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E. Scott Santi, CEO of Illinois Tool Works Inc. ITW is based in Glenview.
Updated: December 21, 2012 6:20AM
The reshaping under way at global diversified industrial equipment maker Illinois Tool Works Inc. is expected to continue under its new Chief Executive Officer E. Scott Santi, analysts said Monday.
"I think they'll continue along the transformation Scott Santi has overseen over the last few months," said Morningstar Inc. equity analyst Jim Krapfel. "There's a lot of pressure for them to change how they run the business and focus more on growth and return more cash to shareholders. Santi kind of ran the show the last few months [and] has accelerated that effort, and I think they'll continue as they go forward."
Santi, 51, was elevated to the post Sunday after the death of the 100-year-old, Glenview-based company's CEO David Speer on Saturday. Speer died of complications from cancer.
Under Speer's leadership, the company acquired about 200 smaller companies, a rate of about one new company a week. The company consists of roughly 800 different businesses in industrial packaging, power systems and electronics, transportation and construction products, among other businesses.
Now ITW is in the midst of shedding slower growth, lower-margin businesses and revamping to focus more on faster growing, high-margin businesses.
Last month, the company closed on the sale of a 51 percent stake in its Decorative Surfaces segment, which included Wilsonart and related international businesses, for roughly $1.05 billion in cash.
Santi was named acting CEO last month when Illinois Tool Works announced Speer was taking a medical leave. The company disclosed a year ago that Speer was undergoing treatment for an undisclosed medical condition.
Santi has spent his entire career with the company. He was elected executive vice president in 2004 and vice chairman in 2008. Santi was not available for an interview.
"This is a pretty smooth transition," said BMO Capital Markets industrials analyst Joel Tiss.
Tiss expects the company to continue its transition from previously using about two-thirds of its free cash flow for acquisitions and one-third for dividends to using one-third for share repurchases, one-third for dividends and one-third for more balanced acquisitions as it makes strategic divestitures.
"It's something that the investors have been asking for a while," Tiss said, adding he thinks Illinois Tool Works is "finally admitting quietly that the company got too big to really effectively grow through acquisitions, so what they're trying to do is to balance."
Krapfel also expects fewer acquisitions going forward, "but the ones that they will do will be larger in size, more growth oriented, more emerging market oriented," he said.
"It's a tough balancing act," Tiss said of the company's divestiture and acquisition strategy going forward.
"You don't want to sell off all your winners because then what's left is a slower growth, lower return company, and if you sell off all your losers, you have to be careful not to take the proceeds from selling off those slower growth assets and pay too much to buy higher growth assets."
Illinois Tool Works reported third-quarter net income of $524 million, up 3.4 percent from a year earlier. But revenue fell 1.7 percent to $4.5 billion, the company said last month.
The stock closed up 1.2 percent, or 68 cents, Monday at $59.55.


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When she was 56, Angela Merici said "No" to the Pope. She was aware that Clement VII was offering her a great honor and a great opportunity to serve when he asked her to take charge of a religious order of nursing sisters. But Angela knew that nursing was not what God had called her to do with her life. She had just returned from a trip to the Holy Land. On the way there she had fallen ill and become blind. Nevertheless, she insisted on ... Continue Reading
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St. Angela Merci, Grant me the grace to see the image of God in my brethren, and to serve them with devoution and good will.
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St Angela please pray for me for the grace of charity, faith and hope.
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St Angela please pray for me on your feast day, as I have some important decisions to make. I need to do the right thing which will be difficult and stressful to achieve, let me learn from your strength.
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Saint Angela, you were not afraid of change. You did not let stereotypes keep you from serving. Help us to overcome our fear of change in order to follow God's call and allow others to follow theirs. Amen -
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St. Angela Merici, please pray for me.
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pray for me to abiding in christ all the days of my life for wisdom and favour
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Please pray for Jacob that he finds peace and the right path, for his mother that the doctors can slow the progression of her disease and for all cancer patients that we deal with our disease with grace and dignity. Thank you.
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St.Angela Merici great saint god bless you and all of us may we all help people that have lost there way please help me and my family
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pray for me to abiding in christ all the days of my life for wisdom and favour
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Dear St. Angela Merici, I am so inspired by your deeds and mission in this world for the service of the needy. Please pray for me that I may be inspired too in helping the poor and the needy especially those who did not believed and does not know God. Please pray for my colleagues' mother Solema, who have gone to rest last night due to accident that she may in God's Kingdom. Strengthen also my colleague and his father, brothers and sister in this sadden moment of their life. Likeswise pray to my departed parents, bros, relatives and friends and all who died whose faith in God only Him knows.
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27th jan 2013:st angela merici pray for us.
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Help us to be faithful and dedicated to our Lord's mission. Teach us ti imbibe the christian virtues and practise them with dedication and love. Amen -
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special concerns about her are?
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Dear St. Angela Merci, Please pray for me.
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i enjoyed the story of st. Angela Merici. she would not let anything stop her. we all must try to live our lives that way.
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The stories about the life of the saints are truly inspirational.
The account of the life of St Angela has inspired me even more for it reaffirmed my desire to
help counsel and console young women who are in need of spiritual and moral guidance.I am trying to educate myself to work in this area .
Saint Angela Merici ,please pray for me to remain focus without wavering,and like you respond to the call of God to serve in this area. -
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Dear St. Angela Merici, thank you for choosing to be a teacher to young girls who would not otherwise have received an education. You were ahead of your times and in that sense you proved to be a courageous lady who brought changes to young women's lifes through the most valuable avenue of education. I commend to our loving God my mother who, like you would not leave a stone unturned to have her daughters properly educated in faith and learning. To this end she toiled ceaslessly to motivate us with a desire to excell and persevere in our studies and achieve professional qualifications. She taught us how to be independent, hardworking and singleminded. Now as she lies on her deathbed, St. Anglea Merici, come to her aid, stay at her side, comfort and console her. Amen.
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I really liked this article on this saint it really touched my heart. :) I think that I may choose her as my saint when I get confirmed. :D
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We have to do a religion project about the saint with our names, and this helped me alot, except I'd like to know her feast day. I didn't even really know there was a saint for my name. I didn't decide on my confirmation name yet, so they just put my first name, but I'm glad that I'll still be confirmed in the name of a saint, especially this one. :) (:
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Titleist.com is on-site at Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club in Grand Blanc, Michigan for the 51st edition of the Buick Open, a tournament that dates back to 1958. The Titleist Tour Van has been buzzing with even more activity than usual, as this is the first week that it is carrying the next generation AP1, AP2, CB and MB irons that are scheduled to be introduced to the marketplace this fall.
Several players (Greg Chalmers, Derek Fathauer, Bill Haas, Stephen Leaney, Marc Leishman, Darron Stiles, Kevin Na) worked with the new irons on the range for the first time, while others, including Tom Pernice, Jr. (New AP2), Colt Knost (New CB) and Johnson Wagner (New CB) played a practice round with them and decided to put them in the bag this week.
Longtime Titleist Brand Ambassador Brad Faxon, who is also in the field this week, was actually the first to play the New AP2 irons in competition two weeks ago, when he posted his best finish of the year at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. A set of the New AP1 irons were also played in competition for the first time in Milwaukee, and will also be in that player's bag this week in Michigan.
Improvements to the new AP2 irons have resulted in better feel as well as improved shot control and ground contact. The new AP1 irons offer better feel, more forgiveness, and an improved shape, particularly in the short irons. Look for more sets to be put into play in the coming weeks, and be sure to check back here and on Titleist.com for the latest information on all Titleist products.
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There is a D4 driver, but it's not in the new line up... prototype from the old heads. Honestly better off w/ any of the 909s.
Titleist33 wrote on September 16, 2009 at 12:09AM
I am 15 years old and scratch handicapper, i was wondering when are the new AP2s come out?
