The purpose of commentaries on MormonNewsroom.org is to deepen conversations surrounding the Church, explain Latter-day Saint teachings and practices, and contextualize Mormon interactions with the broader society. These official commentaries are intended for a variety of audiences, including journalists, academics, opinion leaders and Church members in general.
The mettle of religious conviction is tested by how we respond to suffering. Human beings have a natural impulse to help those in need. And whether the problem is poverty, hunger or disease, people of faith feel a particular call to serve. Faith-based aid workers put a spiritual shine of meaning and care on their work. They create conditions for solidarity and empathy that outlast any practical good. This effort saves lives and eases suffering but also brings people together and increases social trust.
In 1948 a document graced the world that set new horizons for human relations. It is called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and was the first global expression of its kind. Leaders from different nations, cultures, religions and political systems came together to establish standards of humaneness that apply to everyone, everywhere. Every person, regardless of religion, race, gender or nationality, possesses fundamental rights simply by being human. These rights move us beyond the harmful idea that might makes right and play a vital role in managing the conflicts and differences so prevalent in our pluralistic world.
In the end, our conscience is all we have. Everything else — material possessions, social status, wealth — can be taken away. But the beliefs and values that constitute our moral compass, the invisible space in our hearts that separates right from wrong, the meaning we attach to life and the internal goad that compels us to share our vision are the things that give us dignity. Without them, our other freedoms have little meaning.
Societies are full of interest groups, political camps, cultural factions and religious organizations advancing their own vision of the good. And when we all have our own say, communities are better for it. Engaging our differences makes life harder, but also more worth living. We find meaning in human connection when we climb out of ourselves and discover the dignity of others, even if we disagree.
Drive through any city and you'll see steeples or domes aspiring in the skyline. These houses of worship have a way of both standing out and fitting in. They join charities, associations, clubs and other nonprofit organizations in forming the voluntary sphere of life. It's called a civil society and does a lot of the heavy lifting in communities.
Every day we walk on ground we seldom notice. It's just there, underneath us, supporting our feet as we go about our days learning, working and worshiping. Though often unseen, the ground of our lives is full of religious meaning.
Religion seasons the interactions between strangers, adds flavor to our civic relations and preserves the dear things of our common existence. To be the salt of society means to savor its success.
The fortunes of family and faith will continue to ebb and flow, as they have in various periods throughout history, but experience shows they will do so joining hands. As the one rises or falls, so will the other. But the course of history is not predetermined; it is chosen. And those choices have long trajectories.
In this age of falling trust and social disintegration, a return to the sacred commitments of congregations will make our communities more cohesive. When the fabric of society begins to fray, religion with its layered threads of social capital can help bind it together.
Our modern world offers more choices and possibilities than ever before. Science and technology continually expand our knowledge, and the diversity of religious worldviews keeps growing. But in the end we remain the same spiritual creatures. Religion provides a space where purpose and meaning can be sought, found and passed on.
The broader questions of religion get lost in narrow cultural divisions. What does religion mean in the actual lives of people? What role does religion play in forming communities? And how do religious beliefs address life's most difficult problems? Such matters cannot be reduced to mere politics; they are perennial concerns, deeply interwoven in humanity's rich fabric.
We hear it all the time: "The family is the basic unit of society." But do we, as a society, really think about what that means? The bonds between husband and wife, parents and children, are so firmly planted in history and experience that we often take them for granted — until, as happens from time to time, those bonds break down.
A characteristic commonly attributed to Latter-day Saints is that they take care of their own. Though generally accepted as a compliment, this tells only half the story. Mormons look outward as well. The practice of cooperation among the Mormon people is being extended to larger communities and faith groups.
Mormons welcome truth from whatever source and take the pragmatic view that where religion and science seem to clash, it is simply because there are insufficient data to reconcile the two. Latter-day Saints approach such tensions as challenges to learn, not contradictions to avoid.
Religious freedom is as much a duty toward others as it is a right for oneself.
Religion is essential to a vibrant, democratic society.
Religious freedom is both a lesson of Mormons' history and a principle of their faith.
Religious freedom, or freedom of conscience, is critical to the health of a diverse society.
Religious freedom is a fundamental freedom that runs deeper and reaches farther than many realize.
For many people in the world, there are few things more precious than freedom. Freedom — the power to live as one would choose — is one of the great sources of human dignity. Exercising freedom correctly is also one of the great responsibilities that humans hold. We continue to grapple with how to define our freedoms, how to understand them, and how they should be both cultivated and tempered. At the heart of these questions, we find one of the most fundamental of all freedoms: freedom of religion.
Anyone familiar with the history of Christianity knows that it has been quite a complicated matter. The word "Christian" was first used during New Testament times to describe the disciples who accepted the message and redemption of Jesus Christ. Now after two millennia, Christianity has weathered centuries of change and experienced periods of growth, persecution, reformation, schism, globalization and more. As a result, questions about who should be called a Christian and who should not continue to be discussed by some within the religious world.
In this shifting religious environment it is easy to talk of the fleeting and superficial rather than the deeper foundations of spiritual life. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints understand their message to be the full gospel of Jesus Christ, as set forth in the Bible and other scriptures. What transcendent ideals do they aspire to? How do their beliefs answer the needs of contemporary religious seekers concerned about the great, permanent questions of human life?
The issue of religious participation in the public square is essentially a debate about the first principles of civic life: the coexistence between competing human interests, the self-determination of religious communities, the autonomy of individual conscience and the accommodation of diverse beliefs and opinions in public debate. The way we respond to these challenges establishes the parameters of civic interactions and sets the boundaries of our collective and individual identities.
Close observers of the Church including scholars, journalists and bloggers have also begun to comment on a new phenomenon: the fact that Mormon membership, at least in the United States, appears to have reached a kind of critical mass. In fact, there are now roughly as many Mormons in the United States as Jews, although Mormon demographics are decidedly younger. Individual Mormon voices — or, rather, the voices of many diverse individuals who also happen to be Mormon — are increasingly heard.
An informed citizenry, it is often said, is the bulwark of democracy. The basic principles of journalistic integrity – objectivity in reporting, detachment from personal bias, and disinterested duty to the truth – are essential in facilitating public trust and civil discourse. All individuals and institutions, including churches, share an interest in contributing to these worthy goals.
It is in the interests of the Church to play a constructive role in advancing the cathartic powers of honest and accurate history. In doing so, the Church strives to be relevant to contemporary audiences that operate under changing cultural assumptions and expectations. A careful, yet bold presentation of Church history, which delves into the contextual subtleties and nuances characteristic of serious historical writing, has become increasingly important. If a religion cannot explain its history, it cannot explain itself.
Like other large faith groups, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sometimes finds itself on the receiving end of attention from Hollywood or Broadway, television series or books, and the news media. Sometimes depictions of the Church and its people are quite accurate. Sometimes the images are false or play to stereotypes. Occasionally, they are in appallingly bad taste.
Throughout earth's history, humans have always organized themselves into communities of one kind or another. Joseph Smith understood that communities not only provide essential protection from danger, access to vital resources, and opportunities to develop human potential but also help define the core values and central identity of their respective members.
Marriage between a man and a woman is central to the plan of salvation. The sacred nature of marriage is closely linked to the power of procreation. Only a man and a woman together have the natural biological capacity to conceive children. This power of procreation – to create life and bring God's spirit children into the world – is sacred and precious. Misuse of this power undermines the institution of the family and thereby weakens the social fabric. Strong families serve as the fundamental institution for transmitting to future generations the moral strengths, traditions, and values that sustain civilization.
The New Testament states unequivocally that, besides Jesus Christ, "there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved." And yet hundreds of millions of souls, probably the majority of all who have ever lived, were never taught about Christianity and perhaps never so much as heard the name of Jesus Christ. Are these millions of souls lost for the eternities? If so, can God be considered just, let alone merciful?
Distinctions matter, especially when a term like Mormon has come to mean a very specific thing to the public. Mormon is commonly used to describe a Mormon temple, Mormon missionaries or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. These images have long been ingrained in the public consciousness. But when the term Mormon is stretched out of proportion to apply to any group, however large or small, aspiring to establish a church in the tradition of Joseph Smith, only confusion ensues.
