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AArts and Activism
A Visit to The Simple Way
bySister Julia Walsh
Earlier this summer I was fortunate to be able to make a pilgrimage-of-sorts to The Simple Way, a Christian community in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia described as "a web of subversive friends conspiring to spread the vision of 'Loving God, Loving People, and Following Jesus' in our neighborhoods and in our world."
Like many thousands of Christian millenials, I have been interested in The Simple Way community ever since I first devoured this book about eight years ago.
In The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical, Shane Claiborne describes an inspiring type of Christian living: a dedicated, communal, prayerful, life of radical simplicity and activism inflamed and inspired by the Gospel.
Some time after first reading his book I remember writing Shane Claiborne a letter thanking him for his work and sharing with him how it impacted me. At the time I was new to my Franciscan community and feeling confused while I discerned commitment. I was starting to become aware of the community's shadow sides as my idealized sense of who we are waned away. I felt uncertain whether staying with my Franciscan community would free to me to live the way I felt called to live. Plus, I was struggling with generational challenges and the impact of joining a group with a long history. Honestly, I was tempted to leave religious life and instead join a movement with the freshness and ecumenical energy like The Simple Way community that Shane describes in his book.
I must have written my thoughts all out in my letter to Shane because I still remain thankful for the gift of his response as his encouragement to be Franciscan ultimately contributed to my decision to stay with FSPA (and propelled me toward my perpetual profession of vows five weeks ago!). Here is an excerpt from the letter I still treasure and pray with:
"I admire your hope and your discontentment–and certainly the Church needs both—it is a beautiful thing to hear in your words the fiery passion of Francis and Clare—and the humility to submit and seek the wisdom of elders … Our communities and 'new monasticism' has its charm and fresh charism but it also has this challenge and vulnerabilities … I certainly will keep you in my prayers as you continue the work of Francis and Clare and 'repairing the ruins of the Church.' You are a gift to the FSPA …"
Since that first correspondence, I have remained a fan and follower of Shane Claiborne and The Simple Way. I have heard Shane speak in person a couple of times and I continue to be inspired and influenced by his writing and passion for being a neighbor and disciple of Jesus. I have tried to keep up with all the happenings in The Simple Way, but never before made it there for a visit.
So when a wedding brought me to Philadelphia at the end of June, I reached out to The Simple Way community to see if I could stop by. I didn't expect to actually see or spend any time with Shane (he's kind-of famous) but I was really interested in the current state of The Simple Way and how God was working with and through their presence in the Kensington neighborhood.
I was so excited when I found The Simple Way in Philadelphia! I really felt like I was arriving on Holy Ground, a place of faith and wonder.
photo by Julia Walsh, FSPA
There, I was hosted by Caz Tod-Pearson (the director of the organization) who had recently returned from maternity leave.
She and I had a deep conversation about The Simple Way story. She told me about the ups and downs of community life and the ways that she is working hard to help the community stay rooted and find a healthy focus.
As Caz explained in an email to me prior to my visit:
"Right now we do not have an intentional community house, or a large amount of service projects, or programs going on as we have in the past (as the stories in the book written 10 years ago speak of).
Over the past year and a half we've gone through some major transition, and taken a lot of logs off our fire, that had got pretty saturated, to get the flame burning again. So what happens here on a weekly basis is pretty small and simple, and has begun to look a little different as indigenous neighbors take on more leadership and volunteer roles in the work that had been done by our residents. We've had to say no to a lot of good people wanting to come in and help as we've listened and made way for neighborhood leaders to take ownership for what our neighbors need and want.
We do still have a couple of families and friends who've relocated intentionally, are living and working alongside us, and are sharing life in simple ways. We do still have some rhythms of prayer, shared meals and work, but to a different degree than before. We really have stripped everything back and are 'starting again' in a way. It's been a difficult, yet beautiful season that we know the Spirit will continue to guide us through."
I love the simple beauty of the main common room where we had our conversation.
Caz spoke about how fame and fire impacted The Simple Way community. In 2006 The Irresistible Revolution and The Simple Way community was put into the national spotlight. During that time Krista Tippet interviewed Shane on Speaking of Faith (now On Being). Then, on June 20, 2007, a seven-alarm fire destroyed several properties in Kensington, including the house where Shane was living.
The effect of these two events occurring so close together was an explosion of financial support, organization, projects, collaborations, associations, press and visitors. The initial grass-roots, intentional-community flavor of The Simple Way shifted some. It is still an intentional community, but it's not of the same type as when it was founded. The Simple Way has essentially remained in a state of discernment and transition since 2007, while still serving the neighborhood and being faithful to the Gospel.
Here is the lot that remains empty since the fire.
The Simple Way is now committed to being a loving presence in Kensington, building relationships of mutuality and establishing sustainability.
And in a place hurting from poverty and its impacts, they offer tremendous beauty and love to the neighborhood by cleaning up spaces and sponsoring artists who paint murals.
They also have a few garden projects.
What I encountered during my visit to The Simple Way was inspiring and exciting for God clearly is actively influencing the life of community. What was especially fascinating, though, were the indicators that the members of this new form of religious life are dealing with similar questions as those of us who are newer to Catholic religious life. In different corners of the country, living different forms of religious life, we all seem to be riding the same wind that the Spirit is blowing throughout God's people who are eager to build God's reign of peace and justice.
Just like the peers of my generation in Catholic sisterhood, The Simple Way is grappling with questions of identity and call and how to respond to the signs of these times. They are trying to discern who God needs them to be now, as they stay open to the Spirit's work and revere the legacy of their founders. They are trying to establish relationships of mutuality with those on the margins of society and build bridges across lines of culture, class and creed (and I have also heard some of my Catholic Worker friends of my generation express the same sort of desires).
Clearly, God is up to many great things through Shane and Caz and their friends and neighbors, who are working hard to help Christ's peace and love be known in our hurting and troubled world. Thanks be to God for how they offer themselves as true instruments of peace. Let us pray for them and support them in all the ways we are able.
They—like many other Christian millenials—are challenged by the Spirit and the signs of these times. We desire to help God's peace and justice be known by all people, in every broken place of the world.
No matter what type of Christian community we belong to and whether we are joining a new movement of the Spirit or a 800-year-old tradition, all of us are eager to build deep relationships of mutuality and strong communities. Together we are on this journey of building hope and proclaiming peace. So, let's pray, discern and follow the Spirit together, now matter how messy, mysterious or confusing doing God's good work may be! AMEN!
Caz Tod-Pearson
Irresistible Revolution Living as an Ordinary Radical
new monastics
The Simple Way
Sister Julia Walsh
Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration/ writer/ minister/ writer/ activist/ Loras College & Catholic Theological Union grad newsletter: http://tinyletter.com/juliafspa
Tony Casson says:
Well written, as always, and the pictures are stunning. Thank you.
Julia Walsh says:
Thank you so much!! I loved being there (but that probably comes through clearly.) 😀
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Tracey Horan says:
So interesting!!! I have grappled with a lot of the same questions you address. Maybe an intercommunity house with a mission focused on radical simplicity and intentional marginality will materialize. 🙂 Thanks for sharing, Julia.
I suspect it will some day (soonish), Tracey! Glad we can grapple with these questions together! PEACE.
Martha Spong says:
What a great post! I didn't know what had happened to their community. Your pictures give a beautiful sense of the house and the neighborhood.
Famous Feline says:
I'm in the process of reading An Irresistible Revolution and have heard both Shane and Caz in the past two years. Thank you for sharing. Richard Rohr, a fellow Franciscan, is also a challenging read as we discern how each of us is called to follow Jesus.
Mem Kay says:
Are you familiar with the Bruderhof communities in the Northeast?
Oh I've heard of them!
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Roxbury Township, Mr. William C Springer, 85, died on September 15, 2011 at the Compassionate Care Hospice in Dover after a courageous battle with cancer. He was a devoted husband and father. Bill was born and raised in the Bronx, NY and moved to Succasunna 51 years ago. He served in the U S Navy during WW II aboard 10 Naval Ships and was awarded the American Theatre Medal, European Theatre Medal, Philippine Liberation Medal, Asiatic Pacific Theatre Medal, and the Victory Medal, and received a letter of Commendation from President Harry Truman. He was a Technical Photographer at Bell Laboratories in Whippany for 44 years, and member of the Telephone Pioneers of America, and of St. Therese R C Church in Succasunna.
Bill was predeceased by his brother Albert Bauer last year and is survived by his wife Maureen Springer of 54 years. He also leaves his 4 children; Patricia Janson-Trapasso, Loretta (and James) Janson-Boyle of Chester, William Springer of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Barbara (and Alan) Trufolo of Succasunna, his 13 grandchildren; Bryan, Jacqueline, Jason, Patricia, Bonnie, Melissa, James, Garrett, Jennifer, Cara, Christine, Nicholas, and Brandon, and 14 great grandchildren.
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Australians are shocked and angered by the evidence given today at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Labor extends its warm congratulations to Susan Kiefel AC on her elevation to Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, and the Hon James Edelman on his appointment as a judge of the High Court today.
With the Northern Territory due to lose its essential shortwave radio service tomorrow, the Government is ignoring Labor's calls to do all it can to continue this critical communications service and ensure listeners in the bush are not cut off.
Once again the Turnbull Government has shown absolute contempt for Australian consumers seeking information about the NBN.
With just over a week until the Northern Territory is due to lose its vital shortwave radio service, Indigenous Affairs Minister and Country Liberal Senator for the Northern Territory Nigel Scullion made his first, limp protest.
Labor condemns the resumption of illegal whaling by a Japanese fleet inside the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary, reported over the weekend.
Labor encourages Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to use this weekend's visit from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to raise the issue of illegal Japanese whaling happening now in protected waters.
Labor's Mark Dreyfus and Terri Butler have called on a Senate Select Committee to reach agreement on the terms of a bill for marriage equality, in a submission made this morning.
Another week, another Turnbull minister with something to confess about how much they knew about the Bell affair.


