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Many other moments when clutching fear reared up in the face of pain come quickly to mind: when my brother told me he was gay and we both wept in our confused attempt to understand what this would mean for him and our relationship; when mental illness showed up in our immediate family and I knew I was way out of my depth; when my big heartedness wasn't enough to hold together a fractured congregation; when mediating between a jaded student and ill-tempered professor landed us all in legal woo woo land….and on and on.
Perhaps it's weathering decades of finding a way through pain-filled disruptions that makes me more sanguine about facing into them. I am more in touch with my own inability to manage all contingencies and apply quick fixes. I wonder less about why this painful event has occurred and more about where God's reconciling grace might show up within it.
This week I'm in the midst of yet another excruciatingly painful relational upheaval. My problem solving propensity is working in overdrive. Every discerning, prayer-filled, spiritual muscle is being exercised. And yet I often find myself with hands extended outward and upward—letting go.
Whether the painful place is a personal family matter, a church conflict, on the job maliciousness, violent outbursts, or whether it is denomination-wide heart break over seemingly irreconcilable differences—we find ourselves in places of immense suffering. Is it too much to say in faith—this is where we are, in the providence of God?
I wonder if practicing reconciliation means standing in those places where we are stretched apart as if on a cross. I've never been one to appreciate macabre cross scenes. But as I reflect on the most acutely painful attempts at reconciliation I've been involved in, no other image serves as well.
What does it mean to be stretched to the breaking point in order to hold together in a wide embrace those who hatefully accuse each other? What does it mean to be maligned because you've chosen to stand in the middle rather than take sides? What does it mean to hold together within the suffering love of Christ precisely what is threatening to tear us apart?
As persons called to practice reconciliation, we are where we are—in the providence of God. Whether sanguine or not, we move through the fear of pain right into the unbearable fracture—to extend shalom. We embody hope. We don our best negotiating skills. We show compassionate leadership. But we do so with our hands extended outward and upward—letting go. Trusting in the grace-filled providence of God to bring us through.


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- In a 4-quart Dutch oven cook ground beef, onion, sweet pepper, and garlic until meat is brown and onion is tender; drain fat. Stir in kidney beans, undrained tomatoes, tomato sauce, water, chili powder, basil, and black pepper. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. If desired, top each serving with sour cream and/or cheese.
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In a Dutch oven cook ground beef, onions, green sweet pepper, and garlic as above. Drain fat. In a 4- to 5 -quart slow cooker combine meat mixture, beans, tomatoes, tomato sauce, 1/2 cup water, chili powder, basil, and black pepper. Cover and cook on the low-heat setting for 8 to 10 hours or on high-heat setting for 4 to 5 hours. Makes 8 servings (about 10 cups).
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Christopher Major '83
Photo by Todd Hido.
This story was originally published in the Autumn 2008 edition of Saint Mary's magazine.
When he was at Moreau High School in Hayward, Christopher Major '83 accomplished a lot as the football quarterback and a baseball outfielder, along with being the first black class president. But he didn't think much about where he would go to college.
"I had a goal for college, but not much of a plan," he says. "I was just in the moment every day. Until the day Saint Mary's College gave me a plan."
That day came when the Moreau baseball team played De La Salle, and then-SMC coach Miles McAfee was in the stands.
The next thing Major knew, he was offered a baseball scholarship at Saint Mary's. Major's high school grades weren't great; he remembers having a 2.6 or 2.7 GPA. But he was accepted into Saint Mary's High Potential Program, which offers access and support services to students from historically low-income and disadvantaged backgrounds.
Major did well at Saint Mary's, and after graduating he spent years working in the corporate world as an insurance risk manager, loan officer and insurance agent. He now looks back at the 1980s as a time when financial success and material values were more important than helping others and giving back to the community.
In the mid-90s, Major realized that he had "hit the wall" in his career, and he decided that he wanted to work with young people. He received a teacher's credential and taught special education students. Major dreamed of starting a small nonprofit company for disadvantaged youngsters. In 2005, he started the Hayward Youth Academy, where he is the president.
The academy provides comprehensive educational, recreational and support services for youths ages 9 to 15. The program focuses on academics, athletics, life coaching and health and nutrition support. It also provides assistance to families and guardians through community resource information and parenting workshops.
Major, who also works with the YMCA Eden Area and the Treeview Little League in Hawyard, says anyone can make a difference through volunteering with young people.
"The time you spend with kids tells them that they have value," Major says. "I deal with a lot of wealthy kids whose parents want to write me a check. I say, 'Write me a check, but also come down here and help the kids.' When parents and guardians spend time with children, they start to learn more about their own kids' fears and aspirations."
For many years, Major wasn't very involved with Saint Mary's, and he had also fallen away from his Christian faith. A combination of things helped him get through his personal crisis.
In 2005, he called Pat Fox '84, an SMC baseball teammate and his former roommate, who told him "until God touches your heart, you're always going to be searching." Fox also urged Major to "live an unselfish life of service."
The same year, he saw a picture of former SMC president Brother Mel Anderson, a beloved figure for many alumni, in Saint Mary's magazine. That photo sparked memories of Major's years at the College.
"I said, 'That's when things were really cool,' " Major recalls, becoming choked up at how deeply touched he was at the time. "I had read about all the problems at the school, but all of the sudden I saw Brother Mel's picture and I picked up the phone. I said, 'Put Brother Mel in the magazine again.' Everybody loved Mel."
That was the beginning of the Brother Mel 50-buck Club. Some loyal alumni, including Major, send a $50 check to the College every time Brother Mel appears in Saint Mary's magazine.
Major says that because Saint Mary's emphasizes helping others, he has become much more active and engaged at the College. He is a member of the President's Club and attends events like Dine with Alumni, the Summer Wine Festival, High Potential Program functions and the Reunion Weekend. His current goal is organizing his Class of 1983 to participate more fully with the College both through activities and financial support.
