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Identity Politics: Trying to Have it Both Ways?
Here's my question for Rob Vischer:If vocal, powerful, and authoritative members of a religious group repeatedly and forcefully claim in the public square that one is a bad member of that group (e.g., a bad Catholic or a bad Mormon) if one does not vote a particular way (e.g., in favor of Prop. 8 --or against Obama), can one really blame their political opponents for reacting against the religious group as such if the religious group wins?If you use identity politics in your arguments in the public square ("Real Mormons [Catholics] will vote for or against X"] , don't you have to expect that your political opponents will turn them against you?Rob's proposal--and I haven't read the whole thing, because the website tells me that I'm not a subscriber-- seems to me something like the "Don't hit a girl" rule --which I heartily endorse in its original form, but not when extended to politics. When I was growing up, boys were told, "Don't ever hit a girl --even if she hits you first." So with apologies to Holmes, the "bad girl" theory of the rule was that girls could hit, and yet not be hit. (I hasten to add that I never took advantage of this theory.)Is the bottom line here that religious groups can invoke identity politics to make their case, but their opponents cannot invoke such politics to oppose that case?
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Bill, I'm not blaming Rob--I think the article is really interesting, and worth engaging. It's a question.
That's a fair question, Cathy. To be clear, I do not think that political arguments based on religious authority (which I distinguish from arguments based on a religious worldview) are good form in a democracy that takes pluralism seriously. So I'm troubled by the "you must vote for proposition 8 if you are Mormon" style of political discourse just as I'm troubled by the "don't let the Mormons come in and rip up your marriage license" argument. In my view, what we should be aspiring to is a discourse that engages the merits of the policy, even if that engagement is shaped by our distinctive worldviews. E.g., "As a Mormon, I believe that it is important for children to be raised by a mother and father." That type of assertion is open to engagement -- e.g., empirical data on the well-being of kids raised by same-sex couples. I'm not giving religious believers a free pass, but there has been a lot of focus (at least academic focus) in recent years on how religious believers should engage the political process. With Rev. Wright, the Palin pastor, the Prop 8 backlash, etc., I think we need to keep in mind that the helpful role of "public reason" runs in both directions.
The lesson that Rome and Vischer should learn is that the way you show your authenticity is by overcoming evil with good, loving your enemies and bringing life to others. The paradox is that religion really should be crucified. Those who remain are true to their faith. Privilege is always dangerous to clergy. It is a contradiction in terms. Yet it is part and parcel of Christian history.We should not just blame Vischer. This is Augustine saying imprison the Donatists and Athanasius persecuting the Arians. We have to disavow that part of our history if we are to be true to Jesus. The lesson of Constantine is not learned.
After reading Rob Vischer's reply about, I have to ask if The Catholic Church behaved according to his proposed standard during the recent presidential election. The Catholic case was that life begins at conception, that abortion is the taking of an innocent human life, and that voting for a pro-choice politician is remote material cooperation with evil which requires a proportionate reason. There was a concerted effort to convince Catholics that in the case of the recent election, no proportionate reason could possibly exist.* What is the "American" argument, based on "public values," against that?*To be fair, I am not sure how accurate it would be to claim that it was the Catholic Church itself that argued no proportionate reason could exist, but many bishops made that argument, and I know of no one in authority who said they were wrong.
I think the first thing to establish before targeting adherents of religious groups for discourses that their formal organization articulates is to what extent those discourses reflect the actual behavioural patterns of the organization.Take for example the Catholic church. While many groups in the Church argued very strongly against voting for a pro-choice candidate, and while some Bishops were very vocal regarding the subject, when you analyze the data, the breakdown of the Catholic vote mirrors the breakdown of the popular vote.Unions are another example. How union leadership extol members to vote versus the member's actual voting patterns is vastly different. In Canada, the Canadian Autoworkers have historically funnelled a lot of money into the NDP party and as a result have a lot of influence in policy. Howvever, when it comes time to elections, unions cannot deliver the votes of their members who very often as in the case of the CAW vote for the Conservative party (lower taxes, etc.).In 2004 there was a quiet campaign among many Jews to vote for Bush as an expression of gratitude for toppling Hussein. Many Jews who hadn't voted Republican did so for that reason. There is an instance of identity politics driving voting patterns. However, as a proportion of the total vote their vote is not strong and I don"t know what the sociological data is to support that contention. I just heard anecdotal evidence.Long story short - large public groups like church's and unions who have diverse memberships cannot be expected to necessarily reflect in every detail the ideological leanings of their adherents.If you are going to analyze voting patterns, analyze ACTUAL votings and draw conclusions based on that rather than the discourses of public groups which may or may not impact or even reflect the votes of those groups.That seems to be to be the best just and fair way to proceed.
PSAfrican Americans and minorities as far as I understand voted heavily against same sex legislation alhtough they heavily supported Obama.Targetting Mormons is unfair.To people who want to blame, whine, attack opponents they should watch the scene in the last Rocky when he is talking to his son about it not being about how hard you can hit but how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward and not blaming him or her. Cowards do that, and that ain"t you - Rocky says to his son.Good advice.The reason Prop 8 was lost is because the people weren't ready or didn't want it. Period. McCain lost because people preferred Obama. Period.It ain't about winning or losing - its about how you play the game.
African Americans and minorities as far as I understand voted heavily against same sex legislation alhtough they heavily supported Obama.Targetting Mormons is unfair.George D,Targeting individual Mormons may be unfair, but as I recall from reading articles at the time, the Mormon Church and Mormon groups were responsible for raising about $20 million of the $40 million in funding for the campaign in favor of Proposition 8. This included hefty contributions from outside the state of California. Suppose there was a ballot initiative in your state that you opposed, and some religious organization, (let's say the Church of Scientology) came in from out of state and contributed 50 percent of the funds for the campaign that helped pass it. How pleased would you be?
David:As long as they are playing by the rules that are transparent and fair, such as full disclosure as they did, it isn't a matter of me being pleased or displeased.If I was REALLY displeased I would mobilize and participate in groups and associations opposing their view and try to move the public in another direction.The hard truth is that the people of California simply do not support same sex marriage.I think virtually 95% of people would support extension of same sex benefits in terms of insurance and some kind of civil recognition. It is possible to forge a consensus around that issue.Besides, the larger issue to think about is why is the definition of marriage any business of the state whatsoever. Why can"t I as an individual enter into whatever relationship I want with whoever and decide between us the financial and moral obligations of either party?
