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It'd be awesome if you were to receive an offer to join Madrid at the end of the season, however I still think your current plan of focusing on the 2018 World Cup is the best way to go about things at the moment.
It'd be awesome if you were to receive an offer to join Madrid at the end of the season, however I still think your current plan of focusing on the 2018 World Cup is the best way to go about things at the moment.
I am beginning to like a few things which have happened to United on your save lately .
Thomas Lewis' Career - November 2016 - Swansea City
Premier League
A god month, but it would have been a great one had we not drawn at Ipswich. The Arsenal game was a real battle, but we just about deserved the victory. Away to Ipswich we took the lead early and were comfortable, but from nowhere they equalised with a long range thunderbolt. After that we couldn't get through their defence, and they really earned their point. The result against Crystal Palace was as simple as it looked, and in all honesty it should have been more. At the Liberty against Birmingham, we totally dominated but our shooting was poor. We left it late, but Jason Malpass popped up with to late goals to give us a 2-0 win.
Even at this stage it is looking like a fascinating title battle between us and City. At the minute they lead only on goal difference, but are currently on a four match winning run. We are keeping pace though, and we hope to do so in our next match aaway at West Ham.
League Cup - Quarter Final
Very annoying. We were 4-0 up and crusing, then conceded two sloppy goals. We must do better. In the semi-finals we face Ipswich Town, who we of course faced in last seasons semi-final aswell.
November 2016 Continued
Champions League
A great performance by Scott Sinclair against Hannover gave us a comfortable win, but it could have been four had he not smashed a penalty against the post. He no has four Champions League goals this term. The Inter game was very even and could have gone either way. A draw would have been a fairer result, and even though we lost I really can't complain about the performance.
We finish at home to Porto, and we can still top the group ahead of Inter.
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Hopefully Hannover will do you a favour so you can top the group. Looking for another League Cup there?
Very close in the league although Man City do look goal crazy at the moment and congrats on qualifying from the group stages,hope Hannover can do you a favour.
Aiming to do a United come March .
Thomas Lewis' Career - December 2016 - Swansea City
Premier League
Not a perfect month, but we're still their keeping pace with Manchester City. To win four and draw two in a month where four of those six games were away from home makes for a very good month. The only frustrating result was the one against Chelsea at home, where we twice took the lead and then surrendered it, the second time in the 90th minute which proved decisive. Still we followed that up with a good win at Bolton and a draw at Old Trafford.
Up next we have Tottenham at home, followed by a trip to Southampton.
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A very good month in December. Cant really complain with some of the fixtures you had & thank god for Hannover .
Who says there's never a German around when you need one?
You lose so few games. It's really impressive. I wish I could come up with something that avoids defeat so much, I really do.
We just sit deep and keep the ball. Quite often my fullbacks and defensive midfielder make over 60 passes, and have a completion rate of more than 90%, simply because they're just passing it short and simple between themselves.
Thomas Lewis' Career - January 2017 - Swansea City
Premier League
An excellent month in the league for us as we won four out of four, and moved above City into first position when they lost at West Brom and we beat Newcastle. We opened up with a nervy win over Tottenham, and followed it up with an even more nervy win at Southampton. However we were sensational against QPR, and Jason Malpass was simply irresistable, (except for the fact that he missed a penalty!). We finished the month off with a very good win at Newcastle, with Malpass again on top form.
Our performances in January earned me another Manager Of The Month award, my second of the season.
We have three very winnable games in February against Everton (H), West Brom (A), and Fulham (H) before we face Manchester City at the start of March. A crucial period is coming up.
FA Cup 3rd and 4th Rounds
Very poor performance at the Liberty in the 3rd round against Newcastle, but we put it right in the replay with a classy performance. We then faced massive rivals Cardiff, who currently laid 7th in the Championship at the time, and duly taught them a thing or two about football at the top level. The fans were thrilled with that victory.
In the fifth round we face either Dagenham and Redbridge or Arsenal at the Liberty.
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January 2017 Continued
League Cup
A couple of outstanding performances gave us a cracking 7-0 aggregate win over the Tractor Boys. The 5-0 second leg performance was one of our best of the season, and Nestor Schmidt inparticular really turned on the style, with two goals and two assists.
So we head into our fourth final in a row at the end of February, and this year we face Chelsea.
Transfer Activity
For the first time since I have been managing Swansea, there was no transfer activity of any kind in the January window.
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As for my shouts I've got two sets, erm, set up;
Defensive - Push Higher Up, Stay On Feet, Hassle Opponents
I use this group if I'm under a bit more pressure. Although with Swansea I've made great strides, against the bigger sides away from home I still concede possession a fair bit, and this group of shouts work quite well. It closes down space, gets amongst the opposition, and of course makes sure the players don't dive into challenges.
Attacking - Drop Deeper, Pass Into Space, Work Ball Into Box, Retain Possession
A very Barcelona type of grouping I like to think. When I'm on top it slows things down and ensures the team probe for an opening, which, although it goes against the other three shouts in the group, comes from the "Pass Ball Into Space" instruction. It means that when the opportunity arises, the tempo is quickened in a flash by a through ball/forward run by a man off the ball.
Cheers for the assessment of my season thus far. Looks like I could be leaving Swansea on another high note!
Still going strong I see.
Can you tell me if Kompany, Dembele, De Laet, Mignolet, Vermaelen and others still play at the same club? Have other belgian players moved to english clubs?
Impressive Ipswich win.
Cracking month and yet another League Cup Final .
Before that though we have a busy month ahead, with three league games, an FA Cup tie, and the 1st leg of the Champions tie against Dynamo Kiev to play. And i have an international friendly with Spain sandwiched in the middle of all that!
Here is the last squad that Belgium selected; clicky.
The only normal regulars not in the squad were Marouane Fellaini (Manchester City), Jelle Vossen (Valencia), and Moussa Dembele (Fulham), who were all missing through injury. Marino Reynders is a newgen who Real Madrid recently paid £21.5million for.
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Thomas Lewis' Career - February 2017 - England
International Friendly
A great performance against the side just a couple of places below us in the world rankings. Yes they may have had just ten men for over 40 minutes, but we finished well and created alot of chances. I'm not happy about the possession stat though, and had they kept eleven men on the field it maty have been different as they dominated for the last 25mins of the first half.
Still, it was a morale boosting win ahead of a home qualifier against Poland towards the end of March.
Looking very good so far,hope it can be another successful season.Still a cracking win over Spain even if they did have ten men.
Nice win over Spain.
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My mistake .
Thomas Lewis' Career - 2016/17 - Swansea City
League Cup Final
How We Got To The Final
As with a couple of other seasons we didn't have the toughest run to the final, but as the old saying goes; "You can only beat what is put infrnt of you".
The Final
Four in a row! Ok this was the least convincing of them all, but in a final I don't mind how we do it as long as we get the result we want. Scott Sinclair yet again saved us, this time in the fourth minute of injury time, but not long after I was tearing my hair out when his second penalty smashed the post! However, we won it without the need for penalties when a stunnig run and cross from Carlos Vela set up Jason Malpass to give us victory in the 121st minute of the game.
As I said previously, we have now won the League Cup four times in a row, and in doing so equalled the record which was set by Liverpool back in the 1980's.
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Thomas Lewis' Career - February 2017 - Swansea City
Premier League
Sloppy month, and one that now makes our next match at home to Manchester City even more crucial than it already was. We bossed the game against Everton, but when one of their center backs gets a rating of 8.6 and the Man of the Match award, you know it just isn't going to go for you. It was a similar story against West Brom really, only they scored with their only shot on target after a **** up between Michel Vorm and Kyle Bartley. We bunced back with a comfortable win over Fulham, but with us playing in the League Cup final City were able to pull three points clear, leaving us with agame in hand to negotiate.
FA Cup 5th Round
Great performance from the lads. Papiss Cisse hasn't had the best of seasons due to injury, but he really put in a performance here. Not our usual dominat selves in terms of possession, but we restricted them to just six shots, none of which were on target.
In the quarter finals we face Crystal Palace at the Liberty.
February 2017 Continued
League Cup
As was said a couple of posts up, this was our fourth League Cup victory in a row. One of our poorer performances this season, but we won the trophy nevertheless, and thus gave me my seventh trophy, (that is including the Pepsi All-Star Cup, so could really call it sixth), with Swansea.
Champions League - 1st Knockout Round, 1st Leg
A really top performance from us, putting us in a very commanding position ahead of the second leg at the Liberty. Just like with the FA Cup, Papiss Cisse showed up for another big game and now four of his seven goals this season have come in the Champions League.
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Another League Cup triumph, going well in the league and should be in the Semi-Final of the FA Cup. This has the makings of a fantastic season.
Very close race.
Things are going unbelievably well, I hope you can win the quad but there is a chance you could go unbeaten and not win the league, I don't think I have ever seen that on FM before. Good luck dude.
You should rename the League Cup as the Tom Lewis Cup .
just had a good read all 7 pages tomtuck ..very impressive ...well done bro on all you success and your fantastic management , looking forward to future updates mate
Sorry to be a pain but any chance of a screenshot of your squad with their average ratings for the season so far, would like to see how everyone is playing.
