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Frei, P; Huber, L C; Simon, R W; Bonani, M; Lüscher, T F (2009). Insufficient medication documentation at hospital admission of cardiac patients: a challenge for medication reconciliation. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 54(6):497-501.
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BACKGROUND: Medication errors may occur when hospital doctors are not adequately informed about a patient's prescribed drugs. METHODS: The drug lists of 103 patients who were electively admitted for coronary angiography were assessed. Discrepancies between lists noted in admission letters, patient's personal medication lists, and medication histories were analyzed. RESULTS: Patients took a mean of 5 +/- 3 drugs. Nine percent of all drugs taken were only mentioned when a systematic medication history was obtained but were not stated in admission letters or on medication lists. Only 88% of admission letters reported the patient's medication. Twenty-one percent of generics were incorrectly documented as originals in the admission letter. Less than 50% of patients taking >or= 4 drugs had a written instruction on how to take their medication. A total of 86 drugs actually taken by the patients were not identical to those listed in the referral letter or the medication list, leaving uncertainties as to how outpatient medication should be continued. Medication was modified in 25% of all patients at hospital discharge. CONCLUSIONS: Instructions for patients taking multiple drugs and information in admission letters need to be improved. These results underline the importance of medication reconciliation at hospital admission.
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College Hockey:Buckeyes Get Change for the Better, 4-1
Ganga, Ohio State Down Niagara
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Things couldn't have looked much worse for Ohio State.
Not only were the Buckeyes playing without star rookie R.J. Umberger — who had a goal and two assists against Northern Michigan on the road the weekend before, and who fractured his jaw in practice two days before — but they seemed utterly incapable of playing hockey. No two Buckeyes could connect a pass. Goaltender Mike Betz had to poke the puck away from his own teammate to prevent a goal.
And the Niagara Purple Eagles scored on just their second shot in the game when J.R. Holmes registered his first collegiate goal at 5:32 in the opening stanza, a full seven minutes before the Buckeyes made Rob Bonk do any work of any kind in the Niagara cage.
For 20 minutes, the Purple Eagles manhandled the Buckeyes. Niagara owned the neutral zone. Niagara owned the boards. The Eagles so outworked the Buckeyes in the first period that Ohio State didn't register a shot on net until 12:24, and Niagara took a 1-0 lead into the locker room.
Then the Nick Ganga show began, with special guest star Andre Signoretti. And the Buckeyes downed Niagara 4-1 on Saturday.
Signoretti knotted the game in the second period after being hit so hard in the back of the ribs in the first period that he needed to be helped off the ice. Ganga's natural hat trick put the game away.
Signoretti also saved a goal in the third period, literally.
In the first, Holmes gave the Purple Eagles the 1-0 lead after Ohio State netminder Mike Betz was forced to make a save on his own teammate when Jason Crain skated the puck through the crease in one of Ohio State's many first-period attempts to get up the ice. Betz poked the uncomfortably close puck away and into traffic, where Holmes found it for Niagara's only goal of the night.
"We weren't playing hockey in the first period," said Signoretti. "They came out fast and basically, no one wanted to touch the puck. We got the puck and we'd pass it away or chip it off the boards, stuff like that."
Signoretti said that in between the first and second periods, he and fellow captain Jean-Francois Dufour asked their teammates a few questions: Do you know how to carry the puck? Do you know how to skate?
"It was really basic stuff," said Signoretti. "And they said, 'Yeah, we know how to play hockey.' That's what it was. We just settled down and played hockey."
Signoretti had the tying goal at 7:38 in the second, assisted by Mike McCormick and Doug Andress. Bonk was screened by two players wrestling in his crease when Signoretti blasted it in from the left point.
At 16:55, Ganga gave Ohio State the lead on the power play on what OSU coach John Markell called a "major-league pass" from Andress. Andress sent a cross-ice rocket to Ganga from the far side of the left circle along the boards; Ganga waited for Bonk to commit low before going upstairs for his first goal of the season.
Ganga made it 3-1 Ohio State with just one second left in the second period, assisted by Miguel Lafleche and Signoretti. Signoretti dug the puck out of the right corner in the Buckeye zone and fed Lafleche along the boards near the blue line. Lafleche passed long across neutral ice to Ganga, who found the puck in the Niagara zone with a little help from a linesman's skate. Ganga's breakaway on the right wing beat Bonk clean on the opposite side.
Early into the third period, the Purple Eagles had a chance to make it a closer game when Betz was caught behind his net, giving Jordan Meloff a big, open target to hit. Instead, Meloff hit Signoretti, who made the diving save to preserve the two-goal lead.
Ganga's unassisted, shorthanded goal at 17:47 made him the game's unlikely hero and gave him a natural hat trick in the first multi-goal game of his college career.
"It was like the tale of two teams for us," said Niagara head coach Blaise MacDonald. "I liked the team in the first period. We played a pretty good road game. We really almost played flawlessly in our execution of systems and … intangible things like grit and determination. And with a young team of so many freshmen I think we were under the impression it was a 20-minute game, and we were very excited about our performance.
"We came out in the second and third periods and played pathetically."
Markell said the Buckeyes quite simply came out flat. "We were not moving our feet. I thought Niagara played a very good game. We had gone over their forecheck repeatedly, and basically what we said between the first and second period was just, 'Apply the systems.'
"I wasn't basing the game on what Niagara was doing — although they played a great first period. I was basing it on the ability we had on our bench, ability that wasn't playing. I unloaded on them. There are expectations here. If we had played a more mature hockey club … and they would have sniped a few goals, we would have been behind … and I didn't know if we would've recovered.
"It was a tremendous test for us. Obviously the third goal was very timely."
"I would give Ohio State credit for bouncing back, which is what good teams do," said MacDonald. "I'm sure they weren't pleased with their performance in the first, but they showed me a lot of ability and I think they're going to be a really good team this year and in the future."
Betz made 12 saves and Bonk 30 as Ohio State outshot Niagara 34-13.
The Buckeyes were 1-for-3 on the power play while shutting down the Purple Eagles on the other end of that equation (0-for-4). In fact, Ohio State has allowed just one power-play goal this season in 15 attempts.
Ganga's shorthander was a rare treat for the home crowd. Known more for his temper than his scoring last season, the junior had no penalties in the game.
"Nick Ganga scoring those goals was a nice breakout for him," said Markell. "I guess he's telling R.J. Umberger that he can score goals without him, but it was nice to see because you know what? We need some guys scoring goals. It was nice to see at home. I thought a lot of guys pulled up their socks and played a lot better hockey [in the second and third]."
What did Ganga have to say about his own performance? We may never know; he left without commenting.
Next up for Niagara (0-3-1) is a pair of games at Air Force Oct. 27-28, while Ohio State (2-1-0) travels to Maine for two on the same dates.
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Me and my family have lived in Naples for three years and it has been an unforgettable experience so far. Naples has filled me with so many great memories already. Beautiful town, gorgeous Monte Vesuvio, lively people, amazing spaghetti con sugo di pomodoro and the best pizza in Italy.
But where I really enjoy myself are the art galleries and museums in Italy. PAN – Palazzo Arti Napoli is my favourite and I go and see its exhibitions time after time. Sometimes I feel like its paintings and sculptures feeds me more than pizza. This is my favourite pizza place. .
It is located just minutes from our apartment in the center of Naples. One day a couple of years ago I was just walking on the streets marvelling at the scenery. It was a bit cool day, so I just stepped into the museum to enjoy a little bit of culture and art. And I fell in love with this three-storey pink palace straight away.
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Nature_Girl posted 7/29/2012 01:37 AM
I'm driving the damn bus! It's been years & years & years, people!!! I'm a friggin' virgin again!
You'd think being married to a bonafide sex addict would have had some perks, right? NOT! Why is it that sex addicts don't want to have sex with their partners? I know there's a joke in there somewhere...
wildbananas posted 7/29/2012 10:35 AM
I'm starting to believe this damn thing does. not. stop. anywhere. It's like some sort of cosmic joke or something.
Please pass the margaritas. And the snacks. Who cares if I get fat? It's not like BOB would notice.
Amazonia posted 7/29/2012 12:54 PM
How long is the wait before I'm officially on the bus?
Sigh. You're all coming to pick me up soon.
gma56 posted 7/29/2012 13:03 PM
Ama, if you feel you are the bus then you are riding.
