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I thought I was going to have to give this place up when I found out I was gluten intolerant. So excited to discover they did gluten free. Great food and always great service.
Very good fondue place. Knowledgable staff and good options. As with all fondue places, it's on the pricier side. Look for specials and coupons or have it be a special occasion.
Great food great atmosphere
418 E Gregory St, Pensacola, FL 32502
I made a reservation here for my birthday knowing that Melting Pot's are notorious for being great with gluten free options and training of staff. Not the case at this location. I even noted IN THE RESERVATION I made that I had a gluten allergy but apparently that made no difference. Server was completely clueless. First they did not have any GF beer to make the cheese (ok not a biggie) then she brought out a bowl of regular bread for dipping. I explained AGAIN that I could not have bread anywhere near or in my fondue. I asked for the GF bread (listed on the menu), she said they didn't have any. I asked to speak the manager - 20 minutes later he shows up, he was very nice and did apologize for her ignorance, apparently she was new. Needless to say I spent the rest of the meal paranoid about everything and the service was terribly slow on top of all that & they were totally dead that night. Terrible experience for something I was looking so forward to for my birthday :( will not be back.
2001 S Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Maybe other locations in this chain are better, but I will not be returning to this one. Ever. The service was beyond slow and the server was not trained on GF. The GIG should revoke their mark from this location. Our dessert course was the regular plate of dippables, and our server was no where to be found to correct it. Very disappointed.
2121 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402
Great experience! Very knowledgable and celiac safe. Nearly the entire menu is gf and noted in bold on menu. good gf bread for cheese course and gf pound cake and brownies with dessert.
Incredible place. Such a fun experience.
5294 Corporate Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
We had our reservations about everything listed as GF within the first few minutes. I ordered The Melting Pot Mule which was listed as GF. I had to run to the bar to have them change the vodka because it was supposed to be made with Stoli (which is made with wheat and rye). They were out of gluten free bread and brownies, but didn't tell us until we requested them. We were very clear from the beginning that I have Celiac. As for the special training for staff, I don't believe it. The server admitted to not knowing what gluten actually is.
Crossgates Mall, 1 Crossgates Mall Rd, Albany, NY 12203
I took my boyfriend to the Melting Pot for his birthday and we had a great time. The only complaint, which we caught, was when we ordered the dessert fondue, the waitress brought out a plate of gluten-filled desserts. We knew it didn't look right so we asked her about it. Even with the minor snafu, I'd go again. Definitely for the cheese and dessert fondues.
1 E Broad St #100, Bethlehem, PA 18018
There were lots of gluten free choices. Great atmosphere and everyone was very nice and helpful.
2090 Celebration Dr NE #130, Grand Rapids, MI 49525
I've dined here several times. The staff is very accommodating. The gluten free menu is extensive. If you have problems with cross-contamination, you should make your entire party order from the gluten free menu. Everyone cooks their food in the same pot at the table. But, since almost everything is prepared at the table, you can see the ingredients being used.
1618 Carl D Silver Pkwy, Fredericksburg, VA 22401
What an amazing experience! Everyone was very aware and knowledgable about gluten-free. Didn't make me feel like an oddity. Would return in a heartbeat!
150 Allendale Rd #2100, King of Prussia, PA 19406
amazing restaurant and perfect with gluten free. the staff is very knowledgeable and they have gluten free options for everything (bread, cake, brownies, marinades, etc) a definite must try.
14855 Blanco Road #110, San Antonio, TX 78216
San Antonio Melting Pot was SUPER about me being GF. I was the only one at a table of 7 and they made sure everything from my cheese course, to my main course, all the way to my dessert, was completely taken care of. Every time I tried to ask/remind our waitress about GF, she was always one step ahead of me. I was super impressed!!
2112 Atlantic Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 08401
My husband is gluten free and I've always loved the melting pot. We go here every year for my bday. However, on our most recent visit we were not as pleased. They decreased the amount of gluten free items. They used to offer gluten free loud cake/brownies for the chocolate fondue. No more! It was very disappointing. Will try a new place next year.
2295 W College Ave, Appleton, WI 54914
Great food! I love that they even have a pretty large selection for the gluten free desserts to dip into the chocolate fondue!
1 E Broad St #100, Bethlehem, PA 18018
My hubby and I shared off the gluten free menu. It was amazing and our waitress was very friendly & knowledgeable about the GF menu too. I will definitely be back!
294 Lamp and Lantern Village, Town and Country, MO 63017
The waiter was not very knowledgable or accommodating. I told him about my dietary restriction and asked for a salad with no croutons. He brought me a salad with croutons. I told them, and they said they would fix it. I thought they did, but as I finished, I found a crouton on the bottom. My guess is they just picked off the croutons. I went with a large group and the waiter decided which items he wanted to make gluten-free (like cheeses) so be sure to tell him which one you want gluten-free! (I thought I did) If I go back, I will ask for a different waiter and make sure they know about my celiac! I might give it another chance because the food is SO GOOD!
232 E Broughton St, Savannah, GA 31401
Such a great place for GF options! We will definitely be going back.
2348 Solomons Island Rd, Annapolis, MD 21401
I love this place. It serves gf dinner and dessert plates. In fact the dessert plates for celiac are bigger than the regular ones🎂🎂🍿🍿🍩🍩😜😝😍😗😘
9704 Gayton Rd, Henrico, VA 23238
I don't think you can find a better combination of GFree safety, fabulous food, incredible dining experience, and in my multiple visits to this location - caring and attentive waitstaff. They were very knowledgeable about ingredients. They have a separate GFree menu that includes bread and deadly desserts. Nice full bar and super wine list. My go-to place to celebrate.
5455 N Federal Hwy, Boca Raton, FL 33487
I was concerned that my son and I would not have many options but my daughter wanted to go to the melting pot for her birthday. Wow was I wrong. They were so accommodating!!! We had 2 pots, one regular and one gluten free. They had gluten free bread and brownies. Staff was knowledgable about what items were gluten free. We had a great time and everyone still feels great.
7011 Fayetteville Rd #101, Durham, NC 27713
This was a safe meal but that's about all I can say for this restaurant. Staff was extremely rude about my gluten free questions and made the experience stressful. Luckily I didn't end up getting sick. Cheese fondue was the best part because it came with good gf bread. The rest of the meal I could have skipped. Certainly not worth the expense. If I have to go back I will but it's not a place I would recommend.
1949 Ringling Blvd, Sarasota, FL 34236
This was so fun and delicious. Our server was very gluten free knowledgable and careful. Extensive gluten free menu, including gluten free bread, cake, and brownies.
732 Main St, Louisville, CO 80027
Have been here a number of times. Always a good experience with alot of gluten free choices.
294 Lamp and Lantern Village, Town and Country, MO 63017
Gluten free menu including desserts! YUM!
10451 Twin Rivers Rd, Columbia, MD 21044
I love their food and they are always good about accommodating my gluten allergy. They have substitute dipping items including gluten free brownies and bread that are delicious.
