KINGSTON – A group of Queen’s University students are setting the record straight declaring that their campus-wide outbreak of COVID-19 will be way better than the University of Western Ontario’s outbreak.
The coronavirus, which has sickened 30 million worldwide and killed thousands of Canadians thus far, has not yielded the university’s hypercompetitive spirit to beat Western at everything from academics and reputation to football and competitive pandemics.
“Bro, this is going to be viral!” screamed Cameron Holden ArtSci ‘21 who is expected to graduate in 2028. “People will be talking about this for years.”
Many students said they were determined to be superior in every way to their historic adversary.
“The score doesn’t matter, so long as we beat Western in clinical cases and hospitalizations,” said Tammy Schmitt, a second year engineering student. “They’re ahead, but I know we can fight back in the second wave.”
The intense rivalry dates back to the Spanish Influenza Cup of 1918-19 where Western beat Queen’s by a death count of 3,495 to 3,378.


Formula 1 Drivers We'd Like to See in the Broadcast Booth When They Retire
This Formula One offseason has been relatively drama-free, at least on the sporting side. Most teams had already announced their 2016 driver lineups before the end of the 2015 season, with few changes.
In the F1 broadcasting world, though, things have been more tumultuous. First, the BBC announced it wanted out of its broadcast deal early, and then Channel 4 stepped into the breach, taking over the final three years of the BBC's contract.
The deal with Channel 4 was a surprise. The general expectation, as outlined by The F1 Broadcasting Blog, was that ITV would take over for the BBC, reprising the role it previously held from 1997 to 2008.
Less of a surprise was the announcement that David Coulthard would continue in his role as analyst on the presenting team. That is a good move for viewers, who benefit from the Scot's extensive experience, his sense of humour and his ability to explain complex concepts in an accessible manner. Coulthard has the contacts that come with a 15-year F1 career, but he is not so much of an insider that he is afraid to speak his mind.
The Coulthard announcement got us thinking: Which of the current crop of drivers would we like to see in the broadcast booth when their careers are over?
This is admittedly a long shot. Sebastian Vettel is a notoriously private man, and you get the feeling that when he decides to walk away from F1, he will disappear into the sunset without looking back.
The Ferrari driver once told the Telegraph's Daniel Johnson, "I’m much happier to have a quiet time with friends, and have a nice evening, and like I said, behave like an idiot and do crazy things."
When he is no longer racing, it is hard to imagine Vettel spending half of his weekends each year following the F1 circus around the world, even if he would make a great broadcaster. His best quality, were he in the TV booth, is that he does not take himself, nor the sport, too seriously.
When he is on the track, the four-time world champion German is all business, as his former Red Bull team-mate, Mark Webber, learned during their time together. When the race is over, though, Vettel is ready to have some fun, as he demonstrated repeatedly in press conferences with the Mercedes drivers this year.
His sharp wit would be entertaining during a pre-race grid walk, and his knowledge and experience would be beneficial to viewers during the races.
Daniel Ricciardo is only 26 years old, so it will probably be a while before he is contemplating a post-retirement career, but he would be a great choice as a broadcaster.
Everyone seems to like the smiling Aussie, and his bubbly personality is infectious. Of course, part of an analyst's job is, at times, to be critical of other teams and drivers, but you would be forgiven for believing Ricciardo has never uttered a negative word in his life.
Even during an incredibly frustrating season for Ricciardo and the Red Bull team, the Aussie rarely lost his composure, saying things like, "It was a bit of a frustrating race," after missing a chance at a podium and losing out to his team-mate in Mexico, per the Red Bull website.
Ricciardo's enthusiasm would translate well on television and bring a jolt of energy to any races he covers.
Lewis Hamilton is a polarising figure in F1. He is an incredibly talented driver and has tons of fans, but his flamboyant lifestyle turns just as many people off.
Also, as NBC commentator Will Buxton wrote on his personal blog, Hamilton has somehow earned a reputation as less intelligent than many of his peers. In fact, Hamilton is plenty smart and very personable. When someone asks him a question, even an inane one in a press conference, he looks at the questioner and tries to give a thoughtful answer.
Sure, he enjoys the trappings of celebrity, but we should not hold that against him.
Hamilton probably would not be interested in a full-time broadcast position after his career, but that won't stop us from imagining it. More likely, with his interest in music, fashion and film, he will continue moving in those circles when he retires, dropping back in to the grand-prix scene whenever he feels like it.
But the 31-year-old Brit would be a fascinating choice as a pundit, and he might have the crossover appeal that would draw the interest of people who ordinarily might not watch the sport.
At the same time, Hamilton is not very close with many people in the paddock. His former team-mate, Jenson Button, told Sky Sports' William Esler, "In terms of Lewis as a person, I don't know him really well and I don't think there are really any drivers that know Lewis that well."
His reputation as a three-time world champion will open a lot of doors, but would that lack of a personal relationship with many drivers hinder Hamilton in his hypothetical future commentator role?
OK, this one is completely unrealistic. No broadcaster is going to pay someone to mumble into a microphone for 20 races a season.
But this article isn't called "Drivers Who Would Make the Best Commentators"—it's about drivers we'd like to see in the booth.
And Raikkonen would be awesome. His team radio messages are instant internet hits...imagine if we had that for three or four hours every weekend.
He obviously doesn't care what anyone else thinks and would have no trouble calling out anyone who needs it. The Finn is also so popular among F1 fans that people would tune in just to hear him, even if they weren't particularly interested in the race.
Like his current team-mate, Vettel, Raikkonen enjoys his privacy and may not be interested in a TV gig. But Raikkonen is also a well-known James Hunt fan, even wearing a special Hunt helmet at the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix, back when that was still allowed.
Kimi Raikkonen tribute to the legend James Hunt pic.twitter.com/GroBZzyJ— XPB Images F1 (@XPBImages) May 24, 2012
He already has a world championship, like Hunt. The next step is to jump behind the microphone, as Hunt did after retiring from F1.
Jenson Button has the polished look and personality that would make him appealing to TV executives. He also has a deep love for F1. Why else would he have signed on for another year at McLaren-Honda?
More than that, though, Button has a good sense of humour and a deep well of experience to draw on in a commentator role. His F1 career, which began in 2000, has spanned multiple generations of drivers—literally. Button raced against Jos Verstappen that year and is now sharing the grid with Verstappen's son, Max.
Button may have different plans for his F1 retirement, though, telling Autosport's Dieter Rencken and Matt Beer last fall that he would like to race in the World Endurance Championship and run a rallycross team.
Which of the current drivers would you like to see in an F1 broadcast booth one day? Let us know in the comments section.
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MANHATTAN CRIMINAL COURT, Lower Manhattan (PIX11) – Jerry Giorgio and Joseph Reznick, detectives formerly assigned to Baby Hope’s case in 1991, always remained confident the NYPD would find her killer.
Police have now finally arrested the alleged killer of the four-year old, her own cousin Conrado Juarez.
The little girl’s body was discovered stuffed into a picnic cooler off the side of the Henry Hudson Parkway in 1991. For years, police struggled to figure out the girls identity, or circumstances of her death.
This past July, on the 22nd anniversary, detectives handed out fliers and canvassed the neighborhood near where Baby Hope was found, offering a $12,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest.
Several tips led to a DNA test which led them to the girl’s mother, and they finally discovered Baby Hope’s real name, Anjelica Castillo.
During an interrogation earlier Saturday morning, police say 52-year-old Juarez admitted to sexually assaulting and suffocating the little girl. Jaurez, who was 30 at the time of the murder, says his sister helped him get rid of the body in the cooler.
Detectives from the 34th Precinct squad paid for Baby Hope’s tombstone, and ensured she had a proper burial 22 years ago.
They can now rest easy, knowing Anjelica Castillo is closer to receiving justice.


