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Ignore Curial Reform—It'll Go Away
I'm so surprised, and actually disappointed, that Desmond O'Grady's "Can Francis Cure the Curia?"—posted to the Commonweal homepage on August 31—seems to have received little or no attention. It's important, maybe the most important thing on the horizon for the future of the Catholic church, and thus in some sense important for all the churches. Does no one have an opinion, a concern, a perspective on what is happening in this arena?
Here's an online petition to Cardinal O'Malley to bring up the problems with how translations are being imposed. It's not all that well-written, but least that group sees that something could change here. I wonder if there are others who are writing, asking, seeking.
And here at Commonweal the comments box is silent. I don't get it. Are readers here uninterested in the Curia's reform? Don't they see that this is directly related to how, say, bishops are chosen, policies formulated and reviewed, directions implemented? We are good at complaining about the results, but apparently we have little or no interest in how these dishes are cooked up in the kitchen.
Pope Francis can be charismatic to the hilt, but if the Curia doesn't change we will still have the same complainers pulling strings behind the scenes and calling the shots. We'll have the same failures of collegiality, and nothing will change in the way the Church is run: It will continue to function like a renaissance court, with palace intrigue and who has got the ear of whom—and totally without transparency.
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Rita Ferrone is the author of several books about liturgy, including Liturgy: Sacrosanctum Concilium (Paulist Press).
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I read O'Grady's article, I printed it out, and I will be using it in my ecclesiology course. It is really insightful.
An aside: I often don't follow the link to "On the homepage" posts on dotCommonweal, and, when I do, can't decide where to comment. If the article doesn't show up in my reader (I use InoReader now that google's gone), I'm much less likely to engage with it. I wonder if that's true for others?
O'Grady comment (somewhat contradictory) that John Paul II fought the Curia ("The Holy Father will decide...") ("To a large extent, he left the Curia to its own devices.."), says it all. Nice Try by John Paul II. But the Curia is still there now that he passed. No one has demonstrated how the Curia can be dealt with directly. They have more lasting power than the pope. The only solution seems to be that Francis can change the language and make the Curia irrelevant or bring them into the fold. A big change Francis is making is insisting on pastoral bishops instead of revolting automotans who never set foot in a parish. He also benefits by the legacy of John XXIII. So far his impact is prodigious.
For my part, I'm interested in the reforms, but don't really have a specific idea of who should do what. I hope that some "fresh blood" will be injected into curial leadership positions, and that whoever those leaders are, they are competent and have a reform approach. Beyond that, I am waiting and watching.
My sentiments are much like those of Jim Pauwels. I am, though, convinced, that any significant positive reform of the Curia will take many years to accomplish and will probably have to be pursued in the next few pontificates. In any institution with any broad powers, changes cannot be sudden without being likely to have numerous bad unintended consequences. Hence the great value of the personal example Pope Francis is giving in his emphasis on mercy and compassion. That emphasis has immediate and life-giving consequences even before significant structural changes can be effected.
In my own case, though I find the new texts for the Mass to be awful, Pope Francis's way of expressing our faith has led me to be much less annoyed by these bad texts than I would otherwise be. Similarly, I find it less dispiriting to have as our local bishop a younish member of the "old guard" now that I kkn ow that he's not the kind of bishop Pope Francis is looking for. I remain concerned that the "old guard" will actively work to reduce the impact of Pope Francis and will try to "wait him out," hoping to have his successor undo what he is doing.
Rita --
I wonder how many of the laity realize that most of the decisions coming from "Rome" are actually made not by the popes but by curial officials, especially under the last two popes who allowed the Curia to largely run itself. For Catholics the Curia is in effect theh pope.
For the laity the big recent issues have been the sex scandals cover-ups, the changes in the Mass, the hot-button moral issues, and the ordination of married priests and women. But only the bishops in the Curia are allowed to make statements about those issues. The bishops in the field have often been stymied when trying to get rid of errant priests by curial officials. The liturgical decisions by the Curia have been extraordinarily arbitrary -- the Curia even disobeyed the requirement of V II that the bishops make the final decisions about changes in the Mass -- the Curia requires the bishops to submit change to it for approval! The cowardly bishops have obeyed, and Popes JP II and Benedict let them get away with it!!! People know that theological issues are settled in Rome, but i wonder how many know that the CDF formulates those decisions, and the popes are highly influenced by the CDF theologians. Unfortunately, too many popes have not been master theologians and probably can't argue theology very well, Pope Benedict being a great exception.
But there's is good news. The Pope will meet with his Group of 8 reformers on Oct. 1-3. Reform of the Curia will be high on the agenda, with implementation of collegiality being high on the list. Andrea Torniello reports on it over at La Stampa. To me the best news is that the 8 members of the group have been conferring with the bishops back home. Now if they would only get around to talking to the priests and laity.
The engine of Curia reform is warming up - Vatican Insider
I think that the Mass should be a high priority of the Group of 8, but that looks like it will have to wait. I haven't seen much talk about it except among the liturgists, God bless them. I fear that the theology of the Church, which is supposed to be reflected in the Mass, is too unsettled at the moment for much positive change to be made in the Mass. ISTM we haven't talked enough about it here, and I would welcome more input from the theologians here. (I think that human guilt is not sufficiently taken into account in the new Mass, but I seem to be a minority of one. I also think that the whole Caholic theology of sin needs to be looked at and revised in accordance with the discoveries of modern psych.) And then there are always the aesthetic problems with the Mass, which, truth to tell, are indeed highly subjective and/or cultural.
Why hasn't our little dotCommonweal community asked more questions about the Curia's role in the Church?? I"m not sure. Probably one reason is that the press doesn't dover the Curia in any detail. But the laity doesn't seem to be interested anyway. The Curia for the laity seems to be some malign force over on another planet that has no direct influence on our lives. But, come to think of it, except for the planet part, isn't that true?
I only see things through the lens of the issues that have caught my interest, so I cannot stand back and talk about reform in general, but I have my own agenda for the Curia:
- Dealing with the sexual abuse scandal. Immediate personnel issues: Bp Finn must resign. Abp Myers must, at least, step aside and let someone else be in charge of the diocese while his case is examined. Some Irish bishops should resign. Abp Martin should be recognized for his efforts, for example by becoming a Cardinal. Issues of dysfunction: No diocese should have to suffer a bishop whose credibility has been shattered. A mechanism must be created by which bishops can be held accountable for cover ups.
- Freedom of speech: the CDF can criticize publications that it judges to be unorthodox but must not stifle people's creativity. People should only speak with one voice because they want to, not because they have to. All silencing orders should be promptly revoked. They harm the church.
- New Missal: bishops should be given broad latitude to deal with the mess as best as they can in their diocese, including the possibility of letting some Masses use the previous Missal if they judge it advisable.
I'm not optimistic about curial reforms, given that guys like Pell and O'Malley are on the reform team.
Ann, thank you for that link to the Vatican Insider article. Very interesting.
I am not sure that adding more dicasteries to focus on items of pastoral importance like the laity or marriage, or "streamlining" by reducing the number of dicasteries, really gets at the root of what needs to be done. I tend to think that what is needed is urgent focus on some of the things Claire mentioned, particularly those related to the sex abuse scandals; and putting the right people in charge of the departments that need to drive the urgent reforms.
