Steelhead fishing along the lakefront has been good overall this week, although getting lucky and being there at the right time has been an important part of the equation. Steelhead are feeding on schools of minnows along the rocks at Edgewater Park, the east facing wall at E55th Street and the Wildwood Park breakwall and anglers have been catching them on spoons (Little Cleo 2/5 ounce with silver has been working well), spinners and minnows or small jigs tipped with a few maggots suspended under a bobber. Fish tend to provide action in spurts on the good days, with several fish hooked between anglers in short order interspersed between lulls in the action. A light NW wind and slight chop seem to equate to a better bite. Remember to take a long handled landing net when fishing these locations. Anglers trolling the river mouths and shallow nearshore areas with crankbaits are also reporting some steelhead success. The north facing wall at E55th has been producing yellow perch, including a few limit catches of larger fish, for anglers fishing emerald shiners on the bottom.
Steelhead fishing has been slow for most anglers in the Rocky and Chagrin rivers this week. The big trout are spread out throughout the systems and some searching and persistence have been ingredients to success. On the plus side, two lucky anglers hooked stray king (chinook) salmon in the Rocky River this week, one of which is included in the photos below. In the clearing water anglers have reported hook-ups using live minnows, spinners/spoons and small 1/32-1/64 oz marabou/hair jigs (various colors) tipped with a waxworm or a few maggots or 2-3" white tube jigs suspended under a small float. Dime size spawn sacks in pink and chartreuse are always worth a try, as well. Fly fishers typically score well using egg pattern flies, streamers (Woolly Bugger and Clouser minnow patterns) and size 14-12 nymph patterns. Expect the steelhead run to really begin gaining steam from mid November onward.
Largemouth bass and sunfish have been biting fair to good in Metroparks lakes and ponds this week. Natural populations of fish in these waters have been supplemented with stockings of over 2,500 catchable size bass and sunfish, many of trophy size, since mid-September. Stocking activities are expected to continue throughout November depending on weather. Wallace, Hinckley, Ledge, Ranger and Judges lakes, as well as Oxbow Lagoon, have all produced some quality bass this fall on rubber baits and shad crankbaits recently.
The Ohio & Erie Canal fishing area was stocked earlier in October with 1,000 pounds each of rainbow trout and farm raised channel catfish. Trout typically bite well on PowerBait and catfish like chicken liver, although a nightcrawler will catch either species. The area to the left after you cross the footbridge has been producing the most action. The first round of winter trout stockings in Cleveland Metroparks lakes and ponds is scheduled for mid-December.
Anglers out of Lakefront Reservation, Euclid Reservation and the Emerald Necklace marina on the Rocky River are making some impressive catches of larger yellow perch this week, with many 9-12" fish and some up to 14". Quite a few white bass have been mixed in the catch, as well. A few productive spots have been 41 FOW off the Stadium, 49 FOW off the Crib/East 72nd Street and 54 FOW off Wildwood. The north facing wall at E55th Street has also been producing yellow perch for shore anglers fishing minnows on the bottom, including a few limit catches of larger perch up to 12" plus. Walleye trollers are hooking some fish off the Gold Goast (Lakewood in 24-35 FOW. Reef Runner crankbaits are hooking a mix of walleye and steelhead.
Mike caught this stray king (chinook) salmon in the Rocky River on Saturday while fishing with his father. Dad reports "We were using live minnows and fishing where the slow water meets the faster current. He took the bait and I saw a flash of the big tail and knew it wasn't a steelhead. My son Mike fought him on the Ugly Stick rod and I worked the net. I got lucky to get him in the net head first." This is the third salmon reported from the Rock this fall, and are most likely wayward travelers from Michigan waters upstream (photos courtesy of Joe Mineado).
Steve reports "Came up from Columbus again Wednesday and fished the gin clear water and scored chrome a couple hundred yards upstream of Rockcliff Springs. Saw a photo of a huge fish caught 20 minutes before I got to that spot that was actually a king salmon over 30 inches and weighing 14 pounds. Scored a couple late season smallies in the morning along with seeing a handful of deer! Good day on The Rock" (photos courtesy of Steve Kuklica).
John guided his friend James to his first two steelhead this week, one from Edgewater Park that hit a spinner and the other from Euclid Creek. I like to think that James bought dinner on the way home to thank John for his services and for being a good friend! (photos courtesy of John Lusnek).
Nathan caught this plump hen up the West Branch of the Rocky River this week (photo courtesy of Nathan Klier).
Jeff caught this fine buck steelie near Morley Ford on the Rock on Saturday while drifting a Fay's Green Goblin jig...which seems appropriate given Halloween (photos courtesy of Jeff Sutliff).
Jeff and two buddies made a nice catch of tasty yellow perch and white bass near the Cleveland Crib yesterday afternoon. The big white bass in the photo was 15.5" (photo courtesy of Jeff DeLuca).
Yuriy landed this chrome hen steelie by the Black Wall this week on a white spawn sack (photo courtesy of Yuriy Chen).
Karl was one of the few who reported a pretty solid bite in the Rock late last week, including this brute taken from the middle Main Branch of the river (photo courtesy of Karl Ternay).
Tim reports from the river "Here's a couple photos from this week, including my buddy Mark Deal whom I took out and got his first hookup on chrome ever, only to have it snap off after one jump...got right back on his horse and landed his first ever next trip out. The look of terror and panic once he realized it was not a snagged rock was priceless. This common carp was pushing 10 lbs...and a few Rocky chromers to add to the mix, all out of broken or faster water. I've been picking up one or two right at sunset most evenings mostly on the lower rock with a few up pretty far, including the greedy feesh that had a jig in its mouth" (photos courtesy of Tim Matty).
Kevin caught this chrome beauty from the northern river on a Red Devil spoon (photo courtesy of Kevin Bunch).
This chrome buck steelie was taken off the east facing wall at E55th Street yesterday, and they have also been biting off the rocks at Edgewater and the breakwall at Wildwood Park. Fishing in these spots has been hit or miss, and comes in spurts on the good days, but can be fast and furious if you're there at the right time casting spoons, spinners or fishing minnows or jigs tipped with maggots under a bobber. A light NW wind and slight chop have been present on the better days (photos courtesy of Ranger Dave Albaugh).
Tom slipped out last night to cast crankbaits from the Lake Erie shoreline and hooked two walleye, landing this good one. I bet I know what's for dinner at the Nock house tonight! (photo courtesy of Tom Nock).
Dan displays a very fresh steelie from the northern Rock this week (photo courtesy of Dan McCutcheon).
The crew display a few of the (couple hundred) fine largemouth bass and redear sunfish transferred from a private country club to Metroparks public fishing waters yesterday.
Lance and his son made some great memories on the Rock this week and even hooked some nice steelies and bonus smallmouth bass in the process. Lance also exercised his creative side with this centerpin reel Jack-O-Lantern work of art! (photos courtesy of Lance Masarik).
Rick submitted this photo of a bruiser steelie he caught in the Rock at Morley Ford back in mid-January 2013. He credits Matt with the assist for practically jumping in the river to land it! (photo courtesy of Rick Smolinski).
Speaking of January 2013, this is a photo of my "Welcome Back" steelie caught on literally the first drift of my first steelhead fishing effort since my nearly fatal car accident driving home from work back on January 11, 2013. The fish was taken last Friday on an annual extended weekend fishing trip to New York.


