"The classical Platonic-Aristotelian-Christian understanding of freedom is one in which the rational will of necessity, when set free from ignorance, wills the good end of its own nature; and perfect freedom is the power to achieve that end without hindrance. Thus God is perfectly free precisely because he cannot work evil, which is to say nothing can prevent him from realizing his nature as the infinite Good. Similarly, for Gregory of Nyssa or Gregory of Nazianzus, perfect freedom is liberation from the fetters of ignorance that constrain the rational will from seeing the Good as what it is. For Augustine, the highest freedom is the perfection of human nature in a condition of "non posse peccare." For Maximus, the natural will is free because it tends inexorably towards God, and the gnomic will is free precisely to the degree that it comes into harmony with the natural will. And so on. Since, after all, all employments of the will are teleological–necessarily intentionally directed towards an end, either clearly or obscurely known by the intellect–and since the Good is the final cause of all movements of the will, no choice of evil can be free in a meaningful sense. For evil is not an end, and so can be chosen under the delusion that it is in some sense a good in respect of the soul (even if, in moral terms, one is aware that one is choosing what is conventionally regarded as 'evil'); and no choice made in ignorance can be a free choice.
The Christian family is pulled in a variety of at odds directions these days: postmodernists, modernists and the classical tradition compete for faith attention. Then, there are movements such as renovare, ressourcement (Protestant and RC), charismatic, liberationist, neocalvinist and various forms of the evangelical tribe holding high their flags. Each of these different approaches to the faith journey are often about reads of the Bible, Tradition and, of utmost importance, images, ideas and existential interpretations of God. There is much sifting of chaff and wheat, burning of dross from gold in such an approach. In short, how we interpret and see God has significant implications for good or ill. The beauty of A More Christlike God is the way Bradley Jersak tends to these issues in an accessible, thoughtful and pastoral manner.
There is a definite flow and momentum in the tome from ideas and images of God which are distinctly toxic and unhealthy to invitational portals that point to the way to a more gracious and suffering God who engages us in our all too human journey. There is no doubt that the violent and wrathful, sentimental or deist versions of God have done much harm and hurt.
What are the positive, creative and more constructive images of God that point the way to a more transformative approach? And, how can we be sure these images are not just fictions we are creating to serve and suit our temperaments and tendencies? – theological anthropomorphisms can be both subtle and crude – there are many ways to lose our way on such a quest.
There can be no doubt Brad has mined a rich mother lode in his pilgrimage to see and be seen by God in a more mature manner, and he has wisely so, drawn from the best of the Christian wisdom tradition in doing so. The more the curious and attentive turn the ears of their souls to the communion of the saints, the better and more refined the divine music heard. If we dare to see God through the lens of Christ, alternate reads of God dissipate like thin clouds that have no enduring substance.
Current attempts to understand the 'violence texts' of the Old Testament in light of the nonviolent revelation of God in Christ have been renewed with vigor in recent years.
Eric Siebert (Disturbing Divine Behavior), David Lamb (God Behaving Badly), Thomas Römer (Dark God), Paul Copan (Is God a Moral Monster?), Eryl Davies (The Immoral Bible), Michael Hardin (Jesus Driven Life) and Peter Enns (The Bible Tells Me So) are among the host of scholars who address the problem of the so-called 'toxic texts' of the Hebrew Scriptures in an effort to read them in the light of the Father revealed by Christ.
For my part, I would like to affirm both men for modeling a gracious exchange between Christians on a matter of striking disagreement. If only this were the common standard: charitable dissent without hostility. Well done, I say.
Second, to distill the exchange down to its essential feature, Boyd argued for 'biblical infallibility' and Flood argued against it … however, Flood rightly noted how they did not necessarily agree even on the definition of 'infallibility,' which could reasonably cause them to argue past each other. While the tension is in part a verbal one, I think they would both say it goes deeper than that. That is, even if they could come to a mutually shared definition of 'infallible,' they would still disagree as to whether the word should or should not be used as a descriptor for the Bible.
Third, this leads to a particular question that does not solve the problem, but may speak to its background. Namely, what did the early church teach about infallibility? I'll pose the question as Derek asked it.
Q: Would you say that the church fathers taught the "infallibility" of Scripture?
This strikes me as wrong. Inspiration yes, but infallibility? Do you know of any articles or books that deal with this (whether infallibility was something taught by the early church)? What does the Orthodox Church say?
Based in my late-coming knowledge and brief surveys of the early church fathers, 'infallible' was indeed a word they employed, but not with reference to Scripture. The 'infallibility of the Bible,' as best as I can tell, is a specifically Protestant notion, introduced as a point of leverage (under sola scriptura) in order to cut itself loose from the authority of the Vatican and from church tradition. An infallible Bible then becomes the final authority for faith and practice. Unfortunately, 'an infallible Bible' is often a code for 'my interpretation of the Bible,' and the schisms go viral.
On the other hand, while the early Greek fathers definitely speak of the 'inspiration of Scripture' they reserve the word 'infallible' for the Holy Spirit and the Spirit's guidance as they preserved the gospel (the 'canon of faith' or 'faith once delivered' – Jude 3) and summarized it in the creeds as they convened the early councils. That is, only God himself is the infallible Subject.
Is this Love Only for This Life? - an excerpt from George MacDonald's sermon, "Love Your Neighbour," in Creation in Christ, 303.
Jesus pleads with Judas, even in hell. "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot"
When once to a man the human face is the human face divine, and the hand of his neighbor is the hand of a brother, then will he understand what St. Paul meant when he said, "I wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren." But he will no longer understand those who, so far from feeling the love of their neighbor an essential of their being, expect to be set free from its law in the world to come. There, at least, for the glory of God, they may limit its expansive tendencies to the narrow circle of their heaven. On its battlements of safety, they will regard hell from afar, and say to each other, "Hark! Listen to their moans. But do not weep, for they are our neighbors no more."
St. Paul would be wretched before the throne of God, if he thought there was one man beyond the pale of His mercy, and that as much for God's glory as for the man's sake. And what shall we say of the man Christ Jesus? Who, that loves his brother, would not, upheld by the love of Christ, and with a dim hope that in the far-off time there might be some help for him, arise from the company of the blessed, and walk down into the dismal regions of despair, to sit with the last, the only unredeemed, the Judas of his race, and be himself more blessed in the pains of hell, than in the glories of heaven?
But it is a wild question. God is, and shall be, All in all. Father of our brothers and sisters! You will not be less glorious than we, taught of Christ, are able to think You. When You go into the wilderness and seek, You will not come home until you have found. It is because we hope not for them in You, not knowing Your love, that we are so hard and so heartless to the brothers and sisters You have given us.
Fifty years have passed since the publication of Canada's most important work of non-fiction: George P. Grant's, Lament for a Nation: The Defeat of Canadian Nationalism. For those have not read it, the book was written in 1965 as a true lament (in the tradition of Jeremiah the prophet) for the death of the Canadian vision.
Grant's lament, of course, was not merely a cry of despair (or one would not write at all), but rather, functioned as a wake-up call to Canada, a nation that was losing its unique identity and becoming a vassal state of American culture -- sliding into the hegemony of liberalism that spans from far right to far left in the culture wars south of the border. In part, the lament achieved its goal in triggering a resurgence of Canadian nationalism, but its echo needs to be heard again, more now than ever.
Lament for a Nation: A Jeremiad for our time.
Dart's little booklet displays his usual genius for synthesizing and applying Grant's work in political philosophy within his larger worldview of the primacy of the Good vis-a-vis our delusions of freedom as autonomous willfulness (a la Nietzsche). Canadian readers who have not picked up Grant's Lament would benefit in acquiring it along with this helpful guide.
In an interview between John Piper and Tim Keller, Piper quotes George MacDonald as saying, "I turn with loathing from the god of Jonathan Edwards." This leads Keller to question whether MacDonald was a Christian. Why would MacDonald say such a thing of this American hero of the Great Awakening? What was it about Edwards' Calvinist God that caused MacDonald to react to strongly? Ron Dart examines MacDonald's Calvinist roots and his connection with the Anglican scholar, F.D. Maurice, who played a role in liberating MacDonald to a new way of seeing God.
Was George MacDonald a Christian? - Ron Dart refutes Keller's claim that he was not.
Ron Dart critiques and refutes the claims of Tim Keller, who in an interview with John Piper, questioned whether George MacDonald was a Christian.
Editor's note: Dr. Mitchell is Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta.
This series of essays is written with Christian students in mind. Even in this new millennium tens of thousands of university students find little support in their home church, family or community for dealing with the intellectual challenges to their faith that they will encounter in the modern, secular university. Worse, those in Bible schools and Christian colleges will often still find reactionary curricula that want to explain away, debunk or simply ignore established evidence gained by the last hundred years of recognized scholarship. As a lifelong Christian, and an experimental biologist with more than thirty years research and teaching experience in a major secular university, it saddens me to have to acknowledge the truth of the sentences that I have just written.
This series of essays is offered in the hope and with the prayer that some students will find herein some intellectual and spiritual footholds that will help them come to a combined understanding of faith and science that is a blessing to them. All truth is from God, so we are most content when the truths we know, regardless of their source, fit together to form a consistent world view. So, humbly, these essays are presented to help you find a worldview that is a blessing to you, so that you may better bless others.
A major result of recent advances in science and other scholarship is to encourage many believers to enlarge their views of God, sometimes appearing to come into conflict with traditional views. Tradition is, of course, very important, and we must make progress together with a clear understanding of what our ancestors believed, and to the fullest extent possible, why they believed it and why they expressed their beliefs as they did.
Yet, like us, they were fallible, and adjustments to our thinking will always be necessary. We really do want to have the living faith of the dead, and to avoid having the dead faith of the living.
Brad: When you sent me an advanced copy of Runaway Radical, perhaps you remember me politely telling you I'd add it to my to-read stack. Before filing it in my inbox, I made the 'mistake' of reading page 1. I wasn't able to put it down after that ... I read until I had to break for sleep, then finished the book before getting out of bed again! Jonathan's journey totally captured me. Would you please give our readers a brief summary of this book that so captivated me?
Amy: I do remember your telling me that you were a "bit buried" and then a few hours later you sent a note saying you made the mistake of thinking you could read just a little bit. Your quick and vigorous response really bolstered me because you were the very first person ever to read Runaway Radical. And the fact that your response has been replicated many times over is more than we could have imagined when we decided to tell our story.
The best and briefest summary of Runaway Radical I've heard is this: It's a young man's journey from idealism to realism to fatalism to faith.
The catalyst for the book was desperation. It was a mother's desperate attempt to woo her son back into the land of the living. When Jonathan returned from what was supposed to be a year of missionary service in West Africa— and it was more a rescue than a return—I thought I would be so relieved and happy that I would drop the issues that forced him home. But instead the injustice kept me awake at night. I started writing a letter to the leaders of Jonathan's church outlining the abuse he had endured from the mission agency in West Africa. My husband, Jonathan, and I met with the church leaders and their answer to Jonathan's abuse was to swear him to secrecy. That blow was worse than the first. When I saw the toll silence was taking on Jonathan, not just on his faith but on his mental and physical well-being, I became desperate. To me the only antidote to the destructiveness of silence is to tell the truth. So I knocked on his bedroom door one afternoon (he was sleeping through most days back then) and said, "Let's tell your story." We started jotting down notes on a legal pad that day.
Brad: One facet of the book was your exposure of and insight into real-life spiritual abuse in the Evangelical world. We often think of 'religious slavery' in terms of crusty old forms and rituals that have been gutted of meaning—wool pants on oak pews reciting who knows what in King James monotone. Yet Runaway Radical showed us how spiritual abuse can flourish in the vision-driven ministries of evangelistic movements and foreign missions. Am I being fair? What were the marks of spiritual abuse that you saw in that context? I mean, how did it work? And what were the effects?
Jonathan: I think religious slavery is especially prevalent in cause-oriented ministries. Any group that's hell-bent on carrying out a mission at all costs runs the risk of using and abusing others to accomplish their goals. I've talked with so many missionaries who look back on their experience on the field and feel exploited, manipulated, and taken advantage of by those in authority over them.
In my case, I was being scammed before I even left home. After I had raised the necessary funds to live in Africa for a year, the leader of the mission organization nearly doubled my fundraising goal, claiming he had miscalculated my living expenses. This was my first indication that something was off, but I did as I was told.
Once I arrived in Africa, I discovered that a major project advertised on the organization's website (a fully-functional kitchen addition to the local orphanage) was unusable. Many of the other projects I had been assigned either fell through or were nonexistent, yet I was forbidden from seeking out other opportunities to help in the community. In fact, every aspect of my life was under their control—what I did, who I spent my time with, and even what I said on my personal blog.
When I finally told them I'd had enough, the leader of the organization told me I was being "prideful" and I needed to think about all the people I would be letting down if I left. He booked a flight that wouldn't leave for another month and demanded that I write a series of blog posts praising the ministry and soliciting donations in the meantime. In the end, it took third-party intervention to get me home, and the mission organization pocketed every last penny I had raised.


