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Monterey County sheriff's son arrested in connection to burglaryUPDATED 8:03 PM PST Jan 21, 2014
Monterey County Sheriff Scott Miller's house in Pacific Grove was searched and his 27-year-old son was led away in handcuffs.Video Transcript
ON THE CRIME WATCH AND FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO YEARS.. THE PACIFIC GROVE PROPERTY OF MONTEREY COUNTY SHERIFF SCOTT MILLER WAS RAIDED. AND ONCE AGAIN THE TARGET WAS THE SHERIFF'S SON, JACOB MILLER.. ACTION NEWS REPORTER FELIX CORTEZ IS LIVE IN PACIFIC GROVE WITH TONIGHT'S TOP STORY.### DAN.. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS DRUGS.. NOW IT'S BURGLARY CHARGES THE YOUNGER MILLER IS FACING.. a rash of burglaries lead to the arrest of jacob miller at the pacific grove home of his father, monterey county sheriff scott miller.. the younger miller accused of several burglaries at the asilomar conference grounds.. 19:18 we were able to uncover some evidence that lead us to believe the suspect was a local and possibly Jacob miller :28 park rangers not saying what evidence they have that leads them to believe miller carried out the burglaries.. But they say the police and probation officers found the stolen goods in miller's apartment which is just behind the sheriff's home.. 19:53 they called us around 11 oclock :57 to see if what was in the residence matched any of the property that were stolen from asilomar :04.. :06 we found some property that matches what was taken here :09 police hauled away at least half a dozen bags of evidence.. park rangers say miller stole ipads, iphones and other electronics from guest rooms at the asilomar grounds.. miller was already on probation after being arrested two years ago at the same place.. that time deputies raided the sheriff's pacific grover property and charged jacob miller with selling meth out of his father's apartment unit. 19:34 on that information we talked to the probation department let them know our suspicion :37 and based on the information we gave them they went out to the residence today and did a probation search of his house :47 THE PARK RANGER I SPOKE WITH SAID HE'S NOT RULING OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOME STOLEN ITEMS WERE RECOVERED FROM JACOB MILLER'S APARTMENT.. THAT MAY BE information we gave them they went out to the residence today and did a probation search of his house :47 THE PARK RANGER I SPOKE WITH SAID HE'S NOT RULING OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOME STOLEN ITEMS WERE RECOVERED FROM JACOB MILLER'S APARTMENT.. THAT MAY BE CONNECTED TO OTHER BURGLARIES.. DAN/ERIN.### AS OF THIS AFTERNOON SHERIFF SCOTT MILLER SAID HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHY POLICE WERE AT HIS HOME OR WHY HIS SON WAS BEING ARRESTED. BUT HE ADDED HIS SON WILL GO THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE FACING SIMILAR CHARGES.###
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12th Ave and E James Court, 98122
The project was allocated $500,000 from the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy, Opportunity Fund.
The park project was allocated $490,000 funding from the Pro Parks Levy, Opportunity Fund.
Seattle Parks Foundation awarded the project $70,000.00.
Planning: Spring 2010 � Spring 2011
Design: Spring 2011 � Summer 2014
Construction: Spring 2015 – Summer 2015
Completion: Fall 2015
Park Development Project
Parks has been working with the community to develop a preferred schematic design for the 12th and James site. The park project was put on hold until project recommendations for the Opportunity Fund projects were announced.
These two projects will be built together in order to economize on construction costs and to minimize continued disturbance to the surrounding neighborhood.
This project was selected for the first round of Parks and Green Spaces Levy Opportunity Funding. The application received in this community-initiated process is a preliminary concept and the final design may be constrained by the project budget. All projects will go through Park's public involvement procedure which includes public meetings and community input. They will also go through an internal Parks process to ensure the most effective implementation.
The 12th Ave Neighborhood Plan calls for developing 12 Ave into the �main street� of the urban village. The James Ct woonerf, abutting 12th Ave, would help provide the kind of environment envisioned in the Neighborhood Plan.
The Opportunity Fund proposal envisioned the development of a woonerf along James Ct spanning between the 12th Ave Park to the south and the new Seattle University and Seneca group development to the north. A woonerf is a street where pedestrians and cyclists have legal priority over motorists. The techniques of shared spaces, traffic calming, and low speed limits are intended to improve pedestrian, bicycle, and automobile safety.
In 2008, Seattle Parks hired Hewitt Architects to begin initial design development of the park site at 12th and James Ct. Several public meetings were held and a preferred schematic design developed. The design development for the park project was put on hold while awaiting the outcome of the Parks and Green Spaces Levy Opportunity Fund project selection.
Hewitt is also the designer for the Seneca development and will remain on as consultant for the woonerf project. The park project and the woonerf project will go through design development, construction documents and construction simultaneously.
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Meeting notes and draft schematic designs for the park can be downloaded below.
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Local trivia buff Serge loves inflicting pain. Drug-addled Coleman, his partner in crime, loves cartoons. Hot stripper Sharon Rhodes loves cocaine, especially when purchased with righ dead men's money.
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10.1 Megapixel Digital Camera
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10.1 Megapixel Digital Camera
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- Camera Type Super Zoom
- Series ZS
- Model Year 2009
IntelligentAutoModeFace Recognition (Still)Optical Image Stabilizer (Still & Movie)Intelligent ISO Control (Still & Movie)Face Detection (Still)Intelligent Scene Selector (Still - Portrait, Scenery, Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Macro; Movie -
Effective Pixels10.1 Megapixels
- Aperture F3.3 - 4.9 / Iris Diaphragm (F3.3 - 6.3 (W) / F4.9 - 6.3 (T))
Optical Zoom12x
- Image Sensor 1/2.33-inch / 12.7 Total Megapixels / Primary Color Filter
- Image Sensor Size 1/2.33-inch
- Extra Optical Zoom 14.3x (4:3 / 7M), 17.1x (4:3 / 5M), 21.4x (under 3M)
Focal Lengthf=4.1-49.2mm (25-300mm in 35mm equiv.)
- Lens LEICA DC VARIO-ELMAR10 elements in 8 groups(2 Aspherical Lenses / 3 Aspherical surfaces, 2 ED lens)
- 2-Speed Zoom Yes
Optical Image StabilizerMEGA O.I.S. (Auto/Mode1/ Mode2)
Digital Zoom4x( Max. 48.0 x combined with Optical Zoom without Extra Optical Zoom )(Max.85.5x combined with Extra Optical Zoom)
- Focusing Area Normal: Wide 50cm/ Tele 200cm - infinityMacro / Intelligent AUTO / Clipboard : Wide 3cm / Max 200cm / Tele 100cm - infinity
- Conversion Lens Compatibility No
- Focus Range Display Yes
- AF Metering Face / AF Tracking / Multi (11pt) / 1pt HS / 1pt / Spot
- Focus Normal / Macro, Continuous AF (On / Off), AF Tracking (On / Off), Quick AF (On / Off)
AF Assist LampYes
ISO SensitivityAuto / 80 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200 (High Sensitivity Mode : Auto(1600 - 6400) )
White BalanceAuto / Daylight / Cloudy / Shade / Halogen / White Set (Selectable at Portrait, Soft Skin, Transform, Self-Portrait, Sports, Baby, Pet, High Sensitivity, Highspeed Burst, Photo Frame mode)
Exposure Program AE
Exposure Compensation1/3 EV Step, ± 2 EV
BacklightCompensation Yes (only in Intelligent AUTO mode)
Auto Bracketing( AE) +/- 1/3 EV ˜ 1EV step, 3 frames
Light Metering
Multiple /
Center-weighted/ Spot
- Dedicated Button/Mode Switch [Recording] / [Playback]
- Shooting Mode (Mode Dial)/Rec. Mode Intelligent AUTO, Normal Picture, MySCN, SCN, Motion Picture
- Scene Modes Portrait, Soft Skin, Self-Portrait, Scenery, Sports, Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Food, Party, Candle Light, Baby1, Baby2, Pet, Sunset, High sensitivity, Hi-Speed Burst, Starry Sky, Fireworks, Beach, Snow, Aerial Photo
- Movie Scene Mode Portrait, Soft Skin, Transform, Self-Portrait, Scenery, Low Light, Food, Party, Candle Light, Sunset, High Sensitivity, Beach & Surf, Snow, Aerial, Pinhole, Film Grain, Underwater
ShutterSpeed/Shutter System 8-1/2000 sec Starry Sky Mode : 15, 30, 60sec.
