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Bank and building society accounts: valuing entitlements arising from take-overs, mergers and flotations of building societies and other mutual organisations
If the deceased had an interest in an account in a bank or building society that was the subject of a take-over, merger or stock market flotation that happened close to the date of death there may be additional points to consider.
Take-overs, mergers and flotations may result in investors or borrowers gaining cash bonuses or shares if they are 'qualifying members'. Whether they qualify or not will depend on the terms of each particular take-over, merger or flotation
If a qualifying member dies on or after the completion or vesting day the cash or shares allocated to that person will form part of their estate. If a qualifying member dies after the transfer document and prospectus have been issued but before the vesting date the value of their share in the society, at the date of death, is increased to reflect anticipated or preserved rights. The value of that share is what is due or received, but allowing an appropriate discount to reflect any uncertainty or delay in receiving the distribution that is due.
A qualifying member generally includes investors and borrowers so it is important to look out for mortgage debts as well as investment accounts with the Societies concerned.
Our practice of including a value for a person's preserved rights has been upheld by the Special Commissioners in the case of Ward and others (executors of Cook, deceased v IRC 1999 STC 1)


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Referrals for the Advanced Learner Program and Services, also known as the Gifted and Talented Program, of Burkburnett ISD being accepted for all students in kindergarten through the 11th grade in the school district. Referral forms are available at each campus and will be accepted November 1, 2017 through November 30, 2017 (3:15 PM deadline). ALPS/GT provides curriculum and instruction which is differentiated in content, processes, and products to provide appropriate educational experiences for qualifying students.
Any questions regarding ALPS/GT may be directed to the ALPS/GT Facilitator or the Counselor at the respective campus.