A passion for Major these days is senior basketball player Diamon Simpson, whom Major calls "one of Hayward's great success stories." Simpson, the WCC's Defensive Player of the Year in 2007–08, is a graduate of Hayward High.
The Hayward Youth Academy will sponsor three Diamon Simpson nights at men's basketball home games this year. Major is raising money to buy 300 tickets at each of those games for Hayward youngsters to see Simpson and the Gaels play.
"As these young people see Diamon, they will have a personal example of what can be achieved through dedication and hard work, both academically and athletically," Major says.
As Major reflects on his new mission and the life experiences that have shaped him, he smiles and is enthusiastic.
"I've got spirituality, I've got support, and now Saint Mary's is giving me an opportunity to give back some of what it gave to me."


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Monday, September 13, 2010
Is it autumn yet?
15 comments:
- Mary Newton Designs said...
I can't wait till you list these! Have a great time at the wedding!
- September 13, 2010 at 6:30 PM
The beads look great! Have a wonderful time at the wedding!
- September 13, 2010 at 7:33 PM
- sundownbeaddesigns said...
So happy to hear that your son is home safe...how exciting about the wedding! The beads look great! I love fall.
- September 13, 2010 at 7:36 PM
- sharon said...
Beautiful beads and luscious colors!
I wish you the happiest days ahead ever LeAnn..savour it all! This is an incredible time in your family's life!! All my love to all of you!
- September 13, 2010 at 8:32 PM
- TesoriTrovati said...
I am all a-squee for you LeAnn! This is just such a happy time. Hold on to these days and cherish every moment. Can't wait to see it all!
Enjoy the day!
- September 13, 2010 at 9:59 PM
- Judy said...
I am so glad your son is home! Yay!! How good that must feel knowing he is close by.
You have a treasured day coming up, I am so happy for you and your family!
- September 13, 2010 at 10:43 PM
- Marie Cramp said...
All those new beads and I can't even get any?? Panic!! Come back soon!! {have fun with and at the wedding!!}
- September 13, 2010 at 11:14 PM
- Cindy said...
Yipeee! Your son, the Groom, is home safe and sound!! What a happy day. This week will fly by...full of the most important days ever. Oh the fun you will have as a family. I hope you enjoy each and every moment. We can't wait to hear about it next week when things settle down. Have the time of your life!! :-)
- September 14, 2010 at 12:27 AM
- stregata said...
Here, it is definitely already fall. Your kiln treasures looks fabulous.
But the greatest news is that your son is home!
Wishing you a wonderful time, making memories. Wishing you and yours much love, peace, health and very much happiness!
- September 14, 2010 at 12:47 AM
- Jen V. said...
Happy Fall and congratulations on your upcoming week! Big hugs to your son!!
- September 14, 2010 at 7:03 AM
- Courtney said...
Congratulations! I am glad your son is home safe. Have a wonderful, wonderful time with everyone. Can't wait to see pictures!
- September 14, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- Leslie @ Bei Mondi said...
I bet you are busy, busy, busy. So great your son is home and happiness abounds :)
- September 14, 2010 at 9:34 PM
- Marsha Neal Studio (Marsha's Garden Blog, Marsha Minutella) said...
Cannot wait to see some pictures. But if you have very few, it means you were just really enjoying yourself and making mental pictures of everything… Enjoy every moment! Congratulations!!!
- September 15, 2010 at 4:08 AM
- The Joy of Nesting said...
Oh my gosh LeAnn a mere two days left!! You should be sooooooo excited, giddy, proud,teary,happy, and just a tad sad. Your baby has grown up to be a man with a family of his own. It's really quite different but ever so wonderful at the same time! :) Have a wonderful time creating amazing memories to last a life time!
Pattie ;)
Mazatlan Mx.
PS, We your Bloglandian family expect pictures tons of pictures when you return home! :)
- September 17, 2010 at 12:16 AM
- Pretty Things said...
So excited for you and your son! Have a great time off!
- September 18, 2010 at 8:05 PM


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The latest missive on the game's official forum thanks players for supporting the game, and says the connectivity issue has been resolved. It concludes, "We will continue to support Darkspore, so feel free to continue to discuss the game here." Darkspore continues to be available on EA's Origin digital distribution service.
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This year was extremely hard for me. I tried to keep track of this year better by keeping a planner like I used to when I was younger.
I bought all the things I would need to keep a Travelers Notebook planner, and for a while I did a good job!
As the year continued I grew more and more dissatisfied with the Travelers Notebook, and by July I had completely removed it from my purse and it had taken up residence on my dresser. Every day I look at my beautiful Mellonjournal personalized Fabridori covered Travelers Notebook and I feel like I failed at the simple task of keeping track of what I did each day. I have thought about it a lot and I think that my problem is that the TN wants me to be too in charge of how I keep track.
I am going to try again next year, but I am going to try a new format. My dream format to try next is an Erin Condren Life Planner. I like that the monthly calendar for each month is at the beginning of that months weekly/daily pages. Less flipping from section to section that way! The hardest part for me is picking which gorgeous cover I want and bringing myself to pull the trigger on that price tag. I know I easily spent that much trying different things with my TN this year, but I have a harder time spending lots of money on myself all at once than I do spending a lot in little bits here and there.
These are the two covers that I am leaning towards. I think both are very me. Both options would end up with the vertical layout in the Neutral color scheme. Both would end up with a black coil.
So that is my planner/life organizing failure for the year.
