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March 10, 2020 March 11, 2020 Big History Project Core BHP, News, World History
By BHP/WHP Team
Please note that this blog contains information that might be upsetting for some people.
The focus on, and the response to, the most recent coronavirus (COVID-19) has been overwhelming. Many people are frightened about their health and that of their loved ones, and appropriately so. We should be vigilant about taking measures to help prevent the virus' spread. We also want to stay informed, which means checking updates from the experts at the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It's also helpful to compare this epidemic to other epidemics. We can study the historical context surrounding epidemics and pandemics, and use our claim testing skills to assess information being shared on social media.
If you're interested in learning how other (BHP/WHP) teachers are addressing COVID-19 in their classrooms, please join the conversation here.
Distribution of COVID-19 cases as of 4 March 2020. Image courtesy of the World Health Organization (WHO).
This isn't the first time we've had to respond to a disease epidemic. The worst pandemic of the modern era was the 1918-1919 influenza outbreak which infected about one-third of the global population (about 500 million people). This outbreak led to the deaths of at least 50 million people. It is estimated that every person with the virus infected an average of 1.2-3 people. In confined settings or dense cities, this rate was much higher, more likely 2.1–7.5. This rate of infection is called the reproduction rate, and extremely high reproduction rates were a key reason why this pandemic was particularly devastating. Researchers also estimate that 2.5% of people who got the virus, died from it—this is called the mortality rate. But the mortality rate is only an estimate because we don't know how many people actually contracted the flu, only how many cases were confirmed.
Crowded conditions and the movement of troops during World War I likely contributed to the spread of the 1918 virus around the world. Public domain.
The influenza pandemic struck toward the end of World War I and is thought to have spread rapidly among soldiers living in close quarters on the battlefield and on transport ships. The virus hit when we didn't have the medical technology to test for it or treat it, in a world that had yet to discover penicillin (antibiotics) or antiviral drugs that combat flu symptoms or ventilators to help people breathe. Many regions also did not have an organized effort to contain the virus.
Although the 1918-1919 influenza outbreak caused great suffering, we also learned a lot from it. We discovered antibiotics to treat bacterial infections that often arise in conjunction with a virus and measures to quarantine people more effectively to stop the spread of the virus. So, we've come a long way from this pandemic to the current viral epidemics.
That said, there are also some ominous lessons from 1918-1919. For example, the 1918-1919 influenza epidemic went through a period where it waned during the spring and summer months and then came back in full force in the fall and winter. This is why health professionals continue to inform us about washing our hands and refraining from touching our faces, as this is one of the best ways to help stop the spread of viruses.
This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. By CDC/Alissa Eckert, MS, public domain.
Influenza isn't the only historical epidemic or pandemic. There are other viruses that can spread rapidly such as Ebola and the bubonic plague or Black Death. Most people are probably familiar with Ebola, as it's one of the most recent viral outbreaks. Much like the coronavirus, the ebolavirus has between four to five different mutations. The most deadly of these is the species Zaire ebolavirus. While there have been multiple Ebola outbreaks since the 1970s, the one with which most people are familiar is the 2013 outbreak that mainly affected western Africa (Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia). One of the primary reasons for the international media coverage at the time was due to the high death rate and the fact that there was no known cure or vaccine.
Physicians in Nigeria being trained by the WHO on how to protect themselves from Ebola. By CDC Global – PPE Training, CC BY 2.0.
In 2014, the WHO issued a public health emergency and publicized a plan to help afflicted countries contain the virus. However, Ebola has an average incubation period of 2-21 days. This gives people a lot of time to move around without realizing they are sick or contagious. Ebola can also be easily transmitted, with one infected person on average infecting another 1.5-2.5 people. Contact with an infected person, their clothing or the medical equipment used to treat them, can transmit the virus to others. That made for a frightening story.
Even though the virus was mainly contained to Africa, cases were seen outside of the continent. One man traveled from Africa to Texas unknowingly infected with the disease, which set off alarm bells and a great deal of fear and panic. While a vaccine was in the trial process, it had yet to be approved for the public. When healthcare workers who had volunteered to help with the epidemic from the US, Italy, Britain, and Spain contracted it, people were worried it would spread. Luckily, all of those patients were able to receive experimental treatment and survived. However, by the end of the epidemic, over 28,000 were infected, and the recorded deaths exceeded 11,000, making the mortality rate an average of 40-60% depending on location. But that is not the end of the story for Ebola, as additional outbreaks have occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo beginning in 2017 and again in 2018. Fortunately, there is now an approved vaccine to treat patients and help prevent the spread of the virus. Still, a civil war in that country has made it difficult to contain the virus and to provide essential medical services.
The pandemic that almost all students learn about in history courses is the Black Death. Considering the graphic first-hand accounts of Black Death symptoms and extremely high death rate, it's no wonder that this pandemic is the one that sticks in most people's minds. This virus transmitted very easily from human to human contact in a world that lacked proper sanitation and modern medicine. Once infected, the virus had an incubation rate between 2-6 days, which allowed for people to travel a good distance without showing any symptoms. Some cities did take precautions that they hoped would save them. They closed the city to trade, in essence calling for a city-wide quarantine. In fact, the word quarantine comes from fourteenth-century Italy, when ships in Venice were forced to stay away from the port for fear that the merchants on board would infect the city. Fear of the plague was justified—it killed approximately 100 million people, or about one-third of the population of affected regions in Afro-Eurasia. The mortality rate varied depending on the geographic region, but historians estimate that it was between 30-60%. As historian Bennett Sherry states, "To put its effects into a twenty-first century perspective, an epidemic today on … [this] scale would kill between one and two billion people."
Fourteenth-century depiction of the Black Death. Public domain
With COVID-19, we simply don't have a lot of information yet. This lack of information is largely due to the fact that there has been little time to test people for infection. Because we don't know how many people are infected, it is not possible to calculate the reproduction rate or the mortality rate. In confined settings such as cruise ships, the numbers have been high enough for us all to be very cautious. However, even in these controlled circumstances, we don't have all of the data.
Experts are estimating that the incubation period of COVID-19 is between 2-14 days and the mortality rate is about 3%. Researchers have also estimated that each infected person could infect 2-3 more people. But again, these numbers are only informed guesses because we don't know how many people are infected versus confirmed cases. Some people will have mild cases that come and go and never get tested and reported. There has also been a shortage of test kits available. What we do know is that we will recover, both physically and financially, just as we have done after each of the epidemics that have come before this one. We will learn from the lessons of this virus just as we have learned from those of the past.
To keep up to date with COVID-19, visit the WHO and the CDC websites. To learn more about historical pandemics visit the WHP's website for the activity on the Black Death called Contagion!, the WHP articles "Trade Networks and the Black Death" and "Reactions to the Black Death" along with the BHP's Investigation 8.
Barbaro, Michael. Interview with Donald G. McNeil, Jr. The Daily – The New York Times. Podcast audio. February 27, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/podcasts/the-daily/coronavirus.html.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD). "Pandemic Basics." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), November 3, 2016. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/basics/index.html.
_____. "1918 Pandemic (H1N1 virus)." CDC, March 20, 2019. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html.
_____. "2014-2016 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa." CDC, March 8, 2019. https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/history/2014-2016-outbreak/index.html.
Ghebreyesus, Tedros Adhanom (Director-General of WHO). "WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the mission briefing on COVID-19 – 26 February 2020." WHO, February 26, 2020. https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-mission-briefing-on-covid-19—26-february-2020.
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Division of Viral Diseases. "Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-9) Situation Summary." CDC, February 25, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/summary.html.
Sherry, Bennett. "Trade Networks and the Black Death." The World History Project, 2019. https://whp.oerproject.com/WHP-Media/PDFs/Era5/Trade-Networks-and-the-Black-Death.
