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Cardinal Donald Wuerl
Cardinal Wuerl's Milestones as Archbishop of Washington
Statement from Cardinal Wuerl
"Our Holy Father, Pope Francis, has accepted the resignation first offered on November 12, 2015, when I reached my 75th birthday. I am profoundly grateful for his devoted commitment to the wellbeing of the Archdiocese of Washington and also deeply touched by his gracious words of understanding.
The Holy Father's decision to provide new leadership to the Archdiocese can allow all of the faithful, clergy, religious and lay, to focus on healing and the future. It permits this local Church to move forward. Once again for any past errors in judgment I apologize and ask for pardon. My resignation is one way to express my great and abiding love for you the people of the Church of Washington."
Letter from Pope Francis
"To our Venerable Brother Cardinal Donald William Wuerl,
On September 21st I received your request that I accept your resignation from the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Washington. I am aware that this request rests on two pillars that have marked and continue to mark your ministry: to seek in all things the great glory of God and to procure the good of the people entrusted to your care…"
Click here to read the full letter from Pope Francis to Cardinal Wuerl.
Seek First the Kingdom Blog Post
Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Archdiocese of Washington,
Pope Francis has accepted my resignation as Archbishop of Washington. I had the privilege of meeting with him to let him know of your pain, sadness and confusion from what has been revealed these past months. With a heavy heart I said that I could no longer serve you in the way that you deserve. What is needed now is new leadership so that all of you, the faithful of this Church, can begin to focus on healing and the future.
I am sorry and ask for healing for all of those who were so deeply wounded at the hands of the Church's ministers…
Bishop Knestout's Statement Regarding Pope Francis Acceptance of Cardinal Wuerl's Resignation
Statement of Bishop David A Zubik Regarding the Resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl
Catholic Standard: Pope accepts resignation of Cardinal Wuerl, who as Washington's archbishop expanded outreach, founded seminary and hosted two papal visits
Catholic Herald: Pope accepts Cardinal Wuerl's resignation as archbishop of Washington
Statement from Bishop Michael F. Burbidge regarding the acceptance of the resignation of Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl
Catholic Standard: Cardinal Donald Wuerl's milestones as archbishop of Washington
Catholic Standard: A John Paul II Bishop
Catholic News Agency: Pope Francis accepts resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, appoints him interim DC leader
Catholic News Service: Pope accepts Cardinal Wuerl's resignation as archbishop of Washington
America Magazine: Pope Francis accepts resignation of Cardinal Wuerl
National Catholic Reporter: Wuerl resigns, ending influential tenure in wake of abuse report
Crux: Wuerl resigns amid papal praise , will stay as interim administrator
The Latest From the Archdiocese
Individual Statements from the Auxiliary Bishops of the Archdiocese of Washington
Statement from the Auxiliary Bishops of the Archdiocese of Washington
Statement on the Retirement of Cardinal Wuerl by Kim Viti Fiorentino, Chancellor and General Counsel of the Archdiocese of Washington
Letter from the Holy Father to Cardinal Wuerl
Cardinal Wuerl's Statement on the Holy Father's Acceptance of his Resignation
Cardinal Wuerl Celebrates Mass to Begin Season of Healing for Survivors of Abuse in the Archdiocese of Washington
Cardinal Wuerl Blog Post: To Begin the Healing
Former U.S. Attorney: Cardinal Wuerl's record reflects effort to "prevent, expose, and remedy abuse"
Cardinal Wuerl Celebrates Mass at Annunciation to Install New Pastor, Offers Remarks About Recent Events Involving the Church
Statement Regarding Archbishop Viganò's "Testimony"
Cardinal Wuerl's Milestones as Archbishop of Washington
May 16, 2006 – Donald Wuerl, Bishop of Pittsburgh, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as Archbishop of Washington. The Archdiocese of Washington was then home to approximately 560,000 Catholics. In his 12 years as archbishop, the archdiocese would grow to over 655,000 Catholic women, men and children.
Pope Names Pittsburgh Bishop Donald W. Wuerl as the Archbishop of Washington, Archdiocese of Washington, May 16, 2006
June 22, 2006 – Installation Mass for Archbishop Wuerl at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Wuerl Is Installed as D.C. Archbishop, Washington Post, June 23, 2006
October 28, 2006 – Presided over a Catechetical Convocation of 2,300 archdiocesan catechists who assembled to discuss the critical role of effective catechesis in the Church. A review and assessment of religious education programs throughout the archdiocese followed this gathering to determine how to strengthen the teaching of the Catholic faith.
December 2006 – Approved $1.3 million in financial support to help 18 survivors to heal from past sexual abuse committed by nine clergy members who were removed from ministry and reported to legal authorities.
Sex Abuse Settlement Reached, Washington Post, December 16, 2006
February 21, 2007 – Inaugurated the Lenten "The Light is On for You" pastoral initiative promoting Confession, as previously announced in the pastoral letter God's Mercy and the Sacrament of Penance (2007).
The Light is On for You: Archdiocesan Initiative to Promote the Use of Confession, Archdiocese of Washington, February 20, 2006
CS Photo/ Rafael Crisóstomo
August 24, 2007 – Opened the Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School in Takoma Park, which features an innovative work study program.
History, Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School
October 5, 2007 – Presided over a Convocation on Catholic Education, in which 500 parish and school leaders met to advance a collaborative effort of strategic planning to sustain and support Catholic schools, particularly with respect to the four pillars of Catholic identity, academic excellence, accessibility and affordability.
Convocation on Catholic Education to discuss challenges, plan for future, Catholic Standard, October 4, 2007
Archdiocesan convocation stresses planning for future of Catholic schools, October 10, 2007
April 15-17, 2008 – Hosted the apostolic visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Washington, which included a Papal Mass at Nationals Park, as well as addresses to and meetings with the bishops of the U.S., educators, representatives of other religions, and President George W. Bush at the White House.
Pope Benedict Came Bearing Witness to "Christ Our Hope," Seek First the Kingdom, April 16, 2018
At Mass at Nationals Park, pope encourages Catholics in U.S. to build upon legacy of faith and hope, Catholic Standard, April 18, 2008
Joy remains from Pope Benedict's journey of love and hope, archbishop says, Catholic Standard, May 9, 2008
September 14, 2008 – The pastoral letter Catholic Education: Looking to the Future with Confidence is issued, reflecting on the previous convocations on catechesis and Catholic education and the practical steps to be taken to ensure that Catholic schools and parish religious education programs remain strongly rooted in the Catholic vision and affordable to families. This consultative process involving about 12,000 people – parents, educators, pastors and parishioners – would subsequently produce new Policies for Catholic Schools, which give clear direction on school planning and operations. In the years following, the amounts awarded in archdiocesan tuition assistance for families in need increased substantially, from $800,000 in 2007 to $6 million in 2017.
Catholic education is the work of all, archbishop says in new pastoral letter, Catholic Standard, September 18, 2008
March 2009 – Oversaw the production of an archdiocesan series of guides called "Keeping Kids Safe" to educate parents on recognizing, reporting and protecting their children from abuse.
Archdiocese of Washington to raise awareness of child abuse during National Child Abuse Prevention Month, March 30, 2009
April-December 2009 – Provided strong leadership in the face of unjust proposed legislation by the D.C. Council that would undermine the institution of marriage and the freedom of the archdiocese and other faith-based organizations to fully participate in society and serve the public.
Archdiocese on D.C. City Council Vote to Recognize Same-Sex Relationships from Other States, May 5, 2009
Statement of the Archdiocese of Washington on DC City Council Bill to Redefine Marriage in the Nation's Capital, October 6, 2009
C.'s same-sex marriage bill: Finding the balance, by Cardinal Wuerl, Washington Post, November 17, 2009
Archbishop Wuerl urges strong religious freedom exemption in same-sex marriage bill, Catholic Standard, November 24, 2009
September 20, 2009 – Helped push open the doors of the reconstructed 1667 Brick Chapel in Historic St. Mary's City, which stands as a sign of religious freedom prevailing over oppression.
Doors open to historic St. Mary's City chapel as sign of religious freedom, Catholic Standard, September 23, 2009
October 6, 2009 – Published A Pastoral Message for Homosexual Catholics in the Archdiocese of Washington, which reaffirmed Catholic teaching on the fundamental dignity of every human person and assuring those with a same-sex attraction who seek a deeper relationship with Christ are welcome in the Church.
April 5, 2010 – Released Easter letter expressing sorrow for the pain experienced by persons who have suffered sexual abuse by clergy, and discussing the efforts undertaken by the Church in seeking healing for them, accountability for those who committed such crimes, and protection for children now and into the future.
Washington Post Op-ed on Clergy Sex Abuse Crisis, "Resurrection and Redemption," by Archbishop Wuerl, April 4, 2010
Letter to Parishioners, April 5, 2010
August 14, 2010 – Implemented the "Indicators of Vitality," a self-assessment tool for pastors and parishioners to clarify current needs and strategically plan in the five core areas of parish life: worship, education, service, community and administration.
August 23, 2010 – Issued Disciples of the Lord: Sharing the Vision, a pastoral letter on the New Evangelization, which would become Cardinal Wuerl's signature initiative. Echoing the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, in this letter, he reflected on how, in the face of the challenges of aggressive secularism, materialism and individualism, "we can stir into flame the embers of the Gospel message and Christ's love in our own hearts in such a way that we not only grow in our own faith, but invite others to hear once again, maybe all over again for the first time, the exciting invitation of Jesus," adding, "I hope all of us will see the New Evangelization as a lens through which we see everything that we are doing." Pope Benedict would subsequently name him to lead the world-wide 2012 Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization.
New Evangelization offers special opportunity for all Catholics, says archbishop in pastoral letter, Catholic Standard, September 9, 2010
September 8, 2010 – The monthly and periodic e-letter is launched, providing direct reports to people on matters of concern, as well as inviting them as part of the New Evangelization to renew their faith and to share God's love and truth with others.
October 24, 2010 – Inaugurated the annual White Mass, which recognizes the equal dignity of persons with disabilities and special needs, and celebrates the diverse gifts they offer in their participation in the Church and society.
Cardinal-designate Wuerl to Celebrate White Mass for Persons with Special Needs, October 22, 2010
Cardinal-designate Wuerl praises gifts of people with special needs, Catholic Standard, October 28, 2010
CNS photo/Paul Haring
November 20, 2010 – Archbishop of Washington Donald Wuerl was made a Cardinal by Pope Benedict during a consistory in Rome.
Pope Benedict XVI names Archbishop Wuerl to the College of Cardinals, Catholic Standard, October 20, 2010
Washington's new cardinal reflects on a special morning, and on his new role, Catholic Standard, November 22, 2010
Consistory 2010, Archdiocese of Washington
November 2010 – Instituted the annual Find the Perfect Gift Advent campaign to encourage people to reflect on the real meaning of Christmas and the gift of receiving and sharing faith in Jesus Christ, and to invite those who have been away from the Church to come home.
Find the Perfect Gift this Christmas, Archdiocese of Washington, December 17, 2010
December 29, 2010 – Named by Pope Benedict as delegate to implement the establishment of a personal ordinariate for Anglican groups entering corporately into full communion with the Catholic Church.
Anglican communities who join Catholic Church would bring gifts of their heritage and tradition, says Cardinal Wuerl, Catholic Standard, December 17, 2010
Cardinal says US ordinariate for former Anglicans to be created Jan. 1, Catholic Standard, November 16, 2011
May 2011 – The archdiocesan Secretariat for Communications was created as part of the practical implementation of the New Evangelization. This effort included a redesigned website to better engage people with the Church and the increased use of multimedia content and social media tools to reach out to active and inactive Catholics and the greater community.
Archdiocese creates new Secretariat for Communications to increase outreach to active and inactive Catholics, Archdiocese of Washington, May 11, 2011
October 22, 2011 – Blessed and dedicated the archdiocese's new Blessed John Paul II Seminary, a college-level house of priestly formation, with 20 young men in the first class.
Cardinal Wuerl dedicates new Blessed John Paul II Seminary, Catholic Standard, October 27, 2011
February 26, 2012 – The popular blog Seek First the Kingdom was launched.
Welcome, Seek First the Kingdom, February 26, 2012
May 21, 2012 – Authorized a lawsuit against the federal government to defend the fundamental religious liberties of the archdiocese and other faith-based employers that were violated by the so-called HHS mandate, which required employee insurance coverage for abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptives and sterilizations, contrary to natural justice and Catholic teaching. The archdiocese was joined by dozens of Catholic institutions and other employers nationwide, and it prevailed in the challenge with a binding settlement issued October 2017.
