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CADIZ - St. Clairsville has played in its fair share of big boys' high school basketball games over the past season-and-a-half.
Harrison Central hasn't.
With both squads bringing 1-loss records into Friday night's Buckeye 8 clash inside a standing-room-only John W. Stephenson Activities Center in Cadiz, a hotly contested game was expected as Huskies' head coach Justin Clifford had never beaten his father, Kim, who is St. Clairsville's veteran mentor.
The seasoned Red Devils, who advanced to the Division II Final Four last season, used a early spurt to jump out early and a late run to seal a 60-43 verdict.
"We've played some pretty good teams so far," Kim Clifford advised. "And tonight was another one of them. Our kids have a lot of respect for Harrison Central.
"We were ready early and it's always good to jump out ahead, especially on the road."
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St. Clairsville 60, Harrison Central 43
St. Clairsville 18 12 12 18 - 60
Harrison Central 7 12 12 12 - 43
ST. CLAIRSVILLE (5-1): Monteroso 14 4-7 33; Marhefka 0 0-0 0; Giffin 0 0-1 0; Jeffries 4 2-2 11; Carlton 4 2-2 11; Campbell 0 2-2 2; Burghy 1 0-0 3; Keylor 0 0-0 0; Derosa 0 0-0 0; Gossett 0 0-0 0; Totals: 23-44 10-14.
HARRISON CENTRAL (7-2): R. Mitchell 2 0-0 4; K. Mitchell 2 0-0 4; Kowalski 2 4-4 8; Watt 6 0-1 15; Pelegreen 3 2-4 10; Olmstead 0 0-0 0; Evans 0 0-0 0; Rutter 0 0-0 0; Yoho 0 0-0 0; Reddish 1 0-0 2; Totals: 16-43 6-9.
Three-Point Goals: St. Clairsville 4 (Jeffries, Carlton, Monteroso, Burghy); Harrison Central 5 (Watt 3, Pelegreen 2)
St. Clairsville snapped a 2-all deadlock 95 seconds into the game as it went on a 13-0 run fueled by reigning co-Division II Player of the Year Dan Monteroso. The 6-3 senior netted a dozen of his game-high 33 points in the initial 8-minute period that saw his team hold an 18-7 advantage.
"They've played a lot of big games and good teams last year and this year," Justin Clifford allowed. "This was our 'big' game. I wouldn't say we played lackadaisical in the first quarter, but more like deer in the headlights."
The Huskies (7-2) turned the ball over six times in the first quarter, and then added eight more in the second panel. However, they settled down and took very good care of the basketball in the second half, turning it over just twice.
Adam Jeffries scored five of his 11 markers in the second eight minutes, while Monteroso added four as both teams put up a dozen counters for a 30-19 St. Clairsville lead.
However, the visitors held a seemingly comfortable 28-9 lead with a little over three minutes left in the first half only to see Harrison Central make a late move.
The Huskies outscored the Red Devils 10-2 down the stretch as Fletcher Watt knocked down seven of his team-best 15 points.
Harrison Central kept the momentum early in the third frame as it ran off 12 of the first 18 counters to cut the margin to five, 36-31, on a pair of free throws from sophomore Austin Kowalski.
St. Clairsville re-gained its composure and went on a 12-0 spree that encompassed the end of the third quarter and the first 57 ticks of the fourth. Monteroso's conventional three-point play made it 48-31 with 7:03 on the clock.
"I was proud that our kids kind of turned it up defensively there at the end of the third quarter," Kim Clifford noted. "We made a nice run.
"I told them at halftime that basketball is a game of runs and Harrison Central was going to make run sooner or later.
"They made it early in the third and we weathered it."
Following back-to-back buckets by the Huskies, St. Clairsville reeled off a dozen unanswered points, led by Monteroso with eight.
"Life is always much more fun when Dan is on your side," Kim Clifford said with a huge smile. "The other guys do a nice job of feeding off of him, and we're doing a real good job of understanding our roles."
Jeffries and Riley Carlton evenly divided 22 counters for the Red Devils. In addition to his point total, Monteroso, who has verballed to Boston College to play football, grabbed a game-best 10 rebounds, charted five steals, dished out three assists and blocked a shot.
St. Clairsville held a slim, 29-26, edge off the glass as Rashaen Mitchell and Nick Pelegreen each landed seven boards for the Huskies. Watt led the scoring with 15 points. Pelegreen added 10.
The Red Devils host Bellaire Tuesday before welcoming Steubenville the next night. They conclude their 3-game week by entertaining Union Local next Friday.
Harrison Central, meanwhile, travels to Rayland Tuesday to meet Buckeye local. The Huskies host Edison next Friday.


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28 Nov 2012 8:13 AM #1
Disappearing items in Ext.form.Panel in Chrome web browser
So I found this bit strange behaviour, when implementing view, which inherits from 'Ext.form.Panel'. On mobile device (and also likely on emulator) it will work fine, but during development, I'm testing code against Chrome browser, as it is way more productive than deploying an *.apk over USB to device. So when I'm on Chrome, and switch Chrome Tab to some other site, and then come back to my app (in Chrome Tab), all the Ext.form.Panel items seem disappear, except toolbar, which is docked in the top.
Any ideas?
This is a code (CoffeeScript):
Ext.define 'MyView', extend: 'Ext.form.Panel' alias: 'widget.myview' config: items: \ [ { xtype: 'titlebar' docked: 'top' title: 'Some title' items: \ [ { xtype: 'button' ui: 'back' text: 'Back' # TODO: i18n align: 'left' handler: -> this.fireEvent 'back' } { xtype: 'button' iconCls: 'search' iconMask: true align: 'right' handler: -> Ext.Msg.alert 'You pressed me' } ] } { xtype: 'fieldset' title: 'Set itinerary details' items: \ [ { xtype: 'textfield' } { xtype: 'textfield' } ] } ]
30 Nov 2012 8:10 AM #2
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30 Nov 2012 2:20 PM #3
I thought so. This is even more strange, as Ext.form.Panel inherits directly from Ext.Panel.
30 Nov 2012 2:39 PM #4
When i had developped my first application, this bug happened every time!
It's coming from the positioning of the components.
Try changing the layout of your panel.
I advise you to try on several AVD because this bug also occurs on the tall or small screens.
Good luck
1 Dec 2012 2:19 AM #5
Thanks for info! If find any workaround (other than using Ext.Panel instead), will let you know.
1 Dec 2012 7:03 AM #6
try vbox layout :
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xtype: 'fieldset' flex:1 title: 'Set itinerary details'

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Columbia College students, Jeffrey Barringer, Ambima Buzhyason and Courtney Jorgenson, along with their faculty sponsor, Dr. Tonia M. Compton, represented the Missouri Epsilon chapter of Alpha Chi at the super-regional convention March 22-24 in Baltimore, Md.
Alpha Chi is a national college honor society that admits students from all academic disciplines. Membership is limited to the top 10 percent of an institution's juniors, seniors and graduate students.
All three students presented papers at the convention. Barringer, a senior science major, presented his research, "Chocolate: A Bittersweet Truth." Jorgenson, a senior sociology major, presented her paper, "Objectification and Misrepresentation of Female Athletes in Sports Illustrated." Buzhyason, a junior biology major and philosophy minor, presented his research, "An Analysis of Friedrich Nietzsche's Declaration of the Death of God."
Buzhyason, chapter president, served as the chapter's student voting delegate while Compton was their voting faculty delegate.
The convention was attended by more than 400 delegates representing 84 chapters. It featured scholarly, creative and artistic presentations by more than 200 students. Chapters also participated in "Booking it to Baltimore," a national literary service project which provided books to Inner Harbor East Academy, an elementary school in Baltimore.
Alpha Chi has 300 chapters in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Members are in the top 10 percent of juniors, seniors and graduate students in all academic fields.
Founded in 1851 in Columbia, Mo., Columbia College has been helping students advance their lives through higher education for more than 160 years. As a private, nonprofit, liberal arts and sciences institution, the college takes pride in its small classes, experienced faculty and quality educational programs. With more than 30 campuses across the country, 18 of which are on military installations, students may enroll in day, evening or online classes. The college is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Columbia College educates more than 30,000 students each year and has more than 70,000 alumni worldwide. For more information, visit www.ccis.edu.


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6 Insane Batman Villains You Won't See in the Movies
#3. Kite-Man
Batman #133 (1960)
He leaves tangled strings on people's doorsteps and revels in their tortured screams.
The most ridiculous thing about Kite-Man isn't his name, or the notion of a supervillain whose only weapons are kites -- it's the fact that he actually gave Batman a good run for his money.
Batman #133 (1960)
Note how Batman's head is traveling in the opposite direction from the blow.
In this issue, Kite-Man uses his special kites to steal a priceless ruby right in front of Batman and Robin -- and instead of escaping, he swoops over to them and punches Batman in the face. The only thing we don't understand is how he's able to lift off with balls that massive. Also, note that his kites aren't powered by wind but by air jets, because he's not an idiot.
