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Pak FM claims India offered to swap Kulbhushan for Peshawar school attacker

Asif, however, did not specify the name of the terrorist and the National Security Advisor who had made the proposal

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received a proposal to swap Indian for a terrorist who carried out the horrific 2014 and is now jailed in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister has claimed.

Asif, however, did not specify the name of the terrorist and the Security Advisor who had made the proposal.

"The terrorist who killed children in APS (Army Public School) in Peshawar is in Afghan custody. The Security Advisor (NSA) told me that we can exchange that terrorist with the terrorist you have, which is Kulbhushan Jadhav," Asif told the audience after his speech at the Asia Society here yesterday.

He discussed Pakistan's vision for and approach towards regional peace and development during his conversion with author and journalist Steve Coll.

Asif said had suffered grievously from conflict and instability in

"Unless this cycle is reversed, we would continue to bear the brunt. No country, therefore, has a larger stake in seeing peace and stability return to than Regrettably, the situation in is getting worse," he said.

Jadhav, a 46-year-old retired Indian Navy officer, was in April sentenced to death by Pakistan's Field General Court Martial on charges of his alleged "involvement in espionage and sabotage activities" against

Asif said there was no military solution to He said had in the past done all it could to facilitate a political settlement.

"We have also done all that we could to make sure that Pakistani soil is not used against any country," he claimed.

"However, there are obviously clear limits to what we can do. We cannot take responsibility for Afghanistan's peace and security and be asked to achieve what the combined strength of some of the most powerful and richest countries could not accomplish," Asif said.

India has accused of violating the Vienna Convention by repeatedly denying consular access to Jadhav.

In a hearing of the case on May 18, a 10-member bench of the ICJ restrained from executing Jadhav.

has said that the Indian would not be executed until he has exhausted his mercy appeals.

The Taliban had claimed responsibility for the gruesome in 2014 in which nearly 150 people, mostly school children, were killed.

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Review: The 100: The Shortest Book of Everything You Need to Build a Winning Business

The 100: The Shortest Book of Everything You Need to Build a Winning Business The 100: The Shortest Book of Everything You Need to Build a Winning Business by Tom Salonek
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A great, informative, and quick read of very useful and practical business tips. Tom includes pointers on everything from hiring to firing, employee engagement and culture, profit, meetings, and much more. Every chapter is on a different topic and every section has a takeaway reiterating the lesson learned, plus he includes tips and quotes from several other great business books.

I definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about running a profitable business the right way.

Review: Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success

Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success by Angela Duckworth
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I kept reading great reviews about Angela Duckworth's book so finally decided to pick it up, and although it wasn't a quick read, it was a very worthwhile one.

The entire premise of the book is that it's not talent or luck that brings success; instead, it's a combination of passion and perseverance—which Angela calls grit. And lucky for us, one can further develop one's grit.

All this begins with finding something you're interested in, which is helped by it having deeper meaning and/or helping others. But unless you're interested in the thing, there is much less likelihood you'll persevere through the natural ups and downs and the work required—the disciplined practice required—until you get good enough to succeed.

Angela has many first-hand anecdotes from studies and interviews, plus brings in other related theories such as Dweck's theory on a fixed versus growth mindset. She also ends off the book with how we can inspire our children, students, or employees to build more grit and how we can develop a gritty culture.

I am still thinking through all the practical applications of what Angela shared and highly recommend this to anyone who wants to succeed or help someone else succeed. And isn't that all of us?

Know Your Strengths

I've been a long-time fan of Marcus Buckingham and the Strengths-Based Movement. Reading Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance for my Women's Business and Leadership Book Club just reminded me of the many reasons why.

In a nutshell, we all have inherent talents—a.k.a. strengths—we're born with and to be our happiest and most fulfilled, our jobs need to play to and use them. Skills and knowledge can be taught, but our strengths are part of what make us who we are. Unlike much traditional thinking, the strength-based movement has realized the benefits of continuing to improve our strengths—becoming more of who we naturally are—instead of trying to improve our weaknesses.

The kicker is that the more time you spend on your weaknesses, the more drained you feel whereas your strengths energize you. So you can see how important it is to be able to identify these strengths.

Marcus, in this book, gives us a handy pneumonic to do so: SIGNS
  • Success: Our strengths are the things we're naturally good at and often get complimented on. Is there something your friends and colleagues are always asking your help with? Chances are that may be your strength.
  • Instinct: Is there something you instinctively want to do, look forward to, and often look for ways to do more of? If there's something you do daily and need to do, chances are, it's a strength of yours.
  • Growth: Is there something you pick up quickly, are really in the flow when doing, and look forward to learning more about? Yup, it's a strength.
  • Needs: Is there something that fulfills an inherent need of yours, allowing you to be authentically yourself and fulfilled? That's a strength.
When your job plays to your strengths, it's a joy and not a chore so identifying your strengths is the first step towards that goal. The rest of the book helps you apply this knowledge at work, even if you're working for others.

So regardless of who you are and at what level of career you're at, being able to recognize your strengths is the key to future success and happiness.

Are you ready to know your strengths?

The Stories We Tell Ourselves

I spent this weekend skimming business books on sales, storytelling, and entrepreneurship. Surprisingly they all had a common theme: the stories we tell ourselves.

Stories are obviously important in communication, but it starts with caring about your topic since that makes you more interesting to your audience. And you of course have to believe in yourself, and have the confidence to get up in front of an audience, which directly correlates to what message—and story—you tell yourself. If you believe you can, you will.

With selling, most need to believe in what they're selling and that it will help their customers. But even then there will be more no's than yes's and how you reframe the challenge and day-to-day struggles is the difference between success and failure.

Entrepreneurs are salespeople too. They have an idea they have to believe in so strongly that it's enough to keep them going through all the tough times. Whether they do it on their own (which I've tried and is very tough and lonely), or get a team and investors behind them, it requires selling that belief and passion. So they need to have a convincing story to keep themselves going and a convincing story to get others on board.

We start our life loving stories told to us and then continue by telling stories to ourselves, our friends...then our spouses, bosses, and children. It is a part of every aspect of our lives, regardless of who we are or what we do. And the most important story in our life is the one we tell ourselves.

There will always be struggle, challenge, and change. Reframing that challenge as an opportunity to grow into our full potential is the story we should be telling ourselves.

So what story will you choose to tell yourself?

Review: How to Become a Rainmaker: The Rules for Getting and Keeping Customers and Clients

How to Become a Rainmaker: The Rules for Getting and Keeping Customers and Clients How to Become a Rainmaker: The Rules for Getting and Keeping Customers and Clients by Jeffrey J. Fox
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Rainmaker is the thing everyone in business aspires to be, whether your role is sales or not: it's the person who magically can always close a deal and generate more business. As someone who spent most of her career in operations and not in sales, and is now doing biz dev for the second time in her career, it seemed a good book to read.

Although Jeffrey Fox's book was a quick read and had interesting tips, I can't say that it taught me anything new that I hadn't read elsewhere. Nor was it enough, in my opinion, to take someone new to sales and make them a rainmaker, as the title suggests.

So although an interesting and informative read, if you're only going to read one sales book, or are looking for something unique to give you a competitive edge, this isn't that book.


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Two days ago, Darling performed her famous God Save The Queen at W.i.P. in SoHo, and The Insider was able to get a sit down interview with the dancer about her life and career. She discusses how she got into burlesque dancing, her reaction when she learned of her connection to Kate Middleton—she only found out last year, and why she decided to get a job in "finance."  (She works at Barclays, by the way.)


