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MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canada's second-largest pension fund said on Tuesday it will finance, develop and operate major infrastructure projects for the cash-strapped province of Quebec under a deal the fund hopes will create other such opportunities internationally.
The Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, which manages the province's public pension plans and holds C$215 billion ($180.04 billion) in net assets, said the first two public transit projects identified through the deal will be worth about C$5 billion.
The target completion date for the projects, a light rail line on Montreal's new Champlain Bridge and a rail link between downtown Montreal and the city's international airport, is late 2020.
The agreement, which must be ratified by the French-speaking province's National Assembly, creates a new Caisse subsidiary, CDPQ Infra. The unit would target projects in Quebec along with markets such as the United States, where some groups say $3.6 trillion must be pumped into crumbling public infrastructure by 2020.
"We intend to go further. We intend to export this model," Caisse Chief Executive Michael Sabia told a Montreal news conference. "This model will help (other governments) to meet their needs. And in so doing, this will open new markets."
The Caisse and other Canadian investors are also eyeing aging U.S. airports such as New York City's LaGuardia, where a $3.6 billion call for tenders to redevelop the central terminal has attracted bidders including British Columbia-based Vantage Airport Group.
Sabia said he and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard raised the idea of the Caisse pursuing projects in its home province last summer, even as it and other big Canadian pension funds scour the world for long-life, revenue-generating infrastructure assets.
According to data from London-based research firm Preqin, three of the 10 largest infrastructure investors worldwide are from Canada.
The Caisse holds almost $10 billion in global infrastructure assets, and is a shareholder in the UK's Heathrow Express, the rail service linking Paddington Station and Heathrow Airport.
Sabia insisted that transit projects developed by the Caisse would generate return "in line with market standards," and that CDPQ Infra will not be controlled by the Quebec government.
"There is no question here about compromising independence," he said. "There is no question of the government imposing things, there is no question of the Caisse becoming the financial arm of the government."
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This past week volunteers and park staff at Point Reyes National Seashore started planting approximately 600 endangered Sonoma Alopecurus (Alopecurus aequalis var. sonomensis) plants in isolated areas of the park. The locations were selected for their similarity to existing habitat of the Sonoma Alopecurus. The National Park Service hopes this project and other resource activities will protect this federally listed endangered plant. Resource specialists estimate only 5,000 individuals of this rare species may still exist in the world.
Approximately 1,200 plants were grown in collaboration with the Golden Gate National Recreation Area Native Plant Nursery program from locally collected seeds. The introduction is a restoration research project through UC Berkeley supported by the Seashore's Pacific Coast Learning Center.
Point Reyes National Seashore historically supported six occurrences of Sonoma Alopecurus. Ten additional occurrences have been documented in Sonoma County. Most of the Sonoma County occurrences are believed to be extirpated or are presently declining.
In summer 2000 and 2001, with the support of volunteers and the Point Reyes National Seashore Association, the six historic occurrences within the Seashore were revisited and a comprehensive survey of potential habitat was conducted. Presently, three of these six historic occurrences appear stable and three support no plants. Since 2000, two new small populations have been discovered within Point Reyes bringing the total number of occurrences to five.
In 2001, three of the historic Sonoma County occurrences of Sonoma Alopecurus were also visited. Only one of these three occurrences was found to support plants. A thorough survey of these Sonoma sites will be conducted this year. Additionally, in 2000 and 2001, seeds were collected and deposited for long-term banking at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden in Southern California.
The park is currently preparing monitoring and management plans for this species. An interested working group of grass and rare plant ecologists is being assembled and will convene this year to visit Alopecurus sites, discuss the species status, and recommend conservation strategies to be included in a future management plan.
This project is part of the National Seashore's ongoing effort to ensure preservation of habitat and native species. The National Park Service has received natural resource preservation funding from Congress as part of the Natural Resource Challenge.
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Carolina Cardiology Associates seeks to provide our patients with resources they need to learn more about their condition, know what to expect when they come in for a procedure, and save time with downloadable forms they can fill out before their appointment.
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What types of heart disease require surgery as treatment?
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Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Alternate Postings: AO3
Rating/Content: PG13, includes graphic, silly, poison, fanmail
Warnings: none
Word Count: 280
Disclaimer: Not my world.
Notes: Created for watsons_woes July Writing Prompt #22: While You were Out.
Summary: The notes were never actually for him.
John rolled his eyes as he plucked the lilac-coloured envelope with his name on it from under the door knocker and opened it on the front step.
"Another one for you, Sherlock." John dropped the note in the designated 'unknown toxin' basket on top of the microwave.
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Sherlock looked up, raised an eyebrow, and went back to staring through his microscope.
