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Leading stories on a slow news day:Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi has announced that no date for the papal conclave has been established, while rumors of a Monday mass for election of the pontiff are not true. And, thefinal electing cardinal has landed in Rome;he is "Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man from Vietnam, and his arrival brings the College of Cardinals to its full count of 115.The ban on on-the-record interviews was supposed to plug leaks to the press, but John Thavis reports on the unsurprising results, noting that the Vaticans communication culture remains one of back-channel sources and speculation, as evidenced by the fact that Italian papers today were chock-full unsourced details from the cardinals closed-door meetings. (A good example from earlier this week: La Stampas piece headlined The Perfect Next Pope: A Secret Guide From Anonymous Cardinals, in which one unidentified Vatican source is described taking the time to lay out his thoughts in a letter written with an old-fashioned silver fountain pen.)Thavis says another story line (aside from the apparent lack of cohesion and focus among cardinals) may be the Curias surprise at the unexpected activism of the U.S. contingent of cardinalsand the consequent renewed attention to potential American candidates like Timothy Dolan.The new evangelizationremains high on the list of issues many say the next pope should address. But what about the churchs loosening grip on Hispanic-and Latin American Catholics?Poet and novelist Mario Vargas Llosa captures the essence of Benedict in a way few Catholics have (according to Michael Sean Winters) in his essay The Man Who Disturbs, while in our pages John Garvey notes that Benedicts resignation will affect future papacies all to the good. Also, Peter Jeffery is first up in our special multi-part report, Regime Change: Benedict & His Successor. From his piece:
[T]here are some things I think we can safely predict about the next pope. First, he will probably be the first pope ordained as a priest in the Vatican II era. He wont remember the preconciliar church, and may not even know Latin. That, frankly, worries me. Theres way too much amnesia already. Our disputes about liturgy, models of leadership, the churchs role in society would be far less painful if the most vocal partisans on every side knew more history. We need a hermeneutic of continuity now more than ever before. You cant know who you are if you dont know who you were.
On the other hand, the new pope will have grown up in a church that has always wrestled with the challenges of ecumenism, modern culture, liturgical renewal, the vocation shortage. He will know that these things are not temporary detours on our way home to the golden age: they are where we live now, and where he has lived all along. I dont know what vision he will offer of where we need to go, but I am hopeful he will recognize that we need to do some regrouping and reshuffling to face our challenges head on.
NPR put some key questions to business leaders, asking them to identify the churchs biggest challenges and how best to confront them. Among the interviewees is a Harvard MBA and former consultant who is now a priest. While Las Vegas is laying odds on who might be the next pope, papal betting is illegal in the United States since the selection process is considered an election. No such restrictions in Ireland, where one busy online site is taking wagers on everything from duration of the conclave to the name the next pope selects for himselfand even who will be the next pope to resign. One cleric notes theres a long history of betting on the pope and that often the bookmakers top candidates are in line with those identified by insiders. Some organizations are using a mix of online metrics and media buzz to make their rankingsthough one site notes the numbers are not intended as a judgment on the worthiness of each man.Finally, pursuant to an earlier post on a fake bishop mingling with the electors: tips for spotting the impostor among you.
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More Weigel: he presents seven qualities a good candidate must or should have. Among them:"Pastoral experience. John Paul IIs papacy was previewed by his work as archbishop of Cracow and his successful ministry there. That model makes sense for future popes, who must have demonstrated evangelically effective pastoral leadership and a capacity to meet the challenges of aggressive secularism, which did not end when the Berlin Wall came down."Good judgment in people. A holy, brilliant, humanly decent pope will find his ministry impeded if he does not have shrewd judgment in choosing men for high Church office, both as local bishops and as leaders in the Churchs central administrative machinery in Rome."Openness and curiosity. One of the keys to the success of John Paul IIs papacy was his openness to a range of inputs from outside conventional ecclesiastical channels. A twenty-first-century pope must look to a wide range of information to inform his own evangelical ministry."It seems to me that Weigel is in favor of an "American moment".http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2013/03/the-unique-impossibility-...
Where's Nate Silver? Does the no-betting rule leave him out of the sweepstakes?
Ooops. Wrote too Soon. Here's Nate Silver's 538...though not direct calculations from them; they seem to be looking to the Irish too.http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/what-betting-markets... it might be a bit dated.
My nominee for Sloppiest Definition of the Day, this from the NPR piece: "A diocese is a geographical area with a bunch of churches in it. Run by a bishop."
I don't believe Tim Dolan's chances are no better than Stan Dziwisz's.I think the bookies are wrong. I think his fellow cardinals are well aware of Dolan's qualities.I think the muzzling of the American cardinals was specifically aimed at Dolan, the man the curia fear most, the man most likely to fire them all and make history.I think Dolan is a closet liberal, still inspired by Bishop Edwin Vincent O'Hara, about whom he wrote a wonderful book. I hope every American Catholic will pray that this good man is elected. (Tomorrow is the day to start a novena to St. Patrick for this intention!)Who's who in the curia? http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/St. Patrick (from the Cath. Encyc.) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11554a.htm
Gerelyn - sorry, Dolan is as orthodox and conservative as he says, lives, and breathes.Despite his education, writings, and background in church history, he appears to lack the ability to analyze these historical patterns/trends and arrive at the core experiences of men such as O'Hara.Do you see him making decisions that:- place him personally and behaviorally with a *preferential option for the poor*- despite his four month every Friday experience as auxiliary in STL going through exhaustively every abuse priest allegation/file/case, he continued to repeat the same mistakes and even invent new ways to get around the impact in Wisconsin, etc.- theological expertise - where?- does he or has he shown any ability to stand out in terms of personal integrity and honesty on issues from homosexuality, HHS mandate, same sex marriage, celibacy, women ordination, abuse/financial irregularties, economics, death penalty, gun control, climate control, immigration, etc. And even more:- poor spanish speaker (english only)- issues with handling abuse impact- tendency to shoot from the hip- little to no experience globally- spent most of his career in administration and ambitiously climbing the clerical ladderOh yeah - he can be amusing at times.
If these bettors were Vatican experts, then the results might be enlightening. But all this is, is what the guys like you and me think.Here's another list of probabiles from highly conservative New Advent. I have no idea what it bases its ratings on. Turkson and Scola are at the very top and have been there consistently. Because they both top many other lists, it sounds like support for them, or at least *recognition* of support, is coming from many factions. Also interesting: at this point New Advent included only one curial candidate in the top ten (Bertone). And Scherer, said to be a favorite of the curia, doesn't make the top 10. Oneiyekan just jumped up plus-4 points. (I kind of like him best of all, with Ravasi, but I don't think either has a real chance.)http://www.newadvent.org/At this point I expect that Scola will win. His support seems to come from many groups. I wish Nate would average the lists of predictions as he does with the U.S. presidential election. But how to discover which of the papal lists are worth paying attention to?
Cardinal Dolan may have brains, but I see no evidence of any depth. Psychologically he seems quite shallow, even adolescent. (Maybe it's his baby face that prejudices me.) He's charming -- until you cross him.
I'm waiting for the exit interviews. And early returns.
