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Monday, March 12, 2012

An emergency has arisen and I am headed to Hawaii. I'll be there for awhile. Not sure if I'll be able to post or visit your blogs, so just wanted to tell you in advance.

Hope to be able to talk with you all soon...Be well everyone.

Sunday, March 11, 2012

it's been a year

banpaku7172 A year has passed since that huge earthquake hit the Tohoku area of Japan.

Some areas are cleaned up while others are still trying to figure out what to do with all that debris.

They still haven't figured out what to do with the nuclear plant in Fukushima, but have started to shut down other plants around Japan.

There are still people missing and the aftershocks are still doing "its thing"...

In my opinion, no matter where government is involved, red tape comes before aide.

Even after a year, it will take more time for things to come back to "normal"...prayers to everyone in Tohoku and the surrounding areas.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

suigetsu2012 (5) Despite it being March, we've headed back towards winter.

A cold snap.

And before the cold snap, there was rain, making for dreary days.

On Wednesday, the rain stopped but the sky was still an ugly grey.

suigetsu2012 (7) Since I had been indoors during the rainy days, I wanted to get out and about, even if it was overcast.

I checked out Suigetsu Park and there were more ume (apricot) trees in bloom.

Spring is coming, though I think it is running a little late.

suigetsu2012 Hope it warms up soon.

I'm getting tired of wearing socks and long sleeves...

Friday, March 09, 2012

sammy pooh!

Pain au Chocolat @ Sammy Pooh! After lunch, I felt like I needed a walk, so I went to check out this bakery, Sammy Pooh! (what a name, yeah?!)

I tried their pain au chocolat, this needed more chocolate...

apple custard danish @ ＳａｍｍｙＰｏｏｈ Their apple custard danish was delicious.

The custard was very thick and rich.

Walnut Bread @ ＳａｍｍｙＰｏｏｈ Their walnut bread had lots of walnuts.

We shared all of these for breakfast the other day, they are kind of on the pricey side, but I wouldn't mind trying some of their other items.

Sammy Pooh!
4-9-11 Minami-senba
Chuo, Osaka
Phone: 06.6282.0058
Hours: 11:00-21:00

It's Friday here, we're headed for a cold snap next week, hope you have a great weekend!

Thursday, March 08, 2012

le noeud papillon

porc salade @ ル・ヌー・パピヨン Tuesday was the last French class for this term.

We all went to lunch at Le Noeud Papillon which I think someone said means "bow tie".

For 1575 yen, you can choose an appetizer, an entree and a drink.

I started off with this pork salad.

Delicious and the vinaigrette very tangy.

Steak Frites @ ル・ヌー・パピヨン The steak frites was my entree choice.

There is a large nub of butter under that lemon.

I found the steak to be a little gristly but the fries were very crisp and tasty.

I chose a glass of red wine with my lunch.

Espresso @ ル・ヌー・パピヨン A lot of others chose to add on desserts, but I was quite full, so I added an espresso...420 yen.

This came with a canelé.

It was nice to have lunch with my French class and for once, it was really reasonable.

The portions are very generous, I hope to bring Satoshi here, I think he would enjoy it.

Le Noeud Papillon
1-5-7 Azuchimachi
Chuo, Osaka
PHone: 06.6262.0123

Wednesday, March 07, 2012

culture shock

gmh3 I recently saw this commercial on tv and was sort of appalled.

There is a young girl who comes out of the bathroom looking happy because she just "went" (bm)...

The slogan for the product is that even an 11 year old can take this medicine for constipation.

The thing that appalled me was why would an 11 year old even have to take medicine for constipation?

Aren't they eating properly?

Maybe I'm making a mountain out of a mole hill? I still think an 11 year old shouldn't have a need for this...

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

heart I like how this red bell pepper looked like a heart when I cut it open.

smile (2) Noticed these bushes on the elementary grounds...they look like they are smirking more than smiling, but still I thought it was cute.

We've been having rain the past couple of days. How is the weather where you are?

Monday, March 05, 2012

belated girl's day

salmonroll How was your weekend?

Satoshi had to work on Girl's Day and then had a party with his university baseball team alumni, so we celebrated Girl's Day on Sunday.

Breakfast was at a neighborhood cafe, Ferdinand.

And since the weather was supposed to be rainy from lunchtime, we picked up some bento and then provisions for dinner.

For dinner, I made these salmon rolls: nori, rice, salmon, avocado, cucumber, red bell pepper, a little lettuce and a little mayo.

The "goodies" weren't perfectly in the center, but tasted great together.

Satoshi ate these with some wasabi and shoyu, I just ate them as is.

poke We also had some "poke", this was the leftover salmon, avocado, cucumber, red bell pepper, a leaf of lettuce, some maguro and a mayo-shoyu dressing.

I also made some tako sunomono.

wittamer (2) Dessert was a brownie by Wittamer, chocolatey with lots of different nuts.

This was nice with a glass of red wine.

Even though the weather was dreary, we still had a nice day.

Have a nice week.

Sunday, March 04, 2012

odds & ends

gmh3 Some randomness...

Were you following me on Pinterest? Sorry, but I deleted my account after reading this blog post.

While the concept of the pinning was good, if someone had used a photo without permission from the photographer, we the pinners are liable if someone decides to sue (according to their terms of use), not Pinterest....which was not cool.

meteoro Since I haven't replaced the wine opener that broke last month, we tried this twist-top wine from Spain.

dinner22912 Meteoro Tempranillo...medium body and good with this pasta....scallops and veggies (broccoli, red bell pepper & eringi).

Instead of a "sauce" I sauteed everything in garlic, chili, olive oil and lobster infused olive oil.

Flavor-wise it was quite light, but still delicious.

long We received this pickled daikon from MIL. It is the width of my kitchen counter...15 inches (38 centimeters).

It was the whole daikon and the tops.

We're still eating the pickles by the way...

gingerale Tried this natural ginger ale by Bruce Cost.

Spicy! but delicious, reminds me of the time I made ginger ale from scratch.

haagendazs Haagen Dazs' chocolate brownie ice cream.

The brownie bits in there were a bit rubbery but everything else was delicious.

what This rather chubby cat was sitting on the wall as we walked past and had a look on its face..."what you looking at?!"

walk (8) And this guy likes to sit by the door of the beauty salon.

The salon's name...Hair it's okay....funny yeah?!

What's going on in your part of the world?

Saturday, March 03, 2012

kusama world

kusama (11) On Thursday, I met up with Tamakikat, she wanted to check out the Yayoi Kusama exhibit at the National Museum.

kusama (13) You can read more about the artist here.

The majority of pieces that were on display were "polka-dotty" but there were also intricate pieces too (which we couldn't photograph).

The weather was overcast and it was nice to catch up with Tamakikat as well as check out this exhibit.

Thanks for a great day!

p.s. Happy Girl's Day!

Friday, March 02, 2012

new friend

rona I got to meet up with a friend the other day, Rona. She's commented many times on our blog and has given us great foodie tips like here, here, here, and here, but it was our first time actually meeting face to face.

I chatted along with her and her friend, Jam, for almost 2 hours and the time really flew!

She gave me these chocolates. I tried the one in the package, it is like a crunch with coffee-flavor. She mentioned that the bar is by a new maker in Canada.

Can't wait to try it.

Even though her schedule was tight, it was nice to be able to meet up, Thanks Rona!

It's Friday here, hope you have a great weekend!

UPDATE: the round chocolates are called "Coffee Crisps" and the Zazubean "Hottie" bar is spicy...Thanks again Rona!

Thursday, March 01, 2012

oyakodon After making the full recipe for the agebitashi sauce, I had quite a bit of sauce leftover, so I made oyakodon with it.

Oya-ko means parent-child in this case, chicken and egg. Don is short for donburi (bowl).

I sliced some sasami (chicken breasts) and some leeks.

I put 2 ladles of the sauce, the chicken and the leeks and then heated everything until the chicken was cooked through.

Then I added some leftover veggies from the agebitashi to heat through and then added a scrambled egg.

NOTES: My ratio of sauce to "goodies" was more so it was more soupy than what you would normally find here in Japan.

Still this was good and perfect for the chilly weather we've been having.

I'd make this again.

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Keir Martland reads History at Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he is a member of a number of societies, including the Monarchists, the Union Society, and the Heraldic and Genealogical Society.  He is part of the British libertarian and conservative movements through his involvement with various organisations, whether writing, speaking, or organising.

He is Director of Publications at educational charity the Libertarian Alliance, promoting and defending the free market and historic English civil liberties, and is currently working with others to establish Mises UK. Internationally, he is a member of, and has addressed, the Property & Freedom Society (PFS), which is a annual interdisciplinary conference of libertarians and conservatives. In addition to the PFS, he has spoken at various other groups and conferences such as to the Manchester Debating Union (on the legacy of the British Empire in February 2015), the Traditional Britain Group annual conference (on family structures in October 2014), and the Libertarian Alliance Meetup (on foreign policy in July 2016). He has also been interviewed on the radio on Good Morning Dublin and Cam FM on current affairs, and has appeared on podcasts such as the Wake Up Call Podcast and the FinTales podcast produced by financial analysis website FinLingo.Com

His writings and other content appear at a range of publications and websites including The Salisbury Review, both the Swedish and Spanish Mises Institutes, The Backbencher, ProudBoy Magazine, and The Libertarian Enterprise. In 2015 he published his first book, Liberty from a Beginner: Selected Essays (no longer in print). An expanded second edition, with a new paperback version, was published in 2016. His latest book Political and Cultural Essays was published in November 2016.