Thomas Lewis' Career - March 2017 - England
World Cup Qualifying
As close as this game looks, it was more than comfortable for us. We dominated with 61% possession, and they only manahed oe shot at goal. Us on the other hand, were well off with our shooting, managing to only get four out of fourteen shots on target. Still, it was a nice comeback to give us a 2-1 win.
Up next is San Marino in June at Wembley.
Thomas Lewis' Career - England
FIFA 2017 Confederations Cup Draw
FA Expectations
Confederations Cup:Reach the final
Personal Expectations
Confederations Cup: Win it
We should certainly qualify from the group we have been given, and I'll be looking to top it. After that, who knows. Brazil aren't what they were, and if we play them at some point I would fancy us to beat them.
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Good win over Polan and probably only Spain who would cause you major trouble in the Confederations Cup?
Thomas Lewis' Career - March 2017 - Swansea City
Premier League
A pretty good month which in my eyes would have been excellent had we managed to beat Blackburn away. However, I can't complain about the fact that we have not taken the lead in the title race and have just seven games to play.
We started the month brilliantly by defeating Manchester City 2-1 in a game that could have gone either way - we controlled the possession, but they created alot more chances. That put us level on points with them ahead of our games in hand at Blackburn, but we again failed to turn domination into goals and had to settle for the draw. We then achieved a good draw at Arsenal, though we sould have won. Already 2-1 up, they went dwn to ten men. Frm then on we cntrolled it, but Christian Eriksen decided to smash in from miles out to rescue them a point. Fortunately on the same day City could only manage a 2-2 draw at home to lowly Crystal Palace, meaning we remained top. We rounded the month off with a solid home win again Ipswich, and maintained our one point lead.
FA Cup - Quarter Final
A commanding performance from us to send us through to the semi-finals. The only disappointment was that we drew the second half 1-1. In the semi-final we face Championship midtable side Derby County, and other semi is between West London rivals Fulham and Chelsea.
March 2017 Continued
Champions League - 1st Knockout Round, 2nd Leg
A terrific performance to fire us into the Champions League quarter finals for the second year in a row. We completely dominated, having 64% f the possession, and over 20 shots at goal. Superb.
The quarter final draw looks very interesting indeed;
Great to see Swansea in there with all those European greats!
Not to be disrespectful, but we have got the easiest draw that was available. If we get past Sporting, then we will face either Bayern Munich or Manchester United in the semi-finals.
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Here you go.
This is from the end of March. If you have any questions then feel free to ask.
I'd also lik to point out that a couple of players, including back-up goalkeeper Jack Butland, have been taken off the list because they have played so few games, and I couldn't be arsed cutting and pasting a screeshot for two or three players who have only made a couple of appearances.
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Great work in the Champions League as well .
Another offer from a massive club. Would be a great challenge - they may have won the Champions Leagu in 2015, but are without a Serie A title since 2003. However, my focus remains on Swansea, and I still intend to take a year out of club management at the end of the season ahead of the 2018 World Cup.
Premier League - The Race For The Title
Just thought I'd share with you the last six games of both Swansea and Manchester City. As it stands there is just a point between us, and the run in looks like being very close indeed.
Swansea City
Manchester City
Their run in is slightly tougher, but we both have tough away games, so it looks like it is going to be extremely close.
Effectively the same run-in pretty much, give or take. Hopefully you can come out on top.
Given the choice i'd take your run in over theirs, fingers crossed for you that you do it! I'm rather envious of you as you have a really interesting save going, i hope my current one is half as exciting as this read has been for me. Good luck!!
I think they just have it tougher.
That injury to Cisse is awful timing. Hopefully he'll still be the same player when he returns from injury.
Thomas Lewis' Career - April 2017 - Swansea City
Premier League
A really top drawer month for us, with the only dropped points coming at Anfield, and even then we earned a 0-0 draw. We started the month with two 3-0 wins, with three of the six goals coming from our fullbacks! After that we grabbed a hard fought 1-0 win at home to West Ham days after our FA Cup semi-final, and just three days after that we got what proved to be a massive 0-0 draw at Anfield to extend our lead at the top of the table to four points, as City lost 2-0 at Chelsea. We finished the month by coming from behind to beat Wolves 2-1, with Angel Rangel scoring the winner, and what could be a vital goal.
The great form of the tem this month earned me my third Manager Of The Month award this season. Hopefully a fourth will come in May and we will lift the title.
FA Cup - Semi Final
We didn't play very well in this tie, hence why we needed extra time, but we won in the end, and in an FA Cup semi-final that is the main thing. In all honesty the 3-0 win didn't flatter us, but I wish it had come sooner.
To my surprise, we will face Fulham in the FA Cup Final. Hopefully we will add another trophy to the collection.
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April 2017 Continued
Champions League - Quarter Finals and Semi Final 1st Leg
A superb couple of performances against Sporting, especially the 2-0 home leg win, which we totally dominated. As with the first leg, we benefited with an own goal in the second leg to hand us a 1-0 win, and 3-0 victory on aggregate.
In the semi-final we faced Bayern Munich, who battered Manchester United 5-2 on aggregate in the quarter finals. However, in the Allianz Arena we were unreal. They peppered our goal with shot after shot, but we stood firm, and the usual man, Scott Sinclair, popped up to give us an unlikely 1-0 win. The return leg will be just as tough, but we hold a slender advantage which could be crucial.
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Thomas Lewis' Career - 2016/17 - Swansea City
FA Cup Final
How We Got To The Final
Some really good performances on our run to the final. Defeating our biggest rivals, Cardiff, was a great moment for the fans, and beating Arsenal in the fifth round was as sweet as always. Having to go to extr time against Derby was frustrating, but we got through in the end and into my first FA Cup final with Swansea.
The Final
Alot more comfortable than the scoreline suggests, but whatever the scoreline, getting the win is all that matters. We bossed possession, and had double the amount of attempts at goal than they did, it was just unfortunate that our finishing was a bit wayward. I was delighted by the scorer of what proved to be the winner - Leon Britton. At 34 now his career is winding down a bit, but he has really put in some top performances of late, and deserved his place in the starting XI ahead of Joe Allen. A real Swansea great.
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Brilliant season dude, I am betting I am not the only one who is looking forward to seeing how the second leg against Bayern goes.
With our Champions League 2nd leg been early in May, I have split my May update up. In this update there will be the conclusion of the league campaign, and the Champions League 2nd leg. After that the Champins League Final, (sorry for giving away that I made it past Bayern), will be posted about, followed by the rest of my May update, with the FA Cup final and Champions League final being the focus of the attention.
Thomas Lewis' Career - May 2017 - Swansea City
Premier League
Superb stuff to retain the title and go the season unbeaten. We secured the title with the 1-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, as Manchester City lost later the same day at Old Trafford to Manchester United. For ur last game against Bolton I rested alot of players for a massive game that was to come just six days later, but we still managed another 1-0 win.
Champions League - Semi Final 2nd Leg
Insane! A great performance by us, if not a touch frustrating aswell. We had a great first half, then seemed to lose focus and let them come back to 2-2 and put the tie back in the balance. However, we reposnded to that magnificently to with the tie 6-2 on aggregate after a sensational 5-2 victory!
Manchester City overcame Barcelona 5-4 on aggregate in the other semi-final, and would line up against us in Brussels.
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Thomas Lewis' Career - 2016/17 - Swansea City
Champions League Final
How We Got To The Final
Group Stage
A very good group stage perfroamce from us, with the only defeat coming at Inter in the game that could have gone either way. We managed to top the group on the last round of fixtures as despite our draw with Porto, Inter lost in Hannover. That could have proved crucail.
Knockout Stage
We had some sensational performances in the knockout phase of the tournament. Hammerming a team like Dynam Kiev may not seem that great an achievement, but for us, in just our second season in the Champions League, was superb. And as excellent as the home win over Bayern was, the performance in Germany was even better, the perfect European away day.
After the excellent games we had over some of Europes best, we faced a side we had jousted with all seaso on the domestic front.......
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The Final
vs.Manchester City
Yessss!!!!!!!!!! My delight at winning this can not be contained! I said earlier this season that retaining the Premier League title with Swansea would be my greatest FM achievement, but even that doesn't come close to this!
It may not have been a great performance, i terms of chances they bossed things, but we hung on in there thanks to excellent performances from our back four and goalkeeper to take it to penalties, and in actual fact the chances we did create were decent chances and we could indeed have won it before extra time and penalties wre even needed. Nevertheless, winning on penalties added to the drama, and I loved the fact that my captain, Michel Vorm, decided it by saving Vincent Kompany's penalty.
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May 2017 Continued
FA Cup - Final
A decent performance, and the scoreline doesn't reflect our domination. This proved to be the third part of the quadruple, and it was Swansea's first FA Cup victory. Anoter remarkable achievement for the South Wales side.
Champions League - Final
The quadruple was complete! It may have only been on penalties, but winning this trophy is of course the pinnacle of my career so far. Just amazing.
