Market recovery continues on global economy hopes

A man looks at his watch while walking in front of an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Asian stock markets rose Thursday as positive economic indicators and the nomination of a pro-stimulus Bank of Japan chief bolstered hopes for faster growth. The Nikkei 225 stock average closed at 11,559.36, up 2.7 percent. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

A man looks at his watch while walking in front of an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Asian stock markets rose Thursday as positive economic indicators and the nomination of a pro-stimulus Bank of Japan chief bolstered hopes for faster growth. The Nikkei 225 stock average closed at 11,559.36, up 2.7 percent. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

A man walks past an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Asian stock markets rose Thursday as positive economic indicators and the nomination of a pro-stimulus Bank of Japan chief bolstered hopes for faster growth. The Nikkei 225 stock average closed at 11,559.36, up 2.7 percent. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

LONDON (AP) ? Markets are ending the month in upbeat fashion Thursday amid rising hopes over the global economic recovery despite ongoing concerns over the outcome of Italian elections and the prospect of spending cuts in the U.S.

Many stock indexes are back where they were at the start of the week before the messy Italian election results, which reignited concerns over the country's appetite for further austerity and Europe's debt crisis as a whole.

In fact, the main U.S. equity markets closed at 5-year highs Wednesday and there are indications that the Dow Jones industrial average will make another attempt Thursday towards its all-time record.

Positive economic data, particularly out of the U.S., combined with indications from the Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that the central bank isn't going to change its super-easy monetary policy any time soon to shore up markets following the Italian election rout.

"Although February isn't going to stand out in traders' minds the same way that January did, it's certainly shaping up to be a robust end to the month," said Fawad Razaqzada, market strategist at GFT Markets. "Bernanke's two-day testimony has been well-timed and the continued commitment to stimulus measures ? specifically to support housing, autos and other parts of the economy ? has given the bulls a new lease of life."

In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was up 0.2 percent at 6,340 while Germany's DAX rose 0.5 percent to 7,711. The CAC-40 in France was 0.3 percent higher at 3,701.

Italian shares underperformed as investors remained concerned about the ability of political leaders to cobble together a government that will enact further economic reforms and tight budgetary controls. The FTSE MIB index in Milan was down 0.3 percent at 15,784.

Wall Street was poised for a solid opening, with both Dow futures and the broader S&P 500 futures up 0.1 percent.

How the U.S. session actually maps out could well hinge on whether the unexpected 0.1 percent annualized fourth-quarter contraction in the U.S. economy is revised.

Unlike the end of 2012, when investors were concerned about the upcoming fiscal cliff, investors appear sanguine over the risks associated with planned spending cuts that are due to take effect at the start of March as part of a previous budget agreement between the White House and Congress. The planned "sequester" could hit U.S. growth if no deal is reached to avoid it. Previous experience, however, suggests a last-minute deal will be cobbled together.

"Given the late deals we've seen in the past, this could be due to high expectations of a late deal, or alternatively, it may just be that compared to the fiscal cliff at the end of last year, the impact will be minor," said Craig Erlam, market analyst at Alpari.

The dollar has not been affected by the planned cuts and has rallied hard this week amid strong U.S. economic news and rising tensions over Italy. The euro was down 0.2 percent at $1.3122 while the dollar was flat at 92.20 yen.

Earlier in Asia, Tokyo's benchmark led gains after the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated Haruhiko Kuroda, currently president of the Asian Development Bank, to head Japan's central bank. The Nikkei 225 stock average closed at 11,559.36, up 2.7 percent.

Kuroda is seen as a supporter of Abe's efforts to overcome Japan's 20 years of economic stagnation with bolder monetary easing, a weaker yen and bigger government spending.

Elsewhere, South Korea's Kospi ended 1.1 percent higher at 2,026.49, the highest close since Jan. 2, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 2 percent to 23,020.27.

Oil markets remain fairly flat with benchmark crude for April delivery down 18 cents to $92.58 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

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Youkyung Lee in Seoul, South Korea contributed to this report.

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Future evidence for extraterrestrial life might come from dying stars

Feb. 25, 2013 ? Even dying stars could host planets with life -- and if such life exists, we might be able to detect it within the next decade. This encouraging result comes from a new theoretical study of Earth-like planets orbiting white dwarf stars. Researchers found that we could detect oxygen in the atmosphere of a white dwarf's planet much more easily than for an Earth-like planet orbiting a Sun-like star.

"In the quest for extraterrestrial biological signatures, the first stars we study should be white dwarfs," said Avi Loeb, theorist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) and director of the Institute for Theory and Computation.

When a star like the Sun dies, it puffs off its outer layers, leaving behind a hot core called a white dwarf. A typical white dwarf is about the size of Earth. It slowly cools and fades over time, but it can retain heat long enough to warm a nearby world for billions of years.

Since a white dwarf is much smaller and fainter than the Sun, a planet would have to be much closer in to be habitable with liquid water on its surface. A habitable planet would circle the white dwarf once every 10 hours at a distance of about a million miles.

Before a star becomes a white dwarf it swells into a red giant, engulfing and destroying any nearby planets. Therefore, a planet would have to arrive in the habitable zone after the star evolved into a white dwarf. A planet could form from leftover dust and gas (making it a second-generation world), or migrate inward from a larger distance.

If planets exist in the habitable zones of white dwarfs, we would need to find them before we could study them. The abundance of heavy elements on the surface of white dwarfs suggests that a significant fraction of them have rocky planets. Loeb and his colleague Dan Maoz (Tel Aviv University) estimate that a survey of the 500 closest white dwarfs could spot one or more habitable Earths.

The best method for finding such planets is a transit search -- looking for a star that dims as an orbiting planet crosses in front of it. Since a white dwarf is about the same size as Earth, an Earth-sized planet would block a large fraction of its light and create an obvious signal.

More importantly, we can only study the atmospheres of transiting planets. When the white dwarf's light shines through the ring of air that surrounds the planet's silhouetted disk, the atmosphere absorbs some starlight. This leaves chemical fingerprints showing whether that air contains water vapor, or even signatures of life, such as oxygen.

Astronomers are particularly interested in finding oxygen because the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere is continuously replenished, through photosynthesis, by plant life. Were all life to cease on Earth, our atmosphere would quickly become devoid of oxygen, which would dissolve in the oceans and oxidize the surface. Thus, the presence of large quantities of oxygen in the atmosphere of a distant planet would signal the likely presence of life there.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scheduled for launch by the end of this decade, promises to sniff out the gases of these alien worlds. Loeb and Maoz created a synthetic spectrum, replicating what JWST would see if it examined a habitable planet orbiting a white dwarf. They found that both oxygen and water vapor would be detectable with only a few hours of total observation time.

"JWST offers the best hope of finding an inhabited planet in the near future," said Maoz.

Recent research by CfA astronomers Courtney Dressing and David Charbonneau showed that the closest habitable planet is likely to orbit a red dwarf star (a cool, low-mass star undergoing nuclear fusion). Since a red dwarf, although smaller and fainter than the Sun, is much larger and brighter than a white dwarf, its glare would overwhelm the faint signal from an orbiting planet's atmosphere. JWST would have to observe hundreds of hours of transits to have any hope of analyzing the atmosphere's composition.

