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Supreme Court of West Virginia
November 22, 2017
In re: D.M., W.P., and M.P.
County 16-JA-31, 16-JA-32, & 16-JA-33
Mother T.P., by counsel Timothy V. Gentilozzi, appeals the
Circuit Court of Gilmer County's May 22, 2017, order
terminating her parental rights to D.M., W.P., and
M.P.[1]The West Virginia Department of Health and
Human Resources ("DHHR"), by counsel Lee Niezgoda,
filed a response in support of the circuit court's order.
The guardian ad litem ("guardian"), Shelly
DeMarino, filed a response on behalf of the children in
support of the circuit court's order and a supplemental
appendix. On appeal, petitioner argues that the circuit court
erred in terminating her parental rights when she had no
knowledge of or control over the situation that led to the
filing of the petition and without first granting her an
improvement period.
Court has considered the parties' briefs and the record
on appeal. The facts and legal arguments are adequately
presented, and the decisional process would not be
significantly aided by oral argument. Upon consideration of
the standard of review, the briefs, and the record presented,
the Court finds no substantial question of law and no
prejudicial error. For these reasons, a memorandum decision
affirming the circuit court's order is appropriate under
Rule 21 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.
November of 2016, the DHHR filed an abuse and neglect
petition against petitioner and her boyfriend, C.P. According
to the petition, petitioner and C.P. did not have any
children together, but each had children from prior
relationships, all of whom resided permanently in the home or
visited the home on a regular basis. The DHHR alleged that
petitioner failed to adequately supervise the children, which
resulted in a child's death. Specifically, two of
C.P.'s sons went next door to their grandfather's
house where one child picked up a loaded rifle and accidently
shot the other child. Both petitioner and C.P. were charged
criminally with gross neglect of a child creating a
substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury and child
neglect resulting in death. The DHHR filed an amended
petition in December of 2016, alleging that C.P.'s three
children had histories of mental illnesses and extreme
behavior difficulties and that petitioner had knowledge of
these issues while her children were residing with C.P.'s
children in the home. The DHHR further alleged that the home
was filthy, cluttered, and unsafe at the time the children
were staying there.
adjudicatory hearing was held on three dates throughout
January and February of 2017. The circuit court heard
evidence that petitioner knew of the extreme and dangerous
behaviors of C.P.'s children and yet failed to properly
supervise them while her biological children were in her
care. Further, evidence was presented that the home was
unsafe, as the children had access to exposed wiring and the
children's medication was not properly administered.
Ultimately, the circuit court adjudicated petitioner as an
abusing parent and set the dispositional
April of 2017, petitioner underwent a psychological
evaluation. According to the evaluating psychologist,
throughout the evaluation, petitioner continued to deny
abusing or neglecting the children. Further, petitioner
minimized her drug use and believed she was capable of good
parenting while under the influence. Petitioner stated
"I used meth to stay up. I felt like I was a better
parent on it." At no point throughout the evaluation did
petitioner express any insight or remorse as to how her
actions negatively affected the children. The evaluator
concluded that petitioner's testing results indicated
that she was of average intelligence and, as such, her
parenting deficits could not be attributed to lack of
cognitive ability. The evaluator noted that while petitioner
indicated during the evaluation that she desired to maintain
sobriety, her underlying personality issues such as
irresponsibility, impulsivity, affective instability, anger,
and unstable interpersonal relationships would remain and
create a high risk for relapse. Finally, the evaluator noted
that because petitioner failed to accept responsibility for
her actions, attempting to correct her issues would be an
exercise in futility. As such, the evaluator concluded there
was no reasonable likelihood that petitioner could correct
her issues in the near future.
in April of 2017, the circuit court held a dispositional
hearing. The circuit court heard the testimony of several
witnesses, including the evaluating psychologist, petitioner,
and C.P. Thereafter, the circuit court denied
petitioner's motion for a post-adjudicatory improvement
period and terminated her parental rights.[3] It is from the
May 22, 2017, dispositional order that petitioner appeals.
Court has previously established the following standard of
"Although conclusions of law reached by a circuit court
are subject to de novo review, when an action, such
as an abuse and neglect case, is tried upon the facts without
a jury, the circuit court shall make a determination based
upon the evidence and shall make findings of fact and
conclusions of law as to whether such child is abused or
neglected. These findings shall not be set aside by a
reviewing court unless clearly erroneous. A finding is
clearly erroneous when, although there is evidence to support
the finding, the reviewing court on the entire evidence is
left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has
been committed. However, a reviewing court may not overturn a
finding simply because it would have decided the case
differently, and it must affirm a finding if the circuit
court's account of the evidence is plausible in light of
the record viewed in its entirety." Syl. Pt. 1, In
Interest of Tiffany Marie S., 196 W.Va. 223, 470 S.E.2d
177 (1996).
Syl. Pt. 1, In re Cecil T., 228 W.Va. 89, 717 S.E.2d
873 (2011).
As an
initial matter, we note that in her brief before this Court,
petitioner failed to include a table of authorities, to
include a standard of review, to cite to a single case in
support of her argument, and to cite to the appendix record.
These failures are in direct contradiction of this
Court's Rules of Appellate Procedure and specific
directions issued by administrative order.
Rule 10(c)(7) of the West Virginia Rules of Appellate
Procedure requires that
[t]he brief must contain an argument exhibiting clearly the
points of fact and law presented, the standard
of review applicable, and citing the authorities relied
on . . . [and] must contain appropriate and specific
citations to the record on appeal[.] The Court may disregard
errors that are not adequately supported by specific
references to the record on appeal.
(emphasis added). Additionally, in an Administrative Order
entered December 10, 2012, Re: Filings That Do Not Comply
With the Rules of Appellate Procedure, then-Chief
Justice Menis E. Ketchum specifically noted in paragraph two
that "[b]riefs that lack citation of authority [or] fail
to structure an argument applying applicable law" are
not in compliance with this Court's rules. Further,
"[b]riefs with arguments that do not contain a citation
to legal authority to support the argument presented and do
not 'contain appropriate and specific citations to the
record on appeal . . .' as required by rule
10(c)(7)" are not in compliance with this Court's
rules. Here, petitioner's brief contains no citations to
either applicable law or the record on appeal. "A
skeletal 'argument, ' really nothing more than an
assertion, does not preserve a claim . . . . Judges are not
like pigs, hunting for truffles buried in briefs."
State v. Kaufman, 227 W.Va. 537, 555, 711 S.E.2d
607, 625 (2011) (quoting United States v. Dunkel,
927 F.2d 955, 956 (7th Cir. 1991)). Rule 10(j) of the West
Virginia Rules of Appellate Procedure further states that
"[t]he failure to file a brief in accordance with this
rule may result in the Supreme Court ...
