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The book is interesting, stimulating, and well worth reading for anyone interested in animals' cognition and/or moral status.(Julia Tanner Journal of Applied Philosophy)
Steiner weaves his narrative through a great deal of material, and in the end proposes a theory of kinship that is sure both to provoke and delight.(Brett Buchanan Society & Animals)
Animals and the Moral Community is a stimulating and comprehensive philosophical inquiry into animal cognition and sentience and the bearing of what we learn about animal minds on how we treat them. Although Gary Steiner argues that animals are unable to make rational inferences, his notions of cosmic holism and cosmic justice demand nonviolence toward animals and that we value their moral status as we value our own. A radical shift in how we treat animals will have a positive effect not only on their lives but also on ours, and I hope that the principle of cosmic justice will be adopted globally.(Marc Bekoff, University of Colorado, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals, Animals Matter, and, with Jessica Pierce, the forthcoming Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals)
In this marvelously clear and accessible book, Gary Steiner presents an innovative theory of animal cognition that does not depend on nonhuman animals having conceptual or predicative abilities in order for us to explain their behavior. He defends the view that only sentience is required for full membership in the moral community, but he maintains that we must go beyond the liberal tradition if we want to achieve the recognition of moral personhood for nonhuman animals. The solution he proposes is a theory of cosmic holism that recognizes our kinship with other animals but that includes the liberal values of rationality, justice, and fairness. This is an important book that will fundamentally restructure our discourse about animal cognition. Steiner's theory of cosmic holism is one of the most important developments in animal ethics in recent years.(Gary L. Francione, Distinguished Professor of Law, Rutgers University, and author of Animals as Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation)
Even those who disagree with Gary Steiner's vegan end point will appreciate the thoroughness with which he surveys two and a half millenia of Western philosophical thought about the minds and moral status of animals. Steiner argues that although animals are incapable of rational thinking, what matters morally is that they are intelligent, sentient beings, whose lives should matter to us because their lives matter to them.(Colin Allen, professor of history and philosophy of science, professor of cognitive science, Indiana University, Bloomington)


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All Rise...
It ain't easy to follow in the footsteps of a movie as good as Yojimbo, as this anime demonstrated quite eloquently for Judge Sandra Dozier.
The Charge
There are two sides to every war…
Opening Statement
Kaze no Yojimbo is a modern-day retelling of famed director Akira Kurosawa's 1961 Yojimbo, starring the magnificent Toshiro Mifune. This classic spawned countless homages and an entire genre, when director Sergio Leone and young actor Clint Eastwood got together in 1964 to create the spaghetti western A Fistful of Dollars, and never fails to disappoint. The anime, although an ambitious undertaking, falls a little short of the glory shared by its big-screen bretheren.
Facts of the Case
George Kodama, the hero of our story, stirs up more than dust when he arrives in the tiny town of Kimujuku. He loses a chain that is important to him, witnesses the aftermath of a gang hit on a resident, and scuffles with gang members within thirty minutes of his arrival. He is searching for information on a man called Genzo Araki, and it becomes clear as soon as he starts asking around that the townspeople, who don't seem to know anything about Araki, are hiding something from him.
Further complicating things is the strict division of the town between two warring factions, both of whom are interested in the new stranger. When George decides to stay a while, things really start to heat up.
The Evidence
In the original Yojimbo story, a ronin (wandering Samurai) arrives in a small town that is ruled by two gangs and, for reasons that are never explicity stated, decides to play them against each other to free the enslaved townspeople. Whether a ronin or, as in Fistful of Dollars, a gun-for-hire, the mysterious stranger comes into town and makes his decision with very little explanation or talking, but our eyes are riveted on him. A lot depends on whether the actor can keep the audience interested. Mifune and Eastwood carry this off without even breaking a sweat; both actors are icons in great part due to their incredible screen presence. One hardly dares to blink when they are in frame.
This is where Kaze no Yojimbo fails: George has no screen presence. What is obviously an attempt to show calm skill and poise during the first fight scene is ruined by his self-satisfied smirks of pleasure when he pulls a fast one on the local yokels. He comes off more like a bored punk who is letting off a little steam. Also, George comes to town with a purpose and and arc—half the appeal of the ronin in Yojimbo is that you never know his past or what motivates him to help the townspeople. George is not a mystery man with uncertain intentions, and he is therefore reduced from mythic status. I also felt that the story introduced other characters too early on. Part of establishing the larger-than-life image of the ronin is to make him the central focus for the first part of the story, with only peripheral attention paid to the other characters, or even the plot, until he is firmly established.
