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As body parts go, your ears don't ask for much. They don't need to be brushed like your teeth or trimmed like your toenails. All your ears need is to be washed regularly, so wash them with soap and water while you're sudsing up the rest of your body in the bath or shower.
The Facts on Earwax
You might wonder about earwax and whether it needs to be cleaned out. Actually, even though earwax seems yucky, it serves a purpose. Your ear canal makes earwax to protect the ear. After it is produced, it slowly makes its way to the opening of the ear. Then it either falls out or is removed when you wash. If you want, you can clean the opening of your ear gently with a washcloth.
There's an old saying that you shouldn't put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear. Not all old sayings are true, but this one is! You can hurt your ear by poking around in there. It's not even a good idea to use a cotton swab. This can push wax deeper in your ear, where it can get stuck. Irritating the ear canal with a cotton swab can even lead to an ear canal infection.
And definitely don't put anything sharp in your ear because it can cause bleeding or serious damage. If you think you have dirt or too much earwax in your ear, ask your mom or dad to help you clean it out.
Taking Care of Pierced Ears
Pierced ears may look pretty, but you need to take good care of them or things can get ugly! When you first get your ears pierced, leave the earrings in until your ears are completely healed. If you don't, your holes could close up.
You'll also want to prevent infections in your newly pierced ears. Wash your hands before touching your pierced ears. Applying rubbing alcohol also can help keep germs away. With an adult's help, soak a cotton ball in rubbing alcohol and apply it to both sides of the hole (with the earring still in your ear). Then twirl the earring several times to make sure the alcohol gets in and around the earring post.
If you think one of your pierced ears may be infected, tell your mom or dad. An infected earlobe may be swollen, red, warm, and painful, and it may ooze a fluid called pus. Don't wait for it to get better by itself.
Tips for Swimmers
Sometimes, swimming can lead to a case of swimmer's ear. That's when your outer ear gets infected, causing swelling and pain. This happens when water gets stuck in your ear canal. This can irritate the skin, making it easier for bacteria to invade the skin and cause an infection. If you think you have swimmer's ear, your mom or dad needs to call the doctor. Special ear drops can help you get rid of it.
To prevent swimmer's ear, dry your ears after swimming and shake out excess water, especially if you feel it stuck in there. Again, with your parent's help, special ear drops can dry out any moisture in there. Drying your ears will keep you — and your ears — in the swim!
Ears, Hot and Cold
Now you know how to keep your ears happy underwater, but what about when it's hot outside? When the sun is beating down, wear a hat or remember to rub some sunscreen on your ears, so they don't get fried. And when winter rolls around, keep them covered up with a hat or headband. Why? Because when it's freezing outside, it's easy for ears to get frostbitten. Brrrr!
Reviewed by: Steven P. Cook, MD
Date reviewed: August 2012
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- Hearing Impairment: Advice From Kristin
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This Week's Liturgy
The stone removed
April 5th, 2015 (see other dates)
The Resurrection of the Lord
Discussion Questions for Reading 1If you had to write a want ad for an effective Christian preacher, what desired qualities or characteristics would you list? Why? When you are listening to a sermon or homily, what helps you to really hear and remember the message? What do you think made Peter such a powerful communicator of the good news?
How do young people act as witnesses to the risen Lord? In what ways can we communicate the joy of Easter and of following Jesus?
Reading 1 Acts 10:34a,37-43
Reading 1 ReflectionIf Peter had been a TV anchorperson, he could not have summed up the entire gospel story any better than he does here. He is speaking to people who are not yet followers of Christ. So he starts out with Jesus' baptism, describes his ministry of healing and doing good works, and follows him through his Passion, death, and resurrection. Then the apostle verifies his report by saying that he and the other disciples are eyewitnesses. Not only have they seen the risen Jesus, but they have also shared meals with him.
Now it is up to all the baptized to preach and bear witness to the gospel of the risen Lord.
Discussion Questions for Reading 2Look back at the reading and choose one statement that is most meaningful to you. Explain your choice. What are some of the ways we can tell what people have set their hearts on? How can we be witnesses to choosing the things that matter to Jesus? What do you think are some of the "higher things" we should value highly?
Reading 2 Colossians 3:1-4
Reading 2 ReflectionThe early Christians who first read this letter must have sat up and taken notice when they came to the line, "After all, you have died!" The writer did not, of course, mean that they were ghosts roaming the earth. He was reminding them that through Baptism, they shared in the death and new life of Jesus Christ.
What the baptized have died to is the old life of sin. We no longer set our hearts on the passing things of this world because we know that we will one day be raised up with Christ.
Discussion Questions for GospelWhy do you think Mary Magdalene, Peter and John did not at first know what to make of the empty tomb? If you had been among them, what might you have seen as a "clue" inside the tomb? How do you think John interpreted this clue? Name some of the things this reading reveals to you about these three disciples.
Like the first disciples, we are not always completely fearless and faithful witnesses to the risen Jesus. But he has chosen us just the same! Name one quality or skill you can use to help others experience the joy of following Jesus.
Gospel John 20:1-9
Gospel ReflectionImagine the headlines that might accompany this Easter gospel: "Woman Finds Tomb Empty," "Race to Tomb Lost by Peter," "Burial Shroud Mysteriously Vacated." John's account makes it clear that Mary Magdalene was the first witness to the empty tomb. Like Peter and John, she did not at first understand that Jesus had risen from the dead.
In an historical time when women were not allowed to testify in a court of law, Jesus chose a woman to be the first witness to the empty tomb and to the risen Lord himself. The very next story in John's Gospel tells us how Mary Magdalene meets the risen Jesus and he sends her to announce to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord" (John 20:18).
Whenever we hear this or any other Easter gospel proclaimed, we can rejoice that we too have been chosen as witnesses that Jesus is the Son of God who has risen from the dead.
Proclaiming Faith Activities for Primary Grades
A Symbol of New LifeMake a symbol of new life to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus. Provide a coffee filter for each child. Prepare "paint" by mixing small amounts of water with various colors of food coloring. Give the children cotton swabs to use as paint brushes. Have the children dip the cotton swabs in the colored water and then "paint" the coffee filters. When dry, form these into butterflies by gathering the coffee filters in the middle and wrapping half of a black pipe cleaner around them.
Signs of New LifeGive each child an outline of an egg on plain paper. Have them find pictures of new life in magazines and cut these out. Encourage them to glue these on the egg to make a new life collage.
Proclaiming Faith Activities
Announcing the NewsWith your group, write and present a TV or radio news announcement based on today's Easter readings. Your report may include interviews with the disciples at the tomb and a commentary by an anchorperson. You might also include an appropriate sponsor for the gospel news program.
Sharing the Joy"This is the day the Lord has made!" Easter Sunday is the greatest feast day of the entire Church year. We share our joy in the risen Christ's victory over death. And we rejoice that one day we too will rise with him. Alleluia!
Plan together how your group will share Easter joy with others in the school or parish. Select any or all of the following activities and decide how to include them.
- Making and sharing music
- Group dancing
- Sharing talents (juggling, cheerleading, story or joke-telling)
- Playing games
- Sharing festive food
- Praising the Risen Jesus
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I seem to find myself mousing over every book in every room to see if it has any meaning - reading, xp, etc. Is there an easier way of finding if an item of importance exists in my current view?
