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What's the Best Way to Deliver Food Aid?
The question of how best to deliver food aid is a controversial one. In recent years, economists like Dean Karlan and Ed Glaeser have suggested that direct cash transfers are the most direct, efficient means of delivering aid to struggling families in the U.S. and elsewhere. In response to the debate, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) collaborated with the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) on several studies. Here's the Ecuador study comparing the effects of aid in the form of cash, food baskets, or supermarket vouchers. And here's a summary of their findings in Ecuador, Niger, Uganda, and Yemen, which were also discussed at a recent IFPRI seminar:
Findings revealed that there is no one "right" transfer modality. The relative effectiveness of different modalities depends heavily on contextual factors such as the severity of food insecurity and the thickness of markets for grains and other foods. In three countries (Ecuador, Uganda, Yemen), cash had a relatively larger impact on improving dietary diversity as did vouchers in Ecuador, but in the fourth country (Niger), food had a larger impact on dietary diversity. Cash assistance was always significantly more cost-effective to deliver. In fact, researchers determined that if they repeated the study, but only distributed cash, they could feed an additional 32,800 people with the same project budget.
The Future of USAID
Foreign Policy has published an interesting interview with Rajiv Shah, a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator and former Gates Foundation employee. Here's Shah on his efforts to bring a business-like mentality to USAID:
I've tried to bring that business-like rigor and the tendency to ask questions — some would say I ask far too many questions — to make sure that when we're spending taxpayer resources, we're doing it with that absolute focus that we are making an investment against generating a result.
More Misadventures in Foreign Aid?
Last week CNN told the story here and here of Derreck Kayongo, a refugee from Uganda now living in Atlanta. His father was a soap-maker, and Mr. Kayongo is following in his footsteps, but with a nonprofit twist: he cleans and reprocesses discarded used soap bars from American hotels and ships them to Africa. He started the Global Soap Project, a U.S.-based non-profit organization, to do this.
An inspiring story of someone trying to turn waste into something good. That of course is great, and I like the ingenuity. And I admire how Mr. Kayongo has managed to navigate both the nonprofit and corporate space to figure out how to mobilize people to contribute the soap, and to coordinate delivery to people in need.
But is the best solution here really half-used soap?


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Strategies for 3-D visualization of ocular structures
Jack L. Lancaster, Randolph D. Glickman, Augustinus V. Schulte
Research Imaging Institute
The ability to visualize noninvasively the internal structure of the body has been widely utilized in clinical and research applications. Current tomographic structural imaging modalities, i.e., x-ray computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging, produce image data which can be processed to reveal the three-dimensional surface of an internal object using surface rendering, or alternatively, the surface and internal details of the object using volume rendering. To take full advantage of these techniques, the acquisition and preparation of the tomographic data must be optimized for the imaging modality, for the target tissue, and for the specific visualization needs of the structure of interest. Strategies for optimizing each of these parameters are presented using, as an example, an x-ray CT study of a bony orbital fracture.
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Lancaster, J. L., Glickman, R. D., & Schulte, A. V. (1993). Strategies for 3-D visualization of ocular structures. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 17(4), 451-458.
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In: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, Vol. 17, No. 4, 1993, p. 451-458.
Lancaster, JL, Glickman, RD & Schulte, AV 1993, 'Strategies for 3-D visualization of ocular structures', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 451-458.
Lancaster JL, Glickman RD, Schulte AV. Strategies for 3-D visualization of ocular structures. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 1993;17(4):451-458.
Lancaster, Jack L. ; Glickman, Randolph D. ; Schulte, Augustinus V. / Strategies for 3-D visualization of ocular structures. In: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 1993 ; Vol. 17, No. 4. pp. 451-458.
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Now that I am home full-time, I get to go grocery shopping whenever I want to. I usually go during the week (early morning) because it's less crowded. Or after Madeline's Gymboree Play & Learn class so we can hit up the awesome deli and food area at Whole Foods for lunch. During the week, I usually have to go to at least three grocery stores to get everything I want. Four, if I need Korean food ingredients.
Usually when we go, and it's always at Trader Joe's because they have the little shopping carts for little kids with a flag that says, "Customer in Training." Madeline knows the drill know and she knows when we go to Trader Joe's, she will get to push around her own cart. A cart that is her size and . . . red.
Because she's pushing the cart, and I have to watch her, if we are only there to get a few things, I put everything in her small cart. If I need to get a lot, forget it. It's a mess because I'm pushing my own cart, watching her, helping her navigate through the aisles, hoping she doesn't knock into anyone and am constantly taking things out of her cart (things that she has dropped in there on her own) and apologizing to people because we're taking up too much space in the aisle or causing a commotion.
One day, when we were at Trader Joe's, it was a pretty typical shopping day but this day- for whatever reason- I was more stressed out and feeling like everyone was giving me dirty looks for allowing my 2 year old to push around her own cart, peruse through the produce aisle and happily drop fruit or vegetables into her cart, which I proceeded to take out and put back. One man gave me a very disapproving look.
Since we go shopping during the week and mostly in the early mornings, most of the customers there with us are older, Grandpas and Grandmas and I'm assuming other people who either work from home or don't work. We will also see some fellow mothers there with children (who are also pushing around the same small/red carts). So, on this awesome day, Madeline was a little more out of control than usual and like I said, I was stressed out for some reason. I was trying to get in and out quickly but Madeline wanted to walk around, socialize, get a food sample, check out what products were new. . you know. .
We finally get to the cashier to check out. I am flustered and again, trying to watch Madeline (we don't have a large cart I can strap her in and she will not be held today). Another mother comes by and asks if we are finished with the "customer in training" cart and I tell her to take it. This, of course, upsets Madeline greatly so I have to whip out gummy snacks or crackers to settle her down. In my frustration, I say to the cashier, "You know, you guys should really get rid of the little shopping carts. They might be bothersome to the other customers." I said some other stuff that I don't really remember but it was all regarding getting rid of these little shopping carts so they wouldn't be there anymore and I wouldn't have to have a stressful time grocery shopping.
The cashier looked at me kindly (and a little like I was crazy) and simply replied, "Well, no one has ever complained about them and we think the kids enjoy them and the other customers seem to be fine with them." Because I was already stressed out, I felt like she was telling me to chill out. This was probably all in my head. But then I got to thinking, why am I so stressed out?
I'm freaking grocery shopping. With my 2 year old kid. Sometimes, she is going to grab a banana or something and drop it into her cart. Sometimes she might accidentally bump into your cart and then say, "sorry." She's freaking 2 years old.
How other people perceive me, my parenting skills and my daughter at the grocery store is a bad example but I've learned now: Don't sweat the small stuff.
