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For the third time in the Katie Autry murder case, a judge has denied bond for co-defendant Lucas Goodrum.
Goodrum is accused of raping and murdering WKU freshman Katie Autry in her dorm room in May of 2003. Co-defendant Stephen Soules pleaded guilty to the crime and is expected to testify against Goodrum at trial.
At a pre-trial hearing Monday, Judge Tom Castlen denied Goodrum's motion for pre-trial release. Goodrum's attorneys came to court arguing that new DNA test results changed the circumstances of the case from the last time Castlen ruled against bond this summer.
The new tests show hair samples from Goodrum's head and private region do not match samples taken from the crime scene. The tests also show hairs taken from a trash can at Goodrum's apartment do not belong to the victim.
Judge Castlen said that while the test results don't help the prosecution, they do not constitute a change in the evidence.
"It doesn't change anything. We would have been happy to have a match, but the fact that we didn't get a match doesn't change anything," said Autry's aunt, Virginia White. "There's four people that's saying that this boy said he did it. And one of them's saying he was there when he did it."
"It doesn't make me angry; it makes me wonder, why would you go through the expense of continuing testing, when you've done excluded him?" said Goodrum's mom, Donna Dugas. "I think the judge was fair; I think the justice system is working. I think the tests they're doing now are coming back exactly like we've said from day one. I thought that they would come back just like Lucas has said from day one; that he's innocent; he was not there."
Castlen did rule in favor of the defense's motion to seek the background records of Richard Mealer, one of three inmates who claim Goodrum confessed to the crime while behind bars. Defense attorneys claim prior court filings indicate Mealer may have a history of distorting the truth and are looking for hard evidence to support that theory.
Castlen will allow the defense to search for Mealer's records with the Social Security Administration, Lifeskills Inc., and Potter Home for Boys. But because of new federal regulations limiting access to such records, no one is sure whether the defense will find the records it is seeking.

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Should one recite Birkath HaMazon after eating foods that one did not realize were prohibited, or does this fall under the idea that doing so is offensive?
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The Taz (OC 196 sk 1) rules that one who ate something prohibited (even Biblically) by accident is allowed to say an after bracha, as it is no worse than one who eats prohibited foods when forced to because of pikuach nefesh which the Shulchan Aruch already rules (OC 196:2) do get blessings.
The Mishna Berurah (sk 4) quotes this Taz approvingly, but the Aruch HaShulchan (:4) questions him and seems to disagree. CYLOR!


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I have seen people using Polarizing filters on many wide angle lenses. Is it worth using a Polarizing Filter on a 40mm 2.8f STM Pancake lens or any other prime lens?
It is probably useful since a likely use of such a wide angle lens is landscapes. Since landscapes often contain some sky, and a polarizing filter can reduce the haze in favor of the blue color, polarizing filters often make landscapes look better.
There are other uses for polarizers too, with a common one being either accenting or reducing relection off of water. Since this is again a likely subject for that focal length, a polarizing filter will be useful on the lens.
In general, the usefulness of a polarizing filter has nothing to do with the focal length. It is about whether you want to accentuate or reduce reflections from dielectrics, like the particles that cause haze in the sky, water, tabletops, etc. The drawback is that it will take a little more than 1 f-stop of light. Fortunately for outdoor scenes this is usually not a big deal.
I usually keep a polarizer on my lens except for telephotos. Usually polarized reflections aren't a big issue when you are trying to narrow in on a particular subject.
The worthiness of using a polarising filter does not depend whether you have a zoom or a prime lens.
If you are doing outdoor photography with your 40mm prime, then a polarising filter will give great results.
The length of a lens has nothing to do with the usefulness of a polarizing filter. The point of a polarizing filter is to reduce glare. If your shots have glare from reflective surfaces, using a polarizing filter will allow you to remove the glare. This is true for any size lens.
The thing to be noted, as brought up in comments however, is that the further off axis the light is coming in from, the more pronounced the effect will be and it may result in some distortion.


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Kmiec's Review of Chaput and Korzen/Kelley
Here you go. I thought I'd open the thread for you all.Although I have to finish a Commonweal lecture I have to give this week, so don't have time to post.
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Chaput, with other bishops, have refused to call for the resignation of Cardinal George as president of UCCB or from his archdiocese, due to his lying about protecting children. 85% of the dioceses in the US have reported embezzlement in the last five years. If that is reported, imagine what is not reported. This is a serious breach of the people's trust. They should be refused communion.http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2007/01_02/2007_01_06_Marshall_...
Okay, could we focus the discussion on the book review, and the political issues it raises. Please? Otherwise, I'll have to close comments before they get going, because I can't monitor them that closely today. And we all know comments on this topic get hot.
Thanks for the excellent initial review of these two books. Reminded of the 1970-1980s when the National Bishops Conference did focus on the wider social issues of the times - nuclear war, peace and justice, poverty, racism. Unfortunately, those bishops are mostly dead or retired.So, your review raises some questions for me:a) why and how did Roe v Wade change the USCCB to a single issue focus? Has it?b) realize that the books focus on other issues but was wondering how to compare and relate Korzen/Kelley to the position articulated by Mario Cuomo at Notre Dame?c) how do we move or transition our current USCCB to a broader consistent ethic of life stance that does not in any way indicate partisanship since it appears that neither party is the complete answer
I agree with Bill D."s last question! I thought the critical issue in the review was "balance;" and the broader question of how to restore a balanced view across the Church in the US, beyond the putative "leadership" of USCCB, is what resonated with me.The poltical campaign underscores the current easy polarizations we fall into - only really strong and balanced leadership not only from the top but from below can restore the vital proclamation of the full Gospel message.
In order for any democracy to work, the voters must be able to recall or punish elected officials who fail to deliver on their promises. Clearly, this has not been happening to the Republican Party in the case of abortion. And this is the root of the problem from the Republican side.
Let me get this straight: If I favor laws that protect the right to life of preborn human beings, I am violating the religious freedom of people who think child-dismemberment should be legal, according to the Second Vatican Council? I continue to underestimate Prof. Kmiec's ability to assert something more preposterous than he has already stated. My previous favorite was that allowing mothers and abortionists to decide whether to grind up an innocent child best comports with the Catholic view of subsidiarity. By this new standard, legal protection against the murder of certain people violate VII's idea of religious freedom, at least amidst a population that thinks those people do not have the right not to be murdered. Why do I think the Vatican Secretary of State is not going to be applying that principle in Darfur anytime soon? Unbelievable.For those of you keeping score, in Catholic moral theology there are some acts which we don't have the prudential option of allowing by law, and murder is one of them. A Roe-only status-quo strategy is certainly inadequate. But to think that Roe is the only issue is willful ignorance. The question is: do we pass FOCA and strike down all state laws against abortion, which laws save at least 125,000 children from abortion every year, and force taxpayers to fund abortions, or do we not do that (do we NOT do that!), and possibly make some more progress along the same lines, or possibly do much better. FOCA *will* have this result--everyone thinks so, except people who want to rationalize their actions that will "inadvertently" lead to its passage. The judges that will be appointed to interpret FOCA are the same ones who think the Constitution alone requires such a result.Similarly, it's ridiculous to say that we might not get Ginsburg or Breyer with FOCA if a seat opens. There is zero reason to think we will not. If someone denies the obvious by what can at best be called speculative and convoluted thinking, but puts their words in the form of thoughtful argument, can their arguments and conclusions still be called "reasonable"?
From John Allen's Interview with Archbishop John Onaiyekan of Abuja, Nigeriahttp://ncrcafe.org/node/2180(Archbishop Onaiyekan "is a past president of the African bishops conference and is widely considered a leading spokesperson for Catholicism in Africa. During the current Synod of Bishops on the Bible, Onaiyekan was tapped to deliver the continental report on behalf of the African bishops." Which makes me think that he is not some maverick)"Allen:If you had a vote, would you vote for Obama?Archbishop:Obviously, if I had a vote.Allen:Even though hes pro-choice?Archbishop:Let me put it this way: The fact that you oppose abortion doesnt necessarily mean that you are pro-life. You can be anti-abortion and still be killing people by the millions, through war, through poverty, and so on. Thats my own way of looking at it. Of course I believe that abortion is wrong, that its killing innocent life. I also believe, however, that those who are against abortion should be consistent. If my choice is between the person who makes room for abortion but who is really pro-life in terms of justice in the world, peace in the world, I will prefer him to somebody who doesnt support abortion but who is driving millions of people in the world to death.The choice is not just between a pro-abortion and an anti-abortion person. Its bigger than that. Its a whole package, and you never get a politician who will please you in everything. You always have to pick and choose. As they say in Rome, if you dont take the pasta because of the sauce, then you take the sauce because of the pasta!"
