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Kevin Hart is every stressed-out dad in Fatherhood
Jack Tregoning on the scene that gets what it's like to be a dad and primary carer
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This week, I chat to writer and dad extraordinaire Jack Tregoning on the one scene from Fatherhood that perfectly captures the sweaty, splitting-hairs stress of being a dad — and how it stacks up against the expectations we level at new mums.
MS: Jack, I know you loved Fatherhood, a movie which provides the answer to the question on everyone's lips, that question being: what if Kevin Hart was a single father? But you've chosen a scene featuring a mothers' group. In fact, when Kevin Hart enters the room, it feels like an intrusion — like stepping into a high school cafeteria…
JT: Exactly — he's just a desperate dad looking for answers! Playing single father Matthew, his baby girl won't stop crying, and initially the group is hesitant to take him in, even though the sign on the door said parents' not mothers' group. I might've connected with it because while I watched the scene I was literally bopping around with my 12-week-old — and thankfully, unlike poor Matthew, not colicky — daughter.
Say what you want about the character's decision to go straight to a mothers' — sorry, parents' — group instead of, say, a pediatrician's office or even Doctor Google, but that's movie magic for you. Fatherhood has plenty of comedic hapless dad moments — he can't fold down a pram, he can't put up a bassinet, he can't believe all the nappies — but I particularly enjoyed the desperation of this scene and his sweaty relief at finding a way to soothe his baby girl via vacuum cleaner white noise.
Not gonna lie, I felt incredibly stressed just watching him racing into that parents' group, tinkering with prams and folding nappies — and especially that flat-pack bassinet, which is the stuff of IKEA furniture nightmares. I can only imagine how it must feel to actually do those things…
For sure! Although if anyone's going to help you assemble furniture, let it be Lil Rel Howery. I can definitely relate to the hapless dad stuff — although, unlike Matthew, I am gratefully not a single father or a widower. My wife and I had our first baby in New York, far away from family help. When my wife went back to work after six months (that was generous — those American companies do not go easy), I stayed home with our boy for the next year, fitting in work any time he napped.
In Fatherhood, Matthew wants to do it all himself and sends his family away. That was not me — I would've gladly taken daily grandparent drop-ins — but I definitely relate to that feeling of being this tight little father-baby duo. That year formed a really deep bond between us, and I know that all-day-every-day connection can still be rare for fathers.
There are definitely lower standards for fathers. We get told we're doing great for lots of things that women do unacknowledged every day.
But man, there were definitely some comedy movie-like moments. When my wife went on a business trip, I distinctly remember my son standing up in his cot, wailing because I couldn't find the one blanket that might ensure a full night's sleep. I turned the whole house over while pleading with an eight-month-old to please cut me some slack. I sounded absolutely insane.
Sounding insane is a forte of mine, so you're absolutely not alone there. I think something else interesting you — and the scene — both touch on is these differing gendered expectations for parents. Were there times where you felt like you were the only father in the room?
Yes, because I was!
Actually, you just reminded me of something from yesterday. I braved the supermarket with my now-three-year-old and I'd made it to the register with an overloaded basket and a toddler exercising all his toddler-ness. As I frantically packed shopping bags, a woman stopped to tell me I needed to get a dog (unclear what that meant) and that I was doing great.
There are definitely lower standards for fathers. We get told we're doing great for lots of things that women do unacknowledged every day. It's funny and true that in this scene of the movie, all the mothers seem way more worldly, informed and composed than this flailing father. On the flipside, I feel like I fall into a kind of grey area. The articles I would Google often started with a variation on: "As Mums, we all know how hard it is to…" Obviously there's a lot more openness now to dads being primary carers than, say, in my parents' generation, but these gendered expectations are really deeply rooted.
During that year, I was often the lone dad at the playground or the weekly music 'class' we went to. Someone once drive-by yelled at me to put him in a warmer jacket. But generally people are very nice to you when you're a man with a cute child — you kind of get used to it. I'd spend so much time rolling around the streets of our neighbourhood with him, picking up smiles from passersby, it always felt weird to go out on my own.
I like that line — "we get told we're doing great for lots of things that women do unacknowledged every day". And I think that's a great tension that's set up in the Fatherhood scene, which ultimately ends with this circle of mothers letting him in on a parenting trick. For him, there's kind of this realisation, like "oh, this is what mothers go through daily".
For sure. I mean, the whole movie is premised on the unlikelihood of a father muddling through parenting on his own. For a lot of women, that's just everyday life. The gender-flipped version of this story would need a totally different elevator pitch.
Fatherhood definitely leans into the realisation that being a parent is really, really hard work, and whatever do-it-all vision you had for your life might need some adjusting. But as Matthew realises in the second half of the movie, there's no better feeling than just being there as your kid grows up. It's tough and sometimes scary being a dad, but it really sets your priorities straight.
I keep coming back to that parents' group scene in particular because it feels like the culmination of all Matthew's little learnings up to that point. In that moment, his bravado about doing it all himself crumbles. I like the honesty of that realisation, and it's really the scene that sets up where the movie goes next. It's admirable to want to be the best father possible, but you're never going to have all the answers.
Case in point: we will never have an answer for why the woman at the supermarket told you to get a dog.
You're right! And little did she know, my son does not like dogs.


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The last tangraph (Tangut character) in last night's entry on ovine characters was2969 2ŋəʳ 'sheep, goat'
It was unique among tangraphs for sheep, but it has a near-lookalike among tangraphs for goats:
1-2. 1189 1104 2gwã 2te 'wild goat' (Li Fanwen 2008; Nishida 1964: 'a kind of sheep')
The top component of those two tangraphs
is shared with 121 other characters without any single common phonetic or semantic denominator: e.g.,
0745 2vɨe 'the surname syllable Ve'
0900 2vɨi 'under, below, bottom'
0901 2nɤẽ 'dirt, filth'
0911 2kɑ 'arduous, difficult, hard, tough'
0916 1tshu 'conceited, restrained'
The analysis of 1104 is unknown, but 1189 is derived from the top of 1422 1sy' 'deer' plus all of 5181 1tsɑʳ 'beast, animal':
5181 in turn has a circular derivation with 5167 1ɬa 'deer':
Why derive 'goat' or 'sheep' from 'deer'?
The center component of 2969 'sheep, goat' and 1104, the second half of 'sheep' or 'wild goat', is shared with
3. 2367 1tshə 'goat' =
left and center of 3454 2tshe 'sheep' +
right of 1neʳ 'wild animal'
whose right side has the same source as the left side of
2969 2ŋəʳ 'sheep, goat' (and probably the second half of1189 1104 2gwã 2te 'wild goat' or 'a kind of sheep' as well)
3454 2tshe may be from 2367 1tshə plus *-j.
