http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/monk/ en-us Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:25:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408732/posts Alonzo Monk, Guilty plea background, Obama, Blagojevich, Rezko, Levine, Kelly, Harris, Cellini, Indictment, Rezko trial transcripts, Chicago IL corruption, Crime, Board rigging, Evelyn Pringle articles ### Lest we forget about crime and corruption in Chicago and the involvement by Rod Blagojevich Tony Rezko Stuart Levine Christopher Kelly William Cellini John Harris Alonzo Monk et al and Obama’s ties to these corruption figures Alonzo Monk Guilty Plea Part II In part I of this two part series on Alonzo Monk’s guilty plea, the Citizen Wells blog presented background on Monk’s involvement in corruption and how it impacted health care in Chicago... Citizen Wells http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408732/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:25:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400470/posts LOS ANGELES (AP) - The final episode of "Monk" has some heavy lifting to do: Resolve Monk's poisoning and whether he survives, uncover his wife's killer or, just maybe, reveal whether Trudy really is alive after all. Tony Shalhoub, who inhabited the title character so perfectly for eight seasons that he collected three Emmy Awards, refuses to drop any spoilers and offers only a broad outline of Adrian Monk's fate Friday (9 p.m. EST, USA Network). KOMONews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400470/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 20:50:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367182/posts Even before he was elected governor in 2002, Rod Blagojevich and three of his closest friends schemed about ways to enrich themselves by controlling state government, the former governor's former chief of staff alleged as part of a plea agreement today with federal prosecutors. When Blagojevich took office, his three friends became key players in his administration and met repeatedly with the governor to share moneymaking ideas and get updates on their plans to bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars that they could split up later, former top aide Alonzo "Lon" Monk alleged. Monk, who also was a groomsman... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367182/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:12:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2312613/posts Justo Gallego Martínez is building his very own Cathedral in Mejorada del Campo near Madrid, Spain This is no "model" cathedral and he is neither a qualified architect, nor engineer, nor bricklayer -- he is a farmer. "The plans have only ever existed in my head" and have evolved over time in response to opportunity and inspiration. Nor does he have formal planning permission from the authorities of Mejorada del Campo -- the town in which it is located (20 km from Madrid under the flight-path to the Barajas airport).Nor does he have the benediction or support of the Catholic... CityNoise http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2312613/posts#comment Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:46:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270054/posts SPRINGFIELD -- A key figure in the perjury investigation of U.S. Sen. Roland Burris died in an automobile accident Monday, authorities in far west-suburban Kendall County confirmed Tuesday. John Ruff, of Sandwich, Ill., was killed shortly before 3 p.m. when his 2001 BMW convertible crossed an oncoming lane of traffic and collided with a tree while he was driving eastbound on Rogers Road near Oak Brook Road in unincorporated Plano, said Kendall County Sheriff's Deputy Richard Pearson. John Ruff, a key figure in the perjury investigation of U.S. Sen. Roland Burris was killed in an automobile accident Monday in Kendall... Chicago Sun Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270054/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:54:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2235536/posts A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript. So, the new monk goes to the head abbot to question this, pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would never be picked up! In fact, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies. The head monk, says, "We have been copying from the copies... Funny & Interesting E-mail Forwards http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2235536/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:43:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221025/posts Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, his brother Rob and Christopher Kelly, a former top fundraiser for Blagojevich, were all indicted today on corruption charges, the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago announced. Also charged in the indictment were Lon Monk, a lobbyist and former Blagojevich chief of staff; John Harris, also a former chief of staff to Blagojevich; and William Cellini, a Springfield insider for decades. The indictment comes four months after Blagojevich was arrested and charged with engaging in pay-to-play politics in a sweeping federal complaint that accused him of trading state jobs, contracts and regulatory favors for campaign contributions. The... Chicago Breaking News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221025/posts#comment Thu, 2 Apr 2009 22:01:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2216164/posts The Vatican has dismissed as a heretic a mystical medieval monk apparently cited by Barack Obama as a moral authority and visionary. According to Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher to the Pontifical Household, the US President referred in campaign speeches to Gioacchino da Fiore, or Joachim of Fiore, as a ''master of contemporary civilisation'' who had sought to create a better world. Drawing on the Book of Revelation, Gioacchino envisaged a "new age of the Holy Spirit" in which the Church hierarchy would cease to exist and Christians would unite with infidels in an "Order of the Just". --snip-- He said... Times Online UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2216164/posts#comment Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:41:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176885/posts Well, even though Adrian Monk couldn’t get the gun out of the gun safe at least the safe itself could be used as a weapon. This is one of the very few TV shows that have made fun of gun locks. Monk’s line, “Don’t move there is a gun in here.” is classic. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that, unlike most of the biased media coverage on guns, this humor gets across the research that gun locks actually make it significantly more difficult for people to defend themselves against criminals. . . . Big Hollywood http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176885/posts#comment Mon, 2 Feb 2009 20:28:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2133131/posts After six years of getting his hands dirty and then vigilantly scrubbing them clean, Monk is gearing up—probably pretty carefully—for his last case. USA announced Friday that it has picked up its Emmy-winning detective series Monk for an eighth and final season that will air next summer. The "Characters Welcome" network has ordered up 16 episodes, and E! News is hearing that the finale will clue Monk in on who killed his dearly departed wife, Trudy, the tragedy that turned him into the OCD-addled mystery-solver who cable audiences have come to love. "By many measures, Monk is the most successful... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2133131/posts#comment Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:25:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2114149/posts Since then, I have had numerous people ask me about what they should buy if they wanted to sample some jazz but do not know where to begin. As I am not a critic but just an aficionado of that American treasure. I recommend the following albums. Feel free to offer your own recommendations as I am no expert by any means. As there is still much jazz I have not listened to, I apologize for any omissions of albums that belong on such a list.... Jackson Jambalaya http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2114149/posts#comment Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:46:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2097407/posts Broker turned monk focuses priorities Bulgarian monk Brother Nikanor, 32, looks inside the church of Tsurnogorski monastery, some 50 km (31miles) west of the capital Sofia, September 24, 2008. The Nasdaq broker turned monk advises his former colleagues, shattered by the financial crisis, to keep a jar full of soil on their desks to remind them about where we are all heading to and what really matters in life. news.yahoo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2097407/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 15:19:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058120/posts Chinese archaeologists on Wednesday opened a 1,000-year-old steel case that was believed to contain Buddhist relics. A pagoda top wrapped in silk emerged after archaeologists removed two steel panels of the cube-shaped case, which is 0.5 meter long, 0.5 meter wide and 1.34 meters high. Hua Guorong, vice curator of the Nanjing City Museum where the case was opened, said an initial analysis showed the object was a pagoda about 1 meter high. He said Buddhist relics, which were formed from the ashes of cremated Buddhist masters and were an important aspect of the religion, were likely to be under... China.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058120/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:41:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048255/posts At first glance, Cesare Bonizzi looks like the archetypal Capuchin monk - round-faced, stout, with twinkling eyes and a long flowing white beard. But beneath his robes beats a heart of metal. Brother Cesare is the lead singer in a heavy metal band which has just released its second album. A former missionary in the Ivory Coast, he lives in a small friary in the Milan hinterland. The 62-year-old monk's love affair with heavy metal began when he attended a Metallica concert some 15 years ago. "I was overwhelmed and amazed by the sheer energy of it" he says. Brother... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048255/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:32:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1905584/posts "The kingdom of God is built up in SILENCE; it is, before all things, INTERIOR, and hidden in the depths of the soul. Undoubtedly grace possesses a virtue which nearly always overflows in works of charity, but the principle of its power is entirely within. It is in the depths of the heart that the true intensity of the Christian life lies, it is there that God dwells, adored and served by faith, recollection, humility, obedience, simplicity, labour and LOVE." "It is not our PERFECTION which DAZZLES God, since He is surrounded by shining Angels. No! It is our MISERY,... Catholic Exchange http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1905584/posts#comment Tue, 2 Oct 2007 23:08:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901944/posts YANGON, Myanmar - The military government banned assemblies of more than five people and imposed curfews in Myanmar's two largest cities on Tuesday, after thousands of Buddhist monks and sympathizers defied orders to stay out of politics and protested once again. On a day President Bush announced new U.S. sanctions against the junta, truckloads of soldiers converged on Yangon after the monks, cheered on by supporters, marched out for an eighth day of peaceful protest from Yangon's soaring Shwedagon Pagoda, while some 700 others staged a similar show of defiance in the country's second largest city of Mandalay. "The protest... Yahoo! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901944/posts#comment Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:14:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1805441/posts Buddhist monk arrested over child prostitution, A 25-year-old Buddhist monk from the Shogetsuin Temple in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, was arrested Friday for engaging in child prostitution with a 15-year-old girl who he met through a cell phone dating website. According to police, Nobuhiro Suetsugu had sex with the girl at a hotel in Toshima ... Japan Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1805441/posts#comment Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:15:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1743328/posts Buddhist monk cuts off penis and renounces refix Wed Nov 22, 6:23 AM ET BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai Buddhist monk cut off his penis with a machete because he had an erection during meditation and declined to have it reattached, saying he had renounced all earthly cares, a doctor and a newspaper said on Wednesday. The 35-year-old monk, whose name was withheld for privacy reasons, allowed medical staff at Maharaj hospital, 780 km (480 miles) south of Bangkok to dress his wound, but refused reattachment, hospital chief Prawing Euanontouch said. "We cleaned up the wound, gave him some stitches,... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1743328/posts#comment Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:09:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1680922/posts I just saw the TV show "Monk." Rented it cause my Blockbuster is too cheap to stock up on very much. I like it. Don't have regular tv and never saw "Monk" before. I like that guy. He played Antonio Scarpacci in "Wings" and a funny alien pawnshop owner in Men In Black. Only, Episode 1 had a sniper using a Weatherby Fibermark. They could tell which model Weatherby from a recovered bullet? And they said it was a British firearm. I remember when Weatherby was made in Germany. And then in Japan. It's made in Britain? Quality must be... me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1680922/posts#comment Thu, 10 Aug 2006 03:28:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1657074/posts When Father Solanus Casey died in Detroit in 1957, all he left after 86 years on this earth were a small crucifix, an old pair of sandals, several religious pictures, a wooden statue of St. Anthony, some dog-eared religious books, a knot of heavily darned socks and a framed, 40-year-old picture of his family. Bl. Solanus Casey (1870-1957) But he left another rich legacy — a long list of curious "favors" to an equally long list of devoted believers. Father Solanus Casey had come to Detroit to be a Capuchin friar. During his years as a priest he spent... Catholic Educators http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1657074/posts#comment Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:36:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1647825/posts PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The chief of Cambodia's Buddhist monks is cutting his charges some slack for the duration of soccer's World Cup: they may watch the matches on television, but no cheering or getting excited. And absolutely no betting. The country's holy men - more than 90 percent of Cambodia's 13 million people are Buddhist - normally aren't supposed to watch television, movies or artistic displays. According to Buddhism's strictest tenets, they should abstain from pleasurable activity. Gambling is a major no-no. But monks get as excited as anyone else at the chance to watch soccer's top stars,... fox sports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1647825/posts#comment Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:08:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1641212/posts This column is called “The Edge,” so my topic choice this week might seem a little odd. I’m writing about one of the oldest institutions in Western civilization: the monastery. Monastic-type living stretches way back. It even pre-dates Christianity, possibly as far back as the Greek Pythagoreans, whose community some consider the first monastery in western culture. In Christianity, the monastic life started with St. Antony. In 285, St. Antony fled to the wastes of Egypt, there to live by himself in an old empty fort. He stayed there nearly 75 years, coming out only twice. People flocked to... Catholic Exchange http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1641212/posts#comment Wed, 31 May 2006 15:13:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580211/posts Ladakhis are not used to this: religious tension, clamping of curfew and the army marching through the place better known for its Buddhist chants, prayer flags fluttering between mountains and the arid, pristine moonscape. Old timers say Ladakh has not seen communal tension since the 1970s when Buddhists and Muslims went for each other's throat over minor incidents. This time, as the world burns in the Prophet cartoon row, the division between the two communities happened over the reported desecration of the Holy Koran in Bodh Kharbu. The picturesque village, which is mainly populated by Buddhists, is located in the... HT India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580211/posts#comment Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:13:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1574148/posts When this Indian monk chanted, the West wondered how he created a choral effect. Ngawang Tashi Bapu or Lama Tashi—who mesmerised music lovers with his multi-phonic chanting—found a place in Grammy nominations and triggered a chain of vocal experiments, is changing track. He will now sing in monotone, in his “normal voice”. Last year, Lama Tashi took the US by storm with his solo album Tibetan Master Chants comprising 12 Buddhist mantras of compassion and tranquillity. On the eve of the 48th Grammy Award presentation — the “world’s biggest music show” — the 38-year-old Monpa monk from Arunachal Pradesh has... HT.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1574148/posts#comment Wed, 8 Feb 2006 09:27:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1529536/posts Once again, convicted Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti is trying to "lead" his people from inside an Israeli prison. If his win in primaries in the West Bank on Friday provides any insight into the Palestinian popular mood, it is that they are still addicted to terrorist "leaders" like Barghouti. According to the BBC: He [Barghouti] is serving five life terms in an Israeli jail for the killing of four Israelis and a Greek monk. Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said there was no chance of Barghouti getting an early release. Barghouti, 46, won 34,000 out of 40,000 votes - affirming... netWMD - The War to Mobilize Democracy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1529536/posts#comment Mon, 28 Nov 2005 01:07:56 GMT