Quest items appear with a faint gold glowing particle effect. See the crown at 8:35 in this video.
This is still incomplete, but soon they will complete all acts with all books. ATM there is only ACTI with some books.
The easier are:
Taking in account my experience so far in the game, what i realized is that, lore itens (such as green books) can be found in dead bodies ( those you have to click in order to drop its content) and in places that are not hidden such as pedestals (like in the act 1 dungeons).


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Abstract: The American mathematical research community celebrated, symbolically at least, its fiftieth anniversary in 1938. Many of those fifty years had marked a period of consolidation and growth at home of programs in mathematics at institutions of higher education supportive of high-level research as well as of a corps of talented researchers capable of making seminal contributions in a variety of mathematical areas. By the middle decades of the twentieth century--the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s--members of that community, like members of the broader American public, began increasingly to look outward beyond the national boundaries of the United States and toward a larger international arena. This paper explores the contexts within which the American mathematical research community, in general, and the American mathematician Marshall Stone, in particular, deliberately worked in the decades around mid-century to effect the transformation from a national community to one actively participating in an internationalizing mathematical world.
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The top goalscorers in England's top flight lock horns in Sunday's clash at Old Trafford, but who has made the better start to the campaign?Manchester United's Robin van Persie tops the Premier League scoring charts with 16 goals, while Liverpool Luis Suarez occupies second spot with 15. But who has been the best player so far this season?
Once again, Goal.com's Carlo Garganese and Peter Staunton take to the debating ring to have their say. Carlo's in Suarez's court, while Pete is in full support of Van Persie, but who do you side with?
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1 Feb 2013 5:02 AM #1
Unanswered: how to set data from server in one field & hard coded data in another field of store
Hi I am developing a chart application in this data is coming from server for both xField and yField of series, but I wanted only yField`s( numeric value e.g. 10, 20, 30, 55, 88 for columns of chart ) data to come from server and make xField ( Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr....Dec ) data to make hard coded in Store. so that application works faster.
I have attached my code in main.txt below, this file has Model, Store, and View of application. and below is my application`s screen shot. on Click of "Change Year" button I am updating store,but I only want to update column field i.e fieldY , not fieldX rounded in red color below, I want fieldX to make hard coded in store. please help me.
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all columns of chart is not being drawn, only one column is being drawn.
Hi, below is my code for Model and Store , I did as you said but my chart is showing only one column instead of multiple column .
Ext.define("triumphsys/mobility/revenueAnalyzer.model.User", {
extend: "Ext.data.Model",config: {/*fields:[{name: "name", type: "string"},{name: "comedy", type: "float"}]*/fields :[{ name : 'name', convert : function(value, record){var data = ['Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr','May','Jun','Jul','Aug','Sep','Oct','Nov','Dec'];return data;
}},{name: "comedy", type: "float"}]}});var store = Ext.create("Ext.data.Store", {model: "triumphsys/mobility/revenueAnalyzer.model.User",requires: ['Ext.data.Store','Ext.data.proxy.JsonP'],autoLoad: true,proxy: {type: "jsonp",url : "localhost/mobileApp/sencha-touch/php/getDataForChartDemoMvcViaJsonPFast.php",callbackKey: 'callback',reader:{type: "json",rootProperty: "data"},success: function(result, request){Ext.Msg.alert(result);console.log(result);
},extraParams: {Year : '2012'}}});
please guide me to solve the issue.
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please someone answer to my question, i am stuck here with above problem. please


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Welcome to the first ever Miss TDP competition! Before continuing to the theme for round four, we ask that all members read the following rules and procedures if they are competing.
The public has decided and the member who was eliminated was Heva_Banana_Mad! Congrats to her for working so hard! The following members are still competing in this competition and are the only ones allowed to post here:
THIS IS NOT A DISCUSSION THREAD NOR THE PLACE TO SUBMIT DOLLMAKER ENTRIES! Before you post here, I suggest you stop. All non-entry posts will be deleted. If you have questions, direct them to Silver_Wolf_Kitty. If you want to discuss the contest, the official Miss TDP clique(found here) is suggested.
1. Character. When entering Miss TDP, you need to enter with one character and stay with it the entire time. This means that your dolls hair, eye, and skin colour must remain the same throughout, unless otherwise stated in the round theme.
2. Base. You must use the same base set throughout, so pick one with a variety of poses. This base should also be medium in size for handdrawn dollers (comparable in size to the "Moe" bases here: DHF : Doll on the Hill Factory). Dollmaker users should use the shuni style base.
3. Theft. No stealing the work of another. This applies to both handdrawn and dollmaker participants, so do not submit a doll that someone else made or, for handdrawn dollers, mix and match pieces of completed dolls that are not your own. All work should be original and failure to comply will result in disqualification.
4. Props. Props and backgrounds are encouraged, but should not be massive. We will ask too large of entries to reduce their size, so be reasonable.
5. Transparency. We ask that all dolls have transparent background and is a GIF file. If you dont know how to do this, see the following thread: How to Make Backgrounds Transparent
6. Forbidden. Sexually explicit, nudity(artistic nudity must be okayed first by Silver_Wolf_Kitty), or overly bloody dolls are forbidden. Entering one could result in disqualification.
7. Theme. Every doll should relate to the theme. While we encourage creativity, failure to keep with the theme can get you eliminated automatically that round.
8. Judges. No one is allowed to use friendship or promises to sway a judges decision. Threats, bribery, and attempts to interfere or discover the judges decisions in anyway will result in disqualification. Arguing with the judges can result in an automatic elimination.
9. Competing. You can only submit one entry for each cometition, so choose wisely. The rules are being changed to allow crossover, but we ask that handdrawn dollers stick to the dollmakers if they are inclined to compete in that arena.
10. Animation. Animation is forbidden in the competition. We understand that many users like glitter, blinking, etc, but it takes away from the creativity and creates an unequal playing field for those who cant animate.
The audition round procedures are no longer in place, these are the procedures that will be followed in the future.
1. Participants enter a doll every two weeks in the set thread. They may enter it sooner, however further edits are not allowed after the doll is entered. No matter what, the two weeks are a guaranteed time slot(unless all entries are received before it).
2. Any participants who fail to meet this deadline will be eliminated. Deadlines are not being extended for anyone, so do not ask. Special extensions may be asked in the event of a long trip or medical/family emergency, but you must contact Silver_Wolf_Kitty immediately if this occurs.
3. After two weeks(or when all dolls are entered), the judges will then provide critique on each entry and select a bottom two for the round.
4. Several days are given for voting on who should stay. Voting will be a public affair, but you shouldnt worry about hurting feelings. All you have to do is post in the voting thread with the name of the participant who you think should stay in the competition. You may provide an explanation, but that is up to you.
5. Votes are counted and the bottom participant is eliminated, then the next round begins.
The theme for round four is "Anime". This means that competitors need to select an anime or manga character and doll them. We are allowing anything to be chosen rather than limiting competitors, however, it is highly encouraged NOT to do extremely popular animes such as Naruto, Full Metal Alchemist, etc. Think of it this way: if it is extremely popular and has tons of fangirls, you shouldn't do it. We want creativity, not regurgitated themes.Competitors are permitted to change their character's hair and eye colors this round, but not their skin unless they PM Silver_Wolf_Kitty to ask. Please include reference pictures and the manga and character's names so it can be looked up by the judges. If you are doing an original in-character outfit, explanation is also required as to how it is in-character.
