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Rewriting history--again
Revisionist historian, columnist, and know-it-all Ross Douthat is instructing the readers of the NYTimes again (so too, Maureen D; but that will just give you dyspepsia).Douthat tried to resuscitate the "Catholic Moment" a few weeks ago.Today: how Cardinal Ratzinger saved the Catholic Church, especially in the United States. A gold star to anyone who finds the most mistakes.UPDATE: Winner so far: Bill de Haas. Rita Ferrone coming in second!!UPDATE2: The NYT's isn't all bad. Also in Sunday's Sports Section, "A Final and a Beginning." "Fifty years ago, as the 25th N.C.A.A. mens final began at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky., basketball fans saw for the first time something they take for granted today. As the two top mens teams in the country, Loyola of Chicago and Cincinnati, prepared for the opening tip, most of the players on the floor, 7 of 10, were black...."In the final, Loyola staged one of the most surprising comebacks in tournament history. Trailing by 15 points with less than 12 minutes to go a deep hole in the days before the shot clock and the 3-point line the Ramblers clawed their way back and tied the game in the last seconds of regulation. They won, 60-58, with a buzzer-beater at the end of overtime."
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Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, a former editor of Commonweal, writes frequently in these pages and blogs at dotCommonweal.
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The biggest mistake I could find is the notion that inviting people to read an article to find as many mistakes as possible could lead to meaningful discussion.I found much to agree with in Douthats piece, though I think referring to Cardinal Ratzinger as a doctrinal policeman is a bit tired and uninspired. I would have preferred doctrinal guidepost.
Is it that culturally conserevative Catholic sensibilities are beyond comprehension, or is it just Douthat's rendering of them? If the latter, is there a better source?Is it possible to glean insight from messages like the one he delivers today *and* Commonweal's fare?
Actually fact-checking, not sensibilities, was the proposed discussion. What's Douthat right about? And wrong about?
Douthat says the US Catholic Church attendence is stable and vocations are increasing. I'll chip in to send him to Ireland where he can do street interviews in Dublin.
I once read in a conservative source that vocations of nuns in England in one year had increased 300 percent -- they had gone from 7 new members to 19. For some people that's a reversal. Not for me, but such figures might be encouraging to Douthat.
Ms. Steinfels - I will take your bait:a) French Revolution or Reformation - what about the Franco-Prussian War and the loss of the papal states?b) mass attendance - well, per CARA, drop of 30% at most and trend lines indicate that the first significant drop began with Humanae Vitae (papal minority proclamation - conservative; not progressive); the 1970's trendline actually held steady; the next significant drop was in the late 1980's - ten years after JPII was elected and corresponding to any number of conservative, if not reactionary, papal decisions. He says that mass attendance has leveled off - really, guess he missed the CARA studies and the impact of the new translation; the 20-30 year old age group; etc.c) usual demonizing of secularism as profane; loss of religious liberty/influence - well, one must make a distinction between faith and denominational/institutional church practices. One can argue that today is just as *spiritual* as 1848 or 1985 - depends on what your criteria and judgments are based upon. Can't one suggest that *secularism* is neutral - a cultural phrase that describes a myriad of styles/decisions/attitudes. It is the response to secularism - do we engage or do we fear it and thus demonize it? Vatican II engaged secularism as a fact of life in today's world. Would suggest that too often (esp. in the US hierarchy) we have seen positions that equate more closely to Protestant Evangilism than to traditional catholicism - individualism, rights over common good, desire for church over state or state controlled by church positions. Yet, there are more catholics in responsible positions in all three levels of government than in history. Is this a result of secularism?d) abdication - he did not abdicate - he resigned an Officee) 1970's - mass departure by clerics/nuns - would suggest that the largest numbers where in the 1960s and experts suggest that a combination of reasons impacted this - no change in celibacy rules; VII aggiornamento of religious communities that changed their ministries and lifestyles; significant changes in terms of the laity and thus participation in the life of the churchf) Third Vatican Council - and this would be a sign of sclerosis?g) Sexual Abuse rates - even using the self-reports of the John Jay Studies, indicates that public allegations which emerged in the late 1980s-1990s indicate by years that abuse peaked starting in the mid-1960s through the 1970s. Why - multiple reasons but from just arithmetic - highest number of priests historically from 1950 until the late 1970s - thus, percentage of abuse may be the same but the numbers of abusers would be higher; again, will never know the actual numbers given the nature of reporting abuse; elapse of time; etc. In fact, rates of abuse as a percentage in some ordination classes would be above 15% from some archdioceses prior to Vatican II.h) the usual, *moral laxity* - was this the church or society in the Western World?i) rebellion of latin mass traditionalists- had been going on since end of council; grew stronger with JP's initial permissions and then started a ROTR movement with Benedict's Summorum Pontificum and outreach to save SSPX (over spoken objections of his largest episcopal conferencesj) dispensing with meatless Fridays and Latin Mass created revolution - really, folks overwhelmingly welcomed these updating decisions. If anything, they instilled enthusiasm among the faithfulk) Percy novel - again, only in Douthat's imaginationl) re-establish Catholicism - sounds like he is borrowiing from and channelling John Allen"s *smaller, purer church* or affirmative orthodoxy or whatever. What we have seen is that B16's focus on internal identity has created confusion, alienation, and divisions - not unity and not a purer church. It functions best when you can *name* an enemy to fight against. And, as a result, he is correct to say that Benedict failed to solve the broad cultural challenges facing the church.m) he says that it did *stabilize* catholicism in the US - really, he must not live in the same church I live in. From massive parish/school closings; financial irregularities; sexual abuse cases that only continue to cry out for justice; so-called war against the US government on religious liberty (using contraception which 98% of all catholics accept and use); watching the church split over liturgy wars (new translation resulted in even less attendance); gender issues; gay issues (Rome's intrinsic evil and intrinsically disordered line of thinking which refutes reason, science, etc.; catholic universities and issues around orthodoxy/oaths/mandates; movements away from traditional stances supporting poor, better economy; unions; immigration; healthcare. And all of this *destabilizations issues* started, peaked, or occured over the last 40 years.n) vocations have risen - again, unnuanced opinion - some conservative dioceses and communities have seen more candidates entering - but actual ordination rates (with the odd exception) remain the same.o) more Americans are favorably disposed to the pope emeritus - really, again, he must be drinking a special kind of koolaid - just like Congress, the papacy's popularity is not high on anyone's radar. Something to do with respect for institutions in today's world - not a popular trend.p) other denominations without a Ratzinger fared worse - actually, CARA or Pew Study data indicates that this allegation is false......2nd or 3rd largest group of defined folks are inactive or departed catholics. Only reason the overall numbers are stable is because of the hige Hispanic immigrant populations. Pentecostalism is growing by leaps and bounds.q) He concludes by stating that Ratzinger steered a course to save Christian Catholicism.....given the list above,would suggest that his efforts (or lack thereof) came close to sinking the barque of Christ and left him the only course of action - resignation.
Well, at least this part seems right on the money:"Indeed, it is difficult to pick out a major religious body where the progressive course urged by so many of Ratzingers critics has increased vitality and growth."Regardless of whether you think the "Commonweal-Catholic" wish list is right or wrong, does anyone seriously think that the granting of those wishes will result in some Renaissance (or even modest gains) of Catholicism in the West? The status quo doesn't need a chaplain.
Bill gets the gold star! I'd add a couple of other mistakes:a) He was unpopular because he was "a traitor to his class" by disciplining other theologians. The issue hasn't been lack of loyalty to his class, it's disagreements over content and method. b) "Still the one true faith" -- this slogan is completely without nuance, and thus actually false because it flattens and misrepresents the teaching of the church on ecumenism. c) "Wholesale collapse" of the 1970s, that he supposedly turned around. RD would have to account for the fact that youth born during that period (GenX) were brought up to be the most active Catholics (doesn't look like collapse from that vantage point), but then dropped off dramatically as the Ratzinger policy priorities took hold. http://archives.religionnews.com/blogs/mark-silk/gen-x-catholic-debacle
Edward: Indeed, it is difficult to pick out a major religious body where the progressive course urged by so many of Ratzingers critics has increased vitality and growth.What about the Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Methodist churches that so many Catholics have joined?
