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Alter Heizer
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Leather vs. Textile 60mph lowside shredding test
Apologies if this test has been posted or discussed here before - I didn't find it, but I have seen plenty of discussions of textile vs. leather that I thought could benefit from this information.
In 2007 the German automobile club "ADAC" decided to shred some leather and textile suits, by dropping a crash test dummy at 60 mph in a lowside slide.
Very interesting results - according to this test, in the case of a slide you are better off with $200 leather jeans than a $2000 Rukka...
If anybody knows of an English translation, please post it.
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Not surprising... but if you wear full leathers where I live, you will suffer from heat stroke while riding.
Even my full mesh textile so light and airy you can see straight through it, had me in a light sweat while riding 80kmh down the highway yesterday.
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What are leather jeans?
And are these Germans testing "motorcycle leathers", or Lederhosen leather?
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Great link - I've been looking for a report like this for awhile. Here's the google translation of the main article:
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We felt really sorry for the dummy. 30 times he had to slip away from the motorcycle lowside. Floundering he skidded on the tarmac along until he is in the final meters around its longitudinal axis finally turned and remained motionless. Then ADAC investigator Ruprecht Müller visited the victim and assessed the visible damage to the protective clothing. The results of unprecedented, even by the ADAC tests developed to determine the protective effect of motorcycle apparel made not only the experimenter pensive.
The wearing of protective clothing is among motorcycle fans one of the most controversial topics in general. The "armor" for the one kilometer long journey to fillup at the gas station? Pooh! In jeans and leather jackets brisk the 40 miles over land to the jet-girlfriend? Both there, and in between, lies an enormous range of more or less reasonable behavior. Finally, it is the risk to get hurt while riding a motorcycle is much higher than when driving. Therefore it remains that only a protective helmet in addition, motorcycle gloves, and boots are worn. But this only gives a minimum level of passive safety. Over the last 15 years more products from high strength materials have been used to compete with the classic leather upper. Protectors are also often combined with both types of materials to protect the high-risk body parts: shoulders, elbows, knees and hips. In particular, the development of breathable and waterproof membrane have made the textile suits much more popular. The temperature range in which they are perceived as convenient, is clearly wider than that of leather clothing. But how do they standup in terms of protection?
To test an ADAC test drop and an elaborate system was developed to make such a comparison between textile and leather clothing possible. The goal of the test was not to filter out the worst or best textile-leather suit but rather deal with with the fundamental consideration of simpler and thus suits cheaper in comparison with higher quality and more expensive equipment. The price groups are "to 350 ," "to 900 " and "" more than 1000 . In addition, we tested a combination with a simple leather jeans from casual leather jacket and a "soft leather" made tour combination. The individual results are in the boxes on this and the following pages. Here's why the general findings of this dropping test which was aimed at a simple accident with an assumed severity of injury
AIS 1 means (: minor injuries such as superficial wounds, muscle pain, etc.) reproduce.
A "Low side" of slipping
Motorcycle is typical. Exactly when accidents of this severity may show protective clothing, what they can - and
she did well in the test. The range of results range of "looks as if little what was "up to a total loss. Had a human instead of the dummyman been in one of the three textile combinations tested, he would have in the two cheaper combos significant suffered injuries and even with the 1625-euro-Rukka ArmaXKombi would not fall without a likelihood of injuries.
The findings of the ADAC test are particularly important because not only the upper to its abrasion resistance
was tested but also the entire system from top material, protectors and - where applicable - thermal lining. Whether in a combination is there when the glissade is called for, makes a noticeable difference! And the location and size of the protectors (ADAC expert Müller: "The larger more effective! ") is an extremely important factor. These points apply to both textiles as well as leather suits. The latter generally fare much better: the self-certified leather suit with the lowest price, according to the test when with restrictions on use, the Swabians leather combination for 1320 shakes the procedure formally off. Unexpectedly good results from a combination of simple leather jeans and a casual leather jacket by surprise. The soft leather combination less well protected. For all combinations a lack of good, large hip protectors threatens severe bruises in a relatively slight fall and in extreme cases, even fractures!
Crucial - and this is the most important result of the ADAC tests - is that it is not only the resistance of the material, but the overall design of protective clothing. Good, as great protectors play a very important role, because they also seam stability increase and seams are always weak points ... But most important is to be aware of two wheels to the fundamental risk. In order to ensure ride and good - even perfectly possible - to slow down, safety training are important. The ADAC offers in approximately 60 locations. They protect at least as good as the most expensive "Armor" - the best accident is after all, still the one that was avoided.
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FLM Textile: The combination of Firefox Polo brand FLM is made of 500 D outer material, is on the jacket fall-prone areas AIRTENA 600 D materials used on the pants HITENA (both 100% polyamide). There is also an anti-slip material on the buttocks. On the back there is one thin foam insert, on shoulders, elbows and knees CEProtektoren used. A hip protector is missing. After the test is the combination of a total loss. Humans should expect significant skin and soft tissue injuries due to the large hole in the buttocks and hips area. Also the jacket resulted in a tear.
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FLM Leather: Leather (1.2 - 1.4 mm) is for the "Stream" combination of FLM is used. Stretch fabric made of polyamide increases in some places the movement. On the back of the jacket is there is a thin foam lining. Shoulders, elbows and knees have CE protectors but hip protectors are missing. After the test is 310 cheap leather suit - albeit for of a crack near the elbow protector with restrictions - is further usable. A person would likely not experience significant skin or soft tissue injuries but the lack of hip protectors would greatly increase the risk of severe bruises or fractures.
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Stadler Textile: Jacket and pants are Cordura 500, on shoulders, elbows and knees Cordura comes in 2000 are used. The seat of the pants has leather trim on one. Given the severe damage in the test can no longer use the combination
be. A sleeve has four small Holes, and there is a crack. The upper material of the pants keeps the Load was not; on the right buttock, hip and thigh area all tissue layers by ground that is too small protector ground off the side. In humans there would be due to the size of the hole significant skin and soft tissue injuries.
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Dainese Leather: The "T. Haku," Combined Dainese is made of cowhide, to stretch leather on the upper arm is
and lower back. to increase mobility in some places stretch fabric made of 100 percent nylon. No back protector, CE protectors at shoulders, elbows and knee. Thin protective padding on the hips. The combination may, under the test be used with limitations. A person most likely would not have significant skin or soft tissue injuries but due to the lack of full hip could expect increased likelihood of bruising or fractures.
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rukka Textile: The relevance to the protection function is called Upper Armacor (85% polyamide, 15% aramid). to
Protective equipment including CE certified cushion for back, shoulder, hip, elbows and knees. climate membrane is an XCR Gore-Tex 3-layer laminate. After the test is the combination ArmaX no longer usable. Another problem found by the particular the interface-related wrinkles emerged; Armacor by the local tissue was overloaded, which led to a distinct hole formation. A person would most likely have mild skin and soft tissue injuries.