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Ian, Mike and Tom get together at the Combine in Indianapolis, but the budget only allowed for two microphones. Hilarity ensues. There's also a lotion-related incident. You just have to listen.
Meanwhile, Ian is joined by a pair of special guests: Packers GM Brian Gutekunst to talk about the process in Indianapolis (10:30) and current Arizona Cardinal and soon-to-be free agent Markus Golden (38:30).
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What Price Netflix ?
During a get together of IPTV industry techies last night the conversation turned to the quality of video delivery and a couple of people speculated that Netflix was losing money on just delivering its streams, before factoring in the cost of the content, storage and overheads.
It's clear that the company has successfully bought market share, and has recently put up its subscription prices. But Disney this week announced that its forthcoming OTT service, featuring Pixar, Marvel and Stark Trek content will be significantly cheaper.
So, what does it cost Netflix to deliver content ?
Well, if you're watching five hours a day, every day at a reasonable data rate, the cost to Netflix is under $1 (based on the wholesale CDN pricing published by Streaming Media).Of course, the vast majority of subscribers won't use Netflix every day - it's still very much an 'on top' service.
So, Netflix is not going to be pulled under by the cost of delivering its streams (and these costs continue to fall year on year). Storage costs are also likely to be tremendous, but spread over 100 million users globally is likely to negligible on a per user basis. The cost of content production, however, is another matter...
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Time For Us To Own Our Data - And Trade It
The cat and mouse game between Big Internet and Big Government over who tracks you more is probably a neverending saga.
Big Government is peeved that Big Internet is generally better at these things due to better engagement (big clue to Government about what they should do, duh! How about running networks for the communities and societies you govern!)
And the introduction of GDPR legislation in the EU has just resulted in ever more riddiculous 'I agree' popups with no real increased protection of personal privacy or data. It's just an inconvenient addition to a stupid game.
Let's reverse that.
If a browser, website or app wants my data, they have to obtain it from mybot - my own data bank. If they want it for free, they should tell me why. If they want to bid for it, so be it.
The idea that agreeing to ever longer legal documents is the basis for stealing your personal data is absurd and the EU, as ever, has totally screwed up their legislation, even with the best of …
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You may argue that financial service companies, especially JP Morgan and more recently Goldman Sachs have managed to become pseudostates - companies that are 'too big to fail', organisations that take precedent over the citizens of the countries where they operate, but they have nothing on what is happening now. They control money. Big Internet controls all data, and money is just a datum.
Of course, in controlled economies like Russia and China, there is basically no difference between companies and the State. Even France still has massive public control over their private economies. Ridiculously, French and German governments own swathes of Brit…
Video Drives Success On The Internet
I don't necessarily totally agree with the analysis of www.visualcapitalist.com, but they're a very clever bunch and this is food for thought, if nothing more.
What is interesting is that all of the major players in 2018 apart from Paypal and Wikimedia are making plays for the video market. Many of them are video first companies. And it's surprising how many of them are traditional media giants who have finally got to grip with the digital age.
We think that disrupting, in the era of Uber, AirBnB and Deliveroo is easy. But no one has seriously disrupted the TV market. YouTube and Roku have had impacts, but nothing compared to what Apple's iTunes and Spotify and Pandora have done to the music industry.
Yesterday's broadcasters are today's streamers. And notice that neither Hulu nor Netflix make the grade.
The difference between TV and everything else is rights. You can usurp rides, bedrooms and takeaways, but finding a way of usurping rights is much tougher, as…
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Tolpuddle is a small village in the Piddle Valley with a clutch of thatched cottages and a pretty little medieval church. The village was made famous by the Tolpuddle Martyrs, a group of local men whose activities in the early part of the 19th century directly led to the creation of what we now call the Trades Unions.
Under the leadership of local preacher, George Loveless, the men formed a 'Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers' in order that they might better protest against a gradual lowering of wages that was the result of creeping mechanisation and the introduction of the Enclosures Act, which allowed landowners to annexe vast tracts of land upon which peasants had depended for centuries to grow food and rear livestock. The resulting poverty was widespread and reached a climax in 1830 when riots led by the mythical Captain Swing ended with six hundred men in prison, five hundred transported and nineteen executed.
Against this backdrop of political unrest, George Loveless and his gang swore an oath that they would not work for less than ten shillings a day (the basic wage was seven and falling). Their subversive behaviour so unsettled local wealthy landowner, James Frampton, that he wrote to the Prime Minister, determined to suppress any kind of uprising that threatened his wealth and power base. The Prime Minister quickly had the men arrested and transported to Australia using an obscure law intended for members of the Navy, but public pressure was such that their sentence was shortly revoked by the new Home Secretary, Lord John Russell, and all but one of the men were freed.
Back in Tolpuddle, a thatched 'Martyrs Seat' was erected in 1934 by a wealthy London draper called Sir Ernest Debenham, while the Trades Union Congress built six memorial cottages in their honour. A more recent sculpture, dating from 2001, sits in the Martyrs Museum, and the village plays host to an annual festival organised by the Trades Union Congress (TUC). The festival, usually held in the third week of July, features parades, a memorial service and speeches and music from the likes of Tony Benn and Billy Bragg. A field adjacent to the museum offers camping space and a marquee housing the workers beer company bar and stalls. In keeping with the spirit of the original martyrs the festival is often attended not just by British Union Leaders but by union leaders from across the globe, especially places like Iraq and Columbia, where unions are difficult or dangerous to organise.
Other reminders of the martyrs are dotted around the small village, which has benefited from the recent construction of a by-pass. The local pub is called the Martyrs Inn and the village green and sycamore tree under which the men are said to have sworn their fateful oath, are owned and preserved by the National Trust as one of their smallest properties. The tree is the largest sycamore in Dorset and is thought to have stood on the same spot for more than three hundred years.


