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Listiac
Follow the final conference live online on our Youtube channel this Thursday (20.01.22) at 10-16CET.
Tune in for a content filled day on linguistically sensitive teaching in all classrooms.
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Take part in the discussion below. Set your name by clicking the cog under the chatbox.
What a lovely video, Nathalie!
Kristina Cunningham
Nathalie, the quotes and the videos are GOLD! Merci infiniment.
Prof. Nathalie AUGER : Thank you Kristina. It is so important to hear pupils and teachers/ parents/ inspectors 's voices
Thank you, Nathalie, for your presentation. Now presenting Professor Piet van Avermaet from Ghent University.
Joanna Ceremuga
Thank you Prof Auger. The final slides of your presentation are a beautiful manifesto and guidance for teachers and educators these days (and of the future)
Hi all, and concgrats for the great project. FYI, that just yesterday the Finnish Language Board (which works in cooperation with The Institute for the Languages of Finland) published its action plan for 2022–2024. The theme of the three-year period is language awareness!
Says Katri! 🙂
Fantastic, Katri!!!
Prof. Nathalie AUGER : you will find wonderful tools in the Listiac project to achieve these goals.
Thank you Katri! And for supporting us during all three years.
Prof. Nathalie AUGER : Beautiful Katri ! I hope all Ministries in Europe could do the same.
Emilee Moore
That's great Katri! Thanks for letting us know
Thank you, Piet, for this thought-provoking presentation!
Time to stand up!
Bedankt Piet - such important findings and great that the process moves forward in Belgium, slowly but steadily!
Karmen Pizorn
Thank you for providing some exercise in different languages. Nonverbal communication supports language acquisition - this has been researched a lot and shows that it really helps.
Piet Van Avermaet
Thanks Kristina. yes, we are making some progress, but as you say, it goes slow
And now speaking Associate Professor Emilee Moore from Autonomous University of Barcelona.
I am keen to respond to any questions 🙂
Thank you, Emilee, for your lovely presentation! We are looking forward to seeing the film soon.
We hope to have the final documentary soon... working with artists takes time...
@Emilee: Have you any plans to work with these students in other projects after this video?
Some of the students continue to study with us, others will be teachers in schools we send placement students to. So the connections will continue. We do hope to bring them all together soon to continue to collaboratively construct the discourse of the final documentary
@Emilee: Great to hear, good luck!
Júlia Llompart
We are lucky to have these diverse and great presentation!
Tjasa Draznik
Such insightful examples of how plurilingual practices have always been around. Thank you Durk!
Thank you, Durk for so much informative info on plurilingualism - linguistally sensitive teaching. Well done.
I agree that langauges should be present in public spaces. What do you do if this may not be allowed because of the national language protection law?? I believe that if the national languages is included then other langauges cannot "harm" it but there are still many who do not agree or actually strongly disagree.
Thank you, Durk, for this great summary of the research field and for the lessons learned, really interesting!
Now presenting Listiac Project Manager, Professor Siv Björklund from Åbo Akademi University. Feel free to ask questions or leave comments here in the chat!
Linguistic environment is a super interesting concept and as "Anonymous" says, it is a real shame that in some cases national or regional authorities expereince threats to forced majority languages and hence feel the need to intervene, even in the commercial and private spheres....
Thank you for a great presentation; here at Åbo Akademi University we have the same experiences; linguistic landscapes are really inspiring for student teachers.
Durk
Thanks for the comments. Our recent article on LL and language learning (open access) is here. https://doi.org/10.1080/23247797.2021.2014029
Sven Sierens
LL is in my opinion a very useful concept in educational practice. However, I've noticed a lot of sloppy research studies when this field began to emerge where researchers had walked around town taking photographs and then did some 'easy' semiotic analysis. It becomes more interesting when various actors are involved who discuss their different interpretations of what they see and read.
Thank you, Siv! Have a great lunch break, everyone!
Welcome back everyone. We will continue with the programme now, enjoy! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to write them here in the chat.
The first presentation of the afternoon is by Listiac Researcher Júlia Llompart from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Thank you so much Júlia!
Thank you Júlia for your dedication and contribution to the project
Anonymous108
Eman Mahmoud Ayesh El-Abwini . I've MA degree in the field of Linguistics from middle East University. I'm a certified international trainer
It has been a great pleasure working with you all and having the chance to present today 🙂
Listiac Researcher Sven Sierens (Ghent University) is now presenting the Listiac toolkit. Let us know if you have any questions.
Thank you Júlia! A perfect beginning to introduce our great Listiac research team
Super useful toolkit for ITE and continuous development of teachers. Do you have a plan for implementing it in teaching practice in the different partner countries - with direct links to the institutions responsible for teacher education?
In Barcelona, we have added some of the tools in Initial Teacher Education. They were used during the action research process but teacher educators decided to add them as a part of their course in the future. So, for example, the observation protocol is used during the interships the student teachers do.
Thank you for your comment Kristina! We have used the beginner,intermediate and advanced reflections during our teaching practices at Åbo Akademi University. Student teachers have liked them a lot and the reflections have opened their eyes for LST.
Many thanks, Sven, for presenting the toolkit! If you are interested in learning more, please click the 'Toolkit' tab at www.listiac.org or visit https://listiac.org/toolkit/.
Presenting now: Listiac Researcher Mari Bergroth from Åbo Akademi University.
Thank you, Mari, for summarising the key findings and the recommendations for initial teacher education! Feel free to ask questions or write comments here in the chat.
Well done, Mari. Many issues still to answer but you have at least identified them. Congrats. Karmen
Mari Bergroth
Yes, the work needs to continue 🙂
Thank you for the songs.
@Karmen: We are glad you liked them!
As a native English speaker, I particularly like that you picked a song that doesn't have a familiar English version. For me, we sung Frère Jacques in the original French. I don't know if this choice was intentional or not, but I liked this 🙂
@Andrew Graham: Thank you for your comment! We are glad that you liked the version.
Hopefully you enjoyed your coffee and tea break. The next speaker is Professor Emeritus Jim Cummins from the University of Toronto. Welcome!
Dear all, are the presentations being recorded?
@Kristina: Yes, they are recorded. Hopefully we are able to upload the presentations on the Listiac YouTube channel later on.
Sorry, I know they ARE already recorded, what I meant was if they will be published on the web site for future reference....
@Kristina: There will be a link also on the Listiac website.
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10.00 CET: Opening of the Seminar (program updated 18.1.2022)
10.00-10.10: Welcome by Moderator Yvonne Backholm, Listiac Project Manager Siv Björklund and Dean Fritjof Sahlström, Faculty of Education and Welfare Studies, Åbo Akademi University
10.10-10.30: Presentation of the Listiac Project by Project Manager Siv Björklund
10.30-12.30 CET: Invited Talks on Linguistically Sensitive Teaching and Initial Teacher Education
10.30: Challenges and practices for teacher education: pupils' home language and identity while learning the language of schooling by Professor Nathalie Auger (Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 University, France)
10.55: Language Sensitive Teaching in teacher education in a monolingual policy context by Professor Piet van Avermaet (Ghent University, Belgium)
11.15: Voices of linguistically diverse (future) teachers: The process of co-producing a documentary film by Associate Professor Emilee Moore (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)
11.40: Linguistic Landscapes as a pedagogical tool for initial teacher education by Professor Durk Gorter (University of the Basque Country, Spain)
12.05: Whose multilingualism is it? Dominant language constellations as identifiers of languages in initial teacher education by Professor Siv Björklund (Åbo Akademi University, Finland)
12.30-13.15 CET: Lunch Break
Lunch break. Please, take a look at the Listiac videos on the project's YouTube channel.