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SchwabenQuellen leather: The combination "Tomcat" is invariably made of cowhide (1.4 - 1.6 mm) and Kevlar stretch panels. Included is a three-part closed cell polymer foam back protection and protectors for shoulder, hip, elbow and knee. After testing, this combination was fully ready for use, only their appearance had been affected by the grinding marks. Even in highly polluted areas of abrasion hazard was minimal. The upper material remained closed in all areas. Also the high-quality protectors used provide the maximum protection factor. By far the best result.
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Held Leather: The Varano jacket and the Avolo pants are made from soft cowhide leather with TFL Cool-manufactured equipment. Additional protection is a thin-Rückenpolster (CE protector is optional) for shoulder, hip, elbow and CE knee protection pads are used. After the test is the only hero combined with severe restrictions more usable. The soft leather did not show the strength of other leathers. It is also the Creasing debt, they will be the average benefit. In humans there would be slight skin injuries as a consequence to the formation of holes in the buttocks area
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POLO / Hero Leather: The leather jacket polo "Ratrace Custom" is made of nappa leather, it has no protector but only foam rubber protection padding on shoulders and elbows. The hero-leather jeans "Tucson" is cowhide, with no other protection. After the test both the jacket and trousers could be used with restrictions. Both parts provide a fairly good result. In humans, the result would likely be no skin and soft tissue injuries but due to the lack of the hip protectors, severe bruises or breaks are more likely.
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Wow. That's a pretty severe indictment of textiles. Which is of course what I have, because I was ever so smart and chose high-vis textile over black leather.
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I look at what is used at "track days" Leather is king.
Thanks for the translation for all to get at least a better idea for protection.
Now someone should post a leather suit care system.
My leather is dates back as far as 30+ years. I keep it clean & oiled so not to dry out & seperate....sorry for the semi-jacking of a very good thread.
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One thought I have is that even if the outer material is compromised it seems that the padding underneath would also have to be compromised before one would have skin injuries. Of course the garment would need to be replaced but unless you have spent the big bucks or plan on crashing often it should not be a problem. In my crash at ~40mph, this was the exact outcome, the material was destroyed but pads underneath meant no skin damage except in the knee where the pads/abrasion resistant rode too low.
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Some things never change.
Back in the 80's, I read a similar test in some motorcycle magazine. They kept it simple, no crash test dummies. They built an arm rig on the back of a pickup truck, where they covered a bag of dry mix concrete with material, and then attached it to the arm rig. They drove at different speeds (25 to 55 mph if I remember correctly), dropped the arm, then slowed down to simulate sliding to a stop.
The bags of dry mix concrete gave a good indicator of when a hole wore through the material, as the could see the powder fly (literally).
They tried leathers, jeans, and what textiles were available then.
Leathers won, of course. None of the samples wore through. Leathers were thicker and stiffer than some of today's stuff.
Textiles varied. Some held up better than others, but they all had holes in the end. Road rash was a inevitable.
Jeans... They literally exploded on contact. The article said it sounded like a double barrel 12 gauge going off.
The sad part is that I still just ride in jeans and a textile jacket.
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Beastly Adventurer
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I still wear textiles, but I would not be surprised to get rash if I crashed above 30mph or so.
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I read somewhere that leathers lose a significant portion of their protective strength as they repeatedly get wet then dry. Add salt from sweat and road grime and you've got something that really accelerates this.
What can you do to prevent this from happening?
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Underscores the use of Kevlar mesh, for me.
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I'm going back to leather textile don't hold the armor in place
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We all judge others even if it isn't our place to judge, but supposedly at the end we are all judged by one!!!
Wrestling, women and money who could ask for more???
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Blazing Republican supernova, Rand Paul, is emerging as the most media coverage-getting potential 2016 candidate, and while there's a good chance he'll end up being that year's Michele Bachmann, there is one thing he keeps repeating that requires a little clarification. It's become one of those things that folks just "know" about the world, even though it's utterly untrue. And since the best way to counter any piece of misinformation is with an attractive and enlightening chart or two, I thought that's what the situation needed.
Yesterday, Bloomberg's Joshua Green interviewed Paul, and when asked about the significant budget cuts he was proposing, the senator said this: "You know, the thing is, people want to say it's extreme. But what I would say is extreme is a trillion-dollar deficit every year. I mean, that's an extremely bad situation. I would say it's a very reasonable proposition to say that we would only spend what comes in."
First off, saying "that we would only spend what comes in," i.e. that the federal government will never run any deficit, is not only not "reasonable," it's basically insane if you know the first thing about fiscal policy and its effects on the national welfare. But let's leave that aside for now. What about these trillion-dollar deficits every year? Actually, according to the latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) figures, the deficit for 2013 will be $642 billion. That's a lot of money to you and me, but it isn't a trillion dollars, and it's the lowest deficit since 2008. The CBO is also projecting that in 2014 the deficit will fall to $560 billion, and in 2015 it will fall further, to $378 billion.
Those projections will inevitably be revised over time. Maybe the deficit will actually be larger, or maybe it will be smaller. One thing we can say for sure though, is that for the moment at least, there are no more "trillion-dollar deficits," not every year, and not any year. In fact, the reduction of the deficit over Barack Obama's term has been nothing short of stunning. In 2009, Obama's first year in office, it was $1.4 trillion. That's what happens when you have a financial crash that immediately requires massive spending to keep the country from implosion at the same time that tax revenues have plummeted. The 2013 deficit is going to be less than half of what it was at its peak. It's amazing that the people who claim to care so deeply about the deficit don't seem to have a handle on this rather essential fact.
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Of course, you may believe (as I'm guessing Rand Paul does) that even deficits of the size to which we've pummeled them down in the last few years are still too big. If that's your position, you should make that case. But just repeating the phrase "trillion-dollar deficits" over and over as though they were something other than a thing of the past is either ignorant or dishonest.
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The GOP doesn't care about deficits. In fact, they like deficits because it gives them a pretext for what they really care about -- dismantling government. Paul can say "trillion dollar deficits" because he knows it doesn't matter if it's true or not. It's a slogan to stir up the base and soften the ignorant masses for tearing down the social and political progress made over the last 50 years.
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I agree with the gist of what you're saying, but the timing of your graphs and numbers isn't accurate. Here's a link to actual month-by-month deficit data, including a graph. The deficit didn't start falling right when Obama took office.
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Tue, 2013-08-13 07:41
"But just repeating the phrase "trillion-dollar deficits" over and over as though they were something other than a thing of the past is either ignorant or dishonest."
I've pretty much had it with these treasonous FRWNJs. Screw pussyfooting. Call it like it is and say, "But just repeating the phrase "trillion-dollar deficits" over and over as though they were something other than a thing of the past is either an idiot or a liar."
When one who is honestly mistaken is then confronted with the truth, he will either cease being mistaken or cease being honest. Progress is impossible without truth; thus Conservatism stands explained.
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Seven players missed practice on Wednesday, including wide receiver Antonio Brown (ankle), linebacker Chris Carter (abdomen), tackles Marcus Gilbert (ankle) and Max Starks (ankle), defensive end Brett Keisel (shoulder), safety Troy Polamalu (calf), and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (right shoulder).
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Brown said taping the ankle could possibly help it, but he still has to be comfortable making cuts.