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The Vancouver Art Gallery presents exhibitions of work by artists ranging from historic masters to leading-edge contemporaries. These include major thematic exhibitions, presentations of solo artists and smaller, more focused showcases. In a typical year, 2 to 3 exhibitions are borrowed from other institutions and 10 to 12 exhibitions are developed in-house, drawing on our permanent collection and loans of works from around the world. In addition, the Gallery tours a few of its exhibitions each year.
Conceptual design for the new Vancouver Art Gallery, 2015
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Conceptual design for the new Vancouver Art Gallery, 2015
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In the 85 years since its inception the Vancouver Art Gallery has
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In this room we present the conceptual design for the new Vancouver Art Gallery. The architectural model, videos and renderings reveal an exciting vision for the Gallery's dynamic new presence in Vancouver. The rich design offers appealing public spaces, thoughtfully integrated with a unique and compelling building which is designed to house and display the most significant public collection of art in Western Canada, and to captivate our audiences through exhibitions, education programs and public events.
Within the building design process the "concept" is the initial design idea for the building. This is a preliminary stage that is intended to describe the context for the Gallery within the city and the character and capacity of the Gallery's interior and exterior spaces. The large plinth in the centre of this room holds a model of the conceptual design for the new Vancouver Art Gallery and describes its dynamic position in the city, on a site that embodies Vancouver's rich history and is strategically situated to substantially contribute to its future growth. Three large architectural renderings provide a cogent insight into the context, the public spaces and the viewpoints that define the new Gallery's design and its place in Vancouver. Floorplans and section views offer a preliminary layout of the key spaces within the Gallery, and the videos provide a further range of images of the building and insight into the research that led to this design.
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This exhibition is organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery. We are tremendously grateful to current members of our Board of Trustees for their generous contributions to the Campaign for the New Vancouver Art Gallery, and to individuals who have made important donations to the new Gallery over the past several years. Our deep gratitude extends also to the Province of British Columbia for their lead investment of $50 million, and to the City of Vancouver for their invaluable contribution of the Larwill Park site.
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YOU don't need to fly to Europe for a bit of aprés ski. Here are eight ice bars and chalets to get you in the mood without leaving the UK
1 Fancy a little drink with your ice? Don special thermal gloves and cape and find your way through the smoky dry ice in temperatures of -5 in the Ice Bar in London's Mayfair. Hidden beneath Regent Street, you'll feel like you're chilling with Bond in a winter ice palace. Book in for a 40 minute session. belowzerolondon.com
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3 Admire the sculptured real ice bar at the Vodka Ice Bar in Chester's Winter Wonderland. Then warm yourself up with a tot! There's also a traditional market and ice rink as well as fairground rides and amusements. visitchester.com
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Illinois alumni are recognized throughout the year for their successes and contributions. During Homecoming week at the University of Illinois, the Illinois Alumni Association will recognize outstanding alumni with the Alumni Achievement and Distinguished Service awards. Other honors, such as the Chicago Illini of the Year Awards, are presented at other annual events. Here is a complete list of awards, past recipients and instructions on how to nominate someone for recognition.
Alumni Achievement Award (Est. 1957)
The highest honor bestowed upon alumni by the Illinois Alumni Association on behalf of the University of Illinois. The award is presented to those alumni who have attained outstanding success and national or international distinction in their chosen profession or life's work, and whose accomplishments reflect admirably on or bring honor to their Alma Mater.
Alumni Humanitarian Award (Est. 2001)
Bestowed upon alumni by the Illinois Alumni Association on behalf of the University of Illinois. The award is presented to alumni who, through their outstanding professional contributions and/or volunteer leadership, have significantly improved or enriched the lives of others and the welfare of humanity on a national or international scale.
Chicago Illini of the Year Award (Est. 1997)
Co-sponsored by the Illinois Alumni Association and the Chicago Illini Club, this award recognizes the accomplishments of Chicago-area graduates of the University. Up to three distinguished alumni who live and work in Chicago or a Chicago suburb are honored each year.
Constituent Leadership Award (Est. 1984)
This award recognizes the alumnus or alumna who has demonstrated extraordinary leadership and/or special efforts in the organization, management and support of a constituent alumni association (college, school or department alumni association).
Distinguished Service Award (Est. 1972)
Bestowed upon alumni, faculty, staff and friends by the Illinois Alumni Association on behalf of the University. The award is presented to individuals or couples whose consistent, exceptional and meritorious service to the University of Illinois has made a significant impact on the institution's overall welfare and the advancement of its mission.
