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Senate legislation panel targeting cyberstalking apps
|FILE - In this May 10, 2011, file photo, Senate Privacy, Technology and the Law subcommittee Chairman Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. presides over the subcommittee's hearing on "Protecting Mobile Privacy: Your Smartphones, Tablets, Cell Phones and Your Privacy," on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate Judiciary Committee was expected Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, to approve legislation that would close a legal loophole that allows so-called cyberstalking apps to operate secretly on a cell phone and transmit the userís location information without a personís knowledge. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
WASHINGTON — For around $50, a jealous wife or husband can download software that can continuously track the whereabouts of a spouse better than any private detective. It's frighteningly easy and effective in an age when nearly everyone carries a cellphone that can record every moment of a person's physical movements. But it soon might be illegal.
The Senate Judiciary Committee was expected Thursday to approve legislation that would close a legal loophole that allows so-called cyberstalking apps to operate secretly on a cellphone and transmit the user's location information without a person's knowledge.
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Kdenlive 0.8.2 is mostly a bug fix release. An automatic backup feature was introduced, and the v4l / decklink capture was rewritten to use MLT instead of implementing our own capture routines, which should improve the webcam support. Apart from that, we did put lots of efforts into bug fixing and stability, the 0.8 release had many problems with corrupted project files that should now be solved. We also improved the handling of missing clips and proxy support which should now work correctly.
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10 Ways to Deal with Temper Tantrums
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Don't Punish Your Child
A tantrum should have no consequences, positive or negative. It happens and then it's over. Life goes on.
The reasoning behind this rule is simple: tantrums should be treated like speed bumps. You may slow down and ease over them for a second, but then you get right back up to speed. They have absolutely no lasting power over you.
Besides, if your child is out of control, then he's out of control. Is this really a punishable offense? Probably not. The tantrum itself is probably frightening and punishing enough to your child without having you add further punishment to it.
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Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Parenting a Preschooler and Toddler, Too © 1997 by Keith M. Boyd, M.D., and Kevin Osborn. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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Intel to Launch Web TV Service This Year
DANA POINT, Calif.— Intel Corp. INTC 0.26 % confirmed plans to offer a paid Internet video service and accompanying set-top box, an unusual gamble for a chip maker that has rarely marketed directly to consumers.
The Silicon Valley company said the service will be introduced later this year. It didn't disclose the name of the offering—which will carry a new brand separate from Intel's—nor its pricing.
Intel joins an array of companies attempting or considering ways to help transform the TV-watching experience; they include media firms as well as technology players such as Apple Inc., AAPL -0.12 % Microsoft Corp. MSFT 0.84 % and Google Inc. Intel discussed its plans at the D: Dive Into Media conference here.
Intel plans to offer a selection of live and on-demand TV programming, "catch-up" features and a programming interface that makes it much easier to find shows than with existing guides on set-top boxes from cable and satellite companies, said Erik Huggers, who heads a new group at the company called Intel Media.
But there will be several unique elements, he said.
For one thing, the set-top box the company plans to offer—which will be powered by Intel chips—will include a high-definition video camera and microphone that will enable several novel applications.
For example, Mr. Huggers said, the camera and facial-recognition technology will be able to identify who is watching the TV and tailor programming appropriately—such as blocking children in a household from watching adult TV shows. Families in multiple locations will also be able to conduct videoconferencing more easily, without laptop computers or tablets that can only easily show one face at a time, he said.
In another scenario, Mr. Huggers said, users could see each other in different locations while watching and commenting on the same show, a modern-day analog to the days families once congregated around the TV set. For those concerned about privacy, a shutter will allow users to make the camera inoperable, he said.
"I think we can bring an incredible experience," Mr. Huggers said.
Intel faces no shortage of skepticism. For one thing, like other companies entering the field, it must negotiate with content companies for rights to TV programing. Mr. Huggers said such negotiations are in process, but provided no details.
The company also isn't expecting, at least initially, to be able to side-step one of users' biggest complaints about cable-TV packages—that users have to take "bundles" of shows, some of which they might not want. Mr. Huggers said content companies are "not ready" for offering pure a la carte programming, but Intel expects to be able to offer "more intelligent" or "more convenient" selections of shows.
In addition, Intel isn't expecting that its services will necessarily be less expensive than cable bills today, but the experience will be much better. "It's not a value play," Mr. Huggers said.
If Intel's service and set-top device can boost demand for video services, there is little reason that content companies shouldn't embrace it, said Paul Zwillenberg, a London-based partner at Boston Consulting Group who works with media and technology companies. "I think it's only good for the industry," he said.
Intel, of course, mainly sells chips to computer makers rather than market them to end users. But Mr. Huggers—who previously worked at British Broadcasting Corp., and helped it launch a high-profile service called iPlayer—said Intel Media has hired a team of veteran digital-TV specialists and is being operated as a largely separate unit with offices apart from the rest of Intel. He noted that Microsoft did much the same thing, and successfully, when entering the videogame console market with Xbox.
As for the reception from content companies, Mr. Huggers noted they were approached before his group conceived the service and had input on its features—rather than being consulted after the fact. "We have been working hand in glove with the industry to figure this out," he said in an interview.
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Saying hello and goodbye to a great guy
By cjsasaki on Sep 18, 2008
I've had the opportunity to work with some creative and brilliant software engineers over the years (hopefully not dating myself too much) - from Andy Hertzfeld and Bill Atkinson (the original Mac creators), to Avi Tevanian (the Mach and NextStep/OS X) lead, and of course folks at Sun who worked on Java, Java ME, StarOffice/OpenOffice, SunRay, web engineering, etc. etc. The list is very long. One of the creative engineers I've had a fun time working with is Hideya Kawahara. I first met him when we were in Cupertino working at JavaSoft (a Sun division). We'd always talk about consumer electronics and user interfaces. Years later, he created a prototype 3D interface called Project Looking Glass. The early prototype made you open your eyes into thinking of new ways to get beyond today's 2D world.
We got a few folks together yesterday to say "hello again to Hideya" and sayonara as he heads back to live in Japan. I'll always remember Hideya playing his Duke ukelele at JavaOne on the sidewalk outside Moscone Center as we "illegally" projected a demo on a rather large building across the street at night. Fortunately we didn't cause any accidents or road rage.
Thanks Hideya for all the fun over the years and keeping us all "young" and creative. Hopefully we'll see you in Tokyo or back in Silicon Valley soon.
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This Head Lamp 2 pack is the perfect kit for any construction worker, tradesman, outdoorsman, or home owner for that matter! There's nothing like being able to light the way while keeping both hands free - even just for reading.
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This pack of 2 is the same price as you would find a single unit in stores. Plus, included are enough batteries to power both. Aside from the LED flashlight mounted on the elastic head strap, it comes with 4 red, blinking emergency LED lights so people know where you are, too.
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Continuing to educate about basic compositional techniques,
- What is "Lead Room?"
- Why is it important to consider Lead Room when taking pictures?
- When do I apply it to my photography?
Continuing to educate about basic compositional techniques,
What is Lead Room?
