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On Not Disliking the New Pope
From Heather Horn, a guest post at Charles Pierce's blog that pretty well captures my feelings on the new pope:
my studiously maintained suspicion has been under constant assault since his election. It was bad enough when the first photos in March showed him rejecting that ridiculous footstool and making a statement by standing on the same level as the cardinals. Then came pope-on-a-bus and what, in my losing battle to maintain disapproval, I now refer to as Marriottgate. I can't read the news these days without running into some charming quote, some optimistically open pronouncement — though rarely as liberal or as new as the papers make it sound — hinting at his sense of consistency and conscience and self-awareness.
Maybe Michael Potemra is right and this is really just some kind of conservative jujitsu. If so, he'll have the last laugh (along with many others). But for now, I'm content to enjoy the sense of surprise and to hope that it portends something more.
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Eduardo Moisés Peñalver is the Allan R. Tessler Dean of the Cornell Law School. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the subjects of property and land use law.
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I do believe the pope is sincere about his acceptance of gay priests and in his liking of women. But his good will doesn't seem to make any difference to his beliefs that marriage equality is bad or that women should not be ordained. I feel almost mean-spirited for making that point, but it does matter.
I like him as well; I'm really hoping he will able to move us all to create that "poor church for the poor" he so desires.
I don't know yet if he'll be a good pope, but it is clear that he is a good man and would make a good friend. The governance issues that are of highest importance for me - sexual abuse and bishop accountability for such matters - hardly seem to be on his radar, but he is addressing other important problems.
"A revolution is underway" as John Allen is reporting. http://ncronline.org/news/vatican/revolution-underway People are just wondering whether he can pull it off. "Ce la farà?" And everyone knows what it is. Hopefully it is the end of Empire and the resumption of the Gospel. Although Francis is careful not to needlessly offend it is clear that the Gospel is his priority. Not politics.
Pope Francis is such an obviously great-hearted man that if he has any real faults we will resist admitting they're there. But even if he's the greatest saint in 500 years, his judgment probably isn't perfect, and eventually he'll probably fail us in some ways. The trick then will be not to over-reat and not to call him a hypocrit if he turns out to be less than God. What a beautiful, beautiful man, even if he's not perfect.
Anything/anyone that/who appears to be this good, this early ... probably isn't. But time and "the walk" is what will tell.
As St Ronald Reagan The Great is supposed to have said: Trust, but Verify.
If there is going to be a "revolution", it won't be a revolution in doctrine, but rather in style. The Church is now and forever, and as Someone once said, "The gates of Hell shall not prevail"...
I agree with Mr. Schwartz that if there's a "revolution" in the Church under Francis, it will be a matter of "style", not of basic doctrine. On this point, I'm reminded of historian John O'Malley noting that "Vatican II intended to make some fundamental changes in the way the church operates" ("The Style of Vatican II", AMERICA MAGAZINE at http://www.americamagazine.org/issue/423/article/style-vatican-ii). I don't see this doctrinally conservative pope veering from his public outreach to the poor and his stress on simplicity of lifestyle. Having used the word, I'm not certain 'revolution' is an accurate descriptor for what is happening under this papacy. A future pope could reinstate the governance style (with all the pontifical trappings, to boot) seen under JPII and especially B16. Pope Francis knows well the division in the church. I expect he will try to steer the Barque of Peter on a steady course through turbulent waters. In all fairness to the man, I don't think we should expect much else. He's one heck of an improvement, however, over his two predecessors --- to date at least. Any future pope who tries to steer the church toward either Vatican I or Vatican II will find himself, I suspect, in a no-win situation. Major issues such as women's ordination, optional celibacy, communion for divorced & remarried, and gay *civil* marriage are not going to go away. Francis won't be pope forever.
The remark that he would "make a good friend" seems to me very much to the point. I'm not exactly certain what was meant by that remark but I believe if we begin to allow our view of the Pope to be a wee bit more human he will notice and be better able to find the rest of us less confusing. It may well be mostly due to my previous inattentiveness but it seems to me this Pope is genuinely trying to jump right in the middle of us all. Wonder what he is up to.
I don't like whatbthe church teaches on gays and woemen. So what differnece does itrreally make whether I like this pope or not? He will change nothing of substance.
The same strange view as all the talk about Bush being a good guy to have a beer with. Adult groupie syndrome.
Bob, this church has changed positions on so very many things as often as I have changed my socks:
- It was OK to own slaves. In 1866 Pope Pius IX declared, "It is not contrary to the natural and divine law for a slave to be sold, bought, exchanged or given."
- Earning interest on loaning money was wrong. The church condemned usury at the Second Lateran Council in 1139, the Third Lateran Council in 1179, and the Council of Vienne in 1311.
- Anyone who wasn't a Catholic was doomed to hell. (4th Lateran Council – 1215) (Pope Boniface VIII, Bull Unam sanctam - 1302).
- The 1864 encyclical "Quanta Cura" by Pius IX explicitly condemned freedom of religion.
If we applied the authoritative and definitive approach of the last 50 years to the past, consider what would have been the case today. Coitus interruptus was considered quasi-homicide from ancient times up to at least the 14th century and heretics were tortured and put to death. Sex was only for procreation, sex during menstrual periods was a mortal sin, sex during pregnancy was forbidden and sex had only one licit position.
These were once the common opinions of theologians and Church hierarchy for centuries, but have seen been abandoned.
Is our understanding of homosexuality or contraception any more conscious, more universal and more complete than these obsolete principles?
Someone among us has very stinky feet.
He's not the revolution, but he may be paving the way. The primary thing that I've wanted from the pope and the bishops isn't that my views are adopted and enforced with the same intensity as current doctrine. Rather, I've wanted them to give Catholics the breathing room to be able to have frank discussions about their faith without having to fear that it will lead to them being banned from any public association with the Church.
The Church needs discussions where we can discern what the truth. The alternative is ossifying an inherently incomplete vision where agreement with that vision is the sole determinant of "truth."
Ryan --
Open discusions of disputed truths was typical of theologians in the medieval ages, and the Enlightenment also emphasized it, Unfortunately it seems that few in the curia still respect the medievals, and there don't seem to be any there who respect the Enlightenment.
The question is will Pope Francis open up the Church to such debate? I have to admit I'm not at all hopeful that he will -- he has often praised deciding issues on the basis of "heart" and scorned "intellect'. Just what "heart" is has been historically problematic, I think, and without open discussion of *it* and its strengths and weaknesses we're not going to get very far.


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This post is an attempt to keep track of the terms that differ between dialects of English or exist in some dialects but not others: British / Australian / Canadian / American / etc.
Please note that Canada may be difficult to classify, as some regions (especially near the southern border) use US terms, while others may use UK terms.
It's a community wiki, so feel free to edit and clarify or add additional items. The comments are getting long, so use answers for discussion of specific concepts if necessary. If you're not sure what a term means, ask it as a new question and tag it with language)
Also see What international cooking terms sound similar but have different meanings? for similar issues with other languages.
- Eggplant (US, AU) is an aubergine (UK).
- Zucchini (US, AU) is a courgette (UK) when harvested young or a marrow (UK, AU) when allowed to mature further.
- Summer Squash (US) are members of the squash family with a short storage life typically harvested before full maturity; typically available starting in the spring and summer; includes zucchini, yellow and crookneck squash.
- Winter Squash (US) are members of the squash family that are allowed to reach full maturity before harvesting; typically available in the fall; includes pumpkin, acorn and butternut squash.
- Arugula (US) is rocket (UK, AU).
- Rutabaga (US) is swede (UK, AU), but also called turnip or neep in some parts of the UK, particularly Scotland. (Wikipedia)
- Endive (US) is chicory (Belgium, perhaps others).
- Capsicum (AU) / bell pepper (US) is a pepper (UK). Note that for people with a biology background 'capsicum' also includes hot peppers (aka chilies or chili peppers)
- Peppers (US) (note the plural), is typically short for chili peppers unless qualified as sweet peppers or bell peppers, or specified as peppercorn.
- Colored peppers (US), (eg, red peppers, green peppers), typically refers to bell peppers unless qualified (eg, 'hot red peppers', 'small red peppers')
- Pepper (US) (note the singular) refers to black peppercorns unless otherwise qualified.
- Red pepper (US, note the singular) refers to dried, red chilies (typically cayenne) that has been dried and ground or crushed.
- Seaweed (US) has many names based on type of plant, including Kombu (Japan), Nori (Japan), Laver (Wales), and many others. See (edible seaweed)
- Snow peas (US, AU) are mange tout (UK) (word borrowed from French meaning 'eat everything'). Mange tout (UK) also includes sugar snap peas (US).
- Peanuts (US, AU) may sometimes be sold in the UK as monkey nuts, especially if unshelled. And Peanut Oil may be known in the UK as groundnut oil.
- Legumes (US) are pulses (UK). 'Legume' may refer to the plant and not the seeds (lentils, beans, etc).
- Boiling potatoes (US) are waxy potatoes (UK, US). This referes to low-starch potatoes that don't fall apart when cooked. Sometimes called roasting potatoes (US).
- Mealy potatoes (US) are floury potatoes (UK). This refers to high starch, low moisture potatoes that result in significant softening when cooked (useful for mashed potatoes or using for thickening; the opposite of waxy potatoes). Sometimes called baking potatoes (US).
