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MORGANTOWN - If this is going to be a breakout season for West Virginia's Keaton Miles, he might have a disrespecting, trash-talking University of Oklahoma defender to credit for it.
Miles, a sophomore who started 30 games his freshman season, scored a career-best 11 points and was one of seven Mountaineers players in double figures as they throttled VMI, 94-69, on Wednesday night at the Coliseum.
Back to that Sooners defender who no doubt planned he'd have an easy game last week, considering Miles had played in 36 career games and never scored more than six points in any of them.
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"A guy challenged me," Miles said. "He said I can't shoot. He just brought something out of me. From that point on, I've just been feeling good as far as bringing more confidence and going out there to compete. I plan to keep on doing that."
Normally, 11 points and three rebounds doesn't make for a long letter to write home, but Miles was admittedly lost through much of his freshman year. The fact that the light's coming on is a good sign for these still-trying-to-find-their way Mountaineers (2-3). He said he stopped thinking so much and just started playing.
"I remember when he was like early on this year," West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said of Miles. "All of those guys are like, 'what do I need to do to play?' If you defend and rebound, the rest of it will come. Those are two things you can control. And (Miles) has taken that to heart. He did a good job of defending, he's rebounded the ball better, he's passed the ball better. When you tell him to reverse the ball, he reverses the ball."
That's how you stay on the floor, which Miles rarely did a year ago, if you plan to see the floor while playing for Huggins.
"We've got some guys who still think they can shoot their way into playing time and they're going to kill themselves," Huggins said. "You can't continue to clang shots off the rim, not rebound and not guard, and get any playing time."
On the whole, the Mountaineers did that better against the Keydets than they'd done in previous outings. They shot 45.1 percent (37 of 82) and held a 52-44 edge in rebounding.
In addition to the seven players in double figures (Deniz Kilicli, 13; Terry Henderson, 10; Aaric Murray, 13; Juwan Staten, 18; Eron Harris, 10; Gary Browne, 11, and Miles), they also had six with at least five rebounds (Kilicli, 5; Henderson, 7; Murray, 9; Aaron Brown, 5; Staten, 7; and Browne, 7).
West Virginia, which made half of its first-half shots despite missing a bevy of layups in the opening minutes, led by 17 after at halftime. The Mountaineers trailed by five at 9-4 at the 17:44 mark, then ripped off on a 44-22 run the rest of the way. Leading that charge was Staten's 12 points.
The Keydets (3-4) had zero bench points at halftime, but finished with 28 of them, with freshman guard Tim Marshall hitting a trio of 3-pointers and scoring 11 points off the pine.
"I thought we got off to a great start," VMI coach Duggar Baucom said. "Then West Virginia started forcing its will. Their guys look like they live in the weight room. They've got some big, strong guys. I really thought they imposed their will and made it the kind of game they wanted it to be."
In the end, it turned out as he expected, with the Mountaineers also leading in points in the paint (60-30), points off turnovers (20-15), second-chance points (25-5), and fast-break points (12-4).
"I guess it helps us," Baucom said of his team's upcoming schedule against Big South Conference foes. "It certainly helps our budget. There's 95,000 reasons we play this game, and none of them are my idea."
In typical Huggins mode, he still had some issues with his team.
"Our biggest problem is if we practice for two hours, I get an hour and 40 minutes out of them," he said. "If we go for three hours, I get two hours and 10 minutes. So consequently, you don't get 40 minutes out of them when you play 40 minutes. And that's where we have to be better."
Notes: With the victory, WVU improved to 43-5 all-time against VMI. West Virginia fell six points shy of 100. Under Huggins, they've done that only twice, and those both came within his first five games back at his alma mater (Nov. 18, 2007 against Prairie View A&M, 106-41, and nine days later against Maryland-Eastern Shore, 110-44). West Virgina is 95-9 all-time in home openers.


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Hi, what are the "best" values for lenght of needle (l) and distance between paralles (d) for an accurate approximation of pi? Does it have to be l-d-1.0 or ld? Thanx
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Indeed, the result of the experiment is strongly dependent on arithmetic properties of the parameters - the ratio $\rho$ of needle's lenght to the distance between parallel lines, and of course, the number $N$ of needles. There is a funny story about that. In 1901 the Italian mathematician Mario Lazzarini claimed to have obtained an experimental value of $\pi$ with 7 correct digits, using 3408 needles, and a ratio $\rho=5/6$ (a harmless choice, apparently). That was quite embarrassing, as it was quite clear he had cheated -after and before Lozzerini's experiment, everybody else, even with larger numbers of needles, never got a better result than 3.13 or 3.15., and today Lazzerini's experiment it is sometimes reported as a case of false. The point is a little more subtle: with the parameters he had taken, he was quite likely to obtain as approximantion the ratio 355/113 (the lucky number being 1808 intersections). My personal guess is that he somehow meant to mock the other scientists, physicists or naturalists, who performed Buffon's experiment ignoring the arithmetic axpect of the matter. One can easily do even more striking experiments, of course: with a convenient (irrational) choice of the ratio, and just 2 or 3 needles, you have a good chance to obtain an exact value of $\pi$ from Buffon's experiment...
The naive estimator is biased. If there are $N$ trials and $i$ success, a Rao-Blackwellisation of the naive estimator gives the unbiased estimator $\frac{2l}{d}\left(\frac{n}{i}+\frac{1}{i}\right)$ (to be fair this hides an assumption for a uniform prior for the probability of crossing, which induces a weird prior on $\pi$).
One can look at the variance of the estimator conditional on obtaining one success. The strategy is then to set $l=d$. Intuitively this makes sense, we want the term in $1/i$ to be as small as possible. Though for $n$ small enough, the prior dominates and the optimum is actually achieved for a small value of $2l/(d\pi)$.
I'm guessing that the longer the needle the better (meaning, highest $\ell/d$ ratio). It seems like you'll get significant experimental issues from the cases where the needle just barely crosses-or-doesn't-cross a line, and if your needle is long enough to cross lots of lines then this becomes less relevant. Probably you want to color the lines so every tenth and every hundredth are a different color, the better to accurately count them.
The question is well defined for estimating $\frac 1 \pi$, but not for estimating $\pi$. If $l>d$, you need to evaluate $cos^{-1}$ which requires knowledge of $\pi$, otherwise the variance of the estimator decreases with$ \frac l d$, so you'd "practically" settle for $l=d$.