There are bigger and more important things to think about and focus on.
And I'm going to shop and take care of my business.
If you ever see a mother in the grocery store struggling or trying to wrangle her wild kid, please don't give dirty, disapproving looks. Just move on or help her.
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Your right, don't sweat the small stuff. If that man gave you a disapproving look then he has the problem and not you. He was young once and did things that others didn't like I'm sure. We learn by how we are treated, if kindly then hopefully we will be kind. Be glad you have her to teach and love. I am sure all those parents in Sandy Hook would trade places with you in a heart beat. Love her, help her grow and just be happy. She will be off to college sooner than you think.
Char, thank you so much for this comment. Yes, you are so right. . I was in fact thinking of the families who lost their children when I wrote a different post titled "Raising Girls" last night. . that devastating event has caused me to think about my girls more, pray more and just be thankful. Again, thank you for the comment. I sincerely appreciate it.
As you say in your comment: "Love her, help her grow and just be happy"- these are words to live by. Thank you.
aww i think it's adorable when i see kids with the small shopping carts!


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What is a Chimney Damper?
If this is the first time you are hearing the word chimney damper, I'll give you an explanation. It is a metal spring door placed at the top of the chimney with an extended metal chain that permits you to open and close the chimney from the fireplace. Today, we wake up every morning and hear the news of increasing prices where energy is concerned. So, it is very important that you use a chimney damper, because a chimney that is used without having a damper can use at least twenty five percent of energy used in your home. Using a chimney damper certainly helps to conserve the energy used in your home. A chimney damper closes the chimney flue while you are not using it and keeps the cool or warm air generated by your HVAC unit inside your house.
A chimney damper also prevents opossums and birds from entering the chimney. It also prevents insects, blowflies and wasps from entering the chimney during the warm summer months. Buying a chimney damper, though, can be very difficult due to the various designs available on the market. A chimney damper can either be installed above your fireplace or at the top of the chimney by way of the chimney damper cap. Chimney dampers prevent rain water and rubbish from entering your home through the chimney.
Most chimney dampers are made from non rusting materials, although you will find some inferior models on the market that are sold at very cheap prices to attract customers. Buying cheap chimney dampers can be dangerous for you, and will cost you much more money in the long run since it will not be able to conserve the energy a good chimney damper will be able to. It is true that not every home has chimney dampers even though they have a chimney, but getting a chimney damper can help save you and your family from excessive energy costs.


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Iran: Secularism in Iran
Milad Resaeimanesh 1 september, 2020
Women never remained silent
Women in Iran are probably the class that has been most affected by Islamic laws after the 1979 revolution. Hijab became compulsory for all women. Islamic polygamy for men, marriage with kids, and deprivation of many social and political rights became official law. But the Iranian women's movement never remained silent. On the first International women's Day in 1979, many women ran the first anti-compulsory hijab demonstration. This was one of the first attempts by women in Iran to stand against the Islamic sexists laws. But the Islamists could successfully change the law by means of mass brutality against women.
Now, after more than forty years, the women's movement is louder and much stronger. Many anti compulsory Hijab movements, such White Wednesdays, or My Camera, My Weapon etc. are organized and run by young women's rights activists. The number of organizations outside the country who are focused on women's issues, such as Women's Revolution Organizations, and many others, have dramatically risen during the past decades. Iranian women are more presumptuous than any time before to talk about equal rights, resisting compulsory hijab, having sex before marriage, exposing their personal lives, disobeying official Islamic laws, to singing and dancing both in public places and at private parties.
According to official statistics, more girls than boys attend universities in Iran. The number of advanced courses in Master or PHD occupied by females are also higher. But due to censorship by the Islamic regime there are no valid statistics to show the percentages of the Iranians women who believe in a secular governmental system.
An enormous and undeniable anti-Islam movement
Atheism seems to have become very popular among the young generation, despite the fact that leaving Islam is punishable by death due to Iranian Islamic laws. According to a recent survey by the Gamaan organization, based in the Netherlands, half of Iranians have turned atheist over the past decades. We can also mention musicians, painters, photographers, Instagram influencers who create anti-religion contents, who have millions of followers. Shahin Najafi, the Iranian Rock-Rap singer, DubsMash artists such "Ghul Akhar" or "Tina Bakhshi" with thousands of followers, the female Iranian painter, "Sayeh Sohrabi" who create art based on female nude body and women's rights are examples of anti-religious celebrities. According to authorities in Iran, the number of Iranians who make jokes about the prophet Muhammad and Imams have risen. They have also confessed that many Iranians do not go to mosques and do not practice Islamic rituals.
On the other hand, the secular movement is a great threat and fear for the Islamic regime. The budget the authorities spend on suppression of those who do not practice Islamic rules, such as girls who do not fully wear hijab, or those who drink alcohol or those who eat and drink during Ramadan, has risen over the past years. The regime also pays special subsidies to many Universities, Institutes, Book Publishers, Bloggers, Imams etc. both inside and outside Iran, in Middle East Europe, and North America, to promote Islamism. However, the authorities have confessed many times that their policies have not achieved what they had planned for, and that the number of Iranians who leave Islam for secularism is increasing.
Iran has an enormous and undeniable anti-Islam movement. We, at the Central Committee of Ex Muslims in Scandinavia, receive many messages from Iranians inside the country who would apply for asylum. However, the voice of the people who seek secularism is not fully heard by western politicians. Multiculturalists still insist on religious identity of the masses, and therefore deny Iranian's legitimate demands for secularism. Phrases like western or eastern values, respecting mass religion, labeling secular activists as Nazis or Racists, etc. are overused. But the time for change in Iran and the whole region has come. Listen to the voices of the people, and stand on the side secular movements.
Milad Resaeimanesh
Central Committee of Ex Muslim in Scandinavia Spokesperson


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2 edition of Careers education and guidance in schools. found in the catalog.
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There appears to be much misunderstanding about the need for guidance at the beginning levels of education and especially the role of the professional counselor in elementary schools. Career development cannot be left to chance. Career guidance should be the concern of all persons who have any association with children.
In the school this means that guidance, instruction, and administration Author: George E. Hill. Education Act places a duty on schools to give students in Years access to careers education, information and guidance.
The school endeavours to follow the guidance in The National Framework for CEG in England, the National Curriculum programmes of study for PSHE and citizenship, and the QCA guidance on Work Related Learning.
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Suzy Harris places the present situation within the context of subordination to market principles; delineates the changing and uncertain relationship between schools and the Careers Service; shows how the politics of curriculum relevance.
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A gateway on the past
April 6, 2015 · by theromantictraveller · in London. ·
This is an old familiar sight in the heart of London, just off Charing Cross and a stone's throw (by catapult) from Trafalgar Square.