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AMD sets June launch for Zen-based Naples server chips

 AMD sets June launch for Zen based Naples server chips

Advanced Micro Devices announced a timetable for its Zen-based Naples server chips that are aimed at disrupting Intel’s hold on the data center. The new chips will formally launch under the brand name Epyc in June.

AMD’s Zen architecture is the company’s most competitive design for a family of new processors in a decade. It launched its Ryzen desktop computer chips in March, saying that the chips could process 52 percent faster per clock cycle than the previous generation. That was a big advance that AMD says carries over to Naples.

Naples is a two-socket server chip aimed at Intel’s flagship chip, the Broadwell-EP-based Xeon E5 V4. Naples has 32 cores and is capable of processing 64 simultaneous threads at the same time. It supports up to two terabytes of RAM, while Broadwell chips have 22 cores, 44 threads, and 1.5 TB of RAM.

AMD previously said it was shipping the Naples chips in the second quarter, and now it has narrowed that window to a matter of weeks.

AMD is emphasizing its high core count, big memory bandwidth, and support for high-speed input/output channels in a single chip. Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, said during the company’s financial analyst day that Epyc promises to revolutionize the dual-socket server market while simultaneously reshaping expectations for single-socket servers.

The first Epyc-based servers will launch in June with widespread support from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and channel partners, AMD said.

“With the new Epyc processor, AMD takes the next step on our journey in high-performance computing,” said Forrest Norrod, senior vice president and general manager of enterprise, embedded, and semi-custom products at AMD. “AMD Epyc processors will set a new standard for two-socket performance and scalability. As we demonstrated today, we see further opportunity with the industry’s first no-compromise one-socket solutions. We believe that this new product line-up has the potential to reshape significant portions of the data center market with its unique combination of performance, design flexibility, and disruptive total cost of ownership (TCO).”

AMD showed a single Epyc processor exceeding the performance of a competitive mid-range, two-socket / two-processor platform in a head-to-head comparison. AMD said that Epyc has 45 percent more cores, 60 percent more input-output capacity, and 122 percent more memory bandwidth than its nearest rival.

“Dropbox is currently evaluating AMD Epyc CPUs in-house, and we are impressed with the initial performance we see across workloads in single-socket configurations,” said Akhil Gupta, vice president of infrastructure at Dropbox, in a statement. “The combination of core performance, memory bandwidth, and I/O support make Epyc a unique offering. We look forward to continuing to evaluate Epyc as an option for our infrastructure.”

“Today’s single-socket server offerings push buyers toward purchasing a more expensive two-socket server just to get the memory bandwidth and I/O they need to support the compute performance of the cores,” said Matthew Eastwood, senior vice president at IDC, in a statement. “There are no fully featured, high-performance server processors available today in a single-socket configuration. Epyc changes that dynamic by offering a single-processor solution that delivers the right-sized number of high-performance cores, memory, and I/O for today’s workloads.”

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Meaning of buy local

What is the meaning of buy local?  Michigan Video Storyteller Duane Weed dives into this subject with the first in a series of nine videos defining the topic of local. Buy Local Michigan produced this series with the expertise of Dr. David Hebert from Ferris State University located in Big Rapids Michigan. Dr. Hebert is an assistant professor of Economics at Ferris State.

Dr. David Hebert has a Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University, specializing in the areas of Public Finance, Public Choice, Comparative Institutional Analysis, and Non-Market Decision Making.

The meaning of buy local, how is it described?  “That’s actually a difficult question. It depends on sort of who it is they were talking about”, Dr. Hebert states. . “A person in in Big Rapids for example might have buy local definition of just the 30 miles while people in Detroit making automobiles might have a buy local of the entire country. It all really depends on who it is you want to talk about and what they consider their own local economy.”

Thw meaning of buy local to a community?

    • Buying local binds the community together.
    • Great to know your grocer, pharmacists etc are.

There is a drawback to buying local based on some things Michigan cannot produce on their own. One of those is oranges.  If we were to buy locally made oranges they probably be $20 each.

It is definitely important to recognize that the people in the community often times know what’s best for their community. So we’ll see you lots of a sort of state led efforts to improve local economy but they sometimes fail because they one-size-fits-all approach from Lansing or even Washington DC might be the wrong size for Big Rapids Michigan or Midland Michigan. It is important to have a thriving economy locally so that those people have the money that they can do the things that are valuable to those people. Buy Local Michigan is produced by DW Video and Multimedia…. where we are telling your story. Copyright 2016  For more from Dr. Hebert in this nine part series go to ‘The Meaning of Buying Local‘.

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Madrid, Sep 19 (IANS) Goals from James Rodriguez and Karim Benzema have given Real Madrid their fourth league win of the season to keep them top of the La Liga table.

Real Madrid were without Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale on Sunday night, but still coach Zinedine Zidane decided to leave Alvaro Morata on the bench for the trip to Barcelona to face Espanyol, allowing James Rodriguez to make his first start of the season, reports Xinhua.

He was rewarded when James opened the scoring on the stroke of halftime with a left foot shot, and Karim Benzema sealed the win after good work from Dani Carvajal and Lucas Vazquez 20 minutes from time.

Madrid were below par, especially in the first half, and lost holding midfielder Casimiro with an ankle injury after just 20 minutes.

Celta Vigo claimed their first point of the season away to Osasuna, but neither side will be happy following a 0-0 draw in the El Sadar stadium which leaves both teams still looking for their first win of the season.

Two goals from Aritz Aduriz helped Athletic Club Bilbao inflict more misery on struggling Valencia as the Basque side came back from conceding an early goal to win their second game of the season.

Alvaro Medran had put Valencia ahead in the first minute of the season, but a powerful header from the veteran striker leveled the score in the 24th minute and he gave his side a deserved win with a flicked volley four minutes from halftime.

Valencia are bottom of the table with four defeats from as many games of the campaign.

Nicola Sansone scored two first half goals, the second of which came from 53 meters, as his side defeated Real Sociedad. Yuri scored for the visitors in another game where all of the goals arrived before halftime.

Leo Messi scored twice, while Luis Suarez, Neymar and Rafinha also scored as Barca beat Leganes 5-1 away from home on Saturday.

Barca coach Luis Enrique made changes to the side which beat Celtic 7-0 in midweek, but kept his star attacking trio together and saw a convincing performance, which seems to show that Barca are back on track after last weekend’s surprise home defeat to Alaves.

Atletico Madrid seemed unaffected by the news that Diego Simeone and the club had agreed to reduce his contract by two years, as goals from Antoine Griezmann and Kevin Gameiro within the first five minutes put Atletico 2-0 up at home to Sporting Gijon.

Sporting had no answer to Atletico, who were 3-0 ahead as Griezmann scored his second on the half hour, while Fernando Torres rounded off the scoring in the second half.

Pedro Leon’s 64th minute goal gave Eibar a point that had looked unlikely when they fell 1-0 down to Vitolo’s first-half goal and had goalkeeper Yoel sent off before the break against a Sevilla side that would have gone top had they won.

Eibar ended the game with just nine men after Dani Carillo was also shown the red card with five minutes remaining.

Meanwhile, Las Palmas move into third position after Momo’s 10th minute penalty gave them their third win in four games and a 1-0 triumph over Malaga, who have just two points from their opening four matches.

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Two killed in fresh Kashmir clashes, army moved in (Roundup)

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Srinagar, Sep 10 (IANS) Two persons were killed in fresh clashes with security forces on Saturday in south Kashmir as the government moved in soldiers to help restore normalcy in the worst hit region of the valley that remained shut for the 64th day.

Police said the deaths occurred in two south Kashmir villages where hundreds of people took out demonstrations defying restrictions on the assembly of four or more persons.

