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Exhibit 1. The Panel on Contexts and Consequences
|Tomás A. Arciniega, Ph.D.
California State University at Bakersfield
John T. Casteen III, Ph.D. (Panel Co-Chair)
University of Virginia
Fred J. Donodeo, M.P.A.
Marketing and Program Analyst
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Ms. Peggy Eastman
Author and Journalist
Vivian B. Faden, Ph.D.
Chief, Epidemiology Branch
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Edward T. Foote II, LL.B.
President Emeritus and Chancellor and Former President
University of Miami
Ellen R. Gold, Ph.D.
Director, University Health Services
Eastern Michigan University
Mark S. Goldman, Ph.D.
Distinguished Research Professor
Department of Psychology
University of South Florida
Mr. Brant Woodrow Grimes
University of North Dakota
Harold D. Holder, Ph.D.
Director and Senior Scientist
Prevention Research Center
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Michael K. Hooker, Ph.D. (deceased)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Patrick Johnson, Ph.D.
Division of Health and Treatment and Analysis
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
|William E. Kirwan, Ph.D.
Ohio State University
Mr. Stephen W. Long
Executive Officer
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
James E. Lyons, Sr., Ph.D.
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Rev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C.
University of Notre Dame
Ms. Lindsey Bronwyn Mercer
University of California at Berkeley
Kenneth J. Sher, Ph.D.
Curators' Professor
Department of Psychological Sciences
University of Missouri–Columbia
Mr. Patrick Henry Sweet III
University of Virginia
Henry Wechsler, Ph.D.
Lecturer and Director of College Alcohol Studies
Department of Health and Social Behavior
Harvard School of Public Health
Ms. Joan Wehner Masters
University of Missouri–Columbia
Sharon C. Wilsnack, Ph.D. (Panel Co-Chair)
Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor
Department of Neuroscience
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Robert A. Zucker, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Director, Division of Substance Abuse, Department of Psychiatry
Director, Alcohol Research Center
University of Michigan
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Sue Feamster at the University of Kentucky was an early – and still is – a loud voice for female athletes.
With two girls at home, both of them jocks, I got involved in the movement up to my ears. I coached both girls and boys in the Lyndon Recreation program for more than 20 years, culminating in a girls' state softball championship in the Governor's Games.
When my youngest girl was 5 years old, she wanted to play in the worst way.
The man who was in charge of the Lyndon program said, "We just don't have enough girls who want to play," so I signed her up in the Crescent Hill program.
The next year I was determined that my daughter was going to play at Lyndon, considering that I and a friend got the land for the Lyndon program. And another friend, Tony Craver, and I had spent an entire weekend painting the concession stand.
So I approached my friend who ran the program and told him that I didn't want to cause any trouble, but that if he didn't let my girl sign up I was going to sue.
He said, "Oh, we will open up tee-ball and softball to five and six year old girls. Two or three may sign up so we'll just assign one of them to a team."
So many girls signed up that we had to have separate boys' and girls' leagues.
At the same time, I hired the first two women sportswriters in the history of The Courier-Journal. Now just about all daily papers have female writers and editors.
When my oldest girl was at UK, she and some friends organized a club co-ed rugby team. They paid all of their own expenses. The only time I saw them play, UK met the University of Louisville at the Cardinals' Shelbyville Road campus. It was a cold, cold day. Just before the game, all of the UK men ran to the other side of the field and turned their backs. A UK mother asked what they were doing. Someone said, "They're (urinating), what do you think they are doing?"
Asked the mother, "Well, what are our girls supposed to do?" No one had an answer for that one.
My youngest daughter played varsity softball four years at Harvard. They played other Ivy League teams plus some other Eastern schools. No scholarships, but Harvard's athletic department did pay travel expenses.
When the one at Harvard was growing up, she won a state tennis championship plus a Southern Indoor title. That, plus softball and a summer session at Radcliffe before her senior year in high school opened the door for her at Harvard.
I tell you all of this because you don't have to let your daughters be treated as second-class citizens because of their sex.
When I was president of the Associated Press Sports Editors, a national organization, I invited a veteran of the women's wars to speak to us. One of our guys asked her, "How can we get more female readers?"
Her reply: "You have (left) us out of your sports sections. Cover what we are doing and you will get us to read your papers."

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John Paul II said what now?
Last Monday, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, Vatican ambassador to the United States, reminded the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that Pope Francis prefers shepherds who smell like the sheep, not ermine. The speech was remarkable for its directness. "[Francis] wants 'pastoral' bishops," Vigano told the USCCB, who were preparing to vote for their next president, "not bishops who profess or follow a particular ideology." What's more, Vigano cited a text well loved by liberal Catholics, Pope Paul VI's Evangelii Nuntiandi (1975): "It is primarily by her conduct and by her life that the church will evangelize the world, in other words by her living witness of fidelity to the Lord Jesus — the witness of poverty and detachment, of freedom in the face of the powers of this world, in short, the witness of sanctity."
That Vigano chose to lean on Evangelii Nuntiandi is even more interesting because of its history. The document was written in response to the synod of bishops on evangelization, and it conceives of the church not only as teacher but also as learner:
The Church is an evangelizer, but she begins by being evangelized herself. She is the community of believers, the community of hope lived and communicated, the community of brotherly love, and she needs to listen unceasingly to what she must believe, to her reasons for hoping, to the new commandment of love.
In advance of next year's synod, Pope Francis has asked the world's bishops to ask their parishioners about a range of issues, including gay marriage and contraception, and report back. He wants to know where his people are. "For the church," Paul VI wrote, "evangelizing means bringing the Good News into all the strata of humanity, and through its influence transforming humanity from within and making it new." Sound familiar? (For more of Pope Francis's commentary on the missionary character of the church, and the kinds of bishops required to carry it out, see his recent message to Guadalupe pilgrims: "The attitude of the true shepherd is not that of a courtier or of a mere functionary, focusing principally on discipline, rules and organizational mechanisms.")
Most of Vigano's speech reads like a rearticulation of Pope Francis's call for Christians not to get trapped in the sacristy. But about two-thirds of the way in, it gets weird. Vigano drops in an apocalyptic passage attributed to John Paul II, in which the late pope warns that "we are now facing the final confrontation between the church and the anti-church, between the gospel and the anti-gospel, between Christ and the antichrist." Sounds scary. Vigano claims John Paul delivered those remarks in a 1976 speech at a Eucharistic congress in Philadelphia. But that address doesn't contain those words.
Run a search on the passage and you'll find it all over (often conservative) Catholic websites. George Weigel refers to it in his biography of John Paul II, Witness to Hope: "These remarks are cited on the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal, November 9, 1978, and attributed to Wojtyla's 'last speech in the U.S. in September 1976, as quoted in the New York City News (an interim strike newspaper).'" Sure enough, that's where it appeared.
From August 10 to November 5, 1978, a strike shut down New York City's three major newspapers. I can't find the New York City News edition that first quoted the speech. Nor can I find the rest of the speech. Just this excerpt. In some places it's mistakenly identified as part of Wojtyla's '76 talk in Philadelphia. Others say it's from a speech he gave to the U.S. bishops. Vigano claims John Paul adapted the comments from the diary of St. Faustina Kowalska, who "greatly influenced [John Paul's] spirituality." But I searched that text for key terms in the passage and came up with nothing. Stranger still, Vigano's version of the text is slightly different. He adds "courageously" to the last sentence of the first paragraph. Was he working with a different text? Where did he get it? And why does Wojtyla refer to "our nation"? Is he talking about the Polish church? The United States?
So what gives? Why did the nuncio go fishing for a thinly sourced John Paul II quote that's so out of keeping with the rest of his address? For the sake of the appearance of continuity? Because he knows how many U.S. bishops were appointed by John Paul? I'm at a loss. How about you?
(Update: See John Hittinger's comment below for some good intel. The hive mind at work.)
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Most of Vigano's speech reads like a rearticulation of Pope Francis's call for Christians not to get trapped in the sacristy. But about two-thirds of the way in, it gets weird.
Grant - appreciate your research into this question of the Cardinal Wojtyla citation, and I look forward to whatever additional info gets unearthed about it.
