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Vacationers boost Illinois tourism to record high
Kathy Bergen, Associated Press
- Jul 08, 2013 6:46 am
A boost in business travel to Chicago contributed to the state's record year, but leisure travel rose faster than corporate travel indicating the city alone wasn't responsible for the rebound.
Growth in leisure travel pushed Illinois' domestic visitor level to more than 99 million in 2012, a record for the second year running.
The state saw a 6.1 percent increase in visitors last year, surpassing a national growth rate of 5.4 percent, Gov. Pat Quinn is expected to announce Monday.
The data, prepared by D.K. Shifflet & Associates Ltd., closely tracks results for Chicago, which were announced last month.
"Another year of record-breaking numbers proves that travel is back and the tourism industry in Illinois is thriving," Quinn said in a statement.
The state drew 80.1 million vacationers last year, up 6.9 percent from 2011. Growth in business travel was only 2.5 percent, to 18.9 million visitors, still below the peak of 21.4 million in 2000.
In 2008, when the recession took hold, business travelers comprised 22.7 percent of the state's visitors. Last year, the share had dropped to 19 percent.
International visitor numbers are expected to be reported later this summer, but preliminary data indicate they are on the rise, the governor's office said.
State and local tax revenue from tourism totaled $2.3 billion in 2012. State tax revenue rose 5.3 percent to $1.6 billion, while local tax revenue rose 6.6 percent to more than $699 million.
An increase in Chicago's hotel tax rate boosted the city's hotel tax receipts last year by $26.1 million, to $100.8 million.
The state's travel industry workforce grew an estimated 1.9 percent, to 275,370, according to preliminary estimates.
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"The method of final salvation that I have propounded is neither a sort of meditation, such as has been practiced by many scholars in China and Japan, nor is it a repetition of the Buddha's name by those who have studied and understood the deep meaning of it.
It is nothing but the mere repetition of the 'Namu Amida Butsu,' without a doubt of His mercy, whereby one may be born into the Land of Perfect Bliss.
The mere repetition with firm faith includes all the practical details, such as the threefold preparation of mind and the four practical rules.
If I as an individual had any doctrine more profound than this, I should miss the mercy of the Two Honourable Ones, Amida and Śākyamuni, and be left out of the Vow of the Amida Buddha.
Those who believe this, though they clearly understand all the teachings Shakyamuni taught throughout his whole life, should behave themselves like simple-minded folks, who know not a single letter, or like ignorant nuns or monks whose faith is implicitly simple.
Thus without pedantic airs, they should fervently practice the repetition of the name of Amida, and that alone."


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Brian Eno & Peter Chilvers at The Apple Store, Regent Street
Digital Art, interaction design, Mind Gangsters, play, Sufficiently-Advanced Lifestyle
Brian Eno & Peter Chilvers at The Apple Store, Regent Street, originally uploaded by moleitau.
I'm interviewing Brian & Peter about their new generative music app, Scape – and much more besides at the Regent St. Apple Store, London, 5.30pm on October 5th.
I'm looking forward to it immensely, but not without trepidation…
Come along!
The city of lights
City magic, Digital Art, Media
Matt Jones and the city iPad light painting, originally uploaded by BERG Studio.
Here I am sat like an rumpled, bearded stooge while it seems a city is carved with light from a block of aerogel in front of me.
Insanely-proud of being even peripherally-involved in this piece of work from Timo, Jack, Cam, Matt B., and Beeker.
I think this might be my new avatar image…
Websites and White Cubes
Culture, Design industry and people, Digital Art, Interface
Dumb sign, originally uploaded by blackbeltjones.
Been asked to work on the nominations for designs of the year again at the Design Museum, which is very nice.
But it leads me back to this hoary old question – how should interactive work best be shown in a museum or gallery context? Should it be shown at all?
A Manhattan melange of "Macroscopes"
Culture, Digital Art, Maps, Society and culture, Technology and science
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Globe of Patents, originally uploaded by blackbeltjones.
By chance this morning found an excellent mini-exhibition in midtown Manhattan.
"Places & Spaces: Mapping Science" has been curated by Dr. Katy Börner and Deborah MacPherson.
"Today, the word "science" encompasses myriad arenas of physical and abstract inquiry. This unique exhibition, at the Healy Hall in midtown Manhattan, uses innovative mapping techniques to physically show what and where science is today, how different branches of science relate to each other and where different branches of study are heading, where cutting edge science is erupting as archipelagos in the oceans of the yet unknown – and – how it all relates back to the physical centers of research. The world of science is turned into a navigable landscape.
Modern mapping imagery has come a long way from Ptolemy. In this stimulating show compelling for all ages and backgrounds, audiences will both visually and tactilely uncover how contemporary scientific thought has expanded. Such visualization of scientific progress is approached through computer-generated relationships, featured on large panels as well through the collaboration of New York based artists W. Bradford Paley, Digital Image Design Incorporated and Columbia University and Ingo Gunther with renowned scientist from the field of scientonometrics: Eugene Garfield, Henry Small, André Skupin, Steven A. Morris, Kevin Boyack and Dick Klavans."
Scientonometrics! Awesome!!!
It's a concise, enjoyable and clear exhibit showing concrete examples of what John Thackara might call 'macroscopes': artworks, mappings and visualisations of complex interconnected systems (in this case science and intellectual property) that help 'ordinary folk' examine the choices they make and those being made for them.
Re-generative
Art, Digital Art
A while back I posted a link to the collaboration between computational artist Tom Carden and photographer Clayton Cubitt.
Clayton's family lost everything due to Hurricane Katrina (which he writes about here), and he is now selling prints of his work, including some of the collaboration with Tom (above); in order to help rebuild.
I just snagged myself a Brooklyn scene – take a look and see if there's something you like.
Clayton Cubitt interviews Tom Carden on "Generative Art"
Art, Digital Art, Friends, Sufficiently-Advanced Lifestyle
Tom and Clayton collaborated on a set of beautiful images this year, and now Clayton has published a short interview with Tom on his site.
Tom discusses with Clayton his reaction to the finished work and the process they shared to create it; but also his route to generative art, it's history and his influences:
"Before mass access to computers, people used other hardware, tools, toys and rule-sets to make algorithmic and process-driven art – pendulums, spirographs, Indian rangolis, Celtic knots, mandalas and so on – and a lot of the methods people use in computer generated art were investigated by mathematicians by hand before computers were available, such as Fibonacci series and the Golden Ratio. Casey Reas has looked into Kinetic Sculpture in some depth, and that's something I keep intending to read up on. I'm sure that before computers were around the same things that people like about generative art were satisfied by fireworks, fountains, may poles, crop circles, wax lamps and oscilloscopes. Grid-based games such as Go and Othello are very reminiscent of the patterns created by certain types of Cellular Automata, too. The main advantage with using a computer is speed, such that there is now scope for using any of these systems over long periods of time and with minute variations."
Beautiful stuff – congratulations to both artists.
Tracks in the city
This is "Ghetto Superstar"
Originally uploaded by blackbeltjones.
This is Pras, ODB and Mya's "Ghetto Superstar": a visualisation from Jake Elliot's PopSketchSeries.
Artists statement:
"this is a series of drawings generated from pop songs. the songs are analyzed note-by-note. at each note, a line is drawn. the angle at which the line is drawn is determined by the pitch of the note and the length of the line is determined by the volume of the note. the result is a series of playful, doodle-like, linear drawings.
Imagine taking music visualisation, mixing in play and embodiment into the mobile realm – mobile music players allowing you to trace your tracks like a demented Logo Turtle through the city.
Joined-up listening – groups and groupies conga together through the streets propelled by a programmatic peer-2-peer pied piper.
Dance Dance Dance Situationist Revolution.
Vib Ribbon Reality…


