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A year ago today
A year ago today, I came out into our living room where my brother had the morning news on. "The Pope has just resigned," he told me. I was as disbelieving as everyone else was, I suspect, on hearing the news. I guess we all had a right to be, given that it was the first time in six or seven hundred years.
It's worth taking note of the anniversary, particularly if we wish to celebrate the changes that Pope Francis has brought to the Church and those that one can hope are still to come. It was Pope Benedict and this self-denying act of his that made Pope Francis possible. How rare it is that a person, in any organization, with such power in his hands should lay it down voluntarily and with no strings attached, with no attempt made to choose or to determine his successor, with no effort, it seems, to influence that successor's policies and decisions.
A high school teacher once told us, "There's nothing deader than a dead pope," and I can remember how our Scripture professor Fr. Myles Bourke's being annoyed that many people thought it necessary, in order to welcome John XXIII, to denigrate Pius XII, author of Divino afflante Spiritu, the liberating encyclical on the study of the Bible. Perhaps we need to remember St. Paul's celebration of charisms in the Church and to apply it also to the papacy: There are varieties of gifts in the Church, and among popes. No pope receives all of them, and we can be grateful for the gifts any pope receives, whether a Benedict or a Francis. Grateful for the latter, we must be grateful for the former.
About the Author
Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, professor emeritus of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York.
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I am sorry -- I don't see why it was a self- denying act. by his own accounts, he couldn't physically do the job any more. It was brave. It was ruthlessly honest. But I don't see self-denying.
I don't think everyone has a will to power in the sense that no one would willingly give up the papacy.
Cathleen - don't you think, though, that during the time of the conclave that selected him, he did have the will to power, else he would have let it be known that he had no interest in the office?
Taking him at his word, he wasn't able (or desirous) of all it takes to be a Pope. Whether that was physical, mental, emotinal, and/or spiritual, he discerned (and it would be intersting who wth) that it was his time to step down... and that somehow the Spirit would provide for the Church... wise and faith-ful and perhaps increasingly self-evident to him and his intimates.
I only wish others bishops and clerics could retire at more or less the expected agein our societyof 65-70 when they are spent of the duties of office. For many - the majority?- "75" in this era is a bit far to stay sharp and open and capable of office in this era even as they are capable of much good and contriution on many levels.
it is not age-ism to encourage greater flexibility with retirement as the Pope demonstrated at his much more advanced age.
I think he could have seen taking the job as a self-denying act. Letting it go could have been a welcome blessing.
One day he was pope. Then he voluntarily resigned and was no longer pope. How is this not self-denying?
It presupposes that he wanted to be pope.
One day Richard Nixon was president. The next day he resigned and was no longer president. How is this not self-denying?
One slightly pedantic but important note: so much of the coverage today is marking Benedict's resignation. He actually didn't resign until Feb. 28; he just announced his intention to resign on Feb. 11. That's important in that it allowed for a certain process to start, something of a transition, a shock absorber.
Then again, did he really resign? Or did he abdicate? Has that ever been decided?!
One day Richard Nixon was president. The next day he resigned and was no longer president. How is this not self-denying?
Because, if he hadn't resigned, they would have impeached him.
Agree - but it appears that it is all subjective.....from Nixon's personal perspective, he could say it was self-denial - in one sense, yes; in another sense, no. As you say, one difference between Benedict and the Nixon example is that Nixon would have been impeached. And, yet, the very word - self-denial- can not be easily judged, applied, etc. Even with the threat of impeachment, one could say that Nixon exhibited self-denial - he put the good of the country over personal ambition.
Same with Benedict - it depends a lot upon your perspective, etc.
Prof. Kaveny posits that he may or may not have wanted to be pope - and that changes whether you would describe his action has self-denial or something other. But, this is subjective and how will we ever know? And would suggest that in most human actions/decisions, there are complex motivations and reasons - so, some self-denial; some based upon objective analysis; some based upon intuition; advice, etc.
"Did he resign or did he abdicate?"
I think he retired.
In the dictionary one day we'll read one line about each pope.
"Pope John Paul I (1978-1978): Died 33 days after becoming pope.
Pope John Paul ii (1978-2005): Prayed for peace with people from other religions.
Pope Benedict XVI (2005-2013): Resigned from office."
I read somewhere that last year he was sick, but ended up recovering. I wonder if he ever regrets having resigned.
Resigned or abdicated? Better than deposed.
Abdicate connotes for me a monarch leaving his/her throne usually under pressure.
It seems to me that he resigned because he was resigned to the fact that he had no power and/or physical stamina to deal with the issues that were in the Vatican and world-wide Church.
"Even with the threat of impeachment, one could say that Nixon exhibited self-denial - he put the good of the country over personal ambition."
One could say that, but it wouldn't be accurate. Nixon was facing almost certain impeachment, but held out until it was absolutely certain that he didnt have the votes. And if he had been removed, he would have lost his federal benefits and would have most likely been indicted criminally. While it was politically possible for Ford to pardon him after resignation, that almost certainly wouldn't have happened if he had held out til the bitter end.
I defy anyone to point to any instance in Nixon's long public life in which he ever put "the good of the country" over satisfying his personal whims and vendettas, much less over his spectacular "personal ambition." While one may analyze Benedict's decision to step down in a number of ways, there is no legitimate comparison to Nixon's criminal, narcissistic hubris.
David - agree but you are speaking as ah historian - just trying to indicate that the term is very subjective. But, yes, the Nixon analogy limps
Even with the threat of impeachment, one could say that Nixon exhibited self-denial - he put the good of the country over personal ambition.
Right, one could say that, but nobody sane would believe it. Nixon was saving face. In any case, Benedict was not trying to outrun humiliation. On the contrary: whether or not what he did should be counted as an act of self-denial, it was certainly an act of humility.
Compare what Benedict did versus John Paul II's hanging on and on and on.
Call it self-denying or whatever you want. It was/is the right and proper thing to do, in all times and in all places. Would that his predecessor had had the wisdom to retire/resign/abdicate/drift away gracefully.
Term limits, either by numbers or terms or by age, exist for very good reasons.
"Grateful for the latter, we must be grateful for the former."
We don't say this about every Catholic who dies. Therefore it is clericalism to do so for a pope. Everyone is judged according to his works. If we are to look at what we see. then in many ways he was a flawed pope as well as curial official. He avoide the turmoil of growth and change for the security of empire and repression. It was not his health that was in danger. It was the health of the Catholic world that was going down hill.
What Benedict did was risky. There is no guarantee that a man of Francis' qualities would be Benedict's successor. I don't say this to criticize Benedict's decision. But it took guts and trust.
I'd think it would be very difficult to untangle the threads when asking oneself, "Would I be doing this for my own good or the good of the church? Do I hesitate in doing this because of what I want or because of what the church needs?"
Michael Sean Winters has a generous reflection at "Distinctly Catholic:"
I am of the opinion that what Pope Benedict did was a graceful and full of grace thing, which might become more common as time goes on. He had seen the end of the John Paul II papacy which seemed to go on and on and become more and more reactionay, and had the grace to avoid a repeat. I truly believe that he understood that an increasingly declining pope in this era would do more damage than good and he did what his heart and his head told him was the right thing. As to whether it was self-denying, I can't say. But I think it was right.
People are complex. We often have more than one motive for a decision, and some can be good while some are bad.
Graham Greene, an expert on the human heart, believed that the "greatest saints have been men with more than a normal capacity for evil."
I think it's possible he stepped down for reasons other than self denial .... he had a boatload of sex abuse scandals on his watch and he may have seen some hot water in his future.
Last summer there were reports that Benedict had told a visitor that he retired because he had a "mystical experience" over an extended period of time that convinced him that God wanted him to resign.
The reports also noted that when Benedict saw how Francis was leading the Church, Benedict knew that he had made the right decision. If nothing else, as Mathhew Boudway said, the resignation "was certainly an act of humility."