At least the bus doesn't stink, has good drinks/food, goes to great places and the company is fun.
Amazonia posted 7/29/2012 13:55 PM
Well, it's been almost 2 months. No real expectation of getting off at least until I finish school in 14 months.
Pass the booze.
kernel posted 7/29/2012 14:53 PM
Can we swing by London? I'd love an in-person look at all those men in skimpy gym/pool wear. Might as well look at what we're missing. I might be too old for them but my eyes still work.
Ama - somewhere on here I think it said 6 months was the minimum for riding the bus, otherwise you're visiting. Not my rule, just passing it on.
k94ever posted 7/29/2012 14:56 PM
15 months and there is NOTHING in sight for me.
Thank goodness for BOB.
I just made some bread...anybody want a slice?
kernel posted 7/29/2012 15:59 PM
I'll take some bread, why not? I'm in the same state so it might work out.
thebighurt posted 7/29/2012 22:23 PM
Hey! I have a one-year antiversary coming up this week and got the fixings for some delicious chocolate martinis to celebrate!!! Who's in??
(Can the driver partake on this route?? I don't know why not!!??)
noone posted 7/29/2012 23:08 PM
I was hanging out with a friend of mine last night. We've always had fun together...lots of laughing...last night was one of those nights. Except not. One thing lead to another and I'm giving my seat to Ama . I'm sure I'll be right back as last night was shocking and likely to never happen again (unfortunately)..so...keep my spot warm!
caregiver9000 posted 7/29/2012 23:12 PM
dang noone! Can you make that announcement ON THE BUS???
noone posted 7/29/2012 23:17 PM
sorry . Trust me, you'll be picking me up at the next stop!
caregiver9000 posted 7/29/2012 23:22 PM
I am not getting off. Hand cuffed to the luggage rack in case I forget. Gave the keys to gma.
gma56 posted 7/29/2012 23:42 PM
I have too much on my overflowing plate right now. Sad can drive and I will drink myself numb.
In about 2-3 mo my life should be more stable and I will again drive all the riders to where ever their hearts desires.
Does ONS mean you are off ? Doesn't seem fair, maybe you can ride as a guest of the bus ?
noone posted 7/30/2012 00:24 AM
Does ONS mean you are off ? Doesn't seem fair, maybe you can ride as a guest of the bus ?
works for me! I've never had a ONS before. Guess there's a first time for everything..
Jpapageorge posted 7/30/2012 00:27 AM
As someone who is still licking the windows at the back of the bus, a ONS is still hopping off the bus and announcing it over the bus's loud speaker is cruel enough that the time jumps up to six months and two days.
caregiver9000 posted 7/30/2012 03:16 AM
not the keys to the bus, gma. The keys to my handcuffed hands...
temptation is stirring and I am just not ready yet. I know you can pocket those keys and that they are safe.
You should not have to drive. I will shout for drinks.
nowiknow23 posted 9/6/2012 17:47 PM
Swinging the bus around to see if there are any newbies out there waiting for a lift.
Hello? Newbies? Anyone out there? Olly olly oxenfree!!!
gma56 posted 9/6/2012 18:57 PM
not the keys to the bus, gma. The keys to my handcuffed hands...Well that is a different story Care.
I'm still dealing with D settlement stuff so haven't been tempted to even look.
If I ever say anything about wanting or thinking of marriage, get me an attorney and therapist. Damn I can't do this in my life again !!!!!
2xs is enough. Or maybe it's like labor and you know you had a bad time and hurt like hell but you do it again and have another baby ?? This shit never ends.
Going to be riding this damn bus for a long time.
[This message edited by gma56 at 6:57 PM, September 6th (Thursday)]
caregiver9000 posted 9/6/2012 19:13 PM
Well, see dammit gma, you missed that post and now it is too damn late...
Give me seat to someone else. It was a good ride!
*ducking off the bus before I get thrown off...
tesla posted 9/6/2012 19:20 PM
I think I'm officially allowed on the bus as it's been 8 months now.
so...hello bus!
I'm bringing some warm apple pie and homemade whip cream....seriously, it's a foodgasm...
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IDAHO SPRINGS — Front Range Christian did not help Clear Creek's unfortunate 2014 football season on Oct. 17 as the Falcons chalked up another victory, 48-6, at Golddigger Stadium.
Home is where the heart is. At least that's how the saying goes, but on Oct. 15 the Columbine girls' volleyball team received broken hearts when they lost at home to the Chatfield Lady Chargers in straight sets 25-12, 25-21, 25-11.
"This is the first game that I was kind of nervous for, but playing Columbine in all of our sports this week made (our victory) that much more exciting," said Chatfield senior captain Amelia Metzler.
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LAKEWOOD — Chatfield and Columbine don't need added incentives when they square off in any sport, but both football teams were playing for their playoff lives on Oct. 17 at Jeffco Stadium.
AURORA — Columbine senior Shelby Copley considered it perfect timing. The fact that the Lady Rebels came together when it mattered most — at the end of the season — is why they made their first appearance in the 5A state softball tournament since 2008. That's where Columbine was Oct. 17 at Aurora Sports Park.
AURORA — For whatever reason, the Dakota Ridge Lady Eagles didn't make it easy on themselves in 2014. Four times in recent weeks, dating back to a Sept. 6 non-conference encounter with Erie and as recently as the opening round of the Oct. 11 regionals with Rampart, Dakota Ridge has had to battle back time and again.
Final approval for a controversial plan to expand Chatfield Reservoir was granted last week on the same day that a lawsuit was filed to block the project.
The Audubon Society of Greater Denver is suing in federal court to stop the expansion plan, which has been put together by the Army Corps of Engineers, the state Department of Natural Resources and the Colorado Water Conservation Board.
The feeling was a sinking one for Columbine sophomore Noelle Cobb. The petite Lady Rebels runner knew just how close she was to winning the 5A Jeffco League cross country championship on Oct. 10 at Clement Park. She also knew with mere yards to go that she wasn't going to catch Arvada West's Erin Rawe-Thomas no matter how hard she tried.
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Getting to the 5A Region 5 softball championship game was a monumental accomplishment for Dakota Ridge. Once there, winning another regional title and berth in the state tournament was a breeze.
Brian Ross' final trip to state was over almost before it started. His third visit, this time at No. 1 singles, resulted in a quick exit courtesy of a 6-0, 6-2 first-round defeat to Boulder freshman Kap Smith. And though it was over quickly, Ross was ecstatic just to get there.
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The Lady Eagles, who wrapped up the 5A Jeffco League championship a day earlier with an 8-2 win over Lakewood, finished the regular season 16-3.
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It's not just Prince William and his in-laws, the Middleton family who choose the island of Mustique to spend their winter holiday. For a half a century, this tiny island in the Grenadines has been drawing the rich and famous with its reputation as a luxurious beach refuge away from prying eyes. The Middletons, Will and Kate are only some of the celebrities who come to what is touted as "a private island sanctuary for those who are tired of the usual holiday destinations."
Mustique is a secluded piece of paradise where the paparazzi are entirely unwelcomed.
While pictures of the bikini-clad pregnant Duchess of Cambridge (A.K.A. Kate Middleton, A.K.A. Princess Catherine) have been published by an Italian news agency, one has to understand that those pictures could not have been taken easily. It is rare that photos of any vacationing celeb on Mustique can be found.
This is an island that is not particularly easy to get to and once there, it's easy to hide away from others. Located in the Caribbean just 18 miles from St. Vincent, there is only a small airstrip which handles private planes, charters and the regional Grenadine Airways. Most visitors come as we did, by boat. And while the island has nine beaches from which to choose, there is really only one area to come ashore and any new arrivals are acknowledged immediately by those who manage the island.
The 14-hundred acre island refuge is privately managed by the Mustique Company, which is owned by the island residents themselves. Those residents include Mick Jagger and Tommy Hilfiger. Visitors are always welcomed, but it's important to residents and guests alike to maintain the air of privacy and exclusivity that Mustique exudes.
The entire island has just 74 villas which can be rented, as well as one small hotel called the Cotton House and a guesthouse called the Firefly. Guests get booked in early and prices are not cheap.
