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Frank Brennan, S.J., on the Jesuit Pope: A View from Down Under
Frank Brennan, S.J., is a distinguished Australian Jesuit, lawyer, and human rights activist. Here are some o f his recent remarks on the new Pope:"At my regular parish mass in Canberra, I greeted the congregation with these words: "Good evening. My name is Frank and I am a Jesuit. I've had a good week. I hope you have too." I have been overwhelmed by the positive response by all sorts of people to the election of the first Jesuit pope. I have happily received the congratulations without quite knowing what to do with them, nor what I did to deserve them!"Read the rest here:
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I suspect that American culture is in the midst of a transition: from the old paradigm, in which Mainline churches, allied with a minority Catholic church, were able to realize in law a code of moral behavior that represented a majority consensus view; to a new paradigm, in which the Catholic church, stripped of its majority-Mainline alliances, will need to "play defense" in order to ensure its (still a minority) members' rights to live a Catholic life in the midst of a new consensus of moral-behavior permissiveness. Thus, gay marriage, abortion rights and employer-subsidized contraception are popular rights; Catholics need to ensure that (a) its members retain the right to abide by church tenets, rather than be forced by a tyrannical majority to violate those tenets in the name of permissiveness (whether that be Catholic institutions forced to subsidize contraception, or Catholic clergy forced to officiate at same-sex weddings); and(b) the church retains the right to preach the Gospel, including publicly.In the midst of this transition, the question for church leaders is: how vocal or how muted should be its public opposition to legal impositions that violate the church's tenets but that probably are inevitable sooner or later (cf gay marriage). I believe Governor Cuomo, in the wake of New York's passage of its same-sex marriage bill, described Cardinal Dolan's opposition as "reasonable". I take that to mean that the church was vocal/public enough in its opposition that everyone understood where the church stands on the question, but managed not to burn any bridges with the government or prominent public officials. I take that to be one of the things that Fr. Brennan is recommending here.Just speaking for myself - I'm not prepared to go as far as Fr. Brennan is on unpopular church teachings like IVF. I'm not ready to file anything in the archives. It seems to me that Jesus' admonition to the woman about to be stoned for adultery was, "Go, and sin no more". I believe that statement represents the right mixture of compassion, forgiveness and adherence to a Christian moral code. That is what the church should model in the public square.
Mr. Pauwels,Our country manages to allow the Plain Folk to abide by their tenets. No tyrannical majority suppresses the Jehovahs Witnesses or Orthodox Jews. People preach the Gospel everywhere one looks, from the fields of the Salinas Valley to the Skid Rows of our huge cities. Many of the preachers are Roman Catholics.Are there other ideas current that are available to practicing Roman Catholics? Of course, but that has always been so, here and everywhere in the world. And in every instance, unless I have misunderstood entirely, Christians believe that the responsibility for action remains with the individual, exercising her/his free will. No one is proposing that Catholic priests be forced to officiate at a gay marriage. No one proposes to require that a Catholic whose insurance coverage includes contraception be forced to use contraception. These are straw men.The difficult part for Believers is not that Unbelievers are striving to force us all into atheism and sin, but that so many of us find the proposals of the world to be sufficiently attractive that the arguments of the Church do not prevail. But it is not at all that the Church cannot make its arguments, or that those who hold certain beliefs as tenets are prevented in any way from following those beliefs. No one has ever forced me to sin; the most shallow search of my conscience makes that clear. There is no plot by a tyrannical majority in America to close the Churches or to prevent anyone from preaching the Gospel. That there are articulate atheists who argue against a belief in God has been a constant feature of the world since Socrates, if not before. The threat to the Church is that that it has lost the moral authority needed to speak definitively to our spiritual development. When the Church walks humbly in the presence of its God (Micah) - I think of the Catholic Workers communities, of St. Francis bathing the leper, of the true preferential option for the poor people listen, and by seeing a convergence of action and words, come to be convinced. Physician, heal thyself.Mark
"Our country manages to allow the Plain Folk to abide by their tenets."Mark, the American moral dilemma now is that there is almost no "our country" left. About all we have now is a consensus democracy, with no underlying morality at all - just momentary majorities on large emotional issues that bear strongly on morality but pay it no heed or even respect, as such. In this situation, you'll soon start collecting - you've already begun to collect - laws that very much force minorities - that is, any groups not in the political ascendency - to behave as the majority of the moment feels they should behave. If the Church cannot stand firm in the midst of this constantly shifting desert, what good is it?
Mark --Who do you know that is being forced to violate their religious consciences within the border of the U. S. A.? Who is forcing them? What are they being forced to do or not do?
Oops -- My last post was really directed to David. Sorry, Mark.
More than one of the Founding Father of this nation noted, that American democracy will only endure for so long as the public is morally decent/upright - God fearing. Once the public loses its moral compass, once the moral supports are rotted or are pulled out from under a society, the structure of democracy begins to weaken and wobble. The forms and routines will remain of course, but the depth, the vigor will begin to fade.
Is American democracy fundamentally different from democracy in other countries, say Western Europe, where it is doing just fine with a non-God-fearing (and yet somehow, still generally morally decent!) populace?
(Yes, I know "Western Europe" isn't a country. Sigh. I really need to preview before I submit.)
Jen - You raise a good point. American democracy is different from the European version(s), one main difference being that Europeans civil rights are granted either by king or the civil government, whereas we Americans have always maintained that our rights are inalienable, and granted us by our Creator.This is not to say that Europeans suffer unduly; it is only to note a fundamental difference between our system and theirs.
"Who do you know that is being forced to violate their religious consciences within the border of the U. S. A.?"The owners of Hobby Lobby.
"No one proposes to require that a Catholic whose insurance coverage includes contraception be forced to use contraception. These are straw men."Your first sentence I've quoted here is a straw man.It's not only proposed, but now a law in force, that business owners with conscientious objections to subsidizing contraception, must subsidize their employees' contraception.
Oh well, selling off Catholics schools and hospitals, and selling the brick-and-mortar parts of various Catholic social services is straightforward enough; don't worry, the bishops will be fine.Catholic business people will have special challenges; Hobby Lobby is only one example. The owners cannot in good conscience fund the contraception mandate the federal government is requiring. If they lose in court, and if they want to stay true to their stated values, they will need to sell the business and put their monies to work elsewhere, maybe in the stock market for example, or in small, micro-business venturesIf we lay-Catholics are as loyal to Truth, and as vigorous about it as we claim we want our bishops to be, more and more lay Catholics will need sell their businesses and excuse themselves from the business world of more than 50 employees - 50 being the number of employees above which, employers need to provide health insurance that comports with (is approved by) the federal Obama-care. Lay Catholics will need to understand what is meant by the expression being in the world, but not of the world.The end result might well be, that while mainline Americans trod toward a Godless, gray, utopian future, filled with abortions, sterilizations, euthanasia for the weak and ultimately, black pills for the elderly (a nightmare for sure), Catholics will be small, main street business people, micro-capitalists, and will need to provide - for the Catholic community - as best we can.That might be what Benedict meant a few years ago when he mentioned a smaller, purer Church. American Catholics may need to adopt a sort of hunker down, ghetto-mode in order to ride out the insanity of the hour; optimistic, but keeping a low profile. And once the secular utopian dream of this hour materializes into the nightmare that all man-made utopias eventually become, once it has run its dreary course and the mainline public realizes the error and revolts sadly all that might even involve bloodshed the Catholic Church will still be there, guarding Eternal Truth, and Catholics will need to be ready and willing, to happily and optimistically present it to the world yet again.
Um, Jim, re-read that sentence. Who is forcing anyone to use contraception? How exactly are they forcing people to buy and use pills or other contraceptives?
Exactly, Clair. No one denies that the employer must provide the coverage. The point is the employee is not obliged to use that part of the coverage. Jen Roth, Europe is "God fearing." It is the regard for organized religion that is down. We must make that distinction. http://www.christiantoday.com/article/majority.of.europeans.believe.in.g..., A overwhelming majority of Catholics and clergy accept contraception as morally right. So your fantasy about truth is just that.
"Um, Jim, re-read that sentence. Who is forcing anyone to use contraception? "I both read it and re-read it. I described it as a straw man because nobody is forcing anybody to use contraception - and nobody has claimed otherwise.
Claire You are correct in that the government is not forcing anyone to use contraception or be sterilized, but that is not the point. The point is that the government has regulations in place that will force employers regardless of the employers moral objections - to pay for insurance that offers free birth control pills, and that also cover sterilizations and some abortifacients.Analogies are never fully accurate, but here goes: Imagine Claire, that you are an employer who does not approve of drinking beer. For reasons of your own, you find drinking abhorrent and simply do not approve of it. And then imagine the government deciding that one 6-pack of beer each week is every workers right, and that all employers will be forced to: either buy the beer directly and distribute to the employees, or if they object to that, they can apply for an 'accommodation' which would allow the boss to purchase vouchers that can only be used at the local liquors store to buy beer (and nothing else), and hand those out to the workers.You might object, and the government would say; Nobody is forcing you to drink beer Claire, and with the voucher accommodation, nobody is forcing you to purchase beer directly. We (the government) will not buy the beer, but we will make sure your employees get the beer that is their right.:D
Or you could sustitute cigarettes in place of beer. If you are a Jewish or Muslim employer, or maybe even a Vegan amployer, you could substitute ham sandwiches or pork loin for the beer.Hmmm, beer and sandwiches - I am getting hungry!