It's an imposing 17th century stone gateway that marks the former position of the Thames's north bank, before the Victoria Embankment was constructed in 1862.
Nicholas Stone built it in 1626. He was the 1st Duke of Buckingham's Master Mason, and George Villiers wanted an imposing structure to serve as the Watergate to York House, a mansion which he had bought from the Archbishop of York in 1624.
The motto reads 'Fidei Coticula Grux' – 'The Cross is the Touchstone of Faith' – and it and the accompanying arms belonged to the Villiers family.
In 1675 York House was demolished and the site flattened into streets with views across the river. The gate itself remained standing but was in such a sorry state by 1893 that it was acquired for the nation by London County Council as an 'object of public interest', which it certainly is.
The gate stands as a relic from the time of Samuel Pepys, before the Great Fire, when the original wooden St Paul's was still standing and before the Civil War erupted.
A quote from Pepys, in honour of the occasion:
'I went out to Charing Cross to see Major General Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could in that condition.'
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You are at:Home»Building Materials»Aluminium»We asked Hamish: can you use epoxy with metals?
Here at epoxycraft, we spend most of our time explaining how to use epoxy with wood and plastics. But what about metals…will it stick to them? Yes it most definitely will, says our technical expert Hamish Cook – as long as you prepare the metal in the right way.
I often get asked if it's possible to use epoxy with metals. If it's something a bit exotic like platinum, I'll always speak to our chemist first before giving advice. However, typically our customers ask us about metals such as stainless steel and aluminium.
The basic answer to the question "can you use epoxy with steel and aluminium?" is yes, you can – but the trick is to make sure you've prepared the surface thoroughly first, to get it back to 'bright metal'.
So how do you achieve the 'bright metal' surface you need? There are a couple of methods, as I explain below.
The first method is to degrease your metal surface and then abrade it scrupulously to remove any paints, rust or other contaminants in order for your epoxy blend to adhere. This is the best method for steel of all types.
If you're preparing a small area of steel (for a repair, for instance), you can just use 80 grit paper or an angle grinder until you have evenly bright metal across the whole surface. For larger areas it would be quicker to grit-blast the surface. In any case, you're looking to get the metal to surface preparation standard SA 2.5, which is near-white metal.
You then need to ensure the surface is well degreased (again) before you apply your epoxy blend and that application should be soon as possible after abrading – ideally within four hours.
When bonding to aluminium, you'll need to degrease it first as above. Then – if intending to use WEST SYSTEM 105 Epoxy Resin® mixed with 205 Fast Hardener® – you must chemically etch the surface with an etching compound or sulphuric acid/sodium dichromate solution. This primes the surface for adhesion to your epoxy.
However, chemical etching isn't necessary at all if you're using G/flex® epoxy.
WEST SYSTEM G/flex epoxy was specifically created in order to improve the adhesion of epoxy to plastics – and to aluminium. With G/flex adhesive you simply need to scrupulously abrade your metal surface as per the previous section. In fact, our product testing has shown that degreasing, abrading, degreasing again and using G/flex epoxy results in a stronger bond than the traditional acid etching method plus 105/205 epoxy mix.
It's also worth bearing in mind that most metals will benefit from wet sanding through the epoxy when it's freshly applied. After you apply the epoxy to your prepared surface, rub a new, clean wire brush over it while it's still uncured and liquid. This will create more scratches in the surface and promote even greater adhesion of the epoxy to the metal.
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Magnum PI episode 5 review: Cyndi Lauper appears; Magnum, TC's bond tested
Magnum PI, Magnum PI season 1 review October 23, 2018
Tonight, Magnum PI episode 5 brought you an emotional story, one that put the character of TC in the spotlight. Along the way, it threatened to tear his relationship with Magnum apart.
At the foundation of the case tonight was the father of one of the kids TC coaches. There were some reasons to believe that he was guilty, but TC insisted that this was not exactly the case. He knew this man, just as he knows most of the people who are affiliated with the team. He spends a lot of time helping these kids, and he understands their world. The problem was that TC and Magnum had very different perspectives on this case and what was really happening here.
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Yet, as skilled as Magnum may be, he's smart enough to realize that sometimes, he's not altogether right. That was the situation tonight, as he came to the determination that this case was not what he thought that it was. He apologized to TC, and then after that, he used his chopper in order to eventually pin the true criminal. Also, we saw TC even distract Katsumoto with an emotional story from his past so Magnum could extract the full confession from Brooke Mason, a woman who basically orchestrated a crime without knowing or understanding the full story.
With that in mind, TC was able to get the boy's father out of prison — he wouldn't face major charges, and he could move forward with his life. Meanwhile, Magnum and TC could also move forward as friends.
Beyond the story of the case, one other wonderful thing about this episode was getting to see the incomparable Cyndi Lauper as a Saul Goodman-esque attorney, someone who had no problem getting her hands dirty and also playing fast and loose with the rules. We certainly hope that there are some other appearances from her in the future.
Tonight, Magnum PI delivered an episode that was about friendship, as Magnum and TC worked through some of their difficulties in order to work together in order to solve the case. It's not often we get to see friendship explored like this. The only major critique we'd offer is for more Cyndi Lauper, whose appearance really only lasted a matter of minutes in the grand scheme of things. We are looking forward to spending some time with some other characters, just for a chance to get to know them a little bit better.
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On January 11, 1951, The Vatican issued a Decree banning "members of the clergy" from belonging to a Rotary club association. According to the Decree, lay people are permitted to join as long as they adhere to the provisions set forth in Canon Law, but priests are explicitly forbidden from belonging to Rotary or participating in their meetings. The WILD VOICE continues to research this, but to the best of our knowledge at this time the Decree has never been officially lifted, rescinded or annulled. We are most interested in providing true and accurate information and so now respectfully reach out and ask any qualified parties (Canon lawyers, Vatican historians, etc.) to please contact us if they are aware of any credible documentation detailing exactly on what date and by whose authority this Papal Decree was officially nullified or amended, if it ever was. We will immediately update and edit this article as necessary with respect to any new verifiable information.
Here below is the full text of the Papal Decree issued on January 11, 1951.
"The Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office: a decree. Wednesday, Dec. 20, 1950.
"The question has been asked of this Supreme Sacred Congregation whether Catholics may be members of the association commonly called "the Rotary club."
Members of the clergy may not belong to a Rotary club association or take part in its meetings; laymen are to be urged to observe the provisions of Canon 684 of Canon Law.
And on the 26th of the same month and year, His Holiness Pope Pius XII approved the resolution and ordered it published, after hearing it in an audience granted to His Excellency the Assessor of the Holy Office.
Given in Rome at the offices of the Holy Office on Jan. 11, 1951.