From what I've been able to find, very little money came from the institutional LDS church. The vast majority came from individual Mormons. If other sources suggest that I'm wrong on this, please let me know, as I think this would be relevant information.
Rob:For the sake of arguement let's say that the vast majority of money came from individual Mormons.There aren't that many Mormon's in the state of California. It was their message that resonated - the issue that people should have is with the message not the messenger.
While groups are diverse, the posture leadership takes is another matter.I think that the Catholic heierachy prior to the election (and in spite of Faithful Citizenship) was quite pushy toward the Republican side (stressing the real or imagined FOCA question beyond others) -and that's still happening (as here in new Mexico where the Bishop sent letters to every registered Catholic in the sSanta Fe archdiocese.)In our parish, there was pizza free to listen to the new Republican State treasurer,Bill Redmond (a former congressman -who was so inept- he was thrashed by Tom Udall the first time around) to talk about forthcoming isues including FOCA and same sex marriage. Noone mentioned the economy.At any rate, how would a poltivican react to this kind of approach by leadership (granted broad group diversity?)
Many people came to this country fleeing religious bigotry. Religious bigotry jump started when Christianity became the priviliged religion. When religion becomes powerful it is most obnoxious. Nobody goes for the mind and soul more than a religious despot. This is seen in fanatical Muslims as well as fundamentalist Christians.Sadly, many people are turned off because of this problem. It is truly an assumption to say that California is not ready for same sex marriage. We know that Falwell and Robertson knew that their greatest income ensued when they warned of the evil of gays. So it is a hard sell, Rob, to defend people who make a living on subjugating people. And especially when the most energy is seen on the Cardinal's annual appeal and right to life. I am talking about officials here. James Joyce gives us some graphic details concerning this kind of subjugation. This domination is not less today because of choice but because the laws of countries will not allow it. The Leaven of the Scribes and Pharisees is always something to beware of. So their defense can be viewed with wariness.The choice of church sanctuaries is more religious leader's decision than that of their opponents.http://www.online-literature.com/james_joyce/portrait_artist_young_man/3/
In the parish we attend on Sundays there was a strong political cast to messages in the parish bulletin preceding the election, embodying exactly the sort of pressure to vote correctly that Bob Nunz describes. And right after the election we were treated to a confidential, snickering comment from the altar before mass about the serious need for prayers considering what would be going on in Washington from here on. There were no responding chuckles from the congregation I am happy to say. I explained to the visiting (Legion of Christ) celebrant on the way out that the town had gone overwhelmingly for Obama and many of us were actually looking forward to whatever changes the new administration might bring to Washington in the next four years. Perhaps his acquaintance with the parish had been limited to what he might learn in the rectory and the bulletin and from such self-selected parishioners as have chosen to attend his insistently advertised retreats at the local Legion outpost. But our visitor certainly underestimated the degree to which the hard sell on the election had been resisted by the people in the pews. I suspect that there was a good deal of backlash out there against the campaign to convince them they had no choice about how to vote. It is a mistake to interpret the polite silence of parishioners as agreement with what they hear from the clergy on hot button political issues. Better to look at the way they vote.
Susan, I think it is obvious, that what your visitor underestimated, was the degree to which the people in the pews view the Sanctity of Life and the Sanctity of Marriage and the Family, as simply a "hot bottom political issue".
Money given by Mormons to prop 8 was given strictly as individuals. Members were told in meetings where these funds could be donated, but there was no pressure to do so. In my congregation, people were encouraged to support prop 8 in various ways, but no one was pressured and when some members expressed opposite opinions they were treated with respect. The leadership constantly reiterated that a special effort should be made to reach out to members who did not support the proposition. On election night, one of these leaders appeared on the local news channel while the outcome was still in doubt. When asked what would happen if the proposition lost, he responded that we would accept it and move on. When the ssm supporter was asked this same question, he refused to answer. My question is, who is playing identity politics here? Though I suppose one could argue that general church support for prop 8 might IMPLY that members who did not support it were "bad," my experience was that members and leadership alike went out of their way to stress that people of all opinions would be welcomed and respected. By contrast, the opposition was quick to play some identity politics on Mormons behalf and in a very nasty way.
A spreadsheet purporting to be a record of contributers including whether or not they are affiliated with the LDS is posted at: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pe2023SzWXxE8wYX5qWeoIwInterestingly, this list has the Knights of Columbus in New Haven CT. kicking in a cool $1,000,000As others have noted, 50% of the total (roughly 16M) was donated by LDS members. Of the religious institutions on the list, Focus on the Familly seems to have the largest overt presence. I don't know whether or not the LDS Church or any other religious institution is represented indirectly through the use of proxies. In any event, I guess its stating the obvious to point out that the issue with the LDS is not its direct contributions but its role in mobilizing support for prop 8 -- particularly in view of its own historical support for non-traditional forms of marriage.To me, this is a red herring anyway. Others may see this differently, but as a CA resident, it seemed like the prop 8 opponents got blindsided by the early polling results that showed significant opposition to the proposition.
Like Cathy, I'm in the pitiable condition of waiting for the print copy, so I only read "Bad Faith" today.I guess I'm troubled by the assertion that,"To understandthe danger of protersts against specific churches, we need to understand the rationale for the protests.In most cases,the protestors' objective isnot to persuade church members; it is to persuade nonmembers to reject the views with which the church is associated."That may be or it may not - there is no evidence offered so it seemed gratuitous to me.It's too bad there was no discussion about the foofaraws that followed upon prop. 8's passing, say, with the Mayor of San Francisco incurring the Archbishop's anger at a charity dinner, and then subseqent pstorals by that Bishop and the Southern California Bishops explaining their "defense of marriage" but their desire to accept the gay comunity lovingly.A furher dustup came over the Vatican rejection of the UN resolution condeming hate crimes against gays but then a lengthy statement from the Vatican indicating its opposition to anti gay hatred but its desire to keep in place the traiditional role of marriage.Interestingly, the current print isue has a superb letter from Fr. Aldo Tos, pastor of St. Joseph's in the Village that noted the conflicts many in his gay congrgation experienced and how little pastoral help from the hierarchty or Vatican documents he received in trying to faithfully but lovingly hand on the church's teaching.His letter and others were in reaction to the end piece in the December 5 Commonweal by Ned O'Gorman, "Untouchable."As Professor Vischer has subtitled his essay "Blaming Religion For Proposition 8," it would have been well to examine the conflicts with faiths that leadership positions engender.I need to say that I agree with him that religious voice needs to be strong in the public sqare, but it should be sensitive to our pluralism, keenly aware of any issues of bigotry, and savvy in the way it deals with not only policy makers, but also with decsions of the courts
Okay, WHY do religious voices need to be kept strong in the public square? Any and all religious voices--simply because they're religious?. WICA? A hypothetical AZTEC high priest who believes (theoretically at least) in human sacrifice? Or do we mean traditional, conservative Bible-based religion here?
