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Saleh Barakat Gallery is full of bombs. For six weeks, 47 shells, of the type used frequently during bombardments in the Lebanese Civil War, are displayed on ammunition chests under the gallery's bright lights. None of them are deadly, however. Perpetual Identities by Lebanese artist Katya Traboulsi explores themes of conflict, culture, peace and identity through sculptures modelled on the shape of shells, each based on the indigenous culture and history of a different country.
She first began working on the project three and a half years ago, after spending time thinking about the destructive and deadly war in Syria and how it mirrored the war that formed the background to her own childhood and teenage years in Lebanon.
"As I always say, the inspiration is divine. I don't know where it comes from. I think it's when you are connected in a moment between the sky and the earth and you just align with something and then you have a vision," she says. "Being an expressionist artist, my imagination is very fertile. [My art] is always a translation of what I live, what I see, what I think, how I perceive situations around me."
Syria, 2016, mixed media
Traboulsi has crafted two sculptures to represent Lebanon, torn by the difficulty of trying to convey the identity of a complex and cosmopolitan country still riven by divisions. The first piece is carved from cedar wood and captures Phoenician men rowing their boats, symbolising Lebanon's ancient civilization and its long history of travel and trade. The second is covered with a collage made up of the logos of the country's 18 different political parties.
Lebanon, 2016-Hand carved wood
Through these two works, she encapsulates the message of the exhibition, which aims to celebrate beauty and unity, showing how culture can be used to celebrate individuality, as well as highlighting the destructive power of identity when it is used as a concept to pit people against each other. "I am the voice of all of us, as much as I can be. I'm trying to say we are all one. We need peace. We need love. We need to accept the idea of the other," she says.
Traboulsi working with local artisans to produce pieces in keeping with the traditions of each of the 45 foreign countries. Each country is represented by an aspect of its culture that remains integral to its contemporary identity. The Turkish piece, for example, is covered with traditional painted Iznik designs, combining Ottoman and Chinese elements, while the Saudi Arabian sculpture is hand-carved from pure white marble with floral designs inspired by the Kaaba Minbar. Morocco is represented by a delicate latticework of brass evoking traditional lanterns and Mexico is exemplified by a painted wooden totem of a figure based on ancient Mayan art.
Turkey, 2016, mixed media
Saudi Arabia, 2016-Hand carved marble
Morocco, 2016, bronze
Mexico, 2016, mixed media
"I hope this project will speak in other countries, because it deserves to travel and speak out loud about how united we are," says Traboulsi. "I believe that as an artist I have a mission in my work to give a certain message. I am the witness of my time and this is what I'm going to leave behind."
Perpetual Identities continues at Saleh Barakat Gallery until April 24.
by Irene McConnell
Featured image: Afghanistan, 2016-Hand carved and painted resin, Palestine, 2016-Brass, UAE, 2016- Hand nailed and painted wood, Iran, 2016-Hand painted wood, Austria, 2016-Hand painted resin and brass leaves, Spain, 2016- Hand carved leather on wood.
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Tayseer Hamed
Sahar Al Amir
Rawda Nour
Nehad Saeed
Marche and démarche at Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris
Clara Carvajal | Gods of the Frontier: An artistic look at Lebanon's social archetypes
Ghada Sholy at Anima Gallery
MANDY EL-SAYEGH | The Amateur and problems with metaphor Sursock Museum Sursock Museum, Greek Orthodox Archbishopric Street, Ashrafieh 2071 5509, Beirut, Lebanon
17octallday23febMANDY EL-SAYEGH | The Amateur and problems with metaphor
Mandy El-Sayegh's practice is rooted in assemblage. Executed in a wide range of media, including densely layered paintings, sculpture, installation, diagrams, as well as sound and video, El-Sayegh's works investigate
Mandy El-Sayegh's practice is rooted in assemblage. Executed in a wide range of media, including densely layered paintings, sculpture, installation, diagrams, as well as sound and video, El-Sayegh's works investigate the formation and break-down of systems of order, be they bodily, linguistic or political.
Courtesy of Sursock Museum.
October 17 (Thursday) - February 23 (Sunday)
Sursock Museum
Sursock Museum, Greek Orthodox Archbishopric Street, Ashrafieh 2071 5509, Beirut, Lebanon
Sursock Museum[email protected] +961 1 202 001
Tales Of Thread Custot Gallery Dubai Unit No. 84, Alserkal Avenue, Street 6A, Al Quoz 1
18novallday05marTales Of Thread
Custot Gallery Dubai is delighted to present 'Tales of Thread' an exhibition that presents twenty-five tapestries, carpets and textile art from the internationally renowned modern and contemporary artists Etel Adnan,
Custot Gallery Dubai is delighted to present 'Tales of Thread' an exhibition that presents twenty-five tapestries, carpets and textile art from the internationally renowned modern and contemporary artists Etel Adnan, Alice Anderson, Marc Bourlier, Alexander Calder, Bernard Cathelin, Eduardo Chillida, Antoni Clavé, Robert Delaunay, Sonia Delaunay, Maurice Estève, Émile Gilioli, Sheila Hicks, Jean Lurçat, René Perrot, Pablo Picasso, Jean-Alain Seince, Michel Tourlière, and Jean-Louis Viard.
Courtesy of Custot Gallery Dubai.
November 18 (Monday) - March 5 (Thursday)
Custot Gallery Dubai
Unit No. 84, Alserkal Avenue, Street 6A, Al Quoz 1
Custot Gallery Dubai Unit No. 84, Alserkal Avenue, Street 6A, Al Quoz 1 | PO BOX 390094 l Dubai | UAE l
REZA DERAKSHANI | Emanations Leila Heller Gallery I-87, Alserkal Avenue, PO Box 413991 Al Quoz 1, Dubai, UAE
18novallday08marREZA DERAKSHANI | Emanations
Exhibiting in the UAE for the first time since 2013, Leila Heller is proud to present a semi-retrospective of Persian-American artist Reza Derakshani in "EMANATIONS," including works from the artist's
Exhibiting in the UAE for the first time since 2013, Leila Heller is proud to present a semi-retrospective of Persian-American artist Reza Derakshani in "EMANATIONS," including works from the artist's personal collection, the Hunting Series, and Garden Party Series. In his paintings, Derakshani recalls forgotten tales and symbols of Iran's cultural heritage, at a time where traditions and practices are under threat and often outlawed. Through a rich iconography drawing from medieval Persian poetry, classical literature, miniature painting, and sacred architectural sites laden with meaning, Derakshani's work celebrates both ornamentation and color fields, as the artist finds a space for figural representation in abstract aesthetics.
Courtesy of Leila Heller Gallery.
November 18 (Monday) - March 8 (Sunday)
I-87, Alserkal Avenue, PO Box 413991 Al Quoz 1, Dubai, UAE
Leila Heller Gallery[email protected] I-87, Alserkal Avenue, PO Box 413991 Al Quoz 1, Dubai, UAE
HIORYUKI MASUYAMA
20novallday20janHIORYUKI MASUYAMA
For his fourth solo exhibition at the gallery, the painter, sculptor and photo artist HIROYUKI MASYAMA focuses on perspectives from the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg, in an attempt
For his fourth solo exhibition at the gallery, the painter, sculptor and photo artist HIROYUKI MASYAMA focuses on perspectives from the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg, in an attempt to redefine the relationship between space and time. The conceptual approach of Hiroyuki Masuyama is always based on his interest in crafting an image, as well as in the beauty of the original subjects. His work is characterized by a romantic approach paired with deconstruction of the objects: for a new series of works, he repeatedly traced the contours of the shadow of individual flower petals and of a tree leaf with a pencil, at specific times.