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The PhD in Creative Arts Therapies is a research-focused, high-to-low residency program housed within the Department of Creative Arts Therapies in the College of Nursing & Health Professions at Drexel University, a comprehensive global research university located in Philadelphia, PA.
PROGRAM MISSION
The mission of the PhD in Creative Arts Therapies is to cultivate advanced thinkers in the creative arts therapies who will experience, systematically investigate and articulate the convergent influences of interdisciplinary bodies of knowledge, knowledge of self and other and artistic knowledge on the philosophical and theoretical foundations of the creative arts therapies. In addition, the aim is to develop stewards of the disciplines who will identify, protect and evaluate relevant traditions of the fields while cultivating innovative research, theory and practice. This stewardship, research and scholarship will contribute to the advancement of the creative arts therapies professions and ultimately to the mental, physical and social health of the society.
The clinical practice of art therapy, dance/movement therapy and music therapy has emerged and grown over the past century. Implicit in this growth is the responsibility to critically evaluate existing theory, assess the nature and outcomes of clinical practice, contribute to the generation of new theory and establish a strong evidence base for our professions with substantive research.
The PhD in Creative Arts Therapies program is one of four graduate programs offered by the Department of Creative Arts Therapies at Drexel University. Originally established as part of Hahnemann Medical College in 1974, the department also offers Master of Arts degrees in Art Therapy & Counseling, Music Therapy & Counseling and Dance/Movement Therapy & Counseling. MCP Hahnemann University merged with Drexel in 2002, resulting in the creation of Drexel's College of Nursing & Health Professions.
In 2010, after several years of development, the PhD in Creative Arts Therapies program launched under the direction of Nancy Gerber, PhD, ATR-BC who had previously directed the department's Art Therapy Master's program. With the PhD program's establishment, tenure-track research faculty joined the department and continue to conduct funded research on the creative arts therapies. In 2018, Joke Bradt, PhD, MT-BC was named program director.
In pursuit of the program mission, the curriculum includes interactive learning modules that comprise a 4-5 year full-time degree program. The residency requirements are highest in the first year and become lower in subsequent years, accommodating distance learning. The interactive modules are:
Interdisciplinary: Challenges students to study, explore, critically evaluate and synthesize areas of collective knowledge that contribute to the articulation of the interdisciplinary philosophical and theoretical foundations for the fields in the creative arts therapies.
Research: Educates students in traditional and innovative approaches to research that will contribute to the generation and dissemination of substantive knowledge in the students' respective fields.
Self/Other Artistic Knowledge: Introduces the exploration of the intrinsic intersubjective therapeutic processes emergent through artistic inquiry and parallel to the actual arts therapies experience.
Practicum: Emphasizes the transformation of theoretical knowledge to practical application through a research practicum and teaching practicum.
Dissertation: An original, rigorous research project, the content of which directly relates to the development and contribution to the theory and practice of the student's creative arts therapies discipline.
A hallmark of quality doctoral training is mentorship. Our PhD faculty pride themselves in offering close mentorship to our students. Besides supervision in terms of research and academic development, faculty also mentor students in areas of career development and professional networking. In addition, because the PhD program is based on a cohort model, students receive significant support from their fellow students.
A RIGOROUS FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH
The PhD program offers students a well-rounded foundation to become independent researchers and scholars. Students gain skills in traditional and innovative research methods through course work as well as extensive hands-on research experiences.
Students who are offered admission into our program will qualify for a Research Fellowship which provides tuition remission as well as a generous stipend. Research Fellowships are available pending faculty research funding. In return, students assist faculty in their federally funded research labs for 20 hours per week. Research Fellowship work may range from assisting with literature reviews, grant writing, data collection and data analysis to being a study coordinator of a clinical trial.
Moreover, because the PhD Program is situated in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, students participate in interdisciplinary research courses and engage in interdisciplinary team science.
Finally, an important aspect of becoming an independent researcher is to build a track record of funded research and scholarly dissemination. Through mentorship, our students have been successful in obtaining funding for their dissertation research. In addition, research fellows present with our faculty at prominent conferences and co-author publications. These experiences in the conduct and dissemination of research are unique to the PhD program at Drexel University and are unparalleled in doctoral training programs in the Creative Arts Therapies in the U.S.
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The Department of Creative Arts Therapies seeks to promote social justice and to embrace diversity. All program faculty, supervisors, staff, and students shall maintain respect for differences including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, gender identify, age, religion/spirituality, ability, socioeconomic status, immigration status, and culture. Each person shall strive to create and maintain a culture of respect for all.
Diversity exists on multiple interactive levels in our program. Regionally, our program is housed in a city of rich cultural and academic history. Within this environment, our university includes colleges representing diversity ripe for interprofessional collaborations. The College of Nursing & Health Professions, which houses the PhD in Creative Arts Therapies, is one of the nation's most innovative and successful healthcare colleges.
On the program level, the PhD program's commitment to diversity permeates the learning culture, curriculum and andragogy. To that end, we strive to continually and thoughtfully consider the ways in which our personal values and beliefs are culturally situated and powerfully influence our perspectives about theory and research in the Creative Arts Therapies.
The application process involves an initial written application screen, followed by an interview for selected candidates with the final decision contingent on overall aptitude.
Available online at https://admissions.drexel.edu/apply/. Application fee: $65
Applications received by January 15 will receive priority in admission decisions.
A Master's degree in art therapy, dance/movement therapy, music therapy, or expressive therapies.
Minimum Master's GPA of 3.5 or international equivalent.
Research Education and Training:
Documented graduate level research courses with a minimum grade of "B."
Documentation of having conducted or collaborated on a research project.
Clinical Experience and Credentials:
At least two years of full-time equivalent of creative arts therapies clinical practice preferred.
Professional credentialing in disciple required. Please submit a copy of your current professional credentials/certification directly to the admissions coordinator at CATadmissions@drexel.edu
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Three letters of recommendation are required as a part of the application process. The letters should be from individuals who can address the applicant's aptitudes for research and scholarship. Recommendation letters should also address the applicant's maturity, initiative and commitment to higher level education. Letters of recommendation can be requested and submitted through the online application.
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Should provide a concise overview of relevant professional and education experience. Please upload the resume/CV directly into your online application.
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The admissions essay is an important part of the application and writing proficiency assessment process. Please upload the essay directly into your online application. The essay consists of two parts:
Reasons for Application: Briefly describe 1) your professional background, 2) your reasons for applying to the PhD program and 3) your academic and career goals. Please limit this section to one page, single-spaced.
Research Interests: Please write a brief paper describing 1 or 2 areas of interest for your own research. Please include references to scholarly publications related to your areas of interest. This paper should be written in academic voice, adhere to APA style and be no more than two pages, single-spaced.
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By Paula Stern December 31, 2018	 December 31, 2018
Well, the latest from Israel includes elections. Really, elections. Can you believe it? Much of Israel is coming to terms with it and, on the bright side, many will tell you – is a day off work and school! Mostly, it's hard to tell whether the bigger news is the fact that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that new elections on April 9, 2019, or that Naftali Bennett stole the show by announcing his new party. Yes, indeed, Bennett quickly created a political storm by announcing that he and Ayelet Shaked were leaving Bayit Hayehudi to form a new party called, The New Right.
Muddling in between elections and the new party, we also have the discovery of yet another tunnel dug from Lebanon into Israel. It was confirmed recently that Israel gave intelligence reports to UNIFIL about Hezbollah's tunnels. And what happened to that intelligence. You have probably guessed. The information was turned over to Hezbollah. Shocking? Sadly, not at all. This is the fifth tunnel to have been discovered and each has been destroyed.
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Meanwhile, despite tunnels and elections, Bibi, his wife Sara, and son Yair flew off to Brazil. Warm welcome a bit of soccer on the beach. A stamp with Bibi's face on it and all around, a smashing success. Rumors are flying that Brazil will move its embassy to Jerusalem.
So, as 2018 closes and 2019 approaches, we can sum up the year that was with the simplest of words – elections and politics, rockets and terror balloons, tunnels and trips, in 307 words!
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Henry VI Part 3
Act I, Scene i
Act I, Scenes ii-iv
Act II, Scenes i-ii
Act II, Scenes iii-vi
Act III, Scenes i-ii
Act III, Scene iii
Act IV, Scenes i-iv
Act IV, Scenes v-vii
Act IV, Scenes viii-x
Act V, Scenes i-iv
Act V, Scenes v-vii
Full Book Analysis
Act 1, Scene i
Act 1, Scenes ii-iv
Act 2, Scenes i-ii
Act 2, Scenes iii-vi
Act 3, Scene iii
Act 4, Scenes i-iv
Act 4, Scenes v-vii
Act 4, Scenes viii-x
William Shakespeare Biography & Background on Henry VI, Part 3
Literary Context: Shakespeare's "Histories"
Historical Context: The Wars of the Roses
Historical Context: The Divine Appointment of English Kings
Suggestions for Further Reading
Summary Full Book Analysis
The most important character of this play, first named The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of York and the Good King Henry the Sixth may be neither the Duke of York nor Henry but instead York's son Richard. Richard is a hunchback; much of the play follows his efforts to continue his father's quest for the crown. Near the end of the play, Richard kills Henry and declares that he had no father or brothers, thus, announcing his separation from kinship networks that define the rest of the play.
Richard blames his isolation on his deformity, which makes a convenient excuse for his villainous behavior. Yet the relationship between deformity and the breakdown of the social order is more complex than Richard portrays it to be. Is Richard's physical form the cause of his vicious behavior, or is it an outward sign of his inner evil? Is his heartless ambition unique, or is he a manifestation of a social illness that extends beyond his single character?
The degradation of social ties, particularly those of family, are central to the surrounding story of each of the Henry VI plays. The struggle for the throne is played out among various branches of the descendants of Edward II; the Lancaster line followed Henry IV, the fourth son of Edward II, while the York line is descended from the third son of Edward II. York, the leader of the Yorkist house, claims that his line should have possessed the throne after Henry IV took the crown illegally from Richard II. This struggle between opposing wings of the same family has infected the familial tone of an entire nation.
Family bonds in the earlier Henry VI plays were the strongest ties between nobles, and they delineated the lines down which factions were formed. But in 3 Henry VI, family ties become fragile and threatened. The first breach of familial bonds comes when Henry agrees to pass the crown to York after his death. This act negates his son's right to the throne and makes the crown a piece of property, rather than a symbol of lineal succession. Later, Edward interprets a vision of three suns rising into one as proof that he, Richard, and George will succeed together; in fact, it seems to mean that, without their father to unite them, each will break out on his own until only one remains standing. George breaks with Edward to join Warwick, then rejoins his brothers, while Richard remains loyal only because he hopes to jockey Edward out of the throne eventually. As family bonds weaken, the social identities provided by networks of kinship and feudal loyalty disappear, giving birth to a kind of monstrous individualism.
These scenes of severed familial bonds are echoed in "mirror scenes," scenes separate from the main plot, which symbolically reflect some of the plays thematic concerns. Henry watches a battle from afar and sees two soldiers drag the bodies of soldiers they have killed away from the scene of the fight, hoping to find some loot on the bodies to steal. The first discovers he has accidentally killed his father, and the second, his own son. Both are horrified, as is their king, underscoring the social disintegration that occurs when the ties between father and son erode.
Once the ties of family are broken, nothing remains but the assertion of individual will. In his first soliloquy, Richard reveals his frustrations and his desires for the throne, along with a rough plan to get there. In quick succession, he counts the number of people before him in line to the throne, resigns himself to seek the pleasures of the court, despairs because of his deformity, and resolves to seek the crown by transforming himself into a smiling persona in order to achieve his end.
While Richard is one of the most violent and cruel personas among Shakespeare's cast of characters, he is nevertheless one of the most compelling. He draws us in through his soliloquies, in which he reveals charisma and a sharp wit, and he becomes the most finely drawn figure in the play by revealing his motivations and drives. He is no hero, but all the other characters are stick figures compared to him.
By the end of the play, Richard has announced his isolation from the titles of "son" or "brother," and while he kisses Edward's new baby, he likens himself to Judas. The court prepares to celebrate the new king, thinking the civil war is over, but the worst is yet to come. The previous chapters of the War of the Roses served to set branches of a family against each other; with no other enemies to fight, members of a single family will struggle among themselves, and vicious ambition will threaten to bring down the nation.
In Richard III , Richard succeeds in bringing about the death or downfall of both his brothers, and he manages to take the throne, but somehow he loses his charismatic power once he has achieved the crown. Challenged by Henry, Earl of Richmond, Richard loses the throne and his life, while Richmond ends the War of the Roses by uniting the red and white rose through marriage and originating the Tudor line. Elizabeth I, the reigning sovereign when this play was written, was an heir of Henry VII; Shakespeare's history plays show the faults of the Lancasters and Yorks, thus, indirectly championing the Tudor succession.
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Chasing Win No. 6
There's a little piece of business in Annapolis that can be tied up this weekend.
That is, Navy can secure bowl eligibility for the sixth consecutive season with a victory over Temple on Saturday.
It all got me thinking about how often the Midshipmen have taken care of such important things on the first try. And, unsurprisingly, Notre Dame often got in the way of finishing this sort of task quickly.
But how about a broader look at the program —- one going back, say, more than 25 years?
Now, Navy's schedule often featured two of some motley assortment of teams you would classify as members of the former Division I-AA. And given the once-strict rules of not counting victories over those teams for bowl eligibility, there were years Navy needed seven and even eight victories to become bowl eligible.
But a winning season is a winning season, so this rundown will fall in two parts. The first is Navy's record in games in the post-George Welsh wilderness (1982-2001) during which it could collect a sixth victory.
The second list is the games the Midshipmen played with bowl eligibility on the line since 2002.
GOING FOR WIN No. 6 (3-3):
1982: Navy 24, Army 7
1990: Army 30, Navy 20
1996: Notre Dame 54, Navy 27
1996: @Navy 30, Delaware 14
1997: @Navy 62, Kent 29
And now the more relevant data from the Paul Johnson years (5-5):
2003: @Notre Dame 27, @Navy 24
2003: @Navy 63, Central Michigan 34
2004: Notre Dame 27, Navy 9
2004: @Navy 14, Rice 13
2005: @Notre Dame 42, Navy 21
2005: @Navy 38, Temple 17
2006: Rutgers 34, @Navy 0
2006: Navy 38, @Duke 13
2007: Navy 74, @North Texas 62
Those Notre Dame games were a pain, but Navy usually handled matters when it didn't have to contend with the Fighting Irish.
Charlie Weis' boys don't roll into the area for another two weeks. And when they do, chances are good they'll be playing a Navy team already set with a Dec. 20 date at RFK Stadium.