Oh, right. We agree that nobody is forcing anybody to use contraception. My bad.
Ken, insurance is not "buying the beer directly and distributing it to the employees." Your analogy would be more on point if the employer gave gift certificates to the local grocery store to employees as part of their compensation for whatever reason, but then decided they could only use those gift certificates to buy employer-approved items. That's not the employer's place, and it's not violating their rights to not allow them to do that.(I don't think health insurance is all that similar to a grocery gift certificate, but you go to internet comments with the analogies you have, not the analogies you wish you had.)
Jim Pauwels wrote: "I think that much of the current uproar relates to differing views about the purpose of the civil law - whether it is supposed to make people good by promoting a particular view of morality or simply to provide the setting in which people of diverse beliefs can live together peacefully. The system the US has arrived at to do the second of those has been remarkably successful and I am reluctant to tamper with it. "First Things has an article "Eudaimonia in America" by Robert T. Miller:"For people like us in a society like ours, a necessary condition of social stability is that, when we decide contentious normative issues, we do so in a way that allows wide participation and open debate and is generally majoritarian. If a constitution is to be permanent, Aristotle says, all parts of the state must wish that it should exist and the same arrangements be maintained. Given our history and our pluralism, it is hard to imagine the American people supporting any political system that was not essentially liberal. A prudent eudaimonist will understand this and will support a liberal system of government on pragmatic grounds.My loyalty to the American system stems from such a pragmatic judgment. The liberal political system of the United States allows a Catholic like me to pursue my final end with remarkably little interference from others. Given our pluralism and the fact that many philosophical liberals would very much like to direct my life to accord with their views, views that Deneen and I agree are wrongheaded and damaging, this is no small thing and should be cherished and defended.Aristotle himself said that the best is often unattainable, and therefore the true legislator and statesman ought to be acquainted not only with that which is best in the abstract but also with that which is best relative to the circumstances. For people like us in a society like ours, this means a liberal political order, understood as a related set of pragmatic political compromises among people with diverse interests and beliefs, for such a system provides us the best hope of leading good human lives. Read it all: http://www.firstthings.com/article/2013/03/eudaimonia-in-america
Sorry, forgot to fill in the quote from JimJim Pauwels wrote: "I suspect that American culture is in the midst of a transition: from the old paradigm, in which Mainline churches, allied with a minority Catholic church, were able to realize in law a code of moral behavior that represented a majority consensus view; "
Bill sez "An overwhelming majority of Catholics and clergy accept contraception as morally right."Bill - Pope Paul VI (per Humanae Vitae) and every pope since then would beg to differ with you.If one day the Pope comes out and agrees with you Bill, then I will too. Until then, I will take my chances and follow the Holy See.
Ken, that's not right. Don't reject contraception just because the Pope says so. Instead, reject contraception because you believe that contraception is wrong. You're welcome to use the Pope's views and arguments as ways for you arrive to that conclusion, but ultimately you've got to follow your own judgment, and you are responsible for it.
Of course, the authority of the pope is part of what convinces you, but you still have to use your brain to listen to his reasons (knowing that, well, he's the pope, he deserves a respectful hearing with an open mind) and to find yourself swayed by them. Saying "If one day the Pope comes out and agrees with you Bill, then I will too" suggests that you are on automatic. That's not right.
Claire - and Mark Logsdon, and everyone else - sorry if I'm coming across as snippy. I want to make sure that I'm being understood. In the matter of the HHS mandate, there are a number of issues all rolled into one: the alleged moral good of contraception; the government's right to impose such a mandate on private entities; the right of individuals to cite a conscientious objection; the remoteness of cooperation in evil that the mandate represents; the role of church authorities in speaking on behalf of such objectors; the strategy to be pursued by church authorities in the public square; the legal strategy of litigants; and presumably many others. What prompted my comment in Brennan's piece is his suggestion that the Holy Father may be setting an example on dialing down the public rhetoric. Most of those other issues I've listed here, I believe we've discussed to death already :-) I don't want to get caught up in those other issues, at least not on this particular thread.
"'Who do you know that is being forced to violate their religious consciences within the border of the U. S. A.?'The owners of Hobby Lobby."and, earlier,"(a) its members retain the right to abide by church tenets, rather than be forced by a tyrannical majority to violate those tenets in the name of permissiveness (whether that be Catholic institutions forced to subsidize contraception, or Catholic clergy forced to officiate at same-sex weddings); and(b) the church retains the right to preach the Gospel, including publicly."So, can we at least agree that, if this is a slippery slope argument, we are at the very earliest point on a very looooong slope?
Mark Preece: I know of nothing that is intrinsically invalid about slippery slope arguments. This is particularly the case when I happen to be the one making it :-)I'm glad you agree that we're not on level ground on this matter. I'd note that the HHS mandate is not the first little slip-slide downhill.
I expect one of the contributors will post about this later but for anyone who wants to start to study the. USCCB official response to the proposed HHS contraception regulations it is here:http://www.usccb.org/about/general-counsel/rulemaking/upload/2013-NPRM-C...
One simply cannot have a country of 310 Million people and allow every individual to decide which laws of general applicability will be binding and which will not. I claim to be morally opposed to capital punishment. In CA I will self-identify on this issue in a jury questionnaire in a capital case, and I will be excused from the jury pool. But I still must pay my State taxes, some portion of which go to the maintenance of the capacity to execute persons tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death. The same situation arises with respect to the portion of my Federal taxes that go to, say, using drones for targeted killing, or maintaining a nuclear first-strike capability, or ... The taxes are costs of citizenship, and if I found them too burdensome whether to my conscience or to my wallet, I could move to another state or country where these issues do not arise. I could also decline to pay my taxes and go to prison for my conscience. I understand there are people who make this decision, and it is theirs to make. My moral discernment does not require me to make that choice. In which, of course, I may be wrong.My company offers its emloyees insurance coverage that includes contraception and a range of medical procedures that certainly includes D&C. We are a small business, and I am under no obligation to provide these or any coverages. I do not provide coverage out of any compulsion of a tyrannical majority, nor does it have anything whatsoever to do with "permissiveness." I do so in order that my employees and their depedents may be relieved of most of the stress that comes with being medically-uninsured persons in America. How they lead their moral lives is a matter I leave entirely to their conscience. As I hope that they, and all others, will leave me to lead my own moral life.Mark
"My company offers its emloyees insurance coverage that includes contraception and a range of medical procedures that certainly includes D&C. We are a small business, and I am under no obligation to provide these or any coverages. I do not provide coverage out of any compulsion of a tyrannical majority, nor does it have anything whatsoever to do with permissiveness. I do so in order that my employees and their depedents may be relieved of most of the stress that comes with being medically-uninsured persons in America."How wonderful that you as an employer were able to align your vocation with your moral views. That seems to me to be the very essence of freedom. That right has been taken away from the owners of Hobby Lobby by the government. The term for that deprivation is "tyranny". But it seems to me that the topic at hand is: how should church leaders respond to this situation? What should be the tone and pitch of their rhetoric? Should they, as Fr. Brennan seems to imply, choose to remain silent out of respect for others' moral codes?
