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Hillside top choice for closure
Residents filled the Elmbrook School Board meeting room, lined the walls and spilled into the hallway as school officials voted Tuesday to recommend closing Hillside Elementary after the 2011-12 school year.
Superintendent Matt Gibson recommended closing one school rather than two because Elmbrook elementary students will fill the remaining four schools to capacity, and the district would lose the ability to regulate enrollment numbers through non-resident students.
Gibson also suggested, however, that closure of Tonawanda Elementary may need to be revisited in the near future, perhaps as soon as five years.
"I believe there is a greater risk of losing resident enrollment based on the last remaining school in the village of Elm Grove being closed," he said.
The recommendation gained support though no formal action was taken. Public engagements meetings will be held before the board votes on the closure Oct. 25.
2016 Waukesha County Fair coverage
The Waukesha County Fair, the oldest fair in Wisconsin, is in full swing on the grounds of the Waukesha County Expo Center.
And our interns McKenna Oxenden and Maddy Heim have been enjoying all aspects the fair brings.
From ranking the tastiest food items at the fair, to being there when the Fairest of the Fair was crowned, to having a good time watching the pig, duck and goat races, a new attraction at the fair. Take a look at our coverage of the fair, which continues through Sunday, July 24.
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Brookfield East choir to perform with Foreigner at Waukesha County Fair
The Brookfield East High School choir will take to the stage tonight with the British-American hard rock band Foreigner at the Waukesha County Fair.
The choir will perform one of the band's hit songs "I Want to Know What Love Is" on the main stage during Foreigner's performance at 8 p.m.
Brookfield East was announced as the winner of the opportunity in the spring after receiving the most votes on Facebook among local choirs.
Foreigner is also donating $500 to the Brookfield East choir.
Wisconsin Athletic Club nearing town of Brookfield opening
A former student at the University of Phoenix or a movie-lover from years past might not even recognize the building at 20075 Watertower Blvd.
The structure, which has housed a movie theater, a community college and an office building, is in the process of an extreme makeover as the Wisconsin Athletic Club prepares its newest location.
Last fall, the WAC announced plans to move its current Waukesha club, 1530 E. Moreland Blvd., to the town of Brookfield after seaching locations for more than five years.
At that time, officials were uncertain on a timeline for the club and what amenities it would include. Details have become more clear on both subjects in recent months.
"We're looking at a late summer or early fall opening," Wisconsin Athletic Club chief executive officer Ray O'Connor said. "We are planning on letting our members know in August once we know an exact date."» Read Full Article
Social media story on the storms rolling through Milwaukee area
A social media story of the storms that moved through the Milwaukee area during the morning of July 21.
Resources available to Waukesha County residents during extreme heat
Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow is reminding residents of the resources available during the excessive heat warning in effect from noon Thursday, July 21, through 7 p.m. Friday, July 22.
"Excessive heat is the most frequent weather-related danger in southeast Wisconsin," said Farrow. "For this reason, Waukesha County has safeguards in place to ensure that even our most vulnerable residents can stay safe and healthy."
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Dozens of cooling centers and places to cool off are in Waukesha County, such as libraries, malls, or senior dining centers.
·Members of the public may use Waukesha County ice arenas as cooling stations for free. The cost to skate is $6.50 for adults and $5 for seniors and children.» Read Full Article
Initial Reaction Podcast: Wisconsin Badgers football, WIFCA All-Star game
Lake Country/Now sports director JR Radcliffe and Time Warner Cable Sports Channel's JP Cadorin chat about the Wisconsin sports scene, with an emphasis on Milwaukee-area preps. Find the podcast on Stitcher and iTunes.Future football stars in Wisconsin were on the table this week when Ben Worgull of the Badger Nation stopped by to talk about the state of the Badgers gridiron team, which begins in earnest Sept. 3 with a battle at Lambeau Field against LSU. Ben also talked Badgers basketball recruiting and JP and JR discussed the WIFCA All-Star game, featuring a couple future Badgers last weekend. Plus, the baseball state-tourney field is set. Each week,
Brookfield Central baseball unable to pull upset in regional loss to Sussex Hamilton
It wasn't an ideal first-round matchup for the fifth seeded Hamilton baseball team. Brookfield Central, the 12th seed in its bracket, finished the season 7-24, but had won three of its final four regular-season contests. Even with Central's ace Justin Stollberg on the mound, a July 12 regional semifinal went Hamilton's way, 8-2, after a strong hitting performance from the Chargers.
Hamilton's top of the lineup got on Central in the bottom of the first with three consecutive hits by Sam Herriges, Drake Schreihart and Carson Youngquist. Youngquist's single past first base scored Herriges, and two batters later, Ty Botsford drove in Schreihart for a 2-0 lead.
Central scored two runs in the top of the second, with one run coming off Dillon Sehmer's single over the Hamilton second baseman's head to score John Schneider.
Youngquist said the Chargers weren't frustrated after Central tied the game at 2.
"Unearned runs have been the story of our season," Youngquist said. "But we've been so used to being tied or down, we've come back from everything before. I think those hits we had early on in the next inning really helped us out a lot. Then we went up ... and carried it from there."» Read Full Article
Former Brookfield East coach Tom Swittel goes out with WFCA All-Star Game win
The Wisconsin Football Coaches Association All-Star Game is the last chance for prep football fans to see the state's top senior talent before they head off to college.
This year, it was also the final game for a Hall of Fame head coach.
Retiring Brookfield East coach Tom Swittel went out with a victory, as he led the South team to a 17-7 victory in the WFCA All-Star Game at UW-Oshkosh's Titan Stadium on July 16.
The North team took a 7-0 lead on a 1-yard touchdown run by Kimberly's Blair Mullholland with 11:42 left in the second quarter. South answered to tie the game just before halftime on a 9-yard touchdown run by Middleton's Cam Maly.
After missing a field goal in the second quarter, Brookfield East's T.C. Swittel drilled a 31-yard kick to put South up 10-7 with 8:03 left in the third. Maly later made it 17-7 with a 5-yard touchdown burst with 2:43 to play in the third.» Read Full Article
Brookfield board comfortable with lights
Six months of debate has led to a solution regarding new streetlights at an intersection with a residential neighborhood on one side and a major commercial development on the other.
But the solution isn't necessarily one that everyone will be happy with.
In June, the city of Brookfield experimented with reducing the lighting levels of what will be a signalized intersection at Calhoun Road and Golf Parkway. Those reductions are now set as the permanent status of the intersection moving forward.
The changes were a result of the city's board of public works instructing staff to reduce overall lighting levels at the intersection and also apply fixtures to the lights on the residential side of the intersection.
"This is follow up from the meeting (in March) wherein the referral was brought before the board and staff recommended that these changes be implemented," Brookfield Director of Public Works Tom Grisa said.» Read Full Article
Brookfield Portillo's opens its doors
Food, jokes, praise and even a "Pokemon Go" mention.
It was all about good times at Portillo's Thursday, July 14, as the restaurant hosted a limited crowd including local officials, media and others for lunch and laughs.
The Chicago-based company was ready to open its Wisconsin location Tuesday, July 19.
Portillo's founder Dick Portillo, company CEO Keith Kinsey and Brookfield Mayor Steve Ponto took questions and make remarks about the new dining option at 17685 W. Bluemound Road.
The company has been looking to establish its first location in the Dairy State for over two years.» Read Full Article
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Are you having the best summer ever?
It's a great time to be outdoors with many events going around in the Milwaukee area.
Whatever you might be doing, it's likely you've snapped some photos or selfies.
Whether you're enjoying a picnic in the park, a local festival, some splashing around at your community pool, or attending your local farmers market, there's plenty going on in the Milwaukee suburbs this summer.
We have started a photo gallery of our staff photographers' best summer photos from local events. But we want your photos to be added to this gallery.» Read Full Article
Live coverage: 2016 WIAA Summer Baseball Sectional Round
It's sectional day for WIAA summer baseball teams.
By the end of the day the summer baseball field will be trimmed from 16 teams to four.
Who will be left standing and playing for a state title on Friday at Kapco Park in Mequon?
Follow our live blog as sports reporters from Lake Country Publications and NOW Newspapers are out at sectional games today in South Milwaukee, Germantown and Brookfield Central.
Sports reporters JR Radcliffe, Steven L. Tietz, Andrew Gruman, John Rech and Chuck Delsman will be tweeting from various games today.» Read Full Article
Brookfield plan commission advances Wimmer's Linx Club apartment, hotel project
Wimmer Communities is on a roll.
The developer is one vote away from having its second apartment project in a matter of weeks approved by city of Brookfield officials.
At its meeting Monday, July 11, the city's plan commission was unanimous in its approval of The Linx Club, a 192-unit apartment project, and a new, 99-room Residence Inn near the northern terminus of Pinehurst Drive.
The project is part of Wimmer Communities' attempts to further invest in the area around the Brookfield Hills Golf Course.
"We've really started to see the potential of putting back together the original concept of a unified golf course community," Wimmer Communities President Mark Wimmer said.» Read Full Article
NOW's user submitted stories, photos will be discontinued in early August
Your local MyCommunityNow website and LakeCountryNow.com will have a new look during the first week of August.
With it, a standing element — User Submitted Stories and User Submitted Photos — on our current sites will be discontinued.
That means the public will not have the ability to post a story or photo directly to our websites.
Instead, there will be a form you can fill out to submit to editors for consideration. It will be at the editor's discretion whether the item is posted to a particular website.
Thank you for your submissions over the years, and continue to visit our websites as we bring you the news from the Milwaukee and Waukesha suburbs.» Read Full Article
New Brookfield Central AD Don Kurth to bring wide variety of experience
When new Brookfield Central Associate Principal of Athletics and Activities Don Kurth left a similar position at Franklin in 2010 after several successful years, he didn't take much memorabilia with him.
Except one thing, a team autographed helmet from the Sabers' 2006 WIAA Division 2 state-championship football team. Franklin won a game many observers felt was the greatest in state football finals history.
A game Franklin won in overtime. Over Brookfield Central.
"That's never seeing the light of day in my office," laughed Kurth shortly after the Elmbrook School Board approved his hiring on July 12.
Kurth officially took the reins on Monday, July 18, taking over for the highly successful Todd Sobrilsky, who oversaw a vast ramping-up of the Lancers' resources and facilities in his tenure.» Read Full Article


