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Sustainable Agriculture Policy with Ron Kroese
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30: Bob Scowcroft, co-founder of Organic Farming Research Foundation
If you thought you heard sustainable ag history stories, make sure you listen to this one.
In this week's episode, Bob Scowcroft talks with our host Ron Kroese about the beginning of his sustainable agriculture career. Then, next week, Bob will be joined by Mark Lipson to continue the conversation.
Bob begins by telling us about his early golf career. Then, while in college he was bit by the travel bug—on one trip, he and several others traveled in a VW van through Canada to California for a Grateful Dead concert—they were a day late and missed the show. He took trips to Africa, Alaska, and he ultimately worked in California, D.C., Alaska, and back to California.
He talks about the famous organic report that was smuggled out of the USDA by Garth Youngberg and others. He talks about his fight against pesticides. Then, his campaign for organics and the battles against not-so-honest producers.
But, that is not all. Bob circles back to the Grateful Dead at the end of this episode. Tune in to hear more. Then, make sure you download next week's podcast for the rest of the story.
About Bob Scowcroft: He has successfully transitioned from a "retirement" state of mind into a more active composition of consultant, volunteer, and advocacy oriented activities. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Nell Newman Foundation and sits on four nonprofit advisory boards.
He previously served as Executive Director of the Organic Farming Research Foundation, a national organization, based in Santa Cruz, California. It was co-founded by Bob and two certified organic farmers in 1990. In the nearly 20 years Bob directed OFRF, it awarded over $2,400,000 in support of over 320 organic research and education projects. The results of which were shared with over 15,000 organic farmers and ranchers throughout North America.
During Bob's tenure, OFRF had an active policy, research, and publishing program, and it disseminated information on all sectors of the organic product industry to the public at large. Bob averaged 200 media interviews and over 15 conference presentations on all subjects "organic" annually.
He sat on five non-governmental organizations (NGO) advisory boards. He resigned and retired from OFRF at the end of 2010.
Prior to working for OFRF, he was the first full time Executive Director of California Certified Organic Farmers (1987-1992); before that he served in the Friends of the Earth's San Francisco office as their national organizer with a primary focus on pesticide reduction and organic farming advocacy (1979-1985).
The interview was conducted on Dec. 15, 2016.
Links this episode:
National Sustainable Agriculture Oral History Archive (video link)
Organic Farming Research Foundation
California Certified Organic Farmers
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Stephen Fry's 7 Deadly Sins
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Stephen Fry's 7 Deady Sins - I will take each one of the Seven Sins in turn, lay them out on the surgical table and poke, prod, pry and provoke in an attempt to try to anatomise and understand them; I hope and believe it will be, if nothing else, delicious fun and something of a change from the usual run of podcastery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this day in Blues history
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The Thomas Jefferson Hour features conversations with Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, as portrayed by the award-winning humanities scholar and author, Clay Jenkinson. The weekly discussion features Mr. Jefferson's views on events of his time, contemporary issues facing America and answers to questions submitted by his many listeners. To ask President Jefferson a question, visit our website at jeffersonhour.com
The Chernobyl Podcast
The official podcast of the miniseries Chernobyl, from HBO and Sky. Join host Peter Sagal (NPR's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!") and series creator, writer and executive producer Craig Mazin after each episode as they discuss the true stories that shaped the scenes, themes and characters. Chernobyl airs Mondays at 9 PM on HBO and Tuesdays at 9 PM on Sky Atlantic. The Chernobyl Podcast is also available to stream on HBO NOW and HBO GO starting Monday, May 6 at 10 PM.
History of the Papacy Podcast
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This show will detail the biographies and interesting facts of the Papacy of Rome. It will start in the beginning, but will not go straight through. There will be many side tracks and detours along the way. We will investigate the backstreets of the Papacy where the tour normally doesn't go. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/historyofthepapacy.


Mr W and I went to the beach today. Sorry for the poor quality pics today, I left my camera in the car, so these were taken on my phone.
The water at my feet was so cool and bubbly.
We only live about 30 minutes from some really beautiful beaches but felt like a change of scenery so we drove to the beach at Busselton.
Mr W (red shirt) immediately made friends some nice kids.
Busselton Jetty... almost like a postcard.
At the start of today's trip stopped at our local library and Mr W chose a book to read while we were driving... he finished it on the outward trip so we returned it on our way home. The librarian was very surprised to see us back so soon.
Today we travelled between A and the southern B (365km 228miles). The other trip on the map is the one we did yesterday to York, Beverley and Westdale A-D (335km 208miles).
Tomorrow we will consider taking a day trip to Gingin (186km 115miles) to see the Gravity Discovery Centre. It will depend on the weather... believe it or not (from the clear blue skies in today's pics) storms are predicted tomorrow. Perhaps we will take one of the neighbour kids with us. Or we might just stay home and watch a movie aka stitch temari.
But for now I've covered myself in after sun moisturiser and I'm off to bed.


Emergency services are at the scene of a crash in Yokine.
It is believed two cars collided at the intersection of Wellington Parade and Flinders Street just after 6pm.
At least one person is believed to be injured and is being treated by St John Ambulance officers.


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The MERSEN laminated bus bar is the key component of the DC power circuit, enabling the IGBT / Electrolytic Capacitor circuit to provide perfect power and trouble-free service. Engage MERSEN's design team on your next project and experience our ingenuity at work.
Thin copper conductors, separated by insulation material of only thousandths of an inch, provides the ultimate in low inductance for IGBT-based motor drives. Incorporating electrolytic capacitors into the same structure simplifies packaging, and reduces the effects of transient overshoots. Note the addition Snubber Capacitors and Resistors built into the laminated bus bar.
Six electrolytic capacitors are easily connected to this edge sealed, two-layer laminated bus bar providing a low inductance power path for a low horsepower, variable speed motor drive. Note the use of a bonded insulator strip along the length of the bus bar to provide additional "creepage" protection between the plus and minus terminals.
A laminated bus bar assembly consisting of three power layers and one signal layer with a total of 59 conductors providing a very low inductance power path and complete gate drive circuitry all designed for a wave-solder assembly process. This bus bar is used in a system powered by 24 MOSFETs, and includes Electrolytic Capacitors, heatsinks and MOVs.
High current circuit board design using laminated technology for IGBTs and support components. Includes gold plating, quick connect mounting. This laminated bus bar is an enhanced designed of a typical IGBT bus bar. Manufactured to be easily serviced, the design uses gold high current sockets, which are soldered into the DC layers. The design also accommodates resistors and MOVs, soldered right into the assembly. Completely edge filled perimeter, the bus bar also has insulated mounting holes.
Laminated bus bars provide a low inductance connection for capacitors. The assembly was designed for an automated production process and the assembly is the DC capacitor bank used in conjunction with high current, high speed switching applications. Positive and negative layers are formed and laminated without outside insulation. This design includes two rows of capacitors soldered into position.


