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When the world turned upside down
Two new books help young readers make sense of chaos and nonsense
One is a quirky collaboration between two poets, and the other is a poignant graphic novel
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Cover image of Nadya-a graphic novel.
A contemporary writer attempting nonsense verse has a formidable legacy to look back to. From Lewis Carroll to Edward Lear to Sukumar Ray, literary geniuses across the centuries have lent this genre a unique flavour and subversive appeal. Only a special affinity with language can inspire nonce words and the gift of teasing meanings out of senseless vocabulary. It's a tough ask, even for the most gifted wielders of words.
In The Bhyabachyaka And Other Wild Poems (Scholastic, ₹295), poets Sampurna Chattarji and Eurig Salisbury set out to write a series of nonsense poems based on real and made-up words. The result is mostly entertaining, forging a delightful bridge between cultures. Divided into four sections, there are poems based on Bangla-Welsh words (bhyabachyaka, gordobh, nyakami, llyamysten, crair, ffwchnedd), poems drawing on gibberish (plbw, ploc, typopotamus, driftoronomy), "culturally meaningful words" (Kathak, cholo, eisteddfod, hiraeth) and, finally, on long and short place names (Sblot, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch).
Salisbury, of Welsh ethnicity, responds to cues from Bengali words without being necessarily aware of their meaning. Chattarji does the same with Welsh. The common ground between the two languages is their potential for onomatopoeia. But because of the disjuncture between the poets' understanding of the words and their implementation, the outcome is funny, though probably more hilarious for those who either know Bengali or Welsh and, in the rare instance, both (It's not a llama from Paloma/ Nor a llano in the pllano). Although not everything rhymes, there is enough going on to get your tongue all twisted up. The illustrations, by Saswata and Susruta Mukherjee, are reminiscent of the pen-and-ink drawings in Ray's Abol Tabol.
Debasmita Dasgupta's graphic novel, Nadya (Scholastic, ₹495), explores topsy-turvy in a different sense. Her subject is graver, and her artwork has the feel of an urban fairy tale. The story centres around Nadya, a young girl whose life is upended one day by her parents' separation.
As her beloved father walks out of what was once a happy family, Nadya's world crumbles. She misses him painfully and feels a stab of resentment towards her mother, holding her responsible for the disintegration of their lives. Heartbroken, Nadya flees home and runs into the woods, where dangers lurk. Dasgupta uses text sparsely, letting her art do most of the talking. Explaining the workings of the adult mind to young readers, especially the more unsavoury aspects of it, is hard, and Nadya rises to the challenge valiantly.


In his latest interview with The National, Elie Khouri continues his message of optimism and points to a series of growth drivers for 2018.
Rising oil prices, a weakening dollar, a resurgent global economy and a buoyant stock markets, as well as reforms in Saudi Arabia, the region's biggest economy. Omnicom Media Group MENA's CEO is positive that all these things will counteract the impact of VAT in the GCC.
He admits the past three years have been challenging, but our holding group still managed to grow both its market share (because the overall market shrank) and its workforce. As the industry buckled under economic pressure, Omnicom Media Group MENA took steps to rationalize costs.
While overall spend on advertising has been shrinking, when broken down by medium, digital is witnessing substantial growth and has now overtaken traditional channels. In response to this, Omnicom Media Group MENA is investing in three main areas: data analytics, content, and programmatic trading.
He also explained how the industry is moving towards a consulting rather than trading model. It's no longer just about buying as cheaply as possible, but about how we reach consumers to convert them into loyal customers.
Clients are much more performance-led now. They want to know what measurable business results media has brought to the table.
He added that about half of the digital investments overseen by the group are made through programmatic trading, and this is expected to rise to 100 percent in future.
Omnicom Media Group MENA is continuously growing the team, bringing in data analysts, data architects, software developers and coders from as far as the US, Canada, Scandinavia and Europe.
"There are lots of skill sets we don't have in this part of the world," the Elie Khouri says.


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module Crunchbase::Model
  RSpec.describe BatchSearch do
    context 'perform invalid batch_search' do
      it 'should raise ConfigurationException for non-array argument' do
        expect { BatchSearch.batch_search({}) }.to raise_error Crunchbase::ConfigurationException
      end

      it 'should raise InvalidRequestException for too many requests' do
        expect { BatchSearch.batch_search(Array.new(11)) }.to raise_error Crunchbase::InvalidRequestException
      end

      it 'should raise MissingParamsException for invalid array item (without type and uuid fields)' do
        invalid_array_arguments = [
          [{}],
          [{ type: 'Organization' }],
          [{ type: 'Organization', uuid: 'unique_id' }, {}],
          [{ type: 'Organization', uuid: 'unique_id' }, { uuid: 'unique_id' }]
        ]

        invalid_array_arguments.each do |invalid_argument|
          expect { BatchSearch.batch_search(invalid_argument) }.to raise_error Crunchbase::MissingParamsException
        end
      end

      it 'should return an empty array for empty array argument' do
        results = BatchSearch.batch_search([])
        expect(results).to be_empty
      end

      it 'should return an instance of Error for invalid uuid' do
        invalid_request = [{ type: 'Organization', uuid: 'invalid_id' }]
        results = BatchSearch.batch_search(invalid_request)

        expect(results.results.first).to be_an_instance_of(Crunchbase::Model::Error)
      end
    end

    context 'perform valid batch_search' do
      let(:requests) do
        [
          { type: 'Organization', uuid: 'df6628127f970b439d3e12f64f504fbb' },
          { type: 'Organization', uuid: '0ea85f0296e15c42feebb786ecab2939' },
          { type: 'Person', uuid: 'a01b8d46d31133337c34aa3ae9c03f22' }
        ]
      end
      let(:batch_search) { BatchSearch.batch_search(requests) }

      it 'should return new instance of BatchSearch' do
        expect(batch_search).to be_an_instance_of(BatchSearch)
      end

      it 'should return an array of results' do
        results = batch_search.results
        expect(results).to be_an_instance_of(Array)
        expect(results).not_to be_empty
      end

      it 'should return an array of valid model objects' do
        results = batch_search.results
        expect(results[0]).to be_a(Crunchbase::Model::Organization)
        expect(results[1]).to be_a(Crunchbase::Model::Organization)
        expect(results[2]).to be_a(Crunchbase::Model::Person)
      end
    end
  end
end

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Above: People by Ablade Glover courtesy of Gallery 1957. At the Gallery 1957 II, paintings made by Ablade Glover hang on the walls of the gallery.
The critically acclaimed exhibition Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor will remain open to the public through Sunday, April 7, 2019, allowing visitors an additional three weeks to experience this major retrospective.
Above: Nina Chanel Abney, Mad 51st, 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 inches, Collection of Jeanne Williams and Jason Greenman, Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, © Nina Chanel Abney Nina Chanel Abney is one of the most important young artists on the rise today.
Kristina Kay Robinson started a writing career over ten years ago. However, in recent years Robinson liberated herself from the written word, particularly the English language, and created a voice within the visual plane that attempts to transcend traditional verbiage.
On Saturday, February 9, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) welcomed nearly 500 guests for the sixth annual Art + Soul Celebration, which supports and celebrates the museum's Fund for African American Art and ensures that PAMM represents the diversity of the community it serves, while elevating the appreciation of African diaspora art and culture. During the celebration, PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans revealed the fund's newest acquisition, a large-scale tapestry by Jamaican visual artist Ebony G.
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) has extended the application deadline for the Meyerhoff-Becker Curatorial Fellowship to February 15, 2019. The selected fellow will receive a full-time residency based in Baltimore, Maryland for one year beginning May 2019, along with round-trip travel expenses and a 40,000 USD salary with benefits.


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Tom (pictured) is 90 years old and started one of the first full service photography shops in Newcastle, Northern Ireland. He is my first cousin once removed, I'm pretty sure. Whenever you think you have made it in photography, or life in general, just look around Instagram for a while and you will soon find someone that can show you a thing or two. If you still think you're ahead of the game, find someone like Tom. No cell phone, no Instagram account, no digital camera, but just a cup of tea and incredible stories. He taught me something very valuable, that is often unlearned in our generation. It's called slowing down. We tend to sprint from event to project and never sit down and reflect on incredibly valuable experiences. Stop doing, and spend time learning. Spend time thinking. Spend time learning.
I've gotten lots of great photo questions from you fellow photographers out there over the last few months. So, I've decided to use my infinite well of knowledge to start #SuperDuperTipTuesday.
Billy Collins — former U.S. poet laureate said on NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell me, (my weekly listening ritual) "....we're all born with 200 bad poems in us." If that's true for poems, then it means we're all born with at least 200,000 bad photos.
So, my tip this week is to just keep snapping.
It's okay if some are a bit rough. You're going to take some real bad photos. I'm talking real bad. But use those images as learning experiences instead of moments of defeat. Ask yourself, what could I do to improve this? Experiment, review then repeat.
Some of the best photos I've ever taken are trial number 10.
So take heart, the good ones are coming.


