Touch Football Australia will be involved in the Inaugural Harvey Norman Beach Footy Tournament on 15-16 December 2006 at Maroubra Beach in Sydney. Some of the biggest names in Rugby League and some of Australia’s hottest celebrities will take to the sand in a 5-a-side format featuring a unique lifestyle event program.Harvey Norman Beach Footy will feature Beach Touch Football, fashion, and family fun together in an exciting event set against the backdrop of live music and entertainment.The unique concept is guaranteed to create a fantastic atmosphere for spectators and competitors alike who will be treated to a weekend of non- stop entertainment on and off the sand from 10.00am – 5.00pm Saturday 16 December, and 11.00am – 5.00pm Sunday 17 December 2006.The Beach Footy action is sure to be of the highest quality with six well credentialled teams set to battle for supremacy on the sand. The six teams are:Blues, Maroons, Young Guns, Kiwis, Celebrities, and a Touch Football Australia Invitational Women’s Team. National Rugby League superstars will captain and choose their respective teams for the event.Mark Gasnier (NSW) Darren Lockyer (Maroons) Billy Slater (Young Guns) and tournament ambassador Gordon Tallis (Celebrities), are among the team captains, and a host of Rugby league superstars including Matt Cooper and Danny Buderus will take to the sand.Harvey Norman Beach Footy is a free event and with fashion parades, cheerleaders, musical performances by Sony BMG artists, and even an appearance by Santa, there is sure to be something to please everyone on and off the sand.Touch Football Australia have extended invitations to players, via the High Performance Program, and the composition of the Women’s Team to represent the sport in the showcase event will be announced in coming weeks.The event will attract mass media coverage with Channel Nine, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph , and Nova 96.9 media partners for the summer beach party event.Touch Football Australia will release more information over coming weeks in the lead-up to this exciting tournament.More information about the event can be obtained by going to:www.beachfooty.com.au read more
TUSCALOOSA, AL – SEPTEMBER 29: Jalen Hurts #2 of the Alabama Crimson Tide looks to the sidelines for the play call against the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns at Bryant-Denny Stadium on September 29, 2018 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum shared some noteworthy Jalen Hurts news during an appearance on First Take this morning. The SEC guru revealed that Hurts did look at other schools before deciding to stay put at Alabama.Hurts, of course, was long rumored to be considering a transfer from Alabama. However, he’s opted to stay put in Tuscaloosa, Ala. – at least for this season.Finebaum reveals that he heard conflicting information, but he does believe Hurts looked elsewhere.“I think he looked (elsewhere),” Finebaum said, per 247Sports. “I’ve heard conflicting stories that he was on the verge of it until people said, look, you still have another year. The difference is, you all know, Jalen graduates in December and Kelly was out of time. I think Jalen has said, ‘you know what, I’m on the Alabama Crimson Tide and they’re best team in the country and I’m still playing a lot. I’m going to gut this out.’“But I think every reasonable person thinks he’s leaving in December or January, whenever the season ends.”Hurts will probably be leaving Alabama whenever the Crimson Tide’s season ends (the national title game, probably).Where will he be going?One analyst named four schools as possible destinations:“Possible destinations for Jalen Hurts: Texas – Texas native and would thrive in that offense Auburn – great scheme fit and the ultimate anti-bama move Miami – Might be a QB away from the playoff Oklahoma – Will be replacing Murray and loves transfers.”Possible destinations for Jalen Hurts:Texas – Texas native and would thrive in that offenseAuburn – great scheme fit and the ultimate anti-bama moveMiami – Might be a QB away from the playoffOklahoma – Will be replacing Murray and loves transfers— Mello (@melloesquire) September 8, 2018ESPN’s Tim Tebow had speculated that Auburn could be an option, too.(Finebaum just deleted the Tweet in which Tim Tebow speculates recklessly about Jalen Hurts transferring to Auburn. Hmm.)— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) September 7, 2018For now, though, Hurts is clearly happy at Alabama. He’ll have a decision to make in a couple of months, though. read more
OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is disputing claims that a bill to end solitary confinement in Canada’s prisons is merely “linguistic trickery” that maintains the practice under a different name.Goodale says the bill, which would create new “structured intervention units,” is much more than semantics.He says inmates confined to such units would get twice as much time out of their cells and at least two hours of meaningful human contact every day.As well, he says they’d have access to mental health care, rehabilitation programs and other intervention services not available to segregated prisoners now.Goodale says the objective is to limit as much as possible the use of segregation, but there are instances in which it will remain necessary to separate prisoners, for their own safety and that of other inmates and guards.He is responding to criticism from independent Sen. Kim Pate, a former prisoners’ rights advocate, who argues the bill simply rebrands the cruel practice of solitary confinement with a new name.The Canadian Press read more
pic.twitter.com/0BUh2gvOlz— Shish restaurant (@shishsidcup) November 18, 2016 Kind-hearted restaurant staff have been praised for offering free meals to the homeless and elderly this Christmas.Shish, a muslim-owned Turkish restaurant in Sidcup, shared a poster they put up in the window of the restaurant which reads: “No one eats alone on Christmas Day!”It adds: “We are here to sit with you. Three course meal for the homeless from 12-6pm. Any homeless or elderly are welcome.” Meanwhile, meet the generous man giving away free flights to strangers over the festive season. Last month, this waiter was stunned by a massive tip so he can go ‘home’ this Christmas. Please share this around and get the news forward to anyone that is in need/elderly/ homeless.— Shish restaurant (@shishsidcup) November 18, 2016 Their offer has been shared by thousands of Facebook users, with many praising Shish staff for their kind actions. Help us to make sure that no-one is alone this Christmas !!— Shish restaurant (@shishsidcup) November 18, 2016 Sally Cudmore wrote: “What lovely people!! Shish restaurant in Sidcup are opening their doors Christmas Day for the elderly and homeless cooking them a Christmas meal free of charge! Please share as this could help somebody who is alone this Christmas 🙁 x great job.” The restaurant’s offer includes soup and cacik to start, followed by main course options of chicken/ vegetarian casserole or chicken shish and rice pudding for dessert. Another wrote: “How great … this is what Christmas is about. Good on you.”Sharon Day wrote: “Nice to know there are still some lovely people out there thinking of others less fortunate.” Want the best of The Telegraph direct to your email and WhatsApp? Sign up to our free twice-daily Front Page newsletter and new audio briefings. read more
Defence chiefs are urgently reviewing how to upgrade the military’s ability to protect against chemical, biological and radiation attacks following the Salisbury poisoning. The use of a military-grade nerve agent in an attempted assassination on the streets of Britain, as well as the brazen use of poison gas in Syria, has increased fears about the use of the weapons by states and terrorist groups. The military’s Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Regiment was disbanded in late 2011, when defence chiefs… Whitehall sources said it was now accepting specialist military expertise to deal with the threat had been neglected and underfunded after the 2010 cost-cutting defence review.