The enterprise of Mormonism goes far beyond any passing media narrative or sensation of the moment. It aims higher by seeking to explain the ultimate questions of existence: what it means to be a human being and what it means to belong to the larger human family.
Despite its rapid growth and increasing social prominence, The Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints remains obscure in many ways to many people. In a world of multiple religions, it is natural for a busy public to mistake one for another. However, this does not mean that such mistakes should continue to be perpetuated without being challenged. In fact, maintaining the integrity of the Church's identity requires constant attention.
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as Mormons, can be found at every level of society — in business and agriculture, education and the sciences, political parties and government, the entertainment industry and news media.
As thoughtful historians know, a serious study of history does not impose contemporary understandings and sensibilities onto an interpretation of earlier time periods.
Interfaith cooperation does not require doctrinal compromise. Though the Church asserts its ecclesiastical independence and recognizes its doctrinal differences, this does not prevent it from partnering with other faiths in charitable projects. These efforts are based on universal values. Latter-day Saints accept all sincere believers as equals in the pursuit of faith and in the great work of serving humanity.
The Church reveres the Bible as a sacred volume of scripture. Latter-day Saints cherish its teachings and engage in a lifelong study of its divine wisdom.
In an age when so many aspects of life are measured by statistical formulas and metrics, the incalculable value of the human dimension — devotion, dedication, compassion — is often overlooked and underappreciated. How does this relate to statistics gathered by churches? It is impossible to fully measure the faith and commitment of any person of faith by statistics. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints takes its statistics seriously but does not treat them as an end in themselves.
While so often the debate about Mormonism centers around the peculiar and controversial on the one hand and the banal and unimaginative on the other, Latter-day Saints are animated by a much grander vision of life. Journalists often ask what differentiates Latter-day Saints but rarely investigate what inspires, motivates and moves them. The transcendent side of Mormonism cannot be captured by caricature and stereotype.
To account for the diversity of religious experience, many religions have traditionally made space in their worship practices for the public and the private, the common and the sacred, the routine and the exceptional, the wide and the narrow. Like other Christians, Latter-day Saints attend church every Sunday in chapels throughout the world. In addition to regular Sunday worship, Latter-days Saints also worship in temples.
Faced with the dilemma between publicizing the good works of its humanitarian efforts on the one hand and appearing self-promotional on the other, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints attempts to find a balance and walk that fine line.
The Church encourages a deeper and broader examination of its theology, history and culture on an intellectual level, and this is a wonderful opportunity to expand open dialogue and conversation between the Latter-day Saints and various scholarly and religious communities.
There are real doctrinal differences between Mormons and other Christians. But the fact that Latter-day Saints accept as fellow Christians all who believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God and Savior of all mankind, shows that there's common ground for all Christians to occupy together.
When only glancing at the surface of Latter-day Saint beliefs and the commitment of its members, some people see something curious, different and unusual. But those who look deeper into that very same set of beliefs can find understanding and satisfying explanations.
Since the birth and growth of the Church has taken place right before the public's eyes these past two centuries, it cannot escape public scrutiny. Nevertheless, this scrutiny does not require that the Church compromise or hide from its history. Far from being a liability, Mormons view their history as one of the Church's greatest assets.
Covering the nuances of religious belief in the news media is no easy task. But it's even more difficult when the doctrines of a faith group are reported and compared against some other set of beliefs, often with an overtone of conflict or controversy. In those cases, the very real impact of doctrine as a guidepost in the lives of believers is almost always lost.
The Church welcomes inquisitiveness, but the challenge of understanding Mormon doctrine is not merely a matter of accessing the abundant information available. Rather, it is a matter of how this information is approached and examined. The doctrinal tenets of any religion are best understood within a broad context, and thoughtful analysis is required to understand them.
Polls show that the public knows little about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, while Mormons themselves feel the church they belong to is not the same church they often hear and read about. This unfortunate reality need not persist.
There is much valuable material and good scholarship available about the Church, but there is an enormous amount that ranges from the merely dubious to simple anti-Mormon polemics. In addition, all reporters face the challenge of deciding whether to define Latter-day Saints only in terms of their contrasts with other Christian faiths, or whether they should also include beliefs and practices by which Mormons define themselves.


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Q: Virtual Box ( ubuntu, vagrant, homestead ) sites connect to host database (ubuntu, mysql) I am pretty new to VirtualBox or network, port forward, etc. I am just a front-end Developer.
I want to connect the MySQL databases in my host os running ubuntu, to the websites running in virtual box (vagrant, homestead, ubuntu 20.04).
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Considered by many the father of Abstract Expressionism, Hans Hofmann is one of the most important figures of postwar American art. He pioneered teaching of this new movement of modern art which catapulted America to the forefront of the world art stage in the middle of the 20th century. As a teacher, Hofmann influenced three generations of artists in Europe and in the United States, countless of whom went on to achieve acclaim in their own right. As an artist, he is celebrated for his exuberant, color-filled canvases. Hofmann's work is distinguished by a rigorous concern with pictorial structure, spatial illusion and color relationships.
Some of the world's prominent museum collections possess Hofmann's art including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Tate Gallery in London, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus in Munich and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, among many others.


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Federal Judge: Catholic Church Has A Constitutional Right Not To Compensate Victims Of Sex Abuse
By Ian Millhiser on July 31, 2013 at 2:05 pm
From the link: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/07/31/2388461/federal-judge-catholic-church-has-a-constitutional-right-not-to-compensate-victims-of-sex-abuse/
Cardinal Timothy Dolan allegedly transferred church funds into a separate trust in order to protect them from clergy abuse lawsuits
A federal judge in Wisconsin handed down an opinion yesterday granting the Catholic Church — and indeed, potentially all religious institutions — such sweeping immunity from federal bankruptcy law that it is not clear that it would permit any plaintiff to successfully sue any church in any court. While the ostensible issue in this case is whether over $50 million in church funds are shielded from a bankruptcy proceeding triggered largely by a flood of clerical sex abuse claims against the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Judge Rudolph Randa reads the church's constitutional and legal right to religious liberty so broadly as to render religious institutions immune from much of the law.
The case involves approximately $57 million that former Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan transferred from the archdiocese's general accounts to into a separate trust set up to maintain the church's cemeteries. Although Dolan, who is now a cardinal, the Archbishop of New York and the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has denied that the purpose of this transfer was to shield the funds from lawsuits, Dolan penned a letter to the Vatican in 2007 where he explained that transferring the funds into the trust would lead to "an improved protection of these funds from any legal claim and liability."
The issue facing the court is, essentially, whether the funds that Dolan split off into a separate trust can now be reabsorbed into the archdiocese's assets in order to enable sex abuse victims and other creditors to be paid out of these assets. In holding that these funds cannot be so absorbed, Randa relies on a law that limits the federal government's ability to "substantially burden a person's exercise of religion," Randa cites to the current Archbishop of Milwaukee's statement that "the care and maintenance of Catholic cemeteries, cemetery property, and the remains of those interred is a fundamental exercise of the Catholic faith," and concludes that this statement alone is enough to shield the church's funds. As Randa explains, "if the Trust's funds are converted into the bankruptcy estate, there will be no funds or, at best, insufficient funds for the perpetual care of the Milwaukee Catholic Cemeteries."
And Randa does not stop there. He goes on to argue that senior church officials get to unilaterally decide what constitutes a "substantial burden" on their faith for purposes of federal law — "Archbishop Listecki's declaration stands unopposed, and on the issue of religious doctrine, it is unassailable. Moreover, the issue of substantial burden is essentially coterminous with religious doctrine." In this case, an archbishop declared cemetery funds to be untouchable in a bankruptcy proceeding, but Randa's reasoning could extend much farther. Nothing in his opinion would prevent a church's officials from declaring that every single line in every single ledger kept by the church is mandated by the sacred word of God — and therefore every single dollar owned by the church is untouchable so long as the church engages in the kind of accounting gymnastics Dolan allegedly performed.