I think we need a strong voice both to avoid the reaction against any voice by religion in the public square and because good government is based on service to the community and the values that underpin that (not necessarily conservative ones.)I thought Alexia kelly had a nice piece at NCR on working to reduce the number of abortions as a matter of the common good to focus on, for example; I'm sure others would like a more law restrictive approach.I stil think a stron gvoice also needs to be sensitive, etc. as above
Except for atheists, lapse Catholics and non-believers haven't the last couple of decades been notable for the fact that believers question their leaders more than ever? Up to that point bishops and other religious heads have had very little opposition from the pews. (Except from the very rich, Joe Kennedy intimidating Cardinal Spellman, for example)So this challenge to religious leaders to show by example rather than authority is a very tender and recent phenomenon. This is why when religious authorities assert or are given leeway by any of us, I raise a warning flag. Did you not have it your way for 1700 years? Now you have to earn it.
The Knights of Columbus, a Catholic organization, supports the Sacrament of Marriage and the Family? Focus on The Family supports Marriage and The Family? Members of the LDS supporting Marriage and the Family? I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked!


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Is there any possibility to find YouTube videos using advanced criteria except text search such as all videos uploaded by users with only one uploaded video total and between 40,000 and 60,000 views?
You cannot search YouTube in this way.
The only thing that you could do is use the additional
Here is a start to push you in the right direction (maybe using Yahoo Pipes?)
Youtube has Charts (make sure this is set to Worldwide)
This gives the most viewed videos by
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12 Jan 2014 10:54 PM #1
Direct submit of form with file upload works in Chrome but not in FF or IE
Is there a known gotcha?
Working on Ext JS 4.2.2 app (Sencha Architect 3.0.1) using Ext Direct and it works fine in Chrome. Most things (including forms and remote calls using Ext Direct) work in Firefox (tried Linux, Windows), but that one form with Ext Direct file upload doesn't.
No request seems to be sent: No request seen in Firebug, no request seen on server.
I see this perfectly running in Chrome. That tells me I'm not completely off.
I followed it way into the submit / direct submit code. In Internet Explorer 10 debugger I get to class Ext.data.Connection method upload: where it creates an iframe with about:blank and then calls form.submit(). I tried it both leaving my relative url, and then an absolute URL. Same server as web page, same port.
Any known points to watch out for?
13 Jan 2014 4:47 AM #2
cause identified and workaround
A workaround for my (any) app to work is to preemptively in the submitting controller action call
if (typeof form.api.submit != 'function') { form.api.submit = Ext.direct.Manager.parseMethod(form.api.submit); }
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The problem has been caused by class Ext.form.action.DirectSubmit method doSubmit.
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Thanks for finding this bug, it's been taken care of and the fix should appear in 4.2.3.
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Allow Shift-Del, Ctrl+Ins and Shift-Ins equivalents on Windows
While editing code in Sencha Designer the CTRL-X, C, V combinations work perfectly on Windows.
The Shift-Del, Ctrl-Ins and Shift-Ins key combinations are equivalents on Windows that currently don't work while editing code on Sencha Designer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_o...oard_shortcuts
I would like those equivalents to work also while code editing. The reason for this is that while coding you're near the Del key often anyway, so it makes sense to be able to use Shift-Del for the cut-action.
I'm on the latest version of Sencha Designer 2.0.0 build 363.
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I wasn't even aware of these key combos. We'll put it on our list in the future as a low priority, nice to have.Aaron Conran
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Yeah, I understand you take it as a low priority. I'm not sure about if others use the alternative key combinations...
I just find my self doing Shift-Delete so often and discover that it hasn't been copied into the clipboard which becomes frustrating.
Hopefully it's just as low as an impact as it is a priority for you guys to add this as a nice small feature.
17 Jun 2012 10:32 PM #4
Any "roadmap" for this? I am an heavy user of keyboard short cut and I use more SHIFT combination for copy/paste...
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It's on my todo list for the current sprint.Aaron Conran
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This is fixed and will be in the next release.Aaron Conran
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Shift-Del not working
Copy and Paste work OK, but "Cut" capability when using Shift-Del doesn't work in Sencha Architech 2.1.0 Build: 670.
People that work with the mouse to the left of the keyboard (like myself) tend to rely on the right side of the keyboard for Cut-Copy-Paste operations.
Hope it gets fixed soon.
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You are correct, this is still broken.
Standard windows behavior appears to be:
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -- It was just more than a week ago, when an armed assailant held up the Mo's Express Phillip's 66 gas station in southeast Topeka. You saw the shocking surveillance video, only on 13 News. Now one of the two workers who was shot in the robbery is speaking out in another 13 News exclusive.
We caught up with Corvette Vice, 32, at her physical therapy session Monday, where she's re-learning how to use her arm. She says her life hasn't been the same since a week ago Saturday.
"He just instantly walked in the door with the gun pointed at Kenny," Vice said the scene looked like one from a movie.
She and Kenny Ray, Jr., 30, unloaded their registers. Kenny handed over his wallet, watch and wedding ring; Corvette gave up her cell phone. Then the two, careful not to upset him, got on the ground.
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Intesa CEO Cucchiani Steps Down
MILAN— Intesa Sanpaolo ISNPY 5.39 % SpA appointed longtime executive Carlo Messina as new chief executive, following the resignation Sunday of Enrico Cucchiani following clashes with board members and executives over his management style and the bank's strategy.
In choosing Mr. Messina, currently head of the bank's large retail operation, Intesa's board is turning to an executive with a long track record within the bank and with close ties to Giovanni Bazoli, the powerful chairman of Intesa's supervisory board. Analysts and investment bankers say Mr. Messina is a reassuring choice for the bank's rank and file, some of whom chafed at the arrival of Mr. Cucchiani, who came from outside the bank and had a background in consulting and insurance, rather than banking.
But they also say Mr. Messina has yet to demonstrate to the investment community that he can guide the bank, Italy's second largest by assets, through a difficult time.
"He knows the bank very well," said Fabrizio Bernardi, a Milan-based analyst at broker Fidentiis. However, he added, "he'll need to prove himself as a manager with a strategic vision."