Douthat indeed needs a fact-checker. But I would take him over Dowd any day. She is just plain old nasty, insinuating and vile. She is lucky that our God is a merciful God
@ Peggy. here is a question. I wonder in regard to the Catholics who have left for Protestant denominations. If they took their children with them, have they remained practicing in that denomination in sizable numbers? Me thinks not.
I cannot improve on Bill DeHaas fact-checking of Ross Douhats opinion article in the NYT. I can, however, add that much of my problem with the data in the article is that it presents facts without the nuance and context that is necessary in evaluating the Church and society since Vatican II.When I read Ross Douhats opinion article in the NYT this morning I thought: There you go again another convert who entered the Church in the post-Vatican II reactionary phase under the papacies of John Paul II and Benedict XVI, who did not stabilize things in the church but seem to have contributed to divisiveness. Then I remembered my Lenten penance to be nice.Seriously, I am fed up with those Catholics who think that the church is going down the tubes and in need of drastic reform, which I interpret as a return to the Way We Were before Vatican II. They simply have no idea how liberating Vatican II was to those of us who took the council and the changes seriously. For example, look at the number of laity, myself included, who were motivated to pursue degrees in theology and work in Church affiliated ministries. Look at the changes in the liturgy that brought us so much more exposure to the Scriptures. (Thank God, we no longer have to listen to the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins every year.) Look at the number of permanent deacons who work in the Church. Look at the openness to dialogue with those of other religions and Christian affiliations. Look at the creative way that our sisters, examining the charisms of their religious communities have pursued new and effective ministries to the poor and marginalized in our society. I could go on but I am out of breath.
Anthony: How many? I don't know. There may be anecdotal evidence available from commenters here who have said they go to another Christian church: (Do you know where your kids are?).
Nice job by Bill and Rita, But it appears that Bill H is wrong in disputing that American Catholics view Benedict Xvi favorably. They do. http://nineteensixty-four.blogspot.com/As the 1964 Blog points out the approval of a president is different in substance from that of a pope.Very few Catholics have taken the effort that many of us have in finding out what is going on in the church. In general Catholics respond to the Pope at the window giving blessings and how can a man dressed in white be responsible for all the shenanigans going on? I appreciate the way Ross outlines his essay. He gives us a lot to consider citing meaningful sources while his interpretations indicate that he has hardly read them. But the biggest mistake Douthat makes is equating Spong with Ratzinger's Catholic critics. These Catholic critics are people with strong moral values who want to see a gospel Catholicism as opposed to an inquisitional one. Such people as Elizabeth Johnson, John O Malley, Thomas Reese, Hans Kung, Bernard Haring, Charles Curran, Tissa Balasuriva, Paul Collins, Joan Chittister, and a host of others, are hardly people who are laissez faire Catholics. Douthat further shows his certified ignorance with the following statement. "This doesnt mean there isnt some further version of reform, some unexpected synthesis of tradition and innovation, that would serve Catholicism well." If he had seriously read the above authors (and other Catholic scholars) he would have found solid avenues for renewal. While he is clever and outlines the problems of the church he continues to show a stubborness for superficial analysis. As far as Ratzinger is concerned it seems to me that he has come full circle and even like a man without a country, as it were. The young progressive theologian bolted to the right when radical students took over his podium which made him choose a different path. That fifty year turn to the right has had the same result with his own traditionalists making him irrelevant where he could not even control them.
To Peggy's list @ 4:44, I would add United Church of Christ (particularly with women seeking ordained ministry) and ... surprisingly (but I can't really understand why) Unitarian Universalists. Anecdotally, the UCC Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley seems to have more than its fair share of former RCs as seminarians, particularly in the female ranks.Does anyone have a good source of information on the independent Catholic groups that exist in the US? I realize that most of their congregations are small and scattered (and overloaded with bishops!) but am wondering about any trends in them.
Re: Independent Catholic communities. Jimmy, here is one list that I just found through a quick search on the internet:http://www.alternativecatholicexperience.org/This website offers a directory of communities ministered to by women priests:http://romancatholicwomenpriests.org/worshippingcommunity.htmNow, one might say they are excommunicated thus no longer Catholic, but I offer this because they self-identify as Roman Catholics despite this.There are some other types of communities too. I don't know how one finds them, but I've run into people who belong to them. I wonder if they were all counted up, would it amount to a lot of people? Not sure. The largest I've run into has about 400 members.
"a good source of information on the independent Catholic groups'How about the 1000 convents.?
Thanks to all for the feedback - actually, thought that Rita's earlier post on dotCommonweal was excellent and provided a better analysis....my remarks are just shooting from the hip.Helen - agree and it is always helpful to start with the writer's context....have had the same experience with recent and not so recent converts....they seem to be in search for some type of *identity* via institutional religion and are more focused on what I call the rules, authority, having someone tell you like it is...not very good on symbol, analogy, or even sacramentality.The other columnist who reflects Douthat's thoughts is Rod Dreher - he is on his 3rd or 4th church in his endless search for something. He used to write for the Dallas Morning News at the height of the Rudy Kos sexual abuse trial - caused him to knee jerk to a south Texas monastery which quickly revealed both an abusive and financial shenanigans; only adding to Dreher's angst.Rita - thought about the theologian comment...for me, pick up on VII and the three legged stool in which one leg are theologians. Thus, the role of theology is to seek understanding; test limits; clarify/analyze - not produce policy/dogma, etc. Douthart has this image of theologians as threats - as not part of the magisterium (thus, pre-VII understanding). If anything, think we have seen the *unintended consequences* of electing a pope who sees himself as *the* theologian of the church and acts/implements his theological thinking. Unfortunately, his theology since 1974 took a turn backwards and reflects a minority opinion. It also is dangerous to conflate theology and papal authority..esp. if that pope's style is not one of consultation; listening; discussing; debating. (per second hand reports about Benedict). He acted in such a way that over-centralized papal authority at the expense of VII concept that the pope is *first among equals* (not a monarch). And another obstacle for ecumenism - the key goal of Vatican II.Finally, Bill - agree with your link but, like all surveys, what does it really tell us. What I did not get into since Douthart focused on the US experience of the church, is to put some of his comments into a world church context (doubt he knows much about the church in the southern hemisphere or even the challenges in Africa, South America, or individual European nations). What do you think the popularity of the pope is in: Austria? Germany? Ireland? Poland's catholic attendance has spiraled down; vocations are dwindling. So, if a survey reflects the *voluntarism* of Fr. Z or EWTN (the will of the pope/superior is the law); then the standard response will be that the pope is popular.
I fear that any attention to Douthat would only encourage him. Douthat has long been dreaming the George-Weigel-dream-of-Catholic-life. He is seriously deluded.
Bill deHass,The fact that inactive or departed Catholics are the second or third largest group in those studies does not by itself indicate that the rate of attrition in the Catholic Church has been higher than in mainline Protestant churches. The number of active Roman Catholics was much bigger to begin with (they are still the largest group in those studies); so the proportion of Catholics who have left the church might be lower than the proportion of, says, Presbyterians who have left their church and still amount to a larger number of people. Is there anything else in the studies you cite that would support your claim that Douthat is wrong about mainline Protestantism having dwindled much faster than the U.S. Catholic Church?You say the only thing keeping the church's numbers up in this country is immigration from Latin America. And what of it? One could as well observe that all those immigrants from Italy and Ireland are the only reason Catholics became the largest religious group in the United States. How far back do we have to control for immigration in our measurements?"The status quo does not need a chaplain." A good line.
Mr. Boudway - allow me to to repeat what I said above - my comments were quickly made and in response to what *seemed* to me to be randomn and unsubstantiated generalizations by Mr. Douthart.There are two separate categories:- attendance- denominational decreases (Douthart inserted that Ratzinger helped stabilize this in the US)So, to the first I was remembering stats from both Pew and CARA studies. Would stand by those.To the second - here is a link to the Pew Studies on denominations, comparisons, etc.http://www.pewforum.org/About-One-in-Six-Americans-Are-Baptist.aspxIn broad terms, it would probably be more correct to say that all mainline Protestant/Catholic denominations have suffered decreases. Again, my response was to the way that Douthart made his comment (*Ratzinger stablilized). Sorry, given the continue migration, decreases that the 2nd/3rd largest group are unaffiliated Catholics (not unspiritual just unaffiliated), will stand by what I said.Not sure where you are going with your immigrant supposition. Catholic populations continue to increase because of immigration (Hispanic, Vietnamese, other)...yes, guess you could drill down and draw a line in the statistical sand that you can't keep counting immigrants in 2nd or 3rd generation. But, would posit that my quick review is closer to the reality than whatever point Mr. Douthart was trying to make.