Illini Comeback Award (Est. 1980)
Every year, the Illinois Alumni Association invite a group of prominent and accomplished alumni back to the campus to participate in various activities during Homecoming Weekend, with a focus on providing opportunities for honorees to interact with current students, sharing information about their professional experiences and the value of their University of Illinois education.
Lou Liay Spirit Award (Est. 1997)
Bestowed upon alumni by the Illinois Alumni Association on behalf of the University of Illinois. The award is presented to those who have consistently demonstrated extraordinary spirit and pride in support of the University, the Alumni Association, and related organizations, exemplifying a positive image of their Alma Mater while inspiring loyalty and pride in their fellow alumni. The award is named after Lou Liay, EDM '62, executive director of the UI Alumni Association from 1983-1998.


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Blake took off his jacket and blanketed her undergarments on the ground. He unbuttoned his shirt with the carelessness of a man standing in front of his dresser. His hands never hitched. Livia wanted to cheer as he revealed his chest to the sun. But Blake had other plans.
He put his chest against hers, and his sun-drenched hands ran from her shoulders to her lower back, pulling her to him with a hard jerk. He was a gentleman, but not necessarily a gentle lover. Their hearts beat as if they were trying to touch from the inside out.
Blake ghost-kissed Livia, not quite letting their lips touch. She felt his hot mint breath on her cheek. Blake reached for his pants, and Livia longed to release the button for him, but he needed to do this.
He removed his pants and boxer briefs in one swift motion. He kicked off his socks and shoes. All that remained was the mask. Blake and Livia stood apart for a moment before he gathered her again in his arms.
With no more material between their bodies, he touched every part of her. He spun her so her back pressed against his chest and he could warm her breasts with his hands.
"I always wanted to know if your lips were the same color as your nipples. But they're not. I think the sun has faded your lips just a bit." Blake's liquid silk voice tickled her neck.
Livia could feel the scratch of the ski mask. She remembered that the first time she'd heard his voice it was just like this, from behind her. She begged her hands not to remove his mask. They were having a hard time listening. She squirmed until she and Blake were chest to chest again. She kissed his shoulder instead of his mouth. Blake was glorious naked. Powerful.


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July 21, 2014
CWF submitted comments to the US Forest Service in July on the Weminuche Landscape Grazing Analysis. Our comment letter appears below. Note that on August 2 the US Forest Service decided to stop its work on the environmental assessment and to undertake an environmental impact statement process. We understand the reasons given were the complexity of the issue and the level of public interest.
July 19, 2014
Columbine District Ranger
PO Box 439
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Bailey CO 81122
Columbine District Ranger
Draft EA for the Weminuche Landscape Grazing Analysis
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Dear Mr. Madrid:
Colorado Wildlife Federation thanks you and the US Forest Service for opening a second comment period on this very important matter.
Colorado Wildlife Federation (CWF) is the oldest continuously active wildlife conservation organization in Colorado, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose members consist of hunters, anglers and other wildlife enthusiasts. CWF's mission is to promote the conservation, sound management, and sustainable use and enjoyment of Colorado's wildlife and habitat through education and advocacy. CWF understands that wildlife habitat and healthy populations are critical to conserving Colorado's unique wildlife, hunting and fishing heritage, and wildlife viewing opportunities. These wildlife-related recreation pursuits enrich the well-being of residents and visitors and form a substantial segment of Colorado's economy. CWF members fish, hunt and recreate on federal lands in Colorado that will be impacted by land use planning and management decisions intended to maintain long-term viability of bighorn sheep populations.
The Weminuche bighorn sheep herd is classified by CPW as a Tier 1 population, meaning that it is among the most important bighorn herds in the state, and, therefore, is of highest management priority (Weinmeister 2012, http://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Hunting/BigGame/DAU/BighornSheep/RBS20DAUPlan.pdf ). It also is important to note that this herd is primarily native rather than a product of translocations.
We support the aspects of Alternative 4 (Adaptive Management with Closing Vacant Allotments) that would permanently close the seven vacant grazing allotments and convert the Canyon Creek allotment to cattle grazing.
Unfortunately, Alternative 4 would pose a high probability of contact between this prized bighorn herd and the domestic sheep. The potential risk of disease transmission between domestic sheep and goats and bighorn sheep is one of the most serious issues affecting the long-term viability of bighorn sheep populations (WAFWA Recommendations for Domestic Sheep and Goat Management in Wild Sheep Habitat 2012). The Forest Service recognizes, "…[p]hysical contact between domestic sheep or goats and bighorn sheep increases the risk of disease transmission from domestic animals to bighorn sheep, with potential for a subsequent bighorn sheep mortality event and/or extended period of reduced recruitment."
