evergreen sawmill just last week and gave Garrison and Shelling a second chance to get back on the line.
"Overwhelming how happy most of us are to be back here. We've got such an incredible crew to start this place up again," said Shelling.
"I love it," Garrison explained. "This is what I do. I've been doing it for 25 years complete with sawmills. It's just a part of my life."
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05/16/2014 | Hamvention 2014: Friday Recap
Becky Schoenfeld, W1BXY QST Managing Editor The first day of Hamvention® 2014 brought a great deal of activity for exhibitors and attendees alike. The ARRL Expo exhibit area saw considerable traffic as hams applied for memberships and renewals, brought...
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01/28/2014 | K9LA Named to Receive the 2013 Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical Writing Award
The 2013 Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical Writing Award winner is K9LA.
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06/29/2013 | Strong Geomagnetic Storm in Progress
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03/29/2013 | The K7RA Solar Update
Solar activity was down this week, with the average daily sunspot number at 49.6, less than half last week's figure. The average daily solar flux dropped 22 points to 97, and geomagnetic activity was quiet also.
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text: Home > Medical > Genetics > News 04 March 2013 'Google Map' of human metabolism built An international consortium of university researchers has produced the most comprehensive virtual reconstruction of human metabolism to date. 0 iStock Related 10 ways to boost your metabolism Basal metabolic rate Snack your body into shape Check Assess your diabetes risk » Quiz Am I at risk for COPD? » Ask CyberDoc » 10 ways to boost your metabolism World's Most Famous TB Patients Building on earlier pioneering work by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, an international consortium of university researchers has produced the most comprehensive virtual reconstruction of human metabolism to date. Scientists could use the model, known as Recon 2, to identify causes of and new treatments for diseases like cancer, diabetes and even psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders. Each person's metabolism, which represents the conversion of food sources into energy and the assembly of molecules, is determined by genetics, environment and nutrition. The researchers presented Recon 2 in a paper published online in the journal Nature Biotechnology. How Recon 2 works Doctors have long recognised the importance of metabolic imbalances as an underlying cause of disease, but scientists have been ramping up their research on the connection as a result of compelling evidence enabled by the Human Genome Project and advances in systems biology, which leverages the power of high-powered computing to build vast interactive databases of biological information. "Recon 2 allows biomedical researchers to study the human metabolic network with more precision than was ever previously possible. This is essential to understanding where and how specific metabolic pathways go off track to create disease," said Bernhard Palsson, Galletti Professor of Bioengineering at UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. "It's like having the coordinates of all the cars in town, but no street map. Without this tool, we don't know why people are moving the way they are," said Palsson. He likened Recon 2 to Google mapping for its ability to merge complex details into a single, interactive map. For example, researchers looking at how metabolism sets the stage for cancerous tumour growth could zoom in on the "map" for finely detailed images of individual metabolic reactions or zoom out to look at patterns and relationships among pathways or different sectors of metabolism. This is not unlike how you can get a street view of a single house or zoom out to see how the house fits into the whole neighbourhood, city, state, country and globe. And just as Google maps brings together a broad set of data – such as images, addresses, streets and traffic flow – into an easily navigated tool, Recon 2 pulls together a vast compendium of data from published literature and existing models of metabolic processes. The benefits As a multi-scale representation of the human metabolic network, Recon 2 provides essential context for data being reviewed by researchers. Palsson and other scientists in the field have already successfully demonstrated the utility of such models in simple organisms such as yeast and E-coli. As a result, they have been able to engineer these organisms in the lab to improve the efficiency of ethanol production and predict drug resistance in bacteria. One of the most promising applications for the network reconstruction is the ability to identify specific gene expressions and their metabolic pathways for targeted drug delivery. Large gene expression databases are available for human cells that have been treated with molecules extracted from existing drugs as well as drugs that are in development. Recon 2 allows researchers to use this existing gene expression data and knowledge of the entire metabolic network to figure how certain drugs would affect specific metabolic pathways found to create the conditions for cancerous cell growth, for example. They could then conduct virtual experiments to see whether the drug can fix the metabolic imbalance causing the disease. Palsson's Systems Biology Research Group at UC San Diego built the first virtual reconstruction of the human metabolism network, known as Recon 1, in 2007 with a six-person team. It featured more than 3,300 known biochemical reactions documented in over 50 years of metabolic research. Recon 2, which contains more than 7 400 reactions, was built by bringing together researchers from dozens of institutions around the globe in a series of "jamboree" meetings to refine and consolidate the data used in the reconstruction. Palsson said this jamboree approach helped the group establish common standards to build a consensus reconstruction, simplify its usability for biomedical researchers, and increase its transparency. Recon 2 will facilitate many future biomedical studies and is freely available here. Recon 2 is already proving its utility, according to Ines Thiele, a professor at the University of Iceland and UC San Diego alumna, who led the Recon 2 effort. Thiele earned her Ph.D. in bioinformatics as a student of Palsson's and was part of the original Recon 1 team. Several other UC San Diego alumni, and former Palsson students, participated in the consortium from their new institutions, including Neema Jamshidi (Ph.D., 2008, M.D., 2009), who is now interning at UCLA; Jason Papin (Ph.D., 2004), a professor at the University of Virginia; and Nathan Price (Ph.D., 2005), who is a professor at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, Wash. Thiele said Recon 2 has successfully predicted alterations in metabolism that are currently used to diagnose certain inherited metabolic diseases. "The use of this foundational resource will undoubtedly lead to a myriad of exciting predictions that will accelerate the translation of basic experimental results into clinical applications," said Thiele. "Ultimately, I envision it being used to personalize diagnosis and treatment to meet the needs of individual patients. 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Dr. Tom Robinson, MAE Professor, and Dr. Mike Mahoney, Dean of the College of Engineering, accept a $10,000 grant from Ms. Leitha A. Purcell on behalf of Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems. This grant is in support of Dr. Robinson's work on Quality Curriculum Enhancement and will be used to update and revise the course ENGR 375I-Total Quality and Continuous Improvement.
