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And They're Off… The Race Begins for Archbishop of Sydney
For the last 6 months members of the Diocese of Sydney have been having conservations amongst themselves about who should replace Peter Jensen as Archbishop when he retires in a few months. Several names have been canvassed and considered. Options have been aired and then rejected and a few names have kept cropping up.
This weekend what many have known became official. The first candidate has thrown their hat into the ring. Glenn Davies, current bishop of the Northern Region of Sydney has allowed himself to be nominated for the position of Archbishop. The announcement was made in the form of a brochure sent to many synod reps (being not yet officially appointed I haven't received my copy but I saw one at another minister's house this morning). The brochure sets out the argument for Davies and points readers on to a website, glenndavies.info.
Commending Dr Glenn Davies
For the Office of Archbishop of Sydney
Dear friends,In August, we will meet to elect the twelfth Bishop of Sydney. Our prayer is that God will raise up a godly and gifted shepherd to pastor and lead us, to engage publicly with our wider society, and to defend, preserve, and strengthen our evangelical Anglican heritage both within and beyond the Diocese.
For this reason, we are writing to commend to you the Rt Rev Dr Glenn Davies, Bishop of North Sydney, for your prayerful consideration as the next Archbishop. We believe that Glenn is the man whom God has raised up and equipped for this difficult task, for the following reasons.
Glenn exemplifies all the qualities of a Bishop, as set out in the Pastoral Epistles. His ministry as Bishop of North Sydney over the past 12 years has demonstrated this, confirming the judgment of our present Archbishop in appointing him.
Glenn has the proven ability to lead and manage an organisation as large and complex as our Diocese. With his experience as a Bishop overseeing 64 parishes, and his long involvement in many key Diocesan entities, there is no one better placed to be able to take on this demanding role. He is a team player who leads collaboratively and effectively.
Glenn has the theological acumen required of the chief pastor-teacher of our Diocese. Glenn is respected, nationally and internationally, as a teacher, preacher and theologian.
Glenn has a pastor's heart. He engages others with a pastoral sensitivity that is compassionate and engenders trust.
Glenn is an accomplished media spokesperson, with considerable public exposure and media experience that has won respect in the wider community.
Glenn has demonstrated the grace and courage to commend and defend the gospel in Australia, and globally through GAFCON and other international bodies.
We warmly commend Glenn to you.
There's no doubt at all that Glenn is a strong candidate and the website seeks to set out exactly why that is the case. It's no secret that here in Sydney he's long been considered the default heir of Jensen's seat, but that's not the same as saying his election in the upcoming election synod is a foregone conclusion. Precisely because there are many who have their doubts about Davies there's been talk of other candidates and again it is no secret to tell you that Rick Smith (the current rector of Naremburn/Cammeray) is very likely to be officially nominated in the coming weeks. There will probably be a couple of other names added too but at the moment Davies and Smith are widely acknowledged to be the main candidates.
Which to pick? It's a dilemma that would be wonderful for pretty much any diocese in the world, but Sydney is particular about it's Archbishops. We won't settle for a good choice, we want to make sure we get the best choice. And yes, I'll be having more to say about that choice in the weeks to come.
Given the importance of Sydney Diocese, particularly within the FCA/GAFON movement, I join with many here in Sydney, no matter who they're backing, in asking for your prayers for this enormous decision.
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Quote: I asked him if I was going to end up talking through a hole in my neck.""After a month? No. Not if the risk factors aren't already there. You're in uncharted territory here. No one starts up at your age. But if you quit, your body will repair the damage pretty quickly. That's the great thing about quitting. The lungs repair themselves."
Quote:If the post were about booze would you have typed drinking = liver damage, stop drinking now?
Quote:British students are known for having fun and passing at the same time!
Quote:I'd just like to point out that smoking cannabis does not infact cause cancer as many believe. Various governments have been trying to prove that it does for years and so far have only turned up evidence that it infact protects against cancer (due to killing aging cells which may otherwise become cancerous.) Of course if you mix it with tabacco then you are of course at increased risk of cancer.That said, I'm not advocating smoking anything and do not smoke myself - Though I don't believe that marijuana is a particularly high risk drug, and have nothing against its use.
Quote:Water Bong.
Quote:I find it pretty easy to justify in terms of risk.after you get past the fact that its illegal (what isnt)
Quote:and the "its bad for you" bullcrap, just make a decision.There are no decent studies on Marijuana in terms of cancer risk, so you might as well not think about that.
Quote:There IS a slight addiction to it, but if you have any sort of willpower it shouldn't be a problem.
Quote:Theres no hangover
Quote:you dont feel sick
Quote:or violent( if anything you feel horny)
Quote:and you dont act like a total anal F*cker while your high.
Quote:So yeah. For me that justifies saving 80 bucks on a carton of Woodstock, and spending 20 dollars on what equals up to a funner calmer night out where I dont end up bashing someone because I had a few too many drinks.
Quote:I'm not doing a sales job on anyone, just posting my opinion.
Quote:If your an excessive or addictive person, then maybe it isnt for you, but then again, what is?
Quote:That means that the fewer you smoke the less the risk involved.It is the same with all substances.
Quote:You are wrong to say that smoke in any amount is harmful, which IS what you said.
Quote:All I'm saying is that if you were to smoke 1 or 2 cig/spliff/whatever a day then there is no significant risk to health. Certainly none that can be measured anyway.
Quote:HA! Name calling. The last refuge of the desperate.
Quote:What a stupid thing to say.
Quote:Overall, light smokers had a 50 per cent higher risk of dying from any cause than non-smokers and the risk rose with the number of cigarettes smoked.
Quote: get a conviction for drugs, and it will be a bigger deal for employers than you.
Quote: Or did you just hear someone say this over a bong onr night and decided to accept it as truth to justify your choice
Quote: Addiction is a personal thing, and in long term heavy use, the addiction can be a very strong psychological need
Quote: ou either smoke weak-a$$ weed, or are a total touristTHC remains active in the body and traceable for up to 8 weeks after ingestion/inhalation. One of the genuine practical issues over hash use is the residual effect on people driving or operating machinery in the days after usage.
Quote: Get real! You dont know how irritating a cained person is to a 'straight' person. If you are all smoking it, then you dont irritate each other because you are all equally as monged out, or pretentious or as much a giggling wreck, as each other.
Quote: Ever consider not doing any of it, or learning to handle you beer you f*cking lightweight
Quote: A clean and decent life, that does not involve self harm to escape misery is something for all to aspire to.
Quote:If you cant cope with reality, then you will find your own way to soften its edges, but there is a price for every pleasure.
Quote:as for getting caught, if you go about it sensibly then the chances are minimal. dont hire a marching band to tell everyone, just do it in your room if you want, or at a mates.
Quote: Quote:A clean and decent life, that does not involve self harm to escape misery is something for all to aspire to.Id mark that as out of reach for most people under 25 here
Quote: Quote:as for getting caught, if you go about it sensibly then the chances are minimal. dont hire a marching band to tell everyone, just do it in your room if you want, or at a mates. You just told 26,000 strangers worl wide on a forum
Quote:Another point to consider in all this is not the canabis itself, but who grew it and how. When you are talking about cannabis resin, then you are inhaling far more than the cannabis- all sorts of cr4p been cut with it, and plenty of it will be proven carcinogenic, if not downright toxic.
Quote:Quote:as for getting caught, if you go about it sensibly then the chances are minimal. dont hire a marching band to tell everyone, just do it in your room if you want, or at a mates. You just told 26,000 strangers worl wide on a forum
Quote:It's a 13 page thread I'm sure there will be loads of links to studys.http://www.thctalk.com/cannabis-forum/showthread.php?t=254
Quote:Crabbie, Let me indulge you in the past of Casey. Back when I was your age, I bought a bit of weed from a "friend" of mine. I always bought from people I knew well. That evening I lit up and got in another friend's car (we were heading to her house on the lake). We made a stop to pick up another friend and my stomach started to turn. I get out as fast as I can (keep in mind I'm HIGH as a kite at this point and finding the door handle was a challenge) and threw up everything I had in my stomach and then some. I passed out and to this day I still don't know how I got out of her car or into the house. Later when I was talking to another friend, she told me it sounded like it was laced with heroine. That was the last night I got high and stopped every other drug I was doing. If you don't care about the legal reprocutions, at least think of what possibly could have been done and all the people who have handled it. Any one of them could have done any number of things or a combination of things.Casey
Quote:Quote:It's a 13 page thread I'm sure there will be loads of links to studys.http://www.thctalk.com/cannabis-forum/showthread.php?t=254 I'm assuming this must be a joke.......what point were you trying to make?
