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Say Super Bloom to your server. Must order another item to receive the free Bloomin Onion.
Yes, everyone knows these are packed w/calories, etc. Not intended to be devoured alone. ...Or, at least take some of it home. ;-) Personally, I've been known to take it home, put it in the fridge and then pick on it. Without reheating. :-/
My favorite 'other' item to order is the Coconut Shrimp. Or the salmon dinner. Or.....
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They seem to be giving these free quite often recently. I wonder if sales on Bloomin Onions are way down since people are being a little more health consious in their food choices?
These things are really good but are just loaded with fat, calories, sodium & other bad things---but then again, if they were healthy they wouldn't taste so good. IE: an appetizer of carrots & celery vs a Bloomin Onion???
@donslin: Yea, they are quite bad for you. All of their appetizers are now officially "to share": mainly because they are so laden with fat and calories. The Bloomin Onion has almost 2000 calories itself, with a boatload of saturated fat to go with it. There are officially 6 servings (326 calories each) in a full Bloomin Onion.
Ordered a soft drink for $3 and enjoyed a free bloomin' onion. MMmmmmm calories!


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Obama's Apostasy?
In today's New York Times Edward Luttwak has an op-ed piece on the significance and possible peril of Senator Obama's conversion to Christianity. He writes:
As the son of the Muslim father, Senator Obama was born a Muslim under Muslim law as it is universally understood. It makes no difference that, as Senator Obama has written, his father said he renounced his religion. Likewise, under Muslim law based on the Koran his mothers Christian background is irrelevant.Of course, as most Americans understand it, Senator Obama is not a Muslim. He chose to become a Christian, and indeed has written convincingly to explain how he arrived at his choice and how important his Christian faith is to him.His conversion, however, was a crime in Muslim eyes; it is irtidad or ridda, usually translated from the Arabic as apostasy, but with connotations of rebellion and treason. Indeed, it is the worst of all crimes that a Muslim can commit, worse than murder (which the victims family may choose to forgive).
The piece raises three questions for me:1 Does Luttwak give a fair representation of Islamic law in the matter?2. Does Obama's conversion have implications for relations with the Islamic world?3. Does Obama have a Muslim Advisory Council?
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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I sure hope the Times did their due diligence on this one, because I don't think Luttwak has it right. Two issues that receive insufficient discussion are the age one must have been a practicing Muslim before no longer practicing and then renouncing Islam can qualify as apostasy. If Obama was not a practicing Muslim well before the age of say 13, I really think is is a non-issue, but Luttwak's piece will certainly convince many that it is.Second, the discussion suggests that Islam is a monolithic entity, and it is not. It is a religion that seeks unity, but in reality is quite diverse. This law in Islam, if I understand it correctly, is rooted within the lives of individual Muslim groups (not that I support the law), and, in order for it to be relevant to Obama, he would have had to be closely related to the group that would then seek to enforce the law. This second condition also does not seem to met by Luttwak's presentation.This is going to set off a storm. But my sense is that it will be a storm of misinformation creating very false conclusions.
Joe,Thank you for starting the discussion by speaking directly to the issues (not always a given on threads). I appreciate the qualifications you suggest, and would be interested in further insights into the questions raised.
One more thought: Obama has traveled the world and Africa as a U.S. Senator. If this was a legit concern, one would certainly have thought it would have come up by now.
This does seem to be a lot of mischief-making by Luttwak. Especially given that upwards of 15 percent of Americans think Obama is a Muslim, and GOP loyalists are doing everything to reinforce that false impression. It will undoubtedly get uglier. Witness McCain's effort to wrap Obama in the bloody flag of Hamas. Even the likes of Rod Dreher found such behavior "slimy." http://blog.beliefnet.com/crunchycon/2008/05/ok-yes-mccains-being-slimy....
Knowing Luttwack's politics I was surpised to see this in the Time's this morning (his previous writings tell me he is among the thousand-years-in Iraq men and a McCain supporter). It's full of innuendoes of the sort that came with "Obama is a Mulsim!" e-mails some months back. Surprised to see it in the Times, I was appalled to see its shabby insinuations posted here at commonweal.org What exactly was your purpose in posting it Bob?
Peggy,Presumably thousands of "commonweal.org" subscribers and readers also read the Times daily, and will have reactions of one sort or another to the op-ed published.My "purpose" (which you seem to suspect as sinister) was to elicit some reasoned thoughts about the op-ed: favorable, unfavorable, neutral. To that end I tried to direct the thread by posing some questions.The first comment was, in my view, helpful and illuminating. I would still like to be further informed about Islamic law on the matter, which also has implications for ecumenical dialogue.I do not find your own attack-mode insinuations particularly helpful or illuminating.
The real story, and so blogworthiness, here may prove to be that this piece got into the NYT. If it turns out that Luttwak has it very wrong, the reality is that the piece making it into the NYT Op-Ed will seem to give it the status as a legitimate concern since it comes from what is perceived by many as the newspaper flagship of the political left. Luttwak's errors will be far less relevant than where he got to print them.
Apologies for the multiple posts on this, but in addition to Luttwak's piece showing up in the NYT, we also had Joe Lieberman noting on CNN this weekend that it is not good enough for Obama to condemn Hamas as a terrorist organization. What matters is that a Hamas spokesperson said that Hamas would welcome an Obama presidential victory.http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/lieberman_obamas... is getting about as politically clever as suggesting someone has been supported by communists.
Bob, attack mode? I think I asked an honest question of you. And what do you write? That you posed some questions.1 Does Luttwak give a fair representation of Islamic law in the matter? Since Luttwak is not an Islamic scholar how can he have? 2. Does Obamas conversion have implications for relations with the Islamic world? This assumes that Obama converted from Islam. How can you assume so? As I recall from his autobiography, his mother's family were Baptists from Kansas. If he had any religious upbringing at all, I would have guessed it was Baptist since he spent so much of his life in his grandparents' care.3. Does Obama have a Muslim Advisory Council? You mean to go along with his Catholic Advisory Council? And then there's your headline: Obama's Apostasy????I don't think, Bob, your purposes were sinister. But these don't seem to me to be honest questions.
I thought it was Diogenes who scrutinized the hearts of men to see whether their questions were honest or dishonest (or was that "The Shadow?").1. Can only "experts" get it right?2. More specifically, is he right about this: "As the son of the Muslim father, Senator Obama was born a Muslim under Muslim law as it is universally understood. It makes no difference that, as Senator Obama has written, his father said he renounced his religion. Likewise, under Muslim law based on the Koran his mothers Christian background is irrelevant"?3. No, to advise about Islamic law and its implications. I'm not sure what the function of that other Council is.I think Joe Petit is right that an interesting feature about all this is how and why it got into the Times. And I presume that all right-thinking Commonwealers will immediately turn to the "Letters" section of tomorrow's Times. I further presume that, since I seem to be the earliest rising among such, I'll get there first.
Another example of "fueling outrage?"And the campaign is hardly revving up yet.
There is no "Universal Muslim Law" in the sense that Luttwak is claiming. There is no Muslim "Magisterium". There are different Islamic sects with different laws and customs. These sects themselves have regional differences and within the regions themselves there are class and education differences. Then there are differences between mosques within areas that are otherwise rather homogenous in those ways. In short, in regard to "Universal Muslim Law", Muslims are quite like Christians and "Universal Christian Law".Luttwak is coming from the same place as those people who will pull out some atrocity that some crazy backward person does and then say "See? See what Muslims are like?"But while Luttwak may even actually find some Muslim knuckleheads who will agree with him, a more important point is, why should we care what some foreigners think about our president? Surely the Republicans of all people should be all right with that question.
The hearts of men, like the hearts of arichokes are inscrutable. But the minds of editors are always asking: Why? And is this true? And what's the point? Perhaps what you need Bob is a good editor.And further, you need not wait for tomorrow's letters in the Times; their comment section has a goodly number of comments.
I couldn't believe my eyes when I read Luttwak's piece this morning. There is no evidence whatsoever, of which I am aware, that Obama was EVER a practicing Muslim. Luttwak joined the club of those who snidely include his middle name or, as Hillary Clinton did some weeks ago, state that Obama is a Christian "as far as I know." to make inferences that can scare people whose knowledge of Islam is minimal to non-existent, other than the events of 9/11. Luttwak's entrance to this sorry club comes with his wishy-washy clause "...as most Americans understand it, Senator Obama is not a Muslim." Shame on The New York Times for publishing such a screed!
