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- Wool knit hat for a warm noggin on cold days
- Fleece banding for a soft touch against your ears
- Item #COA0206
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Coal beanies are sick!!!
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Love this beanie! I have 4 different COAL beanies and they are all sick
Keeps me warm, better for daily wear
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: Runs small
I bought this hat (in olive, which is a little bit darker than the online photo) for fashion reasons and it holds up to those needs. The wool is warm and the little flannel liner keeps it from being itchy on my ears and forehead, plus adds a bit more insulation -- that was a nice surprise.
I have long hair and a somewhat large head, and this hat isn't quite as "chunky" or large as it is described. It fits me more snugly than expected and does not sag at all.
It doesn't stay in place very well for me, doesn't keep my ears covered, and isn't the best at keeping out wind and snow -- I wouldn't recommend it for the big wintry outdoor stuff, but daily wear is absolutely great. I love Coal's look besides. This hat is also fine for wearing indoors to complement an outfit and doesn't overheat your head!
Looks great, runs small for a unisex hat
- Fit: Runs small
- Height: 5'4"
- Weight: 125lbs
I picked up a few of these, replacing an older Coal hat that might be the same style from about 4 years ago. I'm not sure if my original was unisex or a women's style. Someone picked it up for me at a retail store, so I can't be sure. Anyways, this hat runs smaller than that original hat, which I always assumed was a a women's hat.
I have a small head and it is definitely tighter than my older Coal hat. I am thrilled with this though, being a woman with a smaller head. If I was a dude with a large head though, I'd be disappointed with the fit.
I love the look of the hat and the fleece lining. It looks great and is super functional in the cold midwest.
Great Gift
Purchased for a friend.
Love Coal
Decent beanie
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: Runs small
It looks alright and fits alright and is comfortable alright. Not bad. Not special. But'll get the job done. Beware: don't wash and dry this in the machine, you'll have a yamaka when its all over and done with, but if you take care of the hat it'll take alright care of you. Fleece lining is a definite plus.
My life was not complete without it.
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I always wear beanies to keep my heat from flying away, but I never knew there was such a thing as a quality beanie until I ordered one of the wool yukons.
I wore one for two weeks, with two camping trips over the weekends. They stay warm when wet, look classy as hell when socializing, and are the most comfortable beanie ive ever worn. Alas, at the end of week two, I fell victim to beer and the whisperings of a blonde to barrow it for the night. I didnt see it again, and it took that loss for me to fully appreciate what I had.
Luckily, I found another and its currently shipping. No, you cant barrow it.
Its worth mentioning that I have a small to medium head and it fits perfect.
This review gave the perfect visualization of your experience. Hahaha we all know how you feel. I need to pick me up one of these.
too small, thin, not soft
- Familiarity: I returned this product before using it
- Fit: Runs small
sure there is a fleece lining, but in general, this guy is not too soft at all. it fits small, and I didn't reallu like it.
this guy is a lot bigger, softer, and awesome-er
nearly perfect
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
warm, stylish, non itchy, and fits well on my size 71/2 head. my minor complaint is that the grey is not as light as in the photo.
Durable and Stylish!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
It's hard to go wrong with a stylish knit of heavy duty wool. The inside is lined with fleece so you're not itching all day, and it's sure to keep you warm all night.
I have a pretty big head and the fit was fine. Looks great on men and women.
For tiny heads
If your head is the size of a walnut, this hat is perfect for you. If you're over 7 years old it will be too small.
sweeeet beenie
Awesome lid!!! Can't go wrong with the heavy duty wool outer and the fleece lining. Hat is warm, feels great, and I get compliments on it everytime I wear it.
Nice warm cap
However it does not keep my ears from the cold at all well. What do I need to add?
Yukon beanie
Great beanie, and super warm! My head is about a 7 1/2 and it fits me well. I bought this Coal beanie because it is actually wool instead of acrylic.
Grey is kind of an oatmeal color. Looks great, and the fleece inside makes it so warm!
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Coal is the Best!
I have two Coal Beanies now, and they are the best. They fit, and look great. They are very warm. I will be looking to get one in every color.
It's a quilt for your head!
This hat is instant snugly warmth when you put it on! I got the green which is a little lighter color than I thought it would be, but I'm still super happy during cold nights out on the town.
Great hat!
The hat is lined with fleece which makes it extremely warm. Wool is a little rough, but it's not a problem because there's fleece lining. Overall, a very nice stylish hat
What kind of wool is it made of?
Is this hat for a woman? I worry the size...
Is this hat for a woman? I worry the size is too big.


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DII Women?s Basketball Player of the Week ? No. 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Laura Johnson of Bethel (Ind.) has been named the first NAIA National Division II Women's Basketball Player of the Week of the 2012-13 season, the national office announced Tuesday. Johnson was selected based on her performances from Dec. 31 - Jan. 6 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/independent/unaffiliated groupings.
Johnson helped the 16th-ranked Pilots to a 3-0 week, which included wins over NAIA Division I Concordia (Calif.), Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) and then-No. 7 Saint Francis (Ind.). She filled the stat sheet with 32 points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals in Bethel's 76-74 win over Concordia on Dec. 31. Johnson followed that effort with 24 points, five rebounds, three steals and two assists in a 71-62 victory over Mount Vernon Nazarene on Jan. 2. Capping the week off, Johnson scored 21 points, collected six rebounds, dished out three assists and recorded two steals in an 80-71 win over Saint Francis on Jan. 5.
The 5-foot-8 senior guard from Millbrook, Ill., averaged 25.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, three assists and three steals per game. Johnson connected on six 3-pointers in each of the three games; hitting 51.4 percent (18-35).
Johnson ranks in the top five in the NAIA in several categories. She ranks first with 62 3-pointers made, third with 3.6 3-pointers made per game, and fourth with 21.5 points per game.
For a complete listing of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
The next Player of the Week announcement will be on Jan. 15.
Nominees: Morgan Smith, College of the Ozarks (Mo.); Janelle Rust, Tabor (Kan.); Kaylee McGrath, Madonna (Mich.); Deana Bledsoe, Ashford (Iowa); Morgan Hamner, Grand View (Iowa); Dominique Jackson, Florida Memorial; Kelsea Hurliman, Eastern Oregon; Lindsay Waters, Union (Ky.); Kara Van Dyke, Dordt (Iowa); Laura Carroll, Asbury (Ky.); Katie Gonnering, St. Francis (Ill.).
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What happens to campaigning when the sun shines and Scots emerge into a Mediterranean climate, set up the barbecues, eat al fresco and briefly entertain the fantasy that café culture has come to stay in our towns and cities?
Despite the daily headlines charting the collapse of the United Kingdom into venality, corruption and gross incompetence, a Kingdom where the rich get richer, the bombs get bigger and the poor and vulnerable are punished severely for a crime they didn't commit, it is all too easy to think things aren't too bad after all, and, hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it!
If one adds to this the sombre background of the doom-laden Better Together's Project Fear telling Scots that the Sun shining on this dying rump of empire will be extinguished completely if independence comes, outdoor canvassers may be greeted by a dismissive "It will never happen, we're alright as we are …" response. Few want to focus on difficult decisions over a year away under clear, sunny skies.
So maybe the dedicated campaigners can relax for a week or so, enjoy their own well-deserved leisure time.
Or for those with unbounded energy, re-focus on approaches that are urgently needed in the campaign – the injection of some fun, life, colour, spectacle and music into the mix. It is, after all, Festival time!
Earlier in the week I was prompted by a last-minute call to join a photo-shoot on Calton Hill publicising the September 21st March and Rally.
When I got there, Cragingalt had quite a few tourist groups taking in the spectacular views of Edinburgh, and talking knowledgably about this history-soaked iconic area of Scotland. The Rally Group were understandably focusing on getting their banner unfurled and setting up the camera, and they had more than enough volunteers suitably attired to stand behind it, so I decided to talk to the tourist groups.
A delightful Taiwanese Glasgow University student asked me to take her photograph against the backdrop of the National Monument, the French students affably informed me that they had invented the entire concept of independence with the French Revolution (I more or less agreed with them, but claimed a role for Scotland in inventing democracy – well, yes, there was Athens, but …) and I spoke to some Danes on the way down – more of that later.