When your doll is ready, we ask participants to post their handdrawn doll in this thread. Round four will close the evening of October 7th! After that, the judges will submit their critiques and then public voting of the bottom two for the round will begin.
Q. Are we supposed to copy from a picture and provide a link to the picture we have copied from or can we do our own version of our chosen character?
A. I'd suggest using a reference picture and doing the actual character, but it'd be alright to do your own version, as long as the outfit is in character and explained.
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Character: Ashley
Anime: Howl's Moving Castle
Anime Character: Sophie Hatter
Base: DHF : Doll on the Hill Factory
Reference pics:
I originally planned to recolour her eyes to brown, but then it looked too much like it was just Sophie, and not Ashley dressing up as her. Besides, the contact lenses made Ashley's eyes hurt .
Judges' Critiques
I really like this doll. First, I like that you kept in mind that its your character being dressed up and that you kept her eye color, that fact endeared me to this doll immediately. Next, your doll is incredibly accurate even without the eye color change and you did a good job of portraying the character. I love how the folds on the dress came out! Overall, this doll was executed beautifully.
Character: Saguna
Anime: Elfen Lied
Anime Character: Nana
Base: CCG (21) Fantasies , Medley base
Oh dear, Nana dropped a bowl of ramen on her head. Silly Diclonius.
Note: As Alvin is busty compared to Nana, she had to be a bewb ninja for this round.
I was going to ask if I could change her skintone, but then it wouldn't look like Alvin, it would look like Nana. So, my excuse? We couldn't find makeup that looked right. Yeah. That's it.
Judges' Critiques
This is an adorable doll. I love the added touch of dropping a bowl of ramen on her head, its very in character for Nana(which I found out after doing research xD). I've noticed your shading is really improving during the competition, distinctly taking on a slightly more curved look that makes the folds seem more natural. I think the folds in the skirt came out beautifully in particular, I love them! The one thing that needs a little tweaking is the sneakers, they came out a little strangely, I suspect it is an issue with the palette itself.
I stare at the girl in the mirror: T-shirt, torn up jeans, no beauty queen.
But the way that you see me, you get underneath me, and all my defenses just fall away, fall away.
I am beautiful with you, even in the darkest part of me. I am beautiful with you;
Make it feel the way it's supposed to be!
Character: Gabriel
Anime: mahoushoujo no taisetsu nakoto
Anime link: Riddomiira Torusutoi - ãªã¥ããã¼ã©ã»ãã«ã¹ã㤠- mahoushoujo no taisetsu nakoto. - é*æ³å°å¥³ã®å¤§åãªãã¨ã - Anime Characters Database
Base: Poupe-base by GigideMortimer by ~GigideMortimer on deviantART
Anime character: Riddomiira Torusutoi
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Ref pic 2: http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/u...885charab5.jpg
Gabriel is a little excited to be dressing up as Riddomiira, she put her wig on and stuck her contacts in and she's ready for her role.
She is supposed to look cartoony so I purposely drew the hair that way and please note that it isn't supposed to look like natural hair as you can see in the pics, I tried to do her as cartoony as I could.
Apparantley her character is the mother of the hero and his former teacher, there isn't a lot of info on her and most of it is in Japanese, after translation thats all the info I could get.
Judges' Critiques
I am amazed at how close this looks to the original character. There is almost no diffrentiating them, which had to be a difficult task considering the hair and the long, white trench coat. I like how you shaded similar to the reference pictures too, taking into account the light sources, which is something a lot of dollers generally don't do and is an advanced technique. The curves of the bottom corners of the trench coat could use a little work to make them smoother and overall the outfit could use a bit more curving on the bottom of the skirt and coat to make it seem more natural, but this seems to be more of a problem with the way the character was drawn, with little regard to the way the clothes would've fallen.
Character: Mandy
Anime: Digimon
Anime character: Hikari or "Kari" (season2)
Base: nicolabear on deviantART
Mandy is dressed as Hikari from Digimon for another upcoming film role. I kept her eyes blue, and used light brown hair instead of Hikari's medium brown, to make sure Mandy still looks a little like herself.
Judges' Critiques
Considering I never was fond of Digimon or its art style, you sure made me love this doll! I actually think this is an improvement on the character, which looks rather goofy in my opinion. You still have the spice of your character as well in this, which I adore. Overall, the outfit is cute and well-done and I like the added touch of the background, it fits well with the doll without taking away from the doll. Excellent work!
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Being the Best Man For Dummies (UK Edition)
So you're best man, congratulations! Worrying about all your roles and responsibilities yet? Don't be. Follow these quick and simple tips to help you become the best man on the day, even better than the groom, almost. Here's how.
Best Man's Countdown toward Wedding Day
It's a good idea to get yourself and everything else prepared well in advance for the wedding where you'll be best man. Follow this calendar countdown detailing everything on your to do list and when to do it.
12 months to go
The groom appoints you as best man.
Block out the whole week before the wedding in your diary.
9 months to go
Engagement party
5 months to go
Help the groom choose his ushers.
Begin organising the stag do.
3 months to go
Review the wedding plans with the bride and groom.
Accompany the groom to get fitted for your suits.
Start writing your speech.
2 months to go
Finalise the plans for the stag do.
Buy your present for the bride and groom.
Keep practicing your speech.
1 month to go
The stag do
2 weeks to go
Make the ushers aware of their duties.
Check the groom has bought the ring.
Finalise your speech.
1 week to go
Wedding rehearsal
Finalise the wedding schedule with the from and print it out.
Hire the wedding suits.
Buy confetti and decorations for the wedding car.
1 day to go
The last supper
Charge up your mobile phone
Stuff your wallet with cash
Ask the bride and groom for messages from absent friends
Check the groom has the ring in a safe place
Wedding VIPs
As best man, you should acquaint yourself with the roles of the other key members of the wedding party. Here are the top ten VIPs to keep in mind.
Bride: Keep her happy and everyone else should remain happy too.
Groom: if you don't know who he is by now then you've got no hope. Just a reminder – he's the nervous one by the altar.
Mother of bride: This lady is the one who holds all the true power. What she says goes. Don't get in her way and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Father of the bride: He's paying for the lion's share and isn't necessarily happy about it. Bear in mind the poor bloke's probably just blown his pension.
Mother of the groom: She's not happy about having to play second fiddle to the bride's mother, so give her a bit of room to swing her handbag.
Chief bridesmaid: She is your female counterpart. Get to know how she functions. By all means flirt sweetly with her, that's all!
Chief usher: Just as you are the groom's right hand man, so the chief usher is your right hand man. Bond with him and together you'll run a tight ship.
Vicar / priest / rabbi / registrar: Whatever the colour of his cloth, he's an important man. He may even be a woman. Don't upset him, and converse politely with him afterwards.
Photographer: He's got a tough job trying to rally together the entire wedding party for the photos. Give the man a hand.
Wedding organiser: This is perhaps the most stressful job of all. The success of the entire day depends on the wedding organiser's skills and you'll be very popular if you lend a hand.
Structuring the Best Man's Speech for the Wedding Day
Although every duty on the wedding day is important, the speech is the one duty you'll stand out for. They aren't as hard to write as you think either. Make sure to include these steps and finish it off with a toast to ensure a successful speech. Just try not to offend the mother of the groom.
