I Should Be So Lucky

13 Common cognitive distortions

Edit The Examiner 15 May 2016

"My friend Johnny got a promotion - now he is so important in the company he will not want to be seen with me." ... This is the belief that things have to have one prefect answer or have to be all good or all bad ... 6) Shoulds...can irrationally be imposed on yourself or others and really have no place being imposed on anything ... Or the mail clerk is sharp when you order stamps so he must be a horrible, angry person....

Voice for the voiceless: A statement by the Catholic Bishops of Australia on the election (Australian Catholic Bishops Conference)

Edit Public Technologies 15 May 2016

Australia's Catholic bishops have called for the voices of the thrown-away people to be heard in the long federal election campaign ... 'The economy of course is important and there does need to be sound management ... Now is the time to act, so that the natural environment is able to meet human needs rather than be sacrificed to the god of the economy.'....

Election 2016: Catholic Bishops intervene in election over same-sex marriage

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 15 May 2016

The statement, to be published Monday, will be distributed to bishops, priests, dioceses, parishes, schools and Catholic work places across the country and represents what the church would like people to consider when they vote ... "So that the natural environment is able to meet human needs rather than be sacrificed to the god of the economy....

Why Boris Johnson Playing the Hitler Card Was So, So Wrong

Edit Huffington Post 15 May 2016

With this as my backbone, you may be surprised that I was genuinely impressed by Brexit's only credible spokesperson Michael Gove's intelligent and compelling speeches on the subject, so much so that part of me even started to question whether it's right for us, in the long term, to be a part of a united Europe ... By voting to leave Europe, we will be ......

The topsy-turvy life of former Miami-Dade commissioner ends in gunfire

Edit The Miami Herald 15 May 2016

“He was a happy-go-lucky guy, affable, never seemed to be angry or depressed, no matter what,” recalls Miami attorney H.T ... “He was just so busy doing everything,” said Lamar Deal, who worked at both a small newspaper and a local theater group in Waycross that he and Burke launched. “If I was one-tenth the man he was, I’d count myself very lucky.”....

Postgame Quotes: Swope Park Rangers 2-1 Tulsa Roughnecks FC (Sporting Kansas City)

Edit Public Technologies 15 May 2016

(Source ... So they deserved the result today ... Overall, we were much better than Tulsa and it's unfortunate we suffered so much to win a game ... It's a game played very direct against Tulsa, so it's a lot of battles of first and second ball ... They got in and got lucky off the second ball ... Daniel went down the other end and got a shot off and I was lucky enough to get on the rebound for it.' ... (noodl....

Disabled Scots athlete Gordon Reid in sponsorship plea

Edit Scotsman 15 May 2016

Four years after the BBC screened the paralympics from London on its mainstream channels Gordon Reid says he is “one of the lucky few” to have secured a deal ... “This guy had gone through so much and was so upbeat and determined ... “So it is great more and more people are able to hearing about disabled athletes' stories I hope, as more people start following disabled sports, more people will be able to find sponsors.”....

Balangir boy tops in Plus II science

Edit The Times of India 15 May 2016

Hailing from a small village Khuntsamlei in Patnagarh block of Balangir district, Lucky secured 560 out of 600 marks....

China's Yan Lianke: Four Books in Man Booker race

Edit Al Jazeera 15 May 2016

So, some are happy, and some are very unhappy." ... His nominated book, The Four Books, is a political satire set in a re-education camp at the time of the so-called Great Leap Forward, the failed policies of Chinese leader Mao Zedong to modernise the country which led to millions starving to death ... For me, the mission of literature is to preserve the memory of all human beings," Yan said....

Richa Chadha

Edit Indian Express 15 May 2016

The dancing is exotic, sort of burlesque, and the character I portray is sexually empowered, not someone being exploited ... The Bhatts are a different world from what I have so far worked in ... But they are responsible for discovering some of the finest talent in the industry, be it Kangana Ranaut or a lot of the Pakistani musicians ... There was so much limelight and I was nervous, trying to be someone else ... I love Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! also....

The Pulse: Symbols and judgment at West Point

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 15 May 2016

For a few seconds, Tommie, Peter [Norman, the silver medalist], and I stood side by side not as an American, Australian, black nor white athlete, but as human beings united in one cause." ... When I spoke to him he noted the universality today of what was so controversial a half-century ago, and opined that the cadets were singled ......

Some 1,000 refugees and migrants rescued off Italian coast

Edit The Oslo Times 15 May 2016

UNHCR staff will be present and will be giving information and assistance to the persons rescued in the operations, which were coordinated by Frontex, Mr ... So far this year, 187,920 refugees and migrants have arrived in Europe by sea, during which 1,361 have either died or been reported missing ... smuggling of human beings,” the spokesperson said....

Gov. Terry McAuliffe commencement address to Mason Class of 2016 (George Mason University)

Edit Public Technologies 15 May 2016

It is a privilege to be here today to celebrate this important moment in your lives. This is a significant milestone, and you should be extremely proud of what you have accomplished ... So start your watches. I'm going to be up and down in 10 minutes ... If you're lucky, you'll get a car, or at least a bicycle ... But I can give you 3 gifts that I promise you will be even more useful to you in the years ahead ... So I started my first business....