The potential loss of 75 percent of the bighorn sheep populations in the planning unit under Alternative 4 is beyond dismaying. Worse, the Forest Service's claim that a disease event affecting 75 percent of the bighorn sheep population in the forest would not result in a loss of viability in the forest is not well substantiated and likely would not hold up to scientific scrutiny (Risk assessment, p.96). In addition, the economic analysis should include economic values of hunting and wildlife viewing. See the economic report released by Colorado Parks and Wildlife earlier this year, "The Economic Contributions of Outdoor Recreation: A regional and county-level analysis. Hunting, wildlife viewing and fishing in southwest Colorado produce $405 million in economic output. Hunting output in Hinsdale, LaPlata and San Juan Counties is shown as $14,221,000, before adding on the salaries and wages, gross domestic product contribution, taxes and jobs. There would be an economic impact if bighorn sheep in the planning unit were decreased by 75 percent.
The three-pronged adaptive management approach in the EA to identify and address future conflicts simply does not appear to recognize the expected outcome for the bighorn sheep population from any contact with domestic sheep: loss of a Tier 1 herd. The total herd contact rates for S-28 indicate under the allotment configuration proposed in Alternative 4 there is concern for the potential for physical contact with the Endlich Mesa, Virginia Gulch and Tank Creek allotments, respectively. In fact, Alternative 4 alters the boundary of the Endlich Mesa allotment, effectively increasing the risk of contact with bighorn sheep, per the risk assessment (pg 43). The total herd contact rates for these three allotments exceed the levels thought likely to maintain long-term bighorn herd persistence (one disease event every 46 years), even under an assumption of moderate (25%) or low (10%) disease transmission probability (Risk assessment, pg 95). What is needed is a design that provides effective temporal and spatial separation between domestic and wild sheep. We note that the EA does not consider or analyze the potential for moving current permittees to vacant allotments that would provide for effective separation of bighorn sheep and domestic sheep. Are there opportunities to convert to cattle grazing on lower elevation ranges? Also, is the Forest Service exploring other potential replacement allotments that would not risk contact between domestic sheep and bighorn sheep?
Again, thank you for the opportunity to comment on this very important land management decision.
Suzanne O'Neill
Executive Director, Colorado Wildlife Federation


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Here you can find several online biographies of Léonie Martin and a little more information:
- First, the newest. We are proud to present our English translation of the new booklet "La vie de Léonie Martin, Sister Françoise-Thérèse," which is offered in French to pilgrims who visit the monastery. Prepared by the Visitation Community in 2012, it features an introduction by Jean-Claude Boulanger, the bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux, and ends with the prayer that Léonie might be declared "venerable," a prayer for which he granted the imprimatur on March 25, 2012. We thank the Visitation community for generously allowing us to translate this booklet and to publish it at "Leonie Martin."
- Second, an historic treasure. Juan Marrero's translation of the "life of Léonie" written by her Visitation sisters after her death in 1941 and sent out as the "death circular" then customary. This longer and more detailed document, written in the language customary in convents in France at that time, contains many prevously unseen photographs.
- Third, at the Web site of the archives of the Carmel of Lisieux, see a brief summary of Léonie's education; remembrances of Léonie's First Communion, and Léonie's testimony about Thérèse at the diocesan process in 1910.
- Fourth, read online "God Made the Violet, Too: Life of Leonie, Sister of St. Therese" by Rev. Albert H. Dolan, O. Carm. (Chicago, Illinois and Englewood, N.J.: Carmelite Press, 1948). This book, now online courtesy of the Hathitrust Digital Library, was written by the American founder of the Little Flower Society. He draws on his visits with Léonie in 1926 and 1927; his conversations with her Carmelite sisters about her; and the circular letter her community published about her on her death in 1941. The book naturally uses the religious language of its time, but is full of fascinating details about Léonie.
- Fifth, "Léonie Martin: the forgotten sister of Saint Thérèse," a short online biography by Visitation Sister Mary Christine Martens. Courtesy of the Help Fellowship Web site.
- Sixth,"Léonie Martin," the May 1998 issue of the spiritual newsletter of Clairval Abbey. A powerful reflection on Léonie's life by Dom Antoine Marie, OSB, reproduced here with the permission of Clairval Abbey
- Finally,"Sister Françoise-Thérèse (Marie Léonie Martin), God's Little Violet," an online biography by Ron Hannan, courtesy of Martin Sisters.


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Good transitions can make a speech more important to the audience because they feel they are being taken to a positive conclusion without having to travel a bumpy road.
