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Spain are through to the final of the European Championships but in all honesty it was a very poor game.
Portugal looked threatening in the first half but then Spain took control and created the better chances in the second half and extra time. Andres Iniesta should have done better when the ball was pulled back to him in the box but the Portuguese keeper pulled off a good save. So the game went to penalties and what did we learn from it, well Spain can hold their nerve and Portuguese footballers clearly aren’t the cleverest first with Bruno Alves being fourth on the list trying to take his third. So who was more stupid Alves for stepping up too early or Nani for letting him walk all the way to the edge of the box before realising he was supposed to be first? In my opinion Crisitiano Ronaldo’s ego cost them the game as he is surely their penalty taker, why didn’t he step up and take it first? Instead it seemed like he would want the glory. However, I may be wrong and he may not have took one but that is very unlikely.
So all in all what did I learn from this game? That even though England aren’t great, the Premier League is the best in the world. There is very little chance of a game being like this and only one shot on target in the first 90 minutes from both teams is a disgrace, even when bottom of the league play top they do still usually get a chance or at least a shot on target. I am already counting down the days till the football season starts again in England as I think there would be more passion, heart, determination and drive in a League 2 game than there was in this game. Some people may argue that it was because their quality cancelled each other out but I don’t believe that as the better players should be able to create at least something in 90 minutes instead we got them overreacting to challenges, surrounding the referee and trying to get their opponents booked.
Man of the match- Sergio Ramos- It was so difficult to choose a man of the match as I was hardly watching the game as I was so bored at times, but the Real Madrid man was very good at the back and showed his strength as well as his composure on the ball. He stopped Ronald from producing his best and was always across to cover his fullback when needed. The penalty that he put away was also very confident and similar to Andrea Pirlo’s against England. Spain will have to up their game in the final but it wouldn’t surprise me if they performed exactly the same and won the tournament as teams seem to now be scared of them and not believe in themselves and try to attack.
The first quarter final saw Portugal beat Czech Republic 1-0 and dominate from start to finish and the result never looked in doubt.
Czech Republic didn’t offer much in the game and never really threatened scoring apart from when their winger Vaclav Pilar raced down the left wing, beating a few players however his cross was awful and this summed up their performance. They were hardworking but not at any point did it look like they actually wanted to win the game. Their best player was Petr Cech and that just tells you everything about their performance, he produced some fantastic saves, particularly one which he tipped over the bar from long range as it was moving in the air. Portugal created numerous chances and also had a goal disallowed when substitute Hugo Almeida headed past Cech but he was rightly judged offside. The Portuguese needed a goal so up stepped their main man in Cristiano Ronaldo who made a good run from the left wing to head home a cross. It was a really good performance from the Real Madrid man and he always looked the most likely to break the deadlock or create something. There isn’t much more to say about this game, Portugal won the game comfortably and it would have been a better game had Russia got through instead.
Man of the match- Fabio Coentrao- For me the left back was the best player on the pitch, even though Ronaldo will get all the headlines, I think Coentrao does a lot of the work down that side of the pitch. When Ronaldo goes inside which he will inevitably do to try and get involved, the Real Madrid left back pushes on and stays out wide to give his team another option. I think he could be the most important player in the Portugal squad because if he wasn’t on the pitch, Ronaldo would be restricted to the wing a lot more. He defended well against Czech Republic and was a threat going forward, there was hardly ever an attack when he wasn’t involved. Plus he kept the dangerous Petr Jiracek quiet for the whole game.
Germany are looking like the team to beat as they came through the group of death with nine points and in each game looked very good.
Portugal will be joining them in the knockout stages and their game was the one I decided to watch as I personally felt that Germany would win their game and ultimately eliminate Denmark which did happen. Denmark actually surprised me a lot this tournament and maybe deserved to go through as they were very consistent and if only they had performed better in the first half against Portugal they would have finished second.
So onto the game I watched, Holland started the brighter and looked like they would cause Portugal some problems and they took the lead through a wonderful finish from Rafael Van Der Vaart and at that point I thought they would go onto win the game by at least the two goals needed to qualify but a lack of passion and drive has been evident all tournament and some of the players looked like they would have rather been on their holidays. Poor defending allowed Cristiano Ronaldo to break through the offside trap and finish off a one on one. The second half the Dutch were even worse and their attacking players were not performing and didn’t create much and yet again Ronaldo was able to grab a goal from a counter attack.
Man of the match- Cristiano Ronaldo- The man has the burden of being the best player on his shoulders and it isn’t like being at club level where Real Madrid can look towards Mesut Ozil or Karim Benzema to step up. He seems to have to do it all, as his support in Helder Postiga and Nani is nowhere near the quality of his teammates. His two goals were at crucial times and he held his nerve and confidently put them both in the corner. His all round game in the tournament has been fantastic in my opinion and he should have had more goals but he has frightened defences and could lead his country to the final.
Portugal will take on Czech Republic and Germany will take on Greece and I fully expect these two from group B to go through however football is a funny game and anything could happen so maybe one of these will fall.
Penalties is the most heartbreaking way to lose a game of football especially if you went down to ten men during the game like Crystal Palace did away to Cardiff. After Patrick McCarthy got sent off for two bookings, the Palace team defended brilliantly and did everything they could to keep Cardiff from scoring.
Cardiff missed opportunities and over the two legs they probably deserved to win the tie but Crystal Palace must feel hard done as they put in a very committed display and a draw would have been fair but the rules state that the tie had to be decided that night and when it came to it their players failed to keep their cool missing three of their penalties. With Jonathan Parr missing the target completely and both Jermaine Easter and Sean Scannell seeing their spot kicks saved by Tom Heaton they must be travelling back to London deflated and absolutely devastated to have missed their best opportunity of getting to a cup final in a long time.
Tom Heaton will be seen as the hero and will grab all the headlines in the morning papers whereas Kenny Miller who actually missed for Cardiff will hardly be mentioned unlike the Palace players that missed will be portrayed as villains.
Although this isn’t directly the same it is yet another time when England have failed to win a game because of penalties. England have been knocked out by Portugal and Germany which was heartbraking both in 1990 and 1996.
So what goes into taking a penalty? The most important thing a player needs is confidence and players that put their names forward deserve great credit as they are basically putting themselves forward to be shot down as they have put all the pressure on themselves to succeed as their opposite number, the goalkeeper, can only be a hero because nobody expects him to save the penalty.
The longest walk a player must take in his career is when he knows it is his turn next and has to walk from the centre circle to the penalty spot and look at the fans behind the girl which will either be his own who will be trying to encourage him or towards the opposition fans who will be doing all they can to put off the player. That walk must be so nervous and basically takes away the majority of a players footballing ability because it is one kick and one opportunity and although people say practice makes perfect, it doesn’t matter how often you practice taking penalties, you may choke on the big stage or the keeper could pull off a great save.
Another thing that would make anyone feel nervous is when a player places the ball and is all set to take it and then the referee tells them to replace the ball, it must ruin all momentum and cause panic as the player will be focused then all of a sudden they are taken out of the zone because the referee has spoke to them as the best penalty takers block out all the noise around them and just hit the ball.
Another thing that is important to remember though and the best advice to give to someone taking a penalty is that the goalposts do not move, they are in the same place every time and you are only 12 yards away. If you are a striker and you have a chance from 12 yards unmarked you are expected to score and most good strikers do put them away and therefore every penalty should go in.
However as I have said pressure can get to everyone and if a chance falls to you in a game it is a split second moment whereas you have so much time to think about it when taking a penalty especially in a shootout.
So is a penalty shootout the best way to end a game? In my opinion, yes because games have to come to a conclusion in some way and even though it is slightly unfair, every single player is under the same pressure and therefore it just comes down to whoever can hold their nerve the most.