The Catholic bishop's continued harangue against voters places everyday Catholic's in a "Sophie's Choice" quandary. Most folks I know live in a world that is not dominated by Roe v. Wade nor would ever choose to have an abortion, but are continually told that they are participating in evil by contemplating "minor" issues as a basis for their vote. At this point in time, most Catholics have a variety of concerns that have an immediate impact on their lives and their communities. Voting anti-Roe is a luxury few Catholics can afford.The unhealthy anti-Roe obsession of Catholic leadership has had a significant role in the current situation. The Church cohabitating with the conservative forces of the Republican party, a live-in relationship of convenience, has muted the Church's ability to speak prophetically for the poor and middle classes of the United States. Systemic greed run amok was ignored because the Church's housemate whispered sweet nothings about Roe v. Wade. The Republicans were happy to have Catholics on board because Catholics were dutiful housewives that forgave their husbands for forgetting anniversaries and birthdays. Republicans realized that they did not need to follow through on their words, they just had to say they would remember next year.The Church's anti-Roe obsession has contributed to the polarization of civil society. A glance at most conservative Catholic blogs (that means you Mr. Shea) and their commentators would lead one to believe that the Church's understanding of the human person has changed. A person who is either pro-choice or a Catholic concerned about abortion rates, yet not onboard with the anti-Roe agenda, is by nature evil. The desire to discuss and find common ground on issues is demonized. It is either the anti-Roe way or the Highway to Hell.Now the Church's leadership finds itself in a situation where the only people left in the room in which they are making common cause are extreme laissez-faire capitalists and bigots. The Church leadership may like the look of the current Sarah Palin 2012 campain rallies, but to most Americans, it is ugly. This is the path the Catholic Church has chosen with it's anti-Roe agenda.
Michael writes:"A person who is either pro-choice or a Catholic concerned about abortion rates, yet not onboard with the anti-Roe agenda, is by nature evil". This is not the Church's position. The Church teaches that we have all been born with the stain of original sin. It is our fallen nature. It does NOT teach that persons become evil; only that we tend easily to sin. And we do commit sins. For all the sociological / political talk and writing, the bishops who have heard thousands of confessions are more expert in the matter of sin, and forgiveness. This is the core of the problem. It occurred to me [who knew many refugees from Nazi Germany] that the Nazi government was quite concerned with unemployment, with welfare, with medical care. They achieved some remarkable success in correcting these deficiencies in their society. But at what a moral cost! It is not without interest [as they say in the auction catalogues] that the same questions arise in our society that arose then - life that was not worthy of life: the squalling babies, the old and decrepit, the imperfect human specimens. When the German bishops spoke against the euthanasia of the old, they succeeded in arresting it - alas only for a time. They could not succeed in arresting the treatment of Jews. It would have been like trying to take drugs from a group of maddened addicts. Similar, perhaps, is the ferocity of those who defend aborting the next generation, and support a seamless web of death with such as the euthanasia in Oregon. We may thank God for the immigrants - who like our grandparents are replacing the next American generation that we are killing.
Gabriel,If you read the sentences immediately prior to the sentence you quoted, you would be aware that I just happen to know the Church's teaching on the human person.I think it would be wrong to assume that people who are not anti-Roe are pro-abortion or pro-euthanasia. I would be very happy if Roe was overturned to tomorrow (or yesterday or thirty some odd years ago for that matter). Just because you disagree with me does not makes me complicit in the growth of a Nazi-like society (nonetheless, thanks for the proving the point of the paragraph from which you lifted the quote). At the same time, I have to live in the world in which I have been plopped by the Almighty. The all-or-Hell approach the rigid anti-Roe agenda of Church leaders engenders is similar to US Iraq policy. Saddam was a bad guy that needed to be dealt with. The invasion created worse conditions that allowed for the growth of a network of people who really meant to do us harm. Abortion is an evil, however at the same time, our work to eradicate abortion ought not to be a scorched earth policy that in the long run has been destroying the common good (maybe the bishops ought to have a surge policy).Being dubious of the high horse anti-Roe agenda does not mean that I favor the slippery slope into Nazism just like being dubious of the war in Iraq does not make me unpatriotic.
Michael,You write: "If you read the sentences immediately prior to the sentence you quoted, you would be aware that I just happen to know the Churchs teaching on the human person".I realize I am easily confused in argument. But I do not find in the sentences your awareness of the Church's position on the human person. That position seems to me shatteringly simple and evident: persons may commit evil; they do not become evil. You easily excoriate those who are "rigidly anti-Roe". Perhaps I have been reading the wrong postings or literature. "Rigidly" anything does not make sense to me. It sounds like a mental illness. I have recently been reading Msgr. George Kelly's THE CHURCH AND THE AMERICAN POOR. It is clear account of the work of the Church in social matters since WWII, a work which has horrendously decreased in this country since Vatican II. Perhaps the decrease is due to the decrease in the number of nuns and priests who actually did the grunt work - in the hospitals, in the schools, in the orphanages. But I do think it disingenuous to claim that abortion is the single issue which the bishops find disturbing. That they find the slaughter of innocents overwhelmingly horrifying seems true enough. Pace the doubts of Father Raymond Brown, there was another slaughter of innocents in the history of our Church. It serves as a reminder to us of the plague-like nature of such happenings. And of the threat it poses to the salvation of each of us - the bishops' chief concern for their sheep - if we do not act to prevent it. Concentrating only on Roe v. Wade is like giving at the office. Getting the abortuaries of Planned Unparenthood out of the poor sections - in this country and abroad - seems to me a fine work for the poor. Are they not to be allowed to have children? Perhaps I live in an alternative universe with an alternative Church. But I find no let-up in the Church's requests for money for the poor, for the missions, for the sick, for the elderly. Indeed I take it as a mark of the true Church [as did Ronald Knox] to be continuously badgered for money. I suppose it is an echo of Andrew Carnegie's Presbyterian warning: "Who dies rich, dies disgraced".
"You can be anti-abortion and still be killing people by the millions, through war, through poverty, and so on. I also believe, however, that those who are against abortion should be consistent. Thats my own way of looking at it. Of course I believe that abortion is wrong, that its killing innocent life. If my choice is between the person who makes room for abortion but who is really pro-life in terms of justice in the world, peace in the world, I will prefer him to somebody who doesnt support abortion but who is driving millions of people in the world to death."I know of no candidate who fits this description - one who is pro-life yet "still killing people by the millions, through war, through poverty, and so on." The only killing "by the millions" that I'm aware of in the US takes place within the confines of abortion clinics.May one make that incontestable point without being suspected of a partisan agenda?
