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A Tempe bar where an Arizona State University student was last seen has released a statement that said it is fully cooperating with police in the investigation.
Cadillac Ranch, located in Tempe Marketplace, released the following statement on Wednesday:
"We are fully and promptly complying with all investigation requests from Tempe PD and have been since day one. Our business has been open in Tempe for 5 years, it employs 65 good people, and has never had an incident like this. We are members of the Tempe and ASU community, and we are deeply sympathetic to Jack's family and friends. We hope that they find Jack safe and sound. Finding Jack is what is most important right now."
According to police, Arizona State University student Jack Culolias was last seen at Cadillac Ranch Restaurant and Bar on Friday night, where he was attending a fraternity function.
His mother, Grace Culolias, said her 19-year-old son had been drinking prior to arriving at the bar, but there is evidence he may have been served alcohol there as well.
"He had his credit card there and it had and $8 tab on it," she said. "I'm sure it was for only one cocktail."
Cadillac Ranch refused to comment on the allegation that Culolias was served.
Information released by police suggests the student was intoxicated and was kicked out of the establishment. From that point, no one has seen or heard from him.
"There's no evidence of foul play, he's just gone," said Grace Culolias. "I really, really don't know. It's so hard."
Grace Culolias said she arrived in the Valley on Sunday, filed a police report and started to search on her own. She reported to police that she discovered a red Vans shoe near the water east of Tempe Marketplace. That's when a multi-agency search, a sore point for Culolias, started.
"Too much time had gone by," she said. "There was a lack of support of real people out searching for him. The shoe could have been found as early as Saturday."
In the meantime, Jack's family is holding on to hope that he will be found.
"That Jack is alive and is safe and that he's gonna stroll in and say 'Hey everybody. Here I am,'" Culolias said.


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Paul Moses January 13, 2012 - 12:02pm
An op-ed piece in today's Times asks an interesting question: "What will life be like for the wives of Roman Catholic priests?" The article, by historian Sara Ritchey, considers the fate of women married to Episcopal priests who join the Catholic church.But Professor Ritchey gives a very strange answer to her question, considering it solely in terms of what she says happened to the wives of priests up to and around the time the First Lateran Council prohibited clerical marriage in 1123. Quoting Peter Damian, she says that priests' wives should beware a tradition that views them as the clerics charmers, devils choice tidbits, expellers from paradise, virus of minds, sword of soul, wolfbane to drinkers, poison to companions, material of sinning, occasion of death ... the female chambers of the ancient enemy, of hoopoes, of screech owls, of night owls, of she-wolves, of blood suckers.I wouldn't have expected an argument like this from an academic historian; it takes the ascetic Peter Damian's advocacy of clerical celibacy in the 11th century totally out of its historical context, and inserts it without qualification into a vastly different time.The article doesn't take into account that a few things might have changed in the church and in society at large in the last nine centuries.
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Maybe we should chalk it up to a medieval historian trying desperately to be relevant. I just read it and had the same reaction. She says we're a tradition that is suspicious of priest's wives, which is true historically, but that doesn't explain how it is that this new arrangement came about. Peter Damian would not approve, so how did we get from here to there in the last thousand years?At least she noted the multiple causes of the celibacy rule. Gary Wills once claimed in the Boston Globe that it was just a property thing and some misplaced asceticism, which is true, but only part of the story. Often it is claimed that the church didn't want to lose property, but as Ritchie properly notes, it was the laity who didn't want priest's sons running off with their donated lands.
I know it's early, but I think we have a front-runner for Worst Op-Ed of the Year...A couple of things:Ritchey doesn't seem to realize that there have been a couple hundred, at least, married clergy in Latin-rite Catholicism for 30 years, not to mention Eastern-rite Catholic priests. So the experience has already occurred, and in my interactions with married priests and their wives it's been fine. Moreover, Ritchey seems unaware of the experience of wives in Protestant denominations, where they are still often treated as humble help mates and little more. I've spoken with several female clergy who have often remarked how much more congenial they often find Catholic priests to work with than their own male counterparts who view women as wives. A couple suggsted that Catholic priests may be used to working with women religious, who are used to running organizations and institutions. Oh, and Peter Damian should be given some credit for being ahead of his time on calling out the clergy on sex abuse. In any case, Paul's critcisms (and JC's) are bang on.Oh, and give Bill Donohue his due! http://www.catholicleague.org/the-plight-of-priests%E2%80%99-wives/
What will life be like for wives of Roman Catholic priests?Perhaps proud, honored, and deeply spiritual. Proud, honored, and deeply spiritual that they and their spouses are gifted with the sacrament of marriage and ordination, honored that with God they can experience intimacy and divine love in their relationship, deeply spiritual in that where two or more are gathered in God's name, God is with them.Why should the public see them any differently?
Poor op ed.If a significant number of married priests take over parish assignments, will the issue of mandatory celibacy in the Western rite be questioned more?
I liked the piece. As to what has changed in nine centuries? The Church's attitude towards women has not. Ask a priest what he was taught in the seminary about women. (I liked the article on The Heights, too. What about a thread on all the D.C. big shots, like Santorum, whose children attend the Opus Dei school?)http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/us/the-heights-a-catholic-school-draws...
In some Protestant churches, the pastor's wife has a significant role as counselor to women, organizer of parish events, etc. They do this without training, of course, and sometimes well and sometimes badly. I'm not suggesting this (heck, I train people for ministry, so I DO think preparation is a good thing!) but it is a role beyond that of standard "wife" for many pastor-partners, often a substantial ministerial role. This becomes an interesting dynamic in our time, when pastors' spouses come in both sexes (in most churches) and are often professionals in other fields themselves, and may not want to be thought of as an adjunct pastor, or a pastoral assistant without pay.
Gerelyn,Santorum went to Rome in 2002 to deliver a speech in honor of Escriva, on the centenary anniversary of Escriva's birth. Thanks for the link to the OD school. I understand Harvard and other Ivy schools have OD residences for students like alums of The Heights.While Prof. Ritchey's op-ed quotes vivid language that no doubt was also part of Protestant thinking that emerged a few centuries later, I believe the underlying attitudes linger surreptitiously. Otherwise, why the need to escape Episcopalian women priests by becoming Catholic clergy? I am heartened to hear that exposure to sisters by Catholic priests supposedly moderates discrimination. Sisters I know find the atmosphere less salutary. It seems progress comes very slowly; two thousand years to get only this far? A hopeful future beckons though because of the male Catholic priest shortage.An Episcopalian husband and wife are both priests, and good friends of ours. See what is possible.
Yes, the place near Harvard is included in this list:http://www.odan.org/foundations.htmI read a novel recently, Vestments, that was pretty good. I found the priests' conversations about women interesting. (And I loved the bits about the great Archbishop Ireland.)http://www.amazon.com/Vestments-John-Reimringer/dp/157131086X/ref=sr_1_1...
I think Paul Moses tries a bit too hard to remove the mote from Sara Ritcheys eye who draws present day lessons for Catholics from history of a millennium ago of the origins of celibacy as Catholics are now asked to embrace a married clergy, refugees from an Anglican community that honors women and gay/lesbian priests.As David Gibson points out, the operative model and comparative experience for a Catholic married priesthood is the one that has already existed for millennia with our Greek Catholic and Orthodox cousins.In Ritcheys defense, it seems to me that the initial critical reaction from some on this blog to her historical deconstruction of a married clergy may be that it originates from an woman in her academic perch who enjoys more than several degrees of freedom in her analysis from the rigid, male-dominated Catholic mythology about priesthood and, in particular, its peculiar central celibate character.From my reading of the NY Times op-ed, its hard to argue that Ritchey doesnt hit all the historical bases in her argument. To complain that she doesnt give 11th-century monk Peter Damian his due for calling out clergy sexual predation essentially amounts to nitpicking. [Dont you think Ritchey nails Damian with the women-married-to-priests as blood suckers quote?]My favorite part of the op-ed is Ritcheys bang on depiction of the wives role of these new Catholic married priest as SACERDOTAL ATTACHE the perfect appellation which evokes Catholicisms desperate eternal struggle to diminish the human dignity of women.Its like saying to women: Mind your place girl, after all you only came from Adams rib.P.S. The best way to give Bill Donohue his due is to ignore him.
