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Pope Francis on women: A quiz
Which of the following is not an actual quotation from Pope Francis about women?
A. "It pleases me to think that the Church is not 'il Chiesa,' it is 'la Chiesa.' The Church is a woman! The Church is a mother! And that's beautiful, eh?"
B. "The woman is essential for the church. Mary, a woman, is more important than the bishops."
C. "We will also talk about the role of women in the Church. Remember the Church is feminine."
D. "Oh, women, women, they are so important. The church herself is a woman, yes? And that is why women are really so much better than men, forgive me if I speak plainly! Without its women the church is like a bumblebee at the post office, as we say in Argentina."
It's a tough call, I know. But believe it or not, that last quote comes from the not-quite-authentic Commonweal interview with Pope Frank. (Here are the sources for A, B, and C.)
Which is why I was surprised to see this:
"Oh, women, women, they are so important. The church herself is a woman, yes?" - Pope Francis https://t.co/MG886t3bKO
— Krista Tippett (@kristatippett) October 29, 2013
That tweet, from radio personality Krista Tippett to her more than 8,700 followers, has been retweeted (shared) 30 times. (Although one of those was me.) Glennon Melton shared it with more than 14,700 followers. Then the Twitter account for Tippett's show "On Being" retweeted it to more than 20,900 followers. Only then did someone finally reply to point out that the interview is not real.
It's possible that Tippett knew that all along, and just happened to choose the least jokey line in the piece as a representative quote. I'm not sure how else to explain her tweeting that "quote" instead of any of the similar, actual quotes it imitates. And I can't help but wonder how many people clicked that link, and how far into our interview they read before they caught on. I can't help but wonder, but I'm not sure I really want to know.
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Mollie Wilson O'Reilly is an editor at large and columnist at Commonweal.
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Tippet may have been too distracted preparing for her upcoming interview with Chris Hadfield about the spiritual dimensions of tension, ambiguity, and light opera to have noticed that it was a parody.
I wasn't sure until about half way through the interview that it was a joke.
Meanwhile, in the real world, Vatican spokesman Lombardi says the idea of women cardina;s ... "is not even remotely realistic."
Lombardi wouldn't say that if he were married.
The clerical male church is still in terror about women. Ask any woman, especially a sister or nun about their own experiences. The clerical ceiling is all about sexual fears and power.
For sure the jury is not out on what Francis' view is on women. But on the point you are making it is so true that people get things so false. Tippet's incorrect reading may not be deliberate. But history in general is often not reliable. That goes for Catholic Church history also. This is why Jesus spoke in parables so that those looking to distort his words would not have any easy time. And why many times people are reluctant to "give a straight answer." Holden Caufield (Catcher in the Rye) said that you can be sure that people will do whatever you say when they do not understand what you are saying. Lying sales people make more sales. Etc. It aint easy.
Crystal: Lombardi actually said "female cardinals for the consistory is not even remotely realistic" - See more at: http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201311/vatican-female-cardinals-aren%E2%80%99t-%E2%80%98even-remotely-realistic%E2%80%99-28053#sthash.5nde8pQv.dpuf
That is slightly different from shutting off the possibility altogether.
Thanks, Jim :)
I'm not feeling the love. I think Pope Francis has the potential to be a very good Pope, but so far has been underwhelming on women's isues.
Re: Role of Mary being more important than bishops.
I am not sure that there has been a sufficiently developed Marian theology rooted in what we can remotely discern from the gospel accounts.
So much chauvinistic overaly has been read into Mary that it is difficult to discern what exactly is being conveyed when the pope says that women are important to the church and links that with Mary.
The largest amount of text attributed to Mary in the gospels, the Magnificat, is rarely, if ever, present in popular Marian devotions or analysis of her role. Yet, in the Magnificat she is clearly being linked to a whole series of strong, Hebrew women and prophets.
Additionally, even Benedict XVI in his book notes the difference in how Zechariah and Mary both respond to the angels message. Mary is fearless and discerning.
Even though there is a great deal of problems with the whole co-redemptrix notion, there is more than a little truth to it. Jesus, being a man, required someone who understood him to guide him and in some ways, I like to think Mary did this. I think it is a mistake to read our notions of maternal care into that as the relationship was likely different or so it seems
Just one other point on Mary and women. Like women throughout history, Mary was primarily tasked with ensuring the cohesion of the family. I don't think that the evidence supports that the marriage of Mary and Joseph was a convential one as we understand that today. It seems as though he was assigned a task of protector but not lover or partner and that is how he understood it. Add to that the tradition (which i think is correct) that Joseph was a much older man and Mary's role as primarly custodian is underscored.
I think the church tries to promote the idea that Mary and Joseph didn't have a normal marriage in the romantic sense because it freaks them out to imagine Mary having that kind of relationship - thus their baseless assertions that Jesus' beothers were not really his brothers. There's no mention in the gospels (I believe) of him being an old man or of he and Mary having an unusual marriage arrangement.
It is true that there is no indication of Joseph being an old man but it is an old tradition in the east. Also, it was an unusual marriage arrangment.
What is clear historically is that Mary was pregnant and Joseph was not the father. Matthew goes to great lengths in his geneology to show, in part, how these women of "shame" were pivotal in Israel's history. (Tamar, Rahab (some scholars suggest was a prostitute), Ruth, and Bathsheba is alluded to and he does not mention her by name saying Uriah's wife - you know the one David had killed so he could take up with her! The fact that he identifies her specifically with that episode is telling.)
How many men do you know who are betrothed or whatever we might refer to that today and whose girlfriend or fiance is found to be pregnant would shelter her from embarrasment?
Also, as I have said before, my personal view is that when mary says that enigmatic how can this be since I do not know man, she is referring to the fact that Joseph would certainly not be able to father a child. Otherwise, she would have assumed that she would be pregnant by him. Not a big leap to assume that he is older and as viagra was not available then, it would be pretty difficult for a pregnancy to occur.
We can assume a lot of stuff but we don't know much. Joseph was probably older than Mary, yes, but why would that mean he wouldn't have a sexual relationship with her, especially given that the gospels explicitly mention Jesus' brothers and sisters (Mark 6:3, Matthew 13:55, John 7:3, Acts 1:14, 1 Corinthians 9:5). It's one thing to believe Mary was a virgin when she gave bith to Jesus but there's no concrete reason to believe she stayed forever a virgin. I think it's a construction of later church fathers like Jerome. The interesting question is 'why' .... why is a perpetually virgin Mary thought better than one who had a normal sex life?
I have wondered about that as well and I would personally not be scandalized if Mary had normal sexual relationships following the birth of Jesus. But she did become devoted particularly to him and was present in the upper room at Pentecost and so did become a disciple which would seem to indicate a singularity of purpose.
But the entire concept of virginity in the early church is an interesting one. I read a good book on that. Virginity was actually a political statement at the time. Roman society saw women as marrying and having children as a patriotic duty to further the empire. Virginity was a deliberate act of pledging allegiance to another kingdom that trumped the conventions of the empire. So women, with their bodies and life, made a statement.
But sexuality has always been a tricky area and the church fathers certainly did have a tendency in some of their writings to couch women as temptresses, etc. etc. And yes, I will concede that there is a kind of anti-sex thread that runs through the church or at least when I was growing up in it and it kind of has stuck.
At the same time, sexual minorities (LGBT) are now including "A" (asexual) people. Some people thing asexual people are abnormal but according to their experience, they lack a strong sex drive. So who knows? Human sexuality is complicated.
But after going round and round, I accept the churches' teaching on both the virgin birth and the perpetual virginity of Mary on faith and as I grow older, I do see how it is reasonable and not necessarily due to warped views of sexuality.
We'll probably never know the truth of things like Mary's relationships, and maybe tradition can fill in the blanks.
We'll know after we die, won't we? Or will we not dare ask? Or maybe not care any more?
Jerome wrote in the latter 300s, which is probably too late a date for the conception of the doctrine of Mary's perpetual virginity in the West and does not explain the prior existence of that doctrine in the Eastern church.
Another Jerome, Jerome Murphy O'Connor, a priest and Bible scholar who has argued that Mary was embarassed by and unbelieving in Jesus until the resurrection, has cited the virtual unanimity of the early church on Mary's perpetual virginity as his reason for believing that Mary had no other children.