I dont think we have too many experts on the Islam faith on this blog, Bob. I suggest that since you are a professor in the theology department at B.C. it would be very simple for you to contact Professor James Morris, a professor in your own theology department at B.C. He seems to be quite the expert on the Islam faith and certainly would want to clear up any misconceptions that are being floated about that may or may not be motivated by a political agenda. I would say that since your sole intent is to learn, then you should contact an expert in the field. Other wise, you are only going to get opinions, and you know how that can generate into an us versus them mentality. After all, we Catholics would never want to be seen as causing friction that can deteriorate into hateful emotional responses that further the seeds of distrust, even among ourselves. . If you dont know him, this is good chance to form a relationship with someone who would be very interesting to know. Maybe you could have him post the answers to your question on the Commonweal blog . If not, then you can forward his answers to us and we can all learn without prejudice here is his background. He seems to be pretty well qualified to answer your questions. James Morris:EDUCATIONUniversity of Chicago, B.A. in Civilizational Studies, 1971.Harvard University, PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 1980.Other graduate studies: Casablanca, Morocco; University of Strasbourg; American University of Cairo; Iranian Academy of Philosophy; Center for the Study of Civilizations, Tehran.BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARYPrior to joining Boston College, Professor Morris held the Sharjah Chair of Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, and he has taught previously at Princeton University, Oberlin College, Temple University, and the Institute of Ismaili Studies in Paris and London. He has served as visiting professor at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Paris), University of Malaya, and University of Sarajevo, and he lectures and gives workshops widely throughout Europe and the Muslim world.TEACHINGEncountering the Quran: Contexts and ApproachesMystical Poetry in the Islamic HumanitiesProphetic Tradition: Exploring the HadithRemembrance of God: Liturgy, Devotion, and Spiritual Practice in the Islamic HumanitiesPathways to God: the Spectrum of Islamic TheologiesIntroduction to Islamic Philosophical TraditionsThe Religious Quest: Comparative PerspectivesPROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIESProf. Morris serves on numerous international editorial, consulting, and examining boards in his fields, and he is currently president of the Rumi Institutes international advisory council, honorary Life Fellow of the Muhyiddin Ibn Arab Society, member of the RAE national panel for Middle East and Islamic Studies (UK), former national board member of British Institute for Middle East Studies, as well as a longtime member of the Socit Asiatique (Paris), Middle East Studies Association, American Academy of Religion, Society for Iranian Studies, American Oriental Society, Socit Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences et de la Philosophie Arabes et Islamiques, British Institute for Persian Studies, and the British Association for the Study of Religion. See Personal Website link for additional details.SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONSHis most recent books include Knowledge of the Soul (2006); The Reflective Heart: Discovering Spiritual Intelligence in Ibn Arabs Meccan Illuminations (2005); Orientations: Islamic Thought in a World Civilisation (2004); Ibn Arab: The Meccan Revelations (2002); The Master and the Disciple: An Early Islamic Spiritual Dialogue (2002), and several website volumes. See Personal Website link for a detailed list of other publications, upcoming public appearances and workshops, research projects, and forthcoming books.
Dear Ms Dugan,Undeterred by the sarcasm, I came upon the kernel of a good suggestion. I have e-mailed Professor Morris who, as you rightly state, is an expert in the field. I will faithfully convey whatever response I may receive.Thank you for the generous, if lengthy, plug for B.C.'s stellar Department.
The intensity of this discussion heated up fairly quickly. Im wondering whether we can dial it back a bit.One of the ongoing frustrations of Obama supporters is how the issue of Obamas relationship (I dont know what else to call it) to Islam has been used by certain Republican operatives to discredit him in the eyes of some voter groups. This does appear to be having an impact. Having said this, I tend to think that anything that runs in the New York Times is a legitimate topic for blog commentary. Whatever what might think of his opinions (including whether those opinions are grounded in facts), Luttwak is hardly a right-wing hit man. If his thesis was true (and I am not yet convinced) it would at least be interesting to ponder the implications. I would also say that Obama himself has put his heritage in play because he has bound his personal story to his political argument. Indeed, his unique background is one of the things I like about him and I do believe that it could be an asset in his presidency.I will say that I probably would not have used the word conversion to describe Obamas relationship to his Christian faith in this context. While I think it is true (and Obama has written about this) that Obama did have a conversion experience that led him to embrace Jesus Christ, the use of the word conversion in this context suggests that he was converting from Islam to Christianity. While this may or may not be true in the eyes of Muslim law (again, I need to be convinced), it is certainly not true in the sociological sense in which most Americans understand the concept of conversion. One of the things I have learnedbut continue to forgetwhen I am writing on-line is that it is extraordinarily difficult to convey tone. Those of us with an ironic sense of humor are used to altering our tone of voice to make clear when our statements are being made partly in jest, even if there is an underlying seriousness to our point. Time and time again, I have had folks interpret my on-line statements as being made far more forcefully and seriously than I intended. Obviously, it is my responsibility to know this and to adjust accordingly. I also think, though, that I need to be aware of this in others and read more charitably.
Clara--We're in the blogosphere for goodness sake, where every poster is automatically an expert!Look at all of the theology topics that come up on this blog, yet I'd hazard a guess that the views of professional theologians are but a small percentage of posts on some very complicated and thorny issues. While it would be nice to have people with specialized knowledge joining the discussion about a controversial issue, I don't think there's anything wrong with the rest of us leaping into the fray. Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't think Fr. Imbelli made any missteps in starting a thread about Luttwak's op-ed piece, which, as already noted, has generated many responses at the NYT. The op-ed will likely be in the news cycle for several days to come, so why shouldn't it be discussed and dissected here?
The Times publishes William Kristol. This does not give him more credence nor does it justify relating some of his truly obnoxious views. It is absolutely untrue that anything the Times prints on its op-ed gives it legitimacy. Just as Commonweal does not approve of every post or thread here.
Whoops, forgot one final point I wanted to make.While I strongly agree that a respect for truth demands that we respond critically to assertions that Senator Obama is a Muslim, I think we need to be careful about how we do that. I suspect that most of us here at DotCom, at least, do not think the fact that a candidate for office is a Muslim should be a disqualification for office. I do worry about what the already beleaguered Muslim community in the United States must think when they see Republicans spreading rumors that Obama is Muslim and Democrats responding with, in essence, "how dare you suggest such a thing!" I suspect I will be accused of political naivet for this view (wouldn't be the first time), but I think that some degree of finesee is required here.
Luttwak's interesting claim is that a child of a Muslim father, even if the father has renounced Islam, is considered to be a Muslim under Islamic law and practice. This would mean, for instance, that the children of the Italian journalist whom the Pope recently baptized,--if he has any--would be considered Muslims even if they had never themselves practised Islam. I hope Professor Morris can throw some light on this subject.
While awaiting any insights BC's Professor Morris may decide to share, I decide to turn to the reigning champion of expert advice on the web. Yep, that's right, Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostasy_in_IslamActually, the Wikipedia entry for apostasy in Islam provided some good background IMO.I also found an interesting ruling by a secular court in Egypt that upheld the right of Christian converts to Islam to revert to their Christian faith:http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/ruling-against-islamic-law-on-conversio... Egypt had a Sharia legal sysytem, the result might have been different, but, at a minimum, there does not appear to be, as Luttwak states, a universal Islamic proscription on conversion from Islam.
"Luttwack is hardly a right-wing hit man." Neither, I suppose is Joseph Lieberman.On Luttwak:Edward Luttwak is a CSIS senior associate and has served as a consultant to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force, and a number of allied governments as well as international corporations and financial institutions. He is a frequent lecturer at universities and military colleges in the United States and abroad and has testified before several congressional committees and presidential commissions. Luttwak is the author of numerous articles and several books, including The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire (John Hopkins, 19762005); Turbo-Capitalism: Winners and Losers in the Global Economy (HarperCollins, 1999); The Endangered American Dream (Simon & Schuster, 1993); and Coup detat (Harvard, 1985), which has been published in 14 languages. Luttwak serves on the editorial board of the Washington Quarterly and Geopolitique (Paris). He received his Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University, and he speaks French, Italian, and Spanish among other languages.From: http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_experts/task,view/id,109/His most famous (or in some circles infamous piece of writing--until this morning): Give War a Chancehttp://www.ciaonet.org/olj/fa/fa_99lue01.html On Liberman:http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/lieberman_obamas...
Peggy:When I used the term "right wing hit man," I was thinking more along the lines of someone like Richard Viguerie, the conservative "direct mail" king and his Internet-age progeny. There is no question that Luttwak (apologies for the mispelling) leans to what we generally perceive as "the right" on matters of foreign policy, although it is ironic that his views on humanitarian intervention (he's against it as I understand it) would actually argue against the Iraq war as it was actually executed. My recollection is that he also been, at least in the past, a supporter of disengagement from Iraq. On the conservative spectrum, he seems more associated with the "national greatness" perspective (remember that debate?) than neoconservatism or economic libertarianism. So he's a bit of an odd duck, which makes him at least interesting to listen to.The comparison with Lieberman's comments on Hamas is an interesting one, but I think there is a difference. Lieberman was suggesting that Hamas likes Obama because his foreign policies would be supportive of Hamas' aims. This really is guilt by association and factually incorrect to boot. Luttwak was arguing that Obama's background may not be as much of an asset as some might hope. I think that is probably true, although not for the reasons that Luttwak states since I think he is probably wrong that Muslims around the world view Obama as an apostate.People other than Luttwak, of course, have suggested that those who believe that Obama will be able to "rebrand" the United States overseas are likely to be disappointed. While Bush's arrogance and personal style have certainly made our relations with other countries a lot worse, much opposition to the United States is based on our policies rather than the individuals who hold the office of the president. I have a lot of hopes for an Obama presidency, but I also have great concern that the hopes of some are outpacing what is likely to be achieveable.
