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NFL 2011 Season – Week Five Recap
Buffalo and San Francisco won significant victories, and Green Bay's undefeated Packers kept on rolling after a brief brush with defeat.
Here's a recap of all the NFL games from week five of the 2011 NFL Season:
New England 30 NY Jets 21
Running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis gained a career-high 136 yards rushing and scored two touchdowns to lead the New England Patriots over the New York Jets, 30-21. Despite being sacked four times, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady added 321 passing yards. Wes Welker had 124 yards receiving for New England (4-1). Entering the game ranked last in the NFL in defense, the Patriots held New York's Mark Sanchez to just 166 yards passing. The Jets (2-3) pulled cut the score to 27-21 with 7:14 left after Sanchez's second touchdown pass, a 21-yarder to Santonio Holmes, but could not stop Green-Ellis from grinding down the clock for New England. His power runs led the Patriots into position for a Stephen Gostkowski field goal with 1:02 remaining to provide the final margin of victory for New England.
Pittsburgh 38 – Tennessee 17
A sprained left foot did little to limit quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who threw for a team record-tying five touchdowns, as the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Tennessee Titans 38-17. Roethlisberger finished with 228 yards passing and threw two of his five scoring tosses to Hines Ward. The Steelers (3-2) held Tennessee's Chris Johnson to 51 rushing yards and a touchdown. After falling behind 21-3 at halftime, the Titans (3-2) had to pass more often in an attempt to rally, thus limiting their use of the running game. The Steelers defense sacked Tennessee quarterback Matt Hasselbeck three times and allowed him 262 passing yards.
Seattle 36 – N.Y. Giants 25
Brandon Browner returned an interception 94 yards for a touchdown with 1:08 to play to seal the Seattle Seahawks 36-25 victory over the New York Giants. Seattle (2-3) took the lead for good when backup quarterback Charlie Whitehurst connected with Doug Baldwin for a touchdown with just over two minutes to play. Whitehurst stepped in after starter Tarvaris Jackson left with a shoulder injury sustained on a tackle in the third quarter. New York (3-2) had a lead early in the fourth quarter after Eli Manning threw a 68-yard touchdown pass to Victor Cruz, who made a spectacular juggling catch. Cruz had 161 yards receiving on the day. Manning finished with 420 yards passing, three touchdowns and three interceptions. He came into the game having not been picked off in 90 pass attempts. Baldwin had 136 yards receiving for Seattle.
Cincinnati 30 – Jacksonville 20
Bernard Scott scored on a two-yard touchdown run with 1:56 remaining to fuel the Cincinnati Bengals to a 30-20 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Bengals secured the win when Geno Atkins returned a Blaine Gabbert fumble 10 yards for a touchdown on the final Jacksonville play from scrimmage. Quarterback Andy Dalton, who led the go-ahead drive with several key completions, threw two touchdown passes for Cincinnati (3-2). Receiver Jason Hill had 105 yards and a touchdown for the Jaguars (1-4). Jacksonville had four fumbles and allowed the Bengals to sack Gabbert three times.
New Orleans 30 – Carolina 27
Drew Brees tossed a six-yard touchdown to Pierre Thomas with 50 seconds left to lead New Orleans to a 30-27 win over the Carolina Panthers. Brees finished the game with 359 yards and two touchdowns. He competed eight of nine passes on the final drive to help New Orleans (4-1) get the victory. The New Orleans rally was necessitated after Panthers rookie quarterback Cam Newton passed Carolina (1-4) to their first lead on a five-yard touchdown to tight end Greg Olsen early in the fourth quarter. Newton had 224 passing yards, two touchdown passes and a touchdown run in the game. DeAngelo Williams rolled up 115 yards rushing for the Panthers. Receiver Jimmy Williams led the Saints with 129 yards receiving.
Oakland 25 – Houston 20
The Oakland Raiders paid tribute to their late owner, Al Davis, by defeating the Houston Texans, 25-20, the day after his death. Safety Michael Huff assured the victory by intercepting Texans' quarterback Matt Schaub in the Oakland end zone as time expired. Quarterback Jason Campbell led Oakland (3-2) with two touchdown passes, while Sebastian Janikowski kicked four field goals. Schaub, who threw for 416 yards and two scores, was without All-Pro wide receiver Andre Johnson, who did not play due to a hamstring injury. Receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey had seven caches for 99 yards and a touchdown for Oakland. The Texans (3-2) held Raiders running back and NFL rushing leader Darren McFadden in check, limiting him to just 51 yards on 16 carries. All NFL stadiums observed a moment of silence before the game in honor of Davis, who died Saturday in Oakland at age 82.
Buffalo 31 – Philadelphia 24
Running back Fred Jackson had 196 yards from scrimmage as the Buffalo Bills capitalized on a career-worst four interceptions by Michael Vick to defeat the Eagles, 31-24, with Bills linebacker Nick Barnett nabbing two of the picks. He scored a touchdown on a 31-yard interception return in the second quarter and sealed the victory with 1:49 left and the Eagles driving for a potential tying touchdown. Jackson had 111 yards rushing and a touchdown for Buffalo (4-1), but his screen pass receptions, including catches of 49 and 20 yards, allowed the Bills to race to a 28-7 third quarter lead. The Eagles (1-4) wasted a 139-yard receiving day from Jason Avant in losing their fourth straight game. Vick finished with 315 yards passing and two touchdowns. His 90 yards rushing allowed him to pass Randall Cunningham for most career rushing yards by a quarterback in NFL history.