I agree with you that there is not sufficent evidence in the New Testament alone to argue that Mary remained a virgin after the birth of Christ. A third Jerome, Jesuit Jerome H. Neyrey, makes a strong case against the traditional (in the West) "cousins" reading of the gospel passages you mentioned in the HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism.
Not surprising that the Commonweal "interview" has become a source of apocryphal Internet quotes -- which is a disservice to both pope and faithful.
Wikipedia actually has a page on Mary's perpetual virginity :) ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_virginity_of_Mary ... which goes into the history of the traditional belief, with its supporters and detractor - pretty interesting!
Speaking for myself, I'm unconvinced of the doctrine of perpetual virginity. The ideas that she was always a virgin, that she was immaculately conceived, just seem to me like the church's effort to "clean up" a normal human woman so that she could credibly be Jesus' mother. But the neat thing about Mary (and God) for me is the idea that she *was* just a normal woman, and still God thought she was good enough as she was.
Saying that the Church is a woman or that Mary is more important than bishops seems to have little to do with actual power dynamics "on the ground." I mean, isn't that just gloss?
I don't think many, if any, of our present hierarchs have a sanguine view of Cardinal Newman's motto: Cor ad cor loquitor. I wish that heartfelt conversation could make a difference.
As much as I don't like to admit it: In the matter of women's role in the church, I think we need to rely on our heads, rather than our hearts.
How could Jorge Bergoglio rise to the rank of cardinal-archbishop of Buenos Aires, then be elected pope without the support of the most conservative and reactionary cardinals in the conclave?
How could we now expect Papa Francesco to so easily turn his back on the very men who catapulted him into the papacy by doing something that is considered so subversive?
The most that Catholics could expect from Francesco would be for him to keep the discussion open and on-going for awhile, maybe for the rest of his papacy.
IMHO, in the meantime the only way that we will ever see expanded roles for women in the church is for a national church or bishops conference to demand it, and move to begin ordaining women and married men. Only something like that would force the Romans' hand.
And that will not happen until such time as we Catholics reform and renew the priesthood from parish to pope - which will take us years, decades, even centuries to pull that one off.
The fly in the ointment for that very rosey prospect is that unless we Catholic make big changes in the way we do priesthood, we may not make it to the end of this century as it is.
Pope Francis said he would like "a poor church for the poor", but he didn't say that he would like "a women's church for women". He said that "the church is a woman", but he didn't say "the church is poor". In the case of poverty, he has a definite idea in mind and he knows very well that we are not there yet. In the case of women, not so much.
I'm not too optimistic that Francis will do a lot to change the official attitudes towards women. He obviously likes women (which many hierarchs obviously don't), and no doubt wishes us well. But I doubt that he has had the opportunity to see many capable women in action, and so I doubt that he realizes what the specific problems are and how deep they are. He'll see to it that Rome listens to us a somewhat better, but seeing to it that women's potentials are fully utilized by the Church? Sadly, he has given us no evidence that that will happen. Band aids. We'll get ban aids.
(And then there's the Holy Spirit. What will She do?)
...seems to have little to do with actual power dynamics...
It's both offensive and refreshing when people inadvertently come clean, and reveal that, cant aside, all it really is about is power: Who's got it, who doesn't, and how do I get me some more of that good stuff.
What would Mary say?
Nice try, Mark.
IMHO, in the meantime the only way that we will ever see expanded roles for women in the church is for a national church or bishops conference to demand it, and move to begin ordaining women and married men. Only something like that would force the Romans' hand.
Married men and women are different cases, and the barriers are quite different in magnitude. The topic here seems to be women.
I remember in the early 1980s, when some things seemed more possible than they have in recent years, a priest told me that it could play out as Jim J described here. He thought that it might happen in the developing world - possibly in Asia, perhaps Africa. He thought that presenting Rome with a fait accompli could force change.
Based on what we've seen since then, I don't think it would play out that way. For one thing, I don't think it would be possible to achieve unanimity or consensus among the bishops of a national conference to go down this path. For another - I think, if Rome were presented with this, it would respond with the hard measures it would deem appropriate.
The path that seems the least unlikely to me right now is the diaconate. There is a definite movement afoot to ordain women to the diaconate. This might be the papacy that would acquiesce to that. Not that the diaconate is a locus of much authority in the church, if that is one of the desiderata.
If you want people to feel like they belong, they have to have a say in things. That is, they have to have some power, one way or another.
Maybe people are disaffected from the church institution because they don't have a say - women least of all -, so they don't feel like they belong: the church institution becomes something identified with "them" - pope, cardinals, senior curial officials, bishops, and priests at the parish level. Everything is organized and decided by "them". Our joys and hopes, griefs and anxieties might not even be open for discussion! They, the deciders, are not interested in our opinion or our input. With no power, no influence, no visibility, women may disengage. We're on the outside. It's a different world, we are not part of it (no woman in the sanctuary!), and what they say no longer concerns us. The mystical Church becomes disconnected from the church hierarchy.
Having some power is part of belonging. When we have some power, we become invested in how things go, and some loyalty is built. We want things to work well. We feel responsible. We have a sense of being vested with a mission, however modest, a sense of being part of the Church that is being built.
I know that until the 18th century and a little beyond, there were absolute monarchies, people were loyal to their king and slaves loyal to their masters, but I do not know how that worked and how the church institution plans to bring back that attitude.
Or maybe I'm largely making this up. But I just moved from a place where decisions are taken by the Assembly of Professors, so that every full professor had a real say in decisions, to a place where no one who is not at least chair of his or her department has any power. It makes a tremendous, and quite unexpected, difference in my view of the institution. The former fosters loyalty, the latter naturally tends to lead to disengagement. The point is that it's perfectly valid to complain about lack of power. Shared power is good.
Maybe people are disaffected from the church institution because they don't have a say - women least of all -, so they don't feel like they belong: the church institution becomes something identified with "them" - pope, cardinals, senior curial officials, bishops, and priests at the parish level.
This may help explain the phenomenon in which many Catholics feel connected to the local parish - where, even though the pastor is at the top of the pyramid, in many instances there are women with real authority and responsibility - but feel considerably less connected to the universal church.
Yes, maybe so.
I suppose that I should be thankful that this blogstream discussion has at least, finally, begun to focus on the sub rosa issue in the ordination of women debate: Political power in the Catholic Church is solely in the hands of an all-male feudal oligarchy that has lost its legitimacy in the modern world.
I don't say this because I think it is profound – only because it should be obvious. Catholics have a political problem, not a theological, or even pastoral problem.
It is my contention that if you want to change the hearts and minds of the hierarchs about the ordination of women to priesthood (and I would add, married priesthood as well) you are going to have to take away, or severely limit the source of the hierarchs' power: Unaccountable and unfettered access to mountains of money [in the $billions] with which the hierarchs use to fuel their near complete political hegemony over the church.
This concentration of political power and the wealth to support and underwrite the hierarchs' political agenda has to be broken-up if real, meaningful reform and renewal of the church is ever to evolve.
The Golden Rule of Politics is: She/he who has the gold, rules. Once Catholics take away from the clerics the unassailable discretion to spend money, on whatever, the ordination of women will come in due course - Because the PEOPLE are way ahead of the hierarchs on engaging life in the 21st century.
[This should be at least one of the lessons we take away from the recent experience in Limburg, Germany with Bishop "Bling" Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, don't yah think?]
The inherent corruption of concentrating all the political power in the hands of feudal oligarchs should not be a surprise to Americans since our form of self-government separates wisely the executive and legislative functions by giving the "power of the purse" to the congress. The analogous arrangement for the church would be that the PEOPLE decide how the money is to be spent providing a system of checking the political power of the hierarchs.
Face it, the hierarchs, Papa Francesco included, from all the evidence before us, are incapable of making the necessary choices to reform and renew the church.
Catholics would best not look to the discredited and corrupt hierarchs to lead on the issue of enhancing the role of women in the church. Only the PEOPLE have the competency to pull-off this historic shift in Catholic Church praxis.
If you want women to be ordained priests, if you want priests to be able to marry, then there is only one way to go:
I'd like to add to my comments this mantra: Seperate the MONEY from MINISTRY!
The idea that the church might change first in other countries is like what's been happening in the Anglican Communion. While the Churxh of England is still arguing over women bishops, there have been women bishops for years in the US, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, etc. The difference is that in our church, no bishops have the courage (or the will) to disagree on this level with high command. It probably also helps that in the Anglican Communion, the layity does get a part in decision-making.