Regarding your characterization of Vigano's speech which I've pasted here: I do think there is a certain unity to his speech, such that the reference to the passage attributed to Wjotyla is not necessarily an unexpected detour. I'd outline Vigano's main points like this:
- The church's mission is to proclaim the Gospel to the people
- The church does this most effectively when it's leaders are pastoral, meeting the people where they are, listening to them, and leading lives of holiness and simplicity
- In order to fulfill this mission, the church must take care to be good and faithful stewards of the Good News, and proclaim the Gospel in its integrity
- Fulling this mission is more important than ever, because there are powerful strands of evil in the world that would seek to prevent the Good News from being proclaimed. Many people do not fully appreciate what is at stake.
The only part of the apocalyptic excerpt cited by Viganó that appears to come from St. Faustina's diary is the phrase "within the plans of divine Providence" in #693. She recounts there a visit of the Archbishop of Vilnius to the convent. She had a chance to speak with him about her work of mercy and he was favorably disposed to it. He told her, "Sister, be completely at peace, if this is within the plans of providence, it will come about..." The context is quite different than the one in the putative quotation from John Paul II.
If you really want to trace it, then Christopher Hagerdorn, son of the Hagerdon who was editor of the New York City News, probably has a copy of that newspaper. http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Hagedorn.Publishing.914-636-7400
I am intrigued.
I have to wonder what will happen to the exclusive interview of Pope Francis with [The] Commonweal in fifty years. So many memorable quotes in that interview! I wonder if Pope John Paul II gave a similar interview to the New York City News?
Re: "Vigano drops in an apocalyptic passage attributed to John Paul II, in which the late pope warns that "we are now facing the final confrontation between the church and the anti-church, between the gospel and the anti-gospel, between Christ and the antichrist." Sounds scary. Vigano claims John Paul delivered those remarks in a 1976 speech at a Eucharistic congress in Philadelphia. But that address doesn't contain those words."
It is possible Pope John Paul II made the statement soon after the Eucharistic Congress. See: "Heralds of the Second Coming: Our Lady, the Divine Mercy, and the Popes of the Marian Era from Blessed Pius IX to Benedict XVI" (p. 96). Angelico Press. Kindle Edition:
"At the conclusion of a trip to the United States of America in 1976, the Polish Cardinal, Karol Wojtyla, the Archbishop of Krakow, spoke in similar terms: We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has gone through. I do not think the wide circle of the American society or the wide circle of the Christian community realize this fully. We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the Anti-Church, of the Gospel versus the Anti-Gospel. This confrontation lies within the plans of divine providence; it is a trial which the whole Church, and the Polish Church in particular, must take up. 3"
Footnote 3 cites "Vincent P. Miceli, The Antichrist (Harrison, NY: Roman Catholic Books, 1981), 5."
Those comments were made by Cardinal Wojtyla in August 1976, I believe at Orchard Lake Michigan, at the spiritual and academic center for Polonia, St Cyril and Methodius Seminary. Wojtyla visited in in 1969 and 1976. I was academic dean at Orchard Lake 2001--2003. A group of us viisted Krakow in 2002 and CArdinal Franciszek Macharski spoke glowingly about Orchard Lake. I found an account of Wojtyla's 1976 visit in For God, Country and Polonia: One Hundred Years of Orchard Lake Schools, by Frank Renkiewicz, p. 146. Here is the quote:
We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-Church, of the Gospel and the anti-Gospel. . . . We all realize it is not an easy matter, and a great deal of it depends upon the outcome on the Vistula. I think that Polonia is perhaps the most aware of it, and it seems to me that other layers of American society are less enlightened in this respect and simply eliminate the problem from their sphere of interests. Polonia, which shares Poland's sentiments, feels the significance of the confrontation going on at the banks of the Vistula. It is a trial of not only our nation and Church, but in a sense a test of two thousand years culture and Christian civilization with all of its consequences for human dignity, human rights and the rights of nations. As the number of people who understand the importance of this confrontation increase in Poland and America, we can look with greater trust towards the outcome of this confrontation. The Church has gone through many trials, as has the Polish nation, and has emerged victorious even though at a cost of great sacrifice.
The notes cites this source: Kosciuszko Foundation Newsletter 31:2 (1976-19770, PP. 11-12
see a blog entry I did on this http://jp2forum.blogspot.com/search?q=vistula
I never checked to the Eucharistic congress speech and assumed Weigel's quote was simply because he made the same speech twice or variations of the same speech. But it must have been a special speech to the Polish Americans in Orchard Lake.
I am glad that you are contiunuing this story. I attended the Eucharistic Congress but did not hear Cardianal Wpjtyla's address. I probably could have since my best friend was on the staff of the mayor (Frank Rizzo), and was involved in the planning of the Congress. (She did get me a ticket to Grace Kelly's address on the Family.0
I found some information on a Google search.
"Before becoming pope in 1978, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla visited the United States twice. In 1969 he traveled to 12 cities in 12 days. He spent six weeks in the United States in 1976, visiting 13 cities, lecturing at universities and attending the 41st International Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia."
He certainly knew a good deal about the U.S.dioceses and bishops. Apparently, he visited all the major dioceses in the U.S. even those on the west coast. He also gave an adress at Harvard.
Cardinal Wojtyla had come to the U.S. during August of 1976, accompanied by 21 other bishops and archbishops from Poland, to participate in the 41st Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia. They then toured various Polish-centric parishes throughout the States.
Can it be that the bishops who accompanied him are the ones referred to by some as the hearers of this speech?
I am surprised that many bishops would be permitted to leave Communist Poland.
I am not perplexed by what is reported to be Karol Wojtyla/JP II's comments in the late 1970s. It was not out of kilter with his worldview on a host of issues ranging from Western society, women, and human sexuality.
Some of his speeches at the beginning of his pontificate did include positive comments about America society, but in later years there was a marked decline in the warmth of the pope's messages to Americans. He blamed abortions and many other social ills on moral relativism and consumerism of affluent Western nations, where he believed almost everything was for sale, including human life...a disturbingly incomplete view of these socities.
His opinions on women were equally perplexing. It reflected a view that women were "different but equal" (with men) but emphasized the superiority of women's supportive roles as wives, mothers and nuns. He believed that feminism and exterior emancipation "split" the personalities of women, especially those with professional training and asperations. It was his view that the Western feminist culture devalued the work of mothers and made women who want to be full-time wives and mothers feel ignorant and deficient. This was also an incomplete view of Western society and feminism.
Perhaps one of the admonitions Francis should give is for any Catholic officials refrain from making predictions about the end of the world. Isn'tt it enough that these predictions have been constantly wrong throughout history? Even the Apostle and others of his time got this wrong.
"We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the Anti-Church, of the Gospel versus the Anti-Gospel." I too found this a little disconcerting. I have harped for years on my assessment that the fruit of the antigospel is not casual antagonism to gospel values, but people actually bailing on the Church. The single verifiable antigospel event of this century is the cover-up of sexual predators. This isn't just Boston, Ireland, or Poland. It has been and will be a worldwide hemorrhage if the bishops do not address it honestly and with humility and contrition. As for crazy sexual expressions on tv and video game violence, these things we can deal with--we can offer clear alternatives to empty and cheap passions.
Having pulled off the masterful coup of an interview with Pope Francis, surely it would be child's play for Commonweal to gain an interview with his Nuncio.
Money question: "Eccellenza, what is the source of your now infamous "quote" from the late, soon-to-be-canonized Pontiff; and what was your intent in using it in your address?
Assai semplice. Or am I missing something?
predictions about the end of the world. Isn'tt it enough that these predictions have been constantly wrong throughout history?
But Bill, such predictions are bound to be wrong throughout history except the last time they will be made!
So, let me see if I have this right ... some here on this blog stream are surprised that JP2 was an apocalyptist? Even from a distance it should not have been that hard for folks to see the expansive self-perception of our Polish brother of fond memory.
Don't the Sancto Subito crowd believe that JP2's flights of narcissistic fantasy as being the Slavic savior of the church are the stuff of legend, perhaps even qualifying as one of the soon-to-be-sainted pope' required three miracles?
Come on, people ... this is the stuff of myth-making in action right before our eyes. This is one of the few things that the church is still good at anymore.
I believe the real import of the message from the chasened curial gofer Vigano - who had to go into external exile as US nuncio - the real message to American bishops is that the Vatican now that we have a Jesuit pope is under new management.
American hierarchs are now going to have to recalibrate their obsequiousness in their climb up the ladder. New behaviors on the part of the formerly omnipotent and nearly infallible hierarchs will have to be re-learned, for many, it will be for the first time: humility, justice, poor in spirit.