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Africa hosts numerous investment opportunities, many of which are in Sudan. The country classified as the second investment attraction location in the continent. Realizing these facts, the government of Sudan established the Ministry of Investment in 2002. More recently it issued the "Investment Act of 2013" considered to be one of the best in the region.
Sudan is reach with natural resources and comprise more than one climate. Along its excellent agricultural nature and resources, the country petroleum industry adds an important dimension. The geographic location of Sudan having common boarders with Egypt, Libya, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Central African Republic and more recently South Sudan and having shores on the Red Sea, give the country a lead in the distribution network within the region.
The Agriculture in Sudan
On the agriculture front, Sudan has approximately 300-400 million acres of fertile land. Its crop portfolio is incredibly diverse, including cereals such as wheat and rice, oil-seeds, beans, lentils, and others. It produces cotton, hemp, fodder, and forestry resources as well. Moreover, the land in Sudan is suitable for animal husbandry, with its horticultural offerings of vegetables and fruits and it is rich with herbs used in fragrances and medicines.
According to a paper published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, present circumstances and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy trends reflect a promising, emergent climate for sustained investment in Sudanese agriculture. The report says "This huge and diversified spatial view of Sudan's natural endowments should not only attract foreign direct investments, but in fact provide a long and diversified menu of investment opportunities for foreign investors to choose from. The vector of profitable agricultural investment undertakings ranges from crop production to animal production, fodder, poultry, organic vegetables, fruits, and even tropical flowers".
Investment Encouragement Act
Sudan introduced two substantial investment reforms in the last few years, lowering the corporate tax rate and capital gains tax and improving the timeliness of customs clearances. The Economic Development Sector of the Cabinet passed the "National Investment Encouragement 2013 bill" in January 2013. Where as early as 2003, an Investment Encouragement Act was passed to explicitly: ban discrimination based on the source of investment. That still sustained in the more recent Act of 2013; prohibit discrimination against foreigners.
The African country has various trade and bilateral investment agreements with more than 25 countries and bilateral taxation treaties with Egypt, United Kingdom, Malaysia, South Africa, Turkey and Syria. While China, Malaysia and India have major investments in the Sudanese oil sector and some of the GCC countries have major investments in the agriculture sector.
Investment Attraction Polices
Currently, the government is said to be working on the development of infrastructure, services and facilities in light of the investment attraction polices. Some of these are said to include a shift towards enhancing the state of industrial areas, as well as building new industrial cities. However, for the time being, Sudan already have free zones like Suakin and El-Jaili cities, which grant encouraging exemptions to investors. Sudan also features the availability of banking and insurance sectors, auditing, financial, technical and legal consultancy services. In addition to high standard education and health facilities.
The country is politically stable and despite some conflicts along the boarders the core was always stable and the growth was always sustained. The federal system ran by the central government in capital Khartoum have been sustaining consistency in government policies for a quarter of century. Moreover the judicial system is said to be indiscriminate among Sudanese citizens and foreigners.
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Blow's The Witness on consoles a possibility
Braid creator Jonathan Blow's next, The Witness, may just be heading to consoles afterall, contrary to earlier reports of Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3's dated specs making it too much work to be worth the effort. "It's very difficult for me to believe that we'll be able to deliver the experience we want people to have on a 360," Blow even said.
That thinking has apparently changed, with Blow telling GameInformer that the initial plan is to release the game on PC and iOS, with other platforms possibly following later.
"My current idea is to launch on PC and iOS, and then maybe one of the consoles which has not been decided, and later to bring the game to all other platforms," says Blow.
"We can only do a certain number of platforms at launch, because we're small. A few months ago, I was doing all these interviews, and I didn't think we were going to do a console at launch. But we're hiring two more programmers, which has a huge impact on what we can do. So now the idea is open again, that we might do a console launch, but now what exactly that is depends on all sorts of business things that we just haven't figured out yet."
So it's being looked into at the very least, which should make Braid fans' days just a wee bit brighter.


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Online Retailers Set for Cybercrime Christmas After 45 Million Fraud Attempts in the Last 90 Days Alone
Posted November 17, 2015
Online retailers beware: you could be in for a torrid time over the festive period according to fraud pattern outlined in the ThreatMetrix Cybercrime Report: Q3 2015. Gathered from our Digital Identity Network, which analyses over one billion transactions each month to help protect our 4,000+ customers, the report paints the picture of an online fraud landscape growing increasingly more sophisticated and menacing. Data breaches like the recent high profile attack on TalkTalk send ever more personal data onto the darknet, fueling a rise in fraud attempts.
But all is not lost…
The sorry state of compromised data and login credentials means that organisations are urged to turn away from traditional authentication methods and embrace an approach which unmasks true Digital Identities in real-time, in order to accelerate digital revenues.
What happened in Q3?
A major spike in fraud is anticipated this festive season, based on the cybercrime trends over the past 90 days. It's normally a quieter time for consumers as they gear up to the big shopping season, but Q3 this year saw a 25% jump from the previous quarter in fraud attempts targeting online retailers. A massive 45 million attempted attacks against e-commerce alone were blocked by ThreatMetrix, while overall customers were saved from over 90 million fraud attempts by our platform – representing millions in potential losses.
Given this pattern of attacks, and the estimated £1bn+ set to be spent on Black Friday in the UK alone, this year could see fraud attempts at almost double the 11.4 million we blocked in 2014 over the peak shopping period.
So where was fraud most concentrated in the previous three months? Our data shows that when it comes to e-commerce account creation fraud was most risk, as 7% of these were deemed to be fraudulent. This is in contrast to payments (3.2%) and account log-ins (5%). Across sectors, the pattern was slightly different, with account log-ins (4.1%) the most risky type of transaction, followed by account creation (3.7%) and payments (3.3%). Once again the top digital nations were the major attack originators, including the US, UK, Germany and France.
The story behind the stats
So what's driving this uptick in online fraud? Poor cybersecurity on the part of the firms that store our personal and financial information is a major culprit. This has led to an increase in headline grabbing data breaches – particularly across the US on the part of retailers like Target, Home Depot and others. But we've also seen with the attack on UK ISP TalkTalk, showing that firms on both sides of the Atlantic are at risk. As this stolen data floods the cybercrime underground markets, it is snapped up and used by eager fraudsters keen to make some money.
The use of botnets to run massive identity testing sessions has made it even easier to bypass traditional anti-fraud defences at scale. Cybercriminals are turning to 'low and slow' attacks, which bypass traditional botnet detection techniques.
Proxies and device/location spoofing tools help to mask criminals' true identity, and malware readily available on the cybercrime underground is being used to hijack user sessions in another common modus operandi. Mobile also represents a challenge for online retailers and indeed all businesses. The channel now accounts for a third of all transactions according to our data with 35% of consumers accessing services using both mobile and desktop in the past month alone. But the fraudsters are ready to take advantage. Device spoofing was the top attack vector in Q3, accounting for 6% of transactions.
