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Ah, fair enough.
Got an international break for my team as two people are in the U21s and 1 is in the Northern Ireland full team. Organised a friendly with Newcastle United, which will bring in roughly 70k in gate reciepts
Ah, fair enough.
Got an international break for my team as two people are in the U21s and 1 is in the Northern Ireland full team. Organised a friendly with Newcastle United, which will bring in roughly 70k in gate reciepts
hmm, a board takeover is closing in, transfer embargo and rumors of a consortium keen on installing Hessenthaler as the new manager....:o
What club you in charge of?
FC United of Manchester Blue Square South 2011/2012
With our media prediction risen dramatically from bottom to 10th, I was hopeful of another play-off place or, with a bit of luck, automatic promotion.
League Table
A highly disappointing final position with a number of cheap goals costing us throughout the season, losing 14 games was never going to be good enough for promotion.
Sam Ashton decent season, 23 clean sheets is impressive and will hold the number 1 spot next season. 16-year-old Clive Dolby is his back-up
Luke Garrard new signing, slotted in at right-back and handled defensive duties well.
Adam Tong Another good season from the centre-back, played every game and will be first choice again next season
Declan Gallacher Former Celtic youngster made 47 appearances, part of the defence with the 2nd best record in the league.
Simon Garner Key part of the back-four and chipped in with 8 assists, carrying on from last seasons good form.
Carlos Roca Played up front and impressed for the last few games, but spent most of the season on the wing, chipping in with 9 assists and 5 goals.
Nick Main 11 assists and 4 goals from the star midfielder.
Frankie Low The Rangers youth product rotated with Declan Freeman and Joe O'Sullivan for the season, with none of them able to hold down a permanent spot in the team.
Jerome Wright Our most creative player with 14 assists from the left wing.
Bradley Gray Lost his place late on in the season after an unimpressive goal tally of just 8 in 38.
Kyle Wilson An astonishing return of 48 goals in 50 games means he has scored 85 goals in his 2 seasons back at the club. We rely on him far too much.
FA Cup
Didn't quite match our run last season, falling to League 1 Swindon in the 1st round.
FA Trophy
Had an easy run to the 2nd round, where we put in a decent performance but lost out in the end to Stalybridge.
Looking fairly healthy, and I'll try to keep it that way.
Aims for next season:-
Simply, automatic promotion. We have a decent squad, where the younger players of last season will be more effective next year so I feel we have a good chance, as long as we keep hold of Kyle Wilson, of course.
Ahhh got some tense matches coming up! Should actually have some interesting things to put in my next seasonal update, so may make it a bit longer and add some screenies
just won first league game 4-0 Bring on Promotion lol
Just out of interest is anyone else playing as Sutton Utd? if you are how are you doing?
Oh my face
(I'm Nuneaton )
Finished 3rd, now going through the play-offs!
Right Im starting now. Got bored waiting. Will reload a few times trying to get Boreham Wood, but then might have to settle for someone else.
By the way, I know editing is strictly speaking not allowed, but is it ok that I've changed the names of various competitions (Premier Division --> Premiership, EURO Cup --> Europa League etc.)?
2010/11 BSN - 7th
2011/12 BSN - 7th
2011-12 Season - Nuneaton Town
Blue Square North: 4th (Promoted via Playoffs)
FA Cup: 3rd Round (lost to Leeds)
FA Trophy: Semi-Final (lost to Harrogate)
Summary: Much better season this time! That's not to say we didn't still have problems, dropping from title challengers to 10th place with a 9 game winless run, but the cups probably saved my job and eventually winning the playoffs was a great way to finish.
At the start of the season the club was taken over (no money ) which was okay, but my contract was up for renewal and I hadn't exactly set the world on fire for the previous regime - plus they said they intended on bringing in a new manager - so I thought my time was up! Somehow I managed to land a 3 year extension, and I went into the season with high hopes.
In a nutshell, started good, middle bad, finished good. Here's some screenies of the playoff semi-final second leg and playoff final
Had some job offers from bottom-end League Two clubs that had been taken over by consortia lead by no less than Edwin van der Sar and Javier Zanetti, which was flattering, but I probably wouldn't have taken them regardless of this challenge. Mansfield were in a mess and I thought they'd probably be relegated anyway - which they were - and Burton Albion weren't much better. Onwards and upwards with Nuneaton!
Good start for me as Tooting Won 2 Lost 1 ( only because the oppostion had 2 penalties to win 3-2)
Fabian Batchelor has been my best performer so far 4 goals in 3 games.
Dan Beck - scored twice already... looks a good buy already
Nathan Crabb - Upfront with Fabian scoring once and 2 assists
Brought in 2 GKs Russel Howarth & Gareth Williams
A solid old DM to help out my defence, Danny Rofe
Hopefully my luck will continue
Will keep you updated.....
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With Salisbury now 8 pts clear at the top without looking like they will slip up it looks like the best i can hope for is the playoffs. In the last 9 league games theyve won 8 and drawn 1 (the draw was against us)
I'm about to start this challenge after having attempted it on FM 07 and almost completing it with AFC Wimbledon. Wanted to get a team that no one has one yet. Was wondering if there was any way a list could be made by all showing which teams people are currently playing with, by possibly adding your name and team you're using if you don't see that team already on the list already provided. I'll start with dafuge as namesake of the thread. Thanks in advance.
Tooting and Mitcham - dafuge
Playoff semi final, leg 2
Record attendance broken by almost 2000
There's something about Hinckley my team dont like, they just beat me 4-1 in the league and 4-0 in the FA cup in the space of a week, i'm 7th in the league, while Hinckley are 15th. Oh well.
My friendly versus Newcastle during the international break ended in a 2-1 loss for me, which wasn't bad, 70k of ticket sales will cover the wage for about 7 weeks
2012/2013 - Tonbridge Angels - Cardiovascular
A season I had high-ish hopes for, I thought we could push for a top-half finished and told the board so. Their response was to lower the wage budget. After our good start with the board, the season was shaky when we started but it soon picked up and we never looked back ultimately, and promotion was sealed with a 1-0 victory over Hampton & Richmond in the BSS play-off final.
League Finish: 3rd
League Positions Graph
As we neared the top following the shaky start, we never really did look like we'd lose. After an absolute thrashing in the FA Cup, we lost form and struggled to maintain our high standards but to my delight, we did pull it back and finish 3rd to make the play-offs.
Playoff Semi Final Leg 1
Playoff Semi Final Leg 2
Playoff Final
Our triumph over both Hampton & Richmond and Chelmsford, and ultimately our promotion, meant I finished Runner up in Manager of the Season.
FA Cup - Do you really want me to talk about it? I think I'd get banned..
FA Trophy - A loss in the first round to Merthyr ensures an awful season for us in the cups this year.
Thurlbourne came in to be our resident DMC and promptly made himself that, whereas Lindie and Cole were both back-up.
Key Player Profiles
Tom Bryant - Tom was our star player this year and the partnership of him and Eastham were near enough unstoppable. Chipped in with 5 goals as well to round off a great season for him.