Marino Marani, Notary of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office."
Pope Francis, while he was still Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, was elected to and accepted an honorary membership in the Rotary Club in 1999. This fact is proudly displayed on The Rotary Club website, and below you will see a copy of Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio's letter of acknowledgement and acceptance to Juan Carlos Becciu, president of the Buenos Aires Rotary Club (along with an English translation of the text).
CATHOLICISM AND ROTARY – STILL AN OPEN QUESTION ?
Rotary International explains the relationship of The Rotary Club and The Catholic Church in a website article titled "Catholicism and Rotary" (below). It incorrectly states that Pope Pius VI addressed The Rotary Club in 1970 (Pope Pius VI died in 1799). We have found a speech Pope Paul VI gave to conference attendees of Rotary International in Italy on March 20, 1965 (The Rotarian, June, 1965 issue), and also in Rome in November of 1970, and again in Milan, 1974. However, there is no evidence in any of his speeches that he had actually and formally reversed the Papal Decree of Pope Pius XII forbidding priests from Rotary membership.
As the article points out, it is true that Pope John Paul II spoke to Rotary International members in Italy both in 1979 and (as part of a larger meeting with other groups) in the year 2000. Nowhere in these speeches though does he say that the ban on Catholic priests from belonging to Rotary International had ever been lifted. An important distinction should and must be made between giving a speech to a group of people and holding or endorsing membership in an organization. Pope John Paul II also spoke to banking associations and space research conference attendees at one time or another, but that obviously does not make him either an investment banker or an astronaut.
Pope Francis is the first known Pope to receive and accept a Rotary Club Membership.
The article also states that The Catholic Truth Society declared that "Rotary is neither secret nor seditious". However, The Catholic Truth Society is only a publishing house based in London and of course holds no real Church authority to reverse a Papal Decree.
It would be only logical to assume that if indeed the Rotary Club was able to concretely demonstrate that the Papal Decree of 1951 specifically prohibiting clergy from belonging to The Rotary Club was ever officially reversed then they would certainly mention it. They don't.
The problem seems to have started in Spain in 1928 when a bishop laid charges that Rotary was nothing but a new Satanic organization. The church also criticized and condemned Rotary for showing a concept of life of service without reference to church teaching. Indeed, it seems that the church believed it was a secret society with quasi-religious overtones. For whatever reason, the Vatican took up the reins and in 1929 it issued a decree that "it is not expedient" for Catholic priest to participate in Rotary either as members or guest. This decree and its application was worrisome to many Catholics in Rotary not the least of which was then RI President Tom Sutton who was himself a Catholic.
Critical and at times disparaging articles regularly appeared in Catholic newspapers. Sutton's attempts to convince the Secretary of State at the Vatican were fruitless and the anti-Rotary articles continued to be published.
The factual errors were shown to be false and by 1933 there was a mood swing in the Vatican. Priests were now allowed to use their discretion about attending or even joining Rotary. Nevertheless, one of the results of the church attitude was a slow development of Rotary in predominantly Catholic countries such as Ireland.
The uneasy peace continued until 1951 when yet another Vatican decree warned Priests that they should not join Rotary and that the faithful should be aware of seditious and suspected organizations.
Fairly soon, the Vatican begin to react and by the end of the decade, the Catholic Truth Society was able to declare that Rotary is neither secret nor seditious. Gradually there was a thaw in the relationship between the church and Rotary. In 1970 Pope Pius VI addressed Rotarians in Italy and in 1979 Pope John Paul II spoke at the Rotary International convention in Rome praising many of Rotary's humanitarian programs. Later, Pope John Paul II accepted a Paul Harris Fellowship and a World Understanding and Peace award from Rotary.
Finally, before becoming Pope Francis, then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio accepted an honorary membership in the Rotary Club of Buenos Aires.
On April 30, 2016 Pope Francis greeted Rotary members at a special Jubilee audience.
According to Vatican Radio nearly 9,000 Rotary members attended the Jubilee Audience in St. Peter's Square at the invitation of Pope Francis. Rotary kicked off the Rotarian Jubilee the day before with a conference on the challenges refugees are facing worldwide.
The conference was organized by the Jesuit Refugee Service – in partnership with Rotary, UNHCR and WFP – and entitled "Helping Refugees to Start Over".
Mr. Ravindran, President of Rotary International, called Pope Francis a model for Rotarians, saying "he is doing exactly what every Rotarian should be doing. So we see a great synergy of thought with this Pope, and being here, receiving his blessing, I think is something quite wonderful for us."
The Jesuit Refugee Service also reported on the 'Jubilee of Rotarians' on their website: "Rome, 22 April 2016 – On 29 April, at LUMSA University, Fr Thomas H Smolich SJ, the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) International Director, will speak on a panel discussion hosted by Rotary International to discuss the needs and challenges of refugees as well as sustainable solutions. Fr Smolich will speak alongside Carlotta Sami, Spokeswoman of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees office for Southern Europe, and John Hewko and K.R. Ravindran, General Secretary and President of Rotary International respectively, to discuss the theme "Helping refugees to start over." The conference is the opening event of the Jubilee of Rotarians programme, organised for Rotarians from all over the world for the Year of Mercy. The programme will continue with a private audience with the Pope on Saturday, 30 April."
"A man of the poor and far from the Curia. Fraternity and dialogue are his first concrete words: maybe in the new Church nothing will ever be like before. It is our auspicious that the Francesco's pontificate, the pope who 'comes from the end of the world' may signify the return of the Church-Word versus the Church-institution, promoting an open relationship with the contemporary world, with non believers and not through the springtime of Vatican II". The Jesuit who is close to the last of history has the great opportunity to show the world the face of a Church that must recuperate the annunciation of a new humanity, not the weight of an institution sheltered in defense of its own privileges. Bergoglio knows real life and will remember the lesson of one of his landmark theologists, Romano Guardini, who said truth and love cannot be separated. The simple cross that he wore on his white vest gives us hope that a Church of the people may find again the ability to dialogue with all men of good will and with Free Masonry which, as the Latin America experience teaches, works for the common good and progress of humanity, following Bolivar, Allende and Jose' Marti' to mention a few. This is the 'white smoke' that we are waiting for from the Church of our time" – Gustavo Raffi, Grand Master, Grande Oriente d' Italia, March 14, 2013.
It is also most curious to find Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio demonstrating this easily recognizable masonic "hidden-hand" sign while posing for a snapshot photo in 2008 in Argentina. Masons learn this secret hand signal as part of completing the 13th Degree ("The Royal Arch Degree") of Scottish Rite Freemasonry and knowledge of it permits the initiate to go through the 'second veil' during the ceremony. Other famous masons and powerful men have often been known to exhibit this hidden-hand sign in portraits throughout history. Some examples include: Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx, Napoleon Bonaparte, Salomon Rothschild, and George Washington.