Fighting back with layered security
With stolen identities flooding the cybercrime underground, with malware, bots and cloaking technologies providing scammers with even more sophisticated ways to launch attacks, it's become obvious that organisations need a better way to combat the global fraud epidemic. Organisations that have relied on static login credentials, clunky two factor authentication or challenge questions need a context-based approach which builds a picture of their customers' true digital identities. This can combine device identification, geolocation, big data analytics, behaviour analysis, phone number and address validation, credit card fraud detection, identity validation, and identity scoring.
More than that, they need technology that's able to analyse consumer data to compare traffic against global models, pick out behavioural patterns across industries and apply machine learning. Only with this kind of next-generation approach can firms meet the ever-growing sophistication and menace of online fraud.


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采用压缩拉伸连续加载变形实验方法, 即第一阶段压缩变形量0%~40%, 第二阶段拉伸至断裂, 研究了Mn18Cr18N奥氏体不锈钢的室温压缩拉伸变形行为. 结果表明, 随着压缩量的增大, 后续拉伸阶段的屈服应力和均匀塑性变形最大拉伸应力、断面收缩率和延伸率均呈先增大后减小的变化规律. 临界压缩量25%处, 拉伸屈服应力和最大拉伸应力达到最大值, 分别约为1039.97和1439.20 MPa; 试样的断面收缩率和延伸率也达到最大值, 分别为68.99%和73.80%. 微观组织和断口形貌的OM和SEM观察结果表明, 当压缩量小于临界值时, 拉伸试样断口宏观形貌呈典型的杯锥状, 微观形貌呈韧窝状的韧性断裂, 微观组织为变形拉长的晶粒组织; 当压缩量超过临界值时, 拉伸试样断口宏观形貌比较平齐, 微观形貌为无韧窝状的结晶状特征, 微观组织为包含大量孪晶的等轴晶粒. TEM分析表明, 压缩量较小时, 位错通过滑移形成不同密度的位错组态; 反向加载拉断后, 仍能观察到位错的堆积. 压缩量较大时, 形成2个方向交割的孪晶; 反向加载拉断后, 孪晶呈平行排列, 且伴有高密度位错缠结.
The higher strength requirement of heavy generator retaining rings made of Mn18Cr18N austenitic stainless steel can be obtained by cold deformation strengthening. However, the yield ratio of Mn18Cr18N austenitic stainless steel is close to 1 gradually during the unidirectional tensile deformation, which will limit the unidirectional tensile deformation of cold deformation strengthening. In order to investigate the cold deformation strengthening by complex loading paths of Mn18Cr18N austenitic stainless steel, compression-tensile deformation behavior of Mn18Cr18N austenite stainless steel at room temperature was investigated by compression and tensile consecutive loading deformation experiments with the first compressive reduction range of 0%~40% and the second tensile range to fracture. Microstructure evolution, deformation dislocations, fracture behavior and mechanisms have been analyzed by OM, SEM and TEM. The results indicate that the subsequent tensile yield stress and the maximum tensile stress at the uniform plastic deformation stage, the reduction of cross sectional area and elongation increase at first and then decrease with the increase of compressive deformation. When the compressive deformation increases up to the critical reduction of 25%, the subsequent tensile yield stress and the maximum tensile stress reach up to the maximum values of 1039.97 and 1439.20 MPa respectively, and the reduction of cross sectional area and the elongation also reach up to the maximum values of 68.99% and 73.80% respectively. When the compressive deformation is less than the critical reduction, appearance of fractures shows the cup-cone shaped macroscopic fracture profiles, the dimpled microscopic fracture surfaces and the elongated grains. When the compressive deformation is greater than the critical reduction, fractures morphology is distinguished by the flat macroscopic fracture profiles, the crystalline microscopic fracture surfaces and the equiaxed grains with a lot twin structures. Several dislocation configurations with different density forms by dislocation slip when the compressive reduction is lower. Dislocation pile-up can be observed in the subsequent broken tensile specimen. Cross twins emerge in the specimen compressed up to 35% reduction. Twins with high density dislocation tangles arrange in parallel in the subsequent broken tensile specimen.
李飞,张华煜,何文武,陈慧琴,郭会光. Mn18Cr18N奥氏体不锈钢的压缩拉伸连续加载变形行为*[J]. 金属学报, 2016, 52(8): 956-964.
Fei LI,Huayu ZHANG,Wenwu HE,Huiqin CHEN,Huiguang GUO. COMPRESSION AND TENSILE CONSECUTIVE DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR OF Mn18Cr18N AUSTENITE STAINLESS STEEL. Acta Metall, 2016, 52(8): 956-964.


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The name that we have choosen is: Drake Randall Packer
Wieght: 7lbs 9oz.
Length: 19.25 in.
Time of birth: November 30, 2007 @ 8:30 AM
Eye color: Looks like there blue.
The baby is doing great.
Samantha is doing great!
What a cutie! We are so excited for you guys and glad that Sam is doing well!
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Day two of Kashish was a treat. The highlight of the day was Koti, a Marathi film that touches upon the tragic story of a transgender person from rural India. The film addresses the story of a child grappling with gender identity challenges. I don't know of any film in India that focuses on gender issues in young and adolescent children. But hey, Marathi films have always raised the bar and told us stories that we have never heard before… just watch Jogwa, Natarang or Mitra, among others.
I also got to be a part of a very important panel discussion on 'the way ahead with Section 377'. Other panelists included Chitra from the Indian National Congress (she handles social media), Vandana who is a lawyer, Udayan from Godrej and the lovely Sonal Giani, a bisexual person and an LGBT Rights Activist. The panel was moderated by Parmesh Shahani from the India Culture Lab, Godrej. The panel discussion was spirited in emotion but it left me unsatisfied in terms of finding any answer or roadmap.
The panel was very wonderfully moderated by Parmesh but it didn't bring out any new answers to the questions. I felt bad for Chitra who was being slammed every now and then and she was defenseless. She didn't seem like a debator and she was pressed with questions about the absence of Congress members in the Parliament when Shashi Tharoor presented the bill amending Section 377 so as to make consensual sex between adults in private legal irrespective of gender. She kept harping on how BJP was the ruling party and they voted against Tharoor's bill. Pointing fingers at others when your own are at fault is not a good strategy for self-defence. She also kept saying, "Rahulji and Soniaji have made their stand clear". Yes they have made their stands clear but they need to keep reiterating that. They need to walk the talk. When Udayan teased me as someone who should consider joining politics I also jovially asked Chitra if she is willing to take me. Well, Udayan thought it would be historical in a way.