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I'm looking for a course in Chavitti uzhichil (massage using feet) in Kerala that is as cheap as possible (approximately 200 euros). No need for accommodation or food as part of the course. I need it for April 2012.
It's vague as to whether you mean 'a course of being treated' or a course to learn. Assuming treated, you could consider:
Kerala Ayurveda - a training school, they have a course of 7 or 14 days. It can be extended as well. It seems they do education AND treatment, so that should satisfy either of the possible requirements that you're after.

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What is the kashrus status of a pot if the food cooked in it was Kosher, but cooked by Non Jew? Is the pot kosher or not?
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My rough translation:
Dishes that a non-Jew cooked food with (in our presence) that are problematic because of bishul acu"m are required to be kashered. Some say that they do not. And even according to those who require it, if it was an earthenware vessel [which would normally not be kasherable], you can do hag'ala 3 times and it will be enough [to make it kosher], because this issue [of bishul acu"m] is not a Torah-level prohibition.
But of course, CYLOR for a practicable din.
The Shulchan Aruch (YD 113:16) quotes two opinions on the matter, but his language (סתם ויש אומרים הלכה כסתם) seems to indicate that he sides the first opinion, namely that the vessels do require kashering. However, he notes that since Bishul Akum is a rabbinic prohibition, we allow you to kasher some things that you normally could not kasher, such as earthenware. CYLOR for specific cases.


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I do a lot of tripod stills as well as 360's and therefore I would rather just keep the one plate attached to the camera and simply swap the heads when necessary.
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Subject: Re: [OMPI devel] trunk not compiling for btl_openib_connect_oob.c
From: Jeff Squyres (jsquyres_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-16 12:00:39
Ya, you're right -- I'm looking at my MTT right now and I see lots of broken installs.
But it works if I compile manually. Weird.
Mellanox -- please fix ASAP, or we'll likely back our r24507 so that people can keep working...
On Mar 16, 2011, at 11:58 AM, George Bosilca wrote:
> The trunk is indeed broken. The reason is, as Terry pointed out, the inclusion of infiniband/mad.h introduced by r24507 (https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/changeset/24507). As long as OFED 1.4 is available, it will compile independent of the version of the kernel, libpthread, moon position or <name your favorite here>.
> george.
> On Mar 16, 2011, at 09:35 , Jeff Squyres wrote:
>> On Mar 16, 2011, at 6:50 AM, Terry Dontje wrote:
>>>> K. When Ralph and I removed that code, it was on he educated guess that no one was using it (because it hasn't compiled right in a while). If we were wrong, it can be put back, but someone will need to update it and Ralph and I don't have access to machines to test that behavior.
>>> Ok, however, the compilation issue I am running into has nothing to do with your's and Ralph's changes. I would have expected not to even get as far as compiling the openib btl, right?
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>> What does your configure output say when it is testing for different PIDs for threads?
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What exactly does 'It's all academic' mean when referring to the closing moments of a sports game? You'll often hear 'This one's academic!' or 'It's all academic from this point forward' or 'It's all academic.' Does it mean anything, or is it purely meaningless jargon?
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It's the bottom of the 9th inning, the Yankees are winning 15 to 0, and the other team's at bat. The sportscaster says "It's all academic now" because there's an almost zero probability that the team at bat is going to score 15 or 16 runs and tie or win the game.
"Academic" refers to formal study. Formalities are motions that people go through because they have to, whether they want to or not. They're often meaningless. Playing the last three outs at the bottom half of the 9th inning in this game is strictly a formality. The Yankees will certainly win and the other team will certainly lose. But no one can stop the game because the 15-0 gap is too large to overcome. That's why spectators at sporting events frequently leave before the game's over, despite Yogi's wise observation that "It ain't over till it's over". I've seen at least one game in which a team scored 10 runs in the bottom of the 9th and won the game in front of a half-empty stadium. It was a long time ago.
It's not meaningless jargon; rather, it's resignation, defeatism, and pessimism. It's understandable, of course.
Though the information can be found on the internet, it's not obvious where to find an explanation of the exact sense (polyseme) of academic you mention. My first port of call, googling "academic" + "meaning", then using the link to thefreedictionary.com, wasn't as helpful as it usually is.
At the link to dictionary.reference.com, however, one soon finds: (bolding mine)
academic (adjective)
3. theoretical or hypothetical; not practical, realistic, or directly useful:
an academic question; an academic discussion of a matter already decided. .
There has almost certainly been a drift towards the metaphorical sense from the original, via 'purely academic' and perhaps 'merely academic'.
The French say fait accompli to indicate a presumably irreversible deed or fact. Competitors in a sporting event play out a game to the bitter end because the "rules" say they should. Rules--the theory, if you will--comprise the "academic" part of the saying "It's all academic."
In our baseball exemplar, you might invoke the tautology "rules are rules," which is a way of saying there is no sense protesting the premature ending of a ninth-inning fiasco, even though it might be the sensible, humanitarian thing to do. Why? Because rules are rules. In other words, it may be obvious at some point as to who is going to win, but the rules say the game ends only after the third strike of the third out of the last batter at the bottom of the ninth.
As for academic discussions on a question once considered controversial but considered settled now for years, all such discussions are said to be purely, or merely, academic. Why? Well, despite the question's having become passe, unimportant, or even irrelevant, sometimes people just love to hear the sound of their own voices!