The same federal law that protects religious liberty also permits substantial burdens on religion when such a burden is "in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of furthering that interest." Randa largely glosses over this exception, however, holding that the "interests advanced by the bankruptcy system are not compelling." That very well be true, but there is another, overriding interest in this case — whether an employer whose employees stand accused of widespread sexual abuse can evade accountability by engaging in accounting tricks. At least 45 Milwaukee priests face sex abuse accusations. One priest in particular was accused of personally molesting close to 200 deaf boys. Yet Randa does not even consider whether America has a compelling interest in deterring the church from allowing future such incidents to occur.
If Randa had stopped there, his opinion would still award the church — and, indeed, potentially all religious institutions — a breathtaking degree of legal immunity. Taken to its logical conclusion, Randa's framework would allow a church to run up whatever debts it chooses, then effectively protect the entirety of its assets from its creditors through a combination of creative accounting and a bankruptcy filing. Yet Randa does not even stop there. After reaching this sweeping interpretation of federal religious liberty law, he then turns to the First Amendment of the Constitution. With little analysis, and in an almost certain conflict with a binding Supreme Court precedent, Randa concludes that the church has a constitutional right to shield its funds. By raising his opinion to constitutional status, Randa effectively strips Congress of its ability to correct his sweeping interpretation of the law.
Judge Randa, a George H.W. Bush appointee, has a history of being reversed by higher courts in cases involving hot button social issues, so there is a good chance that his opinion will ultimately be reversed on appeal. In the meantime, however, Randa effectively places the church above the law — and leaves what could be hundreds of sexual abuse victims in the cold.
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Victims: Pope Benedict Protects Accused Pedophile Bishops
By BRIAN ROSS , RHONDA SCHWARTZ and ANNA SCHECTER April 15, 2008
From the link: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4656143
Pope John Paul II is seen giving his blessing to Father Marcial Maciel in 2004. Maciel has been accused of sexually abusing children, including his own, in a lawsuit. He died in 2008.
Even as he told reporters on his flight to America that he was "deeply ashamed" over the church sex abuse scandal, Pope Benedict was accused by victims of protecting some 19 bishops accused of sexually abusing children.
"As a Catholic, I have to sadly conclude that he is not serious about ridding the church of corrupt bishops," said Anne Doyle, co-director of BishopAccountability.org, a group tracking public records involving the bishops.
According to the group, of the 19 bishops "credibly accused of abusing children," none has lost his title, been publicly censured by the Vatican or referred for criminal prosecutions.
"The sexual corruption in the Catholic church starts at the very top," said Doyle.
Pope Benedict told reporters on his flight this morning from Rome to Washington, D.C., he would do everything possible to avoid a repeat of the scandal. "We will absolutely exclude pedophiles from the sacred ministry," he said, according to Reuters.
While the church has moved to expel accused priests, critics say the higher-ranking bishops have been given favored treatment. "The attitude of the bishops towards the victims and the families of sexual abuse and predatory clergy is drop dead," said Michael Wegs, of Marion, Iowa, one of nine former high schools students who said they were abused at a seminary in Missouri by former Palm Beach, Fla. Bishop Anthony J. O'Connell.
When the allegations were made public, Bishop O'Connell admitted at least two cases of abuse and was allowed to resign. He now lives on the beautiful, sprawling grounds of the Trappists Mepkin Abbey in South Carolina.
"He deserves to be in jail," said Wegs, his accuser. "I don't think there is any justice because he is allowed to travel, go where he please. He's still a bishop, and he's living among priests in the hierarchical structure; he is a top dog despite the fact that he's a sexual predator." Wegs says O'Connell has failed to even apologize to his victims.
Bishop O'Connell did not return phone calls from ABCNews.com seeking comment, but church officials say he and other bishops have been punished appropriately. "You cannot put on clerical attire, and you cannot service in a public way in ministry," said Austin, Texas Bishop Gregory Aymond, chair of the U.S. Bishop's Committee on Protection of Children and Young People.
"That is a very, very significant consequence, and I would say a significant penalty," said Bishop Aymond, who conceded the accused bishops maintain their title. "Priests and bishops remain priests and bishops forever, regardless of what happens to them or what they do," said Bishop Aymond.
But victims groups and church critics say the pope can and should do much more to punish the bishops and finally resolve the scandal.
Before he became pope, as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, he was in charge of monitoring cases of pedophile priests and was directly involved in deciding what punishment, if any, would be administered to priests and bishops.
"Priests who abuse children can be removed from the priesthood, but they do not remove bishops, they do not remove cardinals," said author Jason Berry who has been tracking the sex abuse scandal and produced a documentary film on the subject, "Vows of Silence," which premiered in New Orleans last night. "The problem is the power structure. There is no accountability," said Berry.
Berry says the pope's decision to have the Los Angeles archbishop, Cardinal Roger Mahoney, accompany him on his trip proves the point. "Why would you want someone in your entourage" like Roger Mahoney, asked Berry.
"This man has overseen a great many cases in which priests were moved from parish to parish. His diocese has paid over $660 million in settlements. And yet this cardinal has refused to release the files on these priests who have abused children," Berry said.
Cardinal Mahoney did not return calls from ABC News seeking comment.
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Gerald T. Slevin, Update–Criminal Charges of Vatican Child Abuse Cover-Up
From the link: http://bilgrimage.blogspot.com/2012/04/gerald-t-slevin-update-criminal-charges.html
Jerry Slevin continues to be vigilant about what's happening with Catholic church officials and the child abuse cover-up, from a legal standpoint. He has just sent another outstanding statement, this one about SNAP's filing last week of new charges updating their previous filing of criminal charges against the Vatican with the International Criminal Court, for the Vatican's internationally orchestrated cover-up of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy.
Here's Jerry's statement:
SNAP, the international victims advocacy network, filed on April 11, 2012 with the International Criminal Court (ICC) a 19 page letter ("New Charges"), plus supporting documentation, updating SNAP's prior September 2011 original charges ( "Original Charges").
The New Charges, include additional evidence supporting SNAP's allegations against Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) and three top Vatican subordinates, Cardinals Bertone, Levada and Sodano. SNAP alleges this Vatican clique for years has been, and still is, orchestrating a worldwide criminal cover-up by Catholic bishops of priest child sexual abuse, including acts involving systemic rape, sexual violence and torture, of hundreds of thousands of defenseless children. These collectively would constitute "crimes against humanity" under the ICC treaty.
After SNAP filed the Original Charges, almost 500 additional victims from over 60 countries contacted SNAP with new allegations that SNAP has added to the Original Charges. The New Charges (accessible by clicking here) also contain brief and clear updates, with citation links, concerning other recent relevant developments since the Original Charges, including:
(1) September 2011: The issuance of the scathing and devasting report, "In Plain Sight", by Amnesty International Ireland, concerning the recent history of priest sexual abuse of children in Ireland and of the Irish government's "hands off" approach until recently to the Catholic Church hierarchy's and priests' appalling misdeeds;
(2) October 2011: The indictment of Cardinal Justin Rigali's protégé, Opus Dei Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City, for failing to report a child pornographer priest, and the April 5, 2012 court decision denying Finn's motion to dismiss the criminal charges;
(3) November and December 2011: The issuance in Ireland of the sordid remainder of the Cloyne Diocese Report and the results of governmental audits in six additional Irish dioceses, all confirming in varying degrees a familiar pattern of abuse and bishops' cover-up;
(4) December 2011: The issuance in the Netherlands of the massive Deetman report indicating tens of thousands of Dutch children had been sexually abused by priests over several decades, supplemented by reports of several children being castrated following their reporting that they were sexually abused by clerics;
(5) January 2012: The publication of several articles highlighting the escalating reporting of priest abuse of children in Poland and the special difficulty of getting governmental officials to confront the entrenched Polish Catholic hierarchy on priest abuse issues;
(6) March 2012: The publication by a former Legion of Christ priest of evidence of special canon law favoritism by the Pope and Cardinal Bertone towards admitted sexual deviant, Fr. Maciel, of Mexico;
(7) March-April 2012: The unprecedented ongoing Philly criminal trial of a former top aide to Cardinals Bevilacqua and Rigali and the almost daily revelations of a decades-old cover-up, including document shredding by bishops and another bishop's admission under oath that the important priest personnel decisions were always made by the Cardinals. The trial is establishing that a similar cover-up pattern was followed over a half-century by three different Cardinals with episcopal experience from five dioceses in four states, as well as in Rome. Each of the three Cardinals had close ties to the Vatican. The common cover-up pattern is indicative of at least policy coordination with Rome and, in some instances even, of direct coordination, as SNAP has alleged to the ICC generally with respect to the Vatican clique. This is discussed in more detail in my April 13, 2012 article about the Philly trial, accessible here.