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If I found or created a 0day and decided to immediately release it into the wild (Giving a P.o.c w/ source). But not using it to actually exploit anything. Can I be held liable for it?
First, I'm not a lawyer. Second, this completely depends on your local laws. I can only speak for my limited experience with UK and US law.
In most countries, you're covered by free speech laws, assuming the information you're releasing isn't protected by some form of non-disclosure agreement, and isn't classified as a military secret. If you found the 0day as part of a test you performed whilst hired by the company, you're likely to be restricted by contractual obligations (e.g. an NDA). Any form of information that is classified by a government as secret will be covered by a statute (e.g. the Official Secrets Act in the UK, or the Espionage Act of 1917 in the USA), which makes distribution of that information illegal. For private cases where you have no affiliation with the company that produces the software, you're usually not liable. You're releasing investigative information about one of their products, which you should be entitled to do as part of standard free speech legislation.
However, this isn't to say that you'd be 100% off the hook in private cases. Depending on the situation, a company might decide to proceed with a civil suit to claim for damages. I'm not aware of any such successful cases, but it's something to consider.
In the end, it's always best to follow Wheaton's Law: "Don't be a dick!" - practice responsible disclosure and maintain a good relationship with the vendors that you contact. It could end up being very lucrative from the point of view of both rewards and employment prospects.
It depends on where you are, but overall no. In Germany you could theoretically be accused of a crime, not just sued, although it's extremely unlikely it would happen. In most of the world nothing would happen to you besides being flamed, castigated, and vilified. After all, this has happened before, numerous times, and although you'd probably get a load of grief there's no precedent for a lawsuit based on releasing information about a vulnerability.
Think of it this way, what could they sue you for? You didn't write the software, a developer did, and developers doesn't get sued for security bugs (If they did, things would change in a hurry wouldn't they?), so how can you be sued for finding one? It would set a terrible precedent as nobody would look for bugs if they got sued for finding them, so the only ones who would be finding bugs would be the criminals, and they wouldn't be bringing them out into the open.
Ethically though you really should notify the developer of the software and giving them a chance to patch it before releasing it. It's good Karma.
Again I'm not a lawyer or anything, but I know that in the UK and under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 Section 3a:
Therefore in the UK you would be supplying an exploit and therefore breaking the Law as this may have an effect on Sections 1-3.


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I end up offering TV time as a reward but he complains so much while practicing, tracks time by calling out every 2 minutes, and practices without respecting the piano or the music (bangs it out). He then gets the TV time but I am so angry and exhausted from dealing with his attitude that even though he gets the reward, he knows I am still mad. So, basically, how do we motivate our kids to learn and develop their talents for their own sake, instead of ours?
First of all, why are you making him take piano? Do you feel he'll gain something from it? Is he naturally good at it, so you want to foster that in him? Are you trying to make him learn it, because that's what you feel society expects? Are you doing it because it's something you enjoy and want to pass that on to him? Additionally, why are you being his teacher?
It seems to me that he doesn't like playing piano, or at the very least, he doesn't like you giving him lessons.
If he genuinely likes playing piano.
If he likes playing piano, but doesn't like you teaching him (ie - he'll play it on his own, or showed an interest in it previously), then hire a teacher. The student-teacher dynamic is different from a parent-child or spousal relationship, and is and can be often more demanding than the latter two (for example, my basketball coach could yell at me and it wouldn't bother me, but if my parents were to do that, I'd react very differently). If you play piano, and especially if you're good at it, he may also be intimidated by you, and see your skill as big shoes he's expected to fill. If so, then his behavior is his way of channelling and communicating that fear.
He may be more motivated simply because it's not his mom teaching him.
Additionally, he's starting to get to that age where mom and dad aren't the center of his world, and getting into the age where he wants to assert his independence. He may be feeling like you're smothering him by being his piano teacher. Having someone else take on that role may give him the sense of freedom he's looking for.
Another way you can help motivate him is to find shows or competitions that he could participate in. Let him pick the music and instill in him the importance of practicing so that he does a good job. This will give him a sense of purpose to the learning, and a goal to work for, instead of just aimlessly learning a skill.
You can foster his talents in other ways, without being his teacher. Buy him a keyboard, both for the portability, and for the variety. Get him music books with music from his favorite movies, shows, or artists (if you can't afford to hire a teacher, this is probably the next best thing, because it gives him something he can relate to and be proud of; very few 8 year olds can really understand/appreciate the classical greats, and even if your son can, his friends probably won't). Maybe see if you can arrange a meeting with his favorite local musician (or a local musician in general).
If he doesn't like playing piano.
If he doesn't like playing piano, then it would be a good idea to consider your motivations for trying to force him to learn it. Forcing a child to learn piano when they have no interest is, in my opinion, no different than forcing a child to play sports when they have no interest - it's often done because it's what's expected ("boys don't dance/play piano/cheerlead, they play {insert sport here}"), and not because that's what the child wants to do. Forcing your child to do something like that solely because it's what you believe they "ought" to be doing will do little more than foster a disdain, or even downright loathing, of both you and the activity in question.
What does he actually like to do? What does he want to try? If you want to foster his talents, then foster his talents, and what he's interested in, not what you think he "should" be doing. If he's interested in something, it will be significantly easier to motivate him (and if you still have trouble motivating him for the "daily grind" aspect of his chosen activity, most of the above "if he likes it" tips can be modified to suit).
Learning piano teaches discipline, patience, and a respect for art, yes, but so can learning a different instrument, or pottery, or painting, or theater. Things like sports and martial arts can't teach respect for "the arts," but they can teach discipline, respect for others, and respect for their fields, among other valuable lessons.
Edit based on comment - Since he does say he likes piano, I would work on rewarding him for actual practice. No more rewarding him for going through the motions and being a bear.
Additionally, I'd say go with some of the ideas in the "if he likes it" section (keeping the rest for others' sake) for what you can do to foster him (recitals, competitions, supplemental instruments, etc). I would also still take a look at what songs he's playing, and work with him and his teacher to find songs that he'd like to learn. To an 8 year old, being able to play the latest Kelly Clarkson song, or whatever 8 year olds listen to these days (egads, I feel old saying that!), is going to be far more interesting than being able to play Fur Elise. This may be a little more pricey, due to copyright matters, but your teacher might know ways of getting discounts.
Perhaps it's just a time of day that doesn't work well, and he'd be more apt to practice at a different time of day (studies have shown that people's productivity levels go up and down throughout the day in sync with various biological rhythms; and it's been my experience that artists tend to be more finicky about such things, so if he's naturally artistic, then this might be an issue). Try changing the time of his practice.