Mr. Messina must act to revive the bank's profitability—which has fallen due to mounting bad loans—cut costs and maintain the strong capital position consolidated under Mr. Cucchiani's two-year tenure.
Mr. Cucchiani declined to comment on his resignation.
A board meeting to decide Mr. Cucchiani's fate was originally scheduled to take place on Tuesday, but was moved up to Sunday in part because of the government crisis in Rome, said a person familiar with the situation. Board members didn't want leave the bank exposed to market volatility, given that the stock has already fallen 5% since reports of Mr. Cucchiani's possible ousting surfaced last week.
Mr. Messina, 51, has spent most of his career in the finance division of the bank. Hestarted in the planning department of Banco Ambrosiano Veneto in 1995, at which time he developed a close relationship with Mr. Bazoli, who was then chairman. Banco Ambrosiano Veneto merged with Cariplo to create Banca Intesa in the late 1990s, which in turn merged with Sanpaolo IMI in 2007 to create Intesa Sanpaolo.Mr. Messina became CFO of Intesa in 2008.
During his tenure, he drew notice for his role in creating a hedging structure on interest rates on deposits. Those instruments helped the bank protect its falling interest margins, which had been hit by a decline in interest rates in Italy.In May of this year, Mr. Messina became head of the bank's retail network, which is the biggest in Italy. The bank is currently rationalizing the sprawling network, and plans to cut 632 branches in the next two years.
While the investment community knows little about Mr. Messina, people familiar with the situation say he shares Mr. Bazoli's view of the bank as a power broker in Italy's clubby corporate scene. Under the influence of Mr. Bazoli, the bank's ownership of a large portfolio of stakes in other companies has long allowed it to play a pivotal role in Italy's capitalism. But a number of those investments, including Telecom Italia TI 3.28 % SpA and Alitalia SpA, have created large losses for the bank.
Mr. Cucchiani, a former McKinsey consultant and a top executive at German insurer Allianz, instead challenged that tradition and looked abroad, viewing Intesa as a leading player in a future consolidation of Europe's bank sector.
That stance, as well as his management style, caused friction inside Intesa, say people familiar with the situation. Detractors said the fact that Mr. Cucchiani, who pursued most of his career outside Italy, hired a number of outside managers as close advisers irked long-standing Intesa's executives, while defenders said the intent was to bring in new ideas and management practices.
"Enrico Cucchiani has declared his attachment to the group, as well as his high regard for its chairman, its board members and its management," the bank said in a statement.
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9 hours of sleep a night really? most people dont get that even if they dont have kids
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I'm not a mom, but these are some great tips for people who have super busy schedules!
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I really like this article and I am sure it will be one that I come back to. So many times as a mom I will take a 5 hour energy shot and then question myself on why I feel drained. The answer is that I need fuel all day! Thank you for the reminder!
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Thanks for sharing. My friend just had twins! Will share what I've read with her
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great tips, not sure that eating organic really makes that much of a difference though
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Yeah, not going to spend the extra $$$ on organic foods.
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I knew some of these things but found the others very helpful! Getting ready for a new baby is scary but this advice makes sense :]
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I do not know who wrote Tohar HaYichud as it is written anonymously. However it is posted on the Mesora.org website which was founded by Rabbi Moshe Ben-Chaim and the board members are:
Rabbi Reuven Mann: Rabbi-Young Israel of Phoenix; Founder-Masoret Institute for Advanced Jewish Studies for Women, New York
Rabbi Pinchas Rosenthal: Exec. Dir. -Manhattan Jewish Experience, New York Former Principal/Teacher-Torah Academy of Suffolk County, New York
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LS7 Wet-Sump Conversion - The Wet-Sump LS7Written by on February 3, 2010 We Convert The GM LS7 From Dry-Sump To Wet And Dyno-Test It.
The 427ci LS7 V-8 from the '06-up Z06 Corvette is an amazing engine, but packaging one into a traditional hot rod can be difficult with its external oil tank and hoses. And there seems to be a lot of chatter as to whether the factory dry-sump oiling system is even needed on a traditional hot rod. Wouldn't it be great if you could use an LS7 without the external oil tank? We thought so, too, so we found someone who knows how to convert the LS7 to a traditional wet-sump design and tested to see if there was a power difference. Luckily, we found out Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center (SDPC) in Lubbock, Texas, has a really easy conversion kit available, and Livernois Motorsports in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, was in the process of installing a wet-sump LS7 into a '10 Camaro. We were surprised at the power outcome and how easy the conversion was to perform.
The Setup
The stock LS7 oiling system has been called a dry-sump since it was released, but many performance enthusiasts define it more as a dret system (combining the words dry and wet together). That's because most of the aftermarket defines a dry-sump system as having one pressure stage pumping oil into the engine and at least three suction stages drawing oil and air out of the engine. Testing has shown that three suction stages are needed because each stage only draws about 30 percent oil-the rest is air (suction is good because it creates a vacuum in the crankcase, helping ring sealing and minimizing windage power losses).
That brings us back to the dret definition: The LS7 oiling system has one pressure stage and one suction stage. Also, the stock oil pan and pickup on the LS7 are situated like a wet-sump pan with the oil pickup spaced off the bottom of the pan in an open area (unlike true dry-sump pans, which have distinct scrapers and suction stages). This is not to say the LS7 oiling system is not worthy. The LS7 external oil tank provides oil to the engine during sustained high-G-loading situations, which the LS7-powered ZO6 Corvette is capable of attaining. That is the real advantage of the LS7 oiling system. The LS7 in something other than a ZO6 (like a somewhat heavy, high-center-of-gravity '10 Camaro) is also the reason you don't need the external oil tank-thus minimizing the complexity and packaging issues that come with the tank and lines.
Big Horsepower Losses?
There have been rumors of big power losses in converting from the stock dret-sump oiling system to a true wet-sump system (like that on an LS3), so we dyno-tested the LS7 before and after this conversion (and reran the entire dry- versus wet-sump test a second time to confirm our numbers) and can say with confidence that a wet-sump LS7 makes just a little more power over almost the entire powerband than the dret-sump LS7; see the dyno chart (next page), which shows the wet setup making 3 to 4 more horsepower at many rpm points. This surprised us at first, but after talking to some knowledgeable people about this engine, we stand by these numbers. The minimal power gain makes sense, as the engine sees very little difference between the two systems-most of the 8 quarts of oil in both systems resides in the engine during operation, and the wet-sump version operates with considerably less oil pressure and pumping losses.