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Every week, ithlete will cover general questions on training and recovery, as well as specific best practices with Heart Rate Variability (HRV).
If you have a general question or a specific question on how to use ithlete you can email ithlete.support@myithlete.com.
Q1 – SpeedEndurance.com: A lot of coaches use the term “stimulate” or “deplete”, what are examples of this type of training and how does one decide what to do. I am a 200m sprinter and sometimes do the 4 x 400m.
Answer: Usually coaches use the term stimulate as a term to create an adaption with the minimal dose of work, while deplete is to challenge the body maximally, usually creating deep fatigue. Ideally one would just do the minimal threshold of training to get results, but eventually everyone will stagnate and hit a plateau. When stimulating, most methods are less risky and very conservative in both method and volume/intensity. Depletion is more of a volume approach at the specific intensity required to elicit a deep rebound effect.
Deciding when to use either approach or combination is more of a philosophical approach rather than something that is concrete in training theory. With any risk, the reward must be carefully weighted against other options, so depletion is not suggested unless one is an elite athlete and the training in the past was sound and well planned. Often plateaus are problems in training design, and improvements can be made without resorting to more aggressive methods.
Most options for stimulating are brief but intense options such as 3 x 150m, but depletion work is closer to 6-8 of the same distance. Running the 4×400 volume via depletion may help with the conditioning needs, depending how important the relay performance is to your team and coach.
Q2 – SpeedEndurance.com: I see there is a lot of research showing that HRV can be an effective training tool for endurance athletes, but does it work for speed & power athletes as well?
After training, weightlifting performance of the subjects decreased below baseline in parallel with suppressed parasympathetic power (high-frequency [HF] HRV), whereas sympathetic power (normalized low-frequency HRV) was slightly elevated at 3 hours of recovery (p , 0.05). Both weightlifting performances and parasympathetic power returned to baseline values in 24 hours and further increased above baseline during 48–72 hours of recovery in a similar fashion (p , 0.05). Circulating DHEA-S level dropped at 24 hours (p , 0.05) and returned to normal values by 48 hours. Muscle pain increased at 3 hours after training and remained higher than baseline values for the 72-hour recovery period (p , 0.05). Our data suggest that parasympathetic power, indicated by HF HRV, is able to reflect the recovery status of weightlifters after training.
The autonomic nervous system is comprised of the Sympathetic division (elevated in response to stress, aka ‘fight or flight’) and Parasympathetic division (facilitates recovery, aka ‘rest and digest’).
“Suppressed parasympathetic power” simply is referring to the predominance of the sympathetic branch of the ANS due to high stress caused by the intense training session. Once the sympathetic activity is reduced and parasympathetic activity returns to baseline levels, the athlete is ready to handle and adapt to further stress.
This is what makes monitoring HRV so valuable. It tell’s you when you’re body has recovered from stress (training). This allows you to better plan your daily training loads/volumes.

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Lauren and Reuben met while tenting for the Duke-UNC game. As you likely know, Duke has developed a “tenting” system for students who wish to gain entry to the Duke-UNC game, whereby students can elect to do the more intense “blue” tenting (a month before the game) or “white” tenting (just the week before).
Lauren and Reuben officially met on February 1, 2008, while Lauren was waiting in line to get into another Duke basketball game. Lauren heard the group in front of her refer to a guy who had just walked up as “Reuben.” Knowing that there was a “Reuben” in her tent group, she asked him if he was in her tent and introduced herself. Reuben was not happy when he realized who she was, as he had gotten himself over to K-ville from Central Campus really early on a Saturday morning to be there for any possible tent checks, and Lauren could have covered the tent. Fortunately, things only improved from there!
Over the 5 plus weeks that Lauren and Reuben tented for the Duke-UNC basketball game together, they gradually got to know each other. By the time Lauren asked Reuben to accompany her to her sorority semi-formal in late February, the two were pretty much inseparable.
Reuben proposed to Lauren during Lauren’s post-bar trip to Europe in August of 2011. After a wonderful few days in London, Lauren and Reuben flew to Florence, Italy, so that Lauren could show Reuben the city she studied abroad in and loved so much. Unbeknownst to Lauren, Reuben had bigger plans.
Their first evening in Florence, Reuben told Lauren that he had made a reservation for dinner (no small feat, considering the fact that he doesn’t speak Italian!). Reuben took Lauren to her favorite restaurant in Florence, La Giostra, where he continued to give her notecards, working their way steadily to the present day. Following dinner, Reuben said that he had made a reservation elsewhere for dessert.
After a walk through the city to the Ponte Vecchio, Reuben and Lauren arrived at the rooftop bar at the Hotel Continentale, right beside the Ponte Vecchio. Given the fact that the rooftop was relatively busy, Reuben asked a waiter if there was a more private place to talk. He led Lauren, with eyes closed, down to a candlelit room with a view of the Ponte Vecchio. On the final notecard Reuben handed Lauren, it said “August 1, 2011” and then “Sometimes all it takes is a look back in order to see what lies ahead . . . (Turn Around).” Lauren turned around, and Reuben was down on one knee.
Lauren, of course, said “yes!” and they celebrated with prosecco on the rooftop.
Washington Duke Inn was where Lauren and Reuben had their first date. Lauren asked Reuben to attend her sorority’s semi-formal with her. The couple had dinner at there, and decided that it would be the perfect place to have their wedding!

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What does it mean to be a socially responsible designer? It means keeping the people, places and things around you in mind as you design anything from a brochure, car, home, city and program to a company. Of course, thinking about what the future may hold for that design is mighty important, too.
You seem to be launching a new project every few years, such as The Firebelly Foundation and now Firebelly University. What keeps you adding more items to your already overflowing to-do list? It honestly doesn’t feel that way, but I suppose when you step back from it all, we do seem to launch a new venture every few years. We start our programs to fill a void in something we are personally feeling or seeing in our communities. For example, we saw a need to help young designers gain more experience in a real-world setting, and at the same time, we read cover letter after cover letter from designers who were desperate to work on meaningful projects. That’s why we started the camp.
We aren’t looking to take on more projects, believe me, but when we see a need, we feel obligated to help. Sometimes it is a new program. Other times, it might be passing our ideas onto the right person who would be even more passionate about the issue.
In your design education programs, such as Firebelly University and Camp Firebelly, what are some of the exciting trends you see coming from the next generation of designers? Collaboration. It is so refreshing to see young people working together knowing they can accomplish more collectively than by themselves. This is a very new concept in traditional education and one that we believe so strongly in. And this extends beyond the creative team to working with the users and clients. It brings a sense of selflessness to the work, not striving to feel like the owner, but part of the family that created it.
What are some pieces of advice you give budding designers? My mentor and friend Rick Valicenti reversed the old adage: it’s not business; it’s personal. That mantra has stuck with me for years. It’s so important to realize that what we do is ultimately about people, and that the relationships we make today have the power to change our lives years from now.
How would you describe Chicago's design community, and how does it feed your work? Chicago’s design community is truly a team. We do not have the competitiveness of places like New York or Los Angeles. People in Chicago want to get to know each other; we like connecting in real life and go out of our way to support each other.
Almost six years ago, Ed Marszewski from Public Media Institute and I started the now-annual TYPEFORCE exhibition. Our intention was simple: showcase Chicago’s up-and-coming typographic all-stars. Chicago wasn’t getting the design love it deserved, and we saw many designers moving to places like New York to “make it.” So we started the show to give designers a platform. It’s grown over the years and even drawn people from across the globe—Thailand being our farthest to date. We love sharing Chicago’s great work and supporting the folks who are grinding away every day. They inspire us.
Where do you seek inspiration? Travel for sure. Learning about new cultures, trying foods I’ve never had, exploring places that can only truly be experienced by being there. And it doesn’t have to be far. Even venturing to a new neighborhood in Chicago can do the trick!
What was your riskiest professional decision? In the grand scheme of risky decisions I have made, you’d think the first one—leaving my job and starting my business—would have been the biggest. Because I was 25, I was too naive to realize what a big risk it was. But I felt the uncertainty when I started my nonprofit. While it’s not inherently risky to start a nonprofit, the program, Reason to Give, was in a traditionally Puerto Rican community that wasn’t known for opening up to white people like me—no matter how pure my heart was. Many in the community saw us as part of the problem, and rightly so. The neighborhood was being gentrified overnight, and the community had its guard up. Our approach to work with them, instead of for them, was what made it succeed. Today we partner with almost every nonprofit and school within the neighborhood. We learned through conversations, surveys and trust.
When you were the AIGA Chicago Community Outreach Chair in 2010, you started the Mentor Program. How does that program work? The program is run three times a year and includes up to 80 participants split into smaller groups based on their interests. The groups collectively decide how to spend their eight-week sessions: for example, taking studio tours to get an insider’s perspective, or sharing war stories over drinks. One memorable group shared their favorite recipes and cooked them together at someone’s home. At the end, they collaborated on a cookbook—I thought that was brilliant.
The program was sparked by my desire to get designers more engaged in their communities. Without the people surrounding me, I would not be where I am today. And the thing I find most valuable about the people I call mentors is that they are not all like me. Some are in completely different businesses, and others are younger than I am. It's not about experience or age; it's about being open to other people's ideas and asking for help when you need it.
What would you be doing if you weren’t in design? I love to cook. I would probably be living somewhere that had great, fresh produce year-round so I could be someone’s private chef. It may still be in the cards one day!
Sara Breselor meets Cooper & Gorfer, an inseparable artistic duo at the intersection of photography and painting.
Design manager for the brand team at Pinterest, Brian Singer, tells us how to stay energized with side projects.
Jennifer Ransaw Smith, CEO of Brand id|Strategic Partners, explains why you need to build your personal brand.


text: Obviously one can ask oneself if it does make any sense at all to try and solve their problems as it seems such a small fish in a big pond. But looking at the hundreds and thousands of homeless parents trying to raise their kids in a future-orientated way, and experiencing the effectiveness of a small organization as the IMIZAMO YETHU Educare Centre means coming to the conclusion that any effort on improving those circumstances is worthwhile. At a stage in near or far future some of the little human beings will have grown into adults sharing tears and laughter and being known as individual humans. By then at the latest we will realize that all we will have put in has been worth the trouble – no matter how small it might seem at the moment.