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The 2018 Epcot Flower and Garden Festival starts this week and there’s a brand new slate of commemorative merchandise items ready for you!
The Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and many of the items feature a 25th anniversary logo — including some of the coffee mugs, hats, and apparel. Let’s check out a few items!
Four art collections featuring Figment, Mickey Mouse, and Minnie Mouse inspired the merchandise for this year’s Festival. The fourth collection highlights Epcot in full bloom!
We love this coffee mug featuring Minnie Mouse!
And, of course, guests will find a variety of Disney pins!
There’s a variety of apparel this year too, including this Natural Beauty long sleeve tee.
Fans of the Disney Dooney & Bourke handbags are going to love this year’s design! Look at how cute Minnie Mouse is with her cat Figaro!
Check out THE FULL MENUS for the 2018 Flower and Garden Festival at our Epcot Flower and Garden Festival Menus Page!
If you’re an Annual Passholder you’ll find an exclusive collection of commemorative merchandise including apparel, pins, and more.
Guests can also purchase limited-edition retail MagicBands, including one that features Mickey Mouse and is packaged in an orange-scented box. Both the Mickey Mouse MagicBand and the Passholder-exclusive MagicBand have limited editions of just 2,000.
Get ALL the 2018 Epcot Flower and Garden Festival information at our Main Festival Page!
And, don’t forget to pick up your 2018 Epcot Flower and Garden Festival gift card!
The merchandise for the 2018 Epcot Flower and Garden Festival will be available at select merchandise locations throughout Epcot.
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Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria 2 takes you on some scary nights where you meet animatronics. Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria 2 also gives you mysteries to solve.
Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria 2 brings you scary nights at a pizza restaurant. You have to observe the restaurants during nights while defending yourself from animatronics.
Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria 2 is a sequel to the first chapter, featuring a new horror adventure
Games like Five Nights at Freddy’s are diverse. Every title has its own pros and cons for players to explore. Most of them are made by talented fans. For the title above, it is also created by a fan based on the original series.
Challenges your skills to a restaurant-themed adventure in Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria 2
Each FNAF fan game has its own gameplay mechanic and so does this one. You will experience a new mechanic when you play it. The game also lets you play as a night watchman who has to watch over a restaurant.
This restaurant is famous for pizza. However, the animatronics seem to be more attractive. It is because of how they look and how they perform on the stage. They have different looks. The way they move at night is also different from the original series.
You have to use your equipment to guard yourself against the attacks of animatronics. Make sure they will not enter your place and avoid them when they are close to you.
You have some nights to play and survive. So, try to use your survival skills with good strategies to vanquish those nights to win.
Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria 2 game is easy to operate on a PC. You can download the game for free and launch it to meet the animatronics and play with them.

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Its name is dazzling and simple — just the type of game to play on a sunny fall day. $20 Gold adds a lot of brightness to the day with more than $6.5 million in prizes ranging from $500 to $2,000, and more than $60 million in total prizes.
The game offers match-style play, and includes both a 5x and 10x multiplier. Players revealing a special gold bar symbol win all 25 prizes shown.
Top prize is $5 million, and Gold offers an overall payout of 75%.
The game goes on sale Thursday, Sept. 17. Get ready to grab one!

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In the US, consumer debt reached $4 trillion in 2018.
Interest rates, hidden fees, and high spending habits can lead to many Americans carrying a constant balance on credit cards. Debt is never a good thing. But there are ways you can use a credit card to rebuild credit and manage spending.
Read on to learn more about a secured vs unsecured credit card.
What Is an Unsecured Credit Card?
An unsecured credit card is like an online loan that requires no collateral. You are approved or declined based on your credit score and payment records.
The credit limit with these credit cards is based on a lender’s assessment of your credit risk. If you have a good to excellent credit rating, you can expect to get approved for thousands of dollars.
Students or those who don’t have much credit often are given a low credit limit such as $500.
What Is a Secured Credit Card?
On the other hand, a secured credit card is risk-free for the lender. Applicants submit a refundable security deposit in order to be approved for a secured credit card.
The amount of money you deposit is your credit limit. If you deposit $500, you can spend a maximum of $500. In other words, it’s your own money you are spending, but with all the benefits of a credit card.
When you pay off the full balance on the credit card, you can close the account if you wish. At that point, you’ll get your deposit back in full.
If you fail to make payments on this credit card, the bank has the right to keep your deposit and cancel your card.
Secured Vs Unsecured Credit Cards – The Similarities
There are several similarities between secured and unsecured credit cards. Both send cardholders a monthly statement either by mail or electronically.
The monthly statement outlines purchases, payments, and any interest accrued.
Both cards require payment by the due date. If you pay the balance in full by the due date, you do not pay interest.
But, if you choose, you can carry a balance on either credit card. If you do, you will be charged interest. The interest rate varies depending on the credit card you choose.
Either card could have an annual fee. Read the fine print carefully to find out if your credit card has one. If it does, then you will have to pay interest and a yearly rate once every year.
That annual fee could be as low as $39 or as high as $150, depending on the type of card.
Also, both secured and unsecured credit cards send reports of your payment patterns to the three major consumer credit bureaus. That means even if you have a secured card with a low limit, you will impact your future credit ratings by making timely payments.
After a year of using your secured credit card wisely, you will likely be approved for an unsecured credit card.
Secured vs Unsecured Credit Card – Differences
The main difference between secured vs unsecured credit cards is secured cards are much easier to get.
No matter your credit score, age, or how long you’ve been in the country, you can get a secured credit card in your name.
Also, with a secured credit card, you are limited to the amount of money you can afford to deposit. With an unsecured card, your credit limit is based on your credit score. To get a card with great perks, you’ll need a decent credit rating.
When to Choose a Secured Credit Card
There are specific scenarios when choosing a secured credit card vs unsecured makes more sense.
If you have trouble managing your money responsibly, a secured card is your best bet. If you are trying to rebuild your credit after bankruptcy, foreclosure, collections, or a bad repayment history, a secured card is a good idea.
A secured credit card can help you limit your spending to a reasonable amount. It will also ensure you don’t get into serious debt you could struggle to repay.
If your credit isn’t stellar and you’ve had to resort to payday loans online in the past, you might still get approved for an unsecured credit card. However, that card may have a high fee or high interest rates. You can avoid both by opting for a secured credit card instead.
How to Rebuild Your Credit with a Secured Credit Card
Using a secured credit card is a great way to rebuild your credit if you normally need to use bad credit loans. You can do this by following these tips.
First, use your credit card for small purchases. Consider paying for your gas, groceries or lunch on the go using your credit card. Your credit limit likely won’t be very high, so it makes sense to make multiple smaller purchases than one large one.
Always keep track of how much you are spending. Be smart and only charge how much you can afford to pay off. If you can, pay off the full balance each month. That way you avoid paying interest.
If you do need to carry a balance, keep your balance much lower than your credit limit. If your balance is close to the credit limit, this hurts your credit score.
Finally, make sure you pay your bill on time each month. This is the most important rule of having a credit card.
Set your bill payment as an automatic payment from your banking account. Then you don’t have to worry about ever being late.
Thanks for reading. We hope this guide about the differences between a secured vs unsecured credit card helps you understand which type of card is best for you.
Did you know that there are also secured and unsecured loans? Check out the pros and cons of each. Here are some other articles that might be helpful:
Your guide to bad credit personal loans guaranteed approval $5,000
How to find the best personal loans guaranteed approval
The best unsecured credit cards for bad credit you can get now
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Contrary to popular belief, there is a difference between stress and anxiety. Stress comes from the pressures we feel in life, as we are pushed by work or any other task that puts undue pressure on our minds and body, adrenaline is released, extended stay of the hormone causes depression, a rise in the blood pressure and other negative changes and effects.
One of these negative effects is anxiety. With anxiety, fear overcomes all emotions accompanied by worry and apprehension, making a person a recluse and a bagful of jitters. Other symptoms are chest pains, dizziness, and shortness of breath and panic attacks.
Stress is caused by an existing stress-causing factor or stressor. Anxiety is stress that continues after that stressor is gone. Stress can come from any situation or thought that makes you feel frustrated, angry, nervous, or even anxious. What is stressful to one person is not necessarily stressful to another.
Anxiety is a feeling of apprehension or fear and is almost always accompanied by feelings of impending doom. The source of this uneasiness is not always known or recognized, which can add to the distress you feel.
Stress is the way our bodies and minds react to something which upsets our normal balance in life; an example of stress is the response we feel when we are frightened or threatened. During stressful events our adrenal glands release adrenaline, a hormone which activates our body’s defense mechanisms causing our hearts to pound, blood pressure to rise, muscles to tense, and the pupils of our eyes to dilate.
A principal indication of increased stress is an escalation in your pulse rate; however, a normal pulse rate doesn’t necessarily mean you aren’t stressed. Constant aches and pains, palpitations, anxiety, chronic fatigue, crying, over or under- eating, frequent infections, and a decrease in your sexual desire are signs you may notice which indicate you may be under stress.
Of course, every time we are under stress, we do not react to such an extreme and we are not always under such great duress or fear every time we are confronted with a stressful situation.
Some people are more susceptible than others to stress; for some, even ordinary daily decisions seem insurmountable. Deciding what to have for dinner or what to buy at the store, is a seemingly, monumental dilemma for them. On the other hand, there are those people, who seem to thrive under stress by becoming highly productive being driven by the force of pressure.
Research shows women with children have higher levels of stress related hormones in their blood than women without children. Does this mean women without children don’t experience stress? Absolutely not!
It means that women without children may not experience stress as often or to the same degree which women with children do. This means for women with children, it’s particularly important to schedule time for yourself; you will be in a better frame of mind to help your children and meet the daily challenge of being a parent, once your stress level is reduced.
Anxiety, on the other hand, is a feeling of unease. Everybody experiences it when faced with a stressful situation, for example before an exam or an interview, or during a worrying time such as illness. It is normal to feel anxious when facing something difficult or dangerous and mild anxiety can be a positive and useful experience.
However, for many people, anxiety interferes with normal life. Excessive anxiety is often associated with other psychiatric conditions, such as depression. Anxiety is considered abnormal when it is very prolonged or severe, it happens in the absence of a stressful event, or it is interfering with everyday activities such as going to work.
The physical symptoms of anxiety are caused by the brain sending messages to parts of the body to prepare for the “fight or flight” response. The heart, lungs and other parts of the body work faster. The brain also releases stress hormones, including adrenaline. Common indicators of excessive anxiety include:
- Dry mouth
- Rapid heartbeat or palpitations
- Irritability or anger
- Inability to concentrate
- Fear of being “crazy”
- Feeling unreal and not in control of your actions which is called depersonalization
Anxiety can be brought on in many ways. Obviously, the presence of stress in your life can make you have anxious thoughts. Many people who suffer from anxiety disorders occupy their minds with excessive worry. This can be worry about anything from health matters to job problems to world issues.
Certain drugs, both recreational and medicinal, can also lead to symptoms of anxiety due to either side effects or withdrawal from the drug. Such drugs include caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, cold remedies, and decongestants, bronchodilators for asthma, tricyclic antidepressants, cocaine, amphetamines, diet pills, ADHD medications, and thyroid medications.
A poor diet can also contribute to stress or anxiety — for example, low levels of vitamin B12. Weight gain can be a side effect of many antidepressants. Try to have your doctor find you antidepressants that don’t cause weight gain.
Performance anxiety is related to specific situations, like taking a test or making a presentation in public. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a stress disorder that develops after a traumatic event like war, physical or sexual assault, or a natural disaster.
In very rare cases, a tumor of the adrenal gland (pheochromocytoma) may be the cause of anxiety. This happens because of an overproduction of hormones responsible for the feelings and symptoms of anxiety.
While anxiety may seem a bit scary, what’s even scarier is that excessive anxiety and stress can lead to depression. Suffering from depression can be a lifelong struggle as I well know, but the good news is that all of this is manageable!