- Runner Beans (UK) are green beans or string beans (US, CA) (Farmhouse Cookery)
- Broad Beans (UK) are fava beans, butter beans or lima beans (US, CA) (Farmhouse Cookery)
- Sultanas (UK) are seedless golden raisins (Farmhouse Cookery)
- Spring onions (AK, AU, CA), Scallions (US), and green onions may not always be the same thing, but can typically be substituted for each other. (more details).
Herbs, Spices & Seasonings:
- Kosher salt (US) is flaked salt (UK). Some sea salts may be appropriate substitutes (ref).
- Cilantro (US) is known as Coriander (UK, AU), and it tends to refer to the leaf, unless qualified as coriander seed. May be qualified as fresh coriander or green coriander. Ground coriander is always the seed.
- Coriander (US) refers to the seed.
- Celeriac (UK, AU, US) is celery root (US) (Farmhouse Cookery)
Baked Goods:
- Cookies (US, CA) are biscuits (UK, AU, NZ).
- Biscuits (US, CA) are similar to a scone (UK, AU), and usually neither sweet nor savory. Note: bisquit (Germany, no plural) is sponge cake (US).
- Graham Crackers (US) are roughly analogous to Digestive biscuits in the UK (both may be used to make a crust or dessert base, for example).
- Muffin (US, AU) is a quick bread (typically using the 'muffin method') baked in forms used for cupcakes. It increasingly has this meaning in the UK too, with the prevalence of American-style coffee-shop chains. Muffin (UK) is english muffin (US, AU), a yeast leavened flat-ish bread, cooked on a griddle with a ring form.
- Scone (US, CA) tends to be sweeter than a scone (UK).
- Pancake (US, CA) generally refers to puffy item made from a thick leavened batter. Pancake can go by a number of names in the US, including hotcakes, griddlecakes, flapjacks and hoecakes.
- Pancake (UK) is made from a thinner unleavened batter, with a result a little thicker than a french crêpe. Drop scone (or scotch pancake) (UK) is similar to a (US, CA) pancake
- Flapjack (US) is the same thing as a (US) pancake. But flapjack (UK) is a baked square usually consisting of sugar/honey, butter, and oats.
- Frosting (US) is icing (UK, CA, AU). In the US, frosting typically has air whipped into it, while icing (US) doesn't and dries harder.
- Turnover (US) or hand pie (US) is pasty (ˈpas-tē) (UK, AU). (Pasties (ˈpās-tēz) in the US are coverings to comply with nudity laws in strip clubs.) Turnover (US,UK) in the UK is a puff pastry shell, usually triangular, filled with fruit and whipped cream.
- plain flour (UK) is all-purpose flour (US) (aka 'AP flour' or just 'AP' on cooking shows) unless otherwise qualified (eg, 'plain, strong flour') in which case it just means 'not self-rising'
- soft flour (UK) is lower gluten than AP flour, such as pastry flour (US) or cake flour (US)
- strong flour (UK) aka. hard flour (UK) is higher gluten flour, such as bread flour (US)
- self-rising flour (US) is available in the US, but less common. It is referred to as self-raising flour in the UK and AU. Although it has baking powder in it, it does not have fat in it such as Bisquick or other 'baking mixes'.
- Ground beef (US) is minced beef (AU, UK).
- Canadian bacon (US) is also back bacon (from the loin).
- Bacon (CA, US) is streaky bacon (UK) (from the belly). In the UK, bacon is most likely back bacon.
- Green Bacon (UK) is "unsmoked bacon cured in brine" (Farmhouse Cookery)
- Gammon (UK) is "ham-like bacon from the pig's hindquarters" (Farmhouse Cookery)
- Pork rinds (US) are scratchings (UK, when dry) and crackling (AU,NZ & UK when fresh from a roast).
- Brawn (UK) is head cheese (US, CA) (Farmhouse Cookery)
- Names of cuts of meat in the US may differ from other countries. See Wikipedia for images of US and British names of regions
- Prawns (AU, UK) and shrimp (US) are technically different animals, but are frequently labeled by the more common one in that country, and are often substituted for each other.
- Cream (US) with 5% butterfat is Single cream (UK), while cream with 48% butterfat (US) is double cream in the UK.
- Half-and-half (US) = a mix of half cream, half milk (about 12.5% butterfat)
- Light cream (US) = cream with 18 to 30% fat. But in Canada light cream = cream with 5 to 6% fat.
- Whipping cream (US) = cream with 30 to 36% fat, whereas whipping cream (CA) = cream with 35% milk fat.
- Heavy cream (US) aka heavy whipping cream (US) = cream with more than 36% fat
- Buttermilk (US, modern usage, aka 'cultured buttermilk') is a fermented product, basically a runny yogurt, while historically buttermilk is the liquid left over after churning butter, which when fresh is closer to skim milk.
- Sour cream (US) = soured cream (UK)
- powdered sugar or confectioners sugar (US) is icing sugar (UK, CA, AU); contains cornstarch (~3%) as an anti-clumping agent.
- superfine sugar (US, CA) is caster sugar (UK, NZ, AU); may also be called berry sugar (CA), fruit sugar (CA), bar sugar, castor sugar, instant dissolving sugar, ultrafine sugar, fondant sugar, or extra fine sugar.
- sanding sugar (US) is pearl sugar (CA). (size between coarse sugar & granulated sugar)
- unless otherwise qualified, sugar (US, CA) is granulated sugar
Other Food / Ingredients:
- entree (US) is the main course. Entree (AU) is a starter course, or appetizer (US) course. (ref)
dessert (US, AU) is pudding, sweets, dessert or afters (UK, depending on region and social class)
pudding (US) is roughly equiv. to custard (UK)
- jello (US; brand name issues) is jelly (UK, AU)
- jelly (US) is seedless jam (UK) (see answer below for details)
- fries (US, abbr. for french fries) are chips (UK); both terms work in AU, as does hot chips
- chips (UK) are steak fries (US), rather than the typical American shoestring fries
- chips (US, AU) are crisps (UK)
- cornstarch (US) is cornflour (UK, AU)
- corn flour (US; aka masa harina/fine corn meal) is cornflour (UK)
- cider (US) is unfiltered (cloudy) juice, commonly from apples, while cider (UK) is an alcoholic beverage made from apple juice (aka. hard cider (US) or scrumpy (UK) for stronger dry ciders). cider (AU) refers to both the alcoholic beverage and any non-alcoholic carbonated apple juice.
- liquid smoke (US) is condensed smoke, used as a flavoring.
- black beer (UK) is a malt liquor/fortified wine containing malt.
- black beer (US, Germany), also called black lager or schwarzbier is a type of lager brewed with extremely dark malt.
- tomato sauce (UK, AU) is ketchup (US). Also catsup and other spelling variants.
- tomato sauce (US) is a tomato based sauce typically for pasta or pizza.
- marinara (US) is used synonymously with tomato sauce, and may refer to both quick or long-cooked varieties.
- tomato paste (US) is tomato purée (UK)
- tomato purée (US) is unreduced tomatoes (possibly stewed) with the skin and seeds removed. Also called crushed tomatoes.
- tomato passata (UK) (sometimes just 'passata') is strained tomato purée (US).
- golden syrup (UK) is dark cane sugar syrup (US, CA); corn syrup is an acceptable substitute (Farmhouse Cookery)
- rapeseed oil (UK) is Canola oil (US, AU). (abbreviation for "Canada oil, low acid")
- vegetable oil (US, AU) is any flavorless oil with a decent smoke point. It may be soy, corn, or a blend, but you can use peanut (groundnut (UK)), canola (rapeseed (UK)), or extra light (not extra virgin) olive oil.
- oats (US) unless qualified are 'old fashioned' or 'rolled oats', not groats (which are sold as 'pinhead oats'), 'Steel cut oats' (cut up groats but not flattened, aka. 'Irish oatmeal'), nor 'instant oats' (flattened & parcooked).
Cooking methods:
- broiling (US) is grilling (AU, UK)
- grilling (US) is barbecuing (AU)
- barbecuing (US) is slow cooking using wood or charcoal to impart smoke to the food. This sense is also sometimes used in AU.
- barbeque (US) (sometimes abbreviated BBQ) may refer to the either food cooked through barbequeing, or the device on which it is cooked.
Tools / Equipment / Non-food items :
- parchment paper (US, CA) is greaseproof paper (Ireland/ UK, NZ) and baking paper (AU)
- stove (US, CA, AU) is also range (US, CA) and hob (UK)
- crock pot (US; brand name issues) is a slow cooker (US, UK, AU). Also slo-cooker (UK; brand name issues)
- food processor (US, CA, AU) is sometimes a magimix (UK; brand name issues)
- canned items (US) are tinned (UK, AU). Items 'canned' in glass jars would be described as either preserved or pickled (if in vinegar) in the UK.
- recipe (US) is sometimes called a receipt in other areas and in older usage (pre-20th century).
- receipt (US, modern usage) is "a written acknowledgment of having received a specified amount of money, goods, etc."
- aluminum foil (US), aluminium foil (UK, AU) is often referred to as tinfoil (US, UK), which had previously been in use for similar purposes. It is usually shortened to foil or al-foil in AU.
- plastic wrap (US), cling film (UK), cling wrap (AU) is often referred to as Saran™ wrap (US brand name) or Glad™ wrap (NZ, AU brand name) (although no one bothers to say the '™')
- liquidiser (UK) is a blender (US, CA) (Farmhouse Cookery). blender in AU refers to both a food processor and a liquidiser.
