The Family Justice Council run a debate every December and it is usually excellent. Notwithstanding the fact that this year the line up will involve yours truly it should still be an interesting event to attend - the other panellists are the excellent Hannah Markham QC, Her Honour Judge Lazarus and Debbie Singleton - and the topic is the ever controversial covert recording.
FJC events are by ticket only and the tickets are limited - you must apply by 21 November to have a chance of getting in.
Great post and interesting topic, be interested to attend.
In any event would like to contribute to you on the pro side of the argument as sadly the system is so inherently dishonest.
I can give you a truly damning account of child abuse by SW's in a court building, who then denied all, called the child a liar, impugned a judge by way of alternate explanation and denial, but didn't count upon a really smart child who recorded it all.
This has been upheld by independent enquiries for the record so are not idle boasts.
The disinfectant of sunlight, or in this case sound.
"This site has learned that law firms and councils are unlawfully coercing parents into signing informal agreements which forbid families from recording child protection meetings.
I hadn't seen it. I'm not sure I agree that such agreements are illegal – though they are probably unenforceable, and parents should certainly not be led into thinking that they are enforceable or that they have to sign them. Providing a parent is not misled and goes in with their eyes open there is nothing to stop them entering into such an agreement – and it may be legitimate of social services to ask them to sign an agreement where (for example) recordings have been used to harass participants in meetings or where there have been threats that recordings will be distributed.
I can't say I've come across such agreements in my own work so will be interested to read more.
Make wearing body cams compulsory for social workers. It'll protect the innocent and condemn the guilty, on both sides – as has been shown in policing.


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Taiwan says China military trying to wear it out, but it can respond
Sarah Wu | Posted: Nov. 29, 2021, 1:36 a.m. | Updated: Nov. 29, 2021, 3:31 a.m. | 2 Min Read
By Sarah Wu
TAIPEI (Reuters) - China's military is trying to wear out Taiwan's armed forces with its repeated missions nearby, but Taiwan is capable of responding, Taipei's defence minister said on Monday after a renewed spike in Chinese air force activity.
Taiwan scrambled https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-reports-27-chinese-air-force-planes-air-defence-zone-2021-11-28 fighters again on Sunday after 27 Chinese air force planes again entered its air defence identification zone, or ADIZ.
"Their intention is to slowly exhaust, to let you know that we have this power," Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng told reporters on the sidelines of a parliamentary briefing for lawmakers, when asked about the latest incursion.
"Our national forces have shown that, while you may have this power, we have countermeasures."
Taiwan has complained for a year or more of repeated missions by China's air force near the democratically governed island and in its ADIZ - not its territorial air space, but a broader area Taiwan monitors and patrols that acts to give it more time to respond to any threats.
Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own and has not ruled out taking by force, calls China's activities "grey zone" warfare.
Chiu, who described the situation as "very serious", said Taiwan will continue to analyse the types of aircraft China uses to inform future plans.
The latest Chinese mission included 18 fighters jets plus five nuclear-capable H-6 bombers, as well as, unusually, a Y-20 aerial refuelling aircraft, Taiwan's Defence Ministry said.
Those aircraft were accompanied by the refuelling aircraft, suggesting China refuelled the shorter-ranged fighters inflight, a skill the country's air force is still working to hone to enable it to project power further from China's shores.
China has previously said such missions are designed to protect the country's sovereignty.
(Reporting by Sarah Wu; Editing by Ben Blanchard and Lincoln Feast.)
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1. Short title. - This Act may be called the Motor Transport Workers (West Bengal Amendment) Act, 1979.
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3. Amendment of section 20A of Act 27 of 1961. - In section 20A of the principal Act, after the words "carrying passengers", the words "and goods" shall be inserted.


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K.K. Downing 'Shocked' He Wasn't Invited to Rejoin Judas Priest
Jeff Giles Published: February 28, 2018
With the recent touring retirement of Glenn Tipton, Judas Priest shows have lost both halves of the twin guitar attack long mounted by Tipton and former bandmate K.K. Downing, who left the lineup in 2011.
Downing has spoken openly about not regretting his decision to quit, but in a new message to fans, he admits that at least part of him was expecting an invitation to reunite after Tipton's announcement.
Describing his "deep regret and sadness" upon hearing of Tipton's retirement from the road — and the Parkinson's disease diagnosis that prompted that decision — Downing told Facebook followers he had no choice but to accept the true end of an era. "The insatiable appetite that myself and Glenn had for creating inspired and unique music for the world to enjoy for many decades, is something that can never be erased," wrote Downing. "However, everyone who has witnessed the evolution of our beloved music must come to terms with the fact that things will inevitably change or just simply end."
Downing also admitted sadness in reaction to the absence of a reunion overture from his former bandmates. "I am shocked and stunned that I wasn't approached to step into my original role as guitarist for Judas Priest," he continued. "Whether I could have stepped back into the band or not, the potential for this situation arising never entered my head when I departed – although I too am officially and legally still a member of Judas Priest."
While unequivocally praising the talents of Andy Sneap, the guitarist who'll step in for Tipton on the road, Downing neared the end of his note by alluding to what he views as continued bad blood between himself and his ex-Priest mates, reaffirming his belief in his decision to walk away.
"I know now more clearly than ever that I did the right thing by leaving the band when I did – as it seems that my time spent in the band, and my value in terms of crafting its huge legacy, was and is unappreciated by more than one member," wrote Downing. "I sincerely hope, for the fans' sake, that the decision not to approach me was not a financial one."
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Disclosure share new song Ecstasy, tease new album this year
After returning to Australia for last year's Falls Festival, it seems we're not going to be waiting too long to hear from them again.
Posted By Hayden Davies 11 months ago
Legendary UK house duo and bonafide electronic favourites Disclosure have had a bit of a turbulent past few years, with the Lawrence brothers spending a solid five years deepening their craft and experimenting with new sounds following the release of their most recent record, 2015's guest-packed Caracal. There have been some real highlights in the time since - we were confident that a string of singles back in 2018 was preluding a full-length record, but apparently not - and their two collaborations with Khalid have seen them grapple with commercialism not felt since Settle, but largely it's been a period of relative quietness for the festival favourites.
In 2020, however, it seems like that's changing. Over the last few weeks, the brothers have taken to social media to tease a big year planned - "We're back!!" the duo exclaimed on social media just yesterday - and have followed up their most recent Khalid collaboration with a full-length 'Kitchen Mix', a.k.a. a taste of what the duo have been listening to in their period of quietness, which may very well be the sounds that influence and inspire their forthcoming record. From the sounds of it, expect a deep-dive on old-fashioned disco-house and its integration with modern-day R&B and pop; a natural progression from Caracal which took Disclosure's sound and mixed with guests including Lorde and The Weeknd.
One of the tracks included within that Kitchen Mix was a then-unreleased cut titled Ecstasy, which with its full release one day later - a.k.a. right now - officially launches the comeback of a house duo whose absence has been a little too long in a time of international house revolution. Compared to their work with Khalid (and even the heavily sample-based selects that arrived back in 2018, like Moonlight), Ecstacy is a five-minute-long instrumental cut that showcases Disclosure's expert craft in good ol' fashion disco-house, layering subtle vocal sampling with rushing rhythms and sweeping synth work that takes it back to their earlier work even before they hit international attention with Settle.