@ Crystal Watson: My wife and I have close friends in Pleasant Hill, CA where Bruce is an Episcopal priest pastoring there now for over twenty years. It's just not getting to play "a part in decision-making." The PEOPLE are the ones who ultimately control the MONEY.
That is a huge lever the PEOPLE have to moderate and contain their priests and bishops - who are still the major movers and shakers in their congregations. But the PEOPLE provide the checks and balances.
Here in California, when it came time to pick their bishop, Episcopal folks from all over California where included in the process - if they choose to - not just the priests and deacons.
Let's separate the MONEY from MINISTRY.
There is a lot to like about the Episcopal Church :)
I find it completely ironic that in order to shield themselves from lawsuits relative to abuse, the Vatican argued that Bishops have jurisdiction over their diocese and are not branch managers of the Vatican. This is correct ecclesiology albeit misleading. The Pope does have full and complete ordinary jurisdiction over the whole church (east and west technically).
Still, it is basically correct. However, a bishop may not act outside of the discipline of the Roman Church. So yes, they are branch managers.
Just an example where seemingly abstract ecclesioogy has a profound impact on practice. Ditto for married priests. A bishop could or should be able to ordain a married man to the priesthood if what the Vatican argues legally is correct. Or for that matter appoint a woman as representative on key committees.
But reform is always happening. I heard that the Capuchins, as a protest to the Vatican policy insisting that only clerics may serve as major superiors, have historically always forwards a brother as major superior just so the Congregation can decline it. But the point is made decade after decade.
What I like about the ECUSA is the idea and independence of the Vestry. A friend who joined the ECUSA is now on the Vestry and was totally impressed with the way in which the Vicar and Vestry realize that they jointly run that parish. The Vestry also seems to be the Finance Council.
I'm sure that this brings its own share of problems (Episcopalians lurking here ... please opine), but the Vestry's existence is not dependant on a whim of the Vicar/Rector/Priest in Charge, now does is need to SUGGEST to him/her with the final vote being not the Vestry's.
Another good thing is the relatively small size of Episcopal parishes which means that members had a good idea as to what is going on, who is doing it and how their voice can be heard in a meaningful way.
You have to like that.
"now" should be "nor."
Please introduce an edit feature. Puhleeeeeeeeeeeez.
Has anybody here ever even been to a clown mass or heard of one happening where they are? I have never. I have seen the picture circulatin around the internet and it is the identical picture every time!!
I think it is largely an urban legend.
The only clown mass I can think of is when the Catholic chaplain celebrates mass for members of congress and parliament but that is not quite the same thing!!
George D. --
Americans seem to have a thing about clowns. Not only is there the urban legend about clown Masses (I'm still waiting to see an eye-witness report of one), but there is also the urban legend about the evil clowns who kidnap people in the mid-west.
Sure, dressing as a clown might disguise a kidnapper, but it would also draw attention to him, so I say the stories are extraordinarily unlikely. Dressing as a clown would also disguise a bank robber, but they seem to have better sense than the alleged kidnappers.
I think you've summed up the situation of the bishops very well Crystal--no courage and no will. They all seem to be crossing their fingers and waiting for the challenges to dissolve.
I agree that there are things to admire about the Episcopal Church, as there are in virtually all denominations. But while noting that they are our sisters and brothers in Christ, I would also note this:
The term "smaller, purer church" is occasionally tossed about here on dotCom, with a negative connotation: the idea seems to be that those that wish for a smaller purer, church wish to cast out those who are clinging to communion, who are managing to live on the margins. I daresay that one of the reasons we all embrace Pope Francis is that we sense that he doesn't desire a smaller, purer church.
This outsider's view of the Episcopal Church is that they are quite far down the path, possibly irretrievably, of the smaller, purer church program. The more they pursue some sort of progressive religious Utopia, the smaller they seem to shrink. It's not difficult to find individuals, or entire parishes, or now, apparently, at least one entire diocese, that has left the Episcopal Church - has made it smaller - because of the failure (or refusal) to measure up to whatever purity tests the denomination's democratic processes and ideological convictions have established.
I suspect that the Roman Catholic authorities see the troubles that roil the Episcopal Church, and the Anglican Communion more generally - the divisions, the recriminations, the severing of communion, the lawsuits, the doctrinal flip-flopping on the basis of majority voting, the seemingly inexorable wittling-down of membership, et al - and say, "No thanks".
". . . the divisions, the recriminations, the severing of communion, the lawsuits, the doctrinal flip-flopping on the basis of majority voting, the seemingly inexorable wittling-down of membership . . ."
Jim P. =
Except for the flip-flopping, doesn't this describe the RCC? And never forget -- the second largest religiously identifiable group in the U. S. is the ex-Catholics.


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A development in Florida's Vero Beach emphasizes minimalist design to create an understated vibe
When crystal tycoon Nadja Swarovski, Amway heir Dick DeVos and Canadian retail billionaire W. Galen Weston come to the east coast of Florida to relax, they bypass Palm Beach and head 80 miles north to a development called Windsor. Here, home architecture is strictly regulated—few arches allowed—residents get around on golf carts and Prince Charles is an occasional visitor.
Located on a barrier island at the north end of Vero Beach, Fla., Windsor has become a low-key version of glitzy Palm Beach. In Windsor, residents in T-shirts gather at the village coffee shop instead of donning tuxes at nightly galas. Among its residents, the enclave has attracted the likes of retired tennis pro Ivan Lendl and investment banker Peter Peterson.
"The people who come here have nothing to prove to anyone," says Ms. Swarovski, the great-great-granddaughter of Daniel Swarovski, who founded the Austria-based crystal empire in 1895.
Started in 1989 by Mr. Weston and his wife, Hilary, Windsor spans 416 acres with 350 lots. About 70% of the lots, which range from $400,000 to $2.6 million, have been sold, and current resale listings range from $1.2 million to $12 million, with most deals coming through word-of-mouth, says Elizabeth Hanley, president of Windsor Real Estate. The Westons own 30% of the remaining lots that haven't been developed yet; they also own the resale brokerage operation.
Annual dues are $11,750 for Windsor (not including golf dues), and the yearly association maintenance fee is $5,794. During the downturn, average sale prices in 2008 and 2009 dropped 17% compared with 2004-06, according to local data. Ms. Hanley says prices have crept back up to prebust levels.
To create the community's understated atmosphere, Ms. Weston and her husband worked with Andrés Duany, a Miami-based architect and urban planner who's known for "new urbanism" designs that are set around a town center and emphasize walkability. His well-known projects include the towns of Seaside, Fla., and Habersham, S.C. After seeing Seaside, the Westons decided to work with Mr. Duany because his approach notably lacks the kitsch of other Florida resorts.
The homes' Anglo-Caribbean facades are typically white, cream or a soft yellow, and the ends of roof joists must be visible to showcase the style of architecture. Homeowners cannot use large arches in their designs (Mr. Duany says they're "vulgar") and they must choose one of nine builders approved by Luis Van Cotthem, the director of planning and the man developers call the keeper of the code. There are minimal setbacks—the distance between where the lot ends and the road begins—and the streets are about 10 feet wide. "If you want to do something different, do it inside," Mr. Duany says. He recalls the daughter of an important developer who refused to design a home without multiple arches. "We ended up returning her check to her," he says.
The result is a development where homes are extremely close together but still very private. That's achieved by using courtyard architecture, where the main home and a separate carriage house or guesthouse are designed around a courtyard that acts as an outdoor living room with a loggia, a pool or a garden. Without setbacks, homes that are 5,000 square feet can easily fit on half an acre. Windows facing the courtyard don't have to have curtains, and windows facing outside are strategically placed so they don't align with a neighbor's windows. Homes sit on the perimeter of the golf course so the terrain can mask the homes across the way. The design allows a homeowner to build multiple homes on a single property—one at the north end and one at the south end, for example—to allow for older children to sleep away from their parents or give guests their own space. "We wanted family compounds with lots of smaller houses," Ms. Weston says.
Ms. Swarovski's family has been coming to Windsor since the early 1990s. Her parents sold their first home and built a larger home that could accommodate the entire family—her parents, herself, husband, three kids and her sister's family of four. In their home, which has soft pink shutters and crystal curtains in a large living room, there are three separate master-bedroom suites, two of which have children's rooms and offices attached. The design allows for 10 or more relatives to be in the same home but not feel cramped.