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The exhibition will be set up in the Plato Chamber, Basement, GIS NTU Conference Center.
● Three panels divers measure 1MX2.5M, 1MX2.5M, and 3MX2.5M respectively. Please use removable tape to secure your poster or any decoration to keep panels reusable.
● One table measures 180 cm by 60 cm with table cloth.
One registration per booth sold US$1,500(or NT$45,000) includes the Opening Reception on Nov. 13 and conference dinner on Nov. 14.
For each additional staff charges US$350.00 for all daily catering with Opening Reception included. The conference dinner is optional extra of US$60.00.
The site can be accessed on Nov. 13 from 8:00AM. Set up should be completed by morning break around 10:20. Loading zone is provided at the front entrance of GIS. Car parking on NTU campus , map is attached. Discount fare stamp available on reception counter.
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Q: Converting ANT build for Java 8 non-modular project to Java 11 modular project with non-modular dependencies Trying to convert a Java 8 project to use modules in Java 11.
We created the module.info file in Eclipse and everything is compiling fine within Eclipse.  But we're having problems setting up the build which uses ANT (v 1.10.12).
Our code being compiled will be in a module, but it depends on non-modular jar files so it needs to create automatic modules for those jars from my understanding.
But the build keeps failing.
The module.info file looks something like the following where it requires externalclient which should be an automatic module created from non-module jar externalclient.jar
`module project.ourmod {
   exports com.projectname.client;

   requires externalclient;
}`

Our source code resides in
productpath/src/main/java
And the externalclient.jar resides in
projectpath/lib/main/java
The .classpath that Eclipse creates (and compiles just fine) looks like
<classpath>
    <classpathentry kind="src" path="src/main/java"/>
    <classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/main/java/externalclient.jar">
        <attributes>
            <attribute name="module" value="true"/>
        </attributes>
    </classpathentry>
    <classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
</classpath>

The ANT build target to compile uses javac which we tried to modify to handle building now as a module and looks like the following.
        <path id="classpath.junit">
            <pathelement location="projectpath/lib/main/java/externalclient.jar"/>
        </path>

        <echo>Compiling project client code ...</echo>
        <tpcr.javac
                ldestdir="projectpath/bin"
                srcdir="projectpath/src/main/java"
                modulepath="${classpath.junit}"
                listfiles="${compiler.verbose}"
                encoding="UTF-8"
                optimize="${compiler.optimize}"
                debug="${compiler.debug}"
                debuglevel="${compiler.debuglevel}">
            <include name="com/projectname/client/**"/>
            <compilerarg line="--add-modules externalclient"/>
        </tpcr.javac>

We tried using  but it wasn't finding the java files to compile.  Using srcdir it does see the files however when it tries to compile them we get the following error.
[echo] Compiling project client code ...

[tpcr.javac] Compiling 278 source files to projectpath/bin
[tpcr.javac] projectpath/src/main/java/module-info.java:28: error: module not found: externalclient
[tpcr.javac]    requires externalclient;
[tpcr.javac]             ^
[tpcr.javac] error: cannot access module-info
[tpcr.javac]   cannot resolve modules
[tpcr.javac] 1 errors

We thought that specifying the path holding the externaclient.jar file in  would handle making it an automatic module, but doesn't seem to be working.  Seems like we're still missing something.
NOTE:  Renamed the files and directories…so might be some typos…just trying to get the main setup across.

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Why All Is Lost: Ford Sells an F150 Every 35 Seconds
Promo image. Ford/ Big truck towing big boat in front of big house
The future we want: Big trucks, big houses and big boats.
The Ford F150 is the best selling vehicle in the USA. Ford isn't even going to bother selling cars anymore, it sells so many of these. According to Automotive News, Ford is on track to its best year ever, shattering a 14 year record.
The automaker sold more than 450,000 of its F-series line — one every 35 seconds — from January through June. That's 4.2 percent more than in the first half of 2004, when it set an annual record of 939,511.
Ford keeps jazzing up the pickups as well, making them more car-like. Analyst Rebecca Lindland explains that demand is drive by people "who don't necessarily use them for hauling and towing."
"More consumers see pickup trucks as a daily driver," she said. "With all the luxury content, people feel they can take their family out for a nice dinner in it and not be ashamed. It's not just a work truck anymore."
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The problem is that even with their lightweight aluminum bodies, these big pickups drink a lot of gasoline and depending on configuration, get between 16 and 21 miles per gallon. That is well below the fleet average of 25.2 MPG. Given how long these things last, that consumption and the CO2 output could be locked in for 15 years.
Meanwhile, Angie Schmitt of Streetsblog tweets:
I am not so sure it's because how much Americans drive; Canadians pay more for gas and have lower average incomes, and live at low densities, yet spend a lower percentage of annual income on gas. It has to be more of what Americans drive -- bigger, fancier, thirstier SUVs and pickups. And they just get bigger and fancier:
The even-more profitable Super Duty was redesigned for the 2017 model year. Last year, Ford introduced an F-450 that tops the $100,000 price threshold. It appears consumers are willing to pay for more upscale trucks; through June, the top two trims represented about half of this year's Super Duty retail sales, Ford said.
I could not find official MPG ratings for the F-450 but Fuelly.com's "real world" rating came out at 10.4 MPG.
So even if the government stuck to the CAFE standards set by the Obama administration, which are going out the tailpipe, we are still baking in this massive amount of fuel consumption and CO2 emissions for the life of these cars. We would still be fracking and drilling our brains out for decades to come just to feed them.
It's why I sigh when I read posts like Sami's Electric vehicles alone could cause peak oil demand within decade; it's a fantasy. Ford sold 4 times as many F-150s as all the electric cars sold in the USA and Chevy sold almost as many.
Sami Grover/CC BY 2.0
I suppose a virtue of these pickups is that they will be very useful moving the sandbags needed to deal with rising waters, or the firefighting equipment out west, or for packing up the family the coming great migration back north. They are not totally useless.
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Gravitas Acquires R2 Group
about 2 months ago by Gravitas Recruitment
Gravitas have today announced another major milestone in our growth strategy with the acquisition of R2 Group, a Rotterdam based recruitment company. The R2 Group, founded 5 years ago, provides specialist Technology permanent and contract recruitment services across The Netherlands and has a turnover of €8 million.
In September 2022, we announced the appointment of a Chief Revenue Officer, Kurt Schreurs, and our expansion into Germany with the opening of a new office in Munich under Guido Sieber. This latest strategic acquisition into The Netherlands further strengthens our European presence and is a key part of our expansion plans, bringing our global footprint to 8 offices across 5 countries.
Adding R2 Group to our portfolio also strengthens the Gravitas leadership team with the addition of Rick van Eeden, R2 GroupFounder, and Managing Partners, Jurriaan van Leeuwen and Mark Priems, to the senior team.
Jonathan Ellerbeck, Gravitas Group Co-Founder and CEO said, on behalf of the Gravitas Group Board, "Following on from our appointment of Kurt Schreurs to drive expansion and the opening of our Munich office, we have been searching for strategic acquisitions to help drive our significant growth plans - finding businesses that align with our business model and our purpose and values is paramount. We are therefore thrilled to welcome everyone in the R2 Group to the Gravitas Group We believe that Rick, Jurriaan, Mark and the team will bring invaluable experience, strength of proven management, and a unique knowledge of The Netherlands Technology recruitment market, further deepening our international presence and helping fulfil our purpose to create solutions to empower our clients and candidates' ambitions, across more countries".
Rick van Eeden, Founder of R2 Group commented, "I am delighted that R2 Group has been given the opportunity to become part of theGravitas Group and to be representing the group in The Netherlands. It's such a key period in R2 Groups' history and it's very exciting that we will be part of the incredible journey Gravitas Group are on. Sharing our knowledge and resources will ultimately make us both stronger. The infrastructure, support and reputation that comes with being part of an organisation such as the Gravitas Group, will provide R2 Group with solid foundations, enabling us to grow more quickly and continue to deliver best in-class Technology recruitment solutions to our customers."
Gravitas Open New Office in Germany
Jonathan Ellerbeck Announcement: Gravitas Acquisition of R2 Group
Q&A with Kurt Schreurs, Gravitas Chief Revenue Officer
Kurt Schreurs, Appointed as Chief Revenue Officer at Gravitas Recruitment Group


