Monday, October 14, 2024
Collectivism poses a threat to America's constitutional and unalienable rights
April 2024
Thesis
Collectivism poses a threat to America's constitutional and unalienable rights
The global shift towards collectivism and political consensus will limit America's freedom of speech by restricting dissent and discouraging individualism. The rights outlined in the Declaration of Independence are inherent and not granted by the government.
The signers and framers of the Declaration of Independence believed in natural law, but their interpretation was not based on Catholic Social Doctrine, but rather on the Protestant tradition of individual ethics. The founders of the emerging American identity established a form of government that valued the principle that "all men are created equal," which allows individuals to follow their conscience instead of a nation governed by the Common Good, which can be seen as communitarian and tyrannical.
There is a growing trend towards limiting speech by left-leaning, politically correct progressives. The only rights progressives believe in are the ones they make up to suit their agenda of social justice. All other rights, especially natural ones, are to be trampled into the dust. Human beings are not all "atoms" or individuals with equally intrinsic rights, but unequal cogs in a hierarchy of social-justice groupings, to be managed by the state. (Holmes 2022). Modern progressive ideology aligns with cultural Marxism, deconstructionism, and race theory. The intellectual forerunners of the contemporary progressive ideology are Nietzche, Gramsci, and other Marxists.
Human rights are derived from natural rights and natural law, allowing people to make moral choices. Since the end of the last century, human rights have deteriorated. For example, religious liberty is relegated to be less important than political concerns, which produces cognitive dissonance. The United Nation’s universal declaration of human rights of 1948 was patterned after the Declaration of the Rights of man and the Citizen, which was adopted in France after the French Revolution in 1791. Both these human rights declarations differ from our United States Bill of Rights which reinforces and guarantees that our human rights are unalienable natural rights provided by our Creator, not a bureaucracy.
Study shows EV owners have bigger carbon footprint than average because they are wealthier
October 6, 2024
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Study shows EV owners have bigger carbon footprint than average because they are wealthier
by Bob Yirka , Phys.org
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Study shows EV owners have bigger carbon footprint than average because they are wealthier
by Bob Yirka , Phys.org
Credit: Nils Sandman, CC BY 4.0
A pair of psychologists and an economist at the University of Turku, in Finland, have found that because the average electric vehicle (EV) owner is wealthier than the average person, they still have a bigger than average carbon footprint.
For their paper published in the open-access journal PLOS Climate, Nils Sandman, Elisa Sahari and Aki Koponen analyzed questionnaires sent to thousands of random adults in Finland regarding lifestyle choices, car use, environmental opinions and how they felt about EVs.
As global warming, exacerbated by human-origin greenhouse gas emissions continues, makers of some goods have begun to alter their products in ways that reduce emissions. One such product is the automobile.
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The vast majority of cars and trucks on the road today are still powered by burning gasoline—a primary source of greenhouse gas emissions. In response, car makers have been developing and selling EVs, which produce no greenhouse gas emissions while they are driven.
In this new study, the research team investigated whether consumers who purchase and drive such vehicles have a smaller carbon footprint than other consumers who continue to drive gasoline-powered vehicles.
To learn more, the researchers obtained data from the CLIMATE NUDGE survey, which was a questionnaire sent by other researchers to thousands of people across Finland in 2022, asking about their lifestyle choices. The team analyzed 3,857 of those that had been returned.
The researchers found that people who purchase EVs tend to be wealthier than average. They are also more highly educated and drive more miles per year on average. The researchers also found that despite buying and driving an EV, the average purchaser of an EV still had a higher carbon footprint than people who did not buy such vehicles.
This, the researchers note, is because wealthier people in general have a bigger carbon footprint—they use more electricity, which is most often produced at a coal-burning plant, they consume more goods, the production of which tends to release greenhouse gases, and they drive more and travel more.
Ultimately, the researchers found that the use of an EV did not overcome an overall larger carbon footprint.