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Cornerback Curtis Brown (quadriceps), safety Ryan Clark (concussion) and cornerback Ike Taylor (illness) were all limited in practice, while running back Rashard Mendenhall (Achilles) and linebacker Stevenson Sylvester (hamstring) were full participants.
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That's pretty much my reaction each time I pass portions of the abandoned Air Line Railroad as it twists and turns from the rusting iron swing bridge across the Connecticut River through Portland and into the Cobalt section of East Hampton.
Growing up in the part of Portland known as Quarrytown, the abandoned railroad was my highway connecting me with the rope swing at my favorite swimming hole or the Dairy Queen. I would also explore the brownstone and granite tunnels that took streams underneath the railroad, impressed by the century-old workmanship of stone masons.
I recently returned to the area, and each time I find it harder to find the old railroad. A gravel operation has taken away another chunk of the railroad where engines once thundered past on their way to New York City or Boston. A housing development's entrance and parking lot lays where the "Ghost Train," with its white cars, passed through on moonlit nights.
The train line is still active west of the Conneticut River, but east of the river, much of the Air Line — named that because the railroad was created by drawing a straight line through the state from New Haven to Boston — is now a state park.
The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection purchased the railroad's right-of-way from the Portland/East Hampton line through the eastern part of the state to Willimantic, and eventually to Pomfret and the Rhode Island border. The entire 50-mile portion is open to the public. Except in my hometown — the lone eastern gap. Sigh.
Up until recently, trains still came across the Connecticut River into Portland to service Midstate Recovery, a recycling business, and a corrugated cardboard company. But the company moved and the recycling facility was destroyed during the Halloween nor'easter. So the once-active tracks now sit abandoned and rusting.
The ribbons of steel become obscured by high grass and come to an end at a former freight station near Route 66. From there the abandoned railroad lies intact and travels behind houses and a supermarket. Railroad ties still rest in the mud with rusting shopping carts and other trash on them. The railroad comes to an abrupt end at the new housing development, marked with "no trespassing" signs.
A relatively pristine section of the railroad still runs along a ridge parallel to Route 66 with scenic views across the Connecticut River to Middletown. But once again, the bed disappears behind a commercial area before crossing over Route 17. The bed briefly reappears, but is wiped clear again by gravel operations.
But from the gravel pit, much of the railroad bed remains intact for several miles into Cobalt passing over granite train trestles and between rocky ledges with views of the Connecticut River. The only things using the line, though, are all-terrain vehicles and the hikers whose footprints are in the mud.
Is there any hope of connecting the Portland section with the rest of the Air Line Trail? With much of the right-of-way privately owned, there doesn't seem to be much hope. And with each year that passes, I see chunks of my childhood highway disappearing — but not the fond memories.
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!¦- r i VOL. XIV NO. 11 FREEPORT NEWS - - - ! The officers of AFratemal Council, i Royal Arcanum, will be installed next Thursday evening. R. Archibald Miller was ordained as Ruling Elder of the Freabyterian Church at the Sunday morning service. The annual meetinga, with election of directors, of the Freeport and First Nationla Banks, will be held next Tues¬ day evening at the Banking rooms. ProfeaHor Edward Fajana has opened i a studio at 18 Grove St., Freeport, j Avhere he will give instruction on the violin; .see his adv. in the Review. Robert A. Combs jr., who has been in the electrical business for several years in the employ of Harry A. Wal¬ ling, has started in bu.siness for hiin- j^elf. Jhe hod:' of Willis.'n St»Ilenwerf. was found at his residence Monday I morning. A gun shot wound fjave evidence that he had taken his own life. Stellenwerf had followed the races for years but waa thrown out of this meth¬ od of making a living by enforcing of the anti-racing law. He had been drinking heavily and was a patient at! Nassau Hospital last week, from where ! he escaped by jumping through a win¬ dow and had been lost trace of until his body was discovered by the officers' searching for him. Justice of the Peace Tatem gave permission for the removal of the body Avhich was interred at Islip on Wednesday. Stellenwerf is survived by hisAvife and two small children. At the annual meeting of the Sunday School Board of the M. E. Church the following officers Avere elected for the ensuing year: Superintendent, G. T.I VanRiper; assi.stants, Harold Brown and Mra. E. H. VanRiper; .superinten¬ dent intermediate department, L. H. Ross; asaiatant, Mias J. C. Ross; su¬ perintendent primary deparlment, Mit^s Huldah Smith; .secretary, O. VV. Val-1 •entine; assistant, F. S. Snedeker jr.; trea.surer, L. H. Ross; librarian. Sin- FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1909 Official Paper of Nassau County The regular monthly meeting of the Freeport Board of Trade will be held next Wednesday evening, January 13, i in Fraternity Hali, at 8.15 o'clock. A interesting meeting is jiromised. • Alanson Ellison jr. was sentenced by Judge Jacks<jn to five years' imprison¬ ment upon being found guilty of hav¬ ing entered the "Decker," Abram Smith's boat, and taking some sup-; plies. ' Bug House Hose Company will prob-j ably secure the Enterprise Band, which ; furnished such good muaic in the; Presidential Campaign, to accompany i them on their excursion to Washing¬ ton. Single copies of the Review for sale ai Grobetz's. DaSilva's aud RevieAV Bnildiii}.:. tf Chester A. Fulton and son Curtis are enjoyinrr a vi«iit with relatives in Can¬ ada. The regular meeting of the Village Board of Trustees will be held next Friday evening. Mrs. Z. E. Hey ward, mother of Mrs. Charles Fowler, has left for Lake- wood, N. J., for the Winter. There was a big crowd at the mas¬ querade ball of Mystic Rebekah Lodge at Opera Hall last Thursday evening. The event lasted from 1908 to 1909. Rev. Dr. R. M. Binder of NeAv York \ Thomas Johnston's adv. this week, City will conduct services in the Epia-1 headed "1909," is a pleasing exprea- copal Church ot the Trasnfiguration sion of appreciation of the good-Avill the Sunday. The hours Avill be Matins and : people of this vicinity have evidenced Litany at 10:;{0 and Even.song at 7:30. ' for him tluring the year. There aviII be no celebration o^ Holy' Communion. The pastor. Rev. Pel- '¦¦ '^«^'- i^tanley W. Roberts, jnistor, ham St. Georse Bi.s.sell, who is visiting I will preach in the Baptist Church Sun 2 home in time ''^^•V "i"'""'"J?: Sunday School at 2 :;5( in Pennsylvania, vvill be to occupy his pulpit the following Sun¬ day. A Kovial club, with AndreAV J. Mur-' ley president and Frank Reynolds, treasurer, the Order of