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Dealing with difference in Rome
In his Epistle to the Romans, Paul devoted a lengthy section (14:1-15:6) to tensions within the Christian community there. J.D.G. Dunn interprets the situation as arising from the return to Rome of Jewish Christians who had been expelled from Rome in 49 but who now, back in Rome after the death of Claudius in 54, found that Gentile Christians were in the majority in the communities. Obstacles had arisen in the way or re-integrating the returnees into the small communities. The one group felt obliged to continue to observe traditional dietary rules and feasts, bearers of their Jewish-Christian identity; these were not part of the Christian identity of the other group. What was at stake, one scholar wrote, was the complex issue of the continuity and discontinuity between Judaism and Christian belief.St. Paul clearly states his own view: I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself (Rom 14:14), and from his own perspective he regards those clinging to the old traditions as weak in faith (14:1) and those who agree with him as the strong (15:1). What is striking, however, is the even-handed way in which he wishes the tensions to be addressed: Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains condemn the one who eats (14:6). Dunn comments:
There is a sharp psychological insight here, since more or less any grouping that shares a common ideology will have a spectrum of opinion in their understanding and implementation of that ideology, and the temptation will always be what Paul saw it to be: For those embracing a tighter understanding to regard others who disagreed as apostates from the true faith, and for those interpreting the common ideology more loosely to despise the more scrupulous for their narrow-mindedness and rigidity. The modern attitudes of and to the various fundamentalisms of twenty-first-century religions provide all the illustration that might be needed.
Paul devotes 14:4-12 largely to the weak in faith, and 14:13-15:6 to the strong. He urges the latter:
Do not let what you eat cause the ruin of one for whom Christ died. ... Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make others fall by what he eats; it is right not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother stumble.... We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves; let each of us please his neighbor for his good , to build him up. For Christ did not please himself.
And his prayer and injunction for all is:
May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
About the Author
Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, professor emeritus of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York.
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Hi, Joseph:Interesting post. Interesting how many things Paul said that are ignored by the church he founded. E.g., In Christ there is neither female nor male. And if nothing is unclean of itself, why were women "churched" after childbirth, and why are women (and men married to women) barred from ordination? Gerelyn
Gerelyn: Paul didn't found the Church in Rome, although the last chapter indicates that he knew a number of the Christians there.
Oh, sorry. I meant the Church in general, not the churches in Rome.
Joseph,There are many examples in Scripture that attest to the fact that certain teachings that were taught and practiced for centuries can be changed, while in modern times (e.g., the later 20th century), we find teachings that are claimed to be "definitive and irreformable". Consider the following.As a result of the so-called Council of Jerusalem, regarding the sign of circumcision that set apart the people of God, their advice to the gentiles was, we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. That was it, the sum total of what was left over from the 613 stipulations of the Hebrew law that were to be imposed on the converts.The Church can bind and loose as it sees fit. Yet, when it comes to sexual ethics, the Church proclaims that it cannot change something that is claimed to be divine law. Exactly what is divine law and how does one - pope, bishop, theologian or lay person - come to understand and apply it in one's moral decision-making? Most importantly, how can anyone know God's plan with moral certainty, save for Scripture and revelation?
Fr. Komonchak, I'm not sure how to pose my question. Here's a stab at it.Michael Barberi says: "The church can bind and loose as it sees fit." Much as I admire the statement the LCWR issues after its recent meeting, his remark, and what little I know, leads me to worry that the CDF, with the approval of the pope, has no limit to the demands or conditions it imposes on any group or individual. If prevailing Canon Law seems to place restrictions, then with a stroke of a pen, the law can be changed however the pope or his authorized agent decides to do so. In this sense, there is no EFFECTIVE difference between what Canon Law allows and what the pope or his authorized agent wants. I would hope that I'm wrong about all this. Am I?
Father K, thanks for this post. I have just returned from St. Louis, finally -- remarkable time, but canceled flights and such made for an odyssey through American airports. Hence my mental framework for these topics remains the LCWR and the Vatican. In that regard, I thought it notable that in his welcoming address to the LCWR, St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson, who is chairman of the USCCB Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations, departed from his prepared remarks to cite church history for examples of resolving disputes:
"As people of faith ... we have some lessons to look back upon," he said making a reference to the First Council of Jerusalem where Sts. Peter and Paul engaged in a dispute over circumcision. "They managed to work out things then and I pray that you will resolve things now," he added.http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1203340.htm
Sister Pat Farrell also used that example in remarks later during the assembly. I thought it interesting that the archbishop put the sisters on the same level of the apostles, at least by analogy, and that he put the path to resolution in a conciliar framework. I am on vacation this week but I wondered if later it would be worth pursuing a story about the Jerusalem council, as a matter of historical interest for RNS readers but also for lessons to be drawn for today. I wonder if the historicity of the accounts tells us anything, or if it is more of a lesson in charity and spiritual growth amid conflict.
The "strong" are not to exert undue social pressure on the" weak" by embarrassing them into going along with conduct they inwardly oppose. But in the situation Paul describes, refraining from pressuring someone else is advised as preferable when the party refraining is in a dominant position, and likely to influence the "weak" just by behaving as they think they have a right to do. In the case of the LCWR the Bishops seem to be the ones who are in the dominant position, but their moral insight seems to require of the nuns religious obedience of mind and will to their authoritative statements. (Catch 22?)It seems though, that from their own perspective the nuns see themselves as acting in keeping with Paul's advice. They don't see themselves as bound by the Bishops' strictures, and could make a dramatic public case for themselves against the Bishops, but they are instead trying to find a way out for both parties by keeping dialogue going, and keeping the door open. On the other hand, they know they have chosen a response likely to drive the Bishops up the wall and put them squarely against the likely verdict of history. (Catch 22)?
At one point in the discussion of the third chapter of Lumen gentium, Pope Paul VI wanted a phrase inserted that indicated that the pope was bound by, accountable to, the Lord alone (uni Domino devinctus. The Doctrinal Commission rejected the addition on the grounds that there are many objective limits to the exercise of the primatial role, so many, it says, that they can scarcely be numbered. So it is not correct that the pope, or the Church, can "bind and loose as it [or he] sees fit." The norms of faith--Scripture and Tradition--need to be consulted.One of the most serious failures of Vatican II was that of not providing for the canonical and institutional implications of its teaching on authority, papal and collegial, and co-responsibility at all levels of Church life. A monarchical principle seems still to prevail everywhere, with very few limitations other than intervention from a superior instance, and, of course, none exists for a Pope's exercise of his role. Fraternal correction and prophetic protest seem to be the only recourse.I don't know enough about scholarship on the so-called Council of Jerusalem. I'll see what Dunn has to say in his big second volume, Beginning from Jerusalem.I think that Paul's discussion in Rom 14 should be cause for a bit of self-examination on the part of us all--not just others (bishops and nuns)--particularly the criterion of building up a person with whom we may disagree for fear of destroying one for whom Christ did not hesitate to die.