Deliver a killer opening line.
Thank the other speakers.
Unsettle the groom.
Thank the newly-weds on behalf of the bridesmaids.
Congratulate the wedding couple.
Admire the bride.
Ridicule the groom.
Get serious.
Read messages from absentees.
Quote a few famous lines or a poem.
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No men's clothing? :(
Wait a minute. Is this that little Korean guy who dances around with his legs apart?
I absolutely LOVE Gaiam products. AWESOME SALE!!!
Gaiam says fitness is only for chicks.
(Grabs a beer and the remote.)
The one product a guy might want (a heavy resistance band), the one in the ad picture with a man using it, is sold out 8( Lame.
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It's summer! And there's nothing better than enjoying a concert on a warm summer night. Artists and bands from all different genres are touring this summer. Some of them include reunion tours, orchestral performances, and promotion tours for new albums. But whatever the occasion, they're sure to be great.
Starting July 21, Journey will be touring North America. Beginning in San Bernadino, CA, the tour ends on Decmber 14 in Honolulu, HI. In 2007, Journey acquired a new singer, Arnel Pineda, who fits very well with the other band members and sounds very similar to Steve Perry, Journey's original singer.
Starting June 30, Eagles began touring North America. It began in Naperville, IL, and it will end on November 17 in Las Vegas, NV. On October 30, 2007, Eagles released Long Road Out of Eden, their first studio album since 1979. The tour ended in 2009, but they are currently touring along the Pacific coast.
Beginning on July 10 in Rama, ON, Yes began touring North America. The classic rock band will finish the tour on October 21 in Mexico City, MX. This year, Yes acquired a new singer—Jon Davison, lead singer of Glass Hammer.
Peter Gabriel's Back to Front tour begins September 16 in Quebec City, QC, and ends on October 9 in Santa Barbara, CA. Gabriel's Back to Front tour is in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of his popular album So. The tour will feature the entire So album and some of Gabriel's biggest hits.
These are only a few of the concerts that are taking place this summer and fall, and there are many more besides these. Go see a concert this summer!


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5 Pop Culture Creations Spoiled by Their Own Creators
#2. Bravo Reveals Its Newest Top Chef Winner a Little Early
Of all the reality TV cooking competitions currently on the air (way more than we ever thought possible), Top Chef was a pioneer of the industry: It was one of the first shows to combine the excitement of watching people cook food with the intrigue of listening to judges critique said food and the privilege of not eating any of that food. As one of Bravo's most popular shows, Top Chef has been causing food boners since 2006.
And occasionally literal ones.
So going into the Season 7 finale, the show's 1.8 million viewers were eager to find out which cook would walk away with the big prize. Would the winner be Kevin Sbraga, the cocksure-yet-courteous New Jerseyite? Would it be Angelo Sosa, the -- OK, fuck it, Kevin won. That was, essentially, how Bravo delivered the information to the show's fans when, hours before the last episode, they posted a spoiler-filled clip on their website that was clearly meant to be had as a dessert, not an appetizer.
The clip is a "reunion" segment with all the participants looking back on the season, but it begins with host Andy Cohen saying, "Before we get into anything, we have to congratulate the winner of Top Chef: D.C., Kevin."
"Just to reiterate, in case the viewers missed it, Kevin Sbraga won the whole shebang. That dude, right there, gray shirt."
"Kevin," the host continues, "how surprised were you when Padma said your name in Singapore?" Probably about as surprised as fans were when they watched that clip expecting a harmless retrospective and got this. The clip then goes on to spoil other particulars from the finale, like Kevin being assisted by previous Top Chef winner Michael Voltaggio, or the guy who didn't win being assisted by who gives a shit.
"And here we see *mumble* sucking."
Bravo pulled the video within a few hours, but it was too late: It was soon reposted by other websites, which started announcing the yet-to-be-named winner to foodies everywhere. Many a season finale soiree was ruined that day.
#1. The Trailer for Quarantine Hooks Audiences ... by Showing Them the Ending
Quarantine is a "found footage" horror film in the vein of The Blair Witch Project or Paranormal Activity, based on a Spanish movie called REC. The seizure-inducing, Incredible Hulk-tinted trailer made sure you walked away with a whole slew of expectations and an even bigger number of questions. Questions like: What happens to the sister from Dexter and the rest of the helpless people trapped in that building? Are those zombies in there or what? And just what happens after we see Dexter's sister dragged, scratching and screaming, into the darkness in the trailer?
Does Liam Neeson appear and start ruining the zombies' shit?
The answer is: nothing. Nothing happens after we see her dragged, scratching and screaming, into the darkness, because that's the end of the movie. That's the final shot. They literally gave the movie away in the trailer.
Apparently the execs saw the highly successful marketing campaign for Paranormal Activity, where the trailers showed as little as possible from the movie and simply focused on the scared reactions of the audience, and said, "Yes, let's do the opposite of that."
Taken during the new Tyler Perry trailer.
True, those who saw the trailer had no way of knowing they'd just witnessed the very last scene of the movie, but if you think about it, that makes it even worse: You watch the entire movie waiting for that moment to happen, and as you reach what is clearly the climax of the film and the character is trying to escape the monster, you're like, "Oh, wait. I know where this is going."
Also, if you haven't seen Paranormal Activity, try asking a friend how the movie ends: Chances are they'll have a hard time explaining it, partly because there were actually multiple endings, and partly because it's confusing as shit. On the other hand, ask someone how Quarantine ends and all they have to do is point at the poster -- because, yep, they stuck the final scene there, too:
And in the TV spots:
In fact, that's the entire TV spot. So how did this brilliant strategy work out for them? Well, Quarantine made $40 million worldwide, while Paranormal Activity made almost five times that on a similar budget. Plastering the end of the movie everywhere doesn't pay off, it turns out.
When not writing for Cracked, Jacob writes angry letters to his co-workers on his blog.
We aren't finished spoiling shit for you yet -- check out 6 Happy Endings That Accidentally Screwed the Movie's Hero and 6 Horrible Aftermaths Implied by Movies With Happy Endings.


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Pope Francis: The church needs women in authority
I am encouraged by Francis's response to his interviewer's question about the role of women in the church. It's not totally clear what he means -- by "female machismo," for example, or "profound theology of the woman" -- but it is clear that he understands, and is not afraid to identify, a central problem that so many defenders of orthodoxy prefer to avoid or ignore.
"The feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions," said the pope. "Feminine genius" is another one of those vague terms that justifiably make feminists suspicious -- so often talk of the "unique role" of women seems a polite way of saying "stay in your place." But in short, the pope seems to be saying here that women's input into "important decisions" in the church is necessary, indispensible. This is not a bromide. It's a criticism of the status quo.
He goes on, "The challenge today is this: to think about the specific place of women also in those places where the authority of the church is exercised for various areas of the church." Awkward translation aside -- does the pope really sound like such a Martian when he talks? -- I read in this a direct reference to, and call for reform of, the contradictions in the current situation of women in the church.
