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"Of course there are those who deviate from the teachings of the Church everywhere. What you don't really see in Orthodoxy, however, are folks claiming openly that this is compatible with Orthodoxy. There is no "Orthodox Christians for Choice" organization that is the equivalent of the "Catholics for Choice" organization. There are dissenters, but they seem not to presume that this is achievable within Orthodoxy."Give it time. It has already started with Axios www.axios.net/ and the promotion of the compatibility of practicing homosexuality and Orthodoxy. I am sure there will be one to promote abortion sooner or later. I don't think any Church is immune to this, although I think the ultra-conservative nature of the Orthodox coupled with ethnic orientation has helped stave off widespread dissent for this long. But when you have a pro-abortion senator made an archon how long before pro-abortion Orthodox start to make their voice heard?Fr. Deacon Lance
Give it time. It has already started with Axios www.axios.net/ and the promotion of the compatibility of practicing homosexuality and Orthodoxy. I am sure there will be one to promote abortion sooner or later.
Mmm. My guess (or my hope, rather) concerning this would be that, since it has been on the forefront of the news with Kerry as of late, and the homosexual issue with Robinson in ECUSA, the Orthodox will see it coming if someone tries to make it an issue within the communion.
I know I for one will be pitching a fit, and I don't think I'll be alone in doing so. We're too grateful for being in a communion that has resisted this bull____ for so long.
As for Joe's comment, it was totally off! It would only be relevant if the Catholic Church took on a pro-choice agenda. But if a few Catholics are pro-choice, that in no way has anything to do with "a thousand years or more seperated from the source of all Truth, Holy Orthodoxy." As I said that comment would only work if the Catholic Church actually accepted abortion as a woman's choice. But if only some Catholics, who are disenting from Catholic teaching, are pro-choice, then really "a thousand years or more seperated from the source of all Truth, Holy Orthodoxy" has nothing to do with it, rather many years of Western liberalism, secularism, and materialism is to blame.
How many practicing Catholics attend the March for Life? There are what...26 million Catholics, of that about half are practicing so that's 13 million. I don't think 13 million people are at the March for Life.
Sure the Catholics who show up at the March for Life and other anti-abortion protests are 'adamently' pro-life but note that I wrote that the average practicing Catholic is only moderately pro-life.
Ben, under Roman Catholic tradition, a mortal sin requires knowledge therefore it's certainly debatable whether being pro-choice is a mortal sin.
Ignoring the teaching authority of the Church can be a mortal sin if there is knowledge of the gravity of the sin.
I would argue that the typical American Catholic is so poorly catechized that they are unaware of the gravity of the sin of ignoring the Church's teaching about abortion therefore they can't technically be committing a mortal sin.
A very conservative RC priest once told me that he doubted whether anyone but a priest was capable of commiting a mortal sin because of the awareness required.
Also someone can be against abortion but either 1) think it should be legal or 2) don't really care whether it's legal or not. Certainly that's moral 'squishyness,' but probably not 'veering' into mortal sin territory. That's probably more along the lines of a poor formation of conscience.
Maybe the majority of American Catholics are luke warm on abortion, but not the majority of Catholics. And certainly they don't speak for the Church as a whole, which teaches that Abortion is murder, and to support abortion in any way is a mortal sin.
I disgaree, I think the average Catholic is pro-life, plain and simple, you may be speaking of just American Catholics, or just the Catholics you know, but polls, studies, and surveys have found the average pacticing Catholic is 100% pro-life.
Even if this weren't true, two wrongs don't make a right, it doesn't change the teaching of the Church.
If you know that the Church teaches Abortion is murder and to support abortion is a mortal sin, which every Catholic would know by just watching CNN or any other news station, and one still supports abortion, then they are truly guilty of this sin, because whether they believe it to be a sin or not, they know what the Church teaches. A Catholic who doesn't know that ignoring the teaching of the Church is a sin need to be seriously helped, unforuntantely so often Catholics know nothing about their faith, this is too comon.But honestly pro-choice Catholics are aware that the Church teaches abortion is murder and to support it is sin. Every Catholic parish has pro-life material, and every newspaper, news show, and magazine has mentioned John Kerry and the controversy around his pro-choice agenda. And really all the pro-choice Catholics I know, and all the pro-choice Catholic organizations know what the Church teaches, but believe the Church is wrong in this case, and they are trying to remain good Catholics and still go against the teaching of the Church. They know what they are doing is considered a sin, but they believe they can fight it and try to change the Church. American Catholics are poorly catechized, but almost every Catholic church has pro-life material, and just reading the catechism, or going to a Catholic site, or reading Catholic material will show the Church's pro-life stance. One would really have to be in the dark to not know that the Church teaches abortion is murder.
Ah hogwash! People may be poorly catechized but all people are taught what is right and wrong, even if the concept of right and wrong taught to them isn't exactly Catholic, and most Catholics know what the Church teaches, and many refuse to believe or accept it, like Kerry on Abortion. To support abortion in any way is mortal sin, that includes thinking it should be legal or just not caring.
I might add that I used to be pro-choice, when I first became Catholic. I knew, as did all my very well educated pro-choice Catholic friends, that the Chuch taught abortion was wrong and murder, but we didn't care, we ignored it, which is the case with most pro-choice Catholics, who aren't a bunch of idiots!
What's the difference between the majority of American Catholics and the majority of Catholics? Are you making an assumption that those lukewarm American Catholics aren't real Catholics?
100% pro-life? I happen to know quite a few practicing Catholics (although maybe they're not Catholic enough for you) who are pro-choice.
The Church isn't a democracy.
Everyone knows that the Catholic Churches teaches abortion is a sin. It's not that they don't know the Church's position but rather that they don't accept the teaching authority of the Church.
If they accepted the Church's authority, they wouldn't be pro-choice, obviously.
Mortal sin requires full knowledge and complete consent.
The catechism says that there must be knowledge of the sinful character of the act.
For example, it is a mortal to reject baptism but someone who doesn't know the necessity of baptism has not committed a mortal sin for refusing baptism.
You need to be careful about throwing around the term "mortal sin." Mortal sin is an incredibly serious offense. We should be horrified at the prospect of mortal sin.
Like I wrote earlier, I know a good very conservative priest who is an excellent confessor. He's been a priest for almost 25 years. He sincerely believes that most people are not capable of committing mortal sins. He formed that opinion after listening to people's confessions for 25 years. He's a good and holy priest and very conservative but he doesn't believe that most people are deliberately rejecting God's law with complete knowledge and assent to the consequences.
So if, God forbid, you had died while you were ignoring the Church's teaching, would you go to hell? Do you believe you were commiting a mortal sin for ignoring the Church's teaching?
Interesting, ya'll should chek out your state.
Didn't need to go to the site to know my state would come up as an "A". :'(~*Donna, living in NY for 20 years.
If you know that the Church teaches abortion is a sin, and you support it anyway, you are commiting a sin. To commit a mortal sin you don't have to believe its wrong, you just must know its wrong, otherwise no one would sin, because every sinner justifies their sins.
That is why pro-choice Catholics are not good Catholics, they refuse to accept the teaching of the Church.
Yes full knowledge that it is a sin. And as you have said everyone knows that the Catholic Church teaches abortion is a sin. And every Catholic should know that supporting or encouraging a sin, is a sin!
Right. The vast majority Pro-Choice Catholics know that the Church teaches abortion is murder and a sin, yet they don't care, or they don't think the Church can infringe upon "women's rights".
True, but you yourself have said that everyone knows that the Catholic Church teaches abortion is murder and a sin.
Yes we should, but honestly Jesus and Mary are the only two who haven't commited a mortal sin. We are all sinners! We all need calvary!