Nice try, Peter. And I do agree that inflated hope talk must ultimately suffer the pin prick of reality--for all of the candidates. As I have made clear here and there on this blog, I think Obama will have an up-hill fight as the Democratic candidate and perhaps even more so as president in carrying out many of his campaign promises. But smearing him with the the brush of radical Islam (McCain and Hamas, Lieberman and Hamas's endorsement, and then this--which is not a smear of the same sort, but a fear-mongering effort to raise the Islam connection and threats of his assassination should he ever venture into a Muslim country). Of course, I have no proof that Luttwak is part of a Republican smear campaign, but reading it in the paper this morning, I was appalled and horrified that he wrote it and, even more, that the Times published it. If it is a story with a real news basis, they should have put a crack reporter on it and gotten to the bottom of it. On the op-ed page written by a man with no apparent credentials it looks like the page was run by dead-heads this week-end.And then, to find it on the CWL blog in such a display of apparently innocent inquiry, made me think that Bob Imbelli is either a total naif (which I doubt) or ingenuous. I'm sure he'll get back to us with an answer.
As far as I can see, Luttwak's main point is that Obama's ties to Islam through his father aren't going to be much help to him in dealing with Muslims. Big deal.The piece seems to be more remarkable in perpetuating stereotypes about Muslims, i.e., that they want to kill everybody who's not a Muslim.Re Wikipedia mentioned by William Collier: It's OK if you want to look up, say, the names of the movie stars in the "Lord of the Rings" movies, but most reporters are not allowed to use wikis and blogs as authoritative sources. If my students hand me stories in which Wikipedia is cited, I require them to corroborate the information with two other credible sources. They hate me for it, but there it is.
Friends, I just got off the phone with my friend and our interfaith partner here in Detroit, Imam Hassan Qazwini. Imam Qazwini, you may recall, was one of the three Muslims who gretted Pope Benedict at the interfaith gathering at the John Paul II Cultural Center during his recent visit. He is very active in local, national and international interfaith efforts, in particular as a member of the USCCB's Midwest Catholic-Muslim Dialogue, which is co-chaired by our auxiliary bishop, Francis Reiss (I am the assistant advisor for ecumenical and interfaith affairs for the Archdiocese of Detroit, and work closely with both Bishop Reiss and Imam Qazwini.)The imam laughed when I asked if Barack Obama was considered an "apostate Muslim." "Obama was not a Muslim to begin with!" he exclaimed. He went on to say that most American Muslims would probably "prefer this 'apostate' to Mr. McCain" and laughed again. Although "technically" a child of either a Muslim father or mother would be considered a Muslim, since Obama never identified publicly as a Muslim (Obama's father died when his son was two years old), "there was nothing to convert from" the imam said. Since Obama never claimed to be a Muslim, he could not renounce a status he never held. Imam Qazwini said that Luttwak's intent must have been "wicked" to promote such views.
Dishonest questions; total naif or ingenuous (not much choice there); in need of a good editor -- if that's not "attack-mode," I'd hate to be the recipient of the real thing.Back to the message and not the messenger.My colleague, James Morris, was kind enough to reply at length to my e-mail and gave me leave to relay what I think most pertains to the "discussion" here:""Whether, how, and through whom and in what ways this or that ruleror other group has decided to give weight to different specialists in thatdiscipline has always been a complex, constantly varying local matter,reflecting the balance of local customs, political (including especiallyintra-Islamic ethnic and sectarian), and other pertinent social realities,etc. This has rarely been conceived or perceived by most actors as what wewould all normally understand today as "law" of any sort--not least becausethe "authority" of this or that set of interpreters and disciplines isalmost entirely self-appropriated, and in tension with a wide range ofalternative socially effective interpretations; and because there is noestablished higher institution of "enforcement"--since almost all the topicsin question are described by the Qur'an as being "judged" and enforced inthe spiritual world or "next life". "He adds, by way of elucidation, that the implication in the article would be:"the exact equivalent of his taking this or that opinion of one of the majororthodox grand rabbis in Israel and claiming that those personal opinionsare a "Jewish law" that is authoritative and incumbent upon all people ofJewish ancestry and identity, both within and outside Israel. Except thatthe historical diversities and contexts and actual degrees of accepted"authority"--present and past--of the discipline of fiqh are infinitelygreater than with Talmudic and rabbinic halakha; while their ostensibleroots in Islamic scripture are also vastly more tenuous and controversialthan the relation of halakha to the written Torah."In my understanding Professor Morris' view is that any claim to "universal Muslim law" in the matter is invalid.
Jean--I was posting with tongue in cheek about Wikipedia. I would never cite it as authoritative, though it can sometimes be a place to start and to gey ideas for where to go for information that is authoritative. And I enjoyed the "Lord of the Rings" poke in my cyber-ribs. :) Though I should warn you that this is NOT the thread for expressing irony or for comments that might be misinterpreted. But at the risk to myself of expressing such a comment, I will say that there have been some things said in this thread that seem uncharitable to me, and that, upon reflection, posters will wish they hadn't said.
I completely agree with you, Mr. Collier, that blogs are the number one place for giving opinions. I think that seems to be the fun part of it, but, also, I think, a problem for blogs. In my very humble opinion the I am an expert and not you has create serious problems for the Catholic Church. As you said, on theological questions, everyone thinks theyre an expert in every conceivable field. They seem to think they are particularly gifted in assessing the moral guilt of any educational program or public leader and they soundly condemn whoever disagrees with them. Although not on a blog, even a columnist for a sectarian newspaper feels he has the right to publicly condemn an archbishop. In my opinion, that is undermining the magisterial authority of the church. By insinuating that the archbishop doesnt know what hes doing, or, that the archbishop is not really a good catholic, the accuser actually diminishes respect for the church in the eyes of its members and in the eyes of the world. I will concede that you may be right as far as my comments on Bob Imbellis post. However, my opinion is that when you ask very specific questions, and expect factual answers to those specific questions you need someone with knowledge of the subject. My first assumption was that they must have Islamic scholars in the theology department at prestigious B.C. and why in name would Bob ask those questions on the blog, when he should know it will probably set off acrimonious remarks? Finally, I dont think the New York Times article asked specific questions looking for answers and given their circulation there may be experts who can respond effectivly
William Collier, you have no idea how many months I've waited for an opportunity to drag LOTR back into the line of fire, however circuitously and in pretended ignorance of your obvious ironic reference to that site.I will say, as the Obama apostasy question swirls around us, that "The Golden Compass" trilogy was even WORSE than LOTR for causing sheer boredom of the mentally incapacitating variety. And I truly hope you disagree because this will give us another field on which to play literary gotcha.
Recognizing that those who might give credence to the Luttwak piece are unlikely to vote for Obama in the first place, I think it should be pointed out that this is no minor screw up. In fact, the Times may very well wish, or perhaps should be asked, to explain itself.Perhaps certain dotCommers who have been known to write great pieces of wisdom regarding religion in this same periodical might pass on the sentiments of some of us at dotCom that we would prefer more Steinfelsesque pieces and fewer Luttwakian ones.
Not long ago, an Islam scholar at Fordham sent me an email (on another topic) that mentioned "There have been some interesting items in recent months about Barack Obama as Muslim. Those who have signed on to the latest 'Islamofascism' trend have argued that Obama is actually an apostate, since he was born a Muslim and then 'rejected' Islam for Christianity. As an apostate, he is thus vulnerable to all the shari'a laws regarding apostasy (which would make him a target, especially as President, for fanatics)."My reply to her dismissed this as "people's endless capacity for perverse mischief." So now I ask myself has the Times Op-Ed page fallen for "perverse mischief" Has the Commonweal blog? I've already asked my scholar friend for her view -- the end of the semester her, unfortunately, not being the best moment. While waiting all the scholarly judgments, here are my other thoughts. Has Luttwak, in her words, signed onto the "Islamofascism" trend? I don't know. My reading of him over the years leaves the impression of a very hard-boiled Likud strategist, with a maverick moment here and there. Should the Times have printed this Op-Ed piece? Opinion columns do break news, in this case the "news" that Islamic law makes Obama an apostate. But there have been cases -- I recall one right away -- when the Times decided that the responsible thing to do was not to run an Op-Ed piece but assign a reporter to finding out the facts of the matter. We are being naive if we don't acknowledge being in highly inflammatory territory here. Was it ok in the days when Joe McCarthy was riding high to repeat charges about people being Communists and then innocently ask, Is it true? Or leave it to others to deny the charges as though the whole controversy would not leave a residue of disloyalty? That's my concern about the Op-Ed page's responsibility. It's especially the case since the piece did not come from a recognized Islamic scholar or a person whose track record suggests more solicitude for Obama's safety or for healing wounds with Muslim public opinion than for engaging in brass-knuckles Mideast politics. I can't figure out Bob Imbelli's take on this -- or put it out of my mind. His first question seems straightforward. His second seems to take Obama's "conversion" not just to Christianity but from Islam to Christianity as a factual baseline, when that presupposes an answer to the first question. But it is his third question that really puzzles me. Is this really just asking whether Obama has good advisors on Islamic matters like shari'a? Or is it a joke spun off from the fuss about Obama's Catholic Advisory Council. It is the latter possibility that makes me wonder whether there is a playing light with potentially inflammatory rumor-mongering here. By and large, motives shouldn't matter in our discussions: maybe only the Shadow knows what really lurks in the hearts of men. But in some instances, we are compelled to make our own best judgments. By the way, while I was writing this, my Fordham scholar friend wrote back: "Thanks for bringing this [the Luttwak article] to my attention. . . . I am totally shocked. I think you are absolutely right in that a reporter should have been assigned to research the topic. To simply make these kinds of sweeping generalizations about apostasy in Islam is irresponsible, especially when made by someone who seems to know very little about Islam and its history."