Most days at Windsor begin with residents going for coffee at the village store in golf carts, the preferred mode of transportation. Members play golf on the Robert Trent Jones Jr. course or stop by the equestrian center to ride horses. Near Windsor's entrance, there's a polo field where charity events have brought Prince Charles, actor Tommy Lee Jones and Italian hotelier Salvatore Ferragamo to town. A tunnel under the highway leads to the oceanfront properties and a beach club where members can sit in the sun by the pool and eat hamburgers or relax in private cabanas.
At night, members typically go to wine tastings at one another's homes or have dinner at the restaurant inside the clubhouse. On the top floor of the club is an art gallery, which Mr. and Ms. Weston's daughter started in 2002. It has featured works by Alex Katz, Christo and other contemporary artists, along with art from the Weston's private collection, such as works of Jeanne-Claude (Christo's late wife) and Gert & Uwe Tobias. Currently it has a partnership with Whitechapel Gallery in London to curate an annual exhibit that coincides with Art Basel in Miami.
On a recent afternoon, Mr. DeVos and his wife, Betsy, arrived at Windsor for an escape from the Michigan winter. The couple bought their first lot at Windsor in 1997 and decided to buy a second lot as their family grew. They now own a traditional main home and a contemporary-designed second home across the street, where they're adding on a playroom for grandchildren. The couple spends eight weeks a year at Windsor—each year adding a little more time. "I never wanted to have a house in Florida," Ms. DeVos says, laughing. "But Windsor is so different from the rest of Florida."
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I recently opened a jpeg and a tiff of the same subject in Photoshop CS3. They both were made with a Nikon D300, and both had a file size of almost 35mb. If I checked the image info it said the jpeg was about 4mb, which sounds normal. But, CS3 says different. I've tried different reformatted cards and my D200 as well. In Aperture2 the image file sizes are right at 4+MB for the jpeg and 35mb for the tiff. I've reset the preferences in CS3 and the file sizes are the same. The ppi resolution for both images are 300ppi. What am I missing? The first thing that alerted me was when CS3 was having to read the jpeg then rotating the image. This took about 20 seconds, something I never noticed before. I always thought that straight from the camera a fine large setting for a jpeg would be different from a tiff. Help explain this please.
The reason you got confused is that it's not the file size that is displayed in Photoshop.
Photoshop's status bar shows uncompressed size of image. With three 8-bit color channels, that's 3 bytes per pixel, resulting 34.9 MB for a 4288 x 2848 image from your camera. JPEG is a compressed format, so the actual file is smaller.
Showing compressed size would be complicated, as
Uncompressed size is useful as you'll know how much memory is currently used to hold the image and you can calculate how much compression, cropping and/or resizing you'll have to apply to reach desired file size.
Just in case it wasn't clear yet, let me put it another way:
TIFF and JPEG files are "containers" for image data. TIFF are often compressed losslessly — like a
However, when you go to display an image, the data gets reconstructed from the file into a simple bitmap: an array holding 8 bits per color × 3 colors × the image width × the image height. As an aside, it's possible to have other color depths, but don't worry about that just here. The point is, regardless of how you've stored them, the actual image unpacks to this collection of data, where the space required is simply based on the dimensions, not the content. This uncompressed image is what is displayed, and what you work with in photoshop.
Even though you initially compressed in a way that discards data, once rendered into viewable or editable form, the places for the image data are the same: still the same-sized buckets for storing information, and still the same number of them for the same image resolution. A flat-color solid black uncompressed image takes the same space as a very detailed photograph — even though there's more information in the detailed one, there's the same amount of data required for display and editing.
This has a key repercussion, which is that the compression is "lost". If you used a compression that keeps all the data (like that normally used by TIFF, PNG, or PSD), there's no real problem: if you save again, it's different, but still lossless. However, when you save again as JPEG, you go through the process of throwing out information all over again, meaning your image gets worse every time you re-save.
Many image editors try to recreate the compression parameters used in the original JPEG when re-saving, so that as long as you haven't changed the file much, the incremental loss is basically just rounding errors. However, if you've made a lot of changes across the image, that won't help.
In practice, you can resave a JPEG several times before there's anything you might notice even on fine inspection. But it's best to minimize the number.


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PlayStation 4 sold over 4.2 million units in 2013Written by: / / 2 Comments
The PlayStation 4 has sold over 4.2 million units since the console's launch in November 2013, Sony Computer Entertainment has announced.
The news arrived arrived out of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which was confirmed by SCE president Andrew House in a statement which read:
"The momentum of the PS4 system keeps getting stronger and we couldn't be more thrilled gamers worldwide are enjoying the incredibly immersive gaming experiences along with deep social capabilities and entertainment provided by our network. After a remarkable launch, we look forward to bringing even more exciting content and continuing to explore the power of the PS4 system by adding new features and services, including PlayStation Now, in 2014."
The 4.2 million units milestone was achieved on December 28th, and follows on from sales success after launch where the PS4 managed to move 2.1 million units in just over two weeks on sale, with one million of those sold within the first 24 hours of the console become available in North America.
Over 9.7 million units of PlayStation 4 software have also been sold since launch worldwide, both at retail and digitally through the PlayStation Store, while Sony claims that PlayStation Plus subscriptions are up 90 percent since November 2013.
Microsoft, on the other hand, announced earlier this week that the Xbox One has sold three million units worldwide by the end of 2013.


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Are you collecting the Armagedd-Off goofy trading cards?
If you are, or even if you aren't, come join us in the deals.woot chat and/or Music Monday room in Turntable to join in on the fun!
Deals.woot chat: http://client01.chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.rizon.net&channel=%23deals.woot
Turntable: http://turntable.fm/music_monday_wootcom
Help us help you get to the prize at the end of the woot-off! Here's where we are at so far. Refresh the page often to see if there have been any new additions!
(Right click the picture and select "Open image in new tab" to make the image larger.)
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This again?
My guess is it is probably going to be something like shirts.woot.com/offers/woot-a-geddon or something similar
I'll check in later. Not for the trading cards - just to say hi to all of you wonderful people.
Dang, I love these things. And no bag at the end! It's all for the pure joy of the woot, and maybe a t-shirt.
In case you're wondering, @Inkycat posted:
"Reminder: There is absolutely no Bag O' Cataclysm involved whatsoever. No, none, not kidding, no BOC."
"You'll find the cards on www.woot.com only."
Just to mention, if you have a Twitter, I will be posting updates on new Trading Cards as well as the full list of letters (once all are found) on my account. So if you're lazy and don't want to waste your last few days on Earth watching www.woot.com, just follow me and we can be friends when the world ends. :)
Anyone who complains about the last event thingy gets eaten first when we run out of beans.
@robinbobcat: upvoting you!
It appears Woots image store doesn't automatically update URLs. Here is the link to the actual hosted image that will update as the time goes on:
dl.dropbox.com/u/20117472/Woot-Cards/Woot-Cards . png
You will have to copy/paste the URL and get rid of the spaces before and after the " . " If I make it a link, it will get locked, same as the original message.
Maybe I can enlist @inkycatz to make the image in my original post just a URL link instead of the picture. :)
Nope. Its finals week and things are crazy up in this library! I hope I'm not missing too much good stuff.
My guess is "WorldWontEnd" as that is in the title of the NASA link.
@bsmith1: Three consonants so far. Pat, I want to buy a vowel!
For a woot shirt? Thanks, but no thanks.
Whelp, there goes my genius idea.
Any thoughts on why there is a 62 on the one card? It would make more sense if it were between 1 and 12, right? right?
M for Monster! Number 1 for USA!
"Wootmageddon" is still in play....
@belyndag: Ask and you shall receive! New letter "O": http://www.woot.com/offers/kona-ukulele-for-dummies-pack-2
@adamant628: maybe it's both 6 and 2?
@funbobby99: Innaresting idea, but I doubt it. There would be a nomenclature clash with "12": would that be twelve or one and two? Also, didn't they say there would be twelve cards? If 62 uses up two letter slots then at least one card would be out of a job.
Keep following me on the twitt-o-sphere for updates on the #2012armageddoff #wootoff. I'll be watching and posting new found letters and keeping everyone up to date who is following @manbearpixel
So far the following have been found ::
Follow me for future updates, I'll be lurking so you can be lazy and go on with your life. Jerks. (jk)
7 hours of card radio silence
I'm seeing some play on armagedd-on somehow. Just need to wedge in another letter in there somewhere.
We have an E!!
Wootmageddon remains in the running....