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Chef Gurronsevas, a six-legged alien, is hired to improve the food of the Sector General hospital, a space station for treating the medical problems of humans and aliens. The chef is considered the best in the universe, but his ways run afoul of the administration so he is sent on an expedition in search of new peoples.
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Repression at the Ball Park by Joel Nathan Rosen
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In an age marked by increasingly lowered expectations for human conduct, it should come as little surprise that measures to repel or otherwise retard the encroachment of behaviors that cut across the grain of contemporary life have become more Draconian than ever. Nowhere is this more evident than in sport stadiums across America.

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The Message is a movie starring Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, and Michael Ansara. This epic historical drama chronicles the life and times of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and serves as an introduction to early Islamic history.
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EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Sony Pictures has acquired feature rights to Gnomes, based on Dutch filmmakers Richard Raaphorst and Ruwan Heggelman’s breakout horror short film.
The project is currently in early development with 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen & Dan Levine producing with Raaphorst. Emily Feher overseeeing for 21 Laps. Heggelman will direct the feature. Plot details are under wraps.
The short film had its North American premiere at the 2022 Fantastic Fest as well as featured in the official selection of the 2022 Frontières Platform at the Marché du Film at Cannes. Gnomes is written by Heggelman, Jasper ten Hoor, and Richard Raaphorst and produced by art department master Raaphorst (Frankenstein’s Army).
Next up for 21 Laps is the 20th Century adaptation of Stephen King’s The Boogeyman, which they are producing. That film bows this June in theaters.
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Wonder: The Julian Chapter By R. J. Palacio
Published May 13th 2014 By RHCP Digital
Disclaimer: I received a review copy c/o the Publisher via Netgalley.
Summary: Over 1 million people have read Wonder and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. Now readers will have a chance to hear from the book’s most controversial character—Julian.
From the very first day Auggie and Julian met in the pages of the #1 New York Times bestseller Wonder, it was clear they were never going to be friends, with Julian treating Auggie like he had the plague. And while Wonder told Auggie’s story through six different viewpoints, Julian’s perspective was never shared. Readers could only guess what he was thinking.
Until now. The Julian Chapter will finally reveal the bully’s side of the story. Why is Julian so unkind to Auggie? And does he have a chance for redemption?
The Julian Chapter is equally as good as Wonder.
I’ve recently read Wonder and fell in love. I’m so glad I was approved for this book because I wanted to read this so badly.
I’m glad that this book was released; I wanted there to be a Julian chapter but I realize now that this companion novel made more sense than lumping it in one book. The Julian Chapter follows Julian, the main antagonist in Wonder. Julian is a bully and we never really learnt why he was that way and why he chose to pick on Auggie until now.
Before reading The Julian Chapter I always thought that Julian was a product of bad parenting. After all, his mother did photoshop Auggie out of the class picture. She’s quick to defend her son, and in many ways she enabled him to harbour such hateful thoughts and say such hurtful words to Auggie. Julian’s mum has constantly tried to justify her son’s actions and to put it simply: her son is the king. As I continued reading, I understood that his mum only wanted the best for him. And it is her misplaced affection and care that she’s allowed for Julian to be nasty to others. She was one of he factors that contributed to Julian’s behaviour.
Julian himself isn’t quite a mean kid. He has a lot of fears and it is evident that Auggie scares him. Perhaps the fact that he’s scared of another person (being the top dog of the school and all) embarrassed him, so much that he took it out on Auggie who just so happens to be his trigger.
I got very angry with Julian, of the way he felt no remorse and of his silly mother’s behaviour. But as more people began reaching out to him, he begins to slowly understand the enormity of what he’s done.
Julian is an excellent character. There were much character development and it happened slowly over the course of time, as people do.
Even though The Julian Chapter was so short, it was a really thought provoking piece, similar to Wonder. The Julian Chapter is a must read for everyone — especially if you’ve read Wonder.


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New Haven double homicide trial includes graphic photo evidence
NEW HAVEN >> Jurors and spectators at the Charlie Levine homicide trial Thursday were subjected to a new set of graphic crime scene photos, including close-ups of the battered heads of Louise Soules and Michael Mobley.
One member of the victims’ families bolted from the courtroom and at least one other cried quietly in her seat.
A photo of the bodies side by side in their makeshift bedroom previously had been shown but, in that case, they were photographed from a distance.
The state has charged that Levine, 62, attacked the two late one night in July 2004 in an abandoned Grand Avenue building used by many of the city’s homeless population. He faces two murder counts.
Retired police Detective Stacy Spell, who was the first detective on the scene the morning of July 24, 2004, said he went to the second floor after police officers outside the building told him there were two bodies upstairs.
Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Gary Nicholson projected the photo of the victims as he questioned Spell about what he had seen.
“Is that how Miss Soules’ body was found?” Nicholson asked. Spell replied this was correct.
Then, showing the close-up photo of Mobley’s face, Nicholson asked, “Is that how Mr. Mobley appeared?” Spell said that was what he had seen.
Nicholson also displayed a photo of the injuries to Soules’ head.
In a loud, firm voice, Spell described the steps he took to track down and interview witnesses and potential suspects. He noted he had spoken with directors of the city’s homeless shelters in an effort to find out about some of their clients but had been rebuffed for confidentiality reasons.
Spell also testified about two people who have been viewed by defense attorney Michael Sheehan as likely suspects: the homeless man who slept on the third floor of the building and found the bodies; and a “Spanish” man who on the morning of the discovery was lying in a corner on the second floor with his pants down, not far from the victims’ bedroom.
Spell said the man who found the bodies was cooperative with police, came to the police station to give a statement that weekend and provided a DNA sample.
But Spell testified the man’s “outpouring of emotion” during the interview seemed phony.
Spell said when he later sought to speak with the man again, he and another detective encountered him walking on Norton Street, “He said, ‘I’m not going back to jail’ and took off.”
Spell recalled a police chase on foot and via cruisers that extended a mile away to Edgewood Park. Eventually two other officers captured the man.
But Spell noted the man “took off” after Spell mentioned he was on parole.
As for a witness’ statement that the man had removed the clothes he was wearing when he discovered the bodies, Spell said the man had retrieved the garments when police asked him to do so.
When asked about the man seen lying in the corner, Spell said he had managed to find him and interview him. Spell described him as “very cooperative” and recalled he, too, gave a DNA sample.
Spell said the man also provided an alibi as to where he was at the time of the murder and it was confirmed by someone else. After that, Spell said, the man in the corner no longer was a suspect.
In earlier testimony Thursday, police Lt. Holly Wasilewski returned to be cross-examined about how she and other detectives processed the crime scene. She said some items on the third floor were collected as items of interest but many others were not taken.
But Wasilewski explained to Nicholson that many of the items that were not seized did not have blood-like stains on them.
When Nicholson asked Wasilewski if she had an opinion as to whether Soules and Mobley were awake when they were killed, Sheehan objected and Superior Court Judge Jon C. Blue asked the jury to leave the courtroom. Wasilewski then got choked up as she said: “My opinion is that they were sleeping when they were bludgeoned to death.”
Blue ruled she was not an expert in this area and Nicholson said he would not pursue the question. But after the jury returned, he asked if she saw any evidence of a fight in that makeshift bedroom. Wasilewski said she did not.
She also said she seized or did not seize evidence based on her theory of how the killings occurred.
Wasilewski said the murder weapon was never found, though state police dogs were called in to search around the outside of the building.
Call Randall Beach at 203-789-5766. Have questions, feedback or ideas about our news coverage? Connect directly with New Haven Register editors at AskTheRegister.com.