As I am wont to do in discussions of this sort, I'll mention that there are thousands of deacons in the US (about 15,000, I believe), and most of them are married. So the contemporary Catholic church's experience with this is quite extensive.Our formation program was very encouraging of wives to serve alongside their husbands. They received all the same formation that we did, including the same certificate in pastoral theology at the end. The official church has a vision, I think, that it is a beautiful expression of the sacrament of marriage that a deacon and his wife minister together.Yet the involvement of deacons' wives in ministry is all over the map. Some have the inclination, time and skills to be very involved, and a number do minister alongside their husbands. Some want absolutely nothing to do with it for whatever reason (often because they don't want to be in the public eye). And a lot end up somewhere in between. FWIW, that's where my wife and I are. I do some things with her and some things without her. She has done the same over the years.Also - my understanding of the "ordinariate" is that these priests and their wives are coming over specifically to minister to Anglicans who have become Catholic, and will continue to worship using Anglican liturgy. It will sort of be Anglicanism within Catholicism. I presume a lot of Episcopalians are already accustomed to priests being married. So I don't think it's going to be a big deal for them.
Perhaps Ritcheys op-ed was an act of reparation on the part of the Times for the balanced piece on the experience of married Catholic priests that was published last Saturday, which you can find here.http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/07/us/married-roman-catholic-priests-are-...
Gerolyn, You wrote: "As to what has changed in nine centuries? The Churchs attitude towards women has not. Ask a priest what he was taught in the seminary about women." This priest was not taught in the seminary anything remotely like what Peter Damian wrote. I was taught that women are of equal dignity with men. As for "the Church's attitude towards women," let's not commit Ritchey's mistake of confusing the views of Damian with "the Church's attitude" in the twelfth century, nor with "the tradition." And I don't remember anything like his crazy views in the writings on women of recent popes. Surely something has changed.
The sheer illogic of this op-ed piece, with its reliance on evidence from centuries ago but complete lack of interest in evidence from today,is blatant. Is that illogic as well as exaggeration and distortion justified because the treatment of women in Catholicism remains far from what it should be? To some people, evidently. I am not sure which is more discouraging, the op-ed or this reaction.
Latin Rite Catholics will soon get a dose of what Protestants have experienced for a long time:errant "PKs" - priest's/preacher's kids (a significant problem in Protestant ministerial families)divorceinfidelityrebellious wives who don't want to be treated as a free worker bee (well, we pay for her housing, healthcare, etc., don't we? why shouldn't she work for it?)These experiences will be quite new for Latin Rite Catholics and let's hope that the (un)natural reaction will NOT be: it must be her/their - the kids' - fault.
I missed the "Beliefs" column Fr. Komonchak linked to above, but I'm guessing Richey didn't - I suspect she read that and recognized a timely "hook" on which to hang some research, and the op-ed editors liked the pitch. The silliest thing about this piece, in my view, is how it ignores the fact that these women are already priests' wives. What Peter Damian said in the 11th century is surely just as relevant for contemporary Episcopalians.
Gerolyn, You wrote: As to what has changed in nine centuries? The Churchs attitude towards women has not. Ask a priest what he was taught in the seminary about women. This priest was not taught in the seminary anything remotely like what Peter Damian wrote. I was taught that women are of equal dignity with men. As for the Churchs attitude towards women, lets not commit Ritcheys mistake of confusing the views of Damian with the Churchs attitude in the twelfth century, nor with the tradition. And I dont remember anything like his crazy views in the writings on women of recent popes. Surely something has changed.---------Hi, Joseph,Glad to know priests were/are taught that "women are of equal dignity with men".
Yes--as an academic (and as someone whose parish has a married assistant pastor--a former Methodist minister), I had a similar reaction when I read the piece this morning: I don't know anyone who's so irresponsible as to suggest that the conditions that obtained in their time period are totally true today! Had she acknowledged Oppenheimer's "Beliefs" column and presented her Op-Ed as merely providing some (very limited) historical perspective on priests' wives, it would have been okay--though to be worthwhile, it ought really to have given a fuller survey of attitudes towards priests' wives through the centuries.As it is, it's dumb punditry and dumb scholarship.
An important question, but there seems a chance for a new start on this front, since most Catholics don't have any traditions or (in most cases) preconceived notions about priests' wives. 1. As others have pointed out, this is not totally new in the RCC, since we have had a few married priests for several years in the Roman rite, and a much longer history (though not in the USA) in the Catholic Eastern Churches. 2. It seems to me that the Anglican Ordinariate will face a crisis in a few years when its convert priests (and their wives) start to retire or die. Rome apparently does not envision replacing them with young married priests raised in the same flock. 3. The Melkites (Catholic Syrian Byzantines) recently announced that they will consider ordaining married men to the priesthood in the U.S. That sad prohibition goes back to the aforementioned Archbishop John Ireland of St Paul, who objected (in the late 19th century) to the presence of a widower priest from the then-Austro-Hungarian Empire in his diocese. Many Eastern Catholics became Orthodox as a result; their descendants are mostly part of the Orthodox Church in America. It gave -- and still gives -- the lie to the notion that the Roman Church truly respects the legitimate customs of the various Eastern Churches (and they differ among themselves). 4. To make any of this work, seminaries -- at least some of them -- are going to have to change. We need a way to educate priests' wives as well as the priests themselves. Even without a "cookie cutter" pattern for priests' wives to follow, they are bound to face some unusual challenges. At least one Eastern Catholic jurisdiction sent its seminarians to an Orthodox institution, as one way around the problem. Good for ecumenical relations, too. 5. Perhaps a major obstacle to be faced is the increased cost of married clergy. We need to be sure that they are adequately compensated, have family health insurance, and otherwise implement the social teaching of the Church toward them. The Melkites made a tremendous contribution at Vatican II. It is good to see them once again coming up to bat. Maybe we'll get through the current craziness after all.
Fr KEqual dignity with men!!!! lovely theoretical sweettalk. Can't be Priests. Can't be bishops. And , the church would crumble we should have a red hat. Peter Damian is a saint for the Roman bureaucracy ,
The Times is just having a little fun at the expense of Catholics, whose church has become fair game for journalists in recent years. One of the author's specialties is gender relations in medieval Europe.Both paper and professor are probably enjoying the outrage.http://www.history.louisiana.edu/Ritchey%20page.htmhttp://www.ratemyprof...
Mollie, I suspect Dr. Ritchey may have been driven to some distraction by Mark Oppenheimer's column, as she wrote about it here, and somehow managed to work in Bishop Zavala:http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/atheologies/5553/catholic_prie...
The point here is that the creation of the Ordinariate is about sex, and resoundingly so. It affirms, not questions or challenges, the Catholic teaching on priestly celibacy and procreative marital sexuality. In fact some outspoken Catholic leaders, like Cardinal Donald Wuerl, have even suggested that the questions posed by the presence of married Catholic priests will disappear within a generation as potential seminary applicants who wish to enter the ordinariate must choose to commit to celibacy.The creation of the Ordinariate has firm historical roots in Catholic doctrine on priestly celibacy. So while members of the Ordinariate may celebrate their homecoming into Catholic fullness of the faith, let them know that their whole reason for being lies in matters of limiting the sphere of permissible human sexuality.Bishop Zavala, after a career of service to 66 churches and advocacy for immigration rights and the conditions of the working poor, still resigned. Catholic teachings on the dignity of human sexuality have hardly been challenged.