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Andy Rooney
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Andrew Aitken "Andy" Rooney (January 14, 1919 – November 4, 2011) was an American radio and television writer. He was most notable for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney," a part of the CBS News program 60 Minutes from 1978 to 2011. His final regular appearance on 60 Minutes aired October 2, 2011. He died one month later, on November 4, 2011, at age 92.
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Some banks get stuck with a name that sounded good a hundred years ago when they were founded but sounds kind of silly now. In New York, there's a Dime Savings Bank. Once you pass forty, a dime isn't worth bending over to pick up if you drop one. You certainly wouldn't bother to take it to a bank to save it.
Andy Rooney (1981). "Bank Names". A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney. Warner Books. p. 96. ISBN 0-689-11194-0.
Democrats believe people are basically good but must be saved from themselves by their government. Republicans believe people are basically bad but they'll be okay if they're left alone.
Andy Rooney (1981). "Political Parties". A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney. Warner Books. p. 153. ISBN 0-689-11194-0.
The one affectation I have forced on the publisher … are my apostrophe-free ellisions. Because I write my scripts to read myself, I dont spell 'don't' with an apostrophe. I spell it 'dont'. We all know the word and it seems foolish to put in an extraneous apostrophe. Punctuation marks are devices we use to make the meaning of sentences clear. There is nothing confusing about a word like 'dont' printed without an apostrophe to indicate an omitted letter.
Andy Rooney (2003). "Foreword". Years of Minutes. PublicAffairs. p. xiii. ISBN 978-1586482114.
At the end of every television broadcast, the names of the people who worked on it are listed. Why, you may ask yourself sometimes, would so many people want to take credit for such a bad show? Well, its just like what's happened to the dollar. Credits in television suffer from inflation. There are more of them and they arent worth what they used to be, even on a good show.
Andy Rooney (2003). "Credits". Years of Minutes. PublicAffairs. p. 6. ISBN 978-1586482114.
President Reagan must be happy over how bad the weather's been this winter, because its the one thing no one's blaming on him. Theres nothing television news likes better than bad weather, and we sure get a lot of it in the United States.
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I wish people who sell things would stop trying to guess how many of something we want to buy. I want to buy things one at a time.
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Ive had quite a few complaints lately from people who like it when I complain about things. They say I havent complained about anything lately. So tonight, for you complaint fans, I have a complaint.
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"I want to live my next life backwards: You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in a nursing home feeling better every day. Then you get kicked out for being too healthy. Enjoy your retirement and collect your pension. Then when you start work, you get a gold watch on your first day. You work 40 years until you're too young to work. You get ready for High School: drink alcohol, party, and you're generally promiscuous. Then you go to primary school, you become a kid, you play, and you have no responsibilities. Then you become a baby, and then... You spend your last 9 months floating peacefully in luxury, in spa-like conditions - central heating, room service on tap, and then... You finish off as an orgasm."
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There's nobody like Andy, and there never will be. He'll hate hearing this, but he's an American original.
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Sheela Reddy	January 25, 2010 00:00 IST He's My George!
Is the fiery Socialist giant-killer George Fernandes being torn alive, as a long-time loyalist of Fernandes and his fervent admirer, put it, "like a mouse between two cats"? He was referring to the high drama in the former defence minister's official residence at 3, Krishna Menon Marg on January 2, when Fernandes's estranged wife Leila walked into the house late at night with their son, Sean, daughter-in-law and infant grandson, sealing the gates against Fernandes's constant companion of the last 26 years—and his only minder while he steadily deteriorated from Alzheimer's—Jaya Jaitly. It really depends on which version you buy.
According to Richard, the youngest of George's four surviving brothers, it was nothing short of "a medieval palace coup", prompted by unfounded suspicions of George's assets being "looted" by those in charge of him. Richard says he arrived in New Delhi on January 2 from Bangalore in response to an urgent SOS from Jaya. She had written to the four brothers, informing them that the power of attorney granted to her on March 21, 2009, "to enable us to use George's salary for his immediate work and expenses", had been mysteriously revoked in "an attempt to prevent me from caring for George or running his establishment, which includes his health, medication, food etc".
Jaya describes his behaviour as "deeply agonising to watch and handle. He hums, groans, twitches violently and resists medicines and sleeping". But "they"—Leila and Sean—have never bothered to enquire about his doctors, medication details or progress. "Only someone spending 12 or 24 hours with him will know his problems," she adds.
Now, with "no finances to pay persons, nor any caregiver to provide him physical and psychological comfort," Jaya urged the brothers to come as soon as they could to settle these issues.
But by the time two of the brothers arrived, it was too late: Sean had already dashed off a letter to the police requesting security for the family "since I apprehended foul play/physical harm from some people who I believe have been looting whatever is left of my father's assets and taking advantage of his poor health". He also demanded the police forbid entry to all except "such people who my father, mother and I wish to meet".
Even Leila waves off the accusation that she reappeared in George's life because of his financial assets. After all, this daughter of a minister (Humayun Kabir) was a first class first from Oxford who decided to take up nursing as a career, starting on a salary of Rs 150. For the last 26 years, she points out, she has abstained from being part of his life and she would have continued to do so if she believed he was happy and comfortable. "Our relations were never inimical—we continued to exchange flowers and cakes on our birthdays, or Sean's birthday." Although she never formally divorced him, Leila says she harboured no resentment against him— "only sorrow—because I wanted my son to have a Dad".
The next catalyst, Leila says, came when she returned from New York and went to visit George and give him Sean's gifts. Jaya insisted on sitting there with George, depriving them of any private time together, she says. "George was very changed, cowering and glum." So she decided to invite him to her home instead, so they could together look at the pictures of their grandson. With great difficulty, he could be fed a bowl of dahi, and he was very insecure, kept repeating, "I have no money". Saddened by his plight, Leila says she gently and slowly explained to him that it was not true: he had plenty of money.
What she did, she says, is for Sean's sake, for George's sake, not hers. She intends that George live in a small but beautiful home close to hers when his Rajya Sabha term ends this May, so she can be at hand for taking care of him. "He needs peace, music, and eventually all those who are near and dear will be part of his life." Yes—even Jaya.