(8) February-April: In New York, District Attorneys in the State Capitol, Albany, area have banded together to tighten up significantly the handling of claims of child sexual abuse by priests. In Milwaukee, a Federal bankruptcy judge has to date ruled against releasing massive records relating to priest child abuse in the Milwaukee Archdiocese. Generally, the US bishops' latest annual report confirms a rise in overall priest child sexual abuse claims, including some additional new claims, as well as the continued failure of some bishops to follow even the weak US bishops' child protection guidelines.
In addition to the foregoing, the New Charges also spell out clearly the long standing directives to the bishops from the Vatican to resist adopting mandates that Catholic bishops must promptly report priest child abuse claims to the police.
Finally, the New Charges crisply summarize the effort of senior US bishops and their highly paid apologists and attorneys to retaliate against SNAP, apparently for filing criminal charges against the Vatican clique with the ICC. The recent appointment of a woman and a mother as the new ICC lead prosecutor may be giving the Vatican clique some sleepless nights about SNAP's ICC case. The New Charges will likely only increase the retaliatory efforts against SNAP.
The protections from prosecution surrounding the pope have been extensive to date, but they may eventually prove to have been in vain. The pope runs a tight ship, perhaps a throwback to his teenage German military service in the dangerous days at the end of World War II. For more infomation on this, please read the comments under, "An Opportunistic Pope," "The Pope at the Masters" and "Kids, Women and Bishops Beware," accessible by clicking here.
The International Criminal Court, or the ICC, is structurally independent of the United Nations and the World Court, and was established as a permanent tribunal at the Hague, Netherlands, a decade ago by an international treaty now ratified by over 120 nations that are annually assessed to support the ICC's staff of over 500 professionals, as described here.
The ICC's special focus is on handling crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes that, for various reasons, cannot readily be tried elsewhere, as in this case involving the Vatican. Given the geographical and chronological scope of the Vatican clique's alleged crimes against humanity, there appears to be clear ICC juridiction over the Vatican clique if the ICC prosecutor decides to pursue the criminal case fully. Decisions to pursue criminal prosecutions frequently take a long period to evaluate, given the voluminous facts and documents, etc., sometimes taking over a year just for the decision to prosecute.
A new lead ICC prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, presently Deputy Prosecutor, takes office in a few weeks. She has been an advocate on behalf of African victims of violence, including those in Rwanda, and is a mother with two sons, one of whom reportedly lives currently in the United States. For more on Mrs. Bensouda, please see this recent Irish Times article.
Ironically, as the pope is increasingly engaged in a war against women's rights as part of his US efforts to replace Barack Obama, the pope's fate may now be decided initially by a woman ICC prosecutor in a case led by a woman, Pam Spees, a no-nonsense and very competent international human rights attorney, with her excellent professional colleagues and experienced staff at SNAP's legal advocates, the Center For Constitutional Rights, an exceptionally successful and highly regarded human rights advocacy group based in New York City and described more fully here.
For 300 years, the early Church generally prospered and grew under and obeyed Roman law applicable to all Romans, including bishops. For most of the next 1,700 years after Constantine's virtual takover of the Church hierarchy, the imperial Church hierarchy have mostly made their own rules as an unaccountable hierarchical monarchy and frequent player in European power politics. The power politics ended substantively in 1870 when the Papal States were lost to Italian populists, but the pope still clings to the fantasy that the Vatican is a sovereign nation and player yet in power politics. Of course, the hierarchy has personally benefited, and continues to benefit, greatly from the monarchical structure, which is mainly why it fights so fiercely to maintain its power and wealth.
Almost 150 years later, the pope is still resisting becoming accountable to the international rule of law that applies to almost all other world leaders and nations. The ICC and European financial regulators will likely soon change that permanently.
Cross-posted on Open Tabernacle, 16 April 2012.
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China's great game in Nepal
The Maoists on Wednesday showed black flags and even hurl a shoe at the vehicle of the Indian Envoy to Nepal, Rakesh Sood. As they step up their anti-India campaign, the Nepal Maoists tried to block the road as Sood was on his way to inaugurate an India-assisted project at Salleri in Solukhumbu district.
The anti-India rhetoric of Maoists has increased in recent times and sources in the Indian Government attribute it to the rising Chinese influence in Nepal. A recent media report about alleged telephone conversation between a senior Maoist leader (Krishna Mahara) and a Chinese man about use of $6.75 million to bribe members of parliament to elect a Maoist PM clearly points to China's increasing interference in Nepal.
In this context, Canary Trap has decided to reproduce here a letter written to the Ministry of External Affairs on the issue of rising Chinese influence in Nepal.
(Note: The letter, marked confidential, was written on September 25, 2009 and may contain certain things which may be dated. The identity of the person who wrote the letter has not been revealed at his request.)
Shri S M Krishna
Minister for External Affairs
South Block
Smt Preneet Kaur
Minister of State for External Affairs
preneet@sansad.nic.in
Dr Shashi Tharoor
tharoor.shashi@gmail.com
Smt Nirupama Rao
Ministry of External Affairs
Namaskar. I would like to meet you and discuss some serious issues confronting our nation, including strategic security interests, foreign and economic policy.
A highly sensitive and most disturbing development has been reported. It has been suggested the during the attempted resolution of the conflict between differing perceptions of the Ministries of Home, Defence, External Affairs and the PMO, it was proposed that pursuing and furthering the Peace Proposal with Pakistan has become imperative because we are not in a position to engage in a war with Pakistan.
Reportedly, this lack of preparation referred to both, logistic deficiencies as well as the undermining political and strategic influence of Pakistan's deep covert, subversive and criminal penetration of our economy and society.
If reports reaching us are correct, and it is very difficult to discount them, then territorial concessions in Jammu and Kashmir upto the Chenab are being contemplated, because of the necessity to further the engagement with Pakistan, without letting the situation escalate into a war!
Reports of the kind detailed above have forced me to seek an engagement with your ministry and the Government of India and offer some added contributions, which I hope could prevent conceding such a walkover to anti-India forces. At a time like this, all patriotic Indian forces need to work together.
In the light of the above mentioned inputs, it is necessary to add that, situational assessment is the basis of policy. And situational assessment is the product of the awareness, exposure, access, penetration of the issue, the understanding of the subject and the acumen of the assessors. It appears that the present government of India team could use some help.
There is a serious need to fully evaluate and assess the Chinese role behind all moves perceived to be breeding anti-India hostility in our neighbourhood. The Sino-Pak axis and the more comprehensive Sino-Wahabi axis are elemental sponsors of the manifest anti-India resentment in our neighbourhood. Despite this, no serious effort has been made to initiate engagements/interventions which are capable of modulating/neutralising Chinese policy/governmental behaviour in our interest. It appears that there is just a total absence of self-belief in our policy/diplomatic teams, that we can tame the Chinese.
There is a pressing need for foreign policy mandarins in South Block to re-evaluate history with liberal doses of analytical Chinese self appraisal from honest philosophers like Hu Shih (one time ROC Ambassador to the US from 1938 to 1942), who admitted, "India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border." This must be the basis of government of India's renewed foreign policy for our immediate neighbourhood. I would like to develop this with you and your colleagues at the MEA.
Often non-government people-to-people and cross-border people-to-government initiatives achieve significant progress, while official government-to-government communications tend to start rambling and get bogged down by issues of propriety, precedence or sheer personal limitations of the individual interlocutors.
Over the last one year my engagements in neighbouring Nepal on various occasions, including the dismantling of the Maoist-led government and the installation of the Madhav Kumar Nepal led government, despite the perceived initial reservations of the Indian embassy in Kathmandu, is an example of what can be achieved with a little sensitivity, and a correct appreciation of our security requirements at any given point of time.
