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The Evolutionary Journey to the Fiscal Cliff
As our nation teeters on the edge of "the fiscal cliff," there are stark realities that come into view as we look down into the ravine. It's not a pretty sight to be sure. But it's not just what is seen in the ravine that is alarming....but also, what is not seen here on the cliff. As we gaze upon the current state of affairs, we find that our nation's leaders are without a reliable compass....specifically, a moral compass. No wonder we are lost and have come to this point on our journey together as Americans. No wonder we find ourselves in such a precarious position.
So what happened to the moral compass which has guided America throughout much of her history? Simply put, the moral compass was left behind years ago....and therefore, the expedition has been led largely by folks who are lost....and who proceeded to lead all of us according to their senses, rather than according to the moral compass given by God. Financially speaking, our entire nation is now on the brink because our leaders have brought us to this cliff.
The moral compass our nation needs is the one which God gives to those who know Him. This compass guides His people....and blesses others around them. That compass was ignored when the decision was made to legalize the killing of the unborn. Those who embrace the lie of evolution often find themselves apathetic to the needs of those unborn children who desperately need to be embraced by their mother....rather than aborted by their mother and her abortion provider.
Without the moral compass which our Creator gives us, the value of life in the womb is greatly diminished. Once you brazenly snuff out those in the womb, it then becomes easier to overlook the needs of future generations as you max out the nation's credit card. Both of these godless practices are the byproduct of discarding your moral compass at some point on your journey. You lose an accurate reading of right and wrong. You end up drifting in the wind....in whichever direction makes the most sense to your natural way of thinking. When that happens, you eventually find yourself on the edge of a cliff.
The lack of a moral compass also led to the decision to promote same-sex marriage, rather than God's design for man and woman. Such is life on the edge of the cliff. Everything here is up for grabs not only financially, but also sexually. The compass that once guided our nation could have kept us from these pitfalls had we sought wisdom from the Lord....and then followed in His path.
Without God's guiding hand....and our reliance upon Him, each man does what is right in his own eyes. This is why so many of our elected leaders continue to promote overspending. They don't seem to know any better....or don't seem to care what their actions mean for others down the road. But that's not all. Many of those who elected them seem to see nothing wrong with this selfish practice. They are oblivious to where it leads because they are walking blindly without a moral compass themselves. A good number of our nation's officials are simply giving Americans what many of our people want. That isn't leadership....it is the dereliction of their moral responsibility.
If you and I are simply the result of evolution as many in our nation believe, then it makes sense to engage in immoral behavior toward the unborn and toward future generations as well. They can fend for themselves. It's all about us and our needs....not anyone else. We should live for the moment without any moral restrictions upon our behavior whatsoever....be it our spending, or our treatment of the helpless and innocent ones among us.
We now see where this philosophy has led our nation....to this cliff....teetering on the edge....spiritually, morally, and financially. Yet even now, many continue to live in denial concerning what led us to this dangerous point. And what's even worse than denial is the deception that blinds people from seeing the evolutionary track which our nation has been on now for decades. The legalization of immorality has been a huge threat in our land for some time now. It is the result of spiritual blindness, and it spreads even more darkness when implemented....as well as confusion on many common sense issues, such as the need for economic restraint.
Evolution, abortion, same-sex marriage, and overspending are not just implemented by officials in Washington....these beliefs and practices reflect the heartbeat of many Americans. These are now the values of a broad spectrum of our society. Their approach to ethics is highly subjective and emotional....not fixed and firm on the foundation of God's moral law. Without an understanding of God's moral compass, people don't gain an understanding of His Gospel message which save souls. When a person gets saved, he not only receives eternal life in heaven....he also starts to become part of the solution to the problems in a nation adrift.
Ultimately, God's moral compass is an important part of the process of a person coming to know Jesus as Savior. God's Law accomplishes three things: (1) It is a "curb" in society that points people in the direction of God's absolute standards of right and wrong; (2) It is a "mirror" which shows man his sin and his need for salvation through faith in Christ; and (3) It provides "rules" for holy living for the people of God. God's Law was given to His people for their good....and many Americans from the beginning of our nation have understood the critical need to follow the Lord and seek God's blessing upon this land and this people.
There are multiple factors which help to explain where we find ourselves today. We didn't arrive at this cliff overnight. We didn't get here simply by making selfish and unwise financial decisions. We got here because lost leaders didn't realize the degree of their lost condition. Many of them continued to feel confident about their elected position....and their ability to tax and spend their way out of this mess. And yet, here we are....at the edge of the cliff....because so many of our leaders lacked the insight to lead us to a place of safety and security. The government works to protect us from all enemies, foreign and domestic....but what happens when the enemy is us? Only God can save us from ourselves, and our sins of selfish indulgence.
Is it too late to go back and find that compass which was tossed aside on the trail? That all depends on the level of humility....and the degree of wisdom held by those who lead the country. How about this question: "Is it possible to go back to a wise and conservative approach to spending if the heart refuses to repent of the other immoral acts which are being promoted in our land?" Those of us who see the remedy want to be optimistic....however, we must come to terms with the fact that financial madness is one byproduct of rejecting God's moral law. Until that rejection gets replaced with repentance, there is really no reason to believe that blind leaders will go anywhere but over this cliff....and over the next cliff....and the one after that as well....until there are no more cliffs and the United States is just a memory.
We know that God's church will certainly survive both here and abroad. Christianity has been an unstoppable reality ever since Jesus came to earth, died, and rose again. But the United States may not survive for too many more years unless our nation's leaders come to recognize what leaders in the past knew to be true.
Take Abraham Lincoln, for example. Lincoln issued his Proclamation for a Day of Prayer and Fasting back on March 30, 1863. It was that sort of courageous moral leadership which attempted to lead our nation according to God's will and His compass. Many other leaders over the centuries have also tried to point Americans to God. Where else would the moral compass come from other than from Him? The doctrine of evolution has obviously produced an immoral compass....and many have followed it to the detriment of their soul and to the backsliding of America.
If we fail to see the evolutionary journey which has led our nation to the fiscal cliff, then we fail to see that this problem is much deeper and more pervasive than irresponsible economic policy. The problem goes to the very core of our nation's soul....to that place where we previously had a firm footing and foundation. Today, the soul of our nation is deathly ill and in need of healing. This calls for repentance, and a return to the Lord and to those values which made the soul of our nation strong.
Who will save us....God or man? Where did we come from....God or monkeys? Where are we going....back the other way, or over the cliff? How will we get there....with the immoral compass that evolution has produced, or with God's moral compass? If you want to know whether the immoral compass has been reliable or not, just take an honest look at our nation....and our values....and our debt....and the misguided vision held by so many to be "politically correct," but not "spiritually correct."
