SYDNEY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Saturday apologized directly for the first time for sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy, but victims groups in Australia said they wanted action and not words. The pope, making some of his most explicit comments on the sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the Church in several countries, also said unequivocally that those responsible should be brought to justice. Benedict made a last-minute addition to his prepared homily in St. Mary's Cathedral, adding one powerful and personal sentence -- using the word "I" three times -- the Vatican had hoped would satisfy victims groups. "Indeed, I am deeply sorry for the pain and suffering the victims have endured and I assure them that as their pastor I too share in their suffering," he said.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Saturday apologized directly for the first time for sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy, but victims groups in Australia said they wanted action and not words.
The pope, making some of his most explicit comments on the sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the Church in several countries, also said unequivocally that those responsible should be brought to justice.
Benedict made a last-minute addition to his prepared homily in St. Mary's Cathedral, adding one powerful and personal sentence -- using the word "I" three times -- the Vatican had hoped would satisfy victims groups.
"Indeed, I am deeply sorry for the pain and suffering the victims have endured and I assure them that as their pastor I too share in their suffering," he said.
He's resigning? He's firing a whole pile of cardinals and bishops? He's selling Vatican real estate to pay off lawsuits?
Church property is simply sold by one hand to the other. If a diocese is in sore need of liquidity, the Jesuits, for example, will buy the property.
It would be an ideal set-up to launder and recycle money. The Church might consider it as a golden opportunity.
no, lecturing us sinners about consumerism in his ferragamo pumps!
sheez ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
"In so many of our societies, side by side with material prosperity, a spiritual desert is spreading: an interior emptiness, an unnamed fear, a quiet sense of despair," the pontiff said.
We had a long summer evening discussion last night on the patio. Most of it was about how you could get people to replace religious beliefs with a simple moral code of neighbourliness that is at the core of most organized religions. There were no conclusions, but we did come up with a cracking concept for a TV series that could never be made. You can't be me, I'm taken
being an asshole brings bad luck.
fries with that?
ketchup? ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
people were superstitious before organising religions, methinks.
so i'm reaching out to them using a pre-religious wavelength.
older than god, older than that 'ole-time' religion even, lol ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
It's when the religious impulse becomes subverted to the purposes of political control that a lot of the nastier stuff comes out. keep to the Fen Causeway
an unnamed fear
Naming your fears makes them better? say calling them something like "the devil"? Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
There are two pukka recording studios that specialize in above the belt, below the neck MOR with joyful lyrics. You can't be me, I'm taken
So it's still a paedophile's life within the church, safe from justice or exposure.
Just don't be gay with grown-ups tho', that's a sin. Buggering kids isn't mentioned in the bible, so it's okay. keep to the Fen Causeway
A vast physics experiment built in a tunnel below the French-Swiss border is fast becoming one of the coolest places in the Universe. The Large Hadron Collider is entering the final stages of being lowered to a temperature of 1.9 Kelvin (-271C; -456F) - colder than deep space.
A vast physics experiment built in a tunnel below the French-Swiss border is fast becoming one of the coolest places in the Universe.
The Large Hadron Collider is entering the final stages of being lowered to a temperature of 1.9 Kelvin (-271C; -456F) - colder than deep space.
:-)
should we all put our passports in a safe place? ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
The hype surrounding football these days makes heroes of players all too easily. But the Leyton Orient team of 1914/15 were exactly that. Clapton Orient, as they were then known, were the first Football League team to enlist en masse to serve King and country. All 41 players and staff signed up to fight, a move that inspired other teams to follow suit. And it was to the battlefields of northern France that they were posted. There they found themselves embroiled in one of the bloodiest military operations of all time.
The hype surrounding football these days makes heroes of players all too easily. But the Leyton Orient team of 1914/15 were exactly that.
Clapton Orient, as they were then known, were the first Football League team to enlist en masse to serve King and country. All 41 players and staff signed up to fight, a move that inspired other teams to follow suit.
And it was to the battlefields of northern France that they were posted. There they found themselves embroiled in one of the bloodiest military operations of all time.
Anymore than Tillman was hero. Patsies, stooges, believers of falshood, victims of a societal three-card trick perpetrated by the rich against the poor. Is selfless sacrifice for such base motives heroic ?
The issue with militaries is that they believe the troops at their disposal are to be disposed of. We now have the sneering disdain of cheney and bush that, because these soldiers volunteered, their lives can be wasted for political advantage. Their honest patriotism, abused by modern Goerrings with the univeral sneer;-
the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
.., is simply a tool in such hands. Heroism, bravery are moot, once they are inuniform, they are there to die and will be sent to places where they will die, uselessly and forgotten, to puff up a politician's chest for a minute or two.
Remember The Battle Disgrace of Pork Chop Hill
The Battle of Pork Chop Hill comprises a pair of related Korean War infantry fights during the spring and summer of 1953. These were fought while the U.S. and the Communist Chinese and Koreans negotiated an armistice. In the U.S., they were controversial because of the many soldiers killed for terrain of no strategic or tactical value.
WASHINGTON, DC, July 18, 2008 (ENS) - It will take massive subsidies from the U.S. government to make hydrogen fuel cell vehicles a significant part of the nation's transportation future, according to a National Research Council report released Thursday. The study finds that even under a best-case scenario only about two million hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will be on American roads by 2020, less than one percent of the nation's estimated total number of cars and trucks. Achieving that goal would require the government to pump at least $55 billion in subsidies over the next 15 years to make hydrogen vehicles cost competitive with conventional cars and trucks, the report concluded. Current government spending has equaled some $879 million since 2004. But the chair of the committee that wrote the report said the suggested government funding should be put in perspective with other subsidies. If current funding and policies continue, the federal subsidy for corn-based ethanol over the same time period is on pace to reach $160 billion, said Mike Ramage, a former vice president for research and development at Exxon Mobil and chair of the 17-member panel.