The Parts
There has been a lot of confusion in the industry as to what parts were needed to convert an LS7 to wet-sump oiling. This story lists the parts and process steps needed. Doing this conversion is something an LS V-8 engine builder could do with mostly handtools and a few custom tools.
Order these wet-sump LS7 parts from Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center to do this swap on a '10-and-later Camaro:
|LS7 crate engine
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|LS3 oil pump kit
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|Crank spacer to use LS3 balancer on LS7 crank
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|LS3 oil pan, '10 Camaro
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|LS3 windage tray screen, '10 Camaro
|LS3 windage tray nuts (10), '10 Camaro
|LS3 oil dipstick tube, '10 Camaro
|LS3 oil dipstick tube bolt, '10 Camaro
|LS3 oil dipstick, '10 Camaro
Power-Testing The Final Product
Livernois Motorsports is experienced at building all kinds of LS engines for street and racing applications. The company likes the LS7 as a wet-sump engine because it makes just as much power throughout the rpm band as the stock dret-sump, installs anywhere a normal LS V-8 engine would go, and has incredible street cred. The wet-sump LS7 is not for customers wanting a track-ready Pro Touring car-in that case, the dry-sump version of the LS7 is ideal.
Note: Power numbers are all corrected using correction factor SAE J607 (29.92 Hg, 60 degrees F, dry air) and testing was performed with the GM Performance Parts controller (GM PN 19166567) handling fuel and ignition.
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Removing Dry-Sump Oiling Components
 The first step the Livernois team performs is to unthread the crank bolt from the center of the crank and remove the LS7 Corvette harmonic balancer with a balancer puller. The team uses this compact Mac puller (PN hdpp9740b) with a 0.850-inch-deep spacer on it.Next, Livernois removes the stock LS7 oil pan by unthreading the 14 10mm bolts holding it on the engine. The reusable oil pan gasket is riveted to the pan, so carefully separate it from the engine to avoid damaging the gasket. They drain the oil from the engine first to avoid a mess, then remove the eight 10mm bolts holding the front cover in place and carefully pull it off.The stock LS7 two-stage oil pump is then removed by unthreading the four 10mm bolts and pulling the pump off the front of the crank. Livernois removes the stock LS7 windage tray at this time, also by unthreading the 10 13mm nuts (be careful not to drop any of these fasteners in the engine). This and the rest of the LS7 dry-sump oiling system will not be reused.This engine is for a '10 Camaro, so the Livernois crew needed to drill a hole in the LS7 block for the stock LS3 wet-sump dipstick. To do this, they used this cool drill guide, available from TechAFX, which bolts to the oil pan flange of the engine and makes it very easy to drill the dipstick hole in the correct location. They always drill the hole with the engine upright and a vacuum sucking the chips out of the engine while drilling.It is a good idea to use a 1/2-inch countersink drill bit to chamfer the outer edge of the new dipstick hole (this will allow the dipstick to slide into the engine smoothly) and continue sucking chips out of the hole with the vacuum while you drill.With the No. 1 piston set on TDC, Livernois removes the stock LS7 timing chain (three 10mm bolts) and crank gear (use a large crank puller to remove this), then presses the LS3 crank gear on the crank and installs the timing chain set (shown here) with the crank and cam gear dots lining up (arrow). They follow factory specs, torquing the three 10mm bolts to 104 in-lb.For increased oil flow, Livernois disassembles the LS3 oil pump (remove seven 10mm bolts), cleans all the parts, and installs a 0.070-inch aluminum shim under the spring in the pop-off valve to add about 10 psi of oil pressure across the rpm band.Livernois has found the best way to install the wet-sump oil pump is to center the oil pump body on the crank with a 0.002-inch feeler gauge, then tighten the four 10mm bolts to 18 ft-lb. They wipe down all the components with oil and reassemble the pump with high-pressure lube packed into the gerotor cavities (to shorten start-up pump priming). The cover is then installed and the bolts torqued to 104 in-lb.
On the oil pump pickup tube, Livernois always wipes a light coat of oil on the O-ring so it slides into the oil pump easily. The final step to closing the engine is to install the oil pan and the front cover, torquing the bolts before flipping the engine over for the final assembly steps.The first part of the two-step harmonic balancer installation (in this case an LS3 balancer for a '10 Camaro front drive) is pressing it on until the installer tool bottoms.A quick wipe of oil is applied to the Scoggin-Dickey LS7 wet-sump crank spacer before it is placed in the center of the balancer (it's a good idea to check that the inside diameter of this spacer is 0.003 inch bigger than the crank outside diameter to avoid scuffing the crank surface). Next the balancer installation tool is used to press the balancer on until it bottoms out on the crank gear (which you can't see because it is inside the front cover).The last step is to hand-start a crank bolt (it is a good idea to buy a new one) in the crank. A neat trick the Livernois team showed us was looping the serpentine belt over the water pump pulley and doubling the belt on the crank pulley (arrow)-this holds the crank in position while you apply the 140 ft-lb, then 70 degrees of rotation.The newly converted wet-sump LS7 was reinstalled on the Livernois Motorsports engine dyno and multiple pulls were made. As the dyno chart shows, the power difference is not what most expect when thinking of converting to a wet-sump oiling system: It actually made more power.


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I am searching for a comprehensive book on wireless technology that covers in detail almost everything about wireless technology, including the related protocols, security, hacks, etc. I know it is not possible to cover this in a single book. Can you suggest a basic book to start with, and then books to go to the next level? I want to make my career in the field of wireless security.
Start with this: Wireless Security Know it All
Is focused on the security aspect but it also goes deep in many other theoretical topics, like protocols, signal theory etc.


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Inside IRS Unit Under Fire
Office at Center of Controversy Rankled Other Groups With Its Aggressive Tactics
The Internal Revenue Service unit under fire for its reviews of conservative organizations has a long history of targeting groups with extra scrutiny, including foreclosure-assistance charities, credit-counseling services and New York Jewish charities, interviews with current and former employees show.
The scrutiny has included such tactics as listening to telephone calls between groups and their clients, according to one group's lawyer. In the case of tea-party organizations, IRS officials studied social-media postings to gauge political activity.
Sometimes the tactic of extra scrutiny for particular kinds of groups seeking tax exemptions helped manage a flood of entities in areas where abuse was common; other times it snagged innocent parties, subjected applicants to long delays and even made IRS employees feel uncomfortable.
The IRS's recent move to delay and second-guess hundreds of tax-exempt applications from conservative and other nonprofit groups appears to be the most politically tinged use of this model. Who came up with the plan to screen tea-party groups, and why they did so, isn't yet known.