There is a lot to distract George once he settles in, including two potential love interests—the young daughter of one of the gang leaders, and the more mature mistress of the other boss. All of it spells trouble of the best kind, but I found the obligatory teenage girl character (the daughter) to be a disappointing attempt at pandering to the audience. In fact, the lingering focus on her girlish crush and George's ambiguous responses only served to undercut the story even more. Plenty happens, but it took me a while to warm up to it and to care about any of it.
Having originally run in 2001, Kaze no Yojimbo has a very clear and crisp transfer to DVD, with a gorgeous, warm color palette that is shown off nicely. I really liked the animation for this series, despite some flashy-looking "TV static" backgrounds and scene overlays that I could do without. Fortunately, these all-flash-no-substance techniques are pretty much abandoned after the first couple of episodes. Sound quality is also very good, with a lively stereo mix that makes good use of cross-channel movement and has a good deal of ambient noise that comes through clearly and distinctly. Aside from the awful opening and ending themes, which were sung with a high nasal whine in a voice that I found extremely irritating, I very much enjoyed the music score, which had an interesting flavor—it seemed like an homage to both the original movie and the spaghetti western made from it, like a cross between the two. This disc was light on extras, unless you count pr! eviews, but made up for it with a total of five episodes.
One thing of note: I was not happy with the English dub for this title and preferred to listen in the original performances in Japanese. I felt that some of the parts were a little exaggerated, and George sounded more bored than thoughtful. Also, I don't think it was wise to rename the character from Joji (pronounced "Gee-oh-Gi") to George. It's just such a nondescript name, which is perhaps the point, but it makes him sound more like a banker than a cool loner.
The Rebuttal Witnesses
Pretending, for a moment, that this isn't based on Yojimbo and seeing it as its own work, I still have trouble connecting with the bland George, but the overall story is engaging and well done, with interesting characters and situations. I especially like the mysterious Sanae Araki, who owns the inn and is mistress to one of the gang leaders (and possibly something else to the other boss). I want to know her story. Also, by the time episode five is over, there is a major event, and enough of a mystery that I want to see more.
Closing Statement
Fans of Yojimbo may want to check this out just to see a new take on a classic, but don't go in with expectations too high. This is still an enjoyable series if you don't put too many hopes on the presence and charisma of leading man George.
The Verdict
Barring any future tomfoolery, Kaze no Yojimbo is free to go, but there will be a fine if that nasty theme music is used in the next release.
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By Richard Littlemore • Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 12:54
Here's a classic example of the perversity that can arise out of "balanced" media coverage of climate change. This Detroit News story purports to give evenhanded coverage to a story about a science teacher who have the temerity to show An Inconvenient Truth in her classroom, only to endure criticism from people who dispute its underlying "philosophy."
The worst part was the list of additional sources that the News provides. The offer a couple of very serious science sites - the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and th Environmental Protection Agency. And they offer a couple of "public service" sites offering honest-to-goodness educational material on climate change. Then they add the "other side:" the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Natural Resources Stewardship Project.
So, you wind up with legitimate science "balanced" by two groups: one (CEI) which has a climate change position that is so discredited that even Exxon Mobil won't give them money any more; and the other (NRSP) which is led by a phoney climate change "expert" (Tim Ball) who has done almost no research in the field, who barely ever published and who consistently finds it necessary to misrepresent his credentials to get people to take him seriously.
This is not balanced journalism. It's slop.
Ian Forrester replied on Permalink
I wonder how many cheques get slipped under the door
As far as I can tell the only reason these people get equal time is that they probably slip a cheque to the news outlet every time they are invited to participate.
Honest scientists cannot afford to do this.
Zog replied on Permalink
Censored by the Hoggan
Johan i Kanada replied on Permalink
A typical Ian response
Wayne Hall replied on Permalink
Slipping cheques to the news outlet
And the sceptics are right in this sense: that in this day of NGO and "civil society" politics, arguments drawn from the heyday of the nation state and liberal parliamentarianism are futile.
The result of all this argument over funding and sponsorship is a diversive dogfight which serves to distract attention from the reality that the "sceptics' " "solution" to climate change, large-scale environmentally disastrous engineering, is proceeding apace, and according to all the circumstantial evidence has probably been in very large scale application for more than a few years now.