13.15-14.30 CET: Listiac Outputs
13.15: Linguistically sensitive teaching, participatory action research and change by Júlia Llompart (Autonomous University of Barcelona)
13.35: Listiac tool kit for reflection tasks by Sven Sierens (Ghent University)
14.05: Key findings and implications for teacher education by Mari Bergroth (Åbo Akademi University)
14.30-14.40 CET: Break
Break. Please, take a look at the Listiac videos on the project's YouTube channel.
14.40-15.20 CET: Reflections on the Listiac Project by Professor Emeritus Jim Cummins and European Commission Policy Officer Oana Felecan
14.45: Normalizing Linguistically Sensitive Teaching: Reflections on the LISTIAC Project by Professor Emeritus Jim Cummins (University of Toronto, Canada)
15.05: EU Policy Context by Policy Officer Oana Felecan (European Commission)
15.20-15.45 CET: Closing of the Seminar
Concluding remarks by Listiac Project Manager Siv Björklund (Åbo Akademi University) and Moderator Yvonne Backholm
Professor Nathalie Auger
Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, France
Nathalie Auger is a full professor of linguistics and didactic at the University of Montpellier (France). She is a member of LHUMAIN research centre (Language learning, HUmanities, mediations, interactions). She works on teaching and learning languages at school and developing various research projects promoting plurilingual and intercultural education in France and in Europe. She is the author of a dozen of books on these topics and been active for example in Majority language in multilingual settings, Plurilingualism and pluriculturalism in content-based teaching. A training kit, Maledive (Majority language and diversity), and ROMtels.
Professor Piet van Avermaet
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
Piet Van Avermaet is a Professor in 'Language and Diversity' in the Linguistics Department of Ghent University, Belgium, where he teaches 'multicultural studies', 'multilingualism in education, 'language, diversity and globalisation' and 'language policy'. He is also Head of the Research Centre for Diversity & Learning (CDL) at the same University. He is series co-editor (with Kathleen Heugh and Christopher Stroud) of the book series 'Multilingualisms and Diversities in Education', Bloomsbury. His expertise and research interests cover topics related to multilingualism in education, social inequality and equity in education, language policy and practice in education, language policy and practice in contexts of (social) inclusion, language assessment, diversity and inclusion, integration and participation, discrimination in education.
Åbo Akademi, Finland
Siv Björklund is a Professor of Swedish immersion and multilingualism at the Åbo Akademi University and the Listiac Project Manager. Her research encompasses Swedish as a second language, bilingual and multilingual learning, content and language integrated learning, minority studies, the relation between multilingualism and identity in immersion programmes, pedagogical practices for language-diverse classes, and development of participatory writing among students with Swedish as a first or second language in different classroom settings.
Professor Emeritus Jim Cummins
University of Toronto, Canada
Jim Cummins is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on literacy development in educational contexts characterized by linguistic diversity. In numerous articles and books, he has explored the nature of language proficiency and its relationship to literacy development with particular emphasis on the intersections of societal power relations, teacher-student identity negotiation, and literacy attainment in multilingual classrooms.
Professor Durk Gorter
Universidad del País Vasco, the Basque Country
Durk Gorter is an Ikerbasque research professor at the University of the Basque Country, Spain. He is the principal investigator of the Donostia Research group on Education And Multilingualism (DREAM). Among his recent publications are Pedagogical Translanguaging (2021, Cambridge U.P.; co-edited with Jasone Cenoz) and a special issue of System (2020) on Pedagogical translanguaging: navigating between languages at school and at the university. He carries out research on European minority languages, multilingual education, and linguistic landscapes. He has taught a course on comparing European minority languages in the Master in Multilingualism and Education. He was also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Language, Culture and Curriculum. The International Association of Multilingualism gave him the award of Distinguished Scholar of Multilingualism.
Policy Officer Oana Felecan
Oana Felecan is a Policy Officer in Erasmus+ Programme team for School education, Vocational education and training, and Adult learning sectors. She is the European coordinator of European Language Label and has been working in particular on the language learning within the Erasmus+ programme. Oana graduated from the University Paris IX Dauphine (France) and the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest (Romania).
Associate Professor Emilee Moore
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Catalonia
Emilee Moore is a Serra Húnter Associate Professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. She is interested in language practices in multilingual and multicultural educational contexts from a perspective that integrates linguistic ethnography, interactional sociolinguistics, ethnomethodology, creative inquiry, and sociocultural learning theories. She helps develop primary and secondary school teachers who are prepared to educate children and youth in contexts of linguistic diversity. She is also a member of the GREIP Research Centre at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and co-convened the AILA Research Network on Creative Inquiry in Applied Linguistics from 2018-2021.
Yvonne Backholm-Nyberg
Experience Lab / Åbo Akademi University
Listiac Youtube Channel
Listiac.org
In case of inquiries, please contact sanna.pakarinen [at] abo.fi
About the Conference and the Project
A warm welcome to the Closing Seminar of the Erasmus+ Project Listiac (Linguistically Sensitive Teaching in All Classrooms). The Listiac Project is co-funded by the European Union.
The Listiac Closing Seminar is free and will be live-streamed on the Listiac YouTube channel on Thursday 20 January 2022 at 10.00-16.00 CET. The live stream will comprise presentations of the Listiac Project (at 10.10-10.30) and other current research topics in relation to Linguistically Sensitive Teaching and initial teacher education in Europe by five of the local leaders within Listiac (at 10.30-12.30 CET). The Listiac Research Team will present the key finding and other outcomes of the project in the afternoon (at 13.15-14.30 CET). There will also be talks by two distinguished speakers, Professor Emeritus Jim Cummins (University of Toronto) and Policy Officer Oana Felecan (European Commission) commenting on the Listiac project.
The programme of the Closing Seminar will be updated (latest update 18.1.2022). If you wish to read more about the Listiac Project, please visit www.listiac.org.
If you have any questions about the Listiac Project or the Closing Seminar, please contact the Project Coordinator at sanna.pakarinen [at] abo.fi, or the Project Manager at siv.bjorklund [at] abo.fi.
The Listiac Project develops and experiments a theoretically informed reflection tool aimed at making (future) teachers more linguistically sensitive in their beliefs, attitudes and actions.


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Q: How do I create a project file for Sphinx4 in Eclipse? I downloaded Sphinx 4 beta version 3 from here but when I try to import into Eclipse it says there are no valid project files in it's folder
How do I create a valid project file for this?

A: Check the downloaded folder for a project.xml. If there is a project you can import the containing folder via "import" -> "existing project". If there is no project.xml you cannot import it as a project! Use "import" -> "file system" instead of "import" -> "existing project".
This will start the project wizard.

A: Try New -> Project -> from existing source

A: Sphinx4 can not be imported as a project in Eclipse. You have to create a new project and copy the contents of Sphinx4 into that directory, then add all those files to a project.
