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In section III.1 of P.M. Cohn's Universal Algebra a notion of universal functor ${\cal L} \rightarrow {\cal K}$ is defined for a representation of one category in another given by a (covariant) functor $F: {\cal L}^{\mbox{opp}} \times {\cal K} \rightarrow \mbox{Set}$. The objects part of the functor is specified by a universal property and Cohn states and proves a proposition (1.1) stating that if this exists, then it is indeed the objects part of a functor $U$ and that a certain mapping $\rho$ is a natural transformation from $I$ to $U$.
Cohn writes $\rho$ as $\rho(A) : A \rightarrow U(A)$ where $A \in \mbox{Ob} {\cal L}$. But as $A$ and $U(A)$ are objects in different categories, even given his convention of omitting certain "obvious" functors, I can make no sense of this in the general case, where the representation is not given by a forgetful functor. (To make things "type correct", $\rho(A)$ has to be an element of the set $F(A, U(A))$).
I can see how to define the morphisms part of the functor $U$ using the universal property and how to prove that $U$ is then a functor by a diagram chase in $\mbox{Set}$, but this is nothing like Cohn's proof which appears to compose morphisms from two different categories. I can also see how Cohn's proof would say something in the case where the representation is derived from a forgetful functor, but I can't even see how to formulate the claim that $\rho$ is a natural transformation from $I$ to $U$ in the general case. I doubt very much that Cohn is wrong, so what am I missing?


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The 6 Most Inexplicable Cartoon Adaptations Ever
#3. Gilligan's Planet
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In many ways, Gilligan's Island was the predecessor to Lost, in that they were both once on television. The successful sitcom starred a group of "lovable" misfits who found themselves shipwrecked and stranded on a desert island that may or may not have been purgatory. During the three seasons the show was on the air, the crew of the S.S. Minnow found themselves in a number of wacky misadventures, and never once resorted to cannibalism and/or sexual hijinks.
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Poor Gilligan's boner.
Gilligan's Island was canceled before the characters were rescued, meaning that audiences were left wondering if the characters had all just died on that island sometime in the late '60s. They finally escaped/returned/escaped again in a series of TV movies called Rescue From Gilligan's Island, The Castaways on Gilligan's Island and The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island.
All of which serve only to make the cartoon that much more confusing.
The Baffling Cartoon:
Gilligan's Planet took the original series and made the inevitable leap into science fiction. Although clever observers since the 1960s have been wondering how could the Professor, who was knowledgeable enough to build a radio out of a coconut, not know how to plug a hole in a boat, Gilligan's Planet answers this question by having the crew design not just a boat, but a working, wooden spaceship that flies into outer space.
It seems a little rickety, but the theme song, which is strangely talk-sung, assures us "it's crude, but it could fly."
Sure, why the hell not?
Things seem to be going about as well as they can for the cursed castaways, until Gilligan fucks things up like usual. After finishing a banana, he decides not to throw away the peel like a person, but rather tosses it wildly in the air, like a chimpanzee with poor table manners.
"Surely fresh fruit will keep on our long space voyage!"
It lands on the Skipper's head and since he's been steering the wooden spaceship like a boat, spins the wheel wildly like a maniac and crash lands into a strange planet.
In Gilligan's defense, he probably could have just taken the peel off of his face.
Luckily, it appears to have oxygen and gravity equal to Earth, so none of the characters are faced with a crushing space-death. The rest of the series dealt with their adventures on the planet, as they cavort with space aliens and never fully understand the implications of intergalactic space travel.
The series is vague about why the crew had to fly all the way into outer space before they could return to civilization, but it may be for the best that they found themselves lost on a strange planet, since their wooden ship would probably have been immediately incinerated once it tried to re-enter Earth's atmosphere.
#2. The Brady Kids
It was kind of a Modern Family for the flower power generation. The Brady Bunch was a groovy look at a blended family living in Southern California that ran from 1969 to 1974. Each week featured life lessons and a theme song catchier than the bubonic plague.
That's right, parents, look away from the boys. They bring you shame.
The Baffling Cartoon:
The Brady Kids actually begins with a shockingly logical premise: an animated spin-off series that focuses solely on the Brady children. Kids already loved the Brady Bunch, so it made sense to create a series that only features the characters that children could relate to. Without the parents or Alice to slow the action down, the series could be a look at the Brady Kids' lives, as we see them struggling with their schoolwork or learning to navigate awkward social situations. Or, they could have crossovers with Superman and the Lone Ranger.
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Yeah, that's Wonder Woman. We'll come back to that.
Since this is a cartoon, the writers apparently felt that the series should follow the age-old adage "kids like stupid shit." So, during the course of the series, they were lost in a hot air balloon, met tiny spacemen from Venus and protected the crown jewels of Domania. Also, as was the unbreakable cartoon law in the '70s, the Brady Kids were paired with not one, not two, but four goofy animal sidekicks, one of which was also a wizard.
First off is Moptop the dog, who could dance as long as the animation was identical to dogs featured on every other Filmation cartoon in production at the time.
This scene is not crucial to the plot.
And of course, just for the sake of racism, the show also featured a pair of twin pandas named Ping and Pong, who speak, but don't speak English, favoring a vaguely Chinese-sounding jibberish, like a young child would speak when pretending they can speak another language.
And then there's Marlon, their pet mynah bird who talks like Peter Falk, may be immortal or something, and is also a wizard.
He has the power to make us very angry without a clear idea as to why.
So, for example, let's take the episode "It's All Greek to Me," the time travel Wonder Woman crossover episode.
Jan is researching a paper on Euclid, and Marcia is preparing for a track meet. In a logical conflict, they argue over what's more important: the mind or the body. Jan consults the local library's administrative assistant, Diana Prince, aka the secret identity of Wonder Woman. Then they all get sent back in time to Ancient Greece, because it seems that Marlon the wizard bird can send people back in time by accident just by talking near them.
In rhyme.
The Brady Kids are unfazed by time travel (Marcia shrugs, "Marlon did it again.") when realistically, they would probably be sentenced to death by lion or be stuck in an unending nightmarish limbo from which they can never return. Also, they could probably have been using Marlon every week to solve crimes or end world hunger, instead of sitting on their asses and watching television.
"You know the rules. Girls sit on the floor with the dogs."
Anyway, while in Ancient Greece, Diana turns into Wonder Woman. When the Brady Kids run into her, they just assume she must have a found a way to time travel as well, instead of guessing that she is in fact the same dark haired, identically proportioned woman that they just traveled back in time with but can't seem to find.
What we're trying to say is, we're thinking this group was too stupid to be trusted with a bird wizard.
#1. The Super Globetrotters
The Harlem Globetrotters are the reigning "Clown Princes" or basketball, the same way the Joker is the "Clown Prince of Crime" and "Clown Prince" is a clown version of the musician Prince that we just created who plays children's birthday parties.
Stop crying, honey, Prince can't hurt you in this dimension.
Founded in 1926 as the Chicago Globetrotters, the Globetrotters team has been spinning basketballs on their fingers and pulling down their opponents' pants since before it was cool. They helped turn professional basketball into a fun spectacle and are still at it today.
The Baffling Cartoon:
The Globetrotters have been no stranger to media adaptations. They've been featured in films, TV series, even tagging along with Scooby and the gang on at least one mystery busting occasion. In 1970, they even got their own relatively normal cartoon series, which featured only one anthropomorphic dog sidekick. But things got really weird almost a decade later, when Hanna-Barbera premiered The Super Globetrotters, a cartoon series that featured members of the Globetrotters as superheroes.
Via Poundingtherock.com
Let that image really sink in. It gets worse.
Let's be clear about this: The Harlem Globetrotters aren't fictional characters, in real life they are actual people, who in this cartoon are also superheroes. On the surface it's not that crazy an idea. Lots of children view professional athletes as superheroes already, as fans of "ProStars" can attest, so giving the Globetrotters superpowers could be a fun experience.
Or it could be a horrifying trek into the darkest corners of Hell.
The Super Globetrotters makes some noticeable missteps. For one thing, their "super" powers seem to run the gamut from "useful" (Hubert "Geese" Ausbie could create multiple clones of himself) to "fun party trick" (Louise "Sweet Lou" Dunbar could pull anything he needed out of his afro) to "super weakness" (James "Twiggy" Sanders could turn his body into spaghetti -- which apparently didn't instantly lead to his death).
The Globetrotters learn about crime from their "Globetrotter Crime Globe," a talking satellite shaped like a basketball that orbits the Earth from "above the stratosphere, scanning the globe for lawlessness" and uses phrases like "Right on." The voice-over tells us that the Globetrotters are "secret superheroes of crime fighting," implying they have secret identities, which is odd because their costumes are strangely similar to their warm-up uniforms, and their "Globetrotter Crime Globe" contacts them in the middle of their sold out game where all their fans can see them.
"Don't mind us. This is just another of our wacky tricks!"
The Globetrotters decide to "get truckin'," abandoning their game, running away without so much as giving the audiences a refund for their tickets. In the locker room, they change into their costumes and fly away. Because they can all fly. We probably should have mentioned that.