I don't think Dr. Ritchey is as [distracted] as some on this blog seem to be when a woman blurts out the obvious, and then anchors it in historical research: After a thousand years, the Catholic Church's misogyny still is wearing no clothes!
Mary Bergan: If you don't see any difference between Peter Damian's views and those of the leaders of the contemporary Church, you should have your eyes examined.
Jim Jenkins, please -- What evidence do you or Ritchey have that priests' wives are subject to the treatment Peter Damian describes, or anything like that? I mean, this argument is a bit absurd, but you, Jim Jenkins, are a layman. So I imagine all you do is "hunt, fish and entertain"? Because that's all Msgr. Talbot said you could do, and over the centuries there have been any number of derogatory things said about lay people by clerics. Ergo...
The point is, Fr. Komonchak, if you look at the church's history of its treatment of women through women's eyes, Ritchey's view would find many sisters and brothers.If I may suggest, the diagnosis of myopia may be an artifact of gender and politics.
David Gibson, please - You know as well as I do that while the church has somewhat cleaned up its act over the last few centuries [At least, I haven't heard of any organized witch burnings recently?], the Catholic Church, especially its hierarchy, goes out of its way week after week to denigrate and demean the humanity of women. Don't you read?Interesting that you mentioned above Gambino Zavala: Didn't you find it curious that Arch. Gomez went out of his way to announce that the mother of Zavala's children would be financially compensated? Is this an example of what Ritchey cited as the church's fear that priests' wives only covet the church's wealth?I have personally witnessed members of the hierarchy in private meetings react with thinly veiled fear and loathing for women. [Most are good enough politicians to not put this side of themselves on public display.] Especially if any woman would dare attempt to hold bishops or clerics to account for their betrayal of the people's trust and confidence. These are the same clinical symptoms associated and consistent with insults to the pathological narcissistic ego. I do entertain whenever possible. I don't hunt or fish. Had to put the tennis racket away - knees no good. Hiking is all I can manage these days - had to give up the team sports, but my teenagers keep me young. I don't consider myself a "laymen" about any part of my life, personal or public or religious. Who is Msgr. Talbot, anyway? Sorry, I don't get your attempt at condescending analogy.
M'arrendo alla Madonna.
Mr. Jenkins: I won't apologize for wanting to make some distinctions in these discussions. Yes, many women are dissatisfied with the situation of women in the Church today, but it helps no one to pretend that the reason for what they think is discrimination are the same ones articulated by Peter Damian.
"As David Gibson points out, the operative model and comparative experience for a Catholic married priesthood is the one that has already existed for millennia with our Greek Catholic and Orthodox cousins."Jim Jenkins ==Hmm. I wonder. I suspect that I'm much closer culturally and perhaps even theologically to a dear high church Anglican lady friend that I would be to an Eastern Catholic. Granted, I haven't known any of the latter well, except for the boyfriend of one of my room-mates. She dated a Ukranian Catholic boy quite seriously. Let's just say I"m glad she didn't marry him. How close to the spirituality of the Orthodox Churches are the Uniate Churches? While the Uniates can have wives, is their spirituality more like that of the Orthodox, e.g., like that of the monks of St. Athos? The latter are so anti-female that women are not allowed anywhere near the islnd, and the monks won't even allow female animals on the island.
Fr. Komonchak -- Many men are dissatisfied with the situation of women in the Church today. The very different meanings of "equal dignity" as said to be taught in the classroom, as demonstrated in practice, and as rationalized post facto drive home the emptiness of the claimed theory. Peter Damian's views on females may have been distorted by the environment in which he spent most of his adult life; it was probably a better school for developing expertise about the state of clerical vice which he documented for Leo IX. Above (7:55pm), it's unclear whether you are dismissing the questionable reasons from Peter Damian or the current phenomenon of discrimination. if the former, what would you suggest as alternative reasons "for what they think is discrimination"?
"For Peter Damian, one's sex did not determine a person's virtue or power."see pp. 761-763 here:http://www.ts.mu.edu/content/65/65.4/65.4.3.pdfThe article also touches on another issue raised by the op-ed. It argues that although Peter's original view was that priestly impurity might invalidate the sacraments he later changed his mind, having read Augustine more closely. Cf. also the interesting letters of Peter to Agnes of Poitiers, former regent of the Holy Roman Empire, who had been accused of favoring abbesses presiding over brothels.http://epistolae.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/woman/23.htmlThere's probably enough material here for several George Stephanopoulos questions and numerous follow-ups in the next debate.
As a priest, I would welcome married priests and their wives--as I have welcomed deacons and their wives. But I do have a thought or two. 1) Catholics will have to learn to give more to support a priest and his family. Over the years I have come to know some Protestant ministers who work for next to nothing. That is not just. My Diocese has a better insurance program and better retirement than most of the Protestants I know, especially the Assembly of God and Foursquare. But, with a family, a priest will need more. 2) The PK thing is real. There must be some way to help kids deal with the fact that their father is a priest. But at the same time, many of the best ministers I have come to know are the sons or daughters of ministers. It always amazes me that the hierarachy in its wisdom dismisses that possibility. 3) I have known some wonderful deacons over the years, and I have known some wonderful deacons' wives. But some of the most outrageous human beings I have ever had to endure have been the wives of deacons. 4) Now I am in my seventies, living by myself, helping out where I can. I am sure the Lord is overjoyed by my loneliness. I try to fill it with prayer, am learning how to make friends in the senior community etc.. But it would be wonderful to have someone by my side. Over the years, when I had to face life with its problems by myself, that would also have been wonderful. They say that the Church is my spouse. Yikes! OK, then. The parish. Well, sometimes. But as often as not such a metaphor is baloney.
I am in my sixties and grew up Protestant, attended Orthodox services for 16 years, and have known so many PKs both as children and adults that they are too numerous for me to number. If anything these PKs were better behaved and "adjusted' than most kids. In my current parish we have two adult PKs and one stepson of a priest who are more devout than most people. Our senior priest has four fine adult children and 12 grandchildren. His grandchildren are no different from those of anyone else. As far as I am concerned this PK concept is a stereotype just like "army brat." In my hometown, the village bad boy was the son of a prominent doctor. Maybe doctors should be celibate and devote their lives to healing our bodies 24/7?
"At least 25,000 Americans have left the priesthood since 1970, Father Sullins says. Many of them expected the church to lift the celibacy rule, but when they realized the rule was staying, they left and got married. Twenty-five thousand former priests in a country with fewer than 40,000 priests today. Celibate or not, all Catholics can do the math." (the last paragraph of the balanced NYT article cited by Fr. Komonchak above)I am one of those 25,000 married priests, barred from priestly ministry because I chose to marry. It's been almost 20 years since I withdrew from active priestly ministry. If the leaders of the Church really believe that one does not cease "being" a priest just because he no longer permitted to actively minister as a priest, they are playing a dangerous game: as the NYT writer concludes, "Catholics can do the math." A fellow married priest commented recently, "They have squandered a generation of priests."Our Eastern Catholic and Eastern Orthodox brothers in the Priesthood provide us an example of married priests in ministry that has worked for many centuries. Their wives, by the way, are respected and honored. In the Greek Orthodox parishes, the priest's wife is referred to as "Presbytera" and she is fondly considered the "Mother" of the parish along with her husband, "Father"; the Russian Orthodox refer to the priest's wife as "Matushka" (Mother).The 25,000 of us who are "married Catholic priests" probably will not live to see a day when we will be recognized and called back to active ministry, because our leaders do not have a vision or imagination big enough to see beyond combining and closing parishes ... bending over backwards to preserve the status quo. The married priests I know are passionate in their love for the Church and continue to serve their fellow parishoners in whatever limited capacities the Church allows. And, by the way, the official line that priests who have married has "scandalized" their fellow Catholics is just not true: we married priests are known in our parish communites, respected by our fellow parishoners, and appreciated for the gifts we are able to offer.What has "scandalized" and deeply wounded our Catholic people -- internationally -- is thecover-up of the devastating and criminal sexual abuse of our youth.
