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Pope to Notre Dame U.: Continue to defend church teachings
Pope Francis has told University of Notre Dame officials he hopes the school will "continue to offer unambiguous testimony" in defense of the church's moral teaching and freedom.
His brief remarks at the Vatican on Thursday are being interpreted in various ways, often to the university's detriment. See what you think. Here is the key passage:
This commitment to "missionary discipleship" ought to be reflected in a special way in Catholic universities (cf. Evangelii Gaudium, 132-134), which by their very nature are committed to demonstrating the harmony of faith and reason and the relevance of the Christian message for a full and authentically human life. Essential in this regard is the uncompromising witness of Catholic universities to the Church's moral teaching, and the defense of her freedom, precisely in and through her institutions, to uphold that teaching as authoritatively proclaimed by the magisterium of her pastors. It is my hope that the University of Notre Dame will continue to offer unambiguous testimony to this aspect of its foundational Catholic identity, especially in the face of efforts, from whatever quarter, to dilute that indispensable witness. And this is important: its identity, as it was intended from the beginning. To defend it, to preserve it and to advance it!
It seems to me that the pope's use of the word "continue" (emphasis added) makes it hard to interpret this as a rebuke of the school, although that has not stopped people from trying. There is no doubt Francis is setting out expectations for Notre Dame and other Catholic universities, but that's as far as he goes. "Continue" sounds like another way of saying, "Keep up the good work." Perhaps what this boils down to is that Francis prefers encouragement to condemnation as a management tool. A lot of management experts would agree.
Compare the encouraging tone of his remarks with the rhetoric of the scores of bishops who assailed the university in 2009 for granting an honorary degree to President Obama. For example, Phoenix Bishop Thomas Olmsted, who wrote to Notre Dame's president that this was "a public act of disobedience to the Bishops of the United States."
About the Author
Paul Moses, a professor of journalism at Brooklyn College/CUNY, is the author of The Saint and the Sultan: The Crusades, Islam and Francis of Assisi's Mission of Peace (Doubleday, 2009) and An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York's Irish and Italians (NYU Press, 2015).
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This is such a masterpiece of ambiguity I wonder if Pope Francis wrote it himself. It doesn't sound extemporaneous. Two ambiguities:
** The discipleship "ought to be" reflected at ND. But does he think it is reflected always? He doesn't say.
** "Essential . . . is the uncompromising witness of Catholic universities to the Church's moral teaching, and the defense of her freedom, precisely in and through her institutions, to uphold that teaching as authoritatively proclaimed by the magisterium of her pastors...." Again, he doesn't say whether ND has measured up. This could be either a compliment for past performance or a threat to stay in line.
** "the magisterium of her pastors" explicitly asserts that there is only one magisterium, but is there truly only one magisterium of all the pastors? De facto, we often speak of, for instance, "the magisterium of Pope JP II", as if each pope has his own specific one. And we all know that, contrary to the claims of some of them, the pastors have not all always been in agreement. The sort of ambiguity ducks the crucial issue of dissent, academic or otherwise.
** Yes, he does say that he hopes ND will "continue" to defend Church teachings, but strickly speaking this does mean that he thinks that it has *always* defended Church teaching.
I'm disappointed. The issue of dissent has, in my opinion, been the central one in the Church since at least the Reformation, and Church hasn't even tried to meet the issue head on. I was hoping that Francis might, but the ambiguity of this statement suggests that he would prefer to put off a confrontation. On the other hand, the statement isn't much of a direct threat either.
I wonder what the ND people responded. Or were they given a chance to respond?
In Argentina, card. Bergoglio was more liberal about dissenting voices. At the Pontificia Universidad catolica Argentina, in may 2012, he presented the book of a theologian of liberation priest, father Rafael Tello, who was condemned and fired by the same University years before.
Bergoglio says: " all those that open a path and are against the dominant opinion in the Church have wounds."
Studied ambiguity could occur in this way: Pope Francis has heard all the slams on Notre Dame and Fr. Jenkins, but from sources whose readings of situations he doesn't trust. They could be right or half-right or one-eighth-right, so he doesn't want to throw a blanket of papal roses over the school and watch them wilt. On the other hand, since much of what he has heard has the whiff of slander about it and sounds like the kind of hysteria he constantly deplores, he doesn't want to give enemies of the school anything else to chew on and spit out.
Popes may be infallible but they don't know everything. This is just a theory, But if the theory is correct, anyone who interprets the talk as confirming his or her deeply held beliefs does an injustice to the pope and makes a fool of himself.
Ann Olivier: Did you perhaps leave out the word "not"? Your use of "but" sets up the expectation that you will go on to say "not."
You say, "**Yes, he does say that he hopes ND will 'continue' to defend Church teachings, but strickly [strictly?] speaking this does [not?] mean that he thinks it has 'always' defended Church teaching."
Yes, but strictly speaking, he does not mention specific examples where ND has not defended Church teachings.
FWIW, I took the pope's 'keep up the good work' words to refer to its opposition to the contraception mandate. Beyond that, and despite the opinions of its many alumni and fans, I doubt there is anything about Notre Dame that would make the Holy Father's Top 500 list of things that call for his attention. I think the Holy Father gave the college the sort of generic words that would be given to many guests about whom the pope knows basically nothing. He placed them in the category of Catholic universities, and spoke some words about the importance of Catholic universities.
The statment does have the ring of something scripted for Francis. Nevertheless, I would interpret it as a positive endorsement of the good work ND is doing.
especially in the face of efforts, from whatever quarter, to dilute that indispensable witness.
This part of the statement, which ND's critics will focus on, simpy acknowledges the complexity of a large Catholic University where not everyone shares in its mission explicitly. You have to consider the source of the critical remarks. They seem very self-serving to me, either in vindicating past criticisms of ND, as in the case of the Cardinal Newman Society, or is advancing a particular agenda, as in the case of Life Sites.
What Catholic University would not welcome such remarks from the most popular Pope in modern times?
To follow Alan's comments, try this thought experiment. Imagine that Pope Francis had made the same remarks to a delegation from the Franciscan Unviersity of Steubenville or some other school that advertises itself based on its "orthodoxy." I expect we would see a much different set of reactions.
Thanks, Mr. Moses. Yep, the right wing fringe is at it again in terms of their Francis Derangement Syndrome Spin. Thought MSW did a great job of highlighting a balanced perspective on this and loved his ironic twist at the start:
- ".....if you checked in with the conservative Catholic blogosphere. Fr. Zuhlsdorf cited the pope's comments, cheerfully referring to "Notre Shame University." The inappropriately named Cardinal Newman Society linked to Pope Francis' speech and added their list of grievances against the school. Even my usually balanced friend Rocco Palmo said Pope Francis had "spiked the ball ... for the bishops" in his address to Notre Dame. To his credit, Rocco apparently had second thoughts about his reportage and made some changes in his post. Thus, what was only an "hourlong meeting" in his first post became, before bedtime, "a mostly effusive hourlong meeting."
- "I am not an editor, but I can spot the verb in that sentence, "will continue," and methinks it suggests that the Holy Father wishes the University of Notre Dame to persist in something it is already doing. How that can be seen as spiking a ball, denouncing Notre Dame, or endorsing some of the vile and foolish things that have been said about the school is beyond me." (BTW - at this point in his address, Francis looked up and inserted an off script sentence supporting the work of Notre Dame)
- "The issue of Catholic identity is a real one. Unfortunately, the concept has been hijacked by conservative educational zealots who equate Catholic identity with a checklist of items that happen to tilt to a particular understanding of Catholicism and who, to my mind, perfectly exemplify the "self-absorbed promethean neopelagianism" that Pope Francis warned against in Evangelii Gaudium."
Just shows that Francis has to check on those who prepare his speeches.
JP - think you are way off on your interpretation. Here is Francis to the CDF which could easily be applied to Notre Dame, its administration, professors, etc.
Key phrase:
Quoting from his Apostolic Exhortation, Pope Francis said right from the earliest times of the Church there has been a temptation to consider the doctrine in an ideological sense or to reduce it to a series of abstract and crystallized theories. But in reality, he said, the doctrine's sole role is to serve the life of God's people and is meant to ensure a solid foundation to our faith. There is a great temptation, he continued, to take control of the gifts of salvation that come from God to domesticate them, maybe even with good intentions, according to the views and spirit of the world.