Bro. Buzz, The Huzzanis, has recently been organized. Monday even'ig, Feb. 8, the organiza¬ tion is to attend a ball at Harlem Ca-' .sine, Manhattan, on the invitation of Bro. Cartwright, after which a supper will be served. Chas. Georgens is ser- < geant-at-arms. Steve Pettit's protege Smalley met his Waterloo New Yeai''s afternoon when he was defeated by (Iharles Mar¬ tin of Hempstead in a running race. In the morning Smalley had things ¦ his OAvn way, literally running away from hia competitors in a mile race, making the distance in 7 ni., 28 sec, (iilbert Thompson of F. H. S. finishing second, but declining to take the prize money. Smalley finished second in the afternoon's mile race. .Several hundred people witnessed the contests. The "(Jiddy Dozen" were entertained 50 j p. m.; there will be no evening styvice lowing to the Union ^Evangelistic meet- '¦ ing in the M. E. Church. Mrs. Charles Wright, a former Freejiorter, now residing with her daughter, .Mrs. Demarest, at Ocean Side, fell from the porch of her home Thursday morning and sustained .such severe bruises that she has since been confined to her bed. Clair Raynor; chairman mi.saionary j ^^ the home of Reuben Hamaker. Pear- committee, Anna Crosslield; chairman temperance conimitLee, J. E. Brown; chorister, Wilbur Raynor; jjianist, Annie I. Eldridge; assistant, Majel Bedell; sujierintendent home depart¬ ment, Mrs. S. R. Sniith. Mr. and Mrs. David A. Hainaker sail Ave., .Monday evening, in honor of Mis.s Edna Kanip ot Lock lluven. Pa., who was visiting her sister, Mrs. Ham- aKer. A fe.iture of the evening's en¬ tertainment Avas a cobweb jiarty. Among those ju'cseiit were Miss Kamp, Missess Hilda and Emma .MacKay, Majel Bedell, Hazel Golder and Myra celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary ci-.ase; Freeman MacKay, Louis Col- of their wedding on New Years night, i,"s, Sinclair Kaynor, Hilbert John.son, Rev. P. A. Heilman of St. Paul's Elliott Ross, Reuben Hamaker. English Lutheran Church of Baltimore, who united them in marriage a quarter Commencing January 1 the Long Isl- of a century ago, again jierforming the and Railroad Company has issued a ¦ceremony. Miss Kamp, sister of tJie ; larger ticket tban formerly in use, and bride, played the Avedding march. The , you would think from the reading of houae was thronged wilh relatives and comments anci criticisms in the city pa- friends. Many gifts appropriate to the , pera that one would roiiuire a vallet to silver anniversary Avere received. j carry the paste-board. The cards are The guests entertained the happy longer than befove but about the same couple with music and literary exer-' width and noc ao thick. One of the ciBcs until called to the feast of good principal sources of complaint is the th'"K«- .. new order that the tickets must be The hou.se was jirettily decorated, punched twice each trip, once each side Thru the front and rear parlors an of Jamaica. This does seem someAvhat aiale waa made with silken cord, ilown which the bride and groom of a quarter .Miss Ethel Ketcham of Amityville had a narrow e.scape from being killed at the station of the Long Island Rail¬ road one day last week, by attempting to board a moving train. The train started before Miss Ketcham reached the tracks. She was assisted by her friend. Miss F'reida Erickson, and a brakeman and fell acioss the car jilat- form Avith a few bruises. At the .Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday the regular service will be held in the morning and the Sunday School at 2:1)0 p. 1.1. The evening service avIH be the uiiio:i p]vangelistic service of the Baptist, Methodist and Presby¬ terian Churches, which will be held in this church as it Avill accommodate the largest audi^Micf. The meeting will ojien at 7 :.')0 with a song service. As the season of snow is due it might be well to remember the Avariiing of Commissioner Pine. There are several places on Main Street oven in the business section which are noc cleared off after snow storms. Mr. Pine wishes us to say that if this con¬ dition is allowed after the next storm he will have the walks cleared for traf¬ fic and charge the AVork against the property. Freejiort Council, Jr. O. IJ. A. M., and Freejiort Lodge, No. GOO, I. O. O. F., entertained their friends at "open house" New Year's day afternoon at Odd Fellows' Hall. Sandwiches, fruit and coffee were the attractions in the refreshment line, with plenty of pipes and tobacco; for anausement, cards and domino games were in order. George Wallace also made an address on "Brotherly Love, etc." Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company held its annual reunion and supper at the truck house Wednesday evening. of a nuisance but it was a well known fact that lota of people Avere stealing -of a century ago maKched, attended by ; rides on the company because of the their four aona, Charles, Reuben, Philip Jack of this provision and the mutter and Marion. Mrs. Hamaker wore a waa apparentiv neceaaary for the pro- gown with silver trimmings, had ail- i tection of the company. Talking with : Capt.'Charlie RaynorVwh"o""ia a'charter ver ornaments in her hair, and carried ; several commuters Tuesday evening the a bouquet of liliea-of-the-valley. Im-1 opinion was quite unanimous that the medi itcly following the wedding cere-1 complaints were entirely overdrawn, mony the two grandchildren of Mr. and j and that the company waa compelled to Mrs. Hamaker, children of Mr. and I issue this double ticket for its own jiro- Mrs. ('haries A. Hamaker, Eveline tection. Francea and Marjorie Elizabeth, were bajitized. The following gueata were present: Rev. Dr. P. A. Heilman of Baltimore, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Lang and Mrs. C. O. Jacobs of Brooklyn, Mrs. L. J. Jar- shi:hek of Lock Haven, Pa.; Mra. Chas The World Almanac for 1909 is now on sale. Nassau County Review Sta¬ tionery Store, 62 South Main St.. Free- port. 11 Itch eund in :>0 miuntes bv Wool- Johnston and daughter Edna of West i ^^''.^i'^^'^i^Ynh.^tS^^^^ OranKe.N.J.:Rev. Dr. and Mrs. W. by l..onia« Johnston. Druggist. A. Kirhards, Mr. and Mrs. Jere E. BroAvn. Mr. and Mrs. Albin N. Johnson, Mr. and Mra. R. H. Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Wright. Mrs. Francea Donnelly, Sinclair Raynor. Lewis H. Ross, Miss J. C. Ross, Mrs. William G. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Van Riper, Mr. and Mrs. Wright Lewis, Mr. and Mra. Francis C. Morse, Mr. and Mra. Chaa. Raynor and Mr. and Mn. John B. Hibbard of thia village. A Rood pair of Men's Trousera can be bad at H. Baraacb'a while sal* ffoing I .vears a reaident of Freeport, died at OBITUARY (Jiirge R. Frus*, i roprit tor of LeHoy House, ditnl this muiiiing after a linger- iughickuesa. Mre. Sarah L. Spedick died Sunday, Dec. 27, at her home in Brooklyn at the age of 71 years. Funeral services were held at the residence Tuesday af¬ ternoon. Mrs. Spedick was the moth-, "" ^j^j^ gouthard, Mra. Mordan er of Harry Spedick and waa formerly p^^.