The official line, which Francis has faithfully repeated (in the same breath he used to call for a "truly deep theology of women"), is that the ordination of women to the priesthood is something the Catholic Church has no authority to permit. It isn't sexism that keeps women out of the priesthood, it's the binding example of Christ in his institution of the sacrament. If you accept that explanation, you then have to deal with the fact that all positions of authority and even official influence in the "institutional church" are held by men, because at present only ordained priests, and therefore only men, can hold such positions. In other words, women are essentially locked out of exercising "the authority of the church." (As we have recently been reminded, women must answer to men even in the conduct of their own religious orders.) If that is also the incontrovertible will of Christ, then we have a problem with the church's belated but official declarations about the equal dignity and vocation of men and women. If, on the other hand, the church means what it says about women and men being equal in stature, it ought to be deeply invested in making sure women have an equal voice -- or any voice -- in the "important decisions" that affect the entire church.
One of the more irritating dismissals of arguments in favor of women's ordination is the allegation that would-be female priests are only interested in "power." A recent example is this piece by Sandra Laguerta at First Things, which holds that women's-ordination advocates fail to understand that the priesthood isn't about power at all. "Proponents of women's ordination need to see the priesthood not as a job opportunity to exert authority within and onto the body of Christ," Laguerta writes, "but as what it actually is, a vocation to be a servant to God and to His Church." It's generally been my impression that proponents of women's ordination understand the priesthood in exactly that way. But while I agree that servant-leadership is the best way to understand the calling of a priest (or bishop, or pope), it is nevertheless the case that authority has to be held by somebody in an organization like the Catholic Church. And at present it is held only by priests and therefore only by men. That may not be what the priesthood is about, but if it is not that's all the more reason not to make the two categories entirely coincident. It seems to me that the pope is acknowledging this very simple reality. And insofar as advocates for women's ordination are interested in correcting the balance of men and women in authority in the church -- well, you could say they're interested in power, but it might be more accurate to say they're interested in justice.
Still, as I said, the pope has given no sign of openness to reevaluating the all-male priesthood. Quite the contrary. This remark of his about women, then, must be something else, and I would like to interpret it as a call for structures that would permit lay input in the governance of the church. That would be in keeping with his remarks about the bishops' synods ("I do not want token consultations, but real consultations"), which he seems to recognize are not yet the vital bodies that the fathers of the Second Vatican Council envisioned. Francis said we need "to think about the specific place of women also in those places where the authority of the church is exercised." At present it doesn't take much thinking to identify that the specific place of women in authority is "absent." Pope Francis knows that. And he thinks it won't do.
I wish the interviewer had asked a clarifying question or two about the pope's use of the term "machismo" (which surely means something different to a native speaker of Spanish than it does to the English-language listener), or his idea of "feminine genius," or what he envisions might bring about this new theology of women he calls for. But let's not overlook what he did say: a simple, common-sense, and (sadly) fairly novel acknowledgment of the basic contradictions in the church when it comes to the status of women.
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The irony is that the ordination of women is more difficult to achieve than Same Sex Marriage in the church. No prejudice is more entrenched than bias against women. The pope talked about how conservatives are loudly complaining to him and how pleas to quell the unorthodox are pouring into Rome. As Molly points out, Francis has said some good things about women. However he defines machismo, Francis did not make the best move by applying to women what men regale in. The point is women have the right to be as dominating as men however reprehensible. Justice demands, however, that men or women would see leadership as a way to serve. We will have to see how the process continues. He has played down the censure of nuns despite those who quote him in their patriarchal endeavors.
We can't give him a pass on the issue of women. But we might give him a chance to develop and grow in his thinking.
I haven't read the entire interview yet, but Pope Francis seems a bit tentative in his words about women in the Church. Perhaps, like his two processors, he has limited experience with women in leadership positions, give the male hierarchy that surrounds him.
Or, perhaps Pope Francis realizes that women don't need a Church document to outline a 'theology of woman', but perhaps the men need a such a document, so they can catch up to the women.
If the church would recognize women as people, it wouldn't need a separate kind of theology to explain them and they wouldn't need a sspecial role in the church distinct from men's roles ... sigh :(
I read this posting only after reading David Cloutier's post on the interview. I think my comment under David's posting fits here as well, so I will paste part of it:
The important decisions of the Church are made by Cardinals and Popes. Pre-1917, canon law allowed for lay Cardinals. There is nothing stopping Francis from changing canon law back to its pre-1917 rules, and adding the really revolutionary change of admitting women to the College. None of the weak arguments against women priests would have any relevance. Being a Cardinal, an advisor and elector, has nothing to do with acting in persona Christi. And really, the only reason lay women never had this role pre-1917 is the history of sexism, which the Church, this Pope in particular, rightly recognizes as sinful.
Making women Cardinals has support in some surprising circles:
Good observations, Molly. I too noticed his adding of authority into the mix, which is new for a pope, if I'm not mistaken. His predecessors always want the "genius of women" to be respected, but evidently that genius is not exercised in the realm of authority, because women are never summoned to that sort of service in the Church.
Someone elsewhere commented that when he used the word "machismo" he was referring to an abrasive quality. I like to think that "combattive" might also be rolled into this term too. Over at the Pray Tell Blog we've had discussions about why so few women comment on the blog. Only 5% of the commenters are women, although about 1/3 of the contributors are female. Some of the women wrote in and said they don't want to get into these battles that break out in the com boxes. Others report it's the same elsewhere in blog land. Women are not as likely to want to dive into a conflict situation. Thus, a question I've been musing about is what sort of discussions do women more readily engage with, and want to engage in.
In the Church, the clergy is definitely a men's club, and if women are going to take some role in authority, which I think they should, and you don't want to only engage a very tiny minority of women, the manner of carrying on business needs to be considered in such a way that it doesn't put women at a perpetual disadvantage.
We're already at a disadvantage because of being told we cannot image Christ. That has to change. We are at a disadvantage because in much of the third world we are considered non-persons, without rights, and that's where the Church is growing the fastest right now. While respecting differing cultural realities, those of us who live in societies where women do carry out leadership roles need to be respected too, and allowed to move forward with what reflects our own best sense of justice and fitness for the sake of the Reign of God.
I wonder if Francis would be amenable to opening the diaconate to women? This could be a valuable step toward integration, and create a new platform for women to exercise leadership within structures that are currently closed to them.
I am not finding the disadvantage as being told that I and other women cannot image Christ: I regard that as utter nonsense spouted by bigots. The disadvantage to me is the ever expanding recognition that many if not most of the ordained leaders in our church are unreconstructed bigots when it comes to women. The emperor(s) have no clothes and yet we continue to behave (publicly) as if they did. How long?
Molly: Your comment about the clumsy language led me back to the original Italian for this paragraph about women. Here it is:
«È necessario ampliare gli spazi di una presenza femminile più incisiva nella Chiesa. Temo la soluzione del "machismo in gonnella", perché in realtà la donna ha una struttura differente dall'uomo. E invece i discorsi che sento sul ruolo della donna sono spesso ispirati proprio da una ideologia machista. Le donne stanno ponendo domande profonde che vanno affrontate. La Chiesa non può essere se stessa senza la donna e il suo ruolo. La donna per la Chiesa è imprescindibile. Maria, una donna, è più importante dei Vescovi. Dico questo perché non bisogna confondere la funzione con la dignità. Bisogna dunque approfondire meglio la figura della donna nella Chiesa. Bisogna lavorare di più per fare una profonda teologia della donna. Solo compiendo questo passaggio si potrà riflettere meglio sulla funzione della donna all'interno della Chiesa. Il genio femminile è necessario nei luoghi in cui si prendono le decisioni importanti. La sfida oggi è proprio questa: riflettere sul posto specifico della donna anche proprio lì dove si esercita l'autorità nei vari ambiti della Chiesa».