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Preview and Chat: Lakers vs. Bulls
November 20, 2016 by Darius Soriano
There may not be a bigger representation of how quickly the NBA can change than today's game between the Lakers and the Bulls. On one hand, you have the Lakers, who through 13 games have already accumulated 7 wins — which is only 10 fewer than they tallied all last season. Luke Walton and the players have installed a new philosophy and turned this program around to the point where they are no longer recognizable.
On the other side of the floor you have the Bulls. Long time stalwarts Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah are now Knicks. Dwyane Wade, who was supposed to be a Heat lifer, has returned to his native Chicago for his swan song. He's joined by Rajon Rondo and the calvary of players obtained via the Rose trade to form a new look Bulls team. This group is defending better than expected and finding ways to score efficiently even though many pundits wondered how things would work on that side of the ball where spacing and isolation tendencies bump up against head coach Fred Hoiberg's ideal style of play.
These two teams, then, have seemingly been remade overnight, and both are surprising with a better adaptation to circumstances than anticipated. Which brings us to today's game.
First, some housekeeping. D'Angelo Russell is listed as questionable after missing Friday's game against the Spurs with a sore knee. He was given Saturday off and with no shootaround scheduled for today, he will not be analyzed by the training staff until he arrives to the arena for the game. I have zero feel for how this plays out, honestly. After Saturday's practice, Walton said Russell has been playing through pain in his knee, but he complained about it a bit more before the Spurs so the medical staff "shut him down". My guess (and hope) is that the staff continues to be cautious with him, it's a long season after all. So I am not optimistic he plays. We'll see.
As for the Bulls, they are coming off a hard fought game against the Clippers on Saturday so they get the vaunted two nights in LA while playing a back-to-back schedule treatment from the league. As the old saying goes, the Los Angeles night life is undefeated. So, when adding the potential for a late night in LA and coming off a game, there is a potential for fatigue from the Bulls side.
Whether or not fatigue plays a part, when it comes to the match ups the Bulls offer a couple of interesting problems. First is Jimmy Butler. He is the Bulls' best player and the type of two way talent the Lakers are hoping to cultivate in their young guys. Butler has been playing great basketball of late, both scoring and playmaking for others while playing his typical defense. I'll be interested in seeing whether Deng or Young draws Jimmy defensively. I'm even more interested in seeing whether either can be effective.
Whichever of the Young/Deng duo draws Jimmy doesn't mean the other guy gets a break, though. Wade may be aged, but he's still very effective and has found some life in his return home. He's shooting the three-ball more, and doing so effectively. He's also still a fantastic slasher, can still handle in the P&R, and has natural playmaking instincts. If Deng ends up on Wade (which is likely, I believe), he's going to have to do a lot of chasing and stay aware off ball as Wade moves into creases. (UPDATE: Dwyane Wade will not play vs. the Lakers due to rest. He played 35 minutes against the Clippers Saturday, so this makes sense. We will see how this impacts the Bulls, but it should help the Lakers as it removes another attack player who gets downhill on drives — which is an area the Lakers have been struggling to defend of late.)
Another problem the Bulls pose is their ability to hit the offensive glass. They rank 1st in the NBA in OReb rate with Robin Lopez, Taj Gibson, and Bobby Portis all chasing ORebs hard. Those guys pressure the defense to finish possessions by securing the ball and if they don't, the Bulls will punish them by extending possessions. The Lakers rank 11th in the league in defensive rebounding percentage, but they will likely need to be better than that vs. the Bulls tonight.
If the Lakers can close out possessions with rebounds, though, they have a chance to do some damage in transition. The Bulls do not surrender great numbers of transition points, but the Lakers can pressure them in this area, especially with Julius Randle grabbing and going or the team's guards and wings looking to push for early offense. Per NBA.com/stats, the Lakers score the Lakers score the 6th most points per play in transition this season and have scored the 9th most transition points in the league this season. The Bulls also work well in transition, but their overall pace is slow compared to a Lakers' team who likes to play at one of the fastest tempos in the league. If the Lakers can tilt the pace of the game in their favor, they may be able to force the action and get the Bulls on their heels.
Another area which can be a difference maker is the ability to hit the three ball. The Laker are 10th in the league in 3-point makes whereas the Bulls are 25th in the NBA. On average, the Lakers make a shade over two 3-pointers more per game than the Bulls. If they can carry that advantage forward (or even expand it) in this game, they'll work from a position of strength and force the Bulls to make up those points in other areas. If the Lakers can then keep the Bulls off the FT line and not surrender too many 2nd chance points, they'll be in a very good position tonight.
Again, we have discussed the difficulty of the Lakers' schedule and the Bulls, at 8-5, are a part of that. However, considering the circumstances of this game — at Staples, Bulls on a back to back — this represents a better opportunity for the Lakers to get a W than might be otherwise implied. Let's see if they can take advantage.
Where you can watch: 6:30pm start on Spectrum Sportsnet.
LKK says
Bulls have a very deep team. Nikola Mirotic comes off of their bench as someone who stretches the floor very well. Ditto Doug McDermott. Lakers have to be on their game defensively and play these guys honestly.
Word is that Anthony Brown is going to be acquired by the Pelicans. I wish him well. I can easily see him settling down and becoming a solid rotation player in the league. Kinda brings Kent Bazemore to mind. Also, NBA TV is reporting Zubac has been recalled from the D league by the Lakers.
Good news about Zubac, I hope they find a permanent place for him in the lineup, as he could use the experience, and we all know he's got the potential to build upon.
I also hope Brown finds a home.
Too bad he could not his uncover his skills in time for us to retain him.
@KevTheBold
I hope releasing Brown doesn't come back to bite the Lakers. I didn't think it made much sense to give up on him in favor of MWP as the deep reserve wing.
@dogtown
I agree completely and that's the problem. With Deng struggling, Metta is not providing much more than the mentor/rabbit's foot role. He's earning his money in that respect but the team's depth is adversely affected, IMO.
No D Wade tonight for the Bulls…sitting out to "rest".
Busboys4me says
http://hoopshabit.com/2016/11/20/nerlens-noel-los-angeles-lakers-peoples-move/
I'm not the only one.
This was the winnable game I saw in the six games. There is no reason we shouldn't handle them.
His shot was broken. We didn't need that. I still say he couldn't be worse than Deng at a tenth of the price…
_ Robert _ says
Agree with Busboys – With Wade out, then this is no longer "winnable" – it is "should win".
No expectations games.
FredP says
_ Robert _ And Bulls fans would say that this is the "winnable" game in LA with or without Wade.
FredP: Indeed they would. They are not playing the "expectations" game : )
30twhite40 says
Russell and Young early foul trouble, both with 2 fouls in the 1st quarter.
MT87 says
I can't believe I ever said that this offense doesn't suit Lou
Lou Williams is unbelievable! He just scores on anybody.
What a nice touch pass by Nance JR to Black for the slam dunk.
LNJr doing work!
I love the passing out there tonight. Unselfish play all over the place and it has been turning into dunks and 3's. No to's either.
Getting sloppy to end the half
Would love to see Larry Nance Jr in the dunk contest.
Joel_ says
So many ridiculous turnovers, yikes.
The overall level of effort and focus has trailed off significantly.
Just too much Butler.
Bulls trying to make this exciting.
Did not like that Russell three attempt,thought it was a bad shot and should have looked for a better shot.
Mid Wilshire says
It's simple. When the kids don't play well, the Lakers don't win.
Lakers played poorly tonight and Butler was great in leading the Bulls to a win. Defense was bad and Lakers seemed a little frustrated by some of the calls. Hopefully they can learn and start to improve their defense. This was likely their worst game of the year. That Russell shot epitomized how the Lakers played tonight.
If and when the Lakers can get the starters and the bench playing well at the same time, they'll really have something.
Against a team with only 2 guys who can shoot from the outside, you would think the Lakers' help defense would be closer to the rim. No proper man defense against Butler and no help defense also. And yes, the shot was terrible, but I've been harping about this since forever: the Lakers still don't play proper defense for 48 minutes. And it's not about Butler's FG% at the rim. It's about the insane number of shots at the rim that he got while Wade was sitting out…
Bulls 56 rebounds, Lakers 37.
lalaker14 says
We have to improve on the defensive end if we are going to be competitive going forward. It's all a work in progress but this is an area that needs to be shored up asap.
Vasheed They killed us on the boards.
Why was Russell playing on a sore knee? That only makes it worse not better.
Team has been playing great – but this game was terrible.
We got creamed on the boards and our defense was bad.
We were held in the game by Lou Williams (a troubling trend), which is not my favorite thing – especially when Russell and Clarkson go a combined 4-23.
Lou is still my COTY however games where defense and rebounding do not earn him more votes.
Bad shooting night for two of our main scorers will usually kill a win even when we try our best to pull ahead.
Though defense has not been up to potential recently, we still were competitive and could have won this one.
All in all, it's a learning experience that I am sure Walton will make full use of.