Can you change the practice location? It may also be simply because he's at home, or in the living room, that makes him not want to practice. Having a place set aside specifically for the activity (out of the house, if possible) can help get into the mental state for practicing, increasing focus.
Also, get him involved in the above changes. Work with him to find a time and place to practice, have him pick out the music to work on, etc. Simply being involved in the decision making process can be a huge motivator, and only following top down orders tends to be a big demotivator (the same goes for adults!).
Being a parent, who happens to be a piano teacher, who happens to also teach my 2 daughters piano.....
I would find out why he doesn't want to practice. Is there something he'd rather be doing at that time? Have him help you come up with a time that works for him. One of my students practices before breakfast-seems early to me-but, it's what works out best for her and her family. Other of my students practice right after school-and some are homeschooled and practice during their normal school activities. If he enjoys playing piano and his lessons-finding out why practicing is so tedious would be a good start. Does he have siblings that are watching tv at that time? Maybe say noone gets to watch tv until x time... in the meantime, everyone take care of homework/practice/chores, etc.
How long has he been taking lessons? My youngest, who just began this year, isn't all that interested in practicing-so, I let her practice when the mood strikes her, for the most part. Some of my students take lessons every other week, because they aren't able to practice enough in 1 week. Would he feel less pressure if you did something like that?
If you aren't happy with how he is practicing, then send him back and tell him no tv (or whatever) until he practices the way his teacher wants him to-and with the right attitude. If he's not willing to comply, I've also had students (a little older than 8) who were told they would pay for the lessons if they didn't practice right. Sure, both of these cause a fight-I've been there.. but, in the end, they know what is expected of them and that Mom/Dad isn't going to accept less than their best-because that's really all we want. Have you asked him to rate his practice on a scale of 1-5 or 1-10 on whether he put his best into it? Maybe if his and yours averages to (7+ or 4+) X then he gets tv-if not, then no tv? Give him some control of the situation and help him to see that he is IN control of the situation. It isn't you-but him who controls whether or not he gets his reward. Personally, in my house, if it's not with the right attitude, then it doesn't count-and my kids know that.. doesn't make them happy all of the time, but they do know where the bar is.
Hope this helps!
The following things motivate my 8-year old boy to practice the piano (Not in any particular order):
I motivated my daughter to practice clarinet by playing with her. We got some duets and played together. Even now (20 years later) when she comes home we'll go in the cellar and do those duets again, loving every minute. I suppose this is a bit tricky with a piano, but... there are tunes for four hands, right? And maybe he could accompany you (or his mates) singing some popular song?
I am thinking about the same way I motivate myself : have him play songs he likes.
Disney ballads (like "A Whole New World" or "Prince Ali") are really easy to play, and lots of fun.
As a music teacher, I give the following hints:
Perhaps your son would be more productive in his practice if you were actively involved, as parents are in the Suzuki method. There is a nice book about how to be a parent practice coach -- http://www.carriereuning.com/soundcarriespress.html. The author has published some of the material in the book on her website: http://www.carriereuning.com/practice.html
The most important thing when you are a practice coach is to provide positive feedback. As often as you can, find SOMETHING you can say something positive about. Try things like this: "You are playing so many notes correctly, it's hard for me to come up with a suggestion for how to improve this piece. Hmm... do you want to add some dynamics?" This can be done no matter how simple the piece, and it can be done even if the editor didn't put any dynamics in. Note, it can be fun to ask the child to write in their own dynamics -- you don't have to slavishly follow what the editor suggested. The important thing is that the piece not be boring!
You might want to set up some groundrules for television, such as (these are just suggestions):
It might be helpful to break the direct connection between piano and TV that got established inadvertently.
If you can play simple tunes, then it might be fun to play some easy duets together.
Music lessons and children often don't seem to mix, especially when it's practice time.
It's really the same as anything else in family life, really. Children follow parental examples, and it's no different in music or any other art form requiring years of cultivation. Parents who wish for their children to become athletes are usually sports enthusiasts and/or athletes themselves. Their hope is that the child(ren) will develop an interest, especially with the culture swirling all around them. The same is true for music, dance, visual art, etc. Children must be exposed to the arts as observers first and taught how to perceive the art they are asked later to create themselves. Want to make a new pianist? Is there piano music playing in the house? Do you attend concerts to hear examples of virtuoso- (not merely parental-)level playing? I squirmed through many hundreds of hours of concerts as a child, and it really trained my ear. It also made me rather naturally enthusiastic about the piano (which really took hold when I was 15--too late for virtuoso playing), versus oboe, drums, bassoon, triangle, etc.
Wondering what to do about this child and his piano? Here's where it's good to take his temperament, interests, and talents into account. Why cultivate a second-rate (or worse) pianist while imprisoning the expert dancer, tattoo artist, or singer? Don't think he'll eventually like it when he "gets good," because he won't. Either thing. You'll only create another terrible pianist. Then think how proud you'll be, dear parent of a recalcitrant practicer. A miserable, terrible pianist.
So please, please, please, I'm begging you. Don't inflict another bad performance of Fur Elise on the world, or pistol-whip another child into blundering indelibly on YouTube.
You might oughtta let him quit out of love of art.


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I just made a large pot of soup. It's a Mexican Caldo de Res. I added a bunch of lime juice, and thought, hey, maybe i'll throw the lime rinds in there too for a bit. This was a huge mistake. Now the whole thing has a really bitter flavor. I've removed the rinds, are there any suggestions on how to save this?
You might be able to counter-balance it with other flavors (salt, sour, sweet, hot), but you're likely still going to have some bitter notes come through, it's just a question if it's tolerable or not, and some people dislike bitter more than others. (I can't understand how people can drink beers other than lambics)
In looking at a similar thread on Chowhound, one of the recommendations is a bit of milk or cream. If you're not lactose intollerant, it might be worth a try.
This could also be a chance for an experiment -- ladle it into a bunch of glasses, try some different things (sugar, vinegar, soy, hot sauce, milk, worcestershire, combinations of them, etc), and report back to us with what you think worked best.
This isn't a direct answer, but rather an anecdote from personal experience.
One time I made garlic parmesan mashed potatoes for a company thanksgiving pot-luck lunch. I've made this recipe a few dozen times before. However, this time I decided to get creative and go with parmesan, asiago, and romano cheeses instead of just parmesan. I also committed the cardinal sin of not tasting as I went. Well, I didn't realize how much more salty asiago and romano cheeses were than parmesan. Needless to say when I finished and tasted it, it was almost inedibly salty. Salt being a hard thing to counteract, and me being reluctant to throw out 5 lbs of mashed potatoes, I decided to try dilution.
