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On a macbook, the
C key isn't working anymore, so i was wondering if there was a way to trigger the
command + c shortcut other than pressing the
command and
C keys
Thanks a lot
On a macbook, the
Thanks a lot
Yes, you can use the Edit menu and select copy
This page tells you how to pick a different keyboard shortcut for Copy: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13911
To address the larger issue of not having a C key anywhere else, you can use the Keyboard Viewer (search for it in Finder Help) to press any key that's malfunctioning when an external keyboard isn't convenient or at hand. Adding c to the special characters window might also work better for some than summoning the keyboard viewer.
Quick and easy:
Also quick and easy:
Invoke the Edit menu from the keyboard and select Copy from there, as Maximus has proposed. Or go to
Neither quick nor easy:
If you enjoy Rube Goldbergian solutions, you will love this:
Change your keyboard layout to Dvorak.
But why switch back and forth? Just commit, and learn Dvorak for all your typing needs!
Dvorak puts the C on a key you haven't broken yet, and moves the—well, that letter after I and before K, you know the one—to where the C used to be.
And really, who ever uses that letter? You'll be totally fine without it.
Sincerely, your friend...
facepalm onathan
p.s. I jest. Do the first one. It's what I've always done in a broken-key situation.
I believe the solution Apple recommends is to buy a new MacBook.
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Location: In the distortion of space and time..
Eragon: 8.7/10 oh wow. You are getting better by second! Great work! But you might want to blend in the render with the background on the top right a bit more
Hooves: 8.8/10 awesome effects! you may want to adjust the quality of the image though
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Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Deep under a rock
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Krytonis: Background may look empty compare to your other one but it makes the character stand out. I love this sig. 9.2/10
Hooves: Great sig, like how the color matches with the character. 9.0/10
Eragon: Nice picture of saber, like the effect you used as well as the color. 8.9/10
Cold~as~Ice: Great effect, I Like it. 8.6/10
Om Nerabdator: Nice sig. 8.5/10
Silvance: Very nice colors. Love everything about this sig. 10/10
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Kaihan-8.5/10 Nice effects, though the blending could use some work, specifically the transition from the machine-like things to your bg. Try duplicating it a couple times and using that for the entire bg instead of what you currently have. The blur you currently have between the bg and fg looks weird and I would get rid of it. Text should be closer to the focal. Other than that great job! KIU
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My first try in this thread....
Rennir - 8.3/10 a little gossy but good.
Eragon - 8.3/10 looks like an old photo, nice effect
Hooves - 8.5/10 good quality... quite detailed to the core
Kryptonis - 8.3/10 good... but something with the spacing
Kaihan - 8.3/10 good editing....
Dist - 8.2/10 lighting and wording too small but readable
ganbaru - 8.5/10 the words.... nice art as always...
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Location: Deep under a rock
Age: 27
GenjiChan: Great animated sig, not much color loss as well. Blue border might be a bit thick. 8.6/10
Dist: A very nice looking sig. 8.8/10
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Scanning...
Age: 29
Eragon: 8.6/10 dunno about borders but the content is nice ^^.
Hooves: 8.8/10 nice shana sig ^^.
Krytonis: 8.7/10 nice but something seems a bit off for me but i just can't put my finger on which it is exactly.
Kaihan: 8.5/10 nice ms girl XD.
Dist: 9/10 nice sig and colors ^^.
GenjiChan: 8.8/10 you get extra points for a good loop and animation without heavy loss of quality.
ganbaru: 8.9/10 interesting mix there.
Om Nerabdator: 8.6/10 not bad at all.
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I would like to create a special file similar to
/dev/null or
/dev/random, where the file doesn't actually exist but you can read from it all the same, except that I could actually set a cap on the apparent size of the file.
To put it another way, I want to create a special file where (assuming I set the cap at 500GB) when I "cat" the file it will output all 500GB of the file and then stop. It needs to act the same as an actual 500GB file, but without taking the space. The contents of this file don't matter, it could be all
\0's like
/dev/null, or just a small string being sent over and over, or whatever.
Is this something that's do-able? The only thing remotely close I've been able to find is man pages talking about
mknod, but those weren't very helpful.


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I am planning to charge my phone and camera while in Japan and am wondering if I will need to purchase a power socket converter? Also, is the wattage in Japan the same as Australian power sockets?
Well, The power socket is different, In Japan it is Type A and Type B while it is Type I in Asutralia according to electricaloutlet.org.
The real problem here is the voltage, In Japan its 100V and in Australia it is 240V. Almost all phone, camera and laptop chargers are dual voltage and would work in any electricity from 100-240V but that's not the case for almost all other electrical devices. Make it a habit to read the label that shows the voltage information on the back of chargers and electrical devices before you plug your devices in a foreign country.
Since in Australia is 240V and in Japan is 100V then there will be no damage to your devices if you plug an Australian device in Japan even though it will not work. Anyway the opposite (if you plug a 100V device into 240V power socket) will lead to fireworks show so in case you are planning to buy electrical devices from Japan make sure it supports 240V.
There is an added complication with Australian -> Japanese power. Japanese outlets are not earthed. This can be a problem especially for laptop chargers, as many sold in Australia have a three pin plug.
You could buy a new power brick, but they are a little expensive. I found this guy (see pic) at Bic Camera (a consumer electronics chain), and It worked perfectly without the earth connected.
Of course, the earth is there for a reason, and this adapter sacrifices on safety. I am not so much recommending this method as describing my solution.
The other option with some appliances is simply to buy a new one. My wife ended up buying a hair-straightener in Japan anyway, as the 240V Australian one didn't heat up on Japanese power. Those kind of small appliances are cheap there anyway.
TL;DR Check that the appliances you bring are two-pin.


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How many positive values of $a$ are possible in the following case? $$2^{3}\le a\lfloor a\rfloor \le 4^{2} + 1$$ where $a\lfloor a\rfloor$ such that $a[a]$ is an integer.
It is clear that $\lfloor a\rfloor$ must be $\ge 3$ and $\le 4$.
