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I am more looking for support than any concrete advice here - I've already spoken with two lactation consultants and a personal therapist about this. Of course, any new insight will be welcomed, but I'm more interested to learn if others have weathered similar challenges and come out okay.
My daughter is about 5.5 months old. I returned to work full time when she was 3 months. She's bottle-fed during the day, and while there were no dramatic problems off the bat, she did seem to get more fussy and frustrated with breastfeeding after a few days of daytime bottles. We always regrouped over the weekend though. Thing is, she's not great with the bottle either - she's just a very fussy eater in general.
Over the past 2.5 weeks, however, things have gotten really bad. I do NOT think this is a nursing strike - she acts really interested in nursing, roots around and latches on like a champ, but gets frustrated after just a few seconds. I've gotten so anxious and stressed about this that it's almost impossible for me to let down now. I can pretty much only feed her "successfully" in her sleep, and it can take anywhere from 3-20 minutes for me to let down (she would never, never stand for that while alert!). Pumping while I'm at work is going okay, but when I've tried pumping at home to stimulate a letdown and then popping her on, I have the same anxiety and don't let down then either.
I've tried relaxation, visualization, singing, walking around rocking her, looking at a magazine, and nothing has worked reliably. It might sound ridiculous, but has anyone heard of hypnosis for this? I'm willing to try ANYTHING.
I do still feel my letdowns, while I nurse her in her sleep and when I pump at night. It's also fairly easy for me to tell based on her sucking pattern. So I really don't think the issue is that I'm feeling them less.
I think she's getting enough to eat - during the week, this is really only an issue for a few feedings. I think this is way more my problem than hers, so far anyway.
I have tried bumping up my supply - I take fenugreek supplements (as much as I'm "allowed" according to the packaging) and am drinking Mother's Milk tea. I think that did help a little bit but just for a few days ... not sure if there's anything else I can try instead of or in addition to this? I've just recently been trying to read about fennel, but am confused and worried that there are possible dangers/side effects involved?
I'm extremely depressed now, which I know doesn't help. I am so adamantly against giving up breastfeeding, but I don't know if there's a point where I should just give up to get that horrible decision out of the way, mourn, and move on. I keep thinking things could get better - "successful" waking feedings are not unheard of, we have them once every few days, but I'm such an anxious person by nature that I can't help worrying that this cumulative stress, cumulative frustration and negative conditioning for her, all of it is going to build up and not resolve.
I feel like I'm totally failing her here. Breastfeeding isn't a comfort, it's a stressor. Working full time, I am desperate to hold onto that bond. I wish I had appreciated nursing more during the times I was so clearly taking it for granted.
Has anyone heard stories about instances similar to mine, where the baby seems eager to nurse but the mom is suffering from MAJOR performance anxiety and simply can't let down? I think I spend every minute of my day thinking about this, and start getting nervous up to an hour before when I anticipate she'll be hungry. I'm so angry with my body for failing me.
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Bruins forward Campbell waiting for leg to healby Matt Kalman
Almost two months since Gregory Campbell last wore his skates, his curiosity was irritating him more than if a prankster had sprinkled itching powder in his hockey pants.
What would it feel like to slip his skate on over his surgically repaired, still-recovering, right foot?
"I actually felt the screws because of where the incision was and where the plate is," the Boston Bruins center told NHL.com this week during a phone conversation from his home in Kitchener, Ontario. "So it's underneath my skate there on the side. So when I tightened it up and I moved my ankle back and forth, I actually felt the screws, which surprised me because I didn't think I would. But I was talking to people; I have to tweak the boot a little bit so there's not much pressure on the area."
That day a couple of weeks ago, Campbell was scheduled for an important X-ray to see if he could resume skating and running for the first time since his right fibula was broken by an Evgeni Malkin slap shot in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The result was a mixed response. The X-ray showed things looking good, but the bone wasn't healed enough for Campbell to start skating. The 29-year-old is scheduled for another X-ray in Boston on Aug. 20, when there's a chance he will get his clearance. He's hoping to be ready to go full-bore at training camp in September but won't be able to gauge his readiness until he's had the chance to skate.
Campbell was injured June 5, and after surgery June 10, the prognosis was 6-8 weeks of recovery, so he's a bit behind.
Getting comfortable playing with a plate and screws in his foot, and either modifying his current skate or working with the training staff and skate company to build a new boot, will be part of a list of challenges for Campbell in his effort to be ready for the regular season, which opens for the Bruins on Oct. 3 against the Tampa Bay Lightning at TD Garden.
You know Campbell can battle through anything to accomplish his goals. For close to a minute after he slid to block Malkin's shot during a penalty kill in Game 3 of the conference final and returned to his feet in obvious pain, Campbell managed to stay upright on the broken leg and help the Bruins extinguish the Penguins' man-advantage before he skated off. The Bruins went on to win that game then completed a sweep to earn a second trip to the Stanley Cup Final in three years.
Campbell had surgery five days later and was unable to aid the Bruins in the Stanley Cup Final, where they lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in six games. Although he didn't win another championship, Campbell became a synonym for toughness and determination. The enormity of his act reverberated across sports and affected people in all walks of life.
Despite the acclaim Campbell has received in the months since the play, he said life hasn't changed all that much. There isn't a line down his block of companies looking to sign him to endorsement deals as the model of hockey toughness, but the humble fourth-liner and penalty-killer is OK with that. Although he typically shuns the spotlight, he doesn't mind the admiration, at least in terms of how he was able to back up the talk about doing anything to win.
"I know that it was a big story, especially back here in Canada, and I'm definitely appreciative of the support, and I guess the praise that I got," he said. "I wasn't looking for that, obviously, but I guess I'm appreciative that people appreciated the play. I guess I'm a player that doesn't get a lot of notoriety and I've never been looking for that. But I've been looking for respect from teammates always, and other peers in the League that know that it takes really all kinds to win, all the types of players, and it really takes everybody doing everything they can to win in our League. So I guess just the realization that I want to do whatever I can for my team at any point is good. Because like I said, I'm a player, just a simple player that doesn't really make any highlight reels ever. So I guess it was nice in that sense."
Campbell always sets a high standard for himself, but now he might have a difficult time living up to some of his expectations.
"I guess the only time -- knock on wood, whatever -- I won't be able to not skate off is if I'm unconscious," he said with a chuckle.
The injury and surgery put a bit of a damper on Campbell's summer. When he and his wife Katie attended the wedding of former Florida Panthers teammate Stephen Weiss in Florida, Campbell wasn't able to dance. He got back to playing golf (he said his handicap is anywhere from 8 to 12 depending on how frequently he's played) only in the past couple of weeks. But he's found ways to keep working out, first using an Airdyne stationary bike when he was in a walking boot, and lately with an elliptical machine since he was able to shed the boot. The cardio work, combined with some weight training that doesn't require him to risk reinjuring his foot, has replaced the 4-5 days of skating he'd usually be putting in at this point in a normal summer.