The photo-shoot group had their own agenda, which was aimed at subsequent use of their video, but more or less inadvertently they created a mini-event on Calton Hill, and this was totally due to their young piper, Connor (Conor?) Sinclair. Connor struck up at the end of the banner line, and as soon as the unique sound of the pipes – the sound of Scotland – hit the summer air, the tourist and visitor groups began to appear from all directions, converging on the sound emanating from the base of the Monument. But then Connor was hoisted on to the Monument itself, and stood there, a slender figure against the sky, played beautifully – and Calton Hill was transformed. The ghosts of the past seemed to rush in from all sides to join the tourists, whispering "Our moment is coming …".
The French group spontaneously broke into a ragged version of La Marseillaise, and a wave of internationalism – the real internationalism of the new Scotland - was palpably present.
If this small scale happening prefigures the September March and Rally, it will be an event of unimaginable power, life, and impact. It is what YES Scotland desperately needs right now – I hope our politicians have the wit and imagination to capitalise on that moment without trivialising it and I hope our Scottish media have the good sense to cover it fully.
On the way down from the Calton Hill, I fell in with a group of Danes. We talked Borgen and rhapsodised over Sidse Babette Knudsen, then came the $64,000 questions (the 364,560.60 DKK questions?) – what are Scotland's chances of voting YES in 2014? What are the arguments for and against independence?
It was a short walk down, but a long, long moment …


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The Passenger should submit his/her request to the Carrier and provide it with a copy of the death certificate.
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(d) If the Passenger needs to change his/her Ticket because of unforeseeable and irresistible events preventing him/her from travelling on the fixed date, he/she you must contact the Carrier as soon as possible and the latter will use all its reasonable efforts to transport him/her to your next intermediate Stopping Place or final destination, subject to places being available in the same fare class, without changing the Tariff.
(e) If the Passenger changes the terms of his/her carriage without the consent of the Carrier or Authorised Agent and if the Carrier and/or Authorised Agent agree to carry him/her pursuant to the modified terms, the applicable price shall be re-calculated. The Carrier may therefore refuse the abovementioned Passenger. Nevertheless, in the case where the Carrier or the Authorised Agent agrees to carry the Passenger, it shall re-calculate the price of the relevant carriage. In order to be entitled to be carried, the Passenger should, as the case may be, pay the balance (between the price already paid by the Passenger and the revised price applicable to the modified carriage).
(f) The Carrier will accept each Flight Coupon of the Ticket for carrying in the class of service, on the date and Flight for which the Passenger has a reservation unless the Passenger fails to meet the check-in and boarding requirements set out in these General Conditions of Carriage or if the Carrier does not exercise its right to refuse to carry in accordance with the General Conditions of Carriage.
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(h) The cancellation by the Passenger of his/her Flight reservation before the Check-in Deadline, shall not necessarily lead to the cancellation of his/her return Ticket, and those of the reservation made for the remainder of the journey.
(i) If the Passenger fails to cancel his/her Flight reservation before the Check-in Deadline and does not show up for boarding, the Carrier we may decide to cancel his/her return Ticket and/or his/her onward reservations.
3.4 Replacement Tickets
Upon the Passenger request, the Carrier may agree to replace the Passenger's Ticket by a new Ticket.
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In the case where the Ticket is replaced by a new Ticket, the Passenger may be charged administration fees related to the issued of the new Ticket.
3.5 Passenger's rights in case of Force Majeure
All or part of the Ticket's price may be non-refundable in the case where the journey did not take place due to Force Majeure. In such event, the Carrier will give the Consumer a credit for the non-refundable part of the fare if the following conditions are all met:
The credit may be used for future travel with the Carrier for the Passenger or any other person of his/her choice.
The Carrier reserves the right to charge administration fees the amount of which shall be deducted from the credit.
3.6 Passenger's right to transfer his/her reservation to another Passenger where the package travel, package holidays and package tour regulations apply
Upon the Passenger's request, the Carrier or Authorised Agent may issue a new Ticket to another person to replace the Passenger Ticket where required by regulations in force.
In such event, the Passenger should prove that he/she has satisfied the legal requirements and is entitled to transfer the reservation.
The Passenger shall give to the Carrier or Authorised Agent reasonable notice of his/her intention to transfer the reservation before your date of departure.
The Passenger shall give to the Carrier or Authorised Agent the full name, address and contact number of the person to whom he/she wishes the new Ticket to be issued.
The Passenger shall deliver to the Carrier or Authorised Agent his/her Ticket and may pay to the Carrier or Authorised Agent administration fees for issuing the new Ticket.
4.1 Fares and surcharges
(a) Except where otherwise provided for, the Ticket price covers the carriage from the airport at the place of departure to the airport at the place of destination, no other service being included.
The Ticket price does not include, in particular, ground transport between one airport and another or between an airport and the town terminal.
(b) The Ticket price is fixed by the Carrier in accordance with the Tariffs applicable on the date of issuance of the Ticket. The price shall be fixed for journeys on specific dates and for the itinerary mentioned on the Ticket.
(c) Any change of itinerary or date may result in a modification of the Tariff applicable to the Passenger.
4.2 Taxes, fees and charges
(a) The Carrier may charge any surcharges in addition to the Ticket price applicable on the date the Carrier issues the Ticket. Such surcharges may be as a result of carrier imposed charges or fuel surcharges, where applicable.
(b) The Passenger shall pay, in addition to the applicable Tariff, any taxes, fees or charges legally required by governments, other authorities, managers or operators of airports.
(c) The Passenger is informed when purchasing the Ticket about any taxes, fees or charges which are not included in the fare and the above may, in most cases, be set out separately on the Ticket.
(d) Taxes, fees or charges change constantly and can be created, imposed or altered after the date the Ticket was issued. In the event where taxes, fees or charges are created, imposed or altered after the Ticket was issued, the Passenger shall pay the amount of such taxes, fees or charges.
(e) Similarly, if the taxes, fees or charges paid by the Passenger in addition to the applicable Tariff on the date the Ticket was issued, are abolished or reduced, the Passenger shall, at his/her request, be refunded.
(f) If the Passenger does not use his/her Ticket, he/she will be entitled to claim reimbursement of any taxes, fees or charges which he/she paid, after deduction of the administration fees.
4.3 Currency
(a) The Ticket price and any taxes, fees, charges and surcharges shall be paid in the currency indicated on the date of the purchase of the Ticket by the Carrier or the Authorised Agent only, except otherwise agreed in writing and explicitly by the Carrier or Authorised Agent.
(b) In the case where reimbursement is due, pursuant to the General Conditions of the Carriage, the Carrier refunds the Ticket price and, as the case may be, the fare and any taxes, fees, charges and surcharges following the same means and currency used for the purchase of the Ticket.
5.1 General Provisions
(a) The Carrier or the Authorised Agent shall register the reservation in the Carrier's computer system. Upon the Passenger's request, the Carrier or the Authorised Agent shall deliver to the Passenger a written confirmation of his/her reservation.
(b) Some Tariffs include conditions which limit or exclude the Passenger's right to change or cancel reservations.
(c) The Carrier or the Authorised Agent may charge the Passenger additional carrier or agency fees for issuing or changing his/her Ticket or providing other reservation services pursuant to the Tariffs applicable on the date of such issue or change.
5.2 Time limits for payment of the fare
If the Passenger has not paid the Ticket price, surcharges, taxes, fees or charges applicable, at the latest by the date fixed by the Carrier or the Authorised Agent, the latter may decide to cancel the reservation, without prejudice to the collection of any relevant fees.
5.3 Personal information
(a) British Airways and its affiliates, the Carrier and its affiliates, the Authorised Agents and any other company involved in the process with respect to the reservation, payment, carriage or installation services and also services in relation to it, or data processing companies, may use, for non commercial purposes personal information collected during reservation, including information relating to the purchase history and the means by which the relevant person uses the Carrier's services and installation.
(b) Subject to the prior consent of the relevant person, such personal information may be used for commercial purposes.
(c) Authorities, and in particular the prevention and repression authorities, may request communication of such information, information which the Carrier or the Authorised Agent may not refuse to communicate.
(d) Personal data of the relevant person may be sent outside the European Economic Area, as the case may be.