This picture of how the unit operates offers fodder for both sides in the current debate. IRS defenders say the agency has long resorted to clustering similar entities to make its scrutiny more efficient, and didn't do so just in the case of conservative groups. "It makes sense to put cases together so you can see trends," said Bonnie Esrig, a former longtime IRS manager who, before her January retirement, was assigned for 18 months to a Cincinnati unit that reviewed tax-exempt applications.
Critics say the IRS operates with too few controls, making inappropriate behavior all too common and sweeping up a range of firms and nonprofit groups because of a few bad actors.
At a hearing in Congress last week, Steven Miller, the ousted IRS acting commissioner, said in the tea-party matter, "foolish mistakes were made by people trying to be more efficient in their workload selection."
Many current and former IRS officials say the agency's task was a daunting one, as it had to determine whether entities seeking exempt status engaged primarily in education or in political activism. It faced judgment calls in other areas, too, such as trying to measure if credit counselors were actually counseling. Still, Democrats and Republicans have said the agency went much too far in how it scrutinized the conservatives cases.
The clustering model has been used officially and unofficially for years, and IRS officials called it "centralization." In some cases, it was facilitated by a "Be On The Lookout" Excel spreadsheet, which flagged groups that could be problematic or simply were growing fast in numbers, according to a document released by Congress.
Congressional investigators are probing whether the activities went beyond improper screening and whether they included blatant discrimination, as well as whether IRS leaders lied to Congress about what they knew of the matter. The Justice Department is also investigating.
The current uproar revolves around a group described internally as "tea party cases," a loose term meant to classify roughly 300 entities that had applied to be 501(c)4 charities, named after a section of the tax code.
IRS officials have said that in early 2010, the agency began receiving a number of such applications, raising questions about whether they were too heavily involved in politics to justify a tax exemption.
An IRS official who still hasn't been named updated the Be On the Lookout file to flag this area as an "emerging issue," essentially setting up a screen for the applications, according to documents obtained by the agency's inspector general.
Mr. Miller, in his congressional testimony, said, "What happened here is that someone saw some tea-party cases come through. They were acknowledging that they were going to be engaged in politics…. People in Cincinnati decided, 'Let's start grouping these cases. Let's centralize these cases.' "
Ms. Esrig said that in general, concentrating cases made sense for an office overwhelmed with applications. Units would also develop mini-specialties, she said, and grouping cases helped the office be consistent.
The tea-party scrutiny appeared to go a step further, though, with some applications flagged for specific types of political content, such as "issues that include government spending, government debt, and taxes," according to emails obtained by the inspector general.
The IRS's questionable handling of the tea-party cases follows a long line of other groups selected for extra scrutiny.
In the mid-2000s, the IRS revoked or terminated the tax-exempt status of more than a dozen credit-counseling firms after finding they operated as businesses that weren't providing counseling or education. The agency developed a more stringent process for reviewing applications in the years following, including guidelines that advised IRS workers to seek to learn whether counselors collected complete financial information.
"Look for evidence in the organization's forms, transcripts of telephone calls, and elsewhere," said an IRS instruction memo.
IRS agents also listened in on calls between credit counselors and their clients to measure the interaction, said Jeffrey Tenenbaum, an attorney for nonprofits who said he sat in on some calls in the company of IRS agents.
"We felt we hadn't done anything wrong and hadn't violated any laws, but we were going to be punished," said Mike Sullivan, chief education and operating officer of Take Charge America, a credit-counseling firm in Phoenix that made personnel and other changes to settle a case to have its tax-exempt status reinstated after an IRS crackdown. "You do feel pretty powerless."
In the housing crisis, "as residential foreclosures really skyrocketed, the IRS saw a great increase in the number of organizations involved in foreclosure assistance" applying to be tax-exempt, Holly Paz, the IRS's director of rulings and agreements for its exempt-organizations unit, told a group of accountants last year. "And some of those are good actors, and some of them we suspect may not be." Ms. Paz couldn't be reached for comment.
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I understand that the phrase at all means in any way or in the slightest, e.g. What is the opposite of "to stink" (v)? Is there one at all?, or Not bad at all
I don't understand how the individual words come together to make that meaning.
I understand the use of at as a preposition, e.g.
Are there any apples here?
Can be written as
Are there any apples at this place?
But then what meaning does all take on?
Are there any apples at all?
All is not a place, as far as I can see.
I tried to think of at in the sense of rate
Cornering is not hard at 100 km/h
and that sort of makes sense if you take all to be a shortening of all rates
Cornering is not hard at all
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(MOBERLY, Mo.)-Soon to be a senior at Columbia College�Moberly, Rachael Grime was awarded two $500 scholarships for her academic excellence and community service.
Grime, originally from Cairo, Mo., is a recipient of the Frank G. Westling Scholarship and the Moberly Transfer Scholarship. After graduating high school in 2004, Grime attended Moberly Area Community College until 2006, when she transferred to Columbia College�Moberly. She plans to graduate in May 2008 with a degree in human resources and management.
Grime is excited about receiving the scholarships, which will help her achieve her educational goals.
"My mom is a single mother, so it is miraculous that I can even attend college," Grime said. "It hasn't been easy, but with support it has been a phenomenal experience. Columbia College has been fantastic to attend; the teachers and faculty are friendly, helpful and supportive. I couldn't ask for anything more."
The Westling scholarship is available to students at each of Columbia College�s 32 Nationwide Campuses. Westling was a former dean of what is now known as the Division of Adult Higher Education. Prior to joining the college, Westling served in the U.S. Army for 31 years and was a highly decorated infantry soldier, having been awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal and Silver Star.
Among the requirements for both scholarships, students must have a strong academic record with the college and be actively involved with serving their communities, college or country.
Grime has worked at Little Dixie Regional Libraries in Moberly, Mo., for more than four years, first as a circulation clerk and now as the Outreach Librarian.
"I make sure people who can't come to the library have books to read. I usually pick books out and get them ready for home delivery," Grime said.
Grime is the daughter of Beverly Grime of Cairo, Mo., and is the granddaughter of Betty Bennett of Higbee, Mo., and the late Robert Bennett, as well as Patricia Grime of Industry, Ill., and the late Edmund Grime.
Columbia College, founded in Missouri in 1851 as Christian Female College, was the first women�s college west of the Mississippi River to be chartered by a state legislature. The college changed its name to Columbia College in 1970 when it became coeducational. Located in the Main Building on the Moberly Area Community College campus, Columbia College�Moberly was established in 1996. Today, it continues to serve adult learners in the area.