It's certainly hard to teach old dogs new tricks. Maybe Vigano was just attempting to motivate his brother bishops with a little end-times imagery in the spirit of scripture where Peter quoted the prophet Joel:
And it shall be in the last days ... that I will pour forth of my spirit on all [human]kind; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams."
To paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld: You go into reform and renewal with the hierarchs you have; and not the hierarchs you might want to have at a later time.
God bless him, Papa Francesco has his work cut-out for himself.
John Hittinger's comment from 11/19 seems to provide the original context of Cardinal Wojtyla's quote. Its ground seems to be the tensions between Communist authorities and political dissidents that were taking place in Poland in the 1970s. It seems the future pope intuited a resonance from that specific, concrete human situation to a spiritual/apocalyptic reality that is vaster in its cosmic scope and meaning.
If that is so, then Viganó in turn seems to be suggesting that the current situation in the US (what that situation is, isn't specified) resonates with that same spiritual/apocalyptic reality.
What exactly is this thread trying to resolve? Is there an achievable outcome?
"What exactly is this thread trying to resolve? Is there an achievable outcome?"
This statment of JPII was quoted in a major address of the papal nuncio to the US. bishops.
We are trying to get the source of Vigano's quote. Surely, someone knows.
Presumably Vigano knows. Ask him whence and why?
"I would like to call your attention to the words the then-Cardinal Wojtyla is reported to have given in an address during the Eucharistic Congress in 1976 for the Bicentennial celebration of the signing of the Declaration of independence. it seems to be so profoundly prophetic."
Vigano said that "the then-Cardinal Wojtyla is reported to have given... ."
Maybe Vigano does not know precisely the source. Maybe he has speech writers!
But the when of the quote is less important to me than the why of the quote.
Maybe Vigano does not know precisely the source.
I agree that's entirely possible. Sometimes, quotes or passages take on a life of their own, and tend to circulate apart from whatever the original context of it was. That could be the case here.
I have to admit that I am lost as to the significance of using Cardinal Wojtyla's statement. If we assume that it is correct, then what is the point? That he is exaggering reality, being too mystical and apolcalyptic? What do people think was Vigano's objective in using this quote? To freighten the bishops into action? I admit it was a strange use of Cardinal Wojtyla/JP II's so-called quotation, but then again, I am usually perplexed by both papal and Vatican pronouncements. In this case, I am still uncertain as to Pope Francis's objectives and intentions. I am cautiously hopeful because his statements have an undertone of possible reform of both the authoritative ecclesial structure and some teachings about marial ethics. Time will tell.
MIchael - there is a rather common point of view that the American bishops are massively aligned with the old, culture-warrior way of doing business, while Francis is espousing a new, fresh approach. To the extent that is true, it would seem to be incumbent on the American bishops to step off the old train and board the new train.
The speech, with its reference to Evangelii Nuntiandi, starts out in a way that would seem to confirm that point of view. But just as the symphony seems to working its way toward a fine resolution, without warning it introduces this new apocalyptic theme. It comes as a bit of a jolt. The John Paul passage would seem to support and confirm the culture-warrior stance.
A bit more on how a passage can be lifted out of its original context and put to unforeseen uses: this sentence, attributed to Cardinal George, has been quoted by a number of writers and speakers:
"I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will die a martyr in the public square."
The origin of that quote has also proven to be difficult to track down. This blog post claims to report the original context.
Thanks, I appreciate your comments but fully understood the issue you are making. I did not read into the quote by JP II as something dramatically opposed to what Vignano was saying. It was "ambigously relevant/rrelevant" with the emphasis on ambiguous. Clearly, I agree with your point that the quote does support the culture-warrior philosophy, but there was no link to the idea that bishops need to "get out of their houses and into the streets to meet the people and proclaim the Good News" and not be consumed with small minded rules and norms.
This is precisely why I said that I am not certain of Pope Francis' intentions and goals. Based on his comments, he appears to be a progressive, a welcomed one. On the other hand, his comments appear to say that he does not intend to change any teaching. Calling a Synod on the Family in 2014 and 2015, and asking for input from everyone is a great first step. However, the structure of the questionaire and the method to ascertain accurate responses in a timeframe of about 8 weeks (all results due to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops by December 31st), is replete with major problems. Some bishops (e.g., Chaput) posted the qusetionaire online for parishioners to respond). Other bishops have not made any decision about how to secure the answers as we speak (e.g. my parish priest has heard nothing yet from his bishop).
Perhaps, this will all come together and be successful, but I have my doubts since the questions are written as though they are directed at priests, not parishioners. Also, the answers are to be hand-written onto the questionaire. Collecting, interpreting and summarizing such answers will be a monumental task...all by December 31st.
What would not be acceptable would be an inaccurate reflection on the opinion, attitudes and practices of Catholics on family issues under consideration.
If the use of apocalyptic language by Popes or Vatican ambassadors concerns some people, shouldn't they be looking into why Pope Francis alluded to the apocalyptic novel "The Lord of the World"? This is not the first time he has referenced this work.
See, it's the smarminess in the "go fishing," the "thinly sourced," the "It gets weird" that's so off putting, no? Why is it so easy to assume that those with whom we disagree must be motivated so superficially as to feel the need to shoe-horn in language merely "for the sake of the appearance of continuity"?
Is it not possible that the nuncio deliberately cited a text well loved by liberal Catholics precisely because it's liberal Catholics that he feels need most to hear that the Church begins by evangelizing herself? That, yes, even liberal editors must learn, as well as teach?
Or I am just getting weird? Or am I asking too many questions?
Perhaps the anti-church referred to is a church of ideological, political bishops.
It is clear that the papacy of JP II was a papacy of obedience to rules and norms. During the period 1978-2005 the focus was on sexual ethics which consumed his papacy. No priest who whispered for a re-thinking about any Church teaching would ever become a bishop.
Equally important, the primacy of conscience, as explicated in Dignitatis humanae, was redefined by JP iI in his encyclica Vertitatis Spendor as obedience to the Magisterium because the Magisterium only teaches the truth and Catholics should be ability to discern the truth. In other words, your conscience is right if it agrees with the Magisterium. Otherwise, it is misguided and distorted by a diabolical a cancer inflecting Catholics by a secular culture obsessed with individualism, relativism and consumerism.
There was no tolerance for anyone who disagreed with the philosophy and theology of JP II. In fact, in 1989 the CDF with JP II's blessing, issued an expanded Creed, required by those who accept ordination or an office in the church. It added 3 paragraphs to the Nicene-Constantinopolitian Creed in substance saying "I believe all this is divinely revealed even if not in the Creed", and "I embrace and hold all that the church has definitively taught", and again "I adhere with religious respect or submission, obsequium, to official proclamations even if they were not intended to be definitive". I ask: Does this new profession of faith serve the cause of unity or does it stifle legitimate thoeological discourse in disagreement?
Why is anyone surprised that the current hierarchy is replete with idealogical, political bishops of a certain persuasion?
Dignitatis humanae teaches that the state should respect the sacred right of every individual to act according to his or her conscience. Consequently, Catholics are under no obligation to theoretically support the creation of a Catholic confessional state as long as it becomes politically feasible. This teaching greatly helped the ecumenical movement. Dignitatis humanae is about the relationship between church and state, not the relationship between the individual's conscience and the Church's teaching magisterium. Obviously, a person's conscience can be objectively wrong. That doesn't mean that the definitive teachings of the Church's magisterium can be objectively wrong, and Dignitatis Humanae certainly does not say that these teachings are fallible. Blessed John Paul II did not "redefine" any concepts in "Dignitatis humanae".
As a seminarian, I was present at the '76 Eucharistic Congress and remember no such statement by the then Karol Cardinal Wojtyła. I may have been distracted at the moment he said it, but I think I would have remembered such a startling statement. This said, in his '76 Lenten reflections to Paul VI and the papal staff, he did make a parallel statement about this time possibly being the moment of the revelation of the man of iniquity and, thus, the final confrontation between the Truth and the lie, the Gospel and the anti-gospel, the Christ and the antichrist, etc. The retreat was published as Sign of Contradicition under the authorship of Karol Wojtyła. The relevant material is found in the first section, pp. 31, 34-35.