On the lighter side, and anent the question of the role role of the wives of Protestant priests, ministers, etc: go rent a copy of Samuel Goldwyn's 1947 movie, The Bishop's Wife. The bishop is David Niven, the wife is Loretta Young, and when her cares and duties to her husband and her church threaten to overwhelm her, Cary Grant is the obliging angel who comes to earth to help see her through the crowded Christmas season and all that attends it. It is a charming movie, and will offend none save those who believe Bishop Niven should realize he is not a church leader, but only that of an "ecclesial community."I would agree that married priests would bring us new problems, as well as new gifts, but I expect the latter would far outweigh the former. As for scandal, yes, probably there would be the occasional marital breakup. But would any of this make us as ashamed of our church's leadership as we have been in learning of the abuse scandal in all its ramifications?
Now I am in my seventies[...] I am sure the Lord is overjoyed by my loneliness.[...] But it would be wonderful to have someone by my side.The same is true for many formerly married people who are now widowed. In every couple in which the two spouses do not die at the same time, one is going to outlive the other: about half of the people live the end of their life without a spouse.
Your empathy, Claire, is heartwarming. I suspect that this priest has suffered that loneliness most of his life (when he could have shared it with someone else). His age is not the issue. Take it from one who's been there.I cannot help imagining Rome's response if the Archbishop of Canterbury were to create an Ordinariate for disaffected Catholics and married priests, welcoming them into full union and a welcome back to active ministry the Anglican Communion. The Anglicans are far more inclusive than the Romans: they don't need to create an Ordinariate, because they've been other Christians with open arms. I think that the Archbishop of Canterbury responded with extraordinary grace when Rome poached members of his Church right under his nose.I am personally saddened that the only efforts Rome seems to be able to make are toultra-conservatives like the Lefebrists and now the ultra-conservative Anglicans...never an olive branch to those wounded by those suffering from Rome's intransigence and fear of change.
SSorry for the typo: I meant to write in my last line "to those suffering from Rome's intransigence and fear of change."
Ken - I haven't seen anything from Rome that says that it favors unity only with ultra-conservatives. If liberal Anglicans or, say, President Obama's former church in Chicago (which is United Church of Christ, I believe) petitioned Rome en masse to reunify (something, btw, that the Lefebvrists have not done), I would bet that a good-faith effort would be made to accommodate them. Naturally, reunification presumes genuine unity in faith. But if the issues can be worked out - why wouldn't Rome want to do it?
What about the Lefebrists, Jim, who deny the validity of the Second Vatican II outright?My point is that Rome seems so worried about these conservative groups, but there has been no olive branch offered -- at least for dialogue -- to groups that dissent on the progressive side. Can you think of any? There are a lot of sincere, thinking Catholics who dissent on various issues who are walking oiut because they can't see any hope of real change coming from Rome. And Rome couldn't care less. It's going to take a financial jolt, and it's coming, to wake these guys up.
I think Jim P. is being disingenuous as well.One issue that there seems to be perceived as part of the problem is that the policy makers look like an"old boys club" and IMO probably are.
Just read this story yesterday: Many years ago the theologian Charles Davis, OP left the Church saying it is corrupt. His friend Herbert McCabe, OP, replied, "Of course it's corrupt. But that's no reason to leave it".Ah, Fr. McCabe. Shouldda been pope. :-)
Is there really nothing the laity can do about the state of the Church besides pray? Tomorrow is MLK's birthday. What would he do about it? How about an Occupy the Nuncio's Front Yard movement?
William Taylor raises several good practical and poignant thoughts, thank you. Re the practical, I read that the Ordinariate is having a Devil of a time in England coming up with money to support the news priests and their families. Apart from priests' wives and celibacy, this experiment may give Catholics a good sense of what it really takes to support a pastor. As with men and religious in years past, it seems to me Catholics have had it pretty good with the celibate priesthood -- men who are avaiavlable to all, all the time, and cost so little! Just as we are now discovering the real cost of a Catholic education, we may one day discover the real cost of supporting a pastor, and perhaps we'd be less smug about the state of many Protestant congregations -- or we'd learn to donate as much as they do.
My experience with PKs has been that more than a few of them resent the fact that, because one of their parents is a minister, they are expected to be "holier than thou." The errancy/rebelliousness usually sets in during their teen years and the ministerial status of a parent seems to be a significant factor in their rebelling.Congregants tend to hold PKs and ministerial spouses up to a standard that they would like to see emulated, ofttimes higher than they themselves emulate.I am good friends with the son of a Serbian Orthodox priest who is a marvelous man, an excellent father and about to become a deacon in his church. One of his brothers is also a priest and his uncle is a bishop. The mother has achieved the status of priest's helpmate be virtue of her personality and willingness to do the work without the pay. PKs are not all problems, but Latin Rite Catholics have never had to deal with (acknowledged) children and (open) spouses of their priests. But that day is ending.
Charles Davis was not a Dominican, but a diocesan priest.
While following the Mary Winkler case (Tennessee preacher's wife who killed her husband), I noticed many posts on the old Court T.V. message board from preachers' wives who were abused--physically, financially, emotionally, professionally, spiriturally, sexually, by their husbands.Googling "domestic abuse preachers' wives" brings up information on this topic. I hope there are no instances of this among the wives of the new Catholic priests who left the Anglican religion because of its tolerance of women. The wives and children of abusive ordained men face even more pressure to keep it secret than do other victims of domestic violence. Speaking out could cause the wage earner to lose his job. It could cause opprobrium to be heaped on them by those who believe women should submit to their husbands. Etc.
I'd like to add that it's(sad) fuuny to me how this thread at times overlaps the one below:I think the issue of religion vs. Jesus is based on a sense of instutitional lack of credibility and in the Church divided today that same issue colors the way people approach issues like the ordinariate, celibacy, etc.Ken's hopes have no hopes, whatmatters is indoctrinated clergy who wil indoctrinate - that is the prospect and that plays into the breach.I think many answer Ann's question about what to do by indifference to the institution but finding other approaches to spirituality while retaining the Eucharist(with little or no care for the indoctrinated truths.)I can't see major changes coming in support of what's happening.Part of the turnoff will continue to be the question of women in the Church -of course, no longer a hammer of witches approach - but a sense that second class is still the position asigned. Isee Fr. Barron nad the Anchoress have raised a few hackles in their view of the Church and women -clearly party of the breacvh.And the sex abuse issue is still with us (see philly today about undisclosed priest pornographers.)And good old Bill Donahue casting victims and their supporters as "malcontents" -good old Bill, beloved by Cardinal Dolan and Abp. Chaput.The problem to me is that voices of moderation get ittle shrift so why not be indifferent to the continuing approach of BXVI and his more to become Roman curia. his hierachyies chosen to support that ,and their supporters.?
Thanks, JAK. Whatever happened to Davis? Is he still a theologian? Amazon doesn't list one book by him.
