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I am doing a cycle tour of Japan starting from Fukuoka and ending in Tokyo. I will be flying with the bike and as my start and end points differ I will not have the opportunity to use a box (unless anyone has any ideas?). I will most likely use one of these bags and I have been told by the airline that nothing is necessary by way of packing the bike but I would naturally like to see my bike in one piece at the other end. The bike is a Specialized Tricross with disc brakes. Does anyone have any pointers as to the safest way to package something like this. I think I will definitely take the rear dérailleur off and wrap bubble wrap along the length of the bike to protect the wheels, pedals etc but other than that I'm not sure what lengths to go to. Does anybody have any experience or ideas?
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Hardcase, hardcase, hardcase!!!
Your bike is not going to fare well going most of half way around the world in nothing more than a plastic bag. Please believe me. Don't ruin your tour.
Some shops rent hard cases. Call around and see what you can find. Ask your friends. Ask local clubs. Look for a new or used one, buy it, and sell it when you're done. Ship the empty case to your endpoint.
For that matter, you'll probably be better off- both in terms of how the bike is treated and how much it costs you- if you pack the bike and ship it ahead of time. Just make arrangements with family/friends/local shop to receive it. Get it insured.
Whatever you do, don't ship your bike in a plastic bag. If you don't heed my warning, please post pics.
I flew from UK to USA with my bike in one of these http://www.wiggle.co.uk/dhb-elsted-wheeled-bike-bag/
As you can see it is much more padded than your option which, by the way, is a terrible idea.
My bag had padding around the front and back and the way it was packed meant that you could use the bike wheels as extra protection.
They still managed to completely destroy the rear mech.
My advice is to use a proper box http://www.wiggle.co.uk/b-w-bike-box/
or if you are to use a bag like mine do this:
*Pack as much clothes as you can through the frame.
*Place a helmet between the front forks
*Remove the rear mech and hangar that connects it and place a wooden block or spare hub between the rear frame stays. <<< dont even think about not doing this.
Travelling with a bag such as this has one unexpected advantage: you can get round weight restrictions on most airlines; they dont weigh the bag because it is 'outsized' so you can pretty much pack everything into it and have no other luggage!
I had a similar long-range trip. I was a member of a local bike group and asked them if they, as a part of our membership, owned and lent bike luggage to members. They said they didn't have any but that it was a good idea. Maybe other bike clubs around your town might have luggage that you could rent.
You might want to try bike shops and see if they have any shipping boxes. I get boxes from my LBS to ship eBay parts.
Have you explored shipping it to yourself or to your hotel or a friend? There is something scary about shipping a super expensive bike in a soft bag.
My advice would be not to do it. I don't think bubble wrap would help. I imagine a suit case sitting on spokes and it makes me cringe.
A Local Bike Shop will be able to disassemble your bike and properly pack it into one of the same cardboard boxes that brand new bikes get shipped to them in. When you reach your destination, another bike shop will be able to re-assemble it (if you aren't comfortable doing this yourself) and throw away the cardboard box. At the end of your ride, have another LBS disassemble it and pack it into another cardboard bike box to ship home. Expect to pay somewhere between $50 and $75 to have it packed and somewhere between $75 and $150 to have it reassembled by qualified mechanics.
Also, I recommend contacting all of the bike shops ahead of time to make sure they'll be able to work with your schedule.
Finally, I recommend having the bike shipped ahead and not bringing it with you to the airport. Airport baggage handler are much tougher on your luggage than UPS, also, if you ship it before you go, the shop can have it assembled by the time you get there.
Good luck, and enjoy your trip.


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The art of portraiture represents one of the Etruscans' most original and important contributions to western culture. Beginning in the seventh century B.C.E., representations of both anonymous and named men and women were crafted in variety of materials and styles, and placed in either funerary or religious contexts. By concentrating on the heads and chests of their subjects rather than on their body as a whole, Etruscan artists emphasized both physical differences and social identity, along with age and, sometimes, states of health. Thus, their likenesses became highly personalized, and a genre of art not previously articulated in the Classical world, was born.
Short bibliography and/or website on lecture topic:
Prag, A. J. N. W. 2002. "Seianti and Etruscan Portraiture." In Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa: The story of an Etruscan Noblewoman, edited by J. Swaddling and J. Prag, 59-66. London: The British Museum.
Small, J. P. 2008. "Looking at Etruscan Art in the Meadows Museum." In From the Temple and the Tomb: Etruscan Treasures from Tuscany, edited by P.W. Warden, 40-65. Dallas: Meadows Museum, SMU.
Steiner, A. 2008. "The Etruscans and the Greeks." In From the Temple and the Tomb: Etruscan Treasures from Tuscany, edited by P. G. Warden, 142-163. Dallas: Meadows Museum, SMU.
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Charlotte, N.C. - Behind two goals by Jennings Rex, a goal by Kyle Parker and a stout defensive effort, the 16th -ranked Charlotte 49ers (8-3-2, A-10: 2-1-1) blanked La Salle (8-3-2, A-10: 2-1), 3-0, at Transamerica Field.
"A wonderful team performance today," Charlotte coach Kevin Langan said. "We had a lot of shots on goal and scored three great goals. We limited a very good La Salle team to very few scoring chances. It was our third clean sheet in a row which gives me as much pleasure as scoring three goals."
The 49ers first goal came when Tyler Gibson blasted a shot from about 15 yards out off the cross bar. Rex corralled the ball and put it into the back of the net from about five yards out at the 44:40 mark of the match.
Then, Charlotte's second goal came off a great run down the right side of the field by Giuseppe Gentile who then crossed the ball across the mouth of the goal to Rex who put the ball into the back of the net at the 48:30 mark of the match. Rex's two goals were his second multiple goal scoring game of the season and his fourth multiple goal scoring game of his career. Rex leads the team with five goals. Rex's two goals in the game give him 15 for his career.
"Jennings has a knack for scoring goal," Langan said. "He has the ability to find the ball in the box and put it into the back of the net."