To the extent that this is the case, the climate change awareness movement that ignores this is part of the problem, not part of the solution.
Suggestions that Timothy Ball is complicit in bribing journalists are not going to shut him up. They will only make him more determined to continue doing what he is doing, Is this the point of these jibes doubtless unthinkingly reproduced by Ian Forrester?
Nor can the behaviour of journalists be changed by making such unsubstantiated claims.
I have managed to get Timothy Ball on the defensive
Zog replied on Permalink
I'm thankful that my kids,
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I might have known that my
Geoff replied on Permalink
It was actually a BS
Carl Szczerski replied on Permalink
That made me laugh pretty
That made me laugh pretty good, well said
Johan i Kanada replied on Permalink
Fits the pattern of
Anonymous replied on Permalink
That explains it!
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DEW replied on Permalink
Exactly what point are you
Peter replied on Permalink
In the 1970's it was global
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*sigh* The myth that won't
The myth that won't die. I should try writing this as a macro on my computer and assign it a shortcut key.
Actually it was called "Global Cooling" and when you have all the facts it turns out there was no consensus on it and the author of the ONE paper that extrapolated from a 30 year trend.
It was the media who picked it up and ran with it because they're trying to sell magazines and papers.
Here's everything that can be found about it:
Johan i Kanada replied on Permalink
The bigger question
Anonymous replied on Permalink
Yay, a semi-relevant contrarian comment
Ian Forrester replied on Permalink
Gore gets a B+ FOS get a F-
J I K, if these two videos were presented as part of a course curiculum in applied science Gore's would get at least a B+ where as the one by FOS (assuming it contains the same pseudo-science as on their web page) would get a failing grade.
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those evol teachers again
Copious Maximus replied on Permalink
Criticism Endured
Are you saying this teacher was actually subjected, and forced to endure criticism?!
Is there no end to the depravity of these brazen, villanous skeptics?? First they deny, and now they even go so far as to criticise!
If that's not a HATE CRIME, I don't know what is.


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Installing rbx-require-relative (0.0.5) /home/canard/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/installer.rb:364:in `ensure_required_ruby_version_met': rbx-require-relative requires Ruby version ~> 1.8.7. (Gem::InstallError)
from /home/canard/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/installer.rb:135:in `install'
I understand ruby 1.9.2 needs rbx-require-relative, but why it doesn't want to install it. It demand ruby ruby 1.8.7. I am little lost.
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So why don't >> all the authors of those wonderful alternative libraries just patch the >> inets to extend it with something they feel missing so that we only have >> one good and documented library to use as the common denominator? > I agree with Serge that it is somewhat unfortunate that there are so many initiatives where people write their own implementation of something we already have included in the Erlang/OTP distribution and doing this without even suggesting or asking us if we could incorporate some missing feature or improve the current implementation in various ways. I think it is better to try to improve the existing functionality first and only if that is not feasible make another implementation with a new API. In Erlang/OTP we have keep strict compatibility with many of our APIs which is both a strength and sometimes a burden (when we are not happy with the old API) but there are mostly ways around that if there is strong case for a change. > I can think of several reasons why this does not happen: > > a) You have to distinguish between functional and non-functional behavior. > All web-servers implement the same protocol (HTTP) - so they are > functionally > equivalent - but their non-functional behavior is very different > - one server > might be optimized for large numbers of short-lived sessions, > another for a few long-lived > sessions. One might cache content, another not. So even though they > are > all http servers they have very different behaviour - this is good. > > b) Servers have two interfaces - the protocol interface (HTTP) and > the interface towards > Erlang (the API if you like). As far as I can see most severs > have different Erlang APIs. > This is bad. Would be good if there was a kind of standardized API for HTTP-servers and clients. > > c) Inets is shipped with OTP ie built and maintained by the OTP group. > This is not really > "core business" as far as the OTP group is concerned, better for > everybody if non-core > applications get taken over by third-part vendors. Joe is right reagarding core business in that there are not much use of HTTP-servers in products developed with Erlang inside Ericsson (who is financing ERlang/OTP) and if used the requirements are not very demanding. > > d) As things mature - people want more in the way of "service" - ie > good documentation and the ability > to buy support - the problem with software is not so much that of > writing it - which can be > easy or difficult depending upon the problem but with the "burden of > support" We still actively