A casting call for Dutch radio station Radio 538's upcoming Winter Olympics coverage has caused anger among many members of the Dutch-Asian community. The job posting is seen by some as specifically promoting an antiquated caricature as it identifies the need for a Korean man who "is instantly recognizable as Korean", and able to speak "defective" Dutch and English. Whoever is hired for the role will be the face of Radio 538's broadcasts on the Olympics, taking place next February in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
This is a clear case of racial stereotyping, said Michelle, the administrator of Dutch-Asian Facebook community Nummer 39 met Rijst. "My main concern is that they're actively looking for people who speak 'broken Dutch', who sing and dance. There are barely any 'normal' Asians on Dutch TV, so the fact that they're looking for a funny Asian who isn't fluent in Dutch recreates the stereotype of the Asian as a perpetual foreigner", Michelle told NL Times. "This has always been the case: look at Meneer Cheung in Ik hou van Holland, Ping Ping in FC Kip, Ushi en Van Dijk."
The radio station's requirements for the job read: "You must be able to fill a role credibly as a (broken) Dutch-speaking Korean who occasionally sings and dances (absolutely not expert level). Sufficiently self confident, so: talkative, social, extrovert, witty and preferably a bit crazy."
"Why are you calling for this type of racist stereotype?" student Michelle wants to know on her Facebook group Nummer 39 met Rijst. "Why can't they look for a Dutch-Korean who is fluent in both Korean and Dutch, is funny, but NOT because of his Otherness? So without stereotyping. Who is their show for? Who will laugh at this? And at whose expense?" she wondered.
"Also 538 is looking for people who are 'recognizable as Koreans'. Koreans are very diverse in appearance," she said. "As long as they fit the narrow view of what Dutch people think Koreans look like," she added.
"For an 'engagement' in development regarding this broadcast, the radio station is looking for a specific character," a spokesperson for Radio 538 parent company Talpa Radio told the NL Times. Radio 538 announced earlier this week it will send its host, Edwin Evers, to Pyeongchang for morning drive-time broadcasts in February. The spokesperson confirmed that the casting call was produced by one of several casting agencies working with the broadcaster on the Olympics project.
Though asked directly about the criticism by email, Radio 538 would not acknowledge the negative feedback, and declined to criticize the responsible casting agency. The broadcaster also refused to answer multiple questions about ethnic and cultural stereotyping, and would not say if radio station planned to monitor its content to prevent potentially racist portrayals.
The casting call is par for the course in the Netherlands, where cultural stereotyping against people of Asian ethnicity seems to be acceptable in Dutch popular culture, Michelle said. "We're not a model minority, but people think that we are. It's the model minority myth. Dutch people think we don't care about being stereotyped and that we only care about working hard, studying etc. We don't have Asian politicians, writers, journalists or other famous people in the Netherlands who will speak out against this. My followers on this page are angered by 538, but they're seen as 'just people ranting on Facebook'. But they have a voice too and it should be heard by the bigger media."
The acting job was also announced on Facebook group Arierang.nl, an organization that brings together people who were born in Korea and adopted by Dutch parents. After many in that group said they were angered by the post and negative stereotyping in mass media, a representative of the group said she would contact Radio 538 to express that organization's concerns.
Michelle said the group's purpose is creating "a constructive dialogue about racism, stereotyping and the things Asian Dutch people deal with on a daily basis." She agreed that the Radio 538 vacancy is part of a bigger problem of how Asian people - and people of other races and ethnicities - are perceived in the Netherlands. "It starts early, at school", she said, referring to a primary school lesson in which kids were taught about the -ng sound using an Asian stereotype. "People keep saying children are not born racist, and that is true. They learn it from school, from TV, and from their parents who refuse to talk about race," she noted.
"Studies have shown that children do see differences in skin tones/ethnicities. But if you as a parent tell them we're all the same, the kids will learn to question people of color when they talk about experiencing racism. It's better to teach your kids: yes, people look different. And yes, there is inequality. And that is not okay", Michelle concluded.
Michelle's page Nummer 39 met Rijst, or Number 39 with Rice in English, is named after an incident in which Dutch singer Gordon mocked an Asian contestant on television show Holland's Got Talent. He asked contestant Xiao Wang, a Chinese PhD candidate, "What number are you singing, 'Number 39 with Rice?'" Following a performance rewarded by a standing ovation from the audience, Gordon expressed his shock at Wang's talent by saying, "Supplies!" as an intentional mispronunciation of "Surprise!" He then said, "Honestly, this is the best Chinese I've had in weeks, and it's not a takeaway." Switching to Dutch, he also said "He looks like a waiter from a Chinese restaurant." These statements led to public outcry, and the singer ultimately apologized and promised to no longer mockingly stereotype Chinese people.


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Lost in Translation 206: Hanna-Barbera's Godzilla
Posted by Scott Delahunt
Lost in Translation has analyzed the two American-made Godzilla movies, both the 1998 version and the 2014. The history of Godzilla and Gojira are expanded in those, but the short version is that title kaiju began as a message about the horrors of the atomic age, especially the atomic bomb. As the franchise progressed, Godzilla became the defender of the Earth, though not necessarily of humanity has he rampages through Tokyo leaving massive collateral damage in his wake. The 2014 Hollywood version changed the message, from the dangers of the atomic era to the dangers of climate change.
However, the 1998 and 2014 versions were not the first American adaptations. Prior to them, the animation studio Hanna-Barbera licensed the character in 1978 from Toho to create the Godzilla cartoon. What better way to entertain young children on a Saturday morning than watching a giant monster rampaging through the cities of the world? Considering that local stations, particularly in the UHF band, had more control over their time slots than today and had more hours to fill with local programming, both weekend afternoons and late-night and overnight hours, the very same young children watching the Godzilla cartoon would be able to watch an older Godzilla movie later the same weekend.
The series followed the crew of the Calico, a research vessel traveling the world's oceans. While Captain Carl Majors was in charge of the ship, Dr. Quinn Darien was the head of the unspecified research project. Quinn had two members of her team, Brock, her research assistant, and Pete Darien, her nephew. Rounding out the team is Godzooky, Godzilla's young nephew. When the crew of the Calico is in a tight spot, they summon Godzilla himself.
A typical episode would have the Calico in a location by the ocean making a new discovery, usually related to the giant monster of the week. The crew investigates, with Pete and Godzooky often told to remain behind because of the danger. If they were told, eventually they disobey and follow. The giant monster is found and Godzilla is summoned. The first fight between titans is a draw as the newcomer's abilities either force Godzilla to back down or allows it to run away. The team tracks the giant monster and summons Godzilla one more time for the final fight. The draw of the show, though, is the battle between giant monsters, and the cartoon does deliver.
While the crew of the Calico was created for the cartoon, Godzooky is based on an existing character in the Godzilla mythos – Minilla. First appearing in Son of Godzilla, Minilla, known as Minya in some dubs, is the son of Godzilla. Both Minilla and Godzooky share some traits, including blowing smoke rings instead of fire and being young giant monsters. Godzooky was in the cartoon to appeal to the kids; he is very much a lovable pet who gets into trouble but is too cute to be angry with for too long. He is also very much child-like in that he wants to help even if he isn't able to be effective.
The animation of the rest of the cast is along the lines of Hanna-Barbera's own Jonny Quest. Techniques developed with the various Scooby-Doo series can be seen, particularly as the crew runs as a group. Godzilla is very much in line with his cinematic appearances. However, one of the draws of the movies, the casual destruction of cities as Godzilla stomps through, was reduced or completely removed, thanks to Broadcast Standards and Practices. BS&P had strict guidelines on what could and could not be shown, and things like breathing fire on people and crushing buildings and cars underfoot were against the guidelines. As a result, Godzilla tended to use laser beams from his eyes more this is atomic breath, which was turned into a flame breath.