In Defense of Our Rights, Seek First the Kingdom, May 21, 2012
Catholic leaders say lawsuit aims to protect religious freedom, Catholic Standard, May 22, 2012
Defending our First Freedom, PreserveReligiousFreedom.com
Good News in the On-Going Challenges to Our Religious Liberties, Seek First the Kingdom, October 18, 2017
July 4, 2012 – Celebrated the closing Mass of the first Fortnight for Freedom at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Remembering Who We Are As Catholics and Americans, Seek First the Kingdom, July 4, 2012
Cardinal Wuerl celebrates Mass for Fortnight for Freedom; addresses importance of religious freedom on Independence Day, Catholic Standard, July 5, 2012
August 15, 2012 – Publicly announced intention to convoke a Synod in 2014 for the Archdiocese of Washington, which would reflect upon the areas of worship, education, service, community and administration in light of the New Evangelization and the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the archdiocese. Preparatory meetings for the Synod involving several hundred members of the lay faithful began on September 8, followed by listening sessions in parishes and throughout the archdiocese.
Cardinal Wuerl announces archdiocesan synod for 2014, Catholic Standard, August 28, 2012
Plans for an Archdiocesan Synod, Seek First the Kingdom, August 30, 2012
September 14, 2012 – Issued the pastoral letter The Church, Our Spiritual Home in anticipation of the Year of Faith and 2014 Archdiocesan Synod, affirming that the Catholic Church is not a club, special interest group or political organization, but is the enduring, visible presence of Christ in today's world. Cardinal Wuerl encouraged people to deepen their faith, be confident of what the Church teaches, and share that faith in the face of secularist challenges.
In new pastoral letter on the Church, Cardinal Wuerl encourages Catholics to help transform the world with their faith, Catholic Standard, October 3, 2012
October 7-28, 2012 – Served as the relator general for the Synod of Bishops on The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith, convoked by Pope Benedict XVI, offering an initial report to guide the discussions and a final report on the synod fathers' deliberations.
Greetings from Rome, Seek First the Kingdom, October 4, 2012
Cardinal Wuerl says evangelization should be relevant, rooted in tradition, Catholic Standard, October 9, 2012
A Fresh Perspective on the New Evangelization, Seek First the Kingdom, October 22, 2012
"The New Evangelization Today," Seek First the Kingdom, June 15, 2016
March 12-13, 2013 – Participated in the conclave of cardinals that elected Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as Pope Francis.
Habemus Papam!, e-letter of March 15, 2013
Saint Joseph and the Vocation of the Pope and All Men to Fatherhood, Seek First the Kingdom, March 19, 2013
Arriving home, Cardinal Wuerl says Pope Francis 'has captured everyone's heart,' Catholic Standard, March 22, 2013
May 19, 2013 – Began the next phase of the Archdiocesan Synod process, in which participants analyzed more than 15,000 suggestions offered through parish and regional listening sessions and online surveys to determine formal goals and recommendations for action.
To Be the Best Church We Can Be, Seek First the Kingdom, May 15, 2013
Cardinal Wuerl decrees Synod to coincide with Archdiocese of Washington's 75th anniversary, Catholic Standard, May 22, 2013
Synod participants working to offer final recommendations for 'building a better Church', Catholic Standard, October 23, 2013
June 8, 2014 – Concluded the first Archdiocesan Synod of the Church of Washington following two years of planning and consultation with a broad cross-section of the faithful and clergy of the archdiocese. Promulgated formal statutes to govern the archdiocese after accepting the comprehensive recommendations of Synod members for ways to renew and strengthen the parishes, ministries and work of the archdiocese in the key areas of worship, education, community, service, administration and stewardship, as set forth in the pastoral letter Manifesting the Kingdom.
Homily: Mass for Archdiocesan Synod, Seek First the Kingdom, June 8, 2014
Cardinal Wuerl Celebrates Pentecost Mass, announces Archdiocesan Synod recommendations, Catholic Standard, June 9, 2014
Animated by the Spirit, e-letter of June 10, 2014
June 28-29, 2014 – Offered Mass at the reconstructed Brick Chapel in St. Mary's City and on St. Clement's Island where the first Catholic settlers landed on March 25, 1634, as part of the celebration of the 75th anniversary the establishment of the Archdiocese of Washington, and as reminders of the area's legacy as the birthplace of religious freedom in the United States.
75th Anniversary Masses and Our Foundation of Faith, Seek First the Kingdom, June 28, 2014
Cardinal Wuerl Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Archdiocese of Washington with Masses at Historic Sites in Southern Maryland, Archdiocese of Washington, June 29, 2014
Cardinal Wuerl celebrates Mass on St. Clement's Island, site of first Mass in English-speaking colonies, July 1, 2014
Reflections on Religious Liberty, e-letter of July 3, 2014
August 14, 2014 – Challenged people to speak out and national and world leaders to take action to protect persecuted Christians in the Middle East and throughout the world.
In Solidarity with Our Brothers and Sisters in the Middle East, e-letter of August 14, 2014
"Why a silence?", Seek First the Kingdom, August 28, 2014
Our Suffering Christian Family, e-letter of February 23, 2015
Text of Cardinal Wuerl's letter urging solidarity with persecuted Christians, Catholic Standard, October 23, 2017
September 21, 2014 – Celebrated Mass for the 75th anniversary of the archdiocese, which was erected by Pope Pius XII on July 22, 1939.
Celebrating 75 Years of Manifesting the Kingdom, Seek First the Kingdom, January 12, 2014
Homily: 75th Anniversary Mass of the Archdiocese of Washington, Seek First the Kingdom, September 21, 2014
At Archdiocese of Washington's 75th anniversary Mass, Cardinal Wuerl says the journey of faith continues, Catholic Standard, September 23, 2014
75th Anniversary of the Archdiocese of Washington, Catholic Standard, September 24, 2014
75th Anniversary, Archdiocese of Washington
October 5-19, 2014 – Participated in the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization.
The Church's Mission of Mercy to Families, Seek First the Kingdom, October 2, 2014
October 2014 Synod on the Family, by Cardinal Wuerl, Catholic Standard, October 8, 2014
Reflections from the Synod, e-letter of October 17, 2014
Cardinal Wuerl's interview on Synod on the Family, Catholic Standard, October 30, 2014
Synod on the Family: Where Do We Go From Here?, Catholic Standard, November 5, 2014
May 24, 2015 – Announced in the pastoral letter Being Catholic Today: Catholic Identity in an Age of Challenge a renewed effort to protect and promote the inherent freedoms and identity of the Church's members and institutions in the face of social and legal efforts to marginalize people of faith.
Cardinal Wuerl issuing a new pastoral letter on Catholic identity, Catholic Standard, May 22, 2015
Being Catholic Today: Catholic Identity in an Age of Challenge, Seek First the Kingdom, May 26, 2015
The Freedom to be True to Our Catholic Identity, Seek First the Kingdom, July 4, 2015
At the Service of the Truth and Love of Jesus Christ, Seek First the Kingdom, December 31, 2015
Communion in Service to Jesus Christ and His Church, Seek First the Kingdom, April 27, 2016
June 18, 2015 – Encouraged parishes, schools and the faithful to apply the teachings of Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si' on greater respect for the environment and sustainable development.
Papal encyclical offers a 'moral framework' on protecting God's creation, says Cardinal Wuerl and USCCB president, Catholic Standard, June 18, 2015
Remarks at the National Press Club, Seek First the Kingdom, June 18, 2015
Adding a Needed Voice to the Conversation on Ecology, June 19, 2015
Caring for God's Gift of Creation, Seek First the Kingdom, June 20, 2015
Discovering What Pope Francis Really Said in Laudato Si', Seek First the Kingdom, July 7, 2015
World Day of Prayer for Creation, e-letter of September 1, 2015
CNS photo/Matthew Barrick
September 22-24, 2015 – Hosted the apostolic visit of Pope Francis to Washington, which included a White House welcome, an outdoor Mass for the Canonization of St. Junipéro Serra, the 18th century Franciscan missionary to California, on the steps of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, a first-ever papal address to a joint meeting of Congress, and meetings with the bishops of the U.S. and clients of Catholic Charities.
Awaiting the Arrival of Pope Francis, e-letter of September 8, 2015
A Look Back at the Visit of Pope Francis, e-letter of September 25, 2015
Pope Francis encounters the poor at Catholic Charities, Catholic Standard, September 25, 2015
Pope Francis canonizes Junípero Serra, says faith is alive only when shared, Catholic Standard, September 28, 2015
2015 Papal Visit, Archdiocese of Washington
Walk With Francis, Archdiocese of Washington
October 4-25, 2015 – Participated in the Ordinary Synod of Bishops on The Vocation and Mission of the Family in the Church and the Contemporary World.
Opening of the Synod of Bishops on the Family, Seek First the Kingdom, October 3, 2015
'The Vocation and Mission of the Family in the Church and the Contemporary World', by Cardinal Wuerl, Catholic Standard, October 6, 2015
In video messages, Cardinal Wuerl reflects on Synod on the Family in Rome, Catholic Standard, October 20, 2015
Conclusion of the Synod of Bishops on the Family, Seek First the Kingdom, October 26, 2015
Reflections on the Synod of Bishops, by Cardinal Wuerl, Catholic Standard, November 16, 2015
January 6, 2016 – Marked the 30th anniversary of his ordination as a bishop.
April 8, 2016 – Applauded the release of Amoris Laetitia by Pope Francis and encouraged the implementation of its teachings.
On Love in the Family: The Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis, Seek First the Kingdom, April 8, 2016
The Pastoral Implications of Amoris Laetitia, Seek First the Kingdom, April 22, 2016
Open to the Movement of the Holy Spirit, e-letter of May 5, 2016
Cardinal Wuerl's letter to priests on 'Amoris Laetitia', Catholic Standard, October 5, 2016
October 28, 2016 – Blessed the construction site for the completion of the Trinity Dome mosaic at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Cardinal Wuerl blesses Trinity Dome where mosaic installation will mark National Shrine's completion, Catholic Standard, October 30, 2016
December 17, 2016 – Marked the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.
Cardinal Wuerl reflects on the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood, Catholic Standard, December 22, 2016
Cardinal Wuerl celebrates priesthood anniversary at seminary he founded, Catholic Standard, December 27, 2016
May 4, 2017 – Offered prayer at the White House for the National Day of Prayer.
Text of Cardinal Wuerl's prayer at White House, Catholic Standard, May 5, 2017
June 17, 2017 – Ordained to the priesthood members of the first class of seminarians at the Saint John Paul II Seminary.
Rejoicing in the Ordination of New Priests, e-letter of June 2, 2017
Cardinal Wuerl ordains four new priests for archdiocese, including pioneer members of Saint John Paul II Seminary, Catholic Standard, June 17, 2018
At dedication of new seminary wing, cardinal says most important growth takes place in hearts, Catholic Standard, August 29, 2017
November 1, 2017 – Issued the pastoral letter The Challenge of Racism Today, reaffirming that each person in equal in God's image and renewing the archdiocese's resolve to face, confront and overcome the evil and sin of racism and other forms of intolerance and prejudice that deny fundamental human dignity.
In pastoral letter, Cardinal Wuerl urges Catholics to confront and help overcome the sin of racism, Catholic Standard, November 1, 2017
A Community of Solidarity, e-letter of November 1, 2017
The Challenge of Racism Today | Lecture at CUA, Seek First the Kingdom, April 15, 2018
December 8, 2017 – Dedicated the newly-completed Trinity Dome at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
The Trinity Dome: The Crowning Jewel of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Seek First the Kingdom, December 8, 2017
Dedication of Trinity Dome Mosaic marks completion of National Shrine, Catholic Standard, December 8, 2017
February 3, 2018 – Blessed and dedicated special bronze memorials recognizing and honoring African-Americans of the past who were enslaved and buried in unmarked graves in cemeteries in what is now the Archdiocese of Washington.
Cardinal Wuerl says memorial plaques honor memory and legacy of enslaved, Catholic Standard, February 6, 2018
'Debt of honor' paid to enslaved people buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery, May 1, 2018
Honoring the Memory of Enslaved Ancestors, Seek First the Kingdom, May 15, 2018
March 4, 2018 – Released Sharing in the Joy of Love in Marriage and Family, a detailed pastoral plan to implement the teachings of Pope Francis's 2016 apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia. The pastoral plan encourages parishes and ministries to serve as welcoming places for all in light of the challenges that individuals, couples and families face in a highly secularized culture, and invites people to participate in the life of the Church.
Cardinal Wuerl issues pastoral plan for parishes and local Catholics to share 'Joy of Love in Marriage and Family', Catholic Standard, March 4, 2018
Meeting the Challenges of the New Evangelization, e-letter of May 8, 2018
May 7, 2018 – Dedicated a first-of-its-kind stormwater management infrastructure project at Mount Olivet Cemetery as part of the archdiocese's ongoing efforts in caring for the environment, as called for in Laudato Si'.
Olivet Cemetery Rain Garden Dedication, Seek First the Kingdom, May 7, 2008
Cardinal blesses Mount Olivet green infrastructure project designed to 'protect God's magnificent creation', Catholic Standard, May 7, 2018