In the case $\lfloor a\rfloor=3$, the product can be $9$, $10$, or $11$. For $8$ is too small, since $a\ge \lfloor a\rfloor$. And $12$ is too big, since then $a=4$, giving the wrong value for the floor function. So $a$ can have values $3$, $10/3$, and $11/3$.
In the case $\lfloor a\rfloor=4$ there are two possible values of the product, $16$ and $17$.
So the number of possible values of $a$ is $5$.
$[a] ≤ a => [a][a] ≤ a[a]≤17 =>[a]≤4$
$a ≥ [a] => a.a ≥a[a] ≥ 8 =>a≥\sqrt8$
If $ [a]=3, 3≤a<4 =>3.3≤a[a]<4.3 => 9≤a[a]<12$ which satisfies the given condition.
So, $9≤3a<12=>\frac{9}{3}≤a<\frac{12}{3}=>a=\frac{9}{3}, \frac{10}{3}, \frac{11}{3}$
If $[a]=4, 4≤a<5 =>16≤a[a]<20$,
but according to the given condition $8≤a[a]≤17$
So, here $16≤a[a]≤17=>16≤4a≤17=>a=\frac{16}{4}, \frac{17}{4}$


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ANDERSON, S.C. – After posting its first South Atlantic Conference victory in its last match, Anderson University men's tennis steps away from its conference slate and travels to in-state rival and nationally-ranked Lander on Monday. First serve from the Jeff May Tennis Complex is set for 2 p.m.
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After winning 2-of-3 doubles matches, AU claimed four singles matchups to earn the 6-3 victory over Newberry on Feb. 8. Picking up two wins on the afternoon was sophomores Tomas Passalacqua and Inaki Iriberry as the duo knocked off Newberry's Mohammed Chakir and David Sons at the No. 3 position. In singles, Passalacqua added a three-set win over Fernando Espana at No. 3 singles, while Iriberry notched a straight set win over Carlos Nicolopulous at No. 5.
Also claiming singles wins was sophomore Paul Michael Calhoun and senior Danilo Faria. Faria earned a straight set win over Sons at the No. 6 spot, while Calhoun earned a three set win over Chakir at No. 4.
The Trojans remained unbeaten against Newberry since joining the SAC before the 2011 season. With the win, AU has not dropped a SAC regular season match since March 8, 2013.
The Bearcats
After the fall season, Lander was ranked No. 7 nationally by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). To go along with the national ranking, the Bearcats were slotted No. 2 in the Southeast Region. For the spring, Lander enters Monday with a 2-1 record with its lone blemish coming against No. 3 ranked West Florida, 7-2, on Feb. 9. For its wins, LU picked up two 9-0 wins over Coker and Limestone.
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Toward a Social Theology for the Americas
Those interested in several of the threads below on Catholics in public life, social justice, abortion, etc. might be interested in the announcement of a conference to be held in Chicago in October on "Building a Social Theology for the Americas." Information at: http://hope08conference.depaul.edu:80/
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Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, professor emeritus of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York.
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While it sounds like a good idea, I would hope that US policies on immigration would be left out of it, because I believe the church should not be dictating policies on immigration.
Good to see my graduate school (DePaul & the Vincentians) getting back to doing what Vincent dePaul would have done - dialoguing and reaching out to those in power and those in need to address injustice.The church MUST play a role in clearly articulating a Catholic and Christian response to the social needs of the Americas. You can not separate your faith, beliefs, foundations from the actions and votes you make.On the other hand, the church must respect the separation of church and state and lay out social principles, highlight suggested actions, etc. without endorsing any one party, political action, etc.This might also help folks clarify positions in their own minds in terms of which party or candidate may best address the needs of the future.
Well said, Bill, especially the last paragraph. Too often the church has expressed sympathies for one side at the expense of the other. The immigration problem is one with two sides and I believe it should be recognized by the church as such.
One of the best statements I've seen about the intersection of social justice and religion is from Rev. Jim Wallis in his book "God's Politics":"God is not partisan: God is not a Republican or a Democrat. When either party tries to politicize God, or co-opt religious communities for their political agendas, they make a terrible mistake. The best contribution of religion is precisely not to be ideologically predictable nor loyally partisan. Both parties, and the nation, must let the prophetic voice of religion be heard. Faith must be free to challenge both right and left from a consistent moral ground."Words to live by?
Yes. It reminds me of the moral dilemma, as some saw it, of the president going to the opening ceremonies of the Olympics.Of course he had to go to show his respect for the huge role that China is playing on the world stage, but his presence is not an endorsement for the lack of freedoms in their country. This is not a partisan decision, only good sense.
What is the term "social theology" supposed to connote? I've heard "political theology" and "social ethics," but this one is new to me.
v8-7=08 "...the church must respect the separation of church and state and lay out social principles, highlight suggested actions, etc"Bill --I agree with what you say, but it seems to me that official Church's habit of just "laying out" Church teachings is the main reason why the Church's teachings are not taken as seriously as they might be. The official Church -- the popes, bishops and curia -- simply "lay out" their ethical principles and they don't explicitly give officially recognized *reasons* for reaching those ethical principles. Consequently, the usual response to the official Church's pronouncements is "Don't tell me what to do!" (When the Vatican promulgated its new list of sins, David Letterman one evening replied angrily to the new list in those exact words: "Don't tell me what to do!".) No ethical principles are self-evident except "Do good and avoid evil". They must be supported with evidence and argument. If only the Vatican would return to time-honored scholastic method of debate -- present your opponents' arguments, then present your own, then show *explicitly* just where your opponents went wrong. Of course, the Church The Vatican might even learn that it has been wrong about some things. As it stands, I think that the exact issues are still so murky that finding clear answers will be tedious in the extreme. But unless and until a strong consensus is reached about both the facts and what the facts imply, there will be no poliltical resolutions -- and without such clarity why should any position be adopted? Sadly I think it's quite possible that the Vatican itself realizes that it doesn't *have* any persuasive arguments about the abortion issues -- if it had persuasive arguments (I mean sound ones with clearly true premises and valid conclusions), surely it would have articulated them officially by now. One thing I've always found admirable about Roe v. Wade is that at least the justices admitted that given the evidence and arguments presented to the Court, they were not able to reach a conclusion on just when a person is present in the womb. Interestingly, this implies that the ultimate issue (was Roe's fetus a person?) has not yet been decided. One might hope that eventually it might be decided, making it possible not to overthrow Roe, but to complete the legal process of making a determination. But such a determination seems a long, long way off to me because the philosophers on all sides are not getting into the nitty-gritty of these extraordinarily complex ethical questions. The philosophers are not helping the Court (nor Congress), and social justice will not be done until the ethical principles and the evidence is in place.