I'm guessing it starts with "M" and ends with "D"
Anyone think the deal is live now or will it be active only when the last card drops?
@j5: Last card. Surely, they wouldn't let that happen again, right?
So far, I'm guessing it's something monkey related.
Following the trope of Planet of the Apes, perhaps.
Sorry, had a late night. Got everything updated this AM.
links to: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20117472/Woot-Cards/Woot-Cards. PNG (minus the space between woot-cards. and PNG)
It certainly looks like the numbers in the upper right suggest the letter placement. If so, then M is the first letter, N is the last letter, and O is the ninth letter.
At first I thought that perhaps D would be both the 6th and 2nd letter but it won't work when you apply that rule to both the D card and the E card (which would make the 3rd and 5th letters E)
Right now I'm at a loss as to the placement of E and D in the word.
@kcmark: That would mean there are 62 letters?
@j5: I went back and reread the original blog post about the scavenger hunt and they only say that there are 12 cards - they never say how many letters are in the missing word. However, since there are only 12 cards and based upon what we have so far I don't see how the word could be that long.
My guess is that for the two-digit cards it's some combination of the two numbers. At least we now know that you don't add the two numbers together to come up with the letter placement since two of the cards add up to 8 (53 and 62) and they have two different letters (D and E).
It may be as simple as taking all of the cards and lining them up numerical from the one with the lowest numerical value to the highest numerical value. Actually, that would make sense as a way to do it because it would make it much more difficult to guess the answer early on since you don't have any real sense of letter placement until you have several of the cards.
or the numbers have nothing to do with it and you have to unscramble them yourself.
two words
1st word defined by the monkey symbol
2nd word defined by the new-cue-lar symbol
eta: Hmm, I think I may be close, no way to tell though.
@j5: I like that theory - that would allow two uses of the numbers that don't otherwise work if it's one word -- either (1) each digit could reflect letter placement of the highlighted letter in the particular word (either monkey or wootbomb), or (2) the sum total of the digits could reflect letter placement.
EDIT -- After looking at the "in the chaos, a friend" card it's obviously that idea (1) above doesn't work. Both letter #1 and letter #2 are not going to be N.
@dns12999: always a possibility, but I think the woot staff fancies themselves as clever and I think they would view it as too boring to do it that way.
@j5 Saw the following in another forum that goes along with your theory:
"monkeygeddon it is. Additionally this explains the differences in the pictures. The monkey (icon in the bottom right of each card) for the letters in MONKEY and the explosion for the "word" GEDDON."
Make a lot of sense to me and seems to go along with how things look now. This will also fill all 12 letters.
Well poo.
I guess I am unoriginal :)
M-O-N-something works if the letter placement is based upon ordering the cards from the lowest numerical value (in the upper right) to the highest numerical value. With the current set of cards, M-O-N would be the first three letters.
I think we are playing bingo
Keep following me on the twitt-o-sphere for updates on the #2012armageddoff #wootoff. I'll be watching and posting new found letters and keeping everyone up to date who is following @manbearpixel
So far the following have been found ::
Follow me for future updates, I'll be lurking so you can be lazy and go on with your life. Jerks. (jk)
-- Update
I've also compiled a little info-card with links to each trading card that you can download and check out.
The file WILL be updated as time progresses and more are found.
@bogie21: Mind if I add a link to your image on my text file i've put on dropbox? It has some general information, steps, and current known letters. I can add a link to your image for people to check out.
Putting the letters in order based on the number attached to the them, how about:
lowercase letters are guesses.
UPPERCASE letters are actual & in order, just not necessarily in the right place.
An anagram solver to help us once we have all/nearly all the letters.
The word "demon" is a possibility.
It still looks like some kind of play on armageddon plus.
@bogie21: @manbearpixel:
Some (many?) can't get to dropbox (or any online file share) from work
yes, I know
should be working
Just so you know, you're not alone in puzzling this out! There are folks on www.woot working hard too.


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Obsfuccnucation ( )
I agree with you on Master the LSAT everyone is raving about it... i went through about 7 sections and i find it to be boring and repetitive i didnt learn anything from it except the Obsfuccnucation ( ) or whatever the spelling is.
I actually thought the PR book was excellent...the Cracking the LSAT one. The answer explanations are very helpful.


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It may sound a little strange, but in retrospect, I can't think of a better time to have started my business than during the recession. I trained myself up on food safety and manufacturing, as well as on managing a business during the depths of the economic downturn. I didn't mean for it to happen that way, but in reality, now I'm ready to scale up, the general atmosphere for businesses is much more positive. Now, I realise I have some ingredients for a tasty business which can succeed:
All of this seems to be combining to create something very special. Maybe entrepreneurs are like passionate foodies in the kitchen, combining the different ingredients to create a delicious meal, where timing, quality of input, skill, and the heating element of their passion all have a part to play to create success.
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if I search form music in my Unity music lens I get as results single tracks (which get played by rhythmbox if I click on them) and albums which don't get played if I click on them. How can I fix this?
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Big Beethoven Box: Various artists: Official Music for $0.99
That's only $.005625/song, if that's not cheap enough for ya, I don't know what is!
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Not bad for the single most influential composer who ever lived.
@rayray8822: You mean Haydn?
With RayRay on that!
umm... I think you mean Bach
but I bought it anyway, still a deal for one of the three most influential composers of WESTERN music
@enville: Or Purcell, or what about Dowland. Chopin?
I think to a great extent it's all just opinion.
@enville: Bach is great, but no one outside Germany knew who the hell Bach was until 100 years after he was dead (Brahms discovered his him).
Find any music history professor in the world and ask him/her who is more important in the history of music: Bach or Beethoven? They'll say Beethoven.
Beethoven's gone, but his music lives on,
And Mozart don't go shopping no more.
You'll never meet Liszt or Brahms again,
And Elgar doesn't answer the door.
Schubert and Chopin used to chuckle and laugh,
Whilst composing a long symphony,
But one hundred and fifty years later,
There's very little of them left to see.
They're decomposing composers.
There's nothing much anyone can do.
You can still hear Beethoven,
But Beethoven cannot hear you.
Handel and Haydn and Rachmaninov
Enjoyed a nice drink with their meal,
But nowadays, no one will serve them,
And their gravy is left to congeal.
Verdi and Wagner delighted the crowds
With their highly original sound.
The pianos they played are still working,
But they're both six feet underground.
They're decomposing composers.
There's less of them every year.
You can say what you like to Debussy,
But there's not much of him left to hear.
Claude Achille Debussy-- Died, 1918.
Christophe Willebald Gluck-- Died, 1787.
Carl Maria von Weber-- Not at all well, 1825. Died, 1826.
Giacomo Meyerbeer-- Still alive, 1863. Not still alive, 1864.
Modeste Mussorgsky-- 1880, going to parties. No fun anymore, 1881.
Johan Nepomuk Hummel-- Chatting away nineteen to the dozen with his mates down the pub every evening, 1836. 1837, nothing.
(From Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album.)
Bach invented/established/promoted the well-tempered tuning system, which means that a D flat is the same pitch as a C sharp.
This allows for key changes (modulations) in the middle of pieces. Without key changes, musical pieces are (to our ears) not very dramatic or emotional.
Bach provided the vocabulary that Beethoven used to change the direction of Western music. Do we have to pick which one is more stupendous?
Anyway, I bought it. No-brainer. Plus I have credit from past purchases so it wasn't 99 cents, it was FREE!!! 176 tracks for FREE.
Old Ludwig van was not really into lyrics I guess.
Hmm do I want to buy a few songs for 0.99 each, or 0.99 for all 176 songs? I have to think about this.
@gusvonpooch: The 9th Symphony has lyrics. You should check it out. It's all about racial harmony and peace among the people of the world . . . 150 years before the American Civil Rights movement.
Most importantly, the works in this collection are complete, with all the movements in order. +++
(Some collections just have random movements from random works, which is like reading random chapters from random books.)


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Jud's New England Journal
July 1, 2007 - Sure, It's Only 47 Miles Long, But…
Welcome to the July 2007 Edition of Jud's New England Journal, the rather curious monthly musings of Judson... Read More »
June 1, 2007 - Behind the Scenes at the Community Church
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Last month, we wondered why Henry Wadsworth Longfellow omitted the name of Paul Revere's horse in his famous... Read More »
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Some history buffs in New Hampshire — myself included — have always believed that the colonists' attack on... Read More »
March 1, 2007 - It's Best Not To Call the Moderator at Town Meeting a Liar
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I am an orange belt. I've been training BJJ for 7 months, and was wondering if I should start to compete or wait until I get my green belt? I've gone to four tournaments to watch and I would like to compete but I am very nervous about doing so.