The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that SG Americas Securities LLC will pay more than $800,000 to settle charges of improper handling of "pre-released" American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), predominantly by its predecessor entity.
In its order against SG Americas, a registered broker-dealer and subsidiary of Paris-based Société Générale S.A., the SEC found that the misconduct of predecessor entity Newedge USA LLC allowed pre-released ADRs to be issued that were not backed by the appropriate number of ordinary shares. This is the fifth action against a depository bank or broker for abusive pre-release practices resulting from the SEC's ongoing investigation into abuses involving pre-released ADRs. Such practices have the potential to artificially inflate the total number of a foreign issuer's tradeable securities, diluting existing shareholders' equity. In addition, some of the pre-released ADRs were used for short selling that may not otherwise have occurred, which could suppress the price of the issuer's securities. Information about ADRs is available in an SEC Investor Bulletin.
The SEC found that Newedge improperly provided thousands of pre-released ADRs over a more than three-year period when neither the broker nor its customers had the requisite shares.
The SEC's order finds that SG Americas violated Section 17(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 and failed reasonably to supervise its securities lending desk personnel. Without admitting or denying the SEC's findings, SG Americas agreed to return more than $480,000 of alleged ill-gotten gains plus $82,000 in prejudgment interest and a $250,000 penalty, more than $800,000 in total. The SEC's order acknowledges the firm's cooperation in the investigation and remedial acts.
The SEC's continuing industry-wide investigation is being conducted by Philip Fortino, Andrew Dean, William Martin, Elzbieta Wraga, Joseph Ceglio, Richard Hong, and Adam Grace of the New York Regional Office and supervised by Mr. Wadhwa.