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Second year in a row. Delighted!
Also the secondyear in a row that my captain has won this award. 22 clean sheets in 38 games represents a fantastic season.
I really don;t understand how he didn't also win the Young Player Of The Year award. Baffling.
I'm personally a little aggrieved that we have so few players in the PFA Team Of The Year. We won the league by nine points and went the season unbeaten, so to only have three starters is a bit of a mick take of our achievement.
Last edited by tomtuck01; 15-04-2012 at 10:00.
Absolutely superb pal, i must say it's up there with the greatest achievements I've seen by anybody on FM!! you have a lovely looking squad i like the fact you've done all this without having many.. if any! world beaters you've managed to gain success by blending together the right set of players to suit your system, again many congratulations!!
I think I've got a few decent players with solid attributs to be fair. My newgen Jason Malpass is superb, and although Scott Sinclair hasn't got outstanding all round attributes, his pace and acceleration make him a superb Inside Forward. Also Stefan Savic is a severely underrated player here on the forums. He's been top class for me since I bought him.
But you are right, and I've said it before on the forums, that it is more about finding players that suit how you want to play.
What a ****ing season Tom . I take my hat off to you.
Well done dude, probably the best season I have ever seen someone have on FM especially considering it is Swansea. So what's next?
Got to be honest and say I really never expected this when I took the Swansea job four seasons ago, I just saw it as a stepping stone to bigger things!
What is next? Well, you'll just have wait and see, because to be perfectly hnest I have been resented with a dilemma. I had of course decided earlier I would leave after this season and concerntrate on England in the run up to the 2018 World Cup, but now I'm so tempted to stay.
Thomas Lewis' Career - Season 2016/17 Review - Swansea City
Premier League
Results 1 - Results 2 - Final Table (1st, Champions)
Superb stuff from the side to retain the title. We remained unbeaten throughout the season, and we are now 50 league games unbeaten and closing in on our own record of 52. It was much closer than the final nine point margin suggests, and we only won it in our second to last game. We didn't have many high scoring victories, and infact we only scored four goals or more three times throughout the campaign. But we just very consistent all the way through the season.
FA Cup
Another first for the club, as the FA Cup was lifted for the very first time in the clubs history. We put in some good performances in the lead up to the final, including beating rivals Cardiff City 3-1 in their own backyard. In the final we won 2-1, a scoreline which massively flattered Fulham as we dominated the game.
League Cup
For the fourth season in a row we lifted the League Cup, equaliing a record set by Liverpool back in the 1980's. For the first time I rotated my squad somewhat, but we gave good performances along the way, including the top drawer semi-final performance against Ipswich. We meet Chelsea in the final, and although it wasn't a terrific performance, we won 2-1 after an equaliser in the fourth minute of stoppage time, and a winner in the 121st minute of the game.
Champions League
Our greatest achievement, and in actual fact my greatest ever Fotball Manager achievement. Throughout the competition we have had some brilliant results; beating Inter, winning away to Porto and in Munich. Thrashing Dynamo Kiev 5-1, and then Bayern 5-2 at home were also massive highs! And although we needed penalties to win the trophy, it doesn't take any gloss off this amazing triumph.
Other Info
Squad - Transfers - Finances
Every single player squad played their part this term, with the exception of Lizandro Perez who couldn't get a look in after 34 year old Angel Rangel showed some great form when stepping into the side for Kyle Naughton. From the goalscorers up the top end of the field, to the defenders ensuring we conceded just 33 goals all season. Again Michel Vorm was excellent between the posts aswell.
We spent pretty big prior to the season starting, resulting in us having our biggest net transfer spend in my time at the club, (£20.25million). Of the players that came in, Alex Teixeira, Carlos Vela, and Jason Malpass really kicked us on to the next level.
The finances really improved this campaign. Another season of success in the Premier League and Champions League really helped our bank balance, and hopefully for the future of the club the money will be reinvested in the facilities.
Top 3 Players
Jason Malpass
He arrived for £9.25million, a pretty hefty fee for a man of his age, but he proved to be every penny. Whether playing upfront or as my AMR, he provided goals and assits. Swansea should do everything possible to keep hold of this man.
Scott Sinclair
A great season for the man from Bath. He had his best goal return since I have been incharge, and also added 16 assists to his 21 goals. As always, he seems to pop up with crucial goals just when we need them.
The unfortunate thing for him is that he picked up an injury in the Champions League final and may not be fit for England Confederations Cup campaign in the summer.
Carlos Vela
I wasn't sure how much Vela would play when I decided to bring him in after a decent loan spell in the second half of last season, but for £2million he proved to be a real snip. Easily my best value for money signing of my career so far.
What Next
I had previously stated that I would leave at the end of this season to concerntrate on England ahead of the 2018 World Cup, and after such a great season I feel that I want to depart Swansea on te biggest high possible. At the same time I don't want to leave and see Swansea fall from grace.
I have a decision to make.
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Deservedly so too! tough decision on weather to stay or not would be horrible to see a new manager come in and ruin what you have created, i'd possibly stay one more season and try to replicate to the best of your abilities the amazing season you've just had.
Not surprised to see you honoured.
Just read it all - WOW! Great story Well Done!


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Hello MO,
I've been working on a problem I'm working on in ergodic theory (finding Alpern lemmas for measure-preserving $\mathbb R^d$ actions) and have found some neat tilings, that I presume were previously known.
They are periodic tilings of $\mathbb R^d$ by a single prototile consisting of any box with a smaller box removed from a corner. The two-dimensional case is illustrated in the figure below:
There exist versions of this in arbitrary dimensions, irrespective of the size of the boxes. Furthermore, there appear to be many essentially different tilings using the same prototile.
Does anybody recognize the $d$-dimensional version, or have a name for it?

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Tony Stewart
Second Source Electronics (SSE) Owner, 2004-present Custom Design, Distribution custom LEDs, Consulting, Training, Contract work.
1998–2002, C-MAC Electronics Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Design Services Mgr, Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS)
1st person to design new product within C-MAC worldwide Head-mounted Video display for Liquid Image, Winnipeg MB Won 1st design contract from Lucent Networks (Denver) & build 1K/mo
1997–1998 Unisys Corporation, Rancho Bernardo, CA, Sr. Test Engineer in a new factory
Assist new mfg. plant with producing new high-end computers (6 mos term)
1993–1996 IRIS Systems Inc, Winnipeg, MB, Ops Mgr, SMD R&D Prototype Assy , Automated Meter Reading (AMR)
Managed PCA Assy, stock, Purch, Eng. Database, QA, Testing,. BOM, Stock Pick, RFQ's Develop sophisticated low cost process for TCXO, Microwave Antenna testing/tuning Develop optimal proximity power meter reader with reflective IR`
1982–1993 Burroughs,Memorex,Unisys Corporation Winnipeg, MB, TE Manager, Disk Drive Mfg
Disk drive engineer for OEM buys, developed advanced test methods Test Eng Mgr, for Mfg Computer peripherals, mainframe types, Process Development, Yield Improvement Managed 15 highly technical staff (Tech, Eng) for teamwork and results
1979-1982 Interdiscom System Ltd, Winnipeg, MB, Senior Designer EE, Telecom Technology
High Tech design for MTS called Project IDA, broadband WAN/ISDN Successful transition from R&D to prototype build, install & Debug Designed test equipment for reading T1 error rate and system integrity. full mech/clim. elect,EMC Env. Test.
1975-1979 Bristol Aerospace Ltd, Winnipeg MB, Electronic Design Engineer R&D, Aerospace and SCADA Design
Designed Doppler instruments, Eddy Current SCADA system for AECL Designed Desktop computer SCADA for rocket instruments, pre-launch Mil-Std Environmental Design & Test Verification or "Shake & Bake"
Other skills: Engineering Forensics, 98/XP/Vista/Win7/8 Security and optimal performance Mech. Engineering, DFT/DFC/DFM/DFX, HALT/HASS EOS/EMC, Reverse Engineering DVT/PVT, 6 Sigma, ANalog/Digital/Network System Design, incl. Video, RF, Telemetry, PCM
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Source: http://www.deadline.com/2010/05/fox-seals-deal-for-matthew-vaughn-to-direct-x-men-first-class/#more-38098LOS ANGELES (May 4, 2010) __ KICK-ASS director Matthew Vaughn will helm X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, a new chapter in Twentieth Century Fox's blockbuster series of films based on the Marvel Comics.
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS begins production this summer for a June 3, 2011 release. Bryan Singer, who conceived the story for FIRST CLASS and directed the original X-MEN and its sequel X2, is producing along with Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg.
"I've been a fan of Matthew's since LAYER CAKE," said Singer. "He has a deft hand with multiple characters and storylines, and a great love of the X-MEN universe. I feel the combination of this story and his vision will make for an exciting and original X-MEN film."
Added Twentieth Century Fox president of production, Emma Watts: "X-MEN: FIRST CLASS presents an exciting opportunity to further explore the history and relationships of these beloved characters. Matthew's combination of talent, verve and vision is perfectly suited to the task."