Courtesy of Sfeir-Semler Gallery.
November 20 (Wednesday) - January 20 (Monday)
Sfeir-Semler Gallery
Sfeir-Semler Gallery[email protected] Hamburg
VIKRAM DIVECHA | Towards Opacity Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde Unit 17, Alserkal Avenue Street 8, Al Quoz 1 PO Box 18217 Dubai, UAE
14janallday14marVIKRAM DIVECHA | Towards Opacity
It takes approximately ten minutes for the photoreceptive cone cells in the eye to adapt to the dark. This is roughly the running time of the looping audio narration in
It takes approximately ten minutes for the photoreceptive cone cells in the eye to adapt to the dark. This is roughly the running time of the looping audio narration in Divecha's Gallery 354 (2019), the immersive installation that sets the central premise to Vikram Divecha's solo-exhibition Towards Opacity. We enter a barely lit photography darkroom – as our pupils adjust, we are made cognizant of the ways in which vision is inherent to subjectivity. Guided by Divecha's voice, we partake of an aesthetic experience that unfolds at the creeping pace of what is known in ocular biology as "dark adaptation."
January 14 (Tuesday) - March 14 (Saturday)
Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde
Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde Unit 17, Alserkal Avenue Street 8, Al Quoz 1 PO Box 18217 Dubai, UAE
VIVIEN ZHANG | Soft Borders Lawrie Shabibi Unit 21, Alserkal Avenue Al-Quoz 1, Dubai, UAE
20janallday05marVIVIEN ZHANG | Soft Borders
The exhibition draws on Zhang's identity as a third-culture citizen and deals with issues of geographical fluidity and art in a hyper digital age. Using repetitive structures disrupted by carefully
The exhibition draws on Zhang's identity as a third-culture citizen and deals with issues of geographical fluidity and art in a hyper digital age. Using repetitive structures disrupted by carefully selected motifs and forms, her paintings resemble the visual experience of digital technology, the structure of algorithms themselves, and hyperlinked connections between information.
Courtesy of Lawrie Shabibi
January 20 (Monday) - March 5 (Thursday)
Lawrie Shabibi
Unit 21, Alserkal Avenue Al-Quoz 1, Dubai, UAE
Lawrie Shabibi[email protected]
ATHIER | Nothing is Certain, Everything is Melting, and that's Okay AYYAM GALLERY, DUBAI (AL QUOZ) 11, 12 Alserkal Avenue Exit 43 of SZR Street 8, Al Quoz 1
20janallday14marATHIER | Nothing is Certain, Everything is Melting, and that's Okay
Ayyam Gallery is pleased to present Nothing is Certain, Everything is Melting, and that's Okay, a solo exhibition featuring Athier's latest body of work. Courtesy of Ayyam Gallery.
Ayyam Gallery is pleased to present Nothing is Certain, Everything is Melting, and that's Okay, a solo exhibition featuring Athier's latest body of work.
Courtesy of Ayyam Gallery.
January 20 (Monday) - March 14 (Saturday)
AYYAM GALLERY, DUBAI (AL QUOZ)
11, 12 Alserkal Avenue Exit 43 of SZR Street 8, Al Quoz 1
AYYAM GALLERY, DUBAI (AL QUOZ)[email protected]
ANAS ALBRAEHE | Motherland Agial Art Gallery 63 Abdul Aziz street, Hamra district, Beirut, Lebanon
21janallday22febANAS ALBRAEHE | Motherland
Anas Albraehe's recent painting practice has primarily revolved around representations of workers in their everyday lives, whether in their meager moments of leisure, or hard at work. His last exhibition
Anas Albraehe's recent painting practice has primarily revolved around representations of workers in their everyday lives, whether in their meager moments of leisure, or hard at work. His last exhibition focused on Syrian manual laborers, with whom he was familiar, caught in spells of deep sleep. After frequent trips to the rural village of Soueida in Syria, where he is from, he has returned with a new body of work that depicts the persistence of manual labor, largely carried out by women, in the aftermath of the scorching of Syrian lands in the past decade marked by a colossal war.
January 21 (Tuesday) - February 22 (Saturday)
Agial Art Gallery
63 Abdul Aziz street, Hamra district, Beirut, Lebanon
Agial Art Gallery[email protected] +961 1 345 213
MOHAMMAD ALFARAJ | Still Life and Plastic Dreams Athr Gallery Serafi Mega Mall Street, Al Faisaliyyah, 5th Floor, Office Tower، Jeddah 23441, Saudi Arabia
29janallday04aprMOHAMMAD ALFARAJ | Still Life and Plastic Dreams
till life and Plastic Dreams, is Mohammad Alfaraj's (b. 1993 in AlHassa) first solo show, curated by Mayssa Fattouh for Athr Gallery, and timed to coincide with the art week,
till life and Plastic Dreams, is Mohammad Alfaraj's (b. 1993 in AlHassa) first solo show, curated by Mayssa Fattouh for Athr Gallery, and timed to coincide with the art week, 21'39. The exhibition is a metaphor on the state of Alfaraj's hometown and the world, an exploration of co-habitation of humans in a natural habitat, showing local self-contained agricultural practices confronted with mass extraction and extinction by the hyper industrialized era, radically disrupting and increasing the feeling of a precarious present. Based on the premise of the ongoing civilizational paradigm shift we are partaking in, with the backdrop of weather and climate influencing our existence, ranging from daily life in a rural setting to apocalyptic visions of the future where the capitalist machine is the usurper of nature. Here, Alfaraj reveals his implication in these debates through the instinctive act of storytelling in a sensorial installation across different bodies of works, comprising of a sculptural installation, photography and photomontage, sketches, a sound installation and two projections.
January 29 (Wednesday) - April 4 (Saturday)
Athr Gallery
Serafi Mega Mall Street, Al Faisaliyyah, 5th Floor, Office Tower، Jeddah 23441, Saudi Arabia
Athr Gallery[email protected]
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Visiting Tucson in July is a trial in a person's ability to tolerate 100+ degree weather and this year did not let us down. As we say here, if you can't stand the summer 100+'s, you do not deserve the winter 70's! July is also monsoon season, which means quick moving heavy downpours of rain with lots of thunder and lightning. All told, July weather in Tucson is a mix of pool time, great lightning shows and spectacular sunsets.
We continued our new tradition of filling visitors with Mexican food and margaritas, working off the calories with hikes, and showing off the local sights. First stop, as usual is El Charro's, our favorite. We made sure we went during happy hour, no need to pay extra for drinks :). The sun was at a perfect angle and we were able to snag a table outside to see the mountains.
What trip to Tucson in the heat of the summer would be complete without a trip up to Mt. Lemmon? We picked a perfect day as the temperature down in the valley was in the low 100's and the wind started to pick up. As those of you who read our blog, all 5 of you, know, we were up Mt. Lemmon's Sky Island Scenic Byway back in April. Though it is the same drive, there are lots of changes between spring and summer. The cactus are all done blooming and conserving water, the trees are all leafed out, and the pine trees all have that familiar smell that says "You are in the forest now". Any trip up the Byway requires stopping at multiple overlooks to enjoy the view and take in the beauty of the Sonoran Desert. This drive was no exception.
Our mandatory stop at Windy Point did not disappoint. It is a wonderful view toward the south and of the city and surrounding area. Aptly named though!
We managed to make it to the top, really just the end of the road, just past the ski area. Yes, Tucson does have a ski resort. We did a short walk out to the edge, not too close though, Jennifer gets a little nervous.
After a nice picnic lunch, we took a short hike and walk up the Marshall Gulch trailhead.
