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The Daily Show and Colbert on Palin
Warning: The language in the first is a bit, well, edgy.
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Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor in the Theology Department and Law School at Boston College.
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So, I'm just askin'...WHAT is John McCain staring at in the clips of him standing next to Gov. Palin?
These were very funny. I sent them to my sister Theresa who lives in Phoenix. I have never lived in Phoenix but I often go there to visit her. My sister Theresa is a Democrat and her husband is a Republican. In San Francisco where I live, this type of a mix marriage would be very unusual. Most people who live in San Francisco are Democrats.
Joe: He's staring into the abyss. These pieces are brilliant, and the Palin pick shows why Stewart and Colbert are successful--only satire can get at the truth!
David "by" golly, I think you may be close to the truth. Perhaps he is dwelling on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics.
David--You have it right! Thank God for Daily and Colbert--they absolutely have it right, and McCain gets more unbelievable everyday, because everything is a political ploy for him. Who will be ready on day one???? I'm beginning to wonder?!
I love her honesty and lack of arrogance.
It seemed to me that, in expansively talking about women and the glass ceiling, she almost smacked him in the face--he seemed to duck a couple of times.I found that most entertaining.
David:"These pieces are brilliant, and the Palin pick shows why Stewart and Colbert are successfulonly satire can get at the truth!"The truth? It is a partial truth there are very many truths. Her accomplishments (although I will admit not vast in politics) should not be minimized nor her convictions. That too is truth.Aside from listenting to Sirius Left I heard very little of the black community criticism of Barack Obama. I heard from a black community organizer who said early on that none of his friends were voting for him. He was perceived as a yuppy and opportunist. He stayed away from black issues (according to him).There was a lot more that I won't get into as it isn't important now. But it was alos 'true'. But it is equally true that he is black and married to a black woman. Raised by a white mom.I am not saying that political satire doesn't have its place but at this stage it is being used by Demcorat operatives to start painting the counter-narrative. We'll see which one sticks. Obviously Cathleen has her preference.
True enough, George D. But I also regularly post Daily Show and Colbert Report commentary, because I think they show something about how the younger demographic will be shown things.I'm also hoping that Stephen Colbert has a Catholic relative who reads dotcommonweal who will get me a ticket. But with my luck, all his relatives read First Things or Inside Catholic!
George D: You ought to check out the Comedy Central website. They have some very funny Obama videos that might brighten your day.
Cathleen, as a professor of Theology and Law at Notre Dame, what do you think about the fact that Sarah Palin is pro-Life?
George D, now that the tickets have been selected, I am anxiously awaiting jibjab.com's generally even-handed satire of both parties. The 2004 "This Land is My Land" is a classic...
I think it's great that she's pro-life. It does not, however, qualify her to be leader of the free world.
Cathleen, in your view, what would qualify someone to be the leader of the free world? As a Catholic, I feel the bit on the video that makes a mockery of Sarah Palin's pro-Life view disconcerting. I am wondering why you did not cut that bit out of the video?
Did you find that bit "entertaining" as well?
Nancy, I think a sharp intellect, a good education, experience, judgment, extensive knowledge of foreign affairs and economics, are all necessary. The Daily Show is satire. The Daily Show clip began by showing Palin as suggesting that a vote for her would be a good move for women who supported Hilary, since it would break the glass ceiling that Hilary had merely cracked. Samantha Bee was mocking the view that women would vote for a woman candidate no matter what her stance on the issues.Would YOU vote for a woman candidate just because she was a woman? Would YOU vote for a pro-choice woman, just because she's a woman? Of course you wouldn't. Then why would you expect a pro-choice woman to vote for a pro-life woman just because she's a woman? They wouldn't. Issues matter to women, and all women don't have the same stance on the issues. So the idea that Hilary supporters, many of whom are strongly pro-choice, are going to support pro-life Palin simply because she's a woman is actually insulting to women. That's the point of the satire. I thought it was well-taken.The part of the video that I found funny--just slapstick funny--was the way he had to duck to get out of the way of her hand gestures.
Actually Cathleen, I would never vote for a pro-choice woman just because she is a woman, I would not vote for a pro-choice woman because she is pro-choice.
I am wondering, Cathleen, are you pro-choice?
My position on abortion and the law is very much the same as that which Mary Ann Glendon advocated in Abortion and Divorce in Western Law. I strongly suggest you read her book. I think you'd really like it. AS you know, she's ambassador to the Vatican, and very highly regarded by both JPII and B16.
Actually, I do not know much about her. I was wondering only if you were pro-choice and quite frankly, hoping that you are not.
Nancy, why don't you get Glendon's book--and read it--and tell me what you think. Google her and find out the responsibilities and roles she's been given at the Vatican. I don't believe the blogosphere operates --or ought to be expected to operate--as if there is no world of books and learning and expertise outside it. At least not this blog.
Thanks, Cathleen, I will.
Jean:The jib jab pieces are good and even handed. Here is the difference. They come out after the candidates have had time to convey their messages as they choose to convey. They play on certain stereotypes and perceptions that are fixed in the consciousness of the people. They are not creating those perceptions. That is what makes it funny.What Jon Stewart is doing is actively taking a role in SHAPING a counter-perception. Clearly he is taking the uspoken cue from the Obama campaign and working strictly as an entertainer. David's glib comments about brightening my day by seeing Obama videos is a bit patronizing or maybe he really believes that this was simple satire and I am being defensive. That is what makes the piece un-funny.I think that I can demonstrate my case that this was a deliberate strategy to paint her as an ideological Trojan horse for Hillary voters. First, in her very few public appearances on the national media she has spoken about corruption in government and energy policy specifically the natural gas pipeline (which she says Biden voted against but would pump all kinds of domestic natural gas to the USA) and drilling in ANWR which she supports. She has not articulated her public policy positions with respect to abortion aside from being strongly pro-life and perhaps somewhere agreeing that there should be restrictions. But here is the central point. When she took public office for those two years that was not even near the top of her agenda. Corruption, taking on oil companies (whatever that means in real terms), and energy policy and rebates were. So why are we discussing her views on abortion when these havent been raised by the campaign and she has had an opportunity to speak to them.Clearly this is an attempt to charicature her. Thats partisan politics. That is what Jon Stewart was doing. Obviously.Now in the interest of fair play, I thought when Palin described herself as a hockey mom that was pure pandering. I didnt like it. It came out as forced. Youre a regular person we get it. Now lets get to the public policy issues that drove you as governor. And those were what I mentioned not abortion.The point is lets not feign that this was just a joke and they do the same to Obama as David suggested. They dont.
Very funny. Thanks Cathleen. I'm a little worried though that all this satire is eventually going to cause her to break into tears, and then... Well, it worked once... (Let's not say nothing has been learned through these endless primaries.)
George, I appreciate the larger discussion on political satire and its influence on the political process. Some thoughts about the nature of satire that might be interesting to kick around:I don't think satire is ever "just a joke." Look at Twain, look at Swift, look at Ambrose Bierce. Satire isn't just funny; it's bitter and it makes a moral judgment. Jibjab, I'd argue, while it doesn't line up with Dems or the GOP, is perhaps the bitterest of all in that the moral judgment is that "they're all fools." As for shaping opinion, I think that bears a second look.As a Democrat, the Daily Show's treatment of Sarah Palin hasn't shaped any opinion that hadn't already occurred to me when I watched her accept McCain's nomination on PBS--that she was selected more as a symbol than as someone who had any real national leadership ability. So if the show doesn't shape my opinions as a partisan Democrat, nor your opinions, whose opinions DOES it shape?Perhaps we might agree that more insidious than anything on the Daily Show, which is on Comedy Central after all, are sloppy and incomplete reports one hears in so-called legitimate news venues.