Ashley Eastham - Alongside Bryant, we had a solid defence and Eastham also chipped in with his fair share of goals.. again, he was excellent.
Eugene Cunningham - Eugene joined us 2 seasons ago and this was his best one since joining. He played regularly down the left, both scoring and assisting plenty of times.
Fabio Ferreira - The Portuguese youngster was fantastic down the right, with 12 and 13 goals and assists respectively. He was excellent this year, truly amazing.
Michal Dolinajec - Without a shadow of a doubt, the best player this year. Scored an incredible amount of goals from the attacking midfield position and evem threw in 12 assists. Unbelievable and excellent.
Career Overview
Code:Season League Position Achievements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 Blue Square South 16th - 2011/12 Blue Square South 13th - 2012/13 Blue Square South 3rd Promotion
BBC talking to Tooting and Mitcham players
Where do you get the career overview info from? I'm going to write up an update later.
Time to start these story- gonna be crazy :|
Just destroyed, in my 4th match in BSP, Tamworth at home with 5-0. Hope this continues for the rest of the season
Am having a rather enjoyable cup run in the first season. FA Cup First Round.
Been drawn at home to Dartford in the 2nd round aswell so a good chance to make the 3rd round in the first season.
Tooting and Mitcham - dafuge
Truro City - Hexhamlad
Carshalton - DanGLiverpool
FC United - dudge7
Tonbridge Angels - Cardiovascular
Boston United - WillCarruthers
Cambridge City - Cerneo
Sutton Utd - hrbfcrule
Bedford Town - craigjuk
Oxford City - Smithers
Kings Lynn - PVentress
Merthyr - help!!!
Nuneaton - SnakeXe
Guiseley - foost
Canvey Island - Scooty_BAFC
Mmm revange is sweet. After losing last year in the FA Trophy against Southport (1-4 *ouch*), I am playing them now in the BSP... Winning 3-1! Woho
Just going through the holiday process now. Should be done by 9 I'd imagine..
is it true that you can only sign players who you can get scout reports for?
im interested in signing brian mcbride but cant get a scout report for him so not sure if its breaking the rules...
Get him on trial, if you succeed in that you can bring him in.
Offer trial if you can't and it's allowed. It is true though.
Can you offer a trial?
Also cheers Cardio, I will do it soon.
I don't see why you should have to scout McBride to sign him; he's a pretty well-known player.
wow quick answers hehe.
yes, i can offer him a trial... but what do i do after that if he accepts? will the option be available to sign/scout afterwards?
Kings Lynn - Blue Square Premier - 2012/2013
Predicted: 20th
Finished: 13th
This will be a really short update as the season was a very poor effort and overall a massive disapointment.
We started well and had a solid, if inconsistent run to January, however we were in 4th plkace at the turn of the year and looked good for a challange and at the least a play off spot, but then we got decimated by injuries.
I lost my goal scorer, Nick blackman, for 4 months and we did not see him again for the rest of the season, he had 27 goals by mid January and was pretty much the reason we were up at the top. We also lost 4 centre backs for between 2 -3 months and had to fill in with Midfielders for that time.
Needless to say things did not go well, form disappeared and we plummeted down the league, struggling to kepp clean sheets and no real punch up front.
The season limped to a conclusion in 13th place on the exact same points tally as the year previous.
Another off season of rebuilding is definately in order
League Table
Code:Season League Position Achievements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 Blue Square North 2nd Promotion, Play Off Winners 2011/12 Blue Square Premier 13th - 2012/13 Blue Square Premier 13th -
Last edited by PVentress; 06-11-2009 at 19:43.
It's not a bug, it happened to me too because of the geographical positions of the teams that got promoted/relegated. Don't see why it should make things unfair.
Look it on the bride side PVentress, if you win 4 times more next season you're in the playoff
My Initial Profile
Going for the wonderfully named Chippenham Town this year. Does anyone have kitpacks for the Blue Square Divisions?
Just made a good start to my League 2 campaign with a 3-1 win over Torquay. Nice to see Craig Rodger get on the scoresheet (he also hit the post which led to the second goal), which now means he has scored in the BSN, BSP, League 2 and League 1. A pretty impressive feat. If he could get around 30 goals like he has in the other divisions that would be even more impressive!
The list is going well, it should be added to the OP once most people are listed.
getting frustrated at the amount of players that my assistant manager filters as being interested in signing for me... then when i go to sign them they have no interest whatsoever to join me.
ok started with Guiseley: http://s480.photobucket.com/albums/r...rent=start.jpg
when am i supposed to add my name to the list.
Many thanks Tom
Started this earlier in the week.....Manager's Profile
Carshalton Athletic - 2010-11 - BSS
Predicted to come 15th but the team put in a fantastic effort and ended up 1st - League Table scoring over 100 goals while only letting in 37 goals in the league. With an amazing 30 goals in 25 league games Simon Thomas help carry Carshalton to the league as did the promising youth talent Mark French who managed 17 league goals 30 appearances although im sure that he could have got more if he didn't get injured so often.
Some fantastic results in the FA Cup including a 3-0 win at Milwall got us through to the 3rd round of the FA Cup where we met West Brom at home which attracted the TV cameras but unfortunatly we were thumped 7-0...Still £114k was earnt from that game
Another amazing cup run ncluding an away win in the semi final against Luton meant we made the FA Trophy Final where we met Kettering Town. Mark French opened the scoring after thrity seconds a close range finish, then Kettering then went up the other end straight from kick off and hit the post and from then on they pinned us in to our area until Craig Mahon equalised for them in the 45th minute...he then got clean through in the 60th minute and hit the post and then that @@@@@@ finally put Kettering in the lead in the 89th minute to break Carshalton hearts... The defence just couldnt deal with Craig Mahon throughout but I'm happy that we managed to get to the final in the first place.
Finances are looking amazing due to the Cup Runs.
All in all a pretty amazing season definately one of the best I've ever had on FM with a poor team, which I will look to build on for next season
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Ouch. So much for Capello-inspired brilliance...
this is my sutton united start page btw... forgot to upload it when i started.
@tomc990: off course!
Couldnt wish for a better start in the BSP... Harsanyi does wonders for me.. 8 out of 8. Next to Brouwer who got 4 out of 8 and last but not least Armstrong with 3 out of 8
Two 9th place finishes in a row, I really need to push for the playoffs this season. The board are simply delighted with my performance, it's more of a personal goal.
Farnborough is my destination for my first attempt at this challenge.
Rodger scores a hat-trick as we came back from 2-0 down beat Leeds 4-2 (aet) in the League cup 1st round. Excellent performance from the whole team and my new signings really impressed. Unfortunately my new striker Krzysztof Chrapek picked up a twisted ankle, but otherwise an excellent result!
Forgot to take screen shots from last seson as I was so ingrossed in forwarding so we enter our new stadium, we didn't pull up any trees though but managed to avoid relegation and finished in 17th place. Didn't do anything in the cups either but that kinda suited me really as we didn't have a big enough squad for the battle against relegation plus cup games.