Didn't anyone read the Muslim responses to the pope's Easter Vigil baptism of the formerly-Muslim journalist earlier this spring? They said the issue was not his conversion, but rather the way in which his anti-Muslim statements were being promoted. Did anybody carry on about apostasy? No. Death sentences? No. I'm just astonished that the worst possible scenarios no matter how unlikely, such as those raised by Luttwak, continue to get press, and to seem plausible to the American public, and nothing anybody can say to the contrary gets the slightest attention.
In terms of my own assessment, I'll say that I immediately assumed that the third question was a joke for precisely the reasons that Peter describes. It's fairly common around here for posts to refer back to previous posts, humorously or not.
I'm nobody among the Catholic heavyweights posting here, but my advice would be to shut this thread down before Screwtape gives his daily report to "Our Father." Things have become just too personal IMHO.
Luttwak says that because Obama is an "apostate," this "would complicate the security planning of state visits by President Obama to Muslim countries" and would "compromise the ability of governments in Muslim nations to cooperate with the United States in the fight against terrorism, as well as American efforts to export democracy and human rights abroad." He goes on to say--astonishingly, in my view--that this "is not likely to be a major factor with American voters, and the implication is not that it should be." If he's correct--and I think he isn't--why in the world wouldn't or shouldn't it be a major factor?What Luttwak is saying in the Times was being said months ago by people like Daniel Pipes. See, for example, http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=656B62BA-7A61-4DF8-B...
If you google "Obama on Apostate" you will find that this is old news and has been out there for awhile and apparently most have gotten over it. The TV news does not seem to have bit on it this evening. So what gives? All the more curious why the Times would have found this pertinent today. Must be the preponderance of op-ed bits. Or have the blogs given the op-ed that much competition? The blogs have been called the new 0p-ed. En masse that is.
I have a couple of comments for mr. Nixon, whose opinion I usually respect deeply.I think most of the folks who post here have sufficien tgravitas to express there views and I onlyget my hackles up when they profess to be "expert" in areas they are not or merely repeat without substantiation a point they're making.I also think folks may offer a theme or view wth some humor, bu that humor is also mixed with a perception that clearly comes with it. I think that's part of the issue here and some of the gentle (in my opinion) heat -and there's nothingw rong with such heat -it's part of the reason we blog (as long as with a modicum at least of gravitas.)
I don't know, Bob. Did we really need to bring a Ph.D in here to prove that Islam isn't some sort of monolith? Doesn't anyone know anything about them at all? Or aren't we even charitable enough to consider that they may suffer from the same sorts of dissension and divides that we do (who really do inhabit a monolithic religion)?
Ali Eteraz over at Huffington Post debuknked Luttwak. The editorial judgment of the Times is certainly becoming squirrelly.
Pat Lang's site was busy on the subject yesterday. If anyone has the strength to pursue this further, here's the link:http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2008/05/luttwak-and-o... of the comments are from the perspective of people interested in the Middle East and its politics.Since the Times printed no letters on the subject this morning, here is the link to their selection of 12 comments out of 368.http://community.nytimes.com/article/comments/2008/05/12/opinion/12luttw...
Terri Gross's guest on "Fresh Air" today discussed Islam in Iran and made it quite clear that Islam is not a monolith. The discussion offered lots of insights about various Muslim sects. Also touched on American responses to Muslim nations. Sounds like Hillary Clinton's vow to retaliate against an Iranian strike against Israel is of more concern than Obama's alleged apostasy.However, I didn't hear the whole thing, just the last 20 minutes or so after class was out. The program will be archived over on npr.org. Select "Fresh Air" from the pull-down menu.
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To me this looks like he hacked it. Playing off line??? Only possible explanation is that he hacked it


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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Breaking Down the Wall
His death certificate is not public yet, and because Mulder is such a common surname, I didn't dare ask for a persoonskaart, since I could end up with a huge pile or nothing at all and I have to pay for each copy and the enquiry itself. I searched for his birth record, but I couldn't find it, even though it had to be there. This was resolved much later in the search, but back then, it was still missing.
I had no idea where he was married, both times, so the only option for research I had left was the fact that he was military, so I wrote to the Nederlands Instituur voor Militaire Historie (NIHM, Dutch Institute of Military History) in hopes of finding out if there maybe was a record because he'd been a POW during WW2. I'd hoped to find his exact birth date on that, his marriage date, maybe the name of his parents, anything, something, to give me a clue as to where to look for him.
I got so much more than that! I got his entire military record! It's chockfull of information; just mindboggling. I'll spare you all the details, many of which I am still working out myself. I've learned to both love and hate the military through this record. I love the military because they wrote down everything, really everything! You've got to love bureaucracy. On the other end, being the efficient types they are, they use a lot (!) of abbreviations, many of which are still a mystery for me. Not to mention cramming as much information on a piece of paper as possible in some of the earlier records, so the handwriting is difficult to decipher. But, there are some real gems in there that blew my brick wall up, with tons and tons of the genealogical equivalent of C4 bombs!
I'll take you through the most important facts, as writing it all down would take at least ten posts. Clicking on the pictures will enlarge them.
Bomb #1: His full name and birth date, along with his military number.
Of course, this had to be on his records, but still, it was nice that on all his records the date was consistent. Salomon Mulder, born 28 November 1900 in Leiden. It was his birth date that enabled me to find his birth record.
I was also very happy with his military number, or should I say, military numbers! Apparently, he had two, and one replaced the other. This is very important information when I am looking for him in other military records!
Bomb #2: Both his marriages, along with his children and stepchildren
Both of his marriages were listen. His spouses full names are there, as well as the marriage dates. His three biological children from his first marriage, including my grandfather, are named as are their birth dates. What surprised me was that his three stepchildren, from his second wife, are also named with their birth dates. I knew they were there, I even have a picture of them, now I have names to go with the faces.
Bomb #3: His faith
You wouldn't think this was such a big shocker. He was Roman-Catholic, so what? Well, my grandfather is not a Roman-Catholic. In fact, nobody in the family even knew he'd been a Roman-Catholic until his teens! Well, my grandmother knew, and she told me about it after I asked her, but I never would've asked if I hadn't found this document.
The implications for further research into my Mulder line is staggering. Changing faith was not done much in the Netherlands and society was very much separated by faith. I would've been looking in all the wrong places for my ancestors if I hadn't found this document!
Bomb #4: Parents
His parents were named, which helped in identifying the correct birth certificate later on. Not to mention, more sources is always good. His parents are Wilhelmus Johannes Bonifacius Mulder and Johanna van Wezel.
Bomb #5: Description
Yes, a description. It's supposed to be in the records, but is not always present, so I was happy there was one. My great-grandfather was 1.78 meters tall, had blue eyes and blond hair. He had a scar on his left ring finger. This was recorded in 1946.
Bomb #6: Deployments
All of his deployments can be found in this record, from his enlistment on 7 May 1919 until his pension on 1 Februari 1949. What was very interesting to me was the very complete record of his journeys to and from the Dutch East Indies, where he served several times.
Bomb #7: His POW record
There's a special section that details how Salomon fared during his last deployment to the Dutch East Indies. He was stationed in Soerabaja from 26 April 1940 onwards, until he was transferred on 1 March 1942. Four days later on 5 March 1942 he was captured by the Japanese and put in a prison camp. He was transferred at least once, seeing that he was liberated on 14 August 1945 in Singapore. He was brought to flight base Priok in Batavia on 8 October 1945 and to the repatriation camp Doorn, the Netherlands on 14 Januari 1946. From there he was transferred to the base in Voorschoten.
Bomb #8: Medals
Yes, it says medals, plural. He got to wear the 'Oorlogsherinneringskruis', for his service during World War Two, with three pins, all of them having to do with specific battles during that war. He also got the 'Kleine Gouden Medaille' for long, honorable and faithful service. The 'ereteken "orde en vrede"' and the 'erdemedaille verbonden aan de Orde van Oranje Nassau in zilver met de zwaarden' were also awarded to him. Four medals for military service, it's quite an honor.
Bomb #9: Two personnel reviews
Two personnel reviews jump out at me because of the extra remarks they carry. The first review is dated 1 October 1946, and the review was 'very good.' As remark it is said: firm and correct in bearing, gives the impression of being somewhat nervous.' I'm sorry, but after spending years in hell and not even being back in the Netherlands for a full year, I think he's entitled to be a bit nervous!