Units of measurement & sizing :
- teaspoon (US,UK, CA) is 5 mL (note: abbreviated 't' or 'tsp')
- dessert spoon (UK) is 10 mL
- tablespoon (US,UK,CA) is roughly 15 mL (note: abbreviated 'T', 'TB', or 'tbsp') but a tablespoon (AU) is 20 mL. (more details)
- A stick of butter (US) is 1/4 lb (113 g); the physical stick is marked into eight "tablespoon" divisions [slightly larger than an actual tablespoon]
- A knob of butter (UK) is somewhere around 2 TB (US).
- A pat of butter (US) is between 1 and 2 tsp (5 to 10 mL), most commonly 48 per lb, or ~1.5 tsp. (~9.5 grams, 7.5mL)
- A cup (US) for cooking is a fixed measure of ~236mL (8 fluid ounces, 16 TB, 1/2 a US pint); Other countries may use a 225mL 'cup' or 250mL 'metric cup' (AU, and some regions of CA?)
- A cup of coffee or tea (when measuring electric kettles) may be based on 5 or 6 oz 'cups'. Always look for the volume in mL or L when buying such items.
- A pint (UK, AU) is 20 fluid ounces (591.471 mL), while a pint (US) is 16 fluid ounces (473.176 mL).
- A gas mark (UK) refers to the dials on some British gas ovens (Farmhouse Cookery). The marks from 1 to 9 correspond roughly to 275 - 475 °F (at 25 °F intervals) or 140 - 250 °C (at 10 °C intervals) (more detail below)
- A tin (UK) of tomatoes is the sized can that it's typically sold in. For many vegetables, this is a 400mL / ~14oz container, but is not a constant (for example, anchovies or tomato paste). (ref)
- Unless otherwise qualified, assume an egg is about 60 grams. (a 'large egg' (US,CA), but a 'medium egg' in Europe). (ref)

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Off the Wall
I am pushing the envelope of life, liberty, the pursuit of better tee times and age 61 (age 60…that's 16 Celsius, which sounds a whole lot better). And I have opened the envelope to monthly USPS missives on the ravages of COPD, AARP life insurance and my friends at the Neptune Society. Yes, we have become something of a Cremation Nation. Keep those cards, letters and email submissions coming. After all, my personal spam filter sucks and I don't feel so good myself. I can't remember s#*t, nor can I hear it (sorry, honey—I am deaf and it is selective hearing after all these years and micro beers). And why did my beloved Chia Pet take advantage of that introductory offer on Depends and buy more life insurance on me? Why do you think? It's called grieving in Jamaica, mon. With Jamaica, it all Depends. But in Washington D.C., we are certain that the excrement of sloth, lethargy and general ineptitude has hit the fan of government. Okay, we have an 11th hour deal—sort of on the Debt Ceiling Crisis. Washington—where the elitist Republican Snots have been battling the elitist Democratic Snots and another President Without A Clue (PWAC) in some classic partisan bickering and a game of "Chicken" that makes our alleged leadership look like a bunch of idiot children. I can still remember enough these days to fear for our nation's future. Yes, that sucking sound you hear is the future of our nation being flushed down the porcelain bowl of desultory despair and incompetence by a bunch of nattering nabobs of negativism and self-serving rhetoric too concerned about their personal wealth and approval ratings. Our nation's leaders have already defaulted on their responsibility to serve the public good and the people who elected them to this life of privilege. We are up to our eyeballs in debt, Roger Clemons is smiling again, Lady Gaga is the new vision of American Normal and the contemptuous cretins we call leaders still can't figure out that we are all supposed to be in this together. This is our country you clowns are fighting over, not some overstuffed game of Monopoly. There is more collegiality, solidarity and intelligence manifested in any kindergarten class that what we find in Washington D.C. (District of Chaos). I'm no ego-centric, underworked and handsomely overpaid public school superintendent, but I still possess enough cerebral acumen to realize that a U.S. default would result in more panic than the collapse of Lehman Bros. in 2008 or the revelation that Lance Armstrong might have been working the performance enhancement card during some or all of those Tour de France wins. Yes, right now it all looks more like Ringling Bros., deal or no deal. Sorry, Mr. President, and Speaker Boehner (rhymes with Boner), neither of you guys get the yellow jersey. Democrats and Republicans, oh my! Just the sound of those two words makes me want to run to that porcelain bowl of despair and hurl a few vitriolic barbs. And what the hell good is adding to a debt ceiling that speaks to trillions and numbers I have no working knowledge of? Raise the debt ceiling and we'll probably still see higher interest rates and a downgrade of the U.S. credit rating. Yes, I'm Moody about Standard and our Poor economy that is only going to get worse. I'll believe that the economic recession is over when the Mariners can score more runs than your basic, run of the short season Class A team. No growth, no jobs and no help from Washington, which seems hell bent on self-emulation and wondering why nobody called 911 along the Beltway. Maybe they didn't know how to dial 911. So, whose default is it? Does it all mean that I should be learning the Chinese language anytime soon? Sure, we can ascribe blame here. It starts on Wall Street and in Washington, where greed is the name of the game. Corruption at the core and some inbred dalliances between the financial sector, regulators and politicians. It has all meant that John Q. Public is pretty much screwed by the skewed tilting of our economy toward the greed mongers on Wall Street and away from the bedrock that once ran the engine and still should--Main Street. We seem to think we need to spend billions a month on military and wars in countries where not playing nice has been de rigueur for centuries. Thank you, George Bush Jr. for the most incompetent presidency in the history of the Union. You set the limbo bar of Presidential cluelessness and arrogance inordinately high. Chubby Checker could do better than the misfits and self-serving malcontents we have running our country these days. No, it has only gotten worse since your reign, Dubya…I mean administration. But hey, corporate profits are skyrocketing and 10 percent of Americans own 80 percent of the outstanding stock in the market. How bad can it be? It's all about GNP, ATM, chronic ED and GOP, PAC-12, my CEHP (Chronic Ear Hair Problem) and disconcerting disappointment that I could have done so much more than to collect a company stipend and rail against a lack of collective common sense in this country. But if you have regular access to ink and a printing press… Yes, maybe if I had studied harder in school, I too could have been a politician and made a difference…or made decisions based on deference to my political party. Failing that, maybe I could have become a public school educator and eventually realized that teaching is a thankless, selfless and admirable exercise that is remunerated, well, about as well as a small town newspaper publisher is. After all, when public school teachers get into administration, it certainly is all about the money. They are compensated very well for what they do—and what they don't do. It's a great gig if you can get it. The same can be said for our Washington politicians, who worry more about pandering to their cesspools of special interest and posturing for re-election than serving the public interest and public good. But alas, as far as school was concerned, I did pretty damned well I thought, particularly if you didn't count the learning part. There was also a big problem—summer vacation. Maybe that short-term memory loss I think I suffer from now has actually been a life-long issue. During summer vacation, I tended to forget everything I thought I knew about anything school-related. Would that make me a good Republican or Democratic politico…or school administrator? Would it make me want to own a Cadillac or attend Ted Nugent Is Still Relevant Concerts? Would it get me better tee times or make me realize that tea parties, tee times and anything tee to shining tea is pretty much irrelevant. I always thought that being a Republican meant that you've probably argued and believed that poverty could really be abolished if people were allowed to keep more of their minimum wages and you'd never have stock in Birkenstock…after all, Birkenstock was that hippie rock and roll concert at that farm in upstate New York back in '69, wasn't it? Now I realize that politicians and political parties are all pretty much the same shade of gray and wallowing in the same dogma. Maybe it's just my own personal gloaming, but if you've seen one inept party animal, you've seen them all. Like Cialis and Viagra, there are some nasty side effects ascribed to both party animals that have put our nation on the brink. Now, where did I put that Metamucil highball? I think I'll make it a double.


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29 May 2012 5:01 AM #1
(GXT 3.0.0 GA) AreaSeries: SeriesItemOverEvent Has Wrong Index and Item
Version of Ext GWT
This problem occurs in the recently released GA version of Ext GWT 3.0.0.
Browser Versions
Firefox 7
Internet Explorer 8
Operating System
Windows 7 64 bit
Dell Precision M4500
8 CPUs – Intel Core i7
8 GB Memory
Virtual Machine
When using the AreaSeries, the SeriesItemOverEvent has the wrong index and item properties.
The SeriesItemOverEvent index property has the same value for an entire YField in the AreaSeries, and does not account for the intervals in the TimeAxis. This makes it useless for determining what item to use for the tooltip. In fact, the values of the index range from 0 to 1 less than the total YFields in the AreaSeries. The index is always 0 for the first YField, always 1 for the second Yfield, always 2 for the third YField, and so on.
Likewise, the SeriesItemOverEvent item property has the same problem. The item is always the first item in the ListStore for the first YField, always the second item in the ListStore for the second YField, always the third item in the ListStore for the third YField, and so on. This makes event item useless for tooltip purposes where you want to include the date corresponding to the TimeAxis interval as well as one or more values from the item.
We are using a SeriesItemOverHandler so that we can use SafeHtml for the tooltip as the tooltip content needs to support multiple line breaks and custom formatting.
Run Mode
Occurs in when deployed to Tomcat (web mode), and when running under Eclipse (dev mode).
Steps to Reproduce
The attached file (ColumnChartAreaSeriesToolTipIssue.txt) can be used to demonstrate the problem. After launching the chart, just mouse over the area series and you will see the tooltip issues described above. The attached screen shot (ColumnChartAreaSeriesToolTipIssue.png) show an example of the problem as well.