Kansas City 28 – Indianapolis 24
After leading 24-7, the Indianapolis Colts allowed the Kansas City Chiefs to score the final 21 points of the game in a 28-24 loss. Matt Cassel led Kansas City with 257 yards passing and four touchdowns, two each to Dwayne Bowe and Steve Breaston. Indianapolis (0-5) was on track for its first victory of the season with quarterback Curtis Painter's 237 yards and two touchdowns to Pierre Garcon in the first half. Cassel's first scoring strike to Breaston just before halftime started the comeback for Kansas City (2-3), which got 119 yards rushing from Jackie Battle to balance the offense. The Chiefs' 17-point comeback win tied for the largest ever in team history. Garcon led the Colts with 125 yards receiving. Indianapolis played its fifth game without franchise-leading starting quarterback Peyton Manning, whose off-season neck surgery has him sidelined indefinitely.
Minnesota 34 – Arizona 10
Adrian Peterson rushed for 122 yards and three touchdowns as the Minnesota Vikings raced to a 28-0 first quarter lead on the way to an easy 34-10 defeat of the Arizona Cardinals. The Vikings (1-4) sacked Arizona quarterback Kevin Kolb four times and forced him into three turnovers. The Vikings defense held on to a fourth quarter lead for the first time this season to secure the victory. Though he was hardly sharp, Minnesota quarterback Donovan McNabb finished with no turnovers, 169 passing yards and a four-yard touchdown run. Receiver Early Doucet had 92 yards receiving for the Cardinals (1-4), but most of it came against a Minnesota defense that was playing soft coverage with a big lead. The early Vikings onslaught neutralized the use of Arizona running back Beanie Wells.
San Francisco 48 Tampa Bay 3
Alex Smith threw for three touchdowns as the San Francisco 49ers routed the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 48-3. Two of Smith's three scoring tosses were to tight end Vernon Davis. Running back Frank Gore chipped in with 125 yards rushing and a touchdown for the Niners (4-1), who have their best record after five games since 2002. The San Francisco defense dominated the Buccaneers offense and recorded three sacks. LaGarrette Blount was held to 34 yards rushing and quarterback Josh Freeman was picked off twice for Tampa Bay (3-2), who trailed 24-3 at the half and never mounted anything close to a rally.
San Diego 29 – Denver 24
The last of Nick Novak's five field goals helped the San Diego Chargers beat the Denver Broncos, 29-24, despite a rally led by Denver backup quarterback Tim Tebow. Tebow entered the game after Broncos starting quarterback Kyle Orton mustered only 34 yards passing in the first half. Tebow's 28-yard touchdown pass to Knowshon Moreno drew Denver within 26-24 with 3:19 left. A game-tying, two-point conversion attempt failed when Tebow's pass to Brandon Lloyd fell incomplete. San Diego quarterback Philip Rivers was sacked five times by the Broncos defense. Rivers also had two turnovers, including an interception returned for a touchdown in the first quarter and a fourth-quarter fumble that set up the Tebow scoring toss. Ryan Mathews led the Chargers (4-1) with 125 yards rushing. Willis McGahee had 125 yards rushing for Denver (1-4). Rivers had 250 yards passing and both a touchdown pass and run on the game.
Green Bay 25 – Atlanta 14
Aaron Rodgers passed for 396 yards and two touchdowns as the Green Bay Packers overcame a 14-point, first-half deficit to beat the Atlanta Falcons 25-14. Green Bay (5-0) spotted the Falcons an early lead and trailed 14-9 late into the third quarter before rallying to win. Atlanta (2-3) was able to pressure Rodgers, sacking him four times. The Falcons looked to be heading toward an upset win over the unbeaten Packers, when running back Michael Turner scored on a one-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter to make the score 14-0. Green Bay chipped away at the lead with three Mason Crosby field goals, before Rodgers hit James Jones for a 70-yard touchdown strike to give his team a 15-14 lead, which they never relinquished. Jones finished with 140 yards receiving for the Packers. Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan was sacked only once, but was intercepted twice. He passed for just 167 yards and one touchdown.


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Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
4 For athou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that bGod exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
7 cCanst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
11 For dhe knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
13 eIf thou prepare thine heart, and fstretch out thine hands toward him;
14 gIf iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
Job 12

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Ethics is the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary definition. Ethics as a separate discipline cannot be distinguished in the tradition of the Church. In recent times, however, the dialogue between Orthodoxy and the modern world has led to several works on ethics by Orthodox theologians such as Fr. Stanley Harakas, Georgios Mantzarides, Christos Yannaras, and Vigen Guroian. They approach Orthodox ethics from the perspective that ethical issues are addressed throughout the life of the Church. Scripture, worship, patristic writings, and canon law are examples of loci of ethical teaching in the life of the Orthodox Church.
The Orthodox approach to ethics is soteriological, i.e., ethics is understood from the perspective that salvation is the ultimate goal of man. Since in the Orthodox understanding salvation is intrinsically connected with Christology and the doctrine of the Trinity, the starting point of an Orthodox approach to ethics is the Trinitarian God. It is in God and in the relationships among the persons of the Holy Trinity that we find our goals as human beings, as individual human beings and members of a community, e.g., family, church, society.
Just as Orthodox anthropology defines man in terms of relationships (with God, with other human beings, with the rest of creation), Orthodox ethics takes place in the context of relationships within a community. Since the 'model community' is that of the Holy Trinity and relationships within the Trinity are determined by the divine Love, the ultimate ethical norm in Orthodoxy is love. Love as an ethical norm finds satisfactory rationale only within the framework of the Christian faith and the experience of the Holy Trinity. The love that we express in our relationships and which forms the basis of our ethical judgment is a limited expression, due to our limitations as created beings, of Trinitarian love.