Quote:Although to be honest I didn't read the whole thing, but if you want info on adulterants and stuff in cannabis then I would have thought that a stoners forum might be the place.
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Come to think of it, the police were probably acting unlawfully, nicking bootlaces and braces. I remember thinking that at the time, but none of us mouthed off about it.
Apart from talking my way out of getting nicked for trying to bunk into the cinema in Lewisham through a back exit (which wasn't really 'mouthing off' apart from the fact that I remember grinning at one of the coppers and saying, "Come on, mate, if someone had really seen us from a window, you wouldn't be just talking to us, you'd be taking us down the station"), the only time I can remember anyone complaining about something was when my mate Mark decided he was going to march into the police station to complain about something. I remember going with him. I remember he was as angry as hell. I remember his complaint wasn't listened to.
But I can't remember what he was actually complaining about! I must be getting old.
Does anyone else from 'back in the day' remember any times when someone actually 'talked back' to a copper?
I still bloody do talk back to them, and write letters of complaint to all and sundry if they are like the ignorant twats we encountered in Margate a few years ago.
And they still ignore the public entirely, despite all their new-fangled 'customer charters' etc.


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Hello! Recently I have been installing server by this HOWTO. Due to limited time I wasn't able to install it in one day, so I installed it until Page 6, then turned it off by typing shutdown -h 0, after that, today, I turned it off, it showed GRUB boot screen and after that it wen't black. Then I booted in to recovery mode and got this screen. Checked UUID and it is right, althought raid name changed from md1 to md126 Also I googled for solution, but nothing works.
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Joe Don Rooney of Rascal Flatts: "I Love Metal, Rock and Country — and I Like to Wrap It All Up Into One"
I understand that Dann Huff was instrumental in getting approval for you and Jay to actually play on Rascal Flatts' albums?
Our first producers were Mark Bright and Marty Williams. When we got with them to record our debut in 1999, they had a bunch of studio cats lined up to play, which is how it works in Nashville.
Since success was sweeping us up, Jay and me thought we'd play the game a little bit. We were fresh young kids trying to make it, and these guys were experienced. But after a couple years, we were like, "Hey, come check us out live. We really do play! Give us a shot, and if we fall on our faces, you can go back to the studio players."
Since Dann was a proponent of our playing, Jay and I sought his advice. He said, "I can make the phone call." He called the label and said that we needed to play on the third album, and that when we did it was probably going to open up a new door in Rascal Flatts. Mark and Marty were cool and listened to Dann, and after that, we did every other album with Dann. So Dann is definitely a mentor. He was also one of my heroes before I moved to Nashville, because of the great work he'd done as a singer, writer, guitarist and producer.
How did you fall in love with guitar?
I was 11 when I got my first one—a Seafoam Green American Standard Tele. I enjoyed music. My mom has eight brothers, and they all sang and played. Every summer, her family would have reunions and play, and my dad always fit in. He played country music and Top 40 in the bars back home.
I used to stay up all night trying to learn new licks off of Arlen Roth videos—which set the bar—or Brett Mason or Albert Lee licks, and then at 7 A.M. I'd catch the bus to school. Luckily, Picher, Oklahoma, is a small town, so it wasn't a long ride.
By 14 or 15, I was lugging my Tele, my old Fender Twin with JBL speakers and a distortion pedal to rock clubs to play. My dad helped me put wheels on the Twin, which changed the sound a little bit. After I moved to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, at 18 to play in a family theater, I had a Seymour Duncan Hot Stack installed under the pickguard between the neck and bridge pickups so I could do all that Brett Mason stuff when his chicken pickin' and other licks were so popular in Nashville.
I had one of my tone pots replaced with a pot that could blend the Hot Stack in. I had that guitar until right before Rascal Flatts formed. It got stolen out of my truck after I moved to Nashville, along with a set of golf clubs. I wish I had that guitar back!
In a town where you can get ridden out on a rail for not playing Telecasters, what made you pivot toward the Gibsons and Paul Reed Smiths you favor now?
It started with Dann Huff, who took me aside after a show and said, "You're a wonderful player, but you don't have a personality yet." I said, "What's your idea?"
We were cutting "Life Is a Highway" for the Cars soundtrack. That was the first song I ever cut with Dann, and he got out one of his old Les Pauls and told me, "Plug this guitar into that amp and just feel it." He also had a Keeley compressor pedal and a Fulltone overdrive chained into his 4x12 Bogner cabinet and head set on channel three, which is the rhythm channel with a little more dirt. We cranked it up. It was really hot. I was sold.
You alternate between playing with a pick and your fingers. How did you develop that approach?
Brett Mason, again. I was using glue-on nails at one point, because that's what Brett was doing. He seemed like a stud, so I figured that if he could get away with it, I could too. You get a nice linear sound. Brett would use his index finger to pop the strings, to get a different tone. I switched to a flat pick and three fingers, and popping with that middle finger. That combination gives you a variety of tones within your guitar's tone.
Jeff Beck's been an inspiration, too. He's also one of Dann's heroes. Jeff's technique…the way he rolls the volume and plays at the same time. He's like a pedal steel player who is missing some levers. There were a lot of guitarists in the Sixties and Seventies, including Jeff, who built their fingerstyle picking up. I wonder if Chet Atkins was so dominant back then that some of the best country and rock guitarists tried to emulate him. He is the greatest guitarist there ever was. He would play the bass part, play the interior part of the chords and the melody all at once. Amazing.
What's most important when you're building a solo?
When I'm recording a solo, I like to play to the tone, so I dial up a new sound and then see if it fits in the box. I try to avoid going back to the same tones I've used before. I really want to be inspired. If something doesn't work, I'll get another guitar, another amp, change the setting. And I don't wig out when I make a mistake. Mistakes are sometimes where the real emotional stuff occurs. With Pro Tools and the other electronic gear we have, it's easy to go in and make things tick-tock perfect, but sometimes a bend that isn't quite right fits the emotions in a song best.
You're obviously a key figure in modern country guitar. Was there a point when you felt you'd arrived at your very own style?
I don't know if I've had that feeling yet, to be honest. Recording "What Hurts the Most" [for Rascal Flatts' Me and My Gang album] in 2005 was a very personal experience. There's a simple blues solo that comes in and goes out really quick, but when I slid into it I felt a kind of attitude and happiness with what I was doing that seemed really natural and right. Just before the "record" button got pushed, Dann told me to do anything I wanted, even if I might make a mistake. I've always been a fan of sliding into solos, and when I did, it seemed to come pouring out.
I moved to Nashville because I wanted to play country like what Vince Gill was doing—in a way that's a tip of the hat to the purists but also brings your own qualities as a musician to the game. Playing guitar was a safe haven to let loose of my emotions as a teenager. Maybe the only difference now is I'm an adult.
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Halliburton's legal fate still uncertain
The release yesterday of the federal oil spill commission's report into the Deepwater Horizon disaster raises further questions about when Halliburton Co. will be added to the list of defendants in the federal government's civil complaint filed last month.
The Justice Department named nine defendants, including BP PLC and Transocean Ltd., when it filed its lawsuit in the Eastern District of Louisiana, but Halliburton, which played a major role in the Deepwater Horizon drilling operation, was conspicuous by its absence (Greenwire, Dec. 15, 2010).
The government is expected to announce criminal charges relating to the spill at some point, but so far, the focus has been on civil enforcement under such statutes as the Clean Water Act and the Oil Pollution Act. All the parties involved are also named as defendants in hundreds of private lawsuits filed by individuals and businesses affected by the spill.
The report from the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling found that Halliburton, along with BP and Transocean, were all guilty of "errors and misjudgments" in relation to the April 20 explosion and resulting spill (Greenwire, Jan 11).
A key example of Halliburton's role was highlighted in the report's fourth chapter, which focuses on the use of cement when drilling the well, which BP subcontracted out to the firm.
One of the report's findings is that Halliburton had conducted tests in February 2010, two months before the disaster, that indicated the foam cement slurry used on the well was unstable.
The tests "should have prompted the company to reconsider its slurry design," the report says.
In highlighting "root causes" of the subsequent explosion and spill, the commission refers to "insufficient controls in place" at Halliburton that would have ensured that "test results were vetted rigorously."
"On the cement, they did the test, but they didn't communicate the result of that test," commission member Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in an interview. "There were some real communication gaps, a lot of management errors, a lot of lack of information offshore and onshore, and among contractors."