Hi, Bill:(I'll put my answers to your objections in parentheses.) Despite his education, writings, and background in church history, he appears to lack the ability to analyze these historical patterns/trends and arrive at the core experiences of men such as OHara. (I think he captured O'Hara brilliantly.)Do you see him making decisions that:- place him personally and behaviorally with a *preferential option for the poor* (Yes. Just as O'Hara did in an even more difficult environment.)- despite his four month every Friday experience as auxiliary in STL going through exhaustively every abuse priest allegation/file/case, he continued to repeat the same mistakes and even invent new ways to get around the impact in Wisconsin, etc. (A new broom sweeps clean. As pope, he'll dismantle the structure that has made it imperative for bishops to protect the predators.)- theological expertise where? (The man who just resigned had theological expertise. What good did it do? Let the theologians sit around reading other theologians' ruminations. A pope should be like Peter: strong, earthy, able to work with his hands, in touch with the real world. This could be the Church's last chance to unchain itself from the powerful rulers who were given control by John Paul II.)- does he or has he shown any ability to stand out in terms of personal integrity and honesty on issues from homosexuality, HHS mandate, same sex marriage, celibacy, women ordination, abuse/financial irregularties, economics, death penalty, gun control, climate control, immigration, etc. (He's young enough and strong enough and voluble enough to speak out on any and all of those.)And even more:- poor spanish speaker (english only) (No problema!)- issues with handling abuse impact (Unlike all the rest of them.)- tendency to shoot from the hip (A little spontaneity would be refreshing after the excruciating last millennium.)- little to no experience globally (Head of the North American College has to count for something. Archbishop of New York has to have some value.)- spent most of his career in administration and ambitiously climbing the clerical ladder (Like Pius XII and soooo many others. A future pope has to climb.)Oh yeah he can be amusing at times. (Imho, the most desirable of all virtues.)
What world needs now is a genial, happy and fun/spirit-filled man who is not afraid to mingle with crowds, wear jeans and sandals, and declare a new jubilee year of forgiveness and healing. He could reauthorize general absolution, pastoral solutions to marriage issues, and a true effort to bring simple, plain speaking advice inviting everyone in the world to celebrate our brotherhood and sisterhood and revere our creator, redeemer, and source of all breathing. Open the doors, windows, stoop down to pick up someone else, recapture the Pentecost spirit which allowed people everywhere to hear the good news.
" --- tips for spotting the impostor among you."But some of them have actually be ordained bishops! Then what?
Gerelyn - agree with most of what you write with these differences:- My point about the connection to O'Hara is not that he didn't capture the man perfectly - he did. But, has he been able to translate the core and insights of O'Hara into his own ministry - not that I have experienced)- administrater - you cite Pius XII - but, he was involved in Rome and as a key secretary of state or nuncio during his career before his election (Dolan has none of that experience or background. Also, given what we have been through over the last 8 years, we need someone who is not the typical, ambitious clerical careerist)- sorry, languages and the ability to understand and appreciate different cultures is a key - Dolan has no background in this- you think he would clean house on abuse? Well, what has he said and done to date in the USCCB; for example, Bishop Finn case (Dolan = silence); how many depositions has he sat through to date? - in terms of the dioceses where he was bishop - what of significance did he accomplish?- theologically - agree, we don't need a theologian. OTOH, his own USCCB theology committee has only left confusion in its work to date. A leader needs to be able to take theology and express it pastorally.- yes, in comparison to Ratzinger, he is young. Compared to the typical US CEO - he leans toward the oldest; he is not in good health; etc.- thought about his tenure as rector at NAC - but that is primarily for US seminarians. Yes, he made have gotten some exposure; but very limited. Wouldn't put too much emphasis on that and it was years ago.Finally, spontaneity - as I said, agree and enjoy but would anticipate that you find him putting his foot in his mouth way too often. And by the way, when he feels attacked and defensive, his nasty side comes out and, as my daughter says, it is not a pretty picture.
Two things ...Almost the entire appointed episcopacy of the past few decades has been eviscerated of spiritual and thinking leaders. There is no candidate of any depth in the American contingent. Good work, JP2, B16, and congregation of bishops. Peter Jeffery's piece wasn't impressive. Candidates who know of a vocation shortage? Only because the College has ever considered cardinals from countries with a glut of clergy. A shortage of ordained ministers has always been ... in the Third World, and until the early 20th, in North America too, especially outside of urban centers."We need a hermeneutic of continuity now more than ever before."Please.We need commitment to Christ and to reform regardless of where it takes us. Peter left his nets and followed. (Perhaps he can be forgiven his post-Passion fishing trip.) Paul didn't continue persecuting Christians on weekends. Sometimes faith demands a break. I sure hope the Holy Spirit is prepared to give us one next week.
You think the next Pope won't recall a pre-Vatican II era? Well, that is bound to happen soon enough but . . . this time? I am 64 years old and served the Latin Mass as an altar boy (and can recall many responses to this day). Do you think the next Pope will be in his 50s? That would be hard to believe.
Honestly, we need a Cardinal to be elected who will, in his first address, say... " I am a homosexual... however, I have taken my ordination vows seriously... not because homosexuality is sinful or unnatural, but because for me, I felt that by living up to those vows, I could still retain my personal integrity while devoting myself totally to my ministry. "A new pope without the guts to be totally and brutally honest and open is a sham pope. Regardless of the issue.I do not believe that there is a Bishop or Cardinal that has the strength of moral character to be pope... regardless of rumors, news stories etc...Those who attain preferement have sought preferement.
I made a post a few days ago about George Weigel's surprising (to me) call for reform of the Curia. I shouldn't have been surprised; his is now simply one of many calls for such reform starting to come from all over the place, including bishops and cardinals themselves. I can't help wondering why they have been so silent until now, almost as if they feared being saddled with the label of Dissent, than which nothing is worse. Indeed, at the end of the 2012 Synod of Bishops, its members stated that ". . . they consider that the documents of the Council should be properly read and interpreted. Therefore, they wish to manifest their adherence to the thought of our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, who has indicated the hermeneutical principle of reform within continuity. . . " &c &c. (Notice that they don't simply "agree" with Benedict's interpretation of Vatican II, but "manifest their adherence to the thought of our Holy Father," a phrase that brings chills to the spine of anyone who's read anything about the cult of Mao Zedong and his Thought fifty years ago).There seem to be three levels of reform coming to the fore at the moment. First, those who still think that the only response needed to the sex scandal is to try to guarantee that children will be kept safe from clerical and other ecclesiastical predators. That, they think, will put the genie back in the bottle. Second, those ready to take the next step, which is the reform of the Curia (and presumably the Vatican Bank and other such dodgy institutions). And third, and most hopeful, those who appear to believe that steps one and two, while necessary, are not sufficient, and call for the ideals of Vatican II to be fleshed out (notably including the collegiality of bishops) and put into action. (Pehaps they may even come to advocate a greater role for the laity.)Maybe I'm reading the wrong stuff, but I didn't note much of this kind of talk earlier; it seemed a given that the institutions of ecclesiastical government were divinely ordained and not to be questioned. And if one pledges allegiance to the thought of the pope in 2012, does that mean to the powerful thinker Joseph Ratzinger, or does it mean to whoever holds the See of Peter, even if he has a different view of the Council than that of his predecessor?