For those coming by boat, moorings can be found on the leeward side near the one truly public area of Mustique. Here you can find a few small shops to restock boats and buy essentials from tanning lotion to clothes. Of course, remember who normally would shop there. Prada swimsuit anyone? Gucci sandals?
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Basil is the consummate host and the unofficial welcoming committee for the island. He greets one and all and will happily regale you with tales of how the island has changed over the years. He came to Mustique when he was 17 years old as a bartender and now owns the restaurant where he worked.
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The U-T has a great article on changes in the portfolio mix of the San Diego County employee pension fund. In 2009, the county fired the fund manager after losses totaling $2 billion in 2008. Assuming that the fund had about $9 billion at the time, that is a loss of 22%, compared withan an S&P loss of 37% for the same year. Taken in context that doesn't seem that bad. The new fund managers have shifted the mix to include emerging market debt (Russia, Brazil and Mexico) as well as in hedge funds.
I find the 2 basis point (2%) management fee in the new contract to be too high. Fees are a drag on performance, and frankly, the county should be shooting for something closer to 1%. Correction: A commenter pointed out that two basis points is .02%, not 2%. I should have checked the math. The fees compare favorably with the Federal Government's Thrift Savings Plan. I wouldn't mind hearing from any professional financial planners on this subject. I am not qualified to say whether the investment strategy is good or not, I just know that above average returns generally do not prevail.
Which brings me to my main arguments for 401 style pensions. Inevitably, these fund managers are going to have a bad year, no matter how well they are doing now, and taxpayers will foot the bill. The entire system is rigged so that the taxpayer shoulders all the risk, but the fund manager and employee beneficiaries are guaranteed their pay days. Further, as we have seen with CalPERS pensions, which invested $500 million in green energy in 2010, investments can be influenced by political considerations, again to the detriment of the taxpayers, who are on the hook for losses.
However, under a 401style plan, employees shoulder the risk, but they can adjust their individual pension risk to their personal situation, shifting more to bonds as they approach retirement, for example. Further, they can protect themselves by managing their own investments and avoiding high fee management firms. This way taxpayers are protected and employees can be as well. The counter-argument is that individual employees may not invest wisely, but I think that is changing as financial literacy is more common in the general population. Should taxpayers take all the risk just because some employees will be foolish? Further, the union could do an actual service to the employees by providing them with sources of financial advice.
Vocabulary clarification, I use the term 401 style, because government employee defined contribution plans are considered 401(a) plans, not 401(k) which are private sector plans.
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Two basis points equal 2/100 of 1% (.02%), not 2%.
It's 2 bps per quarter, so 8 bps per year. But that's just what Partridge/Salient skims off the top for picking the managers.
The bulk of the expenses are in the fees to the overpriced hedge fund and private equity managers Partridge picks.
IMHO Public pension plans vs. 401Ks do resemble the difference between a sports car and the family sedan. Because of the generally lower expenses in pension plans and, more importantly, the fact that the longevity risk (that you have the assets necessary if you live into your late 90s) is spread throughout the pool they tend to be cheaper.
_HOWEVER_ the problem is government is like a 16 year old driver on a learners permit who is handed the keys without adult supervision. They just have shown themselves near INCAPABLE of operating the vehicle in a way that does not shift the costs to future taxpayers and/or put the taxpayer in the position of shouldering all the risk. 401k style plans rightly get the government out of a line of business that it can't do well.
I am somewhere near this industry and Erik is right in his post. Nothing is inherently evil about either type of plan. A 401(k) style plan is cleaner, nimble, and easily portable. A pension plan is much easier to screw up by the administrators and harder to screw up by the participants. The opposite is true of a 401(k).
It is easy to see why the right side would be attracted to a 401(k) style plan because it empowers the individual. I can see why the left likes a pension plan because they have no faith in an individual's ability to take care of himself and prefer the power of the collective. Oh, and they can steal from it easier to pay for some harebrained program Republicans don't support anyway. .
Either plan can be run correctly and well.
The reality is no matter what plan you have in place, if the wrong people continue to be elected and the wrong decisions continue to be made, bad things will continue to happen. Over and over and over and over…
The disadvantage of a 401K is not limited to individuals making bad investment decisions. The main problem is that the individual who is approaching retirement or is in retirement has to become increasingly safe with his/her investment options thereby limiting potential returns. With lifespans increasing, it has and will continue to become increasingly difficult to accumulate enough in a 401K to last the 20-25 years the average person will live in retirement. Being the compassionate people we are, our taxpayers will bear the brunt of these shortfalls.
Hypocrisy, that is not true. A pension plan can make good and bad, conservative and aggressive, right and wrong decisions just like someone in a 401(k) style plan can.
There is no real inherent strength or weakness when you compare 401(k) plans with pension plans (or defined benefit plans with defined contribution plan) when it comes to getting someone to the point of retirement.
If there is an advantage it would be in favor of a plan that gives the participant a choice because he more easily benefits from wise investments than a pension plan which gives almost no choice. The investor gets more of an advantage of a bull market that drives his account balance up and up.
Can those choices work against the participant? Yes, but as Richard pointed out, not as easily. If the stock market goes to zero, the world is in trouble. Not just retirement plans. The likelihood of this happening is very, very low.
I would also have to agree with Richard on the track record of pension plans. Even private company's plans. Governments and boards screw them up. There is a long history of them getting screwed up. There really is no denying this fact. At least if a person screws up their 401(k), they are the only victim of their mistake. When an elected or appointed board screws up a pension, everyone pays. All those in the pension pay, tax payers pay, insurance companies pay, and on and on and on. The City cannot borrow from individual accounts in a 401(k). This means there is far less potential for malfeasance.
Hypocrisy, you offer one of the many, MANY fallacies common to public employees — the pension should be ALL that is needed to pay for retirement.
No IRA, no personal savings or investments, no second income savings, no other retirement plans from other work, no paid-off home — and no social security (which many government employees get at least some of).
While public employees may live that spendthrift life, there is no reason for the rest of us should pay for their "live the moment" lifestyle. And it's possible that maybe such employees — having a new-found stake in how the economy is going — just might start voting more responsibly about government commitments, deficits and spending.
I'd like to see a management fee where they pay the retirement fund a set percentage if they fail to reach their goals for the year, or at the least, if it is a negative return. Now that would provide an incentive to do well.
Ya know,
I know that both a 401-K and a DB have the same ability to accumulate an equal amount of wealth at, or at least near, retirement. My point was that a DB plan, because of its unlimited investment horizon, has a much better chance to continue to accumulate wealth after retirement than a 401-K in which the participant has to move money into more conservative investments to protect the principal.
Hypocrisy, that is really just not true. First, a person in a 401(k) doesn't have to do that. Second, a pension fund doesn't have an unlimited time horizon either. Comparing the investment time horizon in an individual's 401(k) and a pension fund is apples and oranges.
A pension has to stay fairly liquid because of the amount of past employees taking regular distributions. A pension (if run by anyone who knows what the heck they are doing) has to know the demographics of the people in the pension. If the pension is 90% 25 year olds, it is run far more aggressively. If the pension is 90% 55 year olds it is managed far more conservatively with a lot more liquidity.
Unless it's not. Then that would be pretty bad. Which goes back to Richard and my point that there is a long history of boards, etc making BAD choices with pensions.
Hypocrisy, as you well know but fail to deal with, EVERY DB pension plan doing well investment-wise then proceeds to do one of two unwise things — sometimes both:
1. Reduce or even stop contributing funds to the plan during good years
2. Increase pension benefits — usually retroactively.
Now, you can pretend that a plan doesn't HAVE to do that, but just about every govt DB plan on planet Earth has made one or both mistakes. Yet you continue to assert that it's still a good idea — supposedly with the "right people" in charge.
For you, apparently we live on some DIFFERENT planet — perhaps where the Big Rock Candy Mountain can be found.
You try, you REALLY try, to sound reasonable. But you just sound foolish.
And, being anonymous yet apparently sane, logically are likely hiding that you are a self-interested beneficiary of the one of the nation's many govt Ponzi schemes. In short, you lack credibility.
If you are afraid that employees can't keep from spending the money quickly upon retirement, you can take away some of their freedom by REQUIRING they take such life 401k savings and buy an annuity, perhaps with a modest COL annual bump built in.