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A concertina-fold photo book is a long accordion-like sheet folded into 6 sections that are equally big. On each side, there is space for printing six pictures; counting both sides it adds up to twelve photos for displaying your fondest memories. The concertina photo book - also called Leporello or accordian photo book - has a small and manageable size that fits in pockets, bags and jackets. A protective coating makes the paper structure more resistant and diminishes the effects of moisture, dust and light exposure.
Apart from being an elegant and highly artistic idea, a concertina fold photo book is a lot lighter than a classical photobook and takes up less space. Most importantly, it can be ordered at an inexpensive price of £4.99 (really cheap!).
Due to their casual look, concertina books are often used to make personalised travel gifts and souvenirs. With twelve small yet stunning pictures, you can illustrate the story of your last holidays and share them easily with anyone. Once you take it out of your wallet, fold it out and the photos will be displayed.
Even if you can normally view pictures on your own smartphone , we miss an important part of the experience of touching the pictures, picking them up, holding them in our hands and admiring them in a different light.
On a more practical basis, concertina-fold photo books make small but usefuk books of instructions, address books, calendars, maps, song books and poem books.
To make a concertina book you will just need twelve pictures and a few minutes to arrange them with myphotobook's design tool. Thanks to the small size of this Leporello-style photobook, you will rarely have resolution issues (which means you can also use photos from social profiles). Generally speaking, you will need a minimum resolution of 1217 x 266 pixels, but the best results are obtained with 4866 x 1063 pixels. To print the concertina photo book, we use high-quality paper sheets for digital inkjet printing.
The basic structure of the photobook is very simple. Therefore, once all pictures have been uploaded to myphotobook's online platform, you assign each of them to an area of the book template. At this point, you can experiment with different backgrounds, cliparts and frames or add descriptions and inspirational quotes. Finally, check the final result in preview mode and add your order to the shopping basket. Complete the process with your billing details, delivery address and payment method. Remember that it is possible to access the design tool from any smartphone, laptop or tablet. There are two available versions of the software: one online and a free download offline version. In the latter, you can save the projects directly on your computer. With the online design tool, it will be necessary to register on the website and create a personal session if you want to save your work.
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Christmas decoration donations
We are so thankful for the generous donations of some local shops and businesses to enable a little bit of magic and sparkle to brighten up our school this Christmas. Morrison's, B and M and Broomvale Farm Shop kindly donated lights, decorations and an extra tree for us to decorate both the upstairs and downstairs halls so all children, regardless as to which bubble they were in were able to get into the festive spirit!
Members of the School Council wrote some special thank you letters to these companies to show our appreciation.
Ranelagh likes to get involved in raising money for good causes and one of our favourites is Children in Need! School council agreed that all children would make a donation to come to school on Friday 13th November dressed in either bright colours or spots! The School Council and Junior Road Safety team thought it would be a good idea to join together and think about road safety and keeping safe as the nights draw in. As well as dressing up each class had their own 'Design an outfit for Pudsey' to help keep him safe in the dark. This added some more excitement to the day and gave people a further opportunity to be creative. The winners were chosen by school council and announced in year group assemblies the following week. At the last count we raised a fantastic £216.96 for the charity!
This year for Remembrance day all of the school council members were involved in selling Poppies and other merchandise to support the Royal British Legions Poppy appeal. This was a huge success, so much so we had to ask for more bits to be delivered as we ran out of stock! Although we are yet to have the official figures of the amount we raised in school it was well over £350 at the last count! What an amazing effort from all our children and families for such a worthwhile cause.
Speaking with Mrs Clarke:
Mrs Clarke wanted the school council to help with applying for some funding for outside learning.
Lots of children agreed that having a shed in the woodland area would be a good idea and that the children could take responsibility for it. They would also like more things to plant and look after and maybe have a vegetable patch. An outside reading area was suggested for people to relax and have space to be calm.
Some of the comments the school council put forward in support of outdoor learning -
"Outside is more calm, prettier and relaxed, learning out there is so much better for you"
"You get to see so much more of nature and more animals outside, it's much more interesting"
"Outside we are learning so much and we are getting more oxygen."
"Growing our own vegetables in making us more independent"
"I think that it is important for us to spend more time outside, especially when we get to year 5 and 6. We spend so much time in the classroom learning, maybe we could have 1 afternoon a week where we can go and explore and work in the woodland more".
(other comments made have been video recorded)
Each academic year at Ranelagh starts with a very important job...electing the school council! There is one representative from each class, apart from Year 5/6 where there is a representative from each year group per class. Voting for our school council members creates a fantastic opportunity for our pupils to learn about democracy.
This year we have had to rethink how the meetings are held due to the restrictions we face of not mixing class bubbles and how often we can meet. We are trying to meet as often as we possibly can to share ideas and support our school.
Meetings take place with School council members and Miss Felgate. The meeting is run according to an agenda and minutes are taken so we can refer back to what has been discussed. Also, weekly meetings enable issues to be discussed as they arise.
The successful candidates must have the following attributes: reliability, fairness, honesty, enthusiasm approachable and must be committed in their role of improving our school.
Tigers class ran a campaign to choose their school council representatives.
Candidates made a poster and gave a speech to explain why they would be a good SC rep.
The class then voted for who they thought would be the 2 best candidates for the job!
Meeting are held in year group bubbles and outside where possible.
Example of School Council Agenda/Minutes
Agenda.docx
Beach Lawn Residential Home wrote to Ranelagh to ask if our school would like to make a link with them. When school council heard they jumped at the chance! They started by writing letters telling the residents about themselves. What their favorites lessons were, what games they liked to play and what school was like for them. The residents were overjoyed to receive hand written letters from the children and all took the time to reply individually.
Following on from this all school council went to visit the residents, playing games together and sharing stories about their lives and adventures. Come and take a look at our display opposite the school office to see some if the things we got up to!