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The Conversion of the World Begins with Me. A Pastor's Reflection On A Brutal Weekend
Every now and then the Lord just has you look at something in depth and experience it to the top. It was that sort of weekend for me and the Lord was clear that he wanted me to meditate deeply and experience personally the tragedy of the taking of human life. Put more positively, the Lord wanted me to see the dignity of human life and grieve it's loss. My lesson came in three stages.
Stage One: At the Abortion Facility – Early on Saturday morning I went to St. Matthews Cathedral here in DC to celebrate the 8:00 am Mass. The Mass was sponsored by the Archdiocese and was a "Witness To Life Mass." After the Mass, thirty of us walked several blocks and stopped to pray in front the Planned Parenthood Abortion "Facility" (I will not call it a clinic), just up the street from the White House on 16th Street. It was a cold and snowy morning but we prayed and prayed. Twenty decades of the Rosary and over twenty hymns were sung. Sadly, despite the snow, it was a brisk business at Planned Parenthood. I saw over a dozen women enter the facility in just over an hour.
It really is a devastating experience to pray in front of abortion facilities. I have done it many times before and always leave drained and deeply sad. Most of the "women" were not really women at all. Most of them were young girls and very young women, most were minorities, and most of them were scared. Most of them were also led there by a parent or a "boyfriend." Pro-Choice "escorts" would surround them and lead them to the door. Our presence was one last attempt to beg them to consider adoption and to not give up on life. What a tragedy this steady procession was, for both mother and child. Yes, most of them look very scared. And why not? Something awful was about to happen, something awful. Deep down they know.
And so we prayed. We prayed for a last minute change of heart. And even if the worse did happen it was somehow important for us to pray for the children who were lost. Perhaps somehow they will know, and the Lord will reveal to them that someone was praying for them as they lost their life. Someone knew, someone wept, someone prayed.
For those young women we also prayed. They may not have understood that. In fact, we may have seemed like their worst nightmare. Perhaps they hoped to slip into the facility unnoticed, but there we were. But though we seemed like a bad dream, I pray that one day they will know that we prayed for them too. We prayed in love, prayed for their strength to choose life. And those pro-choice escorts may have seemed friends, but true friends don't lead friends into abortion facilities. Yes, we prayed that these young women will know that, long after Planned Parenthood has collected its money, and the escorts have gone home, the Church will remain to offer healing and acceptance as the weight of what took place Saturday morning remains. Yes we prayed for them and Project Rachel waits for them.
The most difficult moment came for me when one mother, after having left her daughter behind for the abortion, came back out and rebuked us saying that "My daughter has a future career to think about, forget you!" I doubt she knew that the final line of the epistle at Mass said Children, be on your guard against idols (1 John 5:21). It echoed eerily in my mind as she breezed by and I prayed for her too.
A Sacrifice of pain – Yes, praying in front of an abortion facility is devastating and difficult. But just as the prayers had their effect, so too does the Lord allow us to suffer and to offer that suffering in sacrifice. The pain is deep, but surely no deeper than the pain of Jesus as he beheld our sins and died for us.
Stage Two: Agony in Arizona – The rest of the morning featured parish meetings. But the morning took its toll and a nap was necessary before the evening Mass. Yet I awoke depressed, and soon found out why. It was not just the morning, that was awful enough, but my radio had been on during my brief nap and it broadcast news of the terrible shootings in Arizona. Surely this news had entered my dreams for I awoke knowing something awful had happened. Indeed it had, six were dead, twelve critically injured. A crazed killer, more death, more disregard for human life. It was like two bookends to a bloody Saturday.
Stage Three: Bomb Threat – And yet, if all lessons are perfect in threes, the Lord gave me a final lesson today. Mass was wonderful and as the last of the parishioners prepared to leave the police ordered us back into the building. A bomb threat was received in a building near the parish and it was not safe to leave the Church. Two members of Congress live in the building and this would seem the likely cause for the threat. The Arizona carnage had reached East Capitol Street. Human life again, under threat and many more lives disrupted. After an hour and a half the all clear was sounded. No further information was available.
I can only tell you what I told the faithful this weekend. Human life is sacred. No one on this planet is a mistake, no one is an accident. All of us are directly intended and willed by God. We exist because He thought of us, loved us, and personally created us. Every attack or threat on human life is an attack on us all for, if one life can be disregarded or thought to have no worth, then any human life can be considered in this way. Even the troublesome among us are loved by God.
The Catechism has this to say:
The inalienable rights of the person must be recognized and respected by civil society and the political authority. These human rights depend neither on single individuals nor on parents; nor do they represent a concession made by society or the state; they belong to human nature and are inherent in the person by virtue of the creative act from which the person took his origin. Among such fundamental rights one should mention in this regard every human being's right to life and physical integrity from the moment of conception until death.
The moment a positive law deprives a category of human beings of the protection which civil legislation ought to accord them, the state is denying the equality of all before the law. When the state does not place its power at the service of the rights of each citizen, and in particular of the more vulnerable, the very foundations of a state based on law are undermined. . . . As a consequence of the respect and protection which must be ensured for the unborn child from the moment of conception, the law must provide appropriate penal sanctions for every deliberate violation of the child's rights." (CCC # 2273)
Change begins with me: We live in times in which human live is seriously threatened by huge numbers of abortion, by violence, unjust war, and euthanasia. We may, as individuals feel powerless to stop it. But, truth be told, the conversion of this world has to start with us. We cannot simply lament. We must pray and act. The conversion of the whole world begins with me as I learn to be less reactive and violent, less anger-prone, less ridiculing, less bigoted, less fearful. The conversion of the world begins when I ask God for the miracle to help me to deeply love everyone, even the difficult people in my life. The conversion of the whole world begins when I ask God for the miracle to forgive people who have harmed or hurt me. The conversion of the world starts when I begin to more deeply experience the dignity of every person, especially the most vulnerable, the poor and the troubled.
No, I can't change the world, But I can change myself by God's grace. And when I get better, others get better too.
A bloody weekend for this pastor. But a newfound commitment to ask God for a deeper love and reverence for every human person.
Here's a video I put together some time ago. The song text is Psalm 139 and focuses especially on the love of God despite even our sins. The photos use 3D imagery to show the stages of development in the womb.
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be (Psalm 139:13-16).
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I've been thinking quite a bit lately about bad things of the world. One of the things I struggle with the most is forgiving those who have wronged me and others (I've mentioned this before). It's very hard for me to pray to God for good things to happen to these people or that they find peace, especially because what I want most is justice, and for them to suffer for their sins to others. Your post was timely, as I've been thinking about all of this, and I, too, get saddened when I see things that I feel are beyond my control. I'm glad that you are preaching about these issues and talking about them – so many people in so many fields today skirt around the important issues. I'm a big believer in facing the demons head-on. God only gives us as much as we can handle, right? If we've been through a lot, I guess that means we are strong, and meant to help somehow in this world.
Yes, love of this sort requires a miracle
God bless you Father. This weekend you were both priest and victim.
THanks for this insight!
Love will conquer. God bless you for the work you do.
re: "pro-choice" escorts
There is nothing authentically pro-choice about them, either the thugs employed by the abortionists or the boyfriends who take women/girls to these places. The only acceptable "choice" for them is death. (On a related note, see how nuts they go over "Choose Life" license plates. If they really were "pro-choice," and not simply pro-abortion, they should welcome them since they expressly involve "choice.")
All too often, the abortion is contrary to the woman's true will and desire. The "escorts" are there to prevent the making of any decisions, or any choices, and to ensure one thing and one thing only — the abortion (and getting paid for it). And the "boyfriends" most especially are there to be sure of the death of their unborn children — no child support obligations for them, thank you.
These remarks are quite true. "Choice" means only abortion to them for any attempt to influence the choice is rebuffed.
In a pre-dominantly non-christian country like India, I run into a lot of trouble with doctors while taking up tough issues like Abortion,Euthenasia, Stem-cell research, IVF and a galore of such pro-life issues. While we talk of this issues, the last part of your post of I myself being converted first struck a chord with me. In fact, I cried. When we intimidate someone with our angry outbursts, sharp tongue and dominating nature, we are unknowingly causing so much of pain to others, which goes against the very principles of life. Life has to be preserved,nurtured and cared for at every step – firstly in small ways. That begins in our home,families and small christian communities and parishes. I wonder Father, how hurt you must have been when that mother screamed back at you. Most of us perceive prayer as being a passive act while I feel it is the most active of all the actvities that we can think of. It can move mountains because it is the highest manifestation of faith. You cannot pray if you lack faith. And I am sure, you have sowed the seeds of pro-life thorough your act of prayer. Jesus will do the rest. A prayer rose from my heart for that lady too and all those frightened human beings who were either shaken up or were shaking up others for their own selfish needs.
Yes, to pray is to change history
When my son, was your soul
taken to reside with God; his heaven your goal?
Was it when, deep in your mother's womb
you heard the verdict and felt the numb
acquiescence of my spineless soul
unable to keep you whole?
Vibrations of the judge's hammer spelled
our doom, my son.
And you, for me did redeem my life
with your blood, my son.
You had to die so I could live.
Could it but be the other way around?
I cannot even whisper this by the mound
of your grave, for there is none.
Your remains have turned to ashes
and long ago were they strewn
to the wind
by someone kind."
"Upon the hammer's rap
my spirit Jesus did commend
to God, my mother!"
Wow, this is beautiful. Thanks for posting this!
Almost four years ago, a young woman came to me, pregnant after a drunken evening by a man she barely knew. She instinctively wanted to keep the child, but was struggling over how she might manage. I did my best to convince her that she could manage, and if she couldn't, that adoption would be a great gift to her, the child, and the adoptive family. When she left, I was fairly confident that she would carry to term. Then her mother got to her.
From the venom that spewed from her mother to me over the phone, I can only imagine what was said to this young woman to convince her to abort her child. I strongly believe that her parents were afraid of what people would say should they see her walking around town pregnant. I pray for her, her parents, and the three-year-old who is not.
While I understand that as a Church and as a society we cannot encourage pregnancy outside of marriage, we must find a way to make it easier socially for these women to carry to term. Health and economics were not factors in this case, just stigma and fear. We must all seek a change of heart – not just for the women who would choose abortion, but for those of us who see those who choose life and think anything other than 'hero.'
yes, Amen. I too have been quite astonished that parents take their daughters to abortionists in larger numbers than many imagine.
Msgr Pope,
I also experienced a similar weekend but from the inside of a crisis pregnancy center. I am a pregnancy consultant and last week I had met with a young 17 yr old who is pregnant and does not want an abortion. She did not want to tell her mom about the pregnancy because she knew that her mother would make her have an abortion. However she cannot get health care without her mother's knowledge in our state (being underage) and so we scheduled a ultrasound for Saturday at our clinic. Her mother watched the ultrasound as the baby's heart was beating and little flickering motions of the baby occurred on the screen. She made no comments. Later on when the scan was completed we had an opportunity to talk. The mother was angry that her daughter had gotten pregnant just like she did with her. She had taken her to a Planned Parenthood facility where they explained to her that it was not a human being inside of her and that that there was little risk to her if she had an abortion (in fact, they said, pregnancy was more dangerous). She told us that no children should be brought into this world because of its difficulties and if she had it to do over again she wouldn't have had any children at all (she has 3). She added that she herself had aborted her 4th child and it has had no impact on her at all. At that she stormed out of the room and left me with the client. My first question to her daughter was if she thought that her mother's abortion impacted her relationship with her children. She had been told for so long that death is the answer to life's problems and not life. So we looked at ways that this young lady could move forward with positive hopes and dreams for her future. She said that she wanted to give this baby a chance of a childhood that she never had – one where he felt loved by a mother and father and was not abandoned. She recognized that the 16 yr old father of the baby would probably not be a support to her and was thinking of placing for adoption. The mother's comments were a stinging reminder how a society that values money, career, and individualism above life itself continues to be sucked into a vortex of death. Please continue to pray for the women who come to the crisis pregnancy centers so that they can get a glimpse of the love that our Lord has to offer to them and to the hope and promise of a better future for themselves and their children. Life without Jesus Christ has no meaning and only leads to death. Life with Jesus leads one to true happiness and to eternal life. May we all choose Life.
God bless you for your work. Your story also illustrates how planned parenthood sells abortion. It's a sales pitch. I know your work at the Crisis preganancy center is hard. But please know that God is well pleased at your work.