First of all the op-ed forgets to mention that Peter Damian was not referring to the legitimate wives of priests, but the one's who should not have been with them in the first place, since they already had their wives.Damian had equally harsh words for the priest's themselves.This context has been missed not just by NYt, but by Commonweal as well.Liberal bias?There is also a lot more to this debate, than they hate women blah, blah.In both Catholicism/Orthodoxy the priesthood stands for something.The priestess movement would change the religion itself.To quote the former Anglican priest, Fr. Scott Newman: "No Catholic, including no Anglo-Catholic, can accept that there only two sacraments, and to dismiss the other fivemost especially the sacramental priesthood of bishops and presbytersis, in effect, to deny the sacramentality of the Eucharist.""For a Catholic, to say that a sacrament was not instituted by Christ is to say that it is not a sacrament of New Covenant. Also for a Catholic, there is no possibility of the Eucharist without the sacramental priesthood. That is why Catholics insist that it is logically impossible to talk about the Eucharist as a sacrament without also talking about the priesthood as a sacrament." The Episcopalians have only permitted priestesses by making changes to theology itself.One should also note that Apostolic tradition does not marry already ordained priest even in Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism. In both Bishops, still have to be celibate.There are many who give up everything to pursue a religious vocation, there are others who come in with a list and then throw a fuss when things don't go their way.They have misunderstood the whole point of a religious vocation.They never stop to think that what needs changing is not 2,000 years of Christian revelation, but themselves.
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Sohaib Abbasi joined Informatica as president and chief executive officer in July 2004. Under his leadership, Informatica is now the world's number one independent provider of data integration software. Fostering a culture of continuous innovation, Abbasi has built on the company's success in data integration and led it into new software market categories. Informatica is now the fastest-growing leader in data quality and a pioneer in the emerging category of cloud data integration. In addition to growth in new product categories, Informatica is gaining significant contributions from international regions through global expansion of field operations. The company's new and strengthened relationships with several enterprise software category leaders and global systems integrators make Informatica a trusted partner of customers worldwide.
Prior to Informatica, Abbasi spent 20 years at Oracle Corporation, where he was a member of Oracle's executive committee and, as senior vice president, led two major divisions, Oracle Tools and Oracle Education. Abbasi joined Oracle in 1982, when it was a 30-person startup, and was instrumental in growing the business from $4 million to more than $9 billion in annual revenues. He envisioned and launched the Oracle Tools business, which he grew from zero to $3.75 billion in cumulative license revenues. Abbasi graduated with honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1980, where he earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Computer Science.
Mike Berry is the executive vice president and chief financial officer managing a number of areas of Informatica's business, including finance, investor relations, legal and information technology.
Previously, Berry served as chief financial officer of IO Data Centers. Additionally, Berry was the executive vice president and chief financial officer of SolarWinds, Inc. Berry was also executive vice president, finance and accounting, and chief financial officer of i2 Technologies, Inc. Prior, Berry held various positions at The Reynolds and Reynolds Company, Inc., including as senior vice president of Solutions Management, Development and Operations and senior vice president of services.
Berry holds a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from Augsburg College and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Marge Breya is the executive vice president and chief marketing officer responsible for Informatica's corporate brand, field marketing, corporate communications, web properties, Informatica University and integrated marketing efforts. Breya leads the company's corporate positioning, branding and identity, marketing campaigns, public relations, social media, and global field marketing programs to drive engagement with customers and influencers globally.
Breya brings over 25 years of technology management experience to Informatica. Most recently, as HP's senior vice president of marketing services, Breya was responsible for optimizing marketing investment across the world's largest IT company. Prior to HP, Breya served as executive vice president and general manager at SAP. Breya has also held positions as executive vice president, general manager, and chief marketing officer at Business Objects; chief marketing officer and chief strategy officer at BEA Systems; and senior vice president of marketing at Sun Microsystems.
Currently, Breya serves on the Board of Directors of Jive Software and has previously been on the board of Document Sciences Corporation. Breya received a Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois and a Master's in Business Administration from the University of Oregon.
Anil Chakravarthy is responsible for product development, product management, and product marketing of the Informatica Platform.
For nearly a decade, Chakravarthy held leadership roles at Symantec Corporation. Most recently, Chakravarthy was the executive vice president of information security at Symantec, responsible for overseeing engineering, product management, and operations for an extensive product portfolio, including Data Loss Prevention, E-Mail and Web Security (on-premise and cloud), Managed Services, Trust Services, and Authentication. Previously at Symantec, Chakravarthy led multiple product groups, including Endpoint Protection, Mobile Security and Management, Encryption, Storage and High-Availability and India Product Operations, as well as Enterprise Global Consulting. Prior to Symantec, Chakravarthy led product management for enterprise security services at VeriSign. Chakravarthy began his career at McKinsey & Company, where he rose to become the co-leader of the E-Business Practice in the Business Technology Office.
Chakravarthy received a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from the Institute of Technology, Varanasi, India. Additionally, Chakravarthy received his Master of Science and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Ivan Chong is Informatica's executive vice president and chief strategy officer and is responsible for leading strategic initiatives that focus on identifying and developing new options for increasing corporate enterprise value. The growth initiatives include new market entry, new business incubation, acquisitions, equity investments, technology collaboration opportunities, and strategic relationships. Chong joined Informatica in 1997 and has led product management, product marketing, product development, and corporate development. In addition, he served six years as general manager for Informatica Data Quality and MDM, growing the combined business by a factor of 10 and adding more than 30 percent to Informatica's revenue. A six-year veteran of Oracle Corporation, Chong held various product management positions and was awarded a patent in the area of data visualization. His experience also includes two years with Internet advertising startup NetGravity. Chong holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Earl Fry is Informatica's chief customer officer and executive vice president, operations strategy. In his current role, Fry leads the Informatica Global Customer Support and Professional Services organizations, in addition to holding responsibility for the company's operations strategy.
Fry previously served as Informatica's chief financial officer, chief administration officer, and executive vice president of support and services, where he was responsible for the finance, human resources, legal, information technology, facilities, and the global services and support organizations. Fry has won several awards, including Institutional Investor Software CFO of the Year five years in a row, two Stevie Awards for Finance Executive of the Year, and San Francisco Bay Area CFO of the Year.
Prior to joining Informatica in January 2000, Fry served for four years as vice president and chief financial officer at Omnicell, a provider of supply chain management solutions to the healthcare industry. He previously held the positions of vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer at C-ATS Software, a provider of risk-management products for global financial institutions; was chief financial officer at Weitek Corp., a semiconductor company; and began his career in public accounting with Ernst & Young. He received a master's degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of Hawaii.
Charles Race brings more than 25 years of technology and leadership experience, including nine years at Informatica, where he successfully developed and led sales teams across EMEA and globally. As executive vice president, Worldwide Field Operations, Race is responsible for growing Informatica's addressable market and driving Informatica' s growth internationally. Prior to this role, as senior vice president of EMEA Field operations, Race architected the re-structuring and successful growth plan of the European operation. He also built and led Informatica's global sales strategy team, including the company's go-to-market strategy and implementation of the corporate sales methodology. Race has been responsible for helping the largest European companies architect and implement their information management strategies. Previously as vice president of Northern Europe for Informatica, Race created and successfully executed sales strategies and operations in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the Nordics and led Informatica's expansion into Eastern Europe, Russia, Middle East, Italy, Iberia, and Africa.
Race has also held a variety of leadership roles at Hummingbird, uSwitch, Phillips, and Rolls-Royce Industrial Power. He graduated from the University of York with a degree in Computer Science.
Ansa Sekharan is senior vice president of Informatica's Global Customer Support, where he is responsible for establishing Informatica as a trusted partner for customers worldwide by ensuring their success with Informatica's products. Sekharan was an early employee at Informatica starting in 1996. During his tenure, Informatica has received prestigious industry awards recognizing its support services, including being ranked number one in customer loyalty in the data integration enterprise software sector for nine years in a row. Prior to joining Informatica, Sekharan was a veteran of Sybase, where he held numerous customer services roles. He graduated with honors from the University of Tulsa, where he earned a master's degree in Computer Science. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from The National Institute of Technology, India.
