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1. After telling us of the incident in connection with which the disciple Thomas had offered to his touch the places of the wounds in Christ's body, and saw what he would not believe, and believed, the evangelist John interposes these words, and says:
And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book: but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life through His name. This paragraph indicates, as it were, the end of the book; but there is afterwards related how the Lord manifested Himself at the sea of Tiberias, and in the draught of fishes made special reference to the mystery of the Church, as regards its future character, in the final resurrection of the dead. I think, therefore, it is fitted to give special prominence thereto, that there has been thus interposed, as it were, an end of the book, and that there should be also a kind of preface to the narrative that was to follow, in order in some measure to give it a position of greater eminence. The narrative itself begins in this way:
After these things Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise showed He (Himself). There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of His disciples. Simon Peter says unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with you.
2. The inquiry is usually made in connection with this fishing of the disciples, why Peter and the sons of Zebedee returned to what they were before being called by the Lord; for they were fishers when He said to them,
Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men. Matthew 4:19 And they put such reality into their following of Him then, that they left all in order to cleave to Him as their Master: so much so, that when the rich man went away from Him in sorrow, because of His saying to him,
Go sell that you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven, and come follow me, Peter said to Him,
Lo, we have forsaken all, and followed You. Why is it then that now, by the abandonment as it were of their apostleship, they become what they were, and seek again what they had forsaken, as if forgetful of the words they had once listened to,
No man, putting his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of heaven? Luke 9:62 Had they done so when Jesus was lying in the grave, before He rose from the dead — which of course they could not have done, as the day whereon He was crucified kept them all in closest attention till His burial, which took place before evening; while the next day was the Sabbath, when it was unlawful for those who observed the ancestral custom to work at all; and on the third day the Lord rose again, and re called them to the hope which they had not yet begun to entertain regarding Him — yet had they then done so, we might suppose it had been done under the influence of that despair which had taken possession of their minds. But now, after His restoration to them alive from the tomb, after the most evident truth of His revivified flesh offered to their eyes and hands, not only to be seen, but also to be touched and handled; after inspecting the very marks of the wounds, even to the confession of the Apostle Thomas, who had previously declared that he would not otherwise believe; after the reception by His breathing on them of the Holy Spirit, and after the words poured from His lips into their ears,
As the Father has sent me, even so send I you: whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever ye retain, they are retained: they suddenly become again what they had been, fishers, not of men, but of fishes.
3. We have therefore to give those who are disturbed by this the answer, that they were not prohibited from seeking necessary sustenance by their manual craft, when lawful in itself, and warranted so long as they preserved their apostleship intact, if at any time they had no other means of gaining a livelihood. Unless any one have the boldness to imagine or to affirm, that the Apostle Paul attained not to the perfection of those who left all and followed Christ, seeing that, in order not to become a burden to any of those to whom he preached the gospel, he worked with his own hands for his support: 2 Thessalonians 3:8 wherein we find rather the fulfillment of his own words,
I labored more abundantly than they all; and to which he added,
yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me: 1 Corinthians 15:10 to make it manifest that this also was to be imputed to the grace of God, that both with mind and body he was able to labor so much more abundantly than they all, that he neither ceased from preaching the gospel, nor drew, like them, his present support out of the gospel; while he was sowing it much more widely and fruitfully through multitudes of nations where the name of Christ had never previously been proclaimed. Whereby he showed that living, that is, deriving their subsistence, by the gospel, was not imposed on the apostles as a necessity, but conferred on them as a power. And of this power the same apostle makes mention when he says:
If we have sown to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your carnal things? If others are partakers of this power among you, are not we rather? But, he adds,
we have not used this power. And a little afterwards he says:
They who serve the altar are partakers with the altar: even so has the Lord ordained, that they who preach the gospel should live of the gospel; but I have used none of these things. It is clear enough, therefore, that it was not enjoined on the apostles, but put in their power, not to find their living otherwise than by the gospel, and of those to whom by preaching the gospel they sowed spiritual things, to reap their carnal things; that is, to take their bodily support, and, as the soldiers of Christ, to receive the wages due to them, as from the inhabitants of provinces subject to Christ. Hence that same illustrious soldier had said a little before, in reference to this matter,
Who goes a warfare any time at his own charges? Which he nevertheless did himself; for he labored more abundantly than they all. If, then, the blessed Paul— that he might not use with them the power which he certainly possessed along with the other preachers of the gospel, but went a warfare at his own charges, that the Gentiles, who were utterly averse to the name of Christ, might not take offense at his teaching, as something offered them for a money equivalent — in a way very different from that in which he had been educated, learned an altogether new art, that while the teacher supports himself with his own hands, none of his hearers might be burdened; how much rather did the blessed Peter, who had beforetimes been a fisherman, do what he was already acquainted with, if at that present time he found no other means of gaining a livelihood?
