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Ivan Semirechenskiy
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s we travel back through history we pass by the various 20th century productions until we arrive at the first stop on our journey; St. Petersburg, January 7th 1898, to be present at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre for the very first performance of Raymonda, the latest ballet created by the great Petipa.
Our progamme tells us that the scenario for this tale of medieval chivalry is by Lidiya Pashkova (née Vera Glinskaya), a Russian-French Countess who is the St. Petersburg correspondent for the French newspaper Le Figaro and the Russian Southern Region. In addition to being a columnist, Lidiya Alexandrovna writes ladies novels and plays based on scenes from contemporary life.
Countess Lidiya is out to make a name for herself in the fashionable world of ballet and already has one success to her credit: the libretto for Cinderella (Zolushka) written in partnership with Ivan Vsevolozhsky, Director of the Imperial Theatres, and first presented by the Imperial Ballet in 1893 choreographed by Enrico Cecchetti with the production supervised by Marius Petipa, Premier Maitre de Ballet of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres.
Though not in the itinerary of our search for Raymonda, while traveling backwards in time to the Middle Ages let's stay in St. Petersburg until 1893 to be at the Mariinsky to see Pierina Legnani make her debut with the Imperial Ballet in the premiere of Cinderella and witness the historic occasion when for the first time ever in public performance a ballerina accomplished 32 fouettés en tournant. Dancing the title role, Legnani did them without stopping and without traveling an inch, having to encore her success, although doing only 28 fouettés. So, the audience was counting even in those days!
Better still, now that we've arrived in 1898 and are staying on till 1893, we can attend the Mariinsky for the 1895 premiere of the Petipa/Ivanov Swan Lake with Legnani as Odette/Odile. And in 1894, if you're up for it, you can come with me and gatecrash the first performance of Le Réveil de Flore presented by the Imperial Ballet for the court at Peterhof in honour of the wedding of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna to Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich. Two premieres not to be missed at any cost!
1895 is also an important year for us to be in the Imperial capital because we can get to know more about Countess Lidiya. That year a topic of conversation in St. Petersburg drawing rooms was France's wars of conquest in Africa, a subject of interest to Pashkova as she was a great traveler, a member of the French Geographical Society and a respected travel writer. Even Tolstoy himself read her essays and drew information from her book "The French and British Colonies in the Far East" published in Odessa 1886.
Lidiya Alexandrovna spent many years in Palestine, Egypt and Syria, sometimes in the company of the esotericist Helena Blavatskaya, who became famous as Madame Blavatsky and was a founding member of the Theosophical Society. Pashkova also traveled to Aden where she met Natalia Blavatskaya.
It was Pashkova's journeys in the Middle East and North Africa that led to her interest in the history of the Crusades to regain possession of the Holy Land, allowing her fanciful imagination to take her into the fairytale world of "Once upon a time" with crusader knights in shining armour rescuing beautiful damsels in distress.
Envisaging her romantic story as a ballet, she prepared a libretto which she submitted to Ivan Vsevolozhsky in 1895. Not impressed, the Director of the Imperial Theatres at first rejected the scenario. However, Countess Lidiya Alexandrovna had powerful patrons at court and could not be dismissed so easily.
Vsevolozhsky took some time pondering on how to proceed with the story and eventually rewrote the libretto, which was then worked on by Petipa, although in the programme the scenario is quite rightly credited to Ms. L. Pashkova.
When Nureyev was staging Raymonda for the Paris Opera Ballet he tried to find a copy of Pashkova's original story but was unsuccessful, as I was in my own attempts to locate a copy when researching this article.
Therefore, let us take as our primary source the programme of the Pashkova/Vsevolozhsky/Petipa version, which is preserved in the Mariinsky archive.
So, here we are at last, taking our seats in the stalls of the Mariinsky Imperial Theatre, the beautiful auditorium ablaze with diamonds adorning the hundreds of bejeweled society ladies.
We've paid our 30 kopecks for the programme and while we await the first big performance of the evening, the entrance of the Imperial Family, let's find out what we can expect on this glittering first night.
We already know that the premiere is a benefit performance for prima ballerina assoluta Pierina Legnani in the title role and that she will be partnered by Sergey Legat, but being seasoned ballet goers we want to know who else is dancing tonight.
Wow! What line up of Mariinsky legends; Kschessinska, Preobrajenskaya, Trefilova, Egorova – and Pavlova, even though she is still in her final year at the Imperial Ballet School and not due to make her official debut with the company until after her graduation next year.
And as an extra treat for us time-travelling balletomanes we even have the eighteen year old Agrippina Vaganova, on her way to becoming the queen of variations.
What's more, we're actually going to see the bitchy Bakerkina, who we know of only because Kschessinska tells how she tried to make trouble with the young Karsavina over the trifling matter of a gift of a costume in deep lilac colour.
Next, looking at the list of characters we see that, unlike modern productions, we have two Countesses; it is Raymonda who is the Countess de Doris, while her Aunt Sibyl is both a Countess and a Canoness.
No time to read the plot because now we must stand and turn to face the Imperial box for the awesome spectacle of the entrance of the Tsar and the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, followed in correct order of precedence by Empress Alexandra Fedorovna and our favourite patrons of the ballet, the Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and his magnificent Grand Duchess, Maria Pavlovna, outshining even the two empresses with her fabulous jewels.
And how interesting to note that tonight Nicholas II is not taking his usual seat in the Tsar's box to the left of the stage; but of course – Kschessinska is only dancing a minor role tonight!
Now the lights start to dim and in comes the conductor – Riccardo Drigo no less – and St. Petersburg gets to hear the first notes of Glazunov's score.
Curtain up on Act I Scene 1, titled La Fete de Raymonda. The set is magnificent – the Hall of the Castle of the Countess de Doris.
The troubadours Bernard de Ventadour and Beranger d'Aquitaine are playing the lute and viol. The music lures maidens away from their tasks and they dance with the pages.
Enter Countess Sibyl, who admonishes the girls for neglecting their duties, but she fails to restore order and others join in the dancing, so she commands Bernard and Beranger to stop playing.
Turning to the maidens, she points to the statue of The White Lady, telling them that this is a former Countess de Doris, a beloved ancestor whose ghost appears from another world to warn and protect anyone in the House of Doris and punishes those who do not do their duty.
The young girls laugh at this superstition and try to pull Countess Sybil into the dance.
A horn sounds the arrival of a messenger with a letter from Jean de Brienne to his fiancée the Countess Raymonda. The Countess Sibyl goes off to tell her niece the good news, while the seneschal oversees preparations for the arrival of Raymonda and the maidens strew flowers along the path their mistress will take.
Enter Ms. Legnani to rapturous applause. The messenger kneels and hands her the letter with the news that her betrothed, Jean de Brienne, having fought valiantly under the banner of King Andrew II of Hungary, has returned from the Crusade and will arrive at the Castle de Doris no later than tomorrow.
So, in the original production, our hero didn't make it back in time for his girl's fete day!
Who does turn up instead is the villain of the piece, Abderrahman, accompanied by his entourage of Saracen and Spanish dancers, soldiers and slaves bearing gifts.
Countesses Raymonda and Sibyl are surprised at this uninvited guest but the tradition of the House of Doris is that all visitors must be admitted.
Hmmh! Forget the tradition and gifts, I wouldn't let this guy and his army in to my castle, would you?
After being greeted with great dignity, Abderrahman tells how he has heard of the beauty of Raymonda and the legendary hospitality of the Castle de Doris, and has come to congratulate the lovely young Countess and present her with gifts.
When Raymonda rejects his gifts, Abderrahman, in an aside, confides to his one of his henchmen that he intends to abduct Raymonda.
Didn't I say not to trust this guy?
On with the dancing, a grand valse, then Raymonda instructs the seneschal to arrange a Cour d'Amour for the morrow in honour of the arrival of her fiancé.
All exit except Raymonda, Clemence, Henriette and the two troubadours.