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Search the UMass ALS Cellucci Fund site
Giving at UMass Chan
UMass ALS Cellucci Fund
at UMass Chan Medical School
Governor Cellucci
Dr. Brown vs ALS
Boston Marathon Team
Riccios intensify support for ALS, neuroscience research at UMass Chan
Couple pledges $2 million to support UMass ALS Cellucci Fund and establish the Riccio Fund for Neuroscience Research
Grateful UMass Medical School alumna Diane M. (Casey) Riccio, PhD'03, and her husband Dan Riccio, of Los Gatos, Calif., have pledged to donate $2 million to UMMS to advance ALS and neuroscience research. The gift comes four years after the couple made a $1 million gift to the UMass ALS Cellucci Fund, which was then the single largest alumni donation in the history of the Medical School.
Half of the Riccios' new gift will again support the UMass ALS Cellucci Fund, created by the late Massachusetts Gov. Paul Cellucci in 2011 to accelerate cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research led by Robert H. Brown Jr., DPhil, MD, the Leo P. and Theresa M. LaChance Chair in Medical Research and chair and professor of neurology.
The other half of the gift will establish the Riccio Fund for Neuroscience, which will support investigation, collaboration and innovation in the neurosciences throughout the institution, as well as with partners outside the Medical School. This fund is designed to broaden our understanding of the brain in ways that might open new pathways to treat a range of neurodegenerative disorders.
"Having spent time talking with the impressive neuroscience faculty leaders at UMass Medical School, their passion is palpable, the level of collaboration is remarkable and the progress they are making each and every day holds great hope for those suffering from neurological disorders," said Diane Riccio. "Through this gift we want to ensure that they have additional resources to pursue promising scientific theories."
"Diane and Dan Riccio truly understand the impact that philanthropy can have in advancing research that will improve the quality of life for people with ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases," said Chancellor Michael F. Collins. "All of us at UMass Medical School consider the Riccios' remarkable gift to be a strong vote of confidence in our faculty, research team and institution. It is a privilege to have their heartfelt and enthusiastic support."
While the Riccios did not know Gov. Cellucci, they said they always knew they wanted to give back to the university from which they both graduated, and that they were moved by the dedication and commitment of the Cellucci family and the promise of the world-class research team at UMMS in their quest for an effective treatment for ALS.
"We are delighted to support the UMass ALS Cellucci Fund and the cutting-edge work of Dr. Brown," Dan Riccio said. "It is especially encouraging to us that any ALS-related discoveries will almost certainly yield advances in the understanding and treatment of other neurodegenerative diseases, including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. This is one of many reasons we support the uniquely collaborative physician scientists at UMass Medical School."
The UMass ALS Cellucci Fund supports Dr. Brown's work to identify new genetic targets and develop novel gene therapies. Brown, who was Gov. Cellucci's personal physician, is one of the world's leading ALS researchers.
"Inch by inch, immense progress is being made in the search for effective treatments for ALS and other neurological conditions," said Dr. Brown, adding that he "is confident that the combination of smart minds and cutting-edge techniques will lead us to find treatment for ALS, such as methods to turn off genes that we know cause this disease."
Since its inception the UMass ALS Cellucci Fund has strived to give scientists the resources they need to move ahead with the boldest research ideas in interdisciplinary labs under the direction of Dr. Brown.
"My family and I couldn't be more grateful to the Riccios for their philanthropic investment," said Jan Cellucci, who recalled that her late husband appreciated that great victories are always the result of a team effort. "The Riccios' generous support honors the passion and commitment of the UMass Medical School ALS research team in their most serious of pursuits, which aligns beautifully with what Paul accomplished during his long career in public service."
As a student in the UMMS Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Diane Riccio studied cell motility in the laboratory of George B. Witman, PhD, the George F. Booth Chair in the Basic Sciences and professor of radiology. She serves as medical scientific champion at the Alzheimer's Association of Northern California and Northern Nevada.
Dan Riccio earned his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering at UMass Amherst. He is senior vice president of hardware engineering at Apple, Inc.
The UMass ALS Cellucci Fund was designed to offer researchers funding for novel, innovative ideas that might otherwise take years to attract funding from traditional sources. To date it has raised nearly $5 million in gifts and pledges.
UMass Chan Medical School Office of Advancement • 333 South Street, Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Questions or Comments? E-mail: giving@umassmed.edu Phone: 508-856-5520


