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What is Pope Francis up to?
If you read more than one piece on the one-year anniversary of Pope Francis' papacy (I'd also first recommend Paul Baumann's Slate essay) I might go self-referential and suggest a few stories that I reported from Rome that look ahead at where we may be going in this pontificate.
First is my take on how Francis' chief goal is changing the culture of the Vatican and the wider church -- converting the church, as it were -- and the three main approaches he is using to try to do that: preaching to the hierarchy; teaching clergy (and the rest of us) to talk openly and honestly again; and opening up to the world in order to make the church truer to her mission, more like Christ:
"Some in the Roman Curia" — the Vatican bureaucracy — "say, well, this pope is old so let's wait a bit, and things will return to the way they were," said the Rev. Humberto Miguel Yanez, a fellow Argentine Jesuit, who heads the moral theology department at the Gregorian University in Rome.
"If this is the attitude, then his words and his reforms don't mean anything. I think conversion is the most important thing, and that explains why Francis speaks every day, why he preaches every day. Some say that this pope talks and talks and talks but doesn't do anything. But I think he is preparing the ground."
As Cardinal Theodore McCarrick said to me in a nice line that didn't make any of my stories, Pope Francis "wants the church to know that God really loves her." Or, "Be not afraid," as another pope said -- but don't be afraid of other Catholics above all.
Another story of mine tries to explain how Francis is still a Jesuit (yes, afraid so) and how profoundly that shapes what he is doing and is hoping to do. Not much new there to most Commonwealers, I'm sure, but I thought it important to try to explain to a wider readership why this is important, and just what Jesuits are.
I also wrote about the pope's health (he "eats work," they say, but add that so far so good -- he knows how to pace himself), and about what life is like in the Roman Curia these days.
That should keep you busy, or bored, until his second anniversary. Feedback welcome.
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David Gibson is a national reporter for Religion News Service and author of The Coming Catholic Church (HarperOne) and The Rule of Benedict (HarperOne). He blogs at dotCommonweal.
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"When I watch, in this little everyday environment, various power struggles for position, I think to myself: These people are trying to play God, the Creator," the pope said. "They still haven't realized that they are not God. Here is where John XXIII paved the way for Francis. John wanted to say this to them but perhaps was intimidated. The most he would say as he did to Cardinal Cushing was that he "was in a box", referring to the overwhelming reach of the Curia. Now Francis says this to them directly. This is huge. People talked about reform of the Curia before and the Curia laughed as they drew up the reform rules. This time it is different. There have been some denials of things Francis really did say. But for the most part Francis is laying it on the line to them. No doubt they are praying for his early death as Cardinal Rodriquez said. We shall see. But even when Francis passes the Curia might still weaken further with the next pope.
I think that politically Papa Francesco is trying to move the ball down the field the best he can prefering the running game vs the passing game - apparently no "Hail Mary" passes for Bergoglio [Sorry for the football metaphor.]
To paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld: I guess you reform the church with the hierarchy you have -- not the hierarchy you might want or wish to have at a later time.
Francesco only has so many degrees of freedom to act, and so little time before his age and/or health catches up with him, just like it did for B16. We're going to find out just what political skills are in Francesco's game that he brings from his Jesuit life experiences.
I believe that the real political trick for Francesco will be if he can move past his hopelessly alienated and irrelevant hierarchy and get the PEOPLE really involved in pushing for the needed reforms in governance and reforming the priesthood from parish to pope.
I have to say that I find it somewhat hopeful that Francesco is gathering the hierarchs together in synod later this year to confront issues important to the PEOPLE - not somekind of etheral navel-gazing among hierarchs about how tough it is these days in the chancellory office.
Even if nothing productive comes of the synod, the spectacle of male celibate geronticrats discussing the verities of married life should be entertaining if nothing else - kinda like Strangers in a Strange Land.
David G, these are great stories! Although we better check the Catechism - self-referencing may be a mortal sin :-)
Bill M - I've seen the narrative that John called an ecumenical council as a sort of an end run around the curia. Maybe Francis is trying to get the curia to let itself be reformed.
And would add:
- the stress on empowering (especially via canon law) episcopal conferences (which is what VII called for and both JPII and Benedict feared and resisted) (note - in a truly Jesuitical way, this would do the most in terms of reorienting any type of papal expectations and cult of personality and, one would hope, stop future popes from recentralizing power/control)
- the stress on *real* synods (the upcoming family life synod will be an example - already he has promoted openness and various viewpoints on remarriage, divorce, reception of communion, and annulments) (note -again, VII called for real synods and both JPII and Benedict emasculated them to control the discussion and the final results)
- shifting the curia to a *service model* rather than the centralized highest point of control (we will have to wait and see on this one but the decisions to decentralize are there)
- inclusion of women in the curia, etc. (again, he is laying the groundwork and one would hope that these initiatives could not be reversed by future popes)
- remaking the curia such that *dicastery of state* is not the power behind the papacy - rather, it serves the function of the typical foreign policy departments e.g. ambassadors; refashioning the power of the CDF - its role is not final judge and jury but as a service function to espiscopal conferences (this hinges on law changes and then the actual initial decisions to reinforce the legal changes)
- refocusing on the VII goals - ecumensism, church of the poor; going on mission to the periphery (rather than cultural wars; doctrinal over-emphasis; etc.); using VII and scriptural images for the church - bishop of Rome (vs. Supreme Pontiff); hospital for the sick (vs. idealized notion of those who are sinless, clean, meets certain ideologies); actually applying the VII concept of the people of God and priesthood as a ministry (not a higher or separate ontological state of being) - thus, preaching against airport bishops, careerism; clericalism; self-referential stances.
- addressing the long standing scandal of Vatican finances
That being said, do agree with Mr. Baumann's point about the personality cult threats - this goes along with decentralization......if we don't keep Francis in context, we will be disappointed.