If the Bruins are going to be a team driven this season by the disappointment of their Final loss to the Blackhawks, Campbell might be the most motivated of all considering his missed an opportunity to contribute.
"It was very, very hard to watch," Campbell said. "And I was trying to support the team with whatever I could do. I mean, that wasn't much. And not being able to win was even more difficult because how hard everybody worked to get to that point. And not knowing when the next opportunity is going to come around, you really have to take advantage of those opportunities, I feel like. And to have it cut short, where I felt like I was playing some pretty good hockey in the conference finals there, was pretty discouraging.
"But I also looked at it from a realistic standpoint that that's the way I play and that's the chance I take and that's something that I can't change. So I did what I could do and sometimes those things happen and it could've been worse. So I have to take positives out of it."
Campbell has 58 points in his three seasons in Boston, but his point total is only one indicator that he is one of the best fourth-line centers in the League. Though some of the other factors can't be quantified, we now know there are opportunities now and then for toughness to be measured in the amount of seconds someone can play with a broken leg.
"There's countless reasons that I look forward to coming back to Boston, but mainly because I know we're going to have a good team and I know that we're going to be able to compete," he said. "So for me personally, as long as I'm helping the team obtain that goal of winning, that's satisfaction enough for me."


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The Arizona Cardinals released guard Adam Snyder on Monday after only one season with the team.
The Cardinals signed Snyder to a five-year contract in March of 2012 following a seven-season stint with NFC West rival San Francisco, and the versatile veteran started all 14 games in which he appeared in this past year. He was deemed expendable, however, after Arizona selected North Carolina guard Jonathan Cooper with the seventh overall pick in Thursday's NFL Draft.
Arizona also took another guard, James Madison's Earl Watford, in the fourth round.
Prior to joining the Cardinals, the 31-year-old Snyder made 69 starts over four different positions along the offensive line for the 49ers from 2005-11.


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Pain is associated with a wide range of injury and disease, and is sometimes the disease itself. Some conditions may have pain and associated symptoms arising from a discrete cause, such as postoperative pain or pain associated with a malignancy, or may be conditions in which pain constitutes the primary problem, such as neuropathic pains or headaches.
Millions suffer from acute or chronic pain every year and the effects of pain exact a tremendous cost on our country in health care costs, rehabilitation and lost worker productivity, as well as the emotional and financial burden it places on patients and their families. The costs of unrelieved pain can result in longer hospital stays, increased rates of rehospitalization, increased outpatient visits, and decreased ability to function fully leading to lost income and insurance coverage. As such, patient's unrelieved chronic pain problems often result in an inability to work and maintain health insurance. According to a recent Institute of Medicine Report: Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research, pain is a significant public health problem that costs society at least $560-$635 billion annually, an amount equal to about $2,000.00 for everyone living in the U.S. This includes the total incremental cost of health care due to pain from ranging between $261 to $300 billion and $297-$336 billion due to lost productivity (based on days of work missed, hours of work lost, and lower wages).
Much more needs to be done to meet these challenges and to increase public awareness of them.
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While acute pain is a normal sensation triggered in the nervous system to alert you to possible injury and the need to take care of yourself, chronic pain is different. Chronic pain persists. Pain signals keep firing in the nervous system for weeks, months, even years. There may have been an initial mishap -- sprained back, serious infection, or there may be an ongoing cause of pain -- arthritis, cancer, ear infection, but some people suffer chronic pain in the absence of any past injury or evidence of body damage. Many chronic pain conditions affect older adults. Common chronic pain complaints include headache, low back pain, cancer pain, arthritis pain, neurogenic pain (pain resulting from damage to the peripheral nerves or to the central nervous system itself).
A recent market research report indicates that more than 1.5 billion people worldwide suffer from chronic pain and that approximately 3- 4.5% of the global population suffers from neuropathic pain, with incidence rate increasing in complementary to age. (1)
Pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined. The chart below depicts the number of chronic pain sufferers compared to other major health conditions.
A 2006 survey conducted for the American Pain Foundation and sponsored by Endo Pharmaceuticals evaluated the impact that chronic pain had on 303 chronic pain sufferers who sought care from their physician and were currently using an opioid to treat their pain.
Control Over Chronic Pain
Impact on Quality of Life
Data from the American Productivity Audit, a computer assisted telephone survey of health and work, of 28,902 working adults between August, 2001 and July 2002, was used to estimate lost productive time due to headache, arthritis, back pain, and other musculoskeletal conditions expressed in hours per worker per week and calculated in US dollars.
2003 survey conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates as a nationwide survey for Research! America. The purpose of this study was to assess the view of Americans about pain in America. The survey's objectives included gauging Americans' perceptions of how pain sufferers and the medical community deal with the problems of chronic pain.
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Overdose deaths involving opioid pain relievers (OPR), also known as opioid analgesics, have increased and now exceed deaths involving heroin and cocaine combined.
Certain groups are more likely to abuse or overdose on prescription painkillers:
Some states have a bigger problem with prescription painkillers than others:
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1) Global Industry Analysts, Inc. Report, January 10, 2011. http://www.prweb.com/pdfdownload/8052240.pdf.
2) Institute of Medicine Report from the Committee on Advancing Pain Research, Care, and Education: Relieving Pain in America, A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education and Research. The National Academies Press, 2011.http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=13172&page=1.
3) American Diabetes Association. http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/diabetes-statistics/
4) Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2011 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2011, 123:e18-e209, page 20.http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/123/4/e18.full.pdf
5) American Cancer Society, Prevalence of Cancer: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_6x_Cancer_Prevalence_How_Many_People_Have_Cancer.asp
6) National Centers for Health Statistics, Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans 2006, Special Feature: Pain.http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus06.pdf.
7) Source: A Controlled Trial to Improve Care for Seriously Ill Hospitalized Patients. http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/274/20/1591
8) National Sleep Foundation (http://www.sleepfoundation.org). Sleep in America poll. 2000.
9) 2006 Voices of Chronic Pain Survey. (American Pain Foundation)
10) Results from the American Productivity Audit. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14665809
11) Peter D. Hart Research Associates. Page 3. KEY FINDINGS. Americans in Pain. Much of America is hurting: the majority of adults (57%) in this country have ... http://www.researchamerica.org/uploads/poll2003pain.pdf
12) Results from the 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH): National Findings, SAMHSA (2010).http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/NSDUH/2k9NSDUH/2k9ResultsP.pdf
13) 2010 Monitoring the Future, University of Michigan (2010)
14) Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Involving Abuse of Pain Relievers: 1998 and 2008, SAMHSA (2010).http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k10/230/230PainRelvr2k10.htm
15) Unintentional Drug Poisoning in the United States, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, July 2010. http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/pdf/poison-issue-brief.pdf
16) 2008 Department of Defense Survey of Health Related Behaviors Among Active Duty Military Personnel, Bray, et al. (September 2009).http://www.tricare.mil/tma/studiesEval.aspx
17) Highlights of the 2009 Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) Findings on Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits, SAMHSA (December 2010).http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k10/DAWN034/EDHighlights.htm
18) The NSDUH Report, Illicit Drug Use Among Older Adults , SAMHSA (December 29, 2009).