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Department of Political and Social Sciences/
BSSE Working Paper Series
The Greeks, the Germans, and the Crisis (GGCRISI)
Together with Prof. Dr. Maria Kousis, University of Crete, Department of Sociology
Duration: 2014 - 2015
Funding: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
Project researchers: Franziska Scholl, Moritz Sommer
www.ggcrisi.org
The project aims to fill a gap in the literature by offering a systematic analysis of the political discussions around the Eurozone-crisis, as reflected by the Greek, German and transnational media, from October 2009 to September 2013. Applying a discursive actor attribution analysis that combines political discourse analysis, claim analysis and protest event analysis, it offers a mapping of the public debates on the economic crisis in the eurozone, their causes, consequences, adequate measures, and the role of involved actors.
A detailed knowledge of the claims making allows a deeper understanding of: which policy measures, supported by whom with relation to which arguments, could gain acceptance by which reference group. The findings relate to the debate on a Europeanization and transnationalization of the public sphere and an understanding of the Europeanization and transnationalization of contention. An additional second project phase focuses on semi-structured interviews with journalists and claim makers who appeared as core actors in the undertaken political claims analysis.
Volunteering, potential for volunteering and the potential for volunteering in unions among adolescents in the former East German States
Funding: Otto-Brenner-Stiftung
Since volunteering usually initiates in people's youth, a particular importance is attached to adolescents and their role within the context of a volunteering culture in the realm of civil society. Research on civil society participation has shown in multiple cases that the levels of volunteering in the East of Germany are considerably lower than in its western counterpart. Focusing on adolescents in eastern Germany the research project concentrates on a group that is particularly important for the research on volunteering. The research project uses existing data from standardized surveys to analyze in detail the scope and types of, as well as explanations for volunteering among East German adolescents. Existing studies such as the "Freiwilligensurvey" (Survey of volunteers), the study "Aufwachsen in Deutschland" (AID:A, Growing up in Germany) and the "Shell-Jugendstudie" (study on youth commissioned by Shell) are valuable and so far under-researched sources of information when taken together. In a first step, the here presented research project describes existing levels of volunteering among East German adolescents in a detailed manner. In a second step, large multivariate methods help to develop a typology of the different types that further serves as the basis for differentiated models of explanation for volunteering. Missing data in one sample can at least in parts be compensated through information of one of the other samples. In a last step the volunteering-type based explanation models help to conduct differentiated analyses of the volunteering potential. In each of these steps a special focus lies on volunteering in unions.
Expectations and opinions concerning the grid development plan among the people involved
In Germany there exist plans for a large extension and reconstruction of the existing grid. These plans include participatory procedures designed to give a voice to the people affected. Consultations are held to discuss preliminary plans for future energy markets and the necessary grid infrastructure. The process is particularly interesting because it potentially includes almost the entire population and because of the high level of public interest during the first steps of the process.
The project looks at heavily affected people and their perspective on the consultation procedures. Therefore we conduct standardized surveys among participants of discussion meetings about the grid development plan 2012. We ask for expectations of the consultation procedure and opinions about the future process as well as about the other parties involved. Additionally we conduct guided interviews with the different players.
Young researchers network: "New Perspectives on Social Movements and Protest"
Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
The young researchers network "New Perspectives on Social Movements and Protest" brings together 14 young academics working in the field of social movement studies and protest research. Next to continuous exchange about current topics in the field, the network seeks to push research in three central areas:
The network aims at starting a new discussion about interlinkages between the broad perspectives of social theories and research on social movements that can turn out to be fruitful for both fields at the same time.
We want to take up social sciences' Cultural Turn and apply it in the field of movement and protest studies.
Within the social sciences there is a long tradition to claim a constitutive relationship between the social structures and social movements / protest. However, in recent research this perspective has been neglected; Consequently, the network wants to revitalize the tradition by systematically discussing the relationship between the social structures and social movements / protest
Transnationalisation across Borders in Europe
Habilitation project
The process of European integration is supposed to lead to a single European social space. To which extent has the juridical dissolution of national borders, as promoted by the EU, affected the lifeworld activity of people living close to national borders? And are cross border activities only dependent on personal advantages or is a value consensus also influential, as the Parsonian tradition proposed? These research questions are analysed in a two-step design. Firstly, Eurobarometer data in connection with macro data are used for multilevel analysis. Additionally, the study is based on a standardised mail survey in three German cities situated close to national borders. Beyond interest in the neighbouring country, several activities are examined such as shopping, friendships and jobs.
The European Union and Attribution of Responsibility in Mass Media
Project coordinator: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gerhards
Duration: 04.2004 - 10.2006
Project researchers: Dr. Anke Offerhaus
The project analyses to what extent and under which circumstances responsibility for political action is publicly attributed to the European Union. As the public sphere is dominated by national media and national actors, we expect that the EU is the perfect scapegoat. EU representatives are by and large ignored by national media, thus they are unable to respond to national attribution processes by presenting their own perspective. Based on quantitative content analysis of newspapers these hypotheses are examined over time (1995 to 2004) and in comparison between the press the in United Kingdom and Germany.
Effects of Environmental Protest in the Federal Republic of Germany
Project coordinator: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jochen Roose
Funding: Fritz Thyssen-Stiftung
Project researchers: Manuela Beer (11.2003-04.2004), Patricia Deuser and Hanna Schlingmann.
What are the effects of environmental protest in Germany? Protest event analysis, i.e. the analysis of environmental protests as they are reported in daily newspapers over the years, offers data on protest activity by the movement over long time-spans. The project uses data from the PRODAT-project by the Social Science Research Centre Berlin for 1970 to 1994 and the German data set of the TEA-project (Transformation of Environmental Activism) for 1988 to 2000. For the whole period covered, time series are collected on dimensions which might be affected by environmental protest, such as media attention to environmental issues, attitudes towards environmental protection, action of political and economic elites, environmental behaviour, and the environmental situation. If protest has an effect on these dimensions the effects should become visible in the aggregate as well as particular circumstances in each single conflict constellation.
Fans and Fandom
Project coordinators/project researchers: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jochen Roose and Jun.-Prof. Dr. Mike S. Schäfer
In some phase of their lives, most people adore a musician or become supporter of a football club. Others favour special books, cars, etc. The project describes, what fans do and how they become fans of their respective objects. Additionally, more specific theoretical questions are explored. Is the social structure of fans, understood as a specific participatory audience, comparable to people who participate politically? Is there a particular elite among fans, who accumulate fan-specific social and cultural capital, and is this elite socio-structurally comparable to the elite in general society? Is there an effect of transnational fan activity on the transnationality of other life spheres? With a standardised internet survey these questions are explored.
Europeanisation of National Environmental Organizations in Germany and the United Kingdom
Dissertation project
As political competencies on environmental policy shifted from the national to the European level, national environmental organisations have had to realign their strategies. The project analyses to which extent the organisations direct their political activities towards the European level. The project is based on semi-structured interviews with representatives of environmental NGOs in Germany and the United Kingdom. Results show, that the Germans are much more hesitant to address the European institutions while the British NGOs work on the European level to a great extent. Resasons can be found in the inner logic of the organisations. The traditional lobbying approach in Britain is well compatible with the situation in Brussels while the grassroots tradition of German NGOs cannot be transferred to the European level. The organisations' members favour not only political goals but also means of achieving them. Thereby they hinder the NGOs from fundamentally changing their strategies.
Roose, Jochen, 2003: Die Europäisierung von Umweltorganisationen. Die Umweltbewegung auf dem langen Weg nach Brüssel. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag (jetzt VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften).
25 Years Öko-Institut (Institute for Applied Ecology)
Funding: Öko-Institut
Download pdf-file here (ca. 1MB).
Marginal Employment in Berlin-Brandenburg
Funding: Hans Böckler-Stiftung, Dr. Irmtraud Schlosser
Transformation of Environmental Activism
Project coordinator: Christopher Rootes, University of Kent at Canterbury
Project researchers: : Prof. Dr. Dieter Rucht, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin
Funding: Forschungsförderung der Europäischen Union
Project site: here
Master of Arts "Sociology – European Societies"
Master's Program "Sociology – European Societies"