(b) Relevant persons are entitled to have access, to modify or rectify personal data collected, kept and transmitted in the event where the above are inaccurate or incomplete. They may exercise such right by sending a letter to the following address:
3 rue Le Corbusier
94528 Rungis Cedex 1
5.4 Passengers requiring advance arrangements
(a) The Passenger may request from the Carrier or the Authorised Agent at the time of booking to provide special assistance. The Carrier or the Authorised Agent will make reasonable efforts to meet the Passenger's request. The Carrier may decide on any boarding and/or connection place to decline the carriage of a Passenger or those of his/her Baggage if the Passenger requests, during the booking or boarding, special assistance which has not been requested at the time of the reservation of the journey.
(b) The Carrier may decide at any boarding and/or connection place to decline the carriage of a Passenger or those of his/her Baggage if the Passenger is an unaccompanied child, pregnant woman or a Passenger who is ill and if reasonable measures required for their carriage have not been taken prior to check-in.
(c) In the events set out in paragraphs a and b, the Carrier shall be entitled to cancel the Passenger's reservation and to terminate the Contract of carriage without being bound to refund the Ticket price. The Passenger may be refused boarding and shall bear all the costs that may result.
5.5 Seating
(a) The Carrier will try to honour advance seating requests. Nevertheless, the Carrier cannot guarantee that the Passenger will be able to sit in any particular seat.
(b) The Carrier may change the seat at any time, even after boarding the aircraft, as may be needed, in particular for operational, safety or security reasons.
5.6 Reconfirming reservations
(a) The Passenger may, in some cases, have to reconfirm his/her reservations. This situation concerns, in principle, reservations made for intermediate, onward or return flights.
You may have to reconfirm onward or return reservations within certain time limits. We will tell you if you need to reconfirm and how and where you should do this.
(b) The Carrier informs the Passenger of the conditions pursuant to which and deadlines before which the Passenger should reconfirm his/her reservations in order to continue the journey or return journey.
(c) If the Passenger fails to reconfirm as required by the conditions and the deadlines fixed by the Carrier, the Carrier may decide to cancel intermediate, onward or return reservations, without prejudice to the collection of any relevant fees.
(d) If the Passenger fails to confirm, he/she may nevertheless inform the Carrier of his/her wish to continue with the travel. In such event, and subject to seats of the same fare class being available on the relevant Flight, the Carrier may agree to reinstate the reservation and carry the Passenger. If there are no seats available on the Flight, the Carrier may carry the Passenger toward his/her next or final destination on a subsequent Flight, subject to seats of the same fare class being available.
(e) In the event where no seats are available on the Flight, the Carrier shall will make reasonable efforts to carry the Passenger on a subsequent Flight to the next or final destination.
(f) The Passenger should check the reconfirmation requirements of all the Carriers involved in the carriage and, where necessary, reconfirm with the Carrier or the Carriers whose Carrier Designator Code is mentioned on the Ticket for the relevant Flight.
6.1 Check-in Deadlines
(a) Check-in Deadlines vary from one airport to another. Prior information relating to such Check-in Deadlines should be sought by the Passenger who should respect them. If the Passenger's journey involves onward places, the Passenger should seek information relating to the Check-in Deadline from the relevant carriers.
(b) The Passenger should have completed the check-in process and have received his/her boarding pass for the Flight by the Check-in Deadline at the latest. In the event of failure to do so, the Carrier may decide to cancel the Passenger's reservation and not carry him/her.
6.2 Boarding deadlines
The Passenger should be present at the boarding gate not later than the time indicated when he/she checked in. In the event of failure to do so, the Carrier may decide to cancel the Passenger's reservation and not carry him/her.
6.3 Failure to meet deadlines
The Carrier shall by no means be held liable if the Passenger fails to meet the deadlines set out in paragraphs 6.1 and 6.2. The Carrier shall not be held liable, in particular, for any direct or indirect loss, Damage or expense resulting from failure for the Passenger to meet such deadlines.
7.1 Refusal of carriage
The Carrier may decide at any boarding and/or connection place to decline the carriage of a Passenger and/or those of his/her Baggage, in particular if one or more of the following events occur or if the Carrier reasonably believe that it may occur:
7.2 Right to refuse to carry a Passenger when a Carrier has banned such Passenger from its Flights in its route network
(a) Whenever the events require doing so, the Carrier or British Airways may decide to ban a Passenger, for a determined or undetermined period of time, from being carried on their route network. The Carrier or British Airways notify in writing their decision to the Passenger.
(b) The Carrier will be entitled to refuse to carry a Passenger or Passenger's Baggage if the Carrier or British Airways have given the Passenger a banning from carriage notice in the case where the Passenger has bought his/her Ticket while the ban applies.
8.1 Free baggage allowance
The Passenger is entitled to have some Baggage carried free of charge (in number and weight).
The free Baggage allowance will be mentioned on the Ticket, or in the case of an Electronic Ticket or an Entitlement to Travel, on the itinerary and receipt delivered. It will depend on each Carrier.
8.2 Excess Baggage
(a) If the Checked Baggage's dimensions and weight are over the free baggage allowance authorised by the Carrier, the Passenger shall pay a supplement. Information in relation to the amounts and terms of payment of such supplement are made available by the Carrier or Authorised Agents.
(c) In any case, Baggage may not exceed a maximum discretionary weight determined by the Carrier, in particular for safety purposes. Information in relation to the above is made available by the Carrier or Authorised Agents.
8.3 Items not authorised to be carried
The carriage of the following items in the Baggage (whether as Checked Baggage or Cabin Baggage) is forbidden:
8.4 Firearms
(a) Carrying firearms and ammunition is covered by the ICAO Technical Instruction and IATA Regulations referred to above.
(b) The carriage of any firearms and ammunition, other than sporting guns or ammunition, is forbidden. Nevertheless, in the event where law and regulations applicable to the carriage allow it, the Carrier may agree to carry firearms and ammunitions other than sporting guns or ammunition. In the above case, the Passenger must get the Carrier's prior, written and explicit permission in order to be entitled to carry firearms and ammunitions other than sporting guns or ammunition. In the above case, the Carrier may charge a handling fee for accepting firearms and ammunition. Furthermore, the Carrier may apply excess baggage charges to such firearms and ammunition for which carriage is authorised.
(c) In some cases, the carriage of firearms and ammunition for hunting or sporting purposes may be authorised. The Passenger must get the Carrier's prior, written and explicit permission in order to be entitled to carry firearms and ammunitions for hunting or sporting purposes. In the above case, the Carrier may charge a handling fee for accepting firearms and ammunition. Furthermore, the Carrier may apply excess baggage charges to such firearms and ammunition for which carriage is authorised.
(d) All firearms and ammunition carried as Checked Baggage must be unloaded, have the safety catch on and be suitably packed.
(e) All firearms and ammunition must be carried as Checked Baggage and shall in no event be carried in the aircraft cabin.
(f) The Passenger shall have all the documents required by law and regulations applicable to the relevant carriage and by these General Conditions of Carriage in connection with the possession and the carriage of firearms and ammunition. In the event of failure to do so, the Carrier may decide such firearms and ammunition. The Carrier reserves the discretionary right, in any event, to refuse the carriage of firearms and ammunition.
8.5 Dangerous items
(a) It is forbidden to take any item into the aircraft cabin the presence of which is believed by the Carrier to affect the safety and security of the aircraft, any person or property in it.
(b) It is forbidden to take antique, toy or replica guns or weapons into the aircraft cabin.
(c) It is forbidden to take swords, knives, archery bows, arrows or similar weapons or items into the aircraft cabin.
(d) When the Passenger presents himself/herself for boarding with forbidden Cabin Baggage pursuant to article 8, the Carrier may allow such items as Checked Baggage or alternatively refuse to carry them.
8.6 Fragile or perishable items
Checked Baggage should contain neither any fragile or perishable items, nor items of particularly high value, for instance in particular:
8.7 Right to refuse the carriage of Checked Baggage which are not properly and securely packed
The Carrier will refuse to carry Checked Baggage if it believes that such Baggage is not properly and securely packed in suitable containers.
8.8 Right to search, screen and x-ray Passengers and Baggage
(a) For reasons of safety and security, the Carrier or the Authorised Agent may require the Passenger to accept search and screen, and/or to accept that his/her Baggage be searched, screened and x-rayed.