"Perhaps I live in an alternative universe with an alternative Church. But I find no let-up in the Churchs requests for money for the poor, for the missions, for the sick, for the elderly. "FWIW - I just clicked over to the USCCB website's "Latest News" page. Here are the top 10 headlines:Catholics, Anglicans Start New Round of DialoguesCatholics, Orthodox Bishops Examine Naming of Bishops, Campus Ministry at Alabama MeetingNielsen Ratings Find Bishops' Media Campaigns on Poverty, Marriage among Most PopularAdvisory for Broadcasters: Vatican Sets Telecast Info on Papal Christmas, Day of Peace CeremoniesBishops to Meet November 10-13 in Baltimore; Agenda Includes Address by Cardinal George; Election of USCCB Secretary, Committee Chairs-Elect; Approval of Liturgical TextsSynod on Bible Web Site to Highlight Catholics and ScriptureCardinal Rigali Urges Respect for Human Life, Opposition to Freedom of Choice ActBishops Urge Congress, Bush Administration to Find Moral Response to Financial CrisisPhiladelphia Priest Named Head of Bishops Secretariat for Evangelization and CatechesisPro-Life Chair To Congress: We Cant Reduce Abortions By Promoting Abortion I might score the breadth of topics as follows:Ecumenicism: 3Poverty: 1Marriage: 1Administrivia: 3Liturgy: 1Bible/Scripture: 1Abortion: 2Economics: 1All in all, not a bad spread. To be sure, two of the stories deal more or less directly with abortion. And three get tossed into my personal "who cares?" bucket. But this is clearly not a Johnny-One-Note performance.http://www.usccb.org/news/
Jim"The only killing by the millions that Im aware of in the US takes place within the confines of abortion clinics."So if there were such killings, you would agree with the Archbishop?Anyway, without quibbling about the words, it is very clear what the Archbishop meant. There are a great many Catholics who understand that and agree with that view. Just yesterday, my daughter, who lives in Arizona said her parish priest mentioned (during the homily, I think, which I think he is not supposed to do) that Catholics cannot vote for the Democratic candidate. She was confused about what to do, since she has been an Obama supporter. So I send her the quote from the Archbishop. She can decide whether the priest or the Bishop makes a better case.
Jim, respect your thinking and observations but would pose a larger question that the African archbishop's experience captures. Per UN data, every year an estimated 40 million people die of starvation, disease, and poor water. 50% of these deaths are children. If you live in Africa or at least sub-Sahara Africa, parts of India, Bangladesh, parts of China or SE Asia, you well know the challenges. Currently, US data indicate that an est. 1 mil abortions are performed in the US each year. Compare the above to this. Also, keep in mind that US data indicates that 80% of these abortions are by women that are in the grip of poverty, single parent, jobless, etc.Given this reality, I think it is time for the Catholics of the US to carefully go back to their scriptural roots and imitate the call of Christ - that we need a consistent ethic of life around the world and that being Catholic means that we have an option for the poor and not reduce this merely to the single issue of "life begins at conception." You are missing the point made by a number of folks above.
"So if there were such killings, you would agree with the Archbishop?"It's difficult to respond to such an unlikely hypothetical, but it's safe to assume that if the US were so fundamentally, unrecognizably different, I would also be assessing the situation differently."Anyway, without quibbling about the words, it is very clear what the Archbishop meant. There are a great many Catholics who understand that and agree with that view. "I'd be dismayed to learn that a great many Catholics are as ill-informed as the Archbishop apparently is about conditions in the United States.FWIW - I expect the Archbishop would like to have Barack Obama as president of Africa, and be able to bring his policy commitments to bear on Africa's perennial, intractable problems. At least, it's the only sense I can make of his comments.
Bill--nobody's missing the point. You need to compare apples to apples, and you must get specific instead of speaking so generally. If you're going to expand the universe worldwide, you have to expand it worldwide for abortion too. There are 50 million surgical abortions worldwide. The choice is--do we pay for worldwide abortions with US funds, or not? Is that a tough decision for you? Do we spend US funds on crates and crates of condoms sent to Africa, or do we spend it on crates and crates of medicine and food and clean water technology sent to Africa? Why do you think the third world hates us--because we are trying to eliminate their population and force our immoral culture on them. So let's state the worldwide choice: to expand US eugenic population control funding and abortion for darker colored people, including abortion, or not. You would have us think there is a worldwide choice before us to save 40 million from starvation, or save much less from abortion here. That is unsubstantiated. If anything, the increased funding for eugenic attacks will have a corresponding drag on real help--meaning more abortions and more starvations go together. There is no reason to believe that we must choose to save some from starvation or not. Show me precise policy that on one hand will lead to a reasonable estimate of lives saved from your 40 million, and on the other hand will not. You can't just say 40 million die, even if that's true. You have to state how there is a reasonably certain choice to save some number of those on the one hand, and to not save them on the other. The only specific evidence we have is that increased international funding will kill more (preborn) people, so that counts against you, unless they don't count.On the domestic front we have specificity in our policy choice. Do we force government funding of abortion and strike down all pro-life laws that save six figures of children from abortion yearly, or do we not do that and maybe make progress in saving a lot more.
Helpful review... Complement these works with EJ Dionne's "Souled Out" and Micheal Sean Winters "Left at the Altar." As mosst know, these are more political in nature, but frame the questions well and somewhat differently.
The balance of harm from abortion or maternal mortality or coereced prostitution or lack of safe drinking water is not the same throughout the world. In the developing world, the latter three are far bigger threats. On Sunday, the Washington Post had an article about maternal mortality in West Africa, where it is as high as 1 in 8. This isn't about saying, "well, obviously, if you care about abortion you don't care about maternal mortality" (or clean drinking water, etc.). It's about deciding to put resources into decreasing maternal mortality however you feel about abortion. But in American politics, basically, our willingness to invest in health and welfare particularly in the developing world is held hostage to abortion. Many of us believe, of course, that this is just a pretext because Republican officials have rarely made such investment a hallmark of their policy program. And perhaps when you get to the point where you believe that abortion politics is nothing more than a pretext for excusing complete indifference to the well being of others, you might finally be fed up with seeing your flock, in particular, suffer the consequences. In other words, maybe his willing to try to address abortion in the long run.
I don't see how anything calling itself a consistent ethic of life can say that an international abortion, paid for by US dollars, and expanded by pumping cash into pro-abortion NGOs is not harmful. At least one person is murdered each time, not to mention the devestating effect on the woman. I agree that good funding internationally is held hostage to abortion. But the people holding it hostage are the abortion advocates. They want the $$ to go to their abortion and eugenics programs and bank accounts. The question again must be put in specific terms if you're arguing it as a basis for a choice. The general idea that pro-lifers don't want to fund programs that actually help is ethereal, not to mention highly suspect. No one can respond because no specific complaint has been lodged. It's not a basis for a reasoned judgment. I could just as well lodge the opposite allegation, that pro-aborts want to beef up international funding to Planned Parenthood and call it "saving women," and my accusation actually has a basis in specific fact, because the specific policy proposal to fund abortion and PP internationally with US dollars, or to not do that, is on the table. Sure, pro-lifers shouldn't make vague allegations about how one domestic option is pro-life and one isnt. But we haven't done that. We've gotten very specific about FOCA and other things, each of which can be assessed intelligently. And here i've also gotten very specific about international funding of abortion and Planned Parenthood And the response I am hearing is, well people die from starvation too. This is insufficient. Show me precisely how the specific choice is before us, on the one hand, to fund those particular maternal mortality and food and water to the extent of saving a certain number of people, and on the other hand, to fund them less to the effect of saving some estimable fewer number of people. Not just general allegations about how some types of people have some tendencies to do some sorts of things, which can't even be assessed.
Matt, the specific choice is that after 8 years (and certainly after the Katrina disaster), it is beyond clear that the Republican Party has no interest in any of these other issues, whether it's clean drinking water or maternal mortality. Continuing to vote for the Party solely because of it's position on abortion is, like it or not, continuing to vote against any hope of contributing to a solution in these other areas. Can you name me specific proposals or accomplishments (other than in the area of HIV funding, where I do credit President Bush with leadership) that should make me change my mind? I'm all ears.That is what it means to hold voters hostage to abortion, and it seems to me that the logic of this conclusion is inarguable.