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The beauy and the diversity of the landscapes of Berguedà surprise the visitors. A natural environment where the natural park Cadí Moixeró highlights. There are "leisure areas, fountains, excellent lookouts, shelters and activity centrs will make nicer the stay". Landscapes of the region to highlight: fountains of Llobregat in the municipal term of the beautiful village of Castellar de n'Hug, and L'Adou del Bastareny in the municipality of Gisclareny.
In the artistic heritage we recommend the Romanesque.Lombard church of Sant Vicenç de Rus (Castellar de n'Hug), the church of Sant Jaume de Frontanyà, church of Santa Maria de Lillet (La Pobla de Lillet), Mmonestir de Sant Llorenç (Guardiolal de Berguedà), Sant Sadurní de Rotgers (Borreà), churches of Sant Quirze de Pedret and Sant Vicenç d'Obiols (Avià).


I wrote about this group in a recent post, but somehow managed to cover only Nordic and French titles. And regarding the latter, I managed to omit one of my favorites in this category from this past year: The Bookseller by Mark Pryor. This was Ann's choice for the Usual Suspects – a very enjoyable novel, redolent of the sights and sounds of present day Paris. Also the protagonist takes a trip to Pau, a town in the Basque region. I'd never heard of it, but I immediately wanted to go there!
The unexpected and welcome success of the British Library Crime Classics series has spurred an increased interest in Golden Age mysteries in general – at least, it has for This Reader. I wrote about this phenomenon in a recent post in a series on current trends in crime fiction.
The Secret of High Eldersham was a classic English village mystery, with more than a soupcon of the supernatural thrown in, plus a charming love story to sweeten the pot a bit more. Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm takes place in an even more insular community, with a stolid village policeman refusing to accept the prevailing view of a crime borne of a terrible transgression of trust.
The storyline is strong, but this is not a whodunnit; Gil North's focus is not on mystification for the sake of game-playing, but on the human condition. His work shows the influence of Georges Simenon, and his most famous character, Inspector Jules Maigret.
As much as I enjoyed these two novels, the third, The Murder of a Lady, is probably my favorite. It takes place in the Highlands of Scotland, and is both beautifully written and atmospheric in the extreme.
The Beast in View was Frank's choice for the Usual Suspects discussion. I'd long wanted to read Margaret Millar's Edgar Award winner (1956). It proved to be a claustrophobic nightmare of suspense. And for those of you who love "a twist at the end," this one's got it – and it's a corker!
I wrote about the above two in the Book list for a Friend series of posts. Do seek them out; both are excellent. And I don't remember who first recommended Patricia Wentworth to me, but thank you, whoever you are. Wentworth is probably best remembered for her series featuring Maud Silver. As she sits placidly knitting a garment for a nephew while asking probing questions, Miss Silver is something of a dead ringer for Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. The Clock Strikes Twelve is swiftly moving domestic suspense with bite. I've downloaded several more titles by Wentworth and look forward to reading them.
And finally, once more with feeling: thanks go to the Usual Suspects in general and to my friend Mary Michael in particular. Mike loves the classics, especially those written by the redoubtable Dorothy L. Sayers. Her choice this year was a title that many consider to be Sayers's masterpiece: This was my third encounter with this novel; I admire it more at each reading. This time I was especially struck by the insularity of Fenchurch St. Paul, and by the endearing presence of the Reverend Theodore Venables. His simple, albeit absentminded goodness acts as a powerful counterweight to the evil lurking just below the surface in this seemingly quiet village.
Reverend Venables is purportedly an homage to Sayers's father Rev. Henry Sayers, who served as Rector of the Church of St. Mary, Bluntisham. Like Fenchurch St. Paul, Bluntisham is located at the edge of fens whose flooding serves so memorably as the high dramatic climax of The Nine Tailors.
I strongly recommend the BBC's 1974 dramatization of The Nine Tailors starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey.
As has been the case for This Reader for the past few years, the pickings in fiction were slim. I picked up several highly touted new titles, only to put them down, with a sigh of frustration. Nonetheless, there were several that made the grade.
The Swans of Fifth Avenue was a pleasant surprise. I wrote about it in a post entitled Book list for a Friend, Part One: Fiction. As I recounted therein, I expected to dislike this book and wouldn't even have picked it up were it not book club 'assigned reading.' At any rate, I was glad to have read it. It has a narrow focus: the female elite, or "swans," as their friend and acolyte Truman Capote dubbed them, who dominated the social scene in mid-twentieth century Manhattan. But give author Melanie Benjamin her due: she really nailed the zeitgeist and its principle agents.
Oh, and the discussion was excellent.
With Dictator, Robert Harris concludes his trilogy based on the life of Cicero. As with Imperium and Conspirata, Harris has given us a riveting account of a complex, fascinating human being navigating his way through turbulent times.
Where historical fiction is concerned, he has risen to the top of my list of favorite novelists. Hail Robert Harris!
I loved Ian McEwan's wickedly witty Nutshell. Leave it to this inventive, amazingly gifted writer to turn an outrageous conceit like the premise of this novel into high art!
Two short story collections won me over completely this year. The first, Tongues of Flame by Mary Ward Brown – known to her friends and neighbors in Alabama as "Mary T' – was published in 1986. I first heard of this author from Paul Theroux in his superb book Deep South. Theroux himself had never heard of her until his travels in Alabama led him to a meeting with her. Shortly before that meeting, he read Brown's stories for the first time.
I told Mary T how pleased I was to meet her. As a short story writer she was the real thing, with a perceptive view of the South today. She wrote about the new tensions, her neighbors and her town, without affectation, in the clearest prose….
In "The Amaryllis," a retired judge, newly widowed, has been given this flower as a gift. Alone in the house, he is increasingly taken with the amaryllis's showy, assertive beauty. As its blossoms strive toward full maturity, he finds himself yearning to share the sight with others.
He didn't look at the amaryllis again until after supper, when he went up and turned on all the lights in the front of the house. He turned on crystal chandeliers, table lamps, all. In his mind's eye he could see the house as it looked from the street, an 1850 colonial cottage in its original setting of trees and boxwoods, all lit up as though guests were expected….
In the handsome room, in artificial light, the amaryllis seemed to have taken on glamour, like a beautiful girl all dressed up for the evening. All dressed up and no place to go, he thought.
The other collection is by Constance Fenimore Woolson. Written in the latter half of the 1800s, these stories have been gathered together in a single volume entitled Miss Grief and Other Stories, edited by Anne Boyd Rioux, who has also penned a biography of this inexplicably forgotten author. I've written about Woolson and her immaculately crafted tales in a recent post. I'll probably write about her again. I'll certainly be reading the stories again.
In part two of Best Fiction Reads 2016, I'll be discussing yet another gem by Alexander McCall Smith, and a highly original and immensely powerful novel by Argentine writer César Aira.
I had a great reading year in nonfiction; in fact, it's probably accurate to say that this is where most of my 2016 reading joy resided.
The true crime subgenre came through for me as it almost always does. In The Midnight Assassin, Skip Hollandsworth tells the harrowing story of a serial killer, all the while bringing late nineteenth Texas history vividly to life. Hollandsworth writes for Texas Monthly Magazine, which has for some time featured exceptional true crime reportage.
True Crime Addict differs from most books in this genre that I've heretofore read in that journalist James Renner's obsession with the case of young woman's baffling disappearance results in his personal life becoming hopelessly entangled in the investigation.
In The Wicked Boy, Kate Summerscale once again proves herself a master of the true crime narrative. As with the award-winning Suspicions of Mr Whicher (2008), meticulous research combined with a compelling story results in yet another outstanding book. There are more questions than answers in The Wicked Boy, and there is one questions that, when all is said and done, hangs over this whole affair of a misbegotten son and his fatally impulsive act: one of the profoundest questions we humans can ask of ourselves, or of one another.
This particular trend may not be as hot as it was in the heyday of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (published posthumously in 2005), but it's still with us. For one thing, we continue to be fairly inundated by the Scandinavians. My long running favorites among them are Karin Fossum of Norway and Kjell Eriksson of Sweden. Jo Nesbo, also of Norway, is a perennial favorite of many crime fiction readers.
Icelandic authors have been receiving favorable notices: Yrsa Sigurdardottir and Arnaldur Indridason. And I've just learned of yet another from the Summer/Fall 2016 issue of Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine: Ragnar Jonasson. Author of the Dark Iceland series – consisting so far of Snowblind and Nightblind – Mr. Jonasson is the recipient of the 2016 Mörda Dead Good Reader Award.
Around eight I headed into town. I always took the same route: Fredrikinkatu to Iso Roobertinkatu, and once I hit Erottaja I headed past the Swedish Theatre down Keskuskatu to Aleksi, where I jumped on a tram.
Well, I'm glad he caught that tram; the spell checker was about to have a breakdown!
Last year, the Usual Suspects Mystery Book Discussion Group focused mainly on international titles. As a result, we had some exceptionally good reading. My favorites were The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino (Japan), Until Thy Wrath Be Past by Asa Larsson (Sweden), and A Possibility of Violence by D. A. Mishani. I'm especially eager to read Mishani's next entry in the Avraham Avraham series. The title in the States is The Man Who Wanted To Know Everything; it was released in this countryr on November 8 of this year.
The international crime fiction scene can be roughly divided into two categories: novels in translation and novels written in English and set in a foreign land. With regard to this latter category, the author is often one who over the years has acquired a deep knowledge of the locale in which his or her stories unfold. My favorite example of this scenario is Martin Walker's series, Bruno, Chief of Police. As each of these novels unfolds, the reader is transported to the beautiful Perigord region in the south of of France. Indeed, while immersed in these delicious entertainments, I often give myself over to transports of delight: the scenery, the history – starting with the prehistory, the intriguing characters – oh, and the food!
The latest in the series is entitled Fatal Pursuit. As always, the communal life of the village is vividly depicted; it make one envious of what these people possess.
The baron has been conversing with Bruno, who knows hinself to be lucky to work and live in this caring and vibrant community. Among his many tasks, he's in the process of training up his basset puppy, the wonderfully named Balzac, to hunt for black truffles, the diamonds of the Perigord.
Young as he was, Balzac seemed fearless, ready to chase away even a big fox. Feeling a sudden burst of affection, Bruno knelt down to stroke him and tell him what a fine hunting dog he would be.
A scene that encapsulated in a nutshell why I love both Bruno and Balzac.
By the time she woke up, the rain had stopped. A baby-blue sky extended as far as the eye could see. There was a smell of washing powder in the air, of sheets drying on the breeze. In the garden the bay leaves were fringed with water, each droplet holding a ray of sunshine within it. All around, the mountains were steaming, streaked ochre and purple and foaming minty green to freshen the wind's breath.
Boy, was I wrong! First, there's the apparition of sudden passion, followed by a neighbor gone inexplicably rogue, and…well, I invite you to read it and find out for yourself (available as a Kindle download for $8.99).
Of course, we cannot leave the subject of crime fiction in La Belle France without a nod and a salute to Georges Simenon. I've read and liked several of the so-called romans durs – Monsieur Monde Vanishes, Act of Passion – but the go-to books for me are the Maigret titles. I find it oddly consoling to spend time with L'Inspecteur and his team, all steady workers not prone to hysterics or high drama. And then there's Madame Maigret, so low key she is almost no key, cooking and cleaning in their apartment on Boulevard Richard le Noir, cosseting her husband as if he were the child they never had.
Penguin's reissues of these treasures, with newly commissioned translations, continue to appear with gratifying regularity. The latest one I've read is Maigret Gets Angry (Maigret Se Fâche), translated by Roz Schwartz. Somewhat to my surprise, I found myself in Meung-sur-Loire, at the Maigret's country house, where they've begun spending summers since his recent retirement.
It was cool inside the house, where there was a pleasant smell of wax polish, cut hay, ripening fruit and food simmering on the stove. It had taken Maigret fifty years to rediscover that smell, the smell of his childhood, of his parents' house.
Inevitably, as with so many fictional detectives, retirement proves temporary. Maigret is soon summoned back into the thick of things, this time with a troubled family where death has paid a highly suspicious call.
I've only skimmed the surface of this subject in this post. The most comprehensive list of international crime fiction that I know of can be found on the StopYoureKillingMe site. Similar information can be found on Eurocrime. For several years now I've enjoyed G.J. Demko's Landscapes in Crime. Demko, Emeritus Professor of Geography at Dartmouth, passed away in 2014; nevertheless, his site is still accessible online and is well worth visiting.


