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I have just got myself a Ubuntu server and for some reason the Ctrl + C will not kill the process I am running. I have run this command on two terminals Cygwin and putty and logged in using ssh.
I can use the command locally and this is not a problem and also on other machines using Solaris. I have read some other posts on this site relating to this issue, however, my issue is still not resolved.
As the command works locally I am fairly confident that is not something in bash that needs to be set. (I use bash on all the machines I use). I am not trying to close processes like man or less using this command just scripts and standard processes where you expect it to work.
I have also tries Ctrl + Z and that does not work properly so not sure why it wont pick up any of these VERY useful commands. This is highly annoying for me.
I would like to learn as much as I can about Ubuntu as I have very little experience with it, if you have a solution can you include as much detail as possible?
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intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^?; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol = M-^?; eol2 = M-^?;
swtch = <undef>; start = ^Q; stop = ^S; susp = ^Z; rprnt = ^R; werase = ^W;
lnext = ^V; flush = ^O; min = 1; time = 0;
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Announced only just last week, Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire have received a debut in-game teaser trailer, with looks at two of the games' Legendary Pokemon now represented in full 3D.
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Which is the cleanest way to show that the difference, $d:R^n\times R^n\rightarrow R^n$, $d(x,y)= x-y$, is Lebesgue-Lebesgue measurable? (i.e. foreach A lebesgue measurable in $R^n$, $d^{-1}(A)$ is Lebesgue measurable in $R^n\times R^n$). Thanks in advance.
Nicolo is asking about functions where the inverse image of a Lebesgue measurable set is Lebesgue measurable. This is stronger than the usual definition of measurability where it is required only the inverse image of each Borel set must be Lebesgue measurable. Continuous functions need not be measurable by this stronger criterion. If $B$ has zero Lebesgue measure and $A=f^{-1}(B)$ has nonzero measure then each subset of $B$ is Lebesgue measurable but its inverse image may be non-measurable. A simple example is given by $f:x\mapsto (x,0)$ from $\mathbb{R}$ to $\mathbb{R}^2$. Taking $A$ to be a non-measurable subset of $\mathbb{R}$ and $B=f(A)$ we see this $f$ is not Lebesgue-Lebesgue measurable. More interesting examples occur on the real line when there are continuous homeomorphisms from $\mathbb{R}$ to itself taking Cantor sets of positive measure to Cantor sets of zero measure.
To return to Nicolo's example. Each surjective linear map from $\mathbb{R}^m\to\mathbb{R}^n$ is Lebesgue-Lebesgue measurable as it can be decomposed as a composition of linear bijections and the projection map $\mathbb{R}^m\to\mathbb{R}^n$ mapping onto the first $n$ coordinates (both these types of maps can be seen to be Lebesgue-Lebesgue measurable). By definition, the class Lebesgue-Lebesgue measurable maps is closed under composition (unlike the class of Lebesgue-measurable maps!).
Unitary matrices preserve measure. A diagonal matrix of full rank is a Lesbesgue-Lesbesgue measurable transformation. Linear maps over the reals have a singular value decomposition.


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What is a simple example, without getting into the mess of triangulated categories, of an additive category that is not abelian?
The category of finitely generated modules over a non-Noetherian ring.
The category of filtered modules over a ring is an example given in Gelfand-Manin.
In infinite dimensions, all hell breaks loose. For example, neither the category of Banach spaces nor the category of Hilbert spaces, although additive, are abelian.
There are at least two kinds of (interesting) examples.
I. When we can get an abelian category, but have to add more (co)kernels: 1) the category of free modules over a ring; 2) the category of projective modules over a ring; 3) the category of vector bundles on a topological space (if fact, 3 is a particular case of 2). (From 1 or 2 one gets abelian category of all modules over the ring, from 3 — abelian category of sheafs of vector spaces on X.)
II. When we already have (co)kernels ("category is pre-abelian") but not all mono-/epimorphisms are normal. As explained in another answer, an example is the category of filtered modules.
Another nice example is the category of finite-dimensional vector bundles over a fixed base space (with bundle maps over the identity as morphisms).
If the base space is not too simple (the interval suffices), then this category is not (pre-)Abelian because there are, in general, neither kernels nor cokernels. Intuitively speaking, the obvious candidate for the kernel of a bundle map need not form a vector bundle because its dimension need not be locally constant.
There've been lots of mildly complicated examples given, but what about the category of even-dimensional vector spaces over a field?
There's a slight modification of an example that almost works but that was deleted: take the category of Hausdorff topological abelian groups. The coimage of a morphism in this category is its image in the ordinary sense, but the image is the closure of the coimage (exercise), so the two don't need to agree in general.
As Matt E mentions in a comment, adding topologies, like adding filtrations, is an easy way to cause this sort of thing to happen. Similarly we could take Hausdorff topological vector spaces, etc.
A quite explicit example coming from quantum algebra.
Consider the ring $K_h:=\mathbb K[[h]]$ of formal power series with coefficients in the field $\mathbb K$ (take for example $K=\mathbb R)$. Let $\mathcal C_f$ be the category of topologically free $K_h$ modules, i.e. all those $K_h$-modules that are isomorphic to modules of the form $M[[h]]$, denoting by $M$ any $K$-vector space. Morphisms $\varphi : M[[h]]\rightarrow N[[h]]$ are formal power series $\sum_{i\geq 0} \varphi_i h^i$ with $\varphi_i: M\rightarrow N$ morphism of $K$-vector spaces. If $\varphi : M[[h]]\rightarrow N[[h]]$ with $\varphi=\sum_{i\geq 0} \varphi_i h^i$ and $\psi : N[[h]]\rightarrow Q[[h]]$ with $\psi=\sum_{i\geq 0} \psi_i h^i$ are morphisms in $\mathcal C_f$, then their composition is the morphism $\psi\circ\varphi$ with power series expansion
$\sum_{i+j\geq 0}(\psi_j\circ\varphi_i) h^{i+j}$.
$\mathcal C_f$ is additive with biproduct $M[[h]]\oplus_h N[[h]]:=(M\oplus N)[[h]]$; it is not abelian because the cokernel of the inclusion (which is a morphism in $\mathcal C_f$)
$i: M\rightarrow M[[h]]$, $m\mapsto i(m)=(m,0,0,\dots)$
i.e. $coker(i)=hM[[h]]$, is not an object in $\mathcal C_f$. In fact, there exists no $\mathbb K$-vector space $N$ and isomorphism $\rho: hM[[h]] \rightarrow N[[h]]$ in $\mathcal C_f$; if such a morphism $\rho$ existed, then it would not be an isomorphism as any object in $N[[h]]$ of the form $(n,0,0,...)$ does not belong to the image of $\rho$ for $n\neq 0$.


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WEIRTON - Extending the southern redevelopment district to the old Weirton Steel rail yards would reroute heavy truck traffic around the downtown area and position the Half Moon Industrial Park to take advantage of growth opportunities, redevelopment authority Chairman Mark Zatezalo said.