The second review is from 1 July 1947, and this time it's 'excellent.' The remark this time is: 'Because of the diligence and the decisive actions several thefts were cleared up.' Intriguing!
In the end, even though this document is 'only' 20 pages and I've had it in my possession for several months, there is still much to glean from this document. So much information is great, and what was once a brick wall is now a wide open road into the past.
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It is a fantastic feeling when one of the brick walls fall. This has happened to twice this year. One when I found a cousin in Germany and her mother was still alive and able to identify the sisters in a 1927 era photo.ReplyDelete
The second when I got a death certificate of my Irish great grandfather and the names were not those who family lore had given. With that death certificate and a search of the Irish records I was able to go back one generation and find his siblings.
Wow - this is more than anyone would have expected to be in a single set of documents - and a piece of history, too.ReplyDelete
@Claudia: yes, it's quite a feeling. Congrats yourself on the two brick walls in one year!ReplyDelete
@Great: Yes, it tells history and so much information. I was over the moon when I got it.
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The VM's can be downloaded here. There are a few important things :
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7 Insane Conspiracies That Actually Happened
#3. The Tuskegee Experiment
The Plan:
Sometimes referred to as the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, the idea was that the United States government was going to monitor the effects of syphilis and perform experiments on those who had a developed form of the disease. That doesn't sound so bad, right? Well you're a terrible person for thinking that, because the experiments were exclusively performed without consent, and on the very poor, mostly illiterate black males.
These men weren't told that they had syphilis and were denied proper treatment for their disease. Because that would have skewed the results, you see. But hey, at least the government promised free burials to those who died.
How did that work out?
The study (started in 1932 in Tuskegee, Alabama) eventually rounded up 400 black men in a move that would inspire Rage Against the Machine-esque lyrics for years to come. But, contrary to conspiracy enthusiasts, they did not actually give people syphilis, they just examined the symptoms of people who already had the disease. Then, things got out of hand:
Doctor 1: "Darn. I'm afraid that we might not get the numbers we want for the next part of this study."
Doctor 2: "Why is that?"
Doctor 1: "Because it involves administering a painful and dangerous spinal tap for no medical reason."
Doctor 2: "Hmm ... Well, why don't we just underline the word "Free" and tell them that it's a special treatment for their symptoms."
Doctor 1: "But, wouldn't that be a horrible lie?"
Doctor 2: "A horrible what?"
When there was a national campaign to use penicillin to stamp out the disease, those in the study were denied access. If they complained loudly enough, they were given a placebo and then sent back home to die. But not before scientists poked and prodded them for the remaining years of their life.
It took until 1972 for someone to blow the whistle on all of this. That's 40 years. And that's after Peter Buxtun, the whistle blower, went to the Center for Disease Control, which told him that they would absolutely end this barbaric experiment, just as soon as they completed the last stage of the study. That stage involved studying the corpses of the subjects, and of course they couldn't do that quite yet because some were stubbornly still alive.
Buxtun then found a more receptive audience:
As a result, in 1974 they passed the National Research Act, which finally closed the apparent loophole in American law that said it was OK for mad scientists to kill people in their experiments.
#2. Operation Snow White
The Plan:
Some time during the 1970s, the Church of Scientology decided that they'd had enough. Their religion about magic space aliens in a volcano wasn't getting the same respect as the religion about the magic bearded man whose dad made us all out of mud 6,000 years ago. Instead of converting to a slightly less silly religion, they did what any of us would have done and decided to destroy every single document that made their religion look bad, presumably including a trip into the future to destroy every copy of Battlefield Earth.
How did that work out?
Disturbingly well, at least for a little while. Apparently, the Church of Scientology managed to perform the largest infiltration of the United States government in history. Ever. With all the people who have wanted to get their dirty little hands on incriminating records, the United States of America was finally duped by the people who came up with Dianetics. So those billions of dollars we put into national security annually are clearly well spent.
Anyway, somewhere around 5,000 of Scientology's crack commandos wiretapped and burglarized various agencies. They stole hundreds of documents, mainly from the IRS. No critic was spared, and in the end, 136 organizations, agencies and foreign embassies were infiltrated.
When all of this hit the fan, the Church naturally denied it. Then they kidnapped one of the operatives arrested for stealing documents and prevented him from testifying. These days, the Church of Scientology generally refuses to talk about Operation Snow White, except to say that they "purged" those who were involved. They won't say what the guilty parties were involved in, and those who were purged still hold high ranking offices in the Church, but goddamn it, they were purged for their involvement.
#1. Project MKULTRA
The Plan:
Don't be fooled. Project MKULTRA isn't the misspelled secret recipe to McDonald's newest hamburger. It was actually a series of CIA experiments in which they tried to figure out how to control your mind. Over a hundred sub-projects were authorized under the MKULTRA heading, though the documents on many of those have been destroyed.
How did that work out?
If you listen to late night talk radio, then you've probably already heard of Project MKULTRA. Paranoid schizophrenics from coast to coast like to call in to recount their harrowing tales of psychic violation at the hands of the CIA. Turns out the schizophrenics got something right though, because Project MKULTRA was an actual series of experiments started on April 13, 1953.
You can decide for yourself whether or not the late-night radio callers are actually victims of these experiments, though we would like to suggest that if they are all telling the truth, it's strange that the CIA would only experiment on nocturnal conspiracy-nuts.
The project started out as a response to rumors of Communist mind control being used on American prisoners from the Korean War. Afraid of being left in the enemy's pseudo-scientific dust, the CIA quickly jumped on the mind control bandwagon. However, they got their procedures wrong in one crucial aspect; instead of experimenting on enemy prisoners that the national media wouldn't miss, they decided to go ahead and start jamming probes and shooting drugs into unwitting United States citizens.
Did we mention that these experiments resulted in at least one death? Or that experiments done on people seeking treatment for minor psychological issues (such as anxiety) often caused them to suffer permanent comas and/or incontinence? Or that the CIA themselves admitted that the experiments made no scientific sense?
The project was eventually found out, and the CIA was given a stern talking to.
As far as anyone can tell, they were unable to succeed in finding a way to control the way people act or think. Though we'd probably say the same thing if they had succeeded.
If you liked that, you're probably the sort of paranoid mental case who'd enjoy our rundown of The 5 Creepiest Urban Legends That Happen to be True. And even if you hated that article, and hate urban legends, you're guaranteed to have fun watching a stupid person pull a palm tree down on top of their truck.


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Why is Moshe name not mentioned in parshas Tetzaveh?
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Me'or Einayim points out that Tetzaveh is (nearly) always read immediately before or after the seventh of Adar, which is Moshe's (birthday and) yahrtzeit. So his name is missing from this parshah specifically, in mourning for our loss.
On a more positive note, there is a long talk by the Lubavitcher Rebbe zt"l (Likkutei Sichos, vol. 21, pp. 173ff; adapted into English at Chabad.org) in which he points out that in a sense Moshe is present even more in this parshah than usual. Its very first word, ואתה, "and you," expresses his existence even more strongly than the use of his name.
He then goes on to explain what Moshe was trying to accomplish with his "threat." He was demanding that G-d be willing to re-establish His relationship with the Jewish People on an essential level that transcends Torah, and that if He wouldn't be willing to do so, then Moshe was prepared to forfeit his place in the Torah in favor of retaining his connection with his people. Thus,
Baal HaTurim says that it was because Moshe said מְחֵנִי נָא מִסִּפְרְךָ אֲשֶׁר כָּתָבְתָּ (erase me now from Your book which You have written) in Parshas Ki Sisa. The question remains why Parshas Tetzaveh was chosen to erase his name. HaRav Shaul M'Vilna answers since Moshe said אֲשֶׁר כָּתָבְתָּ, past tense - therefore it was omitted in Parshas Tetzaveh, the parsha which comes before Ki Sisa. Another reason is that the Gematria of Asher is 501 which is also the Gematria of Tetzaveh.
The Gra says that since most years Zayin Adar - 7 Adar comes out in Parshas Tetzaveh - Hashem who knows what is going to happen left his name out of this Parsha.
In the Sefer Panayach Raza he mentions that since Moshe was originally supposed to be the Kohain Gadol, however he lost this privilege because he said to Hashem at the burning bush שְׁלַח-נָא בְּיַד-תִּשְׁלָח (send, I pray You, by the hand of him whom You will send) therefore in Parshas Tetzaveh which talks about the priestly garments he is not mentioned.
Source for all the above: Torah L'Daas Chelek 1
I have heard in the name of the Ben Ish Chai that Moshe requested Michaini Na Misfracha. The word Misifracha can also read Mesefer Chaf - the 20th Sefer. Since Tetzave is the 20th Parsha therefore Hashem left it out of Tetzave as per Moshe's request.
I do remember hearing that the reason is that Hashem did not want to erase Moshe's name, however since he requested it Hashem kept pushing it off until there was no more pushing it off, and therefore it is not mentioned in Parshas Tetzaveh.
Rav Ovadia Yosef said a great pshat.Moshe Rabbeinu says מחני נא מספרך
לב. וְעַתָּה אִם תִּשָּׂא חַטָּאתָם וְאִם אַיִן מְחֵנִי נָא מִסִּפְרְךָ אֲשֶׁר כָּתָבְתָּ:
He says one could read it מחני נא מספר כ.which means erase me from sefer kaf which equals 20 and the 20th parsha is tzaveh so Moshes plea was granted.
