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By Sui-Ling Ruiz
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"Is that what you think?" I replied.
"Yes," she replied with sureness in her voice. She had rendered me speechless. How could I explain that what she had said was not true? To say I loved books because I was a teacher was like saying that I played the violin because I played in an orchestra. Surely the love of playing the violin happens before you play in an orchestra.
I wanted to tell her that I began to love books when I read "Ten Apples Up on Top" by Theo LeSieg. I kept waiting for those apples to fall. My first grade teacher read about Clara Barton, who organized the Red Cross, and Florence Nightingale who worked tirelessly as a caring and dedicated nurse. They might have influenced my desire for public service though I can't be sure. I thought about them a lot in first grade.
I ran away from home with Claudia Kincaid to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. She was the main character in the book "the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler," by E.L. Konigsburg. Claudia and I had similar thoughts. Early in the 20th century, I lived with a family in Brooklyn while reading the All-of-a Kind Family series by Sydney Taylor.
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When I was young I scoffed at my wife when she urged me to exercise my body. Late in life I realized how foolish I was. I was overweight in my thirties and forties; today I'm not. For this I must thank the beauty of the Delaware River, on whose banks I have taken frequent walks since I became a Callicoon resident over fifteen years ago.
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Los Angeles – UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel looked down at his watch after practice on Tuesday and then looked up at a group of reporters.
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Neuheisel said he will wait until Saturday before deciding whether UCLA will start Kevin Prince or Richard Brehaut at quarterback against Kansas State later that day.
Both quarterbacks will play Saturday.
Prince, the returning starter, continued to make progress on Tuesday after missing much of the preseason because of a lower back injury.
He took the majority of the first-team reps Tuesday, making it through a full practice for the second consecutive day without any back pain or stiffness.
"Felt a little bit better than yesterday and yesterday was the best it's felt in three weeks," Prince said. "I feel like I'm in shape to be ready to play."
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"I don't think there's anything (health wise) that says (Prince) can't play," Neuheisel said. "It's just who gives us our best chance."
With Prince on the sideline, Brehaut has had plenty of opportunity to make his case and Neuheisel's decision would appear to come down to whether he and offensive coordinator Norm Chow are convinced Prince is sharp enough to start after the lay-off.
"Regardless of how much he plays this week or doesn't play, we've got to get him going for the season," Neuheisel said of Prince. "He's missed all of camp."
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But I'll get it. I've done it before. I've been with these guys, a lot of these guys for three years, so we'll get back on the same page real quick."
Neuheisel said his decision will not be influenced by the fact that Brehaut still has a redshirt year available.
"We're trying to win this year," he said.
Wide receiver Shaquelle Evans, who left the Notre Dame program earlier this week, has been contacted by UCLA and is expected to enroll in Westwood in time for fall quarter.
Evans, rated as one of the nation's top high school receiving prospects two years ago out of Inglewood High, was granted his release by the Irish this week.
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ESPNU rated Evans as the nation's No. 4 wide receiver prospect coming out of Inglewood. He posted 51 receptions for 810 yards and 11 TDs as a senior.
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We report a case of late-onset postoperative sciatic palsy after total hip arthroplasty in a 30-yr-old man with congenital hip dysplasia. The patient was receiving continuous lumbar plexus blockade and had received low-molecular-weight heparin 3 h before the onset of symptoms. Anatomic distinction between the nerve block and the sciatic palsy facilitated rapid diagnosis and treatment of a periarticular hematoma, with resulting neurologic recovery. This case illustrates that, with the expanded role of regional anesthetic techniques in acute pain management, the finding of a new postoperative deficit must be jointly investigated by both anesthesiologists and surgeons. Timely and open communication between services is critical because rapid intervention may be essential to achieving full recovery of an affected nerve.
In recent years there has been increasing interest in the use of peripheral neural blockade (PNB), both as a primary anesthetic and as a postoperative analgesic technique. Persuasive evidence has accumulated as to the benefits that accrue to patients with these nerve blocks (1,2). However, there is the potential for complication after PNB, in particular, the risk of nerve injury (3). Nerve injuries may, however, also arise from, or be contributed to, by a variety of other causes, such as surgical complications (intraoperative and postoperative), patient disease (e.g., carpal tunnel or sulcus ulnaris syndrome, vascular disease, or diabetes), medications (e.g., cisplatin), patient positioning, or postoperative compression from dressings or compartment syndrome. Issues of diagnosis, acute and long-term management, and even of medicolegal ramifications are clouded by this potpourri of causation. We present here a case of postoperative sciatic nerve palsy after hip arthroplasty in a patient receiving continuous lumbar plexus block for postoperative analgesia.