Keir joined the Conservative Party in 2009, serving from 2011 to 2013 as Secretary to the Wigan, Bolton and Salford branch of Conservative Future. For much of 2013, he assisted Thomas Stringer, along with a team of other editors, in running of the short-lived but highly popular webzine, The Libertarian (the-libertarian.co.uk). While he has in the past attended events by the Cambridge University Conservative Association (CUCA), his views are his own and do not necessarily represent those of CUCA or any other organisation, political or otherwise.

Keir’s main academic interests are: the constitutional history of mediaeval and early modern Britain; the later Roman Empire; Byzantine and early Church history; the Ottoman Empire; the history of political thought; conservative and libertarian politics in the twentieth century; rationalist and Thomistic philosophy; distributism; and Misesean economics. His liberal traditionalist views have developed through a synthesis of radical individualist anarchism and anarcho-capitalism, High Toryism, Tory Anarchism, and Anarcho-Monarchism. He has been strongly influenced by Edmund Burke, H.L. Mencken, Evelyn WaughG.K. Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Robert NisbetPeter Hitchens, Sir Roger ScrutonSean Gabb, and above all Hans-Hermann Hoppe.

A Traditionalist Catholic, he has a particular attachment to the ‘Extraordinary Form’ and the liturgy of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. In his spare time, he is a Warden at his College Chapel, volunteers for the Order of Malta, plays the piano and holds Grade 5 Practice (ABRSM), has an interest in botany, and holds a 4th Kyu in Shotokan Karate. He is to be contacted at kjm68@cam.ac.uk or at keir@libertarian.co.uk or using the ‘Contact’ page on this website.


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Why is the Balfour Declaration still contentious after 99 years?

3 Nov

By Jehan Alfarra, Middle East Monitor, 2 November 2016

Explained: The Balfour Declaration

To the Zionists, the Balfour Declaration of 1917 laid the foundation for the formation of the State of Israel. To the Palestinians, however, it was an act of dishonesty and betrayal by Britain. So who is Balfour? What was the declaration? And why does it remain contentious?

The Balfour Declaration was a brief letter dated 2 November 1917 by Lord Arthur Balfour, the British foreign secretary at the time, addressing Baron Lionel Walter Rothschild, a British Zionist peer, expressing the British government’s support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The letter read as follows:

“His Majesty’s Government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.”

British liberal public opinion at the time felt that the West had a responsibility to enable a Jewish homeland due to historical injustices suffered by the Jews for which they believed the West was to blame. In the aftermath of WWII and the Holocaust, the push for a Jewish homeland intensified amidst growing international support for the Zionist Movement and the creation of the State of Israel.

In 1920, Britain was assigned the temporary administration of Palestine in accordance with the “mandate” system shaped by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Britain was thus entrusted to work on behalf of Palestine’s both Jewish and Arab residents.

An Act of Dishonesty and Betrayal

The Arabs felt betrayed by the declaration, as Britain had promised Arab leaders complete autonomy from the Red Sea to the Arabian Gulf in return for their cooperation during WWI to defeat the Ottomans. Britain guaranteed “the setting up of national governments and administrations deriving their authority from the free exercise of the initiative and choice of the indigenous populations.”

However, when the war took a bad turn in 1917, Balfour wrote to leading British Zionists in the hopes of securing Jewish support for the allies. Chaim Weizmann, a leading figure in the Zionist movement in Britain, as well as Rothschild were also lobbying to achieve this. As such, neither the rights of the indigenous population of Palestine nor the promises made to the Arab leaders were upheld.

Controversies and Contradictions

The Declaration’s controversy also lies in part in its vague wording, which some argue was deliberate, leaving Britain’s commitment to an independent Jewish state open to interpretation.

The declaration did not explicitly declare support for a sole Jewish state in Palestine, rather a homeland for the Jewish people where they would live alongside the Palestinians and other Arabs who have lived there for centuries. The second part of the declaration regarding the protection of the civil and religious rights of the existing non-Jewish communities has also been seen as an acknowledgment of Arab autonomy and rights, an endorsement comparable to that extended to the Jews.

The Impact of the Declaration

The Balfour Declaration and the Zionist aims behind it paved the way for the mass immigration of Jews from all over the world to Palestine, and later the Nakba, the Catastrophe of 1948, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were either killed or forced out of their homes to make way for the establishment of the State of Israel.

At the time of the Balfour Declaration, the non-Jewish inhabitants of Palestine constituted about 90 per cent of the population. The Jewish population went from 50,000 to 600,000 by the time Israel declared independence, three decades after Balfour’s letter.

Whereas Zionists were seeking a homeland and a Jewish right to self-determination, the creation of a Jewish state directly contradicted the very principles of that right, costing the Palestinians their own.

One Response to “Why is the Balfour Declaration still contentious after 99 years?”

  1. contraviews November 3, 2016 at 6:36 pm #

    Correct. In my blog Contraviews the reader will find a lot of contemporary history on the emergence of the Jewish state. Some posts are illustrated. Perhaps the blog is useful to gain some basic background information. There are references to and quotes from renowned historians, archeologists and other scholars. Hopefully it provides an impetus for the reader to do his own research as well. Click in the year in the margin beginning in Later posts are dealing with other, equally important topics on recent world affairs.

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Category Archives: TWSS

“That’s What She Said”– A Week in Review #3

It’s been awhile, so it’s time to revisit and get a little TWSS in your life. By now you should know the drill, and if you’re new to The Kids… please read the previous installments for more TWSS fun.

Ok, ok, maybe an example just one more time.

So TWSS stands for my favorite go-to line nowadays, “That’s what she said”, which I feel, is the latest and greatest in the pantheon of one-liner jokes, right up there with “Your mom”, “F*ck you” and “McCain/Palin”.

“How does it work, The Kids…?” you may ask. Calm down–no really, stop, calm down. Here’s an example.

TWSS Example:

(Co-worker A): Man, you’ve been chewing that pen all morning, man. You stressed?

(Co-Worker B, pulls been out mouth, looks at it): Yeah, this morning has been rough. Crap; I chewed the cap off-is there ink in my mouth?

(Co-Worker A looks): Oh shit, yeah–whatever you do, don’t swallow any of it.

(Co-Worker B): That’s what she said! (swallows ink, throat bubbles and dies)

And there you have it. And now, the latest installment of moments that I, or others, have used the phrased “That’s what she said”. Enjoy!

"Uh-oh; a little bit of skeet should put out my fire!"

(in the car talking to friends about gas prices): “Man, you’re paying $2.85 for it up here?! I think we get more from the pump at home.”

(watching the morning news by myself, and the news reporter says the following from a riverside/port location as a boat goes by in the background): “It’s a beautiful morning out here on the Delaware, with the sun shining and as you can see, I just caught a little tug on camera.”

(sent in by a pal. This was the end of an exchange about beating Super Mario Bros. in a record amount of time): “It only takes 6 minutes if you do it right.”

(a friend after I address her by her real name instead of one of the nicknames that I usually call her): “Wow, you never say my name anymore.”

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“That What She Said”–A Week In Review #2

So, The Kids… is back with the latest installment of TWSS (“That’s what she said”). For those of you new to the blog, you can read the first TWSS installment here.

A quick re-cap though: “That’s what she said” is a timeless, and when used properly, flawless punchline.

It’s like the cockroach; when the world has been bombed to oblivion, someone will emerge from the rubble, look around the planet, shake their head, and say, “It’s just one big gaping hole now” and then another survivor will come out and say “…that’s what she said”.

In the meantime, I’m doing my part by using the line at every-single-opportunity I can get on a daily basis. I hope these entries inspire you to do your part, too.

Again, these are real conversations overheard or participated in over the last week (or so).

"Keep waxing the hood honey while I fix this meat"

(Football commentator responding to a QB getting sacked): “They used to be happy with the arm. Nowadays, they want to grab the arm, the ball and the sack.”

(music teacher, talking about students using new instruments): “Even after they’ve broken it, they still put their mouths on it and keep blowing.”

(Friend after completing a  2-day, 190-mile bike race): “We’d been riding it all day; I was so sore that I couldn’t imagine doing it again in the morning.”

(Same friend, same situation): “It was hard to start. It hurt the first 20 minutes, but after that it felt pretty good.”

(The “make-your-own-paper” guy at the Franklin Institute): “Yeah, you can have a piece too, but you’ll want to get it while it’s wet.”

See you next time!

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“That’s what she said”: A Week in Review #1

Lately–and by that I mean, for about a year–I’ve become a big fan of the punchline, “….that’s what she said”. I f*cking love that line. Love it.  I use this joke everyday. No really; ev-er-y-day.

Not familiar with this addicitive little ditty? Here’s a crash course via example:

In the following scenario, there’s person A and person B.

