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Press conference: Names released of officers who killed Alex Nieto!
Joined by the Nieto family, we will make a public statement about the shooting officers' names finally being revealed.
Press Conference on Monday, 1-5-15
Names released of officers who killed Alex Nieto
Today at 2:00pm
Alex Nieto Memorial Site, Alex Nieto Memorial Park
(formerly Bernal Heights Park in San Francisco, California)
Supporters welcome!
Please come today to the Alex Nieto Memorial Site at the Alex Nieto Memorial Park (previously known as Bernal Heights Park) to show your support for Justice 4 Alex Nieto at a press conference!
Names of killer cops finally released after more than 9 months of community pressure and legal action!
Today is the official court date of release of the names of the officers who killed Alex Nieto and two other officers present at the shooting. For nine months community members have been clamoring for the release of these names. In a false show of transparency, SFPD leaked the names to the press last Friday January 2nd, 2014. These names were ordered to be made public by a federal court judge, because the excuse used by SFPD for the previous nine months held no legal grounds. This is a community victory!
SFPD and the City have been involved in a cover-up campaign since the start. It therefore comes as no surprise that Sgt. Jason Sawyer, who was the commanding officer at the scene and first to respond, was previously involved in another questionable shooting in 1998 with Officer Furminger, the later convicted on federal felony charges just last month. (Furminger was also one of the killers of Idriss Stelley in 2001.) Sgt. Sawyer was promoted to Lt. after he killed Alex Nieto.
We've also learned that Officer Roger Morse, in 2008, crashed his cruiser with his partner into a liquor store at 3:30am without admonishment of consequence that we know about.
The police officers who perpetuated Alex Nieto's unwarranted killing will finally get the close public scrutiny they deserve.
Let's hope justice follows…
Come be part of a movement to end police impunity in San Francisco! Join us on the Hill today to express your solidarity.
Thank you!


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In some sense, the Republicans have lost the narrative battle over the Bush "tax cuts." Every administration sets tax rates: Carter raised, Reagan cut, Bush 41 raised, Clinton raised, and Bush 43 cut. "Cuts" is simply an arbitrary label of some part of the cycle apart from the whole. These are not proposals to cut taxes, simply to continue the existing Bush rates, which are now a decade old.
Second, the "millionaires and billionaires" label that has been attached to the 2 percent that were targeted to have their taxes raised is misleading, since 95 percent of these "rich" do not make a million dollars a year; the vast majority made between $250,000 and $500,000. Somehow, the guy who runs a restaurant or has a successful dental practice, often with great risks and responsibilities, and makes $300,000 becomes a greedy "millionaire and billionaire," while such real billionaires as Warren Buffett and Bill Gates become models of generosity for wanting higher taxes.
Third, the relationship between cuts and spending was not communicated well enough. The country is in near-hysteria over whether we raise taxes on the top 2 percent to 39.5 percent, yet seems indifferent to the fact that over the last decade we doubled the budget. The Republican Congress between 2001 and 2006 was as profligate as any Democratic one. By 2004, despite the aftermath of the 2001 recession and the trillion-dollar hit from 9/11, federal income-tax rates were lowered and revenue soared — but not enough to make up for the jump in spending (thanks in part to such programs as No Child Left Behind, prescription-drug benefits, and the farm and highway bills). Had we simply kept federal spending at the rate of inflation, despite wars and the 9/11 aftermath, Bush would have had near-balanced budgets and the utility of across-the-board tax cuts would now be unquestioned.
In this regard, Clinton's reference to tax hikes that balanced the budget is half-correct: The Clinton administration and its Republican Congress proved to be the most tight-fisted in memory, and by freezing spending, they ensured eventual budget surpluses. But if we double the budget within a decade from $1.9 trillion to $3.8, then the old arguments over whether reasonable tax cuts lead to greater revenue or drain the treasury become academic.


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Then there were cup cakes.
Along came cake pops.
And now, CAKE GEMS!
These girls at Jenna Rae Cakes know me too well and we've never even met!
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I think they used a mold to put the icing in first, let it harden, then insert the cake. Lastly, they cover the cake with icing to finish it off and chill. Am I right? Do I get a prize? A year's supply of cake gems?!?!?!