Ann - self disclosure: I have a bias that agrees with your last few paragraphs. It is my hope that Vatican III will resolve the current "bottleneck" around the church's view on natural law, sex, and morality.My comments stem from Fr. K's posting of this conference on social issues that would go well beyond "pelvic issues." Actually, in the 1970's, the USCCB published two excellent documents on Just War and Poverty that included action plans, political recommendations, etc. without becoming partisan or endorsing any one specific political party. those documents impacted public policy, began congressional debates around START, Reagan's negotiations with Gorbachev, ending nuclear testing, reducing offensive weapons in Europe, and reducing the overall number of atomic warheads. In terms of poverty, it had a dramatic effect on dealing with poverty in Appalachia (a forgotten part of the US in the 1970's) and led to various outreach efforts, groups, communities (but not as partisan as the faith initiatives of the current administration).You are correct, I believe, that the current USCCB is either fearful or still reeling from the sexual abuse scandal and have not been able to find the will, energy, or consensus to address other current public issues. Even immigration is not a unified USCCB approach - individual bishops have to persuade Congress and the American people. That is one issue where the bishops have produced a document where the ethical principles and evidence are there but there is no unified action plan.
"it seems to me that official Churchs habit of just laying out Church teachings is the main reason why the Churchs teachings are not taken as seriously as they might be. The official Church the popes, bishops and curia simply lay out their ethical principles and they dont explicitly give officially recognized *reasons* for reaching those ethical principles. ... No ethical principles are self-evident except Do good and avoid evil. They must be supported with evidence and argument. If only the Vatican would return to time-honored scholastic method of debate present your opponents arguments, then present your own, then show *explicitly* just where your opponents went wrong. Of course, the Church The Vatican might even learn that it has been wrong about some things. ... Sadly I think its quite possible that the Vatican itself realizes that it doesnt *have* any persuasive arguments about the abortion issues if it had persuasive arguments (I mean sound ones with clearly true premises and valid conclusions), surely it would have articulated them officially by now. "Ann, I'm sorry, but I really don't agree with your premise. While perhaps not everything that is issued from all levels of the Vatican is voluminously documented (cf. Humanae Vitae, and the kinda-recent letter prohibiting men with "deep-seated homosexual tendencies" from being seminarians), it's nevertheless true that a lot of what comes from the Vatican is meticulously argued.Specifically on the topic of abortion, surely Evangelium Vitae is a salient example.I think a big part of the disconnect is that what informs Vatican reasoning, i.e. its own intellectual tradition, is quite frequently NOT the basis for defining hot-button issues in the secular arena in the United States. Which means that a concerned Catholic citizen often needs to be engaging in two different types of "conversations" at the same time.
The sexual abuse scandal did untold damage to the church which is deep. I find myself bristling when I read in my church bulletin about going to Virtus training for religious ed teachers and others. I think that the virtus training should have been given to the priests and bishops having the problems, and not foisted on the lay people. It's a miracle that more people did not leave the church because of the scandals and it has set us back on social issues.
Hi, Denise, I've been through the Virtus training, and its purpose is to help persons spot and responsibly respond to deviant behavior in other adults, whether priests, bishops, deacons or another layperson. It wasn't the most enjoyable thing I've ever done, and some of it was upsetting, but I did learn a lot, and do feel I'm better equipped to spot problems.
Agree with both of your comments. Here is a link to a recent presentation (it is long but insightful) about this whole question: Shortcut to: http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/pdf/2008-27.pdfIt is: The Common Good and Issues in US Politics by David Hollenbach, SJ, Boston College.Note sections 15, 16, 21, 27, 28, & 29. His point supports your stance....the US bishops are not consistent; have a "bad" habit of declaring open questions/issues as "instrinsically evil" causing folks to just stop listening; and even in their recent Faithful Citizenship document appearing szichophrenic - "consider all issues but really abortion is THE issue even more so than just war?, immigration?, etc.
Sounds like an important conference to me. I am not quite sure if some of the posters here are objecting to it or not. While the church should not favor any party, it should talk about any justice issue, including immigration. Unless, I missed it I did not see abortion listed as a topic. That would be a good thing if true.
