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Synopsis Blooms of the cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii have become a reoccurring feature of our waterways and storages worldwide. These blooms have the potential to threaten the health of both humans and animals through the contamination of recreational and drinking water supplies. C. raciborskii has the potential to produce the cyclic alkaloid cylindrospermopsin (CYN). This cyanotoxin was believed to have been the causative agent in the Palm Island "Mystery Disease" poisoning incident in Queensland in 1979, where 148 people were afflicted with an illness (Bourke et al., 1983) (Hawkins et al., 1985). Although no further reports of human poisonings have been attributed to CYN, a multitude of livestock deaths have been ascribed to this toxin (Saker et al., 1999) (Thomas et al., 1998). An understanding of the mechanisms that determine CYN's fate in the environment have important implications for authorities managing waterways. A number of mechanisms have been investigated or discussed in relation to other cyanotoxins, such as the microcystins, and it has been suggested that microbial degradation was responsible for the greater part of microcystin removal in aquatic systems.This study represents the first detailed investigation into the microbial degradation of CYN and the isolation and characterization of bacteria with CYN degradative ability. Investigations also assessed the feasibility of using biodegradation in a slow sand filtration (SSF) pilot plant to remove soluble CYN from a contaminated water body with the aim of producing safe water to needy communities. Natural aquatic organisms are capable of degrading CYN, in the concentration range of 0 to 950pg L-1 once the CYN has been released from the cyanobacterial cells. Removal of the CYN appears to be dependent on either the presence of C.raciborskii cells themselves or/and a history of toxic C. raciborskii blooms. Waterbodies with no history of toxic C. raciborskii blooms or any C. raciborskii cells present at the time of the study did not show CYN degradative activity over a 40 day experimental period. In the waterbodies where CYN degradative activity was present, a history of toxic C. raciborskii blooms was noted. In some cases loss of CYN was delayed (i.e. acclimation period) until the endemic population of bacteria developed the necessary enzymes for CYN degradation or/and the biomass of organisms reached a level that loss of CYN was detectable. However, it has been shown that repeated exposure to CYN resulted in a shorter acclimation period prior to the commencement of detectable loss of CYN. A number of CYN degradative bacteria were isolated from Hervey Bay Retardation Basin (HBRB), a water body with a history of toxic C. raciborskii blooms. One of the isolated bacteria was identified as Delftia sp. by direct sequencing of its 16S rRNA gene. This organism belongs to the Comamondaceae family (Wen et al., 1999) which belongs to the p subclass of the Proteobacteria (Stackebrandt et al., 1988). The type species D. acidovorans has been shown to degrade a range of herbicides, phosphorus and analine based compounds (Boon et al., 2001) (Mueller and Babel, 2001). The ability of this organism to degrade these chemicals suggests that wide ranges of enzymatic processes are present and so the isolation of a strain capable of degrading CYN is not a surprising result. A filtration plant consisting of a biologically active roughing filter (RF) and slow sand filter (SSF) was effective in removing 100% of C. raciborskii cells and soluble CYN from a natural occurring waterbody. The cell density and the soluble CYN concentration during this study ranged from 5860 to 76 000 cells mL-1 and 0 to 2.2 µg L-1 respectively. These results clearly demonstrated the potential for using biodegradation as means of producing water free from soluble CYN. Many factors influence the CYN degradative capability of a waterbody. The results obtained from this study provide water authorities managing both recreational and drinking water supplies with valuable information allowing them to make informed decisions relating to withholding periods following toxic C. raciborskii blooms.
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Alabama imposes extra restrictions on abortion providers, despite the fact that all health-care providers already must comply with a variety of federal and state regulations governing health, safety, building and fire codes, and zoning requirements.
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Alabama places medically unnecessary restrictions on where abortion services may be provided.
Any health-care facility that provides 30 or more abortion procedures per month during any two months of the calendar year, or that provides "advertising" that it provides abortion care by some public means such as newspaper, telephone directory, magazine, or electronic media must comply with a uniquely imposed licensure scheme not required of other medical providers. Ala. Admin. Code. r. 420-5-1-.01(2)(b), -.01(3), -.01(4). This rule also applies to the offices of individual doctors if they meet the minimum procedures quota or advertising requirements. Tucker v. State Dept. of Public Health, 650 So. 2d 910 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). Violations may result in criminal penalties. Ala. Code § 22-21-33 (Enacted 1949; Last Amended 2008). The licensing requirement has the following conditions:
Each abortion provider shall be classified as "ambulatory health care occupancy" - a type of ambulatory surgical center. This classification includes certain physical-plant requirements, such as submission of architectural drawings and plans, as well as sprinkler system plans and other materials necessary to show compliance. H.R. 57, 1st Reg. Sess. (Ala. 2013) (Enacted 2013).
Abortion providers must have admitting and staff privileges at an acute care hospital in the same "standard metropolitan statistical area" that permits the physician to perform procedures reasonably necessary to treat abortion-related complications. No exception is made for rural areas, and nothing in the statute requires a hospital to agree to such an arrangement. Ala. Admin. Code. r. 420-5-1-.03(6)(b). H.R. 57, 1st Reg. Sess. (Ala. 2013) (Enacted 2013).
This provision of the law has been blocked by a federal court. The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Northern Division issued a preliminary injunction after pro-choice activists challenged the law before it could go into effect. Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc. v. Bentley, --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2013 WL 3287109 (M.D.Ala.).
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Skip to comments.Ayn Rand Was Right: Wealthy Are on Strike Against Obama
Posted on 06/22/2011 10:18:02 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The U.S. economy is crumbling. Businesses are collapsing in record numbers. Jobs have disappeared. Tax revenues are down dramatically. Coincidence?
Everything happening today under Obama resembles the storyline of Ayn Rands famous book, Atlas Shrugged, one of the most popular books of all time, selling over 7 million copies. Now, under President Obama, Atlas Shrugged has come to life. Rand prophesized a country dominated by socialists, Marxists and statists, where looters, free loaders and poverty promoters live off the productive class. To rationalize the fleecing of innovative business owners and job creators, the looter class demonized the wealthy, just as Obama and his socialist cabal are doing in real life today.
The central plot of Atlas Shrugged is that in response to being demonized, over-taxed, over-regulated, and punished for success, Americas business owners were disappearing dropping off the grid, and refusing to work 16-hour days to support those unwilling to put in the same blood, sweat and tears. They were going on strike. Because of that the original proposed title of Atlas Shrugged was The Strike.
They were going on strike to teach that civilization cannot survive when people are slaves to government. That without a productive class of innovative business owners willing to risk their own money and work 16-hour days, weekends and holidays, there are no jobs and no taxes to pay for government. If you punish the wealthy, the risk-takers, the innovators, you kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. In Obamas America, fiction is becoming fact.
The lesson of Atlas Shrugged is that without the $100,000+ earners paying into Social Security, there are no pensions for the poor and lower middle class. Without the wealthy owners of million-dollar mansions paying $25,000 and $50,000 annual property tax bills, there is no funding for public schools. Without the wealthy paying into Medicare, there is no free healthcare for the elderly. Without capitalists motivated by profit, there are no discoveries to eradicate polio or create miraculous cancer and AIDS drugs. Without capitalists motivated by profit, there are no jobs, period! That is what happens when the producers of society go on strike to protect themselves from the looters.
