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What is the right definition of the Picard group of a commutative ring?

where I was worried about the distinction between invertible modules and rank one projective modules over an arbitrary commutative ring. I was worrying too much, because of the following theorem [Bourbaki, Commutative Algebra, Section II.5.2, Theorem 1]:

Let $R$ be a commutative ring and $M$ a finitely generated $R$-module. The following are equivalent:
(i) $M$ is projective.
(ii) $M$ is finitely presented and locally free in the weaker sense: $\forall \mathfrak{p} \in \operatorname{Spec}(R), \ M_{\mathfrak{p}} \cong R_{\mathfrak{p}}^{r(\mathfrak{p})}$.
(iii) $M$ is locally free in the weaker sense and its rank function $\mathfrak{p} \mapsto r(\mathfrak{p})$ is locally constant on $\operatorname{Spec}(R)$.
(iv) $M$ is locally free in the stronger sense: there exist $f_1,\ldots,f_n \in R$, generating the unit ideal, such that for each $i$, $M_{f_i}$ is a free $R_{f_i}$-module.
(v) For every maximal ideal $\mathfrak{m}$ of $R$, there exists $f \in R \setminus \mathfrak{m}$ such that $M_f$ is a free $R_f$-module.

This answers my previous question, because the rank function of an invertible module is identically one.

In order to really feel like I understand what's going on here, I would like to see an example of a finitely generated locally free [in the weaker sense of (ii) above] module which is not projective. Thus $R$ must be non-Noetherian. The wikipedia article on projective modules contains some nice information, in particular sketching an example of such a module over a Boolean ring. For a Boolean ring though the localization at every prime ideal is simply $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$, so it is not too surprising that there are more locally free modules than projectives.

I would like to see an example with $R$ an integral domain, if possible. It would be especially nice if you can give a reference to one of the standard texts on commutative algebra which contains such an example or at least a citation of such an example.

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unfortunately cyclic modules (as in the boolean example) won't work. –  Martin Brandenburg Feb 2 '10 at 12:32

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It is impossible to produce an example of a finitely generated flat $R$-module that is not projective when $R$ is an integral domain. See: Cartier, "Questions de rationalité des diviseurs en géométrie algébrique," here, Appendice, Lemme 5, p. 249. Also see Bourbaki Algèbre Chapitre X (Algèbre Homologique, "AH") X.169 Exercise Sect. 1, No. 13. I also sketch an alternate proof that there are no such examples for $R$ an integral domain below.

Observe that, for finitely generated $R$-modules $M$, being locally free in the weaker sense is equivalent to being flat [Bourbaki, AC II.3.4 Pr. 15, combined with AH X.169 Exercise Sect. 1, No. 14(c).]. ($R$ doesn't have to be noetherian for this, though many books seem to assume it.)

There's a concrete way to interpret projectivity for finitely generated flat modules. We begin by translating Bourbaki's criterion into the language of invariant factors. For any finitely generated flat $R$-module $M$ and any nonnegative integer $n$, the $n$-th invariant factor $I_n(M)$ is the annihilator of the $n$-th exterior power of $M$.

Lemma. (Bourbaki's criterion) A finitely generated flat $R$-module $M$ is projective if and only if, for any nonnegative integer $n$, the set $V(I_n(M))$ is open in $\mathrm{Spec}(R)$.

This openness translates to finite generation.

Proposition. If $M$ is a finitely generated flat $R$-module, then $M$ is projective iff its invariant factors are finitely generated.

Corollary. The following conditions are equivalent for a ring $R$: (1) Every flat cyclic $R$-module is projective. (2) Every finitely generated flat $R$-module is projective.

Corollary. Over an integral domain $R$, every finitely generated flat $R$-module is projective.

Corollary. A flat ideal $I$ of $R$ is projective iff its annihilator is finitely generated.

Example. Let me try to give an example of a principal ideal of a ring $R$ that is locally free in the weak sense but not projective. Of course my point is not the nature of this counterexample itself, but rather the way in which one uses the criteria above to produce it.

Let $S:=\bigoplus_{n=1}^{\infty}\mathbf{F}_2$, and let $R=\mathbf{Z}[S]$. (The elements of $R$ are thus expressions $\ell+s$, where $\ell\in\mathbf{Z}$ and $s=(s_1,s_2,\dots)$ of elements of $\mathbf{F}_2$ that eventually stabilize at $0$.) Consider the ideal $I=(2+0)$.

I first claim that for any prime ideal $\mathfrak{p}\in\mathrm{Spec}(R)$, the $R_{\mathfrak{p}}$-module $I_{\mathfrak{p}}$ is free of rank $0$ or $1$. There are three cases: (1) If $x\notin\mathfrak{p}$, then $I_{\mathfrak{p}}=R_{\mathfrak{p}}$. (2) If $x\in\mathfrak{p}$ and $\mathfrak{p}$ does not contain $S$, then $I_{\mathfrak{p}}=0$. (3) Finally, if both $x\in\mathfrak{p}$ and $S\subset\mathfrak{p}$, then $I_{\mathfrak{p}}$ is a principal ideal of $R_{\mathfrak{p}}$ with trivial annihilator.

It remains to show that $I$ is not projective as an $R$-module. But its annihilator is $S$, which is not finitely generated over $R$.

[This answer was reorganized on the recommendation of Pete Clark.]