19) The TEDS Report, Changing Substance Abuse Patterns among Older Admissions : 1992-2008, SAMHSA (2009)http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k10/229/229OlderAdms2k10Web.pdf
20) Institute of Medicine of the National Academies Report. Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research, 2011. The National Academies Press, Washington DC. ((page 5)http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=13172&page=5
21) Institute of Medicine of the National Academies Report. Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research, 2011. The National Academies Press, Washington DC. (page 62)http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=13172&page=62
22) Institute of Medicine of the National Academies Report. Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research, 2011. The National Academies Press, Washington DC. (page 77)http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=13172&page=77
23) Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National: Health Interview Survey, 2009, Department of Health and Human Services Report (page 7)http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_249.pdf
24) Vital Signs: Overdoses of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers --- United States, 1999--2008, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Analysis: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), November 4, 2011 / 60(43);1487-1492.http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6043a4.htm?s_cid=mm6043a4_w
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POLICY OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE Tuesday, July 8, 1997 3 Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Student Affairs
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Just call Adam Tatusko '00 a jack of all trades. Trust us, he's earned the title.
Since graduating from Clarkson with a degree in chemical engineering, Adam has done more in a decade than many people do in a lifetime. From helping to create one of the first social networking sites and working for a Fortune 500 company, to enlisting in the U.S. Army and starting his own software company, he's tried his hand at a bit of everything.
And to top it all off, he is currently pursuing his doctoral degree in chemical engineering at one of the most prestigious engineering schools in the nation – MIT.
"There's no doubt I've led a very exciting and diverse life after Clarkson," he says. "But it's all led me to where I am today. For the past decade I've had an intense desire to return to academia and earn my Ph.D. in chemical engineering, and now I'm doing it."
Procter & Gamble (P&G) was the first stop for Adam after graduation, where he worked as a process engineer on popular products such as Head & Shoulders and Pantene shampoos. In 2002, he left P&G to start his own Internet development business, the aptly named Tatusko Inc.
That same year, Adam and his business partners created QuizYourFriends.com, a popular site where users can create quizzes about themselves for friends and family and then post them on their social networking pages. In 2003, Adam sold Tatusko Inc. to his business partners, and QuizYourFriends.com continues to be a successful internet site today.
Despite selling his first company, Adam's entrepreneurial spirit continued as he started a software company in his hometown of Rochester, N.Y. During this time, he co-wrote and published a patent for the company's main software product. He also earned 30 certifications in nearly every information technology field, from Cisco networking and Oracle database design, to Microsoft software development and Linux server administration.
At this point, many people would probably rest on their laurels and let the good times roll. But instead, Adam decided to join the United States Army. "I wanted to give back to the country that had given me so many great opportunities," he explains.
Adam's four-year military experience included a 15-month tour of duty in Iraq, which he calls "an unforgettable and life-changing experience." While there, he managed over 700 supply and recovery convoy missions in the northern area of operations from the Syrian to the Iranian borders and his unit of almost 1,000 troops suffered no fatal casualties.
Returning from Iraq, Adam decided that it was time to pursue his academic interests for a second time. After studying for the GRE and working on his graduate school applications in Iraq, he was accepted to his dream graduate school, MIT.
He gives credit to the "inimitable dedication" of a few professors he had at Clarkson for his acceptance into MIT, notably Profs. Ross Taylor, R. Shankar Subramanian and David Craig, who wrote letters of recommendation 10 years after having him as a student.
"Here at MIT, I'm working hard to live up to the high academic standards I set for myself at Clarkson over a decade ago," he says. While currently taking courses on core chemical engineering subjects, Adam will soon begin his thesis research project on continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Adam first started performing research at Clarkson though the Honors Program with Kodak Distinguished Professor Ross Taylor. He says, "I believe the research work and collaboration with Prof. Taylor will be invaluable experiences to aid in my success at MIT."
And once he earns his Ph.D., Adam is looking forward to starting a new adventure - becoming a chemical engineering professor - especially the teaching aspects of the job.
"Much of my teaching skills were honed at Clarkson, where I was a tutor, a fluid mechanics teaching assistant and a leader of countless class review sessions, which most of my classmates would attend," he says. "Also, my studies at Clarkson gave me the confidence that I could pursue any career path in industry or academia and that I would be well-equipped to perform at a very high level."
Let's hope Adam's next 10 years are even a fraction as exciting and successful as the last 10.
Clarkson's chemical engineering department not only rigorously develops one's technical abilities, but also hones one's teamwork and leadership skills. My studies at Clarkson gave me the confidence that I could pursue any career path in industry or academia and that I would be well-equipped to perform at a very high level.


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FCC Pushes Verizon to Allow Tethering at No Extra Charge
Aug 1, 2012 11:42 AM PT
On Tuesday, mobile carrier Verizon Wireless made a "voluntary" contribution of US$125 million dollars to the U.S. Treasury, as part of a Federal Communications Commission consent decree that also slapped down tethering fees the carrier had been charging its customers.
Prior to this action, Verizon had required its customers to pay $20 a month for official tethering functionality on top of their data plan charges.
The FCC was investigating whether the carrier was in compliance with the "C Block rules" pertaining to its acquired license for C Block spectrum. The FCC also looked into whether Verizon was pressuring Google to block Android apps that offer users the capability to "tether" devices -- in essence, sharing an Internet connection.
Verizon maintained that it did nothing wrong.
"Verizon Wireless has always allowed its customers to use the lawful applications of their choice on its networks, and it did not block its customers from using third-party tethering applications," said Rich Young, Verizon spokesperson.
"This consent decree puts behind us concerns related to an employee's communication with an app store operator about tethering applications, and allows us to focus on serving our customers," he told the E-Commerce Times.
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As Verizon has moved from unlimited data plans to tiered plans, which also allow users to share their data usage across multiple devices, it essentially should make much of this concern over tethering of data connections moot.
"Actually this is good -- or should be good -- for Verizon," said Ian Fogg, analyst at IHS Screen Digest. "This will actually drive up usage as users share data on tethered devices, which in turn will drive consumers to spend more on expensive data plans."
"Verizon is also now in a better position, as the industry moves away from unlimited data," he added. "The carriers should actually want people to tether as they use more data and move to those bigger plans."