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, following the classic Marvel mythology, charts the epic beginning of the X-MEN saga. Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-MEN.
Can we start getting catiously optimistic or is the Singer touch permanently damaged from the "Superman Returns" experiment? Vaughn is beloved by comic book nerds now because of "Kick-Ass" (bad box office numbers notwithstanding) but if he can bring his "Stardust" touch to this project it should be eleven kinds of awesome. June of '11 is cutting it way too close though; either it will get pushed to Thanksgiving/Christmas or be a "Wolverine"-type rush job, and we know how well that turned out.


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You are allowed to touch an alarm clock on shabas. One may touch anything on shabas that one may touch during chol. (Rema O.C. 308:3)
As explained there, the prohibitions of Muktzah only apply to moving an object, not touching it.
R. Menashe Klein writes in Mishneh Halachos 11:304 that one is allowed to turn off the alarm on a mechanical alarm clock on Shabbos, even while the alarm is sounding. He writes that this is not a problem of "extinguishing", rather it is merely preventing the alarm from ringing more.
(In 13:49 he makes clear he is talking only about mechanical alarm clocks and not electronic ones -- but surprisingly enough there are plenty of wind-up alarm clocks still on the market nowadays)


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Recent and archived news articles by David M. Halbfinger of The New York Times.
On Council, de Blasio Blended Idealism With Push for Power
First elected to represent his Brooklyn district in 2001, Bill de Blasio combined idealistic promises with the ability to make shrewd, coldblooded moves that advanced his career.
October 31, 2013, Thursday
Lhota's Years Working for the Dolans
In his nearly 10 years with Cablevision and Madison Square Garden, owned by the Dolans, Joseph J. Lhota advocated generous benefits for his employer, which cost the city millions of dollars a year.
October 29, 2013, Tuesday
Lhota Explains Role in Crime Data
Joseph J. Lhota helped format the Police Department's monthly crime statistics for CompStat, the management system that was a tool in crime control.
October 17, 2013, Thursday
Fact-Check: De Blasio and Atlantic Yards
Mr. de Blasio insisted that he pressed the developer of Atlantic Yards, Bruce Ratner, to follow through on his promises to build hundreds of units of affordable housing there, none of which have yet materialized.
October 15, 2013, Tuesday
Fact-Check: Lhota's Experience on Crime
Asked why he believed Mr. de Blasio would make New York City less safe, Mr. Lhota never quite answered the question, but he did assert that he himself had played a role in 1994 in the creation of CompStat, the Police Department's vaunted data-based...
October 15, 2013, Tuesday
De Blasio First in Mayoral Primary; Unclear if He Avoids a Runoff
Bill de Blasio held a wide lead in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor. Joseph J. Lhota, the former Metropolitan Transportation Authority chief, won the Republican primary.
September 11, 2013, Wednesday
Long, Stormy Mayoral Primary Hurtles to Finish
On Tuesday, voters will take the first big step toward choosing a successor to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.
September 10, 2013, Tuesday
Quinn Reversal, Meant to Help Her, Now Hurts
Christine C. Quinn changed her position against overturning New York's term limits law after prodding from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. But the about-face haunts her still.
September 2, 2013, Monday
Advocate's Post Gave de Blasio Platform for Political Ambitions
A review of Bill deBlasio's years as public advocate shows that the office often served to elevate his political ambitions and profile in anticipation of a run for mayor.
September 1, 2013, Sunday
As Pension Chief, Thompson Gave Work to Donors
Interviews and an examination of campaign finance reports and other documents suggest frequent overlap between William C. Thompson Jr.'s political ambitions and the comptroller's operation.
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9 Beloved Characters Made Horrifying by Japan
Japan can take apart other people's inventions, like radios or TV sets, and put them back together better, cheaper and likely in the shape of Hello Kitty. However, the Japanese skill for reverse engineering works less well when it comes to reconfiguring our beloved pop culture icons.
(Watch Cracked take Star Wars apart and put it back together in our new Adventures in Jedi School mini-series.)
#9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT: Legend of the Supermutants)
It seems almost impossible to out-"wha?" a show already titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but after muttering something about our lack of faith disappointing them, Japan outfitted the Turtles in flamboyant armor that looks like a LARP party on their way to a convention for Liberace Impersonators with an S & M fetish. Because giant, mutated turtles with mastery in martial arts don't make sense without robo-armor and glittering codpieces.
Obviously Japan isn't content until your head is spinning with questions. But if you think they're gong to rest at mere costume-related questions like, "Why is Raphael wearing a bejeweled version of the murder dildo from Se7en?" or "Is Michelangelo about to be devoured by a giant metallic spider?" then you obviously don't know what happens when the turtles get their hands on the magic stones. Yes, the magic stones.
Alpha, I need four mutated Dolph Lundgrens! Don't worry about the body paint, he always brings his own.
Of course, once that's done you simply must have them combine into a gigantic, winged robot...
...after Shredder turns into a city-destroying demon Godzilla because all other types of plot have been outlawed in Japan.
#8. Star Wars (Star Wars Manga)
So you want to take Star Wars, and filter it through the magical lens of Japanese manga. Clearly the first step has to be to replace the original cast with 11-year-olds. Clearly.
Here's Leia, looking young enough to make millions of gold bikini fantasies that much more unsettling...
... Luke looking a few years shy of a T-14 learner's permit...
... and Han, looking too young to smuggle anything that's not a dirty magazine.
And now the characters have the respect and dignity they deserve. Except Chewie, because you can't have something that furry in a Japanese comic book and not turn it into a goofy gag-mascot. It's in their constitution, apparently.
In the movies this guy could rip your arms off. In Japan he's Marmaduke with a blaster rifle.
While giving the cast of Star Wars the Muppet Babies treatment might make us ask WHY? Japan has other questions on its mind. Specifically, if you shrink all the characters down to half their previous size, what happens to all that left over blood?
Answer: It sprays all over the goddamn place at the slightest provocation.
We also get some slight tweaks to the ending. For instance, Luke still honors his dying father's request, and removes Vader's helmet. He just doesn't bother removing it from his head...
But hey, at least they didn't replace the cast with big-titted anime girls!
#7. Alice in Wonderland (Miyuki-chan in Wonderland)
Oh, Japan. We knew you'd come through.
Sometimes you don't get the true meaning of a piece of art until you get an outsiders view of it. For instance, you probably thought Alice in Wonderland was a tale of childhood wonder as a young girl adventures in a mystical land where talking animals and magic abounds.
Of course you're way off. Alice in Wonderland, as the Japanese show us, is really about a little girl lost in a world where she is hunted down viciously by whip-cracking dominatrixes and hordes of lesbian furries. Hey, the subtext is all there in Lewis Carroll's original.
Let's meet the cast! The White Rabbit:
Tweedledee and Tweedledum:
The Mad Hatter:
The Cheshire Cat:
And, best of all, the Queen of Hearts:
It's probably worth mentioning that basically every one of those characters is out there to molest the titular Miyuki because that's the entire plot of this cartoon. And because it's girl-on-girl, that means these rape attempts are hilarious instead of deeply disturbing.
It would appear the Japanese have stripped away all the magic from Carroll's tale. But to be fair, in Japan, Lesbians are magical creatures, like leprechauns.
#6. Dracula (Hellsing)
By now the world has seen vampires that scare, amuse, arouse, teach math, peddle cereal and practice abstinence. So what new element could the anime series Hellsing possibly bring to the table? The answer: a pair of guns that you'd need Hammer pants to conceal.
There's a place at the mall where you can get your gun engraved.
OK, so Alucard (not Dracula, mind you) now works for the Hellsing family after Van Hellsing defeated him one hundred years ago. And his guns have crucifixes on them. Sure, why not. By this point in the article no one should expect the Japanese give a damn about character integrity. Though they must be concerned about some kind of copyright infringement as they insist on adding an extra "L" to Helsing and only refer to Dracula by his lame backward name. Do the Japanese know what public domain means? Never mind, don't tell them. It's more fun this way.
Anyway, this here Dracu- sorry, Alucard, works for a supernatural evil fighting agency run by the Hellsing family. (Yeah, there's a pretty big pinch of Hellboy in there.) Nevertheless, say what you will about this version of Dracula, but he is rocking that Zoot Suit.
And you've got to be a total pimp when you're facing a giant dog made of eyes commanded by a pedophile with bitchin' shoulder-pads.
Interestingly, Alucard's enemies include vampire WWII Nazis and a KKK regiment.
#5. Various World Leaders (Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku, The Legend of Koizumi)
Yep, that's Kim Jong Il up there. The Legend of Koizumi is a satirical manga poking fun at the world's politicians, featuring something like two million of them as characters (rough estimate).
The idea here is that these comic book politicians settle the Earth's geopolitical differences by playing mahjong, with each round represented by a Dragonball Z-style attack with its own special name and over-the-top look.
Still, apart from the concept and the fact that Bush, Sr. is a nine-foot tall wrestler...
This guy only got one term?