Soucheray, Stephanie. "Study of 72,000 COVID-19 patients finds 2.3% death rate." University of Minnesota: Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, February 24, 2020. http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/02/study-72000-covid-19-patients-finds-23-death-rate.
World Health Organization. "Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak." WHO, February 7, 2020. https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019.
Cover image: Left: Red Cross workers of Boston, Massachusetts remove bundles of masks designated for American soldiers, while other nurses are busy making them, March 1919. © PhotoQuest / Getty Images. Right: Nurses assemble the plastic facial shield recycled in a hospital designated for COVID-19 patients in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province, March 2020 © Feature China/Barcroft Media via Getty Images.
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Your current member onboarding process: what does it look like?
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The number one reason that members do not renew their membership is lack of engagement.
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All of Us: Temple Takes Aim at Health Disparities through Nationwide Precision Medicine Effort
The Lewis Katz School of Medicine (LKSOM) has joined with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the University of Pittsburgh as an open enrollment site to tackle this disparity through the All of Us Research Program—a historic nationwide effort to advance individualized prevention, treatment and care for people of all backgrounds through precision medicine.
Temple University joins NIH and University of Pittsburgh in Launching Nationwide Precision Medicine Effort
Temple University will join the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the University of Pittsburgh to open an enrollment site for the All of Us Research Program—a momentous effort to advance individualized prevention, treatment and care for people of all backgrounds.
Dr. Joseph Torg '61 Honored at Portrait Unveiling
Guests and speakers gathered in the Maurice J. Stone, MD, Commons at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine on June 17 to pay homage to groundbreaking Temple orthopaedic surgeon Joseph Torg, MD, '61 and unveil his official portrait.
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Commenting, Craig Mackinlay has said: "We all know that after the debacle of Dreamland the Council has debts to pay but a firesale of our precious green spaces is no way to fill it. The Cliff Field at Joss Bay is a sight that brings hundreds of tourists to our area – auctioning it to the highest bidder is irresponsible in the extreme. I think every resident of North Foreland would be opposed to this.
The MP has written to neighbouring residents calling on them to attend and voice their concerns regarding these proposals at the Extraordinary Cabinet Meeting at 6.00pm in the Council Chamber, Cecil Street, Margate, Kent.


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It was a rare moment of luck for me. I found my Italian troops in possession of key terrain that turned out be the quintessential defile.
Combat Mission Fortress Italy has been out since two weeks already. It was about time for me to try it out so I basically suspended my life yesterday and played it like there was no tomorrow. This is a microscopic story of one of the scenarios that I played. I will limit this entry to what you will read below because I don't want to spoil the whole scenario for you.
The scenario is one of the single player fictional missions in Combat Mission Fortress Italy. The 2nd US Armored Division needs to clear alternate routes of advance and are heading directly towards the Italian troops under my command. I can't complain about my assets, which includes plenty of infantry a handful of light tanks, AT guns and mortars.
The terrain is treacherous for the attackers. A river bed crossed by sturdy stone bridges that shoot roads in every direction. The hollow of the narrow valley is surrounded by dense forest. It's hard to imagine a better kill zone.
One of the two bridges is the subject of this story. It is a 10+ meter long stone construction that can hold the heaviest of tanks (maybe that's why the 2nd US Armored Division wants it?). Ages-old trees stand at the entrance and the exit of the bridge, like warriors protecting us against the enemy's line of sight. I'm holding this bridge with an Italian rifle squad and an R-35 light infantry tank.
An aerial view of the bridge. There is a bit of confusion regarding the composition of an Italian Army squad: it is actually composed of two groups (rifle and MG). The game labels each group as "squads". This is just a minor misnaming issue that doesn't affect gameplay. I placed the MG group on near side of the bridge and the rifle group on the right side. I wanted to avoid the US troops (green icons in the houses across the river) to be able to target anything until they were near the bridge entrance. The R-35 light infantry tank is also shown, ready to provide fire support.
Sottotenente (2nd Lieutenant) Cirillo Guerrini, a tough man who goes by the nickname "bambino" (the kid) because for his small complexion (that physical attribute came in handy for his career as a tanker) is chewing some stale bread topped with two garlic cloves and wild mint leaves he found near the river bed (those ingredients did not make him a great companion for his tank driver). He is checking the 37 mm main gun just one last time. He has his tank in a hull down position, with a narrow field of fire in front of him.
Attenzione! First shots in the bridge, seen from the enemy side. One of the MGs is in the front of the R-35. I don't know if it is too wise to have that ordnance flying over your head.
The Americans are showing up in halftracks and receive an unwelcoming reception from my troops (background, far side of the bridge.
Confusion among the attackers. An American halftrack just lost his gunner and the driver is trying to get out of harm's way.
Guerrini's R-35 is holding the line. Note how the MG team in front of the tank is pinned down and taking casualties.
After my MG team was eliminated, the Americans took advantage of the relatively low rate of fire of the R-35's main gun and assaulted the bridge. It was a massacre. A grenade just exploded in the left track of the tank, leaving it immobile.
A panoramic view of the bridge. A second halftrack attempted to cross and suffered the same fate.
Eventually, the American's stopped their attempts to force a crossing. Here is Guerrini's light tank, immobile but with a lot of ammunition left.
The whole scenario likely gravitated around this bridge. Not that everything that happened was what is shown here. The left flank of this defensive position was in peril more than once. But that's stuff for another story.
This expansion looks nice. Is that R35 firing canister in the first action shot against the halftrack? Nasty.
Glad to see you placed an R35 at the foot of the bridge/.. I did the same.. bugger of a position for the US player to take.
@ smith: I don't know what was that either. It was falling pretty dispersed on the distant targets, as seen in one of the screenshots.
I'm looking forward to picking this up when I have the cash. I just hope the Italians don't fight like the Syrians did in Shock Force.
Are the CLNAI in the expansion? I'd love to command Eugenio Corti's artillery units and watch the Nembo paras storm up into cities.


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The Images of the Church in the Syriac and Latin Patristic Traditions
Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
The Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East agreed on a new document entitled The Images of the Church in the Syriac and Latin Patristic Traditions.
Posted: Jan. 25, 2023 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=13161
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Faith and Order study group releases paper "Towards a Global Vision of the Church, Volume I: Explorations on Global Christianity and Ecclesiology"
As the study groups of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order Commission convened this week, the paper "Towards a Global Vision of the Church Volume I: Explorations on Global Christianity and Ecclesiology" was released.
Posted: Nov. 14, 2022 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=12857
Categories: WCC News • In this article: ecclesiology, WCC Commission on Faith & Order Transmis : 14 nov. 2022 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=12857
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Faith and Order study groups convene to review work, prepare path forward
The study groups of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order Commission are convening from 14-16 November at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute. Participants are sharing their reflections on what has been achieved theologically, ecumenically, and methodologically, as well as their views about relevant ecumenical theological work to be done.
Categories: WCC News • In this article: ecclesiology, moral discernment, pilgrimage, WCC Commission on Faith & Order Transmis : 14 nov. 2022 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=12859
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Churches Respond to "The Church: Towards a Common Vision"
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order published two new volumes that collect responses received to The Church: Towards a Common Vision between 2013 and 2020.
The responses address the church's mission, unity, and its being in the trinitarian life of God in order to encourage and advance the churches' growth in communion with each other in apostolic faith, sacramental life, mission, and ministry for the sake of God's world.