Fukushima Dialogue will be held on Feb 10-11 in Minami-Soma.
Fukushima Dialog Seminars have been held in various places in Fukushima Prefecture, with the 18th Dialogue Seminar convening in the Yamakiya district of Kawamata Town on November 26. Yamakiya is the only part of Kawamata that was designated as an evacuation zone. The program included a field tour on 25th, which showed participants an interim storage area for contaminated soil, counterbalanced by emerging enterprises such as a flower farm and a primary school preparing to re-open. This dialogue was intended to share the current situation in Yamakiya since the lifting of evacuation orders on 31 March of this year.
-Mr.Sato, Mayor of Kawamata: Currently, 10% (270 people) have returned to Yamakiya. Kawamata town is facilitating repopulation by encouraging vendors, restaurants, etc. Route 114 has been re-opened, providing better access from Fukushima City to the Pacific coast via Kawamata.
-Prof. Kondo, Chiba University: Discussed the uniqueness of Yamakiya in terms of geological science and historical relationships between nature and people.
-Mr.Yasutaka, AIST: introduced flower farming as a way to revitalize local agriculture.
Thereafter local residents involved in agricultural theory and practice were invited to talk about their daily lives, experiences and thoughts.
Proceedings of the 29th Prefectural Oversight Committee Meeting for Fukushima Health Management Survey was released.