Self Timer2sec / 10sec
- Auto Review 1sec, 2sec, Zoom, Hold
- Review Yes
- Picture Adjustment No
- Color Effect Mode No
- Color Mode Standard, Natural, Vivid, Black & White, Sepia, Cool, Warm
- Recording Format Still Image: JPEG (DCF / Exif2.21)Motion picture: QuickTime Motion JPEG
- Image Quality Fine/Standard
- 4:3 Aspect Ratio (Still Image) 3648 x 2736 (10M) / 3072 x 2304 (7M EZ) / 2560 x 1920 (5M EZ) /2048 x 1536 (3M EZ) / 1600 x 1200 (2M EZ) / 640 x 480 (0.3M EZ)
- 3:2 Aspect Ratio (Still Image) 3776 x 2520 (9.5M) / 3168x2112 (6.5M EZ¿/ 2656x1768 (4.5M EZ) / 2112x1408 (3M EZ) / 2048 x 1360 (2.5M EZ)
- 16:9 Aspect Ratio (Still Image) 3968 x 2232 (9M) / 3328x1872 (6M EZ)/ 2784x1568 (4.5M EZ) / 2208x1248 ¿2.5M EZ) / 1920 x 1080 (2M EZ)
- Motion Image (4:3 Aspect Ratio) VGA: 640 x 480 pixels, 30fps (Motion JPEG) QVGA: 320 x 240 pixels, 30 fps (Motion JPEG)
- Motion Image (16:9 Aspect Ratio) WVGA: 848 x 480 pixels, 30 fps (Motion JPEG)
- Motion Image (HD Movie) 1280x720, 60P(CCD output is 30p) (AVCHD Lite, SH: 17Mbps / H:13Mbps / L:9Mbps )/ 30fps (Motion JPEG)
- Motion Image HD¿16:9 Aspect Ratio) 1280x720 pixels 30fps
- Aspect Ratio 4:3 / 3:2 / 16:9
Unlimited Consecutive Shooting1.8 frames/sec
- Intelligent Exposure Still & Movie
- Digital Red Eye Correction Yes
- Easy Zoom/Zoom Resume/Motion Zoom No/Yes/No
- Still Image Recording with Audio 5 seconds
- Audio Dubbing Maximum of 10 Seconds
Real-time HistogramsYes
Composition Guide LinesYes (2 patterns)
- Built-in Memory approx. 45MB
- Scene Mode Help Screen Yes
Flip AnimationNo
- Travel Date/World Time Yes/Yes
- Text Stamp/Date Stamp Yes
- Built-in Flash Type/Mode Auto, Auto/Red-eye Reduction, Forced On, Slow Sync./Red-eye Reduction, Forced Off 0.6 - 5.3m (Wide/ISO Auto), 1.0 - 3.6m (Tele/ISO Auto)
- External Flash No
- LCD Monitor 3.0", 3:2 Polycrystalline TFT LCD Display (460K dots)Field of View : approx. 100%AUTO Power LCD mode, Power LCD mode
- Playback Mode Normal Playback, Slideshow, Category Playback, Favorites Playback
- Additional Playback Mode Yes (Motion JPEG/AVCHD Lite)
- OSD Language English, Spanish
- Recording Media Built-in MemorySD Memory CardSDHC Memory CardMultiMediaCard (Still image only)
MicrophoneStereo, Wind-cut: on/off
- Interface miniHDMI, USB2.0 High speed / AV Output (Stereo Type, NTSC) /DC Input (requires optional Multi-Adapter)
- Viera Link Yes
- HDMI Video: Auto / 1080i / 720p / 480pAudio: Dolby Digital Stereo Creator
- Color Silver
- Power ID-Security Li-ion Battery Pack (3.6V, 940mAh) (Included)AC Adaptor (Input: 110-240V AC) (Optional)
Battery LifeUp to 300 pictures (CIPA Standard)
- Included Software PHOTOfunSTUDIO v3.0ArcSoft (MediaImpression / Panorama Maker)USB Driver, QuickTime
- Standard Accessories Battery Charger, Battery Pack, Battery carrying case, AV Cable, USB Connection Cable,Hand Strap, CD-ROM
- Multi-Exposure No
- Multi-Aspect Yes
- Color Bracketing No
- Max Auto ISO Setting No
- Quick Menu Yes
- Continuous Shooting Mode Full-Resolution Image, 2.5 frames/sec Max. 5 images (Standard mode), Max 3 images (Fine Mode), High-speed Burst Mode: approx. 6 frames/sec (recorded in 3M for 4:3, 2.5M for 3:2, 2M for 16:9)
- Focus Icon Select Yes
- Optical Zoom in Motion Picture Yes
- Macro Zoom Yes
- Orientation Detector Yes
- Easy Organization No
- Touch Zoom No
- Thumbnails/Zoomed Playback 12,30-thumbnails / Max 16x
- Calendar Display/Dual-Image Playback Yes / No
- Set Favorites/Rotate Image Yes / No
- Playback Still Images with Audio Yes
- Slideshow Mode All Still Images / Favorites / CategoryBGM Effect (Natural / Slow / Swing / Urban / OFF)
- Show Histogram Yes
- Show Highlights No
- Delete Image Single / Multi / All / All except Favorites
- DPOF Print Setting/Set Production Yes / Yes
- Resize/Trim/Aspect Conv./Leveling Yes / Yes / No / No
- Cut Animation No
- PictBridge Support Single / Multi / All / Favorites / DPOF
- iA Direct Button No
- Mode Button No
- AVCHD / AVCHD Lite REC NTSC
- One-Touch Movie Button Yes
- Water Proof No
- Dust Proof No
- Shock Proof No
- LED Illumination No
- Movie REC Guide Yes
- Wind-Cut in Motion Picture Yes
- Dimensions (H x W x D) 2.35'' x 4.07'' x 1.29''
- Weight Approx. 0.45
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Betsy Red Hoodie (Hardcover)
Betsy is finally old enough to take cupcakes to Grandma all by herself--with the company of her faithful sheep, of course. And although wolves aren't good for grandmas, Betsy lets her best friend, Zimmo, come along too. But will Zimmo's wolfish instincts make Grandma the tasty treat instead?
In her second picture book starring the feisty young shepherd Betsy, Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine teams up once again with Scott Nash to put a hilarious twist on an old favorite. This reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood is sure to delight readers from little lambs to cupcake-loving grandmas.
About the Author
Gail Carson Levine was born in New York City and shares a birthday with William Carlos Williams. Her first book for children, "Ella Enchanted", won a Newbery Honor and was made into a feature-length film starring Anne Hathaway. Her other books include "A Tale of Two Castles"; the "New York Times" bestsellers "Ever" and "Fairest"; "Dave at Night", an ALA Notable Book and Best Book for Young Adults; "The Wish"; "The Two Princesses of Bamarre"; and the six Princess Tales books. She is also the author of the nonfiction book "Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly" and the picture books "Betsy Who Cried Wolf! "and "Betsy Red Hoodie". Gail and her husband, David, live in the Hudson Valley of New York State.
Scott Nash is an award-winning illustrator of the Flat Stanley series and Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp by Carol Diggory Shields. His design firm, Nashbox Studios, has lent its expertise to such kid-centric brands as PBS, Nickelodeon, and Disney. He lives in Maine. You can visit him online at www.scottnash.com.
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"In this uproarious adaptation, Nash and Levine's twist ending ensures a happy ending, and the sheep's speech bubble cacophony provides an entertaining backdrop to a surprisingly tense story."
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"Tongue-in-cheek funny, this is sure to find a place alongside Betsy's earlier escapade."
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"Nash stages the shenanigans in an attractive country landscape, supporting Levine's light tone with comical pen drawings of the round-faced, energetic Betsy. Good read-aloud fun."
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"Levine's well-paced, straightforward storytelling plays nicely against the broad comedy in Nash's color-washed ink drawings. Full of action, zaniness, and a few metamoments in which characters crawl out of the story, this makes a good companion to David Wiesner's similarly fractured THE THREE PIGS (2001)."
"The wry humor of the herd, who crack jokes and banter in speech bubbles alongside the narrative, will appeal to children and lends comic relief to the story of a difficult journey."
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Plantsbrook Local Nature Reserve
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Situated just 8 Km (5 miles) North-east of Birmingham, this 28 acre site was saved from development following its purchase by the City. It has now been set aside for the benefit of the community and the rich variety of the wildlife it contains. The Local Nature Reserve comprises of a number of pools, surrounded by fringes of woodland, wetlands and a wildflower meadow, making it an oasis for its wildlife.
Education and Events
There is something of interest to be seen at all times of the year and the resident Rangers offer a full programme of events and interpretative facilities. The Plantsbrook Ranger Service also offers a service to schools and groups. The Plantsbrook LNR Rangers are part of the Birmingham Parks Ranger Service
Visitors are able to walk the entire site along well surfaced paths and boardwalks and car parking is available on site via the main entrance off Eachelhurst Road, opposite Pype Hayes Park.
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Attack on Syria would be "a criminal act"
WIth two bishops from Aleppo and Fr. Paolo Dall'Oglio still missing, the number of authoritative Christian leaders "on the ground" in Syria has dwindled. That makes it all the more important to consider the few remaining voices, as Christians ponder military action in Syria.
Today Vatican Insider reports that Gregory III Laham, the Greek Catholic Patiarch of Antioch and leader of the Melkite church, is leading a charge to stop a possible attack on Syria:
This attack being planned by the United States is a criminal act, which will only reap more victims, in addition to the tens of thousands of these two years of war. This will destroy the Arab world's trust in the West.