I had to intervene once again in July 2009 to nullify the Maoist threat to mobilise on the streets. Though it was a private individual effort without the support of, or acknowledgment from the government of India, it was my way of serving my country by keeping hostile elements at bay.
(If the Ministry, in its evaluation of the impact of the previous Foreign Secretary Menon's interaction with Nepalese Leader of the Opposition Pushpa Kamal Dahal, was surprised by success beyond expectation and even beyond parameters laid out, it is just possible that this surprise could be explained by the Ministry's refusal to factor in my meetings with the same gentleman on 21 & 22 July, 2009: this would have explained the Maoist retreat in July-August 2009. Any disconnect perceived, vis-a-vis expectation as per briefings, during the current Foreign Secretary's visit earlier this month, can also be similarly explained. See Annexure: TOI Report datelined14/09/2009)
Since I have already addressed the Nepal situation as a case in point, I might as dwell upon it a little more in this letter, in the light of current developments which are threatening all the painstaking pro-India lattice that we have erected over the last one year. I am reproducing below, inputs sent by me to the Government of India a few days ago which, sadly, have failed to elicit any response as yet:
Nepal is again at a crossroad. The option is between (1) Madhav Nepal led governance and keeping the Maoists at bay till the end of the tenure of the present CA, and (2) involving the Maoists and attempting to write a constitution.
While the first option may not contribute to lasting peace in that country, it is likely to yield us some more time to defang the Nepali Maoists. The problem is, that even when we have the time (as we had over the last few months) we do nothing but procrastinate.
Engaging with the second option will keep us relevant over a longer period, otherwise we risk being swept away. But in this case also, we are on a continually weakening/worsening wicket.
The actual solution is covert operational engagement with a view to keeping our security interests intact. But are there any takers?
Apparently, Chinese infiltration of Nepali speaking (Chinese agents passable for Nepali origin) populace has crossed 25 lakh people.
I would like to recount two stories I heard in Nepal.
1. A former Minister told me how he received an invitation to attend the Chinese National Day celebrations. He conveyed his greetings but expressed his inability to attend given that he no longer goes out and is no longer active politically. Thereafter the Chinese Ambassador called to renew the invitation personally. Thus persuaded, he went to attend. There were over 10,000 guests at the celebrations, much more than at any comparable function in the Indian embassy. Since the Minister did not identify most faces present, he made his way in, a bit and then decided to come back because there was hardly room to walk. As he was coming out, a Nepali called out to him (in Nepalese) by name with the respectful suffix Dai and led him in. Then he was greeted by the Ambassador and a few other Chinese diplomats. Two days later, the former Minister received a personal invitation from the Chinese Ambassador to vist him at the embassy. After meeting the Ambassador, as the former Nepalese Minister made his way out, he again spotted the Nepalese gentleman who had first identified him at the National Day celebrations. When the former minister asked this Nepalese "how come, you are here?" he learnt that the gentleman was working in the Chinese Embassy. Since the Minister presumed that the gentleman must be from his area to be so well disposed to him, he asked him which district and anchal did he come from? Thereupon the clarification came that the culturally well adapted and linguistically fluent (in Nepalese) gentleman was a Chinese! The former Nepalese Minister admitted his inability to spot the difference until the truth was specified to him. Since then, the former Minister has been wondering about those 10,000+ guests attending the Chinese National Day celebrations whom he could not identify as known faces despite the small town atmosphere of Kathmandu: how many of them were Nepalese speaking Chinese?
2. In the marketplace three toughs (including one Karate Black Belt) belonging to the leading Kathmandu trouble gang tried to get fresh with three ordinary looking girls selling Chinese goods on portable hand-carry Khoncha type tray shops. Bystanders tell us that as soon as the tough put his hands on one of the girls, the next thing people there were aware of was that all the three toughs were on the floor, the Karate Black belt had a broken arm and leg, another had a broken jaw and the third had myraid smaller injuries; and the girls disappeared during the commotion which followed. Everybody who saw the operation is convinced that the girls could not be just ordinary salesgirls.
Another report informs us that the PLA is recruiting 10 million teenaged girls to train as escorts/call girls who are to be placed across national capitals for political subversion!"
God help us!
Coming back to the issue which I had raised in the communication quoted above, "The option is between (1) Madhav Nepal led governance keeping the Maoists at bay till the end of the tenure of the present CA, and (2) involving the Maoists and attempting to write a constitution." This time to choose has once again come to a head; I would really appreciate a clear communication from the Ministry on the choice that we are making.
Recent developments including meetings between the Party leaderships of the Big Three are sending signals which are impossible to ignore. The Maoist declaration of bringing a No-Confidence Vote on 7 September cannot be ignored. One way or the other, it must be addressed. Finally, G P Koirala's "Message on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami-2066" portends change which we must evaluate and react to.
The Nepal example/case study apart, we also need to take urgent decisions on the core issue of China policy if we are to address the roots of the problems rather than be forever engaged in inefficient fruitless reactive and symptomatic firefighting.
I earnestly request you and your colleagues in the Ministry of External Affairs, government of India to evaluate brief non-controversial, non-surgical, seamless peace initiatives, which could solve the problems facing the country and shift the balance of the equation squarely in our favour.
Looking forward to hearing from you at an early date, I am,
XXXXX XXXXX
China, India, India-Nepal Relations, Kathmandu, Manmohan Singh, Ministry of External Affairs, Nepal, Nepal Maoists, Nirupama Rao, pakistan, PMO, Prachanda, Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Jairaj B. Jatar
I am sure the MEA accepts the situation on the ground is as described by the writer. In this light, the very slow speed of response is unpardonable from people of the calibre of Shri SM Khrishna and Smt Nirupama Rao.
The risk represented by China was categorically expressed a decade ago by the erstwhile FM Shri George Fernandes. I am left with a sinking feeling after having read the article.
Pakistan & China are hell bent on diluting the Hindu majorty in Nepal as by diluting the Hindu nature of Nepal they are ensuring that the affection which people of Nepal had will die. It is time our Pesudi Secularists look at these instead of always asking about Muslims rights & al that


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In Fabric + Q&A with director Peter Strickland
With Berberian Sound Studio and The Duke of Burgundy, Peter Strickland has established himself as an essential voice in British cinema, and if you're familiar with those films it will be no surprise that his latest feature, In Fabric, is meticulous in its period detail.
Laden with awareness of cult cinema, the film follows the life of a cursed dress in a department store as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences.
Director Q&A screening
Director Peter Strickland joins us for a post-screening Q&A.
Friday 7 June 6.15pm, Curzon Soho.
With thanks to Curzon Artificial Eye.
On the same evening Peter Strickland joins us for an introduction of a 35mm presentation of cult favourite Carnival of Souls. More info.


Hands up if you've ever felt personally victimised by cold mornings! If you haven't experienced them yet then you're one of the lucky ones (especially if you're in the UK, like me). With the sudden drop in temperature here it's becoming harder to hop out of bed in the mornings feeling refreshed and ready to work.
Personally, I'm one extreme to the other- just the other day I didn't want to get out of bed because I'd been awake and peeping at a screen until 3am the night before. I'm either that, or bleary eye'd at 7am with a coffee in my hand and wonky eyeliner from buzzing about too early. There's just no in-between! I've put together a short list of components for a better night's sleep, explaining how important these things are to help us look after ourselves and get a good nights rest.
My boyfriend has been staying over in the week as he's been working in the city, so him bustling about the room at 7am means that I've been slowly dragged out of sleep every morning around the same time too. The idea of setting alarms gives me the shudders but it's amazing how great it is now that my body has started to naturally wake up at this time all by itself! Getting into a routine (yes, even on your days off) means that your body isn't disturbed in deep sleep cycles. You'll feel more awake and refreshed come morning!
There's not much better than drifting off, dreaming in soft, clean sheets. I've rifled through Yorkshire Linen's (below) website and spotted that they have duvet covers made from 100% cotton! Think; super-soft, feather down, affordable luxury. Something that always feels good on your skin will make you want to snuggle down sooner, so pop your sheets in the wash with softener around once a week to keep your skin (yep, skin too) and night's sleep in good condition.