However, safeguarding the integrity of the faith, the Pope went on to say, is a very delicate mission entrusted to them, always in collaboration with local Pastors and with the Doctrinal Commissions of the Episcopal Conferences. It serves to safeguard the right of all the people of God to receive the depository of the faith in its purity and entirety. In their work, he said, there is always a need to maintain a constructive, respectful and patient dialogue with the other parties and show charity and fraternal help.
Doubt that a legal suit is something he thinks is pastoral.
I agree that this speech is completely generic and Francis could easily have replace ND with any other Catholic University.
Thomas Farrell --
Yes, I left out the "not"! Thanks very much for pointing that out.
Any other Catholic university. Or high school. Or primary school.
Notre Dame, the US episcopacy and Catholics in general need to keep in mind the following:
"The university is not a think tank fed by industrial, governmental or military sources in order to churn out research in which the one common note is that the assumptions of its donors are never questioned ... It is the nature of universities to question assumptions, and indeed to the extent that such questions are absent, the university fails to achieve the fullness of its own being ... Universities are nervous about absolutes, and even more nervous about the intellectual vice known as absolutism ... Intellect and faith cannot meet on any ground where either is so much in control that the other is effectively excluded." (Timothy Healy, SJ, Learning and Belief in the Catholic University, "America", 7‑7‑90)
- The primary purpose of a University is intellectual and pedagogical, not moral or religious.
"The view taken of a University in these Discourses is the following. -- That it is a place of teaching universal knowledge. This implies that its object is, on the one hand, intellectual, not moral; and, on the other, that it is the diffusion and extension of knowledge rather than the advancement. If its object were scientific and philosophical discovery, I do not see why a University should have students; if religious training, I do not see how it can be the seat of literature and science."
From the "Preface," The Idea of a University
- The Idea of a University is to be determined without recourse to the authority of the Church, or any authority at all.
"Observe then, Gentlemen, I have no intention, in any thing I shall say, of bringing into the argument the authority of the Church, or any authority at all; but I shall consider the question simply on the grounds of human reason and human wisdom."
From Discourse I, "Introductory," The Idea of a University
- The range of a teaching within the University is universal; it encompasses all branches of knowledge, including Theology, and is inconsistent with restrictions of any kind.
"A University, I should lay down, by its very name professes to teach universal knowledge: Theology is surely a branch of knowledge: how then is it possible for it to profess all branches of knowledge, and yet to exclude from the subjects of its teaching one which, to say the least, is as important and as large as any of them? I do not see that either premise of this argument is open to exception.
As to the range of University teaching, certainly the very name of University is inconsistent with restrictions of any kind."
From Discourse II, The Idea of a University
- * The University is not a Convent or a Seminary, and it prepares students for the world by allowing them to learn about "the ways and principles and maxims" of the world.
"For why do we educate, except to prepare for the world? Why do we cultivate the intellect of the many beyond the first elements of knowledge, except for this world? Will it be much matter in the world to come whether our bodily health or our intellectual strength was more or less, except of course as this world is in all its circumstances a trial for the next? If then a University is a direct preparation for this world, let it be what it professes. It is not a Convent, it is not a Seminary; it is a place to fit men of the world for the world. We cannot possibly keep them from plunging into the world, with all its ways and principles and maxims, when their time comes; but we can prepare them against what is inevitable; and it is not the way to learn to swim in troubled waters, never to have gone into them."
From Discourse IX, The Idea of a University
If the university could make the student realize that there exist better ways to think than to go with the first thing that comes to their mind; arouse a desire to know what is true; create an anxiety to not be satisfied with half-measures and superficial answers; train a sharp eye to look for gaps and errors in reasoning; and develop methods to think more straight; that would be pretty good.
Rather than "demonstrate the harmony of faith and reason", let that be discovered by the student as they search for truth. Actually, I am not sure that there is currently such a perfect harmony between faith and reason. Isn't it work in progress?
This particular message of pope Francis is remarkably insipid. I fear that he does not care about education in the same way that he cares about alleviating poverty.
Thanks for the Briggs article, Jim McC. Very interesting. I didn't know that the speech was given to the Board of Directors of Notre Dame, a very different group than, say, a group of Deans or the Faculty Senate and Tenure Committe would be.
Briggs man point is very well taken -- the big givers on the board do not necessarily contribute to the sort of social change that Francis regularly urges, even though they might contribute lavishly to charity. That's a huge distinction -- charity v. social change. Maybe Francis needs to be clearer about it.
I fear that he does not care about education in the same way that he cares about alleviating poverty.
I think you observation is correct. But any leader is going to have their passions and priorites. This address sounded remarkably diplomatic and not wanting to take a side in any of the existing debates.
I think insipid is a bit strong - I would say diplomatic; say some encouraging words, provide some challenges and call it a day!
Education should not have the same priority as helping the poor. Otherwise Jesus would have chosen rhetoricians instead of unlearned disciples. Nor did he send them to the best Roman schools. "At that time Jesus said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants" Academics as well as Dives have to be vigilant about their stewardship.
The tragedy has been that Scholastic, Augustinian theology etc. have been more important than helping Lazarus. Dogma more important than the Beatitudes.
So not to fear. Francis is the Gospel truth.
Briggs man point is very well taken
I wasn't impressed; in fact I thought it amounted to verbal bomb-throwing. I'd guess that, if we were to ask the members of the Board of Trustees, they'd tell us that they see their service on the board as a way to give back. I'd also guess that the ones who are wealthy (surely not all of them) give quite a bit of their own money to the university in support of its mission - which is education, not economic revolution.
Education should not have the same priority as helping the poor.
On the contrary: education is profoundly connected to helping the poor. One such connection is by preparing the children of the poor to thrive economically in a 21st century economy. Whether Briggs is right in his critique of Notre Dame in this respect is difficult to say; he certainly doesn't marshall any evidence to support his assertions. Another connection is made when Catholic universities prepare young citizens to go out into the world to address the problems of poverty.
Point of information: My memory is that the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors are not the same boards at UND, though there is probably personnel overlap. True? False?
True and it is so with most large catholic universties. The goals and responsiblities of the two boards are different.
For example, at DePaul University, the board of trustees is made up of many Vincentian priests, the Vincentian provincial, etc. who may or may not have ever been assigned to DePaul University. OTOH, the board of directors are folks whose responsiblityies lie with more day to day and practical directions/decisions in running the university.
The Holy Father's greeting is:
I am pleased to greet the Trustees of Notre Dame University on the occasion of your meeting in Rome
So apparently it is a delegation of the Trustees to whom the words are addressed, or Francis didn't get his facts quite straight?
"On the contrary: education is profoundly connected to helping the poor."
Jim, the education I am talking about is the world where the poor are not a priority. Educat the poor. Yes. But when the world of academia neglects the poor there is the problem. The Scribes did and God's reward went ot the uneducated.
Jim Pauwels wrote: "I took the pope's 'keep up the good work' words to refer to its opposition to the contraception mandate."
Notre Dame tried to get an injunction but, when they couldn't, decided to go ahead with the ACA requirements under protest, pending final resolution of the lawsuits.
That seems like a reasonable decision/
"Having been denied a stay, Notre Dame is advising employees that pursuant to the Affordable Care Act, our third party administrator is required to notify plan participants of coverage provided under its contraceptives payment program.
As part of an ongoing legal action, however, the program may be terminated once the university's lawsuit on religious liberty grounds against the HHS mandate has worked its way through the courts."
Again: the Pope's, the article and comments are of Matthew 5:37: "Yes"and "no" together contra St.Aristotle's divine principle of non-contradiction;therefeore, from...Devil Fides et Ration of JP II, 1998 is still a mystery? Hey, university fools wake up! I have at hand the reaction (not at all) to the authors "On R.Suszko's Thessis"- they should be executed all; 4 of them receibved e-mail warnings. Just one example
The same in J.M. Bochenski's OP on Authority (deontical and empistemological) after St.Thomas Aquinas. But if logical fools are running both University and Church, then what the talk about; I keep a records of the mentioned fools some of them are already in Hell of course after ignoring my warnings (profesors, bishops)
The Pope on 17 Dec at Santa Marta:"...God sent his Son among men. Jesus is consubtantial with God, the Father, but also consubstantial with his mother, a woman. And this is his consubtantiality with his mother: God entered history, God wanted to become history. He is with us. He has journeyed with us"= a Collyridian heretic. Hey, I do not invent it; I repeat it from Vatican resources!