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Thanks again, Clark. I have voted up and accepted your answer, but to me the main point of the answer is the "No, such examples do not exist over a domain" part, so I think it would be even better if that were displayed more prominently. (Note that, as I said above, wikipedia provides an example with $R$ a Boolean ring.) Do you by any chance want to take a shot at the question of whether any of the standard references contain this fact, and if not why not? –  Pete L. Clark Feb 4 '10 at 5:54
My apologies: I'd (mis)interpreted your question to mean that you were looking for a down-to-earth way of thinking about the difference between projectivity and finite generation plus flatness, so I was trying to describe a principled way of building new counterexamples. I edited the answer as you suggested. I don't think I've ever seen the result on integral domains before (and in the first draft of my answer, I wasn't even sure it was true!), but I don't see any reason for it to be excluded from standard texts; after all, Cartier's proof is quite simple. –  Clark Barwick Feb 4 '10 at 14:21
Is Algebre Homologique the 10th chapter of Algebre or Algebre Commutative? –  Harry Gindi Feb 4 '10 at 14:22
@Everyone: This is a really, really good answer. It deserves more upvotes than the question. –  Pete L. Clark Feb 4 '10 at 14:23
@Harry Gindi: It's the 10th chapter of Algèbre. I fixed the reference to make it clearer. @Pete: Thanks! I'm glad it's interesting! –  Clark Barwick Feb 4 '10 at 14:30

After mulling things over for a while, I realize that assuming the results from Bourbaki which I mentioned in the statement of the question, there is a very straightforward answer to my question. (I mean this as no slight to Clark Barwick's excellent answer, which came instantaneously and contains lots of other valuable information. Rather, I mean that had I thought more carefully I would not have needed to ask the question at all.)

The key is the following simple result:

Lemma: Let $R$ be a[n always commutative] ring, $\mathfrak{p}_1 \subset \mathfrak{p}_2$ prime ideals of $R$, and $M$ a finitely generated locally free (in the weaker sense) $R$-module. Then $r(\mathfrak{p}_1) = r(\mathfrak{p}_2)$.

The proof is obvious, once you realize that localizing at $\mathfrak{p}_1$ is the same as localizing at $\mathfrak{p}_2$ and then localizing at (the ideal in $R_{\mathfrak{p}_2}$ naturally corresponding to) $\mathfrak{p}_1$. (This is the same argument that allows you to see that is enough to require $M_{\mathfrak{p}}$ to be free at every maximal ideal $\mathfrak{p}$.) Also I am using that the rank of a finitely generated free module over a [commutative!] ring is well-determined, as one sees by tensoring to the quotient field of some maximal ideal.

[I had some kind of psychological block coming from a vague memory that the rank function was merely semicontinuous. As far as I can see now, semicontinuity does not come up anywhere in the study of the rank function. I had to see essentially this argument in print -- in Milnor's Introduction to Algebraic K-Theory just this evening -- in order to become unblocked.]

Corollary: Let $R$ be a ring with a unique minimal prime ideal (e.g. an integral domain). Then any finitely generated locally free $R$-module has constant rank function and therefore (by the Bourbaki result above) is projective.

This also illustrates why the most natural counterexamples come from zero-dimensional rings: the rank function is determined by its behavior on the minimal primes, so you might as well look at the zero-dimensional case.

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The reality of this obstacle was evident when Somerville received a response to her inquiry regarding the defeat of a “1912 resolution to allow women to serve as county superintendents of education,” which stated that “there was no special opposition . . . Most of those who voted against it appeared to take it as a joke.”12 In spite of the setbacks, she “led the initial attempt to obtain a woman suffrage amendment to the state constitution” and devoted much “of her life not only to the elevation of woman’s position, but to improving the quality of life for everyone.”13 Throughout Somerville’s career, she remained focused on issues such as public health, occupational safety, and protective legislation which included child-custody laws and age of consent laws.14 A true inspiration, the life of Nellie Nugent Somerville reminds us that the actions of one person can impact the lives of many through courage, leadership and determination.

1 “2012 National Women’s History Month Theme: Women’s Education – Women’s Empowerment,” The National Women’s History Project, accessed February 29, 2012,
2 Elizabeth Coleman, “Magnificent Mississippi Women,” MDAH.
3 Ibid.
4 Mississippi Department of Archives and History. “Mississippi History Timeline: Nellie Nugent Somerville,” Mississippi History Now, accessed February 29, 2012,
5 Mary Louise Meredith, “Nellie Nugent Somerville,” speech given at dedication of the portrait of Nellie Nugent Somerville in the Mississippi Hall of Fame, Jackson, Mississippi, 13 (“Somerville, Nellie N.” Subject File, MDAH).
6 Ibid., 10.
7 Ibid., 8.
8 Ibid., 13.
9 Ed Williams, “Women’s lib: old Greenville issue,” Delta Democrat-Times (Jackson, MS), April 18, 1971, (“Somerville, Nellie N.” Subject File, MDAH).
10 Ibid., 8.
11 Meredith, “Nellie Nugent Somerville,” 7-9.
12 Williams, “Women’s lib: old Greenville issue.”
13 Meredith, “Nellie Nugent Somerville,” 10-11.
14 Ibid.


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Above, a photo of one of the original shops for Yancey Bros. Left, the company’s current CEO Jim Stephenson.
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There are so many stories, so many milestones, so many ways to tell the story of how Yancey Bros. Co. came to celebrate 100 years in business, which is being commemorated with the slogan, “We Build Georgia.”