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A pair of psychologists and an economist at the University of Turku, in Finland, have found that because the average electric vehicle (EV) owner is wealthier than the average person, they still have a bigger than average carbon footprint.
For their paper published in the open-access journal PLOS Climate, Nils Sandman, Elisa Sahari and Aki Koponen analyzed questionnaires sent to thousands of random adults in Finland regarding lifestyle choices, car use, environmental opinions and how they felt about EVs.
As global warming, exacerbated by human-origin greenhouse gas emissions continues, makers of some goods have begun to alter their products in ways that reduce emissions. One such product is the automobile.
Join our new WhatsApp channel! Stay up-to-date on the latest science news from Science X.
The vast majority of cars and trucks on the road today are still powered by burning gasoline—a primary source of greenhouse gas emissions. In response, car makers have been developing and selling EVs, which produce no greenhouse gas emissions while they are driven.
In this new study, the research team investigated whether consumers who purchase and drive such vehicles have a smaller carbon footprint than other consumers who continue to drive gasoline-powered vehicles.
To learn more, the researchers obtained data from the CLIMATE NUDGE survey, which was a questionnaire sent by other researchers to thousands of people across Finland in 2022, asking about their lifestyle choices. The team analyzed 3,857 of those that had been returned.
The researchers found that people who purchase EVs tend to be wealthier than average. They are also more highly educated and drive more miles per year on average. The researchers also found that despite buying and driving an EV, the average purchaser of an EV still had a higher carbon footprint than people who did not buy such vehicles.
This, the researchers note, is because wealthier people in general have a bigger carbon footprint—they use more electricity, which is most often produced at a coal-burning plant, they consume more goods, the production of which tends to release greenhouse gases, and they drive more and travel more.
Ultimately, the researchers found that the use of an EV did not overcome an overall larger carbon footprint.
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Friday, October 11, 2024
CANCELLED: Adventism and Catholicism in a Changing World
CANCELLED: Adventism and Catholicism in a Changing World
October 12, 2024
03:00 PM-05:00 PM
Centennial Complex
Damazo Ampitheater
religion@llu.edu
909-558-7478
School of Religion
This event has been cancelled.
Speakers:
Reinder Bruinsma, PhD
Denis Fortin, PhD
Rev. Romanus Ike
The Seventh-day Adventist and Roman Catholic Churches have had a turbulent relationship through the years. But in today’s world many people see them as having much more in common than what separates them. The panel will explore the intriguing question of what the two churches can learn from each other and what that might imply for the future. Reinder Bruinsma will premier his new book on the topic at the close of the program.
Sponsored by Loma Linda University Center for Understanding World Religions and Humanities Program
For more information, call 909-558-7478 or email religion@llu.edu
October 12, 2024
03:00 PM-05:00 PM
Centennial Complex
Damazo Ampitheater
religion@llu.edu
909-558-7478
School of Religion
This event has been cancelled.
Speakers:
Reinder Bruinsma, PhD
Denis Fortin, PhD
Rev. Romanus Ike
The Seventh-day Adventist and Roman Catholic Churches have had a turbulent relationship through the years. But in today’s world many people see them as having much more in common than what separates them. The panel will explore the intriguing question of what the two churches can learn from each other and what that might imply for the future. Reinder Bruinsma will premier his new book on the topic at the close of the program.
Sponsored by Loma Linda University Center for Understanding World Religions and Humanities Program
For more information, call 909-558-7478 or email religion@llu.edu
Pope Francis to welcome Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy back to Vatican
Pope Francis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet privately on the margins of the Group of Seven summit in Borgo Egnazia, in Italy's southern Puglia region, June 14, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
October 09, 2024
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis will welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy back to the Vatican Oct. 11, four months after their last meeting, the Vatican press office announced.
The pope and the president had met in southern Italy June 14 on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit. Zelenskyy also had met with the pope at the Vatican in May 2023 and, in February 2020, before Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine.
In a brief video clip of the pope’s June meeting with Zelenskyy in southern Italy, the president could be heard telling the pope, “Thank you so much, thank you for your prayers for Ukraine, for Ukrainians, for peace in Ukraine, for Ukrainian children.”