However, carriers have typically charged simply for the option of allowing tethering, and that could be a fee some other carriers may not want to lose. However, the FCC might not give them a choice and could look to level the playing field moving forward.
"It is unusual to apply a rule like this to only one company, so I expect efforts to drive the other carriers in the same direction will now commence," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group.
"From a competitive standpoint, if played right, Verizon could get far more customers," he pointed out, "which likely will have a bigger near-term impact on competitor pricing sooner."
Although this could help Verizon draw in consumers who find this option desirable, "I expect others will now allow this feature to be turned on to avoid those competitive migrations," Enderle told the E-Commerce Times.
"I think this means that tethering will be common here in a few months," he said, "regardless of carrier on phones that support it. Tethering should have always been allowed, in my opinion."
iPhone's Place in Tethering
While Verizon will allow for tethering of Android devices, the next part of the equation is where the iPhone and Apple will fit in. At present, the iPhone actually has the capability to tether, but whether users can do so depends on the carrier. With this in mind, it could be a game-changer going forward for the iPhone maker.
"Apple might decide to make this a feature of the iPhone 5, though, to help drive migrations to that product," suggested Enderle, "but that would be Apple's decision regardless now."
It is also likely Apple won't be alone in making tethering a selling point -- one that even Verizon will embrace.
"Going forward, we'll now likely see this on more and more phones," said Enderle.


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Nizzy wrote:Then there's seriously no reason to trade Jordan Staal.
Seriously the kid is what 24 years old? Prorated season of almost 40 goals? Lead the team in goals in the playoffs this year. Came up huge in the Cup year SH goal game 4 to help win the cup. Was amazing in games 6 and 7 to win the cup.
Give this kid a 6 year deal at least and at least 6 Million and call it a day.
You don't trade 24 year old studs, you can trade him when he's 30.
I really can't believe all the people that wanted to trade Staal, you can't replace players like that.
Nizzy, it's all well and good that we have the money to sign him. That isn't the issue at hand. The issue is will he want to play behind Crosby and Malkin? If it was just about money then there wouldn't be a million topics about this.
And it's not like we wanna trade him just... because. If he refuses to sign, then you trade him to get value in return and not letting him go for nothing.


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I've been betting this system as most do but for the first 2 games only. Any losses after that I try to get back from double dips from this and my post ASB fade system. Has worked out pretty well. Between the 2 systems I'm still up over 40 units. I skipped one Texas game, so on them I lost two, 2 game chases.
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We are betting against Texas today, on Tampa.
It's really weird when some teams who, as favs, are doing shiitty will turn it around when they are dogs. I have a feeling it might happen tonight. Garza will pitch a gem and the Rangers (gulp) will win 2-0.
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Austin Peay jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning and added two more in both third and fourth innings.
The Bisons scored two runs in the seventh inning. Branden Cadavid opened the inning with a bunt single to third. Ryan Wilkins walked. Logan Hostettler loaded the bases when he was safe at first as the pitcher. Jeremy Dobbs misplayed his sacrifice bunt attempt.
Channing Brown then doubled down the left line to drive in Cadavid and Wilkins. Dobbs retired the next two batters and then was relieved by Ryne Mantooth. He forced Tyler Wilson into a ground out to end the inning, leaving Brown at second and Hostettler stranded at third.
The double by Brown was his second hit of the season and his first extra base hit. He doubled his RBI total for the season.
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In the ninth the Bisons added two more runs. After one out M.L. Williams reached base on a call of catcher's interference. Wilson singled to the right side of the field. Justin Sanders followed with a single to right field to score Williams. Nickerson brought in Wilson with the second run on a sacrifice fly to right field. Cadavid struck out swinging to end the game.
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The Bisons are 13-18. Austin Peay is 14-17.
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Florida restaurant owner John Metz, who owns 40+ Denny's locations on the East Coast, intends to add a 5 percent surcharge to his customers' bills to offset the costs of Obamacare, beginning in January 2014. And oh yeah, he is also going to cut employee hours to below 30 a week for most of his staff in order to avoid having to provide them with insurance. But shhh, he's not telling them until next month so mum's the word.
Apparently, these Denny's employees aren't going to be allowed to have health insurance, and they're also not allowed to read.
So is this how it's going to go come January -- job hours being cut and surcharges imposed on customers because businessmen are pissed about Obamacare? Wah, wah, wah! So many people with money and insurance hate Obamacare, especially those people in the medical field. I get it. You "haves" like to keep what you have, and damn Obamacare is going to come in and try and take it from you.
Oh wait, no it's not. It's just going to give insurance to poor people who can't afford it because, newsflash, people with money are not the only people who get sick. People who are sick need medical care. That is the bottom line. Can't we all just show a little human kindness and be happy that people won't die because they can't afford insurance? Or do some of us truly believe that if you are poor, you deserve to die?
Of course, some business owners are going to try to outsmart the system because they don't want to be penalized or pay for insurance for employees. It will probably soon become big business to find a way to get around paying for Obamacare. I can see it now -- businesses will spend huge amounts of money NOT to spend money on Obamacare.
If businesses are going to punish their employees by taking away hours and punish their customers by adding surcharges just to avoid helping people in need of insurance, then maybe we should all punish these businesses by boycotting their product or business? I think that's a pretty darn good idea.
Do you think it's okay for businesses to punish employees and customers because they oppose Obamacare?
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He arrived in Chicago just days before the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, a tough, uncompromising New York prosecutor already steeped in fighting the new international threat.
His outsider status and appointment to an already high-profile position in the city drew intense attention -- fascination really -- and he would go on to earn huge headlines for convicting two governors.
Ten years later, Patrick Fitzgerald, the longest serving U.S. attorney in Chicago's history, is still here fighting threats old and new.
Just weeks ago, Fitzgerald created a terrorism unit in the office, recognizing what he and other prosecutors learned in the 10 years since the Sept. 11...


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Political Attack Ads in Montana – Why So Many?
We still have more than three months to go before Election Day, and for anyone who owns a television, it's going to be a long three months.
I'm already sick of campaign ads, and it seems like there's a new one every day. Also, it seems like most of the ads are negative in tone, which makes them even more annoying.
I'm not an idiot — I know that facts are bent and twisted to vilify opposing candidates and make them look as incompetent, greedy and heartless as possible. But, as much as I would like to believe that my impression of each candidate is not swayed by attack ads, I know there is no way that my subconscious mind has completely blocked out all of the negative nonsense. I don't care who you are — if you're told 50 times a day that Denny Rehberg doesn't care about cancer patients, you're going to start to question whether Denny Rehberg cares about cancer patients.
Most voters I know feel the same way about negative political ads, and like me, they can't wait until Wednesday, Nov. 7, when elections have been decided and we can all just chill out for a while.