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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz chaired the Cabinet session at Al-Yamamah palace in Riyadh today. After discussing the latest regional and international developments, the Cabinet reiterated the Kingdom's call for the U.N. Security Council to exercise its legal role and uphold its moral responsibility regarding Syria. It insisted that the international body must take the initiative to end the bloodshed of the Syrian people and to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid.
Next, the ministers lauded the outcome of the 122nd ordinary ministerial session of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which was held yesterday in Riyadh. In a final statement, the participants stressed the importance of enhancing stability and development in the Gulf countries and moving towards the formation of a GCC Union.
On the domestic front, the Cabinet reviewed the Kingdom's recent and upcoming economic and cultural activities, including the Jeddah Economic Forum and the Riyadh International Book Fair. Internationally, it highlighted the results of the 7th Saudi-Lebanese Economic Forum held in Beirut, as well as the 6th meeting of the Saudi-Sudanese Standing Joint Committee.
Addressing its remaining agenda items, the Cabinet authorized the President of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) to discuss a draft memorandum of understanding in the field of tourism between the SCTA and the Kenyan Ministry of Tourism; authorized the Minister of Justice to discuss a draft memorandum of understanding in the judicial field between the Saudi Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan; approved an agreement with Poland on the avoidance of double taxation and income tax evasion; and adopted the final accounts of the Saudi Development Fund (SDF) for fiscal year 1430/1431 H.
The Cabinet approved the appointments of Abdulaziz Al-Ghadeer as Ambassador at the Foreign Ministry; Dr. Adel bin Said Nofal as Ambassador at the Foreign Ministry; Abdullah Al-Fawaz as Legal Expert at the Commission of Experts of the Council of Ministers (15th rank); Marshad Al-Anzi as Assistant Undersecretary of the Governorate at the Northern Borders Governorate (14th rank); Ghorm-Allah Al-Zahrani as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and Yahya Almatroodi as Legal Expert B at the Commission of Experts of the Council of Ministers (14th rank).


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Is there any estimate of the number of people that were killed during invasions and conquests of Alexander and Genghis Khan? or at least can say me which one killed more people? What percent of them were military vs civilian?
Such estimates are pretty difficult. Even for WWII there is no universal agreement over the number of dead - and that's for a relatively recent event that was extensively documented.
However, I think one can say from the record that the civilian/military ratio among Genghis Khan's victims was much higher than that of Alexander's. (To wit, Genghis Khan would raze whole cities and kill all the inhabitants - something Alexander never did, except for the one singular case of Thebes).
Alexander also raised the city of tyre to the ground and built a new city in its place, and the burning and looting of the Persian city of Persepolis (spelling), there where also a number of small Bactrian cities/forts that refused to surrender that he killed everyone. Between civilians and military I would say somwhere between 800'000 and 1.2 million, this is just a guess though. In ancient battle a defeated force was much more likely to be completely wiped out.