^ "" H^^^^^d Cpmba, Mrs. J. T. a resident of Freeport. • | hotter, Mrs. H. F. D. Kelsey. Of Mrs. Wm. Feuratein, for many j this gathering which is a class of the member of the Company, presided over the famous oyster atewa, which helped to make up the repast. After the wanta of the inner man had been satis¬ fied, cards and dominoes were brought out and jirogressive games occupied the remainder of the evening. Prizes were awarded to Jesse F. Bedell and Charles B. Raynor for excellence' in "pedee" playing; H. C. Schluter in pinochle and R. G. Anderson dominofs. There were about 20 membera of the company pre.sent. Mrs. E. H. VanRiper entertained her Sunday School clasa at her home. Long Beach and Lexington Aves., Tuesday at supjier, followed by an evening of v(^al and instrumental music, etc. Present were: Misses Lidie Raynor, Florence Smith, Libbie Hewlett,lsabel Hibbari, Anna Croasfield, Bonnie Gar¬ rison, Annie Eldridge, Elaie Broth¬ eridge, Julia C. Ross, Edna Barker; <¦>; trom 90e up. It. BWdLiaa Spavin LiiincxNT reaQven Bard, Soft or Oalloaaod Lumps and BlemiBb*«fh>m bon«e:aiaoBlootSpar- Onrba, Spiinta, Bwaaaasr Biait Stlfla*. fihHfaiaa. 8wtill«a'^n)at", I alo. Saw |B^ bj.w* of rata A ««ImImAM TOiwlili Oata. Irt—m TiwHifMiaa. Piaqm the residence ^of her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Keens, Grove St., Thursday, of old age, beihg in her 86th year. She aurvived her husband but a short time, he having died |asc September. Funer¬ al aarvicas were held Saturday at her lata reai«lorce and. were condttetad by Ban Tkaa. & BnitwiMita. with inter- maat ia QtaaaMd CaaaaUacj. Senior Department, three of the mem¬ bera, ^issea Liidie Raynor and Elsie Brotheridge and Mra. Mordan Peck came from the infant class of the School together. A delightful evening waa spent. Stock reduelng xala at H. Baraech's, 66 Main St.; bogp* and childrm's coaU ¦I II mi miiiiHiii it. Our Fire Department The year just passed has been one without precedent in the hi.story of the Fire Department. Sixteen times the firemen have been compelled to leave their houses for fires, twice for drill.^, one a double alarm, and tAvice they have been called to anawer alarms for tires out of their territory, making in all, including drills, 21 alarms which they have anawere.d The damage for¬ tunately haa been small and the depart¬ ment is entitled to credit for its good work. Taken aAvay from their work, from their recreation or their sleep, there has always been shown the same wlliii;gnesH, the same desire for the saving of life and property Avhen the occasion demanded, on the part of the fire laddie-', that has made for Freejiort the well-deserved rejiutation of having an exceptionally active volunteer fire | dejiartment. The firo laddies will jier-1 haps admit that a warm bed is a nice , Jilace to stay in on a coj'' .•iight,^liu!. the i satisfaction of having done their duty j repays them. Financially think ofi the benefit our dejiartment is to the I village. Where Avould the insurance' rates of the viHage go if it was not for the department? Comjiare theoi Avith villages without this protection. How fast would the village grow'.' And Avhen you have thought awhile, you Avill not stand and criticise the mis- l takes the men may make hut wiJI thank j your lucky star that you are enjoying i the jirotection of a hody cf rnejt) -^'ho ! have never failed to answer a ca]} for j aid and never will. i The folloAving is the li.st of alarms I for the year- the hour and the damage I are approximated: ^ Jan. 14, 4:4i> ji. in Grass fire in northeast section ; no damage. .Ian. 18, 10:4.") a. in. J^'ire at Glov- 'or'.«, We.st Randall Ave.; $10 damage. Jan. 19, 10 a. m. Merrill's, Church .St.; nominal damage. Feb. :;, S.;]0 ji. m. .1. Millard, Long Beach Ave. ; damage ahout .$1200. Feb. 7. J0:4"> a. in. -Baumeistcr, Seaman .\ve. ; damage $1500. F'eb. 18, y.l5 a. m. -Called out for fire at Mr. Bull's, Roosevelt. I April ;50, .''.00 a. in.—: Fra ternity I Hall; damage $10. j .May 28, 8 :,']0 ji. m. Double drill.} :ir(l and 4th districts. \ June 2, 2.;;o j). m. - School hou.se;; .-mall damage. ', June ;{, -1.00 ]). 111. - Jos. Albin, j Wain St.; damage $1000. June 27, 4..")0 J), ni. - Cajit. PoAvers, I ('liurch St. ; damage small. ; July 8, 8 Jl. in. —Rc.'-ponded to call | for aifl frorn Baldwin; not nefdcd. . July 14. 4::!0 ii. m. 0. VV. Hum- j jihrev's harn. Ocean Ave.; damage i $1200. I July 14, 5.00 - While at the above! tire, alarm for the sixth district .sound¬ ed, fire at the hou.se of Mr. Hutton on i Lena Ave; small damage. | Aug. 10, 9:1") p. m. hou.-c on Hen-! ry St.; $10. ¦ Sept. 19, ^:l.j, J. .1. Randall's | barn, BaAview Ave.; about $3000. j Sept. 19, ll:15--While working at above, barn of Figge caught fire; $25, } Oct. 3, 2:05 -Drill, Imperial Hotel, j Oct. 17, 5.50 p. m. False alarm for | 5th district. Long Beach Ave. I Oct. 20, 3 a. m.- Brush fire, near Merrick. Oct. 22, 11.55 a. m. Brush tire at Bennington Park. The Union Evangelistic services opened at the Presbyterian Church last evening with a good attendance. The services wil! be held in that Church to¬ night and all next week, except Satur¬ day night, and the Sunday evening ser¬ vice which will be held at the Metho¬ dist Episcopal Church. Union meetings on the large scale] Jilanned for the series are a new exper-1 ience for Freejiort, but Avhat has been I so popular in other places will, doubt-1 less, prove attractive here. A Avide, interest is already manifest. I The v/eeknight aervices Avill continue i through next week in the Presbyterian ! Church at 7:45 p. m. \ All are welcome at any of these ser-1 vices. j A collection for the eartht)Uake | sulTertrs in Italy will be taken at the morning service at the First Presby¬ terian Church. In view of the disaster the paN^tor, Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey, Avill preach a series of morning sermons on "Gf>d's Great Destruc¬ tions": Jan. 10th, "Through Water"; 17th, "Through Fire"; 24th, Through Man;" 31st, "Through Angels." Sun- ' day evening the Presbyterian ard Bap- I tist Churches will unite in the Evan- I gelistic service at the Methodist Epis- ' oupal Church. The mid-Winter meeting of the Wo- I roan'a Home and Foreign Missionary Society will be beld in tbe Freaby¬ terian Churcb Mineola, on Thuraday, Janaary 14. 1909 at, 10.30 a. m. A fall attendance ia daairad. School re-opened Monday morning after the holiday vacation. The Review office now closes at 0 :30 evenings. Our night telephone num¬ ber is 180. The commitee has aet the date of the annual dinner of the Freeport Club for Wednesday evening, January 27. The acknowledgement embodied in the Smith & Bedell ad this week is characteristic of the policy and attitude of this firm. It. Henry (Jobetz has punhased the Jos. Albin jirojierty on .Main Street, op¬ posite Meyer's store, and will move there shortly. Ernest Randall and sons Russell and Leslie went to BordentoAvn, N. J., Wednesday. Leslie is to attend a mil¬ itary academy,at that place. The new.L^cputv of Fieeport f>)un- cil, Jr. O. U. A .M.,'Joseph D. Tuni¬ son, of Franklin Council, Xo. Iti, will visit the council F'riday evening, .Ian. The ojien seasort for wild fowl, as well as for rabbits, .scjUirrel, etc., clos¬ ed January 1. There is now no open .sea.son of any kind until the middle of July, when the .snipe season opens. You can now secure a 19<I9 gunning license from Town Clerk H. Luther Weeks, at Hempstead. The price is $1.10, and tne jienalty of getting caught gunning Avithout the license is .