There's so much science behind colours and the way the mind feels about certain rooms, people and places because of this, e.g: Yellow can make you feel stressed, blues and purples can keep you calm (and you won't even know about it!) My eye was drawn to a few sets in Yorkshire Linen's range of duvet covers: the gorgeous sets above and in particular, the one below.
I'm all into warmer colours at the moment despite my blue hair as they give off a certain vibe of cosiness, making me feel super relaxed. Exchange your crazy coloured duvet to a calmer one and you'll be able to drift from reality to sleep quicker than you ever did before.
Aside from taking yourself on dates to amazing fairs and galleries, it's important to wind down and set a tone for the night so that you can drift off. Wrap up in your favourite blanket, like this fluffy slice of heaven from Next, and put your phone or laptop down for the night. Draw mindlessly, read or have a bath, anything that draws your mind back in and keeps you relaxed until you go to bed. Have you ever tried to sleep after an argument?
I hope these tips help you! What colour do you find most relaxing? How do you get a soothing night's sleep?


What a beautiful girl. Sending you lots of purrs as you remember.
She was so beautiful. These anniversaries are hard. I hope memories of your time together will soften the sadness today.
Tara was beautiful, I am sorry she is no longer with you. I am sure she watches over you though.
Our thoughts and purrs are with you on this difficult day. We're so sorry about Truffles.
What a beautiful girl. We know you miss her terribly, but we think the Dr. Seuss quote fits perfectly. Sending lots of love, hugs, and purrs!
We know no words can help. We just wanted you to know we are thinking of you.
I always fall back on the Rumi quote: Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.
Personally, I don't know which is harder.
Sending you great big Noodle hugs!
We just read your post on FB and are sending you loud, rumbly healing purrs and prayers. We don't know why things happen like this but know you're heart is breaking twice today. We're so sorry.
She was beautiful. Sending love.
We just read your Facebook post, Melissa. We have no words, except that we are so, so sorry to hear this terrible news. Please know that we are thinking of you, and sending hugs, love, purrs and prayers.
Melissa, I can't begin to tell you how sorry I am. I don't think there's anything I can say to take the pain away. Please just know you are in my constant thoughts and I'm holding you close to my heart.
We just heard about Truffles too and we are so very sorry. We lost our dear Ivan that way four years ago. We send you lots of hugs and all our love.
I'm so sorry for your losses. Such sad news on such a sad day.
Oh Ms. Melissa weez so sowry to hear 'bout Truffles. Our hearts awe so heavy wiff gwieff. Weez be sendin' yous lots and lots of hugs and luv and purrayers.
My heart is breaking for you, Melissa. It just so unbelievable I wish I was there to give you in person the virtual hug I am sending you.
I'm so sorry to hear that your beloved Truffles has crossed Rainbow Bridge and can't say how sorry we are and know you will miss her so very much. Mum sends you a hug and we ar purring hard for you.
Tara was a really beautiful girl. I'm so sorry about Truffles, I haven't been able to stop thinking about your situation all day. My heart is breaking for you. Prayers and purrs are headed your way.
We are so so sorry Melissa. We know you will miss her but just know that she knew so much love while she was with you. This is such a hard thing to go through. Sending great big hugs.
We just heard about Truffles, we are so very sorry for your loss and know that it must hit you doubly hard after just losing Tara. Purrs of comfort and paws of sympathy for you losses.
Deeply sadden over hearing the devastating news today about Truffles. Keeping you in our thoughts and prayers.
I'm so very sorry Melissa. Cody sent me over.
I am so very sorry. Life can be so cruel, why today of all days. My thoughts are with you.
So sorry to hear of your losses. Warm, gentle, healing hugs and purrs.
Awww, she was so beautiful!! Hugs!!!
Oh, Melissa, I'm so sorry. You've been on my mind all day, and I wish there was something I -- or we, as a blogging community -- could say or do to help take away the hurt you're feeling right now. Big hugs from across the miles.
We are sending lots of love and hugs your way. My heart breaks for you.
I just heard about Truffles too and me and my mom-person are so very sorry.
We are glad that Tara "happened for you" because she made it possible for you to open your heart up to Truffles who benefited every day from your love. Ann, let me know that your beloved girl, Truffles, left quite unexpectedly today; something similar happened with our Angel Lewis, he left us suddenly, in less than twenty-four hours.There was no anticipated grief for us, his departure was unexpected, swift , and all consuming. Once I was able to stand again after having been dropped to my knees by his sudden death, I realized that Lewis' life with us had been really wonderful! He was so loved and cherished and indulged! And he knew he was loved.Profoundly. I know you will eventually reach that same understanding ; Truffles was loved, cherished and protected by you and she felt it. Please hold on to the quality of life you gave her and not the duration of her life as you let her go .We know Tara will be there to meet Truffles as will our Angels Lewis , Tulip and Leo.
We are sending you our heartfelt condolences and hugs.You are not alone . You are surrounded by love, ours included.
We just heard the very sad news about Truffles.
Thanks to you, Truffles was very happy with you and had a happy life.
We know this is hard to accept and we wish we could help with the pain.
Melissa, just heading to bed and heard the news. Your tribute to Tara is all the more gut wrenching after Truffles sudden death. Sending a big cloud of comfort for now.


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Filing an initiative is just the first step , though. The measure must be submitted for public comment for 30 days and then given a circulating title and summary by the attorney general's office before it is approved for signature gathering. If and when it is approved, campaigners would then have to gather some 365,880 valid voter signatures to be placed on the November 2018 ballot.
Saunders told the Los Angeles Times  that psilocybin helped him get over an addiction to heroin a decade ago. "I think we're seeing something that could literally heal our brothers and sisters," he said. "We're talking about real cutting-edge stuff."
The initiative and referendum process has been criticized  as inflexible, circumventing planning, and relying on an uninformed electorate, and it is also open to criticism as a tool for corporate interests . But it has proven an invaluable tool for advancing the cause of drug reform in the face of state legislatures resistant to change.


Kushtha is an ancient and powerful aromatic held sacred throughout the world. It is warm, pungent, bitter, sweet, and astringent. In small doses it is good for all three doshas; but in excess it may aggravate Vata and Pitta. Kushtha is mentioned in the Bible, and its English name is costus. It is one of several powerful Ayurvedic herbs which is currently threatened in its natural habitat due to over harvesting. Along with Jatamamsi (Nardostachys grandiflora syn. N. jatamamsi) and kutki (Picrorhiza kurroa) it is one of the three most endangered Himalayan herbs. It has been valued since ancient times for its pungent and aromatic roots which possess powerful psycho-spiritual and healing properties. Some Vedic scholars have speculated that this plant was one botanical source for the mystical sacrificial beverage Soma lauded by the Vedic hymns. It has subtle effects upon consciousness stimulating higher states of spiritual awareness. In excess it may be tamasic (dulling to the mind). In medicine it is used as a nervine, carminitive, expectorant, feberifuge, anti-rheumatic, and purifier of toxins. It is very good for the mind and helps to protect from negative astral forces and is one of the ingredients of brahmi ghee, which is one of the best preparations for mental illnesses of all kinds. Swamiji teaches that this herb should be used only when there is a certified source for its cultivation, to relieve stress from the over-harvested wild plants. He recommends the use of Alpina galangal (which east Asians have used for its mystical properties to increase awareness and to protect from astral forces) or Costus speciosus (crape ginger) to replace Kushtha in Ayurvedic formulas in order to help protect of the depleted Kushtha.


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All about Supreme Electoral Council
By Edition On Thursday, August 31st, 2017
SEC fed up; files complaint against 28 former political candidates
WILLEMSTAD - In accordance with article 12 section 2 of the political party financing decree (A.B. 2010 # 87) all persons appearing as candidates on one of the 13 ballots during the election of October 5, 2016, More...
By Edition On Saturday, July 29th, 2017
Konket: "Supreme Electoral Council to become independent"
WILLEMSTAD - The Minister of Government Policy, Planning and Service (BPD), Armin Konket has announced the initiation of the project to make the Supreme Electoral Council (SEC) and independent organization. In cooperation More...