Posted: Feb. 23, 2021 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=10905
Categories: Documents, WCC News • In this article: ecclesiology, WCC Commission on Faith & Order Transmis : 23 févr. 2021 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=10905
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Vatican notes growing ecumenical consensus on what 'church' means
Working for Christian unity and engaging in formal theological dialogues to promote it obviously raises questions about what the nature and mission of the church is. In a project that took two decades of work by Orthodox, Anglican, Protestant, Catholic and Pentecostal theologians, the World Council of Churches in 2013 published a document summarizing the points of greatest consensus. In late October, the Vatican gave the WCC its formal response to the document, which was called "The Church: Towards a Common Vision."
The response, coordinated by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and posted on its website, included input from Catholic theologians from around the world, bishops' conferences and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. What is meant by "church" is a key ecumenical question as Christians work and pray for the unity Jesus wanted his followers to have, the Catholic response said. Or, as the WCC document said, "agreement on ecclesiology has long been identified as the most elemental theological objective in the quest for Christian unity."
Posted: Oct. 25, 2019 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=10737
Categories: CNS • In this article: ecclesiology, ecumenism, Pope Francis, WCC Transmis : 25 oct. 2019 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=10737
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Anglicans and Roman Catholics agree statement on ecclesiology
Anglicans and Roman Catholics should see in each other "a community in which the Holy Spirit is alive and active," the latest communiqué from the official ecumenical dialogue between the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church says.
Members of the third-phase of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) met in the central German city of Erfurt early this month for their seventh meeting. They chose to meet in the city to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation – it is here that Martin Luther was ordained and lived as a monk.
During their meeting, the members of ARCIC agreed the text of a new statement looking at Anglican and Roman Catholic ecclesiology. Walking Together on the Way: Learning to be Church – Local, Regional, Universal, to be known as The Erfurt Document, will be published next year.
Posted: May 30, 2017 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=9695
Categories: ACNS, Communiqué • In this article: Anglican, ARCIC, Catholic, ecclesiology Transmis : 30 mai 2017 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=9695
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Anglican-Catholic dialogue hammering out the 'tough difficulties'
After nearly 50 years of discourse between the Catholic and Anglican communions, the official dialogue body wants to fine-tune how it studies the differences and similarities between two churches which both call themselves Catholic.
"ARCIC III hasn't proved itself yet," Sir David Moxon, Anglican co-chair of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, told The Catholic Register following an ecumenical evensong on Pentecost Sunday.
This third stage of the dialogue has been meeting since 2011, but has yet to publish a major document. It is currently studying how the Church arrives at moral teaching.
The official dialogue sponsored by the Vatican and the Archbishop of Canterbury is meeting in Toronto until May 18, when a concluding communique is expected from the meeting of 22 bishops, theologians and support staff. It is the first time the body has met in Canada and, to the knowledge of the participants, the first time in 50 years that ARCIC has met during Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit first revealed the global unity of the Christian message expressed in the diversity of languages from around the world.
Categories: Catholic Register, Dialogue • In this article: ARCIC, dialogue, ecclesiology, IARCCUM Transmis : 16 mai 2016 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=9085
Catégorie : Catholic Register, Dialogue • Dans cet article : ARCIC, dialogue, ecclesiology, IARCCUM
French ecumenical delegation considers WCC convergence text
The Faith and Order Commission's convergence text "The Church: Towards a Common Vision" continues to be discussed by churches on a journey toward revealing the unity of the church and how it is inextricably bound on a pilgrimage of justice and peace.
As part of this worldwide ongoing dialogue, ecumenical delegates from three departments of France — Ain, Savoie and Haute Savoie — met on 17 March with Dr Ani Ghazaryan Drissi, a member of the Secretariat of the Faith and Order Commission, in La Roche-sur-Foron. Together, they had a presentation and debate on the document.
The French delegates will prepare a response to the document by December 2016.
"It is essential to have official answers to 'The Church: Towards a Common Vision' not only from churches, but also from ecumenical groups such as this," said Ghazaryan Drissi. "The first objective of the text is the renewal of ecclesial life."
Posted: Mar. 31, 2016 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=9133
Categories: WCC News • In this article: church, dialogue, ecclesiology, WCC Commission on Faith & Order Transmis : 31 mars 2016 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=9133
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Our Unfolding Journey with Jesus Christ: new document reflects on the Global Christian Forum
An important document, which is a theological reflection on the experience and life of the Global Christian Forum, has been approved by the GCF committee.
Titled, Our Unfolding Journey with Jesus Christ: Reflections on the Global Christian Forum Experience, the document is the work of a group of theologians drawn from across the church traditions and families that make up the GCF.
Rev Dr Wonsuk Ma, executive director of the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, headed a panel of nine theologians, known as the Theological Working Group (TWG), who produced the document. [Full membership of TWG is listed below.]
The work, initiated by the GCF committee when in met in Rome in 2012, was received and approved by the committee at its recent meeting in Geneva in September.
The decision to undertake the task came after the second GCF global gathering at Manado, Indonesia, where it was felt that it was important to put down some theological markers so the wider Christian community could understand the story, practice and on-going life of the GCF.
Posted: Feb. 18, 2014 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=7372
Categories: News • In this article: ecclesiology, Global Christian Forum, theology Transmis : 18 févr. 2014 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=7372
Catégorie : News • Dans cet article : ecclesiology, Global Christian Forum, theology
Guide to WCC Common Vision document published
Aptly released for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the Anglican Communion Office has produced a study guide to the World Council of Churches (WCC) document The Church: Towards a Common Vision, the result of 20 years of study and dialogue among the council's member churches, who represent most of the world's churches.
The WCC published Towards a Common Vision in March 2013 and asked its members to study it and comment on it. According to the WCC's introduction, the document asks and offers answers to the questions "What can we say together about the Church of the Triune God in order to grow in communion, to struggle together for justice and peace in the world, and to overcome together our past and present divisions?" It begins by addressing "the Church's mission, unity, and its being in the Trinitarian life of God" and then looks at ecumenical "growth in communion – in apostolic faith, sacramental life, and ministry – as churches called to live in and for the world."
Categories: Anglican Journal • In this article: church, dialogue, ecclesiology, ecumenism, WCC, WCC Commission on Faith & Order Transmis : 20 janv. 2014 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=7195
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ARCIC meeting in Brazil makes progress on joint statement
Catholic and Anglican ecumenical experts meeting in Rio de Janeiro have made progress towards their goal of a common statement on relations between the local and universal Church. This third meeting of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC III) has also been exploring the ways in which both communities make decisions regarding moral and ethical issues. During the week-long meeting which concluded on Monday, participants met with local Anglican and Catholic leaders to find out about local ecumenical initiatives. They spent a day in the 'Cidade de Deus' or City of God, one of the many slum areas around Rio de Janeiro, where the churches are working closely with police and other civic authorities to provide services and support community development.Members of the Commission described the meeting as a hope filled encounter and plan to hold the next ARCIC III session from May 12th to 20th, 2014.
Posted: May 8, 2013 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=3937
Categories: Communiqué • In this article: Anglican, ARCIC, Catholic, Christian unity, dialogue, ecclesiology, ecumenism, ethics Transmis : 8 mai 2013 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=3937
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WCC issues new Faith and Order convergence text on Church
In a World Council of Churches (WCC) governance meeting, The Church: Towards a Common Vision, a convergence text of the Commission on Faith and Order, was officially presented by the WCC general secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit. Tveit launched The Church at the WCC Executive Committee meeting on 6 March, which took place at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute in Switzerland. "The Commission on Faith and Order presents to us a gift, a statement about the Church," stated Tveit in his foreword to The Church. "Work on ecclesiology relates to everything the Church is and what its mission implies in and for the world. It reflects the constitutional aims and self-identity of the WCC as a fellowship of churches who call each other to the goal of visible unity," he added. The Church identifies what Christians can say together about the Church in order to grow in communion, to struggle together for justice and peace, and to overcome together their past and present divisions. After twenty years in the making, The Church was approved by the Standing Commission on Faith and Order at its 2012 meeting in Penang, Malaysia. It was later received by the WCC Central Committee and commended to the churches for study and formal response. It is the second convergence text to be approved in the long life of the commission, the first being the Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry which was celebrated at the WCC 6th Assembly in Vancouver (1982).
