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Pope should endorse independent investigation

Pope should endorse independent investigation

By Gerald T. Slevin
retired attorney

From the link:

The expanding abuse crisis requires immediate action by Catholics. It is needed to invigorate their dispirited Church for the sake of defenseless children, disrespected women, disheartened clergy and disillusioned Catholics everywhere. The repeated worldwide pattern in too many child abuse cases leads to a central source that honest Catholics must now sadly acknowledge.  The Church’s hierarchy for much too long has been unwilling to act responsively on urgent issues. The hierarchy has lost much of its credibility.

Much careful analysis already exists on potential solutions.  Catholics must now choose and act on these solutions. Concerned Catholics are calling for the pope to set up promptly a commission of informed Catholic lay women and men, nuns and priests, both young and old, married and single.  The commission would include persons from around the world knowledgeable in relevant areas, including scripture, theology, church history, psychology and law. The commission idea was proposed as a solution recently at NJ.Com by the distinguished Jesuit, Fr. Raymond Schroth.

Fr. Schroth has served as a dean or professor at five Catholic universities, as well as at New York University. He is well versed in theology and church history. This 12- person commission would review, and by majority vote recommend to the pope, necessary changes in the Catholic Church’s governance structure and its policies on human sexuality and gender, including mandatory celibacy and women priests. The pope has already been requested by me on behalf of many Catholics worldwide to set up this commission with independent and worldwide representation so that it can begin its work promptly and end the existing gridlock in Rome.

If the pope does not do this, concerned Catholics are expected then to set up the commission themselves and invite the pope to appoint two observers. The commission would be expected to accept by e-mail serious comments from all people. The commission would by August make its public recommendations for papal action and implementation by October. If papal action is not forthcoming by then, the commission would be expected to request the pope and bishops to call for an ecumenical council (Vatican III) to begin in November and to complete its work by mid-December.  If neither the pope nor the council act timely, interested Catholics are expected by grassroots efforts continually to call upon their fellow Catholics worldwide to urge the pope and the bishops to adopt the commissions’ recommendations promptly.

These efforts, if necessary, are expected to include (a) media announcements and interviews, (b) direct lobbying of bishops, of major group and large individual contributors to the Vatican and the bishops worldwide, and of other Catholic interest groups, (c) appropriate public demonstrations at select key Church events worldwide,  (d) calls for the withholding by all Catholics worldwide of contributions to the bishops and the Vatican, and (e) calls for all relevant governments, for example in Germany, to end all governmental subsidy payments to the Catholic Church. While Catholics will be expected to continue to support their local parishes and the Church’s health, social welfare and educational institutions, Catholics worldwide are expected to be called upon to curtail contributions intended for the Church’s hierarchy, until the  commissions’ recommendations are implemented.

If the hierarchy fails to act timely, I believe all Catholics will have a clear moral obligation to support these grassroots efforts. The Gospels call upon all Catholics to protect defenseless children. Since 1990, several billion dollars of Catholics’ contributions have been diverted from advancing the Gospel to expenditures related to child abusers and those who wrongfully covered up their serious crimes, rather than primarily to addressing the child abuse problems openly, effectively and honestly. Unless this commission action is taken, these abuse expenditures can be expected to continue worldwide at high levels into the foreseeable future. For example, reports of child abuse cases are currently skyrocketing  in Germany, the pope’s home country. Catholics can no longer avoid the painful truth being reported daily that their contributions are continuously being used to enable the cancer of child abuse to exist in order apparently to protect the power and positions of the hierarchy mainly. To date, no bishop has really been penalized for misconduct related to clerical child abuse. When compelling evidence of bishop misconduct has been presented, the bishops have generally been able to move into a comfortable retirement or moved to another position. Perhaps, this should not be so surprising. The Vatican is dependent on bishops for significant financial support and on voting cardinal bishops for desired political support at the next papal election, which may not be long in coming. Many Catholics want to change this unfair and counterproductive policy that fails to hold bishops accountable. Child abuse prevention programs cannot reasonably be expected to be successful, if supervising culprits, like bad bishops, are not penalized.

Many thousands of defenseless children and their families have for decades suffered from Catholic clerical child abuse. Many continue to suffer painfully. Millions of Catholics have left the Church reluctantly and dejectedly in frustration, taking their contributions with them. Recent polls indicate that millions of Catholics worldwide who remain are becoming increasingly disillusioned and many are considering leaving. Many Catholics want the Church to return to the loving spirit of the Gospels such as existed among early Christians, who for 300 years elected their own bishops and pastors. Many Catholics will not, and morally cannot, any longer support the existing ineffective and negative policies of the current hierarchy. Many Catholics want a Church governance structure that assures the accountability of all who act on behalf of the Church.  Many Catholics also want the Church to promote positive policies concerning human sexuality and gender matters that are true to Catholics’ everyday lived experience in the present and in accordance with the loving spirit of the Gospels. Catholics worldwide are now increasingly standing up for their Church and, I expect, will vigorously support the call for the independent commission. History will surely judge them badly if they do not act and more innocent children suffer. The big question now is will the pope cooperate with an independent commission or will he once more miss a real opportunity to reform and preserve the Catholic Church and the great faith it supports. Time will tell!
To date, unfortunately, the pope has too often followed a Nixonian Watergate-style stonewalling strategy. He completely evades answering directly questions about his involvement in several very disturbing child abuse cases. His spokespeople mainly just deny, deny and deny. His defenders fiercely attack any one who dares to raise obvious and legitimate questions and even try to smear them with outrageous slurs. I worked while at Harvard Law School for Archibald Cox, the Watergate prosecutor mainly responsible for bringing Nixon to justice. I think if he were here today, Archibald Cox would find the pope’s strategy very familiar. It didn’t work for Nixon and it cannot in the age of the internet and 24 hour news cycles possibly work for the pope. Hopefully, the pope will realize that soon and endorse the independent commission as being in everyone’s best interests.”
Gerald T. Slevin practiced law until retirement at the Wall Street firm of Sullivan & Cromwell. Mr. Slevin attended 16 years of Catholic schools before graduating from Harvard Law School.

Gerald T. Slevin: Philly Criminal Trial Reveals Vatican’s Fatal Strategy

Gerald T. Slevin: Philly Criminal Trial Reveals Vatican’s Fatal Strategy

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As the jury in the Philadelphia archdiocesan trial continues to be deadlocked, and as Catholics and others concerned about the issue of abuse of minors by Catholic clerics continue to monitor this trial, Jerry Slevin has provided another valuable statement dealing with the situation in Philadelphia and its implications from a more “global” perspective, and placing this situation against the backdrop of Vatican concerns and Vatican politics.  What follows is Jerry’s statement:

Assume you were a key executive for a couple of decades of a multinational religious organization. What would you choose?
By 1992, twenty years ago, you and your executive team knew that numerous top executives had for years tolerated, and often likely covered-up, many potentially criminal acts by employees involving sexual assaults on children.
By 2002, with the publicity from the Boston and Irish abuse scandals, key executives were facing escalating financial and legal risks from victims’ claims and from  prosecutors’ charges.
By 2012, the organization’s reputation had suffered dramatically, thereby reducing  revenues from contributions, while costs, especially legal expenses, continued to climb.
In 1992, there had been a clear choice still available : (A) hopeful transparency and being authentic, while endeavoring to curtail priest misconduct by organizational reforms, or (B) fatal secrecy and being duplicitous, while hoping to ride out the storm by vigorously resisting criminal charges and financial claims.
By 2012, the consequences of the original choice of Plan B made by 1992 were irreversible and dismal. The relentless governmental forces applying the rule of law were steadily crashing through the Vatican’s defenses in many countries.
Leaving compelling Gospel mandates aside for a moment, Plan A’s transparency choice had entailed high risks of (1) significant financial liability, (2) some leadership prosecutions and (3) indeterminate reputational damage, i.e., “scandal.” To successfully avoid Plan A’s risks by choosing Plan B’s secrecy, it is evident that Plan B would at a minimum have required the CEO, in this case, the pope: (a) to accept the ruthless handling of victims’ claims, (b) to seek significant influence over prosecutors’ political superiors and over corporate media coverage, and (c) to require maximum secrecy, tight discipline and financial controls throughout the organization. To maintain secrecy, bishops had to be chosen on the basis of their unswerving blind loyalty, and persons perceived as potentially “uncontrollable,” like married or female priests, had to be forbidden. To maintain tight discipline, maximum sexual repression had to be required, or so it appeared to the Vatican.
The  incontrovertible disclosures from the just completed Philly criminal trial of two cardinals’ former top aide are clear, detailed and unambiguous.  These unchallenged disclosures are unaffected by any outcome of complicated legal charges against the top Philly aide, Monsignor Lynn, relating to conspiracy and endangerment. The outcome of the charges against Lynn cannot negate the major disclosures he made about his superiors’ massive cover-up.
Plan B was clearly chosen and followed in Philly. The implications for the Vatican are most troublesome. The Vatican’s key Philly executives, over a dozen bishops, including three prominent cardinals, have been shown to have pursued for decades Plan B, with Vatican acquiescence if not occasional direction. It appears obvious that the Philly Plan B approach was and may still be the standard operating procedure for the worldwide Catholic Church.
The catastrophic consequences for the Vatican of having chosen and followed Plan B are now cascading through Rome and feeding into other Vatileaks revelations. Together, they are inundating and threatening the continuation of the current imperial papacy, which now, along with its worldwide bishops, is potentially facing unprecedented criminal charges and  financial liability with no relief in sight.  Meanwhile, contributions from Catholics, the Church’s life blood, are being seriously negatively impacted by the scandal.
The links of the Vatican to the Philly case have been and are both extensive and long standing.  Ironically, the still unfolding failure of Plan B is resulting in the realization of many of the risks that were inherent had Plan A been pursued and failed, with even worse consequences than the Vatican may have anticipated.
Forty years ago, the Washington Post‘s top editor and his two key reporters investigating the Nixon White House, were told by a then secret whistleblower to “follow the money.” They did, leading to the first resignation of a U.S. president following the “Saturday Night Massacre” when President Nixon fired the Watergate Prosecutor, Harvard Law School’s Archibald Cox. Two years ago, this editor’s wife compared the pope’s current plight to Nixon’s Watergate scandal and called upon the pope to resign.
Having worked for Archibald Cox as a law student, I then indicated to the pope in a Washington Post article two years ago that Prosecutor Cox would surely have observed that the pope would fail if he continued following a Nixon-style stonewalling strategy on priest sexual abuse of children, especially in this Internet age. The pope didn’t listen. He is now reaping what he sowed.
Last Saturday night, the pope met privately with three trusted senior cardinals apparently to assess their joint survival plans in the midst of continuing leaks of more embarrassing papal documents, even after the firing of the pope’s top banker and the arrest of his butler, evidently both actions having the pope’s blessing. Complicating this are new reports that the Vatican Bank will soon fail many of the European bank regulators’ financial practices tests due apparently to the Bank’s past misconduct and present shortcomings, including reportedly laundering money for the Sicilian Mafia.
Meanwhile, Italian investigators are continuing to analyze numerous “self-protection” files seized during a recent surprise police raid on the fired Vatican bankers’ home. A few days ago, the pope told Irish Catholics their numerous and massive scandals involving priest sexual abuse of children are a “mystery.”  There are, as indicated below, ways in which the Vatican Bank scandal and the abuse scandal may be related. Not really “mysteries,” it appears, as much as possible crimes that government prosecutors are still currently investigating.
Since the Vatican is frequently secretive and at times even seemingly disingenuous as to its real situation and strategy, one must infer from its reported actions what is really going on.  Some will object that this is “conspiracy theorizing” and disrespectful  and should be avoided. But do Catholics really have any other alternative?
Jesus said unequivocally we must protect children. Today, children are clearly still too often unprotected in the Catholic Church. For example, U.S. bishops recently failed again at their national meeting to make bishops fully accountable for overseeing child protection matters. So Catholics have little choice but to look past the hierarchy’s mystical smokescreens and endless diversions. If there is in fact a continuing conspiracy against children, as there surely appears to be,  Catholics must call it by its correct name. Most importantly, all Catholics are commanded by Jesus himself to do their best to end it.
The pope, and the three cardinals he recently turned to in his effort to save his imperial papacy, are all in their eighties. They share some significant common experiences, which will likely affect their individual assessments and proposed solutions. Much of their critical formative Catholic youth occurred during the papacy of Pope Pius XI, whose formative youth in turn occurred under Pope Pius IX, before the first Vatican Council and the 1870 loss of the popes’ centuries-old Kingdom of the Papal States.  Each of these octogenarians was raised as a young man in an anti-modernist Church, where scholastic philosophy, biblical fundamentalism, rote catechetics, triumphalistic history and monarchical popes reigned supreme.
Each of these octogenarians also as youths lived at critical times in difficult circumstances directly under the totalitarian dictators, Hitler, Mussolini and/or Franco. Each of them has had significant Vatican curial experience, and one of them served for some time in Sicily, where the reported  money laundering originated.  In short, they each grew up in the pre-Vatican II Church. They all have extensive experience with both operating under the pretensions of papal monarchy, as well as dealing with earlier major external threats to the monarchy’s survival.
Can we discern any common denominator to the current papal problems that these octogenarians are assessing? There appears to be one: MONEY,  or at least the related possibility that the Vatican and its worldwide bishops-dominated organization may run out of it soon, at a time when the hierarchy may need more to survive financially, and in some cases to pay the legal costs of defending against criminal prosecution.
Why have a Vatican Bank these days? Why not just rely on international commercial banks the way many international organizations and even some governments do? The answer appears to be that the Vatican Bank has provided the Vatican with both secrecy and profits. Ominously also, at least one major international bank recently refused to do further business with the Vatican Bank, namely, at J.P. Morgan’s office in Milan, Italy’s financial center.
Monarchs, including popes, for many centuries preferred secrecy. If these monarchs  were generally not accountable to their subjects, why let their subjects know about their finances? This is what Popes Pius IX, Pius XI and Pius XII learned and followed, and what the four current Vatican octogenarians were weaned on and apparently generally prefer.
Unfortunately, in today’s digital economy that relies on internationally regulated computerized money transfer systems, even local banking has worldwide financial and digital connectivity. After the 9/11 attacks revealed terrorist exploitation of a loosely regulated “funds transfer system” among banks, international bank regulators began to demand greater transparency and policing of secret accounts. This apparently was hardly a welcome development for the Vatican Bank.
This post 9/11 regulatory development explains the new bank regulatory environment that may be flushing out some shady Vatican Bank transactions, but it does not really explain why after the several major Vatican banking scandals that had already occurred on these octogenarians’ watch, the Vatican is apparently still engaged in questionable financial transactions. Some Vatican Bank officials had to have been aware of these transactions and their questionable character, yet permitted them. Why? Was this the source of friction with the pope’s fired banker? This will likely be disclosed more completely by governmental regulators very soon.
A common explanation, found in other banking scandals, is that secret transactions are often also significant sources of bank profits. Was this very important to the Vatican? It would be if there were a perceived need that generating greater profits is a key part of the Vatican’s current strategy. The Vatican really doesn’t issue comprehensive and independently certified profit and loss statements that one might rely on, but it seems clear the Vatican has an increasing need for more money. Disgraced child sex abuser,  Maciel, seemed to understand this well with his frequent cash payments to influential Cardinals and reportedly even to Pope John Paul II as well.
Vatican revenue reductions surely are  resulting from the mass exodus from the Church of Catholics in wealthier Western countries, who obviously take their contributions with them. Some in European countries in these tough economic times also are calling for ending or reducing the large existing government subsidies to the Catholic Church. The pursuit of critically needed additional Church revenues has had repercussions even beyond possibly leading to apparent financial misdeeds at the Vatican Bank.
It appears that greater attention is being given currently by the Vatican to large papal donors such as members of the Knights of Malta and The Papal Foundation and to the leadership of the Knights of Columbus. It also appears that a form of “quid pro quo” for greater contributions to the Vatican from  some of the wealthiest donors is greater papal support for national political parties whose policies advance the interests of the wealthy donors.
For example, in the U.S. the current papal anti-contraception “religious liberty” crusade appears directed at electing a political party that will extend the Bush tax breaks that favor the 0.1 % wealthiest, while support for preserving U.S. government programs for the poorest donors is being postponed by U.S. bishops until after the election. This crusade is supported by members of the Knights of Malta and Carl Anderson, head of the Knights of Columbus. Anderson is also a former Reagan Administration staffer and on the Vatican Bank’s supervisory board.
In return for papal support, the pope can likely be expecting his U.S. donors (A) to contribute some of their many billions of dollars of U.S. federal  tax savings to the Vatican and (B) to support the pope and bishops’ lobbying efforts to reduce the risks for U.S. bishops of Federal criminal prosecution and financial liability, including by appointing more “pope friendly” U.S. Supreme Court Justices to replace the several expected to retire soon.
Moreover, a significant part of the Vatican’s recent multi-year investigation of the American Sisters has been related to assessing their financial assets. Given last year’s legally contested effort by Boston’s Cardinal O’Malley to get more control over some Boston Sisters’ pension financial reserves, it is likely that the recent and continuing attempt of the Vatican to get quick control over many American Sisters’ religious orders has some financial motivations.
So clearly the Vatican is experiencing some significant revenue stresses that appear to be playing a key role in some of the Vatican’s actions which are often wrapped in smokescreens like opposing contraception and masturbation, or associating with the prominent moral theologian, Fr. Charles Curran, who is apparently still on the Vatican’s hit list. It does not yet appear that the Vatican is seeking to get a piece of the Girl Scouts’ cookie revenues, but stay tuned, it is still not over! Who would have thought the pope would try to push to make his anti-contraception insurance position as the law of the land in the U.S.?
What about the Vatican’s expenses? The escalating and significant negative financial impact on the Vatican,  and on the worldwide bishops as well, of the sex abuse scandal may be the major financial factor driving current Vatican policy. The costs are in the billions and are likely to continue for many years to come in more and more countries.
Having chosen Plan B above, the current Vatican leadership seems incapable of containing the abuse scandal effectively or efficiently. As the pope told the International Eucharistic Congress meeting in Dublin last Sunday, he thinks the abuse scandal is a “mystery.” Will he and the other octogenarians solve this mystery? The odds are against this.
The choice of Plan B appears to have had other implications. Clearly, one way to curtail priest abuse is by expelling predatory priests more quickly and expanding the priest candidate pool by permitting married and female priests to replace them. In lieu of this needed expansion, the Vatican instead has pursued ineffective half-measures like moving around foreign priests, poaching Anglican priests and pushing “retro” priests from the cult-like reactionary groups. This has mainly failed to solve the problem.
Theologically, married priests are clearly permitted. And the pope’s own Pontifical Biblical Commission has indicated there are no Scriptural impediments to female priests.
So what’s the problem? Under Plan B above, it was essential  to be able to keep the hierarchy’s secret sins. To do this new bishops have evidentally been picked in part for their willingness to maintain the secrets. Eventually, married and female priests would likely have wanted to know the “secrets.” Until now, it appears that the Vatican had concerns that married priests and women priests presented too great a risk and might not keep the secrets, especially about rampant child abuse. Now that the Philly trial and Vatileaks are uncovering the secrets anyway, married and woman priests may be less of a risk for the Vatican.
Will the octogenarians save the imperial papacy? That is very unlikley. The next pope could make a difference, but probably won’t, given the way cardinals have been selected in recent decades. A broad-based ecumenical council held away from Rome with empowered lay and women members could have some very positive potential, but it is unlikley to be called by the octogenarians or existing cardinals in the near term, anyway.