Wyn Hornbuckle, a Justice Department spokesman, declined to comment on the government's plans in relation to Halliburton, noting that the release of the commission's report would not directly affect the government's investigation.
"The Justice Department's investigation is ongoing, and we continue to examine all relevant facts and evidence as to what caused the spill and all parties that may be responsible," he said.
At issue: liability under Oil Pollution Act
Lawyers familiar with the various lawsuits filed over the oil spill say Halliburton may have initially been omitted from the government complaint because of uncertainty over whether it could be held liable under the Oil Pollution Act, which imposes stiff penalties for spills but only on parties defined as "owners or operators." As a subcontractor, Halliburton could argue that its conduct is not covered by the law.
Brendan Cummings, senior counsel at the Center for Biological Diversity, which has filed its own lawsuit over the spill, conceded that government lawyers may be concerned on that point, but he thinks it is still possible that Halliburton could be deemed an "owner or operator" under the Oil Pollution Act.
"One could argue that their involvement in the cementing rises to that level, so it is not out of the question that the government would add them as a defendant under the existing claims," Cummings added.
The Oil Pollution Act also imposes "joint and several liability" on those who are responsible for a spill, meaning no single entity foots the bill, which could work against Halliburton, noted Rena Steinzor, an environmental law professor at the University of Maryland School of Law.
Aside from the Oil Pollution Act and Clean Water Act, the government could look to other statutes with damages provisions, including the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, legal experts noted.
Under all three, the damages would be significantly less than what is available under the Oil Pollution Act.
Cummings suggested that Halliburton could also face common law claims "if the government chooses to enter that realm."
Ultimately, Halliburton's toughest fight could be with BP, several lawyers speculated.
The report's clear statement that blame should be distributed among the three companies potentially bolsters BP's legal position because, for example, it could make the argument that it was Halliburton's gross negligence, not its own, that led to the explosion, Steinzor said.
That could lead to BP suing Halliburton and could also implicate the indemnification agreement between the two firms signed when Halliburton agreed to work on the well.
Patti Goldman, vice president for litigation at Earthjustice, speculated that all the companies involved in the litigation could end up at each other's throats.
"I would expect more infighting among the various entities who are potentially liable," Goldman said.
Halliburton declined to comment on what civil claims the government might file.
Reporter Katie Howell contributed.
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Cracking Up: Growing up on the first day of school
The Friday before the first day of the school plays out the same way every year in my town.
A steady stream of sun-dressed moms drag their sweaty herds of offspring to our neighborhood school at 3:55 p.m. The mood around the class-posting zone is anxious, gnawing, clawing as 4 p.m. nears and The List is solemnly walked out by a brave team who seem to vanish the second their placements hit the board.
The moms can't wait for those neatly typed papers that signify it's real: the utter lawlessness of summer is over and they can reclaim their lives — their workouts, their kid-free erranding. And even more importantly, The List bears the name of the one other adult in the world who will split the burden of caring, sharing and staring down that mother's child for nine months as he grows up a bit in a little plastic chair, his secular womb.
For the kids, The List means even more. A merciful match can be the payoff for a summer spent finger crossing for the teacher who gives out candy. Or it can seemingly signal the end of childhood when all your friends are placed in one class — the other class, not yours — with the teacher you wanted but didn't get.
And that's how things went down for my first grader this year — my shyest, of course. We scanned down sheets of teachers we knew and kids we recognized to no avail. When we finally found Blake's name on the list of a teacher we didn't know too well, splattered in the middle of a long list of kids we didn't know at all, my heart sank.
"He doesn't know one other boy in his class!" I whisper-yelled into my cell, dragging my husband into the blacktop drama.
"How's he taking it?" Michael asked.
"He hasn't — he doesn't — he's on the jungle gym right now," I sputtered, watching my oblivious son's blonde curls blow in the breeze ushering in what would be the loneliest year ever.
"Then let it rest."
But the night before school started, I did anything but rest. Of all my kids, why this one? Why my anxious little guy who wouldn't go to a birthday party until he was 5, who didn't do playgroups or play dates devoid of a sibling or cousin? This one still clung to my leg, held my hand, and let me kiss him in public. He was a kindergartner, a preschooler, my baby only yesterday.
On the first day of school, I led him to his class's designated area on the black top. I watched his sullen face, his darting eyes, taking in the gravity of the line of unknown faces as we walked to the end. I silently pleaded for his happy dimple to emerge with a smile of recognition at a face he may have met on a playground or a soccer field, unbeknownst to me.
But no. He trudged to the end of the line and sat down, small, alone, quiet. I watched him, hovering. There were no quivers, no tears. The teacher came to claim her class. It was time for me to leave.
As I walked away from the campus that had felt like a warm second home to our family for seven years, I blinked back my own tears and silently cursed the callous coldness of this ambiguous List Maker. As I hit the parking lot, the Mama Bear in me wheeled around, ready to charge back into the principal's office to beg for a redo, but my husband pulled me back with a soft "Why tempt fate? It'll be good for him."
So I left my shy-but-brave little boy alone there in that great big unknown, to fend for himself, to make it work. And as I went home to my workout and kid-free erranding, I prayed that I might channel his strength to grow up this year. It'll be good for me.
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Autumn McAlpin is a freelance writer and mother of four whose column, Cracking Up, runs weekly in OC Moms, the Orange County Register's parenting section. She also writes regularly about family entertainment, and is the author of the book Real World 101: A Survival Guide to Life After High School.
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Classic Rock Songs About Touring [VIDEOS]
As the weather starts getting better (Spring/Summer) and so on, the bands get busy as it's the peak touring season so bands will hit the road. Here are some great songs about touring.
Over the years life on the road can be a grueling one. It's not all a bed of roses like some may think.
Below is are some songs which happens to be the subject of songs by some artists who live it. You could say the Top 10 but we all have our own opinions in that category.
While on the road, their whole life is hotel room,crowds, travel by day perform by night.
Here we go, let's hit the road:
- Journey – "Faithfully"
- Jackson Browne – "The Load Out"
- Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Lodi"
- The Who – "Postcard"
- Rolling Stones – "Torn and Frayed"
- Ramones – "Touring"
- Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Travelin' Band"
- Bob Seger – "Turn The Page"
- Motorhead – "(We Are) The Road Crew"
- Grand Funk Railroad – "We're an American Band"
Okay let's book that room, climb on the bus and get ready for the rowdy crowd.
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In the Roman Catholic Church a religious institute is "a society in which members...pronounce public vows...and lead a life of brothers or sisters in common".[1]
Consecrated life may be lived either individually or as a member of an institute. The Catholic Church recognises, as forms of individual consecrated life, that of a hermit and that of a consecrated virgin.[2] It also envisages new forms of consecrated life emerging.[3] Religious institutes are one of the two types of institutes of consecrated life. The other is that of the secular institute, defined as "an institute of consecrated life in which the Christian faithful, living in the world, strive for the perfection of charity and seek to contribute to the sanctification of the world, especially from within".[4]
Societies of apostolic life resemble religious institutes, but differ in that their members do not take religious vows. They pursue the apostolic purpose of the society to which they belong, while leading a life in common as brothers or sisters and striving for the perfection of charity through observing the society's constitutions.[5] In some of these societies the members assume the evangelical counsels by a bond other than that of religious vows defined in their constitutions.[6]
Since each and every religious institute has its own unique aim, or charism, it has to adhere to a particular way of religious living that is conducive to it, whether "contemplative", "enclosed", mendicant, or apostolic. Thus some religious institutes – especially of nuns who are subject to "Papal Enclosure" – strictly isolate their members from the outside world, of which the "grilles" in their parlours and churches are tangible evidence.[7] Other religious institutes have apostolates that require their members to interact practically with the secular world, such as teaching, medical work, producing religious artworks and texts, designing and making vestments and writing religious instruction books, while maintaining their distinctiveness in communal living. Several founders, in view of their aim, require the members of their institute not only to profess the three Evangelical Counsels of chastity, poverty, obedience, but also to vow or promise stability or loyalty, and maybe certain disciplines, such as self-denial, fasting, silence.