"Although the closest habitable planet might orbit a red dwarf star, the closest one we can easily prove to be life-bearing might orbit a white dwarf," said Loeb.

Their paper has been accepted for publication in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) is a joint collaboration between the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory. CfA scientists, organized into six research divisions, study the origin, evolution and ultimate fate of the universe.

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New Geothermal Data System Could Open Up Clean-Energy Reserves

Forgotten and filed away decades ago, millions of documents on geothermal research are now helping scientists to make harvesting the Earth?s energy affordable

By William Ferguson

Geothermal Power plants, like this one in Southwest Iceland, use super heated rocks to boil water into steam to turn electric turbines. Image: Flickr/ Chris Beckett

Geologic data does not come cheap, especially when you are using it to build a multimillion-dollar geothermal power plant. Just ask Susan Petty, president and chief technology officer at AltaRock Energy. Her company is part of a $43.8-million pilot project to tap thermal energy from Oregon's Newberry Volcano. Engineers are injecting water deep underground to fracture superheated rocks and create a geothermal reservoir. Their eventual goal is to recirculate pressurized steam back to the surface to test a new kind of technology called an enhanced geothermal system (EGS). Unlike conventional power plants that rely on near-surface hydrothermal systems like springs and geysers, EGS can draw energy up to depths of three to five kilometers. Over the next 50 years, the U.S. Geological Survey estimates, EGS power plants could produce 100 gigawatts of economically viable geothermal energy, an amount equivalent to about 10 percent of the country's current electrical capacity.

Yet geothermal wells need to be drilled in the right place. Without data on the distribution and quantity of geothermal energy in the upper part of the earth's crust or a volcano as a reference point, wells may not produce much energy at all. To date, two to five out of every 10 geothermal wells prospected end up dry. Petty says that, in terms of the available exploration data, the geothermal industry is in the same place oil and gas companies were during the early 1900s. Wells cost between $2 million and $5 million, meaning geothermal investors risk losing millions on poor odds, Petty says. ?The risk involved in geothermal prospecting sets the industry apart from other renewables.?

The risky nature of the business could soon change, however.

A wealth of geologic data from all 50 states and the Gulf of Mexico has been sitting unused in state and federal filing cabinets for decades. The Arizona Geological Survey is leading a coalition of universities and federal agencies on a nationwide treasure hunt to find and digitize these legacy data in a National Geothermal Data System (NGDS) to eliminate some of the financial risk companies like AltaRock face while prospecting for geothermal resources. Since the project's inception in 2008 under $35-million in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy Geothermal Technologies Office, collaborators have digitized information from over 1.25 million oil and gas, water, and geothermal wells and expect to have as many as three million wells in the system by the end of the year.

"It has been a rescue mission," says Roland Horne, director of Stanford University?s geothermal program. Project collaborators have found a wellspring of geothermal exploratory data in basements and old file cabinets. The legacy data come from extensive surveys of geothermal resources that were funded by the states and federal government in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. A prime example is a 1975-to-1992 DOE survey of geopressured resources in the Gulf of Mexico. The survey documents data from 16 wells off the coasts of Louisiana and Texas that show geopressured and geothermal energy reserves in the Gulf exceed the energy contained in all the conventional natural gas reserves of the continental U.S. At the time, the geothermal energy could not be profitably commercialized, so the data were filed away and forgotten.

Previously, getting ahold of geothermal exploration data depended on whom you knew, says Lee Allison, director of the Arizona State Geological Survey. "A lot of this stuff was only available if you knew the people and could say, 'Hey, let me have access to your data,'" Allison says. One of the largest sets of geophysical data in the NGDS was collected and digitized by Southern Methodist University geophysicist David Blackwell and a team of researchers in 2011. They worked under a grant from Google.org to digitize data from 35,000 different locations. Their work shows that geothermal energy can generate three million megawatts of renewable electricity?approximately 10 times the capacity of U.S. coal power plants.

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AP PHOTOS: A look at daily life inside North Korea

North Koreans carry bundles on their backs as they cross a frozen lake north of the capital city of Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

North Koreans carry bundles on their backs as they cross a frozen lake north of the capital city of Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

A North Korean woman sings karaoke at the Hyangsan Hotel at the foot of Mount Myohyang, North Korea, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

North Koreans cross a railroad bridge over a riverbed south of Mount Myohyang, and north of the capital city of Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

A North Korean traffic policeman on a motorcycle patrols a street in central Pyongyang, North Korea on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

A North Korean man stands next to a tractor and wagon on the edge of a snow covered field near the village of Ryongsan-ri, south of Pyongyang, North Korea on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Few people from outside North Korea ever get to see, with their own eyes, what life is like inside the country's restrictive borders ? scenes ranging from a simple haircut to a mass synchronized swimming performance.

Associated Press photographer David Guttenfelder is in North Korea and has been documenting scenes around the country that offer a glimpse into a largely unseen side of North Korea, capturing images of daily life that are at times quirky, at other times haunting.

Here's a gallery of some of his recent images.

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HP finally parts with webOS in LG Electronics deal

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, file photo, South Korean models pose with a CINEMA 3D Smart TV during a press conference to introduce the LG Electronics' television and the company's marketing strategy for 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. Hewlett-Packard said Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, it is selling its webOS operating system technology to South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Hewlett Packard Co. and LG said on Monday that LG will use webOS to support its "smart TV" technology. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, file photo, South Korean models pose with a CINEMA 3D Smart TV during a press conference to introduce the LG Electronics' television and the company's marketing strategy for 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. Hewlett-Packard said Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, it is selling its webOS operating system technology to South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Hewlett Packard Co. and LG said on Monday that LG will use webOS to support its "smart TV" technology. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Hewlett-Packard is selling its webOS software to South Korean electronics company LG Electronics, securing a new home for a technological orphan.

The deal announced Monday rids HP of the centerpiece of its ill-fated, $1.8 billion purchase of Palm Inc. three years ago.

HP used webOS as its springboard into the smartphone and tablet computer market in 2011, but quickly scrapped the mobile devices running on the software amid disappointing sales. With that retreat, Hewlett-Packard Co. stopped developing webOS for its own products and gave away the underlying technology as open-source software for programmers elsewhere to modify for their own needs.

LG Electronics has grander plans for webOS. Initially, the software will be melded into a new line of Internet-connected televisions from LG Electronics Inc. If those are successful, LG Electronics is considering selling household appliances and other devices that run on webOS in an attempt to create a so-called "smart" home. That's a concept that could appeal to a generation of consumers who wouldn't consider leaving their homes without their smartphones.

In a sign of its commitment to webOS, LG Electronics also acquiring the team of engineers who had been working on the software for HP. Those employees will be able to keep working in their current California offices in Sunnyvale and San Francisco. The precise number of HP workers moving to LG Electronics wasn't disclosed.

