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The 8 Creepiest Places on Earth (Part 4)
We all know that horror movies are fiction, but that doesn't stop us from checking under the bed after every episode of Scooby-Doo. Fear tends to turn off the rational part of our brains, which is why even the most reasonable human beings occasionally find themselves sprinting away from little girls with wet hair hanging over their faces. But then there are some places you can take one look at and be certain -- just from a process of pure and logical deduction -- that they're home to terrible monsters. Surely, if the right combination of dopey, well-meaning everymen, sassy heroines, sex-crazy teens and arrogant jock types went to any one of these places with a few helmet cams and an ample supply of tube tops, we could all see what happens when horror stops being polite, and starts being real.
(Oh, and in case you were worried about falling asleep sometime in the next week -- like maybe you've got a big test to study for or something -- here are parts 1, 2 and 3 in the series.)
#8. The Literal Mayan Hell
Archaeologists in the Yucatan have found something interesting: the literal entrance to hell.
Well, at least as far as the Mayans were concerned. The site archaeologists uncovered back in 2008 was a vast network of underground and underwater caves, crisscrossed with concrete roads, ominous columns and ruined temples. A group of hapless grad students stumbling upon an ancient, mysterious, buried city is more than enough to kick start the Lovecraft engine all on its own, but this story goes straight up horror cliche right abooouuuut now:
All that time spent playing "the floor is lava" would come in handy.
The Mayans believed that hell was a very specific place located in a network of underground caves beneath the jungles of the Yucatan. More specifically, they believed that the souls of the recently deceased started their journey into the afterlife being led through a pitch black, watery, subterranean maze by a mystical dog that could see perfectly in the dark. The deceased were plagued on every side by unseen creatures, harried and tortured until the death-pooch eventually brought them before a giant column, which sat on the lip of a deep pool that led to Xibalba -- their word for hell.
And that's exactly what the researchers found: an ornate system of caves, full of ancient temples and crumbling pathways that eventually led to a giant column on the edge of a deep, dark pool. Littered all throughout the site, they've found the expected remnants -- statues of priests, ceramics, human remains ...
Hey, this was the Mayans, after all: It just ain't a party until somebody stabs a virgin.
While some of the researchers believed that they'd found the inspiration behind the myth, others think that the belief predates the caves -- that the Mayans found a place that looked a lot like hell, so they just up and built themselves a hell down there. Hired some contractors, released a couple of bats, fed a bunch of carrots to a dog, and Bob's your uncle -- you got yourself a damnation. Either way, just imagine being that first Mayan expert, stumbling down a hole in the jungle and uncovering an elaborate set of ruins. As you trod down the broken concrete road, a sense of deja vu overtakes you. Haven't you heard of something like this before? Something in your studies? Folklore, maybe? When you finally come across the huge column with the human remains and black pool at its base, it clicks: This is hell. This is exactly like the hell the Mayans were talking about in their sacred book.
We don't care how rational you are, if a dog panted right then, you would pee. You would pee forever.
#7. Scott's Hut
Antarctica is a vast and frozen continent. It's so cold and merciless that it is a natural setting for horror. At the Mountains of Madness, The Thing, Alien vs. Predator -- even the sun doesn't want to stick around that place when winter sets in, leaving it in perpetual darkness for six months out of the year. Intrepid explorers usually come armed to the teeth with GPS systems, high-tech arctic clothing and enough advanced survival gear to bring Bear Grylls to a shuddering climax. It's plenty terrifying enough, and that's before the angry ghosts show up to take their homes back. Hold up, let us explain:
Back in the olden days, a lot of people were incredibly excited at the prospect of finding the South Pole, despite explorers having a nasty habit of dying horribly in the lethal conditions down there. One such explorer was Robert Falcon Scott, a man with the kind of heroic name and tasseled shoulder pads that secured him a place in history.
A dark, cold, bitter place.
"And this medal is for heroically leading others to their death."
In the winter of 1911, Robert Scott and his men left the relative safety of their base camp, a 50-foot-by-25-foot timber and seaweed hut, and set out on a mission to reach the South Pole. Scott and four companions managed to attain the pole in January 1912, but were historically cockblocked when they discovered that another team had already beat them to it by more than a month. Scott's party dejectedly began the 800-mile journey back, but before reaching the safety of their hut, the entire group perished in the ice.
In retrospect, betting all their supplies that they'd make it there first was a poor choice.
Their tent and frozen remains were not discovered until the next winter, along with Scott's diary with the final, shakily written entry reading: "It seems a pity but I do not think I can write more. R. Scott. For God's sake look after our people."
Holy shit, those are some ominous last words. They totally belong in a horror movie trailer; they sound like they should be frantically whispered over a montage of people running.
The hut that Scott was so desperately trying to reach was abandoned after, y'know, everybody living there died, and it was completely forgotten ... for about 40 years, until a U.S. expedition dug it back out of the snow. The building was found perfectly preserved by the cold, right down to the tomato ketchup and delicious cans of ox tongue, as though still awaiting the return of its hungry, forsaken owners. It looks like this:
"This Spam still hasn't reached its expiration date."
So if you ever happen to be stuck in the howling icy wastes at the bottom of the world, with the sun about to vanish for six months and the temperature dropping rapidly, go ahead and seek shelter here. It looks like a pretty comfortable place, actually, even if there are restless dead with famously unfinished business whose last wish on earth was just to come home to it. But yeah, you settle on in. Help yourself to some uncannily preserved century-old ox tongue. Just, uh ... don't answer the door if somebody comes knocking.
#6. This Abandoned Russian Laboratory
A group of Russian "urban explorers" were out doing their thing -- drinking "cologne" out of a giant novelty bottle and foolishly discussing the merits of single-stripe track pants over the clearly superior two-stripe variety -- when they discovered something weird: a sealed building full of disused lab equipment and strange little glass jars. When they wiped the dust off, this is what they saw:
The Soviet ending of Red Alert 2?
Yep. Brains. Pickled brains in jars, sealed up in an abandoned laboratory beneath Moscow. It was a long-forgotten relic of the Cold War, a secret Soviet installation that had been hastily abandoned for no apparent reason. There's no specific date listed, but one of their finds was a weathered image of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev gathering dust beneath a preserved, disembodied brain in a jar.
Budget cuts required improvised paperweights.
How long had it sat abandoned? Twenty, thirty years? More? There's no way to say, as the urban explorers website was pulled and deleted soon after they cataloged their find. That could mean that it's a hoax, or it could mean that the Russian police just don't appreciate people breaking into sealed government facilities ... or it could mean that they woke something terrible in the abandoned laboratory and have paid a terrible price for their hubris. Hey, we're in no position to say, so we'll just show you a few more of the pictures and let you work it out on your own.
English Russia
Disembodied cat organs, or the newest adorable Disney character?
OK, that's a bit disturbing, but that's clearly just a cat brain. It's not like they were crudely butchering animals on site and-
English Russia
Oh. Ooooooh.
Well, all right. This is starting to look like Leatherface's high school biology class. But there's nothing -- absolutely nothing -- that implies that this laboratory was manufacturing tiny animal-hybrid cannibals that they would set loose upon society, tearing flesh and devouring all they fi-
English Russia
Clearly the work of pirahana-fleas.
#5. Lome's Voodoo Market
Pop culture tends to treat Voodoo like "crude, evil magic," so it's easy to forget that Voodoo is an actual, legitimate religion that many people still practice seriously. It's especially popular in Western African countries like Togo, and its capital, Lome, is home to one of the largest markets of Voodoo paraphernalia in the world ...
... which, unfortunately for Voodoo's image, is just another way of saying heaps of terrifying animal skulls.
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Most religions just stick to stuff like bread, but this is fine, too.
In Western African Voodoo, it's believed that animal remains hold magical powers that can be used to protect oneself from evil and diseases. However, modern, on-the-go Voodoo-ites (Voodoodes?) might not have the time to ensnare and butcher a bunch of tiny critters to grind up and rub into their wounds. That's where the Lome Market comes in: Among its many stands and stalls, you can find an impressive assortment of talismans, fetishes and oh, so many skulls: crocodiles, cats, monkeys, vultures, owls, snakes -- it's a creepy skull buffet, and everybody's invited!