I play college golf and I am looking to switch to the AP1 irons. I am curious when the new AP1s are coming out because if it is soon I would rather wait to switch clubs. Does any one know the release dat of the new Titleist AP1? If so Please let me know.
Titleist33 wrote on September 18, 2009 at 3:09AM
im also 15 and a scratch handicap...i was wondering the same thing. i play CB forged right now, but i want to switch over to the new AP2s...might b a good time
Titleist33 wrote on September 18, 2009 at 4:09PM
Yes, the 735.CM will conform to the new groove condition of competition that will be in effect on the PGA Tour in 2010.
The new irons will be in golf shops in November.
Yes, the 2008 AP2 will conform to the new groove condition of competition that will be in effect on the PGA Tour in 2010.
I currently play a set of DCI 762Bs. Which would be the closest to them...AP1s or AP2s?
Titleist33 wrote on September 18, 2009 at 6:09PM
do the current AP2 irons conform to the new groove requirements? and/or will the 2010 AP2 irons conform?
Titleist33 wrote on September 19, 2009 at 4:09AM
Are the new blades forged by the same forgery as the previous irons? In terms of feel obviously improved characteristics but are we looking at the same traditional Titleist blade in terms of feel and looks. I really like the feel and look of previous generation Titleist irons, just want to make sure I'm not pre ordering something unlike what I am used to.
Also, any idea the upgrade cost on KBS Tour Shafts, also do you have golf pride mcc grips as an upgrade?
Titleist33 wrote on September 21, 2009 at 3:09AM
Just wondering when the expected release date for the new APs is for the UK? Looking to buy AP2s but would rather hold out for new ones if it's not too long a wait
Titleist33 wrote on September 21, 2009 at 5:09PM
Are the AP2 irons going to be in the store to help with fitting and to test prior to november , to order perhaps. I was ready to purchase the current set when the salesman told me about this new club I have already gone through the fitting.
Titleist33 wrote on September 22, 2009 at 1:09AM
Is it true that you can pre-order a set of the new AP1s? This would be the 2009 AP1s right? That is what a golf store in Scottsdale is telling me.
Titleist33 wrote on September 22, 2009 at 5:09AM
I really waana replace my current irons for new AP2.
My only concern is the rubber insert that I can see in the back of the face.
Is it durable and easy to keep clean?
Titleist33 wrote on September 22, 2009 at 7:09AM
Hello, I want to buy the irons AP2s
I wanted to know what differences will be present with those who will leave in November.
should I wait?
When we go to see pictures?
Also wanted to know if you can put the shaft FST KBS Tour Black Nickel with these irons.
Thank you very much.
Titleist33 wrote on September 22, 2009 at 2:09PM
Between AP1 and AP2, AP2 is going to be a closer match to the 762B.
Titleist33 wrote on September 23, 2009 at 11:09PM
The new AP irons will be available worldwide later this year.
Information on all of the new irons will be available on Titleist.com in October. The KBS Tour Black Nickel shafts are a custom option for wedges only.
Most prior generation Titleist irons, including the current and new AP2 irons, will conform to the new USGA and R&A groove regulations that will adopted as a condition of competition on the professional tours for 2010.
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Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, today announced the next event in its new series, "Upstairs at the Square," held at the Union Square Barnes & Noble in Manhattan (33 East 17th Street at Union Square). On Monday, October 30th, at 7:00PM, Nell Freudenberger, author of the new novel The Dissident, and Howard Fishman, the noted downtown bandleader, guitarist and songwriter whose latest album is Look at All This!, read and perform their work. Journalist Katherine Lanpher will again host the program. Admission is free, and no tickets are required. Seating is available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Nell Freudenberger's debut collection of stories, Lucky Girls, was a New York Times Notable Book and won the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2005, Freudenberger was the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award. Her second book, a novel about secrets, love, and the shining chaos of everyday American life entitled The Dissident, is a remarkable and surprising group portrait, done with a light, sure hand. Reviewing Lucky Girls, the Seattle Times praised Freudenberger's "merciless and often hilarious eye for family dynamics, and her equally sharp eye for cultures in collision." As The New York Times Book Review observed, "Young writers as ambitious—and as good—as Nell Freudenberger give us a reason for hope."
Howard Fishman (www.howardfishman.com), bandleader, guitarist and songwriter, made his debut at The Algonquin Oak Room in 1999. He has since headlined in major venues both in the States and abroad, including The Steppenwolf Theater, The Blue Note, NJPAC, MassMOCA, Stamford Center for the Performing Arts, The Bottom Line, Le Petit Journal, and Joe's Pub. A Connecticut native, he spent his musically formative years in New Orleans. The All-Music Guide has called him "an important force in creative music," and The New York Times has written that his work "transcends time and idiom." Fishman maintains a full-time touring schedule and has recorded five critically acclaimed CDs for his own Monkey Farm label. we are destroyed, Fishman's first foray into music theater, was recently done in a workshop at the Pasadena Playhouse as part of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab West and will be presented by the Penobscot Playhouse next spring. His most recent project is his exploration of Bob Dylan's The Basement Tapes, which he performed in a three-night series at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater in May. Howard Fishman will make his debut with the Lincoln Center American Songbook series with a one-night version of The Basement Tapes Project in February 2007.
Katherine Lanpher is an award-winning print and broadcast journalist. Springboard Press will publish her first book, Leap Days: Chronicle of a Midlife Move, this month.
The next "Upstairs on the Square" will take place on Monday, November 27th, at 7PM.
Audio downloads of all four previous events, including the series premiere on June 21 (Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert and singer-songwriter Jen Chapin, whose new album is Ready), the event in July (Absurdistan author Gary Shteyngart and pop sensation Sondre Lerche, whose latest album is Duper Sessions), and the August edition (Coronado author Dennis Lehane and singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik, whose new album is White Limousine), as well as September's event (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints director/author Dito Montiel and singer-songwriter Jesse Malin, whose latest album is The Heat) are available on Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com/writers).
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How to avoid screaming yourself hoarse this weekend for the Horse
Based upon the number of hoarse voices we encountered after the game this past Sunday, we've reached the following conclusions:
Nobody in this town seems to know how to express his enthusiasm without damaging his voice. And with another big game on tap this weekend and the way the season's been going so far, we fear that without some sort of intervention, we're all going to be reduced to scribbling on whiteboards or using sign language to communicate with each other.
With that in mind, we assembled a makeshift panel of experts -- three dudes who scream for a living and one actual expert, one of the world's foremost voice specialists -- and asked them for tips for screaming without shredding your larynx. Page down to see what they had to say, then fill free to weigh in with tips of your own.
Credentials: Former frontman of Corruption, current bassist of Demonica and Spools of Dark Thread.
Qualifications: Death-metal vocalist for more than two decades, highly experienced screamer.
Fandom: Denver Broncos season ticket holder for twenty years. "My very first job out of college, I saved money to buy the rights to season tickets -- that's when you could still sell the rights -- and I bought those in 1992. I bought the rights for $2,000 per seat from somebody out of the Rocky Mountain News, out of the classified ads. I searched around for the seats I wanted and I got my seats on the thirty-yard line, three rows up from the grass, on the visitor's side, so I could heckle the other team on a weekly basis."
Says Grabowski: "Well, I'm here to tell you, the techniques that I use for screaming death-metal vocals are out the door, because you need to make your own volume. You can't use the microphone as an instrument of amplification. So, basically, you're pushing as much air out of your torso through your vocal cords as you squeeze your vocal cords as tight as possible, and by doing so [laughs] you make it as loud as possible. As a matter of fact, my voice is still sore from Sunday, dude. I was screaming like I haven't screamed in ten years. It was so great! If you want to make a super-loud noise, there's no way around it. You're sacrificing for the team, man."
Check out the vintage gear on Luke Fairchild, seen here at the Broncos versus Bears game with Shane Hartman.
Credentials: Frontman of Git Some, Kingdom of Magic and numerous other acts.