Thanks to the ongoing support of forward thinking corporations like Northrop Grumman, the College of Engineering at CSULB is able to continue offering quality engineering education and research opportunities to our exceptional students and faculty. We are grateful for their recognition of the importance of our activities.
Check presented to Dean Mahoney by Leitha Purcell of Northrop-Grumman
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MTV Launching Eight New Reality TV SeriesDecember 28, 2008 06:00:58 by Joe Reality
Reality TV Magazine recently updated fans on the bevy of reality TV shows announced by the major networks for 2009. However, it isn't just the major networks that have filled their schedules with reality TV programming. MTV has eight new reality TV series in the works for 2009. MTV has announced Rob Dydrek's Fantasy Factory, The CollegeHumor Show, Nitro Circus, How's Your News?, Daddy's Girls, The Girls of Hedsor Hall, College Life, and an untitled performing arts reality project.
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Run's House Returning For A Fifth SeasonJuly 15, 2008 05:52:51 by Joe Reality
Rev Run and his family are returning for a fifth season of Run's House. Run's House 5 once again shines the spotlight on the entire Simmons' family. On this season, Rev Run will join his friend Kid Rock on tour. His wife Justine will take care of things in Saddle River, while tending to baby Miley.
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Run's House Season 4 Premieres TonightOctober 25, 2007 12:03:00 by Joe Blackmon
On the fourth season of Run's House, the whole family is back under one
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securely grounded. From homework and sex education to a Las Vegas
wedding and Run's oldest daughter, Vanessa, appearing half-naked in
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Run's House Third Season Premieres TonightApril 9, 2007 12:06:00 by Joe Blackmon
MTV's series Run's House returns for a third season
Monday, April 9th at 10:00 PM (ET/PT). In this highly anticipated new season Rev. Run and
the Simmons family are back and facing new issues and often
entertaining challenges most families encounter but with the style,
humor and grace fans have grown to love. Immediately following meet
Taquita and Kaui, two former contestants on MTV's Making the Band 3 who
didn't make it into Diddy's newest girl group but will venture together
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YourForce: Encouraging Employees to Take Part in the Community
What may be most effective retention strategy is something that costs next to nothing: volunteering.
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In the competition for talented people, companies marshal a variety of strategies to attract, retain and promote high-performing workers. Those strategies go way beyond the standard tools like competitive pay and enticing benefits packages.
Companies now tout flexible schedules, employer-supplied transportation to work and even on-staff chefs who cook up gourmet lunches for office drones.
But what may be most effective is something that costs next to nothing: volunteering. Encouraging employees to take part in the community does good for workers and the organization. Check out what Hasbro did last month as case in point.
So while the holidays are behind us, it pays to remember that giving knows no season. Have a volunteer project you'd like to share? You can email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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This article first appeared in the Cal Kickoff Gameday Magazine, Oct. 22, 2011
By Tim Miguel
Mychal Kendricks never thought the day would come. Not when he was in high school in Fresno, Calif., where all he knew was Fresno State football. Kendricks never thought the day would come when he would be playing football at Cal.
The standout senior linebacker's dreams of coming to Cal began when he was in high school. Then a big Bulldog fan, Kendricks tried to go to as many Fresno State games as he could, although sometimes watching Fresno State took a backseat to when Kendricks had his own football game to play. Going to school right down the street from campus at Hoover High School, Kendricks definitely felt the Bulldog love every day.