Bill, So glad you agree about the O'Hara book. I grew up in Kansas City, when O'Hara was our great, liberal, bishop. He confirmed me. It was a very different diocese in those days, of course.True that Tim Dolan of St. Louis doesn't have the aristocratic background that Pius XII, Merry del Val, et al. had in days of yore, but, imho, that's a plus. Peter didn't know how to use a fish knife, and he was a fisherman.Agree that the ability to appreciate different cultures is important, but how hard is that? Which cultures did Ratzinger appreciate that will be beyond Dolan's ability? (And which cardinal would be better at it?)Disagree about languages. It's a new world. Everyone speaks English. For those who don't, Pope Tim can use interpreters. There are zillions of multi-lingual people around looking for work. Dolan could be surrounded by women translating/signing for him. And there could be a huge screen with translations: Latin, Cherokee, Tagalog, Swahili, etc. Do I think/hope he would clean house on abuse? Yes. How? Hire some of the many Catholic FBI special agents to administer polygraph tests to every bishop and priest in the world. Let the curia guys who planned the investigation of American nuns set it up. Since every bishop and every priest would know that eventually he would be called in to be tested (and defrocked and excommunicated if he flunked), those who are guilty would leave before their turns came, thereby saving time and money. I'm not worried about him putting his foot in his mouth. That's part of being human. Look at the mistakes made by Peter. Same with showing his nasty side. Peter cut a soldier's ear off.(Which of the cardinals would be better?)
Nicholas P. Cafardi has an interesting article in WaPo today comparing the papacy and the Supreme Court as institutions, It includes the thought that the Court is in its own way "infallible".http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/what-the-catholic-church...
George Weigel has some strong words (baloney) about the reasons for the gag order of the press conferences in his article for National Review, Team America Shut Down.http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/342386/team-america-shut-down-geo..., when he gets off of his defense of capitalism spiel, there may be some hope.Even Raymond Arroyo on EWTNs The World Over Live tonight is ticked off. Tonight he let it be known that the bishops are frustrated and bored by the content of the congregation meetings. They want presentations that are not reports of curial business but real discussion of the issues of the Church today. Hmm wonder who leaked him that information.
"it seemed a given that the institutions of ecclesiastical government were divinely ordained and not to be questioned."Lawrence C. --Indeed. Besides the old admonition to "Cover-up the mess!" there is another popular ecclesial command used when error or wrong-doing is suspected: "Shut up!" These days it seems the Curia is using shut-ups overtime because cover-ups are finally being understood as counter-productive. Just. Don't. Say. Anything.
Weigel's tart summary of the information embargo:"So in order to try to solve a problem caused by the unscrupulousness of the Italian press acting in tandem with unscrupulous leakers who had nothing to do with the American cardinals, the Americans press conferences the most refreshing and media-friendly source of positive information and commentary on a story that has riveted the worlds attention, and an extraordinary opportunity to explain what the Catholic Church is were shut down."
Jim P. --Finally, after all the deserved bad press the American hierarchy has justly received, finally the Americans were doing something very right, something transparent. And the Curial powers=that-be had to go and mess it up. I hope it will have the opposite effect from what the curial Curial powers wanted. The neutral southern hemisphere cardinals will see first-hand just how irrational the Vatican can be, and they will be disinclined to vote for a Curia-backed candidate. So maybe it's an ill wind blowing good -- we might be spared the Old Guard's candidate as pope because of their silly clamp-down.
Gerelyn and Bill:Gerelyn, Bill asked, Does he or has he shown any ability to stand out in terms of personal integrity and honesty on issues from homosexuality, HHS mandate, same sex marriage, celibacy, women ordination, abuse/financial irregularities, economics, death penalty, gun control, climate control, immigration, etc.? You replied, Hes young enough and strong enough and voluble enough to speak out on any and all of those. But the fact is that he hasnt done that (unless Ive missed something). What does that tell us, and what reason is there to think that, if elected, hell change, becoming someone different from who hes been so far: a person who has failed to speak out on those issues.
I hope Dolan isn't chosen. Despite his affability, he seems very conservative, especially about women and gays, and he made SNAP's dirty dozen list.What about Cardinal Schnborn or Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Ireland?
Is anyone besides me uncomfortable with Team America Shut Down as a headline? (Authors usually don't write their own headlines.) How many times did we Americans laugh at the Italian chauvinism that the position without borders had to be filled by one of their own? A Pole and a German proved that ain't necessarily so.So now it's Team America? I'll bet on Team America in the Vatican when -- if -- Team America wins the World Cup. Holy hopping chauvinism.
Gene, I think/hope that Dolan's inner O'Hara will emerge after his election. The fear of the curia will dissolve and he will kick them out, replacing them with men and women untainted by tradition and unsullied by "filth," to use the failed Pope Benedict's word for it. Plus, I think Dolan's faults are known. Therefore, he is not vulnerable to blackmail, which, imho, is the big problem. With Dolan, what you see is what you get. Who's your choice, and why would he be better?
"Whos your choice, and why would he be better?"Though I don't consider Archbishop Dolan a man of depth, one plus in his favor was his "repositioning" after the 2012 election. The man is influenced by events. Archbishop O'Malley also seemed influenced by events after he arrived in Boston. If he were elected, that would be what?--four or five dioceses as a bishop?The next pope is almost irrelevant. The big need for reform is the curia. They probably sense it. What happens when the hunted are cornered? I think we're in for a long conclave. If not, that might be a sign the Holy Spirit is at work.
Todd - keep in mind that O'Malley was moved on purpose - to address, fix, and use his skills in abuse situations.Dating back to before Trent, we again have the constant struggle between the papacy/curia and the bishops. Trent was a compromise - the reformist bishops got their key issues (residence, living celibate lives, seminary training, indulgence/simony statements, eucharist/sacraments clarified) but it was left to the papacy/curia to implement unfinished business. (can you believe it; but curia cardinals did not want to reform episcopal/pastor residence patterns because they would have lost the power to give out and receive benefices. So, it was again national groups of bishops vs. the Papal State cardinals/curial officials + reality that est. 100 Italian bishops resided in Rome and were supported/owed their allegiance to the pope)This curial pattern has only continued through a few centures of iterations and has been compounded in the last two over-centralization papacies. Always amusing to me that there are no roots in scripture or apostolic/patristic tiimes about cardinals - aren't they really just honorary and an invention of the papacy? What happened to VII collegiality; to the documents about episcopal authority, rights, powers and that the pope is part of these bishops - again, no comments about cardinals.The curia is merely an administrative function - as one of my favorite theology profs and peritus at VII said at the time of his death - what about VII? Well, it would be nice if we tried to live it.Short conclave - not the work of the Spirit but of the curial cardinals. Pattern in the 20th century elections has been that after 3-5 votes, group think begins to drive voters to the top vote getter - not much to do with the Spirit.Have decided that the only change will be a choice outside of this group of 115.
Dolan for Pope? Ain't gonna happen. You heard it here.
Tom Blackburn: Team America Shuts Down. But it's March Madness time here in the U.S.
Nice letter to the editor from David Pasinski in the bad ol' NYT this morning:http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/opinion/the-next-pope-and-the-future-c...
