I had a great talk with Hodan Ibrahim the other day. Hodan grew up as child of Somali immigrants in a social housing project in Canada. After having started several businesses, she's currently working on fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in underprivileged immigrant communities.
Hodan is currently running her own creative agency Think Disrupt, working on UmmahVenture to foster entrepreneurship in Muslim communities and recently published her first book called How To Be A Muslim Woman Entrepreneur.
I learned quite a lot during our conversation.
This is a field I've never really been in touch with, so I had loads of questions. Luckily, Hodan was very patient with me and explained me all she could explain in the little time we had together.
This is a very important topic. I feel it's being ignored or forgot by most of us (including myself). I hope Hodan, her projects and this episode might change this in the future..
Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts, your wisdom and your valuable experience with all of us, Hodan. It was a real pleasure having you on the show and I'm looking foward to see what's next..
We talk about how it was for Hodan to grow up in the "hood" as she called it.
The moment she realized for the first time she's different from everybody else.
The huge role her mother played in her life.
Why it's important to educate immigrant communities about entrepreneurship.
The huge market potential for Muslim lifestyle products.
What she's currently working on, what her plans are for the future and many more things. I forgot. I asked way too many questions :-)..
Thanks for being a trailblazer and pushing the limits Hodan!


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Meet Carter Vivio
On August 19, Carter Vivio will be ready for orientation at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. His mother, avid volunteer Beth Vivio, who also serves on the Board of Shorecrest, attended Kenyon, and the family had a running joke that Carter would probably land there. But after a summer visit between junior and senior year, the joke became serious. "The quality of what they have to offer really appealed to me. It seemed like someplace that would challenge me and also be a place I'd want to hang out. I want to think about it, but I have to focus on finishing my time here at Shorecrest," he said during his final weeks at Shorecrest.
Carter has more to focus on before that paramount first day arrives. Three weeks after graduation he will be hiking the Appalachian Trail with a church group, a feat he's accomplished before, and then staying on to be an official trail guide for another group. Carter enjoys the introspection that comes with hiking and running, and he thoughtfully seeks out opportunities like these - such as running for the Chargers cross country and track teams since Middle School and attending the senior boys Smoky Mountains Service Week trip.
Carter had his eye on the Smoky Mountains Service Week trip since eighth grade. "The Class of 2013 had the inaugural trip and they also had the most insane weather," he recalls. Xingkai Liu, the Salutatorian that year, was an exchange student living with the Vivios, and Carter attended his graduation ceremonies.
Carter recalls, "His entire Baccalaureate ceremony was about the snow collapsing tents, how they had to revert to the maintenance department break room to sleep. Mr. Murphy said that the only thing that could make this worse was a bear attack. I thought, 'I want to struggle. This sounds awesome.'"
According to Carter, the experience lived up to his high expectations. "It met every dream I could have had. Paul the Park Ranger taught us Appalachian dialect. He gave us axe swinging lessons and we had a tournament with teams of 3 swinging at a log. We put on leaf blowers like the Ghostbusters. It was awesome."
Enduring grueling hikes or long runs allows Carter time to let his mind wander. "Most people, when they think about hiking the Appalachian Trail or running a marathon, they think about the physical activity of doing that. Then while you're doing it you are no longer thinking about doing it. That's the time for introspection. Or I might be thinking about how many peanuts I can shove into my mouth."
A comment like this one is typical of Carter. One of his teachers notes, "Carter rarely has anything but a smile on his face even when he is being significantly challenged. He comes into class each day with a smile and either a new idea, usually a bit obscure or goofy, or a well-thought out question. It is this approach to each day that I think helps Carter succeed."
Although Carter enjoyed watching sports and practiced martial arts as a child in Texas, he didn't feel like an athlete before arriving at Shorecrest. That changed when he joined the cross country team. "And the rest is history, I have to say. I sort of became addicted to running."
He continues, "Some of my best friends I'll ever have are because of cross country and track, especially my senior year. Karen Quilty was hired as the distance track coach and this last season has been hands-down amazing. She's really personable but she knows exactly how much to push us to where we're being extremely effective with our workouts. My performance has gotten stronger, but also we as a team have gotten significantly tighter because we're having fun and the Coach is facilitating us in this fantastic way."
Carter remembers one particular day bonding over a hard workout, "One Monday when we didn't have school, we met for speedwork near the Skyway bridge and then had brunch at Trip's Diner. It was fantastic. It was sort of a ragtag group of underclassmen and Olivia, Kyle and I, and Coach Quilty came in and tied it all together."
Carter is good at finding adult leaders he can rely on. In addition to Coach Quilty, he has felt support from Band Director Ethan Updike, Upper School History Teacher Ron Heller, and his Latin teacher.
A committed member of Concert Band, Carter has played the trumpet since sixth grade and was inducted into Tri-M, the Music Honor Society, in ninth grade. He was particularly excited when Mr. Updike joined the faculty because he's also a trumpet player. "The first time I heard him play it was like, Woah! He's so much more powerful with his sound and his range." Carter credits Mr. Updike with helping him improve his playing skills.
Mr. Heller, however, has been a travel companion through high school. "We really bonded when we travelled to England together right after my freshman year, we've done two service trips together, and most recently we went to Philadelphia together for Model U.N. He's never actually been a teacher of mine, but he's always been one of my most trusted mentors. I can talk to him in and out of school for any reason. " Carter is also a member of Key Club, and Mr. Heller is the faculty sponsor of the club.
Carter's Magna Cum Laude placement on the National Latin Exam came with a faculty mentor in tow as well. "I started Latin in Mr. Agier's Middle School class where he led us through a textbook called "Ecce Romani." It was a story of a family of a politician that got called to Rome, which was a 3-day journey, and their carriage got stuck in a ditch. The entire year of eighth grade was reading about them and their stupid trailer stuck in a ditch. It made eighth grade Latin hilarious. Then in ninth grade we had Mr. Wells and grammar lessons, conjugating verbs and getting into the nitty gritty of the theory of language."
Latin at Shorecrest became an online class, and Brian Wells moved to Georgia, so Carter took Advanced Placement Latin in an online format with Mr. Wells as his instructor. Mr. Wells reported, "The class consisted of live chats beginning at 8:00pm each Sunday night. Carter committed himself to preparing and working diligently throughout the course."
Some of that responsibility and maturity came from working alongside undergraduate and graduate students at a young age. In the summer of 2015, Carter was selected to spend four weeks at the Rehabilitation Robotic Research and Design Laboratory, located at the new Pennsylvania Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Run by Dr. Michelle Johnson, the lab designs robots for rehabilitation, specifically using robotics to understand arm dysfunction and recovery after a brain injury or stroke. "I worked with 11 undergrad/graduate Penn engineering and medical students to design and assemble robots to assist stroke patients. The internship opened me up to neuroscience. Everything I was doing was very robotic and mechanical, but it also had a human side to it with understanding what stroke patients go through and how we can build these machines to help them."
"Next year as a freshman, I want to be able to efficiently juggle my academics and extracurriculars. I have all these sort of hopes and dreams about what academics I want to do. I might want to do mixed martial arts classes or rugby or ultimate frisbee, but on the other hand I also want to be a psychology major with a neuroscience concentration and I want to take intensive language courses in French. I keep bouncing in my mind about how I'll be able to do all these things I want to do. So that's kind of my goal, to figure out what I want to do and do it without failing my classes or getting in trouble. Just do it."
Carter and Mr. Ahlin accompany Mrs. Vivio at the 2016 Fall Showcase

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Pseudocylindrical
Equal area
Graticule
Meridians: Where the central meridian extends across the Equator, it is a straight line 0.44 as long as the Equator. Other central meridians in the usual interrupted form are straight and half as long. Other meridians are equally spaced sinusoidal curves, bending slightly at latitudes 55°51' N. and S., and all are concave toward the local central meridian.
Parallels: Straight parallel lines, perpendicular to the central meridian(s). Equally spaced between latitudes 55°51' N. and S. Gradually closer together beyond these latitudes
Poles: Interrupted straight lines totaling 0.31 the length of the Equator
Symmetry: About the central meridian or the Equator (in uninterrupted form)
True along every latitude between 55°51' N. and S. and along the central meridian within the same latitude range. Constant along any given latitude; same for the latitude of opposite sign.
Same as the Sinusoidal projection between latitude 55°51' N. and S. Same as the McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Sinusoidal projection beyond this range. McBryde S3 is almost always used in the interrupted form and has several central meridians.
World map interrupted to show oceans or land masses, by McBryde
Developed by F. Webster McBryde (1908- ) of Potomac, Md., in 1977 as a merging of the Sinusoidal with the McBryde-Thomas FlatPolar Sinusoidal projection at the parallels of identical scale on the two projections, latitudes 55°51' N. and S.
U.S. Patent by McBryde.
Similar projections
Identical with the Sinusoidal between latitudes 55°51' N. and S.; identical with the McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Sinusoidal poleward of those latitudes, except that those portions are closer to the Equator than they are on the McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Sinusoidal projection itself.
McBryde merged projections in several other similar combinations, also in 1977.
Description adapted from J.P. Snyder and P.M. Voxland, An Album of Map Projections, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1453. United States Government Printing Office: 1989.