A 30-yr-old man with congenital hip dysplasia and subluxation with secondary degenerative joint disease presented for left total hip arthroplasty. His medical history was significant for hypertension, scoliosis, nephrolithiasis, and neurofibromatosis. His surgical history included spinal fusion for scoliosis and renal calculi removal. He had no history of neurologic dysfunction or injury, no peripheral neuropathy related to his neurofibromatosis, and no history of metabolic or coagulation abnormality. His preoperative neurologic examination was normal. In the preoperative area, an IV infusion of lactated Ringer's solution was begun, and automated blood pressure and pulse oximetry monitors were placed. After mild sedation with midazolam 2 mg IV, a psoas compartment/lumbar plexus block was performed, followed by the placement of a perineural catheter according to the following technique. The patient was placed in the right lateral decubitus position, and the landmarks for a psoas compartment/lumbar plexus block were drawn according to the description of Winnie et al. (4). The area was prepared with antiseptic solution and draped, and 3 mL of 1% lidocaine was injected into the skin. The lumbar plexus was identified with peripheral nerve stimulation (Stimuplex HNS 11; B. Braun, Melsungen, Germany) by using a 10-cm insulated Tuohy introducer needle (Contiplex; B. Braun). After positioning of the needle (depth of 8 cm from the skin) such that there was ipsilateral quadriceps contraction at 0.5 mA stimulation and negative aspiration for blood, 30 mL of 0.5% ropivacaine was injected in 5-mL increments. A 20-gauge catheter was inserted (depth of 13 cm at the skin) for postoperative continuous local anesthetic infusion and was taped into place. Paresthesiae were not elicited during the procedure, which proceeded easily and without significant patient discomfort.
Because of the patient's history of congenital dysplasia and its association with an increased incidence of sciatic nerve injury during total hip arthroplasty, the surgery was scheduled to be performed under continuous somatosensory evoked potential monitoring of the sciatic nerve. Blockade of the sacral plexus would have interfered with this monitoring and was therefore not performed.
The patient underwent an uneventful total hip arthroplasty under general anesthesia. There were no intraoperative changes in the evoked potentials, and neurologic examination was normal in the recovery room, with the exception of decreased sensation in the distribution of the lumbar plexus. In the recovery room after surgery, his pain was minimal (0–2 out of 10 on a verbal pain analog scale), and a continuous infusion of 0.2% ropivacaine at 8 mL/h into the lumbar plexus catheter was begun. The first dose of enoxaparin 25 mg was given at 8:00 am the morning after surgery. According to our standard protocol, before discharge from the recovery room the patient was also given access to morphine patient-controlled analgesia (PCA). Because the patient's overnight use of the PCA was minimal, this was discontinued at 10:00 am the following morning and was replaced by oral oxycodone as needed. At approximately 11:00 am, however, he started to complain of severe pain in the hip, and the PCA was reinstated. By noon, the patient complained of diminished sensory and motor function below the left knee, and this progressed to a complete loss of sensory and motor function over the next 30 min. Examination by the acute pain team verified profound loss of sensory and motor function in the distribution of both the tibial and common peroneal nerves. There was no pain on passive motion of the ankle or knee and no tenderness of the calf or posterior knee or thigh. There was diminished but present sensation over obturator, femoral, and lateral femoral cutaneous nerve distributions. Sensation over the ipsilateral abdomen was normal. The right leg had completely normal sensory and motor function. There was no visible swelling or discoloration of the left leg.
The lumbar plexus infusion was stopped to aid in further neurologic evaluation and to eliminate the very remote possibility of its involvement. The orthopedic surgical team was immediately consulted, was assured that there was little likelihood that this change was related to the nerve block, and was encouraged to consider an alternative explanation for the sudden loss of sciatic nerve function. An emergency computed tomography scan requested by the orthopedic surgeon revealed a hematoma in the hip with compression of the sciatic nerve. At 6:30 pm, the patient returned to the operating room, where a 300-mL hematoma was evacuated from the hip. After this operation, the patient was noted to have marked improvement in both sensory and motor function, and at 48 h he had nearly complete resolution of his sensory and motor deficits, with only mild weakness in his ability to fan out his toes.
With the expanded role of regional analgesic techniques for acute pain management, the finding of a new neurologic deficit in the postoperative period must be jointly investigated by anesthesiologists and surgeons. As illustrated by this case, timely and open communication between services is critical because rapid intervention may be essential to achieving full recovery of an affected nerve. It is all too easy for one service to reflexively dismisses a complication as a result of another service's interventions. This is unfortunate, because it can delay proper management and possibly adversely affect the outcome. Of the several issues raised by this case, certainly foremost among them are the importance of understanding potential complications, not only of the analgesic technique, but also of the surgery, and the importance of communication between services.
The first sign of a developing problem in this patient was the sudden onset of severe pain in the operative hip despite a previously effective lumbar plexus block. Our first assumption was that this was a technical failure of the nerve block, perhaps related to the displacement of the perineural catheter, pump dysfunction, interruption of the infusion because of an empty bag, or disconnection of the catheter. However, examination revealed the catheter infusing normally, with no evidence of displacement and with decreased sensation to cold over the obturator, femoral, and lateral femoral distributions. Diagnosis was aided by the presence of a sciatic nerve deficit, which strongly suggested that the pain was of sciatic or gluteal nerve origin. Although the lumbar plexus ropivacaine infusion was stopped to aid in further neurologic evaluation, it was nevertheless believed to be extremely unlikely that it could account for this change. A surgical complication, such as dislocation of the prosthesis or an expanding hematoma, was considered the likely etiology, and appropriate action was immediately taken.