3454 and 2367 share their left and center components with
4. 3768 2tʂɨụ 'goat, lamb' (analysis unknown)
whose right side is in only two other tangraphs:
1852 2tʂɨụ 'to be able, to dare' (analysis unknown)
3805 1tʂɨụ 'that' =
right of first half of 5883 2tsha 1ʐɨiw 'to bully and humiliate' (the second half is 'to invade' by itself) +
right of 3768 2tʂɨụ 'goat, lamb' (analysis unknown)
Since all three are nearly homophonous, their shared component
is clearly phonetic.
Yesterday I wrote about the tangraph (Tangut character) for the calendrical term 2mø 'sheep':
Given that tangraphy (the Tangut script) is supposed to be largely semantic, it is surprising that the other ten 'sheep' tangraphs do not share any single element with each other or 2mø:
Tangraph | Li Fanwen number | Reading | Gloss | Notes | Type |
3452 | 2ʔe | sheep | left side shared with 2550 2ʔe 'banquet'; phonetic | A | |
3470 | 1mə | 1tʂɨa 1mʌ 'patron god of sheep' | left side phonetic; 1mʌ is homophonous with 3513 1mʌ and may be an adjective 'heavenly' | ||
1588 | 1tʂɨa | B | |||
3454 | 2tshe | sheep | left side phonetic/semantic?; also in 2367 1tshə 'goat' 2910 1tshə 'lamb' 3127 1tshə (second half of 2ɮəʳ 1tshə 'waterfowl'; 2ɮəʌʳ is 'water', so is the word literally 'watergoat' or 'waterlamb'?) 5959 1pʌʳ 'lamb' |
0939 | 2tẹ | right side shared with 2910 1tshə 'lamb' sounds like a possible *S-prefixed derivative of the second half of 1189 1104 2gwã 2te 'wild goat' |
5557 | 2ga | old sheep (only in dictionaries) | left from 2910 1tshə
'lamb' (semantic) right from 0590 2ɮø̣ 'longevity' (semantic) |
5095 | 1nɪʳ | one-year-old sheep (only in dictionaries) | looks like 5557 plus a right-hand
component, but analyzed as: left from 3452 (semantic; above) center from 0590 2ɮø̣ 'longevity' (semantic) right from 1996 2de 'to drink' (why?) |
5004 | 1gyʳ | no semantic components shared with 5095 in spite
of being a synonym top and bottom right from 5007 2gyʳ 'to lie down' (phonetic) bottom left from 0276 2no 'child' (semantic) |
4925 | 1nwew | six-year-old sheep (only in dictionaries) | top and bottom left from 4971 1ʂwɨi
'year' (semantic) bottom right from 3194 ɬʌ (tone unknown) 'full' (semantic) |
2969 | 2ŋəʳ | sheep, goat | left from 0558 1neʳ 'wild animal'
(semantic; also at right of 2367 1tshə
'goat') right from all of 1153 1dʐə 'skin' (semantic; according to Precious Rhymes of the Tangraphic Sea) or the second half of 1189 1104 2gwã 2te 'wild goat' (semantic; according to Combined Homophones and Tangraphic Sea) |
Types A-C have right-hand components similar but not identical to the right side of 5504:
The significance of the different top parts is unknown.
Types B-D share a component
(coincidentally?) resembling Chinese 羊 'sheep' with 48 other tangraphs which lack ovine semantics: e.g.,
0079 ~ 0676 1vɨe 'to go'
0123 dʐɨi (tone unknown) 'to go'
0561 2dʐɨo 'to help' (< Chn 助)
0787 1kɑ̃ 'to expel' (< Chn 赶)
Type E tangraphs have a 'horned hat' in common, but according to Tangraphic Sea analyses, that 'hat' has two different sources:
=+ 5095 1nɪʳ 'one-year-old sheep' = 5007 2gyʳ 'to lie down' + 0276 2no 'child'
=+ 5004 1nwew 'six-year-old sheep' = 4971 1ʂwɨi 'year' + 3194 ɬʌ (tone unknown) 'full'
Type F is unique.
1.3.1:05: Or is it? I will look at 'goat' tangraphs next.
2015 is the year of the 2mø 'sheep':
whose tangraph (Tangut character) consists of two halves of unknown function:
The second half is so rare that I don't think it's in my Tangut radical fonts. I thought it was unique to 5504 'sheep', but it's also in one variant of 3007 2Taʳ 'net' (dental initial unknown):
The first variant of 3007 with 亠 at the top right has a unique right side:
Are these rare right-hand components single units or compounds whose parts are abbreviations of other tangraphs?
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The bottom half of those components, Kychanov and Arakawa's radical B299, is in 23 tangraphs (their 5096-5118). They have no obvious single phonetic or semantic common denominator, and none sound like 5504 2mø 'sheep' or 3007 2Taʳ 'net', so B299 cannot be phonetic in those two tangraphs.
B299 looks like the right-hand version of Li Fanwen (1987) radical 71 (in Andrew West's numbering):
which is in non-right-hand positions in eight tangraphs:
Tangraph | Li Fanwen number | Reading | Gloss | Notes |
0083 | 1vɪ | dragon | semantic component in 4234 (below) | |
1188 | 2ŋɑ | egg | only in dictionaries | |
4234 | 1vɪ | dragon plant | longan (< Chinese 'dragon eye'); 'dragon' with 'wood' on top | |
5441 | 2swi | mother-in-law | center and right from 1188 'egg' (above) | |
5496 | 2bə | cheek | variant of 5510 which has 'flesh' on the left instead of LFW radical 71; I assume 'flesh' is original | |
5529 | 2ʂwɨi | the surname Shi | share a common phonetic | |
5530 | 1ʂwɨi | first half of 5530 4761 1ʂwɨi 1ʂwɨa 'in a soft low voice' | ||
5546 | 2ʂwɨi | second half of 3278 5546 1tshi 2ʂwɨi 'food' |
Complimentary distribution is no guarantee of allography. Conversely, the facts that
- none of the LFW 71 tangraphs appear in known analyses of B299 tangraphs
- none of the B299 tangraphs sound like ʂwɨi or bə (except maybe 5696 1bɛ 'smallpox')
does not necessarily rule out a relationship between two: e.g., the two radicals might be interchangeable in tangraphic analyses that have not yet been (re)discovered. (If only we could see what Nevsky saw before his texts were taken away!)
Nishida radical 241
the left side of 2mø 'sheep', can appear in initial, medial, and final position in 109 other tangraphs. None of the 109 others sound like 2mø, so radical 241 must be semantic and be an abbreviation of some other tangraph ... unless it is a Tangut B phonetic component in 5504.
Next: Other ovine tangraphs.
103. I can't remember what I was supposed to blog about next, so I'm going to stick with tradition and finish the year with a line from the Golden Guide. Three lines to the last surname ...
