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MASON, OH – The third-seed Charlotte 49ers (13-9) cruised past 14th-seed La Salle, 4-0, in the opening round of the Atlantic 10 Men's Tennis Championship.
"The conditions were tough today, but we kept our focus," Charlotte coach Billy Boykin said. "After winning the doubles point, we raced out to six first set victories in singles play. Paul Cisti came off first and was followed by Krzysztof Kwasniewicz. Kamil Khalil clinched the fourth point with a strong effort at number three singles."
Charlotte won the doubles point with victories at number one and three doubles. At number one doubles, Charlotte's Jack Williams and Jordi Massalle Ferrer won their 12th match of the season with an 8-1 win over La Salle's Trevor Donovan and De'Sean Fannell. At number two doubles, Charlotte's Alex Calott and Paul Cisti had their match stopped against La Salle's Chas Berenato and Joseph LaBate since the 49ers had already clinched the doubles point. Calott and Cisti were winning their match, 7-5. At number three doubles, Charlotte's Kamil Khalil and Krzysztof Kwasniewicz won their 12th match of the season with an 8-1 win over La Salle's Thomas MacLeod and Hunter Selman.
Charlotte won three singles match to clinch the overall victory. The 49ers won at number three, five and six singles to advance to the A-10 Tournament quarterfinals. At number three singles, Charlotte's Khalil won his 12th match of the season with a 6-3, 6-0 win over La Salle's Berenato. At number five singles, Charlotte's Cisti won his 19th match of the season with a 6-0, 6-4 win over La Salle's Dale Fetterman. At number six singles, Charlotte's Kwasniewicz won his 11th match of the season with a 6-1, 6-2 win over La Salle's Robert Kasinow, 6-1, 6-2. Charlotte's other three singles match were not finished since the 49ers had already clinched the overall victory. However, Charlotte was leading in all three of those matches. At number one singles, Charlotte's Williams was leading La Salle's LaBate, 6-2, 2-2. At number two singles, Charlotte's Massalle Ferrer was leading La Salle's Fannell, 6-0, 5-5. At number four singles, Charlotte's Calott was leading La Salle's Donovan, 7-5, 2-3.
Charlotte advances to the A-10 Tournament quarterfinals, Friday, April 26 at 1 pm. Charlotte will play sixth-seed Temple in the quarterfinals.