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I have been following the international currency wars for 2 years now, and this email needs your attention. If the Deutsche Bank, which some say is the primary bank the Nazi machine is still using, although covertly, is now frozen, then there is about to be a huge upheaval in the European banking cabal, and the effects will be without precedent in all of history.
These banks are all interconnected with all the banksters in Amerika and this might be the first domino.
Pay attention to this and read the entire article about Leo Wanta. He is another person that has been lied about on a global basis for years. Even on the internet there are many articles that try to smear this guy. I am just saying that this needs to be watched continuously for the next while.
Here are some important links on this subject.
It can now be reported that on the direct orders of the IMF (International Monetary Fund), the U.S. Provost Marshal, European INTERPOL and the German Police, all Deutsche Bank derivative-riddled proprietary accounts were frozen today on 12-12-12.
Item: The crooked U.S. Federal Reserve has now been totally neutralized by what took place in Europe today.
The announcement by Fed Chairman Bernard Bernanke of his program QE Infinity is not a stimulus but the continuation of a ponzi scheme to buy back toxic assets aka worthless mortgage-backed securities tied to major U.S. financial giants (gangster banks) and none other than their underwriter, the Nazi "Skull and Bones" Deutsche Bank.
P.S. Now that the Deutsche Bank has had their derivative accounts frozen there are really no derivatives outstanding for the crooked Fed to prop up.
Translation: QE4 is now Titanic5.
P.P.S. At this hour we can also divulge that gangster U.S. banks like Goldman Sachs and U.S. Bank are now totally exposed in new illegally cross-collateralized derivative positions aka written call options in crude oil and unleaded gasoline futures markets, which were designed to protect their already undermargined naked long positions in natural gas.
P.P.P.S. So, at this hour, the IMF and the U.S. Provost Marshal continue to order massive asset redemption and repatriation of collateralized assets aka precious and industrial metals.
In closing, we can now directly report that after the freezing of the Deutsche Bank proprietary accounts that took place today, 12-12-12, the IMF is now prepared to fully implement the Wanta-Reagan-Mitterrand Protocols with the Obama Administration absent.
Finally, it is time to buy the black gold and sell the yellow gold.
This is huge news people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The biggest bank that is in with the Fed scum bags has just been neutered. The Reagan Wanta Protocols are done. WOW WEE Public RV is around the corner.
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I’m giving a TED talk! | Amanda Morris, Ph.D.
Very exciting news, folks. I am so honored and thrilled to announce my selection as one of six TEDx Lehigh River speakers for this salon event on January 31! My talk is titled “I am a Settler-Colonizer” and will explore how we settler-colonizers erase indigenous peoples – and what we can do to reverse ourselves and do better.
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The National Post is Canada’s second largest national paper.
We don’t allow foreigners to vote in our political campaigns for the obvious reason that our political leaders should court, and be accountable to, Canadians alone. We don’t allow foreigners to donate to political parties for a similar reason – we don’t want our politics to be unduly influenced by a foreign agenda. But we do allow foreigners to pursue their agenda in another way – by funding willing Canadian NGOs to make their case for them. Is this funding desirable in a free and democratic nation and if not, are there any remedies?
These questions have become acute due to the investigative work of Vivian Krause, an independent researcher whose articles on this page have in voluminous detail exposed the extent to which U.S. foundations fund activities in Canada, most notably to influence Canadians and Canadian policy over our tar sands, the chief target of global warming activists. Without some $100-million that U.S. foundations have spent swaying us to their point of view, tar sands development and the shipment of tar sands oil would be far less contentious a public issue.
Sweet words but they belie a sour asymmetry. For one thing, the U.S. foundations include multi-billion dollar activist organizations, built of fortunes from the Fords and Rockefellers, the Hewletts and Packards, that dwarf anything that exists in Canada. As if that didn’t provide them enough advantage, the U.S. foundations act in concert, deciding among themselves what the priorities for the nation and beyond should be, the better to concentrate pressure.
There is no two-way street – U.S. foundations can and do routinely influence Canadian policy; Canadian foundations can’t and don’t influence U.S. policy. The U.S. influence, moreover, is all the more powerful because most Canadians have no clue when the exhortations coming from Sierra Club, Greenpeace or the David Suzuki Foundation are financed by U.S. interests, to further a U.S. agenda.