Batman #133 (1960)
This guy is like the Hitler of kite-related crimes.
Later on, Batman manages to catch up to Kite-Man while he's breaking some criminals out of prison with his giant kite ship, but the Dark Knight is no match for this guy:
Batman #133 (1960)
Later, Batman went to the park and punched a little girl for throwing a Frisbee at him.
Wait, why would Kite-Man attack Batman with a cheap piece of polyester when there's a gun right there? The answer is: because he can. Such is his mastery over kites. The writer of this comic couldn't have been making any other point.
After being captured by Kite-Man -- who seriously wants to tie him to a large kite "so everybody can take pot shots at him" -- Batman realizes his only choice is to fight fire with fire. Casting aside his vow never to brandish a deadly weapon, Batman fashions himself a kite out of the torn-off wallpaper of his cell and a sock.
Batman #133 (1960)
"To conquer kite, you must become a kite."
Batman uses his kite as an improvised Bat-signal and calls for Robin's help. Eventually they are able to end Kite-Man's reign of terror -- but only by turning his own kites against him. In the end, Kite-Man turned out to be one of the most formidable villains Batman ever faced. The only reason they'll never use him in a movie is that he'd make the main character look bad.
#2. The Penny Plunderer
World's Finest Comics #30 (1947)
Obviously Marvel had already copyrighted "Penny Pincher."
The Penny Plunderer is just a guy who really, really likes pennies. Look, we get that Gotham City criminals must feel a lot of pressure when it comes to picking a crazy theme for themselves (all the good ones are taken), but specializing in the thing of absolute least value in the world is stupid even by those standards. The only way this guy could have chosen more poorly is if he'd called himself "The Pocket Linter."
Still, we have to admire the guy's devotion to his theme: He not only steals pennies, but also uses them as weapons.
World's Finest Comics #30 (1947)
Which ... sort of defeats the purpose of stealing them in the first place, we think.
According to his origin story, Joe Coyne was fired from his job when he was caught stealing pennies to gamble in penny-pitching games. Disgraced, he turned to a life of crime, only to discover that his first target, a cash register, was filled entirely with pennies. This tragedy fractured his poor psyche.
World's Finest Comics #30 (1947)
"I'm so angry I could just arrange my socks by size instead of color!"
Dubbing himself the Penny Plunderer, Coyne begins terrorizing Gotham City with his penny-related crimes. Soon, news of his exploits reaches Batman and Robin:
World's Finest Comics #30 (1947)
"A slow death by copper poisoning. That's brilliant, Robin."
Using his famed detective skills, Batman is able to deduce that the Penny Plunderer will next strike at the exhibition of a priceless one-cent stamp (it was a big week for currency collectors, apparently). And then, because this is two well-equipped vigilantes against some untrained jackass, Batman and Robin catch Coyne right away.
Just kidding, they are defeated by pennies.
World's Finest Comics #30 (1947)
Being rich, neither of them was familiar or prepared to deal with such mundane objects.
However, the Plunderer ends up being betrayed by the same pennies he coveted when he finds himself unable to make a vital call because he doesn't have enough change:
World's Finest Comics #30 (1947)
But really, his fate was set the second he was born a Coyne.
Finally, he's captured and sentenced to death by the same justice system that keeps sending a serial killer clown to a minimum security mental asylum every six months.
World's Finest Comics #30 (1947)
This is the very definition of ironicality.
#1. The Rainbow Creature
Batman #134 (1960)
A surprisingly hard-hitting story about the depiction of homosexuality in the media.
As you may have noticed by now, there was a time when Batman's job consisted exclusively of fighting the most ridiculous characters ever created -- contemporary writers have actually tried to reconcile this period as "the time when Batman did a lot of drugs." We're not sure what the hell he was snorting when he fought the Rainbow Creature, but it must have been some heavy shit.
Batman #134 (1960)
"Tonight, 57 children dead after Batman derails a train."
The story begins when Batman and Robin arrive at an unnamed South American republic as special guests of the president. Everything is going well until they learn that a violent and wholly inexplicable multicolored beast is approaching the city from the desert. Also, it can kill things with its rainbow light.
Batman #134 (1960)
"Well, that's South America for ya."
Turns out that the creature can absorb colors from nature and turn them into increasingly bizarre superpowers: blue freezes things, red melts them, yellow makes stuff intangible and green ... well ...
Batman #134 (1960)
This is a common reaction to the flag of Mexico.
So wait, where the hell did this thing come from? A gang of bandit-looking rebels led by a Spanish conquistador claim they created it and demand that the president step down immediately, but Batman calls them on their bullshit when he realizes that they appear to be as scared of the creature as everyone else. To prove his point, Batman stops at what must be the only Toys R Us located in a war-torn South American village, buys a toy prism and uses it to trick the rebels into thinking the creature had returned.
Batman #134 (1960)
Based on no information whatsoever, Batman deduces that the monster must have been spawned by a nearby volcano, somehow, and that the only way to stop it is by forcing it to use up all its colors and trying to impale it with a large stake. This works, of course, because it's Batman's acid trip and he can do whatever he damn pleases.
Being the drug-addled figment of Batman's imagination is the best any of us can hope for.
For more bad guys that would've been better served on the cutting room floor, check out The 8 Least-Threatening Comic Book Villains and 5 Batman Villains Too Lame To Survive a Single Issue.


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ANDERSON, S.C. – After the 2014 season was a year of achievement for the Anderson University baseball team, the accolades continued as senior outfielder Nathan Galliford was named to the Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-District Team for District 3, announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America on Thursday.
Galliford was one of two other outfielders and eight other positions players chosen to the team, becoming the first Trojan since former standout Derek Hipp claimed the honor following the 2010 season. The senior was one of four players to earn a spot from the South Atlantic Conference as Catawba's Paul Kronenfeld and Julio Zubillaga joined Lincoln Memorial's Scott Miller and Newberry's Chas Goodwin to round out the SAC's representation.
Throughout the season, Galliford was in the nation's home run chase, closing the 2014 year tying the school record in homers with 15, which led the league. Despite an early exit in the program's first SAC Tournament appearance, Galliford is tied for the conference lead in RBI with 50 for the year and ranked second in walks with 34. His .616 slugging percentage slotted him sixth in the SAC while his .420 on-base percentage was 17th.
Earlier this season, Galliford recorded a three-home run week with nine RBI and nine runs scored, becoming the SAC's Player of the Week on March 4. The outfielder became the first Trojan to receive the weekly honor since Brett Scarberry in 2012.
In the classroom, Galliford is scheduled to graduate on time with a 3.62 GPA while majoring in Education with a focus in physical education and coaching. The Miami, Fla. native has been named to Dean's List six times while being a member of Chi Alpha Sigma Honorary Society and the Kinesiology Club.
Away from his studies, Galliford has volunteered at Kendall United Methodist Church where he renovated classrooms and offices and is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
For the third consecutive year, NCAA Division II has its own Capital One Academic All-America® teams. In baseball, District III includes schools from the South Atlantic Conference, the Conference Carolinas and the Peach Belt Conference.
To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his current institution and be nominated by his sports information director.
(NCAA DIVISION II, AS SELECTED BY CoSIDA)
P – Cory Rhodes, King
P – Danny Brown, Flagler
C – Chas Goodwin, Newberry
INF – Paul Kronenfeld, Catawba
INF – Julio Zubillaga, Catawba
INF – Adam Moore, Young Harris
INF – Blake Edwards, Columbus State
OF – David Atwood, Young Harris
OF – Scott Miller, Lincoln Memorial
OF – Nathan Galliford, Anderson
DH – Dalton Gress, Francis Marion


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What is confidence? Confidence is the belief that you can control your outcome. It is built on belief that you can grow and learn, and evidence that proves you have done so. Truly confident people understand that learning is process, they believe that focus, efforts and commitment will produce their outcomes. They are not afraid to face new challenges and moderate risk. They are full of enthusiasm and energy.
We sometimes confuse confidence with arrogance. Arrogant person is actually insecure person, who hides this with arrogance. The arrogant person is boastful, likes to speak about his achievements, while confident person does not need as their achievements speak for him. A confident person is able to admit mistake, he is honest and open. The arrogant person is focused on looking and appearing good, confident person focus on doing the best.
A confident Spinning® instructor is a person who teaches classes for members, not for himself. He learns and shares knowledge and is able to work in team.
Have to improve confident?
In order to improve confidence you need to also work on self esteem and self efficacy as they are related to each other.
- Dress up: when you fell you look good, you are more likely to walk / present with more confidence. So yes buy Spinning gear.
- Watch your posture / body language: have you carried your body and what it says shows about your confident. Are you slouching are your shoulders slumping, do you look at you members, do you go off the bike or you sit thru the whole class in your safe space (on bike)...