(b) The Carrier or the Authorised Agent will try to search, screen or x-ray the Passenger's Baggage in his/her presence. However, if the Passenger is not available, his/her Baggage may be searched, screened and x-rayed in his/her absence.
(c) If the Passenger does not allow the Carrier or the Authorised Agent to carry out the necessary safety and security searches, screening and x-rays, the Carrier will refuse to carry the Passenger and his/her Baggage.
(d) If as a result of search, screening or x-ray the Passenger suffers Damage, or if a search, screening or x-ray causes Damage to his/her Baggage, the Carrier will not be held liable for the Damage, unless the Damage is due directly and exclusively to negligence or fault of the Carrier or the Authorised Agent.
8.9 Checked Baggage
(a) The Passenger must label each of his/her items of Checked Baggage with his/her full name and address.
(b) When the Passenger checks in his/her Baggage, the Carrier gives the Passenger a Baggage Identification Tag for each item.
(c) The Carrier may decide to carry Checked Baggage for the same Passenger on different flights, for safety, security or operational reasons. In such case, the Carrier shall deliver the Baggage carried on another Flight to the Passenger, unless the law in force requires the Passenger's presence during the customs clearance.
8.10 Cabin Baggage
(a) The Carrier discretionarily determines the maximum dimensions and weights for Cabin Baggage.
In any case, such Baggage should fit under the seat in front of the Passenger or fit in an enclosed Baggage compartment in the cabin of the aircraft.
(b) If Cabin Baggage does not comply with the conditions set out in article 8.10.a or the dimensions and weight conditions determined by the Carrier, the Passenger must check-in such Baggage immediately.
(c) If one of the Baggage exceeds the maximum dimensions and weight determined for Cabin Baggage, but is unsuitable to be carried as Checked Baggage, the Carrier may authorise the Passenger to carry it in the aircraft cabin if all of the following conditions apply:
8.11 Collecting and delivering Checked Baggage carried into the hold
(a) Subject to the terms of article 8, the Passenger must collect his/her Checked Baggage as soon as the Carrier has made it available, either at the place of destination or Stopping Place. In the event where the Passenger fails to do so, the Carrier may charge the Passenger a storage fee. If the Passenger does not claim his/her Checked Baggage within three months from the date they are made available, the may be destroyed, without the Carrier being held responsible towards the Passenger.
(b) Only the Passenger with the Baggage Identification Tag and, if one has been issued, the Baggage Check, can claim an item of Checked Baggage.
(c) If a person claiming an item of Checked Baggage cannot produce the Baggage Identification Tag while such Baggage Identification Tag has been issued at check-in, the Carrier will deliver the Baggage only if such person is able to prove ownership of the Baggage.
8.12 Animals
(a) The carriage of the animals is forbidden on some flights. Where the carriage of animals is authorised, such carriage is subject to the prior written and explicit consent of the Carrier at the time of the Reservation.
(b) Depending on the destination, the carriage of such animals may be subject to conditions, in particular relating to sanitary checks, the Passenger having to obtain such information from the Carrier or the competent authorities.
(c) If accepted as Baggage, the animal and its container will not be included in the Baggage allowance, but will be counted as excess Baggage, for which the Passenger will be charged according to the Tariff applicable.
(d) Where the carriage of animals is authorised by the Carrier, carriage is authorised subject to all of the following conditions being met:
9.1 Schedules
(a) The departure and arrival times, along with the flight times and the departure terminal, are indicated by the Carrier on the Ticket or in the Itinerary and Receipt supplied to the Passenger for informational purposes and are likely to change between the date of issue of the Ticket or Itinerary and Receipt and that of the effective transport. The departure and arrival times, flight times and also the departure terminal may be modified by the Carrier without prior warning.
(b) The departure and arrival times and also the flight times indicated in the Carrier's timetables do not form part of the contract agreed between the Passenger and the Carrier. Subsequently, the Carrier shall not be held responsible, except where otherwise provided for by the Convention, for any consequential damages, whether direct or indirect, in the event of modifications to the departure, arrival or flight times. The Passenger shall in no circumstances request any form of compensation as a result of such modifications.
(c) With the exception of acts or omissions with the intention to cause Damages, the Carrier shall in no event be held responsible for the errors or omissions in the timetables or any other information provided by the Carrier, its employees, agents or sub-contractors in relation to the departure and arrivals times or other information concerning the flights.
(d) The Carrier assumes no responsibility for connecting flights and will make its best efforts to carry the Passengers and their Baggage with diligence (obligation de moyens).
9.2 Remedies for delays and cancellations
(a) The Carrier may decide, in particular to avoid the cancellation of or delay to a flight, to carry the Passenger on a different flight operated by another aircraft, and/or by another airline.
(b) The Carrier undertakes to respect the Conventions, the legislation and mandatory regulations applicable to the carriage of the Passenger in relation to responsibility due to delays, cancellations and denied boarding not justified by one of the situations mentioned in articles 5, 6 and 7 of these General Conditions of Carriage. The Carrier shall in no event be held responsible, in particular contractually, other than where required by the Conventions, the legislation and mandatory regulations applicable to the carriage of the Passenger.
(c) In particular, in the event of a cancelled flight, or a flight delayed by at least five hours, or if the Carrier does not stop at a Stopping Place, or does not serve the final destination of the Passenger, or if the Passenger is unable to, through the direct and exclusive fault of the Carrier, catch a Corresponding Flight for which he/she holds a confirmed reservation, the Passenger may choose one of the following remedies:
10.1 General provisions
(a) Refunding of Tickets may only take place where explicitly provided for by these General Conditions of Carriage or the applicable mandatory regulation.
(b) Ticket refunds are performed exclusively by the carrier having delivered the Ticket, upon the aforementioned carrier's agreement, and may only be performed once the Ticket has been delivered by the Carrier or the Authorised Agent and the refund has been authorised by the Carrier.
(c) Except where otherwise indicated by the Carrier, the Carrier shall refund or arrange to be refunded the person who actually purchased the Ticket, subject to proof of identity of the purchaser.
(d) Except where agreed by the Carrier, the refund of the Ticket price is dependent upon the physical presentation of the Ticket and any unused Flight Coupons.
(e) If the Passenger has not used any part of the Ticket, the refund will be equal to the fare and any surcharges, taxes, fees and charges paid by the Passenger, minus any cancellation and/or administration fees, where applicable.
(f) If the Passenger has not used all or part of his/her Ticket, the refund will be equal to at least the difference between the fare and any surcharge, taxes, fees and charges paid by the Passenger and the fare, surcharges, taxes, fees and charges for travel between the points for which the Passenger has used the Ticket, minus any cancellation and/or administration fees, where applicable.
10.2 Refund on a lost Ticket
(a) In case of loss of the Ticket or part of the Ticket, the Carrier may accept to refund the price of the Ticket as long as the Passenger presents satisfactory proof of the loss of the Ticket or part of the Ticket and pays the relevant cancellation and administration fees. The refund of the lost Ticket, or part of the lost Ticket, may only take place if the lost Ticket has not been used and has not already been refunded or replaced.
(b) If the Carrier or Authorised Agent loses the Passenger's Ticket or part of the Ticket, the Carrier undertakes to replace or arrange a replacement of the lost Ticket or part of the Ticket. Nevertheless, the Carrier shall not be held responsible for any direct or indirect consequences resulting from the loss of the Ticket or part of the Ticket, and the Passenger shall have no subsequent claim to compensation towards the Carrier.
10.3 Right to refusal of a fare refund
(a) Except where the legislation, regulations or the Convention applicable to the carriage of the Passenger or the sale of the relevant Ticket states otherwise, the possibility of refund of the whole Ticket or part of the Ticket is at the sole discretion of the Carrier.
(b) In particular, the Carrier reserves the right to refuse the refund of the whole Ticket or part of the Ticket in the case where the refund request is submitted to the Carrier after expiration of the Validity Period of the Ticket.
(c) Furthermore, the Carrier reserves the right to refuse the refund of the whole Ticket or part of the Ticket in the case where, after his/her arrival in a country, the Passenger has presented his/her Ticket to the Carrier or government officials or public agents, as evidence of his/her intention to leave the country, unless the Passenger is able to proof that he/she is authorised to remain in the country concerned or that he/she will leave the country on another airline or via another means of transport.