I am not very sure if I want to be a part of politics. But my stand may change. Jokes apart, the panel moved to serious issues like discrimination at workplaces. I was worried about tokenism. Everyone wants to appear diversity friendly. You need to be seen in the league of forward thinkers. What needs to be seen is whether these policies translate to real change. I have to stress the fact that everyone wants to be transgender friendly but do they have gender-neutral toilets to cater to them? Will a cis gendered man stand next to a transperson in a urinal without cringing? Do organisations take active effort in ensuring that the cis gendered people are made aware of transgendered individuals or sexualities of people? These are questions that need an answer. Having a policy put up there is tokenism. Taking active effort in engaging and educating people about diversity and inclusion is the way we should go.
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Week Survived
This week was kinda hell. It was my first week back from my extended Christmas vacation, and it feels like it was pretty much the same thing for my entire office. Everything became a crisis, because all of those folks that had been slacking for the last quarter of the year suddenly realized that it was 2016 and all of the stuff they failed to accomplish now apparently looks bad for them. So as a result every half formed idea and improperly started project has seemed to rise up from the graveyard to walk the earth once more. All of this seemed to reach a head on Thursday when no less than a dozen different fires and microfires were blazing, all of which needing my attention. Not the least of which was a false positive trojan, and a virus scare where over a hundred users decided to click on that phishing email. As the week continued I started simply wanting to watch the world burn.
The positive is that as the week wore on I got less and less "jet lagged" for lack of a better term. Over the Christmas break my wife and I had managed to get our scheduled completely screwed up, and there were several nights when I was finally getting to bed around 3:30 inn the morning. Those first few days were pure hell, but Tuesday was better than Monday, and Wednesday better than Tuesday… and thankfully by the time he hellmouth opened up and dumped Thursday on me I was actually feeling pretty great. The other crazy thing that happened this week was the Lottery… and everyone daydreaming about what they would do if they won the lottery. It felt like on Friday I could not go anywhere without someone striking up a conversation about the potential winnings. While I realize that the lottery itself is a tax on those who are bad at mathematics… I managed to get myself suckered in as well and picked up a handful of tickets. I have long played the pool at work, because I view it as insurance. If for some reason the entire department hit the lottery… there would be a lot of tendered resignations the next day and I wanted to at least have the option to do the same.
Lots of Destiny
From a gaming standpoint, I mostly played Destiny on the 360 this week… trying desperately to get to level cap so I have a character to play with the friends on that platform. Last night… I played absolutely nothing apart from some Neko Atsume. Then again with Neko you don't actually "play" the game but instead just look in periodically on your adorable catbutts playing with balls and shit in your yard. Last night we had a gathering of some of our family, as before holidays we had resolved to try really hard to get together more often. The problem with last night however is that my wife is entirely too nice of a person. She somehow allowed one of the most bigoted anti-gay part of the family… to join our otherwise gay positive little gathering. The positive is that for the most part it was a pleasant night, which only serves to make me realize just how damned fucked up Facebook is. The asshole in question has the nerve to forward all manner of anti-gay propaganda on Facebook but apparently would never say that sort of thing to someones face. This is yet another reason why I don't really have a Facebook, but instead just the one attached to this blog… largely for the purpose of propagating the blog out into the world.
As you could see in the first image of this post, it is fairly snowy outside so after our gathering we stopped by the grocery store last night and prepared to not really leave the house at all this weekend. So today we are having Frito Chilli Pies for lunch, and crock pot spaghetti for dinner… all the time between snuggling into our blanket cocoons on the couch. My wife is teaching Forensics this semester, and as a result she has a whole slew of videos that she wants to preview for augmenting certain sections of her text, like blood spatter analysis and such. Her first year teaching we ended up testing a bunch of different fake blood formulas because blood spatter is the sort of thing that only really makes sense with visual demonstrations. As far as myself today, I will probably be playing some more World of Warcraft, and I have even contemplated patching up Wildstar to try and get in on the world boss hunt thing that is going on. I am still finding my thoughts of Final Fantasy XIV pretty lackluster right now, but I know there is a world event that I should probably pop in do. Though admittedly I find the monkey samurai helmets creepy as hell… and no where near as adorable as the bunny samurai hat I wear all the time… or the ramurai hat from last year.


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Does anyone know how much this will cost in Australia, I've been to the Official australian huawei website and it says it will cost around $250 but when it goes through all the distributors and retailers it should cost around $350-$400 and is NOT what Huawei have said the price would be.
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Anyone planning to purchase this should go for LG OPTIMUS ONE P500, as ther... moreI wouldnt be to concerned about this. I've used a demo X5 and the phone is FAST. Also the hardware of the X5 is superior to the Optimus and it costs less.
Most people don't care about running custom roms.
AnonD-1904, 17 Feb 2011I brought one of these from 2 degrees New Zealand, unfortunately they did not have a demo unit... moreHi there, I hope you enjoying IDEOS X5,
I am from NZ as well, please let me know if you find any problem in that phone. have you found FM in it, and how's camera and video result?
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AnonD-1904, 17 Feb 2011I brought one of these from 2 degrees New Zealand, unfortunately they did not have a demo unit... more...fm radio??? Are you stuck in the 80's or something. Haven you not heard of Shoutcast/online radio. The quality is superior and there are less ads
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I am from New Zealand. This phone just arieved today on 2degrees plateform. I am t... moreHey there,
I've had quite an extensive play around with this phone, and to be honest, it is probably the best phone on the market for its price.
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Hi Guys,
I am from New Zealand. This phone just arieved today on 2degrees plateform. I am thinking to buy this phone tomorrow. Please advise me if you have been using this phone. Thanks
I brought one of these from 2 degrees New Zealand, unfortunately they did not have a demo unit and it appears there are two keys differences with the 2 degrees supplied model:
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2) There is NO FM radio ....
Sorry, but that kills it for me .... @$550NZ to not have radio is crap.
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4. 32 GB Memory slot & USB microUSB v2.0.
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6. Sleek design
I cant wait for it!! Any one knows it's expected price in Kenya
I am waiting for it in India. It seems good and worth on its expected cost.
waiting for this phone since the CES. it should be in singapore soon. still waiting, the question is, X5 or X6?
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Mike, 30 Jan 2011when this phone is expected in Europe?Will be available in Norway from mid february with Telenor
It's already February, and still no sign of this phone in Singapore.
Wasn't it supposed to be launched here last month??
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Durga Entertainment Awards Filmmaker Grant
We were thrilled to join our friends from Durga Entertainment as they presented the second annual Durga Entertainment Filmmaker Grant to writer/director Olivia Newman during the opening reception of IFP Film Week. The award, presented in conjunction with IFP (Independent Film Project), supports independent filmmakers who are balancing their careers with parenthood. We are honored to continue working with partners who support female creatives.