"Even immigration is not a unified USCCB approach - individual bishops have to persuade Congress and the American people"Bill deH.--In my opinion it is the function of the bishops -- and all other qualified religious leaders -- to present the *principles* of social ethics as best they perceive them. It is not their function to say how those principles must be applied in any given political context, though, of course, they have the right to their own opinions, and the more learned their opinions are the more valuable they are. In the matter of abortion -- which is the ultimate right because all other human rights are dependent it -- the bishops must define what a human person is, how we can tell one when we find one (this with help from current science), and what a person's rights are in different ethical contexts. (Yes, our right to life can change. Even JP II taught that in some circumstances we can fforfeit our right to life, and in the case of a just war we can even be required to give it up.)Jim P. --I do not agree that Evangelium Vitae spells out meticulous (i.e., complete arguments about the evils of abortion. I mean it does not go back to metaphysical, psychological and other scientific foundational principles, plus general ethical principles which are necessary to really *prove* what is right or wrong. Where in that encyclical does it answer the question: what is a human person? Where does it answer this: how can we tell a person when we find one? Until those are explicitly answered the official Church has not given us meticulous arguments defending it's conclusions. You cannot form a conclusion about a person without knowing exactly what a person is. You cannot form a conclusion specifically about abortion unless you can tell a person from a non-person. You cannot establish that some non-persons have person's right-to-life without giving *reasons* for that position and defending it against counter-arguments.I've been looking for such official arguments for years. If you can cite explicitly where to find them I will be very much obliged.As to the Church's coming from "its own intellectual tradition", in my opinion it has largely abandoned the great medieval tradition when it turned away from Aquinas et al and largely abandoned the meticulous sort of reasoning from evidence that was typical of the medievals. Yes, the medievals can be boring. But they are much more likely to get down to *foundational* principles than contemporary Catholice ethcians are. Yes, much of Evangelium Vitae is great -- begins from principles which aree themselves unsubstantiated. Indeed, in my opinion, Vatican II's "ressourcement" (i.e., going back to the very early fathers -- and their relative lack of meticulous reasoning) has been a disaster for the Church's ethical teachings. The early fathers did not know nearly as much about human nature as we do now (just look at the obvious one -- what they thought about women), nor did they have the scientific knowledge which provides strong evidence of just when the person begins.Yes, VII did some grand things, but not for Catholic ethics.Denise --I agree about the current bishops. Most of them seem to have a deeply-rooted inability to criticize both their own behavior and their own thinking.
Oops -- "Yes, much of Evangelium Vitae is great begins from principles which aree themselves unsubstantiated" should have said "Yes, much of Evangelium Vitae is great BUT it begins from principles which aree themselves unsubstantiated.
Here's a question for social theo;logy: how much do the principles the Church enunciates apply within the XChurch itself?Clearly this issue has aroused a number of folks already in the sex abuse issue bith to Bishop accountability and due process for clergy. It also aroused folk in the CDF processes for review of theologians.In today's NY Times Religion notes, the conflict between SEIU and the Sisters of St. Joseph Healthcare over unionization is (sadly) discussed.It strikes me that whatever principles the Church enunciates, even if viwed through some contextual prism, need to be exemplified and modeled by leadership at all levels if they are to be broadly credible.
OK, Ann - now I have a homework assignment, i.e. re-read Evangelium Vitae. Thanks a lot. :-)I'd say that metaphysics and psychology aren't the core areas of expertise for bishops, although obviously they should be in conversation with those who do specialize in those areas - hopefully a conversation that is to the benefit of both parties.
Bill De Hass, thanks very much for the reference to the Hollenbach piece.
:OK, Ann - now I have a homework assignment, i.e. re-read Evangelium Vitae. Thanks a lot. :-)"You're welcome, Jim. Hee hee :-)And now I thank you for asking a fundamental question about an eons-old problem in the Church: the relationship between the teaching office of the bishops and the expertise of the theologians (who in turn are sometimes necessarily dependent on other disciplines, especially psychology and biology).One of the great merits of Vatican II is, I think, that it did address the question, saying, that the theologians do have a charism in the Church. However, that calling is not spelled out, but it desperately needs articiulation. Because the bishops are recognized there as being dependent on the theologians, it seems to me that there should be some sub-structure within the Church composed of theologians and they should be recognized as having both the duty and the right to teach the bishops, (Yes, that's exactly what their main charism is -- teaching the bishops) what their best opinions are.) And there should be a mechanism for the theologians to call the bishops to task when the bishops ignore what they have to say. Not to mention legal redress for theologians who are mistreated by bishops.Ideally, of course, all bishops would be splendid theoloogians themselves. But it appears that all Rome appoints these days are men who are against contraception and women priests, and who are good at carryying out charitable works. It might be argued that latter function is just as important as the teaching function, but as I remember the VII documents they sat that the main function of a bishop is to be a teacher. Again, thanks for asking the sort of fundamental question that I think we tend to avoid these days.
Good point, Ann/Seems the fast track to epicopacy involves a JCD (hardly theology) and concern for "order" -read loyalty to the current line, as you state.Returnming to Bill's cite of Hollenbach, this runs against both the need to bring the pastoral to bear on issues and also discourages real engagement.I might not agree with your comment on charitable works.My impression of most of the hierarchy in the US is they perceive themselves as PRINCES of the Church as opposed to princes of the CHURCH.David had a really interesting thread at Pontifications about Cardinal Sean O"Malley and how his simple lifestyle carries enormous power.I tend to think most bishops are more like "MansionMurphy" in their lifestyles.Fundraising seems to be more importan tthan works of charity - though there's obviously an interconnect, a lot more openness and accountability would help to see how close they are.
Good insights. Allow me to add some thoughts:a) have been tracking Rocco Palmo's Whispers in the Loggia and the impact of Pietro Sambi on episcopal appointments in the US under B16.......not sure a trend can be identified but the JPII litmus test seems to have changed so that more pastoral and experienced men are being appointed. Yes, you are correct....most still have been educated in Rome; have canon law degrees; need to be bi or trilingual but there seems to be improvement in this area....very few bishops currently choose to live like Sean O'Malley;b) Vatican II pastoral documents actually outline and define the relationship between magesterium, theologians, and the church (people of God). Each complements the other; all are called to speak faithfully from the heart even in dissent. The bishop is the authentic teacher (I would not like them to be seen as the theologian e.g. Francis George or Charles Chaput....that is not their role). On the other hand, theologians have been silenced, treated without due process, even the US theological association has retreated by suggesting a different approach to the USCCB. Try reading the seond volume of Hans King's autobiography or the process used against Leonardo Boff, Ivan Illich, Gustavo Guitierrez. Interesting fact - after the European 1968 unrest, Concilium split in two and Communio started as an oppositional view and many colleagues made a choice to stay as theologians or be elevated into the hierarcy e.g. bishops were Ratzinger, Kasper, aligned with the hierarchy. Others - Rahner, Schillebeeckx, Conger, Kung, Boff, Curran went through a "trial."c) it would be helpful to again see the USCCB and significant bishops/cardinals have theologians that the worked with; in a way, a faithful opposition so that all views can be researched before a pronouncement that just says "intrinsically evil or disordered."