Charlotte's third goal came after the 49ers continued to put La Salle under tremendous pressure. The ball bounced around in the box, Owen Darby corralled the ball and headed it to Paker who put the ball into the back from 11 yards out at the 66:31 mark of the match. Parker's goal was the first of his career.
Charlotte finished the game with a 24-2 advantage in shots and a 13-1 advantage in shots on goal. Rex led the 49ers with six shots. Donnie Smith, Tyler Gibson and Thomas Allen tallied three shots apiece. Isaac Caughran and Dominic Bonilla added two shots apiece. Caughran had a great scoring chance in the 58th minute but his header was stopped at the last second by La Salle goalkeeper John McCarthy.
The 49ers defense behind the play of goalkeeper Klay Davis and defenders Allen, Anthony Perez, Biko Bradnock-Brennan, Aaron Weldon and Nick Barnhorst, David Mayer recorded their sixth shutout of the season and their third in a row.
Charlotte continues their four-game home stand when they play A-10 foe Massachusetts at Transamerica Field, Friday, October 19 at 7 pm.


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I can't get my head around this introductory theorem from Lang's Linear Algebra.
Let $V$ and $W$ be vector spaces and $\{ v_1,\cdots v_n\}$ be a basis of $V$ and $w_1,\cdots , w_n$ be arbitrary elements of $W$. Then there exists a unique mapping $T:V\rightarrow W$ such that $T(v_i) = w_i $ for all $i$ from $1$ to $n$.
Let $V$ and $W$ be $\mathbb{R}^3$ and $w_1, w_2 ,w_3$ be three collinear points, then how can we have a mapping which maps the basis to these three points? Or am I missing something?


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MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) -- Riley County police say residents at a Manhattan apartment complex that was the scene of a deadly arson are preparing to move back into their units after the completion of repairs and several of the tenants have reported that items were taken from their apartments.
The deadly fire broke out late on the night of Thursday, February 6, 2013 at the Lee Crest Apartments at 820 Sunset Avenue. Most of the occupants in the building, which is adjacent to K-State's campus, are university students.
Crews had extinguished the fire and were doing a search of the building when they found Pallem in medical distress, suffering from respiratory problems.
She was rushed to Mercy Regional Health Center where she died from smoke inhalation.
Pallem, a native of India, worked in the university's chemical engineering department and lived in an apartment on the top floor of the complex.
Three people have been arraigned on federal charges in connection with the case.
Repairs to the apartment building have been underway for weeks in the wake of the fire. Residents have been staying in hotels or with friends, the owner said.
On March 8, 2013, Sirui Zhao, a 23-year-old K-State student who lives at the complex, reported to Riley County police that an unknown suspect entered his apartment sometime between February 6th and March 6th and stole a 55" television and Xbox game system.
Then on March 14, 2013, Jessica Lay, 23, who lives in another apartment at Lee Crest reported to police that sometime between February 6th and March 13th, someone entered her unit and stole a 32" flat screen TV and several video games. Officials said there were no signs of forced entry.
Another resident and K-State student, Kristy Swart, 21, reported that a flat screen TV, Wii console and games, jewelry and an iPod were taken from her apartment totaling around $900.
Whitney Dunn, a 23-year-old K-State student and resident at the complex, reported that her flat screen TV, Xbox, Wii console, controllers and games and an iPod were stolen from her apartment totaling $900.
Mohammed Alrabia, 30, tells police that designer sunglasses and a calculator were taken from his apartment, totaling $1600.
Murtada Alsaif, a 19-year-old K-State student, says he suffered a $700 loss when he wallet, cash, bank card, cell phone, jacket and other miscellaneous items were snatched out of his apartment at Lee Crest.
The owner of the complex said the building was secured after the fire so he does not know when or how the burglaries occurred. The RCPD is investigating the break-ins.


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I was reading Derman's latest blog post on Vanna Volga pricing, which, according to the linked Wikipedia article, is used mostly for pricing exotic options on foreign exchange (FX). This Willmott thread claims most demand for exotics is by asset-liability, pensions, and insurance firms. But this does not explain why most of the trading in these products is in FX, as opposed to equities, bonds, etc. Why are these firms trading FX exotics, and, relatedly, why are they not trading exotics in other products? Is it just the liquidity of FX vs. other markets, or is there a good fundamental reason for exotics to exist in FX and not in other markets?
As I understand it, the currency derivatives are meant for customers to hedge actual exposure. A foreign distributor obviously has exchange-rate risk, but it's hard to say who actually has risk exposure to the S&P 500. (There's the effect of beta, of course, but it's pretty rare for someone to have tangible---not just CAPM---exposure to the S&P. Someone who holds the S&P does so intentionally.)
Fear not, though. There are a few OTC derivatives that are used in levered ETFs. Consider 3X Russell 2000 or Ultra NASDAQ 100, both of which list index swaps among their holdings.
Posting this question to a LinkedIn discussion group solicited the following additional answers:
I do have my own question on point #2, though. Aren't there relatively few highly liquid equity indices and fixed income futures? Why don't we see more S&P 500 or US 10Y Treasury exotics?
Update: I actually like #4, which just came in from LinkedIn, best so far. Basically, the real-world exposure of unsophisticated firms is complicated, and so they offload the complex hedging to a sophisticated counterparty. This, combined with @chrisaycock's answer, completely answers the question to my satisfaction.


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I think it's a very good digital piece, dude. The only thing I can say is the lines are a bit sketchy, but the colouring and lighting seems fine to me. If you just keep on doing stuff, I'm sure you'll not doubt your own skills as much. And if you're unsure about what you're doing with digital stuff, there's loads of good tutorials on Photoshop and whatnot on YouTube, or maybe I'm reading that wrong.
I have the shakiest hand, and digital work is like, "Hey, bro. Lemme just magnify that for ya. Theeeere ya go, doesn't that look, uh, better?" I'm getting better with it than I was when I messed around with it years ago, doing doodles and stuff, but maaaaan they're shaky.