Polish debt collection company Kruk SA agreed to acquire 100% of Spain-based Espand Soluciones de Gestion.
The Spanish company employs 118 people and offers debt collection and comprehensive credit management services to 30 business partners, including four top banks in Spain. The company's revenue amounted to €4.1 million in 2015.


When Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto visits President Clinton today, security issues will top the agenda. Just as in the pre-Clinton era, economic matters will be left on the back burner. The protests in Japan against US military bases in Okinawa, the rise of China, and an unpredictable North Korea all make security seem the most urgent issue.
But to downplay economic issues would be a big mistake. That's because the biggest economic issue of all is not this or that battle for market access for film, paper, or airplane flights. It is the struggle within Japan over economic reform.
America has a big stake in the outcome. Our security and welfare would be greatly diminished if our chief ally in Asia ceased to be strong enough to help us tackle global political and economic problems. And yet, without sweeping reform, Japan will become increasingly feeble economically and rudderless politically. Japan is entering its seventh straight year of economic malaise. Unless it changes course, official forecasts warn, its growth will decline to 1.8 percent a year during the next decade, and to a dismal 0.8 percent thereafter. For a nation whose social institutions and corporate debt loads are geared to high growth, this means ongoing political and financial fragility. Japan's leaders might become too preoccupied by internal problems to fulfill global responsibilities.
Some wishful thinkers suggest that the urgency of the situation will compel Mr. Hashimoto to institute the needed far-reaching changes. But Japanese analysts on the scene doubt that, aside from rhetoric, he will do more than tinker around the edges. Hashimoto faces an unfortunate political dilemma. On the one hand, reform is critical to many segments of Japanese society, including the strong exporting companies and the deeply troubled financial institutions. But those same reforms would hurt many of the principal cash cows of Hashimoto's Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP) - from construction and smaller banks to "mom and pop" stores and farming.
In a sense, this is the dilemma facing Japan as whole. Americans know about Japan's dynamic exporters, such as makers of automobiles and electronics. But most Japanese live and work in the "other Japan," a woefully inefficient domestic Japan. In food processing, for example, productivity reaches only one-third of American levels and is falling further behind. Yet more people work in that sector than in autos and steel combined.
What keeps sectors such as food so backward is a system that shields them from competition at home and abroad. Many sectors are rife with often-illegal cartels that collude to fix prices, block new Japanese entrants, and retaliate against companies that buy lower-priced imports.
WHILE the price of change is high, the price of standing pat is even higher. Only the Japanese can solve their problems. Still, the US can and should help accelerate the process. The single most important step is for Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, in cooperation with Tokyo, to take quick action to reverse the excessive weakening of the yen.
As Fuji-Xerox chairman Yotaro Kobayashi stresses, a rising yen is the single most powerful force for reform in Japan. In the early 1990s a soaring yen weakened the cartels' grip, drew in imports, and drove monopolistic prices down as much as 30 percent from tuna fish to PCs. Politically, the rising yen induced Japan's exporters to support reform, because it raised the penalty for protection of the inefficient. Ever since Mr. Rubin helped Japan's Finance Ministry engineer a yen depreciation in 1995, reform has stalled, and now imports are falling.
At the Feb. 8 meeting of the industrial nations' Group of Seven, Rubin finally conceded further yen depreciation had to stop. But there has been little follow-up. Currency traders are already testing how much weaker they can drive the yen, with 130 to the dollar often mentioned as the next target.
Nor does letting the yen continue to weaken benefit America. An overly strong dollar may temporarily help keep US inflation and interest rates a little lower. But, as we have seen over the last 20 years, when the dollar flies too high, it eventually crashes. When it does, as in 1994, US bond rates can soar.
The US should seek out allies in Japan who want reform for the sake of their own interests. An illuminating precedent is the negotiation some years ago to lighten Japan's limits on large discount stores. Payback came during the 1991-95 yen rise, when these stores bypassed cartels, stocked imports, and lowered prices. While US working-level officials try to develop plans along these lines, it is hard to gain attention from more senior officials.
There is a lot more at stake here than exporting a few more American auto parts. The kind of changes needed to revive Japan would help produce a more cosmopolitan mindset on issues ranging from economics to security. Deciding to aid that process sounds like a no-brainer.
* Richard Katz is the New York correspondent for Diamond Weekly magazine of Japan. His essay, "Japan's Self-Defeating Trade Policy," appears in the spring issue of the Washington Quarterly.