The opportunity to pick up a pool of talented software programmers and gain control over the core of webOS were the main reasons LG Electronics wanted to do the deal instead of simply relying on the free open-source project, LG Electronics spokesman John Taylor said.

Financial terms of the webOS sale weren't disclosed. It's unlikely that LG Electronics had to pay much, given that HP had already absorbed $1.6 billion in charges to account for the diminished value of Palm and other costs caused by its decision to stop making webOS devices.

HP, which is based in Palo Alto, is in the process of eliminating 29,000 jobs in an effort to cut costs amid a slump that has seen its revenue falling for the past 18 months. Through January, HP had jettisoned more than 15,000 of the jobs targeted in its streamlining.

HP is still holding on to some vestiges of its Palm acquisition. Among other things, HP retains ownership of other computing coding outside webOS, along with Palm's hardware and Palm's customer contracts. HP will also continue to employ former Palm employees who weren't involved in webOS and will continue to handle customer support for people who still use Palm products made in the past.

Besides getting webOS' source code and other key parts of the technology, LG Electronics will take over stewardship of the open-software project.

HP is jettisoning webOS just as the company is gearing up to introduce a new tablet that features a 7-inch screen and will sell for just $169. The upcoming device, called Slate 7, will run on the popular Android software made by Google Inc. It will supplement a more sophisticated and expensive tablet computer designed primarily for business users. That tablet runs on Windows 8, a recently released makeover of Microsoft's ubiquitous operating system.

HP's stock fell 13 cents to close Monday at $19.07.

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Video: 'It was beginning to be a little tricky'

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Cardinal Roger Mahony's reign of terror--and why he should not board that plane for Rome

Cardinal Roger Mahony's reign of terror--and why he should not board that plane for Rome

By Marielena Montesino de Stuart

Rome is an ancient city with a peculiar way of showing distaste for cowards, liars and thieves. It has a history of not treating them well.

The moment of electing a Pope, by modernist Roman Catholic standards, is fast approaching. The process, known as a "Conclave," from the Latin cum clave ("with a key") used to involve locking the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel, until they reached a decision. Pursuant to the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis issued by Pope John Paul II, the Cardinals are no longer locked throughout the process. Now, the Vatican has announced that Benedict XVI may write a Motu Propio (a personal document which has the full force of Church law ? and which addresses a specific issue) in order to make additional changes to the Conclave process. In such document he may "harmonize" the Universi Dominici Gregis with the Ordo Rituum Conclavis" (Rites of the Conclave).

But the most important "harmony" that is needed is a clean-up of the corrupt element inside the College of Cardinals ? and the modernist hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, which has abandoned tradition and has violated most of the Ten Commandments ? particularly the sixth and the seventh, as pertains to the clergy.

Case in point: a Pope cannot be legitimately chosen with Cardinal Mahony inside the upcoming Conclave. Imagine the scenario ? where a Pope squeaks by with a one vote margin ? and that margin is none other than the deciding vote of a corrupt human being and a disgrace to the Roman Catholic Church and to humanity ? such as Cardinal Roger Mahony, from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

The string of scandals involving Cardinals and Bishops ? and their cover-up of pederasty and other sexual abuses in the Catholic Church, keeps growing. Lately, the most noticeable (but certainly NOT the only one of these scandals) involves Cardinal Mahony.

While he was supposed to be guiding his flock, Mahony managed to build one of the most horrific records of cover-ups ever recorded, involving pederasty and other forms of sexual abuse. If the old cum clave process were still in place ? how would you like to be locked inside a room with Mahony? What if you were told that there is more than one Mahony in that room with you ? and that such corrupt individuals are being treated as worthy of electing a Pope? That is exactly what is about to happen.

The following report contains links to documents outlining some of the heinous sexual crimes committed against children in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, during Mahony's reign. These records were released recently, pursuant to the order of a federal judge:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-church-files-20130122,0,3114631.story

http://clergyfiles.la-archdiocese.org/listing.html

The Conclave has been accepted for hundreds of years in the tradition of the Catholic Church. But these days the Conclave should be cause for worry ? given the impostors that have entered the College of Cardinals. Historians report that in past centuries bribes, threats, poisons ? and even fist fights, broke out inside the Conclave. I wonder if this time a brave Cardinal will plant some well-deserved shiners on the impostors, as they enter the Sistine Chapel to cast their votes.

Cardinal Mahony's reign of terror

Cardinal Roger Mahony's reign of terror at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles began in 1985 ? and did not end until 2011. But his dark legacy and the crimes he covered up, will never be forgotten.

If Mahony boards a plane for Rome to be part of the Conclave ? he will do so as part of his long-standing defiance of countless victims of sexual abuse, as well as faithful Catholics ? who do not want him anywhere near Rome ? or a church, for that matter.

God never lies

These corrupt Cardinals who have participated in cover-ups ? ranging from pederasty to shady financial deals, are considered "untouchable." Instead of being expelled ? they are rewarded and protected. The incidence of moral turpitude in the College of Cardinals puts the entire Conclave on an illegitimate path. Why? Because God never lies. As such, God would never support a Church hierarchy that includes evil individuals who draw a veil over the sexual abuse of children and other immoral practices. You don't need to be a theologian or a philosopher to understand this truth. (Reference: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/marielena/110508)

A step in the right direction?

The current Archbishop of Los Angeles, Jos? H. G?mez, publicly excoriated Mahony after a federal judge ordered the release of nauseating sexual abuse records and cover-ups. This excoriation appeared to be a step in the right direction ? but not for long:

ARCHBISHOP OF LOS ANGELES JOSE H. GOMEZ ? STATEMENT RE- CARDINAL MAHONY AND RELEASE OF SEXUAL ABUSE RECORDS ? JANUARY 31, 2013?2013-0131_JHGStatement-EN

Political grandstanding

The actions by Archbishop G?mez turned out to be nothing but political grandstanding, as evidenced by the following statement published on the Archdiocese of Los Angeles website, where Archbishop Gomez does an about-face ? and fully endorses Cardinal Mahony's participation in the upcoming Conclave:

ARCHBISHOP JOSE H. GOMEZ EXTENDS HIS WARM WISHES TO CARDINAL MAHONY ON HIS TRIP TO ROME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONCLAVE ? 2013-0215_Letter_to_priests-Conclave

Rampant dysfunction

As a former resident of Los Angeles, I lived through most of Cardinal Mahony's reign of terror. During my years in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the rampant dysfunction under Cardinal Mahony could be felt at every level. Yet, in spite of the countless objections from victims of Mahony's reign ? as well as from faithful Catholics in general, the Church administration (headed by Benedict XVI) is allowing Mahony to participate, once again, in the Conclave process.

Cardinal Mahony: master of disguise

Roger Mahony is a master of sly indirectness and Fabian strategy. He has used powerful lawyers and public relations experts to carry out tactics of attrition against victims of sexual abuse ? while assuming that time is on his side.

Part of Mahony's mastery of disguise is his ability to claim the presence of the Holy Spirit ? in order to carry out his schemes.