By Edition On Wednesday, July 5th, 2017
SEC officially informs Prosecution about candidates who did not submit their campaign financing report
WILLEMSTAD - Conform article 12 section 2 of the Decree Campaign Financing Political Groups (A.B. 2010 number 87) every person who appears as a candidate on one of the 13 political party lists that participated More...
By Edition On Friday, April 28th, 2017
Update 3: Curaçao Votes
WILLEMSTAD – At 7 o'clock it was over. According to the Supreme Electoral Council, 80,070 people voted today. That is about 66.5% of the people who were eligible to vote. This is about the same as last year More...
Update: Curaçao votes
WILLEMSTAD – By 4 o'clock in the afternoon, 51,361 people have voted. This is about 43% of all those who are eligible to vote. According to the Chairman of the Supreme Electoral Council (SEC), Raymond Römer, More...
By Edition On Monday, April 24th, 2017
St. Maarten observer for Curaçao elections
WILLEMSTAD - St. Maarten is represented on a team of outside observers for Curaçao's early parliamentary election on Friday, April 28, announced the Supreme Electoral Council (SEC). The others will come from More...
No 'selfies' behind voting booth
WILLEMSTAD – Voters are not allowed to take 'selfies' while they are behind the voting booth. This is according to a decision made by the Supreme Electoral Council (SEC). The Public Prosecutor also warned More...
By Edition On Friday, April 21st, 2017
More than 120,000 people eligible to vote
WILLEMSTAD - More than 120,000 people are eligible to vote on Friday next week. This was announced by the Supreme Electoral Council during a recent press conference. They also announced that almost everyone has More...
By Edition On Monday, April 3rd, 2017
Each political party has now their color and number
WILLEMSTAD – To comply with article 33 of the Electoral Law and Legislation, the Supreme Electoral Council (SEC) held a public meeting on April 3, 2017, at 10 in the morning at the Civil Registrar's Office to More...
By Edition On Saturday, April 1st, 2017
Several analysts want international observers on Election Day
WILLEMSTAD – Several political analysts who are following the electoral developments agree that it is important to have international observers on Election Day on the island. "This way will we not have any doubts More...


Artificial sweeteners have been around for many years and are commonly used in products to make them sweet without the calories. What exactly are artificial sweeteners? They are a chemically processed sugar substitute, also known as non-nutritive, non-caloric or high intensity sweeteners. These sweeteners can be hundreds or even thousands of times sweeter than table sugar. Artificial sweeteners do not raise blood sugar levels because they are not carbohydrates. Therefore, they are a good alternative to sugar for someone with diabetes. As previously mentioned, artificial sweeteners do not provide calories, therefore they are commonly used for weight loss. These sweeteners can be found everywhere including soft drinks, gum, yogurt, ice cream, baked goods, and cereals.
The question on everyone's mind, "Are they safe to eat?" Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration began its approval system in 1958, the FDA has been testing sugar substitutes for their safety. Anytime a company wants to put an artificial sweetener in their product, they have to get permission from the FDA. The FDA reviews all of the scientific research provided and determines the safety by conducting studies typically on mice and rats. Since there are so many different studies that have been done using different test subjects, with different amounts of artificial sweetener, the results have varied and left most people confused.
Currently, the National Cancer Institute states there is not clear scientific evidence that any artificial sweetener approved in the U.S. causes cancer, therefore they are recognized as safe. However, the FDA does set Acceptable Daily Intakes, so moderation is key. Can artificial sweeteners be used in a safe and healthy way? Yes, just don't overdo it.
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For New Orleans' new prosecutor, high hopes, a legal cloud
By Kevin McGill | Associated Press | January 11, 2021
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans city council member took the oath of office as the city's new district attorney Monday, facing a pandemic-related backlog of cases and high expectations from criminal justice reform advocates who rallied around him — despite his indictment on federal tax charges.
Jason Williams vowed in his inaugural speech to hold those guilty of serious crimes accountable. But he repeatedly stressed the need — in a city with a high incarceration rate and a high percentage of Black prisoners — to stop seeking jail time for people whose crimes are related to poverty, drug addiction or mental illness.
"We have normalized criminalizing behaviors associated with simply being poor, like addiction, like acting out because of mental illness," Williams said. "If we can give people ways to thrive, tools instead of trapdoor, no matter how mad we are at them, we won't have the most racist system in the state."
A defense attorney by trade, Williams had served on the council since 2014. He took the oath after testimonials from local luminaries including historian and author Walter Isaacson, and after a performance by musician Glen David Andrews. The renowned singer and trombonist, who has had multiple run-ins with the law, thanked Williams for "helping me get to a better place."
Williams was sworn in at a limited-attendance ceremony streamed online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
He took over an office he sought after fiercely criticizing the hardball tactics of the outgoing incumbent, Leon Cannizzaro, who did not seek re-election.
Williams ran despite being indicted in the summer on federal felony charges accusing him of tax fraud — accusations he said were ginned up by prosecutors for political reasons. His motion to have them dismissed was rejected in a ruling issued Friday at federal court. Last month, pandemic-related complications prompted the judge to delay proceedings — including a trial that was supposed to have started the same day Williams was being sworn in.
Williams won a December runoff with 58% of the vote, despite the hovering court case.
"Its one of those things in New Orleans where folks were a little cynical of the indictment," said Derwyn Bunton, a public defender who ran unsuccessfully for judge last year. "Folks were willing to give him a chance."
"The DA-elect has been pretty clear about this," Williams spokesman Tyronne Walker said Friday. "He believes that there is a better chance of him being hit by a car or a bus than being convicted in this case because he's innocent."
Williams' transition team, assembled last month, includes advocates sometimes at odds with prosecutors, including representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Innocence Project New Orleans, which works to free wrongly convicted prisoners.
Cannizzaro served two six-year terms as district attorney. He was credited by Rafael Goyeneche, a former prosecutor who heads the nonprofit watchdog Metropolitan Crime Commission, for improving communication between police and prosecutors when he took over 12 years ago. Goyeneche is adopting a wait-and-see attitude toward Williams.
"I want to hear what Jason's agenda is going to be and how he's going to go about reforming, as well as what he's going to do to protect the public," Goyeneche said Friday.
Williams' job also will be complicated by the coronavirus pandemic that has delayed jury trials and complicated the scheduling of hearings for criminal suspects.
"Sometimes the courts are in person, sometimes the courts are by Zoom. And then it has to be negotiated how anybody even has notice to make appearances," said Simone Levine of Courtwatch NOLA, a nonprofit watchdog group. "There's just so much dysfunction in the system right now."
This, as violent crime rates have increased. There were 202 homicides in the city in 2020, a 71% increase over 2019, according to police department statistics.
And then, there is the federal tax case.
In refusing to dismiss the case Friday, U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman said Williams and a co-defendant law partner had failed to prove that federal prosecutors sought to charge them because Williams was a public official running for office or because Williams is Black.
Feldman, however, did give credence to the defense's point that other clients of a tax preparer at the center of the case — Henry Timothy, who pleaded guilty last week to tax fraud — were not being prosecuted.
"To be sure, the defendants have persuaded the Court that it is curious and troubling that, to date, the government has failed to or opted not to investigate either Timothy's conduct in preparing his clients' returns or his other clients' conduct in the preparation of their returns," the judge wrote, adding that the decision will be "fair game" for defense attorneys.
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, 1753–1811, Mexican priest and revolutionary, a national hero. A creole intellectual, he was influenced by the French Revolution. As parish priest of the village of Dolores, Hidalgo attempted to improve the lot of the natives.
..... Click the link for more information. . On the point of victory, Hildalgo's men were panicked by the explosion of an ammunition wagon. Their flight led to the collapse of the independence movement under Hidalgo.


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China Concrete and Cement Products Association Standard "Technical Regulations for Non-destructive Testing of Prestressed Hole Grouting Compactness" and "Technical Regulations for Durability Testing of Concrete Structures Based on Dynamic Elastic Modulus"
"Durability of concrete structure detection procedures based on dynamic elastic modulus" August 2, 2017, China Cement Products Association standards "prestressed duct grouting compactness of nondestructive testing technical regulations", the preparation of the first working group Inauguration meeting was held in Chengdu. Participate in this meeting were Zhang Huan, deputy secretary general of China Association of concrete products (CCPA), Professor of Metallurgical Construction Research Institute Co., Ltd. Hao Ting Yu, CCPA Association of concrete materials and engineering detection branch Cao Qing Yu Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary General Hou scholastic ability, Sichuan l extension detecting technology AG chairman Wu Jia Ye, as well as the rationality on behalf of more than ten people.