At Tuesday's meeting, Zatezalo said there's already a road running parallel to the rail line all the way from Freedom Way to the Cove Road. With grant money, they could upgrade it to the standard needed to use it as a truck conduit, much as the city of Follansbee did to reroute heavy trucks around its business district.
To obtain grant money for the project, however, Zatezalo said they first must have access to the property, hence the quest to include it in the redevelopment district.
"If we don't have access to the property, we can't include it in funding," he told the board.
Generally speaking, the southern redevelopment district currently starts at Virginia Avenue and extends "into the mill and to West Street, all the way to Freedom Way," he said.
The extension would encompass the area leading to the rail yard and "all the property to the river, moving south."
"We do have a rather large industrial park that does a significant amount of business," he said. "If we don't do something to improve transportation (there), we're missing the boat. And if we don't tie the rail yard into (it), we're missing the boat. Really, this is probably the perfect opportunity to set transportation up."
Zatezalo pointed out the community "desperately needs better rail access" to the port area, as well as a way to keep big rigs out of the business district.
"If we can keep trucks out of commercial and residential areas, it's going to be good for them, too, liability wise," he said. "It's a win-win."
And he said extending the redevelopment district would not change ownership of any of the land involved; the rail yard is part of the 800-plus acres ArcelorMittal has designated as surplus property and as such, is currently on the market. "It can't be a bad thing for the new buyer," he pointed out.
"We don't take property. If there are properties available we can buy them, but we cannot grab property. We work hand in hand with people who want to develop their property."
Zatezalo said the transportation upgrade hinges on them being able to extend the redevelopment district.
He said he's already broached the subject with Brooke County commissioners, who've requested a letter outlining what they have in mind and why. He'll be sending a similar letter to Hancock County commissioners, because a portion of the area in question lies within their jurisdiction.
He also said the proposed extension and transportation upgrades would help the community capture development potential, which would be good for the people of Brooke and Hancock counties.
"It would keep trucks off the (streets,) which is good for the average person," he said. "The benefits are great. And if we can enhance transportation, the chances of business coming into Weirton are greatly enhanced.
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In other action, the redevelopment authority clarified its request for funding from the city.
Zatezalo said their initial request merely asked council to consider allocating a portion of the city's $250,000 cash carryover from the 2011-12 budget year to them.
"I'd like to propose that we request the amount of money they took out of our CDBG (Community Development Block Grant)," he said. "It might be steep, they might not go for it, but I'd like to request $45,000, especially since we have some urgent need for it coming up."
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Catholic Nuns Support House Passage of HCR
From the AP, endorsement of HCR by the leaders of 60 orders, representing 59,000 nuns:
Meanwhile, in a rare public disagreement that will reverberate among the nation's 70 million Catholics, leaders of religious orders representing 59,000 nuns sent lawmakers a letter urging lawmakers to pass the Senate health care bill. Expected to come before the House by this weekend, the measure contains abortion funding restrictions that the bishops say don't go far enough.
"Despite false claims to the contrary, the Senate bill will not provide taxpayer funding for elective abortions," said the letter signed by 60 leaders of women's religious orders. "It will uphold longstanding conscience protections and it will make historic new investments ... in support of pregnant women. This is the real pro-life stance, and we as Catholics are all for it."
UPDATE: Here's the letter. (Thanks, Mollie!)
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Eduardo Moisés Peñalver is the Allan R. Tessler Dean of the Cornell Law School. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the subjects of property and land use law.
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As if the poor Vatican investigators didn't have enough to deal with!
Good for the nuns.
Tihs is really deplorable and regrettable.
What is deplorable and regrettable about it, Jim?
Not one of the 300 bishops could see his way clear to support the health reform...as if all the convoluted language, with 3000 pages is such a clear violation of Catholic values. {sexual abuse of minors is not clear] However a majority of the Dem. pro-life legislators will be OK with the Senate bill and language. How come only conservative bishops can say 'USCCB opinions/papers/docs have NO standing in MY diocese'. Is this another 'teaching' we all must obey? David is worried about Vatican investigators? What would you think Cardinal Rode's position on the Senate language will be ? :-)
The nuns' example should inspire the weak-kneed, lily-livered, chicken-hearted congresswomen/men to say NO to the Republicans/bishops/insurance companies and PASS the health care bill.
If (hopefully when) the bill passes and no federal funds wind up being spent on abortion, the American Bishops and others in the pro-life movement will claim all of their protests prevented anyone from daring to implement all of the alleged pro-abortion features of the bill. After all, didn't they stop FOCA?
They should be investigated. Oh wait, they are! Good.
This is a watershed action which will justly sting the leadership of American bishops which has been directionless for some time. This is huge.
Heres the sisters letterCertainly American nuns are much more directly in touch with the nation's uninsured than the American bishops. Many nuns are on the "front lines" in schools, hospitals, and charities working directly with the people. I do not necessarily begrudge the bishops their privileged lives, but I think it does remove them from the lives of average (and particularly poor) Americans.
Yes, the nuns nursed the wounded of both armies on Civil War battlefields without asking their religion, political party, or sexual orientation.And they nursed the lepers at Carville when no one else would do so.Etc., etc., etc.
Proposal: Give the hierarchy to the nuns for a couple of millennia & see how they'd do things. My guess? Better.
Uppity nuns!Things were better off when they were kept barefoot and pregnant ..Oops, right gender; wrong vocation."I do not necessarily begrudge the bishops their privileged lives --"I sure as hell do.
"What is deplorable and regrettable about it, Jim?"This is:"And despite false claims to the contrary, the Senate bill will not provide taxpayer funding for elective abortions. It will uphold longstanding conscience protections and it will make historic new investments $250 million in support of pregnant women. This is the REAL pro-life stance, and we as Catholics are all for it."So much for unity. So much for civility. So much for respect.
I sure as hell do.Jimmy,Think of it this way. It would be a nuisance to kneel and kiss bishops' rings if you were constantly bumping into them at the supermarket or drugstore or on the bus or subway.
On the day he became pope, I sent Benedict an email suggesting that, as his first order of business, he elevate 50 female cardinals. (He hasn't gotten back to me yet.)
It's a nuisance with or without their familiarity. That is one thing I will never do.
So much for unity. So much for civility. So much for respect.But truth is important, too. I guess they could have said, "And despite perfectly understandable though mistaken claims to the contrary made by some of the most wise, well intentioned, and sincere people imaginable . . . "
I'll go with the nuns. They educated me for eight years, and very well, too. The only time I ever came face to face with a bishop, he slapped me.
David - yes, they could have!Or, they could have said something like this: 'Having analyzed what is in the Senate Bill, we believe that its pro-life safeguards are adequate. We respect the USCCB's judgment on this matter, but our own considered judgment is that this bill does not present a danger to the unborn. We stand with the USCCB in opposing Federal government funding of abortion and support their efforts to protect the lives of the uborn.'