There are two areas that I would separate from this overview - he appears to have a lot of catching up to do on the issue of sexual abuse (let's see what develops in his second year and in his proposed committee) and on the role of women (his call for a female theology reveals that he is not very aware of what has been done; the skills of folks already on hand, etc.)
Mr. Gibson - some added analysis of Baumann's Slate article.
First, wonder what Rev. Komonchak would say about Baumann's stance that VII documents were so both/and or open ended that either the right or the left can find something to support their ideological interpretations?
Second, agree with Baumann that, in reality, we have had these differing interpretations create disunity, internal squabbles, etc.
Third, but will posit that history will not continue to interpret VII documents in this way. In fact, IMO, the Komonchak School of Bologna VII history/interpretation will be the balanced and go forward accepted interpretation. The impact of both JPII (episcopal appointments and never addressing the curia; fascination with new movements e.g. Opus Dei, LC, etc.) and Benedict's *restoration efforts*; the betrayal of the VII spirit and initiatives by Ratzinger who had both the power and the position to force his narrow and very minority interpretation upon church politics. That period is coming to an end but will take another 10-20 years to be redirected.
Fourth, think Baumann's current analysis of the either/or VII interpretations will not stand....even before the death of Paul VI, Ottaviani and curial colleagues had swayed Paul VI into gutting VII initiatives and directives and JPII/Benedict only drove this deeper. But, IMO, history will identify this restoration/resistance; it will see the new movements as very conservative, driven by wealth and what can only be called The Temple Police; a tiny minority (but, yes, financially and politically wielding much power). History will show that this tiny minority's views only increased the flights from the pews and that the younger generations were dismayed by the internal squabbles driven by this minority.
Bill deHaas --
Who are these wealthy people with such power in the Church? Lay people? From where?
Both lay and clerical - follow the money trail - are you aware of the financial worth, giving, and impact of Opus Dei and LC alone? They originate out of Spain and Mexico. Read the life history of Maciel and his method of raising money, his very wealthy donors in Mexico and elsewhere.
Maciel had a continuous method of giving large gifts and payments to certain curia officials year after year with the expectation that they would both support his initiatives and community, etc. Nothing like buying influence. (note - historical records show that Ratzinger refused his *gifts*.)
Bill deH. --
I have read that carlos Slim, the Mexican and richest man in the world. supported the Legionaires. And if Mexican law is still a lot like Louisiana law, his wife must own at least a chunk of his fortune, that couldexplain a goodly number of their new seminaries. I knoe that Opus dai is rich, but didn't realize it's that rich. Sounds like the Renaissance all over .
Do we want a more empowered episcopal conference here in the US?
Here is another excellent way of analyzing what Francis has done to date:
Irene - to your question, IMO, the answer is yes knowing that currently we need better and more pastoral US bishops (that will come) but to withhold reform because we don't like the current makeup of the conference gets us nowhere.
Key passage in the link above:
"In a second edition of True and False Reform (1968), Father Congar amended his original call for the Roman Curia to be more representative of "the immense diversity of the church and the broad trends of the world." He noted that Pope Paul VI had already begun the internationalizing of the Curia. He went on to insist, however, that this has to mean more than "personnel who are international by origin but still purely Roman by mentality." His own words are quite eloquent here:
If personnel are chosen only from men of a certain type, generally conservative and safe, reinforcing only the static dimension of fidelity and tradition—that is, choosing people who don't cause problems and don't take risks—then the institution creates a barrier of isolation between the periphery and the center, making the center a sort of "party." This would meet the church's needs for security and moderation, but would fail to address the church's need to adapt and make progress in the world. Above all, in that case, the most dynamic elements of the church would never be heard.
Pope Francis may or may not have read Yves Congar's True and False Reform in the Church, but he did mention "peripheries" in his pre-conclave speech to the cardinals. According to an outline of the speech authorized for release, then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio said, "The Church is called to come out of herself and go to the peripheries, not only geographically, but also the existential peripheries: the mystery of sin, of pain, of injustice, of ignorance and indifference to religion, of intellectual currents, and of all misery." In his first year as bishop of Rome, his words and actions have suggested a vision of the church that is broad, inclusive and pastorally sensitive. The naming of an advisory group of eight cardinals to represent the wider church is but one dramatic sign that the center now wants to listen to the periphery."
The article ends with Congar's hopes in 1968 - "......see not only episcopal collegiality, the synod of bishops and the internationalization of the Roman Curia coming to life, but also new instruments of "contact with others at the center" in the five secretariats for Promoting Christian Unity, Non-Christian Religions, Nonbelievers, the Laity and Justice and Peace in the World."
As we know now, both JPII and Benedict did not share nor did they encourage these hopes setting back VII by 40 years.
VII occurred while I progressed through the upper grades of primary school and along into highschool as did so many other social movements and expansive inclusionary programs.
After Pope John XXIII one could almost hear Church doors slamming shut.
Many persons who are females, including myself, at some point began to realize that while the Church has specific uses for women, women do not actually belong, participate in concert equally, or become shepherds to the flock. This is still the case.
This is not unique to the Church. In other world religions, one finds the same set of circumstances. These are institutions built up and ossified by men, excluding women except those who serve certain functions. There's a lot of lip service about blessed females, brides of Christ (nuns), Mother Teresa, etc.
Everyone has heard both lines of thinking many times: the Church's views on women, expressed and implied, and a 'fallen-away' female's objections to its excluding from full membership (by the Church's own choice)1/2 of the global population.
In clinging to male primacy and other empty ideas so desperately for so long, the beloved tradition of my youthful faith has shown itself to be barely able to attract new adherents. It has razed and concolidated parishes in the US in order to remain economically viable at the local level, a fact which has not made the hierarchy pause to consider why parishioners are dwindling or coffers are bare - if they really are: the faithful cannot hold anyone accountable except themselves.
Can this Church, whose devout women when in sorrow and mourning may turn over their most precious possession to the Church (i.e. wedding rings, etc.) in praise and to 'continue the mission', continue to prosper?