But if so many people find these ads irritating, why have they become so popular? Positive ads are few and far between — in fact, I can't think of a single example off the top of my head.
And that, my friends, is precisely why negative ads have become the norm. They're more memorable, more hard-hitting and more effective. As human beings, we are wired to pay attention to negative information — that's why we can't help but turn our heads as we drive by the scene of a car accident.
Campaign managers figure that even if you don't believe what you hear, attack ads will pique your interest enough to drive you to seek out more information about the candidates, thus influencing independents and people who are on the fence about who will get their vote.
On a positive note, I suppose that means more voters are becoming informed before marking their ballots. Still, I can't help but wonder why we can't all just play nice.
Brooke is a 2010 graduate of The University of Montana, where she ran track and cross country for the Grizzlies. She is currently working as a writer and editor in Missoula.


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Last week, the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket was prominently featured on AT&T's Android 4.0 update list and today we're seeing the very first leak. The Android 4.0.3 build is very similar to what European Samsung Galaxy S II customers were treated to a few weeks ago, save for AT&T's bundled applications. While the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket Android 4.0.3 update looks nothing like Ice Cream Sandwich on the Galaxy Nexus, it does feature all of the system tweaks which make the Android 2.3 seem so dated.
We don't know when AT&T and Samsung will officially be making the Android 4.0.3 update for the Skyrocket available to the public. No major flaws have been found in the leaked build, but AT&T may still have a few rounds of testing left to finish up. It may be exciting to see Android 4.0 updates finally trickling out to consumers, but lets not forget that Google released the code over six months ago. It will probably be another 3-6 months before Samsung, Motorola and HTC deliver on all their Ice Cream Sandwich promises.
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This bad movie is loads of fun for '80s action fans
Remember when you listened with rapt attention to your grandfather's stories of his glory days? Imagine that Grandpa is Sylvester Stallone, who calls in a bunch of his buddies to act out his stories. That, in essence is The Expendables 2. It's poorly written, unevenly plotted and deeply silly. Yet it's fun to watch action stars of the 1970s and '80s relive their glory days.
Barney Ross (Stallone: Zookeeper) routinely leads a group of mercenaries on bloody jobs in foreign lands. His team is a who's who of former action heavyweights, including Dolph Lundgren, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Randy Couture and Terry Crews. Ross and team are on assignment to Mr. Church (Bruce Willis: Moonrise Kingdom) to recover a map that leads to a former Soviet storage bin filled with plutonium.
The job is going well until Monsieur Villain (Jeanne-Claude Van Damme: Dragon Eyes) shows up, kills a member of the team and makes off with the map.
Now out for blood, the Expendables raid a former Soviet mine, defeat Villain, free an oppressed village and unleash enough bullets to kill a third of the world's population. Along the way, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chuck Norris show up to kick ass and take names.
With a script co-created by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Stallone, The Expendables 2 isn't much for characters or plot. Dialog is creaky, fight scenes are slow and the main villain is named Villain. Stallone is also a bit of a problem as he experiments with a deadpan style of line reading that makes it seem as if he's missed his nap. Characters recite lines such as "nothing beats a classic" to remind the audience that age doesn't matter.
To men, at least. The women featured here have nary a wrinkle or crag to mar their perfect visages. It would have been assuring to see Brigitte Nielson (of Red Sonya fame) blow a hole in an enemy fighter. But I guess action movies are still a boys' club, even when that club is headquartered at AARP.
Still, The Expendables 2 has a certain nostalgic charm. It's fun to see Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Van Damme and Willis relive their glory days as they punch, kick and blow up everything in their paths.
I also appreciated director Simon West's (The Mechanic) commitment to vintage action. In many modern films, violence is mechanized: Bullets fly through the air, people fall down and machines crash into each other causing explosions. That's how current action movies earn their audience-friendly PG-13 rating. Here bullets cause sprays of blood, mortars take off people's heads and the audience gets a bloody good picture of just what happens when this sort of violence is unleashed.
So while intellectually I can't give this movie a rave review, I will confess that I joined the audience's cheers as Sly and The Muscles from Brussels finally squared off.


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Twenty-one musical acts will occupy two stages for the Best of the Bayou Festival in downtown Houma, scheduled for Sept. 28-29.
Twenty-one musical acts will occupy two stages for the Best of the Bayou Festival in downtown Houma, scheduled for Sept. 28-29.
"I'm extremely pumped about this year's artists," said Billy Foster, festival chairman. "Robert Randolph is a world-class talent. He plays the steel guitar like he's channeling Stevie Ray Vaughn and Duane Allman. Add Anders Osborne into the mix and you've got a potent combo of rocking funk."
Robert Randolph and the Family Band, an American funk and soul group that is now touring Europe, will headline this year's festival.
Anders Osborne, a singer, songwriter and guitarist, will be the band's special guest. Osborne is familiar to many locals as a member of the Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars, headed by Houma bluesman Tab Benoit.
Other well-known acts will include Ivan Neville and Dumpstaphunk, Jason Isbell, Marcia Ball, Kermit Ruffins, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, the Honey Island Swamp Band and Dwayne Dopsie.
The full lineup mostly includes artists from Houma-Thibodaux, Acadiana and New Orleans, such as brass funksters The Upstarts, Autumn High, Eric Lindell, Sheauxdown, Ruff-N-Ready as well as brothers Joe and David Stark, who make up the nationally signed rock duo Baby Bee.
"From top to bottom, we've got all-stars," Foster said. "Variety is the main theme, with rock, funk, country, Zydeco, Cajun, R&B and second-line rhumba all part of the menu. The common denominator is a partying good time."
Most of the acts will have new recordings out by festival time.
"That shows the vitality of the festival, that we can corral acts that are still very active and creative," said Dave Norman, co-chairman of the festival's music committee.
Others who will perform include Roddie Romero and the Hub City Allstars, Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers, Susan Cowsill, Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue, John Lisi & Delta Funk, Auto Pilots, Transit, and Blue Eyed Soul Revue.
Stormy weather during most of 2012's festival kept attendance lower than organizers hoped. The fair was launched last year with money from BP aimed at reviving tourism in areas affected by the 2010 oil spill. It was organized by the Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce.
The fair also includes food from area chefs and eateries, as well as a festival marketplace showcasing local art and handmade crafts.
Rouses Supermarket is the main sponsor. The Courier is the festival's exclusive print media sponsor.
Festival hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sept. 28 and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 29.
For information and updates, visit www.bestofthebayou.org. You can follow the fest on Twitter @BestoftheBayou or at facebook.com/bestofthebayou. You'll find those links with this story at houmatoday.com or dailycomet.com.


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All risk and title in Jatic Pty Ltd products passes on receipt of full payment of the products by you.