11.1 Dangerous behaviour
If, while the Passenger is on board the aircraft, the Carrier reasonably believes that the Passenger is putting or has put in danger, for whatever reason, the safety or security of the Flight, the aircraft or any person on board, including the crew, the Carrier will take all necessary safety and security measures, including restraint.
Upon landing, wherever the location, the Carrier reserves the right to force the Passenger having put at risk, for whatever reason, the safety or security of the Flight, the aircraft or any person on board, including the crew, to leave the aircraft and to refuse to transport the Passenger on the remaining sectors of his/her journey indicated on the Ticket.
Furthermore, the Carrier reserves the right to report the incident on board the aircraft to the relevant authorities, with a view to prosecuting the passenger for any criminal offence which he/she may have committed.
In particular, this shall be the case if the Passenger has:
11.2 Diversion costs caused by unacceptable behaviour
The Passenger is liable for all direct or indirect Damages caused by his/her behaviour. In particular, if, as a result of his/her behaviour, the Carrier diverts the aircraft to an unscheduled destination, the Passenger must pay the costs resulting from the diversion.
The Carrier reserves the right to prosecute the Passenger for actions committed on the aircraft board.
11.4 Using electronic devices on board the aircraft
For safety reasons, the Carrier may decide to not allow the Passenger to use electronic devices on board the aircraft, including but not limited to:
12.1 If the Carrier agrees, within the scope of the contract of carriage, to provide the Passenger with accessory services provided by other companies, it shall by no means be held responsible for such services.
The providing of such services, for which the Carrier has, as the case may be, issued a Ticket, entitlement or voucher, is rules by the general conditions of the companies which provide such services.
12.2 The Carrier may provide in its name and on its behalf land or sea carriage services. In such event, the services provided shall be rules by the general conditions applicable to such services, which shall be entirely independent from these General Conditions of Carriage. Such general conditions are made available by the Carrier or the Authorised Agents.
13.1 General Provisions
(a) Passenger's liability and undertakings
The Passenger must be informed of the entry requirements in force for all countries he/she visits and, more generally, of the laws, regulations and rules of all countries of departure, arrival or transit or crossed by aeroplane and undertakes to comply with them.
The Passenger must present to the Carrier, before his/her journey, at the time of the registration and boarding and in any event at any time, all valid passports, visas, health certificates and other travel documents needed for his/her journey.
Where required by law and regulations, the Passenger must be present during the checking of his/her Baggage by the customs services or any other agents.
(b) The Carrier shall by no means be held responsible if the Passenger:
(c) The Carrier reserves the right to request from the Passenger the authorisation to make copies and keep or have the originals and the copies of the passports, visas, health certificates and other travel documents kept for safety reasons until the end of the Flight.
13.2 Refusal of entry to a country
(a) The Carrier shall not be held responsible of any refusal and direct or indirect consequences resulting from the refusal by the authorities and government of a country to the Passenger to enter such country. As a consequence, should the Passenger be refused to enter to a country, he/she must pay:
(b) The Carrier shall, in no event, be bound to refund the Passenger, the entry to the territory of whom was refused, the Ticket for carrying the Passenger to the place where he/she was denied entry.
13.3 Refund of fines, detention costs and other charges
In the event where the Passenger does not comply with law or regulations, or any other travel requirements of the country to which the Passenger has travelled to or does not produce the necessary documents required in such, the Passenger must pay all fines, penalties, fees, charges or costs (i.e. such as detention costs) paid by the Carrier as a result of the non compliance with the law, regulations or obligations.
The Carrier reserves the right to deduct the amounts paid as a result of the above from the value of any unused part of the Ticket, or any Passenger's money in the Carrier's possession
13.4 Customs inspections
Where required by law, regulations or rules, the Passenger must be present when his/her Baggage is inspected by customs or other government officials. The Carrier shall not be held responsible for direct or indirect Damages suffered by the Passenger and/or his/her Baggage in the course of an inspection or because the Passenger was not present.
13.5 Security screening
The Passenger must allow government officials or airport officials, or the Carrier and its Authorised Agents to carry out security screening of the Passenger or his/her baggage and commits not to resist.
If several carriers are involved in performing of the carriage under one Ticket or Conjunction Ticket, the carriage shall be deemed to be a single operation for the purposes of the Convention.
15.1 Scope of the liability
Theses General Conditions of Carriage govern the liability of OpenSkies and the companies of British Airways group in the cases where they act in their quality as Carrier (which are assimilated, for the purposes of this article 15 and article 16 to OpenSkies).
The carriers' liability is governed by the conditions of carriage of the Code Share partners of OpenSkies. The general conditions of carriage of other carriers involved in the journey govern the liability of each of these carriers. The general conditions of carriage may set out conditions and limitations of liability more restrictive than these General Conditions of Carriage.
15.2 General Provisions
(a) This article 15 defines the limits on the liability of OpenSkies. If it is inconsistent with the Convention or other applicable laws, the Convention or other applicable laws will override this article 15 if their application is imperative.
(b) OpenSkies shall not be liable for any Damage in the case where OpenSkies or its agents:
(c) Except where the General Conditions of Carriage state differently, the liability of OpenSkies is limited to compensatory Damages which the Passenger is entitled to recover for proven losses or costs under the Convention or applicable laws.
(d) The contract of carriage agreed between OpenSkies and the Passenger (including these General Conditions of Carriage) applies to the agents of OpenSkies, its servants, employees and representatives in the same way as it applies to OpenSkies. As a result, the total amount that the Passenger may recover from OpenSkies and its agents, servants, employees and representatives shall not exceed the total amount of the responsibility of OpenSkies, if any.
(e) Nothing in these General Conditions of Carriage gives up any exclusion or limitation of liability to which OpenSkies is entitled under the Convention or any applicable laws.
(f) Nothing in these General Conditions of Carriage prevents OpenSkies from excluding or limiting its liability under the Convention or any applicable laws, or gives up any defence available to it under the Convention or any applicable laws, against any public social insurance body or any person liable to pay, or who has paid, compensation for the death, wounding or other bodily injury of a Passenger.
15.3 Liability for the death, wounding or other bodily injury suffered by Passengers
(a) OpenSkies shall be liable for Damage sustained in the event of death or bodily injuries by a Passenger in the event where the accident which caused the Damage occurred on the board of the aircraft controlled by it or during the boarding and landing from such aircraft and subject to any limitations of responsibility.
(b) OpenSkies' liability in the event of death, wounding or any other bodily injury suffered by a Passenger as a result of an accident, shall not be subject to any financial limit. The amount of the Damages awarded shall cover only the real value of the Damage suffered, as would have been fixed by an out of court settlement, by an expert adjudicator or by the competent courts.
(c) OpenSkies shall compensate the Passenger the amounts exceeding those received by the Passenger by social security or insurance policies the Passenger is affiliated to and only for compensatory Damages.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 15.3 (a), if the Damage was caused, all or part, by, or contributed to by, the negligence or other wrongful act or omission of the injured or deceased Passenger or of the person claiming compensation, OpenSkies may be exonerated wholly or partly from its liability in accordance with applicable laws.
(e) OpenSkies may not have its liability limited, in all or part, if the death, disability, illness or bodily injury suffered and attributable to the Passenger's health, physical or mental condition which is prior to the boarding on the aircraft, or to the aggravation of such condition.
(f) For any bodily Damages exceeding the amount of 100,000 SDRs (approximately £82,000) per Passenger, they shall be reduced if the Damage is not due to the negligence, or other wrongful act or omission attributable to OpenSkies, its agents, representatives or employees or if the Damage results solely from the negligence, wrongful act or omission of a third party.
(g) OpenSkies reserves the right of recourse and subrogation against third parties.
(j) In the event of death or bodily injury as a result of an air accident according to the Convention, law and regulations applicable, the person identified as the natural person entitled to compensation shall receive an advance payment as may be required to meet immediate economic needs on a basis proportionate to the hardship suffered. This advance payment shall not be less than the equivalent of 16,000 SDRs per Passenger in the event of death. Subject to the applicable law, this advance shall be paid no more than 15 days after the identification of the entitled person and shall be deducted from the definitive amount of compensation due to the deceased Passenger.
(k) An advance payment shall not constitute recognition of the liability of OpenSkies and the amount of the advance payment may be deducted from the final amount paid by OpenSkies as compensation, based upon its liability.