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It's true. The smoother the road you lead your listeners along, the more willing they are to follow. Transitions make the road smoother because they are one of the three aspects to organization. The first two are outlining and sequencing (putting the ideas in the order in which you will present your information). But transitions are also important for several reasons. They are logical extensions of the thoughts that came before; they help you get from one idea to the next. They also act as signposts to tell your audience that a new idea is coming.
Imagine that you are driving through the state of Florida, and you want to visit Key West, America's southernmost city. There's one problem. Key West is located at the end of a series of islands. Once you reach the tip of the Florida mainland, you're sunk—or you would be, if it wasn't for the bridges. Each Key is linked to the next by a succession of overseas bridges that make it possible to travel easily from one island to the next (and the next and the next) until you reach your destination.
Presentations are like the Florida Keys in that they're made up of a series of separate ideas that have to be linked together. The only way to get from one to another is by building linguistic bridges; those bridges are what we call transitions.
Speakers tell me that transitions present some of the biggest problems they have in their presentations. Many speakers concentrate all their ammunition on the opening, thinking that with a strong start, the rest can just follow. Not true. While an attention-getting opening is crucial to the beginning of a detail, the challenge is to keep the ideas that follow just as vivid.


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On a recent trip to Omaha, Neb., I found a note prominently displayed in my hotel room warning of the possibility of "extreme weather" including "tornadic activity." The clunky euphemism was no doubt meant to soften or obscure what they were obliged to communicate: There may be a tornado, look out.
That's what's going on nationally. Tornadoes are tearing up the political landscape.
Everyone talks about the tensions between the Republican establishment, such as it is, and the tea-party-leaning parts of its base. But are you looking at what's happening with the Democrats?
Tensions between President Obama and his supporters tore into the open this week as never before, signifying a real and developing fracturing of his party. Mr. Obama, in an interview in Rolling Stone, aimed fire at those abandoning him: "It is inexcusable for any Democrat or progressive right now to stand on the sidelines in this midterm election." The Democratic base "sitting on their hands complaining" is "just irresponsible. . . . We have to get folks off the sidelines. People need to shake off this lethargy, people need to buck up. Bringing about change is hard—that's what I said during the campaign. . . . But if people now want to take their ball and go home, that tells me folks weren't serious in the first place."
At first I thought this was another example of the president's now-habitual political ineptness, his off-key-ness. You don't diss people into voting for you, you can't lecture them into love. The response from the left was fierce, unapologetic—and accusatory. Mr. Obama had let them down, he'd taken half measures. "Stop living in that bubble," shot back an activist on cable. But Jane Hamsher of the leftist blog Firedoglake saw method, not madness. She described the president's remarks as "hippie punching" and laid them to cynical strategy: "It's about setting up a narrative for who will take the blame for a disastrous election." She said Mr. Obama's comments themselves could "depress turnout."
Take the blame? Disastrous? Setting up a narrative?
This isn't the language of disagreement, the classic to-and-fro between a restive base and politicians who make compromises. This is the language of estrangement. It is the language of alienation.
There is a war beginning in the Democratic Party, and the president has lost control of his base.
The Democratic leadership in the House appears to have lost another kind of control, fleeing Washington without passing a federal budget or extending even part of the Bush-era tax cuts, which are due to expire on Jan. 1. Democrats hold a solid majority in the House. They have a hitherto-powerful speaker. And the decision to adjourn passed by only a single vote—that of Nancy Pelosi, who saw 39 Democrats join the Republicans in dissenting.
The Democratic Party right now is showing signs of coming apart under the pressure of the election and two years of an unpopular presidency. But it's not a split in two, with the left versus the establishment. It's more like a splintering, with left-leaning activists distancing themselves from the party's politicians, and moderate politicians distancing themselves from Mr. Obama.
And part of what's driving it is what is driving the evolution of the Republican Party. The Internet changed everything. Everyone has facts now, knows who voted how and why. New thought leaders spring up and lead in new directions. Total transparency leads to party fracturing. Information dings unity. We are in new territory.
Another tornado: The president's influential counselor, David Axelrod, attempted this week to insinuate into the election what Democrats used to deride as "wedge issues." In an interview he said abortion will "certainly be an issue," for Democrats. It will be raised "across the country."
This suggests a certain desperation. Whatever stand you take on the social issues, you have to be blind to think they will make a big difference this year. The issue this year is the size, role, weight and demands of government, and the public sense that its members selfishly look to their own needs and not those of the country. A GOP congressman told me this week that he very much disagrees with the characterization of tea party and Republican voters as enraged or livid. They are scared, he said. He has never, in two decades in politics, heard so many people tell him they are "scared," frightened for their own futures and for the future of their country.
No one will get revved in the way Mr. Axelrod hopes who isn't already a reliable Democratic vote. His raising of a wedge issue speaks not only of a certain cynicism but of what appears to be an endemic White House cluelessness.