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John W. Cook Hall, or Cook Hall, is a building that resembles a castle on the Quad of Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. Cook Hall, named for the university's fourth president, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since the winter of 1986.

Cook Hall is one of "Altgeld's castles": it was designed toward the end of the administration of Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld. Altgeld was a German native who favored Gothic Revival architecture.

First proposed as a dormitory by Richard Edwards during his presidency at Illinois State University, the building was not approved until 1895. Opened in 1897, design elements for the building were changed, and its overall purpose shifted to that of a gymnasium. The building, called "Gymnasium" also held the University Library. Renamed "John Cook Hall" in 1936, it was eventually converted for other uses as larger gyms were constructed on campus.  It currently houses the School of Music.

See also
 Altgeld's castles
 John W. Cook

References

National Register of Historic Places in McLean County, Illinois
Buildings and structures in Bloomington–Normal
Illinois State University
Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball
University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois

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Pangburn joins DHR as EVP in Washington D.C.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Global executive search firm DHR International is pleased to announce that Wendy S. Pangburn has joined as executive vice president in the firm's Washington D.C. office.
Pangburn brings nearly 30 years of professional experience in recruitment, association management, fundraising and event production to the firm. Prior to joining DHR, Pangburn was a partner with Heidrick & Struggles where she ran the Nonprofit/Association Practice in Washington, DC and was one of the firm's top producer worldwide in the Nonprofit/Education Department. Marquee national CEO searches include: American Red Cross, American Diabetes Association, American Farmland Trust, Turnaround Management Association and Association of Air Medical Services. Heavily involved with the international public policy arena, she hasserved as the external recruiter for all senior positions at the Atlantic Council of the United States over the past several years.
Pangburn previously served as the executive director of the Chief Executives Organization, Inc. (CEO) for more than 10 years. CEO is a worldwide network of former leaders of the Young President's Organization (YPO). Her early career includes roles on Capital Hill and work with the White House.
Pangburn earned Bachelor degrees in economics and art from Bucknell University and a Master's degree in public administration from Harvard University. She currently serves as the international alumni board chair of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. As an association specialist, she is also the only recruiter from a major executive recruiting firm that has earned a CAE (Certified Association Executive) designation.


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Eric Boehm | From the March 2017 issue
Award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras says her newest documentary short, Project X, explores "What does it feel like to be a spy? How do they move in the world?"
The answer, it seems, is to behave with the care and paranoia that you would expect in operating behind enemy lines. The difference is that the spies whose stories she tells are always at home: Americans snooping here in the USA on behalf of the National Security Agency (NSA).
Poitras was the director who, along with journalist Glenn Greenwald, introduced the world to Edward Snowden and the top secret electronic surveillance conducted by the NSA. Her film about Snowden's leaks, Citizenfour, won Best Documentary Feature at the 2015 Academy Awards.
Even with a considerably shorter running time—just 10 minutes—Project X is no less chilling. Its source material is a top secret NSA handbook, leaked by Snowden, instructing agency employees about the existence of Titanpoint—the agency's code name for a surveillance hub housed inside the windowless, 29-story building at 33 Thomas Street in Manhattan. The building is owned by the telecommunications giant AT&T, and the NSA's spooks are told to "remember, this is a partnership."
Visiting the site requires "anonymity," so no uniforms or badges should be worn. Cover vehicles are provided through a contractor that does business with the FBI, but is "unaware of NSA involvement." The handbook also recommends "following an indirect route between NSA and covert sites" like Titanpoint. In the event of an accident, don't disclose your identity as an NSA employee to police, and don't worry about lying to the cops because the FBI will cover for you.
NEXT: President Oprah?
Eric Boehm is a reporter at Reason.


In the current economic conditions it is difficult to imagine a successful business without professional legal support. In many cases, both large businesses and individual entrepreneurs require constant legal support. Sometimes the prospects and further business growth depend upon it largely.


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Nowy budynek Rady Narodowej Monako – budynek w Monako, pełniący rolę siedziby Rady Narodowej, jednoizbowego parlamentu Księstwa Monako. Został oddany do użytku 12 września 2012 roku.

Budowę nowej siedziby monakijskiej Rady Narodowej zaczęto planować w latach 90. XX wieku. Decyzję o budowie podjęto w 2003 roku, w styczniu 2005 roku wybrano projekt nowej siedziby, którego autorem był Jean-Michel Ughes. Budowa rozpoczęła się na początku 2009 roku, a ceremonia otwarcia z udziałem księcia Alberta II i księżnej Charlene odbyła się 12 września 2012 roku. Koszt budowy wyniósł 26,2 mln €. Pierwsza sesja parlamentu miała miejsce 26 września 2012 roku.

Część nowej siedziby Rady Narodowej utrzymana jest w stylu klasycystycznym, inny fragment obiektu ma futurystyczny, półokrągły kształt. Ta część zwieńczona jest dodatkowo szklaną elewacją, na której zapisano tekst konstytucji Monako.

Przypisy

Obiekty budowlane w Monako
Budynki parlamentów
Monaco-Ville


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Necrobia violacea är en skalbaggsart som först beskrevs av Carl von Linné 1758.  Necrobia violacea ingår i släktet Necrobia, och familjen brokbaggar. Arten är reproducerande i Sverige.

Bildgalleri

Källor

Externa länkar

Brokbaggar
violacea


Jeanne Le Page, grippedby fear and panic, struggles to breathe as the ferry arrives in Guernsey – theisland she had fled fifteen years before, traumatised by a family tragedy.
Now she has to return after another death. Her belovedgrandmother has bequeathed Jeanne her old cottage. She intends to stay justlong enough to sell her inheritance. Deeply unhappy after the recent end of a relationship,she has no desire to pick up her old life in her birthplace.
Jeanne is shocked to find that the cottage holds a secret going back to the German Occupation. She becomes drawn into learning more,delaying her planned departure. At the same time, while unveiling the truth of what happened to her family, she puts herself in mortal danger.
By profession I'm a psychotherapist but have long had creative 'itches', learning to mosaic, paint furniture, interior design and sculpt. At the back of my mind the itch to write was always present but seemed too time-consuming for a single mum with a need to earn a living. Now the nest is empty there's more time to write and my first novel, Dangerous Waters, was published in 2012 and a second novel is gestating, but novels take a lot longer than children to be born!


A policewoman proved that despite being a mom of four, you could have a stunning figure and a youthful face.
PO1 Jenny Ian "Jane" Lee, a police community relations (PCR) personnel of the Philippine National Police's Regional Public Safety Battalion 9 in Zamboanga City, is one of the few brave women who join the force and help in putting lawbreakers away.
In a viral video posted on the Facebook page PRO1 Lady Cops, the mother-of-four was listed as one of the top five prettiest policewomen in the Philippines. She now became popular, garnering over 50,000 followers on her personal Facebook account.
The FHM magazine also featured Jane to be one of the most beautiful policewomen officers in the nation.
Jane was motivated by her father to become a policewoman who was a policeman during his day. At first, her father disagreed Jane's willingness to follow in his footsteps. By the time Jane was 30 years old, she finally convinced her father to let her pursue her passion and join the police force.
"He didn't want my siblings and me to experience what he had gone through when he joined the service; he said it was tough and he was afraid that we wouldn't be able to make it. But with our persistence, he ended up conceding to our idea," Jane said.
"I was already 30 years old when I finally convinced him and joined the force. I can say I was lucky to be able to do it," Jane told FHM.
Other women who were part of FHM's list of prettiest policewomen are P02 Ney-Ney Macaranas, P01 Marriel Tajonera, P01 Jeanne Cayabyab, and PS1 Sofia Loren Deliu.
Next article Beautiful Woman Marries Bedridden Man, Proves That True Love Exists!


TSV conducted an unannounced bus depot inspection on 18 July.
The inspections of eight buses uncovered three with defects.
One unregistered bus with a very poor brake pedal.
One bus with the driver's seatbelt not retracting, oil leaks, and engine in poor condition.
One bus with three worn tyres, and a wiring module hanging in the driver's foot well.
Of the six trailers inspected, TSV found four with defects.
A trailer fitted with the incorrect size of tyres.
A trailer with a cracked chassis draw bar.
A trailer with cracked chassis hinges, wheels sticking out of guards and unsecured wiring.
A trailer with a nonfunctioning brake system.
All defective buses and trailers were required to be cleared with full roadworthy certificates.
In July, TSV also conducted operations at Bungaree Weighbridge (near Ballarat) and the Melbourne Airport bus holding area.
At the end of June, TSV and Victoria Police from Port Campbell inspected 35 buses over two days on the Great Ocean Road.
The activity found two unaccredited operators and an unregistered operator.
TSV issued three infringements notices for fire extinguisher offences, and VicPol issued four infringement notices resulting in fines.
Read more about TSV's bus compliance activities.
Pictured: TSV and VicRoads inspect a bus and trailer at Melbourne Airport.


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title: MockRequest
---

# MockRequest

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## MockRequest

This helper allows to **mock requests while running tests in Puppeteer or WebDriver**.
For instance, you can block calls to 3rd-party services like Google Analytics, CDNs.
Another way of using is to emulate requests from server by passing prepared data.