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May in the Summer Opens August 22
The Diva Lounge is thrilled to announce the theatrical release of "May in the Summer" on Friday August 22!!
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Durga Entertainment Offers Filmmaker Grant
Our friends at Durga Entertainment have partnered with IFP (Independent Filmmaker Project) to offer a $20,000 grant for filmmakers. The announcement reads:In a joint effort to recognize the importance of career and creative sustainability, IFP and Durga Entertainment have partnered on a new $20,000 filmmaker grant for an alumnus of IFP. The grant is intended for active, working filmmakers who are also balancing a filmmaking career with parenting. The grant provides a $20,000 unrestricted prize to encourage the recipient to continue on her or his career path of making quality independent films. American directors or screenwriters working in narrative film who have participated in the IFP Filmmaker Labs or IFP Independent Film Week's Emerging Storytellers or No-Borders International Co-Production market are encouraged to apply by the deadline of August 8, 2014.
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From digest.v6.n464 Tue Apr 1 17:39:22 1997
From: BMW_at_comet.net (Phil Marx)
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 13:11:04 -0500
Subject: re: <E30> convertible - two specific questions
Olav Berthold asked:
>I'm asking this one for a friend who just purchased a 1990 320i =
>convertible. He has two problems that are not covered in detail by =
>repair manuals.
>* The angle of the window of one front door is not adjusted properly. =
>The effect is, that the glass is rubbing on the roof seal every time you =
>open or close the door. Question: How do you adjust (the angle of) the =
>door window ?
>* At least one hydraulic damper of the covering lid (for the softtop =
>when opened, how do you call this thing in English ?) is shot. The thing =
>won't stay open by itself. How do you exchange them ? Is it sufficient =
>to replace only one or should you do the two of them ?
>Thank you very much >Olav Berthold >(Hannover, Germany)
In the states we had a service bulletin covering the window rubbing the
top. The solution was not in aligning the window but in changing out the
springs which are located just behind the rear side-window weatherstrip
inside the "c-pillar" (if you can call it that on a Cabrio with no "b"
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Replacing these is easy and results in greater top tension which keeps the
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The gas spring is quite expensive from BMW in the states, like over $85,
each. The last set I got came from Eurasian in CA, USA and cost closer to
$25. Replacing one usually works ok but at $25 each, I'd do both. The
cheaper unit was packaged by SWAG of Germany, their part no. 7.06.1250.
BMW oe. part #126.96.36.1992.333. Both units are labeled Stabilus Gas-a-Just,
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I was reading about the Immaculate Conception and I came across a web site which said that the phrase "full of grace" couldn't mean that Mary was without sin because that same word is used in Acts 6:8.
I didn't know about this passage and am confused.
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Adi —
They are quite incorrect. I just looked at the Greek and the word does not occur in Acts 6:8.
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Modern pipes has a range of tricks for keeping sewage system gasses from a house. Among the most popular is the P trap. P traps are essential due to the fact that sewage system gasses can be damaging to your health as well as odor bad.
The P trap efficiency at trapping sewage system gasses is all due to its design. It begins by going strait down from the drain, then it has a p shaped bend on the bottom, and it ends with a horizontal pipeline after it curves up. This p shaped bend is implied to trap a little water in the pipe. This water imitates a barrier, keeping any sewage system gasses from getting in the room.
P traps are usually found in bathrooms on any drain that results in the sewer. This consists of showers, sinks, and floor drains pipes. Toilets use a modified P trap described as an S trap that is suggested to make sure that wast leaves the toilet while leaving some water to block the gasses.
If you smell sewage system gas in a room with a P trap, it is likely that the trap is empty of water. to examine this you need to do is shine a flashlight at it. If it doesn't show back, it is empty and you need to add some water to refill it. If this does not work then you might have to call a plumber to repair the P trap or another pipe.
If sewage system line blockages recur within a short time of the rodding operations, it can indicate other problems that may not be easily resolved by this operation. It would then be necessary to identify the entire network, user routines and other reasons that do trigger drain obstructions. Sometimes, it may be essential to replace a drain to get a permanent option. Fortunately, nowadays there are business that can undertake this operation through trench-less replacement of pipes, so that the work is done without any inconvenience to the homeowner.


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We love finding hidden treasures… And in Krispy Audio's new showroom, we found a soon-to-be-not-so-hidden audio lover's gem tucked away in a suburban commercial complex on the leafy northern edges of Sydney. To get there, you'll take an easily-accessed and early exit off Sydney's Pacific Highway, part of Highway 1, the country's longest asphalt river pointing you to Central Coast towns lining our beautiful beach-lined shores and snakes right up north to tropical Queensland. SoundStage! Australia hit the road and visited the new auditioning facilities camera in-hand and with keen ears at the ready.
Krispy Audio's new showroom is a 'By Appointment' sound studio where owner Cameron Pope – an expert hand at both picking great demo music and making some of the best custom-blended coffee you'll likely experience outside of a barista comp. Pope has skilfully assembled a selection of audio systems available for audition, parts of which are from Krispy Audio's import portfolio and others from the vast selection of products the company retails.
"I wanted to hand-pick products that work well together based on my music tastes – I listen for around eight hours every day" explained Pope. He continued, "I didn't want this space to be like a shop. This studio was six months in the making and I designed the theme and selected the acoustic solutions myself with the aim to get a 'natural' acoustic. I want people to come here and feel comfortable and happy to listen to music… like I do. I'm planning to hold regular monthly music nights and maybe basing them on a theme, or a particular artist, thereby qualifying the audience who are then happy to listen to music they know they will enjoy."
It's a warm, comfortable and inviting space, with artwork and musical instruments peppered around the studio's walls while the neatly displayed vinyl (Pope's own collection) and select audio items also hint at the music to come. The acoustics are quite good for a large open space and Pope has used banks of acoustic panels and corner bass traps to tame the acoustics. Outside it's a quiet environment so conducive to music listening without external traffic or shopping crowd distractions.
We listened to a number of tracks via an Aurender server through Esoteric (new Grandioso integrated) and Bricasti electronics while the speakers were Harbeth HL5 and Oswalds Mill Mini. The sound was expansive, warm, open and effortless. Pope spun a variety of music from large orchestral pieces to intimate vocal tracks to chilled-out electronica. On a massive custom Oswalds Mill rack Pope showed an awesome array of turntables from America's VPi Industries and his recently acquired mint sample Technics SL1200 with Technics arm. A side shelf showed SOTA turntables including one sporting a bespoke 'Tattoo'-themed plinth.