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The 5 Most Epic Backfires in the History of Bad Jokes
The problem with sarcasm, other than making it that much more likely that you'll be mistaken for Matthew Perry at some point in your life, is that you can do it so well (or so poorly) that people don't realize you're joking. Sometimes a sarcastic misfire can make you come across as a cynical asshole or an insensitive prick. Other times it can land your ass in front of a judge.
So please, before you go down this dark road yourself, let the following cautionary tales remind you that a good chunk of the world really doesn't like jokes.
#5. Man Jokes About a Bomb in His Luggage, Shuts Down an Airport
On his way home from officiating at a hockey tournament in October 2012, 44-year-old NCAA referee Peter Friesema saw a golden opportunity for comic brilliance when the ticket agent was messing with his bags. You can already guess where this is going: Yes, he made a goddamn bomb joke.
Specifically, after the agent at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport explained that it didn't really matter that she'd put his luggage sticker on his friend's suitcase by mistake because they were going to the same place, Friesema quipped:
"But my friend's bag has a bomb in it!"
"We're still having you detained for being a fucking idiot. Thanks for flying, though."
One Small Problem
Friesema, obviously not a very big Ben Stiller fan, was at an airport ... in America ... in the 21st century. There might be three words in the entire English language that you can't say at an airport, and this grown-ass man just happened to blurt out two of them (he failed to work "jihad" in there).
The Aftermath
Besides being (figuratively) shot down by the agent he was apparently trying to hit on and then having to relive the awkward experience during interviews with (we assume) an entire team of disgruntled security officials, Friesema was also taken to jail, charged with disorderly conduct, and ordered to remain in the Klondike for another six weeks until his next hearing.
The judge was out of town for the Iditarod.
That last part was particularly bad news for Friesema, who claimed that his many years of service enforcing whatever "rules" hockey pretends to abide by would be lost if he couldn't return to Colorado sooner, but, as the judge was eager to point out, the order was indeed justified, given just how disorderly Friesema's conduct had been.
Oh, and thanks to Friesema's quip, the airport's main terminal was shut down for three hours in the middle of a cold Alaska night, causing several costly delays and forcing hundreds of pissed-off passengers (including many who were dressed in summer attire en route from warmer destinations) to shuttle to another terminal, hide out in a rental car garage, or simply huddle up in a freezing arctic doorway for a couple of hours while the FBI double-checked to make sure this really was just an extreme case of failed flirtation and not the most poorly planned and executed terror attack in history.
#4. Newspaper Tries to Raise Zoo Safety Awareness, Causes Widespread Panic Instead
In case you think 9/11 was the starting point for "subjects you don't joke about unless you want to see the cops lock down everything in sight," let's give you an example from way back. After a leopard nearly escaped from the Central Park Zoo in the early 1870s, New York Herald editor Thomas Connery decided to expose the zoo's dangerous practices. Sure, he could have just written a boring, straightforward editorial on the subject, but that shit doesn't sell newspapers, baby.
So, rather than simply calling out the zookeepers for sucking so bad at their jobs that they couldn't even transfer an animal between cages without making passersby fear for their lives, Connery asked his writers to create a fake front-page story warning New York's 1.4 million citizens that an army of wild animals had escaped from the zoo, had already killed 49 people, and were quickly coming to murder the rest of the city at that very moment. Zing!
Museum of Hoaxes
The picture of a man punching a tiger in the face failed to alert readers to parody because this was 1874.
One Small Problem
Even though the story was outlandish and occasionally nonsensical (besides labeling the incident "A Shocking Sabbath Carnival of Death," it also claimed that one of the escaped rhinos "appeared the picture of stupid amiability" and that a Bengal tiger "seemed as harmless as a prostrate forest tree"), it ran 10,000 words long and occupied six full columns. So you can imagine how a reader would just glance at the headline, see the sheer scale of the article, and assume that no newspaper would take a mere joke that far.
And, save for one tiny paragraph at the bottom of the last page, there was no mention whatsoever that the catastrophe might possibly be made up and that maybe people shouldn't drop everything to prepare for the terrifying animal apocalypse soon to be heading their way.
Carl van Vechten
"I don't see how scaring the shit out of people through mass media could possibly backfire." -Orson Welles, 70 years later
The Aftermath
The joke was picked up on by approximately no one, as most readers were far too busy loading their weapons or retrieving their kids from school to bother reading the entire article. As described by the Museum of Hoaxes:
"By all accounts, the article caused widespread panic throughout the city. Armed men rushed into the streets, ready to defend their homes. Reporters were dispatched to cover the story. The police mobilized. Parents rushed to bring their children back from school."
"Remember, honey: You're already dead. Don't give that lion the pleasure of tasting fear."
In a follow-up story, the New York Times printed letters from readers who'd genuinely feared for their safety on account of the hoax (on a related note, Connery later claimed that on the day of publication, the editor of the Times "ran out of his home waving two pistols in the air, ready to shoot the first animal he encountered"), while several of the more bitter victims went a step further, marching to the district attorney's office and demanding that the Herald pay for their deception. They didn't, as far as we know, but we can't say the same for ...
#3. Pepsi Jokingly Offers a Fighter Jet in a Contest, Gets Sued
If you watched television in the 1990s, you may remember this Pepsi commercial and the contest that went with it. It's pretty standard "win shitty prizes for buying our product" fare -- the ad was for the "Pepsi Stuff" reward program and showcased various items viewers could redeem their points for, including T-shirts, sunglasses, and, apparently, the cool, rebellious spirit of a young Marlon Brando.
"Shades" are an exclusive trademark of PepsiCo.
Then, in the name of hilarity, the ad threw in a joke prize at the end. The commercial says that for the seemingly impossible sum of 7 million Pepsi Points (all the other items cost between 75 and 1,450 points, to compare), customers could score themselves a brand new $33 million Harrier II fighter jet, then, apparently, use said jet to somehow still not get to school on time.
"Between filing flight plans and following air traffic control, it's not the time saver you'd think."
One Small Problem
Although they did omit the Harrier from the official catalog of prizes, at no point did Pepsi ever come right out and say, "Oh yeah, and that part about us somehow being authorized to issue fully functional, state-of-the-art military aircraft to anyone who drinks roughly 17,000 years' worth of soda? Totally not true!"
The Aftermath
John Leonard, a 21-year-old business student from Seattle, saw that ad and immediately jumped off his couch, snapped his fingers, and declared, "Oh hell no! They're not getting away with this shit!"
Five months later, some unsuspecting Pepsi employee opened a package from Leonard and found inside 15 Pepsi Points, a $700,000 check (additional points could be purchased outright for 10 cents each), and an order form with the words "1 Harrier Jet" handwritten at the bottom of the "Item" column. While we're not sure whether the aforementioned employee then fainted, shat their pants, or just laughed hysterically at the absurd request for hours on end, one thing we know they definitely didn't do was send back a $33 million airplane they never had in the first place and that the U.S. government would never allow them, or anyone else, to ever possess in flyable condition anyway.
"We have an exclusive deal with Coke."
Instead of the plane, Pepsi mailed back some free coupons and an overly polite explanation that despite his impressive efforts (Leonard was able to convince five greedy investors to put up the cash and did already have a team of lawyers lined up for the legal battle that was inevitably about to ensue), he wasn't getting no stinkin' jet. But, instead of simply taking that news in stride and moving on to some other despicable get-rich scheme, Leonard responded with an ultimatum: Either send me my jet or I'll see you in court.
And that's how Pepsi's stupid throwaway joke at the end of an advertisement wound up keeping them tied up in court for three years. It wasn't until 1999 that a federal court finally made official a settlement in which Leonard agreed to withdraw his claim. Pepsi did not, at the end of all of that, have to buy the guy a jet, but did have to eat about $90,000 in legal fees defending the case. And this, kids, is why every commercial has to have a stupid disclaimer at the bottom, no matter how ridiculous the thing you're seeing onscreen.
Always read the fine print. That's where they get you.


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I was thinking of putting a hop back in line with my whirlpool chilling process. (Pumping hot wort out of the kettle through a hop back and back into the kettle with an immersion chiller running in the kettle). Should I be concerned with that first blast of hot wort going into the hop back and getting oxidized by the air trapped in the hops?
Maybe it would be best to chill some first, then go through the hop back. But then I'd be worried about contamination and maybe poorer aroma extraction with the cooler wort.


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I have followed the instructions on go mobile to set up for Ubuntu Touch Development and I have a question about the Qt Creator.
In the description of the SDK on http://developer.ubuntu.com/2013/02/releasing-the-ubuntu-touch-developer-preview-and-sdk-alpha/, it says they are using Qt Creator 2.7. After following the instructions on Go Mobile, I ran Qt Creator and checked the version. It says 2.6.82. However, when checking in the Ubuntu Software Center it says that I have Qt Creator 2.7 installed.
Do I have both installed and I am just running the wrong thing? Or is something displaying the wrong version?
It's worth noting that I was able to follow the instructions for developing the CurrencyConverter and it worked ok. I just want to know if I am really supposed to be running 2.7?


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Make sure your bike fits you properly, that you can control it comfortably and it is roadworthy. Get your bike assessed by a local bike shop if you are unsure how to do a full check.
- Dress to be seen so wear something bright or reflective.
- Ensure your bike has front and back reflectors.
- When cycling in the dark, make sure you have good working front and back lights.
- We recommend that you wear a helmet when cycling, to provide protection.
Tips when out about on your bike
- Feel confident in your riding ability. Be able to...
- Hold a straight course
- Signal without wobbling
- Look behind you over your shoulder
- Don't ride in the gutter, ride about one metre out. This avoids drains and grit, makes you more visible and prevents cars passing where there is not enough room.
- Be predictable. Be decisive. Signal in plenty of time and avoid hesitant or sudden manoeuvres.
- Always obey traffic regulations they are there to keep yourself and other road users safe. The Highway Code includes a section just for cyclists.
- Think ahead. Keep looking and listening. Look out for pedestrians crossing, cars pulling out, car doors beginning to open and hazards in the road surface.
- Make eye contact with other road users wherever possible.
- Never ride up the inside of any large vehicle when it is turning you cannot be seen.
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... $\aleph_1$ is the immediate successor of $\aleph_0$?
I was reading the wiki article on $\aleph_1$ where a distinction is made between the two. If there's isn't a cardinal between $\aleph_1$ and $\aleph_0$, the implication is that they must follow one another so why must one need AC to assert that $\aleph_1$ is the smallest after $\aleph_0$?