Bill deHass,I'm not sure what point you think that link is supposed to illustrate. You write, "In broad terms, it would probably be more correct to say that all mainline Prostestant/Catholic denominations have suffered decreases." That's a nice dodge, but mainline "Prostestant/Catholic denominations" is not a very useful categorysociologically or ecclesiologically. Douthat makes the familiar claim that mainline Protestant churches that made changes many liberal Catholics would like to see the Catholic Church make have shrunken faster than the Catholic Church. Do you think this is false? And if so, what is your evidence? The finding that "ex-Catholics" are now the second or third largest religious category in the country is not by itself sufficient evidence. It is one thing to answer Douthat's analysis with a rival analysis, another to argue he's getting a fact wrong by simply introducing another fact that does not really contradict his claim.
Matthew,I am interested in the question you raise, which I think relates to Bill's "p" item. As you say, Douthat's claim is a standard talking point. Perhaps I have misunderstood this, but I wonder a little about that talking point. It seems like sleight of hand to compare "other denominations" as having shrunk more dramatically than Catholicism but to leave out out those Protestant denominations that are experiencing growth: evangelicals, megachurches, Pentecostals, and the like. In other words, why is it appropriate to compare growth/decline rates of Catholicism with the so-called mainline denominations, but not with megachurches (which likewise have a married clergy, which is an example of a change desired by some Catholics)? Some Protestant denominations have been ordaining women for more than 100 years, and only started to experience a decline in membership after the 1960s. If one wants to lay decline at the door of women in ministry, one would have to account for the decades in which this decline did not happen. I think this is a complex phenomenon, in short, and although the decline in numbers of churchgoing Episcopalians or Lutherans or Presbyterians in America is an important fact, this doesn't by itself prove that Catholicism has done better because it has held its positions on celibacy or the exclusion of women from ordination.
Thanks, Rita....Will repeat what I stated above - Douthart made *standard* claim. I responded with another *claim*.You do not find my link to the Pew Study data to be illustrative. Well, that is your issue; not mine. Search around on this link and you will find denominational % and numbers compared to other years and other denominations.You have also skipped over my main point above .....Douthart couched his *claim* by adding that Ratzinger has stabilized. My counter claim was basically to name his use of a generalization; and to counter his claim that Ratzinger stabilized.....by what measure, data, criteria did he arrive at that conclusion? Since this post was about Ratzinger - that is where my focus was.Really not into scoring points - Rita says well that how you count, who you count, and who is reporting these numbers are all over the place. would agree and this connects again to Douthart's claim. Do I doubt his claim that mainline Protestant denominations have decreased more than RC - yes, I do doubt this because I am looking from a much broader standpoint that the one I suggest you are using. And to go even further on this claim and add descripters such as celibacy or women's ordination - are there any reliable numbers to show that? It would be survey and self-report information which is not exactly reliable.So, since this was about a whole series of Douthart claims - why are you hung up on this one?
I know that one of Robert Putnam's theses is that major changes in social attitudes and practices often are generational in nature. This is seen, for example, in attitudes toward gay marriage, where a majority (albeit a shrinking one) of elderly Americans opposes it but a strong majority of 20-somethings supports it. I wonder if Catholicsm's ability, at least until recently, to shore up its numbers of adherents in comparison to mainline denominations is due in part to its intergenerational faith transmission structures - especially Catholic schools - which may have inoculated succeeding generations from the depredating effects of the larger culture on religious practice. Perhaps the decline in Catholic school enrollment has reached a critical mass where it's no longer a difference-maker?
Mainline Protestants have pretty much always been ready and willing to move from denomination to denomination with impunity.A very large number of Roman Catholics, however, were raised to believe that their church is something very special, the source of salvation, the One True Church, etc.The fact that so many of these Catholics have felt the need and subsequent willingness to leave for other shores makes the rate and/or numbers doing so much more meaningful.Ditto for Protestant ministers vs Catholic priests. Anyone who looks at the number of female Episcopal priests and UCC ministers who came from an RC background should be appalled and shocked by the fact that theses women had no other choice to fill out their call to ordained ministry.
Let's not overlook reports that Hispanic/Latino Catholic newcomers to the USA are not necessarily staying in the Church of Rome. Many are joining other ecclesial communities, and still others are leaving organized religion altogether. I suspect that as their younger generations assimilate into mainstream American culture, we can expect still more departures.The Vatican II bishops, all products of the "old school", were convinced of the need for renewal, the main theme of this council. Then we get JPII and B16 with their autocratic rule and retro attraction, and all hell breaks loose.RE: John XXIII's "signs of the times", our last two pontiffs *reacted*; they did not *respond*.
Rita,I agree: the phenomenon is complex. All generalizations will leave out something important. But I do think it's fair to say that in this country most of the recent growth in Christianity has been among conservative denominations and movements, and most of the shrinkage among denominations that became more liberal during that same period. Yes, "conservative" and "liberal" are fairly crude terms in this context, but if they are not entirely adequate, neither are they useless. Yes, as you point out, many "conservative" Evangelicals would fall on the liberal side of important ad intra Catholic disagreements (they allow women to be ministers and ministers to marry; they do not consider contraception intrinsically evil). Yes, the numbers don't tell the whole story. Or rather, they tell only one story. Once you have determined which Christian communities have been most successful at retaining their old adherents and gaining new ones, there are other, arguably more important questions to answer. As the old Albanian woman used to say, God does not call us to be successful; he calls us to be faithful. Justice and fidelity may require us to do things that will make the church less appealing, either to some of its members or to potential converts. If one wants to argue, for example, that many of the church's teachings about sexuality are primitive, unjust, or just plain un-Christian, one should not too quickly assume that updating those teachings so that they conform better with prevailing secular mores will fill up the pews or keep them from emptying: there just isn't any evidence for this. Bill deHass: That I don't find the link you provided very helpful in our discussion is neither your "issue" nor mine. Perhaps you could cite a statistic from the Pew study that speaks directly to the claim Douthat made. You haven't so far. You write, "Do I doubt [Douthat's] claim that mainline Protestant denominations have decreased more than RC yes, I do doubt this because I am looking from a much broader standpoint that the one I suggest you are using." So, again, what exactly is that standpoint? An intuition? A suspicion? Really, this seems to me to be a quantatative question: Either mainline Protestant churches have shrunk more than the Catholic Church or they haven't. Go ahead, control for immigration, and I still think you'll find trouble finding any evidence that the Catholic Church is shrinking as fast as the Methodists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, etc. Finally, I am "hung up" on this point because (a) I think it's interesting and important and (b) I think you're wrong. Am I not allowed to take up one of your points unless I address all seventeen?
Standpoint: nope, not an intuition nor a suspicion.Quantatative response: http://commons.trincoll.edu/aris/files/2011/08/ARIS_Report_2008.pdfNote Table Three - it gets to Rita's point and how you count. If you limit Douthart's comment to the old mainline Protestant denominations, then his claim may be correct. But, if you take all Christians and compare to Catholics, his claim is way off. orhttp://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-03-09-american-religio... http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-03-09-ARIS-faith-surve... http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/2001-12-24-religion.htmor I again don't think I am wrong - in fact, my claim is just as correct, or more so, than Mr. Douthart's.High Points:Among the key findings in the 2008 survey: So many Americans claim no religion at all (15%, up from 8% in 1990), that this category now outranks every other major U.S. religious group except Catholics and Baptists. In a nation that has long been mostly Christian, "the challenge to Christianity does not come from other religions but from a rejection of all forms of organized religion," the report concludes. Catholic strongholds in New England and the Midwest have faded as immigrants, retirees and young job-seekers have moved to the Sun Belt. While bishops from the Midwest to Massachusetts close down or consolidate historic parishes, those in the South are scrambling to serve increasing numbers of worshipers. Baptists, 15.8% of those surveyed, are down from 19.3% in 1990. Mainline Protestant denominations, once socially dominant, have seen sharp declines: The percentage of Methodists, for example, dropped from 8% to 5%. The percentage of those who choose a generic label, calling themselves simply Christian, Protestant, non-denominational, evangelical or "born again," was 14.2%, about the same as in 1990. Jewish numbers showed a steady decline, from 1.8% in 1990 to 1.2% today. The percentage of Muslims, while still slim, has doubled, from 0.3% to 0.6%. Analysts within both groups suggest those numbers understate the groups' populations.Note - this data is based upon 2008 surveys. Note that the first bullet suggests that the unaffiliated catholic group has increased 8% compared to the third bullet that ends with Methodists who have decreased 3%.