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Baroness Doreen Lawrence and solicitor Imran Khan last night addressed an audience at London South Bank University (LSBU) for the annual Legal Action Group Lecture.
Baroness Lawrence and Imran Khan have campaigned side by side for more than 20 years, following the racially motivated murder of Baroness Lawrence's son, Stephen Lawrence, in 1993.
The lecture was a rare opportunity to hear the two talk about their fight for justice, which has prompted two major inquiries, and led to changes in the law, as well as major shifts in social attitudes towards race and policing.
Since her son's murder, Doreen Lawrence has established the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust and campaigned for victims of racist crime. In 2003 she was awarded an OBE for services to community relations and in 2013 she was appointed as a Life Peer in the House of Lords.
Imran Khan, a Visiting Professor at LSBU, has previously been recognised by the Legal Action Group for his "doggedness and determination in the face of substantial legal and other hurdles."
The lecture focused on the legacy of the legal campaign for justice and also explored recent cuts to legal aid. Mr Khan has said publicly that he would have been reluctant to take on the Lawrence family's case if it had come to him once the government's legal aid cuts had gone through.
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Today is one of my favorite moments in the Catholic church. My family does a Christian Seder. We have a Benjamin Family Haggadah. I make the lamb and the Seder plate. My husband buys the wine for us adults and the grape juice for the kids. He makes sure that we all wear our sandals to dinner. I'm an actor at heart. I get to tell the stories of Moses, Elijah, and Jesus' Last Supper.
Passover is about sharing your faith with your family. One of the treasures in my heart is that a tradition that I started alone while I was a single girl in College, is now shared with my husband and my children. I remember the toast that my husband said "Next year in Jerusalem!" the pre-Easter of 2002. He said that toast with such joy and hope a few weeks before he finished graduate school.
Today we were coming home from buying the lamb for Passover. My 10 year old son Alex said in the, "Now guys, we have to put the lamb's blood on the door so that I get to save my life!"
We'd played April Fool's Day Tricks on each other all day. I shrugged my shoulders and said "Oh, Alex, we don't need to bother with that part anymore."
"This year, John is here. We now have an extra boy in case you go."
There was a second of pause. Then I said "April Fool's Day! Alex, you are irreplaceable to us!"
My son let me tickle his hair. Then five of us let out this beautiful laugh in the car. "This year, John is here!" For the first time in 10 years Alex won't be the only son at the Passover table. The gift of Baby John is amazing. We finally had a son who lived. It's the yearly tradition of Passover that lets us all take those mental snapshots and rejoice in the changes of our family.
Last night we read about the Last Supper from Matthew. "And he reclined at table." I took a second out to explain that in Ancient Roman times people sat on couches when they ate dinner. My almost First Communion Recipient said "Mom, the picture is wrong!" She meant the Leonardo da Vinici painting of the Last Supper. I told her that she was right! That painting was made by an artist almost 1500 years after the Last Supper and his best guess about the table wasn't very accurate. We also talked about how silly it was to have all 13 guests sit on only one side of the table. Maria and I decided to look it up today and draw our own version of the Last Supper.
In my 7 year old's eyes, this image for the Last Supper is wrong.
This image for the Last Supper is right.
I love the comparison of the two. The second table seems really intimate. It feels like getting to hang out with Jesus at a Slumber Party. It's also so shocking that Judas lied to Jesus right inside his personal space. "Surely, not I Rabbi?" My family had a lot of fun joking around about other possible ways Jesus could have answered Judas. "You've hung out with me for 3 years. You've seen me heal the blind and get dead people talk! What else do I need to do to convince you that I am the Son of God!"
Today we will celebrate the Last Supper with a Christian Seder at home. I hope to go pray at Adoration tonight. We have lonely Good Friday, and quiet Easter Saturday, and then the joy of Easter Vigil.
Why I'm Grateful My Baby Has Colic!
I have a baby with colic. Actually, my little man has "infant acid reflux." I call it colic when I talk to other people because "my little baby has heartburn" really does not do justice to the amount of stress this condition puts on me as a Mom.
My baby is on anti-reflux medication. I'm so grateful that I was a strong advocate for him. After only a month of medication, his weight jumped up from the almost dangerous 15% on the average infant growth chart to 85%. His medication is working. My son has flipped from turning so red and mad that he was burning off most of his caloric intact each day to now merely being a crabby baby who refuses to nap and violently vomits over all of his clothing.
This is my sixth time having a child with a variant of this condition. My son is one of our worse cases of infant acid reflux, but I've certainly been here before as a Mom. (We think it's genetic.) Because I've been here before I know that no medicine, no sleep position, no special infant sling, etc is going to help me reduce my son's pain level to zero. I work with my doctor to help monitor my son's reflux. However, I'm done searching for a magic cure.
My son will always spend a part of the day crying loud, awful cries. As his Mom, it will always hurt my heart to hear him in pain. This is our life together until he reaches 8 or 9 months and that little immature swallowing apparatus finally starts working better.
The thing about colic is that it exposes every single weakness that I have as a human being. ("I thought I was a nice person until I had a kid with colic" could be a Tee Shirt Slogan for me.) For the other two kids who had this condition in an extreme way, the colic period has scared me to death. "What can I do to stop it? When is it going to be over?"
As a more experience Mom, I know that this stage will pass. So instead of getting obsessed with "Make this stop now!" or "Why doesn't my baby always have to be the hard one?" I'm developing a resigned patience. If I want delightful, funny, sensitive, and artistic kids with my tall husband--then I get babies with sensitive digestive tracts. I can't have the joy of one without the pain of the other.
The thing about having a baby with colic is that situation strips me naked. There is no hiding from myself. Every flaw in my marriage, in my housekeeping, in my homeschooling, in my parenting, in my prayer life--every sinful habit that I have gets magnified when I'm walking around without sleep and either twitching because I hear my baby crying in his crib upstairs or terrified that my slightest movement will wake him up in my arms.
For 12 years and 5 babies, I kept focusing on healing the baby. "If the baby stops crying, then I'll feel less stress and become a nicer person." Now, I think "the only solution I've got is to become more holy myself."
I'm a little freaked out finishing Lent this exposed. I know what sinful stuff I need to work on. My husband knows what sinful stuff I need to work on. My older kids know what sinful stuff I need to work on. My Catholic prayer friends know what sinful stuff I need to work on.
What I'm grateful for is the virtue of humility. When I'm this low, I have no choice but to work on the really broken parts of myself. Right now, I'm healing the parts of myself that were broken before age 6. It's awesome because whenever I patch up something this deep, I can see the results really fast in so many areas of my life all at once. Getting this low is embarrassing, but it's effective.
I joked with one of my friends this week. "Isn't Motherhood wonderful? There is a Miraval Resort in Tuscon, Arizona, where people pay thousands of dollars to get the same life lessons that we learn practically overnight, for free!"
I mean that comparison to Miraval Resort in a very concrete way. To survive four more months of colic, I have to learn how to cook better. I have to improve my diet. I have to exercise more. I have to ask my husband for a neck massage at the end of the day after holding our son for 12 hours. I have to rebuild my self-esteem, re-evaluate my Faith, and learn how to better manage stress in the moment.
All my efforts at self-improvement were optional before.
Now my self-improvement feels CRITICAL.
That is why I'm grateful for my son's colic. That is why I'm grateful for a hard Lent. It's so easy to drift into complacency as an adult. "Oh, I'm a good enough person for God!" As much as I hate Rock Climbing the Spiritual Mountain for God, it's good for me.
Jesus, thank you for dying for my sins. Help me to better slug off my sloth and work harder for the Kingdom of God!
"The Catholic take is notice Peter!" and "Remember the Book is Always Better!" Can't wait to watch this on TV with my family on Easter Sunday!
It's the last few days of Lent! What a spiritual workout! I'm full of gusto this Monday after a thrilling Palm Sunday Mass. I hope to work hard with all my until Easter Vigil. "He shall purify the sons of Levi!" sings the choir with Handel's Messiah Chorus. Purification comes from prayer, fasting and almsgiving. That is my special work during Lent.
Yesterday was my daughter's 12th Birthday. It was also the Feast of the Annunciation. I had a kind of "double vision" throughout the day. I went through the normal events of the day. At certain moments, I could see things with "God vision". It felt stunning and overwhelming.
My daughter was conceived at a time when I was preparing for my first trial as an attorney. Trials are the high point of training to be a litigator. Trials are also exceedingly rare. Almost all cases settle well before trial. I had waited 2 years after law school to get a chance to be "first chair" at a trial. Most of my friends outside of public interest law had to wait 5 years to handle their first trial.
What I remember most about preparing for trial is looking at the clock in my office. At soon as the clock hit 7 PM, I would make myself leave my desk. It felt like a physical struggle. There were piles and piles of evidence on my desk that I felt all needed to be neatly organized and labeled for my trial notebook. No matter what felt like it was still "undone", I obeyed the clock.
"I need to have dinner with Jon tonight!" I told myself. "We're trying to have a baby!" For two weeks, I worked really hard at prepping for my first trial. But I always came home for dinner. I ate my husband's excellent stir fry and then we had fun making out as newlyweds.
I looked at my daughter in the kitchen the other day and the memory of watching the clock in my old attorney's office came back to me. I heard a quiet thought in my heart say "Good thing you put first things first!"
I felt stunned. It would have been so easy for me to have missed the conception of this child. I was in the middle of my first trial. I had worked through 3 years of law school and 2 years of firm life for that moment. Nothing in my family of origin had prepared me to put my vocation as a wife ahead of my career dreams. I couldn't even explain in words why I was drawn to having my first child at age 27. The whole thing was a mystery. The only thing I can point to is that six weeks beforehand I became a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
Good thing you put first things first!
I could have missed out on my daughter. What is a spunky, funny, beautiful, unique human soul compared to a few days of showing off my lawyer skills inside a courthouse? There is no comparison.
I don't know what other things I'm missing out on in my current daily life by trading the less than perfect "God's will" things for the more important "God's will things". I'm sure its a lot.
Good thing you put first things first.
God, I want to do more of that! Please help me better follow you this Easter Season!
"The Angel Gabriel was sent to the virgin Mary, who was engaged to be married to Joseph."
Gotta love those Gospel writers! What brevity! But what happened exactly? What was Mary doing right before the Angel appeared to her? What did he look like? How did she feel? How could the most important event in human history happen inside an ordinary, rather shabby, house and to a girl most likely under age 15?
The Annunciation of Our Lord! A quiet moment with endless depth.
Mary, the Mother of God, pray for us! St. Gabriel, pray for us!
Question for Lent: Have I Been A Good Friend to Myself?
My third child had her First Confession this Lent. Our two parish priest did such a beautiful job leading a community penance service that appeals to both second graders and their parents. For his homily, the priest lead us in a meditation on this painting by the artist Rembrandt.
For the Examination of Conscience, the Priest had us look deeply into 3 basic questions. Am I being a good friend to God? Am I being a good friend to others? Am I being a good friend to myself?
I was shocked at how badly I failed at being a good friend to myself. Lack of exercise. Perfectionism (a failure to be patient with myself). Lack of time to develop my talents and nourish friendships outside my family.
After that experience, I started paying more attention to self-care and my own nourishment. This morning I did a good job on quiet prayer. I ate a real breakfast. I gave myself extra time to do my hair, put on lipstick and change my earrings. After the good example of the nuns of St. Emma's, I focused on doing one small, achievable domestic task at a time. When my 3 year old and 4 year old started fighting at the breakfast table, I easily had mental space to help coach them through their disagreement. The three of us didn't just solve a one time problem. We affirmed a system of how to approach a breakdown in the social contract.
I turned back to doing the dishes in utter shock. It's so easy to be a good parent after I take time for myself. I go to CODA meetings every week. I hear a legacy of painful family memories passed down for generations. I wonder now if the pain of codependency is as simple as a generational legacy of a lack of self-care.
It is good to care for God. It is good to care for others. I also have a responsibility to take care of myself--especially in the cause of chronic illness (infant reflux) and chronic "there is always a needy toddler in my life".
I love Lent! I love coming home to Christ again and again. I love always finding an easier way to do his work with greater joy. St. Joseph, the worker, prayer for us!
(For my daughter's First Confession, my parish priest just held up a copy of this painting and helped us experience it deeply for a few minutes. I can't imagine a more beautiful way to encourage more people to experience the joy of reconciliation with God. I love priests that are so connected to Beauty. It was such a St. Bernardino of Sienna moment. (We love him dearly because he is the patron saint of graphic designers, my husband's profession).
One of the things I learned while hanging out with the Benedictine Sisters is to appreciate how hard they work. Every single task they do is with God---Singing in Church, Setting the Table, Greeting a Guest. Since I've been home, I've up my work output significantly. Even when I'm tired, even when I'm crappy. I get out of the cozy bedroom that I've been hanging out for five months with my newborn and I do the yucky grunt work that has been mostly gathering dust since I went on bed rest in September.
To my shock, I've found that once I get over the painful start of "Oh my goodness, its been another night of no sleep", I do feel better after I get some small tasks accomplished. Work is restful. More restful, than sitting still and watching TV, drinking coffee, reading the internet, or complaining about how little sleep I get with a newborn in my house.
It doesn't make any sense to me that small amounts of proper, focused work for God can make me feel better than totally relaxing after a hard night with my baby.
I've starting calling this God paradox "refueling in midair."
Work is prayer. Prayer is rest.
The Benedictine Sisters taught me to "work at prayer, and pray during work."
In Tennis, it's always better to play tennis with someone significantly better than you. I think that principle applies also to the spiritual life. Whenever I hang out with someone significantly higher than me on the spiritual plane, I am so excited. I feel like I come back to my regular life with six new power serves. Thank you Benedictine's for being a place of focus and encouragement in the world!
Easter Sunday is coming! There is a fantastic way to continue our Lenten Journey of Faith using mainstream TV. NBC will air "AD: The Bible Continues" at 9 PM on Sunday, April 5, 2015.
This 12 part TV series is enthusiastically supported by the US Catholic Bishops. There is a book by Mike Aquilina called "AD Ministers and Martyrs" which outlines the lives and sacrifices of 1st Century Christians. There is also an official Catholic Viewer's Guide to this series.
Put this 12 part TV series on your families' calendar! Be prepared to host your family's spiritual development on Sunday night. Get some snacks. Have some books on the table for both children and adults. Get out your Bible. Be inspired!
We are a part of God's Easter Message of Hope! There can't be any better way to move forward in 2015, than to spend an hour being reminded of our ancient church's thrilling early history.
How Do I Love St. Joseph, Let Me Count The Ways!