The reported incidence of nerve injury after total hip arthroplasty ranges from 0.7% to 3.0% for primary surgery and 2.9% to 7.6% for revision surgery (5). Schmalzried et al. (6) reviewed 3126 consecutive total hip replacements and found an overall 1.7% incidence of nerve injury—1.3% in primary arthroplasties, 3.2% in revisions, and 5.2% in cases of congenital dislocation or dysplasia. Between 80% and 90% of these nerve injuries are to the sciatic nerve, followed in frequency by femoral nerve injury (7) (estimated incidence of 0.1%–0.4%), with isolated case reports of obturator (8) or gluteal (9) nerve injury. Possible etiologies of intraoperative injury include direct trauma, retractor pressure or traction, stretch and/or compression of the nerve secondary to leg positioning, stretch due to excessive lengthening of the extremity, and local pressure or heat injury from extruded cement (5,6,10). Particularly disconcerting is a prospective study using electromyography before and after hip surgery, which showed a 70% incidence of subclinical nerve damage (11). Delayed postoperative nerve injury, as occurred in our case, is less likely but can be due to hematoma, cement fragment dispersion, excessively tight binding to an abduction pillow, dislocation and displacement of the prosthesis, compression over an osseous or prosthetic prominence, or migration of a trochanteric wire.
Given the relatively frequent risk of nerve injury in cases of congenital dysplasia, it is routine in many institutions to use, as we did, intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring (5,12,13). Nevertheless, neurophysiologic monitoring does not carry over into the postoperative period and must be replaced by vigilance. Certainly vigilance is aided when the analgesic technique does not obscure clinical assessment. Our case demonstrates the value of using PNB isolated to a limited distribution. Given the great unlikelihood of causing dense unilateral sciatic blockade with the lumbar plexus infusion, the diagnosis and management of this patient was neither obscured nor delayed. The same principle of "isolated blockade" holds true with regard to the degree of blockade. Our goal is to maintain an analgesic sensory block, and we will routinely hold a continuous PNB infusion if more than a modest degree of motor blockade develops.
In addition to the risk of nerve injury from the hip surgery, PNBs also carry a risk of nerve damage. This is often expressed clinically as persistent dysesthesia (3,14,15). Although the incidence of these persistent dysesthesias 10 days after surgery has been reported to be as frequent as 14%(15), most reports suggest a much less frequent incidence, in the range of 2%–5%(3,14). Fortunately, in most cases, symptoms are mild, patients recover relatively quickly, and long-term complications are rare (3). However, consideration should be given to this issue when deciding on the use of a PNB for postoperative analgesia. In a case such as this, in which there was a substantial risk of operative sciatic nerve injury, it may have been wise to avoid sacral plexus blockade, even if we had not planned intraoperative evoked potential monitoring. Further, with the frequent incidence of electromyography-evidenced subclinical sciatic injury during hip surgery, there is the theoretical possibility that even subclinical injury to the nerve proximally as a result of sacral plexus block might predispose to distal injury. This concept of the "double crush syndrome" contends that axons injured at one site are far more susceptible to damage distally (16,17). Therefore, it is especially important to ask whether the addition of this block to a lumbar plexus block significantly contributes to postoperative analgesia after hip arthroplasty. This study is continuing.
In conclusion, we present a case of postoperative onset of sciatic palsy after total hip arthroplasty in a patient receiving continuous lumbar plexus blockade. The case illustrates the importance of communication between services, the value of selected or "isolated" neural blockade, and considerations in the choice of nerve block.
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Celebration of Bihar Diwas 2013,Bihar Divas 2013 Celebration in India ,Bihar Diwas Festival 2013
Bihar diwas will be celebrate on 22nd March 2013 in india. It is mainly celebrated in Bihar. On 22nd March 1912 British carved out the state bihar from the Bengal presidency. On this day There is a festive mood across the state.103 million individual Biharis remind ourselves that they are to be citizens of the most historical place in the world that is the cradle of Hinduism, the birthplace of Buddhism, Jainism and the tenth guru of Sikhs.
It is a gazzeted holiday in bihar.Government offices, educational institutions and banks are remained closed on this day.Bihar Diwas is being celebrated in villages and urban localities.The government spent crore of rupees to decorate the state capital with blue lights.
The day is celebrated all over the world with flag raising ceremonies, tributes to our heroes.Fireworks are taking place in the capital of bihar Patna.Various cultural programme like number of colourful and authentic folk dances, music and theater performances, art and traditional crafts exhibitions, panel discussions on literature and cinema and a feast of exquisite Bihari cuisine are held on this day.