Another very strange coincidence is that on 12.13.14 the city of Bologna, Italy erected a public light display with obvious occult significance and masonic icons partly in remembrance of the sinister P2 Masonic Lodge's bombing of a train station in the city in 1980. This date, December 13, 2014 happens to also be the 45th anniversary of the day that Jorge Mario Bergoglio was ordained as a priest (12.13.69). For much more on this story, please see The Lights & Darkness of Christmas.
It is beyond the scope of this article to delve into what freemasonry really is and its history with the Catholic Church. For more on that topic please see The Church's Enemies Within The Church.
"The faithful who enroll in Masonic associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion…." and "…the Church's negative judgment in regard to Masonic association(s) remains unchanged since their principles have always been considered irreconcilable with the doctrine of the Church and therefore membership in them remains forbidden."
"the principles and basic rituals of Masonry embody a naturalistic religion, active participation in which is incompatible with Christian faith and practice."
2007 – Archbishop Gianfranco Girotti, the regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary stated that membership in Masonic organizations "remains forbidden" to Catholics and called on priests who had declared themselves to be Freemasons to be disciplined by their direct superiors.
Again, in the interest of fair and truthful reporting, we eagerly invite any qualified parties (Canon lawyers, Vatican historians, etc.) to please contact us if they are aware of any credible documentation detailing exactly on what date and by whose authority the Papal Decree issued on January 11, 1951 banning clergy from membership in The Rotary Club was officially nullified or amended, if it ever was. We will gladly edit and update this article with any verifiable information immediately upon receipt and confirmation. Thank you.
Rotary Club does reflect Freemasonry in spirit.
Amoris Laetitia can be called as the Protestant Document .
Protestantism(1John2:19)itself out of a rebellion , broken away from the Church of ThyatIra(Catholic Church) through the unrepentant Jezebel Spirit within & without, today sunk in Sodom/Abortion/Divorce, contrary to basic Catholic Principals, against all that is called Family & Marriage, unto the prophecy of " Sodom & Egypt" , Protestant America underscored in the beliefs of Egypt, reveals the same underlying beliefs off the Pharisees (Zionists) that killed Christ.
This compromising Protestant Document but a Jezebel script lined with Modernism applied to Faith, warned against by St. Pope Pius X, pushed through as the Trogan Horse , by the present head , trying to make a name of onself , that which neither St. Peter, nor the Apostles, neither Our Lady nor Christ sought after, but to the prophesied Great Apostasy.
However thanks to the Church that moves in the Spirit led by St. Peter, himself tending to the flock called Faithful, off Joel's prophecy , even the prophecy of St. Malachys " Peter the Roman" confirmed by the words of Jesus unto Maria Divine Mercy, against which the gates of hell shall not prevail.
Thus arises the question , can the Queen save herself for the one ex-ccmmunicated down the line.
If anyone is interested in the true story of the world, and the Jesuit connection to Skull and Bones, the Freemasons, the Royal Family, the Knights Templar, the Vikings, and how they even founded America, read the book, Sacred Scroll of Seven Seals by Judah.
There are many Catholic priests, especially JESUITS (like the pope) along with rabbis and every group of Protestant ministers, that have been members of Freemasonry for hundreds of years past. This I know to be fact as being a past worshipful master of the blue lodge, 32nd degree Scottish rite as well as a full York rite, which includes the Royal Arch Chapter and the Knight Templar. I was also born a Catholic, but am now an avowed Deist just like our first president a/k/a GW. NON CHRISTIANS just do not join the Templar Commandery and decline Knight status.
So you credibility as a Catholic is now tainted, an not reliable. Deist must be Deist, and cannot be trusted to analyse what is and what is not Catholic.
Fraternally, With All Due Respect:.


Enterasys is suing LAN switching rivals Extreme Networks and Foundry Networks for patent infringement.
The company has filed a lawsuit this week that claimed the two are infringing on six Enterasys patents involving virtual LAN (VLAN) and multi-protocol routing technologies, as well as "several other networking technologies".
Earlier this month, Enterasys announced plans to shut down operations in New Hampshire, where the firm's former parent company Cabletron was founded in 1983. The company plans to move 200 employees from New Hampshire to its Massachussetts headquarters. In May, the company said it will cut 300 jobs, or around 30 percent of its workforce after revenue fell short of expectations in the first quarter of 2005.
Foundry and Extreme accounted for 2.9 percent and 2.7 percent of the $13.9 billion worldwide Ethernet switch market in 2004, while Enterasys' share of the market was 1.6 percent.
In May, a lawsuit brought by Lucent against Extreme ended when a court sided with Extreme on four out of five disputed patents.


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Posted on October 6, 2015 by Darren
This November, we're taking a trip back in time to review the seventh season of The X-Files and the first (and only) season of Harsh Realm.
Manus Domini continues the influx of assistance from the writing staff on The X-Files, with John Shiban contributing a script to the first season of Harsh Realm.
Manus Domini is a very strange episode. In a way, it feels more keenly aligned with the sensibilities of Chris Carter than those of John Shiban. It is the most overtly religious episode from the short run of Harsh Realm, with characters contemplating faith and spirituality in an otherwise cruel world. It is the logical continuation of themes seeded and developed across the rest of the season, bringing the religious subtext of the show to the fore so that it might be acknowledged and explored.
Florence in the machine…
To be fair, there are elements that fit comfortably within Shiban's oeuvre. Shiban is very much a fan of classic horror tropes, so it makes sense that his script should feature a monstrous supporting character whose complete moral decay is symbolised through grotesque facial deformities. (The element recurs in Camera Obscura, but is not as pronounced as it in this episode.) There are elements of Manus Domini that feel like they might have been lifted from classic seventies horror.
Nevertheless, Manus Domini is defined by its religious components, making it clear that the show retains the same core moral perspective that runs through Carter's work; there is a recurring sense that faith and spirituality are essential to survive and endure in an increasingly faithless world.
A literal mine field…
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As with each year before, time seems to just slip by and I don't really notice...well not until a calendar reminder pops up telling me that the second deposit for the venue is due in a month! We start organising the ball in January. The first meeting is a mix of Thanks from the year before, a welcome to new members and a set of goals and ambitions about what we want to achieve this year. The goal (or should I say challenge) set this year was that I wanted us to raise £27,000 to bring our 3 year total to £65,000. It's a big ask, but last year we raised £21,555 so if we really believe we can do it and get some big auction prizes in, the sky is the limit!