Security forces fired tear gas canisters, pellets and cane charged the protesters, several of whom were injured in Tukroo village of Shopian and Botengoo village of Anantnag, police said.

The deceased were identified as Sayar Ahmed Sheikh, 25, and Yawar Ahmed, 23.

Sheikh, according to police, was hit on the head by a flying tear gas shell. The Shopian man was removed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead, a police spokesperson said.

Ahmed, according to health officials, received pellet injuries in his chest and abdomen during a clash. He was also declared dead on the arrival at an Anantnag hospital.

With this, the death toll rose to 78 in the ongoing turmoil that has rocked the Kashmir Valley since the July 8 killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.

Over 12,000 civilians and security personnel have been injured in the unrest that began a day after Wani’s killing.

The valley has been observing a separatist-called shutdown for over two months. On Saturday, curfew continued at many places in the valley to foil separatist-called protest rallies. But people at various places, including in Srinagar, took out rallies, shouting anti-government and pro-freedom slogans.

The fresh violence came as hundreds of soldiers had started moving towards Pulwama, Shopian, Kulgam and Anantnag — the worst hit south Kashmir districts in the unending cycle of violence — to help the civil administration re-establish authority in the valley.

Nearly 60 deaths have occurred in the south which has been the epicentre of the street violence after Wani was killed in a hideout also in this region.

The sources said the army had suspended its anti-militancy operations in the south for over two months because of the street unrest.

The fresh deployment of soldiers is to resume the counter-terrorism operations, the sources said. They said the army had been told not to get into mob control unless it came under attack by stone-throwing protesters.

Government sources said that the army would be launching a massive anti-terror operation in south Kashmir as the authorities believe that militant leaders in Pakistan were directly sponsoring the agitation through their foot soldiers and overground workers in the valley.

In Delhi, BJP leader and its Kashmir point man Ram Madhav agreed. He said United Jehad Council commander Syed Salahuddin who also heads the Hizbul Mujahideen group was masterminding the street unrest through hardline Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani.

“It is led by Syed Salahuddin and certain sections get influenced by him. Geelani is leading the campaign in the valley. There is no doubt about that. But the real masterminds are from across the border,” Madhav told India Today TV in an interview.

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A Denver District Court judge has issued a decision Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by the Colorado Citizens Against ToxicWaste against the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment over the amount of the surety of the Cotter Uranium Mill.

Judge Robert S. Hyatt entered the judgement "in favor of Defendants Steve Tarlton, Colorado Radiation Management Unit, Colorado Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division, and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment."

"We're pleased that the court ruled that the CDPHE had used the proper procedure and set the proper bond amount for our surety," said Cotter Vice President of Milling Operations John Hamrick. "We've got confidence in our regulators."

The suit, filed in September 2010, charged that the radiation control regulators within the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ignored state law, including requirements of the Uranium Processing Accountability Act, which Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law in June 2010.

"To summarize," the court judgement said, "the Court finds that Plaintiff did not prove that the administrative record was insufficient; neither did Plaintiff prove that Defendants acted in a manner that was arbitrary or capricious, an abuse of discretion, unsupported by evidence in the record, or contrary to law, or that Defendants failed to act on a mandatory duty."

Sharyn Cunningham, co-chair of CCAT, said during the two-and-a-half years since the suit was filed, the department has addressed some of the issues the group raised.

"It appears to us the judge has said he's not going to interfere," she said. "We do feel like a lot of really positive things happened during these two-and-a-half years. The lawsuit at least brought a lot of concerns into the light of day."


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A woman in Avon works through piles of medical bills in 2004 after an on-the-job injury. (The Denver Post file)

Colorado hospital retail prices for common surgeries and treatments often vary from one another by 400 or 500 percent, and the most egregious rates are eight to 10 times what Medicare pays, according to new federal data.

The wild price fluctuations are evident across the country. Rural hospitals frequently charge much less than their urban counterparts, while a facility just miles from another will sometimes charge double what its rival bills.

Local and national health experts attacked the dramatic variations as more evidence of a systemic mess that distorts reality for consumers and hinders the quest for cost and quality progress in medicine.

Medical Center of Aurora charges $59,000 to treat pneumonia, for example, compared with $49,000 at University of Colorado Hospital and $17,000 at Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center in La Junta. Medicare, which identified hospitals in its Wednesday release for the first time, pays only $8,000 to $11,000 for such care.

Hospital executives argue almost no one pays the retail or "chargemaster" rates — Medicare, Medicaid, military and private insurance plans negotiate steep discounts. But some of the uninsured or underinsured do see those high bills and end up in collections if they can't pay.

The new numbers "highlight a troubling trend: Those with the least ability to afford coverage end up paying the most," said George Lyford, an attorney with the Colorado Center on Law and Policy. The center argues for reforms bringing insurance to more citizens.

But the charges can affect a broader swath than that, said Phil Kalin, president of the Center for Improving Value in Health Care. Some insurers still agree to pay a set percentage of the chargemaster, so hospitals have an incentive to bump up those prices 5 or 6 percent a year.

Even though only a small number of insurers pay that way, the results can mean a few million dollars more a year in the billion-dollar hospital systems that are growing to dominate the Colorado market, Kalin said.

Federal officials said in a conference call they hoped the release would help push more transparency onto hospitals that so far have little incentive to compete for consumers.

"We hope consumers will look at this data, and we hope it will shine a much brighter light on practices that don't make sense to us," said Jonathan Blum of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department's Medicare office.

Medicare officials and many private groups highlighted more examples they say make no sense:

• For major joint replacement, Medicare allows about $13,000 to $20,000, depending on the region and some allowances for patient mix. The retail price at Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree, which is owned by the for-profit chain HCA-HealthONE, is $84,000.

Exempla St. Joseph Hospital also charges about $84,000 for that same joint replacement. By comparison, Denver Health charges about $46,000 for the procedure, and Delta County Memorial Hospital charges only $32,000 to full-paying customers.

The national average charge for that service is $50,000.

• For general chest pain treatment, Medicare pays $3,000 to $5,000. Littleton Adventist Hospital, part of the Centura system, charges $31,000, and Exempla St. Joseph, $30,000.

Denver Health charges about $13,000, and Montrose Memorial Hospital in western Colorado charges only $8,000.

Averaging the charges in the 100 diagnostic categories analyzed by Medicare, Littleton Adventist chargemaster prices are the highest at 682 percent of what Medicare allows.

In the middle range, charges at St. Anthony North Hospital — also part of Centura — were 437 percent of Medicare, and University was at 343 percent.

At the lower end, Denver Health's retail charges averaged 212 percent of the Medicare payments, and Keefe Memorial in Cheyenne Wells, which had only one procedure listed, was 68 percent.

Many hospital executives dismiss the charge information as nearly meaningless because so few consumers really pay those rates. The uninsured who see a bill with full rates often have their care written off as charity or uncollectible, they said.

Most hospitals, meanwhile, lose money on cases where they get only the Medicare allowance, said Steven Summer, president of the Colorado Hospital Association. The high retail charges, and in-between charges negotiated with insurance companies, make up the difference.

Some Colorado consumers are protected from the sky-high bills by a state law passed in 2012 limiting what hospitals can charge the uninsured. That law requires hospitals to widely advertise their charity-care policies and to charge the poorest patients only the same negotiated discount rates offered to major insurance companies.

Michael Booth: 303-954-1686, or


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OTR habitat improvement similar to project near Howard

To the editor:

Like many here in the Arkansas River Valley, across Colorado and around the world, we're eagerly awaiting Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Over The River. Despite the delayed exhibition schedule, our communities are already benefitting from this two-week temporary work of art.