What is the value (of heretic) of his preaching?
Further developments at ND: it has filed a new request for an injunction on the basis that the Supreme Court issued one for the Little Sisters. Three ND students are opposing:
This latest request is not the only movement in the case. Earlier this month, a federal appeals court granted a request by three university students to intervene in the university's lawsuit and challenge the school's attempts to evade the law. The students' intervention in the lawsuit marks the first time women affected by corporate attempts to block the mandate and the lawsuit have had their interests represented in the legal challenges. Ayesha Kahn, an attorney at Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which represents the students, explained to RH Reality Check why the organization believes the injunction should be denied. "The Little Sisters case presents an entirely different set of facts because there would be no coverage there whether or not the accommodation is pursued," Kahn explained. "Also, it would be very disruptive for the court to issue an injunction pending appeal right now, because Notre Dame's third-party administrator has already offered contraceptive coverage to employees."
The Obama administration has until February 4 to respond to the university's latest motion. Arguments in the matter are scheduled to go before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago on February 12.
FWIW, here's eminent Dantista Robert Hollander on Dante studies at ND. He has impossibly high standards so this tribute must be highly gratifying.
"Just as the University of Notre Dame has become the central point in American Dante studies, its press is now recognized as the most vital current source of publications dealing with the Florentine poet."
Mr. Ciuba, in that December 17 homily, Francis explained that God's consubstantiality with Mary wasn't limited to her but extended to all of us. And he defines that consubstantiality of God with humans, which is different from the consubstantiality of the three persons of the Trinity:
"It is pure history, because God, as Pope St. Leo said, God has sent his Son," the Holy Father said. "And Jesus is consubstantial to the Father, God, but also consubstantial to the Mother, a woman. And this is that consubstantiality of the Mother. God has made Himself history. God has wished to make himself history. He is with us. He has walked the path with us."
After the sin of Adam and Eve in Paradise, he continued, God decided to begin this path through history with us, beginning with Abraham. God has wished to make this history with us, a history that has both holiness and sin. The list of people in the genealogy of Christ contains not only saints, but also "high level sinners - sinners," he noted, "who have not responded to everything that God thought for them."
"Let us think of Solomon, so great, so intelligent, and he ends up poor, there, where he didn't know his own name! But God was with him. This is beautiful, no?," he said.
"God is consubstantial with us. He makes history with us. And more: when God wants to say who he is, he says 'I am the God of Abraham, of Isaac and Jacob.' But what is the last name of God? It is us, each one of us. He takes from us our name, to make it his last name. 'I am the God of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob, of Pedro, of Marietta, of Armony, of Marisa, of Simone, of everyone!' From us he takes his last name. The last name of God is each and every one of us."
The Pope went on to say that God, in his humility, patience and love, has allowed us to write this history of grace and sin, yet always present with us. God's joy, he said, is to share his life with us.
i don't see the connection to the Collyridians. From the little known of them, they appear to have worshipped Mary as a goddess.
Krysztof Ciuba: what names did you post under at NCR before they finally cut off such nonsense?
What is Pope Francis' talking about here when he speaks of being "consubstantial with ..."? As I learned it "consubstantial" refers only to the relationships among the three persons of the Trinity. It means that the Persons are not three different substances but only one individual substance, i.e., God. This precludes any identification of of God and creature.
Ann: I agree with you.
To Ann: to remind Jesus is not God ! An ex. Mark 10:18! This Pope does not know he is talking about, worse than Sunday's homilies on Trinity Feast
Ann Olivier, we believe that Jesus is "true God and true man." I think the idea here is that Jesus is consubstantial with the Father in his divinity and consubstantial with Mary and the rest of us humans in his humanity. He is the link between the two substances, which are not identical, but which do connect us.
Before Jesus's birth, we knew only that we humans are made "in the image and likeness of God"
Francis distinguishes between the two consubstantialities by saying "And this is that consubstantiality of the Mother. God has made Himself history."
John, I think that that muddies the waters. As I understand it tht word is reserved to describe the relation between Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and that's hard enough to describe without trying to resuse the same word in other, similar but different, settings.
Some theologians preferred the use of the term homoiousios (Greek for "of like substance") in order to emphasize distinctions among the three persons in the Godhead, but the term homoousios became a consistent mark of Nicene orthodoxy in both East and West. According to this doctrine, Jesus Christ is the physical manifestation of Logos (or the divine word) and consequently possesses all of the inherent, ineffable perfections which religion and philosophy attribute to the Supreme Being. Three distinct and infinite minds or substances, three co-equal and eternal beings, compose a single Divine Essence (ousia).
This doctrine was formulated in the 4th century CE during the extraordinary Trinitarian or Arian controversy.
PS - Every single occurence of the word "consubstantial" in the catechism refers to the Trinity.
Claire - I also haven't seen that use of "consubstantial" before, although as an explanation of how it is that Jesus can be fully divine and fully human, this might be philosophical boilerplate, the kind of thing that Francis learned as a collegian. I don't think there is anything in the word "consubstantial" that implies divinity. Conceivably, could we state that a chair is consubstantial with another chair? (Chairs were what my Philosophy 101 professor used to illustrate substance: "the 'chairness' of chairs".)
Here is the original Italian version from the Vatican website, and my translation:
«Dio ha inviato il suo figlio» in mezzo agli uomini. E, ha aggiunto, «Gesù è consostanziale al padre, Dio; ma anche consostanziale alla madre, una donna. E questa è quella consostanzialità della madre: Dio si è fatto storia, Dio ha voluto farsi storia. È con noi. Ha fatto cammino con noi».
"God sent his son" to live among us. And, he added, "Jesus is consubstantial with his father, God; but he is also consubstantial with his mother, a woman. And this is that consubstantiality with his mother: God created history, God chose to became part of history. He is with us. He walked with us."
I didn't find ""God is consubstantial with us. He makes history with us." In the Italian version (which comes from L'Osservatore Romano)
There are people here whose Italian is better than mine, so revisions are welcome.
Jim P. ==
I fear you metaphysics teacher missed Aristotle's meaning of "substance". (Aristotle invented the notion.) For him a substance is always a basic reality which is an *individual* being which retains its own nature evene when combined with other such basic beings. When substances are combined into complex realities they form artifacts, things with parts which retain their own essences or nature. Thus a chair is an artifact composed of different substances, e.g., wood, glue, iron, whatever.
JOhn Hayes --
It seems to me that the Italian shows that Francis is not using the word "consubstantial" in the classic theological sense. If he were using it strictly, then he would not have said, "«Gesù è consostanziale AL padre, Dio; ma anche consostanziale ALLA madre, una donna" (emphasis mine). Translated lterally, doesn't this mean somthing likee "related substantially TO the Father", not "WITH the Father" as the Latin term "CONsubstantial" puts their relationship. "To" and "with" have quite different meanings. So I really don't know what he has in mind here. It's very mushy.
I must admit that if Pope Francis has a fault, to me it seems to be that he doesn't realize the need for theology to be as clear as possible. (Yes, dear Benedict did have some merits. Sigh.)
Ann: again I agree with you.
A possible reason for UND to equivicate on its response(s) to the ACA mandates: How much money does the University of Notre Dame stand to loose if it lets the wacko right-wing dictate its relationship to the government? It's relationship to the Vatican?
Why should anyone be shocked or surprised that ND will make politic decisions when considering the adverse impact(s) on its multi-$billion operations?
Why should ND put the welfare of its customers - i.e., its students and their families - in jeopardy only to satisfy rightwing critics who will never be satisfied no matter what ND does?
ND - arguably the most successful Catholic ministry in all of North America - is not without ample political clout, even in the Vatican. ND has more than earned its privileged status in American Catholic life in the 172 years since its founding by a young French priest, Edward Sorin.
Besides, ND has an abundance of the mother's milk for all politicians, most especially the politicians in the Catholic Church: money - and that's all the Vatican hierarchs live for making them easy to buy off.
Fr. John Jenkins, CSC doesn't go to bed every night worrying about ND's relationship with the papacy. The papacy needs ND more than ND needs the papacy.
[Personal discloser: ND President John Jenkins and I are not related despite our common surname.]