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The goal for every team is improve, not only over the course of one season, but from one season to the next.
"If you're not getting better, you're getting worse,'' is the popular saying.
Taking a big-picture look, it's hard to deny that the Patriots took a step back from 2011. They watched Super Bowl XLVII instead of playing in it. They went 12-4 instead of 13-3.
But after taking a step back to look at the 2012 season in its totality, the conclusion here is that, indeed, New England did get better. Sometimes that doesn't always show up in the end, for various reasons.
The Patriots led the league in point differential — they scored 226 points more than their opponents (Broncos were next at 192) — after finishing second to Green Bay (201) at 171 points. They led the league with 557 points scored, and even improved, marginally, going from 15th with 342 points allowed, to ninth and 331 points.
In terms of yards, the Patriots' offense led the league thanks to a dramatic uptick from the rush: They went from 20th in yards per game to seventh, and from 24th to 17 in yards per carry. Defensively, the Patriots improved their league standing across the board: total yards (31st to 25th), rushing yards per game (17th to ninth), rushing yards per carry (24th to sixth), passing yards allowed (31st to 29th), and passing yards per game (30th to 28th).
And it wasn't just on a stat sheet where the Patriots showed improvement — it was there on film.
Going back through our positional ratings throughout the season and comparing them with 2011, the Patriots showed a noticeable dropoff at only one position, receivers/tight ends. That group went from a 3.7 average rating (out of 5) in 2011, which was tied with the defensive line for tops on the team, to 3.0. And that can almost directly be attributed to tight end Rob Gronkowski not being 100 percent to start the season, and then basically missing the final eight games, including the playoffs. Not only was there a dramatic dropoff not having him as a pass catcher, he left a huge hole with his blocking.
Outside of the defensive line (3.7 to 3.6), the rest of the positions all executed at a higher level this season, with the linebackers (up .52), secondary (.43), and special teams (.41) leading the way.
The end results might not show it, but the Patriots were on the uptick this season. Now it's up to them to sustain it.
Here are the average positional ratings from the 18 games. A few things to keep in mind: These are not about talent or in comparison to the rest of the league. These ratings reflect only the overall execution at each position over the course of the season on a game-to-game basis, on a zero to 5 scale. Only 10 perfect ratings were given out during the season, which is double last season. Turnovers on offense are graded harshly, as are big plays allowed on defense.
Tom Brady was once again terrific, and better than a year ago, when his average was 3.6. Brady endured a bout of inaccuracy in 2011 because of an elbow injury, but he had no such problems this season. Brady earned a rating of 4.0 or better in 12 games, which was an improvement over nine in 2011. Brady's statistics overall dipped a bit, which likely has to do with two factors: a bit of a transition to returning offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, and tight ends Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez playing nearly half the snaps they did in 2011 because of injury.
Brady's completion percentage of 63.0 ranked 10th in the league and was his lowest since 2006 (61.8). Brady was at 65.6, fourth in the league, in 2011. Brady's passer rating slipped from 105.6 (third) to 98.7 (sixth). His yards per attempt went from 8.57 (second) to 7.58 (eighth). Brady again was fourth in the league in touchdown passes (34) but his interceptions declined from 12 to 8. Brady led the NFL with a 1.3 interception rate. He was sacked 27 times in the regular season (32 in 2011). Brady was blitzed 173 times, according to Stats LLC, sixth-most in the league, and his passer rating vs. the blitz of 117.6 was third in the league.
Improved from 3.34 in 2011. This group was a big point of emphasis last offseason because the Patriots needed to get more explosive, and they delivered in a big way, going from 29 explosive runs (10 yards or more) from running backs to 53. Stevan Ridley led the way with 30 (BenJarvus Green-Ellis had 12 in '11), followed by Brandon Bolden (11), Shane Vereen (7), and Danny Woodhead (5).
The running backs also improved their pass blocking. This year's group allowed 10.5 quarterback pressures (one sack) compared with 14.5 (3.5 sacks) between Green-Ellis and Woodhead last season.
Ridley finished seventh in the NFL with 1,263 rushing yards, third in first downs (82), and tied for third with 12 touchdowns. Ridley's five total fumbles (three lost) are a concern, but backs usually improve in that department over time. If Ridley is going to become a three-down back, he's also going to have to work on his pass catching. He had two drops on just eight catchable passes. Vereen was much improved over the course of the season, and it's a shame Bolden wasn't seen after his PED suspension because he definitely impressed as an early-down complement to Ridley.
Despite replacing Chad Ochocinco with Brandon Lloyd, this group faltered this season and likely will be looked at closely by the coaches. Drops were certainly an issue, as the team went from 35 to 42, with Wes Welker's 13 leading the way — but it was the same number he had in 2011. Of course, Welker seems to have bad timing. Probably more alarming were the 21 drops combined among Hernandez (doubled 2011 total to 10), Lloyd (6), and Gronkowski (5). They should be better than that. The Patriots also dipped from leading the league in explosive passes (72) to tied for seventh (57). That can almost directly be attributed to coming up short with yards after the catch. The Patriots went from 6.7 yards after the catch last season — the best under Bill Belichick — to 5.9, their worst mark since 2009.
Injuries did not help. Hernandez and Gronkowski combined to basically play a full season between them, and the promising Julian Edelman played just nine games. The Patriots thought they had a good backup tight end in Visanthe Shiancoe (they even used their one designated-to-return spot on injured reserve for him), but he suited up in five games before being released with zero catches. The tight ends were also worse run blocking without a healthy Gronkowski. In 2011, they allowed 16 stuffed runs (runs of 1 yard or less outside of short yardage). This year it was 30.5 with Michael Hoomanawanui (two sacks allowed) leading the way with 11.
An area of concern heading into the season with the retirement of left tackle Matt Light and the failure to report of right guard Brian Waters, Dante Scarnecchia's crew more than held its own in a restocking year that showed great promise. It wasn't a total triumph, but it was pretty good. The offensive line's responsibility for the 28 sacks (35 in 2011) was 20.5, which was an improvement from 23.5 in 2011. This year's line allowed five fewer stuffed runs. In every other category, the 2011 group was superior, even playing one more game: hurries (81.5 to 95), knockdowns (39.5 to 52.5), and total quarterback pressures (144.5 to 168).
All eyes were on left tackle Nate Solder, and while he's a better run blocker than Light, Solder (4.5 sacks, 28.5 hurries, 12.5 knockdowns, 45.5 total pressures) will have to grow into Light's shoes. As for replacing Waters, (2.5 sacks, 6 hurries, 4 knockdowns for 12.5 total pressures in 2011), Dan Connolly allowed 2.5 sacks, 8.5 hurries, and 9.5 knockdowns for 20.5 total pressures — but in 300 fewer snaps. Left guard Logan Mankins was much better this season after playing with an ACL injury all of last season. He allowed just half a sack, 18 total pressures, and 9 stuffed runs. In 2011, he allowed 3.5 sacks, 24 total pressures, and 16 stuffed runs. Center Ryan Wendell (4 sacks, 13.5 hurries, 5.5 knockdowns, 23 total pressures, 11 run stuffs) improved and was playing excellent at the end of the season. Right tackle Sebastian Vollmer led the team with 6.5 sacks allowed, and his 37 total pressures were second. In his last full season in 2010, Vollmer allowed 1 sack and 17 pressures.
Another standout, fundamentally sound season for the front four as they welcomed position coach Patrick Graham with Pepper Johnson moving to linebackers. The entire front seven was a little bit better against the run (117 stuffed runs in one fewer game than 2011's 109), but the plan to upgrade the pass rush again failed to come to fruition. The 214 total quarterback pressures were 25 fewer than 2011, and the sack total declined from 51 to 40.
That mostly had to do with the ankle injury to rookie right end Chandler Jones, who accounted for 38 percent of the Patriots' pressures through Week 10 but only 8 percent from that point on. The Patriots had no viable alternatives behind Jones. Rob Ninkovich continued to be consistent, but without Jones playing a full season, the Patriots needed four players (Jones, Justin Francis, Jermaine Cunningham, and Trevor Scott — 15.5 sacks, 78.5 total pressures) to replace Andre Carter and Mark Anderson (22.5 sacks, 78 total pressures in 2011).
For the second straight season since moving from the 3-4 to the 4-3, Vince Wilfork had a great impact, as he was third on the team with 26.5 pressures (sacks declined from 6 to 3.5) and led the team with 21.5 stuffed runs. Combined, Kyle Love and Brandon Deaderick (25.5 pressures, 26.5 stuffed runs) were slightly more productive than Wilfork, but the Patriots need more from this group against the pass.
Big jump for this group from 3.1 in 2011 as the two returners, Jerod Mayo and Brandon Spikes, elevated their games and made more of an impact, and rookie Dont'a Hightower showed a lot of potential if he can learn the finer points and become more consistent. The starting trio had 7 sacks, 41.5 pressures, and 36 stuffed runs. In 2011, linebackers had 2 sacks, 25 pressures, and 26.5 stuffs. Spikes actually did the best with his opportunities. According to profootballfocus.com's pass-rush snaps, Spikes got pressure on 19 percent of those snaps, followed by Hightower (16.8) and Mayo (16.1). Mayo is fine in pass coverage, but Spikes and Hightower definitely lacked. The Patriots appear to be a coverage linebacker short (they haven't had an effective one since Gary Guyton in 2010) of having a great group. The defense as a whole recovered an amazing 21 fumbles — double the league average of 10.
This unit was still the team's weakest spot, but it showed the biggest improvement, going from 2.4 in 2011. As far as actual numbers, the Patriots improved from allowing 79 passes of 20 or more yards in 2011 to 74 and were still last in the league. Another big area in which they'll look to improve.
The Patriots have really been hurt by the inability of Ras-I Dowling, the 33d overall pick in the 2011 draft, to stay on the field. He's a physical freak and can match up with big receivers. But Dowling got hurt again, which forced the trade for Aqib Talib. Getting Talib showed what the Patriots have been missing without Dowling. Talib, rookie Alfonzo Dennard, and Kyle Arrington gave the Patriots competent cornerbacks.
Moving Devin McCourty to free safety gave the Patriots deep stability for, well, a long time. Patrick Chung's failings at strong safety were a major disappointment, and forced Steve Gregory to play out of position.
The Patriots improved from 20th in passer rating allowed (84.3) to 17th (86.9), and allowed 38 fewer first downs passing in the regular season. The third-down defense has improved each season from the 47 percent high in 2010 (42 in 2011, 39 in 2012). Yards allowed per pass also slightly improved from 7.1 in 2011 to 6.9.
The Patriots finished 13th in the overall rankings compiled by Dallas Morning News guru Rick Gosselin, with opponent punt average (50.3 yards) the worst mark. Overall, the Patriots improved slightly in opponent kickoff and punt returns (third in the NFL each). Outside of McCourty's 104-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against the Jets, those returns were mostly a disappointment as the Patriots slipped from fourth in the league to ninth. The Patriots had just two returns of more than 30 yards while opponents had eight. Patriots punt coverage was outstanding with one return over 20 yards; the Patriots had six themselves. Zoltan Mesko, who had a punt blocked against Arizona, ranked in the bottom half of the league in average and net, but punters with good offenses are often punished. Stephen Gostkowski, who missed a game-winning kick against Arizona, was 20th in field goal percentage (83; 85 in 2011) and ninth in touchback percentage (46.8). He was 16th in the latter (39.8) in 2011. Matthew Slater once again was selected as the AFC's Pro Bowl special teams player after leading the team with 20 tackles (12 solo). Rookie Nate Ebner really impressed as the season went along with 17 tackles (14 solo). Linebacker Mike Rivera was also in double digits (12).