Tangraph number | 511 | 512 | 513 | 514 | 515 |
Tangraph | |||||
Li Fanwen number | 3601 | 0914 | 4305 | 3801 | 0775 |
My reconstructed pronunciation | 2khew | 1gɤe' | 1tsũ | ?kø̃ | 1gy |
Tangraph gloss | opening, entrance | a place name Ge | the surname 宗 Zong (*tsũ) 'ancestor' | second half of 1kə ?kø̃ 'dung beetle' | transcription character |
Word | the surname 寇 Kou (*khew) | the surname 崖 Ya (*ŋgɤe) | the surname 姜 Jiang (*kø̃) | the surname 虞 Yu (*ŋgy) | |
Translation | Kou, Yi(ng?), Zong, Jiang, Yu |
511: 3601 is a borrowing of Tangut period northwestern Chinese 口 *khew 'mouth' (albeit with a specialized meaning), but its character is a much more complex semantic compound:
The presumably semantic function of 4866 is unclear. Would 'complete earth' be solid and lack an opening?=+
3601 2khew 'opening' =
left of 2627 2lɨə̣ 'earth' +
all of 4866 1kɤe 'incomplete' (why?)
512: I presume the sources of 0914 somehow describe Ge, wherever that was: e.g., Ge was high and its earth looked as it had been kneaded by the gods.
0914 1gɤe' 'a place name Ge' =
top of 1166 1tswə 'to knead, rub' +
right of 0464 2so 'high'
Oddly 0914 appears as a transcription of Chinese 櫻 *ʔĩ in the Timely Pearl, which may be why Nie and Shi (1995) regarded 0914 as a transcripiton of the homophonous Chinese surname 嬰.
513: I presume 5635 is phonetic in 4305 despite the mismatch in initial voicing:
Unlike other 'horse' words,=+
4305 1tsũ 'ancestor' =
top of 4250 1si 'wood' +
all of 5635 2dzu, second half of 2me 2dzu 'steed'
was written without the 'horse' radical:1379 5635 2mɛ 2dzu 'steed' (only in dictionaries; a 'ritual' word?)
Why wasn't that radical in all equestrian tangraphs?
514: The analysis of 3801 is unknown, but it looks like a transparent compound of the radicals for 'insect' and 'small':
I am uncertain about the tone of 3801. It is listed in the second tone volume of Tangraphic Sea, even though its placement in Homophones implies that it is a first tone tangraph.
515: 0775 is a straightforward semantophonetic compound:
0775 1gy 'transcription character' =
left of 1586 1ɣɤị 'sound' +
left of 4031 1gy 'lucky'
Mentioning Marathi व्ह् <vh> last night reminded me of a topic I've had in mind since I briefly mentioned Verner's Law two weeks ago: the segmental traces of accent in Avestan.
Avestan has an h before rk and rp that doesn't correspond to any consonant in other languages: e.g.,
'wolf': A vəhrk-; cf. Sanskrti vṛ́ka, Russian volk
'body': A kəhrp-; cf. Latin corpus, Sanskrit kṛ́p- 'beauty'
Moreover, Avestan sometimes has a ṣ (< *hrt?) where an rt is expected: e.g.,
'battle': A pəṣana-; cf. Sanskrit pṛ́tanā
Did Avestan preserve an h - a laryngeal? - lost elsewhere in Indo-European? No, it turns out that h and ṣ were conditioned by an accent preserved by Sanskrit but unwritten in Avestan:
*ṛ́ > *ə́r > əhr before *k, *p
*ṛ́t > *ə́rt (> *əhrt?) > əṣ
*r also became hr (and merged with *t to become ṣ) after other vowels: e.g.,
*árt (> *ahrt?) > aṣ in maṣya- 'man'; cf. Sanskrit mártya-
See chapter III, section 2 in Beekes (1988) for problematic cases in which Avestan accent does not agree with Sanskrit accent; the Sanskrit accent may not necessarily be conservative.
What is the phonetic motivation for those changes? I suspect hr was voiceless [r̥]. Why would *r devoice after a stressed vowel?
Similarly, why would Germanic spirants (e.g., þ) remain voiceless after an originally accented vowel but become voiced elsewhere?
'brother': *bhréʕtēr > Gothic broþar; cf. Sanskrit bhrā́tar-
'father': *pʕtḗr > Gothic fadar; cf. Sanskrit pitár-
If the Proto-Indo-European accent was a high tone, there may have been a correlation between high tones and voicelessness vaguely reminiscent to that found in Cantonese. However, higher Cantonese tones are associated with historically* voiceless initials that precede them, whereas Indo-European high tones were associated with voiceless consonants that followed them. Moreover, the Cantonese correlation involves all historically voiceless consonants, whereas the Indo-European correlations only apply to a limited number of consonants - just one in the case of Avestan! Lastly, there is one other accent-related shift in Avestan that does not involve voicing - or does it? *h (< *s) became x́ before y and an accented vowel:
'to do homage': nəmax́ya-; cf. Sanskrit namasyá-
Could the spirant sign transliterated as x́ have been voiced [ɣʲ] (assimilating to voiced palatal y [j]), just as Germanic spirants voiced before accented vowels?
*Modern Cantonese has many voiceless initials before vowels with low tones. Those initials are historically voiced: e.g., 唐 tʰɔːŋ ˨˩ < *dɑŋ 'Tang (Dynasty)'.
I was surprised to see that the Marathi version of the name Silver is सिल्व्हर <silvhar> with an -h- absent from Hindi सिल्वर <silvar>. Similarly, Victoria is व्हिक्टोरिया <vhikṭoriyā> in Marathi but विक्टोरिया <vikṭoriyā> in Hindi, so vh is not just in medial position. And I found a few Google results for ग्रूव्ह <grūvh> 'groove' with -vh in final position.
I have been transliterating Marathi in angle brackets because I don't know how it's pronounced.
Wikipedia's article on Marathi phonology distinguishes between /ʋ/ <v> and murmured /ʋʱ/ (presumably written <vh>). (The latter is in a table of consonants but not explictly listed as a phoneme.)
On the other hand, Pandharipande (2003: 701) listed only /w/ <v> in his table of the Marathi alphabet. (There is no separate table of phonemes.)
In either case, Marathi <vh> is a combination of the approximant <v> (/ʋ/ or /w/) which sounds like English v and <h> which is a fricative like English v. Is <vh> pronounced [v], particularly in the speech of Marathi-English bilinguals?
Does <vh> also occur in native Marathi words, and if so, what is its origin?
(12.29.0:49: Yes. The Wikipedia entry for Marathi mentions केंव्हा <keṃvhā> 'when'.
12.29.1:23: As for the origins of <vh>, I found the following Sanskrit-Marathi correspondences in Turner's A Comparative Dictionary of Indo-Aryan Languages:
<vh> has four types of sources in that list:apahelā : <avher> 'disrespect'
deva- + ghara- : <devhārā> 'shrine'
yavākāra 'barley-shaped' : <dzavhār> 'millet'
lauha- + aṅgika 'iron-bodied' : <lavhã̄gī> '?"
vibhīdaka : <vheḷā> 'a kind of plant'
śubha- + kāla- : <sovhāḷā> 'festive occasion'
1. lenited stop + h
2. v + lenited aspirated stop (e.g., gh or bh)
3. v or bh + lenited k (cf. how *k became a source of aspiration in Korean and probably also in Tangut)
4. u + h
But there are other <vh> that seem less motivated: e.g., Sanskrit laba (without any aspirates or k) 'quail' became Marathi <lavā> (with b-lenition as I would expect) and <lavhā> with an irregular <h>.)