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Why Women Sometimes Hate Men!
What makes women absolutely hate men?
Don't get me wrong here! I am not a hardcore feminist or anything to say "I hate men" with deep vehemence. But there are times when we women just hate men. Only at times mind you! I'm sure guys feel the same about the women in their life at times. The feeling is certainly unavoidable. You feel like tearing their hair apart, or better shoot down your partner. But thank god we are not barbaric in nature anymore.
I was deeply amused to see that there were numerous sites online dedicated to "I hate my husband". Sites where people go on and on about how they hate their partners and how they were feeling miserable. But the end point is that they all love their partners too which is why they don't want to leave hence ending up resolving their problems.
What makes women completely go mad and hysterical when it comes to men? What makes women hate men? What are the reasons why women hate men? Here are some of the things I feel that can drive a woman to hate her man.
P.S - Please, I repeat PLEASE do not take the things written on this hub in a serious manner. It is just meant for a casual fun read.
Why I Hate Men Video
Why Women Hate Men - An Amusing Read!
Why Women Hate Men? Reason #1 - The Male Ego
Now I can see many women out there nodding their heads to this!
The numero uno reason why any women would hate her man would be because of his ego. The very gentle, powerful yet complex male ego. The man can do absolutely nothing about it - it's all inbuilt but at times women wish that men let go of their egos to understand their viewpoint once in a while.
Why Women Hate Men? Reason #2 - Too Girly?
I get plain irritated to see guys who cry at the drop of a hat. I don't mind seeing guys crying for matters that are worth crying for -- but for every damn single thing? Not really. This is quite a contrast to the previous reason where I mentioned the male ego can be a big problem, but that doesn't mean women like men who get very emotional over everything. There are times women want to shake their partner up and tell them to "act like a man".
Yes, we all want our partners to open up to us and crying is one such emotion which you show only when you are comfortable with someone. That's alright! But yeah, don't ever overdo it! Too much of anything can be a terror!
Why Women Hate Men? Reason #3 - Liar Liar!
I don't really know anyone who likes to get lied to! Women absolutely hate lies -- and when we are confronted with the truth we don't like the situation much either. Oh well! Women can be very complex at times.
It's very important in a relationship to be honest with your partner. If you keep lying to her about things she feels strongly about, boy are you in some trouble!
Why Women Hate Men? Reason #4 - Narcissism
Oh God! How I absolutely hate men who are narcissists! Women like to hear compliments and imagine a situation where the guy goes on and on about... himself. The girl keeps waiting to do some sweet talk, but the guy doesn't have time for all that. It can be cute to a point, but after that it just turns plain irritating.
Why Women Hate Men? Reason #5 - Too Flirty!
It is human tendency to flirt whenever you come across an attactive personality of the opposite sex. Women are generally possessive about their partners and they absolutely hate men who give too much of their attention to someone else. Heck, we don't even like it that much when men shower too many compliments about another woman. Trust me, if you are going out on that first date -- you can't make the situation more worse than talking about the various "gorgeous" people you have dated before in your life.
Why Women Hate Men? Reason #6 - "Sorry! I Forgot!"
The number of times I have heard my husband say "I forgot!" is countless. It might be just one of his little tricks to avoid chores, but it can be plain irritating to hear! We don't like important dates to be forgotten and women hate men who forget how "important" events can be.
Why Women Hate Men? Reason #7 - Too Tired to Help!
Women are good at multitasking, but how we wish men were too! There are times when you return from work and you look for some help around the house, but you don't get any! That's one of the times women completely hate men. If you have kids to tend to, then god bless you!
I Hate Men Song by Rachel York
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"Why do you hate men" - Question for Women. "Why do you hate women?" - Question for Guys. Share your thoughts here!
Wow, I think your being tough on the guys...we are the best damn thing that ever happened to a woman, and we can do everything better, including cooking and sewing! Oh, and I forgot...we never tell lies, and hey! your kinda cute...wanna hook up? Naah, I'm too exhausted from all this typing....but I do have to say, women can be the same way...but I love em anyhow!
The deer in the headlights thing bugs me. The thing that shows he thinks that every single thing you do or say, is a trap, something to catch him, something he must figure out and avoid. If I say, what do you want for dinner, that's what I mean, nothing else. REALLY. The second thing is that my period is not the cause of everything I do or feel. Sometimes I'm mad, and for good reason...not because of my hormones.
Men - you either love 'em or hate 'em. Some days I can do without them totally. I love "hate men movies". I guess I have been lied to and treated like dirt by men, so an occasional hub or movie can make me feel better. Thanks for sharing.
DivaCratus, nothing is too weird for me, it was only my curiosity.
I am not angry at all, frankly I am too sleepy even for my own taste! Why I write like that - I do tend to dissect things. Reason #1 - I have two degrees in the Technical field. Being an engineer and not being analytical, impossible, even though some engineers tell me that they are neither analytical nor logical. Maybe they are not! (LOL) Forget my assumptions, I have to take their words for it.
So, take my word that I am not angry at all. What is there to be angry about? Besides it is just not me. My son and my mother are explosive, Boom! Kaboom! Kaboom! Kaboom! go fireworks of anger! I have seen too much of it (last two episodes? this morning!!!) My son doesn't want to go to school (double explosion!), my mother is mad because my father said something to her (boiling for a few days!) Maybe I have seen too much of hatred hence my response. I don't hate.
Emotionally, the response was flat just as my current mood. I hope it will improve tonight when we will be celebrating "the OLD New Year" and you wondering if I can handle weird things. Weird is my middle name, LOL!
Looking forward to your writings,
Dear Divacratus! (I wonder what that means?!)
I felt hate, of course, and envy and anger. But I am old enough (oh, no... those feelings make me miserable). What I hate! are feeling those feelings. I did read your hub carefully, I know you are mocking, but I probably failed to convey my point properly. It does sound too seriously, you are right.
To me, it was funny to a point, but what I find with others they tend to hang on to words... "hate, hate, hate", it becomes a cliché. People start repeating after each other without stopping to think even for a second.
It is the usual comment "I agree, great, make sense, I hate,..." Start digging, there is no hatred. Or women do lie, not only do they lie, but they are more creative at it, because they are more verbal and physically weaker, in order "win the battle of giants" - they outsmart (lying is only a part of it!)
No, I did not take it seriously, I found your hub nicely done. Thanks for pointing out how my response sounded, next time I will try to make adjustments.
It is always trial and error,
All the best,
I cannot hate men.
1. to hate is too strong a word.
2. too much a generalization (shall I hate my grandfather, father, son, my friends?)
3. What I would absolutely hate the world of women only!!!
Women can be brutal!
So, it is not men in general or women in general, it is certain traits that can be deal breakers.
Of all 7 reasons, none are men-specific, especially lying and being narcissistic!