In a close-knit community like Fresno, all the locals really rally behind their beloved Bulldogs. For somebody like Kendricks who had never really left Fresno while growing up, when you talked about college football to him back then, all he could respond with was Fresno State. If there was a close second, it was UCLA. His father, Marvin, had a highly-successful career as a Bruin. Mychal's younger brother, Eric, is currently on the Bruin squad.
"When I was in high school, it never really occurred to me that there was anything outside of Fresno State," Kendricks said. "I was kind of closed-minded in a small town. It was Fresno State and that's all I knew. Of course, UCLA, but I didn't think I could make it outside of where you were. During my junior senior year, I started to get calls from other schools and it became a reality."
Marvin is now a Cal season ticket holder, and while he and his family support the Bulldog program; as well they had absolutely no reservations about wearing blue and gold on Sept. 3 when the Bears played Fresno State in the Battle by the Bay at Candlestick Park.
"When Mychal visited Cal, he liked it so much he chose Cal without even telling me first," Marvin said. "It was the best decision he could have made, seeing as how well he's doing now."
When it comes to recruiting, the coaches usually come calling first to the recruits about their respective schools. Kendricks was one of the exceptions. He knew he wanted to be a Golden Bear before the Cal coaches knew they wanted him.
One day when he was sitting in his high school coach's office, a brochure caught Kendricks' attention. It was a brochure for a Cal football camp. He recognized the Cal script logo, but did not know much else about the school.
"I didn't know that it was one of the most prestigious schools in America," Kendricks said. "I asked my coach, `Who is this?' He said, `That's Jeff Tedford. He actually went to Fresno State.' I said, `That'd be tight to go there.' I remember that clear as day. Next thing I know, two years later, I'm here."
All Kendricks needed was somebody wearing the Cal logo to find him. Linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator Kenwick Thompson spotted him right off the bat at one of the Nike camps held in Palo Alto, Calif.
Thompson knew he had to act fast with Kendricks. Not only was Kendricks invited to the Nike camp, but he was named the MVP. Soon the offers were going to start pouring in and Kendricks would learn that he had a plethora of options to play college ball besides with his hometown heroes.
"I thought he was probably the most athletic guy there," Thompson said. "He was doing a quick feet drill, and he definitely had the fastest feet out of all the guys in the drill. So I just started following him around and watching him in each drill. It was obvious that he was the most athletic guy there. Soon after that camp, a lot of people were going to offer him (a scholarship), so I tried to get the word to him as soon as I could that we wanted to offer him."
Kendricks knew Thompson was there watching him at the camp.
"I remember a Cal coach following me, just marking stuff and I didn't know if it was good or bad," Kendricks said. "It was coach Thompson, he was there doing some recruiting. I came to the Cal camp and they offered me a scholarship."
Now a Bear, Kendricks arrived in Berkeley and immediately noticed a huge culture shock from what he was used to in Fresno. Kendricks was amazed at all the different cultures, opinions and types of people that reside in Berkeley and attend Cal.
Kendricks enjoys all the new opportunities and experiences that come with being at Cal. Still, at the same time, he does get a little homesick at times. He missed his family and he was not used to not being in the small bubble that was his whole world when he was growing up.
"I just wasn't used to everything," Kendricks said. "The weather is crazy here, and there's not a lot of fast food here. There are good whole foods, but I just wanted some greasy fast food that normally I could get right around the corner, but it wasn't available here. I had no car or anything. I missed my family. I definitely got homesick."
His family undoubtedly missed him too, although his coaches and teammates were glad he was at Cal.
Fellow senior linebacker D.J. Holt has seen Kendricks come into his own as a vocal leader for the Bears.
"This year, he's stepped into the role of speaking more, but he also leads by example," Holt said. "He and I go hand-in-hand. I'm more of a lead by example guy and he's more the vocal leader. He speaks what's on his mind. He's more outgoing and rowdy. We balance each other out."
When the season ends and Kendricks moves on with his life, he said he will always be a Bear. The experience that helped him venture out into the world will not soon be forgotten.
"I'm from Fresno, but I'm a Bear," Kendricks said. "I never was a Bulldog, so I can't sit there and go back to being a dog because I never was one. That's just all I knew. I don't know what the future holds for me. The whole pro thing would be a blessing, but nobody knows. I know I want to be a high school coach at some point. I want to work with children and make a difference in their lives. I want to make changes in people's lives. Maybe if I'm successful in football, it could help me make a change in someone else's life."


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|April 2, 2012 | Volume 87, Number 11
Free contraception not akin to blood transfusions
John Brady makes a number of logical errors in defending his position that the Catholic Church and its institutions are obligated to conform to the government's desire to make contraceptives freely available through its employee healthcare insurance policies (Letters, March 19).