I once knew a native Marathi speaker. I wish I could ask him about <v> and <vh>!
I was surprised to read in Wikipedia that Eustace is equivalent to both Greek Ευστάχιος <Eustákhios> and Ευστάθιος <Eustáthios>. I suppose Greek kh was borrowed as [k] and then softened to [s] before a front vowel that was later lost in speech (though not in writing). But is there any other case of English c corresponding to Greek th? Maybe correspond is the wrong word. The kh ~ th variation goes back to Greek. Can it be explained in terms of phonological differences between dialects? Or is it a random change that occurred as the legend of the saint spread? Did the th-version make it to England? Was there ever an English form like French Eustathe that went out of use in favor of Eustace?
Judging from Wikipedia article titles, the Catholic/Protestant world favors the kh-version of the name, whereas the Orthodox world favors the th-version:
Catalan Eustaqui
Czech Eustach (but the entry for the given name is titled Eustác with c [ts]!)
Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Swedish Eustachius (as in Latin)
French Eustache (but note Eustathe also exists; see above)
Italian Eustachio
Polish Eustachy
Portuguese Eustáquio
Spanish Eustaquio
Bulgarian Евстатий < Evstatij>
Romanian Eustațiu
Russian Евстафий <Evstafij> (Greek th was Russianized as f)
Serbian Евстатије <Evstatije>
It is not surprising that English Eustace follows the Western pattern.

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Despite its recent release, The Mud Fairy has already received acclaim from Publishers Weekly and Junior Library Guild.


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Column: Who may kill Roe vs. Wade? Mostly justices named by a president who lost the popular vote
More than Congress or the White House, the Supreme Court may arguably be the most important government institution in the country, its decisions touching on virtually every facet of day-to-day life, as well as broader questions of how we govern ourselves, regulate business and exercise our faith.
The Supreme Court is also inarguably the least democratic of the three, and not just because its members enjoy lifetime tenure and never have to face voters.
By the narrowest of margins, five justices appear ready to overlook nearly 50 years of precedent and reverse the court's landmark Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide — a ruling, polls have consistently shown, favored by a majority of Americans.
Three of those justices were nominated by President Trump, who failed to win the popular vote. Each was then approved by a Senate that Republicans controlled, despite the fact the party has represented only a minority of the population for the past quarter-century.
The country was built on a system of checks and balances intended to protect the interests of the minority and ensure no despot could run roughshod. That helps explain why each state has two U.S. senators, regardless of population, and the president is elected by the electoral college and not a direct vote of the people.
It also explains why popular measures like gun control have stalled for decades in Congress, where lawmakers from smaller, rural states hold disproportionate sway.
The court's pending decision in Roe vs. Wade may be the most emphatic, and damaging, expression of minority rule.
Abortion activists on both sides were preparing for an election battle, but the leak of Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe vs. Wade has sped up plans.
A leaked draft of the Supreme Court's pending decision, written by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. — nominated by President George W. Bush after he scratched out reelection with 50.7% support — was acknowledged Tuesday as authentic by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. He said the draft, first reported by Politico, "does not represent a decision by the court or the final position of any members on the issues in the case."
But even if the eventual ruling is different from the version leaked Monday, or even if the court upholds Roe when its decision comes out sometime this summer — which is extraordinarily unlikely — it doesn't really matter at this point. The political battle has been joined.
Already, questions about the legitimacy of the court as well as Congress and whether they reflect the will of the people have renewed calls to end the Senate filibuster, expand the nine-member Supreme Court and abolish the electoral college, each of which also seem exceedingly unlikely.
If the court does rule as expected, the country could be cleaved in half. Not metaphorically or politically, though the latter will surely be one consequence.
Rather, the nation will be divided between states that allow the procedure and those that outlaw abortion, including some that may ban the procedure even in the most extreme cases, involving rape or incest.
Most immediately, Democrats hope the expected ruling will provide the jolt the party needs to fend off an electoral disaster in November.
"A big part of what we have to do, frankly, is scare our side into turning out," said Paul Maslin, a Democratic strategist. "And this issue may do that better than anything else we could have or will have."
When liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died just a few weeks before the November 2020 election, it seemed control of the Supreme Court would be central to the fight for the country's future. Her replacement by Amy Coney Barrett solidified the court's conservative majority and has apparently provided the fifth vote needed to overturn Roe, just as her opponents said it would.
(Trump's two other nominees were Neil M. Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh, who seem ready to join Barrett, Alito and Justice Clarence Thomas in reversing Roe vs. Wade.)
Democrats were outraged at Barrett's hasty Senate confirmation — especially after Republican leader Mitch McConnell prevented President Obama from filling an earlier vacancy — and they predicted his hypocrisy would put the high court front and center in the presidential race.
That didn't happen.
Scarcely more than 1 in 10 voters cited the Supreme Court as the most important factor in their decision, according to exit polling, and of those a majority voted to reelect Trump.
This time will be different, Democrats insist, and some agree, because the threat to abortion rights is no longer an abstraction.
"A lot of voters thought, 'It's not going to happen here,' " even as a growing number of states across the country passed increasingly restrictive antiabortion laws, said Republican pollster Christine Matthews. "This is a bomb going off in front of everyone who now recognizes, yes it could happen here.
"I know of a college-age daughter who texted her mom when the decision leaked and both were outraged," said Matthews. "It could motivate a lot of young women who can't even imagine life before Roe."
All evidence suggests that Democrats will lose their narrow House majority in November, whatever action the court takes.
But control of the 50-50 Senate, which is much more up in the air, could hinge on whether the overturning of Roe boosts turnout of Democratic-leaning young voters — who have been notably lukewarm toward President Biden — and women who decide that inflation and pandemic-related anxieties are less important than keeping abortion legal and readily available where they live.
President Biden, averse to the culture wars and elected in part on a promise to ease political divisions, may see his presidency defined by the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe vs. Wade — a historic ruling with huge political and practical implications.
More broadly, Matthews suggested, the anticipated decision could give Democrats a new and better framework for their uphill fight this difficult election season, turning the midterms from a referendum on Biden and his travails into a message that Republicans "want to take the country back to where whites were more equal than blacks, we banned books, women couldn't get abortions or birth control, and gays couldn't get married or be parents."
At least Democrats can try.
(Republicans and their supporters, already eager to punish Biden and congressional Democrats, don't need much incentive to turn out. The reversal of Roe would be the reward for half a century of unrelenting effort that has been foundational to conservative activism.)
In truth, the full impact of the Supreme Court's probable decision is unknowable.
But one thing seems all but certain: Faith in our government will continue to decline, and a country already angry and divided will descend into more rage and recrimination as the reversal of Roe further undermines majoritarian rule and feeds the image of the justices as nothing more than partisans in black robes.