Fair questions, fairly stated. Could we consider expanding them to "how should the Church respond?" Perhaps your view is that these are not different questions, but I would have thought that a central issue for the Catholic Church in the near future is to resolve what shall be the relationship between the "leaders" (which I imagine - please correct me if I am wrong - would be the Bishops) and the parish-based, faithful men and women, including the pastorate and its first-line support and also the laity. Fr. Brennan's issue seems to me a very fair one in a diverse democratic state. Maybe this is a matter of "tone and pitch of rhetoric". I see no reason why in our system anyone would feel constrained to speak out, but perhaps the nature of the speech can be more or less definitively worded.On Hobby Lobby, I think we should just agree to disagree. Mark
Verbitsky, the Argentinian reporter who loudly accused Bergoglio, has back-tracked a lot. " In an article on page 12 of the daily which published his accusations against the Pope, Verbitsky recalled that Jalics had declared his reconciliation with Bergoglio and reconciliation is a Catholic sacrament which involves forgiveness for offences committed. But he also admits that the new statement goes far beyond that, exempting Bergoglio from all responsibility. Nevertheless, the journalist added that the priest himself admitted he had thought the accusations had been made against himself and Orlando Yorio and that it took him a quarter of a century before he arrived at a different conclusion and before he could say that it is a mistake to say Bergoglio was responsible for their arrests. "Finally, Verbitsky recalled that Yorio (now deceased), Jalics and other sources had issued a number of different statements over the years, claiming that not only did the then Fr. Bergoglio do nothing to help free the two priests from prison they were illegally detained for over five months but that he had reported them to the dictatorships authorities as subversive.OTHER NEWS"http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/the-vatican/detail/articolo/francis... ]
Per Mark I claim to be morally opposed to capital punishment. In CA I will self-identify on this issue in a jury questionnaire in a capital case, and I will be excused from the jury pool. But I still must pay my State taxes, some portion of which go to the maintenance of the capacity to execute persons tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death Ah, this is a common logical error Mark. I am not trying to be overly critical, please know you seem like a smart fellow. But you and others who follow this line are missing a key point. The HHS mandate is Not talking about using federal tax money to provide service Catholics find objectionable. The HHS mandate tells Catholics we must buy those objectionable services personally, with our money. The government is not taking tax money and deciding how to spend it. The government is telling you and I how to spend our own money, period end of story. First it says we must buy something, simply because we are breathing, and then it insist we buy something we find deeply objectionable.I agree with you on capital punishment; I do not support it either. However the ship of state is driven by the current will of the majority of voters, and for whatever reason, the majority of Americans, for now anyway, think capital punishment is necessary.Think for a moment of the Mexico City policy. Years ago at a meeting in Mexico City, Reagan issed an executive order the prohibited the US government from funding UN programs that provided abortions. Republicans were dring the US ship of state then, and so that order accurately reflected the will of the majority. When Clinton won office in the 90s, in accordance with the Democrats party platform, he quickly recsined the Mexico City policy and money flowed from the US government to fund UN programs and helps pay for abortions. When Republicans won the presidency again, Bush reinstated the policy and we stopped funding UN abortion programs. Now with Obama, we are funding them again.That is how it goes with taxes and tax dollars; the governemt collect tax money and it is supposed to spend it the way the majority of voters prefer at that moment.This HHS mandate however, where the federal government is Not paying the fiddler, but insists on calling the tune, is not only not justifiable, it represents a dangerous mindset that is far worse, in that it shows those who came up with the policy are either astoundingly ignorant of the US Constitution, or that they simply do not value it at all.Either way, the whole matter is very worrisome indeed.
"The HHS mandate tells Catholics we must buy those objectionable services personally, with our money."According to my employer's HR department, the health insurance policy I earn as compensation for my labor belongs to me, not them. So employers are not buying contraception "personally, with [their] money." They are compensating their employees with insurance policies, and the employees and their doctors are choosing how to use those insurance policies. One option, among very many, is that they may choose to use them to plan their childbearing. That decision is several steps removed from the employer; it does not imply the employer's approval, nor does it implicate the employer's morality in any way.Do you believe employers should be allowed to tell employees how to use their paychecks?
Jen - If health insurance was considered to be income, it would be subject to federal income tax.
Where I work we have a choice of Kaiser Permanente or Blue Shield (I prefer Kasier). Next year (for our business) Blue Shield will go away, and we all will be on Kaiser. And so the notion that as employees, you or I have a say in the insurance is not true.He who pays the fiddler gets to call the tune. The employer pays for most of our helathcare premium, and so he (or she) gets to decide where he will buy it, and what it will be.The upshot is, your quip about the boss telling his employees what to do with their paychecks sounds good/quick, but it simply does not apply to this situation.
Jen - Your HR department is trying to get you to believe that health insurance is part of your pay. They say those sorts of things in order to keep downward pressure on employees' hourly/monthly pay - that is simply part of their job.They are lying of course; health insurance it is not part of your pay.
Ken wrote: "They are lying of course; health insurance it is not part of your pay"Perhaps you are niggling on the word "pay". It is part of your compensation for the work you do for your employer. If St Ann's hospital pays you $50,000 and provides health insurance that costs it $15,000 for your family, you are getting more compensation than if you take the same job with St. Elizabeth's hospital for $50,000 with no insurance. If you work for an employer with more the 250 employees, you will see the cost of our health insurance on the W2 form you received at the end of January. Smaller employers will begin showing it on W2's next year. Although it shows on the W2, it is non-taxable income (in most cases).
I wrote, in reference to the US bishops and the HHS contraception mandate: "how should church leaders respond to this situation? What should be the tone and pitch of their rhetoric? Should they, as Fr. Brennan seems to imply, choose to remain silent out of respect for others moral codes?"Mark Logsdon replied, "Fair questions, fairly stated. Could we consider expanding them to how should the Church respond? Perhaps your view is that these are not different questions, but I would have thought that a central issue for the Catholic Church in the near future is to resolve what shall be the relationship between the leaders (which I imagine please correct me if I am wrong would be the Bishops) and the parish-based, faithful men and women, including the pastorate and its first-line support and also the laity."Two answers that I believe are the wrong answers to the question, "How should the Church respond?" are (1) "Only the bishops may speak on behalf of the church on this matter" and (2) "the Church's views on the contraception mandate may be determined by the techniques of public opinion pollsters".My own view is as follows:* The bishops, who possess teaching authority on faith and morals, have a responsibility to inform (and form) the church as to what has been authoritatively taught by the church regarding this complex of issues that have arisen as a result of the HHS contraception mandate. This would include such topics as the teachings contained in Humanae Vitae, and the church's views on religious liberty and church/state relations. It could also include the formation and exercise of individual conscience, the rights and obligations of employees and employers, the rights and obligations of Catholic public officials, the process of determining the proximity of cooperation with evil, and the obligations of citizens in the face of an unjust law. I am sure there are other areas as well.* The Church as a whole, which includes many different stakeholders in the HHS mandate, of various types, levels and roles, has an obligation to listen respectfully and seriously to what its teachers teach on these matters. Dialogue - both speaking and listening - among these stakeholders is necessary. Ultimately, the Church needs to be able to give the type of free assent to church teachings t as appropriate to the type of teaching under consideration, and direct its public words and actions in accordance with that assent.* FWIW, I don't see that the bishops must be the public face of the entire church in the public square on the HHS mandate. Those of us who live "in the world" bear the primary responsibility for public words and actions. This is happening, of course, even though the bishops have garnered a share of prominence - perhaps disproportionately so. Bishops who are organized into a national conference and who form committees, make spokespersons available and issue public statements and media releases are relatively easy for the news media to cover.
"He who pays the fiddler gets to call the tune."That does seem to be the principle underlying this issue, yes, but I wouldn't call it a moral concern. More of a power struggle.
Ok Jen, I will tell you how many packs and what kind of cigarettes to buy each week.And you are Ok with that little power struggle? After all, my forcing you to spend your money as I see fit, is not a really moral issue.;D
Oh and of course, I will not force you to smoke the cigarettes; just to pay for them - so they are available.
Ken, if you are willing to grapple with the difference between paying for an insurance policy that can potentially be used for many different drugs or procedures depending on an individual's health needs, and directly buying a product and giving it to someone, I would be willing to have that conversation. If you're going to keep acting as though there's no difference, I am not.
Per John If St Anns hospital pays you $50,000 and provides health insurance that costs it $15,000 for your family, you are getting more compensation than if you take the same job with St. Elizabeths hospital for $50,000 with no insurance.And what business is it of the government, whether or not St Anns hospital does pay for (buys) insurance that cover contraceptives, sterilizations, or abortion?I can see where, for the sake of the common good, the government can require St. Elizabeths hospital and other large employers (i.e., 50 employees or more) to also provide insurance, but again, I cannot see why the government is so insistent about employers buying contraceptives etc.. Why would the government force employers into such a position? Basically they are forcing employers to finance the personal habits/lifestyles of their employees, habits and lifestyle the employer might find grubby and repugnant.If the government wants to use tax money to provide free contraceptives, sterilizations, and abortifacients, why doesnt Obama and crowd do that? I think it best if people pay for their lifestyle choices themselves.