And here is my translation which I think may give a different sense or feel to what the Pope says:
It's necessary to widen the spaces for a more decisive presence of women in the Church. I am wary of a solution by way of a "machismo in skirts," because in fact women have a different structure than men. And what I hear about the role of women is often inspired by a machismo ideology. Women are asking profound questions that need to be addressed. The Church cannot be herself without women and their role. Women are indispensable for the Church. Mary, a woman, is more important than bishops. I say this because function should not be confused with dignity. So the figure of women in the Church needs to be studied more deeply. A deep theology of women needs to be further elaborated. Only by accomplishing this passage can there be a better reflection on the role of women within the Church. Feminine genius is needed in places where important decisions are made. The challenge today is precisely that: to reflect on the specific place of women also precisely where authority is being exercised in the various areas of the Church.
You will notice that the first sentence of this paragraph is omitted from the America translation. I have turned the Pope's singular "woman,' which is used as a collective noun, into the plural "women."
There are other places where I think the English translation leaves much to be desired.
Thanks, Fr. K - very interesting. Translation is such a tricky thing, especially translating an impromptu conversation like this one. I wish the interviewer had followed up a bit, because I don't know what to make of statements like this: "what I hear about the role of women is often inspired by a machismo ideology." By "what I hear," does he mean from men and/or defenders of the status quo? Or does he mean from women and progressives?
Wikipedia says that in Spanish, machismo "has the meaning of a belief in the supremacy of men over women." If they're right, and if that's how Francis used it, I'm still not sure how to parse what he said. Is he criticizing so-called "radical" feminism, or too-facile notions of the complementarity of the sexes? I could go either way.
I think he's thinking about people who think that the goal of the women's movement is for women to be able to act like men, in a machismo fashion. (Maybe he was thinking of Margaret Thatcher?)
"I am woman, hear me roar"?
There is a also term for idealized femininity in women that is the analog of the exaggerated masculinity of machismo in men. It's called hembrismo. I worry about this end of things too. Does the Pope see this as a distortion, I wonder.
Note, these are both Latin American terms.
Joe: thanks for your translation. What had struck me negatively in the one I read yesterday was the repetition of the "we", "we", "we" (which I had even bolded in my comment) - we must investigate, we must develop a theology... that's gone from your version. I was also rubbed the wrong way by the singular "the woman", which somehow felt to me to be putting a distance, to be somewhat abstract. That's also gone from your version. In fact the paragraph which you wrote doesn't have anything grating. But that amicable tone, does it really belong to him or is it yours?
Joe K is right, the English translation leaves much to be desired. In fact, it would be a great service if someone (a speaker of English?) retranslated the whole thing.
Another example: That phrase that made headlines about "small-minded rules" isn't in the Italian: "La Chiesa a volte si è fatta rinchiudere in piccole cose, in piccoli precetti"--"The Church has sometimes locked herself up in little things, in little rules." The same adjective is used in both phrases. "Small-minded" is an editorial comment.
Sorry I can't read Italian! My comment agreeing with Joe K. came after reading the WHOLE interview. I also wonder if some editing wouldn't have helped. In the text I read there are whole sentences repeated. Were these take-aways in the magazine lay out? Or just repetitions?
I wonder if the people who translated St Paul's writings about women inserted their own bias in the texts like that translator did (maybe without realizing it) with pope Francis.
Claire: Don't we have St. Paul's original Greek?
What a difference a more careful translation makes! Thank you Fr. Komonchak. "Machismo in skirts" carries a much different tone. I realize this is mostly what I want to see in his words, but is it not a fair to say Francis may simply be saying it is not enough to wrap a skirt around the machismo so prevalent in clerical culture? When he speaks of a deeper theology of women -- he is not saying that this deep theology does not exist (as some suggest), only that the macho, male-dominated Church does not yet understand it, has not embraced it. The Church needs to embrace the feminine (feminism more) fully -- it is not enough to wrap a skirt around patriarchy and pretend we are changing anything. The first step is not to ordain women into the patriarchy, but welcome women into authority so a deeper transformation can take place:
Feminine genius is needed in places where important decisions are made. The challenge today is precisely that: to reflect on the specific place of women also precisely where authority is being exercised in the various areas of the Church.
While I think you could ordain women into the patriarchy too -- I can live with giving women real decision making power. As I said above -- make them Cardinals and let feminine genius begin to infect the Church!
I'm afraid that I read St Paul in translation only.
I wonder what Pope Francis means when he says women have "a different structure" from men ("una struttura differente"). Does "struttura" have a somewhat different connotation in Italian from its meaning in English? What sort of structure -- emotional? cognitive? behavioral? all three? Also, what sort of struttura do males have?
Contemporary psychologists have been looking for intrinsic differences between male and female humans for a long time now. I thought they had settled on women being better at language and men being better at math, and, also males are generally more aggressive than females. But it seems that the psychologists are starting to disagree about the intellectual differences -- girls are catching up to boys in math.
Maybe it's premature to talk about "the" place of women in the Church until we find out just what the relevant differences are beteen men and women, if there are any. I also think it's unwise to talk about "the" place of any group in the Chuch or any other institution. Further, people must be taken as individuals, not as members of a group.
The latest science seems to show that there are few inherent differences between men and women .... http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/02/05/men-and-women-may-not-be-so-diff...
What's disturbing about what the pope said is that he wants to concentrate on the differences between men and women instead of the much greater similarities. And he seems to believe that men and women are actually ontologically different - different in the eyes of God.
As I see it, there is definitely one thing that women generally do well that men don't: mothers are much quicker to see signs of illness in children than fathers are. Mama will immediately see that Baby has a slight fever, or notice a little cough, or whatever. Maybe it's an evolutionary thing -- since mothers are necessarily so close so often to newborns they have evolved a capacity to find very slight changes in children's health so as to preserve the their lives and the species. True, it seem these days that men can be trained to be fine nurses too, but they need some training. I suspect it's just more natural for females.
But this has nothing to do with being a priest.
Pope Francis has a mix of criticism ("machismo in skirts") and praise that allocates many more words to praise. I have read that psychologists advocate a 5-to-1 mix in a functional relationship: five compliments for each criticism. What that achieves, among other things, is to prevent the other person from becoming defensive.
He also keeps us wondering what he means and who he targets with his criticisms. Does it hold that he is vague when negative, precise when positive? If so, then is his vagueness on purpose? Could it be so that people are free to easily dismiss his criticism by deciding that it doesn't apply to them? This way, he won't make ennemies. He is not threatening. People won't be turned off, won't become angry. Only the ones who are at the stage where they can benefit from what he is saying will understand that his criticism applies to them and take it to heart.
Margaret, I read that six Jesuits were involved in the English translation. They were surely English speakers. No translation can satisfy the ears of every reader. After all, consider some of the artless translations of the daily and Sunday lectionary readings.....also done by English speakers.
I'm just lifted up by this overall content and tone of the interview. Viva Vatican II. It's back!
I have read that psychologists advocate a 5-to-1 mix in a functional relationship: five compliments for each criticism.
If that's true, then husbands around the world can look forward to an untold number of banked compliments...though I don't think this comment is what will get the party started.