There has been a lot more happening on this evolutionary journey than just poor economic policies. When you go looking for the root of the problem, you find that it is based in a godless philosophy which advances secular humanism, evolution, abortion, same-sex marriage, overspending, and the like. Those ideas and practices are not "the fruit of righteousness," (Philippians 1:11) but rather, the evolutionary fruit you end up with when your journey turns into a trek without God and without His moral compass.


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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Visitors peered through binoculars and spotting scopes into the depths of the Grand Canyon, straining to see the spot where two commercial airliners crashed after colliding in mid-air nearly 60 years ago. Family members of the victims gazed out over the east rim of the canyon Tuesday, trying to imagine their loved ones' final moments in a disaster that helped overhaul U.S. aviation safety.
The 1956 crash killed all 128 people aboard the planes in the nation's deadliest airliner disaster at the time. In response, a country already struggling with increasingly busy skies pressured Congress for major changes to improve air traffic control and radar systems and to create what became the Federal Aviation Administration.
"It really did underscore for the general public, for the first time, that much of the air space in America was uncontrolled at that time," said Peter Goelz, former managing director for the National Transportation Safety Board. "Once you got up to 20,000 feet and beyond the terminal radars, it was see and be seen."
At the Grand Canyon, officials are hoping to bring new awareness to the effects of the tragedy on families and American air travel. A plaque unveiled Tuesday marks the crash site as a National Historic Landmark.
"We are safer because of it," park ranger Brian Gatlin said of the crash, standing beside a "Tragedy Remembered" sign at the overlook, where it's impossible to see some of the wreckage that remains in the gorge.
About 200 people gathered for the ceremony, including a handful of family members, an aviation professor and tribal and federal officials.
Mike Nelson, a nephew of one of the passengers, said most people he meets have not heard of the disaster.
"We are here to care about the victims again, to picture them walking the ground and to tell them how sorry we are," Nelson said. "Maybe we can tell them hello — or goodbye."
Some of the victim's remains never were identified, and most of those that were have been buried together en masse at cemeteries at the Grand Canyon and the northern Arizona city of Flagstaff.
The United Airlines Douglas DC-7 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation both left California on June 30, 1956, eventually cruising at the same altitude — 21,000 feet — after the TWA pilot requested to fly above the clouds. Shortly before 10 a.m., both pilots reported to different communications stations that they would be crossing over the canyon at the same position at 10:31 a.m.
The Salt Lake City controller who had that information was not obligated to tell either of the pilots they could be on a crash course. It was the sole responsibility of the pilots to avoid other aircraft in uncontrolled airspace.
The investigative agency, the Civil Aeronautics Board, determined simply that the pilots did not see one another. The agency speculated that the pilots were treating passengers to views of the Grand Canyon while flying through scattered cloud buildup.
Meanwhile, pressure mounted on Congress to move faster to make air travel safer. In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Airways Modernization Act, and airliners were required to have flight data recorders. What's now known as the FAA began operating late that year.
The investigators on the Grand Canyon crash pieced together what happened based on the wreckage. No one saw the planes collide.
The family of Leon David Cook Jr., a passenger on the United flight destined for Chicago, was huddled around the television that night awaiting word on what happened. The next morning, dozens of reporters were staked out in front of their Detroit home, said Cook's son Ray, then 12.
The TWA wreckage was found first. More than a mile away and several days later, the United wreckage was discovered.
Ray Cook said the crash destroyed his family. His mother died 14 years later when she drove drunk off an embankment, and his brother committed suicide at 37. Cook, who broke free from heavy drinking after 25 years, couldn't come to terms with the death for several years.
"I used to think every night that my father would walk out of the Grand Canyon, sunburned and scraggly, saying, 'They screwed up, I'm fine, here I am,'" he said.
The recovery operation was one of the most extensive and dangerous in the history of the National Park Service. Rescuers had to contend with harsh terrain, swirling winds and the remoteness of the crash sites where the wreckage was twisted, broken and melted. United brought in a Swiss mountain rescue group and the Colorado Mountain Club to help.
The crash sites near the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers now are closed off to the public and being preserved for their place in history.
"The Park Service has to manage those sites as the resting place for those 128 souls," Grand Canyon National Park archaeologist Ian Hough said. "In many different ways, those people are still there."

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Pocket notebook and city maps for the traveller, laptop and planner for the manager, sketchbook and paints for the artist, baby lotion and bib for the mum of a 9-month-old: these are some of the objects seen at the "What's in your bag?" competition in Hong Kong.
Bag content is a popular topic on the internet. Through social media everyone can upload photos of their bag content to express their personal styles. Moleskine notebooks are often featured in these pictures. That's where the idea of the competition came from.
It took place in Hong Kong, in the city'super and LOG-ON stores. From May 10th to 27th, participants could either take a picture and upload it on city'super's Facebook fan page, or visit the city'super and LOG-ON stores, where a special set was dedicated to the bag shooting.
The winner, Sky Lee (see picture in home page), was awarded a complete set of the Folio collection, large formats for the creative office environment.


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Bella Thorne & Selena Gomez: Kisses For Christmas!
Bella Thorne snaps a pic with Selena Gomez in this new shot from Instagram.
The 15-year-old actress wrote along with the pic, "AWWW Selena wished @theremythorne22 a happy birthday.. So sweet"
In a recent interview with Teen Vogue, Bella opened up about her fashion loves: "I love Michael Kors! I also love Miu Miu shoes – they're fabulous, I have so many pairs."
She added, "I really love big scarves. I have a whole bunch. My mom got me all of these really pretty one. They're soft, and I love the colors. I also love leather. I have some leather jeans and some leather jackets that I just got that I really like."
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MANCHESTER — The city's wants cars off the road tonight as the Department of Public Works clears the streets from the weekend snow storm.
A snow emergency has been declared for Manchester through to 6 a.m. Monday in an effort to give the city workers time to make the roads safe for the work week commute.
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Liriano dominates Giants with 11 strikeouts for win
SAN FRANCISCO -- The left-hander for whom the Pirates have been yearning for a long time showed up on the AT&T Park mound Tuesday night.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The left-hander for whom the Pirates have been yearning for a long time showed up on the AT&T Park mound Tuesday night.
Jon Lester? David Price? Cole Hamels, or any of the other southpaws spinning on the Trade Deadline roulette wheel?View Full Game Coverage
Not yet. Or not ever. Instead, Francisco Liriano, in his best impersonation of his 2013 self, strong-armed the Giants for seven innings for a 3-1 victory.
"He's improved every time out, and this was the best outing yet," manager Clint Hurdle said after Liriano had lifted the Bucs to a new season high.