There is a St. Joseph statue still buried in the frozen ground outside my home for the house sale that didn't happen last December. The statute came from my Mother-in-law, who house sold in an impossible small town market a few months after she unexpectedly became a widow.
My Mother-in-law is not a big Catholic. To talk to her about her belief in God and the Saints is a rare delight. Even my Mom trusts St. Joseph to help sell a house. We got her package in the mail and buried her "lucky" St. Joseph statute underneath our For Sale Sign in the front yard.
After 10 months of hard work, our dream about changing states fell apart a few days before Christmas. In January, I took the For Sale sign out of our yard. I marked the place where the St. Joseph statute sat with a big rock.
My husband and I talked about the fact that so many people we knew sold their house quickly after we asked St. Joseph to look after them. Yet for us, our home sale not only didn't happen as expected, but got delayed 2 to 3 years.
This thing that happened to me increased my trust in St. Joseph. Prayers to St. Joseph are not "magic." I don't just pray to St. Joseph for cash, for help with bill, or for a new house. St. Joseph reminds me that "All things work for the good for those that love God." Sometimes St. Joseph helps me gain what I want to with prayer. Often, a St. Joseph prayer changes me. I learn how to be more patient, more humble and a greater lover of poverty.
The Scott Hahn book, Joy to the World, changed my theology of St. Joseph last year. I no longer call St. Joseph a "foster father." He did not contribute biologically to Christ. Yet he was in every other sense of the world Christ's true "father." St. Joseph raised Christ, he protected him, he provided him and he loved him.
I love the church statues by the alter that have Mary, Our Lady alone and prayerful, and St. Joseph holding a toddler Jesus. St. Joseph often holds Jesus up to his cheek in love and shows him a lily. I am reminded of the Old Testament reading "Oh, how I have loved you. I was like one who held up infants to my cheeks."
Jesus Christ, our brother, gave the whole church his mother. He also gave us his Father on Earth, St. Joseph. We can turn to St. Joseph in times of financial uncertainty for help. We can also ask St. Joseph to pray for us when the daily grind gets boring and for a happy death.
Oh St. Patrick, How I love you! I had the grace to travel to Ireland a few weeks after my entrance into the Catholic Faith thirteen years ago. It was crazy cool to be thinking about St. Patrick and all the great Irish saints as a new infant in Christ. I'll be eating my corn beef with joy tonight and telling my kids about what I learned about Ireland. St. Patrick, bishop of courage and love, pray for us!
I went on a Silent Carmel Retreat last weekend at a Benedictine Monastery. It was glorious! It was so hard for me to leave the baby. (I've got a colicky 4 month old who nurses almost every 20 minutes on rough days). I almost backed out a few times before going on the retreat, but I'm so happy that I went.
I had this major breakthrough with the gift of Silence. St. Elizabeth of the Trinity talks about this "humming" that she hears in the middle of Silence in a monastery. The Silence is actually "full" of activity, joy and love. I read that description at a Carmelite retreat four years ago and thought "What she is talking about?" The three times I did a Silent retreat before the Silence felt like "work." I had to work to remember not to talk. Always before the Silence felt a little lonely and barren. I thought that Silence was like a "Fast" from talking.
This time the Silence felt amazing. The Silence felt so full of beauty and possibility. I knew what work I was supposed to do in the monastery, and I did it. I felt really close to God. There were questions deep in my subconscious that I didn't even know were bothering me. So many little rough patches in my life got fixed during the retreat.
It's hard to describe how close I felt to my fellow Carmelites in my community. Loving them in silence made every interaction so free and easy. For example, there was an elderly man named Bill who read a spiritual book in an empty dining room at 6:30 AM on Saturday morning. I'd been alone in my cell (an individual bedroom) for the past 12 hours. Bill is a quiet guy who I don't know well from a year of shared Carmel meetings. Yet when I saw him reading in the dining room after all that beautiful, exciting time of solitude I thought "There's Bill!"
When I went to the dining room, I signed up to set the tables for breakfast. There were 66 people there at the retreat. So as I was doing the soothing, repeated task of laying out 66 place settings, I felt this connection to my Carmelite brother Bill. I thought "There's Bill! He's talking to God! I'm setting the table for God!" All of this connection and wordless support flowed through me without me saying anything. While I was setting the table in the monastery I thought "I wish I could do this in my own house!"
When I asked if we could go 30 minutes a week without talking to each other, but loving each other in Silence, my husband's eyes got bright! My poor husband! I'm such a natural chatterbox. I make the mistake of thinking that if I'm constantly talking to him, I'm establishing greater emotional intimacy. Meanwhile, I think he's got the idea that what makes us close is much deeper than our shared conversation.
I'm excited that experiencing more Silence at home, can radically help my prayer life. Jesus, he doesn't need my words. Or he likes my words, but Jesus thirsts for something deeper. Jesus wants my heart! I think I'll gradually be more calm and patient with my prayer life (which is intangible) if I spend more time practicing silence with the tangible love of my life, my husband.
I'm so grateful for the Sisters at St. Emma's. I only spoke once out loud at the first introduction and heard the Mother Superior speak twice. Yet I feel like I have seven more Aunts in my corner! I can't wait to write to them all about the little individual details of myself and my family. A good nun has space in her heart to love you! It feels so good to be adored, encouraged and strengthened.
Pope Francis has made this the year of Consecrated Life. He's asked us to send letters to all the Religious Sisters and Brothers that we know in 2015. My children and I have resolved to touch base with all of our friends in Religious Life and also to make an effort to make new friends this year. I'm so grateful to so many Sisters who have given me encouragement on this spiritual path!
St. Benedict and St. Scholastica, pray for us!
This Easter give the gift of music to your children and First Communion recipients! The award winning British Boy Choir has a new CD/DVD, a PBS special and a US Tour for their new album, "Angels Sing-Libera in America."
Libera is an amazing choir who has sung everywhere. Libera sang at the Papal Mass at Yankee Stadium, the Kennedy Center Honors, and (my husband's favorite sign of a good band) on the Tonight Show.
The choir has a five city Easter Tour, including a concert in Washington DC on April 2, 2015 at the Warner Theater. The other concert cities are Boston, San Antonio, Chicago and Atlanta. Buy tickets here!
If you can't get to a Libera Easter Concert, (or the thought of combining your young children with classical music makes you cringe) you can still enjoy some beautiful hymns inside your own home. Libera has a newly released DVD and CD called Angels Sing- Libera in America.
The Libera DVD was filmed live at 2014 concert inside of the National Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC. The lush combination of 40 clear children's voices with a live orchestra against the backdrop of one of the most beautiful churches in North America can't be missed. I was so pleased to see the wide range of hymns included in this concert. So often my beautiful church music CDs are limited only to Christmas music. This DVD includes; "How Can I Keep From Singing?", "Ave Maria", and "How Great Thou Art."
I played the DVD for my 2 year old and 4 year old whose musical tastes are pretty much limited only to tunes from the Frozen soundtrack. My 2 year old said spontaneously "I love this music!" My 4 year old was initially shocked that their were no girls in the choir. (Yes, that's what a boy choir means!) However, she listened to the rest of the concert attentively and quietly. My two girls got through 3 songs peacefully with me, which is pretty much equal to a standing ovation from the preschool set.
I often fill up children's Easter baskets with so much junk. This Libera DVD is truly "candy for my ears!" There is something beautiful and instantly uplifting about hearing a hymn. I'm keeping this DVD in the DVD player for the rest of Lent. This choir DVD is such a feast for my eyes and my ears, it is an easy way to get a more prayerful attitude in my life. "She who sings prays twice!" I hope other families are able to experience the beautiful music inside the jewel of a setting that is our Washington DC landmark, the National Basilica.
The Libera DVD is going for $14.99 on Amazon. The CD is also $14.99 and MP3 is $9.49. There is also a chance to buy the songs individually for 99 cents each.
Many thanks to Allied Faith & Family who helped me review this DVD. If any readers go to a Libera choir concert, please send me an email. I'd love to publish a review about how this great choir sounds in person!
Today's Daily Office talks about the Samaritan woman drawing water and her astonishing conversation with the son of God, Jesus. St. Augustine wants us to put ourselves into the story. The Samaritan woman isn't just some random historical figure, she is also a modern day "us."
Earlier this week, I made a critique of a new book by Catholic author Bill Donohue. It's not easy to disagree with another Catholic in public, especially someone who is famous and well known. Today's reading gives me courage. In the Mass reading on Sunday, we hear "Jesus did not need to be instructed on human nature. He knew it well." Jesus was not shocked by the Samaritan woman's poor behavior before this meeting at the well. Despite knowing her ugly past and sinful present, Jesus invites her to join him in a conversation.
Conversation with God = a conversion.
I'm really guilty of taking too relaxed an attitude with my prayer life. I'm convinced that I can't pray over a colicky baby or that other urgent household need should be handled first. The two year old will wake up early and after I attend to her needs, I never get back on track with my prayer routine. Or my husband is home for a rare peaceful weekend morning, and I feel self conscious leaving his company to go pray.
St. Augustine reminds me today that my prayer life isn't optional. It's as critical as getting water from the well for my family. Before indoor plumbing, getting water from a well was a daily task. Carrying water was hard work. It was messy. It didn't feel good. Yet it was critical for survival.
My prayer life is a conversation with God and one that will have a hidden result, a conversion of my heart.
Last week was a tough week for me. We had another blizzard in Washington DC. My baby has colic. By Saturday morning, I felt super irritable and resentful. So I went to confession. My priest was there with so much love and compassion for me, much like Jesus at the well. He reminded me that if I want to change my sin of anger, I need to change the conversation inside my own head. "Anger comes from unmet expectations," he said. "If you want to stop being resentful, flip your thoughts to gratitude."
My kid's favorite Lego Movie quote is "Believe! I know that sounds like a cat poster, but it is true!" That movie line seems to fit so perfectly here. It seems so impossible that a quick conversation about sin inside a confessional could turn me around, but its true. It happened. The sacraments are powerful places of grace.
St. Augustine's quote reminds me that my conversations with Jesus will bear supernatural fruit. Conversation = conversion. I'm encouraged to keep going deeper in prayer this Lent. May we all travel well on our individual faith journeys and meet in a calmer and more peaceful place this Lent.
Book Review: Bill Donohue's "The Catholic Advantage: Why Health, Happiness, and Heaven Await the Faithful"
Bill Donohue's new book, "The Catholic Advantage: Why Health, Happiness, and Heaven Await the Faithful," proves an uneven read. The book's sweeping scope includes political theories, sociological reports, and medical studies to show how religious practices help Catholics live a better, longer, and healthier life.
Some parts of Donohue's book are brilliant! Chapter Four, "Coping With Anxiety" is the most concise explanation of redemptive suffering that I've read in six years of studying to become a Third Order Carmelite. Reading this chapter reminded me of spending three weeks with a sick newborn inside Children's National Hospital. My husband and I were physically isolated and yet hundreds of messages of encouragement were posted to this blog. I held our sick daughter while my husband read out loud every new comment as it posted. I experienced the bonds of community, which Donohue mentions in his book, as extending far beyond the ritual "sharing of the peace" during Mass.
Donohue has a gift for finding clever quotes that stick a pin into matters of deep theology. For example, he quotes a former Hollywood actress, named Dolores Hart, who once kissed Elvis onscreen and yet quit her career as an actress at its peak in order to became a contemplative nun. "You can't find happiness putting another fancy dress on. Happiness comes when you find someone that you really love, that you can really give your life to." (page 129). Donohue is at his best when he describes the rich interior life of priests and nuns.
Yet Donohue's description of the secular worldview disintegrates into an ugly "us" versus "them" mentality. Donohue criticizes Hollywood actors for their poor life decisions with an incredible force. Drug addiction and suicide seem to be at the top of Donohue's "Thank God, I'm not a tax collector!" list. In a weird twist, I found Donohue's chapter on the war crimes committed by Hitler, Pol Pot and Stalin to be written with a less judgmental tone than his paragraphs about the accidental drug overdose deaths of Heath Ledger and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Donohue's central argument misses the messy parts of a more open and gentle worldview. The saint and the sinner coexist to different degrees inside all of us. Religion is more than a set of useful practices or mantras picked up like a self-help book. Faith is a gift!
My takeaway from this book is that there is a lot of objective proof that my faith journey is good for me. Thank you Bill! Yet the invitation I have for this author extends to all of us Catholics this Lent. We don't need to sell our Catholic faith, we need to live it!
For more book reviews check out the Catholic Advantage Blog Tour from March 3 to March 9th here.
On March 5, author Bill Donohue will be a guest on Raymond Arroyo on EWTN at 8 PM EST.
"[Jesus] also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax-collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, "God, I thank you that I am not like the other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax-collector. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income" But the tax-collector, standing far off would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, "God, be merciful to me, a sinner!" I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted."
A Novel Response to "You've Got Your Hands Full!"
Today is the feast of Saint Casimir, a Polish prince from the Middle Ages. I was surprised to find that the most famous painting of him in Krakow depicts him with two right hands. Art historians can't decide if its an accident (caused by fading paint) or an intentional decision by the painter. Whoever the cause, the result is pretty cool!
The first time I started my novice training in Carmel, my instructor said "No one is ever going to print you a Thank You Note in the Church Bulletin for completing your quiet prayer time, but you still need to do it!" I assumed that idea also applied to canceling church volunteer projects in order to attend to the needs of my individual family. Yet here is the actual email correspondence with my priest last week.
Setting: There is a desperate need for volunteers to take the Eucharist to our local hospital. This once a year training meetings has sat on my calendar for 3 months. Fifteen minutes before I am supposed to leave, I finally accept that my four month old son is not going to cooperate that day. I wrote my parish priest the following email.
Sorry, I had to cancel my plans to attend your Hospital Ministry today. I have a colicky newborn son who won't settle today.
I believe I'll need to postpone my involvement in this service for at least six months because my son is pretty unpredictable and has high needs. In the meantime, I'll have lots of opportunity to pray and offer up sacrifices for this ministry.
Thank you for all your work in bringing Hope to the sick.
Glory be to Jesus Christ! You have chosen well. Your vocation should come before your apostolate. Prayer is important! As Tennyson wrote: "More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of." May God bless you and your family!"
Knock me over with a feather! When does someone THANK me for putting my high needs baby ahead of filling a spot in a thin volunteer schedule? But it's right. There is a orderly process for service work (or charity, as we call it in Catholic lingo).
If you have some hidden act of service in your life that is keeping you from signing up for volunteer projects that you want to do and getting your name printed in the Thank You Box of the church bulletin, please consider this post as your personal thank you note! Thank you for keeping things in their correct order! Don't get discouraged. When you have a prayerful heart, you are connected to the whole world. Remember that "more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of."