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By ElderRitter,
September 29, 2010 in Support
wardrake
This is my suggestion on the location menu, I hope this will be implemented to lessen the unnecessary usage of additional memory(image pop-up window) and speed up the game a bit.
Preview:(description window)
Suggested format:
#--------xxxxxxxxxxxxx----------#___LEGEND:
#--------xxxxxxxxxxxxx----------#_____# = Consider this as the description window.
#--------xxxxxxxxxxxxx----------#_____x = Where the image in should be located(in order to lessen the pop-up windows).
#------------------------------------#_____* = The text of the description.
#-------*****************--#
#--********************--#
Old/Game format:
#------------------------------------#___LEGEND:
#-------*****************--#_____# = Description window.
#--********************--#_____x = Image in the pop-up window(the image must be deployed in the desc. window).
#--********************--#_____* = The text of the description.
#-------*****************--#_____% = Image window(the cause of additional loading time ).
#--********************--#___%%%%%%%%%%%
#--********************--#___%---xxxxxxxxxxxxx---%
####################___%%%%%%%%%%%
Some of you guys commenting on optimization and memory leaks: unfortunately, your problems are likely due either to your own hardware limitations or whatever stuff you have running in the background. I've hardly got a beast of a computer--it's nearly 4 years old, 2.1 GHz CPU, WinXP, 2G RAM--but I don't notice any of the problems you guys are talking about, except for a (very) slight slowdown as the database grows larger, which is unavoidable. I can certainly sympathize with your frustration, but if you're noticing huge delays, the issue's almost certainly on your end.
The one thing that I have noticed is that if you save and reload repeatedly, sometimes it causes the game to partially crash: you get an error message and it won't access the database, but it doesn't actually shut the game down.
Ive play 3d games, some are mixed(3d and text based) on full fps... but this a pure text based, there is something wrong!!!
Its true that some of us have a crappy system, but hey, this is why this thread was created, to assure some of the users of this game a guarantee that theres something to be done on its slow responsiveness. Thats why we suggest different sort of things!
Most of the FPS mostly need a good GPU but dont need real good Processing Power of the CPU (and even less RAM if they are Multiplatform) this game with its Huge DB instead need loot of Memory and Processing Power of the CPU.
As fare I read it this game dont even have a real support for Multicore Processors so some Singlecore with a High tact could be faster then a moderen Multi core processor with a slower tacting.
wardrake, if there were something wrong with the game itself, then everyone would be affected. The fact that they're not tells you the problem isn't the game, but the user's specs. As Schwarzbart points out, it's the CPU and memory that matter for a game like this. (OS matters, too; 2G RAM on WinXP is fine, but I'd be surprised if that was good enough for Vista or Win7.) The suggestions you've made won't make your game go any faster. It'll just hide the problem beneath more layers of clicking and scrolling...and that will make everyone's game go slower. The only real solution is to simply have less things in the game itself, and you're not suggesting that, are you?
At some point, you have to expect that if you're below the recommended specs, you're not going to get very good performance. 1G of RAM is low for a game like this. Add to that the stuff that most people have running in the background, and, well...
hdghg
Why are people saying the game has a "huge database"? Really, I think words like "massive" and "huge" are very much an exaggeration when we're talking about computer games in general - compared to most corporate ones they are trivial in size.
I don't think that Academagica even has a particularly large one in game terms though. Compared to, say, the Football Manager series it's quite small.
Databases are used to persist data to disk - permanent storage. There is no need whatsoever to access the database outside of saving and loading unless you genuinely cannot hold the data in memory. I believe that even the FM games ran in memory. Even outdated machines should very easily be able to run Academagica with no database access except for persistence.
If you are accessing the DB during play, then this is something you should look to eliminate. DB access is pretty much always a performance bottleneck and it is well worth minimising DB calls. Just load out the whole data set into memory when you load a game (you must surely have to load it all for when you process everyone's actions each turn anyway) and don't even look at the DB again until the player chooses to save.
Bullwinkle, why are you posting in this thread? is it just for showing us how fast your cpu is? please for our convenience, read the thread subject, if you do have a fast cpu, for as long as I know, your comment or opinion isnt needed here. You didnt even understand my suggestion! That's all, thank you!
hdghd, quite a fact in there.
I agree with Hdqhq here with just a bit over 1GB the complet size of the game on the Disk + 200 MB size of the Catch + maybe 90 MB size of the save I think systems with larger size of RAM (2GB+ depending on OS and other things in the background) sould be able to store the complet game in the Memory witout any loading necessary.
Let's see what the legate will say..
Legate says the game is stored in memory (mostly) and the interactions within what's stored are the source of most slowdowns you'll experience. Some of that we'll be able to optimize- some of it, however, is limited by your hardware. Wardrake's slowdown for the Location menu is probably mostly hardware.
Still, we are looking at ways to help players on the bottom end.
Well, I will keep suggesting on how the game will be optimized, and for your own good, it is the role of your company(BCS) to think of ways to make significant speed-ups/optimizations(thus lowering the system requirements), to cover a lot of gamers to buy and enjoy the game, and for us(that are gamers of academagia already) to have a bigger community and make lot of interactions!
Hey, how about my latter suggestion, any violent reaction?
Good luck, and Keep working hard!
wardrake;
Thanks- and you are welcome to continue making suggestions: we appreciate the feedback, even if we cannot always incorporate it.
Hmmm.... My system specs are superior to yours, but I have definite lag issues. As far as I know I'm running pretty clean, I guess I'll have to start taking a closer look at my processes. Ugh. Maybe after I stop the antibiotics.
Hmmm.... My system specs are superior to yours, but I have definite lag issues.
How laggy are you? Typically, I'll see a wait of around 3-4 sec when getting or closing a report or making a story choice. More rarely will I see a wait around 5-6 sec, although this does become more common as the year goes on. I've never seen a wait approach 10 sec.
Calculating the day's results probably averages around 10 sec in the latter part of the year.
I get very little wait when opening a choice selection menu; typically less than 1 sec.
Location:Next to bed
Interests:Lead students to pitfall.
Thanks- and you are welcome to continue making suggestions: we appreciate the feedback, even if we cannot always incorporate it. smile.gif
Well, I will also take a dib at solving this problem even when I am not knowledgeable at programming, but is worth the try.
(Roll INT+Logic+observation vs programming)
Too long didn't read: Most of my assumption is the game is loading every single thing at once, didn't keep the data, and/or unnecessarily running data against data.
1) Does the system keep all the loaded information for schedule planning screen?
Because it feel like the computer just delete everything when we move on to the event/result screen and then reload everything from scratch, which could be solved by storing the information in the ram or certain harddisk space as data instead and simply add all the new gain/lost value to the data when we gone back to the planning screen.
Roll Fail = +1 Stress
2) When the game load for a random event, does it load up all the data/script/everything of the 4000+ event ?
My suggestion would be breaking up events in separate spaces like "folder" and let the computer roll a dice to choose a folder then roll another dice to pick the event inside the chosen folder. Might save a second or two.
Now I am interested to look at the background coding or command console to see what the hell is loading behind 8+ still images, 40+ skills, 40+ commands, and 1 background music. (+1 Stress)
3) Is the shop section a separate loading too? Because there's definitely a slowdown with just loading to the second and third shop. (+1 Stress)
Side bug report: The game crush after I load a save while in shop mode for both patch 8 and 9. The warning is "System Error Occurred. Application will be terminated." (+1 Stress)
Edit 2:
Oh right, the system is running this for every single student in the school...that make senses now. (-2 Stress)
Nyaa;
Thanks for the post- we are working on optimization this week for the UI, in fact, so the discussion is timely.
Regarding the crash, the Player is not meant to access Menu except on the Calendar- we'll see if we close this in Patch 11.
Odd. My lag times are about twice yours. But in different places! Opening a menu on the calendar is painful, by the middle of a school year it can be several seconds. OTOH I rarely notice lag in events. Perhaps a few seconds. I can live with lag during turn processing, that's when the computer is supposed to be doing it's own thing. It's when I'm looking at visible lag during what amounts to no more than selecting from a pull down menu that I want to grind my teeth.
Onon
I like hdghg's point about the Football Manager series. I play that a lot too, and don't experience slowdowns even with a large database. And that database is enormous in comparison.
The lag that really bothers me the most is the menu lag when I've been playing for too long. But usually if I just exit the game and restart it; most, if not all, of my lag will go away.
An idea to possibly help organize the slowdowns:
Is it possible to make the computer do all of its thinking (loading: menus, tooltips, events, other student actions, ect.) at the same time like at the end of the day. If it is, it would be neat to have snippits of information to read about the history/politics/culture of the world as we wait the couple of seconds for the game to load the next day. Because one period of 5-10 second lag between days would be more tolerable, it's just when every action lags that it gets really frusterating.
BTW Excellent customer support community!
Everyone;
I believe you will appreciate today's Patch, which will be released momentarily. This does not change any delay which you may have from turn resolution, but I think you will find navigating the UI to be much easier on almost all systems.
I'll pass that on to the coding team.
The improvements should be in both new games and loaded saves.
Vieux chat
It's. so. fast.
I hope Impulse users will have that patch soon, because it adds so much.
Well, it improve so much that some of the background issues are seem to have left behind, I have a issue with relentless loading of game in which at some point, when i loaded the saved game, it performs in less descent responsiveness and more time loading, in short LAG-GY... please fix it... .wahh, im a load-save-load freak guy!
As the game goes along, it must track more and more entities- the problem may not necessarily be related to your habit of saving and loading (in which you are not alone! ), but possibly to the progression of the game. Still, we'll investigate to make sure that no additional information is being left behind upon loading a game.
I am sure that it slows down whenever i reached about 30 loadings... wee... maybe the 30 loadings is in line with my hardware req...