9021 Gaither Rd, Gaithersburg, MD 20877
As long as you go in expecting to spend a pretty penny, you're good to go! There are plenty of GF options and they're all amazingly delicious. Also, the booth seating provides for a cozy/more private dining experience than being in the middle of everything! I loved going with my boyfriend and spending time to actually enjoy the food, the ambiance, and did I mention the food! The waiter was extremely friendly and knowledgable, very kind and helpful. Overall, a great dining experience!
150 Allendale Rd #2100, King of Prussia, PA 19406
GF bread for dipping in the cheese fondue (which they'll make with gf beer), lots of entree choices, and they substitute gf brownies and pound cake for the dessert course. Suggestion: request a table with two pots if going with a group.
250 Center Ave, Westwood, NJ 07675
Food was great. Fun experience. They were completely prepared for gluten free. Make sure you call ahead for a table with 2 burners if anyone in your party is not gluten free. Expensive
5650 E 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46250
We went strictly for desserts and they have a dedicated gluten free menu. We received an assortment of fruit, marshmallows, GF brownies, & GF muffins to dip in our chocolate. Also good to know, Wednesdays wine bottles are 1/2 off.
7011 Fayetteville Rd #101, Durham, NC 27713
One of the best dinners of my life! The staff was extremely well trained on cross contamination and ensured that I got a table with double burners so I could have a separate gluten free fondue pot to remain uncontaminated. Gluten free bread was served with the cheese fondue, and gluten free brownies and pound cake with the chocolate. Many of their entrees were also gfree, and everything was delicious. No sickness the day after. They also had an extensive gluten free cocktail menu and coffee menu! As it was my birthday, they brought me out a gluten free cupcake to end the night, and the manager came out and spoke to me personally to ensure I enjoyed my meal. His wife is also gluten free, so he makes sure to use high quality breads, etc. The brownies were delicious!
1055 Mansell Rd, Roswell, GA 30076
Eaten here several times. My coeliac daughter has not been glutened.
213 Burlington Rd, Bedford, MA 01730
Gluten free bear and amazing courses of food!!!
1 Carousel Center, Destiny USA, Syracuse, NY 13290
Excellent with gf options, even had dessert! Our waiter as also celiac and was very knowledgable!
814 15th St, Sacramento, CA 95814
just an awesome experience. I love fondue!!!
475 Haywood Rd, Greenville, SC 29607
They have a gluten free menu but staff was not very educated to it. Spent most of our evening for waiter to go ask if something was gluten free. Brought food to the table several times that he came back and removed because he realized it had gluten. Be careful.
11730 Plaza America Drive #100, Reston, VA 20190
I have a wheat allergy and my experience was awesome! GF bread was served with the cheese fondue and GF pound cake and brownies served with the chocolate fondue. Waiter was knowledgeable and helpful!
1820 St Charles Ave #120, New Orleans, LA 70130
from GF perspective is great. from a flavor perspective...meh. gf pound cake with dessert fondue was a great suprise. expensive.
4 E Sheridan Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
This place had so many gf options! It was great. Expensive but great!
814 15th St, Sacramento, CA 95814
Yum! Dedicated gluten free menu. Chocolate fondue was amazing and they had GF pound cake!
150 Allendale Rd #2100, King of Prussia, PA 19406
Best gluten-free menu yet! The gluten free dessert is out of this world ! All the staff are knowledgeable and very kind too gluten illnesses! One of the best gluten free dining experiences i have ever had.
340 S Main St, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Had amazing GF options for every part of the meal. They even had GF brownies and pound cake that were to die for!
814 15th St, Sacramento, CA 95814
Eaten here twice, never been glutened. The bread they use is local and really good. Even my non-gf friends are happy with it. For vegetarians, the entree options are very limited so I usually just do cheese and chocolate fondue. Servers are knowledgable about gluten.
1110 N Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 22201
My boyfriend surprised me with a wonderful dinner at The Melting Pot. We ordered all gluten free, and since everything is cooked at the table there is very little risk of cc. The staff was knowledgable and helpful. And the food was absolutely delicious. We will definitely be back.
13251 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers, FL 33919
I went here for a girl's night with 3 other friends that were kind enough to eat gluten free with me, since you do share the same pot. They have a gluten free menu with a lot more selections than I anticipated. Even with the cheddar cheese fondue, they used corn starch instead of flour and gluten free beer! it tasted just as I remember from before I was diagnosed Celiac. Their gluten free bread is well, you know.. gluten free bread. But I didn't even care. Even for dessert, they have gluten free brownies, marshmallows, chocolate.. Everything was delicious and I did not get sick!
959 Parkway #2, Gatlinburg, TN 37738
We stopped here for dessert fondue. I figured there would be only fruit for mine. So pleasantly surprised to have gluten free pound cakes and brownies. The brownies were great. The pound cake a bit dry. But I'm certainly not complaining because it was wonderful to have gluten free dessert!
814 15th St, Sacramento, CA 95814
Best GF trained staff anywhere. Best options and tastes amazing. For a cheaper option, do the happy hour!
Crossgates Mall, 1 Crossgates Mall Rd, Albany, NY 12203
Amazing staff!! Very knowledgeable about gf needs!! No cross contamination at all!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
5455 N Federal Hwy, Boca Raton, FL 33487
Great and knowledgeable staff. Manager came out to speak with me. I got my own pot, since my nd and his parents are not gluten free. best part as usual is the cheese and chocolate fondue. I was so excited to learn they offered gluten free bread and brownies. it was such a great experience.
2201 Uptown Loop Road Northeast #1A, Albuquerque, NM 87110
It was the first day for my waitress but she asked everything about celiac to the manager. He came and checked on me also. They have a gluten free menu and everything is prepared by you or the waitress at the table so you can make sure it is done correctly. It is an experience not to be missed! They even had a gluten free brownie and cupcake for my birthday although this was not on the menu.
831 Rte 10, Whippany, NJ 07981
Six from our party of eight had food allergies and other dietary concerns. Our server and the owners went out of their way to accommodate multiple requests and be sure we all were safe and satisfied. Highly recommend.
450 Ward Pkwy, Kansas City, MO 64112
Best knowledge Staff !.. Amazing food with tons of gluten free option. But what maḍe me happy was gluten free dessert !!.. Highly recommended.
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The Elys Uncapper mod (requires SKSE) allows you to set multipliers to your rate of skill gain in each skill, in addition to its core functionality of allowing you to raise skills above 100. I've also seen some other leveling slowdown mods on skyrimnexus, but, IMO, Elys Uncapper makes all the others obsolete.
If you use the console to set (not raise, not mod) your skill levels to 100, you will no longer accrue skill levels and no longer make progress for character levels.
If you're playing on the PC, the UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul mod has a feature that removes level caps for followers, making followers be able to match your level.
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CNN- Prices for U.S. crude have declined $10, or more than 9%, over the past six trading days, to $96.14 a barrel. Oil prices are down about 3.5% for the year.