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Thank you to DKW for the advice on the exercise. As well, thank you to DS for telling me not to tarry as far as blood pressure medication. I promise everyone - I will take care of myself. I am actually paying attention to the doctor. He is not worried about a short delay in starting the medication.
In the time I have been here, I have mostly avoided unhealthy food. My snacks now are apples and almonds. It is not entirely boring. Emerald Nuts produces a canister of almonds coated with cocoa. It is quite tasty. As well, I have been on the racquetball court every day. I play usually for about 20-25 minutes. After that, I try to beat the previous day's number of consecutive 'kosher' volleys - no more than one bounce prior to returning the ball to the wall. Today, I got to 59. Tomorrow will not be easy. I have also been sleeping an appropriate amount.
The result, according to the machine at the commissary, is that both numbers on my pressure are down about 10 points.
Supermarket machines are fairly accurate. Still, it is a one-time reading, as opposed to wearing a monitor for 24 hours.
The curiosity now is this: I seriously doubt that diet and exercise changes could have such a profound impact in less than a week. My work day being a little shorter, not involving evenings, and not having to run kids to school or karate might have such a quick response.
I keep coming back to the same reaction. I am going to have to sell a kid.
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By chance, I happened to bump into Irv Henderson, Yahoo! Vice President of Global Mobile Products after his participation in the BlackBerry® Developer Conference Keynote. It was a great informal chat and we made promises to get some firm content on the BlackBerry Developer's Blog. While I strongly recommend you watch Mr. Henderson's portion of the keynote, I believe our conversation below about Yahoo!'s presence on BlackBerry smartphones is just as worthy. Read on!
We were discussing Yahoo!'s My Favorites tab on the mobile homepage and I was wondering if you could expand on what you were saying about adding any web feed…
At a high level, users want access to the same content and services on PC and Mobile – regardless of where they are and what screen they're using. Our new mobile homepage is completely personalized and based around three core principles – enabling people to:
- Discover via results from Yahoo!'s award-winning mobile Search, editor-selected content and news
- Stay connected through access to email and social networking accounts from the most popular Web providers, as well as instant messaging, address book, and calendar functions.
- Stay informed by bringing their favorite Web content –sports, news, local information, RSS feeds, weather, stocks, horoscopes, and more — to a single location.
The 'My Favorites' tab on the mobile homepage allows users to 'add anything' to their mobile experience and customize it based on their interests and communities. Further, any changes you make to Yahoo! on the PC (i.e. adding a stock to Yahoo! Finance, adding a RSS feed to My Yahoo!, adding an app to the new Yahoo! PC front page, etc.) will be reflected next time you're on Yahoo!'s mobile homepage, we'll prompt you to see if you want to add the same thing to your mobile experience.
As we create seamless mobile extensions and tighter connections between PC and mobile, we're bringing their personalized experiences directly to the mobile environment.
You had mentioned that Yahoo! Messenger was one of your favorite applications. How will the new BlackBerry APIs and services offered help to push that app forward now that IM apps have become so popular on BlackBerry® smartphones?
First of all, let me say we're thrilled with the new BlackBerry APIs. Leveraging the BlackBerry® Widget Software Development Kit (SDK) we're collaborating to make the Yahoo! mobile homepage even more compelling by enabling push notifications, geo-location from the BlackBerry® Browser and a seamless transition in navigating from the browser into native applications. Exposing the BlackBerry® Push APIs as a part of the core platform capability has the potential to transform real time communication in so far as it now allows us to take the IM experience well beyond a dedicated Yahoo! Messenger. It opens up opportunities for developers to use our APIs and integrate them into applications. It also allows for collaboration with other IM communities.
What is the potential for customization so that users can build their own personalized Yahoo! Experience on their BlackBerry smartphone?
The potential is limitless – Yahoo!'s mobile homepage (http://m.yahoo.com) simplifies the mobile experience and allows consumers to bring together their favorite content and services from anywhere across the Internet in one location. As we work together to integrate the new BlackBerry APIs, we'll be able to provide BlackBerry users with the best possible Yahoo! experience on their smartphones.
Is the intent to build a great top level Yahoo! experience and then have people find great applications like Fantasy Sports? Or is it the opposite where people drill up from the apps? Or both? How do you balance targeted user experiences with all the great information/services coming out of Yahoo!?
We think the answer is both. For instance, you can come from the Yahoo! Mobile experience into the Fantasy Football application, or you can approach it as a Fantasy user who wants to see what Yahoo! has to offer. Both ways are great examples of how sharing content and services can lead to an enriched overall user experience. We are focused on building products that deliver compelling and personally relevant mobile experiences for our users. We find balance by letting them choose which information and services they want on their mobile phone and by making them aware that there is a seamless mobile experience for the Yahoo! services they use on the PC. Mobile is a continuation and complement to the overall Internet experience, not something separate.
Speak about Yahoo! Pipes and its possibilities on mobile.
We think Pipes offers an interesting composition and presentment tool for mashing up content. We are in the early days in working out a product implementation on mobile. More broadly, Yahoo! provides many opportunities for developers to create their own services both on the PC and mobile. We integrate things like SearchMonkey into our PC and mobile search results, allowing developers to use structured data to make Yahoo! Search results more useful and visually appealing, and drive more relevant traffic to their sites. Specific to mobile, Yahoo! Blueprint is a technology for creating mobile web sites for many different types of mobile phones. Developers can use the technology that powers Yahoo! mobile products to reach mobile users on thousands of devices.
What is the most important new BlackBerry service or platform enhancement now offered by RIM for Yahoo!? Geo targeting, the advertising services? Is it a combination?
It's clearly a combination. We think the BlackBerry team has thought carefully about the prioritization of the APIs. If we had to choose though, it would be the cell site geo-location capabilities as this opens the door for us to deliver even more compelling and relevant experiences.


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This ticket is for one adult (16+ years) ticket to Abbotsbury Swannery, when booked in advance of a visit on a specific date.
After purchasing your tickets online, a confirmation e-mail will be sent to you. This will contain your booking reference number which will be needed when collecting your tickets onsite. Usually you will receive your confirmation within ten minutes.
Please ensure you bring your tickets with you on the day. Either print them off, or ensure they are saved on your phone, as mobile phone signal in Abbotsbury is poor in places.
Abbotsbury Swannery is the world's only managed colony of nesting mute swans.
The Swannery was established by Benedictine Monks who built a monastery at Abbotsbury during the 1040′s. The monks farmed the swans to produce food for their lavish Dorset banquets. St Peter's monastery was destroyed in 1539 during the dissolution. Some of the ruins are still visible around St Nicholas' Church in the village. Since that time the Swannery has been under the stewardship of the Ilchester Estates.
This is the only place in the world where you are able to walk through the heart of a colony of nesting Mute Swans. A visit to the Swannery is considered one of the best things to do in Dorset.