The following is a quote dated February 11, 2013 ? directly from Cardinal Mahony's blog (yes, this man has the nerve to run a blog!):

"PREMATURE SPECULATION"

"Fortunately, the election of the Successor to St. Peter is in the power of the Holy Spirit, not earthly electoral pundits."

"I recall so vividly in 2005 participating in the Conclave which elected Pope Benedict XVI. The presence and power of the Holy Spirit were palpable. There was no secular voice or influence. It was incredible."

"The People of God in the Church can fortunately anticipate a similar process in which the grace and presence of the Holy Spirit will prevail." ? Cardinal Roger Mahony

By invoking the presence of the Holy Spirit , Mahony tries to divert the reader's attention away from his own evil maneuvers. This manipulation of the faith and trust of well-meaning Catholics is absolutely repulsive. Mahony cannot be trusted. His track record of covering up crimes involving pederasty and other forms of sexual abuse, do not present a man in a state of grace. Mahony's resolve to cover up these crimes ? exposes a man incapable of acting in the best interest of Holy Mother Church and humanity.

Hijacking the Holy Spirit

The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, as enumerated in Isaiah 11:2-3, are present in their fullness in Jesus Christ ? and in Christians who are in a state of grace. These gifts are: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety ? and fear of the Lord. A simple review of the Catechism will reinforce this.

Sadly, many Catholics never open the Catechism in these "modern" times. Instead, they have bought into the modernist approach of faith formation, which includes going on cruise ship seminars ? where they can have Catholicism poured into their heads ? while eating canap?s and drinking beer. For others, these cruises are a great place to harpoon a rich Catholic businessman, who may cut that next business deal ? while the Holy Spirit is hijacked in the high seas of modern Catholicism.

Catholicism is big business

To make matters worse, faithful Catholics need to be aware that Catholicism has turned into a big business ? particularly targeting conservative and traditional Catholics ? who are tired of the corruption in the Church hierarchy. Many Catholics claim to be "conservative" and "traditional" ? when they are selling a service or a product ? when in fact they may very well be 'breaking bread' with a corrupt Bishop, Cardinal or politician. Buyers and donors beware!

Cardinal Mahony and homosexuals

Mahony's intense involvement in bringing homosexuals into the Church was manifested in an unforgettable statement, where he appeared to justify spending large amounts of Church funds for an outreach program to Lesbians and Gays ? "in order to bring their gifts, talents and experiences to enrich the local Church." This caused great consternation throughout the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. It was clear that the modernists in Rome were determined to impose their rules in every corner of the Roman Catholic world ? with shameless disregard for the most sacred Church doctrines and teachings ? essential for the proper formation of young Christian children. Cardinal Mahony has served Rome diligently, when it comes to institutionalizing the homosexual culture in the Roman Catholic Church.
Mahony apparently considers that his predilection for involving homosexuals in a ministry at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles ? is an act of the Holy Spirit. Mahony also appears to think that he can actually create a disconnection between the homosexual environment in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles ? and the incidence of pederasty.

But most of all ? Mahony forgets that some of us can tell an evil impostor from a holy person.

If my indignation and repulsion towards the actions of Cardinal Roger Mahony are so great ? I can imagine the deep pain and abandonment felt by victims of sexual abuse, at the hands of evil priests who enjoyed Mahony's protection.

Cardinal Mahony participated in the election of Benedict XVI ? and he is about to do it again

The current hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church is in a state of collapse ? and Benedict XVI, who was in charge of it all ? has called it quits. One cannot help but question the legitimacy of Benedict XVI's election, considering the presence of the infamous Cardinal Bernard Law and Cardinal Roger Mahony ? and others similar to them ? during the 2005 Conclave. What if Cardinal Mahony and his ilk held the deciding votes in the Conclave of 2005? Under such circumstances ? how can anyone claim that the choice made was the act of the Holy Spirit? Benedict XVI's modernist approach of turning his back on the Throne of Peter, is a reflection of the modernist Conclave that elected him.

Confronting the reality of these modernist Conclaves and the corrupt element within, is fundamental for anyone who wants to stand in defense of Holy Mother Church and respect the Commandments of God.

They are monsters, they are dangerous and they are organized

The impostors that have entered the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church are monsters ? they are dangerous and they are organized. Those that choose to turn a blind eye to this horrific reality ? and ride the coattails of corrupt Bishops and Cardinals, must assume responsibility as collaborators.

Cardinal Mahony once told the press (referring to Cardinal Law's cover-up of pederasty and other forms of sexual abuse at the Archdiocese of Boston) ? that, "he would find it difficult to walk down an aisle in church if he had been guilty of gross negligence." Given Mahony's record of gross negligence, he needs to honor his statement ? and not walk into the Sistine Chapel.

As Christians we all know that when Christ returns the dead shall rise ? and in the case of Cardinal Mahony that will include the dead buried at the cemetery that he sacked ? by raiding their maintenance funds (with the Vatican's blessing) ? in order to pay for settlements of sexual abuse.

... which leads me to the final point:

Rome is not for cowards, liars and thieves

Rome is an ancient city with a peculiar way of showing distaste for cowards, liars and thieves. It has a history of not treating them well. This would make it very difficult for Mahony to get around.

But even worse, is Divine retribution, which can strike when you least expect it. After all, we already saw lightning strike St. Peter's Basilica shortly after Benedict XVI announced that he was turning his back on the Throne of Peter.

If I were Mahony, I would not take the risk of boarding that plane for Rome.

? Marielena Montesino de Stuart

Source: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/marielena/130223

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Report: Chile's Pinochet wanted anti-vote violence

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) ? Newly published U.S. documents indicate that Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet sought to use military force to annul the referendum portrayed in the Oscar-nominated film "NO" that ended his brutal regime. The plan was rejected by his fellow generals, the papers say.

The formerly top-secret documents posted by the independent U.S. National Security Archive on Friday also show U.S. officials warning Chilean leaders against violence if Pinochet tried to use force to stay in power.

Pinochet "planned to do whatever was necessary to stay in power" just a day before the Oct. 5, 1988, referendum, according to a Defense Intelligence Agency document based on information from a Chilean air force officer.

"Pinochet reportedly told advisors: 'I'm not leaving, no matter what,'" the document said.

The documents also show that U.S. officials and agencies backed the anti-Pinochet campaign, even though the U.S. government had worked to undermine the socialist administration of President Salvador Allende that Pinochet overthrew in a 1973 coup and initially supported the new regime.

The papers portray Pinochet as furious after the vote results.

In a last attempt to retain power, the strongman who once compared himself to the greatest Roman emperors asked the members of the military junta to meet in his office in the presidential palace at 1:00 AM," says a report by the Defense Department titled: "Chile: plebiscite goes forward as Pinochet apparently loses."

A CIA source at the meeting describes Pinochet as being "nearly apoplectic" about the results.

"Pinochet was prepared on the night of 5 Oct to overthrow the results of the plebiscite," an informant said in a report by the State Department titled: "Chilean junta meeting the night of plebiscite."

Pinochet had a document prepared for other generals to sign and "spoke of using the extraordinary powers to have the armed forces seize the capital," says one of the reports by the Defense Department.