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Home > Newsroom > Top Stories > Moody's assigns (P)B3 rating to MHP's proposed notes
Moody's assigns (P)B3 rating to MHP's proposed notes
MOSCOW. April 12 (Interfax) - Moody's Investors Service on Monday assigned a (P)B3 rating to the proposed USD-denominated Notes due 2015 to be issued by MHP S.A. (MHP), in line with the corporate family rating of MHP, the agency said in a statement.
The statement said: "The amount is subject to the prevailing market conditions during the placement. The outlook is stable. The proposed Notes are being issued to refinance MHP's existing debt (a part of these Notes is expected to be exchanged for the company's existing 10.25% USD250 million Notes due 2011) and also to fund the company's investments.
The statement said: "The proposed Notes are guaranteed by certain of MHP's Ukrainian operating subsidiaries which are expected to represent the large majority of the company's assets and EBITDA. Moody's has assigned a provisional (P)B3 for these Notes and a provisional LGD assessment of LGD4, based on the assumption that the notes will rank pari passu with other senior unsecured debt of MHP, in particular with the company's existing Notes due 2011.
The statement said: "The provisional rating also factors in Moody's expectation that, in the process of the transaction implementation and following its completion, the company would ensure reasonable headroom under its covenants both under its Notes indenture and bank agreements. In line with the loss-given-default methodology, the ratings and LGD assessment will be finalized upon receipt of final bond documentation, and the confirmation of the issue amount and the final capital structure following the exchange for existing Notes.
The statement said: "The proposed Notes are subject to various restrictions and financial covenants, including limitations on incurrence of indebtedness, limitations on creation and incurrence of certain liens, limitation on certain mergers, asset sales and certain payments. Moody's last rating action on MHP S.A. was implemented on 10 December 2008, when Moody's assigned a B3 corporate family rating (CFR) to MHP S.A., the ultimate holding company for the MHP group, and withdrew the B2 CFR of OJSC Myronivsky Hliboproduct, the key Ukrainian operating company of the group.
The statement said: "At the same time, Moody's downgraded the rating of MHP S.A.'s senior unsecured notes, totaling USD250 million and due 2011, to B3 from B2. Moody's assigned a Baa2.ua national scale rating (NSR) to MHP S.A. and withdrew the A2.ua national scale rating of OJSC Myronivsky Hliboproduct."