2) Our guests: Fundamentally, without the generous folk who come along and support the cause, we would have a lovely venue with no one in it! They dig deep in their pockets and support the raffle, the table game, the auction and this year; the silent auction. The whole event hinges on them and how much we raise is in their hands...or their pockets!
3) Those who donate: Foto Noir, auctioneer, Lili la Scala, speaker (Victoria Bateman this year), the band, the dj, the photographer...the list goes on. These guys bring the event together and make it special. They add the extra sparkle to the night and help cajole the guests in to spending their hard earned cash whilst making sure the have fun. These people either donate their time entirely or charge a teeny amount to cover travel etc. It's incredibly generous.
4) Prize givers: It's all very well selling tickets and having a raffle and auction, but if no one donates anything then it's all a bit pointless. We rely entirely on the generous spirit of people to help entice the guests to bid and buy prizes. This can make or break the fundraising 'success' of the night.
Basically - it's a huge team effort and I'm really very grateful for everyone who is involved in these mad 10 months and on the night!
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More than 1 million people have taken refuge in Jordan from the vicious conflicts in neighbouring Syria and Iraq with Islamic State (IS) that began in 2014. For Maran Maayah AbuJabar, CEO of a Jordanian charity for refugees, the human cost of the conflict became real when she met a group of Iraqi refugees sheltering in a local church.
"They looked like me, they dressed like me," Maran recalls. "They were doctors, nurses, well-educated people, who looked like my uncles, my aunts. They were on the floor, with nothing, traumatised. The kids couldn't speak – they were in complete shock."
So she began taking beds, food and meeting other needs. These simple gestures have developed into a broad program for humanitarian action through Al-Hadaf, her
charity based in Amman, Jordan. It provides meals, emotional support and clothing to the refugees there. Maran says it is very important to her that they are served with dignity. Al-Hadaf doesn't just give out food packages – they present them as a gift, wrapped in ribbons. They don't just cook meals – they set out the centre like restaurant, with tables, chairs and flowers, and the team eat meals together with the refugees.
And they don't just give out clothes – they have created a secondhand clothes boutique, where families can come and 'shop' using vouchers.
I decided at that moment, I'm going to take care of these children, in my country, in the Middle East and in Jordan... that is what I'm going to do for the rest of my life
Maran says, "We only take clothes that we would wear… that have a high level of quality. We dry clean them, we iron them, and we set them out in a boutique style. Each family comes with a coupon, and they 'shop' in that boutique. It gives dignity to these families. And it's so funny, they will come and bargain, 'No, this is worth 2 coupons, not 3 coupons!' We love it. It's like being in real life again.
"We just share these moments of being normal again. This is something we're very passionate about, keeping their dignity."
Though Al-Hadaf is now busy meeting the needs of the refugee crisis, the charity began 12 years ago to support Jordanian orphans, after Maran experienced a dramatic change of heart. "A video changed my life," she says. "I saw a video of a child being abused by a care-giver in an orphanage in Jordan, and another child was videoing it.
This is a painting a child drew of her mother – who was beaten so severely by Islamic State militants that she became paralyzed – next to a big heart. "When we met these kids, none of them were able to speak. But little by little they started drawing," Maran says. "They were able to express their huge love for their mother this way."
"I decided at that moment, I'm going to take care of these children, in my country, in my area, in the Middle East and in Jordan. That is what I'm going to do for the rest of my life."
Alongside practical support, Al-Hadaf also provides treatment for trauma through workshops and art therapy. This began in response to seeing how emotionally damaged some refugees were: "This young girl… would come to our office and sit in the corner, completely traumatised — we could see how scared she was," recalls Maran. "She never spoke to anyone."
After several months of taking part in workshops, this girl felt able to share her harrowing story: "She had gone into labour the day IS were coming to her town. Over loudspeakers there were announcements saying, 'You have 24 hours to leave or we'll cut off your head.' She went to every doctor, asking them to deliver her baby, but they were all too busy trying to escape. Finally, she found one who agreed, and as soon as she had delivered the baby, she fled."
This girl was given practical aid through Al-Hadaf, as well as emotional support and English classes. Maran says, "This mum is amazing. She's back to a normal young lady who's 20 years old."
Another woman, a widow, said she would be dead if it wasn't for Al-Hadaf. Maran explains, "Her husband was a professor at the University of Mosul. They were very rich, and her husband was very well-respected in Mosul… [they had] a four-storey house, cars, all their money was with the Bank of Mosul. But IS took their money, and they became homeless overnight.
Art therapy works with people with this level of trauma, who can't even speak about what they've seen
"He comes to Jordan, goes to take a food package, and while he was in the line, he had a stroke and died. This widow thought she had nothing left. She had chosen a day to take her own life."
Art therapy is particularly helpful for children, helping them to work through the emotions from their terrifying experiences. Maran said you can see the change in their paintings as they progress. "At first it was black black black, very dark colours. But after a while, after five or six months, there were faces with eyes, smiles, with names, which was very different from what we used to see.
"This is where we found out this works with people with this level of trauma, who can't even speak about it, they can't even speak about what they've seen."
Maran almost had to stop the work of Al-Hadaf due to lack of funding. She had applied for grants 40 times. "I was rejected for being a woman, I was rejected for
working in the Middle East — they said it's an unstable region to fund any project. So I prayed. I said, 'You know what God, I'm done. I applied for funds, I've been rejected 40 times. It's your turn.'
"The next day, someone from Open Doors came to my office. I had never approached Open Doors, never applied to them to become a partner, I didn't even know much about Open Doors.
"A few days after I got this money from Open Doors, they said, 'We want to honour your vision, your heart. This is for your work.' I was in tears because I had almost closed the centre. I was done, I was very exhausted. I was at the weakest point of my life. But in my weakness, He is strong, this is what I've learned."
Open Doors is now Al-Hadaf's main partner, and Maran relishes the prayer support as well as the necessary income. "With the body of Christ," she says, "you can
be weak, you can cry with them, hug them. We are just one big happy family."
Open Doors is currently running the Hope for the Middle East campaign, a global, sevenyear campaign mobilising Christians around the world to stand with families like those being served by Al-Hadaf. Visit the Open Doors website to find other ways to get involved: opendoorsuk.org


Heavy Planet : Sunday Sludge: Black Skies - "On The Wings Of Time"
Sunday Sludge: Black Skies - "On The Wings Of Time"
My wife has said I mix the worst drinks she's ever tasted. Not enough whiskey, too much tequila, the substitution of RC for Coke... She's never impressed. I like my sludge pretty straight-forward, so adding splashes of psychedelia, stoner metal, and whispers of Moroccan belly-dance normally don't sweeten the sting. North Carolina's Black Skies, however, have wrung out their bar rags and dripped a tasty flight of eight long, smooth libations on their latest, On The Wings Of Time.