Unfortunately you will still have to use ant to build the project. It probably is possible to integrate it with eclipse, though I haven't been able to do that (I haven't tried too hard though).

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently held a class action plaintiff cannot stipulate prior to class certification that the plaintiff and the proposed class will not seek damages that exceed $5 million in total. The opinion closes a loophole that allowed plaintiffs to avoid federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA).
CAFA provides a federal district court with original jurisdiction over a civil class action lawsuit if, among other things, the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $5 million. In determining whether the matter exceeds that sum, the claims of the individual class members are aggregated.
In Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles, 2013 U.S. LEXIS 2370 (U.S. Mar. 19, 2013), the class representative stipulated that he would not at any time during the case seek damages for the class in excess of $5 million. After the defendant removed the case to federal court, the plaintiff argued for remand on the grounds the district court lacked jurisdiction because the amount in controversy fell below the $5 million threshold. The district court found that, but for the plaintiff's stipulation, the resulting sum would have exceeded $5 million.
In its opinion, the Supreme Court reasoned that, since a plaintiff who files a proposed class action cannot legally bind members of the proposed class before it is certified, the stipulation proffered by Greg Knowles does not bind anyone but Knowles and, therefore, did not impact the value of the putative class members' claims. For jurisdictional purposes, a federal court's inquiry is limited to examining the case at the time it was filed in state court. When Knowles filed his lawsuit, he lacked the authority to concede the issue of the amount in controversy for the absent class members. Therefore, the district court erred when finding that the pre-certification stipulation could overcome the CAFA jurisdictional threshold. However, the high court declined to decide whether stipulations prior to class certification that limit attorneys' fees can be binding since Knowles' stipulation did not provide for that option.
The court's ruling will have a significant impact since class action plaintiff attorneys can no longer unilaterally stipulate to limit a class' damages in an effort to keep the case in state court, where class certification may be easier to accomplish. Now, when determining the amount in controversy, federal courts will be directed to ignore any pre-certification stipulations concerning the class recovery offered by the representative plaintiff.


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Mini is currently under partial lease but available for showings.


Handicapped Access - NYC Human Rights Comm.
: Is it normal for a handicapped access case to still be pending 3-1/2 years with this agency?  This aged neighbor of mine is practically a prisoner in her apartment, unable to use a wheelchair or scooter.  Her physical problems have been exacerbated because the assigned NYCHA lawyer seems to me to be jerking her around and delaying, and she is now facing hip surgery and cannot return to the apartment without that access.
: Does anyone have any resource info to light a fire under the staff attorney?


Rock has been known as "The Devil's Music" since the first backbeat was laid down. It was bad enough when Elvis swiveled his hips, but things went turbo-stupid a couple decades later.
The connection between rock and Satan arguably reached its peak in the '70s and '80s, when an overly-alarmist religious crowd began accusing bands of inserting hidden Satanic messages into their lyrics; one that can only be heard when the songs were played backward. This so-called phenomenon, dubbed "backmasking," has caused massive amounts of pearl clutching ever since.
However, such fervor has been shown to be completely unwarranted (thus far). The truth is, reversed words of phrases are heard for one of two reasons. The first is the power of suggestion – people that pushed the backmasking phenomenon could always coax a message out of the gibberish before they announced their discovery to the public. The second is nothing more than studio trickery, with the artist deliberately recording a lyric and adding it to the recording so it plays backwards when you play the record forward, especially once it began to rustle jimmies.
Of course, this hasn't stopped the accusations from coming, as the following list demonstrates. Some of the artists mentioned here have been targets since the backmasking craze began over forty years ago, while others are new entries into the dubious category. All are kind of fun to explore, in a "you've got to be kidding me" kind of way.
Here is a list of the six (seemed like an appropriate number) most iconic examples, old and new, showing just how far some people will reach to invent evil to be oppressed by when there's a short supply and a high demand.
Like so many other things, The Beatles came up with the notion of deliberately putting backward lyrics into their records. According to John Lennon, he came home after a night of revelry in 1966, accidentally played a take of their song "Rain" the wrong way, and was so enamored by its sound, he put a reversed version of the song's opening line on the song's fadeout.
Some people actually buy into the myth while just enjoy the info-tainment. While the bit isn't Satanic per se, it's nonetheless used by fear mongers as a prime example of backmasking; a gateway to far more sinister stuff like cloning, dopplegangers, and other fun occult topics. Truly, the Beatles influence seemingly has no bounds.
Want proof that backmasking is still being purported as a tool of the devil? Look no further than this iconic Canadian pop star. While parents of teenage girls may contend that Bieber is evil incarnate as it is, some contend that his true dark power is found when you spin his breakthrough hit "Baby" backwards.
Not only is Bieber allegedly pledging allegiance to the Prince of Darkness, but he also seems to be giving props to the New World Order / Illuminati. This duality is about as fun as backmasking gets – even though the actual backmasking is nothing more than our ears being led by some to hear words and phrases through pattern recognition that simply don't exist. Of course, it can still be contended that Bieber's music still causes more dread forward than it does backward.
The band colloquially known as ELO may not be the first group that comes to mind when you forge links between rock and His Infernal Majesty. Yet the song "Eldorado" has long been one of the favorite songs for the backmasking crowd to target. So much so, it caused the band to engage in a bit of studio mockery.
It could be argued that this is an alarmist favorite because the line, when played properly, makes a quasi-allusion to heaven and the concept to eternity. Arguably this reduces the probability of it being accidental, and it's also argued that it's not purposeful but some demonic magic that makes it occur thanks to the band being vessels of the abyss, and it's even purported as a deep, undiscovered psychological phenomenon and power of humanity to encode the truth backwards when we lie speaking normally.
The band thought the accusations were nonsense, but they decided to have a little fun at the expense of their accusers. On their next album, "Face the Music," they deliberately stuck a reversed message onto the album's lead track, "Fire on High." The lyric? "The music is reversible, but time is not. Turn back, turn back, turn back, turn back." Although not Satanic, considering the reversed lyric is intermingled with dramatically sharp strings and snippets of Handel's "Messiah," it admittedly does come off as a bit creepy.
Space, a hoax. This earth turns and I helped it. Reptilian university. Swear to God, this drags me in. More evil than feels it. See y'all, reveal not know me.
As you can see, this one barely makes sense minus a few key words. It's fun because it touches on some of the currently most whacky conspiracies out there, but c'mon. If Satan exists and can cause people to speak hidden messages in reverse, I think he'd have the skill and power to make it make a bit more grammatical sense.
The country rock legends' biggest hit is significantly more rock than it is country. It's also another song the backmasking crowd has trotted out for years as an example of rock's secret Satanic code. While the accusation can be dismissed as hokey, it also contributes to the song's lore.
The reason these silly accusations can be viewed as a feature instead of a bug is because the song itself has been accused to be evil even when it's played the right way. Some people insist that its lyrics, which reference an inability to kill a beast or not being able to leave, are allegorical to the Church of Satan. These accusations are nearly as far-flung as the backwards bits – the band is on record as saying it's a song about living the high life in Los Angeles (if you'd actually believe the word of devil worshippers!) - but they admittedly add a layer of intrigue to the tune.