The sky darkens and the stage is bathed in moonlight.
Raymonda plays the lute then, passing it to one of her friends, shows them a new dance. Exhausted by the events of the day, she rests.
Suddenly, a magical lethargy descends on the scene and everyone falls into a sleep except Raymonda, who is drawn by a mysterious force to follow The White Lady.
Act 1 Scene 2. A park on a high terrace of the Castle de Doris.
This is some big castle!
Now we get the vision scene. The park is shrouded in mist. The White Lady enters followed by Raymonda in a state of trance.
The mist lifts to reveal Jean de Brienne surrounded by his knights – note, no portrait coming to life – and, intoxicated with happiness Raymonda throws herself into his arms.
More dancing then The White Lady dispels the vision of Jean de Brienne and tells Raymonda to wait and see what is to happen next.
The stage darkens and the foreboding apparition of Abderrahman appears. He declares his love for Raymonda, which she indignantly rejects.
Abderrahman attempts to abduct Raymonda who begs The White Lady to save her. She falls unconscious.
The first rays of dawn appear and The White Lady, Abderrahman and the other apparitions disappear.
Where have we seen this before?
Ladies, servants and pages rush on to the terrace and attempt to revive Raymonda.
Interval – time for champagne and caviar, of course – and much excited discussion about events so far. The St. Petersburg cognoscenti agree; Legnani is in top form and dancing divinely – her pizzicato variation stopped the show.
Act II. The Cour d'Amour: another magnificent set, this time a Courtyard in the Castle de Doris. Raymonda welcomes her guests but cannot hide her dismay that her fiancé is a no show.
Enter Abderrahman and his entourage. Countess Raymonda asks for him to be dismissed but Countess Sibyl reminds her that according to tradition all visitors to the Castle de Doris must be welcomed with honour. Grand pas d'action.
Abderrahman again attempts to plight his troth but Raymonda rejects him with disdain. He commands his minions to entertain Raymonda with Arab and Spanish dancing.
Butlers fill the guests' cups with wine and we have a Bacchanalia – yes, that's what is says in the programme, a Bacchanalia – at the height of which Abderrahman attempts to carry off Raymonda.
Cue for the valiant Jean de Brienne to appear accompanied by King Andrew II of Hungary. Our hero rescues his damsel in distress and goes for Abderraman, but King Andrew orders the fighting to stop.
What, no single combat?
The King orders Raymonda away from danger just in time before the Saracens start fighting again.
The White Lady appears at the back of the stage.
Jean de Brienne inflicts a mortal sword wound on Abderrahman who is carried away by his slaves. The rest of the entourage attempt to escape but are taken prisoner on the orders of King Andrew.
The King joins the hands of the young lovers.
Interval – more champagne, this time with a delicious coupe glacée – and back to our seats for ACT III: A Garden in the Castle of Jean de Brienne.
Festivities for the wedding of Raymonda and Jean de Brienne, celebrated with a splendid Hungarian divertissement in honour of King Andrew, then a gallop and the ballet ends with an apotheosis depicting a tournament – yes, a tournament complete with knights jousting and all.
Well, it isn't quite like the productions we've got used to seeing, but Raymonda has a long future ahead of it and we know that later choreographers will try to make more sense of the scenario.
While Nureyev's Paris version stays closest to the original Mariinsky, most others have tried to make the story more acceptable – in my opinion, Grigorovitch's revised version for the Bolshoi is the most successful.
But I still have a problem with that Bacchanalia. What a way to carry on at the Countess Raymonda's elegant Cour d'Amour. You can't take those Saracens anywhere!
And some of these 19th century ballerinas could lose a kilo or two!
Nonetheless, tonight who's complaining. We've been privileged to be present at the premiere of a great new ballet with a happy ending and loads of flowers. We've shouted our bravos and then lingered at the stage door to applaud Pierina Legnani yet again as she goes on to celebrate her latest triumph – at Cubat's no doubt – and now we set off for home marveling that the octogenarian Petipa has given us yet another masterpiece.
However, our euphoria soon evaporates in the cold night air of St. Petersburg, leaving us all too aware that something about the ballet was not quite right. We loved the brilliant choreography, the divine dancing, the magnificent sets, the beautiful costumes and the glorious Glazunov, but it's obvious that the weak link is the story line. Contrived is putting it mildly.
The White Lady is no problem: we're used to supernatural beings – where would the repertoire be without them. Ever since La Sylphide and Giselle, audiences – and prima ballerinas – have demanded a white act, a vision scene or a dream scene.
But what on earth are a Saracen and his entourage doing in the South of France, enemy territory at the time of the crusades, and why are the gates of the Castle de Doris so readily opened to admit the sinister Saracen and his entourage?
Well, of course, dear old Petipa usually gives us an act with exotic dancing. He has already taken us on trips to sunny Spain with Paquita and Don Quixote; ancient Egypt with La Fille du Pharaon and mysterious India with La Bayadere. What to do next? This time he decided to give us a taste of Moorish Andalusia.
So now we know how Abdurrahman and his entourage got into the story!
And, naturally, the ballet must have a spectacular last act with the usual national dances. What to do this time? Why not something Hungarian? St. Petersburg society loves a good czardas and that gives us a reason to bring in King Andrew II of Hungary because he was a real life Crusader.
Now we're getting somewhere, an actual historical personage. Are there others in the story? Was there a real Jean de Brienne and did Raymonda herself ever exist? To find out the answers to these questions I decided to dig in the rubble of history.
I do not claim to be a writer but taking up my pen in its modern incarnation – the keyboard – in a series of articles I will tell you what my digging has turned up as we continue our on our journey to discover the life and times of the real Raymonda.


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NEH Awards Grants to 40 Libraries Nationwide to Host George Washington Exhibit and Programs
Forty libraries in urban, suburban and rural communities nationwide have each been awarded a $1,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to host an exhibition titled The Great Experiment: George Washington and the American Republic, NEH Chairman William R. Ferris announced today. The traveling panel display is made possible through a partnership of NEH and the American Library Association.
"At the National Endowment for the Humanities, we encourage Americans to rediscover America through excellent programs about the important people and events that comprise our national story. The Great Experiment, with its dramatic presentation of George Washington's life and his rich historical legacy, will reach thousands of Americans of all ages as it travels to community libraries across the nation," said NEH Chairman William R. Ferris. "We are delighted to be working with the American Library Association to make this outstanding exhibition possible."
Beginning in September 2000, The Great Experiment: George Washington and the American Republic will travel to public and academic libraries in 40 cities through 2003. One library in each city will host the traveling exhibit for a period of six weeks. The panel display, which explores Washington's early life, the Revolution, the Constitution, Washington's presidency, and his relinquishing of power, is based on an NEH-funded exhibition previously developed by the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, and the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City. The Huntington Library and the American Library Association (ALA) developed the traveling version, which comes with curriculum guides, an interpretive catalog, CD-ROM and website downloads, and brochures. An excerpt from the catalog for the original NEH-funded show is at http://www.huntington.org/HLPress/washingtondetail.html.