Margaret: here you go, albeit there doesn't seem to be any sound. Which of those cheerleaders in the opening shot is you? Or perhaps you were in the press box that day?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz76E9O4BWALoyola had a commemoration earlier this year of another anniversary: a landmark 1963 game in which Mississippi State's all-white team had to literally be smuggled out of the state to play Loyola, which had five black starters in 1963. I believe the governor had deployed sheriff's deputies to prevent the Mississippi State team from leaving the state to play the game. Story here: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8741183/game-chang... two schools played a game this year, which my wife and I attended. It was very moving, and Loyola's gym, still a bit of a bandbox even though it's a significant upgrade from the old Alumni Gym, was small enough that I was able to rub elbows with former players. I'm very proud of Loyola.
Jim P: Thanks so much. But not me or anyone I recognize. The game was in Louiseville! I don't think there were mass migrations following college teams in those days. You will not be surprised to learn that I was not a cheerleader; not even a sports writer!Four '63 grads have been bunting the NYTimes story back and forth: two in NYC, one in DC, and one in Seattle. The four of us all Loyola News troublemakers were probably working on the scheme to get Mrs. Lewis (of Lewis Tower fame) to permit our fellow student, Mickey Leaner, to swim in the white ladies only swimming pool on the 12th floor. No go, followed by the famous picketing by students, then by adults, and then (hold onto your hat) Nuns in Habits!!! Now that was a Catholic Moment!Also: those LU guys were so thin! compared to the behemoths that play today (look at the Times picture or the you tube video; they look almost anorexic. By coincidence, I was on a plane today, and several of my fellow passengers were from the St. John's (NYC) basketball team. They are BIG. Is it the food? steroids? weights? Gee, I wonder if they were going to Chicago to play LU.
JP: I forwarded your video link; so more on the historic event from the '63 grads and what we were doing that evening:"Wow - this is an amazing bit of video!"And as I recall, we were all together, plus a few more (Mary, Ed, Tom, a few more whose names I'm forgetting), studying for the big Senior Year exams, with the game on the radio, in the background."I didn't even know the team was making history (but there were probably all sorts of things I didn't get). Tho if the Cubs win the World Series this year - I'll KNOW. Progress."AND: "Right.. Here's what I remember. I don't recall the studying part but that's surely likely. I do remember going back to the little tv alcove we had in the basement to watch the end of the game. The tv feed was on slight delay and my sister who must have been listening upstairs on the radio came down and said she knew the result and was smiling. She then told us So we knew the results before was saw it."Collective memory at work.
JP: Another piece of news from the bunting 4, or maybe I should say the dribbling 4."No studying that I recall. We were watching the game. After all, we would soon have a paper to put out and this would be page one. X's right about the TV feed on slight delay. Except that the sister did not simply come downstairs with a smile. She came with a shout, whether in those incredible last seconds of the regular game or at the end of the overtime. So we knew Loyola had one (or tied) but couldn't quite believe how it was going to happen. "It was some years later that I really learned that for the players the Mississippi game was at least as big a deal as the Cincinnatti game because of the race issue. "And here's a factoid for us. I stuck it into a talk I gave in 2009 at Duke, twisting the knife a little. (As I recall, Duke had been eliminated in March Madness.) The talk was on Catholic Social Thought. I began by recalling the REQUIRED course I had to take on Catholic social encyclicals, a class that happened to include most of the starting basketball team. I noted that they seemed pretty confident of getting a decent grade from the professor, who was a doctrinaire liberal to the point of exasperation. It was, however, ..." ... in a good cause. On March 23, 1963, that team won the NCAA national basketball championship. And in fairness to them, the five starting players not only all graduated but eventually earned no less than 6 postgraduate degrees, including one law degree and one Ph.D., almost certainly an academic record for a national championship team, even by Duke standards."
Margaret - that is great stuff.I was recently graduated from Loyola and still living in the Rogers Park neighborhood in 1984-85, working for a commodities trading firm and trying to decide whether or not to start graduate work in English (ultimately I decided not to). That was the last time Loyola's basketball program was really respectable - that season, we had a monster basketball player by the name of Alfredrick Hughes, and the Ramblers made it to the Sweet Sixteen before being eliminated by, if I recall correctly, Patrick Ewing's Georgetown team. I don't know that I ever had a player in any of my courses during my years there (I lived on Lake Shore campus but most of my courses were downtown in Lewis Towers, whose swimming pool by that time was open to both men and women, whether white, black or anything else), but quite a few of my friends had players in their classes. But there were also tutors attached to the basketball program to keep some of the players eligible - I had a friend who did this.
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Find $a$ and $b$ such that $x+1$ and $x+2$ are factors of the polynomials $x^3+ax^2-bx+10$.
Here I am not sure that how can I obtain the value of $a$ and $b$, I tried to multiply $x+1$ and $x+2$ to obtain a quadratic equation by which I divided the obtained quadratic polynomial with the above given cubic polynomial, But it didn't worked. How can I overcome my answer.


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I am interested in conjugacy classes in connected reductive groups over a non-archimedean field $F$ of characteristic $0$, or its algebraic closure. On this topic it is often required that the group in question have simply connected derived group. Whether a group of type $G_2$ has simply connected derived group may be a well known fact, but I could not find a reference. That $G_2$ itself is simply connected is fairly easy to find, and I suspect its derived group is also. I would also be interested in any references.
Further, I am interested in whether the derived subgroups of other groups, for instance classical groups like $SL_n$, $SP_{2n}$, $SO_n$, have simply connected derived groups. References to characterizations of when a group has a simply connected derived group would also be much appreciated.


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WELLSBURG - Months after getting a clean bill of health on a 4-acre property in a prime location along state Route 2, Eagle Manufacturing already is building a new warehouse and office space that will allow the century-old company to grow its manufacturing operations.
Eagle President and CEO Joe Eddy said the acquisition of the old Banner-Fiberboard property was "for our own corporate development, so we could plan our strategic growth."
Eagle acquired the property in 2012 for roughly $1.2 million, according to courthouse records.
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WORK UNDER WAY — Construction is already under way for a new, 40,000-square-foot warehouse and 1,200-square-foot office space at Eagle Manufacturing in Wellsburg. Eagle acquired the old Banner-Fibreboard property in 2012, and President/CEO Jim Eddy says the results of Phase I and II brownfield assessments at the site helped convince him it was a smart investment. The brownfield assessments, which cost about $81,000, were covered by a grant awarded to the Brooke-Hancock-Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission. - Warren Scott
"Without additional room to expand, we'd really run out of answers for growth," Eddy said. "The Banner-Fiberboard property gave us an opportunity to design our growth for the next five years."
Eddy said a 40,000-square-foot warehouse and another 1,200-square-foot office space already are under construction. "Ultimately, we'll use it as a distribution center, and we have additional development potential of 60,000 square feet," he said, adding additional buildings could be commissioned "most likely over the next five years."
More to the point, the current building project will free up space in the existing plant, "give us the ability to move some of our warehoused products into it, so we can expand our manufacturing capacity. Most likely, the expansion will be of our plastics business."
Eddy said buying idled industrial properties can be risky business, and this deal in particular might not have closed had the Phase I and II brownfield assessments been done through the Brooke-Hancock-Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission.
"It was a very large investment, and with the risk limited by defining the environmental (issues) up front, it gave us a comfort level to follow through on the property," Eddy said. "It's too high a risk to make a (big) investment when you don't know what the ultimate cost might be to clean it up."
A Phase I assessment offers an indication of what kinds of things might have been done on a particular property; Phase II involves taking soil samples and identifying what, if any, contaminants might be on site.
Grant money can't be used to clean up privately owned property, so the company that had originally purchased the site for salvage paid for its remediation. Once that was done, Eagle was cleared to purchase the site.
Eddy said having that "environmental definition" lowered his company's risk. "That's how a brownfield should be developed," he added.
Wellsburg City Manager Mark Henne described it as "the glue we needed to make it work."