Even those unfamiliar with the depth of the backmasking craze may be familiar with the charges leveled against Led Zeppelin. That may be partially because fundamentalists have long considered the legendary band to practically be a quartet of demons made flesh – an accusation fueled by guitarist Jimmy Page's fascination with infamous English mystic Aleister Crowley. It may also be because their signature song, "Stairway to Heaven" is one of the most popular rock tunes ever made.
The supposed messages do a great job of diffusing the myth behind the lyrics just by their insipid nature. Indeed, it's hard to imagine the Prince of Darkness implementing a toolshed to inflict torment on mankind, not to mention him being sad about doing so. Nevertheless, "Stairway" is destined to be the poster child for backmasking absurdities – at least, as long as rock music is considered to be the "devil's music." You'd think they'd level these charges at least at someone playing heavy metal guitar and not fairly soft rock.
That's it. You could find that message in a million songs played in reverse if you took the time. That didn't stop one of the youngsters who survived from concocting a tale of hypnotism and mesmerism (they had been using tons of drugs, but surely that had nothing to do with it). The families sued for a total of $6.2 million. Judas Priest's manager stated, and I paraphrase, "If we were to hide a message, it'd tell people to buy seven copies of the album, not harm themselves." Thankfully, the judge ultimately dismissed the case as nonsense after letting both sides say their piece.
Of course, Queen B is a tool of Satan according to the backmasking crowd, and she doesn't help the matter with her esoteric occult marketing themes. Accusers point to the song "Sweet Dreams," which when played forward is the type of pretty love song that demonstrates why she's at the top of the R&B mountain. When you play it backwards, however, you purportedly get a rather unique take on love.
That's quite a mouthful. To this day, Beyoncé hasn't ever commented on this so-called finding, presumably because this type of panic is great for sales (or it's all true!?).
Is Backmasking Real? You Decide!
Which is funny because many of them would have no problem stating the messages flat out.
I for one, welcome our new Rock & Pop Star overlords. Just kidding. But nothing is more fascinating than taking the trip down this nearly endless rabbit hole. The conspiracy and magic communities have dug deep, even finding examples of politicians telling the truth about military installations on Mars, babies babbling backwards, and even psychic parrots doing the same. It's a fun ride if you're into that kind of thing.
Otherwise, it's truly as absurd and ridiculous as it sounds, forwards and backwards! Whether or not our favorite musicians have encountered the ruler of the fiery underworld is up for debate, but without a doubt countless musicians have seen UFOs, so who's to say just how strange the music industry can really get?


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CRE Brazil Comments on Ireland's Draft Guidance to Manage the Risk to Marine Mammals from Man-made Sound Sources in Irish Water »
CRE Brazil Comments on UNEP Noise Report
UNEP is meeting within the next two weeks on a draft report dealing with the impact of noise on marine mammals.
CRE Brazil is not aware of any request by UNEP for comments from the public on the current version of the report although they might have made done so on an earlier version.
In that UNEP consists of nearly 200 countries throughout the world a publication by UNEP could have a long and lasting impact on public policy.
CRE Brazil concludes that the report is highly inaccurate in that it does not reflect the current state of science dealing with noise and its impact on marine mammals.
The attached document prepared by CRE Brazil highlights a number of shortcomings in the report, including:
The Noise Report Does Not Accurately Describe Current Science On The Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Ocean Life
The Noise Report takes the position that a precautionary principle should be applied to regulating ocean sound because there is so much uncertainty about the effects of ocean sound.
The positions set forth in the Noise Report are inconsistent with the growing body of evidence discussed in various regulatory risk assessments for ocean sound, including those produced by the U.S. Department of the Interior and NOAA/NMFS. These risk assessments correctly conclude that, under the long-standing regulation criticized by the Noise Report, cetacean and pinniped stocks are growing concurrent with decades of oil and gas seismic and other sound-producing operations. The Noise Report does not mention these risk assessments, which show that there is no basis for the Report's recommended excessive precaution and over-regulation. There is no basis for questioning current regulatory requirements because the record shows they are the working.
Despite its criticism of current regulatory requirements, the Noise Report does not and cannot cite a single study that has found a population level change in marine mammals caused by exposure to anthropogenic sound from seismic operations.
See the attachments below; stakeholders and the public are encouraged to submit comments.
CRE_Brazil–Comments_on_UN_Noise_Report
UNEP Noise
Ian Boyd says:
April 28, 2012 at 4:09 am	(UTC -5)
I am Director of the Sea Mammal Research Unit at the University of St Andrews. We have been responsible for the development of PAMGUARD and we maintain this open-source software. I have had no input whatever to the UNEP report or any other similar reports so have no conflict of interest.
The CBD report is one of many such reports and not much in it is either terribly original of surprising. All these reports are hedged around the problem of general lack of information and high uncertainty. The suggestion of bias could be correct in respect of the way in which language has been used in some places, especially because many of the effects are built around theoretical assumptions rather than rigorous data collection and analysis. For example, the general statements about increasing noise levels are founded on only a few regional studies at certain frequencies combined with as assumption that such an increase is almost self-evident when considering other data (economic, ship movement etc). Much the same can be said for the issue of masking. However, I do not agree with the comment that the report is "highly inaccurate".
An issue that CRE need to take great care to consider in their response is that "lack of evidence" or "no published studies showing…" does not mean there are no effects. The CRE comment, for example, "The Noise Report should be revised to state that oil and gas seismic under current regulation does not adversely affect sperm whales" is very misleading and reflects some level of naivity in the CRE response. I think an accurate statement would read much more like "Based on a limited range of recent studies and more general observations, sperm whales appear to be robust, at least in terms of their behavioural responses, to disturbance from noise due to seismic exploration. However, it is important not to extrapolate from these studies of sperm whales to other species that are likely to be more sensitive."
This arises because of the immense difficulty there is with carrying out studies that would have a fair chance of showing effects if they exist. The current evidence is full of biases but those studies where a proper experimental approach has been taken (e.g. Tyack et al 2011, PLoS One) generally show effects up to a point and the latest work, especially on the effects of sonars are beginning to come up with some consistent strands of evidence. These can be quickly summarised as follows for marine mammals at least:
1. Some species are much more sensitive than others. In fact, there may be a group of "sensitive species" that includes porpoises and beaked whales, but could include others as well. Many studies and anecdotal observations have focussed upon the non-senstitive species group and this has tended to lead people to extrapolate these observation to all marine mammals.
2. There is a general presumption that all effects are negative. In fact, for some of the less-sensitive species, additional noise could have positive effects, albeit within some upper limit of noise.
2. The use of TTS and PTS is not necessarily a useful indicator of an effect – we have moved on from Southall et al 2007, which is a much mis-used and mis-understood paper. The focus on not causing physical damage to animals and the use of TTS and PTS as indicators tends to ignore the behavioural responses. In general the TTS threshold has been assumed to lie in the 160-180 dB re 1 microPa region so avoidance of exposure to 160 dB has often been set as a cut-off. More recent evidence from a variety of unrelated studies is beginning to show that the behavioural response threshold is around 135 dB.