Ayn Rand was warning the looters that there are consequences to their overzealous actions. She was warning that if the productive classes felt used, demonized, ripped off, and taken for granted, they would go on strike stop working, retire early, go underground, or move to places where achievement is celebrated and they feel appreciated.
The latest U.S. Census proves Ayn Rand right. Under Obama the wealthy are striking, voting with their feet. They are moving to low-tax red states in droves, escaping from high-tax blue states where they are being demonized and punished by the millions.
The Census proves that Obamas tax and spend philosophy is a dismal failure, an economic disaster killing jobs. It is no coincidence that 1.9 million FEWER Americans are working than before Obamas stimulus. It is no coincidence that jobs are not returning to the private sector. It is no coincidence that tax revenues have dropped dramatically and cannot support Obamas bloated Big Brother government. The innovators, risk-takers, and wealthy he demonized and punished are on strike.
The high tech revolution has killed the progressive-liberal tax-and-spend dream. Because of the Internet, email, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Satellite TV, I-phones, I-pads, and cell phones, business owners are no longer prisoners of Big Brother. Take a look at states where the latest Census shows Americans moved during the past decade: Nevada, Texas, Arizona, Florida, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alaska, Virginia all low- or no-tax red states, states that lead the USA in economic freedom.
Now look at states they escaped from: New York, New Jersey, California, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan. Taxpayers, business owners, jobs creators, retirees with assets are fleeing the high tax, big spending, Big Brother states the states being run like Obama is running the nation.
Progressives be afraid, be very afraid. If Obama is re-elected, these valuable producers will pick up and leave America altogether. There is a big world out there begging them to come. Places like Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Monte Carlo, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Bahamas, and Cayman Islands are low-tax havens that appreciate business owners and their sacrifices. They welcome wealthy ex-patriots. They celebrate individual achievement. They reward instead of punish business owners and financial risk-takers. They are wonderful places to live and are aggressively pursuing Americans.
I am just one small businessman, a third-party Libertarian political leader. Yet I personally have heard from thousands of fans, friends and supporters who have left America, are thinking of leaving America, are visiting other countries right now to decide where to go, or making preparations to leave in case Obama is re-elected. Just as Ayn Rand predicted, business owners are going on strike. Permanently.
The high tech revolution has freed them to run their businesses from anywhere in the world. The same high tech tools and toys that toppled a powerful and invincible 30-year dictator in Egypt and now threaten to topple powerful leaders throughout the Arab world, also offer mobility and freedom to U.S. taxpayers. Obama better learn the lesson of Mubarek before millions more business people decide they do not need to put up with looters, free loaders, and politicians who despise them.
Atlas is shrugging. Ayn Rand is saying I told you so.
More power to them.
Without working class and middle class people to buy their products there is no way for heroic capitalists to make money.
Without working class and middle class people to do the dirty work for them there is no way for heroic capitalists to carry out their grand schemes.
In a healthy society, the rich and not so rich help each other. There is value in the contributions of all.
I join you in saying 'more power to them'.
They are not just fleeing the high tax states but the country itself!
Obama's forced insurance for over four employees will vastly increase unemployment and closed businesses.
It seems that when the going gets tough the tough get going. With all our ills, this is still the greatest nation on earth-even for business owners.
What good would it do to leave the country? As I understand it, you still have to pay US income tax for 10 yrs after you renounce your US citizenship.
Best post I have read all day and maybe all week.
I think you miss the point: the heroic capitalist will go where capital is not abused. Typically, those places also have working and middle class people. It just won't be American working and middle class.
It's just common sense business. You don't increase your risk by expanding when the economy is rocky and the gov is acting so flaky you have no idea what restrictions they will employ tomorrow. The latter all lies at 0bama's and the Dem's feet and is the biggest factor.
Of course there is. The rich have capital to invest and the others have labor to contribute. It is a co-dependent system. However, investment capital is the starting point and it flows where returns can be maximized. There is plenty of labor elsewhere in the world to work for the capital.
They can stop buying products if they want to.
Without working class and middle class people to do the dirty work for them there is no way for heroic capitalists to carry out their grand schemes.
If you think the employees do the dirty work you must not have ever been an employer. If you consider building a business and employing people a "grand scheme" I think you must read more Marx than Ayn Rand.
A quibble: The headline doesn't reflect the article or Rand's predictions. Rather than "Wealthy" (which includes Kennedys, Clintons, and now 0bamas), it should really read "Productive" or more accurately yet, "Wealth-Builders" (since many productive workers don't build wealth).
I suggest that you carefully consider your use of the word "class" in this post.
Why do you believe that lower and middle income people are somehow less capitalistic than wealthier people?
The illegal Mexican fruit vendor on the street corner is a capitalist.
The "green energy" scam artist and high-dollar donor to politicians is not so much.
The lesson that Obama learns may not bring the response that Wayne thinks is the correct one. Obama is likely to double down and attempt to go after these people and portray them as traitors - he's already gone after the Swiss bank accounts.
With all due respect, Ayn Rand never contemplated the Peoples Republic of China.
The wealthy are not on strike.
They are in bed with communists.
Well said.
Thank you. I appreciate that. His post sounded like Socialism 101 to me. Strange.
In "Atlas Shrugged" it was not the wealthy who were on strike, many of the "Bad Guys" were wealthy, it was the entrepreneur, the creators, who were on strike.
"If you think the employees do the dirty work you must not have ever been an employer."
Then hire me and fire whomever you have working for you.
LMAO...you should read Rand, Mr. Taggert.
My point continues:
John Galt no longer owns the factory, or that fantastic motor.
Mr. Zhang manages the factory for the real owner: the politboro.
There is an American name on the front of the factory. That is all.
"prophesized" has one more "z" than it needs.
Either you're joking or you don't know what I mean.
This is wrong. Rand's purpose was to encourage producers ("men of the mind") to recognize their right to their own property, to reject the claims of their altruist antagonists and to demand justice from society. In no way is "Atlas Shrugged" meant to be a warning to anyone. She didn't think that way.
All of which occurs in the book...
Except for food, I do not have to buy one thing for I don't know how many years.
Shoes? Check.
Shirts? Check.
Suits? Check.
Shaving, oral hygiene, shampoo, etc, . Check.
In fact, I have stuff I may never use, like a couple of sets of China that I haven't figure out the proper setting or the many clothes I purchased and tossed in a closet.
That's the junk but, important stuff like staples....I will not spend a dime in the next two years except as a habit of just buying extra.
If push came to shove and I "Busted down in Baton Rouge" I only have to keep my car on the road and buy food. That's after I run out of my SHTF supplies which is around 1-2 years. I don't actually know how many years because the supplies are in various locations and I haven't inventoried them in about two years.
Hmmmm.... now that I think of it, might be time to take an actual inventory and put in my calendar so I now what I got.