"This song came into existence early 2019 during a writing session at Guy's house in London," the duo say on the track, presumably a tease of their long-awaited third record expected sometime this year. "We were curiously chopping up samples from various 70s disco and soul records when suddenly, Fantasy by Aquarium Dream gave us the exact thing we were searching for. This song is made entirely to get a human being to their feet and directly to the dance floor."
Dive into the track below, and hope their visit to Australia for Falls Festival at the start of this year isn't the only opportunity to catch the duo in action sometime over the next twelve months:
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Malcolm Shanks is a sad and lonely man, deaf, mute and living with his cruel sister and her husband, who delight in making him miserable. His only pleasure, it seems, is in making and controlling puppets. Thanks to his skill, he is offered a job as a lab assistant to Dr. Walker, who is working on ways to re-animate dead bodies by inserting electrodes at key nerve points and manipulating the bodies as if they were on strings. When the professor suddenly dies one night, Shanks gets the idea to apply their experimental results to a human body, and then to start exacting some revenge.


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◄ Galatians ►
New American Bible Revised Edition
The Letter to the Galatians
The Galatians to whom the letter is addressed were Paul's converts, most likely among the descendants of Celts who had invaded western and central Asia Minor in the third century B.C. and had settled in the territory around Ancyra (modern Ankara, Turkey). Paul had passed through this area on his second missionary journey (Acts 16:6) and again on his third (Acts 18:23). It is less likely that the recipients of this letter were Paul's churches in the southern regions of Pisidia, Lycaonia, and Pamphylia where he had preached earlier in the Hellenized cities of Perge, Iconium, Pisidian Antioch, Lystra, and Derbe (Acts 13:13–14:27); this area was part of the Roman province of Galatia, and some scholars think that South Galatia was the destination of this letter.
If it is addressed to the Galatians in the north, the letter was probably written around A.D. 54 or 55, most likely from Ephesus after Paul's arrival there for a stay of several years on his third missionary journey (Acts 19; 20:31). On the South Galatian theory, the date would be earlier, perhaps A.D. 48–50. Involved is the question of how one relates the events of Gal 2:1–10 to the "Council of Jerusalem" described in Acts 15 (see notes on each passage).
In any case, the new Christians whom Paul is addressing were converts from paganism (Gal 4:8–9) who were now being enticed by other missionaries to add the observances of the Jewish law, including the rite of circumcision, to the cross of Christ as a means of salvation. For, since Paul's visit, some other interpretation of Christianity had been brought to these neophytes, probably by converts from Judaism (the name "Judaizers" is sometimes applied to them); it has specifically been suggested that they were Jewish Christians who had come from the austere Essene sect.
These interlopers insisted on the necessity of following certain precepts of the Mosaic law along with faith in Christ. They were undermining Paul's authority also, asserting that he had not been trained by Jesus himself, that his gospel did not agree with that of the original and true apostles in Jerusalem, that he had kept from his converts in Galatia the necessity of accepting circumcision and other key obligations of the Jewish law, in order more easily to win them to Christ, and that his gospel was thus not the full and authentic one held by "those of repute" in Jerusalem (Gal 2:2). Some scholars also see in Galatians 5; 6 another set of opponents against whom Paul writes, people who in their emphasis on the Spirit set aside all norms for conduct and became libertines in practice.
When Paul learned of the situation, he wrote this defense of his apostolic authority and of the correct understanding of the faith. He set forth the unique importance of Christ and his redemptive sacrifice on the cross, the freedom that Christians enjoy from the old burdens of the law, the total sufficiency of Christ and of faith in Christ as the way to God and to eternal life, and the beauty of the new life of the Spirit. Galatians is thus a summary of basic Pauline theology. Its themes were more fully and less polemically developed in the Letter to the Romans.
Autobiographically, the letter gives us Paul's own accounts of how he came to faith (Gal 1:15–24), the agreement in "the truth of the gospel" (Gal 2:5, 14) that he shared with the Jewish Christian leaders in Jerusalem, James, Cephas, and John (Gal 2:1–10), and the rebuke he had to deliver to Cephas in Antioch for inconsistency, contrary to the gospel, on the issue of table fellowship in the racially mixed church of Jewish and Gentile Christians in Antioch (Gal 2:11–14; cf. Gal 2:15–21). At the conclusion of the letter (Gal 6:11–18), Paul wrote in his own hand (cf. 2 Thes 3:17–18) a vivid summary of the message to the Galatians.
In his vigorous emphasis on the absolute preeminence of Christ and his cross as God's way to salvation and holiness, Paul stresses Christian freedom and the ineffectiveness of the Mosaic law for gaining divine favor and blessings (Gal 3:19–29). The pious Jew saw in the law a way established by God to win divine approval by a life of meticulous observance of ritual, social, and moral regulations. But Paul's profound insight into the higher designs of God in Christ led him to understand and welcome the priority of promise and faith (shown in the experience of Abraham, Gal 3:6–18) and the supernatural gifts of the Spirit (Gal 3:2–5; 5:16–6:10). His enthusiasm for this new vision of the life of grace in Christ and of the uniquely salvific role of Christ's redemptive death on the cross shines through this whole letter.
The principal divisions of the Letter to the Galatians are the following:
I. Address (1:1–5)
II. Loyalty to the Gospel (1:6–10)
III. Paul's Defense of His Gospel and His Authority (1:11–2:21)
IV. Faith and Liberty (3:1–4:31)
V. Exhortation to Christian Living (5:1–6:10)
VI. Conclusion (6:11–18)
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Centenera Receives Positive Drill Results from Advanced Esperanza Copper-Gold Porphyry Project, San Juan Province, Argentina
From surface; 0m to 166m grading 1.14% copper equivalent1,2
(0.84% copper, 0.36g/t gold)
Results pending from 166m to 387m
Vancouver, British Columbia – Centenera Mining Corporation ("Centenera" or the "Company") - (TSXV: CT, OTCQB: CTMIF) receives drill results from the first 166m of drill hole 18-ESP-025 at the advanced Esperanza Copper-Gold Porphyry project. Drill hole 18-ESP-025 collared in mineralization and continued to drill mineralized rock to a total depth of 387m, at which depth the hole was abandoned due to drilling difficulties. Laboratory results have been returned (Table 1) for the upper 166m grading 0.84% copper and 0.36g/t gold; 1.14% copper equivalent1,2. Results for the lower portion of the drill hole (from 166m to 387m) are pending and expected in early May.
"Partial results for our first drill hole at Esperanza are excellent. Mineralization at the base of this sample batch remains strong, with 1.32% coper equivalent from 142m to 166m. We look forward to receiving results for the remainder of the drill hole in early May," stated Keith Henderson, Centenera's President & CEO. "We acquired the Esperanza project in 2017 because drilling results in 2006 had provided such a solid foundation for further exploration. These first results from our drill program demonstrate very clearly that the potential to expand mineralization is real."