The attached file (ColumnChartAreaSeriesToolTipIssueFixed.txt) contains a crude workaround to address this problem (see lines 146 through 158 and 183 through 214). After launching this fixed chart, just mouse over the area series and you will see the tooltips working properly. The attached screen shot (ColumnChartAreaSeriesToolTipIssueFixed.png) show an example of the fix as well.
Please let me know if I am doing anything wrong in the code in the attached file or if there is a work around.
John L
5 Jun 2012 5:24 PM #2
Thanks for the report. I'll let you know when it is fixed.
7 Jun 2012 6:03 PM #3
Apparently SeriesItemOutEvent was using getStoreIndex to pass the store item, but Over and Selection were not. With fix in the next release this handler will work the same as your workaround:
areaSeries.addSeriesItemOverHandler(new SeriesItemOverHandler<ItemsPurchased>() { @Override public void onSeriesOverItem(SeriesItemOverEvent<ItemsPurchased> event) { String path = event.getValueProvider().getPath(); itemsPurchased = event.getItem(); Date itemDate = itemsPurchased.getDate(); double value = event.getValueProvider().getValue(itemsPurchased).doubleValue(); NumberFormat numberFormat = NumberFormat.getFormat("#,##0"); final String valueFormatted = numberFormat.format(value); String itemDateFormatted = DATE_FORMAT.format(itemDate); areaSeries.getToolTipConfig().setBodyHtml(SafeHtmlUtils.fromTrustedString( "Date: " + itemDateFormatted + "
 Path: " + path + "
 Value: " + valueFormatted + "")); areaSeries.getToolTip().update(areaSeries.getToolTipConfig()); } });
15 Aug 2012 1:30 PM #4
GXT 3.0.1 has been released and contains this fix.
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I am in the depths, fell down a hole and died to a curse when three frog things pounced. Is there a way to block the fog, or do you just have to kill them before they burp it up?
Fog is unblockable, those frogs are nasty, I got so scared the first time I feel down that hole (there are several btw).
I don't know if they are accessible at that time, but Paladin armor and Cursebite ring helps out A LOT! Also, humanity and being in human form improves your curse defence (meaning that the meter takes longer to fill up).
They have two methods of fogging you:
Either they stay stationary and you can clearly see that they are inhaling, in order to exhale their weird fog. This is the best time to attack them, attack them from the side while they are charging up their attack.
I don't think that they will trace you once they started the animation (that is, it will face the same direction during the whole animation).
Alternately, they do a nasty jumping attack, which has a somewhat longer range. It can be kind of tricky in the way that they kind of spit out a projectile of fog, which expands around it's point of origin. Just take note where their projectile landed, and move away.
Mobility is the key here.
Remember, it's always easier with one monster at a time.
If they got you, that means that you are cursed, and that means that now is a great time to farm the frogs (I think they are called Basilisk), since getting cursed a second time won't do anything (unless you lifted the curse status, which you can do by going to the tower where you rang the first bell, and talk to the black clad NPC standing close the ladder leading up, residing in the room you enter directly after defeating the Gargoyles and buying a curse stone from him, OR by buying it (curse stone) from the dead lady behind the grates in the aqueduct between Lower Undead Burg and Firelink Shrine). Find the bonfire in the Sewers, and then go down the stairs to the right, then climb down the ladder into the cage (inside the same room where the giant rat was), go out of the cage and walk down the stairs and then go left, trailing the waterway. If you go the right way, you should be attacked by some giant rats before you find the frogs.
Good luck, and don't let them get to you.
In addition to Apeforce's answer, there is a ring in the new londo ruins at the very end where the ladder to the top of the church is. On the bottom floor behind the building off to a ledge there is an item. A ghost ambushes you when you try to take it but the ring gives you around 100+ curse resistance making you basically immune to curse while wearing it. I have personally basked in the awful curse gas of the frogs and had nothing happen to me using that ring.
In case you don't know, to kill ghosts you need to be either A: Actually cursed or B: Use a transient curse item (You get three at the start of new londo from a corpse). After that you're free to kill ghosts who drop more of the item.
It's a fairly hazardous journey but once you know the path and all the ghost ambushes, you can easily grab the ring and enjoy immunity from curse.


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On the DayZ wiki, each weapon has a stat called "zeroing." Some weapons say yes or no, but the AKM says, "Up to 800m." I have gathered that is has something to do with accuracy and I can use Page Up/Down to adjust it, but what exactly am I adjusting and how do I do it effectively?
The video below is from the DayZ Wiki and explains zeroing and distance estimation using mildots. It is very helpful to watch somebody do it correctly, as well as having the formulas available to you. You can also see him to take the shot to prove that these calculations and mil-dot estimation actually work in game.
Please note this is all true for a M16 and is what I was taught while in the USMC (would assume it is true for most rifles although it could be a slightly different)
In real life when you use iron sights some rifles allow you to adjust two things. Range and wind. You do this by shooting at a target 36 yards with the rifle set on 300 yards away because with bullet trajectory 36 yards = 300 yards. (see picture below for an explanation) So once you shoot at a target 36 yards you should have a grouping, which is where all the rounds struck the target. Now this will usually be off from the center point which you were aiming at. Lets say your grouping is above and to the right at what you were aiming at. You would adjust the elevation to be slightly lower and then the windage knob to be slightly to the left. Fire again and now your grouping should be in the center of the target. This is now your BZO (Battle Sight Zero ) for your rifle.
Now in ARMA/DAYZ which is based on a military sim, you don't ever need to do this as the gun is automatically configured that you did do that. But what remains is the elevation knob. So if you look at the picture above you can see that the iron sights determine what your pointing at a distance is what your aiming for. So if something is 500 yards away you want to adjust your elevation to match that so you can put your sights on what what you plan on to shoot and let the sights automatically determine bullet drop for you.
Now you can also do, what is called "Kentucky Windage" where you adjust where you are aiming and not adjust the sights. For example you know that you are shooting at something 500 yards away and your sights are set for 300 yards. You will need to be aiming above what you are shooting at since with bullet drop you would be short.
Long story short for DayZ I would put it at 200 yards since you will be normally shooting at things rather close to you. Unless you plan on trying to hit something really far away then adjust the elevation to how far away you are from your target.
You have two ways to find out the range, some servers have nametags enabled, this will show you the distance you are from the target when looking at a player, and there is also a range finder item. Which allows you to find out the exact distance on all servers. You can use both of these methods to get a feel for what 200/300/400/500/etc yards looks like, then adjust your rifle accordingly using PgUp or PgDn.


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A bases-loaded single from senior third baseman Shane Basen (Waxhaw, N.C. / Marvin Ridge HS) broke open a two-all tie in the seventh as Charlotte completed a four-game sweep of visiting Youngstown State in game two of a Sunday doubleheader 5-2 at Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium. Charlotte remained perfect at home (7-0) and improved to 8-2. Youngstown State has dropped seven in a row and sits at 2-10.
The 49ers took the first lead of the game with a run on two hits in the bottom of the second inning. A single through the right side of the infield with one out for sophomore second baseman Brad Elwood (Indian Trail, N.C. / Piedmont HS) got the inning started. He has a hit in all 10 games this season for Charlotte. A two-out single from junior first baseman Grant Dunnegan (Clearwater, Kan. / Hutchinson CC) with Elwood running scored his all the way from first for the game's first run.
The Penguins took the lead with a pair of runs in the top of the third. A double and a walk started the inning before a sacrifice moved the runners up and an intentional walk loaded the bases. A two-RBI single to left center from cleanup hitter Marcus Heath gave YSU their second lead of the series.
Charlotte was able to tie the game in the bottom half after a pair of errors, aided by a stolen base from senior outfielder Michael Green (Richmond, Va. / Thomas Dale HS), who scored the run, his fourth of the doubleheader.
The score remained tied as both pitching staffs posted zeros on the scoreboard in the middle three innings.
The 49ers broke through in the seventh. After a pitching change, the Penguins got two outs before a single from redshirt sophomore catcher Patrick Raley (Franklin, Tenn.) was followed by a double down the right field line from redshirt senior shortstop Justin Roland (Salisbury, N.C. / East Rowan HS) to put runners at second and third. A walk to Green loaded the bases for Basen, who turned a 3-2 pitch into an infield single with the runners in motion to score the go-ahead run. His hit extended his career-long hit streak to 19 games and moved to a perfect 3-for-3 and six RBI with the bases loaded this season. The 49ers are batting .438 (7-for-16) with a Niner at every base this season. A wild pitch later in the inning scored the fourth run for Charlotte.
Dunnegan drove in his second run of the game with a single to score Elwood, who was hit by a pitch, advanced to second on a failed pickoff attempt and got to third on a wild pitch.
Charlotte reliever Hunter May (Cornelius, N.C. / Pitt CC) allowed a hit to the first batter he faced in the fourth, but retired the next 10 in a row as the offense came to life for the win (3-0). He pitched 3.1 innings, striking out two in the victory.
Senior reliever Wes Hatley (Norwood, N.C. / South Stanly HS) got his second save in as many days in his fifth appearance of the season. He allowed a walk and recorded a strikeout in the ninth, getting a double play to end the game.
The loss went to YSU reliever Alex Frey. In two-thirds of an inning, he allowed a hit and two walks for his first loss of the season (0-1).
The 49ers continue the home stand Tuesday at noon, when Wake Forest travels to Charlotte.