Much of the recent decline stems from concerns about the U.S. economy and easing worries about a confrontation with Iran. But the downward momentum was further propelled by the European elections this past weekend.
In Greece, a potential political stalemate looms after Greece's main center-right party failed to form a coalition government. With voters signaling their opposition to the austerity measures imposed as part of the country's international bailout, it appears more likely that Greece could exit the eurozone and trigger further instability in Europe's periphery.
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What is the use of classes.js in the MVC examples which is not referred to in the MVC tutorial in the api documentation. If we follow the MVC tutorial in the api documentation it leads to an error "Ext.Loader is not enabled, ...", please help.
1 May 2011 11:04 PM #2
enabling ext loader
The classes.js file contains all the necessary components that make up the application. I am sure the stores, models and controllers are defined in this file. They must have used the Sencha command to comp-bine (compress & combine) the MVC application files after development.
If you need to use ext loader, you need to enable it. You can do so by:
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Thanks! Abdel for help, I am experimenting mvc and I am finding ways
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In addition to the mandated communal offerings, individual Jews were liable for, or permitted to bring, a variety of offerings of their own. How often did the average Israelite bring each type of offering in a year? Was this pretty routine, or unusual? (Sin-offerings and wellbeing-offerings seem like they could be pretty variable.)
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The minimum of an average person had to go to the Bais Hamikdash for the 3 Regolim and that meant a Korban Olas Re'iya and a Chagiga. In addition, on Erev Pesach they had to bring a Korban Pesach (which was brought in groups as opposed to the individual). As far as how often a person would have to go to the Mikdash, even if a person is obligated to bring a Korbon s/he did not have to bring it straight away s/he had to bring it by the next of the 3 Regolim, if s/he did not then s/he would trangress a Mitzvas Asei. If s/he did not bring it by the end of 3 Regolim s/he would trangress a Mitzvas Lo Sa'saei as well. See Rosh Hashana 4a and rambam Hilchos Ma'asei Hakorbonos 14:13.


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H33rsay is El33tonline's round-up of game industry rumours and speculation where we have looks at unconfirmed and unannounced pieces of news emerging from anonymous tipsters, information leaks and generally dubious sources. It may not all be true, but it's still fun to talk about!
It's time to grab a handful of salt because a deluge of rumours have emerged recently, originating from what many believe to be a knowledgeable and trusted source.
Posting on NeoGAF, user 'ntkrnl' has posted a collection of morsels that are both exciting and distressing, the first piece of which pointed to the release of Halo 2: Anniversary Edition on Xbox One on November 11th.
According to ntkrnl, the second Anniversary Edition in the Halo series has once again been contracted out to Saber Interactive and Certain Affinity. A purchase of Halo 2: Anniversary Edition will gain you access to the beta for the Xbox One version of Halo, which 343 Industries is currently working on. Previously confirmed for release later in 2014, ntkrnl says that 343's Halo has been delayed into 2015.
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In addition, ntkrnl claims that Crackdown 3 is indeed in development under the codename of Nimbus, which has been marked with a 2016 launch window, while a new Forza Horizon may be out in 2014.
Moving on to confirmed Xbox One titles, ntkrnl says that Fable Legends is due out in the Summer of 2015, while Quantum Break and Sunset Overdrive (which will receive its own controller) are out in the Fall of 2014.
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As far as the launch timings for Xbox One in regions that haven't received the console yet, ntkrnl also provided his/her thoughts on when Xbox One-less countries could expect the console – according to the tipster, here is where Xbox One will launch in April, 2014:
Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Russia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Colombia, Chile, Argentina.
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The last of the rumours concerns a 1TB hard-drive for Xbox One, which Microsoft will start offering from November this year, along with a white version of the Xbox One.
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#2. The Girl Who Was Adopted by Monkeys
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Marina Chapman was 4 years old when she found herself the victim of a botched kidnapping. The last thing she remembers is being grabbed from behind, blacking out, and waking up in the Colombian jungle. And because her father wasn't Liam Neeson, this story sadly does not end with a bunch of dead terrorists, punched wolves, and promptly rescued little girls.
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Although we would pay to see a thing called Taken vs. Predator.
Instead, Chapman was found by a troupe of carablanca monkeys, who actually took her into their clan, Jungle Book style, and taught her how to forage, climb trees, and presumably hurl her poop when threatened, confused, or bored.
After a few years of this, Chapman became an expert in stealing rice and fruit from nearby villagers, who would throw stones to drive her and her elite band of monkey thieves back into the jungle. Eventually she did reach society, where she used her jungle skills to run a gang of child thieves. The story increasingly sounds like the most ridiculous flavor of bullshit -- like blueberry, maybe -- but it's verified again and again by witnesses who recall the girl and vouch for her character.
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"The feces, just ... everywhere."
If you're worried about the fate of this frightened and neglected little girl, don't be! Chapman was rescued ... by an abusive family that enslaved her and made her sleep beneath a stove. Jesus, she's two talking birds and a magic scarf away from a Disney movie.
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Seventy-five-year-old World War II veteran Coolidge Winesett once spent three days trapped beneath an outdoor toilet. There's ... just no pretty way to put that.
Winesett, a Virginia resident, spent his days in retirement how we all dream: poopin' outdoors. Or at least damn near to it. On one visit to his ancient wooden outhouse, this particular shit got real and the ancient construction gave way to dry rot. Initially, Winesett thought the collapse was an earthquake -- and then he just really, really wished it was, as it became apparent that he was about to go tumbling into Crap Reservoir. Winesett spent the next few days wallowing in what he affectionately refers to as "the Bible's hell."
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Having lost part of one leg and the use of his arm after a stroke, Winesett was powerless to escape the maggoty pond of his own refuse. Although he was kept from literally drowning in shit by a collapsed sub-floor, Winesett would spend a solid three-day weekend on a half-submerged raft adrift in a sea of feces. During his ordeal, Winesett was forced to share the cesspool with rats, snakes, and spiders, which, while normally awful, were probably a welcome respite from the unceasing landscape of poo.
Eventually, the local mail carrier became concerned about the letters piling up in Winesett's mailbox, and he went to check on the man, whereupon he heard a weakened cry for help coming from the direction of the outhouse.
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I know we are full of good intention for helping the poor low wage earner, but when we make changes, we seem to forget the impact beyond the obvious. I read an article in the Wall Street Journal this weekend that throws some rain onto the minimum wage discussion.
It begins with reduced grants caused by the federal and state government cutback on Medicaid. Many of the nonprofit organizations employ the minimum wage to pay the volunteers who man the helping-the-poor programs. These organizations rely on grants and fundraisers to supplement and complete their mission.
These are the grassroots organizations in direct contact with the poor on a weekly basis. Where are they going to get the extra money to comply with the minimum wage? So helping in this case may not be the net effect. I think more debate is in order.
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'Pacem in terris' turns fifty.