Well my priest has been a priest for 32 years and totally disagrees. Priests have fallible opinions just like the rest of us. Every priest has a different expirence.
No, read your catechism. In order to commit a mortal sin you must have "full knowledge and complete consent." The catechism says that there must be "consent sufficiently deliberate to be a personal choice."
So someone who believes with 100% of faith that the Church is the Church but yet rejects it, commits a mortal sin. On the other hand, someone who rejects the Church's authority because they don't believe in the Church 100% doesn't have full knowledge, e.g. how can the Jew have full knowledge and consent for rejecting baptism?
First, you have a photo of St. Therese on your avatar.
St. Therese never committed a mortal sin.
Second, lack of mortal sin doesn't mean we don't need calvary or that we're not sinners. I think you probably misunderstand your priest's position. Does your priest believe that a Jew is commiting a mortal sin by refusing to be baptized?
Yay! According to NARAL, Colorado gets a D+ on Abortion rights: www.naral.org/yourstate/whodec...orado/index.cfm . 78% of Colorado counties have no abortion provider, thank God! Hmmm perhaps I should move to Louisiana, which got an F, where 92% of the counties have no abortion provider. Interesting, ya'll should chek out your state.
The problem is that pro-choice Catholics claim they are good Catholics, or that being pro-choice doesn't effect their Catholicism. As Catholics, they believe that the Catholic Church is the true Church, like Kerry or Ted Kennedy or Schwarzenegger, yet they refuse to accept the teaching of the Church. Pro-Choice Catholics, at least the many I know and have spoken to in person and on the internet, believe 100% that the Catholic Church is the true Church, yet they reject the teachings of what they believe to be the true Church, that is clearly a mortal sin.
I still think that if you know that the Church condemns abortion, and you as a Catholic, ignore this and support abortion, then you are commiting a mortal sin. This of course doesn't apply to Non-Catholics who honestly look at the Church as some organization trying to live in the pass and take away the right of every woman to have an abortion. If you are a Catholic, you must obey the Catholic Church, to refuse to do this, when knowing that you must obey the Church, you are commiting a mortal sin.
So if a Jew rejected the need for baptism, they are not commiting a mortal sin, because they are not Catholics and they do not understand the need for baptism, they don't have full knowledge, but a Catholic who knows abortion is a sin or that it is wrong, and supports abortion anyway, that is a mortal sin. And a Catholic may personally think abortion is right and know that the Church teaches the opposite, that is possible.
When I was pro-choice, I really thought it was the right thing, but I knew that the Catholic Church taught it was wrong and a very serious sin, but I honestly didn't care at the time, niether did all of my pro-choice friends, many fo whom were Catholic. We all knew that the Church taught abortion was evil, wrong, and murder, but we trusted our own fallible opinions, and not the teaching of the infallible Church.
Pro-choice Catholic who know that the Catholic Church is the true Church, and must be obeyed, and know that abortion is considered a serious sin and evil by the Church, but they refuse to recant of their support for abortion, are commiting mortal sin. See they may not personally agree with the teaching of the Church, but they know what the teaching of the Church is and they know they should, as Catholics, obey it, but they refuse to do so. That is a mortal sin.
The problem is that pro-choice Catholics claim they are good Catholics, or that being pro-choice doesn't effect their Catholicism. As Catholics, they believe that the Catholic Church is the true Church, like Kerry or Ted Kennedy or Schwarzenegger, yet they refuse to accept the teaching of the Church. Pro-Choice Catholics, at least the many I know and have spoken to in person and on the internet, believe 100% that the Catholic Church is the true Church, yet they reject the teachings of what they believe to be the true Church, that is clearly a mortal sin.
Nope, sorry you are mistaken. My avatar is a pic of Edith Stein, when she became a name she took on the name "Sister Theresa Benedicta of the Cross", and that was the name used in her beatification and canonization. I am surprised you thought it was Saint Therese! Saint Therese died at a very young age, and the woman in the photo that is my avatar is an adult, perhaps in her 30's, Saint Therese didn't even survive her 20's! I have never heard that, and don't believe that. If I am not mistaken Trent taught that every human being accept Mary and Jesus commited a mortal sin, of some type, I'll have to check on that though.
My point was that a mortal sin isn't a rare thing, everyone commits some type of mortal sin. Every religion has rules, whats right and wrong, and many of them are in line with Catholic morals, its not like only Catholics can commit a mortal sin. But you do bring up a good point that I'll have to think on. I mean lets say a person grew up in a culture that didn't have sin, just the basics of don't kill and don't steal, and thats all they knew to be wrong, there is a good chance that they could never commit a sin knowing its a sin, I'll look it up:)
Yes but there are Catholics who look at the Church as "some organization trying to live in the past...." The majority of Catholics that I know (even practicing Catholics) don't honestly believe that the Church must be obeyed.
Honestly, why would anyone who believed that the Church was the true Church disobey the Church?
There are many Catholics, perhaps even the majority, who do not really believe the Church is what it claims to be.
First, habit and immaturity can lessen the culpability for sin. Did you not care because you didn't think that what the Church taught was important? Or did you not care because you wanted to do the opposite of good?
What about a Catholic 5 year old? Or a Catholic who is retarded? Do they know they should obey the Church?
Do you really believe that Kerry or Kennedy believe that they have to accept the teaching of the Church?
These Catholics who believe the Church is the true Church, how do they explain their pro-choice beliefs?
Trent most certainly didn't teach that only Mary and Jesus were without mortal sin.
St. Therese was told in confession that she had never committed a mortal sin. http://www.ewtn.com/therese/carmel.htm
Church teaches violating a moral law is a mortal sin if done with the correct intent regardless of the person's culture because moral law is natural law. For example, someone who aborts their child, regardless of their culture, knows that it's a serious sin because it's against natural law. No one has to teach us natural law. On the other hand, the teaching authority of the Church is not part of natural law.
There is a fundamental difference between having an abortion or carrying out an abortion and not caring that much about abortion.
The thing to remember is that sin is very personal.
The Church says certain acts are mortal sins but qualifies it by saying that those acts must be performed in a certain state of mind. We are encouraged to seek guidance from a confessor about whether something is a mortal sin or not.
A mortal sin was pounding the nails into his hands. The idea being that a mortal sin requires a desire to separate from God. Or a desire to hurt God.
They believe the Catholic Church to be the true Church, and for them to knowingly disobey the true Church is a very serious sin. And for Catholics, like you and I, who know that the teaching of the Church must be accepted, to support them is also a very serious, or mortal, sin."It's not the job of the Church leaders to tell us how to vote, to tell women what to do with their body."
Not all people who abort babies know it is a sin. Many women who have had abortions or support abortions, do not believe it is murder, in my expirence, they believe it is a womens right, and that there is nothing wrong with it.
For example when I was younger I stole a candy bar from the store. I knew what I was doing was very very wrong, I knew it was a serious sin, but I did it anyway, but in no way did I want to hurt God, yes I did know it was a serious sin, but my intention was not to anger or hurt God, my intention was to get a candy bar!There are many examples in my own life where I have commited serious sins, knowing that they were very serious but doing it anyway, but didn't necessarily doing it to hurt God. I have never done something just to hurt God! Who would actually do something to hurt God? Who would wake up and say "I'm gunna do that because it hurts God, because it angers him, because it cuts me off from him"?
A very conservative RC priest once told me that he doubted whether anyone but a priest was capable of commiting a mortal sin because of the awareness required.
You're putting too much stock in what people say. Look to their actions for a better indication of their beliefs.
If they believed that the Church was infallible then they would believe the Church had the right to tell women what to do with their bodies. How could an infallible organization not have that right?