For example, Mr. Brady states: "Requiring Catholic hospitals and universities to have insurance covering contraception services for their employees is no more of an overreach of secular power than requiring a Jehovah's Witness hospital to cover blood transfusions for their employees."
Does he not realize that while blood transfusions are an expensive procedure needed to treat serious medical conditions and to save lives, contraceptives are inexpensive, readily accessible, and serve the primary purpose of not treating a disease, but to prevent the natural, healthy and predictable consequence of sexual intercourse between healthy, fertile couples?
And how does the mere refusal to participate in the commission of what the Church considers to be a sinful act count as "coercive" as Mr. Brady suggests?
While the government may have a compelling reason to mandate insurance coverage for life-saving medical procedures like blood transfusions, it is difficult to understand how enabling couples to have worry-free sex trumps the fundamental First Amendment right to freedom of religion.
Natural family planning called 'a gift' to married couples
I am writing because of my dismay and shock over a commentary by Father John Catoir in the March 5 edition. Why would you publish an article so obviously unorthodox?
Father Catoir says that Ecclesiastical Law tried to spell out the Divine Command of "As for you, be fruitful, increase in number and multiply." What does he mean by tried? The Pope with the Bishops in union with him or the Pope alone have an infallible teaching authority on the matters of faith and morals. There is no room for opinion here. He basically states that no one in authority condemns anyone for not following the Church's teaching on contraception.
Father Catoir is correct in saying that we shouldn't condemn anyone, but we are in fact called to teach the Truth. The truth is that contraception in any form is intrinsically evil and no Catholic is allowed to use it in good conscience.
Which brings me to another point. Father Catoir quotes one sentence about how no one should be forced to go against their conscience.
However, are we not called as Catholic Christians to form our conscience from the teaching of the Church? If our consciences aren't formed properly, then how can we know right from wrong?
The only acceptable means of family planning is natural family planning and indeed it is beautiful teaching! If only more of our priests would explain to their congregations the reasons why contraception is wrong and why the Church believes what She does, then maybe more Catholics would know the truth and practice it.
Natural family planning is such a beautiful tool that the Church gives to married couples. Why are so many priests hesitant or afraid to talk about it at Mass where most adults learn their Catholic faith? Let us continue to pray for all Catholics to conform their hearts and minds to the heart and mind of The One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.
Fr. Catoir's commentary did not appear in the web edition of The Catholic Virginian.
Universal health care said to be pro-life
Part of being pro-life has to logically include being pro-universal health care, — since life obviously goes on after the child is born.
The United States currently ranks only 34th in infant survival, with seven out of every 1,000 live births ending in death before the age of one. The main reason for this high rate of infant mortality is inadequate healthcare due to lack of insurance.
Pope Benedict XVI has recently declared that it is the "moral responsibility of nations to guarantee access to health care for all of their citizens, regardless of social and economic status or their ability to pay." Supporting pro-life has to include the protection of life in all its phases including life threatened by illness, war, poverty, racism, euthanasia, and capital punishment. To stop this effort after the child is born seems both illogical and immoral.
Priests seem to question Church
In the March 5 Catholic Virginian section with questions directed to Father Kenneth Doyle, someone asked, "Why does the Catholic Church push so much guilt on us? Why do we have prayers of guilt and repentance in Mass? How many times a day do I have to say 'I'm sorry' and why am I 'unworthy' to receive Communion?'"
The questions are understandable, and Father Doyle pointed out that "the Eucharist is a prize of infinite value. . . and we should never consider ourselves worthy of such surpassing generosity."
The bulk of his response then went on to question the theology and prudence of the new translation, saying "perhaps the latest English version of the Confiteor tips the balance too far back in the direction of self-flagellation."
It is unfortunate that a priest, and particularly one speaking publicly on behalf of the Church, calls into question the prudence of the Church to introduce the new translation. The former translation was, at many points, more of an interpretation than a translation, and the new translation places us within the context of how liturgy was celebrated for centuries.
"Self-flagellation?" I don't think so. Rather, it is a beautiful expression of our utter dependence upon God's grace and mercy, emphasizing that without it, we are inevitably going to fall into sin. More than being unfortunate, it is very alarming that Father Doyle calls into question the Church's traditional understanding of sin.
In his book "In the Beginning," Cardinal Ratzinger stated that "sin has become a suppressed subject, but everywhere we can see that, although it is suppressed, it has nonetheless remained real."
He further states that making people aware of sin "is not a question of making people's lives unpleasant and of fettering them with restrictions and negations but rather simply of leading them to the truth and thus healing them. Human beings can be healthy only when they are true."