I made about 7 lbs more of potatoes, omitted all the salt, and used only parmesan. Surprisingly it worked rather well. They were still a bit on the salty side of things, but delicious.
In short, maybe try doubling or diluting your recipe next time you make a mistake. That in combination with some of the milk/cream methods suggested by others could save your dish.
About the only thing I can think of us adding a little sugar to the pot, but don't add a lot all at once. Just add a little and taste...
I hope this helps, try chopping up a whole bunch of celery, It seems to absorb the bitter and nutralize the taste, It worked for me when I made a base for rice with way to much menthi Indian spice and the bitterness was unbearable, It worked for me and I hope this helps you to! I also added a little vinagar and sugar.
Not a fix, but a footnote - next time only use the zest and not the light-coloured part of the rind - that is where there the bitterness lies.
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"Small changes in bedtime and daily routine could go a long way," says researcher Reut Gruber, PhD. She is an assistant professor of psychology at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Conversely, "one more video game and staying a little longer in a friend's house ... could add up and have a negative impact on the daytime functioning of healthy children."
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According to the National Sleep Foundation, children aged 5 to 12 need 10 to 11 hours of sleep a night.
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I definitely know a lot about the places I visit and want to share it with everyone. I want to know if donating and volunteering at OpenStreetMap—which is where I have been helping—is a waste of time: it is possible that it is all for naught to help on such a relatively low-trafficked site. On the other hand, I am concerned about the closed, commercial nature of Google Maps, even though the traffic is high and my knowledge would likely get more reuse. Where should I help with collaborative mapping?
Of course it is ultimately up to you, but i would hesitate to call working with Open Street Map a waste of time.
While it is true that the OSM user base is small right now, there are factors that affect both Google and OSM. The primary issue is that now that Google has started to charge for levels of use of their API, a number of companies and organizations are switching to OSM. The list includes Apple, Foursquare, and Wikipedia mobile apps. It looks like more may switch as well, which could increase the user base significantly.
The other, and that which seems more important to me is the idea of open access to data. As a Geographer and GIS professional, having access to high quality datasets is critical for me to do my job. Having access that can not be compromised is even more important. The OSM dataset is licensed as Creative Commons, Share alike, so anyone may use it. Google data is privately owned and while this likely won't happen, they could close it off tomorrow and charge everyone for access, whether you helped improve the dataset or not.
I know that here in the United States access to data is a big issue. A lot of time and money is spent collecting and building the datasets, and a big question is who should pick up this cost. There are arguments either way. I am sure this is an issue in other parts of the world as well, especially in places where there are not as many sources of data like streets available for people to use.
This is a pretty hot topic you picked here, with strong, valid feelings on both sides. Google has every right to charge for their data, and make a profit. People have the same right to build their own dataset and make it available to everyone. There is nothing to say you can't support both, just don't sell one short over the other without researching on your own, and drawing your own conclusions.
I hope this was helpful.
It's worth noting that at Google Maps, you're not 'donating' your geographic knowledge -- you are giving your geographic knowledge to a for-profit corporate entity, who have a duty to their shareholders to use their position as a majority data holder in the worldwide map data market to increase the value of their company.
This means that the data that you give to Google is not necessarily something that you can get back out and do what you want with. For example, if you imagine that you start a business making GPS Maps for Bikes, or some such, down the road, getting the data that you give to Google back out for use in the product you want to sell may be difficult, or simply a violation of the Terms of Service which you would not be allowed to pursue.
OpenStreetMap is openly licensed dataset. It is created and supported by more than 500,000 editors, and the data is available for libre (that is, 'free as in freedom') use under the terms of the ODBL, which would allow you to make the GPS Maps For Bikes app without needing to pay a licensing fee to anyone.
Data you add to Google Maps is collectively licensed to Google. (Your individual contributions presumably have relatively limited value outside the collection of data, as is the case in almost any map-making effort.) If you do something Google doesn't want, then they can say No, and shut you down. Innovation by third parties outside the scope of what limitations Google provides for is not allowed.
OpenStreetMap data is openly licensed and managed by a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the use of geographic information around the world. If no one has done the new cool thing that you want to do -- you can get the data, and do it.
Short term, you may get more out of Google -- with a massive corporate investment in user-targeted tools, and a massive investment in initial data -- but over time, OpenStreetMap's openly licensed data is likely to be the more sustainable solution. With half a million editors, and the growing investment from national mapping agencies around the globe, I can't imagine any way in which OSM is not the more appropriate map provider to support for the long term.
In addition to the other excellent comments here, the biggest advantage I see to OSM data is two aspects of ease of access:
(1) in particular has been annoying recently. I have battled with Google editors for approval of known bad data, or not had my GPS-derived roads approved because it doesn't match with the 8-year old satellite data!
Of course, the ease of access is only really with us because of the small base of users. The more open it gets, the more problems we'll have with validation and vandalism.
Update: great example of how a community can quickly map poorly-covered areas, see the Ramani Tandale project, which also has an Ushahidi crowdmapping instance running.
I personally prefer Google. Here's why:
If not Google, why not both? Helping one doesn't exclude you from helping the other.
Go with Google. They currently provide a very good free service to everyone in the world for free. It is always being developed by a very large team and the data is very accessible and usable through the Google set of products which millions use.
The mapping architecture and software developed by Google values the user 1st most and Google only makes money from users through the showing of advertisements, not directly charging the user.
Selling API access to their database is reasonable, and only large websites ever have that issue, but who cares? If you're not running a website then it doesn't matter to you at all!
Donate it to Google. Yes, they'll profit from it, but if I understand correctly, you want to share with people who need it, and where will most people make their searches? Yes, Google Maps. It's easier for people to just do a Google search of a place, directions, etc, than going to openstreetmap. That's the truth. GIS professionals however, seem to prefer OSM. I on the other hand prefer Google. Hope this helps.
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HEWITT (December 5, 2012)- Parents can see it as they drop off or pick up their children from Castleman Creek Elementary school in Hewitt. A porn outreach billboard in front of the school is gaining attention from some concerned parents.
The sign advertises Pure Freedom Ministry's fight against porn addiction. "Internet Pornography," can be seen on the billboard in large letters.
Castleman Creek Elementary School parent, Jon Black, feels the placement of the billboard is questionable.