This may be a reflection of where I am in life, but I've reached the stage where I've seen a number of my contemporaries 'deal with' parents whose health declines and declines and declines, and then plateaus over a very long period of time without ever quite dying. These elderly parents are not capable of caring for themselves independently, much less running a worldwide church. It is no disrespect to note that they are quite a burden on their children, or the subset of children (often enough, one child) who does the bulk of the care. The expenses involved in elder care are also extremely stressful.
Except for the stress of the expenses part, John Paul's decline more or less matches this pattern. I don't know if this experience is the "new normal" for the last quarter of our lives. I'm sure that advances in healthcare make it possible. I don't know if these considerations played a part in Benedict's decision-making - I'm not sure what his health is. I do think this needs to be one of the elements to be considered, though.
It might be best to assume that Pope Benedict actually did resign because he thought he didn't have the physical or mental strength needed to do the job as it should be done. He certainly had a chance to observe at close hand what happened to John Paul II when he was no longer in a position to make decisions. Better to leave the problem to heaven. Not a bad idea. And quite the decent thing to do.
I would, sadly, agree with those who have challenged the connection between (1) God give popes different gifts (something I would of course agree with) and (2) we should be grateful for any pope we are given. I don't know that we MUST be grateful for Benedict if we are grateful for Francis. It's possible I think to be grateful for the God-given gifts of anyone who is given this office, without necessarily -- in sum, and on balance -- being grateful for that individual's ministry as a whole.
Of course I can't disagree with Myles Bourke in resenting those who would disparage Pius XII on the grounds of him not being John XXIII. But I can't think of what would be the equivalent in Benedict's pontificate of what Pius XII did in laying the foundation for reform movements that would bear fruit later on.
In the area of liturgy it seems to me that Benedict has sown confusion through Summorum pontificum and deepened divisions through encouraging the reform of the reform, imposed dubious translation principles for liturgical texts, undercut the proper role of episcopal conferences in liturgical regulation, and through cultivating the Society of St. Pius X, has caused scandal and more confusion without healing or unity resulting. The announcement of the Anglican ordinariate without even informing our dialogue partners in the Anglican communion in advance, the ecumenical winter deepened by Liturgiam authenticam and Dominus Iesus -- none of this is a happy legacy either. The way in which the episcopate has been stacked with appointees who are culture warriors, rather than caring pastors lies at his door too, directly or indirectly, as I think during John Paul II's waning years, Cardinal Ratzinger had great influence in shaping the image of a church under constant threat from the secular world. I could go on about curial appointments too, but it's not necessary. You get the picture.
I would be interested in what the theologians and historians here regard as Benedict's positive legacy that we should hope will endure and produce more fruit as history moves on. There's a loose sort of "he's a theologian pope" nod that everybody makes to Benedict, but what is really at stake here? What is the distinctive content of Benedict's contribution? What did he say/do theologically that really made a difference, that forms the backbone of a positive legacy for the Church? That's a real question I have.
Or is it perhaps as Claire says, the most significant thing he did was resign the papacy!
You wrote: "I would, sadly, agree with those who have challenged the connection between (1) God give popes different gifts (something I would of course agree with) and (2) we should be grateful for any pope we are given."
May I say that I also would challenge such a connection, but hasten to add that I made no such connection. This is what I wrote: "No pope receives all of them, and we can be grateful for the gifts any pope receives, whether a Benedict or a Francis." There are more than a few popes for whom I myself am not at all grateful. In the modern era, Pius IX would top my list.
You also wrote: "Or is it perhaps as Claire says, the most significant thing he did was resign the papacy!" I said something like this the day Pope Benedict announced his intention to resign. That he resigned the papacy will rightly be prominent in the first paragraph, even the first sentence, of his obituary.
All we have is reasoned speculation about the reasons Benedict XVI resigned. The most important thing is that he did so and I don't believe the reason was merely his lack of physical strength or will to govern the RCC. Clearly, he did not bring together the profound divisions that have plagued the Church in his papacy, nor the one that carried over from JP II. In many ways, the papacy of both JP II and Benedict XVI reflected an exaggerated focus on obedience to what Pope Francis called small-minded rules.
Clearly, many Catholics who have been disenfrancized by the Church especially the young who have become spiritual but not religious want a more welcoming Church, one that listens, learns and teaches. They don't want a distant heirarchy and a repeat of the same narrative. They want a better understandable answer to many of today's social and sexual ethical issues. This does not mean that a pope should cow to any form personal and social relativism or the latest poll. It does mean that a better convincing message is needed.
While Pope Francis's focus is on loving and serving the poor, it will be anyone's guess if any teaching will be responsibly reformed in his papacy, or if Mass attendance and reception increases.
I believed Benedict XVI knew that a different pope might be the best thing for the Church and after much reflection, he decided to resign. I believe that he is at peace with his decison and most Catholics are grateful for his unselfish, loving and courageous act.
Indeed. https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/first-thoughts-stunning-news
Opening sentence of that post one year ago:
"It could very well be that Pope Benedict's greatest contribution to Catholic ecclesiology will be that he resigned the papal office."
Well said, Michael...
What continues to amaze me is that this man who has such a profound sense of history and the role of the papacy, had the faith to effectively say, "Let the Spirit guide us... I don't need to be 'the one.'" So, I ultimately place his abdication/resignation as a tremendous act of faith... and would that many bishops would do likewise before mandatory retirement age!
Joe, I quite agree about Pius IX.
As for what will go down in history, I thought Claire got that idea from you!
Rita: also from my father, actually.
Really like what Michael Barberi said. Here is another opinion that sheds some more light on the timeline of the decision and reasons that may have impacted it:
Key section:
"The former Secretary of State said that the Pope's decision to resign was prompted "at least in part" by the report given to him by a commission of three cardinals investigating the "Vatileaks" scandal. The commission made its report to the Pontiff in July 2012. Cardinal Bertone said that he did not think the actual content of the commission's report was critically important, however— thereby downplaying rumors that the secret contained some shocking information that prompted the Pontiff to resign.
Cardinal Bertone also acknowledged that Pope Benedict had been hurt by the Vatileaks scandal and the turmoil within the Vatican that the leaked documents disclosed. "I regret not being able to curb the scandal," Cardinal Bertone said."
This being said, it doesn't take away from both Fr. K and Rita's comment that *resigning* may be his lasting legacy to the church.
positive legacy: pope Benedict sent Fr Maciel into forced retirement. He sent a letter to the Catholics of Ireland in which he wrote the following paragraph addressed to his brother bishops:
Only decisive action carried out with complete honesty and transparency will restore the respect and good will of the Irish people towards the Church to which we have consecrated our lives.
He has not done enough to deal with the sex abuse scandal, but he did more than his predecessor and, unfortunately, possibly more than his successor will. I think that he is the one through whom the church institution accepted the idea that a priest who has committed sex abuse must be sanctioned. Now it seems straightforward (and we want to go beyond that, of course), but I have the impression that, among the people in power inside the church, he was the one who made that happen.
Bravo to Michael Barberi with whom I agree until his last paragraph. Then I am more sympathtic to Bill deHaas. We do not know the reasons why Benedict resigned, but I suspect that he was pressured to do so in the wake of the scadals that plagued his papacy. This is a man who sought nothing more than to be Pope, so much so that he orchestrated his own election. Evident in the fact that the first clear choice of the cardinal electors, Jorge Bergolio, stepped aside to let him have the office. This is the Benedict, who three days prior to his election, sent the Latin homily he would deliver to the cardinals electors on April 20th, one day after his election, to Fr. Reggie Foster, the top Latinist at the Gregorian, to check the Latin. This is the Benedict who assured his election, and who later in an interview had to admit that the Holy Spirit does not select the actual individual who is elected Pope but somehow guides the process of election. At least he had the integrity to admit that much. Such a person does not resign the papacy of his own will. He was at the height of his papal power, effecting all the detrimental changes so well catalogued in Rita Ferrone's post @6:25 pm to bring about the Church he had wanted for so many years after Vatican II. Why would he give it up so willingly? It just does not compute. We can only hope that historians will someday tell us what really happened to bring about the announcement of February 11, 2013 that the Pope was going to resign.