Posted: Mar. 7, 2013 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=3477
Categories: Dialogue, Documents, WCC News • In this article: Christian unity, church, dialogue, ecclesiology, ecumenism, WCC Transmis : 7 mars 2013 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=3477
Catégorie : Dialogue, Documents, WCC News • Dans cet article : Christian unity, church, dialogue, ecclesiology, ecumenism, WCC
Emphasis is on communion: Bishop Gregory Cameron
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Understanding the church as communion changes ecumenism, said the inaugural speaker of the new De Margerie Series on Christian Unity and Reconciliation. A paradigm of church as a communion or "Koinonia" shifts the understanding of church from a focus on our adherence to particular doctrines, to God's action at work in us, said Bishop Gregory Cameron. "Communion clearly implies that the church is not merely an institution or organization, it is a fellowship of those who are called together by the Holy Spirit and who in baptism, confess Christ as Lord and Saviour. They are thus fully committed to him and to one another," asserted Cameron. The understanding of church as communion — which is clearly expressed in the New Testament — has been rediscovered and deepened in recent decades, he described. "The shift has come about via a new emphasis of understanding the church less as a body of confessing believers, and more as a supernatural reality brought into being by God's grace," he said, after emphasizing the influence of paradigms in determining our ongoing understanding of any theological concept.
Categories: News • In this article: Christian unity, De Margerie Series, ecclesiology, ecumenism, Gregory Cameron, koinonia Transmis : 30 janv. 2013 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=2973
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WCC F&O Commission approves new theological agreement
At a historic meeting in Malaysia, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order approved a new theological agreement and proposed a major restructuring of its work in the future.
The commission approved the text on "The Church: Towards a Common Vision" the second convergence document in the history of Faith and Order. The WCC director of Faith and Order, Canon John Gibaut, explains that "this 'convergence' text show how closely the members of the commission are able to come together to agree on what it means to be the one Church of Jesus Christ. The agreement reached by the commission then will be tested among the churches."
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Posted: July 3, 2012 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=2199
Categories: WCC News • In this article: church, ecclesiology, ecumenism, WCC, WCC Commission on Faith & Order Transmis : 3 juil. 2012 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=2199
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Lutherans and Anglicans conclude dialogue with statement on diaconal character of the Church
The third Anglican – Lutheran International Commission (ALIC) held its sixth and final meeting in Jerusalem, 18-25 June.
The commission focused on the writing of its final report, "To Love and Serve the Lord," which looks at the essential connection between koinonia (church unity) and diakonia (church service and witness). Including stories of diakonia from around the world, the report is written with the hope of reaching not only the international church bodies and church leaders but also institutions of theological education and even congregations seeking to deepen their commitment to discipleship.
Categories: Communiqué • In this article: Anglican, church, diakonia, dialogue, ecclesiology, Lutheran Transmis : 1 juil. 2011 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=2254
Catégorie : Communiqué • Dans cet article : Anglican, church, diakonia, dialogue, ecclesiology, Lutheran
U.S. Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Commission plans statement on Approaches to Moral Issues
The Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation in the United States held its sixty-eighth meeting in Alexandria, Louisiana, on September 9 and 10. This session was largely devoted to the examination of a draft outline of a potential agreed statement on the topic of the current round of dialogue, "Ecclesiology and Moral Discernment: Common Ground and Divergences." This topic explores the fact that while the two churches share the same convictions on a wide range of ethical questions, there are serious differences regarding certain issues in personal morality, especially those pertaining to human sexuality. In earlier meetings of the Commission, members discussed Catholic and Anglican positions on contraception, debt relief, immigration, same-sex unions and health care.
Posted: Sept. 17, 2010 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=639
Categories: Dialogue, News • In this article: Anglican, bishops, Catholic, ecclesiology, Episcopal Church, ethics, Scripture, TEC, US Conference of Catholic Bishops, USA Transmis : 17 sept. 2010 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=639
Catégorie : Dialogue, News • Dans cet article : Anglican, bishops, Catholic, ecclesiology, Episcopal Church, ethics, Scripture, TEC, US Conference of Catholic Bishops, USA
WCC Faith & Order issues are relevant for Mennonites
WCC dialogue questions relevant for Mennonites says Neufeld
How and where does the global church discuss issues such as the nature and mission of the church, sources of authority and moral discernment in the churches? One long-standing forum for important discussions such as these is the Faith and Order Plenary Commission of the World Council of Churches. This body, while not officially decision-making, gathered in Kolympari, Crete, 7-13 October 2009.
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Posted: Dec. 15, 2009 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=622
Categories: Dialogue • In this article: ecclesiology, Mennonite, Mennonite World Conference, theology, WCC Transmis : 15 déc. 2009 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=622
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Catholic women in ministry – a review
CATHOLIC WOMEN IN MINISTRY: Changing the Way Things Are, by Marie-Louise Ternier-Gommers. Novalis (Montreal, QC ). © 2007, 216pp., $21.95. Reviewed by Gertrude Rompré.
Posted: Aug. 21, 2007 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=338
Categories: News • In this article: books, Catholic, ecclesiology, ministry, ordination, theology, women Transmis : 21 aoüt 2007 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=338
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ELCA Presiding Bishop Responds to Vatican Statement on Nature of the Church
CHICAGO (ELCA) — In response to a document released by the Vatican July 10, the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), said the statement does not appear to change the Vatican's previously stated positions, and it will not alter the ELCA's commitment to ecumenism, including ongoing discussions
Posted: July 11, 2007 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=4857
Categories: ELCA News • In this article: ecclesiology, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Vatican Transmis : 11 juil. 2007 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=4857
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Lutheran-Orthodox statement on Eucharist
[LWI] The participants of the 13th Plenary of the international Lutheran-Orthodox Joint Commission have affirmed recognition of the "broad areas of agreement" in their respective traditions with a view to the understanding of the Eucharist in the life of the church. They adopted a Common Statement titled, "The Mystery of the Church: The Holy Eucharist in the Life of the Church." In a communiqué from the 2-9 November meeting of the Joint Commission in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, members of the international dialogue group stated that the "Orthodox and Lutherans both confess that Christ's body and blood are united with bread and wine, to be consumed by communicants, uniting them with Christ and with each other."
Categories: Communiqué, Dialogue, Documents • In this article: ecclesiology, eucharist, Lutheran, Orthodox Transmis : 12 déc. 2006 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=280
Catégorie : Communiqué, Dialogue, Documents • Dans cet article : ecclesiology, eucharist, Lutheran, Orthodox
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The New Zealand photographer Cally Whitham focuses her artistic research on the depiction of everyday life She began photography at 11 years old when accompanying her father who was a painter. He roamed the countryside to do sketches of forests and farms. From an early age she therefore had painting as an artistic reference and mastered the techniques of the Beaux Arts.
"When I was about 16 I think. I took a class at school and was hooked."
"I studied at the Design School, which has since become Unitech."
"21 years, with a few years break in the middle."
"The first photo I ever took was of my grandparents and brother at a beach. I couldn't believe I was allowed to take a photo!"
"Light inspires me. When the quality of light is just right anything seems possible; the unworthy becomes photogenic."
"Wow, too hard to choose!"
"Yes I do. The initial photo is just a part of the process in creating an image. Post production is the place where the image and the vision I had come together. I don't photograph reality but rather create a potential or ideal reality and that potential is added in post production."