Qualifications: Professional screamer, as inimitable as they come.
Fandom: Been a huge Broncos fan since childhood. "I remember when I was about seven or eight years old, I started to really be a Broncos fan. My family, on Sundays, that's what we did. We made a big old pot of green chile and watched the game. My parents' friends would come over, and that's just what we did. I had an old-school Broncos helmet as a little kid, and I'd always dress up for the game."
Says Fairchild: "The secret is you have to get to the point where you know that you're pushing it, and you've gotta just pull back just a little bit. You have to find that happy medium where you're almost blowing your voice out, but you've gotta pull back to have that stamina to last the whole game. I think I've just been doing it so long that I've learned how to do it without blowing out my voice but still getting to where I can sound like I'm screaming and I'm not even pushing my voice at all. You just gotta find that happy medium in between. Once you feel your voice is pushing it, you've just gotta pull back just a touch. It usually takes me a song or two [to warm up]. When we record or whatever, I have to run through a song at least once. But then, after that, I have to start recording, because after an hour or two of doing that, my voice will start to totally go out."
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Today's Obligatory Papsi Shot
Perhaps my favourite papsi cola company X17 can explain why they sent a papi chulo to follow me all over the place?
Just kidding. Pictionary to follow in a few hours. I'm swamped with work!!!!!!!
Today's Obligatory Papsi Shot
Perhaps my favourite papsi cola company X17 can explain why they sent a papi chulo to follow me all over the place?
Just kidding. Pictionary to follow in a few hours. I'm swamped with work!!!!!!!
Socialite Rank Unmasked!
This is the biggest social scandal of the new millenium! Dammit!!! There I was deluding myself that it was my fabulous homegirl Tinsley and her people behind my friends at Socialite Rank. I was wrong. Say hello to the powerful duo who sent Nueva York socialites running for kebabs, it's no other than Valentine and Olga Rei! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!
You *MUST* read the article on New York mag. Giselle Cordero (may god bless her soul wherever she is right now kiss kiss I love her!) got nothing on these two. I have no words. I love it. I fucking love it!
Bareback ganbangs with navy cadets in St. Petersburg and chinchilla fur in Moscow aside, now you'll know why I've always loved Russians from the start.
PS. Wow. Loves it.
PPSS. Putang ina hindi ko to kinaya. Time to write my own personal tell-all book I guess haha! (Trans: I love this quote even more.)
"I live in Urbana, near a farm," he whispers when I call. "Oh, my God! I'm not supposed to reveal anything. I'm like—I'm not even white! Do you know how fucking riotous this would be? I am not the poster child. You would not even believe what I look like."
Obsession du Jour: Planet Unicorn… Hayyy!
A gay boy wished for a planet-full of unicorns. Planet Unicorn. Unicorn Planet! Give it up for Feathers Ooo ooo Cadillac, and Tom Cruise Oh ohhohoho Planet Unicorn hayyyy.
I love this I really do! YOU **MUST** WATCH PLANET UNICORN.
Or else I'll kill you.
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It's not just Amy Winehouse who went through a transformation.
OMG I'm at a loss of words!!!! Big difference. Big, huge difference.
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My favourite (and what used to be THE ONLY) socialite website worth going to, Socialite Rank, passed away last week. I'm devastated!!!!! Who else shall call me their third world prince? Where else can I go to for my beloved Olivia, Tinsley and Fabiola fix? Socialite Rank is my only connection to the glitter and Graff-encrusted world of New York high society!!! Socialite Rank… you'll always be remembered, in our hearts and our Hermès handbags!
Bryanboy.com readers, don't fret. For every closed coffin comes a newborn baby. Say hello to my new friends over at Park Avenue Peerage. Visit their website at http://parkavenuepeerage.wordpress.com today!
Mauricio + The Return of Real, Ideal or Suicide.
My personal Cacee Cobb + Elliott Mintz + Leslie Sloane of almost 4 years, Mauricio from Mexico, won't stop bugging me unless I make this entry. In fact, he's been disturbing my peace since Saturday. Crazy!
Mauricio: well now you can tell the people this is me
Mauricio: you should start a section for "i hate bryanboy" pictures
Bryanboy: lol i have several i hate bb pics already
Bryanboy: you're like the 20th person in line
I'm bored and I want to do a podcast. Call my 24 hour voicemail in the USA and ask me anything! Ask me an interesting, intelligent question and I'll give you a smart, intelligent answer. I'll publish everything on my next podcast. Don't forget to tell me your first name (invent one if you like) and where you're calling from.
Get off your fat ass, pick up that phone and DIAL DIAL DIAL. It only takes less than 1-2 minutes and no more than 50 American cents to ask me a question.
I love you all!
Well.. it's March 21. Happy Birthday to Me.
Thanks to the power of the internet, I've corrupted the minds of today's youth… geography is no boundary when it comes to my faggotry, from Cape Town, South Africa to Vaxjo, Sweden (sorry, I can't figure out those letters with the dots). I'm sure there's a fuming parent somewhere, waiting to report me to the police for my crimes against humanity.
Anyway, don't you just want to give this young boy an A+ for effort? I love it! I really do! Come back to me after a decade. Fucking hell, I should groom this kid now as part of my "reserves" so by the time I'm all old, fat, broke, poor, wrinkly and smell like soil, I'll have someone to pamper me good. Oui? Non? Oui silvous plait!
Don't be silly. I'm not into young ones. I like em experienced. Someone who could crush my pelvic bones against the wall while they inseminate my tight ass from the back!
Do you believe in magic?
One word: fabulous!
OK. Enough playing with the liquify function. I promise I won't play with it again, I swear. Snap snap reality. But isn't the above photo fabulous? Imagine if you're NATURALLY that thin and can manage to swallow fat crepes smothered in liquid chocolate and cream and still remain skinny? It's 12:39PM and all I had today is corn (as in real corn) and two cups of coffee for breakfast. I'll skip lunch and opt for a venti americano at Starbucks instead. I'm gonna run some errands in a bit, go to the bank, deposit some checks, pay my mastercard, yaddi yaddi yadda.
God I hate getting old. And to think, I'm turning 17 in 9 days!!!


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The Man of the Year and a Champion of Interfaith – Thoughts on Evangelii Gaudium of Pope Francis (Part II – On Interreligious Relations)
This synopsis of the Evangelii Gaudium of Pope Francis was composed by Trustee of the Parliament of the World's Religions, Dr. Leo D. Lefebure. Part 1 (full paper publication) emphasizes the mission of the Catholic Church in the world, and Lefebure explores Pope Francis' stance on Interreligious Relations here in in part 2.
This week, Time Magazine announced its selection of Pope Francis as the Man of the Year for 2013, commenting: "Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly—young and old, faithful and cynical—as has Pope Francis.
In his nine months in office, he has placed himself at the very center of the central conversations of our time: about wealth and poverty, fairness and justice, transparency, modernity, globalization, the role of women, the nature of marriage, the temptations of power." (Read more: The Choice: Nancy Gibbs on Why Pope Francis Is TIME's Person of the Year 2013 | TIME.com)
Earlier, on Nov. 24, 2013, Pope Francis issued an Apostolic Exhortation, the first of his Pontificate, and the first major statement of his program. The great theme of Pope Francis is expressed in the title: Evangelii Gaudium, The Joy of the Gospel. For Francis, this is the central Christian response to God's coming into our lives. In the Catholic tradition, popes regularly promulgate an Apostolic Exhortation in the wake of a particular Synod of Bishops; but rarely if ever has an Apostolic Exhortation aroused the type of interest, both positive and negative, that The Joy of the Gospel has evoked.
II. Interreligious Relations
Pope Francis situates the mission of the Church in the context of fostering respectful and friendly relations with other religious traditions. He affirms the special bond between Christians and the Jewish people because of our common heritage: "We hold the Jewish people in special regard because their covenant has never been revoked, for 'the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable'" (Rom. 11:29; #247). He deplores the past hostility in this relationship: "The friendship which has grown between us makes us bitterly and sincerely regret the terrible persecutions which they have endured, and continue to endure, especially those that have involved Christians" (#248).