MockRequest helper works in these [modes][1]:

-   passthrough (default) - mock prefefined HTTP requests
-   record - record all requests into a file
-   replay - replay all recorded requests from a file

Combining record/replay modes allows testing websites with large datasets.

To use in passthrough mode set rules to mock requests and they will be automatically intercepted and replaced:

```js
// default mode
I.mockRequest('GET', '/api/users', '[]');
```

In record-replay mode start mocking to make HTTP requests recorded/replayed, and stop when you don't need to block requests anymore:

```js
// record or replay all XHR for /users page
I.startMocking();
I.amOnPage('/users');
I.stopMocking();
```

### Installations

    npm i @codeceptjs/mock-request --save-dev

Requires Puppeteer helper or WebDriver helper enabled

### Configuration

#### With Puppeteer

Enable helper in config file:

```js
helpers: {
   Puppeteer: {
     // regular Puppeteer config here
   },
   MockRequestHelper: {
     require: '@codeceptjs/mock-request',
   }
}
```

[Polly config options][2] can be passed as well:

```js
// sample options
helpers: {
  MockRequestHelper: {
     require: '@codeceptjs/mock-request',
     mode: record,
     recordIfMissing: true,
     recordFailedRequests: false,
     expiresIn: null,
     persisterOptions: {
       keepUnusedRequests: false
       fs: {
         recordingsDir: './data/requests',
       },
    },
  }
}
```

* * *

**TROUBLESHOOTING**: Puppeteer does not mock requests in headless mode:

Problem: request mocking does not work and in debug mode you see this in output:

    Access to fetch at {url} from origin {url} has been blocked by CORS policy: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. If an opaque response serves your needs, set the request's mode to 'no-cors' to fetch the resource with CORS disabled.

Solution: update Puppeteer config to include `--disable-web-security` arguments:

```js
 Puppeteer: {
   show: false,
   chrome: {
     args: [
       '--disable-web-security',
     ],
   },
 },
```

* * *

#### With WebDriver

This helper partially works with WebDriver. It can intercept and mock requests **only on already loaded page**.

```js
helpers: {
   WebDriver: {
     // regular WebDriver config here
   },
   MockRequestHelper: {
     require: '@codeceptjs/mock-request',
   }
}
```

> Record/Replay mode is not tested in WebDriver but technically can work with [REST Persister][3]

## Usage

### 👻 Mock Requests

To intercept API requests and mock them use following API

-   [startMocking()][4] - to enable request interception
-   [mockRequest()][5] - to define mock in a simple way
-   [mockServer()][6] - to use PollyJS server API to define complex mocks
-   [stopMocking()][7] - to stop intercepting requests and disable mocks.

Calling `mockRequest` or `mockServer` will start mocking, if it was not enabled yet.

```js
I.startMocking(); // optionally
I.mockRequest('/google-analytics/*path', 200);
// return an empty successful response
I.mockRequest('GET', '/api/users', 200);
// mock users api
I.mockServer(server => {
  server.get('https://server.com/api/users*').
    intercept((req, res) => { res.status(200).json(users);
  });
});
I.click('Get users);
I.stopMocking();
```

### 📼 Record & Replay

> At this moment works only with Puppeteer

Record & Replay mode allows you to record all xhr & fetch requests and save them to file.
On next runs those requests can be replayed.
By default, it stores all passed requests, but this behavior can be customized with `I.mockServer`

Set mode via enironment variable, `replay` mode by default:

```js
// enable replay mode
helpers: {
 Puppeteer: {
   // regular Puppeteer config here
 },
 MockRequest: {
    require: '@codeceptjs/mock-request',
    mode: process.env.MOCK_MODE || 'replay',
 },
}
```

Interactions between `I.startMocking()` and `I.stopMocking()` will be recorded and saved to `data/requests` directory.

```js
I.startMocking() // record requests under 'Test' name
I.startMocking('users') // record requests under 'users' name
```

Use `I.mockServer()` to customize which requests should be recorded and under which name:

```js
I.startMocking();
I.mockServer((server) => {
  // mock request only from ap1.com and api2.com and
  // store recording into two different files
  server.any('https://api1.com/*').passthrough(false).recordingName('api1');
  server.any('https://api2.com/*').passthrough(false).recordingName('api2');
});
```

To stop request recording/replaying use `I.stopMocking()`.

🎥 To record HTTP interactions execute tests with MOCK_MODE environment variable set as "record":

    MOCK_MODE=record npx codeceptjs run --debug

📼 To replay them launch tests without environment variable:

    npx codeceptjs run --debug

### Parameters

-   `config`

### flushMocking

Waits for all requests handled by MockRequests to be resolved:

```js
I.flushMocking();
```

### mockRequest

Mock response status

```js
I.mockRequest('GET', '/api/users', 200);
I.mockRequest('ANY', '/secretsRoutes/*', 403);
I.mockRequest('POST', '/secrets', { secrets: 'fakeSecrets' });
I.mockRequest('GET', '/api/users/1', 404, 'User not found');
```

Multiple requests

```js
I.mockRequest('GET', ['/secrets', '/v2/secrets'], 403);
```

#### Parameters

-   `method` **[string][8]** request method. Can be `GET`, `POST`, `PUT`, etc or `ANY`.
-   `oneOrMoreUrls` **([string][8] \| [Array][9]<[string][8]>)** url(s) to mock. Can be exact URL, a pattern, or an array of URLs.
-   `dataOrStatusCode` **([number][10] \| [string][8] \| [object][11])** status code when number provided. A response body otherwise
-   `additionalData` **([string][8] \| [object][11])** response body when a status code is set by previous parameter. (optional, default `null`)

### mockServer

Use PollyJS [Server Routes API][12] to declare mocks via callback function:

```js
// basic usage
server.get('/api/v2/users').intercept((req, res) => {
  res.sendStatus(200).json({ users });
});

// passthrough requests to "/api/v2"
server.get('/api/v1').passthrough();
```

In record replay mode you can define which routes should be recorded and where to store them:

```js
I.startMocking('mock');
I.mockServer((server) => {

  // record requests from cdn1.com and save them to data/recording/xml
  server.any('https://cdn1.com/*').passthrough(false).recordingName('xml');

  // record requests from cdn2.com and save them to data/recording/svg
  server.any('https://cdn2.com/*').passthrough(false).recordingName('svg');

  // record requests from /api and save them to data/recording/mock (default)
  server.any('/api/*').passthrough(false);
});
```

#### Parameters

-   `configFn`

### passthroughMocking

Forces passthrough mode for mocking.
Requires mocking to be started.

```js
I.passthroughMocking();
```

### recordMocking

Forces record mode for mocking.
Requires mocking to be started.

```js
I.recordMocking();
```

### replayMocking

Forces replay mode for mocking.
Requires mocking to be started.

```js
I.replayMocking();
```

### startMocking

Starts mocking of http requests.
In record mode starts recording of all requests.
In replay mode blocks all requests and replaces them with saved.

If inside one test you plan to record/replay requests in several places, provide [recording name][13] as the parameter.

```js
// start mocking requests for a test
I.startMocking();

// start mocking requests for main page
I.startMocking('main-page');
// do actions
I.stopMocking();
I.startMocking('login-page');
```

To update [PollyJS configuration][14] use secon argument:

```js
// change mode
I.startMocking('comments', { mode: 'replay' });

// override config
I.startMocking('users-loaded', {
   recordFailedRequests: true
})
```

#### Parameters

-   `title` **any**  (optional, default `'Test'`)
-   `config`   (optional, default `{}`)

### stopMocking

Stops mocking requests.
Must be called to save recorded requests into faile.

```js
I.stopMocking();
```

[1]: https://netflix.github.io/pollyjs/#/configuration?id=mode

[2]: https://netflix.github.io/pollyjs/#/configuration?id=configuration

[3]: https://netflix.github.io/pollyjs/#/examples?id=rest-persister

[4]: #startMocking

[5]: #mockRequest

[6]: #mockServer

[7]: #stopMocking

[8]: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String

[9]: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array

[10]: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number

[11]: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object

[12]: https://netflix.github.io/pollyjs/#/server/overview

[13]: https://netflix.github.io/pollyjs/#/api?id=recordingname

[14]: https://netflix.github.io/pollyjs/#/configuration

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Anthony Grossi (born 1957 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a radio/TV personality, author, and former newspaper sportswriter who works as an on-air host and Cleveland Browns reporter/analyst for ESPN Cleveland (WKNR AM 850), as well as for regional sports network Bally Sports Great Lakes. Grossi also served as a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee.

Bio
Grossi was born and raised in the Cleveland area, and upon graduating high school in 1976, attended Ohio University, where he graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism.

Plain Dealer
He then immediately after graduation began working for the Cleveland Plain Dealer as a sports reporter, and in 1984 became the full-time Browns beat reporter. Grossi was recognized for his work in 1987, when he was named Ohio Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA) In 1994, Grossi was named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Board of Selectors.