I do support reforms that would strengthen the structures of collegiality. Rita, I suspect this would be the path forward for any liturgical "reform of the reform of the reform".
I hardly ever go to the Commonweal home-page, so I didn't even notice the O'Grady piece. (And I also don't think of commenting there. Perhaps I'm not alone in this...) It will get more attention now that you've opened this thread, Rita.
Reform or lack of it is about power. You're really asking how can power be better distributed in the church? And does the church need a clear system of checks and balances?
I'm not a conservative but I think the revival of a medieval custom is in order. Issues and proposed decisions and policies should be submitted to theological facultites before the pope is able to approve them. The commen/s/analyses/proposals from the theorlogy faculties should be publicly debated for two years before any final decision. In some cases Protestant and Jewsih and possibly Muslim faculties should also be asked to respond.
Issues and proposed decisions and policies should also be submittled to a worldwide group of religious and lay people certified as working directly with the poor. Their rresponses also need to be publicly aired and discussed for two years before any final descions. This group should also be empowered to make proposals; when the certified approve the proposals by a majority of 65% the pope and theological faculties and the curia must be obliged to respiond to them and consider them for implementation.
concentrated power is dangerous and seldom used with transparency or wisdom.
Why do so many give JP and BIVII a pass on who's running the shop? They didn't like what was going on but were afraid to rock the boat? How come I never had a boss like that?
You're absolutely right about the apparent lack of interest shown, but perhaps that's because the problem seems insoluble to most of us.
A former colleague of mine, now unfortunately departed this life, used to argue with me about who invented bureaucracy. He was a medievalist, and saw the Roman Church (he was a high Anglican himself) as the fons et origo, but since my field was China, I tried to persuade him that the Chinese beat the Romans to the punch by many centuries. However you come down, though, you are soon faced with examples of bureaucracies that are self-perpetuating and all too often self-aggrandizing, particularly when they serve monarchies, presidencies, prime ministers, governors, and so forth, who think they have better things to do than those dealing with the minutiae of institutional life.
Here's a question for you: What do you think a truly reformed Curia should look like? It's easy enough to say that it should get rid of the obvious sins and occasions of sin that have weakened the Church in the past, from nepotism back then to the Vatican Bank today. Clearing away such detritus is negative job. It's less easy to say what it should do postively. Should it simply be the servant of papal policy, as the permanent civil service in Britain is (supposedly) the servant of the government in power, Labor today, Tories tomorrow? But in Rome, that could be (and has been) very dangerous indeed, depending on the personality and vision, or lack of vision, of a particular pope.
Should it be a kind of a sounding board to advise the pope, to discuss and indeed to argue for an against, papal policies, both real and proposed? That might be the most effective and most attractive possibility, but how many popes would be willing to permit those who disagree with them to become curial officials? President Lincoln may well have chosen his cabinet officials to be a "team of rivals" as Goodwin calls them, but it's hard to imagine the average -- or indeed above-average -- pope doing the same thing.
It's interesting, by the way, that there are signs (no more than that) in China today that the powers in charge (Xi Jinping and his underlings) are trying to do something about the massive corruption that infects every level of government in that country. Or it may be that the governors are using the charge of corruption simply as a way of nailing their political enemies. Do Rome and Beijing have anything to learn from one another? (I can find many similarities in the two regimes, but won't bore you with that now).
In ancient China, one way the civil service was able from time to time to bring about reforms was to build on the belief that natural calamities and unnatural signs were manifestations of Heaven's displeasure with the reigning Son of Heaven. Floods, great fires, storms, or for that matter the appearance calves born with two heads, the arrival of dragons, and so forth, were all portents that civil servants reported up to the emperor, the clear implication being that if he didn't clean up his act (in the way the civil service thought best), worse would follow. Even today, the massive earthquake that killed some 400,000 or more people in the mining city of Tangshan in August 1976 is taken by many as a prediction of Chairman Mao's death a month later. I'm not sure there's any analogue in Rome, but perhaps the defection of massive numbers of Catholics -- particularly European, Canadian, and American, for that matter -- ought to be seen as a portent of worse to come, and the leaders of the Church encouraged to clean up their act.
But what would the role of the Curia be?
John McG. --
The idea of checks and balances in the Church is VERY interesting. But how to implement it? Who would check and balance whom?
I very much like your idea of having the theology faculties (NOT a CDF-like group) debate current issues. If I know the Curia, though, only the theology faculties of the certified "pontifical universities" would be taken into account, but the others should also participate.
ISTM that Rome would also have to include the philosophy faculties in the debates because morality is their field. At least the teachers of ethics and metaphysics (which it utterly foundational to everything) need to participate.
I'd also require all of the hierarchy and theologians and relevant philosophers to become expert in the philosophy of language. Prodigious strides have been made in the last 150 years in understanding how language is used. Speaking from outside of theology, it seems to me that many current theological problems have huge semantic components, e.g., ecclesiology and the meaning(s) of "Church". The new language studies have had huge positive influences on many of the other basic disciplines (e.g., political science, literature, psych, math) surely theology could also benefit, and some unnecessary debates could be avoided. Not to mention the fact that the Curia's own specialized language, Vaticanese, with its own special modes and rules, is itself one of the great scandals of the Church. It must be recognized for what it is and not be tolerated any longer.
Perhaps at a future stage the wider Church will be asked by the Pope and the eight CARDINALS, or some successor group, to write, ask, seek, but this hasn't occurred in advance of the three-day meeting, announced in April and now just two weeks away. Andrea Tornielli, who, I think, is uneven in his reporting, says that the eight cardinals have been consulting the bishops in their conferences. All the bishops? Or only a selected group?
As for liturgical texts, I don't expect that the present process will get more than cursory notice, at best, during the gathering. Though it appears that whether monsignors will still be named has made the agenda. In any case, the three members of the group from conferences where the revised English Missal of 2011 is used are Cardinal Pell, president of Vox Clara, the group set up by Rome to vet the conferences' votes on the Missal texts; Cardinal Gracias, a vice-president of Vox Clara; and Cardinal O'Malley, who, as far as I know, did not speak out against the Roman-dictated process that led, after eight years, to the 27 November 2011 implementation of the revised Roman Missal.
Collegiality/synodality and Curial reform are vast undertakings. For the enacting legislation to have strong, and lasting, teeth every "t" has to be crossed and every "i" dotted. Only then will apostolic constitutions be ready for promulgation. This is the work of many months, if not several years. The meeting of 1 to 3 October will be a start. With many others, I am praying that it will be a good start.
I just don't care anymore. Over the years, I have had such awful experiences working for a Catholic university, seeing the news unfold over the sex abuse scandals, knowing nuns who are being hounded by Vatican officials, and on and on. I am someone it should have been easy for this church to keep within the "fold," given my interests, spiritual and personal inclinations, family and educational background, etc. But it's just become too tiring to try to navigate it all the time and figure out how not to be in complicity with the terrible aspects of the church while not talking about it all the time, to feel excluded so often as a woman and lay person from any meaningful input, etc. I'm just too tired to care what happens in Rome because it will have little effect on my life because I'm not actively involved in any Catholic community anymore. I am interested in things like how to live the Gospel using the best tools of the Catholic tradition and how to nourish faith when you can't stand being around church things anymore. But all these articles in Commonweal on the pope and stuff going on in Rome ... I just flip the page now. I have neither the time nor the emotional energy to invest in that anymore.
