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Stepinac football: 10-7 win over Iona & moving to semi-finals!
A very big deal. Stepinac had been blown out just a few weeks ago by Iona Prep. The article also contains two embedded videos. Safety spurs Stepinac over Iona Prep in rare playoff meeting Down a touchdown in the third quarter, Stepinac had four chances to score from inside the 4 and was stuffed. The…
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Relics of St. Peter to have first exposition
UPDATE: Comment (left by an attorney): "St. Peter might have been the most charitable Saint. He healed his mother-in-law." The Year of Faith ends on November 24th, so presumably sometime around that date. Go here Vatican plans first-ever display of relics of St. Peter for a quick paragraph on how they found the remains (relics) of…
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In NY Adirondacks, young woman fights off bear with a pocket knife
YIKES! Some neat pictures with the article. Three bears and one tough hiker. Woman stabs bruin in jaw as it charges her Anyone considering messing with Amy Stafford should keep this in mind: she stabbed a bear, and walked away without a scratch. Although it is bear hunting season in the Adirondacks, Stafford, 22, and an…
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Oldest woman (86) to run the NYC marathon Sunday, died the next day.
She had fallen during the race and hit her head, but finished and seemed OK. Not bad though; finishing a marathon at 86 – in good shape her whole life – she looks great in the picture. Joy Johnson, oldest woman to run New York City Marathon, dies at 86 Johnson, of San Jose, Calif.,…
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72 year old California hunter gets lost; survives 19 days in the mountains
72 year old tough guy! Penaflor's survival story began Sept. 24 when he and a friend set out to hunt deer in the national forest in an area known as Bloody Rock, sheriff's officials said. He and his hunting partner split up for the morning and planned to meet up for lunch at noon.
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New position for my friend Greg Maher
A new position after many years in low income housing development with LISC (Local initiatives Support Corp). Leviticus Fund Hires Gregory Maher as new Executive Director If you follow the link, you'll also find out what The Leviticus Fund is.
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Pope says, don’t be naive “the devil is a reality”
Of course we all knew that. Way back in my Fairfield U days, I still remember the Jesuit head of the philosophy department saying in a homily that we can know the devil exists because it’s not conceivable that all the evil in the world can just be coming from men. Made sense to me.…
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The field goal: Snap, Hold. Kick. In 1.2 seconds
A video; pretty good, short and fascinating insight into the snapper, holder, and kicker on a field goal. Field goals occur so swiftly, in about 1.2 seconds, and so regularly that they are often treated as afterthoughts. But a highly intricate three-part choreography is involved. The Giants’ field-goal unit breaks it down.
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Stepinac football goes to 4-1.
With successive winss on the road. They beat St. John the Baptist on Long Island, 49-7 (and it was their homecoming!) and this past Saturday beat Monsignor Farrell on Staten Island, 28-7. We saw the Long Island game, but Saturday's game was in the evening (because of SAT's during the day) and Brigid and I…