Religious orders are subdivided as:
- monastic made up of monks (who may be clerics) and/or nuns who are bound to live and work at their monastery and recite the Liturgy of the Hours in common
- mendicant made up of friars (clerics or lay people) who, while living and praying in common, may have a more active apostolate, and depend on alms for their life
- canons regular made up of canons (clerics) and cannonesses regular, who sing the liturgy in choir and may run parish-like apostolates
- clerks regular made up of priests who are also vowed religious and who usually have a more active apostolate
Traditionally, institutes for men are referred to as the "First Orders" and those of women as the "Second Orders". Some religious orders, for example the Franciscans or the Dominicans, have "Third Orders" of associated religious members who live in community and follow a rule (called Third Order Religious or TOR), or lay members who, without living in formal community with the order, have made a private vow or promise to it, such as of perseverance in pious life, hence are not "religious", that is to say, not members of the Consecrated life (often called Third Order Secular, or TOS).
In common parlance, all members of male religious institutes are often termed "monks" and those of female religious institutes "nuns", although in a more restricted sense, a monk is one who lives in a monastery under a monastic rule such as that of Saint Benedict and the term "nun" was in the 1917 Code of Canon Law officially reserved for members of a women's religious institute of solemn vows,[8] and is sometimes applied only to those who devote themselves wholly to the contemplative life and belong to one of the enclosed religious orders living and working within the confines of a monastery and reciting the Liturgy of the Hours in community.[9] Religious who are not clergy tend to be called "Brother" or "Sister", while the term "friar" properly refers to a member of a male mendicant order.
Historically, what are now called religious institutes were distinguished as either religious orders or religious congregations. The Church no longer makes that distinction and applies to all such institutes the single name "religious institute" and the same rules of canon law.[10] While solemn vows once meant those taken in what was called a religious order, and although the distinction between solemn and simple vows is still maintained,[11] "today, in order to know when a vow is solemn it will be necessary to refer to the proper law of the institutes of consecrated life."[12] "Religious order" and "religious institute" tend indeed to be used now as synonyms, and canon lawyer Nicholas Cafardi, commenting on the fact that the canonical term is "religious institute", can write that "religious order" is a colloquialism.[13]
Admission and religious vows[edit]
Admittance to a religious institute is regulated not only by Church law and the religious Rule it has adopted but also by its own norms. Broadly speaking, after a lengthy period spanning postulancy, aspirancy and novitiate and whilst in "temporary vows" to test their vocation with a particular institute, candidates wishing to be admitted permanently are required to make a public profession of the Evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty and obedience by means of a vow (which may be either simple or solemn) binding in Church law. One of the effects of this vow is that members of a religious institute are no longer free to marry; and should they subsequently want to leave the institute after permanent profession, they would have to seek a papal indult of dispensation from their vow. The benefits of the profession are of a spiritual nature.[14]
After completion of the novitiate, members of religious institute make religious profession, which is "a public vow to observe the three evangelical counsels" of chastity, poverty and obedience.[15] A vow is classified as public if a legitimate superior accepts it in the name of the Church, as happens when one joins a religious institute. In making their religious profession, they are "incorporated into the institute, with the rights and duties defined by law", and "through the ministry of the Church they are consecrated to God".[15]
Religious profession can be temporary or perpetual: "Temporary profession is to be made for the period defined by the institute's own law. This period may not be less than three years nor longer than six years."[16]
Typically, members of Religious Institutes either take vows of evangelical chastity, poverty and obedience (the "Evangelical Counsels") to lead a life in imitation of Christ Jesus, or, those following the Rule of St Benedict, the vows of obedience, stability (that is, to remain with this particular community till death and not seek to move to another), and "conversion of life" which implicitly includes the counsels of chastity and evangelical poverty. Some institutes take additional vows (a "fourth vow" is typical), specifying some particular work or defining condition of their way of life (e.g., the Jesuit vow to undertake any mission upon which they are sent by the Pope; the Missionaries of Charity vow to serve always the poorest of the poor).
Daily living in religious institutes is regulated by Church law as well as the particular religious rule they have adopted and their own constitutions and customaries. Their respective timetables ("horarium") allocate due time to communal prayer, private prayer, spiritual reading, work, meals, communal recreation, sleep, and fixes any hours during which stricter silence is to be observed, in accordance with their own institute's charism.
The traditional distinction between simple and solemn vows[17] no longer has any canonical effect. Solemn vows once meant those taken in what was called a religious order. "Today, in order to know when a vow is solemn it will be necessary to refer to the proper law of the institutes of consecrated life."[18]
Religious rules, constitutions and statutes[edit]
Religious institutes generally follow one of the four great religious rules: Rule of St Basil, Rule of St. Benedict, Rule of St. Augustine, and the Rule of St. Francis.[19] The Rule of St Basil, one of the earliest rules for Christian religious life, is followed by monastic communities of Byzantine tradition. Western monastics (Benedictines, Trappists, Cistercians, etc.) observe the Rule of St Benedict, a collection of precepts for what is called contemplative religious life. The Rule of St Augustine stresses self-denial, moderation, and care for those in need.
Jesuits follow what is called not a Rule, but the Constitutions composed by Saint Ignatius of Loyola, which laid aside traditional practices such as chanting the liturgy in favour of greater adaptability and mobility under a more authoritarian regime.[20][21] Other institutes combine a Rule with Constitutions that give more precise indications for the life of the members. Thus the Capuchin Constitutions of 1536 are added to the Rule of St. Francis[22] In addition to the more fundamental provisions of the Rule or Constitutions, religious institutes have statutes that are more easily subject to change.[23]
Foundation and approval[edit]
Religious institutes normally begin as an association formed, with the consent of the diocesan bishop, for the purpose of becoming a religious institute. After time has provided proof of the rectitude, seriousness and durability of the new association, the bishop, having consulted the Holy See, may formally set it up as a religious institute under his own jurisdiction.[24] Later, when it has grown in numbers, perhaps extending also into other dioceses, and further proved its worth, the Holy See may grant it formal approval, bringing it under the Holy See's responsibility, rather than that of the Bishops of the dioceses where it is present.[25] For the good of such institutes and to provide for the needs of their apostolate, the Holy See may exempt them from the governance of the local Bishops, bringing them entirely under the authority of the Holy See itself or of someone else.[26] In some respects, for example public liturgical practice, they always remain under the local bishop's supervision.
First millennium[edit]
Roots in Egypt and Syriac- and Greek-speaking East[edit]
From the earliest times there were probably individual hermits who lived a life in isolation in imitation of Jesus' 40 days in the desert. They have left no confirmed archaeological traces and only hints in the written record. Communities of virgins who had consecrated themselves to Christ are found at least as far back as the 2nd century.[27] There were also individual ascetics, known as the "devout", who usually lived not in the deserts but on the edge of inhabited places, still remaining in the world but practicing asceticism and striving for union with God, although extreme ascetism such as encratism was regarded as suspect by the Church.[28]
Paul of Thebes (fl. 3rd century), commemorated in the writings of St Jerome, is regarded as the first Christian hermit in Egypt, his withdrawal into the desert apparently having been prompted by the persecution of the Christians at the time. Saint Anthony was the first to leave the world to live in the desert for specifically spiritual reasons; St Athanasius speaks of him as an anchorite. In upper Egypt, sometime around 323, Saint Pachomius decided to organize his disciples into a form of community in which they lived in individual huts or rooms (cellula in Latin), but worked, ate, and worshipped in shared space. Guidelines for daily life were drawn up (a monastic 'rule'); and several monasteries were founded, nine for men and two for women. This method of monastic organization is called cenobitic or "community-based". Towards the end of his life St Pachomius was therefore not only the abbot of a monastery but also the head of a whole group of monasteries.
The Greeks (e.g. St Basil the Great of Cappadocian Caesarea) and the Syriac-speaking east had their own monastic traditions (e.g. St Ephrem of Nisibis and Edessa).
The earliest forms of monasticism in Western Europe involved figures such as Martin of Tours, who after serving in a Roman legion converted to Christianity and established a hermitage near Milan. He then moved on to Poitiers, where a community gathered around his hermitage. In 372 he was called to become Bishop of Tours, and established a monastery at Marmoutiers on the opposite bank of the Loire River. His monastery was laid out as a colony of hermits rather than as a single integrated community.
John Cassian began his monastic career at a monastery in Palestine and Egypt around 385 to study monastic practice there. In Egypt he had been attracted to the isolated life of hermits, which he considered the highest form of monasticism, yet the monasteries he founded were all organized monastic communities. About 410 he established two monasteries near Marseilles, one for men, one for women. In time these attracted a total of 5,000 monks and nuns. Most significant for the future development of monasticism were Cassian's Institutes, which provided a guide for monastic life and his Conferences, a collection of spiritual reflections.