" The bishop is the authentic teacher (I would not like them to be seen as the theologian e.g. Francis George or Charles Chaput.that is not their role)."Bill -- Why do you think this? It seems to me that the theologian charism is implicit in the teaching charism of a bishop. Further, a holy, well-intentioned bishop who doesn't know enough theology (or other disciplines) necessary to deal with the serious problems in his jurisdiction can do harm, even great harm. And surely there have been great theologian-bishops, e.g., our own Benedict. I suppose I'm asking for bishops who are highly educated in what they need to be educated in *as* bishops, which includes the original topic of this thread, social theology. Don't ask me what I mean by "social theology" -- it's a killer to try to define. But I'm sure there must be some such thing among the vague ideas rattling about my mind, Whatever it is, I suspect it's vastly complex.
Allow me to make some distinctions:a) agree - bishops should have theological knowledge and use it. But there charism is to be a pastoral teacher which requires a myriad of skills;b) theology has many different ares of expertise e.g. ecclessiology, scripture, morals, church history, liturgy, sacramental, etc. Being a theologian in any one of these areas is a full time job;c) to do historical-critical theology requires a foundation of objectivity that most bishops are not able to do. Remember, bishops swear loyalty to the pope (unfortunately); this automatically makes it difficult for a bishop to be a fully objective theologian (do you sometimes wonder why bishops only write books when they retire) or my favorite quote: "When you are made a bishop, they remove your backbone!"d) you cite B16 as a theologian/episcopal example - agree with that but from a negative slant. B16's theology, like anyone's theology, comes from a particular, biased (in a good sense), starting point (Augustinian). There are many other theological approaches that are just as valid and at times may be more appropriate. Papal pronouncements become orthodoxy which is not necessarily either the whole truth - popes have supported slavery, copernican science, divine right of kings, outlawed usury, etc. or even an attempt to be the whole truth;e) finally, would support changes so that the curia does not do theology; are not cardinals with life long appointments; believe that bishops conferences with "periti" can best do theology that translates to pastoral letters and encyclicals'f) social theology - simply, the predilection for the poor (St. Vincent dePaul). does not ordain any one political system, party, culture, economic theory, even religion. It means listening, reasoning, and planning to address the world's social ills so the dignity of every person is best addressed. (Read some of the documents out of the World Churches (Hans Kung) and their effort to have one world human ethics.
Bill DeH. --I agree with everything you say through c), and your idea to restrict curial personnel to non-theologians is a great one :-) About "pastoral teachers" -- it seems to me that bishops are analogous to medical doctors. Just as doctors need to know both the science of medicine (or at least the fundamentals) plus the art of applying such knowledge to individual, contingent circumstances, so bishops also need the discipline of theology plus the *art * of applying pastoral principles to concrete circumstances. Is there such a thing as "the pastoral art"? If there isn't, there needs to be. I've read only a bit of Benedict's theology, but he appeals to me very, very much -- I mean his discussions of faith, hope, the Church and who Jesus is. Great teacher, for me, anyway. His more specific teachings, well . . . True, no one ever says the whole of Christian truth. An artist friend told me he came to realize that he could not possibly say all there is to say of Jesus in just one portrait and that he had to quit trying to do so. No portrait can say everything about anyone.About "social theology" again --I suspect there can't be a social theology in the sense of a discipline that necessarily covers all circumstances. There is only a *theological art* which understands how to deal with people in contingent circumstances and how to apply general theological principles to those circumstances. This especially would include knowing the limitations of what can be accomplished in given circumstances with given limited resources, not to mention given, limited human beings. Such an intellectual virtue would help, as you put it, in "listening, reasoning, and planning to address the worlds social ills so the dignity of every person is best addressed".However, such an intellectual virtue -- the pastoral art -- would also teach us, I fear, that sometimes the dignity of every person cannot be equally addressed. I read that Obama used to stress in his classes that a particular law which is good for most people would necessarily also not be good for others and, he taught, we must face that fact. I think we all have to recognize the limits of all human projects. The world canl never be wholly just without miraculous intervention , and we must be willing to accept the distressing fact that at times the common good must take precedence over our very real individual rights. (Whatever "the common good" means.)(Again, I'm sorry for rattling on so lonh, but the topic is super-complex.)
Agree with your well written analysis. Your image of a bishop acting like a primary care physician is a good one; just remeber that we also need specialists (e.g. theologians). Supporting and complementary roles are best and yes, it is an art! In terms of the common good, public laws, etc. agree with Obama's comment but I also think he would state that we must continue to define the common good, work towards its achievement knowing that (like the Church - "already but not yet") we are not a city on the hill but a nation seeking the dignity of all knowing that the human condition creates quite a challenge.
One remark concerning Ann Olivier's Aug. 8, 7:10 pm comments.Ann says: "Vatican II's "ressourcement" (i. e., going back to the early fathers and their relative lack of meticulous reasoning) has been a disaster for the Church's ethical teachings." I amno expert, but I've learned from Congar (see for example his "The Meaning of Tradition") that the Fathers' works of of endurhig importance for full appreciation of Catholic thought. If I recall correctly, Aquinas showed respect for what he knew of them. As an aside, "meticulous reasoning" about only a part of the tradition will yield results concerning that part, but it does not guarantee anything about the other parts of the tradition. By the way, if Congar is correct, the term"Fathers of the Church" has a pretty precise meaning and extension. According to him, these fathers play a distinctive role in tradition, one for which there is no substitute.
Have been reviewing and trying to find my notes from various sources about Vatican II and the way it ended. If my memory serves me, Paul VI decided not to have any agenda or pastoral documents that addressed moral issues. The initial committees began the work but he felt that it would prolong an already difficult 4 year period.That is why he appointed a special papal commission to deal with contraception.So, I am not sure that I would say that Vatican II was "a disaster for the Church's ethical teachings".....the disaster occurred when Paul VI overturned his commission's recommendation; was unable to give a logical explanation for this; and gave in to a paralysis of fear about "undoing prior Popes' and their statements"......as if Vatican II had not already led the way on that. Paul VI never produced another encyclical or discourse in his remaining 10 years of the papacy.