Actually I think Benedict did a really poor job with the abuse problem and there were those who believed he was involved in cover-ups like the Lawrence Murphy case. Alex Gibney ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Gibney ... made a documentary film about that (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mea_Maxima_Culpa:_Silence_in_the_House_of_God). Here's what the NYT wrote of it ... http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/16/movies/mea-maxima-culpa-alex-gibney-do...
John Allen weighs in on some of the items being discussed here. An interesting take, including the lack of a "funeral effect" in electing Francis as the successor.
In this CNS story, Archbishop Georg Ganswein reveals that Benedict had forewarned him that he would resign. He also states that Francis and Benedict talk frequently on the phone. HT Greg Kandra at the Deacon's Bench.
Crystal, you're right, I had forgotten about the case of Fr Lawrence Murphy.
I thought that Deus Caritas Est and Spe Salvi were beautiful reflections that could only have been written by a holy man who was close to the Lord.
Jim P.,
The John Allen piece does not tell us anything that we do not already not know. It is a fluff piece that he had to publish on the anniversary of the announcement of Benedict's resignation.
Surely Georg Gänswein is not an objective observer of the resignation of Benedict. He has a vested interest in protecting Benedict, so I would not take what he says at face value. One has to wonder why he wants to establish a distance between the time Benedict intimated resignation in 2012 an exactly when he decided to resign in 2013. Sounds to much like an attemopt to control the narrative.
The bottom line is we do not know the real reason(s) why Benedict resgined and we can only hope that historians will uncover it (them) and let us know when they do.
I did not agree with every jot and tittle of Pope Benedict but I liked reading him and respect him as a wise man in the truest sense of the word. It is rare to find truly wise people, and he is, as far as I can tell, certainly one. For that reason I admire and respect him.
I have worked in environments with all manner of self important people. Here was a man who by all accounts was important and chose freely to resign giving two weeks notice!!
How rare it is that a person, in any organization, with such power in his hands should lay it down voluntarily and with no strings attached, with no attempt made to choose or to determine his successor, with no effort, it seems, to influence that successor's policies and decisions.
I've long thought that there are two Ratzingers, one a very gentle, even sentimental grandfatherly type of person, the other a rigid authoritarian who takes no prisoners. The grandfather wrote a great encyclical on Charity. The authoritarian was grossly unfair to some theologians. But he loved the Church, and so he resigned when he ran out of strength. ( As an 83 year old person I'm here to warn,, you that extreme weakness is exactly what can happen in very old age -- at times one has to stop walking because one simply doesn't have enough physical strength to put one foot in front of the other.)
But Ratzinger had the strength to stand up about Marcial to JP II (who had had the guts to stand up to the whole Communist empire). And after becoming pope Benedict banished the creep. No, he didn't address the cover-ups, but he did take the first big step and that is always the hardest. We'll see if Francis does any better.
Thank you, Rita. You have expressed what many feel. I don't know why Benedict resigned, but agree with those that say that it is the best thing that he ever did as pope. I am not objective - what I have seen as the legacy of his papacy, combined with his close collaboration with his predecdessor, is a legacy of serious damage to the church in the west. As Rita put it - In the area of liturgy ... Benedict has sown confusion ...and deepened divisions through ... the reform of the reform, ... through cultivating the Society of St. Pius X, has caused scandal and more confusion without healing or unity resulting. The...Anglican ordinariate .... none of this is a happy legacy ... the episcopate has been stacked with appointees who are culture warriors, rather than caring pastors.... I could go on about curial appointments too, ...
One might add the supression of thinking itself through silencings and even excommunications of theologians, priests and women religious throughout his career at the CDF and as pope. Even Cardinal Martini dared not speak his mind until he was literally on his deathbed.
Thanks to Crystal also for pointing out the reality of his failure to truly address the sexual abuse crisis - Benedict never held a single bishop accountable, yet he did not hesitate to remove Bishop Morris of Australia for his perceived sins (supporting the reexamination of mandatory celibacy, the denial of ordination to women, and continuing to have general absolution and communal reconciliation services). Bishops can still do what they want and snub their noses at the policies intended to protect the young - Bishop Finn and Cardinal George are both post-Dallas examples of this in the US, and there are others.
Benedict is probably a decent human being who meant no harm and who wished to do something good. But he was not suited for the job - he is an academic and that's where he should have stayed. He did a lot of harm (Rita and Crystal have referred to some of it). It was all about the head for him but what the church needs in these troubled times is heart. Francis is providing that - but will those in the trenches and in the chanceries get the message? How quickly can the damage be undone? Is it even possible?
I hesitated to comment because I am among those who do not believe he was a good pope - but apparently it's impolite to say so on this anniversary. The old lesson not to say anything at all unless one can say something nice still sticks. But, facing the truth is important too. This papacy did not further the "cause" of the church in the world, nor even in its own house.
I agree with nearly everything that has been said here, pro and con, about Pope Benedict, even when the comments seem to contradict each other. I'll even add that as an administrator he was about as inept as they come; he never had what Field Marshal Montgomery used to call "grip." OK?
BUT what I don't see getting enough attention are Benedict's efforts to restore Jesus of Nazareth to his Church after two decades of the rock star and his World Youth Day crews and groupies. A pope who wrote three volumes specifically devoted to Jesus -- regardless of what the professional theologians think about them -- is a pope who was trying to pull us back to who it's all about. He ought to get an attaboy for that.
MIchael Brendan Dougherty has a somewhat different view of the contrast between Benedict and Francis in this piece, headlined "Pope Francis, Insult Comic"
Ms Chapman:
You wrote: "I hesitated to comment because I am among those who do not believe he was a good pope - but apparently it's impolite to say so on this anniversary. The old lesson not to say anything at all unless one can say something nice still sticks."
I find this remark very puzzling, at least if it refers to this thread. People who don't think Benedict was a good pope are hardly under-represented here, and to none of them has it been suggested that it is impolite to say so.
The more I think about our Church as a global one, the more I think we need different kinds of Popes to hold the center together. The survey that just came out on the attitudes among Catholics in various Spanish-speaking countries really struck me as to how extremely conservative Catholics are in some countries. There are lots of reforms I would like to see take place in the Chruch, but I think if they happen too fast or too slow, people could peel off into different sects- we would have Reform Catholics, Conservative Catholics ,etc.
I like us all to stay together if we can, and I think having very different cycles of Popes supports that, even if I found the Church under the last couple of conservative papacies kind of painful and not the Chruch I grew up in, maybe it all works out for the best when taking the long view.
Jim Pauwels--
I read the Dougherty article, and though he may have a valid point about too much snark (in Francis' case I don't much mind because it seems little more than whimsical attempts to deflate some rather large egos), he does so by a false contrast. Benedict could insult with the best of them, only with much more edge and effect. The cruelest may have been those against gay priests, especially the very ones who struggle to remain celibate and uphold their vows and ministries. They are "one of the miseries of the church" to Benedict and should never have been ordained in the first place since their orientation makes them necessarily unfit priests: the priesthood and homosexuality are necessarily incompatible. And he's talking about those homosexuals living exactly as he says they should live--celibate, embracing their "cross," trying to serve God to the best of their ability! I personally know celibate gay priests who wept at these words and took it--as they should--as a personal attack on their vocations and deep commitments to the church for which they've given their lives. So perhaps there is too much ease with name calling all around, but it's hardly an "insult comic" Francis versus a gentle, kind hearted, wouldn't-harm-a-fly Benedict.
Andy - it's a point well taken
The characterization of Francis as an insulter (maybe lampooner?) is one I'd not have thought of; I provided the link because I thought it was kind of a fresh insight. I agree with you that for the most part he is spearing some deserving targets. There is something contemporary in the way that he calls out groups and their foibles. I think this may be of the reasons he comes across as fresh and relevant. It's similar in some ways to Internet community rhetoric - it's how a lot of people actually communicate these days.
Alan Mitchell made some pretty outrageous claims about Pope Benedict's orchestration of his election that seemed to go unchallenged. Does anyone know if there are reliable sources for this or is it just someone spewing venom?