WASHINGTON, DC, July 18, 2008 (ENS) - It will take massive subsidies from the U.S. government to make hydrogen fuel cell vehicles a significant part of the nation's transportation future, according to a National Research Council report released Thursday. The study finds that even under a best-case scenario only about two million hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will be on American roads by 2020, less than one percent of the nation's estimated total number of cars and trucks.
Achieving that goal would require the government to pump at least $55 billion in subsidies over the next 15 years to make hydrogen vehicles cost competitive with conventional cars and trucks, the report concluded. Current government spending has equaled some $879 million since 2004.
But the chair of the committee that wrote the report said the suggested government funding should be put in perspective with other subsidies.
If current funding and policies continue, the federal subsidy for corn-based ethanol over the same time period is on pace to reach $160 billion, said Mike Ramage, a former vice president for research and development at Exxon Mobil and chair of the 17-member panel.
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 18, 2008 (ENS) - Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell signed two pieces of legislation last week that will help spur the development of homegrown biofuels in Pennsylvania and establish new requirements that every gallon of gasoline and diesel fuel contain a percentage of ethanol and biodiesel. "Pennsylvanians are struggling with higher fuels costs," said Governor Rendell. "Record-high fuel prices are straining family budgets and pinching the bottom lines of our businesses. We need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and keep our energy dollars in Pennsylvania, to invest in our economy and create jobs." The biofuel percentages established under the new law will go into effect once in-state production reaches certain levels. The requirements include what the governor believes to be the nation's first state-specific mandate for cellulosic ethanol, which is made from non-food plant materials.
"Pennsylvanians are struggling with higher fuels costs," said Governor Rendell. "Record-high fuel prices are straining family budgets and pinching the bottom lines of our businesses. We need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and keep our energy dollars in Pennsylvania, to invest in our economy and create jobs."
The biofuel percentages established under the new law will go into effect once in-state production reaches certain levels.
The requirements include what the governor believes to be the nation's first state-specific mandate for cellulosic ethanol, which is made from non-food plant materials.
less blood on the walls, too ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
University of Florida and Florida Institute of Technology engineering researchers have narrowed the search for the source of X-rays emitted by lightning, a feat that could one day help predict where lightning will strike. "From a practical point of view, if we are going to ever be able to predict when and where lightning will strike, we need to first understand how lightning moves from one place to the other," said Joseph Dwyer, a professor in the department of physics and space sciences at FIT. "At present, we do not have a good handle on this. X-rays are giving us a close-up view of what is happening inside the lightning as it moves."<...> "Nobody understands how lightning makes X-rays," said Martin Uman, a professor of electrical and computer engineering. "Despite reaching temperatures five times hotter than the surface of the sun, the temperature of lightning is still thousands of times too cold to account for the X-rays observed."
"From a practical point of view, if we are going to ever be able to predict when and where lightning will strike, we need to first understand how lightning moves from one place to the other," said Joseph Dwyer, a professor in the department of physics and space sciences at FIT. "At present, we do not have a good handle on this. X-rays are giving us a close-up view of what is happening inside the lightning as it moves."
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"Nobody understands how lightning makes X-rays," said Martin Uman, a professor of electrical and computer engineering. "Despite reaching temperatures five times hotter than the surface of the sun, the temperature of lightning is still thousands of times too cold to account for the X-rays observed."
deredactie.be - English - Belgian woman survives black bear attack
Sat 19/07/08 16:29 (UPDATE video) - A Belgian woman has survived an attack by a black bear in Banff National Park, in the Rocky Mountains. The incident is big news in Canada, as biologists say the incident is "highly unusual". 23-year-old Charisse D'hamers has been liging and working in the Rocky Mountains since last year. On Wednesday, she went jogging near Lake Louise when she was surprised by a black bear.
23-year-old Charisse D'hamers has been liging and working in the Rocky Mountains since last year. On Wednesday, she went jogging near Lake Louise when she was surprised by a black bear.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/07/16/vosot.co.bear.circuit.city.kktv?iref=videosearch
There is some new evidence to support my views just in:
Telegraph: Male lust is blind You can't be me, I'm taken
The way that the Telegraph writer described it, all they have proved is that being alone in a room for 15 minutes of Suduku raises testosterone levels, with the possible link of a female who had been in the room for 5 minutes and who left the room 15 minutes earlier...and, she talked to me~!~!! that is going to get a rise out of most college boys, no? Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.
Frank Delaney ~ Ireland
Moonies founder 'hurt in crash' Rev Sun Myung Moon's helicopter reportedly hit bad weather The founder of the controversial Unification Church, better known as the Moonies, has been hurt in a helicopter crash in South Korea, reports say. Rev Sun Myung Moon, 88, was among several people on the aircraft when it made an emergency landing at Gapyeong, 40km (25 miles) east of Seoul. News agencies quoted officials as saying Rev Moon's injuries were slight. The casualties were taken to Cheongshim Hospital, which is affiliated to the Church, a hospital official said.
The founder of the controversial Unification Church, better known as the Moonies, has been hurt in a helicopter crash in South Korea, reports say.
Rev Sun Myung Moon, 88, was among several people on the aircraft when it made an emergency landing at Gapyeong, 40km (25 miles) east of Seoul.
News agencies quoted officials as saying Rev Moon's injuries were slight.
The casualties were taken to Cheongshim Hospital, which is affiliated to the Church, a hospital official said.
