Catholic Church in China; the underground, loyal to Rome Church and the “Patriotic” Church

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Good article in the Telegraph (UK). A terrible situation for all. “China’s Catholics: ‘Rome may betray us, but I won’t join a Church which is controlled by the Communist Party’ “ Father Dong Baolu’s flock were gathered outdoors beside a row of foul-smelling lavatories. They had no choice but to worship in this furtive way, … Read more

Stair climbing v. walking for fitness

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The stairs win. From the NY Times "Well" Q & A … if you want to get picky about which is healthier, go for the stairs In fact, according to recent estimations, slowly climbing stairs demands almost twice as much energy per minute as does walking along a flat surface at an everyday (not brisk) … Read more

Easter at Chez Gagnon

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Where we’ve spent many an Easter Day. Four of six Gagnons + daughter-in-Law Ellen + three of four Farandas + other Gagnon family friends. Dinner always begins this way – Before dinner there was the big Easter Egg hunt – here are the contestants – and Joe actually won! He found 12 of the 48 … Read more

WaPo: Brussels attacks were an interrogation failure (how stupidly PC are these people? You can’t make this stuff up.))

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This is astonishing – and sad. In the Washington Post. For years, Brussels has been the epicenter for European outrage over the CIA’s terrorist interrogation program. Now it is Belgium that has some explaining to do for its failure to effectively interrogate a high-value terrorist — an interrogation that may have foiled last week’s deadly … Read more