Here are a few quoted below, and they are startling:
We may be "experiencing the highest level of tension between the Word and the anti-word in the whole of human history." ….. "We may now be wondering if this is the last lap along that way of denial which started out from around the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. To us, who know the whole bible from Genesis to revelation, no stretch of that route can come as a surprise. We accept with trepidation but also with hope the inspired words of the Apostle Paul, "Let no man deceive you in any way, because first it is necessary for the rebellion to come, and for the man of sin, the son of perdition to reveal himself" (2 Thess 2,3)
According to Wojtyła , " that way of denial," which begins with taking the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil evolves to an eventual denial of God (the human person is the only god) and finally to denying even Satan (the human person's being only real demon).
It is quite dramatically similar to another quote he made in the 1976 Lenten sermons before Paul VI (today found in the book Sign of Contradiction, Seabury Press, NY, 1979 p.35) ---SH


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Panjiva data shows seasonal growth, but long-term economic concerns linger
Even though there are more questions than answers when it comes to the economy and its growth rate, data from Panjiva, an online search engine with detailed information on global suppliers and manufacturers, showed a seasonal increase in the number of United States-bound waterborne shipments.
Based on its data, Panjiva saw a 5 percent gain in U.S.-bound shipments from June to July, coming in at 1,079,009. This follows 7 and 8 percent gains in April and May, respectively, and a 1 percent dip in June. On an annual basis, July shipments were down 1.2 percent from July 2010 at 1,092,255.
And the number of global manufacturers shipping to the U.S. in July at 149,759 represented a 2 percent increase from June. Panjiva said this is in line with a flat gain from the same period a year ago and 7 percent and 6 percent gains, respectively, in 2009 and 2008.
"The shipment numbers are pretty good although we are still facing significant headwinds," said Panjiva CEO Josh Green in an interview. "That said, it is hard to have a lot of optimism for the second half of this year, but if history is any guide we are likely to see more seasonal increases from July to August."
But if consumer confidence ends up eroding further, shipment numbers are likely to follow suite and will be reflected with low inventories, said Green.
Should things not improve significantly on the economic front for the remainder of the calendar year, Green said things could fall off precipitously in the second half, as lower shipments reflect orders that retailers are making now.
"The holiday season will be decisive as we head into 2012, and if it turns out that consumers were reasonably resilient in the face of all these economic headwinds, I think people will breathe a sigh of relief that we are not entering a double-dip recession and get back to building their businesses," he said. "But if consumers pull back, which leads to a double-dip, it will be a while before there is again sustained growth again. The key thing people want to know is if we have hit bottom yet, and consumers will be a bellwether of the holiday season."
And even with signs of seasonal growth apparent in Panjiva's most recent batch of data, the economy, especially in recent weeks, still appears to be on shaky ground. Reasons for this vary, but some of the primary ones include: high unemployment, a sluggish housing market, the aftermath of the resolved U.S. debt ceiling crisis and the subsequent downgrading of the nation's credit rating by Standard and Poor's.
What's more, export growth, a primary driver of the White House's economic recovery plan, saw downward figures, with U.S. exports falling 2.3 percent to $171 billion from May to June, according to the United States Department of Commerce. June imports dropped 0.8 percent in June to $224 billion, putting the trade deficit at $53.1 billion which is the biggest gap in imports and exports since October 2008.


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I remember that there was a possibility that one could take a ride in a military MiG. I think at one point the cost was $15k.
Are there any other places that would allow a person to take such a ride?
I remember that there was a possibility that one could take a ride in a military MiG. I think at one point the cost was $15k.
Are there any other places that would allow a person to take such a ride?
Getting a ride in an ex-military jet is totally doable; pilots love to fly, and it's even better when someone else is footing the bill. Ex-military aircraft in private ownership are often called "warbirds", and searching for that term will provide many leads. Here's one:
If you're serious, you could even troll the FAA aircraft registration database for exotic planes, and contact the owners directly (or use your findings for more targetted googling). Another fruitful technique would be to simply google for particular aircraft types. For example, the L-39 is a Czechloslovak jet trainer of which there are many in private hands. Googling reveals the existence of the L-39 Enthusiasts group, which could certainly direct you to a pilot happy to give you a ride. One site quotes $3000 for a 45 minute ride.
Finally, aviation is sometimes a bit old-fashioned, and the best way to find what you want is often to simply show up at the airport and ask around. Someone will know someone and soon you will find your way into the cockpit of a warbird.
In Germany, at the Bitburg Aiprort, the former Bitburg Air Base, there is such a possibility. Well, they don't have MiG's, but you can have a flight on an L-39 Albatros, a trainer aircraft. There is a website in German. If want you to have more information, you can try to contact the guys.
adrenalin.com.au has some offers for Australia, and you have the choice between a L-39 fighter jet and a A37B ex-military jet.
Prices between AUD 1,200 (15mins flight) and AUD 2,700 (35mins flight) at the moment.
German event organizer Jochen Schweizer offers flying a MiG 29 in Nizhniy Novgorod for 14.5k EUR.
bestrussiantour.com has an offer for flying a MiG 29 and/or Mig 31 at the same place, with a price list for download.
Ken Thompson wrote an article about flying a MiG29 in Moscow. He booked the flight via a Miami based organization called Fly-With-Us. The article is a fun read, though possibly a bit dated: I discovered it many years ago.
There is a company in Florida that uses L39 Albatross planes and others for NASA type astronaut training.


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Matcha MacaronsOf the many types of macarons, Parisian style macarons with their sleek exterior and beautiful foot are the most popular. Our Matcha version is a guaranteed hit!
[Makes 16]
For the Macaron Batter:
Aiya Cooking Grade Matcha.............. 1 tbsp
Almond Powder..................................... 1/2 cup
Powdered Sugar.................................... 3/4 cup
Egg White.............................................. 2 whites
Powdered Sugar.................................... 1/4 cup
For the Filling:
Heavy Cream......................................... 1/3 cup
Sugar...................................................... 1 tsp
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- Sift the Matcha, almond powder, and 3/4 cup powdered sugar together.
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- Gently fold in the sifted dry ingredients half or thirds at a time until they are incorporated.
- Continue to gently mix until the batter takes on a thick, smooth, creamy texture.
- Spread some parchment paper onto a baking sheet and preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
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- Let rest at room temperature until the surface of the batter dries (approximately 30 minutes).
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One of the great things about being a 40 year-old radio station has been the opportunity to work with so many amazing local non-profit organizations and independent musicians. This weekend, Olympia will celebrate many of them at Love Our Local Fest.
Performers this year includ Sejd Behrend, Rag Darma, Mudgat, AKA and the Heart Hurt Goods, DJ Oki Brown, the Pine Hearts, the Brown Edition, Erev Rav, High Ceiling, Scott Askew, Blair Lundstedt, Chicadee, Mukana Marimba, the Hinges, Mike Mercer & Friends, Scuff and Al Show, the Lost Keys, and Los Hermanos Rumberos.
It's happening from 1 to 9 PM at Bethel St. NE and Sanfrancisco Ave. NE. The schedule and additional information is available at loveourlocalfest.org.


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7 True Stories That Prove The Airlines Hate You
It's hard for an industry to be more hated than insurance or telemarketing, but airlines have been trying for decades. Whether it's charging $50 to check one bag or bumping paying customers at a moment's notice, it truly seems like they couldn't give half a damn about their passengers.
Then, on some occasions, they really put in the extra effort to openly make the customers overtly hate them. For example...
#7. "Sorry, ma'am, but we mishandled your luggage. With fire."
Everybody who parts with their luggage at the airport does so with a twinge of nerves; afraid their bags will end up in some other city, or that some crazed baggage handler will sneak off to some private room to start trying on their undergarments. So when a United Airlines employee approached Shannon Tadel and asked to speak with her privately about a problem with her luggage, she probably assumed the worst.
We're guessing even by assuming the worst she was not prepared for when the man said that her bags were on fire.
As it turns out, Shannon's luggage was placed too close to an exhaust port on a belt loader, which was so hot it ignited the bags. She thought it was a prank until the pilot revealed himself to not be Ashton Kutcher and pointed out a Tarmac crew attempting to extinguish her clothing with a fire hose.
To make matters worse, her smoldering, water-logged luggage wouldn't be allowed on the flight. We're not sure if this was some kind of regulation or if they just wanted to see the look on her face.
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United apparently thought that a first class upgrade was enough of an apology for destroying a bag full of her clothing, and didn't respond to her reimbursement claim. They forced her to jump through many hoops and even dry-cleaned her destroyed clothing to try and lower the amount of the claim.