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Freedom summer : the savage season that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy
Watson, Bruce, 1953-
New York, N.Y. : Viking, c2010.
369 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Crossroads. "There is a moral wave building" ; "Not even past" ; Freedom street ; "The decisive battlefield for America" ; "It is sure enough changing" ; "The scars of the system" ; "Another so-called 'freedom day'" -- A bloody peace written in the sky. "Walk together, children" ; "The summer of our discontent" ; "Lay by time" ; "The stuff democracy is made of" ; "Give unto them beauty for ashes".
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Suffrage -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
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Mississippi -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Using in-depth interviews with participants and residents, Watson brilliantly captures the tottering legacy of Jim Crow in Mississippi, while vividly portraying: the chaos that brought such national figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Pete Seeger to the state, the courageous black citizens and Northern volunteers who refused to be intimidated in their struggle for justice, and the white Mississippians who would kill to protect a dying way of life.
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A majestic history of the summer of '64, which forever changed race relations in America
In the summer of 1964, with the civil rights movement stalled, seven hundred college students descended on Mississippi to register black voters, teach in Freedom Schools, and live in sharecroppers' shacks. But by the time their first night in the state had ended, three volunteers were dead, black churches had burned, and America had a new definition of freedom.
This remarkable chapter in American history, the basis for the controversial film Mississippi Burning , is now the subject of Bruce Watson's thoughtful and riveting historical narrative. Using in- depth interviews with participants and residents, Watson brilliantly captures the tottering legacy of Jim Crow in Mississippi and the chaos that brought such national figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Pete Seeger to the state. Freedom Summer presents finely rendered portraits of the courageous black citizens-and Northern volunteers-who refused to be intimidated in their struggle for justice, and the white Mississippians who would kill to protect a dying way of life. Few books have provided such an intimate look at race relations during the deadliest days of the Civil Rights movement, and Freedom Summer will appeal to readers of Taylor Branch and Doug Blackmon.
Bruce Watson is a journalist living in Leverett, Massachusetts.
Publisher's Weekly Review
In this mesmerizing history, Watson (Sacco and Vanzetti) revisits the blistering summer of 1964 when about 700 volunteers arrived in Mississippi to agitate for civil rights and endured horrific harassment, intimidation, and persecution from racist state and private forces. The largely white, college student volunteers and the largely black trainers and organizers, SNCC veterans of previous campaigns, were fed and sheltered by the impoverished black community members they had come to serve and secure suffrage for. Their path was two-pronged: the Freedom School's challenge to a "power structure... that confined Negro education to `learning to stay in your place' " and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's challenge to Mississippi's all-white delegation to the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Familiar figures (e.g., Lyndon B. Johnson, Stokely Carmichael, Fannie Lou Hamer) take the stage, but Watson's dramatic center belongs to four "ordinary" volunteers, whose experiences he portrays with resonant detail. The murdered Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner cast shadows over all, haunting Watson's account of how the volunteers, organizers, and the black Mississippians who dared seek political expression "lifted and revived the trampled dream of democracy." (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Blow-by-blow account of the ghastly reception given the Freedom Summer volunteers who attempted to register black voters in Mississippi in 1964.Journalist Watson (Sacco and Vanzetti, 2007, etc.) creates a complete picture of this decisive summer, from the makeup of the young students who risked their lives to volunteer to a comprehensive portrait of a nation on the brink of wrenching change in race relations. The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) had recruited across college campuses legions of white and black students eager to break open the deeply segregated "closed society" of Mississippi, with its entrenched obstacles to black voting. Trained briefly in Ohio and bused down to Mississippi by late June, the young, idealistic volunteers were well-informed about the white hostility and customary savagery perpetrated against blacks that they would face. However, the largely middle-class, well-educated students were not prepared for the scenes of poverty and destitution they encountered in black communities throughout the South. The disappearance in late June of three SNCC volunteers haunted their work that summer, and the incident serves as the book's suspenseful propulsion. The discovery of their remains in early Augustafter an extended FBI hunt and national outcryreinforced rather than deterred the volunteers' conviction. Watson does a fine job portraying key participants, such as SNCC leaders Bob Moses and Fannie Lou Hamer, as well as less-well-known events at the subsequent Atlantic City Democratic Convention in mid-August, where the 67 black Freedom Democrats of Mississippi insisted on being heard. Engaging but occasionally longwinded, Watson's work is competently researched and contextually rich.A moving record of the power of idealism.]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Even those familiar with the history will want to read this gripping narrative, which combines a political overview of the Mississippi civil rights struggle in the summer of 1964 with more than 50 personal accounts from those who were there, both the famous (including Sidney Poitier, Pete Seeger, John Lewis, Stokely Carmichael) and the lesser known, including the more than 200 volunteer students from the North who lived and worked with local residents and taught in the Freedom Schools in converted shacks and church basements. The lengthy bibliography testifies as to how much has been written on the topic, but the personal interviews, some from people telling their stories for the first time, make gripping drama, as they recount the standoffs, the struggle for voter registration, the reign of terror that encompassed church burnings and murders. Ordinary people are the focus here, and the close-up details about the shocking violence and economic oppression show that even at the time of the famous I Have a Dream speech, sharecroppers earning $500 a year could not afford to eat at lunch counters.--Rochman, Hazel Copyright 2010 Booklist


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One Arrest and 25 #ShutDownREMAX Activists Forcibly Ejected from RE/MAX Convention
CODEPINK Press Release
Contact: Sophia Armen, Boycott RE/MAX: No Open House on Stolen Land national coordinator, sophia@codepink.org
Alli McCracken, CODEPINK National Coordinator, 860 575 5692, alli@codepink.org
Activists Were Protesting Sales of Illegal Israeli Settlements in Palestine
Las Vegas, Nevada –– Activists from around the U.S. descended on the annual RE/MAX R4 Convention in the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, to protest Denver-based real estate giant RE/MAX for directly profiting from the sale of illegal Israeli settlement properties in Palestine in violation of international law. Through its RE/MAX Israel office currently operates in and sells in all major settlements in the West Bank
Activists engaged realtors and RE/MAX executives, staging actions both inside and outside the convention center. Top RE/MAX executives made clear their awareness of the protest as individuals were met with excessive response by RE/MAX security, Mandalay Bay Hotel security and Las Vegas police. Several activists received aggressive treatment with underlying racial undertones directed at Muslim and Palestinian participants. Twenty-five activists were forced from the Mandalay Bay property and told they were never again permitted on the premises. One activist was arrested and issued a citation.
"RE/MAX must stop selling Israeli settlements immediately and aiding and abetting this illegal activity that prevents a just and sustained peace in the region," said Ann Wright, a former United States Army Colonel and retired U.S. State Department official who has traveled to Palestine and witnessed the devastation of the Israeli occupation on several CODEPINK delegations.
Participants in the #ShutDownREMAX actions were comprised of individuals who were compelled to travel from across the United States to condemn the compromising practices of RE/MAX Israel. They included, but were not limited to, individuals from Arizona, California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Texas, and Vermont, with participating organizations that included members from CODEPINK: Women for Peace, Veterans for Peace, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Nevada City for Justice in Palestine, and Students for Justice in Palestine.
#ShutDownREMAX was truly a powerful demonstration of how people are willing to gather from all over the country to stop American corporate complicity in the suffering of Palestinians," said Sophia Armen, CODEPINK campaigner from Los Angeles who organized the three days of action. "As we see the Israeli government becomes increasingly desperate to maintain its unjust Occupation, we understand how important it is to directly challenge RE/MAX for its egregious practices."
The actions coincided with Netanyahu's chilling speech to US Congress pressing for war on Iran and expansion of Israel's illegal activities.
"It is clear by the heavy-handed response of RE/MAX's security measures that they are very concerned about the efforts of the Boycott RE/MAX campaign, but we will continue to bring awareness to people, including RE/MAX realtors and affiliates" said Janet Weil, CODEPINK San Francisco Coordinator.
Demonstrations took place March 2-4 inside and outside the RE/MAX convention and continued on to a local RE/Max office. The full schedule of events can be found at codepink.org/shutdownremaxconvention. Photos and video from the action can be found at facebook.com/codepinkalert and facebook.com/noopenhouse.
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The Biker's Life, A Biker's Mansion!
For those that can't get enough of a supercharged 2 wheeled machine riding between their legs then the next best thing must be sleeping with it! In the country where land is scarce and parking spaces cost big bucks, people naturally tend towards buying bikes. Japan consistently has one of the highest per capita sale of motorbikes in the world. Its no coincidence then that the motorbike big three; Yamaha, Honda and Suzuki are all from Japan. There's a real passion for bikes here, and now there's a new avenue for people who love there bikes to express it, the Riders Mansion.
The concept is simple, an apartment with a window/sliding door which opens directly from your kitchen or bedroom onto your own private, indoor garage.
Red Barron, the nation's largest motorcycle dealership with over 250 dealers (a few of which are overseas), is banking on the fact that bike lovers will not only want to live under the same roof as their bikes they will also want to live in apartments located directly above a Red Barron shop. They've already built one, a 7 story building out in Nerima and there are plans for many more, 20 in Tokyo alone.
Initially the rent on these apartments is expected to fetch between 86,000 to 139,000 Yen for a 30 to 50 square meter 1K+Garage or a Studio+Garage pad. The rooms will of course have all the other mod cons that you'd expect from a 'Garage in Room' design; large roomy elevators, a bike wash area, automatic doors for the garage and naturally a washlet.
The company says that the 'Interior Garage' layout will appeal to people with parking and bike theft/vandalism concerns. The fact is that indoor parking space for apartment dwellers is rare in Japan and so the idea is likely to be popular with bikers who like to preen, polish and park their machines without having to worry about rain spots on their shiny paint and chrome.
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Interesting article. Great idea too – I wish these were around when I was looking for a house!
Japanese people who like their bikes REALLY like their bikes – I can see these apartments doing pretty well.
By the way, you mentioned the big three – Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha. Anyone know how Kawasaki ranks?
I just miss my old ZZR…which came to a sad end outside the Kabukiza…may it rest in peace.
I didn't know about this type of bike-mansion. But I read about on a English Page. I have to check Japanese internet now to find details. Thank for the link. Good informations for me.
Coming home, the elevators are big enough and powerfull enough for you and your bike to ride up in, you then wheel it down the landing to your garage. Once in the garage you can then walk straight through to you kitchen or bedroom. Pretty cool really.
the more I think about this, the wierder it gets. Isn't this the country where people take off their shoes before they walk through the door???
Sotei-guy, you underestimating japanese biker passion for their bike! Hideki-kangeki knows well. If it were choice between shoe and bike, I take bike!
Thinks of it as a damn big genkan. Shoes and bikes must be left at the door.