Yet another tornado: The Democrats have begun what Grover Norquist predicted a month ago. They saved their money for the end of the campaign and have begun running negative ads. They are not speaking in support of their own votes on health care and other issues. They are avoiding the subject of their own votes on health care and other issues. They are focusing instead on accusations of personal scandal. Both parties have done this in the past, to their mutual shame. But this year, with some exceptions and for obvious reasons, it appears to be largely a Democratic game. At this point in history, with America teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, negative advertising is even more destructive, more actually wicked, than it was in the past.
Negative advertising tears everything down. It contributes to the cynicism of the populace, especially the young. It undermines the faith in government Democrats are always asking us to have, by undermining respect for those who govern, or who seek to. It wears everyone down. And in the long term, though this can never be quantified, it keeps from electoral politics untold numbers of citizens who could bring their gifts and guts to helping solve our problems. I will never forget the visionary real-world entrepreneur who sighed, when I once urged him to enter politics, "I've lived an imperfect life. They'd kill me."
But let's go to what is traditionally the only way journalists and political professionals judge such ads: Do they work? In the past they have. But here's a hunch: This year they will not be so effective.
The primary reason is the severity of the moment. But another is that negative ads worked so well in the past. For a generation, the American people have been told their politicians are lowlifes. You know what they now think of them? They think they're lowlifes! People don't really expect high character from their political figures anymore. "Congressman Smith cheated on his wife." That's her problem. Cut my taxes.
Good practical advice on all this comes from Indiana's Gov. Mitch Daniels, who met this week in New York with conservative activists, journalists and historians. Our country is in real peril, he said, we have a short time to do big things to get it right. Republicans "need to campaign to govern, not merely to win." If Democrats are "the worst, the most malevolent" in their campaigning, "don't match 'em, let 'em." Be better. Be serious about the issues at a serious time.
What appears to be coming is a Republican rout. The main reason is the growing connection between public desire on various issues and Republican stands on those issues. But another is what is happening among Democrats—the rise of a spirit of destruction, and the increasing fact of fractured unity.


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As far as collections go, I had a positive experience with The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology.
Provided, I do not have a whole lot to compare it to. With so many textual collections on the market—anthologies from Cambridge to Hackett and everyone in between—and with many of which share the same texts, it depends on skilled scholarship and engagement for a collection to work. Kevin Crossley-Holland's contribution is certainly scholarly, but is it worth reading?
Compared to other anthologies of medieval literature, such as those from Broadview and Norton, World is a small book. At a little over three-hundred pages, it is not by any means stacked to the brink with entries from all walks of life and genres. Crossley-Holland seems to have gone the other route with this effort and aimed for density and attention to detail, not simple content collected from a manifold of sources.
This is to say that World is carefully curated. Over the roughly half a dozen sections, each contains the most pressing entries, those which Crossley-Holland obviously thought deserved the highest praise. You see the classic entries, such as Beowulf, but you also see the inclusions of tracts, land grants, and medicinal handbooks, material which, as far as I am aware, are not commonly reprinted in other anthologies. So the effort here aims to give a broad overview while displaying the forward-thinking idea that not all literature needs to be what is traditionally thought of as 'literature', that is, carefully constructed prose and poetic lines. Originally published in the early eighties, I found myself mildly surprised that this was the kind of sentiment which Crossley-Holland—intentionally or not—expressed.
But the thing is, though, that though these sections are compact, they are compact for another reason, a reason other than not desiring to exact the effort in translating the pieces or asking permission from other translators to re-print them. This reason, I feel, is religious and political in nature.
As I was reading, it seems that Crossley-Holland is conservative and Christian. Most of the pieces here are from Christian writers and deal with Christianity in some manner or make allusions to Christian doctrine. Though one can understand that there would be a great deal of Christian content from the Anglo-Saxon period, one also must understand that there would also be a great deal of pagan content, and to have no such pagan content, strikes me as suspicious. So it is that, along with the author's honing in on Christian myths and legends in his section introductions, that strikes me as a reason for the brevity of this collection—it is practical, not educational; Crossley-Holland has curated this work in this short fashion in order to hone in on the Anglo-Saxon Christian.
Whether you view this eye for Christianity as dishonest or as helpful in singling out content, it is something that I noticed on my initial reading. When I think of the content, I feel that this anthology is a good place to begin. An issue with these larger introductions is that they tend to overwhelm, but here, where the pieces are carefully selected, and an introduction situates each piece in the larger narrative, the reader feels both confident in tackling the texts as well as capable in doing so. It is easy to focus on the biggest details here and then fish out the smaller details and the wider corpus of Anglo-Saxon texts later when one has the basics down.