Honoratus of Marseilles was a wealthy Gallo-Roman aristocrat, who after a pilgrimage to Egypt, founded the Monastery of Lérins, on an island lying off the modern city of Cannes. Lérins became, in time, a center of monastic culture and learning, and many later monks and bishops would pass through Lérins in the early stages of their career.
The anonymous Rule of the Master (Regula magistri), was written somewhere south of Rome around 500. The rule adds administrative elements not found in earlier rules, defining the activities of the monastery, its officers, and their responsibilities in great detail.
Benedict of Nursia was educated in Rome but soon sought the life of a hermit in a cave at Subiaco, outside the city. He then attracted followers with whom he founded the monastery of Monte Cassino around 520, between Rome and Naples. His Rule is shorter than the Master's. It became by the 9th century the standard monastic rule in Western Europe.[29]
The earliest Monastic settlements in Ireland emerged at the end of the 5th century. The first identifiable founder of a monastery was Saint Brigid of Kildare, who ranked with Saint Patrick as a major figure of the Irish church. The monastery at Kildare was a double monastery, with both men and women ruled by the Abbess, a pattern found in many other monastic foundations.
Commonly, Irish monasteries were established by grants of land to an abbot or abbess, who came from a local noble family. The monastery became the spiritual focus of the tribe or kin group. Irish monastic rules specify a stern life of prayer and discipline in which prayer, poverty, and obedience are the central themes. However Irish monks read even secular Latin texts with an enthusiasm that their contemporaries on the continent lacked. By the end of the 7th century, Irish monastic schools were attracting students from England and from Europe.
Irish monasticism spread widely, first to Scotland and Northern England, then to Gaul and Italy. Saint Columba and his followers established monasteries at Bangor, on the northeastern coast of Ireland, at Iona in Scotland, and at Lindisfarne, in Northumbria. Saint Columbanus, an abbot from a Leinster noble family, travelled to Gaul in the late 6th century with twelve companions. He and his followers spread the Irish model of monastic institutions established by noble families to the continent. A whole series of new rural monastic foundations on great rural estates under Irish influence sprang up, starting with St. Columbanus's foundations of Fontaines and Luxeuil, sponsored by the Frankish King Childebert II. After Childebert's death St. Columbanus travelled east to Metz, where Theudebert II allowed him to establish a new monastery among the semi-pagan Alemanni in what is now Switzerland. One of St. Columbanus's followers founded the monastery of St. Gall on the shores of Lake Constance, while St. Columbanus continued onward across the Alps to the kingdom of the Lombards in Italy. There King Agilulf and his wife Theodolinda granted St. Columbanus land in the mountains between Genoa and Milan, where he established the monastery of Bobbio.
Developments around 1100[edit]
A monastic revival already begun in the 10th century with the Cluniac reform, which organized into an order with common governance the monasteries following the Benedictine Rule that chose to join it or were founded by it,[30] continued with the foundation in 1084 of the Carthusian monasteries, which combined the hermit life with that of the cloister, each monk having his own hermitage, coming together only for the liturgy and an occasional meal, and having no contact with the outside world, and the foundation a few years later of the Cistercians, a foundation that seemed destined to fail until in 1113 a band of 30 young men of the noblest families of Burgundy arrived, led by Bernard of Clairvaux, then 23 years old, who was to prove a dominating figure in the life of Western Europe for forty years. This was followed by the foundation in 1120 of the Canons Regular of Prémontré, not monks but clergy devoted to ascetism, study and pastoral care.[31] These aggregations of monasteries marked a departure from the previously existing arrangement whereby each monastery was totally independent and could decide what rule to follow. It also prepared the way for the quite different religious orders of the 13th century.[32]
13th century[edit]
The 13th century saw the founding and rapid spread of the Dominicans in 1216 and the Franciscans in 1210, two of the principal mendicant orders, who supported themselves not, as the monasteries did, by rent on landed property, but by work and the charitable aid of others.[33] Both these institutes had vows of poverty but, while for the Franciscans poverty was an aim in itself, the Dominicans, treating poverty as a means or instrument, were allowed to own their churches and convents.[34] Similar institutes that appeared at about the same time were the Augustinians, Carmelites and Servites. While the monasteries had chosen situations in the remote countryside, these new institutes, which aimed at least as much at evangelizing others as at sanctifying their own members, had their houses in the cities and towns.[32]
16th century and later[edit]
By the constitution Inter cetera of 20 January 1521, Pope Leo X appointed a rule for tertiaries with simple vows. Under this rule, enclosure was optional, enabling non-enclosed followers of the rule to engage in various works of charity not allowed to enclosed religious.[35] In 1566 and 1568, Pope Pius V rejected this class of institute, but they continued to exist and even increased in number. After at first being merely tolerated, they afterwards obtained approval,[35] finally gaining on 8 December 1900 recognition as religious by Pope Leo XIII.[36] Their lives were oriented not to the ancient monastic way of life, but more to social service and to evangelization, both in Europe and in mission areas. The number of these "congregations" (not "orders") increased further in the upheavals brought by the French Revolution and subsequent Napoleonic invasions of other Catholic countries, depriving thousands of monks and nuns of the income that their communities held because of inheritances and forcing them to find a new way of living their religious life.
Examples of such institutes are the Claretians, La Salle Brothers, Passionists, Redemptorists, and Vincentians.
A special case happened in 1540. Ignatius of Loyola obtained authorization for the members of the Society of Jesus to be divided into professed with solemn vows and coadjutors with dispensable simple vows.[37] The novelty was found in the nature of these simple vows, since they constituted the Jesuit coadjutors as religious in the true and proper sense of the word, with the consequent privileges and exemption of regulars, including them being a diriment impediment to matrimony, etc.[38] In theory, the recognition as religious for simple vows had universal validity, but in practice, the Roman Curia considered it an exclusive privilege to the Society of Jesus.[39] Had this recognition been accepted with universal validity, religious with simple vows wouldn't have needed to wait until the 20th century to be recognized as regulars.
20th century[edit]
The 1917 Code of Canon Law reserved the name "religious order" for institutes in which the vows were solemn, and used the term "religious congregation" or simply "congregation" for those with simple vows. The members of a religious order for men were called "regulars", those belonging to a religious congregation were simply "religious", a term that applied also to regulars. For women, those with simple vows were simply "sisters", with the term "nun" reserved in canon law for those who belonged to an institute of solemn vows, even if in some localities they were allowed to take simple vows instead.[40]
The same Code also abolished the distinction according to which solemn vows, unlike simple vows, were indissoluble. It recognized no totally indispensable religious vows and thereby abrogated for the Latin Church the special consecration that distinguished "orders" (institutes with solemn vows) from "congregations" (institutes with simple vows), while keeping some juridical distinctions between the two classes.
Even these remaining juridical distinctions were abolished by the 1983 Code of Canon Law, which distinguishes solemn from simple vows but does not divide religious into categories on that basis.
By then a new form of institutes of consecrated life had emerged alongside that of religious institutes: in 1947 Pope Pius XII recognized secular institutes as a form in which Christians profess the evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty and obedience while living in the world.[4]
In 1972, the French Jesuit Raymond Hostie published his study Vie et mort des ordres religieux: Approaches psychosociologiques (Paris. Desclée de Brouwer), an English translation of which appeared in 1983 as The Life and Death of Religious Orders (Washington: CARA). Hostie argued that the life of a religious institute passes through successive stages: 10–20 years of gestation, 20–40 years of consolidation, a century or so of expansion, another century or so of stabilization, 50–100 years of decline, followed by death, even if death is not officially declared until later. In this view, a religious institute lasts 250–350 years before being replaced by another religious institute with a similar life-span. Hostie recognized that there are exceptions: Benedictines, Franciscans, Dominicans, Augustinians, and some others have lasted longer, either because transformed from what they were originally or because of the prestige of their founders. In 2015, Giancarlo Rocca suggested that attention should be given not so much to the life-span of individual religious institutes, as to the duration of what Rocca called "religious institutions", corresponding to the juridical categories of monastics, canons, mendicant orders, clerks regular, priestly societies, religious congregations, secular institutes. The religious institutes that have disappeared since 1960 have mostly been congregations. This class of institutes with simple vows and a strong emphasis on apostolate arose shortly before the French Revolution. They modernized the Church, the State, and religious life itself. Older institutes adopted some of their features, especially in the fields of education and health care, areas, however, that the State has now almost entirely taken over. This suggests that the life-span of a religious institute is largely determined by the point at which it comes into being within the life cycle of the "religious institution" to which it belongs. "Religious institutions" themselves do not necessarily disappear altogether with time, but they lose importance, as happened to monasticism, which is no longer the force it was in the Middle Ages before the mendicant orders eclipsed it.[41]
See also[edit]
- Catholic religious order
- Diocesan priest
- List of Catholic religious institutes
- Secular institute
- Vocational Discernment in the Catholic Church
- ^ Code of Canon Law, canon 607 §2|The full quote: "a society in which members, according to proper law, pronounce public vows, either perpetual or temporary which are to be renewed, however, when the period of time has elapsed, and lead a life of brothers or sisters in common"
- ^ Code of Canon Law, canons 603 and 604
- ^ Code of Canon Law, canon 605
- ^ a b Code of Canon Law, canon 710
- ^ Code of Canon Law, canon 731 §1
- ^ Code of Canon Law, canon 731 §2
- ^ Code of Canon Law, canon 667
- ^ 1917 Code of Canon Law, canon 488, 7
- ^ Code of Canon Law, canon 667
- ^ Code of Canon Law, canons 607-709
- ^ Code of Canon Law, canon 1192 §2
- ^ E. Caparros, M. Thériault, J. Thorne (editors), Code of Canon Law Annotated (Wilson & Lafleur, Montréal 1993 ISBN 2-891272-32-3), p. 745
- ^ Article published in Theological Exploration, vol. 2. no. 1 of Duquesne University and in Law Review of University of Toledo, vol 33
- ^ cf. Dom Columba Marmion, Christ the Ideal of the Monk, ch. VI.