15.4 Liability for Damage to Baggage
(a) If OpenSkies delivers a Ticket implicating carriage by an other Carrier (other than under the EC airline designator code) or checks in Baggage destined to be carried by another carrier (other than under the EC airline designator code), OpenSkies shall be considered to be acting solely as an agent of this carrier, who shall be solely liable for any Damage. However, concerning Checked Baggage, the Passenger retains the right to act against the first or last Carrier involved in his/her journey.
OpenSkies shall not be liable, in any way, for Damage to items that the Passenger has placed in his/her Checked Baggage that are unauthorised under the General Conditions of Carriage, or for authorised firearms, where the Passenger has not conformed with the applicable laws and regulations and to the General Conditions of Carriage.
(b) OpenSkies shall in no event be liable for Damage of any form to Cabin Baggage or to items placed by the Passenger in his/her Cabin Baggage.
(c) The liability of OpenSkies shall not exceed the amount of proven direct and/or exclusive Damage and OpenSkies shall in no way liable for indirect Damage, Damage which is not exclusively due to its actions or any form of Damage which is not compensatory for the grievance suffered.
(d) The liability of OpenSkies in the event of Damage to Baggage, including all Damages caused by a delay, is limited to 1,000 SDRs, except where the Passenger can prove that the Damage results directly and exclusively from an act or omission attributable to OpenSkies or its agents:
(e) If the Passenger completes a special declaration of higher value at check-in on d pays the applicable fee, the liability of OpenSkies shall be limited to the higher declared value.
(f) Except where otherwise provided for, OpenSkies shall not be liable for Damage caused to Baggage caused by delay.
(g) OpenSkies shall not be liable for any Damage caused by the Passenger's Baggage. The Passenger is solely liable for any Damage caused by his/her Baggage to other persons or objects, including those of OpenSkies or those of its agents.
15.5 Liability for Damage caused by delay to Passengers
(a) Only direct, proven Damage caused directly and/or exclusively by delay may give rise to a claim for compensation, excluding all forms of indirect Damage, which do not result exclusively from the delay or any form of Damage which is not compensatory for the grievance suffered. The Passenger must demonstrate that the Damage is caused directly and exclusively by the delay.
(b) The liability of OpenSkies for Damage caused to a Passenger by delay is limited to 4,150 SDRs.
(c) OpenSkies shall not be liable for Damage caused to the Passenger caused by delay if OpenSkies or its agents took all reasonable measures to avoid the Damage or if it was impossible for OpenSkies or its agents to take such measures.
16.1 The reception of Baggage, by the Passenger or by a person in possession of a Baggage Check or a Baggage Identification Tag, for Checked Baggage, without making a complaint within the stated time limits, constitutes sufficient evidence that the Baggage was delivered in good condition and in conformity with the General Conditions of Carriage.
16.2 In the event of Damage to Checked Baggage, the Passenger must make a complaint in writing upon discovery of the Damage, and at the latest, within seven days from the date the Passenger received the Checked Baggage.
16.3 In the event of delay in the carriage of Checked Baggage, the Passenger must make a complaint in writing to the Carrier within 21 days of the baggage being made available to him/her.
16.4 Actions for damages must be brought within two years. The Passenger or other entitled persons shall have no right to Damages if action is not brought within two years calculated from:
The method of calculating the period of limitation shall be determined by the law of the court where the case is heard.
17.1 General and reservations
(a) Any Passenger with a disability requiring special assistance should inform the Carrier at the time of booking of his/her special needs.
(b) The Carrier will carry the disabled Passenger where arrangements have been made to provide for his/her special needs. Even where the Passenger does not inform the Carrier, at the time of reservation, of his/her special needs, the Career shall take all reasonable steps to provide for these special needs. In such case, the Carrier shall only be required to make best efforts and cannot be held liable for failure to accommodate such needs.
17.2 Seating
All the rules of seating mentioned in the General Conditions of Carriage apply to seating Passengers with a disability. In addition, if the Passenger has a disability which causes him/her to need a bulkhead seat, such as a disability which causes the Passenger to be accompanied in the cabin by an assistance dog, pursuant to the General Conditions of Carriage, and where the disabled Passenger requests a bulkhead seat, it will be provided to the Passenger only if it is not already assigned to another Passenger with a disability.
17.3 Travel with an attendant
Where it is essential for the safety of the Passenger with a disability, or if the Passenger is unable to perform his/her own evacuation from the aircraft, or furthermore, if the Passenger with a disability is unable to understand safety instructions, the Carrier may assign an attendant to the Passenger.
(a) There is no charge for carrying any assistive device, such as a wheelchair or a cane, and such assistive devices will not be counted towards the free Baggage allowance.
(b) On flights where medical oxygen is permitted, the Passenger with a disability will be charged a supplement to the Ticket price for the service of medical oxygen. Furthermore, the Passenger with a disability will be required to be accompanied by an attendant.
(c) The Carrier reserves the right to refuse to accept Passengers having to travel on a stretcher.
Concerning the sending of notices, the Carrier shall not take into account the date of sending of such notice. In order to state upon the validity of a Ticket, the Carrier shall take into account neither the date of issuing, nor the date where the Flight commenced.
If the Passenger does not comply with the provisions of the contract of carriage, the General Conditions of Carriage, the Carrier's regulations and the applicable law and regulations, the contract of carriage shall be breached as of right without warning or prior formal notice and the amounts in relation to the Ticket which have been already collected shall be kept by the Carrier.
These General Conditions of Carriage are made public in the French language. An English language translation is also available for public information purposes. However, only the French version of these General Conditions of Carriage shall be legally binding.
If the Passenger is not a Consumer, these General Conditions of Carriage are governed by French law, subject to any Convention or rules governing conflict of jurisdictions.
If the Passenger is not a Consumer, any disputes arising with respect to the activities ruled by these General Conditions of Carriage shall be submitted to the competent Court of Paris (France), which shall have exclusive competence.
The Carrier undertakes to carry the Passenger to the destination indicated on his/her Ticket, on another of its scheduled services on which a seat is available in the class of service for which the fare has been paid on the nearest date or, at a later date at his/her convenience. In such case, the Carrier will not charge any supplement and, if necessary, will extend the validity of the Ticket.
The Carrier undertakes to reimburse or to get reimbursed the price of the flight Ticket.


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Wednesday, May 01, 2002
This may be the way it will go, but revolutionary change is not un-Catholic per se, though perhaps not the rule. I remember Chesterton said something about the problem with the women's rights revolution was not its existence but that it did not end -- it continued to revolt long after it was useful.
I think that it is sound policy to hold back every single dime from the diocese and every parish around. This is our chance for a limited revolution: not to change the rule of celibacy or rewrite the liturgy, but to tell bishops simply one thing: Stop the molesters. Certainly more faithfulness would cure this problem, but it is also amenable to worldly solutions like strict policies regarding molesters and seminaries.
For all the worldliness that the bishops have manifested, it seems a solid policy to hit them in their worldly soft middle. We can strike while the iron is hot, effect a true change, and then let the leaven of a more faithful, etc., etc. generation work even more good in the Church. Certain bishops seem almost immune to pleas for decency, so why not appeal to their more corrupt nature?
The momentum is on the side of the laity; if we lose it, the change may indeed come over a generation, but with much sorrow in the meantime.
-Jimmy Tomato
Monday, April 29, 2002
Saturday, April 27, 2002
- Jimmy Tomato
Friday, April 26, 2002
And here is my last shot on the topic (Louder is right -- you just have to stop sometime, although it goes against my grain to ever shut up when arguing):
I thought Bryan had already gotten rough, but apparently the rogue comments about Catholicism weren't enough -- now he accuses me of being a lawyer! (Actually, I am, which I alluded to in one of my posts). I really have just a few things left to say; hopefully, they are less smart sounding and more substantive.
Frankly, I ignored your Romans post because it did not seem all that relevant to me. Romans 14, to my mind, is discussing judging that another is committing a sin by doing something that is not actually prohibited by God. That is not what I am doing. I never said that it is a sin nor could I care less if someone wants to play a hymn on his guitar or his kazoo (I believe that in my first post I positively commended the sanctification of everyday music). Nor have I ever said it is sinful even to do it in church.