3. Of course, some will then say that behavioural response is not relevant because it does not translate automatically in to a "biologically significant" response. This is true, but there is very high uncertainty around this assumption. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that a response threshold of 135 dB possibly exposes very large numbers of species and individuals to disturbance because the radius of effect aound an operation like a seismic survey could be as much as 50 km. It is also almost impossible to mitigate for this effect and PAM and viual observation, as currently deployed by seismic vessels, is ineffective.
4. In circumstances where the disturbance is short-term this is probably not important, but when one adds in the cumulative effects of disturbance either form a continuous or semi-continuous industrial process, or from other sources, such as shipping or other co-occurring industrial sources, one can quickly build very plausible scenarios in which disturbance is so prevalent as to exclude animals for their chosen habitat. It then follows that the probability of a population-level effect becomes quite high.
Finally, I will comment upon the CRE promotion of PAMGUARD. As indicated above, my institute has been responsible for producing and maintaining PAMGUARD so I have a conflict of interest and would certainly wish to see it used. However, seeing it as a panacea that will resolve the potential conficts between marine life and seismic exploration is highly inaccurate and should be strongly discouraged. PAMGUARD is a tool that has clear limitations I suspect it is beig promoted without proper consideration of those limitations.
I hope these comments are helpful.
CRE Brazil says:
May 18, 2012 at 7:24 am	(UTC -5)
We acknowledge Mr. Boyd's perplexing comment. CRE is in the process of preparing a response.
CRE Brasil says:
May 29, 2012 at 6:16 pm	(UTC -5)
CRE Brasil Responds to Ian Boyd on UNEP Noise Report
We first want to thank Dr. Boyd for his thoughtful and helpful reply to CRE Brasil's comments on the UNEP Marine Noise Report. Unlike some environmental NGOs, CRE Brasil posts all comments it receives, whether or not they agree with our position. We also want to thank UNEP for allowing us the opportunity to comment on the Noise Report. UNEP has always striven to be a science based organization. We hope that our comments will help UNEP achieve this goal.
We also emphasize that our comments are focused on marine sound from seismic oil and gas operations, and not on other sound sources such as sonar. Seismic is our primary concern because offshore oil and gas is so important to the well being of Brasil, and to other countries as well.
Our Response has two parts: first, points on which we apparently agree with Dr. Boyd; second, points on which we apparently disagree.
Where We Agree
● Oil and gas seismic should be regulated by the appropriate government entity, as it has been for years in the United States by NOAA/NMFS and BOEM (formerly MMS).
● Seismic as regulated by nations like the U.S. is unlikely to cause physical injury to marine mammals.
● Despite years of study, there are no studies showing that seismic as regulated by nations like the U.S. causes population level effects to marine mammals.
● The initial Marine Noise Report by the CBD working group is biased.
This bias greatly concerns CRE Brasil. We do not know who prepared the initial Report, but it is biased against oil and gas seismic. We concluded that it was necessary for someone to present the other side to this story. It is for this reason that we contacted UNEP. We are most appreciative of UNEP's response to our concerns.
Where We Disagree
Dr. Boyd apparently argues that more study is needed because additional research may show that seismic causes adverse behavioral effects on marine mammals which may rise to population-level effects. He argues that a behavioral effects: "response threshold of 135 dB possibly exposes very large numbers of species and individuals to disturbance because the radius of effect around an operation like a seismic survey could be as much as 50 km. It is also almost impossible to mitigate for this effect and PAM and visual observation, as currently deployed by seismic vessels, is ineffective."
With regard to PAMGUARD, Dr. Boyd now argues that "seeing it as a panacea that will resolve the potential conflicts between marine life and seismic exploration is highly inaccurate and should be strongly discouraged. PAMGUARD is a tool that has clear limitations."
In support of his arguments Dr. Boyd cites Beaked Whales Respond to Simulated and Actual Navy Sonar, Tyack, Boyd, et al. (2011), http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0017009.
In response to his arguments, we concede that anything is possible, and it's hard to prove a negative. However, CRE Brasil's comments on the UNEP report emphasize that studies in areas of intense oil and gas activity (e.g., the U.S. Gulf of Mexico) show no population-level effects on the marine mammals there. The U.S. oil and gas activity has been and is subject to seismic mitigation requirements. Despite years and millions of dollars worth of study, Dr. Boyd has not cited a single study showing any population level effects from seismic conducted in accordance with those mitigation requirements. By contrast, CRE Brasil's comments cite studies which show NO effects.
We also point out that there are many known threats to marine mammals: e.g., bycatch and ship strikes. We believe that scarce regulatory, academic and industry resources would be better spent on these real and very serious threats.
We also believe that some environmental NGOs use the 'need more study' argument to further their actual goal which is stopping oil and gas exploration and production.
We don't see what Tyack, Boyd et al. (2011) has to do with the seismic issue. That report only discusses sonar. It does not address oil and gas seismic. We note, however, that the reported study did use PAM.
We do not believe that PAM in general or PAMGUARD in particular is a "panacea," but they are useful tools which should be employed to help protect marine mammals from anthropogenic sound. We agree with Dr. Boyd's own previous statements:
"PAMGUARD helps industry workers to locate sea mammals efficiently and protect them from noise disturbance. Marine mammals are affected by activities like piling, using air guns for oil and gas seismic surveys, or military and commercial uses of sonar. Workers usually avoid this by looking out for whales or dolphins. If any sea mammal is spotted, work may have to stop. But passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) surveys are more efficient, because they spot animals under water by listening for their distinctive sounds. 'Making it open access means everyone who uses it can help to expand and improve it. It's a way of tapping into the research community's intellectual resources and encouraging development that's available to all,' says Ian Boyd, director of SMRU." See http://sid.nerc.ac.uk/details.aspx?id=107&cookieConsent=A
We once again thank Dr. Boyd for his reply, and we will publish any additional comments he might have.
We also encourage other stakeholders to present their views.
Click here to view CRE Brasil's response

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Ex-Brick educator averts prosecution
Kathleen Hopkins
@Khopkinsapp
TOMS RIVER – The Brick school system's former academic officer won an appeal Thursday that will enable her to avoid criminal prosecution in a misconduct case that alleged that the suspended school superintendent's grandson received special services he wasn't entitled to.
Superior Court Judge Patricia Roe ruled that Lorraine S. Morgan, 58, of Edison, the former academic officer, be allowed to enter a court diversionary program that will give her the opportunity to avoid a criminal record.
Morgan was named in an indictment in September along with the suspended superintendent, Walter S. Uszenski, his daughter, Jacqueline Halsey, and Morgan's husband, Andrew Morgan, a former Brick school official. The indictment alleged a scheme in 2013 to get Uszenski's then 3 ½-year-old grandson, who is Halsey's son, special services that cost taxpayers more than $50,000. The indictment alleged the boy, then 3 ½, wasn't entitled to the services, which included full-time daycare and transportation funded by taxpayers.
WATCH:Brick Board of Education suspends superintendent without pay
Lorraine Morgan, named in only one of 19 counts in the indictment, was charged with third-degree official misconduct. She applied for entry into the court's pretrial intervention program and was rejected.
The program affords participants the chance to avoid a criminal record by complying with special conditions that can include community service and restitution.
Lorraine Morgan appealed her rejection from the program, which led to a hearing Thursday at which Roe reversed the rejection.