Then there is my failed reading goals for the year. I set myself a goal for a book a week. I read less than one a month. I know that my biggest problem with reading is that I hate doing it in little snippets. I want to sit and read for hours at a time, and that is often not possible due to being a mom to 5. At night once they are in bed I feel bad for reading instead of spending what little time I get with my husband. Here is my year of reading according to Goodreads. I feel a lot worse about this than I should because I have acquired enough new books this year to almost have finished my reading challenge… all the books that came in my OwlCrate subscription and a *few* more I found myself purchasing at Barnes and Noble. My name is Jaclyn Bailey and I am a book and yarn hoarder.
Heartless was probably my favorite read of the year.
Another goal failure for this year was my knitting/crocheting goals for the year. I wanted to complete 4 small projects or one large project worth of work every month. I have 8 completed projects total and 6 WIPs! Not my best year as a knitter/crocheter.
This baby blanket I have been crocheting for a friends baby is probably one of my favorite things I have made this year, and it isn't even done yet! I got it mostly done and then proceeded to lose all of my darning needles. I really do need to pick it back up and get to work on it again…. I just haven't.
My last big goal I failed at this year is my weight loss goal. I wanted to lose weight this year. I am big enough that I qualify as morbidly obese. I am not ashamed of my weight since mine was come by honestly due to 85% health issues and only 15% bad eating proportions. I know that losing weight would help some of my pain issues, but I hurt too bad to do much more than barely function most of the time and strenuous activity typically leads to days of recover afterwards. It is getting to be enough of a problem that I am considering medical intervention, but there is no way I will do that while we are still on Medi-Cal. I just don't trust that system enough since I am still trying to get diagnosed with whatever caused my stroke.
You know what though? I am ok with all of this. I spent a ton of quality time with my kids. I got myself completely out of my wheelchair. I only spent 1/3 of my year bedbound as opposed to last year where I was bedbound 3/4 of the year. I have helped Owen get through a personal slump and into a job that will help him achieve his goals for his own career and his goals to support is family. I got out there and lived my life the best I could with the cards I had in my hand and that is ok. A new year will start soon and I chose to look at it as a fresh start to try harder and achieve better! Maybe I will even stop finding excuses to not blog! One can hope!


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I am so thankful I stuck with it to the end!!
When I first started reading it, though impressed by Kevin Belmonte's eloquent way with words and choice of quotations by well-known theologians and commentators, I must admit, I was bored. And disappointed. I thought I was about to read a book documenting miraculous events that might encourage me and move me to wonder. Instead (and perhaps this says more about me than it does the book!), the first few chapters were reiterating stories I already well knew. They are wonderful bible stories of God's faithfulness and propensity to use ordinary people to accomplish magnificent tasks in His name. But they were stories I was very familiar with, and just not what I was expecting... So I nearly wrote my first review of a book I didn't read cover to cover (don't worry, I would have admitted that in the review!)
But then the chapters changed to stories of para-biblical historical figures-- people and stories I wasn't so well acquainted with, or had never before been introduced to. And their stories stirred up my soul to wonder, to awe, to conviction, to longing, to joy. Documenting the miraculous testimonies of such intriguing figures as St. Augustine, Perpetua, Julian of Norwich, D.L. Moody, G.K. Chesterton, William Wilberforce, Corrie Ten Boom, and some I had never before heard of but am so thankful that I have now, like Clyde Kilby (whose childlike wonder in the halls of academia challenge me to find more wonder and beauty and joy in each moment I have wherever I am!), Holly Ordway, and a doctor emboldened by Jesus whose tale touched Cecil B. Demille so much that he wrote about it in his autobiography.
Cecil B Demille was a movie director back in Hollywood's golden age. Though remembered most for his The Ten Commandments, he directed an earlier film called King of Kings which was powerfully used to touch people the world over. In Demille's autobiography he writes of a Polish pastor he called Wallner who was so moved after seeing the film King of Kings that he decided to become a pastor and serve that King all the rest of his days. This pastor related a story to Demille of a doctor in his congregation who was a Messianic Jew-- a Jewish man who recognized Christ as his Saviour. When Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia, this doctor was sent to a concentration camp, and gained the special attention of the gestapo because of the way he encouraged the other prisoners.
"Suffering and torture were brutally inflicted on this steadfast believer. He was repeatedly struck with an iron rod until one of his arms had to be amputated. Still, he refused to be silent about his faith. Ultimately, as Demille's autobiography reveals, 'one Gestapo officer beat the doctor's heard against a stone wall until blood was streaming down his face.' The officer then brandished a mirror before the doctor's face. 'Look at yourself now,' he said with incredible cruelty. 'Now you look like your Jewish Christ.'
Lifting the one hand he had left, the doctor said, 'Lord [Jesus], never in my life have I received such honor-- to resemble You.' Those proved to be his last words."Belmonte continues to tell the story Demille wrote in his autobiography. The Gestapo officer was so pierced by those words, by the witness of the doctor, that he was wracked with guilt at having killed him, and he sought out the doctor's pastor-- Wallner-- and was led to faith in Christ. Pastor Wallner told him, "Perhaps God let you kill that good man to bring you to the foot of the Cross, where you can help others." When the Gestapo officer went back to the concentration camp, it was to work as an insider with Wallner and the Czech Underground to free many Jews.
As Cecil B. Demille reports it, Wallner told him that if it had not been for him seeing that film which God used to draw him to Himself as a young man, he never would have become a pastor, and "Three hundred and fifty Jewish children would have died in the ditches."
These are the stories that I RELISH hearing! That give me gooseflesh upon reading and renew the faith in my heart and being part of something so much bigger than you or I simply in belonging to Jesus!
And it's these sorts of stories that Belmonte so expertly relays to us in his book Miraculous: A Fascinating History of Signs, Wonders, and Miracles. Go out and find yourself a copy! Or come over and borrow mine :)
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What room in a house is useless to a ghost?
A living room.