David Pasinski wrote:
I only wish others bishops and clerics could retire at more or less the expected age in our society (65-70) . . . . For many -- the majority? -- "75" is a bit far to stay sharp and open and capable of office in this era.
Part of me sympathizes with this, but another part says, "Wait a second. This is complicated. If this rule were enforced strictly, we wouldn't have the current pope; he was 76 when he took office."
I agree with most of the comments that Benedict XVI was not a good pope. It is easy to list the many problems he did not resolve, and some problems he may have caused. He was very much in agreement with JP II's philosophy and governing style. Under both popes, far too many Catholics, in particular young Catholics, moved away from the Church, not toward it. The sexual abuse crisis and all the other problems that were surfacing put enormous pressure on the papacy and hierarchy.
Nevertheless, we need to recognize that the Holy Spirit moves through the Church and in all of us in mysterious ways. This is most important when it comes to a pope and his prayrful reflection. This does not mean that every pope makes the right decisions. Clearly, history has taught us this is not the case. Therefore, I would rather believe that God helped Benedict XVI to resign. Thanks be to God and Benedict XVI.
Richard Smith,
Sorry to have set you off, but this was well known in Rome at the time of the election and was later documented by John Thavis. It makes perfect sense, as well. He was leaving nothing to chance. Check with your Rome connections and they will verify it.
Here is Tom Reese's description of what Thavis wrote about Pope Benedict's first homily. It's from Reese's review of the book a year ago, in Commonweal https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/what-happens-rome
In another behind-the-scenes account, Thavis reminds readers of Benedict's first homily after being elected pope. The sermon surprised journalists, not because it was in Latin, but because it stressed the importance of Vatican II as a "compass" for his papacy. He expressed the desire for "open and sincere dialogue" with everyone. He talked of ecumenism and the church's efforts to promote justice and peace. That was not a typical Ratzinger talk, and it was seen as an indication that he saw the job of pope as quite different from that of being prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The media announced that the inquisitor had become a pastor.
Some time later, Thavis asked the Vatican Latinist Reginald Foster about the sermon. Foster guffawed. "Are you kidding? That was just a canned thing. We wrote it a week before the conclave!" Foster continued: "They needed something to hand the new pope, something all-purpose, got it? We had him say something about everything. It was generic: Vatican II was great, a bit about war and peace, something nice about young people, ecumenism, the whole bag." Thavis reread the homily in this light and concluded "it was Vatican boilerplate—surprisingly well-assembled boilerplate, though."
Doesn't sound very nefarious to me.
Fr, K.,
Knowing the Rome scene as you do, do you really think that Fr. Foster whould have admitted to anything other than what he said? Come on. And besides it was not a matter of handing the Pope a generic homily, It was a homily that Benedict had written before the final vote.
Oh, the "Rome scene."
I thought as much -- just venom.
Why did Cdl Ratzinger want to become pope? Maybe to bring the SSPX back into the fold. And was his liturgical influence on the English-speaking world important enough to deserve a few words? Then this might summarize the things that stand out in his papacy:
"Pope Benedict (2005-2013): Failed to end the SSPX schism. Latinized the English text of the Mass. Resigned."
Prof. Mitchell: I know "the Roman scene" well enough to know how rumors circulate. From all I have heard about Reginald Foster I would be surprised if he would dissemble in the way you suggest. If Tom Reese accurately summarized what Thavis wrote about Foster and Pope Benedict's first homily, then it admits of other interpretations than the one you offer. But, as you say, we really should wait for the historians to have their say. Meanwhile, I'll remain agnostic.
Fr. Komonchak,
I agree with your assessment of the reporting on Fr. Foster's remarks and would welcome the removal of my comments on your post. They have become a distraction moving the discussion in a direction that I suspect you never intended.
"Pope Benedict (2005-2013): Failed to end the SSPX schism. Latinized the English text of the Mass. Resigned."
Regarding SSPX - is that really a failure? Had he made SSPX an offer that satisfied its unsatisfiable leadership - that might have succeeded in bringing about reunification but paradoxically would have been a monumental failure of papal stewardship. Reaching out to those separated from us, in my view anyway, is a success. Not giving away the store for the sake of unity is more success. Benedict doesn't have unity to show for his efforts, but both the reaching out and the holding the line on doctrinal and liturgical matters were to his credit.
I'm not sure that, in 50 or 100 years, Latinizing the English text of the mass will be epitaph-worthy. For one thing, from a pastoral point of view it has been more of a non-event than critics and skeptics had predicted. For another, that translation's shelf life might turn out to be shorter than its predecessor's.
What about Benedict's writings? Are they significant and substantial enough to figure in his legacy? He left us three-and-a-half encyclicals. It's not for me to pronounce on their importance, but I've found a lot of reflection-worthy content in them, some of which has found its way into my preaching.
Like his predecessor and his successor so far, he didn't implement the change in church governance that I think regulars at dotCom would most like to see: systematically holding bishops accountable for enabling sex abuse. But he does deserve some entries in the credit column in dealing with the crisis. What sticks most in my mind was his meeting with victims in his visit to the US. It was a simple act that resonated. It was Francis-like.
Regarding SSPX - is that really a failure?
Definitely. He wanted to bring them back into the fold, made a lot of concessions, gave priority to that goal, and expanded a lot of time and energy trying to lure them in, without suceeding in the end. He could instead have focused on more important issues. He wasted his time (and many other people's as well) chasing a secondary and unrealistic goal.
Prof. Mitchell: I don't know that I can remove one post without having to remove several others. I didn't regard your comments as a distraction. Several others also made negative assessments of Pope Benedict's papacy, so you weren't alone.
I had never heard the story of the Latin homily prepared before the election. I am glad to know it.
Although it may not go to show that Benedict anticipated being elected (which was the point of bringing it up), it's eye-opening concerning some things that go on behind the scenes.
It's also very funny. Everyone awed, thinking that the new Pope Benedict had given them a brand new window onto his mind -- and it was boilerplate, written by somebody else! Everyone thinking "It's in Latin -- surely a sign of the new pope's preference for the 'old ways'" -- and it was a resource prepared without his request!
I suppose the fact that he used it did signal that he likes Latin.
Has Pope Francis given any homilies that were suspected of being boilerplate? Anybody know? Has he preached in Latin? It wouldn't necessarily be fraught with weighty implications for the world if he preached in Latin, but I can't think of an instance yet where he has done so. A good portion of the liturgical texts that had been prepared for World Youth Day in Rio were in Latin, and he had them changed to the vernacular. The twitter account is in Latin, as well as other languages, which is fine.
I see one possible problem with the language of pope Francis. It's not just that one can compile an impressive list of imaginative insults. He likes to use vivid images. He's a great communicator in that way. We see that, whatever he's talking about, he has a very strong sense of what it's like. He makes it very real, very concrete. But at the same time, that concreteness makes it specific, and he risks losing some of the generality. He's talking about some specific instances, the ones to which his images apply. His words have more strength but less breadth than a more careful composition of ideas.
For example, he was just talking about spouses and encouraging them to dialogue even under difficult circumstances, saying, "if plates fly, so bet it!", and it immediately brought to mind a friend who very recently, after an "argument" with her husband, found herself in the emergency room with a broken finger.
Something similar happens in math when you do a proof. Examples and figures help convey intuition and are indispensable for most people to understand what it going on, but they can also lead you astray because by making things concrete they lose generality and there is a risk of oversight of some other cases that you didn't think about. If you want to do an "authoritative" proof, you cannot make it rely on figures.
Or you can use several figures or examples, with an undercurrent of case analysis and making sure to cover all cases between the figures. Maybe pope Francis can achieve that if he uses several widely different images for the same subject, so that each is incomplete but between them they cover all aspects of his topic.
Fr. K, I apologize for commenting after reading the entire thread only lightly. I focused on a few sentences here and there in quickly reading.