Table 1: Partial results for drill hole 18-ESP-025 from surface to 166m depth
Drillhole
(m)1
(g/t)
Equivalent (%)2
18-ESP-025 280 -67 0 166 166 0.84 0.368 1.14
including 0 22 22 1.17 0.556 1.62
and 142 166 24 1.02 0.367 1.32
Notes 1 True width is not known .2 Copper equivalent = Copper grade % + (0.795 x gold grade g/t), assuming a copper price of $2.20/lb ($4850/t) and a gold price of $1,200/oz ($38.58/g) and assuming 100% recovery.
Figure 1: Map showing location of existing 2007 drill holes at Esperanza (blue),
the 2018 drill holes (red), both completed and planned.
Drilling Update
Drilling at the Esperanza Copper Gold Porphyry project is ongoing. The first drill hole, 18-ESP-025 (Figure 1), collared 120m northwest of previous drill hole 06-HU-02. Drill hole 18-ESP-025 collared close to the western extent of the Canyon Stock as defined by outcropping alteration and mineralization and drilled on an azimuth of 280°. The purpose of the drill hole is to test the extent of mineralization to the west and at depth. Drill hole 18-ESP-025 collared in potassic altered (biotite, K-feldspar, biotite) and mineralized porphyry intrusive and remained within this proximal alteration zone throughout the entire length of the hole before being terminated due to technical difficulties at 387m. The planned depth for was 500m.
Drill hole 18-ESP-026 collared approximately 30m south of 18-ESP-025 and was drilling on an azimuth of 080°. The drill hole did not test target and was abandoned at 127m.
Drill hole 18-ESP-027 collared 100m south of previous drill hole 06-HU-02 and is drilling on an azimuth of 285. The purpose of the drill hole is to test the extent of mineralization to the west and at depth. The drill hole collared in mineralized rock and is ongoing at approximately 250m. Target depth is approximately 500m.
About Esperanza Copper-Gold Porphyry
The outcropping copper-gold porphyry mineralization at Esperanza was first drill-tested in 2006-2007 by 7 drill holes totalling 2,011 metres. All drill holes intersected significant copper-gold mineralization (Figure 1). Drilling highlights include:
Mineralization is outcropping at surface with a pyrite halo extending over a 1,400m x 850m area
Drill holes generally intersected mineralization at surface
Mineralization is open all directions
Majority of drill holes terminated in mineralization (due to the depth limitations of the rig) and are open at depth
Several drill holes demonstrate increasing grade with depth
The Esperanza copper-gold porphyry drill testing was historically undertaken by Cardero Resource Corp. from 2006 to 2007. On site personnel at the project rigorously collected and tracked samples, which were then sealed and shipped to ALS Chemex for analysis. ALS Chemex's quality system complies with the requirements for the International Standards ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 17025: 1999. Analytical accuracy and precision are monitored by the analysis of reagent blanks, reference material and replicate samples. Quality control was further assured by the use of international and in-house standards. Blind certified reference material was inserted at regular intervals into the sample sequence by Cardero personnel in order to independently assess analytical accuracy. Finally, representative blind duplicate samples were forwarded to ALS Chemex and an ISO compliant third-party laboratory for additional quality control.
Drilling undertaken by Centenera in 2018 has been supervised by on site personnel at the project who rigorously collect and track samples, which are then sealed and shipped to SGS Minerals ("SGS") for analysis. SGS's quality system complies with the requirements for the International Standards ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 17025: 1999. Analytical accuracy and precision are monitored by the analysis of reagent blanks, reference material and replicate samples. Quality control is further assured by the use of international and in-house standards. Blind certified reference material was inserted at regular intervals into the sample sequence by Centenera personnel in order to independently assess analytical accuracy.
Keith J. Henderson, P.Geo., is the Company's qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, and has reviewed the scientific and technical information that forms the basis for portions of this news release, and has approved the disclosure herein. Mr.Henderson is not independent of the Company, as he is an employee, a shareholder and holds incentive stock options.
Centenera is a mineral resource company trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol CT and on the OTCQB exchange under the symbol CTMIF. The Company is focused 100% on mineral resource assets in Argentina. The Company intends to focus its 2017 exploration activities on drill-testing its flagship Esperanza copper-gold project. Other assets, including the El Quemado lithium pegmatite project in Salta Province and the Organullo gold project, are intended to be explored by the Company with the aim of proving project potential and attracting a joint venture partner or a project sale. The Organullo project has approximately 8,000 metres of historical drilling and assay results. Organullo has a geological target range from 19.8 million tonnes grading at 0.94 g/t gold (600,000 ounces) to 31.6 million tonnes grading 0.92 g/t gold (940,000 ounces) using a 0.5 g/t gold cut-off-grade. It should be noted that these potential exploration target quantities and grades are conceptual in nature, that insufficient exploration and geological modelling has been done to define a mineral resource, and that it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the delineation of a mineral resource.
For further details on the Company readers are referred to the Company's web site (www.centeneramining.com) and its Canadian regulatory filings on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
This news release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information (collectively, "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. securities legislation, including the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein including, without limitation, statements regarding the anticipated content, commencement, timing and cost of exploration programs in respect of the Project and otherwise, anticipated exploration program results from exploration activities, the Company's expectation that it will be able to enter into agreements to acquire interests in additional mineral properties, the successful negotiation and execution of a definitive Option Agreement for the Project, the discovery and delineation of mineral deposits/resources/reserves on the Project, and the anticipated business plans and timing of future activities of the Company, are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Often, but not always, forward looking information can be identified by words such as "pro forma", "plans", "expects", "may", "should", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", "believes", "potential" or variations of such words including negative variations thereof, and phrases that refer to certain actions, events or results that may, could, would, might or will occur or be taken or achieved. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward looking information. Such risks and other factors include, among others, operating and technical difficulties in connection with mineral exploration and development and mine development activities at the Project, including the geological mapping, prospecting and sampling program being proposed for the Project (the "Program"), actual results of exploration activities, including the Program, estimation or realization of mineral reserves and mineral resources, the timing and amount of estimated future production, costs of production, capital expenditures, the costs and timing of the development of new deposits, the availability of a sufficient supply of water and other materials, requirements for additional capital, future prices of precious metals and copper, changes in general economic conditions, changes in the financial markets and in the demand and market price for commodities, possible variations in ore grade or recovery rates, possible failures of plants, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated, accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry, delays or the inability of the Company to obtain any necessary permits, consents or authorizations required, including TSXV acceptance, for the Property acquisition, or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities, changes in laws, regulations and policies affecting mining operations, hedging practices, currency fluctuations, title disputes or claims limitations on insurance coverage and the timing and possible outcome of pending litigation, environmental issues and liabilities, risks related to joint venture operations, and risks related to the integration of acquisitions, as well as those factors discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Management Information Circular (April 2016) and as discussed in the annual management's discussion and analysis and other filings of the Company with the Canadian Securities Authorities, copies of which can be found under the Company's profile on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward looking information. Except as otherwise required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward looking information in this news release or incorporated by reference herein.
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Mali Resilience Report
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Welcome to the Holidays
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Expert tips for adding yuletide cheer to your home's entrance.
BY ERIK J. MARTIN
In December, many homeowners focus on decking the halls, trimming the tree and hanging stockings by the chimney with care. But not enough emphasis is put on the pathway and portal to all this indoor holiday cheer, some experts say.