In a further comment that ought to give pause to those supporting a righteous use of force, he says that an attack would be "no less serious than the use of chemical weapons."
Asia News first carried the story, which is still developing.
In related news, Paul Vallely, British biographer of Pope Francis, argues in the Church Times that military action in Syria would "not yet" satisfy just war criteria. Specifically, the principles of last resort, competent authority, proportionality, and prospect of success have not been met. He concludes:
The outraged demand that "something must be done" should not bully us into doing the wrong thing. A signal needs to be sent to President Assad that he cannot use chemical weapons with impunity. But it could yet be diplomatic. Russia and Iran were both pressured to shift on their intransigence against UN weapons inspections. That has shown that the international disunity on which the Assad regime has relied need not be permanent. There is more to be achieved by diplomacy before the Cruise missiles are dispatched.
Indeed, everyone feels that something must be done.
But the cautionary voices in the United States continue to make strong cases. The tweets of Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) of The Atlantic, for example, offer link after link to compelling arguments against military action. This morning, he offered a pithy parable:
Grease fire breaks out at meeting of Syria hawks. They pour water on it. "We couldn't do nothing!"
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George Packer at The New Yorker argues against attacking, giving some dire consequences of military action, e.g., possible WW III:
Having trouble following their arguments:
- last resort - what do we have to wait for before acting? More attacks; etc. (sorry, this one makes no sense)
- competent authority (who is that? UN - given current structure, already know that no action would be approved...and this means what? Have we not moved into a new worldsphere in terms of morality, justifiable actions, etc. Don't like US playing *world sheriff* but what are the alternatives? Like Bush and Kuwait or Clinton & Kosovo, are we moving towards a different moral stage? What if the UN advisors on the ground find definitive proof?
- proportionality - agree but what does this mean? Doubt that any surgical strikes will kill more than what this chemical attack did? and doubt that more women/children will be victims? In a world with WMD - nuclear, chemical, dirty weapons, extremism, what does proportionality mean today?
- prospect of success will give them this one.....will surgical strikes deter Assad? Who knows? Is there a risk that attacks will only be perceived as West vs. Islam and create more justification for extremism? Will Iran retaliate (doubt it); will Israel get involved? Will Assad strike back - with what and against whom?
This reminds me of the debates going on with FDR/Churchill and the Jewish Shoah. And nothing was done. What about our denial of the genocides that occur in Africa (just because they are 3rd world and insignificant economically, etc. we look the other way)
Most of the good reasons for killing somebody are gone. To aid the rebels? Off the table due to presence of terrorists. Get rid of Assad? Off the table due to the enemy of our enemy also being our enemy. End the fighting? Off the table as too risible to consider. Force someone to the peace table? See above and above. So why are we talking about this? Because the president made a silly statement, and now "national credibility" (oooh) is "at stake."
The president came to office with approximately zero foreign affairs experience. That was true of his predecessor as well. And his predecessor's predecessor. And, but for one, the president before that. And in 2016, the voters will be asked to vote -- and will dutifully vote -- for someone whose main claim to fame is that he is "not part of the Washington crowd" (and has never shared Evian with the foreign minister of even Canada except possibly for a pre-election photo op).
And you wonder how we get into these things. If t isn't the vice president's manhood, it's the president's red line that somehow turns into "national credibility." Which is a goofy thing for young men and women to have to die for.
I'm extremely skeptical of military action, and tend to align myself with the church authorities who have spoken against the US and allies taking military action.
However, in the spirit of devil's advocacy, let me cite this piece by John Judis in the New Republic. His thesis is that US action could be justified, not as an act of war, but an act of punishment, pursuant to international law. Specifically, any poison gas unleashed by Assad would constitute a violation of the Geneva Convention, to which Syria is a signatory. Thus a responding strike by the US and/or other members of a "coalition of the willing" would not be an act of war, but rather a punitive act of law enforcement.
I don't know how punishment is envisioned under the Geneva Convention, and whether the US is legally and morally justified in assuming the role of administrator of punishment. The Geneva Convention predates the formation of the United Nations by a couple of decades, so whether or not the UN would be the designated body to apply any sanctions isn't clear, either. Nor do I know whether the actions that the US and its allies are contemplating - apparently a barrage of missiles - falls under the sanctions contemplated by the Convention. But I do think a moral argument can be made, including one that is aligned with Catholic social teaching, that outrageous transgressions such as the one that Assad made should be punished by the world community.
And on the topic of "world community" - has everyone more or less thrown in the towel on the United Nations? Surely the standards and principles of the Geneva Convention are precisely the kinds of standards and principles the UN should be enforcing. Has the dysfunctional nature of the Security Council rendered the UN unable to do its core job? Is the UN retrievable? Should it be replaced?
See also:
Christians in the Middle East unanimously oppose potential raid on Syria
When there are three factors in the dispute (Assad, the rebels of various sorts, and the middle), and they all hate each other, how is peace possible?
My biggest concern is that if we went in some crazy Islamist leader would take it out on Israel and that would possibly mean a world war.
The Christians in the Middle East have spoken with one voice. Let us heed them. They are creating the debate that is denied to us whether as citizens or Catholics. I think of the many iterations of regulations for implementing ACA and how quickly we respond officially to them. What a contrast!
And there is this: Vatican Blasts Possible Armed Intervention in Syria
- See more at: http://www.novinite.com/articles/153195/Vatican%2BBlasts%2BPossible%2BArmed%2BIntervention%2Bin%2BSyria#sthash.CDTGiBI3.dpuf
I was in elementary school, probably 12 years old; my brother, then, would have been either 10 or 11. His best friend was Charlie, who was the victim of long-term bullying for all the usual reasons among boys in the late 1950s. One day at recess, across the playground I saw the Usual Suspects harassing Charlie, probably a little more harshly than usual – one of them had his ears (jug, and very large) and another had taken his Coke-bottle glasses, without which Charlie was functionally blind. Then, out of the corner of my eye comes a streak. It is Matthew, coming to Charlie's aid. And he is coming as The Terrible Swift Sword: he tackled one and carried him into another, and before you know it, he's on top of the ringleader and going at it hard. In the time it took a couple of adults to get over there and pull him off, he's made his point pretty clearly, and not only to the one on the ground.
I was as proud of Matt as I could possibly have been. Any number of prior times he had picked Charlie up and dusted him off after he had been "set upon by thieves." But this time Matthew had seen all he could take; his conscience was aroused to righteous action. And I never saw those boys bully Charlie again. But, as I said, I was 12, and complex moral reasoning was not in my toolkit. Another kid got hurt, too – in fact probably more so than Charlie was physically hurt. [But that's what happens sometimes, right? He should have thought about that before picking on Charlie, I am sure was my reaction.]
Is it at all strange that, looking back, I regret that Matt got physical with those boys, and yet am still proud that he reacted as he did?
The problem is, in this situation, who is Charlie, who is Matt, and who is Mark?
Mark, I am applauding Matt. I always support to the max the Zorro in life or fiction. But the Charlie he went to rescue was the victim. It seems to me in Syria the victims are the ones who aren't fighting, and the bullies are fighting each other. I don't see a role for Matt or Zorro there, except possibly in providing humanitarian aid for the real victims, who are probably mostly in Turkey or Jordan by now.
Jim Pauwels; The Geneva convention to which Syria is a party applies to the use of chemical weapons only against foreign enemies, I believe. Whoever used the chemical weapons was using them in an internal -- civil -- war that probably isn't covered by that convention but by a later one to which Syria is not a signatory.
In any case, who appointed the United State punisher-in-chief for war crimes, whether specifically covered by international law or not? Matt was already involved when he put boots on the ground, so to speak. We've been a noisy bystander so far. And if we go in, the excuse may be Geneva but the reason will be mishandling of the situation from Day One by the amateurs in the White House, who avoided the hubris of their predecessors but not the incompetence.
....ahh the children of light.
But in the world of darkeness that we all inhabit, Obama has put the US in a position that it is impossible for them not to act without appearing weak. You can't just accuse a country of using chemical weapons, and then saying that this crosses a red line that you had already publicly drawn, and then telegraph what you are going to do. And then not do it.
You appear weak and indecisive. Public words have consequences. And you just can't sound tough without backing it up. Otherwise allies cannot trust you when the going is rough. So he is boxed in and the missiles fly soon.
We have pictures of the dead in Syria but practically zero on the dead in Afghanistan. The videos are only of what the terrorist do. Not the allies. The photos and videos of war should be shown. They helped end the war in Vietnam and they will help in these other wars which accomplished little.
Why are the hundreds killed by chemical weapons a 'moral obscenity' while the hundred thousands killed by conventional weapons not worth a wimper?
IMHO, there is no hope that a contemplated US military action will do anything other than kill more - though hopefully no innocent non-combatants - to assuage the wounded pride of our president who made a stupid comment about red lines.