"I think there's a time and place for that sort of thing," Black said.
"A porn outreach billboard that close to an elementary school is not appropriate."
Black noticed the sign while taking his 5-year-old to school. He feels the word "pornography" shouldn't be exposed to his son this early.
"He's at a stage where he's learning to sound out words, and learning to read," Black said.
"I don't want him sounding out the word 'porn' or 'pornography'."
Castleman Creek Elementary School teaches from 4th grade to Pre-K.
Though many parents we talked with found the board inappropriate, Pure Freedom Ministry's founder Terry Ermoian disagrees.
"There isn't an age too early to be talking about the dangers of pornography," Ermoian said.
"Statistics show that boys at 5 years of age and girls at 7 years of age are first exposed to porn."
Ermoian says he didn't intentionally choose the billboard's placement, but thinks it can be a positive tool.
"I'm glad parents are concerned about it, because I'm concerned about it," Ermoian said.
"This sign can positively open up a line of communication for parents to be able to talk about porn with their children."
Midway ISD told News 10 that they contacted both the sign company and Pure Freedom Ministry to share parents' concern.
Other parents we talked with said the issue of pornography isn't discussed enough.
However, Black feels he shouldn't have to force that discussion on his 5-year-old son.
"I believe the sign introduces a word that is a really deep and dirty topic," Black said.
"It's something an innocent child doesn't need to deal with right now."


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Citizen 4 Fairness wrote on Jan 9, 2013 11:20 PM:
KITTY wrote on Jan 10, 2013 1:08 PM:
conservative1 wrote on Jan 10, 2013 4:24 PM:
conservative1 wrote on Jan 10, 2013 4:35 PM:
Abortion is a crime against humanity. period. There is no just reason. Not to save the mother's life. None.
At what point is it acceptable to kill a child? When the mother can feel the baby kicking inside her? Right up until it breathes air? How about 1 minutes after it is "born". Would you feel outrage if a gunman went into a hospital and killed the newborns? "
KITTY wrote on Jan 10, 2013 10:58 PM:
what he said was he wants a better solutions for school children and all of our society......he doesn't want them to grow up in an atmosphere of armed guards......
Pro lifers say the minute that egg and sperm unite is human life ......well if you prevent that uniting of egg and sperm you are preventing life .....just as guilty as ending life......that is what the catholic church believes......if you really believe one gotta believe the other........so no abortion and no birth control for all the pro lifers ....we wouldn't want them to be accused of being hypocrites...... "
hypocrites wrote on Jan 11, 2013 12:01 PM:
ram wrote on Jan 12, 2013 8:47 AM:
And I say all raisis people should get sterilize ..the world will be a better place with less HATE..
the saddest thing is my sister been fighting for this country for 20 years
and then she comes back to the usa
and still be confronted with raisis ..
who is the real enemy ?
She ask
I say the HATE of conservative 1 and
Ignored people like her "
ram wrote on Jan 12, 2013 1:45 PM:
And I say all raisis people should get sterilize ..the world will be a better place with less HATE..
the saddest thing is my sister been fighting for this country for 20 years
and then she comes back to the usa
and still be confronted with raisis ..
who is the real enemy ?
She ask
I say the HATE of conservative 1 and
Ignored people like her "
conservative1 wrote on Jan 12, 2013 8:27 PM:
Kitty, you're being silly. Next you'll say. Because a woman doesn't have sex at every opportunity, she isn't pro life.
Every Gov does have armed guards 24/7 yes and that makes them hypocrites.
We already grow up in a society of armed guards. We are talking about ONE police officer in uniform, in an office, out of sight until necessary. When they get to high school in Waterbury, there are already police in the school. You have no argument. You just want to support your president's attempt to ban more guns, which makes nobody safer. "
ram wrote on Jan 13, 2013 7:56 AM:
You will still find somthing to say
Bc you are perfect..
You need a soul and hart check !
In other word you are hart less
May God have mercy on your back
Soul "
ram wrote on Jan 13, 2013 9:51 AM:
You what to feel safe ?
keep your mouth closed
You be safer tha way
The more garbage you post here
The less safer you are
You can't hide behind your computer for ever "
ram wrote on Jan 13, 2013 9:51 AM:
You will still find somthing to say
Bc you are perfect..
You need a soul and hart check !
In other word you are hart less
May God have mercy on your back
Soul "
conservative1 wrote on Jan 13, 2013 12:21 PM:
al.cap wrote on Jan 13, 2013 2:35 PM:
conservative1 wrote on Jan 14, 2013 8:39 AM:
ram wrote on Jan 14, 2013 8:50 AM:
She got the whole Waterbury puerto rican community mad
We she suggested tha a guy tha got
On a car accident get two to the head
Who are you to judge or suggest such a horrible thing ? I knew that guy personally.he made a horrible mistake "
ram wrote on Jan 14, 2013 9:47 AM:
But is ok went you do it
Ms conservative none !
You are a bully ! Shame on you ! "
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 15, 2013 12:03 AM:
You logic is mind blowing. So basically, a child, before it is born can't remember being killed, even though it has a heartbeat and is a living creature. So if you can't remember it, then its OK. So using the date rape drug on someone, then committing a heinous act on them, is OK? They can't remember it, so according to your logic, yea.
So governors have security, because they need protection from... Bad guys? Following that logic, the governor is protected by the state police, who have semi-automatic assault rifles and single-action assault pistols. Continuing along, the governor needs that protection, but you don't? I don't? As far as I know we all put our pants on the same way every morning, so what makes him need more protection than you or I? "
al.cap wrote on Jan 15, 2013 6:58 AM:
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 15, 2013 11:57 AM:
Case and point why I don't do Facebook. LOL "
blue star wrote on Jan 15, 2013 3:15 PM:
ram wrote on Jan 15, 2013 6:10 PM:
and I don't drink or smoke "
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 15, 2013 8:28 PM:
Nope, don't live under a rock. I was just trying to point out that everyone's point of view here carries the same weight, but if you want to be understood, spell-check takes a second to do. That is all. "
stopbushnow wrote on Jan 15, 2013 8:42 PM:
On the flip side, how barbaric is it to force a pregnant woman to carry a child and bear it, under penalty of government sanction?