Kind of gives them an unfair advantage in the dunk department.
They fight villains like Whaleman (who is a pirate and not a whale), Tattoo Man (who animates his tattoos), and Robo and the Globots (who has the best name and an army of evil Globetrotter robots), and somehow find ways to use their ridiculous powers to fight crime.
It makes more sense if you have no context with this picture.
Even considering their appearances on Futurama, this is the strangest and most nonsensical thing the Globetrotters name has ever been associated with.
This might be racist, we can't even tell.
Anthony Scibelli is a handsome stand-up comedian and comedy writer. When he isn't wasting time on Twitter, he's wasting time on his blog "There's No Success Like Failure."
For more on baffling adaptations, check out The 7 Most Offensive Adaptations of Classic Comic Books and The 10 Most Disastrous Saturday Morning Cartoon Adaptations.

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De-centering the Jesuits (Backdate)
... and the rest of us.
From Pope Francis's homily on this feast of Saint Ignatius, preached at the Jesuit mother church in Rome, il Gesù:
The emblem of us Jesuits is a monogram, the acronym of "Jesus, the Saviour of Mankind" (IHS). Every one of you can tell me: we know that very well! But this crest continually reminds us of a reality that we must never forget: the centrality of Christ for each one of us and for the whole Company, the Company that Saint Ignatius wanted to name "of Jesus" to indicate the point of reference. Moreover, even at the beginning of the Spiritual Exercises he places our Lord Jesus Christ, our Creator and Saviour (Spiritual Exercises, 6) in front of us. And this leads all of us Jesuits, and the whole Company, to be "decentered," to have "Christ more and more" before us, the "Deus semper maior", the "intimior intimo meo", that leads us continually outside ourselves, that brings us to a certain kenosis, a "going beyond our own loves, desires, and interests" (Sp. Ex., 189). Isn't it obvious, the question for us? For all of us? "Is Christ the center of my life? Do I really put Christ at the center of my life?" Because there is always the temptation to want to put ourselves in the center. And when a Jesuit puts himself and not Christ in the center, he goes astray.
By sheer coincidence (Providence?) I happened to consult Henri de Lubac's great work, Catholicism, only to discover that the original "Introduction" is dated: July 31, 1937, Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola. The great theologian, influential upon both Benedict XVI and Francis, wrote: "If Christ is the sacrament of God, the Church is for us the sacrament of Christ She represents him in the full and ancient meaning of the term: she really makes him present."
And this twenty-five years before Vatican II!
About the Author
Rev. Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, is Associate Professor of Theology Emeritus at Boston College.
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Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, by Reza Aslan, is #1 on the NYT bestseller list and #1 at Amazon.
(I haven't read it, but from the reviews and articles I get the impression that it's nothing new. E.g., that Jesus was born in Nazareth, not Bethlehem. Etc., etc. Stuff that was routinely taught in Scripture Studies 50+ years ago.)
To the youth: I want you to make yourselves heard in your dioceses, I want the noise to go out, I want the Church to go out onto the streets, I want us to resist everything worldly, everything static, everything comfortable, everything to do with clericalism, everything that might make us closed in on ourselves. The parishes, the schools, the institutions are made for going out ... if they don't, they become an NGO, and the Church cannot be an NGO. May the bishops and priests forgive me if some of you create a bit of confusion afterwards. That's my advice. […] As for the young, they must emerge, they must assert themselves, the young must go out to fight for values, to fight for these values
To the Jesuits: Yes, paths of searching, creative paths, yes, this is important: to go to the peripheries, so many peripheries. This takes creativity, but always in community, in the Church, with this membership that give us the courage to go forward. To serve Christ is to love this concrete Church, and to serve her with generosity and with the spirit of obedience.
Are those two quotes completely consistent?
Some instructive and wise remarks from Pope Francis' homily:
Christ is our life! The centrality of Christ corresponds also to the centrality of the Church: they are two flames that cannot be separated: I cannot follow Christ except in and with the Church. And even in this case we Jesuits and the whole Company, are not at the centre, we are, so to speak, "displaced", we are at the service of Christ and of the Church, the Bride of Christ our Lord, who is our Holy Mother Hierarchical Church (cf. Sp. Ex. 353). To be men routed and grounded in the Church: that is what Jesus desires of us.
Pope Francis has interestingly placed two examples ("icons") of life's eventide (il tramonto) before his fellow Jesuits on Saint Ignatius's Day -- Saint Francis Xavier and Pedro Arrupe The tomb of Francis Xavier is directly opposite that of Ignatius, while Father Arrupe's tomb is at the back of the Gesu', on the righthand side. Is it possible that during this papacy the canonization process of Father Arrupe will be brought to the fore?
(The statement from the Vatican did not say whether the Pope had time to visit the rooms of Saint Ignatius. I hope he did. For many years the spirited tour guide for this moving experience was a Jesuit Brother from Argentina. Perhaps he is still there.)
John Page
Thanks for mentioning that Pope Francis visited Father Arrupe's tomb. This strikes me as very significant, even poignant, given how poorly Father Arrupe was treated by John Paul II. I certainly hope Pope Francis advances Father Arrupe's cause for canonization.
Henri de Lubac is pretty conservative - I don't think Ignatius would necessarily conflate Jesus and the church.
You wrote, "I don't think Ignatius would necessarily conflate Jesus and the church."
Near the end of the Spritual Exercises, Ignatius offers a list of rules. One section of those rules is "To have the true sentiment which we ought to have in the Church militant." The first thing Ignatius writes there is: "Let the following Rules be observed. First Rule. The first: All judgment laid aside, we ought to have our mind ready and prompt to obey, in all, the true Spouse of Christ our Lord, which is our holy Mother the Church Hierarchical."
Rule 13 reads this way: "Thirteenth Rule. To be right in everything, we ought always to hold that the white which I see, is black, if the Hierarchical Church so decides it, believing that between Christ our Lord, the Bridegroom, and the Church, His Bride, there is the same Spirit which governs and directs us for the salvation of our souls. Because by the same Spirit and our Lord Who gave the ten Commandments, our holy Mother the Church is directed and governed."
I'm not sure what you mean by "conflate," but Ignatius is pretty clear here about obeying the Church -- and the hierarchical church at that -- because Christ and the Church share "the same spirit which governs and direcs us for the salvation of our souls."
You also wrote, "Henri de Lubac is pretty conservative." I'm not sure what that means, but certainly Father Garrigou-Lagrance, who coined the term "nouvelle théologie" (derisively, of course), didn't think so. And those who stripped de Lubac of his teaching faculties didn't think so either.
But of course Ignatius would agree with Benedict XVI that the Spirit is not directly governing the church. See "History, Papal."
With regard the intimacy of the relation between Christ and Church may I recommend the late Jean-Marie Tillard's wonderful book: Flesh of the Church, Flesh of Christ.
Were you responding to my comment? I don't know what Ignatius said about the Spirit directly governing the Church. I just wanted to point out to Crystal that at two places in the Spiritual Exercises Ignatius draws a very close connection between Christ and the Church. As I noted, I'm not sure whether that constitutes "conflation."
I also disagreed -- to the extent I understood it -- with Crystal's characterization of Henri de Lubac as a "conservative." He wasn't considered a conservative in the 1950s.
Scott - gosh darn gee whiz! Every time I believe I have it figured out I don't! Is "conservative" as a reality most constructively and practically defined by the times and people's opinions? Or is "conservative" merely another of those concepts destined to remain in the shade?
As for Reza Alan's new book about Christ, I recommend it. As I believe Mr Alan says himself he is a Muslin who through a bit of inspiration and a great deal of study became utterly enamored with and very respectful of Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus Christ. I also recommend another of his works "No god but God". I am certainly not the one to query on the issue of the validity of the details his books include but there are quite a bit of them in his works.
This is off topic except for the fact that the comments are formed by an inclusion regarding Reza Aslan's book, Zealot, which was propelled to further popularity by an unfortunate Fox News interview. Perhaps Michael Peppard will post separately on the book, since I noticed that he tweeted about it. I have only found one review on the internet by a NT scholar, Greg Carey at Lancaster Theological. Here is the link to it http://huff.to/18LU7Kw
Aslan holds Ph.D. in the sociology of religion, but he is not a professor of religion, rather he teaches creative writing. His book appears to be "revoutionary" to people who are unfamiliar with NT scholarship on the question of the historical Jesus. As Gerelyn noted there is very little new in the book, and, as the review I have linked to explains, much of what Aslan is proposing is old news among NT scholars, who have moved beyond the arguments that form his views on Jesus. He boasts in the Fox interview of having many footnotes, but he does not seem to have used his sources critically. I have had a real hard time tracking down serious dredentials for him, and he seems to be more of an entrepreneur than a scholar.
Alan and all - fwiw, over at the First Thoughts blog (associated with First Things), Matthew Franck apparently incited a bit of an uproar with a post entitled, "Reza Aslan Misrepresents His Scholarly Credentials". He then posted a follow-up that included a response from Aslan's dissertation advisor defending Aslan's positioning himself as he does, as well as Alan Jacobs' view that
Reza Aslan's book is an educated amateur's summary and synthesis of a particularly skeptical but quite long-established line of New Testament scholarship, presented to us as simple fact.