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How digital twins are helping to improve sustainability
Digital twins play a vital role in helping organisations shape their future and achieve their objectives. Sustainability is often one of these objectives, and it's a priority for many businesses.
Here we look at how digital twins are helping businesses drive sustainability goals. And we highlight four use-cases to inspire your own digital twin development.
Digital twin development to play greater role in businesses and sustainability
The profile of digital twins is rising. Organisations are set to increase their deployment by 36% on average over the next five years, says a 2022 report* by Capgemini Research Institute.
Businesses recognise the role of digital twins in improving sustainability. Just over half of respondents to Capgemini's survey agreed that digital twins will help to achieve their environmental sustainability goals. In fact, enhancing sustainability is one of the key factors driving investment in digital twins for 57% of organisations.
Source: Capgemini Research Institute
Digital twins help you understand the bigger picture
A digital twin is a virtual copy of an organisation. It's used to help businesses understand their inner workings, and to trial process changes and initiatives that generate continuous improvement. They help build resilience, reduce risk, identify opportunities, and more.
Creating and using a digital twin should not be a one-off operation. Once it's live, repeat the cycle of capturing, modelling, testing and learning, using the most recent version of the twin.
How a digital twin models continuous improvement
Source: BusinessOptix
Sustainability is about more than the environment
Environmental concerns and climate change are usually the first things many people think about when sustainability is mentioned. However, while these are of course important, other factors are involved.
ESG (environmental, social, governance) characteristics are increasingly being used to evaluate companies. Customers and investors, suppliers and employees – many groups are interested in how sustainable operations are.
ESG means different things to different businesses, and the importance of each factor varies depending on the type of company you run. These are only a few of the metrics it covers:
- Environmental – emissions, the type of materials a company uses, recycling, use of water resources, deforestation
- Social – employee development, labour practices, health and safety, housing, traffic management
- Governance – company board diversity, shareholders' rights, anti-corruption practices
How digital twins are helping to tackle sustainability challenges: four use-cases
1. Singapore: mapping a country
A particularly bad series of floods in 2011 prompted Singapore to examine ways to tackle this ongoing problem. So in 2012, the island nation began a programme to represent itself digitally. However, initially the data collection took too long, meaning it rapidly became out of date. To solve this challenge, in 2019 Singapore turned to mapping and digital twin software.
The project's scope has since expanded to include areas like national park tree mapping and planning solar energy rollouts. Singapore acknowledges the project remains very much at a development stage, and is excited about its possibilities.
2. Microsoft and Newcrest: building a more sustainable future
Microsoft announced a partnership with Australian gold-mining company Newcrest in March 2022. The first project involves creating a full value-chain digital twin at the New South Wales mining operation. The twin displays data from IT and operational technology, via 3D visualisations of the mining process.
This means operators can monitor the use of resources and make tactical decisions, in real time, to improve performance. Eventually, a scenario-planning tool will be added to the twin, allowing users to test simulated actions against live data.
Microsoft is also working on a sustainability data model with data analytics specialist Versor. The model is designed to improve sustainability and streamline ESG reporting.
3. Unilever: improving factory operations and processes
The consumer products giant is using digital twins to make its production processes more efficient and flexible. In creating models of its factories, it has gained visibility of all machines and processes across all levels. This has led to greater control over timing and speed of processes, and product ingredients. Digital twins operate at Unilever plants in North and South America, Europe and Asia.
Unilever's digital journey is also making it more sustainable in other ways. It has used Microsoft Teams to share data between factories making batches of Dove soap. Everyone can access energy usage data and collaborate to reduce that use.
4. Transport for London (TfL): working towards a zero-carbon railway
TfL is partnering with Spinview, a digital twin start-up, to create a twin of the London Underground. The model will provide data on heat and noise levels, carbon emissions, tracks and tunnels in the rail network.
With some tube lines as deep as 30 metres, detailed mapping has been difficult. A digital twin is a real-world replica, with live and ongoing access to data. It will enable TfL to manage assets better, reach environmental targets, and future-proof the network.
Ready to start? Here's how to get going on your digital twin
Using a framework provides a structured way to develop, apply and implement your digital twin. We've outlined six steps to get you started. Or, for more inspiration, check out these 10 use-cases.
We can help you design and build a digital twin
Whether it's to improve sustainability or test other process changes, we can help you create a digital twin.
Via the BusinessOptix platform, you can associate ESG metrics with your processes. Use its mapping and analysis tools to identify emission reductions, best practices to cut consumption, or improve environmental reporting.
Discover more about BusinessOptix's capabilities.
*Source: Digital twins: adding intelligence to the real world, Capgemini Research Institute, 2022. Capgemini surveyed more than 1,000 organisations from around the world, in industries ranging from consumer products to energy and utilities. It focused on organisations with an ongoing digital twin programme (80% of sample), while the remainder planned to start a programme.


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`It happened around 4pm Monday on West Gray at Shepherd. That's where a man drove pulled into a parking lot, got out, walked over to some nearby trees and started to urinate.
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Reverend Monsignor Gerard McCarren Installed as Rector of Seminary
Thursday, September 14th, 2023
Monsignor McCarren became the 23rd priest to serve as rector of the Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology.
The grey clouds that had been looming over South Orange all day, finally gave way to blue skies as four bishops, 80 priests, 40 seminarians, and deacons gathered outside the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception on Seton Hall's main campus last Sunday. Led by Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, Archbishop of Newark, the presbyters processed inside at half past four to celebrate the Mass of Installation of Reverend Monsignor Gerard Hargrove McCarren, S.T.D, as the twenty-third rector of Immaculate Conception Seminary.
Joined by representatives from the University community, concelebrants and congregants filled the Civil War-era chapel, marking the official start of McCarren's term as "father of the seminary community."
Referencing the Program of Priestly Formation, Cardinal Tobin read the role and responsibilities Monsignor McCarren was assuming.
The rector, always a priest, serves as the pastor of the seminary community. He is to be distinguished by prudence, wisdom, and balance. Someone highly competent who coordinates the educational endeavor in the governance of the seminary. He serves as the father of the seminary community and takes an active part in the accompaniment of the seminarians throughout their formation process. He sets the direction and tone of the seminary program by creating a climate of mutual confidence and trust. He elicits the full cooperation and involvement of all the members of the seminary community.
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, (center) joined by concelebrants at the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception
Cardinal Tobin then officially conferred the appointment: "I am confident in the qualifications and capability of Monsignor Gerard McCarren. I hereby commend Monsignor McCarren to serve as your new rector."
The congregation and concelebrants rejoiced in the moment and offered heartfelt applause as Monsignor McCarren stepped to the ambo to humbly offer his homily.