The Kennedys, and Kerrys of the world, along with the majority of American Catholics, don't believe the Church is what it claims to be. It's very simple, really, if you believe it then you're obedient, if you don't believe it, then you're disobedient.
As for your pro-choice opponents. I'd ask them, how an infallible organization organized by God himself and given the power by God himself to teach on faith and morals can not have the right to condemn abortion?
Can an infallible organization be wrong about faith and morals?
They don't believe the Church has authority
Abortion is against natural law and every human being with the ability to reason knows natural law. People can ignore what they know. They can rationalize their disobedience but if they have the ability to reason they 'know' natural law.
A woman in an abortion clinic getting an abortion knows in her heart that it's wrong.
A woman thinking hypothetically about abortion doesn't have the same level of culpability
That's why this priest believes that maybe only priests are capable of committing a mortal sin
Mortal sin is incredibly serious. It cuts the person off from God's grace. It requires an intention to be cut off from God's grace. Mortal requires full knowledge meaning that it requires full knowledge of the consequences and the belief that they will actually occur.
Say for example that you're speeding and therefore can't stop at the intersection and run into another car and seriously injure the other driver. Intentionally causing serious injury is a mortal sin. Now you took drivers' ed and know that the faster you're driving the harder it is to stop. Therefore you knew that hitting another car was a possible consequence of speeding. But did you know for certain that you would hit driver X and seriously injure him?
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The Government was accused of "breathtaking laxity" in its arms controls last night after it emerged that officials authorised the export to Syria of two chemicals capable of being used to make a nerve agent such as sarin a year ago.
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MONTREAL – Good first impression? It would seem so.
Newly-minted Impact Designated Player Hernán Bernardello started making new friends at Stade Saputo in next to no time, notching an assist 16 minutes into his debut on Hassoun Camara's winner as Montreal defeated the San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 on Wednesday in both teams' CONCACAF Champions League opener.
The Impact take the lead in Group 5, three points ahead of the Quakes and Guatemala's Heredia, who play their first fixture at home on August 21 against Montreal.
An indirect free kick was the source of Camara's goal. Brad Ring fouled Marco Di Vaio on the left flank, which gave Bernardello his first chance to display his free-kick abilities. The Argentine's curled delivery was perfect, falling right into Camara's path for the headed finish.
It could have been an altogether different game, however, as the Quakes missed a penalty kick minutes earlier. In the 10th minute, Ramiro Corrales struck a free kick won by Alan Gordon on the edge of the Montreal area, but Collen Warner handballed and was shown a yellow after referee Javier Santos pointed to the spot. Gordon took the kick, but his weak attempt was comfortably saved by Evan Bush to his right.
More bad news came the Quakes' way minutes before halftime when Marvin Chávez immediately signaled to the bench after a wild Daniele Paponi tackle. He was replaced by Sam Garza while Paponi escaped without punishment.
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The 2012 NEC All-Conference swimming & diving team was announced this Tuesday, March 6th. The team featured three Blue Devil first teamers, five second team, and three on the third team.
After protecting her titles in both the one-meter and three-meter diving events, Central Connecticut senior Madison Vestergaard finished out her career by taking home NEC Outstanding Diver of the Meet honors for the second year in a row. Coach Dave Malier of Central Connecticut was named the league's Diving Coach of the Year.
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The U.S. Supreme Court's decisions Wednesday spelling the end of the Defense of Marriage Act and the apparent demise of California's Proposition 8 spurred differing reactions. But we're willing to bet the same thought occurred to many TV fans on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate: What does all this mean for Californians Cameron and Mitchell of "Modern Family?"
A wedding could be in the offing next season, Entertainment Weekly reports. "It's a real possibility," show co-creator Christopher Lloyd told the magazine
The potential TV nuptials reflect the realization of a goal barely spoken of just 20 years ago when throngs of gays and lesbians marched in Washington, demanding equal rights amid the AIDS crisis. The contemplation of a new move for television's best family sitcom also suggests that even if it's impossible to know how big a role pop culture played in bringing social change, Hollywood is leading the victory lap for same-sex marriage supporters.
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President Clinton signed DOMA in 1996, two years before "Will & Grace" debuted. While not the first major network primetime show to prominently feature openly homosexual characters – credit goes to Billy Crystal's Jodie on "Soap" in 1977 – the comedy helped kick TV's closet door off the hinges. We've since seen a range of programs – and characters – from "The L Word" to "Glee" to "Modern Family" to the short-lived "The New Normal," whose occasional great moments included the series finale: the arrival of a son for two proud dads.
Who knows if any of the Supreme Court justices are watching? But much of the public is – including Vice President Biden, who gave "Will & Grace" a shoutout on "Meet the Press" last year when he came out in favor of same-sex marriage ahead of President Obama. One of the few areas of agreement to emerge in last year's president campaign was "Modern Family," a favorite show in both the Obama and Romney households.
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The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh
Auberon Waugh says of his father's diaries: "[They] show that the world of Evelyn Waugh's novels did, in fact, exist." The publishers have put this remark at the top of the blurb and deserve praise for seeing that it marks what is undoubtedly a striking fact about the diaries. When Waugh falls short by leaving some zany unexplained, his editor, Michael Davie, steps forward loyally and gives us the gist of the nut in the footnote or the appendix: the result, when author and editor are both straining like greyhounds in the slips, is as mad as the mysteries of the wildest religion, but with the huge advantage of being true. Waugh's problem as a novelist, one sees suddenly, was to find even standing room only for the members of a society that can never have been equaled for eccentricity in the history of the world:
"[Sir Francis Laking], third and last baronet. Suffered from lisp; after his father died, he answered the telephone by saying: 'Thir Guy Laking ith dead. Thith ith Thir Franthith thpeaking.' Became secretary to Tallulah Bankhead…drank himself to death on yellow chartreuse, aged twenty-eight." Bequeathed to Miss Bankhead "all my motor-cars"—but there were none left.
"Mr. Justice Phillimore was trying a sodomy case and…went to consult Birkenhead [the Lord Chancellor]. 'Excuse me, my lord, but could you tell me—What do you think one ought to give a man who allows himself to be buggered?' 'Oh, thirty shillings or two pounds—anything you happen to have on you.' "
"[Hamish Guthrie]…married four times; all four wives attended his funeral."
"Went to a quarry with four dogs where Mrs. G. bought mountains of mustard-colored stone from a deaf man with second sight who rode a tricycle."
"Captain Hyde-Upward; it was his custom to polish and clean out his pipe while standing naked at his bedroom window."
"I ran straight into a wall and found chalked on it ARE YOU WASHED IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB most disturbing."
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"The 9th Baron Berners,…a composer, thought well of by Stravinsky; …had a piano built into the back of his Rolls-Royce."
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Maria Burritt might not look different from most other Girl Scouts.
The home-schooled fifth-grader, who lives in San Diego, loves to do normal kid things like ride bikes, build forts and paint her nails.
But she's also one of the most accomplished 10-year-olds in town.
Maria can be seen on a new, Girl Scouts-inspired Got Milk? billboard. She raises money to take special-needs kids to the theater. And she's on her way to becoming a scientist in order to find a cure for autism and epilepsy.
Maria took a break from Girl Scout cookie season to explain what motivates her.
Q: How did you get picked to be on the "Got Milk?" billboard?
A: I entered a picture of myself looking through a telescope while drinking a glass of milk. My tag line was "Milk and Girl Scouts make my mind strong." I wanted to show how eating a healthy diet that includes milk and exploring the world through Girl Scouts gives me what I need to have a healthy and strong brain.
Q: Why do you like science so much?
A: I have always been into science because I like to figure things out and help other people. With science you can do amazing things!
Q:What is the coolest experiment you've ever done?