I cannot leave my tradition behind completely; however, I ensured my children would by giving them a secular education, the best I could provide. My own education in Catholic schools was outstanding and we had many non-Catholic students at my highschool, also paying dearly for its excellence.
In my Catholic school after VII they stopped teaching Latin to us girls, yet continued teaching it to the boys at their schools. Thanks a lot, Father Church, we got the message. It is repeated over and over in so many ways all the way up to yes, the 21st century.
My point is this: being an eager and hopeful neice of a priest I keep in touch with the old faith, worship in my private way, and it interests me endlessly. Surely 'this Pope gives me hope'.
Commentaries like the article above are written on the wind and mean little without a fundamental re-orientation regarding the other half of the world. It is apparent the Church is not for women. I want to ask Pope Francis how he envisions it succeeds without us.
A Goddess does not turn her back on anyone, and neither does God. This is where I think the Church went off wrong, and won't or is unable to backtrack. I am not a pagan because I say 'Goddess'. You are not religious because you say 'God".
One can only respond to life from their inmost sacred being, and understand it with their own vision, references, and thoughts. The Church in my experience divides its flock.
Ann O: I'm sure that Carl Anderson is a major contributor (KC funds, of course) .... why else would he be on the new Finance Council (whatever it is called) on which there are 8 cardinals and 7 laymen (gotta keep that clerical power imbalance!)? Then there are individuals such as Ken Langone of Home Depot infamy.
And that's not even tapping the non-US money boys.
Jimmy, I don't think Anderson is on that council. I was surprised actually. He remains on the IOR (Vatican Bank) board I believe.
The piece explaining the Pope's personal and philosophical connections to the Jesuit order was extremely helpful. Thanks!
CS Bernard, thank you for expressing so clearly what so many Catholic (and formerly Catholic) women experience in this church. I have copied your entire post to save!
"Many persons who are females, including myself, at some point began to realize that while the Church has specific uses for women, women do not actually belong, participate in concert equally, or become shepherds to the flock. This is still the case.
And too many Catholic women accept this second-class status passively, as they were taught.
I cannot leave my tradition behind completely; however, I ensured my children would by giving them a secular education, the best I could provide
I cannot either - and even though we educated our two older children in Catholic schools, finally switching to an Episcopal high school for the youngest, it was because we wanted them to have a foundation for developing a spiritual life. The Episcopal school turned out to be a far better choice for that purpose than the Catholic high school the older children attended. I also wanted my chilldren to be "free" of the ties that bind, that have prevented me from leaving the Catholic church behind completely.
I keep in touch with the old faith, worship in my private way, and it interests me endlessly. Surely 'this Pope gives me hope'.
Yes - this is the experience of so many women.
Carl Anderson very successfully runs an enormous insurance company/ philanthropic organization, right?
And your point is what?
Can think of any number of hundreds of folks who run successful companies but that doesn't mean that I would want them on the board of the IOR or any board of the catholic church?
Geez, Maciel was a successful businessman; one could argue that Bill Donohue is also.
Hmm, not sure I understand you, Bill. What is it that Anderson has said, has done, or stands for that you think disqualifies him for Vatican service?
Perhaps you would prefer only a somewhat embarassed sense of Catholic identity in Catholic leaders, like a commissioner of baseball who secretly prefers hockey.
Here you go:
Key points:
- "A case in point is Carl Anderson's sitting on the Vatican bank's lay supervisory council. Anderson, head of the U.S.-based Knights of Columbus, inherited his seat in 2009 when Virgil Dechant -- Anderson's predecessor as supreme knight -- stepped down after nine years on the body. Do the Knights have a permanent seat on this council? Anderson has used the Knights' millions of dollars, generated from investment proceeds of the fraternal organization's insurance portfolio, to leverage extraordinary influence into every level of the Vatican bureaucracy. By paying for everything from infrastructure renovations to chauffeured limousines for visiting prelates, Anderson has made himself a Vatican establishment guy. He serves on several other pontifical councils, too. It is also worth noting that he has been largely silent on the decades-old clergy sexual abuse crisis, hardly the kind of courageous leadership a corrupt banking operation needs."
So, he inherited this postion - sort of puts your earlier statement about his *skills* in a different light. And, of course, you make no mention of any of his other *pet projects* as if these qualify him for this position.
Thanks for linking to the editorial, Bill. It helps me to understand better the point of view of the NCR editorial board.
Which pet projects are you referring to?
examples - poured millions of dollars into supporting certain bishops' same sex marriage opposition; poured millions into a campaign against the Affordable Care Act going much further than even the narrow and lame Fortnight for Freedom USCCB campaign (which, by year two, had less that 30% of US dioceses involved in it); etc.
I thought these causes were in keeping with the USCCB's stated goals. Why would it be a problem that a Catholic organization supports them?
Actually, no:
- in terms of the Fortnight for Freedom, the November USCCB meeting resolved that this campaign/issue was now to be decided by each bishop/diocese. Why? There was significant disagreement with those leading this campaign; with its goals, methods, etc. and disagreement with its stated principles
- same sex marriage - same thing. USCCB has no deliberate process that it fosters or pushes. The decision by an individual bishop runs the extreme of Nienstedt (who spent a couple of million at a time his diocese is facing parish/school closings and serious abuse settlements in the near future). He also had significant push back from key pastors. The same in Seattle - in fact, bishop had to stop his plans because his pastors (in unison) rejected his plans.
- Affordable Care Act....this is the most maligned issue in terms of the USCCB. The USCCB has produced any number of announcements and statements supporting the overall goal of the ACA - insurance is a human right and part of supporting human dignity. Unfortunately, some bishops and catholic organizations have twisted the HHS mandate provision into a complete and full rejection of the ACA (it is not). KC/Anderson is one who has made this mistake.
What is truly unfortuate is that Anderson pushes national and global issues that do not follow catholic social teachings - rather, they appeal to a minority of catholics...and he collects funds from thousands of KC groups without being transparent about this. The KCs were founded to help the poor widows in Connecticutt........guess what, the ACA can also help poor widows. Funny how far Anderson has twisted the original call and charism of the KC founder.