His last time out, Liriano beat the Dodgers, 6-1, to jack the Pirates to seven games above .500 for the first time. Tuesday night, his dominant effort raised them to plus-eight (57-49) for the first time.
The trend is more than mere symbolism: Where the Pirates want to go, Liriano can take them.
"This guy was a huge part of the success we had last year. It's important to get him up and running again," Hurdle said. "The confidence is building. Real good form out there tonight."
Liriano registered 11 strikeouts while allowing four hits -- including a briefly disputed second-inning home run by Michael Morse.
"Everything worked very well tonight," Liriano had to agree. "Pitching is all about location and getting ahead in the count. I was able to get ahead with the fastball, then use my breaking ball."
Liriano delivered first-pitch strikes to 19 of the 26 batters he faced.
"The fastball played so well, he was able to get them in swing mode, and it made his change so effective," said Hurdle, who himself had a pretty effective game.
Hurdle couldn't decide which hot hitter to bench -- Josh Harrison had six hits in his previous nine at-bats, Travis Snider five hits in his last eight -- so he kept both in his lineup, instead sitting Pedro Alvarez.
Harrison, going yard for the third consecutive game, began the game with his first career leadoff homer, and Snider followed in the second with a two-run blow.
It was naturally suggested to the manager postgame that it might be a good time for him to play the lottery. The Powerball was suggested as a good choice.
Most interestingly, Harrison's first-inning homer set up the Pirates' 17th consecutive victory when scoring in the opening frame.
This matches the second-longest such streak in club history, also accomplished in 1903, 1905 and 1928. Only a 28-game streak in 1909 has been longer.
Hurdle considered that development ... well, not very important.
"It doesn't mean a whole lot," he said, "other than ... let's try to do it again."
While on that roll, the manager also dismissed his team toeing the first-place threshhold.
The Bucs' eighth win in 11 games coming out of the All-Star break -- matching their best second-half start since 2004 (also 8-3) -- jumped them into second place in the National League Central, now only one game behind Milwaukee.
"That's more important to people outside the clubhouse," Hurdle insisted. "Our goal is to get better every day, and that's not going to change regardless of where we are."
For the second straight night, the Pirates shut it down after having scored in each of the first two innings. Or were shut down, by Tim Hudson, who after that shaky outset scattered two hits in the rest of his seven-inning stint.
That came too late to avoid his second tough-luck loss to the Bucs.
Hudson was a 2-1 loser in Pittsburgh on May 6 -- a historic game, the first "replay walk-off," as a video review confirmed that Starling Marte indeed had scored the winning run after the relay throw on his two-out triple had gone wild.
"Liriano was pretty good," Hudson said. "He's been on lately and we caught him on one of his good nights."
"A couple of balls we were able to barrel up in the air, and after that [Hudson] was down all night. Mixed his pitches extremely well, the way he's been doing for so many years," Hurdle said. "So we get three early, and our pitchers made it stand up."
Tony Watson and Mark Melancon, each working through a leadoff single, finished up. Melancon's save was his 20th, matching the career high he set in 2011 with the Astros.
The home run by Morse was the first off Pittsburgh pitching here in eight games and 62 innings -- since Aubrey Huff went yard off Joel Hanrahan in the eighth inning on April 13, 2012 (a Friday, naturally).
Hurdle challenged the home run call, but replay review confirmed the ball had reached the first row of the left-center stands without any interference by the fan who retrieved it.
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer.


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Celebrating Evangelical Unity
By Melissa McCutchan
CIU Student Writer
Two Columbia International University alumni who pastor two Columbia area churches were featured as CIU celebrated its annual Evangelical Unity Week March 31-April 3. Evangelical Unity is a core value of CIU.
The week began with a message from David Gentino, who earned a Master of Divinity degree from CIU in 2010. He serves as pastor of Columbia Presbyterian Church. His message focused on the Christian's need to be engaged in a local church.
"We're talking about loving, engaging, and participating in the local church," Gentino said. "It's a challenge, because the church has issues, and we who are joining the church have issues."
Tuesday brought Prayer Day, which featured a series of messages titled "Why I Love the Church." The morning session began with a Jeff Philpott, pastor of Sandhills Community Church. Philpott earned a Master of Divinity degree from CIU in 1997 and a Doctor of Ministry in 2007. He spoke on the Church as Christ's bride.
"Marriage has taught me that Christ loves His bride, and more than I could ever love my own bride," he said.
The day continued with messages from Gentino, as well as CIU faculty members Shirl Schiffman and David Cashin, who spoke on the necessity of the local church in accomplishing God's purposes.
Students were also given a time of confession before God and each other. They were invited to send anonymous text messages asking for prayer, which would appear on a projector. Some requests were general - "Pray we go and share the gospel despite our fears" - while others were personal.
"I liked that CIU tried the text messaging version, because people were more willing to be vulnerable when it was anonymous," sophomore Lindsay Emo said. "So many people responded, and they were willing to go deep."
Following Prayer Day, Philpott continued teaching during Wednesday's chapel, speaking on the church as God's channel for redeeming the nations. Since the church is God's means of reaching a lost world, he said, Christians should be unified in purpose.
"God only has one church, one people, saved by grace alone through faith alone," Philpot said.
The week concluded with Chapel on Thursday, featuring Gentino, Philpott, Schiffman, and Cashin, as well as faculty member Roy King. Students were invited to submit questions to the panel regarding the local church. Questions ranged from the how the church should engage in a postmodern culture, and whether CIU students should be involved in a Columbia-area church while at CIU.
"The deep conviction of my life should be, 'I am here to serve Christ, and in order to do that, I must be an integral member of His body,'" Cashin said.
Hear the Chapel messages from Evangelical Unity Week at: http://podcast.ciu.edu/


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SANTA CLARA — The 49ers signed defensive end Justin Smith to a two-year contract extension Wednesday to keep one of their most important defensive players off the free-agent market next offseason.
Smith, 33, has been the anchor to one of the NFL's top defenses the past two seasons, helping the 49ers make it to the NFC Championship Game following the 2011 season and to the Super Bowl last season.
He was eligible to become an unrestricted free agent after the 2013 season but had no interest in testing the market and negotiated the extension himself with general manager Trent Baalke to remain under contract through 2015.
"I wanted to be here. That makes it simple," Smith said. "They wanted me to be here and I wanted to be here so that makes it easy."
Smith originally signed a six-year deal to join the 49ers in 2008 and has been a key part of the building process that turned the franchise's fortunes around after an eight-year stretch without a playoff berth.
Smith was a first-team All-Pro defensive tackle and second-team defensive end in 2011 in a sign of his versatility. He was a second-team selection at both positions last season and has made four straight Pro Bowls.