Grant, I meant to add, it's deplorable and regrettable that they're hand-delivering this mean-spirited message to every Representative. Istm they are going to some length to dis the bishops.
I see, Jim. What you really meant is that the statement wasn't nice enough. Or sufficiently deferential. (Incidentally, I find the "REAL prolife" language silly, but not mean-spirited.) I have no idea why "hand-delivering" the message to representatives would bother you. How else should they communicate their arguments to Congress? I take it you were deeply unsettled by the bishops' anti-FOCA postcard campaign?
David yes, they could have!Jim,While I am glad the nuns made their statement, I agree that your rewrite is preferable. So I guess we have found a point of agreement!
I don't understand how their letter is either uncivil or disrespectful or mean-spirited. Quite the opposite, it is clear & concise, and life-affirming. In a civil society, we are allowed to state our opinions clearly and freely, without fear of violence. The nuns made no direct attack on, or even a direct allusion to, the USCCB.Besides, nuns aren't part of the hierarchy. They are laypeople. As such, why should they present a unified front with the USCCB? I second David Nickol: better to speak the truth than to present an arbitrary unified front.
I didn't see any reference at all to the bishops in the sisters' letter. It mentioned only the Catholic Health Association by name, saying it joined with them in supporting the Senate Bill. (The USCCB letter in contrast specifically mentioned and disagreed with the Catholic Health Association). I thought the sisters' letter was just fine and I was very glad to see the Immaculate Heart Sisters signed on; they taught me in grade school in South Philly.
I'm confused by your critique, Jim. By not mentioning the bishops, the sisters' letter goes out of its way to...disrespect the bishops? Perhaps the sisters felt "we stand with the bishops" and so forth went without saying? (Making the same mistake we've all been making around here, apparently.) I see no reason they should have to go into a lot of ritualistic "with all due respect" language just to say what they think. And since the USCCB isn't mentioned, why assume the "false claims" part is a reference to the bishops? Their are plenty of other lobbying groups making demonstrably false claims about the bill's impact on abortion funding right now.
Agree with those in favor of plain English over obsequious Latin.Too much baloney has been larded onto this discussion already.(Soooo proud to see my old teachers' congregations on the list.)
I have to agree with Jim on this one point. The nun's letter is going to be seen (quite accurately) as being in disagreement with the USCCB, and it will only be natural to read "despite false claims to the contrary" as a criticism of the arguments put forward by the USCCB against the bill. The nuns are, quite correctly (in my opinion) criticizing the bishops, but they could have been less blunt and still made their point.
This letter makes me think of the movie "Doubt" and how so much of the Church's history over the last 50 years was so neatly captured in that one little drama. Let's hear it for straighforward, plain spoken English.
Jim, you raise the issue of respect. that is a serious issue, but it cuts all ways. If the USCCB position is the expression of a prudential judgment, why would the bishops not speak in terms of giving advice, of saying that they RECOMMENDED a vote against the bill instead of speaking in terms of OPPOSITION. Where is rthe bishops' expression of respect for those legislators who have worked so hard to try to fashion a good bill. For example, Sen. Robert Casey. We kn ow how some bishops treated him during the 2008 election campaign. Do the bishops, in you view regularly show respect for lay people who are trying to exercise their competence in matters of public life. Just think about the way some bishops dealt with competent people who tried to guide their handling of the sex abuse issue.If I'm not mistaken, there have been calls for "solidarity with the bishop" whatever he says about public matters, even if what he says can be no more than the expression of his prudential judgment. In my view, solidarity is fine, if it's a two-way street. No more clericalism's "my way or the highway" in prudential matters. They do deserve respect for their office. they ought to work hard to earn respect for their prudential judgments.
Cheers to the Sisters ! We all know where the Bishops have chosen to stand. But aren't there any groups of male religious who have the backbone to speak up for health care reform and let the chips fall where they may? Come on fellows. Step up to the plate!
They found 60 people who support the current bill. So this is news?
"I see, Jim. What you really meant is that the statement wasnt nice enough. Or sufficiently deferential."I suppose I didn't think it was nice enough. I used the term "civility". I did find it somewhat lacking in that vitue.I would have liked to see some manifestation of solidarity with the bishops, even if Network doesn't agree with their analysis. We're unified by one faith, one set of beliefs. We're one church. They are our teachers in faith and morals, and this is an issue with a moral dimension. It's not outrageous to ask the various sectors of the church to show a modicum of civility and solidarity with one another on these important issues, especially in public utterances meant for external consumption.
"Im confused by your critique, Jim. By not mentioning the bishops, the sisters letter goes out of its way todisrespect the bishops? I did think their reference to "false claims" and "REAL pro-life stance" was to the bishops. But you're right - there are other pro-life groups making similar claims to the bishops'. Maybe I've just got bishops on the brain today.
I wonder if the sisters notified the Bishops beforehand. Or is this situation similar to the Notre Dame affair where, if I remember correctly, the local Bishop learned of the Obama choice for an honorary degree almost at the last moment?
Hi, Bernard, you're quite right that the bishops and their various staffers as in the Pro-Life Secretariat shouldn't be exempt from rules of civility and respect for others. The handful of their statements that I've been focusing on in all of these dicussions didn't strike me as out of line, but of course this is one of those things that is in the eye of the beholder.I agree it's not difficult to dredge up examples of bishops behaving badly. I'd like to see the sisters hold themselves to a higher standard of comportment than *that*. :-)
"Lets hear it for straighforward, plain spoken English."Clear and concise writing needn't exclude civility. There is a difference between respectful and obsequious.
Btw, I realize this is a tangent, but it's a serious question: if the bill passes, would religious sisters who currently receive no retirement benefits be eligible for better medical care?
Jim,The reality is that the bishops have made serious mistakes in faith and morals. We are unique in our times that conscientious Catholics cannot be guillotined for standing up to the bishops. Newman made a point that we should not choose the bishops over our conscience.It is not exusable to explain our wrong actions by stating that we followed the bishops. They have been wrong many times.
If American Catholics should speak with one voice, then a lot more people will need to be brought into the discussion. Our bishops can't just talk amongst themselves on political issues then expect all of the rest of us to just go along with whatever they decide. Some posters question whether the sisters communicated with the bishops before issuing this letter. Did the bishops include the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (and similar organizations) in their own conversations around this bill? As Bernard Dauenhauer pointed out, solidarity is a two way street. Communication works in both directions.
Hi, Irene - I think the sisters are entitled to their own opinions, and to speak them. Whatever else they are, they are also highly visible members of the same church as the bishops, and whatever they say will be perceived in that light. I think they need to keep this in mind in their public statements.