On a peshat level:
A parsha (actually a sidra) is the portion set up to read in a particular Shabbat, as set up in Bavel. In Eretz Yisrael, they had a different division, of a third the size (called a parsha).
I would therefore assume that in Eretz Yisrael, there were a good many "parshiyot" that did not have Moshe's name, and so, Tetzaveh was in no way unique. (Aside from the fact that Moshe was not mentioned at all in sefer Bereishit.)
The reason Moshe does not appear in this parsha has to do
Of course, this creates an interesting phenomenon which can be used for the sake of derash of derush. And the other answers here cover that. The question, however, assumes that there must be something meaningful about Moshe's absence, and so I think it a good idea to point out that this is an assumption.
The sefer נחל קדומים brings from the sefer מגלה עמוקות that even though Moshe's name is not mentioned explicitly, however, he and two of his previous incarnations are alluded to by the last word in parshas Terumah and the first word of parshas Tetzaveh - נחשת ואתה which is נח, שת, ואתה - Noach, Seth, (two previous incarnations of Moshe) and you (Moshe).
I have heard (sorry for not having an actual reference) from prominent rabbonim that one of the reasons that Moshe Rabbeinu's name is not mentioned in Tetzaveh is due to his plea to Hashem on behalf of the Jewish people after the chet HaEigel (sin of the golden calf):
Exodus 32:32
Hashem forgave the sin, but removed Moshe from the Torah in parashas Tetzaveh.


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It is just me or has Apple not tested iTunes 9 in Windows 7?
Unpin the older icon, close iTunes, re-open it and pin the new icon, drag the newly pinned icon back to the position on the taskbar you like.
Note: iTunes 9 works fine for me under Win 7 RTM, no icon issues.
The iTunes icon has always been a bit funky in Windows for me. Any shortcuts I'd ever created to it -- whether on a custom deskband, in ObjectDock, in the Shortcut Bar that was in my Vista sidebar, any shortcuts I'd created (IE, not created by the installer) -- their icons were shot as soon as I did an iTunes upgrade. Every time. Every version. Every patch.
I believe this has more to do with how iTunes creates its particular shortcuts for launch -- they're not "standard" shortcuts.
So the behavior, as described in Windows 7, does not surprise me. Yes, unpin, then repin and you'll be fine. Annoying, but I've been doing the equivalent (based on my launcher du jour) for years. :(
The issue reappeared after updating to iTunes 10.2.1.1 and could not be fixed with the mentioned procedures.
I was able to fix it following these steps:
Observe that a duplicate of the shortcut is generated in the directory; this is the shortcut that now also appears in the taskbar.
Optionally, for cleanup, you can remove the shortcut made in step 1, and rename the 'iTunes (2)' name of the duplicate to 'iTunes'.
I didn't have an issue with iTunes 9. I noticed that the iTunes 8 icon died and I had to unpin it, but when I opened 9, I told it to pin and it works fine. Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
I've gt the same problem with Windows 7 (build 7100) & itunes 9. No icon for the taskbar shortcut. Unpinning and repinning doesn't solve the problem. This might be something windows and apple have to work out themselves.
Technically since Win 7 is not yet released officially, they will probably have a bug fix release shortly after it drops. Yes they probably did do bug testing on the RTM edition.


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Allows pedestal swivels to lock from right to left, and provides flat or 3° angled seat mount. Ergonomically designed brake handle is easy to …
- Trac-Lock Swivel (1100031-1)
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- High-Strength Aluminum With Powder Coated Finish
- 2-3/8″ Post Mount With Bushing For Snug Fit
- Rotates 360°
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This is really annoying: the only good way of creating circles in ArcMap is using true arc, (compound curves) but I need to convert those to vertex (densifying) because of a compatibility problem. I need info for geodatabase and SDO_geometry (arcsde)
and yes there is a way. I use:
UPDATE layer1 a SET arctype = 'compound' WHERE has_compound_curves(a.shape) <> 0;
and then using EG Geotools to densify layer by layer....
But there should be easier way of doing this straightforward in Oracle or ArcMap, and I just want to densify the features that have true arc. I don't want any unnecessary vertices on straight lines and so on.
So how can I identify true arcs in ArcMap? And how can I densify them as fast and easy as possible?
Same for Oracle SQL.
anyone? :)


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On Day He Died, a New Film
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch intrinsically knew the importance of timing—in politics, in storytelling, in life—and so, for those who loved and admired him, it seemed cosmically and heartbreakingly fitting that he died on the same day that a film chronicling his life opened in city theaters.
"Leave it to Ed to exit the stage just in time to maximize interest and ticket sales in the new documentary about him named, what else, 'Koch,'" Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday in one of the many warm, and occasionally wry, tributes that marked the day.
More on Koch
The documentary had its debut at two Manhattan theaters and drew crowds of acquaintances, fans and some who had awakened to the news that the city's 105th mayor had died at age 88.
It seemed as if something more than mere coincidence had just presented itself: a rare shared, civic moment before a planned funeral service Monday at Temple Emanu-El, a Manhattan synagogue.
Family therapist Ken Ludmer caught a showing at Angelica Film Center, where he said he saw Mr. Koch many times in the lobby and felt a connection. "He is New York," Mr. Ludmer said. "He was a big mayor, a big ego and he did what he thought was right. I think the city hurt when they lost his leadership."
Mr. Ludmer, 71 years old, recalled helping Mr. Koch up the stairs at the theater soon after the former mayor had heart surgery.
"He turned to me and said, 'You voted for me, right?' I'm going to miss him," he said.
Rita Schwartz and friend Lisa Diaz were first intrigued by the documentary when they saw a trailer last year at a birthday celebration for Mr. Koch at Gracie Mansion.
"With the news this morning, it became even more important to see it," said Ms. Schwartz, who worked in the Koch administration and on some of his campaigns. She and Ms. Diaz, who also worked in the administration, came to an early showing at Angelika Film Center.
"You couldn't learn better street politics than with Ed Koch, how to talk to people, how to relate to people," Ms. Schwartz said. "He was a pain. He was rough and he was kind."
Craig Schapiro, a 41-year-old documentary filmmaker, knew about the film but made a trip to see it Friday after learning of the death.
"That guy had some real guts," Mr. Schapiro said.
Mr. Koch, too, had a long and storied love of movies.
In the late 1980s, he launched a war on high-price theaters, calling for a boycott of those that had raised their prices to $7.
The boycott lasted roughly six weeks before Mr. Koch called it off because not enough New Yorkers were protesting.
"It's clear to me that moviegoers distressed with the higher prices are nevertheless willing to pay them," he said at the time.
In his post-mayoral life, he found one of several niches as a film critic, reviewing two or three films a week for a chain of weekly newspapers and distributing them over email to a host of subscribers.
His assessments were characteristically blunt.
He described Leonardo DiCaprio, for instance, as a "good actor" but he panned his performance in "J. Edgar," the 2011 film by Clint Eastwood about J. Edgar Hoover, the former FBI director.
"I did not like the movie—it was dull," Mr. Koch said. He said Mr. DiCaprio failed to create the "presence of Hoover."
The former mayor was more favorably inclined toward "The Help," the film about black maids in the South during the civil-rights era, calling it "compelling" and "marvelous."
Age and encroaching illness didn't soften his approach. In a Jan. 7 review, he described looking forward to a Sunday showing of "Tabu," a Portuguese romance shot in black and white, after seeing a glowing critique elsewhere.
"What a disappointment," he wrote. " 'Tabu' is a terrible film for a host of reasons."
The director of the documentary, Neil Barsky, said it's "sad and unfortunate" that Mr. Koch wasn't alive for opening day.
"He used to call me," Mr. Barsky remembered. "He would say, 'Any reviews? Any reviews?' He was very interested."
When Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly visited Mr. Koch in the hospital on Tuesday, he said, the ex-mayor was alert and not in any pain. He also had something on his mind: "He asked me if I had seen the 'Koch' movie," Mr. Kelly said Friday. "He said he was pleased with the movie."
While the film is somewhat critical of Mr. Koch, Mr. Barsky said, the former mayor was a fan.
"I think he very much enjoyed seeing himself on screen," he said, laughing.
—Tamer El-Ghobashy contributed to this article.


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20 Mar 2012 9:34 AM #1
folder name 'deploy' seems to cause infinite loop creating folders too deep to delete
I hit the deploy button on my Sencha Touch 2 project and created a new folder called 'deploy' and selected that folder. Designer locked up creating multiple sub directories within that folder called deploy. By the time I closed the program, it had created so many sub directories that I am now getting a windows error saying the paths to the actual .js files are too long and cannot be deleted. I'm a little hesitant to try it again on my own computer as I can't find out how to actually get rid of these folders!
Using Version 2.0.0 Build 311 on Windows 7 Pro
Update: A little Googling provided a utility that removes windows files where the paths are too long.