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"Art in Formula 1 and motorsport"
Leigh O'Gorman	F1 Opinion and News	 April 23, 2012 April 23, 2012 1 Minute
© Ferrari Store, Regent Street
Installation art and Formula 1 are not the most common of bedfellows, but for the next two weeks, the Ferrari Store on Regent Street, London are challenging that notion.
Coinciding with the London Festival of Architecture, an innovative and unique design adorns the front of the shop, thanks to a display created by Feix and Merlin architects.
Drawing upon the idea of a racing machine inside a windtunnel, the piece re-imagines ripped patterns of air, as depicted with entwined ribbons and shadowy neon lights, creating the outlines of a Formula 1 car in one window and a GT machine in another.
The project theme – entitled "Play" – was commissioned in support of the Royal Institute of British Architect's Regent Street Window Project. It will remain on display until the close of business on Sunday May 6th.
© Paul Chenard
Other fantastic artists exist in the wide world of motorsport – one of the most prolific being Paul Chenard of the website Automobiliart.
The Canadian artist has spent several years completing numerous pencil drawings of historic motorsport events, machinery and the pilots who drove them.
In 2011, Chenard released his first publication, "Silver Clouds: The 1934 Grand Prix Season" – a series of artworks detailing a frantic year of change in motorsport.In an e-mail, Chenard told me that this was his first book, but this was more a work of art than a mere book.
Everything about the quality of the work told of a deep love for the subject; whether it be the thorough research, the exquisite detail or the sumptuous drawings inside – "Silver Clouds" was a simply stunning achievement.
I am led to believe that Chenard is currently working on a similar project detailing the 1986 Grand Prix season – frankly, I cannot wait to see the results.
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One thought on ""Art in Formula 1 and motorsport""
Paul Chenard says:
Thanks Leigh, I'm flattered!
I've changed the subject of my next book, which is now covering the traumatic 1982 season.
I'm almost finished my research, and will soon start putting words down.

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Middle school students complete art project
New signs promoting Cardinal Spirit will greet travelers entering the cities of Motley and Staples, thanks to the efforts of some art students at Motley-Staples Middle School. The project was spearheaded in late 2018, by sixth and seventh graders in Amanda Toft's Community Art class. When they came...
Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station in Motley
The City of Motley will soon be home to a solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging station, one of just a handful throughout the state. Construction began May 7, with completion estimated to take place within a few weeks. Hunt Electric out of Duluth is the general contractor for the project. ...
As part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) efforts to help transitioning service members navigate and understand VA's various benefits, the agency updated the briefing portion of the Transition Assistance Program (TAP), an interagency initiative authorized as a voluntary program to...
Recent reports from the Motley Police Department (MPD) and Morrison County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) included the following: May 7 - The MPD received a complaint of two black/brown hound dogs barking outside of a house on Postel Dr., Motley. The owners of the dogs were issued a citation for animals...
Recent reports from the Motley Police Department (MPD) and Morrison County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) included the following: April 30 - The MPD received a complaint of a check forgery at the Ten-Hi Bar in Motley. April 26 - The MPD issued a citation to Michael Chapman, 44, for failure to move over...
Term 3 A Honor Roll Grade 7 Camden Anderson, Keller Anderson, Shantell Bennett, Isabel Birkholtz, Alex Black, Anna Brown, Kyanna Burton, Eli Carlson, Gabrielle Case, Addison Cichos, Hunter Duevel, Destiny Dukowitz, Tucker Fitzgerald, Tiana Gonzalez, Genevieve Groetsch, Emali Jimenez-Kloeckl, Macy...
Motley youth raise money for Ernie Converse Park project
e Motley Free Methodist Church youth group have earned money during their annual garage and bake sale, with the goal of using this money towards a project they call 'Mission Motley.' To date, they have earned over $9,000. They plan to work along with the city on a project for Ernie Converse Park...
Pillager Lions donate to trap shooters
The Pillager Lions recently donated $750 to the Pillager High School Trap Shoot Team at one of their recent events held at Lakeshore Conservation Club. Pictured, head coach Chris Nagel (center) is presented the check by Pillager Lions Club President Ryan Veith, along with fellow Lions Nancy Hanssen...
Recent reports from the Motley Police Department (MPD) and Morrison County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) included the following: April 23 - The MPD issued a citation to Jonathan Schwegel, 35, for driving with a revoked license and having an unregistered vehicle. April 19 - 23 - The MPD issued speeding...
Kim Gibbs is Pillager's 2019 Citizen of the Year
Kim Gibbs was shocked when she heard her name announced as the 2019 Pillager Citizen of the year. "I had no clue," she said recently, holding on to the trophy that bears her name and the title she will hold for a year. "I really appreciate this." The announcement was made at the Fiddler's Contest...


Dear Michaela: Weddings and Babies, oh my!
Weddings and Babies, oh my!
Well, I guess I can now talk about some of what has been going on lately that has kept me so busy. This past week, my youngest daughter was married in Ashland, Oregon. It was a very small wedding, only the closest of family (and not all of those were able to make it to another state for the occasion), and each of their best friends, but it was really beautiful. I enjoyed it immensely, just as I enjoy my daughter and her husband. I think they have a ridiculously romantic relationship. They had actually met before, the two ships who kept passing in the night, brushing against each other occasionally. But it was in Ashland, at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, that they started the fall into love a little over three years ago. So it was to Ashland that they returned for their wedding, on their third anniversary.
A couple of months ago, they found out that they were going to have a baby. This was quite the surprise. They were very responsible, so much so that it just makes me feel that this baby was meant to be, since it took such a confluence of events and failures for it to happen ... and being the believer in fate and divine guidance that I am. They had been talking about marriage for awhile. In fact, Kane was planning to propose to Johnna this year, on their three-year anniversary. But things got moved up a little because they wanted to be married before the baby comes, so instead they got married that day.
Being young, married, and soon to be parents, the course of their lives is changed, but I believe that will be for the better. I think these two have something to accomplish together in this world, and already things are flowing together to support that.
And, well, I just love them. Of course I love my daughter, but I also really love her husband, Kane, and I am so happy to have him as my son-in-law. He is an exceptional young man, and honestly I have no doubt that they will make it for the long haul, because they just have what it takes to do that. Honest to God, forever after love, no matter what.
And that's all I have to say on this. More next week, on Michaela.
Thank you to all those who have hung in there with me for your love and support.
And to Michaela, I love you forever.
They are such a beautiful couple and I'm so happy for them. I love your Daughter's dress. I bet they will be great parents.
Congratulations on the new grandbaby coming!
Mazel Tov on the new additions to your beautiful family!