The hearing for the first time revealed Lorraine Morgan's alleged wrongdoing – she was one of several school officials to sign off on payment of $141 to a social worker who had already provided services to Uszenksi's grandson.
READ:Brick school chief's daughter victim of 'witch hunt'
Others who signed off on the services were not prosecuted after cooperating with the prosecutor's investigation, according to Morgan's attorney, Michael R. Roberts.
READ:Brick board appoints new superintendent
Roe said the decision by the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office to deny Lorraine Morgan entry in to the intervention program was a "clear error in judgment.''
Citing the educator's spotless prior record, without even so much as a parking ticket, and her long career of service to the community, Roe said that if ever there was a criminal defendant appropriate for the pretrial intervention program, "Dr. Lorraine Morgan is that person.''
Roe also said she took into consideration the offense that Lorraine Morgan was accused of.
"She's allegedly accused of giving inappropriate authorization to cover the cost of a special needs service that was already rendered to a student,'' the judge said.
That resulted in a loss of $141, Roe said.
"That sum didn't go into her pocket,'' the judge said, referring to Lorraine Morgan.
Roe said that Morgan held a reputation in the community as hardworking and ethical and said she has already suffered as a result of her actions.
"She already lost her job,'' Roe said. "She likely will not work in the education field again.''
In the pretrial intervention program, Morgan could again be an asset to the public through community service, the judge said.
"Here's an ideal person who could give back to the community and make up for that lapse in judgment,'' Roe said.
READ:Brick superintendent arrested on misconduct charges
Lorraine Morgan dabbed at tears throughout the proceeding and after the judge rendered her decision.
Roberts said afterward, "We're gratified that the court took a long, hard look at a difficult case and did what was in the interests of justice.''
Hillary Bryce, an assistant Ocean County prosecutor who argued that Lorraine Morgan should be kept out of the intervention program, said the state will consider whether to appeal the judge's ruling.
READ:Brick superintendent, others indicted on official misconduct, theft charges
Attorneys for the other defendants in the case are contesting the charges against them. A hearing on a motion to dismiss the indictment is tentatively scheduled before Roe on June 15.
Kathleen Hopkins: 732-643-4202; Khopkins@app.com


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Lessons from Laureates to Stoke Curiosity, Spur Collaboration, and Ignite I
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Legal Alert: Italy joins the Unitary Patent Scheme, UPC Protocol & Target Date Announced
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The EU Commission announced on September 30, 2015 that Italy has joined the Unitary Patent (UP) scheme. Italy had previously signed the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement. Italy's participation in both the UP and UPC will be effective after Italy ratifies the UPC Agreement and once the minimum ratification requirements (13 EU states including France, Germany and the UK) are met. See here. This is a very positive development if it does not cause the EPO Select Committee to increase the projected UP renewal fees. More news on proposed renewal fees is expected following the committee's meeting on October 13-14, 2015.
The UPC Preparatory Committee announced on October 1, 2015 that a Protocol on provisional application of parts of the UPC Agreement has been signed. It allows some parts of the UPC Agreement to be applied early, including the recruitment of judges, testing of IT systems and early registration of opt-out demands. See here for additional information.
The October 1st announcement also indicated that the target date for UPC opening is "at the start of 2017."
Fish will continue to provide you with information about UP and UPC developments. Please visit our website http://www.fr.com/global/unitary-patent for more information.
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Analysis: Francis, China, and the art of the deal
By Elise Harris
March 28, 2018 CNA Daily News News Briefs 1 Print
Vatican City, Mar 28, 2018 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- If Vatican-brokered agreements negotiated under his leadership are any indication, it seems clear that when a deal is on the table, Pope Francis usually tries to take it.
In Colombia, with the U.S. and Cuba, and in China, it seems that Francis generally prefers to take an imperfect patch job that might at least begin to restore broken ties, even if it faces opposition, rather than waiting for perfect diplomatic agreement to arise.
A clear example of this is the Vatican's pending agreement with China on the appointment of bishops, which many sources, including the Vatican's own Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, have said is "imminent."
In negotiations with China, the Vatican is reportedly using an approach similar to the one that led to a 1996 accord Parolin brokered with Vietnam. In China, the Holy See would apparently have the final say in appointing bishops, choosing from a selection of candidates put forward by the government-backed Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, the legally recognized Catholic body in the nation.
The proposal has been harshly criticized by some, including Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen. However, many, including Zen's successor Cardinal John Tong Hon, himself also Emeritus Bishop of Hong Kong, have supported an accord, saying the situation for religion in China has generally improved, and that while there might be problems in some areas, China is a large nation, and incidents of arrest or imprisonment are generally rare and limited to certain regions.
Similar conversations happened when the Vatican helped the Colombian government and leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) reach a peace agreement in September 2016, intended to an end five decades of violent armed conflict that left some 260,000 people dead and millions displaced.
The Vatican helped to broker the agreement, which allowed the incorporation of some FARC leaders into the government, in exchange for the group's disarmament and renunciation of kidnapping and drug trafficking.
The deal marked a breakthrough in what had been a long-time stalemate in which neither side was willing to budge.
However, it was met with mixed reactions from Colombian citizens and Church leaders, with some priests, bishops, and cardinals voicing dissatisfaction, arguing that the deal's stipulations were too lenient on the guerrilla fighters.
Though voters rejected the deal in an October 2016 referendum, the Colombian government and FARC renegotiated its terms, implementing a plan in November 2016. Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos Calderón was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the peace process.
Despite debate on the ground, Cardinal Parolin traveled to Colombia for the official signing of the accord in a show of support, and in September 2017 Pope Francis visited Colombia himself, making a 6-day trip to the South American nation to recognize steps made in the peace process.
The peace deal remains controversial, and critics note that 250 activists and political leaders have been murdered in Colombia since the agreement was struck. But there remain opportunities to build on the groundwork laid by the accord.
Francis was also an active player in helping broker the 2015 restoration of ties between the United States and Cuba, bringing an end to a freeze in diplomatic relations severed in 1961.
Secret talks between diplomats from each side began in 2013, and were aided by support from the Vatican.
The Vatican's role was largely unknown until the process had already been mostly formalized, but the Vatican's role in helping broker the deal was significant.
Francis showed just how invested the Holy See was in restoring relations between the two nations that he added a stop in Cuba ahead of his visit to the United States in September 2015.
For the China deal currently being discussed, the biggest concern is how much religious freedom Catholics will actually have if it's signed and implemented.
Opponents such as Cardinal Zen have questioned whether it's possible to have genuine dialogue with the Chinese government, and whether Beijing will in fact allow Catholics to have a longer leash should a deal come to fruition.
However, others, such as Cardinal Tong, have argued that China is a large country where incidents of arrests or imprisonments are largely isolated to certain areas.
Cardinal Zen has often said that "no deal is better than a bad deal," and in a recent blog-post called the proposal an act of "suicide" and a "shameless surrender" to the communist government.
On the other hand, in an interview with CNA last week, Cardinal Tong said opposing the deal was "unreasonable." He argued that the Chinese government has generally become more tolerant, and called the deal "far-sighted," saying that at times, sacrifice is necessary in order for Catholics to become "members of one family."