"Justin's All-Pro contributions on the field, as well as his leadership on and off the field, are integral to our success as a team," Baalke said in a statement. "Justin consistently sets a standard of excellence, serving as an example for everyone within our organization. This contract allows Justin to finish his career as a 49er!"
Since joining the 49ers in 2008, Smith has helped the team rank second in rushing yards allowed per game (94.4) and yards per carry (3.6) over that time span. He has 536 tackles, 32 sacks, one interception, seven forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and nine passes defensed since joining the 49ers.
Smith missed the final 2½ games of the regular season in 2012 with a partially torn left triceps, ending his streak of 185 consecutive starts. He returned for the postseason but was somewhat limited during a playoff run that ended with a 34-31 loss to Baltimore in the Super Bowl.
Smith had surgery after the season and expects to be fully recovered by the start of training camp next month.
"The good news is it's healed. It's close to 100 percent for what I want it to be," he said. "I feel good about it, feel confident about the season. I've never been injured like that. I didn't know anything with the rehab process, what to expect, what coming out of surgery would be like. It's all been really good."Smith has always prided himself on his durability that allows him to play almost every snap at a physically grueling position where many players rotate in and out of the game to stay fresh.
He played more than 90 percent of San Francisco's defensive snaps last season before the injury, according to Pro Football Focus, and said he doesn't expect that to change even when he is 36-years old at the end of this contract.
"I won't be a guy who will be around for 10 snaps, 20 snaps," he said. "It's either I'm going or I'm not going. If it's time to get out of here, I'm going. I can get a ticket like everybody else. That's what I'll do.


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(CNN) -- The Gettysburg Address was a quick-hitting speech that was built to last.
Length: A little over two minutes.
Message: Stay the course of a difficult war. If Democracy won't work here, it won't work anywhere.
Short enough to comfortably fit into a social media status box, and shared in its entirety hundreds of times every day, according to recent data from Facebook. Memorable phrases are quoted even more often.
It has been 150 years since President Abraham Lincoln got up in front of thousands of people in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to dedicate the Soldiers' National Cemetery at a turning point in the Civil War.
His words are some of the most memorable in American history, forever stamping our collective minds with "four score and seven years ago," and "all men are created equal," and of course a "government of the people, by the people, for the people." Some of this wasn't really his coinage, but we'll get into that later.
Politicians portrayed themselves differently in Lincoln's day, seeking to give a more powerful kind of impression, said Dennis Baron, a professor of English and linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
"If you did that today, people would think of you as somehow flowery and old-fashioned and ... why are you doing that?"
The modern trend is for leaders to "play the folksy card," Baron said, portraying themselves as ordinary Joes and Janes who are exactly like you in every way -- except for the fact that they are hoping to achieve a position of immense power.
Baron said the last president with an "oratorial" style -- on the whole -- was probably John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated 100 years and three days after the delivery of the Gettysburg Address. We still remember Kennedy's delivery of lines like, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
Lincoln was able to get straight to the point and deliver a punchy speech in part because he came after Edward Everett's marathon presentation about the war, explains James Cornelius, curator of the Lincoln Collection in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
Lincoln had no speechwriter. Today, most politicians have at least some help preparing their words.
Everett had been the main attraction, but Lincoln's speech started picking up steam afterward and seemed to "go viral" in the manner of its day. Newspapers wrote about the speech. In some cities, people could buy commemorative event pamphlets that contained the speech, and key phrases were incorporated into Lincoln's 1864 election posters and memorials after his death.
Newspaper retracts editorial panning Gettysburg Address
Sound familiar? Cornelius said overall, Civil War-era America was a consumer-driven society that had a few things in common with our Internet-saturated world.
One can only imagine the tweets that would have been written about such a speech in modern times.
"OMG. Lincoln just said in two minutes what Everett tried to say in two hours. #NailedIt #Boom"
Today, children learn the address in school, especially in Northern cities, and documentary guru Ken Burns is asking people to record themselves saying the speech from memory.
Ken Burns: Learn the Gettysburg Address by heart
People also share the quotations on social media. Certain phrases seem to stick out, and Facebook numbers show which ones we like to share. We found that people in some states, like Delaware, were particularly fond of quoting the address and that different parts of the speech were more popular in some states than others.
Here is a nonexhaustive rundown of some of the most popular phrases in the speech, in order of appearance.
'Four score and seven years ago'
Pretty much everyone knows this part of the Gettysburg Address, even if they think a score is just something from sports. But no, in this case a score is 20 of something. Here, a span of 20 years.
This line is a bit of an inside remark shared with the audience, believed by most historians to be a reference to Psalm 90:10, which most people of the day would know is an allusion to the human lifespan.
"The days of our years are threescore years and 10," says the psalm. "And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away."
Cornelius said Lincoln used such phrasing as a subtle reminder that the nation was only a youthful 87 years old. Lincoln felt the United States was setting an example for the world, and he didn't want the experiment in democracy to fail.
"He's a little bit worried that the nation might die at about the average lifespan that a human would," Cornelius said. "He's putting forth straightforward political terms in a poetic way."
That, and people tend to remember the beginnings of speeches, Cornelius said.
'All men are created equal'
More clever wordplay is at work in this famous quotation.
"In his call for democracy and equality, (Lincoln) doesn't mention slavery, but everyone knew that was what he was talking about," Cornelius said.
See what he did there? This phrase can be interpreted as both an allusion to the principles of the Declaration of Independence and also as a not-so-subtle jab at the institution of slavery.
Little doubt exists that Lincoln opposed slavery, and in fact loathed it, Cornelius said. Slavery was at the heart of the war. Lincoln struggled with how to go about eliminating it, and had to be convinced by legal thinkers and abolitionists that he had the governmental power to tackle it.
'These dead shall not have died in vain'
Something about this part of the speech may be touching a nerve somewhere.
This part was the second-most-mentioned phrase in the entire speech, rivaling "four score and seven years ago" in popularity, despite the fact that it's not a particularly well-known part of the Gettysburg Address.
But Lincoln can't take full credit for this phrase, Cornelius said, because it was a fairly common expression used in the parlance of war. It speaks to a need for soldiers' deaths to mean something, if they must occur -- a timeless desire we echo today.
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"This is always a problem in warfare. Why should any other people die? There is always a percentage of the population that will make that argument at a certain point. Lincoln's contrary point was that they died defending you. They felt so strongly about the right of the cause. They felt so strongly about preserving the union and ending slavery that you should not let their efforts carry into the wind. You should continue on and further this effort."
'This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom'
This phrase was mentioned by many readers who commented on this story. For some, it has become a point of political contention due to the presence of the words "under God." There are five versions of the speech, and one of them omits those two words.
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Another slightly earlier portion of the speech was also frequently cited: "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us."
The takeaway there is persistence in the face of adversity.