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Ljubljana, 25 July - The winner of the 13 July general election, Miro Cerar, launched talks with potential coalition partners this week, as he seeks to secure an outline of the new government by the 1 August maiden session of parliament. The outgoing cabinet meanwhile put off a decision on Slovenia's next EU commissioner to allow Cerar to influence the process.
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Getting A Sweet Deal On your Honeymoon
The perfect honeymoon haven can be a five-star resort or a starlit campground. It’s wherever your dreams, and your budget lead you.
Virtually every major hotel and country inn in the world offers some sort of honeymoon package or will quickly come up with one if they have a request.
The frills can range from a bottle of champagne by a heart-shaped pool to a picnic on a private island. Tropical resorts are particularly adept at making the most of their romantic surroundings and can rattle off long lists of package options. Many now even offer wedding ceremonies as part of their all-inclusive deals. (Sandals resorts in the Caribbean and Bahamas call them “WeddingMoons.”) You get married there, then settle in for a week’s vacation while your guests fly away after the ceremony. Although many of these packages sound the same — and seem to be similarly priced, as well — you have to brush the stardust from your eyes and make hard comparisons.
A good travel agent can be invaluable. Look at lots of brochures — and videos, if possible — so you have a clear picture of each place you’re considering. Then ask lots of follow-up questions — and don’t be afraid to query the obvious.
- Does that expanse of ocean you see stretching out beyond the rose-covered cottages lap at a beach that’s just a few steps away, or is it at the bottom of a steep cliff, reachable only via an hourly bus?
- How accessible are all those wonderful facilities?
- Do the pools stay open late enough for that moonlight swim you’ve been fantasizing about?
- How frequent is the evening entertainment, and where is it located in respect to your room? (You probably don’t want the disco too close)
When you’re tallying the costs, be sure to ask whether all taxes and service charges are included in the price quotes. And get the facts and figures in writing — and the cancellation policy. Note that when you’re dealing with a resort (or any other business) in a foreign country, U.S. consumer-protection laws can’t prevent you from being ripped off. Put deposits and final payments on your credit card, which gives you the right to withold payment while any disputes that might arise are being investigated.
For the best price, try to schedule your trip off- season — which means winter in Europe, summer in tropical getaways like Mexico and the Caribbean. And just because it’s your honeymoon rather than a business trip, don’t overlook a corporate discount you might be eligible for through your job.
Free spirits on a tight budget can exchange vows in many national parks for nothing. Some parks also allow receptions for a modest charge. One couple and 55 friends and relatives recently created their idea of the perfect wedding party in a California park for slightly more than $1,000, including food. With the proper permit, you can hold a ceremony (but not a reception) for free at the Lincoln or Jefferson Memorials in Washington, D.C. Park rules and fees vary widely, however, and unfortunately there’s no central information source. But if you have a favorite park, ask the visitor center how to get permission to have a wedding there.
Consider the costs of getting to your wedding or honeymoon site — popular destinations generally offer more flights, and more competitive bargains. But search your souls for your vacation style. Want to play among the cutting-edge trendies? Head for Miami’s hip-and-happening South Beach — almost any of the art-deco hotels on or near Ocean Drive will do. Considering the celebrity quotient, they’re hardly outrageously priced. Rates start at about $100 a day.
Think the SoBe scene will be too intense for more than a few days? Split your Florida time between hard-partying Miami and the laid-back Florida Keys. Want a variety of activities in one place? Don’t overlook Orlando, not just for kiddies anymore. A European trip offers countless options. If you go between October and April, you can find a variety of week-long trips abroad for less than $2,000, including airfare for two. You might want to focus on a single country, or one or two major cities such as London or Paris. You also could add a short cruise. Ship captains don’t routinely perform weddings anymore, but a number of cruise lines offer wedding and honeymoon packages that include a shipboard ceremony before embarkation or at one of the ports of call. Fees range from $225 for a no-frills civil ceremony on Norwegian Cruise Line to $2,700 for Princess’ “Elegant Paradise” package, which includes a service on the island of St. Thomas with a helicopter trip to lunch on a private island. In both cases, the cost of the cruise itself is extra.
For a free Guide to Cruise Ship Weddings and Honeymoons, you can call the Cruise Line Inc. at 800-777-0707. If you’re prone to motion sickness, however, you might want to stick to an inland waterway — Canada’s St. Lawrence or Europe’s Rhine or Danube Rivers — and not tackle the South Pacific (or even the Caribbean) on your honeymoon. Or just vow to start off your marriage and honeymoon on dry land.


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November was a short escape from the bad weather in Germany to catch some waves and take some photos on Fuerteventura.We stayed in Costa Calma and I went surfing in La Pared, Cruz Roja or Aguitas where I probably had the best surf that week.
After returning back to cold Germany I startet reviewing my pictures and wanted to create a gallery for each surfing in Australia and Hawaii. I took some pictures along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria and some at the North Shore on Oahu.You’ll find the galleries here. Please feel free […]
First part of my sabbatical is nearly over. I went back from Jan Juc / Torquay to Melbourne yesterday and started packing for my next trip to Hawaii. It was an awesome time here in Australia with lots of surfing (more than 20 days), sightseeing and traveling to Tasmania, Phillip […]
One week ago I traveled to Phillip Island for the weekend to see how the surf looks like on “the other side” of Melbourne. I checked out two surf beaches “Surf Beach” and “Cape Woolamai” on the island and the surf beach of Kilcunda at the old Trestle Bridge. Unfortunately […]
Yesterday I went to Jan Juc for the first perfect surf session. Only a little bit of wind, sunshine and perfect 1 m waves. That’s how I wanted it to be. At the end of the day it were 6.4 km of paddling and more than 2 hrs in the […]
This is the first blog entry of surftravels.de 🙂 Last year I have been twice to Fuerteventura for surfing. Both times we lived in the area of Costa Calma. Using this as a starting point you can easily reach two good surf spots. The first one is La Pared on […]

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SENATE BILL 176
54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2020
Shannon D. Pinto
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE INDIAN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT FOR OPERATIONAL FUNDS TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WHISKEY LAKE DAM AND WHISKEY LAKE IN MCKINLEY COUNTY FOR RECREATIONAL USE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the Indian affairs department for expenditure in fiscal year 2021 to conduct a feasibility study for the rehabilitation of Whiskey lake dam and Whiskey lake in McKinley county for recreational use. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2021 shall revert to the general fund.