While Toho licensed the character, they didn't license Godzilla's roar. The studio worked around that limitation by hiring Ted Cassidy, best known as Lurch on The Addams Family and Ruk on the Star Trek episode, "What Little Girls Are Made Of", to give voice to Godzilla. Cassidy's work, combined with the animation of the title character, gave weight to the monster, keeping the fierceness associated with Godzilla.
Given that the cartoon was meant for a younger Saturday morning audience, Hanna-Barbera succeeded in what they set out to do. Godzilla lasted two seasons and ran until 1981 on NBC. While not the best adaptation it could have been, the studio's limitations imposed from within by format and target audience and from outside by Broadcast Standards and Practices, meant that the production was going to hit diminishing returns. It's not a perfect adaptation, but the Godzilla cartoon did remember the key elements to the kaiju's fame.
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I'm teaching a math class for the first time in about 8 years. I'm loving it. I used to teach mostly math, but its been a long time.
We are wrapping up a mini-unit, or "big idea" on solving linear systems. We started off doing an inquiry activity to figure out what solving linear systems was all about conceptually. We looked at what this meant graphically. This activity ended up bringing up a lot of skill review from grade 9 (equations of a line, slope, graphing linear functions, writing linear functions, algebra). I got to see just how creative my Grade 10's can be during this inquiry activity.
Next, students divided up into pairs within groups of four. Each pair mastered one other method of solving linear systems (substitution or elimination). Students used materials I provided them online and any other materials they could find. Their task was to become masters of that method and prepare a lesson for the rest of their group.
During the "teach each other" lesson, the discussion in class was fascinating. They were on topic almost the entire class. Students were asking each other excellent questions. They were debating, rewording and finding multiple ways to explain things. After some debate and discussion I would suddenly hear a student say "wait! I want to try that!". I'm sorry, you WANT to try that? That is something I don't think I used to hear in my math classes when I was the one doing all the teaching.
One student came up to me and said "I have a gap. I'm struggling with rearranging formulas, solving equations". After spending the better part of a period talking with each other about the math, and often struggling to grasp the concepts, students were taking ownership of their learning. Thinking about learning. When I'm the one doing the teaching, students often take a passive role. However, when they were learning from each other, they seemed to take a more aggressive approach, advocating loudly for what they needed to learn the concept.
Next week we will be doing an activity to help focus on solving equations for any variable. The best part is, they requested it. I'm not shoving it down their throat. Students will be provided with a variety of ways to brush up on this skill and can choose what works best for them (an interactive online gizmo, reading content, video, etc.).
I am very impressed with the math talk that happened in the classroom while they were teaching each other different strategies to solve linear functions. I hadn't anticipated that it would encourage them to take so much more ownership of their own learning.


Coffee plants are native to the tropical regions of South America, Asia and Africa. The plant is a small shrub that typically reaches 3-4 meters in height. The seeds of the coffee plant are commonly referred to as beans. Roasting coffee beans changes the chemical and aromatic composition of the beans.
Green Coffee Oil, Coffea arabica, is rich in phytosterols that promote excellent moisture retention, quick penetration and good adherence within cosmetic applications. It is also exceptionally high in its composition of essential fatty acids.


This thread is to serve purpose for suggestions on how to make crates better.
If you have a suggestion on a special item to add, or something to change with current crate odds, etc. Please get your word heard by replying to this thread as we would love to hear from you!
Please do not create seperate threads in the suggestions area for crate suggestions. Instead suggest them by replying to this thread!
Perhaps adding some prismarine blocks to the sunken crate? Since it seems there aren't a lot of Ocean Monuments and prismarine is almost impossible to come by (At least in my exploration experience) maybe a stack of 3 for each block similar to how you have coal and iron and such?
Welcome to Miner's Glory! If you need anything, give me a shout!
Also, perhaps having a new Color crate with things like colored concrete, glazed terracotta and the like? For people that want to decorate? Perhaps some of the lower tier prizes could be blank or solid colored banners or perhaps small stacks of dyes? I'd love to see what some of the players could come up with with these blocks being more easily available.
Also, perhaps nametags as a common prize.
Deco-crate lol - love that!
I agree with the above... It would be nice to have the elytra removed/reduced. It is so easy to get them.. I have gotten so many already.
I feel each crate should offer something different, less overlapping of prizes.
Deco-crate could also contain custom furniture items too.
We've always had custom furniture, actually it used to be given out as a daily reward. However, when 1.13 came around it hit that plugin hard so it's been quite a while since I've been able to get it back up. But, it is on the server now so there is an idea as well!


I wrote this on my phiscal one box. It's really an frustrated day today!
9:30 arrive company and got the last milk (only lucky thing) and then I try to log on my dev box still using the old alies(for the last day it still worked) but found my intern account can not use any more. so I tried my Fte alies (how to spell this word? I'm not sure) and log on sucessfully. at that time I thought every thing will go through very well just like this. but unfortunately I'm totally wrong!
when I check the result full cycle I setted up last night, I found the 1 bvt case failed and I try to figure out if it failed due to my code change. and I opened the corext and try to run sd commond. okay....it throws me an exception like that user auth...failed.
Although there were a lot of alert from my coworkers who on boarding before me telling me somethings like this may happen, I also feel unacceptable.
at this time my direct boss come to find me to have my welcome lunch! He is a nice guy and easy going with. although my oral english is very poor, he said he can understand. really a nice boss/guy!
after lunch, steph (the business adminstrator) came to find me and give me a new machine. I appreciate this very much! acturally I really need this. so I began to set up the new one and install the os. okay the tragedy continued! In average reinstalling one time cost 2 hours!and I installed 3times! for what? I don't know it keep failing! I'm not sure if it is because I havn't format the primary disk where installed the os in. but I'm trying the third time and this time I corrected it. it is still on installing. and during the last failing 6 hours My phiscal one box have already been ready! just take less than 2 hours!
pls let my dev box can be installed sucessfully! pls!!
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PURPOSES : Nowadays, cavity phenomena occur increasingly in pavement layers of downtown areas. This leads to an increment in the number of potholes, sinkholes, and other failure on the road. A loss of earth and sand from the pavement plays a key role in the occurrence of cavities, and, hence, a structural-performance evaluation of the pavement is essential. METHODS: The structural performance was evaluated via finite-element analysis using KPRP and KICTPAVE. KPRP was developed in order to formulate a Korean pavement design guide, which is based on a mechanical-empirical pavement design guide (M-EPDG). RESULTS: Installation of the anti-freezing layer yielded a fatigue crack, permanent deformation, and international roughness index (IRI) of 13%, 0.7 cm, and 3.0 m/km, respectively, as determined from the performance analysis conducted via KPRP. These values satisfy the design standards (fatigue crack: 20%, permanent deformation: 1.3 cm, IRI: 3.5 m/km). The results of FEM, using KICTPAVE, are shown in Figures 8~12 and Tables 3~5. CONCLUSIONS: The results of the performance analysis (conducted via KPRP) satisfy the design standards, even if the thickness of the anti-freezing layer is not considered. The corresponding values (i.e., 13%, 0.7 cm, and 3.0 m/km) are obtained for all conditions under which this layer is applied. Furthermore, the stress and strain on the interlayer between the sub-grade and the anti-freezing layer decrease gradually with increasing thickness of the anti-freezing layer. In contrast, the strain on the interlayer between the sub-base and the anti-freezing layer increases gradually with this increase in thickness.