I have a question for all of you. It has to do with Bernard Dauenhauer's comment:
I am . . . convinced that any significant positive reform of the Curia will take many years to accomplish and will probably have to be pursued in the next few pontificates. In any institution with any broad powers, changes cannot be sudden without being likely to have numerous bad unintended consequences.
My question: is it necessarily true that, as Bernard suggests, more "sudden" changes would have "numerous bad unintended consequences?" I'd like to believe that it wouldn't have to be that way. Part of me is saying, "let's go for it now, while there's an opening, a window, a chance. This pope will soon be 77. He may not be in office all that long. Who knows who/what will follow, especially given the pushback we've already seen?"
Nicholas Clifford wrote,
What do you think a truly reformed Curia should look like? It's easy enough to say that it should get rid of the obvious sins and occasions of sin that have weakened the Church in the past, from nepotism back then to the Vatican Bank today. Clearing away such detritus is negative job. It's less easy to say what it should do positively.
I'd happily settle -- at least for openers -- for clearing away the detritus. Hopefully that would provide some breathing space, some room, at atmosphere in which it would be more possible to move on to other, positive reforms.
Your thoughts?
Here's an online petition to Cardinal O'Malley to bring up the problems with how translations are being imposed.
Cardinal Pell, also on the team to fix the curia, was (is?) the head of Vox Clara.
Gene ==
If the Curia is the den of vipers that it's sometimes accused of being, then maybe astute personnel changes would be the main thing that's needed. But the quick election of Francis indicates that even in the Curia there are people who see the need for radical reform. So maybe change won't be so traumatic. It also seems that some of the problems are structural --- too much overlap of functions, not enough communication, and other such structural traps.
Pope Francis is said to be an excellent administrator so I'm hoping he'll restructure it wisely. i really don't see why, give a lot of determination on his part, it can't be changed fairly quickly. I expect him to make the Curia a tool for the hierarchy, not the other way found, which should satisfy the bishops.
However, implementing collegiality itself is likely to be problematic because there are some extremely powerful egos among the extra-curial bishops, and human nature being what it is, there will probably be a ;jockeying for power within the hierarchy after the Curia's wings are clipped. In other words, just because the power of the curial bureaucrats is broken that doesn[ mean that power struggles in the Church will cease.
That's another reason why I hope that the function of the theologians in the Church will be better defined and defined quickly -- they should have a *right and duty* to speak candidly to the hierarchy about what is and isn't competent theological assumptions. Maybe they could supply some checks and balance to the workings of a newly powerful hierarchy.
And somehow, somewhere, the priests should have a forum in which they have a right to speak. Not to mention the laity. In this Age of Communication all of the elemens need their spaces.
It occurs to me that if the bishops object to having the theologians expressing their views about what the the bishops should thingk and do, then maybe they should not be part of the hierachy's structure but should become another advisory arm of the popes, independent of the bishops. Or is that really asking for trouble?
More important than what they decide is who decides it. My understanding is that staff in the curia is about 20% women? And none of the top positions are staffed by women? Up both of those numbers (total staff/ leadership) to 50%
If the right people are making the decisions, most of the decisions will be right.
"Pope Francis is said to be an excellent administrator so I'm hoping he'll restructure it wisely."
I have see very little commentary about his administrative skills except a kind of back-handed comment by Cardianl Dolan who said that the cardinals also thought they were electing a dynamic manager, and so far the pace of change has been slower than some expected.
There are more comments about his pastoral skills. Maybe his administrative skills may not be the kind that are expected.
I think his waiting a bit to makes changes is perfectly reasonable. Even if he was hired for a clean-up, he would be really foolish to start making sweeping changes right away. Taking six months or so to understand the business he's now running - to know what's broken and what's not- before he starts fixing- shows pretty good sense. I don't think his grace period's over yet.
I think a big contributor to the lack of comment on curial reform is that much of it is "inside baseball." To the typical Catholic in the pew, the workings of the Vatican Bureaucracy is really not that relevant except until it makes decisions like the new Mass translation (almost unintelligible) or is implicated in some scandal. I suspect that almost everyone would agree that "something needs to be done" but in some ways it is not dissimilar to the way people feel about the local Motor Vehicle Department. When you have to wait in a 20 minute line to renew your license ort change your registration you think they ought to blow the place up and start over. Bu tfor the next 3 years or however long before you go back, you could care less. Far more important in my view is replacing bishops who view their roles as middle managers for Vatican Inc with true pastors, even to the point of firing a few of the worst offenders, maiking it clear that cultural warriors can expect to watch from the sidelines while pastoral bishops will have access and influence. pastoral bishops can effectively minimize the negative and accentuate the positive decisons of the curia within theri own diocese, I suspect, as they have done forever.
Some random thoughts re Curia:
Recently the pope has implied that the approach to divorced and remarried persons may take a more merciful (pastoral) approach.
Isn't that issue decided in Cardinal Burke's congregation?
I recall that last year (April, 2012) there was some talk about tightening up the annulment process at a meeting that the Cardinal attended.
(I'm looking for some recent pics of the good cardinal to see if he is following the new fashions for clerics at the Vatican.)
I guess what has me in a "wait and see if anything actually happens" mode is really simple: it doesn't seem to have even occurred to Francis that having a group of cardinals "reform" the curia is itself same-old, same-old. It's not like they are in any way representative of the people who live where they run the show.
Where are the lay people, a.k.a. the vast majority of the People of God?
Similarly, if he really does think that women are so darned important to the Church, why wouldn't women have a voice in its administrative reform? Especially since he seems intent on keeping women OUT of the ordinary structures of leadership. Sorry, being on staff isn't enough. Gotta have voice and vote, and so far it's only the same old men who rose up in the messed-up structure who have either.
Helen --
The reports on Francis' executive abilities that I've seen usually comment that his method is essentially that of a Jesuit -- he collects information from everyone involved, mulls over it, makes his own decision, then implements it forcefully. It is also often said that he gets into details himself and communicates directly. That all sound consistent with his behavior so far.
The one thing that has alarmed me is his appointment of Cardinal Pell to the Group of 8. Pell is sometimes conservative to the point of irrationality, and I think C. Tagle or one of the Indian cardinals would have been a better choice. But I suppose it is a good thing ot have all sides represented, including the extreme conservatives. Sigh.
As to the divorced-remarried problem, I read this week that he said that it has to be considered as part of a reconsideration of marriage as a whole. And that sounds like a good idea to me too.
I say that however strong his conservative instincts are, his heart is in the right place, and no doubt some progress will be made. Just to slam on the brakes to stop the recent ultra-conservative movement of recent popes will be a great accomplishment.
One thing about him that is constantly remarked upon is that he is an enormously great-hearted man, for which we are all grateful, no doubt. But people forget that before he became a priest he was a chemist by trade -- a scientist! Scientists generally have a great respect for reason and don't make decisions strictly by feelings. So I don't expect him to make all his decisions on the basis of whata his "heart" tells him (whatever "heart" means). He'll be quite rational in making his decisions, another mark of a good executive. And isn't that what we should expect from a Jesuit.