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Very often in life, we see things like products, athletic careers and even relationships end way later than they should. When this happens, sometimes the end goes unnoticed and with little fanfare.
Occasionally, things end on a high note, like when an athlete announces their retirement after winning a championship or a band calls it quits after a massive album and tour.
In the world of Apple products, the iPod mini is an example of the latter. It’s perhaps the best example of Apple killing one of its darlings.
The iPod mini was introduced at Macworld San Francisco in 2004. In his keynote, Steve Jobs declared war on the Flash-based MP3 players that were enjoying success downstream of Apple’s more expensive, hard drive-based iPod.
At the time, the iPod held 31% marketshare of the music player market, with the rest of the market being split between high-end Flash players and cheap players under $100.
(Apple would get around to attacking these cheap devices with the iPod shuffle, but that’s a story for a different time.)
The iPod mini was designed to wipe out the market of Flash players that people actually cared about and used. These devices didn’t stand a chance.
The iPod mini used a spinning hard drive like its larger sibling, but cost $249, $50 less than the full-sized device. While that was more expensive than the Flash players on the market, the iPod mini offered 16 times more storage in a smaller form factor:
“You get 940 more songs, for $50,” Jobs quipped.
The business card-sized iPod mini was the first to include the clickwheel. The surface allowed the user to glide their fingers over the solid state wheel, and depress it to activate the buttons. The aluminum body came in four colors: Silver, Gold, Pink, Blue and Green:
Not everyone was enthusiastic right away. Cost-per-song, the iPod mini was more expensive than the iPod, and some thought Apple charging a premium over Flash-based players for styling was ludicrous. Jason Snell addressed this in his review:
It’s incredibly small and light, comes in five different colors, and has the lowest price of any product bearing the name iPod. Yet the iPod mini is a controversial product, mostly because it doesn’t meet the expectations of people who wanted a truly low-cost iPod targeted at a mass market. But the iPod mini shouldn’t be faulted for what it isn’t. Instead, let’s appreciate it for what it is – an impressive new iPod in a smaller, more stylish package.
The world eventually came to agree with Snell. The iPod mini went on to become the most popular MP3 player in the world, even outselling the full-sized iPod. Users loved the smaller form factor and the colors were a massive hit. What color your iPod mini was said something about you.
In early 2005, Apple dropped the price to $199 and added a 6 GB model at the original $249 price point. While this revision left the FireWire cable and charger out of the box to the chagrin of some reviewers, I know many, many people who used and loved their iPod mini, and still reflect on it with warm thoughts.
A year and a half after introducing it, Apple replaced the iPod mini. “We’re going to do something pretty bold,” Jobs said on stage.
“1,000 songs in your pocket … impossibly small” was used to introduce the iPod nano, as Steve Jobs pulled it out of the small hip pocket of his jeans:
The new player included a color display and clickwheel, based around solid state storage. It was thinner than a No. 2 pencil, and was some 80% smaller in volume than the original iPod. It was 62% smaller than the iPod mini it replaced. It was even smaller than the “coolest phone on the market,” the Motorola RAZR, Jobs exclaimed.
It came in white and black, both with stainless steels back. A 4 GB model cost $249, as the original iPod mini did. Apple also sold a 2 GB player for $199. This made the iPod nano more expensive per song than the iPod mini, but I’m not sure it really mattered.
While the iPod mini was sold on the idea that technology could be fashionable, the iPod nano was sold on the idea that technology could be mind-blowing. I remember being very impressed the first time I got to handle a Nano. It really did seem impossibly thin. It was the first time the world really saw what companies could do with Flash storage. The Nano was silent and impossibly lightweight.
This made the Nano incredibly versatile. It proved to be a great workout companion. In fact, it gave birth to the NIKE+iPod program in 2006. I think many people ended up picking up a cheap Nano just to run or exercise with.
In reflecting on these two media players, I can’t help but think what lessons for 2017-era Apple are here. Today, the company keeps old products around to hit lower price points. The iPod nano was put out to pasture just earlier this year. Even the iPhone X is balanced with the iPhone 8.
On the other hand, the Late 2016 MacBook Pros left all traditional ports behind, fully embracing Thunderbolt 3. It seems that Apple is willing to leave a good thing behind when it sees fit, after all.

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Minimum Tourism Amenity Standards
Tourism NT has developed Minimum Tourism Amenity Standards to assist regional stakeholders in improving the visitor experience by maintaining thoroughfares and central public facilities. This is a priority for all NT regions, as identified in Tourism NT’s Destination Management Plans.
The resource provides consistent standards for visitors as they travel across towns and communities in the Northern Territory and includes tiered benchmarks for towns and communities to work towards. The focus should be to improve main streets and/or town centre for the benefit of local businesses, the local community and visitors.
The standards address:
- public amenities and waste disposal, including bathrooms and picnic areas
- cleanliness, visual appeal, public points of interest and signage to assist tourists
- considerations into other actions which create the feeling of safe and welcoming spaces
- identification of other public facilities that may be required for tourist friendly towns, providing guidance for local councils along with NT Government funding bodies.
Regional councils are encouraged to refer to the standards when applying for grant funding to support tourism development in NT regions. For more information view the Minimum Tourism Amenity Standards guide.