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In a wide-ranging conversation with journalists on the flight back from World Youth Day, Pope Francis famously said of gay people who seek God, "Who am I to judge?" That wasn't the interview's only surprise. When asked about the way the church treats divorced Catholics who, if they remarry civilly without benefit of annulment, cannot receive Communion, the pope declared that "this is the moment for mercy." More important, Francis revealed that his hand-picked advisers, the Council of Cardinals, would take up the matter when they met with him next month. Is change in the offing?
The Catholic Church has always insisted that monogamous, indissoluble marriage open to the possibility of children is the ideal context for sexual relationships. But that ideal is changing—among Catholics and Protestants alike. The divorce rate stands at 40 percent (not 50 percent, as often reported by journalists). This has troubling consequences for children. Men who have suffered family disruption during childhood are more likely to drop out of school, leave home, start low-paying work early, and become fathers early. Women in the same situation don't fare much better. They're more likely to have sex in their teens, to have a child before marriage, and to become single parents. And of course these men and women are more likely to get divorced.
Many Catholics divorce and remarry without obtaining an annulment while their first spouses are still alive. In the eyes of the church, those Catholics have invalid and irregular marriages, and they must refrain from receiving Communion. Last year in these pages, Fr. James Coriden suggested a possible modus vivendi for this situation (January 27, 2012). He proposed that Catholics who had divorced and remarried civilly could resume full participation in the sacraments through "a process of moral discernment about personal worthiness for Holy Communion, after true repentance and God's merciful forgiveness," provided they had tried to find canonical solutions to their situations. The Council of Nicea agreed.
In the fourth century, a rigorist sect known as the Novations sought admittance to the Catholic Church, but they refused communion with Catholics who had remarried after divorce. The Council of Nicea (325 AD) ruled that before they could join the church, the Novations would have to "promise in writing to comply with the teachings of the Catholic and Apostolic Church and to make them the rule of their conduct. That is to say, they will have to communicate both with those who are married a second time and with those who failed under persecution but whose time [of penance] has been established and whose moment of reconciliation has arrived" (Canon 8, our emphasis). The question of divorce and remarriage in the Catholic Church was resolved by this ecumenical council, which decided to admit the divorced and remarried to communion after a period of penance and discernment.
About twelve hundred years later, the Council of Trent affirmed that the Orthodox practice of oikonomia, which literally means "household building," had as much claim to the gospel as akriveia, strict adherence to church law. (Pope Francis referred to this on the flight back from Rio, when he noted that "the Orthodox have a different practice.") Oikonomia is considered a more flexible way to interpret the canons. It flows from the Orthodox faith in the benevolent and merciful action of God in the church. God is the father of the household (oikos); Jesus is the Good Shepherd who leaves the ninety-nine good sheep to bring home the lost one; the Holy Spirit is the comforter who makes possible every good in the household; the church is the householder. Oikonomia flows from the scriptural injunction that "the written code kills, but the Spirit gives life" (2 Cor 3:6).
While Catholics believe that the Gospel presents a demand for indissoluble marriage, the Orthodox churches also acknowledge that men and woman sometimes fall short of Jesus's commands. They acknowledge that Christian marriages fail, and when they fail it makes no sense to argue they are still binding. When a marriage is over, even if the spouses are still alive, oikonomia impels the church to mourn the loss of the marriage. But the church must also be compassionate, because the church is the household of the merciful God. This compassion permits the remarriage of an innocent or repentant spouse. Orthodox liturgy differentiates a second marriage from a first, noting that grace is always threatened by sin, that the Christian ideal is always at the mercy of human frailty. The second-marriage liturgy lacks the joy of the first. It ritually proclaims that no one present, including the priest, is without sin. The church is summoned to minister compassionately on behalf of a compassionate God.
The Catholic Church has much to learn from this practice. After all, as Luke Timothy Johnson wisely noted, what's at stake "is not the perseveration of Catholic (or European) institutions, or the survival of the community, or even the fullest possible participation in the sacraments. What is at stake is obedience to the living God, without which the church does not have much reason to exist" ("A Modus Vivendi?" Commonweal, December 27, 2011). The church should not foreclose the possibility that in the difficult circumstances of irregular marriages God may be telling us something.
The Catholic hierarchy has been aware of these challenges for decades. Recognizing the annulment crisis, the 1980 Synod of Bishops presented to Pope John Paul II a request that the Orthodox practice of oikonomia be studied for any light it might shed on the Catholic approach. There has yet to be a response to that inquiry. In July 1993, the bishops of the Upper Rhineland in Germany issued a pastoral letter setting forth principles for the treatment of Catholics who were divorced and remarried without annulment. They didn't offer a blanket approach. Rather, they presented a carefully differentiated pastoral approach by which some divorced and remarried Catholics whose subjective state had been judged not gravely sinful after serious discernment with a competent counselor, might be readmitted to Communion. More recently, in 2012, Cardinal Shoenborn of Vienna argued that a new pastoral approach to the question must be found. He called it the most serious pastoral problem facing the church in Austria. If the church doesn't change its attitude toward such Catholics, he claimed, it will become little more than a sect.
Like his Rhineland colleagues, Schoenborn did not recommend a blanket approach. Any decision about readmitting divorced and remarried Catholics to Communion must be made on a case-by-case basis. He offered five guidelines. First: Have the parents offered compassionate care to their children? Given the documented negative effect of divorce on children, that is a critical question. Second: Have the former partners made a serious effort at reconciliation? Third: Have they done so in accordance with the prayers Jesus taught his disciples in the Our Father? Fourth: Catholics must remember that marriage between a man and a woman has been and remains the norm for a stable sexual relationship. Catholics who remarry should demonstrate that they intend to live in a stable marriage within a church community in which they manifest a true desire for the sacraments. Fifth: Priests have to urge those who cannot remain married to carefully examine their conscience before God. It's remarkable how closely these guidelines resemble those offered by Coriden.
According to the Catechism, conscience is a "judgment of reason whereby the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act." In other words, our conscience helps us recognize the moral thing to do in a given set of circumstances. First, we gather evidence. What do Scripture, tradition, the sciences, and our experience say? What about other competent advisers? Second, we prayerfully contemplate the pieces of evidence, particularly when there are conflicts between them. Third, we consider the options and how they will affect our relationships—with God, our neighbors, and ourselves. Finally, we must freely decide the best course of action, given our circumstances. According to Gaudium et spes, conscience is the "most secret core and sanctuary of a man…[where] he is alone with God whose voice echoes in his depth." Shortly after that document's publication, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger explained that "over the pope as expression of the binding claim of ecclesiastical authority there stands one's own conscience, which must be obeyed before all else, if necessary even against the requirement of ecclesiastical authority." The Catholic tradition of the rights of conscience could not be more clearly stated.
In October 1994, as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Ratzinger sent a letter to the world's bishops claiming that Catholic teaching on divorce was based on fidelity to the words of Jesus, implying that it could not be changed. Yet the church does dissolve marriages—by granting annulments, something you won't find in the Gospels. The church may annul the valid marriage of two nonbaptized people, if one of them is seeking baptism, on the basis of the Pauline Privilege, as articulated in 1 Corinthians 7 (Canon 1143). In the sixteenth century, Popes Paul III, Pius V, and Gregory XIII extended that privilege to slaves seeking baptism, even if they had been validly married. The church may dissolve non-consummated marriages, on the basis of a distinction introduced by the twelfth-century Bolognese canonist Gratian, according to which free consent makes marriage valid and consummation makes it indissoluble (Canon 1142). Those canonical practices are not well publicized, but they make it clear that the Catholic Church does not consider all valid marriages indissoluble. Rather, it understands itself to have the power to dissolve some valid marriages. Why can't the church use that power to dissolve valid first marriages of Catholics who are divorced and in stable marriages?
That is not the only inconsistency. In September 1994, the CDF issued a letter to the German bishops affirming that divorced and remarried Catholics could not receive Communion. "If the divorced are remarried civilly," the CDF wrote, "they find themselves in a situation that objectively contravenes God's law. Consequently, they cannot receive Holy Communion as long as this situation persists." Yet canon law is clear about who cannot receive Communion: "those upon whom the penalty of excommunication or interdict has been imposed or declared, and others who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin (Canon 915, our emphasis). Does grave sin necessarily follow from the fact that an act "objectively contravenes God's law"? No, it does not.
In Catholic moral theology, three conditions must be met in order for an act to be considered gravely sinful: the act concerns "grave matter" and is chosen "with full knowledge" and "deliberate consent." The civil remarriage of divorced Catholics without annulment may constitute grave matter in the eyes of the church. It may even, on occasion, constitute subjectively grave sin. But it counts as grave sin only when there is a morally bad motive, disposition, character, full knowledge, and deliberate consent. Some divorced Catholics who have remarried without annulment do not meet those conditions—especially if they have been unable to obtain an annulment for some practical reason (no access to canonical counsel, for example). Therefore, they are not guilty of grave sin, and should not be barred from Communion. But the best way to tell whether grave sin is present in such situations is through face-to-face conversations between the couple and a competent counselor. This must be done locally, personally, and prayerfully—not by an anonymous functionary with no knowledge of the people involved.
Both the CDF and Pope John Paul II argued that readmitting divorced and remarried Catholics to Communion could cause scandal among the faithful. There are in fact two cases in which the church allows such couples to receive Communion. One is if a couple is living "as brother and sister"—that is, they abstain from sexual intercourse. And the second is those couples who have received annulments. Neither case removes the threat of scandal. As the English theologian Kevin Kelly put it, "Unless a couple had a 'brother and sister' logo on their doorstep, neighbors and fellow parishioners would be none the wiser, and so the alleged scandal would presumably still be given." Yet the Catechism and John Paul II present this as a legitimate option. The same is true for the couple with an annulment. Who would know? Given how ubiquitous annulments have become, especially in the U.S. church, most would probably assume they'd been granted one and think nothing of it.
Many irregular marriages have become so stable, so nurtured by Christian faith, that they cannot be dissolved without causing serious spiritual, emotional, and economic harm. The Catholic Church has at least two ways to address this problem. The first is to work out a Catholic oikonomia through prayerful, personal and relational discernment. The second is the church's canonical power to dissolve marriages. Either way, it is well past time to alleviate the suffering of thousands of Catholics who are confused by a church that teaches the indissolubility of marriages while regularly dissolving them.
Francis seems to recognize this: "Our duty is to find another way, the just way" to respond to Catholics in irregular marriages, he told a group of priests this month. "The problem cannot be reduced to whether" they "are allowed to take communion or not because whoever thinks of the problem in these terms doesn't understand the real issue at hand." More and more, it looks like we have a pope who does understand.
About the Author
Michael G. Lawler is Emilia and Emil Graff Chair Professor Emeritus of Catholic Theology at Creighton University. Todd A. Salzman is a professor of theology at Creighton University. They are co-authors of The Sexual Person: Toward a Renewed Catholic Anthropology (Georgetown University Press, 2008) and Sexual Ethics: A Theological Introduction (Georgetown University Press, 2012).
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Great article. About 40%-50% of Catholics are divorced and remarried. How can these couples gain the grace and blessings of the Sacraments of Reconcilation and Eucharist Reception? Catholics are taught that the center of the Mass is the Eucharist. If one cannot receive the body and blood of Christ at Mass, what is the benefit of attending Mass every week? Does anyone believe that "spirtual communion" is an effective substitute for the real presence of Christ in consecrated bread and wine? For these couples, they don't get the beneifts of the Eucharist but a feeling of condemnation for they are told they are living in grave sin. The only choice for these Catholics is leaving the RCC or becoming a Catholic in name only. Granted, certain rules and conditions must be established to validate the 2nd marriage and for reconciliation and Eurcharistic reception. Let's pray that Pope Francis will usher in responsible reform of this teaching on divorce and remarriage.
I have always been bothered by the fact that Jesus himself allowed an exemption that the Catholic church doesn't recognize today: "If a man put's away his wife and marries another, except it be for adultery, he commits adultery". How can a church that believes Jesus is God incarnate decide to discard the exception that He made Himself? Also, about women. Jesus didn't answer the question "can a woman put away her husband and marry another" because it wasn't asked (women couldn't initiate a divorce in Jewish law). I don't think we should assume that the conditions for divorce for women is the same as for men, because the genders are not symmetric in marriage. On the biological level (as opposed to the spiritual and emotional) what the womann offers the man is "I'll be faithful to you so you will know who your children are" and what the man offers the woman is protection. Thus, I believe that if a man is physically abusive, he has broken the covenant in a fundamental way, and the church should recognize abuse by men as a violation so severe that the exception pronounced by the Lord Himself also applies. (Sorry for the run-on paragraph, for some reason the site won't let me paragraph this post.)
This is a very interesting development indeed. From studying first-century Jewish marriage laws and the controversies surrounding them, I've begun to seriously question the interpretation Gentile Christians (the majority after the first decade) put on what Jesus was talking about with regard to divorce and remarriage anyway. But that's a long, convoluted story. The subject needs re-opening, but of course, many will think it's just a matter of the Catholic Church finally caving in. Too bad. There's a fine line between fidelity to truth and stubborness in the face of criticism. Be that as it may, this is just one area of doctrine in which the East may hold the key to getting us out of a doctrinal corner (original sin being another).
Now, to be a stickler, I don't think it's correct to refer to the Church's dissolution of marriages involving unbaptized spouses. Annulments are declarations that a marriage per se never really happened, no matter what it may have appeared. The dissolution of true marriages between two unbaptized spouses, or one baptized and one unbaptized partner (Pauline and Petrine privileges) are church divorces, plain and simple.
I wrote "Now, to be a stickler, I don't think it's correct to refer to the Church's dissolution of marriages involving unbaptized spouses." How I left that dangling beats me. Anyway, it should have read:
I don't think it's correct to refer to the Church's dissolution of marriages involving unbaptized spouses as "annulments." The are, as I went on to point out, divorces. An annulment is a declaration that a real marriage never took place.
This article is remarkably well-written. "Thank you" to the authors.
Did the Council of Nicea Canon 8 refer to the divorced and remarried or simply to those who had remarried (eg after the death of a spouse) ?
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It is not John Paul II and Benedict XVI who condemned divorce, but Our Lord. Our Lord also told us that anyone who marries a divorced person commits adultery. The Catholic Church has always been faithful to this teaching and, so long as societies remained influenced by Christian morality, the vast majority of marriages lasted for life. This proposal, if enacted, would legitimize divorce and create more divorces, just as liberalized civil divorce laws created more divorces.
This article is mere sophistry intended to influence low information "Catholics" who are unaware that nothing new has been presented here by the authors. All their points have been discredited over the centuries. For example, annulment is not divorce but recognition that no marriage ever existed. Marriage is a Sacrament uniting baptized persons, not an employment contract. Thus the Pauline Privilege recognizes that no sacramental unity has yet occurred. Remember Christ promised to be with His Church all days, that means including the past 2,000 years as well as future years. Thus the authors' suggested epiphany of wisdom to now permit divorce would imply Christ had abandoned His Church, its teachings and Tradition during the past 20 centuries.
Chris asked: Did the Council of Nicea Canon 8 refer to the divorced and remarried or simply to those who had remarried (eg after the death of a spouse) ?
Perhaps someone who reads Greek could clarify this point?
I frankly don't see that c. 8 of Nicea I "resolves" the question of remarriage after divorce. The translations of the text I have seen don't specify whether the remarriage is after divorce or the death of a spouse. Given the rigorist sect the canon deals with, it could well have been the latter. (There have been theologians, like Tertullian, who disapproved of second marriages even when the first spouse had died, but that has generally been considered an extreme position.)
It seems to me that the people referred to as readmitted to communion after "a period of penance and discernment" are the lapsed, those who had denied their faith under persecution. But I am in no position to assess the Greek text.
I agree that little new is presented in this article. Also, in my experience over the last twenty years in three different dioceses and three different States, I know of two couples, one of each pair was Catholic and previously married in the Church, but civilly divorced, who were admitted to the sacraments on examination by their pastor of the situation, and on the stipulation that the annulment process be started. One did get an annulment; I'm not certain of the other, as I have lost contact. I think this type of discretion on the part of bishop's and priests is permitted already, and, if not abused, I think wisely so. However, to offcially change the Church's stance on divorce and remarriage, without the stringent annulment procedure, would be a mistake, and may very well do more harm than good; i.e., as you mention above, actually encouraging more divorce.
FAITH AT ROME - are you speaking to represent Christ's teachings or a law firm? Christ's teaching were an attempt to put into words notions divine in ways we mere mortals could grasp. That we, and not you, would find ambiguity if not outright confusion seems more than a little myopic on your part.
"Low information Catholics"? Geezzzz.
Why are we so hung up on whether or not the couple is living as brother and sister versus as husband and wife? The Orthodox customs are far more humane and in 'oikonomia' of household and personal salvationwhy would we banish people from reception of the sacraments? Jesus worked, ate and circulated among the most outcast folk of his day - prostitutes, lepers, tax collectors and probably a huge number of disillusioned and lapsed Jews. Instead of judgment and condemnation he brought them love, mercy, fellowship and compassion. All good news instead of exclusion on the basis of their state in life. If the divorced and remarried were gladly reconciled through outreach by the church, our congregations would soon overflow again. As my bishop oftened stated, "the church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum of saints."
Unfortunately the strict practice of annulment tribunals give the applicants little hope and even less encouragement. The terrible delays in processing information, documents and testimony are themselves cruel and unusual punishments. In my opinion, the chuch does far more to drive people away from the love and mercy of God with such a strident and judgmental stance. In our diocese, the process runs normally for about 2 years and then, often, is just abandoned. How many rosaries does a murderer need to pray to receive absolution and the Eucharist? The attitude of the church is clear - we love our sopranos. Murder? yes. Divorce? never!
Mike Evans, how many murderers do you know who received absolution and return to the Eucharist for saying a few roasries. Your analogy is ridiculous.
I salute Michael Lawler and Todd Salzman for this article and dotCommonweal for printing it.
Analysis of a very complex moral dilemma + exploration of an alternative conceptualization that both honors the contending values at play and refrains from deconstructing the tradition views: now *that* is encouraging.