- ^ a b "Code of Canon Law, canon 654". Retrieved 2011-10-12.
- ^ "Code of Canon Law, canon 655". Retrieved 2011-10-12.
- ^ "Code of Canon Law, canon 1192 §2". Retrieved 2011-10-12.
It is solemn if it is recognised by the Church as such; otherwise, it is simple.
- ^ E. Caparros, M. Thériault, J. Thorne (editors), Code of Canon Law Annotated (Wilson & Lafleur, Montréal 1993 ISBN 2-89127-232-3), p. 745
- ^ "Religious life". Catholic Encyclopedia. newadvent.org. 1911.
- ^ Edward A. Ryan, "The Jesuit Constitutions" in Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ John A. Hardon, "History of Religious Life: St Ignatius of Loyola and the Society of Jesus
- ^ Texts at Rule and Constitutions of the Community of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal
- ^ Jason Gray, "Canonical Content of the Proper Law of an Institute"
- ^ Code of Canon Law, canon 579
- ^ Code of Canon Law, canon 589
- ^ Code of Canon Law, canon 591
- ^ Carolyn A. Osiek, David L. Balch, The Families in the New Testament World (Westminster John Knox Press 1997 ISBN 978-0-66425546-6), p. 152
- ^ 1 Timothy 4:1-5
- ^ Fred S. Kleiner, Gardner's Art Through the Ages (Cengage Learning 2009 ISBN 978-0-495-57360-9), vol. 1, p. 298
- ^ Philip Hughes, A History of the Church (Sheed and Ward 1935), vol. 2, pp. 206-207
- ^ Philip Hughes, A History of the Church (Sheed and Ward 1935), vol. 2, pp. 258-266
- ^ a b Religious Orders – Historical Development
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, "Mendicant"
- ^ Anne Derbes, Mark Sidona, The Cambridge Companion to Giotto (Cambridge University Press 2003 ISBN 978-0-521-77007-1), p. 105
- ^ a b Arthur Vermeersch, "Religious Life" in The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1911), vol. 12. Accessed 18 July 2011
- ^ Pope Leo XIII's Constitution "Conditae a Christo," 8 December 1900
- ^ Karl Rahner, Sacramentum Mundi, article "Religious Orders"
- ^ Quanto fructuosius (1-2-1583) and Ascendente Domino (5-24-1584).
- ^ History of Religious Life, Vol. 3, Jesús Álvarez Gómez, CMF, 1990 (Spanish)
- ^ 1917 Code of Canon Law, canon 488
- ^ Giancarlo Rocca, "Il ciclo della vita: Qual è la durata di un istituto religioso?" in L'Osservatore Romano, 12 March 2015, p. 7]
External links[edit]
- List of religious institutes for men
- List of religious institutes for women
- Concerning 'Religious Institutes' in The Code of Canon Law 1983
- The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
- VISION Vocation Guide comprehensive directory of men's and women's religious communities in the U.S. and Canada with links and vocation opportunities
- Catholic orders at DMOZ
- Vocation Network searchable directory of men's and women's Catholic religious communities in English and Spanish
- Vocations Online directory of men's and women's Catholic religious communities in the USA
- Differences Between Religious Orders A comparison of the differences between religious orders


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Microsoft may be bringing Xbox LIVE to Windows Mobile devices perhaps as early as the launch of Windows Mobile 7 expected late 2010, according to recent job postings on Microsoft's site. The software giant is looking for a program manager and software tester to join the LIVE team, and both positions would be focused on integrating Xbox LIVE with Windows Mobile. The positions were first uncovered by Mobile Techworld.
Xbox LIVE on Windows Mobile devices plays into Microsoft's oft-discussed 'three screens' concept that aims to create a seamless computing experience between your PC, television and mobile device (as well as the cloud). The new Xbox LIVE strategy also echoes back to the Xbox Live Anywhere program first announced at the E3 conference in 2006.
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Microsoft is looking for a Principal Program Manager "who can help drive the platform and bring Xbox LIVE enabled games to Windows Mobile." It doesn't get much plainer than that: Microsoft is actively working on bringing Xbox LIVE games to Windows Mobile. Adding a little more detail, although not much, the posting goes on to say that the manager will "focus specifically on what makes gaming experiences 'LIVE Enabled' through aspects such as avatar integration, social interactions, and multi-screen experiences."
The software tester position's relevance to Xbox isn't as clear as the program manager, but based on its description the tester may be working on the same project. The job posting reads: "Do you think mobile gaming and always connected Internet has the potential to change the way people play games? If so then the Mobile Entertainment is where you need to be." Towards the end, the job posting says the software tester will "have the opportunity to make a critical impact [on] the next release of Windows Mobile."
Does the 'next release of Windows Mobile' literally mean Windows Mobile 7? Maybe.
What about that Xbox Portable?
Back in July, Microsoft corporate vice president Shane Kim confirmed Redmond would be pursuing mobile gaming for the Xbox. At the time, Kim suggested that Microsoft didn't have a clear idea on whether it would develop a gaming-specific device or not. "So the question will be, how do we enter into that market," Kim said. "Do we do our own device, do we create our own phone...do we continue to go down the Windows Mobile path...". At the moment, it looks like Redmond is continuing down the Windows Mobile path, as Kim calls it, instead of developing an arcade system similar to Sony's PlayStation Portable.
So the question is will Xbox LIVE games be integrated into any Windows Mobile device, or has Microsoft got a new handset in mind that could compete directly with the iPod Touch and the iPhone. Also, if Windows Mobile becomes the Xbox LIVE portable platform, where does this leave the Zune HD in terms of gaming?
Microsoft may not have a mobile gaming platform, but it does allow Xbox LIVE users to access their LIVE account through mobile devices. Last month, the company released its own Xbox LIVE iPhone app that lets you manage your Gamertag, see who's online or not, check 'gamerscores,' biographical info, avatars, locations, and more.
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by Kusaka, Hidenori; Yamamoto, Satoshi (Illustrator)
Awesome adventures inspired by the best-selling Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire video games! All your favorite Pokémon game characters jump out of the screen into the pages of this action-packed manga! While battling formidable opponents Legendary Pokémon Kyogre and Groudon, Ruby and Sapphire recall childhood experiences that shaped their dreams#151;and pushed them away from other dreams. What is the mysterious connection between their two memories? And what is the clue to awakening three Pokémon who just might be able to save the day...?