4. But some one will reply, And why did he not find them, when the Lord had promised, saying,
Seek first the kingdom and righteousness of God, and all these things shall be added unto you? Matthew 6:33 Precisely also in this very way did the Lord fulfill His promise. For who else placed there the fishes that were to be caught, but He, who, we are bound to believe, threw them into the penury that compelled them to go a fishing, for no other reason than that He wished to show them the miracle He had prepared, that so He might both feed the preachers of His gospel, and at the same time enhance that gospel itself, by the great mystery which He was about to impress on their minds by the number of the fishes? And on this subject we also ought now to be telling you what He Himself has set before us.
Simon Peter, therefore,
says, I go a fishing. Those who were with him
say unto him, We also go with you. And they went forth, and entered into a ship; and that night they caught nothing. But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore; but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. Then Jesus says unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered Him, No. He says unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and you shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved says unto Peter, It is the Lord. When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his coat unto him, for he was naked, and did cast himself into the sea. And the other disciples came in a little ship (for they were not far from the land, but as it were two hundred cubits), dragging the net with fishes. As soon then as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals laid, and a fish laid thereon, and bread. Jesus says unto them, Bring of the fish which you have now caught. Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
6. This is a great mystery in the great Gospel of John; and to commend it the more forcibly to our attention, the last chapter has been made its place of record. Accordingly, inasmuch as there were seven disciples taking part in that fishing, Peter, and Thomas, and Nathaneal, and the two sons of Zebedee, and two others whose names are withheld, they point, by their septenary number, to the end of time. For there is a revolution of all time in seven days. To this also pertains the statement, that when the morning had come, Jesus stood on the shore; for the shore likewise is the limit of the sea, and signifies therefore the end of the world. The same end of the world is shown also by the act of Peter, in drawing the net to land, that is, to the shore. Which the Lord has Himself elucidated, when in a certain other place He drew His similitude from a fishing net let down into the sea:
And they drew it, He said,
to the shore. And in explanation of what that shore was, He added,
So will it be in the end of the world. Matthew 13:48-49
7. That, however, is a parable in word, not one embodied in outward action; and just as in the passage before us the Lord indicated by an outward action the kind of character the Church would have in the end of the world, so in the same way, by that other fishing, He indicated its present character. In doing the one at the commencement of His preaching and this latter after His resurrection, He showed thereby in the former case that the capture of fishes signified the good and bad presently existing in the Church; but in the latter, the good only, whom it will contain everlastingly, when the resurrection of the dead shall have been completed in the end of this world. Furthermore, on that previous occasion Jesus stood not, as here, on the shore, when He gave orders for the taking of the fish, but
entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land; and He sat down therein, and taught the crowds. And when He had left speaking, He said to Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. There also they put the fishes that were caught into the ship, and did not, as here, draw the net to the shore. By these signs, and any others that may be found, on the former occasion the Church was prefigured as it exists in this world, and on the other, as it shall be in the end of the world: the one accordingly took place before, and the other subsequently to the resurrection of the Lord; because there we were signified by Christ as called, and here as raised from the dead. On that occasion the nets are not let down on the right side, that the good alone might not be signified, nor on the left, lest the application should be limited to the bad; but without any reference to either side, He says,
Let down your nets for a draught, that we may understand the good and bad as mingled together: while on this He says,
Cast the net on the right side of the ship, to signify those who stood on the right hand, the good alone. There the net was broken on account of the schisms that were meant to be signified; but here, as then there will be no more schisms in that supreme peace of the saints, the evangelist was entitled to say,
And for all they were so great, that is, so large,
yet was not the net broken; as if with reference to the previous time when it was broken, and a commendation of the good that was here in comparison with the evil that preceded. There the multitude of fishes caught was so great, that the two vessels were filled and began to sink, Luke 5:3-7 that is, were weighed down to the point of sinking; for they did not actually sink, but were in extreme jeopardy. For whence exist in the Church the great evils under which we groan, save from the impossibility of withstanding the enormous multitude that, almost to the entire subversion of discipline, gain an entrance, with their morals so utterly at variance with the pathway of the saints? Here, however, they cast the net on the right side,
and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. What is meant by the words,
Now they were not able to draw it, but this, that those who belong to the resurrection of life, that is to say, to the right hand, and depart this life within the nets of the Christian name, will be made manifest only on the shore, in other words, when they shall rise from the dead at the end of the world? Accordingly, they were not able to draw the nets so as to discharge into the vessel the fishes they had caught, as was done with all of those wherewith the net was broken, and the boats laden to sinking. But the Church possesses those right-hand ones after the close of this life in the sleep of peace, lying hid as it were in the deep, till the net reach the shore whither it is being drawn, as it were two hundred cubits. And as on that first occasion it was done by two vessels, with reference to the circumcision and the uncircumcision; so in this place, by the two hundred cubits, I am of opinion that there is symbolized, with reference to the elect of both classes, the circumcision and the uncircumcision, as it were two separate hundreds; because the number that passes to the right hand is represented summarily by hundreds. And last of all, in that former fishing the number of fishes is not expressed, as if the words were there acted on that were uttered by the prophet,
I have declared and spoken; they are multiplied beyond number: while here there are none beyond calculation, but the definite number of a hundred and fifty and three; and of the reason of this number we must now, with the Lord's help, give some account.