I'm not sure I understand, Bill. When I go to the USCCB website to the Issues and Action pull down tab, it doesn't suggest that religious liberty or families are dubious values. If what you are saying is that there is a broad spectrum of activities that a particular bishop can take on to foster and protect these values, no argument from me. The K of C, then, is part of that big tent, right? And it certainly does not follow that the Church teachings involved are questionable.
Religious liberty is a broad umbrella under which all kinds of actions can be taken and some may not be according to the social justice teachings of the church.
Sure, there is a broad specturm of activities - but again some of these activities may or may not be helpful e.g. Fortnight for Freedom per many US bishops.
My point about Anderson - he dictates what the national/global KC activities are under the guise that this is church teaching - his goal may be a church teaching but his activites and methods may be counter (and have been counter) to what the church advocates. It is the old truism - the end doesn't justify the means. Anderson falls into that truism frequently.
I really don't follow you here, Bill. What are you saying that the Church advocates, which Anderson is countering? I don't think the bishops have forbidden the Fortnight for Freedom, for example. Certainly birth control is still counter to Church teaching, as are same-sex sexual relations. Formal cooperation with evil is as wrong as ever. The natural law still exists.
Somehow I think it is actually ends, not means--teaching, not discipline--that is at stake in your objections. I could be mistaken.
You are - folks such as Anderson are consumed with ethics (not the catholic faith that begins with call, invitation, metanoia). Rather, they have the answers and the truth (you touch upon that in your comment - natural law (a philosophical understanding that some, like you and Anderson, use as a cudgel); birth control (sorry, the hierarchy lost this one decades ago and are too arrogant to listen to the sensus fidelium as you and Anderson are).
Here is an interesting viewpoint that highlights the danger and weakness of folks such as Anderson (and yes, it is both ends and means).
Highlights that pertain to Anderson or you:
"Conservatives are never shy about invoking doctrine when they defend their positions. How many times have we heard in the past couple of years during the debate over the HHS contraception mandate that the Church's opposition to contraception is "a core doctrine" of the Church. Of course, the Church's opposition to contraception has the same doctrinal weight as the Church's support for the right of workers to organize. Both were affirmed in papal encyclicals. There is always a difference between a negative proscription of the moral law, a "thou shalt not," and a positive proscription of the moral law, "thou shalt," because there can be a variety of ways to pursue a "thou shalt." But, both are morally binding. And, neither is what I would call a "core doctrine." (and yet, Anderson has misaligned tKC from serving the poor to marketing and pronouncing on each cultural war issue)
"Love is a doctrine and, indeed, the core doctrine of our faith. This permits us a much more accessible answer to the question why we help our neighbor than any secular NGO can offer. And, all the Church's moral and social doctrines flow from these core Christological and Trinitarian doctrines. Francis is not denying those doctrines, but he is reminding us that at the center of our faith is a commitment to love God and neighbor." (con't see much of this approach in some of Anderson's pet projects)
"If, however, we allow ourselves to adopt the role of an ethical authority in the public square, over time, we begin to see ourselves in that role, our self-understanding of what it means to be a Church begins to look like that public role. Pretty soon, the Christian Church becomes a group of finger waggerers, some on the right and some on the left to be sure, but people who have reduced religion to ethics and, just so, are halfway down the slope of secularization before they know it."
(sorry, some of your comments and the Anderson activities are best described as *finger waggerers*)
"The mercy of God, the love of God, the human dignity of all, these are the core doctrines that we must embrace and defend, but our defense must be characterized by utter humility in part because we all so easily and so often offend against them! And, these doctrines shape all that we do."
(one thing Anderson does not have is *humility*)
So when you say that the Church does or doesn't stand for something, it seems perhaps that you mean that you, MSW or John Gehring are the ones who define the Church's position. The Church's teaching isn't found in the Catechism or Scripture or Tradition, but in NCR. Is that right?
Keep twisting what I say - sign that you are again desperate to score points....your usual MO.
Let's see - I can say the same thing you did: "So when Kathy says that the Chuch does or doesn't stand for something, it seems perhaps that you mean that Kathy, Anderson, Raymond Burke are the ones who define the Church's postion. The Church's teaching isn't found in the Catechism or Scripture or Tradition, but in KC, or Rorate Coeli. Is that right???
Actually - in the above, I explicitly laid out exactly what the church stands for and it is based upon Scripture. As you well know, the issue with naming tradition or catechism is that these express human interpretations that are usually more both/and than your simplistic black and white (since you have such an inordinate need for that)
To reiterate my point AGAIN:
As I argued, I think the pope is asking us to remember that all these issues are derivative of our Christological commitments, and that too often we have forgotten that, both the left and the right. Yes, the left and the right read the conciliar texts in different ways and reach different conclusions. But, Pope Francis seems to want to remind us that what unites those various conciliar texts was a commitment to follow Jesus more closely, and with our eyes open. Some people see different things with their eyes. Some prefer to keep their eyes closed, to be sure. But, the key is not to let the disagreements blind us to the essential question: Are we following Jesus?
And Pope Francis is certainly reminding us that what "goes to the heart of Catholic self-understanding" is not these neuralgic issues, but our encounter with the poor. The Second Vatican Council called our special attention to share the joys, hopes, griefs and anxieties of "those who are poor or in anyway afflicted," not the joys, hopes, griefs, and anxieties of the readers of Rorate Coeli.......someone has their priorities wrong, and I do not think it is Pope Francis. and I am suggesting that Anderson is fixated (like you) on Neuralgic issues and, in the process, he has moved the KCs from the poor to his own "pet projects" (typically from the right wing of the church)
Bill, I think we are in substantial agreement re: your penultimate paragraph. Thank you for that.