Project for the 4th.
Here is a bit of my own "going Galt" story, published in AT in Dec of 08 - which also predicted exactly what has come to pass:
Yeah, right. Just send me the bill. I'll be sure to pay it just as soon as I can get around to it.
Wow! That was very prescient of you for 2008. I keep thinking I should not admit to having any marketable skills or pretty soon the 0bama goons will come around and demand that I start a business.
Went Galt years ago.
I know what you mean. I've owned my own business myself.
I've "gone Galt" and every patriotic American should do the same.
- do not purchase anything worth over $1000 if possible.
-do not purchase any new vehicles and if needed avoid ALL GM products.
- delay tax payments as long as possible.
- earn only enough to "make your nut" then just shut it down.
-avoid travel by air and vacations to California,New York , Florida , or any place that is liberal ( Seattle).
Take every flier, postage paid ad for New York Times, AARP, GM or any other left wing front then get blank sheet of paper and mail it back.
- cancel as much cable, land line phones, newspaper subscriptions, magazine subscriptions as possible.
-stay home as much as possible and avoid restaurants, theaters and any live music or sporting venue.
In other words. ........ Shut down and hunker down for a year or more.
Good luck all.
Those who work for a living.
Those who vote for a living.
That is also called going into a slow roll mode.
from posts to the original article:
"Oh well, another day in hell....... nothing to be done, as always. Talk, talk, talk, talk " - egosumvernum
i heard this a little over a year ago. 0bama's justice dept... civil rights division (yes, the same one).
posts like egosumvernum's are hoping to light a fire.
they hope to goad someone into action... to do something violent while they are in power... so they can act.
best attack against them is... take your chips off the table and refuse to play. let it fail. let it fail hard. very, very hard. it has to. otherwise, the lesson will not be learned and they will continue
You are a lot more polite than I would prefer to be.
go back to DU
Thank you for the link. Very well written article.
Ask the Americans who are fleeing the USA.
the rent-seekers are alive and well and taking all those government hand outs with both fists
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I'd prefer Ron Paul...but, seems they're keeping him out of the race, as much as possible and shutting out Gary Johnson, too. So, out of the two evils, I would DEFINITELY think Romney would do MUCH better than Obama.
I don't think either of those choices is a better choice. My better choice is Gary Johnson.
Jill Stein or Gary Johnson.. I would rather have them running as the candidates.
I don't care for Obama, he's had his 4yrs & it didn't work out so well. I'm not for Romney, due to ...I feel that he has ulterior motives. The thought of 4 years via a Republican Pres, makes me cringe!
I also feel that both are out of touch with reality. I am now an Independent voter this upcoming election, ...due to the 2 that are running have sooooo turned me OFF, regarding the ability to get anything accomplished for the good of the people for which they supposedly represent.
While Obama visits Vegas @ some $800-$1300 bucks a night for 3 nights, meanwhile asking for $10 via cellphone marketing.....uh, I can NO longer tolerate this kind of fund raising so the candidate can afford to plow thru my hard earned monies.
Regarding the debate.....I'm not looking for "zingers" per Romney, to change my mind upon the upcoming vote, how rediculous can it get??
Ron Paul or Gary Johnson
Obama has been a great President and will eb a great President for the next four year. Romney would be an unmitigated disaster.
Obama, FOR SURE.
I can't even imagine what will happen if Obama is not re-elected.
Romney will take us back to the troubles we had when Bush was in office.
Obama may not have been able to completely clean up the mess that Bush made. Who could clean up that mess in only 4 yrs!?!
Obama is moving our country in the right direction.
Quoting mom_to_travis:
Obama, FOR SURE.
Oh my goodness I really LOL with this one!!
I guess why I would vote for a President doesn't come down to him/her being "down to earth", "relatable", and "collective". I prefer "reliable", "experienced" and "Pro America!". Obama not trying to be someone he's not??? Seriously?? The man is the biggest fake I've ever seen. IMO
Quoting _Kissy_:Out of the 2 options above. I choose Obama.
He's more down to earth, relatable, collective. He does not try to be someone he's not.
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Happy New Year Everyone!
I forgot to post my photos from last years Rox fest but I'm going to it again this year. I've been thinking of changing the title to this blog since I vary rarely sit in the rockpile I just haven't thought of a new title for it yet.
Been lacking with updating this blog, my bad.
I don't have many followers as other MLBloggers have and I bet I know why. I don't post on this blog much, I should change that I suppose. I'll post all the pics I took at the 2014 Rockies fest for those who aren't following me on facebook in my next post.
Latest Editions (part 1): Jayson Nix New York Yankees Name plate
Latest Editions (part 2): 2013 Colorado Rockies Military pro-back Cap
deleted my other mlblog.
with our MLBlogs being on wordpress, this whole thing confused me to the point that it pissed me off so I just said F it! and I deleted my "Rockpile of Memories blog" so from now on I shall post all the new additions to my Rockies and baseball/non-baseball/non-rockies related memorabillia on here.
Rockies baseball and Bon Jovi concert #5 in April!
This year marks the 20th Anniversary for the Colorado Rockies and as ironic as it is, It's my 15th season working for the Rockies. I'm excited as ever and yes I'm going to some of the games this year…..but not when there's T-shirt giveaways, if the shirts are gonna be XL's then forget that, the XL shirts I have from last year are getting a bit snug on me after washing them in cold water so I'm just gonna go the games they give out the bobble heads.
Yep. I won't be at the April 16th Rockies game because I'll be at my 5th Bon Jovi concert! I'll get as many pix as I can from the concert and post them on my facebook.
A box full of Rockies stuff & suprise Yankees greats Pix
Danny, our neighbor from across the street was cleaning out his garage, he knew I was a Rockies fan so he gave me a box of his Rockies stuff, here's what was inside.
I'm not just a Rockies fan, I'm also a Cubs & Yankees fan —but my heart and soul belongs to the Rockies— I just about fainted when I saw those Yankees photos, I've never got a chance to collect anything Yankees from that era, now I have at least one thing.
Latest editions to my Rockies collection
Seth Smith Jersey & a Coors Field 15th Anniversary photo of Dante Bichette's 14th inning game winning HR on Opening day April 1995.


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|By Xgamerx13 (Xgamerx13) on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 04:13 pm: Edit
I am looking for colleges to consider, and I am thinking of majoring in Aerospace engineering, or engineering dealing with defense, but I might also like to pursue a business major instead. I am not sure which one I want.
What schools are great in both engineering and business, at the undergrad level?
Is there a way I can decide between these two careers? Can anyone guide me to a resource that would help me decide?
Also, Do business majors earn more money in the long run, or vice versa?
|By Shyboy13 (Shyboy13) on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 04:22 pm: Edit
I was recently in a graduate seminar where the speaker said that engineers make a lot of money to start off but their wages increase at a decreasing rate. Business majors, however, make less in the beginning but experience a faster (higher) rate of wage growth.