Jo Stoner is the chief human resources officer and executive vice president at Informatica, reporting directly to chief executive officer, Sohaib Abbasi, where she is responsible for designing strategies designed to attract, develop, and retain world-class talent around the world. With thousands of employees in nearly 30 countries, the global HR strategies focus on higher engagement, building Informatica's reputation as a great place to work and providing a learning environment where employees can learn, grow, and have a long and successful career within the company.
A 20-year HR veteran, Stoner's experience spans industries, geographies, and company sizes. Stoner has evolved Informatica's HR functions around the world to develop and implement best practices focused on employee development, engagement, retention, and performance. Additionally, Stoner is responsible for Informatica's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts.
Stoner joined Informatica in 2001, overseeing HR operations in EMEA and later serving as HR director for Asia-Pacific, Japan, and the Americas. She previously held HR management positions with British Telecom and startup FirstMark Communications. Stoner received an Industrial Economics degree with honors from the University of Nottingham in England and holds a postgraduate HR certification from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Informatica prides itself on delivering award-winning data technology and continues to be a global leader under the direction of some of the most experienced technology professionals in the data industry today.
Sohaib Abbasi joined Informatica as president and CEO in July 2004. Under his leadership, Informatica is now the largest independent leader in the data integration software category. Fostering a culture of continuous innovation, Abbasi has built on Informatica's success in data integration and led Informatica into new software market categories. Informatica is now the fastest-growing leader in data quality and a pioneer in the emerging category of cloud data integration. In addition to growth in new product categories, Informatica is gaining significant contributions from international regions through global expansion of field operations. The company's new and strengthened relationships with several enterprise software category leaders and global systems integrators make Informatica a trusted partner of customers worldwide.
Prior to Informatica, Abbasi spent 20 years at Oracle Corp. where he was a member of Oracle's executive committee and as senior vice president, led two major divisions, Oracle Tools and Oracle Education. Abbasi joined Oracle Corp. in 1982 when it was a 30-person startup and was instrumental in growing the business from $4 million to more than $9 billion in annual revenues. He envisioned and launched the Oracle Tools business, which he grew from zero to $3.75 billion in cumulative license revenues. Abbasi graduated with honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1980, where he earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree in computer science.
Mark A. Bertelsen joined the Informatica Board of Directors in September 2002. He is a senior partner of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, the U.S.'s premier legal adviser to technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises worldwide. Bertelsen joined the firm in 1972 and has played a major role in its development and growth, including serving as managing partner from 1990 to 1996. Bertelsen is a business lawyer who regularly advises senior management and boards of directors on matters relating to corporate governance, corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, and international transactions. For over 30 years, Bertelsen has advised and represented companies that have transformed their industries in computer hardware, software, telecommunications, semiconductors, new media, and clean energy. Bertelsen is a trustee of the University of California, Berkeley Foundation. Bertelsen is also a member of the executive committee of the U.C. Santa Barbara Foundation and served as its chair from 2001-2003. Bertelsen received his law degree from the University of California Berkeley School of Law in 1969 and a bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1966.
Amy Chang joined the Informatica Board of Directors in July 2012. Chang is currently the chief executive officer and founder of Accompani. Previously as an executive at Google from July 2005 to August 2012, she led a number of strategic initiatives, including responsibility for reporting on Google's advertisement monetization products. As the global head of Product, Ads Measuremen,t and Reporting at Google for six years, Chang led a portfolio of products, including Google Analytics, multi-channel conversion attribution and Website Optimizer. Chang's focus was to make Google Analytics the de facto platform for marketers on digital engagement and spend. She advanced Google Analytics to become one of the most prominent platforms for marketers to leverage search, social, and mobile data with Google Analytics serving over 10 million customers worldwide. Chang has extensive product and online advertising experience from global industry-leading organizations, including Google, eBay, and McKinsey & Company. She received both her Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Hardware and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Network Systems, from Stanford University. Chang is also a member of the advisory board of several privately-held companies.
Mark Garrett joined the Informatica Board of Directors in October 2008. Since February 2007, he has served as the executive vice president and chief financial officer at Adobe and is responsible for the company's worldwide finance, operations, and information technology activities, including investor relations, purchasing, facilities, global supply chain management and order management. From 2004 to 2007, Garrett served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of EMC Software, the multi-billion dollar software group of EMC Corporation. Prior to its acquisition by EMC, Garrett was the chief financial officer of Documentum. Garrett began his career in 1979 at IBM, where he spent 12 years in senior accounting and finance management positions. Thereafter, he joined Cadence Design Systems, where he was eventually named as vice president of finance. Garrett currently serves on the board of directors for the Adobe Foundation, the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, and Model N, Inc. He holds bachelor's degrees in Accounting and Marketing from Boston University and a Master of Business Administration from Marist College.
Gerald Held joined the Informatica Board of Directors in November 2008. He has been a successful entrepreneur, executive, and investor in Silicon Valley for over 30 years, involved in managing all growth stages of companies from conception to multi-billion dollar global enterprises. He is currently chief executive officer of Held Consulting, LLC, which provides strategic consulting to chief executive officers and senior executives of technology firms ranging from startups to large organizations, as well as major private equity firms. Dr. Held also serves on the board of NetApp, Inc. and several other privately-held companies. In 1998, Dr. Held was CEO-in-residence at the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. From 1993 to 1997, he was senior vice president of Oracle Corporation's server technologies division, leading a division of 1,500 people and helping the company grow from $1.5 billion to $6 billion annually. Prior to Oracle, he spent 17 years at Tandem Computers, Inc., where he was a member of the executive team that grew Tandem from a startup to a $2 billion company. Throughout his tenure at Tandem, Held was appointed to several senior management positions, including chief technology officer, senior vice president of strategy, and vice president of new ventures. Held received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, a Master of Science in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Doctorate in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, where he led the initial development of the INGRES relational database management system. He also attended the Stanford Business School's Executive Program. Dr. Held is also a member of the board of directors of the Tech Museum of Innovation.
Hilarie Koplow-McAdams joined the Informatica Board of Directors in March 2014. Koplow-McAdams brings more than 25 years of go-to-market experience in cloud and on-premise software markets gained during high-growth years of industry leading organizations. Koplow-McAdams is currently the chief revenue officer for New Relic, responsible for global sales, customer success, support, services, and business development. Previously at salesforce.com, Koplow-McAdams held a variety of sales leadership roles in which she helped grow its cloud business from $1 billion annually to nearly $4 billion, most recently as president of global sales. Earlier at Intuit, as a member of the executive committee and vice president of sales, Koplow-McAdams was responsible for cloud and on-premise small business solutions. During her 18-year tenure at Oracle Corporation, Koplow-McAdams led the direct sales organization to drive the company's rapid growth in both the technology and applications on-premise software business. She received a Masters of Arts in Public Policy from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mills College.
Charles Robel joined the Informatica Board of Directors in November 2005. He currently serves on the board of directors of Jive Software, Inc., Model N, Inc., Palo Alto Networks, Inc., and a number of other privately-held companies. Previously, Robel served as chairman of the board of McAfee, Inc. from October 2006 until its acquisition by Intel in February 2011. From 2000 to 2005, Robel was a general partner and chief of operations for Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, a leading software industry venture capital firm. From January 1974 to May 2000, he was a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, and from mid-1995 to May 2000, Robel led PricewaterhouseCoopers' High Technology Transaction Services Group in Silicon Valley, advising on strategy, valuation, and structuring for mergers and acquisitions. Robel has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Arizona State University.