8. For if we determine on the number that should indicate the law, what else can it be but ten? For we have absolute certainty that the Decalogue of the law, that is, those ten well-known precepts, were first written by the finger of God on two tables of stone. Deuteronomy 9:10 But the law, when it is not aided by grace, makes transgressors, and is only in the letter, on account of which the apostle specially declared,
The letter kills, but the spirit gives life. 2 Corinthians 3:6 Let the spirit then be added to the letter, lest the letter kill him whom the spirit makes not alive, and let us work out the precepts of the law, not in our own strength, but by the grace of the Saviour. But when grace is added to the law, that is, the spirit to the letter, there is, in a kind of way, added to ten the number of seven. For this number, namely seven, is testified by the documents of holy writ given us for perusal, to signify the Holy Spirit. For example, sanctity or sanctification properly pertains to the Holy Spirit, whence, as the Father is a spirit, and the Son a spirit, because God is a spirit, so the Father is holy and the Son holy, yet the Spirit of both is called peculiarly by the name of the Holy Spirit. Where, then, was there the first distinct mention of sanctification in the law but on the seventh day? For God sanctified not the first day, when He made the light; nor the second, when He made the firmament; nor the third, when He separated the sea from the land, and the land brought forth grass and timber; nor the fourth, wherein the stars were created; nor the fifth, wherein were created the animals that live in the waters or fly in the air; nor the sixth, when the terrestrial living soul and man himself were created; but He sanctified the seventh day, wherein He rested from all His works. The Holy Spirit, therefore, is aptly represented by the septenary number. The prophet Isaiah likewise says,
The Spirit of God shall rest on Him; and thereafter calls our attention to that Spirit in His septenary work or grace, by saying,
The spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and piety; and He shall be filled with the spirit of the fear of God. Isaiah 11:2-3 And what of the Revelation? Are they not there called the seven Spirits of God, Revelation 3:1 while there is only one and the same Spirit dividing to every one severally as He will? 1 Corinthians 12:11 But the septenary operation of the one Spirit was so called by the Spirit Himself, whose own presence in the writer led to their being spoken of as the seven Spirits. Accordingly, when to the number of ten, representing the law, we add the Holy Spirit as represented by seven, we have seventeen; and when this number is used for the adding together of every several number it contains, from 1 up to itself, the sum amounts to one hundred and fifty-three. For if you add 2 to 1, you have 3 of course; if to these you add 3 and 4, the whole makes 10; and then if you add all the numbers that follow up to 17, the whole amounts to the foresaid number; that is, if to 10, which you had reached by adding all together from 1 to 4, you add 5, you have 15; to these add 6, and the result is 21; then add 7, and you have 28; to this add 8, and 9, and 10, and you get 55; to this add 11 and 12, and 13, and you have 91; and to this again add 14, 15, and 16, and it comes to 136; and then add to this the remaining number of which we have been speaking, namely, 17, and it will make up the number of fishes. But it is not on that account merely a hundred and fifty-three saints that are meant as hereafter to rise from the dead unto life eternal, but thousands of saints who have shared in the grace of the Spirit, by which grace harmony is established with the law of God, as with an adversary; so that through the life-giving Spirit the letter no longer kills, but what is commanded by the letter is fulfilled by the help of the Spirit, and if there is any deficiency it is pardoned. All therefore who are sharers in such grace are symbolized by this number, that is, are symbolically represented. This number has, besides, three times over, the number of fifty, and three in addition, with reference to the mystery of the Trinity; while, again, the number of fifty is made up by multiplying 7 by 7, with the addition of 1, for 7 times 7 make 49. And the 1 is added to show that there is one who is expressed by seven on account of His sevenfold operation; and we know that it was on the fiftieth day after our Lord's ascension that the Holy Spirit was sent, for whom the disciples were commanded to wait according to the promise.
9. It was not, then, without a purpose that these fishes were described as so many in number, and so large in size, that is, as both an hundred and fifty-three, and large. For so it is written,
And He drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three. For when the Lord said,
I am not come to destroy the law, but to fulfill, because about to give the Spirit, through whom the law might be fulfilled, and to add thereby, as it were, seven to ten; after interposing a few other words He proceeded, Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. The latter, therefore, may possibly belong to the number of great fishes. But he that is the least, who undoes in deed what he teaches in word, may be in such a church as is signified by that first capture of fishes, which contains both good and bad, for it also is called the kingdom of heaven, as He says,
The kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered of ever kind; Matthew 13:47 where He wishes the good as well as the bad to be understood, and of whom He declares that they are yet to be separated on the shore, to wit, at the end of the world. And lastly, to show that those least ones are reprobates who teach by word of mouth the good which they undo by their evil lives, and that they will not be even the least, as it were, in the life that is eternal, but will have no place there at all; after saying,
He shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven, He immediately added,
For I say unto you, That unless your righteousness shall exceed [the righteousness] of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:17-20 Such, doubtless — these scribes and Pharisees— are those who sit in Moses' seat, and of whom He says,
Do ye what they say, but do not what they do; for they say, and do not. Matthew 23:2-3 They teach in sermons what they undo by their morals. It therefore follows that he who is least in the kingdom of heaven, as the Church now exists, shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven, as the Church shall be hereafter; for by teaching what he himself is in the habit of breaking, he can have no place in the company of those who do what they teach, and therefore will not be in the number of great fishes, seeing it is he
who shall do and teach that shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. And because he will be great here, therefore shall he be there, where he that is least shall not be. Yea, so great will they certainly be there, that he who is less there is greater than the greatest here. Matthew 11:11 And yet those who are great here, that is, who do the good that they teach in that kingdom of heaven into which the net gathers good and bad, shall be greater still in that eternal state of the heavenly kingdom, — those, I mean, who are indicated by the fishes here as belonging to the right hand and to the resurrection of life. We have still to discourse, as God shall grant us ability, on the meal that the Lord took with those seven disciples, and on the words He spoke after the meal, as well as on the close of the Gospel itself; but these are topics that cannot be included in the present lecture.