As usually happens, they kept running her through a maze of bullshit before Tadel went out and got the story made public via the Chicago Tribune. Suddenly United was all about pleasing the customer, becoming very compliant and apologetic, issuing her a check to cover her loss and assuring her that in no way did the public embarrassment factor into their decision to replace the possessions they set ablaze.
#6. "Either pay up, or leave your infant with me."
A fairly standard rule in the airline industry is that children under two can fly for free if they can sit in a parent's lap, at least on domestic flights. International flights generally levy a 10 percent charge on the parent's ticket, called a baby fare, we guess for the extra gas it takes to transport a baby.
Probably varies according to size of the baby
So Brian Burns paid for his tickets to Greece, took his infant son and had a wonderful trip. Then when it was time to return to America, he went to the Athens airport where he was told he'd have to pay a little more to get his child back home.
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And by a little more, we mean $320. That's how much the fuel surcharge was on the baby ticket that Delta Airlines forced Burns to buy to get his kid on the plane to return home. They had managed to not bring this up when Burns was buying his ticket in America to get to Greece. The options were basically either pay the fare, or dump the child at a Greek orphanage and go back without him.
Though we guess for less than $320 he could probably have just mailed the baby back. Just stick lots of Styrofoam peanuts in there and some jars of baby food...
#5. One Flight Forward, Two Flights Back.
AeroMexico Flight 670 was heading nonstop from Mexico City to Seattle when, near their destination, they ran into a bank of fog. They were forced to divert to Portland, in order to get their customers to their connections on time. Never an industry to pass up fucking with non-white customers, the airline made sure this didn't happen.
To be fair, AeroMexico couldn't control the fact that Portland International Airport didn't have any customs agents available to process their foreign passengers, so they were powerless as their customers sat on the tarmac for four hours, gradually growing more pissed off. In fact, the passengers became so irate that the cops had to show up to keep them on the plane after they realized that they were trapped in the plot of a bad Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg collaboration.
In light of the escalating situation, and taking into consideration the proximity of the flight's intended destination of Seattle, AeroMexico did the only intelligent and courteous thing it could do: It made them fly the 2,000-plus miles back to Mexico.
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Oh, also, the flight left without stocking any food. The situation was so offensive that local firefighters literally went to McDonald's and got everybody onboard a hamburger out of pity.
Upon landing back in Mexico City, AeroMexico didn't bother to offer any of the passengers food or hotel vouchers, though they did hand out several coupons for free entrees at T.G.I. Go Fuck Yourself.
#4. Hyphens Are Confusing, Evil
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee booked a ticket from Toronto to Florida, arrived at the airport and walked to the ticket counter, all without knowing that her day was about to be ruined by punctuation.
A keen eye might notice that Stephanie has a hyphenated last name, just like around 10 percent of new brides do. Ms. Pearl-McPhee had actually run into problems before where airlines had missed the hyphen and assumed that Pearl was her middle name. Of course, after showing her passport, the ticket was always corrected. It's not the sort of thing that takes a team of physicists and a supercomputer to figure out.
However, on this trip, the airline decided to screw logic right up the ass, saying that altering her ticket to include the hyphen constituted a name change and thus was against the rules.
Crash Landing:
After arguing through about 15 minutes of this, Pearl-McPhee decided to cancel her original ticket and just buy a new one. The airline informed her that there were no more seats available on the flight. Even though she just opened one by canceling. They presumably couldn't give a seat to this "Stephanie Pearl-McPhee" person because "Stephanie Pearl McPhee" could still show up and demand it back.


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Determining Wheel Alignment - String Your CarWritten by on January 4, 2012 Stringing your car to determine wheel alignment is decidedly old school, but it's also effective, efficient and cheap.
Sometimes it's just hard to beat the old-fashioned way of doing things. This can definitely be true when it comes to squaring your car, or checking the alignment of all four wheels. Manufacturers have come up with lots of different solutions involving elaborate rigging systems, lasers, jigs, and other contraptions, and many of these devices work really well. But they can also be expensive, time consuming and finicky to use.
On the other hand, racers have been achieving the same results for decades with nothing more than a ball of string, four jackstands, a tape measure, and a plumb bob. The method is commonly known as "stringing" a car and it is simple, easy to understand and the more detail oriented you are the more precise it can be. Different racers have developed different methods of stringing a race car, but we're going to show you the simplest and most popular method. After properly stringing your car, you'll be able to determine the car's wheelbase on both the left and right sides, the individual toe on the left and right side (which is not the same as the total amount of toe-in or toe-out), whether the car is rolling true or crabbing and the tread width front to rear.
Begin by placing your car in a level area of your shop with the suspension set up so that it is sitting at ride height. You also need to have mounted up a set of relative new tires on unbent rims.
Now you're ready to run your strings. Tie a length of string a few feet longer than the wheelbase of your car to two jackstands. Technically, what you tie your string to doesn't have to be a jackstand, but they are the best height and weight and extras are almost always lying around in every race shop. Whatever you use, just make sure they are stable, heavy enough to keep good tension on the string yet light enough to move around relatively easily.
Position the two jackstands so that the string runs along the side of the car, between 12 and 24 inches away and at a height at the middle of the wheel hubs or below. Whether you begin on the right or left side of the car doesn't really matter, but the height of the string does a bit. If you think about it, the only part of the tire that actually matters is the portion coming in contact with the track. The tech guy at the track may measure at the hubs, but the race car doesn't ride on the hubs. Camber changes can also change your track width, so placing the string lower on the tire can often give you a better idea of what the contact patch is doing.
Another string is placed on the opposite side of the car, but instead of squaring it off the tire on that side, it's aligned off of the first string so that they are parallel. This way, if the rearend is bent or has some toe built in, it won't throw off your measurements. Check out the full process in the photos.
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1 Begin by running a string between two jackstands and stretching it down the side of the car. Begin at the rear wheel and move the jackstand until the measurement is the same at both sides of the same wheel. As you can probably tell by now, this is really a two-person job because getting the string perfectly parallel to the wheel can be a bit of a tedious task.2 If you have a new set of rims, measure from the string to the rims, or you can measure from the sidewall of the tire—just avoid any lettering, obviously. Set the string height at the center point of the wheel or slightly below. Just don't go too low because you need to measure across the width of the wheel where it's still fairly wide to make getting the string parallel to the entire length of the car as accurate as possible.3 How far away you place the string from the car is really up to you. Davis (pictured here) and Wallace prefer to keep the string far enough away that they can comfortably work on the suspension if necessary. Just make sure you don't get the string so far away that the tape measure bends on you.4 Before moving to the front end, you need to make sure the steering is centered as precisely as possible. One method to do this is simply to eyeball the pitman arm and make sure it is pointed straight back. You can also turn the steering wheel from lock to lock and then halve that to find the approximate center. Or you can take an X-measurement between the pivot points on the pitman arm to the drag link. If the two measurements are the same, the steering should be centered.5 Once the string is confirmed to be parallel to the rear wheel you can move to the front wheel on the same side. If your measurements on both sides of the front wheel are the same, then the wheel is in alignment (pointed in the same direction) with the rear wheel. If the distance from the string to the front of the wheel is longer than the same measurement at the rear of the wheel, then that wheel is toed in. If both measurements are larger than the same measurements to the string at the rear wheel, then the front wheel is sitting inside the track of the rear wheel which can cause handling issues you should be aware of. Obviously, if the measurements are smaller, the opposite is happening. Generally, moving the right front wheel out (increasing the track by using a wheel with a different offset or a wheel spacer) will help tighten the car up because it changes the crossweight.6 Now you can set up a parallel string on the opposite side of the car. To do this, you essentially create a box. Instead of placing the string based off the rear tire, measure from the first string you've run. This is why the string needs to extend beyond the body of the car.7 Move to the front to make sure the string is the same distance front to back. Now you know the second string is parallel to the first, and because of that you also know it is parallel to the rear tire on the opposite side. Now you can measure the distances on either side of the rear tire on the side you are working on to make sure the rear is straight. If the rearend has some toe built in, you can check that too.8 Repeat the process on the front wheel and compare your measurements to the front wheel on the opposite side. The distance between the string and the wheel doesn't have to be equal. For example, the string on one side can be 8 inches from the tires while it's 10 inches on the other. That's OK, what you want to be able to compare is the distances from front to back. If you want to know the track width, simply subtract the distances from the strings to the center of the tires on either side from the total distance between the two strings. What you're left with is your track width.9 Measuring wheelbase with the string method is also simple. Use a framing square as you see here. The angle this photo was taken makes it look misleading, but here Wallace has one end of the square aligned with the string and the outside edge of the other pointing to the center of the hub. Now using a magic marker he marks the string and repeats the process at the back of the car. Once those two marks are made, he can measure the distance between the two to determine his wheelbase. Alternatively, you can hang a plumb bob from the center of the hub and mark the spot it points to on the floor. Determining the wheelbase can help you achieve proper rear alignment which is critical to a good setup. Proper alignment is a squared rear end to the center of the chassis. Of course, we're only talking about small movements here—usually in the range of 1/8- to 1/4- inch at most.