For example, Christo is funding a large bighorn sheep habitat enhancement program currently underway near Parkdale. This effort is very similar to the $100,000 Colorado Parks and Wildlife project near Howard that was recently reported in the Salida Mountain Mail.

The key differences are that Christo's habitat improvement is designed solely for the benefit of the Canyon's bighorn sheep and the project is entirely privately funded by the artist. The site was identified by the Division of Wildlife because it provides local herds with access to nearly 200-acres of habitat previously unsuitable for sheep. Over The River is also funding a separate adaptive management program that now allows State biologists to collect data about our local bighorn sheep that has never before been available.

These significant benefits are being provided before even one fabric panel is installed. While Over The River will last for only two weeks during some future August, the many cultural, economic and local infrastructure benefits of its brief existence will endure.

Elizabeth Ritchie,

Director, Salida Friends

of Over the River

Terri Madigan

Director, Cañon City

Friends of Over the River


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Happiness is a Red-shouldered Hawk in the Garden

Posted March 2011
by Paul Kerlinger

Cape May, NJ - Garden ornaments rarely have feathers, but we are lucky enough to have one that has feathers and also flies.

Almost daily, a Red-shouldered Hawk has been coming to visit and almost without exception it perches in our garden. It usually sits in the center of our garden on an arched trellis on which coral honeysuckle and cardinal climber grow in warmer months.

What's so special about Red-shouldered Hawks?

Well, for one they are a threatened species in New Jersey, which means they are quite rare as nesting birds.

By its plumage, we know our visitor hatched last spring, but we don't know where it calls home. It could be from northern New Jersey, Pennsylvania, or even Quebec.

Here in Cape May, Red-shouldered Hawks are a regular wintering bird, and have tried to nest locally.

These particular hawks are not only attractive, they're fun to watch. When we oberve them long enough, we often see them dive into the brush or grass as they try to catch mice or even small birds.

So who says garden ornaments can't have feathers and eat mice!

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Video Shows People Drag Petrified Tourists Across China’s Glass Bridge

Vertigo-inducing glass bottomed bridges have become a major tourist attraction in the Asian country, but not everyone has the stomach for it.

Glass bridges are immensely popular among Chinese thrill seekers, but a recently surfaced video is a reminder that these high-altitude structures are certainly not meant for the faint-hearted.

A clip making rounds on Chinese social media equivalent of Twitter, Weibo, shows a number of petrified tourists kicking and screaming as their companions try to pull them off the ground and across the bridge.

While some of the terrified visitors hold on to railings for support, others can be seen crawling on the floor — which seems like the worst idea ever, considering the structure has a transparent base and hangs above a deep canyon, overlooking its dark pits.

The antics of the frightened sightseers forced their family and friends to actually drag them across the bridge.

Although their reactions are hilarious, these people actually have a concrete reason to be scared. Last year, a similar glass bridge at Yuntai Mountain Geological Park in Henan cracked under tourists’ feet after a man dropped his mug on its surface.

The vertigo inducing bridge in the footage above is believed to be located in Hunan Province.

China is set to inaugurate the world’s highest and longest glass bridge in its famous Zhangjiajie national park next month. The new structure will be 300 meters high and 430 meters long. It reportedly can support the weight of 800 people at once.

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We are looking for fun and entertaining acts to perform around the iconic Cardiff University/Cardiff Half Marathon route in 2016.

We are keen on boosting the atmosphere for all runners taking part in the race with a whole range of entertainment around the course and in our Runners’ Village.

The Cardiff University/Cardiff Half Marathon is organised by Run 4 Wales, a not-for-profit social enterprise which will use any monies generated to fund grassroots athletics in Wales.

We are looking for volunteer bands, choirs, street entertainers, buskers and more to help enhance the race day atmosphere and we hope that you will be able to be a part of what is always a fun and entertaining day.

If this opportunity appeals to you (or even if it doesn’t), we’d love to hear from you. Email gareth.ludkin@run4wales.org for more information about how yo can get involved.


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Retiring, going back to Japan.
Favourite sports among this age group - golfing.
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Solemnity of the Mother of God & World Day of Prayer for Peace 2015

December 31, 2014 |

Peace2015The Pope’s message for the 2015 World Day of Peace which is on Celebrated on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, 1 January, the World Day of Peace was introduced in 1967 by Pope Paul VI.

The message’s theme is “No Longer Slaves, but Brothers and Sisters”. Pope Francis highlights the issue of human trafficking and modern slavery.

This year’s theme is drawn from Saint Paul’s letter to Philemon, in which the Apostle asks his co-worker to welcome Onesimus, formerly Philemon’s slave, now a Christian and, therefore, according to Paul, worthy of being considered a brother. The Apostle of the Gentiles writes: “Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever, no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother” (vv. 15-16).

In his message he says “We know that God will ask each of us: What did you do for your brother? (cf. Gen 4:9-10). The globalization of indifference, which today burdens the lives of so many of our brothers and sisters, requires all of us to forge a new worldwide solidarity and fraternity capable of giving them new hope and helping them to advance with courage amid the problems of our time and the new horizons which they disclose and which God places in our hands”.

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Wedded: Jannette Merritt and Michael Phillips

Date: June 14

Her story: Jannette Merritt, 31, grew up in Owings Mills. She is a technical accounts manager at Livefyre, a social content sharing company, in its New York City office. Her father, Otis Merritt III, a retired warden of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, and stepmother, Clarice Paschall , live in Baltimore. Her mother, Marlene Merritt-Hall, and stepfather, Charles Hall, live in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

His story: Michael Phillips, 40, grew up in Queens, N.Y. He is a network engineer for Collective, an online audience targeting company based in New York City. His mother, Shirley Phillips, lives in Weeki Wachee, Fla. His father, C. Alex Phillips, died in 2011.

Their story: In 2009, Jannette, who was living and working in Maryland at the time, went on a weekend business trip to New York City. One evening during the trip, she met Michael at a dinner lounge, and the two briefly made small talk. They exchanged phone numbers at the end of the night, but with her return to Maryland, Jannette says she didn't think much else of their encounter.

A year after their meeting, Jannette was going through the contacts in her cellphone and came across an entry for "Michael P." She couldn't place who the number belonged to, so she called and left a voice mail explaining that she might delete the contact. Michael returned her call, and after a short conversation, the two realized that they had met the previous year. A friendly relationship followed, with the two occasionally checking in and sending text messages of well wishes on holidays.

"Most of the time, we would just have these really good conversations over the phone, and I think maybe that's where my interest grew," Jannette says.

Michael also frequently traveled to Virginia for work and would invite Jannette to meet at a halfway point in Washington for dinner. In late 2010, Jannette suggested that they spend a weekend in Philadelphia to see if their relationship could potentially grow.

"We went to Love Park and took a picture in front of the Love statue," Jannette says. "I was like, 'Oh, he's really sweet.' Our next phone conversation was kind of based around, 'How do we make this work?'"

They dated long-distance for the next three years, visiting each other twice a month by riding the BoltBus between Baltimore and New York.

Jannette moved to New York City after the wedding to live with Michael.

The proposal: In May 2013, Jannette and Michael returned to Philadelphia for a weekend trip. They went back to Love Park and asked a bystander to take a picture of them in front of the sculpture, which was part of Michael's secret plan.

"The first real picture we have together was in front of the Love statue, so it just seemed like a great place to propose," Michael says.

He knelt down on one knee as Jannette was posing for the camera and a crowd gathered to watch as he proposed.

"I was really impressed with how everything just came full circle," Jannette says. "I was totally surprised that Mike actually listened when I said I'd dreamed of an Asscher-cut ring."