I wonder whether we should talk collectively about "the bishops" anymore. A few of them now sing somewhat different songs from the usual curial oratorios. Their songs aren't very loud (they're more like hums or whistles) but they're not the dirges coming from Rome. Anyway, Bishop Blair and Abp. Carlson don't seem to have joined in the chorus of "Oh Smack Ye Down the Sassy Nuns".But seriously, folks. Let's call a bishop who isn't completely yoked to curial dominance an "untethered bishops". He stays on range, but retains his proper freedom as described by V II. Maybe Bishop Blair, et al are untethered. Well, I can hope. For the nuns' sake we have to hope that they are at least a bit different.The question is: where are the boundaries of the Faith? The novelist Julian Green said that faith is not to believe without questions, but to question in order to believe. The nuns know this. Rome seems to have forgotten it or maybe has yet to learn it. What impresses me so much about these particular nuns is that at great sacrifice to themselves they are asking important contemporary questions not just for themselves but for the whole Church. We must not be indifferent to this struggle. It's about all the rest of us too. Pray.
The statement "the Church can bound and loose as it seems fit" is correct with clarification. It implies a formal authoritative pronouncement much like what was decided by the so-called "Council of Jerusalem". For example, in modern times this could be the pope and the bishops, or the Roman Curia. As part of this type of process, the CDF would ensure that Scripture and Tradition would be consulted. However, since both Scripture and Tradition is subject to exegesis interpretation based on our growing knowledge and expertise, and because many doctrines and teachings have been reformed, the "Church" can find a way to resolve disputed questions.
"A monarchical principle seems still to prevail everywhere, with very few limitations other than intervention from a superior instance, and, of course, none exists for a Popes exercise of his role. Fraternal correction and prophetic protest seem to be the only recourse."JAK --Suppose this is true. I think it very well may be. But wouldn't it be possible for fraternal correction and prophetic protest to be somehow systematized -- I mean acted upon? By that I mean, perhaps it would be possible for there to be canonical mechanisms that would *have to be* initiated to guarantee that serious accusations would be heard by all the bishops (with, of course, opportunity for self-defense by the accused), plus some mechanism(s) for exploring the questions the faithful deem important? Granted, the Church is not a democracy. Christ speaks of His *kingdom*. But it seems to me that the notion of an enlightened monarchy with a virtuous monarch has not yet been tried by Rome. For instance, enlightened monarchs consider themselves bound by law, even when they may change some laws. Enlightened monarch remove badly performing underlings when they mess up. Enlightened monarchs listen to others' questions even as they know the answers, and they patiently explain their answer. Even the ancient philosophers recognized that a good monarchy was the best sort of government, though the hardest to come by. Further, because the corruption of monarchy is the worst (tyranny) monarchies are dangerous.
The LCWR, as with other progressives, has been engaged in the process of reform that has its foundations in the ever-increasingly retrogressively interpreted Second Vatican Council. (Read Massimo Faggiolis: Vatican II: The Battle for Meaning.) They consider the Church to be much more dynamic and complex than those who promote restorative policies. While they (and we other progressives) generally accept core Catholic ideals, we want and need our Church to adapt or allow for beliefs, values and practices that are relevant to our search for a contemporary faith, which, in contrast to what has been claimed, can be differentiated from the pattern of todays world.In the meantime, the institutional system reduces Catholics to immature children who are to obey Father or, in this case, those alleging to speak for the Holy Father. We are to give unquestioning loyalty to and rely on the Churchs teachings and laws in every circumstance. We are to accept that we have neither right nor privilege to differ from the current orthodoxy and, even worse, have no access to formal avenues to contest the charges made against us.The Vatican seems unwilling to admit to difficulties arising from theological and canonical constraints, which today are many and increasing. That reluctance has the potential to limit individual Catholics from making mature decisions to self-regulate, negotiate complexities, or respond creatively to lifes challenges. These qualities symbolize adulthood in most cultures, but are not recognized as such in the Catholic order of things. So, when the pope suggested a couple of years back that progressives do not have a grown-up faith, he implies that we should acquiesce to clerical advice, which would mean a return to an immature faith.It is therefore better to remain misunderstood or misrepresented and risk being wrong in what the pope might refer to as dissent. Because, for the sisters and all progressives, such sincere attempts to have our concerns heard are integral to finding an authentic, mature and Catholic faith. Without this latitude, conversations with the church become a dialogue of the deaf, but not in the way that Cardinal Levada would have us accept.
As far as I remember the phrase "my Kingdom" is found on Christ's lips only in Jn 18 or 19, when he says "my kingdom is not of this world". Nothing can be derived from this about the political constitution of the church. Maybe it cannot be a democracy but neither need it be a monarchy."One of the most serious failures of Vatican II was that of not providing for the canonical and institutional implications of its teaching on authority, papal and collegial, and co-responsibility at all levels of Church life. A monarchical principle seems still to prevail everywhere, with very few limitations other than intervention from a superior instance, and, of course, none exists for a Popes exercise of his role. Fraternal correction and prophetic protest seem to be the only recourse."And this "only recourse" has been systematically repressed by the Curia, using all the canonical and institutional weapons at their disposal.
This institutional un-accountability of the papacy is, of course, one of the major impediments to restoring unity with the Orthodox Churches. But I still would like to bring this thread back to its intent, which was not so much about other people's failures [read: Rome's], but about the tendency in all of us, thinking, of course, that we are the ones "strong in the faith" and others "weak," to forget that they are brothers and sisters to us, and that Christ died for them, too.
I think that Pauls discussion in Rom 14 should be cause for a bit of self-examination on the part of us allnot just others (bishops and nuns)particularly the criterion of building up a person with whom we may disagree for fear of destroying one for whom Christ did not hesitate to die.I agree wholeheartedly.
I'm not sure what it means to build up a person with whom we disagree. It feels more like tearing down to me. The mean comments posted by editors (and the creeeepy private e-mails one contributor in particular sends out) seem designed to stifle disagreement and intimidate those who dare to differ. Agree with Joseph K. that it's easy to forget that we are one another's sisters and brothers. One day we will see one another's histories, starting with the struggles of the one-celled ancestors and continuing through the darkest ages, the burning times, etc. Why doesn't dotCommonweal require pictures to be posted with every comment? Seeing faces makes it harder to be nasty/crazy/etc. (That's why those about to be hanged/shot/burned/disemboweled/etc. get their heads covered. Makes it easier on the executioner.)Love to all from Gerelyn.