I've done most of the pre season preparing for Hendons second season in the championship and have made quite a few changes, my 4132 whilst being steady really struggles in the championship, without amazing midfielders we struggled to create many chances so have gone to a 442 which meant bringing in wingers again.
Will take some screenshots and post them tomorrow, I hope one of my signings really excites you, he really looks EPL quality so should be massive for us this season, we fought off competition from 4 EPL clubs to sign him!
wow, my team this season must be rocking good since I win a game 1-2 where i lose a defender on a red card in the 8th minute
So, after 2 days of reloading, I finally managed to score myself some sub-1000 reputation team action. Isn't that what all the kids are doing these days?
Only after doing so, did I realise that the kind Glibster had uploaded a Marine Saved Game
Ah well, at least I earned the glory myself
Having no idea where Marine actually IS, after a quick look in google, I found out that it is a Liverpool based club. So looking forward to hammering those Liverpudlians and Evertonians in about 2030...
Last edited by SuperRedditch; 06-11-2009 at 21:09.
Anyone know if the natural fitness stat can be trained higher?
Chippenham = Western England, near Bristol, Swindon and...well...Wales!!
Epic comeback!
3-0 down after 19 minutes...
Does anyone know of any good part-time training schedules?
Ok, this season will just be a review, no pictures unfortunately.
Carshalton Season Review - 2014/15 - League 2 - 15th
Basically, I told the board I would avoid relegation, and that I did. I don't think I ever fell into the relegations spots all season, and in the end I finished comfortably in 15th, 11 points off relegation.
The FA Cup saw me crash out to Southampton, whereas the League Cup saw me get an away win at Championship Swansea before falling to Premiership West Ham. The JPT saw me go out 3-0 to Bournemouth. Overall, it was a decent enough season.
However, the wage budget was way too high, paying £1.1 million a season. Therefore, I seriously trimmed the backup down to size, and am making some saving in wage budget, although not as much as I hoped I would
I love the GH Academy.
Played them in a previous season and a Bulgarian ST by the name of Radoslav Vasilev impressed with 2 goals. Noticed he had been released on a free this season, picked him up and he has scored 10 in 9.
Ok, 2 solid nights of reloading from the 24th trying to get Truro. I've already Pm'd one person who has a Truro save on the go, but if anyone has an original Truro save before they've made any of their changes please put me out of my misery!!!
In the meantime I've just installed FM on my desktop as well as my laptop & i'm now loading the save on both machines, double my chances.
It's crazy seeing as Truro are/were one of the favourites for the division. I must have reloaded at least a few hundred times by now... :-(
Got Portsmouth away in the FA Cup 3rd round
Unfortunately they are still at Fratton Park, and not the new, bigger stadium
What is the GH Academy btw? Next to Glen Hoddle
Glennuk - Kendal Town - Season 1 - Blue Square North - 4th - PLAYOFF WINNERS
Well the first season went quite well.
I bought in alot of players and it took a while for them to gel, but once they did they were clearly a fine set of players.
I was worried as my money was constantly dipping, losing about 12k a month, even though i tried to trim down my squad and get rid of some back up players.
Towards the end of the season Kendal Town performed very well, and always looked like the favourites for going up through the play offs.
So the final league table is here - http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/e...inallegaue.gif
Kendal Squad - http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/e...endalsquad.gif
Next is a player i bought in during the middle of November. He really did help my defence look alot more solid, and a player who i think can do well in the BSP next season. Introducing CAMANO http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/e...euk/camano.gif
Prehaps my personal favourite is James Keatings who plays in the diamond just below my two strikers http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/e...k/keatings.gif
Luckily i signed the following player. He was not first choice at the begining of the season and when i clicked confirm signing i actually regretted it, but boy did he prove me wrong, finished top scorer for Kendal and was a solid player throughotu the season, introducing the one and only Darryn Stamp http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/e...neuk/stamp.gif
The final player i want to introduce came in on his reputation alone - Also he was a former ITFC player
But when he did come what an impact he made, 7 assists in 17 appearances and solid performances to boot, a bit old but still had the talent George O Callaghan http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/e.../callagahn.gif
Next Seasons Goals
- Improve Finances (Somehow)
- Keep hold of key players
- Bring in some more 5 star players
PS: Any views welcome
Last edited by glennuk; 06-11-2009 at 22:08. Reason: Added another pic
Oh - dafuge, I've started now! I can show you the database files to prove its just names....I've got into the game now though
This is getting ridiculous, i now have 4 strikers out on long term injuries: 4-5 weeks,3-4 months,5-6 months, 9-10 months
i know i know, i just like that realism of competition names being correct. Surely this doesnt affect the game?
as for contracts - yeah but i just cant afford that yet! I've just started!!
If you feel the need to prove to everyone else that you have not changed anything else and carry on, then free to do so, but I just need to make the point that nobody should be using the editor at all.
Don't even know how we pulled this one off
Seems I've hit gold with a few small adjustments to the 4-5-1; they finished 5th in the Premiership last season!
I've done a lot of work on the game now and I dont really want to start again. How could I prove that the only changes I have made is to the competition names? I named the editor file "proper competition names" or something...
GreyedOutMan, the rules state "no editors" and I see nothing difficult with that?
To be honest though, I trust you that nothing dodgy has gone on, I just need to make the point that the editor is not to be used so people don't make this mistake in the future.
Carry on as usual, it should be pretty obvious to everyone that nothing untoward has gone on. If it does appear that something is wrong then I'm sure people will point it out.
I'd say so...I took the "no editors rule" to mean no dodgy stuff rather than no convenience stuff. I just use that file with all my saves, so that level of realism is added to the game. No editing was done specifically for this game, and no files used for any other reasons in other games were used. If anyone knows a way to prove this, please let me know
Also, based on my first few results, accusations of cheating shouldnt be a problem 3 games, no goals, one point.
Last edited by GreyedOutMan; 06-11-2009 at 22:40.
I love it when a plan falls together
Was 1-0 down at half-time, tweaked the tactics and player roles.. won 5-1
So close!
We need to practice penalties...
Quite pleased with my start with Guiseley its now october and i'm 8th in the blue square north despite 20th media prediction, my main concern is finance though- best sort that out it january


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If the determinant det(A) of the matrix A of a non-homogeneous system of equations is 0, then how do we know if it has no solutions or infinitely many solutions?
And while we are at it, kindly answer the following "sub-questions" arising from it.I shall be really grateful to you as it will be crucial to my understanding of the whole thing:
a) Since the determinant being zero means that a situation of "Division by zero" arises (using Cramer's Rule), the "no solution" option is understandable as division by zero is not defined.But it misses me how then, IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, the system can have infinitely many solutions.I mean, won't we encounter division by zero in all cases when determinant is zero?So PLEASE give me an intuitive and insightful explanation to it.
b)Will I be wrong to assume that, in a case when determinant is equal to zero,there are infinitely many solutions IF and ONLY IF it's a homogeneous system of equations?Please please explain why or why not.