Jen I will try to be clearer; I am not talking about how the government spends tax money. I am talking about unelected government bureaucrats telling you what to do with you money.There is a difference between paying taxes, and the duly-elected government spending those taxes as they think the public wants them to, and someone romping into your life and telling you first that you need to buy something (health insurance for your employees), and then insisting you purchase what they tell you to i.e., insurance that covers things you find morally offensive.The politician who decides incorrectly and spends money in a way the public does not like is subject to the ballot box and can be voted out of office. The nameless, faceless, grey bureaucrats (rule writers) are HHS is not subject to re-election. Please try not to veer down the rabbit hole.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/343460/unmourned-mark-steyn. . . It's all about a woman's "right to choose". What women? Well, how about a miss Robyn Reid and Davida Johnson:FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Robyn Reid didn't want an abortion. But when her grandmother forcibly took her to an abortion clinic one wintry day in 1998, Reid figured she'd just tell the doctor her wishes and then sneak away.Instead, Kermit Gosnell barked: "I don't have time for this!" He then ripped off her clothes, spanked her, wrestled her onto a dirty surgical stretcher, tied her flailing arms and legs down and pumped sedatives into her until she quit screaming and lost consciousness, she told the In 2001, Davida Johnson changed her mind about aborting her 6-month fetus after seeing Gosnell's dazed, bloodied patients in his recovery room, she said. But in the treatment room, Gosnell's staffers ignored her protests, slapped her, tied her arms down and sedated her into unconsciousness, she said. She awoke no longer pregnant.Oh. Well, "Dr" Gosnell's just one rogue abortionist. How about the "right to choose" over at Planned Parenthood? There are a whole range of choices - not so much for the illegally smuggled underage foreign sex slave, but at least for her pimp. If you're a middle-aged guy running a child-sex business, you have the "right to choose" what's best for that 13-year old Venezuelan hottie you brought over a couple weeks back. As the Falls Church clinic assures him:We don't necessarily look at the legal status, like I said.That's good to know." " . . . And so it goes two years on, at Doctor Gosnells trial: "Medical" assistant Adrienne Moton admitted Tuesday that she had cut the necks of at least 10 babies after they were delivered, as Gosnell had instructed her. Gosnell and another employee regularly snipped the spines to ensure fetal demise, she said.Moton recalled taking a cellphone photograph of one baby because he was bigger than any she had seen aborted before. She measured the fetus at nearly 30 weeks, and thought he could have survived, given his size and pinkish color. Gosnell later joked that the baby was so big he could have walked to the bus stop, she said. . . ."----------------------------It is an odd (interesting?) time, when a story like this gets so little coverage from mainstream media outlets.
Ken: you concede that you can understand why the government would require employers to provide insurance as part of their employee compensation. If you were against that, I'd understand, by the way -- I'm not crazy with the whole model of insurance being tied to employment, though I also realize that we have to start *somewhere* on the road to universal coverage, and we're starting from a place where insurance already is tied to employment to a large degree.But given that you're OK with the requirement that employers provide insurance, do you think there should be standards for what is provided in that insurance, so that there is a minimum level that everyone is guaranteed to have? And if you're OK with *that*, what do you think the minimum level should be based on? The standards for the no-copay preventive services were based on what is beneficial for the health of broad-based segments of the population, and allow for the prevention or early treatment of common and costly problems. Do you agree that that's an appropriate basis? (Family planning prevents a number of negative health outcomes for both women and children, as planned and properly spaced pregnancies are healthier for both.) You think some of those preventive services are immoral. Other people think some of the others (vaccines, mental health services) are immoral or against their religion. Medically speaking, that's irrelevant to the question of their inclusion in standard insurance benefits.
And again, I would point out that the employer does not purchase birth control directly or directly give it to anyone, any more than New Agers are buying vaccines for their employees or Scientologists are buying Prozac for theirs. They're basically buying "the ability to access medical care," and the employees and their doctors are deciding what medical care is appropriate for them.
To Jim Pauwels; re: responses of the Church.Thank you for a concise but comprehensive reply. You are admirably clear on your positions, and this helps me greatly in understanding. It seems to me the discussion and the distinctions you present here are deeply relevant in any number of matters beyond the HHS Mandate.I shall think about this framework, and try to apply it to what I see happening with respect to Catholic words and positions as this and other issues roll out. Mark
Jen Roth: "..buying the ability to access medical care, and the employees and their doctors are deciding what medical care is appropriate for them"This is exactly the context in which our company offers medical insurance. Thanks for the clear statement.Mark
Pope Francis has so far demonstrated a unique ability to captivate. He seems to leave listeners in a state somewhere between tears of sorrow and tears of laughter. Joni Mitchell once remarked that "heart of humor and humility will lighten up your heavy load". I don't think she was a Jesuit, just a Canadian. But perhaps they have something in common.


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The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) has reaccredited Auburn University at Montgomery's College of Business. With less than 1 percent of the world's business schools achieving accreditation of their business and accounting programs from AACSB International, Auburn Montgomery continues to distinguish itself as one of the state and nation's best business schools.
The college was first accredited by AACSB in 1978, and accounting earned initial accreditation in 2012. This winter, the program was visited and evaluated by business educators representing AACSB's Continuous Improvement Review Committee. On March 28, the AACSB's Board of Directors ratified the committee's decision to extend reaccreditation to the business programs offered at AUM.
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Built in 1985, this 18-hole golf course offers a clubhouse, driving range, golf lessons, pro shop and a putting green.
Enjoy one of tri-states best manicured golf courses at a great rate! Located just outside historic Galena, this golf course's 18 hole, par 71 layout provides a challenge for golfers of all skill levels. Full-service bar, grille, pro shop & practice range.
Located on 140 beautiful acres bordering the shores of Lake Mt. Sterling, Rolling Greens Golf Course offers the finest play in the Mt. Sterling golf community. The course has challenged players for more than 40 years, and after a complete overhaul in 2009, golfers have continued to enjoy the exciting experience at Rolling Greens Golf Course. During the improvements, talented designers renovated the exiting nine holes and also added nine more and a modern practice facility. At its lengthiest, the course plays at 6,700 yards from the back tees. Rolling Greens offers the best in equipment and apparel to compliment your game. Stop by our fully-stocked Pro Shop before or after your round and browse through name brands.
CITY:Mount Sterling
Longbridge features a nine-hole, par 36 course.
This Killian/Nugent-designed course features five water holes. An Olympic-size pool is available for free to golfers, along with sand volleyball, tennis, a softball area and more.
Victory Golf Range is the Rockford area's only indoor golf facility that offers golf entertainment in a controlled environment. Amenities include a large driving area to see true path of golf ball, hitting bays with air-cushioned driving mats, a state-of-the-art putting green, fully netted ceiling, walls and perimeter to ensure a safe hitting environment, a full service restaurant and bar, large screen TVs with latest golf and sports programming, and free WiFi.
CITY:Loves Park
Ogee features a nine-hole course.
CITY:Paw Paw
This 18-hole golf course opened in 1962.
This course has 27 holes, rated at a par 71, along with nine holes at a par 35.
Prairie Bluff Public Golf Club
Prairie Bluff is located on 237 acres of rolling terrain and is framed with prairie grass, which adds to the golf course's overall challenge and beauty for those who play here. With four sets of tees, 10 lakes and more than 40 bunkers, golfers of all skill levels will find a good challenge. At Prairie Bluff, you will enjoy our beautiful 10,000 square foot clubhouse that features a pro shop, banquet hall & bar. Beyond serving as a fabulous golf facility, Prairie Bluff is an ideal location for breakfast, lunch, dinner or cocktails. Prairie bluff's learning center offers a 10- acre driving range, short game area with bunker, putting green, private and group lessons. Let Prairie Bluff host your next golf outing!
CITY:Crest Hill
The Prairies offers an 18-hole golf course.
The 9-hole "Lone Oak" executive course at the Lone Oak Golf Course facility in Carrollton features 2,150 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 32. Designed by George DeGeal, the Lone Oak golf course opened in 1984.
Located just 10 miles south of Rock Falls, Deer Valley is a challenging 18-hole championship golf course.
CITY:Deer Grove
Emerald Hill Golf and Learning Center
This golf complex features an 18-hole course.
Red Tail Run Golf Club by Raymond Floyd
Designed by legendary hall of fame player, Raymond Floyd, this signature course features large, undulating greens, wide rolling fairways and native grasses. Located on Decatur's south side, the Park District's newest course is designed for players of all skill levels. From five tee locations and multiple angels, this signature Floyd course is truly designed for the championship to the novice golfer. Red Tail provides multiple tee locations from Championship to Junior, driving range with double tees, golf academy programming, and first tee learning center.
One of the most challenging 18 holes in Jo Daviess County. The front 9 features water on every hole, while the back 9 offers some of the most beautiful holes in the area.
This par 71, 18-hole golf club offers watered bent grass fairways, a putting green, swimming pool, tennis courts and horse shoes. Seats up to 120 people for meetings and events.
Come and play right in your backyard! Visit Maple Meadows for outings, leagues, tournaments, individual play, and the great food in our restaurant. 27 holes, no reservations required and a beautiful public course!
CITY:Wood Dale
18-Hole, 6414 yard, par 72 public golf course. Front nine opened July 4, 1993; Back nine added July 4, 2002. Bentgrass greens, bluegrass/rye mix fairways, tees, and rough. Banquet facility to accommodate up to 110 guests and clubhouse seating for up to 200. Full service pro shop fully stocked with golf clubs, balls, equipment, clothing, towels, hats, and shoes.bPractice facilities include drivingvrange with three target greens, chipping and putting green, practice bunker.