develop inets with its http client and server and I am not sure that all the reasons to develop alternatives still exist. We are more than happy to receive contributions with bugfixes and new functionality. I think it is of great value to have a relative complete functionality in Erlang/OTP so that the user can implement basic functionality without having to search for separate implementations of, with unknown quality and completeness at least for a beginner. > > Personally I'm quite happy with there being several different http > servers, It gives me several to choose > from. No server in the world will do exactly what I want so they all > need tweaking in one way or another. > > What I don't like is that all have different APIs - this make swapping > between severs a pain. > Some degree of standardization of the APIs necessary to setup and > manage the servers would be > highly desirable. > > It would also be highly desirable to standardize the relationship > between a http uri and > and erlang function call. For example > > > http://some.host/erlcall?mod=foo&func=bar&arg1=111 > > means call foo:bar(...) on the server and return the value as html (or > something) > > Currently the http-server side of things seems ok - what I'm missing is > the > entire user management cycle - password management, authentication, > cookies, > forgotten passwords etc. - this needs far more than an http server, it > needs > a persistent database, security and so on ... > > Cheers > > /Joe > > /Kenneth, Erlang/OTP Ericsson > >> Serge >> >> >> (*) >> http://steve.vinoski.net/blog/2011/05/09/erlang-web-server-benchmarking >> _______________________________________________ >> erlang-questions mailing list >> >> http://erlang.org/mailman/listinfo/erlang-questions > _______________________________________________ > erlang-questions mailing list > > http://erlang.org/mailman/listinfo/erlang-questions >


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The fighting comes as groups in Iraq identifying themselves as ISIL have seized Sunni Muslim towns hundreds of miles away on the Euphrates in Iraq, challenging a Shia-led government in Baghdad which they see as allied, like Assad, to Shia Iran.
More from GlobalPost: Iraqi PM urges residents to expel Al Qaeda from Fallujah
In Syria, other Islamist groups have sought to take advantage of resentment among local people at efforts by the ISIL to impose radical interpretations of Islamic law and social practices in areas they control.
ISIL was initially welcomed by rebels, but tensions grew as the Al Qaeda affiliate was accused of imposing a reign of terror, including widespread kidnappings, torture, assassinations and public executions.
Syrian fighters from Islamist factions Ahrar al-Sham and Jabhat al Nusra, another Al Qaeda affiliate, had surrounded the main ISIL base in central Raqqa, activists said.
The rebel infighting has only served to strengthen Assad's hand ahead of peace talks later this month in Geneva.
More from GlobalPost: On Location Video: Exiled from Syria's Revolution
Prisoners released
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the rebels attacking ISIL in Raqqa also "released 50 Syrian prisoners" held by the Sunni extremists.
ISIL is said to hold hundreds of prisoners in their now besieged Raqqa headquarters, and foreign journalists elsewhere in the province.
Turkish photographer Bunyamin Aygun, kidnapped in December while covering Syria, was freed Sunday, and 10 Syrian Kurds kidnapped at ISIL checkpoints escaped, said the Observatory.
Syrian National Coalition re-elects leader
Ahmad al-Jarba was re-elected as the Western-backed Syrian opposition's leader for a second six-month term on Sunday, coalition members said, defeating former Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab.
While designated as the main body representing the opposition by the United States and other key powers, the newly elected political committee of the Syrian National Coalition faces a struggle for credibility in the run-up to international peace talks.
The Western-backed rebels grouped under the Coalition are still reeling from the suspension of non-lethal aid from the US and Britain last month, following the seizure of a weapons depot by the Islamic Front.
Iran can participate from the sidelines: US
Iran, largely considered Assad's sponsor, should not take formal part in the Geneva 2 peace conference, said US Secretary of State John Kerry, but it could "contribute form the sidelines."
The Coalition is being pushed by major powers to attend talks on Lake Geneva on January 22 aimed at ending the almost three-year conflict, which has killed more than 130,000 people and displaced millions. At the same time, its leaders fear losing what credibility they have on the ground by sitting down with Assad.
The Coalition will decide on Monday whether to take part in the peace talks, though a key group — the Syrian National Council — has already announced it will boycott the so-called Geneva 2 process.


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Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 59 is the fifty-ninth issue of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by Archie Comics.
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Opposites Detract
- The return of the strangest characters to ever grace the pages of Sonic: Horizontal and Vertical! Not seen since Sonic #4, Al and Cal are even more insane than they ever here. How do Sonic and Tails fit in this story? Let's just say they have no choice in this matter but to be involved.