The new rector began with a story about a seminarian he provided spiritual guidance to at the summer program Institute for Priestly Formation in Omaha, Nebraska. The seminarian was from a remote village in Vietnam, and he spoke of the development of his vocation in Vietnam. "I listened as he told how he would escort parishioners each Sunday to another village five miles away, traveling through a jungle to a remote area where priests were celebrating Mass. Helping the villagers cross the river to reach their destination safely was the most difficult part of the journey." McCarren said the seminarian's mission was a metaphor for the priestly vocation. "The term pontiff," he said, "means just that, one who makes bridges." He explained that pontiff applies not only to the pope but to bishops, priests, and to many others.
Linking to messages of the day's readings, Monsignor McCarren told the congregation, "We are enjoined to be ministers of reconciliation, and this can take place only in love, and it leads to deeper love. It is a charge specially given to those who accept the mission given to our seminary school, to be ministers of Jesus, to work for reconciliation, for peace, for unity, for that salvation in which we can all be one in Him, forever. As members of the body of His Church, we find Him. We help each other to find Him, and we are empowered to lead others to Him."
McCarren described the work of the formation faculty at the Seminary as exacting. He acknowledged and thanked the staff, students, seminarians, spiritual directors, faculty, tutors, and friends of the Seminary, along with administrators, staff, and alumni across the University for their support. He expressed his gratitude to family and friends watching the Mass via livestream from their homes across the country in places such as Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., St. Louis, Omaha and Arkansas. He emphasized that the event's focus was about seminary and its recent graduates and acknowledged the former rectors and members of the seminary community. "We may not be fording a river," he said, remembering the seminarian's story and his mission in Vietnam. "But the challenges before us in our culture and in our Church are no less. We are strengthened for the task before us because we do this in prayer, and we do this together."
Appointed Interim Rector in 2022
The Archdiocese of Newark and Seton Hall University announced McCarren's appointment as Rector and Dean of the Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology in March, following a national search. He held the post of Interim Rector and Dean beginning on July 1, 2022. Prior to that time, he was Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and the seminary's Spiritual Director. His multifaceted experiences in priestly formation, deep knowledge of theology and esteemed reputation among priests and seminarians made Monsignor McCarren a clear choice for this appointment.
"A highly respected member of the Seton Hall community, Monsignor McCarren is ideally suited to leading Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology," said Katia Passerini, Ph.D., Interim President of Seton Hall. "His tenure as Interim Rector and Dean brought a renewed sense of vitality and even greater enthusiasm to the seminary. I welcome his full-time appointment with confidence that his great faith, administrative expertise and outstanding scholarship will continue to enrich the seminary and its students."
"Hope," was the word Father Colin Kay, Vice President for Mission and Ministry, used to express what he was feeling at this important moment in the seminary's history. "This new beginning, for Monsignor McCarren and for the Seminary School of Theology, fills me with hope—hope for the students entrusted to his care and hope for the important work they will one day do, for the Church and for the whole world."
Following Mass, Monsignor McCarren was greeted by many well wishers, among them, Archbishop Joseph Tobin, Interim President Katia Passerini, and Interim Provost Erik Lillquist.
A well-known scholar of Saint John Henry Newman, McCarren was a member of the Newman Association of America's board of directors from 2001 to 2016. In addition to his work at Seton Hall, he has taught and provided spiritual direction over many summers at the Institute for Priestly Formation (IPF) in Omaha, Nebraska, and is deeply grateful to IPF for the profound spiritual support he has received there. He is a graduate of Delbarton School and earned a B.A. from Yale University with majors in History and in Philosophy (Psychology track), an M.Div. from Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology, and an S.T.L. and an S.T.D. in Systematic Theology from The Catholic University of America. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1991. From 2007 to 2016, he served as a Vatican appointee to the Joint Commission for Dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Methodist Council. Monsignor McCarren served as president of the Federation of Seminary Spiritual Directors (United States and Canada) from 2018-2022. He is thankful for his many years as a weekend assistant priest at Holy Trinity Church in Westfield.
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And far from being sorry for the invasion, he used his hotly-anticipated appearance before the Iraq Inquiry to press for another battle – against Iran.
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But he insisted he made the "right decision" to remove Saddam in March 2003. Asked by inquiry chairman Sir John Chilcot whether he had any regrets, he said: "Responsibility but not a regret for removing Saddam Hussein.
"I think he was a monster. I believe he threatened not just the region but the world."
Mr Blair said he took the decision to invade Iraq with George Bush because of Saddam's history of killing millions of his own people with chemical weapons and his regular breaches of UN resolutions.
He insisted the West could not "take the risk" of letting the dictator restore his nuclear programme – and he claimed the Cabinet and Parliament supported his decision. Mr Blair then warned that the world was taking a huge risk by not confronting Iran over its illegal atomic weapons.
He suggested the same pressure which had been placed on Saddam should now be used against Tehran.
He added: "My fear was, and I would say I hold this fear stronger today as a result of what Iran particularly is doing, is that states that are highly repressive or failed, the danger of a WMD link is that they become porous, they construct all sorts of different alliances with people.
"My judgment, and it may be other people don't take this view, and that's for the leaders of today to make their judgment, is we don't take any risks with this issue."
Mr Blair insisted Iraq could have posed an even more deadly threat – possibly locked in a nuclear arms race with Iran – if Britain and the US had lost their nerve and let Saddam carry on.
He added: "Sometimes what is important is not to ask the March 2003 question, but to ask the 2010 question. What we now know is that he retained the intent and know-how to restart a nuclear and a chemical weapons programme when the inspectors were out and the sanctions changed. Now, I think it is at least arguable that he was a threat. I have little doubt that today we would be facing a situation where Iraq was competing with Iran, both on nuclear weapons capability and more importantly perhaps than anything else, in respect of the support of terrorist groups."
Before Mr Blair arrived at the inquiry, a buzz surrounded those gathered in the small room to witness his performance. But as he walked in a hush descended. Some had never seen him in the flesh. But here they were close enough to spot any tell-tell signs of nerves – a bead of sweat on his forehead, a twitch – from the man who had launched a war which cost 179 British lives. But, of course, there was none.
He remained almost unflappable. Calm, persuasive and resolute in his conviction. In one electrifying scene, he suggested the world would be a more dangerous place if had not joined Mr Bush in tackling Saddam. And he revealed he signed up to military action immediately after the 9/11 Twin Towers attacks in 2001.
Mr Blair said: "I never regarded September 11 as an attack on America, I regarded it as an attack on us. And I had said we would stand shoulder to shoulder with them." When he met Mr Bush at the president's Texas ranch in April 2002, he said they agreed on the need to confront the Iraqi dictator.
Mr Blair defended his claim in the controversial Iraq dossier that intelligence had established "beyond doubt" Saddam had WMD. He insisted: "I did believe it and I did believe it was beyond doubt."
His only moment of discomfort during the grilling came when asked about his BBC interview with Fern Britton during which he said it would have been right to remove Saddam even without WMD.
Mr Blair said: "Even with all my experience in dealing with interviews, it still indicates that I have got something to learn about it."
As he left the inquiry without a glance at either the panel or those in the public gallery – many of whom had lost relatives in his war – a member of the audience barked: "You're a liar and a murderer."