Choi, Jungho, Kweon, Kichul. (2010). "A special quality analysis about design standard of Anti-Frost layer at the inside and outside of the country", 한국도로학회 춘계학술대회 논문집, pp. 261-266.
Lee, Chang-joon, Kim, Dowan, Mun, Sungho and Yoo, PyoungJun. (2012). "Study on a Prediction Model of the Tensile Strain Related to the Fatigue Cracking Performance of Asphalt Concrete Pavements Through Design of Experiments and Harmony Search Algorithm", Journal of Highway Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 11-17.
Lee, C. J., Yoo, P. J., Choi, J. and Ohm, B. (2012)". Development of Viscoelastic Finite Element Analysis Code for Pavement Structures", Journal of Highway Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 1-9.
Lee, Moonsup, Heo, Taeyoung, Park, Heemun, Kim, Booil. (2012). "Development of Model for Structural Evaluation of Anti-Freezing Layer", Journal of Highway Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 25-32.
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. (2011) "Research for Standards of utility and installation of Anti-Freezing Layer" Research Report.
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. (2012) "Design Guide for Anti-Freezing Layer".
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (2015) "Standard Specification of Road Construction"


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Bernard Tomic fined $56,100 for lack of effort in limp Wimbledon defeat
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Australia's Bernard Tomic has been fined his full Wimbledon prize money for not meeting the "required professional standard" during his lackluster 58-minute first-round defeat by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
Australia's Bernard Tomic has been fined his full Wimbledon prize money for not meeting the "required professional standard" during his lackluster 58-minute first-round defeat by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Tomic was docked the maximum £45,000 ($56,100) penalty for his limp performance in Tuesday's 6-2 6-1 6-4 loss to Tsonga, the shortest men's match at Wimbledon since 2004.
The world no.96 lost the first set in 18 minutes and the second in 17, winning just 47 points.
Wimbledon officials penalized Tomic for his lack of effort and professionalism after failing to chase down balls and appearing indifferent to the result.
"All players are expected to perform to a professional standard in every Grand Slam match," tournament organizers said in a statement Thursday.
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"It is the opinion of the Referee that the performance of Bernard Tomic in his first-round match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga did not meet the required professional standards, and therefore he has been fined the maximum amount of £45,000 which will be deducted from prize money."
In his post-match press conference following the defeat, Tomic looked like he'd rather be anywhere but there.
Slouched in his chair, avoiding eye contact and rubbing his face with his hands, Tomic was asked if he thought he might be fined.
Tomic's response: "What for?"
The Queenslander said he played "terrible" and when asked if he was happy with the effort he put in, Tomic simply said: "Next question."
The 26-year-old gave terse answers to reporters' questions, and within three minutes, the press conference was finished.
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This isn't a first for Tomic.
In 2017, he was fined £11,500 ($15,000) — for telling a press conference he had faked an injury and that he was "bored" with Wimbledon following his first-round exit against Mischa Zverev.
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Job applications have become more and more advanced. Not only do resumes enter a specific portal for shortlisting purposes, applicants don't really need to exhaust themselves in visiting the office they want or dream of becoming part of since the advent of online job searches makes it easier for hiring managers to sort out the bad egg from the good noodle. You just need to follow certain online job application rules to ensure your success.
Of course, since the process of submitting resumes or cover letters have become much easier, it doesn't mean that applicants won't abide by the rules, or 'netiquettes' set by the company and the job hunt website. There are core ethics that a job seeker should follow as simple obedience could land him/her an interview.
These ingrained job application etiquettes are primarily a test to see how qualified, willing, or polite an applicant is. The resume is also a part of it, though HR managers tend to prioritize an application that resonates modesty than a resume reeking with arrogance.
Here are some basic online job application rules, which you should abide with in order to ensure success in your online job application.
Find the right places to send your resume or online job application.
Send your resume to the proper online address. When applying online, your resume will either travel two specific routes: (1) The job portal that will automatically send your application to the employer or, (2) the company's resume databank. Identifying both is easy enough if the company posted a particular job and their e-mail addresses are not present at the bottom of the employee qualification section, register and submit your resume (and cover letter, IF NECESSARY) via the job portal that hosted the job vacancy.
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Don't pester hiring personnel by submitting multiple copies of your resume. They (hiring managers and HR personnel) understand that you want to be part of the working force, but submitting multiple copies of your resume to emphasize your desire to work for them is just unforgivable. As much as possible, send your application once and move on to the next job vacancy. This is what we mean by multiple applications!
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"Ministry of Steel has agreed to the proposal received from various CPSEs under its control to introduce the pension scheme with effect from 1st January 2007 in case of executives and 1st January 2012 in case of non-executives or from a subsequent date as decided by the company," the ministry said in statement.
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The steel ministry has agreed to introduce a pension scheme for its CPSEs like SAIL and RINL, a move which will benefit about 96,000 serving and 56,000 retired employees. The pension scheme is estimated to cost additional financial burden of Rs 540 crore.
"The minister informed that medical benefits have already been extended to employees of CPSEs under the Ministry of Steel. NMDC and MOIL have also introduced the pension scheme to its employees as per the Second Pay Revision Committee recommendations. He said that there has been a long standing demand from the employees of other CPSEs for introduction of pension scheme," the statement said.
Singh said that the pension scheme will benefit over 94,000 serving and 56,000 retired employees of CPSEs under the Ministry of Steel and put an additional financial burden of Rs 45 crore per month. The minister said the pension scheme will be subject to factors like affordability, capacity to pay and sustainability by the CPSEs.
The government budgetary support will not be provided to operate these schemes, the statement said. "The rate of contribution will be decided by the respective boards of CPSEs each year depending upon the profit made and employee cost to the company subject to upper ceiling of 30 per cent (Basic Pay plus DA) of superannuation benefits," it said.


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► Surgeons complete clinical trial novel two part heart valve valvexchange® paves way ce
Surgeons Complete Clinical Trial on Novel Two-Part Heart Valve -- ValveXchange® paves way for CE mark, commercial sale of first serviceable bioprosthetic valve --
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Surgeons in Europe have completed clinical trials on the world's first serviceable bioprosthetic heart valve, paving the way for the CE mark and commercial sale of an advanced heart valve that eliminates many common problems for cardiac valve patients.
Cardiac surgeons in Germany, Austria and Poland have successfully completed implants and patient enrollment in the VITAL-2 clinical trial for the Vitality Heart Valve System™from ValveXchange, Inc. The system incorporates a two-piece heart valve and allows a simple two-step implant procedure that provides excellent visibility into the aortic chamber, according to John Parrish, chairman and CEO of ValveXchange. The valve enables the smaller incisions that patients are now demanding. The design of the valve also allows a surgeon to replace just the leaflet set later in life, without having to completely explant and remove the entire valve.