The solution? From the first day of Christmas onward, focus on making a great first impression via your front porch, door, and entryway – with no partridge in a pear tree required.
"The front area is one of the most high-traffic, highly visible areas of your home. It's where you really have a chance to impress," says Glenn Bridges, manager of Christmas Décor in Northport, Ala. "Plus, if you're a person who enjoys spreading Christmas spirit, it can really make an impact in welcoming people to your home during the holiday season."
Missy Henriksen, vice president of public affairs for the Herndon, Va.-headquartered National Association of Landscape Professionals, agrees. "A beautifully decorated entryway will make a lasting first impression for your holiday guests and should not be overlooked as part of your holiday decorating," Henriksen says.
Regardless of the climate or region, festively festooning your home's front should be front-and-center priority in December.
"In an attempt to bring a white Christmas to sunny southern California, we drape our front porch and bushes with snow-colored garland and hang icicle lights from the gutter and windowpanes," says Megan Zavala, Burbank, Calif., a homeowner who spends at least $100 every holiday season to decorate her home's portal. "Our guests love it – they say they feel as if they're going to a party at the North Pole."
At minimum, devote attention to your door by hanging a wreath, sign or another holiday décor there. "Make sure the colors you choose complement the door and the other colors of your home. Look for a wreath or swag that is not too small or big for the door," says Kristen Gasior, chief marketing officer for Balsam Hill, the Redwood City, Calif.-based makers of artificial Christmas trees, who says quality wreaths vary in price from $70 to over $200.
To amp up the Yuletide spirit further, spread the garland along with the good cheer.
"I'm a big fan of sweeping garland on banisters and railings and overarches and doors, especially garland with pinecones, sprigs of holly or ribbons woven in. If you're looking for the real thing, choose fresh cedar bough garland where you buy real Christmas trees," says Bridges, noting that the bonafide stuff costs $50 and up for enough material to drape around a door.
For a maximum effect that resonates from a distance, electric adornments in the form of string, net, icicle, dewdrop and projector lights can add illumination and warmth to your porch, door and surrounding real estate. "Whether you're going for a multi-colored Griswold family Christmas vacation look or something more subdued and classic, it's better to invest in higher-quality LED lights that are more energy-efficient and durable," Bridges says. "Try to use lighting clips, which make installation easy and are designed to work without damaging your home's trim. And remember not to create runs more than three strings long or to plug in strings of mismatched strength rated for different amps, which can be unsafe and short-circuit your whole display."
Plan to spend anywhere from $50 to over $300 for effective holiday lights you hang yourself. Also, "plan out what you'd like your holiday lights to display to look like before you hop on a ladder," which can save time and prevent accidents, Bridges says.
For festive front door framing, consider adding a small decorative pre-cut evergreen tree, like a Frasier fir or Norwegian spruce in a planter, to each side of your door, "which sets the mood for your holiday festivities," says Henriksen, noting that a pair can cost upwards of $100.
Additionally, "play up your hibernating window boxes and planters with extra flair by filling them with greenery like amaranthus, magnolia leaves, juniper, cedar, boxwood, and holly and by incorporating ribbon and bright-red accents around them," suggests Henriksen, who estimates this project to cost upwards of $50. "You can even borrow from elements of your own landscaping greenery."
If you're on a tight budget, consider a simple bit of DIY decorating. "It's easy to save money on decorations by making them yourself and by stocking up on supplies throughout the year," Zavala says. "Buy inexpensive red ribbon at a craft store and tie it into bows around your railings, posts, wreaths, and lampposts."
Think outside the box, and outside the ice skating rink, too. "Consider reviving an old pair of skates by making them the basis of an outdoor planter or hanging them from your home's light post. Custom décor can provide warmth and offer visitors a glimpse into your hobbies and interests," Henriksen says.
Be careful not to overdo these merry matters, however. "Avoid adding too many elements to your front entry, which should be warm and inviting and not cluttered or claustrophobic," Gasior advises.
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This past weekend, I attended two events that honored a high school Athletic Director and coach not only for his lifetime of accomplishment but for his constructive commitment to his community. While the context of the discussions was sports related and the indicators of his success were measured in the number of his "wins" and "losses," the events highlighted that the true, substantive measure of the man was his network of family and friends. The capital he accumulated was his reputation.
In conversations, people shared stories of small gestures and stated expectations. Some of us he had coached, others he had taught, a few he had hired, and many, many more he had helped with words of suggestion, direction, and support.
He had lived in the community for most of his life, and he had raised an extended family of three daughters, eight grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and their husbands and wives. He lived across from the school and looked out upon all of its playing fields and track. He could see who put in the time on nights and weekends and through the summers to prepare themselves for the various sports seasons. He encouraged that commitment.
As with any region over time, economic conditions changed. Companies thrived and failed. Demographics changed. He approached these changes by pitching in, by helping figure out strategies for constructive gain. A quarter century ago, he cajoled the relocation of a statewide basketball tournament that has been held every year since in the local civic arena. It has had the effect of boosting the city's economy by attracting thousands each year from across the state. He kept at things one day at a time. And it's the accumulation of these seemingly small, daily efforts that mounted up and accrued to the region's effort to sustain itself.
Here on Cape Cod, there are people like him spread across the region and throughout our fifteen towns. Many are coaches of youth leagues, middle and high school teams. Some have achieved success as league and even state champions. We know them and we know others as well in fields outside of sports. They're found too in music, the arts, chambers of commerce, health clinics, doctors' offices and hospital rooms, and churches. They're found in our homes and within our families.
And while we read and hear regularly about large problems that seem beyond our control and at times even exceed our ability to comprehend, it is the accumulation of small actions added together that prompts change and achieves results. Every day each of us has choices to make and directions to take. These individual choices and actions, taken in the context of our community, are the core essence of what it is that sustains our community life.
I returned to the Cape from the weekend's events optimistic for the direction in which we are headed. I had learned while I was away that one of the coach's eight grandchildren recently moved to Mashpee. It won't take long for her roots to take hold. She's been well coached and we'll all be better for it.


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Of the 23 federally declared disasters in Idaho history, the collapse of the Teton Dam in Eastern Idaho still stands as the only one that was man-made.
While the flood that followed could have been much worse, 11 people died, along with livestock, and dozens of homes were destroyed.
The Teton Dam broke on June 5, 1976. More than 150 homes were approximately six miles away.
It was a brand new development and had never before been filled with water. But, the first time it was filled with water, workers quickly clued in that something was wrong.
There was a leak, several of them.
"That leak kept getting bigger and bigger the bulldozer operators were working as fast as they to try to fill it up," said Rocky Barker, a newspaper reporter who covered the 10-year anniversary of the dam break. "Finally, at the last minute, the bulldozer operator had to jump off and run."
The wall of water ripped homes off of their foundations, instantly killing five people.
"It went right through the town of Rexburg and through many people's farms," Barker said.
The water finally came to rest in the American Falls Reservoir more than 100 miles away.
In all, 35,000 people were evacuated from their homes. Many never found a trace of their belongings.
As a result, the federal government paid out $322 million in claims over an 11-year period.
The water's wrath extended to state highways, damaging and destroying seven bridges. Even railroad ties and rails were lifted.