A: A couple of years ago, I made a volcano and had it erupt glow-in-the-dark fumes! I thought that was really cool. But my favorite section in science has always been biology and learning about the body.
Q: How do you feel science will be able to help your brother Ricky?
A: My brother has autism and epilepsy. I am going to try to find a cure for autism and epilepsy using science.
Q: How else have you helped kids with autism and/or epilepsy?
A: By making and selling my Funny Bugs cards. I find photos of real bugs then draw accessories on them to create a new kind of bug. For instance, on a picture of a ladybug, I drew a top hat and a mustache and Photoshopped them on it to create a "Gentleman Bug." All the profits from my Funny Bugs cards go to sending kids with autism and epilepsy to cultural events. Last season was extra special because I was able to send six people to the "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" at the Old Globe and two classrooms of children with autism to "The Little Mermaid" which I performed in!
Q: How has Girl Scouts encouraged your love of science?
A: We dissected bugs and looked at them through microscopes, went out at night to see the solar system through telescopes, created presentations using technology — we never got to do this kind of science in school. I also had a chance to go to some really cool Girl Scout camps that focused on making science fun and I had a chance to meet other girls that like science as well.
Q: Do you have any role models? Who are they?
A: My mom, Linda, who has taught me to be the person I am; Jo Dee Jacob, the CEO of Girl Scouts, who has taught me to be a helpful, courageous, and strong leader; Carol LeBeau, who has shown me how to be comfortable, kind and aware in any situation; and my Aunt Mary and Sally Thornton for their generous hearts.
Q: What do you want to be when you grow up?
A: When I grow up, I want to be a research scientist and find a cure for autism and epilepsy. Once we find a cure, I want to travel around the world speaking and teaching others and helping children in poor countries who could not afford it.
Q: Where's your favorite place to eat in San Diego?
A: I like Souplantation the most because they have a wide and healthy selection. We get to go there a lot because my brother is on a special diet and he can eat most of the things they have there.


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Legislators blast MTA videotaping policy
Policy allows MTA to record passengers' conversations
A controversial Maryland Transit Administration policy of recording the conversations of bus passengers is coming under attack in Annapolis, with a bill under discussion to prohibit the practice.
Since October, cameras recording video and audio of passengers have been put in place on a third of the MTA bus fleet, but state law prohibits recording audio without the person's permission.
The cameras are being used to sort out everything from crime to passenger disputes with drivers, MTA officials said.
"It's not monitored real-time. It is saved to a hard drive; in which case when an incident occurs, we can pull that hard drive and investigate it. So, we're not listening to people's conversations, nor can we hear a light conversation," MTA Administrator Ralign Wells said.
A bill now under discussion in a Senate committee would prohibit the practice. The bill's sponsor said signs telling passengers they are being recorded does not give the state permission to violate citizens' rights to privacy.
"By getting on the bus, you're agreeing to be audiotaped. To me, that's extortion, and it's extorting poor people who don't have means to have a car," said Sen. James Brochin, D-Baltimore County.
The state Attorney General's Office said the way the MTA is handling the recordings is constitutional.
"Whether it is unconstitutional or not, it's not right. I mean, I don't think people should be recorded, definitely, without their knowledge, but I don't think that brings out any more safety," said Sen. Alan Kittleman, R- Howard County.
Baltimore City Democrat Del. Melvin Stukes is in favor of it. He's an MTA customer service investigator whose desk is littered with "he said-she said" complaints.
"Over 90 percent of all transit facilities in this country have been using audio, and using it along with video very effectively," Stukes said.
Critics of the MTA policy complain it was put in place without the benefit of a public hearing.
Some Senate committee members expressed concern about oversight and accountability. They suggested if the MTA wants to monitor service disputes, then have a manager ride along on high-conflict routes.
"You don't resolve this by taking somebody's right to privacy away or audiotaping when it's against the law and extorting the right in return for a ride," Brochin said.
The tapes are recorded over every 30 days. MTA officials said it's too early to gauge how effective the policy has been.


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Patriots' Day takes on new meaning at Fenway
Fans, players unite to celebrate first Marathon Monday game since attacks
BOSTON -- Richard Deuso sat along the third-base line at Fenway Park on Monday with his wife and two friends, happy to have the sun beaming down on his face.
Not only was it a welcome feeling with snow still on the ground at his home in Stowe, Vt., it was giving him a much-needed boost after a 3 a.m. ET wakeup call.
"I wouldn't get up at that time for anything else," Deuso said. "With the significance of this year, it gave us the extra push to want to come."
Deuso was just one of 37,513 fans who came to cheer on the Red Sox in their 11:05 a.m. sellout tilt with the Orioles on Patriots' Day.
Fans made their way through the Fenway Park gates early with "We Run as One" signs and "Believe in Boston" flags, before exiting the park after a 7-6 loss to cheer on runners taking part in the 118th Boston Marathon.
It's a routine that plenty of fans take part in after every Patriots' Day game, including Michael Cambra and his wife Rosanna, who have been season-ticket holders since 1987.
However, last year was different. They had to get back to their home in Providence, R.I., and catch their son's volleyball game.
"Usually, every year we walk down to Boylston [Street] after the game, but because of our son, we went home," Michael said. "We usually stand right by the finish line. If we had gone down, it's likely we would have been right where the second bomb went off."
"I still get chills thinking about it," Rosanna said. "But we're taking that walk down to the Prudential [Center] this year -- even with the loss -- to feel that electricity in the city. It is an amazing feeling."
With a quick turnaround after a Sunday night game against the Orioles, the Red Sox knew Monday's affair would be a bit of a struggle.
"The schedule is what it is, and we have to react accordingly. It has thrown some body clocks off-kilter," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "In this sport more than any, the routine is critical. This is a rarity today."
The Red Sox did come out of the gate a little flat. However, the energetic crowd gave the team the jolt it needed to make a charge in the middle and late innings.
"Everyone enjoys playing here. This is the best place to play baseball in the world," second baseman Dustin Pedroia said. "It doesn't matter what time the game is, the guys are going to be excited to go out there and play for the best fans."
Down, 6-0, going into the bottom of the fifth, the Red Sox fought back to get within a run, even putting the winning run in scoring position in the ninth.
"We had a lot of fans here today that were looking for a good outing from the Red Sox," catcher David Ross said. "We didn't give them that early on, but we made a game of it and it came right down to the last pitch.
"I'm proud of the way the guys battled and the character we have. That is Red Sox baseball."


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It's taken me a long time to decide how to vote in this referendum. I know I'm in the reform camp – when an election system allows people to be elected and have total governance with barely a third of the vote, there's something wrong with that country's democracy. So many people in so many 'safe' seats will never have their voices heard. Can this be democratic?
So, I want a change. But not to Alternative Vote (AV). Of all systems, not AV. It's arguably the worst reform we could have, barely better according to some commentators, and actually regressive for some others. Much better may be a shift to AV+ or STV. But…
There is a camp of progressives campaigning on the "No to AV, Yes to PR" (Proportional Representation) vote. I've been tempted to their side. But I can't. I'm voting Yes to AV.
We can't pass up this chance. This is the one time in a generation when the PR camp is positioned strongly enough to force some form of change in our voting system. We need it – we have to get rid of First Past The Post, at any cost. If we vote no, the FPTPers will close the door forever. At least this way we can keep our foot in the door. If we lose… then we may have lost.
It's been said that AV can't be a stepping stone to further PR. I'm not so sure. Yes, no country has switched between AV and PR, but why can't we be the first? Is our electoral mindset, in the 21st Century, really that set in stone? I'm hopeful it's not.