But if you ask CEO Jim Stephenson, the fourth generation of leadership, he’ll say it begins with the people who have helped define the family owned company and its place in history.

With a mission statement that reads, “Serve … Solve … Succeed,” it is the employees who stand at the front lines of delivering on the promise behind the Yancey name. That is what makes Cobb such a part of its success story. In 1969, Yancey Bros. Co. relocated to from Northside Drive in Atlanta to Austell, four miles outside I-285, where it found an area that could give it what was needed to expand. Today, Yancey is one of Cobb’s largest employers.

“Our employees take tremendous pride in the products we sell, the parts we deliver and the services we provide in our shops or out in the field,” Stephenson said. “We work very hard every day to make sure our customers have the right products and the right support to get their jobs done. We are very proud to call Cobb County our home. We have found really good people here over the years.”

Brothers Goodloe and Earle Yancey founded Yancey Bros. Co. in 1914. It actually began as the Yancey Hardware Company, selling hardware, picks, shovels and prison uniforms (stripes) to government agencies and prisons. They eventually became the first U.S. dealer for the Adams Mule Grader, a predecessor of today’s motorgrader, which was pulled by eight mules.

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“The Caterpillar product line is the broadest of any manufacturer, and being able to represent it in Georgia is one of the reasons we’ve been able to reach our 100th anniversary,” Stephenson said.

Stephenson joined the Yancey leadership team when he and his wife, Donna, the daughter of former president Don Yancey, agreed to become the company’s primary stockholders. He was named president and CEO in September 1995. The Stephenson’s completed their purchase of the company in February 1996 and assumed responsibility for leading the company into the 10th decade of service to customers throughout the state of Georgia.

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Merina, also called Antimerina, Imerina, or Hova, a Malagasy people primarily inhabiting the central plateau of Madagascar. They are the most populous ethnolinguistic group on the island.

The early Merina, whose origins are uncertain, entered the central plateau of Madagascar in the 15th century and soon established a small kingdom there. Early Merina rulers organized vast irrigation projects to drain the local marshes and make possible the practice of wet-rice cultivation in irrigated paddies. Under the early 16th-century queen Rafohy and her successors, the rule of the Merina people spread gradually through the central plateau. King Andrianampoinimerina (or Nampoina; ruled 1787–1810) was the first Merina monarch to consolidate his power and make Merina a unified kingdom. His armies, commanded by his son Radama, secured control over much of the central highlands.

Radama, as king from 1810 to 1828, continued his father’s policies and made tributaries of most of the kingdoms of Madagascar. He also instituted a policy of westernization and modernization, welcoming missionaries, European advisers, and Western education. This policy was reversed by his wife and successor, the xenophobic Queen Ranavalona I (reigned 1828–61), but it was revived under King Radama II (reigned 1861–63). The authority of the crown over the contentious Merina nobility was reinforced during the reigns of queens Rasoherina (reigned 1863–68) and Ranavalona II (reigned 1868–83) by the creation of a royal bureaucracy of European-style ministers. The Merina monarchs had nearly completed the unification of Madagascar into a single, centralized state when French troops occupied the capital in 1895 and turned the island into a colony.

The Merina cultivate rice, cassava, potatoes, onions, and other crops and raise cattle and pigs. They constitute a large proportion of the educated middle-class and intellectual elite of Madagascar, serving as businessmen, technicians, managers, and government officials.


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Baring Family,familyBritish family whose banking and commercial house played a principal role in British overseas lending for two centuries.

John Baring emigrated from Bremen to England and started a small wool business near Exeter in 1717. His son, the future Sir Francis Baring, lst Baronet (1740–1810), founded the family banking firm, originally named John & Francis Baring & Company, in London in 1763. He built it into a large and successful business, and from 1792 the house of Baring was instrumental in helping to finance the British war effort against Revolutionary and then Napoleonic France. In 1803 the house of Baring helped finance the Louisiana Purchase by the United States. In 1806 the firm was renamed Baring Brothers and Company. Francis Baring became a director of the East India Company and was a staunch supporter and financial advisor of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, who made him a baronet in 1793.

By the time of Sir Francis’ death in 1810, his company had become the leading banking house in Europe. Leadership of the firm passed to his second son, Alexander Baring, afterward 1st Baron Ashburton (1774–1848), who married Anne Bingham, a member of one of the wealthiest families in Pennsylvania, and who secured for Baring Brothers the leadership (until the American Civil War, 1861–65) in financing U.S. foreign trade and selling U.S. bonds. As ambassador to the United States, Lord Ashburton negotiated with U.S. Secretary of State Daniel Webster the Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842) concerning the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick.

After Lord Ashburton’s death in 1848 the affairs of the house were managed by Thomas Baring (1799–1873), a grandson of Sir Francis. Thomas Baring was a managing partner of the firm from 1828 and was also a member of Parliament from 1844 until his death. His elder brother, Sir Francis Thornhill Baring (1796–1866), was a member of Parliament from 1826 to 1865 and also served as chancellor of the Exchequer (1839–41) and first lord of the Admiralty (1849–52). In 1866 he was created Baron Northbrook, the barony being converted in 1876 into an earldom in favour of his eldest son, Thomas George Baring (1826–1904; see Northbrook, Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of). The latter was occupied almost entirely with public affairs and is best remembered as viceroy of India, an office he held from 1872 to 1876.