Ann, in the Italian Catechism it is "al"
242 Sulla loro scia, seguendo la Tradizione apostolica, la Chiesa nel 325, nel primo Concilio Ecumenico di Nicea, ha confessato che il Figlio è « consostanziale al Padre », 287 cioè un solo Dio con lui. Il secondo Concilio Ecumenico, riunito a Costantinopoli nel 381, ha conservato tale espressione nella sua formulazione del Credo di Nicea ed ha confessato « il Figlio unigenito di Dio, generato dal Padre prima di tutti i secoli, Luce da Luce, Dio vero da Dio vero, generato non creato, della stessa sostanza del Padre ». 288
John Hayes --
Thanks for the Catechism quote. Hmm. I'm wondering what the Italians generally think "consubstantial" means, and that includes the Italian clergy. The Trinity is the most profound mystery of the Church so we can expect somewhat different understandings. I just cringe at anything that even indirectly suggests identity of God and creature.
There's a very good article on wikipedia on divinization.
Pope Francis, in his search for terse and vivid summaries, is sometimes careless with words. Pedagogically, it is sometimes more effective to say something that is incorrect but that in the first order conveys the general idea in an understandable manner. Maybe that's what's going on here.
Ann - you're right - I was thinking of form. D'oh! (In defense of my teacher, whose name I don't recall, I'm sure he explained it correctly.)
Ann, the Catechism warns that the conventional philosophical terms are are an imperfect description of a mystery beyond human understanding:
233 Christians are baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: not in their names, for there is only one God, the almighty Father, his only Son and the Holy Spirit: the Most Holy Trinity....
234 The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life. It is the mystery of God in himself....
251 In order to articulate the dogma of the Trinity, the Church had to develop her own terminology with the help of certain notions of philosophical origin: "substance", "person" or "hypostasis", "relation" and so on. In doing this, she did not submit the faith to human wisdom, but gave a new and unprecedented meaning to these terms, which from then on would be used to signify an ineffable mystery, "infinitely beyond all that we can humanly understand".
252 The Church uses (I) the term "substance" (rendered also at times by "essence" or "nature") to designate the divine being in its unity, (II) the term "person" or "hypostasis" to designate the Father, Son and Holy Spirit in the real distinction among them, and (III) the term "relation" to designate the fact that their distinction lies in the relationship of each to the others.
253....The divine persons do not share the one divinity among themselves but each of them is God whole and entire....
254 The divine persons are really distinct from one another. "God is one but not solitary." "Father", "Son", "Holy Spirit" are not simply names designating modalities of the divine being, for they are really distinct from one another....
255 The divine persons are relative to one another. Because it does not divide the divine unity, the real distinction of the persons from one another resides solely in the relationships which relate them to one another....
256. [Quotes St. Gregory Nazianzus' summary of the Trinitarian faith]
John H. ==
Yes, undoubtedly the metaphysical terms as applied to God are used in analogous fashion -- all terms applied to God are so applied. But what concerns me about what Pope Francis said is that he used "consubstantial" to apply simultaneously to both God and Mary. That is bound to lead to serious metaphysical trouble.
Yes, most words aplied to God are used in analogous fashion only, but isn't "consubstantial" an exception, because the word itself has been made up precisely to describe the Trinity? That is, the definition of "consubstantial" is precisely "the way in which the three persons of the Trinity are one". Everything else that's said about the word "consubstantial" is an imperfect effort to describe the Trinity.
Pope Francis replaced "in communion with" or "sharing life with" or "being present with" by "consubstantial with". He got carried away, that's all. I'm sure he would retract it if people complained. It's not a big deal.
Claire --
Yes, the term "consubstantial" was invented to describe the Trinity, but it includes the word "substance", and that part, I think, is being used analogously to apply to God. At least that is my understanding of the history of the term. The theologians can correct me.
The reason I find tthe Pope's application of it to Mary to be jarring, is because he seems to be applying a term which should be reserved to God to Mary. Carried to its logical conclusion this implies that she is is something like a 4th person of the Trinity. Shades of "Co-Redemptrix"!!
I think there is an an old and continuing inclination in Catholicism to deify Mary, even though Catholic theology does not limit God's qualities to the "masculine". Time to catechize the people so they realize that God is also "feminine" and our Mother.
Ann, in Sempiternus Rex Christi, Pope Pius XII quoted Pope St. Leo the Great:
34. This same doctrine was set forth by our predecessor Leo the Great in these words: 'What principally contributed to the justification of mankind was that the only Begotten Son of God deigned to become the Son of Man, so that being God smoúsios to the Father, that is of the same substance, the same [person] should exist as true man consubstantial with his mother in the flesh; we rejoice over both these things, since only by both are we saved; we admit no division of the visible from the invisible, the corporeal from the incorporeal, the passible from the impassible, the palpable from the impalpable, the form of the servant from the form of God. For although he remains the one from eternity, he began to be the other in time; these two have met in unity and can have neither separation nor end' (St. Leo. Serm. 30, 6. PL. liv, 233S).
The typo is on the Vatican website, but
smoúsios should be omooúsios
John: you have managed to get me confused. It's really not so much about Mary as about ourselves and the relation we hope to have to God one day. We hope to be united to God of course, but how closely? I think, naturally, as closely as water mingling with wine, or, similarly, as close as two persons having sex, but that is not as close as being "consubstantial". The quotes in the Wikipedia article on divinization are all slightly different from one another (becoming "like God", "gods", "assimilated into God", etc.).
I have read that Rublev's famous Trinity icon has, in front, an empty seat at the table around which the three persons of the Trinity are seated: that extra seat is reserved for Man. That view of humanity's vocation to join the Trinity in such a way would go in the direction of using the word "consubstantial".
In reality, we don't know.
John H. ==
Thanks for the translation of the St. Leo text. I grant you, that on the basis of this text we can't interpret the word "consubstantial" the way it has later been interpreted. But this text do show very clearly what I maintained -- that this view implies *both* the divinity of Mary and that she is co-redemtrix.
As I learned it, for Aquinas Mary was not even free of Original Sin from her conception, so a fortiori she couldn't possibley be have been divine. Further, my trusty Aquinas dictionary says that in Aquinas' work "consubstantial" means "of LIKE substance", not "identical in substance". (Unfortunately, I can never make the search function of Aquinas' work online work, or I'd look up the contexts of his uses of the word.)
Given the implications of Leo's theory, I can't see how his theory could be the definitive explanation of the relationships between the Persons, Mary and the human Jesus. At best it seems to be an early theory which needed -- and got -- "clarification", to use a Vaticanese expression.
(You realize, of course, that I'm not a theologian, but a cat can look at a king.)
Claire -
You have inspired me to make another great theological pronouncement (what the hell, in for a dime,in for a dollar):
The main difference between the theologies of the Eastern Orthodox and those of the Roman Church is mainly the difference between the dominance of Plato in the East and, eventually, of Aristotle in the West. The sticking point is Plato's theory of "participation of forms (essences)". For Plato there is an identity of form in all things of the same kind, while in Aristotle there is not. Or at least not usually -- sometimes even he reverts to the participation theory. As I see it, Plato's theory inevitably leads to some sort of pantheism. The irony is that eventually Plato himself rejected the theory as "the most ridiculous of all"
John H. ==
Scratch my last reply to you. If the Aquinas dictionary is right, then Aquinas would have to deny that the Father and Son were consubstantial in the sense I was defending -- because if "consubstantial" means only "like" in substance, then the Father and Son are only *like* in substance, and, thereore, not identical.
Or something like that.
(Philosophers should keep out of theology??)
Claire. I don't know the answer to your question. I'm with Paul, who said "For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known."
Ann, the Council of Nicea decided that Jesus was "of the same substance" (omooúsios) with the father and not "of similar substance" (omoioúsios) as the Arians wanted.
I'm not a theologian, either.
JOhn H. -
Thanks a bunch. I didn't realize there were two words, and apparently I checked the wrong one (homoiousios) in my Aquinas dictionary! I'm particularly glad you corrected me because I began to think that my indispensable dictionary wasn't as reliable as I had always thought it to be.
Ann - yep, there's an iota of difference.


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FA Cup semi-final: Ticket update
- 28 March 2013 11:38
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Chelsea v Manchester City
Sunday 14th April 2013
Kick off – 4.00pm
The club has received an allocation of 31,985 tickets.
Four categories of match ticket are available to purchase, priced as follows:
Category Price (Adult) Price (Under 16 & Over 65)
Category 1 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT
Category 2 £50 £40
Category 3 £40 £30
Category 4 £30 £20
Disabled* £30 (with a free personal free Assistant).