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Sing-a-Long-a 'Sound of Music' to Bring Classic Movie Musical to Chautauqua
by Tina Giuliano	on July 16, 2019 553 views
MEREDITH LEHMAN / DESIGN EDITOR
In 1965, Julie Andrews graced the big screen with her iconic voice and taught the world about a few of her "Favorite Things."
By November 1966, "The Sound of Music" had become the highest-grossing movie of all time and received five Academy Awards. Directed by Robert Wise, the film remains a musical lover's staple with songs that people of all ages recognize.
At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 17 in the Amphitheater, the movie musical will return to the big screen, and the Amp will be alive with "The Sound of Music" in the Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music event as part of the Family Entertainment Series.
In Sing-a-Long-a events, a host leads the audience in vocal warmups and the use of their fun packs. The former Vice President and Director of Programming Marty W. Merkley will serve as host and lead "The Sound of Music" fans through their "magic moments fun pack."
The fun packs will be given to the first 1,500 people to be used during the event.
Deborah Sunya Moore, vice president of performing and visual arts, said she is excited to have Merkley as host, particularly because of his musical background.
"Marty is a singer," Moore said. "So he will lead pre-show fun and activities, including walking the audience through what all of their participation points will be and how to use their audience fun pack."
Moore said that putting on this show, where costumes are encouraged, was an easy decision.
"I decided to have the show because it's a great community-building event," Moore said. "Chautauqua is the right place to celebrate and love 'The Sound of Music.' "
The classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, set in Austria in the late 1930s, follows a young novice named Maria, played by Andrews, as she becomes a governess for the seven children of Captain von Trapp, played by Christopher Plummer.
From rolling hills outside the Nonnberg Abbey to extravagant mansion parties with Austria's elite, Maria is whisked away into a new world. Her free spirit sparks trouble for her in her new post, as well as interest from Captain von Trapp.
Maria teaches the children to sing, bringing music back into the house years after their mother died.
"The Sound of Music" is based on a true story — Maria von Trapp's memoir, which was published in 1949 to help promote her family's singing group. In 1956, German producer Wolfgang Liebeneiner released his film, "The Trapp Family," which was a major success. After he released a sequel called "The Trapp Family in America," the story made its way to American film and musical producers.
The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical hit the Broadway stage in 1959 and won five Tony Awards. In 1960, the story made its way into a screenplay by Ernest Lehman, with one actress in mind for the role of Maria — Andrews.
Since its release on March 2, 1965, "The Sound of Music" has remained a top musical classic for both stage and screen. Now, Sing-a-long-a events sell out at the Hollywood Bowl each year, according to Moore.
"It happens in several different places all throughout the country," Moore said. "It's hugely popular."
Audiences will get to cheer for their favorite characters and sing along to their favorite songs like "My Favorite Things," "Do-Re-Mi," "So Long, Farewell," and "Climb Ev'ry Mountain," and many others. Moore said she hopes Chautauquans will enjoy an evening of musical fun.
"They're going to get to applaud for their favorite characters and hiss for those they don't like, and be a part of one of America's favorite movies," Moore said.
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Tina Giuliano is a rising junior at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix, where she studies broadcast journalism and Spanish. She serves as the multimedia managing editor at her school's paper, The State Press. She is excited to begin covering opera for the Daily. When she's not diving into her journalism career, she's probably rewatching "The Office," at a soccer game or figuring out which flavor of ice cream to eat.
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Archbishops' letter – responses and press reports
OneBodyOneFaith Archbishops' bold proposal for radical inclusion
OneBodyOneFaith welcomes the Church of England Archbishops' bold proposal for a new and inclusive process following defeat of GS2055
In response to the joint letter from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York released today, Canon Jeremy Pemberton, Chair of OneBodyOneFaith said, "The joint letter from both Archbishops to Church of England synod members is a bold and welcome response to address the disjunction between the House of Bishops and Houses of Clergy and Laity in their understanding of and response to human sexuality. We applaud the tone set by Archbishop Justin as he seeks 'a radical new Christian inclusion' and his affirmation that, 'no person is a problem or an issue [because] people are made in the image of God.' In this we find echoed our own vision, longing for Christ's body to be one, finding unity in a diversity which includes all whom Christ has called, that they might participate in God's mission, leading to transformation for our world."
"For Bishops to consult with local synod representatives in how to establish a way forward on human sexuality that is 'about love, joy and celebration of our common humanity' will indeed be a significant change. We note with satisfaction the intention that the Pastoral Oversight group and the group that work on the large scale teaching document that will provide for 'good, healthy flourishing relationships' reflecting a '21st Century understanding of being human and being sexual' will be 'fully inclusive'. We take 'fully inclusive' in this context to mean that in both groups will be represented those who would affirm OneBodyOneFaith's statement of conviction:
'that human sexuality, sexual orientation and gender identity in all their richness are gifts of God gladly to be accepted, enjoyed and honoured as a way of both expressing and growing in love, in accordance with the life and teaching of Jesus Christ.'
And that:
'it is entirely compatible with the Christian faith not only to love another person of the same sex, but also to express that love fully in a personal sexual relationship; We believe that expressing our gender and sexuality with integrity is important as a way to grow in love and discipleship.'
"The Archbishops have set an ambitious task for members of the Church of England; they are right to recognise its urgency. A process involving lay, presbyteral and episcopal members of synod will be far more representative. OneBodyOneFaith reminds the Archbishops that the homophobia long present in the Church of England has skewed its population and that this needs to be taken into account in Diocesan consultations, in the development of pastoral practices, and in formulating the wide ranging and inclusive new teaching document on human sexuality.
Tracey Byrne, Chief Executive of OneBodyOneFaith explained, "Care needs to be taken that a process which focusses on synod members will represent and reflect the interests of the whole of the Church of England and is mindful of the needs of the nation. To that end, this process needs to involve Anglicans who are not part of synod. The process needs to allow each participant to speak without fear for their own safety or fear of recrimination. OneBodyOneFaith stands ready to resource the Church of England as it embarks on this process of embodying more deeply the radical and transforming love shown by God in Christ which is for all."
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Just wondering whether this is an opportunity for the bishops also to hear from those in their dioceses who took part in the diocesan Shared Conversations – as not all GS reps did this, and the model was significantly different from the GS version of the SCs?
Bold words from the Archbishops, but they have their work cut out. The BBC news yesterday, referring to the Bishop of Coventry's grovel abut pressing the wrong button at the vote in Synod, said "Dr Cocksworth added that the report was a 'valuable road map' and he was 'disappointed' by the vote's outcome", so there's at least one of their episcopal colleagues who is STILL incapable of understanding what has happened and why. How many others are there?
Susannah Clark