Pope Francis strongly supports interreligious initiatives in the context of seeking peace and the flourishing of life for all: "An attitude of openness in truth and in love must characterize the dialogue with the followers of non-Christian religions. . . . Interreligious dialogue is a necessary condition for peace in the world, and so it is a duty for Christians as well as other religious communities" (250). Francis endorses the interreligious attitude commended by the Catholic bishops of India of "being open to them, sharing their joys and sorrows" (#250). Francis explains the hoped-for result of such an attitude of openness: "In this way we learn to accept others and their different ways of living, thinking and speaking. We can then join one another in taking up the duty of serving justice and peace, which should become a basic principle of all our exchanges. A dialogue which seeks social peace and justice is in itself, beyond all merely practical considerations, an ethical commitment which brings about a new social situation" (#250).
Francis stresses the importance and the transformative power of listening: "Efforts made in dealing with a specific theme can become a process in which, by mutual listening, both parts can be purified and enriched. These efforts, therefore, can also express love for truth" (#250). Francis is aware of the important differences among various religious traditions and does not wish to ignore or minimize them: "A facile syncretism would ultimately be a totalitarian gesture on the part of those who would ignore greater values of which they are not the masters. True openness involves remaining steadfast in one's deepest convictions, clear and joyful in one's own identity, while at the same time being 'open to understanding those of the other party' and 'knowing that dialogue can enrich each side'" (#250; quoting Pope John Paul II). Regarding how to handle the disagreements among different religious traditions, Francis stresses honesty, mutual respect, and trust.
Pope Francis emphasizes the importance of good relationships between Christians and Muslims: "We Christians should embrace with affection and respect Muslim immigrants to our countries in the same way that we hope and ask to be received and respected in countries of Islamic tradition" (#253). Francis acknowledges the difficulties in relations in many settings and advises: "Faced with disconcerting episodes of violent fundamentalism, our respect for true followers of Islam should lead us to avoid hateful generalizations, for authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence" (#253).
According to Pope Francis, the grace of God that Christians experience in Jesus Christ can nurture and shape the lives of followers of other religious paths as well. Christians do not have a monopoly on grace and can learn from other traditions: "The same Spirit everywhere brings forth various forms of practical wisdom which help people to bear suffering and to live in greater peace and harmony. As Christians, we can also benefit from these treasures built up over many centuries, which can help us better to live our own beliefs" (#254).
Francis also reaches out to those who do not belong to any particular religious tradition: "As believers, we also feel close to those who do not consider themselves part of any religious tradition, yet sincerely seek the truth, goodness and beauty which we "believe have their highest expression and source in God. We consider them as precious allies in the commitment to defending human dignity, in building peaceful coexistence between peoples and in protecting creation" (#257). Francis trusts that reflection on ethics, art, and science and about the human search for transcendence can serve as "a path to peace in our troubled world" (257).
Despite all the difficulties facing the global community, Francis encourages us:
"Challenges exist to be overcome! Let us be realists, but without losing our joy, our boldness and our hope-filled commitment" (#109).
He closes the Apostolic Exhortation with a prayer to Mary:
"Give us a holy courage to seek new paths,
That the gift of unfading beauty
May reach every man and woman" (#288).
About Author Dr. Leo D. Lefebure:
Leo D. Lefebure is the Matteo Ricci, S.J., Professor of Theology at Georgetown University and a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. He is the author of four books, including Revelation, the Religions, and Violence and The Buddha and the Christ. His next book will be Following the Path of Wisdom: a Christian Commentary on the Dhammapada, which is co-authored with Peter Feldmeier. He is an honorary research fellow of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
On Sale Now: Speaker Program and Reception (Only!) Discounted Tickets for Parliament Benefit
Attention students, clergy, and compassionate Chicagoans! Tickets are now on sale for the afternoon program and reception of Living Out the Vision, Saturday, November 16 at the Chicago Sinai Congregation.
The 120/20-year anniversary benefit of the Parliament of the World's Religions afternoon program has brought together a schedule of four distinguished speakers on the history of the interfaith movement and its unique Chicago roots.
Tickets to the afternoon program and reception are now $150 $50.00 and can be purchased here.
Participants will interact with speakers on the following groundbreaking areas of Interfaith:
- The Global Ethic with Dr. Daniel Gomez-Ibáñez
- Women of the 1893 Parliament with Dr. Allison Stokes
- Swami Vivekananda with Swami Varadananda
- The Impact of the Parliament of the World's Religions with Dr. Martin E. Marty
How Christianity Became Cool Again
Hallelujah! 2013 may be the year that it became cool again to be a Christian.
Given the last several decades of political domination of Christianity by a coalition that described themselves as 'the religious right', it is hard to remember that there was a time in the 20th century when Christians were cool and spoke with a powerful, prophetic voice to the major issues of our day.
There was a time when Christians like Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Berrigan brothers, Thomas Merton, Paul Tillich, Dorothy Day, Henri Nouwen, Howard Thurman, Reinhold Niebuhr and John XXIII offered the basic framework for what Christianity meant to the world.
Collectively, these men and women offered some of the most philosophically deep and socially relevant thought of any kind. They inspired a generation of young people to work in racial reconciliation, environmentalism, economic justice, and anti-war activism. They fed the spirit, while also walking in Jesus' way of justice and peace.
In those days you could say you were a Christian and the above names might come to the mind of the listener — and they were cool; meaning relevant, compelling, edgy, and forward thinking.
Sadly, that has not been true in recent history. And it has infected the American psyche so much so that when a stranger tells even me, a Christian pastor, that they are a Christian it puts me on edge. Imagine what it must do to a person of another faith or someone who don't subscribe to any religion.
This has been helped by the media who, when they have wanted a 'real Christian' on the show, turned to Jerry Falwell, Tony Perkins or James Dobson resulting in a Christian profile that represented a large, but by no means universal Christian outlook.
The generic Christian profile that has emerged over these last decades has been someone who does not believe in the equality between men and women, degrades LGBT people, is opposed to science, especially in regards to evolution or climate change, is suspicious of people of other faiths and no faith, and is pro-militarism in foreign policy.
In short, it has been a while since it has been cool to be Christian.
Well, 2013 may be the year that changes.
This week has been a particularly cool Christian week. To start with the amazing Pope Francis took advantage of his time in Rio for World Youth Day to make sure he visited the nearby favela (slum), a prison, and a drug addict center. While there, he continued his habit of speaking about the poor and inequality in a powerful, focused way that no world leader of any kind has for a long time:
No one can remain insensitive to the inequalities that persist in the world!. No amount of peace-building will be able to last, nor will harmony and happiness be attained in a society that ignores, pushes to the margins or excludes a part of itself.
In other words: No justice, no peace.
Pope Francis has consistently taken on the injustice in the world's financial systems and the indifference the world has towards the poor and the outcaste. Noticeably absent from the Pope's discourse has been the rights and dignity of gay people — until Monday when the Pope shocked the world by saying "Who am I to judge gay people" and opened the door to gay priests and a basic softening of the church's hardline stance against LGBT peoples.
The Pope was not the only world religious leader to make news this week on gay issues. On Friday, Archbishop Desmond Tutu rocked people's mind when he said that he would rather go to hell than a homophobic heaven. The icon of the anti-Apartheid movement made the comments at the launch of a United Nations gay rights program in South Africa:
I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this. I am as passionate about this campaign as I ever was about apartheid. For me, it is at the same level.
Really cool.