Paul did not say that you cannot ever make distinctions about what is a better practice over another practice (he said celibacy is better than marriage but, hey, marriage is good, too, if you can't be celibate). So, I am making a judgment in the sense of saying X is better than Y, but I am not judging that Y is therefore a sin or that anyone doing Y is a sinner.
Again, if you really want to debate Catholic stuff, I can do that. But it is not fair to throw out multiple Catholic doctrines and Protestant objections that are generally irrelevant to the debate. You complain that I sound smart but have no substance and on top of it throw out willy-nilly objections to saints and so on. I tried to deflect these statements with a little levity, and lo and behold, you still come up with another one -- Church or Bible? I know I started the whole thing with the sewage comment, and I apologize if I offended. But I could have some complaints of my own about your debating technique . . .
Finally, it comes down to this, I think: not the Bible, not the merits of guitar music, but that "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." You seem to deny that art is susceptible to even a little bit of objective judgment. I keep thinking I can sum it all up, but here is another attempt: I do not believe that churches should be splintered -- I believe that church should be unifying, on many levels -- therefore, I believe that we should seek the universal -- one of those universals is music. I do not claim that there is a Platonic "Church Music" which is eternally perfect for all ages and in all situations. But I think that we should try to cobble the best music we have. Just because there are disputes about what the best music is doesn't mean that we cannot find a tolerable consensus or should not try. (I am reminded of the ancient Greek philosopher, whose name escapes me, who believed that there was no truth because every "truth" was disputed by someone. He made the erroneous leap of judgment that because every proposition is disputed, then every proposition is disputable.)
Finally, you also seem to deny that there is any spirit inherent in music. The spirit of music may be less concrete than that in, say, the visual arts (a nice painting of a landscape vs. a Mapplethorpe photo), but it is there. Is it somber, joyful, despairing, etc., etc.? I believe music does have a spirit to it, and certainly not all spirits are appropriate for church (e.g., despairing music), therefore, not all music is appropriate for church.
-Jimmy Tomato
Wednesday, April 24, 2002
I would quibble with your quibbles, Bryan, except that I can't merely quibble: I think you have fundamentally misunderstood a lot of my statement.
First, my statement about "three thousand year old harp music" was not meant to mean only harp music. Obviously, the Psalm mentions a lot of other instruments -- it was a metaphor for everything mentioned in the Psalm. Let me put it this way: there have been a lot of changes in music in three thousand years, and I do not believe that the Psalm can be read to bless every single form of music as long as it is loud. Perhaps we can agree that there probably should not be death speed metal in church (even with Christian lyrics)? If so, then we are on the path to agreement that we must make some, even if just a teeny tiny bit, reasoned judgments about the music in church even when using the Psalms as a guide.
Second, I did not say that the Psalm was inappropriate to direct our choice. I said, perhaps in too opaque terms, that it was insufficient.
Two of the points that you make are actually mine, and I am not sure how you think that they support your case. Yes, guitars were not invented when the Psalm was written. Yes, church was different in Old Testament times. And this hurts my case how?
If guitars were not invented and church is different now than in OT times, doesn't it stand to reason that the Psalm does not directly or clearly or definitively answer the question of whether guitars should be played at modern church services? It seems only reasonable that David wrote and commented upon what he knew. We can try to extract universal principles from his writings, but we cannot directly apply his writings to our changed circumstances, at least not without a little thought and discernment.
Is it at least possible that David could both bless harp and timbrel music for OT worship, yet say, "But, you know, modern worship is slightly different. It calls for some different rules here and there, a tweak here, a twist there, and given all the changes in music and worship I think x,y, and z are appropriate, but e,f anf g are not." He didn't know about guitar music, he didn't know about hip hop, he didn't know about classical music, he didn't know about jazz. He was working with one genre. We have so many different forms of music, it seems only reasonable to me that we use some discernment and that David would not object.
And, frankly, you are making a bit of a leap (as I said before, there are many steps from the Psalms to modern guitar music). You assume that the music that David was talking about is the equivalent of today's rockabilly or maybe folk or whatever. Maybe it is the equivalent of jazz and only jazz should be played? Maybe it is the equivalent of classical and only classical should be played? I am not positing any of these as the true answer, all I am saying is that there are a lot of questions that call for lots of thought that cannot be answered with a simple citation to the Psalms and nothing more.
Indeed, you obviously are not taking the Psalm ultra-literally, or else you would stick with the harp and the timbrel. So what have you done? You have extracted a principle from the Psalm and applied it to modern times. I am saying that your extrapolation is erroneous.
Apparently the "clear-cut command" comment set off some sort of booby trap for unsuspecting Catholics. If you would like to discuss things like the saints, we can do that. (For the record, I make a special effort to clearly distinguish God from the saints: I keep my saint statutes well below my crucifix and just to the right of my Golden Calf and Neptune statues.) But otherwise, I do not understand your complaint. I was objecting to your argument, not the clarity of scriptures; you were relying on the Psalms as a more or less clear-cut authority, and I object to your use of the Psalms in that fashion because I do not think that they clearly settle the issue.
All I am saying is that if the Bible does not command X, then, well, it doesn't command X. I am not saying that the Psalms have nothing to say on the topic, but you threw them down and said, "There, my guitar stays!" And I said, well, wait a minute, I can discern some stuff from the psalms, but I cannot discern a carte blanche directive to play or even permit guitars in church.
Anyway, I have never had a problem with a lack of clear-cut commands in scripture on any given topic. As a Catholic, I have other, secret sources . . . (some say they are hidden -- sequestered, even! -- deep in a city in Italy, but I have it on good authority that at least one of these authorities breaks out every so often, spending significant time jetting about the world on a private, gold-plated jet).
I don't assume a Biblical mandate for anything I have said. On the contrary, as I said before, I am simply making an artistic judgment. I mean, boiled down, all I am really saying is (with nose in the air and without all the polite language that I used about the sewage), "You people have no taste." It's no different than someone trying to nurse someone back from an addiction to R&B -- I may fail, but I am not conflating this with a great doctrinal dispute.
Obviously, we disagree on what we have to offer God. But you missed the key word in my statement: universal (and, in addition, public). I am positing that in church we should offer him not the best that any given person has to offer, but the best that mankind has to offer as a whole, because church is a public prayer. To do that we must first figure out what the best stuff is.
-Jimmy Tomato
Tuesday, April 23, 2002
Modicum 22
The stutter in the lace had never ended. Even out in Nomads Field, I had felt it: the sort of noise, a kind of ache, that you soon ignore. As we neared the palace, the stutter worsened.
And then, in the palace, I could hear the wail.
I wondered if Egg's viruses were taking hold. Egg said they might not, not right away. They were sneaking into the co-Am on the minions but they still had to work through the co-Am's guts. Besides, every minion carried only a probability of the viruses. "Heck," Egg had said, shrugging, "it's in the nature of the lace to carry Midge's data — and Ursula's co-Am happens to, um, mesh with that nature — but the viruses are unnatural, as far as the lace is concerned. They're an imposition, and interquantic imposition is not exactly determinate. It'll take time — and tons of minions — for the probabilities to maximize."
Midge, still tranquil, walked ahead of me.
Since visitors to Rock might arrive at any time and might leave within an hour, the palace was always open, and even now, early in the fake morning, there was a line of mourners. Midge joined it and let it take her along. This was, of course, the best way to get as near as possible to Ursula, and to be near her as long as possible, without appearing suspicious.
I was not beside my sister. Egg had told us to separate ourselves, to put maybe fifty people between us. We had to give the minions room to get confused. Making the gap was a little tricky, though, since I had to wait behind, out of the line, counting mourners, ten, twenty, thirty, and not look like I was waiting. Pardon me, Miss, but what are you waiting for? I doubt that the tree-laced mercenaries and robot cannon really cared about some quiet little thirteen-year-old girl, who was surely waiting for her parents or older sister; but I knew what I was doing, I knew I was a kind of threat, and so I didn't want to seem a threat.
Thirty, thirty five, forty. Of course we didn't have to be exact. But after a while, the counting was a game. By counting mourners I wasn't merely the Other Half of the lace's singularity. I was participating in this act. My sister and I were up to something.
Forty one, forty two.
We were playing.
Forty three, forty four.
Midge was closer to Ursula. The clarity of the co-Am was painful now. So many minions were confused. I pleaded with the viruses to finish. To distract myself I counted more intently. Forty five, forty six, forty seven. Midge's tranquility helped against the pain.