To buy such an annuity, very low rates of internal return have to be assumed, so surely you'd want to somehow have government guarantee a higher rate of return than any prudent insurance company would offer (once again, transferring the potential unfunded liability to taxpayers). Ultimately this would just another variation of trying to get something for nothing for employees.
You are correct and I will even add a #3 – providing early retirement options that are far more generous than what would be actuarially neutral. And all three of those problems could be eliminated by passing laws that make them illegal.
I have yet to read you refute my point that a retiree cannot hope to earn as much after retirement in an individual account as he/she could if his money had been put into a DB.
Ya Know,
Since you believe that a retired person need not necessarily change to more conservative investment options, please explain what a person who retired in 2003 would have done had they lost nearly half of their investment in 2008? How would they have ever recovered while still withdrawing money to supplement their Social Security check (assuming they get Social Security)?
Ya Know and Richard,
Tell me if you honestly believe that the taxpayers will not be forced to help retirees who either made bad investment decisions or had the misfortune to plan their retirement around a long-term bear market.
You say in response to Rider: "I have yet to read you refute my point that a retiree cannot hope to earn as much after retirement in an individual account as he/she could if his money had been put into a DB."
There is no limit to the amount a retiree can earn in her 401k plan. There is also no limit to the amount that could be lost. It all depends on the investment decisions each individual makes for himself or herself. The important point is that the retiree assumes the risk of a rising or falling market, instead of the taxpayer.
Moreover, if defined benefit plans were really the best investment decision, then you would expect to see employees (especially unionized employees) band together and voluntarily agree to invest the defined contributions they receive into their own defined benefit pension plan among themselves. The fact that we have not seen that is evidence that they are not.
You also say: "Tell me if you honestly believe that the taxpayers will not be forced to help retirees who either made bad investment decisions or had the misfortune to plan their retirement around a long-term bear market."
There are many things that the government does everyday that defy belief. For example:
* Wasting billions of dollars every year to prosecute and incarcerate millions of non-violent Americans who use drugs defies belief.
* Granting a minimum of 120 years of Copyright protection defies belief.
* Running a $1+ trillion budget deficit for four consecutive years defies belief.
* Giving Al-Qaeda linked jihadists in Libya access to almost 20,000 shoulder fire anti-aircraft missiles defies belief.
* Printing $85 billion a month to buy back Treasury debt and mortgage backed securities defies belief.
….but asking a person to accept responsibility for the natural consequences of his or her investment decisions. No, that actually sounds credible.
Hypocrisy, you are not having a real conversation here. You are cherry picking and comparing a plan's best case scenario with another kind of plan's worst case scenario. I can show you a scenario where a person who stuffs their cash under their mattress makes out better than a participant in a pension whose union thug leaders steal all their money or the poorly run company they work for goes out of business.
So should we all just stuff our mattress because union leaders are all criminals?
Your bias leads me to believe you have some sort of vested interest. Which is fine, but I am not interested in your dishonesty on a public forum in order to make your case. As I stated before, neither kind of plan is inherently evil. This is absolutely true. A 401(k) style plan is harder for government/boards to screw up and steal. This is absolutely true and possibly…this is your aversion to it?
In any case, I've added my two cents and am done. You are not being honest and the crap you are full of is showing right through your "argument".


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Giordano Bruno: His Life and Thought
a. Padua and Venice (1591-92)
THE recall of Mauvissière to
AMONG those of exalted rank who hoped to obtain from Bruno the hidden secrets not only of knowledge but of power, one has earned unenviable fame. This is Zuane [1] Mocenigo, a Venetian of noble birth. Bruno received in Frankfurt two letters from Mocenigo, inviting him to Venice to teach him "the art of memory and invention." Bruno gave to the Venice Inquisition in May 1592 an account of the events which followed. [2] He accepted Mocenigo's invitation and came to Venice in September or October 1591, [3] staying first in rooms. [4] He was soon again discoursing to a group of gentlemen and Besler was acting as his secretary. There survive from this period several fragments of a work, On Links in General, [5] of which the first section was probably drafted in Frankfurt or Zurich. Though prolix and obscure, these fragments reiterate Bruno's faith which he so gloriously vindicated in the supreme victory of the spirit. The earlier section bears the title, "Concerning the Link of the Spirit, Natural, Animal and Divine." "Without these," Bruno declares,
there is no physician, no soothsayer, no operator, no lover, no philosopher. By virtue of these all persons are all things. Nothing is absolutely beautiful so that it binds, but is beautiful in relation to something else.... Similarly nothing which attracts is absolutely good, but since all things or the universe and being is composed of contraries, so good is also composed of contraries.... [6]
The argument is continued that love binds all and is the urge to all good. The Paduan fragments, On Links in General, open with the statement: "For him who needs to bind, it is necessary to have in some sort the universal Reason [7] of things, that he may be strong to bind man (who is as it were the Epilogue of all things)." [8] This gives the key to the consideration of "Links" in this curious work.
Presently Bruno moved to Mocenigo's own house. When, however, he informed Mocenigo of his desire to return to Frankfurt to get certain of his works printed, Mocenigo expressed jealous fear that Bruno's real intention was to impart his precious knowledge to others. To deter Bruno from leaving him, Mocenigo threatened the unfrocked monk several times with the Holy Office. This Mocenigo could do with the more confidence since he had himself held high office, perhaps attached to the Venice Inquisition. [9] Bruno hardly took the threats seriously, but Mocenigo protested angrily that he had still not been initiated according to promise into the secret of Bruno's memory system, and he threatened that if his victim persisted in his intention to depart, he would "find means to keep him." On the next night, Bruno having persisted with preparations for departure, threats were translated to action. Bruno was roused from his bed by Mocenigo, accompanied by a stalwart band who seized and imprisoned him, [10] Mocenigo still protesting that he demanded only to be taught Bruno's secrets of memory and of geometry. After twenty-four hours, the prisoner was removed to another dungeon. That evening he was conducted to the jail of the Holy Office. This was on Saturday, 23rd May, 1592. [11]
The wretched Mocenigo in his own account states that he acted "by the constraint of his conscience and by the order of his confessor." Was it his desire from the first to lure the philosopher to express dangerous views? Or what black deeds had he hoped that he would be enabled to perpetrate by means of Bruno's mysterious powers?
Mocenigo stated that Bruno had been accused of throwing into the Tiber his accusers at Rome "or those whom he thought to have accused him to the Inquisition." In denouncing Bruno, Mocenigo felt it necessary to explain that when he wished to learn from this criminal he was unaware of his true views. But when he heard these during the two months that Bruno passed in his house, he determined to incarcerate and at the same time to denounce him. [12]
Mocenigo invoked as witnesses two booksellers of Venice, Ciotti [13] and Britano. [14] Both these men, and especially Ciotti, when summoned to give evidence, made on the whole a courageous effort for Bruno.