From Commonweal's April 26, 1963, editorial:
If the past is any guide in these matters, the Catholic response to Pope John's magnificent encyclical Pacem in Terris will be slow and tentative. This is not to say that there will not be initial praise and publicity; that much at least is traditional. Already that praise has been heard. But the difference between initial praise and a full-blown change in Catholic thought at all levels is another matter; too frequently it has taken years or decades for the full force of an encyclical to be felt. In part, the reason for such lags bear on the slowness of Catholics to change their customary ways of thinking on fundamental issues; then, too, the very language of encyclicals and their deference to the past often obscures those elements with a radical import.We fervently hope this will not be the fate of Pacem in Terris.
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s. "It is not enough, for example, to acknowl- edge and respect every man's right to the means of subsistence: One must also strive to obtain that he actually has enough in the way of food and nourish- ment." Here we are fifty years later and the poor get poorer in the US while 7 million children die every year without food and basic medicine. The William F Buckley (who criticized PIT) Catholicism prevails with 100 million dollar cathedrals and a church more charged up about the unborn than the born.
The Prophet Micah calls us "... to walk humbly in the presence of [our] God." (6:8) That fifty years after Pacem in Terris finds us as Mr. Mazzella describes should direct us to Micah's wisdom.An hour's drive from my home woud take us to one of California's agricultural counties, where 35.9% (2011) of the children less than 15 years old live below the designated poverty line, and half of those in homes with less than 50% of the poverty level. In a county-wide population of 79,257, there are 700 children in the foster-care system, supported by a cadre of not quite 40 guardians ad litem, called Court-Appointed Special Advocates for Children in Califormia. The population of the county self-designates as 75.5% Roman Catholic.And we are building $100M cathedrals?Mark
And here in NYC, where more than 800,000 children live in poverty, we will be spending $177,000,000.00 to renovate our cathedral.
Some people of Good Will argue that Cathedrals are beautiful and necessary. I disagree with the latter. Give me a sunset, sunrise or a starlit night any time. Free. The Empire goes on with the verbiage meanwhile untold children.......
Why relegate our questions to cathedrals? How much money is raised every year by the Guggenheim, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum, et al. Not to mention the Philharmonic, the Opera and Broadway musicals. How much is spent by collectors (private and corporate) every year at galleries, auctions, and private transactions? How much is spent dining out, while thousands upon thousands of New Yorkers lack food security? I am sure there are a couple of hundred restaurants in Manhattan that will charge a couple on a date $500 or more for dinner and a bottle of wine without batting an eye.
Fifty years ago this month, a group of about 60 women traveled to Rome to thank Pope John XXIII for "Pacem in Terris", and to urge him to speak out even more strongly and publicly on the urgency of disarmament. Dorothy Day went by boat: I know that my mother Hermene Evans paid her trip one way. Mother was a Commonweal subscriber even before graduating from Wellesley in 1927. The initiators of the idea were from Women Strike for Peace, of various religions or of none. The Pope was too ill by then to receive them in a private audience, but praised their work and urged them to continue their efforts, in a general audience. From Rome they went on to Geneva, where they met with World Council of Churches leaders, and held an overnight vigil outside the UN headquarters. U Thant saw that they were provided with coffee and hot chocolate. A booklet was published a few months later, with photographs and news clippings from many countries. Grant, I'm going to send you a copy of the booklet: I think this valiant effort should be recognized. Of course many of those women are no longer alive.
Tangent -- but something to do with peace: It looks like there's another saint, Fr. Emil Kapaun, an inspiring American chaplain during the Korean War. Read about Pres. Obama awarding him the Congressional Medal of Honor. Fr. Kapuan is also up for Beatification. Pres. Obama should become a preacher when he leaves office -- this speech is a homily on generosity. http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/
"Why relegate our questions to cathedrals?"Jim, it is like pedophilia. Terrible everywhere but more reprehensible by avowed preachers of the gospel. The RCC has been a very rich church with tons of apologetics trying to explain this away. It is a profound scandal that few want to confront let alone do something about.
Bill, wherever the riches are, apparently they aren't in Chicago. We're laying off diocesan workers, and closing and consolidating parishes and schools.
Jim: And I bet the Archdiocese has property it could sell (like cathedrals and other assets) that it could use to keep those workers on the job.I agree that the world lavishes money on foolish things (like $100 bottles of wine) when people are starving and dying. But our religious leaders are supposed to set an example for the world to follow. How can we preach agains "consumerism" and "secularism" when we're spending $100s of millions on buildings?
Hello All,I don't often take the time to study papal encyclicals, but this Sunday I took Grant's lead and studied parts of Pacem in Terris. I was struck (although "blown away" might describe my reaction better) by Pope John's emphatic and clear enumeration of a number of rights that he expressly regards as natural rights. Some of the stated rights include a right to: bodily integrity, the means necessary for the development of life, to share in the benefits of culture, to be respected, to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience, to choose the kind of life which appeals to her/him, to meet and form associations, and to private property. (And there are more rights enumerated, but I think this is a representative sample.)Since I teach philosophy, I suppose I somewhat automatically categorize what I read into particular schools, but I am struck by just how similar the rights Pope John discusses in Pacem et Terris are to those defended in the contemporary (that is last 55 years) tradition known as political liberalism. And (an occupational hazard) I've been struck by just how vehemently some Roman Catholic intellectuals oppose political liberalism and deny that people have natural rights. (To be clear, one need not embrace political liberalism in order to embrace natural rights.) I'm wondering if any pope before John XIII explicitly stated that people have particular natural rights. If I'm not mistaken Pacem et Terris predates Vatican II's Gaudiem et Spes and its eloquent statements on human rights.Alasdair MacIntyre may be the best known living Roman Catholic philosopher. I certainly have utmost respect for his work (which contributed importantly to my own choice to become a professional philosopher). In one of his books, MacIntyre flatly denies that people have natural rights and claims that natural rights are a mere fiction that modern philosophers made up in an attempt to shore up their own faulty moral systems. It struck me that if we Catholics were consistent (and I think we seldom are), we would be calling MacIntyre a dissenter or "cafeteria Catholic", same as we tend to label those who openly disagree with parts of other papal encyclicals such as Humanae Vitae. (And just to be clear, from what I know of Professor MacIntyre he is generally more faithful to Church teaching than practically anyone known to me.)
Peter ==Where does MacIntyre talk about rights being fiction? I've read mostly his early stuff and don't remember his saying that. Very surprising, though I admit that describing the ontological status of a right would be difficult. To which category(ies) does it belong? Relation? Quality? A combination?
Hi Ann (and all)!MacIntyre states his denial of natural rights explicitly in his best known book "After Virtue". This is also where he explicitly calls natural rights fictions. So far as I know he has not departed from this particular position in his later work. I also don't know if he ever explicitly engaged with the claims of natural rights in Pacem et Terris or Gaudiem et Spes. (I disagree with MacIntyre on the matter of natural rights among many issues, though I continue to admire his work.)