Person A: Hey B, how’s that assignment going this morning? Are you going to make the deadline?

Person B: Yeah; it’s long and hard, but I’ll get it out.

Person A:….that’s what she said.

And there you have it.

So, I’m sharing my favorite “that’s what she said” (here on abbreviated to “TWSS”) moments of the last 7 days. Enjoy.

(talking about a co-worker’s office): It’s hotter in there than you think.

(while eating fondue Saturday night): Just stick the sausage in there and swirl it around….

(leaving Montreal; the hotel doorman as he and I pack the car  trunk with our bags): “Make sure there’s room in there sir; we don’t want to just cram our stuff in here……”

(yesterday, during our co-worker fantasy football draft, someone needs help finding a player on the list): “There he is at 69. Take him. He’s good to have at 69.”

"My husband loves eating in bed!"

Now that you’ve got it, send in your best TWSS moments!

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12 Dozen Places to Education Yourself On-line for Free from Marc and Angel Hack Life #homeschool

A fellow homeschooler posted about this list on our local homeschooling list and I’ve very grateful!

Be sure a check out the blog post from Marc and Angel Hack Life for 12 Dozen Places to Educate Yourself On-line. Yes, that’s 144 places divided into categories ranging from Science and Health, Business and Money, to English and Foreign Languages. Very impressive.

Long car rides ahead? Need audio books? #homeschool

Long car rides ahead? Need audio books?

Today we’re welcoming a guest post from Greta Kvinnsland!

For those long rides in the car this summer or for those who need to listen
instead of use print media, try Librivox Recordings at www.Librivox.org.

Librivox is the result of something called The Gutenberg Project where there are currently over 4000 books available in digital print or audio, for free download.

Kids today might think that older titles aren’t interesting but there are so
many classics here that really are great stories and they have titles for all ages.

You can download a zip file of the entire audio book to your computer and then to
any MP3 player, or burn to CD. The files are available in several formats (I use MP3)
or they’ve also done something quite high tech – you can subscribe to books
as daily podcasts via iTunes and they come to you a few chapters at a time
and they download via iTunes every day on podcast. Search for Librivox inside the iTunes store.

In addition, if you have an Apple product you can download a free audio
reader from the iTunes Store and then get the books – search on Librivox.
On the iPad you can go through a catalog and it downloads the books directly
to your iPad and the reader reads the audio book to you – probably the same for
other Apple products.

The readers are a mix of synthetic voices, and real people reading and I’ve
found some voices I like better than others. With 4000 titles to choose from if I don’t like it I move on. Sometimes I get a British person reading who pronounces words differently and my child doesn’t understand. Some books like Sherlock Holmes, Charles Dickens novels, Anne of Green Gables, the Bible, have multiple versions and readers to choose from.

There are language courses and books available in, I think, 17 languages
from Latvian to Latin and Hebrew.

If you have a regular computer, then you can download to your computer and use the speakers to listen, or for about $65 you can get a bluetooth headset on Amazon to be wireless or for the same $65 or less you can get any number of MP3 players. Sorry if I’m talking down to anyone but I find that a lot of us parents haven’t had the time to figure out all these options.

Thanks Greta for sharing info on Librivox. It’s a very valuable resource for us homeschooling moms.

My dirty little secret… #homeschool #charlottemason

Okay, it’s out. I have a dirty little secret. I love technology AND I’m a Charlotte Mason homeschooler.

I know, I know. Some people may think that you can’t pitch your tent in both camps. How can you be a follower of an educational philosophy from the turn of the last century that embodies the essence of delicious living books while advocating the use of, dare I say it…screens…??!?!

Well, any modern day follower of Miss Mason knows that it’s the perfect philosophy for technophiles for a number of reasons. The most obvious being the proliferation of ebooks.

If there’s one thing that stands out amongst Charlotte Mason types, it’s our love of quality books. Good, well-written, ‘living’ books where the author embraces the passion of their chosen subject and passes it along to the reader. Thankfully, an extraordinary number of quality books are now available as ebooks for free or fairly inexpensively. Check out my previous post where I list reputable free ebook sites. You can’t beat the ability to store and read thousands of books on devices as small as an iPod Touch or a Kindle or an iPad and have them accessible when you need them instead of sitting, hidden behind another book, somewhere on a shelf.

Charlotte Mason also advocated short, focused lessons. And nothing draws a child’s attention like a ‘gadget’. Technology can help a distracted child focus those precious minutes on learning while still satisfying their curiosity. I’ve found that it takes twice as long to drill math facts by ‘hand’ (flashcards) than if I had my child drill with a website. And well-designed sites and apps also chart progress and other interesting stats. Check out Math-u-See’s drill page for distraction-free practice.

Foremost, Miss Mason’s philosophy encompasses education as being an ‘environment’, a ‘discipline’, a ‘life’. I think that by providing your children with an environment that incorporates technology instead of fearing it, the precedent is set for your child’s success in the future.

New approach to education uses social networking #edtech

New approach to education uses social networking | KurzweilAI.

6 Reasons Why Your Homeschool Needs an iPad;

Sure there’s lots of reasons why your homeschool doesn’t NEED an iPad, like yes, it’s not a cheap device and you already own a computer. But once you have an iPad, you’ll quickly realize how important it becomes to your educational life. Take a look at:

  • Lots of FREE educational games available. Go to the app store and you will find an amazing array of free educational apps for kids and productivity apps for yourself. If you don’t like a free app, delete it and try the next free one. Even if you love an app so much that you want to buy it, they’re still usually very inexpensive – most run less than $5, some of the flashier, graphic-intense apps can be around $15. That’s still less than the cost of one space-hogging, hard-covered book. 😉
  • Music. Visit iTunes on your iPad and you can search for and purchase a myriad of music, including the classical choices your curriculum may call for. And the music is with you anywhere and everywhere you take your iPad – car, park, doctor office, bleacher (bring your headphones!).
  • Books – Audio books, and ebooks (pdf, Kindle, ibook, other book apps and formats.) The iPad is your ultimate, clutter-free bookshelf – download the free apps for reading Kindle books, Apple’s ibook or Stanza and you can take your literature with you anywhere. Many ‘classic’ books are downloadable for free (wirelessly) from Amazon and Apple. Also most ebook readers are able to read pdf ebooks from such free sites as Gutenberg or Net Library.  You can download audio books wirelessly from a number of vendors as long as you have a wifi connection too.
  • Video, Youtube and Netflix – Having a rough day trying to hit the books? Take a break and do your learning through video. YouTube offers a huge selection of educational videos – have you been to Khan Academy yet? Amazing. Or Steve Spangler’s science demonstrations? Or Lypur’s Piano Lessons and Music Theory? Add don’t forget Netflix, an inexpensive option to replace your cable tv. Netflix offers great series such as Liberty Kids and lots of documentary and educational programs.
  • Web browsing – need I say more? So handy to have a portable web browser just when you need it.
  • It’s a one-handed device – it’s the ultimate reason why your homeschool needs an iPad. It’s a device that can easily be passed around and shared, or cuddled up around. It’s changeable for every need – print size can be easily expanded for those with vision issues. And don’t forget, it’s handy and will change the way you do school for the better!

What Do Kids Say Is The Biggest Obstacle To Technology At School?

What Do Kids Say Is The Biggest Obstacle To Technology At School?.

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Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Tombstone Tuesday :: Maud Wise Yontz

Scott-Keister Cemetery, Etna-Troy Township, Whitley County, Indiana

MAUD WISE / YONTZ / 1877 - 1953

Maud Catherine Wise Brubaker Yontz was my great grandmother. She was the daughter of William Pythagrus and Sophia Dunfee Wise. Her first husband, Charles Romain Brubaker, is my great grandfather. Her second husband was Joseph F. Yontz.

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The Greek Statistical Agency released a recalculation of the Greek GDP today. Real growth for 2011 was revaluated to 7.1% instead of 6.9%. The important change though was the fact that the actual current price GDP was lowered to €208.5bn instead of €215.1bn (as was the 2010 GDP to €222.15bn instead of €227.3bn).

Based on the 2011 data the GDP deflator was around 0.93%. Assuming a constant -0.1% deflator for 2012 and 2013 (per the latest budget draft) and a real growth rate of -6.5% and -4%, the relevant GDP figures will be around €194.7bn and €185.8bn (the ministry of finance was expecting a GDP of €193.1bn in 2013). According to the latest budget draft, government debt is expected to climb to €340.6bn in 2011 and €346.2bn, making the relevant debt-to-GDP figure 175% for 2012 and 186% for 2013. The ministry of finance was expecting 169.5% for 2011 and 179.3% for 2013.

I ‘ll be using the growth figures from the latest Debt sustainability baseline from the IMF Staff Report, mainly a nominal growth rate of 2.5% in 2014 and 4% for 2015-2020. I ‘ll also expect total privatization receipts in the relevant period to be €30bn.

The total nominal growth will be 30%, making the 2020 GDP €241.5bn. Assuming that the government debt grows to only €350bn (meaning that the budget is roughly balanced after 2013) and accounting for privatization receipts, the 2020 number will be €320bn, or 132% of GDP. If we allow for zero nominal growth during 2014, the 2020 figure drops to €235bn and the debt ratio climbs to 136%. It is obvious that even with the most optimistic projections, the actual debt ratio in 2020 will be 12-20% over the 120% target.