So silly to speculate about Dolan. His supposed administrative skills are invisible to those who know him in the dioceses he leads. If they haven't emerged yet, they won't. And his very warm endorsement of Paul Ryan tells you everything you need to know on his views concerning social justice. Going to court over contraception may prove to the curia that he's a man to be trusted, but it's a technicolor demonstration that the real people he is supposed to pastor haven't made much of an impression on him. During the investigation of the Irish seminary, he was swayed by gossip, so grievously that the Irish bishops complained publicly of injustice. Astounding. What has he accomplished in the conference? Fortnight for freedom. Was that a success? Yes, just the man we need. There are other, more worthy candidates. Both Cardinal Turkson and Cardinal Onaiyekan have gone on record approving condom use, in limited circumstances, to combat the spread of AIDS. Ten points for breaking ranks even a little, for the sake of the people. Turkson will be good on social justice, and evangelization. He's naive about homosexuality, though, so he loses some credit there. Schoenborn impressed me by working with We Are Church to produce one of the best public liturgies to admit responsibility for and respond pastorally to the abuse crisis. He did not come down hard on the Pfarrer Initiative until Rome twisted his arm; on the contrary, he wanted dialogue. Ten points for that. Ravasi is a scripture scholar; well liked, inspirational. He gets points for that. Etc, etc. The point is that there are other candidates with merits.
Looks like habebimur papam in a week.Eminentissimum ac reverendissimum Dominum,Dominum Timotium Sanct Roman Ecclesi Cardinalem Dolan,Qui sibi nomen imponebit Patricium Primi.
Gerelyn:I'll pass over your Latin, but surely your being mischievous.
Ill pass over your Latin, but surely your (sic) being mischievous.(I'll pass over your English.) Check out the great NCR for the latest news about how quickly habebimur papam.
The reason I think Cardinal Dolan won't win is because I've never heard of a manic pope. Dolan is definitely on the manic side -- lots of temporary enthusiasms which get nothing done. Like them or loathe them, Popes always have a gravitas that he lacks. He runs couner-image to all the other popes.
Andrea Grillo comments on Cardinal Ravasi here. I found his presentation enlightening, not only with respect to liturgy, but concerning personal style and intellectual commitments.http://www.praytellblog.com/index.php/2013/03/06/liturgical-views-of-the...
"You're." Thank you. Now, on "your" side, how about trying the Latin again. Also, you have the form wrong.
Gerelyn is either on something or taking us for a ride. Next she will declare that women are incapable of becoming bishops.
Hi, John: Hope you'll tell me where I went wrong. (I copied the announcement of Benedict's election from the Vatican site and put in Timotium for Josephum and Dolan for Ratzinger.) (Maybe my attempts to put the verbs in the future tense were bad?)Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum,Dominum JosephumSanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem Ratzingerqui sibi nomen imposuit Benedictum XVI.http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/elezione/index_en.htm-----Hi, Bill:Dolan's chances are looking better and better. Odds are 20/1 now, up from 33/1. The interview at NCR with Onalyekam is . . . interesting.
To all the papabili some good old Italian political advice:Tieni gli amici vicini, ei tuoi nemici pi vicini.
We finally have a date for the conclave, March 12, but what has struck me about this process is that a bishop for a small diocese in the Midwest of the U.S. gets more vetting than the Bishop of Rome, who has authority over all. The men who are choosing the pope know so little about the candidates. Kind of scary.
Okay Gerelyn,http://www.patheos.com/blogs/markshea/2012/03/cdl-dolan-and-fr-benedict-... he can make you a cardinal. And make sure you are at South Bend this May to here his Commencement speech. http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/cardinal-dolan-named-notre-dames-... It will be his first as pope. And now that he will become the official head of the whore of Babylon he can canonize Dorothy Day. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/nyregion/sainthood-for-dorothy-day-has... sure hope you are right that Dolan will convert because he sure does not care about the "Captives" as he neglects them to get political glory. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michele-somerville/cardinal-dolan-blackmai..., to come full circle Brian E Daley, winner of the 2012 Ratzinger award will introduce Dolan at the Commencement along with Richard McBrien who will be duly told that he would never receive the R award for calling the present American bishops as the worst in our history. But you have made your bed Gerelyn.....
They should go with an American if they are smart. Americans, better than anyone else, understand how to work in a very public, secular and hyper-media age. Silencing press conferences was just very ill advised on the part of these Cardinals. And this is very important for the mission of the Church in the digital age.I am not saying that there is no place for candid, confidential conversations. However, it is a truism that people who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. Clearly these corrupt Vaticanisti cardinals have no clue. Sorry to have to be so blunt, but when it comes to p.r. in the digital age and communication strategy, you need someone who knows the ropes very well. Many of these other cardinals are useless in that regard. They may have other gifts but not in that area.Plus, Americans, for all their many faults, have a robust, open, healthy, political system and know how to get change done.
..sorry meant...make change happen! I am far from a cheerleader American or the American government but the talent of Americans when it comes to politics and communication is undeniable.
I wasnt unable. Just slow. By now you will have received my four corrections.Nuthin' yet, John.
John, I received your e-mail. Thanks! (If anyone wants to see it, let me know, and I'll forward it.)


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I'm trying to insert a new TreeItem at a specific index by modifying the TreeStore. The problem is that the new item is added as a last child instead of the specified position.
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Another Volatile Day Leaves Nikkei Off 3.2%
Japanese stocks tumbled on Monday as a strengthening yen led to another day of volatile trading in Tokyo.
The dollar slipped below ¥101 to fetch ¥100.92 at the close of equity trading in Tokyo, from ¥101.67 at the same time Friday. Later in the global day, the greenback was at ¥101.12, down from ¥101.31 late Friday in New York.
The effect of a stronger local currency helped pull the Nikkei Stock Average down 3.2% to 14142.65. The benchmark was already coming off two of its most volatile trading sessions in more than 20 years, moving more than 1,000 points on both Thursday and Friday.
Although the market closed higher on Friday, it spent the day swinging between positive and negative territory. With Monday's decline, the index is down 9.5% over three sessions.
"The dollar's continued retracement, along with technicals, point to upside resistance for Japanese shares for the time being," says Hiroshi Nishi, general manager of equities at SMBC Nikko Securities.
The recent firmness in the yen ends a long stretch of U.S. dollar strength that saw the currency climb against its Japanese counterpart for three consecutive weeks. However, over the last five sessions the dollar fell 1.9% against the yen, its worst weekly performance in nearly a year.
The market was weighed by falls in large index constituents—such as SoftBank Corp. 9984 6.28 % and Fast Retailing Co. FRCOY 1.17 % , which were down 4.1% and 2.7%, respectively. Nomura, Japan's largest brokerage, fell 3.6%.
Exporters were also big losers. Honda Motor sank 4.3% and Kyocera KYO 1.05 % dropped 3.1%.
"Besides the stronger yen, it appears that the momentum of 'Abenomics' benefits might be waning," said Eiji Kinouchi, senior strategist, Daiwa Capital Markets. "If the government can't explain how Japan is going to achieve growth and organize its finances, Japan may face criticism against its aggressive monetary easing."
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Reliance, which dropped 5.6% last week, rose 5.2%.
Elsewhere in the region, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 dropped 0.5% to 4959.90, led lower by mining stocks. Rio Tinto lost 2.6% and Fortescue Metals Group FSUGY -3.19 % retreated 3.1%.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 0.3% to 22686.05 and the Shanghai Composite Index added 0.2% to 2293.08.
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He has a soft spot for playing hard ball
Not really a pun, I think. What is the exact term?
And correct me if the title can be made better.
Not really a pun, I think. What is the exact term?
And correct me if the title can be made better.
This is a rhetorical device known as antiphrasis.
An example of this would be Perdue Chicken's advertising tag line of a couple decades ago:
Other examples:
Note that the irony is established by context, i.e., reference to another part of the sentence or to an obvious fact. In the examples above, note that "Tiny" and "cool" are used in deliberate contrast to information related later. This differs from simple irony, which is a statement whose intended meaning is the opposite of its literal one, in that it must play on that opposite within the statement. For example, in the "Tiny" example, if the speaker were simply to say to the fat man
That would be an ironic statement but it would not be antiphrasis. Antiphrasis requires the play of "tiny" and "fat" for its effect.