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How compare the rights and conditions of the 19-th century American slaves to those of the 19-th century Russian serfs?
After Franklin suggested that no serf ever realized the potential of improving their conditions and the right to education, I'd like to introduce a story of Aleksandr Nikitenko, who went to school being a serf and later, as a free man, became a professor at St. Petersburg University. He was emancipated by his owner in 1824, at the age of 20.
As a serf, Nikitenko was allowed to go to primary school, but not accepted to the secondary school because of his low class status.
I'll quote few other fragments from his autobiography "Up From Serfdom: My Childhood and Youth in Russia". In particular from its foreword, written by Peter Kolchin.
Here's the fragment that helps us to solve the matter of serfs being owned by the state, which was touched by jwenting:
Kolchin adds an important thing to that:
Those two fragments make it clear for me that serfs were peasants literary owned by landlords, together with their land. While "free peasants", in contrast to serfs, were peasants owned by the state.
From all differences in the slave and serf system described by Kolchin, I've chosen for you few that are most important, when speaking of serfs' living conditions.
The first one touches the matter of self-organization of the day-to-day life of serfs. That difference comes from two facts - different position of serf and slave owners, and the kinds of serviced provided to landlords by serfs.
As Kolchin adds much later, it led a significant number of serfs to live quite acceptable life in comparison to slaves, especially when the landowner didn't have enough power to manage all of his serfs, which could be placed on land in different parts of the country. Here's the quote for you:
To understand how different services were changing the day-to-day life of serfs, we have to know two main kinds of such services:
and obrok:
It's safe to assume that for serfs, obrok usually meant a better life:
And some landowners obviously didn't have anything against their serfs getting rich:
And such richness could also mean having their own serfs:
What's very important, we've got here a clear confirmation that serfs could buy their own, personal freedom.
Completely another reason for better serf opportunities to improve their own situation were racial differences in origins of slave and serf systems:
What were the consequences of such difference?
It's difficult to give a proper answer, as the situation of slaves was different among various states and the same with different parts of Russia. So some particular conditions of Russian serfs can be similar speaking of one state, while can be a difference if to compare it with another state.
In the matters of economy and law there were quite many similarities. Like slaves in USA, serfs were owned by nobility, could be sold and moved from the land they lived, what differentiates them from serfs in other European countries at that time. They could be also physically punished and had no such civil rights as the right to own land, leave the property of landlord, trade, go to schools, get married without permission of their owners. It ended in 1861 with the Emancipation Manifesto, which in some ways made serf's situation better (but many of them ended without any land or possessions).
Speaking of differences, I believe that the most important one would be in economical matters, particularly in the way they served their landlords. Serfs were forced to give to their owners part of their income and production, or to work for a landlord for particular number of days weekly (as a family). But of course it differed in time and in particular places. There were of course two kinds of serfs - those who had land and those who were living at the court of landlord, as servants. The situation of the latter became dramatic after the abolition, as there was no land they could buy (even if they could afford it).
Also I see the difference in the fact, that the law in the United States was written in a way to stigmatize slaves as worse kind of humans. F.e. the slave code rules regarding wearing clothes or self-education. In Russia there were no such rules and if a serf had the opportunity to live in better conditions, the law didn't stop him from that just because he was a serf.
There's a number of superficial differences between slavery in the United States and serfdom in Russia before 1861. Serfdom differs from slavery fundamentally in that serfdom ties workers to the land. US slavery tied an individual to another individual. I believe there is a minor flaw in @DarekWędrychowski's answer in that serfs were not owned per say by nobility. Rather the serfs were tied to the land. When land was sold, the serfs who resided on it were sold with it.
@DarekWędrychowski's answer also implies that serfs were free to pursue an education or somehow improve their condition, but I don't believe this is correct. Although there may not have been any explicit stipulation in the law that barred serfs from an education etc., societal pressures were likely significant enough that no serf ever realized this potential.
Serfs were technically not enslaved. They were not the property of nobles. They could accumulate money and purchase objects, perhaps even accumulate enough to purchase land, essentially buying their own freedom. But to my knowledge I am not aware of any such cases occurring. In fact, land prices were likely kept so prohibitively high that a serf saving money for his entire life would not collect even close to the amount required.
Now I say superficial because despite the aforementioned differences in ideology, for all intents and purposes serfdom essentially resembled slavery. Serfs had literally no civil rights. They could be beat, punished harshly, divided from their family, starved etc.
I don't believe serfs could be killed without consequences. It is my understanding that slaves in the US could be killed.
One of the important - and rarely mentioned - differences between serfs and slaves is that former, at least in Russian Emprie, could carry guns. And as the famous quote states, "The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slaves".
Of course, I'm not claiming that serfs were actually free. Neither I claim that this epithet can be used to describe a modern Westerner.
Based upon the information that I have about the subject, the only difference between slave and serfdom is the word. But the condition was virtually the same. The word serf was basically the proper word for slave. Similar to how indentured servant was proper word for slave.


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I have a fairly solid workflow that hangs together well, but I'm interested in hearing more about how people deal with mind dumping--the process whereby after a busy week/event/trip and you clear your head out to make sure you didn't miss any tasks/ideas. I'm not really asking about checking existing project for new things, rather ensure that there is nothing in your life that would benefit from a new project.
I know that people have had lots of success with trigger lists and I'm interested in hearing about approaches that have been particularly successful for people.