With the death of Thomas Baring in 1873, Edward Charles Baring (1828–97), son of Henry Baring and grandson of Sir Francis Baring, became head of Baring Brothers, and in 1885 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Revelstoke. The house of Baring then stood at the height of its prosperity. During the following years the Baring bank oversaw the loan of large amounts of English capital to the government of Argentina. The continued default of the Argentine government involved Baring in such serious difficulties that it precipitated a general financial crisis in England in 1890. In a celebrated episode of financial history, Baring was rescued by the Bank of England, which, in conjunction with the leading joint-stock banks of the United Kingdom, took over Baring’s liabilities amounting to £21,000,000. The firm of Baring Brothers was subsequently reorganized as a limited company, and, given this respite, the company and individual members of the family paid the entire debt.

Barings became an adviser to the British royal family on its investments, and during World War II the firm’s managing director was entrusted with liquidating Great Britain’s fixed assets in the United States. In the second half of the 20th century, Barings was overtaken in size and influence by other British merchant banking houses. In 1985 ownership of the bank was transferred to a charitable organization called the Baring Foundation, though control of the bank remained in the hands of Baring family members. Barings PLC, as the bank was called, declared bankruptcy in 1995 after an employee lost almost $1,500,000,000 on unauthorized futures and options transactions. Barings was purchased by a Dutch banking and insurance company, Internationale Nederlanden Groep NV (or ING), thereby ending the independent existence of the oldest merchant banking house in the City of London.

Members of the Baring family remained prominent in banking, private industry, and government throughout the 20th century. Other members of the family have included Evelyn Baring, 1st earl of Cromer (1841–1917; see Cromer, Evelyn Baring, 1st earl of), who was the de facto ruler of Egypt as British agent and consul general (1883–1907); and Maurice Baring (1874–1945), man of letters.


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Agassi, Andrein full Andre Kirk Agassi  ( born April 29, 1970 , Las Vegas, Nev., U.S.American professional tennis player who won eight Grand Slam grand slam titles, as well as the “career Grand Slam” grand slam” for winning each of the four major tennis tournaments—Wimbledon, the Australian Open, the French Open, and the U.S. Open—at least once.

By age 2 , Agassi he could serve a tennis ball on a full court. At 13 he was sent to a tennis academy in Bradenton, Fla., run by Nick Bolletieri, who later became his coach. In 1987 Agassi won his first professional tournament. With six tournament wins in 1988, the shaggy-haired right-hander with the powerful forehand began attracting attention. Agassi’s charisma, flashy on-court wardrobe, and good looks made him a media sensation, and the tagline of one of the products he endorsed—“Image is Everything”—came to stand as shorthand for the perception of Agassi among some tennis fans. He further annoyed tennis traditionalists by refusing to play at Wimbledon because of the event’s dress code and the grass surfaces of its courts.

Agassi managed to reach three Grand Slam grand slam finals between 1990 and 1991 but lost each time (including a defeat at the hands of his rival Pete Sampras at the 1990 U.S. Open), leaving some to question whether he had the tenacity to win a big match. In 1992 he quieted his doubters when he triumphed over Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia at Wimbledon (he had ended his boycott of the tournament the previous year) to take his first Grand Slam grand slam title. In 1994, after being dropped by Bolletieri—who questioned Agassi’s dedication to the sport—and falling out of the top 30 in the rankings, he returned with a new coach, Brad Gilbert, and a new, more focused, game. He entered the 1994 U.S. Open unseeded; when he won there, it was the first time that an unseeded player had taken the tournament since 1966. Agassi, sporting a shaved head, claimed his third Grand Slam grand slam title in 1995 by beating Sampras in the Australian Open final in Agassi’s first participation in that event.

A gold medal in the men’s singles event at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga., marked Agassi’s only notable victory in 1996. In 1997 Agassi made headlines with his marriage to actress Brooke Shields, though his tennis continued to suffer due to a recurring wrist injury, and he saw his ranking plummet to 141. The disappointing losses continued through 1998 and early 1999, but they—along with a widely publicized split with Shields in April 1999—failed to shake Agassi’s focus on a comeback as he slowly worked his way back into a top 10 world ranking.

In 1999 Agassi won the French Open to become the fifth men’s player in history to win all four Grand Slam grand slam events, and the first to do it on three different surfaces. A title at the U.S. Open in September confirmed that he was back in top form, and he returned to the number one ranking at the end of 1999. Agassi won a second Australian Open in 2000 and a third in 2001. Later that year, he married fellow tennis star Steffi Graf. After recurring wrist problems limited his 2002 season, he captured his fourth Australian Open championship in 2003. He made a surprise run to the 2005 U.S. Open final (a four-set loss to Roger Federer) and retained a top 10 ranking through early 2006, but mounting injuries and advancing age led to his retirement after the 2006 U.S. Open. In 2011 Agassi was selected for induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Agassi also was notable for the charitable ventures he undertook, including the founding of the Andre Agassi Foundation (1994) to aid at-risk children. In 2001 he opened the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, a tuition-free charter school based in Las Vegas that is open to disadvantaged children. His autobiography, Open, was published in 2009.