And kindly don't forget the main question--"for determinant=0,how to know if there are no or infinitely many solutions?"

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The Consistent Ethic of Pope Francis
Pope Francis met this morning with members of the Italian Movement for Life. In his remarks to the group he said:
Thank you for the testimony you give by promoting and defending human life from the moment of conception! We know it, human life is sacred and inviolable. Every civil right rests on the recognition of the first and fundamental right, that of life, which is not subordinated to any condition, be it quantitative, economic or, least of all, ideological. "Just as the commandment 'Thou shall not kill' sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today we also have to say 'thou shall not' to an economy of exclusion and inequality. Such an economy kills .... Human beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded. We have created a 'throw away' culture which is now spreading" (Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, n. 53). And in this way life, too, ends up being thrown away.
About the Author
Rev. Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, is Associate Professor of Theology Emeritus at Boston College.
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Thanks for this contribution, Fr. Imbelli, and a line in the paragraph that follows the quote you posted also captures the essence of the issue: "the unborn in a mother's womb is the paragon of innocence." And the story the Pope relates about the abortionist doctor who surrendered his tools of the trade to the Pope long ago and who begged forgiveness reminded me of Dr. Bernard Nathanson, who co-founded NARAL and who estimated that he had participated in tens of thousands of abortions, including one involving a woman he had impregnated, but who became a leading pro-life proponent. His book "The Hand of God" makes for compelling reading about his change of heart and about the abortion industry.
Thank you from me too.
I confess, Pope Francis's framing of the sanctity of human life has changed my heart also, and continues to challenge my way of thinking about reproductive rights, free will and freedom of choice.
Here are other quotes from Evangelii Gaudium that expand Francis' thoughts about life:
In the refectory at St. John's Abbey, we're reading Pope Francis's apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium these days. And the monks are not doing so well with St. Benedict's directions to keep silent. It's rather hard to restrain oneself when the reading is explosive as Pope Francis's words.
Words like this, for example, from dinner last night:
"Pastoral ministry in a missionary style is not obsessed with the disjointed transmission of a multitude of doctrines to be insistently imposed… [T]he message has to concentrate on the essentials, on what is most beautiful, most grand, most appealing and at the same time most necessary."
"[I]n preaching the Gospel a fitting sense of proportion has to be maintained… [A]n imbalance results… when we speak more about law than about grace, more about the Church than about Christ, more about the Pope than about God's word."
"Before all else, the Gospel invites us to respond to the God of love who saves us… If this invitation does not radiate forcefully and attractively, the edifice of the Church's moral teaching risks becoming a house of cards, and this is our greatest risk. It would mean that it is not the Gospel which is being preached, but certain doctrinal or moral points based on specific ideological options."
"Within the Church countless issues are being studied and reflected upon with great freedom. Differing currents of thought in philosophy, theology and pastoral practice, if open to being reconciled by the Spirit in respect and love, can enable the Church to grow, since all of them help to express more clearly the immense riches of God's word. For those who long for a monolithic body of doctrine guarded by all and leaving no room for nuance, this might appear as undesirable and leading to confusion. But in fact such variety serves to bring out and develop different facets of the inexhaustible riches of the Gospel."
"With the holy intent of communicating the truth about God and humanity, we sometimes give [the faithful] a false god or a human ideal which is not really Christian. In this way, we hold fast to a formulation while failing to convey its substance. This is the greatest danger. Let us never forget that 'the expression of truth can take different forms'."
"In her ongoing discernment, the Church can also come to see that certain customs not directly connected to the heart of the Gospel, even some which have deep historical roots, are no longer properly understood and appreciated. Some of these customs may be beautiful, but they no longer serve as means of communicating the Gospel. We should not be afraid to re-examine them. At the same time, the Church has rules or precepts which may have been quite effective in their time, but no longer have the same usefulness for directing and shaping people's lives. Saint Thomas Aquinas pointed out that the precepts which Christ and the apostles gave to the people of God 'are very few'."
Note - too often find that a pro-life comment is picked out and highlighted which makes the discussion simplistic. Too often, what happens is that folks are *pro-birth* but not necessarily *pro-life*.
Francis spent years in a country and in the barrios - he knows the people, that birth control is a responsiblity, etc. Would suggest (like divorce, remarriage, and reception of the eucharist or his *who am I to judge* reply to a question about gays) that he may see HV, etc. as a custom (not necessarily the heart of the Gospel) that is no longer effective in our time; is no longer useful in the same way in shaping/directing peoples' lives.
Hi Bill,
Just a quick addendum: I recognized the opening of your quote above is from a post by Anthony Ruff on Pray Tell (Fr. Anthony is a monk of St. John's Abbey), but other readers may not know this, so here is the link.
The indented paragraphs are, of course, by Pope Francis. Explosive reading indeed!
Thanks, Rita - that failed to copy/paste when I posted. But, also, like Fr. Anthony's final riposte on the reading....an old monk was walking past as the final paragraph was being read and was heard to mutter: *Heresy, heresy*
Bill deHaas,
I have no difficulty with any of the "explosive" citations from Evangelii Gaudium that you (or Father Anthony) give -- though their relevance to the particular theme of the post is not immediately apparent. Presumably Pope Francis does not see any conflict between what he said in EG and what he said to the Italian Movement for Life.
Rita Ferrone's supplying of the source of the material is most helpful, for I had presumed, from your comment, that you had dined at St. John's Abbey last night. And in their original context they obviously were not intended as commentary or supplement to the Pope's recent address.
Now, with regard to explosive thoughts from Francis, one can hardly better the opening lines of EG"
"The joy of the Gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept his offer of salvation are set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness, and loneliness.With Christ joy is constantly born anew."
But I hope that the lectio of EG, at St. John's and elsewhere, will be continua and will reach paragraph 79 where we find:
"At times our media culture and some intellectual circles convey a marked skepticism with regard to the Church's message, along with a certain cynicism. As a consequence, many pastoral workers, though they pray, develop a sort of inferiority complex which leads them to relativize or conceal their Christian identity...They end up stifling the joy of mission with a kind of obsession about being like everyone else and possessing what everyone else possesses. Their work of evangelization thus becomes forced, and they devote little energy and very limited time to it."
The beauty of "explosions" is that they consistently and indiscriminately unsettle.
Nice blending by Francis of life in all stages. Hopefully, the decibel level will even out so that all the children will be included.
Thanks, Fr. Imbelli - we can go back and forth but merely wanted to indicate that the church is on a journey of faith and it does best when it listens rather than tries to act as if it has all the answers.
Thus - IMO, can take the final words of Francis - "They end up stifling the joy of mission with a kind of obsession about being like everyone else and possessing what everyone else possesses. Their work of evangelization thus becomes forced, and they devote little energy and very limited time to it." and apply that to certain pro-life folks. In fact, their *mission* is closer to a *cult* as Prof. C. Kaveny has nicely postulated frequently at dotCommonweal.