The Club's allocation of ambulant tickets have now SOLD OUT.
There are a small number of restricted view tickets available for this fixture, which will qualify for a £10 reduction on the above prices.
All restricted view seating will be sold last, and supporters will be advised at the point of sale if they are purchasing a restricted view seat.
Please note, tickets will not be available to purchase or collect 'in person' at the Ticket Office for this match.*
*With the exception of Disabled wheelchair users who will be able to purchase and collect from the Ticket Office, located on the first floor of the City Store.
Subject to availability, tickets will be available online at www.mcfc.co.uk/tickets and by telephone on +44(0)161 444 1894 (option 1, option 1, option 2)** for supporters that meet the following criteria;
- 2012/13 Platinum/Gold Members on the FA Cup Scheme with 8,000 or more loyalty points – Monday 25th March at 9am.
- 2012/13 Platinum/Gold Members on the FA Cup Scheme with 7,000 or more loyalty points – Tuesday 26th March at 9am.
- 2012/13 Platinum/Gold Members on the FA Cup Scheme with 6,000 or more loyalty points – Wednesday 27th March at 9am.
- 2012/13 Platinum/Gold Members on the FA Cup Scheme with 5,000 or more loyalty points – Thursday 28th March at 9am.
- 2012/13 Platinum/Gold Members on the FA Cup Scheme with 3,500 or more loyalty points – Saturday 30th March at 9am.
- Any 2012/13 Platinum/Gold Members on the FA Cup Scheme – Tuesday 2th April at 9am.
- Platinum/Gold Members with 4,000 or more loyalty points – Wednesday 3rd April at 9am.
**Tickets purchased over the telephone will be subject to a £2.50 booking fee per ticket and all tickets will be despatched via first class post and sent to the registered address of the purchasing supporter.
Phone lines are open 24-hours, 7 days a week. No booking fee payable on tickets purchased online.
Should any tickets remain; further selling criteria will be announced on the website.
Supporters purchasing online will need to have a valid email address which is already registered with the Club and a valid supporter number before they can log into their account via the website.
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If you do not have a registered email address, please contact Supporter Services on +44(0) 161 444 1894 (option 1, option 3) or email email@example.com. You can also view your loyalty points online at www.mcfc.co.uk.
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Gold Members will be awarded 20 loyalty points for attending this fixture. Platinum Members will be awarded 40 loyalty points.
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Supporters are advised that the Club's allocation of ambulant tickets have now SOLD OUT.
Ambulant supporters must now purchase tickets at the full price for both themselves and their assistant by calling +44(0)161 444 1894 (option 1, option 1, option 2).
The Club has received an allocation of 100 wheelchair spaces with the provision for a free assistant.
Disabled supporters who meet the qualifying criteria and wish to purchase a ticket should visit the Ticket Office located on the first floor of the City Store or call the disabled ticket line on +44(0)161 444 1894 (option 1, option 1, option 1).
Please note that disabled tickets are not available to purchase online.
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We are open Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5:30pm (closed Sunday and Bank Holidays).
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A very limited allocation of tickets will be made available to 2012/13 City Kicks Platinum and Gold Members for purchase together with a qualifying adult Membership holder.
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Please note, this option is only available to supporters purchasing over the phone, and all juniors must be accompanied by an adult (aged 18 or over).
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I've been thinking about $SU(n)$-invariant metrics on the odd-dimensional spheres $S^{2n-1} \simeq SU(n)/SU(n-1)$. For $S^1$, all such metrics are in correspondence with the positive reals. For $S^{3} \simeq SU(2)$, the tangent space is parallelizable, and so, such metrics are in correspondence with metrics on $R^2$. Does such a characterization exist for $S^5$, or higher.
Assume $n>2$. The $SU(n)$-invariant metrics on the sphere $S^{2n-1}$ are in bijection with $SU(n-1)$ invariant metrics on $T_x S^{2n-1}$ where $SU(n-1)$ is realized as the stabilizer of some $x\in S^{2n-1}$. This action is the sum of the defining $SU(n-1)$-module $V$ and the trivial real 1-dimensional module $T$. The space of invariant real valued bilinear forms on this is 2-dimensional and is spanned by the invariant Hermitian metric on the defining representation and some metric on the trivial representation.
Notice that if $(\cdot,\cdot)$ is invariant and $v\in V, t\in T$, then $(v,t)=0$ since there is an $A\in SU(n-1)$ such that $Av=-v$. This is what makes the case $n>2$ different from the case $n=2$.
Classification of $SU(n+1)$-homogeneous metrics on $S^{2n+1}$:
First, note that for any $n\geq1$, the round metric on the sphere $S^{2n+1}$ can be scaled by $t^2$ in the direction of the Hopf fibers $S^1\to S^{2n+1}\to \mathbb C P^n$, giving rise to a one-parameter family $g_t$ of $SU(n+1)$-homogeneous metrics (so that $g_1$ is the original round metric).
In other words, they are always parameterized by (positive) real numbers. Alternatively, these $SU(n+1)$ homogeneous metrics on $S^{2n+1}$ are isometric to distance spheres in the complex projective space $\mathbb C P^{n+1}$.
Both of the above statements follow from a more general result, namely W. Ziller's classification of all homogeneous metrics on spheres, see [Homogeneous Einstein metrics on spheres and projective spaces. Math. Ann. 259 (1982), no. 3, 351–358].
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An explicit formula for any $G$-homogeneous metric on the homogeneous space $G/H$, in terms of an $Ad(H)$-invariant decomposition $g= h\oplus p$ of the Lie algebra of $G$ is: $$\langle ,\rangle=h|_{p_0} + \sum_{i=1}^r\alpha_i B|_{p_i},$$ where $p= p_0\oplus\dots\oplus p_r$ is a decomposition so that the $H$ representations on $p_i$ are not equivalent, $H$ acts trivially on $p_0$ and irreducibly on $p_i$, $i=1,\dots r$; $h|_{p_0}$ is any inner product on $p_0$; $B$ is a bi-invariant metric on $G$ and $\alpha_i>0$ are real parameters. Any $G$-homogeneous metric is defined by choosing these parameters. In the case of $SU(n+1)$, this decomposition is $p=p_0\oplus p_1$ and $\dim p_0=1$, so (up to renormalization) there is only one parameter, $\alpha_1$ to be chosen (that I called $t$ above).
EDIT. Since I claim the metrics are parameterized by one positive real number (and another answer above claims there must be two real parameters), a clarification is in order here. The point is that, indeed, there are two parameters ($h|_{p_0}$ and $\alpha_1$ in the notation above), nevertheless it is always possible to divide the entire metric by the first one (the number that determines the metric $h$ on the 1-dim space $p_0$), which leaves us with just one parameter. Treating the family as having the $2$ parameters is slightly ambiguous because lots of metrics will be simple rescaling of other ones. In my description above, they are pairwise non-conformal.


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By Pilot
from Roanoke Texas
About Me Midrange Shopper
Comments about iRobot 500 and Professional Series Brush Pack for Red or Green Cleaning Heads:
Gear box that drives brushes needs a re-design.Pin that hols a gear keeps working out of place.Also don~t put grease in gearbox . It attracts hair an lint . This puts too much load on motor . That keeps giving a message that the brushes need cleaning ,when they are.Geat machine works better that my std. Vac.Would like to know what "Aero Vac " was supplied. I see no model number on bin !
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Better option is the 700 series head!
By JB
from Pensacola, Florida
About Me Homeowner
Don't spend the money on these look at the 700 series replacement brush head unit WITH Brushes included! Better design better life and will fit the 500 & 600 robots! Consider the aero bin too WOW what a difference!