It appears that the only crucial force for change in the Church will be the pressure from criminal and bankruptcy courts throughout the world. It is already beginning to happen. Vatican officials have run out of places to hide, as the Philly trial and Vatileaks are showing us in real time. Instead, some of them are pointing fingers by leaks at others, hoping to enhance their own positions and save their own neck. Too little too late.

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I adapted this from a “Green Goddess Salad” but I can’t find it now and I didn’t like that name.  This is a loosely measured salad, which means that you don’t need to stress about relative quantities.  But, as I learned the hard way, don’t go crazy with the substitutions (e.g. lime for lemon juice, yuck).

Super, cuz it’s got lots of high quality fats, proteins and vitamins.  It’s also got a great combo of tastes and textures.  To completely avoid cooking on a hot evening, cook the farro in the morning and let it sit in the fridge.  Let it come to room temp before using.

Anchovy Dressing:

2 cloves garlic, minced

½ small shallot, minced

juice from one lemon

2 big squirts Anchovy paste

big pinch of parsley leaves, minced

pinch sugar

1/3 cup olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

Step one:  combine first three ingredients in a jar, shake, let sit for ten minutes.  Step two: add rest of ingredients and shake well.

2 handfuls of dinosaur/Tuscan kale leaves, preferably about 6” long

1 big handful of arugula, chopped

1 handful flat leafed parsley leaves, chopped

1 palmful minced mint leaves (or basil, or tarragon)

1 palmful minced chives

1 big handful cooked and shelled edamame

1 small cucumber, diced

2 cups cooked farro*

1 hard boiled egg, diced

½ avocado per person, diced

Make dressing step one.

Stem and chop the kale leaves.  Place in a large mixing bowl.  Spray or drizzle lightly with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.  Massage the kale by gathering it into your fists and gently squeezing and rubbing until it has all darkened in color and begun to soften.  Add the rest of the ingredients except for the avocado and gently fold together (preferably with your hands).  Finish the dressing and drizzle it on sparingly, mixing it in gently and adding more to taste.  Serve with diced avocado on top, as well as additional parsley or a few crumbles of feta cheese or seeds or nuts of choice.

*Cooking Farro:

Combine 1 cup pearled farro with 2 cups water and ½ teaspoon salt.  Bring to a boil and simmer for about 20 minutes, until al dente.  Drain if necessary.  If not using pearled farro, add another ½ cup of water and cook 40 – 50 minutes.

7 responses to this post.

  1. […] Super Low-stress Summer Salad ( […]

  2. I love anchovies, but have never made a dressing with paste. Also, love all of the different ingredients and textures in this – it looks fantastic!

  3. Boy this does sound good. I’m always looking for filling no-cook summer dishes. I’ve never had farro; I’ll have to give it a try.

    • I have become a big fan of farro. It has a great chewy texture. The original recipe was with quinoa, which I tried, but the farro soaks up the dressing better. I think it would also be good with Israeli couscous.

  4. I really should make more salads. They would be wonderful when the kitchen is hot and I don’t want to cook!

    • One way to avoid even more cooking on this one is to save extra farro or similar grains from another recipe to use in the salad. Or, make it the night or morning before.

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Microsoft Puts Meat On Windows 8 ARM Bones

The idea of Windows 8 and its Metro interface running on ARM-based machines is pretty sick -- in a good way. Windows 8 offers true enterprise functions while ARM brings long battery life. Think of upcoming Win 8/ARM tablets as an iPad where you don't have to work to make it work-worthy.

But Microsoft has provoked more questions than answers. Will ARM run existing apps? Can I run new apps that use the traditional GUI? How much after the Intel Win 8 release will ARM arrive? And does it lean more towards IT or consumers?