This is AMERICA. If you want that, try Afghanistan, Iran or Saudi Arabia. "
saints wrote on Jan 15, 2013 10:17 PM:
The real question today is not when human life begins, but, What is the value of human life?" - Ronald Reagan "
al.cap wrote on Jan 16, 2013 5:14 AM:
funny coming from you. when people use this logic to assert their second amendment rights, you jump into full blown hypocrite mode.
how about the six week old fetus with a heartbeat? still not life? and you try to label things barbaric. "
conservative1 wrote on Jan 16, 2013 12:57 PM:
I didn't say your friend deserved 2 to the back of the head because he is PR or whatever he is. I said it because he is a waste of space. He doesn't care for other's lives, so why should we care for his? He should be put down before he kills one of my grandchildren. I've responded to too many scumbags like him injuring or killing innocent citizens to have any sympathy.
Those that have had abortions, for ANY reason, will answer to their maker one day. How many Mother Teresas, George Washingtons, and MLKs do you think he is going to give us and allow us to kill before they are born?
If it is a woman's body and she has a right to choose. Why then do we make suicide a crime? Why do we lock up in medical facilities women who injure themselves? Why do we arrest Drs who assist dying patients with suicides? hmmm "
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I have the smaller 32" model. Bought it last November for the master bedroom and paid about the same price. Great color and sound. Love the super slim profile. It takes up minimal space on my dresser. This would make a great Christmas present.
Not interested in LCD. It does have pretty good sharpness and nice blacks but LED technology has passed LCD in all areas including much less power consumption.
You can get a brand new 42" 1080p LCD RCA TV from best buy online for $20 more with close the the same stats. Lol, or you can be like me and have tons of refurbished stuff.
RCA sucks. sony samsung and vizio in that order
@tritescott: i can't agree. i have 2 RCA TVs (52" LCD and 42" LED) and i get comments from my friends all the time about how it is the best picture they've ever seen. the RCA LED sound quality is lacking, but a sound bar solved that issue. the LCD has great sound.
I was just looking at the 32" 720p version at a pawn shop for $220. This is a great deal
I own the 37" of this same model line and have nothing but good things to say about it and I paid quite a bit more then this for it. If I was in a situation where I needed/wanted a replacement this would be it.
I love saving energy but the energy savings an LED TV gives you compared to this LCD TV is minimal. I tested my 37" with a meter and it has a constant draw of about 105w even though the manufacturer website claims consumption is 65w of power. The same size LED TV from Vizio claims a consumption of 85w of power (20w MORE for the LED)
My point is, don't believe all claims that an LED is specifically less energy consumptive then a LCD and that manufacturer power claims are all skewed from (my experienced) average usages too.
Just chiming in to say I bought myself a 32" Vizio a year ago and love it.
$428 now - deal is dead
@forana: False, deal is still on. (7:26 PST)
Is no one else P!SSED that the fact that this TV is rerfurbished is held back until you click on it?
Crap like this just makes me less likely to visit this site. They can shove their 'deals' up their arse - treat your user base with some respect, huh?
I have this same TV and have nothing but great things to say about it. In fact Im about to have a whole household of vizio flats and Im looking forward to it. Great tv and brand.
Only 60hz... Sigh...
I've got a different model 42" Vizio and love it! This is a great deal on a really good TV.
@stickywicket: No, because everyone else just read what's clearly written on the Woot ad.
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The term "dhimmitude" originally referred to the second-class status of non-Muslims living in any Muslim-majority country whose laws officially favor Islamic norms and practices. Religious minorities, such as Christian and Jews, may be tolerated in such a country, but they are also discriminated against. In exchange for security they must accept special cultural and legal constraints from which their Muslim neighbors are free. The term is of recent vintage—though its Arab root, dhimmi,is not—and it remains controversial among historians. But in the past decade it has become popular with social conservatives as a metaphor for the condition of Christians living in the secular West: they, too, are tolerated and protected, but also despised by the secularist elites who control our cultural and legal norms. Or so it is said.
This story is not altogether false. The gap between the teachings of the Catholic Church, especially on questions of sexual morality, and the beliefs, customs, and laws of the "surrounding culture" continues to grow; and this makes it harder to follow those teachings, or to be associated with them. There is no point in denying this, whatever one thinks of the teachings in question. Not that many would deny it. It is obviously easier to do or believe what most other people do or believe. It is obviously difficult, psychologically and socially, to uphold beliefs most of one's neighbors disapprove of (though that difficulty may end up being a source of strength for a religious community).
A few days ago my friend Rusty Reno, the editor of First Things, wrote a blog post about the "dhimmitude of sorts" that faithful Catholics face in a country whose government is pursuing policies starkly at odds with the teachings of their Church:
I think we're heading into dhimmitude of sorts. Our culture is becoming more and more dominated by post-religious attitudes that dictate the terms of the social contract. We've seen that very clearly in the university where religious voices have learned to obey rules set by the secular academy. The rules are sometimes cruel (Stephen Pinker), or sometimes sympathetic as long as certain liberal dogmas are respected (Martha Nussbaum), or even permissive (faith as part of the great pluralist postmodern conversation). The culture of the secular university is now becoming the norm for society as a whole, at least in part, which is why were feeling the pressure.
Rusty is describing a real predicament here. It is no doubt uncomfortable to find oneself alienated from one's own society because one continues to believe what most of that society seemed to believe until just yesterday; to be told, because of this belief, that one is on the "wrong side of history" (one of the most overused phrases in our political discourse); to be shamed and shunned for what one regards as fidelity by people who are congratulating themselves for having evolved. Yes, this is bound to be felt as a predicament, whether one considers it the hard honor of a lost cause, the onset of winter before another spring, or just the tough love that history administers to the most intransigent reactionaries.
What it's not is dhimmitude. Dhimmitude is only possible where there are two sets of rules: one for the majority and one for a minority. In the case of the HHS mandate, which was the occasion of Rusty's post, Catholics are being required to do only what everyone else is being required to do. The Obama administration has not imposed a special set of rules on Catholics or other Christians who believe contraception to be immoral. The administration has simply declined to extend an exemption from those rules to everyone who disagrees with them, which is a very different thing. Insofar as there has been a double standard, it is to the advantage of Catholics, not to their disadvantage. Precisely because of the Church's opposition to contraception, parishes are exempt from the mandate and other Catholic institutions are accommodated.
One may think this accommodation should be extended to every Catholic employer. One may oppose the mandate, root and branch, and work to see it reversed by a future administration. But one should avoid using language that suggests that any law or regulation felt as a burden by some religious minority is a case of oppression. Catholics in eighteenth-century England—that's dhimmitude. Catholics in twenty-first-century America, not so much.