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Seat Filler: NYC Theater Guide for March
Carol Kane stars as Bette Davis? That's all you really need to know about this juicy comedic thriller by out playwright Craig Lucas of Prelude to a Kiss and Longtime Companion fame. When an elderly Ms. Davis — captured in spirit more than impersonated — visits Maine in 1981 to buy an old lover's house, she finds an awkward new assistant full of secrets. "This play is a damn lie," Lucas writes in his author's notes, but it's also damn funny.
Atlantic Theater Company, through March 31.
Tackling the dawn of the gay-rights movement outside Stonewall Inn on June 27, 1969, out playwright Ike Holter's rock-driven drama means well and looks great, particularly its stylized dance and fight choreography. Unfortunately, the stereotypical composite characters — snap queens, Judy Garland-mourning drag diva, butch lesbian, one cartoonishly bigoted cop, etc. — don't do the riots justice. "I was there," they repeat, but we never feel like we were.
Barrow Street Theatre, open-ended.
Damaged college kids do the darndest things in Paul Downs Colaizzo's edgy, provocative drama — helmed by out director David Cromer — about friends trying to make sense of a date rape that may not have happened: Is the real victim the manipulative poor trash (Girls' Zosia Mamet) or the quiet hothead (Friday Night Lights' Matt Lauria)? Two closeted characters, a hot jock and a Christian go-getter, have their judgment further clouded by sexual repression.
Lucille Lortel Theatre, through March 30.
Keen Company artistic director Jonathan Silverstein admirably dusts off A.R. Gurney's taut 1991 time capsule about a politician who, when returning to his elite prep school, must face his own role in the downfall of a gay classmate who has recently succumbed to AIDS. Seen in flashbacks with the charismatic Peter Rini as mentor to Chris Dwan's effeminate, clearly smitten mentee, the complicated relationship between the two boys eclipses the dated, clunky script.
Clurman Theatre, through March 30.
Jesse Eisenberg emerged as a playwright in 2011 with Asuncion; with his latest, he proves himself a great one. The twitchy Social Network star also plays David, a pot-smoking, self-centered, solitude-seeking writer and a fascinating foil for his vibrant costar, Vanessa Redgrave. The legend is mesmerizing as Maria, a distant cousin who welcomes David to her modest Poland flat and ultimately softens the spoiled brat with hesitant recollections of her Holocaust survival.
Cherry Lane Theatre, through April 27.
Set in 1863 Italy, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's moody 1994 Best Musical Tony winner makes a triumphant return under the great John Doyle's efficient, thoughtful direction. Judy Kuhn is both haunting and infuriating as Fosca, a homely, sickly stalker who creeps under the skin and into the heart of Giorgio, a handsome soldier played by the commanding, silver-throated Ryan Silverman. As Giorgio's beautiful lover, Melissa Errico is sunshine personified.
Classic Stage Company, through April 19.
It may be hard to fathom how late gay playwright Lanford Wilson's sweet but slight 1979 two-hander won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, but Danny Burstein and American Horror Story's Sarah Paulson make a satisfying meal of it in Roundabout Theatre Company's pleasant revival. Set in a Missouri boathouse in 1944 and told in real time, it's a touching tale of a Jewish accountant and a conservative Protestant spinster circling what could be their last chance at love.
Laura Pels Theatre, through May 12.
Are young Americans really as lazy and self-absorbed as foreigners see them? That's up for debate in Amy Herzog's tense, electrifying drama about married ex-pats in a Parisian flat where the rent's unpaid, the husband's jerking off instead of fighting pediatric AIDS, and a kitchen knife is passed around ominously like Chekhov's Gun. In the skilled hands of Maria Dizzia and Greg Keller, this codependent couple's epic unraveling is a thing of exquisite, terrifying beauty.
New York Theatre Workshop, through April 14.
Reuniting with in-demand director Sam Gold, celebrated young playwright Annie Baker gives voice to three underpaid misfit employees of a run-down Massachusetts movie theater in this long, slow-burning, but ultimately rewarding dark comedy. Louisa Krause is a standout as Rose, a troubled green-haired projectionist thought to be a lesbian until she makes a clumsy pass at Avery (Aaron Clifton Moten), an awkward cinephile who may not like girls either.
Playwrights Horizons, through April 7.
Nurse Jackie's Edie Falco could make a Chinese takeout menu sound riveting, but she's been given a much better premise with Liz Flahive's quirky yet subdued drama. Falco stars as a kindergarten teacher who abandons her job and family so that she can chill in a crappy apartment and dance to Ke$ha songs. Out director Leigh Silverman embraces the subtleties of this frustrating but absorbing story about living your own life, societal pressures be damned.
Manhattan Theatre Club, through May 5.
See last month's theater review column here.


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8 Oct 2012 2:13 PM #1
Unanswered: TitleBar text truncation is not updated when the toolbar is hidden
I have a TitleBar with several buttons. If the screen is not wide enough to fit the title and the buttons, it will rightly truncate the title, e.g. if the title is "My Long Title":
[BUTTON] My Lon... [BUTTON]
However, let's say the screen is in landscape mode and it can fit the whole title. Then, I hide the toolbar, rotate the device, and show the toolbar. Now it can't fit the whole title, but it is not updated so the title overlaps one of the buttons.
Is this a bug? Or if it's by design, then how I can I override the behavior so that it will update the toolbar when I show it?
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The TitleBar has to calculate the width of the text but when it's hidden it doesn't really have a width.Mitchell Simoens @LikelyMitch
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So how do I get it to recalculate the text width after I show it?
9 Oct 2012 11:38 PM #4
I believe the private method refreshTitlePosition() does what you want. In my case i had to call it with a small delay after showing the titlebar. Please mind that the use of private methods of ST is discouraged.
10 Oct 2012 1:00 AM #5
Do update to ST 2.1
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Golf course vista – Flickr pic of the day
This image of the Cape Town Stadium, as seen from the Metropolitan Golf Club, was captured by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. Flickr group member Graham Bartholomew, aka graham_bart.
Graham says: "This photo was taken from the Green Point park, looking across the golf course to the stadium. The park is a wonderful sanctuary, which has attracted bird life into the city."
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Firemen work to extinguish a fire that broke out in the city hall, in La Rochelle, western France. The fire swept through the roof destroying part of the historic 15th-century building.
Chinese paramilitary police block photos as they man a checkpoint on the road to the riot-affected Uighur town of Lukqun, Xinjiang province. Fresh violence erupted in the restive province, two days after 35 died in what the government called a "terrorist attack" and a week before the anniversary of major 2009 clashes.
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Let $G$ be a semisimple algebraic group, $C$ be a smooth projective curve, and $\omega$ be canonical line bundle.
The stack $Higgs_{\omega}$ is defined as the stack associating to each $S$ the groupoid consisting of $(E, \phi)$, where $E$ is a $G$-torsor over $X \times S$ and $\phi \in \Gamma(C \times S, ad(E) \otimes_C D)$. Here, how given this torsor $E$ on $C \times S$, does $ad(E)$ refers to the associated bundle $E \times_G \mathfrak{g}$?
Main question: Given a stack $X$, one can abstractly define its co-tangent stack. How does one show that the abstract definition of $T^* Bun_G$ can be identified with $Higgs_{\omega}$?