This day celebrated with great fervour in several foreign countries like California and New Jersey in the US, Sydney in Australia, Seoul in South Korea, Dubai, Qatar and Bahrain in the Gulf, besides Canada and England. In india Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore celebrate this day with great pomp and show.
Delhi Haat Pitam Pura : Hand-loom and Handicrafts Sales and Exhibition, Art Gallery, Food Stall, Cultural Program everyday at evenning.
Delhi Haat INA : Food Stall, Cultural Program everyday at evenning.


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By Karl Terry: PNT Managing Editor
The city of Portales and town of Elida got good news about infrastructure improvements Tuesday as the New Mexico Community Development Council announced its grant awards for 2007.
Portales received $455,837 for street improvements in the area from First to Canadian streets and from Boston to Chicago avenues. With the city's match, along with a $100,000 legislative appropriation the total project is $618,287.
"The good news is these folks (this neighborhood) tried to do a CDBG a few years ago and failed," Portales City Manager Debi Lee said. "So we're really happy about that."
The project will install curb and gutter, improving drainage and new pavement will replace the chip seal pavement that has passed its 20-year lifespan. The project will also replace a failing sewer line in the area.
Lee said the city received its last CDBG in 2005. That money went into a street project in north Portales.
The city manager said the design and engineering work for the project is complete and as soon as the grant agreement arrives in early June the project will be ready to bid. That means a contractor could be in place by July with work beginning in late summer. Lee is hopeful the project can be completed within 90 to 120 days, which would allow the city to apply on the next cycle of CDBG for more street improvements.
The city also learned this week the State Transportation Department had received $355,000 to do repair work on U.S. 70 through Portales. That thoroughfare has been plagued by potholes after a cold, wet winter.
According to Director of Public Works Tom Howell, the state will use a scarification process in which asphalt will be removed, reheated
and laid back down on the roadway. He said it was his understanding that the contractor would just be repairing the worst sections of the road in that manner.
Lee said the repairs are just a temporary fix, but desperately needed.
"We're just trying to buy time until 2011 (the date the state is scheduled to replace the road), Lee said.
Roosevelt County was also successful in the CDBG process, winning approval for a project that will replace the Elida Municipal water tower and pumping system.
The $395,140 grant is the first one since 2003 for the county and only the second CDBG ever for that entity, according to County Manager Charlene Hardin.
"The town of Elida was at a critical stage with their water system," Hardin said. "Because of the thresholds (for acceptance in the grant program) they came to us."
Hardin said Pat Willis, from the county administrator's office, worked with Elida town clerk Sandra Monks to write the grant.


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Eastern New Mexico University has garnered its first regional volleyball berth since joining the Lone Star Conference and NCAA Division II in 1984 as the Zias were selected on Sunday for the eight-team Southwest Regional at Kearney, Neb.
ENMU (24-8) earned the No. 5 seed in the tournament, and meets Mesa State (Colo.) of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference at 4 p.m. (MST) in the third of Friday's four quarterfinal matches.
The teams met in a season-opening tournament hosted by Mesa State at Grand Junction, Colo., with the Mavericks winning in four games. Eastern gained an at-large bid to the regional by virtue of a 19-7 record in regional competition.
ENMU beat Central Oklahoma in four games before losing to eventual tournament champion Abilene Christian in four games in the LSC tournament over the weekend. Sophomore middle blocker Grace George collected 20 kills and 15 total blocks in the two matches, and represented the Zias on the all-tournament team.
Unbeaten host Nebraska-Kearney (36-0) is the No. 1 seed in the event, and takes on fellow RMAC member Metropolitan State in Friday's finale. Earlier first-round matches pit ACU, the LSC South's regular-season champion, against Heartland Conference tournament champion St. Edward's and Heartland regular-season champion Rockhurst against the RMAC's Fort Hays State.
Semifinals are set for Saturday night, with the championship match at 2 p.m. (MST) on Sunday. The tournament winner advances to play the Pacific Region champion in the Elite Eight, scheduled for Dec. 2-4 at a site to be determined.
ENMU matches in the tournament will be available over the internet through the school's agreement with TRZ/Teamline, sports information director Robert McKinney said, with ENMU graduate assistant for sports information Matt Brady doing play-by-play.
McKinney said a link to the broadcast can be found by going to www.enmu.edu/athletics.
NCAA Division II
Southwest Regional
At Kearney, Neb.
All Times MST
(Seeds, records in parentheses)
Friday's quarterfinals
Abilene Christian (3, 28-7) vs. St. Edward's (6, 23-14), 11 a.m.
Rockhurst (7, 26-9) vs. Fort Hays State (2, 29-4), 1:30 p.m.
Eastern New Mexico (5, 24-8) vs. Mesa State (4, 22-9), 4 p.m.
Neb.-Kearney (1, 36-0) vs. Metro State (8, 17-14), 6:30 p.m.