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Take all you can eat, but please eat all you take.
While it's certainly unsettling to look at, and there is literally no amount of money that you could pay us to walk through that place while high, none of the animals were actually killed in the market. So when you get down to it, the Lome bazaar is really just like your friendly neighborhood Walgreens, only with high-octane nightmare fuel where the aspirin should be.
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Nationally prominent observers on the intersection of race, ethnicity and the law will speak at the Thursday, October 16, symposium entitled "Perspectives on Obama, Race and the Law," sponsored by the journal Rutgers Race and the Law Review at Rutgers School of Law–Newark. Speakers will examine the electoral process and Senator Barack Obama's recent political ascent and analyze the way in which Obama's achievements and mixed heritage have impacted various issues relating to race and the law. The symposium will be held beginning at 4 pm in the Baker Trial Courtroom. Full program details are available at http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~racelaw/symposium.html.
|"Perspectives on Obama, Race and the Law," symposium sponsored by Rutgers Race and the Law Review
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Professor Bernard W. Bell, Rutgers School of Law–Newark
Professor Carlos Gonzalez, Rutgers School of Law–Newark
Professor Craig L. Jackson, Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Donita Judge, staff attorney, Advancement Project
Glenn E. Martin, vice president of policy and advocacy, the Fortune Society
Professor Reginald C. Oh, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Assistant Professor Brandon Paradise, Rutgers School of Law–Newark
Professor Catherine E. Smith, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
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Today, we're excited to announce that Skype will be enabling even more conversations with its upcoming availability on PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita). PS Vita users will have the opportunity to talk with friends and family around the globe with free Skype-to-Skype voice calling, as well as take advantage of Skype's low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles internationally. With more than 170 million monthly connected users on Skype, PS Vita users will be able to connect with a wide range of friends and family while on-the-go, using the next generation portable entertainment system's built-in network connectivity.
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what about video calls on skype on psvita?if there's no skype-to-skype video calls then why is there a front camera on the thing?
is video calling on skype
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wazlow52 said 5 years ago
yeah….. what about skype-to-skype video calls????
scottph59 said 4 years ago
I would hope with the front camera that Skype would take advantage of this. I only use Skype with video when traveling and keeping in touch with family. If you are going to use voice only use a cell phone
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Many people assume that their family immigrated to the U.S. legally, or did it "the right way." In most cases, this statement does not reflect the fact that the U.S. immigration system was very different when their families arrived, and that their families might not have been allowed to enter had today's laws been in effect. In some cases, claiming that a family came "legally" is simply inaccurate—undocumented immigration has been a reality for generations.
Whether one immigrated "legally" or "illegally" depends on the laws in effect at the time. When many families arrived in the U.S., there were no numerical limitations on immigration, no requirements to have an existing family or employment relationship with someone in the U.S., and no requirement to obtain a visa prior to arriving. As numerical limitations were instituted and certain immigrants were restricted from entering the U.S., illegal immigration increased. The definition of who was "legal" and who was "illegal" changed with the evolution of immigration laws.
Many of our ancestors would not have qualified under today's immigration laws. Today's requirements [1] that potential immigrants have close family ties to qualified U.S. citizens or permanent residents, or have employment offers in particular fields, would have effectively restricted many of our families from coming legally to the U.S.
Until the late 19th century, there was very little federal regulation of immigration—there were virtually no laws to break. The new nation needed workers, and immigration was "encouraged and virtually unfettered." There was no border surveillance to allow only those with proper documents to enter the U.S. Potential immigrants did not have to obtain visas at U.S. consulates before entering the country. Rather, immigrants would simply arrive at ports of entry (such as Ellis Island and other seaports), be inspected, and be allowed in if they didn't fall into any of the excluded categories.
Before the 20th century, there was virtually no bureaucracy responsible for enforcing immigration laws. The U.S.'s land borders were largely unguarded. While inspectors at ports of arrival (usually port collectors) could deny admission to persons excludable under the law, immigrants could easily evade inspection. People in the U.S. illegally were unlikely to be caught or deported since very little money was appropriated for immigration enforcement and deportation. In 1882 Congress passed the first general immigration law, which created the first immigration bureaucracy, supervised by the Secretary of the Treasury. In 1891, as immigration increased, Congress established a Bureau of Immigration in the Treasury Department. A 1924 law finally set up the first "consular control system," which required visas obtained abroad from a U.S. consulate before admission. The northern and southern borders were ambiguous, subject to change, and unguarded. The Border Patrol was not established until 1924, when restrictive laws led to large numbers of unauthorized immigrants entering the U.S.
Prior to the 1920s, there were no numerical limitations on immigration to the U.S., but certain persons were banned from entering. The first "illegal" immigrants were people, like the Chinese, who were banned from entering the U.S. The Chinese Exclusion Act passed in 1882. Over the years, immigration laws were passed that restricted certain categories of persons from immigrating, but no numerical limitations or quotas existed. Those persons barred from immigrating included Asians (except Japanese and Filipinos), prostitutes, paupers, polygamists, persons with "dangerous and loathsome contagious disease," persons likely to become a public charge, anarchists and radicals, the "feebleminded" and "insane," and the illiterate. The vast majority of people who arrived at a port of entry were allowed to enter. Of course, some people lied about their health and political beliefs and entered "illegally." The Immigration Service excluded only 1 percent of the 25 million immigrants from Europe who arrived at Ellis Island between 1880 and World War I.
The first numerical caps on immigration and limitations on Europeans were not established until the 1920s – after the great wave of immigration to the U.S. The first permanent numerical limitations on immigration were not established until the 1920s. The Quota Law of 1921 and the Immigration Act of 1924 created a quota system that was based on race and nationality and heavily favored Western European immigrants, while closing the door to "undesirables." Natives of Western Hemisphere countries were not subject to the quotas (but head taxes and literacy tests kept many from obtaining visas). The law also established the first preference system for spouses and children of U.S. citizens. For the first time, the 1924 law required immigrants to present medical certificates to the U.S. consul abroad and obtain a visa prior to arriving in the U.S.
Every restriction generated illegal immigration. The Asian exclusion laws resulted in an "illegal" Asian population. As laws were passed to keep out less desirable Eastern and Southern Europeans, immigrants from those countries—as well as others who could not pass literacy tests, pay the head tax, or enter through the quota system—began to enter illegally. In 1925, the Immigration Service reported 1.4 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. A June 17, 1923, New York Times article reported that W. H. Husband, commissioner general of immigration, had been trying for two years "to stem the flow of immigrants from central and southern Europe, Africa and Asia that has been leaking across the borders of Mexico and Canada and through the ports of the east and west coasts." A September 16, 1927, New York Times article describes government plans for stepped-up Coast Guard patrols because thousands of Chinese, Japanese, Greeks, Russians, and Italians were landing in Cuba and then hiring smugglers to take them to the U.S. illegally. Many immigrants were also violating the laws of their home countries which required them to get permission to migrate, complete military service, or pay off debts prior to leaving.
Many European immigrants benefited from amnesties. Acknowledging the large numbers of illegal Europeans in the U.S., the government devised ways for them to remain in the U.S. legally. "Deserving" illegal European immigrants could benefit from various programs and legalize their status. The 1929 Registry Act allowed "honest law-abiding alien[s] who may be in the country under some merely technical irregularity" to register as permanent residents for a fee of $20 if they could prove they had lived in the U.S. since 1921 and were of "good moral character." Roughly 115,000 immigrants registered between 1930 and 1940—80% were European or Canadian. Between 1925 and 1965, 200,000 illegal Europeans legalized their status through the Registry Act, through "pre-examination"—a process that allowed them to leave the U.S. voluntarily and re-enter legally with a visa (a "touch-back" program)—or through discretionary rules that allowed immigration officials to suspend deportations in "meritorious" cases. Approximately 73% of those benefitting from suspension of deportation were Europeans (mostly Germans and Italians).