Why "particularly skeptical"?
With Ignatius as with other saints, even Francis of Assissi, we have to be careful not to conclude that because they wrote or said it it is true. The great Ignatius was an important part of the Counter-Reformation and one can understand his stressing the hierarchy over the reformers. While the hierarchy has a place in the church, with consideration given to its directives, one is bound to examine them as far as accordance with the gospel is concerned. Many mistakes have been made by the hierarchy and we are not excused in following unlawful directives. Augustine made serious errors with reference to violence against Christians while Athanasius also acknowledge emperors power in the church to further his own ambitions. The adulation following these two giants of Church history is more driven by those seeking unmitigated power in the church rather than an allegiance to the true message of Jesus.
" ... holy Mother the Church Hierarchical ..."
That is about as blatant an oxymoron as one can read.
Ask the mothers you know what part of the hierarchy is theirs.
Yes, Ignatius' rules for thinking with the church are nototious but given that he was thrown into jail a couple of times by the inquisition and was so often suspect, it's not surprising that he added such a thing to his work. I think Ignatius believed obedience to human authority was a conditional means to an end - obedience to God and the truth. Some reading ... "Ignatius, the Popes, and Realistic Reverence", Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits , 25 (May 1993) ... "Ignatius and Church Authority" by Philip Endean ... http://www.theway.org.uk/back/s070Endean.pdf
There's a reason why Henri de Lubac is beloved by John Milbank .... http://youtu.be/aVTO0DvuNXE ... and Archbishop Chaput ... http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2012/01/4575/ ... and other conservatives - he's conservative.
I think Crystal's point about the rationale for Ignatius' (in)famous quote on thinking with the Church is largely correct. There was concern at the time that the Exercises lent themselves to a certain illuminati impulses and subjectivity. But besides that, there is value in submitting our views or ideas to an external source in order to authenticate them. Afterall, all of us our subject to our own blindness and egoism. Consequently, while that particular saying might be hyperbolic (and maybe this kind of hyperbole was just an aspect of St. Ignatius' personality!) there is still truth to it although, like everything else, that truth needs to be interpreted and contextualized.
That said, there is not doubt that the later Jesuits were highly ultramontanes and a particular kind of slavish obedience has been part of the tradition since early on.
Still, Ignatius's Spiritual Exercises are the crowning achievement of his life and are a unique form of spirituality within the Church. They are highly structured (which for me is a downside) but his teaching around discernment of spirits is very useful.
Here's a bit from Fr. Endean's article, which speaks to what John Padberg SJ wrote about Ignatius and the popes he knew and interacted with ...
"Ignatius's ecclesiological statements far
from adequately reflect his practice with regard to the papacy as
Superior General of the Society.: Raymund Schwager, the Swiss
Jesuit theologian .... [wrote] a stimulating work on
Ignatius's ecclesiology--a study that now shows its'age but has yet
to be superseded. In the fourth chapter, Schwager contrasts what
ignatius said with what Ignatius, did: his authoritarian Statements
about obedience with his well-documented and thorough resistance to various initiatives, some of which came from the Holy See, to
appoint Jesuits as bishops. Schwager concludes that Ignatius's lived
ecclesiology centred on service to the Church rather than obedience
to it."
Thank you for those references. I'm not a scholar of Ignatius of Loyola, but I've read a couple of books about early Jesuit history (Bangert, O'Malley). I look forward to reading those pieces and having them challenge my assumptions based on what I've read of and about Ignatius.
Off the bat, I'm not particularly convinced by an argument that says, essentially, "Sure, he wrote those things, but he didn't really mean them. He only wrote them because the Inquisition was after him." When you write, "I think Ignatius believed obedience to human authority was a conditional means to an end - obedience to God and the truth," I'm sure that's right. In fact, it must be right, although I would also think that _everyone_ says that about his or her reasons for obeying any given authority.
As for de Lubac, Milbank, and Chaput, I'm still not sure what you mean by "conservative." John Milbank is an Anglican anarchist-socialist. (And if you read Milbank's book on de Lubac, he's interested in the Jesuit because of his views on nature and grace. I honestly don't know how that maps onto a "conservative" vs. "liberal" framework.) Chaput is a Roman Catholic American bishop. Gustavo Guitierrez studied under de Lubac. Elizabeth Johnson has drawn on de Lubac's work in her own writing. De Lubac famously defended Teilhard de Chardin. Serious question: does the fact that de Lubac is connected to all these authors make them all conservative? What does "conservative" mean in this case? As I noted above, I honestly don't know.
Again, thanks for your response and for the references.
Yes, I must admit I don't know much about de Lubac. That he seems to be considered along with von Balthasar, that he is so liked by Benedict, that you're more likely to read about him at First Things and Ignatius Press than at Commonweal and National Catholic Reporter ... I made assumptions :) Maybe it's his Thomism? I have to read more about him.
Read Splendour of the Church.
Amen! -- Of which the French title is the more modest Méditation sur l'église.
A number of Henri de Lubac's books are still in print, including Splendor of the Church (Ignatius Press). Pope John Paul II made him a cardinal in 1983 waiving (at de Lubac's request) the requirement that he be consecrated a bishop. I think de Lubac can be a source of rapprochment between those who think of themselves as "progressive / liberal" Catholics and those who call themselves "orthodox / conservative".
In my ignorant way, I had always associated IHS with In Hoc Signo, the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, Constantine, and all that (though also with Philip Morris cigarettes, which for some reason also used IHS as a motto. Failing that, I think I'd been told that it was a shortened form of IESUS CHRISTOS THEOU HUIOS SOTER, as in Icthus. I'm glad to be set straight, and particularly to know that Constantine's history had nothing to do with it.
About obedience: I have sometimes rather wondered why, if Jesuits were supposed to obey the pope in all things, even to seeing black as white, there seems to be a rather long history of Jesuit disobedience, though presumably they never saw it that way. (I'm thinking among other things of the papacy's unfortunate relations with the Jesuit mission in China from the early seventeenth to the mid eighteenth centuries. Long before Daniel Berrigan, in short.
De Lubac knew both the scholastic theologians and the early Fathers. Maybe this is why both conservatives and liberals claim him. (Thomas and othe late medievals have a lot in common with contemporary liberals, including their appreciation of rationality and for the appreciation of the rights of ordinary people.) ISTM he represents the best of the Catholic intellectual tradition, the "both-and" tradition of accepting of whatever is true regardless of its source.
(My quarrel with him is his too-ready acceptance of "paradoxes". He, good Frenchman that he was, seemed to love them.)
Nicholas Clifford
I like the Pall Mall (not Phillip Morris) part the best. The IHS has nothing to do with ICTHYS (exept for the "I" which is the first letter of Jesus in Greek). Rather, these letters are the first three letters of Jesus' name in Greek, IHSOYS, which is why the are on the Seal of the General of the Society of Jesus. IHS is a common Greek abbreviation for the name.
On the history of Jesuit disobedience I think you are way off. It is not only they who never saw it that way either. You do them a great disservice. Why not stress the long history of their obedience? Also the Jesuits' fourth vow pertains to "mission, if you read the Constituteions of the Society of Jesus carefully. TJesuits were not free to turn down a mission from the Pope to go anywhere he would send them. Finally, you need to read up on the complicated matter of the Chinese Rites controversy. The controversy was not created by the Jesuits but by the Dominicans, Fransicsance and Augustinians who had opposed them. This opposition, at first accepted by Rome, was later reversed, only to be reissued by Clement XI and Benedict XIV until it was abrogated by Pius XII.
As Alan Mitchell explained, IHS are the first letters of the name of Jesus in Greek.
As a youngster I asked my mother what the letters on the back of the priest's chasuble meant and she said (bless her!): "I have suffered." Later in high school I was told by a priest they stood for: "Iesus Hominum Salvator" -- the association made by Pope Francis. So there's obviously an oral tradition of popular religiosity in play.
One facet of De Lubac (at least in The Splendour of the Church) that is engaging and humbling is his trenchant criticisms of certain attitudes within the church, but which he manages to apply to himself.
For Example:
We are all human, De Lubac writes, beings… – actually he wrote "we are all men,".. "and there is none of us but is aware of his own wretchedness and incapacity; for after all we keep on having our noses rubbed in our own limitations. We have all, at some time or other, caught ourselves red-handed…trying to serve a holy cause by dubious means. . . . So that there are scanty grounds for making exceptional cases of ourselves; and none at all for the withdrawal implied in a grimly-judging eye. If we behave in that way, we fall into an illusion like that of the misanthrope, who takes a dislike to humankind, for all the world as if he himself were not a part of it…."