Itinerary for The Great Experiment: George Washington and the American Republic
September 7 - October 19
San Diego, CA--San Diego Public Library
Brigham City, UT--Brigham City Library
Novmber 2 - December 21
Little Rock, AR--Central Arkansas Library System
Marshall, MN--Southwest State University Library
January 11 - February 22
Western Springs, IL--Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Metairie, LA--Jefferson Parish Library
March 8 - April 19
Ann Arbor, MI--Ann Arbor District Library
Hattiesburg, MS--Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, & Forrest County
May 3 - June 14
Miami, FL--Miami-Dade Public Library System
Delaware, OH--Delaware County District Library
June 28 - August 9
San Antonio, TX--San Antonio Public Library
Buckhannon, WV--Upshur County Public Library
August 23 - October 4
Greenville, NC--Sheppard Memorial Library
Loudonville, OH--Loudoun Public Library
October 18 - December 6
Winston-Salem, NC--Forsyth County Public Library
Norristown, PA--Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library
January 3 - February 14
Whippany, NJ--Morris County Library
Newport News, VA--Newport News Public Library System
February 28 - April 11
New Brunswick, NJ--New Brunswick Public Library
Williamsburg, VA--Williamsburg Regional Library
April 25 - June 6
Guilderland, NY--Guilderland Public Library
Murfreesboro, TN--Linebaugh Public Library
June 20 - August 1
Beardstown, IL--Beardstown Public Library
Garrison, NY--Desmond-Fish Library
August 15 - September 26
Springfield, IL--Illinois State Library
Lincoln, NH--Lincoln Public Library
October 10 - November 21
St. Louis, MO--St. Louis Public Library
Newburgh, NY--Newburgh Free Library
December 5 -January 23
Elgin, IA--Elgin Public Library
White Plains, NY--White Plains Public Library
February 6, 2003 - March 20, 2003
Tilden, NE--Tilden Public Library
Middletown, NY--Middletown Thrall Library
April 3 - May 15
Nebraska City, NE--Morton-James Public Library
Ashburn, VA--Loudoun County Public Library
May 29 - July 10
Wisconsin Rapids, WI--McMillan Memorial Library
Martinsburg, WV--Martinsburg-Berkeley County Library
July 24 - September 4
Brunswick, GA--Brunswick-Glynn County Regional Library
Loves Park, IL--North Suburban Library
September 18 - October 30
Chicago, IL--Roosevelt University Library
Mansfield, OH--Mansfield-Richland County Public Library

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MSF crisis alert: The new face of an old disease
Executive summary: Global drug-resistant TB crisis demands mass mobilisation and new treatments
Tuberculosis is one of the gravest public health threats facing the world today, and is all the more serious as drug resistance takes a grip.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a curable disease, but an inadequate global response has allowed the growing epidemic of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) to take hold. Drug-resistant forms of TB are much harder to cure: standard TB drugs don't work, and doctors must turn to long, arduous, complex and expensive treatment regimens that only cure half the patients at best.
Download the briefing paper "MSF Crisis Alert: The new face of an old disease - urgent action needed to tackle global drug-resistant TB threat"
DR-TB originally developed because of improper use of anti-TB medicines, and now these deadlier DR-TB strains are spreading from person to person, even to people who've never had TB before. Today there are nearly half a million new cases of multidrug-resistant TB a year, with drug-resistant forms of TB reported in virtually all countries worldwide.
Tuberculosis and drug-resistant forms of TB One-third of the world's population, around two billion people, is infected with the TB bacterium but does not have active TB disease. This is often referred to as dormant or 'latent' TB. About 10% of these people develop the active form of the disease during their lifetime and become sick and potentially infectious. Every year, around eight
million people worldwide fall ill from TB, and 1.3 million people die from the disease.1 TB is airborne and contagious, and now new forms which cannot be cured with standard TB treatments are appearing at an alarming rate. The most widely reported strain is multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), which is resistant to the two most powerful anti-TB drugs. Extensively drugresistantTB (XDR-TB) is even harder to treat.
As new tools for diagnosing MDR-TB rapidly become more widely used, more and more people are being diagnosed, but only one in five people who need it can obtain treatment. And no matter where you live in the world, the only treatments available entail
people swallowing well over 10,000 pills and having eight months of painful injections, with potentially horrific and long-lasting side effects. As the numbers mount, developing countries face insurmountable drug costs, exacerbated by the long periods of care and management of side effects. It is perhaps little wonder that, with the high costs and the inadequate treatment, DR-TB care is so
minimally available worldwide. Meanwhile the critical gap between the numbers of suspected DR-TB cases and those successfully treated leaves the airborne killer to spread indiscriminately. "The DR-TB crisis is everybody's problem and demands an immediate international response. Each year we are diagnosing more patients with DR-TB, but the current treatments aren't good enough to
make a dent in the epidemic. It doesn't matter where you live; until new short and more effective treatment combinations are found, the odds of surviving this disease today are dismal." Sidney Wong, MSF medical director.
New short, safe and effective treatment combinations are key to unlocking the global DR-TB crisis, and today there is reason for hope. The first new TB drugs in 50 years, along with developments in diagnostic tests and new approaches to care, have real potential to radically improve patient outcomes. Yet no single drug can combat this disease, and merely adding new drugs to today's regimens won't solve the problems of complexity, toxicity, length and cost.
Unfortunately, patients remain years from getting the cures they desperately need unless governments, pharmaceutical companies and researchers quickly mobilise the necessary resources and political will. Collaborative research is urgently needed to find much improved treatment combinations that are fit for purpose, reasonably priced and able to be rolled out rapidly in resource-limited settings. In the meantime, increased efforts must be made to diagnose and treat more people with DR-TB today to save lives and slow the spread of this virulent disease.


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Tariff Consultancy has released an interesting new report on Mobile Broadband Pricing – an analysis of current mobile broadband pricing in 33 countries across Eastern and Western Europe. There are some interesting, yet not completely surprising, findings from the report:
- The average flat rate package bundle provided has doubled over the last 12 months to almost 4GB (based on the analysis of 100 mobile operators). The most common monthly user allowance price point on offer across Europe is now 5GB and 10GB, closely followed by 1GB and 500MB allowances.
- Pricing in 2008 has fallen by an average of 4% across all countries when compared with the previous year – even though average user allowances have more than doubled. In some countries, mobile broadband pricing has fallen even steeper – as much as 53%, 43% and 35% in Latvia, Austria and the UK respectively over the past year.
- In Ireland, Germany, Sweden and Spain average mobile broadband prices are now significantly lower than the most popular fixed line DSL broadband service, which is driving customers to the mobile broadband offer. I have pointed out this phenomenon earlier in here and here. Ireland and Sweden have always been mobile broadband leaders. Looks like Spain and Germany are following their lead as well.
The most striking feature has been the continued increase in monthly user allowances which have more than doubled last year while pricing has continued to decline. The implication is that the Euro/MB has fallen by more than half – not a very good sign for the operators. Clearly, the key challenge for the operators is to translate the explosion in user growth into profitability. The report also finds that flexible tariff structures that allow for per day and per week pricing (also called pay-as-you-go plans such as O2's recent offerings) are now available in the market place.


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If you've bought into PlayStation Plus, on Tuesday you can get the Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days demo shipped to your console via automatic download. Everyone else gets it July 27.
Automatic downloads are a feature of PlayStation Plus, though the demo is available through the PlayStation Store for subscribers too. The demo announcement comes with a whole mess of instructions on how to get the thing as fast as possible. Auto download turns on your PS3 every 48 hours to check for new stuff and download anything available to the console. The deal is, if your system is on during the timeframe you set for it to check for these updates, the PS3 waits to check until after it is turned off during its next designated timeframe which is 24 to 48 hours later.
So, to summarize, don't be playin' when your PS3 should be scannin' and downloadin'. Be sleepin' or something.
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An interesting snapshot of who takes advantage of the right to vote in the U.S.
Tomorrow is election day in America. Braving long lines, the cold and their own apathy, millions of Americans will head to the polls and cast a ballot for either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. But, despite being the country that first made this whole voting thing popular, voter turnout in the United States is, in a word, abysmal--especially when compared to other countries.
In 2008, 64 percent of voting-age Americans--131 million people--cast a ballot and made their voices heard. That was the most, ever, to vote in a presidential election. Citing a lack of enthusiasm, a recent Gallup poll taken before Hurricane Sandy indicates that turnout in 2012 might be lower than in the previous three elections.
But of those who do show up or cast an early ballot, who are they? Using data from the 2008 election, TakePart.com put together an infographic exploring that question.