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Hi, can anyone tell me anything about compatibility with Ext 4, or when we can expect a new version of Ext Designer?
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It looks like the classes generated by the designer don't work with Ext 4. I get a StackOverflow error whenever I try to use any of the classes I've created. Does anyone know if there is a way to get these working. I'm new to ExtJS (about a week) and so I'm still learning. I thought I might be better off trying to implement my project in Ext 4 rather than Ext 3 since the new release should be out soon and so much has changed. Any word on when the designer will be udpated or how the generated classes can be used with Ext 4?
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Dr. John Gottman, the country's preeminent researcher on marriage, is famous for his Love Lab at the University of Washington in Seattle where he deciphers the mysteries of human relationships through scientific research. His 35 years of exploration have earned him numerous awards, including from the National Institute of Mental Health, the American Psychological Association, and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Now, Dr. Gottman offers surprising findings and advice on the characteristic that is at the heart of all relationships: Trust. Dr. Gottman has developed a formula that precisely calculates any couple's loyalty level. The results determine a relationship's likely future, including the potential for one or both partners to stray.
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Making Love While Pregnant
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Safety and positions
Safety First
Baby Talk
An incompetent cervix is when the opening of the birth canal dilates, or opens, prematurely with little advance warning. Signs of this dilation include bleeding, increased mucous discharge, and/or abdominal pain.
Pregnancy Facts
Women who have a history of premature labor are advised not to have intercourse in the last trimester of their pregnancy for several reasons. For one, orgasms do cause the uterus to contract (that's why even masturbation and oral sex are out). Also, stimulation of a pregnant woman's nipples releases a natural chemical called oxytocin, a hormone that causes uterine contractions. And finally, semen contains prostaglandins, which can stimulate contractions. In a normal pregnancy, these uterine contractions cannot trigger labor, but if you are at risk for a premature birth, you might be told to abstain from sex as a safety precaution.
Hey Mom!
If your partner seems less interested in sex as you move into the third trimester, don't assume it's because he thinks you're fat or aren't sexy. Many men take on a more protective role at this time and don't want to hurt you or the baby. Talk about any changes in your partner's attitude toward sex before you assume anything.
The fear of hurting the baby during intercourse has kept many couples apart during pregnancy. But fear not—no matter how well endowed your partner might be, the thrusting of the penis into the vagina cannot hurt your baby. He is safely cushioned in an amniotic fluid-filled sac and surrounded by the strong muscles of the uterus. The entrance to the womb is protected by a closed cervix, which has a mucous plug at the entrance to keep out all intruding bacteria or sperm. You might notice that the baby moves around a bit more after intercourse, but that's because of the pounding of your heart, not because he knows what's going on or is bothered by it.
The safety of the pregnancy is another concern for some couples. There are many myths and stories about how intercourse brings on premature labor, but the truth is you can make love day and night for all nine months and it still wouldn't have an effect on the delivery date of your baby, if your pregnancy is normal. (Anyone want to give it a try?)
However, there are circumstances in which women are advised to avoid intercourse. Every situation is unique and you should talk to your doctor before making any decisions about sexual abstinence, but generally, women in the following circumstances are advised to proceed with caution:
- Placenta previa (when the placenta covers the cervix and could be damaged)
- Unexplained vaginal bleeding or discharge
- Cramping
- An incompetent cervix
- A premature dilation, or opening, of the cervix
Sometimes sexual abstinence is necessary only at certain times during the pregnancy. Your doctor might advise that you abstain…
- During the first trimester if you have a history of miscarriage.
- During the last two to three months if you have a history of premature birth.
- During the last three months when carrying multiples.
All women must abstain from sex after the water sac has broken or the mucous plug is passed. These are the protectors of the womb; after they are gone, the baby is vulnerable to infection. Also, if you notice any unusual symptoms during or following intercourse, such as pain or discharge, you should call your doctor before having sex again.
If your doctor advises you to abstain from intercourse, remember that sex is more than vaginal intercourse. It is being close, holding, hugging, and massaging. If intercourse is prohibited, but orgasm is allowed, you can enjoy oral sex and mutual masturbation. All of these things and more can keep you close to your husband and nurture your love.
Creative Positioning
In the beginning of your pregnancy, when your belly is still small, you and your partner can continue lovemaking without any change in positioning. But as the baby grows, you might find that it gets awkward and uncomfortable to lie underneath your partner during sex. If that happens, don't give up—get creative. This is a wonderful excuse to try new positions. Many pregnant couples find the following most satisfying:
- Woman on top. If you take the top spot, you can control how much pressure you put on your abdomen and also the depth of penetration.
- Side-by-side. Lying on your side with your partner lying behind you, his chest against your back, keeps your abdomen completely away from the action and allows for only shallow penetration, which some women prefer later in pregnancy.
- On all fours. If you kneel on your hands and knees, your partner can kneel behind you, spoon his body around yours, and enter your vagina from behind.
- On the edge. Sit near the edge of your bed, lie back and put your feet up on the bed. Your partner can stand, kneel, or crouch in front of you.
- Lap sitting. As your partner sits in a chair, sit on his lap (either facing him or putting your back against his chest). With your feet on the floor, you can move yourself to control the depth of penetration.
That's a good start—now you can take it from here. Be inventive, creative, and have some fun.
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Marble Rises From the Ruins in Fashion and Furniture
From Alexander Wang's debut collection for Balenciaga to Patricia Urquiola's homeware collection, the cold and classic look of marble is having a moment
AS MOTIFS GO, marble was likely a wise choice by Alexander Wang for his debut collection at Balenciaga. The 29-year-old New York designer, known for his crew of cool friends and crowded after-show parties, had been a surprising candidate to helm the venerable French brand. Drawing on a substance that connotes solidity, classicism and the canon of European art history felt exactly right.
"I knew I wanted a pattern that evoked a monolithic energy, but was still quite organic," Mr. Wang said. He evoked the veiny stone in shades of black, white and gray. Models in marble-print shoes walked a marbled runway. On the clothes, which were trim with clean, curving lines, the motif was intricately rendered in a number of ways: embroidered lace, inlaid fur, hand-painted mohair knits and a mosaic of leather and suede sequins. "I loved the idea of taking marble prints but never just printing them," Mr. Wang said.
The designer has hit a rich vein: Marble—a material that few would have called trendy in recent years—seems to be having a moment.
This season, one can wear a skirt or bangle that recalls ancient Roman architecture, or hit holiday parties with a clutch that looks as if it were created with a hammer and chisel. "There's something very regal and timeless about marble," said jewelry designer Eddie Borgo, who used howlite—a veiny but much lighter-weight stone—to approximate the look of marble in his fall collection, which was inspired by Cleopatra. Mr. Borgo said he also appreciates marble in more modern form, as seen in sculptures by Brancusi and Isamu Noguchi.
Marble needn't skew ancient, nor so serious. Maurizio Galante and Tal Lancman of Parisian design firm Interware said they made their trompe l'oeil armchair, called "Louis XV Goes to Sparta," with a spirit of humor.
"You imagine it's going to be hard and cold," said Mr. Lancman. "But when you come in contact with it, it's cozy and warm." The chair is covered in a cotton-silk blend that's digitally printed with a photograph of Carrara marble.
That's not to say the real thing is out of the picture. Patricia Urquiola's homeware collection for Italian marble manufacturer Budri made its debut at this year's Salone del Mobile furniture fair in Milan. The designer used only slabs that were damaged in last year's earthquake in the Emilia-Romagna region, where Budri is based.
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I'm doing a presentation using Beamer in TexMaker. The structure of the LaTeX source code is deeply nested and I need a way to format the code as in most programming IDE. Is this feature present in TexMaker or any other editor?
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On the maker's website it says that you can 'collapse' the code of parts of a document. You could also create 'bookmarks' and label them as you wish, if tabbing blocks of text is not sufficient by itself.