In the Old Testament, there is a story about King David contemplating building a house for God. This says something about the Biblical view of God. God is seen in the Bible as personal; the type of being living in a house, not haunting a house. God is spirit, yes, but not a ghost. God is not a dead relic of the past but is a living presence.
In a twist of the narrative, God makes a covenant with David to establish his house forever. That is, to establish David's dynasty perpetually.
It is in the Gospel that what is foreshadowed in the Old Testament becomes clear. It is through Mary that the promise to David comes to fulfillment. Mary is the house God indwells with his presence. The promise of an ever-lasting kingdom is fulfilled in Jesus, and it is through Mary that Jesus enters the world. The Old Testament prophesies are given their full meaning after the coming of Christ in whom their mystery is revealed. God breaks into human history and is revealed in the person of Jesus Christ. Mary is the grace-filled instrument through which this happens.
At the heart of the story of Mary is faith. We can look at faith from two angles: 1) What we believe; and 2) In whom we believe. What we believe is important. What we believe is Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, as is professed in the creed. Believing God becomes human is necessary, but it is not all there is to faith. We do not merely assent to a historical fact about Jesus as if Jesus is a ghost from the past about whom we speak only in the past tense.
Therefore faith is not only assent but is also trust. "Let it be done to me according to your word," is Mary's famous fiat in response to the message of the angel proclaiming her as the fitting vessel to carry Jesus. A modern vernacular paraphrase might be, "Have it your way, God." We don't simply trust a message. We trust in the person delivering the message. Thus it is not simply a matter of in what we believe, but it is also a matter of in whom we believe, that makes a difference. Mary trusts God, and so she accepts God's message. She becomes the means through which God becomes present in human form and enters the world in the person of Jesus.
Like David, it is easy to become convinced we need to do something for God. Religion can come to mean our efforts to impress God. That is missing the point. God wants to do something in us and through us. God wants to use us as he did Mary to be the vessels carrying the presence of Jesus into the world. Thus, to join Mary in her trusting fiat is to become ourselves the house God indwells with his presence. Words and actions issue forth from the ground of trust in God such that we can say Jesus is seen in us. Not that we don't falter and fail. None of us is immaculate like Mary. Like her, however, we trust in the power of God to make us a living reflection of the face of Jesus to the world. He is, after all, living and personal; not a ghost, and he lives in the heart that has faith in him.
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Lupus or Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Q: About a year ago my RA count was very high. My family doctor thought I had rheumatoid arthritis while an arthritis clinic physician thinks I have lupus. I show very little signs of either disease but am taking Plaquenil for lupus. Is there a way to definitely tell which one I have?
A: Sorry to hear that you are having these problems, but I am very glad that you are doing some investigative work to educate yourself.
It can be very difficult to diagnose these disorders because the blood markers that we have for them are non-specific. For instance, rheumatoid factor can be elevated in both conditions or can be elevated as a result of some other infection in the body that has nothing to do with either.
Both lupus and rheumatoid arthritis are autoimmune disorders which the body starts to attack its own connective tissue. Other closely related disorders are: Polymyositis-dermatomyositis (PM-DM), systemic sclerosis (SSc or scleroderma), Sjogren's syndrome (SS) and various forms of vasculitis.
These diseases have a number of common features:
1. They affect women much more frequently than men.
2. They are "multisystem" diseases, capable of affecting the function of many organs.
3. They "overlap" with one another, sharing certain clinical symptoms, signs and laboratory abnormalities.
4. Blood vessels are the most common target of injury in all of these diseases.
5. The immune system is abnormal and accounts, at least in part, for the observed tissue damage.
Although lupus most often occurs alone, many people with lupus also have symptoms characteristic of one or more of the other connective tissue diseases. In this circumstance, a physician may use the term "overlap" to describe the illness. There are several well-recognized overlaps that may affect people with lupus.
In lupus, joint pain is common. Joint swelling may be present in some cases, but the majority of those with lupus experience joint pain without swelling or only intermittent swelling. In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), joint swelling is always present and pain is common but less prominent. If a person with lupus develops severe arthritis with joint deformities, he/she should be considered to have rheumatoid-like arthritis. In some instances, the physician might have reason to believe that both diseases–SLE and RA–have occurred in the same person. When arthritis develops in the course of lupus, treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), low doses of cortisone, and the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) are usually helpful. People with lupus who have typical rheumatoid arthritis are prescribed the standard forms of RA treatment. These include methotrexate, sulfasalazine and in some cases, more potent drugs to suppress joint inflammation.
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A Summit on Health Care -- the Way forward
I didn't watch the Health Care Summit yesterday -- I had a pretty busy day at the church. So, I have to take my cues from the clips and reports that I've seen since. As one might expect, when it comes to nailing down what happened, it depend on who you check with. If you support the GOP position, then they did well. If you support the Democrats, they did well. If you like the President -- well he did a good job, etc.
There was a bit of the old campaign fire in the conversation as McCain tried to tangle with the President, who reminded his former foe that the election campaign is over. Both sides brought to the table their political agendas, and at times, apparently found some points of agreement. But no agreement was to be found.
The reality is that our political system has become so polarized, and the Republicans have gotten pretty good at using the filibuster in the Senate to put a stop to any Democratic Party efforts, that the government is at times grinding to a halt. A Time Magazine article out this week notes that the GOP has used the Filibuster against 80% of the legislation before the Senate since Obama became President. Much of this has to do with a collapse of any middle in our political system, especially in the Republican Party. As Andrew Bettles notes in this article:
All this, it turns out, was a mere warm-up for the Obama years. On the surface, it appeared that Obama took office in a stronger position than Clinton had, since Democrats boasted more seats in the Senate. But in their jubilation, Democrats forgot something crucial: vicious-circle politics thrives on polarization. As the GOP caucus in the Senate shrank, it also hardened. Early on, the White House managed to persuade three Republicans to break a filibuster of its stimulus plan. But one of those Republicans, Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter — under assault for his vote and facing a right-wing primary challenge — switched parties. That meant that of the six Senate Republicans with the most moderate voting records in 2007, only two were still in the Senate, and in the party, by '09. The Wednesday lunch club had ceased to exist. And the fewer Republican moderates there were, the more dangerous it was for any of them to cut deals across the aisle.