Ciotti stated that he had first seen him when he went to the Frankfurt Book Fair in September 1590, and lodged according to his custom in the Carmelite convent. [15] He had spoken and argued with Bruno several times during his sojourn of a fortnight, recognized him as a much-lettered man who had read many books. And Bruno had subsequently come several times to his shop in Venice to buy books. Ciotti testified that Sir Zuane Mocenigo had bought from him Bruno's book De minimo magno et mensura and had at the same time (i.e., in 1591) asked Ciotti whether he knew Bruno and could tell Mocenigo where he was, saying that he wished to send for Bruno to teach him "his secrets of memory and the other things that he teaches as may be seen in that book." He described how Mocenigo entrusted him with a letter summoning Bruno "who appeared here seven or eight months ago" (i.e., in September or October 1591) and afterwards moved to Padua, where he stayed for some three months, moving freely between the cities. Ultimately he moved to Mocenigo's house, "where I think he is now." Ciotti was interrogated as to Bruno's past life and other works -- on which he made general statements that were no doubt well known to the Tribunal. He testified that he had never heard anything from Bruno that would throw doubt on his being a Catholic and good Christian. Then he bore witness that recently when he was going to Frankfurt for the Easter Fair, Mocenigo had employed him to make enquiries in Frankfurt concerning Bruno, since he was dissatisfied with his teaching. But the bookseller, though he "spoke with various scholars who had attended his lectures there," could not learn that Bruno had done anything with the marvellous memory "and he was regarded in Frankfurt as a man with no religion." Ciotti adds that when he reported to Mocenigo, the latter replied that certainly he had his doubts about Bruno, but that he was anxious to salve what he could of knowledge in return for his outlay on the fellow, after which he would denounce him to the Holy Office. [16]
A later witness, Andrea Morosini, [17] testified that Ciotti had actually arranged that Bruno should lecture to him and to other gentlemen in Padua. [18] Among them no doubt was Michael Forgacz, whom he had known in Wittenberg. [19] The witness maintained that Bruno had never given cause to believe he held any opinion contrary to the Faith. Morosini had not considered the lecturer to be other than a Catholic. Had he entertained the slightest suspicion of him, continued this cautious witness, Bruno would never have been permitted to enter his house. It is noteworthy that Thomas Morosini was present at the Tribunal when Andrea was under interrogation. [20] Thomas was no doubt another member of the same prominent family. [21]
Jacob Britano, called to the witness box, stated that he had known Bruno in Frankfurt three years previously, [22] and later at Zurich and again recently in Venice. He admitted that, having read some of his works, he had been curious to know Bruno, and had taken advantage of the chance of meeting him in the street and walked home with him. Evidently he too had fallen under the spell. In reply to interrogation he stated:
The Prior of the Convent in Frankfurt told me that Bruno was mainly occupied in writing and in devising foolishness and astrology [23] and seeking new things. The Prior said he had a fine talent as man of letters, was a "universal" man. The Prior believed that he had no religion, for the said Giordano declares that he knows more than the Apostles knew and that he would have dared, had he so desired, to bring about that the whole world should be of one religion. [24]
Britano himself had heard nothing from Bruno contradicting Christianity. He says that Giordano lectured to heretical doctors in Frankfurt, since everyone in that town is a heretic: "and he told me that he lectured in Zurich to certain doctors." Thus we learn that in these last stages of his wanderings Bruno was again lecturing to a small but fascinated band just as we have seen him at Noli, at Toulouse, in Paris and in London, as well as to the young Duke at Helmstedt.
These gatherings were evidently a source of Mocenigo's jealousy. Probably he expected to end them when Bruno came to live under his roof, and we may conjecture that Bruno's Padua audience may still have tried to get into touch with him. Probably it was not entirely pleasant for the booksellers or for Signor Andrea Morosini to find themselves involved as witnesses in the case.
Bruno first appeared before his judges on 26th May, 1592. [25] The hearings were protracted through long weeks. Bruno was required to give an account of his whole life. The accuracy and consistency of his story themselves testify to his amazing memory. Few whose lives have run in quieter places for a life course of forty-four years could give so connected and consistent a story. Only concerning his most recent movements is there a certain ambiguity for which it is easy to guess reasons.
In his earliest works Bruno had shewn how little relevance or importance attached in his eyes to the religious controversies of the day. [26] From the first, he had sought reconciliation with the Church so long as he might escape the convent life that held such horrible memories for him, scars of his early life from which his mind would never quite be freed.
May passes into June. He is cross-examined concerning his writings. He mentions that a former German pupil, Herman Besler of Nuremberg, has been acting as copyist for him for the last two months in Padua. [27]
The prisoner admits that his books with the imprint of Venice were in fact printed in England, and states that this is true also of nearly all his other books, though bearing the name of Paris or other places. [28] "The printers preferred to print the name of Venice which facilitated the sales."
Examined at tremendous length on points of doctrine and especially on the Three Persons of the Trinity, he pleaded that he wrote as a philosopher and believed "in the Pythagorean manner," and he quoted in support of his views the Wisdom of Solomon, St. Thomas Aquinas and the Aeneid of Virgil. [29] He acknowledged that he did not regard the Second and Third Persons as entirely distinct from the First, "but in fact, I never wrote or taught this, but merely doubted. And I believed and believe all the teaching of Mother Church concerning the First Person." "And I thought the Arian doctrine less pernicious than was believed" because it had been misunderstood. And again he pleaded that the heretical passages in his works were not in defiance of the Catholic Faith but were philosophic expressions when not merely recitations of beliefs of heretics. Successive points of dogma were raised, and Giordano was required to state his belief concerning them. [30]
He was cross-examined also as to his relationship with heretic monarchs, and especially as to the extravagant praise of Queen Elizabeth in his Italian writings. This he explained was a convention but acknowledged his error. [31]
It is clear that Bruno, always the most unpractical of men, actually cherished at first a wild hope that he could convey to the Inquisitors themselves the message of his philosophy. "In this sense, I understood that divinity was added to the humanity of Christ. For I deemed it unworthy to constrain Infinity within finite number." [32]
But by the end of the first day of his theological cross-examination Bruno was making a desperate effort to placate the judges. He confessed to having transgressed the laws prescribing days for abstention from meat. At the end of a long session on the 3rd June, [33] held within the prison itself, he is asked, does he renounce and detest his errors? "All the errors which I have committed until today," he declares with a sad cynicism which is lost on his judges,
in regard to Catholic life and the profession of a Regular [religious] such as myself and all heresies which I have believed, and the doubts I have entertained concerning the Catholic Faith and in matters determined by Holy Church, I now detest and abhor them all and I repent having done, held, said or believed or doubted concerning anything non-Catholic. And I beseech the Holy Tribunal, knowing my infirmity, to embrace me to the breast of Mother Church, providing me with remedies suitable for my welfare and using me with mercy.
He describes how innocently he first fell under suspicion. He reiterated his never-relinquished desire for absolution. [34] Ever he cherished the strange hope which was, so far as we can see, wholly devoid of foundation, that if only he could get to the Fount of authority at Rome, he would be not only understood but honoured, and his writings accepted. That this extraordinary belief was honestly held by him is confirmed by the evidence at Venice of one of the many Church dignitaries whom he had consulted. [35]
Bruno endures an ominous pause of two months. Not until 30th July is he recalled, and again he maintains the substance of his former statements. The position is becoming desperate. Bruno confesses that he has given grave cause for suspicion. Again he protests his repentance, and pleads his efforts at reconciliation with the Church. Does he wish to say any more? No more. [36] Silence for another two months.
Then in September Cardinal Santaseverina, the Supreme Inquisitor of Rome, addressed letters to the Venice Holy Office demanding that Bruno be consigned forthwith to Ancona to be conveyed to Rome to stand his trial before the Holy Tribunal of the Inquisition there. On 17th September it was decided to comply with this demand. [37] But action was not immediately taken. The matter was not quite simple. Venice had always claimed independence of Papal authority and especially the power to deal independently with her own delinquents.
The scene now changes to the Collegio dei Savii or Cabinet meeting of the Republic. [38] On the 28th September, 1592, appeared a deputation consisting of the Vicar of the Patriarch of Venice and the Father Inquisitor, accompanied by the sinister figure of Thomas Morosini. They brought from the Patriarch information of the arrest and imprisonment of Bruno and the accusations against him. The Patriarch through the Vicar pointed out that Bruno was accused not merely of heresy, but that as a Heresiarch he had composed various books in which he praised the Queen of England and other heretical persons, and had written in a fashion unseemly, even though philosophically intended, concerning their religion. Moreover he had dwelt in many lands and he had been under these accusations in Naples and elsewhere; wherefore the Supreme Inquisitor Cardinal Santaseverina demanded that the Venice Inquisitor should dispatch Bruno forthwith for trial in Rome. Moreover the Vicar read the passage in Santaseverina's letter prescribing that Bruno should be consigned to the Governor of Ancona who would send him on to Rome. But the Patriarch wished first to inform his Serenity (the Doge) and the Collegio and to request their authorization to take advantage at once of a convenient opportunity that presented itself for the safe dispatch of the prisoner. The Savii retired to consider this demand from Rome. The Father Inquisitor, it seems, returned the same afternoon, reiterating his demand, and pointed out that a vessel was ready to convey Bruno. But the Savii refused to be hurried. They pointed out that the matter was important; that the occupations of State were numerous and grave; that they had not yet reached a decision; and they suggested that the vessel should for the present be dismissed. [39] On 3rd October the record was read to the Rogati (or Pregacli, the Senate, which dealt with foreign affairs).