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The Joad and Wilson families travel for two days. On the third day, they settle into a new routine whereby “the highway became their home and movement their medium of expression.” Rose of Sharon declares that when they arrive in California, she and Connie plan to live in town, where Connie can study at night in preparation for managing his own store. This worries Ma Joad, who balks at any idea of splitting up the family. The Wilsons’ car breaks down again. Tom and Casy offer to stay behind to repair it, but Ma refuses to go on without them. Instead, the whole group waits while Al and Tom go into town to find parts at a local car lot. The brothers find the needed part, and spend some time talking to the bitter, one-eyed attendant. The man complains tearfully of the injustices of his job. Tom urges him to pull himself together. At the crowded camp that night, Pa Joad tells a man that he is traveling to look for work in California. The man laughs at him, saying that there is no work in California, despite what the handbills promise. Wealthy farmers, the man reports, may need 800 workers, but they print 5,000 handbills, which are seen by 20,000 people. The man says that his wife and children starved to death because he took them to find work in California. This worries Pa, but Casy tells him that the Joads may have a different experience than this man did.
Despite these warnings, the Joads decide to continue on, and to finish the journey that night. Noah decides to stay behind, saying he will live off fish from the river. He claims that his absence will not really hurt the family, for although his parents treat him with kindness, they really do not love him deeply. Tom tries in vain to convince him otherwise. Granma, whose health has deteriorated since Grampa’s death, lies on a mattress hallucinating. A large woman enters the Joads’ tent to pray for Granma’s soul, but Ma sends the woman away, claiming that the old woman is too tired for such an ordeal.
Soon afterward, a policeman enters the tent and rudely informs Ma that the family will have to move on. When Tom returns to camp and reports that Noah has run off, Ma laments that the family is falling apart. The Joads must pack up and are forced to leave the Wilsons behind: Sairy’s health is failing, and Ivy insists that the Joads move on without them. During the night, police stop the truck for a routine agricultural inspection. Ma pleads with the officer to let them go, saying that Granma is in desperate need of medical attention. When they cross into the valley, Ma reports that Granma has been dead since before the inspection. Ma lay with the body all night in the back of the truck.
The Joads’ dreams about life in California stand in bold relief against the realities that they face. Rose of Sharon believes that Connie will study at night and make a life for her in town, but this fantasy rings rather hollow against the backdrop of Grampa’s and now Granma’s death. Coming after two sets of dire warnings from ruined migrant workers, Granma’s death bodes especially ill for the Joads. They now seem fated to live out the cautionary tales of the men they have met in Chapters 16 and 18, who now seem like a Greek chorus presaging impending tragedy. Before the Joads even set foot on its soil, California proves to be a land of vicious hostility rather than of opportunity. The cold manner of the police officers and border guards seems to testify to the harsh reception that awaits the family.