I wrote, "I don't know how punishment is envisioned under the Geneva Convention, and whether the US is legally and morally justified in assuming the role of administrator of punishment. ... Nor do I know whether the actions that the US and its allies are contemplating - apparently a barrage of missiles - falls under the sanctions contemplated by the Convention. "
... and Tom commented, "The Geneva convention to which Syria is a party applies to the use of chemical weapons only against foreign enemies, I believe. Whoever used the chemical weapons was using them in an internal -- civil -- war that probably isn't covered by that convention but by a later one to which Syria is not a signatory. In any case, who appointed the United State punisher-in-chief for war crimes, whether specifically covered by international law or not?"
First of all, I misspoke in my previous comment: it is not one of the Geneva Conventions, but rather the Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare. It is available here, and is very brief. Even if what Syria allegedly has done counts as a violation under the Protocol (and Tom seems to be right that it envisions violations between signatories, not civil wars), there are no enforcement provisions.
As Tom noted, there is a more recent agreement, the Chemical Weapons Convention, which was submitted to and passed by the UN General Assembly in 1992. The Convention is administered by an independent organization, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The OPCW is empowered to conduct inspections to help ensure compliance. But as Tom noted, Syria never has ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention.
So we have a situation in which (1) the alleged offender has never ratified the law; and (2) the organization that presumably would enforce offenses, the UN, may well prove powerless in this instance.
So this, it seems to me, gives a fuller picture of the circumstances. But the question remains: given this set of circumstances, does the US, in conjunction with a "coalition of the willing", have the moral authority under Catholic teaching to punish the Assad regime for the use of chemical weapons?
How about a World Court indictment of Assad and the entire chain of command named .as war criminals. ...arrests to follow ASAP.
Jim: given the lack of moral and military sense of the US in the past 10 years, given the (continuing) civilian casualities in Iraq, given Guantanamo, given drones, the US have no moral authority. The US need to first address their own military methods moral problems before they can claim any kind of "moral" authority in military matters. I wish that weren't so!
I admit that I have little secure knowledge of this issue and its complexities. I see no good reason for a military strike by the Us and assorted allies at this point. The situation is tragic. Sometimes there is just no way to impose an end to a tragedy without producing a more serious tragedy.
moral authority under Catholic teaching
According to http://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Actualite/Le-Saint-Siege-profondement-oppose-a-une-intervention-militaire-en-Syrie-2013-08-28-1003530 seven criteria must be met for just war, but only one is met currently:
- the cause must be just (protect Syrian civilian against attacks with chemical weapons: check)
- it must be decided by a competent authority, i.e. the Security Council
- comparisons must be made, e.g. figuring out Assad's motives
- the goal must be good, e.g. intervene to obtain peace
- all other means of interventions must have been exhausted
- there has to be a reasonable success probability, and
- the evil resulting from the call to arms must be proportionate to the resulting good
given the lack of moral and military sense of the US in the past 10 years, given the (continuing) civilian casualities in Iraq, given Guantanamo, given drones, the US have no moral authority.
Claire, I agree that some of these are indefensible (Guantanamo), some are hard to defend (Iraq), some are debatable (drones) - but I think it could also be argued that this is an extremely incomplete list, and overlooks the many, many instances in which US military personnel have acted in a morally praiseworthy way in very dangerous and ambiguous circumstances, as well as the many billions of dollars spent to restore infrastructure in war-torn lands. I don't think it's true that "the US have no moral authority".
There is also the point that, if the US has no moral authority, does anyone?
FWIW, I'm convinced that the President's impetus to act springs from morally praiseworthy motives: that gassing civilians is something that cannot be borne. I expect it is that same morally praiseworthy intuition that led to what now seems to be an imprudent remark, the "red line" statement that seems to leave him no choice but to act. But stepping back for a moment: If Assad is gassing civilians, mustn't we act? Isn't there a moral imperative? Isn't standing by and doing nothing what is morally bankrupt?
According to http://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Actualite/Le-Saint-Siege-profondement-oppose-a-une-intervention-militaire-en-Syrie-2013-08-28-1003530 seven criteria must be met for just war, but only one is met currently:
My take on the Judis / New Republic piece I posted earlier is that, viewed through the lens of punishing human-rights violators, the Obama Administration credibly could claim that its proposed act is not an act of war, and therefore is not subject to meeting these tests. (But if someone has some Just Law Enforcement criteria to bring forward, perhaps we could consider those.)
Oh, I meant to be ambiguous, because I think there is way too much anger that supposes clear distinctions. It is one thing to be 12 and see clearly who was the victim and therefore to celebrate a triumph of justice (if that is what it was). But applying such a "clear" picture to Syria?
On the other hand, as I recall it, part of my reaction was to the gratuitous cruelty of the specific bullying, apart from its effects on Matthew's friend. If I were to see an adult speaking harshly to a child, my reaction (not knowing the circumstances) might be that of a warning signal.. But if the adult raised his hand against the child (or his partner, or a stranger…) then I hope it would trigger action.
The alternative is not "doing nothing". For example, I read that Iran is negotating with Russia to convince them to withhold their veto, in exchange for other things: that's not "nothing". The US could negotiate with China to get them to drop their veto. One can also give full support and material help to the UN committee that is trying to gather information. There is also humanitarian help. Also, to get around Chinese and Russian obstructions, the US could volunteer to modify the UN statutes by dropping the notion that WW2 winners are permanent members with veto power. Maybe it is time to reexamine the notion that WW2 winners have special powers forever.
Whether we strike Syria or not, what is to be lost by waiting at least until the UN inspectors have made their report? The evidence may have changed, or been lost, by the inability of the inspectors to visit the site shortly after the attack. But now that that's the case, is it likely to change over the next few days or a week?
I'm afraid that Obama himself is at least in part responsible for this crisis. For this reason: that whether you believe he's a wonderful president, a so-so president, or a terrible president, one of his duties as leader is to educate the citizens of his countries about some of the realities of the world we live in, meaning that world beyond our borders. Yet insofar as America's foreign relations have been concerned, he's been a flop. He gave that wonderful Cairo speech shortly after his election, leading us to think we might expect great things, or at least a clear vision of our place in the world. Since then: silence. Since then our policy has been reactive: reacting to Libya, to Syria, to Israel v. Palestine, to Afghanistan, to the Mexican drug wars, to Canadian tar sands, to Pakistan, you name it. Evidently there is no clear vision of where we stand (except to be able to say proudly We're Number One) or where we should stand. And in that, the Obama administration has simply followed the path of prior adminstrations, particularly those of Clinton and Bush II. Does it sound odd that Richard Nixon was probably the last of our presidents to consider foreign policy a major challenge, and one that had to be answered?
Whether the fault is that of Obama himself, or of his handlers, who now doubt press upon him the view -- unfortunately accurate -- that the next election, whether for the White House, for Congress, for local dogcatcher -- is not going to be won on issues of foreign affairs, the fact is that our disastrous parochialism as a nation has been in no whit diminished by this administration. That is why, among other things, we talk about the end of the war in Iraq, and prove it by the withdrawal of American troops, while the killing goes on, and next year no doubt we will talk about the end of the war in Aghanistan, simply because we'll have no part in it.
Suppose yourself a student, taking an exam in which you were asked to define the foreign policy of the Obama administration, and to contrast it with that of other administrations. Could you possibly answer that question? Could you discuss what, for instance, the pivot towards Asia means, or meant when it was first announced? I couldn't, and I don't think I'm alone.
Will a strike against Syria, whether carried out by us alone, or with Britain and France, make things in Syria -- and the whole region -- better or worse? That, not Obama's redline, or America's prestige, is the real issue. I don't know the answer, but I do know that I have little confidence in our governors to deal any better with that question thatn I can.
Is there any way we might begin to work with Russia on this issue? Heaven knows, Putin is -- or at least sounds like -- an impossible fellow to work with. But how far is it in American national interests to drive Russia and China into each other's outstretched arms?
And that is precisely what we are doing.
I'll say this in Obama's defense: since he has become president, I believe that the US have paid their dues to the UN on time and even paid back some or all of their debt. Since the US contribute about a quarter of the UN budget, that makes a huge difference to strengthen it.
The Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch may have sound moral reasons for his views, but aren't he and other Christian leaders supporting the Assad Government. If so, what have they said about the chemical weapon attacks. That the opposiiton carried them out? That the government did? Have they said anything about the attacks?
I agree with everything you wrote Nicholas. In fact, the way this situation has been handled by France, the UK, and the USA is reactive, poorly thought out, disorganized, hurried, and chaotic. It reveals a lack of vision on the part of the leadership of these countries. And as the saying goes, where there is no vision, the people perish. Now, after making proactive threats, they appear to be taking a sober second look. But who are the mature leaders that successfully pushed back? Russia, China, and Iran.
While the outcome, meaning working towards a political and diplomatic solution is a good one, the issue of moral power and who yields it is not and insignificant one.
I wish I were more highly evolved and spiritually developed that I could say power is not important, doing the right thing is but I just am not. I cannot shake feeling me embarrassed for Obama and the Western leaders.
I was hoping that by now some Commonweal reader, preferably a professor who has taught and/or written on the subject, would have said something about the "responsibility to protect," also known as R2P. I have been following it somewhat remotely as a matter of interest, but I don't claim any authority at all. And let's add that U.S. media are not too interested, possibly because it could easily be denounced in the Senate as yet another affront to U.S. sovereignty and to American exceptionalism.