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Brush Design Really, Really needs work
By Gabe
from Colorado
About Me 3 adults 3 kids, Busy household, Homeowner, Pet Owner
Long story short, I love the Roomba and have owned several. First the cheapest models and I was always replacing the batteries. Now the 500 series with scheduling which appears to have a more robust battery but the brushes are terrible.With the pet hair, I have to clean the brushes after pretty much every run by the Roomba which is ridiculous since the Roomba is supposed to save me time. Then within a few months I have to replace the brushes because the yellow rings warp and bind as described in another review.I have 2 engineering degrees (Mech and Elec Eng) and I don't think the warping and binding are caused exclusively by hair. If these brushes were my design I would not be proud of it. The brushes clearly overheat as the yellow rings show wear marks and grooves that have been cut into them. Once this happens the only way to get the Roomba to work without new brushes is to remove the material which came out of the grooves and cooled in raised lips just outside the grooves. I've found that you can (a) sand the yellow ring or (b) pick the material off with a fingernail or knife and lightly oil the ring and housing where the yellow ring rubs. I would not suggest the oiling in general as it attracts a lot of dirt. This is unfortunate as a little oil might well prevent (or minimize) the overheating and grooving that is occuring.Additionally, since this is a known (if not admitted to) design flaw I'd really like to see iRobot offer just the yellow ring at a bargain price. My brushes are fine I just have grooves in my yellow rings. Over the past 18 months or so that I've owned this Roomba the yellow rings are always the first failure mechanism of the brushes and the Roomba. Ridiculous - make the rings harder, or some cheap metal, or better yet eliminate them.There are other websites that offer a redesigned brush without the yellow ring but it involves buying about half of your Roomba again so you can replace the brushes, the brush guard, and the brush/housing interface.iRobot seems to be sooo very close to getting the Roomba series robots right that it is disappointing when something this obvious is the fatal flaw. Those yellow rings are clearly a flawed design choice. Someone wanted to save a few bucks instead of designing them correctly.
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Obtaining RED Cleaning Head replacement
By Die Hard Red Fan
from Florida
I was able to order the RED cleaning head replacement yellow caps that are on the ends of the RED brush unit by calling customer care and prompting the [@] prompt (prompt #3). This is a good way to get Roomba 500 parts and not have to purchase the GREEN replacement heads. The agent was very helpful and courteous - and in the USA!!! Hope this helps.
Mom's time saver
By Flower lover
from Dover, New York- Now Orlando
About Me Busy household, Enjoy Outdoors, Homeowner, Parent home care, Pet Owner
I alone operate my Roomba and clean it. 6 years old. I used it on all types of floors in New York. It does a good job under beds, dressers and tables, etc. No bending for me. While taking care of my Mom I had more time for her because my floors were always taken care of by my Roomba. She loved our Maid. My Roomba now cleans my tile floors.Roomba came with me to Florida
(2 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
Used to be 3 of each piece - Gouging?
By YB
from Oakland, NJ
I am disappointed in this 30% price increase - quite frankly you should be providing more value for the same price
Bad Brushes
By Roomba Lover
from Btown
Stay away from any of the brushes with a ring on each end. When hair (pet, human) gets wrapped around the ring it can overheat and melt/warp the rings.
Roomba saves time.
By Susan the nurse
from Roby, Missouri
About Me Homeowner, Pet Owner
I wish the battery lasted longer. I have to allow the Roomba to recharge before I can clean the entire house. Since I own pets I have to clean the brushes several times during each use.Overall, the Roomba has saved me personal energy and time and does a pretty good job. The Roomba was recommended to me by a freind. I am always talking the Roomba telling her what she has missed. :)
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Brushes need improvement
By dissatisfied
from US
I have been a Roomba user for 7 years, and have recommended it to everyone I know. The replacement brushes, however, are substandard. Others have mentioned that the 2 brush rollers don't provide enough contact with the floor to brush dirt up--pet hair lingers. But the biggest problem I have had is the 3-armed edger brush that comes with this set. It is MUCH too flimsy to operate! it becomes tangled and twisted under the unit and stops the Roomba's tires from turning. [...]
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I miss the red brushes
By Lola
from Denver, CO
About Me College student, Pet Owner, Renter
These new brushes are terrible compared to the older red brushes. Unfortunately, my husband threw the red one away or I wouldn't even use these green ones. What used to take 2 cycles to completely clean all the dust and dog hair from a room now takes three or more. After one pass there is still a ton of dog hair on the floor. It looks like nothing has happened. Terrible.


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It has some of the best writing and reporting - particularly from Matt Taibbi. He and Hastings has really brought the magazine around in the latter part of 2000s. It's ranked 54th with 1.4MM in circulation.
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If only they'd stick to music and pop culture topics, I'd love it. Keep politics out of it!
@smitty258: So don't read them. As the saying goes, you're throwing the baby out with the bath water.
@first2summit: I could not disagree more. All the Obama loving, Romney bashing literally made me throw them in the trash. I mean, I don't mind comparing candidates on the issues but these articles (not all were written by Taibbi) were so totally one-sided (and I guess it is a left-leaning magazine) that it made Fox news look fair and balanced. And, that article about 30 Rock ending (the one article I allowed myself to read) was so poorly written that I couldn't believe it was published.
This is a TRASH publication that may have been worthwhile 20 years ago.......another commie rag like Newsweek!!!
@first2summit: Just TRASH
Just got three years of that "trash" Thanks woot!
@smitty258: you right-wingers are hilarious. You only know two types of politics - your extreme right-wing positions, and everything else is 'extreme left-wing'.
So, saying that a dysfnctional congress that struggles to vote to renew a treaty to keep nuclear weapons materials around the world out of hands of terrorists, to pass a bill to care for our wounded troops, to pay our bills putting our credit rating as a country in jeopardy, that abuses the filibuster by far more than ever in history (hundreds a year instead of zero to five times as intended) is 'extreme left-wing'. (cont)
@smitty258: (cont)
Obama IS too far to the right. Ronald Reagan prosecuted bankers for the crisis he had, and over 1,000 bankers were convicted. Obama hasn't convicted one banker of a crime - and they happened.
Obama has prosecuted more whistle-blowers about the wrongs he has continued than any other president; the only person going to jail for torture is the CIA agent who confirmed it happened.
@smitty258: (cont)
The Republican party's power comes from duping the gullible voters, while they still have to deal with the inconvenience of pseudo-democracy, like you (they're working on that, too, though, from their voter suppresion schemes - the 2000 stolen election has some great examples - to the current talk about changing the presidential electoral votes to be based on the gerrymandered congressional districts they created by taking state governments in the 2010 election, when 10 year districts are made, allowing them to win 33 more seats in the House despite getting fewer votes.
If the Republicans' change had been in place in the 2012 election, even though Obama got 65 million votes to Romney's 60 million, Romney would have won. That's a war on democracy and voters.


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I have an expression like this that I need to evaluate:
According to my book the answer is $8\sqrt{3}$. However, when I'm using my calculator to get this I get an answer like $13.86$. What I want to know, is it possible to make a calculator give the answer without evaluating $\pi$, so that $\pi$ is kept separate in the answer? And the same for in this case, $\sqrt{3}$. If the answer involves a square root, I want my calculator to say that, I don't want it to be evaluated.
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Ahhh, autumn. It's so good to see you. It's been a while, hasn't it?
When I was growing up, I didn't care much for autumn. It meant school was back in session. It meant no more swimming or working on a tan. And it meant football. Oh, how I dislike football. But as I grow older, autumn has come to grow on me.
Now, autumn brings about a few of my favorite things.
While I have packed away my shorts and tank tops, I also have begun to wear jeans and boots and hoodies. My favorite hoodie is the one from my alma mater, West Liberty (back when it was just a college). It's warm and cozy and about a size too big, which is just how I like my hoodies. I managed to find maternity skinny jeans (I know - sounds funny, right?), so I can still wear my cute boots with my warm sweaters, which I have to match the colors of autumn: oranges and reds and browns and an occasional yellow.
My son and husband have a pumpkin patch over the far side of our hill. They have come back to the house with some pretty nice sized pumpkins. Nice size for not even trying anyway. We started with a mommy-size one, a daddy-size one and a Little Man-sized one. Now I think we are up to nine pumpkins. Hears to hoping they live until Halloween so we can carve them. However, at the first sign of rotting, I am cutting those babies open and getting out the pumpkin seeds. I can't wait to eat those seeds!
I usually put up our decorations about the middle of September. I must confess I don't do much in the way of fall stuff. It's more Halloween, my favorite holiday. We have ghosts and witches all over the house. We have a stuffed Dracula that sits on my couch with whom my son occasionally dances around the house with.
We put scarecrows outside on the posts on our porch, all with the pumpkins from our patch. For the first time this year, we have cornstalks from our very own garden. And new to our collection is an air-inflated Frankenstein. I would do more outside Halloween stuff, but we don't get trick-or-treaters where I live. So it's fall outside and Halloween inside. Last year, I had turkeys sitting beside witches. I decided against that this year.