Thank you for the reminder that change begins with me and it can be more challenging as we get older (I'm 69 now). I have to remember that my children and grandchildren are watching me and my words and actions, too. Peg
Yes, what you say is key.
Saint Francis of Assisi, pray for us!
ora pro nobis!
We are not able to convince people to come and pray with us….that people praying make a big, big difference whether people stop and take our literature which gives them real choices. They say….oh, that is not MY thing…..I will pray for you at home. That is your thing, not mine.
Some do come and are amazed that their presence makes a big, big difference.
I am 71 years young. I moved CA so I could go to the killing center in downtown St. Louis, MO and hand out literature…..well for other reasons, as well. What a blessing…..I have been cursed out by a husband who had just killed his twin children…the mother….well non-mother, was inside recuperating…..the end of little lives…..God had a plan for each of them. Things do not get done in our society….and why…..we aborted the ones who could do them.
Never doubt that you standing and praying with others at a killing site…makes a big, big difference.
In St. Louis, MO Patricia
You are right. It is hard to get people to do this work. It is amazing to think that there are 72 million catholics in this country and if only 10% did regular pro-life work there would be 7,200,000 prolife workers!
Contraception as the root cause of abortion. See http://catholicexchange.com/2010/08/27/133737/
We should be praying outside of Walmart's Pharmacy and outside of the office of the urologist who put up billboards advertising vasectomies. When will we learn?
I sometimes want to shrug my shoulders and just pray for a new car or something instead.
Yes, this is very true. Many if not most contraceptives are abortifacients
Mgr Pope: takes me back a long way ,in 1972 before Roe are group put together a collage on the ""Joy of Life " We opened it with music by the Carpenters "We've Only just Begun" and followed that with a newborn cry –tough to get a recorder in a delivery room but we did and it travelled the United States on retreats courtesy of one Retreat Master -Fr Albert O.F.M. of the Franciscan Heald Press. Thank you for your u tube like i said ,it replays it in my mind after all these years now 38 thank you Sincerly John S.F.O.
Glad you liked the video
This touched my heart deeply. I remember going to an abortionists place with our Bishop and just simply praying the rosary. Our Bishop would kneel when a woman entered . I felt pride to be there but great sadness too. Just once, goto these places with your Diocese.
THanks for going, and great for the bishop!
Once again Msgr Pope; My friend Gene who drives me to church with family works in his office in Germantown which is now famous as his Drywall is approx 10 feet away from Dr Carhart — .a late term abortionist . Pray for him and the Doctor too………….Sincerly John S.F.O….
Yes, we have surely acquired a dreadful neighbor. Somehow we have to ramp up the pressure for this to end. Round the clock vigils may be the only way
The way the Church is limiting itself to respect choice in legalized abortion makes it a passive supporter of this genocide. Would Jesus sit by and watch the babies get slaughtered even if Caeser says, "It's the woman's right." I think not. Church leaders have to examine their consciences, their identities and mission. God's will would have not put them as ordained leaders if God's grace could not sustain them. It appears that others squander these graces like free loading bachelors doing the bare minimum to stay employed by the people of God. To those I say repent because if they don't, then much would be required to those whom much is given.
And Arizona is being blamed on the Conservatives. But it is the Liberals starting from Obama who speaks of violent measures and goad his followers into aggressive action. Cfr. http://divine-ripples.blogspot.com/2011/01/obamas-responsible-for-us-culture-of.html Yet, I seldom hear Church leaders acting like the prophets of old when denouncing these corrupt and unjust rulers.
i am not sure I understand your point about the Church
Some ordained ministers and religious live a leisurely life while others die. After 'fulfilling' their duty of saying their office, celebrating Mass, teaching a class and doing their dissertation plus some racket ball for exercise and a beer for comaraderie, they call it a day – like a 9 to 5 job. Others don't even want to stay in the rectory anymore and seek to have their privacy. The point is that in the struggle against violence to the unborn and other Church problems, God has called and equipped priests and religious to be the tip of the spear, the bleeding edge in the spiritual warfare. So, the lay folks look at these consecrated and ordained members as models, inspirtation and leaders even in their personal spirituality. If a pastor is holy, it rubs off to the parishioners. (I am not indicting your personally. You and diocesan priests in general have it rough. The joke is, "While the religious make the vows, the diocesan keep them.")
Dear Msgr Pope,
Thank you for your post…. I was there too.
I shared your sense of devastation, and sadness and being drained, of being emptied this Saturday.
The news from Tucson, came as a shock. With a personal twist, my father lives 1.5 miles from the site of this terrible act of violence- hence even more worry.
And then in addition we learned about the terminal illness of my father's sister my aunt, yesterday.
A draining weekend to be sure……
As I read your post about the mother's comment, I recalled your homily, that we should not be surprised at the anger that some may speak to us, because the truth resonates, deep within. For deep down they know.
Furthermore your exhortations of how powerful prayer is, remains the bookend of hope— that has stayed with me, throughout these last 2 days.
Yes the weekend was draining…. because it was an exercise in humility; an exercise being emptied even more, of letting go. Of letting go and letting God.
Instead of action, or acts and deeds, the Lord wanted something else; he wanted my prayer, my love.
All I could offer was my prayer. His love speaking through my prayer.
Thank you for being " Always be ready [in your blogs] to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for the reason for your hope." 1 Peter 3:15
IN the Diakonia of Christ
Thanks for being there Deacon and for your encouraging words.
In his own defense during a murder trial, Dr. Kevorkian pleaded innocence, arguing that he just wanted to terminate the patient's pain and suffering, not his life. Is this case similar to that of a woman where she took a pill to correct a medical pathology but also induced an unintended abortion? The principle of double effect is invoked in both cases: justifying the second act that resulted in abortion but not the first that effected euthanasia.
The principle involves, among other things, a human act, (actus humanus) done knowingly and willfully, [as contrasted with an act of a man (actus hominis), like sleepwalking or digesting food]. A human act can produce two effects that are simultaneous and independent of each other. Euthanasia by injection, a human act, is morally unjustified because death, one effect, terminates pain and suffering; the other effect: death, the first effect, was the cause of the other, pain relief.
Intent is another element in the principle. No matter how noble and compassionate it is, the bad effect was used to reach the good end. The good end does not justify the bad means. (A bank robber cannot justify killing the security guard,by claiming his intention was just robbery. Unless you believe in the right-to-die and in the Hemlock Society, but that is another premise, another question, another principle). Of course a bad intent vitiates a human act from the start or ab initio whether death follows or not, in euthanasia or abortion.
Abortion suffers from the same "good intention" argument when an abortifacient pill or medicine terminates a pregnancy by terminating a baby's life. Invasion of privacy, a constitutional protection, preventing the use of hangers in dark alleys make good rhetoric but bad excuses for the application of the principles of double effect and/or causality.
Hence the need to pray for the grace that allows us to value human life and make a stand against abortion, and the senseless taking of human life.
THanks for this excellent refelction. and the distinctions you have made
Providence was quite active this past weekend in regard to experiencing the end of human life. My family and I assisted at Mass at a parish about 40 miles from our home, because the priest celebrates a very reverent, beautiful Novus Ordo Mass in Latin. Here in North Texas, we had a rare snow day yesterday, and where we were at, to the northeast of the Dallas area, the snow was much heavier than in the metroplex. On our way back from Mass, we were the first upon a very bad 2 car accident. My wife has EMT-Basic training, and we went to help. The man in the pickup who lost control was fine. The people in the small car he hit were not. They both died while we tried to assist them. There was little we could do, even though the ambulance and fire trucks were at the accident site in 5-6 minutes. We prayed a Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet, and prayers for those in Purgatory, for the repose of their souls. They were both probably in their early 30s. We had to wash the blood from our hands when we go home.
I had never seen anyone give up their soul right in front of me before.
Oh my! God bless you. This was surely a trauma for both of you and I pray you will have others nearby to help your through. Death is a very great mystery but sudden and tragic death is a trauma. My they rest in peace and my that peace extend to you and your wife.
I have observed that with the introduction of the sophisticated technologies like e-mails, texting and internet, people have become isolated from each other. Children, for instance, when they arrive from school, turn on the TV sets, do texting, twitter and other stuff, but the personal touch, the presence of another is gone. People, I think, without realizing it, have become lonely and angry because of the isolation. E-mails have taken over verbal communications; the telephone is almost obsolete.The familiar voice and innocuous and healing touch of a friend is gone, as everyone is guarded lest their actions be misconstrued and could lead to serious repercussions. The interaction has become impersonal and devoid of feelings, and if there are feelings that come across, it is mostly hostile. I have seen this kind of an attitude in so many respondents in the blogs. Even those in the religious ministries, I feel, are so guarded that they almost come out cold with their business-as-usual attitude in their dealings with people . And at times, I am left to wonder if Jesus' spontaneity and directness, when he moved around the hillside of Judea, would have a place in our country today.
People also have become non-committal. Where they see that a thing is wrong, they turn their heads the other way simply because it is none of their business. No wonder that with this I-will-do-my-own thing attitude, nothing is sacred anymore. Everything has almost become dispensable. If the marriage does not work, there is divorce; if a baby is the result of promiscuity, there is abortion; if I do not agree with my parents and others, I'll shoot them; if I want to ease my loneliness and anger, there are the drugs; if there are homeless in the streets, it is their choice. Is this the effect of relativistic and tolerant attitudes? Do we become hardened when we shut God out of our lives? Does one find fulfillment in being uncaring and unfeeling?
I am glad that there is still hope for us. God is not dead. He is still very much alive! There are still some caring people who manifest him in their acts of charity. There are still people who understand that prayer is not mere words but action as by Jesus in Calvary. There are still people who have experienced that with God, there is no isolation and that they are one with the whole of creation, and therefore, stand as stewards of all the blessedness afforded them. There are still people who reach out to others. People still value the dignity of every person, whether infants, teenagers or adults . And above all, people are still provided with opportunities to learn and discover their real self and their responsiubilty as God's people. Despite the horrors of some unspeakable crimes, God is still very much present in the world and will forever be the victor over evil.
Yes, these are all very good observation. The disconnect in the age of communications is paradoxical to say the least. The word "virtual" was chosen for a reason.
The taking of innocent lives is never easy to watch, to read or to hear. We can never grow immune to listening and watching horrific events unfolding in our world. We must continue using the powerful tool that God gave us – praying and praying some more. God Bless you, Msgr, for all your good works. You had it a little rough this past weekend.
Thanks for your encouragement. The rough side of the mountain is also the side where climbing can happen.
Fr. Pope,
I am teaching a Pro Life class to the Seniors in our parish on the 23rd. I would like to use your article if it is ok with you. I don't know if I can read it without crying, but it needs to be shared.
Ah yes, please use it. Tears of course speak of justice and love.
Monsignor Pope, I think God would want you to take a rejuvenating retreat after some of the assaults I've read on the blog responses the past few days concerning your sincere humble motives. Even Christ and his apostles had to get away and recharge from the onslaughts of there followers and critics. You have given much but obviously much more will be required. Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with God. Love ya man.
Actually I will be away a few days this week. Thanks for your encouragement.
Dear Msgr. Pope,
I too have been praying at the "Abortion Facility". I would see the mothers bringing their teenage daughters.
Or the boyfriends not even opening the car doors after the abortion to their girlfriend and letting the girl drive home. How she ever got home I don't know, getting out of the parking lot was a nightmare. It got so bad I could not bear to go in the mornings anymore. I'd go in the afternoon to pray the rosary.
Every day, rain or shine we would stand there and pray during the 40 Days for Life. If a priest or brothers joined us it was a day for rejoicing for it happened so very seldom. So thank you for your participation in Washington.
I hope there are celebrations in heaven with every little angel who arrives.
See you somewhere on the 24th.
Deep down they know……
Abby Johnson is the former director of the Planned Parenthood abortion business in Bryan, Texas.
She had a change of heart in 2009 after agreeing to a request to assist in an abortion procedure and has now converted to the pro-life position.
CHERYL POKED HER HEAD INTO MY OFFICE. "Abby, they need an extra person back in the exam room. Are you free?"
I looked up from my paperwork, surprised. "Sure."
Though I'd been with Planned Parenthood for eight years, I had never been called into the exam room to help the medical team during an abortion, and I had no idea why I was needed now. Nurse-practitioners were the ones who assisted in abortions, not the other clinic staff. As director of this clinic in Bryan, Texas, I was able to fill in for any position in a pinch, except, of course, for doctors or nurses performing medical procedures. I had, on a few occasions, agreed at a patient's request to stay with her and even hold her hand during the procedure, but only when I'd been the counselor who'd worked with her during intake and counseling. That was not the case today. So why did they need me?