By resolving conflicts between conventional mechanical and tissue-based prosthetic values, the Vitality system eliminates patients' need for complex future open-heart surgeries and high doses of anti-coagulation drugs. Currently, adult patients require repeated open-heart surgeries, as they typically receive tissue valves that wear out every 10-15 years. Younger and physically active patients often receive mechanical heart valves that do not wear out, but require lifelong high doses of anti-coagulation drugs that force a sedentary lifestyle with serious side effects.
The completion of the implants, and patient enrollment places ValveXchange on track to obtain a CE mark for the system later this year. At that point, ValveXchange will release the product for commercial sale in the European Union and in other regions of the world recognizing the CE mark. The CE mark indicates a product's compliance with European Union requirements, and enables the free movement of products within the European Economic Area. ValveXchange will also implement the process for FDA clearance in the United States.
"This milestone represents a major achievement for ValveXchange," says Parrish. "The completion of enrollment in the VITAL-2 trial, and the best-in-class valve performance results, substantiate the ValveXchange philosophy that better science equals better valves."
Vitality Heart Valve System
The ValveXchange system includes a two-part valve with a permanently implanted base and an easily replaceable leaflet set. Surgeons can replace the leaflet set transapically (through the apex of the heart), accessing it by a small incision between the ribs. The system's design allows surgeons to replace leaflets with standard, minimally invasive surgical techniques that are faster and simpler than traditional redo valve replacement surgeries, while restoring top performance at the same time.
ValveXchange heart valves provide excellent hemodynamics, long durability and leaflet exchangeability, and are easy to implant, according to Ivan Vesely, Ph.D., heart valve scientist and founder of ValveXchange. "The Vitality Heart Valve System offers simplicity, security and unprecedented visibility into the aortic space," he says. "The hemodynamics of the Vitality valves -- are excellent, particularly in the smaller valve sizes."
ValveXchange®, Inc. (http://www.valvexchange.com)
ValveXchange®, Inc. is an emerging medical technology company serving cardiac surgeons and cardiologists. The company is the developer of the Vitality Heart Valve System™, the first serviceable bioprosthetic heart valve. The company's family of products also includes the Vitality-S™sutureless valve, ideal for minimally invasive and robotic implants, and ValveXchange Vanguard™transcatheter valves for the inoperable patient. All of the valves are serviceable for leaflet replacement later in life.
Based in Denver, ValveXchange holds 13 patents and has an additional 8 patent applications in process. The company's research has been supported in part by $4 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health.


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The Chase: Paul Sinha reveals he's ranked 24th in the world
Being open about his diagnosis, Sinha, who is better known as The Sinnerman on popular ITV quiz show The Chase, said he almost felt "relief" after he knew he was suffering from the neurological disease. The star first noticed something was amiss when he started to suffer some discomfort in his shoulder, although not the first "stereotypical" symptom of Parkinson's, Sinha knew that something was "horribly wrong" and took to Google to try and find out why.
Talking about his experience with his condition on Channel 5 late last year, Sinha said the year he found out about his diagnosis – 2019 – had been a "rollercoaster".
As well as finding out he has Parkinson's, the star got married to his partner Oliver, buy generic arava nz and became British Quiz Champion Of The Year.
"I enjoyed winning the British Quiz Championships and getting married. I less enjoyed the diagnosis of a progressive neurological disease," the star said.
However, overcoming the initial shock and adjusting to life with Parkinson's, Sinha confessed that finding out also came as a slight "relief", as he can now "own" the condition.
He continued to say: "There was a slight sense of relief that I could get on with my life because I knew that something was going horribly wrong, and it was more a relief of 'now that I know what it is, I can sort of own it'."
The quizzer went on to say that the diagnosis had given him a new drive to not waste any time. Sinha added: "Before the diagnosis I was trundling along, now there's a sense of urgency to just get things done.
"There is more of a sense of don't waste your time, don't do things that you don't enjoy, don't listen to music that you don't like, there's more of an urgency to it."
Praised for his positive outlook on life, and the life-long condition he has been burdened with, Sinha remained humble, explaining:
"It's not an act of courage, it's an act of pragmatism. If you've got a disease [progressing], you are going to live a better life if you treat it with good spirits rather than bad.
"The better your mental health, the more fit you are to deal with what the physical side throws at you.
"Things will get worse but I don't know when they'll get worse, and therefore I deal with things on a day-to-day situation and my day-to-day situation is I'm not that physically disabled that I can't get on with my life.
"For me now, it's more, in a broader sense, enjoying life, embracing life and enjoying the company of great people."
Parkinson's is a condition caused by a loss of nerve cells in part of the brain known as the substantia nigra. Nerve cells in this part of the brain are responsible for producing a chemical called dopamine.
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Dopamine acts as a messenger between the parts of the brain and nervous system that helps to control and coordinate body movements. As a result of this, the NHS explains that individuals with Parkinson's disease often have trouble with movements.
Symptoms do not usually start to affect individuals when around 80 percent of the nerve cells in the substantia nigra have been lost.
The NHS states that the three main symptoms of Parkinson's disease include the following:
Tremor – shaking, which usually begins in the hand or arm and is more likely to occur when the limb is relaxed and resting
Slowness of movement (bradykinesia) – physical movements are much slower than normal, which can make everyday tasks difficult and result in a distinctive slow, shuffling walk with very small steps
Muscle stiffness (rigidity) – stiffness and tension in the muscles, which can make it difficult to move around and make facial expressions, and can result in painful muscle cramps (dystonia).
However, as the condition progresses, a range of other physical and mental symptoms can develop. This can include a loss of smell, nerve pain, constipation, sexual dysfunction, excessive sweating, swallowing difficulties and insomnia.
Going on to explain how he has been affected by the condition, Sinha said: "I started with a stiff right shoulder and the right side of my arm, my reflexes are very slow, that's the main thing.
"I walk with a slight limp but my right arm is functionally not very good."
Everyone with Parkinson's is affected very differently, so it is tricky to predict the outlook for those with the condition. However, the NHS explains that it is important to stay physically and mentally healthy if you have the condition.
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Russian Agreement with CERN
Geneva, 3 November 1993. On the occasion of the bi-annual meeting of the CERN1 -Russia Committee, under the co-chairmanship of Minister Boris Saltykov and CERN's Director-General, Professor Carlo Rubbia, a new Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement was formally signed on 30th October in the laboratories of the Institute for High Energy Physics (I.H.E.P.) in Protvino, near Moscow. The three year duration of this Agreement, constitutes a reasonable transitional period in further developing the long-standing relations, between CERN and the Russian Federation with the ultimate goal of the Russian Federation becoming a full Member of CERN.
Visiting the impressive installations at the I.H.E.P. laboratory, including the construction site of the UNK-600 accelerator, Minister Saltykov and Professor Rubbia expressed their satisfaction on excellent collaboration and called for increased participation in experiments both at CERN and in Russia. Maintaining a vigorous experimental programme both at home and on CERN's machines requires a major commitment in the context of Russian resources for pure and applied scientific research, but Minister Saltykov expressed his firm intention to maintain the present level in both human and material resources for what he called the most fundamental of basic research: an endeavour of a highly cultural character, in which an active Russian presence is essential.