Jean:"she was selected more as a symbol"As was Obama. Biden even said as much when he said something to the effect that you have an articulate, black clean cut guy. I mean its a storybook man. "than as someone who had any real national leadership ability." Leadership ability is something that needs to be tested. Obama did indeed pass the test of leadership ability obviously. Palin did in her state as well (which is important all politics is local!!!) But she is going to have to perform and I promise to give as fair an assessment as possible. I dont think you can say that she doesnt have leadership ability. She did afterall decline the bridge to nowhere and has advocated for drilling in ANWR (hardly a popular position although apparently in Alaska it it). Again, I dont live in the US but it seems to me that energy policy would be right up at the top given Californias rolling blackouts, gas prices, environmental issues, etc. Of course, here positions are debatable but she has engaged on these, adopted clear position, and taken concrete action in an executive position. That is real leadership at least in a operational sense. "whose opinions DOES it shape?"Oh it shapes young peoples no question. In fact I recall reading a study about 8 years ago that stated that young people aged 19 30 (or somewhere in there) by overwhelming margins obtained most of their news from the Daly Show. It has a hip, with it, ironic, feel to it that is attractive to young people wanting to be perceived as in the know and all of that.Perhaps we might agree that more insidious than anything on the Daily Show, which is on Comedy Central after all, are sloppy and incomplete reports one hears in so-called legitimate news venues."sloppy and incomplete reports one hears in so-called legitimate news venues."I know your background is in journalism and I do respect that craft. There used to be a program in Canada called the Fifth Estate which referred to journalism as an institution unto itself. I strongly agree with that. I think it truly should be a civil vocation. I dont think we should go the way of the UK (and Canada to a degree) with media clearly part of one party or another. After watching for awhile you really can see the ones who aim for balance and fairness. I watched the DNC on CNN. The one, for me, that exemplified balance and straight up reporting was John King.Good examples with print media too.
George, wasn't my intention to re-argue earlier thread on Palin's fitness as a candidate, but to look at what political satire does.Re young people, yes, my students were telling me they got most of their news on the Daily Show before I even knew what the Daily Show was. After I saw it, I asked them how they could understand the satire on the Daily Show if that was their main source of info. They said they read news online.So I'd like to see more evidence about how satire shapes opinion.Journalists are getting sloppier in many areas. They're not challenging PR sources enough, and they often use Web resources to stitch stories together rather than using that info to provide useful background in ferreting out new information. The fact that so much media is now part of conglomerate America, however, troubles me. I frankly think that a venerable periodical or newspaper with its political or religious slant clearly stated (The National Review comes to mind) is often more credible than so-called non-partisan media. I also have concerns with TV news, but especially CNN, which thrives on "bringing it to you as it happens!" Often events are presented without context or without taking the time to check things out. Visual media also has a tendency to sensationalize-find the most dramatic pictures or seek out the most colorful commentators. I also can't stand the busy-ness on the CNN screen and the repetitive nature of its coverage. And I loathe "The Situation Room," especially when there really isn't much of a "situation" to report. It elevates a minor story to something of national import.But I confess I only see CNN (and the Daily Show) in the cafeteria, at the neighbor's and in the doctor's office because I won't shuck out the $$ for cable.
George D., I think you're right that this helps the democrats--and was intended by Stewart to do so. But how does satire work? I think it gives you courage. People think, "Am I the only one who thinks this is crazy (this being whatever is being mocked) . . . maybe I'm crazy." When you see the satire, you conclude that it's the world that's crazy, and you and Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are three people who see things as they truly are.
Cathleen--I agree that satire gives the audience courage, and an outlet for their frustrations with the mainstream media. I expected the pundits to have a "field day" with the Palin choice, and all I saw instead were mild mannered non-commital opinions because the pundits feared for their own jobs. Why were they so vocal about a qualified candidate like Hillary, and now "they" are tongue-tied? The credibility of McCain has plummeted, in my mind, because of his arrogant disregard for what will happen if he dies. At least Obama gave it thoughtful consideration, and chose someone we can place our confidence.
In the United States the discussion about abortion is about one side accusing the other side of not respecting life and the other side accusing the other side of not respecting women. Both sides are lying. We have coffee after Mass where I go to church (monastery) on Sundays. Everybody I talked to is voting for Obama and Biden. I need to add that I go to Mass in Berkeley, California. Michael
I think satire is also connected to demotholygizing. It has to be funny which means that it has to draw on the audiences sense of irony. Stewart, in this example, demythologized the historical import of this pick. But he also appealed to an innate suspicion that this was a ruse from McCain. Effective.My point is that humour of this type is effective on the right as well but the right has nowhere near the access that the left does in terms of comedy.Colbert satirizies conservative punditry which is a bit different. He is pretty effective as well. Denise:"Why were they so vocal about a qualified candidate like Hillary, and now they are tongue-tied?"HIllary was a known commodity. Palin came out of nowhere. It is wise not to make a judgment until we have all the information which is happening in real time.I don't think that they feared for their own jobs - they are processing just like everyone else. Personally I don't see how the pick withstands a critical rational analysis. Yet, there is something compelling about it. I would just offer this individual male perspective.Speaking of Jon Stewart I had to look at the piece posted by Cathleen on You Tube and came across another segment dealing with Palin where he compared her visually to some television actresses and then finally some soft core porn actress which brought the house down. I even had to chuckle at that and then it occurred to me that under the surface there is dynamic sexual force (in the broadest sense of the word) with this pick. Watching Palin, notwithstanding her record, her bearing is very present, she is in the moment in her whole being which is as a woman. Thus she tends to project her inner core in interviews while being appropriately disciplined and articulate. But because her inner core is female, that aspect of her sex is projected. As a male listener, I respond. The issue suddenly becomes interesting and I am engaged. With Hillary, aesthetically, she is certainly as attractive as Palin, yet she doesnt seem (at least to me) to project that same passion from her being. Thus the response is different. People are still processing Palin for the reasons above and politically as well.As a purely sociological phenomenon this is going to be interesting as you now have a presidential campaign with the (mostly) implicit and unspoken subtext of race and the mostly) implicit and unspoken subtext of sex. Ironically it is a great opportunity to focus on concrete issues as the candidates will now have the full attention of the public.
I suppose satire can give you courage.IMHO, the point of satire is to make you feel ashamed--Mark Twain's war prayer, Swift's "Modest Proposal," pretty much any episode of "The Simpsons."
"My point is that humour of this type is effective on the right as well but the right has nowhere near the access that the left does in terms of comedy."Yes they do. Fox News.
Cathleen, rather than read Maryanne Glendon's views on abortion, I decided to google and see what you had to say in regards to this issue. From Commonweal, May 4, 2007: "But it would nod towards both sets of core values. It would highlight the humanity of unborn life while recognizing that secular law would not require a woman to sacrifice her fundamental physical integrity to carry her baby to term. Maybe that's a step towards a workable compromise, but I am not holding my breath."I find this statement to be somewhat muddled but more consistent with one who is pro-choice.Here are some things I believe you should consider since you are both a professor of Theology and Law at the University of Notre Dame.1.It is God, not Caeser, who creates Life.2.The Catholic Church teaches and modern Science confirms that Human Life begins at Conception, when a unique individual person, with unique DNA, consistent with that of a Human person, separate from that of it's Mother, exists.3. Children are not property.4. Christ was never known to compromise as the Word of God. The Word is still the same for all, rich, poor,etc., although he did say that for whom much has been given, much will be expected. ( He was not just refering to economics here.) Regarding the bit that a woman should not be required to" sacrifice her fundamental physical integrity", go spend an hour with a two year old and then tell me what you think.
Are there any analyses of the audiences of these two shows? How many watch? What age groups? Political party affiliations? Likely to vote? Etc.
Nancy, I'm talking about Carhart and its reception in American law there. I think Carhart exacerbated the polarization on abortion in this country.But thank you for your five pointers. I can't resist asking: How do you decide what words to capitalize? Why did you capitalize "Life"? or Mother? It's not standard English usage. Were you raised speaking German? I note with chagrin that "somewhat muddled" is my contribution to the Commonweal lexicon. I guess it's incorrect. I'm not sure something can be somewhat muddled. If it's muddled, it's muddled.Joe, here you go. I would ask your absolution for pointing you to wikipedia, but if you click, you're complicit, and can't absolve me.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Show
Jean, I guess satire makes the object ashamed (McCain and the Republican sides). But don't you think it makes the audience (probably not, as has been pointed out, sympathetic to McCain and Palin) more brazen about their views. They're not only right, they're hip?