It's a pretty easy system to understand – as Johann Hari recently discussed, if you understand X-Factor, you can understand AV. When people have the FPTP mindset broken, by demonstrating that the alternatives are no so scary – then, and only then, can we have a fully mature debate on the nature of which is the best electoral system for Britain.
We can keep moving forward. Lord Forsyth's recent somewhat-xenophobic comments on the vote being "rigged" for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland's more pro-AV voters, brings to mind the whole devolution argument. Despite a shift to Parliaments and Assemblies in the Celtic nations of Britain, this hasn't stopped the debate.
The debate has moved further on the axis from highly centralised London-centric government towards independence, but we haven't found the right balance between homogeneity and independence. The debate continues, with camps at either end pulling at the electorate.
Just because we move to AV doesn't mean the progressives can't stop pulling towards Proportional Representation in the UK, just like Salmond can call for Scottish independence. If we lose, the fight may be over. If we win, we can keep fighting, and get the system Britain needs.
I've often heard a quote of Winston Churchill's used to attack AV. He called it a system where the winner is decided by "[t]he most worthless votes for the most worthless candidates."
And of course, that clears up the debate. The great Churchill's wonderful talent for aphorisms has saved the day, much as he did in WWII. Mind you, that ignores that he thought Gandhi "ought to be laid, bound hand and foot, at the gates of Delhi and then trampled on by an enormous elephant with the new viceroy seated on its back" for trying to steal away the jewel in the Empire's crown. Frankly, Churchill was not exactly the best quotationist to talk about liberal democracy.
Don't take Churchill at face value. He claims that there are worthless voters and candidates – but there are no worthless voters, votes or candidates in a democracy. Every voter, every citizen has worth. Every one is important, no matter their choices.
If these voters are "worthless", then we have to give them worth, to truly make it one person=one vote. Every vote must be heard, no matter what candidate it is for. If they vote BNP, or any other party, that the mainstream political set believe should not be allowed power, we can only deny them power by engaging them, head on, exposing the lies and hatred for what they are.
In safe seats we have worthless voters, whose voice is never heard. Where the BNP may win seats, we have voters who feel worthless. We have to give all these people worth.
Every voter has worth. Every vote has worth. But First Past The Post leaves us with worthless votes, not AV It's time for change. It's time for an Alternative Vote.


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President Barack Obama will appoint a White House budget officer to the be the new acting Internal Revenue Service commissioner, an announcement made following a fresh declaration from the president that he knew nothing about the inspector general's report detailing improper IRS actions until it was leaked.
After announcing the resignation of acting IRS Director Steven Miller on Wednesday evening, the president emerged Thursday afternoon to answer questions from the press about actions taken by IRS employees to single out conservative and Tea Party advocacy groups for extra scrutiny in their applications for nonprofit status.
"I can assure you that I certainly did not know anything about the I.G. report before the I.G. report had been leaked ... through the press," said Obama. "Typically, the I.G. reports are not supposed to be widely distributed or shared. They tend to be, you know, a process that everybody's trying to protect the integrity of. But, what I'm absolutely certain of is that the actions that were described in that I.G. report are unacceptable."
After what's arguably been the president's toughest political week since winning reelection to a second term, Obama named a new head of the IRS and announced a new push for increased security for diplomats abroad. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
The president declined to endorse appointing an independent counsel to investigate the controversy -- an idea that some Republicans have demanded. The criminal investigation initiated by the Justice Department, combined with the administration's efforts to cooperate with lawmakers in their investigations, Obama argued, should be sufficient.
"I think it's going to be sufficient for us to be working with Congress," he said.
Just hours after that event, the White House said that Daniel Werfel, current controller of the Office of Management and Budget, would be named acting IRS chief, effective May 22.
In a press release, Obama said, "The American people deserve to have the utmost confidence and trust in their government, and as we work to get to the bottom of what happened and restore confidence in the IRS, Danny has the experience and management ability necessary to lead the agency at this important time."
Later Thursday, NBC News confirmed that a second top Internal Revenue Service official has announced plans to leave the agency. An internal IRS memo says that Joseph Grant, commissioner of the agency's tax exempt and government entities division, will retire June 3.
Of the three controversies that dominated Washington this week, the IRS issue has proven the most politically noxious for Obama.
The White House has also been besieged by new questions about its response to last year's terrorist attack against a diplomatic installation in Benghazi, Libya, along with revelations that the Justice Department had monitored Associated Press journalists' phone records.
The IRS and AP cases have been particularly thorny politically for one of Obama's top allies in the cabinet, Attorney General Eric Holder, who on Wednesday faced grilling on Capitol Hill for his role in both controversies. Republicans renewed some of their longstanding demands that Holder resign his position, demands which the president rejected on Thursday.
"I have complete confidence in Eric Holder as attorney general," Obama said.
President Barack Obama talks about the inspector general's report relating to alleged targeting of political groups by the IRS.
After weathering blistering criticism from Republicans, the administration has begun trying to craft its response to all three issues.
To that end, Obama on Thursday announced new measures meant to enhance security for U.S. diplomatic postings abroad as part of the administration's continued reaction to the Benghazi incident.
"I am intent on making sure we do everything we can to prevent another tragedy like this from happening again," Obama said at the White House.
His remarks come amid intensified efforts by Republican members of Congress to probe the Obama administration's reaction to the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks, which left four Americans dead, including U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens.
The administration has sought to turn the narrative on that matter in its favor beginning Wednesday, when it released emails documenting how the administration crafted its first public responses to the attack.
Obama called on members of Congress in both parties to "come together" and work to authorize legislation to help fortify embassies and other diplomatic installations as a tribute to the deceased in Benghazi.
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President Barack Obamaand Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrive for a joint news conference in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, May 16, 2013.
Still, the controversy involving the AP helped prompt the administration to renew its efforts to have Congress authorize a federal shield law that would protect journalists from having to disclose confidential details of their work in court.
"To the extent that this case has prompted renewed interest with respect to how do we strike that balance properly, I think that now's the time for us to revisit that legislation," Obama said. "I think that's a worthy conversation to have."
Whether any of Obama's actions will placate Republicans, who are eager to use these controversies to gain political traction and slow or halt the president's second-term agenda, remains to be seen.
Lawmakers in both parties plan a series of high-profile hearings, beginning on Friday, on each of the controversies. And Republicans in particular have been eager to make political hay of the administration's recent missteps.
Speaking before the president this morning on Capitol Hill, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said the controversies were a mark of "remarkable arrogance" by the president and his administration, though Boehner said that the Republican-controlled House was still primarily focused on the business of legislating.
NBC's Peter Alexander and Kelly O'Donnell contributed to this report.
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- First Thoughts: White House makes moves to stop the political bleeding
- Obama calls IRS flap 'inexcusable,' announces resignation of acting IRS chief
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Tax deal's short-run cost might be slower recovery
- Bill could lower 2013 economic growth
- Consumer spending will be hit by payroll tax hike
The tax deal approved by the House and Senate could slow the economic recovery by ending a 2-year-old payroll tax cut that gives many households at least $1,000 a year more to spend.
But in targeting the wealthiest households for most tax increases, the bill would limit the anticipated economic damage from a broad array of tax hikes touching middle-class taxpayers that was to take effect Tuesday. The measure also would renew extended unemployment assistance for another year, benefiting 2 million people scheduled to lose their benefits this month.
The House passed the measure late New Year's Day. The bill postponed the start of across-the-board spending cuts for two months.
The White House said the bill would raise $620 billion in revenue over 10 years. Of that amount, almost all would come from people with taxable incomes higher than $250,000 a year, said Roberton Williams, an economist at the Tax Policy Center (TPC) in Washington, D.C.