Jim,Is this what you had in mind for civility?"[G]roups, trade associations and publications describing themselves as Catholic or prolife that endorse the Senate version whatever their intentions are doing a serious disservice to the nation and to the Church, undermining the witness of the Catholic community; and ensuring the failure of genuine, ethical health-care reform. Such groupscreate confusion at exactly the moment Catholics need to think clearly about the remaining issues in the health-care debate. They also provide the illusion of moral cover for an unethical piece of legislation.
"Did the bishops include the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (and similar organizations) in their own conversations around this bill?"--------- (Have any bishops said anything about the investigation of nuns? Have those who pressed for it issued any explanations? Has any bishop told the investigators they are not welcome in his diocese? Have any bishops offered to be present when the investigators are investigating the nuns in their dioceses? Have any bishops offered to supply the paper shredders, computers, etc., which the investigators require?)
In the statement issued two days ago by the president of the USCCB, we read the following:"This analysis of the flaws in the legislation is not completely shared by the Catholic Health Association. They believe, moreover, that the defects that they do recognize can be corrected after passage of the final bill. The bishops, however, judge that the flaws are so fundamental that they vitiate the good that the bill intends to promote. Assurances that the moral objections to the legislation can be met only after the bill is passed seem a little like asking us in Midwestern parlance, to buy a pig in a poke."It seems to me that the last phrase is unnecessary, even somewhat snide.
Well said, John Page! And the comment is more than rude. Many of the moral objections have in fact been met. And when the Bishops--whose own credibility has been thrown into such question lately-- insist that any assurances the legislation can be amended to respond more explicitly to those moral objections are simply not to be believed, they are treading on dangerous ground.
One should really consider the source. This is a group of nuns from congregations that are dying, and dying for good reasons typified by this defiant statement which in its result is pro-abortion. I suspect that if you polled these nuns you would find a whole tissue of Church issues upon which they dissent. It will be better for the Church and for our country when these congregations finally pass from the scene. They are being and will be replaced by vibrant young congregations that are loyal to the Church. They will continue to do damage but not for many more years.
defiant statement which in its result is pro-abortion . . . .Eggloff,Oh really? Anyone who supports the Senate bill's language over the Stupak language is "pro-abortion"?
Anyone who supports the largest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade is de facto proabortion. To ignore the inevitable federal funding of the killing of children in the womb is de facto proabortion. I am sitting here looking at the future of women's religious congregations. No pantsuits. No frowns. Eleven smiling faces of fully-habited nuns of the Nashville Dominicans. According to this mailer their median age is 36. Fifty sisters in formation with an average of 15 entering each year. Unhappy dissent equals the death of congregation. Happy fidelity equals youth and growth.
This also gives the lie to Obama and the Catholic left that they want common ground. There is no more common ground position on abortion than no federal funding. It is only the extemes on teh proabortion left who want federal funding. Obama lied to the Pope. He lied at Notre Dame. The Catholic left are complicit in the lies.
I'm sorry, but I don't follow Eggloff's arguments here. Perhaps he could further explain:1. What does the increase in vocations in the Nashville Dominicans have to do with health care reform? 2. How do nuns without pantsuits or frowns chalk up to "unhappy dissent" and the "death of congregation"? 3. How does "this" [what does "this" refer to] give the lie to Obama and the Catholic left [who say?] they want common ground? 4. Common ground on what? 5. What did Obama lie about at ND? To the Pope? 6. Who is the "Catholic left"? How would you define those in it?7. How were the Catholic left complicit in the lies?
John Page - I agree with you.Joe McFaul - I didn't see anything uncivil about the passage you quoted. Folks can disagree civilly.
1. What does the increase in vocations in the Nashville Dominicans have to do with health care reform?The Nuns who elbowed their way into this debate in order to undercut the Bishops have no credibility. They are parts of dying congregations. An example of the future is the Nashville Dominicans.2. How do nuns without pantsuits or frowns chalk up to unhappy dissent and the death of congregation?Bitter unhappy dissenters do not attract vocations. 3. How does this [what does "this" refer to] give the lie to Obama and the Catholic left [who say?] they want common ground?The proposed healthcare bill is the this. 4. Common ground on what?Abortion.5. What did Obama lie about at ND? To the Pope?That he wants common ground.6. Who is the Catholic left? How would you define those in it?You.7. How were the Catholic left complicit in the lies?By supporting the notion that Obama wants common ground.
"One should really consider the source."We should be clear about this. The communique has been issued by an organization called NETWORK - "a national Catholic social justice lobby". Here is how they describe themselves:"NETWORK is a progressive voice within the Catholic community that has been influencing Congress in favor of peace and justice for more than 30 years."Through lobbying and legislative advocacy, we strive to close the gap between rich and poor and to dismantle policies rooted in racism, greed and violence.""Lobby" is the key word here. This statement is not issued on the letterhead of any order of women's religious. Nor is this a case of religious sisters speaking to Congress directly from the classroom, the ER, and the cloister. Nor is NETWORK out doing community organizing or feeding the hungry.Their office is on E Street. NETWORK seems to be in touch with the poor and vulnerable exactly to the extent that the USCCB is. Or the National Rifle Association.
Eggloff, thanks for your clarification. Re the following questions:1. I have met many of the younger Ann Arbor Dominicans. They are, indeed, happy and devout, and I expect they will make wonderful contributions to the Church. Does it follow that a nun who occasionally frowns and wears a pant suit is any less of a nun with a sincere calling?3. I still don't see how the health care bill gives the lie to Obama and the Catholic Left's desire to seek "common ground" on abortion. Is it because you believe it does not contain sufficient language to safeguard against federally funded abortions? If so, what language would you point to as evidence? 6. I'm a failed Catholic who has left the communion line but continues to attend Mass with husband and son. It would be unfair to use me as any sort of yardstick by which to measure "the Catholic left." Perhaps you could use some other criteria?
Do you know what else is dying out? home cooked meals, free play for children and marriage. Obviously, these are all welcome trends because virtue and credibility totally depend on the number and average age of people who hold a particular view.Nuns have more credibility than the bishops. For one thing, they get no favors and no advancement here, and might even be expecting retaliation, whereas the bishops . . . what can I say. Many have shown how low they are willing to go to preserve their institutional prerogatives.
If I may say this publicly - I think Jean evinces an integrity and sensitivity that, to my mind, makes her a succeeding Catholic. I pray that somehow the journey works out for you.
I have listened to---and read---your one-sided debate in silence long enough. If it is NOT true that our tax dollars will be used to subsidize insurance companies that pay for abortion, why is it that Democrats have dug their heels in on their refusal to NOT reinstate The Hyde Amendment? It is the ONLY thing that is keeping Stupak and his principled pro-life group from voting for the bill. The answer is obvious: He is right. He is honest. He is the Saint Thomas More of our time. Look at yourselves. If it weren't so tragic it would be laughable: you Commonweal Catholics spend reams of paper arguing over the most excruciatingly obtuse theology, yet you feign your inability to understand what this change in the abortion language will make to our country. I don't buy it. It is straightforward and simple. Admit it: you are liberal Democrats first, and Catholics, second. After forty-seven years of reading and promoting your magazine, I can't ignore that fact any longer. It breaks my heart---because I'm not sure I can live without Richard Alleva---but I am cancelling my subscription. "So what?" (I can hear you sneering.) I am only one traditional Catholic on your long, long list of like-minded readers. You can liken me to that one insignificant child that never gets to see the light of God's wondrous world!