The Senate (in Pregadi) forthwith decided to resist the Papal demands. On the same day, instructions were formulated by them, [40] submitted to the Collegio and dispatched to Donato, the Venetian Ambassador Extraordinary in Rome. He was informed of the circumstances and of the reply given to the Father Inquisitor that the consignment to Rome of prisoners of the Venice Holy Tribunal would gravely detract from the authority of the Venice Tribunal and would be a bad precedent. [41] A week later these instructions were acknowledged. Donato had passed on the matter to the Ambassador in Ordinary. [42]
On 22nd December, the Papal Nuncio, Taverna, himself appeared before the Collegio and again pressed for authorization for the Venice Holy Inquisition to consign Bruno to the Holy Inquisition in Rome. He cited the express request made by the Pope to the Venetian Ambassador in Rome. Donato reported to the Collegio that, having been instructed by the Senate, he had spoken on the matter to His Holiness, pointing out that the Venice Holy Tribunal had always administered justice independently, by the authority of the Pope himself. He thought that His Holiness had accepted these representations although he had raised the matter again before the ambassador's departure from Rome. The Nuncio replied that Bruno was a Neapolitan, not a Venetian, and that proceedings against him had been started in Naples, and continued in Rome. He alleged that in more than two dozen special cases like the present, the accused had been consigned to the Holy Tribunal in Rome which was superior to all the others. He again emphasized that Bruno's was no ordinary case.
Whereupon the reply was finally given to the Nuncio that the Collegio unanimously desired always to give every possible satisfaction to His Holiness. Bruno's fate was thus sealed. [43] On the same day, the Papal Nuncio was reporting his success. [44]
The Doge then commanded that the Collegio should summon Federico Contarini, Procurator (Magistrate), and should expound him the circumstances concerning Bruno. Thereafter, on 7th January, 1593, Contarini submitted to the Doge a written opinion. He repeated the points raised by the Nuncio, and remarked that Bruno, a foreigner to the city, had been received in the house of a gentleman here in Venice who had denounced him "for the discharge of his Christian conscience." Quite without evidence as it seems, he accused Bruno of breaking prison, and even alleged that he had done so twice. The Nuncio himself had brought no such accusation. "The crimes of this person," Contarini declared, to be "most serious as regards heresy, although he is otherwise one of the most excellent and rare talents that can be desired, and of exquisite doctrine and knowledge." While submitting to the prudent decision of his Serenity (the Doge), the magistrate opined "that it would be convenient to satisfy the desire of His Holiness" as had been done in other similar cases. He then related that he had informed the accused of the opinion that he was about to pronounce. Bruno, it seems, had yet again expressed his fatal confidence and desire to present his last work to the Pope, and he had declared that he would rejoice to be remitted to the justice of Rome. Contarini recommended that this surprising reaction of Bruno should be kept profoundly secret. [45]
On the same day the Senate (in Pregadi) together with the Doge's Council, by 142 out of 172 votes, passed their Resolution [46] which was read to the Collegio. The Resolution repeated the accusation of prison-breaking as well as of heresy. The Nuncio was to be informed on the following day that Bruno would be handed over to him that he might be consigned to the Pope, for trial by the Inquisition at Rome, it being expedient -- especially in so exceptional a case -- to gratify His Holiness. Moreover, the Republic Ambassador in Rome was to be informed of the decision that he might report it to His Holiness as a sign of the continued readiness of the Republic to give him pleasure. [47]
Finally, there is the dispatch dated 16th January from Paolo Paruta, statesman scholar of the type of Andrea Morosini, whom he preceded as Historiographer of the Republic. Paruta had just been appointed Venetian Ambassador to the Papal Court. He recounts how he had impressed on the Pope that the surrender of Bruno was a demonstration of the desire of the Doge to gratify His Holiness, and had received corresponding courteous assurances of the Papal desire for co-operation with the Republic. [48]
So on 27th February, 1593, Bruno passed through to the dungeons of the Inquisitors of Rome. [49]
b. Years of Endurance [50] The End
Almost two years have passed. In December 1593, in congregation of the Roman Inquisitors, there is brought before the assembled illustrious Cardinals and General Inquisitors "Brother Jordanus, son of the late John Bruni of Nola, apostate from the Order of friars preachers, priest, imprisoned in the prisons of the Holy Office." He is cross-examined on his heresies and other matters. His judges also visit him in prison. They graciously hear him concerning his necessities and it is commanded that he be provided with a cloak and a pillow and with the Summa of St. Thomas. [51] What had been his condition during those two years?
Months pass. In April 1594 Bruno is again "visited and heard." It is determined to proceed with his trial, and the order is given for the preparation of the documents. [52] The order is repeated on 31st May, and in September the Inquisitors again enact that the proceedings against Bruno shall be pursued. [53]
In December 1594 Jordanus is yet again "visited and heard." He presents "pages of writings" rebutting the accusations against him. [54] It is January 1595 before the accusations are again considered at two meetings of the Inquisition. In the following month the case is read once more before the Holy Congregation. [55] In March 1595 there is again the ominous record: "Brother Jordanus ... was brought before the Lord Cardinals and was visited and interrogated by them and heard concerning his necessities." [56]
The visits and the appearance in Court as well as the consideration of his necessities were repeated in April 1596. In September his propositions in defence of himself were censured. In December the process was repeated and he was heard "concerning the merit of his cause and concerning food." It was decided that he should be examined concerning the propositions extracted from his writings and concerning the censures on him. [57] In March 1597 Bruno was again brought before the august Congregation and they visited him yet again. Again that terrible implication, "they heard him concerning his necessities." Then he was admonished that he should relinquish the vanities concerning diverse worlds and it was commanded that he be strictly cross-examined. Thereafter judgement should be delivered. [58]
In December 1597 the ghastly process is repeated. [59] After another three months it is decided that his cause cannot be determined before the departure of His Holiness. [60] In December 1598 it is commanded that Brother Jordanus be given writing paper and advice how to use it with the Breviarium as used by the Friars Preachers. [61]
Something more must be done. The long months and years have drifted to 14th January, 1599. Eight heretical propositions extracted from his works are read to the prisoner. Will he recant? [62] On 18th January he is given six days to make his decision; On 25th January he declares his readiness to accept the personal decision of His Holiness, but still insists on defending his views. [63] On 4th February it is decreed by the Pope in full Congregation, "after mature and diligent consideration" of the charges against Brother Giordano Bruno, that there shall be pointed out to him by the Theological Fathers, namely by the General of his Order, by Cardinal Bellarmini and by the Father Commissar, [64] all those propositions (from his works) that not only are heretical but have been declared so by the earliest Fathers, by the Church and by the Apostolic See. If he will recognize these propositions as heretical, then, well and good. If not, he shall be condemned after 40 days for repentance to the treatment usual for impenitent and pertinacious persons in that fashion or any better one which can and should be applied to them. [65]
On 18th February, 1599, the propositions are duly read to the prisoner. [66] Then darkness descends again. It is April before the next visit by the Inquisitors is recorded; Bruno shews something written in his hand. [67] His name figures in two lists of prisoners of the Holy Office apparently drawn up in the same month. [68] In August he is given pens, paper, ink and a pencil "but no knife or compasses (circinnus)" and is commanded to retract two heretical propositions shewn the previous April. [69] In September and again in November, his case is under consideration. [70] On 21st December he is visited but declares that he neither should nor will retract, nor has he aught to retract. [71] On the same day
he was brought forth into the presence of the most Illustrious, the members of the Congregation by whom also he was visited; and he was heard concerning his universal pretensions and concerning the merits of his cause and concerning his necessities for food and other things; and afterwards, he having been withdrawn from the Hall of the Congregation, it was decreed by the illustrious Lord Cardinals there present that the Reverend Father Hippolytus Maria the General, and the Reverend Father Paul, Vicar of the aforesaid Order [of Friars Preachers] [72] should act on Brother Jordanus and should shew him the propositions to be adjured, that he might acknowledge his errors, reform, and dispose himself to recantation, and that they should gain him over (ipsumque lucri faciant) so that he might be liberated. [73]
On 20th January, 1600, Bruno's Memorial to the Pope is "opened but not read." It is reported to the Holy Office by their reverend emissaries that Brother Jordanus de Nola
refused to consent, declaring that he had proffered no heretical propositions but that they had been unadroitly excerpted [from their context] by the Ministers of the Holy Office. Wherefore he was ready to give an account of all his writings and sayings and to defend them against any theologians: but he would not abide by the decision of the theologians, but only by the decision of the Apostolic See concerning things said or written by him, if any such decision were given; or by the sacred canons, if it should be proved that there was in his writings or sayings anything contrary to them.