Generally, money should not a problem for either of these graduates as they tend to be among the highest paid relative to people in other majors.
|By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 04:29 pm: Edit
For those two majors, you have several excellent choices:
#2 Michigan-Ann Arbor
#3 Texas-Austin
#4 Illinois-Urbana Champaign
#5 Purdue University-West Lafayette
#6 Maryland
CMU, Wisconsin-Madison and Cal-Berkeley are excellent in Engineering and Business, but they aren't that good in Aerospace Engineering.
|By Sammywu (Sammywu) on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 04:35 pm: Edit
CMU doesn't have Aero Engr
I would say USC, Cornell, Upenn
|By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 04:56 pm: Edit
Cornell does not have a well established Business School. USC is not bad at all. Penn is not really that good in Engineering.
|By Pookdogg (Pookdogg) on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 04:58 pm: Edit
UC Berkeley...the aero eng. isn't spectacular, but it's not bad, either. And since you're in-state, you can't get much metaphorical bang for your buck.
Although my Cal pride is telling me not to say so, I would also highly recommend MIT. Not only is it the best tech school around (CalTech and India Tech advocates, humor me here), the Sloan School in MIT is right up there with Penn's Wharton and Berkeley's Haas schools. Bonne chance.
|By Donutlover (Donutlover) on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 04:58 pm: Edit
|By Alan5 (Alan5) on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 05:03 pm: Edit
If you want to work in the aerodefense industry go to the websites of the leading defense contractors like Raytheon, Lockheed, Boeing etc. to deterimine which schools they hire from.
Lockheed Martin:
|By Lauraanne (Lauraanne) on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 05:22 pm: Edit
Check out Penn's Management and Technology program. True, Penn isn't the best for engineering, but the program allows you to graduate with a business and engineering degree.
|By Jcm525 (Jcm525) on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 09:47 pm: Edit
University of MIchigan Ann Arbor. US News undergrad rankings: 3rd in Aerospace Engineering (7th in Engineering overall) and tied w/ Berkeley for 3rd in undergrad business. A lot of above aerospace companies recruit at U of Michigan, and from what I've heard it's a great college experience. Which majors make the most money in the long run? Well, engineering majors with MBA's; they are gold.
|By Shyboy13 (Shyboy13) on Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 12:22 pm: Edit
Cal and USC are two very good choices.
|By Xgamerx13 (Xgamerx13) on Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 01:17 pm: Edit
Thanks alot for the info. These boards are more active than the SAT boards.
Ya, shyboy that makes sense because engineers have a skill thats highly valuable once out of college, but in business you need experience.
From what has been said, I am considering Berkley, Michigan, MIT, USC, Texas Austin, Marlyand, Purdue, IUC, Penn, & CMU. I think MIT is a little too high up to get into. I havent taken the SATs or PSATs yet, but I got 720 and a 660 on world history and biology SAT IIs, and 3.9-4.0 uw for sophomore year.
I heard for USC, only the graduate not the undergrad engineering, is terrific. Is this true? One of my parents is a marine biologist professor at USC.
So it is possible to do a duel major, in engineering and business, in all the schools listed above, or only Penn? Is there a great amount of work to do both? Last Question: Is there that much of a need for people in today's job market that have both majors?
Edit: I found this in a PR article, "Co-ops are usually held by engineering or business students (but can also be held by those in other fields), and they usually take place during both the summer and the school year." Thats great news to my ears.
|By Shyboy13 (Shyboy13) on Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 03:14 pm: Edit
I know that USC is very friendly when it comes to double majoring. However, business is a very competitive major at SC and ANY engineering program is difficult and has a lot of requirements. Further, I really dont know of any double major restrictions for these two. As for the other schools, you would have to visit the website or call or email the school to find out. Truthfully, both are high paying and perhaps difficult so it may be better to only do one. The best advice so far, and I know its a road frequently traveled, is to major in engineering and get an MBA later. Think about it! A ton of money right after college then a double ton of money a few years later.
|By Xgamerx13 (Xgamerx13) on Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 04:10 pm: Edit
Just to clarify:
To get an MBA you must go to business school correct? For three years?
For being an engineer, you only need the first 4 years of colllege, or do you need more?
|By Shyboy13 (Shyboy13) on Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 04:59 pm: Edit
MBA ~ 2 years
Engineer: Undergrad degree = 4 years.
Generally, you must work a few years after you graduate to get into B-school.
|By Xgamerx13 (Xgamerx13) on Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 05:59 pm: Edit
You dont need to major in business to go to business school, but its just easier and better right?
|By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 06:26 pm: Edit
Not really. Actually, most MBA programs prefer Econ or Engineering majors to Business majors.
|By Xgamerx13 (Xgamerx13) on Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 11:14 pm: Edit
Why would they prefer Engineering and Econ over business as a precursor to business school? Seems to me like saying that an Engineering program would weigh verbal scores over math scores; Doesnt make sense.
Please when you are hyping a school, please promulgate if you go to that school or not, as your enrollment in any given school tends to highly bias your opinion in the school's favor.
Are all your suggestions for engineering geared towards the undergraduate school?
USC is good on one hand that it seems to be a good fit, its close, and that I have been there and worked there during a summer, and I like the campus, although it is in the middle of the more crime-ridden parts of LA.
The bad thing is that its a little too close to home, and I have a parent working there.
Anyone know any good books for looking at engineering colleges, namely undergraduates, and undergraduate business schools.
|By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Friday, August 13, 2004 - 04:12 am: Edit
I attended the University of Michigan and Cornell University. I care nothing for Cornell, but I admit to being biased when it comes to Michigan. Still, the rankings I offer are not my own. According to the US News and World Report, Michigan is #3 in Undergraduate Business and #3 in undergraduate Aerospace Engineering.
MIT is #2 in undergraduate Business and #1 in Aerospace Engineering.
The following universities all offer excellent programs in undergraduate Business and Aerospace Engineering:
Illinois-Urbana Champaign
Maryland-College Park
Purdue-West Lafayette
However, MIT and Michigan would be my top 2 choices, if you really want both Business and Engineering. But I must warn you, both progrsams are so demanding, you will most likely end up concentrating in just one. I would personally major in Eingeering over Business. If that be the case, Stanford is also awesome in Aerospace Engineering, as are Princeton, Cornell and Georgia Tech.
As for the reason why MBA programs prefer Engineers and Social Science majors? Who knows?
Here's a look at the student profile at Kellogg (Northwestern University's top ranked MBA program).
As you can see, at Kellogg, 40% of the entering class majored in Engineering and 40% majored in Econ and other Social Sciences. Only 20% majored in Business and more people major in Business than in either the Social Sciences or Engineering.
Michigan's MBA program is also one of the top 10.
Here too you have more Engineerings and Social Science majors (32% and 45% respectively) than Business Majors (19%).