Pro-meat activists who ate raw squirrel in a public market in a protest against a vegan stall have been fined.Deonisy Khlebnikov, 22, and Gatis Lagzdins, 29, decided to eat the animals, which were still covered in fur, in front of members of the public, including young children, outside a vegan stall in Soho, in the West End.They were asked to stop by passers-by after children cried, a court heard, but they continued their protest at the Soho Vegan Food Market in Rupert Street on March 30, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.The meat activists were found guilty of a public order offence at City of London Magistrates’ Court on Monday.Senior CPS prosecutor Natalie Clines said: “Deonisy Khlebnikov and Gatis Lagzdins claimed they were against veganism and were raising awareness about the dangers of not eating meat when they publicly consumed raw squirrels. The pair denied using disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress at a trial but were both convicted.Khlebnikov, from Westminster, was fined £200 plus costs and a surcharge, while Lagzdins, from Ealing, west London, who did not attend the hearing, was fined £400 plus costs and a surcharge. Gatis Lagzdins eating a squirrel Want the best of The Telegraph direct to your email and WhatsApp? Sign up to our free twice-daily Front Page newsletter and new audio briefings. “But by choosing to do this outside a vegan food stall and continuing with their disgusting and unnecessary behaviour despite requests to stop, including from a parent whose child was upset by their actions, the prosecution was able to demonstrate that they had planned and intended to cause distress to the public.”Their pre-meditated actions caused significant distress to members of the public, including young children.” read more
You’re saying he wasn’t aware of the player – you have to be aware of other footballers on the pitch. Does he think he’s going to have 20 yards to himself?“Whether it’s brave or not, it was the right decision. And listen, Nani’s a quick boy to go down anyway – he’s not the bravest boy on the planet.“Any time I was sent off in my career I always thought ‘did I give the referee a chance to send me off?’. If the answer is yeah then it’s out of your hands and I think the referee has made the right call.“Everyone’s upset about it and they’re slightly unlucky but it’s dangerous play.”Watch a clip below:YouTube credit: Beanyman62SportsWayne Rooney benched for United-Madrid clash, Coleen not happyWhat do you make of Ireland’s new jersey? FORMER MANCHESTER UNITED captain Roy Keane backed Cuneyt Cakir’s decision to send Manchester United winger Nani off in tonight’s Champions League last 16 second leg.The home side held a narrow 1-0 lead over their opponents when the Turkish referee brandished a straight red to Nani for a high boot on Alvaro Arbeloa in the 56th minute.With the advantage of an extra man and buoyed by the introduction of Luka Modric, Madrid turned the game on its head – recording a 2-1 victory on the night (3-2 on aggregate) to progress to the quarter-finals.Alex Ferguson was livid after the decision and did not appear out to be interviewed post-match after what was deemed by many as an extremely harsh call.However, speaking on the ITV panel this evening, Keane claimed the red was deserved.“It doesn’t matter if he knows there’s somebody there or not, it’s irrelevant,” Keane said. “I don’t think the referee made the decision because he waited a couple of minutes while the player was getting treatment so I think it might have been the assistant who made the decision. I actually think he’s made the right call.“We can be critical of the referee, we’re always say referees are quick to make a decision [but] he waited a couple of minutes, no doubt spoke to assistant and said ‘listen we think it’s dangerous’. It’s a red card. ”Fellow analyst Gareth Southgate argued Nani’s corner, saying he only had eyes for the ball and unintentionally caught the former Liverpool man – but Keane wasn’t having it. read more
GOVERNMENT MINISTERS will this morning hold their first discussions on the contents of draft legislation which will legally permit abortion in certain circumstances.The legislation, being brought forward by health minister James Reilly, follows the European Court of Human Rights’ ruling in 2010 in the A, B and C case – where it was ruled that Ireland’s failure to clarify the circumstances in which an abortion could be carried out.A key point of debate for ministers will be discussing exactly how many medical professionals will be involved in deciding when an abortion can be permitted.It was reported on Sunday that one draft of the legislation would require pregnant women to be assessed by six medical professionals, including two obstetricians and four psychiatrists, including one perinatal psychiatrist – plans which prompted ire from some, who said the prospect of a six-member panel.However, Reilly said yesterday that the legislation would not require six professionals to be consulted. The report of the Expert Group formed to respond to the A, B and C case had suggested a panel of three professionals.Though the matter is expected to be up for discussion when ministers hold their weekly Cabinet meeting this morning, it is not clear whether ministers expect to reach a conclusion on the matter.Justice minister Alan Shatter, who will miss today’s meeting to chair a meeting of EU defence ministers in Luxembourg, told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland it was important that the legislation did not raise “unreal barriers” stopping women from accessing life-saving treatment if it was needed.“It is important that we have a legal architecture in place so that women understand what the position is, and what assistance is available to them, and so no confusion arises between members of the medical profession,” he said.Shatter added that the government’s timetable of having the legislation in place by the summer recess – when the Dáil breaks for the summer in mid-July – was still “readily achievable”.Read: Reilly: Suicidal pregnant women won’t have to face six-doctor panel read more
In July of this year, a ruling by the Library of Congress essentially legalized jailbreaking for the iPhone, denying Apple’s request to rule it a violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. Sony this week is using a similar tactic to product its own PlayStation 3 from such hacks, suing more than 100 people over concerns that jailbreaking the console has opened it up to the use of pirate games and other non-Sony sanctioned software.The electronics giant filed a 24 page complaint against more than 100 defendents, including three hackers–George Hotz from the US; Hector Martin Cantero from Spain, and Sven Peter from Hungary. Sony says the hack has caused it “irreparable injury and damage” and, if the court doesn’t act fast, the hacks and resulting pirated software could “resul[t] in the destruction of SCEA’s business.”AdChoices广告 read more
Reputed leader of Gambino crime family shot dead in New York Frank Cali’s killing is the first of its kind since 1985. Thursday 14 Mar 2019, 12:47 PM By Associated Press Mar 14th 2019, 12:47 PM 19,766 Views Image: AP Image: AP 17 Comments Tweet thisShare on FacebookEmail this article Short URL THE REPUTED HEAD of New York’s notorious Gambino crime family has been shot and killed in New York. Frank Cali (53) was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his body at his home on Staten Island shortly after 9pm last night. Cali was taken to a hospital where he later died from his injuries. There have been no arrests.Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn had referred to Cali in court filings in recent years as the underboss of the Gambino organisation, related through marriage to the Inzerillo clan in the Sicilian Mafia.Since 2015, US press has reported that Cali had ascended to the top spot in the gang, although he never faced a criminal charge saying he had. Cali’s only mob-related criminal conviction was 10 years ago when he pleaded guilty in an extortion conspiracy involving a failed attempt to build a NASCAR track on Staten Island. He was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison and was released in 2009.The last crime family boss to be shot in New York City was Paul Castellano. The Gambino crime boss was assassinated outside Sparks Steakhouse in Manhattan in 1985.The Gambino Family was once among the most powerful criminal organisations in the US, but federal prosecutions in the 1980s and 1990s sent its top leaders to prison and diminished its reach. Share38 Tweet Email https://jrnl.ie/4541681 read more