As unpleasant as it may be, our life of faith is an ongoing confession to God of our sinfulness, trusting fully in Him who died for us, thus revealing the infinite depth of His love and mercy for us. A sense of sin ought not lead us to discouragement and despair, but rather increase our love of God for the mercy and love he has shown us "while we were yet sinners." (Rom 5:8)
Fr. Doyle's commentary does not appear in the web edition of The Catholic Virginian.
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-- You recently co-sponsored a bill, the "Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012," put forth by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio. In fact, of the 30 co-sponsors, you were the only Democrat. How does it happen that a Democrat from West Virginia finds himself siding with 29 Republicans against an initiative put forth by the White House?
Manchin: Everybody in West Virginia knows I'm a pro-life Democrat, always have been, always will be. And with that, Marco and I started talking and we had these deep concerns ... about the First Amendment, the Constitution. ... That's also how we handled it in West Virginia in 2005. We passed legislation that said if you're going to sell health insurance policies, we want women to have access to contraceptives. But also we had to protect the Constitution to make sure that religious convictions were honored ... we did that, and I think we did that very well with a balanced approach.
I got a phone call from the White House, and the other pro-life Democrats were on the call, Dec. 3, and they told us about the ruling they were working on, and I asked them at that time to please, consider not going down that direction, I think there's a better way to do it. Well, they chose the direction they chose. I think even Vice President Joe Biden might have given the same thoughts. With that, there was a retraction, we haven't seen the final rule yet ... to see how the outcome is.
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I really don't look at an issue, whether it's 29 Democrats or 29 Republicans. I look at an issue as a West Virginian - if I can't come home and explain it, I'm not going to vote for it.
-- You may not look at it that way, but a lot of people in Washington do. Many politically minded people believe there's only three Democrats in the Senate - you, Ben Nelson and Mary Landrieu - who will ever go against the party for any reason. Why is that?
Manchin: I think that's really the problem we're having in Washington right now. ... I saw where Rick Santorum said he had to take one for the team. He said he had to go along, I guess, to get along. I've had my side of the aisle come to me and say, 'You know this is going to be a party line,' and I say 'It might be a party line, but it's not West Virginia's line.' ... We're concerned about the jobs and the energy we produce, being able to have a balance between the environment and the economy, that's very important to us.
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My main concern I have right now - and the big differences I have with this administration - is that (no one seems to be taking anything seriously).
This is basically from the president, to the ... Republican leadership and the Democrat leadership in the Senate, about the financial concerns we have and the debt that we're carrying. And we keep contributing to it. And everybody's at fault. You can say 'well, it started under George Bush,' and it did, and it's continued under Obama. ... We've got a group of about 45 of us carved out of the middle, 23 Democrats, 22 Republicans, who are willing to say Bowles-Simpson's a good template, it's passed the test of time as far as being bipartisan. Let's get serious and fix the problem, but no, payroll extension, defunding Social Security, all those things. I've said, 'if you want to help people, and help the working class,' and I sure want to help the working class, why don't you give them a tax reform that gives them a break for many, many years, and not just a few months. ... If people quit playing to the pressures of the big national scene in Washington, and remember where they came from, and who sent them there and for what purpose, maybe they'd be voting more with what their state would want them to do.
-- What do you see among your fellow senators that makes them forget about the people who sent them to Washington?
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Manchin: People basically say why have I been able to maintain my independence. I say ... I never forgot where I came from. I know my state very well, I know the people of the state of West Virginia, I've worked with them, I think they trust me, and I sure believe in them. I'm not going to change just because. That was the whole campaign that was used in 2010, the pressures of Washington. I'm sorry, I feel more obligated to the people of West Virginia than I would ever feel to anybody in Washington. And I've been up front and told them that. I said listen, it's just not who I am, I respect where you all come from, I cross over the aisle probably ... as much as anybody's ever done because I've found out if you want to fix things, if you want to do things, you pretty much need 60 votes. We've got 53 Democrats, so I'd like to find seven or eight good Republicans that, if we have a good issue ... that they would break and come over and say 'I'm sorry, that makes sense, I'm going to vote with the Democrats.' And on the other hand, if the Republicans have a good idea, there's 47 of them, they're going to need 13 or 14 of us. And if it's a good idea, I don't think well, it's a Republican idea and it's a slap in the face to the administration, I can go home and that's what people in West Virginia would want me to do, and that's how I vote.
-- Given the fact that you do oppose the party line from time to time, what type of outreach do you receive from Majority Leader Harry Reid?
Manchin: I will say this: we have our disagreements, but he has been so professional. He's a gentleman. ... From day one we didn't start out on the best of footing, because he'd been ... out about coal, and I said 'Harry, I don't know how I can support you.' And he said 'Joe, there's nobody running against me.' I said 'Harry, it's not that. It's basically what you've said and what you've done. Harry, this Cap and Trade thing, we need to kill this. I cannot, in good conscience ever, even if you're the only person running.' He said 'I tell you, that's going to be dead. It will not come up in the next Congress.' And I said fine, I appreciate that, and we started rebuilding a relationship that started very bad.