As far as my own experiences go, I will undoubtedly use the World more in my readings, but I also recognize that the highly abridged nature of a majority of the selections will make it difficult in citing. So, though I see myself using this text more, and will still recommend it as a decent introductory primer to Anglo-Saxon writing, I will nevertheless be in the market for a new anthology, one which covers more texts and, perhaps, in a bit more thorough of a manner.
The Anglo-Saxon world: An Anthology
Kevin Crossley-Holland
308 pages. Published by Oxford University Press. $12.95. 2009.


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1. No Highlander copies. It's annoying as hell to have somebody claim to be Scottish, and then use a katana. The chances of that are practically nil, and even though we're not 100% historically accurate, that's still a bit of a stretch.
2. Monty Python is very cool . . . but it's not exactly an ancient English accent. So don't act like it is.
3. Elves don't exist. Neither do dwarves, goblins, orcs or hobbits. They never did. Since we're not a fantasy organization, such creatures are not allowed to exist.
4. King Arthur is not a historical figure, and neither are any of his knights.
5. Most importantly, once you've chosen a persona, try to stay with the feel of it. Don't procalim to be a Viking and then speak in an English accent.
6. Remember--this is supposed to be fun! Personas are a way of playing the game, not a strait-jacket. If you want to change something--do it!
Garb Rules
1. AD&D is cool . . . but it's fantasy. No wings on helmets, fake "dragonskin" garments, etc...
2. Try to look historical. It's not necessary for all practices, but for major events, etc..., don't wear mundane clothing.
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In his opening remarks at a November 2 conference on the American Catholic laity held in Gasson 100, Tom Roberts of the National Catholic Reporter (NCR) saluted the work of Catholic sociologists. They "can be a rather lonely lot," he said, because they deliver data that doesn't always fit the prevailing narrative. Roberts, NCR's editor-at-large and author of The Emerging Church: A Community's Search for Itself (2011), recalled one researcher, Richard Schoenherr of the University of Wisconsin, who in 1993 projected a 40 percent drop in the number of active diocesan priests in the United States by 2005 from the high-water mark in the 1960s. His forecast was branded a fabrication by Cardinal Roger Mahony, archbishop of Los Angeles, who stated that followers of Christ "live by God's grace, and our future is shaped by God's design for his Church—not by sociologists." Schoenherr, Roberts noted, turned out to have had "very accurate numbers."
Roberts's story was an apt beginning to the daylong gathering of theologians and sociologists convened to consider the just-released study "Catholics in America: Persistence and Change," the fifth in a series of surveys tracking U.S. Catholic beliefs, practices, and demographics during the past quarter century. Conducted online with a national sample of 1,442 self-identified Catholic adults between April 25 and May 2, 2011, the survey was designed in consultation with the Pew Research Center and funded in part by NCR. The conference, held a week after the report's release, was arranged by the Church in the 21st Century Center and attracted an audience of some 50 students, faculty, and members of the community for the first public analysis of the results.
Speakers at the conference included the three sociologists who conducted the study: William V. D'Antonio, a fellow of the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies at the Catholic University of America; Mary Gautier, senior research associate at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University; and Michele Dillon, chair of the sociology department at the University of New Hampshire. Two Boston College theologians, Lisa Sowle Cahill and Hosffman Ospino, presented commentaries on the data.
D'Antonio, 85, is the sole member of the original research team. Bespectacled and sporting a purple bow tie, he serenely announced "the impending inexorable demise of the pre–Vatican II generation" of Catholics, those born in 1940 or earlier. D'Antonio smiled and noted that he was speaking of his own cohort, dubbed the "pray, pay, and obey" Catholics. During the first survey in 1987, they made up approximately one-third of the adult U.S. Catholic population. Today they account for one in 10, making this their final appearance in the "Catholics in America" series. "Five years from now," D'Antonio explained, "there won't be enough of them to constitute an adequate survey sample."
The surveys have tracked four generations thus far. Vatican II Catholics—the baby boomers—have themselves declined sharply as a share of the population, from nearly half of those polled in 1987 to just a third today. Post–Vatican II Catholics, born between 1961 and 1978 and popularly known as Gen-X, slightly outnumber boomers in the Church. The "millennials," who were born between 1979 and 1993 and debuted in the 2005 survey, now constitute almost a quarter of the adult Catholic population.
D'Antonio highlighted one finding in particular about millennial Catholics: 45 percent of them are Hispanic, and, given the continued flow of immigration from Latin America, "they may well become the first generation of American Catholics in which Hispanics are a majority," he said.