"We had to get the site cleaned up," Henne said. "No one had been interested in it, it was just sitting there with all its health issues and environmental issues."
The $81,000 it cost to have site contaminants identified was worth it, he said, "to get a blighted block in Wellsburg, on Route 2, cleaned up, with one of our local industries purchasing it."
"They're reinvesting and expanding their business, which is going to (grow) the tax base," Henne added. "That's the way the Brownfield program is supposed to work."
BHJ Chairman Marvin Six said the goal is "to get properties into the hands of people who are going to create jobs."
"Usually, (private business) doesn't have access to the funds we have access to," he said.
BHJ, in fact, had a total of $400,000 in brownfield assessment funds to work with- half to assess hazardous sites, the other half to assess petroleum-contaminated sites.
Eddy, meanwhile, said the burgeoning shale oil and gas industry has breathed new life into their business - sales of Eagle's safety cans and spill containment products have spiked locally - as well as the local economy, so they weren't the only ones interested in the Banner-Fibreboard property.
"It's only 4 acres, but it's a great location," he said. "It's a high profile piece of property, I'm glad we were able to acquire it. The competition for the property was obviously, initially, commercial development, but I think because of its historical brownfield condition, it's best use is for industrial use, a more permanent use. Eagle buying the property and expanding, it's not temporary, it's permanent growth. We're looking ahead to the next 10, 20 or 50 years."
Eagle has 175 employees. Founded in 1894, plastics currently represent about 50 percent of the company's business.


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The AKE priciple states that two finitely ramified Henselian field (this means that the field is either of residual caracteristic 0 or is of characteristic $p$ and there is only a finite number of elements x of the value group such that $0< x < v(p)$) are elementary equivalent if and only if their value groups are elementary equivalent (in the language of group) and their residue fields elementary equivalent (in the language of ring).
I'm looking for application of this principle to prove non trivial results.
I also have a side question which I fear is a dumb one. Being algebraically closed is a first order property. So it should be equivalent to properties on the residues field and on the value group. What could be these properties ?
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SAN ANTONIO (January 16, 2013) – San Antonio Rampage general Manager Mike Santos announced today that the American Hockey League (AHL) club has recalled from loan forward John McFarland and defenseman Brian O'Hanley from the team's ECHL affiliate, the Cincinnati Cyclones.
McFarland, 20, made the Rampage squad following training camp and played in 12 games for the Silver and Black before being reassigned to Cincinnati on Nov. 27. McFarland recorded three assists in his time with the Rampage. For the Cyclones, the 6-foot-1, 205-pound forward has tallied 12 goals and 13 assists in 23 games while accumulating a plus-4 ranking. His 25 points are tied for fourth highest on the team, despite only playing in 23 of the 39 games for the Cyclones. A second round pick (33rd overall) of the Florida Panthers in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, McFarland has spent the last four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League, recording a total of 190 points on 90 goals and 100 assists in 220 games.
O'Hanley, 28, has played in two games for the Rampage this season (Oct. 27-28), recording a minus-1 rating. The 5-foot-11, 191-pound defenseman has recorded two goals and 18 assists in 37 games for the Cyclones this season. O'Hanley was named the runner-up for the ECHL Player of the Week ending Oct. 21 after tallying two goals and two assists in three games. The Quincy, Mass., native played in 44 AHL games last season between the Syracuse Crunch, Peoria Rivermen and Worchester Sharks, totaling four goals and four assists. O'Hanley recorded 14 goals and 43 assists in 166 games over the course of three seasons with the Cyclones (2008-11). He was drafted in the ninth round (#267 overall) in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks.
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Are there supplements or vitamins that can help me better tolerate radiation and chemo for lung cancer?
Valaree Williams, MS, RD, LDN, Registered Dietician at Penn Medicine responds:We often receive many questions about herbal, vitamin, and mineral supplements to assist with tolerating treatments. Research on the use of herbal, vitamin, and mineral supplements is not strong and the impact and actions of supplements with radiation and chemotherapy is unknown. To promote safety and efficacy and due to the lack of research regarding the role of supplements and their safety, it is recommended that supplement use is limited during treatment. If you desire to use herbal, vitamin, or mineral supplements, please discuss with your oncologist and registered dietitian before beginning as supplements are not without risk and could interact with treatment. Adequate nutrition to meet your calorie, protein, and fluid needs throughout treatment along with control of an treatment side effects can help you tolerate the treatment.
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PHILLIPS, Veda M. Reynolds, 82, of Wintersville, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday Dec. 11, 2012, surrounded by her loving family at Lancia Villa Vista.
She was born April 8, 1930, in Holidays Cove, WV., the daughter of the late Boaz Glenn Blosser and Gem Linger Blosser Hill.
Veda was retired from the former Hub Department Store, credit department and was a homemaker.
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Veda was a member of Rosemont Chapel and the senior citizens of Globe, AZ
Veda is also preceded in death by her first husband, Ralph P. Reynolds, second husband, Larry Phillips and a stepson, Kevin Phillips.
Surviving are one son, Douglas Reynolds of Richmond, OH: four daughters, Merry Lynn (Bill) Hibbits of Steubenville, Jeanne (Tom) Holt of Bloomingdale, Sue (Junior) DiBacco of Bloomingdale and Pam (Michael) Leonard of Globe, AZ.; four grandchildren; Billy (Kim) Hibbits, Shannon (Bryan) Conlon, Jason Holt and Paige Reynolds. four great-grandchildren, Anna, Joseph and Sarah Hibbits and one step great-grandson, Easton Conlon; one stepson, Gary Phillips.
Calling hours are Friday 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the Mosti Funeral Home, 4435 Sunset Blvd. Steubenville, where services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, Rev. Sonny Shoe will officiate. Burial in Union Cemetery, New Manchester, WV.
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My bass guitar has had some terrible fret buzz lately. The buzz is coming from the fret itself, not the head or anything. I tried differing the amount of pressure on the left and right hands. It will buzz when I pluck, pick, slap, pop, and tap.
A drop or something may damage the instrument, meaning something slips or falls out of place and fret buzz develops.
As Dr Mayhem and Wheat Williams mention, heat/moisture content/new and different strings/slipping nuts/slipping saddles can all contribute to fret buzz.
(Wheat has a great answer on the effects of car temperature fluctuations on an instrument, if you are interested)
As a solution for the moment until you find a source of the problem, I suggest raising the action at the bridge. You may have to adjust intonation if you do this. If your neck has a bow, you may have to adjust that also, because if you raise action on a bowed neck, fretting at higher frets can become more difficult than usual.
Help on intonating/setting action on the electric guitar, but can be transferred to electric bass as well.
Hope this helps!
You need to look at whether your set up has changed. If you are using a different gauge of strings the neck curve will have changed and you will need to adjust your truss rod to bring the curve back to ideal.
Alternatively, frets wear down over time which can lower the height of the strings. This is usually more noticeable at a particular fret.
Another possibility is that the nut or bridge is too low- nuts can wear down, so you may need a new one.
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Unlike other needle type tools that have the release opening on the side, this tool has the split right in the center. You simply push the tool directly into the puncture and pull straight out. No bending, twisting, or looping is necessary. A twist of the Rasp tool inserted into the needle eye releases the plug. It's a tried and true method.
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Monday, November 21, 2011
During the first trimester I pined for a perfectly obvious baby bump, the kind that makes strangers understand that ralphing in the post office parking lot at eleven o'clock in the morning has nothing to do with alcoholism. Probably.
Through the miracle of stretchy pants that moment has finally arrived.
The baby mountain makes the entire parenting thing seem progressively more imminent, and Andrew has taken to having fatherly discussions with our child, things like, "Stop making your mother puke, you little punk," which he whispers directly into my belly button.
Too bad we are dealing with an anarchist.
In related news, apparently I have a thing for teeny tiny shoes. And boots. And sandals. And socks. I am three pairs away from a fetish.
Let's talk about something else.
Robert Novogratz bought a set of our Meakin plates for his new HGTV series, Home By Novogratz. Remember him from 9 By Design? With the seventy six offspring? Can you imagine all of the tiny shoes in that household?
I love their family.
Let's see, what else happened this week?
Oh. I made apple pizza for the first time, and I'm proud to report that it was devoured in less than three and a half seconds. It was sooo good.
Almost as good as tiny shoes. On teeny tiny Novogratz's.