I imagine that we agree that Pope Francis' focus on simplicity of life--after all, he is a religious priest himself--is a breath of fresh air. If someone had told me even a year ago that the average clergyman might consider a Ford Focus as a live option when shopping for his post-ordination new car, to replace the clunker that barely got him through seminary, I would not have believed it. And I believe that Pope Francis' reform of the curia will go down in history as one of the greatest papal moments ever.
What is still at issue between us, as I see it, is the question of how the issues that are important are defined. Certainly Catholics receive input on this question from every point of view and through every medium known to humankind.
Although I do not regularly read Rorate Caeli--not sure where you got that idea--it seems to me that a simple reading of the signs of the times shows a disconnect between Catholic belief, which is as positive, joyful, and incredibly demanding as it has ever been, and Catholic liturgy, which has only barely begun to regroup from its thoroughly depressing and boring nadir of the 70s and 80s. I'm happy to contribute in whatever small way I can to liturgy's revival, for the consolation of the faithful.
As for the issues of life and marriage, these are basic issues of the natural law, which has scriptural foundations. While these foundations are not limited to Romans chapter 1, this is the clearest formulation, particularly regarding marriage, as crystal clear as the teaching of Matthew 25.
What surprises me about your argument is that it seems a bit naive. There are people actively working to undermine the good. Life is a good. Beauty is a good. When we foster these things, we are doing something good. There are people who would like to undermine work like this. I don't really understand why you might be adding fuel to their fire.


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My interests change sometimes from day to day other times it takes weeks.
I have programmed in C,C++, C#, JavaScript, Java, Python, Ruby, Perl, PHP, BASIC, TI-BASIC, and Z80. I have written markup in, HTML, and XML. I've also used CSS. For datastores I've worked with MSSQL, MySQL, and JSON. Thus far C is the language with my favorite syntax. My least favorites in order of most hate toward; Ruby, Java, Perl, C#, Python, JavaScript, and C++. I'm currently working in SQL(in MySQL), PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. To help make JavaScript more bearable I'm using the jQuery library along with jQuery UI for some ui actions.
I prefer to write purely procedural code as much as possible. I see no reason to use abstractions like objects, and classes. I think that it makes the code much uglier and is not worth the extra cpu operations. I also hate using camelCase and prefer to only do variable_name or variable-name.
My priorities are Stability, Security, Performance then Readability in that order. I use a coding style similar to the linux kernel's handbook for coding style. I also do not use vim, nor emacs since I think both are equally archaic and useless.
I only use Debian Testing for my desktop OS, and my mobile currently is a Blackberry 8330. I will soon be getting an android device that is as powerful as the HTC Rezound, or better.
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TWO PEOPLE were seriously injured in a horrendous two-vehicle, rear-end accident in the northbound lanes of Ohio 7 early Monday morning that backed up traffic in both directions, and caused major headaches for drivers traveling through Martins Ferry.
The accident, involving a tractor trailer and rented Penske box truck, occurred shortly after 9 a.m. approximately 200 yards south of the Hanover Street interchange.
The driver and passenger, both unidentified, in the Penske truck had to be extricated from the wreckage by the Jaws of Life. The driver, a male subject, was taken from the crash first and loaded into a Stat MedEvac helicopter, one of two which landed on the roadway. He was flown to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
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Emergency personnel and members of the Stat MedEvac unit from Wintersville get ready to load a 10-year-old girl into the Lifeflight chopper Monday morning after a wreck on Ohio 7.
He was listed in stable condition late Monday night with undisclosed injuries.
It took emergency personnel nearly another hour before they could free the passenger, a 10-year-old girl, who was trapped between the dashboard and the seat. A hole had to be cut in the back of the Penske truck cab so that the injured female could be taken out the back of the box truck.
According to Sgt. James Faunda, of the Ohio Highway Patrol, the girl suffered life-threatening injuries. She was immediately flown to Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh.
According to authorities on the scene, both individuals were from the Pittsburgh area and were in the process of moving to the Steubenville area. The Penske truck was loaded with the family's belongings, which most of had to be taken from the truck so the injured girl could be removed.
A female, presumably the girl's mother and companion of the driver, traveling behind the Penske truck was visibly shaken at the scene. Her vehicle had Pennsylvania license plates. She was directed to drive to the Pittsburgh hospitals and await her loved ones.
"We have conflicting reports on what occurred," Sgt. Faunda reported. "The truck driver said he was coasting to the red light when he heard a thud and looked into his mirror. He said he saw the truck crunched into the back of his.
"The other version came from a female, who is a relative of the injured," Faunda continued. "She said the semi sped up and got into the left lane, then back into the right in front of the other truck.
"Right now we are trying to sort things out," Faunda added.
According to Faunda, the patrol's accident reconstruction team was called, but were unable to make it.
"We have troopers marking different sites with paint," Faunda said. "Should the girl not make it, then they will come back and do the reconstruction."
According to the semi driver, Rick Daniels of Wisconsin, he and his young son were hauling 44,000 pounds of fertilizer that was to be delivered to Turf Care Supply, a Martins Ferry-based business along the Ohio River.
"I had just let off of my accelerator and was coasting to the red light about to turn right," Daniels said. "Then all of a sudden my truck lurched forward. I'm loaded with 44,000 pounds of fertilizer. That truck wouldn't budge, but it did. He hit me hard... there was nothing I could do. I looked in my mirror and saw the truck into my backend."
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I am able to prove that any symmetric manifold is complete (Consider a local geodesic and use the symmetry to flip it, effectively doubling the length of the geodesic, ad infinitum). I want to use a similar procedure to prove that a manifold whose isometries act transitively is complete, i.e there is always an isometry which maps the start point of a local geodesic to its end point, preserving the geodesic. I am, however, unable to ensure that it is not `rotated' in the process, i.e I want the pushforward of the initial tangent, by the isometry, to be the final tangent, ensuring the resultant doubled geodesic is smooth.
My Lie group theory is a bit scratchy but I assume there is a method which allows me to construct the correct pushforward using only transitivity.