The "persistence" underlined in the report's title mainly concerns core theological convictions. Almost three-quarters of the Catholics surveyed consider the Resurrection "very important." Around two-thirds offer the same reply when asked about the Eucharist and about Church teachings on Mary. The "change" in the survey's title is reflected in the laity's attitudes toward Church hierarchy. In 2005, more than half of pre–Vatican II Catholics rated the Vatican's teaching authority as "very important," while just 27 percent of millennials held the same view. Today "there are no differences" among the generations on this question, D'Antonio reported, with only three in 10 giving such weight to Vatican authority. D'Antonio speculated that the continued emergence of clergy sexual abuse scandals in the United States and elsewhere explains some of this shift.
The main prop at the conference was a large screen mounted in the corner of the room, on which Mary Gautier displayed data indicating the numerical decline of priests (down by one-quarter since 1987) and the changes this may bring to parish life. Almost all respondents (93 percent) accept the idea of "sharing a priest with one or more other parishes," Gautier related, and three in four respond favorably to the notion of someone else running the parish "with visiting priests for sacraments." However, most are averse to reducing the number of Masses.
Michele Dillon focused on Catholic commitment, which continues to be strong, she said, noting that more than two-thirds of respondents say they "cannot imagine being anything but Catholic." At the same time, she underscored that lay people have formed their own ideas about what it means to be "a good Catholic." For example, most feel that one can be a good Catholic without attending Mass each week (78 percent) and without agreeing with Church teachings on such matters as birth control and abortion. Some 60 percent believe it is possible to be a good Catholic and not give money or time to the poor. Only one in five Catholics says the pope and other Church leaders are "the proper arbiters of right and wrong" on these and other questions, including homosexuality.
According to the survey, said Dillon, Catholic women are more likely than men to uphold Church dogma on Jesus, transubstantiation, and other aspects of faith, yet less likely, by a margin of 57 to 46 percent, to back the hierarchy on issues related to family, gender, and sexuality.
Dillon summarized, "Women are more liberal, if you will, when it comes to Church authority, but they are more dedicated to the Church." (This and other studies have also found higher rates of Mass attendance among women.)
One thread of the first three presentations was that Catholics are "highly autonomous" in their thinking and "likely to privilege their own moral judgment rather than Vatican teaching," as Dillon phrased it. To which Lisa Cahill, Boston College's Monan Professor of Theology, responded: "Really?"
In her remarks, Cahill did not second-guess the data. "I'm a theologian, not a social scientist," she said. She also had no doubt that Catholics are deferring far less to Church authorities when deciding on matters of sexuality. But this doesn't mean they're thinking "autonomously," she pointed out. "They're listening to the surrounding culture, which can have good but also troubling consequences," Cahill said, citing the strong pull of societal values that have helped bring about high divorce rates and the youth hookup culture.
Young adult Catholics, Cahill observed, are not necessarily "looking for the Church to be more liberal on sexual ethics—they already live in a culture of permissiveness. . . . They're looking for an alternative to a culture in which anything seems to go." As she spoke, the three researchers, seated next to the lectern, scribbled notes for the first and only time during the conference.
The subject of young adult Catholics resurfaced in the Q&A following Cahill's remarks. As audience members asked about the spiritual lives of the younger faithful, Karen Kiefer '82, associate director of the Church in the 21st Century Center, intervened to suggest, "Let's hear from a student." Meg Stapleton Smith '13, speaking from the back row, said that while Catholics her age are not nearly as attracted to formal worship as were previous generations many are deeply interested in the Church's spiritual traditions (trends also borne out in the study).
"Ignatian spirituality is something the students here are drawn to," said Smith, a theology major from White Plains, New York. She cited as one example the campus organization Cura, made up of 15 groups of six-to-10 students who meet weekly for an hour of prayer and reflection.
The afternoon portion of the conference focused in part on the demographics of Hispanics. Boston College School of Theology and Ministry assistant professor Hosffman Ospino asserted that the Church is scarcely grappling with the challenges of what may well become a largely Hispanic laity. In the United States, "Hispanic Catholics still live in the margins of Church and society," said Ospino, with "very few resources . . . invested in Hispanic youth ministry."
The afternoon session also highlighted findings about Catholics and political parties. D'Antonio pointed to punditry that says Republicans are "more religious, or friendlier to religion" than Democrats. This is evidently not true among Catholics, he said, citing the survey. On three of four core beliefs—touching on Christ's divinity, the sacraments, and Mary—"no significant differences existed" between Catholics of the two parties, he said. They diverged only on a fourth core belief identified by the researchers: "helping the poor." Catholic Democrats were more likely than their Republican coreligionists (72 versus 61 percent) to see this as very important.