Source. Translated by John Gibb. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 7. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1888.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1701122.htm>.
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Cancer is the leading cause of death for Canadian firefighters, compared to any other fatal illness or injury, a new B.C.-based study has revealed.
According to a study by the University of the Fraser Valley released this week, firefighters are 86 per cent more likely to die from cancer than of illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, traumatic injury and mental health issues.
That equates to about 50 firefighters out of 100,000, which makes those who battle blazes two to three times more likely to die from cancer than the general population.
Led by university adjunct professor and Surrey fire chief Len Garis, in partnership with the B.C. Injury Research and Prevention Unit, 10 years of firefighter health and injury data was reviewed.
"As with all prevention activities, it will be many years before we realize the fruits of our work," Garis said. "However, the work we do now will mean that after a long career of serving the public, more firefighters will live longer and healthier lives."
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Firefighters are regularly exposed to concentrated carcinogens in the air, soot and tar at a fire ground – a likely cause leading to fire members aged 55 to 59 seeing the brunt of cancer symptoms, and being forced to take time off through time-loss claims.
Meanwhile, when responding to emergencies, firefighters are often exposed to extreme temperatures, strenuous physical labour, falling objects, diseases, toxic substances and violence or other traumatic events, the study suggests.
Last year the B.C government added three more cancers to the list of Firefighter's Occupational Disease Regulation. Through the amended legislation, firefighters are eligible to receive workers compensation after a certain amount of time without having to prove that their cancer is specifically from firefighting.
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The policing and criminalization of Black men in America has several origins: the prison industrial complex, socially sanctioned lynching, stop and frisk, and zero tolerance, as Keon L. Gilbert and Rashawn Ray point out in their recent article in Journal of Urban Health. This graphic illustrates some of the key ideas in their research.
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Gilbert and Ray use a framework they refer to as Public Health Critical Race Praxis (PHCRP) to question how justifiable homicides affect Black men continue to occur with such alarming frequency. These researchers use PHCRP to argue that the excessive use of force applied to Black men during encounters with law enforcement should be seen as a public health challenge. The PHCRP framework advocates for health equity with theories and methods drawn from critical race and public health scholarship. PHCRP has several principles based on its four focal areas:
- Contemporary patterns of racial relations
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The authors question this legacy of policing in three substantial ways. First, racial stratification leads to unequal life chances due to the way current research criminalizes Black men of all ages. Second, criminalization of their race and gender limits health identity formation for Black men. Lastly, prejudice and racism lead to a negative experience for Black men within the criminal justice system.
PHCRP also provides principles that confirm inform policy aimed at correcting this legacy of policing in order to achieve health equity for Black men. This includes:
- The collection of data on death by legal intervention
- The repealing of stop and frisk laws nationwide
- The implementation of Community Review Boards
- The establishment of accessible mental and preventive health services
Thus, Gilbert and Ray use PHCRP to demonstrate how critical race theory offers solutions to build more equitable relations between law enforcement and the communities they serve. Find more research on race and policing here.
~ Melissa Brown is a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of Maryland and social media manager for the Critical Race Initiative.


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After six weeks in cinemas, home-grown musical The Sapphires is about $1m away from becoming one of Australia's top 15 local films of all time.
The eOne/Hopscotch film attracted nearly $1m worth of ticket sales from 255 screens in the seven days up to yesterday, putting it sixth in the chart and bringing the total gross since its August 9 opening to $12.77m ($12.29m). The industry regards a $10m gross in Australia as equivalent to $100m in the US.
The other Australian film high up in the box office chart is Roadshow's Kath & Kimderella, although it fell to fourth place this week after being the most popular film of the previous week. It has grossed $4.43m (A$4.26m) from 285 screens in the fortnight since its September 6 opening.
"Kath & Kimderella was no.15 in the list of all-time opening weeks for Australian films … and was ahead of Red Dog, so we were very happy with ithe result," Roadshow's marketing director Phil Oneile told Screendaily. "To get an Australian film to open at that level is a good achievement."
Oneile said he is confident that the film plays well to families and this will augur well for its performance during the school holidays that begin next week in most parts of Australia.