I thought it interesting that the archbishop put the sisters on the same level of the apostles, at least by analogy, and that he put the path to resolution in a conciliar framework.NEWS.VA has a letter from +Sartain today that it also respectful of the LCWR:
Coinciding with the Assembly conclusion, the following statement by Archbishop Sartain was released through the Archdiocese of Seattle: The Holy See and the Bishops of the United States are deeply proud of the historic and continuing contribution of women religious to our country through social, pastoral and spiritual ministries; Catholic health care; Catholic education; and many other areas where they reach out to those on the margins of society. As an association of women religious, the LCWR brings unique gifts to its members and to the Church at large. This uniqueness includes sensitivity to suffering, whether in Latin America or the inner-city; whether in the life of an unborn child or the victim of human trafficking.Religious women have made a lasting contribution to the wellbeing of our country and continue to do so today. For that they deserve our respect, our support, our thanks and our prayers.Along with the members of the LCWR, I remain committed to working to address the issues raised by the Doctrinal Assessment in an atmosphere of prayer and respectful dialogue. We must also work toward clearing up any misunderstandings, and I remain truly hopeful that we will work together without compromising Church teaching or the important role of the LCWR. I look forward to our continued discussions as we collaborate in promoting consecrated life in the United States.Outgoing president, Franciscan Sister Pat Farrell, said the LCWR officers would begin dialogue with Archbishop Sartain, from a stance of deep prayer that values mutual respect, careful listening and open dialogue. The Archbishop is expected to attend the organization's board meeting August 11.http://www.news.va/en/news/abp-sartain-us-church-deeply-proud-of-its-wom...
To Joseph O'Leary:Maybe not all of Jesus' words about his kingdom survive. They seem to have made a big impact on his contemporaries. Even as late as Jesus' grandnephews' time, the emperor Domitian was concerned about the kingdom. He summoned Jude's grandsons to explain. (As we know from Eusebius, the Father of Church History: http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250103.htm Book III, Chapter 20.)
"Why doesnt dotCommonweal require pictures to be posted with every comment?"I'm not sure how to make it appear every time, but if this helps, think of this every time I comment: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://alicegorman.com.au/wp-content...
The problem with the monarchy is that it is not a governance structure suited to dialog, saintly kings being the exception rather than the rule. Monarchy is also allergic to transparency and accountability. Ironically, the European royal court style of governance isn't even traditional in the two thousand year history of the church.
Hi, Jim: Here's a link to a page where you can write your own epitaph and see how it will look.http://www.tombstonebuilder.com
"the tendency in all of us, thinking, of course, that we are the ones strong in the faith and others weak, to forget that they are brothers and sisters to us, and that Christ died for them, too."For reasons that seem to be difficult to discern, and which apparently we haven't learned yet to counteract, we are living in an age of division. Certainly we see this politically: our two parties no longer seem able to come together to work in a bipartisan fashion, even in exigent circumstances, cf the looming "fiscal cliff".Perhaps that political division is symptomatic of more fundamental division in our society? Certainly, similar polarities are observable in online discussions of Catholicism. dotCom may actually be one of the more civil virtual places in that respect. (Shall we all now quibble whether the progressives or the conservatives here deserve more credit for this relative comity? :-)).I've been reflecting a bit on this in light of our Lectionary trip through John 6 this summer. The Eucharist perhaps is the key to Catholic unity? Yet fewer and fewer Catholic partake of it, judging by those frequency-of-church-attendance studies. And in John 6 itself, Jesus' teachings seemed to have caused division.
JIm P. --I agree with all you say. And it seems to me that the reason so many people no longer think Communion is important is that their concept of what/Who God is not of someone to respect and love. So why go to church? The young people are without hope for the future. The pop closing of the Olympics showed that too clearly -- ". . . we're the West End boys in the dead end City". "The City of God" is meaningless to them because "God" has no real meaning.Yes, I think that British pop music/culture has, since the Beatles, had tremendous influence on the young world-wide, and through the young on the wider culture. Unfortunately, right now they seem to be largely nihilists.
DISTRACTION:Speaking of differences, in the Vatileaks case it was announced that besides the butler there was indeed a second person arrested, a computer expert, and that several other people were involved in exchanging documents. Most intriguing in the LaStampa report is this" Among the documents seized from Paolo Gabriele, the popes butler who today has been committed for trial, charged with aggravated theft of confidential papers belonging to the Holy See, the Vatican gendarmerie also found a cheque dated 26th of March 2012 and made out to His Holiness Benedict XVI for the amount of 100 thousand euros, a gold nugget and a 1581edition of a translated version of the Aeneid."Now I ask you: could Dan Brown have made this up?Oy, oy, oy. :http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/the-vatican/detail/articol...
"The Eucharist perhaps is the key to Catholic unity?"That's the number 1 reason why I go to mass every Sunday. I always feel so much better after mass and so much more in charity with other people; the differences don't matter so much when we're all worshipping together. The "big rules" of Christianity are so straightforward, but can be so hard to follow (for me anyway). Jesus says straight out and over and over: love and take care of each other, don't judge each other. And he doesn't add any qualifiers like "Love each other, BUT... or don't judge others, EXCEPT...It's just very hard to live up to that.
Paul certainly set the bar. But Damasus and many other "Fathers of the Church" turne a way of life into a constant polemic. We may need to come to terms with our penchant for infallibility and realize that the Fathers of the Church did a lot of harm to the church. Here is Francis Schussler-fiorenza on the subject. "This is one of the key problems with Ratzinger as I see it: his reliance on the Fathers of the Church. Ratzinger and most fail to see that the Fathers presided over the most radical corruption of the church which was not really widely challenged until Vatican II. Interesting when Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza showed Ratzinger how Scripture favored women's ordination, Ratzinger acknowledged her scholarship and simply reverted to the authorities of the Fathers. This misunderstanding of tradition has really caused shipwrecks throughout the history of the church. "
Thanks, Fr. Komonchak, especially for the comment you posted yesterday. The lacuna you mention that was left by Vatican II seems to be ever more harmful, both ecumenically and within the Church. I have nothing useful to say about all this and I'm sorry for whatever part I have played in deflecting your opening comments from your purposes.This issue of the scope and absoluteness of papal power, though, gets harder and harder to address in any reasonable way.
One of the concrete examples that comes to mind in reading this passage is the attitudes we bring to people whose style of worship and taste in music is different from our own. I've seen people at daggers drawn over things like whether or not to use Latin chant, whether or not to use rock music, whether to raise our hands or fold our hands, to kneel or stand -- and I confess to having my own strong opinions. Yet I know it's my challenge to love the people who want to do the opposite of what I find helpful in matters where we have a choice. So, when it's really a penance for me to listen to another rendition of some glitzy hymn I try (try) to remember Paul's words and to take into account that someone else is taking solace or finding comfort and maybe even hearing the voice of God in this song. Another example: inclusive language. I take a broad view of how language may be used, but if I am with someone for whom certain types of language betoken exclusion and cause them to stumble, I will adapt as much as I can for the sake of the other person.
"Maybe not all of Jesus words about his kingdom survive. They seem to have made a big impact on his contemporaries. Even as late as Jesus grandnephews time, the emperor Domitian was concerned about the kingdom. He summoned Judes grandsons to explain."" he asked them if they were descendants of David, and they confessed that they were... And when they were asked concerning Christ and his kingdom, of what sort it was and where and when it was to appear, they answered that it was not a temporal nor an earthly kingdom, but a heavenly and angelic one, which would appear at the end of the world" (Eusebius)The idea of an earthly kingdom set up by the Son of David plays around the edges of the Gospel (the triumphal entry, the request of the sons of Zebedee, the apostles' question in Acts I). In Mark 12 Jesus seems to reject the idea that the Messiah is Son of David and in 14:62 announces a kingly coming in glory. Matthew and Luke use the poetry of the Son of David idea, but again make the kingship eschatological.