Cameron Pope has done a terrific job here. We liked the vibe of the studio and appreciated the great collection of equipment assembled there on display. We look forward to visiting again soon, especially on one of the music nights Pope hinted at. The new Krispy Audio showroom flies in the face of the dwindling 'bricks and mortar' notion and is a great addition to the Sydney high-end audio landscape. And did we mention that phenomenal cup of expertly blended and roasted beans?
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In 2013, the National Center for Family and Marriage Released a surprising study that showed divorce rates between adults 50 and older have doubled between 1990 and 2010. Now, 1 in 4 divorces in the United States are between couples over 50. On some level, this is good news. It means that the lower stigma of divorce has allowed unhappy couples to break out of empty marriages. This is also a sign that women feel financially secure enough to cut the cord. However, divorce can have a profound financial impact on a woman and affect her ability to retire on time…or at all.
Women Have Less Income to Save
Women tend to earn less money than their male counterparts. Many women seek jobs in lower paying fields (like teaching), work fewer hours, voluntarily drop out of the workforce to raise children, and take slower paths up the corporate ladder to achieve better life and family balance. While young women are making impressive gains in closing the pay gap (women 16 to 34 earn 90% of what men are paid), women ages 35 to 64 still earn 77 – 80% of the income of their male counterparts even when working in the same positions. This represents a woman's primary earning years, meaning that by the time she enters retirement, she has likely been able to save less money for her retirement. Less savings means less interest accumulating and a much lower bump from the power of compound interest.
Loss of the Home
For many married couples, their home represents their greatest asset and can act as a piggybank for equity if they happen to need more money in retirement. During a divorce, a woman may lose her home or be forced to sell. (Learn the pros and cons of Keeping Your House Divorce.) Now on her own, she may have trouble affording a home and be forced to rent or to stay with adult children.
No More Shared Costs
The home represents the largest example of a big cost that is typically shared by a couple. However, there are innumerable examples of other costs that a woman will have to shoulder on her own. She will have to pay for all of her utility bills, all of her food, and all of the normal household disposables like laundry detergent and toilet paper on her own. These costs truly add up and can make it even harder to save after a divorce.
Women Need to Be Financially Smart After a Divorce
For many women over 50, divorce represents a new lease on life and an exciting journey into the future. However, it may also mean that they have to adapt to a different lifestyle and pinch pennies a little more. Women who are planning a divorce should always speak with a financial advisor to start planning for transition into a single life. If at all possible, seek an amicable divorce with your spouse. If you can be civil (even if it's hard), you are more likely to agree on how to split your assets and avoid costly court battles and sky-high attorney's fees. (If your divorce is contentious, then check out this article on Six Places to Look for Hidden Assets During Divorce.) Lastly, seek alimony if possible, especially if you left the workforce to care for your kids.
Read more articles about women, divorce, and finances in our divorce article archive.


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The American phenomenon of increasingly unapologetic pro-choice Catholic politicians in an age of instantaneous Internet communications and talk shows is fanning the flames of controversy over whether those politicians should be denied holy Communion. It is putting the U.S. bishops under enormous pressure to come up with a national policy on the issue to avoid the confusion that arises from different dioceses treating the issue differently. But they are in uncharted pastoral territory.
The recent selection of pro-choice Catholic Sen. Joe Biden as Democratic vice presidential nominee and pro-choice Catholic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's remarks minimizing Church teaching on abortion again have thrust the topic to the forefront in the United States.
"I think it's going to keep going," said Paul Kengor, presidential scholar and associate professor of political science at Grove City College in Pennsylvania. "It's not going to go away."
The U.S. bishops formally examined the question four years ago, under the impetus of the nomination of pro-choice Catholic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts as the Democratic nominee for president, but were unable to reach consensus on a national policy on whether to deny pro-choice Catholic politicians Communion. They are expected to re-examine the question again during their upcoming meeting in November in Baltimore. But consensus appears still a long way off.
"I've probably interviewed 50 bishops on the question over the years, both in Rome and in the States, and gotten close to 50 different answers," said John L. Allen Jr., author of a widely read Internet column called All Things Catholic and senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter.
"They all agree that the Church has to give public witness to its teaching on abortion, and that politicians who call themselves Catholic ought to be coherent with what the Church teaches. But how to translate that into pastoral practice in individual cases, especially when it comes to what is supposed to be the Church's supreme moment of unity, is obviously much more complicated and divisive," Allen said.
There is no debate over the Church's requirements (see sidebar) for the proper reception of Communion. These make individual Catholics responsible for examining their own consciences before presenting themselves -- or not -- for Communion. Anybody aware they are guilty of unconfessed grave sin, including politicians who advocate for abortion rights, should simply stay out of the Communion line.
The problem revolves around another section in Church law, Canon 915: "Those ... obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to holy communion." This puts the burden on the minister of holy Communion to refuse the Eucharist to those judged objectively unworthy.
Among the U.S. bishops who advocate most strongly for a national policy denying Communion to pro-choice Catholic politicians -- and who did so himself in his Archdiocese of St. Louis -- is Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, who holds a doctorate in canon law and whom Pope Benedict XVI this summer named to head the Church's highest court in Rome.
Last year the archbishop published a lengthy examination of the question in Periodica de Re Canonica, a canon law journal, in which he demonstrates the "long-standing discipline" in Church law and practice requiring ministers of the Eucharist to refuse Communion to certain public sinners.
"The exercise of such discretion is not a judgment on the subjective state of the soul of the person approaching to receive holy Communion, but a judgment regarding the objective condition of serious sin in a person who, after due admonition from his pastor, persists in cooperating formally with intrinisically evil acts like procured abortion," he wrote.
The purpose, he said, is not to punish the person, but to safeguard the sanctity of the Eucharist, prevent sinners from inflicting further harm on their souls and avoid leading other Catholics into error, either regarding the sanctity of the Eucharist or the evil of promoting abortion rights.
He said he was "deeply aware" that denying Communion involved great difficulties, especially in a secularized society like the United States, but said that was precisely why the situation "demands the wisdom and courage of shepherds" who will apply canon 915.
"No matter how often a bishop or priest repeats the teaching of the Church regarding procured abortion, if he stands by and does nothing to discipline a Catholic who publicly supports legislation permitting the gravest of injustices and, at the same time, presents himself to receive holy Communion, then his teaching rings hollow," he said.
If the law is clear, how is it that only about a dozen of the several hundred dioceses in the United States have taken steps to deny communion to politicians who support abortion rights?
"Most of the problems associated with the denial of holy Communion are not theological or Canonical, but simply practical," said Legion of Christ Father Thomas Williams, a theology professor at Rome's Regina Apostolorum University. "One of the most serious concerns is the large number of extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion at most Sunday Masses in the U.S. Who will make the decision to deny Communion? Only the celebrant? Any eucharistic minister? Or must the bishop make a public declaration that Communion is not to be given by anyone to a given Catholic politician?"