21 Mar 2012 7:17 AM #2
Assume you deployed to within your project path. You can see why that would be bad! We do a very rough check to make sure your not doing this. If you could update me with the path to your project and the path you used for your deploy directory (in settings) that could help improve the circular folder copy check. Saving others your plight.Phil Strong
21 Mar 2012 8:16 AM #3
Ahh...I see. I am new to Designer and for some reason it did not occur to me to not put the deploy folder in the project folder! I'm not familiar with what that button should do exactly.
The path I was trying to deploy to when it created too many folders
I changed it to this
and it does prevent me from deploying, although until I read your response I didn't understand why. (no error message). Of course I tried it with a folder outside of the project path and it works.
4 Apr 2012 10:29 PM #4
Thanks to your test case we were able to integrate some more robust checking for absolute paths.Aaron Conran
11 Oct 2012 4:29 AM #5
Alternative solution
Hi guys I would appreciate it if you could answer this question. I have been having sort of the same problem and I was wondering if a long path tool like from pathtoodeep(dot)com can help..not sure if I should be posting links but yeah...please..I hope you guys can help, it's been really annoying..
Thanks a bunch
11 Oct 2012 11:36 AM #6
So I'm not sure this was related to the path being too long.
It was because the user was using the path to output that was inside the original project directory
a simple explanation:
cp -r project project/deploy
copying recursively where the destination is inside of the source is badPhil Strong


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Before Manny Became Manny
Before Manny Ramirez captivated baseball fans with his swing, swagger, antics, and eventual exit amid failed drug tests, he was a regular high school star from Washington Heights.
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An Inn Is an Oasis From Environmental Affronts
The Topia Inn in the Berkshires is a laboratory of sustainability with an artsy vibe.
February 5, 2010, Friday
In Boston, Where Change Is in the Winter Air
The Big Dig is finally done, and the renovated waterfront, dotted with museums, restaurants and history, is now open for miles of strolling.
January 1, 2010, Friday
From the Fast Lane to the Bike Lane
After losing her line at Liz Claiborne, the fashion designer and artist Sigrid Olsen moved to a harborside bungalow in Gloucester, Mass., that doubles as her gallery.
October 15, 2009, Thursday
A University Where the President Knows Everyone's Name
At DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., a new president has won over students.
October 9, 2009, Friday
A House as a Symbol of Openness
Brian W. Casey, the president of DePauw University, has reinvented the traditional college president's house by opening it up to students.
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Massachusetts Waits for a Kennedy to Decide on Race
The state's attorney general is the only candidate for the seat so far, as the state waits to see if Senator Edward M. Kennedy's nephew, Joseph P. Kennedy II, will run.
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Kennedy's Closest Confidante, in Politics and Life
Edward M. Kennedy's relationship with his wife, Vicki, defined the final years of his life.
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The North Shore of Massachusetts — with its meadows, marshes and Atlantic vistas — offers open space, serenity and nature.
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The 20 Worst NES Games of All-Time
Seanbaby writes a weekly column here every Thursday. But many of you may not be aware that he also invented being funny on the Internet. He was one of the first people who ever made Cracked's editors laugh while looking at a computer screen. Below, we take a look back at his comprehensive guide to the 20 worst NES games of all-time.
Of all the games that inexplicably received the Nintendo Seal of Approval, these 20 stood out as the biggest mistakes. I don't know if the game making people were the nephews of the eccentric billionaire in charge of handing out the gold approval seals, or if Nintendo just didn't bother to check if the games sucked. All I know is that these 20 games are about as fun as swallowing bug-flavored glass. For each one, I'll give a brief description of exactly why it's bad then rate the Graphics and Fun on their own personal scale of one to 10. But you'll notice really fast that they all score horribly low, and these ratings are just excuses for me to make fun of more specific areas of the game.
#20. Athena
This game was based on the adventures of Athena as she went on a quest to cure her boredom. She attempts this by walking sideways for a few hundred screens fighting potato bugs and guys that look like giraffes and pigs. You travel from "World of X" to "World of something else" until you can finally get it into Athena's head that she's never going to cure her boredom as long as she's stuck in this damn game.
If you take the time to look for the non-helpful secret items, you can unlock Athena's secret subgame I call "Dress up!" where you make Athena's clothes clash by putting a fluorescent green helmet on with her pink go-go dress. After this, I usually point at the screen and laugh at her lack of fashion sense until I am killed by a giraffe-headed man with a club. Then I curse myself for dirtying my Nintendo with the Athena cartridge.
Graphics: 2
The graphics add some challenge to the game as you spend most of your time trying to figure out what you're fighting. The masterfully designed visuals may lead to heated arguments with your friends as to whether or not a creature is a potato or a turd.
Athena struggles to hold her grotesquely large head up
as she prepares to bonk her menacing enemies with her
blue-ladle-wooden-driver thing.
Fun: 1
Athena is bored for a reason. I think it's because her game sucks.
Historical Accuracy: 10
This story of the ancient adventures of Athena, goddess of war and wisdom, is painstakingly accurate. The programmers did their research well, and were able to recreate the ancient Greek world of pig men down to the tiniest of details like the pink clubs and mini skirts. Hephaestus himself would think it was real.
#19. Bible Adventures
Bible Adventures. A game mixing all the fun of learning about God with all the excitement of wandering around aimlessly. I know this game didn't actually get the coveted Nintendo Seal of Approval, but it's too bad to not mention here. This was an atrocity released by Wisdom Tree, a company who learned that making Christian-based games was the best way to hide their lack of programming skills. Christian children everywhere were disappointed when they received this game as a gift from parents who thought (like Wisdom Tree hoped they would) that mixing video games and Christ would help them learn the magic of Western mythology and grow up to be splendid citizens. The plan was flawless, and the Pope himself made a huge blue hat out of the strangely colored Bible Adventures cartridges. He was happy his sheep were finally able to praise Jesus through three gloriously unplayable games on a single baby blue colored NES cartridge!
There was Noah's Ark, Baby Moses and David and Goliath. They were all like Super Mario Brothers 2, except they had less action, more ridiculous goals and inspirational Bible quotes.
Noah's Ark was the highlight of the Bible Adventures experience, where you get to perform entertaining goals like dragging unwilling animals back to your boat for hours.
Very few historians knew about Noah's superhuman strength. Here he is holding three farm animals above his head to get in shape for the repopulation of Earth. Back then, fertility exercises involved lifting cows.
In Baby Moses, you get to carry Baby Moses above your head while spiders and guys with spears try to kill you. You can throw the baby at them, but no one gets hurt, and he just hits the ground smiling. The game usually degenerates into me throwing Baby Moses into a river to watch him slowly drown and pretending it was an accident. Yeah, the game knows I meant to, but it doesn't care. When you beat the level without him, it says, "Good Work! But you forgot Baby Moses!" So even if you kill Moses, you still feel good about yourself. And isn't that the way he would want it?
Graphics: 5
As far as the NES goes, the graphics aren't bad. But since almost all of your time will be spent throwing Moses into the water and laughing, it doesn't really matter what the rest of the game looks like.
Fun: 1
Aside from the baby's lack of buoyancy, there is nothing fun about this game. One might play it when they can't fit prayer time into their busy video gaming schedule, and I think you could use it to swear someone into the witness stand. "Please place your right hand in the air, and your left hand on Bible Adventures."
Jesus Power: 8
This cartridge is capable of performing small miracles like multiplying fish, resurrection and parting the sea. However, it is not to be subjected to extreme temperatures, and should be stored at room temperature in a clean, dry place.
#18. Super Pitfall
This still stands as probably the grossest misuse of the word "Super" in the history of the English language. This version of Pitfall barely qualifies as a game. You play the part of a Pitfall Harry in a miner's hat the color of the Bible Adventures cartridge trying to save your lion and niece from deadly fruit bats and toads. But anyone related to Pitfall Harry isn't worth saving, and the only reason anyone would keep playing is to hope to find a more painful way to make the little guy die.
You'll find yourself saying that spikes and water are too good for him. He deserves some sort of acid bath/sandpaper combination. If you accidentally put the game into your NES, just turn off the power, remove the cartridge and smash Super Pitfall with a hammer.
Graphics: 0
If you don't get suicidally bored from the gameplay, you might from the graphics.
Evil fish and boring ladders.
Fun: 0
The game itself is a waste of time, but if you take the shattered remains of the Super Pitfall cartridge, you could combine them with some dried macaroni and have a fun arts and crafts party. "*Giggle!* I made a duck out of my Super Pitfall! Quackarific!"
Desecration of a Classic: 9
Pitfall isn't that clever a name to begin with, so I don't know why Super Pitfall decided to name itself after a game it has nothing in common with and can't possibly compare to.
#17. Hudson Hawk
Most NES games based on movies were bad, but Hudson Hawk was notably shitty. You were about three pixels high, and spent most of your time dodging video cameras and angry guard dogs. These were no ordinary guard dogs, though. Many of them were wiener dogs who you could easily distract by throwing a ball. When they did catch you, they would grab onto your ass until you remembered to hit the "throw ball" button.
This big mean dog will pull you off the building by your ass. But you never stop smiling. That's the kind of guy you are. Hell, you'll probably start singing while you fall five stories.