"Notwithstanding," reported the angry dignitaries, "that he had already been informed by the Holy Office and that judgement would be given, that manifest heresies were contained in his writings and theses." Whereupon "the most holy Lord, Pope Clement VIII, decreed and commanded that the cause should be carried to extreme measures, servatus servandis [i.e., with all due formalities] sentence should be pronounced and the said Brother Jordanus be committed to the secular court." [74]
The months and years of suffering reached their dreadful close. Bruno is now fifty-two. On the 8th February, 1600, the Inquisitors once more summoned their prisoner and the long indictment was read. The accused was reminded (as though there were need) that "already some eight years ago" he had been accused of naming as blasphemy belief in transubstantiation of the holy bread; that on 18th January of the previous year he had been given six days to recant. The agony of that month was rehearsed. On the 25th January the prisoner had declared that if the Apostolic See and His Holiness definitely declared those eight propositions to be heretical, if His Holiness knew them to be such or by the Holy Spirit declared them so to be, then he was disposed to retract. But immediately he had presented a long written defence, addressed to His Holiness and to the Inquisitors.
On the 4th February, 1599, a year ago it was determined that the eight heretical propositions should once more be presented to thee, and this was done on the 15th; [75] that, shouldst thou recognize them as heretical and abjure them, then thou wouldst be received for penitence; but, if not, then shouldst thou be condemned on the fortieth day from then for repentance; and thou didst declare thyself ready to recognize these eight propositions as heretical and to detest and abjure them in such place and time as might please the Holy Office, and not only these eight propositions, but thou didst declare thyself ready to make thine obedience concerning the others which were shewn to thee. But then, since thou didst present further writings to the Holy Office addressed to His Holiness and to Us, whereby it was manifest that thou didst pertinaciously adhere to thine aforesaid errors; and information having been received that at the Holy Office of Vercelli thou hadst been denounced because in England thou wast esteemed an atheist and didst compose a work about a Triumphant Beast, therefore on the 10th September, 1599, thou wast given forty days in which to repent, and it was determined that at the end of these days proceedings should be taken against thee as is ordained and commanded by the holy Canon law: and since thou didst nevertheless remain obstinate and impenitent in thine aforesaid errors and heresies, there were sent unto thee the Reverend Father Hippolytus Maria Beccaria, General of thine Order and Father Paul Isaresio della Mirandola, Procurator of the Order, that they might admonish and persuade thee to recognize thy most grave errors and heresies. But thou hast ever persisted with obstinate pertinacity in these thine erroneous and heretical opinions. Wherefore the accusation brought against thee has been examined and considered with the confessions of thy pertinacious and obstinate errors and heresies, even while thou didst deny them to be such, and all else was observed and considered; thy case was brought before our General Congregation held in the presence of His Holiness on 20th January last, and after voting and resolution we decided on the following sentence.
Having invoked the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ and of his most Glorious Mother Mary ever Virgin in the cause and aforesaid causes brought before this Holy Office between on the one hand the Reverend Giulio Monterenzii, doctor of laws, Procurator Fiscal of the said Holy Office, and on the other hand thyself, the aforesaid Giordano Bruno, the accused, examined, brought to trial and found guilty, impenitent, obstinate and pertinacious; in this our final sentence determined by the counsel and opinion of our advisers the Reverend Fathers, Masters in Sacred Theology and Doctors in both Laws, our advisers: We hereby, in these documents, publish, announce, pronounce, sentence and declare thee the aforesaid Brother Giordano Bruno to be an impenitent and pertinacious heretic, and therefore to have incurred all the ecclesiastical censures and pains of the Holy Canon, the laws and the constitutions, both general and particular, imposed on such confessed impenitent pertinacious and obstinate heretics. Wherefore as such we verbally degrade thee and declare that thou must be degraded, and we hereby ordain and command that thou shalt be actually degraded [76] from all thine ecclesiastical orders both major and minor in which thou hast been ordained, according to the Sacred Canon Law: and that thou must be driven forth, and we do drive thee forth from our ecclesiastical forum and from our holy and immaculate Church of whose mercy thou art become unworthy. And we ordain and command that thou must be delivered to the Secular Court -- wherefore we hereby deliver thee to the Court of You [sic] the Governor of Rome here present -- that thou mayest be punished with the punishment deserved, though we earnestly pray that he will mitigate the rigour of the laws concerning the pains of thy person, that thou mayest not be in danger of death or of mutilation of thy members. Furthermore, we condemn, we reprobate and we prohibit all thine aforesaid and thy other books and writings as heretical and erroneous, containing many heresies and errors, and we ordain that all of them which have come or may in future come into the hands of the Holy Office shall be publicly destroyed and burned in the square of St. Peter before the steps and that they shall be placed upon the Index of Forbidden Books, and as we have commanded, so shall it be done. And thus we say, pronounce, sentence, declare, degrade, command and ordain, we chase forth and we deliver and we pray in this and in every other better method and form that we reasonably can and should.
Thus pronounce we, the undermentioned Cardinal General Inquisitors:
The above sentence made and given by the aforesaid most Illustrious and Reverend Lord Cardinals, General Inquisitors, sitting in Rome as a tribunal in the general Congregation of the Holy Roman and Universal Inquisition in the presence of the aforesaid Illustrious and Reverend Cardinal Madrutius in the Church of St. Agnes in Agony, in the year of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ 1600, on the 8th day of February, having been recited yesterday to the aforementioned Giordano Bruno who was brought by one of the police of His Holiness our Lord the Pope in order to hear the aforewritten sentence.
On the same day after it had been signed, the aforesaid Brother Jordanus having been summoned by the aforesaid most illustrious and Reverend Lord Cardinals of the General Inquisition and having been brought forth from the said prisons of the Holy Inquisition and removed to the palace which is the usual residence of the aforesaid most Illustrious and Reverend Cardinal Madrutius and having been brought into the Hall of the aforesaid Congregation into the presence of the said most Illustrious and Reverend Cardinals, then in his presence and while he did listen, the said sentence was by their order promulgated and read by me the notary hereaftermentioned, in a loud and clear voice, the doors of the hall of the said Congregation being open, there being present the most Reverend Father Benedictus Manninus, Bishop of Caserta, the most Reverend Father Petras Millinus of Rome I.U.D. and Referendario of each of the Signatures of His Holiness Our Lord the Pope and the Reverend Father Franciscus Petrasancta de Ripalta of the Order of the Friars Preachers, prelates and counsellors of the said Holy Inquisition, several other persons being present as witnesses. [77]
Yet one more document in the Roman Archives records the transference of the prisoner to the Secular Arm on the 8th February. [78]
The day appointed for the martyrdom was 12th February. Yet again there was postponement. Finally, on Saturday 19th February, 1600, the judicial burning took place in the great Square of Flowers at Rome.
The intense interest and public excitement concerning Bruno is reflected in a copy of three paragraphs from the contemporary manuscript Awisi e ricordi, the earliest form of news-sheet. One of these records that Bruno declared that he died a willing martyr and that his soul would rise with the smoke to paradise. [79]
A gloating account of the whole ritual is given in a letter written on the very day by a youth named Gaspar Schopp of Breslau, a recent convert to Catholicism to whom Pope Clement VIII had shewn great favour, creating him Knight of St. Peter and Count of the Sacred Palace. Schopp was addressing Conrad Rittershausen. He recounts that because of his heresy Bruno had been publicly burned that day in the Square of Flowers in front of the Theatre of Pompey. He makes merry over the belief of the Italians that every heretic is a Lutheran. It is evident that he had been present at the interrogations, for he relates in detail the life of Bruno and the works and doctrines for which he had been arraigned, and he gives a vivid account of Bruno's final appearance before his judges on 8th February. To Schopp we owe the knowledge of Bruno's bearing under judgement. When the verdict had been declared, records Schopp, Bruno with a threatening gesture addressed his judges: "Perchance you who pronounce my sentence are in greater fear than I who receive it." Thus he was dismissed to the prison, gloats the convert, "and was given eight days to recant, but in vain. So today he was led to the funeral pyre. When the image of our Saviour was shown to him before his death he angrily rejected it with averted face.... Thus my dear Rittershausen is it our custom to proceed against such men or rather indeed such monsters." [80]
A yet more minute description was discovered in the Records of the Company of St. John the Beheaded, [81] called also the Company of Mercy and Pity, whose duty it was to follow condemned heretics to the stake. It is recorded that information was sent to them at two o'clock in the morning, wherefore at six they betook themselves to the Nona Tower where Bruno was now held. He was handed over to them and they "exhorted him in all charity," reciting his errors, in which occupation they were accompanied by two Holy Fathers from the Dominicans, two from the Jesuits, "two from the new Church" and "one from St. Jerome."