"But people forget that before he became a priest he was a chemist by trade -- a scientist!'
When it was announced that the new pope was a Jesuit, being the Phildelphia Catholic that I am, I went to the St. Joseph's Univerisity website a few hours later. On a sidebar was a tweet by the Admisssions Department:
#FrancisI studied chemistry before starting seminary. Are you a budding scientist? Study chem at SJU!
Effective curial reform will only happen by using the Old Guard's worldview against them. What I mean is that service in the Curia should be recognized as a diaconal ministry (which is what it is) and that those serving there be in the office of deacon, save a few who entered other offices because of pastoral duties prior to their curial service. It would change the dynamics of the way the Curia relates with local bishops when the curial official no longer is a bishop, archbishop or cardinal himself, but a deacon in the Pope's service.
@ Gene: First of all, "curial reform" is way too much inside baseball for most folks. Not on the radar screen for most Catholics - at all.
Albeit critical for the elites to the future of the Catholic Church, curial reform is not something that affects the everyday lives of the vast majority of Catholics. Mainly, because most of us have moved on in our lives ... from especially the clerical hegemony that dominates the internal politics of the church, that continues to disrespect our basic humanity, especially for women.
The salient issues for most of us sheeple in pews regarding the Catholic Church seems to me to be the safety of our children around priests; Will there be a priest there to baptize and marry our children? Will there be priests to bury us when the time comes; Will we be able to receive Communion when we do attend Mass? Will our children and grandchildren have a place to learn and practice the corporal works of mercy? etc. ... Those kind of things.
I deeply believe that the Catholic priesthood must be reformed from parish to pope if the church is to even survive till the end of the century. The meaningful reform of the curia can only take place AFTER reform of the priesthood is realized. What are we Catholics up against: Indeed, the priesthood today is dangerously alienated and hopelessly irrelevant to lives of millions of Catholics and Christians around the globe.
I don't believe that the hierarchy even has the capacity anymore to reform itself. Reform of the curia, as contemplated in most of the postings on this blog, is more akin to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titantic.
If any meaningful reform of the priesthood that takes place it will have to come from the PEOPLE - not from any hierarchs, and that includes Papa Francesco - despite all his obvious pastoral genius.
Will the hierarchs and clerics in the church have the faith and confidence in the People to entrust to them the lead for the renewal and reform of the priesthood? I don't think so. I have no reason to believe that the hierarchs are even capable of this leap of faith. I'm very skeptical if the collective will and courage can be summoned from among the hierarchy to make this required act of faith. It will require the hierarchs and clerics to relinquish centuries of political power to the People.
The papacy of Papa Francesco will not solely be enough, or even several like-mined pontiffs, to achieve the necessary reforms. How could Bergoglio have risen to rank of cardinal archbishop of Buenos Aires, then be elected pope without the support of the most reactionary elements in the hierarchy? And now how could Francesco so easily turn his back on the very men who shepherded his rise to the papacy?
Not going to happen. Francesco, if he has really set his eyes on reform, can only encourage the People to take the lead. It up to us to take matters into our own hands.
I have only a faith that we Catholics can reach this historic achievement. All of us must help. We must do what we have always done: Teach. Pass on the Gospel, the Beatitudes, and the corporal works of mercy to new generations. Work for the day when new voices will be valued and heard in the church of our birth.
How to reform the Curia?
#1: stop assuming that a curia is necessary.
#2: figure out how the church could be restructured without a curia.
#3: if that can't happen completely, then permit only those functions that absolutely cannnot be managed by geographical bishops' conferences.
Simplistic? yes. But to keep on assuming that a curia is indispensible ensures rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic, not true reform.
Question: is the objective of reform to be efficiency or integrity?
Jim McCrea:
There is a lot of wisdom in what you're suggesting.
My own fantasy would be for Papa Francesco to order the forced resignation of every cardinal, bishop, priest in the Roman curia effective over a specific length of time and ask each to return to his home diocese where he would need to engage in some kind of pastoral work with real people.
Then Papa Francesco should as each diocese around the world to nominate each a man and woman to serve in the curia. Then turn the Roman curia into the world's most effective NGO putting thousands of young men and women serving the interests of the world's poorest societies.
I'd like to respond to a few of these comments; although I don't have time to go into them all, I am gratified to see so many people weigh in on this -- thank you to everybody.
First of all, I'd like to dispel the notion that Jim Jenkins and others have voiced, that the Curia doesn't have anything to do with ordinary Catholics and their lives. That's completely untrue. They are involved in everything concerning Church governance, from deciding what words we use to pray the Mass, to what doctrines are proposed as binding on the faithful and what happens when these are challenged, to how church discipline functions, to the canonization of saints. The ecclesiastical court system is within the Curia, as well as doctrine, liturgy, dialogue, and charitable works. If you are Catholic, you are being affected somehow by the Curia -- positively and negatively, in big ways and in small ways. Often the Curia is the "hidden hand" behind decisions that affect us all. Look at this list of what is included in the Curia, and you'll see it has a vast range of areas of influence:
Second, although the idea that we should throw out all these institutions is certainly one point of view, this neglects the fact that there are some genuine needs being met by a central system, and we would be throwing the baby out with the bath water. Neither is it simply a case of "put better people in those offices and better things will issue forth from them" -- it's not purely a personnel or staffing problem.
Finally, I agree with Gene Palumbo, the time for Francis to do something is now. He can do something, the opportunity is here. Act on it. My fear is that the group of eight -- seeded with bishops from a wide-range of places, will be cowed into business-as-usual and nothing-much-can-be-done by the insiders (and Pell, despite being based in Australia, has his own house in Rome and is as much of an insider as any curial Cardinal). But we'll see.
Neither is it simply a case of "put better people in those offices and better things will issue forth from them" -- it's not purely a personnel or staffing problem.
Rita - what is it, in your view?
Well, Rita Ferrone ... Maybe in your world, but in my world of family and friends, I can't name one person whose life is significantly affected by "[anything] concerning Church governance." Most people go about their lives with little or no care about what goes on along the Tiber River.
99% of Catholics couldn't even tell you what the Roman curia is, or does. Haven't you ever watched The Tonight Show where Jay Leno goes "Jaywalking" and he encounters folks on the street who can't even identify who George Washington or Abraham Lincoln is?
The "ecclesiastical court system'??? Really??? Please, talk about a vestigial organ on the Body of Christ! Ask all the survivors of priestly sexual abuse how much justice and reconciliation, redress of grievances and due process they ever received from that pack of useless clerics.
The "hidden hands" of the curia, for sure! Do you know that that term historically refers to the "Illuminati," the Free Masons, and the Mafia? Will we ever know how many "hidden hands" were involved in the seemingly forced retirement of B16?
Let's get real [as we used to say back in the 60's]: The Roman curia neither adds or subtracts to our lives. How do we know that? If they all disappear tomorrow, 99.99999999% of Catholics would go about their lives without missing a beat.
That being said, I also agree with Gene Palumbo that the time for Francesco to move on reform and renewal is at hand. Francesco is right to distance himself from "all abortion and all birth-control, all the time" moral stances. The Church is dying out here - it's time for action.