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Physiology of Autumn Colors
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Physiology of Autumn Colors. When the conditions in almost any locality are favorable for the rapid growth of plants, the prevailing color of the vegetation is green. The leaf-green, or chlorophyll, is a conspicuous part of vegetative organs. Green is normal, so that one does not regard a green plant as "colored." It is true that in some species of plants, chlorophyll is partially or completely veiled by the presence of other pigments, and in the blossoms it may practically fail; but in the latter case the life of the brilliant structures is fleeting, and green is promptly predominant. "Color" is more or less restricted to blossoms, to particular species, or to seasons. The great seasonal change is here the center of interest.
In the autumn the vegetation of the usual temperate landscape loses gradually its distinctive green, while striking yellows and reds are substituted. With favorable conditions, the climax of this transformation is such a riot of color as is not seen at any other time. It is noteworthy that this change is an immediate forerunner of leaf-fall and death. The vegetation that is suddenly cut off by severe frost seldom exhibits true autumnal colors, but instead the dry brown or blackened effects of rapid death, characteristic of any season. On the other hand, autumn tints of leaves may appear in the summer, as when limbs of the hard maple or peach are ringed. This suggests that the production of color is susceptible of experimental study. On the whole, the layman may regard the autumn colors as a necessity to the wholesome rounding out, and a fitting terminus, of a season of usefulness. Coloration is, however, an evidence of fundamental physiological changes; and it is appropriate to ask regarding the climatic or other conditions which bring this about, as well as concerning the nature of these internal changes which also make for the development of color in the autumn.
For the most part, the autumn leaf-colors fall into two groups—yellows and reds. These colors are produced by two groups of pigments essentially different in chemical and physical properties; yet these pigments are frequently blended in the same leaf, yielding such gorgeous effects as may be seen in the sumach.
The yellow pigment (more correctly pigments) of leaves occurs in the chlorophyll bodies of the cell. It is present hi conjunction with the leaf-green in the healthy leaf, but not infrequently it seems to increase in quantity as the chlorophyll disappears. It belongs to a group of substances often called xanthophylls. These are carotin-like compounds, that is, related to carotin, the orange or orange-red pigment of the carrot root. Carotin-like bodies are widely distributed in plants and are also responsible for the yellow, orange, and orange- red colors of a large number of blossoms. These pigments do not occur in solution in the cell-sap, but may be present either in the healthy chlorophyll bodies (plastids) or outside of them. In the latter case, they form crystals, or are in solution in droplets of fatty oils. Carotin-like compounds are more permanent than chlorophyll, so that any green plant may exhibit a yellowish color upon the gradual disappearance of the chlorophyll.
The red pigments of autumn leaves are cell-sap colors, substances soluble in the aqueous solution constituting plant juices. They are supposed to be tannoid compounds, and are generally referred to as anthocyanin. The pigments of red beets and dark grapes are similar compounds. It is significant that those plants exhibiting conspicuous red coloration in the autumn are usually those which give some indication of red during the growing season, as in the possession of red petioles or twigs; and, more especially, they are those in which red is more or less conspicuous as the buds open and the leaves unfold in the spring. The attractive tints of unfolding hard maple buds are therefore an indication that the maple has the capacity to develop a coloration of the cell-sap in the autumn. Some plants develop no anthocyanin under normal conditions of growth.
It is then evident that the yellow colors of autumn leaves may be due to both a greater visibility of the yellow in the chlorophyll body when the chlorophyll disappears, and also to actual increased development of carotin-like compounds. The reds and purples in autumn leaves are a result of the formation or increased formation of tannoid compounds. The question then is: What are the conditions which make the autumn season particularly favorable for the development of these substances?
Some careful studies have been made that bear upon this question. It appears that the production of autumnal reds in many species is related to the sugar- content, and color may be induced or heightened in the shoots of many plants by growing them for a time in strong solutions. Moreover, cold weather has been found to be generally favorable to the accumulation of sugar in the tissues. Observation indicates that after a season favorable for growth, a cold, protracted autumn results in exquisite autumn coloration. It is certain that nothing is more disastrous to brilliance of color than severe early frosts. In addition to enhancing pigmentation, sugar-content seems to be most important as one factor in cold-resistance. It requires a very light frost in the late summer to kill outright the leaves and young shoots of many trees, but the same shoots may be unaffected by an equal degree of cold when the conditions have been such as to bring about the normal autumn coloration.
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Four Intellectual-Property Questions to Answer before Opening Your New Business
By everhartAugust 25, 2014Copyright, Internet Law, Right of Publicity, Trademark
You might be one of the many who recently lost a job. And you might be one of the many who's turned lemons into a lemonade stand and parlayed unemployment into that new business you've always dreamed of launching. When you're starting your new business, you're more likely thinking about budgets and net profits than trademarks and copyrights. But an important part of your business is its intellectual property, and considering your intellectual property up front can save you money and trouble down the road. Read on for four questions every new business owner should answer before displaying the "open" sign.
Is your business or product name infringing someone else's rights? People sometimes believe that, because they were able to register the domain name containing their new business or product name, the name is available as a trademark, too. Not necessarily. Domain-name registrars don't conduct a trademark check when they rent you a domain name. Before you invest time and money into your new name, you should make sure someone else wasn't using it first, or a name similar to it, in the same or similar category of goods or services. You can search the Internet and the database of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office yourself, but a trademark-infringement lawsuit can be lethal to a business, so I encourage you to invest in a trademark attorney to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the trademark for you. And, even if no one else is using the mark, you'll want to consider whether the mark is protectable as a trademark. For example, if you call your new bank "Bank," you can't monopolize that term, because it's generic. But if you come up with a unique name for your goods or services, you're more likely to be able to protect it as a trademark.
Do you own your website? Just because a website designer has created a website for you doesn't mean you own the copyright to the website. You need to make sure this is the case — in writing. If you hired the designer as an independent contractor, the designer owns the website design unless specified otherwise in a writing signed by the designer. Doublecheck the designer's agreement to make sure it specifies that you own the copyright to the content. No contract? Prepare a simple writing and ask the designer to sign it. And even if the designer is your employee, it's a good idea to stipulate to your ownership in a signed writing or a "work for hire" agreement.
Do you own your work product? Say you've opened a new restaurant and hired someone to design your menus or write your employee manual. Who owns the copyright to the menus or the manual? It depends. If the person you hired was an employee acting within the scope of his employment, you can argue you own the material as a "work for hire." If the person was an independent contractor, you won't be able to make this argument unless you have a signed writing from the contractor transferring the copyright to you. And even if the person was an employee, he could argue later he did the work outside the scope of his employment. Why take the risk? Get anyone who will be creating copyrighted works for your business to sign a work-for-hire agreement specifying that the copyright to such works belongs to you.
Do you have permission to use others' names or photos to peddle your wares? If not, don't use them. Each person has a "right of publicity," or the right to use her name, photograph, and likeness for commercial purposes. Want to use that photo of your Aunt Jane cooking fried chicken on your restaurant menu? Or that country star's name to sell your hand-crafted guitars? Get their permission first. And — say it with me — get it in writing.