Des tatous transmettent la lèpre à des humains aux Etats-UnisSelon une équipe américano-suisse de recherche, des cas de transmission directe de la lèpre de tatous à des humains ont été confirmés aux Etats-Unis. Les travaux des chercheurs ont été publiés hier dans le New England Journal of Medicine.Les résultats des travaux de l’équipe américano-suisse qui s’est intéressée à la transmission de la lèpre dans le sud des Etats-Unis, sont inquiétants. En effet, après des analyses ADN combinées à des recherches sur le terrain, ces chercheurs ont découvert une nouvelle souche du bacille de la lèpre (Mycobacterium leprae) à cet endroit du monde, rapporte l’AFP. Une souche transmise aux Hommes par des contacts avec des tatous infectés. Ces animaux sont avec les humains les seuls vecteurs de transmission de la maladie.Ce qui a mis la puce à l’oreille des chercheurs ? La plupart des Américains touchés par la lèpre ont voyagé dans des régions du monde comme l’Inde où l’infection est endémique. Or, un tiers des Américains infectés n’ont jamais voyagé hors des Etats-Unis et ont donc contracté la maladie sur le territoire. Par ailleurs, les scientifiques savent depuis 40 ans que les tatous sont des porteurs potentiels de la maladie.En étudiant 33 tatous sauvages infectés par la bactérie de la lèpre et 50 personnes ayant contracté la maladie, les chercheurs ont constaté que la nouvelle souche était présente chez 28 tatous et 22 patients n’ayant jamais été hors des USA.Une découverte qui conduit les chercheurs à décourager les contacts avec ces animaux et la consommation de leur viande.À lire aussiDengue : symptômes, traitement, prévention, où en est-on ?L’AFP rappelle que sans traitement la lèpre peut entraîner des lésions nerveuses aboutissant à une faiblesse et une atrophie musculaires. La maladie se traite cependant facilement au moyen de la polychimiothérapie pendant 6 à 12 mois.Plus de 213.000 cas de lèpre ont été recensés dans le monde par l’Organisation mondiale de la santé.Le 28 avril 2011 à 09:21 • Emmanuel Perrin read more
Let us know what you like about Geek by taking our survey. Cloak and Dagger opens strong. It begins with a cool dual origin story. A little girl struggles in ballet class that her parents are late picking her up from. A little boy sees his brother being pressured to steal a car radio he and his friends sold. As it starts to rain, the night turns tragic for both of them. The girl’s dad picks her up, but he’s distracted by a phone call from work. A ship mysteriously explodes, causing her dad to veer out of control, crashing the car off the bridge and into the water.The boy steals the radio for his brother, who tries to do the responsible thing to return it. Some cops find them, and it’s clear to everyone they’re not going to buy the “we were returning it” story. The cops give chase, and they all end up at the docks. The brother tries to explain the situation, but the same ship explosion startles the cops, who shoot the kid’s brother. As he falls dead into the water, the kid dives in after him. That boat must have been carrying something because as both the boy and girl are about to drown to death, they’re touched by a mysterious light. Suddenly, the sense each other nearby. In a hauntingly beautiful sequence, they reach toward each other, the boy’s shadowy new powers bringing both of them to safety.Maceo Smedley (Photo via Freeform)The dual storytelling continues when we catch up with both of them as young adults. This whole opening is really cool. The subdued score plays beneath both of their scenes as the episode rapidly cuts back and forth between them. Not surprisingly, neither of them are doing well. The girl, Tandy Bowen, has turned to a life of crime, though you can’t say some of her targets don’t deserve it. She lures a rich club kid back to his place, drugs his drink and steals all his stuff. Then she goes home for some cocaine. Meanwhile, the boy Tyrone Johnson, has been bottling up his fear and anger from his brother’s death all his life. It boils over in the middle of a basketball game where he’s ejected for fighting a guy on the other team.The stories come together for the first time at a party in the woods. Tyrone’s team is celebrating making it to state championships, and Tandy’s there to steal some wallets. When Tyrone figures out he’s been targeted, he chases after her. They touch and their powers show themselves for the first time since they were kids. Light surround her hands, darkness surrounds his. They don’t get nearly as much screen time together in this two-hour premiere as you’d want, but every scene of theirs is fantastic. The two actors have such great chemistry together, you just want to get to the team-up already. That’s going to be a long time coming, though.Aubrey Joseph (Photo via Freeform)This two-hour premiere is slow. It takes almost until the end of the first hour for their powers to start showing through. That slowness does cause the premiere to drag a bit, but it’s not bad enough that it makes me fear for the rest of the series. It feels like they knew they had double the normal running time to work with, so they stretch everything out. For some scenes, it works. Like the scene where Tyrone gets into an argument with his mother and she tells him why she’s so hard on him. She knows it doesn’t matter how well off they are. It doesn’t matter if Tyrone is the perfect responsible kid who does everything right. All it takes is one rogue cop, one who has an uncle that can “fix” things it turns out, to take everything away. Then there are scenes like Tandy’s conversation with her mother. Ones that are slow, stilted and only serve to provide an excuse for them to touch so the show can hint at one of Dagger’s powers.Despite its slowness, I can’t complain about pacing too much. I really like these characters. The dialog might be a little corny (OK, real corny) sometimes. And the religious imagery gets a little overwrought, especially in the second hour, but we have two fascinating, complex, conflicted characters here. They’re linked by a mysterious tragedy, and both faced injustice immediately afterward. The cop who shot Tyrone’s brother got off clean. After Tandy’s dad died, his company, Roxxon (which should sound very familiar to Marvel fans), took everything from the family, sending her mom into poverty and depression, with a side order of alcoholism and drug addiction. They’ve had very different lives growing up, but they’ve both lived with instability ever since their brief meeting as kids. They’re both charming, scrappy and instantly likable. You want to root for them, even as they make mistakes. I just wish they spent more scenes together in these two episodes.Aubrey Joseph, Evita Fusilier (Photo via Freeform)Both episodes take just a little too long to get to the point, but in both cases, it’s a point worth getting too. The conclusions to both are exciting, scary and mysterious. Like any good drama should, they leave you begging for the next one. I like the part of every superhero origin story where the hero doesn’t quite know what’s going on. Where they start instinctively using their powers and have no idea what’s happening. The slow pace of these episodes allows these moments to breathe. The episodes really dive into what these brief flashes of power feel like. Tyrone starts waking up in strange places. First, it’s on top of the Roxxon building. Then, it’s in the trunk of the car belonging to the cop who shot his brother… who happens to be facilitating a coke deal. Something tells me these teleportations aren’t as random as they seem.Tandy, meanwhile, runs into her target from the beginning of the episode. He wants revenge for her heist and decides he’ll get it by raping her. Yeah, this show doesn’t shy away from difficult subject matter. Thankfully, it also doesn’t trivialize it. Yes, it sucks that some kind of sexual assault is somehow always a threat or past trauma for female superheroes. But that doesn’t change the fact that it’s something women disproportionately have to worry about in the real world. Especially, it seems, when dealing with entitled, privileged boys like the character on this show. The scene doesn’t go too far, either. In her fear, Tandy summons a dagger of light and stabs it into the dude’s stomach. As shaken as she is by potentially having murdered someone, nobody argues the guy didn’t deserve it.They spend the entire second hour apart. It mostly focuses on Tandy dealing with the after math of stabbing the guy. She needs a new identity and to get out of town, and that’s going to cost her a ton of money. If we needed any more indication of how much her home life sucks, we soon learn her mother