Maybe I didn't explain this very well.
The point is not whether people think about or know about or care about the workings of the Curia. Just like the Federal Government or Con Edison, most people do not know or want to know that much about how it operates. But the decisions they make have an impact on the whole. If a system has problems or corruption, there are negative consequences. If they do work well, we benefit.
Jim P., thanks for your question.
I think the system needs more transparency and should be recalibrated to respond to the local churches' needs. Rather than trying to centralize control, the system could give some of its prerogatives back to the bishops' conferences, and to local bishops, and to other stakeholders. Jack Marth and Ann Olivier brought up the role of theologians. Great example.
Back when there were regional synods of bishops, there was grumbling among the Asian bishops that what they said on the floor never made it into the minutes. This sort of spin-doctoring has to stop. But who watches the watchman? We need to give attention to such questions.
Pope Francis himself today made mention of the orthodoxy complaints coming to Rome as if they are the police. Well, we have the Curia to thank for that; they've been giving preferential treatment to complainers over orthodoxy for as long as I can remember. Redemptionis Sacramentum, a work of the Curia released when John Paul II was in his dotage, tells people explicitly to complain to Rome, not to their local bishop, if there are liturgical abuses. Guess who gets more power that way?
I certainly don't have answers, but these are some issues that need systematic review and attention.


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I'm wondering about achieving population inversion for a laser. I learned that without an active medium, it's not possible to create a laser with only two energy levels, but it would be possible with three. What is the advantage of having four levels then?
When you have a three-level system, the laser transition is between the ground and first excited levels (see figure). In this scheme, it is rather challenging to get population inversion because all atoms tend to stay on the lowest level.
With a four-level scheme, you have an extra level so that the laser transition does not end in a ground state. Thus, if the bottom level gets depopulated faster than the top level in the laser transition the population inversion will be guaranteed independent of how fast or efficiently you pump the system. Many lasers, such as Nd:YAG or HeNe laser to name a few, actually use a four-level scheme exactly for this reason.
If you have a fast non-radiative transition to the ground state from the bottom laser level, that would help with population inversion because you're emptying the bottom laser level.
The lower level of laser transition is above the ground state,this means that the fast non-radiative transfer from the lower laser level to ground state keeps a reasonable population in the upper laser level(3rd) which is fundamental for lasing.Hence its more effective than 3-level system

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29 Oct 2012 2:52 PM #1
No launch and onReady event on Android 4.0.3
Sencha Touch version tested:
- Sencha Touch 2.1 RC2
- 4.0.3 on Samsung S2 GT-I9100
- The app doesn't run. 'onReady' or 'launch' events don't fire. The app stills on blue screen with loading indicators forever. Tested with the new Sencha CMD 188.8.131.52
- Just create a new app: sencha generate app demo demo. After that, configure the packager.json to an Android device with 4.0.3 version and compile with native. The same app runs on Android 2.3 and iOS, with the same steps.
- App starts and events fired
Possible fix:
- If I edit the index.html file and add the app.js file, deleting the code of the microloader, the events are fired
30 Oct 2012 1:46 AM #2
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30 Oct 2012 3:29 AM #3
I really think that app.js is not being loaded, something with the microloader code in index.html
If I edit the index.html file and add the app.js file, everything seens to work fine, something like:
<script type="text/javascript" src="app.js"></script>
And like I said, the same app runs on iOS and Android 2.2 and 2.3.
It's seens to be something with Android 4.X
31 Oct 2012 9:24 PM #4
Someone reported and seems to be the same bug: http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthre...on-load-screen
6 Nov 2012 2:22 PM #5
The bug already exists on 2.1 final version
And I've already updated Sencha CMD to the last version (GA).
Last edited by javaman; 6 Nov 2012 at 2:40 PM. Reason: aditional information
12 Dec 2012 7:22 AM #6
Actually I have met the same problem with ST2.1 with white screen.
so I have used you solution that removed <scriptid="microloader" type="text/javascript"src="touch/microloader/development.js"></script> from the index.html. and add the line
PHP Code:
<script type="text/javascript" src="app.js"></script>
but when I am tried to used the sencha CMD to package native code. I got the error snapshot as following. is anybody have solution? thanks a lot
12 Dec 2012 8:26 PM #7
Your error don't look like mine.
It probably another thing.
I solved my problem looking this thread: http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthre...l=1#post754810
12 Dec 2012 9:32 PM #8
add thePHP Code:
Ext.Loader.setConfig({ enabled: true, disableCaching: false });
addPHP Code:
then I used Sencha touch CMD tool to make native code again. but once open APP on real device. it struck on start screen.
I am confused that 4.0.3 simulator can run my APP smoothly, why?????
is there any Sencha touch team guys know what's problem I have?


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Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic says every positive number has a unique prime factorisation. Question: If 1 is neither prime nor composite, then how does it fit into this theorem?
Let us remember that an empty product is always 1. Hence, 1 has the empty product as its prime factorization. This product is vacuously a unique product of primes.
It has (uniquely!) zero prime factors.
I think you have simply misinterpreted the theorem. It should be stated as "...every positive number greater than one has a unique prime factor." .c.f. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_theorem_of_arithmetic
The OP hasn't misinterpreted the theorem. Every nonzero integer can be written as a product of primes.(GTM84 P.3) Just the exponents are all zeros...
You need to change the theorem because anything that works for this contradicts the theorem. Any natural number greater than 1 can be written as a product of prime factors.
You could say that i is prime because it's only factors are $i$ and $1$. It has no prime factors on the non-complex list of numbers therefore it is prime correct? $i^4=1$ (nothing in the theorem bans complex numbers) so you can say that $i^4$ is it's prime factorization. Being empty could be a solution but i^4 is also a solution meaning there are $2$. But there can't be. Also $i^8$ and $i^12$ work meaning there are infinite. So that means that $i$ is not prime but then what are it's other factors? I think that $1=i^4$ is better than $1= . $You could argue that you cannot count $i^4$ because $i^8$ also works but if $1= $ then $12= *2^2*3$ which contradicts the theorem more than $i^4$. So, what is the prime factorization of $1$?


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Macroglobulinemia of Waldenstrom is a cancer of the B lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). It is associated with the overproduction of proteins called IgM antibodies.
Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia; Macroglobulinemia - primary; Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma
Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia is a result of a condition called lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. What causes too much production of the IgM antibody is unknown. Overproduction of IgM causes the blood to become too thick. This is called hyperviscosity. It can make it harder for blood to flow through small blood vessels.
Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia is very rare. Most people with this condition are over age 65, but it may occur in younger people.
Symptoms may include any of the following:
A physical examination may reveal a swollen spleen, liver, and lymph nodes. An eye exam may show enlarged veins in the retina or retinal bleeding (hemorrhages).
A CBC shows a low number of red blood cells and platelets. A blood chemistry shows evidence of kidney disease. A serum viscosity test can tell if the blood has become thick. Symptoms usually occur when the blood is four times thicker than normal.
A test called serum protein electrophoresis shows an increased level of the IgM antibody. Levels are often higher than 3 grams per deciliter (g/dL).