Income tax rates would rise for individuals making more than $400,000 a year and families making more than $450,000. Middle-income taxpayers would see their Social Security taxes, which were cut in 2011 and 2012 as a temporary stimulus measure, revert to 2010 levels but see little other impact from the bill, Williams said,
"If you assumed the payroll tax cut was intended to be temporary, most people won't see any change at all,'' Williams said.
Referring to President Obama's earlier vow to raise taxes on households making $250,000 a year, Williams said, "The president went from raising tax rates on the top 2% to raising taxes on the top 0.7% (of the population) and tax rates on less than that."
Those who will pay more will pay a lot more, Williams said, but rates would still be nowhere near historic peaks.
The average tax filer making more than $1 million a year would see their tax rate rise by 5.2 percentage points, to 38.5%, according to preliminary TPC estimates.
The average taxpayer earning $50,000 to $75,000 a year would see their rate rise 1.3 percentage points, to 17.1%. The impact on middle-class families would come from the expiration of the payroll tax cut.
Excluding the payroll tax change, most families would see no change in their taxes from the deal. Including it, 77% of households would see taxes climb, the Tax Policy Center says.
The payroll tax boost is the tax change that's most likely to have a short-term economic impact, said economist Joel Naroff.
For a worker making $50,000 a year, it means a $1,000-a-year tax increase. The change would take about $2,275 out of the after-tax income of a worker making $113,700 a year, the maximum amount subject to payroll-tax withholding in 2012.
JPMorgan Chase has estimated restoring the payroll tax from 4.2% to its previous level of 6.2% would boost federal revenue by $125 billion a year. Consumer spending overall was about $11 trillion in 2012.
The measure could also hurt the economy by setting up a series of confrontations in Washington over spending and raising the debt ceiling through early 2013, Naroff said, hurting confidence of consumers and executives alike. The government hit its $16.4 trillion borrowing limit Monday. The Treasury Department says it can continue funding the government for about another two months using its existing authority.
"The situation is a disaster as we are now facing a debt-ceiling cliff, rather than a fiscal cliff, and what comes out of that is anyone's guess,'' Naroff said. "That means two more months of uncertainty while most taxpayers stew over the end of the payroll-tax holiday. The slowdown in the economy could offset most of what growth the deficit cuts would have created this year. Dumb, dumb, dumb.''
The deal also drew fire from critics of federal budget deficits who said the measure's lack of spending cuts and broader tax increases will fail to convince business leaders that it's safe to begin hiring and investing soon.
"What it does is perpetuate the myth that we can fix this through easy choices," said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and an organizer of Fix the Debt, a group of chief executives lobbying for a long-term cut in the deficit. "It falls well short of what's needed to add stability to the economy and confidence for businesses to make investments and hire and do long-term planning.''


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CALGARY - Former MP Martha Hall Findlay has announced her candidacy for the federal Liberal leadership, saying the party has to stop trying to be all things to all people.
Hall Findlay, 53, with a backdrop of red and white balloons, chose to make her announcement Wednesday in Calgary — a move she called symbolic.
"Of course it's symbolic. I hope that people notice that I made a point of launching this campaign here in Calgary for that very reason," Hall Findlay said. "The national party needs to become a national party once again."
She said the Liberals must show courage if they are to win back respect and regain power.
"The Liberal party proved in the 1990s that it had the guts to do what was right — fiscally and economically," she said of the deficit-cutting government of the day. "It was tough, but it was right. And we must show that kind of courage again.
"The Liberal party must have the courage to no longer try to be everything to everyone. We must stand for what we believe is right."
Hall Findlay, who also sought the party's top job in 2006, is the second high-profile candidate this time around. She came forward on the first official day of the leadership campaign.
"In 2006 there were some who questioned my run for leadership. But soon most were calling it gutsy. Before long people were coming up to me all the time to say how much I inspired them," Hall Findlay said.
"We need to take on (NDP Leader) Thomas Mulcair right where it counts and where he's the weakest — the economy. We need to take on (Prime Minister) Stephen Harper, take the fight to him, not just wait and react defensively to the next round of attack ads."
Hall Findlay joins Justin Trudeau, who announced his candidacy six weeks ago, and five others so far. They are Toronto lawyer Deborah Coyne, Vancouver Crown prosecutor Alex Burton, Ottawa lawyer David Bertschi, David Merner, former president of the party's British Columbia wing, and retired military officer Karen McCrimmon, who also made her announcement Wednesday.
"Allow me to say I told you so," said Trudeau at an event at the University of Toronto on the eve of Hall Findlay's much-anticipated announcement.
"I told you there'd be a lot of very strong candidates getting into this race that were going to bring forward tremendous ideas," he said.
"We're going to have a great debate about where the Liberal party needs to go with voices from across the country — people who know the Liberal party matters in this country."
Hall Findlay positioned herself as an "intelligent" candidate who graduated from high school at 15, became a lawyer and worked on international business deals. But she said she also has experience as a hard-working mom who knows the value of a hotdog cut up into Kraft Dinner.
Her first political success was in the Toronto riding of Willowdale, where she won in a federal byelection on March 17, 2008. She was re-elected in the general election later that year, but lost her seat in the 2011 vote. Hall Findlay said she would like to run in Willowdale again.
Hall Findlay was the first declared candidate in the Liberal leadership race to succeed former prime minister Paul Martin in 2006. She was eliminated from the first ballot and threw her support behind eventual winner Stéphane Dion.
Dion stepped down after the Liberals failed to win the next election in 2008 and was replaced by Michael Ignatieff. He, too, resigned after the Liberals were reduced to rump status in the 2011 vote.
Bob Rae has been interim leader since and is not entering the leadership race.
A University of Lethbridge political scientist said having Hall Findlay in the race is good news for the party.
"They need a contested election. They cannot afford a coronation," said Peter McCormick.
"That's the quickest way to put an untested Justin Trudeau into the maw of a federal general election, which is a rather horrific place to be if you don't have the right kind of experience. A leadership race would be the beginning of that kind of test for him."
McCormick suggested Hall Findlay's chances of winning are slim, but added "you can never tell when lightning might strike."
He said she is more likely to be concerned about making sure that certain issues and ideas will be "illuminated and discussed" during the leadership campaign.
"She's run before. She's a connection with the past. She's a recognized name within a corner of the party and she speaks for a set of issues and policies she wants to make sure is addressed during the leadership race."
Hall Findlay has brought in Stephen Carter, credited with some notable successes over the last couple of years, to run her campaign. He successfully steered Naheed Nenshi to the Calgary mayor's chair two years ago when there were other candidates with a higher profile, and he ran the leadership and provincial election campaigns for Alberta Premier Alison Redford.
Carter has sent out a number of tweets in recent days critical of Trudeau, whom he called "too shallow" to be leader.
Hall Findlay said she has "great respect for Justin," but wasn't about to concede defeat despite polls showing Trudeau's popularity.
"When was the last time polls were right at the beginning of a campaign?" she asked.
"Sorry but I just don't have a lot of faith in polls and I really don't have a lot of faith in a poll that is done at the beginning of November in 2012 when the next federal election is not for another 2 1/2 years."
McCormick said Hall Findlay's choice of Calgary to announce her candidacy is an interesting one since the city isn't known as a Liberal stronghold. Trudeau also held his first major campaign event in Calgary after announcing his candidacy in his home riding in Montreal.
"Justin Trudeau has started a new fad for Liberals. You come out and demonstrate that even here in the desert I can find some water."
Wednesday's official start of the leadership race was a low-key affair. The party issued a brief statement and released a video on its website that advises people that participating in the leadership contest is "as easy as 1-2-3." Sign up, register, vote.
For the first time, the party is allowing anyone willing to sign on as a supporter — not just fee-paying, card-carrying members — to vote for the next leader.