...there's really nothing that bizarre about the comic...
Ah, there we go. Why Hitler looks ready for the cover of Tiger Beat, we don't know. Nor can we really explain this:
Bam! Super Aryan Hitler!


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In this interview that starts at [05:14], we cover:
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If you drag a tile towards the bottom of the screen, the startscreen will do a zoom out/sematic zoom. you don't have to draaaaaag it all across or manually do a zoom out - just drag it towards the bottom of the screen first, and then drag.
Not exactly enterprise related question:
What's the options, if i have Windows 8 Pro on my laptop and want do develop Windows 8 app for personal use on several home machines?
From what I know you aren't able to side load applications to PRO only enterprise, you should be able to use an emulator though on Windows PRO.
BinaryDigit, thanks for clarification.
Sooooo.... If I am just a normal development shop I have two options. Pay $$$ to get a side load key for Windows 8, or just keep using Windows 7.
Hmmmm, wonder which one my company will choose?
Really, whose bright idea was it to penalize companies like this? Microsoft is basically saying, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT UPGRADE TO WINDOWS 8. If you do you will be punished!
We will make you pay!
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Pope names members of Commission for the Protection of Minors.
Pope Francis has named the first eight members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, which he announced last December. Half are women. Five are laypeople. Two are Jesuits (one of them was formed in Argentina by the pope himself). One is a cardinal--Sean O'Malley--and he's the only American. Here they are:
Dr. Catherine Bonnet (France)
Mrs. Marie Collins (Ireland)
Prof. the Baroness Sheila Hollins (UK)
Card. Sean Patrick O'Malley (U.S.A.)
Prof. Claudio Papale (Italy)
Her Excellency Hanna Suchocka (Poland)
Rev. Humberto Miguel Yañez, SJ (Argentina)
Rev. Hans Zollner, SJ (Germany)
They will be tasked with writing the "statutes" of the commission, and more members will be added at a later date. In a statement, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi, SJ, explained that the commission "will take a multi-pronged approach to promoting youth protection, including: education regarding the exploitation of children; discipline of offenders; civil and canonical duties and responsibilities; and the development of best practices as they have emerged in society at large."
Brief bios (except Bonnet's) from the Holy See Press Office after the jump.
Marie Collins was born in Dublin, Ireland and is married with one son. She is a founder Trustee of the Marie Collins Foundation, a UK NGO dedicated to the needs of children, young people and their families for whom sexual abuse and harm has arisen via the internet and mobile technologies. Marie was a victim of sexual abuse as a child in the 1960's and brought the priest who abused her to justice in 1997. She has campaigned actively for the protection of children, justice for survivors of clerical sexual abuse, and for a better understanding of the effects of sexual abuse on children and in 2010 Marie was one of the joint recipients of the Irish Humbert Summer School award for Courage. Marie was a founding member of the Irish depression support group "Aware" in 1985 and ran their voluntary "Helpline" for many years, and she is founding Trustee of the Advocacy and Counselling support group for abuse survivors, One in Four (Ireland). She assisted the Archdiocese of Dublin in setting up their Child Protection Service and drafting of the Catholic Church's all-Ireland child protection policy, "Our Children Our Church."
Professor the Baroness Hollins was born in England and is married, with two children. Sheila is a life peer in the House of Lords, Chair of the Board of Science of the British Medical Association, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry of Disability at St George's University of London, and Honorary Professor in Theology and Religion at the University of Durham. She is a specialist in mental health and has conducted extensive research into clinical and social aspects of the mental and physical health of people with learning disabilities, with a particular focus on bereavement, palliative care and sexual abuse. Sheila has also served as Chair of the World Health Organisation's Euro Steering Group (2008), President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (2005-2008) and President of the British Medical Association (2012-2013).
Cardinal O'Malley was born in Ohio and a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Cardinal Seán is Archbishop of Boston, a member of the Council of Cardinals, the Congregation for the Clergy, the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, and the Presidential Council of the Pontifical Council for the Family. The Cardinal holds a PhD in Spanish and Portuguese literature from the Catholic University of America, where he served as professor (1969-1973) and is presently a Trustee. He founded Centro Católico Hispano in Washington, DC, an organization which provided educational, medical and legal help to immigrants. Since his ordination to the episcopacy in 1984, the Cardinal has also served as the Bishop of the dioceses of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands; Fall River, Massachusetts; and Palm Beach, Florida. Cardinal Seán is well-known for his extensive efforts for the protection of children and was one of the Visitators for the Apostolic Visitation of dioceses and seminaries in Ireland (2010).
Claudio Papale is a married man from Rome, Italy. He is extraordinary professor on the Faculty of Canon Law at the Pontifical Urban University and is also a civil lawyer. He holds a doctorate in Jurisprudence from the Roman University of Tor Vergata and a doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical Urban University. Dr. Papale is also an offical of the Disciplinary Section of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Substitute Defender of the Bond on the Regional Tribunal of Puglia. He recently gave a presentation on "Crimes against morality" on the occasion of an intensive course on crimes reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith that was given through the Pontifical Urban University.
Hanna Suchocka was born in Poland. Her Excellency is Professor, University of Poznan, Faculty of Law, a specialist in Constitutional Law, and author of numerous papers and scientific articles on themes regarding human rights. She is the former Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (1992-1993), Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Republic of Poland (1997-2000), and Ambassador of Poland to the Holy See (2001-2013). She has received honorary degrees from Institut for Family at the Lateran University, Kardinal Wyszynski University in Warsaw, and John Paul University in Krakow. Among many awards, Hanna has received the Max Schmidheimy Stiftung Peace Prize and the Gold Medal of the "Jean Monnet" Foundation (Lausanne) for her activity in favor of integration and human rights.
Humberto Miguel Yáñez, SJ, from Argentina was born in Mendoza in 1956 and ordained a priest in 1986. He is currently Professor of Moral Theology at the Gregorian University and the Pontifical Urban University. He is Director of the Department of Moral Theology at the Gregorian University. While in Argentina, he was Director of the Center of Research and Social Action and served as Director of the Center's Review. He also taught on the Faculty of Theology of San Miguel and at the Interdiocesan Seminary of Resistencia and at the Seminary of Moron. He was a member of the Theology Group that organized the Symposium on the Sexual Abuse of Minors "Towards Healing and Renewal" that was held at the Gregorian University two years ago.
As a Jesuit scholastic, Fr. Janez was formed by Fr. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who was then rector of the Colegio Maximo of San Miguel. Fr. Janez also worked in the parish of San José were he served as founding pastor with a special concern for pastoral programs for young people.
P. Hans Zollner, SJ, Dr. theol., was born in 1966 in Regensburg (Germany). He is a licensed psychologist and psychotherapist, Academic Vice-Rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University, Director of the Institute of Psychology, and Chair of the Steering Committee of the "Centre for Child Protection" of the Institute of Psychology of the Pontifical Gregorian University. Father Zollner was Chair of the organizing committee of the Symposium "Towards Healing and Renewal" on sexual abuse of minors which was held at Gregorian University in February 2012 and a member of the Scientific Working Group of the "Round Table on Child Abuse" of the Federal Government of Germany.
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At face value, this is very encouraging to see the diversity and depth of the commission and the number of lay persons and women. Altough most of these names are unkown to those in the US, I would guess, this truly shows the international issue and POV. Kudos, Pope Francis... may this now really address issues... and especially episcopal complicity!
Here' a brief report from the Irish Times about Marie Collins, an appointee. It includes the following quote from Fr. Lombardi:
'Vatican spokesman Rev Federico Lombardi said in a statement.
"'Looking to the future without forgetting the past, the Commission will take a multi-pronged approach to promoting youth protection," he said.
"'These will include taking criminal action against offenders, educating people about the exploitation of children, developing best practices to better screen priests, and defining the civil and clerical duties within the Church, Lombardi said.'"
News for marie collins sex abuse victim ireland
I wonder just what the last sentence means.
Interesting timing and interestsing group of people. Maybe the UN's critique stung, even if it did go beyond what prudence may have dictated - stick to the point The defensiveness Francis has shown indicates that he may be becoming somewhat aware of the fact that this savage wound to the church will not heal until something is done about it that impacts the hierarchy and not just the CYO coaches.
O'Malley refused to say anything of substance about whether accountability for bishops is in the offing. But unless it is, the festering wound will continue to fester. He is probably the best conduit for American Catholics to Rome. But do American Catholics who have sat passively for more than a decade now, complacently supporting the church financially and otherwise, be pushed into taking at least some action by writing to O"Malley and declaring their intention to cease supporting the institution financially - at least by boycotting the cardinals' and bishops' appeals, if not withholding from the parish?