Later, on a post on X, formerly Twitter, Ukraine’s president said he also thanked the pope for “his spiritual closeness to our people, and humanitarian aid for Ukrainians.”
“I informed the Pope about the consequences of Russian aggression, its air terror, and the difficult energy situation. We discussed the Peace Formula, the Holy See’s role in establishing a just and lasting peace, and expectations for the Global Peace Summit,” the post in June said.
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“I thanked the Holy See for its participation in the Summit and highlighted its efforts aimed at bringing peace closer, particularly returning Ukrainian children abducted by Russia,” the president’s post said.
The two leaders have spoken on the phone at least four times since Russia began its all-out war on Ukraine in February 2022. At almost every general audience and every public recitation of the Angelus since then, Pope Francis has urged people of goodwill to pray for “beleaguered” Ukraine.
Early in 2023 Pope Francis tapped Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, president of the Italian bishops' conference, to be his envoy for peace in Ukraine, promoting dialogue between Russia and Ukraine and about the war with leaders in Washington and Beijing. The cardinal particularly has been working to encourage exchanges of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners and to find a way to facilitate the return of children forcibly deported from Ukraine to Russia.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Wednesday, October 09, 2024
Pope To Meet Ukraine's Zelensky At Vatican Friday
Pope To Meet Ukraine's Zelensky At Vatican Friday
By AFP - Agence France Presse
October 9, 2024
Pope Francis will meet Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday at the Vatican, officials said, while media reported the Ukrainian leader would also meet Italy's prime minister in Rome.
A calendar event sent by the Vatican to the media indicated a half-hour meeting between the pope and Zelensky beginning at 9:30 am (0730 GMT) on Friday at the Vatican.
Italian media reported that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni would be meeting with the Ukranian president Thursday evening, although nothing has been officially confirmed.
Zelensky was in Croatia on Wednesday at a summit with Balkan leaders to seek international military support.
He had been due to attend an international meeting on UKraine at a US air base in Germany on Saturday.
But that meeting of more than 50 countries was pushed back Wednesday after President Joe Biden called off a planned state visit to Germany and Angola due to Hurrican Milton.
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Pope Francis will meet Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday at the Vatican, officials said, while media reported the Ukrainian leader would also meet Italy's prime minister in Rome.
A calendar event sent by the Vatican to the media indicated a half-hour meeting between the pope and Zelensky beginning at 9:30 am (0730 GMT) on Friday at the Vatican.
Italian media reported that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni would be meeting with the Ukranian president Thursday evening, although nothing has been officially confirmed.
Zelensky was in Croatia on Wednesday at a summit with Balkan leaders to seek international military support.
He had been due to attend an international meeting on UKraine at a US air base in Germany on Saturday.
But that meeting of more than 50 countries was pushed back Wednesday after President Joe Biden called off a planned state visit to Germany and Angola due to Hurrican Milton.
ams/jm/tw
Pope Francis tells Jesuits: ‘Do Not Be Afraid’
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Pope Francis Meets with Jesuits in Belgium
byAntonio Spadaro, SJ
October 8, 2024
© Antonio Spadaro
On the afternoon of Saturday, September 28, 2024, Pope Francis left the campus of the Catholic University of Louvain and arrived, around 6:15 p.m., at the Collège Saint-Michel, a Catholic school run by the Society of Jesus, located in Etterbeek, Brussels. There he met with about 150 Jesuits who reside in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. With them were the provincial of the Francophone Western European Province, Fr. Thierry Dobbelstein, and the superior of the Netherlands region, Fr. Marc Desmet. Jesuit Cardinal Michael Czerny, prefect of the Dicastery for Integral Human Development, was also present. The pope began:
Good evening, everyone! I have been here twice before, and it is good to return. I must tell you the truth: I once committed a theft here. I came to celebrate Mass and saw some papers that intrigued me. They were handouts from lessons on the Book of Job. That year in Argentina I was supposed to teach classes specifically on Job. I flipped through the pages, and they impressed me. Those notes remained with me!