Lead Room (also variously referred to as leading, nose room, or leading space) is a foundational compositional technique that is frequently employed in the visual arts such as cinematography, painting, and of course photography. In essence the 'rule' of lead room is that when framing a subject, well composed shots will include 'white space' in the direction that a subject is facing, or in the case of moving objects, in front of the direction that an object is moving.
Why is lead room important?
Lead room is an important compositional technique to keep in mind even if you're deciding to break the guideline and not give a photo lead room because altering the lead room has the potential to alter the mood or 'feeling' of a photograph. For example, in this portrait lead room has been given in the direction the model's body is facing and as a result the portrait feels open and relaxed.
But if we take the same exact picture and shift the model to the other side of the frame, all of a sudden it feels as though the model is cramped within the frame.
The effects of lead room can be even more pronounced when the subject of a photograph is in motion. In the following image the airplane has a sense of moving through the frame from left to right because it appears that it has room to move...
Whereas when the same photograph is cropped so the photograph's white space is behind the airplane all of a sudden there seems to be something missing. There's a sense of motion that has been removed because there doesn't appear to be anywhere for the plane to go!
How do I apply lead room to my photography
Like most things in photography, this is not a 'hard-and-fast' rule... more accurately this is a rule of thumb. Generally speaking, lead room can be applied to living subjects (e.g. humans, animals, etc.), and objects in motion. Inanimate objects that aren't in motion can't really benefit from using lead room. But it is important to understand the effects on a images perception that lead room can have as you compose your pictures in order to take advantage of (or negate the advantage of) this rule of thumb.
Original airplane image courtesy of Alvaretz. Used via Creative Commons Attribution.
I'd like to add a couple of small things to @Jay's excellent answer...
I think what lead room is has been answered so I'll add just one thing. Like the rule of thirds, golden ratio and other composition guidelines, lead room is just another tool in the arsenal of composition. Sometimes it applies, sometimes there's no need for lead room (such as a person's face filling 90% of the frame for a portrait).
Lead room should be a naturally occurring composition element, just like the rule of thirds and such. They should come as a result of feeling the need for more space on a specific side of the frame, per sé, not as a result of thinking, "oh yeah, I 'need' lead room".
When I'm composing a photo (even if it's in a fast paced environment), I'm "feeling" my way toward the composition that feels right, then I click the shutter. I rarely ever do a mental check list of composition "rules" in my head.
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Wodpress editor is too slow. How to create other faster interface or how to fast publish posts. I just need fileds for author, category and subtitle. Is there any way instead of default wordpress editor ?
I get what you want, it will require some coding skills though.
What I did was create myself a plugin that registers a new menu page, and then I use wp_insert_post() function to create a post with given parameters. You can check out my plugin here: http://www.mediafire.com/?499tk848njaz7hq
It's for fast image posting, but I believe you can adjust it to your need.
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The 6 Most Unintentionally Hilarious Superhero Reinventions
#3. Punk Storm
Storm is one of the X-Men's most popular mutants (after Wolverine, Wolverine, Nightcrawler and Wolverine) and also one of the most powerful, due to her incredible ability to control the weather.
She's most helpful when clearing scary freeway fog.
Originally, Storm was treated as a goddess in her native Africa due to her powers and benevolence, and even after joining the X-Men, she retained that serene, majestic and somewhat naive quality. She's one classy lady, is what we're saying.
The WTF Reinvention:
What happens when you combine Storm, punk rock and (we're not shitting you here) Mr. T?
Uncanny X-Men #173 (1983)
Likes: The Sex Pistols. Dislikes: Fools.
Chris Claremont, the writer of the X-Men at the time, decided it was time to give Storm a new haircut. Then, as a joke gone horribly wrong, the artist did a sketch of Storm with a Mr. T look, since this was the '80s and the guy was everywhere. To the artist's shock, the editor liked that look and forced him to include it in the comic, despite him arguing that it was a "monstrously bad idea."
As any accomplished anthropologist will tell you, fool-pitying naturally follows the mohawk wherever it grows, and Storm was no exception. Storm simply said screw it and proceeded to start taking on whole gangs with her bare hands just to show how badass she could be.
Uncanny X-Men #180 (1984)
Also, at some point she became a Drow.
The change was completed a few months later when she was hit by a ray gun that stripped her of her powers. This would be no big deal, except that the whole point of being in the X-Men is that the characters are mutants. It's the number one criteria for joining and staying. But not only does Storm stay, she challenges a fully powered Cyclops to a fight for the role of team leader.
And wins.
And a single lava tear rolled down his cheek.
Imagine recruiting this sweet, humble foreign girl and watching her slowly transform into Clubber Lang. We're guessing the other X-Men were too afraid of her to say anything at this point, powers or not.
Uncanny X-Men #180 (1984)
Professor X, from a distance, closes one eye and mimes squishing Storm's head, his only recourse.
Once the '80s were over and T-mania ran its course, Storm slowly reverted into her original personality. Just in case, no one's allowed to watch Rocky III at the Xavier Mansion since then.
#2. The Robotic Shadow
The Shadow was Batman before Batman: cool, mysterious, dressed in black and with a talent for terrorizing criminals. The Shadow had unnatural powers, a distinctive costume (cloak and fedora) and a suave playboy secret identity.
The Shadow DC Issue #1
And a train boner.
However, with the Shadow it was never about the superpowers -- he was always fond of firearms, but more often than not he defeated his enemies simply by messing with their heads until they surrendered (and THEN he shot them).
The WTF Reinvention:
And then they turned him into a giant robot:
The Shadow#19 (1989)
Who has enough chrome to outfit every Mercedes in Compton? The Shadow does.
By the '80s the rights to publish official Shadow stories had fallen on DC Comics, who clearly had no idea what to do with the guy (they already had a Batman). DC decided to update the character to the present era, which meant replacing his iconic handguns with Uzis and rocket launchers, for instance. Also he drove a flying car.
The Shadow #13 (1988)
Apparently the "present" setting was as poorly researched as the past would have been.
As the series progressed it became increasingly bizarre and ridiculously violent -- getting to the point where at the end of a regular issue without any warning, this happened:
The Shadow #13 (1988)
"Also, uh, Spoiler Alert, we guess."
But superheroes never stay dead for long. Six months later DC finally brought back the Shadow ... as a disembodied head. Turns out his inept and offensively yellow-skinned sons, Hsu and Chang (created for this series), had stolen his casket in order to bring his body to the mystical kingdom of Shambala where it could be resuscitated, but in the process managed to misplace everything from the neck down.
The Shadow #19 (1989)
"-- hang on, am I a fucking head?!"
At this point the comic was barely recognizable as a Shadow series anymore, but it was about to get even worse. Left with no other choice, the scientists/wizards at Shambala place the Shadow's head on a muscular robotic body they happened to have lying around. Shadow adjusts to this change surprisingly fast and is soon ready to leap back into action.
The Shadow #19 (1989)
The new robot body can zap power bolts from its hands and is equipped with all sorts of weapons, gadgets and Terminator-like kill-vision, which the Shadow uses to literally annihilate an army of around 200 thugs in the space of four pages.
The Shadow #19 (1989)
None of them thought to, y'know, aim at the head.