The number of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. is at a historically high level, and reforming our nation's broken immigration laws should be a priority. However, failing to acknowledge that undocumented immigrants have existed throughout U.S. history, and failing to deal with the causes underlying undocumented immigration is a mistake that perpetuates ineffective immigration policies.
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At this early stage, all your unborn baby's needs will be met by the yolk sac. Attached to the embryo by a connecting stalk, this essential balloonlike structure indicates the site of your pregnancy and can usually be seen as early as this week as a sphere 0.1-0.2 in (3-4 mm) across. At first the yolk sac is as large as the disk of embryonic cells that will eventually become your baby.
Containing cells that perform a similar function to the liver, the yolk sac releases several pregnancy hormones and produces the embryo's first red blood cells. After week 9 the liver will take over these functions as the yolk sac gradually disappears and the placenta takes over, by around the 10th week of pregnancy.
Over the next seven days, a primitive circulatory system develops, well before any blood circulates to the placenta in the 10th week. And, by the end of this week, using the highest quality ultrasound equipment, it is just possible to see the embryo's heartbeat. At this early stage, the heart is simply a tube.
You should continue to take a 400 mcg folic acid supplement daily until the 12th week of pregnancy.
This supplementation is in addition to a well-balanced diet that includes green vegetables and legumes. Many fortified cereals also contain folic acid, as do some fruits, such as oranges, papaya, and bananas.
Unfortunately, pregnancy is by no means a licence to eat anything and everything you'd like. "Eating for two" is a myth, and if you do so, you'll end up consuming too many calories and gaining too much weight. The best advice is to use your common sense. Studies show that pregnant women who eat according to their appetite naturally eat the proper amount and gain a healthy amount of weight.
Caloric needs in pregnancy vary greatly from woman to woman, depending upon pre-pregnancy weight and physical activity. In general, energy needs increase by approximately 300-500 calories per day during pregnancy. In the first trimester, caloric needs are a bit less, more at the lower end of the range.
In the first trimester, when up to 80 percent of women are nauseous or vomiting, getting enough calories can sometimes be a challenge. Like many pregnant women, you may feel most nauseous when your stomach is empty. One good trick is snacking. Eating five small meals rather than three large ones can be soothing to a nauseous stomach, while at the same time giving you the calories you need.
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From Sept. 1 – Oct. 22, 2002, police have responded to 100 cases. Thieves have gotten away with tires, tools, purses, stereos, compact discs and cell phones. Officer Tom Forte says "unlocked" cars ordinarily fall prey.
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One issue with older versions of D&D that heavily relied on treasure GP is that characters have to become rich to advance so that by fourth or fifth level mundane equipment costs become meaningless. Carousing rules and limits such as the Paladin's tithe have come along to address but I was thinking of going to the source.
Have you ever considered changing the ratio either in a fixed manner, such as 10xp per 1gp of treasure recovered, or a float perhaps based on level, you get 1xp per character level per gp (a fourth level fighter would recover around 4300 gp) or maybe hit dice of monster guarding it (with trap guarded being 1 or 2, maybe more for a serious trap and unguarded being 1 or less).
Edit: This is about speed or about me being someone who started at 3.x...it's about wealth. It was specifically spurred by some musing over at Carcosa (Geoffrey McKinney's now-defunct blog). I'm looking for solutions other than the carousing rule from an early Dragon issue or AD&D style training costs.


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Prosecutors: Surreal Mystery Solved
The curious case of a Salvador Dalí drawing stolen from the wall of a Madison Avenue gallery—and returned by mail from Greece—was solved with the help of a fingerprint and a persuasive undercover cop, officials said Tuesday.
Phivos Lampros Istavrioglou, a 29-year-old Greek publicist for a fashion label in Italy, stood in New York state Supreme Court Tuesday facing a felony charge of grand larceny after an undercover New York police officer, posing as a gallery manager, convinced him to fly from Milan to New York, officials said.
According to court records and the district attorney's office, Mr. Istavrioglou on June 19 allegedly lifted a $150,000 drawing from a wall in the Venus Over Manhattan gallery, slipped the 11-by-14-inch work into a shopping bag and walked out. The drawing, "Cartel de Don Juan Tenorio," was returned by mail soon after, as mysteriously as it had disappeared, this time tucked inside a cardboard mailing tube.
Mr. Istavrioglou was indicted Tuesday and pleaded not guilty at his arraignment. Judge Charles Solomon set his bail at $100,000.
"It's an unfortunate situation," Mr. Istavrioglou's attorney, David Cohen, said after the court appearance. "I need to speak with him more about what happened."
The Spanish Surrealist artist's 1949 watercolor and gouache drawing was one of more than a dozen works on display in the first exhibition of the gallery, launched last May by art collector Adam Lindemann. The postwar drawing depicts a skull—a common image in Dalí's work.
According to court records filed by Manhattan prosecutors, Mr. Istavrioglou told investigators he reached out to touch the drawing and, realizing that it was neither secured to the wall nor protected by an alarm, grabbed it.
The following day, he flew to Athens, where, regretting the heist, he sent an anonymous email to the gallery saying it would be returned by mail, according to the court records. It was intercepted at Kennedy International Airport on June 28.
Officials said detectives matched a fingerprint from the mailing tube to a minor shoplifting case in Manhattan last year: a BluePrintJuice, valued at about $10, swiped from Whole Foods. Mr. Istavrioglou was arrested for that theft and received an adjournment in contemplation of being dismissed, meaning the charges would be dismissed if he stayed out of trouble for a period of time.
In court Tuesday, Assistant District Attorney Jordan Arnold said the Dalí probe uncovered electronic evidence that included searches from Mr. Istavrioglou's Google account before the incident had hit the news, and a photo posted on his Facebook FB -0.85 % page showing the drawing on the wall of the gallery. "When he realized the hunt was on, the defendant blinked, and he rolled the Dalí in a manner befitting a college dorm-room poster and mailed it back," Mr. Arnold said.
Most recently, Mr. Istavrioglou lived in Milan, working as a publicist for the French fashion label Moncler, the district attorney's office said. The company couldn't immediately be reached. At the time of the alleged theft, he was working as a freelance journalist, according to court records.
An undercover officer, posing as the business manager of a New York art gallery, drew him from Milan to New York by offering to hire him as a gallery consultant. He played a "convincing role," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said in a news release.
On Saturday, Mr. Istavrioglou arrived at Kennedy and was taken into custody.
Mr. Lindemann, through a spokeswoman, said: "A Surreal ending to a surreal theft, we are happy this case is now closed."


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There are a lot !
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A typical Ubuntu (or any Linux) installation is not just a kernel, it's a bunch of things- a file system, a windows manager, a set of tools and other frameworks. I would like to know what Ubuntu (or any other Linux distro for that matter) is assembled from. Where do I find this information (or alternatively- perhaps someone here could produce the list themselves)?
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Considering the Many Faces of Spiritual Realization
If you've read the stories of the world's great mystics and sages, you find that spiritual experiences come in a dazzling array of shapes and sizes. For example:
- Some Native American shamans enter altered states in which they journey to other dimensions to find allies and other healing resources for their tribe members.
- Some Hindus experience powerful jolts of energy known as kundalini, enter blissful states that last for hours, or merge in union with divinities like Shiva or Kali.
- Christian saints and mystics have encountered transformative visions of Jesus, received visitations from angels, and manifested the stigmata (marks resembling the crucifixion wounds of Christ) in their hands and feet.
- The Hebrew Bible is filled with tales of prophets and patriarchs who meet Jehovah in one form or another — the fire in the burning bush, the voice in the whirlwind, and so on.
Though such dramatic experiences can have a transformative spiritual impact on an individual, they may or may not be enlightening, as Buddhism understands this term. In fact, most traditions of Buddhism downplay the importance of visions, voices, powers, energies, and altered states, claiming that they distract practitioners from the true purpose of the spiritual endeavor — a direct, liberating insight into the essential nature of reality.
The basic Buddhist teaching of impermanence suggests that even the most powerful spiritual experiences come and go like clouds in the sky. The point of practice is to realize a truth so deep and fundamental that it doesn't change because it's not an experience at all; it's the nature of reality itself. This undeniable, unalterable realization is known as enlightenment.