has snorted and spent the money and drugs she’s been hiding for just such an occasion. So she and her boyfriend have to dress up and crash a wedding to steal the rest. Unfortunately for them, Tandy’s attacker’s friends have been talking to the police. Tandy’s able to steal the money, but her boyfriend gets caught and the episode ends with him calling for her help. She’s not going to be able to though, because that’s when the episode finally brings Cloak and Dagger together… right before the very end.Olivia Holt, Aubrey Joseph (Photo via Freeform)I have to say, as much as I wish these two hours had gotten its two leads together more, the way it finally brought their stories together was very cool. I was completely engrossed watching it come together. Tyrone spends the episode stalking the dirty cop who killed his brother. When he realizes the toll his brother’s death is still taking on his mom, he goes after the cop with a gun. But by now, we know that his powers come out during moments of heightened emotions. And man, does that ever describe this situation. So suddenly, as Tandy is about to abandon her arrested boyfriend for her new life, she suddenly has a bullet hole in her windshield and the boy she tried to steal from in her backseat. Then, credits. Damn, Cloak and Dagger, you sure know how to make two straight hours feel like not enough.Despite the slow pace, and the fact that the two leads have great chemistry but only have one scene together, Cloak and Dagger had a really enjoyable premiere. For two episodes full of set up, the fleshed-out, interesting characters pulls you through both. I was hooked on these kids’ stories from moment one. What really worked in this series though, were the scenes where Tyrone and Tandy accidentally used their powers on others in the second episode. Tandy, when she touches someone, can see people’s hopes. As she’s dancing with her boyfriend, she sees his dream of marrying her one day. Tyrone can see people’s fears. When he tries to comfort his mom, he sees she carries with her the fear of having both sons taken from her. These sequences are artistic and entirely emotional. The show pulls them off so well, and their otherworldly look contributes to the show’s overall mesmerizing color palate. (Oh yeah, this show looks fantastic. The way it plays with shadows sets it apart from pretty much everything else on Freeform.) I wanted more of them. And if the preview for next week’s episode is anything to go by, we’re about to see an entire hour of them. Stay on target Cloak and Dagger’s First Season Sails AwayCloak and Dagger Takes the Heroes to Their Lowest Point read more
#MagneticNewsMedia Nearly 30 Haitians caught following illegal landing in Nassau, says Defence Force Related Items:#MagneticNewsMedia Bahamas Police Commissioner Greenslade gone to UK, appointed as High Commissioner Recommended for you TCI Premier blasts Opposition side for “slop” information, sets it straight in HOA Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsAppProvidenciales, TCI, January 11, 2017 – Weather wise, conditions will not be as rough today but there is still a warning in effect for beach-goers, who are strongly urged to remain on shore due to rip currents and small craft operators – like our fishermen and water sports operators – should remain in port due to the strong winds producing rough surf conditions. Winds are 20 to 30 knots, seas are 8 to 12 feet. This weather information comes courtesy of the Bahamas Department of Meteorology. Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsApp read more
Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsApp Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsAppBahamas, July 7, 2017 – Nassau – The Cabinet Office has advised that on Friday, July 14, 2017 there will be an Official Funeral for the late Dr. the Hon. Bernard J. Nottage at St. Agnes Anglican Church, beginning at 11:00 a.m.There will be viewing at PLP Headquarters on Tuesday, July 11; at the National Stadium on Wednesday, July 12; and at the House of Assembly on Thursday, July 13.Press Release: BIS Related Items:
The United States issued a ban on Wednesday prohibiting its citizens traveling to North Korea, a move triggered by the death of a US student imprisoned by Pyongyang during a tourist visit.The ban, which comes into effect September 1, was introduced after officials said the “serious risk” of arrest by Pyongyang officials during tourist travel presented an “imminent danger to the physical safety” of its citizens.“All United States passports are declared invalid for travel to, in, or through the DPRK unless specially validated for such travel,” read the restriction in the US government’s Federal Register, using the acronym for North Korea’s official name.Strict warnings against travel to the North were already in place before the ban was first announced last month following the death of American student Otto Warmbier.Warmbier, 22, a student at the University of Virginia, died in June after being held by Pyongyang for more than a year on charges of stealing a propaganda poster from a North Korean hotel.He had been sentenced to 15 years’ hard labour in the North, but was sent home in a mysterious coma in June and died soon afterwards.US President Donald Trump slammed Warmbier’s detention and eventual death as “a total disgrace,” pledging to “prevent such tragedies from befalling innocent people at the hands of regimes that do not respect the rule of law or basic human decency”.The new ban will remain in effect for one year, unless it is revoked sooner by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.Exemptions will be allowed in specific cases for humanitarian travel and journalists.‘We don’t care’Tour companies said the ban would significantly reduce the numbers of Western tourists to the impoverished country.“Currently US citizens make up about 20 percent of the Western tourist market, so it will reduce the industry by at least that much—plus the collateral damage of others who may not want to go as a result of this,” said Simon Cockerell, general manager of Koryo Tours, the market leader in Western tourism to North Korea.Some 5,000 Western tourists visit the North each year, with standard one-week trips costing about $2,000. The vast majority of tourists visiting North Korea are Chinese.Han Chol-Su, a senior North Korea development official, earlier denied that the loss of business would hurt his country’s economy.“If the US government says Americans cannot come to this country, we don’t care a bit,” he told AFP in Pyongyang last month.North Korean state media “relentlessly presents Americans in the most negative manner; rapacious, war-mongering, and utterly filled with hatred of the Korean people,” Cockerell said.Describing American visitors as “one of the best soft-power assets of the United States”, he added that the ban would eliminate a counterweight to that propaganda.In Pyongyang, visiting US tourist Carolyn Dunlap described the move as “definitely not unexpected” in light of Warmbier’s death and other detentions.“Honestly the current travel advice is not much different from a ban, the only difference is people can still physically go,” she told AFP last week.She planned her trip before speculation of the move mounted, but its timing means she will be one of the last US tourists to the country for at least one year.“It’s kind of cool, kind of weird,” said the 21-year-old.Warmbier’s death added to already high tensions in the region over North Korea’s weapons ambitions.In recent weeks Pyongyang has launched two successful tests of an intercontinental ballistic missile that experts say could reach US territory. read more