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Weekly Bankroll Builder: Attacking Friday's Inaugural Stronach 5
by Brian Nadeau
Friday marks the first of several consecutive "Stronach 5's," (the bet is scheduled to run through November 2) a Pk5 wager spread across four tracks and three surfaces (dirt, Tapeta and turf), inside of 45 minutes, with a $1 minimum and ridiculously low 12% takeout. I'll be putting together some prospective tickets in this space each week for a wager that is undoubtedly as good as it gets for the bettors.
*** Please take note that this analysis is done upwards of 48 hours in advance, so obviously weather, track conditions and especially late scratches can and will have an effect. Please check back around 12pm Friday for an update. ***
To Learn More about the Stronach 5 and for FREE Stronach 5 Past Performances, please visit https://www.xpressbet.com/bet-the-stronach-5.
Leg 1: Laurel Park R9 (5:10 ET) – 2yo 16k MCL at 5 furlongs
Nothing's easy in the opening leg, as most of these have proven to be slow on paper and untrustworthy too, though first-time Lasix and an outside attack post could work for #7 BAY OF ROCKS (6-1), who has run decent enough in both Maryland starts and could be poised for a breakthrough with the big equipment change. The rail is a worry for #1 TOP HAT TUNE (4-1), but if nothing else, he got accustomed to it in a useful debut and if he improves just an inch or two, he's probably winning this. The drop in class (again) could finally wake up #4 UNEQUIVOCAL (3-1), and running with blinkers for the second time can sometimes signal a big move forward, but yikes, he's been nowhere close and you'll have to taken an underlaid price.
Pk5 A horses (listed in order of preference): 7,1,4
A troubled start didn't help #5 SHELBY ISLAND (9-2) last time, and that 3rd two-back makes her a player here, but at 0-for-5 it's tough to think there's a big breakthrough coming, so he's a B, at best. Getting back to a solid debut two-back would put #6 RAPIDASHCAT (8-1) in the mix as well, and you can surmise he didn't like the slop and maybe even the ship to Delaware Park last time, so he's worth inclusion too. Tab the tote on firsters #3 Aces and Faces (6-1) and #8 Spanish Skies (10-1), as any action would be noteworthy, but while they won't have to be monsters to play with these, I'll make them prove it before backing, as both Smith and Keefe are 7% debut barns.
Pk5 B horses: 5,6
Leg 2: Santa Anita R4 (5:30 ET) – 3upfm AOC at 1-mile on the turf
Clearly the toughest race of the sequence has a group of 11 that predominantly look the same on paper, so finding the winner won't be easy. The interesting thing is that there is no speed at all, aside from dirt sprinter #10 HOT AUTUMN (5-1), who makes her turf debut with a solid Tomlinson (3-5), so here's hoping she opens up and forgets to stop. A lack of speed should also help #4 DON'T BLAME JUDY 10-1), who looked good breaking her maiden last time, and has plenty of upside after just three lifetime starts. Her lack of speed aside, #1 MOVIE MOMENT (6-1) has been facing eons better in three of her last four and she will save all the ground, so she's got to be used off the drop from the GI Del Mar Oaks. It looks like #11 MIRACULOUSLY (7-2) is going in the right direction, though I will caution this wide draw and underlaid price don't make her appealing if you're playing her in the win pool. Smith got on #3 STREAK OF LUCK (8-1) last time and won, and she drew well here and has some tactical speed, so that's definitely worth inclusion in a field like this, especially since she'll offer some value too.
Pk5 A horses: 10,4,1,11,3
Sometimes you just have to be OK with who you're using and be willing to call it a day if you can't get through, and that's why I don't have any B-level horses. And frankly, I could literally use the other six gals here, and that's just not happening with the budget I'm using, so here's hoping my top-5 above get me through.
Pk5 B horses: NONE
Leg 3: Gulfstream Park R8 (5:32 ET) – 3up AOC at 6 furlongs
A positive race flow that figures to see his two main rivals dueling early and often makes #5 SCAM (3-1) a much needed single, and his stalking gear, consistent form, and big speed figures in three starts since the Walder claim mean he's going to be a handful.
Pk5 A horses: 5
The aforementioned two mains rivals are #3 Take Notice (9-2) and #9 Field Trip (7-2), who both can win, but look destined to ruin each other's chances because they want to hear their feet rattle early. The former steps up and goes off the Vitali claim (10%) off a N2L win at Saratoga, while the latter won his second straight with a huge figure in the slop last time, but with a negative pace scenario staring at them, I'm siding with Scam and Scam alone, unless one of the two speeds scratches out.
Leg 4: Golden Gate Fields R4 (5:45 ET) – 3upfm 40k claimer at 6 furlongs
It certainly looks like #10 SNOW CLOUD (5-2) is going to be tough to beat off the Wong claim (28%), especially since she goes from 8% trainer Cassidy to a potent local barn, but a wide draw, short price, and 0-for-3 local mark give at least a little cause for pause. My other horse is an admitted stab, but it does look like #8 IMPECUNIOUS (12-1) in a Lone F and won't have to work as hard on the lead as she did last time, when she lost to a few of these, and the drop in class will help too.
Pk5 A horses: 10,8
That same drop in class and a better start will be a big boost for #3 TOOMUCHISNOTENOUGH (5-1), who was 2nd and ahead of the 8 last time, has some tactical speed and will be in the right spot off the far turn, and take note she's been in the exacta in 17 of 25 local starts. Obviously you can use #6 Deb's Wildcard (6-1) too, since she was 3rd and just a half-length behind the 3 last time, but all things being equal, I think the gap will be a bit bigger this time.
Pk5 B horses: 3
Leg 5: Gulfstream Park R9 (6:02 ET) – 3upfm 10k N2L at 1-mile on the turf
If she drew better I'd advocate singling #10 SOLDIERS PRIDE (2-1), since she's simply better than a really average bunch, but you can't make up how bad this post position is, so with a ridiculously short run to the first turn, I'll play against her on top, though she's a must-use A. My top pick should be no surprise off the introduction to this race, as #1 S S ILLUMINATI (9-2) drew best of all, can save all the ground, and has two solid runs since returning to the local turf course.
Pk5 A horses: 1,10
Aside from the top pair, anyone else would seem like a real reach, especially when I prefaced my comments above and talked about 'Pride being a potential single, so there will be no backups in the final leg. If you are on a bigger budget, then #3 Glamorous Thunder (15-1) and #6 Stormy Arabella (6-1) aren't impossible if they can get back to their runs two-back and put the no-shows of last time behind them.
The tickets:
Main Ticket: 7,1,4 with 10,4,1,11,3 with 5 with 10,8 with 1,10 = $60
R1 B Backup: 5,6 with 10,4,1,11,3 with 5 with 10,8 with 1,10 = $40
R4 B Backup: 7,1,4 with 10,4,1,11,3 with 5 with 3 with 1,10 = $30