Thanks, Peter. I checked my copy of After Virtue and see that I noted "NONSENSE" and "bilge" in the margins of the section about rights. But I had completely forgotten what he had said. I didn't notice that he apparently also had no notion of duty/obligation. Hmmm. So what is it in his theory that binds us if there are no rights and obligations? (I must admit I have always found the notion of an obligation to be quite mysterious metaphysically. What category does it belong to? I assume relation. But did Aristotle himself think there were such realities? I can't say I remember him talking about them.)
Peter ==In Rerum novarum Pius XIII speaks explicitly of rights, e.g., "For, every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own." If I'm not mistaken Quadragessimo anno also refers to rights. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Rerum_Novarum#3
Hi Ann (and all)! Thanks for the reference, but did you mean "Leo XIII"?This is terribly interesting to me since it's my understanding that there was some serious debate in the long past regarding the legitimacy of property right. For example, I thought (and need to check) that Aquinas believed that property was an acceptable human institution needed to prevent free-rider and other problems, but I donj't think he allowed that people have a natural right to property. Maybe Aquinas scholars here can clue me in?
Thanks, Peter. I get the popes confused.The quotation I give above is, of course, only a translation from the Latin. I checked out Wikipedia (the Sage of the West) for use of the word "rights" and didn't find much about its early use. I'm wondering which Latin word it translated in RN. And was that Latin word, whatever it is, in general use in classic Scholastic ethics? I also checked a few other things, e.g., the Magna Carta, but it talks about "liberties" and just says what will be done and not done by the crown. "Privileges" is another word that is interesting in such contexts. And, of course, the correlative "duty" would be interesting to check out. (I can't get to a good library, so I can't do it. Sigh.) MacIntyre himself grants that even though the word "right" might not be used before the 17th century that that doesn't imply that the *concept* had not been developed. Seems to me this would be a good topic for a philosophy paper, even an MA thesis -- the use of the word "rights" in Scholastic ethics and its predecessors in medieval and later Western Latin. Some of those word search apps could be invaluable in doing it. There's a lot of Latin stuff online now.
Appaently a lot has been done on the meaning(s) of "rights", and there has been a lot of controversy over it. Hmm. See Stanord Encyl. (thought the distinction there between "subjective" and "objective" rights is a bummer, as far as I can see. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rights/#3
Hi Ann (and all)!Some time back Fr. Komonchak alerted us to a splendid historical study "The Idea of Natural Rights" by Brian Tierney. I haven't penetrated this fine book that deeply yet but it has a fascinating discussion of the evolution of church thought on property rights. The more recent philosophical literature on rights has grown so much that I doubt anyone in the field can keep abreast of it all. (I'd like to do some work on the analytical structure of natural rights in the future, time permitting.)
Peter =Does Tierney get into the metaphysical status of right/obligation/jus? That's about all I'm really interested in, in ethics -- the really foundational stuff. I know very little ethics -- I never got into it because few philosophers seem to be interested in the metaphysical grounds. Aristotle's teleology grounds his ethics, but he leaves important questions unanswered. (I checked the Index of Tierney's book at Amazon, but it wasn't too helpful.)


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At some point I have to return to my "weekly" series on my bike commute. So you should consider this my return. March was miserable and pitiful month and, too often, I let that pressure me into a car. Sick, cold, windy, rainy and work obligations are among the excuses for two weeks (eight and nine) of almost no riding. I have similarly weak excuses for the lack of writing.
I really don't have much to say. I'm at the point in my transition to a bike commute that the novelty of riding everyday has worn off. That's not to say that my commute is a chore – I'm still loving my twice daily ride – it's just part of my routine.
The routine suffered slightly as a result of the two off-weeks. When I started riding again I struggled with departure times and bag packing but after a couple of weeks back in the habit things are pretty dialed in. I'm up between 4:30 and 5:00 and allow myself until 5:15 to putz around, eat, drink coffee and, in general, be unproductive. By 5:15 I need to be packing my lunch and finishing off the last of the pre-ride caffeine. At 5:30 I'm packing my bag – unless I was proactive (rarely) and took care of that the previous evening – then washing my face, brushing my teeth and starting to think about kitting up.
Throughout this routine I've been checking the weather compulsively. Doing my best to gauge how many layers I'm going to need and if any of them need to be waterproof. The weather report also gives me a hint as to how much time to dedicate to complaining about the wind. If everything goes as planned – meaning I don't putz around too long – I'm gassing up the tires by 6:00 and on the road by 6:10.
It's this routine – the little pieces leading up to my morning ride – that seem most threatening. I put off getting out of bed or making breakfast or putting away the laptop or making lunch or packing my bag and, suddenly, they seem like too much. And, especially if it's cold or I'm tired, I start to think it might be easier if I just drove. I'd have more time. I could write that long overdue post about riding my bike to work…
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Grilled Vegetables
Categories: Fourth of July, On the Grill, Quick to fix, Vegetarian
Type: Side Dishes
Type: Side Dishes
Perfect for summer, these vegetables are easy to prepare and go well with any main dish
Prep Time: 20M, plus marinating
Cooking Time: 4M-6M
Serves: makes 4 servings
- 2 zucchini, halved lengthwise
- 1 large red bell pepper, quartered lengthwise and seeded
- 1 large yellow bell pepper, quartered lengthwise and seeded
- 1 large eggplant, sliced crosswise
- 1 fennel bulb, quartered lengthwise
- 1/2 cup olive oil, plus extra for brushing
- 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped parsley, plus extra to garnish
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
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- Arrange the zucchini, red and yellow peppers, eggplant, and fennel, cut-sides up, in a large nonmetallic dish. Whisk together the oil, vinegar, garlic, parsley, and salt and pepper to taste. Spoon over the vegetables, and marinate at room temperature for at least 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, light an outdoor grill or preheat the broiler. Oil the grill grate or the broiler pan.
- Lift the vegetables out of the marinade, and place them on the grill or broiler rack. Cook for 3-5 minutes on each side, or until tender and lightly charred, brushing with the marinade. Serve warm or at room temperature, drizzled with remaining marinade and sprinkled with parsley.
- large, nonmetallic dish, heat-resistant pastry brush
- Prepare ahead: The vegetables can marinate in step 1 for several hours. Or cook them a day in advance and serve at room temperature.
- Good with barbecued or grilled steaks or chops.
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All three games are 50% off this week on Xbox Live Arcade. 800 MS Points. AC Revelations is also on sale for $19.99
Some DLC for each game is on sale too.
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Thanks I've been wanting these games for a long time but wasn't will to pay $20 a piece for them!
download, not physical disc
@sylvesterchester: I love it when they're download! No disc to get scratched or lost. And I never have to worry about changing it when I want to change games.
@paradigmshyft: My feelings are mixed. I like the convenience, but the use of hard drive space and the fact that you can never sell, loan, or trade the game are definite drawbacks. Usually once a game gets below $10 I don't mind digital since there is not as much incentive for resale or trade in value.