Share This! March 12, 2019 at 3:48 pm Mark Connelly says: March 12, 2019 at 1:53 pm Elagabalus says: NoMoreBadTown says: March 12, 2019 at 10:53 am March 13, 2019 at 11:55 am Actually, both churches LOVE gays and have hopes for their salvation. Gay SEXUAL BEHAVIOR is the huge SIN against nature that offends God and man, and has to be repented of, or avoided. March 12, 2019 at 12:26 pm March 13, 2019 at 2:10 pm Ah..I said you don’t do well here. Show me where I said “we’re more godly” or just go away. Sandi in EL says: March 12, 2019 at 3:53 pm March 12, 2019 at 3:45 pm Prove it. March 14, 2019 at 1:50 pm You “should probably not be making baseless attacks on others”. March 11, 2019 at 10:24 pm March 14, 2019 at 11:50 am Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. March 11, 2019 at 11:23 am Similarly, seeSee https://mormonandgay.lds.org/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/12/us/politics/utah-passes-antidiscrimination-bill-backed-by-mormon-leaders.html The point is that all religions are cults, there’s no real difference. Any religion that isn’t yours, you call a cult. And the adherents of those other religions think the same of yours. Catechism of the Catholic Church:2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God’s will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord’s Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition. If you’re seeing hate, you’re looking in a mirror. Good. The Church should love its heretics… but not give them an authoritative teaching position. OR, the “so-called ecumenism” makes everyone involved LOVE ONE ANOTHER. March 12, 2019 at 2:17 pm He also cannot seem to understand people’s commentsThomas – reprobate mind, Why would he even care about a cult? ThomasA says: March 13, 2019 at 6:14 am March 14, 2019 at 12:51 pm March 13, 2019 at 10:52 am NoMoreBadTown says: Mark Connelly says: March 11, 2019 at 3:52 pm Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn ReddIt Email,VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis met Saturday (March 9) with the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the first such meeting of its kind, on the eve of the dedication of the church’s huge new temple in Rome.The Vatican offered no details of Francis’ audience with the church president, Russell Nelson, and other leaders. The Latter-day Saints said it was the first-ever meeting between a pope and head of their church and said the two men discussed religious liberty, family and youth, among other topics.“We have much in common,” Nelson tweeted afterward. “The differences in doctrine are real_and they’re important_but they’re not nearly as important as the things we have in common.”Nelson and the 14 elders who make up the leadership of the church, widely known as the Mormons, are in town for the dedication Sunday of their new temple. The lush complex features an oval-shaped marble house of worship crowning a hilltop and a visitor center featuring a larger-than-life marble statue of Christ surrounded by smaller statues of the apostles.The Latter-day Saints said the visit to Rome was the first time their entire leadership had gathered outside the U.S. When he was elected he said “I am no theologian.” and has been proving himself correct ever since.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEchg1KhmTYFortunately to this point the damage is minimal and he was 82 in December. March 14, 2019 at 12:09 pm Ben in Oakland says: Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn ReddIt Email March 12, 2019 at 4:02 pm March 11, 2019 at 2:34 pm Perhaps Jim, but his caring gives authenticity to a cult March 12, 2019 at 2:45 pm Ben in Oakland says: Catholics are more perfected Christians…we have the full set of Sacraments that God intended us to have. You never seem to be able to put together a good piece of logic Ben, and you should ask yourself why?What in your education and formation or genetics is missing? Baizuo says: Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn ReddIt Email Jim Johnson says: nope. I can see who the enemy is. Too bad the other Christians who are not the right sort of Christian, people that you so willingly condemn as being cultists, don’t see who you are. but I can. And this, dear lady, is why your faith is being busy destroying itself from within.Not my problem. I’ll just watch you do it, and enjoy some of my schadenfreudelicious popcorn. TagsChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ecumenism Pope Francis Russell Nelson,You may also like Oh you poor, persecuted thing. Jesus is God. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn ReddIt Email Sandi in EL says: Yes, they are, by definition: a cult is a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object. Christianity is a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure, Jesus Christ. Ergo, Christianity is a cult. QED. How is it not? It meets the criteria laid out in the definition of a cult. Ergo, it is a cult, whether you like it or not. frightening Jim Johnson says: Michael G Warren says: Mark Connelly says: News March 13, 2019 at 7:14 am Jim, we were getting along so well. Why are you posting a smart-alec answer? It belittles you. You know perfectly well what Jesus meant when He said to forgive 490 times: it is largely metaphorical in the sense of who is going to keep track of how many times they forgive someone? Even someone with OCD would find it difficult to keep track of how many times they had forgiven the same person.As I have met Angels, I think that you are being a bit silly about my favourite TV show. Angels are not pedophiles, otherwise they would not be Angels. So no one is going to “cop a feel” or “a touch up” from one of the Lord’s messengers.Maybe you’re just in a flippant mood, and are just taking the piss out of me. Baizuo says: March 12, 2019 at 11:10 am You were once not sure that Catholics are Christians, and said so. Are you referring to the Mormon opinion of the Catholic Church, or the catholic opinion of the Mormon church? March 11, 2019 at 2:33 pm March 13, 2019 at 6:18 am Sandi in EL says: No. What I said was, not all Catholics are Christian. If you are going to repeat what I said please get it correct.The Mormon assembly is a cult March 13, 2019 at 1:42 pm March 11, 2019 at 4:31 pm Sandi in EL says: By: Associated Press March 13, 2019 at 6:21 am I have. Several, in fact. Which one in particular holds the proof? None that I have encountered. You don’t understand the meaning of perfected apparently in the philosophical/theological sense. But that’s ok. It isn’t a religion – it is a cult Jesus told us to love one another as He has loved us, to turn the other cheek in our missionary endeavours (which is often misinterpreted that we shouldn’t defend ourseleves from physical attacks, that men should allow their wife, mother and daughters to be raped and killed), to revile not against the revilers, to be patient and long-suffering. Thus, we should not be making baseless attacks on others. One of Jesus’ Apostles said, “If a man says he loves God, but hateth his brother is a liar. Revelation and other NT writings tell us that liars will go to Hell. Remember that we are all sinners, and that we should remove the beam of wood from our own eye, before trying to remove a speck of dust from another person’s eye. The scripture in Matthew about judging others, means “not to judge unrighteously, to repent of our own sins before judging others, then judge righteously with justice, compassion and mercy.” March 12, 2019 at 12:32 pm Share This! March 13, 2019 at 12:40 pm March 11, 2019 at 8:40 pm kronzypantz says: March 12, 2019 at 10:15 pm Islam follows two idols – Muhummad and what they call Allah With love like that, I have no need of enemies. NoMoreBadTown says: March 12, 2019 at 3:26 pm March 13, 2019 at 8:57 am He dulled his knife. He dulled his knife.Decency forbids explaining how. Ted Mccartin says: NoMoreBadTown says: Share This! March 12, 2019 at 6:49 pm Associated Press Ben in Oakland says: Islam has no idols, and in fact forbids them explicitly. Catholicism has a lot of statues of gods, demigods, angels, saints, and so forth, though it claims that these statues are not idols.It sounds like one more time, you are damning anyone who isn’t you, while shining forth as a paragon of intolerance and ignorance. Sandi in EL says: No they are not all cults. Baizuo says: March 13, 2019 at 6:20 am Ben’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer. NoMoreBadTown says: Ben in Oakland says: March 13, 2019 at 8:57 am Which one? News Sandi in EL says: It must be awful being a White liberal elistist with an entire political party at your Beck and call. Unbelievable hardships you fellas face. Someone who says “catholics are more perfected Christians” followed by a completely unsubstantiated claim that “we’re more godly” in a response to a comment to a person who has claimed that Catholics are not Christians…should probably not be making baseless attacks on others. You have a nice day, dearie. ThomasA says: not at all. Mormons are quite large The definition of a cult (Doubleday) is a “system of extravagant religious observances and devotions to a person, cause, or thing.” In this case that person being our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Why wouldn’t the Pope or any decent person care about that? By: Associated Press You are your own enemy Ben March 12, 2019 at 1:00 pm March 13, 2019 at 12:25 pm March 13, 2019 at 10:56 am LB says: NoMoreBadTown says: Read a Bible You forget Ben, when you chose homosexuality, Christ allowed it and turned you over to a reprobate mind to do that which is not good. That is why your perceptions