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In our worship to God many times we utter phrases like "God I magnify you" or "God be magnified". I used to wonder, is God really magnified by saying those words? How can we really magnify God or have him magnified?
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Clearly, those phrases can't mean that we have the ability to alter God in any way. I don't think that the definition of "magnify God" in these phrases means to actually make God "bigger" or "greater". I understand them to mean "Make God more prominent in my life, our culture, etc."
Magnification doesn't make objects bigger, it alters our perception of an object, making it appear bigger to us.
Similarly, magnifying God doesn't make Him bigger, it means He becomes more prominent to us.
The phrase "God, I magnify you" simply means "I am making you greater (more important) in my life, and putting you first, because you are my focus and priority."
They're probably just taking this verse literally:
Though more modern translations usually replace "Let God be magnified" with "God is great!". It's simply a statement of praise meant to worship the Lord.
So then your question, are we really magnifying God by saying these things? If by magnifying you mean worshiping then, if our hearts are sincere, yes we are! But if you mean are we literally magnifying him, making him bigger, stronger, etc... then most certainly not. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
There are not enough words to describe the greatness of God. When we say "God be magnified" we are saying we are focusing on Him and only Him in our moment of worship. We are bringing Him to the fore front of our consciousness making everything in our life less significant at the time of worship.
What utter from our lips come from our heart. When we say God be magnify ,your whole being, in whatever you say or do you do it all in the name of Jesus.
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There's no more iconic or exciting way for a ballgame to end than with a dramatic walk-off grand slam in the home team's final at-bat. But how often do you really get to see that?
You would have seen it if you had been at Angood Field on Monday afternoon as Fernanda Garcia clubbed one over the right-center field fence with the bases juiced in the bottom of the 7th inning to cap a Pratt Community College come-from-behind victory—stunning the visiting Dodge City Lady Conquistadors 12-11.
The Beavers and Conqs traded games in the twin-bill that featured contrasting styles. In the opener, the pitchers were in control as DCCC eked out a narrow 2-1 win. The nightcap saw both teams light it up and Pratt walked off with the victory thanks to Garcia's heroics.
In the first game, Brenda Novelo drove in a run for PCC in the first inning. That held up until the top of the 7th when Dodge scratched out a pair of runs. When Pratt could not answer in the bottom of the 7th, the Lady Conqs were able to claim the 2-1 win.
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BRIDGEPORT - The Toronto baseball team advanced in Ohio Division IV sectional play Monday with a 17-0 win over St. John Central.
Nate Stewart and Andy Miller combined for the two-hit shutout. Blaze Glenn ripped the cover off the ball with a three hit, four-RBI performance. The freshman had a single, double and a triple. Austin Lucas and Riley Keirsey each had three-base hits with Tyler Owens adding a double.
Toronto (18-4) advances to face the winner of Shadyside and River Wednesday at 7 p.m. In the other Division IV sectional game at Bridgeport, Frontier defeated Barnesville 6-5 to advance to face Bridgeport Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.
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This is totally pedantic because I realize rep doesn't matter on Stack Apps (and no one is going to read the FAQ page), but can we sort the rep features by rep anyway?
This is totally pedantic because I realize rep doesn't matter on Stack Apps (and no one is going to read the FAQ page), but can we sort the rep features by rep anyway?
Yes, please.
It also means that I can see what the next power I could get will be. "Ooo... if I get only another X upvotes, I can then do Y, and that'd be nice. I wonder if there's a question I can answer..."
The site is very new, I guess commenting, tagging, and ads are just really to encourage the growth. And those could be temporary, so IMO, no problem with current ordering.
To the more orderly among us, it does look odd that its not in ascending or descending order. However, I suspect (Jeff or someone can back me up/correct me) its in the order people are most likely to be looking at the list of "How much rep do I need to __" fill in the blank.
Voting, flagging, and commenting (though I would think the #2 and #3 should be switched) are probably the most common "Huh?" moments for new people, and if they are the sort to read (via their own direction or by way of someone linking to the FAQ) they will find their answer faster.
We could probably quibble over the rest and/or look at the data for related questions to fine-tune the order, but in light of the above, it looks to be roughly correct.
Tangentially related: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/alpha-sorting.html
Seems I'm a little late to this question... saw it on the front page and never bothered to look at the date. For whatever its worth, I'll leave the answer as another way of looking at it.


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Who can attend the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) fair?
- Credentialed candidates with a Preliminary, Clear, or Professional Clear Credential or candidates who have a credential outside California
- Candidates who have at least one year of experience in a teaching intern program holding an Internship Credential
- Candidates who will be receiving their Preliminary, Clear, or Professional Clear Credential by Fall of the year attending the fair.
- If you do not yet have your credential in hand but will receive it by Fall, you need to get an appeasement letter from either the Credential Office or your supervisor. The appeasement letter must be signed and typed on SJSU letterhead, must include the anticipated date that you will be recommended for the credential, and must indicate type of credential, level, authorization and/or subject(s). (Example: Preliminary Single Subject in History)
Before the fair:
- It is recommended that you pre-register. Candidates who pre-register will enter the fair two hours before non-registered candidates! You will need to submit an application in addition to your credential or appeasement letter. The majority of districts within Santa Clara County will be attending this event. Identify top districts of interest and contact them ahead of time (2-4 weeks before the fair) to see if they will be in attendance.
- Find out how the district handles the application/hiring process and which materials they require and use this as a guideline for additional materials to provide to district recruiters at the fair.
- Research Santa Clara County School Districts.
- Be prepared to be interviewed. Some districts interview candidates on the spot.
For additional information on fair preparation, visit the SCCOE website.
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- Proof of early registration. An email confirmation will be sent out confirming that you are registered for the fair. Print this out and bring to the fair.
- All information submitted on the application to register for the fair and any documents forwarded electronically to SCCOE will not be provided to the school districts. Therefore, you will need to create packets of information to provide to the recruiters at the fair. You may also be asked to submit a district specific application.