Father Williams has written a journal article arguing that pro-choice politicians fall within the purvey of Canon 915's definition of someone "obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin." But is a relatively new application, and one that does not have precedent in the United States or elsewhere.
In Europe, for example, pro-choice politicians receive Communion without outcry, said Sandro Magister, a prominent Italian journalist who covers the Church and the Vatican for an Italian newsmagazine, L'Espresso.
Magister said Pope John Paul II publicly gave Communion to Francesco Rutelli, a pro-choice Catholic who served as mayor of Rome from 1993 to 2001. In the 1970s, Rutelli was a member of Italy's Radical Party and assisted the campaign to legalize abortion, which became law in 1978.
"Outside of the United States, particularly in Europe," Magister told OSV, "the link between principles and pastoral practice is not as rigid. One accepts a larger area of middle ground between Christian morality and political decisions."
In the United States, the issue first surfaced during the 2004 presidential campaign of Sen. Kerry, whose pro-choice positions prompted a dozen bishops, led by Archbishop Burke, to publicly say they would deny Communion to Kerry. In a letter to Washington's Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, now retired, who was heading a task force on the question, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and now Pope Benedict XVI, advised bishops to withhold Communion from pro-choice politicians.
Cardinal Ratzinger said a Catholic politician could be considered to be in grave sin by "consistently campaigning and voting for permissive abortion and euthanasia laws." In such cases, he said, "his pastor should meet with him, instructing him about the Church's teaching, informing him that he is not to present himself for holy Communion until he brings to an end the objective situation of sin, and warning him that he will otherwise be denied the Eucharist."
If the politician ignores the warning and continues to get in the Communion line, "the minister of holy Communion must refuse to distribute it," he said.
"This decision, properly speaking, is not a sanction or a penalty. Nor is the minister of holy Communion passing judgment on the person's subjective guilt, but rather is reacting to the person's public unworthiness to receive Holy Communion due to an objective situation of sin," the cardinal wrote.
The U.S. bishops, however, did not see the letter until a leaked copy, presumably from a Vatican source, was published on the website of Magister, the Italian journalist. Amid an uproar, Cardinal McCarrick said that the letter did not represent the Vatican's only word on the matter. He said it was only one part of many communications he had had with Cardinal Ratzinger's office.
When it came to deciding on a policy, the bishops decided to take a cautious approach. By a 183-6 vote, the bishops' conference opted to leave the decision to individual bishops, a position that Cardinal Ratzinger later said was harmonious with the Vatican's stance.
Since then, the bishops have taken a broad variety of approaches to the problem. Some, like Archbishop Burke, have notified the pro-choice Catholic politicians in their dioceses that they will be denied Communion.
There are considerably more bishops at the other end of the pastoral scale, who have made it clear that they will not implement the practice of denying Communion.
Bishop M. Francis Malooly of Wilmington, Del., the home diocese of Sen. Biden, recently outlined this view in an interview marking his transfer to the diocese.
"I do not intend to get drawn into partisan politics nor do I intend to politicize the Eucharist as a way of communicating Church teaching," he told the Dialogue, the diocesan newspaper.
"I think I will get a lot more mileage out of a conversation trying to change the heart and mind than I would out of a public confrontation. That might not make some people happy who feel there ought to be a confrontation, but I have to follow my own conscience and try to do what I can for the long term," Bishop Malooly said.
In Washington, at the center of American politics, Archbishop Donald Wuerl has taken a similar approach.
During a meeting last year with young adults, he was asked how he would respond to Catholic politicians who support abortion.
His answer was: "Teach."
"That is what Jesus did," he said, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report. "Did everyone accept that teaching? No. ... But he didn't stop teaching. We are in this for the long haul."
The archbishop said he sometimes gets letters from Catholics demanding to know what he will do about pro-choice Catholic politicians.
His temptation, he said, was to reply with, "What are YOU doing about it? How is your voice heard?" The Post-Gazette reported his remarks were met with a smattering of applause.
San Francisco's Archbishop George Niederauer is taking a similar line with one of his most famous parishioners, pro-choice Speaker Pelosi.
About two weeks after Speaker Pelosi's public denial of Church teaching on abortion, he issued a 2,000-word statement inviting her to a private conversation on abortion. Saying it was a subject that did not lend itself to "sound bites," Archbishop Niederauer stopped short of directing Pelosi specifically to refrain from Communion but stated Church requirements for proper reception of the Eucharist.
Earlier in August, a television interviewer asked Pelosi if the Church gave her "any difficulties" for her abortion stance. Pelosi answered: "Not really. But I think some of it is regional. It depends on the bishop in a certain region. Fortunately, for me it has not - Communion has not been withheld and I'm a regular communicant, so that would be a severe blow to me if that were the case."
Other bishops have taken what might be described as a middle approach. Denver's Archbishop Charles Chaput has publicly told a pro-choice Catholic politician in his diocese, U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar, that he should not receive Communion. He made similar remarks in response to a question by an Associated Press reporter about Sen. Biden. But he has stopped short of ordering that pro-choice Catholic politicians be denied Communion.
Archbishop Chaput says part of his worry is that in the furor, the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist will be forgotten.
"The recurrent debates over denying Catholic politicians Communion are usually marked by ignorance about the Church and disregard for the real nature of the Eucharist," he writes in his new book, "Render Unto Caesar: Serving the Nation by Living Our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life." "As Catholics, we believe the Eucharist is not just a symbol or a sacred meal or an important ritual expression of community. Rather it is quite literally the body and blood of Jesus Christ."
"The archbishop is very resistant to over-focusing on 'denying' anyone Communion," said Fran Maier, chancellor of the Denver Archdiocese. "He does not exclude that, especially for persons showing deliberate disregard or disrespect for Catholic belief. But the issue for him is not primarily legal, which the mainstream media will usually misrepresent as being punitive. Instead, it's one of common sense, personal honesty and justice to fellow Catholics."
Among the other factors that have helped stoke the debate was the public reception of Communion by pro-choice politicians at Masses celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI during his April visit to the United States. Though they did not receive directly from his hand, Sen. Biden, Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, Speaker Pelosi and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani all received, captured by eager television cameras.
And in May, Kansas City Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann publicly directed Gov. Kathleen Sebelius -- who was being mentioned as possible Democratic vice presidential material -- to refrain from Communion for her persistent support for abortion. The archbishop said he had given her a number of private admonitions.
But media attention really took off when a college chaplain denied Communion to Doug Kmiec, a law professor, Reagan adviser and pro-life Catholic who announced at Easter he was endorsing Sen. Barack Obama for president, despite Obama's very strong pro-choice positions. Kmiec has said he's convinced that Obama's social policies will actually lead to fewer abortions than under an administration led by pro-life Sen. John McCain, the Republican nominee.