We really were not equipped for an extended hike so we walked in about a half mile and back out. Was good to get out and stretch our legs and we really did need to burn some calories so we could justify eating the giant cookie and ice cream at The Cookie Cabin :). Noticing a trend here from our visits up the mountain?
The weather all week really was nice. We managed to visit Saguaro National Park East and drive the loop road. Was great to see all the giant saguaros, we even found one that was still blooming!
In between all the driving, sightseeing, eating and drinking, we did manage to have some pool time each day. Thunderstorms in the area drove us out once, but otherwise, we managed to cool off everyday.
And that folks, is how you handle the 100+ degree temperatures during Tucson summers.
We have truly been blessed to have Steven and Helen and Matthew and Sydney out to see us and we are already looking forward to the next time they can come visit.
We love you guys! We're happy you now share Tucson as home. It means we get to hang out more with Mr. & Mrs. Harm. Wedding wished for fun and safe travels.
I always wondered how you survived those toasty summers! I see you can survive very well! Helen & I are looking forward to Tucson next fall & winter.
We were in Tucson this past winter during a particularly tough personal time (we'd unexpectedly lost our dog and were just heartbroken). As sad as we were, I could think of no better place to be. There's so much to do there and it's incredibly beautiful. We, too, drove up Mount Lemmon and found it to be just spectacular (we happened to catch a rather awe-inspiring sunset from Windy Point). But, all that being said, I think we'll keep our visits to the winter….those desert summers are something else!
Always tough to lose a pet, they are some much a part of the family, especially for us travelers. Be sure and hike Sabino Canyon next time you visit.
Your escapades sound interesting, someday Derrick and I will have to venture out west!!


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It was put into the hearts of an elderly couple, Mr. Lester Hotchkiss and Mrs. Alpha Hotchkiss, that the northwest part of Fresno was in need of a church whose roots were to be planted in the fundamental doctrinal beliefs of God's Word, the Holy Bible. The Lord had richly blessed Mr. and Mrs. Hotchkiss financially. Although they had no children, they had used their blessings to plant two previous churches in the Fresno area, one of which was Sunnyside Baptist Church.
In late 1986, Sunnyside Baptist Church agreed to allow and assist one of their present pastors, Pastor Sam Farlow, to plant a sister church in the northwest area of Fresno. Pastor Farlow, a graduate of Grand Rapids Baptist College and Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan, had teamed up with the Willhite Family, whom they had met at a one-year internship program at Calvary Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, to plant the new Sunnyside Baptist Church. After three and a half years, Sunnyside Baptist Church was growing and ready to plant a sister church. Pastor Willhite remained at Sunnyside. Both Pastor Farlow and Pastor Willhite were missionary pastors from the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE), the association to which Lester Hotchkiss had been led by the Lord.
On October 3, 1987, Pastor Sam Farlow, his wife Darlene, and their children Serena, Trevor, and Julie, began door-to-door surveys to locate people who were not presently active in any other local church and offer them personal invitations.
With full financial support from the Hotchkisses, the Veterans of Foreign Wars facility (the VFW Hall) on Blythe near Dakota was secured as the meeting place for the conceived church. With much help from the "mother-sponsoring church" which had sent members to distribute literature, plan activities and outings, Westwood Baptist Church was about to open its door for worship. But the Lord's hand was still at work with the baby church. Sheriff Wayne, a Canadian children's evangelist, was somehow available from his booked schedule for the week prior to the doors being opened for Sunday worship. Wayne Bertness and his family put on their weeklong children's crusade until Thursday. The very next day another church planting couple, the Shumakers, arrived in Fresno to assist the Farlows. Bob and Karen Shumaker with children, Steve and Jon, had spent ten years in Japan as church planting missionaries.
Thus on January 24, 1988, with the Lord's provisions, Westwood Baptist held their first official public worship service. On October 14, 1990, the present worship facilities were dedicated.
We, of Westwood Baptist Church, praise and give thanks to the Lord Jesus Christ for Mr. and Mrs. Hotchkiss, Sheriff Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Schumaker and Mr. and Mrs. Farlow. All praise, honor and glory are given to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Our church became indigenous in 1994 by the call of Pastor Wilbur Parrish. The Farlow family moved to Hillsboro, Oregon, then to Boise, Idaho to continue doing missionary work.
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For Newport's park art, panel's picks echo public preferences
"Burnt Matchstick," by Karl Unnasch, was an arts panel's top choice for display in Newport Beach's Civic Center Park. The sculpture is 40 feet tall and can be displayed with or without illumination.
(Courtesy of city of Newport Beach)
By Hillary Davis
Choosing the alternates was more complicated than selecting the top works for the judges tasked with selecting the next round of sculptures for display in Newport Beach's Civic Center Park.
If the sculptures ultimately favored by the selection panel come to the park just outside City Hall this fall, there's a good chance they will be colorful, kinetic or shiny.
The panel, which chose their top nine works and three potential alternates at a forum Wednesday, consisted of City Arts Commissioners Arlene Greer, Miriam Baker and Grace Divine; plus two outside arts professionals, Irvine Fine Arts Center Director Pat Gomez and Bob Nicoll, creative director of Blizzard Entertainment, the Irvine-based video game developer known for the World of Warcraft series.
The panel's picks will go on to the full City Arts Commission, then the City Council, for final approval.
They unanimously agreed that a towering, stained-glass matchstick ("Burnt Matchstick"), a reflective, larger-than-life shark's dorsal fin ("No Swimming") and a whimsical jumble of ice pops ("Popsicles") should go on to the next round of judging. All of these works placed in the top 10 with the public in an online "people's choice" poll, and "Burnt Matchstick" and "No Swimming" were the judges' top two.
Baker said "No Swimming" reminds her of "Cloud Gate," the iconic, mirrored kidney bean in Chicago's Millennium Park.
"Everyone gets up close to that and takes all kinds of pictures and they interact with it," she said. "I thought that this piece might be the same way."
"No Swimming," by Oleg Lobykin, also did well with the judging panel and the public.
For the next six works, the panel recommended, with little disagreement, a bronze figure of a girl standing on one foot with her arms outstretched ("Life is a Balancing Act"); a ring of spinning bike wheels atop a pedestal ("Cosmic Glint"); a steel rib cage and marble spine emerging from the earth ("In Affioramento"); a kinetic sculpture that resembles a tree ("Getting Your Bearings"); a leggy stick figure of welded corten steel ("Contender II"); and a steel bird soaring through a ring mounted to a boulder ("Flight").
Winnowing down the three backup works drew the debate.
An abstract, twisted aluminum column called "Depth of Form" got consensus as the first alternate, but three candidates tied for the next two slots: a bench made of repurposed propane tanks; a classical bronze of the sea god Neptune; and "Celilo," a boulder suspended several feet aloft with wire attached to an inverted triangle of wooden posts.
None survived. Baker and Greer said "Celilo" looks too much like a previously displayed sculpture. Divine said the lack of equilibrium makes her uncomfortable and makes her wonder if it's stable, which pulls her out of the moment.
"If I have to ask that question it takes away from the enjoyment," she said. "Art should be enjoyed and inspire people instantly."
When Rick Stein of the city's contracted project manager Arts OC asked the panel for a "sleeper," they batted around a kinetic sculpture of blue feathers, a scaled-down version of the "Portlandia" statue in Portland, Ore., a figure of a woman in stride, and an upright bundle of nails. They found consensus with "Cultural Pedestrians," a quintet of 6-foot-tall posts carved in relief with faces of diverse races, and "Kinetic Beam," a kinetic piece topped with a whirligig.
"Popsicles,"by Craig Gray, was popular with the public.