The color might just be looking at the contrast between the Korvaan icon I did (I'm using now) and Xerant here, and how huge a difference they are. But the lighting is. . . Well, I don't know. Maybe it's the glow making it feel strange, but I feel like it's all over the place. I couldn't figure out how to fix it.
It's partly that I don't know what I'm doing. I've been messing around with CTRL-Paint's tutorials every once in a while, but I think it's more a conflict of interest, because I don't know what I want to do with digital stuff. I've seen highly photo-realistic things that would be crazy fun to do, and that super stylized and colorful things that look crazy fun to do. I don't know which one I want to head towards and try to achieve years and years down the line. It's like I'm learning to draw all over again (though some may argue I'm still learning how to draw, and I agree, so it's like it's being multiplied. Heh.).


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Dredging Wobegon.
In early December a judge ordered the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to release its list of priests credibly accused of sexual abuse. Plaintiffs' attorneys received the names in a 2009 lawsuit, but the court sealed the list. The archdiocese long fought its release, but reversed course after Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) reported that for years bishops had failed to inform police about a priest who had admitted to molesting boys. Archbishop John Nienstedt made the list public on December 5. It included the names of thirty-three men. But last week MPR reported that the actual number of accused priests was seventy. "Some of the...men remain in ministry," according to MPR. "Others are long dead." They worked in nearly every parish in the archdiocese.
(The same judge also ordered the archdiocese to release the names of all priests accused of abuse--not just those "credibly accused"--by February 18. The archdiocese appealed the order on that date, and has until February 26 to provide answers to a judge's questions.)
The archdiocese disputes MPR's account. In a statement released the day after MPR published its report online, the archdiocese claimed that "the twenty-eight clergy members identified by MPR have not been publicly disclosed by the archdiocese because they do not, to date, constitute substantiated claims of sexual abuse of a minor." The statement continued: "At least sixteen of the twenty-eight clergy members identified by MPR were the subject of false, meritless or unsubstantiated accusations against them."
What about the other twelve? "Over ten" of them, the archdiocese claims, "are not from our archdiocese and the allegations against them concern alleged conduct that occurred outside of this archdiocese." Still, they worked in the Twin Cities. According to the statement, such priests "are subject to the authority of other orders and dioceses and...the archdiocese does not have sufficient information or even jurisdiction to determine whether those foreign claims are credible or have been substantiated."
The list of the thirty-three released by the archdiocese was originally compiled by then-Vicar General Fr. Kevin McDonough in response to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' first sexual-abuse audit. So why did MPR find more than double that figure? The archdiocese, it turns out, had more than one list. "There were handwritten lists and e-mailed lists and memos about lists stored on computers and in filing cabinets at the chancery," according to MPR. Perhaps that's why in 2004 the archdiocese publicly acknowledged that it had received sixty-nine allegations over the previous fifty years, but two years later an internal memo obtained by MPR listed one hundred eighty victims. Obviously the record-keeping was a mess.
Apparently not all of it was accidental.
Jennifer Haselberger, Nienstedt's former top canonical adviser (he hired her in 2008; she resigned in protest last year), told MPR that church officials stopped keeping lists of accused priests because they worried the information would be discovered in lawsuits. She said McDonough was particularly concerned that victims' attorney Jeff Anderson would get hold of them. But in January 2013 McDonough denied that the archdiocese even had such lists: "We don't maintain lists," he told MPR. "We don't have a list anywhere."
That's a bizarre assertion because McDonough has publicly discussed the number of accused priests. In 2002, MPR points out, he told the Pioneer Press that over the past half-century fifteen archdiocesan priests had been credibly accused. And in 2004 the archdiocese acknowledged the thirty-three accused clerics. But in 2010 McDonough revised the total down. "There are about two dozen names of priests who've been credibly accused in the last sixty years of sexual abuse," he told MPR. (The archdiocese itself now acknowledges its "various lists.")
You might think that when your boss is in charge of the U.S. bishops' committee on sexual-abuse--as Archbishop Harry Flynn was in the early days of the scandal--and he's tasked you with handling allegations of molestation by priests, you'd make sure all your I's were dotted and T's crossed. But McDonough seems to have been strangely forgetful. In 2005, he wrote to Flynn about Fr. Kenneth LaVan: "It embarrasses me to acknowledge once again a lapse of memory on my own part. Although I had dealt with LaVan for many years about his boundary violations with adult females, I had forgotten that there were two allegations in the late 1980s concerning sexual involvement with teen-aged girls."
Five years later, when McDonough was the archdiocese's "delegate for safe environment," he wrote to a pastor and a deacon about two abusive priests in order to help them inform their parishioners of the crimes. "Fr. Clinton came to speak with me just after Easter about the tragic child abuse committed several decades ago," McDonough wrote. His letter was dated September 17, 2010. "I apologize for the long delay." McDonough informed the pastor and deacon that Fr. Louis Heitzer's "offenses against young people were cut short by his death at the age of fifty-five in 1969."
As part of her role as chancellor of canonical affairs, Haselberger went through the archdiocese's priest personnel files. She was shocked by what she found--both the haphazard record-keeping and the contents of the files. So she tried to persuade the archdiocese to start using tracking software called CaseMaster Complaint, a program used by several dioceses, but failed. As MPR reports, "lawyers and top chancery officials rejected the plan because they worried who would gain access to the sensitive information."
Her knowledge of those files also led her to object to a July 2012 statement claiming "no priests credibly accused of misconduct are currently in ministry in this archdiocese."
"I don't see how we can say that no priests credibly accused of misconduct serve in the archdiocese, even as background," she wrote to archdiocesan counsel, the vicar general, and communications staff. "That is simply not true." The lawyer replied curtly: "Your objection is duly noted for the record. We go with the statement, as we've done on multiple, earlier occasions, which [Vicar General Peter] Laird has approved." Three of the five people copied on the exchange remain in the archdiocese's communications shop.