Tales Of The Freedom Fighters - The People's Princess
- Sally and her friends decide to take a little time off sky diving and after dinner, they return home happily. But King Acorn tells Geoffrey to escort Sally to him because he has something planned for her... the question is- "what?"
Sonic & Tails in "Opposites Detract"
- Writer: Mike Gallagher
- Pencils: Art Mawhinney
- Inks: Jim Amash
- Colors: Lisa Ieraci
- Letters: Jeff Powell
- Editor: J. Freddy Gabrie
- Managing Editor: Victor Gorelick
- Editor-in-Chief: Richard Goldwater
Tales of the Freedom Fighters Presents: Princess Sally in "The People's Princess"
- Written & Colored by: Ken Penders
- Illustrated by: Manny Galan & Jim Amash
- Lettered by: Jeff Powell
- Edited by: J. Freddy Gabrie
- Portals to alternate Zones have been opening on Mobius ever since the activation of the Ultimate Annihilator in Sonic the Hedgehog #50, "The Big Goodbye".
- Horizont-Al and Verti-Cal previously appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog #2, "Vertigo A'Go Go!", as mentioned in editorial comment. The editorial comment says that Al and Cal made one other brief appearance (and invites readers to write to Sonic Grams to identify it), but actually they made two: a one-page, fourth wall–breaking appearance in Sonic the Hedgehog #4, "HorizontAL & VertiCAL", and a cameo appearance inside a virtual reality machine in Sonic the Hedgehog #16, "Sonic Under Glass, Part II".
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- Pin-up: An unused, uncolored cover for the issue, illustrated by Patrick Spaziante and Harvey Mercadoocasio, is presented as a pin-up for readers to color themselves.
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Skip to comments.Gibson taking Oscar high road for 'The Passion'
Posted on 11/21/2004 6:16:48 AM PST by NYer
LOS ANGELES, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Mel Gibson has sworn off using paid advertisements to seek Oscars for his blockbuster, "The Passion of the Christ," and instead is putting his faith in the merits of the work as it vies for the film industry's top honors.
Breaking with a growing Hollywood practice of heavy-handed pre-Oscar marketing, Gibson and his Icon Productions partner Bruce Davey have vowed not to spend a cent on television, radio or print ads hawking "Passion" for Academy Award consideration, a spokesman said on Friday.
However, Icon is presenting promotional screenings of "The Passion" and plans to send out thousands of DVD copies to members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (news - web sites) and other industry groups that present year-end film awards.
"This film should be judged on its artistic merit, not on who spends more money for advertising. That's really what the academy was meant to be and to celebrate," Davey said in a statement issued through Icon's publicist, Alan Nierob.
Gibson, who wrote, directed and produced the blood-drenched film about the last hours in the life of Jesus, likewise spent relatively little on commercial advertising to promote "The Passion" before its theatrical release.
Instead, Icon relied on a marketing campaign centered on special screenings for Christian churches. The R-rated film also benefited from media scrutiny after some Jewish leaders expressed concern that the movie could incite anti-Semitism.
"The Passion" went on to gross well over $600 million in worldwide ticket sales.
Nominations for the 2004 Academy Awards (news - web sites) are two months away, and with no clear favorites having yet emerged the Oscar contest is expected to be especially heated this year.
"The studios that have films in the race are going to be out there doing everything they can to get attention for their films," said Gregg Kilday, film editor for The Hollywood Reporter.
Oscar marketing has grown into a multimillion-dollar exercise for major studios and production companies, which spend lavishly on advertising, parties and publicity campaigns to raise the profile of their movies during the run-up to the Academy Awards and other year-end film prizes.
In recent years, promotional blitzes have taken on a nasty edge, with rival movie executives accusing each other of trying to buy academy votes or fomenting whisper campaigns.
Academy officials thought the situation had gotten so out of hand that last year they formed a committee to tighten guidelines governing the promotion of Oscar-eligible films.
Academy President Frank Pierson praised Gibson for working to restore the Oscars as a "celebration and appreciation of excellence" and resisting the "crass commercialism that was threatening the integrity of the award."
The stakes are high. An Oscar nomination or award carries tremendous prestige for a film's producers and talent while often translating into a commercial windfall for those movies that are still in theaters or in DVD release.
"The Passion" has little to gain commercially from Oscar recognition at this point, having already completed its global theatrical run and DVD release.
Gibson has given the world a timeless classic; a film that will endure forever, despite the ballyhooing Hollyweirdos.