The minute this review is posted, I'm buying new speakers. Rebirth is wholly responsible for an ashy, lo-fi grumble that my stock equipment couldn't handle. Churning rhythms, complete with grainy home-movie margins and weathered kit assaults, establish a dark swirl of moods that hit too frequently and too heavily to be enjoyed at low volume. Parity between Kevin Clark's gruff snarl and Michelle Temple's elfin pleas is an immediate standout, however, and serves the album as importantly as any instrument.
Let's examine that choral balance. Darkness & Disguise may be the most suitable title on the album, given the hopeful ensemble meeting Clark's nasty purr. Splice the harmony with sharp solos, and listeners are left with spitting roman candles inches above the grinding tempos. The buzzy break is awesome, but its interruption by fuzz warble steals the show from plodding jams.
Where elements break and genre-definition gets hazy is on tracks like The Other Side of the Mountain. The slow, Southern pluck comes off smooth and easy, while that vocal tandem joins hands instead of butting heads. The song marches until cymbals storm and sludge bricks drop. Jesus, what's going on? Choppy, dreamy star shots amidst muddy riffs? The stormy, splintered burst of sludge doesn't negate the misty bliss, it complements it. Ultimately, the track makes its rounds with an onslaught of knee-busting riffs and pained passion. The creeping, hovering vibrations of Weightless echo Mountain's Southern drawl, thunderous and ominous as it is. Despite all the makings of an effective intermission, there's also an undeniable grip when the song's based on its own minimalistic merits.
The cymbal-heavy, Zeppelin-esque Valley of the Kings is filled with enough stoner peaks and sludge valleys to inspire Heavy Planet hard-ons for months. Good thing Clark's guitars drift between harems, almost laying down a soundtrack for grape-eating power-trippers to get their joints copped. Ambitious and confident, Valley grows majestic as the pace maintains its chug. But Clark's guitar focus and Tim Herzog's slow cymbal boil hold steady and create one of the album's most amazing sequences.
Keeping up with Persia's high-ranking perverts, Earth Choker's evil, loose intro succumbs to the album's quickest tempo. Licks punctuate rhythms, sludge is hurried, nearly implying desperation. Black Skies perhaps give in to the verse-chorus-verse structure, but they'd rather not. Temple's bass stays low and loose, rhythm slows to a chug, guitars grind themselves into powder. Essentially, Earth Choker sets fire to the path it was expected to take.
Finally, the slow and fuzzy lilt of The Sleeping Prophet employs tambourines and interwoven drums to set pace for this strange, gorgeous closer. Clark's guitar gets star billing, but rhythms hook into guitar udders and drag with matched pace. The psychedelia that hits introduces a swirling, tie-dyed demon emerging from a cloud of blown smoke. Clark's guitar doesn't have time to apologize for the falling embers, it's busy building toward a fine denouement that's been promised for nearly 50 minutes.
As On The Wings Of Time rolls like a spring storm, it also manages to slip some boomers into your pocket. The stoner-sludge repetition, head-bobbing groove, shifting moods, and otherworldly guitar calliopes add dimensions to sludge I had not only previously dismissed, but also discredited. The bounce brings riffs back to earth, while stirring atmospheres send us to sticky, distant realms. Sludge's end result, here, is coated with as much spice as I'd allow.
Seth, what a great review, obviously inspired by such a tremendous piece of work as Black Skies' "On the Wings of Time". After listening to it I will definitely add it to my collection of favorite music.
Thanks so much, Nuclear_Dog! I'm glad you enjoyed the album as much as I did. Thanks for reading!


The Regional and Urban Economics Seminar (RUES) is a workshop organized by the Paris School of Economics, and financed by the Ministère du Développement Durable and the Labex OSE.
The goal of this workshop is to give the opportunity for researchers interested in the field of regional and urban economics to attend presentations and exchange ideas.
The RUES consists in an optional lunch followed by two or three presentations, with discussions. It has an international coverage as at least one foreign keynote speaker is invited to each session.
To register for the seminar's mailing list, please contact the organizers Laurent Gobillon and Miren Lafourcade.
Regional and Urban Economics Workshop - "Airbnb and the housing market"
16:00 Contributed lecture : Marianne Bléhaut (RITM-University Paris Sud and CREST). Title : "How does a change in risk perception affect the housing market ? Evidence from an industrial accident in France"
16:00 Contributed lecture : Manon Garrouste (INED and CREST-INSEE). Title : "More harm than good ? Sorting effects in a compensatory education program"
16:00 Contributed lecture : Mathilde Poulhès (INSEE-CREST). Title : "Are Enterprise Zones Benefits Capitalized into Commercial Property Values ? The French case"
"Migrations in Africa : causes and consequences"
The funding of the Chaire "Ministère du Développement Durable" and Labex OSE is kindly acknowledged.
The expected duration of the keynote and contributed lectures is 40 minutes, 10 minutes for discussions and 10 minutes for questions from the rest of participants.
Discussant : Gilles Spielvogel (IEDES-Université Paris 1) ?
Title : "Commuting and Job Search Strategies : Where and How Do Job Seekers Prospect ?", with E. Guglielminetti (Sciences Po), R. Lalive (University of Lausanne) and P. Ruh (University of Zurich).
« The Geography of Job Search and Mismatch Unemployment », with R. Rathelot (CREST-INSEE).
« Job Search and Migration in a System of Cities », with B. Schmutz (Howard University).
« Road transport : the effects on firms », with T. Lyytikainen, H. Overman and R. Sanchis-Guarner (LSE).
« Agglomeration economies and individual wage disparities in China ».
RER B – station "Cité Universitaire" (the CIUP is just in front of the station exit). Metro line n°4 – station "Porte d'Orléans", then take the exit "Boulevard Jourdan" and either walk to the CIUP (10mn) or take the Tramline T3 to "Cité Universitaire".
« Endogenous Cycles in Housing Markets ».


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Profit Up and Feed Cost Down at Country Bird
24 August 2011, at 9:10am
SOUTH AFRICA - Country Bird's poultry division has seen an 11 per cent increase in volume and a reduction in feed costs.
Country Bird Holdings, South Africa's third-largest poultry producer, has predicted another improvement in performance for the year to 30 June next year, after it lifted profit by a whopping 161 per cent to 123 million rand (ZAR) in the past year.
According to Business Day, operating profit increased 81 per cent to ZAR221 million, compared with ZAR122 million the previous year, due mainly to a good performance by the poultry and feed sectors locally and abroad. A capital distribution of 10.84 cents per share was declared.
The group, whose brands include Supreme Poultry and Nutri Feeds, and which has poultry breeding, broiler and stock feed operations in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Zambia, said revenue rose 16 per cent to ZAR2.8 billion.