In its most recent statement, the archdiocese explains how it determines whether an abuse allegation is "credible" or "substantiated."
Following the report made to appropriate law enforcement, the first step in our internal evaluation is to determine whether the claim is credible. A credible claim is one that is not manifestly false or frivolous. In other words, it is not blatantly false. Separate from our internal evaluation process, any claim whether credible or not, is immediately reported to police.
If the archdiocese determines that a credible claim exists, the archdiocese opens an investigation to determine whether a claim is substantiated. A substantiated claim is one for which sufficient evidence exists to establish reasonable grounds to believe that the alleged abuse occurred.
But how did the archdiocese go about categorizing the allegations? "As the legal stakes climbed," MPR reports, "McDonough demanded evidence that was nearly impossible to obtain. In one 2006 case, he rejected allegations from a man who couldn't produce copies of his medical records from the 1960s." In another case, MPR spoke with an alleged victim who claims a priest named Gerald Grieman molested him when he was a boy. When he contacted the archdiocese's victims' advocate in '06, he says, she asked him to turn over his psychological records. He wouldn't, and the archdiocese decided his claim was not credible, according to the accuser.
Was it the policy of the archdiocese to ask alleged victims for their medical and psychological records right off the bat--and why? The archdiocese did not respond to my request for comment.
Do other dioceses operate that way? "We don't do that here," according to John C. O'Malley, director of legal services for the Archdiocese of Chicago. Neither does the Archdiocese of New York: "We do not request victims/survivors to turn over their psychological records," Communications Director Joseph Zwilling told me. "At no point do we ask an alleged victim or a victim for their medical or psychological records," said Stefanie Gutierrez, press secretary for the Diocese of Brooklyn.
In June 2010, Nienstedt wrote to Bishop Robert Brom, then of San Diego, at Grieman's request, informing him that Grieman was a priest in good standing. Nienstedt acknowledged the allegation and said that civil authorities declined to prosecute, that an internal investigation found no substantiating evidence, and that the case was referred to the review board, "who saw no reason to restrict" Grieman's ministry. Haselberger told MPR that the case was not referred to the review board.
The archdiocese now claims that "allegations against Father Gerald Grieman, now retired, were reported to the New Brighton Police Department and determined to be without merit." It's true that the archdiocese notified authorities, but it's not quite right to say the allegations were determined to be meritless.
After the police were initially notified in 2006, they never contacted the claimaint because, according to the police repport, they had "no way to contact him." In 2013 the man brought his allegation to the police in person, and composed a detailed statement of his claims. But about ten days later the New Brighton Police referred the case to the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office "due to an internal conflict with this agency." That conflict was not specificed in the report. Ramsey County declined to prosecute. It's not clear why. The criminal statute of limitations is nine years after the offense or three years after the offense is reported to law enforcement authorities, whichever is later. Since the alleged crime was first reported to the police in 2006, prosecutors may have thought their hands were tied. If so, that doesn't mean the allegations were "without merit."
And apparently Ramsey County has had second thoughts because it has re-opened the case.
But at this point, even though MPR has turned up documents the police have not seen, local civil authorities remain reluctant to seek search warrants or to subpoena the archdiocese's files. I asked Howie Padilla, a spokesman for the St. Paul Police, whether MPR's reporting changed the police chief's view that a search warrant was unnecessary. He referred me to a January interview in which the chief explained his position. "His answer to this remains the same," Padilla said. (The Ramsey County Attorney's office did not reply to my requests for comment.)
Of course that may change. Yesterday MPR ran a disturbing piece on the mother of Fr. Curtis Wehmeyer's victims (yes, even though he has admitted to abusing kids, he has not yet been laicized), along with another story revealing that the archdiocese knew that one of its priests had searched online for the terms "free naked boy pictures," "blond boys sucking pics," and "preteen." The county prosecutor chose not to file charges against the priest because it said it lacked evidence that his computer contained child pornography. Whether the archdiocese will be charged with failing to report remains to be seen--the chancery is in another county. But it's clear from MPR's reporting that Nienstedt himself wasn't sure whether the pornographic images on that priest's computer depicted minors.
Both of those articles feature secret recordings of Nienstedt. You can bet MPR is nowhere near finished with him.
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Grant, I have zero tolerance for priests who commit these crimes or bishops and other officials who protect them, but your piece does raise at least one interesting question, it seems to me. If a priest is reported to the appropriate authorities, police and prosecutors, and they for whatever reason determine they can't or won't prosecute, and I guess we'd have to assume that the priest in question had denied the allegations, at what point does the bishop say "that's good enough for me" and restore the priest to good standing? I think most people assume that if the police investigate and the DA decides there isn't enough there to prosecute, in our system, the person is presumed innocent. Saying the allegations were determined "meritless" may not be exactly the samething,but the intent isfairly clear,it seems to me. There have been so many instances where bishops did not do the right thing in this regard but in this one it seems at least with respect to reporting allegations to the proper authorities, the right thing was in fact done.
Grant, thanks for this excellent reporting.
Jim D, you're thinking along the same lines I am. FWIW, here are my views regarding criminal law enforcement and internal church enforcement:
- Criminal law and church law are complementary spheres
- A sex abuse violation would be a violation in both spheres, and the miscreant should be prosecuted in both spheres
- Officials in either or both spheres are capable of dropping the ball. Criminal-law prosecutions are not always going to be the "magic bullet" that will make up for shortcomings in the prosecution of church law
- Because criminal law and church law are not the same, we should not always expect the same outcome in both spheres for a given violation. For example, whereas the statute of limitations, or inability to meet evidentiary thresholds, may constrain civil authorities from prosecuting, there is no statute of limitations under the Dallas Charter, and its evidentiary thresholds can be quite different. Bottom line: the absence of a prosecution or a conviction in the civil sphere doesn't take church officials off the hook; they must still work through the processes called for in the Dallas Charter when an accusation is made
- As citizens and as members of the Body of Christ, we must hold officials in both the civil and ecclesial spheres accountable for their respective duties to justice. If police or prosecutors drop the ball, we must hold them accountable. If church officials drop the ball, we must hold them accountable. We must insist that officials do what they are supposed to do in both spheres
Just my views.