$25. Justice Tatem started an inquest im the death of John Knettel, Avho was killed by a L. I. R. li. train at Henry !it. crossing about two Aveeks ago. He took the testimony of the train <'rew and several others and adjourned until to-day. # Electric lineman Niles rejiorts that a nuniber of electric light globes are broken especially on Pine St. ano Brooklyn .\venue. If the miscreants who do this damage are caught they will be jiunished and it behoove.^ their parents to see that the youngsters take some cheaper targets for their sling shots. On Saturday evening, January 2, a Taba Baga party was held at the resi¬ dence of Samuel Ii. Sniith in honor of his son, Harold Wallace, who is vis¬ iting from the South and who is soon to return. Those jiresent in his honor were: Misses Adiene Bergen, Isabel Hibbard, Mary Anne Northridge, Elsie Vogel and Messrs. Ilaliih Oandall, Howard Osterhout an<l Harold Sniith. Many games Avere jilayed and souven¬ irs befitting the occasion were jire¬ sented. I'he oflicers of Freeport f-lhajiter .No. 302, R. .\. M., were in-lalled Tuesday evening by jiast 11. P., F. O. Cunnini'- ham, as follows: H. P.. Arthur K. Barnes; king, Austin .Adams jr.; scribe, David Sutherland jr.; treasurer, Henry P. Libby; secretary, William H. Sammons; chaplain. Rev. Pelham St. Geo. Bi.ssell; C. of H., Thomas J. Sjience; P. S., John D. (junninir; R. A. C, Clinton M. Flint; .M. 3d V., Piatt Conklin; M. 2d V., William P.Collins; M. 1st v., S. F. Pearsall; sentinel. William P. Miller. The retiring H. P., F. O. Cunning- ham, through whose efforts largely the Chapter was organized, was jire-*ented with a Past H. P.'s jewel, also ajiron and carrying caae. If Jesse Ryerson, the young catch er of Freejiort, L. I., signerl by the Brooklyn National League Club for 1909, does not make good in fast com¬ pany, it Avill be the fault of the man that handles him, is the verdict of the Long Island fans who have seen Ryer¬ son Jilay for a number of years past. He is not exploited as a phenom, but haa considerable natural ability, and has developeil into a rattling good player. Ryerson is a well built chap of slightly over 20 years, stands a triHe under ti feet and weighs around 190 jDOunda. lie began baseball playing aa a sch'ifilhoy and m<.de his lirat appear¬ ance on organized teams when 14. He has played the past tw^o. seaaona with the Rockville Centre .-t'mi-jn-ofeH.siona! team and made an excellent record. Ryeraon has an arrn a la Buck Ew¬ ing, is a rattling good sticker and ia exceptionally faat in base work. He has handled the curves of many fast pitchers and has no fear of sjieed. In a tryout at Washington Park last Fall. President Ebbets and Pat<<y Donovan expressed satisfaction with Ryereon's showing and complimented him on hii good work. Ryerson is full cf hope that he will make the big league next season and sayfl he is going to work hard to reach that goal.—Brooklyn BiWle. At the encampment of I). B. P. Mott Post. G A. R, Satunlav evening offi¬ cers Avi 11 be iustnlled for the ensuing year. The families of the inemNrs Avill Ih> Jiresent. The Post Office jieople Avere rushed during the holidays, jiarticularly c'ausevi by the fact that the number of jiost cards handled exceeded any jirevious holiday. Work is going en rapidly at Sig¬ mond's new Opera House. The build¬ ing is leased for Feb. 12, so will have to be ready by that time. It i-j to Imve a seating capacity of (JOO. The fire dejiartment received another call last niglit, tlii' fire being the home of Fir'^r .Vs.sistiint Chief William Cam¬ eron on (iiMftiiig Place. The building Avas i()ini>lerely hooded hy Avater, al¬ though tiie firemen showed their fight¬ ing (pialities bv not alloAviiig it to burn doAvn. The loss will jirobalilv be about .*rt()(l to$l(Wo. ."Nleed a jiair of Rubber Boots'.' C", to H. Barasi'h's, Avhile sale going on. It. Pretty calendars are being sent out in profusion. Among those not before mentioned are those of: The Freejiort Bank, Main St. II. 1'. l.ihby, real estate .-md in¬ surance. John I), (iuiiniiig, jdumbing. Bank of liockville Centre. .fames Venditt, merchant tailor. HYMENEAL MILLER- MARKELL The following notice of :i Avedding, from the Ithaca Daily Journal, will in- tere.-^t our readers. Mr. Miller, the groom, is a son of .Mr. and .Mrs. li. A. Miller of 275 .Sinilh .St. He Avas Presi¬ dent of his das!', that of 'O:!, of Free¬ jiort High School, and took a postgrad¬ uate course, followed hy four years' study at Cornell: "The marriage of ,Mi.-is Faynetta Alice .Markell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .Mahlon S. .Markell oi 145 North Tioga Street, to Sereno Glassel .Miller of Freeport, N. Y., took jilace at 8 o'clock Thursday evening,. The wedding Avas a jiretty event, the house being tastefully decorated with evergreen, holly and red :ind white carnations. The cereniony was jieilorriied by tlie Rev. Waliace K. Brown of the First Methodist (Jhurch and the bride and trroom were attended by the little cousins of the bride, .Miss Phyllis and iMaster Curtis Mc('|enathen of Auburn. Miss liclah V. ('orbin rendered .Meti- sohn's wedding rnarrh. The bride was attired m a princess goAvn oi white liberty satin and Avore a veil. She tarried a b<iu(|Uet of whit({ rosebuds. After the ceremony roid f'olloAviiig the reception a wedding Rupper Avas serve*! to the immediate! friends and relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Miller left on the 11.2n train for New York. The bride isa well known 'ithaia young woman, a graduate of the Ithaca High School in 1903 and a student of the Ithaca ('oiiservatory of music for a number of years. She is a member of the Alpha Tau sorority. She has also heen a member of the Presbyterian (Church ('hoir for three years. The groom is a graduate? of Corn'ell University, in the mechanical engineer¬ ing cla.ss of 1908. He was a member of the Long Island (^lub and was busi¬ ness manager of the .Sibley Journal of Engineering. He is at present Avith the Public Service Ojinmiasion of New Jer.sey and is located at Newark, N. J. The guests numttered about 50. ROOSEVELT .\ further hearing on the application of tho Roosevelt Water, Light and Power l]onipany will be held in the Board of Trade building next Tue.silay afternoon at 3 o'clock, Mi^•s Lida V. Rabell, known as "I^inccss Lulu" some years ago, when she was exhihited aa one of tho dimin¬ utive women of the world, during the regime of Admiral Dot. ha» passed through one of the most remarkable ojierations ever jierf<irmed at the Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, and ia now enjoying good health at the home of her sister, Mrs. LeIa R. Greer, in thia village, Avhcre she was the host¬ ess at a party given Monday night. Miss Rabi'll, who ia but three feet six inches in height, had removed from her at the hospital several tumors v/eighing about twenty-five pounda in all, a watery cyst and five abscesses. — Eagle. That Postmaster Seabury has the in¬ terest of Roosevelt at heart ic shown by his enterprise in getting the poatal authorities to have mail sent directly here instead of through Freeport Post , office, the change taking effect Jan. 1. I There are now two mails in and two out daily but I^tmaster Seabary iir trying to have a rMon mail added. 1
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|Nassau County Review 19090108
|Nassau County Review 19090108
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The officers of AFratemal Council, i Royal Arcanum, will be installed next Thursday evening.