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Integral development for all is a moral duty, pope tells leaders at Davos
Humble companions: Catholic-Anglican document sees healing in difference
Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, England, head of the Church of England, and Pope Francis deliver a blessing as they conclude a vespers service at the Church of St. Gregory in Rome Oct. 5, 2016. The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission July 2 published its first document in 13 years on how both institutions can learn from each other in the exercise of ecclesial authority locally, regionally and globally. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
By Carol Glatz • Catholic News Service • Posted July 2, 2018
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A new document driven by a fresh approach taken by the official Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue commission reflects a major development in ecumenism where difference is not cause for suspicion or reproach, but is used as an enriching opportunity for mutual listening, learning and conversion.
This notable change is seen in the first agreed statement from the newest and third phase of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, known as ARCIC III. The statement, "Walking Together on the Way: Learning to Be the Church — Local, Regional, Universal," was released to the public July 2 after seven years of joint meetings and consultations.
In their introduction, the Catholic co-chairman, Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham, England, and the Anglican co-chairman, Anglican Archbishop David Moxon, the archbishop of Canterbury's representative in Rome, wrote that the document sought to develop the issues of authority and ecclesial communion "in a new way."
Understanding how the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion structure authority and exercise authority in communion on the local, regional and global levels are key for understanding how each body discerns its teaching and practices on critical issues in ethics and moral theology.
It is also key for understanding and addressing questions, debates or divisions experienced internally within the churches. Which means the document also seeks to inform, enrich and help not just the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion on an ecumenical level, but also in dealing with their own internal debates and tensions.
This first agreed statement from ARCIC III "represents a significant methodological and substantive step-forward for Anglican–Roman Catholic formal ecumenism," and it is also "in service of ecclesial reform within both Anglican tradition and Catholic tradition," Paul Murray, professor of theology at Durham University in the United Kingdom and Catholic member of ARCIC, told Catholic News Service.
The commission members representing the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion focus on their "respective felt difficulties within their own ecclesial cultures, processes, structures and associated ecclesiologies, and ask how these difficulties might be helped by a process of receptive learning from relative strengths in the theology and practice of the other communion," he said July 2.
This "receptive learning" lies at the heart of what has been called "receptive ecumenism," that is, a method in which the churches stop asking what the other needs to learn from them and begin asking what they need to learn from the other. It is more about self-examination, inner conversion and discerning what the Lord is calling for rather than convincing or judging one's partner in dialogue.
This method has its roots in how St. John Paul II saw dialogue as not simply an exchange of ideas or a removal of obstacles, but an "exchange of gifts."
"This implies more than ceasing to judge the other tradition as mistaken or problematic but discerning what is graced" and can be "gratefully received," the document said in its introduction.
The document marks the start of a new phase that emerged after the official Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue experienced a six-year hiatus.
Since ARCIC II finished its work in 2005, the Anglican Communion began experiencing strong internal tensions over the ordination of women as priests and bishops, the blessing of gay unions and the ordination of openly gay clergy. Differing positions on those moral issues also created a sense that Anglicans and Roman Catholics were growing farther apart rather than approaching unity.
As such, now-retired Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop Rowan Williams, the now-former archbishop of Canterbury, England, and head of the Church of England, had identified two critical areas for ecumenical exploration in their 2006 common declaration: "the emerging ecclesiological and ethical factors making that journey more difficult and arduous."
The two leaders authorized the new phase of the dialogue at their meeting at the Vatican in November 2009, just one month after Pope Benedict announced his decision to erect personal ordinariates for allowing former Anglicans to enter full communion with the Catholic Church while preserving elements of their distinctive Anglican heritage, including a certain amount of governing by consensus.
Rather than put the brakes on dialogue, it gave both sides a chance to get a different look at the heart of lingering questions about authority and how decisions on moral issues are made. The two leaders asked ARCIC, which held the first of the new round of meetings in 2011, to focus on the church as communion, local, regional and universal, and how, in communion, the local, regional and universal church come to discern "right ethical teaching."
At 34,000 words, the resulting document represents a detailed exploration of what structures, channels or practices exist that seek to give all the baptized — lay, religious, clergy, bishops — a voice or a role in how decisions are made.
While the commission has left the question of "the discernment of right ethical teaching" for its next document, "this exploration of the nature of communion has become vital in the light of current debates within the churches," the document said.
Communion is essentially about having the right balance among the different members of the body of Christ. That would mean no excessive demand for autonomy by the local members — such as parishes and dioceses — and no excessive demand for centralization by the "trans-local" — such as national bishops' conferences, regional federations, the Roman Curia or the papacy.
In his five years as pope, Pope Francis has already shown several major ways he is seeking to eradicate "clericalism" and expand ways the voice of "the people of God" gets heard at the top, for example, with presynod questionnaires and encounters; he is also shifting more weight from the Roman Curia to episcopal conferences by returning oversight of liturgical translations to them and citing their documents in his teachings.
Current issues — not detailed in the document but in the forefront of debate in the Catholic Church — that depend on the right use of authority and legitimate diversity include policies on Communion for Protestant spouses of Catholics and guidelines for the interpretation of "Amoris Laetitia," Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on the family.
In a Catholic commentary published on the website of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity along with the document, Father Ormond Rush, an Australian theologian, highlighted a number of ways the document could contribute to "Catholic self-understanding and practice."
"There are many parallels between the receptive learning possibilities for the Roman Catholic Church proposed by" the latest ARCIC document "and Pope Francis's vision for renewal and reform according to the Second Vatican Council. In other words, the Anglican tradition has much to offer in making the Council a reality."
A number of elements in the Anglican tradition — with its added emphasis on the mission of the laity, the power of the regional and the benefits of debate as something to be welcomed, not feared — "can assist the Roman Catholic Church to be more faithful to the vision of the Second Vatican Council," he wrote.
Murray told CNS, "In the longer term this is the way that will take us to full communion because what will happen is that the differences between Anglicans and Catholics will ultimately cease to be communion-dividing differences but will be an ecumenically-enriching differences and communion-building differences. It is a growth to full communion by living in and through diversity."
Contributing to this story was Simon Caldwell in Manchester, England.
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Most night-time businesses won't use vaccine passports, snap poll finds
By Nikkie Thatcher contact
15-Jul-2021 - Last updated on 16-Jul-2021 at 09:15 GMT
Survey says: most operators in the night-time industry won't be using Covid-status certification for entry into venues (image: Getty/mediaphotos)
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Eight in 10 (82.7%) late-night operators won't ask guests to prove their vaccination status for entry into their venues, a survey has found.
More than 250 firms took part in the flash poll from the Night-Time Industries Association (NTIA) with the trade body stating certification would not be viable for many operators.
Nightclubs are permitted to trade for the first time since last March from next week (Monday 19 July), as part of the Government's delayed step four of its roadmap.
This followed health secretary Sajid Javid announcing earlier this week (Monday 12 July) that nightclubs and other businesses were being advised to ask for proof customers have had a double dose of the Covid vaccine or a negative lateral flow test.
In the Government's guidance, which was released yesterday – less than a week before restrictions are lifted – it asks operators to consider using the NHS Covid Pass and says "if sufficient measures are not taken to limit infection, the state would consider mandating the Covid Pass in certain venues at a later date".
Respondents to the NTIA's survey gave a variety of reasons as to why they would not ask customers for their vaccination status.
This included the unreliability or lateral flow testing, the short notice given by the Government, the fact a large part of the sector's demographic is 18 to 30 year olds, who haven't had the chance to be double vaccinated yet alongside the cost of implementing the system without active Government support.
Further reasons also featured were other hospitality venues such as pubs or bars of similar size were not being encouraged to ask for certification, the fact the night-time sector relies on spontaneity, being at a disadvantage to other businesses who don't have to ask for proof of vaccination and the potential for confrontation between customers and staff, heightened by there not being a uniform standard across the board.
NTIA boss Michael Kill the trade association was concerned the Government had caused more confusion by suggesting Covid passports are not mandatory while at the same time, details reveal clearly this could well be the case in the future.
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He added: "Government guidance released this week has given businesses less than a week to make what would be a major change to their operating model.
"This type of ambiguous communication is creating hesitation among customers and operators. At this rate, 'freedom day' will be a false dawn for a nightlife sector characterised by chaos.
"The Government should recognise explicitly Covid passports are just not viable for large swathes of the night-time economy, as their own internal report into the matter concluded.
"My worry here is they intend to hide behind this 'guidance' when cases rise and they are forced to change tack and blame it all on individual businesses and consumers for not taking the steps to stay safe.
"In fact, this sector takes the safety of all its staff and customers very seriously and wants to be able to reopen safely but is once again at sea because of a lack of leadership from the Government."
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If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power. Harriet Martineau 1837.
In 1918 Parliament passed an act granting the vote to 8.4 million women over the age of 30 in Britain. This was the culmination of a struggle with roots extending far back into the 19th century. To celebrate this most significant centenary museums across Cumbria are mounting exhibitions under the banner of 'Women of Cumbria'. Ambleside has a particular claim in this respect as the home of a number of internationally influential women. With this in mind we have mounted our own exhibition under the heading of 'A Women's Place: Ambleside's Feminist Legacy'.
The campaign for women's rights in the 19th century is a complex story. Largely the territory of the middle-class, campaigns advanced on several fronts, and not all active women supported all causes. There were three main thrusts; the fight for married women's property rights; higher education for women, and the suffrage.
Whilst unmarried women and widows could own property, a married woman's assets became the property of her husband. Reflected in the literature of the day, a common theme was that of the wastrel husband squandering his wife's fortunes. This parlous situation led to the formation in London of a group of women, led by Barbara Bodichon, to campaign against the law. Known as 'The Langham Place Group', this group became the nucleus of the fight for women's rights and included Ambleside residents Harriet Martineau and Anne Jemima Clough. The campaign resulted in the Married Women's Property Acts of 1870 and 1882, which gave a married woman rights as a separate legal entity to her husband enabling her to keep control of her own assets.
At the same time women were also demanding the right to enter into the professions, particularly medicine, which required a higher level of education than was available to them. Harriet Martineau was a firm proponent of women's education. She argued that since many Victorian women remained unmarried, they should have the right to an education that enabled them to support themselves. Anne Jemima
Clough became closely involved in the progressive development of higher education leading to the foundation of women's university colleges. Separately, Charlotte Mason was promoting her theories on education and particularly the education of women for a career. This led to her founding her college in Ambleside in 1894.
Ambleside and its surrounding district developed a remarkable intellectual culture in which women played an important role. The Armitt Sisters, Sophia, Annie and Mary Lousia arrived in the 1880's and became a focus for the intellectual life of the town. Mary was a historian and musicologist, Sophia an artist and naturalist, and Annie a novelist, short story writer and poet. One must also mention Beatrix Potter who, although having little interest in the suffrage issue, was a supporter of higher education for women. She is most notable as an example of a Victorian woman who resolved to live her life on her own terms as a scientist, writer, farmer, business woman and conservationist, and as such continues to be an inspiration to many women.
Ambleside had an educated population with a particularly high percentage of independent women, and as the suffrage campaign accelerated in the years up to World War l, Helen Cunliffe and Amy Sharp led a large branch of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) which by 1913 had 182 members. Meanwhile, Hawkshead had a flourishing branch of the Women's Social and Political Union whose suffragettes took a more direct line of action. The campaign was put into abeyance on the declaration of war, but by its end the contribution of women, particularly on the home front, meant that women's suffrage was undeniable.
By today's norms these women would be considered relatively conservative, and most would not have recognised the modern concept of feminism. But in their words and actions they demonstrated what women were capable of, and in so doing laid the foundations for a more equitable society.