Most of the game's challenge came from the jumps you had to do. They weren't very bad, but I discovered that Hudson Hawk has a fear of jumping and rarely does so when you tell him. He prefers to run into pits while you hammer your controller.
I found out it was a lot more fun to jam my copy of Hudson Hawk, the movie, into the Nintendo and perform Singin' on a Star with a sock puppet I labeled, "Danny Aiello." If you time it right, sparks and smoke will come out of your NES just as you begin the extravagansic final chorus.
Graphics: 3
The little Bruce Willis looked like a mixture of Joe Camel and a circus midget, and the programmers hired their neighbor's kids to make the backgrounds. But other than that, the graphics were all very terrible.
Fun: 1
It seemed like it might have been a playable game if Hudson did what you told him and you could stand looking at the ugly screen. It's sometimes fun to throw your bouncy balls around the screen, but only if you are on heavy medication.
Bruce Willis Points: -48
This is by far the worst thing associated with Bruce, but it is luckily made up for by Die Hard, Last Man Standing and The Fifth Element. When asked about the Hudson Hawk NES game during an interview, he responded to the reporter with a left hook. Then he took out a harmonica and sang the old theme to Seagram's Golden Wine Cooler while they groaned.
#16. Renegade
Renegade. A game that definitely needed to be made. There just weren't any other games involving guys walking around and fighting bad guys on the street. Someone took that brilliant idea, added bad graphics, terrible control, monotonous situations and called it Renegade. As an appropriate afterthought, they stuck a garbage can on the title screen.
In this mockery of a fighting game, you got to fight crowds of people who looked just like you. The game helped you tell everyone apart by giving you a pair of brown slacks and a matching leather vest. So when you're done beating up the armies of evil clones, you'll be dressed for any gay western club you might want to get a light beer at.
"Thank you for the hug. Is it OK that I just kicked your friend? Hey! You're still hugging me! What kind of a subway is this?"
The fights would continue for hours, until you make it to empty rooms where you're forced to decide on a door. It seemed cool at first that maybe you were in a game where you could go two different ways, but it was just one more way for Renegade to piss you off. In Renegade's town, most doors are magic teleporters back to the first subway. It will usually take a person of average patience about one of these to decide to never play Renegade again.
Graphics: 1
I would think that since there was only one guy you fight in the game, they could have made him look cooler.
Fun: 1
If you play this game for 30 seconds, you can just turn it off. You just got the full experience of the deep Renegade gameplay.
Thrown Controller Likelihood: 97 percent
There's nothing like forcing yourself to play this disgusting game for hours only to pick the wrong door and have to start over. The elderly, small children and people prone to violence or seizures are recommended not to play Renegade.


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5 Shocking Scenes You Won't Believe Are in the Bible
It seems like for every person who has sat down and studied the Christian Bible cover to cover, there are several hundred who know only what they picked up from half-remembered Sunday school lessons and that Mel Gibson movie. So, as we've covered previously, many of the things we think came straight out of the Bible actually aren't mentioned in there at all.
But if many of the most iconic features of Christianity aren't taking up space in the holy book, it makes one wonder just what, in fact, is in there. Well, for starters, there's ...
#5. God Getting into a Wrestling Match With a Man (and Tapping Out)
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What You Know
If the Old Testament taught us anything, it's that God is one bad dude -- badder than Leroy Brown by a factor immeasurable, because He's freaking God. Seriously, we remember the whole "Superman could beat up Batman" playground argument as kids being brought to an untimely end by that one killjoy religious kid who said, "Well, God could beat them both up!" And there's no arguing with that because, as the creator of the universe, God created ass-kicking.
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And the Japanese were all like "We have mods for everything."
What You Didn't Know
If you're not a total novice, you know that one of the key figures early in the Bible is Jacob, aka the father of the 12 tribes of Israel. We're not going to recount his whole story here, but at one point he's running for his life and finds himself all alone in the desert. Just a man and his thoughts.
Oh, and God, who, out of nowhere, grabs Jacob from behind. Now, you might think that being grabbed from behind by the Big Guy himself pretty much means your ass is ash, but not so with Jacob -- nope, Jacob wrestles Him (not knowing that it's Him, with a capital "H") all night long.
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And God said, let there be ass-kicking. And there was ass-kicking.
When dawn arrives and the two are still going at it, God realizes that he has accidentally solved the ancient thought experiment, "Could God create a wrestler so badass that not even He could pin him?" and figures out He's not going to win. So instead he touches Jacob's hip and causes it to go out of the socket. This is probably an illegal move, but who are you going to complain to?
But Jacob still won't relent, so something unexpected happens: God asks Jacob to let Him go, and Jacob -- still not knowing who he has in a headlock -- demands that his attacker bless him first. It's only then that he finds out what's really happening -- that he's essentially beaten up God.
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"Oh, hey, dude, I was just kidding. We're cool, right?"
And you might not have guessed it (what with His penchant for plagues and smiting and stuff), but God is apparently not a sore loser. He did indeed bless Jacob, with a new name:
"And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed."
We should note here that there are different versions of the text, and some translations say that it was merely an angel sent by God that Jacob wrestled into submission, which honestly only makes the story about 10 percent less weird.
#4. Jesus' Many Brothers and Sisters
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What You Know
The virgin birth of Jesus is one of the very cornerstones of Christianity. You know the drill: God sent the Holy Spirit down from heaven to plant His son directly into Mary's womb, skipping right over what is arguably the one and only fun part of the human pregnancy. Some denominations (like the biggest of them all, Roman Catholicism) take it one step further, teaching that not only was Mary a virgin until giving birth to Jesus, but that she led her entire life dong-free.
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"What? Oh, no, I'm fine. Just daydreaming. Not about dicks, though."
What You Didn't Know
In a revelation that just gave us an idea for the bitchingest family sitcom ever, it turns out Jesus wasn't the only brat tinkering around in Joseph's wood shop, because according to the Bible, he had brothers and sisters. This isn't some obscure trivia: Jesus' siblings are referenced right here in Mark 6:3:
"Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him."
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Well, they were after they saw some of the drunken texts he was sending out.
And the holy siblings pop up again in Matthew 13:55-56:
"Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Juda? And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?"
So there were not only at least four brothers, but multiple sisters. All growing up in the same house as the Messiah. This doesn't change anything in terms of what the various sects believe (the "Mary was always a virgin" theory figures the kids were Joseph's from a previous marriage), but it does mean the Bible left out some of the most interesting stories. Did the other kids get along with Jesus? At what point did they know he wasn't just another kid (he started schooling church elders as early as age 12)? If nothing else, it had to have made things weird around Christmas.
#3. David the Giant Slayer/Power Rapist
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What You Know
David, second king of the United Kingdom of Israel, is without question one of the Old Testament's most recognizable characters. The wimp-to-badass story of young David going up against the giant Goliath armed with nothing but a slingshot is easily one of the most memorable passages in the Bible.
So, what happened next? Well, David won, obviously. At least, that's the only part of the story most Renaissance artists seemed to care about.
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"And lo, then did David unscrew Goliath's head and shit down his neck."
What You Didn't Know
There's a reason your Sunday school's VHS copy of David and Goliath ran out of tape before getting into King David's reign: If it were any longer, it would have touched upon how one of the first things David did as king was subject the wife of one of his soldiers to what Old Testament scholar Richard M. Davidson described as "power rape."
David was walking around on the rooftop of his palace one night -- you know, being king -- when he spied a hot woman bathing (it's only creepy if you're not the fucking king). Rather than doing the decent thing and rubbing one out right there on the rooftop, David instead had the woman fetched to the palace so he could perform some kingly insemination on her. This put David in a bit of a pickle: The woman, Bathsheba, was not only married, but her husband, Uriah the Hittite, was a soldier in King David's army.
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"Doh, is my face red. Just goes to show it pays to check beforehand, huh?"
In an attempt to cover up what he'd done, David ordered Uriah to immediately go home and bang Bathsheba so that if she got pregnant, nobody would get suspicious. But when Uriah refused to go home out of respect for his fellow soldiers who were still on the field, David arranged for him to be sent to the frontlines of a battle (aka "the place where all the arrows land") to make sure he'd never come back. It worked out just as he wanted: The guy was killed.
Andrew Burward-Hoy
Probably in slow motion.
Now, we're not suggesting that David's douchebaggery went unpunished. Bathsheba's baby died, and David's kingdom was subsequently subjected to some good ol' Old Testament smiting. However, it's hard to argue that David used his newfound king status for anything other than being a colossal dickbag, especially when you consider the fact that before his devoted soldier's corpse was even cold, he married Bathsheba and knocked her up again forthwith.


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2 Nov 2010 6:44 AM #1
SpinnerField, how to override decimal separator
I want to override the decimal separator in a spinner field, but i can't because it's a private property.
(In my country the separator is "," but we usually use "." because on the keybord it's a dot on the numeric part)
can you do something for the next release ?
2 Nov 2010 6:46 AM #2
I will make it protected. You will need to use JSNI for now to access it.
2 Nov 2010 6:48 AM #3
Change is in SVN at revision 2310
2 Nov 2010 6:53 AM #4
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