Compete now.
I generally like my guys to compete at around the 4-6 month worth of training mark. Enough so that you have learned some moves and know how to roll, enough so that you might've beaten some newer guys. At this point you need to feel how a real roll against someone feels like; it's different than in the gym and you need to understand that. Even a 'competition roll' against someone in your gym. After your first tournament match you'll understand a whole lot better.
I don't know anything about orange and green belts, are they kid belts? They're not white so your instructor has enough faith in your abilities to promote you.
Compete as soon as you're familiar enough with the rules to safely compete.
If you know how to tap, can breakfall, and are generally familiar with the practice of Brazilian jiujitsu, there's no reason to wait. Compete at the first low-level tournament that comes up. It will give you an experience many times that of a day training in the academy. Competition breeds perspective, goals, and priorities. Compete as soon as your instructor will endorse you to do so.
Start competing after about 6 months. I treat a competition like a seminar, no matter what the out come is I will learn a lot. Each fight I've had I've learnt something that has improved my game. Usually a loss is more helpful to your game than a win. I remember this one guy caught mew with a bow and arrow choke, I was very down after the fight. However, ever since then I started doing that choke and has now become my signature submission. I have even won two gold medals using that same submission.


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I installed windows 7 first and then Ubuntu, booted back into windows and used EasyBCD to use the Windows 7 bootloader for dual booting. So when the system is rebooted Windows bootloader comes up first and once you select Ubuntu then GRUB shows up.
I need to how to make GRUB the default bootloader instead of windows 7's.
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I currently have a Nikon d90 that I consider is a really good camera for photo shooting. I like to start with video and I know the D90 is able to shoot 720p, but the result is not that good and it has no setting around video. It seems like a really basic camera for video.
My intention is to sell the D90 and buy another DSLR with the same photo capabilities but with better video.
Questions: - Is there a way to improve the video quality using a D90? - What DSLR do you guys recommend to shoot photo and video with good quality?
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Youth Powers Michigan's Return to Finals
ATLANTA—A youth-infused team is sending Michigan back to the NCAA championship game for the first time in 20 years.
The Wolverines held off Syracuse's late rally to win 61-56 on Saturday at the Georgia Dome and return to the title game for the first time since 1993, when the Fab Five sophomores took the Wolverines to the finals for the second year in a row. Michigan hasn't won the championship since 1989, a feat it will try to repeat Monday night against Louisville (9 p.m. EST, CBS).
After Syracuse trailed much of the game, James Southerland hit a three-pointer to pull the Orange to within one point with 41 seconds to go. Michigan missed four of six free throws down the stretch but one by Jon Horford gave the Wolverines a three-point lead with 17 seconds left. Michigan's Tim Hardaway Jr. rebounded a missed jumper by Syracuse's Trevor Cooney with nine seconds left, and a breakaway dunk by Jordan Morgan slammed the win home.
Hardaway Jr. led a balanced Wolverine attack with 13 points, and Glenn Robinson III and Mitch McGary each had 10 points. McGary also had 12 rebounds despite late foul trouble, along with six assists. The freshman has led a youth movement that has only gathered momentum late in the season for the Wolverines. Robinson III and McGary joined fellow freshmen Caris LeVert and Michael "Spike" Albrecht, both reserves, with six points apiece in the first half.
A fifth freshman, Nik Stauskas, is Michigan's best long-range shooter but struggled to an 0-for-5 performance Saturday. He said it was "crazy" to be in the title game.
"I almost feel a little spoiled, the fact that my first year I'm here already," Stauskas said. "Every day in practice we talk about being in the national championship."
Saturday was just McGary's seventh college start. The 6-foot-10 forward from Chesterton, Ind., was a reserve until recently but has started every NCAA tournament game and starred in three out of five. In the first half alone on Saturday he blocked two shots, grabbed seven rebounds and scored six points, all while providing the Wolverines' only muscle under the basket (on offense and defense) amid a forest of Syracuse players.
The youngsters helped Michigan demystify and then declaw Syracuse's vaunted zone defense with a hail of three-pointers as the Wolverines built a 36-25 lead. Entering the game, the Orange had held tournament opponents to 14-of-91 (15.4%) shooting from three-point range. Michigan made better than 33% (8-of-24).
Meanwhile, Associated Press player of the year Trey Burke was held to seven points on 1-of-8 shooting, bothered by Syracuse's 6-foot-4 and taller guards.
"That zone…" Burke said. "They were sending two and three guys at me at once."
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The Wolverines' appearance comes 20 years after the 1993 final in which Michigan lost to North Carolina, where the Wolverines' Chris Webber called a timeout the team didn't have. The mistake earned a technical foul and the Tar Heels won 77-71. The Fab Five never reached the title game again.
Michigan is trying to become the first team from the Midwest-based Big Ten Conference to win the NCAA basketball championship since Michigan State in 2000. The conference dominated the regular season but faded in the postseason, with the Wolverines being the lone representative to reach the Final Four.
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Blown Chevy LS Engine - Triple-Threat LSXWritten by on May 1, 2009 From Pump Gas To Corn Juice, This Blown Ls Engine Makes Big Power On A Trio Of Fuels.
Ron Strayhorn is an ambitious hot rodder. By day he's a mild-mannered executive running GM's western region service and parts operations, but when he's not on the clock, he's scheming new and more creative ways to go fast.
A few years ago, Strayhorn teamed up with Pro Mod champion Harold Martin and his company, Martin Motorsports, to build a pro-style, big-block-powered first-gen Camaro that used an early version of the GM Performance Parts Ram Jet intake (Martin's company helped develop it) and a custom, tri-blade throttle body. The fuel-injected combination helped propel the F-car into the 8.50s at more than 160 mph.
Strayhorn called on Martin again to assist with his latest project: revamping a tired, Chevy II former drag machine into a contemporary street/strip competitor. The heart of the renewed beast would be a supercharged and electronically fuel-injected LS engine, but with a twist.
Make that several twists.
First off, Strayhorn wanted the classic, through-the-hood style of a GMC-type Roots blower rather than the typical centrifugal, screw-type, or Eaton-style blowers seen under the hood of most late-model LS vehicles. And while such a huffer is a rare sight atop an LS engine, it's not unprecedented.
However, we're willing to bet there's not another supercharged LS combination that is tuned for three specific fueling options. Strayhorn's is, and with the flip of a switch, his blown LSX-based engine alternates among 93-octane pump gas, 108-octane C12 racing gas, and--corn lovers take heart--E85 ethanol (with an octane rating of about 100).
"I've always been fascinated with blower cars and the menacing look of one poking through the hood--and that distinctive whine," Strayhorn says. "In light of the success we had with the injection system on the Camaro, I was encouraged to see what we could do with this project."
Deciding to build his blown, tri-fuel engine on the LS-engine platform was triggered when he discovered Blower Drive Service (BDS) offered manifolds and blower kits to fit GM's 21st century V-8 platform.
"A couple of years ago, I'd already purchased a 496-inch rotating assembly for a big-block blower combo when I saw a story on the BDS system for LS engines," Strayhorn says. "I decided right then and there that it would take the project to a higher level of distinction."
Putting the core engine package together was mostly straightforward. It consists of easily attainable forged aftermarket rotating parts. The 8-71 blower, intake manifold, and basic injection system were all off-the-shelf parts from BDS. No problems there. Martin Motorsports fabricated a few parts, however, including coolant crossovers that run between the heads and unobtrusively beneath the intake manifold, as well as a SuperChiller-style charge cooler similar to those used on supercharged offshore racing boats.
The E85-compatible hard parts were carefully integrated by Martin to add a unique element to the project. They include the injectors and fuel lines, but they're nothing that isn't readily available to racers.
The project's magic is in the engine controller's instantaneous changeovers for the different tunes. For that, Martin developed three distinct engine calibration maps and relied on a FAST XFI controller to hold and administer them. (FAST also supplied its XIM ignition controller to drive a set of GM coil packs.) To switch fuels, Strayhorn simply selects a tune by turning a dash-mounted selector and, if necessary, manually changes the fuel tank source. A laptop is only required if fine-tuning of a particular fuel table is desired--but the calibrations are each tuned for street/strip performance.