Saturday's semifinals
Abilene Christian-St. Edward's winner vs. Rockhurst-Fort Hays State winner, 4 p.m.
Eastern New Mexico-Mesa State winner vs. Neb.-Kearney-Metro State winner, 6:30 p.m.
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Short Term Study Abroad Programs
Merrimack offers students the opportunity to participate in a short-term global program led by Merrimack faculty. In Embedded Global Courses (EGC), students take a semester course with a Spring break or May term portion overseas. In intensive Global Courses (IGC), students take 4-8 credits during May term.
Embedded Global Courses (EGC)
Encountering Cuba: History, Culture & Environment (Honors Course), Prof. Bryan Bannon and Prof. Luis Saenz de Viguera Erkiaga
SPA/SOJ 3800H Encountering Cuba: History, Culture, Environment will provide Merrimack College Honors students with a unique interdisciplinary experience that will enable them to understand Cuba and its complex relationship with the United States. The course will cover political, social and cultural history (from being a Spanish colony through US domination to the Revolution and beyond); constructions of and engagements with Cuba's nature before and after the Revolution; and a study of alternative modes of social organization in Contemporary Cuba. Students and instructors will travel to La Habana, Cuba, where they will participate in workshops on topics such as US-Cuba relations, cooperative modes of production, and sustainability; they will engage with students from said university, and will visit sites of historical importance as well as contemporary relevant sites (rural co-operatives, sustainable enterprises).
Higher Education Policy and Practice in Ireland (HE Graduate Program), Dr. Elaine Ward
This course on Higher Education Policy and Practice in Ireland enables graduate education students to examine in person the issues of practice and policy studied over the course of the spring semester. During spring break the class will visit to three to five higher education institutions in Ireland – Dublin, Galway and Cork over the course of spring break. Students will learn about the national structure of higher education in Ireland and driving national policy. We will examine issues of access and equity, student engagement and experience, community engagement, resident life, and student services and affairs in Irish higher education. We will have an opportunity to see how students are supported through visits to student affairs offices at a variety of Irish institutions. We will learn about policy through visits to the Higher Education Authority, which is the national regulatory body as well at the Irish University Association, the representative body for Irish Universities. Students will draw comparisons between higher education policy and student affairs practice in Ireland and in the United States.
Sociology of Immigration in Germany, Prof. Daniel Herda
The entire immigration process—from deciding to leave one's home country, to crossing of international borders, to establishing oneself in a new host country, to being received by the host population, to acquiring citizenship and "assimilating"—is a complex and challenging one. It is, moreover, a process with daily relevance for the world in which we live. SOC 3650 - Crossing Borders: The Sociology of Immigration analyzes all aspects of immigration through sociological lens. The course begins by examining immigrants originating from all over the world with a primary focus on migration to the United States and Western Europe as destination countries. The course will also consider both historical and contemporary examples and case studies to illustrate the most important theories and concepts.
For the practical examination of the sociology of immigration, the course travels to Berlin in May (after the close of the spring semester) where we will be able to compare and contrast the history, realities, and challenges of immigration in Germany to those of the U.S. Fulfills Cultural Diversity (D), Experiential Learning (X), or Social Science (SOSC).
Writing Through War to Peace: Images and Narratives of the Troubles and Beyond in Northern Ireland, Dr. Kathleen S. Cain
Writing Through War to Peace: Images and Narratives of the Troubles and Beyond in Northern Ireland introduces students to the images and narratives that tell the story of a war-torn province slowly transforming itself into a thriving, peaceful community where men who once pointed guns at each other now escort tourists through the streets of Belfast, the city that Patrick calls "the greatest place in the world to live." Prior to our 10-days in Ireland, you will experience and respond to fiction, memoirs, diaries, historical accounts, films, and guest speakers. On site, you will visit murals and other sites relevant to The Troubles, meet with private citizens and public figures who have written about the period, and write/present your own responses to what you have witnessed. By the time you return home, you will appreciate the power of history as told through the words and images of the people who live it. Satisfies a Humanities distribution requirement. Fulfills Cultural Diversity (D) or Experiential Learning (X) in LS core.
Pellegrinaggio in Italia, Dr. Joseph Kelley
RTS2425 Pellegrinaggio in Italia: This course is a study of St. Augustine of Hippo as well as an exploration of the origin of the Augustinians, the religious order which bears his name. After weekly preparatory seminars, students journey to Augustinian Italy to examine, first hand, sites of importance in Augustine's life and in the origin and early history of the Augustinian friars. This experience provides active, engaged learning through dialogue among a community of friends. The course offers a number of inter-disciplinary opportunities involving art, architecture, archaeology, literature and history associated with Augustine in 4th-5th century Italy and with the history of the Augustinians in medieval and renaissance Italy. Being a pilgrim will enhance the student's search for the wisdom that can result from a deeper understanding of self, others and God—the search which captivated the life of Augustine. The weekly seminars meet all throughout the spring semester both before and after the journey itself takes place during spring break. Prerequisite: RTS 1100. Fulfills Arts and Literature (AL) or Experiential Learning (X) in the LS Core.