-- What about the White House?
Manchin: I don't have much interaction at all, I have not talked to the president since I've been there. The White House would contact my chief of staff or my office, but I ... can't really say that I've had hardly any interaction with them.
-- You've been in Washington for a little more than a year now, and in that time you've continued to fight the war being waged on coal. However, we continue to learn of power plant closings, new regulations being considered and other things happening - all of which make coal mining tougher. Realistically, is it too late to save the coal industry? Is the war on coal already over?
Manchin: No. There's going to be a coal industry, and this country's depending on the coal industry up until at least 2035, according to projections from the U.S. Department of Energy. Right now coal's producing about 45 percent of our energy for this country. Even by 2035, they'll still be depending about 39 percent, more than any other single source of energy. You take natural gas, another fossil, that's 26 percent projected. Then you take oil and (nuclear) on top of that, you're still only 80-81-82 percent range. I had (Energy) Secretary (Steven) Chu in the Energy Committee the other day, and I said 'Secretary, these are your own figures from your own agency. Right now, this is what we're depending upon as far as energy for our nation, and by 2035 we'll still be depending on this. But then this is the amount of money you're going to be investing into technology for energy, and I see where you're cutting coal down to 19 percent of your investment as far as for technology, and you've got renewables at 60-plus percent. Now I'm for wind, and I'm for solar, and I'm for renewables, but I'm realistic enough to understand even by your own figures, you only project that renewables will be producing less than 20 percent of the energy by 2035, as a matter of fact your figures say 16 percent. Coal's still close to 40 percent. Does it make any sense to you at all why you would decrease the funding for the energy you're depending on the most ... does that not look like you're trying to pick winners and losers? Can't we have a balanced approach - a proportionate approach?' I think it's basically me continuing in a very dogmatic style, but a very respectful and I think very factual style. We're telling our story. ... No one's been on the front line fighting about what coal has done, (the dependence on coal) today and what it will do. What natural gas, the Marcellus Shale coming on, what we can do. How we can be more secured as a nation, how we can be less dependent on foreign countries that we depend on for oil that has disrupted ... the economic condition of this country. ... I think we're making some inroads. I really do.
-- Staying with coal: 45 percent of the nation's electricity usage comes from coal. Coal is a cheap power source when compared to any of the alternatives, so you'd think you would be able to get support in the Senate for coal. Why, in your opinion, does that support appear to be lacking?
Manchin: You have to work a little bit harder because ... (many senators) look at coal and they look at everything that we have done as a way of life that maybe they don't think should be done anymore. I go to different meetings and I say you know what, I come from a coal producing state, an energy producing state, and every one of you, whether you're in California, wherever you are in this country, you ought to get down on your knees every night and say a prayer for the coal miners and the coal operators who provide the energy and give you the life you have. Because without the abundant energy that we've had domestically, that's been affordable, dependable and reliable, we would not have been able to win the wars we've won, build the industrial might, build the middle class, do any of this. That being said, we have the ability to go to the next phase, and that next phase is using (coal) much cleaner with more technology. But we've got a government that's not embracing this right now. ... Dan Coats, Republican from Indiana, and I introduced a bill that ... was a balanced approach, one that we basically worked out together with industry and labor, saying listen, we need you to identify which (power) plants you're going to close because of the age of the plants, they need to be closed anyway. Once you identify which plants you're going to close, identify which plants you're going to retrofit with billions of dollars in investment. You want a real jobs bill, we'll give you a jobs bill. We have proven that when we do the scrubbers and ... all the different technologies that we need to burn coal cleaner in our existing plants, especially all up and down the river, a tremendous amount of money is spent, a tremendous amount of resources are needed and an awful lot of labor and good jobs are created. ... We've already eliminated about 80 percent of the particulates out of the air over the last two decades. We can continue to do more. But the government for some reason doesn't understand, they're going to have to understand because I believe they're going to hit the proverbial brick wall when the price and the cost and the reliability (of electricity) is all going to come together and create tremendous pressures for the consumer.
-- One more coal-related question: We know that gasoline and other fuels can be made from coal, and we also know that federal programs providing loan guarantees for alternative energy programs currently have a balance of about $10 billion. Given that, why hasn't some of this money been used to further develop coal liquefaction technologies?
Manchin: Today (Feb. 24), my whole day's been spent here in the Monongalia County/Morgantown area. We went to a bioscience company this morning, (witnessed) the great innovation and creation they've had and what they're doing with devices that will change the health care industry for the world. Then we go over to NETL, the National Energy Technology Lab, to see what they're doing in research and technology, how they've developed the Marcellus Shale and the technology to extract the liquids from the (natural) gas. So we see that and we see the potential we have there.