In 2004, Grossi would write his first book, titled Tales From the Browns Sideline, chronicling the history of the team as well as his own personal anecdotes from covering the Browns through the years.

In 2007, Grossi would join the then new regional cable sports network SportsTime Ohio (STO - now known as Bally Sports Great Lakes) as an analyst on Browns themed programming.

In his role as Browns beat reporter and NFL insider, Grossi's reports and columns contributed to the Plain Dealer becoming a three-time Ohio Associated Press Award winner for Best Daily Sports Section (2007, 2010, 2011 - Division V), as well as winning individual honors for Best Game Story in 2007.

Reassignment
In January 2012, Grossi - while discussing then Browns owner Randy Lerner's reclusive nature and lack of success with the Browns - tweeted that he viewed Lerner as "pathetic" and "the world's most irrelevant billionaire". Because of this, he was immediately removed from the Browns beat, and reassigned to other duties in the sports department. He would eventually quit the Plain Dealer on March 7.

WKNR
Five days after officially leaving the Plain Dealer, Grossi signed with sports radio station (and eventual Browns flagship) WKNR AM 850 to be their Browns beat reporter and analyst Along with this, Grossi continues in his role on SportsTime Ohio, and as part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee.

Suspension
On February 25, 2020, Grossi was suspended by WKNR after referring to Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield as a "fucking midget" during a discussion regarding the team. The comment was made after an interview.

Awards and honors
1987 Ohio Sportswriter of the Year (NSSA)
2007 Ohio Associated Press Sportswriting Award recipient - Best Game Story

References

External links
The Land On Demand (WKNR/WWGK - ESPN Cleveland)

Radio personalities from Cleveland
American newspaper writers
Living people
1957 births


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Summer Universiade Day 2: Divers earn Canada's first medal in Italy
Photo Credit to Mathieu Belanger
Laurent Gosselin-Paradis and Ethan Pitman gave Canada its first medal of the 2019 FISU Summer Universiade, placing third in the men's synchronized platform event on Friday at Mostra d'Oltremare.
It was an action-packed Day 2 for Team Canada in Italy as men's basketball and women's water polo both improved to 2-0 in preliminary play, men's and women's rugby 7's and women's volleyball opened competition, women's basketball wrapped up round robin action, and swimming, artistic gymnastics, fencing and table tennis all donned the Red and White.
Sitting in fifth place before the last round, Gosselin-Paradis and Pitman managed to score enough points on their last attempt to leapfrog Russia and South Korea to claim the bronze medal.
"We did well," said Gosselin-Paradis. "We made some mistakes, but overall it was pretty consistent. It was one of our goals to get on the podium, so it's really exciting. We are happy to have won Canada's first medal."
Both student-athletes will compete in the men's platform individual event on Sunday, while Pitman will compete in the mixed team event with Elaena Dick on the following day.
Earlier in the day, Mia Vallée and Olivia Chamandy both earned their ticket for the women's 3m springboard semifinal. Vallée placed sixth in the preliminaries, while her teammate Chamandy finished 19th, but took advantage of the fact that both Russia and the USA had three qualified divers to sneak into the next round. A maximum of two divers per country are allowed in the semis.
Men synchronized 10 m platform (final)
Women 3 m springboard (qualifications)
At Aversa, the Canadian men's basketball team exploded for 53 second-half points to defeat Germany 80-61 Friday night to improve to 2-0 at the 2019 Summer Universiade.
The win clinches a spot in the quarter-finals for Canada, which will wrap up the preliminary round of Naples 2019 against Norway Saturday in Cercola, 11:30 a.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. PT (5:30 p.m. local). A win there would lock up top spot in Group D.
M🏀 FINAL
🇨🇦 80
🇩🇪 61
Canada defeats Germany to improve to 2-0 in Group D!
Le Canada défait l'Allemagne et passe à 2-0 dans le groupe D!
Up next / match prochain
CAN vs NOR, July 6, 11:30 am ET / 9:30 am PT#uCAN pic.twitter.com/wy0FvMdtUe
— U SPORTS Team Canada (@USPORTSIntl) July 5, 2019
Canada struggled offensively in the opening half against a lengthy German squad averaging 6-foot-8, managing just 27 points in the first half. But their defence kept them in it through 20 minutes, and a 33-27 German lead at the half quickly evaporated in the third quarter.
"It gtakes time to get used to playing against that size, and our guys reacted well," said Canadian head coach Shawn Swords. "But our defence helped us – it took a while for the offence to get going, but our defence was steady throughout the game, and our pace was good for 40 minutes."
At Benevento, Team Canada made quick work of Mexico in the first women's volleyball match of the 2019 FISU Summer Universiade, notching a 3-0 (25-20, 25-14, 25-22) victory at PalaTedeschi
All three sets started as close battles before Canada found its groove and pulled away.
"I like the composure of our team," said Canadian head coach Laurie Eisler. "We started pretty tight and made a lot of unforced errors in the beginning but we settled into a routine and found ourselves. Overall it was a pretty good performance."
Kelsey Veltman spread her name across the stats sheet with six kills, three aces and three blocks. She and Caroline Livingstone led all players with 12 points apiece.
"We played unreal," said Veltman, who recently signed a pro contract will Volley Millenium Brescia in Italy for the 2019-20 season. "You can really tell that our practice is coming out on the court. This game just proved how well we've been working together and I think we really came together today for sure."
Artistic Gymnastics (W)
At Naples, Jessica Dowling led Canada to a fourth-place finish in the women's team competition, while also qualifying for three individual events on Day 2 of competition.
Dowling, Alana Fischer and Denelle Pedrick combined for an overall score of 97.700 points, just 5.8 points behind the host and third-place Italians.
Individually, Dowling qualified seventh in the floor routine (12.300) and eighth in both the uneven bars (12.950) and beam (12.450) events. She will be the lone Canadian in action on Saturday in the women's individual all around final at 12:30 p.m. EDT / 9:30 a.m. PDT (6:30 p.m. local).
Women's Team Rankings
Women's Floor Routine
Women's Uneven Bars
Women's Beam
In Casoria, goalie Kelsey Jensen's performance propelled Canada's water polo team to its second victory, 8-1 over France, in Pool A play at the 2019 Summer Universiade on Friday.
A second victory leaves Canada in good position to move in to the top three in their pool and avoid an extra cross-over game. Jensen finished the game with 13 saves, while seven different scorers got on the sheet, with Myriam Lizotte notching two for Canada.
W🤽♀ FINAL SCORE // FINALE
🇨🇦 8- 1 🇫🇷#tobeunique #FISU #napoli2019 #uCAN pic.twitter.com/zLa4e3wqW3
"Kelsey stepped up and played very well today," said Canadian head coach Cyril Dorgigné, noting the depth in Jensen and Toronto goalie Rachel Jaffe. "We are very lucky because Rachel played well in the first game and then Kelsey came in and had a very high level as well. It's comforting to know that if at some point one goalie is playing a little lower the other one can step in easily."
Canada (2-0) has two more preliminary matches in Pool A, beginning with the Czech Republic on Sunday in Casoria at 7:30 a.m. EDT / 4:30 a.m. PDT (1:30 p.m. local).
At Naples, Canada's women rugby sevens team got off to a good start with a 14-12 victory over the host Italian team in Naples on Friday, while the men's team dropped both of its opening-day contests against France and Japan.
The Canadian women started the match in a hurry, scoring two converted tries in the first five minutes of play to take a 14-0 lead at the half. Raised by an enthusiastic crowd, the Italians managed to come back in the second half, but finally ran out of time, allowing Canada to claim a first win in Group A.
"Italy was a pretty organized squad, so we knew that we wanted to get up early", said Canada's head coach Collette McCauley. "We made a few decisions that we can talk about as a team to make us more efficient, control the game a little bit more and manage our possession better.
"This team has been working really hard for the past two days, but this was the first time that they collectively played together. I think we did a great job supporting each other."
On the men's side, Canada had a tough start with two defeats of 35-5 against France and 44-5 against Japan in Group B action.
"With the experience I've had, I'm just realistic on the results", said Canada's bench boss Robin MacDowell. "They are young men. For nine of them, it's the first time representing Canada and we only had two training sessions so collectively, we've had about three hours together on the field."
The Canadian women will continue their round-robin tournament on Saturday against Japan (1-0) at 4:30 a.m. EDT / 1:30 a.m. PDT (10:30 a.m. local time) and France (0-1) at 11:50 a.m. EDT / 8:50 a.m. PDT (5:50 p.m. local time). While the men will conclude the preliminary round against Italy (1-1) at 5:00 a.m. EDT / 2:00 a.m. PDT (11:00 a.m. local time).
Women vs Italy
Men vs France
Men vs Japan
In Naples, 2016 Rio Olympic bronze medalist Kennedy Goss placed seventh in the women's 200 m backstroke in a time of 2:12.00.
Ainsley McMurray touched the wall in 55.93 seconds in the women's 100 m freestyle semifinal. The University of Toronto student is ranked seventh heading into Saturday night's final.
University of Calgary swimmer Rob Hill finished 10th after 200 m individual medley semifinals in a time of 2:02.00, while Nina Kucheran (1:08.51) and Sophie Angus (1:09.34) placed ninth and 15th overall, respectively, in the 100 m breaststroke semifinal.
"We have a fantastic buy-in from this group," said Canada's team leader Ken McKinnon. "Thirty two swimmers came to the meet and they have been nothing but a joy to work with for the first few days. Our whole theme is on self improvement, moving up in the rankings and seeing what you can do to set the summer up for a good finish at our summer national championships."
In Naples, a second half spoiler took away what was a solid start to the game as Canada fell 82-59 to Finland in their third contest of the 2019 Summer Universiade at Pala Barbuto.
Finland's Sara Bejedi was outstanding through the second half to erase any hopes of Canada earning a preliminary win in this tournament. Canada gave up 48 points in that second half to be forced to move on from pool-play without a victory.
W 🏀 F
FINAL /
🇨🇦 59 - 82 🇫🇮#FISU #napoli2019 #uCAN #usports #tobeunique pic.twitter.com/VEGc0jqv1L
For Canada, Laval's Marois had 12 points and McMaster's Harper had 10. The Canadians were held to 36 per cent from the field, relative to Finland's 40.
Canada (0-3) will now prepare for its quarter-final in the 9-16th place bracket set for Jul. 7 at 11:30 a.m. EDT / 8:30 a.m. PDT (5:30 p.m. local).
At Baronissi, Karina Li of the University of Toronto and Norman Riley of Athabasca University notched Canada's top results of the day, finishing 45th overall in the women's foil and men's épée events, respectively.
The individual competition wraps up Saturday with the men's foil and women's sabre events, before the team relays commence on Sunday.
Women's Foil Individual
Men's Épée Individual
At Monterusciello, Canada's women's team (0-3) dropped a narrow 3-2 decision to Mongolia. Justina Yeung won her match 3-0, while Alayna Chan came out on top 3-1.
On the men's side, Bryan Ho recorded Canada's (0-3) lone point in a 3-1 loss to Chile.
Team Canada Medal Summary
Laurent Gosselin-Paradis & Ethan Pitman, Diving, men's synchronized platform
Summer Universiade Men's basketball: Quick-strike Canadians knock off Germany