"Cultural Pedestrians," by Sue Quinlan, is a suggested alternate.
The panel judged the works on their artistic merit; durability in the coastal elements; practicality, to include safety and subject matter appropriateness for all ages; and site appropriateness. The initial submission pool consisted of 46 pieces.
The full Arts Commission will make its recommendations when it meets Sept. 14, and the City Council will approve the final selected works and alternates on Sept. 26.
Sculptures created by artists from across the nation are selected to sit in the park for two years on a rotating schedule. The program is entering its third phase.
The sculptures for the third phase will be installed in October, and the sculptures from the second phase will be removed in September.
The first two phases installed 10 works each. For this round, the 10th slot, on direction from the City Council, will be filled by the city-owned Ronald Reagan statue that is currently on display at Bonita Canyon Sports Park.
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Authors: Simon Hugo, and Will Lawrence
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Due for release: 12 April 2020.
The essential guide to all 25 Bond Movies, including April 2020's No Time to Die - starring Daniel Craig and Rami Malek!
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Chrissy Metz Signs Major Label Deal
She Joins UMG Nashville Roster
by Craig Shelburne 1/14/2020
Chrissy Metz is having a breakthrough of her own, as the star of Breakthrough just signed a country record deal with Universal Music Group Nashville. Metz also stars in NBC's This Is Us.
Country fans may remember her performance of "I'm Standing With You" on the 2019 ACM Awards. That song, written by Diane Warren, received an Oscar nomination in the original song category earlier this week. Metz performed it on the ACM Awards with Carrie Underwood, Lauren Alaina, Maddie & Tae and Mickey Guyton, who are now her label mates.
"To say I am excited to fulfill a lifelong dream is an understatement," Metz said. "Music has always been my first love and to be working alongside Cindy [Mabe, President, Universal Music Group Nashville] and the incomparable team at UMG is truly a gift!"
Metz also performed Luke Combs' "Even Though I'm Leavin'" at CMT Artists of the Year in 2019. She is currently working on her debut country album for the label, set for release later this year. She is also set to produce the upcoming inspirational mountaineer movie Gorge in the works with Amazon
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a collegue of mine asked a question about the 'new' high availibility functions in Exchange 2010 cross datacenters.
As we talked about the flexibility of DAG, which is a great aprovement for cross-datacenter availibility since Exchange 2007 because its nolonger restricted to a single Active Directory site, we started wondering about the availibility options for the CAS server roles.
Ofcourse, CAS can be deployed in a NLB configuration, but this will function IN a single site only.
For the sake of argument lets say I have datacenter A and B, where A is the active datacenter. For this sample, lets state that I _wont_ use NLB for the CAS roles in each site.
I deploy Mailbox Role A (MBX_A) in datacenter A and Mailbox Role B (MBX_B) in Datacenter B.
Then I deploy CAS role A (CAS_A) in datacenter A and CAS role B (CAS_B) in Datacenter B.
In case of a failure of MBX_A it fails over to MBX_B and CAS_A will point to MBX_B.
But what happends if CAS_A fails? How will the clients get to CAS_B in the other datacenter?
I am not entirely sure of the official solution, but this is based on my own understanding.
Create a CAS array in Exchange, for eg. Cassarray1. This should usually point to the NLB cluster host name, but since there is no "real" NLBed CAS, just manually enter the A record of the Casarray1 and configure it with the IP of CAS_A. Set the TTL of this record to 5 mins.
Configure all DB in Datacenter A to have RPCclientaccessserver set to Casarry1.
If there is a failover to Datacenter B. Manually modify the A record of Casarry1 and configure it to point to the IP of CAS_B.
If assuming the all the databases failover sucessfully to MBX_B. The client should get re-connected automatically, but there is a longer delay and the process is triggered manually.
In almost all cases, customers do not want automatic failover across datacenter. It is too risky.
The SLA for datacenter failure is usually higher than in site ones.
I suspect when MS releases the official guidance for cross site failover, it would also recommend a manual process.
"A datacenter or site failure is managed differently from the typical failures that cause server or database failover. In a high availability configuration, automatic recovery is initiated by the system, and the failure typically leaves the messaging system in a fully functional state. By contrast, a datacenter failure is considered to be a disaster recovery event, and as such, recovery must be manually performed and completed in order for the client service to be restored, and for the outage to end. As with many disaster recovery scenarios, prior planning and preparation can simplify the recovery process and reduce the duration of the outage.
By combining the built-in site failover support in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 with your proper planning, a second datacenter can be rapidly activated to serve the failed datacenter's clients. The proper planning and preparation involves not only the deployment of the second datacenter resources, but also pre-configuration of those resources to minimize the changes required at datacenter failover time."
I dont agree with you on that one.
Especially when I look at the DAC functions MS has built for DAG to prevent split-brain scenario's - which tend to happen in automatic fail-overs.
I'm surprised to see that noone from MSFT has responded to this thread yet.
Sorry all the acronyms are getting to me, I know what is the split-brain senario, but what is "DAC functions"?
oops, typo. its "function", not "functions".
DAC stands for datacenter activation coordination. This was developped to prevent split brain scenario's in datacenter failovers. Which is an automated proces. Therefor, I dont believe that MSFT's statement in datacenter failovers is: automatic is too risky.
Ok now I remember what is DAC. Even with DAC, the whole Datacenter switchover is a manual process.
First DAC needs to be manually enabled if your DAG contain 3 or more servers.
Let's say the senario is datacenter A has 2 DAG servers and datacenter B has a single DAG server, if there is a power outage in datacenter A, by default datacenter B server will not mount the database until a majority of member in the DAG is online. This is to prevent a split brain senario, since there is a possiblity that an admin has triggered a recovery on datacenter B and suddenly datacenter A power resume, both side will "think" that they own the acitive copy of the databse.
By turning on DAC, you can mount a database even if there is no majority number of DAG members online. So in the above example, an admin can initiate a recovery in datacenter B. If however datacenter A power resumes, the servers in datacenter A will not mount the database even if it has majority. The PAM will corordinate with the SAM check if current state of the DAG before monnting any databases, so that split brain senarios can be prevented.
In summary, the presence of DAC does not imply that automatic failover across datacenter is possible, but it is a mechanisim to prevent split brain in certain datacetner switchover (manual) senarios.
If you have a cross-datacenter failure then you can do a couple things that I know of.
1. Leave the RPCCLientAcessServer attribute alone on the databases and repoint the CASArray A-record to the IP of the CAS-B. As long as the TTL is low this should get things going soon.
2. Modify the RPCClientAccessServer attribute on the DB to point to CAS-B and Autodiscover capable clients will learn the new endpoint.
Datacenter failovers as mentioned in other replies are typically *not* a great thing to have done automatically and as long as you have an HA solution for CAS in place in Site-A then you'll be ok.
-bBrian Day / MCSA / CCNA, Exchange/AD geek.
Sorry if I'm being dense here but am I the only one who thinks that Ruben van Gough's original question was never answered fully?
If I take users from Site1, who are ordinarility connected to a CAS server at their local site inturn connected to MBX1 (no point in putting CAS servers in DC1 as a failure of comms between SiteA and DC1 will result in users not being automatically redirected to MBX2), the only way I can get their Outlook clients to resume connectivity to DC1 in the event of the local CAS going down is to create more than one CAS in an array. Due to the CAS Array limitation (inter-site only), I need to have a total of 10 CAS arrays across all user sites containing a minimum of 2 CAS servers each just to address my problem. If I could create a CAS Array encompassing CAS servers from multiple sites I'd be sorted. Another reason why this limitation is awkward to work with is that like most orgs we are heavily reliant on VMWare/Hyper-V. Two CAS servers in an array on the same VMWare platform doesn't give us the best resiliency either, due to dependency on the same single SAN!