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Located on 25 acres, with woods, lakes and rolling hills, the course offers 9 holes of challenging golf for beginners and advanced golfers. Reduced rates available for golfers 55 and over. Clubhouse seats 60+ and has a variety of foods.
This nine-hole, par 3 golf course features a driving range.
Highland Park Country Club is an immaculately maintained 18-hole public golf course offering an unforgettable challenge for players of all skill levels. Located just 25 minutes north of Chicago, Highland Park's scenic beauty and world-class amenities make it the perfect locale for golf outings, weddings, banquets and fundraising events.
CITY:Highland Park
Fox Creek features an 18-hole golf course.
A popular 18-hole course on Rockford's south side, Sandy Hollow is a tree-lined fairway course with strategically placed fairway bunkers. One of the more challenging holes on the 6,228-yard course is No. 11, which requires a tee shot over a pond.
This par 9 course is located in Breese.
This beautiful, well-maintained 18-hole course has a long front nine with mature trees, and a short tricky back nine with water, bent grass, trees and greens.
Built in 1930's, with limited sand traps, one pond. Rating: 18 holes par 71; a beautiful course near shops and restaurants in Rockton and site of the earliest European settlement in northern Illinois. Purchase passes and reserve tee times on-line.
Lacoma offers 45 holes of quality golf: 18-hole championship, two 9-hole and a par 3. Best value in the tri-states!
CITY:East Dubuque
Welcome to Dwight Country Club. Located just 70 miles southwest of Chicago, DCC offers a quality golf and dining experience set in the quiet and calm of the cornfields of Central Illinois.
18-hole public golf course and golf shop. Restaurant open for lunch daily; Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for dinner. Meeting rooms and banquet facilities for up to 250.
CITY:Glendale Heights
18 hole championship golf course with 1st class practice facilities. Full service restaurant and banquet facility.
This nine-hole, par 31 course includes a driving range.
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Itasca Country Club is rich in tradition and offers a cost-effective solution for golf outings, corporate entertaining and special events in a picturesque setting. Enjoy beautiful surroundings, spectacular views, and the service of a fine country club-for your wedding reception or other banquet event. Amidst the elegant grounds and facilities, our skilled professional staff will put you at ease and ensure your special occasion is unforgettable.
Woodbine Bend Championship Golf Course
Immaculate 18-hole links-style golf course offers a challenge and a great time for golfers of all skill levels.
This 18-hole, par 70 course is a challenge for players of all levels.
This 18-hole course has lots of character, and is open to the public from 9am-12pm Monday through Friday. Golf carts are available.
This picturesque, 18-hole watered course winds through wooded and lowland areas along the meandering Kishwaukee River. Oak Club is rated among the region's top 20 courses by Chicagoland Golf.
Governors Run Golf and Country Club
This championship 18-hole course has 13 lakes scattered throughout the par 72 layout. It boasts five sets of tees to accommodate all skill levels on exquisitely manicured greens.
Boasting some of the largest greens in the Midwest, the 18-hole Clinton Hill has matured into one of the finest public golf courses around, with a great blend of par 3s, 4s and 5s.
Open seasonally, this par 3 course is located in Washington Park.
This nine- and 18-hole championship golf course features a driving range and practice green.
Silver Ridge is an 18-hole public golf course.
This beautiful par 72, 18-hole golf course in a scenic rural setting features a driving range and banquet facility.
This nine-hole golf course offers a putting green and cart rental.
Our 18-hole golf course provides a serene backdrop to many of the course's lush fairways and manicured greens. There is a practice bunker, chipping-putting greens and well-equipped pro shop. Private and group lessons available from our PGA Professional. Clubhouse restaurant serves lunch and dinner from 11am–9pm.
This course was chosen as one of Golf Digest's Best Places to Play.
Located between Marion and Carbondale, this 18-hole, semi-private par 70 course features lush zoysia fairways and a practice area with target greens. Crab Orchard made Golf Digest's 2008/09 "Best Places to Play" list.
Enjoy the delightful rural atmosphere at this semi-private facility located near the banks of the Fox River in lovely McHenry. Accept the challenge to play the longest hole in Illinois, measuring over 700 yards.
Pinecrest Golf Club, Restaurant and Banquet Facility
Pinecrest Golf Club, Restaurant and Banquet Facility is open to the public and operated by the Huntley Park District. Pinecrest Golf Club features 18 holes of championship golf for all skill levels, driving range, sand/chipping area and putting green.
Golf the par 9 course at this country club.
This public 18-hole, 72 par course offers rental clubs and carts, and a pro on site.
This wooded 18-hole course with narrow fairways and gently rolling terrain offers 6,107 challenging yards on its par 71 course. Opened in 1922, it is named for Lt. Clayton Ingersoll, who lost his life in an air crash over France in World War I. This course is located on Rockford's far west side and was selected by the Tiger Woods Foundation to host Tiger Woods for a two-day golf clinic in 2001 and 2004.
This 18-hole, par 72 public golf facility, designed by Keith Foster, opened in August, 1999 and has earned rave reviews as a course that is both challenging and exciting to play. Its design reflects the golden era of golf course architecture of the 1920's and 30's with bentgrass fairways, tees, and greens. Individuals, tournaments and golf outings welcome. Enjoy a sandwich and beverage in the full service clubhouse grill or enjoy refreshments on the veranda overlooking the 9th and 18th holes. The Eden Room is also available for events, golf outings and banquets, please call for more information.
Home of the LPGA State Farm Classic and designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr., this course received a 4-star rating from Golf Digest.
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - This 9-hole, par-35 course stretches over 3,000 yards. The well-maintained fairways and greens, along with sand and water hazards, offer a unique and challenging golf experience. The newly remodeled clubhouse is a picturesque location for a special event.
This well-established, hilly nine-hole, semi-private course has many mature oaks, small greens and one water hole. The club also offers a swimming pool, tennis court and snack bar.
This scenic, wooded 18-hole public golf course features a fully stocked pro shop.
Beautiful course, hidden in the hills, awaits golfers of all skill levels. Eighteen challenging holes, elevated greens, wide open fairways.
This club features a nine-hole, par 35 golf course.
This nine-hole course is open seasonally, with amenities that include a clubhouse and tee times for non-members.
Terry Park offers a nine-hole, par 35 course.
This 18-hole golf course was designed by Robert B. Harris.
CITY:Granite City
This beautiful 18-hole golf course is enjoyable for all levels of golfers, located just minutes from Rockford in Belvidere.
Built in 1966, this semi-private, 18-hole golf course is situated on extremely hilly terrain, and features a putting green and chipping area.
This public 18-hole, par 70 course is open year round, with rental clubs and carts, plus a snack bar.
This 18-hole golf course was designed by Don Horell.
Wolf Creek Golf Club - Danville
This nine-hole course is open to the public seven days a week. Its two sets of tees both have a par of 36.
This unique 18-hole course was built on the site of the old County Farm and Home; the dairy barn has been remodeled and is now used as a clubhouse. The course is 6,449 yards, par 72.
Stardust Golf and Country Club
Stardust offers 9 holes of golf with a par of 36. Winter golf is available. Amenities include club and cart rental and a snack bar.
CITY:Johnston City
This par 72, Goalby-designed golf course has 18 challenging holes.
Situated on 45 beautiful acres, this nine-hole, 2205-yard, Par 32, executive length course offers the perfect course for a quick round of great golf.
The Willow Glen Golf Club is home to a picturesque 18-hole layout that provides an enjoyable challenge for all skill levels. The new clubhouse is home to Buckley's Restaurant and Pub making Willow Glen one of the finest golf and dining experiences on the North Shore. Open to the public!
CITY:Great Lakes
Stonebridge offers 18 holes of first-class golf.
This nine-hole golf course opened in 1910.
Deerpath Golf Course in Lake Forest opens for play in March and closes for the season on or about December 15. This 18-hole public course, measures 6,255 yards with a par 70 and 5,487 yards with a par 72 for women. The course has spectacular mature trees, high quality naturalized areas and beautiful water features including ponds and streams. The Deerpath Golf Academy offers the finest golf instruction on the North Shore. Golfers of all abilities will realize immediate and sustainable improvement for a lifetime of better golf.
CITY:Lake Forest
This 18-hole, semi-private country club features lush Bermuda fairways and bent grass greens with four sets of tees (the longest over 6,500 yards). Green Hills also offers a large driving range, plus practice and chipping greens, a pro shop, lounge and restaurant.
CITY:Mount Vernon
This beautiful 30,000-square-foot clubhouse features an upscale restaurant with patio seating and 18 holes of championship golf.
CITY:Buffalo Grove
Built as a private course in 1966, this 18-hole course was purchased by the Forest Preserve District in 1978. Fairway bunkers and sand traps test a golfer's skill and accuracy. In addition, water hazards are featured on 10 holes. Area golfers are now enjoying this challenging course. Par 72. Clubhouse and restaurant. Purchase passes and reserve tee times on-line.