Jim P.
I would say I generally agree with the concept that criminal and church law are independent, and could have different outcomes, but I'm not sure it is quite so clearcut in reality. I guess its one thing if the prosecution is dropped because of statute of limitations problems, but if its dropped for lack of evidence, that would certainly give me pause to question how much I actually could or should do as a bishop. After all, presumably the police and prosecutors are trained in this kind of thing.
Pope Francis thorniest problem will be dealing with these kind of prelates. Will he write letters recommending "retiring" or deal with it up front wiht public dismissal (unlikely!). He doubt that he wouldt live long enough to create all his own as JPII and Benedict together did,and the Church shuld not -cannot-- wait if his credibility and first year's magnetism is to yield some real change.
In criminal law, the standard for conviction is "beyond a reasonable doubt." There are also prescribed procedures for selecting jurors and for challenging any who may have preconceived notions about the case or ties of kinship, friendship, or common interest with either prosecution or defense. Those safeguards may not always be foolproof, but they are clearly spelled out and known to all.
What are the comparable provisions, if any, by which a diocese proceeds in these cases? In particular, would the Church remove a priest from mininstry on evidence it finds persuasive, even if the state declines to prosecute or fails to obtain a conviction? And is there any effort to assure that the people making the decisions will be truly independent and unbiased?
Regarding the keeping of lists of offenders:
I don't find it surprising that there are multiple versions of lists floating around. This is common in any large organization, or even small organization, particularly for issues that evolve over a long period of time and for which there are many different hands involved. Thus, I could see that HR might compile a list for its purposes, Legal might compile a list for its purposes, and Finance might compile a list for its purposes, and the three lists might not be identical, because they have different purposes.
On the other hand: my own experience in risk management (not for a diocese, and not for this type of liabililty) makes it difficult for me to believe that those charged with financial and risk management within the diocese haven't kept a comprehensive listing of each reported offense, together with an estimated liability. I'd think the diocese would have difficulty purchasing professional liability insurance without such a list.
It's interesting that the diocese would intentionally avoid compiling a comprehensive list as a litigation-avoidance technique. Of course, the lack of a single source of truth not only hamstrings plaintiffs' attorneys, but also potentially makes it more difficult for God's people to be fully informed. Still, even a diocese that genuinely wants to be transparent about this issue might pause at opening itself up to legal liability.
It's also interesting that the judge wants even the names of non-credibly accused clergy released. Had the diocese adequately demonstrated that its processes for determining the credibility of accusations are trustworthy, the diocese might have moral standing to object that releasing the names of those who are not credibly accused would needlessly smear the reputations of clergy who, to the dioceses' knowledge, have done nothing wrong. I am not certain the diocese is completely in the wrong to resist the judge's order.
The diocese's objections about releasing the names or religious order and non-incardinated clergy may be more problematic. Regardless of who the clergy "belongs to", the victim surely belongs to the diocese. Nor is a diocese completely void of responsibility for religious order and non-incardinated clergy that are serving in a diocesan institution like a parish or school.
Amazing how some are presuming here that because the police decide not to prosecute there is no evidence or no case. One of the distinctive differences nowadays about clergy transgressions is that some prosecutors are willing to proceed with cases against criminal priests. Prior to the pedophilia era police would refer matters to the Archbishop or Pastor who would maintain the "avoidance of scandal." We know that many prosecutions are discretionary or discriminatory. Which benefit the rich and privileged clergy.
Note also how the Archbishop lied and covered up. Does one do that when one has nothing to hide. We have to be more sophisticated about these things. As Jim P writes: "
- As citizens and as members of the Body of Christ, we must hold officials in both the civil and ecclesial spheres accountable for their respective duties to justice. If police or prosecutors drop the ball, we must hold them accountable. If church officials drop the ball, we must hold them accountable. We must insist that officials do what they are supposed to do in both spheres"
Following up on John Prior's questions: What is the process by which a Bishop would be involved in the inquiy and the decision-making? Is hewhat in secular law we would call a Finder of Fact? Does he directly examine an accused, perhaps after some preliminary investigations by his staff? Who has the burden of proof? What protections does the accused have? May he decline to answer questions, either directly from the Bishop or from the Bishop's subordinate staff at earlier stages? Is there a vow of obedience that matters in such cases? Is there a bright line between such inquiries and the priest-penitent reltionship of Reconcilation? Areter sysemtic differece sin tese rgards btween diocesan priess an members of a religious order?
I apologize if all the Catholics in the dscussion alreay know the answers.
Mark L.
I wonder what happens in the secular world when an employee of a publoc company is accussed of this and for some reason the case doesn't go to trial. Do they keep that person on, realizing that he may still actually be guilty of the acused crime, do they limit his job duties, do they (can they) suspend him, fire him?
Are you all saying you've never seen someone fired for misconduct just because there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute them, even with respect to behavior that was job related? (You would likely act differently for alleged criminal misconduct that was not job related.) Do you wait for a criminal conviction before you would fire someone you thought was stealing from the company till?
You might convene an inquiry by a neutral into the situation, but I doubt you would require proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Probably more like clear and convincing evidence.
The failure of reporting has clouded an essential fact in a lot of these cases: the failure to remove people from official duties that involved interaction with children. Not reporting was bad; not reporting them and letting them continue to serve among children was reprehensible. So if someone is not prosecuted or is acquitted, you might still prohibit them from serving among children if you decided that it was more likely than not they had done what they were accused of. You would do that because being wrong in that situation risks irreparable harm, you can find a different position for most people, and a demotion isn't the same thing as threatening someone with jail time.
No, that's my point, I guess ... that I don't think most secular businesses wouldn't tolerate employees that were possible pedophiles. I got groped once in an elevator by a doc when I was working at a clinic and though it wasn't a crime, the administrators terminated his work there.