Bernard, Bill DeH., and JAK: Bernard --The influence of the Fathers on Aquinas is pervasive, and I certainly am not one to questioon their value. What I object to is the down-grading of one theological method (logic) relative to others (intuition, metaphor, whatever). I've seen it noted more than once that the early Fathers are quoted all over the VII documents, but there are relatively few references to Thomas, who in prior generations was all over official magisterial statements. Perhaps, being a pastoral council, the bishops weren't interested in arguments, and the simpler intuitive approach to theologt was more to be expected. Still, .Thomas is notably absent from the party. I think the question remains: what is the role of logic in theology? True, logic will tell us only so much. But it's still the best method of self-criticism known to man. Maybe Fr. K. could tell us more about the Council bishops' attitudes towards the old and new. Also, was Maritain involved in any of the discussions back-stage? I've read that Paul VI called him "my personal philosopher", though by the 60's Maritain himself was becoming theologically conservative in some ways. Bill DeH. --My criticism of the Council relative to ethics is that I think that it did not have an adequate appreciation for the value of logician-theologians like Aquinas. Too bad VII didn't have that old warhorse of a Thomist Jacques Maritain as a peritus. He was against the Church's contraception teachings as far back as the 1930s, though he never dared say so publicly for fear of being labeled a heretic. See the Commonweal article about his correspondence with Louis Journet, "Silent Dissenters", CMWL May 18, 2001 by Bernard Doering. I couldn't access it in the CMWL archives under either the title or the author, but you can find it at:http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10624088_ITMI often wonder what Church history would have been had Maritain's brand of Thomism been appreciated in the mid-60s. I should note that his brand of Thomism was not the old so-called Thomism of the manuals. He actually read, understood, and was willing to differ with the Master.
Perhaps the biggest mistake throughout Catholic history was/is to canonize either the Fathers of the church or Thomas. At one point (some still do) saints were quoted as infallible. The Fathers of the church relied very strongly on the "pagan" Cicero.All of the above have made mistakes. Some very serious as was Augustine's use of the State to force "heretics" to join the church. This was a most injudicious way to function as a church and this terrible practice has been repeated disastrously throughout the centuries.
To respond: there were a number of periti present who were trained as Thomistic theologians but had evolved from his Middle Age positions using modern historical-critical methodology and 20th century exegesis e.g. Karl Rahner, Edward Schillebeeckx, Yves Congar, even Hans Kung. Go through any of the first ten years of Concilium and most published documents and theologians found there were grounded in neo-Thomistic thought. But, they, like Maritian had evolved.
Bill DeH. --I fear I haven't made my main point about Vat II very clearly. I'm not a theoloogian and can't judge their relative merits. My point was about the different *methods* of theologizing of the medievals and the contemporaries. Both, I think, should be welcome. What upsets me, however, is the loss of the scholastic method -- the systematic criticism of one's own and other argumentation. And this, I fear, is felt in some of the current sexual teachings of the Church.In fact, I have never claimed to be a Thomist myselff, even though I have tremendous respect for what Thomas and the other scholastics achieved. I fear that much of value has been lost by simply ignoring them and their primary method - logic. For instance, the arguments I've seen against abortion by contemporary Catholic ethicians don't seem to even know what the nature of a *proof* is. But maybe I've read the wrong contemporaries. And their arguments anti-contraception are no better.
In our diocesan paper out last wek, our Bishop(Michael Shehan) announced he's bringing the JustFaith program to the dioces through its social justice office. No mention by our pastor in announcements or the bulletin.Reminded me of "our Hearts ArE Burning." Little support locally for a braod effort.So I return to this conference - what will it produce? Papers? Recommendations?Who will follow up? At What level?


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Every simple graph $G$ can be represented ("drawn") by numbers in the following way:
Assign to each vertex $v_i$ a number $n_i$ such that all $n_i$, $n_j$ are coprime whenever $i\neq j$. Let $V$ be the set of numbers thus assigned.
Assign to each maximal clique $C_j$ a unique prime number $p_j$ which is coprime to every number in $V$.
Assign to each vertex $v_i$ the product $N_i$ of its number $n_i$ and the prime numbers $p_k$ of the maximal cliques it belongs to.
Then $v_i$, $v_j$ are adjacent iff $N_i$ and $N_j$ are not coprime,
i.e. there is a (maximal) clique they both belong to. Edit: It's enough to assign $n_i = 1$ when $v_i$ is not isolated and does not share all of its cliques with another vertex.
Being free in assigning the numbers $n_i$ and $p_j$ lets arise a lot of possibilites, but also the following question:
Can the numbers be assigned systematically such that the greatest $N_i$ is minimal (among all that do the job) — and if so: how?
It is obvious that the $n_i$ in the first step have to be primes for the greatest $N_i$ to be minimal. I have taken the more general approach for other - partly answered - questions like "Can the numbers be assigned such that the set $\lbrace N_i \rbrace_{i=1,..,n}$ fulfills such-and-such conditions?"


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Is there something or an automation test tool that is free that I could be using to enhance my skills in automation? My company is not allowing me to grow in my field, and this is not good. They do not see the value of automation. I need a tool that will be able to test both a windows application with telerik grids and a web based application that uses silverlight. All help would be greatly appreciated. Selenium will not cut-it. I like HP QTP, but my company will not pay for license.
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While you can use tools like QTP or even UIAutomation directly (the replacement for MSAA in OS's since Windows 7) it isn't really ideal for Silverlight automation. To really have the control you need to write good Silverlight automation you need access to the Silverlight properties in the xap. Here's a list of some tools that work for Silverlight testing:
Note that I have not used any of the above tools, but have heard of/read of them before and they all seem capable of automating the Silverlight side of things. If I were you I would not try to look for a tool that will work for both (although there may be some out there) because Silverlight automation has unique requirements compared to windows applications and there are far fewer tools out there. There are a TON of tools for windows application automation that can be found with little effort by searching.