Note that Scott Brown, who voted to forward the recent jobs bill is being branded a traitor by the Right. They thought he was one of them, but his background is fairly moderate. We'll see if he crosses the aisle again. As the article notes, the GOP learned in the Clinton era that they could win elections by running against government -- even if they control it!
The article notes that the modern filibuster doesn't require anyone to stand in the well and keep talking till the other side gives up -- all you need to do is say -- we've got enough votes to block that nothing can go forward.
I've read a number of reports and op-eds today, trying to get a sense of what was accomplished or not. The New York Times Op-Ed piece seems to catch the situation the best. The two sides are too far apart to hope for a bi-partisan bill. At the same time the GOP, with 41 votes won't allow a vote on a bill to come to a vote.
The Times editorial writer suggests that with the Republicans backing the status quo, the Democrats will have to go it alone. The President refused to tie his hands, the way the GOP wanted him to do, so if something is going to get done, it will likely be through reconciliation. It's not pretty in process, but to let it die (or scrap it) at this point would be as politically deadly as going forward. The Democrats were given a majority in Congress. Obama ran on a platform that included comprehensive health insurance reform. He's made a number of concessions to the Republicans, hoping to get votes. To go any further at this point would be to capitulate. Now, the GOP might see gains in the next election, but they'll likely see them anyway. So, as the Editorial says -- they should just go for it.


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A most peculiar book, monsters and shadows, are they all based on Jacob's grandfather's fears as a Jewish child in Poland pre-WWII and the only one of his family to survive? He was sent to an orphanage on an island in Wales in the earliest part of the war. But according to Jacob's grandpa, this was no ordinary home. This, Ransom Riggs' first novel, grows on you as you read. There are several vintage photographs to go along with the stories Jacob has heard all his life of the wonderful and unique home, the safe place. The children most certainly have special abilities one could call peculiar, but Jacob is not sure how much to believe now that he is in his teens. Stories of circus acts, stories of terrible monsters, can they possibly be real? Some very strange things can turn out to be real and some that seem real are not to be believed.
When his grandfather dies a horrible death and Jacob catches a glimpse of what he has only heard of before, he begins to suspect there is more to the stories. With his last breath, his grandfather cryptically tells him to go to the island, so he can be "safe", and gives him a date: September 3, 1940.
So begins this incredible journey where reality and unreality meet head on. If it weren't for Jacob's father's compulsive interest in Ornithology, and the island noted for its birds, the journey might never have begun. It's on the island where the story really takes on a life of its own. A story of lightness and darkness, magic and horror, atmospheric, a life that only Jacob appears to see. Ransom Riggs will entertain you, transfix you, make you think a bit about spatial displacement, where seemingly ordinary children can be truly extraordinary (especially if one is invisible) and everything you thought was a fairy-tale of ogres and monsters in the woods can be true. I really enjoyed this wonderfully strange journey into the author's imagination... or is it all true...
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Danny Wilson has refused to give Armand Gnanduillet any guarantees over a first team place at Chesterfield.
The striker returned from his loan spell at Stevenage where he scored six in 16 appearances for the League Two side under the management of former England striker Teddy Sheringham.
Spireites boss Wilson revealed there had already been enquiries for Gnanduillet, who has predominantly been used from the bench at the Proact Stadium since arriving in January 2013.
Wilson said: "We've had a couple of enquiries for him but nothing's happened at this moment in time. We'll wait and see how that one pans out between now and the end of January.
"If nothing happens he'll become part of the squad. We will listen to people who want him. From Armand's point of view, he wants a guarantee to be in the starting line up.
"I can't guarantee that, I can't guarantee anyone that. We've thankfully got strikers in at the moment, if anything were to happen we have adequate cover in that position."
Gnanduillet has trained this week and could be part of the Chesterfield squad travelling north to face Wigan on Saturday looking for a third consecutive win in League One.
Spireites are full of confidence at present after hammering Shrewsbury Town then overcoming play-off hopefuls Rochdale in two wins that have breathed fresh life into the players.
Lee Novak, on a season's long loan from Championship side Birmingham City, has ten in 21 games this campaign is in form alongside Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, who has eight in 26 appearances.
Both were on target in the defeat of Rochdale at Spotland.
Wilson added: "That's always the biggest bonus you can have, as a manager and coach, when you have people in key areas performing. They do breed confidence when they are getting goals.
"As much as you can pat them on the back and say 'well done' they'll always look at the goals tally. Thankfully the last two or three games they've come up trumps and the confidence is sky high for the boys."


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President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended some of the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who were part of the deadly Charlottesville, Virginia, protests last weekend, saying there were "very fine people" on both sides of the racially charged unrest.
A defiant Trump, just a day after slamming the pro-white groups who organized the two-day protests of the planned removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee, appeared to give some of their members cover. "There is blame on both sides," he told reporters during what amounted to a brief impromptu press conference at Trump Tower in New York.


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Michael Allen knows there's only so much you can say about Kalon Barnes, his star sprinter for Silsbee (TX) High School.
Much of it has already been said.
Best sprinter to ever come out of Southeast Texas. One of the best athletes to ever grace Silsbee's halls. Possibly a future Olympian.