'Government of the people, by the people, for the people'
This famous phrase, as well as the few words immediately before and after it, got lots of mentions on Facebook. Baron pointed out that anything at the end or beginning of a speech is probably automatically more memorable. It doesn't hurt if a speech is structured to enhance this effect, either.
It's such a beloved word grouping that numerous people have borrowed it, massaged it and restated it with a slightly different twist, like a game of telephone in an era without telephones.
Cornelius said historians trace this part back to Daniel Webster, a senator and U.S. secretary of state before the Civil War. Webster's words were, "The people's government, made for the people, made by the people and answerable to the people."
It was later repurposed by the abolitionist minister Theodore Parker, who talked about a "government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people."
Even Lincoln himself is said to have used a version of the phrase in a letter 20 years before the address, Cornelius said.
Cornelius said the key to the power of this phrase is in its skillful use of repetition. The point of "people" is driven straight into your mind by its frequent mention. That's why so many people have recycled it over the years.
Fast-forward to today, and we're still sharing all the phrases above.
Cornelius said one can see the endurance of Lincoln's speaking legacy by taking a stroll into the Lincoln library's gift shop, where you can pick up your very own T-shirt with a Lincoln quotation on it. One recently released item has the whole text printed on it.
Lincoln's speech endures like few others, especially in our everyman-politician era. Maybe that's why people can't help but post the speech on social media, 150 years after the fact.
Why do you think the Gettysburg Address endures today, and why do some lines seem to resonate more with different places and groups in the United States? Share your thoughts in the comments below.


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Round and Square Dance will be held at the Wysox Fire Hall, Saturday, Dec. 15, 7 until 11 p.m. Music by Northern Harmony II. Benefit Wysox Fire Company.
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Wysox EMS Ambulance Service is conducting its yearly membership drive for 2013. Applications are available at both Wysox and Rome post offices or by calling 570-247- 2609.
T.A.C.O. Food Pantry holiday closing. The Towanda Area Christian Outreach Food Pantry will be closed Saturday, Dec. 22 through Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 for the Christmas/New Year's holidays. The pantry will reopen Wednesday, Jan. 2 at 10 a.m. T.A.C.O. serves the Towanda, Northeast Bradford and Wyalusing school districts and is normally open Monday, Wednesday and Fridays from 10 a.m. until noon. For additional information, call 570-265-4422.
The Bradford/Sullivan Farm Bureau is hosting an open forum on the Fees charged on Royalty checks at the Wysox Fire Hall, Dec. 18, 7 to 9 p.m. Panel members are attorneys exploring suits against the gas companies.
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S.O.S. Al-Anon — Family Group will meet on Fridays at 7 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, Hopkins Street, Sayre.
Recovery House Meetings — AA Group of Towanda meets Mon.-Fri., noon; Mon., Thurs., Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. NA meetings are held Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Speaker meeting every first Sunday, 8 p.m. All meetings at 205 Main St., Towanda (please use rear, lower entrance).
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Twelve Steps on the Way, a Christian recovery group, will meet at the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church on Mondays at 7 p.m. Use door in the rear of the church.
Al-Anon meetings in Tunkhannock: Endless Serenity Al-Anon Family Group on Monday, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, 7 p.m., Saturday, noon. All meetings are held at the Tunkhannock UM Church Education Bldg., second floor.
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TOPS PA #1134 — Laceyville, meets each Tuesday evening at the Braintrim Baptist Church in Laceyville. Weigh-ins from 5:15 to 6 p.m., meeting from 6-7 p.m. For more information, call 965-2493 or 869-1834. Toll-free 1- 800-932-8677.
AA Meeting — Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in the basement of the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church. Open meeting, nonsmoking.
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Towanda-Wysox Kiwanis Club meets every second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Weigh Station Café at 7:30 a.m. in Towanda. They find ways to help the children in the community. Contact Eileen Sheets at 570-265-2350 for more information.
Addictions to Victory. Faithbased support for addictions. Program will be held the first and third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at New Generation Church, Milan, 570-888- 1967.
Bradford County Cancer Support Group meets the 4th Wednesday of every month at Memorial Hospital in Conference Room A, beginning at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 1-888-227-5445, Option 3.
The Wyalusing Masonic Lodge No. 618 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at the Lodge Hall, 158 Church St., Wyalusing. For more information, call 570-721- 0008.
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Finally, the episode we've all been waiting for. Having spoiled the results for myself (it's hard to resist temptation when you care so little for the show), I was only holding on so I could see all the drama play out in the end.
So I figured that Michael wouldn't be getting quite so many cheers by the end of the show as he did when they introduced him.
Let's just get this out of the way right now – poor Rachel! The poor girl walked away without the guy she fell for and without the money. It couldn't have gone worse.
OK, let's talk about this nonsense. What was the status of the couples in the house?
The Couples
Kalon & Lindzi
I was surprised to hear that Lindzi and Kalon were still together, despite the long distance. What does she mean that Kalon was overlooked on Emily's season? I'd say he was pretty front and center, and it wasn't flattering. And of course, Erica Rose had to weigh in with her two cents and warn Lindzi that he's been around town with various girls. I believe her, but you know Erica was just dying to get on screen as much as possible.
Michael & Rachel
When Michael took the hot seat, Erica had her bitchface ready. We recapped how last time on Bachelor Pad, Michael won the money but lost the girl. We recapped his relationship with sweet, lovable Rachel. And then we recapped how Michael told Erica that his relationship with Rachel wouldn't go past the house. What? When did that happen? How did I miss that? Maybe if this show hadn't been two hours every week, I might have been able to catch "important" (relatively) information like that.
Michael was obviously in image rehab mode before they even got to the Rachel stuff, saying that he obviously hadn't gone on Bachelor Pad to find a wife. Puh-lease. We needed to hear from Rachel, but that wouldn't come until later.
Ed & Jacklyn
Oh, Jacklyn. There are so many unfortunate things about her, including that unflattering pink dress she wore, but her relationship with Ed is the worst. But before that, we had to recap how betrayed she was because Rachel chose money over their friendship. Sigh. It's a game!
Tony & Blakely
When Blakely took the hot seat, we spent a long time recapping her failed partnership with douchey Chris, and her blossoming relationship with doting Tony. I knew Tony loved Blakely when he actually appreciated her constant direction during that teacup stacking challenge. It's obvious who wears the pants in this relationship, but I actually find them kind of sweet.
Soon, the conversation turned to Jamie. I wanted to know why she was dressed like Cleopatra, but they only talked about her relationship with Chris and how Jacklyn hates her.