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RAISED ON RADIO
2.41 | 92 ratings | 10 reviews | 8% 5 stars
Collectors/fans only
Buy JOURNEY Music
1. Girl Can't Help It (3:50)
2. Positive Touch (4:16)
3. Suzanne (3:38)
4. Be Good To Yourself (3:51)
5. Once You Love Somebody (4:40)
6. Happy To Give (3:49)
7. Raised On Radio (3:49)
8. I'll Be Alright Without You (4:49)
9. It Could Have Been you (3:37)
10. The Eyes Of A Woman (4:32)
11. Why Can't This Night Go On Forever (3:43)
Bonus tracks on 2006 remaster:
12. Girl Can't Help It (Live video mix) (4:17)
13. I'll Be Alright Without You (Live video mix) (4:57)
- Steve Perry / lead & backing vocals
- Neal Schon / guitars, Kurzweil synth (10), backing vocals
- Jonathan Cain / keyboards, DMX programming (3), backing vocals
- Dan Hull / saxophone (2,7), harp (7)
- Randy Jackson / bass (1,3-5,7-9,12,13), backing vocals (2,12,13)
- Bob Glaub / bass (2,10,11)
- Larrie Londin / drums (1,3-9), percussion
- Steve Smith / drums (2,10,11)
- Mike Baird / drums (12,13)
- Steve Minkins / percussion (3)
- Megan Clearmountain / Fx (10)
Artwork: Michael Cotten & Prairie Prince (modeled after the studios for KIGS in Hanford, California)
LP Columbia- OC 39936 (1986, US)
CD Columbia- CK 39936 (1986, US)
CD Columbia- CK 67724 (1996, Europe) Remastered (?)
CD Legacy- 82876 85894 2 (2006, US) Remaster by Dave Donnelly with 2 bonus tracks
Thanks to Ricochet for the addition
and to Quinino for the last updates
Buy JOURNEY Raised On Radio Music
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JOURNEY Raised On Radio ratings distribution
Essential: a masterpiece of rock music(8%)
Excellent addition to any rock music collection(16%)
Collectors/fans only (37%)
Poor. Only for completionists (15%)
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Review by b_olariu
Pure AOR album. This was the final Journey album from the '80's. After this one the band split up, and for a good reason, this album is pure pop AOR with nothing special and nothing to do with the early works, he doesn't seam to be alike with the albums with Perry on vocals, not to mention the one's with Rollie. With all that i consider this one good, not from a progressive view, but from a music listner view. Because i'm open minded i give a chance to this album, but no more that 3-4 listnings. I was plased what i hered, easy listning , and specially a good album for the car or as the title suggested for the radio. All in all a good album for me, but far from what we are use to like on Journey music. Not recommendet, only if you know all the rest of the albums prior to this one. 2.5 rounded to 3, still a good AOR album, but nothing more, and even weaker that other Journey albums where i give also 3 stars.
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Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 | Review this album | Report (Review #183622)
Review by Prog Leviathan
Hyper-slick AOR written, recorded, and packaged direct for 1986 store shelves. Although terrible in most every way, I actually enjoy some sections of this hammy release from the world's hammiest arena band if only for their completely over-the-top camp and style. One can listen to and make fun of Raised on Radio like one might while watching a cheesy '80's teen comedy-- a "so bad it's good" kind of experience.
As far as songs go, there isn't much here to distinguish it from any of the band's '80's releases save for a more polished production and increased integration of Cain's synthesizer. Schon's guitar playing is very calculated throughout, energetic but sterile, accompanying Perry's high-pitched crooning and trite lyrics. The songs themselves are exactly what one would expect from Journey, but area least better than some of Journey's truly bad albums thanks to its less shrill production.
Quickly consumed and immediately forgotten, Raised on the Radio is the epitome of a made-for- FM agenda. Sing and laugh along... but be ready for a shower afterwards.
Songwriting: 2 Instrumental Performances: 2 Lyrics/Vocals: 2 Style/Emotion/Replay: 2
Posted Sunday, May 17, 2009 | Review this album | Report (Review #216395)
Review by ZowieZiggy
I guess that the best decision for the band was taken after the release of this album: to call it quit.
I hardly could bear their AOR oriented music since Perry has been brought on board ("Infinity"). IMHHO, the music proposed since then is rather poor and inspiration very, very thin. What's weird is that from this very moment, the band will sell millions of albums and started a very successful commercial career.
This album is no worse than its predecessors; but it is no better either. Which means that the same sort of expectations are met: basic and radio friendly rock music of which prog is not even related by far (but "Journey" has been pretty consistent in achieving this result for quite a long time already).
A lot of AOR stuff like "Girl Can't Help It" or "Be Good to Yourself" which shows a definite Springsteen feel (same for the well named "Raised On The Radio"), some decent pop-rock with "Positive Touch" which features some nice sax, some very short and excellent guitar solo with "Suzanne" (but way too scarce on this album). Schon is also shining in the closing part of "Be Good To Yourself". It is for sure a great add-on when he is providing these killer guitar breaks.
Some sub-par Rod Stewart rock songs under the form of "Once You Love Somebody" which is best avoided for your own good even if an infectious guitar break also highlights this weak track ("I'll Be Alright?" is a carbon copy). There are obviously the syrupy ballads as well ("Happy To Give", "The Eyes Of A Woman" as well as the closing track).
In all, this album is totally dispensable and best avoided for prog ears. You have been warned already several times about this band: first three albums good to very good and that's it.
One little star.
Posted Saturday, November 7, 2009 | Review this album | Report (Review #248568)
Review by Epignosis
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Eclectic Prog Team
Normally, I would recoil at the prospect of listening to 1980s pop rock, but something about this album carries a sense of charm- not nostalgia or anything, it's just that most of these songs consist of solid, if simple arrangements, unimpeachable execution, and incredibly memorable melodies. Good music is good music, after all. Also, this may be the only place one sees the name of American Idol judge Randy Jackson on the site, who took over most of the bass duties in the absence of Ross Valory. For the most part, Raised on Radio is a decent and fun AOR album that shouldn't displease too many Journey fans, and represents the end of a period for a great American band.
"Girl Can't Help It" Not a bad soft rock song to begin with to close out Journey's work in the 1980s. It brings in a slightly harder edge thanks to Neal Schon's guitar.
"Positive Touch" Here is a funky little number, lead by piano and the subtle pop-and-slap groove from Jackson. While it's one I would normally skip, in so doing I miss out on one of Schon's most brilliant guitar solos.
"Suzanne" By far the cheesiest thing on the album in every respect- the drums, the overpowering synthesized bass, the utterly banal lyrics, I am almost ashamed to say this is one of my favorite songs on the album. I suspect it is a combination of the vocal melody and Steve Perry's excellent performance that does it for me. Whatever the case, I can't help myself.
"Be Good To Yourself" I used to listen to this song in the morning to start the day. That's all I'm going to say about it.
"Once You Love Somebody" This is my least favorite on the album, but it still has its own funky 1980s charm that pervades the album.
"Happy to Give" This song is the softest of the album, with light synthetic instruments and Perry's overwhelming vocals.
"Raised on Radio" The title track is a spunky 1980s rocker- nothing more, and nothing I particularly care for. It's irritating, meandering, and doesn't end well at all.
"I'll Be Alright Without You" My favorite from the album, this has a smooth, velvety guitar lead, nice and clean at first and gritty later, and an impeccable vocal performance. The chorus is one of Journey's best moments in my opinion.
"It Could Have Been You" I find this to be the most forgettable track on the album. It has decent moments, but the corniness-factor is too much because it affects the melody. The guitar tone is rather annoying.
"The Eyes of a Woman" Another softer song, this has some decent lead guitar work, and bassist Bob Glaub even steps to the fore with some great moments.
"Why Can't This Night Go on Forever" The final track makes for a gentle conclusion, perhaps trying to capture to the success of "Faithfully" from a few years before. While that didn't happen, this is a song with quite a bit of power and finesse.
Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009 | Review this album | Report (Review #250156)
Review by SouthSideoftheSky
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Symphonic Team
The journey ends (at least for a while)
As I have said in some of my previous reviews on Journey albums, it is probably universally agreed that, at some point in time, Journey sold out and left their progressive aspirations behind completely and ventured wholly into commercial areas of music. The real purists (probably those who lean towards Jazz-Rock/Fusion) argue that only the debut album is really kosher from a Prog perspective and some slightly more tolerant listeners might say that the three first albums are ok, but after that they draw the line. Other Prog fans (those who prefer the harder rocking and more melodious sides of Prog) would perhaps rather favour albums like Infinity and perhaps even Departure and maybe Frontiers. Personally, I belong to the second group, holding up Infinity as my favourite Journey album. On that album, the band maintained some of their progressive aspects and great guitar work, while combining it with good song writing and the excellent and distinctive lead vocals of Steve Perry. But after Infinity, the band embarked on a "journey" that would eventually lead them to the trite and radio friendly music that can be found on Raised On Radio. The previous Frontiers was a good album, but this album is where I draw the line. Even the lacklustre Evolution and Escape albums (that I also rated with one star) have their moments, but Raised On Radio is consistently poor.
I don't really feel the need to comment on individual tracks this time as the songs here sound pretty much the same. The song lengths all lie in the three to five minutes range and are based on vocals, keyboards and guitars. As usual the vocals and guitars are very good, and there are a few passages where keyboards are in the foreground, but this time this is just not enough to save this album from the lowest possible rating. Needless to say, there is nothing progressive about this album whatsoever. The song writing is generic and dull and there is not even one good song here. The production is overly polished and aimed at radio play.
One of Journey's worst albums, only for completionists.
Posted Saturday, November 14, 2009 | Review this album | Report (Review #250544)
Review by Easy Livin
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin
Raised for radio
Following the release of "Frontiers" in 1983 and the subsequent promotional tour, the members of Journey decided to take a sabbatical. During the interim period, a couple of unreleased tracks from "Frontiers" surfaced on soundtrack albums, and solo albums were recorded by some of the band members. When they reconvened, musical differences soon resurfaced which resulted in bass player Ross Valory and drummer Steve Smith being fired from the band. Valory left prior to recording of the album starting, but Smith remained long enough to appear on a couple of songs. The two were not replaced immediately, the rhythm section for this album being formed by session musicians.
While songwriting duties are shared once again by Jonathan Cain, Steve Perry, and Neal Schon, it is Perry who is the dominant force throughout the album. He appears to have been the decision maker during the recordings, the album being as much a follow up to his solo work as to the previous Journey album.
While there is perhaps a tinge of disappointment this time around with the lack of any progression, this is nonetheless a fine collection of well crafted songs. Generally more upbeat with less emphasis on the ballads, "Raised on radio" is certainly radio friendly. Songs such as "Suzanne" (girls names are usually a good bet for a hit) offer nothing radical or innovative, but they do generally make for a good listening.
Dan Hull adds some fine sax to "Positive Touch" giving the song a Hall and Oates feel, while "Be Good to Yourself" ends with a welcome lead guitar break by Schon. On the ballad front, "Happy to give" is well up to standard, Perry once again showing that he unquestionably has one of the best voices in rock.