A few interesting nuggets of information they found:
Top Five - Highest Turnout by State:
- Minnesota
- New Hampshire
- Maine
- Wisconsin
- Louisiana
Low Five - Lowest Turnout by State:
- Hawaii
- Utah
- West Virginia
- Arkansas
- Tennessee
Other facts:
- Women voted at a higher rate than men.
- The older the voter, the higher the turnout rate.
- The unemployed vote less than the employed, and the rich vote more than the poor.
- By race, whites and African-Americans vote the most.
- Those who are married, or have been, are more likely to vote.
- Most common reason for not voting? "Too busy," followed by "sick/disabled" and "not interested."
See the infographic below:
What do you think of voter turnout in America? How can it be improved?
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The Chewing Gum Industry (Mar, 1924)
Chicle Quest Beats Highway to Tropics
World's Taste for Chewing Gum Once Known to Ancient Aztecs Builds Giant Industry in Few Decades
WITH well over a million dollars a week being spent in America for chewing gum, an enterprise that was launched amid much doubt on the part of the public, not so long ago, has become a leading industry.
It has been only a few decades since it was discovered that the combination of chicle and sugared flavors made a pleasing confection and in that short span of time, its use has become so common that today it is estimated the delicacy claims 75,000,000 devotees in America alone. Abroad, too, the demand for the sweet has caused abundant exportations of the commodity which now is known to almost every people under the sun.
The chewing habit in general is neither new nor limited to any one locality. Every nation and practically every race practices the custom in some form. In India, it has been the betel nut and the lime. Mate leaves afford enjoyment to the people of Paraguay. The Peruvian Indian rests from his labors several times a day to partake of coca leaves with almost as much formality as attends the Englishman's service of tea.
Even chicle, itself, the base of chewing gum, is not a modern find. When the Spanish explorers invaded Mexico, they found Aztec women chewing it quite a universally as their sisters of civilization now do. Mexico is one of the principal sources of chicle, which is gathered in nearly all of the South and Central American countries. The substance is the sap of the sapodilla tree, more commonly known as the sapota, which grows in a wild state throughout the tropics of the western hemisphere. It is a gum resin much like rubber, and is both cultivated and collected in much the same manner. Modern plantations add to the products of the forests, vast tracks of land having been planted with the trees to supply the growing demand.
The sap is collected during the rainy season, when it flows freely. A series of V-shaped incisions is cut spirally in the bark by the native workman, who scrambles up the tree armed with a keen-edged machete. The openings must not be too deep, for though deep cuts produce heavier flows, they also result in the quick death of the plant.
The chicle, resembling rich milk, flows from the incisions into a receptacle at the base of the tree, rapidly thickening and turning yellow under contact with the air.
Native women gather it daily and carry it to camp where it is boiled in great kettles or crude vats to rid it of moisture. This cooking process causes the fluid to take on a grayish shade. The chicle is then made up into irregular loaves and is ready for shipment.
This production, at the source, though performed chiefly by cheap and unskilled labor, calls a vast army of workmen and huge sums of capital into service. From Mexico alone approximately $2,000,000 worth of the raw material is exported each year.
The chicle loaf, when it arrives at the American market, weighs about 25 pounds. At its destination, the factory, it is put through various processes of boiling and purification and emerges a silvery gray color. Paraffin wax is occasionally used at this stage as an adulterant, but such methods are not generally practiced. Machinery kneads the cleaned gum with sugar and essential oils that flavor it, rolls it into sheets, cuts it into bars, and wraps them in paper which protects the product until it reaches the hands of the consumer.
Americans are said to spend twice as much for the confection as for pianos and other musical instruments, and England, where the delicacy has only recently been introduced to popular favor, parts with a sum reported to equal $1,000,000 a year for chewing gum. France's people spend annually about $383,000 for it.
Gum-chewing in the countries of the Allies was given great impetus during the war. British troops who had learned of the refreshing qualities of gum at sports, quickly took to it in the trenches, and even as an actual boon when water was scarce.
In France the delightful substance fir acquired real popularity when the American troops began to pour into that country. The children were the first or, among the residents of the barrack communities to become acquainted with the sweet. "Chewing gomme, s'il vous plait. —"Chewing gum, please,"—became a familiar request from them to the soldier from the New World. The child invariably gave morsels of the tidbit to grownups and the fashion began to spread, even among the peasants.
However, virtually every people who comes in contact with the western trade men has to some degree been won to the chewing-gum fad. Recent export figures reveal that the confection is being shipped from the United States to no less than 75 countries and colonies scattered the world over. While the supply sent to Central European states is somewhat smaller than those going elsewhere, the balance is made up by importations of Asiatic nations and Australia on the other side of the globe. Trial exports to the oriental continents amounted to a half million dollars in a single year, and included large shipments to the Philippines, Japan, and India.
Even South American races have turned to the finished product. The total capital invested in the chewing-gum industries was recently estimated to be $30,000,000, a gain of $20,000,000 since 1914.


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The commander of Fort Carson's 10th Special Forces Group wouldn't say where his Green Berets are, and not much about where they have been in 12 years of war.
But the Wednesday speech by Col. George Thiebes was a milestone. The commander of the region's most secretive unit spoke in public -- something that hasn't happened in years.
Thiebes addressed a Colorado Springs Regional Business Alliance Luncheon and discussed Special Forces culture and core values that he said will allow Green Berets to face the future with few changes.
The reason the Green Berets will seemingly stand still as the rest of the Army endures the convulsions of the post-war Pentagon is that units such as 10th Group have thrived on uncertainty and constant change.
"What will be required of our Green Berets in days ahead has not changed," Thiebes said.
One fact Thiebes revealed: 10th Group troops have been busy. In the past year, 1,000 of the soldiers have worked in 42 countries -- primarily in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
That's no surprise.
Soldiers from 10th Group were some of the first Americans in the 2003 attack on Iraq. The Fort Carson troops advised the Kurds in northern Iraq that played a key role in the defeat of Saddam Hussein.
In Afghanistan, 10th Group soldiers have trained police and military units in a similar role. Last week, the group mourned one of its soldiers killed there.
The group also has had soldiers working in central Africa, training local troops to tackle the Lords Resistance Army -- a group led by Joseph Kony.
Thiebes couldn't confirm the presence of his soldiers in Uganda and Sudan, but said progress was being made in the region.
"Joseph Kony's force is weaker," he said.
The key to 10th Group's success, and what makes it so attractive to military planners, is using tiny numbers of troops to produce massive results.
With roots that go back to the World War II Office of Strategic Services, Green Berets have allowed the military to fight wars on the cheap, using other nations' forces.
A prime example is the 12-year war against Al Qaida that's been waged in the Philippines.
A few Americans there have been able to help Filipinos wage a successful campaign that has reduced the insurgent group's activities and influence.


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California high schools that serve largely Latino or African American students are failing them as pathways to college, according to a new report by a statewide education policy, research and advocacy organization.
Just 10 percent of high schools that serve primarily Latino students have above-average graduation and college-going rates for Latinos. The same is true for African Americans at 24 percent of high schools serving the largest proportions of African American students, the Education Trust–West found. Many students in both populations are low-income.
The college-going rate among Latino and African American students who graduated high school in 2010 lagged behind that of white and Asian students by 20 and more than 30 percentage points, respectively. The estimate, released last week, found 45 percent of Latinos and 46 percent of African Americans in the class of 2010 enrolled in college.
Researchers analyzed high school graduation rates for students who earned diplomas in 2010 and estimated their college-going rates using data from 2009, the first year such information was available. Their findings, they said, were disturbing.
"Far too few schools with large populations of African American, Latino and low-income students are serving as pipelines to post-secondary education," the report said. Post-secondary education includes both community colleges and four-year universities.
Among high schools with the highest proportions of African American students, 52 percent were considered either "broken pipelines," schools where African Americans graduate and go on to college at lower rates than statewide averages, or "not college bound," schools where African Americans had higher-than-average graduation rates but lower college-going rates.
Nine out of 10 Latino-dominant high schools were either broken pipelines or not college bound, researchers found.