"Alfred steiglitz in his early days and Julia Margaret Cameron."
"Have a back job to pay the bills - it's a tough industry now to try to pay a mortgage on."
"Not understanding the business, tax and admin side of being a photographer."
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See the Arrow and The Flash New York Comic Con Sizzle Reels!
Posted by Doug Dobbins at 11:21 am on October 12, 2015
The Warner Bros. Television NYCC Panel kicked off with The Flash and Arrow New York Comic Con sizzle reels that you can watch in the players below!
Arrow stars Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen, Katie Cassidy as Dinah "Laurel" Lance, David Ramsey as John Diggle, Willa Holland as Thea Queen, Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak, John Barrowman as Malcom Merlyn, with Paul Blackthorne as Detective Lance. The series is executive produced by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg and Sarah Schechter. It airs Wednesdays on The CW.
After defeating his most formidable foe to date and riding off into the sunset with longtime flame Felicity Smoak, Oliver Queen (a.k.a. The Arrow) left Starling City with the hopes of beginning a new life. But will Oliver ever truly be able to leave behind his past as the Arrow, and, if so, what becomes of the team he has worked so hard to assemble? Will Diggle, Thea, and Laurel be left to continue Oliver's crusade without him? And with Malcolm Merlyn having ascended to the top of the League of Assassins as the new Ra's al Ghul, is anyone really safe?
The Flash stars Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash, Candice Patton as Iris West, Rick Cosnett as Eddie Thawne, Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow, Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon and Jesse L. Martin as Detective Joe West. The new season will see the addition of newcomers Teddy Sears as Jay Garrick, Keiynan Lonsdale as Wally West, Shantel VanSanten as Patty Spivot, Violett Beane as Jesse Quick, Demore Barnes as Tokamak, and Candyman himself Tony Todd as the voice of the new "big bad," Zoom.
The Flash is executive produced by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, David Nutter and Sarah Schechter and airs Tuesdays on The CW.


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Marissa Mazzola Bio|Shane McMahon Wife
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Marissa Mazzola-McMahon is an American film producer and a show presenter who is famous as the wife of WWE, Inc's Executive Vice President, Shane McMahon. Moreover, Marissa is also the co-host of the interactive WWF Livewire show with Michael Cole.Apart from her role in WWF, she has also gone on to host shows on Raw and Smackdown. Throughout the years, McMahon has established herself as the public relations officer in the WWE. However, in more recent years, the beautiful McMahon has been focusing on making movies. Let us now get to know a bit more about Marissa.
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Marissa married Shane McMahon, her high school sweetheart, on September 14, 1996 in a private ceremony on the McMahons' estate. They currently reside in New York City and have three kids, Declan James McMahon, Kenyon Jesse McMahon and Rogan Henry McMahon.Mazzola-McMahon has two brothers and is the daughter to Anthony Mazzola. She is the daughter-in-law of WWE Chairman & C.E.O. Vincent Kennedy McMahon and the company's former C.E.O. Linda McMahon, as well as the sister-in-law of Stephanie Marie McMahon-Levesque and Paul Levesque a.k.a Triple H, his on-screen WWE character. Marissa was the bridesmaid at their 2003 wedding in Sleepy Hollow, New York. In addition, Mazzola-McMahon is also the aunt of Paul and Stephanie's three daughters, namely Aurora Rose (b. 2006), Murphy Claire Levesque (b. 2008), and Vaughn Evelyn Levesque.
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Marissa Mazzola Career
Marissa Mazzola McMahon began her career as a co host for the show (then titled) WWF LiveWire. She also hosted WWF Divas – Postcard from the Caribbean. She has appeared in numerous interviews and even did interviews herself. She was in charge of overseeing the public relations area of the World Wrestling Federation (now commonly known as World Wrestling Entertainment). Unlike the rest of the McMahon family, who have stepped foot inside the ring, Marissa has not made many appearances on WWE programming since her days of actively co-hosting WWF LiveWire with Jonathan Coachman and Michael Cole. She also worked for Dan Kolres in the Public Relations area.
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After her short time co-hosting (at the time) WWF LiveWire, she started producing films.
She has worked with some of the biggest WWF/WWE superstars like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
She played a brief role in the movie The Scorpion King as a water merchant and produced her first film entitled Anamorph starring Willem Dafoe and Scott Speedman.
She founded her own film company called Kamala Films, which is located in New York City.
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Title: Ted Walsh explains presence at Department raid
The trainer told RTE Sport he was one of the two trainers present when officials seized unauthorised medicines from an equine therapist last Tuesday
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Irish Field Contributor on 13 Nov 2021
Ted Walsh explains presence at Department raid
Racing > Racing News
Ted Walsh has revealed that he was one of the two trainers in attendance at an equine therapist's clinic in Monasterevin, Kildare, last Tuesday when it was raided by officials from the Department of Agriculture.
Unauthorised medicines were seized from the therapist but there is no suggestion that Walsh nor the other trainer, who had brought horses to be treated, did anything wrong.
Speaking to RTÉ on Saturday, Walsh said he brought a young horse with tendon damage to get laser treatment by the therapist who makes regular visits to Ireland and is used by many trainers and sport horse owners.
"It's a bad old thing for racing. I'm sorry that someone as high profile as me in racing was even there," said Walsh. "To cast a shadow on the game. I can't do anything about that now. I drove in, I was there.
"I rang the man in question a week or 10 days ago to ask the man when he was coming to Ireland again and he said he'll be there the next Tuesday, in the usual place.
"I drove down Tuesday. The horse had a slight tendon injury and he had done similar job on horses for me before, most notably Seabass, who was second in the National, who got a tear on a tendon. That normally means rest, a lot of rest, but if you want to get a horse back a bit quicker… this guy scanned it and lasered it and got him back in six months rather than 12 months."
Walsh said he was approached by local detective sergeant shortly after he drove into the yard.
"He said this place is under warrant and he explained to me that they had been notified there was contraband here and the Department of Agriculture are doing an inspection."
Some time later, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's senior veterinary officer Lynn Hillyer arrived and had blood and hair samples taken from all the horses on-site.
Walsh said the same therapist treated his Grand National third Seabass twice in the past and that he believes the therapist is a reputable practitioner.
"I wouldn't have had a lot of contact but no one ever said to me, 'you'd want to be careful of him'. Usually in the game someone would. I never heard any bad words about him. He had a strong reputation with this."
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Wooster has the 'magic'
By JOHN SCHANTZ
Special to The Daily Record
BARBERTON -- The trick to being a magician lies in knowing how to work with mirrors.
The hosts of the Barberton Div. I District tournament, aptly called the Magics, seemed to be at work during the district final between Wooster and Lake Thursday. The Generals' Taryn Jeffers and the Blue Streaks' Jordan Jenkins gave near identical performances in the first two games, but Jeffers gave Wooster all the momentum it needed to come away with a 21-25, 25-13, 25-17, 25-22 victory.
It was hard to tell the difference between Jenkins and Jeffers all night. Aside from the fact that both sport the No. 5 on the backs of blue jerseys, Jenkins and Jeffers slotted eight points and three aces into the service scorebook for Games 1 and 2, respectively. The opening games of the match were more like an emotional roller coaster.
Jenkins started Thursday's action on the line and connected on five straight service points to put Wooster down early. After the Generals tried to rally, Jenkins found her way back to the service line with Lake nursing a 12-7 lead. Back-to-back aces quickly calmed down the Wooster crowd.
"All we could think about was that 5-0 start," Wooster coach Jen Snowbarger said. "We haven't allowed that all season. To finish the game 21-25, we outplayed them the rest of the way. We definitely weren't in rhythm yet, but we made some adjustments and came out big in Game 2."