The first (main) clause has to be idiomatic. 'He' is not talking about a medical condition. To play hard ball can also be used idiomatically, and often is (to 'take a hard line'), and we'd then have a mixed metaphor (which devices are often used humorously) if that were the case here. However, the meaning does not sensibly allow for a non-literal meaning of 'playing hard ball' here:
??He has a soft spot for taking a hard line.
When he's not sleeping furiously!?
Surely a contradiction in terms rather than an oxymoron.
I've once been in a discussion about whether the term 'mixed metaphor' is/should be applied to cases where there is only one metaphor but its use jars - whether humorously, as here, or ludicrously or otherwise inappropriately - with the rest of the sentence. We decided that the term inappropriate metaphor was more accurate if less mellifluous.
Whatever the actual construction should be called, your example is certainly a play on words (probably even if unintentional), and, since it relies on different polysemes (hard the principal physical sense but soft the derived emotional sense), I think many people would allow it into the class of puns.
I would just carry on calling it juxtaposition...
"Juxtaposition is a poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another, creating an effect of surprise and wit: The apparition of these faces in the crowd:/Petals on a wet, black bought ("In a Station of the Metro" by Ezra Pound)."
"JUXTAPOSITION: The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side-by-side or in similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense, or character development."
(Latin for 'to join' and 'to place') is a placing in nearness or contiguity, or side by side, often done in order to compare and contrast the two in order to show similarity and differences. Usually Creates an effect of surprise and wit. Juxtaposition is also a form of contrast by which writers call attention to dissimilar ideas or images or metaphors.
An example could be Martin Luther King's letter from Birmingham Jail: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."


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I am new to web development and just started exploring the things. I read about how web page is processed and sent to client by a web server but I got confused with application server. what is the difference between them ? why app. server is needed ? and few examples of both of them .
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Web Server Definition
A web server is a service that handles specifically requests in the HTTP protocol format. The server responses to requests made using the HTTP format, and in turn responds using a valid HTTP response. All responses from a web server follow the W3 standards for HTTP protocols. Including, and not limited to, server 500 errors, redirects and various content types.
A web server may respond with a content type that supports non-HTML formats. Such as PDF files, binary files, and even JSON/XML responses. The key factor in understanding that these requests came from a web server is understanding that response is a HTTP response. The content in the response is just an application specific content type.
A web server may run multiple CGI languages to provide the HTTP responses. These can include Python, PHP, Java and ASP (among others). These languages operate under the web server, but in turn provide valid HTTP responses. There for, it's still a web server.
Application Server Definition
An application server is a service that handles specifically requests for business operations, and performs business logic. It is not limited to the HTTP protocol, but can operate using that protocol if it fits the business requirements.
Application servers tend to operate in TCP/IP communications. Including sockets, and other Internet low-level communications. It's possible for an application to use a web server as it's hosting environment.
Examples of tools that would require an application server could be, a gaming server, a chat server, a video conferencing server, a cloud-based accounting application, etc.. etc..
In most cases application servers wrap their business logic under an API layer. That API layer can be access via a common protocol the client supports, or via custom socket communication. There are multiple development platforms that have all these things built-in for the developer. They include platforms like J2EE or .NET
Technically, they mean the same thing. In colloquial use, however, a "web server" generally means a server that produces web pages that are meant to be consumed by people with web browsers.
An "application server," on the other hand, uses HTTP as a transport layer for one program to communicate with another, generally using data exchange formats such as JSON or XML that aren't meant to be rendered as a document.
Of course, if the same server provides both HTML pages and an API to programatically access the underlying data, the distinction can get a bit blurry...


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WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE/WIBW) -- Law enforcement officers are searching for two men who escaped from the Winfield Correctional Facility.
Officials say Frank Crutchfield and Robert Cook escaped from from the minimum-security prison at approximately 1:40 p.m. Saturday.
Officials say the men took off in a state vehicle described as a white 1991 Chevy one-ton box truck with a Tommy lift on the back and Kansas license plate 3558.
The vehicle was used to transport food from the Holly kitchen where it is prepared for the inmate dining room. Officials say Cook was assigned as the driver to transport the food.
Authorities say they located the abandoned truck Sunday morning (6/17), just north or Winfield, with a blown out tire.
Authorities say they pair could be in a City of Douglass truck stolen on Sunday. It's a dark blue 2006 GMC Sierra, with a Kansas license tag 74914.
Robert Cook is a white man, 52 years old, with gray hair, hazel eyes and a gray beard. He is approximately 5'10" tall and weighs about 225 pounds. He was last seen wearing a blue shirt with a light colored t-shirt underneath and jeans.
Frank Crutchfield is a white man, 48 years old, with long reddish gray hair that he usually ties back in a pony tail. He has a reddish gray bear and blue eyes. He is approximately 5'11" tall and weighs about 231 pounds. He was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt and jeans.
Mr. Cook has convictions for burglary and theft out of Harvey County, Cowley County and Butler County, aggravated indecent solicitation out of Pratt County and aggravated escape conviction from 1983 out of Sedgwick County. Mr. Crutchfield is serving time for multiple burglaries, thefts and criminal damage to property out of Sedgwick County and an aggravated escape from custody in 1983 from Shawnee County.
Anyone with information about the whereabouts of these two men is asked to call 911.


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Yale University evolutionary biologist Steven Brady studies the evolutionary impacts of roads on the amphibians.
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While playing Inotia 3 version on Android, I've got stuck on the Merciless Punishement task. The ogre asks me to bring 10 crystals of darkness, when I got them, he is telling me that it's not enough and is giving me the same quest again and again.
I don't know if it is a bug, a forever-running quest, or it should be simply performed a given number of times (10 or 15 or whatever). So, is it possible to complete that quest, and if so, how?


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Constipation, hemorrhoids, indigestion, heartburn, flatulence, and belching are all part of the fun of pregnancy. There's nothing to be embarrassed about here—it's a fact of life.
When you have to strain during a bowel movement because the stools are hard and difficult to pass, you have constipation.
Most of the digestive problems of pregnancy begin with constipation. This condition is universally common in pregnant women for many reasons:
Just because constipation is common in pregnancy, doesn't mean you have to accept it. You can do many things to avoid constipation, including the following:
When you are constipated, don't take a laxative. Not only can it wash necessary nutrients out of your system, it might be harmful to your baby. Talk to your doctor before taking any medicated remedy for constipation.
Hemorrhoids are a mass of swollen tissue at the opening of the rectum (where stools exit the body).
Straining during a bowel movement to pass hard stools can cause hemorrhoids. These are varicose veins of the rectum that are sometimes called "piles" because they look like piles of small peas.
If you see blood on your tissue when you wipe after a bowel movement, or if you have pain or excessive itching at the opening of the rectum, ask your doctor to check for hemorrhoids. (This might seem embarrassing, but it's nothing he or she hasn't seen before.) If you have hemorrhoids, they will accompany you through the pregnancy and will probably get worse during the pushing stage of delivery. If you take good care of them, however, they might disappear after the birth.