Here you go: http://americamagazine.org/issue/100/humanae-vitae-25-years-later
"This raises the interesting question of the relation of a conclusion to the analyses available to support it. Paul VI was aware of this problem, for in No. 28 of the encyclical he exhorted priests to obedience "not only because of the reasons adduced, but rather because of the light of the Holy Spirit, which is given in a particular way to the pastors of the Church." It is certainly true that a teaching can be correct even when the reasons are faulty. But it is quite a different thing to propose a teaching of natural law as certain when, after many years, most theologians can find no persuasive reasoning to support its absoluteness.
Several bishops at the 1980 Synod asserted that Humanae Vitae was "certainly correct" but that "better reasons" had to be found to validate its conclusions. But what if after many years "better reasons" have not been found, at least as most theologians view the matter? To continue to maintain the conclusion as certainly correct is perilously close to saying that the formulation is correct regardless of the reasons. Catholic theological tradition will not, in my judgment, support this. And that brings us to the second point."
Undoubtedly, there are those who would say that there would be no impasse and all would be well if theologians would fall in line and support the teaching of Humanae Vitae, or at least remain silent. Yet many would--and correctly, I believe--regard this as an abrogation of theological responsibility and an act of disloyalty to the church and the Holy Father. As the late and eminent Karl Rahner put it: "What are contemporary moral theologians to make of Roman declarations on sexual morality that they regard as too unnuanced? Are they to remain silent, or is it their task to dissent, to give a more nuanced interpretation?" Rahners response is unhesitating: "I believe that the theologian, after mature reflection, has the right, and many times the duty, to speak out against (widersprechen) a teaching of the magisterium and to support his dissent" (Stimmen der Zeit, Vol. 198, 1980).
And ends with:
"I view the matter of the churchs teaching on birth regulation as dominantly an authority problem. By that I mean that any analysis, conclusion or process that challenges or threatens previous authoritative statements is by that very fact rejected. Any modification of past authority is viewed as an attack on present authority. Behind such an attitude is an unacknowledged and historically unsupportable triumphalism, the idea that the official teaching authority of the church is always right, never errs, is always totally adequate in its formulations. Vatican II radically axed this idea in many ways, but nowhere more explicitly than in its November 1964 "Decree on Ecumenism": "Therefore, if the influence of events or of the times has led to deficiencies in conduct, in Church discipline, or even in the formulation of doctrine (which must be carefully distinguished from the deposit of faith itself), these should be appropriately rectified at the proper moment" (my emphasis, No.6)."
It seems like there might be someone who, upon reading what Pope Francis said to the Italian Movement for Life, is muttering, "Heresy! Heresy!"
According to a past article at America magazine, the dissent to Humanae Vitae was profound - more tnan 600 theologians/academics and many bishop's conferences dissented. The article states that ... "Paul VI himself, in a letter to the Congress of German Catholics (Aug. 30, 1968), stated: "May the lively debate aroused by our encyclical lead to a better knowledge of God's will."
And as you are wont to say, Fr. K: The Pope is not the Church; the Church is not the Pope.
Someone once said that the operative theory of authority for many Catholics can be stated in a line from the Panis angelicus: Duc nos quo tendimus--Lead us where we're already heading.
OTOH, as the good Jesuits taught me, an argument from *authority* is the weakest argument.
Bill: I guess that's why you gave us those long quotes from Evangelii gaudium...
I suspect that your Jesuit professors were talking about arguments from authority in philosophy; they would have recognized that arguments from authority are part and parcel of Christian theological discourse as, for example, when we must believe, without much warrant, that "God is love" or that "all things work together unto good for them that love God" (Rom 8:28) and many other dimensions of the Christian vision of things that are not empirically demonstrable.
I read your initial contribution to this thread as an effort to divert attention from the point Fr. Imbelli was making. It struck me as another example of someone's trying to hi-jack a thread away from the point the initiator of the thread intended. It's not, after all, as if this web-blog has paid much attention to what Pope Francis has had to say about our throw-away culture and its instantiation in abortion. Your post seemed to me designed to make sure that it would not occasion much comment this time.
Fr. Komonchak,
I cannot remember such a response on this blog as you have given to Bill DeHaas. I think you owe him an apology. Your own considered opinion notwithstanding such a characterization of another's considered opinion seems to be beyond the pale and totally inappropriate. Disagreement is welcome here, but mean spiritedness is out of place.
Alan Mitchell,
perhaps you have a better take on how and why we moved from a post on the evil of abortion and the spread of a throw away culture to a series of unrelated citations from Evangelli Gaudium (that it turns out were transcribed unacknowledged from a different website) to a long and unrelated reflection on Humanae Vitae -- never mentioned by Pope Francis in the talk which was the object of my post.
Fr. Imbelli,
I am in full agreement with you on the evil of abortion, so in respondinghere I want to be clear that that is not the issue. You now as well as I do that the internet is not the best way to engge in conversation since rhe medium is so imperfect. What strikes someone posting as relevant and germaine may be more fluid than what that person originally intended. Conversations on the internet move in a variety of directions. It is the nature of the beast But it is one thing to try in a polite way to re-direct the thread and quite another to assume that one knows every intention of someone posting a response. Charity demands that we offer the benefit of the doubt. The integrity of your oriinal post stands regardless of the responses to it, so why the defensiveness? We are all in a conversation here trying to figure things out. Bill deHass has been a valuable contributor to this blog. Should not that have earned him some basic respect and an engaging response about what he thinks?
Alan Mitchell,
Thank you for your response. It might be more accurate to say that you are in full agreement with Pope Francis on the evil of abortion.
But note that the post suggested that Pope Francis was making an interesting connection between abortion and the social inequities that this blog tends to highlight. Hence his "consistent ethic."
However, I fail to see any "defensiveness" in pointing out the irrelevance of the detour into Humanae Vitae. Indeed, it would have been easier (and perhaps more suitable) simply to delete the comment as being completely ungermane.
Father Imbellii,
I grant your qualification and I do not doubt that Pope Francis has a consistent ethic on this point. In fact, I welcome his consistent ethic. You will not grant my point about defensiveness, and so I will not pursue it. You have won your argument and I hope you have the satisfaction you have sought, but I still think that Bill deHass has been treated unfairly on this post. That is a conversation for you and Fr. Komonchak to have with him.
Prof. Mitchell:
In my comments I used the following phrases: "I read"; "It struck me"; "seemed to me". If my impressions were mistaken, I would be glad to be corrected.
Father Imbelli:
The passage you quoted,
"At times our media culture and some intellectual circles convey a marked skepticism with regard to the Church's message, along with a certain cynicism. As a consequence, many pastoral workers, though they pray, develop a sort of inferiority complex which leads them to relativize or conceal their Christian identity...They end up stifling the joy of mission with a kind of obsession about being like everyone else and possessing what everyone else possesses. Their work of evangelization thus becomes forced, and they devote little energy and very limited time to it."
made me think, "Why hasn't anyone said this before?". An entire book could be spent elucidating that paragraph. Thank you for sharing it.