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The Android Market may soon be getting a pretty big boost -- from online payment system PayPal. The Street reports that a deal is in the works and may be announced as early as Oct. 26 at PayPal's developer conference in San Francisco to bring PayPal to Android app purchases.
That would help bolster one the bigger barriers to entry to the Android Market -- having your credit card information in Google Checkout. Though it's not exactly a hassle to set up, certainly more of us are already hooked into (and familiar) with PayPal. [The Street]


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Postgreen Homes Difference – Sustainable Materials
In recent years there has been an explosion of green, eco friendly supply houses. It's been great for our collaborations with other companies and opened our eyes to new possibilities in wall assemblies, floor coverings and sometimes even cladding materials. The goal is always to build more sustainably than anyone else and these guys are an integral part of that.
But there are so many qualities that make up the overall sustainability of a material we just couldn't wrap our heads around it without some kind of chart. Sometimes we're looking for recycled content like in our countertops, sometimes low VOC for healthy air, sometimes durability is key like when it comes to flooring.
We look at all those factors before settling on a material. It's easy to do and keeps us looking at the quality of products we're choosing for the homes we build. It's a process summed up more neatly in these graphics.
An example change we made a few years ago was in our flooring. We had been purchasing pre-finished bamboo flooring for a number of projects. We paid up for the good stuff (strand bamboo with long growth term) but in the end we didn't feel great about buying so much of a material manufactured and shipped from China. We made the decision to switch to locally harvested hardwoods from USA. The wood is not quite as renewable as the bamboo, but the location of origin and embodied energy from shipping it to us is much lower. Everyone has opinions are how sustainable a material is and there is no such thing as a "perfect green product," but we take our selections seriously and put a lot of thought into all of them.


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Select Income is among the largest commercial property owners in Hawaii
2 openly traded REITs this past week moved forward with strategies to shrink their real estate portfolios by spinning off properties into two new REITs with the moves seemingly triggered by the shift in customer shopping choice to online markets.
Select Income REIT (Nasdaq: SIR)announced that its subsidiary, Industrial Logistics Characteristic Trust, submitted plans for an initial public offering. It was joined by Spirit Realty Capital Inc. (NYSE: SRC), which revealed that it confidentially submitted paperwork to spin off some properties into Spirit MTA REIT.
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust Files IPO
As of Sept. 30, Select Income REIT owned 366 structures with 45.5 million square feet including 229 structures with 17.78 million square feet in Hawaii.
Industrial Logistics Residence Trust will own practically all of Select Earnings REIT's commercial homes in Hawaii, totaling 226 properties, along with 40 industrial and logistics homes in 24 other states. It intends to use to list its shares for trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol "ILPT."
Select Income REIT will continue to own a bulk of ILPT's exceptional common shares following the IPO. In overall, Industrial Logistics Residence Trust will own about 28.5 million square feet. T
Select Earnings stated the move to spin-off its industrial properties from its office net lease homes is being triggered by the ongoing online selling interruption in the retail market.
"We believe the U.S. retail industry is experiencing a significant shift far from shops and shopping centers to e-commerce sales platforms which this modification is triggering increasing demand for commercial and logistics real estate," Industrial Logistics Characteristic mentioned in its filing. "Our company believe e-commerce sales may require up to three times the quantity of industrial and logistics space to support the same amount of retail sales from stores."
Although the company said it does not anticipate all store-based retail sales will be changed by e-commerce, it stated growth in e-commerce is not cyclical and that it expects this development will continue to develop need for industrial and logistics properties.
"We also think that there are opportunities for e-commerce to broaden into retail sections previously considered unsusceptible to e-commerce competition, such as grocery sales for delivery, which will broaden the demand for industrial and logistics property," the company included.
Industrial Logistics considers it mainland homes representative of the kind of modern-day industrial and logistics homes that are currently in high demand.
The joint bookrunning managers noted for Industrial Logistics' public offering are UBS Investment Bank, Citigroup and RBC Capital Markets.
It will end up being the 6th REIT formed by The RMR Group Inc. (Nasdaq: RMR), an alternative possession management company that provides management services to Select Income and four other openly owned REITs, and 3 real estate associated operating companies.
Spirit Real Estate Capital Confidentially Files for Planned Spin-Off
Spirit Realty Capital on the other hand in complete confidence submitted documents this week to form a Spirit MTA REIT. The move follows strategies revealed last summer to spin-off its ShopKo store rented property and other homes into a different publicly traded REIT.
The brand-new Spirit MTA REIT is expected to own 925 homes with a $2.7 billion possession value. The properties consist of about 115 homes leased to ShopKo Stores and more than 800 other residential or commercial properties that collateralize in Spirit's Master Trust 2014 (part of its asset-backed securitization program). The spinoff is expected to have roughly $220 million in annualized legal lease.
Currently, Shopko is Spirit Real estate's most considerable occupant and one that is getting roughed up as more general merchandise buyers shift to online purchasing. In the very first fiscal quarter, ending in April 2017 Spirit owned Shopko same-store sales were down 2.9%, inning accordance with Spirit Real estate.
ShopKo represents about 8.2% of Spirit Realty's rental earnings. It has actually been taking actions in the last 3 years to get it down to that concentration from more than 10%.
Moving the Shopko shops into a brand-new REIT is created to benefit both REITS, according to Spirit Real estate.
Following conclusion of the transaction, Spirit is anticipated to own over 1,540 residential or commercial properties, with a gross realty financial investment of $5.4 billion and financial investment grade equivalent occupancy of 45%. Spirit is anticipated to have around $395 million in annualized contractual rent, without any renter representing more than 5% of that overall.
For the new REIT, the Shopko shops are developed to be a primary source of brand-new investment capital, as the strategy is to get rid of most of the properties.