Nashville Municipal Golf Course
This nine-hole golf course opened in 1967.
Casual atmosphere with a complete bar, serving burgers, pasta, seafood and steaks.
This challenging 18-hole course is open year round, and features a clubhouse, driving range and tee times for non-members.
Come and bowl with your family or a group of friends at Lincoln's bowling center.
This nine-hole golf course offers cart rental.
18 holes- open to public. This course features bent grass greens, fairways and tees. With a mix of mature trees throughout, there is also plenty of sand and water to challenge your shot making skills. A great test for all players with big, undulating greens, three par-3s of more than 200 yards and water on 12 of 18 holes. Also featured is a restaurant, with a lounge and banquet facilities, an all grass driving range, practice greens, full service Pro Shop, halfway house, pool and locker rooms. Tee times available daily. Golf and lung cards are accepted.
Just 30 minutes from downtown Chicago, Ruffled Feathers' aesthetic beauty is matched only by the genius layout. We are the only Pete and P.B. Dye designed golf course in Illinois and a must-play for any devoted golfer. Our championship caliber, well-conditioned golf course awaits your arrival with one of the finest sets of par 3's in the Midwest. Ruffled Feathers has 18 wonderful holes with tee sets for all skill levels and is your premier place to golf.
This University Park golf course is rated 3-1/2 stars by Golf Digest, and has been host to several major Chicago-area golf events.
CITY:University Park
Scenic, challenging nine-hole course carved into the Jo Daviess County hills. Full-service pro shop, bar, grill. Call for tee time.
CITY:Apple River
This 18-hole course features a practice range, pro shop, snack shop and banquet facilities.
Practice your swing at this driving range.
Naperbrook Golf Course is an 18-hole links-style course featuring rolling hills, native prairie grass and an ever-present breeze. The course offers a ten-acre driving range, separate teaching tee, 10,000 square-foot practice green and versatile clubhouse.
This public 18-hole course offers challenges for both beginning and advanced golfers. A lighted driving range allows extended practice hours, and free group golf lessons are available every Saturday.
CITY:Mount Vernon
University Golf Club & Conference Center
18-hole championship golf course; Restaurant, full menu; live entertainment; weekend breakfast/brunch; Banquet & Meeting facility, custom design to fulfill your special event.
CITY:University Park
This course offers an immaculate Bermuda fairway and bent green grass, par71 course. Franklin County also features a fine dining restaurant, locker rooms and a pro shop. Just 8 miles south of Rend Lake.
CITY:West Frankfort
The 18-hole "pine lakes" course at the Pine Lakes Golf Course facility features 5,889 yards of golf from the longest trees for a par of 67. The course rating is 67.0 and it has a slope rating of 107.
This golf course is a stunning example of a golf course designed from the early part of the 20th century. Saukie was built in 1927 (opened in 1928) and designed by Thomas Bendelow. This public course is considered to be an "executive length" course and is a classic example of a short course that will challenge every golfer. Tee times available 6 a.m to 6 p.m.
CITY:Rock Island
Apple Orchard is a par 27, nine-hole course with a pro shop and snack bar.


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I'm very interested in game development, and I'd like to start on some basics. Sorry if this is a poor question, this is my first time on StackExchange.
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I'd say c++ with SDL is a good place to start.
SDL is a library that helps you manage input with keyboard, mouse, draws you the window you need for the game, and handles alot of the little details you don't need/want to know as a beginner, abstracting all that to give you a quick and simple framework to work on for a beginner.
Get SDL here: http://www.libsdl.org/ Use Code::Blocks or some other IDE. I like CB myself.


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AEP is offered as an alternative to Court for underage alcohol offenders. Eligibility requirements are: (1) must be between the ages of 17 and 21; (2) must have no other alcohol-related offenses or criminal record. A person may only participate in AEP once. Participation in AEP does not prevent a person's future eligibility to participate in PTI. Offenses covered by AEP are purchase/possession/transfer of an alcohol beverage, open container in a motor vehicle, open container in a public place, Public Disorderly Conduct (PDC), Public Drunk, Littering, and Possession /Use of False Identification. You must apply for AEP at the Clemson Municipal Court PRIOR to or DURING the scheduled court date and time. No applications will be accepted after Court. The application will then be forwarded to Solicitor's Office. If the applicant is accepted into the program, the Solicitor's Office will then schedule enrollment for the applicant.
PTI is offered as a "second chance" to those participants who do not present a threat to society and have no significant prior criminal history. Applications are accepted PRIOR TO YOUR SCHEDULED COURT DATE at the Solicitor's Diversion Program's Office located at 113 Court Street, Pickens, SC 29671. To apply you must have the following: (1) a Money Order for $100.00; (2) copy of the warrant or ticket; (3) picture I.D.; and, (4) Social Security Card.
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E3 2014: Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris revealed with first exciting footageWritten by: / / 6 Comments
In addition to the announcement of an all-new adventure for Lara Croft in Rise of the Tomb Raider, Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have announced a brand new isometric action game to follow on from the excellent Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light.
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, due for release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC at an undetermined time in the future, is a four-player co-operative game with a new story where players must work together to "explore the temple, defeat hordes of enemies from the Egyptian underworld, solve devious puzzles, and avoid deadly traps."
Here's the story set up:
"Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris takes place deep in the deserts of Egypt. In her new adventure, Lara must join forces with rival treasure hunter Carter Bell and imprisoned gods Horus and Isis, to defeat the evil god Set.
"As Lara and her companions fight the elements of nature across the sands and through ancient tombs, they will battle legendary deities and creatures of myth. With the fate of the world at stake, Lara must recover the fragments of Osiris to stop Set from enslaving all mankind."
Head of Product Development and Western Studios, Darrell Gallagher, said of the game:
"After the immensely positive reception we received for our debut co-op adventure Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, we always hoped that we would find the time for Lara to return in another classic AAA digital arcade title.
"We are excited to expand upon Guardian of Light's legacy with an entirely new adventure, and challenged ourselves to create fun new ways to play. Four-player co-op in Lara's world combined with Crystal Dynamics' high production values are being brought to a new generation of platforms and we are excited for more friends to share in the adventure together."
Watch the debut trailer for Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris below to set your eyes on the first gameplay footage:
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris: Announcement Trailer
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Given the complexities of being a parent, life itself, cultural difference, etc. -- how does one begin to evaluating yourself as a parent without being bias, or getting biased feedback?
If you are asking the question, then that's all that matters. The act of asking the question implies that you care how you are doing as a parent and that means you're likely the best parent you can be already.
So don't sweat it. Enjoy the kids.
This is a hard one. First it depends on the age of the children. I sometimes ask my 8 year old what questions I should ask on this site, to see, from her point of view, what I need to work on as a parent (obviously a biased source). I read parenting books and evaluate their advice and then evaluate myself based on that. I have a friend who is a child psychologist who notices things I do right and lets me know he is impressed. I evaluate (in my head) other people's parenting and try to repeat or not repeat their behavior.
I hope that helps, really not an easy question. Remember that we all make mistakes! My husband and I joke when we make a mistake that we catch that at least we will know why our child will be in therapy. It takes the sting out of the mistake.
Do you love your children?
Do you give them your time?
Do you prioritize on their behalf?
Do you provide for them?
Do you protect them?
Do you teach them right from wrong?
Do you model for them the principles that you are teaching?
Do you teach them humility?
Do you let them fail gently and them help pick them back up?
Do you encourage them?
Are you patient?
Are you kind and gentle?
Are you consistent?
If you answer yes to most of these questions, you're doing alright.
This is a bit of a flippant answer, but it's the one I remember when I'm dealing with first-world problems:
Not the deepest sentiment in the world, but I think it makes the point memorably.
I think that it's human nature to believe that "my way is probably not all that bad" while at the same time having just a little doubt now and then.
I think it's impossible to evaluate yourself without bias, unless perhaps if you're Mahatma Gandhi or Viktor Frankl. You also can't expect a truly unbiased commentary from others, because everybody views the world through their eyes.
The best you can do, in my view, is to ask trusted friends and complete strangers (and, as Morah points out: your children!) how they perceive things and just listen without arguing. Then, later, pick from their response the parts you can use and the parts that nag you at night, and leave the rest behind.
I don't often question or review my own ability as a parent. But when I do consider my parenting skills, and when I discuss with my wife how we're doing, I most often compare to what I know best - my own upbringing. I think most of us can relate to the statement that I think my parents did a good job but there a few things I'm going to want to do differently. Curiously, I sometimes find myself doing pretty much exactly like my parents did, for better or for worse.
My best indicator of my parenting skills comes from seeing how my son interacts with other people (kids as well as adults), and secondarily how he does with us parents. I am very pleased to note that he is very well-behaved -- whatever that word means to me. To you it might have a different meaning, and that's fine; difference is good, as long as we can all still get along.