Clearly it's impractical and costly to have 20 CAS servers for a 2,000 user org. My question therefore is, is there anyway to configure CAS Arrays to achieve cross-site failover for Client Access as well as for mailbox servers?
Exchange 2010 Hub/CAS - where to route inbound mail?


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MRIaudio / Health Business / What is a Magnetic Resonance Imaging?
What is a Magnetic Resonance Imaging?
Michael Zinniger
Health Business, MRI Centers
MRI units are used in the radiology department and outpatient imaging centers for diagnostic imaging, in the emergency care and critical care settings to diagnose acute conditions such as stroke in the clinical research setting (especially for brain research), and in orthopedic practices. Large hospitals usually have one or more MRI units that are typically located in the radiology department or in a separate annex near the radiology and emergency departments.
An MRI unit consists of a magnet system, a radio-frequency (RF) transmitter/receiver system, a gradient system, a patient table, a computer workstation, and operator console. The magnetic strength of the magnet is measured in teslas (T), a unit of magnetic field strength, and ranges from 0.064 T, depending on the type of system. The magnetic field generated during an MRI examination is approximately 8,000 times stronger than the Earth's magnetic field. Principles of image production are based on the magnetic spin properties of hydrogen atoms in the body's tissues and fluids and how they behave in a magnetic field. Basically, hydrogen protons (particles located in the atom's nucleus) will align with an applied magnetic field and will spin perpendicular to the magnetic field when a radio-frequency pulse is added. When the pulse is terminated, protons relax back into alignment with the magnetic field, and this generates a radio-frequency signal that is received by the antenna coil. Different tissues such as those high in water and in fat will produce different signals that are then processed by the computer and converted into anatomical images. MRI protocols and imaging sequences are based on the different signals produced by different types and physiologic states of tissue.
The magnet system is contained in the gantry, which is a large square or round unit with a hole in the center (the bore) through which the patient table is moved. Magnets may be of three types: permanent magnet, resistive or superconducting electromagnet, and iron-core electromagnet. Permanent magnets are extremely heavy and thus require special construction; however, they do not require electrical power or cooling because they are constructed of magnetic alloys. They also have almost no fringe field (the magnetic field outside the magnet itself). Permanent magnets are limited to field strengths of 0.3 T or less. Resistive electromagnets use electrical coils to generate a magnetic field and thus require cooling water. Resistive magnets are limited to field strengths of 0.5 T. Superconducting magnets use titanium alloy coils that require cooling with liquid helium or liquid nitrogen (cryogens). They can have field strengths of up to 2 T. Iron-core electromagnets use a combination of permanent and electromagnet technology, and require cooling water for operation. Field strengths are usually 0.3 or 0.4 T.
An MRI unit with a field strength less than 0.2 T is considered low field, an MRI unit with a field strength of 0.2 T to 1 T is considered mid-field, and an MRI unit with a field strength greater than 1 T is considered high-field. In general, high-field MRI units are capable of shorter imaging times and higher image quality and are preferred for many clinical applications.
The radio-frequency system transmits and receives signals using a coil that acts as an antenna. Separate coils are used for head and body imaging, and specially designed coils are used for imaging the spine, face, knee, breast, shoulder, and extremities. The gradient system produces magnetic fields in the direction of the primary field and perpendicular to the primary field in order to select the area for imaging and to register the location of signals received from the area imaged. The radio-frequency and gradient systems are turned on and off (pulsed) to control image contrast; these pulse patterns are called a pulse sequence. There are several different types of pulse sequences used, and they vary according to the duration, frequency, and timing of the pulses. different pulse sequences are used to image different anatomic areas, and the pulse sequence is chosen based on the characteristics of the tissue being imaged such as fat content, water content, and anatomic area.
There are several different types of MRI units and MRI imaging methods:
Conventional MRI units have long, closed bores that surround most of the patient's body during imaging.
Short-bore MRI units were developed in response to patient claustrophobia and to retain the image-quality benefits of conventional systems, and have bore lengths that allow patients of average height to have much of their body outside the bore during imaging. The patient's head can then be outside the bore for exams not involving the brain and neck, thereby reducing claustrophobic reactions.
Open MRI units were also developed in response to patient claustrophobia and to facilitate interventional procedures. They have bores that are open on most sides (sometimes columns are used to support the gantry). Open MRI units usually have low-field strengths.
Dedicated extremity/head/breast MRI units have very small bores designed to accommodate imaging of limbs, joints, or the head, and are primarily used for orthopedic applications. A dedicated breast MRI system is also available.
Mobile MRI units are installed in a specially designed trailer and driven to hospitals that do not have an MRI unit. Mobile MRI services are used frequently in rural areas.
Functional MRI is an imaging technique that rapidly acquires images that display changes in cerebral blood flow in response to visual or auditory stimuli or motor tasks. This technique is used primarily for research to map the functional organization of the brain.
Interventional and intraoperative MRI is a developing field that involves performing interventional procedures such as catheterization or guidewire insertion, and intraoperative guidance such as during neuro-surgery, using a specially designed MRI unit. Open MRI units are being used for these applications due to their open-bore design, which facilitates patient access.
MRI spectroscopy is an imaging technique used primarily in research that measures metabolites in the brain to evaluate brain tissue.
Echoplanar MRI is an imaging technique that uses rapidly oscillating magnetic field gradients for image acquisition in less than 30 milliseconds. It is used to evaluate real-time cardiac and brain function, as well as muscle activity.
MRI angiography is an imaging technique used to evaluate the blood vessels, for example, to detect aneurysms or atherosclerosis. Injection of a contrast agent is required.
Diffusion tensor MRI is a relatively new imaging technique that tracks water molecules in the brain to detect abnormalities associated with stroke, multiple sclerosis, and other conditions.
An MRI unit is operated by the MRI technologist who prepares the patient for the examination, including administering any necessary intravenous contrast agents and positioning the patient on the table. Some examinations require the use of special surface coils (e.g., for head, knee, etc.) to focus the radio-frequency pulses on the area of interest. The MRI technologist places or attaches the appropriate coil and helps the patient onto the table. After the patient is properly positioned, the MRI technologist goes to the control room, which is adjacent to but separated from the MRI unit by a window, and initiates the imaging sequences selected by the radiologist. Usually, two to six imaging sequences are performed, each lasting approximately two to 15 minutes. The technologist instructs the patient via an intercom system when the scanning sequence is to begin and whether holding of breath or stillness is required. While the images are being acquired, the MRI technologist and radiologist review them on the computer workstation to make sure the image quality is sufficient for diagnosis.
Image artifacts may occur during image acquisition, and the technologist and radiologist should monitor acquired images for artifacts. Patient motion, respiratory motion, implants, signal loss, and improper unit settings can all cause artifacts to occur. Constantly occurring artifacts related to the unit's operation or magnetic field may require a service call from the manufacturer or testing by a medical physicist.
With regard to patient safety, there are no side effects associated with the magnetic field during an MRI examination, but, in general, MRI is not recommended for pregnant women. Patients with a pacemaker, cochlear implants, aneurysm clips, and other metallic implants must check with a physician before undergoing MRI due to the possible effects of the magnetic field on the implants. Patients who have been exposed to shrapnel or metal shavings (especially in the eye) may not be able to have an MRI; instances where the magnetic field caused movement of metal fragments in the body and subsequent patient injury have been reported. Because eye-shadow may contain metallic substances, patients undergoing MRI should not wear make-up during the examination.