I have disagreed with Jean (with respect) about her approach and I have and will continue to disagree with Jim about his steadfast support of his and other bishops , even when they ar ewrongheaded,I think Egloff is over the top.The tension here between a leadership that continues to lose credibility and the folks on the ground struggling to live their faith is evident.Of course that's why the curia wanted a visitation - the same old problem of trying to get folks to knuckle under to the "continuation" VII brought.I can clearly see why folks here cheer the nuns.Thery're tired of yes men who will only support the powers that be, right or wrong.
Jim Pauwels: I'm so glad you have been gracious enough to deem Jean Raber a Catholic with integrity -- and I agree. But maybe you should try to be so generous with the staff at Commonweal, or others who don't believe obsequiousness to a bishop is the highest form of Catholic devotion, or else discontinue your ugly moralizing.If you can't help yourself, which I'm sure you can't, you can cast aspersions on EJ Dionne for his column in the Washington Post today:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/17/AR201003...
why is it that Democrats have dug their heels in on their refusal to NOT reinstate The Hyde Amendment?As has been said repeatedly, it is the Republicans who have dug in their heels, refusing to allow any substantive change to the bill in the Senate. They have promised to filibuster at any opportunity they get.If you can get one Republican Senator to support the most sweeping limitations on abortion coverage in decades, I bet the Stupak amendment would pass in the Senate. For purely partisan reasons, they will not support that effort, and the Democrats have no choice in the matter.
Note that the fury on the 'right' is getting to a higher pitch as the health care vote is getting to look like a pass this w/e. The same thing happened with the honorary degree at ND. Would that the 'right' get see the paper degree at a document dump in suburbsn Washington DC and calm down. and know that western civilization is not passing. Wait till they experience worldwide hierarchal resignations soon.
Better yet, read E. J.'s column here!http://commonwealmagazine.org/listen-sistersP.S. and a new post on this topic, here:http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=7336
The Sisters have great moral authority, and seem to be in touch with reality.The incredible revelations about Pope Benedict and Cardinal Brady are one index that the hierarchy are losing all credibility by the hour, and are completely out of touch with reality.We need a Council.
Christina, the House voted for the Stupak amendment and would do so again if the Senate were willing to consider it. It's not because no Republicans will let it get through the current filibuster rules. What's your answer to that? Why aren't the bishops begging pro-life Catholic Republican Senators to relent on their position to allow a vote on the Stupak amendment? Murkowski, Lemieux, Risch, Brownback, Bunning, Vitter, Collins, Johanns, and Voinovich all list themselves as Catholics. Why do the bishops give them a free pass in allowing their priorities as politicians to trump their priorities as Catholics? IOKIYAR. We all know the answer.
Hey, who said anything about standing up for the bishops---or for so-called Catholic Republicans? I am speaking for myself. I cannot ignore my own very loud, informed conscience, that's all. I believe Mr. Stupak is also listening to his.
David G.--Your fine analysis of the abortion language in the Senate bill, as well as the convincing analyses provided by Matthew Boudway and Peter Nixon, have convinced me to support the Senate Bill. "It's not perfect," as Sister Carol has said, and it might need amendment once theory meets reality after enactment, but I can support the Senate bill, in much the same way Fr. Imbelli expressed his support yesterday, with "all sides ... acknowledg[ing] the fallibility of their prudential judgment, and that it is entered upon with a certain salutary 'fear and trembling,' since so much is at stake."Because I've valued your thoughts on sorting out the effects of the bill on abortion funding, I hope you won't mind my commenting that I hope your post at 10:07 was a heat-of-the-moment post that you'll reconsider after reflection, at least in part. Emotions are admittedly high, but the ad hominem nature of the post seems, IMHO, beneath your professionalism. "[U]gly moralizing," for example--was that necessary? My comment is intended in the spirit of charity that should bind all of us as Christians, and specifically as Catholic Christians.
Just want to add:-I see NCR editorial endorses the bill (I understand thery're not "traditional Catholic, whatever that means.)-See Miollie's latest thread on Dionne and the "correction" from Cardinal George, etc.-Thanks to Bill C. for a real right to life comment (I hate to say as usual.)
Jim:Is it a "civil disagreement" to question someone's genuineness as a Catholic without cause?Is it civil, and more importantly, intellectually honest, to paint with broad brush strokes the position of fellow Catholics?Is it a lttle arrogant to dismiss out of hand the genuine opintions of fellow Catholics who know a lot more than you do on healthcare issues?I civilly suggest the author of the quoted article is factually wrrong, refuses to engage the discussion in good faith and the tone is arrogant.
William Collier, thanks for your comments. Yes, there was a "heat of the moment" passion to the comment, but I truly feel it is beyond the bounds to question someone's faith and integrity as Jim Pauwels (and Mark Proska, whoever he is) has done with Grant and the staff of Commonweal. I should be more charitable, yes, and I have hopefully not fallen into the same trap of questioning people's Catholic faith because of their stand on this piece of legislation. I'll try to be more constructive, but I also don't want to let such ad hominems pass. Thanks again. david
The happy, habited, faithful and growing congregations of Nuns have chimed in. Guess who they stand with? The Truth and the Bishops.[The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious CMSWR represents over 103 communities and 10,000 members.] Council of Major Superiors of Women ReligiousP.O. Box 4467 Washington, D.C. 20017-0467Telephone: (202) 832-2575 FAX: (202) 832-6325 E-mail: [email protected] 17, 2010In a March 15th statement, Cardinal Francis George, OMI, of Chicago, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, spoke on behalf of the United States Bishops in opposition to the Senates version of the health care legislation under consideration because of its expansion of abortion funding and its lack of adequate provision for conscience protection. Recent statements from groups like Network, the Catholic Health Association and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) directly oppose the Catholic Churchs position on critical issues of health care reform.The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious, the second conference of Major Superiors of Women Religious in the United States, believes the Bishops position is the authentic teaching of the Catholic Church. Protection of life and freedom of conscience are central to morally responsible judgment. We join the bishops in seeking ethically sound legislation.Mother Mary Quentin Sheridan, R.S.M.PresidentOn behalf of the Membership of the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious
While it's unfortunate to have misleading and disparaging allegations made against one in a public forum, being considered in the same company as Jim Pauwels takes all the sting out of the nastiness.
David G - I haven't questioned the Catholicism of anyone here, and hope I never do. I asked the question, 'in what sense is Commonweal a Catholic magazine?'. Is there something about that question that is unfair?