The following tips should help keep these piles from piling up, and if you don't have them yet, these tips will help you prevent them:
If you are bothered by the pain or itching of hemorrhoids, take action. You can use topical creams that are sold in pharmacies to ease the pain and itching. You might also try applying a compress of witch hazel or ice to the hemorrhoids. If the pain is so bad you can't sit comfortably in a chair, go to your pharmacy and buy a doughnut pillow (this is an inflatable pillow with a hole in the middle so your buttocks don't touch the chair!). When all else fails, get off your feet and lie down; this relieves the pressure and the pain.
The problem of flatulence (also known as "passing gas" or "blowing wind") is caused by a buildup of gases in the large intestine. Belching (also called burping) is the sudden expulsion of gases from the stomach. These are common problems during pregnancy that cause more embarrassment than pain or discomfort. Constipation can cause these problems, and so can certain foods. If you've been clearing out the room lately with odorous flatulence or belching, avoid constipation and steer clear of known gas producers, such as beans, onions, fried foods, cabbage, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts.
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Dothan, AL - In about two months, high school seniors will graduate. Most across the country already know who will give the valedictorian address, but in Dothan that's still up in the air.
That's because of a change to the weighted GPA.
"Before July, our policy allowed for every subject AP/or honors, but did not allow that for dual enrollment. We felt like the dual-enrollment course should have a weighted GPA. In July the board approved that," said Dothan Schools Superintendent Tim Wilder.
That shift has at least one student and her parents upset.
"That knocked Kasey from number one to number 3. Not because she didn't take hard classes, but because students who were dual-enrolled this year got more credit than students who were dual-enrolled last year," said Peppi Cooper.
Cooper wants the school board to make this right. She presented three options.
First option, allow students to graduate under the policy they start with in the 9th grade year.
Second option, students who took college classes last year get the same credit as students who took classes this year.
Or the final option is to allow co-valedictorians.
Above all she and other parents are asking for this.
"I want what any parent would want, what any administrator would want, and that's fairness across the board," said Cooper.
"Right now we're in a good spot, but I want to look at those options and see if it will help students. Not hurt them," said Wilder.
Because helping students is Wilder's top priority.
The school board has already looked at making the decision retroactive, but they decided against that in February. Wilder said he plans to carefully consider all three of these options, and review them with the board.


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How can I best convert a picture to the Minecraft wool palette?
Minecraft wool comes in a variety of colors and shapes, but it's not a very good one: there's too many shades of pink and blue and not enough yellows. Short of asking everybody on your server to use the same texture pack as you, that's not going to be good.
How can I make do with the colors Minecraft gives you?


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Levy Planning
July 7, 2013
THE BELLAIRE Board of Education is holding a special meeting Monday night....
2009 was $7,531,000 for all salaries, in 2012 it was $5,725,000 . That is a cut of $1,806,000.
I would also like to point out that during that same time they spent money for general supplies, text books, library books and periodicals in the following amounts: in 2009 they spent $286,000 for text books. In 2010 it was $247,000, in 2011 it was $179,000 and in 2012 it was $145,000 in 2013 it was $155,000. If this levy is for text books how much more do they need, what another $130,000 to restore that to the previous levels in 2009.
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I would like to shine some light on the bellaire city school district by quoting past auditor reports from 2012 and 2013. I will not even get into the ones from 2007-2012, but let me tell you they are an interesting read. I will start with the financial forecast report issued 3/14/2013 it states "The plan filed with the Ohio Department of Education in October of 2012 covered fiscal years 2013 through 2017 and assumes the continued operation of the School District with fairly consistent revenues. The plan represents a positive cash balance beginning in fiscal years 2014 through fiscal year 2017."
In 2009 the bellaire city schools employed 213 people, now they are employing 157 people. With those cuts the school district are getting better test scores. I guess the kids learn better with less teachers or was it administrative staff that was cut. Mr. Scot could you tell us that. The total they were paying in 2009 was $7,531,000 for all salaries, in 2
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Te'o tells ESPN he was never involved in hoax
NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN says Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o maintains he was never involved in creating the dead girlfriend hoax.
He said in an off-camera interview Friday night: "When they hear the facts they'll know. They'll know there is no way I could be a part of this."
The comments were Te'o's first public remarks since Deadspin.com reported that his girlfriend not only didn't die but, in fact, never existed.
Notre Dame and Te'o insist he was the victim of a cruel joke. Still unanswered are questions why the All-American never made it clear he knew the woman only online and by telephone.
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Hi Tom et al,
I've made a video showing fitting a Deal Extreme wide lense to a red lense v2 camera. Because the red lense (B lense) is a little wider you have to virtually remove the front of the case to avoid vignetting even with the 0.67 lense. The fisheye is pretty much unuseable.
It also shows some good detail about reassembling the camera, fitting the board etc. And shows a lense comparison.
Feel free to add it to the FAQ's or elsewhere.
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I found one of my original posts on focusing, at that time a "Gum Camera".
Wow ! These cameras have improved dramatically since then !
Quote from the original post....
Typical example...
Test reference photo - properties show a size of 423.6KB
Final focus adjutment a size of 493.2KB
Second reference photo 357.5KB
After final focus adjustment 455.9KB
You can see there is quite a difference in file sizes obtained during focus alterations.
If you try it then let us know how you got on.
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Ill try a new record tonight when Ill come back.
Edit: No school alert for today \o/ Ill post a vid from the website you mentioned when the sun get up
I looked to be sure that its a #16. There are a little sticker on the side wich is wrothe "#16" and i see the red lens in the lens D. Look like the quality is from something i do wrong :P
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Maybe your current settings have become messed up.
If that doesn't work, try and update the firmware with the AVI version, or the MOV version if you already have the AVI version installed. The update should erase any mixed up parameters. A similar problem existed on the #11 when the firmware, or was it the bootloader?, was downgraded.
<EDIT> I should have read all the posts first... looks like you fixed the problem and we may never know what was causing it. So, no need to do all the posting above. </EDIT>
Can anyone tell me what the file size or bit rate is at 5fps setting? Just wondering if it is much lower, good for a security cam. Thanks!
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Autopower MOD
I made "autopower on" MOD to my camera.
(so it will start everytime charger is powered)
Its not perfect, as I found it later but its close. (and work in my situation)
A and X are normally connected when you push power button.
X is around +1.8 volts and A is the actual power signal to the processor.
(I think processor is in "dead" state so its need some volts to get "ignite")
So, I just connected USB and searched by random any good volts.
I find out B will give me around +1 volt so this is my try.
(I find it later, it was not solid, discuss below)
So all I need to do is connect B and A with wire and my MOD is ready.
It was much harder than it seem cause circuitboard is soo small.
My job: (its not nice, tape is only to keep it in place until case)
But my MOD works.
Connecting B and A means it will kind of push and keep power button down whole time USB is connected. And its ok.
But you cant switch to picture mode example. (if you dont unplug)
My camera will record until battery runs out and then it will safely shut down.
When I tested my camera further, I noticed it did not start always.
After exploration I find out that X is most likely charging power to battery.
It will drop to 0.5 volts when battery is full and 0.5 volt is not enough to start.
So my camera start everytime expect when battery is full. (for me, this is ok cause its always empty)
If you want to do this, you should also think "loading LED" X. It will give (if i remeber correct) +2.8volts. And green led is always on when USB connected.
Of course +5 volts would be easy to connect but how much power you can put to startup signal without breaking it? I dont know specs.
Remember, its possible to break your camera easily with this.