Halloween and
With autumn comes two pretty awesome holidays - both about food. One about junk food and the other about eating as much as you can until you explode (at least that's how it works at my house).
I love Halloween. It's the one time of year you can be someone you're not. Ghosts and goblins parade the streets in hopes of getting candy. I love to dress up and try to every year. I plan to have a party, costumes required, once my rec room is finished. Little Man hasn't decided what to be this year. Last year he was a robot. The costume even had an on/off switch. If only he really had an on/off switch.
And of course, Thanksgiving. I usually have to eat three Thanksgiving dinners: one at my mom's house, one at my dad's house and one at my in-laws' house.
But this year, I am ready. I must confess a full-blown Thanksgiving dinner is the one thing that I have craved so far this pregnancy. I want my mom's homemade stuffing, my mother-in-law's sweet potato casserole and my stepmom's sister's homemade noodles. And don't forget the pie. Oh, bring on the pumpkin (or pecan) pie. My mouth is watering just writing about it. Is it time for dinner yet?
Little Man
One of my favorite people in the world was born in the autumn: my son. It was a crisp autumn morning (very early morning) when we left for the hospital for Little Man to be born. Now, my most favorite thing of all about this season celebrates his birthday in early fall and calls me mommy. Happy Birthday, Little Man.
As much I have come to enjoy the cool days and the falling leaves, it will all be gone before we know it, so I will enjoy it as long as I can. But when it's time for you to go, autumn, promise you won't stay away so long this time.
(Letusick, a resident of Rayland, is a copy editor for the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times.)


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Uncle Earl finds an unlikely fan
So what's it like to have a rock star produce your folky-bluegrass album? Ask the women of Uncle Earl. They're touring right now in support of their brand new record, "Waterloo, Tennessee" and were fortunate enough to have John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin fame produce the disc.
Apparently, he's a fan of old time music and met Uncle Earl at a festival, sat in with them, and ended up producing their CD.
Uncle Earl was in the Twin Cities and stopped in the Morning Show studio to chat with Dale and Jim Ed.
Songs performed: "Wish I Had My Time Again," "The Last Goodbye," and "One True / Boatin' Up Slowly."
- Uncle Earl


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WEIRTON - Madonna went on a 17-9 run in the finial 5:22 of the game Friday night to go away with a 54-44 victory over Weir High at the Carl Hamill Fieldhouse. The win gives the Blue Dons (3-7) a sweep of their city rivals.
Madonna had its way in the first half and went to the locker room at the break leading 27-13. But following the intermission, the Red Riders (1-11) closed out the third quarter with a 10-3 run to narrow the Blue Don lead to 37-28 heading into the fourth period.
Weir High kept the run going in the first half of the final stanza opening with seven unanswered points to get some excitement into the game as they closed within two at 37-35 with 4:28 left.
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EYEING?A?REBOUND — Weir High's Andre Sims and Weirton Madonna's Tyler Ewusiak eye a possible rebound on a free throw during the second quarter of Friday's 54-44 win by the Blue Dons.
"Basketball is a game of runs and we had the last one," said Blue Don coach, George Vargo.
"But the game was won at the foul line in the final minute."
The momentum took a turn in Madonna's favor when seldom used freshman Nick Mazur found nothing but net from deep in the left corner and behind the arc. That gave the Blue Dons some breathing room at 40-35 and ignited the final run down the stretch.
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Madonna 54, Weir High 44
Madonna 15 12 10 17 - 54
Weir High 5 8 15 16 - 44
MADONNA: Guio 3 5-7 11, Antinone 1 0-0 3, Jeter 2 0-0 4, Ewusiak 4 2-4 10, Bowser 2 1-3 5, Shreve 3 3-5 10, Carnes 2 0-2 4, Martin 1 0-0 2, Mazur 1 2-2 5. Totals: 19 13-23 54. 3-pointers: Antinone, Shreve, Mazur; Rebounds: 35 (Guio, 11); Turnovers: 16.
WEIR HIGH: Viakley 1 0-0 2, Davis 4 0-0 10, Cassiadoro 5 1-1 13, Groves 3 1-3 8, Curtins 0 0-0 0, Sims 4 3-8 11. Totals: 17 5-12 44. 3-pointers: Davis (2), Cassiadoro (2), Groves; Rebounds: 32 (Sims, 11); Turnovers: 12.
"To be successful we have to take the ball to the basket," said Weir High's Mike Granato. "That means we have to reverse the ball. When we did that, we had open shots because when we starting going to the basket in the second half, it opened up the outside shot as guys were able to get their feet set.
"We went from 5-of-27 in the first half to 12-of-26 in the second half.
"That's not real good shooting overall, obviously, but the point we're trying to make with the kids is you can't worry how big the defender is inside you have to attack the basket and whatever happens, happens."
Weir High was able to can four three balls during their run through the third period and into the fourth with senior guards Shane Davis and Dylan Cassiadoro getting two each.
Davis drove the lane at the 2:44 mark to cut Madonna's lead back to five points at 42-37, but by the time the Red Riders scored again on a Mitch Viakley jumper with 49 seconds remaining, Madonna was in command 48-39.
In the final 56 seconds the Blue Dons, which haven't been a very good foul shooting team this season, made 8-of-10 free throws to put the game away. Prior to that, the Blue Dons were only 5-of-13.
Madonna's Nate Guio finished with a double-double and led the Blue Dons with 11 points and a like number of rebounds. Junior Tyler Ewusiak and sophomore Levi Shreve each scored 10 points.
Cassiadoro took down game scoring honors with 13 points.
Junior Andre Sims, also had a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds and Davis finished with 10 points.
The Blue Dons don't get much time to relish the win as they get right back into action tonight hosting Bridgeport in a makeup game that had to be postponed due to weather conditions on Dec. 29.
The Red Riders get a week off and play next Friday at Steubenville Big Red.


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You can declare a reference to a function, just like you can declare a pointer to a function. For example:
The major difference between a pointer and a reference to a function is that the latter must always be bound to an existing function (i.e., it may not be null or dangling), and you cannot re-bind another function to it once you have initialized it.
void f(int n) { ++n; } int main() { void (&rf) (int) = f; //bind rf as a reference to f() rf(5); //call f() through its reference }


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Bass Amplifiers:
Bass amplifiers are distinct from other types of amplification systems due to the particular challenges associated with low-frequency sound reproduction. This distinction affects the design of the loudspeakers and the speaker cabinet, as well as the preamp and amplifier.
Speaker cabinets for bass instrument amplification usually incorporate larger (or more) loudspeakers than those used for the amplification of other instruments. The loudspeakers themselves must also be sturdier to handle the higher power levels. Bass instrument speaker cabinets are typically more rigidly constructed and heavily braced than those for non-bass instrument amplification. They usually include tuned bass reflex ports or vents for increased efficiency at low frequencies.
Bass amplifiers are more likely to be designed with cooling fans than regular guitar amplifiers, due to the high power demands of bass amplification. They are also more commonly equipped with limiter circuitry to prevent overloading the power amplifier and to protect the speakers from damage.
Tube Bass Amps
Vacuum tubes were the dominant active electronic components in bass amplifiers manufactured until the early 1970s, and tubes continue to be used for higher-end units. Many bass players believe that tube amplifiers produce a "warmer" or more "natural" sound than solid-state amplifiers when lightly or moderately driven, and more pleasing distortion characteristics when overdriven. Some also believe that they have a greater level of perceived loudness for a given amount of amplifier power.
Solid-state Bass Amps
During the 1960s and 1970s, semiconductor transistor-based amplifiers began to become popular. This was, in large part, because solid-state amps are less expensive, lighter weight, and require less maintenance than tube amplifiers. In some cases, tube and solid-state technologies are used together, usually with a tube preamp driving a solid-state power amplifier. There is also an increasing range of products that use digital signal processing and digital modeling technology to simulate many different combinations of amp and cabinets.
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6 Apr 2010 1:38 PM #1
Feature request: Ext.Element.mask() to return mask message element.
It would be nice if Ext.Element.mask() method returned mask message element somewhow Now it returns mask element but the mask message element is not it's child, so there is no public way to get mask message element right now. I use Ext.Element.data() method to get an instance of mask message, but that's undocumented / private method and thus isn't reliable.
The one use case where it might be convinient (actually use case why I've created this thread) is when the mask message element hosts other elements which events should be handled. For example, in the application, in which development I'm envolved in now, loading masks has "abort" link clicking on which must abort loading.Use the force - read the source.