Still, Orville Jackson, senior research analyst at the Education Trust–West, said he was pleased to find a number of schools serving as college pipelines.
There were "not as many as we'd like, but at least (there were) some schools where we could highlight where it's possible," he said. "They're kind of showing that it can be done – that you can both graduate above average and send those kids on to college."
Imperial High School is among those identified as a college pipeline. The school, located less than 20 miles north of the Mexican border in Imperial County, has about 1,000 students, three-fourths of whom are Latino.
Ninety-two percent of Imperial High's Latino students graduated in 2010, according to the report. Among graduates, an estimated 78 percent went on to college.
Imperial High partners with its district's middle school, the local community college and San Diego State University to instill a "college-going culture," said Roger Ruvalcaba, the school's principal.
Although its graduation requirements do not mirror entrance requirements for the University of California and California State University systems – something the Education Trust–West recommends for all high schools – the school's counselors discuss both graduation and state university admissions requirements starting in eighth grade, Ruvalcaba said.
The school has also made efforts to make college preparation the default. In previous years, the school offered seniors an after-school opportunity to take a reading, writing and math exam for placement at community colleges; about 75 to 80 students typically participated, Ruvalcaba said. This year, however, Imperial High integrated the test into the school day and had all its seniors participate.
As a result, all seniors had test scores they could use at nearby Imperial Valley College – where most of the school's graduates matriculate – or other community colleges. Even for students who plan to attend four-year universities, Ruvalcaba said, the test shows them where they could place at a post-secondary level.
"You always have kids who say they're going to go away (to college) and then something happens," he said. "It's just another thing that helps them."
Orville would like to see more schools like Imperial High.
"If we increase the rigor and requirements at our high schools, that's going to be good for everyone," he said. "We need to have high expectations for all students."
This story was produced by the Bay Citizen, a nonprofit, investigative news source in the Bay Area and a part of the Center for Investigative Reporting.


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The number of 'last-time buyers' who want to downsize their home has increased from 32% to 39% in the past 3 years, research by Legal & General shows.
The study defines a last-time buyer as a homeowner aged 55 or over, whose household is under-occupied, with 2 or more empty bedrooms.
Despite the growing proportion of this group who would like to downsize, only 13% have been able to do so.
Almost half (49%) said this was because of a lack of suitable properties, compared to 25% in 2015.
Last-time buyers hold around £938 billion in property wealth, which will pass £1 trillion by the end of 2018, the research found.
Those surveyed said their ideal age to downsize would be between 65 and 69, and 13% said they would do so to free up money for retirement.
Phil Bayliss, head of later living at Legal & General, said:
"A large section of our housing stock – worth nearly £1 trillion – is under-occupied and owned by people over the age of 55.
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What Historians Are Saying About the Pope: ExcerptsHistorians/History
• Pope John Paul II, the 264th Pope, was elected on October 16, l978. He was the first-ever Slavic pope and the first non-Italian Pope in 455 years, and was installed when he was 58 years old, on October 22 (Sunday), 1978.
• When Pope John Paul II died on April 2, 2005, he was 84 years old, the third-longest reigning Pope, his pontifcate lasted 26 years, 5 months, and 17 days, or a total of 9,665 days.
• Historians rank John Paul as either the third or fourth longest-serving pope, depending on how many years they credit to St. Peter 2,000 years ago. (Knight Ridder News Service)
• Pope John Paul II appointed nearly all of the church's top leaders, modernized and clarified the entire code of church laws, and supervised a complete revision of the catechism, the official summary of Catholic doctrine. (Knight Ridder News Service)
• In 1986, Pope John Paul II became the first pope to visit a synagogue.
• In 2001. Pope John Paul II made the first pontifical visit to a mosque in Damascus, Syria and tried to improve relations with Islamic leaders.
• Pope John Paul II 's 104 apostolic voyages outside Italy brought him to 129 different countries, and covered more than 725,000 miles.
Note: All material on this page except that which is in italics was copied from media accounts.
The Pope's Legacy
Mary Segers, an expert in religion and politics who heads the political science department at Rutgers University in Newark
• "His legacy is tremendous." She also noted his quest for social justice in developing countries. "He has constantly reminded the more affluent nations about that." "He kind of modernized the papacy, he modernized the dress . . . [and] used modern media and communication to the hilt."
Sister Edwarda Barry, historian at Georgian Court University in Lakewood, an institution founded and sponsored by the Catholic order, the Sister of Mercy
• "It has changed the church in making it more open and making it more involved in social affairs and society in general. I think there is more outreach, much more [of an] attempt to dialogue with people of other faiths, to bring peace."
George Weigel, papal biographer
• " The cardinals didn't have geopolitics in mind when they chose John Paul. Rather, they found him an attractive candidate because he was one of the world's most effective bishops — "an energetic, brilliant, holy and compelling personality."
• The pope gave more attention to Africa "than any other world leader, or five world leaders," during a quarter-century when "much of the Western political leadership was resigned to simply letting Africa fall off the edge of history. He refused to believe this."
Eamon Duffy, church historian, writing in the Tablet, the international Catholic weekly newspaper
• "The tireless journeys which have made him the best-known face on the planet seem to some the self-immolation of a man consumed with evangelistic zeal and pastoral concern for all mankind – Peter strengthening his brethren."
• "To others, they have distorted a healthy church order by the cult of celebrity, focusing the church round a consummate populist, reviving an essentially 19th-century ultramontane understanding of the pope as absolute, and in the process infantilizing the laity and marginalizing the bishops."
Clodovis Boff, theologian and historian
• "He was a pope who fought for democratic liberties in Latin America. When he came to power there were many dictatorships still and he helped precipitate the re-democratization of Brazil'' and most of the region.
Bob Bast, University of Tennessee assistant professor of history and director of the Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at UT
• "In a TV era, where his strengths or weaknesses would be magnified around the world, he's got a great many more strengths than weaknesses."
• "More than any other pope he has tried to heal the wounds caused by centuries of Christian anti-Semitism."
• "He is a fascinating mixture of what appear to me to be traditional, even sometimes medieval influences, and extremely modern ones, and I think the world will be very interested to see which of these two faces the Catholic church presents in the next pontificate."
Philip Jenkins, historian whose book The Next Christendom tracks the southward population shift
• Catholic baptisms in the Philippines now exceed those of France, Italy, Poland and Spain combined and that baptisms in Nigeria outnumber the total in any single European nation.
• Jenkins thinks the pope's main accomplishment was to consolidate Second Vatican Council reforms without either reverting to the church of the 1950s or following the path European and American liberals wanted by loosening moral tenets and taking a softer line on doctrine. The developing world's leverage undergirded that policy, he says."A lot of Europeans and Americans got this wrong and saw the pope as mindlessly reactionary, whereas he focused on the Southern Hemisphere," Jenkins says, citing the 2000 Vatican declaration "Dominus Iesus" that proclaimed the uniqueness of salvation through Jesus.
R. Scott Appleby, historian at the University of Notre Dame
• "The pope's stance on the world stage ensured that his would be seen as "one of the greatest pontificates." But, he added, the strength and focused vision that made the pope prophetic on some matters made him unwilling to embrace positive developments among his own faithful, such as the rise of the laity's involvement and activism in the church. "There will be, I think, a harsher or more critical judgment on his internal governance of the church."
Garry Wills, historian and author of Why I Am a Catholic among many other books
• "I think he will be seen as a failure. In many ways he undermined, gradually at first, ... the reforms of the Vatican Council."
On the Pope's Involvement in the Fall of Communism and Relation with U.S. Presidents
Allan J. Lichtman, a presidential historian at American University in Washington
• It is only natural that U.S. presidents wanted to been seen with the globe-trotting pope from Poland. "He was a very charismatic, significant world figure with tens of millions of followers in the United States and hundreds of millions of followers worldwide."