It is when we cease to hold ourselves apart with "a grimly judging eye," he continues…, that "the staring contrast between the human wretchedness of those who make up the Church, and the greatness of her divine mission, will no longer be a scandal to us; for we shall first have become painfully aware of [that wretchedness] in ourselves. Rather, it will become a stimulus. We shall understand how a certain sort of criticism which is always directed outwards may be nothing more than a search for an alibi designed to enable us to dodge the examination of our consciences. And a humble acceptance of Catholic solidarity will perhaps be more profitable to us in the matter of shaking us out of some of our illusions."
Are these the paradoxes that Ann Olivier refers to.
Ms. S. --
What I had in mind was de Luba's treatment of paradoxes in his book "Paradoxes of Faith". I got the book because I find paradoxes intriguing, and sometimes considerations of paradoxes succeed in explaining their oppositions away, at least to some extent.
On the other hand, some paradoxes are about extremely important matters (see "the problem of evil"), and some of the greatest thinkers have grappled courageously with them for eons. But there are also some lame attempts to explain these paradoxes away by means that just don't work, whether by saying that the paradox isn't really important or it really isn't paradoxical after all or, worse of all, saying that the paradoxes aren't really illogical, that they're not real problems after all. de Lubac says of paradoxes, for instance, "They do not sin against logic, whose laws remain inviolable: but they escape its domain". What a cop-out! He makes an unjustified claim and calls the problem solved! Such attempts are like trying like trying to get rid of glue on your fingers by rubbing your fingers against more glue -- irrationality against irrationality.
I don't deny that well expressed paradoxes can sometimes summarize important dilemmas, and de Lubac is particularly good at those. Here's one that summarizes an issue we discussed here recently: "Shall I refuse my brother a glass of water telling him I am fully occupied in recovering the meaning of God?" This particular expression doesn't dodge the issue. And its question mark grants the possibility that there IS more to be said.
By the word "paradox" de Lubac covers many sorts of oppositions not all of which are contradictions, and that's quite forgivable. But would that he had faced the big problems of real contradictions about really important issues. (I find the consideration of "mystery" in Frank Sheed's "Theology and Sanity" a much more positive approach to the subject.)
Yes, one of the issues with paradox-as-method (shall we call it that?) is: what is the value of logic? Does it unfailingly reveal truth? Does it unfailingly reveal error? There's the rub.
simplistic, the way Endean puts it. as if service and obedience are (should be?) always antithetical. Ignatius was no slavish idolater of the church. obedience (primarily to Christ but secondarily to Jesuit superiors and to the papacy!), yes, in the service of the Church, but it is always critical obedience. the funny thing about some jesuits (like Endean) is that they can vow obedience to their general and superiors and find nothing wrong with that, but balk at obedience to the pope when in fact a good number of them do so in their fourth vow (in terms of missions of course, but they want to quibble...).


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Here is a panorama of the Skateboard park in La Falda, Argentina.
I tried going for HDR here but it did not quite work out. I think I should have take a lower exposure during bracketing. In addition, the very top of the sky may seem patchy. That is because I had to use Photoshop to create a small circle of sky.
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Scientists are developing means of growing artificial meat in a petri dish. Does such 'meat' have the halachic status of meat?
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/11/us-science-meat-f-idUSTRE7AA30020111111
Scientists are developing means of growing artificial meat in a petri dish. Does such 'meat' have the halachic status of meat?
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/11/us-science-meat-f-idUSTRE7AA30020111111
The article says that the this meat is created using stem cells from slaughtered animals:
When it comes to nullifying something forbidden that is mixed in with something permitted, there are several conditions that prevent nullification. On of them is called a Davar Hama'amed. From the Star-K's website:
It is possible that these stem cells would be considered a Davar Hama'amed, since the whole concoction is dependent on the stem cells to exist. Since a Davar Hama'amed is never nullified, it doesn't matter how minute the stems cells are, they would still make the final product meat, and therefore subject to all the regulations thereof.
It would seem that the only way around this would be if the stem cells came from the bones of the animal (not the bone marrow). As described here, bones are not considered meat. However, I'm not sure stem cells can be extracted from bones, it is not listed as one of the sources of stem cells, here.
I remember the father of Rav of our shul was a Rav in Switzerland during the war and they had banned shechitah. They relied for meat on a herd of specially raised cows. These were cows that as calves were still in the mothers womb, when the mother was schected. They apparently managed to get a herd of these animals and their offspring that did not require schetiah. So I wonder if you started with meat from a schected animal is a similar issue would apply.
Rabbi Daniel Friedman, in an article entitle Pareve Meat (pp. 93-105), wrote a halachic analysis of this topic for the RJJ Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society some years ago (Number LIII from Pesach 5767, Spring 2007). His analysis points to 3 possible conclusions:
Each of these successive conclusions requires an additional level of complication and dependency regarding the Halachic analysis and a willingness to rule to the lenient side of Machloket. Issues involved which he cites include: Chatzei Shiur, ChaNaN (Chaticha Naaseit Neveilah), Ein Mivatalin Issur L'Chatchila, Davar HaMaamid, and Marit Ayin.
I'll conclude by quoting his conclusion:
Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/has-the-era-of-the-kosher-cheeseburger-arrived/


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Using TDP's Animator for wings on a doll - 01-20-2005, 04:10 AM
I found this at TDP's FAQ:
Q. (Question / Problem)
How can I do Wings Animation (TDP Animator)?
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You can get wings to move with effects on TDP Animator.
a) Upload wings prop (no dolll, just the wings) into the filemanager
b) Use Animator and set "Effect" on wings prop
c) Select "Squeeze Horizontal" and click animate
d) When popup window appear with animated wings select "Open Filemanager", select an empty cell and click "Save"
e) Get back to your static wings prop and start animator
b) Use Animator and set "Effect" on static wings prop
c) Select "Stretch Horizontal" and click animate
d) When popup window appear with animated wings select "Open Filemanager", select an empty cell and click "Save"
now you have 3 wings props:
1) static
2) squeeze animation
3) stretch animation
e) start animator
f) set every item frame sequence to "0", set frame sequence to "1" for squeeze animation and frame sequence to "2" for stretch animation and click "Animate"
Now you should have a complete wings animation
d) When popup window appear with animated wings select "Open Filemanager", select an empty cell and click "Save"
upload the doll that you would like to use with the wings into the filemanager
start animator and select "Effect" on the doll image, set frame sequence to "1" on the cell with your complete wings animation, adjust "Shift Y" if required, select "Overlay" in "Effects" and click "Animate"
If you're a premium member (Animator is only available on premium), I would love to see a doll made by using this!
I suggest you upload your dolls to an image host like http://www.imageshack.us/
They provide the codes and tell you where certain codes can be used like in forums.
To post a doll you need the url (ie: http://www.imageshack.us/imagename or code.gif, .jpeg, etc.) and place it inbetween the [img][/img] tags.
Easiest way to make a doll blink, sparkle, or move is to make 2 or three seperate versions of your doll on yur paint program.
For Winking, make one regular, save it then reopen in your paint program, edit it so 1 eye looks closed, save that one under a different name. Convert to gif format, if you have the abilities to do so, then upload both "frames" to TDP's animator.
For the delay setting I use 30 like I did for my Bunny girl in my sig.
For a glittery/sparkle doll, make two dolls with white or your choice of color dots randomly placed in different places on each doll on your paint program. Again save them seperate in gif format and upload to the animator. Use 10 for the delay.
Making movement, again make two or more seperate dolls. Try making dolls with different arm props or draw arms in different positions yourself like I had done with my bunny ear. Repeat saving and uploading, set the delay time to your preference.
Hope this helps Roxy!
I must be really stupid*sighs* because it sounds so easy, yet I can't figure it out. I have two versions of my doll, the original, and the one I changed so that it looks like the eye is closed. I go into animator, set one frame on 1 and the other on 2, and make the delay 30. The only problem is that my second version is surrounded by white because I edited it in MS Paint and the doll doesn't blink either. I feel so bad for bothering you cause you took so much time to explain it...I'm sry
PS-I was trying to do it with my avatar, the foxtail ones, my aim was to make the girl wink...
Thanks so much for all your help Kimber!
Do you have a program to make the new doll transparent?
If you don't, you can download Giffy (type that into your search bar), it's a very simple bmp to gif converter program. To make your images transparent, just use your mouse and select the background color you want transparent then save the image as .gif.
It's a free download.
OK, I downloaded GIFFY and it works, and my image is transparent. Can you give me like full instructions for how to make it blink, like step by step. Because, I don't know what effect to use. I put the delay on 30, but I also don't know what to label the frames(i.e, effect,0,1,2) Im so confused.
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I can configure my camera (5D) to use long exposure noise reduction (dark frame is exposed and subtracted), but is this method really effective when shooting RAW? Or is the actual subtraction only done when shooting JPEG?
It's effective. Basically, the camera can use the second, dark frame, to subtract signal out of the first frame, so it definitely gets used in RAW. In fact, if you try it, you'll discover that you end up with only one RAW image as the DFS image is discarded after use.
On this topic, however, I'd note that you want to use this carefully. If you're doing long night exposures, DFS can double the amount of time it takes to snap a shot and that cuts into your shooting time. Many astrophotographers will do their own DFS after the fact as a result of that and us Pentaxians are gnashing our teeth because we have no option to shut it off (my only complaint about Pentax).