A. Brooke Seawell joined the Informatica Board of Directors in December 1997.Seawell has been a venture partner with New Enterprise Associates, a venture capital firm, since January 2005. From February 2000 to December 2004, Seawell was a partner with venture capital firm Technology Crossover Ventures. From January 1997 to August 1998, Seawell was executive vice president of NetDynamics, an applications server software company, which was acquired by Sun Microsystems. From March 1991 to January 1997, Seawell was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Synopsys, an electronic design automation software company. Seawell holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance and Accounting from Stanford University. Seawell serves on the board of directors of NVIDIA Corporation, Glu Mobile Inc., and several other privately-held companies. Seawell also served on the Management Board of the Stanford Graduate School of Business from 2008 to 2012.
Geoffrey W. Squire joined the Informatica Board of Directors in October 2005. Squire is presently the chairman of Kognitio, a provider of business intelligence services. From May 2002 to January 2009, he was chairman of the UK-based public company, The Innovation Group, a provider of business services to the global insurance community. From April 1997 to June 2005, Squire was vice chairman of Veritas, a storage solutions software company, and from June 1995 to April 1997, he was chief executive officer of OpenVision, a systems management software company. Prior to OpenVision, Squire was responsible for the launch of Oracle UK and served as the chief executive officer of Oracle Europe and president of Oracle Worldwide Operations. A former president of the UK Computing Services & Software Association and the European Information Services Association, Squire holds an honorary doctorate from Oxford Brookes University and was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his contributions to the information industry. Squire also serves on the boards of directors of a number of privately-held companies.
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(Feb. 1, 2011)--The UTSA community is invited to drop by Starbucks to celebrate the newest addition to the John Peace Library (JPL) food court on the Main Campus. There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony at 11 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 3 with activities, prizes and music until 2 p.m.
After the success of the first Starbucks in the University Center, the second full-service Starbucks at UTSA opened Nov. 29. The JPL venue features classic favorites such as espresso and caramel macchiato drinks, along with specialty coffee beans, pastries and seasonal reusable mugs.
In addition to the staple Starbucks menu items, the JPL location offers hot breakfast options including egg white, spinach feta wraps. The JPL Starbucks is open seven days a week.
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UTSA researchers are exploring matter at the atomic level with Helenita. It's one of the most powerful microscopes in the world, with the ability to operate near the theoretical limit of resolution. At 9 feet, 2 inches tall and weighing more than two tons, Helenita can dissect almost anything. With Helenita's resolution, researchers can study particles atom by atom to see how they behave.
That's critical in developing nanotechnology that will help diagnosis early-stage breast cancer or make helmets that are uber strong. Moreover, the detail that Helenita provides will allow nanotechnology researchers to create new therapies and treatments to fight a wide range of human diseases.
Did you know? Helenita can magnify a sample 20 million times its size, which would make a strand of human hair the size of San Antonio.
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This documentary, presented by the San Antonio Film Festival, documents the experience of re-entry after incarceration. The film features Michael Gilbert, associate professor in the department of criminal justice and director of the Office of Community and Restorative Justice program at UTSA.
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Associate Professor Ricardo Villarreal De Silva brings to USF years of extensive research on ethnic identity and core cultural values in the consumer behavior of Hispanics in the U.S. Dr. Villarreal is an expert in multicultural behavior and collaborates with international food production companies on ad account planning projects.
Dr. Villarreal's research presents and empirically tests a theory of ethnicity, which he defines as "the combined effects of ethnic identity and cultural values." Expanding upon this research, he is presently integrating more sophisticated statistical methods that allow for modeling with latent variables, which may define subpopulations. Using 'mixture modeling' and two independent samples of both Asians and Hispanics, he hopes to provide better support and understanding of ethnicity theory and consumer behavior.
For students gravitating towards cross-cultural marketing or human behavioral studies, Professor Villarreal feels there's no better location in the world to immerse oneself in ethnic explorations than San Francisco, a city whose collective mentality was born of cultural curiosity and a mission of acceptance.
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"Branding Implications of the Relationship between Hispanic Familism and Brand Related Behaviors: A Latent Variable Model Approach," Academy of Marketing Studies Journal, 2013
"The Concept and Marketing Implications of Hispanicness,"Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, 2009 (with Peterson, R.A.)
"Hispanic Ethnicity and Media Behavior,"Journal of Advertising Research, Vol. 48, 2008 (with Peterson, R.A.)
"Understanding Adolescent Hispanic Consumers: Advertising and Branding Implications," Business Journal of Hispanic Research, Vol. 2, 2008 (with Blozis, S.A., and Jeong, J.J.)
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Faculty Development Committee Award, USF, 2012
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Drivers described unsafe bus conditions and the disrespect employees receive from Durham School Services.
More than 100 people, including Dorchester District 2 and Charleston County School District drivers spoke out against what they say is harsh and unfair treatment, giving emphatic and emotional deliveries of working conditions in the private-sector company.
The forum hosted by Teamsters Local 509 out of Charleston was held at the North Charleston Convention Center Tuesday evening.
CCSD has contracted Durham since 2007 and DD2 has worked with the company since 2011.
Employees shared stories of driving buses with bald tires, cracked windshields, broken radios, horns and policies that belittle workers.
Teamsters Local 509 President L.D. Fletcher said a Beaufort driver had a choking child on the bus and was fired for leaving the bus to retrieve water. He said the radio on the bus was broken as were the radios on the two buses behind it. He said Durham has a policy of firing any driver who leaves a bus.
"This is ridiculous," he said. "If you have a child in danger, get help. If you have a radio that is not working, refuse to drive."
"When you call to tell them your lights don't work they tell you to keep pushing, keep driving," former Durham driver and Local 506 member Sebrina Isom said. "I'm sure the (school) district is not aware of these conditions."
Isom told attendees to refuse to drive an unsafe bus.
"We need to stand up and make Durham accountable for what they do," Isom said.
She said 50 percent of the buses have broken heaters, 42 percent have broken defrosters, 38 percent of doors don't close properly, 37 percent have broken radios and 30 percent have broken speedometers. Isom and others said drivers' multiple requests to Durham to fix these problems go unheeded, she said.
"There is definitely no respect," DD2 driver Annette Hill said. "We drive unsafe buses. We love our job. We want respect. We want to be treated fairly."
"I recently blew the whistle on my bus so I could hear the radio because the kids' voices were like a stadium," Charleston County driver Margie Young said. "I was put on a different route because I blew the whistle . . . I have driven three buses in the last seven days."
Charleston County driver Iris Williams said first aid kits on buses are so old bandages don't stick when drivers put them on children. "We'd like to get our children home as safe as we can."
Others shared stories of Durham not giving employees time off even after family deaths, emergencies or after giving ample notice.
Claudia Herring said she drove with a 102 fever because she could not afford to miss work. When her bus lost speed a dispatcher told her to keep going. When the bus caught on fire she said there was no response from the dispatcher but a firefighter who responded said she did a good job.
The dispatcher then called Herring a liar, among other obscene names Herring refused to repeat, and said the fire never happened, according to Herring.
"I drove for Dorchester District 2 for 11 of my 13 years," Herring said. "I used to like my job. I felt wanted."
She excused herself from the microphone after breaking down in tears.
Driver Ava Walker said she works at the Ladson lot where a truck nearly hit her bus head-on. She said a dispatcher made obscenely racist remarks toward her over the radio.
"They do not care nothing about the drivers at all," Walker said, adding she's a single mom with a child who has respiratory problems. "When they told me to turn my phone off I said no."
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The animals get excited as people come out to find a furry friend
On Wednesday, every pet was available for $12 dollars for December 12, 2012.