Camera Focus
Used above ^ method for focusing the camera,happy with the results,thanks for sharing that method.
Before trying the picture file size focus method i had just recorded video,viewed the video and made small adjustments to the lens and repeated till the video looked good.
Recording,checking,adjusting works but takes some time and you don't really have a way to actually know if the image is improving besides your eyes.
Taking a photo in the same location with the same lighting for each photo does give you the file size which enables you to get the lens focused more quickly and accurately than viewing alone.
This method works so well that you don't even need to actually view the image while conducting the focus process!
As i said the video focus was looking pretty good from taking video ,check it ect.
So decided to do the focus method based of the photo file size blind...take a photo and only noting the file size without viewing the image.
First photo...benchmark...second photo turn lens,file size decrease....third photo (turn lens back past benchmark spot file size increase.....forth photo,turn lens further from benchmark, file size decrease...fifth photo turn lens back toward benchmark,file size increase 50 over benchmark file size and left it there.
Now time to view the images and see how this blind test worked out.
They looked good and the last image was most clear.
Step outside to record a test video,come back in and view the video.
Video looks good and image is in focus better than it had been with using the record video,check,adjust lens repeat method.
If your needing to focus your camera try the photo file size comparison method,definitely gives very good results,recommend this method for anyone who needs to focus your camera.
Note:...if your concerned about the camera not being in the exact position each time you can secure the camera in position for taking photos and only remove the memory card to place in a card reader to note file size.
I did not do that but figured it is a good suggestion for those who may have trouble being sure the camera is in the exact same position for each photo.
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Well done ridgewalker.
Very pleased to see you got good results.
I posted comparison videos from before and after focusing at the time I did it.
People online were impressed by the clearly visible improvement. Unfortunately I scrapped the videos later. Several people were going to give it a try.
My new #16 camera looks fairly well focused but I haven't really had the weather to give it much of a go yet.
My conclusion... the file size will get you VERY close, but not necessarily the best if measured by your eye. This was an acid test because the lens focal plane is not flat like the CMOS is. So the center focus is slightly different from the edge focus, and this led to a false positive on the file size method giving the "best" focus compared to what my eye determine was better across the entire frame.
YMMV, and for many people who aren't overly concerned if the focus is dead on, the file size method will get you VERY close if you can zero in on it.
FWIW, I have attached the photo sequences from my test... one distant and one fairly close up. I would use the photo method again to zero in on the near-best lens position, but would shoot additional photos to zero in to dead on as determined by my eye, with a method to identified what rotation of the lens was for each photo (e.g. some tape on the lens housing and lens barrel).
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A Braccio
Pope Francis, as we know, has been living at the Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican. He takes some of his meals with residents, and celebrates Mass daily with small groups of invited guests. According to reports, he preaches on the readings of the day "a braccio:" extemporaneously. Vatican Radio has been providing summaries with quotes.Here are some of his reflections, based upon the Acts of the Apostles:
Wonder is a great grace, the grace that God gives us in our encounter with Jesus Christ. It is something that draws us outside of ourselves with joy.We cannot profess Jesus, we cannot talk about Jesus, we cannot say anything of Jesus without the Holy Spirit. It is the Spirit that impels us to profess Jesus, to speak about Jesus, to have faith in Jesus. Jesus who is always with us on our life's journey.Throughout history, the people of God have always been tempted to chop a piece off faith. But when we start to cut down on faith, to negotiate faith, selling it to the highest bidder, we take the path of apostasy, we begin to lack faith, to lack faith in the Lord.
Francis' coat of arms features the IHS monogram of the Society of Jesus. Clearly the name of Jesus stands at the center of his own spirituality.Tomorrow the Bishop of Rome celebrates Mass in his Cathedral: Saint John Lateran. It will be interesting to hear his homily and how much of it is "a braccio."
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My sense is he's comfortable speaking from the heart, unscripted. Those in the Vatican and elsewhere throughout the Church whom that worries because in these days when no word is lost the smallest expression can and will be interpreted to the speaker's detriment, will simply have to live with it. I imagine there'll be "incidents" - the "wrong" word at the "wrong" time. Fine. Good for him. More power to him.
Today, at the Angelus, not quite a braccio--he was speaking from a text--the Pope spoke of the proclamation of the resurrection "dagli Apostoli e dalle donne"--by the Apostles and by the women. Huge crowd in St. Peter's Square, a very festive air. Applause when he said, "Buon giorno," and, later, "Cari amici" (Dear friends), and, at the end, "Buon pranzo!"
"Buon pranzo" will always set Italian hearts aglow!
Here are other of his words at the "Regina Coeli:""Non dobbiamo avere paura di essere cristiani e di vivere da cristiani! Noi dobbiamo avere questo coraggio, di andare e annunciare Cristo Risorto, perch Lui la nostra pace, Lui ha fatto la pace, con il suo amore, con il suo perdono, con il suo sangue, con la sua misericordia."We should not be afraid to be Christians and to live as Christians. We should have the courage do go forth and announce the risen Christ, because he is our peace. He has established peace by his love, by his forgiveness, by his blood and his mercy."The rest is here: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/francesco/angelus/2013/documents/papa-...
A few moments ex tempore during homily, but largely the pope stayed with his text. The themes of mercy and forgiveness again to the fore.A beautiful moment -- the greeting after the Mass of those outside, from the loggia of St. John Lateran. The pope very relaxed. "Popolo e vescovo insieme. Avanti!" The people and their bishop together go forward!
Thanks, John,I celebrated the noon Mass, so I missed the homily. I look forward to reading it.But I did catch the ceremony before the Mass when representatives of the diocese of Rome paid their respects. The Pope lingered lovingly with the mother, father and four youngsters, one of whom did not want to leave.I also caught the appearance on the loggia. As you say, very relaxed. There's a famous painting of Boniface VIII appearing on the same loggia, but I believe he's wearing the tiara -- perhaps best left to the "Verdicts" post on Dante!
The conclusion of the homily at St John Lateran is worth noting. The last sentence states the conclusion of his theme of human response to God's compassion and mercy: "we will feel his wonderful tenderness, we will feel his embrace" and then a magnificent shift, to "and we too will become more capable of mercy, patience, forgiveness and love."This has the quality of a surprise ending. Contemporary Catholics are so accustomed to a God who may be merciful but is "out there" and distant, extrinsic to humankind. A God who is, as Rahner and Ratzinger complained is seen as being "on the second floor." Here Francis suggests that our association with God transforms us internally to patience, forgiveness and mercy. Benedict had a similar surprise ending in Deus Caritas Est. After extensive exploration of God as source of life, love and living water throughout the encyclical, the very last lines of sec 42 state that the human person united to God "enables those who have drunk from the fountain of God's love to become in their turn a fountain from which "flow rivers of living water" (Jn 7:38)."To me there seems unlimited potential for a renewed Christian anthropology in the post-modern period, one that begins with God's healing and elevating work in the human person, God's unique work of art and ongoing project.
http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2013/04/07/pope:_have_the_courage_to_ret... hope this works. If it does, it is a link to the Pope's homily as he took possession of his cathedral church, Saint John Lateran, yesterday.Joseph Piccione has done far better than I can in his reflection. I would simply add, after listening a second time to the homily, which the Pope gave very spiritedly, this simple summary: With tenderness, patience, mercy God awaits us as the father in the well-known Gospel story never tired of waiting for the return of his errant son.