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Does Christianity definitively state that the God can never do wrong? If so, where is this stated?
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Christianity defines right and wrong through God. It's not whether God does right or wrong, but rather that something is right because God does it, or is in his nature to do.
Christian theology holds that God is holy, righteous, omnipotent, and unchanging (among other things). So, not only is He holy and righteous, but He has all power to maintain His holiness and never change.
All He does is consistent with His character, and His character is holiness and righteousness.
Additionally, God is complete in Himself and has need of nothing, so there's nothing to tempt Him to do what is wrong. We are tempted to do wrong, because we believe that sin will somehow be to our benefit. God would certainly not be so easily deceived.
Joel's answer is a good one, but I would just add that the question is really one that's sort of loaded with certain presupposed authority. For anything to be deemed objectively right or wrong, then that thing needs to be measured against some sort of authoritative transcendent standard (a standard that supercedes the thing in question).
In order for God to do a "wrong," then there would have to be some sort authority or standard higher than God himself against which His actions are measured. Hypothetically, suppose God was deemed to have done something "wrong"...who/what is it that gets to decide or identify it as such?
Christianity presupposes God as the ultimate sovereign and author and sustainer of all things. He creates the cosmos and defines the rules of the game, as it were. There are naunces and consequences of the "rules" that may seem unfortunate to us at times, but there's no higher set of rules that we can point to in order to say they are wrong.
Maybe it's not as related as it seems, but it kind of reminds me of this verse:
As the sole owner of his creations, no one is really in a position to argue that the potter has made the wrong pot.
Catholicism, for one, does not pander to notions of moral relativism, that there is no objective truth and good and evil can't be objectively established. We have no problem taking on hard questions like this, but the answer is a mystery that'll only leave you hanging.
The active will of God is only going to do and has only done the highest good.
All the things we read in the Bible about God actually doing, not just let happen are indeed good and it's not just the Jewish or Christian conception of good. It's the objective, ordered with the universe conception of good.
Everything else you see or hear about God doing, letting Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Tornadoes happen, these are all things God allows to happen, yeah, but it's always to bring about a greater good. But we can't understand, nor can we convince anyone else with our words.
In some ways, this is a question that makes no sense, simply because God defines what is right and wrong. It's like the questions about an unstoppable object hitting an unmovable object, or asking if God can create a rock that is too heavy for him to lift. The questions themselves are nonsense.
Because God defines what is right and wrong, and that he only does right, asking if God can do wrong is kind of like asking if God can be not God.
All through the Bible, God is the definition of what is right and good, and claims he has the right to make that definition as well. 1 John 1:5 "God is light; in him there is no darkness at all." James 1:17 "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." Job 40:8 ""Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?"
It's still valid to ask the question, because understanding what the question means helps to understand the nature of God.
The answer depends on your definition of "right" and "wrong". Christians base their definitions on God, so everything God does must necessarily be "right" by this definition.
It is not the only definition, however, and many non-Christians will undoubtedly say that some of God's actions, especially some mentioned in the Old Testament are "wrong" according to their definitions.