I gave up on my fellow Catholics a few years ago. Most simply didn't care enough about the fact that the bishops across the board protected pedophiles to actually do something real in protest. Those who were fed up (like me) finally gave up on them and left and the rest just continued to sit on their hands, complaining but doing nothing. If the Catholics in the pew would simply speak out and take action (by refusing to give money directly to the institutional church, and direct it instead to those who actually do the work on the ground - like Catholic Relief Services - the bishops and Rome would at some point be forced to pay attention. I hope that at least some of the passive, complacent Catholics will at least write to O'Malley and say enough is enough. It's long past time to develop policies that hold bishops accountable, and it is also long past time that Rome remove Finn or another bishops as a symbol of its intention. Until Rome demonstrates through actions that it really does "care" about the clericalism that put pedophile priests ahead of children who were their victims, it's all just empty words.
Granted that any real reform has to addres episcopal issues and a means tro remove them, I choose to remain hopeful about this commission hoping its guidelines include such recommendations.
In the NCAA betting season mood, I'd place a small wager on Finn being out of office within the year -resignation "for health reasons" being the most likely.
This doesn't address the institutional issue, but his seems to be the most blatant case currently.
I wonder why there is no mention of Dr. Catherine Bonnet's credentials.
A quick Google search brings up:
"Retired consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry in France and in UK.
Authors of books:
Geste d'amour, Gesture of love (1990) Why do women give up their baby under anonymous birth
Les enfants du secret: The children out of secrecy.(1992) How replying to adoptive children/children born from donors about their birth parents?
L'enfant Casse, The Broken Child (1999) the detection of child sexual abuse and their therapy in children under 9 years old. The history of first French backlash in France with Ambroise Tardieu
L'enfance muselée, The Muzzled childhood,(2007) the new backlash against physicians after reporting child sexual abuses with false allegations, parental alienation syndrome, etc. How to sort out from this and protect the children."
We will have to wait and watch what happens. It's worth noting that the US may be ahead of many other sectors of the church in awareness, safeguards and prevention, etc. I would guess that part of the commission's work will be focused on helping the rest of the world catch up to (or surpass) the measures that the US has had in place for some time. And as we've noted many times, the current regime of measures in the US leaves considerable room for improvement, and not just in terms of episcopal accountability. Based on the qualifications of the members, it seems that the commission will be looking at causes, psychology, law, healing - many different aspects.
David P - you're sticking your neck out :-). This may be worth considering: a forced resignation / firing is not the only possible punishment for bishops who are derelict. Without wishing to defend Bishop Finn in any way for what he has done and failed to do, an argument might be made that a regime of bishop accountability needn't be one-strike-and-you're-out. Perhaps an escalating scale could be devised. For example: if Finn were publicly reprimanded, with the understanding that future offenses will result in stiffer punishments, that might serve as both a punishment and a deterrence. Would that suffice for Finn's known failures to date? Not really for me to say, I suppose, but - maybe?
Thanks, Grant........a couple of thoughts:
- it states that this group will grow.......suggestions: Bishop Geoffry Robinson (Australia); Bishop Martin (Dublin); Thomas Doyle; Richard Sipe. It will be a balancing act between US concerns and where folks are scattered across the globe. Wonder if they can also call upon folks for consultation; short term input, etc.?
- O'Malley's non-response to the question about episcopal accountability is still the *elephant in the living room*
- too early; but no mention of timeline; what are the tasked to produce?; what authority do they have - merely consultative? enquiring minds want to know.
Catherine Bonnet is a child psychiatrist. Known for her books on child abuse, in 1996 she ran into trouble for reporting to the justice some cases of child abuse, often pertaining to children of divorced parents who refused to go and visit their father. A fathers' association complained to the order of doctors (claiming that many of the children's reports were lies fabricated by manipulations from their mothers), she lost her license to exercise medicine three times for three years, and consequently her job and house. That was eventually revoked and in 2001 she received a national honor, the title of "chevalier de la legion d'honneur".
She's been giving support to 200 other persons in the medical profession who are in trouble for similar reasons. She is advocating a change in French law, according to which, currently, doctors can be sued both for reporting and for not reporting child abuse to authorities. As a model, she proposes the US law, according to which reporting child abuse is mandatory and doctors may not suffer adverse consequences for doing it.
It is clear that most, if not all, of the group have solid credentials in the field of child abuse. Some have been abused. The advocacy for children comes through. Some of them have done scholarly work on the subject. It seems to me, from their resumes, that most of them are eager to do something about this world wide problem. I am impressed that there are lay people on the panel. The panel is historic. I detect fire in this group. I believe that they will fight hard for justice.
Here's some info from John Allen about what the group has been commissioned to do. Concerning the cover-up bishops, its job will only be to establish methods of proceedures in such cases.
"I hope this commission will help the church develop protocols, so there will be a very clear path to follow" in such cases, O'Malley said. He added that it would likely not be the commission's job to investigate individual cases, but rather to help develop procedures the pope can apply when charges arise that a bishop has failed to respond appropriately.
"The new commission is expected to meet two or three times a year, with members staying in touch by phone and e-mail in the meantime."
Here's some info from John Allen about what the group has been commissioned to do. Concerning the cover-up bishops, its job will only be to establish methods of proceedures in such cases.
"I hope this commission will help the church develop protocols, so there will be a very clear path to follow" in such cases, O'Malley said. He added that it would likely not be the commission's job to investigate individual cases, but rather to help develop procedures the pope can apply when charges arise that a bishop has failed to respond appropriately.
"The new commission is expected to meet two or three times a year, with members staying in touch by phone and e-mail in the meantime."
Sorry about the duplicate post, but a message told me to try to post the comment a second time, so I did.
We are pleased that Marie Collins has been chosen to be a part of the Vatican commission to protect children from abuse.
But Pope Francis needs to take decisive actions 'now' to protect kids.
--Every day that passes by, while a commission studies the sexual abuse and cover up within the Catholic church, leaves another child at risk of being sexually abused by clerics.
--Every day that passes by, which high ranking bishops and cardinals who have and still are covering up these crimes are not held accountable, leaves another child at risk of being sexually abused by clerics.
Tragically the sex abuse and cover up within the church hierarchy throughout the world is still going on to this day. Cardinals and bishops are still not removing accused predator clergy, and they are still not reporting to law enforcement. Their so called "zero tolerance" policy is not being followed by the bishops who created it. They don't have to, because there is no punishment to force the bishops to change their ways of protecting their image and the institution rather than protecting children.
It's hard to stay hopeful. But thankfully because of the brave victims, law enforcement, journalists, and prosecutors, (not hand picked Vatican commissions), we continue to hope for change.
Judy Jones, "SNAP"
SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the worlds oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. We've been around for 25 years and have more than 15,000 members. Despite the word priest in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, and Protestant ministers.
This group of people looks good at first sight. This time, there's a majority of lay people, and there are even some women. I thought that Pope Francis didn't seem interested in the issue, but it's a good sign that one of them has direct access to pope Francis. There are a number of people who know about law of various kinds. Catherine Bonnet is focused on French doctors that she claims are legally caught between a rock and a hard place, with an expectation of discernment and obligation of confidentiality on the one hand, and an obligation to report dangerous situations on the other hand. Maybe the pope views bishops as being similarly caught between conflicting duties. Maybe this group will work on a proposal to change canon law to resolve that conflict.
Claire --
Yes, this issue of bishops' covering-up for priests is yet another matter of conflicting rights and duties. But it seems to me that when fair judgments in individual cases cannot easily be discerned that the judgments should favor the children, and investigations and punishments should be pursued even though an investigation risks being unfair to an accused adult. The potential damage to the child is just too much greater than the potential damage to the adult.
Ann - I agree, but that's not so clear in canon law, and apparently that's not so clear either in French law for doctors, so Bonnet's expertise may be useful for proposing changes to canon law.
I am not aware of any writer commenting (someone must be doing it) on the pope's emphasis on avoiding "clericalism." I keep trying to get everyone's attention on it. He is showing how clerics are not more important than the rest of the church. He keeps saying this but no response. I dont think many get it. Here are the Pope;s words.
"The body of Christ is the harmony of the different," the Pope explained condemning the phenomenon of "clericalism" which afflicts many lay people, to the point that it can be defined as an "added evil". "Some bishops and priests are drawn by the temptation to clericalise the laity, but there are also many lay people who get down on their knees and ask to be clericalised: it is a two-way sin." But according to Francis, "a lay person has the strength that comes from baptism and his lay vocation is not negotiable."
The Pope criticised the tendency some prelates have of pushing lay people who do a lot of great work in their parishes - they may be great organisers, for example - to be come deacons. Another thing that often happens, Francis said in his off-the-cuff address to representatives of Italian diocesan broadcasters, is that "when there is a lay person who does a good job and is committed, their parish priest goes to the local bishop – and this happened to me in Buenos Aires – and says: "Why don't we make him a deacon?" This is a mistake: if we have a good lay person, let him carry on being just that," the Pope stressed.
"The way I see it, clericalism prevents lay people from growing," the Pope added. And this "is a two-way temptation because clericalism would not exist if there weren't any lay people who wanted to be clericalised."
03/22/2014 La Stampa …Vatican insider
The Pope criticised the tendency some prelates have of pushing lay people who do a lot of great work in their parishes to be come deacons.