A lot of the reason why Wooster was able to make those adjustments fell on Jeffers' fastball. The senior put the Generals ahead 14-10 in the Game 2 with two quick service points resulting from mistakes by the Blue Streaks. Lake called a timeout, but it didn't make Jeffers cool down any. She blasted three straight aces, tallying eight consecutive points on serve to ruin any thoughts of Lake going up 2-0.
"Taryn had an awesome run," Snowbarger said. "When you get on a circus roll like that, you get some points on unforced errors. The three aces in a row were huge. Volleyball is all about momentum and she provided it."
Wooster found its groove after that. The Generals put the game on cruise control by taking the second and third games 25-13 and 25-17, respectively.
"I think we came out strong and served well," Lake coach Miranda Valentine said. "I think momentum just took us forward. They dug a hole just like we did in the second and third games. We came out the way we wanted to and put it on the line. They just served harder into us the second and third games."
Lake didn't even have a chance to stop Wooster's rally until late in Game 4. Wooster pulled ahead with a 5-1 lead, thanks in large part to Kelci Marschall crushing two kills into the heart of Lake's defense. However, the lead didn't have a chance to expand. The Blue Streak's Lauren Feller pounded out four points on serve to give Lake its first lead (6-5) since 5-4 in Game 2.
The Generals took back the lead and tried to pull away again, but Feller wouldn't have it. Trailing 17-14, Lake's Brittany Poling took advantage of Feller's ability to confuse the Wooster defense with two blocks and a kill. The tag-team effort put Lake ahead 18-17. The teams deadlocked at 22-22 for a race to the finish.
On several occasions, Wooster relied on junior Kim Patton to somehow keep the ball in the air in what seemed to be a hopeless situation.
"Some of those dives in Game 4 were unbelievable," Snowbarger said. "It was two great teams tonight. (Patton) saved our butts tonight. She got the wind knocked out of her on one of them. We've been talking about that all year. If you can just get one touch there is a chance for two. Tonight we were just keeping the ball alive as much as we could."
It paid off.
The Generals took the last three points for a 25-22 win and a host of tickets to Regionals. Wooster advances to the Hudson, where it will take on the winner of the Euclid District, Ashtabula Lakeside or Mentor, on Wednesday, Oct. 31.
Jeffers finished with a game-high 12 points. Jill Henshaw and Natalie Phillips combined for another 21 points at the line. Brittany Aukerman teamed up with Marschall for 25 kills, while Jade Craycraft passed out 36 assists. Phillips had a game-high 29 digs. Amanda Eisel tacked on 20 more.
For Lake, Poling and Brandy Gang totaled 21 kills, while Aubrey Kirven dished out 32 assists. Poling also tallied five blocks. Rachel Gambow chipped in 16 digs.


When I was younger, I dumped old medicines down the toilet and flushed them. Just so we're clear, this was the WRONG thing to do. I had no idea that medications (prescription and over-the-counter drugs) are hazardous waste, which they are, and I was just polluting the environment unwittingly. Shame on me.
DO NOT flush unused medications down the toilet or wash them down the sink.
Many pharmacies and doctor's offices have pharmaceutical take-back programs. Call before you go, but this is a simple option if you're headed to the pharmacy anyway to pick up a new prescription.
The EPA suggests that you black out with a permanent marker your personal information and your doctor's information on the container, and then take your unused medications to your local hazardous waste facility. To find your local facility, check out the search tool on the Earth911 website.
Look at the printed material accompanying your medications to see if there are special disposal instructions. In some cases, the FDA advises what procedure to use. The list of special drugs can be found on this page if you have inadvertently discarded your original printed materials.
I hope that this advice is helpful. This is also a good opportunity to remind everyone to regularly clean out your medicine chest for health, safety and uncluttering reasons!
Returning from holidays is always stressful, isn't it?
Catching up with what you've missed, dealing with the dozens (or hundreds!) of emails, getting back into the rhythm of a routine, expectations from bosses and coworkers, the need to deal with employees who've gotten used to you not being around.
It almost makes you not want to go away on vacation.
It doesn't have to be like that, however.
There's a trick to getting ready for vacation that most of us miss. In planning our absence, we look at that last day before holidays as our objective: get everything organized so that people can cope without when we are gone. When we reach that day, we let out a big sigh and switch into relaxation mode blocking out the horrid reality of that eventual return to the office.
What if we change our focus a bit? Instead of focusing on the last day before our holidays, we should look at the first week we get back.
How much time will you need to set aside each day to catch up on email and other communications? Block out that time now.
Who will you need to meet with to find out what has moved forward (or not)? Schedule those meetings before you leave.
What routines do you need to get back into? Slide into them slowly, adding one routine a day (gym, preparing lunches, etc…). If you have the chance, how about reintroducing them a few days before you start up at work again?
This year, I didn't quite get everything planned before my last day (last Monday), so I took a few hours (rather randomly) in my first couple of days free to tie up a few loose ends and to better plan my return. Yes, it ate into my holiday a bit, but I'd much rather lose a few hours at the beginning of my time off so that I can thoroughly enjoy the rest of it and not return to work to chaos and stress.
Vacations are to relax and recharge. By planning your return, you can preserve all the tranquility you've created for yourself (in fact I think vacation planners should come with a post-vacation planning section). As an added bonus, by thinking beyond your last day and focusing on your first week back, you don't need to worry about anything while you are gone. You can truly go on holiday, disconnecting from everything at work, even forgetting altogether that it exists.
Many home projects can be completed in under 30 minutes, yet have a big impact on your day-to-day life. With that in mind, I like to tackle a good Weekend Project. Anything from organizing the tool shed to creating a daily routine is well worth the time and effort. Today we're going to take a peek somewhere that most people avoid: under the bed.
Feng Shui practitioners know that nothing should be stored underneath one's bed. My practice is lacking then, as I keep a lot of stuff under there. I suspect many of you do, too. If that's the case, here's a look at how you can take an afternoon this weekend to get control over what's stored underneath your bed. The first step is identifying what's down there in the first place.
The area underneath one's bed is often a dark and scary place, full of hidden surprises, and I don't mean just the dust bunnies. A great way to start is to pull everything out. For each item, decide to put it in either the "keep" pile, the "donate" pile or the "toss" pile. This won't take long as there's only so much stuff that can fit underneath your average bed. When that's done, send anything in "donate" or "toss" to the appropriate destination and turn back to the "keep" pile.
First, make sure everything is in a labeled bin, with the label facing out. In my experience, anything tossed under there loosely will gravitate to the center, never to be seen again. You'll probably need several transparent or semi-transparent containers with lids. If you can, find some that also have casters or wheels, even better (this one from Sterilite is ideal).
Before you buy any, take measurements of the space underneath your bed. Write it down somewhere so you can refer to it while at the store.
Your own — Out-of-season clothing, shoes, and extra linens are a great choice.
The kids — Their books, board games, puzzles, and so on.
The guest room — Guest linens, extra blankets (make sure they're freshly washed before guess arrive). We also keep gift wrapping supplies under there.
Yes, it's a drag to haul everything out from under there and sort it. But it's worth the effort believe me. Feng Shui or not, you'll be glad you spent some time organizing underneath the bed.
Does your to-do list — or your project list or someday/maybe list, if you follow the Getting Things Done methodology — have things like learning to play golf, learning French, or learning to play an instrument? You may have been intimidated by the frequently quoted statistic that it takes 10,000 hours to get good at something.
But as Josh Kaufman points out in his informative and entertaining TEDx Talk, that 10,000-hour rule only applies if you want to become an expert in a highly competitive field: a star athlete, a world-class musician, etc. If you just want to be reasonably good, he says, you can learn a new skill with just 20 hours of practice — a number that's a lot less intimidating.