"Matt, the specific choice is that after 8 years (and certainly after the Katrina disaster), it is beyond clear that the Republican Party has no interest in any of these other issues, whether its clean drinking water or maternal mortality. Continuing to vote for the Party solely because of its position on abortion is, like it or not, continuing to vote against any hope of contributing to a solution in these other areas. Can you name me specific proposals or accomplishments (other than in the area of HIV funding, where I do credit President Bush with leadership) that should make me change my mind? Im all ears."Why should we bracket out HIV funding? Let's celebrate it.Here's more:http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1001/p02s02-usfp.htmlhttp://wfp.org/englis... I am not a Republican
"Per UN data, every year an estimated 40 million people die of starvation, disease, and poor water. 50% of these deaths are children. If you live in Africa or at least sub-Sahara Africa, parts of India, Bangladesh, parts of China or SE Asia, you well know the challenges. ...Given this reality, I think it is time for the Catholics of the US to carefully go back to their scriptural roots and imitate the call of Christ - that we need a consistent ethic of life around the world and that being Catholic means that we have an option for the poor and not reduce this merely to the single issue of life begins at conception. "I support the consistent ethic of life, Bill. My opposition to abortion is consistent with it. Policymakers and politicians who want to maintain or expand the current regime of abortions foster a tragically inconsistent ethic of life. Such people have made the term "Seamless Garment" a dirty word in the pro-life community.This entire discussion poses a dichotomy that I reject. I want people in the Third World to be free of AIDS, to have enough to eat, to have clean drinking water, to be inoculated against malaria, to have honest and reliable government, and to live in peace. And I want abortion to end. Like any good child of the '80's. I want it all. I wish the money spent on the war in Iraq had been used to feed the hungry - even better, to help the hungry to feed themselves sustainably. I wish the money spent on abortions were used for the same purpose. We can't turn back the clock, but let's do what we can. Our government doesn't have to fund abortions, doesn't have to subsidize organizations that evangelize abortion, doesn't have to maintain a legal climate that is friendly to abortions. It's within our power as an electorate to do something about these things, civilly, legally and peacefully. Let's do them.
Jim, you aren't going to get it all no matter who you vote for this election cycle. That's your dilemma.
The latest decisions from our majority Catholic Supreme Court:Shortcut to: http://www.religiousconsultation.org/NEWS/supreme_court_declines_abortio... latest from Africa - by the way, we do now live in a world impacted by globalization - we live with it in our work lives and in our daily lives. What happens in China and Africa, impacts what happens in Chicago, Dallas, NYC:Shortcut to: http://www.religiousconsultation.org/NEWS/can_this_be_pro-life.htm
Barbara--if you can prove your point merely by 8 years of Bush and the existence of those problems, you prove too much, because how is it that these problems exist after 8 years of Clinton, by your own reasoning? And, I'll becha, the rates of death from those problems today is less than it was 8 years ago, after 8 years of Clinton, which would prove the exact opposite of what you are proposing. But who can tell? You continue to speak in generalities, not pointing to a specific policy choice on the table between (a) funding that will save a certain percentage of the people from those other ills, and (b) refusal to fund those things to that specific degree. Your attitude is a big assumption that one party is of course better than the other. Assumptions are not reasons, and they don't inform intelligent decisions. Meanwhile, you fail to respond to the specific policy choices I have set forth that are on the table, to vastly increase abortion at home and to run around the world throwing blood money at child murder and the people who support it, or not. Bill--that's only a "majority Catholic court" if you count the one Catholic who has upheld abortion for all these years. Which now that you mention it, is exactly the kind of Catholic you are likely to meet here at Commonweal. How many of the "abortion is too important" Catholics here, if on the Supreme Court, would overturn Roe and even extend 14th Amendment protection to the preborn (liberals want to extend it to everyone else). I'm waiting for them to declare that they would vote to scrap Roe if given the chance. Maybe they already have--please share that with me. Or maybe they have said it's sooo difficult and sooo complex, meaning they would not, which just goes to show you how they really define consistent ethic of life. It is often consistent in only one thing, deemphasizing the largest and continuing mass slaughter in all of human history as compared to everything else combined. So it's very clever of you to promote a brand of Catholicism that is causing the problem, and then blame it on the faithful Catholics who are trying to stop it.
I'm not promoting a brand of Catholicism. On that you can rest assured.
"Jim, you arent going to get it all no matter who you vote for this election cycle."Why do you say that, Barbara? I believe I've found a candidate who is markedly better than the other on life issues, and who seems to be more or less a wash with the other on foreign aid.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93375859
Professor Kmiec has written a very good article, but does not address a problem with the "one issue" premise: "... when it is impossible to overturn or repeal a law allowing abortion ... an elected official [may] ... support ...".What is a "law allowing abortion"? If the practical means being used to enforce a "law prohibiting abortion" is not justified, and Roe v. Wade overturns the law on that account, why should Roe v. Wade (or any similar restraint upon unjustified means) be overturned? It is essential to examine whether the means are justified. The language of Evangelium Vitae obscures the need for such an examination.Where should we draw the line on what are acceptable or unacceptable uses of state power? Consider the following thought experiment. What if the Texas statute at issue in Roe had mandated that every woman of child bearing age be examined monthly, and if found pregnant be required to wear a radio transmitter that would allow her to be tracked by police with the authority to prevent efforts at abortion. No such Orwellian regime would ever be passed into law, of course, at least not in any democracy. But it would certainly save many unborn lives.Continue for a moment with the thought experiment. With modern technology, the inconvenience upon women could be minimized. As a practical matter (apart from issues of privacy) women could ignore the radio transmitter. They would only be concerned if they were considering an abortion. Orwellian, to be sure, but how does the "proportionate" argument play? Isn't the life of one child worth the mere inconvenience to even a large number of women?If such a law had been found unconsititutional in Roe v. Wade, would not Roe v. Wade then still be a "law allowing abortion"? If an "anti-Orwell" politician opposed overturning Roe v. Wade in such circumstances, would that politician be advised not to receive communion?Where would we draw the line? There are levels of crudeness, admittedly less Orwellian. in the means for preventing or reducing abortion. The Texas statute simply "made abortion illegal", but the practical enforcement mechanism was to prosecute doctors. This surely reduced access to abortion, even though some women died in botched back alley abortions.Does it go too far down the "means" line from crude to enlightened to limit the use of state power to the supportive means proposed in the Democratric platform? Where is the line to be drawn? I don't see how we can rationally avoid the thoughtful examination required to draw this line, and still remain morally accountable for the consequences of our decisions.Yet from the lofty precipice from which Evangelium Vitae views the law, it is easy to understand how the Pope might overlook the need for such examination. But at the level of practical politics -- down from the lofty precipice -- the effect (knowledge of which should be presumed, in order to preserve accountability) has been to curtail such examination.This is not right, as many of us understand. The premise that a "law allowing abortion" is ipso facto bad is like the question "how often do you beat your wife?" It makes a presumption that is tactically difficult to challenge directly, without going down a garden path and off into a ditch. It is better to take a positive approach, and extol the virtues of your spouse. Professor Kmiec is therefore perhaps wise to avoid dealing with the presumption. Other commentary in the Catholic media have taken a similar approach. For example, the recent editorial in America Magazine does an very good job of providing the Catholic voter with reasons for considering a broader view of Catholic social teaching, within the framework of the pastoral guidance provided by the bishops. An article in the same issue (by Cathleen Kaveny, who started this thread) follows through in some detail, to the same effect. Voters need not be locked into a one-issue straightjacket. Yet reader comment on the articles indicate that the one-issue straightjacket has locked the minds of many voters as well as some bishops.It is more important to examine the consequent means than to piously presume that the principled end of "no abortions" can be achieved by "making abortion illegal."My guess is the Professor Kmiec considered this line of thinking, but left it on the cutting room floor. It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness. But somewhere along the line, if the public discourse is to reflect both faith and reason, and not simply verbal war, we will need to address the premises hidden between the lines in ##67-74 of Evangelium Vitae.


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- BSO Case Number: BS00-08-8504 (UPDATE)
- PIO Number: 01-8-16
- Date: August 15, 2000
- Time: 10:52 p.m.
- Place of Occurrence: 911 NW 34 Avenue, unincorporated Ft. Lauderdale
- Adrian Smith, 21, 7/19/79, male, 921 NW 34 Way, Ft. Lauderdale (DECEASED)
- Emanuel Richardson, 21, 6/17/80, male, 831 NW 33 Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale
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As the one-year anniversary approaches, Broward Sheriff's Office homicide detectives are seeking the public's help in order to determine who shot and killed 21-year-old Adrian Smith during an attempted armed robbery near Fort Lauderdale.
On August 15, 2000, just before 11 p.m., BSO deputies responded to 911 NW 34 Avenue after receiving a 911-call from a man stating he and his friend had just been shot by an unknown subject. When deputies arrived they discovered one of the victims had been shot.