Kmeic did not disclose the name of the priest who denied him Communion, but the incident took place somewhere within the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, which later had the priest apologize to Kmeic.
Church lawyers, including proponents of a more muscular policy of withholding Communion, say the priest was out of line.
"I have been urging for years that greater respect for our Lord in the Eucharist be shown by, among other ways, withholding holy Communion from certain figures who fail to meet the requirements set out in canon law," said Edward Peters, professor of canon law at a seminary in Detroit, on his website www.canonlaw.info. "I suppose it's inevitable that, with steps finally being taken toward the enforcement of Canon 915, some hotheads are going to misapply the law."
Heat is also being generated in the blogosphere, where some younger Catholics are ready to blow a whistle on the bishops.
"This is the first generation to be born after Roe v. Wade, and these young Catholics see abortion as a social injustice for which pro-choice Catholic politicians -- and those bishops and pastors too timid to rebuke them -- bear great responsibility," said Colleen Carroll Campbell, author of "The New Faithful: Why Young Adults Are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy."
"So it makes sense that much of the interest and information on this issue is coming from the ranks of 'new faithful' Catholic bloggers,' said Campbell.
But it has also created an overcharged atmosphere as Election Day approaches. The bishops' fall meeting takes place, according to a longtime scheduling practice, just after the election.
Respect for Unborn Human Life: The Church's Constant Teaching:
"The Discipline Regarding the Denial of Holy Communion to Those Obstinately Persevering in Manifest Grave Sin," by Archbishop Raymond L. Burke.
Statement on Responsibilities of Catholics in Public Life
March 10, 2006
"Happy Are Those Who Are Called to His Supper: On Preparing to Receive Christ Worthily in the Eucharist"
Nov. 14, 2006
"Worthiness to Receive Holy Communion". Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, published July 2004 on the Italian news site, www.chiesa.com.
http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo /7055?eng=y
Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility from the Catholic Bishops of the United States. May 2008
Evangelium vitae, Encyclical letter of The Gospel of Life, Pope John Paul II, 1995
Ecclesia de Eucharistia, Encyclical on the Eucharist, Pope John Paul II, 2003. http://www.vatican.va/edocs/ENG0821/_INDEX.HTM
Recent Church statements relating to abortion, holy Communion
The encyclical letter Evangelium Vitae ('"The Gospel of Life"), 1995, by Pope John Paul II.
"Abortion and euthanasia are thus crimes which no human law can claim to legitimize. There is no obligation in conscience to obey such laws; instead there is a grave and clear obligation to oppose them by conscientious objection. ... In the case of an intrinsically unjust law, such as a law permitting abortion or euthanasia, it is therefore never licit to obey it, or to 'take part in a propaganda campaign in favour of such a law, or vote for it.'"
Letter of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, published July 2004.
"When 'these precautionary measures [private admonition by a pastor to a Catholic politician who consistently promotes abortion or euthanasia] have not had their effect or in which they were not possible,' and the person in question, with obstinate persistence, still presents himself to receive the holy Eucharist, 'the minister of holy Communion must refuse to distribute it' (cf. Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts Declaration "Holy Communion and Divorced, Civilly Remarried Catholics" [2002], nos. 3-4). This decision, properly speaking, is not a sanction or a penalty. Nor is the minister of holy Communion passing judgment on the person's subjective guilt, but rather is reacting to the person's public unworthiness to receive holy Communion due to an objective situation of sin."
"Catholics in Political Life," developed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Task Force on Catholic Bishops and Catholic Politicians in collaboration with Cardinal Francis George, O.M.I., Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M.Cap., and Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl. Approved for publication by the bishops at their June 2004 meeting.
"The question has been raised as to whether the denial of holy Communion to some Catholics in political life is necessary because of their public support for abortion on demand. Given the wide range of circumstances involved in arriving at a prudential judgment on a matter of this seriousness, we recognize that such decisions rest with the individual bishop in accord with the established canonical and pastoral principles. Bishops can legitimately make different judgments on the most prudent course of pastoral action. Nevertheless, we all share an unequivocal commitment to protect human life and dignity and to preach the Gospel in difficult times."
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued "Happy Are Those Who Are Called to His Supper: On Preparing to Receive Christ Worthily in the Eucharist" on Nov. 14, 2006, to explain the Church's teaching on reception of Holy Communion. Although it does not directly mention abortion, numerous bishops have cited it in reference to questions about whether pro-choice politicians should receive Communion.
Here are some excerpts:
Who may receive holy Communion?
With few exceptions, only those who are members of the Catholic Church may receive holy Communion at a Catholic liturgy. Being baptized and sharing in the Church's faith are, therefore, conditions for full participation in the Sacrament of the Eucharist, which culminates in the reception of holy Communion.
Should we ever refrain from receiving holy Communion?
In virtue of our membership in the Catholic Church we are ordinarily free to receive holy Communion unless we lack sanctifying grace or lack adherence to the teaching of the Catholic Church.
Lack of sanctifying grace means willfully violating God's law in a grave matter. [Some examples listed by the bishops are: missing Mass on Sunday without a serious reason, dishonoring one's parents by neglecting them in their need or infirmity, committing murder, including abortion and euthanasia, sexual abuse of another, harboring deliberate hatred of another, engaging in sexual activity outside the bonds of a valid marriage.]
Lack of adherence to Church teaching: As Catholics we believe what the Church authoritatively teaches on matters of faith and morals, for to hear the voice of the Church, on matters of faith and morals, is to hear the voice of Christ himself. ... Individuals who experience serious difficulties with or doubts about Church teaching should carefully study those Church teachings from authentic sources and seek advice from a confessor or pastor. If a Catholic in his or her personal or professional life were knowingly and obstinately to reject the defined doctrines of the Church, or knowingly and obstinately to repudiate her definitive teaching on moral issues, however, he or she would seriously diminish his or her communion with the Church. Reception of holy Communion in such a situation would not accord with the nature of the Eucharistic celebration, so that he or she should refrain.
Giving public scandal: When a person is publicly known to have committed serious sin or to have rejected definitive Church teaching and is not yet reconciled with the Church, reception of holy Communion by that person is likely to cause scandal for others. ... To give scandal means more than to cause other people to be shocked or upset by what one does. Rather, one's action leads someone else to sin.
Valerie Schmalz is an OSV contributing editor.
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Below are some playblasts of the tests that I did, It took a lot of adjusting the noise on the placement node to get a result that worked for me.
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Major Project - Ocean Test
Today has been spent working on tests for the ocean scene, as it is one that will be difficult to pull off. Alan gave me some great advice on how to create it using the 2d placement node and soft bodies. Here is the end result thus far, I need to figure out a way of moving an object through the water while having it follow the movement of the ocean, so far it is just attached by a rivet.
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