When Chris brought the conversation back to Blakely and Tony, she started tearing up. God, I know this relationship doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell, but I kind of want them to work. When Chris said that they had an announcement to make, I was REALLY hoping they would just announce their engagement rather than doing a cheesy, cheap TV proposal. But of course not. This is Bachelor Pad, after all. It was so awkward. I wish she'd been in a classier dress. But I guess this is the only way to get the massive Neil Lane rock. Sigh. Well, I hope for his kid's sake that it works out.
Back to Michael & Rachel
Rachel came out and looked gorgeous. Stunning, really. I thought she started out speaking very well, and describing how and why Michael misled her. She was falling in love, and he was dating someone else. In Chicago! It's long distance, the thing he said he didn't want. What an ass. Nick sat there and looked smug, and then began to make his case for the money – he was drama free!
Chris & Sarah
Since they were finalists, Chris and Sarah didn't come out until halfway through the show. Chris said the whole Jamie and Blakely thing was tough for him, his family and friends, but I didn't think he seemed genuine enough. He blamed the game, but it was just straight up womanizing. His manwhoreness had nothing to do with the strategy of the game.
Debate Time
Then it was time for the losers to interrogate the final two couples before voting. Nick was straight up in his answer to Jacklyn, that they had to eliminate her and Ed because they were too well-liked. Rachel was teary and apologetic, which I've always hated on Survivor. I don't take Bachelor Pad seriously enough as a show to have an opinion on it here. Play, don't play, the rules are so loose that it doesn't really matter.
Chris basically made a plea for people to vote for Sarah, not him. Does that mean he's told her to take the money if they win? I guess we'll never know.
Voting time!
Michael voted for Rachel and Nick.
Jamie voted for Rachel and Nick.
Kalon voted for Chris and Sarah.
Ed voted for Rachel and Nick.
Blakely voted for Rachel and Nick. Obviously.
Dave voted for Chris and Sarah.
Erica Rose voted for Chris and Sarah.
Reid voted for Nick and Rachel.
Lindzi voted for Nick and Rachel.
Donna voted for Rachel and Nick.
Tony voted for Rachel and Nick. Like he'd go against Blakely.
Jacklyn voted for Rachel and Nick.
Rachel and Nick won! I was glad it wasn't Chris and Sarah. Chris is the worst, and Sarah did nothing to win the money. At least Rachel, like, made some friends or something. And Nick slept with less than three women. The remaining votes that we didn't see were also for them, which means they won by a landslide.
Of course, I knew in advance what would happen. Rachel said she trusted Nick, but she had no reason to. They weren't dating, or even really friends. She spent their entire partnership sobbing over another guy and contemplating quitting the game, rather than actually playing. He didn't owe her anything. Yet, what Nick did is still really, really crappy. It's a game and he played it and won, but it's a jerk move.
For those of you who don't watch, there was $250,000 up for grabs. Nick and Rachel had to individually choose if they would keep or share the money. If they both choose share, they each get $125,000. If one chooses keep and one chooses share, the person who chose keep gets it all. If they BOTH chose keep, the money would be divided up amongst the losers.
Nick chose keep. Rachel chose share. Nick is the worst, but he's a little bit richer.
Rachel went first, and I can imagine that Nick was pretty nervous before she revealed she chose to share. It's a risk, to pick keeping it. He could have ended up with nothing. His speech was kind of manic, like a kid who was ignored in high school and then threw paint on the prom queen. It was basically like, "None of you guys liked me or cared about me, so f— you!" When Nick said that he got to the end by himself and that Rachel never wanted to be his partner and tried to bail on him, you could see in Rachel's eyes that she knew she'd lost the money. She should have chosen keep.
The looks on everyone's faces when he revealed he'd chosen to keep the money were priceless. I was really hoping Rachel would hit him. I would have. It was sort of mean, actually, the people who were over the moon. And Nick's laughter and celebration was kind of in poor taste, but I guess after that kind of speech and move, why be polite?
Schmarmy. That's the only word to describe Nick. Schmarmy. Good for him for winning the money, but he's a gross person and after taxes, hookers and drugs he'll probably be worse off than before. So congratulations Rachel. I'm sorry you didn't win the money, but you have a cool job and I think you dodged a bullet with the Michael Stagliano situation, go find someone who's never been on TV.
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The primary practice is Guru Yoga. My job is to do my best to be present 24/7 with the feature of allowing whatever arises in my continuum to dissolve as it arises (in a non-dual sort of way).Andrew108 wrote:Are we talking about Dzogchen? About receiving the Dzogchen transmission? Or are we talking about paying for the hundreds of secondary practices we can do because we still haven't understood something.
If there are problems with the Dzogchen Community it is the problem of the proliferation of secondary practices. If a person wants the Dzogchen transmission then it's right there at an unbelievably low cost. It's really simple.
Oldbob and young Andrew are equally fresh? No? I have an idea. If you go to four retreats a year and have been doing that for quite a while, why not instead of going to a retreat, sponsor someone who can't afford it? I don't mean this in a sarcastic or negative way. If you can't change the policy or what the Dzogchen Community has become then why not set up a fund for poor people who cannot attend when the Direct Introduction is given? I think this would be helpful. Also a others have mentioned you might want to get more involved with the gakyil and try to work at it from the inside.
Within this continuum of awareness, I can choose what secondary practices that I would like to do. While you are correct that I don't understand anything, I do have the right to choose what secondary practices that I participate in. Because I like variety, I like to know of many different secondary practices. Then I can choose according to how I am feeling that day. In the DC, this is allowable.
I would explain Andrew's dynamics not through a square peg round hole analogy but by suggesting that he is talking about apples while I am talking about bananas. When you talk about things, you need to talk about apples as apples and bananas as bananas, so it seems he is left holding the apples and I, bananas - or did I get that backwards.
I usually don't sponsor a poor person for retreats because it is not a good use of money. This only helps one person. Reinventing the DCA so it can help many people - now that is interesting.
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Must have more Hanasaku Iroha seasons!
Awesome, I love Hanasaku Iroha!
Let's see… I think I'll ask a typical one:
"What was the most challenging part of writing the script for Hanasaku Iroha?"
With great freedom comes immence boredom.
OMG. I am a huge fan of Hanasaku Iroha. As a fan, I noticed that it takes a lot of perspective/ imagination to write Hanasaku Iroha the way it was written. Every character is unique and the relationship between each one is very interesting. In fact, the characters seem like real people in real life--probably one of the reasons why I enjoyed it so much. What inspired/influenced you write the story of Hanasaku Iroha and come up with ideas for such unique characters? Did you mirror any people you knew in real life to the characters in the anime?
If not, which character is your favorite and why?
Hanasaku Iroha is great. Plan on buying that when I can afford to(maybe I'll get it when I go to Anime Boston next month).
"Okada-san, out of all the shows you've worked on, which character is the most like yourself? Why would this character be the most like yourself?"