I really don’t see a way how the IMF debt sustainability report will be positive. It’s also very clear that the Greek problem is one of growth, not deficit reduction. Unless there’s a huge political compromise I believe that OSI will happen very soon, probably with the IMF pulling out of Greek funding completely in order to preserve its preferred creditor status. It also probably marks the end of IMF financing of Europe, with the ECB and the ESM becoming the main creditors from now on. In the short-term it’s credit negative for Greek debt although one can now bet that the OSI will actually happen which will support Greek bond prices.


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Hit & Run

A week after losing to Virginia Tech, #6 Wake Forest goes and beats # 1 Duke, all thanks to this guy.  James Johnson scored 13 point, including the shot with 0.8 seconds left to win the game, 70-68.  Duke’s Kyle Singler had 22 points and 12 rebounds, but that wasn’t enough.

Also going down last night were the #3 Pittsburgh Panther.  They were stunned by the #21 Villanova Wildcats, 67-57.  Villanova’s Reggie Redding had a career night, scoring 18 points and grabbed 7 rebounds, in the last college basketball game to be played in Philadelphia’s Spectrum.

Kevin Durant also had a monster night for his team, the Oklahoma Thunder.  He scored 35 points against the Memphis Grizzlies, helping to secure a 114-102 OT victory.  This is the Grizzlies’ 11th straight loss.

The Penguins spanked the Rangers, 6-2, with Petr Sykora and Kris Letang each netting 2 goals a piece.  Sidney Crosby added a 5th goal.  The Pens scored 5 times in the third to turn the game into a laugher.  (Can you say that in hockey?)

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  1. Games-This is going to be the best March Madness ever!

    Pam-Sid’s goal was absolutely beautiful. I just wish I didn’t have to wait for the freakin’ highlights to see it. Damn it Bettman & Versus!

    I still can’t believe that UC beat G-town. That’s 4 straight losses and UC lately has been one big pile of suck.

  2. TW, I saw it when it happened, but I needed to see it in slow mo’ from the camera by the corner boards to truly appreciate how awesome it was.

    (living in NJ we get spoiled with three local hockey broadcasts).

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Tag Archives: Allen West

#CPAC2013: Allen West Fires Up The Crowd

I couldn’t be at CPAC — the budget of a stay at home mom doesn’t have a lot of play in it. I was hesitant to dig for the cash to go due to the lack of inclusion of certain groups, but in the end I wish I could have attended to see speakers like Allen West (video below) and Sarah Palin. We need more of their fire.

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The Morning Links (4/19/12)

* Punishing your enemies – the taxpayer: Obama To Unveil $52 Million “Plan” to Cover His Ass on Gas Prices
* President Spendy: Change Is…
* GREEN FAIL: Bankrupt Solyndra shells out $368,500 in bonuses

* Hookergate: As many as 20 girls involved in Secret Service hooker scandal More Hookergate: “The woman wanted to be paid for serving both agents. . . Instead, the agents would only agree to split her price.”
* Bad Move: Obama backs Secret Service director amid scandal

* Uber Race Card: Obama ties Trayvon to Anti-Immigrant Sentiments
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FL Dem Party Fail: Attempted Video Takedown of Allen West

Dear Florida Democratic Party, Thank you for the video gift which was wrapped in the ‘new tone’ style we’ve become accustomed to from you. If you think this hurts Allen West’s image or in some way is a first swipe … Continue reading

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February 25, 2017

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Vegas offers a Halloween spectacle for all ages

Steve Marcus

Jaden Brittell, 2, dressed as Pinocchio, prepares to walk in the third annual Halloween Parade in downtown Las Vegas Wednesday, October 31, 2012.

Updated Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 | 11:58 p.m.

Halloween in Vegas 2012

Zombies menace guests going through the Haunted Alley during Halloween in downtown Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Launch slideshow »
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Vernon and Heidi Ferguson, dressed as a nun and the pope, push their little devil, Jean, 1, at the District's Halloween event at Green Valley Ranch in Henderson, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012.

A male nun, a female pope and a little devil in a stroller walk around the District at Green Valley Ranch in Henderson.

Nearby, Spiderman and Batman stand in line with prisoners, witches and werewolves for fun-size Dots, Dum Dums and Jolly Ranchers. Farther down the foggy walkway populated with cobwebbed trees and a giant ghost, Pocahontas dances to techno music next to Sonic the Hedgehog.

It can only mean one thing — it’s Halloween.

Costumed children and parents crowded the District for a trick-or-treat event. Many shuffled along in a line collecting candy at each of the stores, while others danced along to the music played by the DJ. The event offered families an opportunity to let their kids trick-or-treat without the danger of a neighborhood's roadways.

“My favorite part is just the environment,” said Vannessa Hernandez, who took her 6-year-old daughter Alexis (Minnie Mouse) and 7-year-old son Julian (Mortal Combat fighter). “It’s a safe area. You don’t have to worry about cars or them running around.”

Heidi and Vernon Ferguson, who brought their 1-year-old son Jean, were also drawn to the safe environment. They dressed up as the pope, a nun and a devil for their son’s first Halloween.

“We just wanted something that matched, and something really accurate that would crack people up,” Vernon Ferguson said laughing.

The walkway was also filled with families just enjoying the opportunity to dress up. Irina Ruse and her family all dressed up as characters from "The Wizard of Oz." She spent about two weeks stitching the outfit together.

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A trick-or-treating princess is shown at the District at Green Valley Ranch in Henderson, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012.

Gregg Nicholson spent a year putting together his costume as Jason from the "Friday the 13th" movies, and garnered his share of looks. Nicholson said he did it all for his four kids.

“My kids are having fun, so I get to have fun too,” Nicholson said.

Still, the true goal of the night was not lost on 7-year-old Zac Dixon, who dressed up as a Ghast (a boxy, pixilated ghost from the video game Minecraft). When asked about his favorite part of the night, he needed one word: “Candy!”

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Janice Wallman, from left, Bruce Wall, Karen Libonati and Mike Libonati, of Vancouver, British Columbia, said they’ve been planning their costumes for their Vegas Halloween visit since July. Oct. 31, 2012.

Meanwhile, people on the Strip packed bars and casinos as if it were a weekend night. There were large crowds outside Bally’s and the Bellagio Fountains, and bars were dotted with costumed people just starting their night. Even some street performers got into the spirit, dressing in Halloween-themed costumes like Freddy Krueger.

Many visitors dressed in elaborate costumes, with the most popular being superheroes and pop culture characters such as the Flash, "Reno 911" characters and Dog the Bounty Hunter. Strangers approached each other on the sidewalk to guess costumes and take photos, while others stopped to gawk at the traffic where many drivers and passengers were decked out in scary gear.

Some visitors spent weeks or months planning their costumes and came to Las Vegas specifically for Halloween. Janice Wallman and her friends Bruce Wall, and Mike and Karen Libonati traveled from Vancouver, British Columbia, to celebrate Halloween.

“Bruce didn’t shave for like a week to get his costume right,” Janice Wallman said about her friend Wall’s Dog the Bounty Hunter costume.

The group plans to spend the night roaming the bars and enjoying the spectacle on the Strip.

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Adam Benson, of Leeds, England, wears a leather bondage suit and passes out handbiller cards on the Strip as part of a Halloween dare for his bachelor party, Oct. 31, 2012.

“We like it because it’s even more entertainment than normal,” said Mike Libonati, who along with Karen, are spending their third Halloween in Las Vegas.

Adam Benson of Leeds, England, came to the city for his bachelor party. He was on the Strip participating in a series of Halloween-related dares that included standing in front of Planet Hollywood dressed in a full-body leather bondage suit and mask and passing out handbiller cards.

Other visitors chose not to dress up and were just out to admire the costumes. While there were plenty of costumes to marvel at, some visitors were disappointed by the Strip’s low-key, midweek vibe.

“It’s more mellow than we expected,” said Renato Medrano, who was in town with friends from Monterey, Calif. “People told us Halloween weekend was when to come, but we thought Halloween day would be better. When people don’t dress up, it kind of kills the spirit. But it’s still early.”

While people partied and children trick-or-treated, Metro Police officers spent the night making sure the roadways were safe. Police set up a DUI checkpoint at 755 E. Flamingo Road to catch drunken drivers.

Metro Police Traffic Enforcement Lt. Leonard Marshall said that since they started at 7 p.m. about 2,000 cars had passed through the checkpoint as of 11:45 p.m., and six people had been arrested. They had conducted more than 24 field sobriety checks. Marshall said it has been a quiet night, but they expect a rush around 1 a.m. or 2 a.m., once the house parties end.

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Funny Pirate

Game Review Funny Pirate

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Before we begin we’ll ask you, why are pirates funny? Because they ahhhr! Let’s hope Funny Pirate can top that little gem ;-). It’s a four reel B3W video slot which includes bonus games and a $2,000 maximum prize.

So it’s got potential booty, claims to be funny and uses decent software. We’ve reviewed Funny Pirate to see if it can live up to these claims.