The Chevy II even has separate fuel tanks for the gasoline and ethanol. Beneath the trunk floor is a modified original tank that features baffles to suit the requirements of the EFI's requisite high-pressure fuel system, while inside the trunk is a 5-gallon fuel cell for the alternate fuel--and it doesn't matter which tanks holds which type of fuel.
A pair of hand-operated valves in the trunk directs the fuel delivery from one tank or the other. A power-operated setup was considered, but Strayhorn felt the manual option was the safest way to go, especially at the dragstrip.
E85 Surprise
The basics of the engine's rotating assembly and cylinder heads comprise nothing exotic. It's an easily duplicated formula that includes: 4.130-inch x 4.000-inch stroke (428.6 ci), an all-forged rotating assembly, Profiler cylinder heads, a 9.5:1 compression ratio, and a Comp Cams custom blower grind with 0.651/0.646-inch lift, 239/248 degrees of duration at 0.050, and a 114-degree centerline.
The engine is built using GM Performance Parts' LSX cylinder block. Because it's cast in iron, it can be bored--unlike the aluminum production blocks--and it's designed to support big-boost combinations (see "LSXasaurus," HOT ROD, Nov. '08). In addition to the assembly work at Martin, Engine Systems in Tucker, Georgia, also contributed to the short-block buildup.
The engine combo, combined with the trio of fuel setups, was proven on Martin Motorsports' engine dynamometer--with surprising results. The relatively high octane rating of E85 enables more aggressive timing than premium pump gas, so nobody was surprised when the dyno pulls on the E85 tune produced greater results: about 805 hp and 670 lb-ft versus 750 hp and 640 lb-ft on 93-octane pump gas--although 750 streetable horses on pump gas are certainly nothing to apologize for.
The eyebrow raiser was the E85's trumping of the 108-octane C12 racing fuel's performance. It delivered approximately the same peak numbers as the premium pump gas but with a stouter power curve. It should be noted that the charge cooler was not activated during the dyno tests. Harold Martin suggests the natural cooling attributes of the alcohol-based E85 contributed to its significant performance boost over the higher-octane C12.
"That's one of the benefits of running alcohol at the dragstrip," he says. "The engine runs cooler, so you get a denser charge, even without an intercooler."
There is power to extract from the engine with more tuning time. Martin suggests there is perhaps 15 to 20 percent more power to be had from the gasoline tunes when their charges are blown through the functioning cooler--and more from the E85 tune, too.
By the way, boost pressure for this combination was about 8 to 10 psi for all three fuel types.
Strayhorn plans to put this triple-threat LSX to the test on the dragstrip as soon as the car's assembly is completed. He'll also hit the streets in his alternative fuel-powered Chevy II, undoubtedly blow-ing minds and turning heads when he does.
Nip And Tuck
Building the supercharged LSX engine--and even tuning it for three distinct fuels--was a lot easier than installing it in the Chevy II.
Fitting the LS within the Chevy II's chassis involved obtaining an aftermarket, racing-style, sheetmetal oil pan and modifying it to make the front section fit around the car's old-school, recirculating ball steering linkage. The result is, essentially, a notched pan that works very well. Fourth-generation F-car LS1 oil pans have a fairly straightforward, low-profile oil pan design, but they won't work in all retrofit applications (and stay away from the winged Corvette production pans).
While numerous aftermarket suppliers now make bolt-in engine-swap mounts for LSX conversions, for Strayhorn's Nova, Martin Motorsports fabbed up a set of mounts as part of a chassis-clearancing initiative required to make room for the headers.
Likewise, Martin fabricated custom undercar headers for the Chevy II rather than using one of the many small-tube engine swap header kits that are available today. Martin Motorsports fabricated the bends before sending them out for coating. The result looks great, and Martin can replicate the swap parts for others.
With more than 800 hp so easy to achieve in a thoroughly streetable project, it looks like E85, a Roots blower, and the LS engine are the cornerstones of a powerful homestead.
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A forged Callies crankshaft with a 4.000-inch stroke combines with the 4.130-inch-diameter bores to give this LSX a 428ci displacement. It's an internally balanced piece designed for a rod length that builder Martin Motorsports didn't want to disclose.A set of Compstar (a Callies brand) forged connecting rods are pinned to the JE pistons prior to insertion in the LSX block. They're made of durable, heat-treated, and stress-relieved 4340 material, rounding out the engine's all-forged rotating assembly.Martin Motorsports ordered a custom stick from Comp Cams to suit the engine's supercharged, street/strip duty. What Comp sent was a comparatively mild cam with 0.651-inch (intake) and 0.646-inch (exhaust) lift specs, 239 degrees (intake) and 248 degrees (exhaust) duration at 0.050, all on a 114-degree lobe-separation angle. The blower motor doesn't need a lot of cam to build power because the boost is doing most of the work.Valvetrain details include stiff Comp Cams 1.300-inch-diameter, 408-pound dual springs; titanium retainers; and T&D Machine 1.7:1-ratio shaft-mount roller rockers. The springs have a seat load rating of 135 pounds at 1.770 and an open load of 400 pounds at 1.220.With the long-block assembled, attention turned toward the supercharger system. But before the blower was installed, Martin Motorsports crafted this unique, hidden coolant crossover system that runs beneath the intake manifold. The alternative is running lines around the engine, so this solution decreases underhood clutter.The BDS 8-71 huffer. It was selected over the smaller 6-71 because of the tremendous airflow capability of the big-inch engine displacement and high-flow heads. On the strip, the 6-71 would likely run out of breath before satisfying the LSX's big lungs. Similar to all BDS blowers these days, the case is filled with double-lipped Teflon seals for greater longevity and more consistent performance during the life of the supercharger. (Not seen here is a charge cooler that was added later.)To reduce the temperature of the boosted air change before it enters the engine, Martin Motorsports fabricated this SuperChiller-style intercooler that sandwiches between the blower case and the intake manifold. It also adds about 4 inches to the engine's total height, pushing the blower even higher out of the hood--an aesthetic detail Strayhorn didn't mind in the least.Extreme caution was used during the initial setup of the control system. The crucial engine control operations are handled by the FAST XFI system, with ignition chores directed by its XIM controller. The XFI is a stand-alone system that oversees the engine's operation like a factory controller. Making the installation all the easier, FAST offers all the wiring harnesses, sensors, and so on to go with it. Not all LS engines are similarly driven--particularly with the split between 24X and 58X ignition systems--so you have to be careful when selecting the controller components. Do it right, however, and it's a plug-in-and-go operation.On the dyno, the big-inch blower motor spun impressive results, including more than 750 hp and about 640 lb-ft on 93-octane pump gas and C12 racing fuel (nonintercooled). The big surprise was the 805hp/670-lb-ft performance of the engine on the cooler-running E85. Horsepower on the gas tunes should perk up 15 to 20 percent with the activated intercooler, while E85 performance will also benefit significantly.
Strayhorn's classic Chevy II has already seen duty as a bracket racer and is being transformed for street/strip duty. The blower as seen here was only sitting on a mockup engine and doesn't have the later-built charge cooler beneath it, so imagine the supercharger standing about another 4 inches higher above the hood line.Although the Chevy II's chassis had already been beefed up for previous strip duty, it wasn't equipped to fit the LS engine. Martin dropped in a mockup engine, took some measurements, and began cutting. Custom motor mounts were fabricated, while the inner fenders were notched to provide a modicum of header clearance. The steering system provided its own headaches, too.The basic header design was fabricated by Martin with the engine in the car, welded up, and used for the engine dyno evaluations. Then the headers were removed and sent out for thermal coating and finishing. The headers, however, were designed for an undercar exit rather than the typical fenderwell exit used on so many Chevy II race cars. There's also an electronically controlled exhaust cutout for the track.The Chevy II's bulky steering linkage made use of an off-the-shelf oil pan impossible. Martin Motorsports compensated by taking an aftermarket pan and fabricating it to fit around the linkage while maintaining good oil flow characteristics. It ain't pretty in this shot, but the final design was metal-finished and painted.Here's how the LSX's oil pan looks as it wraps around the Chevy II's steering linkage. It's a challenge any rodder will face when installing an LS engine into the Chevy II chassis. It's a bit of a pain, but the greater performance delivered by the LS platform makes it a worthwhile endeavor.This trunk-mounted fuel cell is one of the Chevy II's two fuel tanks--the other being a modified version of the stock tank beneath the trunk floor. One tank is used for pump gas and/or racing gas, while the other is for E85.The twin set of AN-capped junctions located beneath the car shows the flow ports for both fuel tanks. Manual valve switches in the trunk control the fuel supply to the engine.A custom panel beneath the dashboard is the permanent location for the FAST engine and ignition controllers. The tunes for all three fuel systems are stored in the XFI box, allowing car owner Strayhorn to simply select the tune he wants to run on a three-way, dash-mounted control. It's really that easy.The graph illustrates the torque and horsepower comparisons of 93-octane pump gas, C12 race gas, and E85 ethanol with our Roots-blown LS engine. The most impressive figures are the E85 results with 26 degrees of timing as compared with 27 degrees with C12. The inherent cooling capabilities of E85 and its higher octane rating allow tuning that delivers a 50hp and 30-lb-ft advantage over pump gas, though that advantage goes away when the charge cooler is activated.