- Packets of information for the fair should include your letter of introduction, resume, photocopies of transcripts, credential (or appeasement letter), and three (or more) letters of recommendation.
- Letters of recommendation should be from master teacher(s) and/or supervisor(s); preferably from individuals who have observed you teaching (keep original letters and make copies for fair.)
- You may wish to include a completed copy of the district specific application with your materials as well. The more prepared you are, the better chance you will have to leave a positive impression on the recruiters!
- Packets should be stapled, and your name should be on each document in case they get separated. Resume should be on top, with letters attached in back.
- Indicate on your resume which grade(s) you want to teach and when you expect to receive your credential.
- You can tailor your resume to a specific school district, but it is not expected or required.
- A professional case to hold your documents and paper for note-taking (this can be purchased at Office Max or FedEx).
- Yourself in professional dress (formal interview attire is appropriate. It is better to be overdressed than under-dressed!)
During the fair:
- Be yourself and demonstrate enthusiasm and confidence! A career fair can be intimidating and chaotic. It's normal to be nervous. Keep in mind that administrators want to hire confident individuals who have a passion for teaching and who will present themselves as strong and enthusiastic educators in the classroom.
- Collect business cards and make notes about conversations with administrators/recruiters.
- Ask administrators what the hiring process is like in their district and what the next steps are and/or what you can do to follow up.
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it's the only late night show that could be called TALK the others are just brief interviews promoting crap which isn't that good to begin with.
The longer I watch the more I appreciate every out of the box moment. The Desmond Tutu episode was stunning, the Stephen Fry interview episode was just classy...just the casualness of it all and the pandering to the Geek movement and online culture..chris hardwick, the mythbusters..etc? Where else can you watch Neil Gaiman discuss Doctor Who AND H P Lovecraft?
It is silly, and smart, relaxed and classy all at the same time. I can't wait to see what out of the box stuff they come up with in the future.
in case you missed it.. nearly all the shows are archived in pieces on Youtube.
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STEUBENVILLE - For the first time since 1991, a Catholic Central football team has started the season with six consecutive victories.
Steve Daley's high-octane Crusaders, Ohio's seventh best Division VII club, reached the 6-0 mark pounding Conotton Valley 62-8 Saturday at Harding Stadium.
As is generally the case, Central lite up the scoreboard, rolled up the offensive yards (Daley's club finished with 432) and received several big plays from its defense (which has allowed just 18 points the last four weeks). On their first three offensive plays, the Crusaders lost a yard before punting. Their next 16 snaps of the opening half produced 294 stripes and 56 points.
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CONGRATS — Steubenville Catholic Central's Ryan Fletcher (22) is congratulated by teammates M.J. Marchetta (77) and Marty Engle after scoring in the first quarter of Saturday's 62-8 win over Conotton Valley at Harding Stadium. -- Mike Mathison
"We were sloppy on that first series, but then we regained our focus and the kids did a nice of taking care of business," Daley said.
Short scoring drives, thanks to great field position after the defense delivered, fueled Central's first half explosion.
Drive 1 started at the Central 44 after Chris Murphy and Marty Engle combined to throw CV quarterback Colton Cottis for a loss and Stone Romano broke through for a sack of Cottis. Five plays later, Brenton Colabella found Ryan Fletcher for a 20-yard score.
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Catholic Central 62, Conotton Valley 8
Conotton Valley 0 0 0 8 - 8
Central 21 35 6 0 - 62
C: Fletcher 20 pass from Colabella (McNamara kick)
C: Romano 12 pass from Colabella (McNamara kick)
C: Fletcher 29 pass from Colabella (McNamara kick)
C: DiCarlantonio 12 pass from Colabella (McNamara kick)
C: Jones 62 pass from Colabella (McNamara kick)
C: Jones 13 run (McNamara kick)
C: Engle recover fumble in end zone (McNamara kick)
C: Murphy 22 run (McNamara kick)
C: John Fallon 4 run (run failed)
CV: Bower 43 pass from Cottis (Sadolsky run)
RUSHING: Central 37-262-3 (Daley 3-1; Colabella 1-(-6); Fletcher 1-37; Murphy 3-52-1; Romano 1-9; L. Potenzini 2-27; LeFever 9-62; Parise 6-34; J. Fallon 7-38-1; Jones 1-13-1; Mihalyo 1-(-1); S. Potenzini 2-6); CV 35-128-1 (Cottis 9-(-8); Hoover 6-12; Fiester 10-56; Masters 4-60; McCreary 6-8).
PASSING: Central 8-13-170-5-0 (Colabella 8-12-170-5-0; LeFever 0-1-0); CV 4-11-79-1-2 (Cottis 4-10-79-1-2; Bower 0-1-0).
RECEIVING: Central (Jones 1-62-1; Fletcher 3-48-2; Romano 2-17-1; Porreca 1-29; DiCarlantonio 1-21-1); CV (McCreary 2-29; Bower 1-43-1; Hoover 1-7).
FIRST DOWNS: Central 16; CV 8.
PENALTIES-YARDS: Central 5-40; CV 4-40.
PUNTS: Central 1-34; CV 6-25.
FUMBLES-LOST: Central 0-0; CV 3-3.
Drive 2 was launched from the Rocket 36 and Central needed just two snaps. This time, Colabella hooked up with Romano from 12 yards away. The third TD-producing drive was another of the two-play variety. Starting at the CV 35, Colabella found Fletcher for a 29-yard strike.
Tony Barber's pick of a Cottis pass (it was Barber's second interception of the season) put the Crusaders back in business at the Rocket 23. Another two plays produced another touchdown. Johnny DiCarlantonio was on the receiving end of a 12 yard Colabella strike.
Drive 5 covered 62 yards in a single play. Colabella found Khalil Jones for the six-pointer. Louis Fallon set up the next one snap march when he stripped the ball from a Rocket and pounced on the loose pigskin at the CV 13. Jones sprinted to the end zone for his second score of the evening.