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I don't think Gibson ought to submit this movie for the Oscars at all.
Knida of like winning the Nobel Peace Prize now.
MEL's ICON Productions =
"The PASSION of the Christ"
Don't forget, he already won Best Picture (and best director?) for Braveheart. I was completely astonished when that happened.
I can't wait to see the hatred on all the faces of those angry liberal hollyweird idots. I wonder how many hate speeches we will hear.
Considering that Mikey Mooreon's piece of garbage is likely to be nominated for Best Picture, I think we all know where Hollyweird stands on a good movie ever winning an award for anything.
Hey Ronnie, how are ya buddy?
Same here. Especially after the queer got tossed out of the window.
I find it all about as meaningful as our political campaigns anymore ... where that same Talent is trotted out either to Opinionate as necessary to cause a firestorm or, even worse, glorify or desecrate as required the very real lives and issues allegedly the purview of politics such as Cider House Rules ... or WORST OF ALL, used to play a "conservative" used to capture the governorship of Hollywood's own home state.
It's rather sad to live in the Age of the Fueilleton and just one more reason I truly admire Gibson's erring on the side of privacy where his personal opinions of politics and such are concerned.
since the end of the Middle Ages, intellectual life in Europe seems to have evolved alone two major lines. The first of these was the liberation of thought and belief from the sway of all authority. In practice this meant the struggle of Reason, which at last felt it had come of age and won its independence, against the domination of the Roman Church.
The second trend, on the other hand, was the covert but passionate search for a means to confer legitimacy on this freedom, for a new and sufficient authority arising out of Reason itself. We can probably generalize and say that Mind has by and large won this often strangely contradictory battle for two aims basically at odds with each other.
Has the gain been worth the countless victims? Has our present structure of the life of the mind been sufficiently developed, and is it likely to endure long enough, to justify as worthwhile sacrifices all the sufferings, convulsions, and abnormalities: the trials of heretics, the burnings at stake, the many "geniuses" who ended in madness or suicide? For us, it is not permissible to ask these questions. History is as it has happened. Whether it was good, whether it would have been better not to have happened, whether we will or will not acknowledge that it has had "meaning"--all this is irrelevant.
Thus those struggles for the "freedom" of the human intellect likewise "happened," and subsequently, in the course of the aforementioned Age of the Feuilleton, men came to enjoy an incredible degree of intellectual freedom, more than they could stand.
For while they had overthrown the tutelage of the Church completely, and that of the State partially, they had not succeeded in formulating an authentic law they could respect, a genuinely new authority and legitimacy. Ziegenhalss recounts some truly astonishing examples of the intellect's debasement, venality, and self-betrayal during that period.
We must confess that we cannot provide an unequivocal definition of those products from which the age takes its name, the feuilletons. They seem to have formed an uncommonly popular section of the daily newspapers, were produced by the millions, and were a major source of mental pabulum for the reader in want of culture.
They reported on, or rather "chatted' about, a thousand-and-one items of knowledge. It would seem, moreover, that the cleverer among the writers of them poked fun at their own work. Ziegenhalss, at any rate, contends that many such pieces are so incomprehensible that they can only be viewed as self-persiflage on the part of the authors. Quite possibly these manufactured articles do indeed contain a quantity of irony and self-mockery which cannot be understood until the key is found again.
The producers of these trivia were in some cases attached to the staffs of the newspapers; in other cases they were free-lance scriveners. Frequently they enjoyed the high-sounding title of "writer," but a great many of them seem to have belonged to the scholar class. Quite a few were celebrated university professors.
Among the favorite subjects of such essays were anecdotes taken from the lives or correspondence of famous men and women. They bore such titles as "Friedrich Nietzsche and Women's Fashions of 1870," or "The Composer Rossini's Favorite Dishes," or "The Role of the Lapdog in the Lives of Great Courtesans," and so on. Another popular type of article was the historical background piece on what was currently being talked about among the well-to-do, such as "The Dream of Creating Gold Through the Centuries," or "Physico-chemical Experiments in Influencing the Weather," and hundreds of similar subjects.
When we look at the titles that Ziegenhalss cites, we feel surprise that there should have been people who devoured such chitchat for their daily reading; but what astonishes us far more is that authors of repute and of decent education should have helped to "service" this gigantic consumption of empty whimsies.
Significantly, "service" was the expression used; it was also the word denoting the relationship of man to the machine at that time.