What I read in my admittedly hasty skimming implied (to me) that there is no question that Francis' resignation was an act of self-denial and humility, but some of us do question his motives. Perhaps it was a pure act of self-denial and humility, but maybe it wasn't. I doubt that we ordinary people will ever know what pushed him to resign, but I am not personally convinced that self-denial and humility were the most important of the reasons for the resignation. You also said that all should be grateful for the "gifts" of Benedict's papacy. Some are grateful for Benedict's "gifts"; others are grateful that he is no longer pope and include many who were not at all "grateful" for his papacy no matter what his personal academic gifts. I am glad to know that those of us who do not feel that he was a good pope, and do not feel any sense of "gratefulness" for his papacy are free to voice contrarian opinions, and, in catching up with this thread, I see that many others have done so.
I may speak only for myself, but I also question your apparent certitude that Benedict resigned without trying to attach a few strings and with no intention to try to influence Francis. Francis seems to be a very self-confident individual able to stand up to pressure, but it is also possible that he may feel some attempts to influence him, at least indirectly, even if he resists them. Benedict made a highly questionable decision in choosing to remain in the Vatican rather than retire in his own country or elsewhere in Italy, which would have provided a symbolic gesture that he honestly means to give Francis the freedom he deserves without Benedict looking over his shoulder. The decision (whose? I don't know) to have Ganswein serve both popes also seems risky in terms of Benedict truly being able to truly resist the temptation to influence his successor. Ganswein is very loyal to Benedict, from what I have read, and he seems at times to be affronted by those who are more attracted to Francis than to Benedict. Did Francis agree to accept Ganswein as a gesture to Benedict, while at the same time making the choice to retain some degree of independence from the gatekeepers (of whom Ganswein is among the most important) who might have more influence if he remained living in the papal apartments? I am sure you know far more about Vatican politics than do I. I have no idea.
On the subject of Benedict's desire to be pope - I too read several accounts after the conclave in 2005 that reported on the extensive lobbying Ratzinger undertook during the conclave in his efforts to win the papacy. Unfortunately, it is too many years ago for me to easily unearth those articles, but they were from reasonably reliable sources (mainstream reporters likeJohn Allen?). It seems possible that he actively sought the papacy for specific reasons. And it's also possible that his physical and emotional fatigue came because he realized that he would not accomplish what he had hoped to accomplish by becoming pope. I am not sure it was all self-denial and humility, except perhaps enough self-honesty (which can be a form of humility) to realize that he would not achieve what he wanted to achieve and he no longer had the energy to continue to try.
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This is Pope Benedict's formal announcement of his intention to resign the papal office:
Dear Brothers, I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry. I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering. However, in today's world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the barque of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me. For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter, entrusted to me by the Cardinals on 19 April 2005, in such a way, that as from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.
I agree that we may never know what led Pope Benedict to resign. You are not personally convinced that self-denial and humility were the principal motivations. Personally, I do not know of any other reasons than those stated above, but would not be surprised if some day they will be filled out by reference to particularly urgent challenges to meet which he felt he did not have the energy. Meanwhile, I prefer to withhold judgment until there's some other evidence.
I also do not know of any strings that Benedict attached to his resignation. It is, of course, possible that Benedict may try to exert some influence on Pope Francis, but I await some evidence of it. I know nothing about whatever "Vatican politics" may be pertinent. I would add that Pope Francis does not give the appearance of being a puppet.
As for whether Ratzinger "lobbied" to become pope, whether "he actively sought the papacy for specific reasons," I'd like to see some evidence. That presented on this thread don't convince me. It is possible that he decided to resign because "he would not achieve what he wanted to achieve and he no longer had the energy to continue to try." I would myself regard this as likely–in his announcement he himself referred to his declining strength. I, too, think this is "self-honesty." Not all popes have shown this and in those who might have shown it, it has not for six hundred years led any of them to resign the papal office.
Watching the video of Pope Benedict's resignation speech, I was struck by the brief silence he inserted before he said "Renuntio" - I renounce the papacy. He was very serious, very aware of the meaning of what he was saying. It was as though he was considering one last time what he was about to say, like a skydiver about to take the plunge. And then it was over.
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The award, which was initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale.
The AVCA Team Academic Award has become one of the AVCA's fastest growing awards programs, seeing an impressive surge in teams honored over the past several years. Since the 2000-2001 season, the number of recipients has increased every single year but one, while amassing an overall 300% increase over the span of the last decade. Since the award's inception in 1993, the amount of award winners has increased from 62 to its current number of 623.
NCAA Division I recorded their highest-ever total number of recipients, honoring 130 programs, including the 49ers for the second year in a row.
Charlotte just concluded its first full week of fall practice, in advance of the season opener, a pair of matches on Friday, August 30 at Davidson College in the Wildcat Classic. The 49ers will face CSU Bakersfield at noon and face the host Wildcats at 7 p.m. that evening on the opening day of the season.
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I am wondering how B-fields, which are basic objects in Generalized Geometry, relate to the B-fields of Ben's question and the answers to it.
In Generalized Geometry, the B-field is a (1,1)-form, and when it is closed it preserves the generalized complex structure. Furthermore, the Dolbeault cohomology class of the B-field acts on the equivalence class of a "generalized holomorphic bundle" (the natural generalization of holomorphic bundles to generalized complex manifolds). In what ways are these B-fields connected to the physics B-fields discussed in Ben's post?


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26 March 2013. Understanding the targets of antipsychotic drugs, particularly G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), may be the key to designing better medicines for schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. In the world of GPCRs, two paths lead away from receptor activation: one involves the eponymous G protein second messenger cascade, and another "non-canonical" path activates β-arrestin, a protein that spurs a separate chain of command. But ligands for GPCR do not always stimulate both paths equally, and this may depend on slight differences in GPCR structure induced by a ligand, according to a paper published March 21 in Science.
Led by Raymond Stevens of the University of California in San Diego, and Bryan Roth at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, the study reports finding a biased ligand, called ergotamine, for the serotonin 2B (5HT2B) receptor, and capturing the receptor's crystal structure while bound to ergotamine. A comparison of this structure with that of the 5HT2A receptor published in a companion paper reveals key features likely to contribute to biased signaling.
There has already been significant work on decoding the structural sources of biased signaling, also called "functional selectivity." In 2008, Marc Caron and colleagues reported that atypical antipsychotics, which block the dopamine 2 (D2) receptor, interfered with both pathways (see SRF related news story). Interestingly, their effects on the G protein pathway were more variable than on the β-arrestin pathway, which suggested that tamping down β-arrestin signaling might be the more important feature behind why they work. In 2011, Bryan Roth and colleagues developed new ligands for D2 receptors that selectively activated the β-arrestin pathway (see SRF related conference story). These had effects in rodents that matched those of antipsychotic drugs, without motor side effects.
The new findings lay bare for the first time the structures contributing to functional selectivity. Though atypical antipsychotics like clozapine target 5HT2A and 5HT1A receptors (Meltzer et al., 2011), and a biased ligand for a 5HT2A receptor has been designed (see SRF related news story), the 5HT2B receptor featured in the new study does not contribute to antipsychotic drug action. The lessons from it, however, could translate to other GPCRs.
Biased toward β-arrestin
First author Daniel Wacker and colleagues began by expressing cloned human 5HT2B and 5HT2A receptors in HEK293 cells in culture. Tracking cAMP production and phospholipase C activation gave a readout of the G protein pathway stimulation of 5HT1B and 5HT2B receptors, respectively, whereas monitoring interactions between β-arrestin and the 5HT receptors measured stimulation of the β-arrestin pathway. The researchers found that when ergotamine bound to 5HT2B receptors, it selectively activated the β-arrestin pathway; however, when bound to 5HT1B receptors, it lost this bias, activating both pathways fairly equally. This bias held true for related molecules, including lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), which is derived from ergotamine.
This difference gave the researchers an opportunity to dissect the structural basis of functional selectivity. Crystallizing the 5HT2B receptor while bound to ergotamine, and determining its fine structure down to 2.7 Å, revealed a receptor looking very much like the GPCR it is, composed of seven helices spanning the membrane, bundled together. But a careful comparison of it with the 5HT1B structure solved in the companion paper (Wang et al., 2013), also while bound to ergotamine, revealed some key differences. One difference emerged along the base of the ligand binding pocket, where three amino acids form a kind of trigger, so that agonist binding changes their positions and triggers shifts in the positions of the helices. Compared to the 5HT2A receptor, the 5HT2B receptor shared the same position for two of these residues, but diverged for the third.