I have been in touch with several bishops – one of the bishops of a more evangelical slant said he did not see the unity in diversity model as practical because this was not the same 'order of issue' as the issue of female priests and bishops. At the same time, I am sure there is a range of opinion among the bishops, just as there is among the clergy and laity. I think the problem is the problem: that the Church itself is divided down the middle, and at either extreme will not accept any solution that gives ground… Read more »
So far as the bishops are concerned, the failure to take note was the perfect outcome. Now they produce the same teaching document but do not have to worry about the bothersome business of offering 'maximum flexibility'. Meanwhile, the bishops canvas Synod reps to count votes.
The one thing which will change is the tone and language.
A total own goal by liberals and so many cannot see it.
Kate – the 'own goal' would have been to accept the 'neutral' nature of a vote to 'take note' and hand ++Justin Welby the opportunity of saying that the HoB's basic premise was ratified and accepted by Synod. As you'll read elsewhere on this site, he was already presenting this report as authoritative even before it was presented to Synod. If and when the new teaching document appears, Gereral Synod members need to ask (or demand) that it comes before Synod for debate and discussion, since it was part of the HoB's plan for a way 'forward'.
RevDave
The trouble with attempts to improve the language of any HoB document on marriage etc, and the feelings experienced by lesbian and gay people, is that it isn't really that language or the "feel" of the document that is hurtful – it is the doctrine.
Or can anyone more intelligent than me think of an acceptable way of saying that: "…according to our Lord's teaching, marriage is in its nature a union, permanent and lifelong, for better or worse, till death do us part, of one man with one woman… "?.
S Cooper
Kate is right ….
James Byron
Kate, this wasn't spearheaded by liberals: Jayne Ozanne, who took a lead on it, is an affirming evangelical. As I said a while back, change is most likely to come to England when that camp takes the lead, since politics and organization are areas evangelicals of any stripe excel in. Regardless of technicalities, political reality's that, if English diocesans try and use this to do an end-run around LGBT people, they'll not only get another defeat in General Synod, there'll be serious questions asked about their positions. "Maximum flexibility" isn't near ambitious enough. We're long past the point where toleration's… Read more »
@Commentator
As I understand it the bishops don't need to pass a teaching document via Synod.
The Archbishop of Canterbury already showed his feelings for Synodical authority by announcing the report as authority in his letter to Anglican Primates. That is unlikely to change: he will just now say the bishops voted unanimously for the report and that doctrine and teaching are the preserve of the episcopate.
Remember, liberals need a change in doctrine and canon: the bishops are content with the status quo, especially since they can interpret the status quo. Delay works for the bishops.
Roger Antell
I take a different view to Kate. The apparently innocuous 'Take Note' motion was intended by the HOB to be a formality, which it normally is. However what happened very quickly was that it morphed into what was tantamount to a confidence motion, with so much opposition and criticism of both the report and the HOB itself, from which the ABC himself was not exempted. That was why Church House campaigned so vigorously for the apparently neutral angle of taking note. However, even this backfired, because the ABC had form in interpreting a neutral take note motion at the ACC… Read more »
I realise that the HoB takes note of itself as holding the teaching office. That too can be challenged because whatever teaching document they produce can, if members of GS get their act together, come to the Synod to be discussed. GS has to take hold of the power and authority that it may and can possess. Ordinary members need to hold to account those on procedural committees and challenge their decisions. It is time to MAKE the HoB hear what God is saying to, in, and through his People and his world.
Roger I very much agree that the impact as a no confidence motion is substantial. Kelvin Holdsworth's writing on the topic is linked on a different thread and I think Kelvin is spot on: the lack of confidence expressed is more general than the particular issue. It is why the selection of bishops is an issue now being raised rather more openly. However the impact of that is likely to be that the House of Bishops will now be reluctant to put anything before Synod on the subject of same sex marriage for fear of another bloody nose. Against that… Read more »
Reality is that conservatives voted against too… that's why the result is what it is … bishops unencumbered
Kate: progress can be made by building a consensus in the houses of Clergy and Laity, and (I think it all hinges on this) reassuring the bishops that change won't lead to a mass-exodus of evangelicals bankrupting the English church.
Progress can also be helped along by a healthy dose of pressure, as equal consecration was. If the bishops dig in their heels, they'll be confronted with a choice between giving way, and being pushed aside. Behind the cracked mask of faux-unanimity and bluster are a lot of weak people without the courage of their convictions. People like that fold.
I suppose it's too much to expect there to be a theologian or two in the room when this so-called Teaching Document is being drawn up? Or are the bishops still persisting with the fantasy that they are all theologians? If so, we're back to square one. And the point of the C of E Doctrine Commission is what?
My starter for ten would be to have Sarah Coakley, Simon Oliver, Sam Wells and Nigel Biggar in there to cut through the pap and get these boys and girls thinking outside their institutional survival box.
"Or can anyone more intelligent than me think of an acceptable way of saying that: "…according to our Lord's teaching, marriage is in its nature a union, permanent and lifelong, for better or worse, till death do us part, of one man with one woman… "?." Here's a crack at it: According to our Lord's teaching, we are called to love God with all our hearts and minds, which means loving God's Creation, including God's gay creation. We are called to love all of our neighbors as ourselves, without exception. The Incarnation came to bring the Good News to all… Read more »
"Or are the bishops still persisting with the fantasy that they are all theologians?" Says it all, Michael. Given that English bishops tend to be ex-public schoolboys, arrogance and entitlement's been drummed into them since birth. Some transcend it, many don't. Deep down, by virtue of their class, diocesans know that they're experts at anything they turn their hand to. Born to rule, effortlessly. That Flashman, play up! play up! and play the game! ethos actively despises learning for its own sake: if only subconciously, bet plenty diocesans get a kick from having the power to over-rule those jumped-up theologians.… Read more »
"and (I think it all hinges on this) reassuring the bishops that change won't lead to a mass-exodus of evangelicals bankrupting the English church."
Any change which involves blessing or allowing same sex marriage will prompt an exodus of traditionalists. The bishops know that. So they won't – can't – offer any change which is meaningful to LGBT+ people. It is deadlock unless liberals offer a third way.
Flora Alexander
It is also desirable that when the Teaching Document is drawn up, the bishops should have the benefit of advice from people with expertise in biology and psychology, who could explain to them that operating with the simple categories 'male' and 'female' will not do.
"It is also desirable that when the Teaching Document is drawn up, the bishops should have the benefit of advice from people with expertise in biology and psychology, who could explain to them that operating with the simple categories 'male' and 'female' will not do." So true. Certainly the teaching document can have no credibility unless it can define "man" and "woman" in terms which are biologically accurate and in terms which are also consistent with Canon Law. Personally I think that is impossible to do. And if a teaching document is to rely on parts of the Scripture but… Read more »
I think that one of the problems with the Church of England is still the fact that its Bishops are considered to be academic theologians. This would seem to be no longer the principal requirement of a bishop – where management capability looks to take over as the primary function of the episcopate. Management can never sort of problems of innate injustice in the Church. We need theologians for that task. Where are they?