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'Dancing with the Stars 21' spotlight: Will Alek Skarlatos, Lindsay Arnold find way to impress?
Dancing with the Stars, DWTS 21 Spotlight	 September 13, 2015
When we first saw the name Alek Skarlatos in the cast list for "Dancing with the Stars 21," our immediate reaction was to say "who?" out loud. This is a pretty common reaction we presume, given that the name itself is not familiar. However, he does still have a significant claim to fame that dominated recent headlines, and once you hear that, you'll remember that this is someone who put himself out there to commit a great act of heroism. We're happy that someone like him gets on the show here or there, since it gives you more of a lens to view the experience. He's not a celebrity so much as a real person just thrust into an unusual situation.
Without further ado, let's dive into discussing why he may or may not be particularly well-suited for this show.
Name – Alek Skarlatos
Age – 22
Claim to fame – An American Oregon Army National Guardsman specialist who helped stop an attack aboard a French train. He was recognized immediately as a hero and his story went viral earlier this summer. This casting is clearly the most on-the-fly of the season.
Partner – Lindsay Arnold. She is a former "So You Think You Can Dance" contestant and a troupe member who has only performed in a celebrity one other time in season 16 with Victor Ortiz. This is a chance for her to really show what she is capable of as a teacher.
Strengths – If Alek was bold enough to risk his life, we cannot imagine him being hesitant to take risks on the dance floor. He's strong, he's commanding, and he certainly has a leading-man look about him. While he is not a celebrity, his story and heroism should help in out in the early weeks. There is something appealing about an everyman.
Weaknesses – It is still hard to see him getting a similar following to Noah Galloway, who was both an inspiration as a soldier and a dancer on the show. Also, there is inevitably going to be a question regarding whether or not he can actually dance, and performing is so far out of his wheelhouse that he is a question mark.
Prediction – Alek won't be first out, but we could see him landing almost anywhere on the board other than maybe the winner's circle. With his actual dance ability so much in the air, it is hard to really place him anywhere in comparison to some other people.
How well do you think that Alek is going to fare this season? Share now with a comment, and head over here to see some of our other recent spotlight articles! Meanwhile, sign up here to get some other TV news on all we cover via our CarterMatt Newsletter. (Photo: ABC.)
What's your prediction for Alek?