But Allen, who's the head boys track and field coach and an assistant football coach for Silsbee, knows there's one comparison that sets Barnes apart. Allen is a California native, and years ago he was fortunate to have witnessed the burgeoning career of Reggie Bush, a future Heisman Trophy winner for Southern California and eventual NFL starter for a handful of teams.
Allen is among unique company to compare the two. And he's certain Barnes, who's headed to Baylor University, is special.
"Reggie Bush could run and he was fast," Allen said, "but by God, not like Kalon. I saw Reggie run by everybody on the track. He was a Heisman Trophy winner. But Kalon is faster than Reggie."
There's certain expectations that accompany any big comparison, but Barnes has never buckled under the pressure. This past weekend at the UIL Class 4A Championships, he set an all conditions US No. 1 best of 10.04 (+3.2) in the 100m and all conditions US No. 2 best of 20.55 in the 200m. They marked his second straight championships in both races, giving him four titles in Texas over the last two seasons.
"He wanted to do something special that he didn't do before," Allen said. "We wished it was wind legal, but I mean, it is what it is. People will talk about that race for a long time."
Is he the fastest sprinter in the country?
That question isn't so easy to answer, if only because Anthony Schwartz, who has proven consistently in 2018 that he's earned the title of 'Fastest In The Nation,' is in Florida.
Barnes, however, is 1-0 against Schwartz.
On the outside lane of the adidas Boost Boston Games Dream 100m in 2017, Barnes rolled to a victory in 10.34 (+0.1). Schwartz, who was working back from injury, was second in 10.41.
"Reggie Bush could run and he was fast," Allen said, "but by God, not like Kalon.
But we aren't going to see this matchup again.
Schwartz is headed to the Great Southwest Classic in June looking to potentially go under 10 seconds. Barnes is enrolling at Baylor University early so he can get a jumpstart on classes and football.
"Anthony is a great athlete," Allen said. "But just how I know Anthony and his family and his coaches are doing what's best for him, we're doing what's best for us. If it was best for Kalon to run against Anthony, we would do it. But it's not like we're looking to race anyone in particular."
In some ways, then, this question is a little unsettled.
Schwartz's best all conditions 100m is 10.07 (+2.5), but he's run wind-legal efforts of 10.13, 10.16 and 10.18.
No other athlete in the country has matched that sterling resume, other than possibly Barnes.
But the Texan has asterisks around his performances. His best efforts this season have all been non-wind legal. There was his state performance. There was an alleged 9.9 hand-time at a local meet. There was another hand-timed 10.12. There was his all conditions 10.23 at the UIL Class 4A District 22 meet. His only wind-legal mark was 10.43 (+1.6) from the Region 3-4A Meet.
To some, that would be fair enough to raise the red flag. Is he really that fast then?
But Allen will vouch, with complete 100-percent certainty, that he could compete with anyone in the country.
"I'm always going to go with my guy," Allen said. "I know the type of competitor he is. When you put someone against him, he'll go get it. I've only seen him lose one race in my life."
It should be noted, too, that Barnes will go down as one of Southeast Texas' top athletes of all-time. As a power forward on the school's basketball team, he gobbled up rebounds and slammed home putbacks for the back-to-back state champions.
As a wide receiver and cornerback, he was a three-star recruit who dominated on the field and made his opponents look silly.
In recent years, the Southeast Texas region had its first Olympian, Port Arthur Memorial graduate Inika McPherson, and crowned the world's strongest man, Mark Henry, a graduate of Silsbee.
Barnes is among that crowd, and he may ultimately compare to some of his region's best.
But while his high school track and career will end a little soon, his impression on the track will stand for a long time.
"He wanted to go out with a bang," Allen said, "and he did."
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Will We Act Boldly For God in the Face of Fear?
Ananias obeys God to heal Saul who wants to arrest him
I like the story of Saul's conversion in the book of Acts, turning him from a murderous bigot into a passionate follower of Jesus. A flash of light, a voice from heaven. It has all the makings of a great story. In this account, God is the hero, and Saul is the focus, but an essential, though minor, character is Ananias. Without Ananias, Paul's transformation would have been incomplete. Without Ananias, Saul would have floundered.
You see, after the flash of light and the booming voice of God, Saul is left sightless and befuddled. God then appears to Ananias in a dream. He says, "Go find Saul—the man who is here to arrest you and your friends for your faith—and heal him."
It sounds like a trap to me, a ruse of Saul's making. Though Ananias does object, God shows him the big picture, and then he obeys. From a human standpoint, Ananias takes a huge personal risk. All evidence suggests he will be the next follower of Jesus thrown into the pokey. From a human perspective the safe thing, the wise course of action, would be to ignore God, forget about Saul, and leave town. Because of Ananias, Paul becomes the church's most traveled missionary and prolific writer. Click To Tweet
To be completely honest, I fear I would have done just that. But Ananias doesn't. He boldly does what God tells him to do and heals Saul. As a result of Ananias's obedience, Saul, later known as Paul, becomes the most traveled missionary in the early church and its most prolific writer.
Thank you Jesus, thank you Paul, and thank you Ananias.
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Alan Glazen says, "ABC is under full construction now, and should be open in 60 days. The big surprise will be the big outdoor patio and full outdoor bar overlooking the new park and MOCA." And on his new Waterloo development project, he says, "We took over the bar and bocce courts at Slovenian Workman's Home. It will open in April under the name The Waterloo Tavern. It's a huge claim to fame. There will be 4 olympic-sized indoor bocce courts attached to the bar."
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Sorry guys but i need to remove the music player..I think the HM 3 songs are not working!!Maybe the youtube person got suspended..anyways..So..I think pretty soon I'll put up the new banner Cassie has made for us!!And also change the way my site looks!!
Secondly today (2nd feb) was Nelly's birthday [owner of Mileygirl.net],So i made her THIS pic.I made it in a hurry (1 hour inc. collecting pics etc.) But still hope u guys like it!!So Happy Birthday Nelly!!