On the downside, there does appear to be rather more in the way of filler this time, with songs such as "Once You Love Somebody" being decidedly average. "The Eyes Of A Woman" too is a by the numbers and all too prosaic ballad.
In all, a good but slightly uninspired offering from Journey. There is a generally feel of going through the motions here which means we have a good but unexceptional release.
After its release and an aborted promotional tour, Journey effectively broke up. It would be the best part of a decade before any further original material emerged in the band's name.
Posted Thursday, April 14, 2011 | Review this album | Report (Review #433699)
Review by stefro
A part return-to-form and, in truth, the last truly half-decent Journey album, 1985's 'Raised On Radio' would see only three members from wretched predecessor 'Frontiers' returning to the fold, namely the core creative trio of Jonathan Cain(keyboards), Steve Perry(vocals) and Neal Schon(guitar, vocals). Ably assisted by an assorted cast of top-notch session players - former drummer Steve Smith and bassist Randy Jackson amongst them - 'Raised On Radio' would chart a distinctly soft-spun, synthesized vibe which saw Cain pretty much taking centre-stage. Already one of the group's main writers and one of the key factors behind the huge success of 1981's career-defining 'Escape' album, Cain's glutinous array of keyboards and synths colours a highly- emotional album that has become something of a fan favourite over the years, as well as being one of the few Journey album's to garner genuinely positive reviews outside of their North American dominion. With Neal Schon's guitars on strangely muted form and vocalist Steve Perry taking a gentler approach, this is very much Journey in reflective, almost melancholic mood, though the album also features the usual array of Journey trademarks, with the misty-eyed ballads, up-tempo rockers and slickly-crafted pop pieces the group do so well still in check. Overall there were four singles culled from the album, with "Girl Can't Help It", "Be Good to Yourself", "I'll Be Alright Without You" and "Suzanne" all reaching the top 20, though overall sales for 'Raised On Radio' failed to match previous efforts, possibly due to the new(ish) direction the group were taking. As a result, it would prove to be the last 'classic era' Journey release before their return eleven years later with 1996's 'Trial By Fire' and the end of an era for the much-maligned but hugely-popular group. Although not in the same league as 'Escape', 'Look Into The Future' or 'Infinity', this is a worthy end to the soft rock story of the 1980's and the genre's major exponents.
STEFAN TURNER, STOKE NEWINGTON, 2012
Posted Tuesday, April 3, 2012 | Review this album | Report (Review #707582)
Review by Tarcisio Moura
Two years after Frontiers came Raised On Radio. And by then, boy, the musical scene had changed a lot, with most AOR groups disbanding and/or losing ground quickly to British new wavers like Duran Duran and Culture Club or to heavy metal bands, from thrash to glam. ROR sounds a lot like the band trying hard to adapt to the new styles, with lots of synths and a very slick production. So much so that they found that they didn´t need a jazzy drummer like Steve Smith, who was dismissed during the recording sessions (although he was credit on 3 songs). Bassist and founding member Ross Valory claims that, tired of ego clashes within the group, decided to leave before the sessions started. Both places were taken by session musicians.
So the band was reduced to the hardcore trio of Steve Perry, Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain, all prime songwriters of the band. Production duties were taken by Perry, who pretty much ran the show here. And it comes as no surprise when Raised On Radio sounds more like Perry´s solo project than actually a Journey album. The savior factor was the fact that the songwriting department still retained much of their former magic: songs like Girl Can´t Helped It, I´ll be Alright Without You and Be Good To Yourself are typical Journey stuff, full of great melodies, power and stunning performances of all involved. Suzanne, Once You Love Somebody and It Could Have Been You are nice, but quite different and maybe a little too close to the 80´s pop cliche. Still, none of the tracks are crap and the fact that Perry is singing better than ever do help matters a lot.
After several spins you get the feeling that Raised On Radio does not achieve that energetic and fresh approach Journey used to a few years before. It´s the first Journey album since Next that sounds a bit dated. As good as the songs are, the plastic synth sounds and the monochromatic drums on much of the tracks take away some of the former charm they once had in spades.
Rating: 3 stars. Good melodic album, but they have done better ones.
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Review by Guillermo
"Street Talk....Part Two"
Well. I mean: this album sounds more like another mid eighties solo album from Steve Perry than an album by JOURNEY. "Raised on Radio" was recorded in late 1985, and released in 1986, and it sounds very influenced by Steve Perry's previous solo album titled "Street Talk" from 1984, which I listened to several times in 1985 and I never liked it. In fact, I saw this "Raised on Radio" album in a record shop in 1986, and I didn't buy it after I listened to the song "Be Good to Yourself "in the radio several times. Full Corporate Rock music. That is: very commercial Pop Rock from that period of time, sounding very influenced by some bands from the same time (TOTO, STARSHIP). With typical mid eighties's keyboards sounds, reverberation, even the use of sax in some songs (something that the band used for the first time, I think, in this album). There are some very good lead guitar parts played by Neal Schon which identify this album as being an album from JOURNEY. But the album for the most part is very influenced by Steve Perry's successful "Street Talk" album. Of course, he co-produced the "Raised on Radio" album (with Jim Gaines), a thing which then caused some problems. First, bassist Ross Valory left the band before the recording of the album startet, and later drummer Steve Smith left the band after playing the drums on three tracks, saying years later in an interview that for this album it was the first time that he was asked to use a "click track" (a metronome) to record his drum parts, a thing that he didn't like then, because he liked more to play and to record the songs in a more spontaneous way (with him being a very good drummer, I think that he was right). So, the band became a trio (Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon), with the three of them being the main composers of the band anyway, and recruiting some session musicians to record this album and later to go on tour.
This album is not bad as a typical Pop Rock album from the mid eighties. But the sound of the band really changed a lot from previous albums like "Frontiers" (1983) and "Escape" (1981). Maybe the record label executives and A&R personnel wanted this album to be like it is. I was right to never buy this album. It really is for the very dedicated fans of the very typical mid eighties Pop Rock music. Steve Perry is a very good lead singer, and he was going to record a much better solo album for 1994 ("For the Love of Strange Medicine"). But his 1984's "Street Talk" solo album, despite being more successful, was maybe the first step to influence JOURNEY's music in 1985-86 to the point that the band lost some of its original sound and identity. They split after the tour for this album.
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Review by siLLy puPPy
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After the triumphant trilogy of "Departure," "Escape" and "Frontiers," where San Francisco based JOURNEY found huge success after having tamed down their crossover progressive tendencies that went straight for the hard rock and AOR jugular they succeeded in a short time to become one of the biggest bands in the world. And after a several year run and a slew of hit singles and successful tours, the band was on burnout mode and needed some time off. After 1983's "Frontiers," both lead singer Steve Perry and guitarist Neil Schon would release their own solo albums with Perry finding yet more success on the pop charts. After three long years in the mid-80s when the music scene was quickly changing the band finally released the followup RAISED ON RADIO in 1986 but not until after Perry got a taste for creative control where he produced his solo release and wanted to quit the band however keyboardist Jonathan Cain had other ideas and wanted Perry back in the limelight to help out on his new music, but it came with a price. Perry's newfound taste for independence resulted in both bassist Ross Valory and drummer Steve Smith being fired from the band as well as the album cover depicting the radio station that Perry's parents owned. Perry took the reins in the production department as well and as a result a JOURNEY album was released that sounded unlike anything in their previous catalogue and more like a followup to Perry's 1984 solo "Street Talk."
Technically the group was whittled down to a trio but in reality hosted a whole army of guest musicians, associate producers and engineers. The main newbies were session musician and bassist Randy Jackson who appeared on all kinds of albums by Jean-Luc Ponty, Billy Cobham and a million others and drummer Larrie Londin who also appeared on a million and one different artists' recordings. In addition there were extra bassists and drummers on board as well as Dan Hull contributing a new sound to the band - the saxophone. Despite the new arrangements and style shifts, the band found another top 10 album that would go double platinum as there was enough pop rock and AOR appeal to please the second wave fans of their career. The band would also score four top 40 hits and have yet another successful tour. However this was the end of JOURNEY at least for a while. It was clear that the band no longer functioned in meaningful way and after this album they would split until their reunion ten years later with the album "Trial By Fire."
RAISED ON RADIO is one of the stubbornly proud incarnations of the mid-80s with all of the cheese and pompous glory associated with that time period, but for what it is, i have to say that there are appealing pop rock tracks to be found on this one. And in that regard is very similar to almost every JOURNEY album i've encountered. That meaning there are a handful of extremely strong and well constructed pop rock hooks floating around in a few tracks and then a bunch of AOR filler and wimpy arena rock crap. RAISED ON RADIO is no different than the rest actually. Personally i'm quite partial to three of the singles on this one. The upbeat and catchy "Girl Can't Help It" displays the band's pop hook talents as good as anything they had ever concocted. Same with the more energetic "Be Good To Yourself." The slower ballad "I'll Be Alright Without You" also captures Perry's unique crooning abilities to weave magic around an otherwise OK melodic track, however my absolute favorite on the album is the non-single second track "Positive Touch" which is so damn catchy that if you swapped out vocalists could easily fit on Supertramp's "Breakfast In America" with its cleverly crafted groovilisciousness and sizzling sultry sax solos.
Other than the somewhat mesmerizing ballad "The Eyes Of A Woman," i find the remaining tracks to be somewhat lackluster as they exemplify the excess AOR tendencies that were aimed at post pubescent mall rats who lusted over Perry's ridiculous swooning lyrics. Particularly nauseating is the closer "Why Can't This Night Go On Forever" which just reeks of a slow wedding dance ballad when the booze has run low and the sentiments high and a raw slice of AOR hell that sounds like a reworked production of their previous hit "Faithfully". The rest of the tracks including the hit single "Suzanne" are just to syrupy and just don't come close in quality to the strongest tracks on the album. This could have been a very satisfying album overall if they would've stuck to the sultry swinging sax type of tracks that work quite well with their songwriting skills. Unfortunately that was not to be and JOURNEY once again released an album that i keep around for a few tracks that i listening to but this is just another album that has too much filler. 3 stars for the strong tracks that makes this a decent listen with some selective skipping.
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Albert J. Libchaber (1934 -) es un Profesor W. Detlev Bronk de la Universidad Rockefeller. Él ganó el Premio Wolf en Física en 1986.