Energy and environmental reporter for the Idaho Statesman, Rocky Barker, moved to Eastern Idaho near the 10-year anniversary mark. It was one of his first assignments.
As Barker points out, the Teton Dam failure was a costly one. So much that to this day, it's not something that federal dollars are allocated for.
"It was clearly symbolic that this age of dam development was going to be over," Barker said.
Still, dams serve their purpose whether it be to help produce electricity, store water for irrigation purposes or for recreation.
Even though they too have a life expectancy, Barker says Idaho dams seem to be in good shape and are constantly being monitored.
For more insight on that tragic day, you can look for a book that just came out.
An Idaho Falls native, who now lives in Boise, wrote the book titled "A Dam Flood of Memories - Recollections of the Teton Dam Collapse." It is available in print form in bookstores and on Amazon and Etsy.


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Market movers: Stocks that saw action on Wednesday - and why
David Leeder
A roundup of some of the North American equities making moves in both directions today
Shares of Apple Inc. (AAPL-Q) were 3.2 per cent higheron Wednesday despite the tech giant receiving mixed reviews for its new, lower priced iPhones.
At its annual hardware event in California on Tuesday, Apple also unveiled a new video-streaming service that aims to go head-to-head with Netflix as the smartphone giant shifts its focus to subscription services in hopes of boosting flagging iPhone sales.
See also: Apple may spark upgrade rush with new iPhones, tight pricing
Shares of Hudson's Bay Co. (HBC-T) rose 2.5 per cent after Catalyst Capital Group Inc. revealed in a regulatory filing on Tuesday it has amassed a 16-per-cent stake as the Toronto-based private-equity firm seeks to stymie a privatization bid from the retailer's executive chairman.
Catalyst said it controls 29.4 million HBC shares following a tender offer for $10.11 a share it completed last month. The firm, led by financier Newton Glassman, spent $187-million on the stock, which added to a position it had previously purchased.
See also: Hudson's Bay selling Lord & Taylor banner amid privatization battle
SNC-Lavalin Inc. (SNC-T) sat 4.5 per cent higher after Canadian investment firm Jarislowsky Fraser increased its participation in the firm to more than 10 per cent as part of a broader asset growth strategy in Canadian equities.
Jarislowsky would be the third-largest shareholder in SNC, according to Refinitiv data and a recent SNC filing, in a move other investors see as a boost for the embattled firm.
SNC shares have tumbled 60 per cent year-to-date as the Montreal-based firm carries out a restructuring plan to improve earnings, reduce risk and contain costs. In July, SNC withdrew its forecast for 2019, citing significantly lower results as it considers options for its resources unit and exits fixed-price contracts.
See also: SNC-Lavalin's fall is starting to weigh on investment funds
Coro Mining Corp. (COP-T) jumped 11.1 per cent after it said it will acquire the remaining 49-per-cent interest in the Marimaca 1-23 claim it does not currently own from local family owners for US$12-million.
The deal includes US$6-million paid on signing of the definitive purchase agreement and two payments of US$3-million due in 12 and 24 months, respectively. The sellers will receive a 1.5 per cent net smelter return (NSR) royalty over the Marimaca 1-23 claim.
Cenovus Energy Inc. (CVE-T) rose 0.6 per cent after filing for a mixed shelf of up to $5-billion.
See also: Share buybacks could be the remedy for Cenovus's two-year hangover
On the decline
Roots Corp. (ROOT-T) dropped 13.1 per cent after its quarterly results fell short of expectations on the Street and it announced it will miss its financial guidance for the year.
Before the bell on Wednesday, the company said its second-quarter loss amounted to 23 cents per share for the 13-week period ended Aug. 3 compared with a loss of nearly $4.1 million or 10 cents per share a year earlier.
On an adjusted basis, Roots says it lost 15 cents per share compared with an adjusted loss of six cents per share in the same quarter last year.
Tilray Inc. (TLRY-Q) lost 1.5 per cent in New York after revealing it plans to issue up to US$400-million in additional stock through Cowen and Company LLC.
Under the agreement, Tilray may sell Class 2 common stock through Cowen as sales agent.
Last week, Cowen analysts slashed their target for Tilray shares US$60 from US$150, citing "challenging" conditions and "early growing pains" in cannabis industry.
General Motors Co. (GM-N) fell 0.3 per cent after recalling 3.46 million U.S. pickup trucks and SUVs to address a vacuum pump issue that could make braking more difficult and increase the risk of a crash.
The recall, which covers vehicles built since 2014 including some Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra, Chevrolet Suburban and GMC Yukon vehicles, is because the amount of vacuum created by the vacuum pump may decrease over time, GM told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in documents posted Wednesday.
See also: Ford makes big electric push in Europe with new vehicle launches
Canopy Rivers Inc. (RIV-T) was down 4.3 per cent after it announced before the bell the formation of its strategic advisory board, which includes group of business leaders that will provide guidance to the company's executive team.
Inaugural members include: John Ruffolo, the co-founder and vice chair of the Council of Canadian Innovators and founder of OMERS Ventures and Platform Investments; Meg Lovell, co-head of M&A and as corporate and commercial counsel at Imperial Brands PLC; Philip Donne; a board advisor for several companies including Greenhouse Juice, Longo's, Nature's Path Foods, and Valens and the former president of Campbell Canada.
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Every Good Boy Deserves Favour @ Olivier, National Theatre, London
by Simon Thomas
published: 1 Jan 2009 in Theatre
Bryony Hannah
Joseph Millson
Felix Barrett and Tom Morris
Tom Stoppard and Andr Previn's Every Good Boy Deserves Favour has hardly been seen since its initial production in 1977. It's not surprising; a play that demands a full orchestra doesn't come cheap or easy and lies outside the scope of most companies lacking the resources of a National Theatre.
The play grew from a comment by the conductor/composer to the playwright that, if he ever wanted to write a piece incorporating an orchestra, he could provide one. It must have been the throwing down of a tempting gauntlet.
Stoppard worked through a number of possible scenarios before meeting the Russian dissident Victor Fainberg, whose story of imprisonment by the Soviet authorities set him on the path.
The 65 minute play he came up with sets a dissenter, imprisoned for criticising the establishment's tendency to bang up political agitators in insane asylums, against a real inmate who believes he has an orchestra in his head.
The orchestra is a potent image for an exploration of the clash of the individual and a conformist society. Not to denigrate musicians who work within an ensemble rather than as soloists, there's always something of a mystery about why talented individuals choose to become anonymous members of a collective. Stoppard seizes on the possibilities this offers.
In the National Theatre's new production, Joseph Millson, as the dissident Alexander, and Toby Jones, as the triangle-obsessed Ivanov, give accomplished and genuinely moving performances. Strong support is provided by Bronagh Gallagher as a slightly ambiguous teacher, Bryony Hannah as her bewildered ward Sasha and Dan Stevens as a dangerously dithering doctor. Alan Williams has a telling cameo as the Colonel, responsible, as a representative of the ruling regime, for incarcerating the protagonists, while releasing them through a personal quirk.
The Southbank Sinfonia fields a sizeable band, but not as large as it first seems, with actors and dancers peeling away to take part in a dazzling and violent ballet. The production by Punchdrunk's Felix Barrett and Tom Morris is stylish and full of grace, with striking lighting by Bruno Poet within the simplest of environments by Bob Crowley.