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Die Bischofskonferenz der Vereinigten Staaten () (USCCB) ist ein Zusammenschluss der römisch-katholischen Bischöfe aller Diözesen in den Vereinigten Staaten.

Die Organisation ist mit ihrem Sekretariat und ihrem Kommissariat in Washington, D.C. ansässig. Der derzeitige Vorsitzende ist der Erzbischof des Militärordinariates, Timothy Broglio.

Geschichte

Bis zum Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg war für die Katholiken in Britisch-Nordamerika das Apostolische Vikariat des Erzbistums Westminster zuständig. Nach der Unabhängigkeit wurde als erstes Bistum in den Vereinigten Staaten das Bistum Baltimore in Maryland errichtet, wo sich ab 1789 die Apostolische Präfektur befand. Am 8. April 1808 wurde das Bistum Baltimore zum Erzbistum erhoben.

Als eine ihrer ersten gemeinsamen Initiativen beschlossen die Bischöfe der Vereinigten Staaten 1965 eine landesweite jährliche Kollekte zur Finanzierung von Projekten in Lateinamerika (Latin America Collection Fund). Auf diese Erfahrung aufbauend, gründeten die Bischöfe der Vereinigten Staaten 1966 eine Bischofskonferenz mit einer Doppelstruktur:
 als National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) zur Koordinierung der innerkirchlichen Anliegen
 als United States Catholic Conference (USCC) zur Vertretung der katholischen Kirche in der US-Gesellschaft und gegenüber der Regierung, den Abgeordneten des Kongresses und anderen Institutionen.

Im Jahre 2000 fusionierten NCCB und USCC zur USCCB. Oberstes Organ der US-amerikanischen Bischofskonferenz ist die Vollversammlung der Mitglieder.

Positionen
 Die USCCB lehnt mehrheitlich die liberalen Abtreibungsgesetze der USA ab. Sie unterstützt Politiker, die eine "Pro-Life"-Position vertreten wie seinerzeit Ronald Reagan und Donald Trump.
 Auf der Vollversammlung im Juni 2021 wurde trotz Ermahnungen des Vatikans mit großer Mehrheit der Vorschlag angenommen, Bedingungen für den Empfang der Eucharistie durch Katholiken zu verfassen. Dabei solle auch die "Eucharistie-Würdigkeit" katholischer Politiker geregelt werden, die der kirchlichen Lehre zur Abtreibung nicht folgen. Sie sollen vom Sakrament der Eucharistie ausgeschlossen werden. Damit überschreitet sie wohl ihre Rechtsetzungsbefugnisse, die ihr durch Gesetz oder Anordnung des Apostolischen Stuhls ausdrücklich zugewiesen wurden ().

Präsidenten
 1966–1971 John Francis Kardinal Dearden, Erzbischof von Detroit
 1971–1974 John Joseph Kardinal Krol, Erzbischof von Philadelphia
 1974–1977 Joseph Bernardin, Erzbischof von Cincinnati
 1977–1980 John Raphael Quinn, Erzbischof von San Francisco
 1980–1983 John Robert Roach, Erzbischof von Saint Paul and Minneapolis
 1983–1986 James William Malone, Bischof von Youngstown
 1986–1989 John Lawrence May, Erzbischof von Saint Louis
 1989–1992 Daniel Edward Pilarczyk, Erzbischof von Cincinnati
 1992–1995 William Henry Kardinal Keeler, Erzbischof von Baltimore
 1995–1998 Anthony Pilla, Bischof von Cleveland
 1998–2001 Joseph Fiorenza, Bischof von Galveston-Houston
 2001–2004 Wilton Daniel Gregory, Bischof von Belleville
 2004–2007 William Stephen Skylstad, Bischof von Spokane
 2007–2010 Francis Kardinal George OMI, Erzbischof von Chicago
 2010–2013 Timothy Kardinal Dolan, Erzbischof von New York
 2013–2016 Joseph Edward Kurtz, Erzbischof von Louisville
 2016–2019 Daniel Kardinal DiNardo, Erzbischof von Galveston-Houston
 2019–2022 José Horacio Gómez, Erzbischof von Los Angeles
 seit 2022 Timothy Broglio, Erzbischof des US-amerikanischen Militärordinariats

Siehe auch
 Bischofskonferenz
 Liste der römisch-katholischen Diözesen
 Römisch-katholische Kirche in den Vereinigten Staaten
 Liste der römisch-katholischen Bischöfe in den Vereinigten Staaten

Weblinks
 Website der US-amerikanischen Bischofskonferenz

Fußnoten

Vereinigte Staaten
Organisation (Washington, D.C.)
Gegründet 1966
Römisch-katholische Organisation (Vereinigte Staaten)
Dachverband (Vereinigte Staaten)