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Atmospheric data over a solar cycle: no connection between galactic cosmic rays and new particle formation [abstract, all emphases in this post mine]:
Aerosol particles affect the Earth's radiative balance by directly scattering and absorbing solar radiation and, indirectly, through their activation into cloud droplets. Both effects are known with considerable uncertainty only, and translate into even bigger uncertainties in future climate predictions. More than a decade ago, variations in galactic cosmic rays were suggested to closely correlate with variations in atmospheric cloud cover and therefore constitute a driving force behind aerosol-cloud-climate interactions. Later, the enhancement of atmospheric aerosol particle formation by ions generated from cosmic rays was proposed as a physical mechanism explaining this correlation. Here, we report unique observations on atmospheric aerosol formation based on measurements at the SMEAR II station, Finland, over a solar cycle (years 1996–2008) that shed new light on these presumed relationships. Our analysis shows that none of the quantities related to aerosol formation correlates with the cosmic ray-induced ionisation intensity (CRII). We also examined the contribution of ions to new particle formation on the basis of novel ground-based and airborne observations. A consistent result is that ion-induced formation contributes typically less than 10% to the number of new particles, which would explain the missing correlation between CRII and aerosol formation. Our main conclusion is that galactic cosmic rays appear to play a minor role for atmospheric aerosol formation, and so for the connected aerosol-climate effects as well.
And their conclusion:
Galactic cosmic rays and the related ion-induced nucleation have been proposed to be among the key factors governing atmospheric aerosol budgets and subsequently cloudiness and global climate. Here we have shown, based on long-term experimental data, that atmospheric nucleation frequency or nucleation mode particle concentrations do not show correlation with galactic cosmic rays on either yearly or monthly basis. The geomagnetic activity showed similar seasonal behaviour as nucleation event frequencies, peaking in spring and autumn, but this similarity seems to be caused by different reasons. Accordingly, no significant daily correlation between these variables was found. Our results do not support the idea that the ions produced by galactic cosmic rays would be a major factor behind secondary aerosol production and the related aerosol-cloud interactions.
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#18642 closed defect (bug)
_edit_lock timestamp does not update on autosave() of non-changed, non-draft posts — at Version 2
Reported by: | benbalter | Owned by: | |
Milestone: | 3.3 | Priority: | normal |
Severity: | minor | Version: | 3.3 |
Component: | Autosave | Keywords: | 2nd-opinion has-patch |
Focuses: | Cc: |
Description (last modified by duck_)
Admin_ajax does not properly update the _edit_lock timestamp in posts when:
- The post->post_status != draft, and
- The content of the post has not changed since the last autosave ping
- Open up a post, page, or CPT that's either private or published
- (wait 2 minutes or 2x your autosave ping, don't make any changes to the content)
- Log in as another user and navigate to the post
- User # 2 now has the file lock because User # 1's timestamp has expired
The Problem:
Lines 282 - 283 of autosave.dev.js (trunk) only POSTs auto_draft if it is "1".
Lines 985 - 992 expect non-auto_draft autosaves to post auto_draft as != 1.
Possibly Helpful for Background: r12991
So three possible scenarios:
- Initial autodraft, auto_draft is posted as 1, line 992 updates _edit_post
- Post content has changed, it's a true autosave, so _edit_lock gets update through edit_post()
- Post content has not changed, it's not an autodraft, so auto_draft is not POSTed, and the lock is never updated.
Auto_draft will always either be 1 (and thus ID ='s 0) or not POST'd at all. Admin Ajax erroneously assumes it will be posted as != 1 when not an autodraft.
Proposed Fix:
If auto_draft is not set, update post lock. (patch attached).
Alternatively, could patch autosave.js to pass auto_draft of 0 on every non-auto_draft call.
(tested against trunk)
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Floridians endured election chaos and marathon voting lines this year, largely thanks to reduced early voting hours, voter purges, and voter registration restrictions pushed by Republican legislators. In an exclusive report by the Palm Beach Post, several prominent Florida Republicans are now admitting that these election law changes were geared toward suppressing minority and Democratic votes.
Former governor Charlie Crist (R-FL) and former GOP chairman Jim Greer (R-FL), as well as several current GOP members, told the Post that Republican consultants pushed the new measures as a way to suppress Democratic voters. Crist expanded early voting hours in 2008 despite party pressure, but Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) targeted early voting almost immediately when he took office in 2011. Scott's administration claimed the new laws were meant to curb in-person voter fraud, despite the fact that an individual in Florida is more likely to be struck by lightning than commit voter fraud.
Current party members and consultants confirmed the motive was not to stop voter fraud but to make it harder for Democrats and minorities to vote:
Wayne Bertsch, who handles local and legislative races for Republicans, said he knew targeting Democrats was the goal. "In the races I was involved in in 2008, when we started seeing the increase of turnout and the turnout operations that the Democrats were doing in early voting, it certainly sent a chill down our spines. And in 2008, it didn't have the impact that we were afraid of. It got close, but it wasn't the impact that they had this election cycle," Bertsch said, referring to the fact that Democrats picked up seven legislative seats in Florida in 2012 despite the early voting limitations.Though the state ultimately went to President Obama, the Republican effort to suppress votes was largely successful. A post-election report found that new voting restrictions led to a huge increase in provisional ballots, which are cast when there is some question of the voter's eligibility.
Another GOP consultant, who did not want to be named, also confirmed that influential consultants to the Republican Party of Florida were intent on beating back Democratic turnout in early voting after 2008.
[...]A GOP consultant who asked to remain anonymous out of fear of retribution said black voters were a concern. "I know that the cutting out of the Sunday before Election Day was one of their targets only because that's a big day when the black churches organize themselves," he said.
While crying voter fraud, the Florida GOP had to confront its own scandal when a voter registration firm they hired turned in hundreds of fraudulent registration forms in several Florida counties. The GOP hastily cut ties with the group when the state opened a criminal investigation into their operations.


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Southern style porch via Pinterest |
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Toasted Pecans – a Quintessentially Southern Cocktail Nibble
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Sam- This book sounds right up my alley and I'm really looking forward to the caprese salad with peaches. Pecans and cheese straws are definitely a way of life down here. Your pecans look wonderfully fresh and delicious.
And, I agree. Pinterest is too addicting. I've already pinned way too much.I've had the same thing happen when I make my sweet and spicy toasted pecans. You trun around and the bowl is empty...so your advise is spot on when it come to buying extra pecans. Gena's book sounds like a great place to enjoy good southern foods.
I have not had a chance to get into pinterest yet, but I supposed I'm going to have to fine the time. Love the porch picture. My calander this year is with porches.Roasted pecans microwave version
16 ounces fresh pecans
heavy bowl
2 Tablespoons x-tra virgin oil
Microwave one minute, stir
Repeat one minute, stir
Repeat one minute, stir
Depending on how fresh pecans are, difference in microwaves, amount of time may be adjusted. Watch, and test
Sprinkle with salt or your preferenceGrowing up in France, when we went to someone's home for cocktails, nuts were always offered. It was the perfect accompaniment to a drink. I have never been a fan of lots of nibbles before dinner and these look so appetizing I can't wait to try them.
I didn't know nuts and cheese straws were a southern tradition, I'll have to get the book and learn more!
Thank youAfter looking at your food photos I certainly got an appetite. It's already 7:30 pm so I can't cook an elaborate meal but after seeing your picture of the Pernod I'll go and get the bottle and start with it as an apéritif. I have not had a glass of Pernod for quite a while. The Italian chicken you showed looks really tasty – I'll copy the recipe.
Your pecan recipe looks good too. A couple of weeks ago we went to Decatur, GA to visit the original Waffle House (which is a museum now.) Close to it, in an empty lot, was a huge pecans tree and we saw a multitude of pecans on the ground. We picked them and must have – I don't know really, 5 to 10 lbs. First we have to shell them. I have also used an orange type glaze on my pecans before, and that works well too.I have dirt under my nails as I type this from picking up pecans in my back yead! I just realized how blessed I am to have them! They are soooo very expensive now due to drought and a huge demand in China. Thankfully, I had 42 pounds cracked to shell out and put in my freezer yesterday. I am lucky!
ReplyDeleteA long time ago, I came across a Martha Stewart recipe for honey ginger scented roasted pecans. It quickly became my top-of-the-list cocktail snack, although I have to be judicious, because - as you say - I am in danger of scarfing them down before a single guest arrives. The magic of roasting!
ReplyDeleteHi Sam,
My Grandparents had a large pecan grove on their farm and there is nothing better than fresh roasted pecans, what a special treat. I really like your recipe and will sure give it a try, I am hungry for those pecans now. Hope you are having a wonderful week end and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz HelenPecans are drawing great interest abroad now and it has caused our local prices to increase. My grandparents lived on six acres of pecan orchard in Mobile, AL when I was growing up and I loved picking up, cracking, shelling, and eating many pecans. We enjoy them in abundance now in a variety of ways, but my favorite is a candied spicy pecan served with greens, Gorgonzola, and vinaigrette.... Miam-miam!