One of Buddha's core teachings was the four noble truths, in which he explained the nature and cause of suffering and pointed to an "eight-fold path" for its elimination. This path culminates in enlightenment, also known as the "sure heart's release," in which all sense of separation dissolves — and with it the negative emotions and mind-states based on the illusion of separation such as greed, anger, jealousy, longing, and fear. (Buddhists have different opinions over what's revealed when this sense of separation disappears.)
Buddha also taught that all beings have the same potential for enlightenment as he had. Instead of regarding himself as some exalted, special case, Buddha emphasized that he was just a human being with the same inner tendencies and temptations as other people. One of the truths to which he awakened under the Bodhi tree — the tree of enlightenment and wisdom — was this essential spiritual equality. The only thing distinguishing ordinary beings from a Buddha, he taught, are the distorted views, attachments, and aversive emotions that block the truth from our eyes.
All traditions of Buddhism would undoubtedly agree on the fundamental teachings about enlightenment — after all, these teachings come from the earliest and most universally accepted of the Buddha's discourses. The traditions differ, however, over the contents of enlightenment and the precise means for achieving it. What is the actual goal of the spiritual life? What do you awaken to — and how do you get there? Believe it or not, the answers to these questions actually changed over the centuries as Buddhism evolved.
Most traditions believe that their version of enlightenment is exactly the same as Buddha's version. Some even claim that theirs is the only true version — the deeper, secret realization that Buddha never dared reveal during his lifetime. Other commentators insist that the realization of later Buddhist masters carried both practice and enlightenment to dimensions that Buddha himself had never anticipated. Whatever the truth may be, the traditions clearly differ in significant ways.


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Robert William Green, 56, 52235 National Road, St. Clairsville, faces charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, a felony of the second degree, and failure to stop at the scene of a fatal crash, a felony of the third degree, occurring Aug. 8, 2012. He is accused of hitting and killing Jason Cattane, 31, of Bridgeport, near the North Ebbert Road intersection. Cattane was reportedly walking home after attending the funeral of a friend's mother.
In April, Green saw the revocation of his bond after testing positive for the use of marijuana.
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Robert William Green sits in Belmont County Common Pleas Court Friday during his trial on vehicular homicide.
Andrew Warhola represented Green. Belmont County Prosecutor Chris Berhalter represented the state. Judge John M. Solovan II presided.
Warhola filed a motion to suppress all evidence found on Green's vehicle.
Sgt. Donald Britton, Trooper Rocky Hise and Trooper Ralph Hendershot, Ohio Highway Patrol, St. Clairsville post, testified. They related the response and investigative process and how the evidence was collected. The burden lies on the state to show that statements were taken in a voluntary and intelligent manner, and confiscation was done legally.
Britton, supervisor on duty at the scene, said a side view mirror from a vehicle was found at the scene.
"We knew that we had a side view mirror from a vehicle," he said, adding that the next step was to consult with GM dealerships to determine the type of vehicle they were looking for. He, Hise and Hendershot described the process which led to their suspicion of Green. A visit to his home revealed Green's vehicle, which appeared to match the type they were looking for and had damage apparently consistent with what would have been incurred in the accident.
Warhola questioned the methods by which evidence was collected and statements were taken.
The suppression hearing should be completed during another court session, where testimony from further investigative officers and the defense's witnesses will be heard. The date is to be set.
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Has anyone ever heard of (or worked for) EveryScape? They offer panoramic virtual tours of local businesses. I noticed that they recommend Nodal Ninja as their preferred pano head.
I filled out their online application and have a phone interview with them on Wednesday. I'm just curious about them. I'm not sure it would ever take off big in my Oklahoma town of about 50,000, but looks like places like NYC have a better presence.
Are they on the up and up?


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I have a Wilder/Psiwarrior Character I have just created and I have a question. Does this character get bonus PP Per day based on both his Wisdom and Charisma? I was unsure when I was reading this and was wondering.
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Calculate the Power Points granted by each class separately, then combine them to form your total pool.
So yes, it can be said that your Wilder/Psychic Warrior would receive bonus PP for both Wisdom and Charisma, but these bonus PP would be as appropriate for the manifester levels of each class. For example, a Wilder 6/Psychic Warrior 2 with Wisdom 14 and Charisma 18 would have a total PP pool of
35 PP (Wilder base) + 0.5*4*6 PP (Wilder bonus for Cha) + 1 PP (PsyWar base) + 0.5*2*2 PP (PsyWar bonus for Wis) = 50 PP.


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This is a Banach space version of Andre Henriques' question
for Hilbert spaces. Let $a:X\to Y$ and $b:Y\to X$ be bounded linear operators between Banach spaces s.t. $ba$ and $ab$ are both nuclear. Assume whatever approximation properties on $X$ and $Y$ that you want (say, assume that both $X^*$ and $Y^*$ have the bounded or even metric approximation property), so that the trace of $ab$ and of $ba$ are well defined. Then must $tr(ab)=tr(ba)$?
When $X$ and $Y$ are Hilbert spaces, you can find three correct proofs and one interesting but incomplete proof at the above link. None of these generalize immediately to the Banach space setting.
Caveat: I have not done a literature search or thought much about this problem, but it is natural to consider it after reading Andre's question.


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Is it possible to shoot multi-row pole panos? If so, how would I go about doing this?
Is it possible to shoot multi-row pole panos? If so, how would I go about doing this?
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Thanks Nick. It seems that option 2 is the best for me. Are there markings on the poles so I can get to the same height as before?
Use a steady tripod with Tripod Adapter. Raising the segments, you should use one hand to push the tripod down to keep it in place. On a windy day the segments might be sticky from time to time, specially around 6m. In this case you might slightly raise the tripod and change your position on the ground.
I should use a "stripped" NN3 MKII with Quick Mount Mini System on top. Sometimes it is easier to bring the Pole down by opening up the collar locks quite a bit to let out the air inside the Pole segment coming down.
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With a NN5 or 3 it is easy to do multirow from at least 4 meters height.
Here is the setup for my first pano made this way. http://www.panoramas.dk/panorama/multirow/pole.jpg
This is a later model http://www.panoramas.dk/panorama/mul...e-multirow.jpg
You need to have a rotator at bottom, I have it on a heavy tripod which has almost 2 m height. Just low enough for me to be able to rotate.
Because the NN5 and also NN3 has a spherical arm which you can tighten just enough to hold the camera you can easy drag it down using a string. I just use a 5 m measure tape.
You may need to ad an extra plastic washer to get the perfect performance.
The large tape marks makes it possible to set the tilt from ground. You need of course to start with the bottom row.
The pole has to be straight if you want to go high. I used my old FOBA tubes for my first tests.
Monopods are often not straight when you extend them fully and you do not get precise NPP for indoor shooting.
Here is the final panorama.


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What are typical or must-buy (non-alcoholic) souvenirs from Ireland?
From spending a year or so in Ireland as a student:
Not much is "must buy" - it depends on who you are. I found my greatest "buys" in Ireland were experiences, rather than things. So here's my list:
In terms of just merchandise? The Irish are a sweater people, given their climate, so Irish wool sweaters, scarves, etc. are decent buys. And if you're a slightly bigger dude, it is the land of the rugby shirt.
Irish lace is pretty famous, and some curtains or doilies or the like would make a nice conversation piece. If you are a "world music" kind of person, there will undoubtedly be CDs you can get of music that you really can't get any other way. Irish cheese is quite famous, but you may or may not be able to import it to where you're headed (check in advance.)
I would say that once you're there, concentrate on experiencing things. You may then want to buy something as a reminder (postcard, coffee table book, cookbook etc) or so that you can continue to experience something you enjoyed. Or if your intention is to bring presents home to those who didn't travel, choose the things that connect best to stories you can tell about your trip.
A friend back from Ireland gave me a book. She stayed at Limerick. The book was a collection of limericks.


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In Psychology 101, I learned about Projecting and Mirroring... I know one is where an individual sees his own problems in other people... I always forget the other concept and/or confuse the two. What's the difference between projecting and mirroring?