The expression of love in our daily lives forms the moral life and the ethics of the Orthodox faithful. Once again, this moral life is based on anthropology and soteriology: for the Orthodox, moral life is growth in the likeness of God; the transfiguration of our life known as theosis. Part of this transfiguration is, according to Fr. Stanley Harakas, the doing of good, being moral and developing a stable character. Thus, moral life is at the same time a struggle against evil, sin, and fallenness, and an active effort towards the good.
Ethics in Scripture
A representative example of Scriptural ethical teaching is Matthew 5:38-39: "You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, 'Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.'" The evaluation of this statement in the context of Orthodox ethics is once again done from a soteriological perspective. The truth of Christ's statement can be seen in the popular experience that violence begets more violence. Therefore, the statement constitutes a ground rule for our behavior. However, if turning the other cheek is detrimental to the other's salvation (e.g., by reinforcing a pattern of violence) then it may not be the appropriate course of action. Other common scriptural sources of ethical teaching include the Decalogue and the Sermon on the Mount.
Ethics in the Sacraments
The primary locus of transfiguration in the Orthodox Church is the Liturgy. It is in the Liturgy that we come to the fullest experience of God. St. Gregory Palamas affirmed that knowledge of God is intrinsically moral and transformational. One "cannot experience God in purity, unless one purify oneself through virtue" (St. Gregory Palamas, Triads). We also see in the content of the liturgical petitions and priestly prayers certain ethical precepts, such as peace, charity, and forgiveness. The anaphora of St. Basil also shows us a number of ethical precepts which should guide our lives: "Remember, Lord, those living in chastity and godliness, in asceticism and holiness of life. [...] preserve their marriages in peace and harmony; nurture the infants; instruct the youth; strengthen the aged; give courage to the faint hearted; reunite those separated. [...] defend the widows; protect the orphans; liberate the captives; heal the sick."
The Liturgy, however, is not the only locus of ethical instruction among the services. In baptism we reject Satan and place ourselves on God's side. The prayers indicate that a life in Christ is expected to have an ethical dimension ("that s/he may walk in the paths of your commandments"). In the marriage service, the prayers mention giving to those in need mutual obedience. Similar examples can be drawn from other sacraments and services.
Ethics in Patristic Writings
Patristic examples of ethical exhortations abound. St. John Chrysostom concludes most of his homilies with such considerations. For example, Homily 22 on the Gospel of St. John says, "it is impossible, though we perform ten thousand other good deeds, to enter the portals of the Kingdom without alms-doing." In Homily 60 he concludes, "Considering all these things, and how much good we shall work both to those within the prison, and to ourselves, by being continually mixed up with them, let us there spend the time we used to spend in the market-place." St. Basil, in his Letter 42, to Chilo, his disciple, gives this advice: "Among all, with whom you come in contact, be in all things a giver of no offence, cheerful, 'loving as a brother,' pleasant, humble-minded, never missing the mark of hospitality through extravagance of meats, but always content with what is at hand." These are only examples of the teachings which can be found in the writings of the saints, both in the early years of the Church and in our times.
Ethics in Canon Law
Canon law also shows a number of examples for clergy and laity alike. The apostolic canon number 27 says, "If a bishop, presbyter, or deacon shall strike any of the faithful who have sinned, or of the unbelievers who have done wrong, with the intention of frightening them, we command that he be deposed. For our Lord has by no means taught us to do so, but, on the contrary, when he was smitten he smote not again, when he was reviled he reviled not again, when he suffered he threatened not." Canons 42 and 43 show that the expectations made of the clergy are not different from those of the laity. Thus, canon 42 reads: "If a bishop or presbyter, or deacon, is addicted to dice or drinking, let him either give it over, or be deposed." This is followed immediately by, "If a subdeacon, reader, or singer commits the same things, let him either give over, or be excommunicated. So also laymen." Many other indications about the Christian way of life can be found in the canons of the Church.
Other Sources of Ethics
There are several other considerations in the development of ethics from an Orthodox perspective. The first such consideration is the person of Christ. As our hymnology indicates, Jesus Christ is perfect God and perfect man. As we believe that the perfection of man is reached only in communion with God, we strive towards that union. This is imitating Christ in the fullest understanding of the term. It is not an outward mimicry of Christ's actions, but a life of union with Christ in Spirit, prayer and the Eucharist. Only in striving for such a union can we begin to trust our ethical decisions.
It should be noted that union with Christ is achieved in and through the Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit Who guides the Church into the fullness of truth and it is, therefore, the Holy Spirit Who should guide our ethical decisions. That, however, can only take place if the focus of our lives is, as St. Seraphim of Sarov stated, the acquisition of the Holy Spirit. In practical terms, we can take our inspiration from those who have acquired the Holy Spirit: the saints of the Church. Their lives, teachings, and sayings can be valuable ethical guidelines for today's world. In doing so, we must remember that each saint had a particular path to holiness and that the life, teachings, and sayings of each saint fit the particularities of the saint's time and place. Therefore, not every teaching of a saint may hold universal validity. However, the principles embodied in the lives of the saints (e.g., dedication to Christ and love of neighbor) are the same principles that we need to embody in our own lives in order to live a life in Christ and acquire the Holy Spirit.
In the Orthodox Church, life is viewed as a continuous process of becoming closer to God. There is, therefore, a process of growth in the ethical aspect of life, as well. The importance of defining ethics/moral life in relation to life in Christ and the likeness of God is shown in those instances where the moral tradition does not provide clear responses. In particular, bioethics and medical technology, which brought about beginning- and end-of-life issues do not have ready-made responses in the Orthodox tradition. However, a life in Christ and knowledge of the tradition can direct us to genuine solutions which reflect the Orthodox understanding of creation and its relationship to the Creator.