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I am upgrading the components for the first time on my Giant Defy Advanced 4 2011.
I am 6 foot 5" tall and 220 lbs. and I ride 25 to 45 miles every time on mostly flat terrain in South Florida with occasional rides over the 1 mile bridge with high elevation increase. I want maximum speed with the mix of new components and my budget and taste calls for the Shimano Ultegra 6700 Group Set.
I found a great deal online, however, I am being asked a few questions I don't understand when trying to choose the components I'm ordering.
1. Cassette type: 11/23 OR 11/25 OR 11/28 OR 12/23 OR 12/25 (Which one should I get and what does this mean?)
2. Front Derailleur: Braze on OR 32mm Clamp or 35mm Clamp (Which one and what is the difference?)
3. Bottom Bracket Cups: English Thread OR Italian Thread (Which one and what does this mean?)
4. Crank Set: 175mm 39/53 is what I was told to upgrade to...not sure that affects the above one way or another?
Thank you for the assistance in advance!!!!
Colbagger, you are da man!
Thank you so much for taking the time to address my questions above. Based on your advice I decided to go with the 175mm 39/53, braze on, English thread, 12/25 (not too tight of a range like the 12/23, but not too large either).
Thanks so much again!!
Tell me Giloren,
How come you bought a bike with components that needed new components a year later? Did you buy it used? That would be a good reason. If a shop sold you a new bike that was not dialed in I would ask for a different set up and at a discounted price. It is their job, in my opinion, to dial you in in the first place.
I agree that the longer crank arm (175 in this case) is the way to go for you at your height. I would no way recommend the compact drive for your flat landing riding and in fact if you haven't done so already consider getting a 53/42 set up. (Sorry for the lateness of this response. The last three times I tried to log on to active there was some sort of glich.) Why a 42?
Well, the biggest hill you ride isn't even a hill really. I have not been on that bridge but my guess is that you can get up that hill without going to the easiest gear. So as Colbagger mentioned you want a tight block in the rear (say a 12/23 instead of a 12/25 or 27) so that each shift is smooth and drops right into that sweet spot. I've noticed that when shifting from the big ring (53) to the smaller ring (39) that it usually takes two shifts of the rear deraileur to get to that sweet spot. This happens when shifting up to the big from the small as well. With a 42 only one shift to get dialed in is necessary. (On Brown's site you will notice that, in effect, three teeth on the front chainring equals about 1 tooth in the back.)
Around here in SE Michigan we certainly don't have any mountains but we do have some significant hills. Stronger riders ride up them in their 53 but they approach "crossing over" in the rear and many of them ride a 12/25 in the back to avoid using their front shifter. It appears that stronger riders here who have a 39 don't use it much. I have a 42 and I use it. As it is a closer configuration than a 39 my chances for dropping a chain are less too. I've made the suggestion to several riders who were opting for new chainrings to consider getting a 42 instead and everyone who did so loved it. Only one guy swapped back and that was on the bike he took out and leaves in Arizona for long mountain rides.
When I rode to LA from Marin two years ago I rode my 53/42 and had only a 12/25 cassette for a the climbs in the Big Sur and some switch backs on day three and a long 7 mile climb that seemed to go forever. I admit, on that one long climb if I had one more gear I would have used it but I was fine in the 42/25. I swapped back to the 12/23 (I actually also use an 11/23 most of the time) upon my return and didn't regret having that 42 at all while in the hills around Marin or on the coast ride. (One of my bikes came with an 11/23 and I got used to it. I can ride the 42 down to the 12 without crossing over as it happens. I don't think I'm a sprinter enough to require a 53/11 for sprinting but it works for me.)
Note: Crossing over is when you use your big (hard) gear in the front and your big (easy) gear in the rear or vice versa with small and small. In general this should be avoided. It puts a sideways torque on the chain and is as a result, less efficient and wears (stretches) your chain prematurely.
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For most, Thanksgiving is a time to eat and gather with friends and family.
For several hundred who waited in line at the salvation army today, that thanksgiving meal meant so much more.
It was one of the biggest Thanksgiving dinners the Salvation Army has ever seen.
"I'm thankful for living here," four-year-old, Demontrae Beck says.
"I'm thankful for my family and being alive," says Rosie Goiner.
"I'm hoping I get to see my grandkids this year," says Donald Ryner.
While everyone was thankful for at least one thing, one woman was thankful to be alive.
"I'm thankful for having the good health that I have. I've been blessed. I've been in the hospital. I had mini-strokes."
Kathy Belk has been in the hospital several times in the last year.
Her hospital visits not only affected her health, it hurt her financially also.
"When you live on a fixed income it's hard to pay, to keep up with your bills and buy food sometimes. You can't really buy enough to live off of for a month, you know, month to month, and it's getting harder," she says.
Even through her struggles, she still wants to help others.
"I wanted to give back some way, and if I can't do something physical, I can at least encourage people."
Kathy continues to share her story with others, hoping everyone can find something they are thankful for.
"I am blessed."
And she appreciates what the Salvation Army continues to do for her, and many others every day.
"Places like this really help you to see that people do care," Kathy says.
She credits the Salvation Army and her church for getting her through her financial struggle.
The Salvation Army served more than 700 people this year, while last year they served 225.


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On June 22, 2012 the Dothan Police Department Narcotics Unit conducted a search warrant at a residence located in the 3500 block of Cathy Lou Road as a part of an ongoing investigation. During the search, officers found extensive evidence of a large methamphetamine lab including several discarded boxes and blister packs of Pseudoephedrine, plastic bottles holding a liquid chemical consistent with manufacturing, numerous precursor chemicals, several drug related items and white crystalline substance that tested positive as Methamphetamine.
Prior to the search warrant being served, officers had identified the tenants although neither suspect was home during the search warrant. Officers began searching for the suspects and on Saturday 06-23-12 police located the two at a local motel. When located, police discovered Jennifer Hester was illegally in possession of Adderall and Kennon Hester was in possession of synthetic marijuana. Both suspects were arrested charged with narcotics charges bringing this case to a close.
• Jennifer Hester, white female, 33 years of age, of Cathy Lou Road was arrested and charged with First Degree Manufacturing, Trafficking Methamphetamine and Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance with bonds totaling $65,000.
• Kennon Hester, white male, 29 years of age, of Cathy Lou Road was arrested and charged with First Degree Manufacturing and Trafficking Methamphetamine with bonds totaling $60,000.
Dothan Police Narcotics Officers say this lab was very extensive to process and provided photographs of the crime scene.


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By Brady Hebert
CHEBOYGAN- Excitement is mounting at the Cheboygan Area High School, CAHS, for next week's homecoming festivities and for the Cheboygan Chiefs Friday night football game against Alpena High School on Oct. 4.
"The kids are really buzzing about it already and are very excited," said CAHS Student Activities Director Nancy Spray.
This year's homecoming theme is "Cities of the World." Freshman through Senior classes each chose a city and designed floats to represent that city in Friday's homecoming parade.
Homecoming week spirit dress-up days starts Monday with clash fay, followed by royalty versus peasant day on Tuesday.
Wednesday is neon/sparkle Day, and Thursday's battle of the "fandoms" will have students showing their true devotion to fan favorites like "Lord of the Rings" and "Star Wars."
"We haven't done anything like 'fandom fay" before and it will be interesting to see how it goes," said Spray.
Spirit week concludes on Friday with orange and black day.
The homecoming pep assembly on Friday will feature students competing in multiple games, including dizzy bat relay, blind obstacle course and blanket relay.
"We've been doing the games for awhile now, and they are really fun to watch," said Spray.
The Homecoming parade on Friday will start at 6 p.m. at the Salvation Army building in Cheboygan and will proceed down Main Street.
The parade will continue down Division Street to Maple Street, until it reaches the back gate of the Western Avenue Field.
The Chiefs game versus the Alpena Wildcats will kickoff at 7 p.m.
The Homecoming festivities will conclude on Saturday with the homecoming dance, which takes place from 9 p.m. until 12 a.m.
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I need to edit
*.doc and
*.docx files on Linux. What should I use?
- Emulation + MS Office
- OpenOffice
- OpenOffice variants
- Alternatives?
I need to edit
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The most complete is by far MS Office in a virtual machine: this is what I do.
If you will again be distributing those files you edited, it's pretty much necessary to use MS Office, because anything else can have unpredictable effects on the document.
If it is for your own use, OpenOffice (or LibreOffice or Go-oo, etc) is just about as good as MS Office and is the most feature-rich.
If you are in a KDE environment and the OO.o-derived products feel awkward or clumsy, then KOffice is an excellent alternative, although I find the .doc compatability less-suitable.
If you require a minimal install size, Abiword is quite good. The online suites (Google Docs, Office Web Apps) are pretty good as well.
Office 2007 runs quite well with wine. Running a entire virtual machine just for office might be a overkill.


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WACO (February 6, 2013)—Investigators have determined that a minivan driven by an associate pastor at the First Baptist Church of Woodway crossed the center line of a rural road, causing a crash that claimed the lives of the pastor and an elderly man who was headed home after spending the day visiting nursing home residents.
Jim Gray, 68, the associate senior adult minister at First Baptist Church of Woodway, was killed in the late-afternoon crash on Jan. 30 on Old Lorena Road as he drove to the church for Wednesday night services.
Elmer Franks, 89, of Hewitt, who was driving the Dodge pickup truck with which the minivan collided, was flown by helicopter to Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, where he later died.
Investigators said Gray was driving a Honda minivan north on Old Lorena Road toward U.S. Highway 84 when "for unknown reason Mr. Gray crossed over the yellow line" and the Honda collided with the pickup in which Franks was driving south.
The impact as the left front corners of the van and pickup struck caused the two vehicles to spin in a counter-clockwise direction.
The pickup ended up on the southbound shoulder and the minivan ended up on the northbound side of the road.
No further details were released, but Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said the investigation is ongoing.