On the cytoplasmic side of the receptors, the researchers found a difference in the positions of two of the helices—something that alters the accessibility of binding sites for G proteins or β-arrestin. For the 5HT2B receptor, one of these helices held a position associated with β-arrestin signaling, but the other helix only partially conformed to the position associated with G protein signaling. In another part of the protein, a difference in the side chains in "micro-switch" domains was also discovered, with the 5HT2B receptor showing an intact salt bridge between two side chains, and the 5HT1B receptor missing this salt bridge, due to the non-permissive arrangement of its side chains.
Loops and leashes
The researchers noticed a possible explanation for these differences along an extracellular loop connecting two helices in the bundle. For the 5HT2B receptor, a sharp kink was formed at the connection between the extracellular loop and the top of one of the helices. This shortened the distance spanned by the loop, which could essentially put a leash on the range of movement of these helices. Thus, ergotamine binding would seem to stabilize a more restricted conformation of the receptor, and produce a distinct shape associated with β-arrestin signaling.
The findings illustrate the importance of examining the different structures induced by ligand binding, especially between two receptors with different responses to the same ligand. By tracking the microscopic shifts, rotations, and rearrangements induced by a ligand, researchers will usher in more rational drug design.—Michele Solis.
Wacker D, Wang C, Katritch V, Han GW, Huang XP, Vardy E, McCorvy JD, Jiang Y, Chu M, Siu FY, Liu W, Xu HE, Cherezov V, Roth BL, Stevens RC. Structural Features for Functional Selectivity at Serotonin Receptors. Science. 2013 Mar 21. Abstract
PRIMARY PAPERSStructural Features for Functional Selectivity at Serotonin Receptors.
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I have not made scrambled tofu for a while and I'm not sure why. It is easy to make and incredibly tasty. You really can use whatever veggies you have in the crisper to jazz up your tofu, but this combination works very well (and looks so pretty). I know that scrambled tofu has become fairly ubiquitous in vegan bloggerdom, but here is the recipe anyway.
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 sweet onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, diced
- 8 oz sliced mushrooms
- 1/4 cup water (more as needed)
- 1/2 tsp tumeric
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp salt
- freshly ground pepper
- 1 pkg extra firm tofu, crumbled
- 1 tomato, diced
- 1 bunch asparagus, steamed and cut into 1 inch sections
- 4 cups baby spinach
1. Saute onion and garlic in a saucepan over medium heat for 5 mins. Add mushrooms and saute until they release their water and have reduced in size. Get the asparagus steaming.
2. Add water, spices, tofu and mix well. Cook for 5 mins, adding more water if it gets too dry. Add tomato and cook for 3 mins. Add asparagus and spinach and reduce heat.
3. Cover pan with a lid to let spinach cook. Remove lid and mix everything well.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Super Veggie Scrambled Tofu
I have not made scrambled tofu for a while and I'm not sure why. It is easy to make and incredibly tasty. You really can use whatever veggies you have in the crisper to jazz up your tofu, but this combination works very well (and looks so pretty). I know that scrambled tofu has become fairly ubiquitous in vegan bloggerdom, but here is the recipe anyway.
Posted by Vegan Dad at 7:21 PM
16 comments:
- magpie said...
This combo looks good. I also like to put nutritional yeast in mine - makes it a bit cheezy :)
- June 29, 2008 at 7:44 PM
- lisa said...
I also had scrambled tofu yesterday for the first time in ages... I like your idea of using asparagus!
- June 29, 2008 at 8:58 PM
- Lisa (Show Me Vegan) said...
Mmm...scrambled 'fu is like margaritas; it's always fun to try a new variation. Yours looks delicious. I always add mushrooms and baby spinach to mine too.
- June 30, 2008 at 8:31 AM
- mustardseed said...
I NEED nooch in my fu! But I really really wanna wolf down yours right now!!
- June 30, 2008 at 10:36 AM
- DreamQueen said...
That looks fantastic.
- June 30, 2008 at 12:22 PM
- FatMom said...
Whoa, VeganDad...Just found your website from another vegal cyber pal, and I have to say...very impressive! I can't wait to comb through your archives and add new recipes to my rotation. Yippee!
- June 30, 2008 at 12:54 PM
- twoveganboys said...
This looks really tastey. I like the addition of veggies.
- June 30, 2008 at 1:28 PM
- Jade said...
I've made scrambled tofu many times but have never tried spinach or asparagus in it. I also like a little nutritional yeast in mine. Yummy! My 2 year-old daughter loves it and begs me for "toe-food."
Thanks for the ideas! Love your blog.
- June 30, 2008 at 1:47 PM
- Happy Herbivore! said...
Why have i never put more veggies in my scrambe? dur. thanks for this. I know I will be eating it soon... breakfast burrito anyone?
- June 30, 2008 at 4:20 PM
- Allison said...
I'm always looking for new tofu scramble recipes! The picture looks so pretty...and the asparagus looks like a great addition!
- June 30, 2008 at 5:26 PM
- Cherie said...
That looks like an excellent scramble!!
- June 30, 2008 at 6:25 PM
- Nikki Douglas said...
I admit to having a slight fear of the scrambled tofu. I like tofu egg salad just fine but I am not so sure about having it warmed like this - I will have to take the plunge at some point, but since I occasionally do have an egg I have a hard time making this leap.
- June 30, 2008 at 8:47 PM
- Maggie said...
I made scrambled tofu the other day too. Mine is never that pretty, though.
- July 1, 2008 at 3:32 PM
- Veronica said...
Loved it. I actually had never before attempted scrambled tofu; in the vegan frenzy I experienced after making the transition about a year ago, I've been so wrapped up in seitanic and veganized experimentations that I never turned to something as simple and satisfying as this scramble was.
- July 1, 2008 at 8:56 PM
- jennie said...
i've never made this before, and was wondering, does anyone know how leftovers would be? I was thinking that this might work in a breakfast wrap with some seitan sausage, but i'm not sure how the tofu would hold up.
- July 9, 2008 at 6:14 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
Leftover scrambled tofu is awesome, I think. I just toss mine in the microwave--it makes the 'fu kind of chewy. Just make sure you use firm or extra firm tofu.
- July 9, 2008 at 7:14 PM


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How does one get certain daemons to automatically startup on a restart of the server?
I found this post on Server Fault but I am looking of a more in depth explanation of how getting a daemon to auto start works.
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only for new contracts.. $150 for existing :(
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Trying to sell a great product before Apple releases last years phone, tomorrow.
Boo, not available for T-Mobile, at least not anymore. :-(
Ugh. Yeah it's only $99, but that's with a plan and the service options. That's $40 for the cheapest minutes plan, and then another $30 to just have 3GB a month of internet. That's not even including the text messaging. :/ I ended up with it saying $90 a month, and said screw it. I'd love to have the S3, but in a few more months I'm sure the price will be a lot lower.
(And that was with the AT&T phone) With the Sprint one, it's $10 cheaper. Why the heck do they force that lame 'Premium Data' charge on you all the time? >:/
They have the Samsung Galaxy II for $0.01 also. I think only if you are switching but I'm not sure.
@ibobafett: Because the data is unmetered. It is not incurred on non smartphones. Any standard postpaid primary US carrier with a subsidized smartphone and plan will cost you $80-110 per month before taxes.
I guess I am just old and cheap. Have a prepaid phone,I pay $100 a year for and pay 10 cents a minute.I roll over 95% of my minutes.
Does everybody have an extra $90 a month to spend.
I hope it will drop a bunch for the per month charge.
I wonder do any of these phones allow you to expand memory?
Abe Simpson signing out (I am 45)
Yeah, Apple's such a great company: http://rt.com/news/apple-patent-transmission-block-408/
Anyway, I do love my S3.