Fr. Harakas points out that achieving a moral life requires will, self-determination, and commitment and that there are many means which work together towards the achievement of a moral life. They include at least the following: prayer, study, having a father confessor, knowledge of Scripture and Holy Tradition, theology, love, worship, obedience, sacraments, mission outreach, philanthropy, and social concern. Each one of these elements cannot be taken individually. Rather, each relates to the other elements in the list. In the end, the realm of ethics from an Orthodox perspective cannot be separated from the general life in Christ which we are called to live.
Articles on ethical issues
- Abortion
- Anti-depressants
- Asceticism
- Assisted reproduction
- Assisted suicide
- Burial practices
- Business ethics
- Capital punishment
- Chimeras
- Circumcision
- Cloning
- Contraception
- Cosmetic Surgery
- Cryogenics
- Embryo adoption
- Environmental ethics
- Euthanasia
- Female Feticide
- Genetic engineering
- Homosexuality
- Just war
- Internet and cyber-space
- Life support
- Marriage
- Natural family planning
- Organ donation
- Orthodox Christianity and the Internet
- Orthodox Living
- Pain medication
- Political ethics
- Population control
- Recreational drug use
- Sex
- Social Ethical Models
- Stem cell research
- Surrogacy
- Tattoos
- Torture
- Usury
Books on Orthodox Ethics
- John Breck, The Sacred Gift of Life: Orthodox Christianity and Bioethics (1999) ISBN 978-0881411836
- John Breck, Stages on Life's Way: Orthodox Thinking on Bioethics, with Lynn Breck (2006). ISBN 978-0881412994
- H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., The Foundations of Christian Bioethics (2000) ISBN 902651557X
- Vigen Guroian, Notes Toward an Eastern Orthodox Ethic. The Journal of Religious Ethics. Vol. 9, No. 2 (Fall, 1981), pp. 228-244.
- Vigen Guroian, Seeing Worship as Ethics: An Orthodox Perspective. The Journal of Religious Ethics. Vol. 13, No. 2 (Fall, 1985), pp. 332-359.
- Vigen Guroian, Life's Living Toward Dying: A Theological and Medical-Ethical Study (1996). ISBN 978-0802841902
- Vigen Guroian, Incarnate Love: Essays in Orthodox Ethics, 2nd revised and expanded edition (2002). ISBN 978-0268031695
- Vigen Guroian, Ethics after Christendom: Toward an Ecclesial Christian Ethics (2006). ISBN 978-1592447671
- Stanley Harakas, Contemporary Moral Issues Facing the Orthodox Christian (1982). ISBN 978-0937032244
- Stanley Harakas, For the Health of Body and Soul: An Eastern Orthodox Introduction to Bioethics (1983). ISBN 978-0916586423
- Stanley Harakas, Let Mercy Abound: Social Concern in the Greek Orthodox Church (1994). ISBN 978-0916586614
- Stanley Harakas, Living the Faith: The Praxis of Eastern Orthodox Ethics (1993). ISBN 978-0937032923
- Stanley Harakas, Toward Transfigured Life: The Theoria of Eastern Orthodox Ethics (1983). ISBN 978-0937032282
- Stanley Harakas, Wholeness of Faith and Life: Eastern Orthodox Ethics. Vol. 1: Patristic Ethics ISBN 978-1885652263. Vol. 2: Church Life Ethics (2004) ISBN 978-1885652294. Vol. 3: Orthodox Social Ethics (2004) ISBN 978-1885652300
- Christos Yannaras, The Freedom of Morality (1984). ISBN 0881410284


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The Vicariate for Palestinian/Jordanian Communities in the USA is an administrative grouping formed in 2008 under the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA). The Vicariate consists of parishes and monasteries formerly belonging to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in North and South America. The Vicariate is directly under the omophorion of the GOA archbishop rather than the local metropolis in which the communities find themselves.
Tensions existed between this group of parishes and monasteries while it was under the Jerusalem Patriarchate and the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, as the latter claims that Jerusalem worked to pull parishioners away from Antiochian (and Greek) parishes and into its own jurisdiction. The Ben Lomond Crisis of 1998, in which an Antiochian parish in California split into two factions, one of which eventually made its way into the Jerusalem Patriarchate (including the re-ordination of some of the clergy), further exacerbated these tensions.
As a result, as of May 2, 2003, American Antiochian clergy were forbidden by their primate, Metr. Philip (Saliba) of New York, from concelebrating or communing with American Jerusalem clergy (though not with clergy of the Jerusalem Patriarchate assigned to parishes in the Middle East). With the creation of the Vicariate, Metr. Philip again reiterated his 2003 archpastoral directive on August 7, 2008, lamenting the action of the Ecumenical Patriarchate taking in communities that had formed mainly by breaking from Antiochian parishes.
In addition, a number of priests of the Jerusalem Patriarchate refused to accept the decision creating a new vicariate, stating their preference to remain under Jerusalem (Kalmoukos, 2008).
- Archpastoral directive of Metr. Philip (Saliba) of New York, dated May 2, 2003.
- Archpastoral directive of Metr. Philip (Saliba) of New York, dated August 7, 2008.
External links
- Vicariate for Palestinian/Jordanian Communities in the USA (Unofficial Page)
- Decisions on Some Palestinian and Jordanian communities in the USA, from the GOA website (Aug. 5, 2008)
- Theodore Kalmoukos. Palestinian Priest Against New Vicariate. The National Herald, 15 August, 2008.
- No Communion for New Vicariate Clergy. The National Herald. August 22, 2008.


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A complicated salvage operation is set to begin Monday at the site of the Costa Concordia, the luxury cruise ship that ran aground off Italy in 2012. Even if it succeeds, it will be a long time before things return to normal on the island of Giglio, where the ship wrecked last January.