10 The process works exactly as before except now there are a lot less pieces to move around. The laser throws a beam that fans out vertically, so all he has to do is note the spot where it hits his tape measure.11 Now that we've spent all this time talking about keeping things "old-school" with a string, we will make a concession to modern technology. Wallace doesn't actually string his cars with a string any more. Instead, he uses an inexpensive laser like this he picked up in a hardware store and a cheap camera tripod like you can see here. However, it's imperative for the laser to be completely level front to rear, and especially side to side or the measurements will be off.12 The laser will easily reach to across the length of the car. You still have to adjust the laser to make sure it's parallel with the rear wheel, but now instead of sliding around some jackstands all you have to do is rotate the laser on the tripod.13 "Stringing" the other side of the car doesn't require two lasers. Instead, place some tape on your shop floor at the front and back of the car and mark the spots where the laser hits it. This replaces your string.14 Now measure an equal distance perpendicular to your two marks and move the laser so that it hits both of your new marks on the opposite side of the car. You now have a parallel line to set up your car.


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BROOKLYN, Mich. — Greg Biffle may have had a sense he could win Sunday but he also had plenty of common sense as well.
When Roush Fenway Racing teammate Carl Edwards asked if Biffle, then the race leader, would slow to help Edwards remove trash from his front grille with 35 of 200 laps remaining, the Vancouver, Wash., driver declined.
"This is my chance to win today, right here, and (Jimmie Johnson) is coming. I don't know if you know that or not, but (Johnson) is coming," Biffle said his response was at the time.
As it turned out, a flat-tire ended Johnson's charge with three laps remaining and Biffle held off Kevin Harvick to win the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway for his first Sprint Cup Series victory of the year.
The win was also the 1,000th for Ford Motor Co. in NASCAR competition covering its three national series — Cup, Nationwide and Trucks.
It seemed only appropriate Biffle was the one to reach the milestone as he has accumulated 19 Cup wins, 20 Nationwide wins and 16 wins in Trucks in his career — all but two while driving a Ford.
"As far as the 1,000 wins that Ford has had here in NASCAR, it's over 50 years, and we've been involved just over half of that time," said Jack Roush, Biffle's team owner.
"There have been a lot of great teams and a lot of great drivers that have been part of that, and we're just glad and honored to be a part of that history."
The victory helped put Biffle in excellent position to qualify for the Chase this season and compete for the series championship — something he said he wasn't sure he would be able to do just two weeks ago.
"We went to Pocono with a good car and finished second, got ourselves 10th in points. When I left there I still wasn't a believer that we're all in the safety zone yet," Biffle said.
"Now, I believe that we've gained a little bit more on it, on the set-ups, and we're gaining bits and pieces on the aero(dynamics)."
Biffle's realization that in order to secure the win he still had to deal with Johnson is further evidence Biffle and his No. 16 team know they still have work to do to stay on par with the five-time series champion.
"You've got to compete with the top-five cars every week, or you don't stand a chance in the Chase. We're at that point at Pocono and here, but we've got to do that at all these other race tracks, as well," he said.
"I feel like we can be a serious contender over what we've just done in these two short weeks. I think (if) we continue to work hard in the next 10 weeks, we'll be there."
Martin Truex Jr. finished third, Kyle Busch was fourth and Tony Stewart was fifth.
Johnson, who was forced to pit in the final laps with the tire issue, finished 28th and still maintains a 31-point lead over Edwards.
Johnson's bad finish was the final piece of what was nearly an unprecedented day for Hendrick Motorsports, which saw all four of its teams finish outside the Top 25 in the race for the first time since June 2005.
With as well as the HMS teams have run this season, their absence from contention for the win vastly opened the door to several new contenders on Sunday.
Harvick's runner-up finish moved him to fourth in the series standings, while Stewart's fifth-place finish helped him move into the top 10 in points for the first time this season.


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Palladino: Sacred Heart edges Crosby in OT classic
WATERBURY -- Mustapha Heron is a star. We knew that. Tuesday night, Malik Petteway became a star, too.
With Heron on the bench in foul trouble and with Crosby in the midst of the comeback that you knew would come, Petteway stepped up and shined.
"This was a team effort," said Sacred Heart boys basketball coach Jon Carroll, "but Malik was definitely the anchor."
Sacred Heart (13-2) won a certifiable city classic Tuesday, going to overtime to claim a thrilling 90-82 victory over Crosby at a sold-out Palace.
It was all you could ever hope for from a city game. The play was spectacular, the stars shined and the decibel level in the gymnasium reached dangerous levels.
But the key takeaway was this: The Hearts displayed, maybe for the first time, their championship mettle.
When Crosby (13-1) came back from a 16-point deficit in the second half, a lesser team would have crumbled. The Hearts are not a lesser team, but most importantly proved it on a big — no, make that a huge stage.
"For this stage, with as many people as were here tonight, we showed great poise," Heron said.
Poise and talent. Heron was immense, with 32 points despite missing a huge chunk of time in the second quarter. He had to play cautiously in the second half, but managed the game superbly.
"We held our mental focus together," Heron said. "We calmed each other down, and we all brought it at the same time."
The Hearts, who lost the first matchup of the season with Crosby, nearly ran the home team out of the gym in the opening minutes. Heron scored 13 in the first quarter, and the Bulldogs seemed overwhelmed.
"In the first half, we were sluggish," said Tyshon Rogers, who had 40 points, five rebounds and three assists, "No one was picking up on defense, and no 50-50 balls. We were just off."
But when Crosby made its surge, there was Petteway for the Hearts. He scored 25 points, grabbed 14 rebounds, had three steals and blocked six shots. Some of the swats were prodigious.
"(Petteway) stepped up to the plate," Heron said. "He made great plays down the stretch. He came to play."
In the fourth quarter, when the Hearts went nearly three minutes without a field goal, Petteway scored on a power move in the paint that helped insure OT.
He was king of the boards in overtime, too.
"I felt I played good," Petteway said. "I composed myself, and my team did good. We improved on offensive rebounds and our zone defense and trapping, and getting steals."
It was a game of star turns on both sides. Jarron Chapman scored 19 for Crosby, with 12 rebounds and three steals. Aseim King had 15 points with four assists. And even though Lex Perez only had one field goal, it was a monster 3-pointer late in the fourth that forced OT. For the Hearts, Tyran Flowers was sensational with 10 points and five rebounds, and Charles Fisher added 17 points, with eight steals, three of them in OT.
It was an everyone-starred kind of game for the Hearts.
The Bulldogs will think they did not play well. Yet Crosby had the ball with the game tied and missed two shots at the buzzer to win it. A good Crosby game? No. But the Bulldogs were there at the end.
"They (Sacred Heart) were hustling for everything," Rogers said, "loose balls, rebounds, everything."
It was the Hearts who made the big plays at the big times. Or, to be more precise, the Hearts showed us they they are big-game-ready. Perhaps that pleased Carroll as much as anything else his team did Tuesday night.
"There's no question about the size of the game," Carroll said. "The crowd was tremendous and the atmosphere great. It was a great night in the city."
But just one night of many more big nights to come.
"The reality of what we did was to get back to even," Carroll said. "It was a big win, but now Friday (vs. Kennedy) is just as important."
Yes, indeed. We have reached the time of year when every game is a big game. Tuesday, Sacred Heart won the big game.
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Smooth animations are fundamental to many graphical UI applications. Windows 7 introduces a native animation framework for managing the scheduling and execution of animations. The animation framework supplies a library of useful mathematical functions for specifying behavior over time and lets developers provide their own behavior functions. The framework supports sophisticated resolution of conflicts when multiple animations attempt to manipulate the same value simultaneously. An application can specify that one animation must be completed before another can begin and can force completion within a set time. The new framework also helps animations determine appropriate durations.
Watch Paul Kwiatkowski and Paul Gildea as they explain the programming model of the Windows Animation Manager and walk though some code demos that showcase the power of the Animation platform.