Jenna Rich was eager to have her new puppy in her arms
For Rich it was love at first sight when she spotted a Labrador puppy
"It gives you somebody to come home to at night and someone to keep your feet warm in the bed at night," said Rich.
It's a real treat, a package worth hundreds of dollars of medical treatment, supplies and food. And all for $12.
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Pets make for a great surprise present, but it takes work and effort to care for them.
Kathy Bice with Aggieland Humane Society says they prepare pet lovers for the responsibility.
"We're committed to doing adoption interviews to help people be ready to make sure they've checked with their landlord. To make sure their fence is ready for a big outside dog," said Bice.
A number of people have already taken advantage of the deals and adopted a new pet.
The Humane Society takes care of cats and dogs and hopes to provide a home for all of them this Christmas.
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The Aggieland Humane Society has an extended offer called 12 Strays of Christmas. A selection of 12 cats and 12 dogs are available for $12 dollars--that includes vaccinations-- until December 24th.
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Copeland cuts confirmed
Last updated at 13:09, Friday, 22 February 2013
A DEVASTATING cull of services in Copeland has been confirmed.
Almost every service cut proposed by Copeland Council will happen, it was decided at a budget-setting meeting last night (Thursday). These include the closure of Whitehaven's tourist information centre and all the borough's public toilets, as well as the cancellation of Christmas lights, the concessionary travel scheme and doorstep collections of cardboard and plastic recycling.
The council will also withdraw funding to North Country Leisure (NCL), the operators of Whitehaven Civic Hall and Cleator Moor Bowls and Sports Centre, and both venues will close unless alternative financial arrangements are found; the Civic in November and the Bowls Centre in April.
Funding will also be reduced to two other NCL-managed facilities, Whitehaven Sports Centre and Copeland Swimming Pool, but these are expected to remain open, albeit with potential reduced opening hours and increased charges.
The council will also withdraw funding to The Beacon museum, although talks are ongoing between the council and Sellafield Ltd to keep this facility running.
It will reduce the frequency of public grass cutting, and remove street furniture (seating, bollards, gazebos etc) and public flower displays. Charges will also increase for council-owned car parks, cemeteries and crematoriums.
The only service to be spared the axe is garden (brown bin) collections. These collections will continue, but will cease during winter months. Plans to charge residents for having black bins replaced have been scrapped.
Copeland Council has been forced to slash services after having a third of its budget cut by the government. It was the eighth-worst-hit council in the country and must save around £3 million by 2015.
Christmas lights in Whitehaven, Cleator Moor and Cleator will continue this year and next but stop in 2015. All the other cuts will be introduced in April.
Around 20 jobs will be lost in the cuts, a reduction from the anticipated 30 to 40. However, a number of employees have already left and will not be replaced.
Elaine Woodburn, leader of Copeland Council, said: "This is the worst report I have ever had to put before the council, and this is not a good day for Copeland.
"This budget will diminish the quality of life of the people we represent, but we have no choice but to introduce it. But this is not Copeland's decision - it was made in Downing Street."
There had been hopes that some more of the under-threat services could have been saved, but just before Christmas the grant the council received from the government was revealed to be even lower than anticipated.
David Moore, leader of Copeland's Conservative group, said: "Despite these cuts, there are things in Copeland to be proud of, and it's time we - as councillors - earned our crust and carried out some hard work in our communities."
Copeland formally proposed the cuts in October, and they were sent out for public consultation. The response included 280 completed questionnaires, over 30 individual letters, three petitions and online protest groups.
The council continues to urge community groups to step forward and take on some of the services that the council will no longer pay for, and chief executive Paul Walker says that negotiations are ongoing with a number of interested parties.
However, the proposed partnership between The Beacon and Sellafield has been made public and it will see the facility run as a visitor centre, possibly with a tourist information centre incorporated. A formal agreement must be reached by April this year.
Prior to the meeting, the mayor of Copeland sent best wishes on behalf of the council to its communications manager, Ian Curwen, who suffered a broken back in a cycling accident at the weekend. Peter Tyson said: "All members send their best wishes to Ian for a full and speedy recovery."
The following will happen on April 1:
- Whitehaven tourist information centre will close
- Public toilets will close, including James Street (Whitehaven), Cleator Moor Square, Chapel Street (Egremont) and St Bees foreshore
- grass cutting on open spaces reduced to one or two cuts a year (down from 14)
- the concessionary travel scheme will be withdrawn
- plastic and cardboard recycling will not be collected from doorsteps
- car park charges to go up by 22p for one hour, and 70p for four hours
- a 15 per cent increase on cemetery prices, and a 12 per cent increase for the crematorium. Increases will also be made to some taxi licence charges.
- flower tubs and public displays will be removed, and street furniture not replaced when it reaches the end of its life
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I visited Whitehaven yesterday, and was amazed by the public toilet situation. We walked along the harbour front, admiring the conspicuous wealth on display in the marina. All those elaborate artistic fitments on the quayside - but no toilets. We followed the clearly visible signs up through the market-place. There are the toilets: closed.
I grew up in West Cumbria and was educated at Whitehaven Grammar School, but have lived and worked in Essex, so have not been following this issue as it developed.
The bus pass is issued by the county council. Having called in to Whitehaven library today, where the county council office is located, I was assured that the bus pass facility is not being withdrawn. Well done the county council.
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Cal State Northridge opens up the 2011 indoor track & field season this weekend as the Matador men and women travel to the Pacific Northwest to compete at the UW Invitational at Washington's Dempsey Indoor.
Northridge's first indoor meet of 2011 gets underway Friday at 3 p.m. with the women's 60 meter hurdles as part of the Pentathlon. The first field event on Friday is the women's high jump, also part of the Pentathlon. Running events get underway at 8 a.m. on Saturday with two heats of the women's 3,000 meters. The meet wraps up Saturday evening with four heats of the men's 4x400 relay at 6:30 p.m.
Several Matadors are set to make their debuts this weekend while the Matadors will also welcome back a pair of standouts who redshirted the 2010 season.
Sherrina Lofton, the 2008 Big West Women's Athlete of the Year, will make her first appearance since the 2009 outdoor season as will De'Shawn Waters, the Big West champion in the 100 and 200 meters in 2009. Lofton will compete in the 60 meters and Pentathlon while Waters will run the 60 and 200 meters.
Making their Northridge debut on the women's side this weekebd are: Alisa Jenkins (60 hurdles, Pentathlon), Jordan Dufault (60 hurdles, high jump, long jump), Ashley Frazier (60 hurdles, 400 meters), Olympia Jewitt (triple jump, Pentathlon) and Shane Mullany-Banks (60 hurdles).
For the men, Sean Alfino (60 meters), Jose Aviles (shot put), Noah Blue (60 hurdles), Trevor Campbell (200, 400 meters), Kevin Finley (Heptathlon), Carl Horsley (60, 400 meters), Jerrid Lews (800 meters), Brandon Linton (60 meters), Tawaun Lucas (60 meters), Darquis Rucker (60, 200 meters), Jory Rucker (60 meters, long jump), Donovan Toban (long jump, triple jump, Heptathlon), Tyler Woodard (pole vault), Bobby Workman (400 meters) are all schedule to make their Matador debut.
With the California State High School Indoor Qualifier fast approaching, Northridge has set attendance records at its first three All Comers Meets of the 2011 season. With three meets already in the books, Matador Track & Field has attracted 1,623 competitors and spectators to the Matador Track Complex. The attendance at each meet has grown each week culminating in last Saturday's (Jan. 22) record of 693 participants and fans.
The All Comers Meet on Feb. 5 will be the California State High School Indoor Qualifier and will feature a different time schedule than is the norm at a typical All Comers Meet. A time schedule for the meet is posted under the Track Quick Links.