Joe McFaul: point to some specifics, and maybe we can have a conversation.
"Christina, the House voted for the Stupak amendment and would do so again if the Senate were willing to consider it. "The Senate did consider it, and rejected it. They could consider it again. If the threat of a filibuster exists, then it would seem there are remedies to that as well. That those remedies would be difficult and time-consuming doesn't mean they're impossible.
I wrote: "Is there something about that question that is unfair?"I suppose that is like saying, "I think your baby's ugly - do you mind my saying that"?I do regret saying things, also in the heat of passion, that are better off unsaid. (And perhaps unthought). I apologize for that.Some time, when this is behind us and we've all cooled down, I would love to see a discussion of what it means to be a Catholic publication. But probably this isn't the right time!
Sorry, but that sounds like Cardinal George who wants independent catholic publications to be subject to the Bishops(right or wrong).Yuk!
A suggestion for anyone confused about "what it means to be a Catholic publication," and "in what sense is Commonweal a Catholic magazine":Read Catholic Authors, a fascinating collection of biographies edited by Matthew Hoehn, OSB. (St. Mary's Abbey, 1947.) Many of the writers mention the fact that they were published in Commonweal. The range of genres, points of view, etc., was wide. Catholics who are saddened by the narrowing of the Church are grateful that Commonweal and NCR have resisted the trend. http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=hoehn&sts=t&tn=catholic...
I don't see what's wrong with what the sisters said; feisty, yes, but as I read it, they're trying to urge peopl to look at ALL pro-life issues, not just on abortion.But, really, I don't know why Jim P. is taking so much heat here. He thought the sisters should word their missive in a different way. But if he was impugning anyone's integrity as a Catholic, i didn't see it. My heavens, y'all, Jim thinks I'm a good Catholic, and that takes a pretty big dollop of charity.I wonder to what extent some of the heat here comes not so much from what Jim has said, but from the way women have sometimes been dismissed by the Church. Am thinking of those Beguines of long ago who went through some tough times with the church authorities, but a good idea is hard to kill, and a good woman hard to keep muzzled!
No, not my implication at all, Mark.I'm not sure I even agree with the nuns' assessment of the health care initiative, even though not closing ranks with "the girls" might cost me my charter membership in the Great Lakes Chapter of the International Women's Conspiracy.But when women are on the side of truth and right, they'll figure out how to be heard, even if they're annoying or abrasive, and even if the Church tries to ignore them. I was thinking more along the lines of St. Birgitta of Sweden or Joan of Arc and the Beguines I mentioned above. (Their history makes interesting reading! See "Cities of Ladies" by Walter Simmons.) I would never argue that it logically follows that, if it's hard to keep a good woman muzzled, it is easy to muzzle a bad one. Speaking AS a woman, as I so often do, I would say it's difficult to muzzle ANY woman. I suspect we might agree on that point.
"and a good woman hard to keep muzzled!"If the implication is that it's easy to keep a bad woman muzzled, that's just one more thing we dont' see eye to eye on.
"I would say its difficult to muzzle ANY woman. I suspect we might agree on that point."We do--thank God!


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Admittedly, I haven't seen the show in years, and Judge Johnson is entitled to his opinion. That said, I think his review was somewhat condescending. Not every P.I. show has to be fast & flashy and feature young, hip leads.
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Hi guys I want to set up a cronjob on reboot to do this
cd /home/admin/vivalaminecraft.com && screen -d -m -S mcscreen && mono McMyAdmin.exe
The issue is when I execute this it seems to create the screen but doesn't do the mono McMyAdmin.exe in the screen...
Is there like a then command ?
so it does 1. then 2. then 3. ?
Could someone please help out :)
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so I did this:
@reboot screen -dmS minecraft
@reboot cd /home/admin/vivalaminecraft.com
@reboot mono McMyAdmin.exe
It still doesn't work. The screen is created but it doesn't have the mono execution in it
I put this in it
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cd /home/admin/vivalaminecraft.com;
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I am looking for a daemon that allows me to programmatically display pictures under X and that listens to commands on a socket or network port.
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Members of the American Legion Post 182 of Hubbardston were in Muir Wednesday afternoon to present a $500 check to Village of Muir President Doug Hyland for the new replacement bridge planned to cross the Maple River.
Area residents attend American Legion fish fry events and support the organization, so its members wanted to give back a little bit, said member Terry Fletcher. "We thought this was a good thing to do," he added. "Some of our members come from Muir, and also Fowler, Pewamo and Westphalia. We're trying to be community-minded. We've got to keep that road open."
Hyland thanked post members "on behalf of the village of Muir for your donation to this worthwhile cause." Last week the Muir bridge project was awarded a $200,00 grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Trust Fund.
That grant, plus Wednesday's donation, puts the village "very close" to the $620,000 it needs to raise for the new bridge, Hyland said.
The American Legion Post 182 of Hubbardston welcomes new members. To learn more, call the post at 989-981-6527.
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I have been busy this weekend doing some spring cleaning......
Like the dreaded windows....
But with this lovely warm weather we are having I wanted a perfect view of that bright sunshine!
for the house It's amazing what a difference a bit of fresh flowers can make! Not only a touch of prettiness
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There is a passage in the poem "Over" by Carol Ann Duffy that I don't understand well.
It is a key, unlocking all the dark,
so death swings open on its hinge
What is the meaning of the second line?
There is a passage in the poem "Over" by Carol Ann Duffy that I don't understand well.
What is the meaning of the second line?
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It appears to be a metaphor, where death is a coffin, and that coffin opens up to release, --I'm presuming -- the author's beloved.
Thanks for including the link. Here is the whole stanza:
For what it's worth: the narrator says "your" name, the name becomes a "key" to open "the dark," itself a metaphor for death, probably the lamented death of "you."
When "death swings open on its hinge" the narrator receives "a gift, the blush of memory" i.e. the memory of "you."
In other words, "death swings open on its hinge" means in this case alone, the unlocking of the memory of the "you" addressed in the poem. You wouldn't want to generalize from this to any other context, however, unless you were quoting the poem in some relevant circumstance!


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By Ralph Hipp
In the middle of all that March Madness in the Big Easy, there is another storyline going on which motivated the KU Jayhawks to give their very best last weekend.
This bunch of guys Bill Self molded into a team, T-Rob, Tyshawn, Elijah, Jeff Withey and their Hawk teammates made a valiant effort for a shot at the national championship, but fell short to an awesome Kentucky Wildcats team, 67-59 on Monday night. Just like Anthony Davis, Doron Lamb and their UK teammates, it was the final time those five starters for KU would ever appear on the college court together.
They played Ohio State for KU PRIDE, and as a sendoff to a coach who made it all the way with his 1988 teammates to a Jayhawk National Championship, Danny Manning.
Danny Manning and the Miracles beat Oklahoma in a national championship game -- practically here at home at Kemper Arena two dozen years ago.