What do Martha Stewart and Yvonne Johnson have in common? They both spent time in prison. Stewart, wealthy and famous, served five months for manipulating stocks, while Johnson was charged with first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. This is where the similarities end.
Stewart recently spoke at Leadership Conference for Women in Calgary and, when asked about her prison experience, said very little rehabilitation happens and that many of the women should not be there, because of unfair trials.
Johnson grew up marginalized from childhood onwards. After having gone from one prison to another for 19 years, she continues to live in poverty. However, she is trying to recreate a life for herself and her grandchildren by sharing her life experiences and helping others to benefit from the insights she gained.
Johnson is supported in this by a group of friends, including Rudy and Tena Wiebe with whom she has a special relationship, given that Rudy co-authored Johnson's autobiography, Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman, with her while she was in prison. The book builds a case that casts doubt on her trial and became a national bestseller.
In 2008, Johnson received guardianship of her two grandchildren. She is very protective of them and tries to guide them to make good choices. She applied for an apartment for the three of them, while at a halfway house. Johnson also completed many courses offered in prison and is interested in creating a website to sell her native artwork.
She has had a number of requests to speak to the law class at the University of Saskatchewan. While there, she has sold many of her books.
Another friend, Mary Stacey, who is deeply interested in native women, runs a counselling service for women like Johnson and recently met with her. That has given Johnson a new sense of excitement about sharing her experiences and becoming self-sufficient.
Johnson's physical and emotional health have been impacted by her experiences—inadequate housing and the demands of raising two grandchildren now entering their early teens. She is reviving A.I.S.H (Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped) and would like to find steady work. But she tires easily due to medical conditions. So a group of friends is assisting her with getting resources she needs for speaking engagements and other opportunities to sell books in order that she can have her own way of supporting herself and her grandchildren.
Johnson dreams about her grandchildren being able to experience the love of the land that was so vital to her when she was a child. She talks about gardening and having a sweat lodge. Her eyes brighten when I tell her we have room on our property for her to do these things. This summer, her grandchildren are enrolled at Camp Valaqua, Mennonite Church Alberta's year-round facility, and also at Ghost River Rediscovery Camp for indigenous children.
It has been a delight to see Johnson smile and to see glimmers of hope in her eyes. Most of all, she has reminded me that hope is a gift friends can give each other, and that has more value than just writing a cheque.
Yvonne Johnson and Rudy Wiebe together authored Johnson's autobiography.
Mary Stacey, Yvonne Johnson, Kate Janzen and Jeannette Thiessen are friends who support Johnson in working to become self-sufficient.
I have just finished reading "Stolen Life," not having come across it before. It was a difficult read 'though nothing in my own life has approached the agony recounted in this autobiography. Nevertheless any reasonably sentient person would vibrate with the horror of Johnson's history - especially knowing how many other girls and women among the indigenous community have experienced similar lives. Yvonne is unusual in that, although a lifelong victim, in her psychic pain and confusion she struck back - not at those who directly abused her but at someone whom she thought was perpetuating the cycle of abuse.
None of her subsequent trials and incarcerations should have been necessary, any more than her own action should have been almost inevitable.
The tragedy is that Yvonne's story is NOT unique. Across this battered globe girls and women are chosen as scapegoats - in the most classical sense of living sacrifices - to the personal inadequacy of males driven by socialization that glorifies machismo, misogyny and violence. This is not limited to indigenous, oppressed or marginalized peoples, but it plays itself out most strongly among these groups who are also collectively chosen as socio-economic and religious pariahs or scapegoats.
The litany of of the oppressed goes back as far as humans have history, and the thread of history has swept up numerous groups at various times, in various places. One could write an endless saga of the atrocities committed by the (perhaps temporarily) victorious against the losers, the weaker, the scapegoats, the enslaved.
The real question is why humans have so universally degraded each other? Is this the original sin of which so much is made in so many religions? If so, then religion is fundamentally complicit in this inhumanity.
It is a philosophy and doctrine that must be reformed, wherever it raises its ugly head. Truth and reconciliation programs may perhaps make a dent in the phenomenon but more fundamentally we must learn, and teach, that all humanity, indeed all life on earth is worthy of respect. It is a tall order when we seem to be genetically programmed to react with fear and violence to the "alien," to those who seem to obstruct our "selfish genes" and those whose imperfections engender fear and disgust.
In my 75 plus years I have grown to despair of humanity's chances for survival. We seem always to have been on a path toward ultimate destruction. The only hope for survival - and it is an ambiguous one - is that scientists predict that males are genetically headed toward self-destruction at a cellular level. It will take a few million years, but it seems inevitable and the unanswered questions are: will we survive long enough to actually emasculate humanity, and if/when we do, will the remaining humans be any better placed for survival?
I came across this book when completing my postgraduate studies in English/Canadian literature. I attended a seminar at university and by reading the cover of the book, I immediately could grasp what Yvonne Johnson must have been through. To be honest, I did not only take the seminar to simply read this book, but I've written a term paper about it and my lecturer rewarded me with the best grade of the course she said. Actually, this sounded like good news, but I did not tell her why I was conducting so much research about this matter. To tell the truth, I experienced in my childhood something similar. Although I was not molested by a family member, I went through nonetheless the emotions as Yvonne Johnson.
Nonetheless, I did not give up and continued my life. I completed school and university. Reading Yvonne Johnson's book at university as a young woman helped me to find peace and to leave behind this repressing experience without losing sanity. Therefore, I thank Yvonne Johnson for her honest account and moving story, full of human immoralities as well as humanity. For me, she's is a woman who stood up against all of this and she taught me to go on with life despite of the hazards who tried to ruin my life.


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Newshub Nation
Coronavirus: Aucklanders able to fly out of the city without proof they have a good reason
Dan Satherley
Simon Shepherd reports on Newshub Nation. Credits: Video - Newshub Nation; Image - Getty
The Government can't say for sure that Aucklanders haven't been flying out of lockdown against the rules and seeding COVID-19 across the country.
At least 19,000 passengers have been through domestic and international terminals at Auckland Airport since level 3 restrictions were put in place earlier this month.
Under level 3 you're supposed to get an exemption from the Ministry of Health, or fit certain criteria listed on its website, and you have to prove it to the Aviation Security Service.
But Newshub Nation has been told of three cases of where documentation didn't meet the criteria, or wasn't checked at all - and yet those Aucklanders just hopped on the plane.
End of Auckland's lockdown in sight: The rules to remember when freedom returns
Third person charged with breaching Auckland's alert level 3 restrictions
So how locked down was Auckland's lockdown?
Newshub Nation asked the Ministry of Health and the Government to assure us that nobody got out who shouldn't have.
"It's very clear that the responsibility in terms of Auckland Airport lies with the Aviation Security Service," said Finance Minister Grant Robertson. "The Ministry of Health, as you're noting, provides the paperwork that people then use. You'll understand that while those are connected they're not the same organisation."
So Newshub Nation went and asked the Aviation Security Service. They told us staff should ask why someone is travelling and sight any documentation.
The Ministry of Health did not ask for that information to be collected, it therefore can't go back and check whether people who left Auckland had the correct documentation, or even whether it was checked.
They don't know how many people were refused travel - unless they were referred to police.
Police told Newshub Nation they have been called in four times.
Auckland Airport. Photo credit: Getty
The point is New Zealanders are told restrictions are in place, but the data to prove it - as far as we know - isn't there.
The Government has not been able to prove that Aucklanders who don't meet the criteria have been prevented from flying to other areas in New Zealand - and potentially taking COVID-19 with them.
There are currently 131 active cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand - 18 in managed isolation and quarantine facilities, one in Waikato and the rest in the wider Auckland area.
Despite a handful of cases still being found each day, Auckland is set to move to level 2 on Monday - and officials are hoping their much-improved contact tracing systems will keep the local outbreak under control.
Rulebreaking spikes across Auckland with confusion around level 3 rules
Auckland's rapid lockdown has prevented explosive outbreak of COVID-19