And a furious protester tried to make a citizens arrest on him outside the conference hall. She charged at a line of police officers shouting her intentions. But her path was blocked as Mr Blair was driven off. The inquiry continues on Monday.
The prelude to war
Tony Blair pledged immediately after 9/11 that he would stand "shoulder to shoulder" with George Bush if he went to war in Iraq.
He told the inquiry that event "dramatically changed" his view of the danger posed by Saddam Hussein.
The 2001 terrorist attacks on the US required him to recalculate the risk of rogue states getting weapons of mass destruction.
"Up to September 11 we thought he was a risk but we thought it was worth trying to contain it. Crucially, after September 11 the calculus of risk changed," said Mr Blair.
"If September 11 had not happened, our assessment of the risk of allowing Saddam any possibility of him reconstituting his programmes would not have been the same. After September 11, our view, the American view, changed dramatically."
Mr Blair revealed that it was in the immediate wake of 9/11 that he started thinking about military action against Iraq.
"The primary consideration for me was to send an absolutely powerful, clear and unremitting message that, after September 11, if you were a regime engaged in WMD, you had to stop," he said.
He said an "options paper" drawn up by the British government in March 2002 included the possibility of an invasion.
Further consideration of British military involvement was discussed at a meeting in his country retreat of Chequers shortly before a meeting in April 2002 at President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas. Mr Blair said he made clear at Crawford he would "be there" for the Americans – as long as they first tried the diplomatic route.
"I said we would stand shoulder to shoulder with them. We did it in Afghanistan and I was determined to do that again.
"It was very obvious that the American system certainly wasn't going to rule out military action and from a very early stage I would see what was coming down the track – there were going to be very difficult decisions in the future.
"What I was saying to President Bush was, we're going to be with you in confronting and dealing with this threat." Asked what message President Bush had been left with after the Crawford meeting, Mr Blair replied: "If it came to military action we would be with them."
He insisted he had not deceived the nation over the grounds for going to war with Iraq and he told the inquiry he had made the judgment that Britain should not "run the risk" of allowing Saddam to remain in power.
"This isn't about a lie or a conspiracy or a deceit or a deception. It's a decision. And the decision I had to take was, given Saddam's history, given his use of chemical weapons, given the over one million people whose deaths he had caused, given 10 years of breaking UN resolutions, could we take the risk of this man reconstituting his weapons programmes or is that a risk that it would be irresponsible to take?
"I had to take the decision. I believed, and in the end the Cabinet believed – so did Parliament, incidentally – that we were right not to run that risk."
The intelligence
The former Prime Minister grudgingly conceded that the 45-minute claim about weapons should have been corrected.
The admission came after Mr Blair faced stiff questioning over the September 2002 dossier – which gave the impression that Saddam Hussein could deploy weapons of mass destruction at 45 minutes' notice
In retrospect, he said, it would have been better if they had corrected this claim – which actually referred to battlefield munitions rather than missiles.
In a startling admission, Mr Blair said he didn't "focus" a great deal on the 45-minute claim.
"It would have been better to have corrected it in the light of the significance it later took on," he said.
But he stood by his claim in the foreword to the document that the intelligence showed "beyond doubt" that Saddam had WMD.
"What I said in the foreword was that I believed it was beyond doubt. I did believe it and I did believe that it was beyond doubt," he said.
He also defended telling MPs that the threat from Saddam's WMD was "growing."
The inquiry has heard from spy chiefs that there was no basis to back this claim and that the intelligence was "sporadic and patchy".
But Mr Blair refused to accept he had exaggerated the intelligence reports to persuade MPs to back the war.
"It is hard to come to any other conclusion than that this person is continuing WMD programmes," he said.
He added: "When you are the Prime Minister and the Joint Intelligence Committee is giving you this information, you have got to rely on the people doing it, with their experience and with their commitment and integrity.
"Of course now, with the benefit of hindsight, we look back on the situation differently."
He said the Government would have been better off just releasing the straight JIC reports rather than compiling the dossier. "Now, I would take government out of it," he said.
The military preparation
Military planning for the March 2003 invasion was delayed because Mr Blair feared a political backlash.
He admitted that he ordered the military to hold back preparations because he was "worried about the visibility".
But he denied troops were not ready when it came to the invasion.
"Had I said 'Yes, we are doing military planning,' our fear was people would push you into a position where you appear to be on a kind of irreversible path to military action," he said.
Mr Blair said he had done his utmost to ensure that the military was properly funded. "My attitude has always been: I don't think I refused a request for money or equipment at any time when Prime Minister," he said.
But he repeatedly ducked questions about whether troops were sent into war without proper kit.
Former Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon told the inquiry that soldiers went without body armour, desert combats and boots because of the shortened planning and lack of funds.
Asked by Baroness Prashar if he knew troops were sent into battle without vital kit, Mr Blair said that others were in a "better
position" to answer that question. "And my view, very strongly, is that when you are asking your armed forces to go into this situation, you put everything to one side – other than making sure they have the equipment they need and they have the finances there to back it up."
He insisted that the Armed Forces were ready for battle.
"If anyone had come to me and said it is not safe to do this because of the lack of proper military preparation, I would have taken that very seriously.
"But they didn't and they got on with it – and they did it magnificently, as they always do," he said.
The legal case
Britain did not need a second United Nations resolution to go to war, Mr Blair said.
He said he had agreed with President George Bush that Saddam's refusal to comply with previous UN demands justified
The invasion
His comments came when he was asked why Attorney General Lord Goldsmith had dramatically changed his views on the legality of the war.
Lord Goldsmith revealed on Wednesday that he advised Mr Blair in January 2003 that it would be unlawful to attack Iraq without a further UN resolution.
But on February 27 – less than a month before the invasion began – the former Attorney General changed his legal opinion to give the "green light" for military action.
Mr Blair said UN backing would have made "life a lot easier".
But he said he shared Mr Bush's view that UN Security Council support was "not necessary" if Saddam was in clear breach of his obligations to disarm.
He told the inquiry: "A second resolution was obviously going to make life a lot easier, politically and in every respect." But he said the US had already decided Saddam would be "difficult".
"The American view throughout has been, 'This leopard isn't going to change his spots' … he was always going to be difficult," he said. But Mr Blair ducked the question of why Lord Goldsmith changed his opinion.
He simply said the Attorney General "had to come to a conclusion".
The aftermath
Tony Blair was forced to confront the grim reality of his warmongering when the numbers of Iraqi civilian casualties were read out during the hearing.
Sir Lawrence Freedman stunned the former Prime Minister by reminding him the death toll in the month of January alone had risen from 570 in 2004 to 2,807 in 2007.
"These are shocking figures and they are getting worse each year," Sir Lawrence told Mr Blair.
Mr Blair replied: "Yes it's a terrible death toll but you should ask 'who is killing them?'"
He refused to accept Britain had failed to prepare for the war's aftermath, saying:
"I certainly didn't take a cavalier attitude to planning."
He added al-Qaeda and Iran were prepared to "destabilise" their efforts in post-war Iraq.