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The window was created using our Puffy Star Stackables, die cut from the card base along with an extra one cut from No.2 Pencil cardstock for the inside of the card. Eloise backed the card front with acetate for extra stability.
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A Southwestern Ontario man has been sentenced to nine months in jail for intentionally burning down a Lake Huron cottage and devastating a Sarnia couple who lost everything in the $730,000 blaze. Read More
A London man is charged following a fire at an abandoned building. Firefighters responded to a blaze in the 200-block of Hamilton Road, just west of Adelaide Street, around 11:30 a.m. Monday, police said. Firefighters doused the flames, said police, who took over the investigation and estimated damage at $20,000. A London man, 61, was […]
A man has been charged with impaired driving after police stopped a vehicle they observed being driven in an aggressive manner in Owen Sound on Saturday afternoon. Just before 1 p.m., a member of the Owen Sound Police Service was conducting traffic enforcement in the 600 block of 6th Street East when the vehicle was […]
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An Okinawa district court has sentenced a former civilian worker at a U.S. military base to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in April of past year, the NHK broadcaster reported.
The case sparked outrage on the southern Japanese island where residents have long complained about heavy US military presence and crimes linked to them.
He confessed to the rape of 20-year-old Rina Shimabukuro on April 28 last year, as well as the subsequent abandonment of her body, but fought the murder charge, claiming he did not intend to kill.
According to the indictment, Shinzato attacked the woman for the goal of raping her on a road in Uruma at around 10 p.m. on April 28, 2016.
Shinzato was a civilian working for an Internet company at the Kadena Air Base at the time of the attack after serving as a Marine from 2007 to 2014.
Syrian Army Intercepts Missiles Near Damascus But the Prime Minister's Office saw fit to put out the short clip relating to Iranian presence in Syria on Saturday evening. The BBC reported last month that Iran was building a permanent military base near the town.
Presiding Judge Toshihiro Shibata read out the guilty verdict and the sentence handed to Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, 33, in the lay judge trial at the Naha District Court. Her body was found three weeks later.
Crimes committed by American service members around the base at Okinawa have always been a source of tension between the two nations.
The killing, which drew the attention of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, overshadowed Barack Obama's trip to the country past year, during which he visited Hiroshima. A breath test showed he was up to three times over the legal limit for alcohol, Reuters reported.
Shinzato, born Kenneth Gadson but often referred to by his wife's name, was a U.S. Marine stationed in Japan before becoming a civilian contractor for the massive American military base there.
Neither Mr Trump nor Mr Pence indicated concern then that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had not been told the true story. Trump said in a tweet , his second comment of the day of the explosive turn of events in the Russian Federation probe.
It's also important to note that while the courts overturned some of Praljak's convictions, they refused to reduce his sentence. The 72-year-old drank from a tiny bottle after his 20-year prison sentence was upheld by the court.
Mueller's charging documents state bluntly that Flynn interfered with the FBI's inquiry into Trump-Russia collusion. We'll review everything.' I never said anything such as, 'We're going to review sanctions, ' or anything like that".
The judge said: "I would warn, however, despite your fortune in life, that you take cognisance of other people on the roads". Last time McGregor's case was before the same court on November 24, his "business manager" appeared in his place.
Wednesday's tweets came hours before Trump was departing for Missouri to rally support for his tax plan in the Senate. And on Capitol Hill, some progress was made on Tuesday during talks on the Republican tax bill.
Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency released the Renewable Fuel Standard volume obligations for advanced biofuels. The Renewable Fuel Standard was intended by Congress to promote growth in the production of biofuels in the US , but Rep.
Pochettino's side fell behind to an early Christian Kabasele header. "We were disappointed after Leicester". It is good for the group to try and learn. "It was a big blow psychologically to be 2-0 down at the start".
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“Gleanings” offers spiritual reflections from some of the Christian tradition’s most insightful and beloved authors. This time around, Madonna House founder Catherine Doherty and Jesuit James Martin offer thoughts about Lent; priest and author Henri Nouwen expresses the hope we all share for a fruitful Lent; and martyred Orthodox priest Alexander Men and British author Caryll Houselander speak to the joy of Easter Resurrection. We offer them to you for your Lenten/Easter meditations.
Lent: School of Love, Catherine Doherty
Lent is God’s lovemaking to man. But God’s lovemaking is strange. He knows, for instance, that a child is trained to jump by having first a little brick to jump over, for his feet are very tiny; then two bricks; then three; and finally the Olympic jump—whatever it is.
Why do we have to train children and ourselves? Because as we discipline ourselves, our road to God becomes more sure. My goal is Jesus Christ. At first I move like a baby, then a little faster, and finally I’m able to run. Lent is the time of re-learning how to run towards God instead of wandering about aimlessly.
When one is a runner or a skier, one has to discipline and train oneself. Lent is a training for love. And God brings obstacles so that we might become a little faster, a little more disciplined. For he is the Lover who is standing there waiting for us to come. He knows that he has to wait for us to grow in his love.
On Ash Wednesday we had ashes placed on our foreheads. What a curious Catholic custom! What does it mean, having ashes on your forehead? It means that you came from the earth and to the earth you will return. It means that you have only this life in which to prove that you love God….
“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Remember, man, that you are but dust….” Ah, but what dust! You’re dust that is going to be one with God. Isn’t that enough to make you dance right in the middle of this ash business?
We’re not an ordinary dust, we’re a dust that is going to be eternal; a dust that is going to be glorified; a dust that’s going to be with God. So, we received those ashes with joy—a joy based on discipline—and entered the corridor of Lent. Then, even today, before we die, we can see his face, as through a veil.
(Source: Catherine Dougherty, Season of Mercy)
The Five Lessons of Good Friday, James Martin, S.J.
The sufferings and death of Jesus, which Christians commemorate on Good Friday, may seem far removed from our everyday lives. After all, it is almost impossible to imagine that anyone reading this essay will ever be crucified. (On the other hand, persecution of Christians continues in many parts of the world even today.) So what can the story of Jesus’s crucifixion, as recorded in the Gospels almost 2,000 years ago, teach us about our own lives?
1: Physical suffering is part of life
Unlike philosophies or belief systems that suggest that suffering is more or less an illusion, Jesus says this from the cross: suffering is real. As a fully human person, Jesus suffered. On Good Friday, he was beaten, tortured and then nailed to a cross, the most agonizing way the Roman authorities had devised for capital punishment. There, according to the Gospels, he hung for three hours. Victims of crucifixion died either from loss of blood or, more commonly, asphyxiation, as the weight of their bodies pulled on their wrists, compressed their lungs and made breathing impossible. Jesus’s life, like any human life, included physical suffering, and an immense amount of it on Good Friday.
But even before Good Friday, Jesus suffered physically, because he had a human body like yours and mine. Growing up in the tiny town of Nazareth, and later as an adult traveling throughout Galilee and Judea, Jesus likely had headaches, got the flu, sprained an ankle or two, and perhaps even broke a bone—in an era of lousy sanitation and only the most primitive of “medical” knowledge. As a fully human person with a fully human body, he suffered physical aches and pains. Good Friday was not the only day he suffered physically.
2: Emotional suffering is part of life
When Christians speak of Jesus’s suffering on Good Friday, they tend to focus on his physical trials. Many Early Renaissance artists, for example, depicted that agony in gruesome detail, as a way of reminding Christians of what their Savior underwent. But Jesus’s “Agony on the Cross” included emotional sufferings as well. In these emotions we can see further intersections with our lives.
To begin with, Jesus of Nazareth felt a deep sense of abandonment. How could he not? All of his disciples had abandoned him before the crucifixion, save for a few faithful women and the Apostle John. Peter, his closest friend, denied even knowing him. Moreover, Jesus felt the suffering of betrayal: another close friend, Judas, betrayed him outright. How that must have weighed on his heart as he hung on the cross.
Finally, Jesus likely knew the crushing disappointment of seeing his great work seemingly come to an end. That is, he may have felt like a failure. While it’s almost impossible to know what was going on in Jesus’s mind on Good Friday (save for the few words he utters before Pontius Pilate and while on the cross) it’s not unreasonable to think that he lamented the end of his public ministry.
Now, here we enter some complicated theological terrain. On the one hand, since Jesus had a human consciousness, he would not have known what was going to happen. On the other hand, since he had a fully divine consciousness he would have.
So, on the one hand, it is possible that Jesus knew that the Resurrection was coming. (By the way, for anyone who thinks that this “lessens” his suffering, think of being in a dentist’s chair: knowing it will be over soon does not remove the pain.) In fact, Jesus predicts the Resurrection at various points in the Gospel. But it is also possible that Jesus the fully human one may have been surprised on Easter Sunday, when he was raised from the dead.
Thus, as he hung on the cross, Jesus might have mourned the end of his great project—into which he had poured his heart and soul—the end to his hopes for all his followers, the end to all that he tried to do for humanity. And so he says, “It is finished.”
3: Suffering is not the result of sin
Sometimes it is. If we do something sinful or make immoral decisions that lead to our suffering, we could say that this suffering comes as the result of sin. But most of the time, particularly when it comes to illness and other tragedies, it is assuredly not. If you still harbor any doubts about that, think about this: Jesus, the sinless one, suffered a great deal. He was not being “punished for his sins.”
This idea was more or less common in Jesus’s time. In the Gospel of John, when Jesus meets a man who was born blind, his disciples ask, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered bluntly. “Neither this man nor his parents sinned.”
Sadly, this attitude is still common today. Recently, friend living with inoperable cancer received a visit from friends she knew from her church. They callously told her that they felt her illness was the work of “Satan.” In other words, sin had entered her life and she was being punished. When she told me this, I reminded her not only of the Gospel of John, but Jesus’s own suffering.
4: Jesus is fully human
Christians believe that Jesus Christ is fully human and fully divine. Now this is, as theologians like to say, a mystery, something that we will never be able to fully comprehend. But belief in this is essential for Christian belief. Besides, attempts to paint Jesus as either only human or only divine simply don’t square with the Jesus we encounter in the Gospels. We read of him both weeping at the death of his friend Lazarus (hardly something that the classic Aristotelian or Platonic God would do), and we also see him heal the sick, still storms, and raise people from the dead (hardly something that people expected of religious figures in first-century Galilee and Judea, or modern-day anywhere today).
In the events of his Passion, we see Jesus’s humanity on display. On Holy Thursday, in the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus says, “Remove this cup.” In other words, I don’t want to die. Only when he realizes that it is his Father’s will that he undergo death, does he assent. But initially the human one expresses, in the bluntest language possible, that he does not wish to die. Later, also revealing his humanity, he utters a great cry from the Cross, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?” I don’t think Jesus ever despaired—to my mind, someone in union with the Father would not be able to do that—but he clearly struggled and, at that moment, felt a profound sense of God’s absence. Here is his humanity on full display.
This is often a consolation to people who pray to Jesus, the risen one in heaven. Why? Because he understands their humanity. He gets it. Christians do not have a God who cannot understand them, because God endured all the things that we do.
5: Suffering is not the last word.
The message of Good Friday is incomplete without Easter. The story of the passion is not simply of a man being brutally tortured, nailed to a cross and executed by the Romans. It is the story of a man who turns himself fully over to the Father’s will, trusts that something new will come out of this offering, and receives the astonishing gift of new life. The message of Easter is not only that Christ is risen, not only that suffering is not the last word, not only that God gives new life, but this: Nothing is impossible with God.
So may you have a prayerful Good Friday, but, more important, may you have a happy Easter.
(Source: Huffington Post, April 17, 2014)
Finding God Again, Henri Nouwen
How often have I lived through these weeks without paying much attention to penance, fasting, and prayer? How often have I missed the spiritual fruits of the season without even being aware of it? But how can I ever really celebrate Easter without observing Lent? How can I rejoice fully in your Resurrection when I have avoided participating in your death? Yes, Lord, I have to die—with you, through you, and in you—and thus become ready to recognize you when you appear to me in your Resurrection. There is so much in me that needs to die: false attachments, greed and anger, impatience and stinginess…. I see clearly now how little I have died with you, really gone your way and been faithful to it. O Lord, make this Lenten season different from the other ones. Let me find you again. Amen.
(Source: A Cry for Mercy: Prayers from the Genesee)
Christ is Risen!, Alexander Men
When you and I turn to the Holy Scriptures and read about those radiant days when the Lord appeared after His Resurrection, let us reflect on something very important which we may not all have noticed. He appeared to many people, but to each of them in a different way.
On one occasion, it was the weeping Mary Magdalene, grieving along by the empty tomb; another time it was Peter, confused and troubled after returning from the garden, where he had found the stone rolled away from the tomb. Later we see the disciples on the lake. John senses the Lord’s presence in his heart and recognizes Him; Peter plunges in at once and swims to Him. Then, as we read in the letters of the Apostle Paul, among the last people to whom the Lord appeared was Paul himself—or Saul, who used to persecute the Church of God.
This continues even now. The risen Christ is unseen, but manifests Himself imperceptibly to each of us. Any one of us who in our lives has sensed, even for a moment, the proximity of another world has had an encounter with the risen Lord. He comes to everyone, knocking at the door of their hearts and finding His own words for each one.
Our task is to listen, to respond to that knock, for the Lord has come to save, revive, and change the lives of each one of us. So on Easter Day, as we return to our homes, may each of us take that joy away with us in our hearts; along with the thought that the Lord has manifested Himself to me, He has risen for my sake as well. He speaks to me, He remains with me and always will—as my Lord, my Savior, and my God.
May the Lord preserve you.
(Source: Awake to Life!)
It is Easter morning.
Christ unwinds the burial bands
and lays them by:
the balm and the spikenard,
the anointing of tears,
the soundless snow
of the white sleep of death,
the body of Christ lays by.
He sets His feet on the dust.
He extends His open hands
with a supreme gesture of love.
He uncovers His heart.
It is not a ghost
who walks in the silver
of morning light;
the shadow that falls on the tombs
is the shadow of a man
of flesh and blood…
Christ rises from the dead.
There is no salute of guns,
only everywhere in the world
there are men who are aware
of a silence that is audible,
that is heard only inside the heart,
telling the wordless secret
of ultimate joy.
man is listening
for the first footsteps
of the risen Christ.
an unseen bird singing
and leaves opening
one by one
in a multitudinous green solitude.
In the silence
he hears the beat
of his own pulse.
It gathers like a tide rising
inside the throbbing in his forehead.
He hears the drumming
of the sap rising
from the roots of the world
and the infinitesimal music
of the tiny hammering
of life under the earth,
and the tap, tap in the egg.
In the red bud of his heart
summer is slumbering,
warm and murmurous
as a swarm of bees,
on heavy honey of golden light.
His heart swells
with a new and secret majesty,
and now he knows
that it is not his own pulse
that he hears in the silence
and feels with his finger-tips
in his thin wrist;
it is the eternal heartbeat
of Absolute Love.
(Source: “Holy Saturday,” in The Flowering Tree)