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Bad weather disrupts Great Dorset Steam Fair
Festival-goers have been struggling to access the site of the Great Dorset Steam Fair because of bad weather.
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Last year, displays in the show's arena were cancelled after heavy rain in order to prevent the ground cutting up over the remaining five days of the show.
The event, in its 45th year, regularly attracts up to 200,000 visitors.
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Backing up a bit, when we were carefully selecting which studio we were moving to, Taylor participated in a camp week last summer (2012). Even though you were in a temporary studio, the atmosphere was exactly what I hoped it would be. Everyone was so friendly and truly passionate about dance. It was fun and serious at the same time. We were hooked.
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While writing this blog, I've talked a lot about Chapters in retirement. And sure enough, it's happened to me. Virtually six months after I retired, I am on to my next chapter. I have sincerely loved writing this blog, talking to many of you and sharing my and your stories about this transition. And perhaps if I weren't so panicked by the threats to our democracy and core values from both within and outside of our government, I would be happy to continue writing.
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Second: What is this, the Civil War? They were bending my wrist backwards? No doubt they explained this medieval technique, but I was in no state to listen. The doctor-supervised wrist-wrenching needed to last long enough for the cast to harden; it felt like an hour, though it probably lasted only a minute. I would have made a lousy martyr and a worse spy, I realized, ready to give up all information at the first sign of pain.
Third: Jesus was human. The pain was focused, laser-like, on the inside of my wrist. Now I'm something of a historical Jesus fan, and so I knew that he was most likely nailed to the cross at this spot: through the wrist, not the palm.
When we think of Jesus' humanity, we are often grateful that he became one of us, walked among us and showed us the human face of God. But it wasn't until that evening in the emergency room, half-asleep, doped up on morphine and in pain, that I think I began to understand the enormity of what Jesus took on. Every kind of human pain he willingly accepted. And that means not simply the terrible pain of crucifixion but the everyday aches and pains that are our lot as human beings: head colds, stomach flus, insomnia, conjunctivitis, migraines, hives, toothaches, back pains—all the physical things that happen in human life from time to time. Somehow this made me feel more compassion for him, and love him even more.
Anyway, it's not so bad. It turned out just to be a tiny fracture, and my splint gets me lots of sympathy. And I guess I've learned something new about Jesus, which is always a good thing.
"Wouldn't you have preferred to learn it from a book?" a friend asked.
Probably. But I probably wouldn't have understood it. Experience, as we know from Jesus, counts.
Get tough.
If I read the crucifixtion right, Jesus, in much greater pain, redically innocent, and fully aware of what is going on, his first response was Forgive them, they know not what they do. Forgiveness, Empathy, and Full Responsibility for His actions. Talk about Human Nature transformed! Gives us something to aim for, doesn't it?
Enjoyed your article, and thanks for sharing.
BTW, will this experience lead to an article on the Jesuit Guide to Pain?
Sorry to hear the awful news ... I hope you feel better soon ... will keep you in my prayers at Mass this Sunday ... btw, your book "The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything" totally rocks! ... have a blessed day
In AA we say that we share "our experience, strength, and hope," and that's what cures us. You did that in this article, and showed us how Jesus did the same thing. Thanks.
Bob Hanlon
Next comes PT, so goes the path. I just finish your book,The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everthing, very contemplative. Now you have another example for your next edition, alive with the Providence of God!
What voice activated solf do you use?
I knew Jesuits could not walk on water, but thought you could walk in your sleep and see in the dark, sounds like another Jesuit story in the making.
Again, thank you for turning on the light, Rule 13.
Tom O'Fallon, SLU, A&S 68
Guess your good Ignatian self is not only seeing God in all things, BUT even feeling God in all things. I'm sure JC is letting you know, "Jim, I really feel your pain." and meaning it sincerely. But OUCH!
Hope you've recovered fully before the end of the month when I'll be among other retreatants celebrating the feast of St. Ignatius with you in Gloucester, MA. Otherwise I may be asking to sign your cast. AMDG! sounds like a good message for your injured self. don't you feel?
Actually expect all the coddling and sympathy you deserve (and think of all the books we now can't ask you to autograph!)
God bless,