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Matthew, I grew up when we lived in "the Catholic ghetto," which was partly self-imposed. Oh, how the discussions did go on over the extent to which the ghetto -- or dhimmitude, if we must -- was by choice or forced on us. So I am neither as surprised nor as discomfited as you and Rusty seem to be. I don't think there ever was a time in my life, much less as recently as yesterday, when society and I believed the same thing.Your citation of Prof. Reno was limited to the academy. Yes, and in my dim youth before he was born, there was much wailing within the society about how irreligious the prestige schools had become and how they would disappoint the churches that founded them. Think of William F. Buckley's God and Man at Yale (1951).There seems to be a recent urge toward martyrdom among some alienated American Catholics, but you won't find any bears or lions, I'm afraid. You won't meet gory death in this country; they simply try to buy you off.
There are two things here. First are the questions like contraception and recognition of homosexual unions. Those are questions where, at least to me, the claims of exclusion from the public square are baffling. They baffle me at least in part because, in the case of contraception, the problem is not the world around us but, rather, a pastoral problem of a teaching that is not accepted even by most Catholics. Rather than deal with the people in the pews, the bishops fixated on the mandate. It has been an enormous case of psychological projection. In the case of marriage, it is frankly even more baffling given the number of non-sacramental, civil marriages the Church never speaks against. How many such spouses does the Church insure today without complaint?But the other thing simply is this: Are Christians not supposed to be a sign of contradiction? Ought temporal living not to pose us with grave difficulties? See Acts 28:22 and the words of Simeon in Luke. It is a sickness in the soul of Christianity to believe that Christians ever should not feel themselves somehow apart from the world. All hopes for a Christian civilization are, really, not Christian. It is the same tainted Christianity that saw Eusebius praise the imperial unity of Church and state in Emperor Constantine that today would prefer that we Christians should "dictate the terms of the social contract" (a metaphor drawn from the Enlightenment, anyway). This is eschatological confusion. The Kingdom is not here. The world is supposed to challenge us, as we are supposed to challenge the world.
"Secular" doesn't mean "not Catholic," it means "not religious." Ours is by no means a secular society. There are many, many religious denominations in this country whose members sincerely believe that they live in accordance with the will of God--some of them aren't even Christian. Then there are agnostics and atheists who believe with equal sincerity that they can live moral lives without professing belief in any God. That, fortunately--or unfortunately, depending on your viewpoint--is the price of living in a pluralistic democracy where there is no state church and religious freedom is guaranteed by the Constitution.
First, thumbs up to Mr Millies."To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin."St Thomas Aquinas shows us the way, I think. It is also part of the secular culture to belabor persecution and indulge a sense of personal victimhood.Where this Doctor points is for Christians and Catholics to set aside the self-absorption and focus instead on others who are downtrodden and deeply persecuted in our nation: Latinos, children in foster care, the uninsured, single mothers, and so on. We should tread cautiously in this area: no need to see our sister and brother believers get stepped on or steamrolled. On the other hand, when Archbishops Chaput and Dolan start acting like an Oprah guest, it's not inspiring. It's cringeworthy.Mr Reno needs to take a step back from campusville. Corporations rule in the West. Whatever sells ...
No one is preventing Catholics of any/all stripes from believing what they wish to believe and living it out as they see fit. No one is forcing anyone to contracept or abort. No one is forcing 2 males/females to marry each other if they don't want to do so.The rub comes when those beliefs and practices impinge on the same but dissimlar rights of other people.A secular - plural - society is necessary for the beliefs rights of all to be protected to the point that they are not imposed on those who do not share those beliefs. As Todd put it: "no need to see our sister and brother believers get stepped on or steamrolled."
There's another meaning to secular. The Lord Jesus was born into our saeculum. Please recall the phrase per omnia saecula saeculorum at the end of the Canon. He was born into our age, and the Incarnation makes him and things "secular" changed by His mighty work. Also, please recall that the ordained were for a period of time named by the words religious (or regular) and secular (diocesan). ----Because we are all in an Age (saeculum), we cannot avoid having stupidities such as the Cappa Magna and Your Grace titles. The lure of pomp will always be at work. But, I beg, do not decry things as secular if you believe in the Incarnation.
Thanks, Matthew - interesting analysis and opinions. Following up on Mr. Flowerday and Mr. Millies, here is something I posted earlier on Grant's What Do the Bishops Want?Find this whole reply to be interesting because it reflects much of the debate in the 4th session of VII over Dignitatis Humanae. From John OMalley,SJs book and paraphrasing: John Courtney Murray,SJ as the council was closing put his finger on a *the issue under the issue* development of doctrine. In his words, it was the problem of elaborations of church teachings that went beyond, or even contradict, previous teachings. i.e. the problem of change. Murray went on to elucidate the repeated condemnations of *the separation of church and state*; *conscience*; *religious liberty*; etc. as pronounced by popes since the 18th century. And this topic was a bitter struggle and yet, Murrays ideas prevailed. He noted that in this council struggle on *religous liberty* the US bishops came in full force. Yet, this support echoed the American experience US church did not live in the 19th century European mindset which can be summarized as if the majority of a states citizens are Catholic, then the state must profess being Catholic and was duty bound to suppress other religions; even denying their civil rights. If Catholics are a minority, then the state mus tolerate and guarantee free practice of religion. His views prevailed and can be summarized as religious liberty and the rights of religious bodies in society; as well as the legitimate limits to expression of religious liberty, must be made evident and as appropriate for the good of society. It is interesting to note the change via the current USCCB on this issue. In tone and approach, the USCCB appears to reach back to the 19th century mindset; to echo the fierce objections about Murrays ideas from Rev. Joseph Fenton. Why? Because Dignitatis Humanae lays down two basic foundational principles the every individual has the right to use conscience to choose and that no government has the right to obstruct this so long as it does not infringe on the right of others or hinder the common good; second, that this human dignity can not be coerced. Realize that terms such as common good and access to contraception can be argued but my point is that the USCCB appears to be operating with a new foundational principle US government must allow the Catholic Church its preferences and anything less will be a loss of religious liberty. Appears to ignore the foundational principles of Dignitatis Humanae fact that in a civil society there are diverse and multiple religious bodies or secular views that must be respected and protected. Sorry, USCCB seems to be recycling Fr. Fenton.