Other top programs don't really post that information, but I would be surprised if other schools had much different looking profiles.
|By Scubasteve (Scubasteve) on Friday, August 13, 2004 - 04:55 pm: Edit
check out Lehigh.. great business and engineering plus cross enrollment is encouraged
|By Xgamerx13 (Xgamerx13) on Friday, August 13, 2004 - 06:48 pm: Edit
I checked out Michigan and it seems terrific. It seems kind of undervalued, considering its quality and rankings, even though rankings dont mean much. 3rd best in two categories that I want, yet a 53% acceptance rate. Thats awesome. I checked in the Fiske Book of Colleges, and it gave it 5/5 (half scores are possible, such as a 4.5) for academics. It said IUC is a half step behind it. Or maybe I am not skeptical enough. For my purposes, the only school better is MIT.
|By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Friday, August 13, 2004 - 07:40 pm: Edit
Michigan's achilles heel is its acceptance rate. But it is still difficult to get in, especially for out of staters. If you have less than a 3.7 unweighed GPA and less than a 1300 on your SATs, chances are, you won't get in. But there are many benefits to applying to Michigan.
1) If you apply early (and if you want to improve your chances, you must apply by the end of September at the latest), you get an answer before Christmas. Imagine how soothing it is to know that you got into one of the nation's top 15 research universities 5 months before other universities answer you.
2) It is indeed easier to get into than other top 15 research universities.
And you should visit Ann Arbor if you get a chance. It is a unique and fun little city.
|By Xgamerx13 (Xgamerx13) on Friday, August 13, 2004 - 07:52 pm: Edit
A high acceptance rate in this case is a great thing. I think I have a cousin who goes to University of Michigan, or some other Michigan college. Just curious, does it still do affirmative action?
Definitely a ED candidate.
What specific business major is best to go with the aerospace major? There is a list of them here: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankbusiness_brief.php
I am guessing productions / operations movement.
|By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 01:44 am: Edit
Michigan is still very committed to diversity, but was forced to change its admissions equation when the Supreme court ruled it unconstitutional. Still, underrepresented minorities will be given fair consideration.
Michigan does not have ED or EA options because of the nature of its admissions policy. What I meant is that you need to submit your application early because Michigan has rolling admissions (first come, first serve) for all of its applicants. So you can apply to MIT or Stanford (if you decide not to study Business afterall) ED/EA and just make sure you send your application to Michigan early.
As for what Business field to study, I would pick either Poroduction/Operations, Supply Chain, General Management or Finance. Each of those is highly respected. It really boils down to want you want to do. One thig you may wish to consider is majoring in Aerospace Engineering only while maybe taking a few courses of accounting and finance at the Business school. Then work for a few years and then return to Business school for an MBA. I guess what I am trying to say is that you should really think hard before majoring in Business at the undergraduate level. Let me tell you, it will take you 5 years of serious studying to double major in Engineering and Business, and you may not benefit entirely from such a double major. Taking a few select courses in the Business school while focusing on Aerospace Engineering may serve you best.
|By Xgamerx13 (Xgamerx13) on Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 02:09 am: Edit
Thanks for the reply.
It seems like UM has somewhat of a duality. I mentioned to my friend I was looking at it, and he instantly said, "Dude, if its the University of Michigan I'm thinkin of, I know a friend who goes there, and it has the highest amount of alcohol per head there." I've seen clips on news showing like riots/protests with UM students. Its also known as has been said as a great research facility.
The lack of an ED is kinda depressing. I see people with awesome credentials on this site, and they consider themselves too lowly for schools like MIT, Stanford, and other great schools.
Well, I guess I will just focus on aerospace, but lots of things will happen before any solid decision is made, but I'll keep skimmin the forums in general.
I was looking at the Freshman profile, and I could only glean one basic requirement, the average score, calculated by averaging the 25th and 75th percentile, for the verbal and math sections. I know this is not mathematically correct, but it is the closes I can get. Average verbal is 635, and average math is 670. My goal is at least the following: a 690 verbal, and a 730 math. http://www.umich.edu/~oapainfo/TABLES/FR_Prof.html
Do you know specific instances where both engineering and an MBA would be appropiate? A position where you are an engineer, yet manage others, to lead a group, and to eventually become a supervisor/executive? To be an intermediary between the financial types and the engineers?
Well at worst, if I cannot handle engineering I will switch to business.
Thanks for the help Alexandre.
|By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 03:25 am: Edit
Michigan certainly has a duality about it...so do most great universities. Alcohol is availlable, but no more than at MIT, Amherst, Williams, Harvard or Cornell.
As for the average scores at Michigan, don't let them fool you. The averages you saw were for the entire university. That includes the schools of Kinesiology, Nursing, Natural Resources and Enviornment, Music and Art and Design and in-state students. Although those schools are selective, the average test scores are below 1200 and those students at those 5 colleges make up 20% of the student body. The mean SAT scores for the Schools of Engineering and Arts and Sciences is 1340. Again, that's including in-state students. The mean SAT for out of state students entering the schools of Engineering and Arts and Sciences is 1370. But if you can get a 1420 as you indicated above, you have a very reasonable shot at Michigan. In fact, a score of 1350 should be just fine if you apply early enough.
As for Engineering and MBA, they are a perfect marriage! My cousing majored in Mechanical Engineering at Michigan, graduated with a 3.5 GPA, worked for Ford for 4 years and now is getting his MBA at Northwestern's highly regarded Kellogg school of management, arguably the #1 graduate Business school in the US.
It is a misconception that one must major in Business to get into a top MBA program. Actually, if you look at what top MBA students and top MBA programs majored in, only 15-25% of those students majored in Business. Over 20% of them majored in Engineering.
Here are a few examples of class profiles at top 10 MBA programs. As you can see, Engineers hold their own:
|By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 04:51 am: Edit
I must make it clear that the 5 schools I mentioned above (Kinesiology, Nursing, Natural Reosurces and Evironment, Music and Art) are not easy to get into. In fact, the school of Music may be the most selective of all Michigan's colleges (acceptance rate under 10%). But the students who get admitted into those programs have different profiles. 3.5 students with 1100 on their SATs are not uncommon at those colleges, but they also happen to have incredible gifts in music or art etc...
|By Jonw222 (Jonw222) on Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 11:59 am: Edit
If you are looking to go into engineering, business, or any field, I would definitely try to talk to someone in the field. This isn't meant to discourage anyone from working in a particular field or anything, just to know the reality of hirings, etc. that cannot be garnered from college bulletins or magazines that always play up how much money and how well engineers do at the beginning but never disclose the reality of the situation.
|By Xgamerx13 (Xgamerx13) on Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 02:24 pm: Edit
There was a guy at my synagogue who worked for TRW or Northrop Grumman, and I spoke to him from time to time, but he left to live in Israel.
Alexandre, do you know the freshman profile of the school of engineering, as it is likely vastly different from the whole school together.
On a side note, someone told me that if you apply to a college for an unpopular major or department, then you have better choices, then afterwards you switch to the major you truly desire. I do not think I would resort to using this scheme even if it was not true.
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Is John Paul II still great?
I've been asking myself that question as I've read the discussions about the sex abuse scandal and asked it again while I read Ross Douthat's editorial at the NYT this morning. The most pertinent part is this:
But there's another story to be told about John Paul II and his besieged successor. The last pope was a great man, but he was also a weak administrator, a poor delegator, and sometimes a dreadful judge of character.