I can't speak for Bill, but perhaps the mention of Humanae Vitae and the dissent it aroused among so many was meant to speak to this bit you quote in the post ...
"At times our media culture and some intellectual circles convey a marked skepticism with regard to the Church's message, along with a certain cynicism .... they end up stifling the joy of mission with a kind of obsession about being like everyone else ..."
The point of my own comment avout dissent and Himanae Vitae was that not all dissent to church teaching is cyncal not does it spring from a desire to be like everyone else.
Sad - on Passion Sunday to experience this at a remarkable site such as dotCommonweal in terms of openness, discussion, listening to each other. To use the metaphor of Passion Sunday, guess the blogoshpere can be like the journey of Jesus and the people towards Jerusalem. Some cried out in joy; others were apprehensive; some cheered; other jeered. Some stayed silent and plodded behind closed doors. Blogs are like journeys (verbal) and as Prof. Mitchell described well, comments can have a life of their own; tangents; etc. Probably not unlike the reaction of many in the crowds that welcomed Christ to Jerusalem. So, wondered at the tone, assumptions, and judgments (hijacked, really?)....how unfortunate.
Appears to be some confusion.....my initial comment was only meant to broaden the focus......pro-life groups (in general and around the world) was my point of reference). Yes, Francis' full pronouncement referenced abortion specifically but, again, was trying to respond to my experience of some pro-life groups and also what I have heard the bishop of Rome state in the first year of his papacy.
Have spent my life in jobs, volunteer positions, boards, organizing events to support the consistent ethic of life. That being said, was attempting to interject that, in my experience, too many folks in pro-life groups are quick to judge; quick to push anti-abortion but when real situations and events rise up (single parents; unwanted pregnancies; poor folks who lack medical insurance or even the money necessary to raise families; etc.) there is little to no reach out; no focus on going out to the peripheries; to go on mission - rather, what I experience is an ideology rather than a consistent ethic of life which starts with the dignity of the person; starts with listening and supporting (before judging).
And, yes, inserting birth control and HV was beyond what Francis stated but most pro-life groups also tout birth control in much the same manner - judgmental; ideological; closed to the reality of the poor, the disadvantaged, those who need the church's support. And like the bishop of Rome - to always talk about abortion can often get in the way of our encounter with Christ and Christ in others.
The line *from conception to death* is consistent - but to those of us who work in direct service to the needy, the economically disadvantaged; those with little income or family support, *conception* is not black and white. And many bishops and catholic hospitals have implemented policies that recognize this reality. So, guess the reaction was a surprise.
Suggest this article that highlights the words of Francis on Passion Sunday: http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/the-vatican/detail/articolo/francesco-francisco-francis-33462/
Highlights (another Jesuit method from Ignatius of Loyola himself, finding yourself as a character in a gospel story):
- "It would do us good to ask ourselves one question: Who am I before the Lord, who am I before Jesus who enters a Jerusalem during a time of celebration? Am I able to express my joy and shout it to the world or do I take my distance? Who am I before the suffering Jesus? We have heard so many names. The group of leaders, the Pharisees, experts in the law who decided to kill him and were waiting for the opportune moment to get him. Am I one of them?" the Pope asked.
"Am I like Pontius Pilate who walks away from his responsibilities when the situation gets tough, allowing others to be sentenced or sentencing people?" Francis went on to ask. "Or am I like the crowd of people who weren't quite sure whether they were at a religious gathering, a trial or a circus and chose Barabas because to them it was the same; it was all the more fun because they could humiliate Jesus. Am I like the soldiers who beat Jesus, spit at him, insult him and enjoy humiliating the Lord?"
Mr. de Haas: You have described what I thought and said I thought you were doing. The only word in my comment that I apologize for is the verb "high-jack"; I should have been content with "divert."
I am usually interested in both Bill and Joe's comments, and I don't understand this quarrel.
"Just as the commandment 'Thou shall not kill' sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today we also have to say 'thou shall not' to an economy of exclusion and inequality. Such an economy kills .... Human beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded. We have created a 'throw away' culture which is now spreading" (Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, n. 53). And in this way life, too, ends up being thrown away.
I don't think this is self-evident to many Americans. If I stood up at the ambo on Friday (which is when I am scheduled to preach next) and read this passage, I expect that I'd get a lot of puzzled looks, as to say: what does this have to do with us? And probably some angry looks, as all of us participate in the economy to one extent or another, and in my community, we're more accustomed to think of it, not only a necessary thing but also a vehicle for doing good and a source of many blessings in our lives.
To put it as plainly as possible: I don't think most Americans perceive that the American economy kills. Is this "throw away culture" language in reference to the substandard wages and dangerous working conditions that are more prevalent in the developing world than in a place like the US?
It seems to me that the issue is diversion or changing the topic in some way, if you will. I find that in the most interesting conversations the original topic is 1) illuminated by looking more closely at its parts, and analysing them and their inter-relationships, and 2) relating the original topic to wider topics, say to analogous subjects or to historical events. Both seem to be natural movements in blogs. I think that Bill's post made the second sort of movement.
@Jim Pauwels:
Your post reminds me of another gem from Pope Francis, from his homily at Lampedusa mass:
"The culture of well-being, that makes us think of ourselves, that makes us insensitive to the cries of others, that makes us live in soap bubbles, that are beautiful but are nothing, are illusions of futility, of the transient, that brings indifference to others, that brings even the globalization of indifference. In this world of globalization we have fallen into a globalization of indifference. We are accustomed to the suffering of others, it doesn't concern us, it's none of our business."
I hope you're wrong about your parishioners, although I suspect you may be right, especially if your parish is located in one of the more affluent areas of the country...
JP - here is an excellent example that underlines what Francis said:
For those of us who were on the frontlines of implementing the PPACA so that the right to insurance for all could be assured and also for those of us who have had to push governors who have refused to expand Medicaid.....this is a welcome episcopal example of what the Pope said.
Jim Pauweis,
there is no need to tell you that some subjects lend themselves to homilies and others require a different context to be done justice to.
Has your parish had sessions devoted to Evangelii Gaudium in which space is provided for some in- depth discussion? A chapter a week for five weeks would work nicely for post Easter reflection.
Re: Bill deHass, 2:34 pm
" … too many folks in pro-life groups are quick to judge; quick to push anti-abortion but when real situations and events rise up (single parents; unwanted pregnancies; poor folks who lack medical insurance or even the money necessary to raise families; etc.) there is little to no reach out; no focus on going out to the peripheries; to go on mission - rather, what I experience is an ideology rather than a consistent ethic of life which starts with the dignity of the person; starts with listening and supporting (before judging).