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Mirroring is when one acts like others one is in the presence of. For example, an individual may pick up inflections, wording, or mannerisms of others they spend time with. From Wikipedia:
Projection is a defense mechanism whereby an individual "projects" their own views, issues, or thoughts over someone else, preventing the individual from getting an accurate view of the other person and believing the thoughts come from the other individual rather than oneself. Again, from Wikipedia:
Projection may be easily confused with Mirroring because with Projection, an individual sees their own traits in another, but the proper term can be remembered because the individual who is projecting "blanks out" others like a blank movie screen, and "projects" their own image, seeing what they are projecting instead of what is really there. WIth Mirroring, an individual is like a mirror themselves, as opposed to Projecting, when the individual is like a movie projector.


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This one turned out a little better. I should have spent a little more time on the nadir though.
Suggestions appreciated.
This one turned out a little better. I should have spent a little more time on the nadir though.
Suggestions appreciated.
nice pano. It is a wonderful place for vocation. Did you build the hut yourself?
We listen. We try harder.
Both panoramas need to be levelled in order to correct the sloping horizons. With nice clear views such as these, it is easy to correct them in PTGui with the optimizer, using either two t2 control points or one t2 and a row of t3 points. In the latter case you would need to have Panorama Tools installed and select the Panorama Tools optimizer, since PTGui's own optimizer does not support t3 points. Or, somewhat less accurately, you could just drag and rotate the image in the Panorama Editor window to align the horizon with the horizontal centre line. More details on levelling panoramas in PTGui at: http://www.johnhpanos.com/levtut.htm.
I really appreciate your input.
Do you know where I can go for more information on workflow, etc.
Some questions I have are:
1. What is the best size for the final panorama for "full screen" viewing.
2. What sharpening works best. I've been using unsharp mask 25%, 150 pixels, 0 levels. I've also experimented with 100%, 1 pixel, 0 levels
3. Is using RealViz to create the QTVR OK or are there better utilities for doing that conversion.
4. What is the most common viewer ? Right now I'm depending on Quicktime to be installed on the viewers computer.
I appreciate everyone's help. This seems like a great community.
Thanks again !
Rich Drinkard
Q1. Around 6000x3000
Q2. 25%, 150 pixels, 0 levels is a bad setting for sharpening purposes - it affects contrast. There's no ideal setting. You need to observe the effects and make adjustments accordingly to avoid nasty artifacts like halos. Try Amount 70%, Radius 0.6, Threshold 0. See http://ronbigelow.com/articles/sharpen1/sharpen1.htm.
Q3. I haven't used Realviz to create QTVR but I imagine it produces perfectly adequate results. Pano2QTVR and Pano2VR are popular utilities for doing this.
Q4. Flash is now probably the most common viewer, but often gives the worst viewing experience. It's improving gradually. I think DevalVR is best, but that requires a tiny download of the DevalVR plugin. It's possible to use a script to interrogate the user's machine to find out which viewers are installed and then use one of those automatically. For simple web pages that is quite practical - see my page for an example of this (using the detectvr.js script from DevalVR web site): http://www.johnhpanos.com/sphericl.htm. Flash will probably win out in future.
Thanks so much for the quick and complete response.
It's greatly appreciated.


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Political, Not Partisan
When is the Catholic Church being "political"? When is it being "too political"? During the recent election season, Minneapolis–St. Paul Archbishop John Nienstedt mailed a DVD to every Catholic household in Minnesota, urging the enactment of a constitutional amendment limiting marriage to one man and one woman.
The mailing, funded by an anonymous donor, arrived weeks before a gubernatorial election in which two of the three candidates supported same-sex marriage. Some of the ensuing criticism targeted the substance of the church's teaching on marriage or the decision to prioritize the marriage issue over other concerns. But another line of criticism took on the "political" nature of the DVD campaign. ABC News, for example, reported that advocacy by religious groups on the question of marriage had never "appeared so political."
The premise of such criticism is that the term "political," as applied to church teaching, is a pejorative—that if the church is, in fact, making political statements, it has overstepped its bounds. Consider the following exchange between a reporter for Minnesota Public Radio and Archbishop Nienstedt regarding the DVDs:
MPR: You also make a political statement at the end [of the video segment] that you feel that this issue should come before the voters of Minnesota.
Nienstedt: Well, that's not so much a political statement as it is saying that, as other states have done, we need to bring this to the people, rather than have it decided by the judiciary or by the legislature.... We need to let the people say what the reality of marriage is going to be. I don't see that as that big of a political statement.
MPR: Let's hear that, if we could.
Audio excerpt from DVD: "The archdiocese believes that the time has come for voters to be presented directly with an amendment to our state constitution to preserve our historic understanding of marriage. In fact, this is the only way to put the one-man, one-woman definition of marriage beyond the reach of the courts and politicians."
MPR: Is that, in fact, a political statement?
Nienstedt: I don't believe so, no. I think that's a reasonable, common-sense thing.
MPR: And you're calling for something to be put to a vote. Isn't that a political action?
Nienstedt: That is a political action, yes, but I think it also, in the context of the whole video, I think it makes sense.
At first glance, Nienstedt's responses might seem either confused or disingenuous. What is clear is his strenuous effort to disavow the damning label of "political." To understand this effort, we need to know what "political" means in this context. I discern four basic possibilities.
First, and simplest, "political" could be meant in the legal sense. IRS regulations limit tax-exempt status to organizations that do "not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office." Nienstedt clearly did none of that in this case. Indeed, the archbishop avoids mentioning any names in his video segment. What he was advocating was a position, one based on church teaching; and the fact that church teaching on any given issue might overlap with only one current candidate for office—or no candidates, or many candidates—is irrelevant. To specifically endorse individual candidates, even apart from the potential legal dangers, carries treacherous implications for the church's prophetic voice. Even if the IRS had not foreclosed this option for churches (and there are good religious-liberty arguments why the IRS should not have), such focused and particular political advocacy would remain risky territory for churches in the United States. We have a hard enough time not letting our churches be defined by the surrounding culture, and bringing partisan politics into the pulpit would simply accelerate that trend.
Second, "political" might refer to the bishops' efforts to influence Catholic voters' decisions on matters of concern to the church. On this count the church stands guilty as charged—and has so stood, to varying degrees, for nearly two millennia. The church does not aspire, after all, to a cool detachment from the world. As The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church reminds us, the principles of Catholic social teaching articulate "the truth of society by which every conscience is challenged and invited to interact with every other conscience." These principles, moreover, "refer to the ultimate and organizational foundations of life in society." For a church that takes its own teaching seriously, a prophetic presence in the "political" realm, where the "ultimate and organizational foundations of life in society" are decided, is inescapable.
Third, "political" could suggest an attempt by the bishops to promote policy positions that do not emanate directly from church teaching—to exceed the bounds of their teaching authority, in other words, and intrude on matters more properly left to the prudential judgment of individual Catholics. This type of criticism greeted the bishops' 1986 pastoral letter Economic Justice for All [PDF]. That letter was too "political," many argued, in that it suggested that specific (and hotly contested) policy positions, such as raising the minimum wage, followed directly from church teaching regarding society's obligations to care for the poor. Similarly, critics today argue that the religious treatment of marriage need not dictate the civil-law treatment of marriage—much less the specific safeguard, prescribed by Nienstedt in the DVD, of a state constitutional amendment.
Such criticisms strike me as problematic. Even if one stipulates that deciding the best means for maintaining traditional marriage lies not within the archbishop's teaching authority, but is rather reserved to the prudential judgment of the laity, there remains no clear reason why such a reservation should muzzle the archbishop. Catholics, after all, can disagree in good faith about the wisdom of a constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage. Is the mere fact that the archbishop speaks out on a topic an invocation of church authority? The tenor of Nienstedt's comments suggests that he was proposing an approach that he deemed prudent, not prescribing a political path that Catholics are bound to follow.