A large team has gathered to try to move the wreck of the ship, which measures 952 feet in length and weighs more than 114,000 tons. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli filed this report for our Newscast unit:
"The old nautical term for the operation is called parbuckling. Over a 10- to 12-hour period, the ship — now slumped on its side on a sloping reef — will be slowly rotated as dozens of pulleys will pull it upright.
"The big unknown is the condition of the side of the ship lying on the jagged reef, which juts into the hull by some 30 feet. But the engineers in charge are confident that the operation will be successful — so confident that there's no Plan B.
"The option of breaking up the ship on site was discarded because the shipwreck lies in the Tuscan marine sanctuary, Europe's biggest, a haven for whales, dolphins and the last surviving monk seals."
Sylvia also reported on the undertaking for yesterday's All Things Considered, when she said that the ship's "carcass is like an alien from outer space that plopped down alongside the wooden dinghies moored in the small fishing port."
That port has seen big changes since the Concordia crash that resulted in 32 deaths. While the hulking wreck has harmed the tourism business, hundreds of engineers, salvage divers, and other workers have converged on Giglio.
The salvage operation is being undertaken by an American company, Titan Salvage, and an Italian contractor, Micoperi. The operation has its own website — called The Parbuckling Project — which details the steps in attempting to stabilize and re-float the Concordia.
Writing for CNN about the effects on the island, here's how Barbie Latza Nadeau describes the scene in Giglio:
"On any given night of the week, the portside bars are filled with men in gray Titan Salvage jumpsuits. An occasional salvage woman joins the mix, but the vast majority are men who come in to port to unwind. Some wear holsters with scissors hanging on them — a cowboy-esque equivalent of a pistol for deep sea oilrig divers. Others sling their red inflatable Titan-Micoperi life vests over their shoulders or dangle them on the barstools."
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Thousands of Americans, many of them children, are injured each year in firework accidents. Most of these injuries occur during the Fourth of July holiday and include serious burns, loss of fingers, and blindness.
Though the most disabling injuries occur with illegal firecrackers, such as M-80s, most injuries are caused by bottle rockets, sparklers, and Roman candles.
Viewing public displays handled by professionals is the safest way to enjoy fireworks on the Fourth of July or any other day. Even then, keep a safe distance away.
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Driving an electric vehicle will change the way you think about "filling up" your car. Instead of going to the gas station you will get most of your "fill ups" at home while you sleep, using your EV charging station. Think of your electric car (EV) like your cellphone. Always keep an eye on the battery charge meter - and "top off" whenever you have an opportunity.
Residential EV charging stations come in many shapes, sizes and capabilities. In general, charging stations are organized by their power output (watts, volts, etc) which directly affects the time it takes to fully charge your vehicle. Charging times vary according to the size of your cars battery.
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Level 1 charging means charging by simply plugging your EV into a normal household electrical outlet (with an adapter that comes with your EV). For a Nissan Leaf, charging this way yields 4-5 miles of range per hour of charging, or about 22 hours for a full charge.
This seems like a long charge time, but consider that 80% of US drivers drive less than 40 miles per day. This means that the typical EV will not require a "full" charge each night, and could easily recharge in the hours while the car is idle in the garage.
Level 2 charging stations vary in their output from 3.3 kW (40 miles of range for 3 hour charge) to 16.8 kW (40 mile range with 40 minutes of charge). The optimal home charger usually fits somewhere in between, depending on your average commute and whether you have access to a charging station at work. Level 2 EV chargers require installation by qualified installers. Chestertown EV charger installation experts are available to speak with you.
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Contemporary separates for the modern bride. 3D flower top with scalloped edge. Structured silk organza skirt with pleated high waist. Lovingly handmade in London.
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Gum disease, also known as periodontal disease, is an infection of the gums surrounding your teeth. Gum disease is one of the top reasons for tooth loss in adults, and because it is virtually pain-free, many patients do not know they have the disease. During each regular checkup, your dentist will check for signs of periodontal disease by measuring the space between your teeth and gums.
What causes gum disease?
Gum disease is caused by a buildup of plaque (a sticky form of bacteria that forms on the teeth). If the plaque is not removed (by flossing, brushing, and regular dental checkups), it will continue to build up and create toxins that can damage the gums. Periodontal disease forms just below the gum line and creates small pockets that separate the gums from the teeth. Periodontal disease has two stages: gingivitis and periodontitis.
- Gingivitis — This is the early stage of gum disease, when the gums become red and swollen, and bleed easily. At this stage, the disease is treatable and can usually be eliminated by daily brushing and flossing.
- Periodontitis — If left untreated, gingivitis will advance into periodontitis, and the gums and bone that support the teeth will become seriously and irreversibly damaged. Gums infected with periodontitis can cause teeth to become loose, fall out, or be removed by a dentist.
Certain factors can increase a patient's risk of developing periodontal disease, including:
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Treatments for gum disease can vary depending on the severity of each individual case. Typical treatments include:
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Keen observers know that Japan's ugly territorial disputes with its neighbors aren't really about fishing grounds or oil and gas reserves or ancient historical claims. What they're about is that the Japanese still – still – won't admit they did anything wrong during the Second World War or during their long colonial rule in Asia.
That's how the neighbors see it, anyway. And it explains why arguments with China and South Korea over islands of questionable value have turned into volatile confrontations. Armed ships are conducting rival patrols around the Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands, which Japan controls but are claimed by China; Japan and South Korea are in a bitter feud over Dokdo (Takeshima) Island, which South Korea controls but which Japan claims.
(MORE: Japan: A Wave of Patriotism)
Now comes author Thomas U. Berger to explain why Japan is viewed as so unrepentant. Some 20 million people died and millions more were subjugated and oppressed during Japan's half-century of war and colonial expansion, which ended in 1945.