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Patson Daka to Leicester City leaves Liverpool facing Thiago Alcântara transfer reality
Red Bull Leipzig's Zambian forward is being heavily linked to Brendan Rodgers' team, and it once again reminds Liverpool supporters of the club's transfer strategy truth.
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Thiago's summer transfer episode had many transfer sources divided.
Reported Liverpool target Patson Daka has been linked with Leicester City in a £30 million deal.
The 22-year-old Zambian forward scored 27 goals in 28 matches, and provided 4 assists for RB Salzburg in the 2020/21 Austrian Bundesliga, winning him the Player of the Season award.
In 2019/20, Daka scored 21 goals and created 6 more, with his record over the last two seasons standing at a phenomenal 61 goals contributions in 59 games. Daka is the latest talent to emerge at Salzburg, with current Borussia Dortmund striker, Erling Haaland, also a product of the Austrian club's talent network.
Both Takumi Minamino and Naby Keïta came through the Salzburg system too, with Liverpool building a good working relationship with both RB Salzburg and sister-club RB Leipzig. Speculation about Daka has been building for a number of weeks, just like last summer, with midfield signing Thiago Alcantara.
However, like last summer, the club is keen to keep any transfer news and leaks to a minimum. Earlier this season, the club repeatedly rebuffed questions about RB Leipzig's Ibrahima Konaté, after links emerged, only for the club to announce the widely expected signing a few months later.
Sergio Ramos and Paul Pogba fire transfer warning, and Liverpool can take advantage
Liverpool have gained major transfer advantage over rivals with Lorenzo Pellegrini pursuit
Like Konaté and Thiago, Daka has a number of attributes that would make him an ideal addition to the squad. His eagerness to get shots away and play centrally makes him a very different type of player compared to Firmino, whose shot output and involvement in the final fifth of the pitch has declined in recent seasons. Similarly, his clinical attributes and ability to move progressively with the ball makes him an exciting prospect, even when considering he can still develop further.
But it's still unclear what the club's intentions are this summer. The COVID-19 pandemic hit Liverpool FC's finances hard, and as the club decided against using the furlough scheme and many commercial plans linked to the 2019/20 league win were shelved, it's still not clear how much financial wiggle room the Reds have.
To make room for Daka, the Reds may well need to sell a number of players in order to free up transfer funds and the wage bill, which has been growing over the last few years.
The signing of Ibrahima Konaté reportedly required Liverpool to pay a £36 million upfront fee, rather than instalments, which means hotly tipped names like Daka may be out of Liverpool's price range.
Virgil van Dijk must reveal his greatest Liverpool secret to ensure Ibrahima Konaté success
Pep Lijnders has already hinted at how Liverpool save millions in the transfer market
The club famously haggled over Thiago's transfer fee for a number of weeks, whilst Diogo Jota's transfer fee was amortised over a number of years, demonstrating the Reds may not have the cash available to refresh the front line.
Furthermore, Daka will be the first name on the Zambian teamsheet come the African Cup of Nations in January 2022, and with Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané and Naby Keïta all set to go too, the Liverpool squad could be left short after the typical flurry of winter fixtures.
Whatever happens may well be dependent on the rest of the transfer market, the European Championship and where Jürgen Klopp's priorities lie. Given Gini Wijnaldum, who played almost the entire season, has just left the club on a free transfer, the first priority may be to find a player to fill that midfield hole.
The biggest lesson, should the deal happen, is that we're once again left with the reality that we don't really know who is on Liverpool's list of targets. While many have been quick to link Daka as a "prime target", the same sources were forthright last summer that Thiago wasn't. Jota's name wasn't even in the reckoning until the day the deal was done.
True to Michael Edwards' form, sometimes the most obvious link isn't always the correct one.
Inter Milan could offer Liverpool transfer solution to cure £42m loss
Diogo Jota has gone to a new Liverpool level, and Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't like it


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Home/Science/Senate Commission Disputes over Fire Burial Plan for Pantanal – 12/21/2020 – Environment
Senate Commission Disputes over Fire Burial Plan for Pantanal – 12/21/2020 – Environment
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While the Pantanal was being consumed by flames, senators in the commission that accompanied the fire-fighting measures relied on drawing up a statute for the biome in order to avoid new environmental tragedies. However, a dispute that separated parliamentarians from Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul resulted in the initiative being buried.
A new bill became a bill drafted by Committee Chairman Senator Wellington Fagundes (PL-MT). Now he must go through the normal procedures of the legislature, without the pressure of the moment caused by public opinion in the face of the death of exotic animals and the loss of native vegetation.
Without submitting a law, the Commission's final report pointed to the need for a permanent brigade in the Pantanal to fight the fires, and adopted the "firefighter poke" thesis.
The fires destroyed an area of 40,100 km² of the Pantanal, which corresponds to more than a quarter of the biome. Experts estimate that it can take five decades for vegetation to recover.
The situation could worsen in the years to come as the National Secretariat for Civil Protection – in the presence of the committee's own hearing – estimates that the severe drought could last five years.
In the heat of the moment, two commissions were set up in Congress to oversee the federal government's confrontation measures and to investigate the causes of the record fires. In the Chamber of Deputies, the opposition took the lead at work, maintaining a critical tone of the government and trying to point out the culprits.
On the other hand, the Senate committee was rated as "friendlier", and it was not for nothing that the most important ministers on the subject attended. The work then took on a more meaningful tone, and in this context drawing up a statute for the biome became the task of the senators.
Resistance to the drafting of the statute began in isolation with Senator Soraya Thronicke (PSL-MS). The parliamentarian associated with the agricultural sector defended that the state of Mato Grosso do Sul already had laws to preserve the Pantanal.
"Mato Grosso do Sul has its Pantanal status, which was established by a decree," he says of the decree that governed the forest law in the state.
"Getting this decree out was very difficult at the time, as mostly rural producers had to accept the preservation, in addition to the 20% they already had to preserve, another 30%. So you imagine what it is like to have equity and use 50% of it. So it was a lot of discussion, hurt, a lot of discussion. They know what soap opera is for the Brazilian in order to be able to produce, "he said.
"Because I work closely with the Agro and it is the Agro of any size that you can imagine, from the small producer. It is not the question of the large rural producer that is against it. I'm not lobbying here, never for an industry. I have received the opposite position from everyone, "he added.
Commission chairman Senator Wellington Fagundes (PL-MT) acknowledges that his state is late in enacting an ordinance of the Forest Code with reference to the Pantanal, but declares that it would be possible to have a general statute for the biome with general norms and make suggestions for environmental education among others.
"The Pantanal Statute we proposed was just a guiding piece of legislation, it wasn't specific at all. Mato Grosso do Sul fears that we will do something to harm what they have already done, "he said.
At the end of the work, opponents of a statute were already in the majority. Fagundes therefore used the prepared draft and submitted it as a draft law on individual authorship.
In the absence of the statute, one of the main points of Senator Nelsinho Trad's (PSD-MS) final report is the recommendation for the establishment of a permanent brigade to fight the fires.
The document does not criticize the slowness of the federal government in this regard, although the President of Ibama (Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources), Eduardo Fortunato Bim, confirmed in a committee hearing that the hiring of brigadiers had been delayed .
With regard to human factors, only the "lack of preventive and maintenance measures in the right of way" is mentioned.
Brigadiers are usually hired from April to receive training and be in the field at the start of the dry season. That year, however, the contracts weren't closed until the end of July when the fires were already consuming a large portion of the biome.
"We had a setback this year because of the pandemic. This was delayed a little and we had a small loss of preventive training, a practice we do every year, "said the agency's president.
The document then lists the need for permanent brigades already in place to act when the fires start. In addition, the existence of reservoirs is noted as fundamental, as one of the difficulties in fighting fires this year has been getting teams and water to places that are difficult to access.
"Difficulties in accessing water and inadequate staff, vehicles and equipment were factors that made it difficult to control the spread of the fire in the Pantanal. That is why it is important that the Union has permanent fire brigades, properly equipped and safe water reservoirs in order to protect this legacy of all Brazilians, the Pantanal, "the document says.
The final report puts great emphasis on the climate problem as the main cause of the historical burns of the biome. However, the text also highlights one factor that contributed to the spread of the fires and the reduction in animal husbandry in the region.
In other words, without mentioning the name, the document confirms the controversial thesis of the "firefighter stalk" defended in the Commission by Agriculture Ministers Tereza Cristina and Environment Ricardo Salles. The thesis argues that cattle are consuming biomass, which is contributing to the spread of the outbreak. Experts question this cause-effect relationship.
"Despite the occurrence of forest fires and fires, which are strongly related to climatic conditions, areas with non-grazing fields with the accumulation of grass biomass are highly combustible material, which contributes significantly to the initiation of fires," says the text.
Attending a commission hearing on October 9th, Tereza Cristina said: "A disaster happened because we had a lot of dry organic matter. If we had a little more cattle in the Pantanal, it might have been an even smaller disaster." than what we had this year ".
The document also recommends the use of controlled fire, an efficient technique when used by environmental agencies. However, experts point out that if the practice is passed down indiscriminately to farmers, this can have the opposite effect.
Other points defended in the report are the creation of a Pantanal Council and a Biome Financing Fund, two mechanisms that already exist in relation to the Amazon.
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