If we choose to cancel your order a cancellation fee of up to 5% will be charged. Return postage is at the cost of the buyer and must be submitted in writing.
You are liable for payment of all delivery charges, including any additional charges incurred as a result of difficulties with access. You must ensure correct delivery address details are provided to us and notify us in advance if there will be difficulties accessing the delivery address (e.g. staircases or narrow passages). We will use reasonable endeavours to meet the estimated delivery date.
If we do not meet the estimated delivery date for any reason, our liability will be limited, at our option, to resupplying the goods at a different time or at a maximum, to the refund of the purchase price. Products will only be delivered if a person aged over 18 years and able to accept delivery is at the delivery address.
Jatic Pty Ltd will deliver to the front door only. If you require the furniture to be delivered beyond the front door into the house, Jatic Pty Ltd will do so providing you accept the following terms:
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We recommend professional installation of our products. The purchaser agrees to bear the full liability if any damages occur during installation. Any claims for damages occurring from installation will not be refunded or exchanged. At the discretion of Jatic Pty Ltd, we may offer you a rebate price on replacement parts.
The car bed you purchase may be supplied with LED lighting and sound. These are operated by remote control. Care is required when assembling your car bed and Jatic Pty Ltd recommends professional installation of your car bed.
Jatic Pty Ltd makes no warranties with respect to lighting and sounds which have been subjected to misuse, accident, or maintenance, repairs or alterations made by anyone other than Jatic Pty Ltd.
Jatic Pty Ltd will, at our discretion, replace power boxes, leads, remotes and any other parts required when items are faulty from the factory. Directions will be given as to the appropriate method of installing replacement parts and it is at the buyer's liability to install these parts.
Your product may exhibit different characteristics to the sample of showroom furniture. Furniture may vary in appearance and characteristics such as creasing and the degree of softness. We reserve the right to change dimensions, design and construction and to pattern match fabrics according to our best judgment without prior notice.
Due to the high demand and popularity of our beds we may have products on pre-order or backorder. You will be notified within 48 hours of payment if your car bed is not in stock at the time of purchase. Delivery dates of back-ordered items are estimates only and subject to change without warning due to circumstances that are out of our control. We will inform all affecting customers of any changes to dispatch dates as they become available us.
The following only applies if you are a deemed "consumer" under the Australian Consumer Law and may not apply in your particular case. In telling you the following, we do not vary or extend the remedies otherwise available to you.
Our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. You are also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure
If there is a defect in your Jatic product that appears within the first 12 months, we will do the following:
1. If a product has a minor defect, we will, at our option, repair it or offer you a replacement. A replacement part will be required to be installed by the buyer or at the buyers expense if needed.
2. At time of delivery, if a product has a major defect, you are entitled to:
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The customer will not knowingly allow any intellectual property belonging Jatic Pty Ltd to be reverse engineered, pirated or copied or breached in any other manner. Jatic Pty Ltd may be entitled to compensation for any loss of royalties, damages and/or costs arising from the breach of Jatic Pty Ltd intellectual property rights.
We may collect personal information in connection with our dealings with you. If so, we will abide by our privacy policy, a copy of which is available on request.
If any part of these terms and conditions is found to be void, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, then that part will be deemed to be superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that matches the intent of the original provision as closely as possible. The remainder of these terms and conditions continues to be enforceable and valid.
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This Privacy Policy explains how Jatic Pty Ltd collects and protects the privacy of personal information about you collected by Jatic Pty Ltd or provided by you to Jatic Pty Ltd via our website or from other sources.
This Privacy Policy does not apply in relation to acts and practices of Jatic Pty Ltd which relate directly to the employee records of present and former employees of Jatic Pty Ltd. Jatic Pty Ltd acknowledges and is committed to protecting your privacy and disclose and hold personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1998 ("the Act").
Jatic Pty Ltd does not collect personal information unless it is necessary for carrying out the functions and activities as a retailer.
Jatic Pty Ltd only collects such information by lawful and fair means and in an unobtrusive manner. You may be providing personal information about yourself or others each time you contact Jatic Pty Ltd by phone, fax, letter or e-mail. Jatic Pty Ltd needs to use this information to provide you with services and/or products.
Jatic Pty Ltd will use and disclose your personal information for the primary purposes of carrying out business as a retailer or a purpose related to Jatic Pty Ltd primary purpose such as marketing, where you consent to such disclosure or such disclosure is permitted by the Act. In addition Jatic Pty Ltd use such information to market, to you, products and services offered by Jatic Pty Ltd, unless you have indicated that you do not wish to obtain such marketing offers or material. Such a request can be made by e-mailing the firstname.lastname@example.com or by contacting Jatic Pty Ltd. Jatic Pty Ltd will in such circumstances only use the personal information provided for the sole purpose of providing the service you have requested. Jatic Pty Ltd may utilize the services of contractors from time to time for the purposes of marketing and undertaking services as promoted by Jatic Pty Ltd. Your personal information will be provided to these parties ("Authorized Parties") for the purpose of ensuring that the services or products of Jatic Pty Ltd are marketed to you or to enable a service to be provided to you.
Jatic Pty Ltd will not disclose your personal information to a third party other than the Authorized Parties without your approval.
The personal information you provide to Jatic Pty Ltd will be kept confidential and secure and will not be accessible for unauthorized use, amendment or disclosure. Only Jatic Pty Ltd staff trained in the Privacy Policy will have access to such information.
Jatic Pty Ltd may store your information electronically or/and as a hard copy.
You can access your personal information held by Jatic Pty Ltd at any time by contacting our Privacy Officer at the address on top of this statement.
Jatic Pty Ltd will reasonably attempt to ensure that the personal information held about you is accurate, up to date and complete.
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Australia Wide Deliveries.
Whilst we do ship around the world, we ship to your nearest sea port. Freighting does not include any customs clearance, duties or taxes, if applicable. Transport from your nearest sea port will need to be organised at your discretion. A shipping agent may be required to receive products into port.
(International documentation will be advised as to countries requirements)For further information please contact us on 0418 618 508
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Ask and you will receive..
If we receive this encouragement at the magical stage of our development we will either become very disappointed very quickly; or we will be forced into metaphysical gymnastics that mess up our minds.
Even the rational mind cannot make much sense of this affirmation that our spiritual practice is worthwhile. To ask.. but for what? And how often? What are we supposed to offer in return? A thousand rosaries, giving up drink for Lent? To the contemplative mind, however, where paradox and subtlety are more at home these words of Jesus make perfect sense.
Asking for something is acknowledging that we don't have it. It is humbling and risky to the self-sufficient ego because the confession of all need makes us vulnerable. The trick is to realise that we are not asking for any thing we want. We are just putting ourselves in this state of asking – a first step towards poverty of spirit and radical detachment. Asking for no-thing means we get all we ask for because it is given in the very way of asking. The answer is in the question if we listen silently enough.