11 comments:
- Lynett said...
Love the house and the teeny tiny shoes! And you must share the pizza recipe!
- November 21, 2011 at 8:07 PM
- ERIN said...
this is what happens when i don't catch up on my favorite blogs, CONGRATS!!! you look so cute....
- November 21, 2011 at 8:15 PM
- Tabatha said...
those look suspiciously like boy shoes, madam. are we hoping or do we know something? ;)
- November 21, 2011 at 8:24 PM
- kelly@tearinguphouses said...
i knew someone would say that, tabatha! no, we don't know yet, but i totally plan on putting those on a girl if we have one.
- November 21, 2011 at 8:32 PM
- NotesFromAbroad said...
I have been out of the US too long .. I don't know Novogratz and how in the world did he get that many children ? not to mention teeny tiny shoes ?
I love love love the shoes.
I didn't even consider the sex of the baby when looking/oohing/awwwing over the shoes !
- November 22, 2011 at 1:22 PM
- Cait @ Hernando House said...
Haha I thought they looked a bit like boy shoes, but I would so put those on a girl. Too cute.
Also, the first time I read what Andrew told the baby I read it as "Stop making your mother puke, you little puke" and then I snort-laughed in my office.
- November 23, 2011 at 8:18 AM
- Sara @ Russet Street Reno said...
Hey, what about a close-up belly shot???
- November 23, 2011 at 7:01 PM
- alfred lives here said...
Love the pic of you guys posing for a pic in front of the house, that is so fun!
The hoarding of little shoes is just the beginning....
And the pizza looks amazing!
- November 23, 2011 at 7:38 PM
- Tabatha said...
Tova's worn almost every pair of Chucks that Kiedis wore before her. I get it.
I also have a minor in gender studies. See my son's long flowing blonde shoulder-length hair and my daughter's lack of pink in pretty much any realm. Performing gender: we do it how we please.
- November 24, 2011 at 7:20 PM
- kelly@tearinguphouses said...
cait, he'll get a kick out of that.
sara, soon! my best friend has been asking, too!
alh, it was a little odd, to be honest... out of no where the seller's realtor requested an impromptu photo shoot... i wish i'd bothered to wear something a tad nicer than my workout clothes!
- November 24, 2011 at 7:27 PM
- Amanda @ Little House on the Corner said...
Wow, I am catching up on some long-awaited blog reading and apparently I've really missed out on some big news. A belated congratulations to you!!
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HANNIBAL - When Monroe County Auditor Pandora Neuhart thinks about her county's future, she doesn't dwell on what might be with bankrupt Ormet Corp.; instead, she and others are looking to the natural gas industry as the answer for the county's long-term finances.
According to information from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas Resources, Monroe County had eight producing Utica Shale wells during the third quarter of 2013, the latest period for which data is available. More than 60 drilling permits have been issued in the county, with a number of other wells drilled and ready for production, once infrastructure is in place.
While Ormet works through its bankruptcy, Magnum Hunter Resources is producing about 11.7 million cubic feet of natural gas daily from Ormet property directly across Ohio 7 from the Hannibal plant.
Magnum Hunter is the parent company of Triad Hunter, which drills and fracks wells in the Upper Ohio Valley, as well as Eureka Hunter, which processes and transports natural gas via pipelines.
Both Neuhart and county Treasurer Judy Gramlich believe the county soon could see a major revenue boost from natural gas.
"The oil and gas is a real shot in the arm for us," Neuhart said. "Right now, we are seeing an increase in sales tax because people are buying stuff. It will probably be about two years before we really see money coming in from the oil and gas because that is when they will have the pipelines ready."
For November 2013, the latest figures available, Monroe County brought in more than $160,000 in sales tax revenue, up more than 10 percent from November 2012.
Add that to the new money in the county, and some are seeing things heading up.
"There are definitely some new millionaires in this county because of these oil leases," Gramlich added.
Ormet, though, continues to be a source of both contention and hope for many in the county.
On one hand, lawmakers such as Ohio Rep. Jack Cera, D-Bellaire, are pushing the Kasich administration, through legislation, to get involved by giving the governor power to directly intervene in Public Utility Commission of Ohio matters. Ormet's primary reason for bankruptcy has been the cost of power.
On the other, some of the former 700 workers now without a job are wondering just where the natural gas wealth being created through Ormet's property is going.
Although company officials at Ormet have been unavailable for comment, the bankrupt firm should be receiving production royalties for gas drawn from its property. Lease contracts throughout eastern Ohio have paid from as low as 12.5 percent to at least as high as 20 percent.
Wheeling attorney James Byrum Jr., who handles bankruptcy cases in Wheeling, said the royalties would likely be going to Ormet.
"They could use the money for operating costs. Or, a secured creditor could be getting them as collateral," Byrum said of the royalties.
Ormet is continuing to liquidate its inventory, as the company recently sold 2,208 metric tons of alumina to Almatis, the same company that purchased Ormet's former Burnside, La. facility for $39.5 million in December. Alumina becomes aluminum through the smelting process.
"Almatis is committed to make additional investments in the (Burnside) refinery to ensure its success as a dedicated specialty producer," said Taco Gerbranda, CEO of Almatis.
Unloading the alumina is just the latest step for Ormet, which closed its smelter in October. Court records show the company has also sold $3 million worth of copper rods to Libertas Copper; sold additional alumina to Trafigura for $281 per metric ton; and sold 51,841 metric tons of carbon anodes to Alcoa Inc.
Ormet filed for bankruptcy last February before slightly reducing its work force throughout 2013 to cut electricity costs. Following an October ruling by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, CEO Mike Tanchuk announced Ormet would suspend all operations and begin shuttering the plant.
"It is a shame that the governor of this state (John Kasich) could not have done anything for Monroe County," Gramlich said.
Along with members of the United SteelWorkers, Gramlich and Neuhart believe Kasich should have worked to get the PUCO, Ormet and American Electric Power to find a solution that would have kept the plant running. However, Kasich Press Secretary Rob Nichols has said the governor has no direct authority over the PUCO.


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While running alpha/beta Ubuntu, I have often had problems where X freezes and I would have to restart X.
During this freeze, I'm able to switch to a tty and shutdown the programs. I either use top and kill the running apps[evolution/firefox/etc,..], or use killall commands.
But when I use those kill commands, the application shuts-down abruptly and when opening in the next session it 'recovers'. ex: Firefox needs to restore all the web-pages I was viewing, so if I had 20-30 tabs open it will literally freeze for a few mins. evolution would not have deleted messages in trash, etc..