What is your day like when writing a script, do you have a routine?
- Chris.
What do you enjoy most about writing scripts and which one has been your favorite to work on?
a question huh, how about "When writing a script, which do you find to be more important character interaction or the story?"
My question: "Your stories are really touching and sincere in the way the characters struggle and go about their lives. What do you feel is the most important element to creating a story/characters that really get the audience excited to root for them, cry with them and laugh with them?"
Lol, I don't know if that question makes sense, but it makes sense in my head!
How much time does it take to do location research for a story like Hanasaku Iroha?
8 years as a premium member, but no more
Fantastic anime, the ending was so emotional yet brilliant.
As the setting for Hanasaku Iroha was modelled after Yukawa, was there any people you met or areas you came across that influenced your decisions in the script for Hanasaku Iroha?
"One of the reasons I love your work is the characters. They have depth and personality and they are strikingly human and relatable. Do you have a process you use to create them or is it something that just comes naturally to you as a writer?"
"How do you feel about Anime as a medium for storytelling? Are there things that you like or dislike about it compared to more traditional formats?"
Edit (More Questions):
"Is there anyone who had a big influence on your writing? If so, who, and why?"
"Do you have a dream project? Something you have always wanted to work on? Maybe a play or the script for a video game or something?"
"What is your favorite thing to do with your hard earned free time? Any hobbies that pique your interest?"
What is the source of all inspiration to make all your beautiful work?
Mari Okada,
When writing an Original Anime, how do you come up with the themes you want to convey to the viewer?


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History of Thirtieth Flight of the Space Shuttle, Columbia (STS-28) and Forty-Third Flight of the Space Shuttle, Discovery (STS-48) Insignias
Launching from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, Columbia completed 80 orbits, traveling 2.1 million nautical miles before landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The flight took place August 8-13, 1989. It was the fourth shuttle mission dedicated to the United States Department of Defense purposes and the 8th flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
The insignia was designed by the crew, who said it portrays the pride the American people have in their manned spaceflight program. It depicts America (the eagle) guiding the space program (the space shuttle) safely home from an orbital mission. The view looks south on Baja California and the west coast of the United States as the space travelers reenter the atmosphere. The American flag is represented by the hypersonic contrails created by the eagle and shuttle. The crew called the simple boldness of the design symbolic of American's unfaltering commitment to leadership in the exploration and development of space.
The crew for STS-28 were: Commander, Brewster H. Shaw; Pilot, Richard N. Richards; Mission Specialists, David C. Leetsma, James C. Adamson and Mark N. Brown.
Launching from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, Discovery completed 81 orbits, traveling 1.9 million nautical miles before landing on Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The primary payload was the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.
Designed by the astronaut crewmembers, the STS-48 insignia represents the space shuttle Discovery in orbit about the Earth after deploying the Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite (UARS) depicted in block letter style. The stars are those in the northern hemisphere as seen in the fall and winter when UARS will begin its study of Earth's atmosphere. The color bands on Earth's horizon, extending up to the UARS spacecraft, depict the study of Earth's atmosphere. The triangular shape represents the relationship among the three atmospheric processes that determine upper atmospheric structure and behavior: chemistry, dynamics, and energy. In the words of the crew members, "This continuous process brings life to our planet and makes our planet unique in the solar system."
The crew for this flight were: Commander, Navy Captain, John Creighton; pilot, Navy Commander, Ken Reightler. Mission Specialists were Marine Corps Colonel Jim Buchli, Army Lieutenant Colonel Sam Gemar and Air Force Colonel Mark Brown.


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LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca's sales fell by a bigger-than-expected 13 percent in the first quarter as patent expiries took a heavy toll, underscoring the turnaround challenge facing Britain's second-largest drugmaker.
Much of the damage was caused by loss of exclusivity on antipsychotic medicine Seroquel and heart drug Atacand in many markets.
But the company's top-selling cholesterol fighter Crestor was also hit by generic competition in Canada, pricing pressure in Australia and worse-than-expected sales in the United States.
The poor performance suggests new Chief Executive Pascal Soriot has his work cut out to reverse the fortunes of the struggling drugmaker, despite some tentative signs of improvement in a few growth areas.
Demand for Brilinta - a new heart drug for which AstraZeneca has high hopes - picked up modestly to $51 million from $38 million in the last quarter of 2012.
Emerging markets were also a relative bright spot, with sales up 9 percent at constant currencies, largely driven by a 21 percent increase in China. Sales of a number of diabetes products, however, were lower than analysts had hoped.
"While it may be premature to judge the performance of Astra's growth platforms at this early juncture, some investors may be disappointed," said Berenberg analyst Alistair Campbell.
AstraZeneca reiterated its expectation for a mid-to-high single digit percentage fall in revenue this year, with earnings declining significantly more due to increased operating costs.
Sales in the quarter of $6.39 billion generated "core" pre-tax profit, which excludes certain items, down 25 percent at $2.23 billion and earnings down the same amount at $1.41 a share, the company said on Thursday.
Analysts had, on average, forecast sales of $6.51 billion and earnings of $1.31, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
The beat on earnings reflected a lower-than-expected tax rate and lighter-than-anticipated expenditure, although with the full-year outlook unchanged this phasing impact is not likely to affect full-year earnings forecasts.
Shares in the group fell 2.6 percent by 0930 GMT.
In addition to the weak sales picture, there was also uncertainty over a new U.S.-led inquiry into manufacturing standards at a site in northern England.
Chief Financial Officer Simon Lowth said AstraZeneca's strategy was on track, in terms of investing for future growth, with a lot more effort being put behind the promotion of Brilinta in the U.S. market in particular.
"We expect to see the (Brilinta) trajectory really start to steepen and accelerate on the back of those investments towards the back-end of this year," he told reporters in a conference call.
CEO Soriot, who joined from Roche last October, set out a far-reaching plan last month to return the group to growth by axing one in 10 jobs and reorganising its drug research operations.
His plan promises no quick fixes, although he aims to double the number of drugs in late-stage development by 2016 and he says he will scour the industry for bolt-on acquisitions with which to replenish the company's medicine cabinet.
Soriot has said on several occasions that he would prefer a series of smaller "bolt-on" deals rather than a large, transformational transaction.
Whether Soriot will deliver in the long term remains to be seen - but his arrival at the group has not been cheap, leading to complaints from some shareholders about his pay package.
A group representing local pension funds in Britain is recommending that its members vote against Soriot's pay at the company's annual meeting later on Thursday.
AstraZeneca shares trade at a discount to other large pharma companies, at less than 10 times this year's expected earnings compared with close to 15 for GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis.
That reflects analyst forecasts of sliding sales and profits for several years, with its two top drugs - Nexium for stomach acid and Crestor - facing loss of U.S. patent protection in 2014 and 2016, respectively.