Whether or not you feel Stoppard's trademark word-play is entirely appropriate to the subject matter, he dishes up, as always, a dazzling display of elegantly manipulated language. Toby Jones' character in particular seems to have swallowed the Punner's Directory and laughter is carefully balanced with pathos.
Previn's score, played with gusto by the Sinfonia under the baton of Simon Over, is attractive with strong shades of Shostakovich, an obvious but apt reference.
In a programme note, Stoppard insists that "the bad old days" were not confined to the era of the play's birth but that, with some 50 journalists assassinated in Russia since 1992, they are still with us. It seems hardly necessary, not just because it looks like an attempt to shoehorn contemporary relevance into a 30 year old play, but because it's only too clear that human abuses are a part of the armoury of most societies today, not just the former Soviet Union.
With even the USA finally admitting to the torture of its political enemies, this is a timely revival of a politically acute and quirkily engaging work.
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Shoregals fell behind early and couldn't come back in a 10-1 loss to Amherst Steele Comets on Wednesday. Amherst Steele Comets scored on a sacrifice fly by Lindsey Reavis in the first inning, a home run by Madison O' Berg in the first inning, a double by Cassidy Kettleman in the second inning, a single by Reavis in the second inning, and a error in the second inning.
The Shoregals struggled to contain the high-powered offense of Amherst Steele Comets, giving up ten runs.
In the first inning, Amherst Steele Comets got their offense started when Reavis's sac fly scored one run for Amherst Steele Comets.
Amherst Steele Comets scored four runs in the second inning. Kettleman, Reavis, and O' Berg all moved runners across the plate with RBIs in the inning.
O' Berg pitched Amherst Steele Comets to victory. She surrendered one run on three hits over seven innings, striking out six and walking zero.
Kate Kastelic took the loss for Shoregals. She surrendered ten runs on seven hits over six innings, striking out three.
Mallory McClellan went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead Shoregals in hits.
Reavis led Amherst Steele Comets with two hits in three at bats. Amherst Steele Comets didn't commit a single error in the field. Abbey Vorhees had the most chances in the field with 11.


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Farmers' markets are open: support local and welfare-friendly food!
With the arrival of warmer weather across the province, farmers' markets are gearing up for a busy season ahead. However, this season did not begin as planned, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced a major change in the way they operate.
Farmers' markets remained open during the peak of the pandemic as they were designated as an essential service by the B.C. government. Farmers' markets continue to remain open with restrictions being slowly eased. You can continue to improve the lives of farm animals by making informed choices, all while supporting our local producers. How do farmers' markets support animal welfare?
Small family farms
Farmers' markets are often supplied by small family farms that provide their animals with higher standards of living. Therefore, it's easier to find free-range, free-run, pasture-raised, grass-fed and cage-free products. Learn more about humane food labels!
Direct purchasing
To support farms that raise their animals to a higher standard of care, people should look to buy directly from producers. Farmers' markets allow for these direct sales, as well as farm stores or online sales. Supporting these animal welfare-friendly farms allows them to continue what they do into the future. Many of the farmers' normal sales routes have been affected due to closures of restaurants and other facilities, so small family farms need our support now more than ever.
Farmers' markets allow you to speak with people involved on the farm that can answer questions you may have about how the animals are raised. Many of our SPCA Certified farmers, who raise their animals to a high standard of animal welfare, sell their products at farmers' markets.
The B.C. Association of Farmers' Markets has been working with provincial health authorities to allow markets to continue to operate while ensuring the health and safety of our community. Be sure to do your part and follow all up-to-date recommendations when shopping at the market.
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Dramatic fall in church attendance in Poland, official figures show
By Daniel Tilles
The proportion of Catholics in Poland attending mass has fallen from 37% to 28% in two years, according to the new figures published by the church's statistical institute.
The church notes that the latest data – which come from 2021 – are likely to have been affected by the pandemic. But it also admits that "socio-cultural factors" have played a part in the decline.
While the vast majority of Poles are officially identified as Catholic, recent years have seen the status of the church dented by its support for an unpopular near-total ban on abortion and by revelations of child sex abuse by members of the clergy and negligence by bishops in dealing with the issue.
Since 1980, the Catholic church in Poland has conducted an annual study of how many people attend mass and take communion. On one Sunday each year, every parish in the country records figures and submits them to the Institute for Catholic Church Statistics (ISKK).
The ISKK then calculates nationally what proportion of Catholics required to attend mass – meaning people aged over seven and excluding the bedridden and elderly with limited mobility – actually did so on that day.
The latest figures show that 28.3% attended mass in 2021, which was down from 36.9% in 2019 (the survey was not conducted in 2020 due to the pandemic). In 2011, the number stood at 40%; in 2001 at 46.8%; in 1991 at 47.6%; and in 1981 at 52.7%.
Meanwhile, the proportion who took communion fell to 12.9% in 2021, having stood at 16.7% in 2019. In contrast to attendance figures, those taking communion had previously been rising: from 8.1% in 1981 to 10.8% in 1991, 16.5% in 2001 and 16.1% in 2011.
"The [2021] numbers were influenced by the pandemic situation," notes ISKK's deputy director Marcin Jewdokimow. "It should be remembered that in 2020, due to COVID-19 restrictions, no data were collected. In 2021, we collected data despite the fact that some restrictions were [still] in force.
The latest data were gathered on 26 September 2021, at a time when entry to churches was restricted to 50% capacity and attendees were obliged to wear masks.
"In previous years, the declines in the dominicantes [mass attendance] index were constant," added Jewdokimow, quoted by the Polish Press Agency (PAP). "This time we're dealing with a collapse. Therefore, I believe that next year we will have a rebound, the statistics will show an increase."
At the same time, Jewdokimow admitted that "socio-cultural factors" had also had an impact on church attendance. But he noted that the ISKK does not conduct research into the reasons behind changes in the numbers it records.
"In the long term, we are dealing with processes of socio-cultural changes," said Jewdokimow. "On the other hand, there is a certain reconfiguration of Catholicism and the place of religion in public space. People's religious needs are changing and the way religious institutions function is changing."
Other research has also indicated a decline in religious practice over recent years. Polling by CBOS, a state research agency, found that in August 2021 43% of Poles said they practice their religion at least once a week, down from 69.5% in 1992. However, 87% still declared themselves to be believers.
Among those aged 18-24, religious practice fell from 69% in 1992 to just 23% in 2021. Young Poles have been particularly prominent in protests against the church. An IBRiS poll in 2020 found that just 9% of those aged 18-29 held a positive view of the church.
'Catholic Project' study shows perception of the relationships between priests and bishops are at odds
Priests are seen during a special Mass for vocations at Cure of Ars Church in Merrick, N.Y., Aug. 4, 2022, the feast of St. John Vianney, patron of parish priests.
A study of U.S. priests released Oct. 19 details clerics' "crisis of trust" toward their bishops as well as fear that if they were falsely accused of abuse, prelates would immediately throw them "under the bus" and not help them clear their name.
The study "Well-being, Trust and Policy in a Time of Crisis" by The Catholic Project, written by Brandon Vaidyanathan, Christopher Jacobi and Chelsea Rae Kelly, of The Catholic University of America, paints a portrait of a majority of priests who feel abandoned by the men they are supposed to trust at the helm of their dioceses.