Engle joined the Crusader scoring parade on the next Central possession (this drive took two plays). Beginning at the Rocker 48, Luke Potenzini gained 11 yards. Fletcher then broke loose but fumbled as he was crossing the goal line. Engle fell on the ball to gain credit for the score.
The final touchdown of the half was set up by a Jones interception. L. Potenzini rumbled from the Rocker 47 to the 31 on first down. Romano went up the middle for nine then Murphy capped the march with a 22-yard scamper.
John Paul McNamara was perfect on eight extra-point kicks.
"It certainly helps when you don't have far too travel," Daley said of the first half field position. We wanted to loosen them up a little with the pass and then go to the run. The kids did a nice job of executing the game plan."
Colabella finished the half by throwing for 170 yards, completing eight of his 12 attempts, and five touchdowns. For the season, he has 14 scoring tosses. After the initial series, he was seven of nine.
The Crusader defense held the visitors to 40 first half yards on 31 plays.
"We're doing a nice job of playing a team concept on defense," Daley added. "That's what we have to do. We've been taking good care of the ball ourselves and forcing turnovers. That's a key for us going forward."
Central's reserves produced a touchdown to start the third quarter, going 69 yards. John Fallon did the honors from four yards away.
Sophomore quarterback Robbie LeFever compiled 62 rushing yards in the second half to pace the Crusader ground attack. J. Fallon finished with 38 and Cedro Parise 34. J. Fallon and Luke Coniker recovered fumbles during the final two quarters for the Crusaders.
"I thought our young kids did a nice job for us," Daley added. "They got in there towards the end of the first half and played the entire second half. I was happy with the way they played."
Conotton Valley got on the board late in the game via a 43-yard pass from Cottis to Brett Bower.
The meeting was the fourth between the schools and Central, which is number four in the Region 25 computer standings, has won them all. Eric Schumacher's Rockets now stand at 1-5.
Central will hit the road this week, traveling to Barnesville on Friday.


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January 30, 2013
Cape Town sunsets
Cape Town is a big city with many places where you can enjoy the view of a dazzling sunset, whether it's down on the beach or from the top of one of the city's many mountains.
John Ruskin, who was a leading art critic of the Victorian era, once said: "At sunset, nature is painting for us ... day after day ... pictures of an infinite beauty."
Be inspired, therefore, by these dazzling sunsets and appreciate some of Mother Nature's finest artworks.


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When there are too many comments on a given answer the overflow is hidden which is quite understandable and great UI behaviour. However, those comments that are in view are not always in chronological order. This would not matter if all comments were directed at the answer but however; individuals comment on comments (meta-commenting) so that it reads like a conversation from top to bottom. The current strategy used doesn't guarantee that the happens-before comment will be seen in correct order.
I leave it to the meta-authorities to discuss if this is worth discussing (aka meta-discussing).
I should also add that comments show up in chronological order when you choose show all comments.


text: Thomas the Train is a popular cartoon character that many, many young kids love and enjoy watching. There is a huge collection of movies and other novelties that are available for purchase, and then again there are also some Thomas the Train replicas out there too that are just as popular. With Thomas in mind, here is a lesson that will show you "how to draw a cartoon train", step by step. Drawing trains can definitely be a challenge. When tackling such a complex object you might want to try learning from a much more easier version of Thomas before drawing the real thing. Drawing a cartoon train is a perfect example of what I'm talking about. You will draw a train from the side, making it more approachable then some other tuts out there. So have fun, and hopefully this lesson will aid you to drawing trains all together. Peace people!


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I generate an AR(1) process as follows:
x=arima.sim(list(order = c(1,0,0),ar=0.67),n=1000,sd=sqrt(0.55))
When I square it, and fit AR(1) to the squared process, it seems still to be fitted well using AR(1) model:
fit=ar(y,order.max=1, method="ols")
The ACF plot of the model (for the squared process) residuals and the large residual test p value (larger than .05) both show that the residuals are independently distributed. What does this indicate?
One simulation of time series $x$ and $y$ are as follows:


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Have you ever noticed the way sound changes as it passes by you? The sound of a car horn as the car drives past? Notice how the pitch changes? This is what is known as the Doppler Effect.
The frequency of the sound waves determines the pitch. Sound travels at a constant velocity of 340.29 m/s, but since the wavelength of the sound wave can change, so can the frequency. When an object is stationary, the sound waves that emanate from the object all have the same wavelength, and so therefore have the same frequency. But when an object is moving, the wavelengths of the sound waves moving in the same direction as the object shorten, resulting in the a higher frequency. You perceive this as a higher-pitched sound. After the object passes you and begin to move away, the wavelengths lengthen, resulting in a lower frequency and pitch.
The Doppler Effect is the sound of this transition from high to low pitch as a result of the object's movement. The same concept applies to breaking the sound barrier. When an object moves at 340.29 m/s, it is traveling at the speed of sound. Once it moves faster than the speed of sound, the waves overlap, resulting in constructive interference. This is what creates a sonic boom.
When one begins to understand how sound works, it becomes evident that sound is not always what it seems. Suppose you're driving, and your favorite song comes on the radio. You begin singing at the top of your lungs, at a note you perceive to be 465 Hz. But a passerby hears the note at 473 Hz. What you perceive to be 465 Hz is as true as the passerby's perception of it being 473 Hz. The same sound can be perceived in an infinite number of ways, depending on the motion of the object and the one perceiving it. So really, sound comes down to perception.
Of course, only in relation to pitch. The loudness and timbre are not controlled by motion. The speaker controls that.


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I have a facebook app in an iframed tab. If while on that tab a user likes the fan page via the Like button up there in the right corner, is there an event callback? Or anyway to subscribe to this event?
I know about the below code, but this doesn't seem to be working for the Like button on the fan page, I can only get it to work if I throw a Like button widget into the iframed tab, which is not what I'm looking for.
FB.Event.subscribe('edge.create', function(href) {
// Do something, e.g. track the click on the "Like" button here
alert('You just liked ' + href);