The church's dilatory response to the sex abuse scandals was a testament to these weaknesses. So was John Paul's friendship with the Rev. Marcial Maciel Degollado, the founder of the Legionaries of Christ. The last pope loved him and defended him. But we know now that Father Maciel was a sexually voracious sociopath. And thanks to a recent exposé by The National Catholic Reporter's Jason Berry, we know the secret of Maciel's Vatican success: He was an extraordinary fund-raiser, and those funds often flowed to members of John Paul's inner circle.
Only one churchman comes out of Berry's story looking good: Joseph Ratzinger. Berry recounts how Ratzinger lectured to a group of Legionary priests, and was subsequently handed an envelope of money "for his charitable use." The cardinal "was tough as nails in a very cordial way," a witness said, and turned the money down.
This isn't an isolated case. In the 1990s, it was Ratzinger who pushed for a full investigation of Hans Hermann Groer, the Vienna cardinal accused of pedophilia, only to have his efforts blocked in the Vatican. It was Ratzinger who persuaded John Paul, in 2001, to centralize the church's haphazard system for handling sex abuse allegations in his office. It was Ratzinger who re-opened the long-dormant investigation into Maciel's conduct in 2004, just days after John Paul II had honored the Legionaries in a Vatican ceremony. It was Ratzinger, as Pope Benedict, who banished Maciel to a monastery and ordered a comprehensive inquiry into his order.
So the high-flying John Paul let scandals spread beneath his feet, and the uncharismatic Ratzinger was left to clean them up. This pattern extends to other fraught issues that the last pope tended to avoid — the debasement of the Catholic liturgy, or the rise of Islam in once-Christian Europe. And it extends to the caliber of the church's bishops, where Benedict's appointments are widely viewed as an improvement over the choices John Paul made. It isn't a coincidence that some of the most forthright ecclesiastical responses to the abuse scandal have come from friends and protégés of the current pope.
Douthat is not alone here; most have pointed out (including Rod Dreher, who left the Church b/c of his disappointment w/ the abuse scandals) that Benedict has gone to great lengths to clean up the mess that his predecessor made. But does a "great" make that kind of mess?
Now I certainly think that JPII is a saint. I don't think that's in question. Interestingly enough, I have not gathered from the media's coverage that they would disagree with that. In fact, I would say that he probably merits very serious consideration as a doctor of the Church for Fides et Ratio and "man and Woman He Created Them: a theology of the body" Heck, I even have a poster of him in my living room (which is useful for showing to Mormon missionaries when they ask if I'm religious).
But having the title of "the great" means something extra than sainthood, doesn't it?
Of course, this is difficult b/c "the great" title has no requirements, no set guidelines. This can be a big deal, as often the rules determine the result (for example: the importance you attach to Superbowl wins affects whether you think Manning or Brady is superior. of course this question is irrelevant b/c Brees is better than both of them but I digress).
Adding further difficulty is determining how significant this scandal is. While I'm sure this has profoundly affected those who have suffered from child abuse, I'm not sure if this will be a big deal thirty, fifty, a hundred years down the road. Right now of course it seems huge but how many people will be aware of it in the coming generations?
For JPII to not be determined great, it would have to be that the sex abuse scandal made enough of a dent in his legacy. This is not a minor feat, as JPII deserves significant credit for stabilizing the Church following Vatican II (setting the stage for the current traditonalist revival), excellent contributions to theology (including Fides et Ratio and Theology of the Body), an excellent charismatic approach that changed the nature of the papacy, and-oh yeah-helping to peacefully bring down the Soviet Union.
I tend to think that in the end, he will be deemed great though for the moment I hesitate to use the term. In the end, I think this storm will pass and we'll be left with the memories of a great man with great accomplishments. But I think it's possible that in reflecting on the failures of JPII's papacy that perhaps we'll choose not to use the term, and that's not a possibility many were entertaining 5 years ago when JPII came into eternal life.
I would really like to know how other people are approaching this problem. Please leave comments.
Of course, one has to think that if Benedict is doing better than JPII, and JPII is "the great", ought perhaps Benedict be up for the term? Food for thought.
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On one point I agree with Douthat is that JP2 overlooked liturgical abuse. Even to the point of participating in it himself "hoping" that his example would lead others to change, but alas we've seen how this has failed miserably.
Thank goodness for Pope Benedict!
The failure to adequately address the sex abuse scandal was the great failing of the JPII papacy.
Yet I came into the Church in 2004 – just after the height of the scandal in the U.S. in 2002. Not only was the Church's poor handling of the crisis NOT an impediment to me, but I have my doubts that I would be here but for JPII. I had loved John Paul and considered him "the Great" for well over 20 years before I ever entered the Church.
I think there can be no doubt to anyone who saw the entirety of JPII's papacy and witnessed his compelling presence on the world stage – his contribution to the fall of Eastern European communism, alone, in my view, merits the sobriquet "the Great" – that such a title is apt.
You actually touch on a problem I have in evaluating this: when I really came into the faith (although I was a cradle Catholic) Benedict was pope, not JPII. So it's hard for me to really evaluate his papacy like most others can.
I have to say that my love for JPII was the sort of love that one might feel for the "great man" like George Washington or Abe Lincoln. It's not so much a personal attachment as it is an admiration for someone who is much larger than just himself. I think many people of different faiths and no faiths recognized that in JPII, and this is part of why I believe "the Great" is applicable.
That said, the love I feel for Benedict is a much more personalized love, like one might have for a kindly old grandfather or a favorite uncle. He might not be a "great" man, but, more importantly, he is a "good" man. And that is why I am so angered by these unfair attacks upon his character.
"So the high-flying John Paul let scandals spread beneath his feet, and the uncharismatic Ratzinger was left to clean them up."
"[Pope Benedict] might not be a "great" man, but, more importantly, he is a "good" man. And that is why I am so angered by these unfair attacks upon his character."
This is why it should take decades, if not centuries to determine canonization… you need the hindsight of history, the unfolding of events and calm nerves to soberly assess these matters…
true. Now, I'm ok w/ Mother Teresa & JPII getting accelerated b/c I think that it's pretty obvious that their spirituality & their following are more than enough. But for most saints, waiting a while is a good thing and it's done for the reasons you point out.
That said, I still want to see Sheen canonized soon, preferably yesterday.
I think the problem is it is John Paul the II versus Benedict. It was not till Benedict read all those scope of the problem. At this stage John Paul the II was entering the last stages of his life. Thought the Pope had some judgment lapses after (again lets face it he was again in bad shape) it does appear he backed Ratzinger on taking control. So it is perhaps a tad unfair of making it just Ratzinger versu John Paul the II
However what about PAUL THE VI. The exahustive John Jay report shows these incidents of abuse peaked in 79 and we start seeing a dramtic fall after 84
In fact new cases that are not decades old have been old are rare. I think there just 6 reported credible(it could have happened) allegations last year.
John Paul the II and his reforms and the Bishops he put in(they were not all bad) I think hasto be looked at here. It is apparent that a good bit of this occured even before JOhn Paul the II got on though by reading media reports one would miss that fact.