- Practice gratitude; do not think about what you do not have, but be grateful for what you do have. We tend to compare us with others and what they have instead being grateful for what is around you. So next time when you walk in your class – with 10 years old bikes, do not think miserable – think about have great your members are.
- Pay people compliments; we can surround us with negative thoughts about other, we can spread gossip and negativity. When we fell badly – it is easier to talk bad about others so that we look better. But everyone has good values – and focus on that. Pay compliments and talk positive about others. The more you speak positive about others the more you will feel positive about yourself. At the end if you speak negative about others, this shows more about your personality.
- Speak up; speak up in front of people. I know "I am instructor I speak" … It is somehow true, but I meet so many instructors who are quite and silent and they speak just what they need to. The position, technique - but they do not give feedback, do not lead class.
- Be and stay fit; remember Spinning® class is for your member. But as an idol for many members you need to be fit and in shape. So probably the days you do not teach you have to exercise.
- Focus on contributing: Think about what you can give not on what you should receive. I do believe that life gives you back, if you contribute with honesty and not just because you expect. When you think about what you can give you stop worrying about yourself.
- Work on your passion: Each day dedicate moments for things that are your passion. I do believe in balance in life. And we need to do what we love to do.
- Think about your achievements, write them down. So you can truck all your success and be proud on it.
- Stop the negative talk. You know the little voice in your head. The "inner critics". It is yours so you can control this voice. Focus on positive.
No one can do the job instead of us. Confidence is a process that is related to you. Setting your goals, learning, working and achieving them. Set up big goals, frame them in time. And go for them. Be grateful for small things that you have anything about what can you do for others.
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Columbia College will confer undergraduate degrees at the Rolla campus commencement ceremony on Saturday, April 17. The ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. at the Christian Life Center, Rolla, Mo.
Dr. Sean Siebert, assistant professor in business administration, will give the commencement address. Rene' Massey, associate dean for adult higher education, will confer the degrees.
"Our campus has grown substantially in the last two years, and we decided it was time to celebrate locally," said Dr. Greg Stratman, director of Columbia College-Rolla. "The graduates are excited about the opportunity to share this significant moment in their lives with friends and family, and a local ceremony makes that possible."
Columbia College, a private, nonprofit institution, was founded in Missouri in 1851 as Christian Female College, the first women's college west of the Mississippi River to be chartered by a state legislature. The college changed its name to Columbia College in 1970 when it became coeducational.
Established in 1992, Columbia College-Rolla was originally an extension of Columbia College-Fort Leonard Wood. Located on the Metro Business College campus, the college later moved to its present location on North Bishop in 1995 when enrollments outpaced available space.
Today, Columbia College-Rolla continues to serve civilian and military adult learners in the area.
Columbia College in Columbia, Mo., educates more than 26,000 students each year and has more than 64,000 alumni worldwide. For more information, visit www.ccis.edu.


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More than beautyful
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The creativity of Almighty keeps continually thankful as how amazingly these creatures reflect the heavenly abode while still living upon this planet earth. This beautiful crowned Royal Crest reminds us of our duty towards the preservation of these creatures which would help preserve the Global Environment.
Just gorgeous!
lindo e muito criativo!
breath taking
a beautiful shot
Wonderful shot, full of character! Birds have faces that rival our own in their power to suggest emotions. Their displays and dances must have been the origin of many human rulers' displays and stylized movements as they presented themselves to their subjects. Powerful testimony to the relatedness of all life.
This picture makes me smile!
Is that Jamiroquai?
Amazing bird.
I just hope all the birds were released. Beautiful shot of this poor startled little creature.
Beautiful...the contrast of the entire piece is simply stunning!
love it out of this world
God's creation, so beautiful, colourful, majestic.
Indah sekali...Subhanallah
Merveille de la nature !
Can't you see I'm royalty !
colourful and beautiful
Oh! simply great....
Love this picture, you guys r so cool! Love you
Oustanding!!.... beautiful beatiful
shark:a brightly colored bird! NOM NOM NOM
a human:oh mah god such a butiful bird
the bird: LOOK AT ME GIRLS IM SOOOO PRITTEH!
a chicken on a farm:OH GOD THE FARMERS GETTING HIS AXE!
Beautiful bird
Spent 3 years in Guyana when I was young - awesome experience. Beautiful bird too.
Magnificently STUNNING! Wonderfully colorful and so beautiful! Thank you Andrew Snyder.
God's creation is simply awesome|
absolutely gorgeous
Crest/Crown, this bird belongs to royalty, with its magnificent display. The colors are amazing, with every feather in place unruffled. What a portrait, of a lovely bird. Dont really know what a 'mist net' means,but I'm sure they are not harmed by it. j.e.s.
Awesome. I love it.
amazing shot! congrats on being the photo of the day. you deserve it! :)
weary beautiful this is the gift 4 as from the natural life
perfect shot
Gratulacje dla profesjonalnie wykonanego zdjecia przez Andrew Snyder.
Piekne zdjecie i piekny ptak.
Amazing bird :)
awesome shot
I want him how beautiful we are so grateful to able to view these animals
its magnificent.....just like a small peacock ;)
wow, stunning photo, you can almost "feel" the bird in your photo!!!! beautiful creation of God!!! thanks
What a sharp right eye.
A beauty of nature. Just enjoy.
I for one am not impressed. I believe that I saw that bird. At Mardi Gras 1997.
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Immigration: The Prudential Judgment Excuse Reappears
Happily, Catholic leaders are making a big push for legislators to get behind immigration reform. The good news is that immigration reform is an issue that brings forces within the Church together, rather than setting them against one another. But unfortunately, Catholic legislators have their dodge at the ready: "prudential judgment."
Representative Daniel Lipinski, a Catholic Democrat from Illinois, said he had listened to the bishops and priests from his district. But he said he viewed their opinions on immigration as less binding than the church's positions on social issues.
"There are some issues that the church speaks authoritatively on, such as abortion, in protecting life," said Mr. Lipinski, who remains skeptical about promises of increased border security. "And then there are prudential judgments that are made, informed by Catholic theology, but it's not something that Catholics are required to follow."
When Catholic Democrats resort to the "prudential judgment escape hatch" on an issue where bishops and liberal Catholics hold a united front, something is broken. One thing that is broken is our congressional districting system. If you look at Rep. Lipinski's gerrymandered district, you might wonder why it was drawn that way… until you look at the incredible gerrymander created in 2011 for Rep. Luis Gutierrez, Lipinski's (sometime) neighbor. This gerrymander is there to ensure Gutierrez a majority Latino district… with the effect of pulling Latinos out of Lipinski's distinct to fill it with more suburban Chicago white ethnics, who are generally hard sells on immigration. What a disaster for the solidarity needed for immigration reform!
The other thing broken is our handle on the term prudential judgment. I and others have written about this before (here, here, and a roundtable at catholicmoraltheology.com). Politicians must be reminded that, while particular policies are subject to prudential judgment, overall trajectories are not.
…properly speaking, "prudential judgment" is not merely pragmatic – not simply about the best results. It indicates "fittingness." Certain means are intrinsically evil. But others are not. War is a classic example. War, in the just war tradition, can sometimes be an acceptable means to certain ends. BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN ANYTHING GOES. …All is not fair in war, says the just war tradition. Thus, to say that judgments about particular wars are "prudential" is not to say that they are merely pragmatic. It means that there is a range a situations (a limited one) in which a given act is morally acceptable. Intrinsically evil acts differ – there is no range. Notice: the proper distinction here is "no range versus limited range" – not "no range versus unlimited range."
Thus, just as wars must be criticized firmly if they do not seek just ends, so too immigration reform policies must seek ends consonant with the principles of Catholic social teaching. Rep. Lipinski may oppose details of a particular proposal, but he is bound to offer some alternative means of achieving the objectives laid out by the bishops. These include a right to immigrate to find work, the rights of families not to be separated, and the obligation of reasonable hospitality by the wealthy. These are not prudential judgments, but are necessary legislative goals.
About the Author
David Cloutier is associate professor of theology at Mount St. Mary's University and editor of catholicmoraltheology.com. He is the author of The Vice of Luxury (2015), Walking God's Earth: The Environment and Christian Ethics (2014), and Love, Reason, and God's Story: An Introduction to Catholic Sexual Ethics (2008). In fall 2016, he is starting a position at the Catholic University of America.
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I wish these guys would show more integrtiy and say " This well may be Church teaching, but I am required to represent my constituents on this legislation and here is where they stand... "
Gerrymandering and Church teaching aside, one of the few things that will mitigate the social and economic strains of out aging population is more open immigration to augment a downward trend in our American-born population. Areas of the world with a surplus young population are subSaharan Africa, parts of Latin America, and some areas in Southeast Asia--and, yes, many are Muslims and people of color, groups that Americans are not now (and in some cases have never) welcomed with open arms. As a result, European countries seem to be attracting these immigrants at a higher rate than the U.S.
Packing up "illegals" and sending them back when they are willing to stay and work strikes me as just stupid.