Bone lesions are very rare. If they are present, a bone marrow examination will show cells that resemble both lymphocytes and plasma cells.
Additional tests that may be done:
Plasmapheresis removes unwanted substances from the blood. In macroglobulinemia, it removes or reduces the high level of IgM, and is used to quickly control the symptoms caused by blood thickening.
Drug therapy may include corticosteroids or combinations of chemotherapy drugs.
Patients who have a low number of red or white blood cells or platelets may need transfusions or antibiotics.
The average survival is about 6.5 years. Some people live more than 10 years.
In some persons, the disorder may produce few symptoms and progress slowly.
Call your health care provider if symptoms of this disorder develop.
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Rajkumar SV. Plasma cell disorders. In: Goldman L, Schaer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 193.
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Not a single disturbance in the water...how serene
Soft and dreamy.
breath taking, by far one of the best photographs I've seen on here - looks like an urban cave, difficult to describe but a feast for the eyes.
Strong composition: diagonal and vertical
they make it look so cool
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It remind me of Kolkata sometime ago when there was high tide on the hoogly river..
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This is ETHEREAL AND OTHERWORLDLY! Excellent!
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I love my town, Chioggia, and I love this picture... there is something special!
I love it!
An abiding aura of mystery permeates this serene dreamscape image. Some sort of cat-like animal is suggested stealthily moving along the wall seen through the illuminated archway on the far right of the photo.
Great shot.
Absolutely beautiful! Would like to see a pic of it in the daytime though.
Beautiful...Nice...right contrast... I just wonder how it look in the daytime.
Awesome Photo! Love the color balance and light.
awesome picture.. stillness and beauty
amazing, beautiful shot. Crisp, calm, beautiful composition, and some mystery in this shot.
WOW! Cool picture captured at the most perfect time and angle, ..almost has a dreamlike dimension. Beautiful and soft.
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Invites to dream...
Gorgeous. Between the glasslike reflection and the different colors of the buildings this picture is breathtaking. Well done Mattia.
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all qualities of colours has been captured .with the well tuned reflections..!
Dreamlike, hypnotic, just lovely.
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Lovely greens
Very Nice photograph its almost amazing how still the water seems to be in the shot. Great Capture
I would love to have a copy of this print! Is it available for purchase?
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Ups, you do not have to measure the thickness of the vertical rail.
http://homepage.mac.com/hindenhaag/filechute/LRS-M1.tif I have added some signs to understand it better.
For LRS just add the measurement O + H. Actually we need the lens axis with camera pointing down -90° directly to the rotation center of the rotator. The easiest way is to measure O + H with a ruler. Mount the camera to the upper rail, the slide the lower rail to LRS and fix the clamp. Now the lens axis should be very close to rotation center of the rotator.
Now add Smooth's "hacksaw method" as I already described below to fine tune the LRS.
Actually there are two ways to get near the LRS: measurement of O + H, or the "viewfinder method". Viewfinder method: fix camera to upper rail, set pitch= movements up and down to -90° on upper rotator. Now the lens points down to the lower rail. Now open up the LR-clamp, look through the viewfinder and slide the lower rail into place till you see the center of the rotator in the center of the viewfinder. If I remember well, Demon is shooting with a compact camera. So may be he has a "Cross Hair" in the center of his viewfinder. Then he will use this mark to place it on top of the rotation center of the rotator. Let us call it RC.
With NN3, NN5, you could use the logos center on top of the rotator and before this the fixing screw of lower rail to rotator to center it easily to the center of the viewfinder. With M1 Series, there is no logo to center to. The only possibility to center to are the marks on top of the lower rail clamp besides the lower rail. This is a lot more tricky. Because of this, Nick and I advised to measure the "theoretical LRS" of O + H.
Anyway, to correct "faults in the camera lens system" use the hacksaw method to fine tune LRS.
@bbc597: Did I explain it in the right way to understand what we are talking about?
Feel free to ask.
Can you comment on the "hacksaw method" using the M1 clamp? With the M1 clamp being larger, you cannot see the rounded edges of the rotator.


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Murdered: Soul Suspect dated for June, confirmed for PS4 with another new trailerWritten by: / / 2 Comments
Earlier today we received word that Square Enix and Airtight Games' mysterious action adventure game, Murdered: Soul Suspect, would not only be released on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC as previously announced but that the team would be bringing this unique puzzle game to Xbox One as well.
The news was accompanied by an all-new video including a developer interview, but a few hours later, Square Enix has confirmed that the game will also be coming to PlayStation 4 while simultaneously releasing yet another new trailer with a bit of story set up and a whole lot of in-game footage, as well as fresh screenshots:
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Murdered: Soul Suspect – February Screenshots
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But that's not all: Square Enix has further announced that Murdered: Soul Suspect will be out in June 2014 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.
Intrigued? You can find out more by picking through the puzzle of El33tonline's previous Murdered: Soul Suspect coverage, as well as our E3 2013 preview over here.
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17 Oct 2012 6:10 AM #1
SenchaCmd 22.214.171.124 issues with Ext.Loader
I have a Sencha Architect 2.1 (SA21) project that I am trying to compile with SenchaCmd.
The structure of the project is as following:
/app /lib /extjs /ux /build /index.html /myapp-all-debug-w-comments.js /myapp-all-debug.js /myapp-all.js /bootstrap.js /app.js /app.html /index.html
Project loads fine with both app.html and index.html.
index.html uses ext-dev.js and has all the necessary directives for compiling (as app.html is reserved by SA21). See below for index.html
The problem is 2 fold.
Problem #1
1) When I generate bootrstrap.js and use it in index.html I get bunch of loading errors. If I comment out bootstrap.js, everything works ok. Here is the command I use to generate bootrstap.js
sencha compile -classpath=lib/extjs/src,lib/ux,app,app.js ^ meta -loader-paths -base-path . -out bootstrap.js and ^ meta -alternates -append -out bootstrap.js and ^ meta -alias -append -out bootstrap.js and ^ meta -manifest -out manifest.json and ^ meta -filenames -json -out filenames.json
Uncaught Error: [Ext.Loader] Failed loading 'app/controller/MyAppControllerOne.js/model/account/Index.js', please verify that the file exists Uncaught Error: [Ext.Loader] Failed loading 'app/controller/MyAppControllerOne.js/view/account/Index.js', please verify that the file exists
The bootstrap.js file that is generated has correct paths (among many) for all files reported in the error console.
It looks proper to me:
Ext.Loader.addClassPathMappings({ ... "MyApp.controller.MyAppControllerOne": "app/controller/MyAppControllerOne.js", ... "MyApp.model.account.Index": "app/model/account/Index.js", ... "MyApp.view.account.Index": "app/view/account/Index.js",
Problem #2
2) After compiling the app and using "all-in-one" generated JS file, I am still getting loader errors. I use following command to generate build files
sencha compile -classpath=lib/extjs/src,lib/ux,app,app.js -ignore=./bootstrap.js ^ concat build/myapp-all-debug-w-comments.js and ^ -options debug:true concat -strip-comments build/myap-all-debug.js and ^ -options debug:false concat -yui build/myap-all.js
The problem is again related to loader. The fact is, loader is supposed to be disabled here (documentation specifies that Ext.Loader is disabled by default)! But according to messages, it is not.