Several incidents have occurred where patients undergoing MRI examinations received serious skin burns from contact with surface coils or monitoring cables. Therefore, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued precautions to prevent burns during MRI, including removal of unnecessary coils, cables, and leads before the scan is begun; frequent checking of coils, cables, and leads for frayed insulation or exposed wires; and a thorough check that cables and leads do not form loops, touch the sides of the magnet bore, or directly touch the patient.
The magnetic field requires that all medical equipment used in the MRI suite be MRI-compatible. For example, patient monitoring equipment, intravenous poles, ventilators, and contrast media injectors should have been tested and certified by the manufacturer as MRI-compatible. If interventional procedures are performed in the MRI suite, anesthesia units, surgical instrumentation, patient monitoring systems, and resuscitation equipment should all be MRI-compatible. The operation and performance of equipment that is not MRI-compatible may be affected by the magnetic field, or if the equipment contains certain metals, it may be attracted to the magnet, causing equipment damage and presenting a safety problem. Because patients may be brought into the MRI suite on wheelchairs or with oxygen canisters, MRI staff should be sure that the magnetic field is not on during patient transfer. There have been several hazard reports of injury to patients and staff by oxygen canisters, wheelchairs, and other metal items when they were rapidly drawn to the magnet.
During the MRI examination, all patients, but particularly those under sedation or anesthesia or in critical condition, should be monitored using physiologic monitoring equipment, intercom systems, and video. Some patients may be claustrophobic during the examination or may experience anxiety. To alleviate these discomforts, an MRI-compatible music system and increased ventilation in the magnet bore can be installed.
Depending on the type of magnet, different types of shielding are required for the MRI suite. The performance of the MRI unit depends on the homogeneity, or uniformity, of the magnetic field, which may be disturbed by surrounding hospital equipment, metallic structures, and environmental factors. A process called shimming is used to improve the uniformity of the magnetic field, and is accomplished by using shim coils or ferromagnetic materials around the magnet. Shimming is usually done during installation or testing by physicists. The entire MRI suite may need to be shielded with different materials to insulate the magnet from outside interference or to prevent the magnet's fringe field from interfering with the operation of medical equipment in adjacent areas.
Because of the complexity of an MRI unit, a service contract covering parts replacement, preventive maintenance, and emergency repairs is usually purchased from the manufacturer or a third-party service organization. The biomedical engineering staff and/or the MRI technologist conduct periodic performance testing of image quality and other parameters. Surface coils should be cleaned and maintained according to manufacturer instructions. Many MRI units have special cooling system requirements, and storage and replenishment of cryogens (chemicals used for cooling the magnet system) is necessary. This is generally performed by the service provider or biomedical engineering staff.
Health Care Team Roles
The MRI examination is conducted by an MRI technologist and a radiologist. The MRI technologist is responsible for preparing the patient for the examination by making sure that all metallic objects have been removed and that the patient does not have any metallic implants that will be affected by the examination. It is recommended that a prescreening MRI questionnaire be developed and that all patients be required to complete the form prior to having an MRI. If necessary for the area being imaged, an intravenous contrast agent will be administered by either the technologist or a nurse. Nursing staff may also be present during the examination, depending on the medical condition of the patient. The radiologist oversees the selection of MRI imaging sequences and protocols and reviews the acquired images to be sure image quality is appropriate for diagnosis. The radiologist also provides the final interpretation of images and provides a report for any referring physicians. For cancer cases, oncologists may also be involved in image review for treatment planning purposes. If interventional MRI procedures are performed, specialists such as a gastroenterologist, orthopedic surgeon, neurologist, or neurosurgeon may perform the procedures while the MRI unit is operated by the technologist.
MRI technologists have completed special education programs in MRI physics, operation, and safety. All manufacturers of MRI units provide on-site, and sometimes off-site, training on the technical features and clinical applications of their systems. The American College of Radiology has developed an MRI site accreditation program, which requires that the MRI system, quality control procedures, MRI technologists, and radiologists be evaluated according to certain standards of performance. As of 2001, this accreditation was not mandatory, but many facilities undergo the process to demonstrate quality performance.
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2022 WNCC Martin Luther King, Jr Commemoration
"Infinite Hope: Honoring the Legacy-Advancing the Vision -Fulfilling the Vision of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."
10:00-11:30 AM
Ways to watch:
Call in by telephone (no video - Zoom ): US: +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 876 9923 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 900 6833
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Reverend Nelson Johnson, Executive Director of the Beloved Community Center-Greensboro NC.
Rev, Johnson is a fervent advocate for civil rights. At the Beloved Community Center, he and his colleagues work to bring together the homeless, the imprisoned, impoverished neighborhoods, and other disenfranchised groups in the spirit of mutual support and community. Guided by his three-part emphasis of diversity, justice and democracy, Rev. Johnson centers his efforts on facilitating a process of comprehensive community building, which include a convergence of racial and ethnic diversity, social and economic justice, and genuine participatory democracy.
2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Youth and Young Adult Contest!!!
Additionally, there will be a Youth Art and Essay Contest. The prompt is:
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed that violence, injustice, and hate in our world must stop. What can you do to stand up for peace, justice and love in our world?
The response to this contest may be: An Original Essay (350 words or less) An Original Picture/Drawing, An Original Photograph, An Original Sculpture, An Original Painting, An Original Poem.
The contest is open to: Elementary, Middle School and High School Students.
Three cash awards will be awarded in each category.
Winners will be announced at the WNC Virtual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Service. The winning submissions will also be highlighted at this Zoom event.
The deadline for submissions is January 4, 2022.
Submit contest entries to Mrs. Tina McLendon @ tinajmclendon@aol.com.
This event and contest is sponsored by: WNCC-Justice and Reconciliation Team (J&R), WNCC Commission on Religion and RACE (CORR), WNCC Black Methodist for Church Renewal (BMCR).


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The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works to enhance the roles livestock play in pathways out of poverty in developing countries.
ILRI is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, a global research partnership of 15 centres working with many partners for a food-secure future.
ILRI has two main campuses in East Africa and other hubs in East, West and southern Africa and South, Southeast and East Asia. www.ilri.org.
CGIAR is a global agricultural research partnership for a food-secure future. Its science is carried out by 15 research centres that are members of the CGIAR Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations. www.cgiar.org.
ILRI seeks to recruit a Technical Services Manager to ensure first class state of facilities through systematized processes and proper management of a team of in-house professionals and a large group of outsourced service providers.
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I was going to write a very different post this month.
Then, HeresyLetterGate occurred and I've been following along via the various posts on social media. I'm not going to recap all the arguments and social media events that occurred in this because that's already been done.
What occurs to me in all this, however, is that there is a real question to be raised about who has the authority to teach in the modern Catholic Church. Now, this wasn't the original issue, but it became part of the whole HeresyLetterGate discussion and it is an important question that we need to continue to think about. This question resonates not only personally but also with my own research. And, as a woman… a member of the gender who for a long time did not have the authority to teach (thanks a lot Saint Paul!)… this question is an important one to continue to think about even now that women have been granted the right to teach theology (though not, apparently, to offer any substantial input).
My main area of research focuses on a moderately obscure group of nuns in seventeenth-century France. I say moderately obscure because they were involved in the Jansenist controversy which brought them to prominence, but even still, beyond a handful of scholars, almost nobody–in the United States at least–has studied them. The question that I bring to the writings of the nuns is precisely the question of who has authority as a theologian. My argument is that although the nuns did not have the academic qualifications to be considered theologians, they very much learned, wrote, and taught theology.
Significantly, however, of the nuns from Port-Royal that most scholars focus on–with the exception of Jacqueline Pascal–all held the position of abbess at one point or another in their lives. Thus, their authority did not just merely derive from their education, writing, or teaching, but it also came from the position that provided the opportunity for them to do so.