Pretty ironic that the absurdly gerrymandered Illinois congressional districts, masterminded by House Speaker Mike Madigan (a Catholic Democrat), Senate President John Cullerton (a Catholic Democrat) and Governor Pat Quinn (a Catholic Democrat) may work to subvert this legislation, whose alignment with Catholic social teaching really is - sorry - subject to prudential judgment. Or not ironic: is it necessary to point out that adherence to Catholic teaching had exactly zero weight in their calculus in drawing up these districts? Certainly, Catholic teaching on issues such as abortion and marriage has never made a discernible impression on any of them.
Pretty ironic, too - or perhaps "expected" is a better choice of words - that Rep. Lipinski, one of the very few Catholic Democrats in Congress with the courage to vote with the church on the single most important issue in contemporary politics, by a country mile, for Catholic social teaching, the right to life, is spotlighted by the NY Times in a way intended to make him politically more vulnerable.
There is nothing that Lipinski says in the quotes produced in the article that contradict anything the church teaches about prudential judgment. Prudential judgment is to be applied in those instances in which church teaching admits of more than one possible answer. That some bishops, priests and Catholic laity like the bill in question doesn't mean he has to like it. It is his prudential judgment that counts here, not theirs. That is why he was sent to Congress, to exercise his judgment on matters like this one. If the people of his district don't like his judgment, their remedy is to elect someone else next time. And even if Lipinski likes everything about the bill, he's still not bound to to vote for it. Life in legislatures is a good deal more complicated.
And I disagree that Lipinski is obligated, right here and right now, to proffer an alternative. If immigration reform is an important moral issue, then Congress - not just Lipinski, but Congress as a whole - has an obligation to address it. Not grandstand, not go through motions to score political points and set themselves up for 2016 presidential runs, but *address* it. Anyone with minimal senscience knew that the Senate bill would be dead on arrival in the House. Politically, it is more or less the equivalent of any of the 40 or so House votes to repeal Obamacare. That represents a moral failure of the Senate (and perhaps Catholic Republican Marco Rubio deserves as much blame as anyone else). If folks are frustrated with the lack of progress on immigration, that is where their ire should be aimed. Congressional chambers do have a moral obligation to spend their limited time and resources on legislation that has a realistic chance of becoming law. Border enforcement is fully consonant with Catholic moral teaching. Is its ommission important enough to fatally taint the bill? That is something that is subject to prudential judgment - the prudential judgment of our elected representatives and senators.
And another thing. :-)
I'm (very mildly) embarrassed to admit that I hadn't heard that the Chicago archdiocese is planning this big push to support the legislation next month. Morally, this push, or hooplah, or whatever it is, doesn't seem any different than the Fortnights for Freedom. I fully expect all of the many critics of the Fortnights to now decry this latest insertion of Catholic authority into the realm of politics.
Actually, this September initiative strikes me as a more direct involvement (or intrusion, if one wishes) into politics than a Fortnight for Freedom, because it is aimed at a specific bill. A better comparison would be to a member of the clergy publicly endorsing a political candidate from the pulpit.
I write this as one who preaches with some regularity about the injustices to which undocumented immigrants are subjected: I'd be pretty uncomfortable standing up at the ambo during mass on September 8th and telling the assembly to call their Congressman. I'm fine reviewing the relevant Catholic social teachings as part of a homily. But a call to political action during mass - sounds like an overstep to me. Our parishioners are smart, independent, practical people. They have a right and a responsiblity to form their own political convictions and take action. I'm not going to step on their autonomy.
Jim-- I think it is certainly correct that any legislation on this issue will be complicated, and will be subject to important judgments. What I am skeptical about is the use of prudential judgment as an excuse to ignore what the Church is saying. Let me give an example: Rep. Lipinski, instead of responding with this statement, could have said, "I fully share the view of the bishops that immigrants have human dignity and that we need policy that addresses the current broken system. However, the Senate bill does X and Y, and I am concerned that these policies are not in the best interests of the country (or that these do not actually ensure dignity, or that border security needs to take priority, whatever)" This would be a fine way of showing that one affirms the principles, but is raising specific questions of prudence. Prudential judgment requires giving reasons, and the problem is invoking it in a way that suggests only pragmatism or personal opinion applies. It would be entirely unnecessary to create the (false) contrast among issues that is reinforced by Rep. Lipinski's comments.
My take is that saying the gerrymandering was done for the immigration issue is definately a 'reach' It's always done to keep seats within a party or for a powerful candidate. .
While the gerrymandering point was a side issue, just to clarify: I don't think the gerrymandering was done for the immigration issue. It was done to ensure a majority-Latino district, which would (happily) send a Latino to Congress, but (unhappily) as a by-product creates the "white ethnic district" where Rep. Lipinski is immunized from having to deal with more Latino voters in taking his position on the issue.
David - yes, I agree that Lipinski could have better articulated his views of prudential judgment (or that those views need development). Taken as a piece with Paul Ryan's views regarding subsidiarity, I'd say we have work to do to with our Catholic politicians. Although, that they are even conversing about Catholic social teaching may be a hopeful sign? Still - best to get it right.
Regarding the gerrymandering, I agree with both Ed and you. From a political standpoint, it has been noted that gerrymandering to create "safe seats" with a particular demographic profile often brings with it the unintended side effect of draining that same demographic from adjacent seats, thus putting them into play for the other party. This particular situation may be a variation on that theme.
FWIW, my state is gerrymandered to silly excess by a Christian Republican House speaker, a Lutheran Republican Senate president and a Republican governor whose golden parachute was so rich he and his wife could afford to start their own church.
Now, with my credentials established, I'd like to say in passing that if it is the goal of one party to deny the African-American president any accomplishments, and if that party controlos the House and 40 votes in the Senate, then no legislation has "a realistic chance of becoming law." So if one happens to be a Democrat in the House, as Rep.Lipinski is, he is fully entitled to raise money for his next campaign, indulge in his hobbies and drop into the chambers from time to time to watch the clown act. There was, BTW, border security in the Senate bill, even if it was dead as the 40 petulant House votes on Affordable Care. There is nothing in the House bill because the clown act is taking up all the time of the majority.
I don't know if his situation actually requires Rep. Lipinski to offer alternatives to the bill or bills he feels he prudentially can't vote for. But David's point is unquibbleable when it says that invoking prudential judgment without giving a sign of what went into the judgment simply does not cut it.
It seems that Lipinski's rather blithe invocation of prudential judgment could also be used by abortion rights supporters and gay marriage supporters, no? Yes, church teaching on life is clear, but bills on abortion issues are not necessarily. There are all sorts of prudential judgments one can make about whether a bill would reduce or end abortion -- Congress never votes on wording taken from the Catechism.
Similarly, many bills -- such as those providing funding for poor children or pregnant mothers are pretty indisputably pro-life in that they support families and also help reduce the abortion rate. Yet "pro-life" conservatives routinely vote against those.
So everyone can use this dodge if Catholic pols want to do so. And they do seem to.
David Gibson's point is ultimately right - short of outright government mandating of intrinsically evil acts (e.g. forced sterilization), there are no "intrinsically evil policies." All politics is prudential in this sense. What the use of the language of prudential judgment does is create the impression of a hierarchy of moral truths, an impression that is false and misleading. A case can be made that abortion is perhaps the most serious ill of our society. It is much, much harder to make that case for the question of same-sex marriage. But that's what we should be debating - what is serious, and why. Instead, we get debate over what is absolute and what is prudential. As I always say at this point, if this is the distinction, Catholic politicians better get busy reviving the Comstock Laws...
It seems that Lipinski's rather blithe invocation of prudential judgment could also be used by abortion rights supporters and gay marriage supporters, no?
It could, but I don't think it happens in practice. I don't know of any instances in which a Catholic politician cited prudential judgment for supporting abortion or gay marriage. Rather, support for abortion rights and gay marriage often is couched in terms of support for women's privacy (in the case of abortion) and civil rights (in the case of gay marriage), that amounts to evading/ignoring the applicable Catholic teachings, rather than applying them in a prudential way.
David Cloutier. I do not understand this sentence of yours: "When Catholic Democrats resort to the "prudential judgment escape hatch" on an issue where bishops and liberal Catholics hold a united front, something is broken." Could you explain?
For myself, I think that politics, if it is to be effective, always involves prudential judgments about how to achieve the good that needs to be done, except, I suppose, in cases in which there is only one possible way to achieve it. I've invoked something like the need for prudential judgment in how effectively to meet the problem of abortion, defended Catholic politicians against people who think there's only one way to deal with it, and argued that the more that Catholic bishops descend to proposing practical ways and means the less they can speak with authority. [Isn't this in a way a matter of a hierarchy of moral judgments?]
On the question of how to deal with the problem of immigration, I should think that there are many possible ways, and the virtue of prudence is needed to find the best one, with a good deal of disagreement likely to be the case.