Yes, the long exposure noise reduction is applied to the RAW file also.
Regular noise reduction is not done on the RAW data. As that only uses the data in the image, it can be repeated afterwards. The long exposure noise reduction uses the data from another exposure to correct the data, so that can't be repeated from only the RAW data.
Can you test it out? Take a picture with noise reduction off, then with noise reduction on, and then you'll see.
As you said, it's probably a dark frame subtraction, meaning that any bias patterns that are present in the chip will get removed. These bias patterns show up on longer exposures, as in, some pixels may be more sensitive than others, so the dark frame will identify those inter-pixel biases and allow the camera to correct them. That means that it should affect RAW frames, because the intensity information from the dark frame will still be removed.
I know that it worked on my D70 back when I took pictures of the night sky. It's harder for me to find a region without light pollution nowadays.
Wasn't really intended this way (and I didn't have this information when I asked the question), but my experience shows different results. I made a 556-second exposure at ISO 400 with lens cap on and long exposure noise reduction switched on and RAW+JPEG configured. The results are 100% crops with no additional processing applied.
In-camera JPEG:
Canon DPP (noise reduction disabled):
Adobe Camera RAW (noise reduction disabled):
Adobe Camera RAW + Topaz Denoise (RAW-moderate setting):
My conclusion is that there is no point to shoot only RAW with long exposure noise reduction on (expose and subtract dark frame) as it doubles exposure time and it's effect is questionable unless done by camera.
I've found that when using a Tv between 1 and 30 seconds or so it is quite effective. Once I process in DPP I am able to use less NR and save more detail. The subtraction is done to the RAW file, but that doesn't mean all the noise will be eliminated, only that caused by bias patterns in the chip. Other sources of noise, such as shot noise, will still require NR in post.
I don't have the patience to try it at longer than 30 second exposures.


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Organizers of the Electronic Security Expo put out a call for entries for the newly named "ESX 2015 Innovation Awards." Entries are due April 1, 2015. Winners will be notified on April 15.
ESX will take place June 24-26 in Baltimore this year.
Formerly called the Maximum Impact Awards, the ESX 2015 Innovation Awards will be given in 15 categories, which include several sub-categories. New subcategories include: DIY Security, Secure Wireless Communication Technology, and Activity Sensing/Medicine Management.
"This year, emerging products and services are eligible-as well as those that have been field-tested. Companies are encouraged to enter both products and services," according to an ESX news release.
The goal is to "recognize those innovators who are driving our industry forward and improving both our offerings and our ability to run our companies efficiently and profitably," George De Marco, ESX Chairman, said in a prepared statement.
Look for information on another new ESX event this year: "ESX TechVision Challenge," where top category winners will be invited to present before a panel of judges.
For a list of ESX 2015 Innovation Award categories and submission forms, visit www.esxweb.com/innovationawards or contact Allison Avril at 774.203.6394 or email@example.com
Category winners will be featured in the June issue of Security Systems News and in a showcase on the ESX 2015 trade show floor.
About a year ago, Tim Le Blanc president of TriStar monitoring, spoke with Security Systems News about the company's first year. Now, the third-party monitoring center central with its 10,000-square-foot facility in Corona, Calif., is reaching its second anniversary and LeBlanc talked about the significant, but "very realistic," goals the company has for its next year.
Nearing the two-year mark, the company is approaching 30,000 accounts, according to Le Blanc. "At the end of the year, we're looking to [have] about 45- 50,000 accounts," Le Blanc said, something he calls "a very realistic figure."
Le Blanc told Security Systems News that a key to their upcoming year will be their monthly newsletter which TriStar sends out to a base of about 4,000 companies. The newsletter, covering various topics including new technologies, contracts, and insurance, and its positive response helps build the company's reputation, Le Blanc said.
Le Blanc said that this year to bring more advertising as well as a larger presence in industry meetings.
TriStar is currently also working on expending its presence in Washington and Oregon, according to Le Blanc, a central part of which is state licensing.
As what has been forecasted to be an epic blizzard bears down on us here in the Northeast—and from what the howling wind sounds like outside it would seem the forecast will come to fruition—we are making our final preparations for TechSec 2015 in sunny, warm, blizzard-free Florida.
We're thankful the storm is hitting now so as not to delay us from flying down to Delray Beach next weekend for what we expect to be one of the greatest TechSec conferences ever. (Check out the lineup ... )
Meanwhile, though, I have to think of some of our conference participants, those security folks out there in the blizzardy trenches. Just last week, Martha and I were speaking with Ralph Nerette, our second-day opening speaker—and also a recent past "20 under 40" award winner. Ralph is the director of security and emergency management at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston with excellent insights into the ever-growing health care security vertical.
Early during our conference call, Ralph said there had been a shooting next door at Brigham and Women's Hospital that he was closely monitoring; it was having an impact on security at DFCI, what with all the police officers and police helicopters in the area and nearby roads cordoned off.
A few minutes later, he had to end our call to deal with the fallout at his hospital in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Brigham cardiac surgeon Michael Davidson's and the suicide of the shooter.
Giving Ralph some time to breathe, I sent an email to him this past Monday to reschedule our discussion in advance of TechSec. He responded quickly that he was in the middle of preparing his hospital for the blizzard, but that he would get back to us as soon as he could. He's a busy guy, that Ralph.
Ralph is a dedicated professional, one of many whom you will meet at TechSec. His talk, "Five things you may not know about health care security," will be moderated by the always entertaining Rob Hile, director of strategic accounts for SureView Systems. We are pleased to have both of them participate in our conference, along with all the many other dedicated, insightful security pros who are scheduled to speak and those who will offer ther expertise from the audience.
I look forward to seeing you at TechSec. And stay safe (and warm!) out there everyone!
NEUHAUSEN, Switzerland—Tyco has acquired "substantially all of the assets" of Commercial Wireless Systems International, it announced today in a prepared statement.
CWSI will be integrated into Tyco's Fire Protection Products business unit, thus broadening Tyco's offerings and expertise in wireless technology and systems, Tyco said in the statement.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Florida-based CWSI, in business for 30 years, develops wireless fire alarm and detection products. Its UL-listed products serve industrial, residential, hospitality, education, airports and other sectors.
The CWSI acquisition "allows us to expand our reach through adjacent sales channels and in segments of the market where we have not been present," Raj Arora, general manager, fire detection, for Tyco Fire Protection Products, said in the statement.
It also advances Tyco's vision for the "Internet of Things," he said.
Every month, Security Systems News prints a feature piece titled Specifically Speaking, interviewing individuals who specialize in security consulting in order to get his or her perspective. News was made in that side of the industry recently when consulting firm Ducibella Venter & Santore was acquired by Ross & Baruzzini, announced on Jan. 8.
According to a recent press release from Ross & Baruzzini, the acquisition will bring added opportunities in areas of consultation, design, engineering documentation, construction supervision and final turn-over implementation for technical and physical security.
DVS is currently working on a variety of notable projects, including the World Trade Center, and the new Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Conn.
"DVS is extremely well respected in some very specialized security sectors that will allow us to expand our current security portfolio outside our existing markets." Craig Toder, president and CEO of Ross & Baruzzini, said in a prepared statement.
"This is a tremendous opportunity for our staff to realize new projects and growth opportunities. Becoming part of an international firm will strengthen the services offered to our existing clients in addition to allowing us to compete on a larger scale for full-service projects," said Philip Santore, Senior Principal of DVS, in the same release.
DVS is based in Hamden, Conn., with a branch office in New York. Previously, the firm worked with the New York Stock Exchange, Madison Square Garden and the Bank of America headquarters near Times Square.
Ross & Baruzzini, headquartered in St. Louis, specializes in planning, design and consulting for the government, healthcare, and transportation markets among others.
Security Systems News will be following up with DVS to hear more about this acquisition and what it means for the industry.
Siemens announced this morning that it has entered into a "long-term strategic partnership" with Milestone and will be OEMing Milestone's VMS software for its Siveillance VMS.
Siemens said Siveillance includes "software-based security platforms and modules that are used in critical infrastructures and by enterprise customers." It is also working with Milestone on "another application for the video technology ... Desigo CC management platform for building and security technology."
The Siveillance VMS in available in three versions. • VMS 100 supports up to 128 cameras and is suitable for small and medium-sized facilities. • VMS 200 meets the demands of centrally managed systems with the high scalability requirements typical of major industrial facilities. • VMS 300 is used in systems that are distributed over multiple locations. It centrally manages user and system data. VMS 300 has a redundant design and is therefore available during network interruptions. It is suitable for critical infrastructures such as airports.
Long-term strategic partnership with MilestoneSiemens' OEM partner Milestone specializes in open, IP-based video management software. Its flexible technologies have been proven in thousands of installations worldwide."We are pleased to have won a leading provider of IP video management software like Milestone as our strategic partner and technology supplier," says René Jungbluth, who heads the solutions business at Siemens Building Technologies. "Siemens is a key player in the security industry, and VMS is a vital module in our Siveillance portfolio. It helps further focus and expand our enterprise security solutions business. Because the video technology can also be integrated into the Desigo CC building management platform, the software is an outstanding addition to our Total Building Solutions portfolio as well.""The worldwide strategic partnership with Siemens is very important to us. It is not only proof of how important open platforms are, but also represents a benchmark in our long-standing business relationship," says Lars Thinggaard, president and CEO of Milestone.