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The Vatican Spring?
by Michele Dillon, John L. Esposito, Jeffrey Guhin, Cecelia Lynch, James Martin, SJ, J. Michelle Molina and Sarah Shortall May 10, 2013
The retirement of Pope Benedict XVI and the subsequent elevation of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio to the throne of St. Peter involves a number of "firsts" for the Catholic Church: the first papal retirement in 600 years, the first election of a non-European pope in the modern era, and the first Jesuit pope ever. Even the papal name chosen by Bergoglio—Francis I, in honor of St. Francis of Assisi—is a first. Many observers both within and outside the Church have interpreted these "firsts" as a sign that the papacy of Francis I will mark a departure from his most recent predecessors and will bring much-needed reform to a Church hamstrung by the sex abuse scandal, a rigid and opaque bureaucratic structure, concerns about the role of women in the Church, and the ever-dwindling ranks of the faithful.
Early actions and statements suggest that, in keeping with his namesake, the new pope will adopt a more humble, ascetic style, and work to reorient the church toward a fuller embrace of its mission to serve the poor. But critics have also pointed out that Francis remains bound to the same conservative positions on questions of sexuality, gender, and reproduction upheld by his predecessors. Moreover, questions have been raised about the new pope's relationship to the military junta responsible for Argentina's "dirty war" in the 1970s and 80s, when Bergoglio served as provincial for the Jesuit order in Argentina.
Does the election of Francis I signal a major shift in Vatican policy, structure, or doctrine? How significant is Francis' status as an "outsider" to the Roman Curia, especially his background as a Latin American and a Jesuit? Is this status likely to position him as an agent of change within the Church, or do his theological continuities with his predecessors and the entrenched Vatican bureaucracy guarantee that any reform he initiates will be largely cosmetic?
Our respondents are:
Michele Dillon, Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology, University of New Hampshire
John L. Esposito, Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies, Georgetown University
Jeffrey Guhin, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology, Yale University
Cecelia Lynch, Professor of Political Science and Director of International Studies, University of California, Irvine
James Martin, S.J., Author and Editor at Large at America
J. Michelle Molina, John W. Croghan Assistant Professor in Catholic Studies, Northwestern University
Sarah Shortall, Ph.D. candidate in History, Harvard University
The election of Pope Francis, an Argentinian Jesuit who has many years of experience ministering to and living amidst the poor is refreshing. It sends a symbolic reminder to the world that the Catholic Church is geographically universal and that its ethnically, culturally and economically diverse members enact an on-the-ground catholicity that continues the living tradition of Catholicism. Closer to home, it is also particularly significant to the growing number of Hispanic Catholics who are putting their imprint on American Catholicism that the new pope is from their home region and speaks their language. Symbolism alone, of course, does not produce institutional change. But change, I would argue, is an ever-present fermenting possibility in the Church. I know it is easy to point to the encrusted ways in which the church operates and to the many well-established doctrinal and institutional mechanisms it uses to resist the tides of social and cultural change in the name of Tradition. Yet, as Benedict's resignation itself underscores, where there is a will to do things differently, it can be legitimated within the confines and with the imprimatur of the Church. The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) is the most obvious and the most transformative case in point; and yet it, too, was fully in continuity with already existing doctrinal strands in Catholic thought (a point recently reaffirmed by Benedict).
The many legitimation problems confronting the Church today call out for a willfully bold response from Francis. For example, the acute shortage of priests in the U.S. and its implications for the celebration of the Eucharist strike at the theological and the communal core of what it means to be Catholic. While some will resolutely resist change in the Church's understanding of ordination for political and doctrinal reasons, the larger question demanding Francis's leadership is whether the Catholic tradition can continue as a living tradition if its members cannot participate in its core ritual. Sometimes, particularly over the course of a long and pluralistic tradition like Catholicism, a discontinuity with settled practices (e.g., changes with respect to who may be ordained) may be necessary in order to sustain more important continuities (e.g., the Eucharist, which according to the Catholic Catechism is the vital source and summit of Catholic life).
John L. Esposito, University Professor and Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies, Georgetown University
The election of Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a relative unknown and conservative initially seemed par the course, given all the conservative cardinal candidates appointed by John II and Benedict XVI. However, statements he made as a cardinal indicated a potential openness to change regarding issues like celibacy and gay marriage: "For the moment I'm in favor of maintaining celibacy, with its pros and cons, because there have been 10 centuries of good experiences rather than failures. It's a question of discipline, not of faith. It could change." And while he did publicly opposed the Argentinian government's move to legalize gay marriages, he did eventually indicate support the Church's recognition of civil unions for gay couples.
While Liberals or Progressives welcome a move away from Benedict XVI's retrenchment and retreat from the spirit of Vatican II, Francis' conservative theological opposition to married clergy, women's ordination, and abortion/birth control are all significant hurdles. However, Pope Francis could lay the groundwork for future change. With regard to women in the Church, while he may not alter his opposition to women priests, a first step, based on recent scholarship that demonstrates women had prominent leadership roles in the early Church, would be to support their ordination as deacons. Given recent Vatican appointments, the Vatican decision last year to place Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), the main representative group of U.S. Catholic sisters, under the control of bishops, which was made without consultation or knowledge of Congregation for Religious, the Vatican office that normally deals with matters of religious life, may well be reversed.
If you want a pope who's going to support abortion, women's ordination, and gay marriage, Pope Francis is going to disappoint you. (If you want him to spend a lot of time opposing them, you'll be disappointed too.) I don't think those issues bother him, which, well, bothers those folks—liberal and conservative, Catholic and non-Catholics—whose first priorities are pelvic. While these are not "first world" problems (gay rights, women's rights, and sexual health matter everywhere), glance at the global church and you'll find they can sometimes obscure others: war, environment, poverty, and corruption, to name a few. Through its tradition of Catholic Social Teaching, the Church has maintained its Gospel commitments to peace and the poor, even if these teachings' sometimes low priority make them the Church's "best kept secret." Because of his experience in the Global South and because his order vows to be loyal to the Vatican's teachings but not tempted by its trappings (their founder Ignatius was sometimes misrecognized in Rome because of his filthy robe), Pope Francis will change things. Like that earlier Francis, he will lead by example, cleaning up Vatican careerism, striving to make our world cleaner and safer for this and future generations, and modeling a concern for the poor, whether blocks away or around the world. He will make a difference on gender as well: he's appointing women to key Vatican positions, washing women's feet, and attempting unprecedented though not uncanonical innovations. Pope Francis's radical commitment to Gospel values might not be the precise political goals of estadounidense liberals and conservatives, but I hope I can be forgiven for believing, with that first Francis and this one, that a recommitment to Christ's values of poverty, peace, and compassion might be enough.
As a non-Vatican insider (thank heaven!), all speculation about the degree of Pope Francis I's departure from the conservatism of his two immediate predecessors seems to be just that. However, an analogy with not-too-distant history of a different kind may be apt. I'm thinking of the Mikhail Gorbachev analogy—someone who was supposed to shake things up just enough, provide some new thinking, but not change the order of things. And of course Gorbachev himself intended to rejuvenate an ossified governing structure and alliance without bringing the whole edifice down. Yet Gorbachev helped set in motion a series of events that in the end went far beyond his vision or his control, opening spaces for restive social movements to grow, innovate, and initiate the end of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European alliance.
We can only hope that this Pope's current initiatives, however modest at the moment, might open just enough space to engender a similar and perhaps even more revolutionary awakening of restive Catholics and Catholic theology in the world. It is unlikely that Francis will initiate a revolution in Catholic social teaching himself. Nevertheless, the theological and social resources are present for such a revolution, but each and every opening needs to be better articulated, acted upon, and expanded by Catholics across the globe. Such activism should not remain warehoused in either social or economic agendas, but should combine both in an across-the-board insistence on the transformational potential of Catholic teachings on "catholic" love and human dignity, if only they can genuinely include the poor and people of all genders and sexuality as equals.
Pope Francis has already initiated change in the Vatican. But when looking for "change" we should be careful to consider not only words, but also symbolic actions, which carry enormous weight in Christian and especially Catholic circles. Remember that Jesus did not only teach with words, but with his actions as well. The first Jesuit pope ever elected (itself a sign of change within the College of Cardinals) chose the name Francis, as a sign of his commitment to the poor and to what he would later call "a church that is poor." So far he has eschewed many of the trappings of his papal office—setting aside some of the more elaborate vestments that popes have worn, choosing to move out of the grand Apostolic Palace (aptly named) into a small two-room suite, and also referring to himself not as "pope" but as the "Bishop of Rome." On Holy Thursday, when priests traditionally wash the feet of parishioners to emulate Jesus's washing the feet of the disciples at the Last Supper, and as a reminder that the true leader is the one who serves, Francis broke with tradition. Instead of celebrating this Mass at a grand church in Rome and washing the feet of priests, he went to a youth detention center and washed (and kissed) the feet of young inmates, including two women and a number of Muslims. Pope Francis's unexpected liturgical action was a vivid symbol of his desire to do whatever is needed to spread the Gospel in new ways to a world hungry for authenticity. Will changes come to the Vatican? They already have.
J. Michelle Molina, The John W. Croghan Assistant Professor in Catholic Studies, Northwestern University
In these early days of Francis's papacy, change seems to be in the air. Yet the ethereal currents are impossible to chart, in part given the flimsiness of available categories. "Liberal," "conservative," "radical," "outsider," "entrenched," are tin sign-posts that, in often too breezy assessment, rattle rather uselessly.
What is possible with a Jesuit as pope? We can best grasp the inability to easily capture this man and this moment if we approach "possibility" as framed by the philosophical practice that is the Spiritual Exercises. This program of spiritual renewal offers the means through which every Jesuit finds his vocation; he also takes up these meditative practices to shape his attitudes and actions in everyday life.
The purpose of undertaking the Spiritual Exercises is to know and overcome oneself in an effort to find God—in particular, the Jesuit seeks to discern God's will as he evaluates his life in terms of the past, present and future. The question "what ought I do for Christ now?" is how every Jesuit—Pope Francis included—tests himself.
In other words, we would be wise to be attuned to how Francis prays. For Jesuits, prayer and meditation signal that life is full of possibility. As Bergoglio wrote in a recent publication: "To pray is an act of freedom." To pray, he continues, is to take leave of self, of the desire for control, or any effort to gain the upper hand with God. And this meditative experience must find its full expression in the world as the Jesuit looks for God in all things. Or as Bergoglio says in the same publication, "My experiences with God are found on the road, located in the search itself, in the act of giving myself over to the search."