Have a delicious week, mon amie!


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The goal of the Obama White House is to come up with a health care plan that can attract bipartisan support. The president has told visitors that he would rather have 70 votes in the Senate for a bill that gives him 85 percent of what he wants rather than a 100 percent satisfactory bill that passes 52-48.
There is good reason for that preference. When you are changing the way one-sixth of the American economy is organized and altering life for patients, doctors, hospitals and insurers, you need that kind of a strong launch if it is to survive the inevitable vagaries of the shakedown period.
But getting agreement of Democrats and Republicans on such a volatile issue will not be easy. Republicans and their business allies killed the Clinton effort at health care reform. And even the optimists in the White House acknowledge privately that it will be hard to collect more than a handful of GOP votes in the House, where most of their efforts focus on negotiating agreements between liberal and conservative Democrats.
The two senators who can speak with the greatest authority on framing a bipartisan health care bill are Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, and Bob Bennett, a Utah Republican.
In the last Congress, Bennett, a staunch conservative, delighted the more liberal Wyden by volunteering to become the lead co-sponsor of Wyden's Healthy Americans Act.
Together, they rounded up the largest bipartisan sponsorship of any major health care bill — eight Democrats and six Republicans, among them three members of the GOP Senate leadership.
Their bill — in simplest terms — would have guaranteed portable, affordable health insurance to every American. It would have required individuals to purchase private health care policies, with subsidies as needed from employers and government. Most remarkably, the sponsors obtained an estimate from the Congressional Budget Office and independent auditors that their plan would be self-financing after a short transition period and might save a trillion dollars over 10 years.
When I asked Wyden and Bennett in separate interviews this week how Barack Obama might assemble bipartisan support for any health plan, they both said the key would be to find a plausible way to control its costs.
As Wyden put it, "The country is worried about the amount of debt we're piling up; you hear it in town meetings and see it in the polls. … That's why we have to show this is affordable."
Obama has recognized that need and has offered some tentative ideas for offsetting the costs of covering the 46 million uninsured. But the issue will not be joined until legislation emerges and is scored by the Congressional Budget Office.
Meantime, there is a preliminary but intense debate shaping up about whether a government-sponsored insurance plan should be made an option for people choosing from a menu of health care coverage options. Liberals want that included. The staff of Sen. Ted Kennedy included it in the draft legislation they rolled out last week.And Obama has reiterated his support for it.
But this week, the Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee, where a bill will be written this month, said almost unanimously that the government plan was a nonstarter.
Bennett, who is not on Finance, underlined that determination, telling me "we will fight almost to the last man and woman against a government-run plan, and not a few Democrats will join us."
Wyden, careful to preserve his credentials within his own party, said he saw this fight as more of a broad philosophical debate about the role and scope of government, but he reminded me that his bill last year did not include a government-sponsored plan.
The time may come — either before or after the House votes on its bill — when Obama may have to demonstrate his flexibility on the issue of a government-run option. Wyden and Bennett are potential allies if he removes what Bennett calls "the rock" blocking a bipartisan bill. And the president couldn't wish for better partners.
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I am starting university soon and figured it would be better to invest in some resonable headphones rather than speakers since I wont be allowed to have anything on too loud. My price range is under £30, ideally less being a student on a budget though! I don't want earphones but rather headphones. They will be mainly used whilst in my room for listening to music and gaming. It would be preferable if they had some sort of mechanism so that they fold up, or that they aren't TOO (e.g massive) so that I can pack them up and take them out and about in my laptop bag - however maybe this is too much to ask in this limited price range. I know you guys are all audiophiles so will try and get me to spent more than £30, but that is simply my top end budget.
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by Joseph Puder
In an address delivered at Tel Aviv University on Sunday, June 29, 2014, Israel's Prime Minister
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BasNews, Erbil
Ernie Audino, Retired Brigadier General in United State Army, spent a year in Kurdistan
With Assad's fighters vanished from northern Syria, Kurds fight jihadists for the future of Syrian Kurdistan.
Kurdish suffering under Arab, Turkish and Iranian rule infuses them with a natural affinity for Jews and Israel.
As a US strike on Syria looms, with Washington determined to punish Syria's President Bashar
As Syria's Kurds carve out an autonomous region, their brethren in Iraq continue to wait for the right moment
By DAN DIKER, HAROLD RHODE
By Joseph Puder
Syrian Kurds, who established control over some areas in the north of Syria in the middle of this year,
While much of the Middle East is sucked into a chaotic bloodbath, there is one people that stands
Ari Soffer
As Arab civil strife engulfs the region, Israelis should spare a thought for other indigenous peoples fighting for their own rights.
WASHINGTON For months now, the United States has been training secular Syrian
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As this is being composed, American ships are rushing to the Levant, presumably preparing to launch
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400 People Fined In San Diego County Last Week For Distracted Driving
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Aired 2/22/12 on KPBS News.
There were just as many people violating the law as were cited by Sheriff and CHP last week in San Diego
Drivers in Southern California are slightly worse than the rest of the country when it comes to texting or talking while driving. That survey comes from the state Office of Traffic Safety. Last week more than 400 people in San Diego County were fined for distracted driving.
Chelsea Daugherty, 20 said "don't do it." She said texting while driving is one of the things she's trying to stop doing, but it's easier said then done.
"I don't like being with people who text and drive cause I don't trust them. I grab their phone when they text, but its hard for me to put my phone down," she said.
"The problem with the cell phone is that we stop focusing on our primary objective, which is to get somewhere safely," said Lt. David Gilmore, traffic coordinator for the San Diego Sheriff's department. He likens distracted driving to being drunk behind the wheel.
"In the fact that you're not able to focus on your primary objective, which is to drive down the road and not have a collision,"he said.
Last week the Sheriff's department partnered with the California Highway Patrol looking for people who were either texting or talking on a cell phone without a hands free device.
"We issued 414 cites to adult offenders and three citations to juveniles," Gilmore said.
Even drivers who use a hands free device are four times more likely to get into a serious accident, according to a study from Monash University.
If you need to respond to a text while behind the wheel, stop and park, said Gilmore.
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tkterry | February 23, 2012 at 10:43 a.m. ― 5 years, 1 month ago
It's good to hear that laws are being enforced. It would be interesting to know of those 400 citations, how many resulted with fines being paid vs mitigated by lawyers. There is certainly NOTHING so important that it can't wait until you reach your driving destination or can safely pull off the road.


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I absolutely detest, despise, and dread Mondays..............yet this one ended OK. I recently started going to a therapy group(on relationships). Actually, this was the second meeting........twice a month for six months, each session 2 hours in length. I had never participated nor even thought of being involved in a group, but I have to say......this is gonna be a blessing in multiple ways! I KNOW it was a total "God thing" that this group was starting shortly after I started going back to my therapist(not the moderator of my group) for some more healing and growth, etc. I think I wrote some on my earlier post about all the damage my ex caused me. So tonight, I made some beautiful progress, and in the process, set another goal which I think I need to obtain. We shall see if the progress is real or imagined as these next two weeks pass. It's all about relationships, isn't it? This website is about the same thing. Our thoughts are bombarded with questions, worries, and "what if" scenarios daily(at least in my case), and that consumes tons of energy. I realize not everybody is looking for a relationship, and some people already have their "one true love". However, for the rest of us mere mortals, we undoubtedly occassionally face the grim spectre of whether we will live the rest of our lives WITH someone or alone. I'm at the point now that I'm thinking I could be OK with the latter possibility...........at the same time HOPING that my "one true love" is out there...........just waiting for me. I'm confident that as my healing and growth continues, God will show me more of His plan for me................I have total faith in that! Yall keep YOUR faith always. Peace, Dragondog52
OK...........it's been a loooooooooooonnnnnnggggg time since I made an entry. Here goes whatever it is. God has been shoving some important lessons down my gullet, and despite my protests.........He continues the lessons. I think more than anything, that it's His lesson for truly embracing the role of "grownup or ADULT", and I have to say............message received.......LOUD and CLEAR!!!! 'nuff of all that for now. God bless all yall and your families.
To: msbreezeifuplez,
You know.......I've known of the benefits of journaling for quite some time. However, I've just never jumped that chasm to actually DOING it. Who knows......maybe tomorrow will be the day. Keep me in your prayers, please.
Thanks for the wonderful comment. I just reread my words, and .........wow..........I think I STILL stand by all that........and that's a good thang! God bless you and your family. Peace, Dragondog52
What a very brave man you are!! God's Blessings!!!
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