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Robert Griffin III greeting some of the residents who turned out for the ceremony Friday. (Photo by Rachel Cox)
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City officials asked developers to name the road after Griffin, the Copperas Cove High School standout who went on to become Baylor University's first Heisman Trophy winner.
C-Cove 90 Partners, the developer of the project, originally planned to name the street Heisman Way before residents and City Council members asked that the roadway be named for Griffin.
The street is now Robert Griffin III Boulevard.
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There are many equivalent definitions of the Catalan Numbers. I'll use this one:
A Dyck Word is a string consisting on $n$ X's and $n$ Y's such that no initial segment of the string has more Y's than X's. For example, XXYYXY is a Dyck Word, but XXYYYX is not, because of the leading substring XXYYY. The $n^{th}$ Catalan number $C_n$ is equal to the number of Dyck Words of length $2n$.
There are a number of well-known formulas for computing the Catalan numbers. One is $C_n = \frac{1}{n+1} {2n \choose n}$.
My Question
I want to generalize the Catalan Numbers as follows: Suppose a Dyck Word is allowable if no leading substring has $k$ or more Y's than X's. Then $D^k_n$ gives the number of (modified) Dyck Words of length $2n$. So $C_n = D^1_n$.
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Never again deal with the hassle of knotted cables or be sent crawling around the floor of your desk looking for that cable-end that slipped off. The Sumo Cable Management is an elegant and useful little tool that is designed to be placed on a desk, stay there, and keep your cables from running off.
The BlueLounge Sumo utilizes hi-tec micro-suction pads to keep your desk orderly. The micro-suction pads, located on the underside of the Sumo, are non-marking and can be re-positioned and reused at will. To use, simply hold up to two cables where you want them to stay, then place the Sumo directly on top of them. The cables fit into the grooves underneath the Sumo, giving you the ability to pull them out when you need to use your chords, then cast them aside and know that they won't go far. The easy to use Sumo Cable Management is available in black and white and is a great accessory to help you organize your desk.
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The Juvenile Justice Center at Barry University School of Law was founded in 2007 through a generous grant from the Eckerd Family Foundation. The purpose of the Center is to improve the advocacy of children in delinquency court in Florida. We are here to assist lawyers across Florida with training, case law updates, practice guides and consultation services. Call or email us, we are here to help YOU!
The Juvenile Justice Center is committed to equality and justice through zealous advocacy for children in the delinquency system. The Center is devoted to improving the quality of representation through training, networking and consulting with law students, public defenders and those in the legal field that represent children. The Center works to create dramatic reform in the juvenile justice field in Florida with an emphasis on improvements in the quality of representation of children in the delinquency system, lasting positive impacts in legislation and a vision that juvenile delinquency representation is a specialized discipline.
The Center has been in existence for only 4 years.
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- The Center maintains a website for lawyers that represent children to access motions, fact sheets and articles.
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- The Center was selected, along with the Miami Dade Public Defender, to represent the State of Florida as a Model for Change State by the MacArthur Foundation. The Center developed a pilot project that is now expanding to other parts of the state to ensure that children are receiving an opportunity to speak with a lawyer before the child waives his or her right to counsel.


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Here is the setup.
The site in question is a website that displays listings. Each listing has a rank (1-3). Basically it's a listing type... small, medium & large to determine how much the customer pays.
When I do a WP_QUERY of all of the listings I want to display them in order DESC from 3-1 (larget - small)... basically show all large listings, them medium then small listings.
Think sortfolio.com
The problem is not only do I want to order them large-small, but I also want to randomize each listing so the same large one will not always be the first one displayed.
Here is what I was trying:
$query = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'listing', 'orderby' => 'meta_value_num rand', 'meta_key' => 'membership'));
As you can see I am ordering them by the membership level but then am trying to randomizing them. It seems to work, but it always puts the initial membership results in ASC order and there is no way (i can figure) around it.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!


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Rainbow Fan
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- Pick up some colorful paint sample cards from your local hardware store.
- Punch a hole in the center of the bottom and top of each card.
- At one end, join the cards with a paper fastener.
- At the other, lace yarn through the holes in each card to form the top of a fan.
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James 1:13 "When tempted, no one should say, �God is tempting me.� For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone."
Beginning a New Year and restarting a Bible reading plan found me in John 1 this morning as I sat in my living room with a blanket over my legs and prayed. John 1 starts out with some great theological fodder with verses like, the Word was with God. The Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. But this morning my attention was focused on something else.
In verses 19, 20 the Jews send priest and Levites to see if John was the promised Messiah. He quickly told them no, but that the Messiah was among them and indicated that He would be revealed shortly. But when Jesus is revealed by John, the guy they thought was the Messiah, no one believes him.
John didn't perform miracles. Didn't socialize with anyone - priest or sinner. Didn't heal the lame or free the demon possessed. He just preached, Prepare the way of the Lord! For this he is asked if he is the Messiah. But when Messiah is revealed with signs and wonders, healing and casting out demons. The Priests and Levites seem to be oblivious to this. It seems to me to be a willful case of mistaken identity.
And then my mind started going - which often happens - and I jump to something seemingly unrelated.
I have also mistaken God for someone else.
The truth is that I have at times mistaken God for the one causing my problems. I have blamed Him for everything, from a lack of finances, to broken down cars to struggles in my marriage or with my kids. It occurred to me that I was pointing at God when I should have been running from Satan. Mistaken identity.
God does not harm us or bring harm to us. He teaches. He instructs. He disciplines. But those are completely different from tempting or harming. Satan uses these tactics to get us to blame God for our problems - but it's misplaced. Mistaken identity.
In this New Year I will be more aware of Satan's schemes to get me to blame God for a particular situation or challenge. I will look to God for help, recognizing that Satan wants to harm.
Monte Drenner in his book, Spiritual Breakthroughs says this, "Satan's lies are much easier to believe and to live than the promises of God."
His lie is that God is out to punish you. To harm you. To pay you back for your sins. But it is Satan who is tempting you. Satan who is disrupting your life and causing you pain. He is a liar and so you can trust that everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie. He hates you and wants you to die so that you suffer with him. God loves you and sent His own Son to die in your place so that you wouldn't have to suffer.
Father, help me to see You for who You really are. Forgive me for the times that I have blamed you for the things that Satan has brought into my life. Help me to recognize his games and turn to you for help and hope when He is on the attack.