Rita: I once was told, and do in part believe, that sometime in the late '60s, early '70's, a priest came to say Mass at a convent in N.Y. The sister who answered the door asked him, "Which Mass are you saying, Father?" The nuns were so divided over changes in their habit that they couldn't peacefully celebrate the Eucharist together.
JAK --Those might have been some of the nuns I knew at Catholic U at the time. You must realize that for them the habits were a burning issue, being the symbol of the old way of life versus the new that Vat II allowed them to anticipate. Symbols are terribly important, especially when they are all you have of your own.
Ann: You wrote: "You must realize that for them the habits were a burning issue, being the symbol of the old way of life versus the new...." This is a pretty good description of the views of those in Rome still following the dietary rules and feasts; their identity was tied up with them, even though they were Christian believers. That's why Paul wants the others (the strong) to be sensitive to them and to beware of scandalizing them or leading them to act against their own conscience.
Joseph: Are you sure he wasn't just a bum preacher whom she wished to avoid? ;)Only joking...But to be serious for a moment, what would be the best response of the priest in that situation, given Paul's advice? To respect that each group was following conscience and to avoid uncharitable thoughts or words to any of them, I would suppose.
JAK,I would like to know your take, or Dunn's, on the "Council of Jerusalem". IMO, it functioned like an ecumenical council in today's terms. At that time, it was the early Church's authoritative body, including the bishop of Jerusalem (James at that time) and other bishops, and it issued definitive statements on faith and morals. I believe the Church (holistically defined) can bind and loose as it sees "fit". This implies a solid philosophical and theological justification given Scripture, Tradition, Human Experience and Reason. IMO, not enough emphasis is placed on Scripture, Human Experience and Reason, leaving Tradition (and its novel interpretation) as the primary source of truth and Christian ethics, especially in the 20th century.I agree that no one, individual or group, should believe they are the strong in faith, while others are less so...especially if all are faithful Catholics. We all should be sensitive and respectful to each other even when we disagree for good and just reasons, and especially when our disagreement is in tension with certain Church teachings.
Rita: I think the point was that there would be two Masses that day, one for the traditional habit, the other for the reformed.
JAK, I see. The memory you shared was sparked by my comment about "being at daggers drawn." Understood.From your comment earlier I thought you were interested in thinking things through not about "others" (e.g. Rome, or for that matter sixties nuns locked in disputes over the habit) but about ourselves today, which is why I thought that you, as a priest, might have been reflecting on the experience you described as an instance where the priest was called to behave or respond in a certain way."But I still would like to bring this thread back to its intent, which was not so much about other peoples failures [read: Rome's], but about the tendency in all of us, thinking, of course, that we are the ones strong in the faith and others weak, to forget that they are brothers and sisters to us, and that Christ died for them, too."
Rita: I think it would have been appropriate for that priest to have invoked the example of St. Paul. Whether or not to wear a bow under one's chin was in itself insignificant, and if it was blown up to be a criterion that prevented sisters from celebrating the Eucharist together, I suspect that there was probably a lot of fault to go around, among both "weak" and "strong." The valences of "weakness" and "strength" would vary with each group (who's going to admit that they're "weak in faith"?), of course, but it would have been incumbent on both sides to reflect on the advice the Apostle gave to both "strong" and "weak."
My hero is the Dalai Lama, who is still able to refer to the Chinese as "our so-called enemies"; but I find myself still far from that ideal, much less the ideal proposed by Christ and St Paul. It seems to me that we are living through one of those times in history when great change is taking place, like the end of the Western Roman Empire, or maybe better, the dawn of the High Middle Ages, or the Renaissance. The future is foggy; we can't see the road ahead. And many of us, on left and right alike, feel a sense of panic -- but we react in opposite ways. Some of us are fearful, others very hopeful. Some of us reject trying to incorporate 'modernity' into our religious world view, while others of us give it a try. But then we rail at each other. Part of our problem, I think, is that we have this insistence that everyone must do everything (including thinking) the same way at the same time (in theory, at least, if not in practice; consider Italy!). That more or less describes, for instance, the way we introduced the vernacular after Vatican II. Personally, I had been longing for the day; but I also had some feeling for parts of the Latin liturgy, and some understanding of how others felt. It's interesting to contrast our approach with those of the Orthodox Churches -- a muddled, time-consuming, not-yet-finished process in almost every jurisdiction, but one which has avoided some of the ruptures we have suffered. If we had taken that path, no doubt we would not be as far along as we are; things would be messier (perhaps), but maybe we would not be so polarized either. It is difficult to say for sure. Still, it seems to me that their approach was more like St Paul's than ours has been. The recent kerfuffle over the new "translation" seems to me to be just the latest round of "payback" for the mistake we (collectively) made 50 years ago. This tendency to want uniformity (which has caused so much friction with the Christian East in the past, and which has largely ruined our ecumenical relations recently) seems to me to be the pragmatic equivalent of our insistence upon intellectual infallibility. We're rigid in both spheres, it seems. That (plus our hypocrisy, lack of transparency and accountability, etc. etc.) may be a reason that many, both young and old, are leaving our number. Come, Holy Spirit! We need you more than ever.
Gerelyn, "Why doesnt dotCommonweal require pictures to be posted with every comment? " Because some of us are ugly as sin. Or, maybe prone to cheat a little with our photos.


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Calcium is one of the most important minerals for women. It is essential not only for bone strength and health, but is also needed for heart, muscle, nerve, enzymes, and blood clotting. Calcium is required by the body as the building material for bones, and low dietary calcium is directly linked to osteoporosis. Because calcium is constantly needed to rebuild bone and also for other body functions, it must be replenished daily. The body loses calcium in nails, hair, skin, sweat, urine, and stool. Athletic women lose extra calcium through sweat, and women on high-protein diets or those who drink several carbonated beverages daily also lose calcium more quickly.
Unless you are a real dairy-product lover, it is tough to get enough calcium without eating calcium fortified foods or taking supplements. Other natural sources include almonds, broccoli, kale, canned salmon, sardines, spinach, and dried peas or beans.
Calcium is available as supplements in compound form, including calcium carbonate, found in antacids; calcium phosphate, found in cereals and food bars; and calcium citrate, the most efficient form of calcium supplement for your body and the type recommended if taken with iron. The recommended amount of calcium for women is 1,200 to 1,500 milligrams a day. This translates to at least four calcium-rich products a day such as yogurt, milk, cheese, or calcium-fortified food. If you are taking calcium supplements, try to take them in the evening in split doses (dinner and bedtime) to promote absorption. If you are taking iron supplements, choose calcium citrate instead of carbonate to improve absorption of both minerals.
It is very important to have a diet with enough calcium. Practical advice for all girls and women is to take one 600 milligram calcium supplement before bedtime to replace calcium-rich foods not eaten during the day. If dairy products are not eaten regularly, try to drink calcium-fortified juices or other calcium products (check labels for content). Calcium also has other added benefits, including easing symptoms of PMS, preventing muscle cramps, and improving weight loss success.