Today's visiting abortionist had been here at the Bryan clinic only two or three times before. He had a private abortion practice about 100 miles away. When I'd talked with him about the job several weeks before, he had explained that at his own facility he did only ultrasound-guided abortions — the abortion procedure with the least risk of complications for the woman. Because this method allows the doctor to see exactly what is going on inside the uterus, there is less chance of perforating the uterine wall, one of the risks of abortion. I respected that about him. The more that could be done to keep women safe and healthy, the better, as far as I was concerned. However, I'd explained to him that this practice wasn't the protocol at our clinic. He understood and said he'd follow our typical procedures, though we agreed he'd be free to use ultrasound if he felt a particular situation warranted it.
To my knowledge, we'd never done ultrasound-guided abortions at our facility. We did abortions only every other Saturday, and the assigned goal from our Planned Parenthood affiliate was to perform 25 to 35 procedures on those days. We liked to wrap them up by around 2 p.m. Our typical procedure took about 10 minutes, but an ultrasound added about five minutes, and when you're trying to schedule up to 35 abortions in a day, those extra minutes add up.
I felt a moment's reluctance outside the exam room. I never liked entering this room during an abortion procedure — never welcomed what happened behind this door. But since we all had to be ready at any time to pitch in and get the job done, I pushed the door open and stepped in.
The patient was already sedated, still conscious but groggy, the doctor's brilliant light beaming down on her. She was in position, the instruments were laid out neatly on the tray next to the doctor, and the nurse-practitioner was positioning the ultrasound machine next to the operating table.
"I'm going to perform an ultrasound-guided abortion on this patient. I need you to hold the ultrasound probe," the doctor explained.
As I took the ultrasound probe in hand and adjusted the settings on the machine, I argued with myself, I don't want to be here. I don't want to take part in an abortion. No, wrong attitude — I needed to psych myself up for this task. I took a deep breath and tried to tune in to the music from the radio playing softly in the background. It's a good learning experience — I've never seen an ultrasound-guided abortion before, I told myself. Maybe this will help me when I counsel women. I'll learn firsthand about this safer procedure. Besides, it will be over in just a few minutes.
I could not have imagined how the next 10 minutes would shake the foundation of my values and change the course of my life.
I had occasionally performed diagnostic ultrasounds for clients before. It was one of the services we offered to confirm pregnancies and estimate how far along they were. The familiarity of preparing for an ultrasound soothed my uneasiness at being in this room. I applied the lubricant to the patient's belly, then maneuvered the ultrasound probe until her uterus was displayed on the screen and adjusted the probe's position to capture the image of the fetus.
I was expecting to see what I had seen in past ultrasounds. Usually, depending on how far along the pregnancy was and how the fetus was turned, I'd first see a leg, or the head, or some partial image of the torso, and would need to maneuver a bit to get the best possible image. But this time, the image was complete. I could see the entire, perfect profile of a baby.
It looks just like Grace at 12 weeks, I thought, surprised, remembering my very first peek at my daughter, three years before, snuggled securely inside my womb. The image now before me looked the same, only clearer, sharper. The detail startled me. I could clearly see the profile of the head, both arms, legs, and even tiny fingers and toes. Perfect.
And just that quickly, the flutter of the warm memory of Grace was replaced with a surge of anxiety. What am I about to see? My stomach tightened. I don't want to watch what is about to happen.
I suppose that sounds odd coming from a professional who'd been running a Planned Parenthood clinic for two years, counseling women in crisis, scheduling abortions, reviewing the clinic's monthly budget reports, hiring and training staff. But odd or not, the simple fact is, I had never been interested in promoting abortion. I'd come to Planned Parenthood eight years before, believing that its purpose was primarily to prevent unwanted pregnancies, thereby reducing the number of abortions. That had certainly been my goal. And I believed that Planned Parenthood saved lives — the lives of women who, without the services provided by this organization, might resort to some back-alley butcher. All of this sped through my mind as I carefully held the probe in place.
"Thirteen weeks," I heard the nurse say after taking measurements to determine the fetus's age.
"Okay," the doctor said, looking at me, "just hold the probe in place during the procedure so I can see what I'm doing."
The cool air of the exam room left me feeling chilled. My eyes still glued to the image of this perfectly formed baby, I watched as a new image entered the video screen. The cannula — a strawshaped instrument attached to the end of the suction tube — had been inserted into the uterus and was nearing the baby's side. It looked like an invader on the screen, out of place. Wrong. It just looked wrong.
My heart sped up. Time slowed. I didn't want to look, but I didn't want to stop looking either. I couldn't not watch. I was horrified, but fascinated at the same time, like a gawker slowing as he drives past some horrific automobile wreck — not wanting to see a mangled body, but looking all the same.
My eyes flew to the patient's face; tears flowed from the corners of her eyes. I could see she was in pain. The nurse dabbed the woman's face with a tissue.
"Just breathe," the nurse gently coached her. "Breathe."
"It's almost over," I whispered. I wanted to stay focused on her, but my eyes shot back to the image on the screen.
At first, the baby didn't seem aware of the cannula. It gently probed the baby's side, and for a quick second I felt relief. Of course, I thought. The fetus doesn't feel pain. I had reassured countless women of this as I'd been taught by Planned Parenthood. The fetal tissue feels nothing as it is removed. Get a grip, Abby. This is a simple, quick medical procedure. My head was working hard to control my responses, but I couldn't shake an inner disquiet that was quickly mounting to horror as I watched the screen.
The next movement was the sudden jerk of a tiny foot as the baby started kicking, as if it were trying to move away from the probing invader. As the cannula pressed its side, the baby began struggling to turn and twist away. It seemed clear to me that it could feel the cannula, and it did not like what it was feeling. And then the doctor's voice broke through, startling me.
"Beam me up, Scotty," he said lightheartedly to the nurse. He was telling her to turn on the suction — in an abortion the suction isn't turned on until the doctor feels he has the cannula in exactly the right place.
I had a sudden urge to yell, "Stop!" To shake the woman and say, "Look at what is happening to your baby! Wake up! Hurry! Stop them!"
But even as I thought those words, I looked at my own hand holding the probe. I was one of "them" performing this act. My eyes shot back to the screen again. The cannula was already being rotated by the doctor, and now I could see the tiny body violently twisting with it. For the briefest moment the baby looked as if it were being wrung like a dishcloth, twirled and squeezed. And then it crumpled and began disappearing into the cannula before my eyes. The last thing I saw was the tiny, perfectly formed backbone sucked into the tube, and then it was gone. And the uterus was empty. Totally empty.
I was frozen in disbelief. Without realizing it, I let go of the probe. It slipped off the patient's tummy and slid onto her leg. I could feel my heart pounding — pounding so hard my neck throbbed. I tried to get a deep breath but couldn't seem to breathe in or out. I still stared at the screen, even though it was black now because I'd lost the image. But nothing was registering to me. I felt too stunned and shaken to move. I was aware of the doctor and nurse casually chatting as they worked, but it sounded distant, like vague background noise, hard to hear over the pounding of my own blood in my ears.
The image of the tiny body, mangled and sucked away, was replaying in my mind, and with it the image of Grace's first ultrasound — how she'd been about the same size. And I could hear in my memory one of the many arguments I'd had with my husband, Doug, about abortion.
"When you were pregnant with Grace, it wasn't a fetus; it was a baby," Doug had said. And now it hit me like a lightning bolt: He was right! What was in this woman's womb just a moment ago was alive. It wasn't just tissue, just cells. It was a human baby. And it was fighting for its life! A battle it lost in the blink of an eye. What I have told people for years, what I've believed and taught and defended, is a lie.
Suddenly I felt the eyes of the doctor and nurse on me. It shook me out of my thoughts. I noticed the probe lying on the woman's leg and fumbled to get it back into place. But my hands were shaking now.
"Abby, are you OK?" the doctor asked. The nurse's eyes searched my face with concern.
"Yeah, I'm OK." I still didn't have the probe correctly positioned, and now I was worried because the doctor couldn't see inside the uterus. My right hand held the probe, and my left hand rested gingerly on the woman's warm belly. I glanced at her face — more tears and a grimace of pain. I moved the probe until I'd recaptured the image of her now-empty uterus. My eyes traveled back to my hands. I looked at them as if they weren't even my own.
How much damage have these hands done over the past eight years? How many lives have been taken because of them? Not just because of my hands, but because of my words. What if I'd known the truth, and what if I'd told all those women?
What if?
I had believed a lie! I had blindly promoted the "company line" for so long. Why? Why hadn't I searched out the truth for myself? Why had I closed my ears to the arguments I'd heard? Oh, dear God, what had I done?
My hand was still on the patient's belly, and I had the sense that I had just taken something away from her with that hand. I'd robbed her. And my hand started to hurt — I felt an actual physical pain. And right there, standing beside the table, my hand on the weeping woman's belly, this thought came from deep within me:
Never again! Never again.
I went into autopilot. As the nurse cleaned up the woman, I put away the ultrasound machine, then gently roused the patient, who was limp and groggy. I helped her sit up, coaxed her into a wheelchair, and took her to the recovery room. I tucked a light blanket around her. Like so many patients I'd seen before, she continued to cry, in obvious emotional and physical pain. I did my best to make her more comfortable.
Ten minutes, maybe 15 at most, had passed since Cheryl had asked me to go help in the exam room. And in those few minutes, everything had changed. Drastically. The image of that tiny baby twisting and struggling kept replaying in my mind. And the patient. I felt so guilty. I'd taken something precious from her, and she didn't even know it.
How had it come to this? How had I let this happen? I had invested myself, my heart, my career in Planned Parenthood because I cared about women in crisis. And now I faced a crisis of my own.
Looking back now on that late September day of 2009, I realize how wise God is for not revealing our future to us. Had I known then the firestorm I was about to endure, I might not have had the courage to move forward. As it was, since I didn't know, I wasn't yet looking for courage. I was, however, looking to understand how I found myself in this place — living a lie, spreading a lie, and hurting the very women I so wanted to help.
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Maurice Blackburn Lawyers partner Damian Scattini says the outbreak, traced to an Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) station at Eastern Creek in NSW, was caused by negligence.
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More than 600 people have joined the action including those working in thoroughbred racing, harness racing, equestrian events, transporters and bookmakers.
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Way of the Lion was the first source book for the Lion Clan in the Legend of the Five Rings roleplaying game and the sixth in the Way of the Clan series
Credits Edit
- Written by: Patrick Kapera, Ree Soesbee, John Wick
- Additional Material by: Marcelo Figuroa, Raymond, Lau, Jennifer Mahr, Jim Pinto, Rob Vaux, David Williams
- Game System by: David Williams and John Wick
- Cover Artwork: Randy Gallegos
- Interior Artwork: Audrey Corman, Liz Danforth, Cris Dornaus, Jason Felix, Carl Frank, Scott James, Scott Johnson, KC Lancaster, Bradley K. McDevitt, Ramon Perez, Brian Snoddy.
- Maps: Jeff Lahren
- Artwork Prepress: Chris Dornaus, Steve Hough
- Line Editor: D.J. Trindle
- Editing: D.J. Trindle, Rob Vaux, John Wick
- Interior Layout: Steve Hough, Patrick Kapera, Rob Vaux
Table of Contents Edit
Heart of the Lion (page 4)Edit
Fictions about Akodo, Akodo Toturi, Matsu Tsuko, Akodo Arasou
Chapter 1: The Noble Lion (page 8)Edit
- The Journals of Shinjo Gaemon
- A Treatise on The Heart of the Lion Clan Doji Hoturi
- On a Pedestal Within The Lion Hall of Ancestors
- Letters from Akodo Rujo about Battle of Blood and Snow
- The House of the Lion Clan
Chapter 2: The Histories of the Lion (page 20)Edit
- The Families of the Lion Clan
- Proper use of Mon
- Akodo family
- Preparations For War
- The Lion Clan Daimyo
- The Lion Clan Ancestral Sword
- Gempukku Rituals
- The Lion Army
- Ranks
- Leadership
- Easy by Akodo One-Eye
- The Importance of Warfare
- Duty
- Ignorance and Stupidity
- Good and Evil
- Loyalty
- The General
- The Five Measures
- The Way of Deception
- Entince Him With Falsehoods
- Strike Hard and Quick
- Hammer and Anvil
- Breaking the Heart
- Chances
- Ambition and Virtue
- Nurture the Strong
- Fixed Formations
- Chastising Those Who Follow
- Your Enemy's Errors
- The Enemy
- Quick Like the Wind
- My Enemy's Food
- Victory Without Conflict
- Two Armies
- The Ten Orders
- The Death of Akodo One Eye
- Matsu family
- The Lion Thunder, Matsu
- History
- The Lion's Pride
- The Deathseekers
- Ikoma family
- History
- Ikoma Library
- The Ikoma Records of Leadership
- Kyuden Ikoma
- The Omoidasu
- The Warrior
- The Rememberer
- The Law-Keeper
- The Mourner
- A Bard's Training
- The Kitsu family
- The Lost Lions
- History
- The Kitsu Gempukku Ceremony
Chapter 3: Character (page 46)Edit
- New Skills
- New Advantages
- New Disadvantages
- Akodo War College School
- The Ikoma family
- The Ikoma Omoidasu School
- The Kitsu family
- Half-Blood Kitsu Ancestry
- Full-Blood Kitsu Ancestry
- Kitsu Sodan-Senzo Ancestor Magic School
- Sensing Ancestors
- Comming With Ancestors
- Summoning Ancestors
- Matsu Bushi School
- Heritage Tables
Chapter 4: Who's Who (page 74)Edit
- Akodo Kage
- Akodo (ancestor)
- Akodo Toturi
- Akodo Shinju (ancestor)
- Ikoma Ryozo
- Ikoma (ancestor)
- Ikoma Tsanuri
- Kitsu (ancestor)
- Ikoma Ujiaki
- Kitsu Motso
- Kitsu Toju
- Matsu Hitomi (ancestor)
- Matsu Agetoki
- Matsu Hiroru
- Matsu Hokitare
- Matsu Tsuko
- Akodo Godaigo (ancestor)
- Matsu Seijuro
Chapter 5: Character Templates (page 92)Edit
Appendix 1: The Art of War (page 94)Edit
- The Armies of the Lion Clan
- Soldiers of the Lion Armies
- Itsumo no Heishi
- Taiekigunjin
- Joshitsu
- Troops of the Lion Clan
- Organization of the Lion Armies
- Ranks in the Lion Armies
- Units of The Lion Armies
- The Way of Akodo
- The Akodo War College
- Akodo's Military Innovations
- The Way of Toturi
- The Way of the Soldier
- The Military Campaign in Rokugan
- The Commanding GM
- The Commanding PC
- Logistics and Supply
- Military Justice
- Morale
Appendix 2: The Ways of the Lion (page 103)Edit
- Battles.
Appendix 3: The Lands of the Lion (page 110)Edit
- Northern Plains.
- Western Reaches.
- Midlands.
Appendix 4: The Spirtual World (page 116)Edit
- Ghosts
- The Honorable Dead
- Nemuranai
Appendix 5: L5R CCG Lion Decks (page 121)Edit
- The Akodo Tacticans
- Big Lion