"It was really the external elements of al-Qaeda and Iran that really caused this mission very nearly to fail," he said.
After several questions, Mr Blair eventually accepted the American policy of removing Ba'ath party members from senior positions had been a mistake.
He added: "We didn't plan for two things. One was the absence of a proper functioning civil service infrastructure. The second was people did not expect that al-Qaeda would have the role in this they did."
Mr Blair said he had been shocked by pictures of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison, because they handed a "propaganda victory" to opponents.


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If your Consew sewing machine is not working properly and you have no idea what to do then this article is for you.
We have prepared a complete guide on troubleshooting the problems of a Consew sewing machine.
Down there, you will find causes and solutions to all the problems of a Consew sewing machine.
Consew sewing machine is struggling to move (moving too slowly)
Cause of problem:
If your Consew sewing machine is struggling to move or it is moving too slowly, it is likely due to 2 reasons:
- Poor lubrication
When you do not oil the important parts of your sewing machine regularly, there is increased friction between the various machine parts. As a result, your sewing machine struggles to move smoothly and creates problems for you.
- Poor cleaning of the sewing machine
If you have not cleaned your sewing machine for a long time, chances are that there is a lot of lint and dust accumulated around the moving parts of your sewing machine. As a result, the movement of the machine is jammed.
- Check the lubrication
Inspect your sewing machine and check if all the important moving parts of the machine are lubricated. If they are not, use a good quality sewing oil to lubricate the machine and it will start moving smoothly.
- Deep clean the machine
You need to perform a deep cleaning of your sewing machine and remove all the lint and dirt trapped inside it.
After that, your machine starts working.
Consew sewing machine making loud noises
Cause of problem:
Your sewing machine is making loud noises because:
- You have not cleaned it properly.
- You have not lubricated it.
- There are loose screws.
First, you need to remove all the lint and dirt trapped inside your sewing machine.
After that, check if your sewing machine is lubricated. If not, then oil all the important moving parts of the machine. When there is no lubrication, there is increased friction between the moving parts and that is why you hear loud noises coming from the machine.
If there are any loose screws in your machine, they will also create noise while the machine is running. Therefore, check and tighten any loose screws.
Consew sewing machine not making stitches
Cause of problem:
There are 4 possible reasons:
- The needle has become unthreaded.
- The machine is not threaded correctly.
- The needle is not inserted correctly.
- The bobbin is not inserted correctly or it has run out.
Check if the needle is currently threaded or if the thread has broken and come out of the needle.
Make sure you have threaded the sewing machine correctly and that the needle and bobbin are also installed properly in the right place.
Consew sewing machine is making loose stitches
Cause of problem:
- The tip of the needle is damaged.
- The bobbin thread tension is too high or too low.
- The bobbin is not moving.
- You are using the sewing machine without threading the bobbin thread under the rotating hook body's thread tension spring.
If the bobbin thread tension is too high, try reducing it.
If the bobbin thread tension is too low, try increasing it.
Try changing the rotating hook or the bobbin. Replace the needle.
Consew sewing machine is puckering the fabric
Cause of error:
Here is why your Consew sewing machine is puckering the fabric:
- You are using the wrong needle.
- The clearance between the rotating hook and the up end of the needle is incorrect.
- The pressure of the presser foot is too low.
- The timing between the rotating hook and the needle is too fast or too slow.
Tighten the adjusting screw of the presser foot.
If that doesn't work, replace the needle.
Consew sewing machine's motor is not working
Cause of error:
- There is no power supply to the motor.
- The motor has malfunctioned.
- The fuse has blown.
First, you need to check if your sewing machine has an active power connection.
The power cable should not be damaged. It should be connected to the sewing machine and the electric cord.
Next, see if the fuse of your sewing machine has blown OR if the motor of your sewing machine has malfunctioned.
Consew sewing machine needle breaks or bends frequently
Cause of error:
- You are pulling the fabric while sewing.
- The needle is not inserted correctly and it is loose.
- You are using the wrong type of needle.
Make sure that you are not pulling the fabric while sewing. If you exert any force on the fabric, the needle breaks or bends instantly.
Next, you should check if the needle is inserted correctly and it is not too loose. If it is then you need to tighten it.
Always use the right size of needle for your project. For example, if you are sewing a thick and strong fabric but using a needle made for thin fabrics then it will surely break or bend while sewing.
Consew sewing machine does not feed the fabric
Cause of error:
- You are using the wrong foot.
- The presser foot is not lowered.
- The teeth are worn out and not sharp.
- There is a lot of lint and dirt under the needle plate.
- The stitch length is too short. Maybe close to zero.
First, check if you are using the right presser foot.
Next, make sure the presser foot is lowered.
Now feel the teeth with your fingers. If they are dull, worn out, and not sharp then you need to sharpen or replace them.
Check if the stitch length is not too short. Check for dirt and lint trapped under the needle plate. If there is some, then clean it thoroughly.
Consew sewing machine is not sewing reverse
Cause of error:
First, you need to check if the model of the Consew sewing machine you are using even supports reverse sewing or not. If it doesn't that is the reason why you are unable to do so.
Next, you need to check the stitch controls and make sure you have switched from straight stitches to reverse. If not then shift the stitch mode and then you will be able to sew reverse.
Consew sewing machine top thread breaks frequently
Cause of error:
- The sewing machine is not threaded correctly.
- You are using an old poor quality thread.
- You are using the incorrect needle.
- The thread tension is too high.
- You are sewing too fast.
- Rethread your sewing machine as per the given guidelines.
- Make sure you are using a good-quality thread compatible with the machine.
- Make sure you are using the right size of needle for the project.
- If you are sewing way too fast, then try sewing at normal speed and see if the thread breaks or not.
- Check the thread tension. If it is too high, that is why your top thread is breaking. Reduce the thread tension and the problem will be solved.


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Maryellen (Flaker) Arnold
Lewis & Gillum Funeral Homes
28 Harding Avenue, Jackson, OH 45640
(p) 740-286-2010 (f) 740-286-5640
Maryellen (Flaker) Arnold, age 81, passed away on Sunday, February 19th, 2023, surrounded by her family. She was born September 7th, 1941, in Jackson, Ohio to the late Sheldon O. and Mary Ellen (Oney) Flaker.
Maryellen was a 1959 graduate of Jackson High School and remained a loyal Ironmen Fan as well as being an avid Ohio State Fan. From 1978-2017 she ran a successful business. She was a lifelong lover of dogs and was very involved in grooming, and various other realms within the dog lovers community such as being a owner and handler of championship show dogs.
She is survived by her son, Chris (Penny) Arnold of Lancaster, Ohio; grandson, Holden Arnold of Lancaster, Ohio; brother, Richard (Susan) Flaker; and nephew, Aaron Flaker and family.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, David L. Arnold.
No public services will be held per her request. Burial will be held at the convenience of the family at Fairmount Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent to www.lewisgillum.com.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations in her honor are made to your local pet shelter, rescue program, or humane society.


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