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Home / Technology / Santa Monica Studio confirms that the last god of war mystery was found
Santa Monica Studio confirms that the last god of war mystery was found
July 28, 2018 Technology 7 Views
God Of War has been a big hit since the launch, because it was full of content that everyone would ever want in a God Of War game, thanks to Cory Barlog. The game was completed shortly and many hidden secrets were found, but there was one more that was recently found and has officially confirmed Santa Monica Studio.
The last easter egg was found in Kratos' house, which everyone thought was the one thing about which Cory Barlog and his team discussed, although there was no confirmation whether this was the last one or not.
Four runes were found in four different corners of Kratos' house, which spelled "Loki", which is the true identity of Atreus, as given by his mother, and this mystery is also revealed at the end of the game.
Everyone was on a wild hunt recently to find out the last secret, but eventually Santa Monica took it on Twitter to confirm this latest discovery was the last secret in the game that gave any God Of War fan peace.
6 You've discovered our first #GodofWar Easter Eggs, now 2 years and many secrets that were revealed later, you've found out The Last. We bow to the #GodofWar Sub-Reddit & Discord Secret Forums. Spoilers:
+ https://t.co/J1eeQBZH2m
+ https://t.co/s6btv7hWYA #FayeKnew pic.twitter.com/CYYKIUMMqx
– Santa Monica Studio (@SonySantaMonica) July 27, 2018
The recognition for this discovery goes to the fans of r / GodofWarSecrets subreddit, who have discovered the ultimate secret. Cory Barlog revealed during the San Diego Comic-Con that there is still one who hunted every God Of War fan to uncover it.
Some were disappointed with the secret because they considered it more complex or revealed But that was not it, even though one of the Subredditch's modders addressed this and thanked Cory Barlog and Santa Monica for "bringing everyone together and inspiring them Teaching and learning far beyond the scope of most video games ".
God Of War will go down in history as one of the best games of all time and we will soon get another part of the series, as suggested by Santa Monica Studios.
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Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Gay Cowboys!
(Willie Nelson sings that all cowboys are secretly homosexual)
By David J. Stewart | November 2007 | Updated July 2014
This is just sick! I don't know about cowboys Willie, but I certainly wouldn't want my children to grow up to be like you. Here are the full lyrics to Willie Nelson's song, "Cowboys Are Secretly, Frequently Fond of each Other" ...
There's many a strange impulse out on the plains of West Texas; There's many a young boy who feels things he don't comprehend. Well small town don't like it when somebody falls between sexes, No, small town don't like it when a cowboy has feelings for men.
Well I believe in my soul that inside every man there's a feminine, And inside every lady there's a deep manly voice loud and clear. Well, a cowboy may brag about things that he does with his women, But the ones who brag loudest are the ones that are most likely queer. Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other, What did you think those saddles and boots was about?
There's many a cowboy who don't understand the way that he feels towards his brother, Inside every cowboy there's a lady who'd love to slip out. Ten men for each woman was the rule way back when on the prairie, And somehow those cowboys must have kept themselves warm late at night. Cowboys are famous for getting riled up about fairies, But I'll tell you the reason a big strong man gets so uptight:
Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other, That's why they wear leather, and Levi's and belts buckled tight. There's many a cowboy who don't understand the way that he feels towards his brother; There's many a cowboy who's more like a lady at night.
Well there's always somebody who says what the others just whisper, And mostly that someone's the first one to get shot down dead: When you talk to a cowboy don't treat him like he was a sister Don't mess with the lady that's sleepin' in each cowboy's head.
Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other, Even though they take speed and drive pickups and shoot their big guns; There's many a cowboy who don't understand the way that he feels towards his brother; There's many a cowboy who keeps quiet about things he's done.
SOURCE: Full Lyrics of Willie Nelson's pro-homosexual song titled, "Cowboys Are Secretly, Frequently Fond of each Other"
I think Willie's been smoking a little too much weed lately. Nelson sings, "Well I believe in my soul that inside every man there's a feminine, And inside every lady there's a deep manly voice loud and clear?" Ok Willie, whatever you say.
Willie Nelson also has an album titled "GOSPEL FAVORITES," in which he sings, "Family Bible," and "Kneel At The Feet Of Jesus." How hypocritical that Mr. Nelson would promote acceptance of homosexuality through his music, while also singing about Jesus. Nelson's music has also been featured in the vile homosexual TV series, "Brokeback Mountain." This is just sickening! Willie Nelson has sold out to the Devil, just like so many others in the entertainment business have done, like Johnny Cash. To embrace the Homosexual Agenda is to embrace Satan's cause.
As a Christian, I do not go around condemning people, but I do take an uncompromisingly stand against those who are trying to teach our children that homosexuality is an acceptable manner of living. It's not! The statistics concerning homosexuality are frightening. Is Willie Nelson going to promote NAMBLA as well? Do cowboys also have secret sexual urges towards little boys? The Bible vehemently condemns homosexuality as "vile affections" in Romans 1:24-32. Who is on the Lord's side? (Exodus 32:26).
We are today experiencing the homosexualization of America. The public is unknowingly exposed to homosexual entertainers, who win their hearts over time, and then when they have millions of fans, only then they come out-of-the-closet or embrace the Gay Agenda. I have no doubt that Willie Nelson, and others, were asked by industry bosses to lead the way in gaining public acceptance for homosexuality. I just can't believe that Willie Nelson would accept two men sodomizing each other in the name of "love." It's not love, it's vile filthy sin. It's beyond disgusting. What happened to you Willie? This is all part of the Communist moral subversion of America. Have you ever really thought about how filthy, demeaning and disgusting is for two grown hairy men to be sodomizing each other's anus? That's what homosexual do! And the government is entrusting little children to these sick perverts through adoption!
The Bible CONDEMNS Homosexuality!
God created Adam and Eve, NOT Adam and Steve!
The Bible makes no apologies. Homosexuality is called "Sodomy" in the Bible, and it is wickedness in the sight of God...
"And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly... Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them." —Romans 1:27,32
I do NOT judge anyone, but the Bible will be every man's judge...
"He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day." —John 12:48
Every Christian believer should stand with uncompromising PROTEST against homosexuality. It is unimaginable that a day would come in America when a homosexuality agenda would be FORCED upon children in our public schools. We MUST protest against such evils in our society. The word "protest" means...
PROTEST: The act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval
Ephesians 5:11 commands all believers to REFUTE all works of darkness. Psalms 97:10 commands every believer to hate evil. 1st Peter 2:11 commands all Christian believers to abstain from fleshly lusts, which do war against our soul.
Sadly, America has been DESENSITIZED by the godless programming on TV (what I have appropriately renamed the "Hellivision"). After thousands-upon-thousands of hours of watching repeated violence, sexual sins, and godless filth... America has lost our moral backbone. The United States today makes Sodom and Gomorrah look like NICE places to live. God will NEVER accept homosexuality. God was pleased when king Asa drove the Sodomites out of the land...
"And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made." —1st Kings 15:11,12
DON'T BE FOOLED! Homosexuality is NOT the innocent loving relationships that we're all being led to believe. Homosexuality is LUST, not LOVE. There is a very DARK SIDE to the homosexual society. Much homosexual literature contains pedophile themes, which is the progressive next step in sexual degeneracy. The Statistics are Frightening!
One of the most popular songs that Willie Nelson sings is "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys," but it's ok says Willie if they're GAY COWBOYS! Would these cowboys by chance be from San Francisco Willie? Please mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be gay cowboys!
THE HOMOSEXUAL MOVEMENT AND PEDOPHILIA
Unholy Matrimony (God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve; U.S. has abandoned God)
How Permanent Is Your Salvation?
(an excellent MP3 sermon by Pastor Hank Lindstrom, 1940-2008)
Mark 1:15: "...repent ye, and believe the gospel."
"The mark of the child of God is that he loves everybody!"
(a quote from Pastor Jack Hyles' classic MP3 sermon, "FORGIVENESS")
Mark 11:22, "And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God."
"There is power in this Gospel message. Most people just don't know how to
present it... The clarity of the Gospel is what makes it easy for them to believe."
—Pastor Yankee Arnold, a precious quote from the excellent MP3 sermon titled, "WHY GRACE CAN SAVE THE WORST MAN!"
"And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life" (John 5:40)
Notice that Jesus said "ye will not come," not ye cannot come.
Jesus came to SAVE SINNERS! | They "Knew Not Until the Flood Came"
This is NOT a Hate Site!
Romans 1:26-27 and 32, "For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. ...Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them."