@wnyx585am: I hear you. I have one of the older 20GB 360s and I keep having to delete games or buy more flash drives. Having the game disc actually is more convenient, in a way.


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Lewis Hamilton heads to the season-ending Brazilian GP on a high after proving that he "still holds that drive"
Although his hopes of winning a second title have been over for a quite a while now, Hamilton put in a master class at the inaugural United States GP on Sunday as he came from second on the grid to beat pole-sitter Sebastian Vettel to the win.
The victory, which will no doubt go down as one of his best displays in F1, was his fourth of the season and Hamilton feels he showed that he should be seen in the same light as the other top drivers.
"I think I stamped my mark on the sport and showed I have the status that the others do," he said. "Even though I am not competing for first or second in the Championship I still hold that drive. I just beat the supposed best.
"I think I have been driving at my best all year, getting stronger and stronger and this was my strongest performance of the year.
"To be able to push and not make mistakes and to hunt Sebastian down and see him make the mistakes is a great feeling.
"They say you are only as good as your last race. It would be nice to be battling for the Championship but that is the way that it is, so I have to be grateful for where I am and what we have achieved.
"We would have had a lot more wins but for the problems we have had. But this makes the rest disappear and allows us to move forward and smile."
This weekend's race at Interlagos will Hamilton's last for a McLaren as he is off to Mercedes next year.
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As Dr. James F Cooper slowly shuffles from exam room to exam room, his aged knees force him to take more breaks than he'd like to.
His hands aren't as strong as they used to be either, but that doesn't stop him from doing the same job he's been doing for more than 60 years.
"I look forward to when I get up every morning. I just enjoy seeing people and doing what I'm doing. And as long as I have the ability health wise to do it, I'd like to continue," Cooper said.
Most people begin thinking of retirement around age 65; but for Dr. Cooper, retirement is a word that he's avoided as long as possible.
At 82-years-old, Dr. Cooper is the oldest practicing physician in Bryan/College Station, TX. And doctor isn't the only title he's proud of to have earned – he's proud of his title as veteran.
At the age of 18, Dr. Cooper enlisted in the Navy to help America fight in World War II. He was headed to the fight in the Pacific battles, shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when things suddenly changed.
"We were actually on the way to Japan when the first A-bomb was dropped. And by the time we got there, all the hostilities had stopped," Cooper said.
With the war over, Dr. Cooper used the G.I. bill to enroll in medical school at the University of Tennessee. From there, he interned at the National Naval Medical Center in Maryland, where he came across many dignitaries and high ranking military officials.
Shortly after being stationed aboard the USS Yosemite, he got his first experience in real world trauma. The air craft carrier USS Bennington sustained major damages during an accidental explosion. A handful of men were killed in the blast, and many others were badly burned.
"It was not a very pleasant thing at all, because burn people were hard to take care of then as they are now, and we just did not have the facilities and we were overwhelmed with that number of severely burned people. We worked probably 72 hours non-stop, just admitting all of them, taking care of the most severely burned and injured," Cooper said.
Dr. Cooper went on to be named as a deputy medical officer for a destroyer fleet during the Korean War, and at the conclusion of that conflict, was moved to reserve status.
Shortly thereafter, Dr. Cooper moved to Bryan, TX where he set up his first medical practice. And he still vividly remembers what it was like to be a doctor during that era.
"When I first came here, there were 27 total doctors in Bryan/College Station. There were 7,000 students at Texas A&M - they were all male. There two hospitals here, and they were both downtown. And the old Bryan hospital over by the courthouse was un-air conditioned in most areas, including the operating room and delivery room," Cooper said.
Cooper made many house calls during those days, and typically cost the patient only five dollars for the service.
As Dr. Cooper's career in Bryan/College Station grew, his profession took him into other hobbies. He became the chief medical officer at the Texas World Speedway, and became a licensed pilot. And though he doesn't fly anymore, he makes sure other pilots stay up in the air by administering airline physicals.
"We have people believe it or not coming from as far as Guam. I have one pilot who flies for Continental, and he has some relatives here. So they have to have a physical every six months, and about every six months he schedules a visit with the family and then he has his flight physical while he's here. And I have many people coming from many different areas in the USA - especially a lot from Houston, Brenham, and Conroe," Cooper said.
And of all the activities Dr. Cooper has been involved in during his many years in the community, there's one that he enjoys doing most.
"The Veterans of Foreign Wars organization is a very fine organization. We do a lot of projects in the communities as far as speaking at schools, promoting patriotism, flag respect, and we're willing to do or go anywhere to try and help anyone we can," said Cooper, who was commander of the Bryan VFW Post 4962 from 2000 until 2002.
And just like his commitment to the VFW, Dr. Cooper plans to keep on practicing medicine as long as he can - no matter how much his knees hurt or how weak his hands have become.
"I told my boss at St. Joesph hospital that I'd like to retire when I hit my 101st birthday. And I think he didn't want to hear that. I think he wants me to quit a little bit before that. But I love medicine and I love practicing medicine. And as long as I have the ability health wise to do it, I'd like to continue," Cooper said.


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12 Jul 2011 2:35 AM #1
Data Store: isLoaded() or how to find out, whether a Data store is already loaded
Is there a (good/without problems) possibility (a method doesn't seem to exist, does it?) to find out whether a data store was already loaded?
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just check the store's total items using store.getCount(). If its above 0 then your store has loaded, else not! getCount retrieves the cached records, and getTotalCount() retrieves the total items in the data set.
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1 at which moment?
2 if store was loaded with no data?
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1) You can use it at whenever you need to perform any operation with the store or any component the store is attached too. No need of an event.
2) If the store is loaded with no data, the function will return 0. In this case you'll need to use the load event.
If you want to perform an operation after the store has loaded, then use the 'load' event of the store and write the business logic inside the load event function. Whenever the store gets loaded the event will be fired. The load event will be fired each time the store is loaded. So if you do call reload() function, the load event will be fired again.
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dear icvg,
if you wanna more, can you try byuself (practice if better than theory in this case) or could you explain more about your expectations (may be share code )
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You can add an isLoaded() method yourself:
new Ext.data.Store({ ... loaded: false, isLoaded: function() { return this.loaded; }, listeners: { load: function(store) { store.loaded = true; } } });


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Does Blizzard allow people to buy and download the first diablo game online? Or do I need to purchase a physical copy?
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No, you cannot purchase the original Diablo game, in digital or physical form, from Blizzard's online store. The game still appears to be available on Amazon for either the PC or PlayStation.
If not, you can try searching for other releases or bundle. In 1998 there was a re-release bundle called Diablo + Hellfire. Blizzard also released a Game of the Year Collection in 1998 that contains the original Diablo. The Blizzard Anthology, released in 2000, also contains the original Diablo game. The Diablo Gift Pack contained the first two Diablo games but no expansions. In 2001, a Diablo: Battle Chest was available which contained the original Diablo, Diablo II, and the Lord of Destruction expansion.