In your situation I would definitely pick one of the two things to automate and not try to tackle both at once. Once you have something solid in place and have proven the benefit, then you can move on to the other one (hopefully with some support from management this time).
Have you heard of Sikuli?
It automates based on images. So you could use it for windows and web applications. It's pretty cool but a little odd, but may suit your needs. It is everyone's favorite price, free. I never got very far in using it because I work mainly in the web space.
Java, Perl or Python are all free with excellent online resources. You need to sharpen your programming skills, the tool is less important.
Have you read anything by Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin? If you want growth in automation, I would invest some of your time and start reading his books. His books are not tool specific however it covers the fundamental principles of software development which will aid you in your growth as a developer.


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Précis: Efficacy of single fraction RT for palliation of bone metastases appears to be confirmed from this trial along with multiple predecessors.
This report deals with one such aspect of palliative care: RT for bone pain. Different regimens have been proposed as "standard" palliative doses and fractionation schemes. Among the most popular are 8 Gy in 1 fraction, 20 Gy in 5 fractions, 30 Gy in 10 fractions, and 35 Gy in 14 fractions. Randomized trials from Europe have demonstrated that 8 Gy in a single fraction is as effective in subjective pain relief as other multifractionated schedules. However, no long-term data have been published, which was the impetus for this report from a British randomized study (including patients from 2 New Zealand institutions).


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Analog and digital processors work in fundamentally different ways and therefore will always have some differences, however minor they may be in some cases. It seems to be generally agreed that you don't "need" outboard hardware any more per se, however if you want the sound of a particular hardware unit, or if you want an 'analog' sound, there's no better way to get it than to use one of those units.
Now, from a business perspective, if you're running a studio you might want to have some really nice outboard gear to impress your clients, or yourself :)
...Or if you are lucky enough to run tape machine and dBX processing. True some encoding still require you to run on outboard.
And i haven't found a replacement for the H3000s and H3500s.
Then again, when you mean outboard, would you include space echos? Would you include Lexicon L480 and more recent? These units can't be emulated completely as IR doesn't take into account pitch drifts and others. If you are talking of EQ's, compressors, must stuff can be emulated nowadays with low cost to the processor - even spring reverbs and some exotic delays.
As for a room full of gear, I'm lucky enough to record in a room full of gear but I do agree Preamps are a priority and if you are only after to impress (not some nutter that has a heart on AMS RMX processor) you'll be better off putting money on preamps (nice stuff from Avalon to Focusrite red downright to Manley's, Api's and other more exotic stuff you that you might think of) and you will still impress your client with tons of gorgeous gear. That first stage is essential to get it right.
But having said that, if you don't have a nice room, nice instruments, and only a bunch of microphones with a really ridiculous sensitivity and high self-noise ratio, you'll probably better off betting on mixing gear - processors. - Anyone out there with a replacement for a 8051 on a plugin? ;)
Apart from the distinct quality and the distinct "sound" of some hardware devices (which is the most likely reason for using this equipment), there are occasions where digital is not an option, especially when working with DXD/DSD recordings or any other kind of analog recordings.
If you want to record an SACD, the available DSP stuff is very very limited. Or, it could be a choice of taste, i.e. if you would choose to record everything on analog 24 track tape, just because you want the 'tape' sound in your recording, digital plugins are a no-go as well.
The thing with the outboards is the good ones will necessarily give much better sound than any plugins, even accounting for a possible D/A/D roundtrip. And this extra quality will make big difference in tracks where the fx is an important part of their stetic. Compressors and delays come to mind.


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What historical event (if any) actually took place on the 25th of Kislev to cause that date to be the commencement of Chanukah?
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This might be basic but it is quoted in almost all halachic texts.
Rambam Hilchos Channuka 3:2 ,Gemara shabbas as well. וכשגברו ישראל על אויביהם ואבדום בכ"ה בחדש כסליו היה ונכנסו להיכל ולא מצאו שמן טהור במקדש אלא פך אחד ולא היה בו להדליק אלא יום אחד בלבד והדליקו ממנו נרות המערכה שמונה ימים עד שכתשו זיתים והוציאו שמן טהור:
When klal Yisroel gained control over their enemies and destroyed them on the 25th of kislev and then found the jar of oil. The Misna Brurah writes that the word channuka itself means Chanu= they finished and rested Chuf hei=on the 25th.
Every historical (e.g. I and II Maccabees and Josephus) and traditional (e.g. the Talmud and Megillas Taanis) source that discusses the matter agrees that the 25th of Kislev was the day that the Hasmoneans, having succeeded in driving the Greek forces out of Jerusalem, reinauguarated the Temple service.
As II Maccabees states (10:1-5):
Rabbinic sources add that the miracle of the oil took place at the same time.
It seems construction of the Second Temple commenced on 25 Kislev as evidenced in Chaggai 2 (particularly verses 10, 15, and 18). See these articles by Rav Yoel Bin-Nun (link, long and very thorough) and Menachem Leibtag (link, more succinct; recommended) for more discussion on the significance of this date and the connection of the prophecies there and in Zechariah to Chanukkah.
Edit: Some highlights of the articles (and I do hope you read them inside) that directly address the question:
There is also what to discuss about the prophecies of Zacharia from the same time period as Chaggai (which is the Haftarah for Chanukkah) which center more around his visions of the Menorah, but I'll leave that for the interested reader to find himself.


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In January the Library of Congress ruled contra to the EU and said that it is illegal to unlock your own cell phone with out permission from the company you bought it from unless you paid full price. The White House has come out against it after a large petition was sent via its e-petition service of over 100,000 signatures. What are your feelings on this?
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I think it'll get overturned. There's massive support in favor of allowing people to unlock their phones. It doesn't terribly affect me personally, since I've never had the need to unlock a phone, but even if I don't exercise a right doesn't mean that right shouldn't exist.
Unless they give you the phone for free with no contract, it shouldn't be locked to their network.
This is similar to buying your own modem instead of renting one from your ISP. When you leave them, you can use your modem with your next ISP if you want. Why shouldn't a phone (that you pay for) be the same way?