But what I understand it to say is this: International law traditionally applies to relations/disputes/contracts between nations, which are treated as individual sovereign actors. So what Syria and Jordan to to each other is of concern to international law and to the United Nations, but what they do to their populations, is off limits for international inrtervention. Well, now problems with that tradition have been arising more and more regularly. Any newspaper reader can think of examples. And now thr problems are front and center because the Syrian government has (apparently) done something unthinkable to part of its own population. In such a case, is there a R2P that gives any nation that can the moral right -- or even a duty -- to intervene to stop the unthinkable?
The question has been kicked around in scholarly journals and even discussed (but not, I believe, debated) at the United Nations. But as far as I know there is no consensus. At the moment it seems to exist as a concept that is more and more worth talking about.
Will someone who knows what I am talking about please correct any mistakes I have made here? Please.
Yes, R2P is what would need to be referred to for those supporting military action. Prof. Maryann Cusimano Love (Cath. U.) wrote a piece just today along these lines.
Yet even under R2P she argues that
Probability of success and comparative justice (the idea that more good than harm will come of intervention) are the hardest Just War criteria to meet in the Syrian case. According to Former Ambassador Ryan Crocker as well as General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, any military intervention may fail. President Assad is fighting for his life, literally, so he will fight no matter what the U.S. does, using every tool at his disposal. U.S. military intervention could make matters worse, according to General Dempsey. "We could inadvertently empower extremists or unleash the very chemical weapons we seek to control."
Michael, thank you.
Thanks for transitioning to the specifics around the R2P (and the specifics about the chemical weapons bans from Jim P.).
Would like to respond to Mr. Clifford's comment with a link to this article:
Would suggest that Obama's Foreign Policy is and was a shift from Bush's unilateral bully tactics and one of the best ways to ascertain the shifts and accomplishments to date is to look at what Hillary Clinton as secretary of state did.
Why can't we simply frame Obama's foreign policy?
To quote: "It is easy to look at Clinton's tenure and see no Marshall Plan, no great doctrine for the U.S. to adhere to in the post-9/11 era. And yet, Clinton's leadership was found in the attempt to draw small, creative partners—particularly religious partners—into meaningful relationship with the U.S. government. Clinton worked, quite literally, on the ground, as a grassroots organizer and community partner to take the enormous, unwieldy power of the U.S. government and apply it in remote corners of the world to work on health, education, and environment. This is delicate work that must happen to a large degree outside the limelight. It could be overlooked, demeaned as "women's work"—but it is no less significant for its invisibility."
"In a 2010 report, Clinton said the State Department will "invest in women and girls at every turn, with the goal of empowering them." One of the most effective means for achieving this "empowerment" is by working with faith-based organizations, whose leaders are very often women—a fact that belies the notion that engaging with religious communities simply means meeting with male clerics. The world's health, education, and environmental organizations have what Seiple and Maryann Cusimano Love, professor of international relations at the Catholic University of America, both call "a female face of faith."
"This form of diplomacy worked in conjunction with the Obama administration's philosophy of cooperation and engagement. In his 2009 Cairo speech, Obama inaugurated what he hoped to be the era of engagement with the Muslim world. He called on the U.S. and Muslim communities to create meaningful partnerships. "Americans are ready to join with citizens and governments, community organizations, religious leaders and businesses in Muslim communities around the world to help our people pursue a better life," he said. Engagement and partnership were, both Obama and Clinton believed, a direct refutation of the Bush era's reputation for unilateral action. The era of engagement was meant to be an era of mutual partnerships, entrepreneurial vision for underdeveloped nations, and an end to the United States' reputation as a sometimes well-intentioned, but still clumsy and ineffectual, bully"
".......two global realities. One is that traditional partnerships are failing the United States as nation states fail in places like Mali, Syria, and Libya. Failed nations provide one reason to turn to civil society for different allies. For a long time, the U.S. government worked with states that were known to be oppressive, simply because they were better, we believed, than the alternatives. "Dictators and double-standards" was a well-known method of combatting communism, and when communism turned to terrorism as the greatest perceived threat, the U.S. continued to work with questionable allies because they were believed to help us with counter-terrorism efforts."
"The Arab Spring complicated these efforts, hitting at what Love calls our "double weak spot." The Arab Spring, she says, is "difficult for the U.S. government to deal with because we don't have a good track record supporting democracy in the Middle East and North Africa and we don't have a good organizational structure for dealing with religious-based actors or political parties. So it hits us in a double weak spot."
Complicating the Syrian situation or any in the Middle East - "....in places of religious conflict, diplomats do not want to be seen as favoring one religious group over another." The Arab Spring (think Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon) reveals a type of religious war - Sunni vs. Shia; tribal patterns that have been in place for generations.
In addition, in terms of a simple, specific foreign policy, Obama faces this reality - "But this kind of engagement (does have drawbacks. For example, if you want to have a "strategic dialogue" with "civil society," with whom exactly are you going to talk? The dialogue partner is vague—and it can never be a conversation among equals. One has vast resources at its disposal. The other needs support and help. Others worry that "engagement" may very well mean engaging religious groups who are persecuting others; it might mean creating partnerships with the oppressors. It can be very confusing,"
Any way, Mr. Clifford, think that you have over-generalized about Obama's foreign policy and like his predecessors, events have caught up to him (not sure anyone could have predicted the Arab Spring). Quoted from accomplishments above because I would not agree that the policy has been *reactive* - it is more complex and nuanced than that simple statement. Parochialism - not sure your judgment is fair or balanced.....Americans overwhelmingly wanted out of both Iraq and Afghanistan (why put this burden on Obama solely. In fact, the NY Times today had an article that projects the combined total costs over the next ten years to be $2-$4 trillion dollars for what?)
And your Nixon comparison - you don't really believe that do you? What about Reagan and Gorbarchev, the collapse of the Cold War; Bush Senior and Kuwait; Clinton and Kosovo....your historical viewpoint is pretty narrow and stunted.
The bottom line - probably agree with your last paragraphs - will any type of military response work? Doubt it and what are the lasting risks? Can we think outside of the box and move away from defending the verbal red line in the sand?
OTOH - we have reached a point in history where universal laws against nuclear, chemical, terrorism need some type of penalty - who does this? and how? Do not agree that doing nothing is the best course of action - do we mobilize the Hague and fight it out in the world courts? Do we set up a *coalition of the willing* in terms of a massive social work response in Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon to care for those who have fled and try to work with various local, regional organizations? How does this work when Iran, al Queda, Hezbollah, Muslim Brotherhood, etc. see the war is their only recourse and will sabotage any attempt to resolve this crisis?
Sorry, my point was simply that Obama in his role as president is also in a sense Educator in Chief, at least in dealing with America's policy problems, be they foreign or domestic. And I think he's done a bad job here, though that in no way makes him any worse than his predecessors. Certainly, reactive as his policies have been, they have hardly been national disasters, the way that Bush II's were.
Nor am I particularly praising Nixon'spolicies, some good, some bad. Just that he considered foreign policy a chief, if not the chief, duty of a president. Not a bad idea. But not likely to get much traction in a political climate where how to win the next election is the main ambition.
Breaking news: the UK Parliament has just voted "no" to participating in a Syrian air strike and the PM has agreed to go along with that vote.
I only hope that the President reconvense Congress and lets them have their constitutional right to join in bearing the cross because they seem to want to wear the crown without any attached consequences.
From the Cusimano Love piece to which Michael Peppard linked above:
R2P and JWT both prescribe non-military means be used first. But if peaceful humanitarian and diplomatic means fail, the international community must be prepared to use collective force authorized by the UN Security Council. ... But restricting right authority to the UN Security Council raises the bar for intervention in a way that is difficult to reach. ... For Syrians it makes international authorization near impossible, as Russia promises to veto any UN Security Council motion for intervening in its ally, Syria.
I am all for the UN doing its job, when it does its job. But when it (specifically, the Security Council) doesn't do its job and there is no prospect in sight for it doing its job, is there anything for the world community except to stand about wringing its hands and tutting-tutting sympathetically about the victims while Assad (or someone over there) presumably continues to have a stock of poison gas available?
The most sincere and self‑sacrificing defender of an unjustly exploited neighbor must realize that if he rises to arms to put down an aggressor, the arms may turn upon him if he does not have that "superhuman virtue" which can allow him to survive. The problem of the soldier, then, may not be death endured or inflicted so much as the destruction of all combatants by bestial fury. Warfare in a just cause provides just the excitement that will allow the beast inside to crawl out unnoticed. It is not so much the war itself, as what war summons out from within us. Armed intervention can destroy the possibility of peace when its target is a resolute group of men and women who believe themselves to be defending their families, their homes and homeland, their faith and their freedom; in short, the precious things people are willing to die for. Every decision to use force or to abstain from force can be justified only by its realistic claims to make peace more possible.
James T.Burtchaell, CSC, quoted by John Deedy in a supplement to the July 1991 issue of Overview, entitled The Persian Gulf War.