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Northrop Grumman Cyber Info Assurance Anlyst 2 in Palmdale, California
Where will you find innovation and technology? Right here at Northrop Grumman Corporation. Northrop Grumman is seeking a Cyber Information Systems Security Analyst to join the Cyber Information Assurance Security team. The Cyber Security organization has overall responsibility for providing information security oversight to all Northrop Grumman classified systems under their respective purview.
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Perform assessments of systems and networks within the networking environment or enclave and identify where those systems and networks deviate from acceptable configurations, enclave policy, or local policy. This is achieved through passive evaluations such as compliance audits and active evaluations such as vulnerability assessments.
Establishes strict program control processes to ensure mitigation of risks and supports obtaining certification and accreditation of systems. Includes support of process, analysis, coordination, security certification test, security documentation, as well as investigations, software research, hardware introduction and release, emerging technology research inspections and periodic audits.
Assist in the implementation of the required government policy (i.e., NISPOM, ICD 503), make recommendations on process tailoring, participate in and document process activities.
Perform analyses to validate established security requirements and to recommend additional security requirements and safeguards.
Support the formal Security Test and Evaluation (ST&E) required by each government accrediting authority through pre-test preparations, participation in the tests, analysis of the results and preparation of required reports.
Document the results of Certification and Accreditation activities and technical or coordination activity and prepare the system Security Plans and update the Plan of Actions and Milestones POA&M.
Periodically conduct a complete review of each system's audits and monitor corrective actions until all actions are closed.
Basic Qualifications:
Active Security Clearance (Secret, last investigation within the last 6 years).
2 years of relevant experience with Bachelors or 6 years relevant experience without a Bachelor's degree. 0 years of relevant experience with Masters.
Current IAM DoD level 1 Security certification(CAP, GSLC or Security+ CE) or ability to obtain within 6 months of the start date.
Preferred Qualifications:
2 year relevant experience with Bachelor's degree and current IAM DoD level 1 Security certification(CAP, GSLC or Security+ CE).
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Good Begets Better
Is it my imagination, or is less space being allocated for letters? The stimulating articles prompt stimulating responses, and I'd like to see more.
Christine Matthews, O.P.
Toledo, Ohio
Coffee at the Cliff
The article by Paul Robichaud, C.S.P., Tourist or Pilgrim, Rescuing the Jubilee (12/18/99), had immediate draw. I have been considering another trip to Rome in the near future with the hopes of making a more careful study of the sites that color our Christian tradition. He articulated the difficulties inherent in making such a trip a more visceral and spiritual experience, and it was all the more meaningful as these challenges manifested themselves during my first trip to Rome.
But surely this is a two-part article. Father Robichaud, no doubt our good shepherd, sees us potential pilgrims wandering toward the cliff of unfulfillment. To leave us without much more guidance than to say that there are a number of very good books on Rome (and presumably an equal number of seriously flawed ones), and the advice to read up on the subject of pilgrimage does not grant us much guidance.
I wait in gentle anticipation for his next installment in which several good texts are recommended, the elements of an effective pilgrimage discussed and the tools and the orientation put before us. Absent a second article, I would certainly settle for an invitation to coffee.
Paul J. Caruso
Boston, Mass.
A Way Cool Octogenarian
I thought that the review by Richard A. Blake, S.J., of Dogma (12/4/99) was, like, really cool. I am addicted to films, especially the ones deemed controversial by that fringe group, the same outfit that did not appreciate the really cool TV show, Nothing Sacred. And I have been paying the senior citizen rate for a very long time.
Dorothy M. Hartman
Farmingdale, N.J.
Primal WOW!
WOW, to borrow a term from Father Blake's review of Dogma. That one picture is worth a thousand words has never been more true than the photo of Sharon Euhart, R.S.M, at the recent U.S. bishops' conference (12/4/99). There she is in that sea of male noggins, collecting votes as an associate general secretary of the conference in which she can't be promoted to general secretary because she is not a priest. WOW!
Then I read on the same page as the picture that the stable basis on which my wife and I have been lectoring together for over 20 years is questioned under the new norms for who can be installed as a lector. The image of a patriarchal church refusing to recognize the primal aspirations of over half its members is reinforced.
And we wonder why so many, both young and old but mainly young, are voting by their absence from our pews.
Nicholas E. Bedessem
Boonsboro, Md.
Heredity or Environment
Thank you for your thoughtful and careful analysis of possible implications of Ex Corde Ecclesiae (12/4/99). I wish more members of the church would remember the history of the plurality of theological discourse and debate over the centuries. Such pluralism was the source of an engaged and vital theology that contributed to the health and vitality of the church. I fear we may be in for a long period of theological Lysenkoism, and the church will only be the worse for it.
Thomas A. Shannon
Worcester, Mass.
Worthy Purpose
Bishop John J. Leibrecht's assurances that procedures for granting a mandatum will be developed in consultation with theologians are welcome. But will these procedures be as juridical as the mandatum? What checks and balances will they bring to this new authority granted to the bishops? Restraints with the weight of law are imperative to keep this power from running amok.
It is not hard to imagine the confusion and controversy, indeed the scandal, of a large university in confrontation with an eccentric or unscholarly bishop, especially in a small diocese. We have witnessed recently the strange spectacle of a bishop excommunicating members of a group to which some of his brother bishops belong. Gentlemanly consultation with theologians is not a sufficient remedy. A bishop's obtaining of an open evaluation of a professor by a panel of peers must be mandatory in law to be meaningful. A right to appeal is basic. Unless the procedures of implementation are on a sound basis, they will not stand the test of time, and Ex Corde Ecclesiae will end up a non-contributor to its worthy purpose.
(Rev.) Connell J. Maguire
Riviera Beach, Fla.
Confronting Complacency
Commendations to America for continuing to place before its readers articles (6/5/99) and editorials (11/13/99, 12/11/99) focusing on the issues of poverty and homelessness.
The poor disarm us, and we become uncomfortable as they force us to confront our own ignorance and/or complacency. ( I spent seven years working with the poor and homeless in downtown Seattle and have continued this involvement with a recent move to Portland.) The problems can so easily overwhelm: high housing prices, drug and alcohol addiction, mental illness, domestic violence, cutbacks in social services and lack of affordable health care. The struggle, however, must continue! America's commitment to educate its readers in these and other poverty issues successfully challenges its readers to enter into this struggle.
Though it may take several years, this same struggle moves one to a place of profound weakness. Slowly it encourages willingness to enter into a relationship with each of the poor, committing oneself to that place.
America's support of those in this sometimes lonely place is empowering. The poor you will always have with youthank goodness, for they become our salvation.
Joseph Carver, N.S.J.
Portland, Ore.
Systemic Dysfunction
Mary Jo Bane's article (12/4/99) overlooks the real need for church involvement in welfare reform. To quote the book of Joshua, and the manna ended. Welfare reform is a done deal, and there is no going back at this point. The churches are invited to become hands-on participants in assisting people make the transition from welfare to work and assume their rightful position in mainstream society.
For too long, we have been advocates from afar, sitting comfortably in our pews and homes, hoping that the public assistance system would attend to the needs of the poor. With a few notable exceptions such as Dorothy Day and her Catholic Worker houses, Catholic Charities in its work with refugees and as a contractor with various local entities, and some St. Vincent de Paul societies, the wider church has served the poor only at a distance.
What the poor really need is our personal attention. Individuals and parishes need to become intimately acquainted with and involved in specific people's lives and personally assist them to find their way to social and economic success. One very effective method is mentoringgiving the gift of personal presence to a family struggling for survival. The most significant deprivation poor people face is overcoming their involuntary exile to the fringes of society. In our small inter-faith program called FaithWORKS! we have volunteers from many congregations coming forward to be companions on the journey with welfare recipients. These ordinary people from the pews assist our clients to gain access to affordable and safe housing, job openings, job advancement and help them to resolve problems with transportation and child care. However, their most important role is to give a person stuck in poverty a vision and the moral support and advocacy that lifts their spirits and gives them hope for a better life.
ùoverty is a systemic, dysfunctional fact of our society. It arises from early neglect, racial bias, social snobbery and toleration of minimalistic and pennypinching efforts to assist the most vulnerable and fragile people who live among us. If we are to truly develop a preference for the poor, we must get to know them intimately and personally; only then will we understand how to help them gain their most important entitlementpersonal dignity and knowing that we really care.
(Deacon) Mike Evans
FaithWORKS Coordinator
Redding, Calif.
May I humbly recommend my recent publication, A Pilgrim's Guide to Rome and the Holy Land for the Third Millennium (Thomas More Press)? It treats the topic of pilgrimage throughout church history and is meant as a spiritual guide for pilgrims. It's not a guide for shopping, museums, eating and lodging, but rather a guide for those who want a retreat, and not just a tourist tour.
This book seeks to provide basic information and spiritual reflection that will help the pilgrim both to appreciate the places, art works and history, and to encounter God in the midst of them. In short, it is a guide to enable pilgrims to marvel and pray, to understand and worship, to perceive and praise.
May I humbly recommend my recent publication, A Pilgrim's Guide to Rome and the Holy Land for the Third Millennium (Thomas More Press)? It treats the topic of pilgrimage throughout church history and is meant as a spiritual guide for pilgrims. It's not a guide for shopping, museums, eating and lodging, but rather a guide for those who want a retreat, and not just a tourist tour.
This book seeks to provide basic information and spiritual reflection that will help the pilgrim both to appreciate the places, art works and history, and to encounter God in the midst of them. In short, it is a guide to enable pilgrims to marvel and pray, to understand and worship, to perceive and praise.