And while the study says priests overwhelmingly support measures to combat sex abuse and enhance child safety, the majority, 82%, also said they regularly fear being falsely accused. Were that to happen, they feel they would face a "de facto policy" of guilty until proven innocent.
The study, unveiled at The Catholic University of America in Washington, documents the environment between priests and their bishops in light of the "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People" instituted in 2002 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Commonly referred to as the Dallas Charter, it sets in place policy about how to proceed when allegations of sexual abuse of children by clergy or church personnel come to light.
Priests are seen processing at the conclusion of a special Mass for vocations at Cure of Ars Church in Merrick, N.Y., Aug. 4, 2022, the feast of St. John Vianney, patron of parish priests.
"Indeed, many priests feel that the policies introduced since the Dallas Charter have depersonalized their relationship with their bishops; they see bishops more as CEOs, bureaucrats, and legalistic guardians of diocesan finances than as fathers and brothers," the study points out and quotes a diocesan priest saying: "Our archbishop is a remote figure. Not at all personable. Not approachable. He appears to be a busy CEO and religious functionary."
The document reveals that 40% of the priests who responded said they see the zero-tolerance policy as "too harsh" or "harsher than necessary," adding that it's too easy to lodge false claims of abuse against them. They feel bishops would not support a priest in the period necessary to prove his innocence.
"There's this sense … that the bishops are against a priest who's been accused, rather than doing what the bishop must do but still supporting the priest," said one of the 100 priests that researchers interviewed in-depth.
"Most priests agree with the church's response to the abuse crisis, but also fear that their bishops wouldn't have their backs if they were falsely accused," said Vaidyanathan, one of the study's authors.
Of the 10,000 diocesan and religious priests surveyed, just 24% said they had confidence in U.S. bishops in general. Instead, priests in the study said they predominantly see the prelates as social climbers, careerists and administrators who barely know priests in their diocese by name.
"I don't really trust most of the bishops, to be honest with you. I'll show them all a great amount of respect. And if I was in their diocese, I would really serve them and try," a priest told researchers. "But just looking across the United States and looking across a lot of bishops … I would say I have an overall negative opinion of bishops in the United States.
"They're really not leaders or they're just kind of chameleons … looking to climb up the ladder."
The study says 131 bishops also participated in the study, which analyzed attitudes about priests' well-being, trust and the policy related to the sex abuse crisis.
In response to the study, the USCCB's Public Affairs Office released a statement by Bishop James F. Checchio of Metuchen, New Jersey, chairman of the organization's Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations.
"I am grateful for the insight provided by this study which will assist the bishops in our ministry to our priests. While not surprised, I am heartened that the results report priests have such a high level of vocational fulfilment and that they remain positive about their priestly ministry," Bishop Checchio said in the Oct. 19 statement.
The bishop referred to a figure in the document that showed that 77% of the priests in the study could be categorized as "flourishing" — saying they felt fulfilled and had a sense of meaning and purpose — and 4% reporting that they were thinking of leaving the priesthood.
"Our priests are generous and committed," Bishop Checchio continued. "While acknowledging that circumstances will vary from diocese to diocese, the findings of this study are overall valuable in that they remind us of the importance of being always attentive to the care of our priests with the ever-growing stressors they experience in ministry, while we strive to address any issues that have damaged the unique relationship we enjoy."
The study says that the "erosion of trust between a priest and his bishop" affects the level of well-being of a priest, and those with more trust fare better than others.
It also points out a great disparity of perception between the two groups, with bishops overwhelmingly seeing their role as more supportive of clerics. The majority of bishops surveyed said that they felt their role was akin to a brother, a father, a shepherd, a co-worker, when it came to dealing with priests.
Priests said strengthening relationships with bishops, having more social interaction with them, have the prelates know their names, communication, transparency about processes, as well accountability on prelates' part would help alleviate the existing erosion of trust.
"The hope is that if we were to do the same survey five years from now, things would look different," Stephen White, of The Catholic Project, said in a statement released before the presentation.
"Priests are happy in their vocations, but we also want them to feel less anxious and more supported. I know the bishops want that too. Hopefully this data can help in that regard," he said.
Priests in the study also said they felt like cogs in the wheel, seen by bishops as liabilities. Some of the attitudes varied between diocesan priests and those who belong to a religious community, with those who were part of a religious order reporting more support.
The study also said that "at least some" of the mistrust comes from the way priests see "the application of policies created in the wake of the abuse crisis," even as some bishops helped cover up abuses or were accused of being abusers themselves.
"Perhaps some bishops see themselves through rose-colored glasses," a summary of the study said. "Or perhaps priests, in a beleaguered and prolonged state of stress and uncertainty, unfairly characterize their bishops through a lens of cynicism and fear. Or perhaps there is some truth to both perspectives."
What to do with a disused church
— A quiet sign of Catholic surrender in the UK
In the face of damning demographic shifts, churches are closing down en masse. Has the Catholic Church given up the fight?
by Jonathan MS Pearce
Near my home in suburban UK sits a Catholic church attached to a primary school. Although we are less religious than our American cousins, who are themselves secular, our education system is still hugely under the influence of religion. About 37% of primary schools are faith schools.
For just under a decade, the church on a small plot next to the school was used not as a church but as storage for diocesan documents. Now it is just gathering dust and weeds.
The diocese sees two choices: it will be gutted for some kind of diocesan offices, or it will be sold off as land to make a pretty penny.
This is not at all unusual.
A recent survey run by an evangelical organization found that while just under half of the UK population say they are Christian, only 6% profess to be practicing, a significant decline in a few generations. As a result, over 2,000 churches have closed over the last decade. A Church of England report recently found that up to 368 churches could be at risk for closure in the next two to five years.
As a ramification of this demographic shift, dioceses are being forced to merge parishes, calculating which are the best choices of churches to close, and which to keep running with ever-decreasing congregations.
But what interests me is the practicality of these decisions running against what the Catholic Church, or any such Christian church organization, should be doing.
Far be it from me to exhort this to a religious organization, but shouldn't churches be seeking to increase the size of their flocks? Have churches just given up in light of dwindling numbers? I ask because, for many of the remaining Christians, the collateral of them not succeeding in growing their flock is a growing flock burning in hell (or some such outcome).
A few years ago, the school to which the church is attached reduced its PAN—the number of children it accepts each year—for practical purposes from 40 to 30. To do this, they had to apply to the diocese for permission. The diocese accepted without any pushback.
Again, surely the desire of the diocese should be to grow their adherents. This should be everything they are about. Instead, the priests are more obsessed with stoking up culture wars than welcoming people to their fold.
If that land is sold, a few quick bucks are made. So what? Unless that is paying for a strategy to grow the church, then it is all just delaying the inevitable. And if the Church does grow again in the local area, they have lost that land and that building and would face much greater costs to build a new one.
Surely the desire of the diocese should be to grow their adherents. This should be everything they are about. Instead, the priests lean into culture war.
I can't imagine what it must be like to work in the diocesan offices or in the clergy, but it must evoke the proverbial rearranging of deck chairs on the Titanic. It's a dying institution, at least in the UK, and everyone from within the organization is resigned to this fact.