But even his closest allies said no. The air force commander, Gen. Fernando Matthei, "told Pinochet he would under no circumstances agree to such a thing ... Pinochet then turned to the others and made the same request and was turned down."

Losing all backing to overthrow the plebiscite, Pinochet accepted his defeat.

The lead-up to that decision is depicted in "NO," which is up for an Academy Award as best-foreign language film on Sunday. The Chilean film is based on the publicity campaign that helped oust Pinochet and return Chile to democracy.

The general ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. He died under house arrest, without ever being tried, despite charges of illegal enrichment and human rights violations.

"We negotiated with him because we were never able to judge him and Pinochet died a free man and a millionaire," said Pablo Larrain, director of "NO," in an interview last month with The Associated Press.

The film's July premiere in Santiago unsettled many audiences because Chile remains deeply divided over Pinochet's regime.

He shut down Congress, outlawed political parties and forced thousands of dissidents into exile, while his police tortured and killed thousands more.

But loyalists saw him as a fatherly figure who oversaw Chile's growth into economic prosperity and kept it from becoming a failed socialist state.

"Given the entrenched and violent nature of Pinochet's dictatorship, the No Campaign's victory is all the more dramatic," said Peter Kornbluh, author of "The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability."

Forty years after the coup, Kornbluh said, "It is not only important to remember how he took power, but was forced to relinquish it."

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TAKARA TOMY A.R.T.S. - "Life Bank" - Une tirelire high-tech qui se synchronise avec votre iPhone

Takara Tomy Arts vient de nous pr?senter une nouvelle fa?on amusante d??conomiser son argent. Ils ont cr?? une application iPhone qui effectue le suivi de l?argent que vous avez mis de c?t? en se synchronisant avec un genre de ?tirelire?.

T?l?chargez l?application et r?glez un objectif. Ensuite, mettez votre iPhone sur la tirelire ? chaque fois que vous mettez une pi?ce de 500 yen dedans. Vous pouvez ainsi voir combien d?argent vous avez mis de c?t? et en combien de temps.

L?application simule aussi la vie d?un personnage. Vous pouvez voir la fa?on dont il vit dans la tirelire et si sa vie s?am?liore ou non selon l?argent mis de c?t?. Au d?but c?est un pauvre ?tudiant qui vit dans un petit studio, mais plus vous mettez d?argent de c?t?, mieux il vivra, am?liorant son appartement et sa vie.

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Ex-Canada ambassador slighted by Affleck's "Argo"

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file photo, former Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor and his wife Pat, pose for photographers at the premiere of the film Argo in Washington. Taylor, Canada's former ambassador in Iran, who protected Americans at great personal risk during the Iran hostage crisis of 1979, says if "Argo" wins the Oscar for best picture on Sunday there would be something wrong with director Ben Affleck if he didn't mention Canada, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file photo, former Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor and his wife Pat, pose for photographers at the premiere of the film Argo in Washington. Taylor, Canada's former ambassador in Iran, who protected Americans at great personal risk during the Iran hostage crisis of 1979, says if "Argo" wins the Oscar for best picture on Sunday there would be something wrong with director Ben Affleck if he didn't mention Canada, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 photo, Ben Affleck, nominated for best picture for "Argo," arrives at the 85th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Like almost every awards season, earlier honors have established clear favorites for the top prizes at Sunday's Oscars, where Ben Affleck's CIA thriller ?Argo? is expected to take home the best-picture trophy. The 85th Academy Awards are in Los Angeles on Feb. 24. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - This publicity image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows John Goodman, left, Alan Arkin, center, and actor-director Ben Affleck in a scene from "Argo." The film has dominated the awards picture with wins at the Golden Globes and ceremonies held by the Directors Guild of America, the Screen Actors Guild and the Producers Guild of America. "Argo" now is poised to do what only four movies have managed before at the Oscars: win best picture without a nomination for its director. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Claire Folger, File)

TORONTO (AP) ? The former Canadian ambassador to Iran who protected Americans at great personal risk during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis says it will reflect poorly on Ben Affleck if he doesn't say a few words about Canada's role should the director's film "Argo" win the Oscar for best picture Sunday.

But Ken Taylor ? who said he feels slighted by the movie because it makes Canada look like a meek observer to CIA heroics in the rescue of six U.S. Embassy staff members caught in the crisis ? is not expecting it.

"I would hope he would. If he doesn't then it's a further reflection," Taylor told The Associated Press. But the 78-year-old Taylor added that given what's happened in the last few months, "I'm not necessarily anticipating anything."

Taylor kept the Americans hidden at his residence and the home of his deputy, John Sheardown, in Tehran and facilitated their escape by arranging plane tickets and persuading the Ottawa government to issue fake passports. He also agreed to go along with the CIA's film production cover story to get the Americans out of Iran.

Taylor became a hero in Canada and the United States afterward. He felt the role that he and other Canadians played in helping the Americans to freedom was minimized in "Argo."

"In general it makes it seem like the Canadians were just along for the ride. The Canadians were brave. Period," Taylor said.

Affleck's thriller is widely expected to win the best-picture trophy. Two other high-profile best-picture nominees this year, Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" and Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," have also been criticized for their portrayal of some factual issues.

Affleck said in a statement Friday night that he thought his issue with Taylor had been resolved.

"I admire Ken very much for his role in rescuing the six houseguests. I consider him a hero.?In light of my many conversations as well as a change to an end card that Ken requested I am surprised that Ken continues to take issue with the film," Affleck said in the statement. "I spoke to him recently when he asked me to narrate a documentary he is prominently featured in and yet he didn't mention any lingering concerns.?I agreed to do it and I look forward to seeing Ken at the recording."

Taylor told the AP on Saturday that he would take the "high road" upon hearing what Affleck said in the statement. He said it was news to him that Affleck had agreed to narrate the documentary and looked forward to working on it with him.

He added that he had sent Affleck an email on Saturday, saying he was pleased to hear that "Argo" has received international acclaim even though the debate still continues about the role Canada played. In the email, he said the dispute doesn't reflect on Affleck's skills as a director and wished him luck on Sunday.

"I'm not conceding anything," Taylor told the AP. "What I said is still valid. It's time to move on. I've registered it now for six months and President Jimmy Carter's remarks back it. There's nothing more a Canadian can say after the president says it."

Carter appeared on CNN on Thursday night and said "90 percent of the contributions to the ideas and the consummation of the plan was Canadian," but the film "gives almost full credit to the American CIA."

Carter also called "Argo" a complete distortion of what happened when he accepted an honorary degree from Queen's University in Canada in November.

"I saw the movie Argo recently and I was taken aback by its distortion of what happened because almost everything that was heroic, or courageous or innovative was done by Canada and not the United States," Carter said.

Taylor said there would be no movie without the Canadians.

"We took the six in without being asked so it starts there," Taylor said. "And the fact that we got them out with some help from the CIA then that's where the story loses itself. I think Jimmy Carter has it about right, it was 90 percent Canada, 10 percent the CIA."