The venue: About 110 guests attended the ceremony and reception at Milton Ridge wedding chapel in Clarksburg. Jannette's stepbrother, Charles A. Hall Jr. of Owings Mills, presided.

Flowers and decor: The couple chose a romantic-inspired decor with a blush and platinum color palette. Hanging crystal strands and candles accented the ceremony and reception spaces.

Jannette, her bridesmaids and her sister-in-law made the bouquets and floral arrangements using pink peonies, white hydrangeas and white polar star roses. Pink rose petals lined the chapel aisle.

Her dress: The bride wore a sleeveless, fit-and-flare gown with allover Alencon lace and an illusion neckline and back by Marisa Bridals from the Wedding Salon of Manhasset in Manhasset, N.Y.

She also wore Badgley Mischka shoes, a bridal sash decorated with Swarovski crystals from and a cathedral-length veil with custom embroidery and Swarovski crystals.

Bridesmaids' dresses: The women wore pink, knee-length dresses in different styles from They wore matching pale pink ankle-strap high heels.

Men's attire: The men wore dark gray Vera Wang tuxedos from Men's Wearhouse. Michael wore a white tie and pocket square, while the groomsmen wore pink ties and pocket squares.

Each groomsman received a personalized flask as a gift from Michael.

Music: Milton Ridge provided a DJ for the evening. Jannette and Michael's first dance was to "You Don't Understand Love" by Jah Cure.

Food and dessert: Milton Ridge Catering made bacon-wrapped scallops and crab cakes as appetizers, followed by filet mignon and chicken breast stuffed with jumbo lump crab meat for dinner.

Meghan Gourley of Sweet and Savory in Frederick made a two-tier cake decorated with pink ombre icing. A custom cake topper from was modeled after the Love statue, with Jannette and Michael's monogram inside the "O."

A self-serve candy station and a cupcake tower with monogrammed cupcakes from Georgetown Cupcake were available during the reception.

Special touches: Jannette and Michael braided three cords during the ceremony to symbolize the verse from Ecclesiastes 4:12, which says that "a cord of three strands is not quickly broken."

Jannette gave Michael a cuff bracelet as a wedding gift, and he surprised her with a pink moissanite ring.

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People v. Rivera

The Facts

Defendant was accused of possession of a stolen vehicle.  Defendant was approached by an officer when he drove his car into an extended cable, where the car was then stuck but did not exit the parking lot.  When asked, defendant claimed he had the owner’s permission to move the car.  The officer asked if defendant was on the parking lot property.  When defendant replied he wasn’t, defendant was arrested.

Convicted at jury trial, sentenced to 3 years. Appellate court reversed, holding that he did not possess “exclusive control over the automobile,” which is required by statute.

Whether the crime of theft requires complete physical control by the accused such that the owner is completely severed from possession of the property.

Relevant Statute

Illinois Code: it is unlawful for one “not entitled to the possession of a vehicle … to receive, possess, … or transfer it, knowing it to have been stolen or converted.”

Yes.  Defendant took complete control and possession of the car by getting in it and moving it through the parking lot.  While defendant argues that the cable secured the car in a way a chain or string does to other protected item, the act of getting in the car and freely driving it constitutes dispossession of the owner.  The cable simply prevented defendant from driving away with the already dispossessed vehicle.  Because driving the car in the parking lot constitutes complete dominion and control of the vehicle and the owner is completely dispossessed of the item in the course of such an action, the defendant is guilty of theft.

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October 2015 Net Worth Update

This is my official October 2015 Net Worth Update.   Below are my actual numbers for ALL my investments and liabilities as of 10/31/2015.  Explanations and quick summary below chart.  If you would like to see my previous months net worth posts, please visit my Net Worth Tracker.

net worth spreadsheet October 2015

TOTAL NET WORTH:  $336,161

Quick Summary:  +$6,462

October has been a super busy month for me.  My day job has been keeping me busier then ever which is a burden on this blog.   I did not have the time to write as many blog posts as I wanted to because of this.  Let’s see, what else, my girlfriend and I took a trip to Phoenix and the Grand Canyon which was amazing!  Pictures do not do the Grand Canyon justice.  Yes that is me in the pic below there and yes that really is my face!! 😉   That place is so immense and amazing it truly is a beautiful site.  And if you noticed in the net worth image above, there is a new line on there for “Property #7”.  That’s right people! I have officially bought my 4th turnkey rental property.   Very exciting to add another asset to my portfolio.

And most importantly, my net worth grew by a nice $6k.  The main reasons this went up is because at the time I am writing on this, my day job pay check is included which normally is not at the end of the month when I write this.  Because of the weekend, they deposited the income earlier and so now it’s showing up on this report.  On top of that, my stocks (options and 401k) went up a little bit which helps.

AssetsExplanations of each of my assets.

Cash:  -$8,199

I took a drastic hit in liquid cash but that is because I used over 13k of it as a down payment to pay for my newest rental property.   I am absolutely okay with using this money to buy more income generating assets so this is a good thing.  When you look at the Personal Capital chart below you will see a dent from when I used the funds.

My cash as noted above in the spreadsheet constitutes of two different checking accounts.  My normal checking account and my REI (Real Estate Investing) checking account.   This is now my 6th month posting my net worth.       Satisfied!

HSA account:  +$66

My HSA deductible is $1300 for the year and I have close to $5k in this account so with that being said I am only taking a very small amount out from my dreadful day job paycheck to fund this account.  Any money after that deductible will just sit in that account not making me money.  I know I can use the money that I don’t put in there to get better returns as long as I invest it in more real estate.  This number should increase each month a tiny bit.   Satisfied!

Company Stock Options:  +$394

After 2 months in a row of negative losses on these stock options, they are finally going back up.  I was starting to worry there for a minute and although this isn’t a huge increase, its a step in the right direction which I love.  These are stock options from my day job.  I am fully vested.   I am not planning on selling this stock and will just hold it for the long haul so whether it goes up or down it is not really affecting my life.  It is pretty much only affecting my net worth updates.    Satisfied!

401K:  +$535

Whoooopeee!  My 401k is finally started to go back up again after also posing negative losses in the last 2 months.   It’s not really a big deal anyways because such a little amount of money in this account.  I made an executive decision awhile back to take money out of my 401k and no longer contribute any more money to it.  Mainly because I do not get matched contributions from the dreadful day job.  But also because I KNOW I can make better returns using that money on rental properties.  I really don’t like the idea of having an account that punishes me to take money out because of age.  Not Satisfied!

Property # 1

Rent paid on time.  No repairs or issues for the month of October.  This is my primary residence.  The market I live in is extremely hot and I expect the appreciation on this house to continue to grow however I will only update the market value once a year, the next time being probably at the end of 2015.  I have it listed as a conservative $240k right now based on MLS comparisons in my neighborhood.  If I were to sell it I know I could get at least 250k for it but ill stick with  240k for the spreadsheet to be safe.  Satisfied!  Here are more details on this future investment property.

Property # 2

Rent paid on time.  No repairs or issues for the month of October.  This is my first rental property.  It used to be my primary residence.  I expect gradual appreciation from this property as well because it is in the suburbs of this HOT market I live in.  Love me some HOT markets! 150K is about what its worth now based on MLS comparisons.  I will update the market value of this property in early 2016.    Super Satisfied!

Property # 3

Rent paid on time.  No issues or repairs.   This is my first turnkey rental property I purchased out-of-state.  I do not expect much appreciation on this property.  I purchased this for CASH FLOW purposes only.     Satisfied!