I like the white one for AT&T. Looks good.
This phone has a serious flaw, and Samsung is flip about consumers asking questions.
Many of us use an audio input jack to listen to internet content in our cars. We also have bluetooth to couple telephone calls to the car audio syatem. If a call comes in, the car mutes the audio input and routes the bluetooth (call audio) to the speakers. The Samsung cuts off the audio from the bluetooth, so you hear nothing from the call. If you remove the plug from the jack the call sound is then sent to the speakers via bluetooth. I don't want to pull the plug while driving to hear a caller. Defeats the safety of hands free phone use.
The HTC EVO does not have this problems. It works fine. Samsung tech support acts like their problem is "normal" and refuses to take complaints. Save your money. There are phones that work out there.
In response to Moviela, I agree that the if you have a bluetooth headset, or system in your car, the phone will not go to either of those while connected to an external audio device. Which is annoying because the mic on my headset is much better than the one on the phone when it is sitting in the center console. However, If blue tooth is turned off it will go to speaker phone and come through the car speakers just like the bluetooth would.
If Samsung would keep on top of Android releases and get rid of that "touch wiz". Well maybe. I have the Galaxy 2, and still can get a real ICS release from Samsung.
@jsvend: where are you seeing it for $150 without a contract? its coming up at over 500 for me...
@markmc27: +1 for you even though you forgot to say, "MAAAAAAAAAAAATLOCK!"
@creativity6: $150 is for the upgrade price which renews your contract. The unsubsidized price of the phone is $599.
@br0seidon: only $150? wow that is cheaper than my $600 HOX replacement for my Galaxy Note...
$150.00 for exisiting AND eligible for an upgrade.
@shinespark: But also see if the company you work for gets a discount. Me and 3 other friends did a family plan together, and the one friend gets a 30% discount through his job. With that and the family plan discounts, we split the bill $65 a person, with unlimited everything and insurance. But Shine is right, most data-based phones will cost 90-120 per month.
Funny, they want to sell off this phone before the Iphone 5 is launched and yet the unsubsidized price is unchanged.
Wirefly has had this price for a while. You have to add it to your cart to see the price.
I would be all over this if it weren't for the need to sign/renew a contract.
@br0seidon: Maybe when iPhone5 launches they can go walk 10 paces and duel like real men.
Is T-Mobile part of this deal?
@moviela: Why are you using a physical jack to listen to "internet content" in your car rather than Bluetooth? Can't you use Bluetooth for both A2DP and calls?
I just bought this phone monday night from verizon for $199. absolutely incredible phone. And I have an iphone...this smokes my iphone. I cant imagine the iphone 5 even coming up to par with this.
@moviela: I have a Galaxy Attain and I have the same problem. I have been able to work around it by using a my Jabra BT3030 Bluetooth Head Phones as a speaker bridge. I am able to set the Head Phones to Media Audio only and leave my Bluetooth Earpiece on Phone Audio only. So when I plug my Car Stereo into the Jabra I can still Make and Answer calls with my Earpiece. I know we should not have to do that bu it is the best solution I have for now until Samsung decides to change it.
I have a Galaxy S2, running on Jelly Bean (Android 4.1). If you complain about upgrades, just do it yourself.... It's really easy. If you can watch a YouTube video, you can root and upgrade your phone.
I just ordered an S3 from Amazon yesterday, the red 16gb for $650. No contract.
The S3 is the best phone on the market. The iPhone5 wont even come close to the specs, features or performance of the S3. That is just how it is. There wont be anything with better specs until the Galaxy Note 2 comes out later this year, and its rather large for the average phone user.
@moviela: Your HTC Evo is junk compared to this phone and many other phones.
@justabandnerd: so freakin true. the rate at which android phones advance is FAR beyond apple. the funny thing is that the apple fan boys STILL thing apple is the best thing since sliced bread... despite the FACTUAL advantages high end android phones have over Iphone. i mean, expandable storage, better cameras, free gps nav, quad core, automatically cloud saved address books, CHEAP ACCESSORIES (standard micro usb connectors etc)....
@moviela: that's not a serious flaw. The assumption would be if you're using BT, you're using it for both the call and media. Why would you have both the headphone jack and BT running?
Only Lemmings buy iPhones
Why is everyone complaining about signing a contract? Have these people not had cell phones in the last 8 years?
@drspiffness: Some people are afraid of commitment.
@markmc27: I also have a prepaid dumb-phone that costs me nearly nothing. I don't use Facebook or Twitter, either. I am 30 years old.
@markmc27: Hey, can you tell me about your cell phone service for $100 a year? Company name/website? Plan? Thanks Abe! ;)
I just signed with AT&T a week ago, got the S3. Any chance of me getting any money back because of this deal?
@drspiffness: Contracts are a bit of a rip-off. They lure you in with cheap phones, then constantly overcharge you month after month to make up for it. I can get an unlimited data plan from cspire for $50 a month flat. No surprise bills, no mysterious charges. Only catch is I have to provide my own phone. And if I dislike the service, I just stop sending my $50. Much better than having to pay to cancel a contract.
@goldfndr: VW-Audi-Porsche use a bluetooth protocol that only handles telephone calls. It is not possible to send entertainment audio (MP3, internet stream, Mr. Microphone) through bluetooth. That is why it is necessary to connect the stereo minijack to the car's Aux In connector. We bought a unit and tried it on a number of cars with factory bluetooth solution.
@alexschway: Calling the HTC EVO junk is insulting to junk. Calling it 4G is insulting to everyone.
@chandin: It is a serious flaw. Anything that takes your focus from the task of driving is a safety risk.
@moviela: That's a flaw in the vehicle's bluetooth system, not supporting A2DP. Throw that vehicle away and get a new one, it's obviously obsolete. But maybe you can upgrade it to get a few more miles...
* for Volkswagen, get a 9w7 upgrade. Free if you were part of the class action.
* for Audi, http://www.audipartssuperstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=1166
* for Porsche... well, if you have PCM 3.1 (or later?), maybe you can apply an update to it.
@goldfndr: Thank you for your research, but marketing has trumpted engineering. VAG does not allow program audio over Bluetooth because they are in bed with Apple to force use of iProducts. The musical interface (while it can use minijack and USB connectors, it only integrates with iPod connectors for on screen display and CANbus buttons) consists of a cable for $215 dollars. The $175 Bluetooth puck added to that attaches only to the musical interface, and will not carry telephone calls. If factory Blurtooth is installed, it will not work.
@moviela: VW GTI and Routan owner here. Bluetooth audio works fine for me in both cars (although the Routan is technically a Chrysler product). I stream from my Android Samsung phone all the time.
@krufam96: T-Mobile prepaid has this option. You spend $100 and get 1000 minutes. Then any subsequent money you add on extends your service for a year. So if you don't use it hardly at all, the next year your phone service could cost $10. This is what I do for my grandma so she has an emergency phone. I've paid $10 a year for the last two years for her to have a cell phone.
I love my S3, which I upgraded into exactly 59 days ago. Went into Best Buy Mobile and they gave me the price adjustment!
Watch our for taxes!! They wanted to charge me $50 tax for a $150 order; since "the retail value of phone is $700." Ended up cheaper to go to Sprint, $200+$12 tax!


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Task Coach - Your friendly task manager. Task Coach is a free open source todo manager. It grew out of frustration about other programs not handling composite tasks well. In addition to flexible composite tasks, Task Coach has grown to include prerequisites, prioritizing, effort tracking, category tags, budgets, notes, and many other features. However, users are not forced to use all these features; Task Coach can be as simple or complex as you need it to be. Task Coach is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux; and there is a companion iOS app.
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Pasta with Pesto and Pine Nuts
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This simple recipe uses pesto and pine nuts to make a delicious pasta recipe.
Prep Time: 5M
Cooking Time: 10M
Serves: Serves 4
- handful of fresh basil, leaves only
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 tbsp pine nuts, plus 1 tbsp toasted pine nuts
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 12oz (350g) dried spaghetti
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
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- Combine the basil, garlic, Parmesan, and the 2 tbsp untoasted pine nuts in a food processor. Pulse until blended. Scrape the mixture from the sides of the bowl, cover, and, with the machine running, pour in the olive oil until a coarse paste forms. Season to taste.