I am on the fence with this. I agree if you buy the phone outright, you have the right to unlock your phone. However, for those that sign that 2 year contract for the subsidized phone, I think that the phone company should be able to recoup their money. BUT, then I start thinking about the outrageous prices of phones, that is why there is a cancellation of contract fee, usually pretty high, and possession is 9/10th of the law...
FWIW: I don't believe in contracts for cell phones, as I would rather pay upfront then be nickel and dimed for 2 years, and I hardly use my phone for anything other than to tether my tablet, so a 2 or 3 year old phone works fine for me.
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This isn't entirely accurate. Unlocking your cellphone can be illegal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), a statute enacted back in 1998. Under one provision of the DMCA, the Librarian of Congress may issue exemptions - activities that are not to be deemed illegal under the DMCA. These exemptions are renewed and revisited every three years. Each exemption must be newly considered every cycle, so that there are no "permanent exemptions" under this provision.
Which brings us to the current issue. In the previous cycle of exemptions, the Librarian of Congress had included unlocking cellular phones, however, in the most recent exemption rule making, the Librarian of Congress chose not to renew this exemption for the current three year period.
So, it is not "a new law" or anything of that sort. It's an old law that for three years exempted cellphone users from being in violation of the law for unlocking their devices. That exemption is no longer valid.
@90mcg112 beat me to this.
This is a problem with the DMCA, flat out. It was a bad law when it was passed, and now with the passage of time has putrefied like a dead animal in a gutter in August. And smells as bad.
The reasoning for not unlocking phones is to keep consumers from reigning on a contract. First, I don't see how they can, really: try to leave a carrier before your contract is over and not pay the early termination fee. Tell me how that works out for you. Second, the real issues is AFTER your contract is over or after you have paid the ETF. Right now the carrier is under no obligation to unlock your phone (yes, the phone that you have paid for). They can tell you to screw off, and circumventing IN ANY WAY the means that the carrier has put in place to keep your tied to their network and services is illegal.
Yes, this has to change, but the bigger issue is that the DMCA has got to go.
In my experience if your account is in good standing you can call your provider and ask them to unlock it for you.
But it wouldn't affect me anyway because I don't plan to ever buy a locked contract phone again.
Except they don't always unlock your phone when you ask (even with cherries on top). My dad got a "free" iPhone 3GS for extending his contract for 2 more years. My sis gave him her old iPhone 4. I tried to give the 3GS to a friend to use on T-Mobile, and in order for that to work, AT&T had to unlock it. Nope. They refused to unlock it. So that phone would have ended up in the landfill if I weren't so unscrupulous.
Here's the real funny part of that law. "Jailbreaking" is legal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_jailbreaking#United_States]. It also grants you access to otherwise locked down parts of the phone.
@embhorn: How dare you do what you implied. Think of the children!
@caffeine_dude: they already have that. It's called the ETF fee.
The entire situation is, IMO, BS. The "retail cost" of the phones is astronomical. My iPhone shouldn't cost more than an iPad or a laptop. The prices stay high so we sign 2 year contracts to have the privilege of buying a phone at what it should actually cost.
@embhorn: Um, dude, that's exactly the provision of the DMCA that was not renewed. So, that entry on the wiki is no longer accurate. The exemption from 2010 expired and was not renewed.
@90mcg112: Dear friend, you are mistaken. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/jailbreaking-now-legal-under-dmca-for-smartphones-but-not-tablets/
So we can jailbreak until 2015, when the jailbreaking exemption is up for renewal.
I can see getting a discount for signing a contract but I do not like paying the same after the contract period. I should be able to use the phone anywhere at anytime and I should also be able to bring my own phone and get a better rate without a contract.
@embhorn: You are right, sorry about that, I scanned your link too quickly to appreciate the content.
No worries. The DMCA is the most confusing and dynamic "law" I've seen. It changes on the whim of the Librarian of Congress (or how often he gets perks from the RIAA/MPAA). What ever you are doing legally today could suddenly land you in PMITA prison tomorrow.


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When the letter x is in the very beginning of the word, the standard way to pronounce it is /z/. This pronunciation is standard English, it isn't restricted to dialects or countries. When its position in a word is other than the very beginning, then the letter x is pronounced /ks/ as in expect or fox.
EDIT upon comment: There are certain for which the /ks/ sound doesn't apply for the letter x. Exaggerate is a good example, as well as the word example itself, where x is pronounced /gz/.
I grew up in the Midwest, and we pronounced all of them with the "zee" sound.


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"Maya [age 10] continued to work on her breathing/ breathe support and diaphragm exercises. We learned the song 'Out Of My Dreams' from the Teens Musical Theater songbook, which she will work on for next week. She is already improving in her confidence and her volume. Great job, Maya."
But I Saw In-Home Voice Lessons in Knoxville Online for $20 an Hour…
In Knoxville, if you are looking for beginner singing lessons or singing lessons for kids, we HIGHLY recommend you review the services of several instructors or studios before you commit to regular lessons to ensure the teacher is proven. The first singing teacher is the most important because they set the stage for proper form and breath support from the beginning. Get started with your quality singing lessons in Knoxville, TN today!
We called for lessons last spring for my 9 year old daughter and the results have been amazing. She's no longer nervous to show us what she's learning and we've really seen a boost in her confidence.
- Henry G.
The Music Teachers Network found us an instructor for our only available time, 3pm on Tuesdays. What a relief. Others could not accommodate.
- Doris M.
Ana is a fantastic instructor.
- Elsie L.


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Weather permitting, work is scheduled to begin May 13 on N-50 north of Pawnee City,
Reference Post 13.66 to 16.39, according to the Nebraska Department of Roads.
Constructors, Inc. of Lincoln, Nebraska has the $969,217 contract to mill and resurface
this 2.7 mile project. Traffic will be controlled by one-lane work zones and flaggers where
necessary. The project is expected to be completed in June 2013.
The Department of Roads' project manager is Bill Cary of Tecumseh. Motorists are
reminded to drive cautiously through construction zones.
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