Gross profit increased 30 per cent to ZAR357 million after accounting for a 15 per cent rise in cost of sales, which was in turn attributable to volume growth. Its South African poultry division lifted volumes sold by 11 per cent, which, with a four per cent reduction in the cost of feed, tight cost controls and better efficiency, resulted in a 58 per cent improvement in divisional operating profit to ZAR142 million.
In the other African operations, revenue rose due to volume growth in Zambia and Botswana.


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Mother Elias (con't)
Mother Elias had long feared that the dangers to the nuns would force the Carmelite community at Aguascalientes to flee the country. In her monastery there was a young nun of singular beauty whom, it was rumored, the local revolutionaries were planning on kidnapping. At night Mother would hide the young sisters in chests and cupboards and would herself keep vigil until dawn, guarding the door of the enclosure. She knew she had to get them all to safety, somehow. The hair of the nuns was shaved or cut very short so Mother Elias had made wigs from the novices' hair. In 1914, disguised in wigs, bonnets, and secular clothes over their wool habits, Mother Elias and the younger sisters escaped to Cuba, enduring many perils en route.
After establishing the young nuns safely in Cuba, Mother Elias returned to Mexico to rescue the older nuns of her community who were in danger of starvation and imprisonment. Traveling with a young novice, she was apprehended by the authorities and placed under arrest. The two nuns stood for stood for three days and three nights in a prison cell with twelve inches of water on the floor. In desperation, Mother Elias prayed to the Little Flower, promising to establish a Carmel in her honor if she were delivered from prison.
After a brief interrogation, in which Mother refused to divulge the hiding place of her other nuns, she and her young companion were marched before a firing squad. Shots rang out; the nuns were left lying motionless on the ground. Some hours later, Mother Elias regained consciousness and found that there were no wounds on her body. Both women were unhurt and a mysterious stranger showed them how to slip away from the prison unseen.
After many more narrow escapes, Mother Elias made it to the rest of her community. They managed to flee to Cuba, and then to New Orleans. In 1915, they were invited to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where Mother Elias founded the Carmel of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a community still thriving in Ada-Parnell, Michigan. In 1919, Mother Elias fulfilled her promise to Saint Therese by establishing the Carmel of the Little Flower in Buffalo, New York. In 1923, she founded the Carmel of Saint Teresa in Schenectady, New York, now removed to Rochester, New York.
Eventually, Mother Elias returned to the Grand Rapids Carmel and died there on February 28, 1943, leaving behind he r a heritage of heroic determination to please God in all things. Many stories of prodigies surrounding Mother are told in the monasteries which she founded, even to this day. She had great devotion to the Infant Jesus, and a beautiful, life-like statue which is now at the Ada-Parnell monastery. Once, during her travels through Mexico, trying to avoid arrest, Mother was on a train, dressed as a housewife. She had the statue of Baby Jesus in her arms wrapped in a blanket, like a real baby. There were revolutionary soldiers on the train. One of them, vigilant for escaping religious, noticed Mother Elias and her little bundle. "That baby is being awfully quiet," he said, and started over towards Mother. At that moment, the statue of the Infant came to life, and began to wail like a living child. The soldiers left Mother alone.
(See The Dove With The Scarlet Collar by Mother Teresa of Jesus, OCD and Dr. Jose L. Morales) Share
Posted by elena maria vidal at 3:16 PM
Such an extraordinary person! We who live in comfort and find commuter traffic overwhelming......Thanks for relating her story.
Does a Carmel exist in New Orleans and Cuba, or was she just sojourning in those places until setting up permanent houses in Michigan, Buffalo and Schenectady? Who established the Carmel in Mexico where she was nun? How did she end up establishing the Carmel in Schenectady? She ended up in such cold climates!
Hi, Alice, I don't know anymore who founded the Carmel in Mexico. Mother E. stayed at the Carmel in New Orleans, which is still there. There also was a Carmel, probably several once upon a time, in Cuba. The nuns always stayed with other nuns, when possible. She went to Schenectady and the other places in the USA because she was invited there by the Bishop of the Diocese. Yes, I heard that the cold was hard to deal with!!!
What a fascinating and exciting story! Surely she is a saint in heaven! I had never heard of her before, thanks so much for the information and beautifully written post.
Yes, she is a little known saint. a very strong-willed woman, she had some clashes with bishops, and the Carmelite fathers, too, I think.....
What an incredible story! What perseverance and fortitude Mother Mary Elias possessed, virtues so lacking in our society today. Thank God for giving us such examples of inspiration. SST
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Charges Dropped Against Seven Open Carriers in Texas
by Dean Weingarten
The State Trooper, center, has a holstered antique revolver in his left hand.
About a year ago, Open Carry Texas held a demonstration at the Texas State Capitol at Austin. Several people were arrested. Charges were slow in coming. It appeared that they might be charged with the catch-all of "disorderly conduct". The open carriers repeatedly said that they were doing nothing illegal.
There is breaking news on opencarry.org. It has been reported that seven people who were arrested over a year ago, in conjunction with open carry, have had all charges against them dropped. Elections have consequences, and the new activists in the open carry movement have been… active. Stealthyeliminator at opencarry.org, from Texas, reports:
Very happy to report that, according to CJ of Open Carry Texas (OCT), Texas Law Shield (TLS) was able to get all charges of all those arrested at the Capitol dropped today. This should include several arrests for carrying BP replica revolvers, as well as an arrest for carrying a toy revolver. I'll post more details if they become available.
Both Governor candidates in the recent election endorsed removing the legal restrictions on the open carry of handguns to some degree. Governor elect Greg Abbott has publicly declared that he will sign a constitutional carry bill if it comes to his desk, or a licensed open carry bill if the legislature gives him that option instead. He has said that this debate will be worked out in the legislature.
It is worth noting that he did not give, as a viable option, no change in the system.
Bills have been put forward for both constitutional carry, which would not require a permit, and licensed open carry, which would allow people who currently have a permit to carry openly if they choose to do so. Currently, 44 states have open carry of modern handguns to some degree. Over 30 of those do not require a license.
The Texas Republican party included a plank in their platform for this year's election calling for constitutional carry. The platform also included a resolution put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to restore the Texas Constitution's right to bear arms protection to what it was before it was mangled by the reconstruction government after the war between the states, or civil war, if you prefer.
Texas has a reputation among the states, as being very protective of the right to keep and bear arms. In reality, it is in the middle of the pack. Guns and Ammo magazine rated Texas as number 15 out of 50 in 2013, with Arizona rated at the number 1 spot. There is a good chance that the rating will go up in 2015.
©2014 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice is included. Link to Gun Watch


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