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Investigation of class characteristics in English handwriting of the three main racial groups: Chinese, Malay and Indian in Singapore.
Cheng N, Lee GK, Yap BS, Lee LT, Tan SK, Tan KP. Investigation of class characteristics in English handwriting of the three main racial groups: Chinese, Malay and Indian in Singapore. J Forensic Sci. 2005;50(1):177-84.
This paper investigated the class characteristics in English handwriting of the Chinese, Malays and Indians in Singapore, many of whom learned their native language as a second language. One hundred and fifty-four handwriting exemplars were collected and features such as letter designs, pen-lifts, letter spacing and embellishments were studied. A number of characteristic features peculiar to the individual racial group were identified, which confirmed the impact of their native language writing systems on English handwriting.


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The internet has enabled people to learn skills that a century ago, required in-class attendance. Technology has profoundly changed our access to education. Traveling is no longer an absolute requirement and massive amounts of information such as that contained in books, audios, and images, are available at our fingertips.
This type of learning has proved beneficial for numerous projects, from small items such as replacing a car air filter to allowing teachers to supplement lesson plans by merging them with global ideas and resources.
However, although its uses are many, sometimes it is essential to be face-to-face with a teacher, who can impart their experience in subtle ways that are unavailable through our computers and other media. Much importance has always been given, in the spiritual traditions of India, to a live guru. Sadhguru explains the significance of this and how one can make use of a living master.


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Torus now has U.S. professional and management liability primary underwriting capabilities. Led by Jeffrey Grange, senior vice president, head of professional lines, the offering includes products across three segments: professional liability, private company management liability and financial institutions.
The suite of products is available nationwide and, in many states, available on an admitted basis. Products are targeted at professional service providers including media and entertainment content producers and distributors, information technology service providers and all forms of financial institution asset managers.
The Torus policy architecture is a modular policy architecture that enables agents and brokers to tailor coverage to fit the specific needs of their customers.
Torus’ primary professional and management liability product suite addresses the full spectrum of needs for small and middle-market companies.
For all products and customer types Torus can provide limits of liability of up to $10,000,000 per risk.


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The Theory of Positive Disintegration is a theory of moral development devised by Polish psychologist Kazimierz Dabrowski. It consists of five levels which go from total self-interest to almost the complete opposite which is primary concern for others.
Egocentrism is the ruling force in this level. Those who are at this level of moral development have little concern for others. They may be highly competitive and often win because they have no guilt or shame to stop them from doing what might hurt others. Their goals tend to be limited to financial success, power, and glory. They lack the ability for empathy and self-examination so that when things go wrong, they place the blame on others rather than take any personal responsibility.
Individuals at this level of moral development are no longer totally self-centered, but they have not yet internalized a core set of values. They are motivated more by a concern for what others will think of them, by a need for approval or fear of punishment. The lack of internalized values make them easy targets for manipulation. They may experience inner conflicts but these are between external competing values, such as values of the social group and of the family.
At this level, an individual begins to develop an inner core of hierarchical values. Intense inner conflicts occur because the person is dissatisfied with who he is as measured against an ideal, against high personal standards. He will compare who he is with what he thinks he could or should be. The struggle to reach the ideal can lead to existential depression, despair, anxiety , and feelings of inferiority.
For example, a person may have a strong sense of honor and believe that any lie is a sign of moral failure or weakness. If they lie to get out of trouble, they can be overwhelmed by guilt and shame.
Those at this level also often feel morally out of sync with their peers whose values are not at the same high level of idealism. They may, for example, find it hard to accept that being less than 100 honest is at times socially acceptable, as on occasions we pay compliments we don't really mean.
Dabrowski considered this level a period of "positive maladjustment." It is the point at which a person can appear neurotic and maladjusted, but is on the brink of reaching a higher level of development. Therapists may try to help the person adjust to the norm's of society rather than help him or her reach the next level. Not everyone makes it to the next level. For some, it can be a life-long struggle.
Those at this level have learned to adjust to personal ideals, to live according to those ideals. They have strong and unshakable values. They are able to accept themselves and others, have a strong sense of responsibility, and are committed to serving others. They exhibit strong empathy, compassion, and self-awareness. To reach this state, however, one has to have gone through the struggle of level three. His previous self must disintegrate to make way for the more ideal self.
Those who have reached the fifth level of moral development have reached their ideal. Inner conflicts have all been resolved. Very few people reach this level, which is characterized by a life of service to humanity and living according to the highest and most universal principles of regard for humanity. Mother Theresa is believed to have reached this state. A lesser-known fifth-level individual is Peace Pilgrim, who gave up all she owned and spent 28 years helping others find inner peace.
Progressing through the five levels is not easy and in fact can be emotionally painful. Many people who travel the path from one level to the next do not always do so purposely. Instead, they find themselves thrust into the path by extenuating circumstances, which include the death of a loved one, a near-death experience, or even a mystical experience. They may also subconsciously sense that they are ready for the next level.
The most difficult transition between levels is the one between level three and level four, and many people struggling to get past level three would benefit from counseling, provided the one providing it has some understanding of the theory and of giftedness. Without that understanding, a counselor may spend time trying to get the individual to adjust to life as it is rather than helping them move to the next level.
Once an individual begins to move into level four, the choice to move forward is a conscious one. The person is no longer afraid of the disintegration of the self and is able to accept the pain because he or she understands that it is necessary in order to progress to the higher levels of development.
Those individuals with strong emotional, intellectual, and imaginational overexcitabilities seem to have the greatest potential for attaining the higher levels of moral development with the emotional and intellectual OEs being the most significant.
The theory applies more to adults than to children, but it is not unusual for some gifted teenagers to become concerned with the conflict between how things are and how they should be.
Are Verbally Gifted Children at Risk for Underachievement in School?