Property # 4

Rent paid on time.  No issues or repairs for the month of October.  I was however contacted by my property manager and was told they are making some changes to the company and how they do business.  The changes were all positive and they hired some additional staff.  This my 2nd turnkey rental property.   I do not expect much appreciation on this property.  I purchased this for CASH FLOW purposes only.    Satisfied!

Property # 5

Mortgage paid on time.  No issues.   This is a note that I own from a house that I sold via owner finance.   If you notice though, the reason why this asset will continue to go down from the spreadsheet above is because it is a note and the principal balance on it goes down each month as the buyer pays me.  Remember, I’m the lender on this one.  Satisfied!

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Property # 6

I got October rent paid on time.  This tenant however reported a break in to the detached garage on this property.  It will cost me anywhere from $100 to $200 to repair the damages however it won’t be fixed until early November so it will not make a financial impact in October’s passive income report.  This is my 3rd turnkey rental property, I purchased it in early June 2015 and I absolutely love this house.  I do not expect much appreciation on this property.  I purchased this for CASH FLOW purposes only. Satisfied!

Property # 7

This is my most recent turnkey rental property, I just bought this in late October.   The first month’s rent has been been paid on time.  Obviously no issues or repairs on this one as it is brand spanking new.  I purchased this property also for CASH FLOW purposes only.  I am not expecting appreciation gains on this one.  Satisfied!

Liabilities: These are self-explanatory so I wont dive too deep into these however I would like to include the items below for informational purposes.

Credit Card

I only use one credit card (rewards card) that I use to purchase my everyday expenses.  I pay this off in full every month.  I am receiving 1.5% cash back on this card and am very pleased with it.  Satisfied!

Car Loan

I purchased this vehicle before I had the proper knowledge on how to be totally awesome with finance and investments so that is the only reason why I have this loan.  If I knew then what I knew now, i would have purchased a used vehicle all cash.  It is not worth it to me to pay this loan off because the interest rate on this loan is 2% and I would rather use that money to buy more rentals where I will make a much greater return.  I will continue to pay it down slowly.  Satisfied!

Last 30 days net worth graph from Personal Capital

I really do love this chart, it looks great and its nice and big.  As you can see there is a big fat dip toward the end and that is when I used the cash out of my checking account to pay for the down payment and closing costs on my newest rental property.  It quickly went back up after I added that asset to my Personal Capital account.

net worth october 2015

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  1. Congrats on snagging that last property. I’m thinking that I need to start exploring turnkey rentals more in depth. I always assumed that the rate of return would be lower since the turnkey provider has to make a profit as well but it appears that the returns are still nice and juicy. I’ll almost always take real estate that provides a 10+ cap rate over the stock market. Even if the market melts down, real property will still be there. People will always need a place to live. Obviously if you’re buying to flip or appreciate, that’s just as dangerous as the market.
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    • Hi Mr Benny! Wise words spoken my friend. That is exactly the way I feel about real estate. Its true you can find good returns on “some” turnkeys but I would say that most of the inventory out there is not like this. Takes patience and a lot of interviewing/scouring turnkey providers to find good ones.

      Thanks for commenting!

    • Hi Steve! Man! Somehow all your comments got put into my spam filter. Sorry about that, I just released them. I appreciate the comments and am happy to hear you know what Im talking about when I say pictures dont do the grand canyon justice. I want to go back but for a few days and try do some hiking. That would be cool!

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Sun lineman gets some love

The old saying goes if you don't notice an offensive lineman during a football game that means he must have done his job well.

The unsung heroes in the trenches rarely get noticed, or talked about, until a quarterback gets sacked or a running back gets stuffed at the line.

For at least one week, Okanagan Sun offensive lineman Michele Vecchio changed all that.

The 6'1", 290 pound Rutland Senior graduate is the BCFC's offensive player of the week.

The Sun running game shredded the Vancouver Island Raiders for 257 yards in a 38-0 thumping Saturday.

Vecchio led the charge opening up holes for running backs and keeping the two quarterbacks off the ground all night without a sack.

The entire offensive Line was solid on the night, but Vecchio stood out with his strong play, anchoring a solid team effort.

The Sun and Raiders conclude their home-and-home series Saturday afternoon in Nanaimo.

For the second straight week a Westshore Rebels linebacker has been named the “BC Lions Defensive Player of the Week.”  This past weekend Tyler Leader certainly lived up to his name, leading the conference with nine tackles and added an assist.

Saturday afternoon one play on special teams stood head and shoulders above all the others. Westshore Rebel defensive back Jake Hauge broke through the line on a Valley Huskers field goal attempt.

He blocked the kick, picked up the bouncing ball and returned it 62 yards for a touchdown, his first career touchdown.

Hauge is named the “BC Lions Special Teams Player of the Week.”

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Anti-Catholic Crackdown in China

By Diogenes (articles ) | Oct 28, 2003

From the Telegraph (UK):

Twelve underground Roman Catholic priests and seminarians have been arrested in China in a crackdown prompted by government fears of a religious revival.

They were detained in a raid on a retreat they were attending in Gaocheng, in the northern province of Hebei, said the Cardinal Kung Foundation, a US-based religious rights group. An unauthorised church was bulldozed in a nearby village this year.

Religious gatherings are banned in China unless held under the auspices of state-approved religious groups. China broke links with the Vatican in the 1950s and has its own Catholic church, which pledges loyalty to Beijing instead of the Pope.

In the Pope's most recent list of new cardinals, it was widely assumed that one appointed in pectore -- without his name being given, for his own protection -- was Chinese.
The suggestion of a Chinese cardinal in pectore is especially interesting, given the appalling situation of loyal Catholics in China. M. A. Thiessen's excellent article in Crisis magazine of last year discusses the heartbreaking divisions caused by government pressure to support the Patriotic Association. The case of Jesuit Aloysius Jin, the bogus archbishop of Shanghai, is especially sad. Sentenced to 18 years in prison, he eventually succumbed to coercion and became a mouthpiece for the government Church, in exchange for which he was made an archbishop.
Margaret Chu, a lay Catholic who spent 23 years in prison and labor camps, writes of the 1955 crackdown: "I was particularly shocked when I learned what my spiritual director, Father Aloysius Jin, S.J., had done after his arrest. He was a very eloquent priest ... and had great influence among the faithful. Soon after he was arrested, he recorded a tape to persuade loyal Catholics to support the Communist government. This tape was used for broadcast in many prisons. Many of my friends heard this tape in jail."

According to Theissen, Jin (albeit with a certain embarrassment) continues to mouth the pro-Communist line, insisting that Chinese Catholics enjoy freedom of worship. In the East too the Eighth Commandment presents a major stumbling block for bishops. The entire article is worth a careful read.

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Snake oil antidote

By Phil Lawler (bio - articles ) | Aug 02, 2004

The case for embryonic stem-cell research is fashionable, but illogical and immoral. (See the item below.)

For a quick, powerful statement of the case against, based on logic and moral principle, see Robert P. George at National Review Online.

George heard Ron Reagan's overheated tribute to cloning at the Democratic convention ("Sound like magic? Welcome to the future of medicine?"), and quickly applied some ice water:

Sound like snake oil? Welcome to the present of politics.
But there's much more-- in a short essay. Read the whole thing.

Phil Lawler has been a Catholic journalist for more than 30 years. He has edited several Catholic magazines and written eight books. Founder of Catholic World News, he is the news director and lead analyst at See full bio.

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In the Church We Are All Missionaries and Disciples

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Pope Francis General Audience Address of January 15, 2014

“Baptism brings us into the people of God, makes us members of a people on a journey, a pilgrim people in history,” Pope Francis asserted, quoting words from the Second Vatican Council during his January 15, 2014, catechesis at the general audience, which was dedicated to the first of the sacraments. He explained how life is passed on from generation to generation and that “through rebirth at the baptismal font, grace is also passed on from generation to generation. With this grace the Christian People walk through time, like a river that irrigates the earth and spreads God's blessing throughout the world.”