Mark: I'm not sure where I read about it, but I think that it came from Dr Gottman. See for example http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200403/marriage-math
Jack Foley: There may have been six Jesuits involved...but they were not the only ones. I met an Italian the other night who seems to have had a large hand in it.
My response, as a translator of the pope's interview, to Phyllis Zagano's piece:
It is always a pleasure to debate with Phyllis Zagano. The problem is that Professor Zagano, in her piece published today in NCR, thinks that in the age of the Internet you can really "suppress" on purpose a line of a papal interview without everybody noticing.
She knows very well already that the omitted line in the America translation was an honest production mistake, but she wants to make a point about a ongoing conspiracy in editorializing and manipulating Francis' interview.
Last thing: from a strong advocate of women in the Church like Phyllis I would expect a bit more respect for the only woman in the team of translators (full disclosure: my wife Sarah), who was something other than what Phyllis decribes, condescendingly, as "a minimal exception" in the interview project.
Dr. Massimo Faggioli
Just the step of eliminating the requirement that only priests may hold decision-making positions would open them to women and add the benefit of releasing priests for pastoral work. Simple but obviously not easy. This would be an excellent first step.
I don't understand all this noise about Phyllis Zagano having discovered the missing sentence from America's translation and written in NCR about it on September 25. Didn't Fr Joe Komonchak point it out already in the above comment on September 20?
I just heard about Fr Komonchak's discovery of the missing sentence--too bad it did not get the broad coverage it deserved--I think we saw it the same day--but then I spent several days researching and reading and calling two of the translators and two America editors--unfortunately got lots of talk about "confidentiality"--there is a lot missing in the America Magazine translation--no doubt the translators translated the entire piece--one sentence of Francis's (now replaced online) and several sentences of A. Spandaro (still missing) were cut.--or just dropped off a table somewhere. Point being: pre-printing (and running on line) no one noticed the most critical comment about women was not in the final. The anger and defensiveness bleeding all over the web from two editors and one translator against things I did not say are disheartening, but prove several other points I did not make. My column as it ran in NCR caused all their hysterical comments: see ncronline.org/blogs/just-catholic
Prof. Faggioli--one of the translators--misunderstands my piece. I point out that even though probably some sort of honest error (either distracted translator or a mistaken cut) the fact is that no one noticed pre-production that the most important sentences about women were just not there.
I am told that the French translation talked about a "marxist ideology" instead of a "machismo ideology"! (Apparently it's been corrected since it first appeared. I can't find it anywhere.)
Pope Francis: The church needs women in authority
This piece represents the axial age religion Roman Catholicism superbly; let me count the ways. Thank you to Mollie Wilson O'Reilly for this insightful piece. But when the church evolves further to a post-axial age faith and moral agency phenomenon, such ways will be dead in the water. No chance of success! Recently The New York Times had a relevant piece that I commented on but alas too late. Comments were closed. Here it is.
"But the test of his approach will ultimately be a practical one. Will the church grow or stagnate under his leadership?" The Promise and Peril of Pope Francis By Ross Douthat 10-5-13
"But the significance of this positioning goes beyond Catholicism. In words and gestures, Francis seems to be determined to recreate, or regain, the kind of center that has failed to hold in every major Western faith." The Promise and Peril of Pope Francis By Ross Douthat 10-5-13
According to my references and the implications thereof, the church will neither grow nor stagnate significantly. The kind of center that has failed to hold in every major Western faith will have the same reasons analogously. And yet I cannot speak for other Christian faiths, Judaism or Islam. I cannot speak for any other religion Western or not, indigenous, ancient or modern. I speak of Roman Catholicism as a laywoman, educated, a practiced practitioner, and a significant donor in goods and services for most of my long life.
I think that Ross Douthat is correct. "The kind of center that has failed" is a strategy that is obsolete. We are evolutionary creatures. The Catholic Church will evolve into something brand new as a post-axial age faith and moral agency phenomenon. The evolutionary forces are with us in our twenty-first century scientific worldview struggling to mitigate our multifaceted global crisis. Let us read, discuss and act regarding the relevant literature that reveals the expertise that helps us to connect the dots to see the big picture and understand that we have arrived at a brand new age for people and planet including religious belief, practice, and moral agency. We will be compelled to accept the fact that we humans must work as a species i.e. as Homo sapiens, to bring the needful inhabitants and planetary infrastructure back into balance as best we can.
One thought that fits here. When the US Navy was expanding sea duty to include women, they didn't just ensure that 10% of the crew was female (the percentage of women in the Navy at the time), but they took a few ships, and put enough women aboard so that the women had a significant presence among the crew. That way, they weren't just "tokens". There were so many women in those ships that the ship could not complete its mission without fully integrating women into the structure of the crew. Then, as more ships were modified to accept women crew, the process would be repeated in other ships. Now, men and women are fully integrated into surface combatants, and as submarines are beginning to accept female crew, the numbers are, again, to integrate them into submarine crews in sufficient numbers so they cannot be isolated. (What helped the whole process is that the first ships with a mixed crew did very well. Their crews met the mission requirements as well as male-only ships. Winning a few "Battle "E" " s, for best of their class, helped, too.)
What that means for integrating women priests when the time comes, I'm not sure. Perhaps in some dioceses first, where the bishop is supportive, and then beyond. I know that when women Lutheran pastors were coming into the ministry, the point was "would they do, on average, as well as their male counterparts did, on average. Now, nearly 1/2 of the seminarians are female, and it is no big deal for most parishes.
Pr Chris
Pray for him, or pray for women?
perhaps they are one and the same, for it is pure folly not to recognize that women can, equally with men, lead and guide the church in the paths and principles espoused to Congress. The very act of excluding women from that leadership relegates them to the tools of man, not the tools of God in the endeavors of Christianity, but perhaps this Pope, any Pope, cannot challenge the many centuries of Church doctrine alone.
Any church who places women at the center of the family, to whom prayers are owed, but discount the authority of women, but also the authority of God, by not acknowledging that women have a natural authority to bring to the vision of Catholic unity, of Christian charity, and a peaceful world through tout all religions.
So, perhaps praying for this pope, and praying for women have the same objective to create Oneness with God as the greatest good for humankind.


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So as far as I know, nuclear fission uses high weight atomic elements to manufacture power. If the risk of runaway reactions are a major reason for not expanding this technology, why don't we use elements with lower atomic weight (eg. less energy) or lower amounts of fuel (eg. less total mass)?
The nuclei used are the ones which can be fissioned in a chain reaction!
The lighter ones You think of will not split. That's simply a result of experiments.
This is a graph of Binding Energy per nucleon for the various nuclei.
The fission of heavier nuclei would lead to daughters with higher binding energy than the parent (graph slopes downward towards the high mass end). Daughters will be stable, hence energetics favors fission for heavy nuclei.
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This answer address fissionable nuclei, i.e elements heavier than iron. It has received justified criticism that this actually does not explain why certain nuclei are "fissile" (i.e nuclei that undergo fission when struck by slow thermal neutrons). After reading the question, I realize that the OPs concern was really with fissile materials. So I apologize for the initial answer which concentrated on fissionable nuclei.
The answer, btw, is still energetics. Wikipedia is a good starting point to get an explanation.
Nuclear fission uses large atoms splitting apart to generate energy. Only large atomic nuclei are unstable enough for this to happen at any appreciable rate


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Hi everyone!