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Your hard-earned money will be put to very good use by upgrading and helping to maintain fire apparatus and equipment. This equipment is here to protect you and your loved ones. We strive to provide the best service possible. Most of our members are trained to a level higher than the state required minimum and the additional funds will help us to receive even more training. If you want to see how your money is being spent, please feel free to contact me for a tour of our station and an explanation of exactly where your money goes.
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I'm flying into Dublin early on a sunday morning, and I just wanted to know if I can travel from the airport to the Dun Laoghaire Harbor area without having to use a taxi. Bus? Metro? Any other alternatives?
There's a pretty good page about Getting to & from Dun Laoghaire, and from that, it looks like the bus is a viable option:
The first bus 41 on Sundays leaves from Dublin Airport at 07:15. How early are you arriving?
From the centre you can then take one of these towards Dun Laoghaire:
Some of these buses start between 7-8, some only at 09:30, and some don't run at all on Sundays. For more details, you could try the Route Planner.
Regarding the price: from the dublinbus.ie site it's not immediately clear if you can continue on the same ticket when changing to the Dun Laoghaire bus, but looking at the list of fares, it's going to be quite cheap in every case (compared to a taxi which would cost around €50).
Those pages are well out of date.
There is a direct bus from Dublin Airport every hour to Dun Laoghaire. It will work out much quicker than using more than one or two modes of transport.
Dun Laoghaire Harbour is a little to the South East of Dublin City Centre. The Airport is to the north.
The Dublin Airport Website has a great section on getting to/from the airport which you should have a look at. I don't believe there's anything listed there that'll take you direct, but it might be worth double checking!
The option that springs to mind is to take a bus then DART (local train). You can take the 747 Bus from the airport to the city centre, which runs pretty regularly, to Connolly Rail Station. From there, change onto the DART, and take it to the appropriate station. (There are two serving Dun Laoghaire, so go for the one nearest your hotel!)
For the cheapest way avoid the 747 and private buses.
Get either the 16 or the 41 to the city centre (costs €3.05; paid to the driver). From Terminal 1 walk out the main exit from Arrivals cross the road and walk through the car park atrium. You'll find the bus stop on the other side.
Get off the bus at O'Connell Street in the city centre. It's a wide street with a large metal spike in the middle.
Walk to the end of O'Connell Street following the direction of the bus to a bridge over the river (the Liffey). Cross the bridge and turn sharp left. Walk along the left side of the street running along the river (Burgh Quay). You'll see a large elevated railbridge. The entrance to Tara Street station is just before the street goes under the elevated bridge.
Get the DART (local train) from Tara Street station southbound to Dun Laoghaire (costs €3.05).


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Edgar Cayce and the Egyptian Book of the DeadBy Alison Ray
The Book of the Dead (the Book) is the generic name of a set of ancient Egyptian funerary texts. According to archaeologists and scientists, the oldest dates from about 2400 BC and was discovered in the Pyramid of King Unas. The format of these texts varied and included pyramid wall carvings and painted design, elaborate images on coffins, and illustrated papyrus scrolls that were placed in the coffin or burial chamber of the deceased. A majority of the Books discovered date from 1550 BC to 50 BC. Each Book was created for an individual and would include his or her name and different chapters or "spells" with instructions to help the deceased navigate the Duat or underworld. Today, there are a recognized 192 different spells. These continue to reveal insight into ancient Egyptian beliefs about the nature of death and the afterlife.
The name The Book of the Dead has been used since 1842 when Karl Richard Lepsius published the first complete translation of a manuscript dated to the Ptolemaic dynasty. E.A. Wallis Budge's version of The Book of the Dead, originally published in 1895, is still in wide circulation. The correct translation for the title of this text should be The Book of Coming Forth by Day or The Book of Emerging Forth Into the Light as it covers the Egyptians' view of the afterlife. Edgar Cayce mentioned the book by name only eight times in his psychic readings, but he stressed the importance of the study and understanding of this material to our own spiritual and soul growth.
The Book describes the afterlife using a myriad of symbols and gods common to the Egyptian religion. The chapters of The Book were used in conjunction with mummification and ritual to preserve and transform the physical body and spirit. Egyptians recognized varied aspects of the soul, including the "ba" or spirit that was free to leave the tomb and the "ka" or life-force that was the individual personality of the deceased, and the "shut" or shadow. The traditionally held belief is that the Egyptians worshiped many gods, but I believe we will one day correctly understand that they were using symbols to explain differing facets of a single God, much the same as they viewed different aspects of a single Soul.
One of the best known rituals from The Book of the Dead is the Weighing of the Heart. The deceased was led by the god Anubis into the presence of Osiris to declare that they had not committed any sins against the moral code of the society. Then, the heart of the deceased was weighed against the Feather of Truth from the goddess Ma'at. The god Thoth recorded the results into the individual's Book of Life. If the heart was too heavy, it was eaten by the god Ammit and the deceased would then need a new heart to try the process again.
In April, 1933, an Architect asked Mr. Cayce if he would benefit from "study of the occult sciences" and if any particular book would be helpful. Mr. Cayce responded, "The study of those things pertaining to the early Egyptian activities…preferably for the entity…study the Book of the Dead." (Reading 322-2) The reading also stated that The Book was much older than currently believed.
Other life readings were given for individuals who were responsible for writing The Book circa 10,500 BC in Egypt. Ms. 115, a housewife in 1930, was responsible for "…learning the peoples first…chant for the dead…and the Book of the Dead were a portion of the entity's own inscribing." A different housewife, Ms. 454, was told that she was an entertainer and instrumental in "…writing much that is now a portion of the Book of the Dead."
A 1931 reading for Dr. 1924, a naturopathic physician, metaphysician, consultant, and lecturer, indicated that many of the rituals he compiled in the "study of the relationships of individuals to individuals, and of individuals' relationship to the whole or to the Creative Energy" later became the ritual in the Book of the Dead.
A reading for another homemaker, Ms. 706, in 1934 suggested that she "would do well to study even the Book of the Dead, as it was called in the present—yet in that experience it was rather the Book of Life…it represents…the experience of a soul in its sojourn not only in…the land of night, but rather those things that make for the cleansing of a physical body for…expression through the senses or the emotions in the physical forces to the spiritual truths."
What I found to be the most insightful reading, and also the most difficult to understand, was a reading given in 1925 for Mr. Cayce himself. The reading opened with a question of how the "first laws concerning man's relations to the Higher Forces" was given to the people.
Mr. Cayce's answer in reading 5748-2:"The first laws…partook…of the study of self, the division of mind, the division of the solar systems, the division of man in the various spheres of existence through the earth plane and through the earth's solar system. The Book of the Dead…being the first of those that were written as the inscribed conditions necessary for the development in earth or in spirit planes. These, as we see, covered many various phases. About these were set many different ones to give the interpretation of same to the peoples in the various spheres that the individuals dwelled in that came together. Hence the difference in the manner of approaching the same sacrificial conditions…all using the Sun, the Moon, the Stars, as the emblems of the conditions necessary for the knowledge of those elements…same as the fish representing the water from which all were drawn out…"
Alison Ray works as marketing manager for Edgar Cayce's A.R.E. where she is responsible for membership, public information, Venture Inward, and the Web. Before moving from Chicago to Virginia Beach, she was the Assistant Vice President of Discover Home Loans, a private label mortgage program under Morgan Stanley, offering home equity loans to Discover Cardmembers. A long-time Egypt enthusiast, she regularly practices meditation and Tai Chi, teaches Sunday School, and makes jewelry.
Edgar Cayce often told clients: "Know your ideal," that is, "Know Whom you serve." The ideal is the best quality we can imagine—like love, hope, and trust. It's different for each of us, and even changes over a lifetime. It's like the Star of Bethlehem guiding the Magi to their true encounter with the Christ child. Our ideals orient us to our soul's purpose so that we can grow and help better the world.
I had the opportunity to be present in July for a reading from my empathic sister, Greta, who channeled both the Mother and Sun Bear of the Ojibway Bear clan, joined by Sitting Bull, Two Eagles, and others. Ethan and Rick Marten, filmmakers of White Buffalo Movie: 2012, and my mom, June Bro, were present also, listening expectantly for the questions and answers.
The Mother (combining energies of Mary, White Buffalo Calf Woman, Gaia, and Kwan Yin) spoke first through Greta, inviting questions.
Rick asks: "On what historical date did White Buffalo Calf Woman come to the Lakota?"
The Mother responds: "We can liken this to the vision of Guadalupe: a vision landed in the land and hearts of Mexicans in a specific geographical location, yet also in an energy field. So it is difficult to pinpoint since it was a wave of consciousness. Literally, we would say that White Buffalo Calf Woman appeared about 900 to 1,000 years ago. As a spiritual being, she focalized energy—the actual woman was greeted by scouts. Then her wisdom spread to hearts and lands across North America and now belongs to First Nations! Your film is heralding the return of The Mother, the coming of the "Age of the Heart."
(I love her next comment.) "It is important to tell a film story for all people, for Mother comes to unify all people. She's 'connective tissue.'"