Diablo II, however, is still available from Blizzard's online store. The original Diablo II game, Lord of Destruction expansion, and the Diablo II Battle Chest (which includes the Diablo II, its expansion, and strategy guides for each) are all there. However, the Battle Chest for Diablo II does not include the original Diablo game, but Diablo II and its expansion are available for digital download.
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The Broward Sheriff's Office is giving Pompano Beach residents the tools they need to help keep their vehicles safe and sound.
On Saturday, February 9, 2002 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, BSO deputies from District-11 will hand out FREE "Club" antitheft steering wheel locks to Chevy, Ford, or Toyota owners who live in Pompano Beach. Owners simply need to bring their vehicle and registration papers to the BSO sub station at 1820 Martin Luther King Blvd. in Pompano Beach to take advantage of this offer.
If you live in Pompano Beach but do not own a Chevy, Ford, or Toyota, you can still take advantage of some great theft deterrents.
Every Pompano Beach resident can stop by to have their vehicle identification number (VIN) etched into their vehicle's windows. Residents can also register for the CAT program, which stands for Combat Auto Theft.
CAT is a very effective way for citizens and law enforcement to work together to keep vehicle theft in check. When you register for CAT, a highly visible sticker is placed on the rear window of your vehicle. The sticker lets law enforcement know that your car or truck should not be on the road between 1:00 am and 5:00 am. It's a great way to help cut down on nighttime auto theft.
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Editorial follow-up: from the archives
On Friday we posted our latest editorial -- a comment on the Obama-at-Notre-Dame dustup -- and alerted blog readers here. Commenter Alan Mitchell and others were curious to know what The Commonweal had to say about Buckley and Mater et magistra back in 1961. Now that I'm back in the office, with our archived issues at hand, I can fill you in.I haven't found any direct remarks about America, the Jesuits, or the denunciation of Buckley. [Scratch that! Chris Cimorelli found something I missed. See below.] But the editors did weigh in on the National Review's comments and competence in the August 25, 1961 issue. I think this may be taking us farther away from the limited sense in which the situations are analogous, but it's still an interesting topic, independent of our present editorial. So here's an excerpt from "'A Venture in Triviality,'" from 1961:
As we see it, there is one real merit in the editorial position the National Review has taken on the new encyclical: it is straightforward. As such, we consider it a clear improvement over what is often standard practice in Catholic conservative circles: to claim theoretical acceptance of the social thought expressed in papal encyclicals while denying its applicability in almost every specific situation. But this is about the only merit we can see in the National Review's position.
For Catholics, the whole question of the precise authority to be given to the papal encyclicals is a complicated one. Certainly these documents should not be used as clubs with which to beat those who dissent on this or that particular prudential judgment. At the same time, there is another and perhaps greater danger, one which is well illustrated in a "joke" about "Mother and Teacher" which the National Review prints in its issue for August 12: "Going the rounds in Catholic conservative circles," the National Review reports, is this: "Mater si, Magistra no." This is a clver enough line, and it is clearly intended as a shorthand comment. Nonetheless, its implications are disturbing, and for Catholics who are seriously interested in making their views on temporal questions conform with their religious convictions, we think the attitude reflected in the joke will not do.
Then the editors quote from their own response to Mater, "The New Encyclical," July 28, 1961:
In their treatment of the encyclical, all the newspaper stories we have seen so far have stressed the fact that the pope was not speaking ex cathedra--that the encyclical does not define a doctrine of faith or morals that binds Catholics under pain of sin. In one sense this caution is a healthy sign, for there has been in some circles too much tendency to create a "Catholic party line" on social questions involving a great measure of prudential judgment; at the same time, however, it should be noted that this approach could be pushed too far. The new social encyclical represents a solemn application of traditional Catholic principles to the problems of our day, and this by the successor of St. Peter; it therefore has to be regarded with the utmost gravity. No one, certainly, should take the statement that Mater et magistra is not ex cathedra to mean that the principles it enunciates can be lightly dismissed or easily evaded.
So, the editors concluded,
For our part, we are ready to stand on that statement. Whatever jokes are "going the rounds in Catholic conservative circles," the Church is Mother, yes, and Teacher, too.
UPDATE: The plot thickens. An editorial called "God and the Cold War," from September 8, 1961, begins:
In recent weeks National Review and its editor, William Buckley, have been berated in solemn, not to say portentous, tones, in a number of publications, for editorial statements about Mater et magistra. To one critic Mr. Buckley pointed out indignantly and accurately that the editorial judgment of the magazine represented not his view alone but that of the editorial board, which was made up of Catholics, Protestants and Jews. His acceptance of the encyclical, he suggested, was not in question, nor was his loyalty to the Church. The only legitimate target for criticism was the professional competence of the editorial board in dealing with the relation between Catholicism and socio-political matters, and this the magazine was prepared to defend.
Part of that defense, apparently, was the publication of an article called "Can a Catholic be Liberal?" in the National Review. It was directly a criticism of an article by a Jesuit priest that was published in America, and more broadly an examination of "the 'submission of many American Catholic writers, clerical and lay, and such representative magazines as America and Commonweal, to the secular imperatives of the Liberal Line.'" And so the rest of this editorial in The Commonweal is a critical response to that "unbelievably misguided" article. I think I had better stop following the story there -- otherwise I could spend all day reading back issues, and we do have future issues to think about!
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Very interesting. The issues and controversies and splits from those days seem kinda contemporary, don't they? Where is the disciplined and uniform and monolithic pre-VII American Catholic Church I've always heard about? Another illusion shattered ...
My remembrances of college days(pre V2) were lively political discussion with a lot more civility than today(talk radio has destroyed that), little use for debate technique talking points, popularized by outr wonderful think tanlks and reinforced by political "analysis" being folks on two sides of an isuue yelling at each other.Happy memories of Bill Buckley and Jimmy Wechsler debatin gat Hunter college -the debate continuin gafter at some nice neighborhood oasis. (The standard joke on National Review then was "A Journal of fact and opinion - yeah, mostly opinion.)But those were also days when developing maature catholics meantt eaching people to be informed, think, ask questions and stop pigeon-holing one another with simple lables.
"But those were also days when developing maature catholics meantt eaching people to be informed, think, ask questions and stop pigeon-holing one another with simple lables."Still a worthy goal for all of us!
Thanks, Mollie, for going to all that trouble. You need not spend another minute on it. I am confused by the first two paragraphs. Are they both from pieces written in 1961? Was there a joke about Mother Theresa in the National Review in August, 1961?Regarding the rest of what you found, I do not think it sheds much light on why the most recent editorial on Obama and ND started out with the example of the America and Buckley. As I posted on the other thread, I do not see its relevance, and I find it to distract from the editorial's main point. Apparently Rita Ferrone fails to see its relevance as well.