As a Catholic liberal, my complaint about the Catholic bishops is that many of them seem to believe that "prudential judgement" means that anything goes on issues like immigration or throwing families off of the food stamp program, while NO prudential judgement is allowed on abortion or same sex marriage. I've had agonies of conscience on whether I can continue to receive the sacraments when my bishop was saying "either vote Republican, or don't vote, or cease receiving the sacraments". (I'd like to fiind a political party that supported serious restrictions on abortion AND a generous safety net, but unfortunately there isn't one.)
I also think the bishops are being a bit naive about politicians. If you tell the flock "you MUST vote Republican because of abortion and SSM" then you have ZERO clout with them about food stamps or other social justice issues. If the votes you control are theirs no matter what they do about food stamps, why should they consider the bishops' input at all?
By the way, maybe someone help me with a question that's been bothering me. The bishops also lay great stress that it's much more important to prevent "intrinsic evils" than "extrinsic evils" (and this argument is used to support the idea that it's ok to vote for someone who starts wars and cuts food stamps, but not for someone who is pro-choice). What bothers me is that it seems to me that whether something is an "intrinsic evil" is to a large degree determined by the vocabulary of the language we are using. Adultery is an intrinsic evil because we have a separate word to describe adultery as opposed to marital relations, but war is not an intrinsic evil because we use the same word- "war"- for a just war and also for an aggressive unjust war. If we had two separate words for war, wouldn't unjust war be an intrinsic evil? Could someone tell me if I'm missing something?
As an addendum to my previous comment: here is the most in-depth treatment of the immigration issue from Dan Lipinski that I was able to find on his website. It dates from 2010, and is in regard to a different bill (the DREAM Act). I didn't find anything regarding the current proposed legislation.
By way of comparison, here is Archbishop Gomez's statement to the Senate expressing support for the DREAM Act.
Is Lipinski prudentially applying Catholic teaching in disagreeing with the bishops? Or is he just ignoring it? It's not easy to tell.
Fr. Komonchak-- What I meant to suggest there was that, if you have large segments of the Church, including the bishops, speaking forcefully in favor of a given policy, it seems to call into question the "prudential judgment" of those who are opposing it. Your comment brings up the larger question of whether and to what extent bishops (individually or as a conference) should be speaking about policy specifics at all. Insofar as they do speak and it is valid for them to speak, at least those who reject their views would seem to have to make some effort to explain why the bishops are seeing things "imprudently." Of course, the extreme position would be to suggest that Catholic owe obedience to every policy judgments made by the USCCB - that would evidently be mistaken. But if the bishops judge that a particular policy is of sufficient importance and clarity that they will advocate for it, then I would think "prudential judgment" would require those who oppose them to give good reasons. Recourse to prudence isn't a shield from giving reasons; it's an encouragement to give them.
For what it's worth, I fully endorse, Fr. Komonchak's comment above. I would like to see some official expression from USCCB also endorse it.
David Cloutier: I think everyone should be prepared to give good reasons for his position, including when it means disagreeing with a bishop's or an episcopal conference's policy-recommendations, but on the scale of magisterial interventions, I would not myself rate such recommendations very high. Wasn't it St. Thomas who said that the more conctete and specific one's moral judgments are, the greater the danger of mistakes? I don't think bishops are exempt from that sad necessity or from their need for the virtue of prudence. I confess that I am regularly surprised at the certainty about concrete political and economic matters that seems implied, or even expressly claimed, by people, both clerical and lay. I usually find myself in the position of not having the foggiest idea which of many possible solutions is the best one to pursue.
May I add a little to Fr. Komonchak's latest comment. In politics, timing is always a relevant consideration for policy makers or policy advocates. Furthermore, the "shelf life" of most specific policies varies. Consider for example Federal Reserve policies. Or tax policies.
Though it may well be true that some moral principle has timeless validity, e.g. no abortions, all legislation dealing with abortions is a matter of policy. Hence, a matter of timing.
For the record, here, I am fully persuaded that the Senate immigration bill is good policy and hope that its main provisions will become law. But I have to admit both that there may be better policies and that I may turn out to have favored a policy that creates unnecessary political havoc.
David Clouthier is right about the importance of offering reasons for our practical judgments, but no such reasons are ever beyond reasonable contestation.
One more thing, please. I've just re-read Raymond Brown's "The churches the Apostles Left Behind." In it he discusses the important tension between the Pastoral and the missionary impulses. The pastoral impulse, hass to do with taking care of the presently existing flock. The missionary impulse seeks to make room for new and different people. Each impulse has its characteristic strengths to recommend it and its characteristic weaknesses that have to be acknowledged. Both impulses, please note, have to do with practice. Neither is "heritical" or unworthy.
The relevance of this distinction between these impulses has, I believe, its analogue in all decent political life.
An observation:
Is the perfect the enemy of the good, and is that tendency reinforced by some aspects of Catholic discourse? The bishops have reservations about the current immigration reform, and wish it were improved. But they realize this gets some of the big broad strokes right, and that seems fairly indisputable. And it could be another six years before we get this chance again. In other words, the USCCB's judgment may not be perfect, nor is this bill, but not doing anything is certainly a worse option under almost any reading of Catholic teaching.
But also remember that if the bill had included a provision for uniting same-sex couples the way it does for opposite-sex couples the USCCB would have opposed the bill -- even though that provision would have affected a relatively tiny amount of immigrant couples while providing tremendous relief to millions of families.
Hoist on their own petard of perfectionism, or whatever moral category that might be? (Scrupulosity?)
The difficulty of "not having the foggiest idea which of many possible solutions is the best one to pursue" is partly explained and justified by the way those solutions fall into and out of favor over time. It once seemed reasonable to provide a small income to nine-year-old boys for sweeping chimneys, inculcating at the same time the virtues of hard work, thrift, and self-sufficiency. Women's modesty was preserved and their feminine delicacy spared by barring them from most forms of gainful employment. God looked with great disfavor on any mixing of the races. More recently, the War on Drugs and "three strikes and you're out" were all the rage. Welfare was the answer to poverty until it wasn't. And war's popularity still rises in tandem with the percentage of people who don't remember the last one.
Whether they are arguing from "timeless" first principles or from prudential judgment, all sides in a policy dispute always claim to have reason on their side. History suppresses a smile.
I think the problem is investing "prudential judgements" with religious commitment. By this I mean using the weight of Catholic teaching to support a particular viewpoint or to mutually excommunicate the other side. This is clearly visible among US Catholics and Catholic life.
It seems to me that the challenge for Catholic politicians is to articulate their rationale and reasons for particular policy positions in secular or according to "natural law" or at least appeal to natural reason.
And I agree with Fr. K, bishops needn't get involved at all except at the level of education and how to provide that education to their people given the collapse of institutions to deliver that teaching. They need to find new avenues and pathways. Issuing pastoral letters, etc. might not be the best way to build the capacity of Catholics to act in the public square.
Hans Kung for example is working on a new global ethics.
Global ethic is not a new ideology or superstructure;
it will not make the specific ethics of the different religions and philosophies superfluous; it would be ridiculous to consider Global Ethic as a substitute for the Torah, the Sermon on the Mount, the Qur'an, the Bhagavadgita, the Discourses of the Buddha or the Sayings of Confucius.
Global Ethic is nothing but the necessary minimum of common values, standards and basic attitudes. In other words:
- a minimal basic consensus relating to binding values, irrevocable standards and moral attitudes, which can be affirmed by all religions despite their undeniable dogmatic or theological differences and should also be supported by non-believers.
This seems like a positive direction to move in terms of finding ethical foundations that we can all agree on in, in a pluralistic society.
George D: What is the difference between Global Ethic and the natural law?
David G - I largely agree with your most recent comment. In addition, it's quite interesting that the bishops feel that whatever flaws there are in the immigration bill don't compromise it to the point that they must oppose it - but in the case of Obamacare, whose goals and primary effects (insuring the uninsured) the bishops also would have approved in broad strokes, was thought to be sufficiently flawed that they needed to oppose it. So how does one decide when a bill's flaws reach that critical mass that one can no longer support it?
I am not sure that the comparison is perfect, in that I don't know that the bishops have called out any major concerns regarding the immigration proposal. But other Catholics have criticized the bishops for having blind spots regarding immigration policy - including a blind spot for border security and law-and-order concerns. And arguably, bishops' policy recommendations shouldn't be immune from criticism. Policymaking seems to me a degree separated from faith and morals.
George D: what is the difference between Global Ethics and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? Whether it can be "affirmed by all religions" is debatable (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights#Criticism ) so the "minimal basic consensus" is still work under progress. According to Wikipedia Saudi Arabia abstained from signing in 1948 mostly for two reasons: because of Article 18 which states that everyone has the right "to change his religion or belief" and because of Article 16 on equal marriage rights.