What Barbara wrote.
John P and Mark L - The answers to at least some of your questions are contained in the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. It's not a very long read. I am not an expert in this area, but my understanding is that the answers to your questions are fairly complicated. Here are some factors:
- Each diocese is to establish policies and procedures for investigating allegations, but few specifics are prescribed by the national conference. I can tell you that in my diocese (Chicago), there is an office whose job is to investigate allegations, and to coordinate closely with the independent review board in making recommendations to the cardinal.
- Whatever procedures the diocese puts in place must harmonize with canon law
- The Holy See, rather than the diocesan bishop, has jurisdiction over the disposition of clergy for whom there is evidence that sexual abuse took place, so after the investigation, if the evidence warrants it, the bishop must remove the cleric from ministry and then hand off the case to Rome
Here is what the Essential Norms for Diocesan/ Eparchial Policies Dealing with Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Priests or Deacons stipulate (the Essential Norms have the force of church law so all dioceses must comply with them):
6. When an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor by a priest or deacon is received, a preliminary investigation in accordance with canon law will be initiated and conducted promptly and objectively (CIC, c. 1717; CCEO, c. 1468). During the investigation the accused enjoys the presumption of innocence, and all appropriate steps shall be taken to protect his reputation. The accused will be encouraged to retain the assistance of civil and canonical counsel and will be promptly notified of the results of the investigation. When there is sufficient evidence that sexual abuse of a minor has occurred, the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith shall be notified. The bishop/eparch shall then apply the precautionary measures mentioned in CIC, canon 1722, or CCEO, canon 1473—i.e., withdraw the accused from exercising the sacred ministry or any ecclesiastical office or function, impose or prohibit residence in a given place or territory, and prohibit public participation in the Most Holy Eucharist pending the outcome of the process.4
The same judge also ordered the archdiocese to release the names of all priests accused of abuse--not just those "credibly accused"--by February 18.
That's what happens when you distort the definition of "credible". Now all the priests will see their name published as though they were possibly abusers, even the ones against which the accusation received was blatantly not credible. Once again the misplaced attempt to protect them has backfired.
Thank you, Jim Pauwels.
Granting that I am not, and was not educated and trained to be a bishop, still - confronted with decision-making that would affect both the charged and the injured parties (and possibly furure innocents), and also the welfare of my assigned diocese - I would be inclined to directy ask an accused child molester to explain himself. As the jury and judge in a secular process would do, or as may father would have done when I was suspected of some misdemeanor. Not in search of a confession (legal sense), butto make a judgment about reliability and potential status to remaiin good standing with the community. I do not recall having read anywhere whether this was universal, ordinary, or infrequent.
Mark L.
Refusing to turn over names of accused priests, leaves it to in house investigation and a settlement outside of criminal jurisdiction, thereby preventing possible conviction and being labeled a sex offender with the civil strictures that brings, thereby endangering others even if laicised.
jsk - according to the norms I referenced above, the church must turn over allegations of the sexual abuse of minors by clergy to civil authorities. Not doing so violates both civil and church law.
Mark - in the old days, I'd think it would have been normal for a credibly accused cleric to be, quite literally, called on the carpet. Whether it still happens as frequently today, I don't know, but I'd think it's not infrequent.
A personal relationship between a priest and his bishop could be problematic for justice. I suppose in the civil arena, a judge would recuse himself if he's a friend of the accused. There may be some wisdom in having cases handled by the Holy See rather than the bishop.
Maybe Grant can help us out with chapter and verse. But I wonder how this discussion took the turn to only concern itself with priests who were credibly charged. Hassenberger was quoted above as saying that the diocese was still harboring credibly accused priests. NCR in an editrorial released minutes ago made the point that many critics pounced on the UN report because it went beyond the pedophilia accusations. NCR points out that the Pope should not be deterred on that account from taking action against the continuing pedophilia coverup The editorial alluded to similar cases that Grant brought up in this thread. http://ncronline.org/news/accountability/francis-must-act-faster-abuse-i...
Thank you Grant for being so committed to getting information out about sexual abuse cover-ups in the church. You're thorough and you don't give up. Thank you!
Yes, I second what Claire says. God bless you. The children and the Church need journalists who are willing to speak out fairly.


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I saw and followed the instructions in this post, but the Hindi didn't work properly, both in case of keyboard app (layout settings) and ibus.
Here's the problem (people who know Hindi will be in position to answer it):
Suppose I want to write my name ie Udayan - it start with the उ (spelt as 'u') but when I press u for writing उ what appears is ु (my name appears ुदायान). Similar is the case with starting words with अ, इ, ई, ऊ but आ works ( eg. आसम for Asam). Using the matras however, works fine: ie say k+u = कु (where 'u' is the matra).
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This is similar to this question: How to change a custom query into a standard loop? - but I want to do this while writing a plugin, not writing a theme.
I need to be able to run a custom query (using regular old sql), and set the result as the post available for the loop. I am writing a plugin, so template tags, foreach loops, etc are not what I'm looking for. I just want to run my sql query, pick the correct row, and tell wordpress to use this as the post for the loop.
Here's what I've tried so far:
add_filter( 'pre_get_posts' , 'customQuery' );
function customQuery() {
global $wpdb;
$sql = "some sql here";
$safequery = $wpdb->prepare($sql);
$queryResults = $wpdb->get_results($safequery);
That works for retrieving my expected results. The variable
$queryResults holds the correct data. After that line, I've tried a couple of things, neither of which worked.
global $post;
$post = $queryResults[0]; //since it is an array, and I just need the first result
That didn't work. Or rather, if I do a
var_dump immediately after that line,
$post is what I expect, but it seems to be reset somewhere down the line as I get a 404 when the page actually renders.