text: Chris Finley received his training at the University of Wyoming under the direction of Dr. George Frison. Chris retired from the Office of the Wyoming State Archaeologist in 1998 where he served as Collection Manager, and Assistant to the Wyoming State Curator. He worked part time as Project Manager for archaeological contractors and various federal agencies until 2003 when he became the Cultural Resource Program Manager at Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. Chris partnered with his son Judson to start the NWC Archaeology Field School in 2000.


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Later that night, about 11:30, I noticed a burning, itchy feeling on my leg so I lifted the pant leg to see that I had 2 swollen red welts from the spider's bite. From past experience, I knew that spider bites would get to be quite nasty, continuing to swell and eventually developing into necrotic tissue, leaving an open oozing wound. The bite was about 5 to 6 hours old at that time.
Not really wanting this scenario, I thought back over the years of contacts that I had and remembered that about 7 or 8 years ago, we had a customer , a retired judge I believe, who had been fighting recurrent infections from a brown recluse bite.
Some spiders do not just rely on a venom such as the black widow does. Instead, they inject a cocktail of venom and bacteria in their bite. It is often the resulting bacterial infection that causes much of the damage by attacking the cells around the bite. The bacteria, according to the judge and other sources, can remain in the body after the toxins have been neutralized and continue to cause damage and even new lesions in other parts of the body.
Since this is not a good thing, and based on the judge's report that the zapper helped him stop the infections, I decided to zap the spider bites. I used the ParaZapper CC2 in Mode 1 for 1 hour continuous zapping and only zapped once. The itching and stinging were practically gone by the end of the session.
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When I zapped this time, I also did some additional experimentation and used TENS pad electrodes instead of the copper paddles and pads. The reason that I did this is because I was only interested in applying the electrical pulses to a small concentrated area. They apparently did the job but TENS pads offer too much resistance for larger area applications in my opinion.
While further testing and study is needed, the visible antibiotic properties of the zapper can make it a valuable addition to the emergency first aid kit for off-label usage and for the prepper as well. It can be especially valuable in times when antibiotics may not be accessible or may be in short supply.
What is the difference? The main thing is that the area around the original bites was swollen but the tissue damage did not spread as normally happens, and it did not continue for weeks or months as often occurs.
|Before Zapping
|3-1/2 days after zapping
|Bites 7-1/2 days after zapping
|Bites 2 weeks after zapping
So, altogether, these images tell a story of much faster healing of spider bites when zapping only 1 time with the ParaZapper CC2 in mode 1. At 2 weeks, a normal spider bite would still be growing and spreading, developing into necrotic material.
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In 2008 the Medical Journal of Australia published an article detailing a case of recovery from osteosarcoma. Dr Gawler's first wife, Grace, wrote to the Journal last year (but the letter has only now been published) disputing a number of claims in that article, and identifying the patient as her previous husband and asserting that he did not, in fact, use a vegan diet prior to his cancer cure.
An appraisal of the patient's symptoms, combined with an accurate clinical history, reveals a more plausible scientific hypothesis for his remission than the effects of diet and meditation. Although diet and meditation may be adjuncts to a patient's wellbeing, it is unlikely in this case that they were curative, and certainly veganism was not a relevant factor. Immunotherapy with BCG vaccine treatments, the timing of symptoms and the patient's eventual diagnosis of tuberculosis could be associated with his remission, as postulated by his radiation oncologist in 1978. There is extensive scientific literature about remission of cancer, including osteosarcoma, associated with febrile conditions.
The patient's sporadic visits to doctors meant that metastases were not diagnosed histologically and much of the information reported on his case is anecdotal. Clearly, in this and other cases, unbiased investigative scientific research needs to be undertaken before reporting anecdotes and extrapolations as if they were fact. Teasing apart the errors in Jelinek and Gawler's story, now on the public record and almost medical myth, is an enormous task, but one that must be done, because correctly reporting the patient's clinical timeline is crucial in any discussion about the causes of his remission and the flow-on effect to cancer patients and their treating doctors.
George Jelinek and (Dr Gawler's current wife) Ruth Gawler also respond in the same issue, disputing Grace Gawler's claims, though noting that their report was written 30 years after the fact, and concluding
The case history is certainly complex and compelling. The message is clear: unexpected recovery from disseminated cancer remains a possibility, and is likely to be influenced by lifestyle factors.
"A possibility" and "likely" seem to emphasise the weakness of the argument. It hardly seems the basis for the marketing of a whole lifestyle business. EoR is also confused about how this claimed recovery is also applicable to Multiple Scelerosis which Dr Gawler also runs retreats for.
The Australian, in reporting this issue, notes
Dr Gawler said he believed it was "inappropriate" of the MJA to allow him to be identified, and that the journal had breached medical ethics by publishing the letter.
MJA editor Martin Van Der Weyden rejected the accusation, saying Dr Gawler had already "capitalised on this 'spontaneous cure' " through his foundation and biography, where the events had also been recorded.
Grace Gawler also has a blog where she discusses this matter, and notes a number of deaths of people seeking alternative cures to cancer (including a number of deaths currently before the WA Coroner).
It should be noted that Grace Gawler also promotes "integrated" cancer treatments, including the completely spurious reiki.