Compounding the debate is yesterday's arrest of Bishop Vincent Guo Xijin of Mindong, who is recognized by the Vatican but not the government, and who was taken into custody by police alongside the diocesan chancellor. He was held overnight but was later released, and was barred from celebrating any Mass as a bishop, including Holy Week liturgies.
According to Asia News, Guo was detained for refusing to concelebrate this week's Chrism Mass with Bishop Vincent Zhan Silu, one of seven illicit bishops backed by the Chinese government.
Asia News reports that after refusing to concelebrate the Chrism Mass with Zhan, Guo organized a separate, earlier Chrism Mass for the "underground" faithful in Mindong, who form the majority of the local Church, and was seized in order to prevent him from moving forward with the liturgy.
In January, Asia News reported that a Vatican delegation asked Bishop Guo voluntarily to accept a position as auxiliary bishop, serving under Bishop Zhan. The request was made as one of the conditions of an eventual agreement between the Vatican and the Chinese government.
Details or an official timeline for a deal in China have not been made public, and no declaration has been made on the seven illicit bishop, meaning that for the moment, they are still excommunicated. Under the terms of the proposed deal, the Vatican would reportedly regularize each of the seven illicit bishops, bringing them into communion with Rome.
Though it is unknown what impact, if any, Guo's overnight detainment will have on an agreement between China and the Vatican, many who are close to the situation, including Cardinal Parolin, have in recent weeks said things are moving forward, and it may only be a matter of months before a deal is made.
Cardinal Zen recently met with Pope Francis during a last-minute trip to Rome in January, after Guo and another bishop were asked to step down in favor of bishops backed by the Chinese government.
Francis' willingness to meet with Cardinal Zen, just as he met with many Colombian prelates ahead of the 2016 peace deal, some of whom shared reservations, indicates that he is willing to hear out other perspectives on these matters, and talk things through, even if he chooses to move forward anyway.
So while a deal with China, if it is made, will certainly be met with mixed reactions, one thing is certain: there is likely not much that will stop Francis from going after it, so long as he sees the potential of real change for the better.
For Francis, something is always better than nothing, and if there's a shot, even with problems unresolved, he prefers to try. Whether this approach bears good fruit or not, we can probably expect to Francis to have a similar approach moving forward.
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Vatican City, Feb 5, 2020 / 03:12 pm (CNA).- Pope Francis called on global financial leaders and economists to end economic inequality Wednesday, saying that modern resources make ending global poverty possible – and a responsibility.
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Vatican's former legal chief says canon law should include care of creation
July 17, 2018 CNA Daily News 2
Rome, Italy, Jul 17, 2018 / 12:14 pm (CNA).- The Vatican's former top advisor on canon law has made a public call to insert legal obligations for the care of creation into the Church's universal canon law – making it a legal duty for Catholics not only "not to harm" the environment, but to improve it.
According to veteran Vatican watcher Andrea Tornielli, Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, former head of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, made the proposal during a July 12 event in Rome titled "Dialogue on Catholic Investments for the Energy Transition."
During the closed-door discussion, representatives from the Vatican and Catholic organizations spoke about how to invest responsibly towards a transition to renewable energies.
In an interview with Vatican Insider, Coccopalmerio discussed canons 208-221 of the Church's Code of Canon Law, which enumerate "Obligations and rights of all the faithful."
This section "outlines an 'identikit' of the faithful and of their life as a Christian," the cardinal said, but noted that nothing is mentioned "about one of the most serious duties: that of protecting and promoting the natural environment in which the faithful live."
The proposal he outlined, which he suggested could be submitted to the pope but considered by his former department, would be to ask for a new canon to be added to the obligations of the all faithful, specifically treating environmental responsibility.
Coccopalmerio, whose resignation was accepted by Pope Francis in April this year, went on to give his own ideas of how it might be worded: "Every faithful Christian, mindful that creation is the common house, has the grave duty not only not to damage, but also to improve, both through everyday behavior, and through specific initiatives, the natural environment in which each person is called to live."
The canons Coccopalmerio referenced address general obligations for Catholics relating to the practice of the faith and maintaining communion with the Church. They do not address specific moral obligations or particular doctrinal teachings. Those canons do not, for example, include the Church's prohibition of artificial contraception or the obligation to observe just labor practices.
Drawing inspiration from Laudato si', Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical on the environment, participants at the event agreed on the Catholic Program of Disinvestment, sponsored by the Catholic Climate Movement, which urges ecclesial institutions to make a public commitment to move away from financial investments in fossil fuels.
Participants also highlighted the importance of pursuing ethical investment strategies in line with the social doctrine of the Catholic Church, according to Tornielli.
Pope Francis has often expressed his environmental concerns and, in his message on the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation in 2016, he said maintaining our common home ought to be considered a work of mercy.
"We usually think of the works of mercy individually and in relation to a specific initiative: hospitals for the sick, soup kitchens for the hungry, shelters for the homeless, schools for those to be educated, the confessional and spiritual direction for those needing counsel and forgiveness," the pope said in that message.
Looking at the concept of works of mercy, "we see that the object of mercy is human life itself and everything it embraces," he said. Francis proposed caring for creation as "a complement" to the two traditional sets of seven corporal and spiritual works of mercy.
"May the works of mercy also include care for our common home," he said, explaining that as a spiritual work, care for creation "calls for a grateful contemplation of God's world which allows us to discover in each thing a teaching which God wishes to hand on to us."
In a conference held earlier this month to mark the third anniversary of the publication of Laudato si', Pope Francis said a change of heart is needed when it comes to issues related to the environment.
Future actions which promote the care of creation, "presuppose a transformation on a deeper level, namely a change of hearts and minds," he said, adding that while this obligation binds all religious communities, Christians have a special role to play.
Stephen Golay
Pope Francis, by simply pushing his position forward, does not in itself make the effort papal. The end result may be the consequence of a pope's action but not necessarily, as an act, apostolic.
The consequences may exhibit "Chinese characteristics" but few Christian ones.
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Former champion Manny Pacquiao has pulled out of a welterweight rematch with Australian Jeff Horn, who stunned the boxing world with victory in July.
The Filipino fighter, 38, is said to have "other commitments" at the time of the rescheduled bout on 12 November.
Horn, a 29-year-old former schoolteacher, was given a unanimous 12-round decision in Brisbane.
The World Boxing Organization reviewed the result with a new set of judges, who still favoured Horn for the win.
The Queensland state government, who are financial backers for the fight, say they will continue to support Horn's WBO world welterweight title defence, whoever the challenger is.
Pacquiao, now senator of the Philippines, announced he planned to quit boxing last year to pursue his political ambitions.
His coach, Freddie Roach, advised him to call time on his career after the defeat to Horn, but Pacqiuao wanted the rematch.


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Snow Safety Supervisor Brian Murphy gets a close look at the base of a major Mount Hood slide zone.
A pair of enormous human-caused avalanches on Mount Hood have forced Mt. Hood Meadows to close down Heather Canyon at least through the weekend.
Note the formation of the snow in that photo. Snow heats up rapidly when it slides, leaving behind densely packed forms that can be extremely difficult to navigate or dig through.
Historically these large avalanches have been followed by multiple large avalanche events when followed by large weather events. It is our belief that once a track has been put in it is easier for other large avalanches to follow the same track and run farther than the previous, as evident in the 2010/2011 events.