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Want To Stay Fit & Healthy As You Age? Better Start Doing This
March 11, 2018 Mikael Gomez General Health
Aging is one of the major setbacks to humans as it weakens their body fitness, making it dull and unhealthy. To find what can make an individual's aging slow, the researchers of the University of Birmingham and King's College London have found that keep ourselves active helps our body to be young and healthy.
As an experiment, the researchers set out to find the health conditions of older or senior aged adults who have exercised all their lives to see what best they have achieved to slowing down aging.
1 An Experiment On Cyclists
2 Other Outcomes Of This Experiment
3 Other Researcher's Opinion
4 Conclusion:
An Experiment On Cyclists
As per the study, the researchers arranged as many as 125 amateur cyclists with the age group between 55 to 79 years. Amongst these 125 cyclists, 84 of them were males and 41 were females. The men cyclists rode the cycle for 100 KMS in under 6.5 hours and women completed their task by cycling 60 KMS in 5.5 hours. The participants, before this experiment, were tested and then sorted to a group of two.
A group of heavy drinkers, smokers, people with blood pressure and many other health conditions were prohibited from this experiment.
The cyclists underwent a series of tests in the laboratory and were then compared with the group of adults who were not physically regular in their healthy activities. After the test, the participants were formed in a group of 70 people aged between 57 to 80 years and the other group of less than 60 healthy young adults that age between 20 to 36 years.
At the end of this experiment, the results showed that the people who exercised regularly did not experience any muscle mass or strength loss. With this, they also noticed that the participants in cycling did not increase their cholesterol levels and body fats with the kind of age. The study also found that these men may have avoided their male menopause due men testosterone levels that remained high in their body.
The researchers were also surprised to see that the benefits of exercise that extended beyond muscle. The cyclists also had a healthy immune system which has not been affected due to aging.
Other Outcomes Of This Experiment
The report further describes that these participants have a healthy thymus, an organ that makes immune cell called T cells. These T cells start shrinking as people enter in their 20s, making fewer T cells. In this study, the researchers found that the cyclist's thymuses were healthy and made as many T cells like those of young people.
The research says the figures that show that less than half over 65s do enough daily exercise to stay fit and for those who age the half of over 65 likely to suffer from at least two diseases in their lives. The Director of the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing at the University of Birmingham, Professor Janet Lord, believes & we quote:
"Hippocrates around 400 BC said that a man's best medicine is exercise, but this message has got silent over the time, and we are an increasingly sedentary society".
As per the other research on aging in people, the findings have debunked assumptions that aging can automatically make an individual weak and incapable.
Professor Janet Lord says,
"Our research means we now have strong evidence that encourages people to commit to regular exercise throughout their lives is a viable solution to the problems that we are living longer but not healthier."
Other Researcher's Opinion
At the King's College London, the Director of the Centre of Human and Aerospace Physiological Science, Professor Stephen Harridge says that "The findings emphasize the fact that the cyclists do not exercise because they are healthy, that they are healthy because they have been exercising for such a large proportion of their lives."
Professor Stephen Harridge also believes that "Their bodies have been allowed to age optimally, free from the problems usually caused by inactivity. Remove the activity and their health would likely deteriorate".
Dr. Niharika Arora Duggal from the University of Birmingham says, "We hope our findings prevent the danger that, as a society, we accept that old age and disease are normal bedfellows and that the third age of man is something to be endured and not enjoyed."
Norman Lazarus, Emeritus Professor at King's College London and also a master cyclist and Dr. Ross Pollock, who underwent a muscle study, have both agreed that: "Most of us who exercise have nowhere near the physiological capabilities. Of elite athletes."
They believe that "We exercise mainly to enjoy ourselves. Nearly everybody can partake in a regular fitness regime that is in keeping with their own physiological capabilities".
The Professors suggests that "Find an exercise that you enjoy in whatever environment that suits you and make a habit of physical activity. You will reap the rewards in later life by enjoying an independent and productive old age".
These research and studies are detailed and published in two papers in Aging cells, and there is also ongoing joint study by the two universities funded by the BUPA foundations. The researchers also hope to continue examinations and studies on the cyclists to see whether they continue to cycle and stay young or have any other effects affecting them.
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Giedraičiai est un village dans la municipalité du district de Molėtai, en Lituanie.
Peuplée d'environ 770 habitants, il est situé à environ 45 km au nord de Vilnius, capitale de la Lituanie, sur les rives du lac Kiementas. Il est le chef-lieu d'un elderate. Le village fondé, selon une légende locale, par le Duc Giedrius, est mentionné pour la première fois dans les sources écrites en 1338 à l'occasion du traité de paix signé entre le Grand-duc Gediminas et les Chevaliers teutoniques. Pendant longtemps, il fut le fief de la famille Giedraitis.