insurgency that proved so deadly in the following years."
Regarding Baathists it states "The assessment of Iraq's progress probably also will rely heavily on political developments such as Saturday's vote in parliament. Although the agreement was widely praised, some Iraqi legislators saw the bill as motivated by the same punitive spirit that they felt guided the initial purge of Hussein's government after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003."
from the fourth rank, known as Firqa members, would be eligible to return, but he expected that many would not.
involved with the militant groups," Lami said. "Because for two years, we have been demanding that they come to the de-Baathification commission, but there was no response."
When the Coalition Provisional Authority first implemented this there were concerns that driving out experienced Baathist governmental operatives would cause problems for the country. That fear is largely ignored now as even the greatest government drone ever couldn't make and implement policies within the existing environment of sectarian hatred in Iraq.
Bush hailed the agreement as "an important sign that the leaders in that country must work together to meet the aspirations of the Iraqi people."
We think it's a pile of dung and so do the Iraqis as ""The problem is that the new leaders have gone in the direction of revenge and vengeance, rather than going into healing those wounds," said Izzat Shabender, a Shiite who is on the de-Baathification committee in parliament. "Even if this law is passed, it cannot achieve the goal-which is opening a new chapter with the Baathists. . . . It's got nothing to do with reconciliation. The culture of reconciliation does not exist in the heads of the Iraqi leaders."
This is from a Shiite whose natural instinct is to slaughter Sunnis and vice versa. They have been hating each other for so long that subterfuge regarding their animosity towards each other usually is so heavy that a good or bad word about their foe is seldom uttered.
Another farce that W is trying to foist upon us is his relations with other Middle East countries such as Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Big bro 43 is selling his chums, who provided 15 of the 19 9/11 jihadists, 20 billion dollars worth of our military equipment-if Congress agrees.
Why? They hate us! And they own many of our assets including CitiGroupbecause of 43's connections with them.
states "So, the next generation of Saudis far from remembering the United States with gratitude and Americans with affection, will remember us as the occupiers of Iraq and the supporters of Israeli brutality in the West Bank and Gaza."
So you just wonder is this funding of Saudi Arabia good, bad or indifferent to US' interests or merely propaganda?
shows that Saudi Arabia doesn't care about the rising US oil prices or containing Iran.
It states "Oil prices are very high, which is tough on our economy," Bush said on a visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday."
How couldn't the Saudis immediately work to reduce oil prices after that piercing analysis?
"Hashem Ahelbarra on George Bush's visit Opec officials have said the group's ability to lower oil prices was limited."
W is selling them 20 billion dollars worth of US military and can't do anything to them. That means the Saudis will keep on taking US carrots and there is no stick for W to employ against them!
We are getting raped by OPEC but can't the Saudis at least pretend to cooperate with us against Iran?
"The sale appeared to be part of Bush's effort to persuade Saudi Arabia to help contain Iran and offset what he has branded a danger to the oil-rich region and to the world's security.
While Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia has voiced concern over the rise of Shia Iran, it is opposed to another war after the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq that has strengthened the government in Tehran."
That is a nuanced stance, but Saudi Arabia could at least pretend to whole-heartedly cooperate with 43 in gratitude for the weapons-that is if this hypocritical scam was anything other than a propaganda exercise.
43 goes on about Iran denying that Israel exists. Saudi Arabia does not recognize the existence of the state of Israel either. Why does Saudi Arabia get to buy all of this military equipment if it disagrees with the US in such a pivotal matter?
Words have lost their meaning with this evil, current GOP group in power.
And because no one knows actually what the blowback factor will be in the sale of US military equipment to Saudi Arabia, and because his chums in Halliburton and his Poppy's company Carlyle can never get enough money W's boys are planning $30 billion in military assistance to Israel. This amounts to a more than 25 percent increase over the next 10 years.
Musharraf? That has all gone for naught.
Not only there, but next door in Afghanistan, all is not well. In the forgotten failureof the US in the initial theatre of GWOT, not even simple math adds up.
our allies disgusted with us. The British complain that they have responsibility in a violent part while we have the more peaceful east.
shows how too many US diplomats act as badly as W.
Unfortunately, as the US spokesperson exhibits hubris as "The American rejoinder, spoken only in private with references to British operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan, is that superior U.S. skills have made it so." only results in alienating our friends.
In Iraq British Blair's military leaders accused the US of being too barbaric in their methods against insurgents. W can't even keep our greatest all happy because GWOT is so divisive.
Every theatre, Iraq, the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan in GWOT has been an abysmal failure. W can't allow that to be the presentation to his red staters.
My high school math fails me. If you have a few equations that yield the same result ( a=b, c= b,d =b ) then all are equal. For W everything equals failure so he resorts to propaganda. Therefore failure equals propaganda.


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Dean Robinson
Whatzup Features Writer
Heads Up! This article is 22 years old.
About 4,000 years ago, God entered into an agreement with a mere mortal. This covenant charged the 100-year-old man with fathering kings of new nations (with his 90-year-old wife) and circumcising every male of each generation. The agreement in effect made that man the leader of the Hebrew people. God named the man Abraham.
For many, the mention of the name Abraham inspires thoughts pertaining to the above brief summary of Genesis 17. This name association has been the cause of some conflict for the modern-day rock outfit called Abraham. The Columbia City-based band is perhaps best known for the song "Never Never Never" on the latest Extreme Essentials CD release. The band's unintended Old Testament reference has made for some unintended New Testament implications.
"There's been some confusion about it," says Abraham lead vocalist Dave Schmoekel, a 22-year-old portrait photographer by day. "We [the members of the band] were watching some movie – I don't even remember which one – and they were talking about some conspiracy with coins. We thought it was so stupid that someone would actually take the time to lay out all the coins and realize that all the faces on them are facing away from the penny. We were joking around and our guitarist said 'Damn the penny!' We were thinking about using that as our name just because it was funny, but I thought it sounded too much like Damn Yankees. After about 45 minutes of sitting there trying to figure out a band name, our drummer says, 'Why don't we just call the band Abraham and be done with it?' My parents like it. My dad was a pastor, so they love the name."
"When we first got started, our first show we got booked was at a place called New Planet Cafe. Well, they didn't know, and we didn't know they didn't know we were not a Christian band, and we didn't know it was a Christian club – which didn't bother us because we're all Christians, but at the same time, it's not like our music [is]. So we started sound-checking with [Rage Against the Machine's] 'Killing in the Name of . . .' and it sort of freaked them out a little bit. And my car broke down. It ended up costing us about 55 dollars to play that show."
Since then, Abraham – consisting of singer Schmoekel, drummer Jordan Berry, guitarist Gabe Berry and Beav, the bassist – have been impressing crowds with live shows at popular local venues like Columbia Street West, Legends and Piere's. The band primed a packed house for one of the Why Store's final Fort Wayne shows at Piere''s. Fans seeking to take Abraham home can look forward to a shiny new CD release from the band by spring. As the rays of high-profile success beam down on the band, Schmoekel continues to find light humor in the group's early low-brow hijinks.
"We played this show in Ligonier at a place called the Java Hut. It was bizarre," Schmoekel says. "They had a sign out – we had no idea until we got there – that said you have to have a high school ID. You had to be in high school or younger to get in. We were playing there with Skavossas, and we get there and we're getting ready and [the guy in charge] says 'OK now, no swearing tonight and don't smoke over here. You can smoke across the street at Pizza Hut.' I was like, 'Can I sit in my car and smoke?' and they're like 'No. We don't want to give these kids a bad impression.' So I'm like 'that's cool. That's fine.'
"Well, we get on stage, and it's a punk club, big time. Our music isn't going anywhere with these people, so I figured I'd jump out into the crowd and try to get them into it. I jump in there and start moshing with these kids. I had a pack of cigarettes in my shirt pocket, and the next thing I know they just start flying all over the place, all through the crowd. The guy's like freaking out, running around picking up cigarettes all over the place. They don't want to encourage it and here I am, out there throwing them around like candy."
In a gesture that would shame the Marlboro Man, Schmoekel admits that at one time, his cigarette smoking threatened his singing voice.
"It did for quite a while, but I've eased up a lot on it lately," he says.
"The singing or the smoking?" I ask.
"The smoking," Schmoekel says while dragging on a Winston Light with the exact same breath. "I was up to a pack a day, a good pack a day, sometimes a little more. Now I usually smoke about five or six cigarettes a day."
Schmoekel's brand of choice? The famously dry Winston Lights.
"I started smoking them because the packs were cool," Schmoekel says. "I thought, 'That's a cool pack. I might as well smoke those.' This time, I'm smoking them because they're buy two get one free. I'm a special-value smoker."
Some of the 'extra money' left over from those budget smokes will likely be spent on the wants and needs of Schmoekel's wife and two children. The Mrs. gave birth to the couple's daughter in February. The little bundle of joy has served to showcase the parallels between father and son.
"My son, he's really jealous," Schmoekel says. "He's exactly like me. He just always wants to be the center of attention. That's how I've always been. It took me a long time to come to grips with that, but that's just who I am. I love it. I can't get away from it."