R. Archibald Miller was ordained as Ruling Elder of the Freabyterian Church at the Sunday morning service.
The annual meetinga, with election of directors, of the Freeport and First Nationla Banks, will be held next Tues¬ day evening at the Banking rooms.
ProfeaHor Edward Fajana has opened i a studio at 18 Grove St., Freeport, j Avhere he will give instruction on the violin; .see his adv. in the Review.
Robert A. Combs jr., who has been in the electrical business for several years in the employ of Harry A. Wal¬ ling, has started in bu.siness for hiin- j^elf.
Jhe hod:' of Willis.'n St»Ilenwerf. was found at his residence Monday I morning. A gun shot wound fjave evidence that he had taken his own life. Stellenwerf had followed the races for years but waa thrown out of this meth¬ od of making a living by enforcing of the anti-racing law. He had been drinking heavily and was a patient at! Nassau Hospital last week, from where ! he escaped by jumping through a win¬ dow and had been lost trace of until his body was discovered by the officers' searching for him. Justice of the Peace Tatem gave permission for the removal of the body Avhich was interred at Islip on Wednesday. Stellenwerf is survived by hisAvife and two small children.
At the annual meeting of the Sunday School Board of the M. E. Church the following officers Avere elected for the ensuing year: Superintendent, G. T.I VanRiper; assi.stants, Harold Brown and Mra. E. H. VanRiper; .superinten¬ dent intermediate department, L. H. Ross; asaiatant, Mias J. C. Ross; su¬ perintendent primary deparlment, Mit^s Huldah Smith; .secretary, O. VV. Val-1 •entine; assistant, F. S. Snedeker jr.; trea.surer, L. H. Ross; librarian. Sin-
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The regular monthly meeting of the Freeport Board of Trade will be held next Wednesday evening, January 13, i in Fraternity Hali, at 8.15 o'clock. A interesting meeting is jiromised. •
Alanson Ellison jr. was sentenced by Judge Jacks
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Before Archbishop Timothy Dolan becomes a cardinal next weekend, he will deliver a speech to the Pope and other Vatican luminaries regarding "evangelization and lapsed Catholics." Back in the United States, Dolan has led the charge against the Obama administration's decision to require that hospitals, universities, and other institutions that serve the general public but have a religious charter grant their employees access contraception. Dolan's choice of speech topics in Rome suggests what may really be motivating his decision back home is to stir the contraception controversy. At a time when the scale and influence of the Catholic Church in America is in rapid decline, there's nothing like a "war on religion" to rally your troops.
None other than Pat Buchanan outlined the decline of Catholicism in America. In 1965, there were 58,000 priests in America. By 2020, it's projected there will be only 31,000 left, most over the age of 70. In 1965, only 1 percent of parishes didn't have a priest. In 2002, 15 percent of parishes were priest-less. Almost half of Catholic high schools in the United States have closed since 1965 and parochial school attendance has fallen from 4.5 million in 1965 to below two million in 2002.
And those numbers all came out before the clergy sex-abuse scandal hit the front pages. In a 2010 poll, 58 percent of Catholics (and 66 percent of the general public) said they felt the Church was doing a "poor" job handling the scandals. According to the same poll, one in five Catholics said the Vatican's handling of the situation left them feeling more negatively about the Church. Only 4 percent felt more positive.
Meanwhile, on February 2, lawyers filed claims representing over 550 alleged abuse victims in the Milwaukee Archdiocese—which had already filed for bankruptcy from the previous inundation of claims. The following day, Dolan and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops released one of its first public statements opposing the original contraception mandate. Of course, this is just a coincidence, but one that illustrates the incredible convenience for the Church of stoking this particular controversy at a time when a much more grave controversy keeps threatening the Church's very existence.
Although deeply misguided, it's clear why Republicans are trying to score political points by accusing Obama of launching a "war on religious freedom." The GOP has hung its electoral hopes on taking Obama's widely popular policy measures and economic achievements and misrepresenting through associations with unpopular notions. Catholics, however, generally support Obama. Archbishop Dolan has had a warm, if not always aligned, relationship with the president (for example, this). So to read the Catholic leadership's pushback on contraception as merely alignment with party politics is mistaken. It goes without saying that a significant motivation for the clergy are deeply held concerns about the morality of contraception. But the Church has plenty such concerns. Why go to the mat on this one? The Catholic Health Association and Catholic Charities, two of the main Catholic groups that will be affected by the decision, accepted the compromise. Why is the Church still fighting?
As a former community organizer, I can't help but look at what the Catholics are doing here less through the lens of base building. As an organization, the Catholic Church is in decline. And there's nothing like feeling (or creating a feeling of being) under attack to revive the bonds of association.
And, citing Pat Buchanan writings on the matter, a majority of Catholics believe that a woman can have an abortion and still remain a good Catholic. And as other studies have shown, 98 percent of Catholic women of reproductive age have used contraception, directly going against Church teachings. And now, by large margins—including a two-to-one margin among women—Catholics support the president's "accommodation" with religious groups. Through the eyes of the Church, this is not just a threat to the sanctity of life. This is a threat to the authority of the Catholic Church in America.
Maybe instead of preparing a speech lecturing lapsed Catholics about their spiritual infidelity, Archbishop Dolan should examine his faith's lack of fidelity to the modern needs of its followers. A religion that seems more interested in protecting abstract beliefs about conception than the very real health and well-being of women, that seems far more faithful to doctrine than science, that protects abusive priests while preaching against the sexual freedom of others, might feel marginalized not by any presidential administration but rather by its own narrow theology. The Catholic Church attempting to reassert its authority by hammering on the very sort of antiquated, anti-contraception dogma that has alienated so many people of faith is about as strategic as trying to win an election by alienating women voters.