Really? I thought that was the way to go. Lay people may be doing a good job, but you cannot count on them in the long term. They move, they get another job, their famiy situation changes, and suddenly, "sorry, but next year I will no longer be able to do what I have been doing for the parish until now." With deacons, there is more of a commitment, and their work in the parish is no longer a free gift that might stop at any time, but becomes something that can be counted on and incorporated into plans for the future. I am one of the ones who wishes that more committed lay people became deacons.
Plus, I dream of the day when married men will be allowed to become priests, and in order to prepare for that time, I'd like every rural parish to have a deacon ready to step up and provide us with the Eucharist when it becomes allowed.
"...when there is a lay person who does a good job and is committed, their parish priest goes to the local bishop – and this happened to me in Buenos Aires – and says: "Why don't we make him a deacon?"
What? I know some women in parishes who do great jobs and are committed even more than some of their male counterparts and nobody suggests that they become ordained!
Anyway, I have worked in parish and other church settings and I would never think of ordination. It would cramp my style.
Claire -
Yes, the issue of cover-ups is a matter of conflicting rights and duties. But it seems to me that if it is difficult to discern what a fair judgment would be when the rights of a priest and the rights of a child conflict, then the child should be given the benefit of the doubt, The abused child has so much more to lose from a wrong decision than the adult does.
Bonnet sounds like an excellent addition to the Commission -- not only did she speak out but she spoke out when it cost her a great deal personally, and she did that several times! Maybe she's a saint? Surely she's an uppity woman :-)
Briefly, Anne Chapman and Judy Jones. You sound like latter day Jacobins. Off with the heads of anyone who doesn't measure up to your standards!
More generally, It's one thing to criticize what someone says or does. It's another thing entirely to insist that someone has to do what you want when you want it. Bluntly, to take that tack is to deny your target the respect that each person is ALWAYS entitled to. Yes, present your case, but acknowledge that, like every human being, you are neither omniscient nor morally without flaw.
BD: neither Anne nor Judy have risen to a positiion in which deference and obedience are EXPECTED. Respect is earned, not demanded.
From those to whom much has been given, much can and should be expected ... and they need to be called out if it doesn't happen.
The new Pope has set up a new Council of eight Cardinal Advisers, dubbed the C8, and now the first eight members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
I've been wondering why eight? Is there a reason?
Then I read a reference that says that the spiritual symbolism of the number 8 is NEW BEGINNINGS.
Can it be?
The classic reaction of Judy from SNAP and the eternally angry JIm Mc Crae - proves he point defiinitvely.
These types of groups and people will NEVER NEVER ever be happy. They don't want healing or reconciliation or even justice. They want a 'revenge' and that includes the 'dstruction' of the 'enemy' - i.e. the institutional church calvinism . They are USA 'calvinists' deep down - where there can never be enough punishment - except for the 'elect' like them who ar 'saved' in their self rightousness. Only they are the 'pure' ones with integrity...
Stay tuned now to watch them wist and contort everyhing this group does to sanely and compassionately move forwards. No way they will support this. They want no movement forward to healing - only an endless recycling of their pain and the toxicity in their lives.
The classic reaction of Judy from SNAP and the eternally angry JIm Mc Crae - proves he point defiinitvely.
These types of groups and people will NEVER NEVER ever be happy. They don't want healing or reconciliation or even justice. They want a 'revenge' and that includes the 'dstruction' of the 'enemy' - i.e. the institutional church calvinism . They are USA 'calvinists' deep down - where there can never be enough punishment - except for the 'elect' like them who ar 'saved' in their self rightousness. Only they are the 'pure' ones with integrity...
Stay tuned now to watch them wist and contort everyhing this group does to sanely and compassionately move forwards. No way they will support this. They want no movement forward to healing - only an endless recycling of their pain and the toxicity in their lives.
@ jesse pruzak: Perhaps you'd be more "happy" listening to Sr. Cristina belting it out with her cover of Alicia Keys? [See previous dotCommonweal blog post]
Survivors have waited a long, long time for justice. Our skepticism is more than warranted given the abyssmal record of deceit and complicity by the Church hierarchy.
Cardinal O'Malley's inclusion in the commission is probably good politics on Papa Francesco's part given the sorry state of the hierarchy these days. But, IMHO, O'Malley's position on this commission will be to first and foremost to protect the backsides of his brother hierarchs. Don't let his Franciscan habit fool you: He's about as slippery as they come.
I consider O'Malley among one of the church's more gifted apologist-in-chiefs, nothing more. He has been one of the Vatican's chief broom sweepers cleaning up after the hierarchy elephants have soiled their own churches.
I must say some of the "lay" folks sound really impressive from their CV's. For all the testaments to their expertise, I have never hear of any of them. I don't think that they have been published in American professional journals. I'll have to do some research to have an informed opinion about them.
Survivors have taught me to be patient and persistent in the pursuit of justice. Of course, as Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote from the Birmingham jail:
Justice too long delayed is justice denied.
I don't know how to provide you with a link. So I have just reproduced the following press release:
National Survivor Advocates Coalition (NSAC) Media Statement
Regarding Vatican Announcement of Sexual Abuse Commission Members
For Immediate release: March 22, 2014
We wish anyone well who is willing to try and convince Pope Francis that strong and decisive action both against perpetrators and enablers of perpetrators is what it will take to end the sexual abuse crisis and protect children.
Only strong action will count not a ton of meetings and speeches and reports from a commission.
This is not a difficult subject to grasp. The rape and sodomy of children is a crime. People who rape and sodomize children are criminals. People who protect people who rape and sodomize children are criminals.
You can "get it" as the Vatican now says it does but "getting it" is not an accomplishment, getting rid of it is.
Let's face it, it didn't take a commission for Pope Francis to remove a German Bishop who built himself a luxury palace. Convicted Bishop Robert Finn remains the head of the Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph, Missouri.
Pope Francis played defense in his recent interview about the crisis. If he and the commission aren't going to play offense, the game ought to be called off now before a dollar or a euro goes into meetings and reports.
Representation is crucial. The commission should be weighted in favor of survivors and whistleblowers. Survivors should certainly have more than a one eighth voice. They bear all the suffering, not just one eighth of it.
The commission is heavily Europe weighted. Europe's a fine place and the European commission members may be fine people but where are the multiple seats for United States, the country that set off the major illumination for Catholics about this scandal in Boston in 2002? Where are the seats for Australia where a royal commission on abuse is seated and developments unfold by the day?
Credibility is needed. To get there those responsible for the cover-up need to be held accountable – no matter who they are: bishops, cardinals, pope, curia and chancery officials.
Game playing must end. Putting priests who have abused on a "prayer and penance" list in order to continue paying them isn't strong and decisive action. We point to the recent action taken in the case of Monsignor Daniel Pater of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and a former member of the Vatican diplomatic corps. He is neither old nor ill but the Vatican's resolution of his case, after the Church's 21 years of knowledge of the abuse, is he's on the prayer and penance list.
We extend our concern and support to the survivors of sexual abuse around the globe as this development grabs headlines.
--- Kristine Ward, Chair, National Survivor Advocates Coalition (NSAC) [email protected] 937-272-0308
National Survivor Advocates Coalition (NSAC) is an all volunteer organization,(based in Dayton, Ohio, United States), of in-the-pew Catholics and men and women of goodwill working to educate society regarding sexual abuse to increase protection for children, seek legislative changes, and promote justice for survivors of sexual abuse.
Jim McCrea, the claim that respect must be earned is both wrongheaded and dangerous. There is a fundamental respect that is due each and every person simply because he or she is a human being, in religious terms, a child of God. This respect is not some minimum base line. Rather, it defines the field for decent human interaction, for objections and replies, for charges and defense against those charges. No one has to earn this respect. No one ever loses his or her title to it. Any other position is fundamentally contrary to both Jewish and Christian thought. Probably also contrary to Islamic thought, but I don't know enough to make that claim.
So, please couch your criticisms of Cardinal O'Malley or Pope Francis or anuyone else in a way that shows fundamentao respect for them as human beings. You have done so when you replied to me. I turst that you will see my response to you as one that is in sharp disagreement with what you have said, but that does show fundamental respect for you as a person.
"The commission is heavily Europe weighted. Europe's a fine place and the European commission members may be fine people but where are the multiple seats for United States, the country that set off the major illumination for Catholics about this scandal in Boston in 2002? Where are the seats for Australia where a royal commission on abuse is seated and developments unfold by the day?"
We have no idea how much sexual abuse has been in European countries. Hitler used accusations (propaganda) about it in WWII.
Bernard, where do you get the idea that I think I'm either omniscient or without flaw? I am neither. But I am not blind or ignorant either.
We know that the bishops and Rome have protected pedophile priests for decades if not longer. We know that the US bishops did nothing at all when presented with Fr. Tom Doyle's report. We know that they have done nothing since the Boston Globe broke the story in the US to hold themselves or their brother bishops accountable. We know that the US bishops continued to violate their own norms, written at Dallas, and continue to stonewall about their responsibility. We also know that Rome has not held a single bishop accountable - in the US, or Ireland, or Australia or England or anywhere else in the world for facilitating child abuse. And yet Rome did not hestitate to force Bishop Morris (Australia) to resign because he favored reexamining the issues of mandatory celibacy and the denial of a sacrament to women because of their DNA. Francis did move to "discipline" the German bishop who spent millions on his new house. Yet nothing is done about bishops who protected pedophiles.