Funny Pirate Theme

Funny Pirate is backed by a pirate ship sailing on the crystal blue sea with a desert island in the background. It also features a rather odd looking pirate, who looks like a goblin crossed with Captain hook.

Clicking on the payout button loads a new screen which features every icon and the payouts attributed to each winning combination. These icons include parrots, cutlases, cannons, pirate ships, treasure chests, maps, the funny pirate and slot logos.

Betting Options and More Functions

The slot uses four reels and allows players to use up to 11 paylines with a maximum of 5 coins on each line. As coin values are fixed at $1, players are able to wager anything from $1 to $55 per spin.

Funny Pirate Slot Features

Three or more Funny Pirate logos on a single payline will launch the bonus game. This involves choosing grog to drink which will in turn award bonus winnings. Once the round has finished you are returned to the reels.

The round was very simple, but did pay well. It’s downfall is that it was very hard to trigger compared to other video slots.

Our Take on Funny Pirate

We’re not sure what’s funny about the pirate, apart from the way he looks, which combined with the simple gameplay pitches this slot in the ‘good but could do better’ category. It does offer a grog drinking bonus round, but this is difficult to trigger. All in all we’d say Funny Pirate is worth a try, but we can’t help but think there are better pirate themed slots out there.

Play and Payment Details

  • 4
  • 11
    Pay lines
  • $2,000.00
    Max cash jackpot
  • N/A
    Payout percent
  • No
    Wild symbol
  • No
  • $1.00 - $55.00
    Betting range
  • 1.0 - 1.0
    Coin bet range
  • 5
    Coins per line
  • No
  • 2000
    Max coins jackpot
  • 55
    Max coins
  • No
    Scatter symbol
  • No
    Free spins available
  • Yes
    Bonus game

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  • 3.1
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    cool game very good slot
  • 2.5
    / 5
    nice game
  • 3.0
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    Theres a very obvious error in the text above - this most certainly is not a 3 reel slot, but a four reel slot! Its an interesting twist on the classic concept, and with 11 paylines, works really quite well - the paytable is really quite promising too, though I'm unable to tell from this version how much you need to max bet in order to be eligible for the chunky 6500 jackpot - I'm sure it is not the $55 per spin that hitting bet max in this version triggers. One downside is that you need to hit the bonus triggers in a very specific way as shown on the paytable rather than just on any payline, but otherwise, its an interesting game for b3w.
  • 3.5
    / 5
    I'm playing for fun money and I enjoyed this game for the most part. The payouts happened often enough to be interesting and were often 2x, 3x, 5x and a few were 8x and 10x. I won the bonus, which is to pick a pirate who then drinks grog until he passes out. Every glass is a multiplier x your bet. When he passes out the total is given. I won only 2x my wager on that. It's a good enough game that I'll play it again.

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The 411 on face masks, as told by one of our editors

When it comes to perfecting your skincare routine, figuring out exactly what your skin needs to thrive is no walk in the park. Whether your skin is dry, oily, acne-prone, aged, or something in between, it’s no secret that each skin type is unique and has different needs to look and feel its best. Let’s just say it has taken me years to understand my skin, and I plan to spend many more catering to its ever-changing needs! One of my favorite ways to treat my skin after washing my face (and have a quick 10 minutes of R&R) is by using a treatment face mask. Face masks can benefit your skin in a variety of ways, and deliver the important nutrients your skin craves. But with so many options on the market it’s clear that no two face masks are created equal. Not to mention, the condition of our skin can change based on countless factors, from hormonal changes from pregnancy or that “time of the month” to something as simple as the weather.

With that said, choosing the perfect mask to combat these conditions can be overwhelming—trust me I feel you!—and today I’m breaking it all down to the basics. From clay masks to exfoliating masks to the emerging trend of sheet masks, there’s something for everyone and a mask for almost anything. So keep scrolling to get the scoop on five different types, what they do, and which one is for you…

Clay & Charcoal Masks

Clay masks are the most widely known type of face mask (you know, the one you imagine on the woman with a green mask and cucumbers over her eyes). While not every clay is green in color, if your skin is oily or acne-prone, clay and charcoal masks could be your golden ticket. Ingredients like sulfur and activated charcoal are key in drawing out impurities, detoxifying, and deep cleaning your pores to leave your skin feeling fresh. However, if you have dry skin, you might want to stay away from clay masks, as it tends to dry skin out as it hardens. No matter your skin type, remember to always follow up with a good moisturizer! Bonus tip: Seek out clay masks with natural tea tree oil to kill bacteria and soothe acne-prone skin.

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Exfoliating Masks

Exfoliating masks remove dead skin cells from the surface of the skin, leaving a glowing appearance and soft, supple skin. Manual or physical exfoliants are usually used by letting the mixture sit for a few minutes, then physically rubbing the product into your skin. Chemical exfoliants, on the other hand, contain gentle acids like lactic, glycolic, and salicylic acid to do the job. Enzyme masks are another great option, as they eat away dead skin cells from the surface. All in all, exfoliating masks can do wonders for all skin types—they slough off dry skin to tighten and brighten, slow aging, remove excess oil in oily skin, and clear pathways to alleviate acne. But all things in moderation… exfoliating too often can have adverse effects!

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Sheet Masks

Sheet masks are disposable, pre-cut masks made of fibers or gel, that are infused with nutrient-packed serums and collagen-boosting ingredients, such as retinol and peptides. So, if you’re looking to deliver concentrated ingredients deep into the skin and reduce the appearance of wrinkles, this is the way to go! While sheet masks brighten and tighten skin, they’re not generally used for detoxifying or flushing out pores. So, if you’re looking for a deep clean, opt for a clay or exfoliating mask instead. In the end, sheet masks will leave your skin looking smooth, hydrated, and plump. Sounds perfect, right? Tip: Under-eye masks are essentially mini sheet masks, so pick up a few to promote collagen production and brighten tired eyes.

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Hydrating Masks

Keeping our skin hydrated is a crucial part of preventing dull, dry, and rough skin, as well as slowing the signs of aging. Hydrating masks can be beneficial to all skin types, if you know the right ingredients to look for. Tip: Hyaluronic acid sinks deep into your skin to hydrate and plump from the inside out (and won’t clog pores) so thumbs up if you find this one on your mask’s ingredients list!

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Caffeine Masks

Just like the caffeine in a cup of coffee wakes you up in the morning, caffeine in your beauty products does the same! Opt for face masks containing caffeine to promote glowing skin, reduce inflammation, and treat dark and baggy under-eyes. Options such as coffee and tea facial masks deliver energizing and brightening properties, and also have a firming effect, meaning your skin will be left glowing and smooth. Or in other words, you can’t go wrong here.

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  • Noel Fallon

    I’ve just started using the aztec healing clay mask for my T-zone, cystic acne-prone skin… I’ve liked it so far, but I haven’t noticed too many differences yet. Hopefully I see something soon!

  • Love this! Definitely need to try some of these 🙂

    Rachael xx.

  • I love hydrating masks and caffeine masks for my dry skin! A good drugstore hydrating mask is the Burt’s Bees Intense Hydration mask. I got it to replace my Origins hydrating mask when it ran out and I absolutely love it!

    xoxo Mollie

  • I’m definitely obsessed with face masks… I have a very elaborate anti-aging beauty mask routine for special occasions (like on my wedding day) that takes years off my face

  • I had no idea about caffeine masks!
    Aleeha xXx

  • Leah Kauffman

    Thank you for posting this! I have been in the market for new face masks. I couldn’t seem to find any that were that great. However, this post really gave me a good understanding of what I should be looking at. I also like that you put up some products that work well.

  • My go-to mask is usually a clay mask but my skin has been so dry this winter so I definitely need to switch it up! ♥

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  • I just started getting into face masks. I currently use a cucumber and aloe infused peel off mask and love it! It really hydrates my skin and it lifts off dead skin cells. After reading your post I think I might hut down a charcoal mask; they sound like they would be perfect for my skin type.

  • Samantha Lee

    I’ve JUST entered the world of face masks, and I love it! I have a clay one I use, but my mom gave me a few samples to try over Christmas (planning on doing so this weekend). Interested in these caffeine masks if they help dark under-eyes (I need all the help I can get!).

  • The Loreal clay masks are bomb and for $10 they are super affordable as well!

    • Lo

      But not cruelty-free unfortunately (if you’re interested in this fact).

  • I have never been a fan of face mask but I really should start using them! They have so many purposes!

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  • Sheet masks and hydrating masks are my favorite! As a native LA girl, it feels like my skin can never get enough moisture! 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing all of these great finds!

    XO, Elizabeth

  • Thank you for these tips!

  • Anna

    Great post! PTR Pumpkin Enzyme Mask is an amazing and effective exfoliating treatment. My fav Hydrating Mask is Clinique Moisture Surge Overnight Mask, a great moisturizing mask.
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  • This is such helpful advice when picking out face masks. The winter is so tough on my skin right now that I definitely need something to relieve it. Thank you for this!