Kaufman has a book which elaborates on the TEDx talk, but you can get the gist of his thinking from that talk, from his conversation with Jonathan Fields on the Good Life Project website, from his document entitled The First 20 Hours: Secrets of Rapid Skill Acquisition (PDF) on ChangeThis.com, and from the information on his own website.
Decide exactly what you want to be able to do, and set a target performance level. Then break the skill down into smaller pieces. That's the same advice you'll see for tackling any large project.
Listening to Kaufman talk about having a well-defined target made me think about how I approached learning French some years ago. My goal in learning French was to know enough to perform basic tourist activities: reserve a hotel room, buy a train ticket, order a meal in a restaurant, etc. Having that focused goal kept me from being overwhelmed — especially since language skills don't come easily to me. When Kaufman discussed his work on Good Life Project website, he gave an example very similar to this.
Take golf for example — in the course of a single game, you do many different things: driving off the tee, selecting clubs, chipping out of bunkers, and putting on the green. Each of those activities is a skill in itself.
It's easy to get caught up in theoretical learning, from books and other resources, rather than actually practicing the skill. Kaufman urges you to learn just enough of the basic concepts that you can self-correct when you're doing your practice. Beyond this, focusing on learning rather than jumping in and practicing is just a way of procrastinating, he says.
You can easily get derailed from practicing a new skill, especially at the beginning when you're no good at something. So set up your environment to minimize distractions, and make it as easy as possible to do the practicing. On the Good Life Project, Kaufman talks about keeping that guitar you want to learn to play close at hand, not buried away in a closet where it's difficult to access.
Pre-commit to those 20 hours — twice a day for 20 minutes for one month will do it. In his book (and on the Good Life Project) Kaufman recommends setting a timer for those 20 minutes, because we tend to be horrible at estimating how long we've been doing something.
A simple way of knowing if you actually use things is to get removable coloured dots and stick one to each of your small appliances and kitchen gadgets. As you use your things, take off the dot (hence why you want to get removable dots).
After six months look at all the things still with dots and decide if you actually want to keep them or not (some things only get used rarely but are totally worth their storage space).
You could just as easily use this approach in other areas of your home or office. Here's a link to suitable 1/2″ removable colored dots at Amazon.com.
Back in 2007, Erin wrote a series of posts on reducing paper clutter. In the past 10 years, there have been many changes. In some cases, the rules and regulations regarding the access and storage of paper and digital documents have changed. Technology itself has changed, and since more and more information is coming to us in electronic format, many of us are now overwhelmed by paper and digital clutter.
So, let's look at this subject from the "managing information" point of view.
In the business world, organizing paper and electronic documents is commonly referred to as records and information management (RIM). Businesses have (or should have) systems set up to create, store, archive, and dispose their documents according to rules and regulations pertaining to their specific industries. Our homes are not businesses but there are several similarities. We have records related to income and expenses (receipts, pay statements). We have documents that prove we exist (birth certificates, social security cards) and that we have done things (school report cards, employment reviews).
We can adapt RIM theory to our households. ARMA International has developed Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles® (GARP). Let's see how these principles can be applied to our personal and household recordkeeping.
Accountability: Someone in your household needs to be responsible for managing paper and electronic documents and information. If information management is to be a shared duty, ensure all of those who participate in the process know which tasks need to be done and how they should be done.
Integrity: Your paper and electronic documents need to be authentic and reliable. Ensure you have the original documents where required. If you transfer your paper documents to electronic format (or vice versa), ensure it is done properly. We will cover how to do this in an upcoming post.
Protection: Your records need to be safe. Paper documents, especially vital records and legal documents, should be kept in a locked safe or filing cabinet. Electronic records should be backed-up in at least two different places and password protected.
Compliance: You need to adhere to all laws and regulations pertaining to your information. If you have a home business, you might be required to keep different information from someone who does not. Those with unique financial or medical situations may be required to comply with other rules and directives. We'll cover more about this in an upcoming post.
Availability: This is a key point for most people. You need to be able to access records easily and in a timely manner. Knowing which documents are paper and which are electronic, as well as where, and how they are stored is essential. We'll review paper and electronic filing systems.
Retention: It is important to keep records for the required period. For example, the United States Internal Revenue Service requires that you keep your income tax records for three years after filing (and up to 7 years in certain circumstances). The Canada Revenue Agency requires six years. If you have receipts that were submitted for income taxes for both countries, you must keep records for the longer of the two. We'll discuss a retention schedule that will help you develop an organized filing system.
Transparency: Finally, it is important that your system understandable to certain other people. Of course, if you're sharing these duties with a spouse/partner, you both need to understand the system. You also need to be able to explain it to an auditor (should the tax man ever visit) and the executor of your estate should be able to easily understand how you process your documents as well.
We'll dive deeper into all of these topics over the next few weeks. By the time we're through, you'll have an excellent, easy-to-manage filing system.
A first aid kit isn't one of those things you think about until you need it and when you do, boy do you need it! You can avoid making a stressful time even more difficult by planning and buying a roadside first aid kit now. They're inexpensive, easy to maintain, and compact. Here is what every driver should have tucked away in the car.
There are a lot of pre-made first aid kits available. Most are great, but I recommend building your own from scratch. Why? You're more likely to know exactly what is inside a homemade first aid kit as you think about, buy, and place each item. You might glance at a pre-made kit's contents, but the steps required for building your own force you to really think about what is inside.
Also, when you build your own kit you have more control over the container. Find something that has clear compartments, so you can see where items are. Also, if you can find something waterproof, that is ideal. This MTM Dry Box is a great example, as it's durable, brightly-colored, and water resistant. Plus it's small enough and study enough to live in the car's trunk for a long time.
There is a lot more, and I'll let you read their full recommendations. If you've got a baby or kids who travel with you, make sure you have children's versions of the listed medications.
You might also consider adding a basic first aid manual. Again, I look to our friends at the Red Cross for this. Lastly, consider things like a flashlight, blanket, tool to break a window, Here's a look at what else to keep in your car.
As I said, a first aid kit is often overlooked. Take some time this weekend to get one organized. I hope you never need it!
As I head into my vacations, I'm getting myself organized for the new year and for me, that starts in September. I would like to find ways to avoid both the organized disorganization and crisis-inspired chaos that always kills my best intentions to stay on top of my daily tasks and move my various pet projects forward.
Recently, a reader asked about bullet journals, so I investigated the Bullet Journal website created by the digital product designer Ryder Carroll. After poking around, I decided that I'm going to give this system a try. It's going to be a challenge for me because there seems to be lots of parts to it and various stages. However, I'm going to go in with a good attitude.
First off, I will set myself up on the system before I go away on holiday so that I know exactly what I need to do the day I get back in order to hit the ground running.
My first task is to choose myself a notebook. At work, we have spiral-bound notebooks that have been branded with the company's image, but I don't think I will use one of those. The Bullet Journal website also sells their own book, but it's a bit too expensive for me. Instead, I think I will go for my favorite writing notebook, the Moleskine Journal. It's a good size, opens flat on the desktop well, and is about the same size as my iPad so can go into the iPad's slipcover for easy transport.
While it might take me a while to get used to the various ways bullet points are expressed through rapid logging (there seem to be so many!), I rather like the idea of putting an ever-growing index at the beginning of the journal. Always in the past, I've made to-do lists and then once I've crossed off or migrated the task, I've forgotten about it, making it a challenge to remember the repetitive tasks that I do every year, every month, or even every week. By having an index that I can refer to at a glance, I'll be able to remind myself of what sorts of things I need to be thinking about.