But these are just the latest headlines that are bubbling up with cool Christians doing relevant compelling things. The United Church of Christ has voted to divest from fossil fuel companies, the Episcopal Church is headed by an amazing woman who is both a scientist and pastor and who is spearheading the conversation between science and religion;
Evangelicals are taking the lead on climate change, the American Bishops are lobbying for immigration reform, the Patriarch Bartholomew is known as the 'Green Patriarch' for his work on the environment, Christians are involved with innovative and crucial dialogue with people of other faiths and no faiths; and pastors and priests across the country and the world are ministering to broken people with love and compassion every day.
Christianity is cool again.
Here is one case in point. On Gay Pride Sunday in New York I invited a couple of my colleagues to a church where a friend of mine is the pastor. They were having a 'disco mass' and I thought my friends might be intrigued enough to go. They were.
We had a great time at the church. My friends fell in love with the pastor whose style was relaxed and hip, and whose sermon was smart and compelling. They loved the community feel of the congregation, and they thought the ideas they heard there a good way to start gay pride.
Mind you, neither of them had been to church of their own volition — ever. And they may never go back to church. I really don't care — they are wonderful, spiritual, and ethical people — I don't need them to become Christian.
However, by being there they understood a little more about why I am Christian, and how Christianity guides the way I view the world and do the things I do. And even with that short glimpse they respected my faith more than they had before.
If more Christians can speak out the way Pope Francis and Archbishop Tutu have this week and so many have been in recent memory — it will change the way people view Jesus and the faith that he inspires in so many of us.
And that will be so cool.
This article originally appeared on the Huffington Post by Religious Editor Paul Raushenbush
Real Living is Encounter
by Father Gerald Musa
Why should I engage with people who hold religious beliefs which are different from mine and what difference does interreligious dialogue make when religious intolerance is on the increase?
These are questions I have often reflected upon and I have met friends who ask similar questions. However, I notice that it is hardly possible to avoid interreligious relationships because I was born into a mixed family of Christians and Muslims in Nigeria. My paternal relations are Muslims and my maternal relations are Christians and some of my best friends belong to other religious beliefs. My first name 'Gerald' is chosen from the Catholic 'Saint Gerald Majella' and my surname is 'Musa' which means Moses, an interreligious figure found in Jewish, Christian and Islamic scriptures. So all these factors put together have provided a basis and kindled my interest in interreligious relationships.
I think the most important reasons for which I have developed a passion for Christian-Muslim dialogue are my family and communal background. As a child growing up in a mixed community of Christians and Muslims, I have seen the best and the worst of interreligious relationships. In the communal farm work, no one asks if the other is a Christian or Muslim; in naming ceremonies and marriages everyone participates and contributes irrespective of religious beliefs. During the Muslim celebrations their Christian counterparts supported them with food ingredients and clothes with which to celebrate and the Muslim neighbours did the same for the Christians during Christian festivities. In the village what mattered most was everyone is somehow related to the other. On the other hand, I have personally witnessed riots between Christians and Muslims. The first was during my days in the minor Seminary when arsonists came in and set the school ablaze at a time when we were preparing for our final (high school) exams.
Through the years I have developed an inherent passion for interreligious dialogue and particularly, for dialogue with Muslims. From the various literature on dialogue and the attendance of conferences, my thoughts on dialogue are evolving and so I come to realize that disposition to dialogue is not a destination but a journey. One of the most remarkable pieces of literature on dialogue which I enjoy is Martin Buber's "I and Thou." For Buber, the I-Thou relationship is a dialogue and the I-It relationship is a monologue. The traits of the I-Thou relationship are mutual respect, equality and openness while the features of the I-It relationship are objectification and the manipulation of the other.
After ordination as a priest I have been officially engaged at different levels in interreligious dialogue. The first organisation in which I was involved was the Christian-Muslim forum and subsequently in the Nigeria Interreligious Council. Martin Buber says "All real living is encounter." Through interreligious meetings and conferences I have encountered people with different religious persuasions. The most important conference which I attended is the Parliament of the World's Religions which took place in Melbourne, Australia in December 2009. During this event, I came across prominent interreligious bridge builders such Hans Kung; Katherine Marshall of the Berkley Center for Peace, Religion and World affairs and the World Faiths Development Dialogue; Wesley Ariaraja of the World Council of Churches; Sakena Yacoobi of the Afghan Institute of Learning; Fr. Lawrence Freeman of World Community for Christian Meditation; and Precious Rasheeda Muhammad of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions headquartered in the US. I also had the privilege of being on the same discussion panel with Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Bukhari, a leader of the Sufi faith in Jerusalem.
When I travelled from Brisbane to Melbourne for the conference, I was sure of where I was going – to the Presbytery of Beaumaris and Black Rock Catholic Parish. Fr. John Dupuche, the Parish Priest and a lecturer at the Australian Catholic University had offered me an accommodation, but I was surprised to see that he lived in the same house with a Buddhist monk, Venerable Lobsang Tendar, who is also an artist, and a Hindu Swami Samnyasanand, who is also a neurophysiologist. I could not work out how these three lived together under the same roof. In an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Venerable Lobsang Tendar says: "Every day we do meditation and sometimes in the morning and afternoon and this has really helped me." This statement indicates that the three are united by the common ground of meditation.
I believe strongly that the path towards peace is in an authentic relationship with other cultures and faith traditions. This relationship begins when we are able to see the common humanity which we share, when we are open to encounter with others and when we make an effort to improve our knowledge on the meaning of dialogue. In 2001, when Pope John Paul II announced the International prayer meeting of world religious leaders which took place in Assisi, he said: "We wish to have Christians and Muslims come together to proclaim before the world that religion must never be a reason for conflict, hatred and violence." These words are still relevant for us today.
Fr. Gerald M. Musa was born in Gusau, Zamfara State, Nigeria and is a Catholic priest of Sokoto Diocese, Nigeria. Fr. Musa had studied philosophy at St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary, Makurdi and theology at St. Augustine's Seminary, Jos, Nigeria. He undertook postgraduate studies in Communication at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. Fr. Musa worked as Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (Sokoto Chapter). He also worked as an executive member of the Muslim-Christian Forum and the Nigeria Interreligious Council, Sokoto, Nigeria.
He is currently at the stage of completing his doctoral thesis at the School of Journalism and Communication. He is writing on "Dialogue as Communication: Potentials and Challenges of Christian-Muslim dialogue in Nigeria."
Fr. Musa has keen interest in intercultural communication and in communication for social change.
Religious Communities Rally to Support Missouri Muslims After Mosque Arson
by Roger McKinney
from Joplin Globe
JOPLIN, Mo. — Some local Christians and others who attended an event Saturday at the Islamic Society of Joplin mosque said they are saddened and dismayed about the fire that destroyed the mosque Monday morning.
The Rev. Frank Sierra, of St. Philip's Episcopal Church, called Saturday's gathering "a great event."
"Instead of labeling people, we get to see them as fellow human beings — children of God — and that breaks down a lot of walls," he said.
All were unanimous about their support for members of the Muslim community in their time of hardship and their outrage over the burning of the mosque.
"This is a threat to a group of law-abiding citizens in our midst," said Paul Teverow, with the United Hebrew Congregation, who was at Saturday's gathering and was at the mosque to offer condolences Monday morning. "The people of Joplin should share the same sense of outrage."
He said such incidents are something much deeper when a place of worship is destroyed.
"I just feel a lot sadder," he said.
He said ties between the mosque and synagogue go back many years, and that the connection would continue.
"This strikes very close to us," he said. "They're our extended family."
Jill Michel, pastor of South Joplin Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), echoed the sentiment.
"They're our brothers and sisters," she said. "These are caring and compassionate people who are making a difference in our community. Their grief must be ours. It just has to be. That's what our faith tells us."
Auburn Media Training: Top Ten Tips to Speak Prophetically through the Press
Click here to watch the video | Thursday, August 30, 2012
10:00am U.S. Central Time |
Join Auburn Media's Founding Director Macky Alston for this workshop that will outline the top ten tips you need to remember to get your voice heard through the media. Voices of faith who are interested in using the upcoming news hook of the anniversary of September 11th as an opportunity to bridge religious divides are encouraged to join this special workshop.