NOTES: Charlotte's sweep gives the Niners a 35-7 series record (of series of three-or-more games) at home since the park opened in 2007... The win was the first for Charlotte this season when not scoring at least three runs in an inning... The bullpen has not blown a save this season, as Charlotte has all eight wins when leading after seven innings this season... This was the latest in a game with a tie score for Charlotte all season... Dunnegan had a hit in four of the five games played this week... Charlotte had six hits, tying for the fewest number of hits in a win this season, matching the six hits in the win in game two of the series on Saturday... The team is hitting an even .300 through 10 games played, with a team ERA of 2.86 to this point.


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Harbor firefighters tackle a storage unit blaze in Harbor Monday. The Pilot/Photo by Nathaniel Warner
Brookings and Harbor volunteer firefighters quickly extinguished two separate blazes Monday morning, keeping flames from spreading to nearby structures.
The causes of the fires were unknown and both were still under investigation on Tuesday, authorities said.
Firefighters responding to the 3 a.m. report of a commercial building on fire on King Street in Brookings arrived to find a recreational vehicle and a carport completely involved in flames. At one point a transformer on a nearby power pole exploded, said Harbor Fire Chief John Brazil.
Firefighters were able to contain the fire and limit damage to an attached two-story building that houses an office and living quarters, Brazil said.
Nobody was injured in the blaze, he said. Two Harbor fire engines and one Brookings engine responded to the call, he said.
The fire may have started in a fifth-wheel trailer parked in the carport, but an exact cause had not been determined yet, Brazil said.
At 9 a.m., Harbor firefighters responded to a fire reported in a storage unit next to Little Bay Motors on Highway 101 in Harbor.
"The fire started in one unit and then hit the ceiling and started to spread," Brazil said. "We opened up the roof to vent the fire and we were able to knock it down with water before it could reach the other units."
Several adjacent storage units suffered minor water damage, he said.
"We always approach storage unit fires very carefully because we don't know what might be inside," Brazil said.
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Is one required to check cashmere clothing for shatnez?
Cashmere is a kind of wool that does not come from sheep.
Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 298:1
The rule that only sheep and ram wool are forbidden is implied in the first Mishna in the chapter that deals with Shaatnez (Kilayim 9:1) and is derived in the Yerushalmi there from the verse in II Kings 3:4 which describes ram and sheep wool with the sole word "wool"; all other types of wool which have שם לווי = an associated adjective (such as goat wool) are not included.
Obviously, if the cashmere garment has extra threads or fibers used for stitching or padding then there could still be an issue of Shaatnez, but at least there isn't any more likelihood qua cashmere than other neutral materials a priori.
Per Shatnez Testers of America and Chabad.org no.
Although the other answers mentioned that cashmere may be mixed with linen as it comes from the Kashmir goat, practically this is not true. That is because cashmere by itself is a very expensive material. Each goat can only produce about 4 ounces of fibers a year and it is estimated that fleece from 4 to 6 animals would be needed for a sweater. Because of the expense, cashmere is all most always found mixed with regular sheep's wool. Therefore, mixing cashmere with linen would be a problem of shatnez.
From Rav Aaron Abadi (here):
"There is no need to check for Shaatnez on any article of clothing unless you're sure there's shaatnez in there.
For all those who need to know.... Shaatnez according to some Rishonim requires "Shua, Tavi, and Nuz all together." We don't have that today. So according to those Rishonim, today's Shaatnez is only derabanan. When you bring a suit home, you only have a Safek Derabanan that is not "efsher levrury bekal." Or you can see it as a Sefek sefeka on a de'oraita. Same difference. The current so-called Shaatnez awareness was not initiated by Talmidei Chachamim."


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Vice Chancellor for Global Programs and University Life; Associate Vice Chancellor for Admissions and Financial Support, NYU Abu Dhabi; Lisa Ellen Goldberg Professor
Linda G. Mills is Vice Chancellor for Global Programs and University Life at New York University, where she oversees student life as well as admissions, financial aid, institutional research and the registrar's office. Linda's global portfolio includes oversight of and strategic planning for the 11 global academic centers at NYU in addition to admissions and student life for NYU Abu Dhabi and NYU Shanghai. Linda is the inaugural Lisa Ellen Goldberg professor at New York University and serves as Co-Chair of the Advisory Board of the Of Many Institute at NYU.
Linda is an accomplished producer; her projects include The Reality Show: NYU, which received the 2010 Silver Award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), and The Heart of Intimate Abuse, for which she received a Telly Award. In 2010, Mills co-produced and co-directed the documentary Auf Wiedersehen: 'Til We Meet Again, a film that explores the intergenerational transmission of trauma from the Holocaust to 9-11. The film was an official selection at eight film festivals, took an Audience Award and was Runner-Up for Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival and an Opening Night Selection and Best Political Film at the Independent Film Festival in Philadelphia. Linda is the director, with Chelsea Clinton as Executive Producer, of the documentary short, Of Many, an inspiring narrative of friendship between an Orthodox Rabbi and Imam that unites a community around multi-faith dialogue and action. Of Many's world premiere was in April 2014 at Tribeca Film Festival and was also shown at the prestigious AFI DOCS Film Festival in Washington, DC. The film will also be shown at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival and Hollywood Film Festival.
Additionally, Linda is currently the Principal Investigator of National Science Foundation and National Institute of Justice funded studies in Salt Lake City, Utah, which focus on treatment programs for domestic violence offenders. The studies involve a randomized controlled trial examining and comparing batterer intervention and alternative treatment approaches for domestic violence offenders. Linda's work in this area has been published by Basic Books, Princeton University Press, Journal of Experimental Criminology, Cornell Law Review and Harvard Law Review. She has been featured in the New York Times Magazine, Los Angeles Times, People, USA Today, Harpers and Queen, and Glamour.
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The New Pope Should Be a Priest
Symbolized by the three-tiered papal crown, the traditional functions of the papal office are king (ruler - servant), prophet (teacher), and priest (reconciler- healer). These three functions are inseparable. Still, different times call for different emphases. What Catholics need now is a pope who is first and foremost a priest - someone who can reconcile and relate to all facets of our truly global religious community.From the fourth century until the late nineteenth century, the catholicity of the church was deeply political in nature. It was intertwined with the church's status as the official religion of the Roman Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, and some successor nations. The pope was a king among kings, although his rule was spiritual as well as temporal.After the decisive loss of its temporal power, the prophetic function of the papacy became most prominent, as successive popes emphasized their roles as universally authoritative teacher son matters of faith and morals. But recent scandals have undermined their moral authority - it's very difficult to trust the official pronouncements of an organization that conspired to cover up the sexual abuse of children and young people.The sense of betrayal over the sex abuse crisis is palpable, not only in the United States, but in other countries as well, such as Ireland and Germany. The alienation is spreading like a lethal Florida sinkhole, Doubling down on ruling and teaching isn't going to help. It will only make the earth crumble more quickly beneath our feet. The pope needs shift focus, to nurture a strong but flexible global network of solidarity that will stitch together the gaping hole in the heart of the church, allowing it to begin to heal.Here's an example: In 2006 and in 2010, I attended two conferences on "Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church," the brainchild of James Keenan, S.J., the Founders Professor of Moral Theology at Boston College. It's one thing to know abstractly that American Catholics constitute less than ten percent of the world church; it's another thing spend four days talking to five hundred Catholic moralists from over fifty countries around the globe. Talking to African theologians, in particular, I came to see how my assumptions about the proper role of individual autonomy and how best to promote the dignity of women were too deeply entangled in Western cultural presuppositions. Modern air travel brought us all together, post-modern internet connections allowed us to continue the conversation after we all went home. All participants were energized--and humbled--by the realization that we were part of a church that was globally catholic--not just Roman Catholic.What would happen if the new Pope encouraged these sorts of networks and connections among the Catholic faithful as a whole? What would happen if dioceses in North America and Europe were paired with dioceses in Africa and Asia? In addition to fostering solidarity across cultural and economic lines, it could enable new ways of priests working with laity and men working with women. In fact, we might just begin to understand ourselves as a globalized body of Christ. And that, in turn, might help us to heal.
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Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor in the Theology Department and Law School at Boston College.
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I hope he cardinal-electors spend some time pondering Luke's version of the calling of Peter (5:1.8), and Jesus's advice to go out into the deep, away from the safety of the rules that have kept him near shore and given him a fish-less night. I don't think it's just about risk-taking, though that's part of it; it's also about looking beyond one's own parochial horizons.
I had a very similar experience at a conference almost a decade ago, presenting on a panel with a Canadian Jesuit who had lived in every part of the habitable world. My presentation was about finding a way out of the 'wafer wars' problem, a more prudent political path for the Church, etc. As our panel broke, he started a conversation with me by saying, "Your paper was excellent. But you should understand that this is just an American problem. The rest of the world worries about other things." What an eye-opener. I'm still grateful to him. Indeed, let us hope that this new beginning can be an opening for the universality of our universal church.
I suppose all of the popes tend to favor one of the three tendencies. I would agree that Benedict was a teacher more so than a ruler or a healer (although he didn't neglect the latter). An argument could be made that John Paul II was a healer, in his many travels, and in his outreach initiatives. He did seem to have a blind spot regarding the sex-abuse scandals, though.
Jim, could you please elaborate? Why do you see Benedict as a "healer" in any sense of the word? Clearly we all look through the individual prisms of our own lives and understandings. Many see Benedict as a very divisive popes wonder if the damage done by him as pope and during his tenure at CDF will ever be "healed."
Alas, whoever is elected will be human, probably all too human. The last pope who didn't suffer horribly from that condition was John XXIII. Much has been made of his self-deprecating humor and rightly so. It was genuine and reflected his attitude that he was not the greatest since Jesus Christ himself. Too many recent popes had little sense of humor about themselves or anyone else and did seem to act as if they were the greatest since JC.If popes thought of themselves as the Vicar of Peter, rather than the Vicar of Christ, we might get a bit more of a reality check on their sense of self and self-importance.