CSG is adding density near its headquarters with the purchse announced yesterday of Allied Protective Systems, based in Oklahoma City.
The deal adds 6,000 customers to CSG's Guardian Security Systems, an installing security company that CSG owns.
CSG CEO Richard Ginsburg was on a plane today, but Amy will catch up with him later this week and have more to report on the deal next week. Ginsburg has been on the acquisition trail. Amy reported in October that CSG purchased two companies in Texas. Here's that story.
CSG intends to offer its new customers its "full line of interactive security and home automation options," Ginsburg said in the release.
Johnnie Fletcher, who owned Allied for 30 years, sold the company to CSG when he decided to retire after 50 years in the alarm industry, according to the news release.
CSG says it's the 8th largest residential security monitoring company in the United States. It has 200,000 customers, $7 million in RMR, a dealer program; a monitoring and customer care center in Tulsa; a branch network; and customers in 17 states.
Vertex Capital advised CSG on this deal.
Updated Feb. 13, 2015
Alarm Detection Systems, based in Aurora, Ill., sought to strengthen its executive team by promoting six people to new roles. And today, as I write this, Rapid Response is looking to fill 70 or more positions for its headquarters in Syracuse N.Y.
As I'm looking over the current events of the industry, growth has been quite the theme, and these are companies that are growing by notable proportions.
At ADS, Amy Becker will become VP and Controller; Nick Bonifas, Corporate Counsel; Ken Mish, VP of Alarm Service and Call Center Operations; Peggy Raper, Call Center Manager; Rick Raper, VP of Central Station Services, Mark Schramm, VP and CIO.
"The alarm industry has changed more in the last five years than in the previous fifty. We need the talent, dedication and intelligence of every employee for ADS to remain the leading provider of security services. Fortunately, we have a committed staff that is up to the task," said Bob Bonifas, ADS founder and CEO in a prepared statement.
Rapid Response is holding a career fair today to find candidates for openings, most of which are new positions, related to the company's growth.
Read more on this development with ADS and the reason for this executive expansion.
U.S. Cellular's OnLook Digital System, a self-installed security and home automation system, is now available in Iowa and in the Tulsa, Okla., market in U.S. Cellular retail stores, online and over the phone. The system can be managed over a smartphone, tablet or computer, according to the company.
The OnLook Digital System is powered by Alarm.com's cloud-based software platform. It has three DIY package options available starting at $99.99 with a two-year contract. The options include Essential Security, Advanced Security and Advanced Security + Energy.
U.S. Cellular says that every package includes 24/7 professional monitoring and standard components such as a control panel, two door/window sensors, one motion sensor, one key fob, security signs and decals and 24/7 monitoring.
Customers will receive real-time notifications via their mobile phones if something is happening, the company says. Customers are also offered several security and automation accessories and add-on packages that allow customers to customize the solution to best fit their specific needs.
Industry analyst Jeff Kagan of Wireless told a number of news sources that "U.S. Cellular has not seen the kind of growth in wireless that larger competitors have seen in the last several years. So moving into this new market segment sounds like a good idea if it can help U.S. Cellular show solid growth again."
U.S. Cellular is not alone seeing this as a growth opportunity in home automation and security services. Other companies, such as AT&T Mobility and Comcast Xfinity, see the same opportunity, Kagan said.
I have scheduled an interview to speak with U.S. Cellular to follow up on what this means for its future. So stayed tuned.
ADT CEO Naren Gursahaney announced during an interview with Forbes magazine last month that ADT is "working feverishly to develop" a partnership with Google-Nest.
Despite that pronouncement in the national magazine, ADT since has been mum on the potential partnership. It told Security Systems News and other publications that basically, at any given time, it is in regular conversations with a number of tech companies about potential partnerships.
There is nothing to report at this time, an ADT spokeswoman said via email in response to an inquiries from SSN after the Fortune article appeared and then again on Jan. 6.
But Imperial Capital, in a report released Dec. 30, said an ADT-Nest partnership is "not a surprise … especially since Nest has been running its 'work with Nest' developer program for connecting its products with other smart-products with some of the same companies as ADT."
"Mercedes Benz, Jawbone, Whirlpool, Logitech and IFTTT are among the growing list of companies with which Nest is integrating. ADT is now working with many 'new-age,' cloud based technology companies—several of them overlapping with Nest. ADT needs to show investors that it has the full range of technology and services capabilities ranging from experts in installing the plain old telephone line (POTS) systems, to installers and servicers who have the 'IT-IQ' to make ADT into a technology leader in the residential alarm monitoring industry."
A partnership between ADT and Nest "could open up a significant opportunity for ADT to provide professional monitoring for [Nest's] Dropcam users (and potentially other DIY products in the coming quarters," Imperial said in the report.
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Answered: Export Extjs form/grid to MS-Word format..
Does Extjs Supports to export an Extjs Grid/Form into MS-Word Format..?
Am using Java as server side programming language.
any help would be appreciated.Ravi Maroju
Ext JS doesn't support this, you would need to search for a plugin (some for excel) or a server side solution.
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Ext JS doesn't support this, you would need to search for a plugin (some for excel) or a server side solution.Mitchell Simoens @LikelyMitch
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10 Dec 2012 1:56 AM #3
Hi mitchellsimoens,
Thanks for your reply,
can you please suggest me the links for third party plug-ins, or any reference resources....Ravi Maroju


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Racist Abuse of Balotelli Brings Fine for Inter
Inter Milan was fined €50,000 ($65,340) Tuesday after sections of its fans racially abused striker Mario Balotelli during the Milan derby on Sunday. According to a statement from Serie A, Italy's top division, the Inter fans aimed derogatory chants at two players and displayed offensive banners.
But Balotelli, AC Milan's former Inter player, was himself fined €10,000 ($13,070) for making an obscene gesture as he left the field. His team was also hit with a €10,000 penalty because of insulting banners in the stands.
AC Milan took a particularly bold stand against racism in January when Kevin-Prince Boateng walked off the pitch after hearing racist abuse during a winter-break game.
—Joshua Robinson
Rodman's Next Stunt: North Korean Diplomacy
North Korea has played its nuclear and missile cards. The U.S. riposte: Dennis Rodman.
As an NBA player, "The Worm" was a rebounding machine and played on five championship teams on his way to the Hall of Fame. Now more than a dozen years into his post-basketball career, having already made a professional-wrestling tour of Australia and spent some time on "Celebrity Rehab," he's testing his skills as a diplomat. In Pyongyang.
Actually, the U.S. government apparently isn't involved. A senior administration official told the Associated Press that the State Department hasn't even been contacted about this mission, which began with Rodman's landing in Pyongyang Tuesday, via Beijing.
Instead, it's the work of a media company called VICE, generating material for its weekly HBO series and seeking, it declared, to nudge the North Korean regime toward "openness and better relations with the outside world."
Company founder Shane Smith, whose own visit to Pyongyang made for a memorable program, said "finding common ground on the basketball court is a beautiful thing." Rodman, along with three members of the Harlem Globetrotters, will offer a basketball camp for kids and play some community-based games, VICE said. "Additionally," it went on, "there may be a top-level scrimmage" attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong Eun.
The show emerging from the Pyongyang mission is set to air in the U.S. in early April.
—William Westbrook


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DENTON (January 31, 2011)—Trial for Charles Stobaugh, 55, is set to continue in Denton's 362nd State District Court on Monday after defense attorneys blasted a Texas Ranger on Friday who was a lead investigator in the case.
Kathy Munday Stobaugh, then 43, disappeared from the couple's Sanger home on the night of Dec. 29, 2004 and has never been seen or heard from since.
Police say they believe Charles Stobaugh killed her and hid her body.
Texas Ranger Tracy Murphree was the principal witness last Friday as jurors watched the final two hours of an interview with investigators and Stobaugh.
Jurors saw Stobaugh sitting in a chair in the corner of the interview room and occasionally stood leaning against a wall as investigators grilled him about the disappearance of his wife.
Following the videotape, defense attorneys began grilling Murphree himself, who agreed that the tactics interviewers used were common in such interrogations.
Defense attorney Derrell Comer questioned the length of the interview and the fact that it ended at 4 a.m.
Comer told jurors Murphree repeatedly said Stobaugh killed his wife and told Stobaugh that in time, investigators would find enough evidence to arrest and convict him of the crime.
Comer also pointed out that the officers used Stobaugh's children to try to get him to confess.
Kathy Stobaugh, who had been living at another address after the couple separated, went to the family home in Sanger on Dec. 29, 2004 to discuss details of the couple's pending divorce.
That was the last time she had been seen.
Days later police found her car still in the driveway at the Sanger residence.