That said, Nienstedt admittedly added fuel to the fire in a subsequent interview with the Associated Press, noting his belief that "it's important that if you're going to be Catholic, that you have to be 100 percent Catholic." To the extent that support for a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage is presumed to be a component of 100 percent Catholicism, then Nienstedt would indeed seem to be intending the DVD's message as an exercise of his authority. From the AP account, however, it is impossible to discern the exact content Nienstedt was attaching to the phrase "100 percent Catholic." If he did intend this specific policy recommendation as authoritative (for Catholics), he would need to provide a fuller explanation of how the church's non-negotiable teaching on the sanctity of marriage between a husband and wife gives rise to a similarly non-negotiable policy position in favor of amending the state constitution.
Finally, "political" as a pejorative may suggest that the bishops have become partisan—that they are not just overreaching, but doing so in a way that reflects their capture by a particular ideological camp or political party. Now, a single DVD does not necessarily constitute evidence of partisanship, and so such a criticism would need to assess the entirety of the bishops' (or a particular bishop's) political advocacy. The accusation of partisanship cannot justly be based on a single issue to which the church has given its voice unless that voice is accompanied by a noticeable silence on other issues encompassed by church teaching. Of course, if the bishops believe that we are at a crucial point of social change on same-sex marriage, they may consider their advocacy on this issue particularly urgent. Yet while one policy issue might be more pressing than others in a given election cycle, keeping the entirety of church social teaching before the public is always a pressing need. The danger exists that the power of advocacy will be weakened by perceptions of partisanship—by the sense, that is, that the underlying goal is to influence a particular election in favor of a particular candidate, rather than to bear witness to the full weight of the church's social teaching, which defies simplistic political categories. When an election rolls around, we know where labor unions will line up, and we know where the Chamber of Commerce will line up; if voters begin to tune out the bishops' statements for the same reasons, we have a problem.
In light of these contrasting understandings of "political," it is no wonder that Archbishop Nienstedt and the reporter seemed to be talking past each other, and that Nienstedt took pains to deny the label. Avoiding the negative categories marked off by "political" does not end the inquiry, however. There are other labels and other qualities—positive ones—for which the church should strive whenever it works to influence the voting decisions of citizens. Three in particular stand out:
Coherence: Citizens may disagree with the bishops on a given issue, but even those who do should be persuaded of the internal logic and consistency of the church teaching. If critics perceive that the bishops will move heaven and earth to stop same-sex marriage, but are not willing to lift a finger to roll back no-fault divorce laws, the perception is that the objective is not to defend the institution of marriage, but just to keep gays out of it. The bishops need to make sure that responses to charges of incoherence or hypocrisy are built into the advocacy in the first place.
Compassion: The timing of the DVD mailings in Minnesota was unfortunate, given news reports of recent suicides by gay teenagers who had been harassed for their sexual orientation. The DVDs thus fed a broader media narrative about the ostracism and subjugation of sexual minorities. The bishops have spoken in the past about the dignity of gays and lesbians, but timing is everything when it comes to public perception. When espousing church teachings that are charged by many with ignoring or even exacerbating the suffering of certain categories of people (gays and lesbians in the case of same-sex marriage; women pregnant through rape and incest, in the case of abortion), it is vital to affirm repeatedly the dignity and humanity of those affected. This is especially important today, when the public is trained to assume the worst about the motives of those with whom they disagree. Compassion needs to be a constant and unmistakable element of the bishops' public advocacy. How much more powerful might the bishops' advocacy be, along these lines, if they took the lead on an issue such as the bullying of gay and lesbian teenagers?
Commitment to dialogue: The bishops have declared that some issues, such as the ordination of women, are not open to further discussion within the church. When the bishops enter the public arena on an issue of civil law, however, they are not settling a matter of ecclesial authority, and they should signal a corresponding willingness to engage the issues on an ongoing basis. Obviously, bishops have a few things on their plates besides penning op-eds and hanging around the local debating society. Still, it is important that the tone of their contributions to the public conversation suggest that they are as adept at listening as they are at speaking.
Of course, none of these attributes will guarantee consensus or erase the hostility that has greeted the bishops' efforts to influence political discourse in recent years. And even if the citizenry agreed to welcome—or at least tolerate—the bishops' political participation, substantive disagreements will persist. But the "political"-as-pejorative premise is wrong, in my view, and its continuing hold on public discourse makes the conversation about marriage and other thorny issues even thornier. In the end, our debates will be more authentic and focused if we strip away the laments over the "political" nature of the church's advocacy. Debating the merits is hard enough.
Related: Archbishop on Lukewarm Catholics, This Week in Catholic Political Activism
and 'Elite' in What Sense? from dotCommonweal
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Robert K. Vischer, a frequent contributor, is professor of law at the University of St. Thomas and the author of Conscience and the Common Good: Reclaiming the Space Between Person and State (Cambridge University Press).
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The fact that not all sexual acts or sexual relationships are equal is not partisan, it is a self-evident Truth.
I'm a convert so I ask this question sincerely: Is it a part of Catholic doctrine that civil laws be designed to reflect church teaching? Am I really not "100% Catholic" if I believe that the power of the state should not be in business of enforcing a particular religious view? How does that differ from the views of Iran's mullahs?
As far as the IRS restrictions, the Catholic Church and anyone else is welcome to reject their tax exempt status if they feel it hampers free speech. This article, after all, is not appearing in a vacuum but in a society where religious organizations have increasingly become shills for one particular political party.
When I receive a DVD from my archbishop that urges me to elect representatives who will follow Catholic teaching on the death penalty or immigration, then I might think the issue is conscience rather than coercion.
I have a perception, a growing perception that the Archbishops, Bishops and Cardinals here in the United States are more concerned with expressing a strickly Republican outlook in regards to the political outlook of issues. I have not seen or heard from the U.S. Bishops condemn the Wars in Iraq and Afganistan, nor have I heard of them going to bat for the working middle class of this country in advocating a tougher stance against the greed and corruption of Wall Street and the bankswho have caused so much misery in this Country.
The Church here in the U.S. concerns itself with being Pro-Life, anti-Gay and seems to be silent on so many issues that are of concern to millions in this country. Being Pro-Life is all fine and good, but once the child is born and no longer threatened with the act of Abortion, then it seems to me that the Church no longer is "concerned" with the quality of that life in the years ahead.
If that makes me less than 100% Roman Catholic so be it! Any more I find the Roman Catholic Church to be less and less involved in caring for Her Children who may be Democratic or Socialist in their thinking and are more concerned with what the Right and the Republican Party believes.
Historically, the Roman church has always been political, striving to be intimately involved in the policies, personnel and actions of every goverment, in addition to, until relatively recently, being the government of states in Italy, France and elsewhere. In addition, the church felt free to massacre its opponents. Apparently, you are feeling some heat, not for that (which is mostly forgotten), but for what you are doing now. Here is a suggestion to allow you to distinguish between what might me acceptable in a modern secular society (that is. one in which the church is not, and does not control, the government, and is not allowed to kill people): leave everyone else alone. The church can and does tell its members what to think and do, and that is your right. And nothing stops you from telling everyone else what you think. (Yes, I know that you whine that modern anti-hate legislation somehow prevents you expressing hatred--what a shame--but that is a falsehood; every piece of this legislation explicitly allows religious individuals and institutions to say whatever they like, provided it is justified by their religious convictions.) Trying to use the powers of the state to impose your beliefs (on birth control and same-sex marriage, for example) on others is wrong and reprehensible. I know that not forcing yourself on others will be a novel and painful innovation, but it will have the result of eliminating most of the things that you do that provoke complaint.
What is fascinating to me is that the bishops themselves are not 100 percent Catholic in their political statements. In their political attempts to end abortion they have abandoned Catholic teaching on nearly every other aspect of social justice. This compromise is strictly for the convenience of nominally prolife Republicans who not only are NOT heald accountable for their actions against social justice, they are not even heald accountable for substantive actions to prevent abortion. In politics, only prolife Democrats are likely to be 100 percent Catholic. The fact that the bishops ignore these facts speaks to the highly partisan nature if their politics.