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    Yey face masks! I really need this guide as some of my friends recommended me to use one to partner with my Solvaderm, this article came in to my life in a perfect timing.. thanks hon


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Helfer to serve as Martin Fellow at State Department Feb. 22

February 14, 2011Duke Law News

Laurence R. Helfer, the Harry R. Chadwick, Sr. Professor of Law, will serve as the inaugural Jacob L. Martin Fellow at the U.S. Department of State on Feb. 22, 2011. A scholar of international law whose expertise includes international human rights, Helfer will brief attorneys in the office of the Legal Adviser on international lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights and lay the groundwork for an ongoing relationship.

Each Martin Fellow is a distinguished law professor invited by Legal Adviser Harold Hongju Koh to address and interact with attorneys from different sections in the State Department on a particular area of interest. “Our goal is for you to then serve as a continuing resource for [the office’s] attorneys who work on LGBT rights,” Koh wrote in his letter of invitation to Helfer.

The co-director of the Center for International and Comparative Law, Helfer is coauthor of Human Rights and Intellectual Property: Mapping the Global Interface (Cambridge University Press, 2011), and the law school casebook Human Rights (Foundation Press 2d ed., 2009), in addition to scholarly articles and op eds on the rights of LGBT individuals in international law.

As the Martin Fellow, Helfer will speak to State Department attorneys about trends in international and domestic lawmaking and litigation relating to sexual orientation and human rights. In addition to tracing the evolution of issues such as privacy, discrimination, and recognition of same-sex relationships in various countries and international venues, Helfer will address the recent legal and social backlash against LGBT individuals in certain regions. In areas of East and West Africa, for example, violence against gay men and lesbians is widespread and national legislatures have introduced bills to impose harsh criminal penalties against individuals who engage in private, consensual homosexual sex and human rights advocacy relating to sexual orientation and gender identity.

“I am honored and delighted that Legal Adviser has invited me to speak at the State Department on international LGBT rights, which is an increasingly important and visible area of human rights law,” Helfer said. “The U.S. has an opportunity to take a leading role on global LGBT legal issues, building on
President Obama’s recent condemnation of the killing of a gay human rights activist in Uganda. I look forward to stimulating discussions with attorneys in the Legal Adviser’s office.”


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Alumni Reflections

Michael Kaufman (JD '07) and His Work on Challenging Immigration Detention after Stanford

Alumni Reflections
“Immigration law is incredibly complex, some say second only to the tax code,” says Kaufman, JD ’07 (BA ’03), and yet immigration is a civil matter and detainees have no right to counsel. He recalls thinking, “We’ve got to do something to help these people.”

Perspectives on the Immigrants' Rights Clinic | Joelle Emerson (JD '11)

Two MLC Students Awarded Prestigious 2015 Skadden Fellowship

Nisha Kashyap (JD ‘15) and Stacy Villalobos (JD ‘15) were each awarded a fellowship with the Skadden Fellowship Foundation on December 11, 2014. Now in its 26th year, this highly competitive program funds a total of 28 elite law school graduates and law clerks to work for nonprofit organizations in the public interest. Eight of the 2015 fellows are from California, and Nisha and Stacy are among them.

Stacy—an alum of the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic—will join the Legal Aid Society’s Employment Law Center in San Francisco, which focuses on direct representation to low-wage, immigrant women workers in Fresno, California. The Center uses community education, impact litigation and advocacy to expand and protect clients’ rights, capitalizing on recently passed state laws to strengthen worker protections.

Nisha – an alum of both the Youth and Education Law Project and the Community Law Clinic – will join The Alliance for Children’s Rights in Los Angeles, where she will work with the L.A. Opportunity Youth Collaborative to dismantle the common barriers to educational attainment that transition-age foster youth encounter, using direct services, stakeholder training, and state and local policy advocacy.

Ten Year Anniversary of the Immigrants' Rights Clinic

The Immigrants’ Rights Clinic recently celebrated 10 years of legal services, impact litigation, and excellent teaching at Stanford Law School.

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petition | by League of Women Voters of CaliforniaA petition was filed today asking the Arizona Supreme Court to amend Rule 32(c) and (d) so as to split the functions of the State Bar of Arizona into two distinct subsets, a mandatory membership organization (“Mandatory Bar”) and a purely voluntary membership organization (“Voluntary Bar”). The amendment to the Court Rules would maintain the current mandatory membership requirement for all lawyers but (1) eliminate mandatory membership dues for non-regulatory functions and (2) allow voluntary contributions for all non-regulatory functions. Read the petition here.

The petition was filed by Sherman & Howard attorney Gregory Falls on behalf of the Goldwater Institute. By way of explanation on its website, the Goldwater Institute reiterates its opposition to “conditioning the practice of law on bar membership in Arizona because coerced membership violates the rights to free speech and free association guaranteed by the United States and Arizona Constitutions.”

It is for this reason, the Institute says it is “sponsoring a rule change petition to allow attorneys to practice law without being forced to fund the lobbying and other non-regulatory functions of the State Bar of Arizona.”

Change Management | by Jurgen AppeloThe petition is reminiscent of HB2221, which the petition acknowledges, “called for a less nuanced version of what Petitioner proposes here.” HB2221 came within 5 votes of clearing the Arizona Legislature and landing on the governor’s desk during the 2016 legislative session. Like today’s petition, HB2221 was modeled on the Nebraska Supreme Court’s bifurcated approach to bar membership articulated in its December 6, 2013 decision Petition For Rule To Create Vol. State Bar Assn. 286 Neb. 108.

j0289753The Nebraska Supreme Court ordered that the requirement be left in place mandating membership in the Nebraska State Bar Association. But the Court also lifted the requirement that attorneys fund the Nebraska Bar’s non-regulatory functions. This meant Nebraska attorneys still paid regulatory and disciplinary costs but were no longer forced to subsidize the Nebraska Bar’s speech and its non-regulatory activities.

In its website statement, the Goldwater Institute acknowledges that “the Nebraska Model falls short of the fully voluntary model used in 18 other states.” It adds, however, that Nebraska’s bifurcated model “is a significant positive step toward associational freedom.”

Another front.

The petition filing opens up another front in the long-term campaign to reform lawyer regulation in Arizona. Along with continuing legislative efforts, the goal is to remediate a system not only rife with inequity but which represents a continuing threat to consumers. In addition to impinging constitutional rights on lawyers by preconditioning membership in a trade association to earn a living in their chosen profession, mandatory bar associations have an inherent conflict of interest because they act as both regulators of and trade associations for lawyers. And that conflict of interest is further exacerbated when lawyers elect a controlling number of other lawyers to represent them in their own regulatory board. By its very nature, then, this cartel-protection system threatens capture of the regulatory board by lawyers at the expense of the public.

Jen, kissing the First Amendment goodbye? | by jasoneppinkConditioning the practice of law on bar membership also violates lawyers’ constitutional rights. The U.S. Supreme Court has found that the only compelling state interest in coercive bar association membership is to improve the practice of law through lawyer regulation. But the fact is that lawyer regulation and improved legal practice can be attained through less restrictive means. 18 states — Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Vermont — have already found ways to regulate attorneys without compelling membership

Arizona lawyers aren’t the only professionals concerned with a mandatory bar’s opacity, bureaucratic wastefulness, and divided loyalties to the public and lawyers. Indeed, attorney and public members of the California State Bar’s Board of Trustees are working again with California Legislators to bifurcate that Bar’s regulatory and trade association functions. See Calif. State Bar Blasted for Lack of Transparency  and Lawmakers Fight to Reform California Bar After Audits Skewer Agency for Mismanagement, Lack of Transparency, and Pricey Salaries.

Credits: Petition, by League of Women Voters of California LWVC at Flickr Creative Commons Attribution license; Change Management by Jurgen Appelo at Flickr Creative Commons Attribution License; Jen, kissing the first amendment goodbye, by Jason Eppink at Flickr Creative Commons Attribution.

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  1. It fails to tell its members where their money goes. The Bar does not provide members a detailed accounting of its annual expenditures, let alone a yearly income statement and balance sheet. In addition, the Bar uses unexplained indirect cost allocations to account for overhead and administrative costs. Moreover, these partial allocations appear to be based on undocumented time estimates unrelated to measurable factors. Indeed, in the Bar’s “2015 Annual Report,” the Bar states that in 2015 it generated CLE revenues of $2,059,801 against expenses of $1,925,940. This translates into a mystifying expense-to-sales ratio of approximately 94%. Were these allocated expenses reasonably linked to a level of service or benefit received? Without transparency, it’s anybody’s guess whether the Bar’s indirect cost allocations are reasonable, equitable, real and current — or whether they even represent acceptable means for apportioning costs;

                        As clear as mud.