Wed, 2012-02-15 14:31
I'm exactly the guy the bishops want back: I left the church 1993, having discovered its work aiding and abetting WWII war crimes in Yugoslavia against Orthodox Serbs and then smuggling Nazis 1944-1989, if you include the likes of Paul Touvier, the French Nazi collaborated hidden for decades in a Nice monastery. My disgust is simple: the bishops for centuries have thought themselves above civil/criminal law. This point was hammered home in the Cleveland sex abuse scandals, when lawyers for one victim discovered the canon law memoranda *encouraging* bishops to hide evidence from investigating lay authorities as a defense against scandal. This latest PR binge is absolutely designed to slam the door on some 30 years of bad press. It won't work. What's missing in all this is money: donations to church work above streetcorner alms (meaning helping those in one's own community or parish or the missions abroad) are off as precipitously as priestly vocations. And the nuns? Forget it. The Church has a massive recruitment issue on its hands, esp having lost the 'liberation theology' wars in South and Central America, where the Protestant evangelical churches are having a field day recruiting amongst the poor in particular. I believe the sticking point is neither celibacy nor contraception, both of which are clearly PR nightmares. No: the real sticking point is papal infallibility, the prop holding up a truly apostolic church. So long as the Roman curia is running the show (the tipping point will be another radical papacy, perhaps under an African pope), the circus will continue. Old white men, hanging on for dear life. When I think of the fervor of the church I remember as a kid (c1960), when you couldn't get a seat at Mass and there were six, seven Masses every Sunday...go figure. It's tragic...and utterly deserved. The Church, so long Communism's enemy, has, rather like capitalism, not done so well without the focus of a clear enemy. Now, it seems, the Church has to manufacture its enemies, just to hit the media cycle.
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Wed, 2012-02-15 20:51
I don't disagree with anything you say, but I think that chances of a "radical papacy" e.g. Pope John XXIII, are nil. John Paul spent decades putting conservatives in place. There a few if any liberal cardinals or bishops. Having been raised a Catholic in the '50s and '60s, I can remember the excitement of Vatican II. But now it is ancient history and a fading memory of the old and disillusioned. If you want real reform and relevancy from the Roman Catholic Church, you should pray for a miracle, as Thomas More recommends at the beginning of A Man For All Seasons. However, he did not get one.
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Fri, 2012-02-17 14:11
Do the Bishops ever stop to realize their battle against the proposed birth control insurance requirement will alienate a huge pluality of American Catholics and drive another million or so from the Church altogether ? So what is the real motive at work here? Do these senior Churchmen see their role in American society diminishing too quickly. Does the curruption of power apply to the elders of the Catholic Church also?
Fri, 2012-02-17 20:25
War on religion? Don't make me laugh. The Republicans and Tea-publicans need a big distraction from the sorry set of presidential candidates that they have fielded. And the churches need a big distraction from all those costly court settlements - a way to rally their dispirited troops, in a a fake "war on religion". One of the legitimate functions of government is to promote equality and fairness for all, by having everyone play by the same rules. Absolutely NO ONE is coming into our Churches and trying to tell parishioners what to believe...or forcing them to use contraception. BUT If the Bishops (and other denominations) want to start businesses that employ millions of people of varying faiths -or no "faith" at all- THEN they must play by the rules that other workers live by. ..ESPECIALLY if the churches use our tax dollars in the process. Just because a religious group in America claims to believe something, we cannot excuse them from obeying the law in the PUBLIC arena, based on that belief. They can legally attempt to change the law, not to deny it outright. And if they want to plunge overtly into politics from the pulpit, then they should give up their tax-exempt status. Are they churches, or are they super-pacs. They need to decide., or have the IRS decide for them. Did I miss something, or when it comes to the "sanctity of life", is every single righteous Catholic still a card carrying conscientious objector, still refusing to take up arms, still totally against the death penalty, and still against contraception and birth-control in all its forms? Oh well, hypocrisy is often at the heart of politics, and politics masquerading as religion even more so. This country is an invigorating mixture of all the diversity that life has to offer, drawing its strength FROM that diversity. But TRUE religious freedom gives everyone the right to make personal decisions, including whether to use birth control, based on our own beliefs and according to what is best for our health and our families. It fiercely protects the rights of all of us to practice our faith. It does not, however, give anyone, including the bishops, the right to impose their beliefs on others and discriminate in the name of religious liberty. People of faith should not let themselves be used as pawns in a fake war "against religion"'. The ONLY war going on here is a war against women and families who want to control their own futures. THAT'S what I call liberty! It's a war ...a war between the lies about religious liberty, and the truth. Don't believe the hype! Think for yourself! Postcript: An interesting point to consider is this: Mitt Romney tried to score some points by telling us that his dad was born in Mexico. HOWEVER, the REASON for that was that his Mormon Grand-dad LEFT the US in the 1880's because laws against polygamy were passed in the US (and being a Mormon, his Grand-dad wanted to keep his multiple wives). SO... if we follow the "logic" of the people crying crocodile tears about a non-existent war on religion", then the US should have allowed polygamy (and who knows what else) just because a particular religion claimed it as their belief. GIVE ME A BREAK!
Sat, 2012-02-18 13:19
I was a former nun. Left the Church years ago. I think what we all have to realize is what is happening in the Church is much like that which is happening with the OWS protests. The Church is split into its outdated, hierarchal male imposed clergy and" THE CHURCH."....which is the people. And very important to remember is that most of the decrees and rules of the Church are not ex-cathedra (not based on an infallible decree of the Pope which must be obeyed) The belief that one's conscience is the final word prompts many Catholics to choose other than what the old men in Rome dictate. The "hierarchy is running scared of losing their power...more frightened of that then loosing members.
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Unintentional poisoning is the third leading cause of unintentional injury death among 15-24 year olds according to the CDC. Many of these unintentional poisonings are connected to prescription drugs. Among teens 15-19 years old, the death rate has almost doubled from 2000-2009. Prescription drug overdoses have played a part in that increase.
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It's Friday, which of course means we have to talk robots. Yesterday, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration (DARPA) unveiled Atlas, a humanoid robot it's using as part of its robotics challenge, in which teams of engineers will compete to write software that best employs Atlas' human-eradicating capabilities. Kidding, of course—they'll actually be trying to perform a series of tasks that might be needed in a disaster scenario.
Frankly, I've always been skeptical about the potential of humanoid robots. Sure, it helps us to relate to them if they look like us, but the human body has a lot of limitations. For instance, hands are great, but should a robot have only two? Why not four or six, or eleven? The more hands, the more things you can do with them. And legs are extremely useful, especially for navigating uneven environments where wheels won't work well, like the rubble of a building that has fallen over, or the stairs in your house. But are two legs better than three or four?
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Here's the video of Atlas, who so far seems to do a pretty good job staying upright when knocked with a heavy ball and walking around 2 x 4s. Not a bad start.
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I have to disagree. We have built a surprising amount of the environment to fit our shape and deal with our capabilities (door sizes, path widths, stairs, table heights). I think when you take all of these things into account, when technology permits it we will make robots that are around 5-8 feet tall, around 2 feet in diameter, capable of stepping up, etc...). While these thing don't necessitate an exact human form, I think that it will be something that is at least similar to a stick figure human and roughly close to use in dimension. It might have an extra set of legs or arms, but probably not too much because of the size restrictions. The core idea is that we want a robot that can at least go everywhere we can, and we have tailored our spaces much more then you might think.
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Hello there. I know some people dismiss Discworld books before they read them, but I always assumed that if they tried them they would like them.
Then I recommended them to a family member who read some and didn't like them. Just wondered if people you have recommended PTerry to have enjoyed them or not?
I really thought they'd have something for everyone!