Im interested in the discussion about humor. Satire, according to my dictionary, is aimed at exposing wickedness or folly. I think folly is the target here. Not all humor is satire, of course. For what it is worth, I saw several forms of humor at work in these videos. The goggle-eyed mad scramble of the news commentator played by Colbert (OK, heres my talking points fax) was information-age slapstick. The collage of similar hairdos was a visual joke. Assuming Palin to be McCains third wife was burlesque. The clip of Palin avowing she didnt know what the VP does all day was irony. But the Samantha Bee interview was true satire, intended to expose the folly of expecting supporters of Hillary Clinton to rally round Sarah Palin, just because she is a woman. The point is well taken, and couldnt have been clearer.I dont know that satire is always bitter, or necessarily cruel. (Certainly this was far less cruel than McCains infamous joke about Chelsea Clinton, which was a combination of derision and innuendo.) But satire does have a point to make, and whether it makes one squirm or chortle depends on how you feel about the point. If you are complicit in the folly being exposed, it wont be comfortable for you. If you feel oppressed or victimized by whatever folly is being satirized, you may delight in the opportunity to see it lampooned. It also empowers you to resist the awful compulsion of having to see things through the eyes of whoever is in power. It is no accident that some of our greatest comedians and comics have been Jews and blacks. Nor that when people are in power they quickly lose their sense of irony.
Of course, who was a better Satirist than Erasmus. Whereas Cicero came out and named names. Here is Erasmus on the hierarchy. Was he thinking with the church?ORATION: LIGHTS OF THE WORLD The Lights of the World Reduced to a mere Wallet Nor are princes by themselves in their manner of life, since popes, cardinals, and bishops have so diligently followed their steps that they've almost got the start of them. For if any of them would consider what their alb should put them in mind of, to wit, a blameless life; what is meant by their forked miters, whose each point is held in by the same knot, we'll suppose it a perfect knowledge of the Old and New Testaments; what those gloves on their hands, but a sincere administration of the Sacraments, and free from all touch of worldly business; what their crosier, but a careful looking after the flock committed to their charge; what the cross born before them, but victory over all earthly affections- these, I say, and many of the like kind should anyone truly consider, would he not live a sad and troublesome life? Whereas now they do well enough while they feed themselves only, and for the care of their flock either put it over to Christ or lay it all on their suffragans, as they call them, or some poor vicars. Nor do they so much as remember their name, or what the word bishop signifies, to wit, labor, care, and trouble. But in racking to gather money they truly act the part of bishops, and herein acquit themselves to be no blind seers. In like manner cardinals, if they thought themselves the successors of the apostles, they would likewise imagine that the same things the other did are required of them, and that they are not lords but dispensers of spiritual things of which they must shortly give an exact account. But if they also would a little philosophize on their habit and think with themselves what's the meaning of their linen rochet, is it not a remarkable and singular integrity of life? What that inner purple; is it not an earnest and fervent love of God? Or what that outward, whose loose plaits and long train fall round his Reverence's mule and are large enough to cover a camel; is it not charity that spreads itself so wide to the succor of all men? that is, to instruct, exhort, comfort, reprehend, admonish, compose wars, resist wicked princes, and willingly expend not only their wealth but their very lives for the flock of Christ: though yet what need at all of wealth to them that supply the room of the poor apostles? These things, I say, did they but duly consider, they would not be so ambitious of that dignity; or, if they were, they would willingly leave it and live a laborious, careful life, such as was that of the ancient apostles. And for popes, that supply the place of Christ, if they should endeavor to imitate His life, to wit His poverty, labor, doctrine, cross, and contempt of life, or should they consider what the name pope, that is father, or holiness, imports, who would live more disconsolate than themselves? or who would purchase that chair with all his substance? or defend it, so purchased, with swords, poisons, and all force imaginable? so great a profit would the access of wisdom deprive him of- wisdom did I say? nay, the least corn of that salt which Christ speaks of: so much wealth, so much honor, so much riches, so many victories, so many offices, so many dispensations, so much tribute, so many pardons; such horses, such mules, such guards, and so much pleasure would it lose them. You see how much I have comprehended in a little: instead of which it would bring in watchings, fastings, tears, prayers, sermons, good endeavors, sighs, and a thousand the like troublesome exercises. Nor is this least considerable: so many scribes, so many copying clerks, so many notaries, so many advocates, so many promoters, so many secretaries, so many muleteers, so many grooms, so many bankers: in short, that vast multitude of men that overcharge the Roman See- I mistook, I meant honor- might beg their bread. A most inhuman and abominable thing, and more to be execrated, that those great princes of the Church and true lights of the world should be reduced to a staff and a wallet. Whereas now, if there be anything that requires their pains, they leave that to Peter and Paul that have leisure enough; but if there be anything of honor or pleasure, they take that to themselves. By which means it is, yet by my courtesy, that scarce any kind of men live more voluptuously or with less trouble; as believing that Christ will be well enough pleased if in their mystical and almost mimical pontificality, ceremonies, titles of holiness and the like, and blessing and cursing, they play the parts of bishops. To work miracles is old and antiquated, and not in fashion now; to instruct the people, troublesome; to interpret the Scripture, pedantic; to pray, a sign one has little else to do; to shed tears, silly and womanish; to be poor, base; to be vanquished, dishonorable and little becoming him that scarce admits even kings to kiss his slipper; and lastly, to die, uncouth; and to be stretched on a cross, infamous. Theirs are only those weapons and sweet blessings which Paul mentions, and of these truly they are bountiful enough: as interdictions, hangings, heavy burdens, reproofs anathemas, executions in effigy, and that terrible thunderbolt of excommunication, with the very sight of which they sink men's souls beneath the bottom of hell: which yet these most holy fathers in Christ and His vicars hurl with more fierceness against none than against such as, by the instigation of the devil, attempt to lessen or rob them of Peter's patrimony. When, though those words in the Gospel, "We have left all, and followed Thee," were his, yet they call his patrimony lands, cities, tribute, imposts, riches; for which, being enflamed with the love of Christ, they contend with fire and sword, and not without loss of much Christian blood, and believe they have then most apostolically defended the Church, the spouse of Christ, when the enemy, as they call them, are valiantly routed. As if the Church had any deadlier enemies than wicked prelates, who not only suffer Christ to run out of request for want of preaching him, but hinder his spreading by their multitudes of laws merely contrived for their own profit, corrupt him by their forced expositions, and murder him by the evil example of their pestilent life. Nay, further, whereas the Church of Christ was founded in blood, confirmed by blood, and augmented by blood, now, as if Christ, who after his wonted manner defends his people, were lost, they govern all by the word. And whereas war is so savage a thing that it rather befit beasts than men, so outrageous that the very poets feigned it came from the Furies, so pestilent that it corrupts all men's manners, so unjust that it is best executed by the worst of men, so wicked that it has no agreement with Christ; and yet, omitting all the other, they make this their only business. Here you'll see decrepit old fellows acting the parts of young men, neither troubled at their costs, nor wearied with their labors, nor discouraged at anything, so they may have the liberty of turning laws, religion, peace, and all things else quite topsy-turvy. Nor are they destitute of their learned flatterers that call that palpable madness zeal, piety, and valor, having found out a new way by which man may kill his brother without the least breach of that charity which, by the command of Christ, one Christian owes another. And here, in troth, I'm a little at a stand whether the ecclesiastical German electors gave them this example, or rather took it from them; who, laying aside their habit, benedictions, and all the like ceremonies, so act the part of commanders that they think it a mean thing, and least beseeming a bishop, to show the least courage to Godward unless it be in a battle. And as to the common herd of priests, they account it a crime to degenerate from the sanctity of their prelates. Heidah! How soldier-like they bustle about the jus divinum of titles, and how quick-sighted they are to pick the least thing out of the writings of the ancients wherewith they may fright the common people and convince them, if possible, that more than a tenth is due! Yet in the meantime it least comes in their heads how many things are everywhere extant concerning that duty which they owe the people. Nor does their shorn crown in the least admonish them that a priest should be free from all worldly desires and think of nothing but heavenly things. Whereas on the contrary, these jolly fellows say they have sufficiently discharged their offices if they but anyhow mumble over a few odd prayers, which, so help me, Hercules! I wonder if any god either bear or understand, since they do neither themselves, especially when they thunder them out in that manner they are wont. But this they have in common with those of the heathens, that they are vigilant enough to the harvest of their profit, nor is there any of them that is not better read in those laws than the Scripture. Whereas if there be anything burdensome, they prudently lay that on other men's shoulders and shift it from one to the other, as men toss a ball from hand to hand, following herein the example of lay princes who commit the government of their kingdoms to their grand ministers, and they again to others, and leave all study of piety to the common people. In like manner the common people put it over to those they call ecclesiastics, as if themselves were no part of the Church, or that their vow in baptism had lost its obligation. Again, the priests that call themselves secular, as if they were initiated to the world, not to Christ, lay the burden on the regulars; the regulars on the monks; the monks that have more liberty on those that have less; and all of them on the mendicants; the mendicants on the Carthusians, among whom, if anywhere, this piety lies buried, but yet so close that scarce anyone can perceive it. In like manner the popes, the most diligent of all others in gathering in the harvest of money, refer all their apostolical work to the bishops, the bishops to the parsons, the parsons to the vicars, the vicars to their brother mendicants, and they again throw back the care of the flock on those that take the wool. But it is not my business to sift too narrowly the lives of prelates and priests for fear I seem to have intended rather a satire than an oration, and be thought to tax good princes while I praise the bad. And therefore, what I slightly taught before has been to no other end but that it might appear that there's no man can live pleasantly unless he be initiated to my rites and have me propitious to him. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1509erasmus-folly.html
Cathleen said: I guess satire makes the object ashamed (McCain and the Republican sides). But dont you think it makes the audience (probably not, as has been pointed out, sympathetic to McCain and Palin) more brazen about their views. Theyre not only right, theyre hip?Jean replies: Yes, it can, and I may be on the thin ice of the intentional fallacy in trying to make pronouncements about the aims of the satirist.So let me back off to a reader response approach: I rarely miss an episode of "The Simpsons," and I think it's hilarious. But it never ceases to make me feel ashamed of some of the aspects of American culture it satirizes. Rita, thanks for the thoughtful post. Off to the family pic-a-nic, so will think more about this during the week.