I'm having trouble calibrating this setup. I'd appreciate to know if anybody is currently using this settings and which measures do you use.
Thanks in advance from the subtropical regions of Mexico
Hi everyone!
I'm having trouble calibrating this setup. I'd appreciate to know if anybody is currently using this settings and which measures do you use.
Thanks in advance from the subtropical regions of Mexico
Hi everyone!
I've managed to calibrate this setup, and I'll be glad to compare the settings I've obtained with someone else (i'm not 100% I got it right).
I found an A distance of 55mm and B distance of 92mm using the tokina 10-17 at 10mm mounted on my NN3 and Canon 50d.
I'd really appreciate if anybody could confirm this measures.
Thanks in advance from the subtropical regions of Mexico.
Your A should be more like 58 if you use the Camera Plate.
And your B should be around 95-96.
I use 97 on my 5D with 4 around and it has the same Tripod mount length.
There is no "correct" settings for a fisheye but 92 is to far from the medium if you want the zenith to stitch perfect.
How did you get to the A=55. If you looked through your viewfinder and set the centre point to the rotator you should make sure that the bottom plate of you camera is plain first.
I have 4 Canons from 10D to the 5D Mark II and only the Mark II is plain.
If it is not you have to correct it with some duck tape before mounting it.
This error gave me 51 on my 5D while the correct is 53-54
You should also make sure that your vertical arm is exactly in 90 degree. A small error in that will give you the same error and my old NN3 had a very big one which also some ducktape cured.
Hi Hans!
I didn't checked my bottom plate! Maybe my measures are wrong, I spent an unusual amount of time calibrating this setup and that might be the reason.
Thanks a lot from the subtropical regions of Mexico
I checked my camera and the camera plate seem well aligned to me: http://picasaweb.google.com/Felipeen...N-g3__u0rzLYQ#
Will try to verify my setup later this week, any imput will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
You provide no clues as to how you are checking the panohead setup. You should be able to do this accurately in no more than 10mins by checking the position of the entrance pupil directly. See http://www.johnhpanos.com/epcalib.htm.
Hi John!
The I shot two overlapping objects (one straight in front of the other) to adjust the "B" value (front/back displacement). However, I'm not satisfied with the alignment I got, something doesn't feel right. I usually do test panos on my living room, where I have some very close objects and some far away ones, my resulting pano had some misalignment issue on not so close objects.
I think my setup is perfectible. I will photograph my camera as in the example you linked to check my alignment.
Thanks a lot.
Pointing the camera down at the rotator is NOT the way to get the lower rail setting. There are way too many variables involved. The pano head and the camera all have to be absolutely square and plumb. You would also have to be looking exactly straight down into the viewfinder. You could be off a couple of millmeters and not even know it. Although it is a good place to start, it is not where you want to finish.
Follow John's tutorial and you will be fine.
Pointing down on the rotator is actually a very good way as it also takes care of errors in the lens.
There is no other way to figure that out.
In reality there can be as much as 2mm difference between lenses.
You will see that when you optimize for shift and get large differences between 2 lenses on the same camera.
What you have to check first is that the camera is level on the bottom plate.
This shows my 5D which is not level but need the adjustment with some ductape
The error you see above gives 2mm error at the front of my 15mm which you can see here.
However if you look down on the rotator and adjust to center it will be 3-4mm because of the distance.
After adjustment it is perfect. http://panoramas.dk/panorama/NPP/5d/...ottomplate.jpg
Thats why I suspect that Felipe's camera may have the same error.
The correct A value for his camera on the NN# is 58-59 mm the same as the 5D .
He may also have a vertical arm that is not in 90 degree angle with the bottom rail.
This will produce the same error.
My old NN3 has that and the only way to correct is with some tape on the bottom plate of the vertical arm.
Felipe and Den(n)is(S),
we know there are different ways to go to Rome to take the royal shot with Cesar. Don't we?
As Dennis said, there are a lot more reasons besides non using ducktapes use to find the right LRS. Slight differences in NN production for example.
I never saw Dennis to place "the one and only way to go to Rome" comment. He is experienced, he spend a lot time for developments to hardware and placed his thoughts in several forums. Leading to new NN products with "state of art designs" from Nick. A very good synergy.
Another way to go to Rome: http://www.easypano.com/forum/displa...1&TopicID=4162
Felipe, feel free to send pics to proof your LRS.
I am glad, that this forum till now is free to several comments with opposite opinions, being respected. Not 126 threads to produce yourself on one question. Not the "only one way to Rome".
I like this forum to share experience. Without "no other way" solutions.
Let's hope we can keep it this way without hundreds of threads with personal wars like on other forums and "the one and only way and discrediting other comments".
There is a way besides setting comments like "stupid design", "no other way to figure that out" on forums.
With regards, and respect to other opinions, working means to make faults sometimes, use my comments or not,
Bill, Nick, Trausti, DennisS, John, et al are worth to follow comments without the "one and only" solution.
What I should have said, which reflects my view in a better way, is that pointing the camera down and centering on the rotator is not the only step in the calibration process, but the first. If, after followng John's and Smooth's tutorial, the camera is not pointing directly into the center of the rotator, further adjustment may not be required. Shimming parts that are not square may bring the rotator into the center of view, but might not be necessary in order to get good results. If the image parameters show a lot of variances, then adding shims to the appropriate area may become necesary for the final "fine tuning".
I'll be glad to post some pictures of my setup. And my test pictures with it. I just have to find some time to redo the calibration process.
Best regards from the subtropical regions of Mexico.


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I work better when I have some firm foundations. This helps me to solve everyday problems better, because I can generalize them. The thing I find in programming is so many things are black boxes. Logic is scientific, but commands are not. A command in a language is just "something that does something". It is very hard to work out what its logic is, without understanding the underlying hardware. I learned brainfuck for a little bit, and enjoyed it very much, but it still has commands. These commands are packages of functionality that cannot really be understood without understanding all the lower levels of logic, unfortunately. What I would like to know is if there are any mathematical or logic principles that help with being able to generalise programming problems?
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Here are some resources that will open those black boxes:
According to an Amazon review:
This Coursera course examines key computational abstraction levels below modern high-level languages. According to the course's description:
And finally my favorite:
@LieRyan provided an excellent explanation from the atom all the way up to assembly language.
There are so many arguments as to whether a Computer Scientist is really a scientist and whether a Software Engineer is really an engineer.
Anyway, the following resources will help you inject science into everyday programming:
Knuth's books are considered to be the bible for algorithms. The study of data structures and algorithms are the closest to the scientific method in the Computer Science field I could think of.
There is a mathematical foundation to programming. It is called Lambda Calculus and is very interesting. Unfortunatley, except if you are doing some research in CS or designing a new funky language, it won't help you in your every day life.
It will help to learn and really understand languages though. It will also help you to have fun with the haskell people who like to work with things like homeomasofemtomophisms. So I would still recommend some culture in lambda calculus to anyone interested in programming.
If you haven't met them, I would recommend learning about design patterns. I wouldn't call them "science" but it provides a good basis to speak with some precision about some code without redefining everything all the time.
I also would check so called Turing machines, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_machines
They are completely formal and stand on their own (meaning no lower level understanding is needed). It is quite complex theory but serves as the most low level base of programming languages and has a mathematical/formal background.


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