As did her words.
By the lace she was chatting with me. She didn't usually chat by the lace, even if she was out of earshot. Midge had never wanted the lace to think that it belonged in her life. She might take advantage of it, now and then, to throw me a comment or two, but she would never dignify it with extended monologues. Except, that is, when she didn't want Mother to hear her. But now, in the atrium of Portia's Third Palace, Midge wasn't griping or scheming or lamenting things. She was pointing out the people around us, their hats, their shorts, their bags, their faces, their dirt, their glow, not to mock them, no, but just because, well, there they were, you know, and, wow, weren't they something?
Forty eight. Forty nine.
Midge turned to look at me through the crowd. I saw myself still back there, waiting, and suddenly she grinned and waved at me, deep in her contentment I saw her lightly wave, while, by the lace, I heard her call out to me, Hey, sis, are we having fun yet? — and, through the crowd, I saw the bewilderment in my eyes, for she had never called me sis before.
Then everything ended.
Ó 2002 Louder Fenn
-Jimmy Tomato
Maybe someday I'll provide an e-mail link, if I can think of a polite way of declaring: You can write if you want but don't expect a response.
Creating a human embryo just so it can be used and then destroyed undermines the very foundation of the moral prudence that informs the entire enterprise of genetic research: the idea that, while a human embryo may not be a person, it is not nothing. Because if it is nothing, then everything is permitted. And if everything is permitted, then there are no fences, no safeguards, no bottom.Since I have often made this point about "manufacture of humans," I'm tempted to say advantage Fenn! -- but, really, I'm much too humble.
Now, obviously I don't agree with Krauthammer that the embryo is merely "not nothing." Still, it is good that his voice is substantially with us. And did you know that Krauthammer is a member of the President's Council on Bioethics? In other words, he is a Minion of the Dark Lord Leon Kass. Yes indeed, that Council is nothing but a gaggle of unthinking Luddites.
P.S. I told myself I'd never say "advantage Fenn." It does lack humility. Still, it is so fun to say!
-Jimmy Tomato
Monday, April 22, 2002
Using the Psalms to justify guitar music is a bit of an overreach. There are a lot of steps from three-thousand year old harp music to Innagoddadavidda. No mention of "outside church": true, but no mention of in church. No mention of guitars. Maybe we should only be using harps? Maybe only playing three-thousand year old cymbals? Etc., etc.
The simple fact is that absent a more clear-cut command to use guitars in church from the Psalms, I do not believe that God intended for us to suspend our judgment regarding music and art and cut loose with some rockabilly in church because David wrote about praising God on the timbrel.
I am not foreclosing different forms of music -- I'll try a mass with Arvo Part any day. I simply and graphically stated that the guitar music one hears in church today is bad music. This is an opinion, but only insofar as all judgment about art is opinion. Some artistic judgment is valid or else we are left blessing the recent "art" exhibit that made the news rounds that consists of cadavers cut open and manipulated into various positions by the "artist."
Now, I also said that guitars as such should not be in church, and I will stick with that, too. There is a spirit to different sorts of music, there is a spirit to different instruments. And I am saying the spirit of the guitar is not suitable for church. It is like the traditional "Queen of the May" song that Catholics would sing at the May crowning of a statute of the Blessed Virgin Mary: I like the song, but it is sounds remarkably like an old Irish bar song. Fine song, not right for church. Guitar sounds good -- not right for church.
Finally, I do not believe that we should all find the church that suits us, per se. I believe that church should universalize -- take the best that mankind has to offer and offer it, so that we may pray as one. Church is a public prayer -- it should seek the highest common denominator. It should not splinter into little churches, each offering what a tiny and discrete minority enjoy. While it does not keep me up at night that some people use guitar music in church (or other things I believe to be problematic), I also do not believe that it is proper that everyone just find what suits them and let 'er rip.
-Jimmy Tomato
Modicum 21
Although Egg had run simulations in the ship's Am, the only real test of his plan was to do it for real. Of course he wanted to know how it went. He was tempted to tap us both through subdermal monitors, but he was afraid of being detected. We were taking enough risks as it was. So he told us we had to come back, to tell him if everything worked.
We told him we would. Midge was even sincere.
Lin asked us if we really wanted to go through with all this nonsense. I don't think she was having second thoughts, not as such. She had faith in Egg's contrivances. And by then I think she had convinced herself that our intentions were pure enough to merit Portia's mercy, should something go wrong. And as she had said, several times already, who was she to stop the foolishness of youth? But she had to try to dissuade us, at least a little. She was a mother, after all.
Midge, however, was ready to go through with anything. She wasn't cautious to begin with — and the fractional Am had made her far from anxious. As for me, I was determined to go through with this.
Lin wished us well. Egg did, too.
We never saw them again. I don't think they ever got in trouble because of us. I never heard, though, one way or the other.
We walked back to the train station.
Once or twice, Midge was disoriented. She wasn't sure what to do with herself. The smear with the Am had diverted her. She had no inclination to be herself.
We didn't bother with breakfast. We didn't return to the hotel, change our clothes, see the monkey, plan our day.
We took the train to Ursula.
Midge and I sat beside each other. The seat was a narrow bench, only large enough for us, really, but a small man with square glasses had taken the aisle, Midge in the middle, I at the window. Midge used to think that she could turn the eye of any man, but this man was indifferent. He was taken instead with the scrolling words on his paper loop and probably hadn't noticed Midge's leg against his. To him, I suppose, we were nothing more than the usual morning cargo.
Midge was indifferent, too — and not only because the man was limp in his suit and tie. Men, boys, all of that and every toxic excess, were nothing to her now. She was oddly tranquil. She stared at the fabric of the bench in front of her, at the chrome trim, at the Amjacks and the bright, insistent commercial patches, and enjoyed the slowness of her own breathing. She knew, I knew, that the fractional Am had modified her. Her tranquility was no less real. Egg, I think, had identified our problem well. To save Ursula's co-Am he hadn't defined happiness as cheer or joy. Happiness, for our needs, was peace.
I was not so content. Back in the Sling, when Midge and I had first left for Rock, I had felt the promise of a far place. Now I felt it again, an unspecific hope, a rising of sorts, no name to it but there. I was excited. Oh, yes, Mother thought me dull. Midge thought me dull. Everyone did. I did. I was dull. I was never a fervent child. Yet in a corner of my heart lived the Battle Queen of Midge's wishes, a fancy that had never died but slowly condensed, becoming a pearl, a burning coal, a misplaced heat...
I did not expect anything to come of our adventure with Ursula's co-Am. We would end its wailing and then — and then, I didn't know. But we were doing a favor to Ursula herself, she who had collapsed Rigel, tricked a worldrot, snared the interstatial armies of the Paavaka Usurper, shifted the asteroid ring of the Neo-Anarchists two seconds into the past (and out of the present), suffused the buildings of Gollidor with an Am-twisted, aether-borne hatred of people (causing them to de-mortar themselves and crush the Gollidorian rebels), surrendered her own hand as ransom for the Prince of Falwick (only to use it later as a pummel on the Regent), lured the Sixth, Ninth, Eleventh, and Twenty-Fourth Fleets of Kawai Ellowean between the double pulsars of Qent (creating a mass-threaded wormhole that swept the Jaca refugees to safety) — done all these things, done more, done more than I or Midge could ever have done; but at least my sister and I could do this, walk into Portia's Third Palace and evade all the defenses and give Ursula Kato a touch of our adoration, a favor if not exactly to her then to her intimate servant, her co-Am, the last living piece of the Goddess.
Midge and I could finally, truly join the Tale of the Glorious Axe.
Ó 2002 Louder Fenn


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Democratic Lawmakers Running for Cover
As Her Poll Numbers Drop, Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina Steps Up Pressure on President Obama to Fix Health Law
WASHINGTON—After President Barack Obama outlined his health-law retreat Thursday, Sen. Kay Hagan, a Democrat from North Carolina, joined some colleagues in expressing misgivings. "A one-year fix is not enough and we need to do more," she said.
To understand why Democrats are increasingly nervous about the health law, and why Mr. Obama rushed through a patch to calm their anxieties, look no further than Mrs. Hagan, who defeated Sen. Elizabeth Dole in 2008 when the president carried North Carolina....