Histoire
On sait que depuis 1777 le village avait une école paroissiale. Aujourd'hui, le lycée porte le nom d'Antanas Jaroševičius, un peintre qui a publié en 1912 un album de croix lituaniennes. Le bâtiment de l'école abrite un petit musée sur l'histoire locale.

En 1410, l'Église Saint-Barthélemy l'Apôtre a été construite. Elle a été rénovée en 1809 dans le style classique par l'évêque de Samogitie Józef Giedroyc , dont la famille princière provenait de Giedraičiai. En 1838, après sa mort et selon ses désirs, le cœur de Józef Giedroyc a été incrusté dans l'un des murs. Dans le milieu du  un nouveau clocher a été construit. Il est intéressant car de conception inhabituelle : les murs en pierre sont décorés avec des briques rouges.

En 1920, le village est témoin des combats entre les Lituaniens et les Polonais dirigés par Lucjan Żeligowski. Après la guerre polono-lituanienne, Zeligowski organise une fausse rébellion par les unités de l'armée polonaise et Vilnius est prise le . Ses troupes avançaient encore, mais ont été arrêtées près de Giedraičiai et de Širvintos du 17 au . La Société des Nations intervint et les combats cessèrent, mais les différends sur la région de Vilnius n'ont pas été résolus. Aujourd'hui, le village commémore les victimes avec un monument qui a survécu au régime soviétique. L'ornement du monument, une épée et une trompette, est utilisé dans les armoiries du village.

En juillet et août 1941, un Einsatzgruppen de nationalistes lituaniens massacre la population juive locale lors d'exécutions de masse.

Notoriété en France
Giedraičiai, qui signifie « village clair », s'est fait mieux connaître en France grâce à la chanteuse GiedRé (équivalent lituanien du prénom Claire) qui a posé devant le panneau de l'endroit pour une photo publiée sur le réseau social Facebook.

Transport
Molėtai Aero Club (ICAO airport code : EYMO) est situé à  au nord de Giedraičiai.