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Vatican, January 15, 2014

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning!

Last Wednesday we started a brief cycle of catecheses on the Sacraments, beginning with Baptism. And I would like pause again on Baptism today, in order to stress an important fruit of this Sacrament: it makes us members of the Body of Christ and of the People of God. St Thomas Aquinas states that whoever receives Baptism is incorporated in Christ, almost as one of his own limbs, and becomes aggregated to the community of the faithful (cf. Summa Theologiae, III, q. 69, art. 5; q. 70, art. 1), that is, the People of God. In the school of the Second Vatican Council, we say today that Baptism allows us to enter the People of God, to become members of a People on a journey, a people on pilgrimage through history.

In effect, as from generation to generation life is transmitted, so too from generation to generation, through rebirth at the baptismal font, grace is transmitted, and by this grace the Christian People journeys through time, like a river that irrigates the land and spreads God’s blessing throughout the world. From the moment that Jesus said what we heard in the Gospel Reading, the disciples went out to baptize; and from that time until today there is a chain in the transmission of the faith through Baptism. And each one of us is a link in that chain: a step forward, always; like a river that irrigates. Such is the grace of God and such is our faith, which we must transmit to our sons and daughters, transmit to children, so that once adults, they can do the same for their children. This is what Baptism is. Why? Because Baptism lets us enter this People of God that transmits the faith. This is very important. A People of God that journeys and hands down the faith.

In virtue of Baptism we become missionary disciples, called to bring the Gospel to the world (cf. Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, n. 120). “All the baptized, whatever their position in the Church or their level of instruction in the faith, are agents of evangelization.... The new evangelization calls for personal involvement” (ibid.) from everyone, the whole of the People of God, a new kind of personal involvement on the part of each of the baptized. The People of God is a disciple People – because it receives the faith – and a missionary People – because it transmits the faith. And this is what Baptism works in us: it gives us Grace and hands on the faith to us. All of us in the Church are disciples, and this we are forever, our whole lifelong; and we are all missionaries, each in the place the Lord has assigned to him or her. Everyone: the littlest one is also a missionary; and the one who seems to be the greatest is a disciple. But one of you might say: “Bishops are not disciples, Bishops know everything; the Pope knows everything, he is not a disciple”. No, the Bishops and the Pope must also be disciples, because if they are not disciples, they do no good. They cannot be missionaries, they cannot transmit the faith. We must all be disciples and missionaries.

There exists an indissoluble bond between the mystical and the missionary dimension of the Christian vocation, both rooted in Baptism. “Upon receiving faith and Baptism, we Christians accept the action of the Holy Spirit who leads to confessing Jesus as Son of God and calling God ‘Abba’, Father.... All of us who are baptized ... are called to live and transmit communion with the Trinity, for evangelization is a calling to participate in the communion of the Trinity” (Final Document of Aparecida, n. 157).

No one is saved by himself. We are the community of believers, we are the People of God and in this community we share the beauty of the experience of a love that precedes us all, but that at the same time calls us to be “channels” of grace for one another, despite our limitations and our sins. The communitarian dimension is not just a “frame”, an “outline”, but an integral part of Christian life, of witness and of evangelization. The Christian faith is born and lives in the Church, and in Baptism families and parishes celebrate the incorporation of a new member in Christ and in his Body which is the Church (cf. ibid., n. 175b).

On the subject of the importance of Baptism for the People of God, the history of the Christian community in Japan is exemplary. It suffered severe persecution at the start of the 17th century. There were many martyrs, members of the clergy were expelled and thousands of faithful killed. No priest was left in Japan, they were all expelled. Then the community retreated into hiding, keeping the faith and prayer in seclusion. And when a child was born, the father or mother baptized him or her, because the faithful can baptize in certain circumstances. When, after roughly two and a half centuries, 250 years later, missionaries returned to Japan, thousands of Christians stepped out into the open and the Church was able to flourish again. They survived by the grace of Baptism! This is profound: the People of God transmits the faith, baptizes her children and goes forward. And they maintained, even in secret, a strong communal spirit, because their Baptism had made of them one single body in Christ: they were isolated and hidden, but they were always members of the People of God, members of the Church. Let us learn a great deal from this history!

I greet all the English-speaking pilgrims present at today’s Audience. Upon you and your families I invoke God’s blessings of joy and peace!

I greet the priests of the Istituto Secolare della Regalità, the Lions Club with Bishop Luigi Renzo and the Lancieri di Aosta, who have provided aid to immigrants in Lampedusa. I exhort everyone to live out their ecclesial roles with generosity, that the Lord may fill our hearts with the joy that he alone can give.

I address a special greeting to young people, to the sick and to newlyweds. Last Sunday we celebrated the Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord, a good occasion to rethink our belonging to Christ in the faith of the Church. Dear young people, rediscover daily the grace that comes from Baptism. You, dear sick people, draw strength from Baptism to confront moments of pain and discouragement. And you, dear newlyweds, understand how to translate the commitment of Baptism on your path of family life.

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Scott Smiley: A Soldier's Sacrifice

By Julie Blim with Chuck Holton
The 700 Club“There’s no training here in America that will prepare you for live bullets flying by your head, seeing your buddies wounded. On April 6th of 2005, we received intelligence in the morning that there was car bombs and men willing to blow themselves up. (I) yelled at him to get out of his car, and he just raised his hands up to me and looked at me like nothing’s wrong....that’s when I shot two rounds in front of his vehicle, and then my world went black.”

Shrapnel sliced through Lt. Scotty Smiley’s left eye.  Metallic bits penetrated his skull and shredded his right optic nerve.  In an instant, his life turned a corner that he never would have chosen.

Prior to that terrifying moment, Scotty’s story read like a dream:  raised in a loving Christian home, a West Point grad, an Army Ranger with a bright career ahead.  He was also newly married to his high school sweetheart, Tiffany …

“Scotty and I met in junior high. I had a crush on him and liked him.  He asked me out on a date and then we dated through our senior year, and then dated through West Point ... And I was like okay, Scotty, you’re the one for me. There’s no one else out here like you.”

Scotty and Tiffany married on December 20th, 2003.

“In October of 2004, I was deployed to Mosul, Iraq.”

“What was it like when you got to Iraq?”

“Whether it was giving the people of Iraq electricity, ensuring the gasoline was being provided, each and every day brought something new.  And I really saw not only myself but my men tested through fire. It was difficult to see my soldiers get injured. Several of my soldiers were shot, several of my soldiers were injured by explosives.”

Then it happened to Scotty.

“I got a phone call around 3:30 or 4:00 in the morning and he said, ‘You know, Tiffany, Scotty’s been hurt. He’s been hurt really bad.’ Then I got a phone call from the doctor in Balad, and he said, ‘We removed his eye, and I’m really sorry ma’am we left his other eye in, but we’re probably going to have to remove it.’ And that was the most crushing piece of news I could have received.”

Doctors operated on Scotty and sent him home to the US.  Learning to live as a blind man was more painful than he or Tiffany imagined.

“It was a hard time. I was definitely in the bottom of my life. I was low, as low as low can be. I didn’t want to believe. I said that I didn’t know how to pray, I didn’t know if God was even alive, or even in my life.”

“And his friend asked him, you know, Scotty, will you pray, and he said ‘No, I don’t even know who God is anymore.’  And that crushed me….and that night I remember going back to my room and praying, not for Scotty’s eyesight, which I had been praying for, but I went back and prayed for his heart.”