I agree with Fr. K, Bernard D, John P that prudential judgments can change over time, can differ among people of good will, etc. However, when it is said that "no such reasons are ever beyond reasonable contestation", I must disagree. If this were true, such debates would not be matters of prudence at all, because they would not be resolvable by reason. Aquinas indicates that the further one gets from universal judgments, the more contingency, circumstance, and the like make universal judgments more difficult. But these judgments, if they are genuinely moral, are still judgments of reason. The drift that concerns me here is the sense that "prudential judgment" is a way of saying that these disputes about what to do are ultimately non-rational. I would strongly resist that. The bishops (and all Catholics) should exercise caution in overstating the reasons for supporting this or that policy. But if the reasons are strong enough, they should make clear the logic of their support. Otherwise, I fear Catholic teaching on every subject other than absolute moral norms becomes like a newspaper editorial page.
The UN Declaration of Human Rights was, I think, an attempt to enshrine natural law theory, in a modern. pluralistic context; one that would have moral force. Jacques Maritain, the neo-Thomist, was heavily involved in drafting it.
I agree that finding a consensus regarding these matters is difficult as Claire pointed out. However, without a basic, universal, rational foundation with respect to human values, I don's see how we can make progress on particular matters and have a basis for dialogue.
David Clouthier, re "no such reasons are beyond reasonable contestation": Just a few relevant points.
1. Let's exclude expressions of putative reasons that are self-contradictory or incoherent.
2. Prudential judgments concern temporal matters. They bear not only on the present but also on the future, a future which isalways in some respects not fully determined.
3. The discourse in which arguments for and against some propsed prudential judgment or for alternatives to the proposal under consideration are exercise in what Aristotle calls deliberative rhetoric. These arguments ar never cases of what he would call demonstrative arguments, arguments based on timelessly valid and sound premises.
4. It is rational to acknowledge these features of prudential judgments and not demand of them the kind of evidence that would eliminate all reasonable contestation of any proposed prudential judgment.
5. Since it regularly happens that we are forced by circumstances to make a practical judgment, even though plausible alternatives cannot be ruled out, it is both rational and reasonable to adopt some judgment that has good, though, not de3finitive, evidence in its favor.
There is nothing non-rational about acknowledging the limitations that are always in place when we search for practical responses to practical problems. These responses, if we are thoughtful about them are always open to critique, but they also permit us to make serious commitments to live by them. Without the support of definitive knowledge, we can rightly hope that we have done as well as we can.
George D. , re natural law:
I agree that we need to admit that there is some universal "law" that undrlies our efforts to distinguish the morally good from the morally bad and to distinguish degrees of goodness or badness. One might call this "law" a "transcendental" condition" for the sensefulness of our efforts to make sound moral judgments. I doubt, though that we can arrive at a definitive propositional articulation of what this "law" demands. I do think that there are some prohibitions that we can arrive at for which there is no substantial (as opposed to formal or merely logical) contrary evidence. We learn these prohibitions by reflecting on history and our own sense of injustice or unfairness. I doubt, though, that there are positive practical judgments that we can ever take to be and have always been judgments that it would be unreasonable to contest.
It bother me when people cite prudential judgement as if it were the end of an argument rather than the beginning. As you point out, the existence of a range of possible actions doesn't make any action permissible and not all goals are permissible. Only the other side, it bothers me when people don't acknowledge that in politics, almost everything is within the realm of prudential judgement because it is usually at least one degree removed from the actual actions being discussed. Permitting an evil action is different from committing an evil action, supporting a compromise that includes evil components is different from pursuing the inclusion of those elements, and voting for a politician who has taken some evil stances is different from taking those stances themselves.
The only way to remain pure is to not participate except that those who seek purity see failure to take certain actions as impure as well.
The intrinsic v. extrinsic distinction is frequently abused. It is relevant to the individual doing the act itself, but once we move outward to how we should respond to that individual's choices, whether the act is intrisically or extrinsically evil doesn't matter anymore.
George D. --
Another Aristotelian/Thomist member of the committee which drafted the Univesal Declaration on Human Rights was Charles Malik, who was also a Greek Orthodox theologian and an ecumenist. Plus he was also an active politician in Lebanon. He holds the world's record for honorary degrees, over 60. Remarkable man.
I"m still very impresed that that document has stood the test of time. Its initial adoption by so many different nations has corroborated for me that there really are some highly general if not absolutely universal moral principles.
The August issue of the TLS has an interesting review by John Cottingham of Heythrop College, London, of four books on the relation between theism and ethics and in particular on what grounds there are for establishing "objective" moral principles. The reviewer describes what many philiosophers find to be a "fatal flaw" in arguments that want to base ethics on theism:
If merely being ordered to do something by God is enough to make it good or right, this seems to make morality arbitrary and potentially irrational ("Do this because I say so"), but if, on the other hand, the God-given demands of morality are based on moral reasons ("Do this because it is just/kind/virtuous"), then the appeal to God seems to become redundant--why not simply base morality on the relevant reasons of justice or kindness or virtue?
One can recognize (although Cottingham does not mention it) in this posing of the dilemma the old fight between intellectualists and voluntarists: Are things commanded by God because they are good, or good because commanded by God?
Here is Fr. Z's presentation:
Catholics (and all people of truly good will) cannot disagree about the evil of abortion, but we can disagree about immigration. The former is intrinsically evil, the latter is dealt with through contingent moral choices. We can disagree about the best way to handle the questions surrounding immigration.
Meanwhile I direct the readers attention to the document Apostolos suos, which says that the conferences of bishops – as conferences – much less committees of the conferences do NOT have a mandatum docendi.
23. The very nature of the teaching office of Bishops requires that, when they exercise it jointly through the Episcopal Conference, this be done in the plenary assembly. Smaller bodies —the permanent council, a commission or other offices—do not have the authority to carry out acts of authentic magisterium either in their own name or in the name of the Conference, and not even as a task assigned to them by the Conference.
I support full-bore immigration reform, but I guess I would agree that all decisions about what the civil law should require are prudential judgements
However, I don't think you can be selective about it and say that decisions about civil laws regulating same-sex marriage, contraceptive benefits, and even abortion, are not also prudential decisions.
The Catholic bishops have prudentially determined that the Senate bill provides a good, if imperfect solution, to the plight of undocumented immigrants. The USCB, advised by its staff of lawyers and lobbyists, has also prudentially determined that the bill must be passed now—or it never will be. Further they prudentially determined that given this urgency, they will urge parishioners in selective dioceses to contact selective members of Congress.
All citizens are expected to be knowledgeable and responsible participants in shaping public policy. Catholic Bishops, as citizens, have the right to formulate, publicize and advocate their prudential political judgments. But in trying to persuade their fellow Catholics, they often suggest that their prudential assessments are moral imperatives derived directly from moral theology.
Prudential judgments are more appropriately communicated by reference to evidence and logical argument. Prudence, after all, is embedded in rational analysis—not faith or obedience.
The USCB is in a quandary. It wants to galvanize the Catholic community to "put pressure" on elected officials, but it also wants to retain its status as a "moral voice" standing in judgment on US public life. Sorting out this quandary is a matter of prudential assessment!
Re Fr. Komonchak's 11:08 am comment today:
I too took note of the Cottingham review in TLS. What struck me was the apparent ease in taking a fundamentalistic reading of the Deuteronomic command to kill all the Caananites as a serious problem. The philosophers in question, and Cottingham himself, seem to ignore Pascal's complaint that the philosophers' God has practically nothing in common with the God of Abraham and Isaac, etc. The issue of the Biblical God's relationship to ethics is, I think, much more interesting an issue than is the standard, I'm tempted to say hackneyed, theodicy issue found in the Euthyphro. (At least some reputable Plato scholars think that the standard reading of the Euthyhro on his matteer is a misreading.)


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Tow your trailer and haul your heavy loads with safety and comfort with Air Lift air springs. Air Lift air springs provide extra support to your suspension by allowing you to add air when hauling a heavy load and deflate when you are not towing or empty. Simply add air to Air Lift air springs and you instantly have greater safety and comfort when towing.
Why choose Air Lift air springs over other types of helper springs or overload springs like Hellwig, Timbren, or SuperSprings? We get this question a lot at Truckspring. First, consider the benefits of air springs and the problems they solve. Air Lift air spring kits ensure that the weight on your vehicle is property distributed to all four tires - this helps stabilize your vehicle, and provides a smoother, safer ride. Also, air springs are adjustable, providing the number one benefit over other suspension load support products. You can add air when you need the extra support and deflate when you want a softer ride. Other load support products are typically fixed and cannot be adjusted like an air spring kit. It's a nice option to be able to fine tune your ride when you hook up your boat trailer or camper to the exact firmness you want. Returning home from a camping trip with an RV that doesn't have as much water in the tanks as when you left? Simply take some of the air out of your air springs and soften up the ride for your return trip home.
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Subject: Re: [OMPI users] OpenMPI vs Intel MPI
From: Swamy Kandadai (swamy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-07-02 09:47:21
I am running on a 2.66 GHz Nehalem node. On this node, the turbo mode and
hyperthreading are enabled.