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Quintez Cephus #87 of the Wisconsin Badgers runs after catching a pass for a first down against Sydney Brown #30 of the Illinois Fighting Illini in the first half of the game at Memorial Stadium on October 19, 2019 in Champaign, Ill. (Joe Robbins/Getty Images/TNS)
Ben Conroy
Wisconsin 23, Illinois 24
The No. 6 Wisconsin Badgers (6-1) traveled to Illinois (3-4) to take on the Fighting Illini Saturday afternoon in what should have been a simple tune-up before their marquee matchup with Ohio State next Saturday. Illinois had something else in mind. The Badgers rocketed out of the starting gates, opening up a 10-0 lead before the Fighting Illini began to throw some punches of their own. After falling behind 20-7 early in the third quarter, Illinois running back Reggie Corbin ripped off a 43-yard touchdown scamper that turned the tide once and for all. The Badger offense sputtered the rest of the way, scoring only three points during the last 25 minutes of gameplay. Illinois clawed their way back to just a two-point deficit late in the fourth, setting the stage for kicker James McCourt on the game's final drive. He delivered, nailing a 39-yarder as the clock struck zero. Illini quarterback Brandon Peters threw for a pair of touchdowns in the victory, while Corbin churned out 83 yards and a crucial touchdown on the ground. With this loss, Wisconsin's hopes of a perfect regular season campaign are dashed, and their place among college football's serious playoff contenders is jeopardized.
Oregon 35, Washington 31
The No. 12 Oregon Ducks (6-1) made a quick voyage up the coast on Saturday to face their divisional contenders, the No. 25 Washington Huskies (5-3). In a contest that seesawed back and forth throughout all four quarters, Oregon mounted an impressive come-from-behind effort to steal a crucial road victory. Oregon fell behind 28-14 early in the second half before the Ducks offense began lighting up the scoreboard, overwhelming the Husky defense with a 21-3 scoring run to end the game. NFL prospect Justin Herbert lived up to the hype for the Ducks, airing it out for four touchdowns and 280 yards through the air. Receiver Jaylon Redd impressed as well, hauling in two crucial touchdown grabs in the victory. In the wake of this defeat, Washington falls to the middle of the pack in the Pac-12 North, while Oregon cements its place atop the division.
Arizona State 3, Utah 21
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Michigan 21, Penn State 28
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Q: Como retirar um objeto de um array, caso ele exista, com json string Estou tentando criar uma espécie de lista dos desejos. Ao clicar em um botão/produto ele popula ou exclui, caso já exista. No entanto, não consigo excluir, só consigo incluir. Tentei usar o splice, mas só funciona com array. O problema é usar a oldlist para fazer a comparação. Não consigo.