This won't win you the lottery or console you with the fantasy that you might, but it will help you to live contentedly without winning it.
In the same way meditation is attention, paying attention without holding on to any object of attention and dispensing with all images and thoughts. Pure prayer without additives.
It's not a complex game but like all games it has rules. In fact this is the only rule of this game. The twice-daily discipline of meditation is not so much a rule as the ticket into the game.
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- 1 1/2 cups dried black beans (about 10 ounces)
- 2 peeled onions; 1 halved, 1 chopped (about 2 cups)
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano (preferably Mexican)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 links fresh chorizo sausage (6 to 7 ounces), casings removed
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro plus additional for garnish
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 teaspoons minced seeded jalapeño chile
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
chipotle cream
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 1/4 teaspoons chipotle-flavored hot pepper sauce
- 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
Recipe Preparation
Place beans in large saucepan. Add enough water to cover by 2 inches. Let beans soak overnight.
Drain beans. Return to saucepan. Add onion halves, bay leaf, and oregano. Add enough cold water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer uncovered until beans are very tender, stirring occasionally, 1 1/2 to 2 hours (depending on age of beans). Drain beans, reserving cooking liquid. Discard onion halves and bay leaf.
Heat oil in heavy large deep nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add chorizo and cook until brown, breaking up with back of spoon, 4 to 5 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer chorizo to small bowl. Add chopped onion to drippings in skillet. Cook until soft and golden brown, stirring often, about 10 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons cilantro, garlic, jalapeño, and cumin; stir 1 minute. Add beans, 3/4 cup reserved cooking liquid, and chorizo to onion mixture. Stir to distribute evenly. Simmer over medium-low heat until heated through and flavors are blended, 3 to 4 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Chill uncovered until cool, then cover and keep chilled. Rewarm over medium heat before serving.
chipotle cream
Whisk all ingredients in small bowl to blend. Season to taste with salt. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Rewhisk before serving.
Transfer beans to large bowl. Garnish with chipotle cream and chopped cilantro.


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Merle Haggard Joins Twitter, Sends Bizarre Messages
"Hello Twitter. #FirstTweet." That's how Merle Haggard kicked off his new Twitter account yesterday afternoon — but after his inaugural greet tweet, things just got, well, kind of weird.
A few moments after greeting his followers, the American icon followed up with: "Greetings all participators, especially all you sweet potaters. There's always something new . . . Any songwriters find a rhyme for that?"
Later on, things got even goofier when he blasted followers with, "According to the judicial standpoint upon the cummiltation of the poultry if it makes any difference to me and I find out that's all I hope."
And then: "A little bit of honest, down-home gibberish to get it started! What an instrument this is!"
We're not sure what the Hag is trying to say, but we're glad he's having fun with it. After all, if anyone can get away with a bizarre social media profile, it's this hard-worn country legend. Other twittering country celebs like the Oak Ridge Boys and Miranda Lambert tweeted their excitement about Haggard's new habit — and he's already learned how to reply to them.
Miranda Lambert retweeted the following message to her followers: "Merle Haggard is performing [Wednesday] night at the Ryman if any of you guys want a lesson in how not to be a [wimp]." Haggard responded with, "I'm available to give lessons anytime, see y'all tomorrow."
Twitter has recently added a few other country stars to its numbers, as Carrie Underwood who opened an account in February and Trace Adkins who started tweeting in March. As for Mr. Haggard, we're looking forward to reading what he has to say. He'll probably be a little too tied up to tweet tonight however, as he's scheduled to take the stage at a sold-out Ryman Auditorium in Music City.


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When a pope praises another pope's encyclical, that usually isn't news. But when the pope is Pope Francis and the encyclical is Pope Paul VI's Humanae Vitae ("Of Human Life") — that's news. Calling Pope Paul VI's 1968 condemnation of contraception "prophetic," Pope Francis said: "He had the courage to stand against the majority, to defend moral discipline, to exercise a cultural brake, to oppose present and future neo-Malthusianism."
In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, the pope then added something hardly less significant. The challenge, he said, isn't "changing doctrine" but applying it to "take into account people's situations, and that which is possible for people to do."
Fidelity to doctrine, plus pastoral compassion — here, it seems, is the key to understanding Pope Francis' sometimes controversial comments about several sensitive moral issues, including one now being debated: giving Communion to divorced and remarried Catholics whose first marriages haven't been annulled.
Supporters say doing that would be pastoral compassion; opponents say it would undercut the doctrine that sacramental marriage is indissoluble.
For months, since he announced plans for not just one but two assemblies of the world Synod of Bishops devoted to marriage — the first next October, the second in October 2015 — sometimes heated public discussion has focused on that question, with German bishops and German theologians dominating the argument.
In February, as part of the runup to the October assembly, the bishops' conferences of Germany, Austria and Switzerland made public — without authorization — the results of consultations on marriage. To no one's surprise, the self-selected respondents were highly critical of Church teaching and practice. Progressive Catholic media said this showed the need for change.
But other survey results present a different picture. A poll sponsored by the Hispanic television network Univision found that while in Europe 75 percent of Catholics disagree with the Church's practice of denying Communion to the divorced and remarried and only 19 percent agree, the percentages were the other way around among Catholics in Africa. The results in the U.S. were 59 percent disagreeing and 32 percent agreeing, while in the Philippines 46 percent disagreed and half agreed.
Against this background, the College of Cardinals met for two days in Rome on Feb. 21-22 in preparation for the fall synod. Delivering a two-hour opening address was Cardinal Walter Kasper, a German theologian and former head of the Vatican office for ecumenical relations. As far back as the early 1990s, when he was a diocesan bishop in Germany, Cardinal Kasper argued for giving Communion to the divorced and remarried.
In his address to the cardinals, he stopped short of advocacy, but he did sketch two ways in which he maintained it could be done without conflicting with the teaching on indissolubility.
One way, he said, would be to streamline the process of issuing annulments — official declarations that apparent marriages were invalid — by turning over the task of judging cases to one priest rather than a church court.
The other way, which he said was present in the Church of early centuries, would be to have people who have divorced and then remarried in a civil ceremony confess to having sinned and receive absolution, but then remain in the relationship while receiving Communion. Cardinal Kasper described this as an approach tailored to the "smaller segment" of the divorced and remarried population composed of Catholics who are "sincerely interested in the sacraments."
Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi, S.J., said 43 cardinals spoke during the first day of the closed consistory and many more indicated a desire to speak. He said there was "neither tension nor anxiety" on the issue of Communion for the divorced and remarried but an attempt to "combine fidelity to the words of Jesus with divine mercy and attention to specific situations."