Smith and Emanuel Richardson were walking north on 34 Avenue when a dark colored vehicle approached and the passenger attempted to rob them at gunpoint. Richardson was not injured, but Smith died at the scene. Three months after the death of Adrian Smith, his family and community leaders held a candlelight vigil at St. George Park ( 3501 NW 8 Street) to encourage anyone to come forward with information about his killer.
Detectives have only a vague description of the suspect. He is described as a black male about five feet five inches tall with a stocky build.
The BSO Homicide Unit continues to investigate this case and is committed to finding Adrian Smith's killer. Anyone with information on this case is urged to call BSO Homicide Det. Glenn Bukata at (954) 321-4210 or call Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at (954) 493-TIPS. Remember Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 for the arrest of the person or persons responsible for Smith's death.
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He was named to that post in September 1999, after spending a more than a year as a member of The Editorial Board of The Times. He joined the paper in October 1988 as a financial columnist, a position he held until he joined the Editorial Board in May 1998.
Before joining The Times, Mr. Norris had been with Barron's National Business and Financial Weekly since December 1982, where he began as a staff writer and subsequently was promoted to stock market editor. He began writing "The Trader" column in mid-1983 and was cited by the New York Society of Certified Public Accountants for outstanding reporting on accounting issues in 1984. In 1998, he was cited by the Financial Writers Association of New York for outstanding lifetime achievement.
He and his wife, Christine Bockelmann, compiled and edited "The New York Times Century of Business," which was published by McGraw-Hill in late 1999.
Mr. Norris began his career in journalism as a reporter for the College Press Service, a news service for college newspapers, in September 1969. From September 1970 to January 1972, he was a reporter and editor for The Manchester (N.H.) American, a newspaper he helped to found. From January 1972 to August 1974, he was a reporter for The Concord (N.H.) Monitor, covering the state legislature and politics.
From August 1974 to December 1977, he worked for UPI. In 1977 and 1978 he was press secretary to, then, Sen. John Durkin. From 1978 to 1981 he was a business writer and editor for the Associated Press.
Born in Los Angeles on Sept. 6, 1947, Mr. Norris attended the University of California in Irvine. He was a Walter Bagehot Fellow in Economics and Business Journalism at Columbia University for two terms and received an MBA in 1982.
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2-factor authentication (2FA) increases the security of your account by requiring something you have to be paired with something you know in order to log in to your account. We support 2FA with either OATH TOTP (Google Authenticator) or a YubiKey (ensure it supports OTP).
There are several good (and free) OATH TOTP apps available for most phones. We recommend:
If you have another type of phone, you may still be able to use TOTP. Any app that claims to support the Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) algorithm from the Initiative for Open Authentication (OATH) as specified in RFC 6238 should work.
Note: Neither the Google Authenticator app nor our server implementation is specific to Google in any way, nor does it ever communicate with Google systems as part of its operation (or with any other systems for that matter). "Google Authenticator" is the name of Google's TOTP app, which has become synonymous with the authentication method itself.
If you wish to use a YubiKey, you can purchase one from the Yubico store (ensure it supports one-time password).
In the log in box on our home page:
For even speedier log in, you can skip step 2: just leave the cursor at the end of the password field after you've finished typing your password and add your OTP code on the end.
You should create a different "Regular" password on the
Alternative logins screen for each device you wish to use. Again, it should be long and random, as there's no need to remember it; it should just be remembered by the device itself. If your device gets lost, stolen or otherwise compromised, you can revoke access for that password from the
Alternative logins screen.
Detailed instructions are in our guides to for the FastMail iOS/Android apps and for the FastMail web client.
In an ideal world, all passwords would be a secret, known only to yourself. However the more a password is used, the more vulnerable it is to being exposed to malicious attackers. They might try to steal it (through phishing or malware/spyware), or guess it (through brute force repeated dictionary attacks).
The point of 2FA is that if someone does manage to steal your normal password, they still can't use it to log into your account without the 2nd factor. So it remains safe.
But what about your master password? It doesn't have a 2nd factor, it's higher risk right? Yes, but since you don't use your master password day-to-day, it can't be stolen. Ideally it can't be guessed either, because you've made your master password long and truly random (you don't use it often so you don't need to make it easy to remember). Long and truly random passwords are very difficult to guess: even if an attacker tries many many different combinations a second, they will be stopped by our rate-limiting before they discover the password.
Now you're using 2FA, your normal high-usage password is safe and secure. Why then do we use a master password at all?
Even with 2FA, the problem remains on what to do if you lose one of your factors: you have to have some form of account recovery. There's a number of options for this, like security questions or backup codes. But these are really just back doors to your account. Backup codes are common: Google uses backup codes, as does Wordpress.
We're not particular fans of this, but realistically people need some way back into their account that can't be social engineered.
So for now, we've left it that you leave a standard master password on your account. You can make that as long and complex as you want, and you can write it down and file it away for that day your phone/yubikey is stolen. Because it's not in general use, not entered into any keyboard in general, not stored in any software, it's at extremely unlikely to be stolen.
Having said all that, we are working on a true 2FA system with proper recovery, but it's hard to get right, because we want to make sure that any recovery mechanism requires 2 factors as well, but is still easy for the true account holder to verify themselves.
When you set up your TOTP alternative login, FastMail creates a secret code based on your username, the current time and some other random data. You import this into Google Authenticator (or other TOTP app) using the provided QR code or by entering the code manually.
Every thirty seconds, your app combines this secret key with the current time to produce a six-digit number. When you enter this number into the password field to log in, FastMail uses the secret code and its own concept of the current time to produce its own six-digit number. If your number matches ours (and the base password also matches), your login is successful.
This requires that your app and our servers have their clocks in sync. Because our servers synchronise times from the same global source that most mobile network operators use to set the time on mobile devices, it's quite rare for clocks to fall significantly out of sync. We have taken some measures to adjust for small differences in time between your authenticator app and our servers, so in practice the OTP code generated will be valid for about 90 seconds.
A YubiKey is a small USB device that generates single-use passwords. It doesn't need any client software: you just plug it into a USB port and it acts like a USB keyboard. It has one button on it, that when you press generates a new one-time 44 character password. It works like this:
It generates the one-time code by:
The internal values that are joined and encrypted include:
At FastMail, we get the 44-char code. We check that the first 12 characters correspond with the YubiKey you've registered with your account, then we send the code on to the Yubico servers. Since they have the shared private key, they can decrypt the values and check to make sure they are valid (e.g. counters are all higher than their previous values, the checksum is valid, etc).
Yes, absolutely! Whilst secure and very flexible, our alternative logins system was created a long time ago and is quite convoluted. We intend to replace it with a much easier, and more usual, 2FA setup.


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Like Vincen mentioned the conference was crazy busy and we were unable to setup for higher resolution images. Plus we only had small window of opportunity to show these new toys to the public during the conference.
We have finally returned and unpacked all the gear. Now we need to clean the stuff up and prepare them for better product images - maybe by weeks end.
Thank you very much for your patience.
OK - here are few better quality images of the new modular system.
We'll add more soon...
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I'm impressed!
This looks like a great set, and I am sure that some of the arms could fit the original Merlin (automatic head) crown... at least without too much extra work/parts. Maybe a couple of hard rubber strips on the sides.
If that is the case, I am sure that many Merlin users would be all over you! I have still not finished making my Merlin head ready, the final thing is because of the crown/arm issue.
Looking forward to this becoming available.
Thanks for keep on evolving the products and listen to the back-land!
I too would be curious to learn about possible cross compatibility with other products. This is only the first of 3 series which will be due out later this year.
Ahh yes New products worth the wait I believe.
Thank you for the welcome and introduction I have been a member of the forums for quite some time, only lurking in the shadows.
Images #6 and #7 (counting from the bottom and up) depict the short arm... can you confirm the measurements of it being
160mm long
38mm wide
10mm thick
If that is the case, it should be possible to use it with the Merlin crown only adding rubber strips at the sides.... but probably depending on camera lens combo.
A 160 mm long arm is the longest possible for the Merlin head, without modifications (so that the vertical arm can travel 360° freely)
But this Merlin part of the discussion should probably be placed somewhere else in the forums...
Thanks again.
Welcome Trausti to nodal ninja forum.