So Microsoft is starting to come clean. First, the acronym master has a new way to say Windows 8 on ARM. It's WOA. Reminds me of Yosemite Sam on a camel. "Whoa camel, whoa. When I says Whoa, I means Whooaaaaah!" (Write me at if you remember that episode.)

The new info comes courtesy of a monster blog from Windows honcho Steve Sinofsky.

First, ARM will run classic apps. That is great. But it isn't the old apps. It is new classic apps, meaning developers will rewrite Windows GUI apps to ARM. It won't be a simple port.

ARM won't have virtualization (largely because all Microsoft's virt tools, which took a long time making, are designed for Intel).

Microsoft also now pledges that Office 15 will run on ARM. Sweet-ah!

Microsoft hopes to ship WOA (I can't believe I just used that acronym) at the same time as Windows 8 Intel (is this WOI?).

Posted by Doug Barney on 02/13/2012 at 1:19 PM

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Video: Bart Houston under center05/04/2010Rivals.com
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2012 QB already hearing from teams03/23/2010Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Northern California event had many stars03/20/2010Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Five-Star Academies come to California03/19/2010Rivals.com Football Recruiting

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Commitment Status:Signed LOI

Josh Shirley

Outside linebacker
Fontana, California
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  • Ht:6'2"
  • Wt:225 lbs
  • 40:4.53 secs
  • Bench Max:355
  • Bench Reps:25
  • Squat Max:495
  • Shuttle:4.43
  • Vertical:35 inches
  • GPA:3.3
  • Class:2010 (High School)
AMP: Army Game Recap pt.212 videos available »

College Choices

School Interest Offer Visit Recruited by
UCLACOMMITTED (02/03/2010)OfferedNoneWayne Moses
ArizonaNoneOffered11/06/2009Tim Kish
Arizona St.NoneOfferedNoneMatt Lubick
CaliforniaNoneOfferedNoneAl Simmons
Colorado St.NoneOfferedNone
Fresno St.NoneOfferedNone
Miami (FL)NoneOffered01/29/2010Tommie Robinson
NebraskaNoneOfferedNoneCarl Pelini
Notre DameNoneOfferedNoneMike Denbrock
OregonNoneOfferedNoneJerry Azzinaro
S. Diego St.NoneOfferedNone
UtahNoneOfferedNoneDave Schramm
WashingtonNoneOffered09/18/2009Demetrice Martin

Scouting Report on Josh Shirley

How we scouted: Film footage, In-person visits, Game setting, Campby Barry Every - 09/21/2009
  • SpeedBlue Chip
  • SizeBlue Chip
  • StrengthBlue Chip
  • AgilityDivision I Player
  • Lateral PursuitDivision I Player
On the Hoof: The classic tweener linebacker/defensive end-hybrid athlete. Shirley has wide, thick shoulders with long, muscular arms. His lower body is very athletic and strong, which allows him to explode of the edge as a pass rusher.
Needs Improvement: If he is to play linebacker at the next level, he must work on flexibility and playing in space. As a defensive end, he will need to add another 25 pounds of muscle mass to be effective against the run.
Most Impressive: Very explosive athlete with very good speed and a high-motor kid that will not quit. He will give his best effort 100 percent of the time whether in practice or the game.
Conclusion: He will either become an undersized defensive end that will be a terror off the edge or a huge linebacker that excels as a pass rusher. Funny thing is this is the type of player that keeps getting drafted in the NFL, like Brian Orakpo and Aaron Maybin.

Barry Every is a Football Recruiting Analyst for Rivals.com. He has worked in the recruiting offices for Mark Richt at the University of Georgia, Bobby Bowden at Florida State University and Mack Brown at the University of North Carolina

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Late additions give Trojans recruiting title02/03/2010Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Signing Day 2010: The top 25 teams02/03/2010Rivals.com Football Recruiting
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ACC Blitz: Waiting on Signing Day decisions02/01/2010Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Cane visit shakes things up for Shirley01/31/2010CaneSport.com
Pac-10 Blitz: Chasing the Trojans01/29/2010Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Whispers: Who has the edge for top prospects?01/27/2010Rivals.com Football Recruiting
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Shirley a decision on signing day01/24/2010TrojanSports.com
Shannon makes pitch to Shirley01/21/2010CaneSport.com
Could the Ducks enter mix for Shirley?01/21/2010Duck Sports Authority
Shirley will wait and see01/12/2010TrojanSports.com
Future Horns shine in Army AA Bowl01/10/2010Orangebloods.com
All-star analysis: On the big stage01/09/2010Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Special teams carry West over East, 30-1401/09/2010Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Army All-American Bowl game balls01/09/2010Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Army Bowl: Breaking down the matchups01/08/2010Rivals.com Football Recruiting
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Practice Report: Shirley shows versatility01/05/2010BlueandGold.com
Shirley pushes back decision timetable01/03/2010Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Video: Shirley Excels on the Field12/03/2009Rivals.com
Calif. LB: Canes are still in it12/03/2009CaneSport.com
Shirley surely not committed12/02/2009BruinSportsReport.com
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Four-star going to bide time11/24/2009Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Category rankings: Linebackers11/18/2009Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Photos: Josh Shirley an Army All-American10/05/2009TrojanSports.com
Shirley accepts Army invite10/05/2009Rivals.com Football Recruiting
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Four-star showcases versatility09/30/2009Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Shirley excited after trip to Seattle09/21/2009TheDawgReport.com
Brown can do a lot for USC08/31/2009TrojanSports.com
Shirley narrows list to final eight08/25/2009TrojanSports.com
Four-star selects elite eight08/19/2009Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Video: Shirley Dominates07/30/2009Rivals.com
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Calif. linebacker may see the Vols07/27/2009VolQuest.com
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Trojans get commitment No. 907/10/2009TrojanSports.com
Local 4-star to re-evaluate after RSC07/01/2009TrojanSports.com
USC Rising Star Camp Hot 11 - Defense06/25/2009Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Smooth transition for Shirley06/08/2009BlueandGold.com
UCLA target selected to US Army Game06/02/2009BruinSportsReport.com
Shirley taking his time05/17/2009HuskerOnline.com
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Shirley ready for it all05/11/2009TrojanSports.com
Inland Empire Combines Talent05/10/2009TrojanSports.com
Rivals250 welcomes some new names05/06/2009Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Josh Shirley hearing from Wildcats04/29/2009GOAZCATS.com
Video: Shirley Impresses04/24/2009Rivals.com
USC is sure on Shirley04/23/2009Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Offers backing Shirley's talent04/23/2009TrojanSports.com
Los Angeles Nike Camp talent analysis04/21/2009Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Running backs rule LA NIKE Camp04/19/2009Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Video: Shirley Excels on the Field04/17/2009Rivals.com
Shirley lands No. 504/14/2009Rivals.com Football Recruiting
USC Targets Spotlight FBU02/24/2009TrojanSports.com
2010 Spotlight: Linebackers12/09/2008TrojanSports.com
West's best in 2010 compete at Ultimate 10007/09/2008Rivals.com Football Recruiting
California skill impressive at Carson NUC03/26/2008Rivals.com Football Recruiting

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Michigan State

Commitment Status:Signed LOI

Aaron Burbridge

Wide Receiver
Farmington Hills, Michigan
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  • Ht:6'1"
  • Wt:175 lbs
  • 40:4.4 secs
  • Bench Reps:3
  • Shuttle:4.41
  • Vertical:30 inches
  • Class:2012 (High School)
Big 10 Position Winners4 videos available »

College Choices

School Interest Offer Visit Recruited by
Michigan St.COMMITTED (07/28/2011)Offered01/20/2012Terry Samuel, Brad Salem
CincinnatiNoneOfferedNoneSteve Stripling
MichiganNoneOfferedNoneFred Jackson
Notre DameNoneOfferedNone
Ohio St.NoneOfferedNone

Latest News

Around the Midwest: Doles has big decision ahead10/03/2012 Rivals.com Football Recruiting

Tommy Doles is one of the top prospects in the state of Michigan, but will he chose to attend one of the service academies.