cannot be trusted. Philosophy and Theology/religion are not the same thing. Philosophy is the invention of the human mind, and may or may not contain Eternal truths and principles, and theoretically may expose a person to Absolute Reality. However, Satan is the “father of all lies” and the “author of contention.” I have read all of the great philosophers, and much of it was a waste of time. I love Plato’s Dialogues, but they are not of the same value as the Holy Bible. With hindsight, I would have preferred using the time to study the Bible.Christianity, on the other hand in comparison to philosophy, is built on a foundation of Eternal truths and principles, and reveals these to those who are in tune with the Holy Spirirt, the Ultimate Reality of God. Faith is a gift of the Holy Spirit. But first we must have a desire to believe. Our brains are hardwired, according to an article in TIME magazine, to believe in God. The NT tells us that hearing the Word of God arouses something inalienable in both our Collective Unconscious and Personal Unconscious. Practising the Lord’s doctrines while still in the desire to believe stage, enables the Holy Spirit to start changing that basic desire to believe into Faith. March 11, 2019 at 12:59 pm Ted, thank you for the beautiful letter you wrote to me, but Disqus/RNS did not post it on this site. Maybe it was too long. Anyway, we agree: the truth originates in Jesus Christ, and is communicated to us by the Holy Spirit. But we have to ask for this knowledge with sincerity, believing, doubting nothing. Each person has to prove this to themselves. Many are called, few are chosen. Christ is perfect. Thanks again, Ted. Sandi in EL says: Share This! March 12, 2019 at 12:29 pm To non-religious outsiders it makes no difference. They’re man-made philosophies. Some are older and larger. Some have what might be define as sillier rituals and beliefs. The term cult is used as a slur. Not in this instance. They are cults.1 John 4:2 – 2By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and is already in the world at this time. March 13, 2019 at 6:22 am The only difference between a religion and a cult is the number of participants. Christianity follows idols as well – Jesus, and what they call “god”, and what they call “the holy ghost”, and Mary, and what they call “saints”, etc., etc., etc.All religions are cults. News March 13, 2019 at 9:42 am No, it isn’t a cult Mark Connelly says: March 11, 2019 at 1:30 pm Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn ReddIt Email,About the authorView All Posts NoMoreBadTown says: No Michael – a cult in this instance is of satan, trying to emulate Christianity. Cults typically follow an idol – islam for example. floydlee says: Not true, but you really don’t want to know the Truth, which originates in Jesus Christ and is communicated to us by the Holy Spirit. (I’m only writing because Disqus hasn’t deleted my account yet). Ted Mccartin says: March 12, 2019 at 2:23 pm Michael G Warren says: Michael G Warren says: Sandi in EL says: March 13, 2019 at 1:54 pm Ben in Oakland says: March 12, 2019 at 11:01 pm Sandi in EL says: The Horror of Babylon You only have to forgive someone 490 times? After that what?Remember, readers, if you are touched by an angel report it to the police. March 11, 2019 at 1:57 pm Mark Connelly says: https://disqus.com/home/discussion/religionnews/pope_meets_with_mormon_leadership_in_rome_to_dedicate_temple/#comment-4376164326 Just as authentic as any other religion. Sandi in EL says: Sandi in EL says: NoMoreBadTown says: March 13, 2019 at 12:40 pm I wonder why RNS selected for the article an unrelated photo of the Pope by himself with a somber expression. Photos of the meeting with gracious smiles are easily found on the internet. Share This! Anti-extremism program won’t stop white hate, say Muslims who’ve seen its … August 30, 2019 Atheists are anti-theists/Deists and Anti-Christs. You will never win them over: ALL religions are cults to them. As far as each of the four main branches of Christianity are concerned (Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant/Reformed, Restorationist), mostly they considered each other to be heterodox heretics.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Pluralist.“Question: Why would the true church of Jesus Christ be comprised of only a small percentage of the population of the Earth?”“Christ specifically mentioned to His followers that they were the “salt of the earth”No matter how many member of the Church there may be at any time inhistory, it appears that being the smaller number among a largerpopulation has long been the problem of the Gospel. This may be why Christ specifically mentioned to His followers that they were the “salt of the earth.” To modern English speakers, that idiom is used to mean good, average people, but that wasn’t what Christ meant. He was speaking to very few who believed him. Those who believed were to do for the earth what salt does to a pot of stew or soup. A little seasoning nevertheless plays an important part.Luke 13:20-21:And again he said, Wherefore unto shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is like leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.Christ never answered the specific question of why there were so few believers, but he did tell those few believers that they played an important role.An angel showed Nephi a vision of the last days and the Church numbers were described as few in comparison to the rest of the worldIn 1 Nephi 14:12, an angel shows Nephi a vision of the last days and the Church numbers were described as few in comparison to the rest of the world.There’s no reason to believe that Latter-day Saints will ever out number the largest religions (Catholics 1.4 billion, Sunni Muslims 1.4 billion, Latter-day Saints about 15 million, Seventh Day Adventists about 15 million) based on this vision. Remember that when the gospel is finally preached in all the world, the Second Coming will occur and the end of the current condition will follow. Latter-day Saints believe that all mankind will have an opportunity to hear the Gospel but that most of the population of the Earth will hear it in the Spirit World (Afterlife/Paradise for the righteous, the spirit prison/Hell for the wicked). Those who had no opportunity to hear it in mortality will have that opportunity then. When you consider the small minority of the earth’s population throughout all of history that even knew about Jesus Christ at least 10 billion people have lived on Earth), it should not surprise us that many in our day will not hear about Him either. Latter-day Saints believe that God is just and is concerned about all of His children. He will see to it that all mankind are taught and judged justly [and mercifully]”[We are not “Mormons” – Mormon was an American Christian Prophet who lived circa 400 AD/CE. He abridged The Book of Mormon. We do not worship Joseph Smith Jr or any of his successors, including Pres. Russell M. Nelson.We worship Heavenly Father/Elohim/Man of Holiness (each time Jesus is called “Son of man” in the NT, “Man” should be capitalised), in the name of God the Son, Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ (Yeshua the Messiah).The name change began towards the end of Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley’s ministry as the 15th President-Prophet of the Church (1995-2008)].