In a new book, War, Guilt and Politics After World War II, Berger says a complex web of culture, politics, geography and shifting notions of justice have made it more difficult for the Japanese to apologize for past transgressions than other societies. That's particularly true compared to Germany, whose crimes outstripped even those of Japan, but which has largely reconciled with former victims.
Berger is an associate professor of international relations at Boston University and a frequent traveler to Japan; he is currently lecturing at Tokyo's Keio University. I chatted with Berger about his book via email this week. Here are excerpts:
Why did you decide to write this book?
I had done research previously on the impact of historical issues on defense and foreign policy in both Germany and Japan. So when disputes flared up in the 1990s over how Japan was dealing with its past, a number of my friends thought it would be a natural topic for me to look at. I wrote a couple of essays and thought I could spin off a quick book, but it took close to 14 years to get it out.
Why so long?
As I worked on the topic, I became convinced that political scientists and policy makers do not have a very good handle on what drives the politics of history. I was forced to read a lot of material from different fields to help me make sense of it.
(PHOTOS: China: Island Dispute Spurs Anti-Japan Protests)
Also, on a more personal note, I found myself talking often with my parents about their experiences. My mother lived in Germany during the war, experienced bombings, lost many of her school friends and eventually was driven out of her home. My father came from Vienna, and though a Christian, was of Jewish background and therefore was forced to flee after the Nazis annexed Austria in 1938. Their experiences brought to life for me the reality of the times, and how individuals had to try to deal with the aftermath of the war. I hope it didn't damage my objectivity – I don't think that it did. But it did help make it a very personal project on a certain level.
What did you find out? Is Japan as unrepentant about its past as its neighbors claim?
Yes. But it's not as simple as that.
It's true, Japan has not been as repentant as Germany or other countries that have faced up to the darker sides of their past. Japan has apologized for waging aggressive war and oppressing its neighbors, but those apologies have fumbling and awkward, and often been undercut by revisionist statements from senior politicians. Japan has offered relatively little compensation to the victims. And to this day there are no nationally sponsored museums or monuments that acknowledge Japanese aggression or atrocities.
But Japan has been far more repentant than is often credited. Prime ministers have repeatedly offered apologies for their country's misdeeds. Japan has sponsored joint historical research with both South Korea and China. Most Japanese school textbooks deal with issues like the Nanjing massacre and the colonial oppression of Koreans in a fairly open manner. Opinion polls suggests that most Japanese feel their country did things in Asia for which the country should apologize.
So why can't the Japanese just say, "We were wrong. We're sorry"?
Apologizing is a costly business for leaders of any country, and requires the investment of a great deal of political capital. Apologies tend to be given when there is a belief that those apologies will be accepted, at least in part, and that dialogue between the two sides will be advanced. So unless there are strong reasons to do so, most leaders avoid it.
American readers may recall how difficult it has been for us to come to terms with the legacy of slavery and institutionalized racism. Issues like the atomic bombings of Japan and the massacre of insurgents in the Philippines remain difficult for American politicians to address — if they are aware of them as issues at all.
The problem is, in China and Korea there has been very little readiness to accept Japan's efforts to promote reconciliation, and as a result, those efforts have tended to founder.
So it's all Japan's fault?
No, the Koreans and the Chinese bear a large share of the blame. With the Koreans, there has been an unwillingness to help the Japanese find ways of reconciling when the Japanese have tried to do so. This was most apparent with the Asian Women's Fund, which the Korean government did not support and in fact subverted by establishing a separate, rival support system for the former comfort women. This has been made worse by the tendency of Korean politicians to score cheap points by very publicly taking out their frustrations with Japan — as when President Lee Myung-bak went to Dokdo/Takeshima recently.
There is good reason to question whether the Chinese really want or care about reconciliation. When Jiang Zemin went to Tokyo in 1998, he hectored the Japanese about the past in ways that prevented the Japanese from offering the kind of written apology that they gave South Korea President Kim Dae-jung that same year.
Chinese leaders have preferred taking a hard line on Japan. This has been especially so when there are divisions in the Chinese leadership, and on a deeper level may have something to do with the Chinese leadership being deeply worried about their legitimacy. While Korean leaders are frequently unpopular, there is strong support for the Korean political system and pride in its democratic institutions, but Chinese leaders need to strike a nationalistic tone in part because there is greater internal skepticism about one-party rule.
Most other countries in Asia seemed to have moved on, haven't they? Why are things different China and Korea? Was it because the occupations lasted longer, or because more people were killed there?
A lot of people died in Indonesia, Vietnam, and elsewhere, too. But Southeast Asians have been generally willing to forgive the Japanese. And the Japanese were in Taiwan even longer than in Korea, but anti-Japanese attitudes there are weak or non-existent.
To my mind, the key difference is how modern nationalism was created in those countries. Chinese and Korean nationalism is in many ways defined itself against Japan. In contrast, the national identity of most Southeast Asian countries was defined in opposition to their old colonial masters. In Indonesia, the focus was the Dutch, in Malaysia it was the British, and in the Philippines it was the United States. Taiwan is also instructive here, since the pro-democratic movement focused its resentment against domination by mainland China, first under the Nationalists and more recently against the PRC.
O.K., so what's next? China has new leadership; Shinzo Abe is likely to become the new prime minister of Japan this month; and South Korea is holding new elections as well. Will that help?
I am not too optimistic, at least over the short term – the next five years or so.
There is a genuine chance for an improved relationship between Japan and South Korea. They both have strong common interests. They share many common values. Both are decent, democratic societies. In contrast to the past, the Japanese have come to respect and even admire the Koreans, while the Koreans have won back their self confidence and can afford to be more magnanimous towards their former oppressors.