Educación

Albert J. Libchaber se graduó con una licenciatura en matemáticas por la Universidad de París en 1956 y un ingeniero de telecomunicaciones de la École Nationale Supérieure des Telecommunications en 1958. Obtuvo un maestro de la ciencia licenciatura en física por la Universidad de Illinois en 1959 y su doctorado de la Escuela Normal Superior de París en 1965.

Carrera Académica

Libchaber fue un profesor de la Universidad de Chicago desde 1983 hasta 1991. Dejó de Chicago y se convirtió en un profesor de física en la Universidad de Princeton en 1991. En el mismo año, el Instituto de Investigación NEC de Princeton en lo nombró un miembro y, en 1993, se convirtió en el Distinguido Profesor James S. McDonnell de la Universidad de Princeton. Se incorporó a la facultad en la Universidad Rockefeller en 1994.

Investigación

Profesor Libchaber ha hecho una importante contribución experimental en física de la materia condensada. Él hizo la primera observación experimental de la cascada de bifurcación que conduce al caos y turbulencia convectiva en los sistemas Rayleigh-Benard.

El uso de microbolómetros (escala 1 ч) grabado en la celda convectiva pudo observar las fluctuaciones de temperatura sin perturbar el medio ambiente. De esa manera, él observó claramente la bifurcaciones que conducen al caos: la duplicación período, posiblemente acompañada de bloqueo de varias frecuencias inconmensurables. Las predicciones teóricas de Mitchell Feigenbaum por lo tanto, se confirma totalmente. Su primer trabajo fue realizado en 4He; más tarde utilizó mercurio, en el que se aplica un campo magnético proporciona un grado de libertad. El experimento es tan perfecto que puede medir cuantitativamente el exponente crítico de Feigenbaum que caracterizan a la cascada para el caos.

Fue galardonado con el Premio Wolf de Física en 1986 junto con Mitchell J. Feigenbaum "por su brillante demostración experimental de la transición a la turbulencia y el caos en sistemas dinámicos".