When I run LINPACK with Intel MPI, I get 82.68 GFlops without much
When I ran with OpenMPI (I have OpenMPI 1.2.8 but my colleague was using
1.3.2). I was using the same MKL libraries both with OpenMPI and
Intel MPI. But with OpenMPI, the best I got so far is 80.22 GFlops and I
could never achieve close to what I am getting with Intel MPI.
Here are muy options with OpenMPI:
mpirun -n 8 --machinefile hf --mca rmaps_rank_file_path rankfile --mca
coll_sm_info_num_procs 8 --mca btl self,sm -mca mpi_leave_pinned
1 ./xhpl_ompi
Here is my rankfile:
at rankfile
rank 0=i02n05 slot=0
rank 1=i02n05 slot=1
rank 2=i02n05 slot=2
rank 3=i02n05 slot=3
rank 4=i02n05 slot=4
rank 5=i02n05 slot=5
rank 6=i02n05 slot=6
rank 7=i02n05 slot=7
In this case the physical cores are 0-7 while the additional logical
processors with hyperthreading are 8-15.
With "top" command, I could see all the 8 tasks are running on 8 different
physical cores. I did not see
2 MPI tasks running on the same physical core. Also, the program is not
paging as the problem size
fits in the meory.
Do you have any ideas how I can improve the performance so that it matches
with Intel MPI performance?
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Swamy Kandadai
Dr. Swamy N. Kandadai
IBM Senior Certified Executive IT Specialist
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STG WW HPC and BI CoC Benchmark Center
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I recently started appending the name of my table to all my columns in a table. So say I had these tables:
Id | Name | Logo | Info
Companies Employees:
Company Id | Employees Id
Id | Name
I would change the column names to:
Company Id | Company Name | Company Logo | Company Info
Companies Employees:
Company Id | Employee Id
Employee Id | Employee Name
Which allows me to use queries like
SELECT * FROM `Companies` NATURAL JOIN `Companies Employees` NATURAL JOIN `Employees` without worry about renaming the
Id and
Name columns since I'm guaranteed there won't be columns with the same name is my
Companies and
Employees table. But I'm wondering if this is good schema design practice? I don't want to make a habit of it if there are good reasons against it, but I haven't been able to think of any other than a lot of redundant retyping the table name.


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How do I disable the guest session in Ubuntu 11.10 or higher? I don't want people to be able to use my computer without using a password to log in!
Updated: 2016-Jul
For Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (15.10 or later) (NOT YET TESTED)
Adapted from: LightDM Ubuntu Wiki - Configuration
Just run this (once) at terminal:
To undo (restore Guest option), remove the file created:
For Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 14.04 LTS (or later)
Adapted from: Ubuntu Forums - lightdm config files location in 14.04
Just run this (once) at terminal:
You will no longer have 'Guest' as login option, on your next login.
To undo (restore Guest option), remove the file created:
For Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (or 13.10)
Simplest method.
Just run this (once) at terminal:
You will no longer have 'Guest' as login option, on your next login.
To undo (restore Guest option):
If you're using the default LightDM, edit
If you're using GDM (which was the default in previous Ubuntu releases), uninstall gdm-guest-session.
For Ubuntu 13.10 to 14.10, the file has moved to
For Ubuntu 14.10 or higher, the file has moved to
Type this in the terminal
You will see the following:
Save the document and quit the text editor.
Back in the Terminal, restart the display manager. (This will end the graphical login session, immediately quitting all programs running in it, so make sure your work--like any open documents--is saved first!)
With the graphical login session ended, you're returned to the login screen, where you'll notice that guest acount is disabled.
That's it--the guest account is no longer usable.
You can do that using Ubuntu Tweak.
To install it, use these commands:
After installing, navigate to Tweaks → Login Settings and switch off the "Guest account".
Just run
Add the following line
Then (this will immediately log you out, quitting any programs running in your graphical session, so save your work first):
13.04 and later
Apparently, it works in 13.10 (can't test myself, but there's a comment here).
I'm using 13.04 and all this does it append
Originally by david6 from here: http://askubuntu.com/a/169105/176889
Install ubuntu-tweak, get to the tweak tab, turn off the guest button and reboot. That's it!
One may find the terminal easier, but in case the need to turn on the guest account arises then one would have to visit this page again and see the instructions (or rather undo). That's the advantage of the GUI thing... one remembers it easily.
For Ubuntu 13.10, add
to the file
How to disable this option in the future
I just ran into the same problem on my new trusty/14.04 installation. Also to my surprise I couldn't find the
Aha, there you are. What's in there?
Okay, what's in there?
We find a bunch of configuration files similar to the INI format following the naming scheme of
We're not going to edit any of these files as these are meant to be managed by the package manager, but now we how we should add and manage our custom configuration bits to
Given the above, that lightdm is the display manager and the configuration files look like the above. The following solution should work:
Further reading
You can then either reboot or restart the service in the terminal:
Assuming you are using
I'm in the same case, the file
I try to create the
I try to edit the file
Edit the file
And enter the lines that you need
And the last one, restart your system
I think that this works fine if you restart only the ligthgdm
Open Terminal
Add the following line
Save and exit the file.
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COPPERAS COVE (January 17, 2013)--A Fort Hood soldier died late Wednesday night after he was thrown from a motorcycle he was riding just south of Copperas Cove.
Bell County Justice of the Peace Bill Cooke pronounced James Ryan Kurth, 26, dead at the scene at around 11 p.m. Wednesday about three miles south of Copperas Cove on Farm-to-Market Road 116, just inside the Bell County line.
An investigating Department of Public Safety trooper said Kurth was riding a 2010 Harley Davidson motorcycle southbound on FM 116 when he lost control of the cycle in a curve, left the roadway and was thrown from the bike.
Kurth, according to the DPS report, was not wearing a helmet.
Kurth's body was taken to Central Texas Mortuary, but it was not known if Cooke ordered an autopsy.
Kurth was a Fort Hood soldier from Corpus Christi who joined the Army in 2004 and deployed to Iraq from October 2005 to September 2006 and from November 2007 to February 2009.
At the time of his death he was assigned to the 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.


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i am developing a game for the html5-canvas platform while mainly targeting mobile devices. the canvas is resized to the biggest available resolution, so that it almost makes a fullscreen game.
on an ipad that would be a 1024x786 canvas. at a resolution like this i notice a significant drop in framerate. on smaller resolution like 480x320 on iphone the game runs smooth! so i guess this is because the device is fillrate limited.
but anyhow i would like to optimize as much as possible.
so i would be very grateful if you could post any general performance tips that you have, when it comes to html5-canvas development.


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I've heard that using a wok helps ensure not only perfectly cooked meats and vegetables, it also just makes food taste better. I've purchased a new wok and am looking forward to putting it to use. As a beginner, what are the key steps I need to follow to cook properly using a new wok?
Um ... just off the top of my head, important things when cooking with a wok:
... and unfortunately, most residential stoves can't put out enough heat for the wok to work perfectly -- it might be good, but you'll never quite get the same as what you get from a restaurant. If you're cooking for a large number of people, it's sometimes easier to cook the ingredients individually or it batches, then combine it all back together at the end.
Joe has it covered well
I would like to add that wok cooking is often a mix of frying and steaming
For the steam you need to ensure you keep splashing small amounts of hot water or hot stock (chicken stock is the standard) into the wok
I usually start cooking the meat or nuts in oil, then add onions and spices, and then add all the greens with stock to steam and finish
The oil and stock form a rich sauce with the help of a little starch (corn flour etc) near the end of cooking
Maximum continuous heat is what you need. Get a large gas burner ring and a lightweight Chinese steel wok
First thing first, did you get a non-stick wok, or is it steel?
If it's steel it will need "seasoning" there are many guides on how to do this (eg this) and though it takes a while it is the best way to keep a wok rust free and maximises the benefits. This does mean you have to take care cleaning it (no soap).
If it's a non stick one treat it like any other non stick pan.
As far as cooking goes Joe has that covered, good luck!
For meats, in particular, the trick is to get the wok really, really hot, then add the oil (If you add the oil first, it will burn too fast), then immediately add the meat without stirring them.
Stir or toss the meat once they've cooked half-way. If the wok is properly prepared, then they won't catch.


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6 Ways Nature Cleans Up Our Messes Better Than We Do
#3. A Bacteria That Eats Poison and Makes Electricity
Quick, what's the first thing that comes in your mind when we say "bacteria"? If there's even one amongst you who answered that question with "electricity," then chances are you're either a lying bastard or Charles Milliken of the Medical University of South Carolina. In which case, can we call you Chuck?
Or Thor?
Chuck and his colleague, Harold May, are microbiologists with a rather interesting feather in their matching scientist caps: They have found a form of bacteria that is able to generate electricity. The bacteria in question is a member of a genus known as Desulfitobacterium, and although bacteria has proven before its ability to produce small amounts of electricity, this genus of bacteria apparently has never really applied itself. We have no idea why it has decided to make electricity now.