Intensive Global Courses (IGC)
London: City as Text, Dr. William Wians
On this Intensive Spring Break course London: The City as Text (2 credits) a group of 15 students will use London as their "text", learning to "read" the city of London, England as a simultaneous locus of history, art and literature, commerce, cultures, religions, science, engineering, and education. Prior to departure, students will form teams based on their major interests and work under faculty supervision to choose and develop study/visit projects tied to specific sites in London. Upon arrival in London, each team of students will spend one half-day leading other class members in detailed explorations of their particular topic and site, along with providing necessary supporting materials. Upon return to campus, final individual and group reflections will be completed.
Summer Intensive Program in San Gimignano, Italy
Students who participate in this summer intensive program will take two, 4 credit courses taught by Merrimack faculty. San Gimignano is one of the most notable and charming locations in Tuscany. The famous towers have contributed to its nickname, "Medieval Manhattan:. While living in San Gimignano, students will appreciate Benozzo Gozzoli's frescoes of Augustine and enjoy stargazing at night. Courses are instructed in English; no Italian language is required. Courses coming soon!


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It seemed simple and it seemed logical. It has turned out to be neither.
So begins a strongly argued and extremely readable post by Mike Shatzkin entitled, "From where I sit, you can't actually buy an e-book." What Shatzkin is referring to is the analogy between physical books and e-books. Making that analogy in the early days of e-book retailing seemed simple and logical. However, as Shatzkin argues, you can't actually sell an e-book because e-books aren't physical goods. Instead, what you're selling is a license. And because it's a license, restrictions on lending and sharing make sense, even if consumers still play by the analogy.
You certainly can sell e-book readers which, because they're physical, can be given away and shared. After all, if you loan your reader to someone or give it away, you don't have it anymore.
Certain DRM solutions like Amazon's lending feature do take the analogy of physical books a bit farther. If you loan a book to someone via the Kindle, you don't have it for the two weeks it's on your friend's Kindle. But there are deeper commercial questions at play here, many of which bear on the contracts executed years ago between publishers and authors — contracts that didn't contemplate the existence of a robust e-book marketplace.
As Shatzkin outlines, from the author's perspective, redefining e-books as licensed instead of sold has major implications on potential royalties. Royalties from sales are traditionally 25%, while licensing revenues are usually split 50/50. From the publisher's perspective, eliding the definition of "sale" allows them to ignore their non-compete clauses with authors who choose to self-publish their own e-book versions. Both sides aren't willing to go to the "nuclear option" of bringing the other to court. It would be expensive and excruciating for everyone involved, and nobody wants to be out in front.
However, as one critic of the post notes, consumers aren't going to be impressed with all this "inside baseball" stuff. If a license takes away a book without warning, the vendor will come under fire, just as Amazon did when it revoked unlicensed copies of "1984" a few years ago.
So while this gentleman's agreement seems to be stable for the moment, the perceptual and financial liabilities remain. As Shatzkin puts it:
. . . someday somebody who is not an agent trying to keep things sweet with publisher customers will file a lawsuit to make the case that ebook sales are licenses already covered in just about every publishing contract. That would suggest a potential liability equal to half the ebook revenue minus what has been paid so far on every ebook ever sold under any contract where that kind of rights split language still governs.
Publishers may want to evaluate their potential contractual exposure based on the assumption that e-book "sales" will someday be found to be licenses. And they may want to start messaging to their customers that what they're buying is a license. Because one of the most effective and painless ways to signal the difference will be through lower prices for e-books, there is another shift in revenues to factor into future business planning, as well.
Apple's recent announcement about a subscription service on its platforms seems to acknowledge this difference, something relevant to journal publishers. In the announcement, circuitous language is used to describe what Apple is providing — e.g., publishers "use" Apple's subscription service, are "acquiring digital customers," and both Apple and publishers "bring a new subscriber." Only when the publisher is mentioned is the word "sell" used in their press release. Apple's avoidance of the term seems to indicate they know they're not selling, but licensing.
The digital revenue world continues to hold surprises. Or, as Shatzkin puts it:
It seemed simple and it seemed logical. It has turned out to be neither.


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The new Roman Missal is a "net plus"…
With the introduction of the new translation of the Roman Missal just around the corner, Crisis magazine reprinted its 2000 article "Worship Gone Awry." Its author, Maureen Mullarkey, advanced some excellent arguments about some problems with the Ordinary Form of the Mass (OF), many of which that only became increasingly obvious as the decades of the 1970's, 80's, and '90s unfolded.
But, does that mean the OF is as bad as Ms. Mullarkey indicates? More importantly, should the Extraordinary Form of the Mass (EF) be made more readily available, as Ms. Mullarkey seems to be implying?
On both counts, The Motley Monk thinks the answer is a resounding "No" if only because Joseph Jungmann's concept of the "developmental nature of the liturgy" cannot be so easily dismissed. As the Lutheran theologian, Jaroslav Pelikan, noted one generation ago: "Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living."