Iron is involved in all body cell functions. It plays the very important role of transporting oxygen throughout the body in red blood cells. Women are at greater risk of low iron levels due to menstruation; athletes also tend to have lower levels of iron because it is broken down with exertional exercise and lost through the kidneys, digestive system, and sweat. Women should get 18 milligrams of iron daily, and needs go up in pregnancy. The best sources of iron are meat, poultry, fish, eggs, fortified foods, and foods cooked in an iron skillet. Nonmeat sources include wheat germ, whole grains, green leafy vegetables, and dried fruits. There are also many iron-fortified cereals and foods available.
Iron supplements, other than those found in a multivitamin, should not be taken unless prescribed by a doctor. If you are required to take iron supplements, ask your doctor for a ferrous gluconate formula, as this tends to have less constipating and digestive system side effects. Iron absorption is improved when taken with a source of vitamin C and is made worse with caffeine products.
Magnesium helps regulate glycogen (thought to prevent diabetes), regulates body calcium, and aids in muscle, nerve, and body enzyme function, playing a role in preventing fatigue. Magnesium can help relieve muscle cramps and also helps with symptoms of PMS. Magnesium has also been found to prevent hypertension, hardening of the arteries, and can also help prevent migraines. Magnesium is found naturally in hard tap water, spinach, beans, whole grains, nuts, seafood, meats, and chocolate (it can help prevent chocolate cravings in PMS).
Zinc helps metabolize nutrients and allows growth and immune function. It also affects hormones. Zinc is needed in higher doses during growth, pregnancy, and with athletic activity. Zinc is found in meats, seafood, and milk products, and absorption is inhibited by fiber; therefore, vegetarians are at particular risk of having low zinc levels. Women should get 12 milligrams of zinc per day.
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1. Targeting Talk
The NCAA's new penalties for targeting players has created plenty of buzz this summer. And for good reason. Anyone penalized will be ejected from the game.
So the Razorbacks spent some time discussing the new rule with Steve Shaw, who is the Southeastern Conference's coordinator of officials, on Thursday. Shaw – who is traveling to every SEC campus this preseason — met with Arkansas to go over every new rule for the 2013 season, but targeting was the prime topic of discussion.
That's because the veteran SEC official described it as "the most significant rule change in my tenure" earlier this summer.
"Playing time is a motivator to our players, and we think this will have a pretty significant impact," Shaw said during SEC Media Days.
Everyone can agree the rule has good intentions. Protecting players is the goal in an era where concussions have become a clear threat to the game. Arkansas coach Bret Bielema said the concern from coaches is that any ejections are warranted.
Bielema is a member of the NCAA rules committee that discussed the issue at length before it was adopted. One other item of importance in the new rule: Instant replay will be used before ejections become official. Bielema said there's still a lot of "boom, boom" plays, but replay could help "deter any potentially bad situations."
"I think the positions that are most at risk, to be quite honest, are (defensive backs) that are making plays on balls," Bielema said. "Maybe the ball is underthrown and all of a sudden they can't go for the ball and they've got to go for the player.
"It's just a potential, a lot of room for gray. Hopefully we'll clean it up."
Defensive coordinator Chris Ash is optimistic Arkansas won't be affected.
He said the new penalties for targeting won't alter the way the Razorbacks teach players this preseason because they emphasize tackling in a safe manner to begin win. What happens from there is out of a coach's hands.
"I'm trying to control the things that I can control and the way we teach our guys is all I can do," Ash said in late July. "What an official interprets out on the field one way or another, I can't control that. But yeah, that's a concern."
So Shaw's time on campus Thursday provided an important tutorial for Arkansas players about what can be expected from officials as they judge collisions this fall.
"You definitely want to be aggressive. You definitely want to attack," Arkansas linebacker Daunte Carr said. "But targeting with the head, with the helmet and going head-to-head contact is something that you don't want to do.
"You want to play it safe. That's about football and that's what football is about these days and how it should be. Playing it safe."
2. Open Scrimmage
Arkansas will open its practice doors for the first time this afternoon.
The Razorbacks announced that the scrimmage in Razorback Stadium, which was originally closed, is open to the public. The only entry for fans wishing to attend will be through Gate 1 on the west side of the stadium. The gate will open at 3:30 p.m. and the scrimmage will begin at approximately 3:50 p.m.
"We're ready to play some full-out ball," Arkansas tackle Grady Ollison said Thursday. "These first couple days of camp, it's been a lot of drills, and we've installed a couple plays here and there. But in terms of just playing flat-out ball, just all out, we haven't really done that yet. So I'm looking forward to Saturday."
It won't be a four-quarter affair like last spring's Red-White Game. Instead, Ash described it as a "situational" scrimmage with Arkansas working on specific items like third and 12 or third and short. But it will be a valuable first test for the Hogs.
"When the fans show up, naturally the players, some players have never been on the field with fans," Ash said. "They get a little bit nervous. Now, thankfully we had a great turnout at the spring game and it helped alleviate some of that. But the energy, the excitement, the enthusiasm, all that stuff just kind of goes up another notch when fans are out there. They want to put on a show."
3. Not Much Contact
Arkansas was in full pads for the first time Friday afternoon, but it sounded as if the practice didn't include much contact.
Ash said Arkansas didn't do any live tackling on the field and will instead save it for Saturday's scrimmage. The practice also ended a little quicker than usual, something linebacker Braylon Mitchell said the Razorbacks appreciated.
"Coach B took care of us (Friday)," Mitchell said. "He let us get out of practice a little early (Friday) so that we'll be fresh for the scrimmage."
4. New Position, New Number
Carr is settling into his new position at middle linebacker after bulking up to 235 pounds in the summer. The junior also decided this summer he wanted a jersey number more fitting for a middle linebacker.
So Carr has traded in his No. 24 for No. 52. The Georgia native, who wore his old number during spring practice, said it was simply time to change.
"I just wanted something new," Carr said. "New position. New coaches. New style. New chemistry. So I just chose a different number."
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On Campaign Promises Report Card, Obama Did 'Pretty Well'
PolitiFact has been keeping a list — a very long list — on the president's first term.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning political watchdog assesses the veracity of political claims, and this week, it released a report card on the promises Obama made during his first presidential campaign.
PolitiFact deputy editor Angie Holan tells weekends on All Things Considered host Jacki Lyden the results are mixed, but on the whole he did pretty well: Some 47 percent of promises were kept — good by politician standards — and only 23 percent were rated as broken.
"Another 26 percent he made partial progress on, we rate those promises as a compromise," Holan said.
A boon to Obama's promise-keeping came from the passage of big-name programs like the economic stimulus package and the education program Race to the Top.
"[Race to the Top, which] set up states in competition for federal money, ended up prompting states to do all kinds of things to meet goals that Obama said he wanted to meet," Holan said. "And these are things like getting more teachers into the classroom, getting kids interested in math and science, a lot of technology-related promises."