Mater si.. magistra no ... might really be the origin of 'cafeteria catholic'? ...who would have thunk it given the last few years of posts? Garry Wills not Buckley is said to be the source of the line.... and who would have thunk that!
I also recall that back in the time leading up to Vatican Two, we were moving away from the apologetics that would "refute" "enemies" who criticized the official line.It strikes me that the old ways have returned, especially among those seeking a "smaller, purer" Church. It also strikes me that the Buckley issue was raised in the same context -as a kind of debate issue against those who support the Obama at ND point of view. but then again, we see lots of that kind of debate approach in the world of Catholoc blogdom these days -yea, even here.
Sorry, one last note: take a look at Msgr. Harry Byrne's latest pot on the Obama invitation and "extremist" abortion opponents (his words.)Of course, he harkens back to not only pre- bu tdurin gand well post Vatican 2 and has much to offer in terms of perspective.
"As such, we consider it a clear improvement over what is often standard practice in Catholic conservative circles: to claim theoretical acceptance of the social thought expressed in papal encyclicals while denying its applicability in almost every specific situation."Timeless and priceless.
Sorry for last post :should read "pre, during and post Vatican 2."
I agree its an interesting topic. Ironies abound.The 1961 Commonweal editorial states the Church is Mother, yes, and Teacher, too. But the magazines current position (and that of the Notre Dame administration) appears to be much closer to the Buckley/Wills formulation, Mater, Si; Magistra, No!Garry Wills (in Bare Ruined Choirs) pointed out that in the 1961 dispute even such unlikely defenders of papal prerogative as Gore Vidal and Jack Paar reproved Buckley for insufficient loyalty to his own church.It would be interesting to learn what Wills' opinion about the current controversy. I suspect he may be one of the few to maintain a consistent position.
Patrick Molloy,How can you write that with a straight computer. Er.... People have reiterated here that this is not an issue in Europe where the French Premier is even given honors by the pope while he is profoundly pro choice. This brouhaha is simply the arm of the Republican party, the American bishops, trying to rebound from a devastating defeat in the elections. This is devastation for them too. Unfortunately, the depths of their partisanship and devastation is yet to come.
Bill Mazzella,I fear you are in danger of falling into papolatry.
Interesting to cite Garry Wills here . . . apparently the line came from him in the first place!
http://www.nationalreview.com/script/printpage.p?ref=/interrogatory/buck... Anything you wrote during your tenure that you regret?Buckley: I had belated second thoughts about the wisdom of republishing a quip of Garry Wills's in my "For the Record" column. It was the phrase: "Mater si, Magistra no," in response to a papal encyclical that got us into lots and lots of trouble with the liberal Catholic press over lots and lots of years.
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Suppose I want to construct an $n\times n$ matrix ${\bf A}$ such that ${\bf A}^n={\bf I}$. Matrices that have period $n$ and admit such property are permutation matrices. However, I was wondering if there is a general methodology to obtain such matrices.
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I'm guessing you didn't mean for the size of the matrix and the period to be equal, so let's assume that the matrix is k-by-k. For any such matrix, the eigenvalues must be nth roots of unity. Then you can construct families of such matrices by picking k different nth roots of unity, and then conjugating this by any invertible matrix. To be more explicit, pick k different numbers of the form $\omega_j = \exp(2 \pi i a_j/n)$ where each aj is an integer between 0 and n-1 of your choice, for j=1,...,k. Then form the matrix $\Lambda$ whose diagonal elements are $\Lambda_{jj} = \omega_j$, and pick an arbitrary invertible matrix $S$ and form $S \Lambda S^{-1}$.
Let ${\bf A}\in \mathbb{R}^n$ and period $n$ stand for the fact that $\underbrace{{\bf A}\cdot{\bf A}\cdot\ldots\cdot{\bf A}}_{n \text{ times}}={\bf I}$


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Changing Electric Field causes Magnetic filed and changing Magnetic Field causes Electric Field. Is there anything similar in relation to Gravitational Field? What sort of field is created by varying Gravitational Field?
The only way this would work is to have a set of equations describing gravitation that are structurally the same as Maxwell's equations. Then you can have something similar to the concept of induction and induced fields. Ted Bunn above has pointed out already that gravitomagnetism is the name for this setup. Check out the wikipedia page on this:
It has a nice summary of the GEM equations and puts them right up next to Maxwell's equations so you can see the equivalences.
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Isn't frame dragging an example of this?


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"The difference this time compared to the first when we fell by one is we made our free throws down the stretch," Cash said.
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Williams finished with 16 points, but added 14 rebounds, five steals and five assists. Seemingly, any missed shot that came within 10 feet of Williams was snared.
"He did it at both ends of the court," Cash said. "And when we go man, he's on their best player. I know he's a load for a sophomore, but he's been producing for us all season."
Madonna wasn't producing much of anything early.
Missed shots, missed opportunities and more turnovers than Coach George Vargo wanted to see told the longtime coach something wasn't right. He substituted liberally early in earnest, trying to find the right combination.
We came off the bus with no energy. We were sluggish and made a lot of physical and mental errors," Vargo said. "Bridgeport just outhustled, outsmarted and outplayed us."
Carnes got Madonna back in the game with three successive treys that cut the lead to six.
But Madonna never managed to get any closer and once the 'Dogs got to the line, they were converting with higher than normal frequency.
"We were down nine and had a couple of bad passes that resulted in turnovers and missed an easy shot underneath and you can't have that," Vargo said.
In the fourth, Kreiter finished 6 of 8 at the stripe, pushing his total to a season-high 16 points.
Carnes finished with a game-high 25 for the Blue Dons, with Nick Mazur adding 12 and Nate Guio chipping in nine.
The Bulldogs return to action tonight when they play host to Frontier while Madonna heads to Steubenville Central.
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Madonna 11 12 18 23 - 64
Bridgeport 20 15 21 20 - 76
MADONNA (64) - Guio 4 1-2 9; Antinone 0 0-0 0; Jeter 0 0-0 0; Ewusiak 2 2-2 6; Retton 2 0-0 4; Bowser 0 0-0 0; Shreve 2 0-0 5; Higgins 0 0-0 0; Carnes 9 0-0 23; Stakias 1 0-0 2; Martin 1 0-0 2; Baire 0 1-2 1; Mazur 4 1-1 12; Totals: 25 5-7 64. 3-pointers: Carnes 5, Mazur 3, Shreve.
BRIDGEPORT (76) - Roth 1 4-4 7; Fields 1 2-4 4; Kreiter 4 6-8 16; Williams 7 2-6 16; Dyson 9 3-4 21; McGrath 1 2-2 4; Teeman 3 2-2 8; Cash 0 0-0 0; Totals: 30 21-30 76. 3-pointers: Kreiter 2, Roth.


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Taking up an entire city block, the Harold Washington Library Center was recognized as the world's largest public library by the Guinness Book of World Records. Built by Hammond, Beeby & Babka in 1991, this massive library was named in honor of the late Harold Washington, a former mayor who played an important role in its construction.
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