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Hello there! We are on a budget and are looking for an all inclusive wedding venue less than or up to 2 hours away from Oshawa, Ontario. It would need to be LGBT friendly and if it's on the water or historic that's a plus. Hoping for something with little to no public around as we want it to be very intimate. Having around 80 people attend.
Recently engaged trying to find a reasonable place to have a wedding/reception. A place that allows me to do my own catering and possible do my own alcohol. Getting married next July need help!!!!


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The lone representative from the El Dorado Wildcats cross country team at the state meet at Wamego Country Club represented El Dorado well.
EHS senior Sam Haines was the only Wildcats runner at the State Cross Country meet.
On a cool and brisk Saturday morning with the temperature dipping into the low 40s, with light wind at Haines' back, he took to the Wamego course.
This was the first time Haines had competed at the state race in his high school career.
Haines finished with a time of 17:57.
He was able to run 37 seconds faster than when he ran the course at the Wamego Invitational on Sept. 8.
"I am happy that Sam earned a trip to the state meet. I know he was proud to be able to compete at state. I was nice to see him post the best time of his career for the course," said El Dorado coach David Herrs.
Haines defeated half of his competitors as he finished 52nd out of 104.
Haines passed 4 or 5 runners as he approached the finish line ending his career on the Wildcat cross country team.
The AVCTL Division III was well represented at the meet. Three boys teams finished in the top 7. Two girls teams finished in the top 7.
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I have a roommate with a mid-2010 MacBook Pro running OS X 10.6.8. I would like to experiment with OS X 10.8, but don't want to make them upgrade their Mac since 10.6 is still receiving security updates and they subscribe to the "if it isn't broke don't fix it" computer philosophy. Is it technically possible to run OS X 10.8 in Virtualbox with 10.6 as the host OS? If so how do you do this, and what is the legality of doing so?
I haven't seen people have good luck using non-server versions of OS X on Virtual Box since they explicitly do not support Lion or Mountain Lion by intention and design.
Here is the forum post I refer to when I can't remember which OS virtual box has done the work to make the install go smoothly.
The relevant section reads "the new Mac OS X as Guest feature is only available to users with Apple/Mac hardware, and only for "Mac OS X Server" installations as a guest OS."
It goes on to explain that they do not welcome any discussions on this topic on their site as it could be construed as bypassing Apple Software License Agreement (SLA).
This is quite problematic since the obvious way I would get to Lion Server or Mountain Lion Server would be to start from the 10.6 Retail DVD and then use the App Store to upgrade. Furthermore the FAQ in their forum are from 2007 and 2010 and are marked as "outdated - do not use these" for the most part. I apologize for the wordy non-answer but despite some time working on this, it's not at all clear what set of steps are needed to get going. I'll revise this if I get things working using VB but at some point will switch to Parallels or VMWare as I've heard they make it easier to get going.