I can't imagine why anyone would listen to a bishop on any subject after the way they have handled the clergy abuse crisis in this country. They excell at pontificating on subjects that don't affect them personally, like gay marriage or abortion, but when it comes to their own crimes, sins, weaknesses, etc., they are silent.
Priests and bishops have committed sexual crimes against children but none of them have been denied Holy Communion as far as I know. Of course, the Eucharist should not be "political" but when it comes to conservative bishops, it is.
I get it; it's "political" when the Church endorses/advocates for a liberal/Democratic position. It is "partisan" when it endorses/advocates for a conservative/Republican position.
At least according to Commonweal...
HoweeCarr, what are you getting at? This particular article lets them off the hook on both counts. It is the 21st century version of how many angels can fit on the head of a pin.
One would think that A/B Nienstadt would be for Catholic sacramental marriage ministry. Wrong! He has directed his marriage office not to have any links to Catholic lay led marriage ministries. {there are 80 other links] No Engaged Encounter, No Marriage Encounter, no Retrouvaille [troubled marriage program] These are woldwide lay led ministries, Vatican approved, but because they are lay led he has not control he demands. Yet he seeks control of secular happenings in the basements of city hall. Phew


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In a software meant to be used internationally, should I use "post code", "postal code" or "zip code"?
As most of countries have some sort of implementation of this code, I'm after the term that would be best suited for international usage.
In a software meant to be used internationally, should I use "post code", "postal code" or "zip code"?
As most of countries have some sort of implementation of this code, I'm after the term that would be best suited for international usage.
Most computer systems I've used that are intended to support addresses in many countries use "postal code". This seems to be generally accepted. "Postal" is a pretty generic word, not implying any particular country's mail delivery system
I definitely wouldn't use "zip code" because that is specifically U.S. I think most people could figure out what "postal code" means. Would people in other countries know what a "zip code" is? Even if they did, I can readily imagine someone being unsure whether they should enter their own country's equivalent, or if, as they do not have a "zip code", they should leave this blank, or if there is some special value they should enter, etc. If I was filling out a form and saw a space labeled "Foobar code", even if I knew that this was a Ruritanian term for their national health care service identification, I would be wondering, "As I am not a Ruritanian, should I leave this blank? Should I enter my Blue Cross member number as the nearest equivalent? Do they have some value that means 'non-Ruritanian' that I am somehow expected to know?" etc etc
I suppose if you really wanted to be accommodating you could look up the term used by each country you want to support, and change the headings based on country selected. Some systems will change a heading between "State" and "Province" based on the country, etc. But that seems like a lot of work, and I think most people accept "postal code" as a generic term.
I personally put a switch in when the person selects the county. For example on a web form that is designed to be used internationally I default to the Zip Code, as that is where most users are from, but when the country changes I change the label to Postal Code.
I guess people don't use "post code" because "postal" exists as an adjective of post and is widely used. Either Zip Code or Postal code is fine. Not all countries use "zip code", they directly use home addresses.
Can you fit "zip/postal code" ?
Are you internationalising it, or interlanguageising it?
You should properly distinguish between, say, en_GB and en_US. I once had problems because a system was spelling out numbers using "proper" French and the Swiss were all up in arms over it. Quatre-vingts vs huitante, and all that.


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6 'New' Gaming Innovations That Are Way Older Than You Think
Some ideas change games forever. For instance, a few years after the Wii came out, everyone else was doing the motion-control thing. That's just the way the industry works; recognizing the great ideas brought in by others and moving the medium forward by incorporating them.
Only some of those revolutionary ideas actually existed decades before, and everyone thought they were shit.
#6. Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs)
We Think They Started With: Ultima Online (1997)
The first RPG that could be played online in a shared virtual world is generally believed to be Ultima Online. In fact, the term "MMORPG" was first coined by Ultima Online's creator, Richard A. Garriott.
Or RICAGARR as he calls himself.
MMORPGs represent the excesses of modern gaming: People spending entire days staring at a computer screen, completely immersed in a fantasy world. Makes you feel nostalgic for the simple days of Donkey Kong and Pac-Man, when this sort of thing never happened ...
Actually Been Around Since: Island of Kesmai (1985)
This is ground zero for the modern world's greatest plague.
The first commercially released MMORPG actually came out in the mid-80s. Back then, though, it was known as a MUD which stood for Multi-User Dungeon, once again proving that inventing is half inspiration and half not naming it something so terrible everyone ignores you. Island of Kesmai could connect up to 100 players at the same time through the online service provider CompuServe. One hundred players may not seem like such a "massive" figure now, but in the 80s it was 98 more than our minds could handle.
Turns out MUD games go back all the way to the 70s and were actually quite popular on some particularly nerdy college campuses. Some jokesters even referred to them as "Multi Undergraduate Destroyers" due to their addictive nature. To put things in perspective, this was a period in time when the average household had three channels on their television, and may have had to wiggle an antenna to make them visible through the static. And these guys were already suffering from WoW syndrome.
Most MUD games were text-based, but others, like Island of Kesmai, used ASCII characters to simulate changing graphics, like so:
Via Wikipedia
Add some pottery and it's a Zelda maze.
Kesmai implemented other features that are familiar to MMORPGs today, such as side-quests and the ability to trash talk other players through chat. As you can probably guess by now, the game failed to catch on, probably because it was way too expensive: It cost around $12 an hour just to stay connected to the CompuServe network. Also, a single command would take about 10 seconds to process -- that's almost two cents for every little movement you made. If playing WoW cost that much, Blizzard would own several countries by now.
"We'll keep the servers in South America and replace the Midwest with data centers. We'll build bunkers in Canada for the players. They'll be happy as long as they have Red Bull and Nutra-Paste."
#5. Handheld 3D Gaming
We Think It Started With: The Nintendo 3DS (2011) or maybe the Virtual Boy (1995)
Before the 3DS, Nintendo's only attempt to create a 3D "handheld" was the Virtual Boy, otherwise known as one of the worst inventions of all time. The Virtual Boy was a spectacular failure and today, Nintendo doesn't even mention it on its website. But come on, surely they deserve some credit for attempting something as groundbreaking as a portable 3D console all the way back in 1995.
Even if it looked like some sort of elaborate torture device.
Actually Been Around Since: The Tomytronic 3D (1983)
Years before the Nintendo Entertainment System even came out in the U.S., a company named Tomy released the Tomytronic 3D, a binocular-shaped console that successfully managed to simulate 3D graphics. The Tomytronic worked thanks to two LED panels relying on external light.
Via Pocketgamer
The idea that you could look into a small machine and see a video game in 3D was just unthinkable in 1983 -- hell, we were just getting adjusted to having two dimensions in our games at that point. Here's what the major home console release looked like that year:
Do you have any idea what's going on there? No? It's freaking Starfox.
So what we're saying is that it's quite possible that the Tomytronic didn't sell so well simply because the children who played it weren't capable of explaining what they had just experienced to their friends.
Via Modojo
Most of them turned to drugs.
Some might even say the Tomytronic worked better than the Virtual Boy -- mainly because of its impressive ability to display colors other than red. Also, some of these games actually look kind of kickass, like the one with the trippy phantom racecars:
Via Modojo
Rainbow Road, anyone?
Or the one where you get to shoot lasers at packs of killer sharks, blowing them to pieces:
Via Modojo
This ... just ... there are no words.
However, as cool as they looked these were still only LED games, so the gameplay was extremely limited and they probably got boring after only like 10 minutes ... and since the company only ever released seven games, this gave the combined Tomytronic series a useful life of little more than an hour. The console faded into obscurity and it would take 28 years for someone else to perfect handheld 3D technology.
Via Nintendo
Your pants will literally explode from joy -- GameWanker.com
Of course, the Nintendo 3DS isn't just a 3D console, it also features the DS' innovative touchscreen technology, introduced into the gaming world only a few years before ... right?
#4. Touchscreen Gaming
We Think it Started With: The Nintendo DS (2004)
The main draw of the original Nintendo DS, and what set it apart from all contemporary gaming consoles (handheld or otherwise), was its unprecedented degree of interactivity: Gamers were now able to interact more directly with the game using the system's revolutionary touchscreen technology and Nintendo's stylus.