" … most pro-life groups also tout birth control in much the same manner - judgmental; ideological; closed to the reality of the poor, the disadvantaged, those who need the church's support. …"
See "The Lazy Slander of the Pro-Life Cause" by Helen Alvaré, Greg Pfundstein, Matthew Schmitz and Ryan T. Anderson, 1/17/11, The Public Discourse
I wonder if Pope Francis had human trafficking and prostitution in mind. These are instances when a human being is a consumer good, bought and sold, and these evils are made easier because of desperate poverty.
In an extended sense, the economy treats human persons as expendable commodities when it does not allow them to earn a living wage or to work in reasonably safe conditions. I am thinking of the sub-human conditions that some workers endure, such as some of our undocumented migrant workers and also the sweatshops in India and China, not to mention the reports we read of workers lured to jobs in faraway lands, like Dubai, and then not paid at all. These are surely instances of economic exploitation which treat the human person as an expendable commodity. It doesn't quite fit the "throwaway culture" tag, but it is another instance of holding life cheap in order to make a profit.
Responding to Michael Kelly's commnet and the article he linked to ...
Crisis Pregnancy Clinics run by conservative Christian pro-life groups are not exactly what I think of as examples of helping women. Here's a bit from the wikipedia article, with a relevant link below (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_pregnancy_center) ...
"CPCs that qualify as medical clinics may also provide pregnancy testing, sonograms, and other services; however, the vast majority are not licensed and provide no medical services.[1] CPCs have been reported to disseminate false medical information, usually but not exclusively about the supposed physical and mental health risks of abortion"
[1] "False And Misleading Health Information Provided By Federally Funded Pregnancy Resource Centers" ... US House of Representatives ... http://www.chsourcebook.com/articles/waxman2.pdf
@Rita Ferrone,
And all the instances you cite are related -- either directly or indirectly thanks to globalization -- to the American economy.
Which is to say those evils happen and exist not just in faraway lands, but also, here and now, just the same.
I don't think it would be unreasonable to say the American economy "kills," both by design and benign (or pernaps not so benign) neglect, and who knows what else.
There were some nice quotes from 60 minutes the other day by Robert Mickens(@The Tablet) that said: Any Christian... whatever you are, right, left, center... if you're not challenged by Pope Francis... you're not listening.
Kind of like what Father Imbelli said earlier: The beauty of "explosions" is that they consistently and indiscriminately unsettle.
With both, I agree wholeheartedly.
Maria - thanks for that quote from the Pope's Lampedusa homily. I have to say I agree with his diagnosis of a "globalization of indifference". I've commented here in the past: whereas, in earlier centuries, people became wealthy via the labor of the poor, nowadays it is possible to become wealthy with the poor in this country being pretty much irrelevant to the process. When the poor have become extraneous, that is a fundamental problem.
As for my parishioners: by the measure of this part of the country, we are largely middle-class, with some richer and some poorer. By the measure of the developing world, we probably seem exceedingly well-off. Our parishioners are not blind and deaf to the needs of those in our community. We have a food pantry, and we serve meals to those in need, we have a prison ministry, and help those in need in a number of other ways. Our parish community strives to live the Gospel. It's humbling to be part of it.
Even so, as I say, I think it's not self-evident to us that *the economy* is killing. I rather think the attitude and approach of those in our community is more likely to be that the economy can be a source of sustenance, and we would like to have as many people as possible partake of its blessings.
Rita Ferrone, and all the instances you cite are related -- either directly or indirectly thanks to globalization -- to the American economy. Which is to say those evils happen and exist not just in faraway lands, but also, here and now, just the same.
I am not ready to conclude that yet.
Rita cited three types of exploitation:
- Prostitution and sex trafficking
- Exploitation of undocumented workers in the US
- Exploitation of workers in the developing world
I would argue that prostitution and sex trafficking are not integral to the American economy, and in fact have existed in all cultures, all economies, all geographies and all historical eras. It is, famously, the "world's oldest profession". Certainly, prostitution and sex trafficking is a terrible problem. But I have to say that it's not evident to me that it is a primarily *economic* problem. In the US, many prostitutes are teens who are on the streets because they have run away from home. Why do teens become severed from their families? That, I think, is a very complex topic, in which the economy might be one contributing, indirect cause, but far from the only one and possibly not the most important one.
If we look at root causes of the exploitation of undocumented workers in the US, we would need to agree that part of it surely is economic: when easily exploitable workers are available in large numbers, it is inevitable that they will be exploited. Yet if we ask, "why are so many undocumented workers present in the US?" we are once again in the midst of a very complex discussion, in which the US economy is only one of many contributing factors. The bishops have argued, persuasively, that ultimately what is necessary is that conditions of justice, equity and prosperity need to become rooted in the homelands of our undocumented immigrants. Perhaps there are some things the US can contribute to bringing that about. But to claim, 'it's the US economy's fault' seems less than convincing.
Regarding sweatshop conditions in Asia and elsewhere in the developing world: I agree that the US economy is among those that benefit from them. The solution, it seems to me, is not for US economic entities to disengage, but rather for more just and equitable working conditions to be brought about in those places. India and China have become astonishingly more prosperous by providing a large pool of inexpensive, reliable and skilled labor to the world economy. Let's augment those blessings by making that work better-paid, safer and more fair.
Bill - I agree that Medicaid gaps are fruits of an 'economy of exclusion', and even that it kills.
Rita - to the examples you cited, I might add the manufacture of weapons in the US. That is something in which all of us are implicated to one degree or another via our military spending, and when those weapons end up in the hands of war lords, terrorists and despots, it's difficult to argue that our economy isn't, quite literally, killing.
Thanks to all for your contributions to this conversation - it's been thought-provoking for me.
Thanks, Rita, JP, and Crystal. Am a big proponent of CCHD but find too many dioceses/bishops who question its spending (based upon a narrow understanding of the consistent ethic of life and then you have the reality that almost every parish in a diocese has some form of a pro-life committee that may or may not do what you outline above.
Michael Kelly - with no desire to *divert* this post any further, here is another slant on what you cite:
In addition, what you cite is US focused only.....when you move to the third world, your findings fall apart. You might want to review the recent reproduction law passed by the Filipino government and the response of their catholic episcopal conference.
Thanks Jim P. Just to clarify one point...
Human trafficking includes not only the sex trade but also forced labor, debt bondage, extraction of organs, and a whole raft of atrocious violations of human dignity.
I totally agree that arms sales are causes of death linked to profit.
If I may add to the litany one more way that economic systems can kill: by accelerating the destruction of the environment. Yes, indeed, the cheap consumer goods that Americans buy because companies locate their factories where environmental standards are low, blow back, literally, waves of pollution. I don't need to catalogue the respiratory illnesses and water safety disasters and all the rest. And what of the mafia burying toxic wastes around Naples, for money? This sort of thing is already killing people or hastening their deaths.
I think it's terribly important to take responsibility for the sins of our own, close-to-home, American economic system. I also believe that globalization means we do influence the world, greatly.
However, I don't believe we have cornered the market on killing by economic exploitation by any means. China or North Korea, Saudi Arabia, and so on, have different systems from ours but still fall under the Pope's critique that an economy can kill.