Columbia College provides accredited, affordable degrees for working adults, including military students, serving nearly 25,000 students through its Nationwide Campuses, Online Campus, Graduate Studies Program and Day Campus.


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Pressure and desire
The title of Psalm 83/84 has the word gittith, which today is often left untranslated and is taken to refer to some kind of musical instrument. The Septuagint and early Latin versions of the Psaltery appealed to one possible etymology and translated the word as "wine-presses" (torcular in Latin). This explains Augustine's initial comment below where he refers to the pressing out of wine or of oil. Elsewhere he expands considerably on how the image of a wine- or oil-press applies to the life of the Church on earth. Here he focuses on what may flow from experiences of pressure and trial:
They are poor who are without any worldly wealth, and, even if it were to abound, they know how uncertain it is. Sighing for God, having nothing to delight them in this world, nothing to possess them, placed in the press by the pressures and temptations they experience, they flow with wine, they flow with oil. And what are these? Their good desires. Already they do not love the earth, and God remains as the object of their desire. They love the one who made heaven and earth, but they are not with him. Their desire is deferred so that it may grow; it grows so that one day it may attain.No small thing will God give to those who desire him, and no slight effort is required in order to become capable of so great a good. God is not going to give something he has made; he is going to give himself, the one who made all things. Make the effort to attain God. Continue to desire what you will possess forever. (Augustine, En in Ps 83/84, 3; PL 37, 1057)
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Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, professor emeritus of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York.
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At the mass I attended yesterday, we had a homily that is one more variation on a theme that I've been hearing from homilists and others for many years now: that "giving up something for Lent" doesn't really allow us to get to the heart of the season's meaning or potential for spiritual growth.I take it that Augustine may have disputed that theme; he seems to have thought that fasting from the world really does bring about spiritual benefits.
"experiences of pressure and trial", and the idea of a press, and the mention of someone "without any worldly wealth", suggest something involuntary, say, someone who loses his job and has to downsize. Yet "the temptations they experience", suggest something voluntary, say, someone who decides to downsize in the spirit of "giving up something for Lent". So, that great effort required to desire God, is it the effort to voluntarily give things up, or the effort required to adjust to being forced to give things up?
Claire: I would suppose that it's both. The word I translated as "temptation" could easily be rendered as "trials" or "tests." I suppose, then, that it's roughly equivalent to Jesus' command, "Take up your cross and follow me," which could refer to difficulties, troubles, tragedies, one encounters in one 's life as well as to burdens or disciplines taken up voluntarily. I also don't like the emphasis in Lent to fall on what one is giving up, but fasting is an ancient and very widespread religious practice and so there must be something to it.It is striking how often in his Lenten sermons Augustine urged fasting from the desire for revenge (something also very ancient and common and still surviving in the Mediterranean world) and, more positively, the almsgiving that is the forgiveness of sins, releasing those with debts to us from their burden. But I illustrated these things during earlier Lents and so haven't put it again on this year's. Maybe there are people new to this, and I should revive some of the earlier posts.
Hi, Joseph:I think Augustine meant qitharos (lyre/zither), not wine press.See Strong's: http://biblesuite.com/hebrew/7030.htmAlso, Jewish Encyc.: http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/6693-gittithIn Why Priests? A Failed Tradition, Garry Wills says, "The Incarnation is God's way of harmonizing the universe." He tells how "Augustine searches for a way to describe Christ's union with his believers, rejecting noun after noun as inadequate until he comes up with a new noun: 'This joining together [congruentia] . . . or sounding together [consonantia] -- or, to put it better where notes in octave are concerned, this joining is essential in whatever is held togethter [compaginatio], or, to be even more precise, whatever is tuned together [coaptatio]."He goes on to discuss , coaptatio in musical terms, as the notes sounded at 'one and two' (i.e., when a lyre string is one length or two), what we can modernize as at the octave.'"There's much more in the beautiful chapter, "The Saving Trinity," on Augustine's "'harmonizing' theory of the Incarnation" and why "interjecting superfluous intermediaries between Jesus and his body of believers" disrupts the harmony.(It's in that chapter, also, that Wills debunks various other theories, including the mousetrap.)
Fasting probably has effects very similar to backpacking. When we come back to civilization afterwards, there are two common reactions: one is relief, but the other, more constructive one, is the realization that we need little more in life than what can be carried on our backs, and a desire to remove the clutter that encumbers our lives. That reaction doesn't happen after one or two days. It takes time to adjust to having almost nothing. It's fun to observe first-time backpackers, after a week or ten days, when it dawns on them that the deprivation that seemed so hard at first (say, going without toothpaste) is no big deal after all, and that the stuff they own back down away from the mountains is almost entirely superfluous and even in the way. It's a real discovery.Maybe if you live with hunger for a while, you realize that a full stomach is not necessary to go through life? I wouldn't know.
Why do you think that, Gerelyn? The Latin text Augustine had in front of him had in the title for Ps 83/84: pro torcularibus, and the Hebrew here has, as I noted above, gittith, some sort of musical instrument, according to the modern commentators I consulted. Augustine went on at such length over the metaphorical significance of the "wine-press" that I'm sure he could not have meant qitharos here. Where musical instruments are mentioned in Psalms elsewhere, he talks about their symbolic meaning, but there's nothing here to suggest that for the interpretation of this Psalm he meant anything else but "wine-press."
I like the emphasis on fasting from desire and revenge. These and similar psychologically ascetic practices are very good in terms of building up our character.That said, I am noticing how a lot of nutritional people and people in the health and fitness community such as Mark Sisson tout the benefits of intermittent fasting from food.http://www.marksdailyapple.com/fasting/#axzz2LHOiZqfB
Numerous animal and human studies done over the past 15 years suggest that periodic fasting can have dramatic results not only in areas of weight (fat) loss, but in overall health and longevity as well. A recent article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition gives a great overview of these benefits which include decreases in blood pressure, reduction in oxidative damage to lipids, protein and DNA, improvement in insulin sensitivity and glucose uptake, as well as decreases in fat mass.How can you argue with results like these? And it all makes sense from an evolutionary perspective, because our predecessors almost certainly went through regular cycles where food was either abundant or very scarce. The body may have established protective mechanisms to adapt to these conditions by sensitizing insulin receptors when it was critical that every bit of food be efficiently used or stored (as in famine), or by desensitizing them when there was a surplus, so the body wouldnt be overly-burdened by grossly excessive calorie intake.