For almost thirty years strong scientific and technological collaboration has existed between CERN and the former Soviet Union. A considerable part of these activities being carried out in the Russian Federation whilst Russian research institutes and physicists also play an important role in many experiments at CERN. Although essentially a European Laboratory, physicists from all around the world, including such countries as Canada, China, India, Israel, Japan and the United States of America work together on CERN experiments. Russian participation in CERN's international research programmes involves a heavy investment of intellectual, and in many cases technological and industrial efforts. This collaboration has not been limited to the use of CERN facilities but in several cases the expertise of Russian institutes has been applied to develop basic facilities of CERN's Laboratory. In addition, a number of international experiments involving CERN personnel were carried out in Russia, particularly in I.H.E.P. Protvino.
The Russian research institutes with assistance of highly competent sectors of Russian industry, have the firm intention to make a major contribution to the construction and utilisation of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), CERN's new superconducting accelerator project. In the Russian Federation, the community of High Energy Physicists and the Government authorities, represented by Minister Boris Saltykov and Minister Victor Mikhailov, have decided on the usefulness, and even necessity to join CERN projects. It would be, in the opinion of all concerned, mutually beneficial for Russia and CERN and the world's High Energy Physics community and a step forward in the development of basic science around the world.
1. CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, has its headquarters in Geneva. At present, its Member States are Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Israel, the Russian Federation, Turkey, Yugoslavia (status suspended after UN embargo, June 1992), the European Commission and Unesco have observer status.


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Burt Reynolds, Aretha Franklin honoured with Emmy's In Memoriam
The Television Academy paid tribute to a host of actors, writers, directors, producers and other entertainment professionals who passed away over the last 12 months.
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LONDON - Burt Reynolds, Anthony Bourdain, David Cassidy, and Aretha Franklin were among the stars honoured during the In Memoriam segment of the Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, but there was anger from fans who felt Mac Miller had been snubbed.
The Television Academy paid tribute to a host of actors, writers, directors, producers and other entertainment professionals who passed away over the last 12 months in an emotional montage that was set to the sound of Franklin - who died in August aged 76 - singing Amazing Grace.
Tina Fey introduced the segment at Los Angeles' Microsoft Theatre with a touching speech about the connections viewers make with their favourite television stars.
She said: "Tonight, we celebrate the lives of some people who have been our very good friends.
"To work in TV is a privilege. We challenge your assumptions. We gently deliver bad news. We feel a responsibility to always tell you the truth.
"It's understandable to feel that when someone from our favourite show has passed away, we feel like we have lost a friend because we have."
Others featured in the segment included actors Reg E Cathey, Jerry Van Dyke, Alan O'Neill and Jackson Odell, actresses Della Reese and Vanessa Marquez, producer Craig Zadan, sportscaster Dick Enberg, writer Steven Bochco, Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner and Arizona Senator John McCain.
However, many fans were outraged that Mac Miller, who died from an apparent overdose earlier this month, wasn't included in the segment, despite having had his own reality show, Mac Miller and the Most Dope Family, for two seasons in 2013-2014.
One Twitter user posted: "Honestly it's shady they didn't put Mac Miller in the In Memoriam part of the Emmys. Like he had his own show smh. (sic)"
Another wrote: "can't believe that Mac Miller was not included in the Emmys memorium for people lost this year when many singers/songwriters were included. (sic)"
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People from all backgrounds are astounded by the person of Jesus. Have you ever truly considered the facts surrounding Jesus' life? This 28-minute video documents the details concerning history's most incredible figure.
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So-Called Same Sex "Marriages": Some Light Falls On The Boston Globe
You wouldn't believe it, but sometimes even journalists of liberal newspapers can grasp elementary truths and inform their readers of the fact. This time, it has happened to the author of this article on the Boston Globe, the NYT-owned, surprisingly-still-alive "progressive" newspaper. The issue is, as so often these days, the so-called "marriage" of troubled souls.
The author of the article demolishes – from the left; which hurts in a special way – one of the mantras of the homo mafia: the desire to equate their "rights" with the civil rights battles of the Sixties and in particular, the idea that as interracial marriages were allowed, then "marriages" between (or one day, who knows: among) homosexuals should be allowed too. Let us see what Mr Jacoby has to say on the matter (emphases always mine):
When the Supreme Court ruled in June 1967 that Virginia's law penalizing interracial marriage could not stand, it was not changing the fundamental and enduring meaning of marriage: It was affirming it. It was upholding the integrity of marriage by protecting it from irrelevant — and unconstitutional — racial manipulation. Virginia had interfered with the core elements of marriage in order to promote white supremacy, a value completely alien to marriage. Marriage is designed to bring men and women together; anti-miscegenation laws frustrated that design, and could not stand.
That this is nothing to do with an assumed right of perverts to have a legal recognition for their perversion is elegantly expressed in this way:
No one was a fervent proponent of gay* marriage 44 years ago this month when the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that laws barring whites and blacks from marrying were unconstitutional. Same-sex marriage wasn't even a fringe issue on June 12, 1967, the day the court handed down its landmark decision in Loving v. Virginia, invalidating anti-miscegenation statutes on the books in 16 states as "invidious racial discrimination . . . repugnant to the 14th Amendment.'' If anyone had suggested to Chief Justice Earl Warren or his colleagues that in refusing to allow Virginia to continue perverting its marriage laws out of racial bigotry they were pointing the way to gay* and lesbian marriages, they would have found the claim unintelligible.
Pure common sense, you will say. Wrong. If you were a liberal, you'd be exposed to literature claiming that the changes brought about by that sentence are allegedly "incomplete" because so-called gay* marriage is still illegal in most American states (I kid you not; it is in the article linked), and the like. A tough job, being a liberal and trying to stay sane.
At this point, Mr Jacoby gets slightly more aggressive:
By now, of course, the idea that same-sex couples should have the same freedom to marry as interracial couples has become a favorite gay*-rights trump card. So has the view that opponents of gay* marriage occupy the same moral and legal swamp as the segregationists who thought Mildred and Richard Loving's marriage should be a crime.
Apart from the use of that strange word, gay*, this could have been written by a conservative journalist. Oh-oh.
The core of the argument is in the following lines:
Same-sex marriage, too, interferes with the core elements of wedlock in order to advance an unrelated goal — the dignity and equality of gays* and lesbians. The fact that many decent people ardently embrace that goal doesn't change reality: The essential, public purpose of marriage is to unite male and female — to bind men and women to each other and to the children that their sexual behavior may produce. It is rooted in the belief that every child needs a mother and a father. Gay* marriage, whether enacted by lawmakers or imposed by judges, disconnects marriage from its most basic idea. Ultimately, that isn't tenable either.
Apart from the obscenely misguided idea that an anti-Christian perverted militant may be "decent" other than in his table or cocktail party manners, this hits the bull's-eye. Note here that this isn't an affirmation of the uselessness of such a legislation: this is an emphatic affirmation of its biological absurdity; something that no law or judicial activism will ever be able to change. Boldly, the author makes a claim that in a conservative writer would be considered triumphalistic and extremely reactionary: the so-called homo-marriage won't last, because it's too absurd to stand the test of reality.
The best part is for the end:
The old laws banning interracial marriage had a long run but they eventually collapsed. The new laws in New York and some other states authorizing same-sex marriage may be destined for a long run as well, but I suspect they too will likely eventually collapse. Marriage — male-female marriage — is indispensable to human welfare. That is why it has existed in virtually every known human society. And why it cannot be permanently redefined.