He said CIA agent Tony Mendez, played by Affleck in the film, was only in Iran for a day and a half.

The movie also makes no mention of Sheardown, the First Secretary at the embassy. Taylor said it was Sheardown who took the first call from the American diplomats who had evaded capture when Iranian militants seized the U.S. Embassy in November 1979, and agreed right away to take the Americans in. Sheardown died on Dec. 30, and his wife, Zena, called the movie disappointing.

"It was frustrating," Zena Sheardown said about "Argo" in an interview with The Associated Press after her husband's death. "It would have been nice if the story was told correctly because basically, if the Canadians weren't there to help, who knows what would have happened to those Americans."

Friends of Taylor were outraged last September when "Argo" debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival. The original postscript of the movie said that Taylor received 112 citations and awards for his work in freeing the hostages and suggested Taylor didn't deserve them because the movie ends with the CIA deciding to let Canada have the credit for helping the Americans escape.

Taylor called the postscript lines "disgraceful and insulting" and said it would have caused outrage in Canada if the lines were not changed. Affleck flew Taylor to Los Angeles after the Toronto debut and allowed him to insert a postscript that gave Canada some credit.

Taylor called it a good movie and said he's not rooting against it, but said it is far from accurate.

"He's a good director. It's got momentum. There's nothing much right from Day 1 I could do about the movie. I changed a line at the end because the caption at the end was disgraceful. It's like Tiananmen Square, you are sitting in front of a big tank," he said.

Associated Press

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Creative Writing Club meeting to be held : The Flyer

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February 21, 2013 ? Rob Bowling, Staff Writer ?
Filed under Fairmont Life

The Creative Writing Club at Fairmont High School?s?will be holding a meeting Monday, Feb. 25, 2013.?The meeting will take place in Room 231 directly after school.?At the meeting, entries for the Sinclair Writing Awards contest will be gathered for anyone wishing to enter. Participants are asked to prepare their entries before the day of the meeting.?For more information regarding the meeting or the entries,?contact Juliet Monbeck in Room 231.

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Trump Twitter mystery! Who hacked The Donald?

Helen A.S. Popkin ? ? ? 16 hrs.

In what appears to be the latest in a minor wave of attacks on Twitter accounts belonging to out-sized corporate entities, an out-of-character tweet from Donald Trump's verified account set the Internet abuzz, and then disappeared, shortly before noon ET on Thursday.

"These hoes think they classy, well that's the class I'm skippen," read the suspect remark issued from @realDonaldTrump. It was a glaring non sequitur following tweets such as "Republicans must be careful with immigration?don?t give our country away," and "Wow, Macy's numbers just in-Trump is doing better than ever ? thanks for your great support!"

"Yes, obviously the account has been hacked and we are looking for the perpetrator," Rhona Graff, senior vice president, assistant to the president of the Trump Organization, told NBC News via email.

This confirmation was quickly echoed by Trump himself, in a tweet that read, "My Twitter has been seriously hacked ? and we are looking for the perpetrators."

Cut off after a single rogue tweet, the Trump Twitter anomaly was far shorter than the Burger King and Jeep takeovers earlier this week. On Monday, Burger King's Twitter account was hacked and renamed McDonalds, and over the course of a hour, sent out 53 tweets (and garnered 73,421 retweets) making light of the situation. The Tuesday attack on Jeep's Twitter account ? which included the erroneous announcement that the car maker had been taken over by Cadillac ? ceased after just 10 minutes and 13 tweets.

Soon after @Jeep regained control, the Twitter accounts of MTV and BET appeared to be compromised. The MTV account tweeted claims the network had been taken over by BET, and BET tweeted it was now owned by MTV. This turned out to be a publicity stunt by the networks, both owned by Viacom. As NBC News reported on Tuesday, the account of a PR representative warned of the hack ahead of time on Twitter and then both MTV and BET copped to the scheme after the "hack."

NBC News has asked the Trump Organization how Trump was able to regain control of his Twitter account so quickly, and will update this story if we receive a response.

Helen A.S. Popkin goes blah blah blah about the Internet. Tell her to get a real job on Twitterand/or Facebook.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/trump-twitter-mystery-who-hacked-donald-1C8462918

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Children with brain lesions able to use gestures important to language learning

Public release date: 20-Feb-2013
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Georgia State University

ATLANTA Children with brain lesions suffered before or around the time of birth are able to use gestures an important aspect of the language learning process to convey simple sentences, a Georgia State University researcher has found.

?eyda zal??kan, assistant professor of psychology, and fellow researchers at the University of Chicago, looked at children who suffered lesions to one side of the brain to see whether they used gestures similar to typically developing children. She examined gestures such as pointing to a cookie while saying "eat" to convey the meaning "eat cookie," several months before expressing such sentences exclusively in speech.

"We do know that children with brain injuries show an amazing amount of plasticity (the ability to change) for language learning if they acquire lesions early in life," zal??kan said. "However, we did not know whether this plasticity was characterized by the same developmental trajectory shown for typically developing children, with gesture leading the way into speech. We looked at the onset of different sentence constructions in children with early brain injuries, and wanted to find out if we could see precursors of different sentence types in gesture.

"For children with brain injuries, we found that this pattern holds, similar to typically developing children," she said. "Children with unilateral brain injuries produce different kinds of simple sentences several months later than typically developing children. More important, the delays we observe in producing different sentences in speech are preceded by a similar delay in producing the same sentences in gesture-speech combinations."

Children with brain injuries also had a more difficult time in producing complex sentences across gesture and speech, such as conveying relationships between actions, for example saying "help me do it" while making a painting gesture.

"This in turn was later reflected in a much narrower range of complex sentence types expressed in their speech," zal??kan said. "This suggested to us, in general, that producing sentences across gesture and speech may serve as an embodied sensorimotor experience, that might help children take the next developmental step in producing these sentences in speech.

"And if you bypass the gesture-speech combination stage, that might negatively affect developing a broader representation of complex sentence types in speech."

The researchers also compared children with smaller brain lesions against children with large lesions, and found more of a delay in producing sentences, both in speech and in gesture-speech combinations, in children with large lesions.

The research has implications for developing interventions to help children with the language learning process, "as it shows that gestures are integral to the process of language learning even when that learning is taking place in an injured brain," zal??kan said.

"When children do different kinds of sentence combinations across gesture and speech, that's like a signal to the caregiver that 'I'm ready for this,'" she said. "The caregiver can then provide relevant input to the child, and that could in turn help the child take the next developmental step in producing that sentence entirely in speech."

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The other researchers included Susan C. Levine and Susan Goldin-Meadow of the University of Chicago.

The research, "Gesturing with an injured brain: How gesture helps children with early brain injury learn linguistic connections," was published in the Journal of Child Language.

The article is available on the web at http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0305000912000220 or upon request from Public Relations and Marketing Communications at 404-413-1357 or jcraig@gsu.edu.

For more about psychology at Georgia State, visit www.gsu.edu/psychology.