Why do I think it's about a musical instrument instead of about a wine-press?It could be both. An animated strain of music plucked on the gittith to celebrate the vintage, the feast of tabernacles. Plink, plink, plink. Drink, drink, drink. http://topicalbible.org/g/gittith.htmFrom that:Gittitha musical instrument, by some supposed to have been used by the people of Gath, and by others to have been employed at the festivities of the vintage. Psal 8,81,84.GittithThe word Gittish signifies belonging to Gath. It probably denotes either a musical instrument or a kind of music derived from Gath, where David sojourned for a time during the persecution of Saul, 1 Samuel 27:1-7. The word Gath also signifies in Hebrew a winepress. Hence not a few have supposed that it denotes either an instrument or a melody used in the vintage. It is prefixed to Psalm 8:1-9; 81:1- 16; 84:1-12, all of which requires an animated strain of music.The Gittith and Uggav Play Again in Tulsa, from the Jewish Daily Forward: http://forward.com/articles/119659/the-gittith-and-uggav-play-again-in-t...
George, if the real goal is to increase a desire for God, I'm not sure that "building up our character" is that important, and I would think that nutritional benefits are irrelevant.
Desire for God cannot be just some abstract ideal floating in the ether of our consciousness and having to existential affect on our conduct. Of course my desire God includes a desire for a happy (not stress free, not suffering free) life. Of course my desire for God includes a desire to lead a more holy, integrated life.Build up character, grow in holiness, increase in wisdom.....pick you term, but it seems to me that grace needs to build on these natural virtues and they are related.I think reframing Lent and "penitential" practices is a good idea. We may have thrown the baby out with the bathwater when these disciplines were relaxed. I am not saying go back to the quasi masochistic ways that Lent was sometimes presented to us. I am saying that there are positive health benefits to these practices such as fasting and that is not irrelevant.We should be thinking of the spirit AND body both at the same time given that we are composite beings. The body is a big part of who we are and we should be doing what we can to take care of it. And I speak as someone who has not always done that (smoke, drink, eat excessive sweets, etc.)
All the fasting and the methodology for "growth in holiness" seem like a way for people to try to control their religious lives, but Jesus didn't advise people to fast or to work to attain some holiness goal - he met them where they were, flaws and all.
Crystal: Yes, Jesus met people where they were, flaws and all. But did he leave them there, or did he call them on? "Repent and believe the Gospel." "Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the Scribes and Pharisees..." "You have heard that it was said of old, but I say to you..." "Go and sin no more." "If you wish to be perfect, ..." Etc.
Fr. K,Yes, you're right. - I didn't think of that. I guess I was thinking of ascetic practices like fasting, which George mentioned.
George, I agree that there are positive health benefits to practices such as fasting. You write that it is relevant (to increasing our desire for God)., because we are composite beings, spirit and body. I am curious as to what you mean. How does one follow from the other?Do you actually get something out of fasting? I do it during Lent, on some years, because I am an obedient Catholic, but I don't really understand the point and haven't felt I got anything out of it. There are people who go to Mass by obligation, and it's an empty ritual for them: on the years when I fast, that's how fasting is for me. What am I missing?
Claire:In all the years of fasting, I received no benefit. I understood the whole fasting from meat on Friday and I have tried fasting for pious reasons (bread and water on Friday's) when I was younger but, honestly, I really never got the concept.However, when I flipped it as intermittent fasting in the context of an overall direction in health, nutrition and exercise in the last two years, I have noticed a lot of differences in terms of less food craving, greater clarity, more energy.So, I concluded that this basic cognitive flip of fasting in the context of an overall diet, dramatically changed my appreciation of fasting as a religious practice. Granted, I don't feel like I am actually depriving myself, even though I am in a certain sense. But this serves a greater good that i can actually relate to and feel.From a spiritual point of view though fasting from desire for revenge and all of that makes much more sense and although difficult, I can, also, perceive the benefits of such a practice.
The virtuous here, once again are those who do not love the earth, having nothing in this life to delight or "possess" them. And the coolly practical final admonition to "continue to desire what you can possess forever," while no doubt sound spiritual advice, sounds a bit like what one might hear from a financial advisor.
I've never fasted in the Catholic fashion but I'm a vegetarian and haven't eaten meat or fish for years. I don't do it because I "hate the world" - I do it because I love animals :)
"From a spiritual point of view though fasting from desire for revenge and all of that makes much more sense"George D. --"for revenge and all of that"? What does this mean?
I wonder if what's supposed to happen is a version of sublimation: you're hungry for food, you don't allow yourself to eat, you get more and more hungry for food, and then your hunger for forbidden food would become hunger for God. That transformation is also supposed to unleash some energy.Maybe the Friday fasting is too mild to allow that kind of experience. (For religious and clergy, even if refraining from sexual urges might lead a few to an increased urge for God, I doubt that a milder rule of the form "no sex on Fridays" would accomplish much in that regard!)
For me, food can be a source of sin, because I tend to eat too much, and I take a lot of pleasure in food. I find food to be very sensual. I don't claim that delight in sensuality is all bad all the time, but there is a line that can be crossed from moderate to immoderate, and the latter can actually be sinful, istm. For me, fasting (which I don't take to extremes) can be a sort of corrective.I believe that one strand of the spirituality of fasting is that it represents a sort of purification of the body. To me, this makes sense as a way of standing resolute against the sort of immoderation to which I am tempted. When I was an undergraduate at Loyola, the university made a big deal every fall of Hunger Week. As part of those activities, students were urged to fast for a day, voluntarily not spending the points on their meal plan. This was urged as a way to be in solidarity with those who really are hungry. That solidarity may be another "angle" to the spirituality of fasting.
Augustine is not talking about solidarity. But maybe a sort of purification of the person.
Here is a link to the apostolic constitution with which, in February 1966, Pope Paul VI changed the universal legislation with regard to fast and abstinence. It begins with an exposition of the role of such penitential discipline in the Scriptures and in our tradition. http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/apost_constitutions/documents/... here is one of Pope Benedict's messages for Lent:http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/messages/lent/documents/h... was surprised to find that there is no article trying to explain the spiritual meaning of fasting in the New Catholic Encyclopedia whose articles focus on the practice or discipline.
Anne:Fasting from: revenge, bitterness, anger, hostility, enmity, envy, recrimination, vitriol, malice, animosity, rancour, gossip, backbiting, maliciousness, hatred, contempt, detestation, ill will...et al.
Thank you, George D. I had misread what you said.


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