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Hi Ambika! I love the way you made the pic! It's very beautiful. Your Blog is awesome it give me so much informations about Miley! I'm a one of her hugest fan so I'm very happy of all the things I can find in this blog! Thank U!
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CenturyLink Inc. Earnings: Booking a Profit Again
Rising revenue was not enough for S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) component CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE:CTL) as the telecom services company saw profit fall in the first quarter. CenturyLink is a communications company that offers communications services, including Internet access, broadband services, and voice services.
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Results: Net income for the wireline-regional fell to $200 million (32 cents per share) vs. $211.1 million (69 cents per share) a year earlier. This is a decline of 5.3% from the year-earlier quarter.
Revenue: Rose more than twofold to $4.61 billion from the year-earlier quarter.
Actual vs. Wall St. Expectations: CenturyLink Inc. reported adjusted net income of 68 cents per share. By that measure, the company beat the mean estimate of 59 cents per share. It fell exactly in line with the average revenue estimate of $4.61 billion.
Quoting Management: "CenturyLink delivered solid financial results again this quarter, highlighting our continuing growth of broadband and PrismTM TV customers, as well as good operating expense control," said Glen F. Post, III, chief executive officer and president. "We continue to improve our top-line revenue trend and deliver strong subscriber results while investing in key strategic initiatives and meeting our synergy targets for both the Qwest and Savvis integrations. Our local operating model continues to help drive revenues and improve customer trends."
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Revenue has risen the past four quarters. Revenue increased more than twofold to $4.65 billion in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year. The figure rose more than twofold in the third quarter of the last fiscal year from the year earlier and climbed more than twofold in the second quarter of the last fiscal year from the year-ago quarter.
The company topped expectations last quarter after falling short of forecasts in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year with net income of 55 cents versus a mean estimate of net income of 61 cents per share.
Net income has dropped 34.2% year-over-year on average across the last five quarters. Performance was hurt by a 57.3% decline in the second quarter of the last fiscal year from the year-earlier quarter.
Looking Forward: Analysts appear increasingly negative about the company's results for the next quarter. The average estimate for the second quarter has moved down from 63 cents a share to 59 cents over the last ninety days. For the fiscal year, the average estimate has moved down from $2.54 a share to $2.40 over the last ninety days.
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Baltimore Ravens: How Do They Match Up with Other AFC Playoff Teams?January 4, 2011
Two weeks ago, we knew that the Baltimore Ravens were in the playoffs with an 11-4 record.
But the Baltimore faithful hoped for a Pittsburgh loss that would allow the Ravens to leapfrog the Steelers and win the AFC North division title as well as a No. 2 seed and first-round bye in the playoffs. Alas, such wishes did not come to fruition—the hapless Cleveland Browns played like they were trying to get Eric Mangini fired, and indeed accomplished their goal against the Steelers that day. And yes, better seeding in the playoffs is always a good thing.
However, ultimately, if you're in the tournament, you've got a chance to win it—play good football, don't turn it over and catch some lucky breaks...who knows, you could be headed for the Super Bowl. Even for the wild-card teams, all they have to do is win four games and they are champions. It's playoff time—this is why we are football fans.
And whatever you think of how the playoff system is structured, if your team is the better one, it should win regardless of location—at least in theory.
Of course, a big part of winning games is drawing favorable matchups and, if you're lucky, avoiding the teams with which you match up poorly. With the field set and the playoffs about to begin, let's look at how the Baltimore Ravens match up with the five other AFC playoff teams, in descending order of seeding.
1. New England Patriots (14-2)
Any way you slice it, the Patriots are the odds-on favorite to take home the Super Bowl entering the playoffs this year.
Patriots QB Tom Brady is playing at an MVP level, and has gone an unbelievable 319 consecutive passes without throwing an interception, breaking Bernie Kosar's old record of 308. Sure, there has been an element of luck about the streak, but most of it has to do with how exquisitely Brady has played down the stretch of the NFL season. The Patriots again have a well-oiled machine offensively—the catch is that they have gotten better down the stretch rather than showing vulnerability there, as they did in 2007. Brady is also 27-1 at home since 2007, including the playoffs, where the Patriots will be playing all of their games as the No. 1 seed.
Of course, Patriots and Ravens fans both remember the "1" in the 27-1 home record. The Ravens handed the Patriots a 33-14 beat-down in Foxboro in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs last season, with a Ray Rice-led ground attack that took over the game. The issue was never really in doubt after halftime; it was simply a matter of closing the door.
And by the way, Brady's streak began after he threw two interceptions against the Ravens this year in Foxboro, a game where the Patriots needed overtime to beat Baltimore. The Ravens controlled the game for the first three quarters, but in agonizingly familiar fashion for Ravens fans, the team managed to blow a fourth-quarter lead and lost on a field goal. Since that game, the Patriots have been winning convincingly, but it is clear that the Ravens match up well with with New England because they are able to take advantage of a relatively weak New England run defense and have shown the ability to slow down the Patriots offense for long stretches.
The Patriots are prohibitive favorites to win the Super Bowl, but the most dangerous team they could face very well might be the Ravens. I'd still pick New England to win the game, but it'd be very, very close.
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2. Pittsburgh Steelers (12-4)
I'm still sick thinking about the Steelers game at M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday Night Football—Troy Polamalu's strip sack was pretty much a horror story relived; I have an equally painful memory of James Harrison and LaMarr Woodley combining for a strip-sack TD in Flacco's rookie year.
But personal feelings aside, whenever two great rivals meet with major playoff implications at stake, it's always a huge game. And in the playoffs? Forget it. Predicting this game borders on impossible, and while this year the games have bucked the trend, in the Baltimore-Pittsburgh rivalry I generally pick the home team.