Bill, he is not only the developer of flashificator, but one of the busiest guys on the panoguide forum with lots of great hints.
Hey .. well done.. it looks very good !!
I love what I am seeing... I take it the groove in vertical rail is for further attachments, that we have not seen yet. (lens rings??)
Very well done Nick.
Here are some quickie photos showing how you can use lens ring clamps on the system and also how are you are able to take the down shot.
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With the release of your new modular system, will this mean the end of the NN5 line of pano heads?


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Is there a way to schedule when the Market updates my installed apps? Ideally I would like to run it late every night, that way I won't have to be bothered with them when I'm actually using the phone.
I'm not 100% sure but maybe tasker can do it. If it can't do it directly and if you are rooted, you can use tasker to kill Market except on night time. That way at night time Market will run and install your apps. At day time market will get killed and no installing of apps.
You can set the Market to only update apps when its connected to Wi-Fi. If you only ever connect your device to Wi-Fi at home, then this setting could do the trick for you?
Market -> Menu -> Settings -> Update over Wi-Fi only
Update: Bringing in info from the comments by Mr. Buster and Power-Inside:
It seems that the "Update over Wifi only" setting was only added to the Market app in v3.3.11. If your Market app is stuck on an older version then you can try to force an update by clearing the data on the Market app, or manually download and install an updated Market APK, as detailed in this previous question.
no, there is no such functionality in Market. You can set for "auto update" on all your apps, but you cannot specify when they get updated.
There is no perfect way to do this but there are other ways to 'control' the updates. You can disable auto-updating, or only via Wifi from settings. You could also force stop the Play store app and then later in the day when you are connected to Wifi and not using your device, you open the app again and it installs updates.
Workaround: I disabled the Auto updates completely and set up a reminder which pops up twice every week at 10 pm when I'm not using my phone and enable the Auto updates until I go to bed.


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The Latitude 64 Opto Jade is an understable fairway driver. The Latitude 64 Jade is the newest addition to Latitude's "Easy to Use" line of beginner friendly discs. The Jade is an excellent step up from the Diamond since it was designed to be a little more stable and a bit faster for players who loved the Diamond. As their game grew they needed a disc that could handle a little more speed. The Jade feels very comfortable in the hand, with a good tactile feel to the plastic and holds the angle well. You can turn it over but unless you really force it heavily, it seems to come back to the left at the finish. A very nice, reliable, and moderately stable disc.
If you're looking for a great driver that will provide easy distance and control, you'll want to get your hands on the new Jade.
The Jade is available in Opto plastic, 145-154 grams and Gold plastic, 151-159 grams.
Speed 9, Glide 5, Turn -2, Fade 2
Jade Dimensions:
Diameter: 21.0 cm
Height: 1.8 cm
Rim Depth: 1.1 cm
Rim Width: 1.9 cm
Max Weight: 158.00 g
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Opto is made out of some of the world's most durable plastics. It comes in a variety of beautiful transluscent colors. The Opto Line plastic has been developed to withstand severe punishment and extreme conditions better than other plastics.


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AAY101: Yearbook Production M (2012-2013)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Career and Technical Education
COURSE TITLE: Yearbook Production M
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
Major Concepts/Content: The yearbook production course is a practical course designed to produce the official yearbook for the school. All phases of yearbook production, including photography, copy writing, page layout, and book and advertisement sales are included. The concept of accurate photojournalism is balanced with the need to present the events, activities, and personalities of the school< year in a positive manner.
Major Instructional Activities: Instructional activities will include teaching students the basics of yearbook production. Students will be organized into a hierarchical staff in order to produce the book. Students will photograph people, places, and events important to the school year write copy, lay out pages, and care for all financial aspects of yearbook production. Students will be expected to meet publisher deadlines.
Major Evaluative Techniques: The ultimate test of a yearbook staff's achievements will be the timely arrival of a quality book. Other evaluative techniques include, but are not limited to, the systematic coverage of materials found in textbooks and materials (often supplied by the publisher]. These materials generally will include test materials.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of the yearbook production course, students should be able to:
- Produce a quality yearbook in a timely fashion.
- Provide accurate accounting for all funds collected/disbursed.
- Present the school in a positive manner.
- Discover and nurture talents/interests in photojournalism.


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Nature's 6 Most Diabolical Predators
Most of you are well aware of our stance on nature here at Cracked: We're against it.
It's scary, it's weird and it keeps trying to kill us. Mother Nature is the world's greatest supervillain, and her cruelty is only outweighed by her deviousness. Sure, none of the diabolical predators below will hurt you personally--that we know of--but just imagine what some of the poor victims go through when these crazy-ass organic ninjas strike.
#6. The Glow Worm Cave
Imagine that you're a moth in New Zealand (please, as if you weren't already). You're whirling around in the dark one night, thinking moth thoughts--how much you like light, you wish you had some light, isn't light great--when you accidentally blunder into a cave. No worries, happens all the time. You don't exactly have GPS here; you're just a stupid moth. So you turn right around and hey! There's the sky right there! I guess you weren't in a cave after all! Isn't being a moth great?
You spread your wings and spiral up, up into that sparkling sea of stars... and smack your face right into one.
Oh god, did you finally do it?! You did! You flew towards the sky-lights so hard that you actually reached it!
You turn to flap away to brag to your moth friends back home, but something is pulling you back. As you're hauled up into the heavens themselves, your last sensation is of something long and slimy chewing its way into your sides.
Considered a stunning tourist attraction by us humans, the dazzling lightshow of the Glow Worm Cave is more like a lesson in nature's callous brutality. What appears to be the fanciful twinkling of the night sky there is actually the dangling mucus strands of fungus gnat maggots illuminated by colonies of bacteria.
The ropes of maggot phlegm operate on the same cunning principle as your porch light, confusing nocturnal insects who navigate by the light of the stars and moon. Once they feel a tug on their festive blue boogers, the maggots reel in the trap, eat the bug and then lower it again once they're done. So yes, it's a wonderful, magical destination; go ahead, grab the whole family to take a gander at H.P. Lovecraft's Carnivorous Christmas lights.
#5. Blister Beetle Grubs
You're a male Habropoda pallida, a type of solitary bee, and we're all very impressed that you're using the Internet right now. But let's play pretend, shall we? Let's say you're out there flitting about in nature, when you happen to glance down and spot a female. You bumble* your way down in typical horny bee fashion to show that honey* what a stinger can do (we don't really understand bee anatomy; the stinger is the penis, right?), but something's not right. It feels different. It feels... wrong.
*Yes, those were bee-based puns, and yes, you're welcome.
That's because you just boned a giant blob of hairy, squirming, baby-eating worms. But... why? Do bees even have tequila? Why on Earth did you do that?
Because broods of the parasitic blister beetle, Meloe franciscanus, fooled you: They clumped together in approximately the shape of a female bee, and then released a pheromone to entice presumably wasted bees with low standards buzzing their way home from last call.
So while the bee tries in vain to find a vagina in a ball of worms, the grubs latch onto his fur and stay there until the next time he mates with an actual female, at which point they'll transfer to her body and hitch a ride back to the bee nursery, free to feast upon the helpless infants within.
So in summation: Meloe franciscanus are, essentially, living parasitic STDS. You couldn't have a worse sexual experience if you went down on C'thulu against a dumpster in the alleyway behind a crackhouse. You ruined sex for everything, Meloe. Thanks a lot.
#4. Portia Spiders
So you're lounging around in a freshly-built web one day--just chillin', hangin' out, all bein' a spider and shit--when you feel the telltale struggles of a delicious little victim. As you prepare to pump your squirming dinner with venom, something goes terribly awry; the "trapped" bug easily scurries out of view, and you feel a pair of tiny fangs sink right into your ass.
O, irony!
Wait, is that irony or does that just suck? You don't know. You don't understand complicated English concepts; you're just a damn spider. Or at least you were.
Now you're dead.
You ran afoul of the Portia spider, and it's not really your fault that it totally kicked your ass at being a spider. See, the Portia displays more brainpower than was ever thought possible in an insect. Each individual Portia employs their own unique and vast arsenal of dastardly impersonations to trick, ensnare and consume their prey.