Through the early hours of Thursday, the 16th February, their solicitations were continued. At length the prisoner, nude, bound to a stake, accompanied by the mocking solemnity and chanted prayers of his tormentors and held to a terrible silence, [82] was brought forth to the Square of the Flowers in Rome. His body was consigned to the flames. His Message has re-echoed down the years.


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Crew chief Chad Knaus has taken the blame for Jimmie Johnson's pit row accident at the Pocono 400 yesterday in which Johnson's #48 made contact with Marcos Ambrose's # 9 car while coming out of his stall following a two-tire change, and sent him spinning dangerously close to a tire changer and tire carrier servicing Justin Allgaier's the #51 car.
Johnson's right-front slammed into Ambrose's car hard enough, which was coming in for service, causing enough damage to his own car to send him back to the stall for extensive repairs.
"Chad was spotting me out of the pit, and he took full responsibility for it," Johnson said. "He didn't know the 9 was ahead of us pulling in. He thought the 9 had left his pit box. Just confusion on pit road. I feel terrible for the 9 guys, hurting their race car and taking them out of a good day. Hurt our race car, too. However, I'm so thankful I didn't hit those crew guys. It wouldn't have been good."
Johnson, who had won the last two Sprint Cup Series races at Charlotte and Dover, was attempting to become the first driver to win three straight races since he did it in 2007, when he secured 4 consecutive victories on his way to claiming his second championship in a row. This time, the win went to Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr, with Johnson holding on to finish 6th behind Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson. Ambrose finish 24th.


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Harriet A. "Ann" VanHorn, 96, of Townsend, DE passed away on Monday, February 18, 2013 at Christiana Hospital in Newark, DE.
Born on September 30, 1916 in Massey, MD, she was the daughter of the late John O. and Mary Jane (Maslin) Shelton.
Mrs. VanHorn worked for the Townsend Elementary School, where she dedicated 38 years as cafeteria manager. She was a life member of the Townsend Volunteer Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary.
Mrs. VanHorn was a loving mother and grandmother and her family was most important to her. She especially loved the beach. Her grandsons have many fond memories of spending summers and weekends with her at the beach.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. VanHorn was preceded in death by her husband, Malvin E. VanHorn, Sr.; son, Malvin, Jr.; grandson, Malvin III; sister, Mary Dill and three brothers.
Mrs. VanHorn leaves many wonderful and fond memories to her daughter-in-law, Virginia VanHorn; two grandsons, Michael (Lisa) and Mark (Laurie) VanHorn; a grand-daughter-in-law, Lisa Phillips VanHorn; 11 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held noon on Friday, February 22 at Daniels & Hutchison Funeral Home LLC, 212 N. Broad Street in Middletown, where friends may visit with her family two hours prior. Interment will follow in Townsend Cemetery.
Memorial contributions can be made the Townsend Ladies Auxiliary, PO Box 280, Townsend, DE 19734-0280.
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With the theme "Taiwan Dreams Rising," China Airlines floated seven floral depictions of hot air balloons rising over the mountains of Taiwan and brought home the International Trophy once again in the 2014 Rose Parade. The trophy is given to the "Most Beautiful Entry Outside of 50 United States & D.C." The float was designed by John Ramirez and build by Artistic Entertainment Services.
The float theme is a symbol of the hopes and dreams that the New Year brings and reflected the parade theme "Dreams Come True." Each balloon was decorated in bright colors with symbols of Taiwan. A heart-shaped balloon representing the Taiwan Tourism Bureau displayed images from Taiwanese culture. Reader can see the image close up in the attached slideshow.
The highest building in Asia, the Taipei 101 building, was nestled among the balloons. Six Taiwanese-American women from the Los Angeles area, Christine Liao, Eunice Lin (Miss Taiwanese American 2013), Vivian Wu, Janice Chen, Jessica Chen and Rachel Lin, rode in floral "baskets" attached to the balloons.
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Hunting Jacques Futrelle
A story was written late in 1911 or early 1912 involving mysterious messages, a locked-room murder, and the survivor of a shipwreck. The survivor of the interrupted passage from Liverpool to
has frightful memories of, as the author repeats twice, "a titanic chaos of water." (This same author once wrote a novel involving a diabolical invention that the author described as "Titanic," with a capital "T"). Boston
"The Tragedy of the Life Raft" was never published during the author's lifetime. The author was Jacques Futrelle, a Georgia-born
newspaper writer, creator of the fictional detective Professor Augustus Van Dusen, known popularly as "The Thinking Machine." Futrelle died sometime after midnight, April 15, 1912, in a section of the Atlantic Ocean 400 miles south of Newfoundland, when the RMS Titanic rammed into an iceberg. Boston
Whether Futrelle had any premonition of his own death when he wrote "The Tragedy of the Life Raft" is anyone's conjecture. But it's certainly ironic that a man – one who had figured out how to escape an inescapable prison cell, how a car could enter a walled-in speed trap (yes, they had speed traps in 1905) and never come out the other end, and why a sane woman would voluntarily amputate a healthy finger – was not able to escape his tragedy at sea.
I came to Futrelle and "The Thinking Machine" rather late. I read a lot of Scholastic Books as a child, and might very well have read "The Problem of Cell 13." But I don't remember it.
Having encountered Professor van Dusen in some anthology or another, and having read the background of the author, I was entranced. I began a hunt for his books, and soon discovered that at the time, nothing was in print, and even the used and antiquarian bookstores I haunted had none of his works.
Then along came eBay. I was able to track down a few novels by Futrelle – The Diamond Master, My Lady's Garter, and The High Hand – as well as E.F. Bleiler's two collections of "Thinking Machine" stories (
). But years went by before I ever set my eyes on a copy of Futrelle's 1907 collection, The Thinking Machine. Dover
It was at a Bouchercon – memory fails which one – that I spotted a beautiful, clean copy of the collection bearing a picture of the high-foreheaded professor behind an etched on red scribble. I was in paradise. I purchased the book and gave it a good home.
Ironically, since finding that copy, I've come across numerous others. But my copy is the prettiest, and like a first love, I prize it over all others.
Collecting Futrelle First Editions is a fairly easy task, as book collecting challenges go. He only wrote six novels and the two short story collections. There have also been numerous collections of the "Thinking Machine" stories, including the Scholastic Books edition, the two
collections edited by E.F. Bleiler, a recent collection edited by Harlan Ellison, and the beautiful and complete Thinking Machine Omnibus published by Battered Silicon Dispatch Box. Dover
For the serious Futrelle competist, getting a collection up to snuff isn't nearly so simple. The "Thinking Machine" stories first appeared in the Boston American newspaper, in Saturday Evening Post, and in The Sunday Magazine. Tracking all of these down would be both challenging and pricey. Almost by accident, I did come across a copy of the December 11, 1908 issue of Saturday Evening Post containing the first installment of The Diamond Master, a non-Thinking Machine novel involving a criminal conspiracy to undermine world economy. What attracted me to the issue was the picture on the cover showing a skullcapped old man studying a diamond through a magnifying glass. I suppose it was a sign of the times that to promote a story about diamonds and international conspiracy, the publishers chose a picture of a Jew. In Futrelle's novel, the only explicitly Jewish character is a pawnbroker consulted on the authenticity of a diamond.
Aside from the "Thinking Machine" stories and the non-series novels, Futrelle wrote other – presumably many other – short stories that appeared in various magazines and newspapers during his lifetime. If anyone has compiled a list of these stories, I haven't found it. And I've looked. There were likely some gems among these stories, but with a few exceptions, they are lost to us, as Futrelle was himself lost at the bottom of the


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