So I would say the failure of this mostly applies to Bishops and others that were supervising the Seminaries and their Priest from a much earlier period.
Not to absolve John Paul the II from bad adminstrative skills in this regard. Yet to be honest it appears this was born under a lot leadership before he came on board in Rome
I made a passing comment about a week ago on this site about how I didn't like the designation "the Great" used for JP2. I'm grateful that someone took up the subject in an article.
There is a tendency to overdramatize the times that a person lives in. (I suspect we do that more today, but saying that may be an example of overdramatizing things.) The Church has to be careful not to do that, because Her majesty and holiness are more apparent when viewed across history. I think the Church has to be sparing with its praise of our contemporaries.
There have been seven people, if I remember correctly, that the Church has regularly labelled "the Great". Among popes, Leo, Gregory, and Nicholas; the remainder are Doctors and/or Fathers of the Church. You could pack a church with stained glass and statues of great but not Great saints: Augustine, Benedict, Joan of Arc, and Ignatius of Loyola are among the Church's "also-rans".
What did John Paul do that made him a "Great"? Was his theology head-and-shoulders better than Theresa of Avila and Francis of Asissi? Did he really influence history more than Athanasius? Pius V, now there was a man who influenced history, defended the liturgy, fought heresy, and honored the rosary. John Paul II may have defeated communism without firing a shot, but he also did it without saving a soul – where is the blossoming of Catholicism in eastern Europe, outside of Poland?
That's my argument without mentioning Father Maciel. The fact is that John Paul hasn't even been canonized yet. It's impious to list him as great among the saints, and imprudent to do so with any saint without decades of reflection.
To the thought of the title "The Great" – in which direction would the Church have gone without him? I believe God knows what he is doing. he put the right person in as Pope at the right time. I am glad he has his short-comings – he is human after all. I don't then Cardinal Ratzinger minded his role in that all too much.
So yes I believe "The Great" fits in relation to JPII.
That said, I still want to see Sheen canonized soon, preferably yesterday.
I have a friend who studied Sheen extensively for his license thesis; fwiw, as he progressed in his studies, he became less convinced that Sheen should be canonized. It's not that Sheen wasn't an excellent catechist or person; just that he had some well known faults and lifestyle choices (vanity and a taste for the finer things in life) that aren't typically associated with sainthood. I'm not trying to trash Bishop Sheen. I have great affection for G.K. Chesterton, but I'm not sure he is an ideal candidate for canonization either.
As for Benedict and John Paul II, John Paul II was a great man and a saint from everything I've read. I think the same of Benedict. It must be said, however, that John Paul II had many failings as an administrator, most notably a tendency to trust that his suboordinates and people like Fr. Maciel were as virtuous as he was. In some cases that faith was rewarded (the elevation of Joseph Ratzinger comes to mind), but in other cases the results were disastrous. Pathological liars, it seems, can deceive even (and, one fears, especially) the saints.
Both popes are great and good men, and we are extraordinarly fortunate to have had them (and may Benedict have many more years).
Yet they are men, and Ross Douthat is right that John Paul was, by some measures, a poor administrator. Even so….to be a Polish Catholic leader in the 20th Century was to be overwhelmed by evil, and to have been overwhelmed by the courage of hero-priests. I expect this was his bias in the relationship, for example, to the disgraced Father Marcel.
Marriage suffered under JPII as he supervised the new Canon Law which was changed to ignore the crime that adultery is. Under his watch annulments have been excouraged to the point of making marriage vows impossible to make that are binding under the scrutity of "inventive" canonists. Crimes against marriage by clergy and laity involved in the "annulment process" are rampant yet go unpunished, even when the documentation sits in the hands of the Catholic Church. He was well aware of abuses but did nothing to address them or to empower those whose marriage were laid to waste to seek justice.
JPII is not and was not great. His case for canonization should be ended, permanently, and such a declaration should be made public. I was thrilled, as a man of Polish ancestry, when he was elected. But, as time progressed and Catholicism disintigrated I became more and more disenchanted with him.
If Benedict does not address the abuses of marriage with accountability, he should be forgotten, as I hope JPII will be. It is that important.
I await his growing into his job. He seems to be an improvement but only marginally so. He still talks a much better case than he acts, at least regarding marriage.
I do not mean to say that either of these men are not
"good" men. They just did/do not do enough to hold those men, especially among the clergy, who are not "good" men to account or to allow laity to defend themselves against these abusers. This should be especially true in nullity proceedings.
What I experienced should cost many priests and some bishops laicization and perhaps worse. It remains disgusting that the current bishops accept and encourage adultery through their priests, even in the face of accusations from a person who defended their marriage and who is watching it. Benedict knows what is going on and leaves these men in their sees. By doing so, he IS part of the corruption regarding the destruction of marriage. He may not know the details of a specific case or accusation, but he knows such are made and he has made NO EFFORT to reach out to those of us who can name names. This is more than porr management. This is a choice he is making and one he is making very, very wrong.
Father Z weighs in !!!
Is Benedict XVI a "better Pope" than John Paul II? A couple views and then Fr. Z really rants.
Thanks for the Fr. Z link. Fr. Z knows more about Vatican workings than Douthat does. I also agree with his diagnosis of that "update" on Dreher's column ( I think there's something personal; the guy's columns are soaked with a desire to return to the Church).
I've corresponded with Dreher before via e-mail about some of this before. My take is that he is a good man who investigated the 2002 abuse cases to the point that he couldn't look at the Church anymore without seeing the scandals; at that point he had to leave in orer to save his spiritual life. There are many victims of the abuse scandals – those abused and those scandalized – they all deserve our prayers.
Well, anyone who played as large a role in the fall of the Soviet Empire as John Paul II did is I think fully deserving of the title of Great.
His constant stress of the Culture of Life as opposed to the Culuture of Death is a message truly made for our time.
He helped restore the morale of Catholics worldwide that was badly shaken after the chaos that ensued after Vatican II.
His globe trotting was completely necessary as he used the force of his own outsized personality to help rally the faithful.
He put an end to much of the chaos in the Church.
He used the papacy, which he found in a very weakened state, as a huge megaphone to preach Christ to the world.
His papacy I think was easily the most consequential one of the last century, and to fully judge him and the impact of his papacy we will need two or three centuries distance. His mistakes, and he made them, I think will be dwarfed by the long term impact of his successes.
What Donald said….
At this point in history, people who admire him as a hero, even for religious reasons, are free to label him "the Great." Me, I like Wayne Gretzky.
I'm not sure what to make of turning the 21st century Chair of Peter into a popularity contest. The real issues at hand are the credibility of the pope and bishops, and what will be done to clarify the appearance that our two contestants cared more for their clergy than for victims of predators.
And for those who pursue this comparison, what do you suppose our heroes would say to being compared man to man in this way?
I'd put him in the top three of the last century. Pius X did more to fight heresy, and has been canonized. Pius XII faced a more difficult situation. I can respect John Paul II's writings, but he was practically the only non-heretic writing at the time, and that doesn't speak well of the Church he oversaw.