Unfortunately, there are lots of signs that the Abe administration is coming into office thinking it will be firm but conciliatory with China, but really dump on the Koreans. They appear to be thinking about revoking the Kohno statement on the Comfort Women and may do some other things on historical issues that the Koreans will find highly provocative. This would enrage the Koreans and may lead to their taking counter steps.
With the Chinese, the gap in interests as well as perceptions is too big to allow for the pursuit of reconciliation, and even a more limited strategy of damage control may prove impossible. The new Xi administration shows every sign of wanting to continue to push the Senkaku/Diaoyu issue further, and China may even choose to escalate the pressure in the pring. Since Chinese claims are based on a particular reading of history that is very critical of Japan, there is little or no chance that the two sides will be able to dampen the nationalist passions that are feeding the crisis in the East China Sea.
Hopefully, cooler heads on all sides — perhaps with behind-thescenes help from the United States — can persuade the governments not to escalate the issue to dangerous levels. But the possibility of further riots, diplomatic crises and possibly even clashes involving paramilitary forces around the disputed territories is all too real.


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The words were barely out the candidates' mouths before Internet memes — snarky punch lines slapped across images that, in this case, served as a takedown of a candidate or issue — began appearing on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr feeds, where they quickly went viral.
The Romney and Obama campaigns may have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on TV and Web ads, but spontaneous memes created by average people are stealing their thunder and arguably doing a better job of "messaging," says Vincent Harris, a Republican political consultant who ran the digital campaigns of Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich at various times during the GOP primary.
"The campaigns were not expecting these memes to be picked up by the general public, and certainly not in the way they've been used in these presidential debates," he says.
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Harris says he first noticed the power of memes when Mitt Romney bet Perry $10,000 over a policy dispute during a debate last December. "At the time, I was working for Perry. That $10,000 bet launched a series of memes that worked in our favor," he says.
Since then, what Harris calls a cadre of "social media elite" have been poised to pounce, "looking for any stumble or catchphrase to latch onto and produce a meme."
This election season has given rise to a slew of incisive and hilarious memes.
How effective have they been? "These memes have a whole lot of resonance with voters, and they are very successful at branding the candidates, mostly in a negative way. And, they are virtually cost-free," Harris notes.
Paul Brewer, associate director for research at the University of Delaware's Center for Political Communication, says he's fascinated by the sudden emergence of political Internet memes.
"Partly because they are a new phenomenon and partly because they are a participatory form of campaigning. It's so easy for citizens to generate these and for them to take off," he says.
Who's Funnier?
Memes have become a running commentary on the debates — and the most effective ones echo long after the debates end, Brewer says. While political memes aren't entirely new, they've caught fire largely because the way we experience debates has changed.
"Many of us are using television, social media, smartphones and tablets all at the same time as we take in the debates," Brewer says. "By the time the debate is halfway over, there's already a Tumblr site full of memes."
The campaigns have tried to get out front and control the message by creating memes of their own. But Brewer adds that none of them seems to have captured attention like those generated at the grass-roots level.
"The people hunkered down in the campaign bunker aren't going to be able to compete with the thousands of people out there. The crowd is inevitably going to have funnier ideas," he says.
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It represents a huge loss of control for the campaigns, regardless of whether the message is negative or seemingly beneficial, says Harris, the GOP consultant.
"It's the Wild West out there," he says. Even a well-intentioned supporter could generate inappropriate memes. "There could be a boomerang effect, where the message comes back to hit the candidate in the face."
For the campaigns that are simply on the wrong end of an unflattering meme, they can try a redirect, he says.
For example, in response to the "binders full of women" memes, the Republican National Committee created its own meme featuring a photo of a binder filled with blank pages and captioned "Obama's Second-Term Agenda."
Harris thinks smart campaigns will want to hire more staff to focus solely on social media, where they can communicate with citizens creating the memes, and others shaping perceptions of debates or other events.
"We are entering a post-pundit era, where people don't care so much what these talking heads are saying," he says. "A lot more is being decided by the online chatter."
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That was in 1795 and Kant's plan was at least more reasonable than anything we have two-hundred years later today because it at least set out to limit membership in this body to free republics. If we had done that with the United Nations, it could conceivably have become something resembling a humane organization. Instead it's a place where the dictators of the world stop by to give speeches about human rights for a show that's funnier than anything you could find eight blocks away at the Broadway Comedy Club.
Since the League of Nations folded, the warring peoples of the world have added the atom bomb, the suicide bomber, the jet plane, the remotely guided missile, the rape squad, the IED, the child soldier and the stealth fighter to their arsenals. And the humanitarians have murdered a few billion trees printing out more useless treaties, conventions and condemnations; more dead trees than accounted for by every piece of human literature written until the 19th Century.
There is no moral technology to prevent war. Or rather war is the moral technology, that when properly applied, ensures peace.
The humanitarians had gone down a dead end by trying to create perpetual peace by outlawing war, but the peace-shouters who wear their inverted Mercedes Logo don't really want peace, some of them reflexively hate war for sentimental reasons, but their leaders and most committed activists don't hate war, they hate the people who win the wars.
The plan for perpetual peace is really a plan for perpetual war. It necessitates that the civilized nations who heed its call amass overwhelming quantities of firepower as deterrents against war, which they will pledge to never use because if the threat of destroying the world isn't enough, their bluff will be called and they will fold. And if they don't fold, then the world will be destroyed because the humanitarians said that peace was better than war.
It also necessitates that the actual wars that they fight be as limited as possible by applying precision technology to kill only actual armed enemy combatants while minimizing collateral damage. And that humanitarian objective also necessitates that the other side reply with a counter-objective of making it as hard as possible to kill them without also killing civilians.