I breifly modified -debug file and added
Ext.Loader.setConfig({ enabled: false });
What I don't understand is why these files are being even looked by by loader when all classes and now in single file.I included "production" index.html that I used
<!DOCTYPE html>   <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>MyApp</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="lib/extjs/resources/css/ext-all.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="resources/css/app.css" />

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<!DOCTYPE html>   <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>MyApp</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../lib/extjs/resources/css/ext-all.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../resources/css/app.css" />

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17 Oct 2012 6:41 AM #2
I have been trying to get some attention from Sencha side but no success so far...
Anyway you can find temporary fix for the bug:
17 Oct 2012 7:13 AM #3
The issue you describe in your linked thread is exactly what I am experiencing as well, but your proposed fix (commenting out if statement block on line 392 of ./src/core/src/class/Loader.js) did not work for me... BTW, I am using ext js 4.1.2a
17 Oct 2012 7:26 AM #4
In case of your problem #1 you should comment it out in lib/extjs/ext-dev.js because that is the file that default index.html is using.
17 Oct 2012 7:31 AM #5
I did that too, and am still getting errors.
[Ext.Loader] Failed loading 'Ext/app/Application.js'
17 Oct 2012 7:42 AM #6
I don't use Sencha Architect so I cannot help with that. Instead I have generate app with command sencha app generate which makes little bit different directory structure.
How about if you use command sencha app refresh? That should update the bootstrap.js file.
This Sencha Cmd 3 is more or less a moving target so it is not easy to keep yourself up to date
17 Oct 2012 8:04 AM #7
Refreshing bootstrap.js didn't solve the issue either.
What I don't understand is why the Loader is throwing these errors even for production, "all in one" file. I even explicitly disabled the dynamic loading and am still getting weird errors...
Its frustrating ...
23 Oct 2012 7:44 AM #8
Can anyone from Sencha team comment on this please?
25 Oct 2012 12:36 AM #9
I apologize for not replying sooner.
Let's start with the bootstrap problem. This looks familiar and maybe because of a code review for fixing it. We are going to refresh the Cmd build very soon but could you try 126.96.36.199 mentioned here:
Just to see if that helps. If not I will do some further digging.
On problem 2, can you include the errors you are seeing? Or are they the same ones?
On the compile command you are using... it will produce all of the framework, ux library and your app. I suspect you are after the part of the framework and ux library that you are actually using. To do that, try something like this:
sencha compile -classpath=app.js,app,lib/extjs/src,lib/ux ^ union -recursive -file app.js and ^ concat build/myapp-all-debug-w-comments.js and ^ -options debug:true concat -strip-comments build/myap-all-debug.js and ^ -options debug:false concat -yui build/myap-all.js
See http://docs.sencha.com/ext-js/4-1/#!...mmand_compiler for more on union.
On "sencha app refresh" that will only work in an application generated by Sencha Cmd - but we are working to get this and Sencha Architect aligned.Don Griffin
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25 Oct 2012 5:46 AM #10
Thanks for replying.
I tried v22.214.171.124 and both problems still persist.
Since the linked thread (see above) mentioned that this could be issue related to Ext JS itself, I filed support ticket (9751) which resulted in Jira issue SDKTOOLS-217. Not sure if that helps but I thought I should mention it.
Problem 1
I rebuilt the meta before opening index.html. The generated bootrstap.js has Ext.Loader.addClassPathMappings that, visually at least, contain correct relative paths to all app files.
However as soon as I navigate to index.html, the Loader starts complaining that it cannot find views,models, and controllers.... As soon as I comment out bootstrap.js line everything goes back to normal.
Problem 2
There are no error messages during compile, but when I try to use build/index.html with all-classes.js (generated using compile page) or with myapp-all-debug.js (generated using snippet you posted), I get the same Ext.Loader errors as in Problem 1.
BTW, the command that I used in original post and the one you specified (with recursion) produce myapp-all-debug.js and myapp-all.js that exact same size! There appears to be no diiference
One more thing...Ext.Loader (according to docs) is supposed to be disabled by default. However, when I run "all.js" files it is still enabled. Since there is no way in Architect to set enabled:false, I tried manually editing produced -debug.js file for my app and setting enabled to false. The end result is still the same - the app fails to load due to missing files (which is weird because they are included in -all-*.js files)....The error looks something like this
Ext.Loader is not enabled, so dependencies cannot be resolved dynamically. Missing required classes: MyApp.model.account.Index, MyApp.store.account.Index, MyApp.store.lookup.LedgerPeriod


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Pearl GTL is using a new laboratory information management system (LIMS) to manage, analyze and integrate data that keeps the plant functioning securely and efficiently.
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It was clear that Pearl GTL would need a highly
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make impactful business decisions quickly.
Given the operations complexity, Pearl GTLs LIMS
would need to be fully integrated and able to communicate with
a variety of other systems, including operations management,
batch tracking and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
Without full integration of the LIMS to existing
enterprise systems, being successful with a venture the size
and scale of Pearl GTL would be nearly impossible.
An advanced LIMS was selected; it featured state-of-the-art
testing laboratories, standardizing the solution across all
laboratory equipment and production systems. The LIMS offered
unparalleled support for each of the Pearl GTL facilitys
stringent requirements, and its implementation helped drive
success from the beginning.
One of the principal reasons for choosing the LIMS was its
ability to work with other systems. At Pearl GTL, the LIMS is
integrated with an operations management system, a process
historian, the oil-movement and batch-tracking system,
laboratory instruments and other production systems.
The way the LIMS integrates with the process historian is a
particular source of efficiency for Pearl GTL. Where some labs
manually send test results to operators, technologists and
process engineers (among other users), at Pearl GTL results
become available to all relevant parties within the process
historian system as soon as they are authorized in the LIMS.
This means that employees whose work hinges on quality sampling
are receiving the information they need in real time.
Another critical consumer of lab data is Pearl GTLs
oil-movement and batch-tracking system. Again, the LIMS creates
efficiencies by eliminating wait times. For example, when panel
operators need to move oil to new tanks in preparation for
shipping, they do not have to wait to be notified of test
results, minimizing demurrage charges for loading delays that
can cost as much as $35,000 per day. As soon as the results
have been issued in the lab, the LIMS notifies operators
through the oil-movement system, with which it is seamlessly
integrated. Since Pearl GTL began operations, the facility has
incurred no demurrage chargesan incredible feat for an
operation of its size.
The LIMS has also enabled a paperless environment that eliminates many
human errors inherent in traditional laboratories. Humans make
an average of 36 mistakes for every 1,000 lab readings
transcribed. In a sampling program the size of Pearl
GTLs, this would amount to dozens, if not hundreds, of
errors every day. The LIMS solves this problem by integrating
with lab instruments that automatically transmit data to the
LIMS as soon as final results are produced.