• Lichtman also said the magnetic appeal of John Paul II to U.S. presidents coincided with a lessening of anti-Catholic sentiment in the United States. "When Reagan established formal diplomatic relations with the Vatican, it was very controversial," noting that Reagan sought the Rev. Billy Graham's help in trying to smooth things over with evangelical leaders.
Timothy Garton Ash, an Oxford University historian
• "Without the pope, there probably would have been no peaceful end of communism as we saw it in 1989. Without the pope, there would have been no Solidarity movement; without Solidarity, there would have been no Gorbachev; without Gorbachev, there would have been no 1989. The pope was crucial at every stage."
James Guth, a specialist in religion and politics at Furman University in Greenville, S.C.
• "Every American president, whether Republican or Democrat, could find elements of John Paul II's agenda to agree with.Conservative Republicans identified with his role in the downfall of the Soviet communism, his concern for moral issues like abortion and euthanasia that have become part of the Republican party platform. At the same time, Democrats recognized the pope's travels throughout the Third World, his identification with the poor of the world."
Gordon Bishop, national award-winning author, historian and syndicated columnist. He is the recipient of 8 Congressional Commendations, 12 National and 15 State Journalism Awards, including New Jersey's first "Journalist-of-the-Year" -- 1986/New Jersey Press Association
• "Pope John Paul will go down in history as one of the world's greatest leaders and humanitarians. He was a brilliant communicator, speaking a dozen languages to audiences of a half-million at major cities throughout the world. He was the author of nine best-selling books from 1994 until his final publication, Memory & Identity, due out next month. A prolific writer, speaker and historian, Pope John Paul took 104 international trips to 129 counties, more than any other Pope. His visits to the United Nations, Yankee Stadium, Newark, NJ and other major venues gave him the stature beyond "Super Star!" He was perhaps the most recognized name and face in the world.
• "The Pope met four times with another victim of an attempted assassination that same year – President Ronald Reagan. They got together twice in the Vatican and twice in the United States. The Pope and the President had a lot in common. They both were actors and gifted communicators. They were both Christians. And they worked hand-in-hand to bring down Communism and to liberate the oppressed people ruled by dictators. And they did it 'without firing a single shot,' as British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher noted. They stood up to the 'Evil Empire' – and won! Poland was liberated by the Polish Pope and the Solidarity workers union, whose leader, Lech Walesa, was given the Nobel Peace Prize. The Berlin Wall was torn down in Germany by freedom-fighting citizens. Reagan demanded that Soviet Leader Miguel Gorbachev 'tear down this wall.' And it fell. John Paul told Reagan in one of their meetings that "communism will fail in our time."
• "Although the Pope was always opposed to war, John Paul did meet with President George W. Bush three times in Italy and the Vatican in 2001, 2002, and 2003. Bush declared war on Iraq after that country violated 17 United Nations' resolutions in 13 years over the development and use of weapons of mass destruction."
Jaroslav Pelikan, professor emeritus of history at Yale, is the author of the five-volume history The Christian Tradition, amomng other books
• "On June 3, 1979, a few months after Cardinal Karol Wojtyla became the first Slavic pope, he set out as the vision of his pontificate ''that this Polish pope, this Slav pope, should at this precise moment manifest the spiritual unity of Christian Europe,'' even though ''there are two great traditions, that of the West and that of the East,'' with roots in Old Rome and ''in the New Rome, at Constantinople.''"
•"He spoke these words at a time when all the Slavic peoples, whether Orthodox or Catholic (or Protestant) were subject to the atheist tyranny of Marxism-Leninism, and one of his principal contributions to the realization of that vision was, in his native Poland but with ripple effects throughout the Soviet empire, to help set in motion powerful impulses of the mind and spirit -- and of the Spirit --that would bring down the walls and topple the regimes."
• "The relative importance of that contribution in comparison with Mikhail Gorbachev's glasnost and Ronald Reagan's defiance will continue to be debated by historians. But he did manage, by a curious form of divine irony, to answer the question attributed long before to Stalin: 'How many divisions does the pope command?' The spiritual rebirth of all the churches of Slavic Europe, which is going on even as we speak, is a major consequence of that revolution."
Relations with the Jews
Sister Margherita Marchione is a member of the Religious Teachers Filippini and holds a Ph.D from Columbia University in History, was a Fulbright scholar, and is author of more than 50 books
• "No Pope throughout history did more than Pope John Paul II to create closer relations with the Jewish community, to oppose anti-Semitism, and to make certain that the evils of the Holocaust never occur again."
• "Pope John Paul II visited the Chief Rabbi at the Synagogue in Rome in 1986 and declared that 'the Jews are our dearly beloved brothers,' and indeed 'our elder brothers in faith.' He requested forgiveness for past sins by Christians against Jews. He established full diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the State of Israel. Relations between the Catholic Church and Jewish people are presently marked by mutual respect and understanding."
• "'Peace' was the clear message John Paul II gave on March 25, 2000, the last day of his stay in Jerusalem: 'The honor given to the "Just Gentiles" by the state of Israel at Yad Vashem for having acted heroically to save Jews, sometimes to the point of giving their own lives, is a recognition that not even in the darkest hour is every light extinguished. That is why the Psalms and the entire Bible, though well aware of the human capacity for evil, also proclaims that evil will not have the last word."
James Carroll, a Catholic and author of Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews: A History, among other books
• "Despite [his] broad conservatism, he has ... initiated the single most important change in the history of Christian religion, which is the reconciliation between Christians and Jews."
On Mourning the Pope
Elena Aga Rossi, Rome historian
• "Already we can see a great mobilization of people unlike anything I've ever seen. I remember other funerals of other popes, but nothing like this. This is quite different." She said the crowds already filling St. Peter's Square are noteworthy because they represent all classes and all parts of the world. "I wouldn't have imagined so many people all speaking about the pope. Nobody is talking about anything else. All other talk has stopped. This is quite exceptional."
Father Paul Robicoht, a church historian, told CBS Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith
• "To walk through the piazza is an extraordinary experience because the whole world is down here. I would say half the people there are young." "There are groups of young people singing, praying, leading chants. They're still chanting his name. So there is a great sense of spirit and of energy in the piazza."
On Choosing the Next Pope
Christopher Bellitto, assistant professor of history at Kean University and a church historian
• "It was Paul the Sixth, elected in 1963, who realized it is a brave new world and so we need a brave new college of cardinals." So he began to appoint cardinals from countries that had never had cardinals before. And it is John Paul II who has turned that up to the tenth degree."
• "About a quarter of the College of Cardinals are Curial cardinals, that is, they spend most of their time permanently appointed to some office in the Vatican," he adds. "But many more of them are non-Italians, and that again dates back to Paul the Sixth. So saying someone's a Curial cardinal is not the same thing as saying someone is Italian."
• "History says that the opposite of what people are expecting is true. Whereas people are expecting a John Paul III or a John Paul II Jr., history says that the opposite will happen: There could be a reaction against the thrust of John Paul II's papacy."
• "Although the overwhelming majority of cardinals owe their red hats to John Paul II, they may be looking for a change. There is an expression in Rome that goes, 'There is nothing deader than a dead pope.'"
James Hitchcock, a historian and church expert at Saint Louis University
• "Most cardinals don't think a really long papacy will be a good idea, but with modern medicine if they elect a man who is 70, he could live until he was 95."
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Patrick M Ebbitt - 9/24/2006
I am deeply saddened by Pope John Paul II passing. His fearless and tireless effort to bring dignity and respect to all humankind is his true legacy. His bravery and leadership in the fight to defeat communism most admirable. God Bless Karol Wojtyla.
As a Roman Catholic I pray our next leader is of the same cloth. However, we in todays Church face a difficult struggle between the Church of John Paul II and the modern world especially, for a few Americans such as I.
I may be what is considered a "cafeteria" Catholic. At times picking and choosing those menu items that suit my needs... issues on war, the poor, stem cell research, gay marriage, right to life/ right to die, women as priests, priests and marriage, priests and sexual abuse... there is a laundry list of issues to be considered.