If we inhabit a moment of suspense in these early moments of his papacy, so does Francis. Yet he has been trained to live in that tension, to avoid easy categorization, to discern signs, to listen, to test. Francis, as a Jesuit, is necessarily experimental, paying attention to the ordinary as he discerns what might be possible within the Church he now leads.
Like many people, my first reaction to the news of Cardinal Bergoglio's accession to the papacy was "Who is that?" By no means one of the much-discussed frontrunners singled out in the lead up to the conclave, Pope Francis is something of an unknown quantity. This has in many ways inflated the expectations of Catholics across the ideological spectrum, who see in Francis an answer to the grave challenges currently confronting the Church.
A new translation of the dialogue between then-Cardinal Bergoglio and Rabbi Abraham Skorka provides some indication of the direction the new pope may take. These pages reveal to us, as John Allen puts it, a "moderate realist" whose unimpeachable orthodoxy on the major doctrinal questions is tempered by a characteristically Jesuit sense of flexibility and practicality. Citing the late Cardinal (and fellow Jesuit) Henri de Lubac, Pope Francis calls upon the clergy to avoid the temptations of both politicization and quietist retreat into a private faith that ignores the central religious significance of social engagement.
It will be interesting to observe how Francis squares these commitments with his new role as both a temporal and spiritual sovereign. I suspect that the main features distinguishing his papacy from that of his predecessor will remain at the level of personal style and symbolics. While Francis' impressive humility and personal piety may help to rebuild the spiritual stature of an institution that has been severely damaged by revelations of sex abuse, corruption and curial infighting, the new pope is unlikely to push through the kind of substantive doctrinal reforms for which many liberal Catholics worldwide have been clamoring. At best, we are likely to see some reforms to the bureaucratic structure of the Curia and a more collegial leadership style. The appointment of the "G8"—an advisory commission of eight cardinals representing every continent—signals the new pope's desire to reorient the Vatican towards a more global outlook that is responsive to the concerns of the local churches. It also signals a shift in the balance of power away from the Secretariat of State, which took on an expanded role under Benedict XVI. However, the new pope is unlikely to inaugurate a "Vatican Spring" of the kind Hans Küng called for in a powerful editorial penned on the occasion of Benedict's resignation.
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Michele Dillon is Class of 1944 professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire. Her most recent book is Postsecular Catholicism: Relevance and Renewal (Oxford University Press, 2018).
John L. Esposito
John L. Esposito is University Professor, Professor of Religion and International Affairs, Professor of Islamic Studies and Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. His many publications include The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World and The Future of Islam (forthcoming), Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam and (with Dalia Mogahed) Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think. He is a member of the SSRC working group on religion, secularism, and international affairs.
Jeffrey Guhin
Jeffrey Guhin is an assistant professor of sociology at UCLA whose research interests include education, culture, religion, and theory. His first book, a comparison of two Sunni Muslim and two Evangelical Christian high schools, forthcoming from Oxford University Press, is tentatively titled "Make Belief."
Cecelia Lynch
Cecelia Lynch is Professor of Political Science and International Studies, as well as Director of International Studies at the University of California, Irvine. She is the coauthor of Strategies for Research in Constructivist IR, with Audie Klotz (M. E. Sharpe, Feb. 2007); Beyond Appeasement: Interpreting Interwar Peace Movements in World Politics (Cornell University Press, 1999); and co-editor, with Michael Loriaux, of Law and Moral Action in World Politics (University of Minnesota Press, 2000). She also edits the blog Critical Investigations into Humanitarianism in Africa. Lynch was formerly a member of the SSRC working group on religion, secularism, and international affairs.
James Martin, SJ
James Martin, SJ is author and editor-at-large of America magazine.
J. Michelle Molina
J. Michelle Molina (PhD, University of Chicago, 2004) is the John W. and Rosemary Croghan Associate Professor of Catholic Studies at Northwestern University. She studies religion and colonial expansion (and contraction) through the lens of the Society of Jesus, with an emphasis on the Spanish Americas. Her first book, To Overcome Oneself: The Jesuit Ethic and the Spirit of Global Expansion (University of California Press, 2013) examines the impact that the Jesuit program of radical self-reflexivity had on the formation of early modern selves in Europe and New Spain. She offers a novel retelling of the emergence of the Western concept of a "modern self" by demonstrating how the struggle to forge and overcome an embodied sense of self was enmeshed in early modern Catholic missionary expansion. Her new book project explores the expulsion of the Society of Jesus from the Spanish Americas in 1767 and the efforts of the ex-Jesuits to "collect themselves" while living in exile in Italy.
Sarah Shortall
Sarah Shortall is assistant professor of history at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of Soldiers of God in a Secular World: The Politics of Catholic Theology in Twentieth-Century France (forthcoming, Harvard University Press) and the coeditor of a volume of essays titled Christianity and Human Rights Reconsidered (Cambridge University Press, 2020). In addition to these projects, her work has appeared in Past & Present, Modern Intellectual History, the Journal of the History of Ideas, Boston Review, and Commonweal.
Matthew Knowles 10 years ago
Expectations run high for Francis I to be a reformer pope and while this may not be entirely off base, I think that most peoples' ideas of reform are unrealistic. Dr. Lynch's comparison of Francis to Gorbachev is a fairly accurate analogy of what many secular liberals hope from the new pope. The ex-Soviet president's policy of Glasnost opened the door for liberal capitalist infiltration into the USSR and fundamentally changed its culture for good. It seems to me that liberal secularists want to see essentially the same thing happen in the Catholic Church: a relaxation of tradition and a pervasive infiltration of liberal social reforms. Just like the liberal capitalists of the 1980s, liberal secularists argue that the Church must undergo these reforms if it wishes to keep up with the times.
The problem is that most liberals misunderstand the nature of religion vs. secularism. They are stuck in a 'human rights' based approach in which they believe that people possess intrinsic rights as human beings and no institution, not even religion bodies, have the right to ignore them. What these liberals fail to understand is that their notions of human rights are entrenched in a secular worldview that necessarily contrasts with that of the Church. To Catholics, there is no higher authority than that of God and as such human rights only matter insofar as they work within the Catholic framework. The problem with many liberal social reforms, like gender-equal clergy and marriage equality, is that they are difficult to justify within a Christian moral framework. The secular perspective is a moral framework in and of itself, which is why it conflicts with the frameworks of religion. More realistic hopes for Church reform should center on more subjective interpretations of scripture and questioning of tradition for tradition's sake. From this perspective, Francis certainly has the potential to be a force for reform.
Paul Williams 10 years ago
The Catholic Church is an immense organization with deep seated structural problems at every level of its existence.
It is also primarily a power-and-control-seeking political religion or business corporation, which, like all such corporations, is to protect its assets/interests, and to extend its market share too.
These problems have deep historical roots and momentum; roots and momentum which are totally impervious to any necessary change. Problems which are the inevitable manifestation of its double minded sex and body negative misunderstandings of what we are both as incarnate human beings, and the nature of our eternal Transcendental Identity prior to our culturally and religiously constructed social personality (and even the traditional misunderstanding of the nature of the human soul).
Furthermore, the Catholic Church has always played a divisive and exploitative role in human affairs. And it will continue to do so until it purifies itself of these deeply rooted patterns and tendencies. Only if it freely abandons its self-appointed exclusive claim on all of humankind and ceases to confront and damn all other faith traditions (and even Protestants too) will it begin to demonstrate the love, tolerance, and truly self-sacrificial attitude that Jesus taught and demonstrated while he was alive.
Valentina Napolitano 10 years ago
It is important to see Pope Francis as a part of an Atlantic Return – part of a long durée of a never ending process of conversion of and from the Americas, now coming back to the center/heart of European Catholicism. He is a Criollo Pope, he carries with him a history of criolization from the Americas: hence he is, and is not, fitting in metropolitan power institutions – although he is a living part of them. How this criolization may be worked out, in the Catholic Church at large, is an open ethnographic question.
Francis also evokes the history of the Jesuit co-founder Francis Xavier. Xavier's focus toward the missionization of the "Orient" may be inspiring what seems to be Pope Francis' renewed attention to the Orthodox Churches as well as the Palestine/Israel conjunctures.
While John Paul II privileged the diocesan world and 20C priestly orders (see for instance the Mexican order of the Legionaries of Christ), Benedict the XVI supported more strongly 'old' orders such the Jesuits. Pope Francis is in continuity with the latter support of the modern spirit of the 16th Century Church, as Molina suggests here, but with a spin.
One of the Jesuit order's vow is the servitude to the Pope. Now the subject and the object of servitude are the 'same' person. If these are conflated there is a powerfully mirroring, a 'coming back home,' that is happening to this Pope. Hence service/servitude/serfdom and homecoming will be interesting area to keep a psychoanalytic eye into this 21st Century Catholic Church.
Carl Farrington 10 years ago
Are we seeing the beginning of a Vatican Spring?
A short sermon by the Pope on May 22 offers hope for a major change not just for the Catholic Church but for religious and anti-religious thought and behavior worldwide. The Vatican Radio website provides what appears to be an almost word-for-word translation of the Pope's remarks at http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2013/05/22/pope_at_mass:_culture_of_encounter_is_the_foundation_of_peace/en1-694445. The Pope's appeal was made in a very modest fashion, namely at an early morning mass for governmental employees of the Vatican City State. Nonetheless, he spoke about what is common to all people everywhere.
The Pope noted first that we all are able to do good. We also have in common a moral sense of a duty to do good and avoid evil. The Pope said we not only can do good, we must.
The sermon or homily was inspired by the Gospel reading for the day, John 9:30-40, which tells of the disciples trying to stop someone who was driving out devils in Jesus' name who was not a disciple and Jesus saying they should not try to prevent commendable actions.
The Pope noted that it has been common throughout history for people who believe they have the truth to not recognize the good deeds of those who do not share their vision of truth. This blindness to the goodness of others leads to war and even to killing in the name of God, which is an extreme form of blasphemy.
The Pope ended by saying:
"The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! 'Father, the atheists?' Even the atheists. Everyone! And this Blood makes us children of God of the first class! We are created children in the likeness of God and the Blood of Christ has redeemed us all! And we all have a duty to do good. And this commandment for everyone to do good, I think, is a beautiful path towards peace. If we, each doing our own part, if we do good to others, if we meet there, doing good, and we go slowly, gently, little by little, we will make that culture of encounter: we need that so much. We must meet one another doing good. 'But I don't believe, Father, I am an atheist!' But do good: we will meet one another there."
"Doing good" the Pope explained, is not a matter of faith: "It is a duty, it is an identity card that our Father has given to all of us, because He has made us in His image and likeness. And He does good, always."
Lilian Calles Barger 10 years ago
The new pope is in the tradition of Catholic social teaching. Therefore, however he may talk about the poor, he is not a liberationist. The poor are still dependent on the good graces of those more fortunate who express good will. It's be nice-to-poor-people theology. There is no confrontation with global capitalism as a system, only a desire to minimize its more hurtful aspects.