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Disclaimer: My webmastering experience is almost nil. Apologies if anything seems ignorant - if it sounds that way, it probably is.
My employer is in the middle of switching over from one version of their website to another, and for the time being would like for the old site to redirect to the new one, but have the pages of the old site preserved as a backup of sorts.
After some Google searches, I found that an easy way to perform a site-wide redirect is by adding the following line to a .htaccess file:
Redirect 301 / http://www.website.com
Prior to this task being given to me, the site did not have a .htaccess file, so I created one and it contains only that line. Once that file was saved, attempts to load the old site's URL yielded 500 Internal Server Error.
I am certain that I'm missing something which might be obvious to an experienced webmaster. What more do I need to do to make this redirect hold?


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I am currently only able to get a single display running (from Nvidia card), and I want to use a second monitor using my motherboard's video output. The system settings only display the first monitor, though during boot, the second monitor displays some graphics and information. Does anybody have any experience with this?
Usually when you install a PCIe graphics card it will disable the onboard graphics. Does the nVidia card have more than 1 connector? Most cards these days have the ability to do dual display.


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What (if any) are the differences between The Standard for Software Component Testing (from the British Computing Society SIGIST and available for free) and BS 7925-2 (which is available to purchase for £170)?
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The first document appears to be the last draft version of the published (expensive) version - in fact, this page states that and appears (to my reading) to be recommending that you use the draft: http://www.testingstandards.co.uk/bs_7925-2.htm
What reasons do you have for using either standard at all?
Neither will help you to fulfil your stakeholders' needs for relevant, timely, quality-related information - only you can do that, by doing a good job of discussing their needs with them, analysing the testing problems that you have, and staying in close communication with them during the course of the project.
If your stakeholders have specific needs for following a particular standard, then you need to explain the context for that before anybody can help you.
You probably better spend 164 CHF and purchase the draft ISO 29119 parts 2 & 3 (parts 1 & 4 are still not for sale), it is partially based on BS 7925-2 and might replace it in the future. I'm reading it now, and it seems they did a good job with it, it gives you the right foundation but leaves a lot of context to be added.


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Unbreakable Bonds in the Folds of a Wedding Dress
When facing an uncertain future, mothers and daughters take time for a special ritual at the bridal shop, even if no groom is in the picture.
May 10, 2015, Sunday
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Meeting Each Other Halfway, and Then Some
A couple find that a relationship is like making custard: "If you cook it too fast, you end up with scrambled eggs."
January 25, 2015, Sunday
An Unexpected Pas de Deux
Early in their friendship, Mr. Arzoumanov believed in his heart that he and Ms. Crutchfield were destined to marry. Convincing her, however, took a few years.
December 14, 2014, Sunday
Separated by Decades, Reunited in Tears
Lynne Ditman and Richard Goldberg met when they were 17, but they did not revive their romance until after more than 40 years apart.
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Two scientists who met in high school finally find each other again.
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I have noticed a common thread amongst my cud chewing Tauren, spliff blowing Troll, zug zugging Orc, bone rattling forsaken and magic fume sniffing Blood Elf blogging colleagues.
The dislike Gnomes!?
- They have grudging respect for Dwarves and their beer swilling antics.
- They lurv the Draenei chicks and their tentacles (especially in plate)
- They envy The Human relationship skills, and the reputation that it brings.
- They hate the Night Elves, but then, who doesn't?
But Gnomes…
It seems to oscillate between complete hatred to complete ambivalence.
They either target us immediately as pet food, or look straight over our heads, like our punching their kneecaps is nothing but a minor annoyance.
Recently Jong emailed me and told me I had single-handedly changed his opinion of male Gnomes.
I assume for the better… But what did he think was so bad before?
Repgrind loves to toy with my bruised Gnomish self respect, by taking little Troll nibbles out of me like a stoner with the munchies.
Telanarra doubted that a Gnomish Taxi Cab service would be reliable…
4TheHorde, all 5 of them, or 4 of them, or 3 of them HAD a mutual hatred for Gnomes, until they saw the light.
While I can't be sure of this, I dare say Ratshag probably tucks the Orgrimmar Orphans in at night with taxidermied Gnome "teddy bears"
So what is it about Gnomes that makes you want to puke?
Do you see the ponytails and tiny bodies and think: KIDS?
Do you think of Kids playing Gnomes or "I am just trying to get away from the kids for an hour" and run in guilt ridden panic?
BTW, while I may not think Gnome Warriors are Oxymorons… I do feel a little queasy when the Gnome warrior is a cute-as-a-button girl… That's just not right…
Tell me, what makes you run screaming from the character creation screen at the sight of the Gnome?
I guess alternatively you can tell me what keeps you coming back for more…
PS: Terror Gnomes
Ohhh… OK, I just noticed this possibly related article (and the one that was related to it)
Maybe there is a reason not to like Gnomes…
Gnomer and Out!
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With Lion 10.7, how does one access the user library on a time machine backup through the Finder?
Go to the Finder. In the menu bar, select Go, then hold down Option. Select the "Library" option which appears.
Then enter Time Machine as per normal.
If you are accessing your Time Machine Backup with "Browse Other Backup Disks...", like you do if you created a fresh install of your OS, the solution from dan8394 does not work.
Probably because Time Machine can't know that your current Library folder is a newer version of the Library folder in the backup.
However, the solution proposed in a question that was closed as exact duplicate of this one works.
Lri helped me a lot with this answer:
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The earlier you start saving for college, the more money you will accumulate. However, keep in mind that it's never too late to start saving.
There are several avenues you could take when you start saving for your/your child's education. These college saving methods have advantages as well as disadvantages and can often be hard to understand. There are many fine details to consider with each. The following information will give you some basic knowledge to help you choose a savings avenue, but you may want to consult with your own accountant or personal financial planner for further assistance.
529 Plans
The most popular method of saving for college is through section 529 plans. There are two types of section 529 plans: prepaid tuition plans and college savings plans.
Prepaid tuition plans allow a family to lock in the current price of college for future use. For instance, if a family purchases shares worth one year's tuition, these shares will always be worth one year's tuition even after several years when tuition rates have increased.
Section 529 college savings plans allow parents to set aside money for their child's education and let it grow tax-free. Investments are subject to market conditions.
Credit Card Rebate and Affinity Programs
Affinity programs offer a rebate to consumers in exchange for buying certain products/services or shopping at certain retailers. These programs provide rebates in the form of tuition benefits, such as credits to a section 529 plan. All parents have to do is register their credit cards with the affinity program of choice, and these programs track purchases at participating stores. Affinity programs that offer college saving rewards include: Upromise, Babymint, EdExpress, and SAGE Tuition Rewards Program.
UGMA and UTMA Custodial Accounts
Because parents cannot just transfer assets to their minor children, they must transfer the assets to a trust. Custodial accounts are the most common trusts for minors and include UGMA and UTMA accounts. The Uniform Gift to Minors Act (UMGA) allows a minor to own securities without requiring an attorney to prepare trust documents. The Uniform Transfer to Minors Act (UTMA) is similar to the UMGA, but it also permits minors to own other types of property, such as real estate. To create a custodial account, the benefactor must select a beneficiary and then gift the money to the account. The money belongs to the minor, but the benefactor controls the rights on the account until the minor reaches 18 or 21, depending on whether it is a UGMA or a UTMA.
2503(c) Minor's Trust
A section 2503(c) Minor's Trust holds gifts in trust for a child until the child reaches age 21. It was established so that gifts to minors in trust may qualify for the gift tax annual exclusion. For a gift to qualify for the annual gift tax exclusion, the recipient must be able to receive the gift immediately. Section 2503(c) is the only exception to this rule.
Coverdell Education Savings Accounts
Coverdell Educations Savings Accounts are plans that allow account owners to invest for college-related expenses.
Due to the extent of this article, these are only some advantages and disadvantages of college savings avenues. Each of these plans has multiple investment options and their own set of rules and/or restrictions. To find out more information on your options, visit www.nasfaa.org or talk to your accountant/financial planner and start saving for your/your child's future.
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