In some periods interviews with well-known personalities on current problems were particularly popular. Ziegenhalss devotes a separate chapter to these. Noted chemists or piano virtuosos would be queried about politics, for example, or popular actors, dancers, gymnasts, aviators, or even poets would be drawn out on the benefits and drawbacks of being a bachelor, or on the presumptive causes of financial crises, and so on. All that mattered in these pieces was to link a well-known name with a subject of current topical interest. The reader may consult Ziegenhalss for some truly startling examples; he gives hundreds.
As we have said, no doubt a goodly dash of irony was mixed in with all this busy productivity; it may even have been a demonic irony, the irony of desperation--it is very hard indeed for us to put ourselves in the place of those people so that we can truly understand them. But the great majority, who seem to have been strikingly fond of reading, must have accepted all these grotesque things with credulous earnestness.
If a famous painting changed owners, if a precious manuscript was sold at auction, if an old palace burned down, if the bearer of an aristocratic name was involved in a scandal, the readers of many thousands of feature articles at once learned the facts. What is more, on that same day or by the next day at the latest they received an additional dose of anecdotal, historical, psychological, erotic, and other stuff on the catchword of the moment. A torrent of zealous scribbling poured out over every ephemeral incident, and in quality, assortment, and phraseology all this material bore the mark of mass goods rapidly and irresponsibly turned out.
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A torrent of zealous scribbling poured out over every ephemeral incident, and in quality, assortment, and phraseology all this material bore the mark of mass goods rapidly and irresponsibly turned out.
Just another reason Gibson's film doesn't belong among the Rove-ish propaganda or casually immoral and often wholly gratuitously "bloodsoaked" images and stories used to shock, amuse and sex the masses.
Micheal Moore director of the year, best screenplay, and best documentary, but will lose best picture.
The movie has stood on its own merit without the support or backing from Hollywood.
Why would the Oscars be any different?
"The Passion" has little to gain commercially from Oscar recognition "
In fact I would be tickled if Passion did not win and Monster Moore's F911 wins something. The left has been playing the wrong cards for 4 years now and I say "Why change things?".
The Soviets' system was moronic for years and it finally broke-with a little help from Ronaldus Maximus mind you. Nevertheless, it's own weight was a large part of it's own demise. There is a great parralell with Liberalism. Let them show the Center what an amoral pile of sickos the left is filled with. Let them do our work for us.
The "Passion" is one of the greatest pieces of cinematic art ever made. With the greatest story to tell. It will be around for years, if not centuries.
especially after that UGLY scene when Michael Moore accepted for winning Bowling for Columbine a couple of years ago.
Oh but it's only ugly if you are a ultra-extremist-radical-fundamentalist living in Jesusland. In Hollweird it was no big deal.
Me too...
F-9-11 cannot be nominated for best picture. It is supposedly a documentary. Can't win.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. The Best Pictures winners tend to be conservative. Look at a list of them. 'American Beauty' was an exception.
Seeing the actual "Pieta" in Italy was equally an astounding experience.
Mel Gibson accurately captured the soul-searing sadness and transcendent beauty of Mary and the Christ as he was taken down from the Cross.
The Passion of The Christ DVD is available in some stores for $15.00.
I'm getting it for everybody I know, for Christmas.
Somehow I missed reports of all those pogroms and the violence that this movie was supposed to engender. Actually, the only anti-religious hatred and intolerance I've been hearing lately are shrill anti-Christian screeds from liberals after the recent election.
I really need to compile a reading list from your FR posts over the years. Great stuff.
I think it might be good as a classic Holy Week devotional act to look at the movie -- a visual recreation of the Via Dolorosa to remind us of what Our Lord went through.
It's been salted pretty heavily by those I encounter here, ELS.
Which reminds me ... I lost my Notepad doc in which I was listing books. Cornelis, do you remember what your last recommendation to me was?
It's in my self-search somewhere but probably a month or so ago.
If you remember ... I'd like to have it again.
Sorry ... it was Cornelis whose book rec I lost.
Whether Gibson gets the Oscar or not, he won!
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It's available through Amazon.com for only 16.49 and well worth every penny!
Gibson and his Icon Productions partner Bruce Davey have vowed not to spend a cent on television, radio or print ads hawking "Passion" for Academy Award consideration
$16.49 for the book on Amazon?
I paid full price at B&N for my copy of the book.