Segue a explicação nos comentários do código

//Essa é a minha oldlist, onde vou comparar com o que adicionar.

var oldlist = '[{"id":"2","name":"casa_3","image":"/teste_2.png","url":"/teste/te_2"}]';

//criando array vazio
var arrayList = [];

//funcao para gerar o objeto
function Employee(id, name, image, url) {
    this.id = id;
    this.name = name;
    this.image = image;
    this.url = url;
}

//detectando click no botao
// e obtendo os dados
$( ".btn" ).click(function() {
  var id = $(this).data("id");
  var name = $(this).data("name");
  var image = $(this).data("image");
  var url = $(this).data("url");

  //criando objeto
  var employeeObject1 = new Employee(id,name, image,url);

  //populando
  arrayList.push(employeeObject1);

  //Agora eu tenho uma lista local
  //e preciso comparar com a OLDLIST
  //se ouver o objeto lá, no lugar de adicionar, eu preciso
  //excluir

  //1 - a old list tem o produto ID 2
  //caso eu clique no botao do produto ID 3
  // ELE FICARIA ASSIM:

  /* '[
  {"id":"2","name":"prod1","image":"/teste2.png","url":"/teste/te2"},{"id":"3","name":"prod3","image":"/teste3.png","url":"/teste/te3"} ]'
        */

  //2 - Caso ele clique no botao do produto ID 2, que é o mesmo da lista OLD, ficará vazio, pois deverá haver uma exclusao

    /*'[ ]'*/

  document.getElementById("carrinho").innerHTML = JSON.stringify(arrayList);

});

<button class="btn" data-id="1" data-name="prod1" data-image="/teste1.png" data-url="/teste/te1">Adicionar Produto 1</button>

<button class="btn" data-id="2" data-name="prod2" data-image="/teste2.png" data-url="/teste/te2">Adicionar Produto 1</button>

<button class="btn" data-id="3" data-name="prod3" data-image="/teste3.png" data-url="/teste/te3">Adicionar Produto 1</button>

A: Cara você pode usar o lodash

<button class="btn" data-id="1" data-name="prod1" data-image="/teste1.png" data-url="/teste/te1">Adicionar Produto 1</button>

<button class="btn" data-id="2" data-name="prod2" data-image="/teste2.png" data-url="/teste/te2">Adicionar Produto 1</button>

<button class="btn" data-id="3" data-name="prod3" data-image="/teste3.png" data-url="/teste/te3">Adicionar Produto 1</button>

A: Uma vez que o teste de existência é baseado no id pode utilizar map para o apanhar só os id e indexOf. Este dá -1 se não existe ou um índice positivo quando existe.
Exemplo:

//Essa é a minha oldlist, onde vou comparar com o que adicionar.

var oldlist = '[{"id":"2","name":"casa_3","image":"/teste_2.png","url":"/teste/te_2"}]';

document.getElementById("carrinho").innerHTML = oldlist;

//representação em array da oldlist
var arrayList = JSON.parse(oldlist);

//funcao para gerar o objeto
function Employee(id, name, image, url) {
    this.id = id;
    this.name = name;
    this.image = image;
    this.url = url;
}

//detectando click no botao
// e obtendo os dados
$( ".btn" ).click(function() {
  var id = $(this).data("id").toString(); //em string para coincidir com o json
  var name = $(this).data("name");
  var image = $(this).data("image");
  var url = $(this).data("url");

  //criando objeto
  var employeeObject1 = new Employee(id,name, image,url);

  let index = arrayList.map(x=>x.id).indexOf(id); //apanhar o indice com map e indexOf
  if (index === -1){ //se não existe adiciona
    arrayList.push (employeeObject1);
  }
  else { //se existe remove
    arrayList.splice(index,1);
  }

  oldlist = JSON.stringify(arrayList); //aplica a alteração na oldlist

  //escreve o atualizado no html
  document.getElementById("carrinho").innerHTML = oldlist;

});

<button class="btn" data-id="1" data-name="prod1" data-image="/teste1.png" data-url="/teste/te1">Adicionar Produto 1</button>
<button class="btn" data-id="2" data-name="prod2" data-image="/teste2.png" data-url="/teste/te2">Adicionar Produto 2</button>
<button class="btn" data-id="3" data-name="prod3" data-image="/teste3.png" data-url="/teste/te3">Adicionar Produto 3</button>

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Y'all should know by now that I'm a sucker for farmer's markets, cute little produce stands, and buying local. It should be no surprise to you that when I heard about a great produce stand in Edisto that I had to accompany Patrick on a trip to it this past weekend.
George & Pink is located about 3 miles out from Edisto, down a picturesque dirt road.
I may or may not have hung out the window to take a picture as soon as we turned down the road. At least Patrick is used to these types of antics from me and he usually indulges me by slowing the truck down to let me take a picture or by stopping to let me run out to snap a few.
It was a fantastic place to go & I highly recommend making a stop here if you're ever out on Edisto!
They have a good selection of fresh, local produce as well as some things that they had shipped in. We purchased some red potatoes and corn for our Low Country Boil and a couple of peaches. I can't speak for the peaches, but the corn and little red potatoes were perfect on Saturday night.
Don't you wanna go and buy some fresh produce from them now? I know I'm ready to go back and pick something else up!
This place is just too darn cute! Pick me up a watermelon!
I love this! I can't wait to go look into the new farmers market in our area. What camera did you take these on?
This place is too cute - I love little quaint places like this and they always have the best food!
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I love places like that!!!


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Q: Rails has_and_belongs_to_many create/insert does not work I have the following models -
class Employee < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_and_belongs_to_many :surveys, join_table: 'employee_surveys'
end

class Survey < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_and_belongs_to_many :employees, join_table: 'employee_surveys'
end

When I do Employee.first.surveys.create(name: "New Survey") it generates an error complaining that employee_id is null ??

A: I think you want to use an instance of the employee class here, not the class itself.
Like:
employee = Employee.first
employee.surveys.create(name: "New Survey")