I also tried:
global $post;
$post = $queryResults[0];
Same outcome. If I check the values of variables right away, I see what I expect. With the second example I even tried, just for fun, running things like
the_title(); which works (but doesn't help me because, again, I'm trying to write a plugin, not a theme). But when I let the page run through to rendering, I get a 404.
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MCGREGOR (February 1, 2013)--Augustine Cantu Jimenez will stay in the McLennan County Jail in lieu of $1 million bond after a motion to lower his bond was denied Friday morning.
Jimenez is held on a charge of murder in connection with a November 2012 incident outside a restaurant in McGregor that left Charles Darrell McKenzie, 49, of McGregor, dead from several stab wounds, McGregor police Chief Steve Foster said.
Judge Ralph Strother in 19th District Court heard the request Friday from Jimenez's lawyers but refused to lower the bond.
The McLennan County Grand Jury returned a murder indictment against Jimenez on Jan. 9.
Police officers arrived just after 12:10 a.m. on Nov. 10, 2012 at Doc's Saloon on Main Street to find McKenzie suffering stab wounds.
He was pronounced dead at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco.
Jimenez, whom police initially identified as Augustine Jimenez Gurrero, was arrested at the McGregor Police Department where he and an injured woman were found in the parking lot.
The woman, Paula Rios, had also been stabbed.
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How does sony win? A bunch of multi platform games? A new ad campaign for the existing PSP hardware? Getting a multi-platform game that used to suck on their system to not suck anymore?
Because I wasn't too interested in any of Nintendo games this year. While everyone is doing reskins all the time, Nintendo still stays the king of them. And I'm being absolutely unbiased without any nostalgia goggles here. While the new 3D DS sounded interesting, I haven't seen how it really looks like.


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I find Rush Limbaugh the most interesting. This guy is a real phenomenon. He must go out of his way to generate controversy. He called the Pope a Marxist Communist a couple of weeks ago, and that didn't even raise eyebrows. I think that's because most people have become desensitized somewhat to his controversial rhetoric due to the sheer volume of it. When Rush realizes that Jesus is a Liberal, I wonder if he's going to condemn Christianity as a Religio-Marxist cult or some such nonsense.
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Jesus is a Liberal? Jesus advocated forcibly taking money from people's pockets so that he could popular by helping the poor?? Jesus is a tea-party type conservative. He would leave the area of a march clean rather than a mess. He advocates voluntary donations to charitable organizations to help the poor. He advocates that you yourself help the poor and not sluff the responsibility off on a government bureaucrat. He never advocated big government. You might be referring to more of a classical liberal - but today's Liberals are not like Jesus - far from it when you really analyze the policies.
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Where do you get that Jesus is a Liberal?
Just because he upset the Judaic status quo does not mean he would back abortion and gay marriage.
Jesus is a compassionate conservative.
-Love the sinner, abhor the sin.
-Give alms anonymously (Everyone knows that Conservatives give more to charity than Liberals)
-Keep the commandments
-Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's
About the only claim Liberals have to Jesus' rhetoric is that of turning the other cheek, though that is only an anti-military stance among the Liberals, not put into practice in their personal lives. They are the FIRST to take offence and crucify someone for something they say or do that is not PC.....
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Jesus a liberal?
I just can't see Jesus ending the life of a baby because he didn't want to have to deal with it. And I don't remember Jesus ever forcibly taking money from one person to give to another, he taught voluntarily donations to the poor, which many studies show conservatives already do better.
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Maybe you should be censored. Rush Limbaugh did not say the Pope was a Marxist or a Communist. What Rush said was "This is just pure Marxism coming out of the mouth of the pope. Unfettered capitalism? That doesn't exist anywhere. Unfettered capitalism is a liberal socialist phrase to describe the United States. Unfettered, unregulated."
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Great comments from conservative respondents this morning, and as usual, they catch a leftist lying about what Limbaugh said on his show. Where do they come up with this stuff, and how embarrassing, because its so easily verified. If I had half a penny for every lie, and out of context statement libs have told about Rush, I could retire and take my whole family on vacation for the next decade.
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Jesus is a tea party conservative? I think you might be reading a different
Bible than the rest of the world. Luke 14:13, John 2:14,15, Matthew 19:23,
Matthew 6:24, Matthew 6:6,7, all of Matthew 5.
Did Jesus "conserve" the law that existed when he was born, or did he make drastic, liberal changes to the law? Jesus certainly would have been called liberal at his time, this is why the status quo rejected him. Jesus certainly recognized the difference between man's laws and God's laws, and did not try to change the laws of man so that they matched the laws of God (as many conservatives seem to want to do).
The way Jesus said we should treat the poor is not reflected in conservative politics.
The way Jesus said we should treat sinners is not reflected in conservative politics.
The way Jesus said we should treat our neighbor is not reflected in conservative politics.
Conservative politics most closely resembles those whom Jesus chastised most while he was on earth.
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And if Jesus was a liberal he would surely tell the leader of the liiberals "Though shall not bear false witness". It seem's that that leader does not know or recognize that commandment.
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Here's a radical idea: Jesus is neither a liberal or conservative, i.e., man's politics are not God's politics. What a ridiculous conversation to have on this thread.
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I don't think Jesus would qualify as being liberal or conservative by current standards. In matter of fact, I think both modern American conservatives and liberals would be in the crowd screaming "crucify him, crucify him!"
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Is Limbaugh still on the radio?
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You missed Rob Parker who was fired (or at least not renewed) from ESPN for his
comments about Robert Griffin III being a "cornball brother" and
questioning whether or not he was "down with the cause."
Tony Kornheiser was reprimanded for his comments about Hannah Storm's wardrobe ("She looks like she has sausage casing wrapping around her upper body").
Bob Griese was suspended for saying that Juan Pablo Montoya wass missing from NASCAR's top five drivers list because he was "out eating a taco".
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Free Market.
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I love how we mention one isolated incident for most of these people being reprimanded by their sponsors and networks. The reality is that the majority of these people listed have had a history of targeting and stating offensive comments about people with whom they don't agree with politically. The problem with our media is that we have forgotten how to discuss issues civilly, and we go for shock value to the point that we are so polarized on everything. If you disagree, just read the banter from the readers' comments.