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Jack Calvin Gump, 96, of San Diego, Calif., formerly of Nebraska City, died Sept. 6, 2012. He was born on March 17, 1916 in Nebraska City to Ray and Stella (Witty) Gump. He graduated from Nebraska City High School with the class of 1934.
Shortly thereafter, he joined the United Navy and traveled the world over. Chief Jack led a group of sailors during the landing of Normandy in World War II. He served 20 years as a sailor and eventually returned to his beloved ships working in the Bremerton, Wash., ship yards for nearly 20 years.
Jack married Ruth Gump in 1978. Both were active members in the Linda Vista Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by wife Ruth Gump of San Diego; stepson Robert G. Leonard and wife Carole of Arizona; brother Doyle Gump of Lincoln; sister Dorothy Moralle of Bellevue; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
He was preceded by brothers Leonard Gump and Leslie Gump and sister Willa Hartley.
Graveside memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 at Wyuka Cemetery in Nebraska City. Complete military services will be conducted by the U.S. Navy Funeral Honors Detail.
Gude Mortuary in Nebraska City is in charge of the arrangements.
Condolences may be left at www.gudefuneralhomes.com.
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So can I use the rotator with the NN3 MK II? I assume you would not use the rotator in the NN. How do you lock it down?
So can I use the rotator with the NN3 MK II? I assume you would not use the rotator in the NN. How do you lock it down?
We listen. We try harder.
When will the NN3 be redesigned for that. I am about to purchase it, but would prefer to wait a reasonable amount of time.
Are the pins in a different position to the plastic detent retaining pins.? Iff so why? are they interchangeable?
Looks like a simple drill and tap situation. You could always provide a thin plastic drilling guide to put over the NN3 ii centre screw.
Nick, you did it again! For the last week, I've been agonizing about the MKII rotator upgrade to my NN3-MKI and now you have to muddy my thinking with new options.
I can't help but be drawn to the D3L. If you do create an anti-twist adapter for the NN3 that fits your pin sockets, I think you've got another winner!
Maybe I'll hold off on Drilling and Tapping my MKI for a bit.
Thanks again
- Dean
We listen. We try harder.
When can we get our hands one these awesome items?
Are there any realease dates that we can count on?
Hi! I asked my brother in law to buy the upgrade rotator for the NN3 in my name. Visiting the Nodal Ninja store, I noticed that the Rotator R-D12 is already been offered. Now is it ready to be shipped or will it be still as promissed "due mid to late 2008"?
If it is not this one then I will go with the MKII upgrade .
Thanks, regards, Martin
I have to say, when I'm not out actually using my NN I'll be sitting here with my credit card out waiting to order the Rotator D12.
I had been resigned to living with the 10 degree dentent installed and counting clicks when I'm using a wider lens.
Also, I have to agree it would be great to have even smaller stops, even 5 degrees would be amazing but I'll be happy for the 7.5. I take a lot of shots in low light conditions and the marks are sometimes a little hard to read. At any rate I appreciate your craftsmanship and I would never want you to compromise quality to try to make the tighter stops work. Your products have the rare feel of something that is made by someone who actually uses their own creations.
"Well, some day, we may have motorized rotators..." Ok, I just have to go out shoot something now...
Thanks for the great tools!
For example
Will it be possible to order the NNs with one of these advanced rotators instead of the standard? Will you extend your NN buyback offer to just rotators, for those looking to upgrade. I have the NN3 Mk 1 and would love to put that D3L on it. You mention custom detent positions, is that an extra cost? Thank you for making wonderful toys!
we will not buy back NN3I rotator as it is discontinued. Deducting the return shipping cost, I don't think it will save you much money.
If feadback shows that particular sets of detent combination for D3L is popular, we may offer it without extra cost. We may charge extra if the total number of stops exceed certain number because the maching cost is proportional to the number of stops. what detent settings do you like?
We listen. We try harder.
with the D8 and D12 rotators you have very interesting products!
The only problem I see is to make these fit in an Arca Swiss environment.
It must be possible to mount an Arca clamp on top of the rotators, and
the most common screw to do this is 3/8". Your M6 socket seems to be
a problem at this point.
To mount a rotator on top of an Arca Swiss compatible ballhead, you need
a plate under the rotator. The most elegant way to do this seems something
like the RRS Dovetail mount for the PCL-1 clamp (PCL-DVTL). Is it possible
to you make your rotator compatible (2 sockets) with the (pricey) PCL-DVTL,
or invent your own solution?
Kind regards,
I don't think I'll need it, but is it possible to have two 30 detent rings offset to create 60 detents when both are selected?
Most importantly, can I get one by the Oshkosh Airshow (Jul 28-Aug3)?