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Show your own banner at bootup.
Here is another trick. You can show some banner or text message each time your windows boots up. Please follow the simple steps given below for this trick.
- Go to "start" and click on "run"
- Type "regedit" and click enter.
- You will see a "registry editor window.
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\windows\Current version\policies\system.
- Right click on the right penal – "New" – "String value". You will see a new string value.
- Rename it by typing "LegalNoticeCaption"
- Right click on "string value" and click on "Modify". Type the text you want to use in the title bar of the banner on "value data" area.
- Again create another new "string value" and rename it by typing "LegalNoticetext".
- Again modify on the "value data" part, typing the message, you want to show at startup windows.
- Close the registry editor and restart your computer.
When you will start your computer, you will see a new banner just before the welcome screen containing text message and a button of "OK". Click on "ok" button to go ahead.


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The Upside to Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy XI also encourages players to really pay attention to battle as nicely with skill chains that may be achieved with different players. Providentially, the FF14 Gil game doesn't attempt to push dull missions down your throat. It isn't uncommon to observe a match with terrific similarities from another video game.
Do not wish to reveal the full game, let's quickly examine the game.
Among the most well-known genres, action games are the basic sort of gaming. RPGs have made a niche in the gaming marketplace. All these sorts of free-to-play games incorporate some kind of micr-transaction feature and Dragons of Atlantios is not any different.
The incidence of video games has resulted in the expansion of the company and technology advances. The racing genre is thought to be a pioneer in the video gaming market.
Even in case you have not played the game still, there continue to be some trailers and distinctive videos provided for your viewing pleasure. When there are lots of bad things about this movie, there's still some decent points about it also.
Now you know a little about the story, I want to just say that the way this game looks and the way it plays is terrific. Players may issue order for their teammates effortlessly. Warriors immediately spend the middle of light, so he left the very first mission.
You've got to wait till they stop walking to challenge them. There is an entire religious ordeal which you must go through in the event that you would like the finest possible play experience. Particularly if you're a child.
Things You Should Know About Final Fantasy


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The role of a mortgage broker in a house purchase
Two-thirds of people do not really understand what the role of a mortgage broker is, it's only a third of people who understands what it is that mortgage brokers do and so I'm happy to let you know all about it.
Who is the mortgage broker?
A mortgage broker is an intermediary between the borrower and the lender, so they are similar to lenders in that they collect all of the supporting information from clients, so that would be income information, they will also take a look at credit history, down payment, net worth and the type of property they're looking to acquire or if they already have a property, how to refinance it. If you are looking to take equity out, so by having all of that information, a broker works in an advisory capacity to take a look at what's available in the entire market to meet your needs.
So it's very much an advisory and one-on-one relationship that mortgage brokers have with their customers so as to save them some time and hopefully save them some money as well. That is a very important component of what they do, by being a one-stop-shop they are able to then look at saving time and saving money, not only now at the transaction but also long-term as professional advisors, keeping an eye out on their account for the lifecycle of where they happen to be with their borrowing.
So why should you use a mortgage broker as opposed to just going directly to the bank?
The majority of consumers typically would go to their financial institution, roughly a third would go to their branch, a third will use their mobile mortgage specialists and the third will use mortgage brokers, so we're seeing the tide continuing to turn towards using mortgage brokers. Mortgage brokers are more than just one series of products: a financial Institution you know as well-intentioned as they are can really only offer their suite of products. Mortgage brokers usually have different lenders and hundreds of products, so no matter where people happen to be in their life cycle. With mortgage brokers, you can have a sample of possibilities to explore and to make sure you are getting the absolute best rates in terms not only now but for the long-term plan.
So with mortgage brokers, you can save time, money and you can get a better selection than you can get at a financial institution directly and your broker is there for the long term to help you sort of plan your future financially. A mortgage broker really contributes to people planning their futures and securing their financial futures and hopefully, this article is of assistance to you in helping you to understand the role of the mortgage broker in a house purchase.


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Hello, hello my name's Dibo. Here is something you should know... Hehe, dah berjangkit dengan Thaqif. Asyik tengok Disney Junior je skarang. I t's been a while i didn't post any video of him here.
so here it is, a very short clip of him.
He REALLY into this kind of music, like seriously.
Kelaka tengok Thaqif excited bila dengar music. Mesti gelak je tengok dia.
Some of the song that will make him dance to the beat or off beat :P
1. Party Rock Anthem or anything by LMFAO
2. The Wheel On The Bus (The GiggleBellies Version)
3. The Lazy Song
4. Streo Heart
5.HotDog Song (Mickey Mouse Club House)
6. Pororo (intro)
7. Jungle Junction (intro)
8. Dibo The Gift Dragon (intro)
9. Handy Manny (every single song innit)
10.If You Happy And You Know It
11. Hokey Pokey
12. Special Agent Oso (intro and the 3 special steps)
I love you sunshine!
Till then...