“Many of the goals of the Plan of Salvation are achieved even without being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Among the most important “purposes of life” according to the Plan of Salvation are the following:1. Receiving a physical body.2. Experiencing trials, pain, and other challenges, and having the opportunity to try to overcome them.3. Experiencing joy and happiness.4.Developing Christ-like attributes.Developing Christ-like attributes is vital to our eternal happiness and development, and living a mortal life accelerates us along that path. All of these experiences are perfectly and regularly attainable without being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In fact, they are perfectly attainable without even being a Christian. For some, they are even attainable without believing in God. (on quora.com I upvoted the values of three Asian Indians).That being said, there are tangible and extremely advantageous benefits to being a member of the LDS Church, and more specifically of knowing and understanding why we are here. Those advantages, though, are not necessary for a successful experience in mortality. The saving ordinances and covenants we make through proper priesthood authorityaccelerate and magnify our purposes for being here, and eventually they will be available to all people whether in mortality or post-mortality. In the meantime, billions of people are here living out the plan of salvation with a bit of ignorance about it, but happily and successfully nonetheless.” FAIRMormon (c) 2019I thought most of you people were reasonable. You wouldn’t know a cult if it bit you on the arse. (I am only posting because disqus hasn’t deleted my account yet). This nonsense pretending to be robust and vigorous debate is nothing more than ignorance and bigotry. I am glad to have requested disqus to delete my account. then read it again Ben in Oakland says: March 13, 2019 at 8:53 am ThomasA says: Ted Mccartin says: March 11, 2019 at 1:58 pm LB says: Sandi in EL says: As disciples of Jesus Christ, we are commanded to (1) love our neighbour as ourselves; (2) love one another as He has loved us. Arguments over doctrine leads to hate, as each denomination tries to prove that it is the “True Bride” of the “Bridegroom”, which He will claim at midnight when He arrives at the “Wedding Feast”. Neither Pope Francis I or President Russell M. Nelson are liars. You are drawing a long bow with your unrighteous judgement. The Latter-day saints were subjected to genocide attempts in both Missouri and Illinois, when the Governors of both States – Lillburn Boggs and Thomas Ford – signed extermination orders against them.I am of Irish descent. I am well aware of Oliver Cromwell’s response to the uprising of 1641. Cromwell was not even a “real” Christian let alone a faithful Puritan, when he slaughtered the Irish who surrendered. And despite the efforts of some good people e.g. Queen Victoria, The Society of Friends (Quakers), the Choktaw Native Americans, etc., to help the Irish during the Irish Potato famine aka The Great Hunger, absentee landlords in England wanted the genocide of their Irish tenants. They spoke about it openly in the House of Lords.That Catholics and Latter-day Saints are able to engage with each other as loving disciples of Jesus Christ.Would you prefer that the Catholic Church go back to the Inquisitions and Witch Trials?Or as a disciple of Jesus Christ, would you rather follow the Lord’s commandments? Sandi in EL says: March 13, 2019 at 2:45 pm When you can be fired from your job for being gay, or kicked out of your apartment for being gay, or beat to a pulp for being gay, as happens all the time, that’s persecution. At this moment, only 21 of the 50 states have statutes on the books to protect gay people from such treatment under threat of penalty. That means for the majority of states gay people are vulnerable to being fired, evicted, or even killed for being who they are. That’s persecution. Because he’s a nice person. Mark Connelly says: March 11, 2019 at 5:46 pm Ben in Oakland says: “Catholicism has a lot of statues of gods, demigods, angels, saints, andso forth, though it claims that these statues are not idols.”Unfortunately for you all comments like that appeal to are people as ignorant as yourself.Judaism, Islam, and Christianity all share a belief in orders of beings not human. March 12, 2019 at 11:45 am NoMoreBadTown says: March 12, 2019 at 3:56 pm March 13, 2019 at 2:45 pm March 13, 2019 at 1:56 pm Michael G Warren says: Jim Johnson says: Mark Connelly says: Jim Johnson says: March 14, 2019 at 11:31 am Sandi in EL says: Fearan Iarthair says: Words mean things. You don’t get to redefine words to suit your own biases. Your religion, just like all others, is a cult. SorryNotSorry. the Truth, which originates in Jesus Christ and is communicated to us by the Holy SpiritProve it. March 13, 2019 at 11:49 am March 11, 2019 at 4:31 pm Sandi in EL says: Sure.Sandi has denounced you and other catholics, but it’s ok, because she’s antigay. That’s what matters to you, not her attacks on your faith and the Christian faiths of others.I used “we’re more godly” as shorthand for “Catholics are more perfected Christians…we have the full set of Sacraments that God intended us to have.” But since you insist that that isn’t what you were saying, I’ll wave goodbye.Buh-bye. Ben in Oakland says: Sandi in EL says: March 13, 2019 at 2:11 pm Backdoor Universalism. This is another one of those signals Francis has been sending. Nothing official, nothing scandalous, no atomicatomic. Just a nice easy breezy “the differences don’t really matter” kind of announcement, like this one.Just a small easy push in a new direction. The religion of Universalism. NoMoreBadTown says: Sandi in EL says: Buttigieg walks fine line in courting religious left August 29, 2019 Sandi in EL says: March 12, 2019 at 12:36 pm Kenyan archbishop denies Catholic Church accepts funds from corrupt politicians March 12, 2019 at 3:19 pm March 14, 2019 at 11:13 am Hey, we both hate the gays, so despite the fact that our theologies contradict each other at just about every particular, we can get all cozy and bro-ish together over that. but nohomo! So you agree with ol’ sandi here, and Catholics are not Christian? Or that some Catholics are not Christian? Or that she or you have the right to declare that people you don’t know are not the right kind of Christian? Or that Mormons are actually a cult? ThomasA says: No. Christianity is not a cult, but thanks Ted Mccartin says: March 13, 2019 at 11:13 am Pete Buttigieg: Religious left is ‘stirring’ August 29, 2019 Ted Mccartin says: St Paul, in Romans 1-2 in particular, makes it plain that homosexuality and lesbian practices are an abomination to the Lord. Jesus loves the sinner, but hates the sin. Jesus is also opposed to same sex marriage. Adam and Eve was the ordained relationship of man and woman in marriage to bring forth children, and be friends, lovers, companions.Same sex and same gender attraction are not a sin as long as you don’t act on those impulses.Everybody wants to be loved. My favourite TV show is Touched By An Angel. Every episode reminds me that we have a Heavenly Father who loves us deeply. Finding joy in Jesus Christ is much more satisfying than anal sex between homosexuals, and the use of vibrators, clitoral wands, and dildos by lesbians. The fact that some heterosexual couples also do these things doesn’t make it okay with God: no unclean thing can enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.Personally, I believe that the unholy and impure sexual practices of heterosexuals, including videotaping their sexual relations to use as “home-made porn” to sexually arouse each other, is much more of an abomination to the Lord than those who experience same sex attraction and feeling lonely or whatever, engage in homosexual/lesbian practices. Though repentance is often hard, I think that the LGBTQ community is more likely to repent and change their lifestyle, than heterosexual couples who engage in the same sexual practises.The Lord says, “I will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all people.” And how many times are we to forgive? 70 times 7. March 12, 2019 at 12:19 pm “We have much in common,” Nelson tweeted afterward. “The differences in doctrine are real_and they’re important_but they’re not nearly as important as the things we have in common.” So-called “ecumenism” makes liars of everyone involved. March 13, 2019 at 11:50 am Associated Press,72 Comments Click here to post a comment Ted Mccartin says: March 14, 2019 at 1:07 pm March 12, 2019 at 5:56 pm Fearan Iarthair says: March 13, 2019 at 12:28 pm Did that sermon make you feel superior and all warm and gooey about yourself? Because that was it’s only purpose.,Muslim groups condemn Fox News host for questioning Rep. Omar’s loyalty to US By: Associated Press Ted Mccartin says: March 11, 2019 at 11:07 am read more