In search of a few good Michigan men03/09/2012Rivals.com Football Recruiting
OSU and Michigan bring in top Big Ten units02/14/2012Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Class of 2012 Superlatives02/08/2012SpartanMag.com
Signing Day Blitz: Ranking the Big Ten02/02/2012Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Recruiting Hits and Misses02/02/2012SpartanMag.com
Madaris: 'A true Big Ten receiver'02/01/2012SpartanMag.com
Who has the best at each position?01/31/2012SpartanMag.com
Recruiting blitz: Ranking the classes01/30/2012Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Michigan State turns back clock on freshmen01/19/2012Rivals.com Football Recruiting
SpartanMag.com Annual Top 25 on the 25th12/25/2011SpartanMag.com
Silverdome will host underclassman combine12/16/2011Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Rivals100: Breaking down the big moves11/28/2011Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Roundtable: Programs find stability10/28/2011Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Where We'll Be: Week Ten10/27/2011RivalsHigh
Roundtable: Kiel decision reviewed10/21/2011Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Midseason report: Top players scouted10/06/2011Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Midwest mailbag: Zook can sell success10/05/2011Rivals.com Football Recruiting
G.L. Gridiron: The Aaron Burbridge Show09/27/2011SpartanMag.com
Midwest mailbag: Burbridge rising09/07/2011Rivals.com Football Recruiting
G.L. Gridiron: Burbridge TD pass helps Harrison to victory09/06/2011SpartanMag.com
Hill amazingly still has no offers09/06/2011Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Weekend wrap: Midwest region09/04/2011Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Charlotte matchup among highlights09/01/2011Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Video: Harrison v. Cass Tech Highlights08/31/2011TheWolverine.com
Underclassmen boost top 10 program08/31/2011Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Reviewing weekend's D-I prospects08/30/2011Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Detroit spotlight shines on 10 stars08/29/2011Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Video: Burbridge, FHH roll08/28/2011SpartanMag.com
Rival regions: Chicago vs. Detroit08/25/2011Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Detroit is focus of Midwest weekend08/25/2011Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Summer wrap series: Missing prospects08/09/2011Rivals.com Football Recruiting
Recruiting Pod Cast: Will Burbridge Qualify?07/29/2011SpartanMag.com
Harrison coach says Burbridge among his best07/29/2011SpartanMag.com
Burbridge is a Spartan07/28/2011MichiganPreps.com
Midwest mailbag: Will the Bucks bounce back?07/07/2011Rivals.com Football Recruiting
In-state WR has two on top05/11/2011SpartanMag.com
Burbridge Picks Up Two HUGE Offers02/18/2011MichiganPreps.com
Harrison loaded for 201202/09/2011SpartanMag.com
Spartans after next great Harrison wide receiver01/24/2011SpartanMag.com
Skill position standouts at Maximum Exposure12/14/2010Rivals.com Football Recruiting

Year AttYdsNoYdsAvgTDNoYdsNoYdsInt
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Aaron Burbridge reminds us of...

Chad Ochocinco - WR Miami, FL Ht: 6'1"Wt: 192 lbs Team: New England Patriots


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Tag Archives: Love

Replace Lust with Love

You may have seen the revelon commercial #loveison with the glimmering lips and seductive music while the word used is love, but is this love or lust? Are you addicted to love or lust? When you see someone use the heart sign is it love or lust?

What does it mean to love?

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails (1 Corinthians 13:4-8).

The world is clearly confused about love. You have shows like millionaire matchmaker to find love or lust? The bachelor with his buffet of women to find love or lust? The bachelorette with her buffet of men to find love or lust?

If your relationships are failing, it is because you have been deceived by lust. Notice above that love never fails. Lust is never faithful, it moves with the trends. Right now big booty girls are in. More and more women getting booty implants. Why? Love or Lust?

Lust is deceptive and the world will always be deceived because they reject God. Follow the Lord Jesus Christ and his Word and watch him give you the love found in his Word and not the temporary fake love/lust found in the world.

love, Jesus Christ
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love (1 Corinthians 13:12-13).

Let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Marriage (God’s design): a haven of protection where two people who know each other best, love each other the most.

interracial marriage

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

interracial marriage

What does it mean to abide in Christ? It means no longer living the way an individual has lived without Christ. Previous to the life of Christ a person lives with no regard for the creator’s desire. The creator has allowed this individual to live on earth and even fed this person but the individual lives within the parameters of his/her carnality. This person is not living under any rule but the rule of self-fulfillment. Whatever the person desires, sex outside of marriage, drinking an excess, cheating, lying and stealing, nothing is too far outside this person’s ability or completion, but Christ has shown us another way.

To abide in his love is to keep his commandments (John 15:10). In order for one to keep the commandments of God, one must know them. The commandment is to love one another (John 15:12). A person is most like God when they love God and love people also. We demonstrate this love through our commitment to abstain from having sex outside of marriage, drinking an excess, cheating, lying and stealing. We demonstrate our love to God by not forsaking the gathering together of the brethren and by spending time in prayer.

We abide in Christ through the spiritual formation of fasting and isolation. All these things encased in the love of God are abiding in Christ. It is a continuing process that requires daily attention. Our desire is with regard to our creator. Our power in prayer becomes effective because unlike a life previous to Christ, we begin to learn how to pray. Our heart prays the things God desires.

Intertwined with the life of Christ represented in our love for the brethren. We love so much because God loved us so much and the things we commit to doing are always out of this heart of love for our neighbor. If a person hates his brother the Bible says how can the love of God be in this person (1 John 3:15). Abiding in Christ is rolled up in loving God in reading the word, prayer, and fasting inwardly and outwardly through love seen and felt by people around the one abiding in Christ.

Love Letter

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From the moment I met you it was love at first sight. I could remember the day and time you said you loved me. What a wonderful day that was. From then on the love would blossom. Not without test or struggle. Not without days of gloom, but love always prevailed.

It was spring and everything was inline with starting fresh. Having rested for so long I could now run without worry for your love would carry me. A love not only heard, but felt and even seen. A love intertwined with corrections and blessings.

You have been so good to me. I have never gone without provision. I have never gone without what was needed. You have supplied all my needs.

Trust is a must and love is its anchor. What have I to fear and be intimidated, when each day I have your ear? What a love so required and so dear to have you always near.


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Upcoming Recipes to Try

What beautiful evenings we’ve been having! Perfect for long walks or sitting on the deck. But tonight, I’m feeling a little lazy. I’ve been perusing the internet for some tasty future recipes. I hate to tease you, but yesterday I made rhubarb mini muffins, and some regular sized ones with honey and greek yogurt frosting. Yup, they were really delish. And the half-hour they lasted at work is testament to that. I’m planning (emphasis on planning) to make some more tomorrow evening. The frosting was so absolutely creamy, and I have a hunch there’s more left in the refrigerator. But anyways, back to business. Check the following out, and let me know if you make them!

In a very traditional Kathleen standard, let’s start with dessert first:

Boozy Berry Cups

Gluten Free Strawberry Banana Cupcakes

French Yogurt and Olive Oil Cake

Mango Lassi

BBQ Chicken Quinoa Salad

Shrimp Tacos

Corn Stuffed Tomatoes

Mushroom Sliders

Carnitas Pizza

Are you noticing a trend here?… Protein!

Homemade Granola

Lemon Ricotta Pancakes

Pumpkin Bread Pudding

Healthy Eats/Workout Bars:

No Bake Peanut Butter Bars

Chocolate Peanut Butter Road Trip Bars

Raw Triple Berry Crisp

Healthy Snack Ideas

Well, now after looking at all those yummy eats, I think I need to go do this nutrition plan. Actually, I think we’re staying the course, minus our frozen pizza night…that was tonight…

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Posted by: sarahmeyers | April 19, 2008

In Prague LP Portrait Art

(Image via Andrew Baron)
I’m in Prague right now acting like the classic tourist. It’s been a great adventure so far. This is me on top of a mountain looking over the city.