A Portia spider might strum a pattern on a strand to impersonate the buzzing of a fly caught in another spider's web, while a different spider of the same exact species might opt to catch a real fly to throw in the web and, while the prey spider is distracted, sneak up behind it. It may pretend to be inanimate by moving only in the wind, it may observe and duplicate another spider's entire mating ritual or sometimes it might even build a complete web of its own that attaches to its victim's, thereby creating a trap out of the spider's own trap.
Jesus, Portia, there's being clever and then there's just being a dick.
Portia spiders design a new tactic for every individual spider they hunt, noting the prey's species, behaviors and circumstances before formulating their plan of attack. The Portia spider is so ingeniously murderous, it makes the Joker look like a furious mongoloid with a sledgehammer.
Don't believe us? Think we're exaggerating?
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WEIRTON - The Weirton United Way currently stands at 68 percent of its campaign goal, it was announced Friday.
The United Way held its second report luncheon of the 2012 campaign Friday at the Serbian American Cultural Center, where it was reported $191,451.71 of the $280,000 goal had been raised.
John Frankovitch, president of the United Way's executive board, said the United Way and the agencies it serves are among the reasons Weirton keeps moving ahead despite its hardships.
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"This community has had so many economic challenges over the years," Frankovitch said. "It continues to keep going."
During the luncheon, the United Way also recognized three businesses and organizations who have had 100 percent participation from their employees in this year's campaign. Executive Director Kristin Bowman Cross explained the United Way wants to do what it can to recognize those who show such a commitment during the campaign season.
Those recognized Friday included Assure America, First Choice America Community Federal Credit Union and CHANGE, Inc.
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During Friday's report luncheon, the United Way recognized three area businesses or organizations to have 100 percent participation from their employees in this year's campaign. Accepting the awards were, in front from left, Angela Frazier and Lori Magnone of Assure America, Chuck Cronin of First Choice America Community Federal Credit Union, and Dawn Ohalek of CHANGE, Inc. In back are Campaign Vice Chair Don Gianni Jr., Campaign Chair John Greco and United Way Executive Director Kristin Bowman Cross. -- Craig Howell
Mike Koon, vice president of workforce development and Weirton campus dean of West Virginia Northern Community College, served as the guest speaker during Friday's campaign report luncheon for the Weirton United Way. -- Craig Howell
The guest speaker Friday was Mike Koon, vice president of workforce development and Weirton campus dean of West Virginia Northern Community College, who reflected both on the recent election and historical heroes. He noted the differences between the Republican and Democratic parties, but said they have to be able to find common ground and cooperate to move the country forward.
"In Weirton, we've seen that spirit of working together," Koon said.
One such example, he said, was the creation of CHANGE, Inc., which was formed when a group of local clergy and residents came together to find a way to assist those who had been laid off from Weirton Steel.
He also noted the continued support of agencies such as the Hancock County Sheltered Workshop by the passage of a bond levy to assist with its operations.
"We continually make the goal because people in the community step up," Koon said.
Koon stated there is heroism on display throughout the Weirton area, reflected in the actions of those individuals who give of themselves, without a thought as to how it will affect them, to benefit others.
Organizations such as the Salvation Army, Community Bread Basket and Weirton Christian Center are filled with heroes, he said, because they work to feed and clothe the less fortunate. The Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Boys and Girls Club show their heroism by looking out for the youth of the community, while Weirton Medical Center, CHANGE and Healthways assist with the medical needs.
"We're filled with heroes," Koon said, adding that the United Way holds them all together.
The Weirton United Way's 15 member agencies are the American Red Cross-River Valley Chapter; Boys and Girls Club of Weirton; Girl Scouts Black Diamond Council; Boy Scouts of America; CHANGE, Inc.; Community Bread Basket; Dunbar Recreation Center; Healthways; Hancock/Brooke/Ohio/Marshall Retired and Senior Volunteer Program; Hancock County Sheltered Workshop; Hancock County 4-H Foundation; Weirton Medical Center Foundation; Mary H. Weir Public Library; Salvation Army-Weirton and the Weirton Christian Center.
The final report luncheon is scheduled for Jan. 11.
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A greyed out profile means the video or audio codec is not installed on your computer. Kdenlive uses FFmpeg for all video rendering, so you must enable these codecs in FFmpeg.
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Unanswered: Grid Alignment is missing when Auto Fill is set to true
All the data mismatched with the grid headers when i set auto fill is set to true. If auto fill set to false then alignment is good.But I need to set auto fill is true.Please help me out.
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I think this is related to this known bug. Look in the bug forum:
But no developer has give a comment on it yet.
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That linked bug has to do with zooming in the browser, while I'm not sure what vinod5742 means by 'autofill'. Part of the zoom issue is probably related to the browser returning floating point pixel values when zoomed, something that GWT itself does not support (so GXT cannot build on). We try to make GXT behave well when zoomed, but it is very hard to get it to also display perfectly when 1 pixel is drawn as 1.05 pixels (i.e. 5% zoom).


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Having a hard time finding specifics, could someone link me to some materials concerning licensing issues of Ubuntu, and link's at large?
I'm considering starting a business installing custom/embedded computer systems, and the open source nature of various Linux distros makes them the most attractive candidates for final installation. I just want to make sure it would be legal to do so.
Would I be able to charge for installation of the OS? If not, could I provide the customer the physical means for installation (CD, USB)?


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1931 Ford Roadster - French ConnectionWritten by Chuck Vranas on November 1, 2011 Fabrice Monceaux's post-war-inspired "Speedster Special" '31 Ford roadster
For many young hot rodders growing up over the last half century, seeing plenty of hopped-up Detroit steel parked at the local burger joint, gas station, or main strip in town was as easy as taking a walk on a hot summer day. Being influenced by what you saw came naturally, causing your mind to grasp concepts for ideas you'd want to work into your own car someday.
Now, imagine growing up in France, surrounded by a sea of Citroen 2CVs and Renault Dauphines for inspiration. Sure, there would be a splash of supercar sightings with marques like Ferrari and Lamborghini occasionally tearing up the local streets, but if you wanted more than that, the offerings were real slim. For Fabrice Monceaux, growing up in France and having a passion for vintage American cars required a bit of imagination, especially at a young age. Early in his youth, he lived the dream through countless die-cast models where classic designs took hold of his young mind. The rare occasion of actually being able to see a '50s- or '60s-era, American-built car driving down the street always left him breathless.
Fabrice recalls his first issue of Nitro magazine as a big influence, having introduced him to the dramatic styling of the '53-56 Cadillac Eldorado. From that point on, he was determined to only own American-built cars while living in France, which was easier said than done. At 17, before receiving his driver's license, he scoured the local For Sale ads, located a '58 Chevy Bel Air, and started living the dream. A '55 Buick Century was soon to follow as well as a number of '69 Camaro RS/SS's. He later became a partner in an importing business, bringing American cars to France while also going to college for graphic design. One of his best memories is of cruising the tiny back streets of Paris in a pink '59 Cadillac Sedan DeVille, which is no small feat in itself! A chance stop into a bookstore in Paris one afternoon was a turning point in his life when he came across the book Classic Hot Rods by Bo Bertilsson. His senses were overtaken by images in the book of post-war style hot rods, especially that of Doane Spencer's Deuce roadster. Not long after, in 2003, Fabrice made the decision to sell off most of his car collection and move to Canada to launch a new magazine called V-8 Passion.