"It is a complete page-turner for the federal Liberal party," president Mike Crawley said in an interview.
"We've said we're going to make it as easy as possible and open the doors up as wide as possible, far wider than any other party does."
More than 30,000 Canadians had already signed up as supporters by the end of September, even before candidates started declaring themselves. Crawley said that number has risen slowly but steadily since.
The party also announced Wednesday that it plans to hold five leadership debates across the country: Jan. 20 in Vancouver, Feb. 2 in Winnipeg, Feb. 16 in the Toronto area, March 3 in Halifax and March 23 in Montreal.
A final "showcase event" for candidates is set for April 6 in Toronto to kick off a week of voting. The results are to be announced April 14 in Ottawa.
- With files from Joan Bryden in Ottawa


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A Phoenician-Punic settlement during ancient times, Ibiza contains within its Renaissance walls an interesting legacy from all the different cultures that populated it. This artistic wealth is found in the monumental area of Dalt Vila, in the necropolis of Es Puig des Molins and in the archaeological site of Sa Caleta. The beauty of the island capital is enhanced by the sands and coves at Figueretes, Es Viver and Talamanca, as well as by its the diverse marine ecosystem.
The two most noteworthy aspects of Ibiza, its biodiversity and its culture have made it worthy of being declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Carthaginians founded the ancient Ibosim in the year 654 B.C. In little over a century, the place became a strategic colony in the Western Mediterranean. Roman Ebusus, called Yabisah under Muslim rule, would be governed by the king Jaume I after it was reconquered in 1235. Continuous sieges by pirates led the city to be strengthened with walls in the 16th century. The population is currently divided between the fishing districts of Marina and Sa Penya, as the lower part of the city is known, and Dalt Vila, an area of monuments located in the upper part of the city and declared World Heritage. It is surrounded by well-preserved walls from Renaissance times that were commissioned by the kings Felipe II and Carlos V and were used as a model for building other fortifications in the New World. The considerable height of its bastions affords the best views of the city and the port that is laid out at its feet. The city inside the walls The Portal de ses Taules is the entrance to the walled area, where the Town Hall, located in the Dominican convent and the church of Santo Domingo and the chapel of Sant Salvador (located inside the Archaeological Museum in the cathedral square). The Cathedral, built over the old Arab city walls, is a sober, Gothic structure from the 16th century and remodelled in the 18th. A gold-plated monstrance is one of the golden jewels preserved inside it. It shares the area in the cathedral square with the Episcopal Palace, a building that stands out due to its distinguished door. Another important monument is the Castell y Almudaina, the tallest building in the city, on which the keep — of Medieval Christian origins — is worthy of note. In the historic quarter, you can visit the Archaeological Museum, a witness to the city's rich past, thanks to a valuable collection of objects that cover 2000 years of history. The best way to enjoy the popular architecture of Ibiza is to wander around the narrow streets of the historic quarter until you reach the port, having crossed the central Vara de Rey walkway, and walk around the port area to the Botafoc lighthouse. In addition to the fishing neighbourhood in the lower part of town, another worthwhile visit is the necropolis of Es Puig des Molins, also declared World Heritage, along with the Phoenician settlement of Sa Caleta. Over 3500 Punic and Phoenician graves have been found here. The statues of the goddess Tanit and the god Bes are two of its main pieces. There are numerous terraces and restaurants on the seashore where the visitor can discover the best of Ibiza cuisine. And, at night, the capital shows its most playful side with cafés, discos, "afterhours" and "disc-jockeys" starting their designer parties. The beaches and coves of Ibiza, such as Figueretes, Es Viver or Talamanca have golden sand and seabeds that will delight scuba-diving fans, as they house a large number of native Mediterranean species, and also a wealth of sea life. For example, the meadows of Mediterranean tapeweed that inhabit its depths are declared World Heritage. This mixture of culture and biodiversity were key to it being declared of World Heritage. Gastronomy and the surroundings Ibiza gastronomy combines a wide range of Balearic specialities and ones that are specific to the island. So pork product have an important place with a good example of sobrasada, a chopped meat sausage that is cured with spices. The Frità de Polp and the Bollit de Peix made from rice and fish are also typical. For dessert, you can choose between flaó (a dish of Arabic origins made from ricotta cheese and spearmint), orelletes, puff pastry and almond cakes, or frígola from Ibiza, one of the many liqueurs produced in the Balearic Islands. The island of Ibiza can be visited starting out from the capital. Several kilometres to the northeast is the municipality of Santa Eulària des Riu, with the church located on the Puig de Missa. Further on is the Portinatx, a tourist centre with beautiful coves and a seaside feel. Lastly, Sant Antoni de Portmanand the municipality of Sant Josep combine the best eastern beaches, besides being one of the liveliest spots on the island.
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2009 Kustom Kemps of America - The KKOA Leadsled Spectacular
Hauls In The Haulers
Oftentimes, we try to come up with some clever, witty, and sly remark to paint a picture with words, but more times than not the same ol' clichs weasel their little heads into the picture. No matter how hard one tries, at some point it's time to give in and accept the unavoidable and stick with what works; with clichs being what work. We've said it before, and we'll say it again, when it comes to the titles of shows across this vast country, don't judge a book by its cover. Just because the name of the show may imply that the show is catering to a specified genre, the truth of the matter is what lies behind those spectator gates is much like ABC's Wide World of Sports, an immense variety.
When it comes to the KKOA (Kustom Kemps of America) Leadsled Spectacular, in Salina, Kansas, we can see why folks, mainly truck folks, may be confused and steer clear of the event. But the cold, hard fact is that leadsleds only make up for so much of the Salina Spectacular. The rest of the field stretches from hot rods to street rods to resto-mods to ... yes, you guessed it, trucks. Trucks of all shapes, sizes, genres, swagger, and so on and so forth crowd Thomas Park, home of the Spectacular. Luckily for us we had our lenses locked, cocked, and ready to rock while we attended the 29th annual event over the July 23-26th weekend.
Before we get to the vintage iron at hand, first we need to say a few words about what makes the KKOA show, well, spectacular! (Once again, why fight it. Give in to the dark side already.) For starters the show opens up Friday for registration, and right from the get-go the action begins. Each year famed customizer, Bill "The Leadslinger" Hines and hired gun Brad Masterson, begin chopping a vehicle smack dab in the middle of the shindig (this year the donor car was a '46 Ford coupe). Spectators, exhibitors, vendors, and innocent bystanders get to prop themselves up in bleachers for front row seating to watch the lid of a car get lowered. At 6 o'clock the show moves across town to an abandoned airstrip for some "Run What Ya Brung" heads-up drag racing (unfortunately a bit of car trouble kept this lens from attending Friday night's extravaganza), which is complete with a state-of-the-art flag man Christmas tree and two official line judges an 1/8-mile down the way. The best part is the drags are open to all vehicles registered in the show. No tech inspection, no driver's training, no classes, no safety Nazis ... basically all that's needed is the know-how to mash the go pedal.
Continuing on to Saturday the show is filled with over 1,000 vehicles in attendance, numerous bands performing, vendors hawking anything and everything, pinstriping, and meet-and-greets with some of the biggest names in customizing. This year included George "King of the Kustomizers" Barris, Darryl "The Bubble Top King" Starbird, Bill Hines, John D'Agostino, and various other top-notch craftsmen. Come Saturday night a good majority of the show migrates over to the host hotel, which is conveniently located a stone's throw from the venue, for more or less a massive parking lot ho-down. Amid all that, Jerry Titus (Founder of the KKOA and show promoter) holds a Johnny Carson style Tonight Show at the motel Saturday night where he interviews famed builders and various other folks, which once again is open to all registered vehicles. All in all, the Leadsled Spectacular is a cavalcade of good old down home car show fun in every way, shape, and form. When the show closes down Sunday afternoon there isn't a disappointed attendee in sight, due to the fact the Salina show is every bit of the word spectacular. For info on next year's go-around, log onto to www.kustomkempsofamerica.com.