These are the issues that are left behind by Pope John Paul II as he moves on in his journey in Christ. As a Catholic am I to stand steadfast against abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality, women's rights within the Church or should I go against the Church and show compassion, dignity and respect to those (and myself for that matter) who deal with these issues head-on daily in life.
Pope John Paul II remained steadfast. I don't know if I have the same conscription.
Patrick M Ebbitt - 9/24/2006
Women's role refers to allowing a woman to be a priest. The priesthood refers to a multitude of issues... aging priests, few entering the order, sexual abuse/ homosexuality in the order (a major issue that the Church refuses to discuss is the number of priests who are HIV+ or Aids inflicted).
Directives regarding right to life/die and homosexuality are clearly expressed in the Bible and Church doctrine yet, managing my personal decisions, opinions, rational and justifications on these topics is not so easy. Unquestionably following the RCC does not allow for logical, controlled dialogue about these all important issues.
The "dark age" comment may have been somewhat unfair as The Church has made great strides to come into the 21st century. However Robert, condom use is a social issue that fits well into 21st century problems and dialogue... overpopulation, spread of disease, teen pregnancy... these are real issues with major social, economic and political repercussions. An ignored point, one of the many reasons the Church promoted life, was because it needed more Catholics. Especially, 1000 years ago when it directed some of the world's largest armies.
Abortion is murder. Plain and simple. Yet, when rape, incest or the life of the mother hang in the balance the question takes on a whole new juxtaposition. You see Robert, not everything is as simple as the right/wrong & black/white that you pick and choose from the Bible to justify your post. If the world was as simple as you paint it please sign me up to live in your utopia.
Yes, the Church can serve as a portal to eternal salvation but it sole mission and responsibility is to tend to the "flock". The poor will always be with us but the Church can never turn away from feeding and clothing those in need.
I realize I may have to perform a 180 before the RCC does but these issues will not go away anytime soon. I strive daily to be a good man in Christ and a good Catholic. That does not mean I surrender my right to intellectual discourse within the body of the Church and with fellow parishioners.
Patrick M Ebbitt - 9/24/2006
Women's role refers to allowing a woman to be a priest. The priesthood refers to a multitude of issues... aging priests, few entering the order, sexual abuse/ homosexuality in the order (a major issue that the Church refuses to discuss is the number of priests who are HIV+ or Aids inflicted).
Directives regarding right to life/die and homosexuality are clearly expressed in the Bible and Church doctrine yet, managing my personal decisions, opinions, rational and justifications on these topics is not so easy. Unquestionably following the RCC does not allow for logical, controlled dialogue about these all important issues.
The "dark age" comment may have been somewhat unfair as The Church has made great strides to come into the 21st century. However Robert, condom use is a social issue that fits well into 21st century problems and dialogue... overpopulation, spread of disease, teen pregnancy... these are real issues with major social, economic and political repercussions. An ignored point, one of the many reasons the Church promoted life, was because it needed more Catholics. Especially, 1000 years ago when it directed some of the world's largest armies.
Abortion is murder. Plain and simple. Yet, when rape, incest or the life of the mother hang in the balance the question takes on a whole new juxtaposition. You see Robert, not everything is as simple as the right/wrong & black/white that you pick and choose from the Bible to justify your post. If the world was as simple as you paint it please sign me up to live in your utopia.
Yes, the Church can serve as a portal to eternal salvation but it sole mission and responsibility is to tend to the "flock". The poor will always be with us but the Church can never turn away from feeding and clothing those in need.
I realize I may have to perform a 180 before the RCC does but these issues will not go away anytime soon. I strive daily to be a good man in Christ and a good Catholic. That does not mean I surrender my right to intellectual discourse within the body of the Church and with fellow parishioners.
Patrick M Ebbitt - 9/24/2006
Thanks Marte. I watched with great anticipation the funeral of Pope John Paul II. I really enjoy the Latin Mass. As a second grader in Catholic school I was a torch-boy. Not quite an alter boy yet, old enough to remember the Mass said in Latin. Why did the Latin Mass go away in the US? There are a few parishes that hold one Latin Mass a week but it is basically extinct.
We were then left with Folk Mass, then Rock Mass and lay people giving communion and the ability to take the Host by hand. Now we can sip wine from a Chalice. Progress for the RCC by any standard. Anything to get American Roman Catholics to attend Mass. Only 46% regularly attend Mass. Hell, I am a proud RC and I don't attend... at all! Priests are aging, in short supply and so are the nuns. Many Catholic schools are closed and tuition at the few remaining is astronomical.
American Catholics are split on the issues as never before. I hope and pray with you Marte that we both keep working, in the spirit of faith, to make change for all in our respective communities.
Patrick M Ebbitt - 9/24/2006
Judith... There are many more tragedies that occurred on John Paul's watch however, the nonsensical refusal to allow condom use and the heinous sexual abuse scandal are quite possibly the two worst.
The Roman Catholic Church has one toe in the twenty-first century while both arms remain firmly wrapped around the middle ages. The Church needs to step forward and meet the needs of people struggling with twenty-first century burdens.
The Church's dark ages view of right to life/ die, women's roles, homosexuality and the priesthood are not to blame on one solitary Pope but, is a much truer reflection of the whole of the Roman Catholic Church.
As a Roman Catholic I am going to continue to express my views seeking a full 180 on Church doctrine.
James Spence - 4/16/2005
Let's not forget the issue of slavery and the RCC. Although many Popes were always against it in some form or other, slavery was always present, especially in distant lands. Slavers, who were pious Christians, were everywhere, the Spanish, the Portuguese, the British, the Dutch, and Papal Bulls had no moral force on them as the essence of Christ's teaching today still has no moral force when it comes to invading other countries like Iraq. War over peace. And those who choose to be alarmed over being challenged as the only super-power, still choose strategic concerns and alarms of "road to war" over what they profess in church on Sunday mornings.
The attention John Paul II received before and after his death rival that of Jesus Christ. From what I read and heard of him, I liked him, but media like CNN turned the event into a drama out of proportion with the reality of the church and the man. The Pope and the Church have rules to live by, they are stuck with them which is why the Church is on its way out. The RCC is losing members everywhere, churches can no longer sustain themselves and have to be closed. Mass movements such as the RCC are finished unless they modify themselves.
Robert H. Holden - 4/9/2005
Patrick, I am not sure what you mean by "women's roles" or "the priesthood." Maybe you could explain.
As for the other two matters --"right to life/ die," and homosexuality -- the Church's teachings are embedded in scripture and cannot be changed. Precisely by standing by those teachings, I would argue that the Church is indeed "step[ping] forward and meet[ing] the needs of people struggling with twenty-first century burdens."
In any case, on these particular matters, the "dark ages view" you attribute to the Catholic Church was, until about the 1970s, the commonplace views that were held practically everywhere in the world. Your chronology is off by about 1,000 years.
Both you and Judith evidently wish the Church would approve the use of condoms to prevent AIDS. The Church has never approved the use of condoms for any reason, so why should it approve their use now? The "dark ages" teaching that it is mortally sinful to have a sexual relationship outside of a faithful monogamous marriage between one man and one woman (see the Sixth Commandment, which the Church cannot repeal) appears to me to be an excellent AIDS prevention technique that only validates the wisdom of Christian dogma.
Likewise, if the Fifth Commandment prohibits murder, how could the Church approve of abortion? Not even Planned Parenthood pretends anymore that abortion isn't murder.
The Church isn't here to "meet the needs" of people but to provide them the means of eternal salvation. Of course, you are free to reject that offer; no one is forcing you to throw your condoms away. But to expect the Church to "do a 180" on these questions is pretty unrealistic and reveals a startling lack of comprehension of the Church's mission. It is much more likely that you will be doing a 180 yourself someday. And I hope (and pray) that you will.