Cathleen, a statement that is somewhat muddled would be a statement that begins by saying one thing and then ends by being muddled. A muddled statement is a statement that is entirely muddled.I was born and raised in Long Island, New York.
Nancy, do you think it is morally wrong for Catholics to criticize the Magisterium--or bishops or the pope on any point --or to say anything critical of the pro-life movement at all?
Cathleen, do you believe that Christ Has revealed Himself to His Church in the Trinitarian relationship of Sacred Tradition, Sacred Scripture, and the teaching of the Magisterium? Do you believe The Deposit of Faith? Are you in communion with the Catholic Church? Why would I criticize the Magisterium since the Magisterium is the teaching authority of the Church? Why would I criticize the Pope unless it was regarding something other than The Deposit of Faith? There are some bishops, priests, nuns, laity, etc. that have made statements that are not consistent with the Deposit of Faith and are thus not in communion with the Church.Why would I criticize the pro-Life movement? The Catholic Church, through Catholic Charities etc., does a great job of providing assistance to the needy and will continue this work out of respect for the Dignity of life at all stages, from beginning to end.
I do have a criticism of Pope Benedict, but it involves something that he wrote before he was actually the Pope. He left the Filioque out of Dominus Iesus. I am surprised that many who criticized this document, failed to recognize that the Filioque was left out.
Yes, yes, yes, and yes.But it's good to know where you stand. Nancy, you are calling for a kind of undifferentiated submission to the church and to affiliated political movements--that even the Church doesn't itself call for. You don't make differentiations that the Church itself makes between different levels of teaching. You don't see the difference between criticizing a prudential judgment of the Magisterium, and criticizing an aspect of the deposit of faith. You don't see the difference between a moral teaching (e.g., intentional killing is always wrong) and an application of that teaching to contingent circumstances (e.g, the Harvard brain death criteria tell us when we're dealing with a dead person, not a live person). All of that would understandable, and tolerable. But you consistently call into question the good faith, the Catholicism, the loyalty to the church of people you don't agree with. And it never once seems to occur to you that maybe the matter is more complicated than you think --like with Benedict on the filioque clause.
Cathleen, when you believe, you are suppose to act on that belief. that is what Faith and Good works is all about.If intentional killing is always wrong than intentional killing is always wrong. You are not trying to make the argument that a child in a Mother's womb is brain-dead, are you Cathleen?
No. Nancy, after looking back at your posts, I have come to the conclusion that you're trying to conduct your own Inquisition on the Commowneal blog. And I want no part of it--and I will not tolerate it on any of my threads.
Cathleen, what have I said that is not consistent with the teaching of the Catholic Church? I have no problem if you feel the need to correct me.
One is put in mind of Chesterton's comment in Orthodoxy:"A small circle is quite as infinite as a large circle, but, though it is quite as infinite, it is not so large. In the same way, the insane explanation is quite as complete as the sane one, but it is not so large. A bullet is quite as round as the world, but it is not the world. There is such a thing as a narrow universality; there is such a thing as a small and cramped eternity... if you or I were dealing with a mind that was growing morbid, we should be chiefly concerned not so much to give it arguments as to give it air..."
or perhaps this comment, also by Chesterton:"If we want reform, we must adhere to orthodoxy."


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This comedy/fundraiser benefits YWCA programs, working to eliminate racism, empower women and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
Topeka's finest restaurants and caterers will showcase their culinary skills with an eclectic selection of treats for guests. Townsite Café/Peach Tree Catering, Qdoba, Hazel Hill Chocolate, Cold Stone Creamery, PT's, Pizagel's Pizza & Bakery, Simply Sarah's Catering, Blind Tiger and Cakes by Dino are just a few of catering participants.
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Tickets and tables are still available. Tickets are $40 for individuals. Tickets can be purchased by phone at 785-233-1750 Ext. 357 or securely online at www.ywcatopeka.org.
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The public is also invited to attend the YWCA Topeka's 125th Birthday Open House on November 19th at 11:30 am at the YWCA Topeka, 225 SW 12th Street. The Open House will be open throughout the afternoon until 6 pm. As a thank you to the Topeka Community for 125 years of courage, 125 past and present volunteers will sing "Happy Birthday" at 11:45 and a soup lunch and cake will be served immediately following.

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5 Major News Stories That Forgot to Tell You the Best Part
#2. The Diaper-Wearing Stalker Astronaut Probably Wasn't Wearing a Diaper
History has a tendency to reduce even the most significant people to their basic components. We (inaccurately) think of Napoleon Bonaparte as "the short French emperor dude," whereas John Wayne is a larger-than-life badass archetype who is totally not just some funny-walking guy called Marion. In this context, Lisa Nowak is destined to be forever known as "the psycho kidnapper astronaut who drove across the country wearing diapers." In fact, we're guessing that approximately everyone in the audience who knows the story knows it only as "That time the crazy astronaut lady went on a diaper-wearing rampage."
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"Astronauts and a built-in pee premise ... call my agent."
The story, as it was told, was that Nowak resorted to resolving a love triangle by trying to kidnap (and possibly murder) a fellow NASA officer, driving 1,400 miles to abduct her in Orlando. She wore a diaper throughout the trip, because who has time for toilet stops when you're batshit crazy?
Of course, the diaper thing was at least somewhat mitigated by the fact that the device was one of those special absorbent astronaut garments. So, no matter how whacked out the rest of her plan was, at least she pooped her pants astronaut style.
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"Heads up, Houston; I'll be bringing back a couple of 'moon rocks'."
The Story You Didn't Know:
First up, NASA doesn't hand out space diapers to astronauts for their own personal use. So we can knock out the idea of Nowak driving around in NASA-issued poop panties right now. That leaves us with a few options. Either:
A) Lisa Nowak was wearing her own adult diapers, or
B) she wasn't, and the media picked up on a story that didn't happen.
The whole thing appears to have been based on a joke. There were toddler diapers found in her car at the time of the arrest (along with a wig and a BB gun and other typical crazy stalker stuff), about "20 to 30" of them in the trunk. So, if you were an insane astronaut driving across the country to accost your lover's other lover, would you use baby diapers to collect your urine and feces? HOW? HOW WOULD YOU DO THAT? And remember, this is a lady driver. The mechanics of using baby diapers to wipe your nether regions would be impossible.
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Especially considering all the drive-thru she'd been eating.
Which is why Nowak and her lawyers say it never happened. What did happen was that Nowak told the guy who discovered the diapers that she used them to avoid pit stops. It appears that crazy astronaut Lisa Nowak, who coordinated the stupidest stalking escapade ever recorded, was making an ill-timed joke. It's hard to tell; the police report didn't include sarcastic air quotes. What we know is that she did stop on her way to Orlando. So we can probably take her testimony to the officer who found her diapers with a grain of salt, if not for the fact that, dammit, the story is just way more awesome if she's wearing a diaper the whole time. So, that's the one that got told.