History teaches that what is now the EF developed out of multiple strands constituting a "tradition" of worship, introducing "reforms" to that tradition. In contemporary language, to make that tradition meaningful—daresay I, "relevant"—in a new era.
The development of medieval Masses and, finally, of the Tridentine Mass also represents a reflection on the part of pastors and theologians in terms of what was not working right in the Mass. While it is true that the patristic Mass in the West resembled more of the OF than the EF, great Church Fathers like Augustine inherited a form of the Mass from an earlier time (St. Cyprian of Carthage) in which sacramental theology, especially in terms of the concept of mystery, was not as developed as it was by Augustine's time. In this way, Augustine and other Church Fathers from the 5th century onward provided the sources for a later medieval rethinking of liturgy. So, it's not the form of the Mass that, say, an Augustine said, that indicates what he really thought, but the deeper sacramental theology in his writings which then influences later medieval developments. In that sense medieval/Tridentine liturgy was a correction and, perhaps arguably at the time, an improvement over the patristic liturgies.
The same is true of the OF. It also developed out of a very longstanding tradition of worship, introducing its own "reforms" that hearkened back to the pre-patristic era, "leapfrogging" backwards over the EF's reforms of the patristic era's form of authentic worship.
That said, in its intent and design OF may very well have erred in the direction of allowing worship to be made so meaningful—daresay I, "relevant"—that it becomes banal. And, there certainly is much to support that assertion. But, that is to overlook the fact that Ms. Mullarkey has emphasized only one side of that history by seizing, as she has, upon post-Vatican II excesses. That does not mean, ipso facto, that the OF is errant. After all, the same observation can be made about the EF. Its attention to the details of historical artifacts—the stuff of maniples, burses, Gothic vestments, birettas, precious metals—can err in the direction of emphasizing what was relevant in previous generations so that that it errs in the direction of being irrelevant in this generation.
There are some real problems with the OF Ms. Mullarkey didn't mention in her article, but likely would agree with. These include, but are not limited to:
- The OF can be celebrated in a prayerful and dignified way. But, "ad populum" Mass can be problematic in that the celebrant inevitably is reduced to the role of "Entertainer-in-Chief," even if he keeps his eyes focused upon the altar and not upon the congregation. Like it or not, the OF encourages people in the congregation to vote implicitly concerning how they "feel" about a particular celebrant's "style." Not only does that verge on Donatism, but it also focuses worship on the person of the ordained minister not the Great High Priest, Jesus Christ through whom God is authentically worshipped.
- The OF totally and irrevocably erases the "apophatic elements" that are present—even if they are over-emphasized—in the EF. "Tossing out the baby with the bathwater" may represent a very great loss, one that is known only in retrospect. After all, authentic worship in any form should "raise up" the congregation's spiritual sensibilities to the ineffable, not drag them down into the banal. Clowns, puppets, and vestal virgins prancing around bearing incense buckets, and priests bedecked in vestments decorated with disco-glitter only encourage the latter.
- In the OF, there is an over emphasis upon Word. In reality, there are four readings each Sunday if the Responsorial Psalm is counted. In many instances, the Epistle also has absolutely no connection to the first reading, the gospel, and the "bridge" of the psalm. And that's to say nothing about the fact that the celebrant's prayers are entirely disconnected from the "theme" presented in the readings. For a sacramental ritual that is supposed to reflect the "best" in that its principles dignify worship of God, this error alone seems egregious.
The OF appeals to children and adults who need to be kept busy and entertained because they are easily bored. However, those who designed the OF appear not to have know or did not realize that the threshold for boredom lowers as people get accustomed to the little gestures and words that they perform, so that even the participation in the Mass signalled in the Missal inevitably becomes boring. The OF has fallen into the trap of trying to ward off boredom throughout the Mass by getting the congregation "involved." But, even that becomes "boring" and can only be reversed if there is continuous change in the liturgy. So, liturgists keep inventing new gimmicks and tricks for people to perform and remain actively engaged during the Holy Mass. Even that term, "Holy Mass," seems somehow unrelated to the OF.
The EF requires mental concentration if one's worship to get absorbed in it in a way that makes what one does a form of engaged participation. This is not singing. Nor is it gesturing. It is being actively engaged with one's mind (and hopefully, too, one's heart). In contrast, participation in the OF has come to mean "everybody does everything." And even where that is not yet the case, there is a built in inevitability of people thinking that they are being excluded if there is something the priest does that they can't do. This may be the most damning criticism of the OF: it breeds a form of egalitarianism that has very little, if nothing to do with Roman Catholic hierarchalism and everything to do with post-Enlightenment individualism.
More likely than not, both the EF and OF err in the direction of crafting idols out of their definitions of "relevance" so that authentic worship today becomes an more of an afterthought rather than a guiding principle.