"The gap between the teachings of the Catholic Church, especially on questions of sexual morality, and the beliefs, customs, and laws of the surrounding culture continues to grow"I think that the actual gap is not just between what the church teaches and what non-Catholics believe, but between what the church teaches and what Catholics believe. Most Catholics believe same-sex marriage is ok, most Catholics use contraception, etc.And the surrounding culture is *not* anti-Christian ... the president is a Christian, so are most legislators and most of those on the supreme court. So are most Americans, even if they don't all go to church. I don't think there's a real dhimmitude of Christian values in our society. There is a dhimmitude of is extremely conservative religious views that most believers don't hold but only the hierarchy and a small minority seem to hold.
Tocqueville on how "soft despotism" might operate:"The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent, and guided; men are seldom forced by it to act, but they are constantly restrained from acting. Such a power does not destroy, but it prevents existence; it does not tyrannize, but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd."See John Stuart Mill for similar warnings.
Some further recollections: In the 1970s there was much talk -- and possibly consensus among those who knew of the talk -- about Robert Bellah's concept of American "civil religion." Oversimplifying, it posited the president as a sort of preacher-in-chief (a construct that falls apart when the president of the moment is rejected a priori by a sizable portion of his flock). It was the source of "In God We Trust" (you got the memo about how Obama is removing that from our coins, didn't you?) and the Regents' non-denominational (in a Protestant way) prayer to open the day in New York schools, the removal of which prayer turned out (who knew?) to be tantamount to driving God from "our" schools.My point: After we got out of the "Catholic ghetto" (my earlier comment) we landed in this world of a sort-of religion with a kind-of Protestant patina that was more of the lip than of the heart but which would be internalized in ways that don't line up with Catholic catechetics of those days or these.
What you describe, Patrick, seems to me to be the working of modern capitalism, and the incessant Selling of Product.Does the Church possess within its means and traditions the answer to that? The answer to the human longing for meaning? Optimistically, I would say yes. But somehow I think many of my bishops are timid on that front. (But they do hire people to do public relations, don't they? Even the Vatican.)They too have been infected with aspects of contemporary culture. Perhaps they would like to lead a confrontation. But unfortunately, they have largely rejected the "first signs" of their brother bishops of the last two generations. Instead, they acquire new episcopal digs but protest that they have to be big and ritzy to attract/host seminarians. They point out the specks in the eyes of the press, the medical establishment, and the disinvited. But they persist in blindness to their own planks: the mismanagement of predators and material resources. There is a profound gap between the teachings of Christ and the actions of bishops on behalf of their wayward clergy.As a person who lives with one foot in the church and one in the world, I see precious little leadership from those who would be shepherds. Indeed, it seems sometimes to be all too similar with that final shocking image in the book portraying pigs and humans sharing drinks, cigars, and laughs.
The refrain that the bishops cannot police their own house must be repeated. The umbrage about this policy enables them psychologically to turn away from their own very compromised and uninspired ranks with frenetic energies fueled by avoidance. Rahner's prediction of a "long winter" continues to be true.
"The refrain that the bishops cannot police their own house must be repeated."The bishops seem disinclined to listen to this refrain. Honestly, I wish there were a clearer route to break this deadlock. We do need the ministry of bishops. The Church is adrift without them. Maybe we should be thankful the dhimmitude is largely a phantom.
So, is "the Catholic moment" over? ;)
What its not is dhimmitude. Dhimmitude is only possible where there are two sets of rules: one for the majority and one for a minority.I do not think Mr. Reno claimed it was dhimmitude. To of sorts, attention must be paid. Nevertheless there is a logic to Matthews argument. The thing is, this argument would thwart any claim that laws for traditional marriage/against same sex marriage would impose two sets of rules: one for the majority and one for the minority.
Mark --Yes, indeed there *are* two sets of rules. In fact, there are as many sets of rules as there are religions here - plus one more set, that of the government''s legislation. The religious groups set their own rules for their members, but those rules do not have any sort of jurisdiction over non-members. The government's set of rules, on the other hand, establish what is *allowable* under its jurisdiction, and in doing so it permits the members of the religions to follow their own rules/consciences as well as permitting non-members to follow their own rules/consciences.Granted, in an ideal world the government's rules would be perfect ones. But this isn't an ideal world, so the less than perfect must be tolerated if it doesn't seriously weaken the common good. You might think that gay marriage does weaken the common good and very badly. However, I can't help but think that view is usually disingenuous. Why? Because there are vastly more divorced people in this country thn there are gays who want to marry, and it can easily be argued that divorce is the very worst possible enemy of marriage, being by its very nature a direct destruction of it. Yet the anti-gay marriage people never say a peep against straight divorce. Hmmm :-( in other words, what we have are conflicts of systems, PLUS yet another system, a meta-system (the U. S. Constitution) which gets to say which of the systems will prevail.
Ann--I think you've read too much into my comment. Be that as it may, if you believe there are two sets of rules, even more, I assume you take issue with Matthew's contention that there not two sets of rules with the current version of the HHS mandate?As for your blanket assertion that the "anti-gay marriage people never say a peep against straight divorce," how can you make such a false statement when you know that the Catholic Church say much more than a peep against divorce?
how can you make such a false statement when you know that the Catholic Church say much more than a peep against divorce?Mark Proska,Do you know if the Catholic Church (say, through Catholic Charities) has ever denied spousal benefits because an employee was divorced and remarried? Has Catholic Charities ever declared they will not allow a divorced and remarried couple to adopt a child? As far as I know, the Catholic Church in these kinds of situations considered a divorced and remarried couple to be legally married and treats them as such. This is not the case with same-sex couples who are legally married. The situation is similar with in vitro fertilization and fertility clinics. We know the position of the Church on in vitro fertilization. But do they campaign against in vitro fertilization and fertility clinics with the same loud voice they campaign against government funded stem-cell research? And yet government-funded stem-cell research is limited to using stem cells derived from donated embryos from fertility clinics. Why isn't there vocal opposition to creating the embryos in the first place?
Mark --I agree what David N. says about the hierarchy and divorce. The point is they don't campaign against it, and I don't even know of any anti-divorce Catholic groups such as thee Right-to-Life people against all abortion.It is not that I think that divorce is never justified, but I'm quite certain that the common laissez-faire attitude towards divorce is terrible for this country. Children are affected dreadfully by it, even in the cases when it is necessary.
Ann--I agree with you that divorce is terrible for this country; I disagree that the Catholic Church has not consistently taken a strong stand against it. In fact, I think the Church's position has been so strong that it has kept some people away.But, returning to my initial point, I think there is a logical similarity in laws that support traditional marriage and Matthew's argument that "all are being required to do the same thing."


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