Stobaugh never reported her missing but her teenage daughter told police she was gone, however not until Jan. 5, 2005.
Stobaugh told investigators he believed Kathy Stobaugh had simply run away.
There have been more than 20 searches in Denton and Cooke counties for Kathy Stobaugh but authorities have found no evidence of her body.


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GENESEO, N.Y. -- SUNY Geneseo faculty member Jim Kimball will direct the Geneseo String Band in the group's 33rd annual Pre-St. Patrick's Day Concert March 3 at 7 p.m. in Wadsworth Auditorium. The band includes both faculty and students and the concert will feature an evening of Celtic music and dance.
Guest performers will include the Drumcliffe Irish Dancers, Ted McGraw, Roxanne Ziegler, John Ryan, Nick Tiberio and others.
Admission is $5 for the general public, $2 for students and free for children age 12 and younger. Tickets will be available at the door only.
Kimball is a folk music expert and ethnomusicologist at SUNY Geneseo, teaching students about music and musical instruments from around the world.
For more information on the concert, call 585-245-5824.
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The torah forbids creating artifacts used in the beis hamikdash (based on the verse lo taasun iti (Exodus 20:19), see Talmud Avoda Zara 43a, Rambam Beit Habechira 7:10 and Shulchan Aruch YD 141:8). This would seem to include the trumpets, which the gemara elsewhere learns could be made of any material. Therefore, can one create, buy, sell or own these instruments?
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The Minchas Chinuch in Mitzva 254 writes (my own translation):
The trumpets could very well be included in the latter category of utensils that do not have a specific form. Rambam (Kli Hamikdash 3:5) writes that they must be made from silver and ideally out of a single block but places no constraints on the measurements.


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5 Tricks to Jumpstart Your Fitness Regimen
So 2013 is the year. You're getting off the couch and back into fighting shape. We've got your new rules to live by if you want results that last
Janero recommends doing 2 to 3 sets of squats every other day to get your lower half ready for more intense exercise. She also recommends starting with some basic cardio, either walking or light jogging. "If you don't run a 5k the first month or two don't worry," she says. "The important part is just being active. You WILL get there."
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Thanks! I was maintaining a continual regimen until a foot injury made me have to stop. I'm ready to go again now!
by GigiSD Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 04:44PM Report as inappropriate
Nice tips! I love changing up my routine as I get bored quickly.
by RoleModel Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 04:03PM Report as inappropriate
gotta maintain those resolutions ladies!!!
by LittleBunny Monday, April 1, 2013 at 05:57PM Report as inappropriate
for me it's all about doing something that you enjoy (at least a bit) - so you can go back for more or better. i love dancing and choreographed classes, so i do more of those than body toning. not ideal (theoretically) but i'd rather do things that i love than nothing at all
by AstridB Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 11:34AM Report as inappropriate
Some nice tips here.
by NillaButterfly Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 02:11PM Report as inappropriate
I really need to start something
by Alana_Danes Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 07:12AM Report as inappropriate
great tips
by Nicole2814 Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 08:23AM Report as inappropriate
Wish I learned something new....
by Chris213 Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 07:01AM Report as inappropriate
I've definitely been super-slacking on my physical fitness this week :( ...I never stretch before working out. I do some light cardio and get right to it!
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Great tips....but I don't agree with not stretching before.
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The mountains really make the blue pop. This photo is beautiful.
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Obra prima de Deus. Muito bonito.
very very nice; the colors, the sharpness
Awesome shot. Im surprised that the lake hasn't frozen over but what a contrast of colour here. Beauty in the Hands that created it.
This is really a wonderful photo!!
Heavenly !
touching the void!GREAT!
Simply awesome!
Magnífico contraste entre la piedra gris y el agua azul.
so beautiful
Like unreal!
Too good!
A lovely blue 'diamond' lake framed by the mountains all 'round, make for a breath taking picture,that stands out and shouts 'here I am' Yes, we need color,but in this shot the blue is enough, ringed by those rugged mountains. 1 more winner! j.e.s.
its one the best features eriq
Cool Lake
this scenery is amazing if u think about the mountains and the navy blue water. its just breath taking to me in my opinion
Amazing... but very cold
That is a beautiful picture, is a real wild place and I like a lot.
La Obra Expresa Belleza... También Habla De Perfección Más Allá De Cualquier Propósito Simple. Nos Enseña Lo Profundo De Lo Espiritual Y Lo Natural. Que Solo Se Obtiene A Través De Grandes Sacrificios Y Sufrimientos. Para Hacer O Lograr Que La Manifestación Del Gozo (o Vivencia) Sea Plena.
Stunning, spectacular. Stunning vision of beauty nature so well captured. Feels a lightness when looking at this picture and it is a place that makes you want to go there to see with our eyes and be part of a natural beauty like this. Great photography.
It looks quite similar to Hincove tarn in High Tatras in Slovakia :)
wallpaper please..
I want go to Yukon
Now that is some high quality H20!
What an amazing capture
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Beautiful landscape!
There is another similar jiaming Lake, well-known as "teardrop of angel", in taiwan.
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I actually bought one of the Performance Bike floor to ceiling pole racks for the temporary apartment. I needed to be able to bring one bike home from work (where I was keeping them in between houses), and the wife didn't like me just rolling a bike into the living room for the weekend.
I picture I'll keep the bikes I use most (the Singular Swift singlespeed and the RacerX29er geared FS 29er) on the rack for easiest access... grab and roll out the door, and string the other bikes up out of the way with the bike hoists.
Still... I think the space is going to be tight. I'm not even sure I can get the bikes up high enough and have room to park a car underneath them.
Well, this weekend I removed the carpet from the downstairs before the flooring guys come in and lay the wood floors down. That's a lot of carpet.

And the trailer came out great. I trucked home my tool boxes from work, and now I'm on the hunt for a decent used electric dryer. I ended up getting the 40x48" Harbor Freight trailer with the 12" wheels. It was pretty time consuming to assemble the thing, cut a 3/4" plywood for the deck, make stake sides (glued and screwed), but it was worth it. It's easy to tow, move around, but naturally, it's hard to reverse, being so short and narrow... I actually can't see it in the mirrors until it'f flipped pretty far around. Also, the hardware that comes with it is pretty cheesy, specifically the hardware around the wiring harness. Wire nuts? Really? ... and no dedicated ground wire. It relies on the bolts cutting through the powder coating on the frame enough to make electrical contact for the common ground on the lights. If I was less pressed for time, I would have run my own separate ground wire to everything, but that's me. In a stroke of massive luck, it turns out my Audi Avant wagon (13 years old, 170k miles, reliable, and still a blast to drive) was already wired with a controller for the trailer lights. And, it all works!

I really should build up the rear stake gate piece, tho. The tool boxes shifted around in the trailer enough to make me nervous. One of the ratchet straps came loose, and I had to pull over to reposition it, and snug them all down again. I really don't want to roll down the freeway wondering if something is going to fly off of it and cause an accident. If I had the rear gate on there, it wouldn't be a big problem if a strap came loose... other than losing he strap on the road somewhere.
Another major suck about this new house is that all of our contractors are jacking up their prices on us. It now seems as if I have a lot less budget than before to blow on the garage. That said, the wife and I are super stoked about the new house!
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Honestly, I thought this was a stupid question until I interacted with another user on a particular question. The question is, should users vote on answers? If so, why? This other user claims to have a policy for himself to never vote, arguing that leaving a quality comment is sufficient. Is this the case?
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Voting is probably the third most important aspect of the site. (Right behind asking and answering)
Voting is important because it shows that other people have 'vetted' the answer. Anyone can post an answer on the site, so how do we know if it is any good? By the votes it gets.
Voting changes the order that answers appear below a question. It helps the best answer bubble up to the top of a list of mediocre answers. This way, when someone finds the question through Google, they can immediately see which answer was the best. This helps separate Stack Overflow from the general forum.
The vote up privilege page explains it pretty well, and there's a blog entry about voting in general that applies to answers. Besides rewarding people who post good answers (which encourages them to post more good answers), probably the most important reason is to sort the answers by quality. Answers are defaultly sorted by votes:
By upvoting the best answers, you're ensuring people see the most helpful information immediately; similarly by downvoting wrong answers you indicate that they're wrong and push them below more helpful posts
If no one votes how are other users going to know what are the good answers and perhaps more importantly what are the bad answers?
As @jjnguy points out it shows that at least one other set of eyes has seen and reviewed the answer. It's a form of peer review as well as being a rating system. The default view is for answers to be sorted by votes so the most highly voted answer (and therefore hopefully the most correct one) is right there under the question for others to find easily.
People won't read all of the comments so won't see a "this is a good answer" comment.
I find myself agreeing with this somewhat:
I don't think it's most voters who don't know the right answer, but this is the reason why I personally don't use all my votes every day. I just don't know enough to cast an informed vote on that many things.
However, if I know enough to leave a comment, then I've probably done enough testing and checking to cast a vote.
I've decided to answer, despite being absolutely unwilling to go into a political (which voting is) argument.
For starters, I am the original user who doesn't vote. Why? I see no reason to.