Congratulation to the Boston Globe for managing, even as liberals, to see the light now and then.
*"gay" = here: homosexual(s). Don't ask me why.
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Tags: Boston Globe, Catholic, Catholicism, Conservative Catholic, conservative catholicism, Interracial marriage, Loving v. Virginia, Marriage, Mildred and Richard Loving, same sex marriages, Same-sex marriage, so-called same sex marriages, The New York Times, United States Supreme Court
Homo Marriage: We Are Winning, Not Losing
Norman Rockwell, "Family Grace"
Extremely interesting blog post from the "American Papist", Thomas Peters. In his blog post, Peters point out to a clearly visible, but often not sufficiently considered reality: that the overwhelmingly liberal mass media greatly increase the feeling of inevitability of homo marriage by stubbornly ignoring their many defeats, and giving enormous space and "historic significance" to their very rare victories.
Stop for a moment and reflect what the liberal media (that is: the vast majority of the mass tv channels in the US and Europe, and the majority of mass newspapers) would have said if in the US there had been thirty popular consultation about the so-called homo marriages and the perverts had won all of them. And now please think that the reality is that they have lost them, all of them. It's 31-0 for Christian values, and counting!
If this kind of results had been achieved by the other side, the call for the end of the debate would be deafening, and every opposer treated as an undemocratic nazi.
Or let us examine the legislative part of the battle, the arena where the homos try to transform their clear minority in the country in a majority by attracting representatives of the people ready to please them in exchange for favours. Well it turns out that this year they have already lost in Maryland and Rhode Island, and only won in New York; it' 2-1 on the legislative front then, but there are at least other six states – let us count them: Minnesota, Indiana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Iowa and Pennsylvania preparing themselves to reinforce marriage as the only…. marriage, or to reverse past decisions favourable to the homos.
Not persuaded yet? Look at a liberal state like California, where the homos have lost several times through either popular vote or law initiatives, and are now trying to overturn the people's decision through an homosexual judge living together with his lover (or mistress, I suppose; or both; no idea what disgusting "arrangements" these people make).
Or perhaps you think that wherever homosexual so-called "marriage" legislation is passed, the situation is irreversible? Think again! Iowa and New Hampshire are two points in case, California is another example of sort (with the victorious Proposition 8 being the people's answer to pink judicial activism). Wherever you look, people don't sit and say "oh well, it had to happen I suppose", but they react.
This, mind, even before the massive Catholic machine has been mobilised. If the US bishops started to say it as it is in a way that can't be ignored, things would change in a matter not of decades, but probably of years, and the great risk for puppets a' la Andrew Cuomo to be wiped out would soon let them decide that it is better for them to shut up like as many children when the headmaster enters the classroom.
Thankfully, in the United States more and more people are starting to understand what your humble correspondent has been saying from pre-blog times: homosexuality is the front line of the Christian war. Re-establish a Christian attitude to this, and abortion and euthanasia will be won on the momentum created by this recovery of Christian values.
Sad as it is to say so, too many people are still numbed to the atrocity of abortion, as – as they say in Italy – "the laws of one generation are the morality of the following one". Not so for homo "marriages". This is a battle that every Christian can fully grasp now and the re-discovery of his Christian values in one matter will unavoidably lead to a more mature reflection on all others.
Therefore, be in good spirit and wait for 2012, when pro homo representative and senators will hopefully get a pounding (these things can be pretty brutal, look here and tell me if you'd want to be in one of the pictures) and the people will wake up to the reality that they have the right to demand a Christian country and a legislation fruit of the will of the people rather than of judicial activism, or corridor politics. When the pendulum starts to clearly swing back in the US, it will only be a question of time before the same happens in Europe. At least in Southern Europe, where the ability of the Church leaders to mobilise the masses and shape future generations would still be very high, if they did as much as to wake up.
Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Catholic, Catholicism, Christian values, Conservative Catholic, conservative catholicism, homosexuality, New Hampshire, Norman Rockwell, Rhode Island, Same-sex marriage, so-called same-sex marriage, Sodomy, Southern Europe, Thomas Peters, United States
Why Archbishop Peter Smith Is Wrong Even When He Is Right
The Answer.
The recent events about the so-called "civil partnerships" give me the occasion to explain why I think that the Church in England is culpably marching toward complete irrelevance even on the rare occasions when she seems to show a couple of milk teeth.
Archbishop Peter Smith has criticised, in unusually (for him) strong words, the plans of this pagan Government to allow so-called "civil partnership" ceremonies to be held in churches. This would seem all in order, if the intervention of Archbishop Smith weren't the signal that the Church is simply not doing enough, not even remotely, and that she is constantly shooting herself in the foot in the process.
What Archbishop Smith seems not to get (or doesn't seem interested in getting) is that in a democracy religious freedom is never abolished overnight, but always through a process of continual erosion by which the last concession to the pagan world becomes the basis for the next one.
Take the so-called "civil partnerships". If homosexuality is not criticised by the Church in the strongest terms, it is no surprise that calls for civil partnerships will, in time, emerge from this or that corner. Basically, the average politician is an institutional coward easily bullied by pressure groups and it is in the nature of democracy that he will tend to represent the opinion of these groups, however little numerically, unless he can expect equal or worse troubles from their opponents. It is only when the Christian mainstream starts occupying the ground and showing readiness for combat at an early stage, that the combat becomes superfluous.
But Peter Smith doesn't declare war on active and militant homosexual behaviour (remember: less than half a percent of the population) and as a result he gets the so-called "civil partnerships". These are the fruits of cowardice and in the bishops' expectations – that to be silent on this problem wouldn't create bigger ones – we see all the incompetence and naiveté of a Neville Chamberlain.
When you cave in once, it will go on. Once the homos have obtained so-called "civil partnerships", they'll start to make pressure to be allowed to have them performed in a church. But this will not be compulsory, they say now. You'll be allowed to say "no", they say now, so why be upset?
Then, it will go on. Once the principle has been accepted that two perverts have the opportunity to legally "unite" in a church (as it has previously been accepted that they may form "unions"; as it has even before being accepted that sodomy is all right), how simple must one be not to realise that it is only a question of time before the homos will cry "discrimination" against anyone who does not allow them to?
Then, it will go on. If homos are allowed to have a statutory recognition of their "union", and to have this performed in a Church, why shouldn't they be allowed to call this "marriage"? And why shouldn't they think that it is their right to have this marriage performed wherever they please in order not to be "discriminated against"?
If you think that this is political fiction, think again. Our not-very-esteemed Prime Minister already talks of civil partnership as if they were families, as he has explicitly stated that his defence of family includes civil partnerships. He clearly even seems to consider abominations like sodomy and civil partnerships part and parcel of Western values. He has lost long ago the very notion of what Christianity is, of what it means to be a Christian, of what the Commandments are, of what the Sacraments are. The man is a pagan, full stop.
We see this pattern everywhere. Abortion legislation didn't start as abortion on demand. Divorce was allowed only in limited cases. Homosexual behaviour was, at the beginning, merely decriminalised. You give the Pagans one finger, and you expect that they'll not try to take the entire hand?