Ethan asks: "How important is the Peace Pipe that White Buffalo Calf Woman gave to the Lakota?"
The Mother: "The pipe is a symbol of peace, yet there is also a violent history with the tribes' use of it … White Buffalo Calf Woman brings peace and oneness and starts a movement of Rainbow People. We are all one … The overall message of your film is to reunite all humanity. As White Buffalo Calf Woman prophesied so many eons ago, there are many calves being born. The time is now. Great change is happening. And you have eyes to see, ears to hear, bringing this message to consciousness—the awakening of humanity and the opening of the heart."
Rick asks: "Any Hopi energy present here with the Lakota guides?"
The Mother: "Yes. Tibetan and Hopi." (This is exciting news. Just yesterday, the Martens returned from interviewing Hopi elders in Arizona.)
Sun Bear pipes in with his comic sense: "You, humanity, are like in a dryer now. There is a stripping and a shredding. One must step deeper into faith. And it's a time of leaping in consciousness for all. You can bemoan the fact, crying, 'I'm naked, with old clothes, old consciousness,' or you can rejoice that humanity is shifting. Old souls are waking up—even new ones are waking up! ... Life is stripping away your own fears. You resist this. You are being jockeyed and 'slapped up-side the head,' so you can come to a new level and new naked state, to be born again. You will stabilize in new forms and not old forms."
Curious, I ask: "What was the role of Jesus in the early Americas?"
The Mother: "Jesus was a prophet of the Mother, too! Now prophecies and the Rainbow energy are blending. Jesus came not as a Christian: he changed many colors. Mark my words! You are uncovering miracles! ... Film your discussions, brothers—how they are changing you, your struggling, your healing and transformations as you engage with Native peoples and their stories."
Sun Bear: "One of your missions is to help the earth fulfill her own leap into the 4th and 5th dimensions. You humbly help her by holding ground. We all were baptized in the Mother at some point. It's time to put down our weapons and remember we are all brothers." Oh, yes!
My heart perks up as Sun Bear addresses my heart's unspoken concern about what role I play in this project. "Stay true to the film and journey with the Brothers. Help to unify the people of the earth—this is your past life and present life's purpose, your deepest heart's desire, Beloved."
So we've come full circle. This message matches the oneness so often praised by Edgar Cayce. Let's all embody our highest ideal; let's hold ground in this shifting time of transformation and healing, and continue the Work. Hanta Yo, Tokah Hey. "Prepare the way in a holy way."
Pamela Anne Bro, PhD, is spiritual counselor for the A.R.E. Health Center & Spa, founder and pastor of Living Waters, (livingwaterssanctuary.org), author of WomanQuest: A Trail Guide to Life (womanquest.org) and anthropology consultant and "gopher" for film crew, WhiteBuffalomovie.com and facebook.com/whitebuffalomovie.
Envisioning and Leavening with the Edgar Cayce WorkBy Kevin J. Todeschi
A concept from the Edgar Cayce material that has frequently come to mind over the years states that through our activities we have the potential to "change the thought of humankind" in very positive directions. Although inspiring to consider, quite frankly the idea is challenging to comprehend. After all, how possible is it for a group—let alone an individual—to really change human thought or transform a long-held world view? Upon reflection, I have come to the conclusion that transforming human thought is made possible by personal activities that create a "leavening" influence inspiring others, or by creating a "vision" that catches the imagination of groups of people, inspiring them as well. Both of these approaches have been at the heart of Edgar Cayce's A.R.E. since its inception in 1931.
In terms of creating a vision, perhaps one of the best examples is that of Hugh Lynn Cayce who described what the work of A.R.E. might eventually entail. When writing to the 1944 A.R.E. membership Congress while he was stationed in England, Hugh Lynn spoke of various services that he could visualize being available one day to A.R.E. members: a membership magazine; a program of lectures around the country; an organized study group program; booklets on all subjects in the readings; one of the finest libraries in the world; books which expanded upon the biography, There Is a River; adequate space near the readings for students, conferees, and visitors; a complete indexing system for the readings; and more. It was an amazing vision of things to come, especially considering that in 1935, the A.R.E. had only 244 members and a mailing list of approximately 3,000. Even by 1955, membership had still not reached 1,000.
Today, the Edgar Cayce work has tens of thousands of members and programs and activities throughout the country. The Cayce readings have been thoroughly indexed and are available online as well as on a DVD-Rom in thousands of homes around the world. The A.R.E. Library now houses more than 60,000 volumes. There are hundreds of publications about Cayce's life and work. The A.R.E. is connected to regional and volunteer offices throughout the country, plus there are Edgar Cayce Centers in 35 countries and activities in more than 70 countries. Each day, more individuals around the world access insights from Cayce's work via the Internet than came to Edgar Cayce for readings in his entire lifetime! All this is evidence that Hugh Lynn's vision has been realized through the inspiration of countless individuals worldwide.
Repeatedly, the Edgar Cayce readings also encourage individuals to become a leavening influence in the lives of others. A 52-year-old editor, who asked about how she could be of service in her occupation, was told: "For, the entity is as the leaven that may leaven the whole lump. Here a little, there a little, does the entity influence those with whom it comes in contact day by day." (reading 2830-2) On another occasion, when a 49-year-old accountant asked how he could be of greatest service to humankind, Cayce's reply was simply that he begin working with the daily practice of prayer and meditation! (reading 270-33) Here again he was pointing out how even one individual can help change the thought of humankind.
In terms of our current vision for the future, we have broken ground on the new A.R.E./de Laski Family Foundation Education Center, which will house expanded space for Atlantic University, the Cayce/Reilly® School of Massotherapy, and the Edgar Cayce Foundation. In addition to educational outreach, much of what we do creates "community" in many different ways among our members and our constituencies. The changes to our grounds—changes that are occurring for the first time in more than 35 years—will go a long way to help us envision the future and provide a vibrational leaven to the world as a whole. [More information on the changes coming to our site can be found at: www.edgarcayce.org/educationcenter.]
As we collectively look toward the future—the future of our individual lives and the future of the world as a whole—let us not overlook the amazing impact each and every one of us can have in creating and changing that future.
Kevin J. Todeschi is A.R.E.'s Executive Director and CEO. As both student and teacher of the Edgar Cayce material for thirty years, he is the author of over twenty books, including God In Real Life: Personal Encounters with the Divine and the bestselling Edgar Cayce on the Akashic Records. Known for his ability to explain complex subjects in a straightforward and easy-to-understand manner, Kevin is popular for his insight and his sense of humor.
On Being FamousBy Sandra Martin
As a literary agent and television producer based in Manhattan, I often traveled to Los Angeles. On this trip,LA had been full of meetings and prickly personalities, and we were finally landing at Dulles Airport outside of Washington, D.C., thank goodness— always good to be back on the East Coast, for my connection to LaGuardia. Dulles has trams that take you from the plane to the terminal for your baggage. The plane was full so we were all standing around and then piling into the next empty tram that drove up. I was tired and paying no attention to things around me. All the seats were filled, so I sat in the only available space and we chugged off. I pushed back in my seat with my suitcase between my legs and looked around. Everyone was looking at me; that entire tram was full of people just looking at me.
Oh, I said to myself, I've been here before. I turned to my seatmate and said conspiratorially, "I had this happen to me once before when I worked at the University of Georgia." My seatmate focused her attention on me, so I continued. "I was taking the bus across campus. I sat in front and glanced to the back of the bus and it seemed that everyone was looking at me. I made sure my blouse was buttoned, and I looked around me, and nothing seemed amiss, but they kept staring. A friend got on the next stop and sat across from me and we talked a bit. Still when I glanced towards the back of the bus everyone seemed to have their eyes glued on me. It was spooky.
"My friend and I got off at the Ecology building and I asked her, 'Did you notice that everyone was staring at me?' She laughed: 'Sandra, you were sitting next to the most famous guy in Georgia: Herschel Walker, running back for the UGA football team. They were looking at him.'"
I told that story to the beautiful actress sitting next to me who was paying cautious attention to me and whom everyone was looking at. She laughed at the story. It was Glenn Close, star of Fatal Attraction and the TBS series Damages.
But there's more to this tale.
Lately, people I know and love have felt that everyone was looking at them, literally and symbolically. They see themselves reflected back in everyone's eyes. One had made a call to ask someone to do her a favor the week before and then couldn't understand why she didn't hop right on it and get it done. She thought the world revolved around her and whatever she thought was important superseded everything else. "Couldn't she see how important this was?," she kept asking me. Another was focused on thinking that a group of NYC businessmen were anxiously awaiting her decision, while she was dithering on about trying to decide the exact right thing to say. When she finally returned their call, they asked what her call was about. It is funny how we operate in our own tiny little worlds and how our minds can build on the nearest nothing to make something big of it or conversely take a big event and ignore it.