This is the second video in a series of videos about the Windows Animation Manager. The first video was Windows Scenic Animation Overview. Since then, we dropped "Scenic" from the name.
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This will be availble on Windows 7. It will also be on Windows Vista via an update that should be available some time after Windows 7's general availability. A beta of the Windows Vista update will be available soon to MSDN subscribers.
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Women's Cross Country Predicted to Finish Fourth in SAC Preseason PollAugust 21, 2014
ROCK HILL, S.C. – As the Trojans begin their quest for a third South Atlantic Conference Championship in the last five seasons, the Anderson women's cross country team has been predicted to finish fourth in the 2014 preseason coaches' poll, as released by the league office Thursday morning.
The young Trojan squad, which includes five sophomores, one junior and one senior, edged Lenoir-Rhyne for the fourth spot in the poll with 91 points, while the Bears, who won the 2012 title, garnered 86 points in addition to collecting one first-place vote.
AU's lone senior, Sydney Hazel, turned in another stellar season a year ago, pacing the Trojans to fourth place at the 2013 SAC Championships en route to garnering Second-Team All-SAC honors for the second consecutive season with her 11th-place finish.
Redshirt junior Devan Fisher returns for her third season of competition after posting a career-best 21:23.5 at the Royals Challenge a year ago.
Of the returning sophomore quintet, Olivia Gardner paced the Trojans in four events, while Grace Gerlock also claimed her personal-best at the Royals Challenge last season. Bari Robinson narrowly missed All-South Atlantic Conference and all-freshman accolades with her 15th-place finish at the SAC Championships last season. Mia Swiersz and Amber Worthy were two of the seven AU runners who posted season-best times at the Royals Challenge last season.
For the second consecutive season, the coaches' poll nearly mirrors the results from the prior SAC Championship, with the top eight spots unchanged from the 2013 postseason event.
Defending champion Wingate collected 121 points and 11 first-place votes as the Bulldogs were projected to earn their second straight crown after winning the team title last season for the first time since 2007.
Queens, which captured second place in the school's inaugural season in the league, tallied 110 points in the preseason poll, while Mars Hill earned 97 points and claimed the third slot. AU was followed by No. 5 Lenoir-Rhyne and No. 6 Brevard.
Lincoln Memorial was seventh in the preseason poll, Catawba was eighth, Carson-Newman ninth and Tusculum was 10th. Those teams placed sixth, eighth and 10th, respectively, at the 2013 SAC Championships.
Coker is No. 11 in the poll, with Newberry rounding out the 12-team field.
Anderson opens the season on Sept. 6 at the Queens Twilight meet in Charlotte, N.C.
2014 SAC Preseason Women's Cross Country Coaches' Poll
School (1st Place Votes) Points
Wingate (11) 121
Queens 110
Mars Hill 97
Anderson 91
Lenoir-Rhyne (1) 86
Brevard 69
Lincoln Memorial 59
Catawba 44
Carson-Newman 39
Tusculum 32
Coker 23
Newberry 21


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For example, when you have this problem on a windows system, you can install a program like Dimmer (http://www.mylittlehost.com/dimmer.aspx) that overlays a black over your whole display (and you can configure the opacity, allowing you to dim the screen beyond the normal max). Is there any way to deal with a too-bright screen in linux?"
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I'm writing a fic on Isla, Phineas' sister, and I've been researching their birth dates.
Now, I've found two sources. The first one is a drawing of the Black family tree with information taken from a tree drawn by JK, and in says that:
First was Sirius, b.1845 d.1853, then Phineas Nigellus b.1847, afterwards Elladora,b.1850 and last Isla, with no date of birth.
The second source I found is the Harry Potter Wiki, which claims that Isla was born between Phineas and Elladora, instead of being the youngest child. No date of birth is given.
I admit that Isla being next to Phineas serves my story best, but I would like to be certain. If you are sure that one of the above-mentioned theories is correct, or another altogether is accurate, please let me know!


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7 Action Figures That Managed to Ruin Great Characters
#3. Judge Dredd
One of the main reasons comic book fans hate the 90s film adaptation of Judge Dredd is that the filmmakers not only dared to show the titular character's full face for the first time ever - for some reason, he barely even wears his iconic helmet in that film.
We're sure it had nothing to do with freakin' Rambo being under the helmet.
But the comics are a different story: To this day, they've never shown his face, and in fact there's an actual rule preventing writers and artists from doing it. Dredd's creator explains that "it isn't necessary for readers to see Dredd's face, and I don't want you to" and also says the Stallone movie "had little connection with the character we know from the comic." Since the comic was originally in black and white, for a while they even hinted that his race wasn't necessarily white.
Via ScreenRant.com
Dredd is actually a very well disguised Mexican woman.
Even when he takes off his helmet, there's always a convenient shadow or object blocking the viewer, exactly like with Austin Powers' privates. So his face is never visible anywhere in the comic, and that's true for the action figures too.
Or so everyone thought, until action figure collector Russ Knifton pried Dredd's helmet off and found something weird:
Via Russ Knifton
Special thanks to Russ Knifton and the Figurerealm Forums.
For some reason, the company had sculpted and painted a full head on Dredd anyway, even though the helmet wasn't meant to come off at all. They never bothered to paint his hair, though - which, oddly enough, makes him look like Peter Weller from RoboCop.
We always wondered what the immortal RoboCop would be up to in the 22nd century.
This wasn't an advertised feature: Nothing in the box art encouraged fans to take the helmet off and find out Dredd's real face. In fact, the collector who sent us these pictures couldn't do that without causing some minor damage to Dredd's hair.
Via Russ Knifton
This really makes you wonder what sort of pop culture mysteries could be solved if only more toy collectors were be willing to take a pair of pliers to their action figures . Master Chief's face? The protagonist of V for Vendetta? Barbie's unused vaginal tract?
#2. The Phantasm from Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
And then there are action figures that just don't give a shit about spoilers.
In Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (the theatrical film for the acclaimed animated series), Batman spends the entire movie trying to hunt down the grim reaper-esque vigilante killing off high-level mob leaders all through Gotham. At the same time, Bruce Wayne has to deal with the return of his first love and one-time fiance, Andrea Beaumount.
After a lot of twists and turns, within the last 10 minutes of the film we learn that (spoilers for an 18-year-old film you'll probably never see if you haven't already) Batman's beloved and Batman's enemy are actually the same person, which is kind of shocking because the "Phantasm" getup totally made her look like a dude.
Via DC Animated
Batman was suspicious when he heard Phantasm complain that her boobs were all squashed.
Of course, this crucial-to-the-enjoyment-of-the-film revelation wasn't so shocking if you happened to see the following action figure:
Via Wikipedia
"With Careless Spoilery Action!"
What the hell, Warner Bros., you big jerk? Why would you even do that? Was it so hard to cover her face with a sticker or, you know, maybe leave the damn mask on? Instead, it's like they're openly mocking us by proudly announcing, "AS SEEN IN BATMAN: THE ANIMATED MOVIE! OR NOT, SINCE WE JUST RUINED IT FOR YOU!"
This sort of thing doesn't just happen in America, though: Japanese animation series Saint Seiya may not be very well known in the U.S., but it back in the 80s and 90s, it was a huge cultural phenomenon in places like Europe and South America. The action figures based on the series were also massively popular in those countries, so stores were often importing them directly from Japan. Like this one:
Via CollectionDX.com
Unfortunately, this particular figure gave away the end of the 73-episode first season when it revealed that (spoilers for a Japanese cartoon you statistically don't care about) those two characters in the box are actually the same dude. Learning that when you were halfway through the series is the cultural equivalent of that time your roommate walked in while you were watching a movie and casually asked, "Is that the one where the bad guy turns out to be Kevin Spacey?"
#1. Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget
One of the more awesome things about Inspector Gadget (besides how monumentally dumb the titular character was) was the fact that you never see Dr. Claw's face during the show. All you saw was his gloved hand and the cat sitting on his lap.
Via Progressive Boink
We've established by now that awful movie adaptations don't count.
Dr. Claw practically made the show because he could be whatever evil criminal you could think of, with his 10-packs-a-day smoker's voice and compulsive cat-stroking. Even after the series' original run, fans never gave up speculating on who the mysterious man in the chair was. In the age of the Internet, some enterprising folks have even cooked up bizarre theories involving Dr. Claw and Inspector Gadget.