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Ah, the joys of hearing the lamentations of the Right… ok… there was
one 'leftist' in the bunch… But I've not watched broadcast
TV regularly since the late 1960's when CBS cancelled the Smothers Brothers
Comedy Hour, due in part for they pointed satire/criticism of the Vietnam War,
Racism, and the President. (Ok… I did watch the last season of Star Trek:
The Geriatric Generation…)
As for 'What would Jesus say'… I'm sure that he would applaud the current incorporation of state 'recognized' churches, just as he approved of the combination of Church and State as found in first century Judaea… didn't he? Oh, wait… didn't he call that combination a 'brood of vipers'.
As far as I can tell, Jesus did not have a high regard for those with wealth, especially wealth combined with state power. A rather 'progressive' thought at the time if not 'liberal'.
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There is no shortage of "shock jocks" out there who make their living by purposely saying things that are ... well ... shocking. It does seem strange corporate sponsors turn a blind eye to their antics year after year and then all of sudden - whammo! My guess is that the social conscious of these corporations is directly tied to sales.
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It's worth keeping in mind that the First Amendment applies to government actions and has nothing to do with what private corporations or individuals can do when they don't like what someone says. Those who work for broadcast networks, newspapers and other forms of public communication will usually have either a contract or company rules that they agree to follow when they're hired. If they violate those, they can be terminated. Additionally, in most "at-will" states, the companies can fire anyone for just about any reason that doesn't conflict with public policy. Having a TV or radio show or a newspaper column does not give someone carte blanch to say or write anything that comes out of their head without consequences. That, in fact, is the bottom line. We're all free to say or write anything we'd like, but we have to be ready to accept any consequences that result from what we say.
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It is truly astounding to read the vitriol aimed at Rush Limbaugh, when it is
clearly evident that the critics do NOT listen to his show, or have the faintest
bit of evidence to back up their wild claims.
Maybe they SHOULD listen to Rush. They might learn something. Like the truth.
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In answer to the question of "Conservatives" in this forum . . . Yes,
Jesus is a Liberal.
And no, Jesus never said a thing about abortion.
And Rush Limbaugh did explicitly say . . . "This is just pure Marxism coming out of the mouth of the pope . . ."
According to Rush, the words of the pope are Marxist. And who else other than Marxists embrace the ideology of Marxism?
Yes, Rush Limbaugh, showed his anti-Christian true colors when fundamentally he called the pope a Marxist, although he did not use those exact words.
Facts are facts.
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Excuse me self-described Conservatives
When Rush said the Pope's words are "just pure Marxism," he was essentially calling the Pope a Marxists Communist.
Who, other than a Marxist Communist, would speak in terms of "pure Marxism?"
Limbaugh apologists are always ready to misrepresent the facts, and it makes them look as disingenuous as they really are.
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Missing from the list: Guns & Ammo Magazine columnist Dick Metcalf, who dared to suggest that a little bit of gun regulation might be OK.
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With both teams coming off a week long layoff, the Diamond and Seneca girls basketball teams were back in action in a regular season game on Monday at Seneca High School.
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First post here, this is not related to Sencha directly, but as far as i tested, Sencha suffers this same issue too.
Don't know if someone already saw this bug. Note that this only happens with Android 4.x stock browser. It has been tested successfully with Chrome on Android 4, stock browser on previous versions, iOS, Blackberry OS6 & 7, Playbook, ...
Look at http://www.hello-gurus.com/labs/sandbox/plain-form.html It works fine in the simulator (seehttp://cl.ly/image/1z3G1T2y2p2c) but goes totally wrong on the latest GalaxyTag (seehttp://cl.ly/image/1O123A3d0y3q)
Normal behavior should be text staying on the right. A padding on the left keeps the text to overlap with label. Input is 100% width so active zone is on the entire width. That's how it works on every other browser, where Android stock one aligns it on the left only when focus! Plus, it makes the disappear even if the input has a transparent background :S Even worse, sometimes its value get empty on blur x_X
This is getting me insane! Any solution or anything i may give a try?
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California Budget Hurt by Facebook's Stock-Price Slump
Facebook Inc. FB -0.85 % 's disappointing IPO has claimed another victim: California's budget.
Aides to Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown last week lowered their estimate of how much revenue the state will get from Facebook's initial public offering by nearly one-third, to $1.3 billion in the three years ending in June 2014, down from $1.9 billion.
The change, included in Mr. Brown's proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, resulted from "lower than expected share prices" after Facebook's May IPO, which occurred just weeks after the state had issued its earlier estimate.
Facebook didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Its share price has fallen 21% to $29.85 since it made its debut at $38 a share.
According to the budget document, the state projected three sources of tax revenue tied to the share offering: stock sales by early investors, vesting of restricted stock after the offering, and the exercise of some stock options, beginning at the time of the IPO.
But Facebook's lower share price means those transactions are generating less income that can be taxed.
Restrictions on sales by Facebook insiders began to lapse in October 2012. At the time, Facebook shares traded at $23.21, compared with the state's earlier estimate of $35, according to H.D. Palmer, a spokesman for the state Finance Department.
As a result, he said, the state now expects $581 million in taxes from vesting of restricted stock, compared with an earlier estimate of $891 million.
Restricted stock is taxed based on the value of the shares when they vest. "The stock price fell fairly significantly from when they made the first estimate," said Steve Levy, an economist who studies the California economy and budget.
Mr. Levy said the estimate could rise again when the governor releases a revised budget in May because of a recent uptick in Facebook shares.
IPOs play a significant role in California's finances because the state receives a disproportionate amount of revenue from income taxes on high-income earners, including taxes on capital gains that are taxed at the same rate as wages.
Still, the Facebook IPO is expected to have a relatively small impact on the budget as a whole. In the three fiscal years ending in June 2014, the state expects revenue of $281 billion.
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