Referencias

Científicos de Francia
Premio Wolf en Física
Becarios MacArthur
Nacidos en París

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Murder in Garajau
By Samantha Gannon on 11th May 2020 3:37 pm
The Judiciary Police are currently following two lines of investigation with regards to the alleged murder of a 62-year-old man in Rua da Olaria, Garajau yesterday. The man was found by his nephew in the bath. His hands had been tied behind his back and his face and head covered with cling film. Although no one has been arrested, the police have said that they have a suspect.
The police are currently looking at two scenarios. The first is a sexual experiment that went wrong. The second is that is was personally motivated rather than a random attack. Either way, the victim died of asphyxiation. However, an autopsy is underway to confirm the cause of death.
At this moment, the Judicial Police are working closely with the Public Security Police's Criminal Investigation Department. They already have one suspect, but investigations have tenuously led to possible second murder suspect.
Local newspaper, JM says that the investigation is going according to plan and that there may be an arrest in the next few hours. At the moment, all evidence points to murder.
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Citizen Minutes – Littleton City Council Regular Meeting 2 February 2016
Posted on February 3, 2016 by Carol
Littleton City Council Regular Meeting 2 February 2016
Citizen Minutes
All members present.
Student Gabriella Ahles who will be going to Bega (Littleton's Sister City in Australia) gave the audience a preview of her presentation on Littleton that she will give in Bega.
Carol Brzeczek thanked the city for the snow plow – the first time ever has there been a snow plow in the neighborhood on the first day of a snow storm.
Brzeczek disagreed with the policy statement that guides council to oppose any effort to reduce their power to use urban renewal and tax increment financing.
Brzeczek also asked how it was that a subdivision exemption was being used to approve the land for the TrailMark Fire Station #19. The Subdivision Exemption is all about dividing land and what they were doing was combining land. She asked for this to be explained.
Paul Bingham appreciated the new start time of 7pm for meetings and he also thanked Mark Relph for the snow plow in his neighborhood – he said it was the 4th time in 54 years! Paul, as an engineer who has reviewed drawings for over 40years, asked the council to have the 24×36 drawings reproduced in actual size rather than reduced down to the size of an Ipad.
Patrick Fitzgerald, a P.E. (Civil Engineer) talked on the same subject stating the problems that were apparent in the last Oakbrook Assisted Living public hearing. The plans had been reduced so much so that they were very misleading and in some instances just wrong.
Pat Cronenberger thanked the city for the snow plow on her street too! She applauded the council on their forthcoming actions to approve legislative policy. She was shocked to hear that a council member did not want to use the city's email system.
Consent Agenda – All consent agenda items were pulled with the exception of one .
Resolution to approve a funding agreement with RTD for the Shopping Cart was approved 7/0.
Council Protocols and Standards – Doug Clark pulled this item. He did not support the statement that council members should be prepared to make decisions for the best interest of the public whether those decisions were popular or not. He said he did not believe that once someone was elected they became much smarter than the citizens that elected them. He referenced the WalMart decision over 8 years ago when the council approved a WalMart with a room full of citizens that disagreed and who eventually overturned the council decision.
Clark said he was disturbed by a councilmembers reference to him being spooky because Clark wants to use his personal email account when that same person uses his personal email account when communicating with Doug. (Bruce Beckman made the comment at the last study session.) Clark clarified what the law requires for an open records request correcting information provided at the last meeting by the city manager.
Beckman said Clark had an opportunity to discuss all this at the study session and could have presented members with the information but doing so at the meeting tonight put the others at a disadvantage. Beckman preferred to vote on the document on the consent agenda without further discussion.
Clark reminded Beckman that the city attorney was not at the last meeting and therefore was unable to address the issues and thought it was strange that there was an objection to Clark's desire to discuss before voting.
City attorney, Kristen Scheldorn, said that personal email accounts are also subject to an open records request. Using the city's server allows the city manager and the city attorney to capture emails to fulfill a CORA request.
Clark thought their procedure should match the state law.
Debbie Brinkman said it was the 3rd or 4th discussion. Council makes policy and we have a policy for ourselves to use the city's email system. If you don't want to use the city email that's your choice and you understand the consequences. Clark said he searched for a policy and there is none.
Protocols and Standards of Conduct were passed 6/1 with Clark dissenting.
Legislative Rules – pulled by Jerry Valdes
Valdes took issue with the wording of the approval of minutes. Council no longer has written minutes – the video of the meeting serves as the official minutes and council does not review the video to verify it is correct. They approve the city clerk's certification of the video and Valdes wanted the language written to reflect what they actually do. Valdes moved to amend and Brinkman seconded. Peggy Cole then moved to postpone and Clark seconded.
The amendment was approved 6/1 with Clark dissenting.
Beckman then brought up the meeting start time. (At the study session last week they decided to start their meetings at 7pm – the time they always started until the past couple of years. Beckman was the tie breaking vote. Beckman said he looked at the city calendar and all the meetings are noted on the calendar to begin at 6:30. He made a motion to return to the 6:30 start time and Brinkman seconded. Clark said if the calendar is the concern then council should not cancel meetings either. It is unfortunate that the information is printed on the calendar. He reminded the council that the majority wanted the 7pm start time.
Cole said if they were starting earlier it would concern her but to start at 7 is not a concern. Most people get their info from other sources.
Phil Cernanec prefers the 6:30 start time. Valdes thought 7pm was better for the citizens. Brinkman said she heard positive comments about the 6:30 start time.
Motion to begin the meetings at 6:30 was approved 4/3 with Cole, Clark and Valdes dissenting.
Council Policy Statements – pulled by Clark
Clark disagreed with the State and Federal Mandate policy statement and he agreed with Brzeczek on the concern for urban renewal policy statement, especially after the support 300 rec'd from the Littleton voters. He thought the council should consider the issues separately as they come up. (What this statement is used for is guidance for staff and council members. For instance, the policy that Clark disagreed with states that the council will not support any effort that erodes their ability to use urban renewal and the use of tax increment financing.)
Policy statement was approved 6/1 with Clark dissenting.
Site Development Plan for the Trail Mark Fire Station #19 was pulled by Clark.
Clark said the South Suburban Quit Claim Deed did not qualify for the Subdivision Exemption. The Subdivision Exemption allows for land to be divided into not more than two parcels. He said it was the same issue on The Grove – property was not divided but combined and that required a change in land use.
Brinkman (quite exasperated by now) moved and I think it was Cernanec that tseconded.
Public Works Director, Mark Relph, said the Subdivision Exemption was used for a property line adjustment. Clark said the Subdivision Exemption was incorrectly applied to The Grove and Relph said South Suburban had already approved the Quit Claim Deed. Clark said that does not answer his question.
Relph looked to the city attorney for help. Scheldorn said the city did not have a process for adjusting the boundaries. Clark said they did – it is called platting.
Bill Hopping said he did not pretend to be a lawyer. This type of assemblage is common and he thought they were spending an inordinate amount of time snipping this at the edges. He called the question. Brinkman seconded. Approved 5/2 with Clark and Cole dissenting.
Main motion to approve passed 5/2 with Clark and Cole dissenting.
What Clark is referring to with The Grove – the Subdivision Exemption was used in order to avoid a public process. The Grove situation did not divide property but combined property and the code is very clear that the purpose of the Subdivision Exemption is to divide a large lot into two. There are requirements that have to be met in order to use the Exemption dealing with sewer, water, location, and adherence to applicable codes, regulations and ordinances.
Meeting Minutes – pulled by Clark
Clark has expressed his concern over the Journal that is required by the Charter in last weeks meeting. He has reviewed several Journals only to find them to be inaccurate – missing motions, votes not tallied properly etc. He believes that the council should be checking for accuracy.
Brinkman told Clark that this was his opportunity to offer corrections to the Journal to which he said it is not a motion to approve the Journal but a motion to approve the clerk's certification of the video. Brinkman moved to approve the video and Cernanec seconded. Valdes said he did not read the Journal. Clark said that was the problem – no one is looking at it and the end results is we don't know what we passed and what the votes are and we are legally obligated and we aren't doing our job to make sure an accurate record exists.
Cole asked why the Journal was an attachment. City Clerk, Wendy Heffner, said in November 2014 the Journal was no longer attached – they are just action minutes.
Hopping said the video is the official set of minutes and the Journal is the clerk's interpretation of the meeting and it won't be important 5 to 10 years out.
Motion passed 6/1 with Clark dissenting.
Unscheduled Citizen Appearances
Don Bruns, who has had a career working for the Federal Govt in parklands gave a hurried presentation. I have asked him to supply me with his graph (which could not be seen because the equipment wasn't working) and his text. I will post on the Blog once I have received it from him. He was expressing concern about the presentation that was given last week at the study session.
Carol Brzeczek asked why the City has not determined the base for sales tax increment for the four urban renewal areas as required by law. The County has done so for property taxes and has published the TIF Breakdown that indicates over $266,000 in property taxes will be diverted from the schools, parks, city, county and urban drainage and there is not a single urban renewal project. ($169,330 from LPS, $47,086 from Arapahoe County, $21,116 from Littleton, and $27,420 from South Suburban)
Pam Chadbourne told the council to pay attention to Don Bruns – he is an expert in the field and the only one she has heard at this level. Chadbourne commented on Beckman's concern about new items coming up at a council meeting and the disadvantage the new items present. She suggested that there is no time urgency – get it right. She told the council it was totally appropriate to question anyone there – everyone makes mistakes. She was glad they postponed the approval of the earlier Resolution – the public deserves the chance to see the language before it is approved.
Marty Brzeczek asked for the compliance report for the Subdivision Exemption. All lots are supposed to abut a dedicated and accepted city street and the water and sewer had to be adequate. Where is the verification report to support the Subdivision Exemption?
Kent Bagley thanked the city for the snow plows. He said the council had important work to do rather than discussing how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. He told council that legal opinions come from attorneys – he objected to citizen statements about the law. He supported the housing study.
Cole requested that each council member have an opportunity to speak to an agenda item before the question is called.
Clark mentioned the 2014 Res. 88 that no urban renewal project would be approved without the full support and approval of all taxing entities. Carol Brzeczek has told us that $266,000 will be collected from increment. Cory Hoffman and Ken Fellman then changed the definition of a project to mean any activity or undertaking so a plan is not a project so they can collect the $266,000 without the approval of the County or Urban Drainage. We have a letter from the County Board of Commissioners that states they can keep all of the increment if the city drops the lawsuit against the County on the ag land. And that the offer they rec'd is not the offer the city manager originally made.
Valdes reported a meeting at the museum on the future of Ketring Lake will be held Feb. 11. There is a possibility of a well. If the works begins it will be ongoing for 10 to 14 days and will be loud. Meeting is 6pm to 7:30.
Hopping challenged the council to think long-term. They need to balance between the detail and the long-term strategic thinking. We need to enhance where we live, work and play.
Brinkman – Hear! Hear! She, Mark Relph, Tim Weaver and traffic safety met with the residents along Mineral and Platt Canyon about the traffic concerns and safety issues due to the high traffic volume.
She appreciated Don Bruns presentation.
Beckman said they have to look 20 years out. The manager has three areas to get a handle on – Transportation, Housing and Economic Development.
He mentioned the infrastructure needs and will we have the money to do what needs to be done. Some council members will be asked to help with this. (This ia all about a $70 million dollar bond issue that they have mentioned several times over the past year. Hold on to your pocket books!)
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Steve Mueller, on June 25, 2016 at 2:05 pm said:
The Littleton, Awake Facebook webpage posted some standard letters of "No Confidence" against the four City Council members that voted to dismiss Michael Penny as the City Manager.
The letter lists a number of Mr. Penny's accomplishments as City Manager. Unfortunately, those accomplishments often required taxpayers to cover a lot of the costs of what should have been private development – as well as a consistent manipulation of processes that would have allowed citizen involvement (thereby avoiding many of the problems and issues that have arisen in our City.) I hope that Littleton residents take time to learn the whole truth about these issues before expressing a vote of No Confidence in the Council. The vote actually restored my confidence because it was clearly time for a change in the City Manager position.


Wounds to bind : a memoir of the folk-rock revolution / Jerry Burgan with Alan Rifkin ; foreword by Sylvia Tyson.
Burgan, Jerry, (author.). Rifkin, Alan. (Added Author).
Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
Folk musicians > United States > Biography.
Folk-rock music > History and criticism.