Things like the Soviet Union rise and fall all the time, if you look at history over the long haul. But the former Soviet Union hasn't seen a rush back to the Faith. The Church has made gains in Africa, and suffered sizable losses in South America. I just don't see this last pontificate as having been a period of gaining souls for God. That's a fair thing to consider in rating a pope.
If Benedict does not address the abuses of marriage with accountability, he should be forgotten, as I hope JPII will be. It is that important.Karl Says:
Monday, April 12, 2010 A.D. at 3:02 pm
True Christian speaking. Ready to throw the first stone?
I just don't see this last pontificate as having been a period of gaining souls for God. That's a fair thing to consider in rating a pope.
I don't know about that. To quote LOTR:
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
To me, that last sentence is the best way to evaluate popes. JPII wasn't the cause of the turmoil following Vatican II. He didn't cause communism. He didn't cause widespread materialism and secularism. But he did an amazing job fighting for souls against those forces, and preserving the church to fight in the future.
As far as your specific claims, I disagree. Ratzinger was writing at the same time, as well as others. Just b/c many were heretics is not his fault. Again, did he do a good job combating them? W/ his writings and with the appointment of Ratzinger he did a pretty job.
As for the Soviet Union 1) Most of the area was Orthodox, not Catholic. This makes it hard for the pope & Catholics to come into. 2) Religion was entirely wiped out. We shouldn't underestimate the damage done by the communists. There's a lot to rebuild (and as I said above, what was to be rebuilt was largely Orthodox).
Perhaps the pope could have done better in hindsight, but considering the vast scope of the papacy and the tremendous gains he made in some areas I think he did very well. I don't think many could have been handed the cup given to JPII and done better.
However what about PAUL THE VI. The exahustive John Jay report shows these incidents of abuse peaked in 79 and we start seeing a dramtic fall after 84
There is a distinction between when an event occurred and when an event was reported to Church authorities. Here in New York, the statute of limitations which applies to the sexual molestation of youth was two decades ago extended to the 33d birthday of the accuser – i.e. a median of 19 years after the fact. That is exceptional in the penal law and there is a reason for that.
One might point out that employees of the Holy See number in the low thousands. There are some 3,000 dioceses worldwide. It is not likely the manpower is there to attend to the personnel issues of each and every diocese, but don't tell that to Rod Dreher or Ross Douthat.
My take is that he is a good man who investigated the 2002 abuse cases to the point that he couldn't look at the Church anymore without seeing the scandals;
My take on it is that he is a highly emotional man who is quite incapable of suspending judgment about much of anything, has throughout the last 29 years undergone a series of affiliations and disaffiliations, and whose default mode is one of accusation. 'Good man', perhaps; 'obnoxious clown', very often. One can only hope his wife and children do not get banged up in the next of his serial midlife crises.
Please be accurate Piotr,
The First and ever thrown was/is by the countless priests and bishops who continue to support the violations of tens of thousands of marriages every year by false nullities with the concurrent support for adultery and all the crimes that go along with it.
If this truth being pointed out makes me "unchristian", I am PROUD to wear that mantle. It is "unchristian" to hold your disgusting position.
How dare you accuse me of throwing the first stone. You are a liar and much much worse. Where is your apology, sir?
Michael – Hey, you and I just disagreed, aired our sides, and ended it charitably! It really *can* happen on the internet!
No one throws stones in my threads.
I agree with Piotr that karl is being very harsh on JPII, but I think it's obvious that Karl has some personal experience with this that has hurt him. While I don't want this threat to digress into a discussion on Church policy on annulments, I think we can all agree that there have been many abuses of it. As Karl points to Canon law as a source of the problem, I would ask Karl what changes in canon law he thinks would help curtail abuses in order to better guide the faithful.
Is that allowed? I may lose blogging privleges if I keep this up 😉
If people remember his as The Great, he ought to be called The Great. And Ratzinger was his teacher. JPII let himself be taught (however selectively :-). That does show greatness.
He was however not as likable as The Cardinal and his cats and his writings on sacred art.


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Only 11.5% of the directors of companies floated in London last year were women, analysis by Financial News has found, a figure called "extraordinary" by a leading financial academic.
A study of filings by the 17 companies that did a London IPO in 2013 shows that of their 130 directors, 15 were women. Half the boards had no female non-executive directors and a third had no female members at all.
Professor Susan Vinnicombe, director of the International Centre for Women Leaders at Cranfield School of Management and author of the annual Female FTSE Women on Boards survey, said there was "no excuse" for a company doing an IPO without a woman on its board.
Of the Financial News analysis, she said: "It is extraordinary to me. Unfortunately, unless people feel under scrutiny then they don't bother doing anything, which is sad.
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Roosevelt County commissioners narrowly passed a year-round burn ban Tuesday that can be lifted during favorable conditions.
The ordinance passed by a 3-2 vote during Tuesday's regular meeting of the Roosevelt County Commission.
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Milnesand Fire Chief John Mohon wondered what would happen if someone is issued a permit and the weather changes before the burn is initiated.
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In the United States, the legal framework to prevent, track and prosecute cases involving the use of human beings for the purposes of forced prostitution, labor, and other exploitative practices was established in the Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000. The first full report from the Department of Justice on human trafficking cases prosecuted within the United States was released in 2005 and reported on years 2001 to 2005. This report showed 555 suspected cases of human trafficking in the United States, 44% of which occurred in 2005.
Following the release of this report, Congress reauthorized the TVPA and added a requirement for a biennial report from the Department of Justice on all human trafficking cases. The report for 2007 and 2008 recorded more than 1,200 suspected incidents of human trafficking.
The findings of the 2011 report, "Characteristics of Suspected Human Trafficking Incidents, 2008-2010," include:
- From 2008 to 2010, Federal anti-trafficking task forces opened 2,515 suspected cases of human trafficking.
- 82% of suspected incidents were classified as sex trafficking; nearly half of these involved victims under the age of 18.
- Approximately 10% of the incidents were classified as labor trafficking.
- 83% of victims in confirmed sex-trafficking incidents were identified as U.S. citizens, while most confirmed labor-trafficking victims were identified as undocumented immigrants (67%) or legal immigrants (28%).
- Only 25% of the confirmed victims of human trafficking received a "T-visa," part of a federal program designed to aid victims of trafficking.
While the findings represent the government's best estimate, the authors caution that "the data described in this report reflect the information that was available to, and entered by, these state and local law enforcement agencies," and such data systems are still being established and are likely not recording all incidents.
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Read the issue-related Los Angeles Times article "Guatamalan Girl Describes Alleged Enforced Prostitution."
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Read the full Department of Justice report "Characteristics of Suspected Human Trafficking Incidents, 2008-2010."
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- Evaluate the study's limitations. (For example: Do the results conflict with those of other reliable studies? Are there weaknesses in the study's data or research design?)
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- Interview two sources with a stake in or knowledge of the issue. Be prepared to provide them with a short summary of the study in order to get their response to it. Write a 400-word article about the study incorporating material from the interviews.
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