And Shadow stays this way. In the last page a new story line is announced in which the Shadow will battle his oldest enemy, Shiwan Khan, also a cyborg now for some reason.
The Shadow #19 (1989)
Machine-gun nipples come standard on all new-model robot torsos.
Anyway the comic was abruptly canceled after this story.
#1. Captain America Becomes Captain ... Nothing
Here's everything you need to know about Captain America:
Yeah, the flag getup pretty much says it all, and also the fact that he's punching Nazism in the face -- not just Hitler, but the actual concept of Nazism. Reportedly, the moment the artist finished drawing this page, Hitler's actual jaw spontaneously dislocated. After WWII was over, Captain America took it easy for a while, but then returned in the '60s to show all those new superheroes how it was done. Since then, he has remained the most popular patriotic-themed hero in and outside the U.S.
The WTF Reinvention:
Except for that time when he gave up the "America" part and turned into a shitty generic superhero:
Captain America #180 (1974)
"Did ... did Captain America just change his pants in front of us?"
Yep, for a while Captain America ditched his name, costume and shield and became ... another obscure Marvel character no one cares about, basically. It all began right in the middle of Marvel Comics' version of the Watergate scandal, in which President Nixon is found out to be a supervillain and blows his brains out in front of Captain America. Cap is so shocked and disillusioned that he tosses his costume and quits patriotism.
Captain America #176 (1974)
"President Nixon just killed himself. Maybe we should all, like ... process that, first."
However, after a few months of unemployment Cap decides he still wants to be a superhero, and so he starts thinking of an identity that will reflect his new attitude ...
Captain America #180 (1974)
"Cut Man. No. Captain Loose Guy. No. Mr. Manningwithoutacountrington DAMN I'm so bad at this."
... eventually settling on "Nomad" and getting himself the worst costume imaginable. In his debut adventure, the Nomad must battle a woman who is obsessed with snakes inside a movie theater that happens to be playing an old Captain America interview, presumably to underscore just how awful this costume is compared to the old one.
Captain America #180 (1974)
The absence of patriotic quips has forced Nomad to resort to double entendres.
The question is: Why change everything? Couldn't he just cover the "A" on his old costume and be done with it? At the very least he could have kept his indestructible shield (which accounts for only 90 percent of his fighting style) and give it a new paint job to make it look less patriotic. Maybe put some badass flames there or something. Also, even the comic itself acknowledges that the decision to give Captain America a cape was not so great.
Captain America #180 (1974)
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After turning it off it wants to check the disc, but it never finds errors. No problems other than this, games play fine. Why does it do this and what can I do to fix it? Do I have to send it in for repairs?


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I am tired of my people looking sad when we don't make it.
What LP do I need to start getting into these rankings?


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Did you know that there are only 110100 Deals.woot members?
According to the colored triangle explination board of number of members at each position, the sum is only 110100. That seems like too few. I always thought that the woot community was way bigger.
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They recently (a year or so ago) cleaned up the random accounts and idle accounts (removing about 50,000 or so). At least, that's how I remember it. I could have imagined it I suppose.
Looks like maybe they need to do that again.
I always thought the opposite. Good thing most of that number do not participate or this would be an unbelievable mess.
You see the same names over and over, what would make you think the community was bigger?
110100 = 52 in binary, right?
There's about 52 names that pop up regularly. They might be right.
and i love each and every one!
so these are people active on deals.woot not people who purchase on woot!? It seems like the number would be much higher if it included all who purchase on woot!.
@lumpthar: Agreed 52.
Seriously, I wouldn't have guessed we were over 100,000...active in the community is WAY LOWER. Do you suppose there have even been 1,000 people who have commented on anything in the community?
@conanthelibrarian: The way I understand it, is this is how many people have account with woot, and 88,355 have white triangles, so these are the people who don't do any type of participation on deals and the other 21,745 people have had some type of activity on deals, which is why they have a different colored triangle.
I notice over on woot proper if you look at comments there are plenty of people with the white triangles that are very active over there but not active at all on deals.
And here I thought that the deals side only counted you if you visited deals... I'm thinking there are way more than 100k wooters overall.
Yeah, I did actually. I get reminded every 3rd or 4th time I hit F5.
EDIT: Looks like it's up to 110,114 now.
@pemberducky: hey cutie
And we see each and every one....


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My question is, Is there any existing library to achieve this?


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I would like to make my blog fully integrated with social networks. This mean: * Login via facebook / twitter
Share to facebook / twitter
Include open graph data in the page
any other suggestions
I've tried:
Twit Connect but if you enable showing of tweet button under posts, it is included under pages too.
ShareThis - it has option to show only under posts, but it stopped working after I've installed Simple OpenGraph.
- Simple OpenGraph - I'm happy with this one.
So, I think a canonical answer for this would be helpfull for the community and I'll be happy to give bounty for such.


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I have a bunch of small amounts of leftover specialty grains ranging from 3 ounces to about 8 ounces of various types. I'd like to brew something with them. Are there any good sites out there that might allow me to enter the grains I have and suggest a recipe style that might come from the grains I entered?
"Beer Calculus" is great. http://beercalculus.hopville.com/recipe
This calculator has an EXTENSIVE selection of malt/fermentation (preloaded OG/FG and color based on sugars), hops (with typical AA %), yeast strains (ale/lager, dry/liquid, and flocculation level), and boils/primary/secondary add-ins (lots of them!).
Great calculator where you can select target beer styles or make your own style by helping you gauge sweet/bitter, color, alcohol, and make a shopping list!
*This is not a reverse calculator, but does allow selection from many sugars/fermentables. From there you can see what else you would need to buy/add to tailor to your liking.
I have never seen what you are talking about before. Its a shame because I have heard several people ask for it. You might be able to seach the BeerTools recipe database for a single ingredient, but I don't remember. Here are some links to popular online recipe generating calculators. Although none of them are "reverse" calulators.
Good luck. My only other solution would be to post what you have on a typical brewing forum site and ask for feedback and recipes that way. You'll find some creative solutions that way I am sure.
BeerTools Online has one. You have to create a user account, but its free.
Beersmith lets you search for recipes based on your inventory (scroll down to "Search By Ingredient"). If you don't already have a huge bank of recipes in Beersmith, they have recipe packs to pre-populate your database.
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Who bought Star Wars on Blu Ray?
Well Since Star Wars is now officially released I was curious as to who picked it up on BD and what set. The Complete Saga, or just the Original/Prequel Trilogy? I was tempted to purchase but wasn't thrilled with some of the changes George Lucas was making to the OT. Thoughts on this anyone, whether you purchased or not
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I'm going to wait until Lucas releases the Super Original Special Deluxe Set, then I'll buy the Original Trilogy used from a super fan for 50% of the original price.
I bought it back in January on Amazon. I only got the original 3 movies because the prequels weren't that good to me. I will miss some of the originals little gaffs and was disappointed in the additions made in the first go round when Lucas did the theater release several year back now. That being said it is still the same story and the good guys still win. The death star still explodes twice and Luke is still Leia's brother. I was hoping that the original theater release would be on the blu-rays back when I paid for them but oh well I will enjoy them with my kids.