Nobody has to be omniscient, they just have to read the news. Nobody has to be Jacobin to ask that those who facilitated child abuse by protecting the predators and moving them from place to place be held accountable.
I hope that those who have been appointed to this commission will do what needs to be done, because so far, nobody in Rome has been willing to.
The Vatican *does* need to earn out trust and respect on the issue of sex abuse - there is a history of obfuscation and deceit that must be overcome.
@ Bernard Dauenhauer: Yes, Cardinal O'Malley and Papa Francesco are certifiably human.
However, they are also extremely sucessful politicians in the world's oldest all-male feudal oligarchy. And like the politicians that they are, we need to hold them to account for their actions, not for sanctimonious words.
The source of all the skepticism you see on this blog should be obvious to you: Survivors of sexual abuse and exploitation by priests still cry out for justice and redress of grievances.
How long, O Lord? How long?
How do you think O'Malley and Bergoglio got to the positions they hold today? It wasn't from how many rosaries they've recited, how many baptisms they've performed, or how many people they've confessed. It wasn't from their exemplary performance of the corporal works of mercy, either.
To quote Mae West: "Goodness had nothing to do with it!"
P.S. I'm sure everyone respects you "as a human person."
Jim Jenkins
Ok I get it you have integrity but Pope Francis and Cardinal O'Malley are scheming politicians !!
Wow!!!! What arrogance!
Your statement about how both Francis and O'Malley came to hold their positions "It wasn't from their exemplary performance of the corporal works of mercy, either. ' says it all and is a disgrace.
Your are engaging in vioent perdonal abuse - shame on you ...
Jim Jenkins
Ok I get it you have integrity but Pope Francis and Cardinal O'Malley are scheming politicians !!
Wow!!!! What arrogance!
Your statement about how both Francis and O'Malley came to hold their positions "It wasn't from their exemplary performance of the corporal works of mercy, either. ' says it all and is a disgrace.
Your are engaging in vioent perdonal abuse - shame on you ...
The Committee composition is impressive. I know some folks were frustrated that Pope Francis seemed to take his time in responding to the sex abuse crisis, but I think it takes a while to develop a thoughtful, effective response. This Committee seems to be a good start.
There are contributors who will never be happy until their agenda is adopted in toto. Women priests, the abolition of celibacy, the imprisonment and or dismissal of bishops like Finn, Rigali, etc. In the case of SNAP, they don't appear to even know that the church has a mission which includes mercy and justice. Jacobites was a good description, but I'm reminded of the Puritans. Now in an effort to avoid a personal attack on me, I am a recovering victim who would be happy to see a procedure for episcopal accountability, and happy to see unrepentant bshops dismissed..
A La Stampa interview with Mary Collins: http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/inquiries-and-interviews/detail/articolo/collins-francesco-francis-francisco-32910/
Her value to the commission has been recognized by Abp. Martin very positively: "The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, congratulated Collins on her nomination saying: 'Her contribution to the work of child protection in the Archdiocese of Dublin has been crucial and her advice and critical comment have been of invaluable help and inspiration to me personally.' "
She will obviously bring a personal real-world perspective to this commission than none of the other members can do.
I am very glad that Francis is taking the important step of letting the laity be in the majority on this commission and hope that eventually membership will be extended outside of Europe, no matter how convenient it is to have the members close at hand.
I think Carolyn Disco and Fr. James Connell should be added to the commission.
@ jesse pruzak: Arrogance? Really? That's funny coming from you!
I acknowledged that hierarchs are human - what do you want? It just so happens that the vast majority of hierarchs are little more than amibitous political gulls. It's all they live for.
All of these hierarchs are the very men who have been in charged while the church over the last four decades has lurched over the cliff and into the abyss of the greatest scandal to befall the church since the crusades and the Inquisition - and all of this without any accountability!
In a few days, the Vatican is going to "canonize" Karol Wojtyla - JP2 who presided over this precipitous decline in the moral integrity of the church. Go figure?!? You can't make this stuff up!
If Sean O'Malley were such a "good shepherd" why has he spent his entire episcopal career going from diocese to diocese cleaning up messes left by priests and bishops who have exploited and abused children? You think maybe he has used the "scandal" to advance his own career? Now, it would appear he is the Vatican's go-to guy on this new commission. Makes one wonder?
Why do you think hierarchs have been called "the leprosy of the church?" I didn't say that; Papa Francesco did.
Just how do you think men advance up the clerical ladder in the all-male feudal oligarchy of our Catholic hierarchy? If their lips aren't puckered into a perpetual kiss for the guy on the next rung-up of the ladder, they aren't ever going to be cardinal or bishop?
That's just the way feudalism works: I'm not calling names. Another reason I'm so glad America had a revolution to get rid of feudalism. Maybe you are not?
You have never heard of the Peter principle? Where a cleric rises to the highest rank of his incompetence, then the Vatican promotes him. Don't blame us sheeple for their political hegemony over the church.
By all accounts O'Malley has not sought out opportunities to clean up sex abuse messes as a way to advance his career.
He got sent to Palm Beach. His tenure there helped that diocese. Faced with the mess in Boston, it's a rational decision to send somebody who had experience dealing with the aftermath of such a crisis elsewhere and did a good job.
We don't have a waiting list of men eager to clean up sex abuse messes. O'Malley was very depressed in Boston. To assume this was a career move on his part doesn't tally with the facts.
Thanks, Rita......was going to post the same. In fact, it appears that the election of Franics and now his G-8 has rejuvenated Cardinal O'Malley. If I were in his shoes, it would have lifted me also.
@ Rita Ferrone: I certainly don't have as sanguine a view of O'Malley's career as you do, for sure. I know he looks good in his Franciscan habit, practices the right theatrics, but that hasn't really distinguished his actions, especially about the abuse scandal, from his brother bishops.
I like to take my cue about hierarchs from the survivors who have had dealings with a particular hierarch. I'm sure there are some who have good things to say about O'Malley. But, from most of them, it seems he is really not all that different from any other Catholic hierarch.
I do know that no one gets to be cardinal-archbishop of Boston if he ever really exposed child predators, help bring them to justice, or the hierarchs who were complicit with the predators. To directly quote a former chancellor of SF archidocese - now bishop of San Jose, "That's not the way things are done around here."
Remember, all throughout O'Malley's rise to the top of the hierarchy heap hierarchs have been managing and colluding on the local level a worldwide strategy to limit the church's liability for the redress of survivors' grievances and deflect any moral and corporate responsibility for the rape and sodomy of children by priests. O'Malley is a creature of that system, it seems to me - a quite sucessful creature at that wouldn't you say?
I can't imagine that O'Malley NEVER ONCE in his career approved "hush money" in exchange for survivors silence about their assaults? O'Malley would never have been appointed bishop if he didn't tow the Vatican's party line and concerted practice about how to deal with abuse cases - Not ever going to happen!
If you like O'Malley, have at it if that's the kind of church you want. Knock yourself out. However, don't be surprised if a lot of us sheeple are not drinking that Kool-Aid.
It's not a case of liking O'Malley or not. I was responding to the suggestion that he sought out the chance of cleaning up after sex abuse disasters as a way to advance his career.
@ Rita Ferrone: To paraphrase Forrest Gump's mother: Complicit is as complicit does.


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MUS302S: Guitar II - S (2013-2014)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Music
COURSE TITLE: Guitar IIS
COURSE LENGTH: 18 weeks
SUGGESTED PREPARATION: Guitar I
Major Concepts/Content: The guitar II course is designed to introduce students to the advanced study of the guitar. The content includes, but is not limited to, staff notation and rhythm concepts, major and minor chord recognition, strumming and picking techniques, duple and triple meters, listening skills, guitar styles and forms, familiarity in the playing of all strings, variety of guitar repertoire, performance as soloists and in group ensembles, tuning and into nation, guitar accompaniment techniques, major and minor scales, and position change.
Major Instructional Activities: Instructional activities in guitar will include, but will not be limited in scope to, demonstrating music rudiments through note-reading and rhythm patterns; understanding meters and their application in playing; applying picking techniques in playing melodies; using all strings in solo and group ensembles; playing a variety of classical and popular guitar musical styles; accompanying piano and other instruments; and performing different guitar music types, forms, and periods.
Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will be required to pass written and oral examinations in music rudiments and to perform successfully guitar music independently, as an accompanist, and in group ensembles, following all critical markings on a musical score.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of the guitar II course, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of staff and notation.
- Demonstrate understanding of rhythmic concept.
- Read guitar music using all strings positions and picking technique.
- Demonstrate ability to tune the guitar
- Participate in small ensembles.
- Demonstrate ability to perform guitar music in the intermediate level of difficulty.
Course Notes: Guitar II - Semester length course