Jim P. ==
Yes, too often we forget that there are perhaps billions of people in India and China who now survive and even survive rather well because of globalization. Yes, the inequities of the current capitalist system are huge, but the system, faulty as it is, has produced extraordinary gains in many, many third-worldd countries. Bill Gates said recently that it is possible now to eliminate poverty in the whole world by 2050 if we have the will.
But as I see it we lack the economic theory to guide us to a fair system. Economists of the conservative stripe do not know what to make of what h happened in 2008 -- or rather, what has NOt happened since 2008. According to current conservative economic theory (Adam Smith's kind) when a market doesn't work correctly it will automatically correct itself because of internal pressures. But that has not happened since 2008, and many economists even seem unable to face the facts. Why? Because their old economic theory doesn't tell them what we should do when the market fails. Because businessmen are usually economic conservatives they too are at a loss to know what to do, and so they do nothing, and the economy stagnates, with only a small increase in activity each year.
Marx said that there is nothing so practical as a good theory, and he was right that time. It seems that there are now some younger economists trying to figure out how to correct the 2008 problems, and some of them are studying the inequality of the current system as a possible cause of our economic dysfunction with all its associated pain. Let's pray that the new Adam Smith emerges soon. He/she's needed desperately.
Jim P. wrote above: "Certainly, prostitution and sex trafficking is a terrible problem. But I have to say that it's not evident to me that it is a primarily *economic* problem."
I just googled "Sold into Prostitution" and it got 5,100,000 hits. A quick look at the first dozen stories, from all over the globe, show that girls and women are being bought and sold, quite literally, into slavery, to make money for other people through the sex trade. The money is primary.
Rita - you're right; it's a corrosively moneymaking scheme. I don't wish to dismiss the severity of the problem nor the economic aspects of it.
I think it's terribly important to take responsibility for the sins of our own, close-to-home, American economic system.
I completely agree and on the sex trade, I confess to being shocked to learn that sex trafficking has been occurring in my own community, It is an international issue involving a port in Minnesota as well. The root cause, is again, economic.
However, Picard said some of the reasons First Nations women are vulnerable to sex trafficking are all too familiar in indigenous communites.
"The reason that indigenous women and girls are sometimes trafficked has to do with all of these ongoing issues like poverty," she said. "Another one of the large risk factors for indigenous women and girls is the lack of housing ... women will sometimes engage in survival sex, not of their choice, in order to have somewhere to live."
Picard said the ONWA hopes to work with organizations in Minnesota and Manitoba to learn more about the cross-border sex trade, and explore ways of keeping indigenous women and their children safe.
Rita Ferrone @11:45 am
"I don't believe we have cornered the market on killing by economic exploitation by any means."
I believe we are in agreement, for I don't think that either. What I meant -- and I read your post as saying the same thing, generally speaking -- was that we are neither blameless nor much better than the other countries named in this thread.


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It see to automatically embed a number sequence prefix to the exported layers, thus rendering my own file naming convention useless. Is there a fix for this? Is there an option somewhere called 'dont auto-renumber my files' or 'use layer names as file names" that I am missing?
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I've unlocked four so far. They appear to unlock based on the number of "units" you produce. The fourth theme seemed to take longer than the previous three, but I've been playing a long time without unlocking anything else. Am I just driving myself crazy? Without Game Center support for achievements or leaderboards, unlocks are kind of my only motivation to play this game, as wonderful as it is.
There are a total of 20 Themes to unlock, with the last one being a sort of gag theme, unlocked at 1 million Units Shipped. The 19th, I believe is unlocked at 450K or 500K, I can't remember exactly what we set it at last. The rest are interspersed between that and 1K, with no set interval between them all. IE, the more you unlock, the longer it takes to unlock the next. I think, however, the biggest gap between two themes is 50K.
Also to note, some of the themes are based on other video game properties. 2nd theme is Assassin's Creed 1, with Metroid being another. There may be more, but I forget.


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I'm wrapping my head around MLE right now and there's something about it that bothers me, irrationally I'm sure. I believe I understand the procedure: essentially we hold our observations fixed and maximize the likelihood function with respect to the parameters to find the parameters which would make a PDF that assigns a maximum value to our observations.
My question it this: why do we care about finding such a PDF? In particular, I'm imagining that we end up with a very skewed PDF so that the expected value is far from the maximum. Or what if we have an even weirder PDF than that? If $f$ is a PDF, it was my understanding that the number $f(x)$ is not particularly meaningful for continuous random variables—it's the area under the curve that we care about. So why aren't we in some way trying to maximize the area under our observations, or taking the expected value into account or something?
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Critics are wrong to say Tazewell County's Central School District can't generate sufficient funds from local property taxes and thus suffers academically versus a "wealthy" district like Lake County's Rondout School District ["School Bell Rings for Funding Changes," Feb. 25].
First, the state report card (see http://iirc.niu.edu) shows 90.3 percent of students in the Central District meet and exceed requirements in all subjects, despite operating expenses of only $4,438 per pupil. In the Rondout District, with spending five times higher, at $23,799 per pupil, only 83.6 percent of students meet and exceed requirements in all subjects.
Shouldn't policymakers be telling school administrators to use the Central School District as a model of how to get more academic value out of the tax dollars we already spend on education in Illinois?
Secondly, the state report card also shows the Central School District has a relatively low equalized assessed value (EAV) per pupil -- $143,813 -- and a relatively low tax rate of 1.90 per $100 of EAV. However, Chicago has an even lower EAV per pupil -- $122,209 -- but a tax rate almost two times higher, 3.74. If Central families taxed themselves at the Chicago rate, their district would receive an additional $1.7 million a year, boosting operating expenses to about $6,800 per pupil.
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I have no idea how to solve this. Could anyone give a hand? Thanks!
$$2x^{5a} + 6x^{3a} - x^{2a} - 3 = 0$$
PS: I'm guessing this doesn't make sense unless it's also "solve for x" and the equation is = 0, but I'm not certain of that.
PPS: My intuition was to add 3 to both sides, then multiply both sides by x, then divide by 3, but I didn't know where to go from there (or even if that was right).
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WACO (January 22, 2013)--One of the larger Baylor University research programs known as CASPER, Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research, began moving into the Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative Building also known as BRIC today.
"The building was originally a general tires factory built in the early 40's," said Dr. Truell Hyde, Vice Provost for Research at Baylor.
The building was stripped down to its concrete skeleton and given a new look and design.
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CASPER's main lab is being moved into the building, it was at TSTC for the past 12 years.
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In a particle collision the thrust is defined by:
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where $\hat{n}$ is the unit vector that maximizes the ratio of the sums ($\hat{n}$ is called the thrust axis) and the sum is over all the particles emerging from the collision.
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The Weekend Snack Pack Program, in conjunction with Dakota Wesleyan University, is asking sports fans to Snack Pack the Palace at next Wednesday's Tiger basketball game.
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