Following on Margaret's comment. It would be most desirable if the next pope were to follow the advice that Cardinal Suenens is supposed to have given Pope John Paul II upon his election. Suenens is supposed to have said something like"Remember that the most important day in your life is not today, but was the day you were baptized." All else is secondary and everything emanating from the pope, or any of us, ought to bear clear witness to that elementary truth.
I appreciate the fact that we view Catholicism (as everything else) through the prism of our Western culture and that Catholic leaders in all spheres need to understand that Western issues are not necessarily universal issues for every part of the world. That is understandable.I also appreciate that the greatest growth or population of Catholics is in the developing world.That said, St. Ignatius, in a section that I still find disquieting, suggested that those who wish to spread the word, go first to those highly placed where there would be the possibility of the greatest multiplier effect. Part of me still recoils at that but the other world-weary and wiser part of me concedes that this, indeed, is the way of the world. We don't make the rules but we have to play by them. Although, there is a prophetic call to change the rules too but, that is the idealist in me.The point is that a pope, in order to lead the universal church, needs to be able to have access to and to access the levers of power. Those levers are and remain in the Western world and, in particular, the United States. English is the dominant language now and we need someone who is fluent in English. Again, it is clear that power resides in the West and with English language. So following St. Ignatius' dictum, we require someone adept in the ways of the West. The Church (in the east and west) has always known that institutional survival depends on "Caesar" and today "Caesar" is not in Rome. And he is not in Latin America or Africa either.I am not saying I agree but the alternative is Bonhoeffer's religionless Christianity which I think we are not ready for at the moment.
Anne C - what I had in mind in stating that Benedict had a healer dimension, were his meetings with victims of sexual abuse, and his outreach to Orthodox.
Editing correction to earlier post: Many see Benedict as a very divisive pope and wonder....
in particular, I came to see how my assumptions about the proper role of individual autonomy and how best to promote the dignity of women were too deeply entangled in Western cultural presuppositions. Don't the resolutions of the united nations that have been ratified by most countries give us guidelines on what is acceptable globally?
Ms. S. --About Pope John XXIII's humility -- My father was in the Marist seminary with Fr. Joseph Buckley who was later a highly respected professor of theology at our local seminary. Fr. Buckley became a dear family friend. A particularly able man, he subsequently became Superior General of the Marist order world-wide, and, with a very select few, he was made a non-voting member of Vatican II. He wasn't a bishop, but he even gave some important speeches to the Council explaining the thought of John Courtney Murray. So I assume he was well-acquainted with the clerical culture of Rome.I remember saying to him after Vatican II that, "Pope John was such a humble man, I'm sure he never wanted to be pope". Well, Fr. Buckley went into gales of laughter, saying "Didn't want to be pope??? Didn't want to be pope??? They ALLLLLLL want to be pope!!!!!!!"
"All participants were energizedand humbledby the realization that we were part of a church that was globally catholicnot just Roman Catholic.'Our parish for the last 5 years has been a place of four equal parts of English speakers, half Black and half White, a quarter each of Spanish speakers , Vietnamese, and Tagalog speaking Filipinos. Peg keeps saying this must be what heaven is like. This 5 years of integration has changed our Catholic stance in remarkable ways. And there is no going back to more comfortable but less spiritual stances..... Cathleen K must have experienced this at her conference.
Jim, his meetings with victims of sexual abuse came across as photo-op/spin rather something to promote real healing. Empty words it turned out. He failed to take the actions that might have led to real healing - holding at least a few bishops accountable for their failure to protect the young while enabling continued sexual abuse of the young. He also could have honestly repented for the role Rome played in "forming" the decisions of the bishops to protect an institution and priests rather than the young. There was no real healing because of what he failed to do when the world's press wasn't around. As far as his outreach to the Orthodox goes, few in the west paid much attention to that (sorry - but that's the reality). He also reached out to disaffected Anglicans with great hoopla and fanfare (primarily because they, like Benedict, fear ordaining women to be priests) as well as to the schismatics, the Society of Pius X, while continuing to discipline, silence and even excommunicate progressive priests, theologians and at least one bishop (Morris of Australia). These actions, taken both as pope and as head of the CDF, caused great damage to the unity of the church and if the next pope does not take genuine healing actions (rather than the empty words we heard from Benedict on the sexual abuse of the young), the divisions caused by Benedict and his predecessor may become permanent.
George D.: Now I know where Karl Rahner got his suggestion in The Shape of the Church to Come, that the Church not spend its limited resources in trying to retain people in "the old Christianity":
"It means more to win one new Christian from what we may call neopaganism than to keep ten 'old Christians'" (p. 32). "If we have only very limited resources for the foreign missions, it is certainly permissible to assign the greater part to the mission to those people who represent the greater historical potential for the future of the world and to leave other people simply to God's grace, which is anyway mightier than the Church: thus, for example, it is better to send missionaries to Japan than to the Eskimos.... To win one new man of tomorrow for the faith is more important for the Church than to keep in the faith two men of yesterday: the latter will be saved by God's grace even if the present and future way of proclaiming the faith makes them insecure" (pp. 49-50).
This is a post right on the money and, in my opinion, what you should be doing as a theologian, Cathy; reminding leaders that they should always be reforming themselves. Perhaps, more importantly, to continually apply the pressure for reform. The central organization in Rome can be kept as a way to unify the church and having the "people of God" keep in constant collaboration and support with each other. Modern communication makes this very doable. But the idea of a state and papal ambassadors should be scrapped. Or perhaps made better use of in advocating for the poor and downtrodden. Could church reps insure that the politicization of food be thwarted and enable food and aid to get to the needy. This way the constant drumbeat that leaders are the "servants of the servants of the Lord" will be true.Right now pomposity is much more visible than Matthew 25. A new pope would have difficulty changing things. The main reason is that the charisms in the church are a farce. Theologians and pastors/bishops have to raise their consciousness levels on a par with the gospel.
Ann, this is funny: "There was no real healing because of what he failed to do when the worlds press wasnt around. As far as his outreach to the Orthodox goes, few in the west paid much attention to that (sorry but thats the reality). "On the one hand, his meeting with sexual abuse victims does not count in his favor because it was only done when the press was around. On the other hand, his outreach to the Orthodox does not count in his favor because it was only done when the press wasn't around. He just couldn't do anything right, could he? Or could it be that your (our) general frustration with his record gives you a little bit of a slant?
The tiara went out with Pope Paul VI (although the Lefebvrites would like to see it restored). Since then two other things went out of all the hoopla connected with the election of a pope. Pope Benedict's election was announced without the chant some of us remembered: "Annuntio vobis GAUDIUM MAGNUM! HABEMUS PAPAM!" And somewhere along the line was dropped the little ritual in which a little piece of kindling was lit and quickly died and there was heard the lesson to the new pope: "Pater sancte, SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI!" [Holy Father, that's how quickly the world's glory passes!] I'd love to see these restored, but then I'm one of those who will be terribly disappointed if no trumpet announces the end of all things...
Claire - "He just couldnt do anything right, could he?" Hmmm, Yes, - now that I think about it, I'd have to say "You're correct." I'll keep thinking about it, but right now it doesn't seem that his papacy accomplished anything really "right". He changed some things, but .....But you, however, are absolutely right - my frustration definitely influences my take (slant) on it. BTW, his meetings with the Orthodox were covered by the press. I even read some of the stories, but not many were really interested in reading the stories, including my very close friend who is Orthodox. That's what I was referring to - it wasn't really "newsworthy" for the general reading/tv watching audience. It didn't sell papers or boost the nielsen ratings - unlike the ongoing and too often newsworthy saga of ever more revelations of bishops protecting abusers (Mahoney, FInn, every bishop who has been boss in Philly forever [it seems], etc ). Too bad - he could have done so much and been a healer not only for the tens of thousands of victims, but also for the rest of us who left in disgust. All of us have to confess for "what we have done, and what we have failed to do." The pope failed to heal the crisis caused by the protection by the hierarchy and Rome of sexual abusers of kids.
Sorry for misspelling your name, Anne.
"Symbolized by the three-tiered papal crown, the traditional functions of the papal office are king (ruler servant), prophet (teacher), and priest (reconciler- healer)."What is your source on this, Cathy? This description seems bogus to me, a modern gloss derived from the baptismal rite. It doesn't square with the historical symbolism of the papal tiara as a sign of temporal rule. The papal tiara is a symbol that was set aside, as has been mentioned, by Pope Paul VI, who sold it and gave the money to the poor. If it really symbolized all the lofty things you've said, I don't think it would have been given away.Most of all, I question the appropriateness of taking it to symbolize the same things that the anointing after baptism symbolizes. The three-fold ministry of the bishop is teaching, sanctifying and governing. But, of course, bishops' miters don't have three crowns. Again, I'd appreciate knowing your source.
Talking to African theologians, in particular, I came to see how my assumptions about the proper role of individual autonomy and how best to promote the dignity of women were too deeply entangled in Western cultural presuppositions. Could you explain that? It can mean many things...