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Nordost Sort Kones Review
By: Fred Crowder | January 2016
Most equipment supports, whether cones, small squares of wood, or pucks of visco-elastic material, are referred to as isolation devices; however, this represents a misunderstanding of the problem. While some mechanical energy may originate in the environment, the most harmful energy does not enter from the outside but is instead generated internally by the audio circuits and other power supplies of the piece of equipment. Transformers, power supply capacitors, even the active devices themselves, all vibrate as they operate. Those vibrations occur where the fragile signal is, creating timing errors that smear and distort the music. The Nordost Sort Kone is designed specifically to deal with this spurious energy, by creating a super-efficient one-way path for evacuating the energy away from the equipment. Note that the same mechanism prevents energy from the environment from traveling from the supporting shelf into the equipment.
The Sort Kones are designed to support your equipment at three or more points, effectively replacing the feet which came with the component. You place them under the component, point against the bottom surface of the component, locating them directly underneath transformers, power supplies and motors (i.e. anything that may vibrate). Nordost provides a detailed installation guide, but some experimentation can be helpful.
Below is an illustration showing the inside of a Sort Kone.
There are three distinct pieces inside the shell – a post, a base and a ball, the latter of which couples the post to the base. Note that there is nothing here to absorb vibrations as the goal is to provide an optimum path for the vibrations to escape, not to damp. The same basic mechanism acts as a diode to avoid vibrations from the outside from getting into the piece of equipment. Nordost offers four versions of the Sort Kone which differ primarily in the material from which the post and base are built. In order of increased price:
AS – aluminum post and base, hardened steel coupling ball, $67.99 each.
AC – aluminum post and base, Si3N4 ceramic ball, $83.99 each.
BC – bronze post and base, ceramic ball, $139.99 each.
TC – titanium post and base, ceramic ball, $364.99 each.
For purposes of this review, I thought that it might be interesting to try the cones in a variety of systems ranging from one that was severely budget constrained ($3,000 total system outlay) to one that was basically reference quality The first system consisted of the following equipment: Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp and Conrad Johnson MV75a amp, both modified and upgraded by Bill Thalmann (one of the original designers); Marantz CD player; Spendor BBC type speakers; and Cardas interconnect and speaker cables.
In the first case, I began with a single set of AC Sort Kones under the CD player and then after forming an opinion switched first to the BC Sort Kones and finally to the TC Sort Kones. The next step was to then focus on adding additional sets of cones first under the amplifier and then under the speakers to determine the cumulative effect, particularly whether there was a point of diminishing returns. Prior to insertion of the Sort Kones the system was well balanced with rich tonality, but soft at the top with ill-defined leading edge and a lack of resolution.
Insertion in the Little System
The effect of insertion of the aluminum Sort Kones with ceramic ball (AC) was pretty immediate: The top end opened up, the bell and cymbal action was more open, clearer and a bit more forward, movement between speakers was more noticeable, piano was a little harder with some loss of warmth, attacks were more brittle, bass attacks were more obvious with better leading edge and more extension but bass was thinner and less satisfying. Another change which was characteristic of all the Sort Kones was that image height increased. The soundstage was flatter with instruments on top of each other. In summary, I gained some clarity and the top end opened up, but you lost some warmth.
Substitution of the bronze Sort Kones with the ceramic ball again was easy to hear: imaging was very stable with a lovely top end. The bells and cymbals moved the stage little back and had more color and dimensionality, the lower notes of the piano were very rich and full, bass was a bit more prominent, but not overemphasized. Bass in general and the lower mids improved, becoming fuller and more robust. Leading edge was still quite good and the top end was less brittle. The sound was less forward with a suggestion of depth. It was easy to tell the difference between a violin and a viola. The sound was very listenable and an improvement in all areas over the sound of the system with the AC Sort Kones.
With the titanium/ceramic Sort Kones (TC) there was an immediate and positive difference in depth, placement and the spatial relationship between instruments. Also, there was more clarity and resolution at the top, more air and space, and a larger stage. The titanium cones seemed to combine the best of both of the prior feet. This was the best imaging of the day, but there was still a bit of edge, but markedly reduced with more information and more detail from cymbals. There was a clear reduction of mud in the base. There was some loss of richness, but certainly not to an unacceptable degree. This was clearly and to an appreciable degree the best of the Sort Kones and certainly one of the two or three best isolation devices available (and I have tried many of those currently available).
The effect of using cones under more than one piece of equipment was additive, which is to say that there was an increase in clarity and resolution at the topmost frequencies and a decrease in perceived noise and a tightening of bass; however, particularly with the AC Sort Kones, there was an increased tendency to sound a bit hard with loss of warmth. This could be significantly mitigated by using a combination of the AC and BC Sort Kones which had the effect of adding warmth and reducing edginess. Of course the best of all worlds was to use the TC Sort Kones which to my ear combined the best qualities of the AC and BC cones and then improved on them.
Insertion in the Big System
The "big system" was comprised of Avalon Eidolon speakers driven by Conrad Johnson tube electronics, using an EMM Labs CD player as the front end. The EMM Labs CDSA normally rests on three Finite Elemente Cerabases. The sound is rich and warm (perhaps a tad overly so) with a realistic sense of the bottom end of a Steinway D concert grand or the sound of a bow being drawn across the strings of a violin.
Insertion of titanium Sort Kones under the CDSA immediately raised the image height and moved the image farther back on the stage. Images on the stage were arguably better defined, but a bit edgier with somewhat less richness. On a recording of the Renaldo Hahn Piano Quintet on the Naïve label, the piano was farther back on the stage with a better defined image and a wider stage. Leading edge was also better defined.
Switching to the Bronze Sort Kones, imaging fell apart (relatively speaking), but the sound was rich, warm and very pleasant. The lower midrange was fatter, with somewhat less control, but highly euphonic. This was a sound that I would find very inviting after a hard day at the office.
Again, using a combination of three titanium cones under one piece of equipment and three bronze cones under another in many ways gave me the best of both worlds, but this is a matter of personal choice and system tuning.
In the little system, which had no significant vibration protection to begin with, the effect of the Nordost Sort Kones was dramatic. I was able to elevate the performance of a system valued at $3,000 into one that had the beginnings of an audiophile level of detail, while retaining the easy-on-the-ears, musical focus intended by the owner for his second system – not an easy compromise for a modest investment. Particularly with the combination of the bronze cones under the inexpensive CD player and the titanium cones under the integrated tube amplifier, I was able to push forward the "best of both worlds" sound to a striking degree.
In the reference system, the overall effect was far less dramatic, but, this system already utilized Finite Elemente Cerabases under each component. Here I should note: In my search over the years for the best way of dealing with spurious vibrations, I have concluded that ceramic bearing-based devices do the best job of maintaining the fundamental musicality of the equipment in question, while enabling it to operate free from the unwanted interference of vibration. The results with ceramic bearing based protection are clean and detailed, without the brightness and hard edge or the dull of high frequencies that have tended to characterize the other methods that I have tried. Until now, the Finite Elemente Cerabases, which also use ceramic bearings, have been for most purposes my favorite solution to the vibration problem; however, the Nordost Sort Kones provide very substantial competition at a much lower price, particularly at their timbral "sweet spot" – the bronze/ceramic Sort Kone. There is no question in my mind that a set of the bronze Sort Kones used in conjunction with a set of their titanium counterparts, when used in the little system, will yield results at least as good as and in some ways better than two sets of the Finite Elemente Cerabases at half the price. I could easily be happy with the same combination in the reference system, but if money is not a constraint, would stick with the titanium Sort Kones.
I can wholeheartedly recommend the Nordost Sort Kones as a major step forward in improving sound at a reasonable cost.
The two systems described in this review belong to a friend Earl Weed who lives about a block down the street from me. We have a regularly scheduled Wednesday night listening session which generally focuses on new vinyl acquisitions, most recently a lovely copy of Oistrahk playing Beethoven's First Violin Concerto on a first label EMI SAX. Earl is like me a lawyer; however, prior to law school he received a degree in music from North Texas State University and has a very firm grounding in classical music and a very well developed ear. While I am easily excited by new toys, he is always the voice of reason.
Copy editor: Laurence A. Borden
Prices (individual units):
AS- $67.99
AC- $83.99
BC- $139.99
TC- $364.99
2 Responses to Nordost Sort Kones Review
February 16, 2016 at 12:14 am PST
Good review. You tried them on a variety of equipment.
What was not mentioned, and I realize this would complicate a review, is the material of the platform used under the Sort cones. Platform materials such as Carbon fiber, Granite, solid wood, TerraStone and many others, will change or tune the sound as much as going from the Aluminum version of the Sort cones, to the Bronze or Titanium. This can really perfect the desired effect of Audiophile footers.
April 12, 2019 at 1:20 am PST
You described the effect of the Titanium Cones in an 3000 dollar system. Of course, this makes no sense at all, considering the cost of the Titanium Cones … . One would use these in a high end system; not in an affordable set up.


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Q: Monitoring disk usage in Windows with RAM caching I'm monitoring disk activity on my machine using Windows Performance Monitor (perfmon). I'm interested in the Collector sets LogicalDisk > % Disk Time and LogicalDisk > Current Disk Queue Length. I ran some heavy applications, and I noticed that during the first load time, these numbers shot up, as expected. However, I wasn't able to replicate the results. This is because Windows caches files on unused RAM. So, when I was trying to monitor the disk usage the second time, Windows had cached everything, and it showed no disk activity.
My question is this: is there a way to monitor these "virtual" IO requests? I don't want to turn the smart caching off, as it greatly increases load time, I'd just like to continue to grab IO information, regardless of where Windows is storing the information. (On RAM or on disk.)

A: You can monitor quite a bit about the cache from performance monitor.
Simply add what you are interested in with the green "+" at the top, select "Local Computer" and then drill down to what you want under the "Cache" options.
(Understandably) windows manages memory from the cache differently than from the hdd, so the options won't be measured in quite the same way as reads from the hard drive. Check out this msdn article for what the options there actually mean.


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Accounting software firm enters financial services
By elaina ·
Accounting software provider Xero has announced several integration agreements with financial services providers, enabling access to financial products through its software for which it will receive commissions.
Last Updated: 17 August 2015 Published: 17 August 2015
Xero last week said that subscribers in Australia will now be able to access exclusive features and pricing from preferred financial services providers though Xero's open API.
"By securely connecting their accounting platform to the preferred providers, Xero customers can receive same-day loan approvals and access simpler international payments from the providers at the click of a button, potentially saving thousands of dollars each year," Xero said in a statement.
"Coming soon will be the ability for Xero accountants to get more automated insurance estimates," the statement continued.
NAB was revealed as one preferred provider, with Xero and NAB customers to soon be able to make enquiries for new business loans from within the accounting dashboard. Moula and OzForex are also preferred partners, while CGU Insurance will soon join the list.
Speaking to Adviser Innovation's sister publication AccountantsDaily, Chris Ridd, Xero Australia's managing director, insisted the software provider does not want to act as a broker.
Xero has been very careful to ensure they do not make any "product recommendations", meaning Xero will not require an AFSL, he said.
"What we are simply doing is creating the rails for those providers to be able to get faster and seamless access to data, with the customer in full control," he said.
However, Mr Ridd admitted the company will vet financial services providers and decide who can and who cannot connect with Xero customers through the software. This, he said, does not mean those approved will form a de facto approved product list.
"We have done detailed analysis on this and the workflow really does safeguard us from being perceived as recommending those products," insisted Mr Ridd.
"It's all in how we have actually [designed] it, but it is definitely something we have considered. We don't want to be in the role of a broker as such because we don't want the requirement of having an AFSL."
Despite this, Mr Ridd said Xero will collect commission payments from financial services providers that connect with clients through the company's platform.
"As we start to open up financial services, whether it be NAB, Moula, CGU or OzForex, there is a transaction or a commission fee as part of the customer then signing up for that service.
"This is about us using the data in Xero to actually monetise," Mr Ridd said.


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