For what it's worth, the new translation of the Roman Missal, celebrated/prayed/said (whatever word is appropriate these days) will go a long way in correcting the excesses in terms of relevance.
Let the discussion begin…
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6 Responses to The new Roman Missal is a "net plus"…
MM said:
'It also developed out of a very longstanding tradition of worship, introducing its own "reforms" that hearkened back to the pre-patristic era, "leapfrogging" backwards over the EF's reforms of the patristic era's form of authentic worship.'
Respectfully, this premise, upon which your observation that OF has as much credibility as the EF, is flat out, whopper-like wrong.
First, the New Mass developed from nothing. It was, from start to finish, a "banal, on-the-spot product" as our current Pope put it. It has become crystal clear after the historical investigations of the past 40 years, that Bugnini and the Concilium concocted the rite from whole cloth with the aid of an ecumenical, i.e., un-Catholic consultative group. This same Pope Benedict, speaking as Card. Ratzinger, put it this way:
"What happened after the Council was something else entirely: in the place of liturgy as the fruit of development came fabricated liturgy. We abandoned the organic, living process of growth and development over the centuries, and replaced it–as in a manufacturing process–with a fabrication, a banal on- the-spot product."
Dr. Smith, a Lutheran member of this ecumenical committee, once said of the New Mass, "We have finished the work that Martin Luther began." Bugnini had no compunction in declaring that his intention in drafting the NO was "to strip from our Catholic prayers and from the Catholic liturgy everything which can be the shadow of a stumbling block for our separated brethren, that is, for the Protestants."
Many commentators have exhaustively shown that the changes in the liturgy were in no way envisioned or called for by the Council, but were imposed after the Council by this group of what were, frankly, revolutionaries.
It is also a canard that the NO hearkens back to earlier rites; again, many learned commentators have shown this, and moreover, the simple fact of a return to some earlier practice, even if that's what happened, is no selling point. Pius XII in the years before the Council had already condemned this antiquarian spirit,
"But it is neither wise nor laudable to reduce everything to antiquity by every possible device. Thus, to cite some instances, one would be straying from the straight path were he to wish the altar restored to its primitive tableform; were he to want black excluded as a color for the liturgical vestments; were he to forbid the use of sacred images and statues in Churches; were he to order the crucifix so designed that the divine Redeemer's body shows no trace of His cruel sufferings; and lastly were he to disdain and reject polyphonic music or singing in parts, even where it conforms to regulations issued by the Holy See."
(Mystici Corporis Christi) Hmmm, sounds like the late Pope knew exactly what was coming.
Lastly Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, who served as head of the Holy Office under three Popes, wrote shortly after the promulgation of the NO that it "represents a striking departure from the Catholic theology of the Holy Mass as it was formulated in the Council of Trent," and that there are "implicit denials of Christ's Real Presence and the doctrine of Transubstantiation."
Much could be said beyond what the limit of a combox allows, but while one may for some mysterious reason prefer the banal on the spot product, one cannot honestly claim that it is the result of a development or a wonderful return to some pretended golden age of antiquity.
I read that St.Teresa saw angels about the Altar when the bread and wine were Transubstantiated into Christ's Body and Blood. Sorry that I cannot see them. I am lacking. I know the angels are there.
Are we allowed to take notes at Mass?
At 7:30 Mass last Sunday, Father McCartney explained (he read the two versions: translation and re-write) how the other Catholic national languages basically translated the pre-VatII Mass prayers. OTOH, the English Mass was a re-write serially deleting the Eternal words and replacing with (my words not Father's) secular/worldly, feel-good pabulum.
Even an idiot such as myself can translate "Et cum spiritu tuo" into "And also with your spirit."
I don't know much about philosophy or theology. If modernism was once a heresy, sure it ain't no more.
We went over it this past Sunday and it doesn't feel that different. While it's been a part of the Penitential Rite in other languages, English participants are supposed to do the triple breast strike for the first time. Let's see if it'll catch on or if it'll be ignored like the profound bow during the Profession of Faith and the bow of the head before receiving Communion.
"The OF has fallen into the trap of trying to ward off boredom throughout the Mass by getting the congregation "involved." But, even that becomes "boring" and can only be reversed if there is continuous change in the liturgy. So, liturgists keep inventing new gimmicks and tricks for people to perform and remain actively engaged during the Holy Mass."
Excellently expressed! The whole post is right-on.
I agree that liturgical reform per se need not be resisted. The problem with the OF, IMHO, was the way it was seemingly slapped together, the spirit of the times in which it was introduced, and the abruptness with which the EF was abandoned, all of which contributed to the notion that everything old and traditional in the Church was being jettisoned. And that notion is what has had such terrible consequences.
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Let's see if it'll catch on or if it'll be ignored like the profound bow during the Profession of Faith and the bow of the head before receiving Communion.
Though I've been surprised at how much these have caught on over the last 15 years. It's gotten to where nearly everyone in the parishes I've been to in the last 2-3 years does these.
Catholics can change — it's just a bit of a slow evolution.


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