"BTW, his meetings with the Orthodox were covered by the press. I even read some of the stories, but not many were really interested in reading the stories, including my very close friend who is Orthodox. Thats what I was referring to it wasnt really newsworthy for the general reading/tv watching audience. It didnt sell papers or boost the nielsen ratings unlike the ongoing and too often newsworthy saga of ever more revelations of bishops protecting abusers "This is something that Cardinal George has noted more than once - the things that drive the church's mission and activities are not the same things that drive the mass media industry. What gets reported by the media is what overlaps. When the mass media becomes our primary filter for apprehending the church, we don't get a full picture of the church. It's just a fact of modern life. The church leadership needs to accept that fact, and needs to learn to leverage the media. I hope the American cardinals have learned the lesson during this conclave that being available to reporters and cultivating relationships with them is a prerequisite. Nor can it permit messaging mediated by the mass media distort its mission.
"What would happen if the new Pope encouraged these sorts of networks and connections among the Catholic faithful as a whole? What would happen if dioceses in North America and Europe were paired with dioceses in Africa and Asia?"Hi, Cathleen, as I'm sure you know, in the wake of a synod of the bishops of the Americas, John Paul II issued the exhortation Ecclesia in America in which he urged the sort of cross-regional / cross-cultural bridge-building that you're proposing. The event itself came about during a visit by JPII to Santo Domingo. I bring this up because this seems to me the sort of concrete actions that a pope can do to foster what you're proposing: a pope can model the connection-making by physically going to visit those places, and he can urge/exhort the rest of us to make connections that are appropriate to our ways of discipleship. In your case, it could be by attending academic conferences, by teaching it in the classroom, and by doing scholarly writing about it. In my case, it could be by preaching about it, and by helping to facilitate the connection-making among laypeople - perhaps by raising funds for mission trips.I'm wondering if you have ideas of other things that can be done, and that popes can do that haven't already been done.
Moving one step from MSO's comment: The Vicar of Peter is a nice myth, but way too exalting. If popes would see themselves more like Harry Truman -- an ordinary person who happened to end up in a big job -- the catholic world wouold be a better place.
Associating the priesthood with the ministry of reconciliation is also a questionable assumption. The faithful have been given the ministry of reconciliation (2 Cor 5:16-20). It doesn't belong to priests, per se, except as they participate in the calling of the whole church. Sanctification, OK, that I would buy as "priestly."Stepping back from the details of the post, however, I disagree with the main contention raised here: that the thing we most need in the pope today is someone who will devote himself to reconciliation. I suppose I have become persuaded by the repeated train wrecks in liturgy, moral theology, and public relations, that the key problem is governance. No matter how many goodwill tours the pope makes, no matter his personal warmth or kindness to opposing factions, if the structures of governance do not become more participatory, and more accommodating of pastoral realities, it will not avail. We've seen the results of an emphasis on reconciliation from the top -- the saga of the SSPX, and Pope Benedict's passion to reconcile them. He did everything humanly possible for a pope to do, and what happened? Second, in the aftermath of the gutting of episcopal conferences, and a heavy push toward centralization of authority in Rome, I am suspicious of "world church" strategies that neglect the need to cultivate strong local churches. The post asks for the new pope to encourage global networks. The Church has already encouraged global networks. They are called "the movements" and they have pushed a good bit of church life out of the hands of bishops and into personal prelatures and the like. Globalization in economic life has resulted in other entities taking power, entities not responsible to governments or the people as a whole. The same can happen in the global Church if we are not grounded in strong and vital local Churches.
Rita, you make a number of strong points, but even if local churches are strengthened, there is still a need to build bonds between them. If the "movements" you mention are not accomplishing that, then they should be reformed or supplemented or replaced.
I'm with Anne Chapman and Rita FerroneDuring my eight years of pre-Vatican II parochial schooling, the word 'priest' was associated with "mediating between God and Man" at the Mass. Offering sacrifice was the name of the game. We knew the priest had the power to forgive sins, but the sacrificial nature of ordained priesthood was emphasized. I don't recall the sisters telling us that the laity were also priests by virtue of their baptism. Dictionary.com and Wikipedia.com speak of priests in sacerdotal terms. NewAdvent.org does address the reconciling aspect of priesthood, but I don't recall this part of ordained ministry being mentioned nearly as much by the sisters as the sacrificial aspect.Given the widespread priestly sexual abuse of children, episcopal coverups and denials, and papal indifference --- all enabled by a clerical culture that elevated the ordained and subordinated the laity, I'm not convinced we should continue to embrace a special kind of priesthood different from that of the rest of us. "Priests on Pedestals", so far as I'm concerned, doesn't work; it's unhealthy. I prefer the terms (and underlying concepts) 'presbyter' or 'presider'. I no longer address RC clergy as "Father"; I prefer "Pastor" or other forms of address reflecting, perhaps, a minister's academic qualifications, etc.
"The Church has already encouraged global networks. They are called the movements and they have pushed a good bit of church life out of the hands of bishops and into personal prelatures and the like. Globalization in economic life has resulted in other entities taking power, entities not responsible to governments or the people as a whole. The same can happen in the global Church if we are not grounded in strong and vital local Churches."Excellent observation, Rita. Could it be that Dan Brown was on to something, the fiction notwithstanding?
"Symbolized by the three-tiered papal crown, the traditional functions of the papal office are king (ruler servant), prophet (teacher), and priest (reconciler- healer)."This time around, they may have chosen a deacon.
Late response to Ann @1:14. There's a sensationalism to Dan Brown's literature that I wouldn't want to endorse, but it's absolutely true that the movements march to their own drummers, and they have important friends in Rome that protect them at the expense of local oversight that might be salutary and appropriate. We've seen problems, for example, with the Legionnairies of Christ, who for a long time escaped scrutiny because the pope protected them. Then, more recently, when Archbishop O'Brien in Baltimore finally put his foot down because they'd say yes, yes, then do something else -- look what happened. Poof. He's gone to Rome to take over a fund-raising position for the knights of the holy sepulchre, I believe. Seemed a bit too much of a coincidence to me...
Rita ==I didn't mean to make any accusations against OD in particular. (I might be the one person on the planet who hasn't read The DaVinci Code.) But I think Brown is right to assume that there are always people who lust for power and will use sinful means to get it, even within churches.I think that OD and the Legionaires pose a particular problem in the Church because they restrict the independent thinking of the members severely. So far I don't know of any new group that I'd consider an unmitigated blessing, but I'm certainly no expert on them. Sadly, I think that the clergy sometimes sees them as the great new hope of the Church -- idealistic kids willing to make sacrifices. But, apparently that's no all they are.


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1971 DeTomaso Pantera - Daring To Be DifferentWritten by Steven Rupp on August 30, 2008 Contributors: Johnny Hunkins Dan Graham Takes The Road Less Traveled In His 351 Cleveland Blown '71 Pantera.
In an ocean of Camaros, Novas, Mustangs, 'Cudas, and all the other common players in the musclecar segment of our hobby, it's easy to get the "been there, seen that" attitude. If something a bit different is a breath of fresh air, then Dan Graham's '71 Pantera is a freaking hurricane. First off, you just don't see many Panteras in the musclecar world. From a U.S. standpoint, they were only offered from '71 to '74 (when Ford dissolved its business relationship with DeTomaso). But it was fun while it lasted. In a strange way, we need to thank Ferrari for the few Panteras we have here in the States. Back in the late 1960s, Ford needed a high-performance GT car to battle Corvette and Ferrari. Ford was already supplying engines to DeTomaso Automobile, and after Ford's failed attempt at buying Ferrari, decided to partner up with DeTomaso to build a new mid-engine GT. The new GT would be based around Ford's "new" 351 Cleveland engine. It was Euro styling stuffed with American muscle.
With just over 7,000 Panteras produced for the U.S., it's no wonder you don't see them very often, but Dan's '71 is even rarer. His ride is VIN'd as one of 75 Panteras imported from Italy to the U.S., known as Euro Editions. As for why Dan went the Pantera route, he told us, "Since I was in fourth grade, I've wanted a Pantera. Italian looks with a musclecar drivetrain. I found my car back in 1999, and it was a basket case. I called Gary Hall, of Hall Panteras, and asked him if he remembered the car, and he did. He explained how rare the car was and even sent me a poster of the car after he completed the original modifications back in the 1970s. He explained that the original owner and modifier worked on the Alaskan pipeline, and liked to run the nitrous and Weber setup. He asked me if those were still on the car I bought, so I had to investigate further. When I bought the car, it came with a lot of boxes marked "special parts." It was like Christmas opening those boxes. Among the boxes I found a Gilmer beltdrive, a full port injection nitrous kit, and a full Weber induction setup. Jackpot!"
Dan built his Pantera in stages. To get the car running, he yanked the factory wiring and replaced it with a Painless Street Rod Kit for better reliability. He also reinstalled the beltdrive, nitrous kit, and Webers that were tucked away in the boxes. The Pantera now ran, but it still looked tired. Dan had a fix for that little problem.
That fix was to send the car over to Hunter's Paint and Autobody in Mesa, Arizona, for some TLC. Hunter Rochstein stripped the car to bare metal, fixed the rust issues, and got ready to shoot the car in Nissan 350Z Daytona Blue paint. But before that, he installed a Group 4 body kit along with a Group 5 rear wing. These aero parts were borrowed from the Pantera competition cars of the 1970s and '80s, giving the DeTomaso more road-race flair.
Dan also started rebuilding and tuning the suspension of the 30-plus-year-old car with upgraded Group 4 coilover shocks on each corner, and a beefier Hall Pantera sway bar. The brakes are rebuilt stockers, and the wheels are vintage Pantera in 17x11-inch (front) and 17x13-inch (rear) sizes. Providing traction are 285/40 and 335/30 Kuhmo tires.