Most importantly: votes are anonymous. So there is exactly zero motivation on my part to cheer up based on whether the crowd likes or not. I don't care about whether the answer is popular or not; I care about whether it's correct or not. If it's not correct, someone will remark on what is wrong with it.
A signed message praising the answer could be a bonus, but it ends there. Constructive criticism is just as welcome.
Now back to the anonymity part: I dare say, nowadays, most developers and people coming to this site are mediocre (at best) developers. I have no experience with the sister sites. Not all, but most. I don't wish to insult anyone personally. It's just what happened to the software business in the last two decades. The sheer amount of downright not-smart questions is evidence.
There is some truth in selecting a good answer if you have fallen upon the question via some search and it's not your own. A highly scored answer could be good, yet I see every day a double-digit number of answers that are not exactly correct or that have shortcomings. So, my advice would be that if you see a question was well asked, take your time and read everything. If one cannot figure out what the correct answer should be, and why, based on the entire discussion, one would be better off changing professions.
Not voting comes with extra political reasoning about how the "likes"/positive votes/&c. are calculated. They are not weighted in any shape or form. Numbers/masses make nothing right or wrong to boot. There is a high chance people being massively right on a common question but rare to none of some specifics, if the best case there will be an external article topic that might have been read and stating some 'facts' people follow. It does not make it inherently correct.
Voting has become the norm on many websites, and society as a whole, but I fail to embrace it. If I believe something is useful, I prefer to be more human and chime in with some words.
There is more to say on this subject, but this post is long enough and probably reading-unfriendly, regardless of my intent to make it parsable.
Extra bonus for not voting: it reduces energy consumption and saves green trees/oil/uranium, whatever :D
Thanks and cheers!
(Ah, and yes, community wiki is an awesome option, it reduces the flux of positive reputation on the site)


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Jimmie Johnson a marked man -- again
Updated: February 8, 2011, 11:37 AM ETBy Ed Hinton | ESPN.com
The issue of stopping Jimmie Johnson has gone from a wish in recent years to a movement now.
Armadas are gathering, bent on outworking and outrunning the 48 team, denying the best branch of Hendrick Motorsports a sixth straight championship.
"They want to take us down," Johnson acknowledged the other day. "I love that challenge."
Team owner Richard Childress first laid it on the line during the NASCAR media tour in January.
"This is the year ...
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2011 Daytona 500
The 53rd running of the Daytona 500 is on the horizon, with a new racing surface greeting competitors heading into a new season of hope. It all begins Feb. 20 at Daytona International Speedway.
Sunday, Feb. 20
- Hinton: Bayne rockets to stardom
- Blount: Big names have bad day
- Newton: One wild and wacky 500
- Daytona 500 Photo Gallery
- Racing Live! Daytona 500 rewind
- Video: Rookie Bayne covers field
- Video: Analyzing the Daytona 500
- Video: Bayne youngest to win 500
- Video: Edwards comes up just short
- Daytona 500 recap | Results
Saturday, Feb. 19
- Newton: More McMurray magic?
- Hinton: 500 miles on new pavement
- Newton: Brian Keselowski's Cinderella story
- Smith: The truth about JJ
- Blount: Beware the Daytona jinx
- Recap: Stewart wins Nationwide race again
- Racing Live! DRIVE4COPD 300 rewind
- Video: Daytona 500 preview
- Video: Final preps for Junior, Gordon
- Video: Danica ready for 2011
Friday, Feb. 18
- Smith: One-on-one with Earnhardt Jr.
- Hinton: Riding with Dale Earnhardt
- Newton: Handicapping the Daytona 500
- Blount: Hendrick Motorsports team preview
- ESPN.com's driver No. 1: Jimmie Johnson
- Willis blog: Who's due in the Daytona 500?
- Video: Crew chief swap at Hendrick
- Video: Daytona 500 starting grid
- Video: Kurt Busch enjoying his streak
- Video: Earnhardt's safety legacy
- Video: Dale Earnhardt remembrance
- Video: Dale Jarrett remembers Earnhardt
Thursday, Feb. 17
- Hinton: Kurt Busch shows the way headed to 500
- Blount: Pairs racing is here to stay
- Newton: Spotters the unsung heroes
- Racing Live! Rewind of the Daytona Duels
- Newton: Wendell Scott's story a good one
- Blount: Ty Norris remembers 2001
- Where were we, where were you when Dale died?
- Blount's team preview: Richard Childress Racing
- ESPN.com's Driver No. 2: Carl Edwards
- Video: Kurt Busch, Burton take Duels
- Video: NASCAR Now analysis of the Duels
- Video: Dale Earnhardt's winning look
Wednesday, Feb. 16
- Hinton: Michael Waltrip coming to grips
- Blount: Previewing the Daytona Duels
- Blount's team preview: Stewart-Haas Racing
- ESPN.com's driver No. 3: Jeff Gordon
- Terry Blount chat wrap
- Video: Tony Stewart interview
- Video: Rain at Daytona hampering things
- Video: SportScience on Daytona
Tuesday, Feb. 15
- Newton: Childress had to keep on racing
- Newton: Austin Dillon just right for No. 3
- Blount's team preview: Joe Gibbs Racing
- ESPN.com's driver No. 4: Denny Hamlin
- David Newton chat wrap
- Video: Roundtable on Denny Hamlin
Monday, Feb. 14
- Hinton: Safety first after Earnhardt's death
- MacGregor: Earnhardt death split eras
- Blount's team preview: Roush Fenway Racing
- ESPN.com's Driver No. 5: Kevin Harvick
- ESPN.com's Top 12 vote | Newton blog
- Video: Ford racing preview
- Video: Richard Childress Racing preview
- Video: Bud Shootout Sountrack
- Video: The Minute with Richard Childress
- Video: Rusty Wallace on new rules
- Ed Hinton chat wrap
- Special Index: 10 Years Gone
- Topics: Daytona 500
Sunday, Feb. 13
- Newton: A storybook ending at Daytona?
- Hinton: No reason to fear late 500 changes
- Blount: Is yellow line a red herring?
- Recap: Earnhardt Jr. earns 500 pole | Speeds
- Video: Dale Earnhardt Jr. excited about pole
- Video: NASCAR Now analysis of Pole Day
- ESPN.com's Driver No. 6: Kyle Busch
- Racing Live! Pole Day rewind
- Hinton: Welcome to the Nationwide big top
- McGee: Say hello to Danica 2.0
- Video: Sunday Conversation -- Earnhardt Jr.
- Video: SportScience on Daytona's pavement
Saturday, Feb. 12
- Blount: Sight to behold
- Newton: "Dancing with the Cars"
- Hinton: Junior takes crash in stride
- Video: Bud Shootout highlights
- Racing Live! Shootout rewind
- Recap: Kurt Busch wins wild Shootout | Results
- Blount's team preview: Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing
- ESPN.com's Driver No. 7: Tony Stewart
Friday, Feb. 11
- Blount: Bud Shootout promises to deliver
- Blount's team preview: Penske Racing
- ESPN.com's Driver No. 8: Kurt Busch
- Ed Hinton chat: 4 p.m. ET
- Hinton blog: Fuel injection better late than never
- Video: Will re-pave pay off?
- Video: 4-Wide: Penske Racing
Thursday, Feb. 10
- Newton: It's time to get really Silly (Season)
- Blount: World according to Mark Martin
- Hinton blog: Welcome to our cluster function
- Blount's team preview: Red Bull Racing
- ESPN.com's No. 9: Jamie McMurray
- Terry Blount chat wrap
- Video: Vickers a happy man
- Video: Edwards gets real
- Video: Danica doubling again
- Video: Martin's last waltz?
- Video: Danica doubling again
- Video: Junior in the house
- Video: Jeff Burton's ready
- Video: Jimmie on First Take
- Video: Jamie on First Take
Wednesday, Feb. 9
- Blount: Five best arguments for 2011
- Blount's team preview: MWR
- ESPN.com's No. 10: Matt Kenseth
- David Newton chat wrap
- Video: 2011 Sprint Cup sleepers
- Video: Danica Patrick's 2011 schedule
- Video: Daytona repaving time-lapse
- The Minute -- Gil Martin
Tuesday, Feb. 8
- Hinton: They're coming for Jimmie
- Blount's team preview: RPM
- ESPN.com's No. 11: Greg Biffle
- Ed Hinton chat wrap
- Video: Chasing JJ roundtable
- Video: McMurray's magic ride
- Video: The Minute -- Denny Hamlin
- Video: Freddie the fish tames Daytona
Monday, Feb. 7
- Hinton: The sun also rises on NASCAR
- Blount's team preview: Best of the rest
- ESPN.com's Top 12 drivers vote
- Newton blog: How -- and why -- we voted
- ESPN.com's No. 12: Kasey Kahne
- McGee's Power Rankings: Hard to beat Jimmie
- Ryan McGee chat wrap
- Video: The Minute -- Mike Helton
- Video: Changes for 2011
- Video: Chad Knaus is ready
- Video: 4-Wide Roundtable: Red Bull Racing
- Topics: Daytona 500