- Meanwhile, cook the pasta as the package directs. Drain, reserving a small amount of the cooking water. Return the pasta to the pot and toss with the reserved cooking water. Add the pesto, toss again, then top with the toasted pine nuts, and serve.
- Use small pasta shells (conchiglie) instead of spaghetti.
- Double the pesto recipe, spoon half of it into a jar, and top with a thin layer of olive oil-it will keep in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
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GENESEO, N.Y. - - Dan Saunders, a native of Perry, N.Y., and now an assistant conductor with The Metropolitan Opera in New York City, will open this semester's Distinguished Speaker Series Jan. 23 by discussing his life in the arts. Saunders will address "My Life in Music" at 2:30 p.m. in Wadsworth Auditorium. His lecture is free and open to the public.
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"We are truly honored to welcome an artist of Dan Saunders' caliber to our campus," said Christopher C. Dahl, president of SUNY Geneseo. "It is always gratifying to see someone with roots in Western New York succeed on the world stage. We look forward to hearing him perform and gaining insight into an exciting and distinguished musical career."
Saunders has performed in recital with many of the world's leading singers, including Jessye Norman, Kiri TeKanawa, Kathleen Battle, Marilyn Horne, Tatiana Troyanos, Samuel Ramey and Thomas Allen. He has performed at the White House; Carnegie Hall; Lincoln Center; Washington's Kennedy Center; the Bastille Opera in Paris; the San Francisco Opera; the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival; the Salzburg, Tanglewood, Ravinia, and Mostly Mozart Festivals; and at London's Wigmore Hall.
Television credits include appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, as well as NBC's Today Show. He has frequently performed with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and has been heard on Live from Lincoln Center and on the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts. He was a conductor at the Virginia Opera for six years and has conducted orchestras in Germany, Japan and Costa Rica.
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WACO (January 11, 2013)--Baylor University has received a monetary gift to be used for educational programs at the George W. Truett Theological Seminary.
Friends and family provided the unspecified amount on behalf of Dr. Foy Valentine, a 1944 Baylor graduate and Baptist ethicist who founded and edited the journal "Christian Ethics Today."
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Mail-in voter registrations must be postmarked by Oct 19. Registrations also close at motor vehicle offices and state agencies on Oct. 19.
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@thunderthighs...will you be a dear and grab the photo for me. I thank you in advance.
@morriea: Took me a while to find that one. You're lucky I already have an account there. In the future, if you can give me the link to the pic itself, it'll speed things up. =)
@thunderthighs: your wish is my command.
Don't confuse this with the Fuze which is a great player.. This one, the Fuze +, is poorly reviewed. Bad user interface.
The deal is in the Flash deals section on the site. You will need to log in to see it. They have pretty decent stuff, I have ordered dozens of items and never had a problem with 1saleaday.
I have one of these and it is sleek, however, I do not use it. I also do not really recommend it. I love Sansa, and am still using my older gen Fuze player. (http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Sansa-Video-Player-Black/dp/B001GCQ3KM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1349330050&sr=8-2&keywords=sansa+fuze). For reference, but watch for it to be cheaper, that is way to high to pay, I need to snag a spare for when mine eventually dies (though I'm on year 3 with it).
The biggest reason I didn't start using the new one was I found upon receiving it that the wheel for navigation was removed. It has a sleek touchpad, but requires you to hit it each time to make a single move. I have gigs of music and it is beyond tedious to navigate around the new Sansa that is shown in this link. Look for the older gen if you can
Did they ever update this to navigate by folders? I know the older Fuse had this, but I can't find it in the reviews I've found. I did read about shutting off the background 'picture' and updating to latest firmware to improve the navigation. I really like the long battery life. I have the Clip+ but it has a tiny screen.
I've been using a Nokia N800 for my MP3 player, and prefer they computer like navigation. I'm strickly a audio book, pod cast person, music person, video only on The 32"+ screens...
@photowhit: Powering mine back up and updating it, I do now have an option to search by folder. It seems they added that. I have not removed the back image, that might make it better on navigation, but still it will require hitting for each step and that is a pain. It does seem they added folder sort though.
If only my refurb e280`s weren`t still going strong, I`d... well, I actually wouldn`t grab this because of the reviews. Thanks for saving me $25 and a great deal of frustration.
Still holding out for an 8 gb clip....
Have bought from 1sale before, only real problem I've had is slow shipping and they may give you a false ship date.They could tell you an item shipped and give you a tracking number but when you try to trace the package it will say a label has been generated but no info available yet,a week to ten days later the tracking number indicates that your purchase was just picked up that day. I've had the same problem with their other company Ben's Outlet but again I've always got what I ordered and at a good price. I'm a big fan of Sansa but reviews on this product are not as good as the original Fuze
Great price but the earlier Fuze is much much easier to use. If you want to use it to play music at work or a party it might be great. If you want to carry it and need to pause to pause an audiobook that procedure is much more difficult. It is very easy to accidentally skip ahead or back if it's not locked and it is annoying to lock and unlock.
Nanaejt is correct. They routinely issue false shipping labels. I would not order from 1Saleaday. They used to be slow but you would eventually get your items. They got a new investor and moved the entire operation to Florida and as far as I can see they have ceased shipping products. I have three items on order, going back six weeks. None have shipped. Two give a UPS label number but UPS says they never received the packages. Their customer service is horrendous. I have not had an answer to 5 emails sent. Either the company has become a total mess, or they are about to go under. STAY AWAY FROM 1SALEADAY.
@thunderthighs: This puts an end to the myth that you only shop at Woot
Ordered this a few months back from 1saleaday.com. I can confirm three things from other posters:
-Sansa firmware has been updated for easier
folder access.
-Fuxe+ usability is still inferior to clip+ or fuze
-1saleaday's shipping is ridiculously slow. Mine arrived after 7 weeks :( YMMV
@jmbunkin: I refute that statement! I had to join when someone said that they were selling something cheaper than us at the exact same time. It was on their Flash sale so I had to join to see it.
I'm going to go ahead and think I'm dodging a bullet by not buying this one. It's a shame to since my e260 died in a mountain biking accident I've been keep my eye out for a replacement. After seeing some reviews, then looking online ... I'm passing on this deal.
@thunderthighs: I feel badly I said what I said,it won't happen agian,old jmbunkin with check his facts before he again posts from the hip.
Mr. @jmbunkin, you're entitled to your own account, your own deals, but not your own facts.
@thunderthighs: I kind of like this,with your permission I want to use this during my next debate.
My son picked up one like this and says it isn't as user friendly as the old ones but if you just want to listen to what you have and aren't interested in skipping around looking for songs, it's a good product. He uses it walking around and on the bus to work.
It gets a real work out everyday with him and he's not said a bad word about it since he figured out how to lock it. On that alone I'll vouch for the deal.
As a masochist and a Sansa referb addict, I bought one of these 6 mos ago just because of all the bad reviews. It did take some getting used to. I have a habit of swiping the screen, thinking its a touch screen, but it has a touch pad for controls. My wife picked it up and tried making a phone call thinking it was the kid's phone!! LOL.
Really, it's not bad, and for 8gb of on-board memory it's outstanding.
I can't believe you guys only bought one FUZE last time they were on WOOT (old style w/wheel). You gotta buy the limit. I have 3 fuzes (2 still in package), I got 2 extra "just in case". My first is still going strong, bought a clip and 3 clip+ along the way too.
I remember the 4gb FUZE's were $20+ $5 shipping, so $25 for 8 gb is not a bad deal at all. I'm tempted....
Well I made it through with out purchasing. Thanks to the masocist sansa refurb adict! I put it off until today, figure it wouldn't give me too much advantage over the clip+, I've been reduced to part time, I need to spend my time more productively, I'll go through and find my old nomad xtras, I think I had shoved a 120GB drive in one of those and shelved it when I went to Nokias.
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