But like all hot rodders, Dan wanted more, especially more power. "The Webers and nitrous were cool, but every car I own is either turbocharged or supercharged, thus I had to go in another direction. I was contemplating a turbo kit, but with the small engine bay and the Arizona heat, I came up with a different route." The mill was sent over to Joe Martin Racing Engines in Scottsdale, Arizona, where it was worked over to accept a Roots-style 8-71 blower. The compression was set at 10:1, and the already huge Boss 351 Four-Valve closed-chamber heads were ported even further. As Dan tells it: "Most Cleveland engine owners will use different heads due to the huge 351C Four-Valve ports. Those lose bottom end on the street. My solution to fix the slow port velocity was 6 pounds of boost from a Roots blower and a two-stage nitrous kit." The blower is topped by a Holley 950 HP blower carb, and MSD puts the spark in the chamber. With such a cool plant right behind the driver, Dan felt it was a shame not to be able to see it from inside the car, so he formulated another cool idea. "I had a custom steel and bulletproof glass enclosure made, so I could see the front of the engine. With the polished Gilmer beltdrive pulleys and the blower snout, it looks like a pissed-off Swiss timepiece is sitting right next to you," says Dan. The headers are 180-degree units that were originally found on LeMans Pantera race cars and Ford GT40s. The 4.22-geared transaxle was polished, and the Spicer halfshafts chromed. With the different exhaust tone that the 180s give the car, plus the custom cam and the whine of the geardrive and blower, Dan says this car is a head trip to drive.
The interior is vintage Pantera, with a few exceptions. Dan ditched the heavy air-conditioning unit and filled the empty vent holes with Auto Meter gauges. The seats were replaced with supportive Sparco units, and a full harness system keeps the occupants firmly anchored in place. It's simple and functional with the feel of a fighter cockpit.
So what do you do with a 2,900- pound car that has 600-plus horsepower on tap without even touching the nitrous? Simple, you drive it. Dan can often be found prowling the boulevards in Phoenix, and attending events in the area. He is also using it to instill a love of cars in his two sons, Memphis (age 6), and Atley (age 4). "They show a deep appreciation of cars for their age, and the excitement in their eyes and smiles on their faces make it worthwhile when we take it out," says Dan. If we had access to Dan's ride, we'd be all smiles too.
|By The Numbers
|'71 Pantera/td>
|Dan Graham, 37; Mesa, AZ/td>
|Total cost to build: approx. $65,000/td>
|Color: Nissan 350Z Daytona Blue/td>
|Horsepower: 654 hp at 6,100 rpm (6 lbs of boost)/td>
|Weight: 2,900 lbs without driver/td>
|351 Cleveland small-block
|1971 Cleveland
|Compression ratio:
|.030 over stock (357 cubic inch)
|high-volume pump
|Cylinder heads:
|Boss 351 closed-chamber 4V
|.560/.560-inch lift
|and 244/244-degrees duration
|at .050 inch
|Rocker arms:
|COMP 1.74 ratio big-block Chevy
|Holley 950 HP blower carb
|Power adder:
|B&M 174 Roots
|Nitrous system:
|NOS two-stage,
|one plate and one multi-port
|MSD 6 with billet distributor
|Hall Pantera with Dynomax bullets
|Joe Martin Racing Engines,
|Scottsdale, AZ
|Machine work:
|Basko Racing Engines,
|Gilbert, AZ
|Les Gray prepped ZF transaxle
|with 4.22 gears
|Centerforce dual-friction
|Group 4 coilovers
|Sway bars:
|Hall Pantera units
|factory Pantera units
|Wilwood 10.75-inch discs
|with four-piston calipers, front;
|Ford 11-inch drums, rear
|Factory Pantera, 17x13, rear; 17x11, front
|335/30R17 Kuhmo, rear;
|285/40R17 Kuhmo, front


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My LBS has told me they're unable to order Framesaver due to difficulties shipping aerosol canisters across the border. Are there any reputable retailers (either online or in the Greater Toronto Area) who've dealt with the hassle and have Framesaver available for sale within Canada?
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You can get it from Niagra Cycle Works via Amazon.com. Not quite the great TO area but not too far either.
No idea how to get Framesaver into Canada, but there are some alternatives.
Framesaver is really hard to get, also sucks to breathe and get on the skin, I would use linseed oil instead, apply it pretty much the same, break frame down squirts some down all tubes and rotate bike all around for an even coating, the linseed will cake on the steel and leave a residue that's harmless to steels but will protect from oxide. Linseed oil can be purchased at hardware stores for about 10 bucks a litre which will do a few frames


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WINTER PARK - As costume-sporting skiers and boarders started filling the lift chairs, a crowd of onlookers gathered around the small pond that had been created by Winter Park Resort's grooming crew for the 45th annual Spring Splash on Sunday, April 21.At the top of the Spring Splash downhill course, competitors required to start backwards navigated through a "bamboo forest" made from slalom gates, then found a few sharp turns before finally committing to the last steep section of the course across the pond. After watching more than 50 brave men and women take their chances at skiing or boarding their ways across the pond, which was about as warm as one would imagine a pond dug out of snow would be, all of the last-day partiers convened as Karl Denson's Tiny Universe rocked the base of the resort.The night before, Julian Marley & the Uprising performed to round-out Springtopia at Winter Park Resort.The resort was lucky enough to see nearly 3 feet of powder in the week prior to the closing celebration, allowing the mountain to remain 100 percent open for its closing weekend.Smiles were plentiful among the crowd as people added yet another successful ski season to their books and enjoyed the sunshine on the last day of the 2012-13 season.Although the recent snowfalls seemed to have buried the prospect of summer, it's now time to look forward to fishing, hiking, biking and sun-tan-lotion applying, just around the corner.
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When electronics/computer companies design a new chip, processor/ memory card/ or a solar cell, do they study the effect of cosmic rays on such electronically sensitive materials? If not, why not?
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Cosmic rays do have noticeable affect on electronics. The most prevalent effect is from memory bit flips (known as "soft errors").
The degree of significance of the effect depends on the application. A typical soft error rate for static RAM is in the region of 400 FITs/Mbit [1]. (Failures in time=failures per billion device hours) So if you have 1 Gb of memory per chip and 1000 chips, then expect 0.4 flips every hour. This is precisely the reason that a lot of applications require ECC on their memories.
[1] footnotes: Part of the rate is from alpha particles from decay of materials of or near the chip (this is the smaller of the two major components). Also, the rate is quite a lot higher for DRAMs, which is why DIMMs with ECC exist.
Soft error rates are quoted at sea-level because the effect of being closer to space is non-trivial; which is pretty much proof right there that the effect is from cosmic rays.
There are effects on logic gates too, but this is usually not worked around for two reasons. (1) It is very difficult and/or expensive to do, however there is much research into redundant/fault tolerance circuits (2) when a bit flip occurs on a combinational path, it would have to coincide with exactly when the output of the path is observed (e.g. at a flipflop) which reduces the observability of the effect.
Finally, there is an effect known as single event latchup (SEL). I'm not certain my conception of the mechanism is correct, but as I understand is, a cosmic ray can ionize the path from source to drain of a transistor which will then conduct current regardless of voltage on the gate until the current goes away. I.e. it remains in that state until the power rail is powered down; hence "latchup". This is obviously much more rare, but real.
For the most part cosmic rays do nothing to consumer electronics.
This is not to say that they can't flip bits or even damage elements, but the rate for such effects is very, very low.
Radiation effects are routinely observed in electronics placed in accelerator experimental halls (where the radiation levels are at lethal-dose-in-minutes levels when the beam is on). Ones that I have observed include
Note that the beam dump radiation monitors were calibrated to 1 Mrad/hr and often registered sustained rates around 10 krad/hr. Intensities in the other parts of the hall fell off to very reasonable levels like 100 rad/hr.
Note that the beam cutoff circuitry connected to the beam-dump radiation monitors worked reliably in a intense radiation environment for years.
The effect of CRs on electronics will increase with time. As the electronics shrink, we will be fitting more bits per unit area. As such, there will be less charge necessary to define a bit (how many electrons or holes signal that a bit is 1 or 0). Since one CR event will deposit a given amount of charge, the probability that a bit will flip (or the number of flipped bits) will increase with time.
A related fact is that Intel patented a CR detector attached to a chip (see here for a moderately useful article on it).
Pierre Auger noted about 100 years ago that CRs are not exactly the singular events that we think of. In particular, he noted that CR events at two locations 1 km apart have a high coincidence proving the existence of what we now call extensive air showers (EAS). Only sufficiently high energy cosmic ray primaries will create a shower that makes it all the way to the surface, although the rate here at the surface is still quite high. The point of all of this is that if you measure a CR event right next to your computer chip, it is quite likely that your computer chip was hit and may have been affected as well. The process in the Intel patent (which has no production plans that I'm aware of, I did meet a guy who was testing something that I imagine was a prototype of this on the side of mountain - higher elevation => more CRs) would then redo the last set of calculations before the event when an event was measured under the assumption of a particularly high probability of an error in the calculation.
According to an Intel study, soft-error failure rate at 16 nm is expected to be more than 100 times that at 180 nm, because with scaling of operating voltage, the critical charge required to flip a stored value has been decreasing. Also, in atmospheric radiation, particles of lower energy occur far more frequently than those of higher energy and hence, with voltage scaling more particles can cause soft errors. Since a single energetic particle can lead to burst of consecutive errors, the likelihood of multi-bit errors is also on rise. So clearly, study of soft-errors is very important.
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