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Contact: Jeremy Craig
jcraig@gsu.edu
404-413-1357
Georgia State University

ATLANTA Children with brain lesions suffered before or around the time of birth are able to use gestures an important aspect of the language learning process to convey simple sentences, a Georgia State University researcher has found.

?eyda zal??kan, assistant professor of psychology, and fellow researchers at the University of Chicago, looked at children who suffered lesions to one side of the brain to see whether they used gestures similar to typically developing children. She examined gestures such as pointing to a cookie while saying "eat" to convey the meaning "eat cookie," several months before expressing such sentences exclusively in speech.

"We do know that children with brain injuries show an amazing amount of plasticity (the ability to change) for language learning if they acquire lesions early in life," zal??kan said. "However, we did not know whether this plasticity was characterized by the same developmental trajectory shown for typically developing children, with gesture leading the way into speech. We looked at the onset of different sentence constructions in children with early brain injuries, and wanted to find out if we could see precursors of different sentence types in gesture.

"For children with brain injuries, we found that this pattern holds, similar to typically developing children," she said. "Children with unilateral brain injuries produce different kinds of simple sentences several months later than typically developing children. More important, the delays we observe in producing different sentences in speech are preceded by a similar delay in producing the same sentences in gesture-speech combinations."

Children with brain injuries also had a more difficult time in producing complex sentences across gesture and speech, such as conveying relationships between actions, for example saying "help me do it" while making a painting gesture.

"This in turn was later reflected in a much narrower range of complex sentence types expressed in their speech," zal??kan said. "This suggested to us, in general, that producing sentences across gesture and speech may serve as an embodied sensorimotor experience, that might help children take the next developmental step in producing these sentences in speech.

"And if you bypass the gesture-speech combination stage, that might negatively affect developing a broader representation of complex sentence types in speech."

The researchers also compared children with smaller brain lesions against children with large lesions, and found more of a delay in producing sentences, both in speech and in gesture-speech combinations, in children with large lesions.

The research has implications for developing interventions to help children with the language learning process, "as it shows that gestures are integral to the process of language learning even when that learning is taking place in an injured brain," zal??kan said.

"When children do different kinds of sentence combinations across gesture and speech, that's like a signal to the caregiver that 'I'm ready for this,'" she said. "The caregiver can then provide relevant input to the child, and that could in turn help the child take the next developmental step in producing that sentence entirely in speech."

###

The other researchers included Susan C. Levine and Susan Goldin-Meadow of the University of Chicago.

The research, "Gesturing with an injured brain: How gesture helps children with early brain injury learn linguistic connections," was published in the Journal of Child Language.

The article is available on the web at http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0305000912000220 or upon request from Public Relations and Marketing Communications at 404-413-1357 or jcraig@gsu.edu.

For more about psychology at Georgia State, visit www.gsu.edu/psychology.

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Solicitor takes on Burnley man's fight to stop children being deported to South Africa

Solicitor takes on Burnley man's fight to stop children being deported to South Africa

10:00pm Tuesday 19th February 2013 in News By Kate Jackson, Reporter

A LEGAL battle to keep two South African children in Burnley has launched.

Solicitor Waseem Chowdhary, from Southerns Solicitors, in Nelson, has taken up the fight of Justin Tutt, after reading about his struggle in the Lancashire Telegraph.

Mr Chowdhary, a specialist in immigration law, who has waived hefty legal costs, said: ?After reading about his tragic plight we decided to contact Mr Tutt to see if we could help him on a pro bono basis.

?As we are unable to get the children British passports we have decided to apply for the children to have leave to remain in the UK on the grounds of human rights, stating exceptional and compassionate circumstances.

?I am fairly positive that they will get the outcome that they are hoping for.? Mr Chowdhary said he will apply for the children to have leave to remain in the UK on the grounds of human rights after initial attempts to get the children visas failed as Mr Tutt doesn?t earn enough, bringing home only ?120 a week.

New rules introduced by the Government in July state that people living in this country must be earning ?22,400 plus ?2,400 for each additional child before dependants can enter the country.

Mr Tutt, 29, brought his two children Seth, eight, and his five-year-old sister Leigh to his home in Briercliffe Road, Burnley, where he lives with fiancee Clare Miles, 29, her daughter Kaitlyn, seven, and their eight-month-old son Jake, after the sudden death of their mother Deirdre Tutt.

They face the prospect of deportation in five weeks when their holiday visa runs out.

Mr Tutt, who works in Burnley?s Walkabout bar and has lived in Burnley for five years, said: ?We are in the process of getting all the paper work sorted and hopefully the application will be sent off by the end of the week. We are so grateful that Waseem has offered to help us with the application, we now have the problem of finding the money to pay the Home Office if the application is successful.

?We have spent ?5,000 bringing the children here and now face more fees of around ?800 to pay for their application to remain here.

?Our friends have been fantastic, we have had lots donated including clothes and toys. The kids have started at St Mary?s RC School.

?They have been fantastic providing them with school uniforms, PE kits and swim wear for swimming lessons.?

Mr Tutt and his children are due to appear on ITV breakfast show Daybreak today.

Source: http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/news/10236955.Solicitor_takes_on_Burnley_man_s_fight_to_stop_children_being_deported_to_South_Africa/?ref=rss

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Conclave's rituals, oaths and secrecy explained

FILE -- In this photo from files taken on April 18, 2005 and released by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Cardinals walk in procession to the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, at the beginning of the conclave. Next month's conclave to elect the 266th leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics will have all the trappings of papal elections past, with the added twist that the this time around the current pope is still very much alive. The conclave begins with the cardinals in their red cassocks processing into the Sistine Chapel, chanting the hypnotic Litany of Saints or Veni Creator imploring the intervention of the Holy Spirit as they take their places before Michelangelo's "Last Judgment." (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, ho)

FILE -- In this photo from files taken on April 18, 2005 and released by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Cardinals walk in procession to the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, at the beginning of the conclave. Next month's conclave to elect the 266th leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics will have all the trappings of papal elections past, with the added twist that the this time around the current pope is still very much alive. The conclave begins with the cardinals in their red cassocks processing into the Sistine Chapel, chanting the hypnotic Litany of Saints or Veni Creator imploring the intervention of the Holy Spirit as they take their places before Michelangelo's "Last Judgment." (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, ho)

In this photo taken on Feb. 12, 2013, the Vatican's master of liturgical celebrations Archbishop Piero Marini gestures as he talks during an interview with the Associated Press. Next month's conclave to elect the 266th leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics will have all the trappings of papal elections past, with the added twist that the this time around the current pope is still very much alive. Pope Benedict XVI's resignation, the first papal abdication in 600 years, has caused utter chaos in the Vatican, where no one knows for sure what he'll be called much less what he'll wear after Feb. 28. But one thing is clear: the rules and rituals to elect his successor will follow a carefully orchestrated program thanks in large part to Archbishop Piero Marini. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