This season, the best defense in the NFL is probably the Pittsburgh Steelers, who are able to make teams one-dimensional, pass-only teams offensively. They are allowing the fewest rushing yards per game in the NFL.
However, the Steelers are in the bottom half of the league in terms of passing yards allowed. This is partially because opposing teams simply don't try to establish the run game against the Steelers, but partially because the Steelers have shown vulnerabilities in the defensive secondary. This is masked to an extent by the Steelers' strong pass rush, but it can be exploited with a quick-hitting passing game, which is exactly what the Ravens tried to use in both matchups against the Black and Gold this season (and exactly what the Patriots use in all of their game plans, which is why the Patriots are such a tough matchup for the Steelers).
As far as the Steeler offense, Mike Wallace is the big X-factor. If he gets loose, it could be a long day for the Ravens on defense. The Ravens did a good job containing Rashard Mendenhall in both games this season, and I expect that to continue.
As I mentioned, the general rule is, take the home team. Of course, on game day, if it comes, I'll convince myself otherwise, but that's why I make my pick for this game a week or so out.
3. Indianapolis Colts (10-6)
In case you were curious, the last time the Colts won a Super Bowl, it was as the No. 3 seed. However, this Colts team does not appear to be as good as Colts teams of the past, and it is certainly not as deep, with major contributors like Dallas Clark and Austin Collie already on injured reserve. Still, QB Peyton Manning is the trigger man for this team, and as long as that is the case, the Colts have a chance to do some damage in the playoffs.
On paper, almost everything about this matchup would seem to favor the Ravens. They are more talented, just as experienced, deeper and healthier. The Colts have defensive players like Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis, around whom their defense is built, but they are a speed defense that has traditionally struggled against the run, which is still the strength of the Ravens offense. And with so many offensive playmakers out for the year, the Colts offense appears more susceptible to getting locked down if the Ravens game-plan to take away Reggie Wayne.
The problem? Baltimore is a miserable 0-6 against Indianapolis in the last six meetings, and did I mention that Peyton Manning is still the trigger man for this team?
Hard to go against history that strong; the Colts just seem to have the Ravens' number, for whatever reason. This is the team that the Ravens really do not want to see.
4. Kansas City Chiefs (10-6)
The Chiefs are without doubt the surprise team in the AFC playoff field, pulling a "worst-to-first" transition within the AFC West to lock up a division title at 10-6.
Unlike in the NFC, where the West division winner was a pathetic 7-9, the Chiefs very much earned the right to be here, and made it to the dance based primarily on the strength of their ground attack and a resurgent defense, though the Matt Cassel-Dwayne Bowe connection did fantasy owners many favors down the stretch. The engine of this team is very much the two-headed monster of Thomas Jones and Jamaal Charles.
However, the Ravens would appear to match up well with the Chiefs on paper. Though they were gashed on the ground on a couple different occasions earlier in the season—notably by Cleveland Browns RB Peyton Hillis, who had 140-plus yards rushing in the first meeting between the Ravens and Browns—the Ravens have started to play more consistent run defense as the season went on and finished the season ranked fifth in rush defense.
While the Ravens have been leakier at the back end, the Chiefs lack another big-time target in the passing game to complement Bowe, and if the Ravens can stop the Chiefs run game, Kansas City's play action oriented passing attack will not be nearly as effective. And while the Chiefs defense has not been BAD, it has not been especially GOOD in either phase.
Furthermore, the revelation that Chiefs offensive coordinator Charlie Weis will be leaving for the same role at the University of Florida next season poses a potential distraction for the Chiefs. Finally, there is the big kicker: The Chiefs have not appeared in the playoffs for quite some time, whereas the Ravens are 3-2 in the playoffs over the past two seasons, with all five games being played on the road.
Of course, the Ravens will not play any other teams if they can't get past the Chiefs this weekend, but I write this article almost anticipating that they will do so. The Ravens are a better team than the Chiefs on most days, and that shows in their stronger record and greater experience.
5. Baltimore Ravens (12-4)
This is not the latest version of Madden, so while you may choose to have the Ravens play themselves in the game, you'll have to settle for virtual reality with respect to this matchup.
6. New York Jets (11-5)
Ah, the Jets. Here is a team that got off to a strong 9-2 start going into the game with the Patriots on Monday Night Football, only to get eviscerated by a score of 45-3 and back into the playoffs by closing the season with a 2-3 record.
None of that matters now—just like everybody else, the Jets are 0-0, but they certainly do not qualify as a "hot" team going into the postseason dance. ESPN's Accuscore gives the Jets a 3 percent chance of winning the Super Bowl, which as we all know is what the Jets promised they would do throughout the season. Not great odds.
If the Ravens were to face the Jets in the playoffs, it would be in Baltimore in the AFC Championship Game, after both wild card teams survived the gauntlet of two straight road games, including the second, against teams coming off a bye week.
Still, it's hard to pick against the Ravens in a hypothetical matchup between these two squads. For starters, the Ravens won the head-to-head meeting between the two teams, although that was back in Week 1, and both teams have changed significantly since then. The Jets, though, seem to have lost some of their swagger—on which their team was largely built by quintessential player coach Rex Ryan—and QB Mark Sanchez appears to have regressed somewhat. Ravens QB Joe Flacco, however, appears to have remained relatively constant and represents much less of a liability. With Ed Reed lurking in the secondary—especially given the hot streak he's been on the last two weeks, with four interceptions in two games—it's hard to believe Sanchez wouldn't make a critical error, as he tends to force the ball down the field at times.
Summary of the Ravens' path to the AFC title game:
-@KC Wild Card Round
-@NE if IND beats NYJ; @PIT if NYJ beats IND divisional round
The Ravens would then play the last remaining AFC team if they were to win both games, likely the Patriots or Steelers.