Macky Alston is Senior Director of Auburn Media at Auburn Theological Seminary, and dedicated to informed coverage of religion in the media. Macky is an award-winning filmmaker and an organizer in the worlds of media and religion. He has received two Sundance Film Festival Awards, the Gotham Open Palm Award, three Emmy nominations, and has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show and in The New York Times. Alston is currently screening his new documentary LOVE FREE OR DIE about Gene Robinson, the first openly gay person to become a bishop in the historic traditions of Christendom.
Title: Auburn Media Training: Top Ten Tips to Speak Prophetically through the Press
Date: Thursday, August 30, 2012
Time: 10:00am CDT
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Reimagining Interfaith Conversation: Engaging Your Community Through Multimedia
Click here to watch the video | Wednesday, August 1, 2012
10:00am U.S. Central Time |
Identity, religion, spirituality, and culture — these topics define our interactions with others but normally are taboo in conversation. How can we create a new normal in which families and communities openly and respectfully learn and share about these important aspects of identity? This webinar offers concrete strategies for doing so and reflects on other lessons learned from Project Interfaith's most recent program, RavelUnravel.com.
Launched in May 2012, RavelUnravel.com is a multimedia exploration of the religious and spiritual identities that make up our communities and world. This unique site features over 720 video interviews where individuals from a wide variety of religious and spiritual identities discuss their identities in a personal way, as well as the stereotypes that impact them and whether or not their communities have welcomed their chosen religious or spiritual paths.
Beth Katz is Founder and Executive Director of Project Interfaith. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha where she has taught courses on international conflict resolution and religious diversity. She also is a member of the Nebraska Medical Center's Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Consultation Committee and serves on the Mayor's Clergy Advisory Board in Omaha as well as the board of the Center for Catholic Thought and Culture at Creighton University. In 2012, she was the recipient of the President's Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Award from Creighton University and was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Omahans (TOYO) by the Omaha Jaycees.
Title: Reimagining Interfaith Conversation: Engaging Your Community Through Multimedia
Date: Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Time: 10:00am CDT
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The Three Faiths Forum- Helping Children Understand
by Jessica Abrahams
from The Guardian
Fifteen years ago, a Muslim scholar, a Christian priest and a Jewish philanthropist came together in London to create Three Faiths Forum (3FF), a platform for community leaders to engage with each another and break down barriers. But today, some of the most valuable work the charity undertakes is in schools, ensuring that tensions between faith communities don't trickle down to the next generation.
Often this will simply be making sure that children of different faiths have an opportunity to meet one another or addressing a lack of knowledge about other religions; occasionally more severe problems occur. "We're contacted by RE teachers to help when there's been anti-Jewish, -Muslim or -Christian sentiment," says Debbie Danon, the charity's education manager.
Deputy director Rachel Heilbron speaks of one particularly serious case they became involved with last year. A teacher discussing the features of a church with a group of 14-year-old students at a non-denominational school in London mentioned synagogues. Some of the students complained they didn't want to learn about "Jew stuff". They said that Jews were dirty and smelly and that they kept money under their hats. As the situation escalated, some of the children began banging on the tables, chanting: "Kill the Jews, kill the Jews."
The New Face of Interfaith Dialogue
by Jeff Brumley
from Associated Baptist Press
Interfaith dialogue is on the rise, not just in formal conversations led by judicatory leaders but in local communities where friendships forge as ministers of various faiths work together for common goals amid increasing religious diversity in the Bible belt.
Kyle Reese, pastor at Hendricks Avenue Baptist in Jacksonville, Fla., has been highly visible in community interfaith efforts, especially in his dialogue with Muslim and Jewish spiritual leaders. He refers to Imam Joe Bradford as "best friend" – as he does a rabbi and an Orthodox Christian priest.
Pastor Steve Jones, who made headlines working with Jews and Muslims to tackle social injustice in Birmingham, Ala., said the same about Rabbi Jonathan Miller. "I am closer to these guys than I am with many other Baptist ministers," said Jones, the senior pastor of Southside Baptist Church.
The Power of Interfaith-Based Community Organizing
by Minister Zachary Hoover
On May 15, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed the Responsible Banking Ordinance, which requires banks seeking city contracts to disclose detailed information about their lending and foreclosure practices. This victory allows people to see which banks are investing in their community or being responsible neighbors and which ones are not. Big banks are incredibly powerful and pay millions of dollars for lobbying to write rules that benefit them. Angelenos won a rule that shifts some power back into the hands of the people. And that rule would not have been won without the power of organized religious communities under a common banner.
I am blessed to lead LA Voice, a multiethnic, federation of 25 churches, synagogues, and mosques that is striving to be something healing and striving to do something healing. The climate of racial anxiety, divisive politics that pull at our implicit biases, and the growing diversity of our country urgently call all of us to speak, listen, and struggle together for a different set of outcomes for our cities. Our organizational leaders, clergy and lay, are striving every day to shift the balance of spiritual and political power so that our great city might truly reflect its glorious name and the dignity of all—not just the dignity of those with the means and privilege to protect their opportunity and promote the future of their children, but of all those who have been left out or pushed out of the land of opportunity we claim to inhabit.
Pastors, imams, rabbis and laity from the member congregations of LA Voice have played key leadership roles in the struggle to gain leverage to end unfair foreclosures, to increase small business lending to communities of color, to end costly, unjust police impounds of immigrants' vehicles—immigrants whom our state does not afford the opportunity to get a driver's license; and to increase access to food in public housing in East LA. These same leaders have sent clergy to represent them with the Governor of California to influence the outcome of much needed revenue initiatives for our schools, and they have sent thousands of letters and made countless visits to state political offices to write new rules that make life fairer for suffering communities. The power of faith and interfaith struggle is alive and well in many places, including in PICO National Network organizations like LA Voice.
In acting together for justice, our leaders find their voice and voices. When sixty African American Muslims join 700 Christians of all colors and 50 Jews at a gathering to launch a campaign, and their leaders sit together onstage with political and business leaders, I see interfaith power. When Fr. Margarito goes to Shabbat services at a neighboring Jewish community to tell his community's story and proposes going to city hall together, with translation, new ground is broken. When I, an American Baptist Minister, have the honor to sit with five respected Imams and dream about what we might change together about mass incarceration, as we speak about li ta'arafu and how knowing one another is something God desires for us, I hear interfaith dialogue. When our Jewish leaders from West LA journey to East LA to fight together for a better life for those whose migration is more recent, and they share their personal Exodus stories, and they take the power of that bond into meetings with LAPD, they live interfaith peacemaking. When 250 PICO affiliated clergy gathered in New Orleans last fall to launch an initiative to bring a bolder prophetic voice and the power of organizing to bear to bend the arc of U.S. history toward justice, and those leaders experience moments of discomfort at the different approaches of their fellow clergy, we build new life as they commit to each other despite those gut rumblings. When passersby see clergy of different colors and creed standing together at a press conference, defying what they have heard in the media about how much we all really hate each other, there is a witness to a more powerful Spirit.
I truly find God's Spirit alive, and where we find power to change our world for the better, is in the messiness of our stories and contending for our public space together. Those same Jews and Christians and Muslims who have won real change have plenty of moments where understanding each other isn't the first thing that happens—whether it's a Jewish leader cringing at the "in Jesus' name," or a Muslim leader wondering why we haven't thought about a space for their afternoon prayer on the agenda, or a Christian pastor explaining to a congregant why it is OK for them to be in relationship with non-Christians without aiming for their conversion, or explaining to another Christian how real the power of prayer is in his church.
Organizing is messy. And leaders are the ones who shepherd their people down a new path that leads to more abundant life and wrestles with the consequences of the status quo. We at LA Voice are interested in being with people who want to be together because it gives them the power to be transformed, to transform others, and to change our world. Transformations aren't real if they don't change our transactions.