In this photo taken on Feb. 12, 2013, the Vatican's master of liturgical celebrations Archbishop Piero Marini gestures as he talks during an interview with the Associated Press. Next month's conclave to elect the 266th leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics will have all the trappings of papal elections past, with the added twist that the this time around the current pope is still very much alive. Pope Benedict XVI's resignation, the first papal abdication in 600 years, has caused utter chaos in the Vatican, where no one knows for sure what he'll be called much less what he'll wear after Feb. 28. But one thing is clear: the rules and rituals to elect his successor will follow a carefully orchestrated program thanks in large part to Archbishop Piero Marini. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

FILE -- In this photo from files taken on April 18, 2005 and released by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, at the beginning of the conclave. Next month's conclave to elect the 266th leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics will have all the trappings of papal elections past, with the added twist that the this time around the current pope is still very much alive. The conclave begins with the cardinals in their red cassocks processing into the Sistine Chapel, chanting the hypnotic Litany of Saints or Veni Creator imploring the intervention of the Holy Spirit as they take their places before Michelangelo's "Last Judgment." (in background) (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, ho)

In this photo taken on Feb. 12, 2013, the Vatican's master of liturgical celebrations Archbishop Piero Marini poses during an interview with the Associated Press. Next month's conclave to elect the 266th leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics will have all the trappings of papal elections past, with the added twist that the this time around the current pope is still very much alive. Pope Benedict XVI's resignation, the first papal abdication in 600 years, has caused utter chaos in the Vatican, where no one knows for sure what he'll be called much less what he'll wear after Feb. 28. But one thing is clear: the rules and rituals to elect his successor will follow a carefully orchestrated program thanks in large part to Archbishop Piero Marini. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

VATICAN CITY (AP) ? It's a ritual as rich in tradition and symbolism as the Catholic Church can muster: secret oaths, hypnotic Gregorian chants, scarlet-decked cardinals filing through the Sistine Chapel ? all while the public outside in St. Peter's Square watches for white smoke or black to learn if it has a new pope.

Much of the ritual's current incarnation is the work of Archbishop Piero Marini.

The Vatican's master of liturgical celebrations for two decades under Pope John Paul II, Marini organized the funeral rites for the late pontiff and the conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI. He was by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's side minutes after the election when the new pope uttered the words "I accept" ? officially launching his papacy on April 19, 2005.

"I still remember, with some emotion, the silence that there was ? the participation of the cardinals," Marini recalled in an interview in his Vatican offices. "It was an event that had been prepared with great care."

Next month's conclave to elect the 266th leader of the world's billion Catholics will have all the grand trappings of papal elections past ? with the added twist that this time around the current pope is still alive.

Benedict's resignation, the first papal abdication in 600 years, has caused chaos in the Vatican: Nobody knows for sure what he'll be called much less what he'll wear after Feb. 28. But one thing is clear: The rules and rituals to elect his successor will follow Marini's "bible" of how to run a conclave ? a dense tome of footnoted decrees, floor-plans, directions and photos. The book will serve as a guide when 117 cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect Benedict's successor.

The Vatican said Saturday that the Holy See in the coming days or weeks would publish an update to the main apostolic constitution that guides the papal transition with some ceremonial tweaks, perhaps taking into account the influence of Benedict's more tradition-minded master of liturgical ceremonies who replaced Marini in 2007. But the fundamentals will likely remain.

The conclave begins with the cardinals in their red cassocks filing into the Sistine Chapel, chanting the monophonic Litany of Saints followed by another sacred song, Veni, Creator Spiritus, imploring the intervention of the saints and Holy Spirit as they take their places before Michelangelo's "Last Judgment."

The cardinals place their hand on the Gospel and promise to observe absolute secrecy both during and after the conclave, and to "never lend support or favor to any interference, opposition or any other form of intervention ... in the election of the Roman Pontiff."

While the Vatican is notoriously obsessed with secrecy, there are actually good historical reasons why conclave proceedings are kept quiet and why cardinals promise to vote independently, said Monsignor Robert Wister, professor of church history at Seton Hall University in New Jersey.

Up until the early 20th century, papal elections could be vetoed by the kings of France, Spain or the Holy Roman Emperor, Wister noted. The power was rarely invoked but was used in the 1903 conclave to replace Pope Leo XII. Leo's No. 2, the Vatican's secretary of state, was in the lead when his election was blocked by Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph.

The eventual winner, Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, took the name Pius X ? and promptly abolished the veto power. Still, the memory of outside intervention has continued to weigh over the College of Cardinals, leading them to be sequestered until they have a pope.

Now they have a Vatican hotel to stay in while not voting, but are forbidden from having any contact with the outside world: no phones, no newspapers, no tweeting.

"There is that fear," Wister said. "Going back previous centuries, kings did interfere, sometimes with an army."

Secrecy under penalty of excommunication also ensures that the winner doesn't know who among his cardinals voted against him ? an important element going forward to keep the church's top leadership unified.

"It's not the Renaissance where he'd be poisoned, but it's a matter of human respect," Wister said.

Once the final oath is taken, the master of liturgical ceremonies gives the order "Extra omnes" (everyone out) and all those not taking part in the conclave leave the frescoed walls of the chapel.

An elderly cardinal, over age 80 and thus ineligible to participate, remains and reads a meditation about the qualities a pope should have and the challenges facing the church, after which he and the master of ceremonies leave the cardinals to begin voting.

On Day 1, only one round of balloting is taken; after that cardinals cast two votes in the morning, two in the afternoon until they have a victor. A two-thirds majority is necessary.

Each cardinal writes his choice on a paper inscribed with the words "Eligo in summen pontificem," or "I elect as Supreme Pontiff." They approach the altar one by one and say: "I call as my witness, Christ the Lord who will be my judge, that my vote is given to the one who, before God, I think should be elected."

The folded ballot is placed on a round plate and slid into an oval urn. After the votes are counted and the outcomes announced, the papers are bound together with a needle and thread, each ballot pierced through the word "Eligo." Then they are burned with a chemical to send black smoke (meaning no) or white (meaning yes) out of the Sistine Chapel's chimney.

On April 19, 2005, a stunned Ratzinger accepted the charge and was brought into a side room to change into the white vestments of the papacy. Off came the scarlet cassock; underneath was the simpler black clerical garb of a cardinal.

"Naturally the pope couldn't change completely at that moment, so he went out with those black sleeves ? we could see his sweater!" Marini recalled. "But even that was a human gesture of how he was dressed as a cardinal."

Marini accompanied Ratzinger out onto the loggia of the basilica overlooking St. Peter's Square where a cardinal announced "Habemus Papam" (We have a pope) to the thousands of people below. The cardinal announced Ratzinger's name in Latin, and then Benedict uttered his first public words as pope, saying he was but a "simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord."

Marini noted that that first encounter of the new pope with his flock traces its history to the ancient tradition that the bishop of Rome is elected by the people.

"This appearance by the pope on the balcony, the applause and cheers of joy that erupt when he comes out," he said, "in some way represents the Roman people accepting their pope."

It's one of the potent symbols of a tradition-drenched conclave.

"A religion relies on its customs and practices," said Monsignor Kevin Irwin, former dean of theology at Catholic University of America and professor of liturgy. "This is not like putting up posters and getting a poll of who is winning. This is an act of God."

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