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I thought of that as I remember Matt & Lindsay's wedding day. As I look back on the relationships, the shared moments, and the genuine celebration of 2 people coming together. It's an interesting way to look back at life and think of those moments that brought us to tears. Knowing how special, meaningful and unique something was going to be. . .and then STILL being brought to tears because it's even more so that we could have imagined.
This was certainly one of those days.
Congratulations Matt and Lindsay. . . .I know that your life together will always be more beautiful that you ever expected it could be.
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How a council housing estate split families between the bulldozer or 'saving it for the nation'
Published: 7:00 AM May 23, 2019 Updated: 8:54 AM October 14, 2020
Del and Gaby... proud to live on Poplar's Robin Hood Gardens estate. Picture: Kois Miah - Credit: Kois Miah
The lives of East End families living in a nine-year war between architects trying to preserve their massive concrete housing estate and the local authority itching to pull the whole lot down are chronicled in a poignant exhibition opening today.
Dark concrete 'brutalist architecture' blocks in Robin Hood Gardens in 2007. Picture: Joe Lord/East London Advertiser - Credit: Archant
Images by press photographer Kois Miah reveal what life was like in the last years before Poplar's hotly-contested Robin Hood Gardens estate was finally knocked down are being staged at Bethnal Green's Four Corners Gallery.
They reveal the lives, emotions, and routines that animate this 1970s council housing experiment, showing 'brutalism' as a living architecture.
His portraits show a vibrant community—not the melancholia for an outmoded social experiment as council estates are often portrayed.
Robin Hood Gardens was a product of the post-war 'brutalist architecture' period when all that was important was putting up quick concrete towers to house as many families as you could cram in from post-war slum clearances.
'Streets in the sky'... ad hoc cycleway high up on the estate. Picture: Joe Lord/East London Advertiser - Credit: Archant
Its broad walkways or "streets in the sky" aimed to lift the homes into the air to foster a sense of community.
Whole generations have grown up on the estate since it opened in 1972 next to the Blackwall Tunnel entrance, like Motiur Rahman who lived there 23 years.
"The walkways were like being in Bangladesh," he recalls. "People did unbelievable things on them, riding bikes—often four bikes going past each other at a time.
"During Eid the doors would be open and you had swathes of people going up and down the walkways in their glitzy outfits, going into people's homes, eating samosas. It gave you the opportunity to live an outdoor life."
Moyna Miah and his grandchildren growing up on the estate. Picture: Kois Miah - Credit: Kois Miah
But the perceived "concrete monster" architecture soon attracted criticism of its inward-looking 'prison block' structure isolating the estate from the rest of Poplar.
That drew counter-fire from leading architects coming to its defence as an example of modernism in post-war town planning.
The doyen of the architecture world, Baron Rogers, wanted it saved for the nation and compared it to the great Georgian crescents of Royal Bath.
One tenant, Poplar-born Darren Pauling who had lived on the estate since 1999, wrote to the East London Advertiser in 2010 claiming "the whole propaganda machine" during consultations for the Blackwall Reach regeneration that was to replace Robin Hood Gardens had been "set on the families like a feral dog". The council's doorstep poll showing "80 per cent" wanting it demolished came from a response of just 94 households out of 250, we reported at the time, which he worked out should have read 30 per cent!
Joanne Newman-Stackable... ground-floor tenant with her potted plants. Picture: Kois Miah - Credit: Kois Miah
But in the end the propaganda got through and the estate's fate was sealed.
Sociology lecturer Nick Thoburn, who carried out a three-year study of the estate with photographer Kois, said: "Council estates are often stigmatised or described as belonging to the past, helping to justify demolition and rebuilding in what amounts to a massive land grab by property developers and speculators.
"These images stand against those negative accounts, celebrating a vibrant community and the experience of experimental social architecture which was cut short by so-called 'regeneration'."
A three-storey fragment of facades and interiors of a maisonette was strangely acquired in 2017 by the Victoria and Albert Museum during the demolition, as an example of 'brutalist' architecture and social housing. Robin Hood Gardens had an internationally-recognised structure by the protagonists of the 'brutalist' movement, the V&A's contemporary architecture curator Dr Neil Bingham noted.
'Brutalism' emerged in the 1950s with its exposed concrete facades in repeating geometrical forms. The late Smithsons husband-and-wife team coined the term 'brutalism' when they designed Robin Hood Gardens as their vision for social housing with its elevated 'streets in the sky'.
No other work of social housing in Britain had divided public opinion so much, prompting the largest-ever campaign in architectural preservation by the Twentieth Century Society.
But in the end it was a bold decision by Tower Hamlets Council in 2008 to let loose the bulldozers on the now leaking, drafty structures and start again from scratch.
The exhibition opening today at Bethnal Green's Four Corners Gallery, 121 Roman Road, runs till June 8.


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The shooting down of the Luftschiffe 31 aircraft by 2nd Lt Wulstan Joseph Tempest on 1 October 1916 proved a turning point in World War 1. All 19 men on board were killed. Among the casualties was Heinrich Mathy, who was Germany's most successful air raid commander.
Thousands of people saw the airship come down and thousands more heard about it from reports and souvenir postcards that circulated at the time. Second Lt Tempest received a Distinguished Service Order medal for his actions.
To mark the 100th anniversary of this evocative incident, a temporary display and a series of activities were held in Oakmere Park, where the great airship plunged to Earth.
In a touching tribute, the Mayor of Hertsmere Councillor Pete Rutledge and Colonel Hermann Hanke of the German Air Attaché shook hands over a wreath laid in honour of the airmen, as the haunting sounds of a bugle played the Last Post.
Members of the public were able to see photos and remains from the crash-site, including those of the oak tree which the stricken ship crashed into and which later became known as the 'Zeppelin Oak'. In addition, on display was a replica Sopwith Pup, a one-seater plane used during World War One, and a bell shelter, donated by a local resident and used as a lookout post during the World Wars.
A short film of the memorial event is below and more photos are available to view here.
Funding for the event and the restoration of the bell shelter has been received from the Heritage Lottery. A permanent display of Zeppelin remains and memorabilia is available at Potters Bar Museum.