Everybody has weaknesses, and I know and acknowledge at least some of my own. Admitting them is only the first step though, and most of our traits are so deeply ingrained that we cannot completely prevent them from shaping our children. Showing awareness and effort on my own behalf helps.
I also have beliefs that are contrary to those of the culture around me, and I consciously try to minimize this friction. At the same time though, standing firm against the trend can be a strength, but it needs to be exercised with care.
You also have strengths, you have traits that make you a better parent in some respect. Allow yourself to be pleased about these, but don't count and compare them against the number or weight of your weaknesses. At the end of it all, be content to be just satisfied if you feel you're doing reasonably well.
Nobody is perfect. It probably wouldn't be fun, anyway.
I think most responses are good. I will add here a methodology to help us see clearly how we are doing.
Any evaluation requires a clear definition of a set of goals and means to measure the progress or lack of.
The first step is to make a list of "What we really want for the child". Keep on the list only what is in our reach. Keep only the most important items. It should be relatively short list (5 items?). This list will be modified as the child grows older and new needs arise.
The second step is to decide on how we will measure our progress for each item on the list. For example, "when my child learn to do something", or "when he stops doing something". Subjectively give a grade for each item. As others suggested, we can only be subjective. I believe this is good enough if the goals are defined clearly. we may solicit feedback from others who are close to us. Teachers evaluation of the child can be of great help.
Re-evaluate periodically. For low grade items, analyze the causes and adjust accordingly. You may also consult literature and professionals.
I evaluate based on what my parents did or didn't do. I tend to believe that my parents did it poorly, so that is my baseline for comparison.
I simply try to do it better than they did. Everytime I feel I did better, I chalk up a score and make a touchdown signal.
End result: my older (20,18) kids like me enuf to drop by unannounced to eat up all my lasagna, and my younger kids (10,8,6) just sat and watched "CNN Presents: Anonymous" with me.


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STEUBENVILLE -A 24-year-old seminarian from the Catholic Diocese of Steubenville was among the hundreds of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square Wednesday night to witness Pope Francis make his first public appearance.
"I was blessed to be in the square that night to see Pope Francis. It was an incredibly beautiful and prayerful experience that culminated in a great joy for the whole church," shared Ed Maxfield in an e-mail from Rome.
Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected pope on the fifth round of voting Wednesday evening in Rome by the Conclave charged with selecting the successor to Pope Benedict XVI.
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WITNESS TO CHURCH HISTORY — Edward Maxfield, a seminarian from the Catholic Diocese of Steubenville, stands in front of the Vatican in Rome where he is studying and preparing for the priesthood. Maxfield was in St. Peter's Square for Pope Benedict XVI's last public audience and for the introduction of Pope Francis last week. -- Contributed
Approximately one hour later the new pontiff emerged to shyly greet a massive crowd and asked for their prayers for himself.
"The most powerful part of the evening was when Pope Francis asked a half million people in St. Peter's Square to be silent and pray to God, for Him to bless His new pope. Just like that a half million people bowed their heads and prayed in silence, you really could have heard a pin drop. That was probably the most incredible moment of the night. I am just so blessed to have been there and so excited to have seen the joy of the crowd at the election and introduction of the new Pontiff," added Maxfield.
Maxfield was assigned by former Bishop Daniel Conlon of the Steubenville Diocese to study for the priesthood at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.
"I was sent here in 2010 by Bishop Conlon to do my theological studies in preparation for priesthood. The North American College really is simply America's seminary in Rome. The other students here are from dioceses around the USA and we were all assigned by our bishops to do our theological studies in Rome. This is my third year here and I will be ordained to the diaconate in Steubenville this week at Holy Name Cathedral.
"I did not have the pleasure of meeting Pope Benedict XVI, but I have been awfully close to him a few times. I served Vespers on Dec. 31, 2012, for him, so I was very near to him indeed. I have also been a frequent attendant at his Sunday Angelus and his audiences because the college is just 10 minutes from the Vatican.
"Also, as a result of doing theological studies during his pontificate, I have read a lot of his work. So, even though I have never met him personally, I feel like I know him through these other means. I am a very big fan of Pope Benedict and think that he is a kind, brilliant man, who always has the best interests of the church at heart," noted Maxfield.
"Everyone was a little shocked at the resignation of Pope Benedict but very supportive. Everyone was also very supportive of the cardinals as they arrive here and very excited to meet and great our new pope," said Maxfield.
He said the seminaries were not sure how to react to the pope's resignation in February.
"During the last conclave, in 2005, it had been so long since a conclave that no one was really sure how to act or respond to it. The universities around the city asked then-Cardinal Ratzinger, Dean of the College of Cardinals, if they should cancel class for the conclave. His response was that students of a university should study, conclave or no conclave," declared Maxfield.
"As a result, both then and now, students at the Roman universities, myself included, occupied our mornings by going to class. Once the conclave started I was hopeful of being in St. Peter's Square at the times when they usually burn the ballots. And I was able to make it to St. Peter's Square in time for the introduction of Pope Francis," explained Maxfield.
While living at the North American College, I do my theological studies across the city, at Pontifical Gregorian University, the Jesuit run university here in Rome," Maxfield said.
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I'd like to built a script to switch the proxies between home and work. I know that you can set the wget proxy by using
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Chrome for example uses the setting I deployed under System settings -> Network -> Proxy. Where is this information saved?


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I believe there was an old conjecture that there's always a prime number between
N and
What's the history and how is this proven is the easiest/elementary/deepest ways?
I believe there was an old conjecture that there's always a prime number between
What's the history and how is this proven is the easiest/elementary/deepest ways?
Proven. This is called Bertrand's postulate. Here is Erdos' elementary proof; the original proof is due to Chebyshev.
For large enough x, x+x^.525 contains a prime see:
R. C. Baker, G. Harman and J. Pintz, The difference between consecutive primes, II, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society 83, (2001), 532–562.
For more on related results on prime gaps see the follwoing
There are various proofs of Bertrand's postulate. There is quite an easy one available if one treats it together with the proof of the usual (double) Chebyshev bound as a unit. One optimizes the proof of the Chebyshev bound for subsequently proving Bertrand's Postulate by the method of Ramanujan (getting rid of the appeal to Stirling's formula at the same time).
The history of Bertrand's Postulate is set forth in The Development of Prime Number Theory by Wladyslaw Narkiewicz.
A comment to the comment by Michael Lugo. The Prime Number Theorem is considerably harder to prove than Bertrand's Postulate, and getting the PNT in the form of good explicit inequalities is hard work on top of that (such inequalities exist, and are useful for some purposes).
See Chandrasekharan, Analyic Number Theory, for the proof by S. S. Pillai. It is quite easy.
Erdös's proof is also contained in Chapter 2 of Proofs from THE BOOK, by Aigner & Ziegler.
It has to be noted that we can also give a (conditional) proof of Bertrand's Postulate assuming the veracity of Goldbach's Conjecture. This was the subject matter of a filler piece that appeared on page 492 of the sixth issue (vol. 112) of the Monthly.
Also, it has to be noted that the reference given by Michael Lugo doesn't contain the original proof of Erdős. The original one is to be found here.
One remark to relate Bertrand's postulate to the prime number theorem: Chebyshev's work was related to bounding ratios of factorials--in particular $\frac{2n!}{n!n!}.$
His later proof that $C\frac{x}{\log x} < \pi(x) < D\frac{x}{\log x}$ made use of other ratios (in this case $\frac{30n!n!}{15n!5n!3n!}$). In theory one could try and improve the numbers used in the ratio to asymptotically prove the prime number theorem. Jonathan Bober (among others) have worked on this. He has catalogued many different combinations of ratios of factorials (this also ends up tying into G and E functions....but I'm already out of my depth of what I'm capable of explaining).


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A parent education program is back in business thanks to a grant opportunity from a popular bear store.
Parents As Teachers is a program offered through the Family Enrichment Center. Its where parent educators make personal visits to families to help improve parenting skills, increase school readiness and provide health information. The program was eliminated as of June 30th because of funding being cut by United Way, but Parent Educator Nancy Booth reached out to Build-A-Bear Workshop to fill the void.
"Since Build-A-Bear started in St. Louis and so did Parents As Teacher, they were familiar with the program. When they found out our situation, they know how valuable it is," Booth explains.
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The $10,000 grant from Build-A-Bear, along with $500 from both Knights of Columbus and the Bowling Green Junior Woman's Club means the program will continue for at least a year.
For more information on Parents As Teachers, you can call the Family Enrichment Center at (270) 781-6714.


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Woodbury: Preparedness is a high priority with town officials
Recently, I read a published notice about a "Coffee-Break Preparedness," a community social event. My interest was piqued further when the item stated residents should come and share a cup of coffee, ideas, thoughts, concerns and solutions regarding emergency preparedness. Having just emerged from the ravages of Hurricane Sandy, I decided to attend.