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Study supports detrimental effects of television viewing on sleep in young children

A study following more than 1,800 children from ages 6 months to nearly 8 years found a small but consistent association between increased television viewing and shorter sleep duration. The presence of a television in the room where a child sleeps also was associated with less sleep, particularly in minority children. Investigators from MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) and Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) report their results – the first to examine the connection between television and sleep duration over several years – in the May issue of Pediatrics.

The , and their mothers, were enrolled in Project Viva, a long-term investigation of the health effects of several factors during pregnancy and after birth. This study analyzed information – reported by mothers when the children were around 6 months old and then annually for the next seven years – regarding how much time each day infants were in a room where a television was on, how much time older children watched television daily, whether children ages 4 to 7 slept in a room where a TV was present and their child's average daily amount of sleep.

The study revealed that, over the course of the study, each additional hour of was associated with 7 fewer minutes of sleep daily, with the effects appearing to be stronger in boys than in girls. Racial and ethnic were much more likely to sleep in a room where a television was present, and among those children, the presence of a bedroom television reduced average sleep around a half-hour per day.

The study authors note their results support previous short-term studies finding that both television viewing and sleeping in a room with a television decrease total sleep time, which can have negative effects on both mental and physical health.

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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Archbishop D'Errico, Papal Nuncio to BiH, discusses new commission

Below is a translation by Fr. Philip Pavic, OFM of the text from an interview that took place following news of the new commission on Medjugorje as that text appears in Croatian on the BiH Bishop's Conference website.

I make this clarification because is providing two different Croatian texts on it's own website in different places (one is the full interview - which matches what is on the BiH Bishop's Conference website - and the other is shortened for just the portion on Medjugorje and this does NOT match the full length interview. The text in the shorted version is questionable and it appears that this is the one which used for other languages, including English).  The Croatian text in the truncated version does not match the text provided in Croatian at the bishop's conference website, nor in the full interview provided in Croatian on!

At the very bottom of this post, I bullet some key contrasts between the two Croatian texts.  For example, there is a big difference in saying, "the Holy Father is interested in Medjugorje" (short version) and, "the Holy Father is interested in the question of Medjugorje" (full interview).  The word "question" is conspicuously missing in several places within the shortened version, among other strange things I noted.

Without further delay, here is the translation of the text as it appears on the Bishop's Conference website:

[Interviewer] Three days ago the Holy See established the International Commission for Medjugorje. How do you see that event?
[Abp D'Errico] Obviously, that also is a great sign of hope because it tells us one thing - the great attention that the Holy Father Benedict XVI pays to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and especially the Catholic community in the country and the questions being discussed within this community.
From personal experience, every time I met the Holy Father he had great interest in the question of Medjugorje, a question to which he was directed from the very beginning that he became prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. It deals with a question for which he feels responsible as the supreme head of the Church to pronounce a clear message.
The Holy Father personally knows it very well and he has told me that several times - he is well acquainted with the whole phenomenon. He knows about the great good that is being done in this region by the priests, the Franciscan friars, and the laity. And on the other hand he asks himself how come there is information in such opposition to this phenomenon.

For that reason he wanted to establish this commission which is on an especially high level to obtain a complete picture of it by persons who are highly qualified. So from different parts of the world he has invited cardinals, bishops, experts and expert witnesses to be part of this commission.
It was announced that the president of this commission will be Cardinal Ruini, a Cardinal of great prestige and of high qualification, who as everyone knows is very close with the Holy Father and not only since he is the Pope. He is always very close to the Holy Father. Cardinal Ruini also knows B-H very well, especially since the time of the war when he was President of the Italian Bishops' Conference.
One interesting and special thing that tells about the great solidarity of the Holy Father with this land and this community is the fact that he could announce the commission and finish the question with it. But, because of the respect he has for the communities in B-H he wanted the announcement of this commission to be simultaneous, both in the Vatican and in Mostar. In Mostar because obviously Medjugorje is located territorially in the boundaries of the diocese of Mostar.
I am well aware that the media have talked about this commission for quite a while. A great suspense has been created. Today we can say that we are satisfied and grateful to the Holy Father for this attention that he wanted to show toward Mostar and toward our Catholic communities. Thus, in the name of the Holy Father I announced this important decision of the Holy Father to the bishops at the same time that the news was also announced in Rome. It is clear to us that the work of this Commission will be very demanding and I would like to invite all our communities to commend the work of the Commission to the patronage of St. Joseph whose feastday we will celebrate and to Mary, Mother of the Church, who are the patrons of Mostar.
 Here is the Croatian used for the translation, as it appears on the bishop's conference website (white space added for easier reading to match the above):

Prije tri dana Sveta Stolica utemeljila je međunarodno povjerenstvo za Međugorje. Kako gledate na taj događaj?

[D'Errico]Očito i to je veliki znak nade jer nam kaže jednu stvar - veliku pozornost koju Sveti Otac Benedikt XVI. posvećuje Bosni i Hercegovini i posebno katoličkoj zajednici u zemlji i pitanjima koja se raspravljaju unutar ove zajednice.

Iz osobnoga iskustva, svakoga puta kada sam susreo Svetoga Oca imao je veliko zanimanje za pitanje Međugorja, pitanje u koje je upućen od samoga početka kada je bio prefekt Kongregacije za nauk vjere. Radi se o pitanju za koje on osjeća odgovornost kao vrhovni poglavar Crkve da izrekne jasnu poruku.
Sveti Otac osobno dobro poznaje i to mi je više puta rekao – dobro poznaje cijeli fenomen. Zna za velika dobra koje se čine na ovome području od strane svećenika, redovnika, franjevaca, laika. A druge strane pita se kako dolaze tako suprotstavljene informacije o tome fenomenu.