#1. Afghanistan Invited the Soviet Invasion
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We have more in common with the former Soviet Union than just a love of chess and hatred of Nazis. For example, we both have Afghanistan. Two decades before the 9/11 attacks prompted the U.S. to invade, the Soviets tried their hand at controlling their Afghan neighbors. After executing the Afghan president, the Reds spent the next 10 years occupying Afghanistan and fighting insurgents (some of whom were equipped and funded by the U.S. government; see Rambo III for details).
"Friends forever, right, guys?"
The Soviets had no idea who they were up against -- not the terrain, the fighters, or the customs they were trying to disrupt with their secular, communist ways. By 1987, the Soviets were looking for their exit strategy, the same familiar one the United States is looking at now: Equip and train the locals to deal with rebels on their own, then hightail it the hell out of Dodge. Troops were withdrawn by 1989, just in time to discover that communism was pretty much over at home.
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"We're about done with this whole communism thing, but uh, you know, thanks for the effort. Good talk."
The Story You Didn't Know:
The Afghan government asked the Soviets to come over in the first place. In fact, the two governments had been tight for decades, with the USSR funding major infrastructure projects in the country since the 1950s. There was a mutual need for each other back then -- the Soviets wanted to get closer to Asia and Middle Eastern oil, plus they wanted to keep an eye on U.S.-friendly Pakistan. And Afghanistan liked Russian money. So for a while, everything was cool.
That is, until 1973, when the Afghan monarchy was overthrown by a Marxist faction that could never quite get their shit together. By 1978, the president of Afghanistan had signed a 20-year "friendship treaty" with the Soviet Union. He then begged the USSR to get on the best ship of all -- the "deployment of troops for his gain" ship. The Soviets refused. That guy, by the way, was eventually assassinated via pillow suffocation.
The pillow was well-paid for the hit.
Meanwhile, the Afghan people were fed up with the regime. The KGB learned that the Afghan intellectual class was fleeing, and that loyal Soviet supporters were getting executed by the government left and right. Also, that the government sucked at governing. So the next time the (next) president asked for Soviet help with rebel forces, the USSR said, "Sure, homey!" Then they deployed the shit out of their military, executed the guy who invited them, and proceeded to fight the rest of the country for the next nine years. They came all that way and didn't feel like lugging all their gear back.
But hey, at least they came invited.
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Saudi Arabia is also developing its additional energy resources – natural gas that once flared off oil wells is collected and used, and the Kingdom has become a producer of refined oil products and petrochemicals such as kerosene, diesel oil and gasoline.
In addition, with the discovery of deposits of precious and semi-precious metals, Saudi Arabia expects to become a major exporter of minerals in the coming decades.
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With the completion of the HapMap and its commercialization by Illumina and Affymetrix, it should be possible for researchers to find susceptibility alleles which have an odds ratio of >2 for any disorder, including Alzheimer disease, over the next couple of years. The expense will be high: Sample sizes of about 500 cases and 500 controls will be needed, and the cost per sample is on the order of $900. But if there are anymore genes with the effect size of ApoE out there, for AD or other diseases, we should now be able to find them.
Q: Does the map provide enough resolution?
A: On average, the haplotype map has investigated about 1 SNP every 5,000 bases (i.e., 5 kb). For most applications this density should be sufficient to allow linkage disequilibrium mapping of common variants with at least moderate effects in genetically complex diseases. However, a phase 2 of the HapMap is planned which will probably more than quadruple this resolution.
Q: Will the HapMap help in complex diseases, where several variants on
different chromosomes must interact, for example?
A: While the HapMap has many valuable uses in designing and interpreting future genetic association in AD and other diseases, it will unfortunately not help to better understand interactions between different genetic loci or non-genetic factors, because such interactions likely vary from phenotype to phenotype.
Q: Will the HapMap help in diseases where gene silencing, mRNA
splicing, and other post-transcriptional and post-translational
modifications are key to the pathophysiology?
A: If these pathophysiological changes are actually caused by common genetic variants in the genome, HapMap will definitely help us find them. It will still require a good number of experiments, though, to actually prove the causal relationship between associated SNPs on the one hand, and differences in mRNA splicing (for instance) on the other hand.
Q: Is the principle of tagging haplotypes scientifically sound, or
does it run the risk of missing out on haplotypes that are low in
frequency but high
in consequence?
A: The principle of tagging haplotypes to cover untyped common genetic variants is certainly sound, and—with the data provided by the current HapMap release—has just become a whole lot easier. As everything in science, it does have limitations (such as finding very low-frequency polymorphisms or haplotypes). However, this is a rapidly evolving field and the planned phase 2 release of the HapMap, together with novel analytic strategies, should facilitate even the search for such uncommon variants in the near future.
The completion of the HapMap is a major advance for...
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The completion of the HapMap is a major advance for science, and one which will particularly benefit the field of psychiatry. Schizophrenia research has been hampered by a failure to replicate genetic linkage and association studies, and this may in part owe to population differences in allele frequency, haplotype structure, and the inability to select the proper genes and polymorphisms for analysis. The HapMap reduces the "search space" for genetic markers that will show associations with complex diseases, like schizophrenia, across samples, and will thus facilitate the causal polymorphisms that may be shared across these populations. The completion of the first phase of the HapMap is not just important as a milestone marking progress in mapping the human genome, but also it is important for the enhanced level of scientific inquiry it can enable.
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Online MP Issues!!!
Below is a combined 3 posts that have not really been responded to on the general discussion board so I copied them to move them here
It all started when trying to use the server #2_TAWSITE.COM
When I tried to join the #2_tawsite.com server...
It would say I could not join because I don't have the map being played.
When you look at the map it is one that I have and one that some other servers would let me on to play but then there are several that won't which display the same message.
I have tried several maps...such as...
Hoth: The Big Battle, Eddie's Tyrnna(Spelling?) v1.0 and even some of the original maps.
I can go to other servers that are playing the exact same maps and it works just fine.
Anyone know what is going on here...
Any help would be great. Thanks
Just tried a few other servers...half of them say I don't have maps and half work just fine.
Weird for sure.
Well I have also uninstalled and re-installed everything with no change. They work fine until I add all the custom maps.
Well after a ton of hours...
I have came to the conclusion that the AddOn folder has a size limit on some of the servers.
First I thought it was the number of maps were limited to 25 but then I swapped around and got up to 27...so that threw that out the window.
However what I did notice is if the AddOn folder was smaller then 600mb all the servers would load normal.
If it went much over 600mb that is when the servers said "You can't play because you don't have the map that is being played."
So if anyone knows how to hack this thing or verify what exactly the limit is we will continue to have issues as more and more custom maps come out.
Right now there are 33 custom maps so we have to pick and choose what we want in our AddOn folder...pending on what servers you are wanting to play on.
I currently have 26 maps out of the 33 and I have used different combinations so it isn't a single issue with a certain map...some of these servers just go nuts if you have every single custom map in your AddOn folder.
Any thoughts???
quit plastering the forums.
I'll quit plastering the forums when someone gets off their arse and answers the questions...lol.
Funny Posted this in 4 forums with Zero responces other then from a jerk...nice...lol.
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If $-1<x<1$ show that $\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}{n\,x^n} = 0$. I don't have idea. I only prove that $n\,x^n$ is decreasing.
Consider the series $\sum n x^n$. The ratio test shows that this series converges when $|x|<1$. Hence in this case the sequence of terms must converge to zero.
Hint: if $|x| < r < 1$, show that $|(n+1) x^{n+1}| < r\, |n x^n|$ for sufficiently large $n$.
If $x=0$ we're done. Otherwise, we can show absolute convergence using l'Hôpital's, $$\begin{eqnarray*} \lim_{n\to\infty}|n x^n| &=& \lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{n}{|x|^{-n}} \\ &=& \lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{\frac{d}{dn} n}{\frac{d}{dn} |x|^{-n}} \\ &=& \lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{1}{-|x|^{-n}\log |x|} \\ &=& \lim_{n\to\infty} -\frac{|x|^n}{\log |x|} \\ &=& 0. \end{eqnarray*}$$
If $-1<x<1$ then $x=\dfrac{1}{r}$, with $|r|>1$. For example:
$$1>0.1=\frac{1}{10}$$ $$1>0.25=\frac{1}{4}$$ $$1>0.\overline 3 =\frac{1}{3}$$
Then, we can write your sequence as
Can you try and see what would happen to $a_n$ for large $n$?
Say $r=2$. Then what would $$\lim\limits_{n\to \infty}\frac{n}{2^n}$$ be? Can you try and generalize?