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A fun day at the beach – A Cape Town Tourism photo essay
As I was walking along Camps Bay beach, I noticed a lady playing with her dog in a little pool of ocean. It was a beautiful scene and I just couldn't miss it.
The beautiful girls of Cape Town.
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I find it a great struggle to try and remember tones for all the new vocab I learn, and aside from gradually picking up tones by listening and talking with native speakers, I can't really remember tones. Does anyone have any suggestions for good techniques to do this?
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There is a technique I started to use and actually, I've seen it also in other dictionaries, so maybe I wasn't that original...
But anyway, the answer is colors! When you're studying new Hanzi or vocabulary, just color each character according to the tone... It's very helpful to remember the tones, because after a while, you visualize the tones in your head through the colors. For example:
The tones obviously indicate the tones of the single characters1, it doesn't take into account the tone changes in spoken Mandarin2.
Obviously these tones are just mine, which means you can change the colors according to your taste. This technique is very useful for the computers, since you can use the colors. Concerning something handwritten, I can suggest using colored flashcards for each tone, for example, or using different pen colors.
For color blind people an alternative solution is needed. For single Hanzi on actual flashcards (not digital ones), a good idea would be the shape of the paper. Or the border style. For example an undulated border for the first tone and so on.
For expressions instead you could add a symbol below each Hanzi. I know that it sounds too complicated, but right now I don't have a better idea.
1: dictionary tones
For people who tell me they "don't get" the tones, or who can say them but quickly forget them, I usually explain them as listed below. I imagine you're well past this point, but the visuals might help remembering them:
So, for instance, you might have:
If this is useful at all, great. If you think it's crazy nonsense, just ignore it. Different strokes for different folks.
I feel this is a pedagogical shortcoming. New words should be introduced using pairs of words with the same sound but different tones, for example {天、甜},{湯、糖},{上海、傷害}. This might help the learner make remembering tones a prioity in his efforts to learn the language.
For example, in a lesson with 20 new vocabulary words, perhaps there should be two pairs of words with the same sound but different tones.
In my early struggles with Chinese it seemed that there was no placeholder in my brain for the tone associated with a word. I think exercises like finding words with similar sounds but different tones helped to "create" that slot in my brain to hold the tone.
I've been developing and using the TOP (Tonally Orthographic Pinyin) system since 1995. There's a free online converter available at http://www.chinesepronto.com/triple/flashfix.php.
The TOP system is redundantly marked for tones: with colors, with capital and small letters, and with the standard Hanyu Pinyin tone marks.
The color system is simple and consistent: BLUE for first tone (high like the sky) Green for second tone (grows UP like a plant) black for third tone (low like dirt on the ground) Red for fourth tone (an angry sound in English, which is often associated with red) Neutral tone is gray and adds an asterisk (*) to the third tone form.
The scheme of capitalization and small letters is also simple: FIRST TONE -- all capitals (voice is high) seconD tonE -- lasT letteR capitalizeD (voice rises) third tone -- all lower case (voice is low -- 3rd tone does not really dip) Fourth Tone -- First Letter Capitalized (voice falls)
So a sample sentence would look like this:
xia1ren2 chao3fan4 hao3chi1 ji2le5! XIĀréN chǎoFàn hǎoCHĪ jÍle*! (I can't figure out how this system would allow me to post colors, but the converter gives both colored text for use in word processors and in HTML pages. It works on my sites.)
The other useful thing to do with tones is to assign a directional gesture (another Mandarin-teaching extension I've been working on for some years now) to each new word. Yes, this is pain. But it really works. The gesture you choose (which can be arbitrary) must have both a meaning element and a tone element. As in ASL, which uses different areas of space to express past or future tense, with directional gestures we use areas of the body to indicate the tone of the syllable.
All first-tone syllables are gestured at the chin level or above; all third-tone syllables at the waist level or below. All second tone syllables must have a gesture that rises, and all fourth tone syllables must have a gesture that falls. Combining two syllables with two separate tones and getting a "meaningful" gesture in there can be challenging but it's worth it. I've had students actually forget the word and remember the tones -- which had never happened before we started experimenting with this method.
The combination of color-coding (we also color-code characters in our reading materials for students using the same color scheme, to reinforce when they are reading characters as well), tonal spelling and directional gestures works wonders with students' tones, both in knowledge of what is the correct tone and in their performance. Students are far more aware of tones when they are part of the syllable (you have to start writing a TOP syllable all over again if you get the wrong tone -- you can't just scratch in another tone mark as you can in Pinyin, and you know we are all guilty of that, at least I certainly was for many years!) and when the class cries out when you accidentally write a syllable using the wrong marker on the whiteboard, you know things are going in the right direction.
If none of these work for you, there's a Romanization system that takes tone into account. It's called 国语罗马字. I know ditching Pinyin can be tough, but some people find this very useful to learn the tones.
Depends on your method of memorizing characters. If you are using a story, it would be easy to append the tone somewhere in there. Even if you are not, I would recommend using this method, works well!
Update: So far, I was largely ignoring tones when memorizing new words. Not a good idea, but it did help in giving me a good momentum. Now, I have switched to using bopomofo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bopomofo) and not pinyin which I was using earlier, this thing really helps as when you are typing characteres you actually have to key in the tones to get to the final set. I like how it reinforces the association.
I am keen to share my tips with you - colour coding to master tones.
What is the commonality between the below pairs of characters? (i) mother 妈 & horse 马; (ii) field 田 & sky 天; (iii) king 王 & net 网; (iv) mother 妈 & sky 天; (v) field 田 & king 王; (vi) horse 马 & net 网
Answer: The first three pairs of characters share the same spelling in PinYin: (i) ma; (ii) tian; (iii) wang. The following pairs of characters share the same tone: (iv) 1st tone (high); (v) 2nd tone (rising); (vi) 3rd tone (falling-rising).
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I don't speak Mandarin and never will, but I was faced with the same problem as you in Cantonese -- and we have a couple tones more, and no real rules for tone sandhi.
So my first step was to stick to jyutping and learn the reading(s) of sinograms as a "full set": sound+tone number. So I wouldn't just learn "gwok" for 國 but "gwok3" (
The second step was "musical" -- in the sense that I was memorizing the tone contours of a word, an aural memory of my voice going up/down while pronouncing (hopefully correctly) the word. I am gifted with a very acute sense of hearing and musical memory, so this may or may not work for you.
I use my fingers whenever I say the character.
Tone 1 -- index finger
Tone 2 -- middle finger
Tone 3 -- ring finger
Tone 4 -- pinky
Tone 5/neutral tone -- thumb
I also use color-coding, just as the others have shared.
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The Nazi party stands for National Socialist German Workers' Party ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party), which sounds like a name for a communist party, why is it considered a far-right party? Isn't it a far-left party, or was socialism considered to be far-right at the time?