Zato je želio ustanoviti ovo povjerenstvo koje je na posebno visokoj razini da bi stekao cjelovitu sliku o tome od strane osoba koje su vrhunski kvalificirane. Tako je s raznih strana svijeta pozvao kardinale, biskupe, stručnjake i vještake da budu dio ovog povjerenstva.

Najavljeno je da će predsjednik ovoga povjerenstva biti kardinal Ruini, kardinal od velikoga prestiža i velikih kvaliteta za kojega svi znaju da je vrlo blizak sa Svetim Ocem i to iz vremena ne samo dok je papa. Vrlo je blizak Svetome Ocu oduvijek. Kardinal Ruini također dobro poznaje BiH, posebice iz vremena rata kada je bio predsjednik Biskupske konferencije Italije.

Tada je odredio da talijanska Crkva i Biskupska konferencija bude prisutna velikim ‘interventima’ solidarnosti u korist svih naroda u BiH. Jedna zanimljiva i posebna stvar koja govori o velikoj solidarnosti Svetoga Oca za ovu zemlju i ove zajednice je i u tome da je mogao najaviti povjerenstvo i da stvar s time završi. No, zbog poštovanja koje ima prema zajednicama u BiH želio je da najava ovoga povjerenstva bude istodobno, u zajedništvu u Vatikanu i u Mostaru. U Mostaru jer je očito da se Međugorje nalazi teritorijalno na području biskupije Mostar.

Znam dobro da su mediji o ovome povjerenstvu govorili poodavno. Stvoreno je veliko očekivanje. Danas možemo kazati da smo zadovoljni i zahvalni Svetome Ocu za ovu pozornost koju je htio pokazati prema Mostaru i prema našim katoličkim zajednicama. Tako sam u ime Svetoga Oca najavio biskupima ovu važnu odluku Svetoga Oca istodobno kada je i u Rimu objavljena vijest. Jasno nam je da će rad ovoga Povjerenstva biti vrlo zahtjevan i htio bih pozvati sve naše zajednice da djelovanje ovoga Povjerenstva povjere zaštiti svetoga Josipa čiji ćemo blagdan proslaviti i Mariji Majki Crkve koji su zaštitnici Mostara.

That second paragraph shown in the above pic (click and use "View-Zoom" to enlarge) is suppose to be an excerpt of what you will see when you click the link to see the full interview, which contains the same text that is on the bishop's conference website.  However, the two texts in Croatian do not read the same (see emboldened text above).  In particular, in Croatian lead-in paragraph, they quote the archbishop as follows:

''Kad god sam susreo Sv. Oca, on je pokazivao veliko zanimanje za Međugorje. Slijedio je sve, već od početka, dok je bio pročelnik Kongregacije za nauk vjere. Radi se o pitanju za koje on osjeća odgovornost da kao vrhovni autoritet Crkve kaže jasnu riječ.
Sv. Otac dobro poznaje, i više puta mi je rekao kako dobro poznaje, čitavi fenomen. Poznato mu je veliko dobro koje ovdje biva ostvareno od strane svećenika, redovnika, franjevaca, laika. I onda se pita kako to da dolaze tako suprotstavljene informacije o tom fenomenu.

Which translates much like what they have in English (compare this to what Fr. Philip Pavic translated at the top of this post (emboldened)  from the full interview found at both the Bishop's Conference website and
“Whenever I would meet Holy Father, he was always very much interested in Medjugorje. He was involved in everything, starting with the time when he was Head of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He is aware that this is the issue of special importance, and he, as supreme authority of the Church, needs to give his precise statement about that matter.
Holy Father is very much familiar with Medjugorje phenomenon; he even mentioned that to me personally. He is aware of huge amount of positive and good influence of local priests, religious, Franciscans, lay people, and therefore, it is very difficult for him to perceive that there can be so many opposing information about the same matter.

Point 1: Missing from the shortened Croatian version on this page of (and in their English translation), but not in this full interview version on (which matches what is on BiH bishops conference website)
  • The word "question" preceding "Medjugorje" in several places.  To say that the Holy Father is "interested in Medjugorje" is not the same as his being interested in "the question of medjugorje".  In the English langauge, to say that someone has an interest in something can mean that the person has a favorable view of the thing (i.e., "The boy has an interest in fishing." means he enjoys it or likes it).

Point 2:  Additions in the short version (my notes bracketed in red):
  • "therefore" [which is a word that leads to a conclusion]
  • "it is very difficult for him [the Holy Father] to percieve"
  • "about the same matter"
Point 3: Conveying different meanings in the short version to long (translated as shown)
  • (short): "...difficult for him to perceive that there can be so many opposing information..."
  • (full interview) and BiH Bishop's Conference as translated by Fr. Pavic : "...he asks himself how come there is information in such opposition to this phenomenon..."
We will let readers discern for themselves why this difference exists.

As of this posting, I still have not received a response from Radio Mir sent on the Wednesday of Holy Week.  I had asked them to upload the audio since a claim was made that the Archbishop spoke in Italian and felt that the audio would help clarify what was actually said.  I pointed out the differences in texts and asked if they could confirm that the Archbishop spoke in Italian.

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Saturday, August 08, 2009

My parents gave me life. God is that life.