That's exactly right, and by taking this approach, Mel is putting the academy in a tough place. Since he isn't spending money on advertising to promote his film, he's compelling them to judge the Passion on its artistic merit as he pointed out. If the Passion doesn't win, it will only reaffirm that winning awards are politically motivated or are those whose investors spend lots of money on pre-Oscar publicity.
<< Read as, "no clear favorites as yet having emerged "
.... which pile of Hollyweird swill should win [But] the best film made (The Passion) will be completely ignored. >>
And the worst in decades, Mountain-Mikey 'Humungous' Moore's Farenhate 911, will win.
Indeed. The powers of redemption at work.
Actually, you can purchase a used copy (oftentimes still in its shrinkwrap), for as little as $3.30 on Amazon.com. And .... if you spend $25, shipping is free :-).
The PASSION's collapsing White Shroud...
JOHN DEBNEY's triumphant drums banging away...
The Christ's punctured hands...
as He rises up and up...
...really did it for me.
Victoria, as usual you're right on target!
Thank you for asking about how I'm doing, Freeper SirLurkedalot
Freeper ALOHA RONNIE is doing real fine this day, especially after a "PASSION" TV Commercial just aired in the middle of OLLIE NORTH's 'War Stories' TV Program on the FoX News Channel with...
'PASSION' Music Composer JOHN DEBNEY's triumphant CHRIST Resurrection Scene drums powerfully thumping away and choir voices rising higher and higher.
This during the middle of NORTH's Story about the opening of the Korean War.
What simply AMAZING timing..?
I am so sick of this portrayal. There is more blood on 2 hours of HBO Sunday night than there was during this film.
I've had the chance to watch the Passion with others twice now, and the discussion that followed was most revealing. In one case, I was told that the film did not represent the true story of redemption because it focussed on the physical suffering of the Christ instead of his mental anguish. I immediately thought of the suffering of our troops under fire and after being wounded in battle. I think popular sentiment says that no one needs to suffer for the sake of the Republic, that pain and agony aren't inevitable in the process of maintaining our liberties. Critical comments about The Passion seem related. Even as one who doesn't see the film in terms of personal faith, I felt that many religious people have misunderstood its message. The veteran does, especially the Vietnam veteran who suffered physically and psychologically upon return to an ungrateful nation. This I have learned from you, Ronnie.
I too play NICK GLENNIE SMITH's "WE WERE SOLDIERS" Music Score CD and JOHN DEBNEY's "The PASSION of the Christ" interchangeably in my daily travels.
Oscar-Winning Screenwriter RANDALL WALLACE, who helped bring us "BRAVEHEART" and...
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Thanks for the link, Ronnie. Good to see you.
That might be too much to expect from a lifelong habitué of Hollywood like Gibson, but I hope his hesitancy to follow the "Oscar ads" strategy indicates he may be leaning in that direction.
I was wrecked by the time Christ stomped the snakes head in the Gardec of Gethsemane.It just kept getting heavier from there.
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3DML: A 3-D Miniature LIDAR for Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles
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Small Business Information
Honeybee Robotics
460 West 34th Street, New York, NY, 10001
Principal Investigator:
Michael Rutberg
Electrical Systems Engineer
(646) 459-7830
Electrical Systems Engineer
(646) 459-7830
Business Contact:
Chris Chapman
(646) 459-7802
(646) 459-7802
Research Institution:
AbstractA small-envelope, inexpensive 3D LIDAR with the high performance required by UGV navigation and operations applications does not currently exist. We propose to develop such a sensor, drawing on technology matured by Honeybee Robotics under DARPA and NASA funding. Our 3D Miniature LIDAR (3DML) design uses an innovative drum scanner in conjunction with a pulse-time-of-flight (PTOF) optical rangefinding subsystem. Important performance characteristics include: a wide field-of-view for adequate near-field vision, a frame rate sufficient for real-time operation, and resolution high enough for terrain assessment, obstacle characterization and local mapping. Honeybee's 3DML technology is uniquely suited to address these desirements in an ultra-compact package at low per-unit cost. One key innovation is the optical drum scanner, combining a large aperture and wide field-of-view with robust mechanical operation and small size. Equally important are the electronic subsystems, enabling serial ranging of points at high resolution and very high speeds. The primary goal of Phase I will be adapting the 3DML architecture to meet the demands of the SUGV application. Prototyping of key subsystems will demonstrate technology readiness prior to Phase II. A Phase I Option will be used to complete a detailed design of the optical drum and prototype the optical transmitter.
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