Also note that for positive $r$ $$a_{n+1}=\frac{n+1}{r^{n+1}}=\frac{1}{r}\frac{n}{r^n}+\frac{1}{r}\frac{1}{r^n}=$$ $$=\frac{1}{r}a_n+\frac{1}{r}\frac 1 n a_n<\frac{1}{r}a_n+\frac{1}{r}a_n=\frac{2}{r}a_n$$
I believe that one could use the monotonicity of the functions of $n$ in order to justify taking the continuous derivative with respect to $n$ in the l'Hopital argument above (by oen). This would still only work for x nonnegative (by what James mentioned). But then, couldn't one argue that, because $|nx^n| = |ny^n|$ for positive integers $n$ and for constants $x$ and $y$ (where $x=-y$ and $y$ is positive), that $\lim_{n\to\infty}|nx^n| = \lim_{n\to\infty}|ny^n| = \lim_{n\to\infty}ny^n = 0$. (The second to last equality is valid because $ny^n >0$ and the last equality is the limit whose value is given by the l'Hopital argument.) Could one then say that since $\lim_{n\to\infty}|nx^n| = 0$ that $\lim_{n\to\infty}nx^n = 0$? (-1 < x < 0) This seems fine to me, but let me know what you think.


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Thankfully, Ice Cube understands our wicked obsession. It's been 16 years since he made the stoner cult classic Friday – and Cube himself has turned in some pretty critically impressive performances since then, thank you very much – but all we can talk about is that simple little movie about a day gone wrong in South Central L.A.
In the years since, Friday has become a medicine for many of us. It's this religion based in ignorant, everyday, trifling comedy – and we still love every ounce of it.
We need to see Craig, Smokey, Deebo, Rita at 7:30 and the rest of the gang back on the silver screen. Pronto. Cube's heard those requests – and social media threats, let's keep it real – loud and clear. And he's working on it.
The actor is currently on the campaign trail, drumming up support for his 30th film credit in the film adaptation 21 Jump Street, out next week. But the only question journalists, fans and people on the street keep asking the gangsta-rapper-turned-Hollywood-big-shot is when is he going to bring the original Friday characters back to the big screen? "It's a movie, basically, about hanging out. You know," Cube chuckles, admitting he's a bit bewildered at times of people's fascination with the flick. "And just to see so many people invested in it and so many people quote the movie and love the movie … is … wow. That's the most requests I get: 'When is another Friday movie coming?' I'll get on Twitter and be like 'Yo, I'm out in Chicago promoting 21 Jump Street,' and they'll be like, 'yeah, we gonna see that. But f--- all that. When is Friday coming?' I gotta make sure I get this movie to the people. They want it. That's my job is to deliver."
Here's what else the former NWA hip-hop superstar had to say:
EBONY.COM: This is your 30th TV/film credit. Quite the milestone. What does that say to you?
Ice Cube: That I got some work to do if I want to catch some of these other actors! It just tells me that the film-going audience likes what I present and that's helped my longevity. I'm just happy to still be around, still be doing movies that people are into. I don't know if you can ask for more.
EBONY.COM: Does it surprise you that this is where your career is now? When we talked last summer, we were chatting about how it'd been 20 years since Boyz in the Hood, your first film role, came out.
IC: Not really surprised, because when I look at the landscape it's like, this is the place you want to be. It seems like I've taken the natural progressions. I don't think I've forced anything. I went the only path I could go as a rapper, to one trying to be more embedded in entertainment.
EBONY.COM: It seems that was a successful transition, because there's a generation of people out there who really know you as an actor who raps, but as a rapper who turned into an actor.
IC: Yeah, that's true. But I guess that's a tribute to some of the movies I've done, I think. I've been memorable to the point where people don't remember my whole history.
EBONY.COM: Let's talk Friday. Are you doing a new movie with the original cast?
IC: Yeah, you know, we going to invite everybody back, you know, and hopefully everybody shows up.
EBONY.COM: How soon are you guys going to go into production for that film?
IC: Well, I've started writing, so as soon as I get this script together then we'll start casting and putting it together and getting locations and might be really in pre-production. We're going to get it to the point where we're in pre-production. To me, that's when I know movie's getting made —when we in pre-production.
EBONY.COM: Friday's like a therapy or religion for some people. Does that surprise you after all these years, that people are still so hungry to see all the original cast back on screen?
IC: It's pleasantly surprising!
EBONY.COM: Is that what made you finally cave in and finally do it?
IC: Just the thought of being able to have everybody back. You know to me that's the reason why you make the movie, is because you can get everybody back. And I was anxious to give the people what they want. And I'm really hoping Chris [Tucker] feels the same way.
EBONY.COM: When will you find out if he's going to give you an official yes?
IC: When I present the script to him , and hopefully he like what he sees and wants to do the movie. I'm willing to make whatever changes he wants to make to get him in it, because I think it's very important for the fans of the series to see everybody back


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A topological bistellar flip is the term used by Dougherty, Faber, and Murphy to describe a bistellar flip that does not cause any face of a complex to be duplicated. Suppose we consider a generalized notion of bistellar flips that are non-topological, ie, they can duplicate existing faces of complexes. For instance, on a 3-simplex, a (2,2) non-topological flip would map one edge of the tetrahedron into the edge it does not intersect.
Is this notion already defined in the literature? Which classes of nontopological bistellar flips are known to preserve the type of a manifold? It seems likely to me that in low dimensions a good deal may already be known.


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What is the difference between verduras and vegetales? In what situations can one be used as a translation for "vegetables" and the other cannot?
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Vegetal (here the new definition according to RAE) is either:
Verdura, on the other hand, refers to edible plants, specially those with green leaves.
In Spanish (in Spain, at least) we make a distinction between hortaliza (any vegetable, in the 2nd meaning of vegetable as a noun in the previous link) and verdura, which are a subset of hortaliza.
So lettuces, spinachs, cabbages, caulifloweres, chards, etc. are verduras, but potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, etc. are just hortalizas. However, when someone says "es bueno comer verdura", we all understand that carrots, tomatoes, etc. are included.
A "vegetal" is anything relative to plants, and "verdura" is a vegetable. So a "verdura" is a "vegetable", but a "vegetable" is not necessary a "verdura".


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The Bloch-Wigner function $D(z)$, gives the volume of a ideal tetrahedron in hyperbolic space $\mathbb H3$, where z is the cross-ratio (z1,z2,z3,z4) parametrizing the tetrahedron in $\mathbb CP1$.
$D(z)= \tilde D(z1,z2,z3,z4)$
Relating to this, the five-term relation for the dilogarithm, could be interpreted, as the fact that the signed sum of some volume of tetrahedrons, is null :
$$\sum^4_{i=0} (-1)^i \tilde D(z_0, ...., \hat z_i, ... z_4) = 0$$
Here the $z_i$ are 5 points in $\mathbb CP1$, and the notation $\hat z_i$ means that we don't take the vertex $z_i$ in account. The above equation looks like some function of a boundary of some 5-simplex.
But what is this 5-simplex (which, I think, corresponds to a 4-volume), and in which space this simplex exists (hyperbolic space ?) ?
Reference (Zagier) : http://maths.dur.ac.uk/~dma0hg/dilog.pdf (Pages 10 - 11)


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Ansonia not looking past anyone
ANSONIA — Ansonia football coach Tom Brockett doesn't prepare for a playoff game much differently than a regular season game.
He doesn't look at his previous game's success or even postseason history as an indicator.
Which brings us to the No. 2 Chargers' opponent, Coginchaug of Durham (9-2), tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the CIAC Class S quarterfinals at Nolan Field's Jarvis Stadium.
No. 7 Coginchaug, in only its fourth year as a varsity program, is making its first postseason appearance.
"Coginchaug is a very good football team," said Brockett. "Offensively, they have moved the ball on everybody. They have different playmakers who touch the ball. They really spread the ball out to everyone."
The Blue Devils are led by quarterback Tyler Meeker and running backs Jack Granger and Jake Ober.
"Their quarterback can run and throw it well down field," said Brockett.
Granger had 101 rushing yards and a touchdown against Cromwell.
The Blue Devils' top receiver is 6-foot-3, 220-pound Devin Rodrigue.
Meeker threw touchdown passes to Ober and Rodrigue as the Blue Devils qualified for the postseason with a 35-6 win over Class S perennial power Cromwell on Thanksgiving.