Or, you know, an empty Bic pen.
Some called it a gimmick, but by now it's obvious that these guys were on to something (see: every phone since 2007). This is the kind of forward thinking that would eventually lead Nintendo to the Wii. Wait, did we say "forward"? We meant the opposite.
Actually Been Around Since: The Vectrex (1982)
The Vectrex was an unusual gaming console, in the sense that it was actually a huge monitor that happened to come with a gaming console attached to it.
Via Wikipedia
Its "No TV recquired!" slogan seems a lot less impressive when you consider that it was a TV.
But despite its bulky size and simplistic black and white line graphics, the Vectrex had one huge advantage over every other console of its time (and the ones after that ... and the ones after that): It was the first one ever to feature touch-sensitive gaming, thanks to the Light Pen.
Via Video Game Console Library
In 1982. When most telephones did not yet have buttons.
The initial lineup of games for the Light Pen was pretty limited: There was a drawing game, an animation game and a music game that would allow you to write and play notes on the screen -- basically, the same type of gimmicky stuff that accounts for half of Nintendo's current game library. They were also working on a slightly more exciting demo called Mail Plane:
These games were all about showing off the potential for what the Light Pen could do, before presumably moving on to more serious stuff. Unfortunately, the Vectrex was a victim of the video game crash of 1983, so they never got to apply this technology to, say, adventure games or even platformers. Most gamers probably never ever heard of it.
Via Video Game Console Library
Causing them to miss out on all this.
So the most innovative feature of the Nintendo DS wasn't actually that original, but at least it pointed the company in the direction of something that really was: The Wii's motion controls. Except ...


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Ardwin Clayton Young, 84, of Keithsburg, died on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria. Per his wishes, cremation will be accorded. A Celebration of his Life will be held on Saturday, February 9th 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Eagles Club, 1002 N. 7th St. in Oquawka, IL. Memorials may be made to the Ardwin Young Memorial Fund. Bewley Funeral Home Cremation Services, Aledo, assisted the family with arrangements.
Mr. Young was born June 30, 1928 in Galesburg, the son the Herbert and Edith Ericson Young. He married Dorothy Guenther on June 15, 1952 in Knoxville, Illinois.
Ardwin served in the Army in the Korean War. He retired as a mechanic from Gale Products. He was a commercial fisherman on the Mississippi River and enjoyed raising chickens. He was a bee keeper and gardener for various farmers markets. A.C. really enjoyed telling stories.
Those left to cherish his memory include his wife of 60 years, Dorothy; daughters, Christine and David Armentrout, New Boston, Ginnie and Richard Duncan, Reynolds; brother, Larry and Delores Young, Galesburg; grandchildren; Levi and Jessica Duncan, Benson, NC; Brandi Lewis, Mooresville, NC; Angel and Ryan Mueller, Joy; great-grandchildren; Jacob and Lexi Duncan; Eden and Guy Mueller; many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and granddaughter, BilliJo Armentrout Ayers.
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STEUBENVILLE - The offense was efficient, the defense rock solid and Big Red cruised to a 28-0 victory over Maysville in Region 11 quarterfinal action at Harding Stadium Saturday.
Big Red's offense rolled to 421 yards (284 on the ground and 137 via the air). Dashon Redman continued his late season run, compiling 129 stripes on 14 totes. During the past four games, he has rushed for 530 yards. Donte Brown added 115 on 13 trips.
Meanwhile, the defense was downright nasty. Maysville finished with just 70 yards of offense and six first downs. The Panthers were forced to punt on nine of their 11 possessions.
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PLAYOFF WIN — Steubenville's Matt Petrella catches a screen pass and gains yards during Saturday's 28-0 win over Maysville in the Ohio Division III, Region 11 playoffs at Harding Stadium. Petrella caught five passes for 80 yards.
The victory moves Reno Saccoccia's club to 9-2. Big Red, now 47-21 all-time in playoff games, will battle Millersburg West Holmes in the regional semifinals. That contest could be played in New Philadelphia. Maysville, which was making its first trip to the postseason, finishes at 9-2.
"Every win is a great win," Saccoccia said. "I loved the way they played tonight; they played tough. We got some breaks and we took advantage of them. But, we have to fix the penalties and the turnovers."
Big Red was hit with 10 penalties for 100 yards. In addition, they lost two fumbles, one coming in the Maysville end zone.
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Maysville 0 0 0 0 - 0
Big Red 6 8 7 7 - 28
BR: Redman 45 run (kick blocked)
BR: Robinson 14 pass from Stinson (Robinson pass from Stinson)
BR: Petrella 18 pass from Stinson (Smith kick)
BR: Brown 3 run (Smith kick)
RUSHING: Big Red 45-284-2 (Redman 14-129-1; Luke 2-9; Stinson 7-(-17); Lawson 2-15; D. Brown 13-115-1; Blue 6-32; Ferguson 1-1); Maysville 31-(-1) (Hayes 14-36; Miller 4-(-19); Evans 3-1; Harris 6-19; Chambers 2-0; Team 2-(-38)).
PASSING: Big Red 10-17-137-2-0 (all by Stinson); Maysville 7-15-71 (Miller 7-13-71; Wilson 0-1; Harris 0-1.
RECEIVING: Big Red (Petrella 5-79-1; Saltsman 1-13; Lawson 1-10; Robinson 1-24-1; Herrington 2-14; Redman 1-7); Maysville (Hayes 1-9; Evans 1-0; Harris 1-(-5); Wilson 4-67).
FIRST DOWNS: Big Red 21; Maysville 6.
PENALTIES-YARDS: Big Red 10-100; Maysville 7-75.
PUNTS: Big Red 3-39; Maysville 9-38.
FUMBLES-LOST: Big Red 2-2; Maysville 2-0.
After the defense forced the first Maysville punt of the evening, the Big Red offense went to work. Starting at its own 27, the region's third-seeded club marched 73 yards in nine plays. The touchdown came when Redman got loose on a toss sweep and motored 45 yards. After Big Red was hit with a 15-yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct, Luke Smith's 35-yard extra point attempt was blocked.
The second score came after Maysville coach Craig Clarke decided to gamble on fourth and five at his own 26. Justin Wilson's pass was tipped at the line of scrimmage and fell incomplete. Three plays later, Corey Stinson floated one to a wide open Eric Robinson and Big Red was up 12-0. The pass play covered 24 yards. Robinson and Stinson also hooked up for the two-point conversion.
Big Red's defense came through with a huge effort late in the second quarter to thwart Maysville's best scoring chance. The Panthers had first and goal at the nine after Brandon Bush stripped Stinson of the football. Big Red was hit with a defensive holding penalty on the initial Maysville play, moving the pigskin to the five. The Big Red "D" forced a fumble on what appeared to be an end around pass, preserving the first half shutout.
Steubenville took the second half kickoff and moved 81 yards in five plays. Stinson hit Matt Petrella for 50 yards before Redman reeled off runs of four, five and four. The third score came when Stinson found a wide open Petrella from 18 yards away. Smith added the extra point.
The final touchdown came midway through the final period, Brown plowing in from three yards away. Smith again nailed the conversion try.
Stinson completed 10 of his 17 passing attempts. Petrella was on the receiving end of five for 79.
"We ran the ball very well and we passed it very well at times," Saccoccia said. "We've got to work on protecting, we just have to protect better. And, we have to stop the penalties on offense.
"Our offensive line is improving. We're not where we want to be but we have made substantial progress."
Teshawn Luke along with Robert Hayden and Camron King recorded sacks for the Big Red defense. Hayden and Charles Keenan both recorded tackles for losses. All five Maysville possessions in the second half ended with punts.
"The defense played great," Saccoccia noted. "Every Wing T team is a little different. We had to find out what they did best and take it away. You always want to try and make every offense you face play left-handed.
"Our defensive line also is improving. Early on, we weren't getting lined up as quick as I would like, but we were able to fix that."
Looking ahead to the semifinals, Saccoccia knows one area where his team needs to improve.
"We've got to fix the penalties," he stressed. "If we don't fix them, we're not going any further."


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