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...made it harder to steal from museums, galleries and homes. By comparison, Europe's unprotected churches offer easy pickings. Meanwhile, the one thing that churches have relied upon for centuries to protect them is no longer quite the deterrent it used to be. "The fear of God doesn't exist anymore," laments Father Paolo Picca, pastor of the SS. Salvatore church in Velletri, Italy. "The thieves don't fear anyone, except maybe the police when they come to get them...
...same relationship as do artworks and the people who collect them." With religious art, that relationship is intensified, thanks to the profound spiritual connection that many worshippers have to the work. It's this connection that makes churches such easy targets in the first place. After all, churches exist to help worshippers experience their faith more fully, and one way to achieve this is by giving them intimate access to religious paintings, sculptures and ceremonial items. Unfortunately, that's the equivalent of putting all your valuables in your front yard and hoping nobody takes them...
...Physics of Cantabria, along with Turok and others, reported they had detected an irregularity in the glow of radiation still smoldering from the Big Bang. It's by no means a sure confirmation of the texture theory, but they are encouraged, particularly because basic physics argues that textures should exist...
...Dalai Lama no longer has much sway over Tibetans. Wangye has urged Beijing to invite the Dalai Lama to China. Only the Dalai Lama has the standing among Tibetans to convince them to give up their hope for independence (it's self-deceiving to think such feelings do not exist...
...matters of public policy, encompassing both international relations and domestic issues, the differences between the major Democratic candidates are inconsequential. This is true both because there are very few, if any, meaningful stated differences among them and, more importantly, because whatever differences that do exist are insignificant in relation to the more meaningful question of whether any of the candidates’ public policy proposals can ever actually be implemented. Voters may develop the impression that there are meaningful policy differences, but this is a tribute to their prejudices or to the skill of politicians in creating a general impression...