With cash flows set to decline, rating agencies have recently become more gloomy on AstraZeneca, with Moody's this month downgrading its credit rating for the company and Standard & Poor's cutting its outlook to negative.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A dozen men indicted in a multi-state dog-fighting investigation say they are not guilty.
The men entered their pleas Wednesday in federal court in Montgomery.
A magistrate judge set a Feb. 10 trial date for the men, who are from Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Texas.
During a hearing, federal prosecutor Clark Morris revealed that evidence includes wire taps from Alabama and Georgia.
All 12 men are charged with conspiring to sponsor dog fights or training animals for fights. Eleven also face gambling charges.
Investigators seized 367 pit bulls Friday in raids in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. The dogs are now being cared for by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Humane Society of the United States.
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Historic open house tours at Smith-Appleby House on Saturdays, 1 to 4 p.m.
Historical re-enactors will host open house tours and demonstrations of daily living in the 18th century at the historic Smith-Appleby House Museum in Smithfield, Saturdays from 1 to 4 p.m.
The house was built circa 1696 as a one-room stone-ender by Elisha Smith, a grandson of John Smith "The Miller" – one of Roger Williams' original party of six men who left the Massachusetts Bay Colony to settle Providence. Later generations of the family expanded the house to 12 rooms. Today it is a living museum featuring original furnishings, designs and exhibits.
The tours are led by historic interpreters in Colonial dress. Visitors will learn about the 317-year history and architecture of the home; hear stories about the Smith-Appleby family and 18th century living in Rhode Island; watch demonstrations; examine period furnishings, clothing and household items; and sample hearth-baked goods.
Admission is $5. The tours are offered every Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. through April 6.
The Smith-Appleby House Museum is located at 220 Stillwater Rd. in Smithfield, just off I-295. For more information, visit the website at www.smithapplebyhouse.org or call 231-7363. The House is headquarters to the Historical Society of Smithfield.


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A final, 30-day public comment period on USDA consideration of opening the United States to the growing and sales of genetically modified apples began Nov. 8 and will conclude on Dec. 9.
The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is seeking public comment on its environmental assessment and plant risk assessment documents for the Arctic Golden Delicious and Arctic Granny Smith apples modified to be nonbrowning by Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc. of Summerland, B.C.
APHIS will only consider comments on the documents as to whether the apples are likely to pose environmental and plant pest risks, not general comments on genetically modified organisms, said Joel Brooks, marketing and communications specialist at Okanagan Specialty Fruits.
"We're really excited. After three-and-a-half years, the assessments conclude it is safe and doesn't pose risks. That's very satisfying," said Neal Carter, president of Okanagan Specialty Fruits.
He said he expects approval within 90 days in the United States and only slightly longer in Canada.
"We are closer than ever to bringing consumers and producers safe, value-added Arctic apples, providing greater convenience and reducing food waste," Carter said.
An orchardist, Carter has been field testing his GMO apples for 10 years. Under USDA permits, trial plots are growing in Washington state and New York, Brooks said.
The apples have been modified not to brown when sliced by switching off a gene. The sliced apple business could save costs of antioxidant treatment to prevent browning and use of sliced apples could increase, Carter has said.
The Washington apple industry remains opposed to USDA approval, not based on science, but because of potential negative reaction to GMO apples in the marketplace, said Chris Schlect, president of the Northwest Horticultural Council in Yakima, Wash.
"We're not saying it's unsafe for human consumption. Our concern is the marketplace. We sell apples across the nation and worldwide. There are labeling issues, public perception and testing to prove that something is or isn't GMO. All of this enters in and major companies like McDonald's have said they won't take these," Schlect said.
Brooks pointed to a Nov. 1 statement by McDonald's saying it has "no current plans" to use Arctic apples and reviews potential safety and environmental impacts, consumer acceptance and benefits of products as they become available to the market. He noted McDonald's did not rule out possible future use.
The APHIS environmental and plant pest risk documents are lengthy and technical, Schlect said. Northwest Horticultural Council will review them and decide whether to submit comments, he said.
The council submitted comments during the first U.S. public comment period in 2012. There were a total of 72,745 public comments and the majority were opposed, Schlect said.
Of that, 1,939 were unique comments and the rest were form responses, Brooks noted.
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The pontiff, in a letter to a Vatican conference on migration in Mexico, called the phenomenon "a hallmark of our society" that is present in almost all countries and yet treated as a sporadic event.
Francis drew special attention to "tens of thousands of children who are emigrating alone, unaccompanied, to flee poverty and violence."
He noted significant human rights challenges: "Many of their rights are violated, they are obliged to separate from their families and, unfortunately, continue to be the subject of racist and xenophobic attitudes."
The pope said measures to protect unaccompanied children would be insufficient without an information campaign on the dangers of the journey and measures to promote development in their home countries. He also called on the international community to rise to the challenge and adopt "new forms of legal and safe migration."


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Civilization V 3-Years Later Review
A necessary quality for a reviewer is the ability to critically analyze an experience and put as complete an impression as possible, into clear and succinct words. Whether the experience was good or bad, a reviewer must be able to accurately and thoroughly describe it, so someone reading it can surmise what their own experience will be like. This has the interesting side effect of being able to find good points in bad games and bad points in good games.
Why did I just write that paragraph? Because the game I am reviewing here is Sid Meier's Civilization V, a game I have put over 230 hours in over the past two years I have owned it (making it the third-most played game in my Steam library). As you can naturally guess from that statistic, I enjoy the game quite a lot. However, as I attempted to explain in the earlier paragraph, just because I, or anyone enjoys a game, that does not mean we cannot find issues with it.
Civilization V is a turn-based, 4X game, which is a variant of the strategy genre, characterized by large gameworlds, finite resources, and the ultimate goal of defeating enemies through conflict or diplomacy. Specifically 4X stands for explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate and a key part of all four is micromanagement by the player. Often the games of this genre will have an AI to assist you, but only a human player can take full advantage of each opportunity and resource.
When you play Civilization V, you are not just some species or race with certain advantages and disadvantages, trying to conquer the world, but a leader from humanity' history. Want to build a new Roman nation as Augustus Caesar? Give Napoleon or Alexander the Great another chance at the world? This game gives you that chance as you take a civilization from its beginning, through the technological ages, until finally reaching the future.
Originally released in 2010, Civilization V has received continued support since then through patches, content packs with new civilizations, and two large expansions: Gods & Kings and Brave New World. As you are actually able to play with or without those expansions, I am going to give them their own pages in this review, rather than mixing the mechanics they add or refine in with the base game's.
Does Civilization V stand the test of time, or should it fade into dust and memory, like many before it? Read on to find out.