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It's Earth Day, humans.
Today we celebrate this great planet, the only one that really matters. Except maybe Mars since we're super interested in it. And probably Jupiter, because it's fucking huge. And let's not forget Saturn with it's awesome rings and shit. And Venus! We can see Venus, that's fucking cool. Not to mention Mercury, which braves the closest distance to the Sun. We're definitely never building life on you, Mercury. Though I wouldn't mind calling Uranus home. (IT WILL NEVER GET OLD.)
And the Sun is really neat. It burns me a lot, but it's ginormous and fiery and stuff.
Let's give some love to the Universe!
HAHAHAHA. Pluto.
On this day that we devote to loving our planet Earth more so than usual, let's backtrack to something that's really no good for her, whatsoever.
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Scarborough Firefighters Douse Fire At Business
Pleasant Hill Road Closed Between Pond View, Chamberlain Roads
A kerosene space heater caused a metal rack with wood on it to catch on fire on Sunday morning at a Scarborough business.
No one was injured in the fire at Castle Kitchens at 137 Pleasant Hill Road in Scarborough, said Capt. Hank Foster of the Scarborough Fire Department.
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The department learned a sprinkler had been activated at 6:22 a.m. on Sunday. When they arrived, smoke was coming out of the building, Foster said.
The fire was contained to the metal rack. The building had no damage, aside from a singed wall, he said.
No one was in the business at the time of the fire. Firefighters left the area around 8:50 a.m., Foster said
Scarborough police had shut down Pleasant Hill Road between Pond View Road and Chamberlain Road during the response to the fire, but later reopened it.


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Stories of the two IPL queens battling it out on the playing field and on television came to a sudden turning point this week when Shilpa Shetty extended an olive branch to her supposed rival in the IPL Preity Zinta.
Shilpa and Raj Kundra are hosting a grand party to celebrate their entry into the IPL March 10 at the Grand Hyatt.
And Preity is invited. Shilpa said: "I really want these unsavoury rumours about our rivalry to end. On an impulse I sent an SMS to Preity inviting her for the party that Raj and I are hosting."
Shilpa was pleasantly surprised when Preity replied back. "She said she'd love to come. But can't because she'd be out of town. I think that just about takes care of that. I'm sure we'll have other occasions to interact. For now it's enough that she accepted my invitation."
Shilpa thinks these rivalry stories are unnecessary. "We're both decent well brought-up girls. We were even together in the Bachchans' world tour. And we got along fine. We don't need to be seen as these warring women at all, please."
About the party Shilpa said: "It's been a while since Raj and I had friends share in our happiness. The IPL deal is a good occasion to have a get-together. We're inviting all our friends."


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The Triwizard Cup is a shining cup that is awarded to the winner of the Triwizard Tournament and held as an honour by the victorious school until the next tournament.
The Cup was made not later than 1294, date when the earliest known Triwizard Tournament took place. Ever since its creation, the Cup has been held by the victorious school until the next Tournament took place.
1994-1995 Triwizard TournamentEdit
In the 1994-1995 Triwizard Tournament, the Cup was turned into a Portkey by Barty Crouch Jr. (while impersonating Alastor Moody) that would transport the winner to the graveyard where Tom Riddle's father was buried and Lord Voldemort was waiting. Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory then touched the Portkey both at the same time having not decided on who should take it, and they both appeared at the graveyard. Harry then used it to escape back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with Diggory's body after the duel in the graveyard in Little Hangleton.
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Jay Pharaoh, channeling President Barack Obama while opening the latest "Saturday Night Live," told the American people the stark truth about what sequestration cuts will mean: "From now on, my wife Michelle will only do four television appearances a week, down from her usual 75."
The crack targeting the TV-friendly first lady's surprising and controversial Oscars cameo came a day after the real president inadvertently earned some laughs with his apparent "Star Trek"-"Star Wars" confusion while expressing sequestration frustration with Republicans. Obama, who has been compared by some to famed Vulcan Mr. Spock, said he can't "do a Jedi mind meld with these folks and convince them to do what's right."
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The seemingly silly fusses underscore the first couple's tricky relationship with a force that's helped and occasionally hurt them: the power of pop culture.
It's a force employed frequently by the Obamas. Barack Obama almost certainly has made more entertainment show appearances than any sitting president, parking himself next to Jay Leno, David Letterman and Jon Stewart, while rising to "slow jam" the news with Jimmy Fallon. The president showed up on "Mythbusters" and visited "The View" with his wife.
Even as Obama gets his Gene Roddenberry mixed up with his George Lucas, the early days of his second term have proven less TV-filled. Not so for Michelle Obama, who recently marked the third anniversary of her Let's Move! childhood fitness campaign by letting her hair down, celebrated bangs and all, joining Fallon for a move-busting musical bit called "The Evolution of Mom Dancing."
The segment went viral but didn't get anywhere near the instant worldwide exposure of her unexpected – and somewhat puzzling – Academy Awards role, in which she declared "Argo" Best Picture, via live video. The gig handed detractors fuel to reignite claims that Hollywood is too cozy with the Obamas, even if then-First Lady Laura Bush made a taped guest shot during the 2002 Oscars. Political criticism aside, Michelle Obama's Academy Award performance felt out of place, especially the odd juxtaposition of pairing her with Jack Nicholson.
The first lady said last week she wasn't surprised by the negative chatter – and offered a rare glimpse into her thoughts on how the public judges her, particularly in a snark-happy online age.
"Shoot, my bangs set off a national conversation. My shoes can set off a national conversation. That's just sort of where we are. We've got a lot of talking going on," she reportedly said Thursday. "It's like everybody's kitchen-table conversation is now accessible to everybody else, so there's a national conversation about anything."
This first couple, perhaps like no other before, recognizes the value in using the entertainment sphere to dominate that conversationn – while campaigning and, in the case of Michelle Obama, while promoting her hallmark cause.
There's certainly much to be gained for the First Couple in presenting themselves as relatable and with a healthy sense of humor. The first lady's frequent TV forays are an extension of Jacqueline Kennedy's televised tour of the redecorated White House in 1962, and they reflect a fascination with Washington life that's recently spawned shows ranging from Netflix's intrigue-filled "House of Cards" to NBC's first family comedy "1600 Penn."
Still, there's inherent risk for a first family in embracing, participating in and reacting to pop culture – particularly when any public utterance or act is potential fodder for critics, satirists and even rappers. Kanye West, smarting from twice being called a "jackass" by the president, profanely slammed Obama during a recent London concert appearance.
As we await the First Family of Pop's next move, check out the SNL spoof and Michelle Obama's number with Fallon, which includes a dance called the "reel it in":
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.
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Carry-on luggage of 1 small personal item is permitted free (with maximum dimensions 30cm x 35cm x 40cm). One other piece of carry-on luggage (with maximum dimensions 25cm x 45cm x 55cm) is allowed but will attract a fee. All checked baggage attracts a fee (which varies depending upon flight type: domestic or international). Each bag must have a maximum dimension sum (length + width + height) of 158cm and weight of 18kgs. Discounted baggage fees are available for $9 Fare Club members.
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Young Mens The Concert Tee V-Neck
Keep the beat in harmony in this soft v-neck.
- 4.5-ounce, 100% soft spun cotton, 30 singles
- 50/50 soft spun cotton/poly (Neon)
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