The LIMS aggregates all this data and combines it with
information collected from other sampling systems, and even
from technicians in the field, enabling the vast array of data
to be collated and presented in a logical format for managers
to analyze, which makes for fast, effective
The LIMS also helps Pearl GTL operators more efficiently
collect data from the field for analysis in the lab. Using the
operations management system, all sample points in the field
are marked with radio frequency identification tags. When field
operators perform sample rounds, a handheld computer guides
them to each sample point and then automatically records the
required information, whether the sampling task is routine or
The LIMS is fully integrated with the operations management
system, so the data collected in this system are instantly
transferred to the LIMS from the field for analysis by managers
or technicians in the lab, saving Pearl GTL an estimated 2,400
work-hours per year.
Finally, the LIMS makes it possible for Pearl GTL to meet an
increasingly crucial requirement of oil and gas laboratories:
regulatory compliance. ISO 17025 established an international
standard for how sampling labs manage data collection,
security, instrumentation, traceability, personnel and more. By
collecting complete data records, the LIMS ensures that Pearl
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The solution also guarantees that compliance can be proven in
the event of an audit.
The LIMS assists in exceeding ISO 17025 requirements by
instilling a culture of safety at Pearl GTL. By tracking
equipment conditions, well content and many other issues that
could become safety concerns at any GTL facility, the LIMS
allows managers to make real-time decisions that protect
workers and the surrounding environment.
Shell and Qatar Petroleums dedication, coupled with
the holistic LIMS solution, have led to an impressive safety
record at Pearl GTL: Despite its enormous size, in 2010, the
facility hit 77 MM hours worked without a single lost-time
Since its groundbreaking in 2006, the Pearl GTL project needed to be built with
proven, dynamic technologies. The LIMS helped manage a
sophisticated sample program by fully integrating multiple
systems within the testing laboratory, including operations
management, batch tracking and laboratory instruments.
Furthermore, the LIMS brought this integration into the field, where
the system automates data transmission via handheld devices.
Finally, the LIMS ensures that the facility constantly adheres
to the highest standards of safety and quality. Pearl
GTLs testing program enables the worlds largest GTL
facility to operate efficiently and safely while adhering to
regulations and maintaining profitability, and the LIMS is the
lynchpin that makes it possible. HP
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Games industry analyst Michael Pachter has praised Activison Blizzard's purchase of King as a solid strategy for breaking into the mobile market.
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Microsoft could reduce Xbox One price "faster than forecasted"
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The release of Wii U came two years too late to save Nintendo from a poor showing in the coming console battleground, it has been claimed.
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What is a meaning of 真是的. I heard for many times in context something like 你真是的! And yet I have doubts about proper meaning of this expression.
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It's an interjection, which means its translation relies very much on the context it's in.
In general, it's an exclamation of disbelief or disagreement on what follows the phrase.
你真是的, 怎么没穿鞋就跑出来了? (Come on! You ran out without any shoes on?)
你也真是的, 这么早就把我吵醒了. (Seriously? Waking me up this early?)
真是的, 他到现在还没来. (He's not here yet. Hopeless!)
真是的 generally means something you're not satisfied with. Its specific mood depends on the conversation.
You're blaming someone:
You're talking to a friend who comes to visit you:
In some situations good translations would be "You are too much!" and "I can't believe you!". Those could be both positive or negative situations.
As a native Chinese speaker I think it is most close to English "How can you do that?". In daily use it is often used in a critical or ironic tone after someone has done something wrong or stupid considered by the speaker. Example, after I bought a ugly shoes, my girlfriend would say:"真是的,又乱花钱".
"真是的" is just an abbreviation of "真是XX的"(you are XX indeed). But the listener might be hurt if "XX" is spoken out directly. So we say "真是的" to express what we want to say, but in a not very sharp way. The true meaning of "XX" usually can be readily inferred from the context.
For example: "你好不容易出国,居然还回来,真是的"="你好不容易出国,居然还回来,真是傻". The latter sentence is obviously offensive and therefore make the listener unhappy, so the speaker omits it. But the listener can easily guess what is omitted from the context.


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When is a good time to backstab an ally in Diplomacy?
Should I backstab if I can grab a Supply Centre or two, or should I wait for an opportunity to eliminate an enemy?
When is a good time to backstab an ally in Diplomacy?
Should I backstab if I can grab a Supply Centre or two, or should I wait for an opportunity to eliminate an enemy?
There are lots of good (and bad) times to back stab, I'm not sure there is an out and out correct answer. This is one of the fun aspects of Diplomacy: its variation.
However, early back stabbing is probably almost always best avoided, as you will probably lose credibility with the other players if they think you are unreliable.
Sometimes the best back stabs are against players you have had very long alliances with, when they least expect it.
I also sometimes wait until I have a (usually hidden) alliance with another player, against the same player I am planning to back stab. That way they get hit with a double whammy and you have an extra level of insurance.
Finally, just past the 5th playing hour, as the tiredness and alcohol kicks in, if my experiences are anything to go by, is usually a good time to back stab and lose friends ;)
The rule of thumb has always been:
Never backstab an opponent in a way that leaves them capable of retaliation.
You should only backstab an ally if that means the difference between losing or winning the game. So you shouldn't backstab for 1 or 2 centers. Settle for 3 or more and be sure you can grab them and keep them too. And to mention the obvious, do not backstab in the spring.
If you backstab often, players remember and refuse to ally with you (or at least the aliances aren't that stable). If you never backstab, players remember too and just walk over you.
I tend to find that beginners backstab too early, and do so to just grab an SC or two. Real experts seem to play with much more fluid alliance systems where it's not entirely clear what a backstab would be.
But as an intermediate player, my usual plan is to try to backstab just as we eliminate our first victim, or a little later - somewhere in the 7-10 SC range.
Time the backstab to cripple the former ally, so you can eliminate them pretty quickly, and you're well on the way to winning.
At Wikiquotes here we can get a lesson from the master, which is...
The problem with backstabbing in a "best time to backstab" is that your ally might also backstab you or be expecting you to backstab.
I once backstabbed France when I was England. We could have won a two way victory. But I saw He was getting stronger much faster than me, so I backstabbed him and evened our strenghts. The problem was that now I totally lost credibility and was in danger of having to fight my former ally and the third player who was left. We ended up in a three way victory.
So to provide an answer to your question. I think that the best time for a backstab is when you can make it look like to everyone else that you were doing the right thing. And/or already have other allies upon who you can rely.
The best time to "backstab" is at the end of a three way alliance.
Let's say Italy, Russia, and Turkey are allied against Austria Hungary. After that country is gone, two of the allies might gang up on the third. (Unless there are "personalities" involved, Italy and Turkey against Russia is the least likely.) In any event, the old schoolyard proverb is applicable: You don't want to be the odd man in a three way fight.
And if it is TWO backstabbers against one, you won't get nearly as much opprobrium, either alone, or both put together, as if either of you had backstabbed individually.
Perhaps I'm jaded from online play but I have found that reputation seems to matter little online (in person it makes a big difference). I have literally been the victim of 1st turn lies and betrayals in every online game I've played. I believe I've had about a 3 to one ratio of unkept vs kept early move promises. But as far as can tell no one seems less likely to work with these players because of it. The reason is simple: they are all doing the same thing and expect that everyone is. So it seems everyone is backstabbing near constantly and the only consideration seems to be who can offer immediate payback. If you can't offer much payback (especially central powers early), you get carved up quick.
So I feel like online people play as if trust starts out at zero and stays there.


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