  1. It fails to disclose how much it spends on lawyer regulation and how much it spends on non-regulation. Of the approximate one-third of its annual budget spent on lawyer regulation and discipline, the Bar provides no expense detail, particularly about the number of discipline-related professional staff or how much they are paid;

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  1. It fails to disclose how much it spends annually on political and ideological activities, including bar relations related to promoting the interests of special interest lawyers; support services for voluntary, politically active bar associations; public relations and advocacy activities in support of merit selection; administrative and financial support of social programs having ideological content as well as political advocacy Bar leadership training; lobbying and expenses paid of the Board of Governors and other administrative expenses for carrying out the Bar’s political and ideological activities as well as all expense reimbursements and funds paid to outside contracted lobbyists. Also undisclosed are the actual work hours expended lobbying and giving lawmaking advice to the Legislature by its two executive employees who are also state-registered lobbyists: the Bar’s CEO/Executive Director and the Bar’s Chief Communications Officer;

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  1. It fails to timely and completely disclose the annual compensation paid to all management, including all top executives – – not just “key employees” as defined and required under IRS Form 990 “reportable compensation” mandates;
  1. It fails to widely, and prospectively disclose periodic Supreme Court Rules Petitions it files and which often increase member disciplinary exposure or otherwise adversely affect their interests, including, for example, recent ethical rule requirements for succession planning and more recently, a Petition to Amend the Oath of Admission to the Bar & Lawyer’s Creed of Professionalism;

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  1. It fails to disclose to lawyer participants beforehand, its ‘unwritten’ voluntary Fee Arbitration Program “50% rule.” The Fee Arbitration Program is designed to resolve fee disputes between Arizona attorneys and their clients. But under the “50% rule,” if the fee arbitrator awards more than 50% of the fees returned to the client, the award is automatically referred to the Lawyer Regulation Office for lawyer disciplinary investigation. This rule is not found anywhere in the Rules of Arbitration of Fee Disputes or is it publicly divulged to members. The rule is instead invoked in practice and as an unwelcome ‘surprise’ if the parties do not settle;

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  1. It fails to detail its longstanding nonperformance in committing, measuring, recruiting, training, and managing organizational workplace race, ethnicity, gender and disabilities diversity within its own employee organization, especially the historic lack of race and ethnic diversity among top management;
  1. It fails to disclose the number of outside consultants and contractors it hires; how they are hired; and how much each is paid. The Bar does not make those consulting and independent contractor agreements available for public inspection;

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  1. It fails to adequately explain and disclose its internal process and ‘carefully tailored’ procedures to determine itself “Keller-pure,” including activities it engages in unrelated to its core functions of regulating the legal profession to improve the quality of legal services;
  1. It fails to disclose in any detail its formula for benchmarking executive compensation and organizational size, operations and service. Not long ago, Arizona was No. 1 among mandatory bars with a member-to-professional staff ratio of 158 to 1;
  1. It fails to disclose and identify the financial contributions, including gifts-in-kind, made with mandatory member assessments and which are annually disbursed to various special interest voluntary bar associations;

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  1. It fails to make open and available its member-funded channels of communication to give fair and equal time to opposing arguments and viewpoints on controversial issues and concerns like the merits of a voluntary state bar. Instead it repeatedly mischaracterizes and misrepresents the views of voluntary bar proponents.

* Obviously, there are more than 12 including the Bar’s machinations to pass its last mandatory dues increase and its continued conflation without empirical proofs of enhanced lawyer competencies through its Bar-sponsored continuing legal education programs — but for now, these are a modest start.

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What’s your price?

We’ve all heard the story, attributed to various writers, of the British humorist sitting next to the beautiful woman at the banquet and asking, “Would you sleep with me for 1 million pounds?” “Of course!” “Would you sleep with me for 10 pounds?” “What kind of woman do you think I am?” “We’ve established that; now we’re just haggling over price.”
Chesterton said that men do not differ so much over what they consider evil as what evils they consider acceptable.
It is the easy compromise that keeps the culture of death going. Every one of us who refuses to compromise gets labelled an “extremist” precisely because of the easy way people sell out.
Every time the Republicans gain ground in national office, pro-life and pro-family issues are a major reason for the voters, but the Republicans never follow through because they claim they won’t be reelected. “Next time,” they tell us.
In the 1970s, the National Right to Life Committee developed a “long term strategy” for overturning _Roe v. Wade_. The first law passed was the Hyde Amendment, banning federal funding of abortion. 40 years later, “progress” is the Republican House passing a new ban on such funding.
Meanwhile, does anybody even talk about embryonic stem cell research anymore? George W. Bush’s “if the babies are already dead, might as well put the remains to good use” reasoning has crept not only into the NRLC’s positions but into the Catholic commentariat. And that’s the same position we hear on vaccines derived from fetal tissue.
In 2005, the Pontifical Academy for Life (pro Vita, or PAV) issued a statement supporting conscientious objection to vaccines derived from from fetal tissue research. There were already position papers from several organizations, most notably the so-called “National Catholic Bioethics Center,” saying such vaccines were acceptable. For most people, this isn’t even an issue. The sheer fact that the Vatican bothered to issue a statement should lean any ambiguities in favor of conscientious objection. Many have tried to twist the document to say it opposes conscientious objection. If so-called “anti-vaxxers” are a minority of extremists, why would the Vatican, which so often fails to address prevalent problems of theological discipline, bother to tell “anti-vaxxers” to comply?
Yes, the document explains the parameters of remote material cooperation (more on that later). Yes, the document explains there are conditions which mitigate culpability for such cooperation. Yes, if somebody feels compelled to vaccinate, the document says they should voice their objections, but that is supposed to be the exception, not the rule.
In 2008, a lot of people said, “I’m pro-life, and I voted for Obama because I figure that, if he knows pro-life people voted for him, maybe he’ll change his views.” Yep, that’s how politics works.
If nobody stands up and says, “I won’t support this,” what is to motivate those in power to change?
There are very few vaccines for which the only form is derived from fetal tissue research, and all of those are diseases that have other means of treatment or prevention and/or are rarely life threatening. The most life threatening diseases (e.g., polio) have alternatives that exist, but they’re increasingly unavailable. When our eldest was a baby, there were separated forms of measles and mumps vaccine available, but they were hard to get, and you had to find a doctor willing to order them. The ethical rubella vaccine is not available in the US because of “FDA” regulation, even though it’s proven effective in other countries.
If there were more people standing up and saying, “We want ethical alternatives and will not vaccinate until you provide them,” things would change pretty quickly, but as it is, a) most people just vaccinate, with or without “stating their objections”; and b) the rest just become out right “anti-vaxxers,” objecting to all vaccinations and tying in other issues to fetal tissue. So thus of us who merely object to specific vaccinations on specific ethical grounds are left without support. It is so disheartening to have to file for a “religious exemption” at Catholic institutions when we’re Catholic, and explain to Catholic school and parish officials why we object. It is disheartening to find that most state regulations and doctors’ offices take an all-or-nothing approach, so we can’t get the ethical vaccines, either.

The original NCBC position paper from the 1990s had two related points that really irk me.
1) They, and most subsequent “the good of the vaccines outweighs the evil” ends-justify-the-means arguments, hold that parents have a “moral obligation to protect the life and health of their children.” To a certain extent, this is true. However, this moral obligation gets transmuted into saying it’s mortally sinful to get someone sick. This is also applied in the question of whether you should go to Mass when you’re sick, and other situations. Now, if such moral obligations and sinful circumstances exist, and I have a 50% chance of passing on Marfan syndrome, which will be far more likely to be fatal than any virus, to my children, I think one can see why I take some offense to this, especially when so many people who *do* have Marfan syndrome insist on contraception, IVF and/or abortion for that reason.
2) The original NCBC document grants that conscientious objection constitutes heroic virtue (and I think most of us on that side would agree), but argues that parents do not have the right to make decisions of heroic virtue for their kids. The problem with this (and the previous premise) is, what about Catholic parents in Muslim and Communist countries? Should they not baptize their children for fear of putting their children’s lives at risk and making decisions of heroic virtue?

If you’ve decided that vaccination was the right choice for you and your family, and you feel no pang of conscience about it, then why be so hard on “anti-vaxxers”? Aren’t you and your kids safe?

If we, as Catholics, mistrust the medical establishment on contraception and other issues, why is the rhetoric on vaccines to do as you’re told by Big Pharma?

If measles is making a comeback, why won’t Merck provide the ethical, separate measles vaccine it discontinued in favor of MMR? Why is Merck so adamant about forcing people to violate our consciences?

Paying it Forward and Freemasonry

When the Popes in the 18th Century condemned Freemasonry, one of the reasons they did it was what Pope Benedict XVI argues in _Caritas et Veritate_: essentially “charity” (in the sense of helping out those less fortunate) is nothing without “Charity” (Love) and Jesus is Love, so “Charity” without Jesus, is impossible. Indeed, the Popes have taught, it can only be achieved by coercion. Any kind of secular philanthropy must be by coercion. A perfect example of this is the notion of “paying it forward,” a concept which, though popularized by the 2000 movie, finds its modern origins in none other than Benjamin Franklin. Our Lord, of course, teaches to store up treasure in Heaven and to give without counting the cost or hoping for a return. This is a bit different than explicitly telling the person, as Franklin did, “I’m helping you; repay me by helping someone else.” That’s still saying that there’s a debt to be repaid.

For the past couple years, there have been stories about people applying the principle quite literally at establishments, and some franchises even encouraging it. A customer walks into someplace, the one I’ve most heard about is Starbucks, where the overpriced beverages are fairly consistently overpriced, so it really doesn’t make that much of a difference, and pays for “the next person’s order.” Then *that* person is told, “The person before you paid for your order and asked for you to pay it forward.” It’s a massive guilt-tripping that can go on for hours, or even a whole day, till somebody just says “Thank you,” and walks out.