I also like the next section of a monthly calendar with events to record (before and after) as well as a page for tasks in the month. This section will be extremely useful next July when I am organizing the 2018-2019 year. It does, however, take up a lot of space in the notebook, making me wonder if perhaps I've chosen a book with not enough pages.
Then again, when reading about the daily task lists, I won't be using a full page each day. So as to not waste paper, each day's list is created the night before, meaning I won't need over three hundred pages to cover the whole year.
The notebook is now set up and ready to use. As I mentioned at the beginning of this article, I fear that it's going to take some dedication to stick to the system, but in having organized the notebook, I can already see how it is going to help me. And most surprisingly, I believe it's going to be more helpful in my personal life than at work.
I'll let you all know how it goes. Have any of you had a good or bad experience using the Bullet Journal system?
When is it okay to give up on a book? I've seen a couple articles on the web addressing this question, but my answer is shorter than those I've seen: It's always okay to give up on a book. Of course there are a few exceptions: if you're in school and the book is required reading, if your boss is asking everyone to read a specific book, etc. But unless the book is mandatory reading for some reason, you can give up on it any time you like.
You may have some personal guidelines about how many pages you want to read before abandoning a book. But as I've noted before, even authors give up on books they don't enjoy — sometimes very quickly.
Sadie Trombetta wrote an article for the Bustle website entitled 10 Signs You Should Give Up On A Book You're In The Middle Of (No, Really, It's OK) and it made me smile because the first reason she lists — you hate the main characters — is exactly why I stopped reading the last selection from my book club. By page two I knew I despised the main character's best friend, and that meant I didn't think much of the main character, either. I quit right then, while other members forced themselves to finish the book. Only one person in our book club really enjoyed it. One other person didn't finish, and she felt guilty about it. But she said she understood, for the first time, my feeling about not wasting time on a book I don't like.
We all have limited time in our lives for reading, so it makes sense to be judicious in our choices. I don't mean you have to read serious books — I just mean it makes sense to focus on well-written books that meet your own personal selection criteria. That could include books that amuse you, books that inform you, etc.
God, grant me the serenity to accept there's things I've no time to read, time to read the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.
Sometimes you may pick up a book and then decide it's just not what you want to read right now, and set it aside for later. But if it's a book that is never going to excite you, feel free to unclutter your bookshelf and your reading list — and move on to another book that you'll enjoy more.
There are three areas in my home that are on a recurrent cycle of being cluttered and cause me stress: the kitchen, the family room, and the dirty clothes hamper in the bedroom.
I have taken many steps to try to get my laundry problem under control, but I continue to wrestle with it. The kitchen is a similar stress aggravated by the fact that my husband and I eat three meals a day at home. Then, there is the family room where things come in and never leave.
These three areas have one thing in common: they have a constant supply of input. Every night I deposit clothes into the hamper. Every day I sit and knit or read or watch TV or whatever I'm doing to relax in my family room. Every meal I dirty pots, pans, plates, utensils, and cups, and every week I bring in more food to repeat the cycle.
I've been working diligently recently to keep these areas clutter free in my own home, and can share a few tips and advice. I hope that you find at least one or more helpful.
If you haven't already read it, start by going to my previous post on dealing with laundry clutter. Following these tips have made my laundry situation bearable.
Additionally, I recommend making your laundry room as welcoming, cheerful, and serene as possible. A laundry room that is pleasant to be in makes doing the laundry much less of an annoyance. A dark, dreary basement with bare concrete walls isn't inviting. Spruce up your space so that being in it is a reward, not a punishment.
Institute a "no food" rule for your family room. No food outside the kitchen or dining room is a good general house rule, too.
Assess the amount of furniture in your family room. Do you really need four end tables and two coffee tables? I find that the more tables I have in a room, the more stuff I set on the tables.
Every time a person leaves the room, have them put something away. If everything is properly in its place, celebrate.
Have a vacuum cleaner/broom easily accessible to the room. I find that I need to vacuum the carpet in this room twice as often as in the rest of the house. Having the ability to use it with very little effort is essential.
Have a place for everything in the room: a knitting basket with a lid, a storage system for your video games, a chest for children's toys, a bin for piano music, a CD and DVD solution, etc.
My first suggestion for the kitchen is to get your hands on Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook. The kitchen section in the book is really good and I learned a great deal from reading it. I reference it a handful of times a month.
Put dirty dishes straight into the dishwasher. No plates or cups should ever sit dirty on the counter.
Own dishwasher-safe stainless steel cookware and other kitchen items. If you have to wash it by hand it is likely to sit cluttered on the counter.
Avoid unitasker appliances and utensils. Based on your cooking style, a few may creep into your home, but it's best to try to keep these numbers small.
Monitor what small appliances and entertaining dishes you use, and get rid of those you don't. I've used our reader-suggested dot system for my monitoring with great success.
If you must store small appliances on your counter, only have out those you use often. My toaster, coffee pot, vacuum sealer, and mixer sit out all the time. I use all of these daily or almost daily.
Organize your kitchen so that what you use is stored next to where it is used. It's a bit of a no-brainer, but things like pots and pans should be next to the stove and leftover storage containers next to the refrigerator.
If you're like me, don't use a bread box. I put bread in there, forget about it, and then discover it weeks later all moldy. I currently store aluminum foil, wax paper, ziplock bags, and such in my bread box instead. I set my bread on top of the bread box.
Please feel welcome to add suggestions in the comments section. There are so many effective strategies out there that I couldn't possibly name them all in this post. So, let us know what works for you!
Will your heirs really want your stuff?
But despite claims like this, many times the heirs do not want many of the items being left behind — even those of outstanding quality. Maybe that Jonathan Adler zebra bath mat just isn't their style, or doesn't fit the color scheme of their bathroom.
Different tastes. Sometimes that's generational — for example, certain furniture styles are out of fashion right now. But often it's a matter of personal preferences.
Different lifestyles. Someone living in a small apartment isn't likely to want large furniture pieces. Those who don't entertain much at home may not want a 12-piece place setting. China or glasses that can't go in the dishwasher may be of little interest to others. And depending on a person's job, that person may have little need for a fantastic briefcase.
Homes that are already furnished. For example, those who already have a nice toaster are unlikely to want another one.
So what does this mean for seniors who are thinking about the future of their possessions — and those who eventually inherit those items?
From Peter Nickeas: ebay is flooded with guys who inherit hand tools and have no idea what they do, no appreciation for craft.
Reply from Bill Savage: better the tools get sold to and used by people who do know and respect the craft. Otherwise? Clutter.
Another point worth considering is that sets of china, glassware and such don't have to be treated in an all-or-nothing manner when it comes to giving them away.
My family had large Christmas gatherings every year at my grandparents house. My grandmother used her china, that she saved hard for, at these gatherings. When she died she left it to me and I kept it for 30 years … I emailed to all nieces, her great grandkids, cousins, etc., saying … Hey remember that china? I split it up between many who were happy to take a plate, cup or setting.
Another anecdote along the same lines: When my stepmother died, my father asked my brother and me what we would like to take from the many household furnishings. I took two cut glass wine goblets that aren't my style (so I had no desire for the full set) but that bring back many happy memories.
And if items are going to be sold, it's important to be realistic about their value — which is often much less than what the items originally cost and much less than what you might have expected. If seeing items get sold for low prices is difficult emotionally, you may find it easier and more emotionally rewarding to donate them.
More than once, I've heard from the children of Boomers about parents who put their treasures into storage because the kids didn't want them and they "weren't going to sell them for pennies." Then, they paid storage fees until they passed away or until the contents of the storage unit mildewed. Ultimately, these items ended up in an auction or in a landfill anyway.
That's not the type of uncluttering any of us wants to see happen.