After settling in Brossard, Quebec, a few years went by as the magazine continued to grow. During a visit to the Granby International Auto Show in Quebec, he came across a rare Offenhauser six-deuce intake for a Chevy 348ci V-8 in the swap meet and thought it would be the perfect start for his long-overdue hot rod project. Having never forgotten the inspiration he received from seeing images of the Doane Spencer roadster, he thought it would be a great opportunity to build his very own roadster through the pages of his magazine. Taking many design cues from the Spencer car, he decided to incorporate them into a '31 Ford roadster with a nod to post-war styling remaining virtually unchanged, with the exception of a '60 348ci Chevy nestled between the 'rails. To get the project underway, Fabrice located an original '31 Ford spine and delivered it to Dan's Rod Shop in Saint-Philippe, Quebec, to get started. The team at Dan's began by first stretching the original frame 3 inches while also Z'ing the rear 2-1/2 inches, boxing it, and adding a Dagel's Street Rods X-member to tie it all together. Out back, a '40 Ford rear was treated to a vintage Culver City Halibrand Model 201 V-8 quick-change filled with 4.22:1 cogs suspended in place by '40 Ford split 'bones. A modified Posies Model A rear spring combined with Pete & Jakes tube shocks help soften the bumps. Up front, a Chassis Engineering dropped-and-drilled axle deftly matched to '40 Ford spindles and split '40 Ford 'bones keep everything in line while a wrapped Posies front leaf spring and Pete & Jakes tube shocks keep it all smooth. To tame the horsepower, fluid pushed through a '40 Ford master cylinder to '40 Ford brakes capped with '59 Buick finned aluminum drums gets the job done. Ensuring an era-perfect stance, 16x4 '40 Ford steelies wrapped in Coker/Firestone dirt track tires up front and 16x5 '52 Mercury M1 truck steelies out back wrapped in Coker/Firestone piecrusts, gives the car an early dry lakes feel. In following the concept of a post-war era hot rod rejuvenated after a long sleep with the addition of a later model V-8 and trans to replace a tired Flathead and '39 box, Fabrice had Atelier Champion of La Prairie, Quebec, breathe new life into a 348ci Chevy V-8. After tearing the engine down, it was cleaned up and filled with 10.25:1 slugs from Egge matched to stock rods, and warmed-over heads while an Isky stick sets the thump. A squadron of Holley 94s perched atop a vintage Offenhauser six-deuce intake suck plenty of air, while spark comes from a '59 GM distributor hopped-up by PerTronix. Spent gases get dumped through a set of modified Sanderson Limefire headers and gear changes work through a Borg-Warner T5 trans rebuilt by TPR of Saint-Constant, Quebec.
Focusing on the body, Fabrice made a call to Brookville Roadster for one of their '31 Ford roadster bodies and had it delivered it to CCR Technologie in Delson, Quebec. After discussing the project with shop owners John and Jay Croteau, the team concentrated on a number of updates to the fresh steel body to give it just the right personality. After recessing the firewall 1-1/2 inches to accommodate the engine, the team filled the cowl, mounted the Speedway Hallock-styled windshield, installed the filler for the '25 Ford T gas tank in the trunk, and mounted the Schroeder cowl steering in place along with fabricating the steering blister. The team then blocked everything to perfection and prepped it for paint. John then laid down a lustrous coating of custom-blended PPG black vibe to bring life to the project. Custom details like the stainless Deuce grille insert painted in French Gray, '50 Pontiac taillights, and gennie Guide 682-C headlights perched atop Offenhauser stanchions are a perfect nod to days gone by. For the interior, Fabrice wanted it to echo that of Ken Gross' Deuce as well as the Spencer car. He enlisted Canevas Mobil of Delson to make it real, starting with a custom-made bench seat and door panels covered in expertly pleated brown leather accented by tan German square weave carpet. An owner-fabbed dash was topped with engine-turned aluminum and filled with black Stewart-Warner Wings gauges, and a LimeWorks Speed Shop '40 Ford column capped with a gennie '40 Ford DeLuxe steering wheel navigates the course. Sitting in the roadster looking through the Hallock-styled windshield as the vintage Chevy V-8 spews thunder through its pipes it's hard not to imagine the car roaring across El Mirage. Fabrice nailed the look of his roadster by infusing just the right historical elements into its creation, making it timeless in its own right. Well done!
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Canevas Mobil of Delson, Quebec, stitched up a winning interior with razor sharp pleats and well-designed door panels in warm brown leather. The owner fabbed dash is filled with Stewart-Warner Wings gauges while steering is handled through a LimeWorks Speed Shop '40 Ford column capped with a gennie '40 Ford DeLuxe wheel.


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text: Here is a face that some may remember. It is an eccentric old man that was created for Cartoon Network. Here is "how to draw Uncle Grandpa,/strong>", step by step. I don't know much about this character because all of the information on him is slim. I do know that there was a series created back in 2009 that lasted three seasons called 'Uncle Grandpa'. He is an old man that has a head and or face shaped like a boot. He wears a multicolored cup style hat that has a propeller on it. The show is said to be coming back to Cartoon Network, or maybe it's already airing. I'm doing this lesson because it was requested so I do hope that all you Uncle Grandpa fans out there enjoy this tutorial. I will be back soon with more for you all so stay tuned in.


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I assume usually you don't say USB flash disk, right?
By the way, in Chinese we call it something more like U Disk.
I assume usually you don't say USB flash disk, right?
By the way, in Chinese we call it something more like U Disk.
Conversationally, I've usually heard them called a drive (not a disc). Here in the U.S., I've heard all of these terms used:
It will be interesting to hear what others say; this might be a regional thing.
By the way, I was curious: I typed "flash drive" and "U disk" into Google Images (in "quotes"), just to see what kind of results I'd get. (That's not a bad way to see if a term means what you think it means. Both searches yielded plenty of pictures of the devices in question; however, "U disk" yielded over one million results, while "flash drive" returned more than 32 million. Such a disparity might suggest that the latter is a more common term, though this is a very unscientific method, and should not be treated as incontrovertible evidence.)
Not yet stated, I have always referred to them as memory sticks.
I know lots of people, me included, who call them jump drives.
It is like Xerox and Aspirin. JumpDrive is/was a Lexar name for their flash drive, but even Wikipedia's article on USB flash drives recognizes jump drive as a term.
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Here (Scotland) I have heard it called:
In the US I mostly hear equally:
I call it a USB stick, and if I need to be specific I might call it a USB thumb drive.
Some thoughts to keep in mind when looking for a name:
And no, they don't use discs.
People call it flash disk in Indonesia, or sometimes just flash.
I've never seen anyone calling it "USB data disk" conversationally yet.
The most commonly used name is "pendrive" (sometimes spelled as "pen drive"), even if the form factor doesn't resemble a pen at all.
Pendrive yields 116,000,000 Google hits. Pen Drive - 35,100,000.
In the UK, the main terms I have heard them referred to as are USB drive, memory stick, and pen drive.
USB stick, thumb drive, or a memory stick are the most common terms I hear for them in the United States.
Disk is a term for a physical item put into a computer that isn't much used any more like a hard or floppy disk or a CD. Or it could be the disk drive that is built into the computer, so using the term USB flash disk would confuse someone from the USA, but the person would probably get that you mean the little stick thing that plugs into a computer and holds files on it.
In India, pen drive is used frequently among common peoples. In the colloquial language its more prevalent. But flash drive is also now coming slowly in to the picture. In India many manufacturers uses this term readily.
Not yet stated, in the country I live it is also called "Cool Disk".
I have heard it called:
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Since you people are so quiet, I thought I should stir the pot a little.
Here's a challenge:
1) Name a uniform polyhedron with 8 faces, 18 edges, and 12 vertices.
2) Can you name a different polyhedron with 8 faces, 18 edges, and 12 vertices? Interesting coincidence, isn't it?
If you found the above too trivial, how about:
3) How many 4D uniform polychora can you name that contains the above two polyhedra as cells?


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MHIA: 16.3% growth in materials handling equipment new orders in 2011
Material handling equipment orders grew an estimated 16.3% in 2011 and are forecasted to grow 8.0% to 9.0% in 2012 and 12.0% in 2013, according to the latest Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing Forecast (MHEM) released by Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA).
"Consumers' and investors' confidence continues to improve as do unemployment, industrial production activity and factory operating rates (utilization)," said Hal Vandiver, MHIA executive consultant. "All are favorably impacting MHEM. Both Residential and non-residential construction will contribute greatly to positive growth through 2014."
In addition, material handling equipment shipments grew an estimated 17.7% in 2011 and are forecasted to grow 9.0% in 2012 and 11.0% in 2013. Domestic demand (shipments plus imports less exports) grew an estimated 19.2% in 2011 and will likely mirror shipment growth in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
The MHEM forecast of material handling equipment manufacturing is released each quarter by MHIA and looks 12 to 18 months forward to anticipate changes in the material handling and logistics marketplace.