“My mind was still in Iraq...and to realize that I now was not with them, that I felt I wasn’t doing my job.  That I had left them, that I was unsuccessful.   I was afraid that my wife, you know, who married me and said till death do you part, was just going to have to take care of me. I was now just a burden in her life, a burden in my family and friends’ life, and that was not something I ever wanted to be.”

“There were definitely days where it was just me and the Lord ...and this was the first time that I was walking by myself, Scotty wasn’t walking with me. I’d wake up in the morning and say, I just need you to get me through today, just help me get through today, give me the grace to be a good wife to Scotty.”

“What turned the depression around?”

“It was the prayer that my wife continually was giving for me. It was her reading the Bible to me. It was my brother quoting scriptures. My brother taking care of me ...”

“Five years after his injury, Scotty’s life has in some ways come full circle. He’s now back here at West Point, not as a cadet, but as a commander.”

Scotty’s job now is helping other wounded soldiers recover and get their lives back…
“I am the company commander of the West Point Warrior Transition Unit.  I was injured, I went through depression, I went through the mental, physical, and spiritual recovery process and I think i’ve been given this wonderful opportunity because I understand what they are going through.”

Now CaptainScotty Smiley has turned his story into a book, sharing how he’s learned to trust the Lord.  Oh, and in his spare time -  he’s managed to earn an MBA, climb Mt. Rainier, skydive, and surf too.

“Standing on that board was an exhilarating feeling.   To do something on my own, of my own strength, gave me the ability to know that God still is with me and that He can still allow me to do things that I never thought that I would be able to do.”

The Smileys are now the proud parents of two little boys…

“I have to help out and whether it means cleaning a dirty diaper, giving my sons food, giving them baths, putting them to bed, playing with them at the park, God still has a plan for me and that being a father is one of those awesome responsibilities that he’s blessed me with.”

He even plans to use his prosthetic eyes for a little fun ….

“When my boys’ friends come over, I can just place ‘em on the counter and say “I’m watchin’ you – even when I’m outta the room.”

How has your love for your wife has deepened?

“Tiffany is the most amazing person that I could ever imagine God blessing my life with. Her attitude, her personality, her perseverance, her strength, her determination to not only help me, help our relationship has just been an amazing blessing in our lives. I don’t know if I can explain how much I love her and how much she means to me.”

“At first it bothered me more than it does now.  We went through our struggles and started to change, we started to walk back on our path with the Lord together, He kind of just covered and healed all of that to where our relationship is stronger now probably than it would have been with his sight, which is crazy to say. But I still dress up, I still wear make up and I tell him that. I’m like you better comb your hair because my hair looks good.”

“The words that I read in the Bible prior to all of this became real. It was like oh, this is the peace that surpasses all understanding, you know, this is the hope that carries you through. So it all came to life for me. There’s still times where we’re like ‘Yeah, we wish Scotty could see.’  But what God has taught us through His word .. And going through this trial and this valley with the Lord, I wouldn’t trade that for anything.”

“A lot of people look at the events in my life as a huge tragedy, and I don’t, necessarily. I think God has given me the ability to understand Him more and to understand His purpose through my blindness. The first person that I’m going to see is going to be Jesus Christ reaching down to me and I just hope that He says, good job, good and faithful servant.”

“And the second person you’ll see?”

“Oh, my beautiful wife!”

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'In Retrospect...' Trump Jr.'s Russia Meeting Doesn't Look Good, but Was It Legal?

'In Retrospect...' Trump Jr.'s Russia Meeting Doesn't Look Good, but Was It Legal? Read Transcript

HEATHER SELLS: Donald Trump Junior

released his lengthy email chain that shows what happened.

Emails from publicist, Rob Goldstone,

last summer indicated that a Russian lawyer

had damaging information about Democratic presidential

candidate, Hillary Clinton.

Trump Junior said, "I love it," and agreed to the meeting.

Last night, on Sean Hannity's show,

he expressed regret and said that the meeting went nowhere.

DONALD TRUMP JUNIOR: In retrospect, I probably

would have done things a little differently.

HEATHER SELLS: The Russian lawyer told NBC News

that she had no connection to the Kremlin,

although Trump Junior was reportedly

told before the meeting that the Russian government had

information that could help his father.

The revelation about the meeting,

including Trump Junior, along with Trump's son-in-law,

Jared Kushner, and campaign official, Paul Manafort,

has caught Washington by surprise.

And now a race has begun to see who gets the first crack

at questioning him.

Three different congressional committees

are investigating Russia's interference

in last year's election.

And they each one to talk to Trump Junior, who says he's

willing to talk to Congress.

CNN reports special counsel, Robert Mueller's,

team will also examine the meeting and emails as part

of its Russia investigation.

Lawmakers were quick to respond to the story

with some Democrats taking a very hard line.

SENATOR TIM KAINE: This is moving

into a perjury, false statements, and even

a potential treason.

HEATHER SELLS: The White House called such language,

But a few Republicans openly criticized the president's son

SENATOR LINDSAY GRAHAM: His characterization

of the meeting has changed, which creates suspicion.

HEATHER SELLS: Other Republicans are defending Trump Junior

or keeping quiet.

President, on Tuesday, applauded his son's transparency

and called him, "a high quality person."

Heather Sells, CBN News.

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An East Texas survivor of sex trafficking shares her story for the first time.

She did not want to reveal her identity, so from this point on, her name will be Sarah. She tells CBS19 she never thought she would make it out alive.

"I cannot be silent about something so evil,” she said.

Sarah said in her earliest memories, she was being sold for sex. She still can’t shake one memory from when she was just 10 years old.

"I would oftentimes be drugged,” Sarah said. “Thrown into a vehicle and wake up in other cities all over Texas, and occasionally other states."

Her traffickers certainly not your normal suspects. Instead, they were well-dressed, educated, wealthy men.

Some were even members of her own family, forcing her to do things too graphic to speak about.

Her family was a part of gonzo child pornography and snuff films, which are violent child pornography, often times resulting in the death of the victim.

"I had burns on several places on my body. I've had my jaw dislocated more than once."

Looking at a list of torture weapons from a Google search, including saws, choking mechanisms and even fire, she said she has memory of multiple things on that list.

Sarah said this isn't what people think of when they hear sex trafficking. Her family was not finding girls online, at hotels or truck stops. Instead, it was a sick way of life passed down through generations, and she was simply the next in line.

"There were experiences that I didn't know if I was going to die that night or survive. I just kept believing I would,” Sarah said.

Hoping to find help, she turned to self-harm, thinking somebody would notice the marks.

"I needed somebody to tell me it wasn't my fault,” Sarah said.

It didn’t work.

She said family outside of her traffickers knew something was wrong, but they never suspected something so horrific.

In high school, Sarah went to a foster home, but that didn’t save her.

"Contact was still allowed with my abuser. Not only did the abuse continue while I was in foster care, but it escalated,” she said.

No matter how hard she tried escaping, she said her traffickers manipulated her, using torture, drugs and threats.

In and out of multiple foster homes, she finally escaped from it all when she was 18.

With nowhere to turn, and no high school diploma, she lived in a homeless shelter, and said it was hard to get anyone to listen to her story.

Now in her thirties, it’s her mission to have her story heard.

"There's still this misconception that all trafficking is pimping, prostitution and survival sex in strip clubs, hotels and truck stops, when the truth is, it's a whole lot deeper and darker into organized crime,” she said.

It’s been more than 15 years since Sarah escaped sex trafficking. She is happily married and going to college to study psychology.

Her abusers were never caught.