The Chargers are coming off a 66-28 victory over Naugatuck, thanks to the seven-touchdown, 406-yard rushing performance by Arkeel Newsome.
Still, Brockett said his team spent the weekend in full playoff mode and put aside the feats of Newsome and the Chargers.
"We had a great win against a great Naugatuck team, but there's no time to enjoy it," said Brockett, who has been pleased with the steady play of the offensive line.
The line consists of left tackle Tyler O'Connell, left guard Antone Mack, center Corey Dzienkewicz, right guard Ryan Hovan, right tackle Matt Simon and tight end Tom Majchrzak. Hovan missed all of the 2012 season with a leg injury.
Newsome's blocking fullback this season has been senior Saiheed Sanders, one of the unsung heroes of the Chargers.
"Saiheed has had a very good season for us," said Brockett. "We have asked a lot of him this season."
Sanders is also a key on defense as a second-year starting linebacker.
In the secondary, playing a key role for the Chargers throughout the season has been junior safety Witold Gul.
As a sophomore, Gul played sparingly until the second half of the state championship game against North Branford when he filled in at safety for Ryan O'Connor. O'Connor had been injured.
"Witold has played well and has been aggressive," said Brockett. "He's made enough plays on offense when called upon."
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The idea of using Scala to build unit tests for Java code has been thrown around. People are making the claim that Unit tests would be less effort to write because there's less boilerplate. In addition Scala, provides other "features" to provide "better" tests. Has anyone gone through this evaluation, and can you explain the pros/cons of using Scala for Java unit testing?
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I don't have a direct answer to your question, but perhaps you can infer some things about Scala-based testing from my experience with Clojure -- another JVM-based language -- for testing against Java APIs
I definitely believe some languages are better for writing tests than others. A lot of testing is about trying many variations of the same operation. My experience is that the number of keystrokes necessary to express test variations is smaller in Clojure than in Java. As you said, there's less boilerplate.
Since Clojure has a REPL, I can usually edit/run/debug tests without having to recompile.
There are downsides:
All of these are impediments. Whether they are compelling enough to avoid coding tests in something other than the product's native language depends on the culture and expertise in your organization.


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I have set logging to high.
I am not seeing any log messages.
I do see the empty ufw.log file.
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The log files are in:
To get a list of UFW related logs run the following at the command line:
Your results should appear like this:
If you do not have logs there you may want to double check the status and settings for UFW.
You should get a result like this:
If logging is off then you need to turn it on by running the following command:
If you do not have any log files then you can check to see if rsyslogd is running by typing:
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I was wondering, would there be a difference between using the SD card for root, to just mounting it somewhere (AFAIK /usr is the best place)?
I am thinking about the memory to buy, and I think a 4 gb USB and some big USB (8 gb maybe). Use the SD to store programs and software and the USB for external storage (probably at mnt)
What do you think?
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I have a couple of related questions, first of all, where is the kernel image supposed to be stored?
As far as I understand looking at the documentation and tutorials the image should be flashed to mtdblock1.
Now, as I see it, the other image should go to mtdblock2, if you use an USB or a SD you can skip this step.
I want to use the 512 on the NAND for something (mainly /etc and /bin) and the SD for the heavy stuff (/usr for apps and portage, /var for portage compile dir, and the /mnt/sd for storage).
My plan is to do something like this:
1) Format mtdblock2 somehow to jffs2 and mount it as root.
2) Format a SD with ext3 and mount it at /mnt/root
3) Bind /usr to /mnt/sd/usr and /var to /mnt/sd/var
4) Compile, install gentoo.
5) Flash the kernel uImage to mtdblock1. Configure uboot.
6) Boot using mtdblock2 as root, but modify fstab to mount (and bind) the SD.
The only step that I am not sure if its possible is 2.
What do you think? Is this setup possible?
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There wouldn't be any difference, just that you'll be using two different storage systems.
The kernel can be wherever you want it to be, just put it in a place where U-Boot is able to access it. ATM the (official) U-boot in the plug doesn't support SD. You can put it on a TFTP server, mtdblock1, USB, etc...
As for if its possible, looks correct to me.
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The file system is usually in the third partition of the Flash. Since the flash doesn't really have a partition table, we need to tell the kernel where the partition boundaries are. Once we have decided on the partition sizes we want to use we must be consistent in what we tell the kernel. If we decide to change the partition size and thus the boundaries we will need to rewrite the images stored in the effected partition. you could come up with a partition scheme that had a large second partition for the file system and a small third partition for the kernel. Your bootargs and bootcmd would need to change to match what you are using. I think the u-boot always needs to be in the first flash partition.
Some configurations are telling the kernel about all three partitions of the flash through the bootargs ie:
Some are telling the kernel about just two ie:
The format here is a list of size@starting location(name)[ro]
The kernel enumerates them in the order shown so if the rootfs is in the third partition the kernel is told about it will be /dev/mtdblock2.
If rootfs is the second one in the bootargs it will be /dev/mtdblock1.
The reason we don't always tell the kernel about the u-boot partition is to make it really difficult for the kernel to access it. That way we don't corrupt it with a typo. The 'ro' shown in these two examples tells the kernel to make the partition read only which is another safeguard against writing to it by mistake.
Note in the second example the 'ro' on the kernel partition will make it impossible to rewrite the kernel. We would need to reboot with different bootargs in order to change the kernel. Setting the rootfs partition to ro would probably not work well.
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Hey, thanks for the info.
Just a question, these mtdparts are kernel parameters or uboot?
And yeah, my objective is to use 2 storage, first because I dont want to waste the 512 of internal memory and second because as you said SD booting is not supported and I want to use my SD for root.
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the mtdparts=.... is part of your u-boot bootargs and are passed to the kernel as it command line arguments.
For instance if in u-boot my bootargs looks like this.
bootargs=console=ttyS0,115200 mtdparts=orion_nand:0x100000@0x000000(u-boot)ro,0x400000@0x100000(uImage),0x1fb00000@0x500000(rootfs) rw root=/dev/sda1 rootdelay=10
If i run dmesg after boot and search for the kernel command line I see:
Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 mtdparts=orion_nand:0x100000@0x000000(u-boot)ro,0x400000@0x100000(uImage),0x1fb00000@0x500000(rootfs) rw root=/dev/sda1 rootdelay=10
By the way this boots with my root file system on the first partition of my usb 2.0 harddrive.
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Thanks again for the information.
Just one question left: whats the difference between orion_nand and nand_mtd?
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if you move to a kernel built from mail line kernel source as opposed to the ones supplied from Marvell you need to switch from using nand_mtd to orion_nand. It is based on the name the kernel understands to be the flash device. There are two other u-boot parameters that need to also change if you move to a main line kernel. They are posted a number of times in this forum under the kernel discussions.
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My calendar is full of facebook friend birthdays! and worse, they are listed under "My Calendar", not Facebook calendar, so I can't hide them by unchecking Facebook in Calendar, Settings > Calendars. Even thouh they are listed under My Calendar, they still have facebook logos on the entry and a sync logo. I tried by turning off the sync option, but they are still there. How can I remove them from my calendars, and add them to the "facebook" calendar?
This was reported in the Android Central forum here with a link to LifeHacker. It sounds like it will allow you to sync your Facbook calendar without the birthdays because you're exporting the events directly from Facebook. First, you may want to undo the sync that you have going on now. Hope it helps.
Quoting the post from Android Central:
Go into Accounts and sync in Settings and remove Facebook HTC Sense and your calendar will be back to normal. Stupid thing had my calendar full of birthdays from my Facebook that I don't really care about....
There is a downward-pointing arrow on the top right of of the calendar. Hit this, and a list of all your calendars drops down. Untick the ones whose events you don't want synched to your phone's calendar.
I simply stopped syncing the Sense Facebook app to fix this. However, all the contacts I connected with Facebook are gone as well which is the down side.
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It is Friday Night. The shul is due to daven Mincha at 7.30pm, but Plag Hamincha is 7.37pm. The Shul is two short of a minyan and the decision is taken to daven Mincha privately. It is now 7.45pm (and so past Plag Hamincha). After which, two more arrive and a minyan is then formed for Mincha. After davenning Mincha, they then decide to daven Maariv even though it is still not sunset let alone nightfall. Were they in error?