At the close, Pope Francis thanked Cardinal Kasper warmly for his remarks, calling them "serene theology." The cardinal's text later was leaked to media. Later, too, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, another German theologian who is prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, reiterated his previously declared opposition to giving Communion to the divorced and remarried without an annulment.
Cardinal Müller told journalists that this was "not about my opinion," but instead reflected the practice and teaching of the Church for many centuries. And pastoral practice contrary to doctrine is not allowable, he added. "Doctrine and pastoral care are the same thing. Jesus Christ as pastor and Jesus Christ as teacher with his word are not two different people," the CDF prefect said.
It seems likely there will be more of this jockeying in the months ahead as preparations go forward for the two synod assemblies. The first will be an "extraordinary" session charged with evaluating input and identifying practical options for consideration. The second, an "ordinary" synod assembly a year later, will make specific recommendations. As always with the Synod of Bishops, the last word will be up to the pope, who is expected to issue his own document in 2016.
The Church's position on marriage was last discussed at this level by an ordinary assembly of the synod in October 1980. In November 1981, Pope John Paul II published his response, an apostolic exhortation titled Familiaris Consortio on "the role of the Christian family in the modern world."
There Pope John Paul acknowledged significantly different cases among the divorced and remarried — on the one hand "those who have sincerely tried to save their first marriages and been unjustly abandoned" and on the other "those who through their own grave fault have destroyed a canonically valid marriage." Also, he said, some have remarried for the sake of their children and sometimes are "subjectively certain in conscience" that their first marriages were invalid.
Urging pastors and other Catholics to "help the divorced" and not let them think of themselves as "separated from the Church," he said they should attend Mass, raise their children as Catholics, and take part in the good works of the Church.
But he reaffirmed the practice of not giving them Communion, citing two reasons. First, because their situation is contrary to matrimony's sacramental meaning as a sign of Christ's union with the Church; second, because by giving them Communion, others would be "led into error and confusion about the indissolubility of marriage."
Reconciliation in the sacrament of penance "which would open the way to the Eucharist" is open to divorced and remarried Catholics, John Paul said, only if they separate from their second partners or, if that cannot be done, undertake to practice "abstinence from the acts proper to married couples."
Russell Shaw is an OSV contributing editor.
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Greg Holloway needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 78 designs submitted by 34 freelance designers.
Greg Holloway Racing
My dream is to become a professional motor car racer in either NASCAR or Formula 1. I want to promote my car racing activities and attract supporters and sponsors. I have a passion for cars, sports (tennis, golf, skiing) and technology. I also have other business interests and I want to develop my name as a brand/personality.
Motor racing enthusiasts, car enthusiasts, general public, typically male age 18+. All income brackets.
1) No cartoons
2) Strong, aggressive, masculine, distinctive.
3) Clear, strong text using a Sans-serif font
4) Incorporates a graphic element which can be adopted to decorate a car or truck distinctively
5) Colors which suit the colors of vehicles I drive: (a) glossy white (b) Porsche cobalt blue
6) Suitable for use on cars, helmets, websites, stationery, business cards, merchandise
The dimensions should be suitable for scaling the logo to fit the side of a car (ie. Porsche 911 driver's door), bonnet of a NASCAR, and the side of a truck/transporter.
1. If the chequered racing flag is used, it must be black and white.
2. "Greg Holloway" must be printed in the same font and size, either two words left&right or above&below. They cannot be separated beyond that.
Sharp, simple, strong sans serif font "RACING"; simple and elegant checkered flag design
Effective but becoming outdated; fancy font difficult to read; colours weak
Outdated and lacks masculinity
For more examples of logos, search for NASCAR teams, F1 race teams, and V8 Supercar teams (Australia)
The files we will require are:
1. Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
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Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo.


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VATICAN CITY — Irish missionary Brother Colm O'Connell won't be in London for the Olympic Games even though — once again — one of his former students is expected to win an Olympic gold in track.
Brother Colm coached David Rudisha, who holds the world record in the 800-meter run. Rudisha — favored to win the gold in London — was Brother Colm's student at St. Patrick's High School in Iten, a town in the Kenyan highlands.
A member of the missionaries of St. Patrick, Brother Colm has served in Kenya for more than 35 years. Vatican Radio interviewed him about his coaching activity, which also included coaching Peter Rono, who won an Olympic gold in 1988 in the 1,500 meters.
Like the popes and the chaplain of the Italian Olympic team featured in a CNS video today, Brother Colm sees sports as an important part of education, forming character and teaching values.
However, he told Vatican Radio, once his athletes reach the stratosphere of success, his work is done. So, he's staying in Kenya with his students during the London Olympics.
Another interesting and inspirational sporting story ran in the English edition of L'Osservatore Romano Wednesday and in the Italian edition today. It's written by the British ambassador to the Holy See, Nigel Baker, who recounts his personal, real life connections to the runners portrayed in the film "Chariots of Fire." Check it out in English here.


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I nursed 2 babies for 3 years apiece and never once felt the letdown sensation. Some women have it, some don't.
Also very much that just because a baby WILL eat 5-6 oz at a go doesn't mean he actually NEEDS all that milk. I once fed my 3 week old baby almost 7 oz of formula after nursing her, because she seemed so hungry. I mean, she nursed, then chugged down a 2 oz bottle and then screamed like she was starving. So we gave her another 2 oz. And another. Finally she seemed content- and then she started to fuss again, and after a few minutes she puked up at least 5-6 oz of what we'd fed her. Yuck! Babies love to suck and they need to suck. At the breast, a baby can suck for comfort without eating much if anything. With the bottle, the baby cannot suck without getting milk in her mouth, and then she has to swallow or she will choke. So it's very easy for a bottle-fed baby to take in way more milk than she actually needs, and if she does that often enough, her tummy is going to stretch out, and she's going to come to expect that stuffed-to-the-gills feeling every time she eats, leading to her crying even after a perfectly adequate feeding.


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Children's Beginner Kenpo Karate (Beginners Ages 6-10)
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 - 5:00pm
Children's Beginner Kenpo
Instructor: Jason Farnsworth
(Ages 6-10) White to Purple Belt level
January 8-May 7, 2018 (4 Months)
*No Classes the week of March 31st– Spring Break
Tuesdays 5:00-5:45 pm &
Thursdays 5:00-6:00 pm
(Extra Work-Saturdays 10:30-11:00 am)
Beginner classes are geared towards children with little to no experience. We focus on basics of: blocks, strikes, punches, kicks, stances, foot maneuvers, basic finger techniques, as well as, Kenpo sets and forms. These skills are designed to begin a solid foundation for students as they move onto advanced training in higher levels. Additionally children will improve their self-confidence by doing drills designed to help increase focus, power, speed and overall abilities. We will also learn sparring tactics and strategies while continuously reinforcing that Karate is used for self-defense only.
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