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Set alarm clock for 2 am (2'o clock ) in your mobile or pc using this online alarm clock. This 2'o clock timer works with your computer time, which helps to wake you up.
This alarm clock wakes you correctly at 2 AM. Make sure your pc and smartphones date and timings, because it works based on your system timings.

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– Canon iRC-5180i drivers installation is regular and necessary in offices and companies. Like Windows, your printer does not always operate smoothly and at will be. There are many reasons that cause errors so you cannot print, and this time do you wait until someone repairs it? For more initiative, the sincere advice is that you should try to fix the printer by yourself.
– In this article, I will guide in details how to share/install Canon iRC-5180i drivers easily by yourself. I will guide how to share/install Canon iRC-5180i drivers on a Windows 7 PC/Laptop and LAN Network, and you can apply to all printer model because most of them are set up in this way. The most important step that you have to download the correct driver for Canon iRC-5180i printer (it means that driver for Windows XP, Win 7/8… 32bit or 64bit version).
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Meet A-100. The super AWAC.
Discussion in 'Air Warfare' started by undertakerwwefan, Dec 6, 2018.
I don't believe that it is EASA, why need to turn it mechanical?
this is the main problem with Russian hardware, because lack on technology they are still with cold war technology. Every one is making the radar smaller but the Russian are still the same, doesn't matter EASE or PESA still to big. To fly that big radar you need a big plane, i mean look to the americans. Small and they are using civil aviaton plane. No need for big millitary heavy big plane.
The rotodom rotates. E-2D's rotodom also rotates while the radar is AESA.
thats a 60 years old plane. And i doubt it have easa and turns around.
While the APY-9 does rotate inside the E-2D’s dish-shaped radome to achieve 360-degree coverage, the crew of the aircraft can control the antenna rotation speed to focus on an area of interest according to NAVAIR. Further, the 18-channel passive phased-array ADS-18 antenna has the ability to steer its radar beam electronically.
No aesa and latest update was in 2009, and us navy doesn't want to scrap a lot of awacs. Still not a argument from your side, empty argument.
Russian awac lacks on AESA technic, and you comparing with 60 years old awac what is updated 10 years ago for the last time. Next time they will use a new awac us navy. The latest awac from Russia use no EASA, thats for now the fact.
Yeah it has AESA. Even Russia's rival Americans admit it.


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When Tom is sent to stay at his aunt and uncle's house for the summer, he resigns himself to endless weeks of boredom. As he lies awake in his bed he hears the grandfather clock downstairs strike ...eleven ...twelve ...thirteen ...Thirteen! Tom races down the stairs and out the back door, into a garden everyone told him wasn't there. In this enchanted thirteenth hour, the garden comes alive - but Tom is never sure whether the children he meets there are real or ghosts ...This entrancing and magical story is one of the best-loved children's books ever written.
film and graphic novel versions available for comparative study. See group sets for graphic novel.


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Our focus on crucial factors such as product efficiency, flexibility and traceability enable us to provide cost-efficient, scalable solutions that optimize production processes.
In a constantly changing production environment, GEA carefully selects the newest technologies that support the evolving needs of our customers—technologies that enable seamless integration of our solutions into existing platforms and systems and also afford maximum product flexibility.
LYOPLUS™ is a mass spectrometer that is fitted with advanced software enabling it to provide much more measurement data than would be possible with ordinary equipment.
The system is able to work alongside any existing PLC/SCADA system as a stand alone unit or fully integrated within the control system. It can also be operated independently as a monitoring system that does not interfere with any qualified processes.
The LYOPLUS™ mass spectrometer provides essential data from within the freeze dryer itself, including: the ability to detect very small silicone oil leaks inside the dryer; the ability to monitor the moisture content within the freeze drying chamber; identifying the end point of primary and secondary drying; and a much easier and faster leak detection.
Freeze drying, also known as lyophilization, is mainly used to remove the water from sensitive — mostly biological — products without damaging them. As such, they can be preserved in a permanently storable state and be subsequently reconstituted by replacing the water.


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Thank you for your interest in partnering with the International Sports and Music Project! We appreciate you taking the time to fill out this form, and our team will be reviewing your information shortly. We wish we could partner with every group seeking to play sports and music around the world, but our resources are limited. As such, if we believe we are able to partner with you and your organization at this time, we will reach out to you soon to discuss further. If you have any questions, please send an email to jason@ismproject.org.


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On this page, we have managed to share the official usb driver for Coolpad Torino S2 Device. If in case you were already searching for the usb driver for this device, then this page will help you out.
[*] Coolpad Torino S2 Stock Firmware: You can download Coolpad Torino S2 Stock Firmware from here.


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A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and contains a noun and its modifiers (the words that describe the noun). We italicize prepositional phrases below.
Josh's consistent effort raised his grade in English.
Laura wrote Ariel concerning their friendship.
Ms. Hoo stomped into the noisy classroom.
Justin hit the baseball beyond all the fielders.
Al's fickle friends led him into dangerous activities.
We talked on the phone yesterday.
Brent skied beyond Bill and me.
Louisa May Alcott wrote classics for children.
She learned much from Ralph Emerson and Henry Thoreau.
During the Civil War, she worked in the hospital.
Amendment V provides protection for any citizen accused of a crime punishable by death.
The accused person must go before a Grand Jury.
Omar finds the answers to his questions (1) in bizarre places (2).
A pony leaped over the fence (1) and trotted through the town (2).
Brent skis in the remotest parts (1) of the large ski resort (2).
Alexander the Great was one of the greatest generals (1) of all time (2).
An accused person found not guilty by trial (1) cannot be tried again for the same crime (2).
After our lunch (1), let's talk about the reasons (2) for the amendments (3) to the Constitution (4).
For each sentence, write each prepositional phrase and star the object(s) of each preposition.
Rumors of Big Foot spread throughout Washington within a few weeks.
Some places on the west side of the Cascade Mountains received 180 inches of rain.
Lava from Mount St. Helens flowed down the slopes and onto flat land.
Communicable diseases are spread in a variety of ways.
Some microbes are spread from one person to another person through direct contact.
Colds and flu can spread via sneezing and coughing.
We see Aristotle on the list of famous philosophers.
Aristotle stimulated Alexander's interest in rhetoric, literature, science, medicine, and philosophy.
By means of symbolism, an allegory presents both literal and symbolic meaning.
Must I testify against myself in a court of law?
All people have the right to life, liberty, and property.


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Has Dean Sheils Went to Doncaster yet?
Sorry if this is in the wrong Area, But has he gone? he is a smashing player would be a superb signing for them!


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I only got a couple of runs on each pair on Standard and North American.
more time with it to be really comfortable.
flexing.  One can get a truer "flex" or bending of the ski.
underfoot.  It could have been base high and it felt sharp, if not burred.
composite K2 has been using in recent designs.
200 cm's. With new materials, the extra length isn't needed any longer.
construction 204 handmade Super G ski that was used by a World Cup racer.
200 cm's, and can also go to Alta with me anytime.


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During the next days, it's possible that the forum (or the whole site) may be down sometimes. The host is upgrading the database to MySQL5.
I have noticed already that. it has been 2 times the site was down.
MySQL is at 5.x now...the downtimes should be gone.
I don't know why they disallow that. It's much more efficient for altering a complex array with multiple functions.
I thought they've just switched the semantics, so that a former pass-by-reference is a pass-by-value now and vice versa. Isn't that so? Oh well, PHP is an awful language anyway IMHO.
To my knowledge, it is, at the very least, deprecated.
And, you're right, it is a very sloppy language, and the OOP extension they have added is inconsistent, and overkill.


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Remembered this film. The Hairdresser’s Husband. Excellent.
Klaxons Twin Flames promo. Saam F.
Great movie. Fishtank. But sad. Like me.

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text: Jim Redigo operates a small ranch in the southwest, reconciling his old fashioned ways with modern society. Mike and Frank are his hands, with Frank's wife Linda as cook. Hotel owner Gerry is his occasional date.

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