Ephesians 4:15, "...speaking the truth in love..."
How 2 Go 2 Heaven
"Ye that love the LORD, hate evil..." —Psalm 97:10
Why are the churches silent? | Teaching Kids Gay Sex
Homosexuality is a Sin! | Changing God's Truth Into A Lie
Homosexuality Agenda Exposed | Homosexuality and Pedophilia
SPEECHLESS: SILENCING THE CHRISTIANS!
(a disturbing 7 part YouTube video series exposing the planned Sodomite attack against society)
"Homosexuality 101: A Primer" (Provides a brief history of the homosexual movement in the U.S. and its roots in Marxist ideology. This paper describes how homosexuals terrorized the psychiatric community and have created a marketing strategy to vilify their opponents.)
Homosexuals Recruit Public School Children
Homosexual Behavior Fuels AIDS and STD Epidemic
A Gender Identity Goes Mainstream
Homosexual Propaganda Campaign Based on Hitler's "Big Lie" Technique
Homosexual Sex = Death from HIV Infection
Traditional Values Coalition Exposes Homosexual Agenda
Why does the "mainstream press" condemn the Catholic Church for allowing predatory homosexuals to destroy the lives of boys, while simultaneously condemning the Boy Scouts of America for not allowing precisely the same thing in their organization? -SOURCE
Homosexuality Is A Filthy Sin!
The Communist Agendas Of Gay Rights And Evolution
The Communist Subversion of America's Kids!
That's just sick! Have they no shame at GLSEN? Can you imagine, trying to teach Ronald that it's ok to stick something in Timmy's backside? ...or that it's ok for a boy to become a girl? What has American society deteriorated to? It is tragic. Any honest child knows that God created Adam and Eve; not Adam and Steve. GLSEN are a bunch of sickos!
Listen to what Joseph Stalin, a brutal mass-murdering Communist, said:
"Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed." —SOURCE: Communist dictator, Joseph Stalin (1934)
The only sure way to protect your child is to either homeschool your child or enroll them into a private school which doesn't homosexualize children. At a minimum, continually teach your kids the truth, i.e., that homosexuality is a sin that brings the wrath and judgment of God (Romans 1:32).
"Freedom is the right to BE wrong, not the right to DO wrong."
"Liberty is the freedom to make our own choices; Freedom is a reward for making the right choices."
"Those who will not be controlled by God will be ruled by tyrants."
"He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth
the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD." —Proverb 17:15
2,600 Victims of Catholic Priests So Far!
Bishop Kurt Krenn is at the epicenter of the Sankt Poelten scandal
Don't Let Your Child Become The NEXT VICTIM Of A Catholic Priest!!!
"Three hundred abusers and over 1,000 victims, documented in 1,400 pages with stories no less harrowing than the one above. These are just the latest figures in a decades-long crisis, whose full extent may never be known. What has made these stories possible — and what has prevented them, in many cases, from being told until now — is a much wider story of an institution that has, over decades, repeatedly chosen secrecy and bureaucracy over transparency and accountability. It is the story of an institution that has not only failed to protect children from abusers, but has systematically allowed that abuse to continue, often with impunity, and has contributed to the victims' suffering by repeatedly failing to contend with and take responsibility for its history."
SOURCE: https://www.vox.com/2018/9/4/17767744/catholic-child-clerical-sex-abuse-priest-pope-francis-crisis-explained
What you WON'T hear from the ungodly newsmedia is THE TRUTH why so many priests have become homosexuals. The Holy Bible plainly warns in 1st Timothy 4:1-3 that "FALSE PROPHETS" would come "Forbidding to marry"! What group forbids their priests from getting married? That's right, Catholics! No wonder their priests are turning into sodomites, just like people often do in ungodly prisons; God never instituted prisons! You don't lock a human being in a cage! The entire basis of Roman Catholic is a fraud, both doctrinally and in every other way. It is a false church!!! ~by David J. Stewart
"Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness,
to work all uncleanness with greediness." —Ephesians 4:19
What HAPPENS in Vegas, is RECORDED in Heaven!!!
God Will Forgive Anybody
"Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him?
When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD..." —Malachi 2:17
Homosexuality is a sin! Don't upset God by saying it's not!
God is Angry!
"...God is angry with the wicked every day." —Psalm 7:11
Gay Marriage is a Sin!
God Loves People (All people!)
Sodomy (Audio sermon by Pastor Jeff Owens)
NAMBLA Exposed! | Hope for Homosexuals
Myths About Homosexuality
The Homosexual Lifestyle is No White Picket Fence
Protest Gay Day! | Reclaiming the Rainbow
Homosexual Child Molesters! | Homosexuality and Pedophilia
Homosexuality and Child Sexual Abuse
Socrates was a Pederast Homosexual | Sodomite Ministers | "Pink Angels"
The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) EXPOSED!
4-year old killed for refusing to call his mother's lesbian lover "daddy"
MILITANT MOB OF HOMOSEXUALS TARGET REPENT AMERICA
Homosexuality and Same Sex Marriage
George Michael Urges Gays to Take Religion Seriously
Swedish Pastor Sentenced to Prison for Preaching Against Sodomy
PHILLIES LOSE; REPENT AMERICA WINS
Homosexuality is Against Nature's Order
PERVERT ALERT! - Pedophile Priests and the Boy Scouts
Homosexuality a Factor in Sex Abuse by Catholic Priests
Homosexuals and the Pedophile Connection
The Homosexualization of America
Homosexuality and Child Molesting
Pedophile Priests (homosexuals)
Homosexuals Target Children
Lies About Homosexuality
NAMBLA EXPOSED!
Pedophilia and Homosexuals
Why Can't My Daddies Marry?
George Bush Cheers Gay Church!
High Court to Give 'Gays' Their Own 'Roe'?
Homosexual Agenda in Our Public Schools
Frightening Gay Statistics | Violence and Homosexuality
Education secretary blasts PBS for cartoon with gay characters
Homosexuality and Psychiatry
Gay Pride? | Gay Tolerance? | Was King James a Homosexual?
For Giving A Kiss Of Brotherly Love, As The Bible Teaches, King James I Was Called A Queer!
*While homosexuals claim they make up 10% of the population, the reality is closer to 1-2%!
Homosexuality 101: A Primer (.PDF) (Provides a brief history of the homosexual movement in the U.S. and its roots in Marxist ideology. This paper describes how homosexuals terrorized the psychiatric community and have created a marketing strategy to vilify their opponents.)
Homosexuals Recruit Public School Children (.PDF)
Homosexual Behavior Fuels AIDS and STD Epidemic (.PDF)
A Gender Identity Disorder Goes Mainstream (.PDF)
Homosexual Propaganda Campaign Based on Hitler's "Big Lie" Technique (.PDF)
Homosexual Sex = Death from HIV Infection (.PDF)
Traditional Values Coalition Exposes Homosexual Agenda (.PDF)
Public Employees Teach Teens 'Gay' Sex Techniques (Including Fisting) at GLSEN Conference At Tufts University
GLSEN Fistgate Scandal at Tufts Detailed By Massachusetts News:
Read The Horrifying Truth About FISTGATE!
Parents Rights Coalition Exposes GLSEN's Radical Agenda:
"Fistgate" and the latest lawsuit to attempt to silence us from exposing it
The GLSEN Files-SteveKaneShow.com: http://www.stevekaneshow.com/glsen.htm
Queering The Schools: http://www.city-journal.org/html/13_2_queering_the_schools.html
Crafting Bi/Homosexual Children
Child Molestation And The Homosexual Movement
Homosexuality Behavior & Pedophilia: http://us2000.org/cfmc/Pedophilia.pdf
How To Keep Gay Straight Alliance Clubs Out Of Your Public School: https://www.missionamerica.com
Critical Analysis Of GLSEN's Same-Sex Marriage Curriculum For Teens
"Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto
lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness." —Ephesians 4:19
The Tyranny of Judges
Thomas Jefferson's worst nightmare seems to have come to pass. Jefferson was very concerned that judges would become despots and overrule the rights of the people. In 1820, he wrote to a friend,
"You seem to consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions, a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. Our judges are as honest as other men, and not more so."
Jefferson realized that the Constitution protects the will of the people, not the opinions of judges. But instead of protecting the people's vote on Proposition 8, Judge Walker used his judicial office to promote the agenda of a small minority who want to change the definition of marriage.
The definition of marriage, instituted by God and practiced by every culture since the creation of man, is under attack in America today. There is no discrimination against homosexuals in America with regard to marriage, no unequal treatment. Homosexuals are equally as free to marry as any other American. Their problem is that the definition of marriage itself requires every person to marry someone of the opposite sex. The fact that homosexuals don't want to enter into marriage as it has always been defined doesn't give them the right to use the courts to change that definition to suit their wishes. Changing the definition of marriage, as Judge Walker has done, undermines the most important building block of any society.
Judge Walker described the "ability to marry" as a fundamental right that cannot be denied to gays and lesbians. But this conclusion is complete and utter nonsense. Every society in history has placed restrictions on the "ability to marry." You can't marry your sister. You can't legally be married to two or three people at the same time. You can't marry someone who is already married. And you can't marry someone of the same sex. Marriage by definition involves two people of opposite sexes who are—theoretically, at least—biologically capable of reproducing and forming families.
SOURCE: Latest Newsletter | Christian Law Association | Defining Marriage
There is a way out!
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If you love someone tell them the truth.
Ye Must Be Born Again!


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