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Hornets owner and Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan said that being an owner of a franchise is much harder and "isn't as much fun" as being a player.
Charlotte Hornets owner and Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan said that being an owner of a franchise is much harder and "isn't as much fun" as being a player.
Jordan spoke with ESPN.com about how he about feels the game, his challenges as an owner, and the team's nickname change from the Bobcats back to the Hornets.
And although he won six championships as a member of the Chicago Bulls, he says his next ring would be sweeter than those.
"I'm always dreaming about that seventh ring," Jordan, who bought the team for $275 million in 2010, told ESPN.com. "And to get to that would be much more gratifying."
Over the past few seasons, Charlotte has tried to build a roster that can compete in the Eastern Conference. It signed guard Lance Stephenson to a three-year, $27 million deal this offseason and picked up forward Marvin Williams to make up for the loss of Josh McRoberts, who signed with the Heat. The Hornets return All-NBA performer Al Jefferson and guard Kemba Walker to a team that won 43 games and made the playoffs for the first time in four seasons.
The team's win total has increased in each of the last three seasons, after it set an NBA record for futility by posting a .106 winning percentage in the lockout-shortened season of 2011-12.
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Jordan, 51, says he knows he cannot affect the game on the court anymore and he has come to accept that.
"I played this game for a long time and I always took criticism in a way that's going to make me better as a basketball player and I could affect the game per se," he said. "Here, I can't do that other than talking to my other employees or coaches or players."
Jordan said he didn't want to change the team's nickname back to the Hornets at first, saying he didn't want to live in the past, but move forward.
"That was my initial thinking and my staff came to me and said, "Let's do a survey and see what the people want. Once the opportunity came where we could get the name Hornets and when it came back overwhelmingly that they wanted the name back, this is when my decision was made," Jordan said.
The Hornets start the regular season on Wednesday at home against the Milwaukee Bucks.
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Dina is a boxer lab mix we recused from a local animal shelter around 6 years ago. She is very hyper, loves to play, loves other dogs and people, but is almost scared of everything! Loves to cuddle and give kisses.
The Cutest Puppy
Born in French Alps 6 months ago, still living there. Discovering life, exploring the world with my twin brother Phileas. You can Follow our adventures on our facebook page (facebook.com/livandphileas) or on our website (livandphileas.com)
Hi everyone! My name is Tommy and I am 2 1/2 months old! Mommy and daddy say I am still a big boy though! I love playing with all of my toys but my favorite toy to chew on is mommy, even though she tells me "no!" I can't wait to go to obedience classes next month, I just love to learn! I already know how to "sit!" I have a big yard I play in everyday and when mommy and daddy go to work, I get to go to grandmas and grandpas and play with their doggies! I love my mommy and daddy so much and they love me bunches too!
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Latest ONS figures: Lowest wage growth since 2014
Phil Sheridan, Senior Managing Director, Robert Half comment
"Falling unemployment is further evidence of a robust labour market and improving economy. With unemployment at its lowest level since 1975, the war for talent will continue to challenge businesses. More must be done to ensure we continue to develop and ensure skills remain relevant on the global stage.
"If UK employers can simultaneously engage employees and motivate them to diversify skill sets, the business community will benefit but so too will the economy as a whole."
"As employees continue to seek our purposeful roles and job satisfaction, employers will need to do more to attract and retain top performers to their business. In recent research from Robert Half, employees who say the work they do is worthwhile are 3.2 times more likely to be happy in their jobs, than those who 'just work'. When looking at where improvements can be made, maximizing employee engagement and productivity of the labour market will benefit the economy as a whole."