6 Apr 2010 2:54 PM #2"be dom-ready..."
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6 Apr 2010 3:14 PM #3
Yes, that's an option, but I consider it to be the hack of the same danger level as one I described in the fist message. To have this supported by API is more preferable.Use the force - read the source.


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16 Nov 2012 6:53 AM #1
Unanswered: FadeToggle effect not fading, just pop-in and out (Code included)
Hey guys. The explorer for GXT 3.0.0 is quite straight forward when it comes to this. Nothing special. Still, I am having problems to make it work on my simple test case. Strangely enoug, something similar worked for me in GXT 2.2.6.
Here is the entry point code:
public class StartPoint implements EntryPoint { private Button clickMeButton; public void onModuleLoad() { RootPanel rootPanel = RootPanel.get(); clickMeButton = new Button(); rootPanel.add(clickMeButton); final FadeMe panel = new FadeMe(); rootPanel.add(panel); clickMeButton.setText("Click me!"); clickMeButton.addClickHandler(new ClickHandler() { public void onClick(ClickEvent event) { panel.getElement().<FxElement>cast().fadeToggle(); } }); } }
public class FadeMe extends ContentPanel { private VerticalLayoutContainer container; private TextField txtSubject; private TextArea txtDescription; public FadeMe() { container = new VerticalLayoutContainer(); Label lblSubject = new Label("Subject"); container.add(lblSubject); txtSubject = new TextField(); container.add(txtSubject); Label lblDescription = new Label("Description"); container.add(lblDescription); txtDescription = new TextArea(); container.add(txtDescription); this.add(container); } }
Thank you!
16 Nov 2012 9:57 AM #2
Hm, this is interesting, I was having the above issue at work on work pc running Win7 Ent and IE, whichever version it comes with it (presumably 9?). I was unable to test with other browsers as a result of strict work policy that prevents me to use them.
However, now I have tired this on IE 10 on Win8 Pro and fade is there. Can't test chrome ATM as it won't install the dev plugin.


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The Clifton Monroe Chronicles: The Case of the Broadway Betty
Valiant Theatre
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The Clifton Monroe Chronicles follows the adventures of ace reporter, Clifton Monroe and his quirky sidekick Mattie as they scour the streets of New Orleans solving the biggest mysteries in the name of truth, justice and a "killer" headline.
Episode 3: The Case of the Broadway Betty premieres at the Shadowbox Theatre this April!
When a Broadway star arrives in town, so do multiple murders. What is her connection to these sinister crimes and just who is lurking behind the curtain, waiting to turn off the spotlight on her career? Clifton, Mattie and Mama Pearl have your ticket to this theatrical mystery as they track down the trail of the backstage brute and set the scene for another high-kicking headline!
Returning to the cast are Richard Mayer as Clifton Monroe and Leslie Boles as Mattie Parker. Harold Gervais directs.
Performances are April 18 – May 5 at 7:00pm at the Shadowbox Theatre, located at 2400 St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans. Tickets are $12 for Adults and $10 for students with a valid school ID. The Shadowbox Theatre is offering a "Sidekick Special" in which two tickets may be purchased for $20. Tickets may be purchased in advance by calling the Shadowbox Theatre at (504) 298-8676.
The performance on April 21st will feature a special guest star -Varla Jean Merman as Mattie Parker!
The Shadowbox Theatre
2400 St Claude Ave
New Orleans,
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The Old Marquer Theatre is an amazing and versatile performance space in the New Orleans Marigny. It features a full time lineup of shows year-round, from the best local talent to touring shows from around the world. For more information or reservations call 504-298-8676 or visit oldmarquer.com


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Will, free will, is God's gift to us.
Despite the difficulties, getting in touch with God is key to realizing our full potential and purpose for existence. In order to be a companion, we have to have a relationship. To have a relationship, we have to have communication. Is communication with God the same as communication with others? Is God individual or universal? Is God finite or infinite? Obviously, communicating with a universal, infinite consciousness is not the same as communicating with an individual, finite one. This is evidenced by the way Edgar Cayce got his information. He subdued his individual, finite self and attuned himself to the universal, infinite consciousness, the mind of God. Through his efforts we've learned that we can all do this, and we all should do it. God still speaks to those who will listen. It is not a thing of the ancient past and the Old Testament.
John Van Auken is an international speaker and author on a variety of topics from mystical spirituality and ancient civilizations to modern life. Popular with A.R.E. audiences throughout the country, he has written many books, including From Karma to Grace: The Power of the Fruits of the Spirit; Edgar Cayce's Tales of Ancient Egypt; and Ancient Egyptian Mysticism. John's extensive knowledge of the Edgar Cayce readings, the Bible ancient Egypt, and other world religions is combined with years of practical application of these truths in his own life. His exciting presentations are packed with useful information combined with insightful and revealing stories. His clear step-by-step techniques give practical tools for ongoing development, self-training, and spiritual enlightenment. He travels extensively, conducting seminars and retreats throughout the U.S. and abroad including A.R.E.'s annual Tour of Egypt.
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Reciprocating Saw w/ Rotating Handle for $29.99
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Handle rotates completely through 180° with five positive stops at 0, 45° and 90° left, and 45° and 90° right for comfortable and controlled cutting from any angle.
Powerful 6 amp motor with a variable speed trigger goes from 0 to 2500 strokes per minute for precision cutting or speed
Shoe plate pivots up to 30° for increased stability
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I picked up one of these a short time back. Many uses, to include trimming trees when necessary.
@mtm2: Not suggested for use on trimming trees.
I know a guy who used one for that, and spent two weeks in the hospital when he fell.
If you're going to trim a tree, use the right tools.
would be all over it if it were cordless for this price
cordless is over rated, batteries are always dead and you don't get the consistency of a corded tool, yes batteries are handy but only for about 10 minutes at a time
@killjoy: Would he not have fallen had he been using a chain saw? ;-)
Sorry, couldn't resist...
@killjoy: Don't climb into the tree. This has all been ground level work. And if I had some C4 I wouldn't need a saw.
@czupik: I've got one that is cordless and that's the reason I bought a corded model.


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Sacramento Food Blogger Hank Shaw Takes Home James Beard Prize
His blog, Hunter Angler Gardener Cook, is very handsome.
His blog, Hunter Angler Gardener Cook, is very handsome.
The Bold Italic and the EBX seem to think that Masala Cuisine in East Oakland is pretty great.
Someone had to do it?
Today brings us a profile from the Bold Italic of aptly named baker Josey Baker, who finally has a proper showplace for his bread-making talents at The Mill (736 Divisadero). He talks about what he learned from Chad Robertson of...
Here are 20 of the better things to happen in 2012 so far.
See a BBQ map of Sonoma.
They've got chilaquiles too.
Regarding the new Old People Writing on a Restaurant's Facebook Page blog.
They're doing a pretty fancy corn dog with an haute presentation.
It's not exactly 'meat-centric,' explains Slice, but it's damn good.
Get paid to get high, ladies and gentlemen. Imagine it.
And right next to Biergarten!
A new chef-centric site called Toqueland recently launched, and today they bring us a Toqueland Ten list of favorite ingredients from Gather chef Sean Baker. Among them: seaweed, bitter greens, and of course, pork. See also this earlier list from...
Taste Terminal, a new online food magazine/blog/newsletter which launched recently in L.A., has just launched their San Francisco site. In addition to food and chef news, as well as recipes, they have a travel component, which today includes a piece...
Well, it's more like it teaches them how to be super analytical and academic about food journalism in general.
"Spaetzle is the new black," apparently.
Alas, we cannot bake, and were not invited.
The pizza experts at Slice have weighed in on the two newest pizza varieties available at Tony's Pizza Napoletana: the Pizza Futura, featuring a thick, whole-wheat crust made with an Anchor Steam beer starter, and shaved cheddar cheese on top;...


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BELTON (November 26, 2012)--All Belton ISD campuses will begin using Skylert to send emergency, general attendance, lunch account balances and other notices to parents.
These messages can be received via email, phone call and text message.
Primary guardians will be the only party to receive the alerts, unless a second name is listed under the Skyward Family Access login.
Guardians without a login should contact the child's campus or visit the Skylert page on the Belton ISD website.
Notification settings can be changed and are controlled by the user.