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Ryan as Catholic Dissident
Agood op-ed in today's NY Times by Fordham theology professor Michael Peppard (I hope he has tenure!). It's nice to see that others have noticed (as I did in a post a few weeks back) the inconsistency between Ryan's insistence that questions about abortion be turned over to the democratic process and the Catholic hierarchy's official teaching on that question. Peppard also makes another very nice point about Ryan's support for exceptions in the case of rape, incest and life of the mother and the inconsistency of the "wafer watchers":
The churchs staunch position on fetal personhood was on display two years ago in Phoenix, when Margaret McBride, a nun on the ethics board of St. Josephs Hospital, authorized an emergency abortion to save the life of a dying woman. Sister McBride was automatically excommunicated by her bishop (though later reinstated quietly). Mr. Ryans new position unites him with Sister McBride in defending the threatened life of a pregnant woman.Most Catholics, myself included, think the denial of Communion to Sister McBride or Vice President Biden is an inappropriate use of pastoral power. But at the very least, such judgments should be consistent. Sadly, that would mean the wafer watch starts for Paul Ryan.
As I understand it, those who insist on obedience to the hierarchy's teachings on abortion do not think these things should be graded on a curve. Ryan (in their view) should not get bonus points for being closer to the official position than Biden, any more than Sister McBride did. But for many who like to play this communion game, the issue is not an assessment of whether the Catholic politician is advocating the official position on when abortion should be legal, it is rather a not-so-covert way of signaling to the faithful who is worthy of Catholic votes. So I won't be holding my breath for one of them to suggest that Ryan should abstain from receiving the sacrament.
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Michael Peppard's piece highlights just how extremist the certain current teachings of the Roman Catholic Church are.Of course the NEW YORK TIMES would be willing to publish a piece that highlights just how extremist the certain current teachings of the Roman Catholic Church are.The fact that Peppard criticizes Rep. Paul Ryan for not upholding the certain extremist teachings is a bonus from the standpoint of the NYTimes.From the standpoint of the NYTimes, publishing Peppard's piece gave them the opportunity to hit two birds with one stone, figuratively speaking.
From Michael Peppard's article:"Mr. Bidens answer, which followed the script written by Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, was no surprise. Everyone knows that the Democratic position that seeks few or no restrictions on abortion rights is not in line with Catholic doctrine. Some bishops have attempted to put politicians who espouse it on wafer watch; Mr. Biden was recently warned by the bishop of the diocese of Colorado Springs that he ought not to be receiving Communion. Align public policy with Catholic teaching, or be persona non grata at the altar of grace."My understanding is that the bishop in Colorado Springs put Biden on "wafer watch", not for his position on abortion - and in fact, Biden has some pro-life cred - but because of his support for the contraception mandate.
I hadn't heard that Sr. McBride has been reinstated.
Thanks for this post, and to Prof. Peppard for his op-ed column. Both, it seems to me, fall into the "we are called to be faithful, not successful" category. It's unlikely that, for example, the bishop of Colorado Springs, having placed Vice-President Biden on "wafer watch" over the administration's yet-to-be-implemented contraception policies, will now move to place Cong. Ryan on "wafer watch" for his views on abortion.Nonetheless, it's important that someone(s) keep raising these issues within our Church. Thanks for doing it.
"...and in fact, Biden has some pro-life cred..."Only if you define "pro-life" to have nothing to do with homicide. His signature legislation, the "Biden Crime Bill", among other things, expanded the federal death penalty to include about 5 dozen new crimes, such that virtually every criminal homicide occurring in the US is death penalty eligible. He further expanded the federal death penalty - unconstitutionally, in light of Kennedy v. Louisiana - to include non-violent crimes, most notably drug trafficking. And while the Biden Crime Bill was 18 years ago (I believe it was 1994, but I forget for sure) he has recently re-affirmed his passion for state-sponsored homicide of civilians. I recall in a speech he gave on or around September the 6th, he said of one of his extrajudicial assassinations that it "was about righting an unspeakable wrong...about healing an unbearable wound, a nearly unbearable wound in America's heart," which is an interesting interpretation on a grave violation of the international laws governing armed conflicts.
The Christ of the Gospels had no great love of authority and was quite at ease with sinners and lowlifes. He didn't care much about "how it looks." Maybe he's still that way. Maybe he'd rather have a little face time with reprobates in communion than spend it all with the pure white sheep of the flock. Maybe communion is not just a gift for the good, but an unconditional act of love on his part reaching out to inchoate desire on the other side. Maybe barring sinners is hindering him.
There is nothing about Ryan's approach to abortion that is inconsistent with Catholic teaching. In fact, it seems to fall squarely within this section of paragraph 73 of Evangelium Vitae:A particular problem of conscience can arise in cases where a legislative vote would be decisive for the passage of a more restrictive law, aimed at limiting the number of authorized abortions, in place of a more permissive law already passed or ready to be voted on. Such cases are not infrequent. It is a fact that while in some parts of the world there continue to be campaigns to introduce laws favouring abortion, often supported by powerful international organizations, in other nations-particularly those which have already experienced the bitter fruits of such permissive legislation-there are growing signs of a rethinking in this matter. In a case like the one just mentioned, when it is not possible to overturn or completely abrogate a pro-abortion law, an elected official, whose absolute personal opposition to procured abortion was well known, could licitly support proposals aimed at limiting the harm done by such a law and at lessening its negative consequences at the level of general opinion and public morality. This does not in fact represent an illicit cooperation with an unjust law, but rather a legitimate and proper attempt to limit its evil aspects. Of course, Biden's approach to abortion is completely at odds with the authoritative teaching of the Church. It is, in fact, evil.
@Thorin (10/16, 3:12 pm) Thanks for your comment. What if there's evidence that abortion rates are lower when women have greater access to education, when sex education---including about contraception---is widely available, and when contraception is freely and widely available? What if there's evidence that abortion rates are often higher in nations (e.g., Brazil) in which abortion is illegal? What is a Catholic legislator to do?
Mr. Hill,I don't know much about the situation in Brazil, but it is absolutely clear that legalizing abortion in the United States increased the incidence of abortion. And even incremental changes in the law (e. g., parental notification, waiting periods, etc.) decrease the incidence of abortion. Therefore, Catholic politicians in the United States should work to make abortion illegal or, at the very least, put additional legal restrictions on it. Of course, Biden has done just the opposite. In the debate, he promised that the Democrats would never allow Roe v Wade to be overturned, and he attacked Ryan for trying to provide legal protection to unborn children. Biden's reference to Robert Bork in the debate also was a vivid reminder of how destructive Biden's pro-abortion politics have been. As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee when Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court was under consideration, Biden was instrumental in getting the Senate to reject Bork. Opposition to Bork was based in substantial part on the well-founded belief that Bork would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. Had Bork been confirmed, Roe v Wade would have been overturned in 1992, when the Supreme Court decided Planned Parenthood v Casey. Assuming very conservatively that overturning Roe v Wade would decrease the number of abortions in America by 100,000 per year, Biden's opposition to Bork has so far contributed to the deaths of 2,000,000 Americans.
"when it is not possible to overturn or completely abrogate a pro-abortion law, an elected official, whose absolute personal opposition to procured abortion was well known, could licitly support proposals aimed at limiting the harm done by such a law.."Thorin: Is Ryan's absolute personal opposition well known? Why should we assume that Ryan objects to abortion to save the mother's life? Has he stated that? Has he said publicly that he wishes he was able to outlaw abortions in all circumstances, no matter what the reason? If he does really feel that way, I think the voters should know.
And of course a new study shows that access to free contraception substantially reduces the abortion rate. So...will all those Catholic institutions drop their lawsuits in order to participate in reducing abortion under Obamacare? If this study's findings stand up to repeat studies, it seems that institutions participating in Obamacare would be involved in "mediate material cooperation with good," at least in reducing abortions, wouldn't they? http://news.yahoo.com/free-birth-control-tied-drop-abortions-200223387.html
The papacy doing an about-face on contraception would not only be effective on reducing the incidence of abortion, it would be a great kick-start to an evangelization that the 85% of young Catholics who don't attend church might actually pay attention to. Imagine. "Hey! We were wrong! We were arguing from authority, not from natural law. We said it because Pius XI said it, and then Pius XII added to it, so Paul VI said what they both said, and John Paul II and Benedict said the same thing. But now we want to make it right." That would be something.
Oh, Lisa Fullam and Jeanne Follman, preach it sisters! Sanity at last.
Six minutes after I posted the above, a 4.5 magnitude quake originating in Maine was felt in NH. It sounded serious but all is still standing.Thank God I've moved on from my pre-Vatican II mindset.
Yes, Jeanne, that would be something. Right now, of course, a papal sentence that begins with I or We cannot end with "wrong." But give it two or three hundred years, and when everyone has forgotten the anxiety and dismay caused by those high-minded, closely reasoned, and universally ignored declarations on contraception, then some mellifluous Latinate effusion will explain that it was all a misunderstanding arising out of the pre-ecumenical contentiousness of the early twentieth century. You know how they were!
In 200-300 years the RCC will be a cult at the rate it's self-destructing. But, as Carolyn reminds us, mountains sometimes move, so there is hope.Glad you're OK, Carolyn.
If he doesn't have tenure, he is sure to get it now. While I agree with his arguments, it is pretty obvious that he represents mainstream progressive theological positions,which are held by the ovwhelming majority of theologians teaching at Catholic colleges today. So fear not! I am sure Prof Peppard's job is safe. Now, if a junior theo professor "came out" in favor or Romney/Ryan in the NYT? Then I would suggest she update her resume