The Sapphiresshould also benefit from families with time on their hands.
The Sapphires has shown strong resilience in the face of The Dark Knight Rises, The Bourne Legacy, Expendables 2 and, this week, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted although it failed to top the charts when it debuted.
The uplifting period musical, based on the true story of an all-girl group that leaves Australia to entertain the troops during the Vietnam War, is the best Aussie performer this year.
"The film is holding in there and should be applauded," said one exhibition executive. He preferred not to be named because of what he subsequently said: that he doubts the general public will embrace Bait 3D or Mental, the two local films that are being touted as potential mainstream hits when they release on September 20 and October 4 respectively.
"The US does genre films so much better than us," he said of Bait 3D, "and even the good US ones don't always work here".
The third Australian film in the top 20 chart is Madman's Storm Surfers 3D: The Movie, which opened on August 14 and has grossed $563,000 (A$542,000) since. It is a modest result for the real-life surf adventure, which screened in Toronto, but is only on 34 screens.


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In our Bicycle Travel Etiquette series, we focused on the Warmshowers.org community as well as the many spontaneous meetings randomly formed on the road over the Couchsurfing group to create our How To Guides for hosting cyclists and being hosted. There is a reason why.
We're giving away 20 one-year Adventure Cycling memberships. Show us your photos of how/why you travel by bicycle on Instagram and make sure to tag @adventurecycling and #ACAtravelbybike to be entered to win.
Adventure Cycling ran its first self-contained family bike tour in July, the inaugural Family Fun, Erie Canal-Niagara Falls tour. We were curious as to whether this new venture would be welcomed by our members.
"How much weight should I carry on my tour?" That's one of the most frequently asked questions we get from up and coming bicycle tourists, and it's a difficult question to answer without knowing the person well. Here are a few factors that can play a role in how much you should pack for a tour.
It's always fun to pedal by a school on a bike trip. A bicycle loaded down for an adventure is always a draw. The reaction can vary from polite waves, to smiles and shouted hellos, to all out classroom-emptying chaos. I've never been a rock star, but there are times on the road when I think I've experienced what it's like.
One of the greatest aspects of this job is seeing motivation walk through the door all summer long. Last week Adventure Cycling's TransAm van-supported tour came through the office.
Teens and tots on two epic cycling trips — and tips on how to get kids out on a bicycle tour.
Adventure Cycling's 2014 early, epic, and educational tours are now available! Sign up now: Our early announcement trips tend to fill very quickly.
The heat of the summer is not over yet, and if a couple water bottles won't cut it for your long rides, a hydration pack is a solid option.
The nominations have been pouring in from all across the country. As you look back on your touring season, think of that person or bike shop who influenced your ride and nominate them for our 2013 Bicycle Travel Awards!
One of my favorite parts of my job in the summer is reading the blogs and tweets of cyclists on the road. It keeps me in touch with the issues folks might be having on the routes for various reasons and it fills my coffee and lunch breaks with a bit of vicarious thrill!
I'm currently on Day 4 of Adventure Cycling's Colorado Wildflowers & Rivers tour with my mother. In the past 40-ish hours, I've smiled so much my cheeks ache and I've biked so much that... well, my cheeks ache.
2014 Early, Epic, and Educational tour sign-ups open August 14th.
When we first pedaled up to this intersection, I thought I'd see an accident within sixty seconds. This traffic dance fascinated me. An hour later, not a single scrape. How could that be possible without any traffic signals, stop signs, or traffic cops?
After years of pitching bicycle touring shows to the Travel Channel, they finally gave me the green light and "Cali's Wine Country by Bike" is now live on TravelChannel.com.
Toole Design Group recently completed a report, entitled U.S Bicycle Route System: Surveys and Case Studies of Practices from Around the Country, which compiles survey responses from state departments of transportation (DOTs) as well as volunteers and bicycle and trail advocates working on the project. After the survey was completed, Toole Design conducted in depth interviews with eight states, documenting the implementation methods each state used to plan and designate their U.S. Bike Routes.
This photo essay accompanies the story, "The White Rim Trail: A Journey Between River & Sky" by Cass Gilbert, which appeared in the August/September issue of Adventure Cyclist.
These may be the slow-going days of summer, but they're bringing some lively stories to BikeOvernights.org. Take, for instance, The Covered Bridges of Sugar Creek, a story about Indiana by Alan Gossard, published on July 22.
In this video, Adventure Cyclist contributor Patrick O'Grady spends some quality time with a Bike Friday Silk Road Alfine, an internally geared, belt-driven smoothie that folds like a hanky into pocket size for storage.
In his August/September 2013 "Fine Tuned" column, Josh Tack takes a look at the GoPro Hero3 Black Edition camera. Check out these clips from his riding footage.
For my bike respite this year I recruited my friend Elisabeth to join me on another Adventure Cycling tour. We had such a great time in Colorado last year it only seemed natural. We chose Idaho Relaxed based on the mileages, number of days, dates, and scenic locale.


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Sunday, 9th July 2006 by Alex Turnbull
Opened in 1936, renovated in 2004, 68 metres high, with 113 VIP stands, 2 underground garages and 76,000 seats, this is the fantastic looking Olympiastadion in Berlin.