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Don't forget to CYLOR, but the Ktzos Hashulchan (Siman 77 in the Badei Hahulchan sif katan 17 and 18) writes that one should pray Maariv earlier on Shabbos night, but one is not allowed to pray before Tzeis if he davened Mincha after Plag. However, if one did, he is Yotzei Maariv. (He must still say Shema again after Tzeis)
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Will 1316, 1330 and 1338 Beacon Street be razed to become part of the new Zervas School? Voters will need to wait until fall to find out.
The mayor has docketed two items related to the properties — one asks approve of the idea of the "purchase or friendly takings" of the three houses (#255-14) and the other requests $2.7 million to finance the deal (#256-14).
The finance committee approved the takings, but has yet to vote on the appropriation.
Last week, the takings question came before the full board — but Ald. Lenny Gentile sent it back to finance without discussion. A vote is now scheduled for the fall.
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The finback whale that beached itself in Queens was found dead on Thursday morning, according to the team of marine biologists who rushed to help the stranded animal about 24 hours earlier.
The 60-foot whale had floated away from the Breezy Point neighborhood during high tide overnight to nearby National Park Service land, and biologists were only able to check its condition around 11 a.m. Thursday. The natural death means chemical euthanasia won't be necessary; officials had been preparing for such a measure because of the whale's poor health.
Members of the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation, which led the rescue effort, had been preparing to procure enough drugs to kill the approximately 40-ton animal. Finding a landfill that would accept the whale had also been an issue, since chemical euthanasia creates environmental concerns that would prevent a normal burial.
The whale will be buried on the beach after heavy equipment that can move it to the dune line is secured, said Allison McHale of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. A necropsy will be performed after the whale is moved on Friday or Saturday, she said.
Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also helped in the response to the ailing whale.
The whale was reported beached on Wednesday morning, and the NYPD's emergency-service and harbor units cordoned off the area and sprayed the animal with water to keep it hydrated until the tide came in. But biologists who arrived at the scene quickly assessed that the whale, in its teens, was emaciated and appeared to have been sick for some time.
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We cannot address anyone's specific property valuation or speculate about an individual tax bill, but we will engage in a wide-ranging discussion about reval, the city's proposed budget for 2013-14 and other issues of interest to taxpayers. The times, dates and locations will be announced soon.
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With a record breaking number of summer readers this year, the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library planned something special to conclude their summer reading programs. Larger
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Larger than life childhood favorites transformed the library into a game hall today.
"It was a very fun cool way to get people out to the library to get them to check out books," said library guest David Long.
It was a celebration, marking the end of Summerfest. Summerfest is the library's goal-oriented summer reading program.
"We had a wonderful turnout. There were about 130 kids,plus or minus, all playing games," said Alice C. Sabatini Gallery Art Curator, Zan Popp.
"It's time to have fun now that the hard work and reading's done," said Youth Services Supervisor, LeAnn Petrie.
Summerfest is the culmination of more than 6,500 readers who broke the summer reading program record this year.
"We're always trying to bring new people in. If this is the only event they caught this summer, it's the consolation prize."
The game's magnified size and element of competition added a twist, fun for all ages.
"Smiles, giggles, my big sister beat me," continued Popp.
"Well he beat me at pretty much every game. It was funny," said library guest Shalynn Long.
"I played on paper but it was exciting on the ground because I won," said library guest Vera Adkins.
There were a dozen games sprinkled throughout the library from 10a.m.-2p.m.


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Please comment on the Finnish protocol of giving 9 weekly administrations of Herceptin versus the 18 - three-weekly administrations that are currently done in the US.
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The Finnish protocol treated a very small number of women, I believe fewer than 200. All of the other studies treated close to 10000 women with one year of herceptin. Although interesting, the weight of current evidence still favors a year of herceptin due to a larger sample of patients. Studies are being done to evaluate shorter courses of herceptin, but one year of treatment must still be considered standard.
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Say I'm working in the space of linear transformations from R^n to R^n and I've picked a basis so I can identify with any operator a component matrix in R^{n*n}. Transposing an operator swaps components (i,j) and (j,i). In this setting, the transpose operation is itself a linear map from R^{n*n} to R^{n*n}.
What does the transpose operator's component representation look like for, say, n=2 or n=3? Not what does it do when applied, but in what space does it live and what are its actual components?
How does one speak about applying this representation to a matrix? Say T is the transpose representation and I'm applying it to a matrix A to get TA=A^{T}. What is precise way to discuss this linear algebra operation in the context of the component representations of both tensors?
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Women's Basketball Game Notes Released for CatawbaFebruary 14, 2014
ANDERSON, S.C. – The game notes for the Anderson University women's basketball team's home matchup with South Atlantic Conference opponent Catawba have been released.
With AU's scheduled home game against Mars Hill on Wednesday washed away due to inclement weather in the Upstate, the Trojans look to get back into the win column as they welcome Catawba to the Abney Athletic Center. In Anderson's last contest, the Trojans suffered a 91-73 setback to SAC-leading Wingate last Saturday. With the loss, AU enters the weekend with a 12-10 overall record and an even 8-8 mark in league play.
Catawba comes into Saturday's game with an identical 8-8 mark in league play as the Indians and Trojans are in a three-way tie with Coker for sixth-place in the league standings. The Indians are winners of two of their last three games, but are coming off an 85-61 setback to Tusculum last Saturday.
Anderson seeks a season split with Catawba, after dropping a 67-59 decision to open the 2014 side of this season's schedule.
The game will be broadcast on FOX SPORTS Radio 1280 AM, WANS and will also be available on the internet at www.wrixfm.com and the Anderson web site at www.autrojans.com, along with video and live stats. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.
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I have a simple form where a user may contribute a link or upload a document adding a title and optionally some notes.
What's the best UI for allowing for either a URL or a file (but not both)?
I have a simple form where a user may contribute a link or upload a document adding a title and optionally some notes.
What's the best UI for allowing for either a URL or a file (but not both)?
Since this is a form, I would actually just provide two buttons inline to choose the image, and not a separate dialog or a set of radio buttons.
I believe this is actually better (in this instance) than having a single image button which opens a dialog to choose the option to then choose your picture. If you're choosing from your computer, the button on the main form would allow you to instantly open the file browse dialog as opposed to forcing the user to go through another dialog. Also, unlike radio-selection options (like the StackExchange option) both options are clearly present up front and are given equal weight.
An example of this would be the imgur upload control, shown below. I might update it to make it more clear that the "Computer" and "Web" buttons are a picture source by indicating "From Computer" and "From Web" or something similar.
I think I would agree that one option should be more prominent than the other especially if there is a strong preference for one option. Perhaps something like this can work.
Our very own Stack Exchange has this implemented relatively well (just click the image icon in the toolbar above the answer field):
Though, I would just improve the switch between the 2 modes by increasing the clicking affordance of the inactive method (right now it doesn't look clickable).
The key in this patterns is having some semblance of tabs: they clearly indicate the method of accessing the file.
I like using link UI conventions in this case, because that is what the user is doing... linking.
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I think TinEye's approach is great, even though it does take up a lot of space.
While I don't like having to click to choose an option, I think it's the lesser of several evils. Google does a good job with their image search input:
I was very pleased with how Pinterest handled this conundrum, but I thought it could be improved a little (and made more generic).
I created the below wireframe for an internal process, and would recommend it for you, too. Wherever it says "Product," substitute "image" or whatever element you intend. This wireframe was for a specific form to add products into our system, but it applies to anything.
Note that it starts with two clear paths, represented iconically and with simple wording. From either path, you can switch to the other. And if you go the URL path, if any clarification is needed on what element to upload, it's laid out for the user to make an easy selection.
One thing I personally stay away from is putting both options equally visible on a same page.
Speaking generally, I'd say first determine whether from your or the point of view of your company, one option is more desirable than another. Do you expect one option to be more frequently used than another by your users? Unless, your and users points of view are conflicting in some difficult ways, Pick the primary one and make it the default. Of course, you'd want to have a clearly labeled alternative shown but when visual hierarchy is right, the alternative should look secondary to this default, primary option.
Two possible options (that avoid an additional selection of the type of input) are:
This is an old question but there are some great solutions in 2015 for this UI/UX....
StackExchange sites including this one...
Trello - choose upload option or paste in URL Popover/Modal...
Gmail Pick from existing upload or gallery
Gmail Upload from remote server by pasting in a URL - Preview is shown after it downloads the file for you too!
Gmail Select from computer hard drive or Drag and Drop to upload file
I would use radio buttons to show the appropriate interface for either choice, but select by default the option you think people will use the most.