This LP cover is from an record store Andrew and I came across today. I felt like rocking out as Beethoven and I did so to speak. As many of you know, I’m a fan and active member of LP portraits on flickr and often participate in the fun.

(I’m reposting this LP video so you can see for yourself if you have not already).

Next stop: London. Wish me luck in Europe!

  1. If you come in Belgium, let me know ! Enjoy your trip in Europe :-)

  2. Ok. I won’t be there on this trip, but would love to go. I have been all over France and know Spain well. I have been to Germany a couple times and this is my first time to eastern Europe.

    I really want to go to Greece. Athens and the island of Capri would be great.

  3. Very nice city. If you want to go to Strasbourg capital of Europe, let me know.
    After Prague, going to London a great contrast.

    Enjoy your trip in Europe Sarah

  4. Prague is amazing. Today was absolutely magical. I’m excited for London tomorrow.

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By carrot or by stick: cognitive reinforcement learning in parkinsonism.

To what extent do we learn from the positive versus negative outcomes of our decisions? The neuromodulator dopamine plays a key role in these reinforcement learning processes. Patients with Parkinson's disease, who have depleted dopamine in the basal ganglia, are impaired in tasks that require learning from trial and error. Here, we show, using two cognitive procedural learning tasks, that Parkinson's patients off medication are better at learning to avoid choices that lead to negative outcomes than they are at learning from positive outcomes. Dopamine medication reverses this bias, making patients more sensitive to positive than negative outcomes. This pattern was predicted by our biologically based computational model of basal ganglia-dopamine interactions in cognition, which has separate pathways for "Go" and "NoGo" responses that are differentially modulated by positive and negative reinforcement.

Pubmed ID: 15528409

  • Frank MJ
  • Seeberger LC
  • O'reilly RC

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Publication Data

December 10, 2004

Associated Grants

  • Agency: NIMH NIH HHS, Id: MH069597-01

Mesh Terms

  • Aged
  • Antiparkinson Agents
  • Basal Ganglia
  • Cognition
  • Computer Simulation
  • Dopamine
  • Feedback, Psychological
  • Female
  • Frontal Lobe
  • Humans
  • Learning
  • Male
  • Matched-Pair Analysis
  • Middle Aged
  • Models, Neurological
  • Parkinson Disease
  • Probability
  • Reinforcement (Psychology)


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Polyglutamine-expanded ataxin-3 causes cerebellar dysfunction of SCA3 transgenic mice by inducing transcriptional dysregulation.

In the present study, we prepared a SCA3 animal model by generating transgenic mice expressing polyglutamine-expanded ataxin-3-Q79. Ataxin-3-Q79 was expressed in brain areas implicated in SCA3 neurodegeneration, including cerebellum, pontine nucleus and substantia nigra. Ataxin-3-Q79 transgenic mice displayed motor dysfunction with an onset age of 5-6 months, and neurological symptoms deteriorated in the following months. A prominent neuronal loss was not found in the cerebellum of 10 to 11-month-old ataxin-3-Q79 mice displaying pronounced ataxic symptoms, suggesting that instead of neuronal demise, ataxin-3-Q79 causes neuronal dysfunction of the cerebellum and resulting ataxia. To test the involvement of transcriptional dysregulation in ataxin-3-Q79-induced cerebellar malfunction, microarray analysis and real-time RT-PCR assays were performed to identify altered cerebellar mRNA expressions of ataxin-3-Q79 mice. Compared to non-transgenic mice or mice expressing wild-type ataxin-3-Q22, 10 to 11-month-old ataxin-3-Q79 mice exhibited downregulated mRNA expressions of proteins involved in glutamatergic neurotransmission, intracellular calcium signaling/mobilization or MAP kinase pathways, GABA(A/B) receptor subunits, heat shock proteins and transcription factor regulating neuronal survival and differentiation. Upregulated expressions of Bax, cyclin D1 and CDK5-p39, which may mediate neuronal death, were also observed in ataxin-3-Q79 transgenic mice. The involvement of transcriptional abnormality in initiating the pathological process of SCA3 was indicated by the finding that 4 to 5-month-old ataxin-3-Q79 mice, which did not display neurological phenotype, exhibited downregulated mRNA levels of genes involved in glutamatergic signaling and signal transduction. Our study suggests that polyglutamine-expanded ataxin-3 causes cerebellar dysfunction and ataxia by disrupting the normal pattern of gene transcriptions.

Pubmed ID: 18502140

  • Chou AH
  • Yeh TH
  • Ouyang P
  • Chen YL
  • Chen SY
  • Wang HL

Neurobiology of disease

Publication Data

July 23, 2008

Associated Grants

Mesh Terms

  • Animals
  • Blotting, Southern
  • Blotting, Western
  • Cerebellum
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Gene Expression
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Machado-Joseph Disease
  • Mice
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
  • Peptides
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Transcription Factors
  • Transcription, Genetic
  • Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion


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Scripting News for 6/29/2007

Phone-to-twittergram breakthrough!

Roger Strickland has a bare-bones phone to Twittergram system working.

I just called his service on my Blackberry, recorded a Twittergram, and it was posted through the web service.

The number to call is 888-281-3613. Don’t talk too long (remember the 200K limit). Hang up when you’re done.

Others are working in this area as well, but Roger was the first to break through with working functionality.

I’ll be leaving a voice TwitterGram from my iPhone, with any luck, in less than an hour.

This is coooooool.

Peets on University has great wifi

The free wifi from the Apple store reaches across the street into Peets. So you get excellent coverage here and it’s free and fast. Thanks Apple. is live!

Want to hear what people are twittering about on your mobile device?

It works on my Blackberry, it launches a music player app when I click on one of the links, but I haven’t figured out how to get it to play. Ooops.

Does it work with the iPhone? We’ll find out sooon. :-)

How does it work on your mobile device? Is it TwitterGram-capable?

BTW, we should have a way to post a TwitterGram from a cellphone soon, maybe even later today.

iPhone day arrives

Big news from Palo Alto. A UPS truck pulls up at the Apple Store. Does it contain the iPhones. No one knows for sure!

It’s fun to watch the play by play!

Everybody please remember, it’s just a phone, okay?

uncov reviews Pownce

I love these guys whoever they are.

“Pownce also feels a little bit like Twitter except that its user interface makes you want to gouge your eyeballs out with a fork.”

They also point out that it’s a lot like FTP, and is an overpriced repackaging of Amazon S3. And that the size limits prevent you from sharing anything really useful.

ISPs from the AOL era

Quickly, I thought this morning I’d install the Comcast self-install network interface that arrived via UPS yesterday. Well, the first part went quickly, I got connected, but then it wanted me to download an installation kit, which once downloaded on my Mac (it came in as an hqx, so they clearly understood it was a Mac) wouldn’t run because it required Internet Explorer. I imagine that’s a big support headache for them.

No problem for me, I just launched Parallels, but it couldn’t find the cable modem, so I’m stuck, which is probably okay, because I don’t really want to install anything to get my second ISP connection in the house. I have six computers, so only one is going to get anything installed on it. And the clue that I didn’t want to do it was the requirement that you disable all anti-virus software. Uh huh. Yeah, and why exactly should I do that?

They also require that you get a mail address.

When do you think buying Internet connectivity will get you that and only that.

PS: Don Cook, a Mac user, called Comcast, they set it up on their end, and that was that. I figured that’s all we had to do. I’ll call them tomorrow.

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  1. Posted by Stephen Bove on June 29, 2007 at 8:27 am

    Here’s a virtual=paper-cut-out iPhone for those who are not waiting in line to buy one and arbitrage it on eBay 10 seconds later ;-)

  2. Posted by Don Cook on June 29, 2007 at 10:52 am

    When I signed up for Comcast back in Feb, they required a $39 set up kit with a manual and disks and a couple of cables. I needed none of this. I called their service center and they ended up doing a couple of things on their end and my iMac worked fine. I just threw away the kit last week.