None of it matters tonight of course – not if you're a French or Italian football fan – as this is where the 2006 World Cup final is being played in just under half an hour.
Really cool stadium though!
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'Real' Christian Churches in US Forced to Go Underground Soon?
Christian churches in America will soon be forced to go underground if they want to stay true to their beliefs and to God, a conservative broadcast commentator warned.
J. D. Longstreet, a 30-year veteran of the broadcasting business, recently explained his opinion on the Right Side News, first clarifying that only "real" Christian churches will have to do as he predicted.
"In the past three decades, or so, many of the mainline Christian churches have slipped away from their foundation on the Holy Scriptures and adopted more and more secular tenets and leftist, politically correct, philosophy until they have become only a shadow of the true followers of Christ," he penned on Tuesday.
"In my opinion, those denominations can no longer claim to be 'Christian' churches simply because – they are not."
A few years ago, the U.S. Army veteran had left his own denomination for the same reasons, seeing that it had chosen to forsake the tenets of the Bible and the Good News of the Gospel.
Though he admitted that he was in no way a "better Christian than any other follower of Christ," he believed that many of the mainline denominations in America today were nothing more than social clubs with franchises nationwide.
"Their pastors 'preach' feel good 'sermonettes' about the environment and things like 'social justice.' In my opinion, that is not the mission of a church that purports to follow Christ. In fact, Christ, Himself, spelled out the mission of the church in what we refer to as The Great Commission."
The Great Commission stated in Matthew 28:18-20 reads: "Then Jesus came to them and said, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
That commission from Christ is the sole reason why the church exists today, Longstreet stressed.
"To fulfill that mission the church must stand firmly upon the foundation of the Holy Scripture and the teachings of the Christ. That means insisting that the standard(s) set by Christ are, and remain, the guiding force behind everything the church does ... that means pastors are compelled to preach that those things the Scripture marks as sin are duly, and publicly, noted from their pulpits as SIN. If a church is reluctant to do this, or refuses to do this, then, in my opinion, that church is not a Christian church."
The conservative commentator lamented that in America, pastors were afraid of preaching from the Scriptures, worried about the consequences – lawsuits, slander, or even embarrassment.
"It is a very real threat, especially to the evangelical church in America," he added. "As a result, those churches which hold true to the Gospel, now feel that they must consider meeting in secret for Bible classes, for worship services, or other Bible centric gatherings."
Even the government in America has criminalized biblical preaching and prevented thousands of churches and clergymen from practicing their faith without threat of penalty from the authorities, he charged.
"The Christian Church, I believe will be driven underground in America, as it has been in other nations around the globe. Otherwise, it will cease to exist in this land many firmly believe was founded by Christians," Longstreet concluded.
"As much as it pains me to say this – America is no longer a Christian nation. At least, America's government no longer governs by men and women who base their convictions on the Judeo-Christian code of laws and beliefs."
Kevin Lewis, associate professor of Theology and Law at Biola University, shared some of Longstreet's concerns.
"Today, the term evangelical is diluted," Lewis told The Christian Post. "We now have 'Liberal-Evangelicals,' 'Neo-Evangelicals,' and 'Post-Conservative Evangelicals,' which are simply not with the classic evangelicals on doctrinal and cultural issues."
Though there were still many women and men faithfully serving the Lord, they were in the minority.
Nonetheless, the Biola professor saw the decline of true Christianity and growing persecution of the church as an opportunity.
"Given past salvation history, I believe we will see more lost battles. But we also know that when the enemy actually touches the church, the people of God will awaken from their happy, evangelical slumber and seek new leadership. The current leadership is simply not doing the job necessary to win; and past leadership has failed."
For Lewis, the "increased slouching toward Gomorrah in the church and culture" was a reflection of poor leadership from the evangelical Protestant church.
"I think the coming attacks will produce a search for new leadership. And it will then be the time for the unapologetic, biblically centered leaders to arise and take charge, both in the church and state."
To remain "above" ground in America, the Protestant church needs to equip and train a new generation of Christian leaders in every sector of life, from the field of medicine to law.
"The Protestant church has lost the concept of 'vocation' and how it applies to each believer," Lewis explained to CP. "I think there are many people called to be 'Christian' lawyers, judges, politicians, police officers, soldiers, medical doctors, etc. As such, as in the past, pastors and church leaders need to seek them out and train them if we want them to lead the government and culture. It is truly that simple."
Though the Church had done this in the past, they are not doing it now, he noted.
"I believe it is our task to equip that new generation of Christian leadership to be the true biblically centered, scholastic activist leaders God requires. To do that, we need the majority of churches to enthusiastically return to biblical Protestant orthodoxy, which views all of life as 'Christian,' not simply the work inside the walls of the church."
"While the outlook may appear bleak to some apart from divine intervention, there is certainly a way to fix the problem," Lewis encouraged.
He believes God will spare this generation if Christians take immediate, radical and biblical steps. Those steps include repentance, leadership training and activism – essentially returning to "unapologetic biblical excellence."