Is there a command I can use to shutdown applications cleanly from a tty? [apps that i use regularly are firefox,evolution,transmission,xchat]


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Hydration Heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke are all serious (in some cases fatal) heat-induced conditions. It is imperative for the safety of your players and volunteers that you and your coaches know how to identify and treat them. Heat Cramps When a body loses too much water and salt through sweat, muscles tend to cramp (particularly in the abdomen and legs). Players suffering from these painful "heat cramps" should: Rest in a shady spot. Sip one glass of cool water every 15 minutes until the pain relents. If the player's parents are on hand, have them help by: Massaging the affected muscles. Applying cool, wet cloths to help relax the muscles. Heat Exhaustion Players with cool, moist, or flushed skin, heavy sweating, headache, nausea, dizziness, or muscle cramps may be experiencing heat exhaustion. This condition occurs when, because of high humidity or restrictive clothing, sweat is not properly evaporated and the body cannot cool down. To assist a player experiencing heat exhaustion Have the player lie down in a shady spot and elevate his or her feet. Remove the child's shoes, shin guards, and socks. Apply cold packs to the armpit and scalp areas. Have the player drink water or an electrolyte solution. Dampen the player's skin with cool cloths. Fan the player to help evaporate excess sweat. If the player's parents are on hand, have them: Remove the player's shirt. Apply cold packs to the groin area. Heat Stroke When a body completely loses the ability to cool itself, the internal temperature continues to rise resulting in heat stroke. If a player's temperature rises too quickly, brain damage and/or death may result. Players suffering from heat stroke may have hot, dry skin — those with fair complexions may appear red, while darker-skinned individuals may appear gray. Victims may also experience a very rapid pulse and extremely high body temperature. In some cases, victims of heat stroke may seem confused, unresponsive, or even suffer from seizures. Recovery from heatstroke depends on the amount of time it takes to return the body temperature to normal, so immediate medical attention is imperative. If you suspect that a player is suffering from heat stroke Call 911 immediately. Follow the recommended treatment for heat exhaustion. DO NOT attempt to give any liquids. Contact the player's parents. Professional soccer players lose seven and a half pounds of sweat during a game. In order to avoid serious heat-induced conditions, players must drink enough fluids to replace that sweat. Every player should carry his or her own sports bottle to practice, and coaches need to stop for drink breaks every 15 minutes during the summer. Symptoms of dehydration may include Dry lips and tongue. Sunken eyes. Dizziness or a loss of energy. In addition to staying hydrated, wearing loose-fitting, lightweight clothing in light colors will help keep the body cool. Coaches must remember to conduct shorter, easier practices in the summer. Read more »
This position paper provides basic guidelines for dealing with lightning. You must follow the instructions on this page. Recognizing the threat Apply the 30-30 ruleWhen you see lightning, count the time until you hear thunder. If this time is 30 seconds or less, seek proper shelter. If you can't see the lightning, just hearing the thunder is a good back-up rule. Wait 30 minutes or more after hearing the last thunder before leaving shelter. Know and heed warning systems and community rules Many communities or park systems have lightning detection and warning systems. Use this information and obey the rules established by the community or park system. Know and apply the rules or procedures established by the competition authority. Minimize the risk of being struck.Protect the safety of all participants by stopping game activities quickly, so that participants and spectators may retire to a safer place before the lightning threat becomes significant. Remember, if you can hear the thunder, you are within reach of lightning. Seeking proper shelter No place outside is safe near thunderstorms The best shelter is a large, fully enclosed, substantially constructed building. A vehicle with a solid metal roof and metal sides is a reasonable second choice. If there is no proper shelter, avoid the most dangerous locations: Higher elevations; wide open areas, including fields; tall isolated objects, such as trees, poles, or light posts; unprotected open buildings; rain shelters; bus stops; metal fences and metal bleachers. Read more »
Referee Misconduct Form
The Referee Misconduct Form can be completed online to report any cautions and/or send offs in your match. Once you complete the form, you may select the email icon in the toolbar at the top of the form and address it to firstname.lastname@example.com . Read more »


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Impact Drivers
The DCF886 is DeWalt's newest brushless impact driver. It has a single speed range and a conventional 1/4-inch hex chuck. The tool has a no-load speed of 0-2,800 RPM, produces 0-3,200 impacts per minutes, and is rated for a maximum torque of 1,500 inch-pounds. The DCF886 is available bare, or in kit form with two 2.0 Ah XR packs ($219-239) or two 4.0 Ah XR packs ($269-299).
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The blogger testing runtime by driving 3/8 x 3 inch lags unpiloted into pressure treated 4x4s.
The DCF886 was able to drive 189 lags per charge.
These are the manufacturer's claims about the impact driver. Of particular interest to me is the small size and light weight of this particular model – shown here with the XR compact battery.
Here are the two brushless impact drivers currently made by DeWalt. On the left is the DCF895, which came out last year. It has three speed ranges and a unique recessed chuck with a push-button bit release. On the right is the newer DCF886, which has one speed range and a conventional chuck. It costs less than the DCF895 but has the same maximum torque rating (1,500 inch-pounds). Both tools are shown with the new 2.0 Ah XR battery packs.
The DCD790 is DeWalt's first brushless drill/driver. Features include a two-speed gear box, LED light with a 20-second delay, and an all-metal chuck (a rarity on compact models). The tool will be sold bare or in a kit with 2.0 Ah XR batteries (DCD790D2 - $219-239).
The DCD795 is DeWalt's first brushless hammer drill/driver. Like the drill/driver on the slide before, it has an all metal chuck and an LED light with a 20-second delay. It's is currently offered in a kit with two 2.0 Ah XR battery packs (DCD795D2 - $239-259).
On the left is the DCD780, a brushed drill/driver that came out in 2011. To the right is the DCD790, a brushless model that has just been released. The brushed model is shown with a 1.5 Ah battery; the brushless with a 2.0 Ah XR pack. The LED light is above the trigger on the earlier model – a less desirable location given that it will cause the chuck to shadow the beam. On the newer tool, the light projects up from the base so the chuck won't shadow it.
Runtime was tested by drilling 3/8-inch holes with a twist drill bit through 2-by material. There are 183 holes in this board – made by a brushed drill/driver (DCD780) equipped with a 1.5 Ah battery. The drill can be seen on the right side of the photo.
Equipped with a 2.0 Ah XR battery, the brushless drill/driver (DCD790) was able to drill 381 3/8-inch holes through 2-by material.
According to DeWalt, the new brushless drill/driver (with a 2.0 Ah pack) can drive 1,737 1 1/4-inch drywall screws per charge to the older brushed drill/driver's (with a 1.5 Ah pack) 640.
The best thing about media events – you get to try out the latest tools before they're available for purchase. I liked DeWalt's brushed compact drill/driver. I like this brushless model even more.
This is the new 20V MAX 4.0 Ah XR battery pack. It has been out for a while in Europe and is just now hitting the U.S. market.
20V MAX batteries are actually 18 volts. Here's what that same 4.0 Ah pack looks like in Europe, where different labeling rules apply.
This is the new 2.0 Ah XR pack. Note the fuel gauge on the end of it.
I recently traveled to DeWalt headquarters in Towson, Maryland, for the annual unveiling of new tools and accessories. As in years past, I came away with a lot to think about and a list of tools I can't wait to test.
The flagship introductions were 20V MAX brushless cordless tools, chief among them an impact driver, drill/driver, and hammer drill/driver. I'll cover those tools now and the others in coming weeks – including one tool that a non-disclosure agreement bars me from talking about until June.
Impact Driver
The DCF886 is DeWalt's second brushless impact driver; their first, the DCF895 was introduced last year (and can be seen in this Tool Test). The new tool delivers the same driving power as its predecessor but is intended to sell for less – about the price of a brushed model. Unlike the previous model, this one has one speed range instead of three, and a conventional chuck instead of a recessed chuck with a push-button release (which can be seen in this teardown)
I have used the earlier model and can say that for most tasks and users the single speed range and conventional chuck of this newer model will not be a step down. Multiple speed ranges are nice when you need them but the times when you need them are rare. And a recessed chuck offers little in the way of added utility.
To make the point that brushless impact drivers have more runtime than comparable brushed models DeWalt asked the editors in attendance to use their most recent brushed model (DCF885) and their new brushless (DCF886) impact drivers to drive 3/8 x 3 inch lags into pressure treated lumber until the batteries were depleted. Both tools were equipped with the manufacturer's new 4.0 Ah XR battery pack (more on batteries later). I didn't do the counting, but was told that the brushed model drove 99 lags and the brushless model 189.
The difference between the two was extreme, but more or less in line with what we know about brushless motors, that in addition to being more durable than brushed motors, they are more efficient and will yield greater runtime with any given battery.
The DCF886 will be available bare (DCF886B), in a kit with two 2.0 Ah XR batteries (DCF886D2 - $219-239), or in a kit with two 4.0 Ah XR batteries (DCF886M2 - $269-299).
Drill and Hammer Drill/Drivers
Like most other companies that produce brushless cordless tools, DeWalt started with impact drivers and is extending the technology to drill and hammer drill/drivers. They recently announced their first tools in this category, a compact drill/driver (DCD790) and a compact hammer drill/driver (DCD795). These tools have a number of features in common, including:
Two-speed gear box
LED light on a 20-second delay
Light located on base so chuck does not cast a shadow
All metal 1/2-inch ratcheting chuck
The all metal chuck is an improvement over the partially plastic chucks found on earlier DeWalt compact models. The kit version of these tools include a case, charger, and two 2.0 Ah compact battery packs.
As with impact drivers, the inclusion of a brushless motor significantly boosts runtime. The editors at the event drilled 3/8-inch diameter holes through 2-by material with compact tools – DeWalt's new DCD790 and their most recent brushed model, the DCD780 (which can be seen in this 2012 Tool Test)
The brushed model had the 1.5 Ah battery that normally comes with it; the brushless model had the new 2.0 Ah XR pack. I saw the test boards; the brushed tool made 183 holes per charge and the brushless 381 holes per charge. Had the tools been equipped with the same 2.0 Ah battery the brushed model would have likely drilled 243 holes (33% more), putting it closer to the brushless model but still well behind it in terms of runtime.