October 8, 2024
© Antonio Spadaro
On the afternoon of Saturday, September 28, 2024, Pope Francis left the campus of the Catholic University of Louvain and arrived, around 6:15 p.m., at the Collège Saint-Michel, a Catholic school run by the Society of Jesus, located in Etterbeek, Brussels. There he met with about 150 Jesuits who reside in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. With them were the provincial of the Francophone Western European Province, Fr. Thierry Dobbelstein, and the superior of the Netherlands region, Fr. Marc Desmet. Jesuit Cardinal Michael Czerny, prefect of the Dicastery for Integral Human Development, was also present. The pope began:
Good evening, everyone! I have been here twice before, and it is good to return. I must tell you the truth: I once committed a theft here. I came to celebrate Mass and saw some papers that intrigued me. They were handouts from lessons on the Book of Job. That year in Argentina I was supposed to teach classes specifically on Job. I flipped through the pages, and they impressed me. Those notes remained with me!
Project Phoenix
Project Phoenix
IONTB
May 7, 2017The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, along with their partners from government, business, and social services communities, is developing a plan to identify and address the multitude of issues that would arise should a catastrophic event occur in the Tampa Bay area. For this plan, the Tampa Bay area is defined as the following counties:
Citrus
Hardee
Hernando
Hillsborough
Manatee
Pasco
Pinellas
Polk
Sumter
Hurricane Phoenix is a fictitious storm created to simulate the effects of a worst‐case scenario. With input from Tampa Bay area emergency management agencies and the local office of the National Weather Service (NWS), a simulated storm was developed with a track and intensity that would devastate the entire Tampa Bay region. The NWS generated National Hurricane Center advisories, local hurricane statements, and data files that simulate the hurricane’s location and intensity from its formation in the Caribbean Sea, through landfall in Pinellas County, to the hurricane’s exit from the east coast of Florida into the Atlantic Ocean. The maps and information presented in this packet are based upon the data files developed for this simulated storm. The simulated parameters of Hurricane Phoenix were input into HAZUS‐MH, the risk assessment tool that uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) standard methodology to measure the effects of real and simulated hazard events like hurricane winds and flooding. As one might expect, a storm of the size and strength of Hurricane Phoenix would create almost unthinkable damage to the area’s homes, businesses, infrastructure, overall economy, and social systems that are currently in place. The goal of this planning process is to develop strategies that will help the Tampa Bay region to recover and rebuild after such a devastating catastrophe.
The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council would like to acknowledge the following individuals and organizations for their time, effort, and video products that support the making of the catastrophic plan scenario video. Thank You.
- Dr. Neil Frank - Former Director, National Hurricane Center
- Steve Jerve - Chief Meteorologist, WFLA-TV
- Dr. Steve Lyons - Tropical Weather Expert, The Weather Channel
- Daniel Noah - Warning Coordination Meteorologist, National Weather Service - Ruskin (Tampa Bay Area)
- Tammie Souza - Chief Meteorologist, WTSP-TV
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Florida Division of Emergency Management
- Hillsborough County Hazard Mitigation Division
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Geographic Channel
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Pinellas County Communications
- Pinellas PCC-TV
- Pinellas County Emergency Management
- Sarasota County Emergency Management
- United States Coast Guard
- The Weather Channel
- WFLA-TV, Tampa
- WTSP-TV, Tampa
This video was produced by URS Creative Services - Tampa
- Brad Courtney - Video Production Manager Creative input provided by the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council Betti Johnson - Principal Planner and Project Lead
- Brady Smith - Senior Planner
Copyright 2010 - Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
Project Phoenix 2.0 Simulation & Recovery
Phoenix 2.0 Simulation & Recovery
TampaBayRPC
Nov 2, 2020 FLORIDA
Video shows the storm's impacts and then shows an example of recovery in a similar situation.
Tuesday, October 08, 2024
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