"If not, our children and children's children will face persecution in America as Christians do in the U.K. and Canada."


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Eight Irish seniors get invite to NFL Scouting Combine
While the excitement of Signing Day is still lingering, eight Notre Dame seniors received a very important invitation yesterday that will play a huge factor in their professional careers. The NFL's annual scouting combine in Indianapolis released their official invite list and it was filled with Irish players.
Here are the following players who will be in Indianapolis for the annual cattle call.
Braxston Cave, C
Tyler Eifert, TE
Kapron Lewis-Moore, DE
Zeke Motta, DB
Theo Riddick, RB
Jamoris Slaughter, DB
Manti Te'o, LB
Cierre Wood, RB
It's a really interesting list and just about every player invited has something to specifically prove. For Cave, it'll be improving on his Senior Bowl performance, where the former Irish center struggled athletically when matched up with some elite prospects. There's no doubt Cave will impress when it comes time to bench press or meet with individual teams, but he'll need to show he can handle the demands of the position at the next level.
For Eifert, a solid combine performance could solidify his spot in the first round. Of the 19 tight ends invited to Indianapolis, Eifert is likely battling Stanford's Zach Ertz's for the top spot at the position. A solid performance athletically -- not to mention an elite 40 time -- would go along way towards locking down an early draft spot. It'll be interesting to see those two match up physically, as they are basically mirror images on paper, with both measuring 6-foot-6 in the program, and Ertz having one pound on Eifert at 252.
For Lewis-Moore, who is less than a month into his recovery after knee surgery, it'll be an opportunity for teams' medical staffs to poke and prod the versatile defensive lineman. With an invitation validation his solid senior season, Lewis-Moore's character and size will likely be enough for a team to take a flier on him.
Zeke Motta will likely need to shake the final game of his career, where he made 16 tackles, but missed a half-dozen more that led to big Alabama plays. But Motta is a physical specimen, a guy that should put up impressive numbers in this type of setting, and needs to show coverage skills and speed to match the physicality he played with this season. One game doesn't define a career, but it's something he'll need to address and build on.
The big thing to watch for Theo Riddick is his forty-time. If he can get into the 4.5 range, he'll likely have some team take a shot at him, if only for his versatility. While Riddick was a challenge to tackle in space, I've always been skeptical of his top-end speed, if only because he's been chased down by defensive backs from Navy and BYU in the past. Riddick may have been the bell cow of the Irish offense in 2012, but to stick in the NFL, he'll need to take advantage of the versatility he displayed during his four seasons in South Bend.
Perhaps the most interesting invite of the group belongs to Jamoris Slaughter. While he's still appealing the NCAA for a sixth year, Slaughter's name on the list shows the regard for him as a player, even while he's making the recovery from a season-ending Achilles tendon injury. Slaughter's measureables will be interesting -- he's just not as physically big and fast as he played in the Irish secondary. It doesn't appear that Slaughter is back and ready to run and jump for potential employers, but the fact that he's on the list means he's on teams radar.
In what will be NFL team's first opportunity to talk with Manti Te'o, expect a media circus as we get one more opportunity to rehash the post-script to Te'o's heralded football career. Any team looking at Te'o will likely want to spend some time discussing the catfishing hoax, but they'll also want to dig deeper into a future rock for an NFL defense. There's little worry that Te'o will be able to ease any teams' fear off the field. But he'll need to show the size, speed and athleticism he displayed throughout the season, and make teams forget about the egg he laid against Alabama.
An invite to the combine was an important first step for Cierre Wood. Now he's got to put up numbers that make a team believe he's capable of being a feature back in the league. Skipping out on his final year of eligibility, Wood lost the chance to showcase his skillset for one final season as the featured back in an Irish offense that'll be more explosive next season. So he'll need to show the top-end speed many think he possesses and better than expected size and strength.


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After reissuing an impressive batch of classic horror and science-fiction films, Anchor Bay/Video Treasures launches its Independent Classics Collection with What's Up, Tiger Lily?, Sleuth, and The Heartbreak Kid, three fine, independently produced films from the '60s and '70s. After co-writing and appearing in the swinging '60s comedy What's New, Pussycat?, Woody Allen made his directorial debut, of sorts, with What's Up, Tiger Lily? in 1966. Having gotten hold of a Japanese, James Bond-esque spy thriller, Allen redubbed the dialogue, filling the film with characters with names like Terri Yaki and transforming the plot into a search for a coveted egg-salad recipe. It's a silly notion, and one that doesn't always work: Fans of its spiritual descendent Mystery Science Theater 3000 may be surprised at the slow pace of the gags. But when it does work, it's very funny, and worth a look both as an example of Allen's still-developing talent and—thanks to The Lovin' Spoonful—as the source of one of the greatest rock 'n' roll title songs ever to come out of a decade filled with excellent rock 'n' roll title songs. While 1972's Sleuth at first appears just as lighthearted, Joseph L. Mankiewicz's film is far darker. Based on what was at the time one of the most popular plays in England and America, Sleuth's continually twisting plot largely depends on an unfamiliarity with its story, and may be better now than it was at the time of its release. Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine play two men—one an aging mystery writer, the other his wife's young hairdresser lover—who match wits in Olivier's creepy country estate. A cerebral pleasure, Sleuth is relentlessly talky, but when those doing the talking are Olivier and Caine, and the plot is as intricate as Anthony Shaffer's, there's very little about which to complain. Also from 1972 is The Heartbreak Kid, Elaine May's directorial debut, scripted by Neil Simon from a story by Bruce Jay Friedman. Charles Grodin plays a naive Jewish kid from New York who, only a few days into his honeymoon, finds himself terrified by his decision and desperately pursuing tempting shiksa Cybill Shepherd. A melancholy comedy, this is probably the least Neil Simon-like project to bear Simon's name. Not especially gag-driven, May's deadpan style clears the way for some remarkable performances by Jeannie Berlin, Eddie Albert, and especially Grodin, who has to remain likable even while doing stupid, mean things. At the time of its release, The Heartbreak Kid got tangled up in comparisons to The Graduate, the more famous film by May's once and future writing partner Mike Nichols. There are similarities, both in style and in story, but the far less optimistic Heartbreak Kid stands well on its own, and now more than ever looks like a classic.