I pre-ordered them in July from Best Buy, so I have to wait for them to ship. Another nice job by Lucasfilm not letting vendors ship these out early so that fans can receive them on the release date instead of a week later.
Excited to see the OT deleted and extended scene content, should be gold. Not thrilled about the changes (all of them since 1981) but, as @asahel01 said, they are in essence the same movies I grew up with now with blinking Ewoks!
I order them from Amazon a couple of months ago and they are waiting for me on my front doorstep when I get home today!
I think George Lucas has enough money, I passed
I was going to until the Darth Vader NOOOO! scream added to Return. Lord knows what else he changed.
I'll torrent them in a few days.
I'm holding out for the version with the extended scenes of Jar Jar Binks.
I was only kidding! You can start posting again. :)
Actually, I would have bought it if there was a scene where Jar Jar turns into a zombie and starts chewing on Lando Cal-Ripken!
@loubriccant: lol I suppose if you're going to force yourself to suffer through 1-3, you may as well go all out
I had it pre-ordered for the longest time, but now seeing all the bad rep it's been getting I canceled because it seems like the price will drop significantly
If the price plummets around Black Friday, I'll consider it. I've got the movies on DVD, but a couple are in 4:3 aspect ratio (I received them as a gift, and haven't had the heart to replace them yet).
I think I already bought the movies. I kind of want to look for torrents of the unmodified original trilogy, and the Magnoliafan edits of Eps 1+2...Ep3 was passable anyhow.
Someone that uses audio from the old VHS rips to re-edit the Blu-ray releases would be my hero (Thinking about Fett's voice in ESB, Vader's NOOOOO in ROTJ, etc)
I just got it today from WalMart =( Most likely burned on lower quality BluRay disks... =D They look ridiculously good! On 120hz its a bit fake looking like most shows but its still awesome!
@mkentosh: No such thing as enough...
wife brought home the set today for our 9 year anniv.
I have the original, un-Georgified Trilogy on Laserdisc. What more would I want?
I got mine first thing Friday morning. I've only watched Episodes I and II so far, but Episode I was a tremendous improvement. The DVD looked like an average 90s movie, but the Blu-ray makes it look like the others.
As far as people not liking the prequels go, we've heard it all. I think they would like it more if they went into it with a better attitude. I've given my girlfriend books to read, and she's decided beforehand that she won't like it. After reading them, it turns out she didn't. Sometimes, though, you can tell she's trying very hard to come up with bad things to say about them.
So did they correct the whole "Han shot first" situation on the Blu-ray edition? If anything needed to be "fixed" it was that.
"In September 2010, it was announced that the Star Wars films will be released in 3-D beginning in 2012 with the release of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace."
When they release Indiana Jones, short round is going to have an iPad. Actually, thankfully, Spielberg won't allow them to do that. He recently released a statement about the changes he made in E.T. and his regrets. Once again, Spielberg is king!


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The Synod for the New Evangelization begins tomorrow inRome. John Allen has a helpful FAQ on the Synod here. Ive been reading through the instrumentum laboris, the working document for the Synod and found a passage I particularly liked. It reminded me of Karl Rahners suggestion many years ago that we needed new short formulas of Christian Faith:
The Christian faith is not simply teachings, wise sayings, a code of morality or a tradition. The Christian faith is a true encounter and relationship with Jesus Christ. Transmitting the faith means to create in every place and time the conditions which lead to this encounter between the person and Jesus Christ. The goal of all evangelization is to create the possibility for this encounter, which is, at one and the same time, intimate, personal, public and communal. Pope Benedict XVI stated: "Being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction. [...] Since God has first loved us (cf. 1 Jn 4:10), love is now no longer a mere 'command'; it is the response to the gift of love with which God draws near to us." In the Christian faith, the encounter with Christ and the relationship with him takes place "in accordance to the Scriptures" (1 Cor 15:3, 4). The Church is formed precisely through the grace of this relationship.
This encounter with Jesus, through his Spirit, is the Father's great gift to humanity. We are prepared for this encounter through the action of grace in us. In such an encounter, we feel an attraction which leads to our transformation, causing us to see new dimensions to who we are and making us partakers of divine life (cf. 2 Pt 1:4). After this encounter, everything is different as a result of metanoia, that is, the state of conversion strongly urged by Jesus himself (cf. Mk 1:15). In a personal encounter with Jesus Christ, faith takes the form of a relationship with him and in remembrance of him, especially in the Eucharist and the Word of God, and creates in us the mind of Christ, through the Spirit, a mentality which makes us recognize our brothers and sisters, gathered by the Spirit in his Church, and, in turn, see ourselves as witnesses and heralds of this Gospel. This encounter equips us to do new things and witness to the transformation of our lives in the works of conversion as announced by the prophets (cf. Jer 3:6 ff; Ez 36:24-36).
Some other good resources for reflection on the purposes of the Synod include Pope Paul VIs 1975 Apostolic Exhortation Evangeli Nuntiandi, Cardinal Wuerls pastoral letter Disciples of the Lord: Sharing the Vision, and the USCCBs resource page on the New Evangelization.
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J. Peter --Is this word "kerygma" found in Scripture itself? As I understand its meaning, it sort of tries to encapsulate a kind of speech ('faith is through hearing') that has, well, something like a magical power to convince where (ordinary?) evidence and reasoning don't convince. My question, I suppose, is what sort of extraordinary evidence/speech are the early teachers == and Rahner -- talking about? (I don't always disparage the notion of magic, by the way.)Mushy, mushy.
This encounter with Jesus, through his Spirit, is the Fathers great gift to humanity.A grammatical question: who does "his" refer to here, the Son or the Father?
Ann:Kerygma is a Greek word that is often used in the New Testament to mean preaching or proclamation. Some scholars have used "kerygm" a as a shorthand for the teachings about Jesus found in the New Testament. I don't think there is any suggestion that the speech itself--apart from its source in the Holy Spirit--has any particular magical power.Regards,Peter
Thanks, Peter. I'm sure the early Christians and later scholars didn't think in terms of magic, and as I learned it, Christians should avoid all magical practices. But it seems to me that there is such an emphasis on just proclaiming the Word that the proclaiming aspect (not just the content) was thought to have some special efficacy. But I really don't understand what Scripture means by "faith" either, especially St. Paul. Must do some studying.