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Syria: Fourth Journalist Killed in a Week
An Al Jazeera journalist has been killed in Syria after crashing his car while trying to avoid being targeted by government forces. Mark Kelly reports. Image: Al Jazeera
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Originally published on the Huffington Post, March 20, 2015
Perhaps no group of science deniers has been more ridiculed than those who deny the science of evolution. What you may not know is that Monsanto and our United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) are among them. That's right: for decades, Monsanto and its enablers inside the USDA have denied the central tenets of evolutionary biology, namely natural selection and adaptation. And this denial of basic science by the company and our government threatens the future viability of American agriculture.
Third Grade Science
Let's start with interrelated concepts of natural selection and adaptation. This is elementary school science. In fact, in Washington D.C. it is part of the basic third grade science curriculum.
As we all remember from biology class, when an environment changes, trait variation in a species could allow some in that species to adapt to that new environment and survive. Others will die out. The survivors are then able to reproduce and even thrive under the new environmental conditions. For example, if a drought were to occur, some plants might have traits that allow them to survive while other plants in the same species would perish. The drought-resistant plants then become the "evolved" species, and they are able to reproduce in the drought environment.
Obvious, you are thinking. But let's explore how Monsanto's top scientists and government regulators would have failed a third grade science class in D.C. and the dire consequences that it is bringing to us all.
Biotech's Dirty Little Secret
First a little background. Since the early 1980s, Monsanto has endlessly hyped genetically engineered (GE) crops they claim could reduce hunger, reduce pesticide use, and survive droughts. In reality, no such "miracle" crops exist. No significantly greater yielding crops, no more effective drought resistance crops. And as for the claim of less pesticide use, behind this myth lies the "dirty little secret" of agricultural biotechnology. Namely, that GE crops actually add hundreds of millions of pounds of pesticides to our fields and crops, and create greater agrochemical residues on our food. Why? Because around 85 percent of all genetically engineered crops in the United States and around the world have been engineered to withstand massive doses of herbicides, mostly Monsanto's Roundup. Usually, if toxic weed-killing chemicals such as Roundup come into contact with a crop they will destroy it as well as the weeds around it. But Monsanto scientists genetically engineered a cassette of bacterial and viral DNA into plants that allowed them to tolerate these herbicides. So the weeds are killed, but the crops remain.
In the United States, more than 50 percent of all our cropland is devoted to GE corn, soy and cotton. They are commodity crops that feed cars, animals in industrial meat production and are used for additives like high fructose corn syrup. Almost none directly feeds people. So rather than feeding the hungry, this technology is about chemical companies selling more chemicals, a lot more chemicals. So as noted, each year 115 million more pounds of Roundup are spread on our farmlands because of these altered crops.
Profits versus Science: Science loses
If half of our nation's cropland is doused year after year with a particular herbicide, that is a significant change in the environment. The accompanying problem of adaptation and selection has probably already occurred to you. Wouldn't that massive increase in Roundup use over that huge a portion of our cropland cause some weed populations to develop resistance? Wouldn't weeds with natural resistance thrive in this new environment? Wouldn't these new "superweeds" eventually become a major problem for U.S. farmers, overrunning their crops?
As government regulators were considering whether to approve these plants in the mid-1990s, they asked Monsanto just that question. No doubt considering the billions they were going to make selling more Roundup, this is a moment when Monsanto's scientists seemed to find it convenient to their bottom line to deny basic evolutionary science. They stated, "Evolution of weed resistance to glyphosate (Roundup's active ingredient) appears to be an unlikely event." They also suggested that massive use of Roundup would lead to "no resistant weeds." Independent scientists were aghast. They mocked Monsanto's view that Roundup was somehow "invincible" from the laws of natural selection, and pointed out that the company's scientists purposely ignored numerous studies that showed there would be weed resistance. But incredibly, despite the strong contrary evidence, the USDA regulators just nodded in science denying agreement with Monsanto.
Of course, adaptation and natural selection did take place. As a result, in less than 20 years, more than half of all U.S. farms have some Roundup resistant "superweeds," weeds that now infest 70 million acres of U.S farmland, an area the size of Wyoming. Each year we see major expansion of this "superweed" acreage. Texas has gone so far as to declare a state of emergency for cotton farmers. Superweeds are already causing major economic problems for farmers with a current estimate of $1 billion lost in damages to crops so far.
Last year in a panel discussion with Robert Fraley, Chief Technology Officer for Monsanto and a founder of these herbicide tolerant crops, I confronted him. How could he and the other Monsanto scientists have claimed that natural selection would not take place? How could they ignore basic evolutionary science and clear contrary evidence? He just shook his head and said "You're right, weeds have evolved resistance." But apparently, Monsanto and their government regulators still haven't learned this third grade science lesson. They're denying science once again, and the stakes are even higher.
"Agent Orange Crops" and More Science Denial
Now Monsanto and Dow Chemical have received government approval to market new genetically engineered corn, soy and cotton, that are "stacked" with engineered DNA that make them resistant to Roundup as well as 2,4-D (one of the chief elements of "Agent Orange"). Monsanto has also gained approval from the USDA for the same three crops that can tolerate Dicamba. 2,4-D and Dicamba are older, more toxic herbicides than Roundup, and these companies are reverting to them because they have brought us to the point of peak herbicides. They simply don't have any new ones, similar to the current crisis in antibiotics.
But won't the weeds simply become resistant to these herbicides as well? Not according to the science deniers at Monsanto and Dow Chemical. Despite predictions that their new crops will add hundreds of millions more pounds of these herbicides each year, they say not to worry. They claim -- as they did 20 years ago -- that natural selection will not happen; that it is extremely unlikely for weeds to survive simultaneous attacks from two or more different herbicides with different methods.
Weed scientists have shredded this argument, noting that weeds in the past, through adaption, have done this and will almost certainly do it again. So in a few years we will be overrun with "superweeds" that are virtually indestructible by any known chemical. But by then Monsanto and Dow will have made billions selling their chemicals and can leave the "superweed" agronomic nightmare for others to solve. Nor will they have to deal with the other nightmares that could possibly occur: increased rates of cancer and diseases like Parkinson's associated with exposure to these herbicides.
A Better Way
A science-based, and safer, way forward is to abandon this doomed-to-fail chemical arms race against weeds and use ecologically based weed control. There are proven organic and agroecological approaches that emphasize weed management rather than weed eradication, soil building rather than soil supplementing. Crop rotation and cover crops can return productive yields without ridding the land of genetic biodiversity, and could reduce herbicide use by 90 percent.
So it's long past due that our government required real and rigorous science when regulating GE crops. It's time for them to say "no" to these herbicide-promoting crops, and prevent the looming agronomic disaster they will inevitably bring with them.
In the meantime, the next time you read hear about "GMO science deniers" -- think of 70 million acres of superweeds; think cancer, Parkinsons and other diseases caused by this growing use of herbicides; think Monsanto and its enablers at the USDA.