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The Nazi Party destroyed the political apparatus of the working class, broke the trade union movement, and handed the economy over to German capitalist monopolies. "Socialism" in the mind of the NSDAP involved either the SA's street fighting fantasy of a German nation recast in the image of the right wing worker; or, the NSDAP's central apparatus' conception of a pliant breeding nation. "Socialism" was for the NSDAP the forced mobilisation of the ethnic nation.
Many Germans at the time, particularly right wing Germans, associated these values with a Bismarkian right wing policy that had been called "Socialism," in the sense of state provided goods and services. To take political advantage of this feeling, the NSDAP named itself "National Socialist." The NSDAP did not hope for the abolition of capitalism, nor for workers' control.
In addition to this economic position, the NSDAP wished to reunify their imaginary German nation by force; impose a German order on Europe through war; and to eliminate their imaginary racial "other."
These combination of policies are considered "right wing."
Ordinary socialism, in the sense of workers' control of production, was considered left wing at the time.
The same reason the "Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea" is a democratic republic... It wasn't. There was a time when socialism really seemed like the way forward, tempering free enterprise with thoughtful regulation and investing workers in the means of production. So non-socialists like the Nazis and Communists called themselves socialist to appeal to the political moderates of the interwar period.
In the modern day, anyone who equates socialism with either Nazi-brand Fascism or Soviet-brand Communism is a political propagandist, usually affiliated with right-wing US interests.
It wasn't socialist, and in fact was vehenmently opposed to actual socialists/communists. The Reichstag Fire was one of the causes for Nazi party to grab power and was sold as the beginnings of a communist uprising.
Socialism was not considered right wing in 1930s Europe. (Remember in the USA "Socialist" is used as a dirty word. In Europe this is not the case ('Socialist Party' is 2nd largest in European Parliament, etc.). That can colour a debate about the word).
Pleanty of countries call themselves things, it doesn't mean they are those things. Like "Democratic Republic of Korea", etc.
The "Nazi" Party STARTED OUT as the National Socialist German Workers Party, with a left-leaning, socialist bent.
That is, until it enrolled "Member Number 7," aka Adolf Hitler, who had other ideas.
A World War I veteran, Hitler figured out the the "Dolchstoss" legend, the idea that Germany had been winning World War I until it was "stabbed in the back" by Hitler's enemies, plus re-armament/revanche, was more appealing to most German people than the idea of a "worker's paradise. This was particularly true of the right wing, where Hitler drew most of his financial support.
In fact, the Nazi party at one time had two wings, a nationalist wing under Hitler and a socialist wing under Gregor Strasser, who considered himself a personal friend of Hitler's.
That is, until Hitler took over the party, and later murdered his "friend" Strasser during the "Night of the Long Knives."
It sounded good for marketing purposes, for engaging the average industrial worker without the revolutionary baggage of Communism.
It is important to understand that when it comes to statism, right and left don't matter that much. While they will give different reasons why they're chaining you down, enslaving you or murdering you and there may be different people wielding the bludgeon or the gun, the end result is the same. In other words, meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
I think that Nazi regime was unique in world history in that it unlike any other regime before and after had two faces: it externally pretended to be a left-center force, a left-centrist socialist pro-workers, progressive, industrialist, anti-monarchist, anti-religious, pro-women rights, pro-animal rights, anti-capitalist, anti-monarchist, anti-colonialist party. But in reality it turned out that Nazism was actually far more right than any monarchists, Russian "black-hundreds" and conservatives were before. It was hiding its ultra-right face for a while to achieve popular support.
This duality led to many mistakes by individuals and politicians who made deals with Nazi party and Nazi Germany. German Cristians thought they are dealing with a centrist patriotic party when voting for enabling act. Vatican thought Hitler is quite like Mussolini: a moderately conservative centrist. Stalin thought he was dealing with a left-center party of small bourgeoisie. Ethnic minorities also thought Nazis are pro-national self-determination and cultural autonomy.
Many Jews saw that Nazis for a first time in 2000 years allowed Jews to have their own police, ambulance service, postal service, orphanages, and even telephone stations. They did not knew the orphanages and hospitals were designed to quickly separate those unable to work. Nobody could imagine Nazis will kill people in new shining uniforms they just designed for Jewish police (no other regime gives a forage cap with a badge to a condemned enemy).
Many Russians and Ukrainians believed Germans will build a moderate form of Socialism without collectivization and other excesses of Soviet Union.
Many Germans believed that Nazis really protect animal rights for ethical reasons, not just to make a ban on Jewish meat.
In reality it turned out that even conservative clergymen looked like Bolshevicks compared to Nazis.
This masquerade became possible because Hitler departed from earlier tradition typical for ultra-right, volkishe movements. Initially he was even criticized from the far-right positions for even use of the word "party" instead of traditional for the right-wing "league" "movement" or "union". But Hitler was smarter. He abandoned monarchism in favor of unrestricted ultimate dictatorship. He pursued clergy because they were too left for him and Christian principles were too egalitarian and not enough anti-Semitic, although historically religious Christians were the most anti-Semitic group. He denounced aristocracy and social estates in favor of eugenics. He denounced right-wing to promote ultra-right instead.


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Let $S=Spec(R)$ where $R$ is a Henselian local ring with fraction field $K$. Let $G$ and $G'$ be finite, flat group schemes of odd order over $S$ with isomorphic generic fibers (over $Spec(K)$). Does this isomorphism extend to one over $S$? When $R=\mathbb{Z}_p$, the answer is yes following Fontaine's discussion in his 1975 paper 'Groupes finis commutatifs sur les vecteurs de Witt' (where he works over Witt vectors of a perfect field. Mazur uses this result to prove Theorem I.4 in his Eisenstein Ideal paper). What happens when $R$ is any general local ring (not necessarily Henselian)? Are there rings other than $\mathbb{Z}_p$ for which the answer to the above question is also a yes?
No. Here is a counterexample. Let $R=\mathbf{Z}_p[\zeta_p]$, where $p$ is a prime number and $\zeta_p$ is a primitive $p$-th root of unity. Let $G=\mu_p=\mathrm{Spec}(R[x]/(x^p-1))$ and let $G'$ be the constant group scheme $\mathbf{Z}/p\mathbf{Z}$. Then $G$ and $G'$ are not isomorphic because the special fiber of $G$ is connected but that of $G'$ isn't. But there is an isomorphism $G'\to G$ over the fraction field of $R$ given by $1\mapsto \zeta_p$.
A lot more is known about these things, but not so much more by me. There are a few people around here who could probably say a lot more.
The answer to the edited question is 'yes' if $R$ is a complete DVR in mixed characteristic with absolute ramification index $e< p-1$ (where $p$ is the residue characteristic). This is one of the main results of Raynaud's (p,...,p) paper. He shows in Corollaire 3.3.6 that the functor sending a finite flat group scheme of $p$-power order over R to its generic fiber is fully faithful (when $e< p-1$).