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In Microsoft SQL Server 2005, is it OK to shrink the log file of an online database, or will it cause an interruption of service?
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Shrinkfile will not take your database offline.
Finally, unless there has been some unforeseen, explosive growth due to an abnormally large write operation/batch, you may want to reconsider shrinking the file because the database is showing a need for a log file that large and the server needs to dedicate resources to expanding it back out. Perhaps adding storage would be a reasonable alternative.
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The August 2006 issue of Budget & Tax News reports that the federal budget deficit has fallen more than 16 percent over the past year, in a period of tax rates cuts and high levels of government spending. An interview with Daniel Clifton of the American Shareholders Association helps explain why.
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- a superior court judge in Snohomish County, Washington said he believes the state exceeded its constitutional spending limit;
- Oklahoma lawmakers approved a $600 million tax cut--the largest cut in the state's history--while passing a record $7 billion budget; and
- two free-market public policy groups succeeded in wresting from the National Association of Attorneys General details of a secret ruling on the nationwide tobacco settlement.
Also in this issue: fraud and abuse in hurricane disaster relief spending, abusive union spending, prevailing wage reform, spending limits proposed for New York, a $1.8 billion end to New Jersey's budget stalemate, online gambling, Illinois stalled lottery sale, pro-taxpayer reforms in Rhode Island, and more. This issue also offers a four-page feature on telecom reform.
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does anyone knows what's wrong with the below code that I have?
I just couldn't seem to be able to get the name, caption, description and image shown on the Facebook user's news feed but the link and message show up and they worked.
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Is there another way to do it (post a Link to the News Feed of Facebook) in ASP.NET code-behind?


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By contrast, technology innovations aimed at increasing yields and shortening development times can be very cost-effective, promising to reduce the need for large capital investments while getting the client into the clinic much faster. These innovations also provide a means of securing long-term relationships and continuing revenue streams through technology licensing agreements.
New cell line and expression technologies are a central focus of innovation efforts. Their biggest advantage is their ability to speed up process development by offering a flexible and well-characterized host system into which the client's protein can be engineered. Typically, the manufacturer's expertise with the cell line or host system means it can optimize and scale-up the system relatively quickly. In addition, with time and experience, the manufacturer is able to steadily improve the yields attainable with the system. In cell culture, raising yields from their historically low levels of less than 1 gram per liter to 1 to 2 grams per liter can dramatically alter the supply/demand balance for cell culture capacity.Lonza Biologics, with its proprietary glutamine synthetase (GS) gene expression system, was one of the first contract manufacturers to offer a proprietary expression system to accelerate development. According to company officials, continued development work has enabled them to push yields from well under 1 gram per liter to 1 to 3 grams per liter.
Now, more contract biomanufacturers are getting into the act. In 2002, DSM Biologics licensed the PER.C6 cell line from Crucell, including the rights to sub-license the technology to its biomanufacturing clients. The PER.C6 technology promises higher yields and faster development times for recombinant proteins and monoclonal antibodies made in cell culture. Since forming their alliance, the companies have announced 10 deals involving DSM biomanufacturing clients sub-licensing the PER.C6 technology.
According to DSM Biologics CEO Andre Bos, the Crucell alliance is part of DSM's strategy to become a top player in the contract biomanufacturing business. "We are seeking a big jump ahead in the biomanufacturing business," Bos said. DSM is moving carefully to expand its manufacturing capacity, having recently revised its Montreal expansion program to reconsider its tank scale and downstream processing requirements and make the facility more flexible.
In the microbial fermentation area, Dowpharma has been promoting its Pseudomonas fluorescens microbial expression technology. According to Dowpharma Business Director Nick Hyde, the technology promises better performance than other microbial systems, notably E. coli, including higher expression levels, no solid inclusion bodies, and better solubility and activity levels. The company's experience with the technology is extensive — Dowpharma's parent company, Dow Chemical, has been developing the system for 15 years and has used it for the manufacture of recombinant pesticide products and enzymes. Dowpharma offers development services for products incorporating the Pseudomonas fluorescens technology at its San Diego, CA, development facility and can scale up production at its Smithfield, RI, facility.
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According to Xcellerex CEO and founder Parrish Galliher, HTS technology enables the company to test many more combinations of cell lines, media, and other inputs than can be tested in traditional development approaches. Very large experiments of 1,000 data points or more can be run using the HTS technology with fully instrumented microreactors, and process development times can be cut from 18 to 24 months to less than 12 months.


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In my own personal opinion, I believe that Brian Calley is a very decent and honorable person and has conducted himself in a professional manner throughout his current tenure as our Lieutenant Governor. He has stated that his job is to support Governor Snyder and that his job is to preside over the Michigan State Senate and vote in the event of a tie. I see no reason why he should be booted off the ticket in next year's election.
He has stated time and again his values and his beliefs to the people of Michigan and has made it clear that he has a voice in Governor Snyder's Administration but when it comes time to make an important decision on State affairs, the Governor has the final say.
He has given great advice and counsel to the Governor during his tenure as Lieutenant Governor and, in my opinion, is a very likable and admirable person and we ought to be proud of what he's done for us. He upholds and fulfills his constitutional duties to the best of his ability everyday because he cares about the people of this State. He advocates for autism, a cause that affects me personally, but that does not influence my respect and admiration for him.
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I'm looking for something to supplement my Physics II class. Last year I started using these video lectures to supplement my Calculus class and it helped tremendously.
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Given two finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces $U, V,$ a linear transformation $T:U\to V$ contracts the inner product if for all $x,y \in U,$ $$\langle x,y \rangle_U \ge \langle Tx, Ty\rangle_V.$$ All unitary transformations satisfy this criterion; is there a larger class of linear transformations that do?
Such a map will preserve orthogonality, and any such map must be a scalar multiple of an isometry. This is true in great generality, e.g. the map $T$ doesn't have to be linear, and $U$ and $V$ don't have to be finite-dimensional; see Theorem 1 in
Consequently, a map $T \colon U \to V$ contracts the inner product if and only if $T = \alpha S$, where S is an isometry and $|\alpha| \leq 1$.
Edit: Here's a simple proof of the assertion that an orthogonality-preserving linear map between finite-dimensional inner product spaces is a scalar multiple of an isometry. Let $T \colon U \to V$ be such a map and fix an orthonormal basis $\{e_1, \ldots, e_n\}$ for $U$. Observe that $e_i + e_j \perp e_i - e_j$. Thus $$ 0 = \langle T(e_i + e_j), T(e_i - e_j) \rangle = \langle Te_i, Te_i \rangle - \langle Te_j, Te_j \rangle. $$ So we may set $\alpha = \langle Te_i, Te_i \rangle$; this is a nonnegative constant independent of $i$. In particular, if $T$ kills one $e_i$, it kills all the others. It follows that either $T=0$ or else $\{Te_1, \ldots, Te_n\}$ is an orthogonal basis for the range of $T$. In the latter situation, an easy computation yields $$ \|Tx\|^2 = \sum_i \frac{|\langle Tx, Te_i \rangle|^2}{\langle Te_i, Te_i \rangle} = \sum_i \frac{|\langle \sum_j \langle x, e_j \rangle Te_j, Te_i \rangle|^2}{\langle Te_i, Te_i \rangle} = \sum_i |\langle x,e_i \rangle|^2 \langle Te_i, Te_i \rangle = \alpha \|x\|^2 $$ for all $x \in U$. It follows that $\frac{1}{\sqrt{\alpha}}T$ is an isometry.