Then we go and talk with the alternative fuels people, see first-hand the vehicles, all the different things we can do in transportation by using the energy that we produce right here - the natural gas, the electricity from coal, the electric and hybrid cars. Then we go to Eco Logic, the people that support all this technology. The thing that I see is that we have the ability to continue to be not only an energy leader, but an energy and technology leader, all in one. And we just need this administration, we need the EPA, we need all of them working together ... it's all about the security of this nation.
... I'll give you a perfect example: the XL Pipeline. I never even hesitated. I know West Virginia, and I know if someone says 'Guess what, we've got a new pipeline and it's going to come from our dearest friend, our best neighbor and our best trading partner in Canada. And it will replace some of the oil we are now depending on from let's say Venezuela or from the Middle East - from countries that are not friendly and do not wish to do us any good at all. In fact, they use the money that we transfer to them buying their product against us. What would you want to do? My response was this: I would rather buy from my friends than my enemies. I can't figure out why the president or anybody else could be against this. I know they're saying it's about health and environmental concerns. I also know that the State Department did an environmental impact and said it was fine, they approved it. But the EPA comes in and now we've got two federal agencies going at it. That's not how we're going to do business, it's not how I intend to, so we got a group of people together trying to move a piece of legislation.
-- You had a strong record of getting things done when you were governor of West Virginia by building consensus among legislators. How much harder do you find consensus building to be in the Senate - and why?
Manchin: It's extremely hard. I know one thing, when I was governor, I was the elected leader. ... I was able to set the agenda, and once you're able to set the agenda you can move the ball. Coming in as one of 100, the leadership is basically the executive branch, the president and his administration, and you have the leadership because of seniority in the Senate, which is going to be the Democrats and Republicans. When leadership can't get along, and can't come to a single direction or purpose of what they're trying to accomplish ... you know, (when I was governor) we always picked our priorities based on our values. I didn't let them play games. ... We picked what was really important for West Virginia, and then we had fun with the political (process). And that's fine. I think that probably most West Virginians never felt seven years ago that we could get our state in this good of shape. But I knew it could be done, and that takes determination, you've got to be willing to work across the aisle. I never looked at it and said, 'Well, if I do this, it might make the Republicans look good and they'll get credit for it.' And I told all the Democrats, listen, the best politics is good government. We do something good and we all have credit for it.
-- How much more intense is lobbying in Washington - both by the lobbyists themselves and others - than in Charleston?
Manchin: Oh my gosh, it's a whole different league. You're really, truly in the professional league (in Washington). ... The money involved in politics to get elected, and you spend most of your time trying to fundraise, it's just crazy. If we spent half as much time in policy making, working together as we did out fundraising, or supposedly out politicking, it'd be a much better world. And how do you stop that money? I know people have tried, both the Democrats and Republicans, the McCain-Feingold Act ... well intended, but if anything it just made it worse. And then the courts jump in and make the findings that they do and just exasperate the problem.
-- Tell us what you think it is going to take to responsibly address deficit spending.
Manchin: I would definitely take the Bowles-Simpson template that we have that basically puts us on the path to recovery. We've got the Democrats and all my Democrat friends afraid to even talk about the social programs that we have. You don't have to change the social programs - you can protect Social Security, you can protect Medicare, you can protect Medicaid - if you find the purpose of what we're supposed to be doing with them, which is to protect the people ... that have paid into it, the people that have worked, it's a contract, assistance to their retirement. That's the purpose of Social Security.
We have Medicaid, trying to help people who have fallen on hard times get back on their feet. That's the purpose of it, and I'm proud those were all Democrat initiatives.
Then you have Medicare, again, as we grow older, we have health care that we can rely on. But what happens is the fraud, abuse and waste ... I think we can come together and agree to run them more efficiently without being attacked, saying you're against these programs. My goodness, I want to protect those programs. My mother, my aunts, my family members all depend on those programs, the same as yours.
On the other side, you have the Republicans saying we want no new revenue, we're not going to raise taxes. But let me ask you, if you run this more efficiently, stop the loopholes, offset some credits, the millionaires, billionaires ... pay their fair share, and they can't use the passive capital gains to pay lower rates and on and on and on, wouldn't that be better. And if we get an extra trillion or two trillion or three trillion, can't we agree that we pay most of that down toward debt, the other toward infrastructure, rebuild America. The war we've got going on that we should be out of, people afraid to talk about the Department of Defense. ... This whole thing doesn't make sense. Everyone's afraid because they're afraid it's going to be used against you. I said gentlemen, we need revenue, and we don't have to raise taxes. You don't have to raise taxes. I think the president had a step in the right direction by saying we're going to revamp the whole corporate tax system by lowering the rate, not raising it, but shutting down an awful lot of the giveaways, if you will. We can do that across the board. ... Republicans need to join with us and say fine, we can do that, as long as you agree that the new money we spend will go toward deficit reduction and infrastructure. ... We've got to make this work and there's going to be a core of us in the middle that will make it work.