I am not under the illusion that organizing is equally easy in all of the countries to which this newsletter makes its way. I cannot speak about the dangers and fears that must come with organizing right now in Northern Mexico or Syria. And I can only confess shame at the countless opportunities powerful countries like ours miss to act with our human family in other countries. But wherever we are, if we do not use our shared values, stories, and relationships to build real power to unyoke the burden of disproportionate death and suffering that we all allow to be visited upon some while protecting others, then no God can save us. As Bob Dylan says, "You're gonna' serve somebody, it might be the Devil, it might be the Lord, but you gonna' serve somebody."
Minister Zachary Hoover is Executive Director of LA Voice, an affiliate of the PICO National Network (a national network of faith-based community organizations working to create innovative solutions to problems facing urban, suburban and rural communities).


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PS Vita to get less intrusive updates than the PS3
Sony has revealed that it is actively looking at ways to stop its firmware updates from being so intrusive, and has said this will change for the PlayStation Vita.
Currently, anyone with a PS3 or PSP knows that it is always a gamble when you turn on their consoles, as an impending firmware update can mean the difference between playing a game immediately and watching a load bar slowly reach its destination.
Speaking to Game Informer, Shu Yoshida, Sony's president of Worldwide Studios, acknowledges that this isn't an ideal situation and has hinted that updates for the PS Vita could be less intrusive.
"It's very annoying when you only have one hour in your busy life to play a game, and when you have to spend 30 minutes out of that one hour to update the hardware," said Yoshida.
"So it's not necessarily the frequency of how we update, it's [the] intrusiveness of the current processes that we have on PS3 and PSP.
"I cannot talk about specific plans, but we are very aware of the issues, and we'd like to address those issues on PS Vita going forward."
These sage words of advice haven't deterred Sony from announcing that yet another firmware upgrade to the PS3 is on the way.
The new update is a minor one, though, and will offer "system stability during use of PS3 format software and network services has been improved."
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Some say a new Georgia television advertising campaign targeting childhood obesity goes too far.
The Strong4Life television campaign produced by the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta features overweight child actors and admonishes viewers to "stop sugarcoating" the childhood obesity epidemic.
"Being fat takes the fun out of being a kid," is the message one commercial conveys.
"Some diseases aren't just for adults anymore," another said.
Dr. Linda Mintle, author of the book Raising Health Kids in an Unhealthy World, shared her expertise on childhood obesity on CBN News Channel Midday News.
Nearly 40 percent of Georgia's children are obese or overweight. CHA spent $25 million to bring public awareness through the new ad campaign
However, critics say the series television commercials attempts to shame families into losing weight.
"This campaign is an example of what not to do," Rebecca Puhl, director of research at Yale University's Rudd Center, said. "We need to fight obesity, not obese individuals."
Linda Bacon of the City College of San Francisco agreed.
"I think it's not only ineffective, it's actually quite damaging," she said. "If kids feel bad about their bodies, they aren't going to take good care of them."
*Original broadcast January 3, 2012.
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Document Type Master's Dissertation Author Gerber, David email@example.com URN etd-05272008-132947 Document Title Morphometric determination of endometrial leukocyte migration during different stages of the equine oestrous cycle Degree MMedVet (Gyn) Department Production Animal Studies Supervisor
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- endometrial leukocyte migration
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Date 2006-05-05 Availability unrestricted Abstract Uterine defences against bacterial challenge are more efficient during oestrus than during dioestrus. The exact reasons and mechanisms responsible for this difference are, however, still incompletely understood. The leukocyte reaction is one of the defence mechanisms that has been cited as being able to respond better to a bacterial challenge during oestrus than during dioestrus. The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that the magnitude of endometrial leukocyte migration following the instillation of semen into the uterine lumen is greater during oestrus than during dioestrus.Eight Nooitgedacht mares of normal fertility, aged between 8 and 16 years (11.5 ± 2.7; mean ± SD), were used in the study. Each mare received a different treatment during each of four oestrous cycles, with a rest cycle after each treatment. Two treatments were performed during dioestrus and two during oestrus. One treatment for each stage of the cycle was a control treatment without challenge to the endometrium. At time zero of challenged cycles a single aliquot of 13 ml raw semen, frozen-thawed without addition of any cryoprotectant or extender, was instilled into the uterus. An endometrial biopsy was taken 6 and 48 h after time zero and a swab for cytology and culture (if cytology was positive) was collected 48 and 120 h after time zero. An image analyzer was used to record the total number of cells, round cells, neutrophils and eosinophils per unit surface area of epithelium, stratum compactum (SC) and stratum spongiosum (SS). The relative number of round cells, neutrophils and eosinophils were expressed as proportions of the number of each cell type to the total number of cells. The use of an image analyser made the collection of quantitative data from histologic sections possible. However, the operator still had to make some critical decisions, namely to choose the field of the section for analysis and to assign individual cells to a chosen category.
The total numbers of cells in the epithelium and the SS were greater during dioestrus than during oestrus, while no such difference could be demonstrated for the SC. The stage of the oestrous cycle had no meaningful influence on any other (measured or calculated) variable. During challenged cycles, absolute and relative numbers of neutrophils were significantly greater in the epithelium, SC and SS than during control cycles. There was an interaction (not always reaching significance) between treatment and time with regard to the absolute and relative numbers of neutrophils in epithelium and SS and round cells in the epithelium. Numbers of neutrophils and round cells were significantly higher 6 h after treatment than 48 h after treatment in challenged cycles, but did not differ during control cycles. During challenged cycles, the stage of the oestrous cycle when treatment occurred had no effect on the duration of the induced endometritis, the occurrence of positive cytology or culture results, or the type of bacteria that were cultured. Regardless of the stage of their cycles when they were challenged, all mares rid themselves of the opportunistic pathogens placed into the uterine lumen within one oestrous cycle.
The hypothesis was rejected and it is therefore concluded that the stage of the oestrous cycle did not influence the magnitude of the endometrial leukocyte response to a standardized challenge with semen in these reproductively sound mares. A similar study will be required to test whether this conclusion also holds true for mares that are susceptible to endometritis.
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"We ratify the ruling of February 14 2011 in all its parts, including the sentence for moral reparation," stated the court in the city of Lago Agrio in its ruling, as cited by Reuters.
The California-based energy company appealed against the February ruling on the grounds that that it was not responsible for chemical-laden wastewater dumped in jungle land from 1964 to 1992 by Texaco, which Chevron acquired in 2001.
In an email statement obtained by Bloomberg after the hearing, the energy giant lambasted the Ecuadorian appeals court's decision, describing it as "another glaring example of the politicization and corruption of Ecuador's judiciary that has plagued this fraudulent case from the start."
By the time of last year's judgment, the case had been making its way through US and Ecuadorean courtrooms for more than 17 years.
The suit was originally filed in a New York federal court in 1993 against Texaco, but was dismissed three years later after the oil company argued at the time that Ecuador was the proper venue to hear the case.
According to Chevron, Texaco had spent more than $40 million cleaning up the area during the 1990s, and had also previously signed an agreement with Ecuador in 1998 absolving it of any further responsibility.
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Web shop MyDigitalDiscount has crossed the line between e-tailer and SSD manufacture. Making the leap for MDD wasn't that difficult, the company works closely with several other manufactures, consulting on their future products. MyDigitalDiscount's new line up of products comes under the brand name of MyDigitalSSD. We think the name is fitting. MyDigital doesn't have their own controller or flash manufacturing facility just yet, but they are working with some pretty big partners.
MyDigital's expertise has always been in the notebook and netbook markets. During the netbook boom a couple of years ago MyDigital helped pioneer the modification market. Products like the Dell Mini9 were treated with faster SSDs, more system memory and even touch screens. When a component wasn't available, MDD worked with their partners to have purpose built upgrade components manufactured.