Do the math and it doesn't add up.

Take everything away and that which remains is what is whole.
one's not half two. It's two are halves of one:
which halves reintegrating,shall occur
no death and any quantity;but than
all numerable mosts the actual more

minds ignorant of stern miraculous
this every truth-beware of heartless them
(given the scalpel,they dissect a kiss;
or,sold the reason,they undream a dream)

one is the song which fiends and angels sing:
all murdering lies by mortals told make two.
Let liars wilt,repaying life they're loaned;
we(by a gift called dying born)must grow

deep in dark least ourselves remembering
love only rides his year.
All lose,whole find

(Poem by e e cummings)
It is a rare joy.

To be.

Friday, August 07, 2009

First Dean. Then Paul. Followed by Jay. And John.

Friday morning spontaneous conversation with coffee and muffins. As education is closed this and next Friday in prison, we are recipients of unplanned lovely morning group at the hermitage.

Welcoming each.

Christ is.

I might give up world affairs.

This could be the end of my interest in what happens in politics, governments, corporations, interest groups, spokespeople for any organization, preachers, reformers, the saved, the anxious to be enlightened, the guardians of public safety, the proponents of change, the protectors of the status quo, the righteous, the rebels, the polite, and the trouble-makers.
Overnight At a Mountain Monastery

Massed peaks pierce
The sky’s cold colors;
Here, the trail junctions
With the temple path.
Shooting stars pass
Into sparse-branched trees;
The moon travels one way,
Clouds the other.
Few people come
To this mountaintop;
Cranes do not flock
In the tall pines.
One Buddhist monk,
Eighty years old,
Has never heard
Of the world’s affairs.

- Chia Tao (779-843)
All of it. Finished.

Well then. There you are. Now then. Let's get started.
Don't Despair...

Joseph to his father in Canaan shall return, don't despair walk on;
and Jacob's hut will brighten with flowers, don't despair walk on.

Aching hearts heal in time, vanished hopes reappear,
the disparate mind will be pacified, don't despair walk on.

As the spring of life grows the newly green meadow,
roses will crown the sweet nightingale's song, don't despair walk on

If the world does not turn to your whims these few days,
cosmic cycles are preparing to change, don't despair walk on.

If desperation whispers you'll never know God,
it's the talk of hidden games in the veil, don't despair walk on.

O heart, when the vast flood slashes life to its roots,
Captain Noah waits to steer you ashore, don't despair walk on.

If you trek as a pilgrim through sands to Kaabeh
with thorns lodged deep in your soul shouting why, don't despair walk on

Though oases hide dangers and your destiny's far,
there's no pathway that goes on forever, don't despair walk on.

My trials and enemies face me on their own,
but mystery always backs up my stand, don't despair walk on.

Hafez, weakened by poverty, alone in the dark,
this night is your pathway into the light, don't despair walk on.

(From: 'The Spiritual Wisdom of Hafez', Haleh Pourafzal and Roger Montgomery)
Night as pathway; darkness as route.

I despair of the ways of the world. Both the arrogant and the altruistic drink of the same brew.

As the lyrics of the Tom Rush song say, "Tomorrow I'll be in some other sunrise" -- I expect to be gone from the illusions of self and other.

I'll be right here, of course.

Nothing will change.

Just don't ask my opinion of anything.

I'll have none.
Now is the Time

Now is the time to know
That all that you do is sacred.

Now, why not consider
A lasting truce with yourself and God.

Now is the time to understand
That all your ideas of right and wrong
Were just a child's training wheels
To be laid aside
When you finally live
With veracity
And love.

Hafiz is a divine envoy
Whom the Beloved
Has written a holy message upon.

My dear, please tell me,
Why do you still
Throw sticks at your heart
And God?

What is it in that sweet voice inside
That incites you to fear?

Now is the time for the world to know
That every thought and action is sacred.

This is the time for you to compute the impossibility
That there is anything
But Grace.

Now is the season to know
That everything you do
Is sacred.

(--from 'The Gift - Poems by Hafiz the Great Sufi Master', translations by Daniel Ladinsky)
Oh to disappear into what is completely apparent!

Thursday, August 06, 2009

Visiting with Alden in Belfast this morning after church. We traverse the footbridge together.

A lovely summer's day!
Song of the Diamond Heart

The pine tree’s voice is always whispering,
Yet how many pause to listen?
For when the churning mind is still,
The Diamond Heart within
Reflects even the falling dusk that
Shrouds every eye and branch,
And hears, but listens not.

Walking, then, with Courage and Kindness,
Never ceasing to walk in Wonder,
We follow our ancient path.
For the Way of the sword is folded two;
Like the rose we have thorns,
And like the rose, we unfold.

- Jo Aoi Isshi
A single candle burns in the night.

For the many faces of Christ.

For the many lives taken in Hiroshima.
Only my condemnation injures me
Only my own forgiveness sets me free
Do not forget today that there can be no form of suffering that fails to hide an unforgiving thought. Nor can there be a form of pain forgiveness cannot heal.
Accept the one illusion which proclaims there is no condemnation in God's Son, and Heaven is remembered instantly; the world forgotten, all its weird beliefs forgotten with it, as the face of Christ appears unveiled at last in this one dream. This is the gift the Holy Spirit holds for you from God your Father. Let today be celebrated both on earth and in your holy home as well. Be kind to both, as you forgive the trespasses you thought them guilty of, and see your innocence shining upon you from the face of Christ.
Now is there silence all around the world Now is there stillness where before there was a frantic rush of thoughts that made no sense. Now is there tranquil light across the face of earth, made quiet in a dreamless sleep. And now the Word of God alone remains upon it. Only that can be perceived an instant longer. Then are symbols done, and everything you ever thought you made completely vanished from the mind that God forever knows to be His only Son.
(-- from Lesson 198, Only my condemnation injures me, ACIM)
When the dream ends and the river is crossed, illusions will only be illusions -- no longer deceiving us, but merely taken by truth to be seen as they are.