-- Last question: The Big 12 Conference. How excited are you now that WVU is set to begin play later this year?
Manchin: I'm very excited about the Big 12, and I think the Big 12 can create a perception. ... If we had lost that (bid) ... if that didn't come to full fruition to where we were in, that would have been very harmful to the state of West Virginia. I was very determined not to let anybody - even the leader of the Republican Party (Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell ) - I would hope he would understand that I'm going to defend mine, I'm not going to back down from the President of the United States, him or anybody else. It wasn't personal. But I'm going to fight for my state. ... The ramification was more than just a football conference. It was really the ... whole perception of the state of West Virginia. ... I understand (McConnell) retaliated back by going and recruiting (Republican John) Raese. If that's the game they want to play, they'll have to play that game because I'm going to try to fix the problems we've got in this country to help West Virginia.


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Protecting Ideas That Create Growth and Jobs
Innovation, not production facilities, is now the main catalyst to economic growth. But protecting an idea is far harder than bolting down a piece of heavy equipment.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner warned Thursday that China is not moving fast enough to protect intellectual property. Speaking at a National Journal event in Washington DC, Geithner said China has "made possible systematic stealing intellectual property of American property and [has] not been very aggressive in trying to put in place the basic protection of property rights that every serious economy needs."
The warnings are very serious in today's global economy.
Innovation–whether for a new product, process or use of the Internet–is what can push a nation's economy onto a higher growth plane. The other means of growth are fluid: Capital moves anywhere in the world where returns are highest; production goes where costs are cheapest.
The challenge, of course, is that ideas are easier to pilfer than hard assets or investment money.
The "rule of law" is supposed to protect the innovator and allow him or her to reap the profits of an idea. But as Geithner notes, if a nation's government does not have the appropriate rules in place or does not enforce them, innovators are left flapping in the wind.
China may be an "emerging economy," but its impact on world growth and trade flows is almost as important as that from the U.S. For instance, Fedex said Thursday a slowdown in Asia–specifically shipments of electronics from China–was largely responsible for a 4% quarterly drop in its international priority volume.
Fears about China co-opting ideas are a potential positive for the U.S. Entrepreneurs wanting to protect their ideas are more likely to base production–and payrolls–in nations that have strong intellectual property rights. The U.S. far surpasses China on that front.
U.S. policymakers, however, shouldn't assume that the U.S. has a monopoly on new ideas.
China has focused on math and science in its schools while the U.S. education system has failed to emphasize the skill sets associated with new technologies and innovation.
The next "Eureka" moment–the idea most in need of intellectual property protection–could very well happen in Beijing rather than Boston.


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Tokelau atoll of Fakaofo chooses new leader as Atafu and Nukunonu retain their faipule
Tokelau's election results for the faipule or village leaders of the three atolls have seen a new faipule elected in Fakaofo.
Elections were held over the weekend to also elect village mayors and delegate members for Tokelau's General Fono.
Foua Toloa is the new faipule for Fakaofo atoll and takes over from Kolouei O'Brien.
Kuresa Nasau has been re-elected in as the faipule for Atafu for another term.
And the ulu, or head of government for Tokelau for 2008, is Pio Tuia, who last held this role in 2005 and who was also re-elected as the faipule for Nukunonu.
New village mayors or pulenuku are Tinielu Tumuli in Fakaofo, Lino Isaia in Nukunonu, and Nouata Tufoua in Atafu.
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An ex-police sergeant from upstate is likely to get five years' probation for sending sexually explicit messages and images to an undercover NYPD detective he thought was a teenage girl, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced last Friday.
Patrick Rosney, 53, was a sergeant and 26-year veteran of the Troy Police Department until he retired following his arrest in June 2012. He pleaded guilty in Queens State Supreme Court to first-degree attempted dissemination of indecent material to a minor, and will be sentenced May 1. He is expected to get probation and a $5,000 fine, be forced to complete a sex offender program and register as a sex offender, Brown said.
Rosney contacted a detective pretending to be a 14-year-old girl from Queens on May 15, 2012, Brown said. He sent the detective messages saying he wanted to meet "for sexual contact" and posted images of his face and genitals, the DA said. He was arrested and freed on $30,000 bail.
"It is troubling that a person who was once sworn to protect and serve the public has admitted to prowling the internet for vulnerable young girls," Brown said, adding that parents should monitor children's web activity.