Ever wondered what his other hand was doing?
The creators of the show knew all this, and that's why six years after the show stopped airing new episodes, they actually released a Dr. Claw figure that wasn't just a hand and a chair. They even put a sticker on the box so you couldn't see his face unless you bought it.
Via Parry Game Preserve
Or, you know, looked at it from the side.
And if you spent your (parents') hard-earned money, you'd get to see ...
What the fuck? That's Dr. Claw? No wonder he couldn't kill off a tremendous idiot like Inspector Gadget -- he looks like an even bigger moron. That's a face that belongs on a sex offender registry, not the leader of a respected criminal organization like M.A.D.
Via Progressive Boink
Also, he looks like they took that picture while he was riding a rollercoaster.
This wasn't just a one-off thing, either. They showed the same face in the Super NES game released in 1993 and an iPhone game released last year. You know what? Suddenly the movie doesn't look so bad.
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
(Redstone Arsenal, Ala.)-Columbia College-Redstone Arsenal will confer 118 associate, bachelor's and master's degrees upon students at a commencement ceremony at 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27, in the Bob Jones Auditorium at the Sparkman Center.
Dr. Terry Smith, executive vice president and dean of academic affairs for Columbia College, will confer the degrees and give the commencement speech.
"For Columbia College graduates, the commencement ceremony is the culmination of their hard work and dedication to improve their lives," Smith said. "We are proud to celebrate the accomplishments of each graduate on this special day."
Located on Redstone Arsenal in the Army Education Center, Columbia College-Redstone Arsenal has served adult learners in the Huntsville, Ala., area for more than 30 years.
Columbia College, founded in Missouri in 1851 as Christian Female College, was the first women's college west of the Mississippi River to be chartered by a state legislature. The college changed its name to Columbia College in 1970 when it became coeducational.
Columbia College provides accredited, affordable degrees for working adults, including military students, serving 25,000 students each year through its 32 campuses nationwide and online.


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For example, "file system" and "related". Is it "file system-related"? It will appear as if it is a compound of "file" and "system-related", won't it?
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This is a very good question and is one that troubled me for a long time.
Here is what the Fowler brothers say in their Kings English:
In answer to your question, based on Fowler's advice (which I find practical and logical), I would write filesystem-related or file-system-related, e.g., 'Please remember that this is a filesystem-related job.'
You're looking at a compound compound modifier.
Generally, a compound modifier (a two-word phrase that is used as an adjective) is hyphenated when it appears before the noun it is modifying:
The hyphen is there to prevent confusion on which words are being modified. There may be more important reasons, but this is the more-important reason.
Each of the components of a compound adjective can itself be a compound word. It is common in this case to use an "en dash" to keep things well organized:


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The 6 Most Ham-Fisted Uses of Sexual Innuendo in Marketing
Advertisers have been using sex to their advantage ever since advertising became a thing. Hell, the ad for the wheel probably featured two of them put together to look like boobs. But sometimes there is no plausible way to associate your product with sex without winding up with something that will turn people off sex forever. Like ...
#6. KFC's Milkshake Money Shot
While KFC was brainstorming a way to introduce India to their new "Krushers" (a milkshake inexplicably named like a monster truck), the company's apparently preteen advertising staff giggled to each other about how milk kind of looks like semen and decided that was a good direction to go in. You even have to suck the milkshakes to drink them -- it practically writes itself!
In the resulting disaster, a man is enjoying his Artery Buster Special when he notices a woman making bizarre kissy faces at him while sounding like she's trying to suck molasses through a silly straw. We guess it's supposed to be erotic, but it makes us imagine two vacuum cleaners fucking.
KFC India
Hey, guys, isn't it hot when a woman gasps for air?
We then cut to an explicit sequence of chocolate, milk, and ice spraying all over the woman's mouth. The soundtrack and editing make it look like a montage from a porno parody of Requiem for a Dream, complete with the inevitable conclusion.
KFC India
In our day, "Finger lickin' good" was innuendo enough.
Several shots of this, along with scenes of the girl sensually licking her lips, make it clear that, yes, it's not just your filthy imagination: The milkshake symbolizes semen. Because what better way to get people to buy a drink than to insinuate that they're going to chug down several fluid ounces of baby batter?
Ignoring that the only people who find KFC erotic are just a few Double Downs away from a double bypass, who wants to associate milkshakes with money shots? Most people don't like getting ejaculated on at the best of times, let alone while they're trying to eat. We're surprised the slogan isn't "Come to KFC and get a load of cream to the face!" We joke, but we're not far off -- at the end of the ad, a woman coos, "Really thick. Really tasty." In a remarkable display of restraint, she doesn't add "Like a cock."
KFC India
The first cut had him eating this with one hand.
The apparently sexually repressed creative head of the commercial insists that it has no sexual overtones, and that they were simply trying to "romance the ingredients," because when you decide to shove a bunch of fat-filled ice cream and milk down your throat, the first thing you think of is definitely romance. Meanwhile, KFC's marketing director says he's happy with the output, which men usually are when the output is semen.
#5. The Quiznos Oven That Molests an Employee
Sandwiches rank low on the sexy-food scale, down there with pretty much everything that isn't Popsicles and lollipops. But that wasn't about to stop Quiznos, which tried to sex up their toasted sandwiches by implicitly toasting an employee's genitals:
We're introduced to an oven that sounds like HAL-9000 channeling Buffalo Bill, which tells loyal Quiznos employee Scott that he "wants him to do something." Instead of freaking out that he's being hit on by a sentient toaster, Scott responds, "Nope, not doing that again. That burned," while looking at his crotch.
Ladies and gentlemen, meet Scott the Toaster Fucker.
He started working here after he got fired from Panera for molesting panini presses.
The toaster continues its harassment with "We both enjoyed that" before begging the reluctant Scott to "put it in me." It feels like a coercive S&M relationship, and it looks like everyone involved, including the viewer now, could use some therapy. As Scott's resolve weakens and a porno groove starts playing, the toaster thrusts itself into the climax of the commercial with demands for Scott to advertise Quiznos' new sandwich in a sexy voice. As he speaks, we get shots of long, firm sandwiches rising up like they're getting ready for a honey mustard bukkake. The spot ends with the toaster languishing in an afterglow of sexual satisfaction. It would be smoking a cigarette if not for health code regulations.
"I'm pregnant. I'm keeping it."
The ad is obviously tongue-in-cheek, but that doesn't make it any less confusing. The average person doesn't choose a sandwich franchise based on its ability to lampoon porn movies -- that's why Jared from Subway didn't imply that all his weight loss made his erection look bigger (and it surely did -- are you picturing it?). And joke or not, the only thing people will have in mind the next time they visit Quiznos won't be the low prices, it will be mental images of employees sticking their dicks in sadistic sandwich-making equipment. The same equipment that's going to toast the sandwiches they're suddenly second guessing their orders of.
#4. Puccho's Schoolgirl Fantasy Gone Wrong
Far be it for us to criticize the makers of Puccho candies for hiring sexy pop stars to shill their snacks -- America has a long and proud history of selling sugar with sugar. But a series of bizarre choices turned what could have been a fun, cute commercial into something that seems designed to appeal to sex offenders, and only sex offenders.
Manufacturer UHA hired Japanese pop group AKB48 to dress up in skimpy skirts and lasciviously pass a candy from mouth to mouth. It's kind of sexy if you turn the sound off ...
If you're into that kind of thing.
... but crank it up and let the confusion begin. Not only have they chosen a song that sounds like the theme to a cartoon for 10-year-old girls, but every pass of the candy is marked by a disembodied voice squeaking "Pu ... ccho!" Sometimes it tries to sound erotic, while other times it seems to be on the verge of tears, and either way you end up feeling dirty.
Then there's the fact that these girls all look like they're about 14 years old, and that's because they very well could be. It's hard to keep track of the band's 89 members, but some of them are as young as 12, which is apparently Japan's age of consent for being turned into a sexualized marketing gimmick. The jumpy, jarring editing that makes you feel as if you're spinning in the teacups at a horrifying amusement park in a schizophrenic anime fan's mind doesn't help matters.
Zoom out far enough and they transform into actual cartoons.
It's not hard to see how an ad about cute pop stars basically kissing each other was greenlit, but everything about it makes us feel like it's teaching pedophiles what the perfect treat to lure their victims with is. "Hey, sex offenders! You like young girls, and young girls will love our candy! Do we have to spell it out for you?"


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