The humanitarian impulse makes the anti-humanitarian impulse inevitable. The more precisely we try to kill terrorists, the more ingeniously the terrorists blend into the civilian population and employ human shields. The more we try not to kill civilians, the more civilians we are forced to kill. That is the equal and opposite reaction of the humanitarian formula.
In Afghanistan, the Rules of Engagement were overhauled to minimize Afghan civilian casualties. This was so successful that not only did the casualty rate for American soldiers dramatically increase because they were not allowed to fire unless they were being fired at, but the number of Afghan civilian casualties killed by American forces also fell dramatically. It was a great triumph. But sadly the number of Afghan civilians killed by the Taliban increased dramatically and more than made up for the shortfall.
When the Taliban have won the war, the number of civilian casualties will be tremendous once Obama pulls the troops out and the cheerful bearded boys march into Kabul and start killing every woman who can read. But it was still a better thing than the unacceptable levels of civilian casualties under Bush. It was a better thing that the Taliban have free reign to kill as many Afghans as they want than that American soldiers should have been able to fight the Taliban without the humanitarian handcuffs.
Because sometimes you have to destroy the village to save the village, and that is true whether it's American planes bombing a terrorist hideout or humanitarians letting the Taliban take the village and kill every tenth woman in it.
And yet for all this monumental effort, for all the soldiers dead because they weren't sure if the man planting an IED in the road was a terrorist or just a decent upstanding poppy farmer checking the soil composition, for all the Afghan civilians killed by the moral technology of inaction, your unfriendly neighborhood peace-shouter is about as satisfied as a cannibal at a vegan banquet. Give him, her or it five valuable minutes of your time and it will begin shrieking about drone strikes, kill lists and the murderous rampage of a technology that is as far from Shock and Awe as you could possibly imagine without going completely Gandhi. If anything it hates drone strikes more than it hates Hiroshima. Mass killing justifies its smug contempt for the machinery of war, but anything that smacks of an attempt to moralize warfare challenges its principles and urges it on to greater displays of outrage.
Israel, in the name of peace, turned over the lives of millions of people to the control of a terrorist organization which taught their children to believe that their highest purpose in life was to die while killing Israelis.
The Oslo Accords turned stone-throwers into shooters and suicide bombers. It allowed the kind of people that most of Israel's Muslim neighbors had locked up and thrown away the key to, inside the country and gave them charge of the economy and the youth. Every peace dove, every peace song, every peace agreement, made the rivers of blood that followed not only inevitable, but mandatory.
For decades, every time that Israel was on the verge of finishing off the terrorists, there came a call for a ceasefire or a peace agreement. The call was heeded and the violence continued because all the peace agreements and ceasefires were just prolonged unfinished wars. They were a game of baseball that never ended because no home run was ever scored. Instead the New York Yankees were being forced to play the Martyrs of Muslimtown for thirty years with the umpire stepping in every time the hometown team was on the verge of winning the game. Each peace agreement did not mean peace, it meant that the Muslimtown Martyrs would have another few years to go on killing and being killed.
Peace meant that the war would never end. Instead of perpetual peace, it made for perpetual war.
In 1992 Israel deported 400 Hamas terrorists. It didn't kill them, lock them up or bake them into a pie. All it did was kick them out of a country they didn't recognize and closed the door behind them. That deportation became the leading human rights cause of the day. The UN issued a unanimous resolution condemning the deportation. The Red Cross brought them blankets. Newsweek accused Israel of "Deporting the Hope for Peace."
And so Israel took the 400 Hamas terrorists, the hope for peace, back. Over the next 20 years they shed rivers of blood and rivers of blood were shed because of them. There was never any peace with them and they made peace impossible.
But the humanitarians had gotten their way, as they always got their way, and their way was the blown up bus and the shattered cafeteria, the burning building and the suicide bomber making his way through a crowded mall, the child's mother lovingly tying on his martyr costume complete with Alfred Nobel's great invention, the jet plane releasing its cargo of bombs and the television screaming for war. But all these were far better than that 400 Hamas terrorists should sniffle into their Red Cross supplied cups of dark coffee on the hills of Lebanon.
To those who croon to that old Lennon song, peace is always better than war, and good intentions lead to good results. The only way forward is to keep extending your hand to the enemy and doing it over and over again no matter how much effort the doctors have to put into stitching it back together again after the last handshake.
Peace is still better than war. It is better that Israel and Hamas fight escalating mini-wars every 3 years than that Israel finish off Hamas once and for all. That price wasn't worth paying 20 years ago when all it meant was that 400 terrorists would have been forced to get jobs slinging Halal hash in Lebanese Hashish joints. It certainly isn't worth it today.
A flock of peace doves wings to Israel with proposals for engaging Hamas. But it's Israel that is supposed to figure out a way to live with its explosive bride. All the proposals call for some gradual process by which Hamas will be courted, engaged and weaned off terror to become an upstanding member of the international community. And that's all well and good if you have soy for brains.
Hamas is not interested in being engaged. Its goal is the destruction of Israel. This isn't posturing, it's not sullen resentment over being blockaded by Israel or outrage over the latest round of fighting. This is the essential ideology of Hamas, derived from the core Islamic principles over the proper role of non-Muslims in the Muslim world. It is not interested in a two-state solution, job creation programs or any of the meaningless shiny toys that diplomats wave when they arrive in the region. Its goal is to make Islam supreme over all other systems by destroying a non-Muslim state in what it considers to be Muslim territory.
Perpetual peace was not made for such conflicts. Peace was made for reasonable people who are willing to give and take. It was not made for those who only take.
Peacemaking is not a policy, it is a religion that we are all obligated to believe in. It is an immoral moral principle that ends in war. Peacemaking in the World War II cost more lives than Hitler could have ever taken on his own. Peacemaking in the War on Terror has cost a hundred times more lives than the terrorists could have ever taken on their own.
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