Being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event..."This weekend in Strasbourg there are a series of meetings about the state of Christianity, broadly interpreted. One of the debates will be about the transmission of the faith, and on the internet there are a few 2 minute videos of witness talks of people talking about what they believe. The president of the youth Christian workers association (JOC) can be heard on http://www.lejourduseigneur.com/Web-TV/Evenements/Etats-generaux-du-chri... about whether there is only one truth, she answers that the common feature of all religions is love, and that love is a universal truth. Then she talks about religion being useful to society because it makes people get engaged in the service of others. All very nice, but not one word about the event of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The president of Catholic Charities can be heard on http://www.lejourduseigneur.com/Web-TV/Evenements/Etats-generaux-du-chri... He talks about how Jesus came to propose a way to change the world. Asked if there is just one truth, he answers that, no, there is not just one truth: we Christians have one truth, but there may be others. The role of religions in society consists in being ethical markers. The priority of Christians is to work for the dignity of human beings. All very nice, but it presents Jesus as, primarily, a great teacher of ethics. There is nothing about the resurrection.There is also a theologian on http://www.lejourduseigneur.com/Web-TV/Evenements/Etats-generaux-du-chri... says that it is through Jesus Christ that she believes in God. Asked whether there is just one truth, she says that truth is like a diamond, and that each person sees a different facet of it. She seems to have chosen not to talk of the event of the resurrection. A fourth speaker takes the utilitarian angle: that religion is consoling and helps people build a society that is more just. To the question: "Is there only one truth?", he answers that unfortunately some people are centered on their self-centered view of truth, and that it leads to intolerance. Again, no mention of Jesus Christ.All those speakers are bending over backwards to be tolerant and open to others, and to present the Christian religion in a way that will be acceptable to atheists, but what about St Paul's words? "If Christ is not risen, our faith is in vain". Why does none of them talk about it? Do they not really believe that event? It's not clear.The resurrection is an event that is hard to believe. On the face of it, it sounds cuckoo. It goes against reason, and as such, it's counter-cultural. They would not be taken seriously if they brought it up. They would be considered fundamentalists. They would also be considered at risk of intolerance, since it would mean that they believe that they have one truth that other religions do not have. So they sweep it under the carpet. I am disturbed by the reduction of the Christian religion to its "love your neighbor" commandment. If that, not the event of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, is the core of Christianity, then why go to church on Sundays if you don't feel like it? Why pray? What's the big deal about receiving communion? Why should your kids follow your footsteps in the practice of our religion? As long as they have good Christian values, the rest doesn't matter much, does it? It's just a bunch of symbolic rituals that feel good to some people - good for them - but if it doesn't feel good, then one should feel free to drop them. That seems to be the attitude. I am disturbed because, in the name of tolerance (or something), it turns our religion into an empty shell. I worry that this has been happening in our churches. So French society is currently presented two faces of Christianity: on the one hand, people who go around doing good, speak of Jesus, at best, as a teacher of ethics, and seem to think that all religions are equivalent. On the other hand, a handful of integrists who say that Jesus Christ, the son of God, is resurrected, but who also say that you go to hell if you miss Mass one Sunday, that you can buy off x years of purgatory by doing this or that, and all sorts of laughable beliefs.The good thing about those two positions is that each is coherent. My own position, on the other hand, lacks coherence. Why believe in such a preposterous event as the resurrection, but not in indulgences? If I really think that I hold a truth - Jesus Christ is resurrected - that other religions do not have, then all religions are not equal, and that is a deeply offensive idea, isn't it? It leads to intolerance, doesn't it? Because my position is incoherent, my efforts to transmit the faith are doomed. So what will happen in the next few generations? Maybe my inconsistent brand of Christianity will disappear; maybe the "love your neighbor and believe in some vague supreme being" brand will become completely diluted and secularized; and then, only the integrists will hold the remnants of the faith, from which one hopes that it can be regained by purifying it of its worthless or harmful excretions. That's my doomsday scenario.
Peter, thanks for posting a link to Allen's FAQ. Was struck by this:"Second, it's also not simply about boosting Mass attendance, regular prayer and so on. It includes engaging broad social and cultural challenges through a distinctively Christian lens. Among those challenges, synod documents tick off secularism and relativism, a 'hedonistic and consumer-oriented mentality,' fundamentalism and 'the sects,' migration and globalization, the economy, social communications, scientific and technical research, and civic and political life."I wonder if the Synod will discuss "fundamentalism and 'the sects'" within the Church as well as without. The great pitfall of liberal Catholics is toward secularization, of course, and this has been talked to death. But ISTM that a pitfall of conservative Catholics is toward a kind of tribalism in which rules and practices are imposed as a mark of the sect, never mind whether they make sense or not. And, especially in recent years, drawing lines in the sands for others deemed "unfit" to be in communion if not outright excommunicated has been popular.I also see that "new" evangelization is aimed at disaffected Catholics, and, frankly, I never feel more disaffected than during self-conscious efforts like "Coming Home."In a small parish, there is a lot of pressure on practicing Catholics to bring their fallen-away relatives with them on these specific Sundays. There is always a lot of neck-craning to see who shows up "after all that time." On the surface level, fallen-aways are greeted with big hugs, and are given a tour of the church building so they can see what's new. While that's happening, the Old Guard circulate whispered stories about why so and so left and churn up reasons why they might be back (they've been diagnosed with a dread disease, their kids went wrong, they're going through financial hard times, their second marriage didn't work out). OTOH, the after-Mass snacks are usually primo!
The beginning of Cardinal Wuerl's letter was pretty interesting, I thought. But one thing is missing for me. The letter puts on one side those who are evangelizing and on the other side those who are being evangelized. It talks about bringing anew the good news to the world, that suffers from so many problems. But it is one-sided. Isn't evangelization something mutual, and do we not have something to bring to one another? Perhaps, in the case of the young woman of the young catholic workers' association that I mentioned above, a new evangelizer can try to awaken in her some sense that her Christian heritage is about more than universal love; but the new evangelizer will surely also have a chance to undergo some kind of conversion as well, from being in contact with her enthusiasm for whole-hearted service and self-giving. I imagine an exchange, not a one-way communication.Cdl Wuerl talks about consumerism and individualism in the world, but the people I see as people who naturally ought to be practicing Christians, in my mind, are the many people I know who are generous, idealistic, loving, selfless, who might give their lives for others, but who scoff at the idea of an incarnated God; who were raised Christian and "defected", so to speak, yet fully internalized are are living the commandments.
I guess I'm "fallen away" in that I don't go to church anymore, but I still believe in Jesus/God. From my pov, what might help evangelization ... - the church needs to resolve the serious discrepancy between what Jesus taught in the gospels and how the church actually operates. I think this is one of the main reason people leave the church, not inadequate catechesis. - Perhaps the other reason people leave is a lack of spiritual nurishment at church. I agree with Karl Rahner that the most important thing is a relationship between individuals and Jesus, and that's best fostered through an emphasis on spirituality (like retreats) not by an emphasis on church doctrines.
Crystal, it is true that the new evangelization magazine, published by Notre Dame, and that Fr Imbelli posted about a couple of times, puts its focus away from dry doctrines and more on the good news, surely a good move.As to the way the church operates, we lament it often here. I wonder if we can just put it in parenthesis: if the masses are energized, they can act, and the hierarchy doesn't much matter. Today at my church our communion refrain said: "Christ has put his body into our hands", and those rich words stayed with me all day: he did it during his Passion, he does it in the Eucharist, and he does it by giving us, as his body the Church, the task of continuing his work. The church hierarchy is meant to help us with that, but if they do not, it doesn't absolve us of our task. It makes it more challenging, that's all.But I have done enough of hogging the thread.