Of course, there were some big presidential flops over the last four years, too. Promises to close Guantanamo Bay, for example, didn't really work out.
"We rate promises just based on fulfillment, which our readers sometimes don't like," Nolan says. "But if he tried really hard and it didn't happen, we gave it a promise broken."
What definitely did not make it into the "promises kept" column was Obama's promise to bring a new bipartisan tone to Washington.
In 2010, House Majority Leader Mitch McConnell famously announced that the top priority for congressional Republicans was to make Obama a one-term president.
The president has been snappy himself at times. Just last week, he accused Republicans of holding "a gun to the head of the American people" for trying to tie the debt limit debate to a referendum on the deficit.
In some instances, keeping his campaign promises actually made the bipartisan divide worse, Holan says.
"The [Affordable Care Act] got him a lot of "promise kepts" on our meter, but that may also have contributed to Republicans who didn't want to work with him," Holan says. "So I think there might be a tension there between bipartisan compromise and trying to pursue a legislative agenda."
Holan says PolitiFact is preparing to add some new promises from the 2012 campaign and will keep following his 2008 promises for the next four years to see if any of them switch columns.
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A couple of years ago we did a tasting where we tried bottlings that were only possible to buy while visiting the distillery. We had a Bourbon cask Aberlour, a Benromach, an Old Pulteney, a Glen Moray (I think) and something from Springbank. Having tasted a yummy Glenfiddich from their solera vat at cask strength yesterday (thanks Brian) I was inspired to revisit the concept. All going according to plan we'll try:-
Glen Garioch 1999 Bourbon cask 59.9%
the Glenfiddich 55.5% (15yo I think)
Glendronach - hopefully, no casks details yet but surely a sherry bomb
Arran - again crossed fingers but no confirmation as yet
the missing piece is a peaty job, I think Laphroaig offer the scheme but certainly a Longrow would do but I think we did that last time, although the cask will be different this time.
Any other peaty drams bottled from cask at the distillery that anyone can think about? I don't believe Bowmore, Caol Ila or Ardbeg do it and I'm not fussy for Bruichladdich, there I've said it. I doubt Talisker or Ardmore bother either. Remember it has to be drawn from the cask not just a pre-bottled distillery exclusive.
While we're at it can anyone think of other distilleries who do this? I think Glenmorangie stopped some time ago. Glen Goyne?


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How can I produce an installer for a set of source codes for a specific application in Linux? Also, what are the actions happening when one installs software in Linux?
As there's more than one Linux distro, there's also more than one package management solution. I think that creating an app installer depends more on the target audience than on the target system.
For source tarballs, nothing actually. The user is left alone to compile the source archive and figure out what are the dependencies (libraries and so on) without what the application wouldn't run.
For DEB and RPM (and other package management tools) the process of figuring out what dependencies are needed and the installation operation, is managed entirely by the package management tool(a connection to the Internet is needed to download the dependencies). The package management tool is responsible for registering the just installed app and all its dependencies in a local registry system so it wouldn't be necessary to install them once more for future needs.
DEB: a Debian package file. apt is Debian's package management tool.
RPM: RedHat Package Manager file. The same name goes for the package management tool.
Prepare a makefile and make a tarball with just the source code and let every user compile it as they seem fit, and/or build an RPM package (or a .deb or something else, RPM packages are supposed to be standard).
Some commercial software or games sometimes uses Nixstaller:
Using Nixstaller we can create installers that works on most modern distributions, can install app locally or in system and looks like Windows installers ;).
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Biff and Baffin, at the height of fashion!
Did you see today's free pattern? Biff is based on Baffin, a baby pattern from Booklet #292 DK Baby.
I was completely tickled to see this video from the NY Times. This booklet is for the fashion forward baby, yo!
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I am a proud soon-to-be auntie that just learned my sister is having a boy. Now I know what color and style direction to go in. I can't wait to knit up at least 12 different versions of 'Biff' for our families new little one. He'll be the best dressed kid on the block when this auntie is done! I might knit up more sweaters than there are days in the year when he will be 'that size' but there's always the hand me down potential! At least my sister better have more children –😉
I really liked the link to the New York Times article! What an intresting piece of history – well leave it to learn from Norah!
This blog entry is so typical of the human interest, sence of fashion and inovation that makes Berroco yarns skeins and lamas above the other yarn companies. I love Berroco yarns to the point I wish I owned the warehose for my own yarn addictive tendencies. Love to all. The Raw Food Chef – a Gaughan Fan.February 12, 2010
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Important Things to Decide Before the Baby Is Born
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Videotaping, circumcision, breast feeding
Videotaping Your Future Star
Everyone has a different opinion about videotaping and photographing the birth, and hospitals have different policies, so it's wise to check out the policies first. Although you might think that you can get everything on camera, actually, that might not be the case. Hospitals will generally let you film before and after the delivery, but not necessarily during it. Blame the insurance companies and lawyers for this new rule, which is based on legal issues.
If you have a boy baby, the doctors will ask you if you want to have him circumcised, which involves the removal of the foreskin on the boy's penis. This practice is fairly common in the U.S., but not as common in other countries. Sometimes, it is determined by your culture or heritage, although often the father seems to be the one to decide whether or not the baby will be circumcised.
There is a wealth of opinions, both pro and con about circumcision, and you would be wise to research the subject before proceeding. In the past, the procedure was performed to stave off infections, but many people feel that with today's health standards, it is no longer necessary. Most pediatricians will agree with whatever the parents want to do. If you want it done (or not), you should notify your family pediatrician, who will stop by the hospital to check the baby anyway. At this time, the procedure can be performed.
Parents will be counseled extensively about the risks of the procedure and must sign a consent form in order for the doctor to perform the procedure, which will take place in the nursery. Most of the time, the baby's foreskin will be anesthetized, so the baby doesn't feel any pain. The baby will be uncomfortable for a few moments when the anesthetic is given. Sometimes, the foreskin will come off immediately, but it may take a couple of days or a week or so to fall off.
It's Your Decision
As a mother of three boys, I decided against circumcision, figuring that the boys weren't born that way and natural must be better. This was strictly my opinion and my husband's, but we did discuss it first with our pediatrician. Our doctor said that in today's society where hygiene is not an issue, circumcision is no longer necessary. Other pediatricians might feel differently. They might cite the fact that the boys will "look" different or might need to have the procedure done later in life when it would be more painful. My boys have never had any problems, and they are now grown. Moral of the story: Do your own research and make your own decision.
Breast Feeding
By now, you should have an inkling of whether you will breast-feed or bottle-feed your baby. As soon as the baby is born, you will have an opportunity to feed the baby fairly soon. Doctors do stress that there is a wealth of information showing that breast-feeding has significant advantages for the baby over formula-feeding. Breast-fed babies have fewer problems with infections, bond better to the mother, and receive better nutrition, according to the research. Simply put, babies who breast-feed are healthier than babies who don't, which is why women are strongly encouraged to follow this practice. If for some reason you can't or don't want to breast-feed, let the nursing staff know so that they have a plan in place for bottle-feeding the baby.