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I love fall! It's my favorite season...the smells and colors, the crisp air, leaves dancing in the wind, back to school time, sweaters (I love sweaters!), pumpkin, apples, cinnamon and Thanksgiving which is by far my favorite holiday...sometimes we celebrate both Canadian and American Thanksgiving at our house because I love it so much! What about you? Leave me a comment and tell me what your favorite season is!
The other day I was playing with some of my new Holiday Catalog stuff, of course the fall themed stuff, and came up with a cute box. Did I mention how much I love my job???? I get paid to play with paper and ink...what could be better!!!
I used Soft Suede cardstock and the Envelope Punch Board to make my box (if you don't already have the Envelope Punch Board, you NEED one!). It's embellished with some Color Me Autumn DSP, luscious Hello Honey ribbon and a cute, rustic little wooden acorn (yep, we have autumn wooden elements in the Holiday Catalog!). The sentiment comes from a fantastic stamp set called Merry Everything and is full of tags for all the occasions from now to New Years! And, here's the best part, it has a coordinating punch! You know how much I love it when stamps have coordinating punches or framelits!!!
I put together a little photo tutorial for you so you can make some of these great little boxes. You are going to want to start with an 8x8 piece of cardstock and then just follow the tutorial. Remember, you can click on the picture to make it bigger (and don't forget to pin it so you remember how to make it!).
I put some apple cider packets and a little 3x3 card in my box so it's all ready to give to someone special this fall.
When the Holiday Catalog goes live on Aug 28, you will be able to order everything you need to create this box at home in my online store. Grab the shopping list and place your order before the end of August with the hostess code JVPYSGHR to be entered to win a pack of the new gold buttons from the Holiday Catalog!
Shopping List
Stamps: Merry Everything, For All Things
Ink: Soft Suede
Cardstock: Soft Suede
DSP: Color Me Autumn
Accessories: Stitched Satin Ribbon (Hello Honey), Autumn Wooden Elements
Tools: Envelop Punch Board
Have an inspired day!


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It's coming for sure. But collectors and dealers can only guess how long they have before the ivory ban express, currently thundering down the track, hits them, pretty much full on. The shape of the impact is being heavily leaked by an organisation operating under the acronym BAMF (The British Art Market Federation). You might not be acquainted with this none too illustrious organisation but, like it or not, BAMF (representative of several, but not all, art and antique trade organisations) has somehow emerged as the exclusive negotiator in a process which has apparently attracted more than 60,000 representations from the trade and the general public.
We are told that what BAMF is recommending to the government will probably be what we get in the end of the day. And it will mean the end for most dealers selling ivory antiquities. What are we looking at? Only a very small percentage of those pre-1947 ivory antiquities currently on the market will be able to be sold once the ban comes into force. In the not too distant future, they will be required to fit into very specific categories, viz. they will either be pieces in which ivory comprises a very small part (the so-called de minimis rule); or they will require to be items of artistic, cultural or historic merit based upon the criteria of so-called 'museum quality. Items which fit into these categories would be licensed at a suggested fee of at least £50, plus VAT no doubt.
Museum quality? Probably not, but attractive just the same. Nevertheless, it's the knacker's yard for pieces like this . . .
The sort of attractive, well carved 18th or 19th century items which constitute the main part of the trade today will not qualify for sale, although there may well be bitter argument over individual items. That begs the question as to who will be sitting in judgment? Well, surprise, surprise that might well be a committee set up of the great and the good by the aforementioned BAMF. Doubtless there will be many top flight dealers pushing themselves forward. They might, of course, be the same people, or type of people, who are wealthy and influential enough to own and trade in those 'museum quality' items. However, items like the ones below (the relatively common 'Doctors' Figures') are not quite their sort of thing and, despite their historical interest, they will disappear from circulation.
As is so usual these days in all walks of life, those at the top of the tree will be virtually unaffected by the new legislation. They will prosper as ever. It is the smaller dealer who will bear all the cost of this ban, most of whose stock will have been painstakingly (and expensively) accumulated over many years when there was no suggestion that their right to trade might suddenly disappear virtually overnight. It is the smaller trader's stock which will become unsalable if it cannot be proved to be of 'museum quality'.
What is to be done then with these tens of thousands of pieces of carved ivory? It may, of course, be possible to write off their original purchase cost as a tax loss. The catch there is that Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs will almost certainly require the destruction of the pieces. Another option might be to swamp the Committee of the Great & The Good with applications for thousands of pieces to be recognised as being of 'museum quality'. The downside there might be that pieces not accorded such special status would also be destroyed By Order of said committee, in much the same way as in France paintings adjudicated upon by the estates of well known artists as being copies or forgeries are routinely destroyed.
The supreme irony is that the expected legislation will not only fail to save the threatened elephant population but will actually bring its demise rather nearer. What very few people appear to have taken into account is the fact that an almost complete ban here on trade in the UK will not dent in any way the appetite in the Far East for processed ivory. That will continue unabated. At least the legitimate trade in historic pieces in the UK has hitherto significantly satisfied that demand. When such pieces are withdrawn from the marketplace then Far Eastern buyers will simply buy modern ivory feeding the modern day activities of the poachers, illegal dealers and criminal organisations.
The upcoming legislation is, of course, politically motivated. A beleaguered government with a wafer thin majority is only too willing to adopt a policy which is essentially populist. To fondly imagine it is really based on saving the elephant would be quite wrong. The present government of the UK is even more beleaguered than the elephant population and is only too willing to push through a piece of legislation based upon totally false assumptions.
Museum quality? Almost certainly