Now we need to come back together, to bond as a tribe, understanding that the largest good is for everyone to gain, not just those in power. All of the connecting technology that we are engaged in these days—from instant emails, to magic phones, to Twitter, to Facebook—are for the most part light-weight encounters. No time for in-depth conversation within a message limited to 140 characters. But they are definitely connecting us. They have power: Remember what happened a few months ago when Twitter and Facebook changed the Middle East? There are no boundaries to information now.
Once I met author and medical intuitive Caroline Myss, we became great friends. She is straightforward, smart, and savvy. I like those qualities in my friends. We happened to both be in LA. She was giving a lecture and staying at the Bel-Air Hotel, a swanky and gorgeous setting. I was there for meetings with producers, and studios, and staying with friends. I drove over to Beverly Hills to have lunch at the Bel-Air with Caroline. After hellos, ordering, and eating, we were immersed in an intense, multi-dimensional conversation. We were sitting by a big window looking out on a small pond with the Bel-Air's famous swans floating by like beauty queens.
Our hostess, a pretty young woman, kept walking by. Each time she asked if we needed anything—no thanks, we were fine—and she'd linger for an extra second or so. After the fourth time Caroline said, "She must recognize me from the PBS pledge drive that just aired. Happens all the time." Then we dove back into our conversation about mysticism, time travel, and the state of the world, i.e., who was doing what to whom. As our hostess cruised by again, Caroline looked up and said, "What is it?" The hostess looked right at me, and said, "Do you live in Virginia Beach? I'm pretty sure I recognize you." Yep, I did live in Virginia Beach at one time but now I lived in NYC. She remembered me from the first TV series I ever did on the Norfolk PBS station, a weekly show where I interviewed local experts on meditation, dreams, Edgar Cayce, and Native American spirituality. Caroline laughed and laughed. "Well, that'll show me," she said.
From Edgar Cayce reading 707-1:. . . if thou art centered in Him, then be not afraid! Yea, He has walked the streets with the rabble and has seen the flowing of the blessings that may come through making self humble! Yea, in the face and in the power of those that might save the body, He gave: "There is no power save that Creative Force we call God may give," that the soul may be raised, may be washed, may be white, may be cleansed that it may be in the presence of the Maker Himself! Art thou choosing this way?
Sandra Martin is owner and producer of Paraview TV, which is going live on FIOS in November 2011. You can check out their Web site www.paraviewtv.com.
Edgar Cayce's A.R.E. blog offers opinion pieces from contributors with a wide variety of backgrounds. These opinions are valued and create points of discussion. Opinions expressed in our blog may not necessarily represent the opinion of A.R.E.


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How do I write an arbitrary $2\times 2$ matrix as a linear combination of the three Pauli Matrices and the $2\times 2$ unit matrix?
Any example for the same might help ?
How do I write an arbitrary $2\times 2$ matrix as a linear combination of the three Pauli Matrices and the $2\times 2$ unit matrix?
Any example for the same might help ?
The matrices $\sigma_0\equiv \boldsymbol{1}_2$, $\sigma_x$, $\sigma_y$ and $\sigma_z$ form an orthonormal basis of your vector space w.r.t. the scalar product $$ (X,Y) \equiv \frac{1}{2}\operatorname{tr}(X\cdot Y), $$ where $X$ and $Y$ label any two complex $2\times 2$ matrices. The factor $1/2$ is just for convenience, you may as well normalise your Pauli matrices by dividing them by $2$.
All you want to do now is to decompose an arbitrary element $$ M = \begin{pmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{pmatrix} $$ of your vector space into the above basis and figure out the coefficients. As usual, this is done by projecting onto that basis by means of the scalar product $$ M = (\sigma_0,M)\cdot\sigma_0 + (\sigma_x,M)\cdot\sigma_x + (\sigma_y,M)\cdot\sigma_y + (\sigma_z,M)\cdot\sigma_z\ . $$
This has essentially been said in the above comments, particularly in the link posted by Kostya.
A slow construction would go... $$$$
$$ \begin{pmatrix}a&b\\c&d\end{pmatrix} = a\begin{pmatrix}1&0\\0&0\end{pmatrix} +b\begin{pmatrix}0&1\\0&0\end{pmatrix} +c\begin{pmatrix}0&0\\1&0\end{pmatrix} +d\begin{pmatrix}0&0\\0&1\end{pmatrix} $$
$$ \begin{pmatrix}1&0\\0&0\end{pmatrix} =\frac{1}{2} \begin{pmatrix}1&0\\0&1\end{pmatrix} + \frac{1}{2} \begin{pmatrix}1&0\\0&-1\end{pmatrix} =\frac{1}{2}1_2+\frac{1}{2}\sigma_3 $$
$$ \begin{pmatrix}0&1\\0&0\end{pmatrix} =\ ... $$
$$ \Longrightarrow \begin{pmatrix}a&b\\c&d\end{pmatrix} = \frac{a}{2}1_2+\frac{a}{2}\sigma_3+\ ...\ (\text{other combintations of the four matrices}) $$
I like to put it this way:
So, for example:
You can solve for $w,x,y,z$ from the entries in the array easily. I.e. $x$ is the average of the top right and bottom left entries, etc.


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Alien: Isolation dated for OctoberWritten by: / / 2 Comments
Alien: Isolation is rapidly shaping up to be one of the scariest, most atmospheric triple-A titles released this year thanks to its central conceit of being stalked by a single Xenomorph on the space station Sevastopol.
Sega recently announced that the game will be released across PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC on October 7th which is slightly earlier than many people were anticipating.
"We couldn't be happier to finally announce a date for Alien: Isolation," said Alistair Hope, Creative Lead at Creative Assembly. "The reaction we have seen so far has been simply incredible, from the screams and shrieks to the cold sweats and racing hearts. It's the Alien game that we've always wanted to play and we can't wait to let everyone get their hands on it this fall."
Head over here for El33tonline's previous coverage of Alien: Isolation to see how this promising multiplatform title takes its cue from Ridley Scott's 1979 classic horror film.


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I'm at the Rescue from Fort Neugrad mission for Stormcloaks. Ralof and Stormcloak scouts are supposed to wait for me near Fort Neugrad so I can get the quest details BUT it seems their waiting point is bugged. Instead of waiting outside the Fort they are waiting for me inside the fort, so as soon as I get near the fort they are seen by the Imperials and the whole quest becomes messed up beyond repair.
Any ideas for a workaround?


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Moving On
Cirilia here! I am simultaneously excited and reluctant to announce a bit of personal news…I will be moving on from my duties at Berroco this spring!! It has been a dream to work alongside Norah and the whole team, but I am feeling the need to put my personal life ahead of my professional one, at least for now. I absolutely intend to continue working with yarn, and I hope Norah will allow me to contribute to KnitBits from afar now and again.
I can't even begin to wrap my head around the experience I've gained here. There is a time warp that Norah and I suffer from, and it makes 2.5 years feel like just a handful of months. When I look back at all the things we've done, it feels like a decade!! We're heading into our last round of photography together, and I couldn't be happier about it. These intense days are always the most fun, and it feels like the perfect way to end my tenure here. All of the meetings and arguments and stresses morph into magical images (if we're lucky). I'm sure I'll be taking plenty of mental snapshots.
Would you like to replace me? See the job posting here. You can continue to follow my work on Ravelry here, and I will certainly update you when I have new blogs and Twitter accounts!
That's major news! I wish you the best of luck! I have really enjoyed knitting your designs and look forward to seeing more once you settle into your new life.March 9, 2011
Good luck on the next phase of your life, may it bring you much happiness!March 9, 2011
Sungopolis #
It's been lovely watching your knitting and designing blossom at Berroco. Kudos to you for a job well done. So glad I can continue to follow your knitterly escapades via Ravelry.March 9, 2011
Oh, I hope that you'll still blog in some capacity! I always loved your designs and style so much. May the next phase or your life is full of cupcakes, good times, and happy, wonderful things!! And can I just say, if I wasn't one country over, I'd totally apply for this job. It looks like a lot of work, but a lot of fun.March 9, 2011
Julia #
Best of luck to you, Cirilia! I'm excited to see what comes next.March 9, 2011
Vanessa #
I too have been inspired by all your work. All the best to you!March 9, 2011
Billi #
Oh geez, I hope you start up your own blog. I really love your designs.❤March 9, 2011
Best wishes, Cirilla. Your Ravelry page is beautiful…looking forward to your future blog. Cheers!March 11, 2011
balzac #
Aaah. You're so talented and so much Fun. You'll be missed. Many Happy Wishes for all kinds of new adventures.March 11, 2011
Nana #
My darling Cirilia, I wish you good luck, and much happiness….love you!
we will miss you………………..March 12, 2011
MelodyJ #
This is bittersweet news for me. I always look forward to your designs. You are one of my favorite designers and I still have your old blog on Google Reader. I know the next phase of your life will be bright. Best wishes!March 13, 2011
I was visiting WEBS with friends today and finally found out about your move! I want to wish you all the best – you deserve it. I will definitely follow your endeavours. But dang I was hoping we'de be traveling to Sock Summit on the same plane again like last time on the way home, remember? AND I was so glad to be there for Abi's photoshoot. Take good care of yourself!!!March 19, 2011