Joseph,you write: "To me there seems unlimited potential for a renewed Christian anthropology in the post-modern period, one that begins with Gods healing and elevating work in the human person, Gods unique work of art and ongoing project."I think an important point of contact can be made via Charles Taylor's discussion of the "transformation perspective" in "A Secular Age." In that regard he surprisingly evokes the Patristic notion of "theosis" - "divinization." I have not seen much commentary on this dimension of Taylor's thought.
John Page,Thank you for providing the link. I'm struck by the Pope's ease in drawing upon the concreteness of the mystical tradition, as in this quote from Saint Bernard and his commentary on it:" Saint Bernard, in a fine homily, says: Through the wounds of Jesus I can suck honey from the rock and oil from the flinty rock (cf. Deut 32:13), I can taste and see the goodness of the Lord (On the Song of Songs, 61:4). It is there, in the wounds of Jesus, that we are truly secure; there we encounter the boundless love of his heart."
[Tangent: Pope Frances is moving towards more collegiality. He has decided to allow the bishops of Italy to choose both the President and Secretary of their national organization of bishops. At present the popes appoint them.]http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/the-vatican/detail/articolo/bergogl...
Fr Imbelli,Charles Taylor doesn't wander from human transcendence and transformation in his "Sources of the Self" either. He is aware of theosis/divinization and God's agape/grace that effects the ongoing human transformation and the life of love toward others. However, he suggests that grace is no longer recognized as the cause of concern for others in Western culture. For those attentive to the foundational quality of a classical Christian anthropology, transformation seems always present as a theme and possibility and he closes "Sources" on that note. In "Sources" the "secular derivatives of Christianity" (45) have such a presence in the cultural imagination of the last several hundred years. All the more clear is the challenge to Christianity to state it's fundamental message of God's affirmation of humanity. Lumen Gentium 40 affirms humanity's call to be "partakers in the divine nature." Do we tend to gloss over this? Do we have a sense of what it suggests about us?By the way thanks for your reference to Taylor's "excarnation" in a recent post. It reminded me of Walker Percy's suggestion in "Love in the Ruins" that we have become abstractions to ourselves.
Joseph,I've read that Pope Francis' favorite film is "Babette's Feast:" a wonderfully concrete depiction of transformation.


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28 Nov 2012 6:58 AM #1
Bug in sencha compile for Ext application controllers
I found a bug with Sencha Cmd v126.96.36.199
with this app.js
Ext.application({ name: 'MyApp', controllers: [ 'Login' ], views: [ 'MyApp.view.Viewport' ], launch: function() { // ... } });
with this fix:
with this app.js
Ext.application({ name: 'MyApp', requires: [ 'MyApp.controller.Login' ], controllers: [ 'Login' ], views: [ 'MyApp.view.Viewport' ], launch: function() { // ... } });
My cmd is:
sencha compile page --strip-comments --input-file login.html --output-page build/login.html
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This is happening to me too. It seems like Sencha Cmd is ignoring the controllers property in the Ext.application and the only way I can get it to work is to list all the controllers as required.
I am using the regular 'sencha ant testing build' or 'sencha app build' and the results are the same. All the files seem to be created correctly but when I load it up, it looks for the controller as they weren't included in the all-classes.js.
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I am facing the exact same issue. I did get the all-classes.js to include the controllers by doing a
in my app.js. But I still get a bunch of 404's for the Controller and View classes even though the all-classes.js has them included.
Any ideas on how to get past this issue?
Thanks in advance
13 Dec 2012 8:15 PM #4
AFAIK Sencha Cmd has support for detecting implicit dependencies such as these controller classes. Maybe a bug?
If you need to hint a dependency to the compiler, you can also use
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Until a year ago, I had absolutely no music education, and I decided to change that around this period, well more exactly I picked up on (acoustic) guitar as a hobby and from there gained interest in knowing more about music. And so I discovered some theory: scales, chords, keys, harmony, melody and rhythm on websites and in some books. I also followed Wright lectures "Listening to music" http://oyc.yale.edu/ and read the first chapters of his book on this course (or vice-versa). I've gained knowledge but I'm not sure about the next steps, should I try applying it on my guitar ans starting to transcribe/compose? Listen the most to the broadest set of music genres? Start focusing on one? I'm a bit lost in my learning path, and would be glad to hear some suggestions.
The first thing to consider is, whatever the goals you set, you will get there faster if you play with an ensemble and with an audience.
Playing with other people (preferably better than you, which, given your lack of experience so far, should be easy) gives you a measure against which you can measure yourself, and a set of people who can (hopefully in friendship) point out your failings. You also will clearly identify failings, as in joining in, you identify and are mortified by the point where you fail.
Playing in front of people put stakes to the situation. If you're jamming in a basement, you can start over again several times, and you can throw clams like a fisherman, but if you are in front of an audience, you can't.
As for the specifics, music is organizing sounds over time, and your sense of time is unlikely to be musical. A good exercise for working on this is to mute the strings of your guitar and try to strum along to the rhythm of the songs on the radio, or on a random Pandora stream, or whatever.
Good luck.
Interesting question. All of our modern western music stems from western classical music. I believe that the fastest and most effective way to learn the fundamentals of triads, diatonic chords, progressions, harmony, voice-leading, and chord-scale relationships is through the study of traditional classical music.
You don't necessarily have to play classical music, although that would certainly reinforce certain ideas. Studying and listening to classical music should be enough to help you get a grasp on the basics. I say classical music because it adheres very closely (for the most part) to a strict set of principles and rules that lay the foundation for all music. First learn the rules. Then learn how to break them.
The next logical step in furthering your musical education would be jazz theory. Rock, blues, country, and folk etc. are all fantastic music genres, but they didn't break new ground musically like jazz did.
Music theory can become an extremely complex beast to tackle. Use it for what it's worth, but never let the music stop being music.
The best thing you can do short of entering a formal musical education program is hire a tutor.
If there are any community colleges or universities around, inquire about tutoring. It's been my experience that most have tutoring services available to non-students and they are usually rather good. A community college will also let you enroll as a part-time student or a student at large which will allow you to take lessons through their music program (I recommend this as the best option) without having to go through the application process or committing to a degree program.
A tutor or instructor will help you correct bad playing habits much more effectively and give you a great deal more direction in your learning, which will make the process far more enjoyable and efficient.


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I think it's the case where a non-Jew is trying to force a Jew to violate any mitzvah (or even any established Jewish custom) out of opposition to Judaism (rather than for some personal benefit). If ten Jews - and if I recall correctly, women are included - know about the situation, then as part of the mitzvah of kiddush Hashem, the Jew has to allow himself or herself to be killed rather than violate the mitzvah.
(Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah 157:1. Pischei Teshuvah there :7 mentions the question whether women count towards the ten, and references his comments to Yoreh De'ah 2:6, but I haven't yet found it there.)
When you light Chanuka candles in Shul there is supposed to be a Minyan there. The Shaalos U'Teshuvos Rav Paalim in Orach Chaim Chelek 2 Siman 62 says that you can count ladies towards this Minyan.
One should try to read the Megillah for at least 10. There is a disagreement about whether women may be counted towards this total.
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So when closed, it appeared right-side up from the point of view of the user. But when opened, it appeared upside down from the perspective of on-lookers. Joe Moreno states that "Opening a laptop from the wrong end is a self-correcting problem that only lasts for a few seconds. However, viewing the upside logo is a problem that lasts indefinitely."
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