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I went with a few fellow H.A.M.S. club members to a pub social at Sarasota Brewing Company. It was a pretty cool place. Not too much going on, a few families eating dinner together and a few patrons sitting at the bar. Then there were the beer geeks in the corner. I mean us.
I swear they didn't have blue beer. Stupid "white balance".
There seemed to be a distinct lack of head on the beers in general. We couldn't pinpoint why. The Maibok did lace the glass, though.
My tasting notes:
I really liked the Maibok the most even though it was a bit hoppier than I expected. Overall Vince (the brewer and I believe to be a fellow H.A.M.S. member) did a great job making big and well recieved batches of beer. I passed around my sampler of Sunset Red for everyone to try because I thought maybe something was wrong with it. Apparently all that was wrong is that I just didn't have an appreciation of the style (I don't really care for that style) because even though not everyone who tried it liked it nobody thought there was anything wrong with it. Anyway, that one aside, I was really impressed. As you'll see if you click on my notes to enlarge them, I thought they did a great job describing their beers. I tasted each before reading the descriptions and was kind of at a loss when it came to writing notes because much of what I noticed was already typed up for me.


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What needs to be installed if buying a car in Florida, Texas and similar to make the battery work in the cold weather without losing so much of the range? insulation, heather wiring around battery, coupe heather or anything else.
Is it possible to order this things original or unoriginal and let a carshop install it? what would be the cost of the products and the installation work itself.


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Read what I've written about magnesium and B vitamins in other posts.
What are some possible side effects of Requip (Ropinirole)?
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects: fever, muscle stiffness, feeling light-headed; or slow heartbeat, fainting.
Call your doctor promptly if you fall asleep during a daily activity, if you faint, or if you have hallucinations (hearing or seeing something that is not there). Your doctor may want you to stop taking ropinirole, or take a lower dose.
Other, less serious side effects may be more likely to occur, such as:
mild nausea, vomiting, upset stomach, or loss of appetite, worsened RLS symptoms, early in the morning, diarrhea or constipation, dry mouth, sweating, headache, drowsiness or confusion, sleep problems (insomnia); or agitation or anxiety
Side effects other than those listed here may also occur. Talk to your doctor about any side effect that seems unusual or that is especially bothersome.
Some people using ropinirole have developed a gambling habit. It is not known whether ropinirole actually causes this effect. Talk with your doctor if you believe you have an unusual urge to gamble while you are taking ropinirole.


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The account of an eccentric would-be traitor who executed a large-scale heist of American military secrets.
In his debut book, Science staff writer Bhattacharjee focuses on cryptographic science and the doggedness of investigators involved in the improbable story of Brian Regan, an embittered Air Force security specialist who decided to pad his retirement by offering classified intelligence to Libya. Although an informant contacted the FBI, Regan had constructed a complex scheme using encrypted ciphers to hide his identity. As the author notes, "Lifting that veil of anonymity was going to be a daunting task." Bhattacharjee reconstructs Regan's suburban childhood to discern the roots for his moral lapse; he notes Regan, suffering from dyslexia, was mocked by peers for appearing simultaneously dense and clever, a lifelong pattern persisting through his one-man conspiracy. The author offers a compellingly seedy portrait of Regan, motivated to contemplate treason due to debt, career stagnation, and marital malaise. "As long as he could get away with it, espionage was a legitimate answer to his troubles," the author concludes. Relying on extensive research and interviews, Bhattacharjee re-creates Regan's brazen acquisition of bulk intelligence and cinematically documents his pursuit by Steven Carr, a driven FBI agent, with exciting tradecraft set pieces of surveillance and covert entries. But the narrative's pace slackens halfway through, when Carr apprehends Regan in 2001 prior to an overseas trip to solicit Iraqi or Chinese spy agencies. The author focuses on the details of the government's aggressive prosecution as well as Regan's use of cryptography in his audacious fail-safe: he'd buried classified documents in various state parks. However, this negotiating tactic only hardened the government's resolve, in keeping with the post–9/11 national mood; ultimately, Regan was convicted of attempted espionage and received a life sentence. In exchange for consideration for his family, Regan helped retrieve his caches, resulting in dark comedy when he was initially unable to decipher his own cryptographic clues.
A well-written, mostly engrossing tale of thwarted amateur treason underscoring the disturbing vulnerability of today's intelligence systems.


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The problem that the studies are not uniformly probable to be published in the scientific journals. There is evidence that the statistical significance is a main determining factor of publication since some of the researchers might not submit nonsignificant outcomes for the publication and editors might not publish nonsignificant results even if they are submitted.
The particular concern for the application of the meta-analysis when the data come exclusively from the published scientific literature.


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Never before has it been so easy to produce and share content, whether it is music, video or writing. You can even publish and sell your own book online. The new web opens the door for creating and sharing. Why not step in!
Micheal Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology from Kansas State University, created this video called "Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us". It's worth watching and pondering.


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It's time to bring your yellow sticky notes up to date – BugMe! brings all the fun and flexibility of the handy little notes right to your smartphone or tablet. Pin them to a virtual cork board within the app and set alarms and alerts, or use the BugMe! Widget to "Stick" your note on your launcher screen for that extra visual reminder!
Main features:
MAKE QUICK NOTES – write in digital ink with your finger, or type with the inbuilt keyboard
ALARMS & REMINDERS – set alarms and due times on your notes
SAVE NOTES TO LAUNCHER – widget for handy sticky notes on your app launcher!
SEND YOUR NOTES TO FRIENDS – send notes to friends via Facebook, Twitter or email
CUSTOMIZE THE LOOK – huge choice of note colors, papers and ink styles to help you get organized
USE YOUR PHOTOS – use your photos as note backgrounds or make notes and marks on your photos
MAKE LISTS – use your notes as lists
ORGANIZE – drag and drop your notes to rearrange them on the virtual cork board.
and more!
"There's something to be said for a simple, straightforward note-taking app that borrows from the familiar: sticky notes." CNet Review
BugMe! has been a leading productivity app for smartphones and organizers since 1997 – we're proud that we've replaced so many yellow stickies!
If you have feature requests – contact us on Twitter – we're @bugmeapp and @electricpocket
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Columbia, South Carolina, June 30, 2014: Crawford Pressley, owner of the popular catering company Loosh Culinaire Fine Catering announced his new product Loosh Juice a unique product and now offers weekly deliveries. Crawford is a distinguished graduate from the renowned Le Cordon Bleu Parish Cooking School in London, UK, where he received the prestigious Grand Diplome.
Loosh Culinaire believes in using the finest foods, the results of this incredibly high standard is everything is completed in-house with the freshest ingredients and the highest skill possible. Everything is prepared for each special occasion and this fortifies that the quality of foods is never compromised, and is always up to customer satisfaction.
Loosh Juice is an incredibly healthy, sufficient and delicious way to take in your daily vegetable intake. Loosh Juice is made with fresh ingredients which include Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Celery, Carrots, Green Apples, Spinach, Kale and Lemons. The recommended consumption is 4oz with breakfast and 4 oz with dinner. Loosh Culinaire is offering a weekly delivery of the juice for an incredibly affordable price $20/half gallon, with a $5 flat fee local delivery price which is unmatched in the industry no matter what quantity you order.
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The boss ordered one of his men to dig a hole eight feet deep. After the job was completed the boss returned and explained an error had been made and the hole wouldn't be needed. "Fill 'er up," he ordered.
The worker did as he'd been told. But he ran into a problem. He couldn't get all the dirt packed back into the hole without leaving a mound on top. He went to the office and explained his problem.


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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013, Article ID 692874, 10 pages
A Review on the Use of Grid-Based Boltzmann Equation Solvers for Dose Calculation in External Photon Beam Treatment Planning
1Department of Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong
2Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Received 2 May 2013; Accepted 22 July 2013
Academic Editor: Maria F. Chan
Copyright © 2013 Monica W. K. Kan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Deterministic linear Boltzmann transport equation (D-LBTE) solvers have recently been developed, and one of the latest available software codes, Acuros XB, has been implemented in a commercial treatment planning system for radiotherapy photon beam dose calculation. One of the major limitations of most commercially available model-based algorithms for photon dose calculation is the ability to account for the effect of electron transport. This induces some errors in patient dose calculations, especially near heterogeneous interfaces between low and high density media such as tissue/lung interfaces. D-LBTE solvers have a high potential of producing accurate dose distributions in and near heterogeneous media in the human body. Extensive previous investigations have proved that D-LBTE solvers were able to produce comparable dose calculation accuracy as Monte Carlo methods with a reasonable speed good enough for clinical use. The current paper reviews the dosimetric evaluations of D-LBTE solvers for external beam photon radiotherapy. This content summarizes and discusses dosimetric validations for D-LBTE solvers in both homogeneous and heterogeneous media under different circumstances and also the clinical impact on various diseases due to the conversion of dose calculation from a conventional convolution/superposition algorithm to a recently released D-LBTE solver.