Amen, Amen, Amen, to what Claire wrote. The great distinguishing center of Christianity is that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, that Christ died for our sins, and that he was raised on the third day. It's only Christianity that proclaims all this, and it is a great tragedy that it gets ignored in so many of the quarrels that mark the Church today that usually focus on decidedly secondary issues. "Woe to me,' St. Paul said, "if I do not tell the good news," and his words should apply to the Church, too, that is, to all of us.
"The resurrection is an event that is hard to believe. On the face of it, it sounds cuckoo. It goes against reason, and as such, its counter-cultural. They would not be taken seriously if they brought it up. They would be considered fundamentalists."Claire -- We're not considered counter-cultural to believe that God created the whole cosmos including all those billions and billions of stars that Carl Saga loved, and He made all the billions and billions of wonderful things found on this apparently special little Earth. And He made and maintains all the natural, physical laws we find here. Is it really unbelievable that He could re-create something He created before? That He could make a dead person enter into life once again? He has already shown that He can give life. Why is it hard to believe that He might give it back? What is there about that that is against reason? I realize that many people are thrown by this teaching, but I just have never found it to be one of the difficult ones. To me it's like thinking He can't do what He has already done. Why do so many people find it unacceptable? (I grant you that some other dogmas seem against unreasonable.)Or is there something about the very notion of dogma itself that is unbelievable?
Ann, it's the details. For the Creation, we don't know how it happened, the Bible story of Creation is purely symbolic, and the idea of God creating the cosmos is fairly abstract and vague enough that it has no trouble being compatible with physics. For the resurrection, we have accounts of the empty tomb, and of women and men who saw and touched a man who was Jesus resurrected. If you said that all that was symbolic, it would be relatively easy to understand it in a way that might be compatible with science. But if you trust those accounts basically as written, then you have the challenge of believing something plainly unbelievable.
IN A SMALL PARISH, THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON PRACTICING CATHOLICS TO BRING THEIR FALLEN-AWAY RELATIVES WITH THEM ON THESE SPECIFIC SUNDAYS. THERE IS ALWAYS A LOT OF NECK-CRANING TO SEE WHO SHOWS UP AFTER ALL THAT TIME. ON THE SURFACE LEVEL, FALLEN-AWAYS ARE GREETED WITH BIG HUGS, AND ARE GIVEN A TOUR OF THE CHURCH BUILDING SO THEY CAN SEE WHATS NEW.WHILE THATS HAPPENING, THE OLD GUARD CIRCULATE WHISPERED STORIES ABOUT WHY SO AND SO LEFT AND CHURN UP REASONS WHY THEY MIGHT BE BACK (THEYVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A DREAD DISEASE, THEIR KIDS WENT WRONG, THEYRE GOING THROUGH FINANCIAL HARD TIMES, THEIR SECOND MARRIAGE DIDNT WORK OUT).Jean, I laughed when I read this not because it is funny but because it is true. I think it behooves us to recognize that Catholic practice moves far beyond weekend Mass attendance. If Mass is not moving us in the direction of compassion for and generosity with others who are fallen away," then who is this Christ we are united with? Intrusive curiosity and snarky judgments are hardly the hallmark of a follower of Christ. I have come to appreciate the spiritual works of mercy as an approach to evangelization of any kind because they never cease to be challenging while always going in a good direction. Instruct the ignorant; counsel the doubtful; admonish sinners; bear wrongs patiently; forgive offences willingly; comfort the afflicted; pray for the living and the dead.
Claire -It seems to me that this objection is based on an assumption that the particular laws of science are the only set of laws that can possibly operate in this world, and this implies that no physical thing that we know can possibly behave otherwise than as the physicists tell us they must behave. But this assumption is not required by any a priori reason nor, the religious believer in miracles would say, neither is it guaranteed by any known empirical fact. In other words, "There is more in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy". Granted, physics *as such* does not allow us to go beyond physics, but physics isn't the whole story of what is possible, and, believers would say, physics is not the whole story of what is actual.
Bernard Lonergan's wonderful chapters on history in his Method in Theology refer to Carl Becker's view on pre-conceptions in the historian: "Miracles are excluded because they are contrary to the laws of nature that in his generation are regarded as established; but if scientists come to find a place for them in experience, there will be historians to restore them to history" (p. 222). Four pages later Lonergan has this: "... I may remark that the uniformity of nature is conceived differently at different times. In the nineteenth century natural laws were thought to express necessity, and Laplace's view on the possibility in theory of deducing the whole course of events from some given stage of the process was taken seriously. Now laws of the classical type are considered not necessary but just verified possibilities; they are generalized on the principle that similars are similarly understood; they are a basis for prediction or deduction, not by themselves, but only when combined into schemes of recurrence; such schemes function concretely, not absolutely, but only if other things are equal; and whether other things are equal, is a matter of statistical frequencies. Evidently, the scientific case against miracles has weakened" (p. 226)
Thanks Ann and Fr K. Yes, physics models our experience, but it also has dreams. It is always a great victory when an experiment confirms what had been imagined by theory. I suppose that a singular one-time extraordinary happening, as it falls outside the scope of experience, might also then fall outside the scope of models. But this is far from the topic of New Evangelization.
"Intrusive curiosity and snarky judgments are hardly the hallmark of a follower of Christ."Maybe not, but it's a hallmark of being human who lives in a town of less than 2,000 souls. Everybody knows everybody's biz and has an opinion about it. I think that poses special challenges for Christian charity. Maybe the Synod could talk about that.I prefer the corporeal acts of mercy. Jesus can have my hands and heart. My brain ... I'm not very good at obedience or deep thinking, and I'm afraid I'm becoming one of those awful generic Christians Claire and Fr. Komonchak are warning us about.
Thanks, JAK and Claire.Claire --It seems to me that this *is* something for re-evangelization to consider, at least it is if there are people who find resurrection to be a problem, and I think many do. Why do so many people think this? I suspect it's because they've been taught to think -- by scientists -- that matter and its laws are the only thing we have evidence for. There, I think, is the crux of the problem -- believers think there is evidence, for instance, of a spiritual strength called "grace", which is not matter in motion, and which is even predictable from the promises of Jesus. Consideration of the evidence of spirit has to be fundamental.
JAK --From what I"ve read physics is in bad shape at the moment. The dominant physical theories of the day are actually contradictory. Also, physicists are faced with having to abandon their preferred assumption that only one principle (the matter which they have already found) explains everything (a non-scientific premise, actually). They also have reason to think that the laws of nature are only probabilities, but to say that science is only probable removes it from the scope of science in the classic sense ("universal, necessary knowledge. . ."). And if science is really only contingent knowledge, then it is the same lowly kind of knowledge as (gasp!) religious belief. Given the great problems in the foundations of science, it seems to me that the time is ripe for dialogue between science and religion. This makes it a job for re-evangelization. Further, because the influence of the scientists -- and their current preferred philosophy, scientism -- is so thoroughly dominant in Western universities, and because the Western universities dominate the thinking outside of the universities, I think that the questions of the nature of science and of the existence and power of God should be strongly addressed within the re-evangelization effort. The Courts of the Gentiles have already established some contact with the seculars. If the minds of the typical scientists can be opened, then their former students (former college kids) would be likely to follow their lead . The heart of the matter is Hume. The influence of his empiricism, skepticism, theory of "truth", rejection of miracles, rejection of God, and emotive ethics must finally be dealt with in language the seculars can understand.