That is far different from someone simply paying more and saying, “Give this to someone who needs it.”

So, today we were out and about, and the kids wanted lunch. We had plans anyway (today was Dairy Queen’s annual customer appreciation day), so I was juggling the numbers in my head, pushing off meals and shopping trips, etc., while we waited in the car line at McDonald’s. Of course, the thing about McDonald’s is there are two lanes, so the car that was along side us was ahead of us. We got to the window, and the cashier–I couldn’t tell if she was surprised or hinting–said “Uh, the person who just left paid for your order.” We said “Wow, that’s very nice! That’s an answer to our prayers!” and we drove up to the next window.

I’m sure the person was being sincerely charitable, and we included him in our prayer intentions. The phrase wasn’t used, but it did get me thinking about that whole notion, and the pride of being unwilling to accept a gift as that without feeling guilt and considering it a debt.

One at a time

Yes, faith is ultimately an individual gift and an individual choice, but as St. Francis Xavier laments, there are so many who aren’t even given the chance to make the choice. As Ven. Fulton Sheen tells us, there are millions who reject the Church not because of what She is but what they think She is. Worldwide, 1 in 7 people claims to be Catholic. What if every person who claims to be Catholic reached out to *one* non-Catholic a year? What if every weekly mass attending, daily praying Catholic reached out to just one “lapsed Catholic” a year?
Invite someone to mass with you. Invite them to pray the Rosary or the Office with you. Give them books–not just apologetics but spirituality, lives of the saints, etc.
What if, as parishes (and this takes both volunteers and pastoral support) did the sorts of “parish life” activities that Protestants, Mormons and Muslims attract members by having, but Catholics usually dismiss as “proselytism”?

“Go and preach the good news to the world.”

Would you do it?

Two pairs of brothers, the J’s and the Z’s, are business partners. One day, the two younger brothers go to listen to some popular speaker and come back talking about some new guy that the other one says is even better, and how they want to drop everything and join his cult. Their business requires working at night, and things haven’t been going well. The older brothers think they’re too stressed and going kind of nuts. All night long, they work hard but get no sales. The younger brothers keep harping all shift about this new preacher, and then, in the morning, when they’re tired, and ready to go home, the guy shows up at their *office*.
And he has a bunch of people with him. And he stands their preaching. Then he tells the four salesmen to work a bit longer. Suddenly, they get a wave of sales that crash their servers! The Z brothers try to get the servers back online, while the preacher talks to the older J Brother. “Follow me,” he says, “And I will change your life and your name.”
So the four men literally drop everything to go follow the preacher. They occasionally return to work to pay the bills, but it’s not as important.

Would you do it? Peter and Andrew, the sons of Jonah, and James and John, the sons of Zebedee, did:

38 Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which translated means Teacher), “where are you staying?” 39 He said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about four in the afternoon.* 40 Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard John and followed Jesus. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah”* (which is translated Anointed). 42 Then he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John;* you will be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).(Jn 1:38-42)

1 While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret.
2 He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets.
3 Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. 4 After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.”
5 Simon said in reply, “Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets.”
6 When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing.
7 They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them. They came and filled both boats so that they were in danger of sinking. 8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.”
9For astonishment at the catch of fish they had made seized him and all those with him, 10 and likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners of Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” 11 When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything* and followed him. (Luke 5:1-11)

People fret about alleged “contradictions” between the accounts, but, like all attempts to challenge the “historical authenticity” of the Bible, they do so because the truth, faced head-on, is too overwhelming. Would you, if faced with Christ’s call, drop everything–or even anything–to follow Him?
Would I?
I know when I have done so, I’ve been far happier then when I haven’t.

He is here, today, waiting for us. He waits for us in the Scriptures and in the Blessed Sacrament. He waits for us in the poor, the sick and the imprisoned. He wants us to follow Him and visit Him. Will we answer the call?

Go to and type in your zipcode. Find out when you have daily Mass or adoration available to you, and please make time to visit Him.

Will it be _Humanae Vitae_ or _Mater et Magistra_?

In 1961, when Pope St. John XXIII issued his social justice encyclical Mater et Magistra, Garry Wills, then of National Review, and later author of Papal Sins (a book that perpetuates calumniation of Pope Pius XII in the name of promoting contraception), utteinfamous “Mater, si; Magisra, no” to William F. Buckley, Jr., who quoted it in his own column. In his spiritual autobiography, Nearer, My God, WFB expresses regret for the quotation.

The alleged “dissent” from the “Right” in the Church usually comes in matters of positive law. In Veritatis Splendor, Pope St. John Paul II says that negative law (“negative law”) is always absolute, but application of positive law (“thou shalt”) is relative. Nevertheless, the quote about dissent from the seemingly socialist Mater et Magistra (even though many of its suggestions have since been implemented and are now considered hallmarks of capitalism) has been dragged out both every time a “conservative” questions a Pope and every time a conservative challenges a liberal’s “dissent.”

Even Ralph McInerny traces the popularity of Wills’ assertion to the massive dissent that accompanied Humanae Vitae seven years later, and, though seemingly divided in the US political spectrum, there is certainly a connection–after all, as already noted, Wills opposed HV, as well.

Since the beginning of Pope Francis’s papacy, though many on both “sides” of the spectrum have insisted he is a radically new kind of pope, I have been struck by the parallels to Paul VI and the early John Paul II. I have said repeatedly that he will have his _Humanae Vitae_ moment.

It may be the Synod on the Family, or it may be his upcoming encyclical on “Global Warming.” The Left has been salivating about this announced encyclical for months–the “National Catholic Fishwraps'” Michael Sean Winters argued several months ago that “stopping global warming” must be a greater political priority than abortion because the possible passive death of all life on earth is supposedly a worse evil than the active and intentional slaughter of millions.

Now, as a conservationist conservative, I don’t see why anyone who believes in the Natural Law, preserving the status quo or economic efficiency should see a conflict between political conservatism and conservation of natural resources. I have always argued that the environment is one of the issues where liberals are right in principle but not practice, and where Republicans could get a lot of support if they just adjusted to promoting a localist, subsidiarist approach contra the Democrats’ use of environmentalism as an excuse for socialism.

That said, I hope the Holy Father does not take a definitive stance on “man-made Global Warming,” since, as Robert George is being lampooned as a hypocrite for pointing out, that is a science issue, not a theology issue. Centuries from now, if Global Warming turns out to be the hoax many of us think it is, Pope Francis risks this being ranked with Galileo and Columbus as one of the many times the Church allegedly was “against science.”

One of the memories I retain most vividly from elementary school is the picture from my second grade social studies book (1984-1985) of how, by the time we were in our thirties, we’d all be wearing gas masks and protective gear because of the acid rain an nuclear fallout. When I was in high school, I learned the chemical formulae that made acid rain inevitable. I did a science fair project on testing the pH of rain and various bodies of water in my town. I found little evidence of acid rain, and that same semester, a study was published saying the same thing.

Then people started talking about “Global Warming.” 20 years later, the climate is more or less the same, if not more like it was in the 80s to begin with. “Global Warming” has become “Climate change,” and there are debates over “man made” versus a matter of natural cycles–a theory I read in the late 90s. We hear from politicians, journalists and celebrities that the “science is settled,” that the “scientific community” is in agreement and the scientists who question “man made global warming” are unscrupulous, unreliable quacks. On the other hand, there are scientists, including a co-founder of The Weather Channel, speaking ut that it’s a hoax and that scientists have their careers threatened. It’s all based on mathematical models that leave out other factors, and there is little empirical evidence for it.

Does that make it OK to continue despoiling nature? By no means, but the Catholic Church risks humiliation if she gets on Al Gore’s bandwagon.

Either way, the way lines are drawn up, this encyclical will elicit the response of either Materi or HV.

A tale of two doctors

One of the wisest people I know suggested the following analogy.

Imagine you have a choice between two doctors. You know one doctor is more intelligent, and that he has the treatment that will help you. The treatment will keep you alive but you have to use it over and over the rest of your life. It won’t be pleasant, and may indeed be unpleasant, but it will work. However, he is hard to work with, his office staff have no customer service skills, hound you about money as soon as you come in the door, and they all seem more concerned about their careers than your health. The waiting and exam rooms are drab, with medical journals all over the place, some really old, and poor music.
The other doctor is friendly. His office is stylish, up-to-date, with big screen TVs in the waiting and exam rooms. The staff are courteous and friendly. He offers you a quick fix solution that will be one, not so unpleasant, treatment that you know is a placebo at best and proverbial “snake oil” at worst.
Now, obviously, if you can find someone with the positive traits of both, that’s who you would go with, but if it came down to A or B, would you really choose the charlatan because the experience seemed more pleasant?

Then why do the same thing with your spiritual health?

Why say, “I believe the Church’s teachings are true, but there’s too much corruption in the hierarchy, and the Mass is boring. The Evangelical Mega-Church down the street has better music, a friendlier pastor and staff, and all sorts of activities. Besides, they tell me all I have to do is have faith in Jesus.”


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