If you're thinking about nursing your baby, most hospitals have lactation consultants who will help you get started and give you encouragement. Nursing a baby is not as instinctual as you might imagine, but both mother and baby can be taught. It can be painful in the beginning as you're getting started and used to it, but well worth it to persevere.
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Cranberries are tart, almonds are crunchy, and these muffins are incredible.
Serves: 12 muffins
- 1 1/3 cups whole wheat pastry flour or unbleached flour
- 2/3 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons nonfat or low-fat buttermilk
- 1/4 cup reduced-fat margarine or light butter, melted
- 2 egg whites, lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1 tablespoon finely ground almonds
- 1 tablespoon sugar
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- To make the topping, place the almonds and sugar in a small bowl, and stir to mix well. Set aside.
- Place the flour, cornmeal, sugar, and baking powder in a large bowl, and stir to mix well. Add the buttermilk, margarine, egg whites, and almond extract, and stir just until the dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in the cranberries.
- Coat the bottoms only of muffin cups with nonstick cooking spray, and fill three-fourths full with the batter. Sprinkle the topping over the batter, and bake at 350°F for about 15 minutes, or just until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Be careful not to overbake.
- Remove the muffin tins from the oven, and allow to sit for 5 minutes before removing the muffins. Serve warm or at room temperature, refrigerating any leftovers not eaten within 24 hours.
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The 7 Dumbest Things Ever Done by Airport Security
#3. Break Your Ankle for National Security
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Obviously crutches are a big problem for metal detectors, because you can't exactly tell a guy with a broken leg to hop through without them. So the TSA has a perfectly reasonable policy in place for their employees to follow. Unless, of course, that employee is a prick.
Just ask Lona Dunlap. She had a sprained ankle and was on crutches. So what did her friendly local TSA screener do? He took away her crutches and forced her to stand on her sprained ankle, causing two fractures. Lona is looking into her legal options, and the TSA says it's taking such claims "very seriously."
To Make Things Worse...
Then there's this story of a woman who, due to childhood polio, needs braces, crutches and a wheelchair just to get around. She was blocked from flying unless she dropped her pants behind a sheet in a public terminal.
This sounds like they would be required to stand up to do that, which would seem to be impossible for somebody in a wheelchair. But of course that's just what a terrorist would want us to think.
#2. You Can Only Feed Your Kids So Much
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The TSA, as you might have heard, banned liquids for a while. But what about the children? Well, the TSA of course allows amounts of baby food "reasonable for the duration of the itinerary." "Reasonable" being the key word.
Can you see what's about to go wrong here?
Anand V. Soni and Arati Pratap were traveling with a 10-month-old from Chicago to Manchester, NH. This was in February, and being reasonably bright people, they assumed there might be a few delays flying between two places famous for snow in the middle of winter. So they brought along six jars or so of Gerbers and 20 ounces of formula, which a TSA employee told them was too much. The supervisor on shift agreed. They were told they'd need a doctor's note to bring that much food.
They're both doctors.
And the kid was one, too!
To Make Things Worse...
A traveler named Monica Emmerson saw her toddler's sippy cup get confiscated, because it had water in it. Maybe her son was on the watch list.
Or not, since Monica is a former Secret Service agent.
#1. TSA Stops Dangerous Terroist T-Shirt
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Raed Jarrar was just looking to get on his flight. The Iraq Project Director for Global Exchange is a pretty busy guy, after all. And, being a political guy and all that, he was wearing a T-shirt, in Arabic and English, saying "We Will Not Be Silent."
These are the situations irony was invented for.
The man was pulled out of line and questioned because the T-shirt had the Arabic on it, which he was told was like wearing a T-shirt saying "I am a bank robber" to the local branch.
They wouldn't let him fly unless he covered the Arabic script with another T-shirt, which they figured would offset the magical plane-destroying powers of the silk screened letters.
To Make Things Worse...
Then there's Dr. Ahmed Farooq, a Canadian national who got booted off an airplane for performing his evening prayers. To the TSA's credit, that was the flight crew that made that call and the TSA agents at the airport realized it was retarded (but didn't realize it in time to get him back on the flight, which took off without him and stranded him in Denver).
"See ya!"
Of course, the airline didn't feel bad enough to actually pay for Farooq's return flight the next day, or the costs of the hotel he stayed in until the next flight. The least they could have done was send him home with a free box of confiscated knives. Or a T-shirt.
For the other side of that stupid coin check out The 7 Most Retarded Criminal Excuses of All Time. Or for examples of weird shit you can buy online other than someone's confiscated pocketknife check out 5 Things You Shouldn't Be Able to Buy on eBay.


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I've installed Ubuntu 11 with gnome and in some point the text in the programs becomes unreadable like this.
It's not only the text, but even the desktop background looks awful. I've tried to add section in xorg.conf, but it didn't helped out.
Section "Device"
Identifier "g33/X3000"
Driver "intel"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Option "ModeDebug" "on"
Option "MonitorLayout" "LCD,VGA"
Option "DevicePresence" "true"
And this is what the
lshw returns about the VGA
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:dfe00000-dfe7ffff ioport:8800(size=8) memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:dfe80000-d$


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Profiles in Scholarship
Triple Threat
Public law expert David Pozen has dedicated his career to understanding the complex workings of American government
Their names may be noticeably different on paper, but more than one acquaintance has asked public law expert David Pozen if he is related to Judge Richard Posner of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. In law school, Pozen became accustomed to explaining that, no, they are not related, but that he was a fan of the well-known legal theorist's writings on jurisprudence.
During his third year, Pozen unexpectedly received a similar compliment from Posner. "I got an email from him saying that he liked something I had written about tax expenditures and foreign aid," says Pozen, who joined the Columbia Law School faculty in July of 2012. The piece that caught Posner's eye was published by the Yale Law Journal, and the judge graciously acknowledged that both men had independently made the same point about the issue, though Pozen had published first.
Posner's kind words provided Pozen with an auspicious start to an impressive legal career that would quickly span all three branches of American government before leading to academia.
Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in the suburbs of Boston, Pozen served as a special assistant to U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy during the George W. Bush administration. The senator's office would often respond to policy speeches given by the president, and, among his other duties, Pozen drafted some of those retorts. "Working with Senator Kennedy during the Bush administration really refined my polemical skills," he recalls.
Pozen then gained an insider's perspective on the judicial branch through clerkships with D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Merrick B. Garland and U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who was then serving his final year on the bench.
"It was fun to be with a justice at a time when he was really committed to getting everything on paper," says Pozen, who clerked for Stevens when the Supreme Court ruled on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. "I virtually lived at the Court that year."
His experience in the executive branch proved no less demanding. As a special adviser to U.S. State Department Legal Adviser Harold Hongju Koh from 2010 to 2012, Pozen analyzed legal issues involving national security and immigration, among other matters.
The soccer aficionado remembers rushing home one evening to catch a much-anticipated match, only to be sidelined by a string of emails from his boss about an emergency brief that needed his attention. "I was told to take my time, don't rush," Pozen recalls, "just to get it in by 4 a.m." He turned off the television and got to work.