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mSATA and the close variants are slated to make a grand entrance this year and not just in ultrabooks. At CES, four out of five next generation GIGABYTE desktop motherboards on display using the Ivy Bridge chipset sported mSATA slots. Intel's Smart Response Technology and NVELO's Dataplex software layer, also commonly referred to as SSD Cache can both quickly turn a small mSATA drive into instant IOPS performance beast while still offering the capacity of your large data capacity HDD.
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Andrea Bargnani is reportedly set to meet with the Raptors medical staff at some point today to address the calf issue that has kept him out of 27 games so far this season.
Bargnani did not return for the second half against the Thunder on Sunday night after aggravating his left calf, and he was M.I.A. for the Raptors' 103-98 loss in Indiana last night. Bargs has now been sidelined by a left calf injury three separate times this season.
Whether the calf problems are a result of the lockout-shortened and condensed season or the result of Bargnani playing harder than he ever has before through the first month of the season, we'll never know, but I would unknowingly suspect it's a little bit of both.
A lot of people seem to be assuming that Bargnani will be shut down for the final eight games of the season, and to be honest, I really hope that's the case. We pretty much know what Andrea Bargnani is and isn't after parts of six seasons in the NBA. He's a very good offensive player with a unique offensive skill set for his size, and is usually a very bad defensive player with an underwhelming defensive presence for his size. You probably can't win if he's your best player, but I believe you can win if he's one of your primary scoring options and is playing power forward next to a defensively dominating centre.
What I'm more concerned with is finding out a little bit more about young players like Ed Davis over the final two weeks of this season and finishing in a spot that enhances the Raptors' chances in May's Draft Lottery. Sitting Bargnani for the last eight games could help accomplish both of those priorities.
As it stands right now, the Raptors have the NBA's sixth-worst record, but they lead the fourth-worst Kings by just a half game, and sit only three games behind the ninth-worst Warriors.
Let's face it, for all the talk of internal development, the real deciding factor in how bright the Raptors' future is will likely depend on how the ping pong balls bounce on May 30.
The way I see it, nothing more can be learned or gained from playing Bargnani down the stretch, but much can be lost from rolling him out there if he's not fully healthy.
It's been another confusing "interesting" season, Andrea. See you in October?


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Dinner is Served! Meal Delivery Services to Try Now
When calling for pizza delivery (again) is just not an option, try out these meal delivery services that serve up healthy, home-cooked eats. Delivered straight to your doorstep, here are four local services that cater to your foodie tastes and your preference for local, sustainable goods.
A note on availability: Check the websites for delivery since they each reach a variety of zip codes in Portland and Vancouver, but not all of them.
Full Belly Fare
How it Works: Order for a full week and the meals are delivered on your weekly delivery day. You can choose from four main dishes along with sides.
Kid Faves: Most of this food would go in the "gourmet" category, so it's probably best for adventurous eaters. But every week there is at least one dish that even the pickier ones would scarf down, from lemon chicken to veggie to chicken pot pies.
Photo courtesy of Portland's Full Belly Fare
Cost: Entrees typically run $11.95 to $12.95 per portion, with sides, salads and desserts ranging from $1.50 to $5.
Special Diets: This is the place to go for special diets. All entrees are marked with their qualifications, from gluten-free to paleo and everything in between.
Yummo! Soup made with champagne? We're in! Check out their puréed leek, cauliflower, and parsnip soup with champagne and gruyere; and ethnic delights such as ghormeh sabzi, a Persian stew.
You'll Eat Up: The variety that is offered here. If delivered dinners make you think of typical pasta and chicken fare, and your tastes run to the more eclectic, this is your place! It's food fit for "Portlandia:" All meats are local and are antibiotic/hormone free. Most produce is organically grown, and when possible, also locally grown. Most dairy products are organic, and when possible, local, and from grass-fed animals.
Online: fullbellyfare.com
Dinner at Your Door
How it Works: Order as many meals as you want for the week and they'll arrive on your weekly delivery day. Each zip code has a specified day, but you can customize it for an extra charge.
Kid Faves: They always offer $5 "small belly" choices of bowtie pasta and chicken or grilled chicken with carrots, but you'll also find that lots of their menu items are fab for the fam, like shredded teriyaki chicken and veggies.
Photo courtesy of Portland's Full Belly Fare
Cost: Entrees are $16 per two servings. Side dishes are $5 for 2; and salads are $8 for 2 servings. Minimum order is $28, but you can spread that out over the week.
Special Diets: Any meal is available gluten free, and all baked goods come that way.
Yummo! Try the lasagna with vegetables and fresh tomato sauce and their currries that use hand-roasted spices.
You'll Eat Up: This service offers awesome customizations with their a la carte menu, where you can choose two salads and no sides, or whatever works for your family. They're also into as much local food as they can find and deliver everything in reusable glass containers. No waste!
Online: dinneratyourdoor.com
Dine In 2Nite
How it works: You pay on a subscription basis a month in advance and you can use it flexibly to pause or skip when you need to. They cook every afternoon and deliver the hot meal that day.
Kid Faves: There are no special kid meals, but you can request "kid prep" and you'll get sauces on the side. However, they stress that all their recipes are "accessible," meaning that it's going to be an "Applebee's" style version of an Asian or European dish. Authentic-ish, we'll call it.
Photo courtesy of Dine In2Nite
Cost: $10 per meal, which is 14 to 16 oz. portion. Typically a family of four will order three, unless they want lunch leftovers!
Special Diets: They can always replace the protein and make any meal vegetarian.
Yummo! From maple glazed baby back ribs to awesome pastas, the variety is amazing.
You'll Eat Up: The total flexibility for the delivery time! They'll come between 4 and 5:30 or 5:30 and 7 …whenever YOUR ideal dinner time is! They also source local and sustainable ingredients whenever possible.
Online: pdx.dinein2nite.com
And finally, we had to include this final service – think of it as a "Match.com" for a chef. Even though we can't all be Princess Kate, we can feel like her with our own personal chef.
An awesome local mom started this service in the fall for busy families who don't have time to prepare meals. But with a twist…instead of being a delivery service with set menus, etc., you browse the profiles of local cooks and find someone who can give you what your family needs. Maybe you want dinners five nights a week or just on Mondays when you have a late meeting and soccer practice. Maybe you want the cook in your kitchen, or maybe you hate the mess. Do you want someone who makes vegan or low-carb food – or who makes ooey gooey comfort food? Check out the chefs available, pick the one that fits you and work out the deets yourselves!
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Online: yumoyum.com
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Link Round Up: Easter Egg Decorating Ideas
Thanks to my friend Alicia, who is organizing an egg dyeing party this weekend, I'm going to be decorating some eggs for the first time in years. I've been looking for fun ideas that we can try, and here are a few of my favorites:
Watercolor Easter Eggs from Spoon Fork Bacon
New York Subway Eggs from The SoHo
Neon Dip-Dyed Eggs from Oh Joy!
Botanical Blueprint Eggs from Reading My Tea Leaves
Monogram Easter Eggs from Lil' Luna
And if you find yourself with only brown eggs in the fridge, try using a white paint pen like this idea from Joy Ever After.
Before you start here's how to hard-boil an egg, and for more Easter egg dyeing fun, check out: how to dye Easter eggs (dipping techniques), how to throw an Easter egg decorating party, how to make homemade Easter egg dye, and how rubber bands, a lazy Susan, and baby food jars can help in your egg dyeing.


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St. Johns River Ferry resumes service
September 24, 2012
The St. Johns River Ferry resumed regular service at 6 a.m. today departing as usual from the Mayport Village side of the river. The U.S. Coast Guard has cleared the ferry vessel to return to service following emergency dry docking and repairs. The ferry has been out of service since early last week when cracks in the hull were discovered.
Visit stjohnsriverferry.com or call 904-241-9969 for more information on fares and schedules.