  3. Hey Dave – is perfect for mobile devices: the links download the mp3 (pretty fast over 3G) and the default music player fires up.
    Maybe you can expand it to accept different kinds of attachments ?(Twitterbits) Why limit it to mp3 files only?
    For example I could attach a Flash lite file (.swf): on mobile devices this would fire up the flash lite player – on full pc’s/macs this would display in the standard browser. you can fit a lot of media content in a 200kb flash file, like little games or trivia quizes, or …. whatever. (offcourse, since the iPhone lacks flash support, this won’t work on an iPhone, doh!)

    Cheers and good luck this evening!

  4. Mobile Twittergram added to my directory of mobile apps:

    thanks Dave

  5. MP3 twittergrams play on my Treo 650 just fine in the RealPlayer application. WAV twittergrams don’t. They want to go into my “Sounds” application. Guess I don’t really want twittergrams as ring tones ;-)

    I would like to know at a glance which are WAV and which are MP3. No sense downloading something that doesn’t play.

  6. Phoned in twittergrams are trés cool. Brilliant, Dave!

    I tweet as “imacpr0n”

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First Lady Michelle Obama announces measures to increase support for caregivers of wounded, ill and injured service members at the Labor Department in Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 2012. DOD photo by Elaine Sanchez

By Elaine Sanchez | American Forces Press Service | | January 30, 2012

WASHINGTON ‐ First Lady Michelle Obama announces measures to increase support for caregivers of wounded, ill and injured service members at the Labor Department in Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 2012. These proposed rules would, in part, enable more military family members to take the time they need to care for their loved ones without fear of career repercussions.

Joined by Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis and senior military leaders, Obama announced the Labor Department’s proposal to expand military family leave protections under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

These proposed rules will, in part, enable more military family members to take the time they need to care for their loved ones without fear of career repercussions, the first lady said.

"We want to recognize the extraordinary dedication, sacrifice and service of our nation’s caregivers, not simply with words, but with deeds,” Obama told the audience gathered at the Labor Department here. “These are men and women and children who will do anything for their loved ones, no matter the cost, no matter the sacrifice, no matter the consequences."

The Labor Department’s proposed expansions of the Family and Medical Leave Act will help more caregivers of troops and veterans tend to their wounded loved ones, Solis explained. FMLA, enacted in 1993, enables eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons.

"Many service members come home stressed, ill and injured," Solis said. "They need attention, care and support from the people that love them the most. And we’ve got an obligation as a nation to make that possible."

The proposal will, in part:

– Extend the 26-week unpaid leave entitlement to family members caring for recent veterans with a serious injury or illness incurred in the line of duty, including conditions that may arise up to five years after leaving the military;

– Allow family members to take time off from work before, during or after a spouse, child or parent’s deployment to tend to service-related matters, such as military briefings or making financial and legal arrangements; and

– Increase the amount of time an employee may take to spend with a loved one who is on rest or recuperation leave from five days to up to 15 days.

These proposed rules, the first lady noted, will ease family members’ minds as they care for their wounded loved ones. Caregivers will be able to stay near a loved one in a hospital longer, and will be on hand as they transition home – "all without worrying about whether they will lose their job."

Obama recalled a story of a mom who became caregiver to her Marine son last summer. The Marine had lost the lower part of both of his legs after stepping on a homemade bomb in Afghanistan. Through his recovery, the first lady said, the Marine’s mother was there, feeding him meals and sleeping by his bedside.

Obama recalled what this mom told her: "All I cared about was knowing he was alive. I knew we could figure the rest out." The FMLA, the first lady noted, gave this caregiver mom the flexibility and time she needed to "figure it out."

Another caregiver, RyAnne Noss, was on hand to recount her caregiving journey.

Noss’ husband, Army Sgt. 1st Class Scott Noss, was injured in February 2007 when the Chinook helicopter he was riding in crashed in the mountains of southern Afghanistan. He was on his eighth deployment.

Of the 14 survivors, he was injured the worst, Noss said, suffering a severe traumatic brain injury that left him mentally conscious but semi-comatose.

Noss, who was pursuing a doctorate degree in chemical engineering at the time, dropped everything to be by his side. He was 100 percent dependent on her, she noted. She fed him, administered his medications and became an advocate for his care. "Along the way,” Noss noted, “I learned how important it was to take care of myself."

With the support of family and friends, Noss completed her degree at Auburn University. The couple is now home in Alabama, she said.

"I’m proud to have been by Scott’s side through his rehabilitation and proud to have him home now with me where he continues to require around-the-clock care,” she said. “I’m proud to be my husband’s caregiver."

Noss lauded the measures under way to help caregivers like her. "Today is a great day for every caregiver,” she said. “These announcements from the Department of Labor will help us all to insert some more stability and certainty into our lives, and I can tell you from personal experience, we appreciate all the help. Every little bit counts."

The Labor Department’s proposal is just a few of many steps the Obama administration is taking to support caregivers, the first lady noted, citing legislation the president signed to help caregivers receive stipends, training, counseling and other assistance. The Defense and Labor departments also have strengthened their caregiver support, she said, working together to support caregivers whose loved ones are dealing with TBIs and post-traumatic stress.

Additionally, she added, the VA has helped caregivers receive health insurance and helps connect them with support coordinators who can direct them to resources.

But the government can’t do it alone, she said, citing examples of how other individuals and organizations are stepping up to help.

Building on successful pilot programs at Fort Belvoir, Va., and Fort Carson, Colo., the USO, Hire Heroes USA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce plan to host 14 career opportunity days focused on the employment of wounded, ill and injured warriors, their spouses and caregivers.

The Chamber of Commerce’s new Military Spouse Business Alliance has committed to hosting a career forum and hiring fair exclusively for wounded warriors, their spouses and caregivers at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., in May.

Finally, Operation Homefront and the Semper Fi Fund, both nonprofit organizations, have added volunteer opportunities that support caregivers and their families to the Joining Forces website.

Americans have an obligation to serve service members and their families as well as they’ve served the nation, the first lady noted.

This need for support, Obama said, is what spurred her and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, to launch the Joining Forces initiative last year. The campaign aims to raise awareness of military families and to rally the nation around them.

"I hope everyone in this country will ask themselves one simple question," she said, "What can I do to support these great military families who have given us all so much.’ That’s the one question we all need to ask."

Obama said she hopes service members, veterans and their families feel the love and support of their nation. And if they haven’t felt it yet, "I promise you that it’s coming, that I promise you."

"We are going to work every day until every last one of you feels the pride and the honor that this entire country feels,” she said. “As long as we all just keep joining forces to support these amazing families, we will be able to serve all of you as well as you've served us."

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I'm not ignoring you - but for reasons I don't understand, Blogger won't let me into comments so I can't respond to anything you write in the comboxes except by posting.

I've read all your comments and very much appreciate them! Please keep it up!

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Mad cow disease is the common name of Bovine spongiform encephalopathy. It's a disease that affects a cow's nervous system and their physical state. It comes from the chemistry structure of prion protein. When cattle get this disease, they have holes forming in their brains. The brain becomes spongy and begins to waste away. The cattle become very violent and show signs of mental disorder and have trouble when they move. It has a long incubation period, about 4~5 years. Cattle that are 4~5 years old can get the disease very easily.

It was not a common disease, but in 1996 the Minister of Health and Welfare in England said that it could be contracted by humans. Mad cow disease has damaged the cattle industry. Some food was made from cattle that had the disease. In England, the nation that was worst affected, more than 179,000 cattle were infected and 4.4 million were killed in an attempt to get rid of the disease.

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In 2012, Korean President Lee's negotiations about the import of beef from the USA made the public angry. Many people went to the square in front of city hall and protested. It caused a lot of trouble, and the approval rating of the president sharply decreased. The government is working hard to protect people from the disease.