Parallels can be drawn to the discussion over credentials for writing about theology and ecclesiology in two ways. In some ways, these nuns do represent professionals and those of us who have chosen a vocation to professional theology. Although they did not have the same academic formation that professional theologians of the Sorbonne would have had in the seventeenth century, their position in the cloister gave them access to more knowledge and education than most of the laity had at the time. On the other hand, they were not priests and they were not academic theologians, so in other ways they represent the same position that Ross Douthat occupies.
Of course, we're not in the seventeenth century anymore and so I have two more thoughts on this controversy.
One is the same point that Katie Grimes brought up in her explanation about why she signed the letter to the New York Times. That is, when a news organization wants commentary on science (except maybe on vaccines), they ask a scientist, generally someone who has spent years getting a doctorate in the field of science in which they are an expert. So, why is the same courtesy not extended to theology?
Of course, Ross Douthat doesn't function as the theology expert for the New York Times, writing instead for their opinion page and, yes, anyone can have an opinion about what is going on in the Catholic Church.
But, furthermore, as examples throughout history–especially the example of women–show, often it has been precisely the uneducated (in the sense of not having the academic credentials of a theologian) who have provided the church with particular and unique insights from their theological reflection.
So, I've come full circle in this post and unfortunately don't really have an answer to the main question of who has–or should have–the authority to teach in the modern Catholic Church. Looking back into my historical research, an argument could be made for leaving it to the professionals and also for opening it up to everyone. And again, as a member of the gender who was not officially allowed to teach for a long time, I worry about the idea of making distinctions over who can and cannot speak out about theology. But, as someone who has dedicated many years of my life to becoming credentialed in the field of theology, there also needs to be a place where a certain amount of deference and respect is given to those who have spent the time to become experts in these topics.
I think there is a lot of value in touching on the different elements of this "controversy" even if we can't come to a conclusion. Thank you for your thoughts – and for reminding me exactly what it is you are studying!
It seems that the key issues have been overshadowed in this debate, muddied as it appears by the somewhat clumsy language in the theologians response. Douthat is simply wrong in many of his assertions eg that Catholic doctrine can never be changed (it has and it will change) because he lacks the proper grounding in Catholic doctrinal theology. He would do much better to listen carefully to the Holy Father, who has frequently explained these points, instead of trying to denounce and undermine him.
The bigger picture here is the conservative plot to undermine the Pope.
Yes, Chris, I think you are completely right on all counts, including your point about the clunkiness of the letter's language.
The notion that the New York Times "asked" anyone to comment on theology is wrong. Douthat is an opinion columnist, as are several other people. He has free rein to write about a lot of topics, as do other columnists. Sometimes he takes a strong view in favor of traditional Catholic doctrine, just as his fellow columnists take an even stronger view against that doctrine or against Church hierarchy. In none of these cases has the Times "asked" anyone to comment about theology.
The relevance of Douthat's professional qualifications or lack thereof is not established, particularly given that other Times columnists regularly write on Catholicism with no objection.
It is not clear what about Douthat's column was "politically partisan." Whether the Church changes its communion rules/doctrine has little to do with any political party.
The letter does not define what Catholicism "really is" or why anything Douthat said was inconsistent with that alleged nature of Catholicism.
The column cited did not accuse anyone of heresy.
In addition, if anyone has mentioned heresy, the best response would be a refutation of Douthat, not a complaint that heresy is a "serious" charge.
So what? No one's expectations are relevant in the complete absence of any quotation of anything that Douthat said and the complete absence of any refutation or argument against Douthat.
I'm approving your comment even though it doesn't have all that much to do with the topic of my actual post. You have here rehashed arguments that have already been made against the letter. But, my point is that although it wasn't the issue of the original controversy, HeresyLetterGate has provided us with an opportunity to think through some other questions that I've been thinking about–namely, where does the authority to teach derive from?
I will also note that I do say in my post above: "Of course, Ross Douthat doesn't function as the theology expert for the New York Times, writing instead for their opinion page and, yes, anyone can have an opinion about what is going on in the Catholic Church." This is exactly what you are trying to argue against me in the beginning of your comment.
I think you're right to note the difference between doing theology and opinion. It seems like there's some confusion among some people in this conversation between three very different things. The first is doing theology, which is the creative work of faith seeking understanding… reflecting on God and the meaning of the universe and life and praxis and so on. Potentially anyone can do that; certainly every person of faith does it. Education can help in learning to do it better – e.g. learning about the ways other people have done theology can help – but it's not enough on its own, and it's not always necessary. Often (maybe even more often than not?) unschooled marginalized mystics or prophets or nuns or rappers are better at it than those in the academic and/or ecclesial corridors of power. With regard to this first thing, I would indeed be very suspicious of elitism, which has been used throughout history to exclude the voices of marginalized people who are often precisely whose voices most need hearing.
… the third thing: assertions of fact about (for example) the Roman Catholic Church, historical development of doctrine, current church practice, and definitions of concepts like heresy. Douthat's columns are of course opinion columns, but his opinions require a lot of these factual (or not factual) claims. With regard to this third thing, I think a certain amount of academic elitism is certainly warranted: "you aren't qualified" isn't the whole story (and it wasn't the whole story in the letter), but it's relevant as an explanation of why someone's wrong about the facts, and it's relevant for people trying to figure out who's more trustworthy on the facts. If someone misunderstands and misrepresents basic facts about the church, e.g. by calling someone a heretic for disagreeing with him about the idea of indissolubility of marriage and/or the appropriate pastoral expression of that doctrine, it's entirely relevant to point out that it's not surprising that he's wrong given that he has never formally studied such things. It's also entirely appropriate to express exasperation that the NYT's most prominent commenter on the church has no education on these vital factual matters and is, not surprisingly, getting things wrong.
As a side note, I think it's funny how people who usually seem to love hierarchy and authority are opportunistically invoking a postmodern distrust of authorities and experts to argue against the letter-signers. It's a bit like how they opportunistically invoke queer theory or the social sciences to problematize essentialist ideas of sexual orientation, but they don't allow queer theory or the social sciences to problematize the essentialist ideas of gender upon which their own anti-LGBTI and/or anti-women stances depend.
Ross Douthat wasn't "teaching" theology or speaking in front of a church. He was writing an opinion column in a newspaper.
Personally, I would rather judge someone by the content of their words, rather than the qualifications they may or may not have. For example, one of your PhD theologians here says that Tupac Shakur is her favorite theologian. You could have 25 PhD's, and if Tupac is the best you can do, then you should not be listened to by anyone, because your opinions are necessarily silly.
Douthat is an opinion writer. If you don't like his opinion, argue with him with actual substance. Or ignore him. Silencing him is the worst possible response.
I am approving this comment even though I don't think it adds anything useful to the conversation. You aren't even responding to what my post is about and, as I noted to the above comment that also didn't address my post, I recognize that he's an opinion writer. My post here isn't even trying to respond to what Douthat said.
In regards to your first sentence, I think you're being narrow in your view of what "teaching" theology consists of, especially in this digital age. A lot more people will learn about what Douthat thinks about Catholic theology than will sit in a theology classroom or even in the pews.
A bunch of left-wing ideologues who want to think they are Catholic — and they are NOT.
Since your comment is so completely devoid of any context, I have no idea what you're referring to. However, I find it disappointing that after all this controversy that started over an accusation of heresy, you have taken it upon yourself to judge who is and is not Catholic.
I would recommend that you think more about whether or not that is the Christian thing to do in this controversy.