"David has a razor-sharp insight into intragovernmental dynamics, and a capacity to frame and analyze problems that is deeply theorized, highly creative, and pragmatic," says Professor Sarah H. Cleveland, who worked with Pozen at the State Department. She predicts that he will be the leading constitutional governance scholar of his generation.
Pozen's most recent scholarship, a law review article examining why the government criminalizes the leaking of classified information, yet does little to prosecute leakers, drew the notice of prominent national security expert Ben Wittes, who cited it as "the single best article about leaks I have ever read." The piece has also garnered coverage in The New Yorker and on NPR, among other media outlets.
"My career path has been a combination of wanting to work in public service and learn how the law works in practice, and wanting to grow as a lawyer," Pozen says. "I always had a sense that it would make me more interesting as a scholar and teacher."


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10 Tips to Engage Reluctant Readers
4 of 11
Designate a "Reading Nook"
Set up a special place in a quiet area for your child as "her" reading space. Make it cozy with pillows and blankets, and stock it with books on subjects and activities that interest her. Having her own space to go and read will make it seem special and will likely encourage her to do more of it.
Next: Pair Reading with Play


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TORONTO - The Toronto volleyball team got off to a fast start in its volleyball match against Shadyside, and the girls from the Gem City did not look back as the Red Knights tamed the Tigers 25-10, 25-17, 25-12 on Tuesday.
"The match went very well," Toronto (5-5) head coach Chelsey Fletcher said. "We put on a serving show. The girls did a fantastic job. Our main focus was our serve. I challenged the girls, and the girls were able to meet the task. They were able to meet the challenge."
The match was Toronto's first inside the new gym at the new high school.
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NEW GYM — The Toronto volleyball team defeated Shadyside in three sets during the first match inside the new Toronto High?School gymnasium Tuesday.
-- Photo courtesy of Newbrough Photo
"It means everything," Fletcher said.
"This was our first match in our new gym. I am so thankful and grateful to everyone who voted for the new high school.
"I am proud of the girls."
The Red Knights scored the first nine points of the match, and the Tigers (2-7) were not able to recover. Though Toronto finished with more than twice the total points as Shadyside, the Tigers got better as the match went along.
"When we played them down at our place, they were the three worst sets we have played all year," Shadyside head coach Joel Joseph said.
"The first set tonight, we started out flat. Then, I thought we played some good volleyball in the second and third sets. We were in spots to make plays. We played some real-good volleyball.
"We are starting to get better. We are playing good volleyball more frequently. We still have a long way to go. This is only our second season."
Individually for the Red Knights, Katie Spadafora finished with 10 points, 10 kills and five blocks; Amber Fuller recorded 25 points, six assists and three digs; and Miranda Robinson delivered six kills, five points, three assists and two digs.
Josey Jones scored 23 points, Chelsea Anderson added seven kills and four points and Emily Anderson ended up with seven points and four digs. Olivia Kosikowski collected one point, one dig and one block.
The Red Knights fast start in Game 1 came on the serve of Fuller. The Tigers got on the scoreboard after the Red Knights tallied the first nine points of the game and the match. Later, Toronto's lead grew to 11 points at 12-1 and at 16-5.
Toronto led by as many as 16 points, 23-7, in the game before winning the game by 15 points.
"As always, these young ladies were thinking of someone else; we have a young boy in our district who was diagnosed with leukemia," said Fletcher. "These ladies took it upon themselves to make and wear and orange ribbon with Noah's name in support and dedication for Noah and his family. These ladies show their class in and out of volleyball. I want to thank the pep band for supporting the program and for so many fans attending. It was a banner night all the way around."
The girls from Belmont County scored the first two points of the second game. It was the Tigers' biggest and only lead of the night.
The Red Knights scored the next six points forcing Joseph to call a timeout. The girls from Jefferson County extended their lead to 9-3.
For a moment, it appeared as if the hosts were going to run away with the second game just as they had the first, but the Tigers were able to regroup and the Tigers began to scratch and claw their way back into the game.
Shadyside closed to within two points at 16-14, but Toronto tallied the next four points to build a 20-14 advantage.
The Tigers scored a point to make it 22-17, but the Red Knights collected the final three points of the game to win Game 2 by eight points.
"Shadyside has shown improvement each game and each year," Fletcher said. "We have also improved."
The Red Knights took an early 3-0 lead in Game 3, but the Tigers fought back to cut their deficit to 9-8, however, they were never able to get over the hump.
"We are not at the point where we can worry about what the other team is doing," Joseph said. "We have to concentrate on what we are doing. We are not at that point yet.
"Maybe in four or five years we will be at the point where we can worry about what our opponent does, but we are not there yet."
Angelina McKeever had eight points and two kills and Kenzie Fielding five kills and four points for the Tigers.


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A fascinating and factfilled collection of the greatest and dumbest missteps of America's bloodiest conflict
For four years in the middle of the nineteenth century, brother fought brother on American soil. No American war ever had higher stakes than, or changed a nation as profoundly as, the terrible conflict between the Union and the Confederacy. A dark historical panorama populated by a remarkable cast of colorful characters, the War Between the States was indelibly marked by both brilliant military maneuvers and mind-boggling battlefield blunders that gravely threatened the continuation of the American Experiment.
With suitable irreverence, Bill Fawcett chronicles the unbelievably disastrous decisions made by both sides in this monumental clash, including:
The Second Battle of Bull Run, where Robert E. Lee looks smart beating a remarkably stupid general
How the Union's shortsighted Colonel James Ripley's bad decision arms the Confederate Army better than his own
Lincoln's roller-coaster search for competent commanders, a long-running dark comedy of tragic errors
A golden opportunity squandered: General Lee fails to exploit a vulnerable Union and capture Washington, D.C.
Pickett's disastrous charge and the many, many Confederate command failures at Gettysburg
Lincoln's contentious draft policy that nearly burns New York City to the ground
About the Author
Bill Fawcett is the author and editor of more than a dozen books, including You Did What?, It Seemed Like a Good Idea . . . , How to Lose a Battle, and You Said What? He lives in Illinois.


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Little Dragon and Nike
Little Dragon are live on the Nike Women Facebook page.
Every Thursday, Nike Women hosts "New Music Thursday" music to workout to: Nike Women gives away a free download
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NYU Steinhardt Graduate Student Wins Prizes for Videogame that Helps Children Learn Number Concepts
Apr 1, 2011
Dixie Ching, a doctoral student in New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, was part of a team that won both the Impact and Collegiate prizes in the inaugural National STEM Video Game Challenge. The two awards carry a total cash prize of $50,000.
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Research, Sponsored Awards, Faculty, Awards, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development | Press Release


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I'm looking at Secp 256K1 vs UProve's FIPS 186-3 or P-256 implementation. Is there any relationship between the curves such that I can consistently "map" or "project" values from one curve to another?
Is this a good idea? (What faults could crop up when doing so?)
My goal is to allow for two independent crypto systems based on ECDSA or subgroups to share the same keys via a conversion of some type