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The Amazon Synod closes with a dramatic week
October 25, 2019 Mary Jo Anderson The Dispatch 7 Print
Father Eleazar Lopez Hernandez, a member of the Zapoteca people in Mexico, speaks during a news conference after a session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 24, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
The Synod of Bishops for the Special Assembly for the Pan-Amazon Region draws to a close in Rome this weekend. The gathering isn't without dramatic tension.
A working "blueprint" document, the Instrumentum Laboris, drew critical fire from top minds in the Church. Charges of blasphemous "idol worship" dogged the synod from its opening ceremony, which featured bowing before a naked pregnant statue. Troubling reports of Vatican finances hover over Rome. A handful of synod bishops met in the Catacombs of Domatilla to sign a pact. Unidentified lay Catholics, aggrieved by the presence of the "idols" in a church steps from St. Peter's Basilica, tossed the statues into the Tiber River at dawn on Monday. On Friday the Pope apologized for the theft of the statues, and said the now-recovered images may appear during the synod's closing Mass on Sunday.
Friday, the General Congregation will be presented with the final document, fruit of their three weeks of "walking together" to discern the direction of the Church in the Pan-Amazon region. A better metaphor might be "cooking together" as the Synod Fathers review and revise the Instrumentum Laboris (IL), an experimental recipe for the Amazon. Ingredients are added, removed, or doubled until a consensus document is produced. The final document, in theory based on the interventions and proposals of bishops, is written by drafting committee. Or not. Bishop Erwin Kräutler, who was a principal author of the IL, said mid-week that "no one knows" who wrote the final document.
Saturday the bishops vote on the final document, item by item. The results are then vouchsafed to the Pope as recommendations of the Special Synod. Pope Francis takes this work and discerns the path ahead. He may, or may not, issue an exhortation based on the work of the Synod.
Thursday's briefing at the Sala Stampa, the press office of the Holy See, touched on indigenous theology. Prior briefings brought questions from the press about an inculturated liturgy and the proposal of an Amazonian Rite. The question is testy because of the "Pachamama" figure at various events and the limp attempt of the Press Office to explain where the statues came from or what they represent to the indigenous people of the Amazon. All week claims and counter claims have ping-ponged around the issue: where does inculturation slide into syncretism? There have been no satisfactory answers.
An easy comfort with syncretism seems to be affirmed by Father Antonio Spadaro, SJ, editor of La Civilta Cattolica. "It is necessary to live in a spirit of profound reconciliation with our origin from the 'dust of the earth' (cf. Gen 2:7),: it is essential we integrate with our Sister-Mother Earth as the reality on which our life and our future depend." This language may be understood as metaphorical by most Catholics, but the context is Amazonian, where indigenous people claim it as their "reality." Father Spadaro wrote, "In the Magisterium of Francis…ecological conversion" is necessary. One wonders if, in the context of the "new paradigm" this is before or after a conversion to Jesus Christ?
Eleazar López Hernández, an expert in indigenous theology, is a Mexican priest. At Thursday's briefing Father López Hernández told press that the Amazon synod is evidence of the new attitude of the Church. Missionaries "have left the boats" for a new relationship built on fraternity, not colonization. Past missionaries came with the same boats "whose people colonized us," he said. Today, "many missionaries have left the boat of the conquerors, and began to walk with us…the pope too has disembarked."
Father López Hernández's statement reflects the voice of some Europeans at the synod. This view presumes that the missionary work of thousands of priests and brothers throughout the Americas in the last 500 years is invalid because it is stained with colonialism. The irony of this prismatic slant is lost on them: the first missionaries were successful, the modern syncretist approach is hemorrhaging. South American Catholics are fleeing to Pentecostalism.
Any dismissal of colonialism misses the history of Catholic evangelism. Queen Isabella of Spain, whose colonist boats landed in the Americas, insured that every boat had priests aboard. Her primary goal was missionary, not Mammon. The reverse is what we see in the effort to form a collaborative Church where missionary work is tossed overboard (Bishop Kräutler refused to baptize indigenous people) to free the Church to become just one more international NGO. Isn't this what REPAM appears to be, some ask, in its excitement to collaborate with "world leaders" and to receive monies from foundations that support abortion, gay rights, and birth control?
The entire thrust of an integral ecology as outlined in the IL is perceived by skeptics as a veil to permit syncretist pantheism. The framework of IL is one of receiving wisdom and traditions from a particular region of the world as revelation. This very framework is what Cardinal Gerhard Müller warned about in his seven-page critique. "Here a certain territory is being declared to be a 'particular source of God's Revelation,' then one has to state that this is a false teaching," the former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith wrote.
On Friday the entire Synod of Bishops Special Assembly for the Pan-Amazon will learn what their efforts have produced. It may include an enhanced commissioned role for women, just short of a female diaconate. It will almost certainly include a proposal that the Pope study more closely the ordination of viri probati (respected married men). What it will hold for an Amazonian Rite is uncertain. What it will hold for the evangelization of souls in the Pan-Amazon is even more uncertain.
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Mary Jo Anderson is a Catholic journalist and speaker whose articles and commentaries on politics, religion, and culture appear in a variety of publications. She is a frequent guest on EWTN's "Abundant Life." She was appointed to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops National Advisory Council (NAC), 2010-2014 and served as member of the NAC Executive Committee in 2011. Follow her on Twitter @maryjoanderson3.
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Peter D. Beaulieu
The GOOD NEWS is that "Saturday the bishops vote on the final document, item by item." A 2/3rds vote is required for inclusion in the final report. The BAD NEWS—-based on the precedent of Amoris Laetitia—-might well be that this step (a precaution of the Holy Spirit?) is possibly meaningless (old paradigm).
The ploy with Amoris Laetitia was initially to have the bishops vote only once on the package deal as a whole. When the bishops' personal obligation and right to vote item-by-item was not surrendered to the podium, the embedded paragraphs 52 and 53 yielded LESS THAN the required 2/3rds vote of the Synod (for divorced and remarried having access to the Eucharist).
Pope Francis ordered that these sections still be included in the final report (his prerogative), and the Vatican narrative was that the synod had approved the (bundled) final report by the needed 2/3rds vote.
https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2016/12/17/rewriting-the-history-of-two-synods/
One is reminded of the global financial MELTDOWN of 2008 when insolvent real estate investments were likewise "bundled" into much larger investment instruments ("derivatives"), only to find that instead of remaining afloat the entire investment world collapsed. The common sense understanding of the bad-apple-in-the-barrel now applies big-time to the secular world, but still NOT to theological bundlers of Amoris Laetitia and now the Amazonia final report. Instead, and again, probably some creative editing capped with an (unvoted?) and open-range footnote (as fn. 351 in Amoris Laetitia).
Instead of incorporating ourselves sacramentally into the divine life of the singular Jesus Christ, the syncretic novelty is to flatten and incorporate Christ as part of a collage of indigenous natural theologies…
No longer to "assemble" around the Eucharistic Presence; instead to congregate from far afield, prodded by cowboy bishops RATHER THAN led by apostolic shepherds.
HOW TO EVANGELIZE a post-Christian and pre-Christian world, and anti-Christian, is a novelty in all of history. The need to engage, and the difficulty, are fully appreciated. Likewise the relationship between the human ecology and the natural ecology–but not the facile and theologically blurred "integral ecology".
The Church universal is not well served by the past three weeks in Amazonia. In step with Evangelii Gaudium, "the whole is greater than [this] part." Or, more to the point, THE PART (AMAZONIA) IS NOT GREATER THAN THE WHOLE.
Fr Peter Morello, PhD
Fr Spadaro SJ's question whether in new paradigm context – if reset in converse asks whether conversion to Christ is prior to or after Amazonia ecological conversion. That in effect tells us conversion to Amazonia ecological worship is consistent with conversion to Christ. Who are we seeking to convert? If it's the cleric he's presumed Christian and requires ecological conversion, if the indigenous he's presumed ecologically converted and requires conversion to Christ. Conversion to Christ must refer exclusively to the indigenous. According to Fr Spadaro's apparent Freudian logic the indigenous belief in Amazonia ecological belief is putatively at least consistent with new paradigm Christianity. And if a non Christian requires ecological conversion the answer is similar. But this is the impetus of this entire Amazonia Synod rodeo Pachamama goddess of the Andes, Mother Earth representing a world understood in Leonardo Boff's definition of a superorganism in which we and all things are component and from which we draw meaning rather than confer to it the order and sanctity of Christianity. Any wonder then that the wooden Pachamamas were retrieved from the Tiber kept in security by the Chief of Roman Carabinieri apologized for by the Pontiff for causing 'possible' scandal nonetheless kept in consideration for further venerating ritual to celebrate the Synod finale? Any wonder why Cardinal Gerhard Mueller is aghast?
Amazing and with what efficiency the Italian police force, found the idols and brought them to the pope. My fear is what will mean an Amazon Rite, what form will it have? Will we see it a tomorrow, Sunday, at the mess ( yes, it is a mess, not a Mass) closing of the synod? Apparently the mess of this pontificate, until now, has not been enough for Bergoglio.
Phil Alcoceli
Some consider idol worship as an archaic, ancient thing good only for archaeological research. But idol worship is very alive and well and as poisonous, dehumanizing, corrupting and lethal today as it was back then. Sin is sin in any time frame. From the worship of "celebrities", to the worship of corrupt politicians, to the worship of pregnant Pachamama, the worshipping of cheap idols is back. With idols, the cheaper, more worthless and more corrupt the idols, the better.
Idols are a narcissistic, maniacal celebration of the lowest of the lowest in humans, turning into gods our most despicable, most heinous attitudes and sins. Idolatry is a criminal, satanic orgasm, corrupting our human nature right at God-created core, in our most primary call for obedience in sexual purity. These despicable idols are made from the materials of "sister-mother earth as the reality on which our life and our future depend" (said by Fr. Antonio Spadaro and a total heresy, not even close to a metaphor). Satan is Pachamama and Pachamama is Satan and he, totally envious of God's gifts to women from the beginning, is now pregnant, full, with the Rosemary's Baby of Pagan Radical Amazonian Environmentalism.
In the Book of Revelation, the corrupt harlot rides on the Beast. It would be no exaggeration to say that, in the darkness of the Pagan Amazonian Synod and the overwhelming deception, seduction, tyrannical influence, and crass idolatry around the world brought by Radical Environmentalism, that the absolutely seductive harlot is indeed Radical Environmentalism. "One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits by the many waters [the huge Amazon river]. With her the kings [Presidents, leaders, influencers] of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries [fanatical betrayal of the True Catholic Faith]… The name written on her forehead was a mystery: Babylon the great, the MOTHER [Pachamama] of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth [worship of Nature]." (Revelation 17:1-2,5). Will you allow yourself to also be seduced by recycled, monstrifying, "new-and-improved" idolatry? ""Do you also want to leave?" (John 6:67).
Edward J Baker
One question: The term "new paradigm" has been interjected, without hyperbole, millions of times in the 50+ years of the post VII era. Will the "new paradigm" require of all of us the identical depraved indifference the Synod demonstrated towards the practice of burying children alive?
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Italian journalist and Vatican veteran Sandro Magister reports: After already having canonized six new saints without waiting for a new miracle to be certified for each of them after their beatification, Pope Francis could soon […]