We are set up to receive a considerable amount of snowfall over the next few days and through the weekend, which concerns us for further re-loading and repeat avalanche events.
We will be keeping Heather Canyon closed at least through the weekend. We will continue to evaluate how much of the debris is filled in with the incoming snow and what machinery we can utilize in order to create egress from Heather Canyon, once the weather clears.
The 2010-2011 events that Murphy references brought snow slides that reached all the way down to the base of Heather Chair.
Murphy and his snow safety colleagues on Mount Hood routinely use Howitzers and artillery to trigger avalanches when steep areas are empty of people, especially in the early mornings before powder days. The activity is permitted by the U.S. Forest Service at ski areas throughout the American West and standard procedure at major resorts.
Spokesman Dave Tragethon says Meadows has been using artillery since 2002 or so, with careful precautions and extensive training. Artillery "allows our teams to more efficiently complete their missions," Tragethon says.
Avalanche control is a specialized field that can turn quite tricky in hazardous conditions. Avalanches have taken the lives of many a backcountry expert, including the legendary Oregon backcountry guide Rick "Oz" Oswald and the former head of the Meadows Ski Patrol, Jeff Wong.
Snow safety pros use weather data, observations and on-the-mountain expertise to determine where and when to blast, and how large of a charge to use. When the snow is deep and heavy it can be very difficult to predict how large the triggered avalanche will be. That can lead to surprising and in some cases terrifying results, such as the human-caused avalanche a few years ago at Crystal Mountain that famously destroyed Crystal's Chair Six. If you haven't seen the "Chair six is Gone, Dude" video documenting that avalanche and its aftermath, check it out. It provides another reminder of the awesome power of a steep mountainside loaded with snow, blasted into action.
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Q: Best way to export transactions from Rails App into QuickBooks I have a rails app that takes care of all the bank transactions for us. Our accountant wants all those to be automatically imported into Quickbooks Pro (either online or desktop version).
I've read about Web Connector and Transaction Pro Importer, but I feel like I don't have enough info to make a decision. I'd appreciate any advice!
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På mixstafetten under VM 2012 tog Solemdal ett guld, tillsammans med Tora Berger, Ole Einar Bjørndalen och Emil Hegle Svendsen. Även på mixstafetten under VM 2013 tog Solemdal guld liksom senare i damernas stafett, vid samma mästerskap.

Solemdal har två världscupsegrar hittills i karriären. Den senaste kom den 8 december 2013. Hon har också en tredjeplats från tyska Oberhof den 4 januari 2014. Hon fortsatte att visa god form även dagen efter när hon kom tvåa i masstarten, efter landsmaninnan Tora Berger.

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Vin Diesel And Michelle Rodriguez Addressed The Recent Fast And Furious Drama
By Jessica Rawden published 2 July 17
It's been just a few days since Fast & Furious actress Michelle Rodriguez went off on social media about the state of the long-running franchise, noting that the ladies in the movies, including herself, really deserve more time to shine and that she might quit if that doesn't happen. This weekend, she and her co-star Vin Diesel took to social media again to address the recent drama. You can check out the cute video, below.
In the text of the post, Vin Diesel seems to agree with Michelle Rodriguez about the state of the franchise, noting that the main goal for Fast & Furious 9 is to try to achieve a higher level. But in the video, Michelle Rodriguez makes it clear that she wasn't talking about Vin Diesel at all when she expressed a feeling that the ladies in the movies have been unappreciated. She said:
Vin, for many years you've been the biggest supporter of strong women. I've always appreciated that about you throughout the years and just know that if I ever post anything, that it's not you I'm talking to.
Vin jokingly responded, "Of course it's not me," to her comments. However, it doesn't surprise us that he may want to get ahead of the notion, as a lot of drama ahead of The Fate of the Furious' release came because of some perceived drama between Vin Diesel and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. If Vin has nothing to do with why Michelle Rodriguez is upset and is friendly with the actress, it's not a huge shock he'd want to come out and support her.
If you've kept tabs on the Fast & Furious movies over the years, you probably are already aware that Michelle Rodriguez's character Letty is the female with the most character development, staying power and autonomy in the films. Other female characters in the movies have died, and Jordana Brewster's Mia Toretto was basically displaced after Paul Walker's untimely passing. Even Charlize Theron, who was introduced as another badass female in The Fate of the Furious, had less to do in terms of stunts and screen time than some of her male counterparts. F. Gary Gray, who directed The Fate of the Furious, has spoken on record to say he feels that his film at least did a good job with women. So, we'll have to wait and see if Rodriguez is able to negotiate to get what she wants.
We already know that at least two more Fast & Furious movies are in the works and have release dates, so we'll at least be getting 9 and 10. Whether Michelle Rodriguez will be back for another round remains to be seen. Fast & Furious 9 is expected to hit theaters on April 19, 2019. To find out what else we know about the upcoming movies, head here.
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Wellfleet OysterFest Draws Online Crowd
Wellfleet OysterFest draws online crowd with livestreamed event
By Jessica Hill / jhill@capecodonline.comPosted Oct 18, 2020 at 7:00 PMUpdated at 7:49 AM
WELLFLEET — For the last 20 years, thousands of visitors have visited Wellfleet each October for its prized oysters. People would gather together, participate in shuck-off competitions, taste a multitude of oyster dishes and stuff themselves at raw bars.
None of that happened this year.
Instead, the 20th annual event was held virtually Saturday on YouTube, where people still participated in the event's revered all star shuck-off competition, listened to music and got ideas for oyster recipes.
The festival started last Sunday with a virtual learn-to-shuck workshop, said Michele Insley, executive director of Wellfleet Shellfishing Promotion and Tasting (SPAT), the nonprofit organization formed in 2002 that stages OysterFest each year.
"It's important to empower people on how to open the oysters themselves," she said. "It feels like an obstacle to many people."
The live streamed shuck-off event featured musical guest G. Love, celebrity chef hosts giving recipes and 10 all-star shuckers competing for this year's championship. At least 1,380 viewers watched the event live, and the video had more than 6,000 views as of Sunday.
Insley said they received a lot of comments from people who said they loved the new format and thought it should continue next year, even if OysterFest is held in-person.
SPAT is not sure of how next year's festival will be formatted, but it is a "germ of an idea," she said.
"Our shellfishing community is comprised of, say, 300 wild harvesters and farmers and people that work for them that depend on this livelihood," Insley said. "And it's a historic livelihood. Shellfishing in Wellfleet existed before we were even here."
Wellfleet, Insley said, is a natural place where oysters and clams wanted to grow, and Native people ate them for years. When settlers came, they ate them too and quickly turned the oysters into an export industry, she said.
"This event is the first prong of the organization's marketing campaign to promote the iconic brand," Doug Bennett, SPAT board clerk, said in a statement.
Sales of oysters have plummeted as a result of the pandemic, which further inspired SPAT to hold this year's festival, even if not in person.
Insley said SPAT is committed to helping local oyster farmers market their product, something she said can be hard for farmers, many of whom are small business owners.
Vendors and artists usually set up tables at OysterFest. Due to the online-only nature of this year's event, an online auction featuring limited edition merchandise will be held this week to support vendors and local artists. The auction, which runs through Friday, can be found at wellfleetspat.org.
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