That day.

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

See through Jesus. To the other side. Of which there is none.
The sky is filled with ultimate truth;
Other and self are both forgotten.
Having a mind like iron,
Why care that my hair’s grey as frost?
A clear spring follows the valley far,
An old cottage lies deep in the clouds.
This is where I’m at peace,
Blissful delight without end.

- Wen-siang (1210-1280)
I find I like sacred spaces. No matter what the religion or what the belief, it is the open profound space that engages me.
It is indeed good to be here, as you have said, Peter. It is good to be with Jesus and to remain here for ever. What greater happiness or higher honour could we have than to be with God, to be made like him and to live in his light?
(From a sermon on the transfiguration of the Lord by Anastasius of Sinai, bishop, Office of Readings)
I've heard the explanations. The reasons why the bomb had to be released on Hiroshima. They do not satisfy.

Don't tell me about God.

Instead show compassion.

Disuse the bombs.

God is defusing.

God is diffuse.

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Moon nearly full.

Dew moist.
Excessive thinking
Weakens the will.
The more you know,
The more your mind
Is confused.
A confused mind gives
Rise to vexation.
The weakened will obstructs the Tao.

- Shih Wang Ming (6th century)
There is no self.

There, now you know.

Nothing to do but forget what you are not.

Monday, August 03, 2009

Day ends.

We are still.

The Mountains in the Dawn

The moon is already hidden
Behind the western peak.
The sun is rising above the summit.
The frosty sky awaits
Dawn in cold silence.
One thousand mountains
Afar and ten thousand rocks near.
All enter into one eye.

- Jakushitsu (1290–1368)

Sunday, August 02, 2009

At Sunday Evening Practice there's talk about how to work with youth, adults, and families.

Here's a new approach: Practicing Now Treatment -- or, PNTx.
Mountain Dwelling
Things of the past are already gone
And things to be, Distant beyond imagining.
The Tao is just this moment,
These words:
Plum blossoms fallen,
Gardenia just opening.

- Ch'ing Kung (d. 1352)
Send me a request for Continuation Education Credits or In-Service Training, and we'll schedule a sit-down.

It is the practice of the ordinary, here and now, with simplicity and truth.

Any takers?

More than that is this.

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It’s plain and simple: If Errol Morris puts his name on a documentary, I’m seeing it. Same for Werner Herzog (especially if he’s narrating it, but that’s another conversation). The upcoming The Act of Killing is executive-produced by both legendary true-life storytellers, so consider us super-interested. Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, The Act of Killing is being described by distributor Drafthouse Films as “a cinematic fever dream,” the story of a master of genocide who is held up as a remarkably popular figure in his country, and is asked by the moviemakers to recreate his ultraviolent world on film. Will the movie have an effect on this mass murderer’s psyche? If so, is it the movie he’s making, or the movie we’re watching? Just in from Drafthouse, here’s the new movie poster for The Act of Killing. Click on it for a closer look.

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In April 2003 we spent a day in Brighton, primarily to visit friends and meet their new baby. We were lucky to visit on a sunny spring day, though didn't get the chance to really explore. We took a walk along the promenade, had lunch at a restaurant close to the beach, and had a quick look at the outside of the Royal Pavilion.

I wasn't a VT'er at the time, we hardly took any photos, and I don't even know what the restaurant we had lunch at was called! So basically I really need to get back to Brighton and have a proper look around.

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In the Android app, when I perform a search that returns no results, there is no longer a message informing me no results were found. Instead it is just a blank white screen. It used to display the following message: No items to show... (the last image in this post shows what I'm talking about: Tag Search Not Returning Results in Android App). To reproduce this on the app:

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  2. Search for some random gibberish that will not return any results in the Search Questions... box (for example one of my searches was "ghtyvb" on SO and another on Meta "scotch" didn't return any results, although I know neither of these are practical searches)
  3. Here I am used to seeing the message No items to show... but currently only seeing a blank white screen

I know the message displayed in a very similar scenario just the other day because I took a screenshot of it which you can see in the above linked post. Just wondering if anyone else is able to reproduce this right now? I believe having the message show when no results are returned is important because it verifies the search was completed. When I don't see a message it makes me wonder if I just hit the wrong key on my phone and closed the keyboard on accident.

I'm currently on version 0.1.78

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Thanks for catching this! I had broken this in refactoring the listviews in the app. I fixed it for version 0.1.79 coming out around midnight UTC.

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Last vote goes for you, sir! –  Shadow Wizard Dec 30 '13 at 22:32
@KasraRahjerdi you're welcome and as always, I'll mark it answered soon as I get the update. –  Brian Dec 30 '13 at 22:44
@KasraRahjerdi, this is happening again on 1.0.24 (reproduced the same way as the opening post). –  Howli Mar 20 '14 at 21:25

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