Jean --I don't know about your obedience, but don't give me that "I'm not capable of deep thinking". I know better, dear one.
Ann: You wrote: "They also have reason to think that the laws of nature are only probabilities, but to say that science is only probable removes it from the scope of science in the classic sense (universal, necessary knowledge. . .). And if science is really only contingent knowledge, then it is the same lowly kind of knowledge as (gasp!) religious belief."Well, of course, the contemporary sciences do not pursue the classical goal of science as "certain knowledge of things through their causes," but that's hardly news, is it? Contemporary sciences tries to understand what Lonergan calls "verified possibilities," that is, possibilities that need not have been realized but that, de facto, have been realized. These would be events that need not have happened (i.e., no necessity) but in fact have happened, contingently, but really.
Jean, I don't want to condemn! Not at all! Those are not "awful generic Christians"! See my 11:22am comment. You know what Paul says: "If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. [...] And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." It would not be befitting for me to condemn.As to those Christians, I am disturbed by their lack of testimony in words and, possibly, their lack of faith. Cdl Wuerl lumps that together with materialism, consumerism, individualism, etc., but I find it most disturbing when lack of [words of] Christian faith goes together with acts of Christian love. It ought not to be so.Pope Benedict wrote: "The Church's deepest nature is expressed in her three-fold responsibility: of proclaiming the word of God, celebrating the sacraments, and exercising the ministry of charity. These duties presuppose each other and are inseparable." What does he mean, "inseparable"? It's wishful thinking. I see those being separated all the time. It's disturbing, and it feels like it ought not to be, but...So, please understand that I am not "warning against generic Christians". I did not say "Woe to them" (sorry, Fr K.!). I really, really do not want to condemn. I only want to understand.
JAK --True, the scientists don't set out on an Aristotelian path to establish the four causes of phenomena, but they did pretty much retain the criterion of necessary knowledge that he established. (I don't doubt that if some of them had known it was an Aristotelian criterion they would have abandoned it.) It was Hume who showed so clearly that empirical knowledge is non-necessary, but that lesson took a couple of hundred year to really sink into the scientific community. They seem to have relied too much on their mathematical certitude as characterizing their findings as necessary. But with the the new findings they now realize very clearly that their conclusions are only probable. This is why scientist now realize (since Kuhn, anyway) that scientiic revolutions are always possible.None of this is a matter of stupidity on thier part. But scientists were not trained to question theri own epistemological assumptions. (I might add that the first philosopher to go down Kuhn's route was the Catholic physicist and historian of medieval science Pierre Duhem, who influenced both Kuhan and (!) Quine in this matter. He realized before all them that. as with the empirical experience described as contingent by Hume, so were the findings of scientific experimentation also contingent.
P. S. I don't think you'll find any philosophers of science these days who thinks that science is about "verified" possibilities. One of the axioms of the Duhem-Quine-Kuhn position is that there is an infinite set of possible explanations for any given phenomena, and because it is impossible to eliminate all but one of all those possibilities it follows that the so-called "verified" conclusions of science have not really been established/verified at all. And that is why the scientists have been reduced to tears. Lonergan was really quite naive about these things. Try William A. Wallace, O.P. instead.
Claire,I agree with Ann that the encounter between science and religion is important to the New Evangelization. The dreams of religion have drifted far from the dreams of science, and we need to bring them together to critique one another.Ann, I have to disagree with you on the relation of resurrection to science. Death is a reality emphasized in virtually every religion. It is the horizon from Genesis to Revelation, and science probably has just taken over this entrenched idea rather than being the source for it. Resurrection is an answer to the question of death, and disbelief in Resurrection has more to do with common experience than scientific skepticism.Still the comparison of scientific and religious views of death and resurrection are at the core of explaining faith to those who are raised with scientific rather than the classical worldviews that dominate Christian thought.
Jim, you're right, but it's above my head, so I'm just listening.
Ann: read the first five chapters of Insight and tell me that Lonergan was "naive" about science. And who are these tearful scientists? Not, I suspect, the winners of the Nobel prizes in the sciences that are being awarded these days. I don't think they're being given out for unverified accomplishments...
Claire, didn't mean to offend or misread your post. I wouldn't say my actions are in any way divorced from a sense of God and the tradition of the saints. But what God prompts me to do for love of Jesus does not include proclaiming the Word to anybody. I wouldn't have any idea how to go about this. What would I say? "I know Jesus loves you and wants to help you, so here I am to do my bit as a half-assed, reject Catholic." Boy, that would be a ringing endorsement for the faith.
I think the fight between faith and reason comes down to recognizing that the line between knowledge and mystery keeps moving, and we need to keep redrawing it in the right place. For the past couple of hundred years, science has expanded the boundaries of what we know, radically moving the line between knowledge and mystery. So much of what was once unknown (and often explained by faith) is now understood. As knowledge builds through time, we can expect that this will continue. Nevertheless, no matter how much knowledge expands, mystery still persists. The line between knowledge and mystery just moves. The strange core of unknowing at the heart of existence remains. Love still mystifies. The transcendent still awes. We celebrate the mysteries of faith precisely because as mysteries, they dont make sense; such celebration is a witness to the reality of mystery. The religious celebration of mystery also gives us a way to refresh reasons inputs: to continually renew the intellectual formulations we create about life using reason. Logic needs inputs; recognition, aided by faith, keeps those inputs fresh.
Jean: Surely is it pointless to "proclaim the Word" in indiscriminate ways. But, always being on the lookout for opportunities to communicate your faith in ways that might be heard - I'm sure that you do that, for your son for example. But none of the people I quoted early on, in those 2 minute public videos about their beliefs, made any mention of Christ's resurrection even though they were all Christians. You might ask: in that tough format, what could they have done? I saw one attempt this weekend to speak in a tough setting, a bishop who was visiting the parish and who preached on marriage: he started by apologetically acknowledging that it was a difficult reading, and that many in the congregation would probably disagree with what he was about to say. He reassured us by saying that, if so, it was no big deal. He added, I think with some slight anxiety, that he was going to try to give us his own perspective. He then proceeded to interpret the readings, staying close to the texts, occasionally stumbling a bit as he was clearly saying things in his own words. Humility and honesty: with those tools, he managed to stave off my allergic reactions to anti-abortion-anti-gay-marriage scripts. He didn't convince me, but he, how to say it, softened my heart... perhaps, with enough desire to "proclaim the Word", those people who were videotaped also could have found a way. I could imagine that in the right context your "ringing endorsement :) " might reach its target! As for myself, as long as my children are staying away from the church, evangelization is a top priority for me. It's on my mind all the time because of them. With little idea how to go about it, I mostly try to stay attuned to opportunities that might arise, like the unworthy servant of Luke 17... but once they are back in the fold, the sense of urgency will surely disappear.
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Choreography by: George Balanchine
Music by: Johann Strauss II, Franz Lehár, Richard Strauss
A work of monumental scale with a magnificent finale, the five-part Vienna Waltzes is set in moonlit Austrian forests and the regal ballrooms of Vienna.