Références

Liens externes
  Photo gallery
  Molėtai Aero Club

Sources

Ville en Lituanie
Histoire des Juifs en Lituanie
Massacre ou atrocité de la Seconde Guerre mondiale
Lieu d'exécution de la Shoah en Lituanie


As the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Susan Rice read a eulogy she prepared on the occasion of the death of Meles Zenawi, the prime minister of Ethiopia, she called him a "tough, unsentimental and sometimes unyielding," leader. She went on to describe how he demeaned people who disagreed with him saying, "of course, he had little patience for fools, or idiots, as he liked to call them." Rice was speaking about a leader with a legacy tarnished due to his decision to quash dissent, preside over security services that opened fire on protesters during a disputed 2005 election, imprisoned journalists using the fig leaf of terrorism, used food aid as a political tool and stole land in south Ethiopia. That is but a short list of his many crimes. Rice chose to talk of him as a hero and a leader that will be missed for his contributions as a human rights advocate. To call this eulogy naive is to ignore Rice's history of codling dictators in the region and her track record fundamentally misunderstanding the politics and people of the African continent.
This dates back to the early days of the Clinton presidency and continued when Rice served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1997-2001. Presidents in the horn at the time were dubbed the "new generation of African leaders" following Clinton's trip to Africa in 1998. One of the many hapless policies selectively applied in the region and which continues to this day. During his travel Clinton hailed a group of leaders specifically in the horn which includes Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia and Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea. All of the presidents except for Meles are still clinging to power 14 years later. But Meles, the leader Rice called "a true friend to me" during the eulogy, gives observers a window onto someone easily charmed by Africa's dictators. Ethiopia's late prime-minister has used the country's economic success to avoid criticism for terrible human rights record and he died while after consolidating power and crushing dissent for 21 years. It is such double standard rooted within the fiber of the relationships formed by the ambassador and which later plays out during Susan Rice's role in mediating the Eritrea and Ethiopia border demarcation process what drives me to write this blog entry.
Rice played a role in the Eritrea-Ethiopia peace process as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, a process which could have averted a decade-long stalemate that has followed. But unfortunately, she and Jendayi Frazer failed to deliver fair judgement for millions of people who are still held "hostage" as some officials call the militarized circumstance on the ground, due to a no war no peace situation between the two countries. To be clear, Rice and others were not obligated to make the two sides come to an agreement, but they should have used their significant influence over Ethiopia to make the country go along with the "final and binding" decision of the boundary commission.
A series of WikiLeaks documents shed light on the private decision process Rice used when considering the Eritrea-Ethiopia conflict.
" Mr. Kristof, thank you for this opportunity! I am a concerned Eritrean-American who is worried about the threat to the sovereignty of Eritrea. Why was the world silent when Ethiopia attacked Eritrea in March 2012?
It needs to be noted that despite this legitimate threat, Eritrea has shown a commendable self-restraint. But we are left wondering, why the UN is taking its time to act? Last time the two countries were at war, over 70,000 people were killed within the span of 3 years from 1998-2000. Isn't that a lesson to learn from?
Eritreans are still waiting for an answer. I would also like to briefly look at sanctions imposed on Eritrea by the United Nation's Security Council with Susan Rice leading and pushing for measures behind closed doors.
While the stalemate between the two countries has lingered for over a decade and counting, Susan Rice has moved on and continues to partner with her friends in the region despite their human right abuse records.
Unfortunately, it's hard to vouch for the innocence of an Eritrean government which lacks transparency and regularly flaunts international norms and imprisons dissenters. But even with incriminating evidence plastered all over the security report, footnotes tell an interesting story. The evidence used to implicate the country came from statements taken from soldiers who were under Ethiopian captivity, names such as Colonel Gemachew Ayana (Clearly not Eritrean name but Ethiopian) who was allegedly training the OLF in Eritrea and many other statements from highly suspicious sources. Bias when collecting intelligence to identify actual wrongdoing has been a pattern for the monitoring group which has given conflicting reports from time to time.
It may not be fair to say that Rice was directly doing the bidding of Meles, but it appears from all publicly available documents that the information she received and her perspective has been seriously one-sided.
Unfortunately here in America, leaders are obsessing over an issue that the ambassador had little role in. A pre-emptive opposition by John McCain, R-Ariz., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., to block the possible nomination of Susan Rice to the position of Secretary of State. In fact, the effort to block Rice's appointment gained traction after a letter from a group of 97 House Republicans backed the claim that Rice, currently the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., is not fit to take over the role as the U.S. Secretary of State. The missive accuses her of "either willfully or incompetently" misleading the American public based on comments she made on a series of Sunday TV talk shows five days after the Benghazi attack in Libya.
In an effort to curry favor, Rice made a trip to capitol hill to meet with skeptical lawmakers last week. That trip appears to have gained her little ground with several senators making public statements that they were even more skeptical about Rice's nomination after meeting with her.
The hostility toward her is centered on her statements that the September 11, 2012 attacks on the U.S. consulate in Libya that ended in the death of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans was a result of an anti-Muslim video. This view has since been discredited. But where did the ambassador get the information from? The intelligence community including members of the NSA, CIA and FBI gave her the talking points she recited on a television show. It defies common sense that the blame goes to the person who conveyed messages drawn up by the country's intelligence.
As the political posturing continues, the fixation of the GOP on the Benghazi issue is worrisome because it is as if they are acting as enemy combatants within government for something that has zero relevance and link with the Ambassador's actual body of work in her career. If there is genuine opposition to Rice, let it be for her misinformed or miscalculated decision making. Let it be for the ambassador's time in the Clinton administration that should be scrutinized. A series of failures including a failure to intervene in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a war deadlier than the Rwandan genocide which has claimed 5.4 million deaths. Let us also recall that Rice was against any intervention to halt the genocide in Rwanda and instead was busy making political and election-based calculations according to a history of the conflict written by Samantha Power.
The bottom line is this: it should be Rice's complete body of work that makes her unqualified to become the next Secretary of State. The Benghazi bungle is only a footnote.


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WHO WILL WRITE OUR HISTORY takes you back to November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decided to fight back. Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group vowed to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda not with guns or fists but with pen and paper. Now, for the first time, their story is told as a feature documentary. Written, produced, and directed by Roberta Grossman and executive produced by Nancy Spielberg, Who Will Write Our History mixes the writings of the Oyneg Shabes archive with new interviews, rarely seen footage and stunning dramatizations to transport us inside the Ghetto and the lives of these courageous resistance fighters. They defied their murderous enemy with the ultimate weapon - the truth - and risked everything so that their archive would survive the war, even if they did not.
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