The brushless drill/driver can be purchased bare (DCD790B) or in a kit with 2.0 Ah batteries (DCD790D2 - $219-239). The brushless hammer drill/driver is currently offered in a kit with 2.0 Ah batteries (DCD795D2 - $239-259).
Until recently, 20V MAX batteries topped out at 1.5 Ah for Compact packs and 3.0 Ah for full-size Premium packs. Now there will be two more options, a 2.0 Ah compact pack (XR Compact) and a 4.0 Ah full size (XR Premium) pack. It's easy to tell the new XR batteries from the original 20V MAX packs: The older packs have yellow release buttons; XR packs have black release buttons and a lot of yellow on the housing.
The packs described above are available with LED fuel gauges, but the 1.5 Ah packs that come in kits do not have this feature. If I was in the market for a kit, that alone would be reason enough for me to spring for the version with 2.0 Ah packs – I much prefer to have a gauge. And the extra storage capacity is nice too.
Suggested retail for batteries is as follows:
1.5 Ah $79
2.0 Ah $89
3.0 Ah $99
4.0 Ah $119
Correction: May 13, 2013An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that the 1.5 Ah batteries that come in some brushless compact kits do not have fuel gauges. The only kits that do not include fuel gauges are brushed compact kits (DCK280C2, DCK285C2, DCD780C2, DCF885C2).
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Rearview Camera
Every Civic comes equipped with a single-angle rearview camera. Navigation-equipped models offer even more perspective, with three different modes (Wide, Normal and Top) to make parking and reversing that much easier. More than just convenient, all of our rearview cameras are also NHTSA recommended crash avoidance safety technology. [1]
[1] Always visually confirm that it is safe to drive before backing up; the rearview camera display does not provide complete information about all conditions and objects at the rear of your vehicle.
Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE) Body Structure
The latest-generation Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body structure is a Honda-exclusive body design that enhances occupant protection and crash compatibility in frontal collisions. The ACE design utilizes a network of connected structural elements to distribute crash energy more evenly throughout the front of the vehicle. This enhanced frontal crash-energy management helps to reduce the forces transferred to the passenger compartment and can help to more evenly disperse the forces transferred to other vehicles in a crash.
Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) with Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD)
The anti-lock braking system (ABS) uses a special modulator to pulse the brakes to help prevent wheel lockup. This helps the driver retain steering control when braking hard. The Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD) system balances the braking forces at each wheel according to how the car is dynamically loaded.
Daytime Running Lights (DRL)
The Civic enhances its visibility to others by incorporating Daytime Running Lights (DRL) up front.
Dual-Stage, Multiple-Threshold Front Airbags (SRS)
The Civic is equipped with dual-stage, multiple-threshold front airbags (SRS). One or both of these airbags will be deployed only in the event of a sufficient frontal impact. If deployed, these airbags are capable of being inflated at different rates, depending on crash severity, seat-belt usage and/or other factors. Frontal airbags are designed to supplement the seat belts to help reduce the likelihood of head and upper-body injuries in frontal crashes.
Airbags inflated for display purposes.
Front 3-Point Seat Belts with Automatic Tensioning System
All front and rear seating positions have 3-point seat belts that ride across the lap and chest to help restrain occupants during sudden stops or impact. The front seats feature an automatic tensioning system.
SmartVent® Front Side Airbags
In the event of a moderate-to-severe side impact, the SmartVent® side airbag is designed to deploy and inflate quickly to maximize potential protection for properly seated occupants—helping to protect the driver's or front passenger's upper body from injury—or vent before fully inflating if an occupant is in the side-airbag deployment path, thereby decreasing the likelihood of an airbag-related injury.
Airbags inflated for display purposes.
Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren (LATCH): Lower Anchors (2nd-Row Outboard), Tether Anchors (2nd-Row All)
The rear seats feature the LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren) mounting system for use with compatible child seats.
Side Curtain Airbags with Rollover Sensor
To help reduce the likelihood of head and neck injuries for outboard occupants in side collisions, all Civic models feature side curtain airbags with a rollover sensor. The side curtain airbag module is positioned along the side of the headliner. In the event of a sufficient side impact, this system will activate to help provide protection for both front and rear outboard passengers.
Airbags inflated for display purposes.
Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)
This system monitors the pressure in all four tires and alerts the driver when pressure in any tire becomes significantly low[1].
[1] For optimal tire wear and performance, tire pressure should be checked regularly with a gauge. Do not rely solely on the monitor system. Please see your Honda dealer for details.
Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA®) with Traction Control
VSA can brake individual wheels and/or reduce engine power in the event of oversteer or understeer to help regain the driver's intended path. The system also features a traction control function to help prevent wheelspin during acceleration[1].
[1] VSA is not a substitute for safe driving. It cannot correct the vehicle's course in every situation or compensate for reckless driving. Control of the vehicle always remains with the driver.


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El33t's Pre-W33kend Post: Theft, electricity woes and a few grand adventuresWritten by: / / 3 Comments
It may be difficult, but we're going to have to try to put the recent Titanfall delay news out of our minds so we don't end up spoiling the weekend, so if we can get through today without the power failing across the country we might just be able to enjoy the next two days.
As we find out what members of El33tonline will be doing to send their minds to another place, let us know about the games and activities you have lined up for the weekend below, too…
"This weekend I'll be heading into a much anticipated journey with Link in The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker HD. There's also a birthday party to look forward to as well as some general relaxing with the family. Have a good one p33ps!"
"I'm really happy that it is the w33kend again. Been looking forward to this w33kend for a very long time.
By the time you are reading this I will not be in the country anymore as I will be on the MSC Opera ship. I'll be back on dry land on Sunday so I'll fill the rest of my w33kend with The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 2 – A House Divided. There will also be some time to go watch the new 300 movie at Imax this Sunday.
I trust everyone will have an amazing w33kend filled with fun and lots of gaming. Keep safe and enjoy."
"My weekend hasn't got off to a great start after someone stole my cheque card details and used them to make a R2500 purchase in the early hours of this morning. I'll put in a fraud claim this afternoon and hopefully get my refund in the next few weeks.
I don't have too many plans for the weekend apart from visiting my folks on Sunday and watching some cricket and rugby over the break. I'm also keen to catch up on the Oscars despite the iniquity of The Wind Rises losing out to Frozen in the best animation category.
Have a great time p33ps!"
"Kids, work, XCOM. In that order."
"Another weekend! Can't wait for rugby, hopefully some slimming at the gym, and some game time!
Problem is, there are some obstacles to my plans: Eskom, weekend work, sick kid/s (Lisa and Wayne, I guess I jinxed my family, huh?).
If I manage to get some energy (electrical, emotional, physical) and time, there will certainly be some Fable afoot with my new Turtlebeach headset that Kalahari very kindly gave to me for my birthday (for free, nogal!) … but that's another story for another time!"
What have you got planned for the weekend, p33ps?
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Is there any general theory of models that has as instances classical FOL, classical propositional logic, etc.?
Is there a general theory of models that has as instances classical FOL, classical propositional logic, etc.?
This depends strongly on the extent of your "etc." For example, classical FOL and classical propositional logic are special cases of multi-sorted classical FOL; propositional logic is the case of 0 sorts. A better answer is a pointer to the book "Model-Theoretic Logics" (Springer, 1985) edited by Jon Barwise and Sol Feferman, particularly the first two chapters, "Model-Theoretic Logic: Background and Aims" by Barwise, and "Extended Logics: The General Framework" by Heinz-Dieter Ebbinghaus. The general idea is that an abstract logic determines, for each vocabulary (= language = signature) a collection of sentences and a satisfaction relation between structures and sentences, all subject to some very basic axioms (e.g., isomorphic structures satisfy the same sentences).
What you are after is institution-independent model theory, for which Diaconsecu has a recent textbook account. Here the bare concept of an institution is basically that of a logical system absent particular distinguishing features; things such as classical first-order logic, higher-order logic and intuitionistic logic are then instances of institutions.
In general you can pick any set of properties regarding the model theory of logics you are interested in and create an abstract theory about them. Most of these will not be interesting for various reasons but some will be. An example of nice class of model theoretic properties is those chosen for Abstract Elementary Classes. You may want to check John Baldwin's slides to get a feeling of the model theory that can be derived using such simple model theoretic axioms.


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