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St. Barbara of the Tunnels? These Glasgow workers have a special devotion
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"Every tunneler invokes the protection of St Barbara at the start of a shift and thanks her at the end. That's why there's a statue of St. Barbara placed at the start of the workings," said a spokesperson for the company building a water tunnel under Glasgow. "No tunneling project of this scale would be complete without its statue of the patron and tunneler demand that St. Barbara is present with them underground."
GLASGOW, Scotland — Workers building a three-mile tunnel under the streets of Glasgow, Scotland have a special patron, and a statue of her sits just outside the train that carries them underground each day.
"St. Barbara is the patron saint of tunnelers and Costain, our contractor, has many experienced staff on site who have worked on projects such as the Channel Tunnel," said a Scottish water spokesperson, according to the Scottish Catholic Observer.
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"Every tunneler invokes the protection of St. Barbara at the start of a shift and thanks her at the end. That's why there's a statue of St. Barbara placed at the start of the workings," the spokesperson continued. "No tunneling project of this scale would be complete without its statue of the patron and tunneler demand that St. Barbara is present with them underground."
The tunnel, which is scheduled to be completed next year, will remove waste water from the city.
The Scottish Catholic Observer reports that the statue of St. Barbara will be moved to a new tunnel project when the current one is finished.
St. Barbara was a third-century martyr who lived in the Phoenicia region. When her father discovered that she had converted to Christianity, he tried to kill her. However, according to tradition, a series of miracles allowed her to escape.
Eventually, her father caught and imprisoned Barbara. He turned her over to the local prefect, who tortured her, however, the saint remained true to the faith. According to tradition, Christ himself appeared to her and healed her wounds.
After repeatedly refusing to renounce her Christian faith, St. Barbara was sentenced to death by beheading. Numerous miracles were reported to have taken place at her tomb.
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Scott Adkins Finds His Ultimate Form in 'Boyka: Undisputed' (2016)
Boyka: Undisputed is Scott Adkins at the peak of his game!
2002 saw the release of action movie legend Walter Hill's latest opus, the prison boxing movie Undisputed. Starring Wesley Snipes & Ving Rhames as 2 adversarial boxers heading toward their inevitable showdown, the movie didn't exactly light the box office on fire, but gained a cult following on video later on.
4 years later, martial arts action movie icon Isaac Florentine was chosen to make a sequel to Undisputed. He took the job, but only if he got to put a martial arts spin on it. He then cast legit badass Michael Jai White in the Rhames role, promoting that character from the previous entry's hissable villain to the now unlikely hero. And in the role of the new villain, Yuri Boyka, he cast a little known actor/martial artist named Scott Adkins.
And at that moment, a legend was born.
Scott Adkins as Yuri Boyka
From then on, Scott went on to make a name for himself in the action genre with a number of great action movies after that, including the next movie in the franchise, Undisputed 3: Redemption, where the character Boyka was himself promoted to the hero. And it was even better than the last one. But due to the majority of people illegally downloading the movie, it failed to turn a profit (and to those damn fools, in Adkins own words, shoot yourselves in the foot for that one), and the franchise was put on ice for the time being.
But even as he continued to persevere in his career, the fans kept clamoring for more Boyka action. Every post on social media from Adkins featured the question "When are you gonna make another Undisputed??" And just our luck, the action gods blessed us. Scott would be returning for the 4th movie in the franchise, titled appropriately "Boyka: Undisputed".
Fans all over the world rejoiced everywhere, chanting BOYKA! BOYKA! BOYKA! And after a few delays, it arrived. I did my part by buying the movie LEGALLY. But, the question still remained: after all this time, and a change in directors (more on that later), would it be everything we were waiting for?
Boyka: Undisputed is Everything and More!
After unintentionally killing his opponent in his last fight, Yuri Boyka finds himself fighting on the underground circuit for the freedom of his opponent's young widow, who is now indebted to a ruthless crime boss…
To answer your question immediately: Yes. It was everything and more. This is without a doubt the best Undisputed movie yet! Just the perfect entry in what has become arguably the best action franchise of our generation. Every entry is better than the last. No question about it.
But first, let's give it up to Mr. Adkins for giving us his all as Boyka. Seriously, I feel this is without a doubt his best performance as Boyka yet! He injects Boyka with so much pathos and depth. Just completely amazing. It's too bad that they don't have an award ceremony for DTV action movies, because Scott deserved all the awards for his performance.
The supporting cast also give great performances, especially Teodora Duhovnikova as Alma, the widow, and action movie favorite Alon Aboutboul as Zourab, the despicable villain. They were equally good at adding dramatic depth to the movie as much as Adkins did. Kudos to them.
Todor Chapkanov Steps Up the Action
Now, onto the direction. Isaac Florentine was originally set to direct this entry, but due to the incredibly unfortunate passing of his beloved wife (May she RIP), he was unable to take charge, leading to Todor Chapkanov replacing him while he remained on the project as a producer.
Well, either Mr. Chapkanov was the best student in the Isaac Florentine School of Directing, or Isaac's voice on the production was just very strong, because you can not tell the difference. It's like he actually was there calling all the shots. So who knows? But anyways… Mr. Chapkanov, you have done a damn fine job doing Mr. Florentine proud. Salute to you.
The Best Action of the Franchise Series
But, we come to this franchise for the glorious action, and action fans, the action is GLORIOUS! Action Choreographer Tim Man once again proves why he is the best in the business as he gives us some of his most awesome fight scenes yet! The beauty of the choreography in this one is just sublime. This is one of those movies where you're constantly rewinding the moves so you can see it again and again. Simply incredible.
Any issues? Nope. I am perfectly fine with the movie as is. No issues at all.
So folks, there you have it. The best movie in the Undisputed franchise. Now, I don't know if you've heard, but there's been rumblings about them spinning Undisputed off into a TV series, and if that's true, bring it on. As long as Scott and Isaac are involved, I will be there front and center. It's the least I can do for them holding us action fans down for so long.
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Students were evacuated from a Glasgow University laboratory yesterday after a chemical spillage caused one student to become ill.
Emergency services were called to the west end uni around 3pm on Wednesday, along with an environmental protection unit.
The student who fell unwell did not need hospital treatment, but students were evacuated as a precaution.
A spokesman for Scottish Fire and Rescue said: "We received a call shortly after 3pm reporting a spillage within the chemistry department.
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Five new species of Candoninae (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from the alluvial valley of the Upper Paraná River (Brazil, South America)
HIGUTI J. & MARTENS K. 2014. — Five new species of Candoninae (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from the alluvial valley of the Upper Paraná River (Brazil, South America). European Journal of Taxonomy 2014 (106): 1-36 (EJT-106). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.106
Description of a new genus and species of Candonopsini (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Candoninae) from the alluvial valley of the Upper Parana River (Brazil, South America)
HIGUTI J. & MARTENS K. 2012. — Description of a new genus and species of Candonopsini (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Candoninae) from the alluvial valley of the Upper Parana River (Brazil, South America). European Journal of Taxonomy 2012 (33): 1-31 (EJT-33). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2012.33
A new tribe, two new genera and three new species of Cypridopsinae (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Cyprididae) from Brazil