The establishment of CCPA Association Standards Preparation Group and the first working meeting
The meeting was chaired by Secretary-General Cao Qingyu. After the meeting, Secretary-General Cao introduced the attendees first, and then the chairman of the company Wu Jiazhen gave an opening speech and extended a warm welcome and heartfelt thanks to the participants. Next, Deputy Secretary-General Zhang Qinghuan of the China Concrete and Cement Products Association put forward three requirements of "priority, application, and reasonableness" on the content of the rules and combined with the actual situation of the association, and fully affirmed the preliminary work of the preparation team. Professor Ms. Tingyu Hao of China Metallurgical Construction Research Institute Co., Ltd., as the editor-in-chief of the leading representative, compiled the meanings of the "Technical Regulations for Nondestructive Testing of Prestressed Hole Grouting Compactness Shock Elastic Waves" and "Technical Regulations for Nondestructive Testing of Concrete Structures in the Field" Made an important speech.
Speech from leaders and experts
Deputy Secretary-General Zhang Huan (left), Professor (Right) Hao Ting Yu
Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General Cao Yu Qing (Right) (Left) Hou Xueli
At the meeting, project manager Wang Wei on the preparation of the outline of the two procedures, in terms of the standard preparation of sources, technical background, principles, technical problems, work schedule and division of labor made a detailed report on each of the participants also launched a point of order related issues a detailed discussion and put forward constructive views on two important issues to be addressed and main procedures of chapters, and laid a solid foundation for improving procedures.
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"Technical Regulations for Non-destructive Testing of Prestressed Hole Grouting Compactness Shock Elastic Waves" is the first domestic customized pre-targeted customized Association inspection regulations for the detection of grouting compactness of stress concrete bridges have an important role in guiding the normative development of the inspection industry.
"Technical Regulations for Field Nondestructive Testing of the Elastic Modulus of Concrete Structures" is a method and evaluation method for detecting concrete structures with elastic modulus as the core index after investigating and analyzing the current state of concrete structure inspection in China. Through the formulation of this regulation, on the one hand, the construction quality of the industry can be greatly improved, and on the other hand, it can promote the healthy development of the inspection industry.
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After the meeting, some of the participating units visited our company for a site inspection. Some representatives showed strong interest in our company's technology and had in-depth exchanges with our company's technical staff.
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The chairman of the company was invited to participate in the "Second National Bridge Structure Health and Safety Technology Exchange Conference"


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2023: Yarima Declares Interest To Contest For Presidency
A former governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmad Sani Yarima has declared interest to contest for the presidency come 2023. Yarima, an All Progressives Party (APC) member disclosed this yesterday in Bauchi while speaking with newsmen shortly after he paid a condolence visit to a famous Islamic scholar, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi over the death of his wife.
He said that various political groups from different parts of the country had approached him to contest for the presidency. "And by the grace of Allah, I will contest for the seat in 2023," he said. Yarima who served as governor for eight years and senator for eight years, said if elected in 2023, he will fight poverty, create job opportunities and address the infrastructural gap in the country.
"The APC has set a standard of producing a presidential candidate through direct primaries and by the grace of Allah I will contest the primaries. People will look for a candidate that has something to offer for the country, a common man will not look for money but will look for what I can offer to the country," he said. He commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his fight against corruption and security challenges, urging him to do more to address poverty and unemployment.


Sudbury, November 13, 2018 – Transition Metals Corp (XTM – TSX.V) ("Transition", "the Company") has initiated a program of reverse air blast (RAB) drilling in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. RAB drilling produces a mixture of crushed rock powder and chips when the ground being drilled is extensively weathered and broken.
Transition is testing exploration targets highlighted from mapping, sampling and airborne geophysical surveys completed this fall. Results from the airborne survey show a number of parallel kilometer-scale faults which are associated with known zones of sub-cropping, high-grade gold mineralization.
In addition, till investigations have detected an extensive area of anomalous samples down ice from these structures that host elevated gold grain counts. These grain counts may be sourcing their gold from a number of these large fault structures. Transition intends to complete between 500 and 1000 metres of RAB drilling this fall to evaluate as many target areas as possible while weather conditions permit.
Exploration to date has led to the identification of more than 30 mineralized bedrock occurrences within an approximate 50 square kilometre area of which 9 samples returned bedrock assays greater than 8 g/t gold and up to 104 g/t gold, and 23 returning higher than 1.7 g/t gold¹.
The Highland Gold property covers an extensive cluster of high-grade gold occurrences in an area that has seen very limited exploration. The property is located approximately 60 kilometres northwest of the city of Sydney, Nova Scotia in the Cape Breton Highlands. It consists of staked mining licenses on crown land that covers approximately 5,408 hectares in an area of active forestry operations. The property can be easily reached by a major road (Highland Road) and a network of logging roads that provide truck access to most of this portion of the Cape Breton Highlands.
The regional geologic framework is similar to that hosting First Mining Gold's Hope Brook deposit in Newfoundland (844,000 ounces of gold grading 4.77 g/t gold in the Indicated Resource category and 110,000 ounces grading 4.11 g/t gold in the Inferred Resource category*) and Oceana Gold's Haile Mine in South Carolina (3.32 million ounces grading 1.77 g/t gold in the Measured and Indicated Resource category and 0.6 million ounces grading 1.4 g/t gold in the Inferred Resource category)**.
¹ Source: Novascan report AR-ME-1987-204, Report of Exploration on the Cape Breton Highlands Project, Scominex.
The technical elements of this press release have been approved by Mr. Greg Collins, P.Geo. (APGO, APGNS), a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101. Historical assay results cited above have not been verified by the Qualified Person and should not be relied upon.


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I looked and the silver color immediately told me aluminum, but the insulation looks older than the 60's or 70's. This house was built in 1903, originally wired with K&T, 60 amp service (so probably in the 20's or 30's). It had an addition put on in the late 50's.
It is also the only suspect wire in the entire panel - everything else is obviously copper.
I scratched it and it stayed the silver color.
I'm thinking this may be a leftover KT wire based on the insulation. Your thoughts please?
Tinned Copper, looks too old to be aluminum. Just loosen it to get a look at the cut end or find the corresponding ungrounded conductor(hot). It will be aluminum too if this one is.
Tinned copper to facilitate soldered connections for K&T. Don't need to mess with it. You know what it is.
I agree tinned copper. Copper had a coating of tin to keep it from reacting with the old rubber insulation.
Aluminum will have a plastic insulation over the conductor, not fabric and rubber.
Exactly as others above have already stated.
I like how you gently corrected my soldering comment.
On reflection, tinning would be unnecessary to facilitate soldering connections with copper.
This board needs some stickies or FAQ's or something. There's a lot of valuable information, but it's difficult to find.
Thanks but I am no longer in that camp. Roberts' gentle correction got me thinking: I've soldered a lot of copper in my days, it needs flux, but doesn't need to be pre-tinned to solder well. When I get to thinking, I research. When I research, I learn.
I am now the wiser for Roberts' comment above.


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Employed by Memento, a production company, they were doing a report on the Indonesian half of New Guinea for the Franco-German TV channel Arte. Officially, they were held for violating immigration regulations but the police say they are suspected of promoting instability.
French journalists Thomas Dandois and Valentine Bourrat returned Thursday last to France after being detained for 11 weeks in the Indonesian province of Papua, where a court in Papua's capital, Jayapura, convicted them the previous week of misusing tourist visas to work as journalists.
They arrived in Paris in the morning and, along with their families, were received in the evening at Reporters Without Borders headquarters by RWB staff, their support committee, the Memento TV production company, the TV channel Arte and friends.
"The return of Dandois and Bourrat is a big relief for us, said Benjamin Ismaïl, the head of the Reporters Without Borders Asia-Pacific desk. Their detention and eventual trial was one of the biggest ordeals they have ever had to endure."