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Have your say on boat vote
Another day another vote – and we don't mean the general election.
No, for a change this vote is just for fun.
It won't change lives but it will be forever added to the vocabulary of anyone with any connection to Arran.
We are talking, of course, of the naming of the new ferry.
It is good to see that fleet owner Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) now go to the public as a matter of course to ask them to help to chose a name for new vessels.
Sensibly, they offer a shortlist, given the Boaty McBoatface debacle that beset the naming of the polar research boat last year.


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Durham Wharf Residency project led by Laura Gordon
Working with five schools across London, Laura aimed to identify techniques to help young people alleviate fear of failure. Laura hoped that by taking part in the project the young people would have an opportunity to experience different parameters for success within the classroom, value happy accidents and quick experiments, and work alongside process-led practitioners.
Session 1
The first session comprised a series of abstract exercises designed to help students explore and overcome their fear of failure. The session was split loosely into three sections — Fear of Failure (changing the parameters for success and embracing failure through quick-fire exercises), Divergent Thinking (coming up with lots of possible answers to a question and lots of ways to interpret the question) and being Effectually Minded (considering the tools you have at your disposal and using them as a springboard for imagining new possible directions).
Session 2
Each group was encouraged to build on their experiences of the first session and work alongside creative practitioners Bea Wilson, Nadine Shaban and Jake Evans.
The groups working with Bea were invited to think about the positives and negatives of their current environments and use these ideas to create a future island. Each group worked as a team to produce a model to present to the class.
Jake's session focused on four recurring elements in his own work: drawing with the wrong tools, not representation, the mundane and disassembly. Using commonly found materials – fruit, office stationary and school supplies – the students produced as much 2D and 3D imagery as they could in the time given, prompted by a range of short tasks. Then the students created a series of images inspired by this experimental way of working.
Nadine's session was inspired by her own experiments with photography, paint, fabric scraps, geometric shapes and letter forms. By setting the students short tasks and removing the artwork from them when it seemed complete, Nadine removed an element of control and introduced chance and happy accidents.


text: CDC Chief: US Won't 'Seal Borders' Against Ebola Tom Frieden says we know how to handle deadly virus By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff Posted Aug 3, 2014 1:35 PM CDT 58 comments Comments In this Tuesday April 20, 2010 file photo, Emirates jets taxi at Dubai International airport. Dubai-based airline Emirates, said Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, it is halting flights to Guinea over Ebola. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File) View 2 more images (Newser) – The US is treating the American doctor who contracted Ebola, and isn't about to turn tail on the virus. "Ebola's scary, and it's understandable that with a deadly disease, people are concerned," says CDC director Tom Frieden, but for those who would have us turn victims away, "the plain truth is, we can stop Ebola. We know how to control it. We're not going to hermetically seal the borders of the US. We're reliant and interdependent with the world for travel, for trade, for the economy, for our families and communities." Frieden tells ABC, via Politico, that the CDC is sending 50 staffers to West Africa because, he says, "The single most important thing we can do to protect Americans is to stop this disease at the source in Africa." (Read more Thomas Frieden stories.) View 2 more images My Take on This Story Report a story error Show results without voting | 1% Hilarious 4% Intriguing 3% Depressing 20% Brilliant 12% Scary 59% Ridiculous


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You love it in here - especially you Hamish. You spend ages in this room emptying out every single toy storage drawer... one by one... until everything you own is covering the floor like a waist deep sea of toys.
|Your mama is Pinterest caaraaazy. Decided on a whim to whip up this upholstered cushion for an old bookcase on its side today. I'm hoping you'll use it to lounge on and read.
|Some country pictures that represent your heritage. You have English, Scottish, Australian, New Zealand and Italian running through your veins. I can't find NZ in this series, but I'll keep looking.
|This is your beautiful, clean, tidy, organised play room. I wonder if it will ever look this way again.


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Friday, 20 June 2014
Saturdays and Sundays results
Riverside 7 DEF Devonport 1
Launceston City 0 lost to Burnie United 2
Somerset 6 def Rangers 0
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- Anonymous21 June, 2014 20:26
Great to see Devonport flogged. It puts a smile in my dial every time. Well done riverside.ReplyDelete
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Somerset 6 - Rangers 1, they got one late courtesy of a little mistake by the defense. Rangers young forward Chris Collins copped a broken Tibia late in the match, hope he gets back quickly.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous22 June, 2014 16:01
Riverside's first half on the weekend was quality we couldn't get near the ball if they play like that consistently give them the title now nobody will come close.ReplyDelete
hey anonymous 21 june you are a wanker!!ReplyDelete
no one likes to see a team flogged and if you were at the game it was not a flogging.
dev was totally undermanned and played a lot of kids that did a fine job.
riverside played a great brand of football and are a strong team.
also for future reference the quote is "put a smile on my dial"
- Anonymous22 June, 2014 22:35
Ian, I could not care less what you think. Sucked in to Devonport and maybe their and egos may be back down to earth now. Hope it happens for the rest of the year too....ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous22 June, 2014 22:37
Oh and typical Devonports exuses. Wake up tosser. Your whole club is bad. Also your v league team sucks just as muchDelete
wow a devonport hater aye "the whole club is bad" are you going to tell us whyDelete
you have the need to make this big statement anonymous just not enough room in your little brain and had to make room for a few more biased opinions
i could drop to your level and say your victory league team sucks too but i dont have to because you dont have one
- Anonymous22 June, 2014 23:47
What makes someone so bitter and twisted that they spend their week waiting for one of Devonport's 12 teams to lose so they can slate them on the blog?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous23 June, 2014 02:01
Sorry, but if your name is NOT Ian Devonport Strikers. Well neither do you. Looks like there are two of the same breed on here. So Devonport have twelve teams. Must be nice to have numbers. But then again poaches always have numbers don't they. Will be interesting when the V league folds after next year. What will Devonports exude be then. Any way Ian had my say. Best of luck for the rest of the year. You will need it LMFAOReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous23 June, 2014 05:21
Typical troll baiting the rest of us with grammatically and intellectually bereft comments. I am interested in the broad generalisations that imply here - do all people from the Devonport Strikers have massive egos? Or just the ones you have met? Such broad generalisations are the domain of the uneducated and the prejudiced. There are plenty of fine people at Devonport (and some knobs as well - but you get that at every club). Finally, your tongue in cheek comment that it, "Must be nice to have numbers", seems a little off the mark if other comments posted in this thread are taken into account. The issue for Devonport (other than being outplayed - which none of them have denied) was that they were low on numbers and had to field, "a lot of kids". I bet you feel really tough having a crack at 15 and 16 year olds. However, you are entitled to your opinion and are free to air them, so feel free to do whatever floats your boat, champ.Delete
- Anonymous23 June, 2014 02:47
I've heard they eat their own infant children over thereReplyDelete
- Anonymous23 June, 2014 15:53
Sorry, but if your name is NOT Ian Devonport Strikers. Well neither do you. - what an awesome couple of sentences LOL! I guess that's what happens when you type with one hand. There have been some really good posts on the blog lately - its a shame the Anonymous Devonport Hater has chosen to drag it into the gutter againReplyDelete
- Anonymous23 June, 2014 18:14
I'm not sure where all the Devonport hate is coming from, the game on the weekend seemed to be played with good spirits and there seemed no bitterness between the two sides.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous26 June, 2014 23:36
If you think this is coming from someone at Riverside then think again.Delete
Like you said, the game was played in good spirits and Riverside as a club have a lot of respect for the Devonport Strikers who have played us off the park in the past and shown a lot of respect to us.
Wayne Penfold
A player has the choice where they play, for whatever reason, so if.you've got issues with who plays where, then direct it at the players, not the club. Also, whether our team, your team or whatever team is "crap", we don't mean to be. We don't set out to lose games. And finally, the only comment in this thread with any credentials is Nigel's, because at least we all know who it is.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous26 June, 2014 05:33
Any interesting news from the President's meeting, Nigel?ReplyDelete


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I am about 4/5th of the way through the quilting of Autumn Waterfall, then I will need to cut some of my lovely Kona Chocolate for the binding. I hope to get this one finished by June, when I hope to be quilting my blue monster, Diamonds in the Sky.
It may not be a brilliant photo, but it shows the quilting a lot more clearly. I had planned on doing dog rose flowers (using a stencil) in the midde of the squares but I had problems but decided to just echo quilt, with emphasis on the geometric design.
If you are wondering about what I a using for the backing. It is a bed linen set I brought from Argos in a pale coffee colour, Latte. I will be using another bed sheet as the backing on Diamonds.