To power tiny, tiny guitars.
Presumably it just saw an opportunity to be helpful and give us something in return since we keep giving it all those delicious bleaches, pesticides and chemicals to absorb; the Desulfitobacterium makes its electricity as a by-product of making toxic waste harmless.
We're not talking about barely measurable sparks here -- the research has only begun, but already the two scientists have studied batches that are capable of continuously generating electricity at levels that could be used to operate small electronic devices. So if you've ever had a hankering for a germ-powered vibrator, your dream is close to realization.
Pleasure: Powered by STDs.
#2. The Gulf of Mexico Microbe That Eats Oil Slicks
For those of you who don't remember much of 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was one of the hottest topics and biggest disasters of the year. For three agonizing months, the oil flowed into the Gulf of Mexico, while the world watched in horror and the BP management seemingly spent their time seeing how far up their asses they could fit their own heads.
"This much."
The spill fucked the Gulf of Mexico up thoroughly and the sheer insane amount of oil (205.8 million gallons!) that leaked into the ocean made the Exxon Valdez disaster seem like the oil stain in somebody's driveway.
Then, two weeks after the plugging of the BP spill, we started getting reports that said that half of the oil was ... gone.
"Must have been birds. Those damn things will steal anything that's glued to their bodies."
Now, science has long been aware of oil-eating bacteria. Specialized germs have evolved to get their nutrition from underwater oil leaks that happen all the time due to sea bottom earthquakes. Some scientists had even stepped forward with the theory that the BP spill may cause a feeding frenzy among them (the bacteria, not the scientists). But what came as a complete surprise to everyone involved was the speed at which they slurped up the oil. Some of the disappeared oil ended up on the seafloor, sure, but, with time, the bacteria will likely eat that, too.
The spill still messed up the coastline, possibly forever, but it's nice to see nature stepping in like a mad parent to help us clean up the horrific mess we made.
"Aw, not all over the Atlantic! I've just cleaned that!"
#1. The E. Coli Bacterium That Poops Biofuel
Have you ever eaten cheap takeout or fast food, only to spend the rest of the night sobbing between explosive bouts of diarrhea and puking? Chances are, you made acquaintances with Escherichia coli, or E.coli bacteria.
Meet E.Coli. After poisoning you, he'll drink all your beer and forget to call you.
Some types of E.coli are potentially lethal, although it usually settles for giving you the shits and keeping the giggles for itself. And it's difficult as hell to avoid. The burger flipping guy forgot to wash his hands? E.coli. The meat was undercooked? E.coli. You ate at Taco Bell? The only ingredient they USE is E.coli.
The third taco is currently being pumped from a guy's stomach.
But E.coli gets a bad rap. The good kind of E.coli actually is a big part of the ecosystem of your gut, happily living in your intestines and helping to keep that whole system working. So maybe it shouldn't be a surprise that it might help save the world.
E.coli itself is a living organism, and as such it has to eat too. It can metabolize a number of energy sources, but it has a real craving for only one -- namely, glucose. And why not? Who doesn't love sugar? OK, other than diabetics, smartass.
Easter eggs: clusterbombs against the elderly.
Now, scientist have been interested in glucose for a long time, particularly in its ability to convert to biofuel. And, as it turns out, one of the stranger but potentially easy ways of achieving this conversion is through the digestion of bacteria. So, ideally we could make some poor bacteria eat up so much glucose that it shits fuel like a fire hose.
Sweet disgusting revenge.
Now, if only there was some form of bacteria that really enjoyed its glucose ...
Currently, E.coli bacteria are being bioengineered to eat their preferred junk food just like before -- but, in a delicious twist of fate, now it's their turn to crap. And what they crap is totally renewable biofuel.
And what we crap occasionally makes it into a taco. That's the circle of life.
Pauli Poisuo is a freelance writer. You can find his humble Internet home here.
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Welcome to Concordia University!
We are excited that you have chosen to be a part of the "Concordia Experience" in Fall 2016. New Student Orientation is the first step in your college journey, giving you the information and materials you will need to survive at thrive here at CU. We also want to make your experience here at Concordia a memorable one.
New resident students move in Friday, August 26th, beginning at 11:00am (Hagen Center 2nd Floor - SEAC) and Orientation starts for all commuter students Saturday, August 27th beginning at 9am. Click here to view the schedule of events. (You will receive a finalized and more detailed schedule when you arrive on-campus)
Here are some other resource to help you plan for Welcome and Orientation Week:
- Hotel Listings in the Area
- Maps and Directions
- Get Your Parking Permit
- Resident Student Packing List
Concordia has minimum computing requirements for all students. Please review Concordia's computing standards here.
Whether you're a traditional-age freshman, a transfer student, or a non-traditional age student, it is important that you invest in this part of your educational and personal journey. Attend these programs and you'll not only be better prepared, but you will discover the unique, welcoming, Christian community of Concordia University. I look forward to seeing you in January.
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Baseball Defeats Erskine, 9-6, Trojans Inch Closer to Beville CupApril 1, 2014
ANDERSON, S.C. – Highlighted by three home runs, Anderson University baseball captured the final game of a season-long three-game set against archrival Erskine with a 9-6 victory Tuesday evening at Anderson Memorial Stadium.
With the victory, the Trojans move to 13-23 for the season and move within a half-point from retaining the prestigious Beville Cup with three events remaining. The Flying Fleet drop to 21-9 for the season.
Senior outfielders Nathan Galliford, Paul Como and sophomore first baseman Steven Cooper all belted home runs for the night, as the Trojans outhit their rivals, 14-10, for the evening. In addition to the home runs, senior catcher Jonathan Zalud posted a 4-for-4 evening with a double and a run scored, as Zalud marked the fourth time this season a Trojan has tallied four hits for a game.
Also recording a multi-hit evening was the top two hitters in the AU lineup in sophomore second baseman Kyle Bailey, with two hits and a pair of runs scored, and sophomore Garrett Bernardo with two hits, two runs and an RBI.
On the mound, starter JT Trujillo earned his third victory of the season, completing six innings and striking out six Erskine hitters. Sophomore right-hander Mitchell Cooksey entered the contest in the seventh inning and blanked the Fleet, giving up just four hits.
After Erskine's top of the order in Andrew Kozak and Brandon Overstreet combined for five hits on the night, the rest of the lineup totaled just five hits, including Logan Galliher's 2-for-4 performance. The Fleet sent out five different pitchers as Chase Norman was tabbed with the loss, giving up three runs in the sixth inning.
Anderson jumped out of the blocks quickly with four runs in the first three innings, despite recording just three hits in the span. To lead off the second inning, Como notched AU's first hit with his second home run of the season over the left-center field wall. Immediately following the outfielder, Zalud doubled into the right-center gap for his eighth double of the year.
Erskine inched itself back with back-to-back three-run innings in the fifth and the sixth, taking its first lead at 6-4 after the top of the sixth. Zalud answered the EC rally with a single, leading to senior Josh Hickman's RBI double to left center, plating the catcher. The Trojans would later tack on two more runs on an RBI single by Bernardo and an RBI ground out by Cooper.
Cooksey shut down the Erskine lineup as the Fleet failed the score another run for the rest of the game, as the Trojans claimed their first win over their rivals since the final game of the series a season ago on April 3, 2013.
AU returns to action on Wednesday when it hits the road to complete another season-long three-game set, this time at in-state rival North Greenville. The Trojans look to claim the series as first pitch is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.


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Creating Alerts in Ebsco Databases
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Welcome to this Information and Library Services presentation on creating alerts in EBSCO databases.
A database alert is a service which sends subscribers database updates. When you set up an alert you can choose how often you would like to receive these updates. For instance, if you are looking for information on a particular topic, you will be alerted on a periodic basis, to new materials on the topic.
You can create alerts in several of the library databases, including all ProQuest and EBSCO databases, and Web of Knowledge databases, such as Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Science Citation Index.
In this presentation you will learn how to set up alerts in EBSCO databases, such as Business Source Complete, Academic Search Complete, Education Research Complete and PsycINFO.
To set up an alert, go to any EBSCO database, and click the Sign In to My EBSCOhost link at the top right side of the search screen.
From the Sign In Screen, click on the I'm a new user link, or log in if you already have a My EBSCO account.
Next, perform a search on the topic you are interested in. For the purposes of this presentation, we will search on globalization and health care.
From the results screen, click the Search History/Alerts tab.
Check the box next to your search, then select Save Searches/Alerts.
Next, give your alert a name, and a description, click next to save search as, choose alert.
Your options include how often you would like to receive the alert, the currency of the articles included in the alert, and how long you would like to receive the alert.
To have the alert delivered to your email, select the email option, enter your email address, and a subject heading for your email alert.
After you click save you will receive a confirmation screen that contains a syndication feed that you can copy for publishing into your RSS Reader if you would prefer RSS alerts.
Thank you for viewing this presentation. If you have any questions please contact us at our Ask a Librarian Web page.