The waltz became popular in the late 1700s. It was banned at first by some authorities who thought it immoral for couples to dance so closely, but by the mid-1800s, it was accepted everywhere. The faster Viennese form, characterized by swift, gliding turns, expressed the vivacity, and brilliance of the Hapsburg court. The waltz was a dance form Balanchine revisited and explored often over his career, but never on as grand a scale as he did for the 1977 Vienna Waltzes.
The ballet — Balanchine's homage to the pleasures and delights of an age that epitomized imperial grandeur — transforms from sylvan forest glen to sassy dance hall to glittering society café to, at last, a majestic mirrored ballroom through Rouben Ter-Arutunian's evolving scenery. The music selected for each section of the ballet is associated with the transformation of the waltz across society and over the years. The many elaborate costumes are the last that Karinska created for New York City Ballet.
For most of the 20th century, first in Paris, and, after 1938, in New York, Karinska, who left Russia after the October Revolution, designed and created many legendary costumes for Broadway, ballet, and opera. As one of Balanchine's longtime collaborators, she was for many years New York City Ballet's principal costume-maker.


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5 Grossly Inappropriate Jokes Hidden in Children's Cartoons
Cartoon writers have the unenviable task of creating something a toddler will love, without it making mom or the babysitter want to blow their own brains out. So, the way they do this is by throwing in little racy jokes they know will go over the kids' heads.
But, as we've mentioned before, some of the stuff they slip past censors is pretty shocking ...
#5. Yosemite Sam Braces for Prison Rape
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Warner Bros. has been making Looney Tunes cartoons since 1934, back when they played before movies in the theater instead of on Saturday mornings on television and were routinely seen by way more adults than children (and because it was the 1930s, the cartoons contained way more Nazis). So it's pretty much always been standard practice for the writers and animators to throw in jokes aimed specifically at the grown-ups in the audience.
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This short was originally titled "Duck you, Hitler!"
The transition from movie theaters to children's television didn't compel Warner Bros. to stop sprinkling risque humor into the otherwise G-rated antics of Bugs Bunny, and we're not even talking about all the times that Bugs tricked Elmer Fudd into belching ruinous shotgun blasts into Daffy Duck's face.
For example, in the 1995 episode "Carrotblanca," Bugs manages to trick Yosemite Sam into locking himself in prison. As soon as Sam realizes his mistake, he turns around to discover that he is trapped in a cell with a Island of Dr. Moreau-era Marlon Brando lookalike wearing pink bunny slippers and a "nobody can hear you" grin.
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"Yosemite? When we're done you're going to be Grand Canyon."
Yosemite Sam's cellmate is a bulbous commercial fisherman with an exposed midriff, a pink shower kit, and a singular desire to remind Yosemite Sam that there is but one bed in their shared dungeon. The scene lasts only for a second, but it isn't exactly bursting with subtlety -- Bugs Bunny has just sentenced Sam to be prison-raped by an impossibly beefy bunkmate for all eternity.
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I wish I could tell you that Yosemite fought the good fight, and the animators let him be.
I wish I could tell you that, but prison is no fairy-tale world.
There is no other way that gag could possibly be interpreted, although it does manage to provide some context for Sam's general antagonism towards Bugs Bunny. This is something of a running gag in the world of cartoons, by the way. There's another prison rape reference in an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. He shows his pet snail two bars of soap and with a wink warns him not to drop them:
It sounds like a nonsense warning (who cares if you drop a bar of soap?) unless you know it's a joke phrase used to warn people about getting raped in a prison shower. As in, "Don't drop the soap, because when you bend over to get it another inmate will shove his cock into your ass."
And speaking of cartoon references to anal penetration ...
#4. Arthur Almost Gets an Anal Probe
Arthur is a long-running educational cartoon series on PBS starring some kind of rat/aardvark creature and his equally difficult to classify animal friends, who teach young children important lessons about school, bed-wetting, and not making fun of kids with asthma. It's basically exactly as tame as you'd imagine a cartoon whose highest aspiration is to teach little kids not to be assholes would be.
Then there's the bizarre episode "The Contest," which parodies the animation styles of several other popular cartoon series, including fellow kid-friendly shows like Dexter's Laboratory and tap-dancingly adult programs like Beavis and Butthead; Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist; and South Park. Because what preschooler doesn't delight in the occasional Dr. Katz reference?
"The SquiggleVision soothes me." -Fictional Baby for this caption joke
The point when things really get out of hand occurs during the South Park homage. It's baffling enough that Arthur would reference a show in which the main characters throw the word "fuck" around like rice at a wedding, but the specific episode of South Park being referenced is the accurately titled "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe," wherein Cartman gets a hunk of sentient metal embedded deep within his asshole by marauding extraterrestrials.
In the Arthur episode, Arthur (depicted in South Park's trademark cardboard cut-out style) is kidnapped by aliens and taken aboard their spaceship. Arthur is put on a table:
And hit with a beam that makes his clothes fly off:
"Want me to zap your glasses? You're not going to want to be able to see this."
Arthur says, "You're not going to eat me!" because he, unlike the writers, doesn't know what source material is being referenced. Specifically, this:
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Accurately. Titled.
But just exactly at the moment when the adult viewers are saying, "Oh holy fuck they're going to show Arthur getting his anus smashed by an alien probe oh god why," the aliens abruptly change their minds and eject him from the ship. It's a clever little "See what almost happened there?" wink from the writers, where what "almost happened" was the main character getting anally violated. Which at this point we're convinced is some kind of standard in-joke among cartoonists.
#3. Spider-Man Makes a Semen Joke
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The Spectacular Spider-Man, oft-referred to as the greatest Spider-Man cartoon ever made, was praised for its sharp dialogue and its ability to freshly portray the innumerable characters in the Spider-Man universe while still remaining loyal to the source material. The slavish adherence to character accuracy held true even for characters that would normally be disqualified from children's programming, such as Black Cat:
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They did change certain things.
Black Cat is a thief/occasional vigilante who routinely tries to thwart Spider-Man by dealing out massive, incapacitating boners that are impossible to conceal in a skin-tight unitard and thus neutralize his ability to pursue her without breaking several public decency laws. She does this with the cunning use of sexual innuendo, a character trait that The Spectacular Spider-Man decided must be included, despite the fact that its target audience was around 10 years old.
For example, in one episode, Spider-Man is attempting to apprehend Black Cat by chasing her around a warehouse, spraying his web all over the place like Jackson Pollock. After some of it lands on her hand, Black Cat teasingly warns, "You better not get your goop in my hair."
For you innocent-minded types who may not know: There is a long-running joke in the franchise that Peter Parker's webs are an analogy for puberty and semen. And by "joke" we mean we're pretty sure that's what the original writers intended, too -- he hits high school and suddenly starts squirting the white stuff all over his bedroom. Just to drive the point home, Spider-Man replies to Black Cat with, "Don't worry, it comes off with ice or peanut butter." We can safely say that this scene makes The Spectacular Spider-Man the first children's cartoon to give helpful tips about getting cum out of your hair.