ALMEIDA N. M. d., HIGUTI J., FERREIRA V. G. & MARTENS K. 2021. — A new tribe, two new genera and three new species of Cypridopsinae (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Cyprididae) from Brazil. European Journal of Taxonomy 762: 1-48. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.762.1451
Re-description of Strandesia sanoamuangae Savatenalinton & Martens, 2010 and description of a new species of Strandesia (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Grande Terre, New Caledonia
KISSEIH A., HIGUTI J. & MARTENS K. 2020. — Re-description of Strandesia sanoamuangae Savatenalinton & Martens, 2010 and description of a new species of Strandesia (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Grande Terre, New Caledonia. European Journal of Taxonomy 2020 (627): 1-28. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.627
On a new species of the genus Cyprinotus (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from a temporary wetland in New Caledonia (Pacific Ocean), with a reappraisal of the genus
MARTENS K., YAVUZATMACA M. & HIGUTI J. 2019. — On a new species of the genus Cyprinotus (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from a temporary wetland in New Caledonia (Pacific Ocean), with a reappraisal of the genus. European Journal of Taxonomy 2019 (566): 1-22. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.566
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WYCOMBE WANDERERS SAFETY NOTICE
BARNET v WYCOMBE WANDERERS – Sat 20 April 2013
We, as do you, want the final league game at Underhill to be a day of celebration and reflection of our unique home.
We do however require the co-operation of all Bees fans on a few points:
- We are expecting a sell-out crowd at Underhill and urge you to please enter the stadium 45-60 minutes earlier than usual to avoid congestion and delays. It is going to be a very busy day and we want every supporter to enjoy it and ensure they are in the ground before the game commences. To help with access to the stadium we will be opening the turnstiles at 1.00pm.
- Supporters are reminded to ensure that they sit in the seat allocated to them on their match ticket.
- Please stay off the pitch at the end of the game. We would like to remind you it is a criminal offence to enter the pitch at any time and could lead to a football banning order of three years. To enable everyone to enjoy the celebrations we would request that nobody enters the playing area at any time and especially at the final whistle. The players will not come out for a lap of honour unless the pitch is kept clear.
- There will be a large police presence and any spectators found damaging or removing the club's property will risk prosecution. Despite Barnet leaving Underhill, matches will still be played there in the coming weeks and next season so we do stress that you avoid taking any 'souvenirs' with you post-match.
- High Barnet Tube Station will not be open on Saturday due to the tube upgrade plan. Please plan an alternative route on www.tfl.gov.uk. The closest station to Underhill is New Barnet and can be reached from either Kings Cross St Pancras or Finsbury Park.
We really do hope you enjoy and savour the last Football League game at Underhill, but please cooperate with the club, stewards and police. The team along with others can then come on to the pitch and parade the perimeter to show their appreciation for your support over this and numerous seasons at Underhill.
Thank you for your loyal and unique support and we look forward to welcoming you at The Hive next season.
Barnet FC Safety Team
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Developing the ability to feel your body and its arrangement is a key aspect of learning how to take care of its movements. If you are a physical therapy patient, practicing this ability will help you to benefit from the instruction you receive in your sessions, and even after you complete your program. If you are a lifestyle athlete, competitor, performer, or any other kind of mover, the knowledge you acquire with this sense will apply to your performance in all of your moving and training, in injury or health.
Experience the following (it's a little silly). Stand on one foot, wave the other around rather wildly and tell, literally tell, the first how to balance, as your other leg continues to move wildly. Now do the opposite. Stand on one foot, wave the other around, no need to think at all…did you balance with more ease?
A different intelligence allows for balance, as well as for coordination, proprioception, your kinesthetic quotient, and other systems and abilities that govern our movement and sense of body. This intelligence listens to soft waves of feeling, a loud jab at your lower back, and the shout through your forehead under stress. It does not respond well to direct verbal command, as you learned if you attempted this first experiment. You may work on this intelligence at different parts of the body, perceiving the effects in the immediate area (your hamstring feels different after you stretch it) and in other, seemingly unrelated areas (check the back of your neck after a good hamstring stretch). The following exercises describe ways to work on this intelligence at the feet. You will make small changes, and then pay attention to what happens to the feet and the rest of the body.
Holding a wall, door, or desk, hands shoulder width apart, stand on one leg. Without straining, extend the other leg behind you. Moving carefully, rock back onto your heel, rest a moment, and then rock forward to stand on the ball of your foot. Repeat this motion many times. What do you feel? Where do you feel it? In your mind's eye, try dividing the foot into three parts length-wise. Rock back and forth on the outside third of the foot (the little toe to the outside of the heel), the middle (the middle toes to the center of the heel), and the inner third (the big toe to the inside of the heel). What do you feel? How do these imagined thirds of your foot change the rocking motion? The feeling of rocking?
Return to the same position with the wall, door, desk, or other object. Stand on the same foot, with the other leg gently extended behind you. Now, think of the bottom of your foot, roughly the area of your arch, as a tripod. One point at the center of the heel, one point at the ball of the foot under the big toe, and another point at the portion of your foot beneath your fourth and fifth toes. Press into your foot at each of these places. Vary your pressure. Rest and walk around. Notice how smoothly the foot rolls on the surface as you walk—does it unfurl from heel to toe, or stomp as one unit? Has anything changed in the rest of your body—your leg, hip, midsection, back?
Try the same exercises on the other leg. Ask more questions, make more variations. Where is most of the weight in your feet? Standing on the right leg, for instance, how does your balance change if you rotate your hips to the right? To the left?
Without your hands on a support, bend your leg and point your big toe at a spot on the ground beneath your hip. Press into the floor with the tip of your big toe, and then move your knee forward, which will fold the big toe under the weight of your foot. As you begin to feel the stretch, stop: hold the position for twenty or more counts rather than pushing for results by intensity. Exit the stretch slowly, almost tentatively, paying attention to the sensations.
You can do the same stretch, isolating one toe to fold it under your foot, with your other toes. Manipulate your smaller toes with your hands in order to fold them under your foot. Try working on where it feels tightest, and remember to exhale.
Now, try to pick something off the floor and put it somewhere else—with your toes. Build a precarious stack of things. Put your car keys on the floor; pick them up and put them on a chair. If you can, the table. Hold something for balance, to start, and then practice without the support.
Look at what you are doing. Then, practice looking at another point in the room; only paying attention to your peripheral vision; or closing your eyes. You might have to wait for some time before noticing your body begin to change in response to a change in your vision, and so it is important that you do not conclude that nothing has happened before you have given it a long enough chance.
In all of these exercises, practice sustaining your interest—what can you do with your feet? What kind of circuit can you create out of the combination of exercises? Some stretching, then some balancing, then some picking up, then back to stretching—something like this, perhaps. In addition, you can do one of these exercises and then test it on a movement you perform often in fitness, sport, or daily life. How has the exercise changed your perception of your foot in this movement, or even the movement itself?


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