Robert Sean Purdy - 4/9/2005
Hi Bonnie. The bulk of the stories you included were from mainstream news organizations and are almost exclusively favourable. There is another side to the story which needs to be told. Why not include some alternative accounts of the Pope's life and politics? You could start with the pieces by Professor Vincente Navarro, Johns Hopkins, from COunterpunch, April 8, 2005 at http://www.counterpunch.org/navarro04082005.html and Professor Terry Eagleton, Manchester University, Counterpunch, April 6, 2005 at http://www.counterpunch.org/eagleton04062005.html
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Judith Ronat - 4/9/2005
Pope John Paul II distressed people most with two actions and one inaction. His refusal to allow the use of condoms exacerbated the spread of HIV AIDS in Africa and Asia, causing much misery and death where he sought people's welfare. And his blatant ignoring of the widespread sexual abuses by priests and the cover-ups by the Church hierarchy, especially in the Boston Archdiocese was inexcusable. Moreover, after Cardinal Law resigned, Pope John Paul II gave him "a spacious apartment and a prestigious although honorary post in Rome as archpriest of the Basilica of St. Mary Major." These must be weighed in the balance between his achievements and his failures.
Jeffery Ewener - 4/9/2005
I'm afraid Gordon Bishop's view is representative of many of John Paul's fans. Basically he's saying that the Pope brought down the Soviet Union and its satellites by the power of Magic Words. He spoke out against Communism and there was trembling in the Kremlin. (This of course is just what Reagan did -- he said, "Tear down this wall" and it fell!) It is odd that the same people who say that Pius XII could do nothing to bring down the Nazis or halt the Holocaust nevertheless believe that John Paul II overthrew the Communists merely by frowning at them. Unfortunately, most of the claims for John Paul's greatness similarly focus on his words and ignore his actions. Clodovis Boff credits him with helping to overthrow the dictators of Latin America -- yet he worked from the first moments of his papacy to undermine Church support for the continent's people's self-democratization, by silencing theologians of liberation, by maneuvering to remove Archbishop Romero at a time when he was filling his people with the spirit of justice and courage, and by forbidding clergy and religious from participating in politics (a stricture that was often relaxed if the politics were to his liking). What Boff and others cite are his words, his calls for justice and peace and brotherhood, which certainly have a role to play, but as the proverb has it, "actions speak louder than words." Or, as the Apostle James put it, "Suppose a brother or a sister is in rags with not enough food for the day, and one of you says, 'Good luck to you, keep yourselves warm, and have plenty to eat,' but does nothing to supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So with faith; if it does not lead to action, it is in itself a lifeless thing." The tragic thing is that the condemnation most frequently levelled against Christians is that of hypocrisy -- that we say one thing while we do another. The adulation now being heaped upon John Paul for his stirring words, while ignoring his often contradictory and more effective actions, does nothing to refute this.
Mary Jane VanEsselsttyn - 4/9/2005
The loss of a great spiritual leader at the time of world crisis and moral collapse could determine whet her human consciousess will continue follow the path of human decency or lapse into barbariism.There appears to be no great spiriual leader to take his place who radiates genuine love for ALL humanity as did Pope John Paul 11,
Mary Jane VanEsselsttyn - 4/9/2005
Again historians are misrepreseting the facts about the legacy of Pope John Paul in history and minimizing his accomplishments of working for world peace.His Holiness opposed US agressive Foreign policy on preemtive wars and did everything he could to prevent the disasterous war and slaughter of innocent civilians in Iraq that has brought about the loss of respect for America in the civiilized world.
marte hall - 4/9/2005
Hi, "'cafeteria' Catholic" -- nice image! I feel for your sense of dilemma. For myself, I'm hoping that your "laundry list of issues" will be fairly, responsibly and compassionately addressed not only by the next Pope, but by all of us -- whatever our status or activity as Roman Catholics or other religious persuasions, as active history scholars/teachers or in the ?gray zone? of semi- retirement [me :-)]. In other words, for a bit of an academic meme (is that the right word?) I hope that your last paragraph will eventually come to appear to have posed "false opposites"! Here's hoping, praying, and -- however we're given to be able to do, working, in the spirit of faith and in the practice of community. Looking forward to reading your future posts!
marte hall - 4/9/2005
Hi, Sudha -
Your question caught my attention, so I've just re-skimmed the initial list of comments, where I note one quote from Timothy Garton Ash [Oxford University] and one from Elena Aga Rossi, "Rome historian". I've jotted down some of the other names and affiliations I'm not immediately familiar with and plan to Google them to see whether some of them may also be outside the U.S. Thanks for the nudge to this project; meanwhile, I imagine that in elapsing time HNN, like all of us, will be receiving and attending to lots of comments from other-than-U.S. sources. I like the implicit slant of your question and look forward to lots of "global conversations", so, once again, "thanks for the nudge"!
Sudha Shenoy - 4/8/2005
Was it only - or overwhelmingly - historians in the US who commented on Pope John Paul II? Did no other historians have anything to say?
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I gave them a demonstration of various Interactive Fiction examples and we talked about how we could develop classroom oriented applications using their content and the IF medium. They were very excited about the prospect and we're moving forward with a plan to develop a prototype. They're offering access to all of their content and when the prototype is ready, they will do the leg work of putting in front of administrators, teachers, and students and gathering feedback. If the prototype looks marketable, they will take over the entire marketing and sales process.
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Set in a sprawling, twilight northern city, Sirens introduces Aidan Waits, a disgraced young detective caught stealing drugs from evidence and subsequently blackmailed into going undercover. When an MP's daughter runs away from home, Waits is sent to track her down and finds himself at the centre of a maelstrom of drugs, blackmail and deception. Uncovering the motives of those involved, he's thrown forwards through politicians, police and drug lords – towards a conclusion and a truth he really doesn't want to know.
What a ride! I loved this book and haven't been able to stop thinking about it since I finished it. The first thing I did when I got to the end was asking the author, Joseph Knox, if there would be a sequel. Because this feels like the start of an amazing series.
Sirens is an incredibly strong debut and it's also completely different from my most recent reads. It is not a psychological thriller, it is not a police procedural per se… and it's not a small-town mystery. Sirens is a dark and gritty noir set in Manchester, and it was fantastic. I've read books like this one before (Dennis Lehane's were the first that came to my mind), but it had been so long that I had almost forgotten how much I love this genre. Now I need to read something much lighter, though.
Sirens won't be a book for everyone: don't expect a simple mystery and only one bad guy. The plot is so complex that you will need some time to process all the information. There are even flashbacks that I hope we can explore a bit further in the next installments. And it's not an easy read either, as it deals with some dark topics: drugs, abuse, multiple deaths… Not your typical Christmas read.
Aidan Waits is our main character and he's a pretty fascinating one. Don't worry, he's the classic tortured detective: he's flawed, he drinks and does drugs, and he doesn't live a healthy life. But I was rooting for him since the beginning, as you could see he was a good guy underneath it all. And I loved his relationship with another peculiar character that appears later in the story. Because every tortured detective needs a bizarre friend.
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Google leans on Swedes to drop 'ungoogleable'
Company says commonly used word may violate trademark
Sweden's language watchdog has accused Google of trying to control the Swedish language in a dispute over the definition of the colloquial term "ungoogleable."
The Swedish version of the word – "ogooglebar" – made the Language Council of Sweden's 2012 list of words that aren't in the Swedish dictionary but have entered common parlance. The council defined it as something "that cannot be found on the Web with a search engine."
But Google objected, asking for changes showing the expression specifically refers to Google searches and a disclaimer saying Google is a registered trademark, the council said Tuesday.
Rather than changing the definition, the council deleted the word from the list, while stressing "our displeasure with Google's attempts to control the language."
Google refrained from commenting on the matter directly.
"While Google, like many businesses, takes routine steps to protect our trademarks, we are pleased that users connect the Google name with great search results," Google spokesman Gustaf Brusewitz said in an email.