Unfortunately for you, baptism makes a person a Christian. And unless a person baptized as a Catholic or later received into the Catholic church has been officially excommunicated, he or she remains a Catholic, no matter her sinfulness. Catholic-ness, like faith itself, is a gift not a trophy or something we earn.
I have the impression that by "officially excommunicated" you're referring to excommunication imposed or declared by formal sentence, although I expect you'd agree that someone who incurs automatic excommunication – say, due to heresy – is just as excommunicated, even if the latter group doesn't lend itself to uncontroversial identification in quite the same way as do ferendae sententiae excommunicants.
More to the point, though, that response to LoyalCatholicInNewJersey seems a little too pat. The term "Catholic", as applied to people, obviously admits of several other conventional and defensible senses (I leave aside nonreligious senses) that aren't synonymous with the community of persons baptized as Catholics or later received into the Catholic Church and who have not been "officially excommunicated." After all, we should be obliged to count among that number many who could fairly be described, e.g., as adherents of religions other than Catholicism, as non-theists, and so forth – which may be justifiable in one context, while not being particularly useful or intelligible in others.
Le Fou, it's difficult to follow these comments when for some reason my comment is deleted after being posted and you refer to it.
Why someone would approve a comment, post a comment, and then delete it is beyond me.
My comment was my opinion, civil, didn't use foul language — why delete it ?
Nobody has deleted your comment. You are envisioning persecution where there is none.
However, don't expect for me to approve your comments if you continue to post anonymously. If you really want to witness to your ideas, use your full name and stand by your posts, instead of commenting under an anonymous title.
Forgive me if I don't quite get the point of this article, but it seems to me that the essential question being raised is "who has the authority to teach in the modern Catholic Church". Wasn't the question wasn't asked and answered decades . . .centuries , , , millennia ago. Perhaps I'm wrong, but isn't this authority invested in the bishop(s).
Thanks for your reply, Maureen. I'm thinking more broadly about teaching. After all, bishops aren't the ones who are teaching theology in the universities, schools, and parishes (and never really were). That responsibility fell primarily to priests and monks for a long time and is now done primarily by laity (especially on the parish level). And, as I mention in a comment above, many more people will learn about Catholicism from Douthat than from any bishop. So, although I understand what you're saying, I still maintain this is a valid question for the modern church.
You are asking a very important question. What role do (or should) these two items — the "mandatum" and the Instruction on The Ecclesial Vocation of The Theologian — play in the internal discussion / discernment process.
Enrique, that is a good question to ask, but unfortunately one that I haven't yet considered since my current research focuses on theological authority in the seventeenth century. That might be an interesting blog post to make in the future.


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Bringing D.C. Up to Par
Norton Seeks Improvements to City's Public Golf Courses
By Daniel Heim
Posted November 2, 2007 at 5:45pm
Anyone who has golfed at D.C. public courses knows they are not likely to be confused with Pebble Beach.
While the East Potomac, Rock Creek and Langston courses may never host a major, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) is trying to bring them up to par by offering legislation controlling how the National Park Service, which owns the courses, contracts their maintenance.
"Anyone who's gone on a D.C. golf course or ridden past one knows they are distinguishable from most parks," Norton said in an interview last week. "These golf courses are of no relation to what today's courses look like in terms of amenities."
The cause of their poor condition, according to Norton, is that the NPS doles out short-term contracts that stifle investment in the courses.
"We have to give contractors a certain number of years, so they get a return on their investment," Norton said. "If you had a contract for seven years and you're not going to have it after that, you're not going to put in a lot of capital improvement, as in clubhouses and other things that nice golf courses have in this area."
The three public courses are managed under separate contracts by Golf Course Specialists Inc. The company's marketing director, Michael Williams, indicated support for Norton's bill, the Golf Course Preservation and Modernization Act.
"She seems to have a very good understanding of what's going on here," said Williams, who added that it's no coincidence East Potomac, considered the nicest of the three courses, has operated under a lengthy 20-year contract.
Rock Creek, meanwhile, has been on a year-to-year basis since 1995. While Rock Creek doesn't even have a driving range, Williams said the heated range at East Potomac has been rated one of America's best.
"That's very reflective of what you're able to do as a company with a 20-year contract," he said.
Another benefit of Norton's bill, according to Williams, is that it would remove the courses from "concessions law," which restricts the type and amount of marketing and tournament activities courses can engage in.
Because the courses are intended to be available for easy public use, they were completely prohibited from hosting higher-profit tournaments, which temporarily close courses to the public, until three years ago.
Williams said that while Golf Course Specialists is sensitive to public-use and commercialization concerns, the courses need more freedom to operate and generate revenue.
"Nobody wants to come in and see 'This tree sponsored by.' We're not for that," he said. "However, under concessions law we can't work with businesses that would sponsor banners and events. We can't work with the industry, with the [Professional Golfers' Association] and [United States Golf Association], the organizations that really promote and have the same interest as us and the Park Service, which is to promote the game of golf."
He added, "We haven't been able to do the things that every other golf course has done to keep itself operating a viable, quality golf course."
Norton's bill also allows one of the courses — most likely East Potomac — to be renovated and charge higher prices, which would subsidize the other two and allow them to offer cheaper golf. Langston and Rock Creek have "the least appeal to the private market," according to a release from Norton's office, and they "have depended on their informal association with East Potomac, which attracts the largest number of golfers."
But all three courses still would be affordable, Williams and Norton said.
A weekend round of 18 holes currently costs $28 at East Potomac and $27 at Langston and Rock Creek.
Norton said she is interested in the courses' survival because of their rich history, especially Langston's. That course, located at 28th Street and Benning Road Northeast, opened in 1939 only for black people, who were barred from golfing at the city's other clubs.
It is named for John Mercer Langston, who was the first black Virginian elected to Congress (in 1888) and before that organized Howard University's law department.
"These are all three historic places," Norton said. "It's not just some golf course. One of the things we're anxious to do is have the historic qualities maintained."


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In this seaside city north of Boston, housing inspector John Ferrara can no longer afford annuals or mulch for his garden. William Ash, the deputy director of community development, has trouble putting aside money for his teen sons' college educations. Cheryl Leon, a paralegal in the city solicitor's office, has stopped giving her three children allowances.
In a downturn dominated by layoffs, only scant attention has been paid to the lesser victims, the ones who keep their jobs, but with fewer hours and lower pay. They are part of a dramatic spike in the number of Americans involuntarily working part time - a figure that far surpasses the increases in part-time labor noted in previous recessions. For Ferrara, Ash, and Leon, that means a four-hour reduction in their workweek and weekly paychecks that are $100 to $150 thinner.
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Almost 7 million people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports, have seen their hours reduced, up from 3 million in 2007. They're bargain-hunting more and eating out less. They're using the found time to catch up on chores, go to the beach, or moonlight.
For the economy as a whole, the glut of part-time workers could slow any recovery.
"At no time have we ever seen an increase of that magnitude, which is why labor markets are far weaker than the unemployment rate is telling us,'' says Andrew Sum, director of Northeastern University's Center for Labor Market Studies.
The reasons behind the big increase are unclear. Employers may worry about laying off experienced workers. Demographics might also be a factor.
"There's a big bulge of older workers, people with skills that you value, so it would make more sense to try to keep someone like that on staff,'' says Dean Baker, codirector of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, D.C.
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Back in Revere, Mayor Thomas Ambrosino cut the hours of 45 municipal employees in February and last week announced that, at least until Labor Day, City Hall will not open its usual half-day on Fridays.
Board of Health secretary Noreen Cristiano, 60, feels the pinch, too. Yet the extra free time brings a bright side.
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