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horana-lankananda-theroExtracts from an interview with the Most Ven Labugama Sri Lankananda Mahanayake Thera, head of the Maha Sangha Sabha of the Sri Jayawardenepura, Kotte, and a scholar of theTripitaka and a Royal Pundit who passed away in 1997

Q. What was your early life like?

A. I was born in 1901 on July 10th in Labugama in Horana, and had my early education at the Haltota school. I attended the Daham Pasala in Wavulagala Dharmarakshitharamaya, where I had the idea of becoming a monk. My parents did not like it, save a sister who helped me to fulfil the ambition. I remember reciting the Dorakadaasna at a sathi pirith ceremony there. The Nayake monk of Raigama asked me if I liked to don the saffron robe. I was 14 then. The monk got my horoscope from parents and they had to give their consent. My friend in the same class too became a monk which encouraged me. He is now dead. I was ordained on 2nd June 1917, under the name of Labugama Lankananda. I had my upasampada ceremony on 11th July 1924 at Kotte’s Raja Maha Viharaya.

Q. Can you comment on your initial studies after donning the robe.

A. I did not stay over 3 months in the temple for my ordination. I did a lot of studies then. I could memorize well those days. I had my basic studies at Molligoda’s Pirivana. I memorized books like Sidath Sangarawa and the other famous works. I got through the Pracheena exam in 1928 and became qualified to do the Panditha exam in 1933. One qualification for it was to author a book, and I wrote one titled ‘Gamini Charithaya in Pali. It had 1000 stanzas. No one has done that type of a work this century.

Q. Why did the practice of authoring a book as a qualification cease?

A. I think it was the work of those who cannot author books. Had they maintained that qualification, men would at least, make the attempt.

Q. How did you acquire knowledge in Sinhala, Pali and Sanskrit?

A. I never ceased studies, I still study. Most monks stop once they obtain a degree but one must study and read without ceasing. I read the Thripitaka and its interpretations many times. I still do. I taught monks and laymen alike daily, getting up at 4 am. I engage myself in classical works. This is how I got all the knowledge.

Q. It is accepted that you have served the cause of Buddhist, Pali and Sanskrit literature and the Dharma vinaya. Can you comment on that?

A. I became involved with classical work first, by teaching students a work titled ‘Chutthodaya’, which was difficult to learn. So I wrote an interpretation and taught them that. This was in 1935. The students asked me to print the work and when I said I lacked money, they raised funds and had it printed. This made a difficult job easy. Later Rev. Weliwitiya Soratha told me that he too tried an interpretation of Chutthodaya text, but gave up once I started doing it. He praised me for my efforts in that direction. I wanted to translate all the Pali texts. In 1936, I translated the Majjima nikaya as Prapancha Dipika. In 1937, I did the Subodhalankara Lankananda Vyakyawa. Besides these I have sent 17 works for printing. Buthsarana needs to be mentioned as a special work out of these. I have almost finished the Anguththara Nikaya, and others. Besides there are hundreds, I have sent to magazines and tabloids. I never will cease to engage myself on classical works. I am at it even today. Besides my own work, I am also engaged in encyclopaedia work. I am now the chief editor of the ‘Tripitaka translations’. I was persuaded to do this by Rev. Parawahera Vajiragnana thero. He had great respect for the Tripitaka translation work’s former editor, Rev. Kodagoda Nayaka thero and now expects much from me.

Q. Why are translations so difficult?

A. Translations are always deep running jobs. But they tend to improve our Sinhala language. The translation board accepts this idea. We have to protect this language tradition and I will try to do just that.

Q. What would you comment on your roles as Mahanayake of the Shyamapali Nikaya and the Kotte Mahanayake Thero?

A. I like to tell you about our Sangha Sabhawa. I was selected to the Judicial Committee of the Sri Kalyani Dharma Sabha in 1947 where I was Secretary for 22 years. I remember how the Lankan govt. decided to send a Buddhist delegation to Russia from the Siyam Nikaya. The Asgiri Chapter Nayaka thero who was one of the six nominees, decided not to go. I don’t know the reason but then the Malwatte Chapter wanted one of our monks to join the trip. I was nominated for this, but the Cultural Dept. people wanted to know if I was a Nayaka thero. I said I was only the Secretary of the Sangha Sabha, which they said was a better title for my selection. So I went there.

Q. Do you have religious freedom ijn Russia?

A. There are about 6 lakhs of Buddhists in a place called Buraith in Russia. Mr. Subasinghe was the Ambassador then. We visited Mongolia and Siberia. We did not feel that there was no freedom in Russia. We felt that everyone had freedom to perform his religious duties like Muslims to quote one group, whose service once we watched.

There are Mahayana Buddhists in Russia. The Russian Govt. had to spend about Rs. 50,000/- on us during the trip.

Q. Did you not subscribe to the Sangadhikarana Act? Why was it not implemented?

A. Some expressed their fears over its implementation. I think it is because once it became law, useless monks would be disrobed. So some feared it. I am still for it. Some sections of the govt. too are nursing fears over it. It is a pity that it is not implemented, as it could instil discipline in monks. I can cite one incident where an attempt was made legally to negate a motion challenging a financial flaw in a temple coming under the Sangha Sabha. We need to implement it, to offset frauds etc., perpetrated by monks. I want the govt. to implement it soon. I think all Mahanayakas are agreed that this should see light of day. We have a clean vinaya record, which even the Englishmen have copied for their code of conduct, which shows its usefullness. A monk involved in a criminal case must be disrobed. But now we cannot do that. Today’s decline in the Sasana can be arrested by implementing it. Even Madam Sirimavo Bandaranaike said that, had this been in use, what happened in 1971 may not have happened. She mentioned the case of some thieves who robbed the Slave Island Bank, attired in trousers, only later to don the saffron identifying themselves as monks. This is why we had a plan to issue IDs to monks. We need to make the Sangadhikarana Act law to settle all our woes.

Q. What about today’s decline in Bikkhu morals?

A. I blame it on education, which as it is today, is deplorable. In Bikkhu education, there is not a single vinaya book prescribed. So there is a decline in all pirivenas. It is a far cry from the earlier pirivena education. Today’s monks have not heard of some of the books prescribed then. All claim that monks are not disciplined. How can they in the absence of discipline in education?

Q. Is this decline due to Varsity education?

A. Yes. There is no teacher-pupil relationship. Today’s education in universities misleads students. So now wonder vinaya has hit a poor stage. Monks cannot do what the rest do. They must understand their responsibilities. They should not follow professional courses. They must study whatever benefits laymen. Education of monks should be society oriented to help people. So the necessary texts must be included in the syllabus. It is wrong for Bikkhus to join hands with lay people when studying.

Q. Monks come under ciriticism often. Isn’t this unfair?

A. If the education at its elementary stages improves this will change and will tend to beget better bikkhus. There must be a uniform system by which all bhikkhus will benefit from the educational policy. As things are, it is not good to criticise them. We must blame those not making efforts to educate the young bikkhus.

Q. What can the monks do to defuse the tension now associated with the ethnic problem?

A. The main task of monks is to educate men with this country’s history. It is the monk who has saved this nation very many times. Rev. Theripuththabhaya was a monk who disrobed and joined the army. Those willing to do that, can do so even now. The king asked for the monk’s blessing before combat. All monks need to agree on a consensus to settle our ethnic problem.

Q. You do not agree to the idea of rearing fish. Why is that?

A. Once the Enlightened One asked whether the children of fishermen do well in life, and other similar questions. That is why I gave my disagreed on this issue. Even if the State sponsors this type of venture, I do not know whether there will be anything called Buddhist culture. When these things continue to happen the Gods become angry, society is angered too, and hence the droughts and diseases, for even the wind that blows is poisonous. Our Buddhists of yesteryear cultivated vegetation, while today they take to fishing. Hence our downfall in morals.

This is an extract from Sunday Times 18th May 1997

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