Perhaps the Catholic Church is just positioning itself into a much humbler corner of UK society, receding in size until it reaches a comfortable irrelevancy.
As the Jesuit priest famously quipped, give me a boy of seven and I will give you a man. I can't help but think, from a marketing point of view (and as much as I vehemently disagree with the religio-politics of this), that the diocese should be working extra hard to increase faith school intakes. Converting adults to Catholicism en masse is a ridiculous pipe dream in this era. Instead, ring-fencing groups of children to indoctrination is undoubtedly one of their best options.
Instead, the Catholic Church would rather sit back and grow weeds, either looking to other parts of the world for growth or being resigned to seeing their pews inexorably empty and their vestibules gather cobwebs.
Given the left hook from the constant slew of sex abuse scandals and the repetitive jabs from science and culture in a society that has moved on, I can't help but think that they've given up the fight.
Catholic nuns lift veil on abuse in convents
By Philip Pullella
When young nuns at a convent in Eastern Europe told their Mother Superior that a priest had tried to molest them, she retorted that it was probably their fault for "provoking him."
When African nuns in Minnesota asked why it was always they who had to shovel snow they were told it was because they were young and strong, even though white sisters of the same age lived there too.
As the Roman Catholic Church pays more attention to the closed world of convents, where women spend much of their time in prayer and household work, more episodes of psychological, emotional and physical abuse are coming to light.
A new book, "Veil of Silence" by Salvatore Cernuzio, a journalist for the Vatican's online outlet, Vatican News, is the latest expose to come from within and approved by authorities.
Cernuzio recounts experiences of 11 women and their struggles with an age-old system where the Mother Superior and older nuns demand total obedience, in some cases resulting in acts of cruelty and humiliation.
Marcela, a South American woman who joined an order of cloistered nuns in Italy 20 years ago when she was 19, recounts how the indoctrination was so strict that younger sisters needed permission to go to the bathroom and ask for sanitary products during their menstrual periods.
"You are always complaining! Do you want to be a saint or not?" Marcela, who later left the convent, quotes the Mother Superior as shouting when she suggested changes in the daily routine.
Therese, a French woman, was told "you have to suffer for Jesus" when she asked to be spared physically demanding chores because of a back condition.
"I understood that we were all like dogs," recounted Elizabeth, an Australian. "They tell us to sit and we sit, to get up and we get up, to roll over and we roll over."
BURNOUT SYNDROME
Last year, Father Giovanni Cucci wrote a landmark article about abuse in convents in the Jesuit journal Civilta Cattolica, whose texts are approved by the Vatican.
He found that most of it was abuse of power, including episodes of racism such as in the Minnesota convent. Cucci said the problem needed more attention because it had been overshadowed by the sexual abuse of children by priests.
In 2018, the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano exposed the plight of foreign nuns sent by their orders to work as housekeepers for cardinals and bishops in Rome with little or no remuneration.
It later chronicled a "burnout" syndrome, where younger women with good educations were held back by older superiors reluctant to relinquish a boot camp-style tradition of assigning them menial tasks, ostensibly to instill discipline and obedience.
"Whatever may have worked in a pyramidal, authoritarian context of relationships before is no longer desirable or liveable," wrote Sister Nathalie Becquart, a French member of the Xaviere Missionary Sisters and one of the highest-ranking women in the Vatican.
Becquart wrote in the book's preface of the "cries and sufferings" of women who entered convents because they felt a calling from God but later left because their complaints too often fell on deaf ears.
Some were stigmatized as "traitors" by their orders and had great difficultly getting jobs in the outside world.
Last year, Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, who heads the Vatican department that oversees religious congregations, revealed that Pope Francis had opened a home in Rome for former nuns abandoned by their orders.
The cardinal, who has launched investigations into a number of convents, told the Vatican newspaper he was shocked to discover that there were a few cases where former nuns had to resort to prostitution to live.
Historic gathering with bland agenda unlikely to stem decay in the Catholic Church
The number of Catholics in Australia is in decline.
By Paul Collins
Like it or not, Catholicism is still enormously influential in Australia. It is Australia's largest non-government employer through its schools, hospitals and aged care with around 230,000 people working directly for the church. It also runs many voluntary organisations, like the Saint Vincent de Paul Society with some 20,700 members and 41,150 volunteers with a huge impact on social welfare.
Despite this, Catholicism's reputation has been effectively trashed in the media and wider community by the sexual abuse crisis and church leaders' appalling, long-term failure to deal decisively with clerical abusers. The revelations of the royal commission reinforced the church's toxic reputation.
The result: people are abandoning Catholicism in droves. The percentage of self-confessed Catholics in the population has dropped from 27 per cent in 2001 to 22.6 per cent in the 2016 census. Of the 5.3 million Catholics in 2106, only 11.8 per cent attended Mass regularly.
In an attempt to respond, Australia's 46 bishops are gathering with 99 invited priests, 25 religious sisters and around 110 laypeople from across Australia in a Plenary Council in early October to try to sort out the church's future.
To prepare for the plenary, a nationwide consultation was held with Australian Catholics. The response was enormous: more than 222,000 people participated, with 17,457 written submissions from groups and individuals. Issues emerging from the consultation focused around clerical control, lack of leadership, accountability, marginalisation of laypeople in decision making, election of bishops, gender and sexual issues, ministry, especially that of women, married priests, the church's role in a secular culture and relationships with the wider community.
But that's where democracy and consultation ended. The plenary organisers watered down these issues into a 69-page, bland, cautious document lacking any sense of crisis, written by an archbishop, a priest and two laypeople, entitled Continuing the Journey.
A victim of historic sex abuse by a WA priest has been awarded a massive payout.
This document constitutes the agenda for the plenary. It doesn't reflect community concerns and the hard questions expressed in the consultations, but replaces them with generic, vague and frustratingly generalised concerns like "prayer", "conversion", "formation", "structures", "institutions", and "governance". This rhetoric doesn't encourage discussion of the practical and hard questions that the church faces and understandably many committed Catholics have already lost faith in the plenary process.
The plenary's first session meets next Sunday. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, it will employ a "multi-modal" format, combining in-person and online engagement. A second session will meet in October 2022. Bishops alone will have a deliberative vote. It will be their conclusions that go to the Vatican for approval and given the snail's pace of Rome, it'll be 2024 before anything practical begins.
Australia is an object lesson in what not to do when planning church renewal. Don't go the way that gets you caught-up in a morass of church law and hands over all decision-making power to bishops, not all of whom, it is clear, are really committed to the plenary process, let alone to reforming the church. The fundamental mistake was using a church law-regulated plenary process as the way of confronting Catholicism's woes. The suspicion is that the bishops chose this precisely because it was tightly controlled by law, allowing them to manage it.
It would have been much better to have had a less-structured national assembly, where a variety of views could be expressed freely, and indicative votes could show what the local Catholic community wanted, leading to concrete actions. While Catholicism remains very influential in Australia through its ministries, the number of active Catholics continues to shrink and the church is increasingly a hollowed-out institution. It's unlikely that the Plenary Council will do much to halt that decay.
That is unless the bishops put aside their clerical habits and let the faithful in the pews have a much greater say.


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