Free Webinar | Sept 5: Tips and Tools for Making Progress Toward Important Goals Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. January 28, 2016 I started Cutler PR in 2009 at age 22 — just three months out of college. I began the business in my bedroom, with $200. I was scrappy and focused on results, and I hustled to make my company a success. As a millennial entrepreneur, I did things that in many ways were different from the actions of previous generations of entrepreneurs.Related: Millennials ‘Are Great Problems to Have’Here are a few of the top characteristics that set today’s millennial entrepreneurs apart:1. We grew up on entrepreneurship.Past generations idolized climbing the corporate ladder, whereas for millennials, business success has often been envisioned in the form of enterprising endeavors.”Gen Y is the first generation to grow up with entrepreneurial role models,” says Donna Fenn, author of Upstarts! How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit From Their Success.Our parents looked to the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, like Chrysler’s Lee Iacocca and GE’s Jack Welch, for career inspiration, but we grew up watching Steve Jobs lead the renewed Apple, Mark Zuckerberg create a social media sensation and other young innovators break new ground. We saw entrepreneurs, not corporate titans, as the rock stars — and we all wanted to be them.Not only did these role models attract us to entrepreneurship through role models, but events simultaneously repelled us from the traditional corporate lifestyle: We watched corporate scandals unfold, experienced elders get laid off or fired and other facets of the downside to corporate life reveal themselves.We were inspired to create our own paths.2. We are highly collaborative.”Millennial entrepreneurs tend to be highly collaborative, and less protective when it comes to ideas,” says Fenn.Those from the older generations will often play their ideas, the way they do their cards, close to the vest. But millennials are more likely to pitch their ideas, to gain feedback from peers and lay everything out there for the world to see and respond.Millennial entrepreneurship is also often a group effort, and companies headed by co-founders are the new norm. Mark Zuckerberg, for example, doesn’t even have a private office — like everyone else at Facebook, he sits at a desk in a massive open-floor plan.Related: 3 Millennial Marketing Tips From Taylor Swift3. We are digital superstars.Although Gen Z is often seen as the techiest generation of them all, that title really belongs to Gen Y — whose members came of age during the peak of the digital revolution.”Although the iPhone might as well be an extra appendage for Gen Zers, millennials have developed a unique understanding of the inner workings of devices that have become more and more intuitive over the years,” says Aron Cutler, a doctoral candidate in psychology and a millennial techie.“When millennials were impressionable children,” Cutler says, “they needed to figure out clunky computers via trial and error, giving them a deeper knowledge.” And with this resulting intimate knowledge of technology, starting a business became much easier for millennials.The widespread use of mobile technology and other modern resources has allowed these younger entrepreneurs to start and run businesses from their homes, significantly reducing startup costs.The cloud and the varioius SaaS offerings have morever enabled automation to occur throughout all departments — from marketing to sales to accounting to operations — and that has cut costs significantly.4. We’re motivated by purpose.Most millennial entrepreneurs are not motivated solely by money. Money is important, of course, but being passionate about our work and knowing its larger meaning is at the center of the millennial entrepreneurship mindset.Millennials want to know their work is making some impact and helping to make the world a better place.I believe many millennial entrepreneurs would choose work that makes a difference, and pays less money, over the opposite work scenario.5. We think outside of the box and constantly strive to learn.We graduated during the worst recession in decades. Many of us were up to our necks in student loans. We couldn’t find jobs.To dig out of this financial mess, we millennials have had to be extremely creative and learn to do things in new ways. In fact, entrepreneurship education is now very popular in colleges and universities, Fenn says.“I think millennial entrepreneurs want to learn first,” she adds. “I think that that’s what motivates them to start companies.”The millennial entrepreneur mantra? To create awesome companies, as a team, and to use technology, ultimately to better the world. Most importantly, we want to always learn, especially from our failures, because that’s another aspect of who we are and the unique path we’re on.What do you think? What traits do you think are most important to the success of millennial entrepreneurs?Related: 3 Ways to Turn ‘Unteachable’ Millennials Into Disciples Register Now » 5 min read Attend this free webinar and learn how you can maximize efficiency while getting the most critical things done right. read more
There’s little doubt both Campbell and Dansby would rather be celebrating their respective seasons by playing in the Pro Bowl, but it’s nice to know their 2013 efforts weren’t completely ignored. Anyone who followed the Arizona Cardinals in 2013 knows how important Calais Campbell and Karlos Dansby were to the defense.Campbell, in his sixth year with the team, posted a career-high 9 sacks to go along with 58 total tackles. He was one of the best defensive linemen in the NFL, constantly wreaking havoc on opposing offenses.And Dansby was a monster in his return to the desert, tallying 122 total tackles with 6.5 sacks and 4 interceptions, two of which he returned for touchdowns. Former Cardinals kicker Phil Dawson retires Comments Share Unfortunately, neither was selected to participate in the Pro Bowl, but that doesn’t mean their efforts went completely unnoticed. Friday, USA Today’s Nate Davis honored both players as part of his 22nd All-Joe Team. The team is meant to recognize the league’s unsung players, guys who had great impacts but have never been to the Pro Bowl.Of Campbell, Davis writes: The best 3-4 end in the NFL not named J.J. Watt, Campbell posted a career-best nine sacks while crushing tailbacks for the NFL’s top run defense. He also excels at blocking kicks with his 6-8 frame. Top Stories The 5: Takeaways from the Coyotes’ introduction of Alex Meruelo Derrick Hall satisfied with D-backs’ buying and selling And of Dansby, he notes:Returned to the desert after three years in Miami and turned in his best season. His career-high 114 solo tackles complemented 6.5 sacks. He also picked off four passes (returning two for scores) and broke up 19 passes, tied for most among linebackers. Grace expects Greinke trade to have emotional impact read more
by The Canadian Press Posted Sep 9, 2018 7:43 pm PDT Last Updated Sep 10, 2018 at 12:00 am PDT AddThis Sharing ButtonsShare to TwitterTwitterShare to FacebookFacebookShare to RedditRedditShare to 電子郵件Email A list of the winners at the 2018 CCMA Awards TORONTO – A list of winners at the 2018 Canadian Country Music Association Awards held on Sunday:Album of the Year — “Past the Past” – Jess MoskalukeFans’ Choice Award — Shania TwainFemale Artist of the Year — Meghan PatrickGroup of Duo of the Year — The Washboard UnionMale Artist of the Year — Dallas SmithRising Star — The ReklawsSingle of the Year — “Chills” – James Barker BandTop Selling Album of the Year — “Now” – Shania TwainTop Selling Canadian Album of the Year — “Now” – Shania TwainThe Generation Award – Shania Twain read more
Patients at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital are freezing after their heating broke down, nurses union Pasyno announced on Friday, saying the fact that the heating hasn’t worked for the past ten days had created third-world conditions.In an open letter to the psychiatric services, director of the hospital Yiannis Kalakouta said the heating problems added to the already existing problems that the staff and the patients face every day, making their lives miserable.The problems increase at night when temperatures drop to nearly zero degrees, Pasyno added. There is now a shortage of blankets.“When the heating works at least one blanket for each patient is needed,” the union explained. “Now, with the complete lack of heat in combination with the age of the premises, every patient needs at least two to three blankets.”Pasyno invites all stakeholders to shoulder their responsibilities and solve the problem. “The holidays are approaching and you will enjoy the warmth and cosiness of your families. Here there are people who will not be at a family table on Christmas and New Year. Let us not make their lives more difficult, hosting them in an inhumane and cold environment. Consider that these people not only are away from their families, but they also face many problems,” they wrote. You May LikeYahoo SearchThe Early Signs Of Type 2 Diabetes. Search Type 2 Diabetes TreatmentsYahoo SearchUndoInsured Nation – Auto Insurance QuotesNew Rule in Rowland Heights, California Leaves Drivers FumingInsured Nation – Auto Insurance QuotesUndoComparisons.orgRowland Heights Pays Homeowners to Install Solar. See if your zip code qualifiesComparisons.orgUndo Concern over falling tourism numbersUndoTurkish Cypriot actions in Varosha ‘a clear violation’ of UN resolutions, Nicosia saysUndoPensioner dies after crash on Paphos-Polis roadUndoby Taboolaby Taboola read more