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"Water Reimagined" by Charles Fishman
Date: Wednesday, November 20
Location: Mahler Auditorium, Georgia Center
Start Time: 05:00 PM
End Time: 06:00 PM
Price: Free and open to the public. Book-signing to follow
Fishman’s UGA talk will look at the history and future of water. He spent three years circling the globe—from Las Vegas to New Delhi—to uncover how the world of water is changing, and what the implications are. New water attitudes and the connection between water and a number of professional fields will also be presented.
Fishman is the author of “The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water” (2011), a bestselling book on water in America. His previous book, “The Wal-Mart Effect” (2006), has also become a bestseller, a catch phrase and an Economist Book of the Year. An award-winning senior writer for Fast Company, Fishman is an investigative journalist, specializing in business innovation and social responsibility. Fishman also blogs about water issues for National Geographic.
This seminar is co-sponsored by the EECP and HGOR, an Atlanta-based planning and landscape architecture firm.


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Skill level: Easy
We’re just finishing fig season as we move into winter so fresh figs are abundant, ripe and well priced. This smoothie is like a Turkish sweet store in a smoothie. Imagine a combination of Turkish delight and baklava! Mmmmm. There is just a hint of rose flavour from the rose water so even those who aren’t usually rose or Turkish delight fans will like this drink. Nutritionally speaking this smoothie is full of minerals, fibre and good omega 3 fats from the fruit and nuts. If you want to increase the protein in this recipe just add a couple of spoons of Greek yoghurt or a spoon of almonds or cashews.
1 fresh fig (or dried if they’re out of season)
5 raw walnuts
1 teaspoon raw honey
½ teaspoon rose water
1 cup milk of choice
Extra fig, walnut and edible rose petals to garnish (optional)


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They don’t call it smart shopping for nothing but these days it’s not the money we spend that’s making us feel brainy – it’s the money we save. That’s what the researchers from Deloitte and The Harrison group learned. They surveyed 2,000-plus consumers and learned that four out of five say they find saving money using techniques like coupons and loyalty programs “fun.” So fun, in fact, that 93 percent don’t plan to return to their frivolous spending habits when the economy improves.
The research – which is called The New American Pantry Study (PDF) – pointed to five different, new consumer behaviors. Take a look. Join in. You may be more satisfied with how you’re using your money if you do.
Gratification management. Say good-bye to instant gratification, and hello to delay. Some 40 percent of consumers surveyed said waiting to get what you want isn’t as much of a sacrifice as it used to be. Consumers have tuned in to the fact that many things – from cuts of meat to clothing – will eventually go on sale, so they’re willing to wait for the moment when that happens. Makes sense in the kitchen (those cookies always taste better after you smell them baking!). Makes sense in the bedroom. (No further explanation needed.) Why wouldn’t it make sense here?
Private Label Experimentation. I’d never give up my Post Raisin Bran (believe me, it’s better than Kellogg’s), but the olive oil I cook with every day is Costco’s private label brand: Kirkland. Three-quarters of consumers are more willing to try private labels – it makes them feel smart – and once they do, three-quarters are buying those things again. “In part, it’s because we believe the same manufacturers are making both,” says Doug Harrison who conducted the survey. We do it selectively. Maybe you’d never give up your Oreos. Harrison’s wife is loyal to her Vanity Fair napkins. But on other products we’re trying – and we’re liking.
Cooking From Scratch. Twenty percent of consumers are abandoning expensive prepared foods and cooking from scratch. New websites like 5dollardinners.com have shown people how they can save a ton of money by making food themselves (and save even more by taking the leftovers in the next day for lunch). Personally, Ina Garten’s original Barefoot Contessa Cookbook has become my summer bible. Last week I made the potato salad, the cold sesame noodles and the beet salad with orange zest. Took 90 minutes. We ate for five days.
Make Loyalty Cards Your BFF. Sure, you’ve been friendly with your store loyalty cards for a while, but now they’re your BFFs. At least they are for 60 percent of consumers. What’s changed here is that men and kids are getting in on the action. They are sharing in the feeling of satisfaction you get when, upon checkout, you scan to the bottom of the receipt and see that – yes! – not only did you get two-for-one-blueberries and a free baguette, you’ve saved $18.71. And – double yes! – since the beginning of the year, you’ve saved $432.23.
Extreme Couponing. Finally, these folks aren’t just clipping the occasional $1 off, they’re layering manufacturer’s coupons over store coupons to squeeze out every last dollar. They’re signed on (as I am) to couponmom.com. They’re downloading coupons to their loyalty cards so they can swipe them at checkout and save more and their PDAs so there is no paper needed.


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There was much appropriate pomp and congratulations Wednesday morning at the ribbon cutting and official opening of the Ben Carson Reading Room at George Washington Carver STEM School. [...]
Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio conducted analyses of the American Community Survey (ACS) 2012 one-year estimates released by the U.S. Census earlier this year. These analyses revealed alarming findings for [...]
We are happy to announce some good news for the New Year. The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland’s Central Promise Neighborhood initiative received a grant for [...]
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey has been administered to students from 7th to 12th grade in schools throughout Cuyahoga County with support from a variety of funders and [...]
The Investment Schools are a critical piece of the Cleveland Plan, which seeks to reinvent the public education system in Cleveland by profoundly changing the role of the [...]
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland, the lead in the collaborative initiative the Cleveland Central Promise Neighborhood, recently released its 2012 annual report. The foundation [...]
“Promise Neighborhoods” are vibrant and thriving where children are ready for school, go to good schools and have strong systems of family and community support that allow them to attain an excellent education, graduate from high school and go on to college and a successful career.
Attitudes and experiences are changing in the Central Promise Neighborhood, in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. Watch a video, Mr. President: Come visit us in Cleveland!! that highlights this or a slideshow of Promise Neighborhood events and activities so far this year.

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I would like to share something that I received the other day. I was asking for guidance and/or inspiration to put into words some thoughts and feelings that had been bubbling that I wanted to share.
What then usually happens is that I put pen to paper and everything starts to flow and come together, this time however, it was different.
As I sat with pen in hand, I did not expect the piece I received, my original thoughts were side stepped and this emerged instead.
I feel it is not for me to comment on, it is meant for you to accept, reject, dissect or absorb on whatever level you do. It will have whatever meaning it does for you, or none at all!
Although a possibly contentious piece, it will be of interest to see how you react to what is ostensibly, you.
I hope you enjoy getting your head around this in your own way!
Connecting to the Divine Dreamer
And in a flash it ended, and then began again….
Souls ascended, souls reset (for another chance), souls relocated, souls reunited…… all dimensional players of My energy, My thoughts, My universe, My creation.
For nothing exists outside of Me, I am everything and I am no-thing. I am your free will to think, but am the boundaries of those thoughts, as your very essence is the product of My projection which resides in My mind.
You are Me, even though you would deem to use your perception of separation from Me, against Me. I purify Myself with the release of My duality, through the creation of you, an extension of Me.
Duality exists in everything, I am everything, I need to keep my existence in balance, a state of unconditional love, by challenging myself to remain in that state and exist as that state, despite what the power of my own thoughts can conjure against myself. You are the result of the test against myself, which is why you cannot fail, as my return to my full conscious state of unconditional love, was never in doubt.
As you return to consciousness of Me as you, so my balance is returned. So, then is your power returned, when your thoughts realign to mine. I pass my own test and realign to my Highest state of being, as you.
I speak to you now as you perceive yourself, a being separate from me, until you rise above this perception, thus then I, as you, free myself from my duality and restore balance within me.
Your universe exists as a thought in my mind, similarly, as you create imaginary kingdoms in your dreams, which seem real, as is your universe an exquisite thought form in mine, kept alive by my awareness and exploration of my conscious, creative expression.
You are my individual expression of my free will to know that I will always find myself and return to my authentic state of being, no matter what I throw at myself, that lower expression is a state acknowledged and harmonised so that I can remain as I am.
I have every faith in you, because I know who I am, therefore, so do you. However long the process of ‘time’ would seem to endure, however dark your experiences, I am aware, as I experience them as you, but know this, time ended, my test of myself was passed, you returned in oneness of your awareness and consciousness to me, nothing else was possible! A thought outside of its thinker does not exist. Darkness has been acknowledged and harmonised within me. This has come to pass, though your consciousness resides yet in the rungs of time, reading slowly a tale once written by yourselves, which you perceive is yet to be told. See no-one other than with a state of unconditional love and you will break the perception and illusion of separation from me. In your perception of time, your eyes will use My sight, your thoughts be aligned to My highest mind, your actions an expression of unconditional love and so then will you be free, but know in truth you are already and therefore, so am I.
Let this knowledge be your comfort and your Light in your perception of darkness, your power in your belief in hopelessness, your wisdom, strength and Love in the face of evil, the smashed mirror of a dream from which we awoke, triumphant, renewed, restored.
I reach back into my dream so that it may become its conclusion.


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