On Friday, Nov. 2, I arrived at the Woodbury Deli at 3:30 p.m., grabbed a cup of coffee and sat down with a very pleasant fellow, Randy Ashmore, Woodbury's emergency management director. For the next hour, I, along with another interested citizen, shared my experiences about Hurricane Sandy. Randy listened intently and wrote down ideas I shared about how the community could be better prepared. I was pleasantly surprised. There was no pitch to buy something or pressure to do anything.
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"Reports that Omar Al-Bayoumi is an agent of the Saudi Government are baseless and not true. It is unfortunate that reports keep circulating in the media describing him as an agent of the Saudi government with attribution only to anonymous officials. This is blatantly false.
"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States both investigated and dismissed this matter after the September 11 attacks. Al-Bayoumi was detained in London and questioned by U.S. and British law enforcement officials. I doubt that the FBI would have let him go had he been in any way implicated in the events of 9-11. He was also questioned upon his return to Saudi Arabia by Saudi law enforcement officials. The investigations in this matter have concluded that he was not involved in the 9-11 attacks.
"The Saudi government has not received any new information implicating Mr. Al-Bayoumi, nor has it received any requests from any friendly government to further question him.
"Questions about Al-Bayoumi had been asked and answered. Apparently, this is a case of someone simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
"Since 9-11, Saudi Arabia has questioned thousands of individuals, and detained over 500, of whom 150 have been arrested since the May 12 attacks in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia has captured or killed the top three Al-Qaeda operatives in the Kingdom. It has broken up Al-Qaeda cells. It has intercepted attempts to smuggle weapons and explosives into Saudi Arabia by members of Al-Qaeda, it has unearthed caches of explosives and weapons and stifled numerous terrorist attacks against Saudi and other targets. The Kingdom has extradited people from numerous countries in order to bring them to justice. It has worked with and shared intelligence on Al-Qaeda with friendly governments, including the United States. Saudi Arabia has tightened its financial system and worked with its charities to implement one of the toughest financial control mechanisms in the world in order to prevent evildoers from taking advantage of the generosity of Saudi citizens. These are the actions of a state that is pursuing terrorists and evildoers with vigilance and without mercy. They are not the actions of a state that in any way, shape or form condones terrorism, much less supports it.
"It is unfortunate that since the tragic events of 9-11 some people have tried to malign our country, our people and our faith by leveling baseless charges spreading rumors, innuendo and untruths. American officials, including the President, have repeatedly and publicly attested to Saudi Arabian commitment to the War on Terrorism and to the positive role it has played in confronting evildoers."


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Corrected a few minor bugs with unused expressions due to extra semicolon in df3fun.cpp
Fixed bug 129, taking the determinant of a dvar_matrix with a lower bound > 1, array out of bounds error
Don't use MINGW_HOME confusing.
Use a better check for LLVM compilers that use different options.
Fix linker option to statically load to shared library.
Use LDFLaGS in shared target.
Hard code paths for shared.
Hard code paths.
Use object files for shared.
Fix shareed object targets.
Allow CXXFLAGS and LDFLAGS to be set on command line.
For only libadmb builds.
Use correct path.
Fixes for cl.
Fix typos.
Fix clean and should copy utilities.
Big changes to the GNU make build files. Enable parallel builds, documentation and minimize unnessary tasks for building ADMB.
Simplify and cleanup .dll and .so builds.
REVISION is too much of a problem remove for now.
Opss fix make verify.
Fix paths and copy less.
Remove unused build file.
Don't use quotes.
Fix broken build file for cygwin and mingw shells.
Readd adlink.bat and adcomp.bat and other fixes.
fvar_op4.cpp should be compiled only for safe lib.
* User interface: Windows admb bash script has a .sh extension to avoid conflict with batch file. So in MinGW or Cygwin shell, user will need+ to use + + [~/admb/examples/admb/simple/]$ ~/admb/admb.sh simple
Revert some changes from previous revision.
Fixes for mingw builds.
Fixes to windows utilities\make build if msys is in PATH.
Use right path.
Add check:
Avoid findstring.
Opps put back line.
Readd adlink and adcomp.
Fix AND cleanup tpl2rem and tpl2cpp targets.
Fixes and cleanups with main and contributed build files.
Fix Windows build with sh.exe in PATH.
More fixes with contrib build files.
Use spaces.
Fix typo and clean up build files.
More fixes, now utilities/mingw/bin is in front of path.
Correct typo.
Fix typo.
I totally get it nowsvn diff GNUmakefile | less! Should not attempt to set SHELL...Just use what's given to avoid hangups. Simple is good.
Major changeBuild file is be able to work with windows PATH containing bash.exe or sh.exe, but will require futher testing by the group.
Cleanups to admb-cfg file and shared target.
MinGW scripts cleanups.
Change .bat to .cmd extension to force non 16 bit shell. More cleanups
Fix broken build file.
Don't use cscript.
Fix link issue with -g, libadmb.a should be all saf libs for MinGW.
svnversion outputs 'Unversion directory' in a non svn directory, so ignore REVISION for now.
Remove ununsed function.
Clean out more files.
Fix typo
Clean out windows flex output files.
Remove need to set Variables in verify.
Force SHELL=cmd
Fix issue for dos builds that have sh.exe or bash.exe in PATH.
add FMM group to mainpage and fmin to FMM group
Some fixes for windows build.
Add MINGW_HOME variable to scripts to use existing compiler instead of in utilities\mingw.
Fix warning by initialize with integer with 0 instead of 0.0.
Improve build files and scripts.
Added int unvar=1; to that was missing in void function_minimizer::trust_region_update in f1b2trs.cpp
Remove unused variable.
Comment out ununused debug code.
Do not use soft links with mingw or cygwin shells.
Remove extern from adptimer and some code formating.
Fix ununused variable warnings.
Use scoping for readablity.
Fix ununused warnings.
Some code clean up, watch for null before deleting...
Fix linker error with icpc.
Reformat code.
Reformat banner and don't output binary character.
Fix path typos and add NO_UTILITIES conditional for those that do not wish to use utilities programs for dos.
Remove unused macro.
Clean more files.
Silence more unreferenced parameter warnings.
Silence vc unreferenced parameter warnings.
Silence vc unreferenced parameters warnings.
Deref first then decrement.
Format code.
Use for loop scoping.
Fix warning with strtok.
Add missing object file.
Initialize to avoid compiler warning.
Code cleanup.
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Anyone have a suggestion for a new tablet?
I'm in the market for a new tablet, but I'm a bit unsure of what to get. I'm looking for something decent with android. and around 7 to 10 inches. Anyone have any suggestions?
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i hear the Nexus 7 is nice. read Engadget's review here
Edit: @carl669: you beat me! I Was reading about the Q when I should have been posting!
@carl669: I played with the Nexus 7 this weekend because a friend of mine bought one. It's okay but nothing to write home about. It's missing a rear camera and a microSD slot.
My recommendation is to stick with the 10" versions and my favorite is the ASUS TF700 which I also own. It is very fast and has 3D video capabilities, a front and rear camera, and a microSD slot. You can get a keyboard for about $150 that adds even more battery life and USB ports and another SD Slot.
I've been using the TF700 since it came out and I wouldn't be able to recommend a different model than this one.
@cengland0: i can do without the back camera, but i was kind of annoyed about the no SD slot thing. apparently you can connect a usb drive up to it after rooting.
Husband has the Nexus 7 and is like a six-year old on Christmas morning.
Nexus 7, Kindle Fire 2 (once released) or Samsung Galaxy. Whatever you do, stay away from being fruity.
I realize that you said android, but my family has 3 iPads. I would recommend them in a heartbeat. JM2C.
@jsimsace: iPads are nice. Android is nice. The only reason I would stick with the Android is that it's open source. I can plug it into my computer and it acts like an external drive so I can easily transfer files to it. All the iPads and iPhones require that you use iTunes to synchronize your files.
Many of the applications are available on both the iPad and the android devices. When install the application on the iPad, it might cost you a couple bucks. If you get the same application on the android, the price is either cheaper or free and supported by advertisements instead.
Not one single iPad or iPhone has the ability to install additional memory cards but several android devices have this capability.
One problem with Android is there are so many different versions of the OS and so many different resolutions out there that some of the applications will be incompatible with your device. At least Apple makes sure everything works before it appears on the market.
Point made, and acknowledged. Thanks for the definition. :)
I got my G/F an Acer Iconia 10" for its on-board USB, Card slot, HDMI out. She likes it, uses it for her Psychology schooling (reading), she annotates PDF files with it. Her aunts have also got her hooked on some games. We've not had a problem with it, we've had it about 10 months.
I own a Patriot Tablet from KIZTEK.com. Its only $110 and performs great. Had it for about 8 months and no issues so far. Great tablet for the price. They aren't as popular as most of the other brands but they have great customer service and I got my tablet within a few days of ordering.