Therefore, Peter Smith has it all wrong even when it would seem that he has it right. He can't hope that it be allowed to him to remain silent about the so-called "civil partnerships" and get away with it. His cowardice will persecute him by forcing him to fight later the battles that he didn't have the guts to fight sooner.
More in general, the Church in England can't hope – if the bishops really are in good faith, which can be legitimately questioned and which must be questioned at least in the case of Vincent "Quisling" Nichols – that to cave in to the popular mood about civil partnership will save them from the necessity to fight. The fight will come on them anyway, but in worse terms, on a more unfavourable battleground and with a rearguard battle. This is what happens to you when you think that you can betray Catholicism and get away with it and all the English bishops, bar none, are culpable of this cowardice (or worse, of this malice). Christian values must be defended loud and clear, on every possible occasion, from the start, and the bishop is the man for it.
Archbishop Peter Smith should spend his time continuously and vocally asking for the repeal of the legislation about civil partnerships. He should start to talk publicly and strongly about the abomination of homosexuality. He should wish for legislation criminalising sodomy to be reintroduced and boldly say so. He should say this loud and clear, insistently and without fear. A couple of years of the "Padre Pio treatment" and Cameron & Co. (cowards, remember, because politicians) would not even think of titillating themselves with proposals like the last one. The awakening of just one tenth of the Catholic population would be enough to have Cameron & Co. running for cover faster than a Taliban vehicle under the fire of a Gatling gun and swearing that he never, ever approved of homosexual behaviour.
Archbishop Peter Smith has, like all his colleagues bar none, shut up for too long. The time is coming when he will not be able to shut up any more, but at that point the Church will already be under siege by a pagan society it has appeased for too long, and forced to a battle that has not been prepared because there was no courage to choose to fight. At the same time when he – semel in anno – spends some words in defence of Catholic values he shows all the incompetence of the lukewarm, indifferent, cowardly but permanently smiling shepherds that four decades of institutionalised appeasement of secularism have given us.
The battle is clearly coming but you can't fight a good battle with the Neville Chamberlains of the world. Let us hope that starting with the next Papacy (about this I have already lost every hope of meaningful improvement in the average quality of our bishops) new appointments will give us the leaders we need to fight the good fight against the dark forces of secularism.
We don't need cowardly bishops. We need people willing to take out the Gatling gun, and use it every day.
Tags: Archbishop Peter Smith, Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Conservative Catholic, conservative catholicism, England, Neville Chamberlain, Pope, Same-sex marriage, So-called "civil partnerships"
The Catholic University Of Seton Hall And Homo "Marriages"
PC caption: surprisingly, Ronald Reagan liked fags.
Seton Hall, a Catholic University, has scheduled a course on so-called "gay marriage" (let us repeat it once again: homosexuals are not gay, happy people are gay; and they cannot marry, because they are of the same sex).
The unusual event (as the times are) is that this time the local Archbishop has reacted promptly and has asked the University to change its mind. The affirmation of the Archbishop (that the course be "out of synch"with Catholic teaching) is a rather big understatement but it gives the idea of what is happening anyway.
It turns out that the (Catholic, or so they say) University of Seton Hall is not impressed. Not only have they not done anything to backpedal, but the University has openly mocked the Archbishop by stating that they never had a problem with the course, though "it's been a problem for, it seems, some people outside of it." It seems. Some people. Congratulations.
The person chosen for this work of enlightenment of Catholic young minds is a Mr. W. King Mott. Predictably, Mr. Mott is an openly practising sodomite. He states that the aim of his course is to help the students to "gain an appreciation and respect for disinterested analysis that can be used to formulate an informed opinion". Leaving aside the attempt at being intellectual, the implication here is that to share the Catholic opinion about the matter is to be 1) not informed, 2) biased and 3) disrespectful.
The "disinterested analysis" should come, instead, from a person already demoted in the past for defining the Church "prima facie homophobic" and an aged member of "homosexualist" groups. He is most certainly the man for a disinterested analysis, isn't he?
Seton Hall lets it be known that there is "nothing" the Archbishop can do to prevent the course from taking place. They are probably right. Still, it would be nice if the Archbishop would obtain that this university is deprived of the right to call itself "Catholic". One can be secular and homosexualist and will not be burned at the stake for that (not the times anymore, they say). But we should at least be spared the hypocrisy of such institutions pretending to be Catholic.
Tags: Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholic University, Catholicism, conservative catholicism, Education, Faggots, Same-sex marriage, Seton Hall University, United States, W. King Mott


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Leading Credit Card Companies Cripple Backpage.com
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Polaris, a leader in the global fight to eradicate modern slavery and restore freedom to survivors, praised the major credit card companies today for no longer accepting payments through Backpage.com. For years, Backpage has profited from ads selling victims and survivors of human trafficking, including minors. The move cripples Backpage's ability to profit from these ads, while also disrupting traffickers from selling victims online. Bitcoin is now the only payment method available to place these ads.
On Monday, Illinois Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart called on Visa and MasterCard to remove their services as payment options for websites like Backpage.com given they facilitate human trafficking largely unchecked. By Tuesday, MasterCard severed ties with Backpage. Visa ended its business relationship on Wednesday. American Express was removed earlier in 2015.
Bradley Myles, CEO of Polaris, said:
"Traffickers are selling women, children, and men online against their will across America, and Backpage.com has been fueling this form of trafficking for years. Polaris has directly worked with survivors of trafficking who have been sold on Backpage.com. We commend these credit card companies for making it more challenging for traffickers to profit off of the exploitation of people.
"Companies can play an integral role in disrupting sex trafficking by making it more challenging for traffickers to do business. This action by the leading credit card companies marks a significant step forward in the fight against sex trafficking. Our goals are to disrupt trafficking networks, stop traffickers from harming more people, and help survivors find the services they need. Limiting payment options on Backpage.com will help protect the most vulnerable people in the commercial sex industry in the United States. Polaris applauds Sheriff Dart and his office for leading this successful effort against online sex trafficking."
The National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) hotline and BeFree Textline, which are operated by Polaris, have responded to more than 13,000 cases of sex trafficking in all 50 states, where adults and children are forced to provide commercial sex against their will. Hundreds of these cases have referenced Backpage.com. In addition, Polaris has provided direct services to survivors of sex trafficking who have been sold on the site.
Polaris has long called on Backpage to shutter the escorts section of its website, and was involved in successful efforts to pressure Craigslist.com to remove those portions of its website in 2010. Backpage.com remains a significant facilitator of sex trafficking despite attempts the website has made to address human trafficking. Traffickers post advertisements of their victims, or they make their victims post their own ads.
People can receive help or report a tip of suspected human trafficking by calling the National Human Trafficking Resource Center at 1-888-373-7888 or by sending a text to Polaris at "BeFree" (233733).
About Polaris
Polaris is a leader in the global fight to eradicate modern slavery. Named after the North Star that guided slaves to freedom in the U.S., Polaris acts as a catalyst to systemically disrupt the human trafficking networks that rob human beings of their lives and their freedom. By working with government leaders, the world's leading technology corporations, and local partners, Polaris equips communities to identify, report, and prevent human trafficking. Our comprehensive model puts victims at the center of what we do – helping survivors restore their freedom, preventing more victims, and leveraging data and technology to pursue traffickers wherever they operate. Learn more at www.polarisproject.org.
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