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Saint
Francis and
Saint Benedight Article II. The aim of all political association is the
preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These
rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression. From 'Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen',
presented on July 10, 1789 to the National
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There shall be in England seven half-penny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it a felony to drink small beer; all the realm shall be in common, and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass.
Jack Cade, English rebel, who was murdered on July 12, 1450; in William
Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part II, Act iv., Scene 2
A strange red light as
of a phantom ship all aglow, in the midst of which light the mast, spars
and sails of a brig 200 yards distant stood out in strong relief … on arriving there, no vestige nor any
sign whatever of any material ship was to be seen either near or right
away to the horizon, the night being clear and the sea calm. Thirteen
persons altogether saw her.
Words used by England's future King George V to describe the phantom
ship Flying Dutchman, which he claimed to have seen on July 11,
1881
She is distinguished from
earthly vessels by bearing a press of sail when other vessels are unable,
from stress of weather, to show an inch of canvas.
Sir Walter
Scott (1771 - 1832), on the phantom ship Flying Dutchman
The living language is like a
cow-path: it is the creation of the cows themselves, who, having created it,
follow it or depart from it according to their whims or their needs. From daily
use, the path undergoes change. A cow is under no obligation to stay.
EB White, American author, born on July 11, 1899
Now that I'm gone, I tell you: Don't smoke.
Whatever you do, don't smoke.
Yul Brynner, Hollywood actor born on
July 11, 1915
Well may we say 'God save the
Queen', because nothing will save the Governor-General.
EG Whitlam, Australian Prime
Minister 1972 - '75, spoken when the Governor-General Sir John
Kerr dismissed him on November 11,
1975; born on July 11, 1916
Efforts to slow down population growth,
to reduce poverty, to achieve economic progress, to improve
environmental protection, and to reduce unsustainable
consumption and production patterns are mutually reinforcing.
Excerpt from
Paragraph 3.14 of the Programme of Action adopted at the International
Conference on Population and Development (Cairo 1994)
We can't abolish poverty because poverty is a
function of individual behaviour.
Australian federal politician Tony Abbott revealing his depth of
socio-economic analysis, reported in The Age (Melbourne), July 11,
2001 Source
July
11 is
the 192nd
day of the year in the Gregorian
Calendar (193rd
in leap years), with 173
days remaining.
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World
Population Day, United
Nations
Developing Poor
countries (let's not euphemize poverty) account for more than 95 per
cent of today's population growth.
Half of the world's people are under the age of 25. Some three billion children and young people are, or will soon be, of reproductive age.
Universal access to reproductive health, including family planning, is the starting point for a better future for the 1.5 billion young people (ages 10 to 24) who live in developing countries.
In 57 developing countries, over 40 per cent of the population is under 15.
The number of youth in the world surviving on less than a dollar a day in 2000 was an estimated 238 million, almost a quarter (22.5 per cent) of the world's total youth population.
Despite a shift toward later marriage in many parts of the world, 82 million girls in developing countries who are now aged 10 to 17 will be married before their 18th birthday.
The percentage of births to women under 20 years of age in the least developed countries is double that in developed countries. And this puts their lives and those of their babies at risk.
Pregnancy is a leading cause of death for young women aged 15 to 19 worldwide, with complications of childbirth and unsafe abortion being the major factors.
For both physiological and social reasons, girls aged 15 to 19 are twice as likely to die in childbirth as those in their twenties. Girls under age 15 are five times as likely to die as those in their twenties.
Half of all new HIV infections occur among young people—6,000 every day, and young women are disproportionately affected. Among people living with HIV/AIDS under 24, two thirds are young women.
In 2000, an estimated 300,000 soldiers under the age of 18 were involved in 30 conflicts around the world.
About 57 million young men and 96 million young women aged 15-24 in developing countries cannot read or write.
ICPD Programme of Action Keeping the Promise
Almost all countries are taking action to:
Over the next decade, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, urges governments to honour the commitments made in 1994 at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).
Every nation knows what to do. The ICPD Programme of Action is a guiding plan for 20 years. One decade is past and much remains to be done.
To learn how you can support the ICPD and its lead organization, UNFPA, visit www.unfpa.org
Feast day of St Benedict (or Bennet)
of Nursia, abbot of Monte
Cassino (Mt Casino), patriarch of the Western monks
(Bulbous fumitory, Fumaria bulbosa,
is
today's plant, dedicated to this saint.
This saint's day was formerly commemorated on March 21.)
Benedict,
the father of Western monasticism, was born
about 480, son
of a Roman
noble of Nursia, a small town near Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. A tradition, which St
Bede accepts,
makes him a twin with his sister Scholastica. He
went to study at Rome and,
disgusted by what he saw as the vices in that city, at about 15 years of
age fled to the wild mountains of Subiaco. He had a strong sense of
asceticism and lived alone in what is now called the Holy Grotto, where a
nearby monk, Romanus, supplied him with food.
Once, the Devil came
to him as a blackbird. After this, he rolled himself in briars and
nettles, till he was covered with blood. His fame spread and others joined
him in such endeavours.
His life was attended by many wonders. Once,
there was a lazy monk being led out of the church by a little black boy.
Benedict hit the monk's shoulders with a cudgel because the boy was the
devil. By Benedict's prayers a fountain once sprung up. On another
occasion, a monk was chopping wood when his axe-head fell in the well: it
floated to the top. Benedict commanded Nature and could foresee events; he
made heavy stones light, and raised the dead; he exorcised; he
miraculously found a flagon of wine; a dead boy was cast out of the grave
and the saint put the host on his body to hold him down; a glass bottle
cast on the stones was not broken; an empty tun was filled with oil by his
prayers; he saw the soul of his sister in the form of a dove. Or, so it is said.
After some time, Benedict was made Abbot of
Vicovara. However, he disagreed with the monks and returned to his cave.
Later, he went to Monte Cassino, near Naples where at the old temple of
Apollo, some residents were still pagans. He converted many and demolished
the temple. There he founded an abbey, as well as others in the area, thus
beginning the Benedictine
order, the main duty of which was obedience.
Benedictine monks were required to work seven
hours and study two hours a day. They were allowed no animal food and had
their possessions in common. The order amassed great wealth. His strict
rules influenced all Western monasteries, but in time, the order became
renowned for its members' luxurious living; reform movements led to the Cistercian and
Cluny orders.
Pope Gregory the Great wrote the biography of St Benedict. The saint died on Saturday, March 21, probably in the year 543. In England he is usually called Bennet, but he is not to be confused with the English St Benedict Biscop.
Benedictine Order Rule of St Benedict
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