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In the past six years I've been through four Xbox 360 consoles and three PlayStation 3s. Which has been a pain, but each and every time I've been able to simply transfer my existing system account to the new console through the magic of the internet.
You'd think that would be something Nintendo could manage rather easily, but nope. Turns out that the Nintendo Network ID you create for a Wii U will, for now at least, is tied to that console. If you lose that console - for whatever reason - you lose the ID that went with it. If you buy a second-hand console, and want to import your ID, you can't. If you're at a friend's house and want to sign on using your account, you can't.
Here's the relevant statement from Nintendo's support page:
That "future" consoles thing is a little confusing, as it's unclear whether they mean the next console after the Wii U, or simply Wii U machines in the future, when this feature is patched in. We'll contact Nintendo and update if we hear back.
Hopefully it's something that can be patched in, because boy, if people lose their accounts and their consoles at the same time, they'll be pretty damn upset.
Can I Log Into My Nintendo Network Account on a Different Console? [Nintendo Support, thanks everyone!]


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How Jim Lehrer Lost The Debate
At the start of Wednesday's presidential debate, moderator Jim Lehrer said he would place an emphasis on "differences, specifics, and choices." But Lehrer missed repeated opportunities to press Mitt Romney into offering specifics on his policy proposals -- just one of the ways in which he lost control of the debate.
During the debate, President Obama echoed the consensus among economic experts who have pointed out that Romney has consistently refused to detail which loopholes he would close to pay for his planned tax cuts, at one point stating that Romney has "been asked over 100 times how you would close those deductions and loopholes, and he hasn't been able to identify them." In each case, Lehrer failed to ask Romney which deductions and loopholes he would eliminate.
Similarly, Lehrer failed to press Romney for details on how he would replace Obama's health care reform plan, letting Romney assert that he has a detailed plan. But as MSNBC's Ezra Klein pointed out, the health care plan on Romney's website is just 396 words, "about half the length of an average op-ed column." Klein added that Romney "was able to hide in the sort of pockets of vagueness he created."
His failure to press Romney for details was one symptom of Lehrer losing control of the debate, a conclusion that was shared across various media outlets:
- USA Today's Robert Bianco wrote that Lehrer "seemed to give up" on failing to hold the candidates to the predetermined time limits. "Clearly, Lehrer lost control, early and often," Bianco added.
- The Week noted that Romney "seemed to have his way with" Lehrer.
- Bloomberg Businessweek stated, "Some compared Lehrer with the replacement officials called up during the strike by National Football League referees."
- New York University journalism professor and media critic Jay Rosen tweeted that "Romney took strong advantage of a weak moderator."
Romney has been repeatedly criticized for failing to offer details of his proposals, and Lehrer missed every opportunity to push Romney on those details and make the debate about policy specifics.


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LOS ANGELES — Early on a recent evening on the edge of Beverly Hills, Brazilian filmmaker Jose Padilha was breaking into song. Seated in the ballroom of a luxury hotel with Swedish actor Joel Kinnaman, the star of his new $120-million reboot of "RoboCop," the director was feeling mirthful about the looming release of his first Hollywood production, which arrived in a hail of CG action and automatic weapons fire Wednesday.
Padilha made a name for himself with his 2002 documentary "Bus 174," which chronicled a gruesome hijacking in Rio de Janeiro, and a pair of ultra-violent action movies – "Elite Squad," about a Rio special-forces unit, won the Golden Bear award at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival; its sequel, "Elite Squad: The Enemy Within," ranks as one of the highest-grossing Brazilian films in history.
"RoboCop," a retelling of the 1987 sci-fi satire about a Detroit police officer who's transformed into a sentient law enforcement machine, stands to introduce both Padilha and Kinnaman to millions more moviegoers. But the director, looking like an intellectual radical in an olive green skull cap and sneakers, acknowledged that his approach to the futuristic story might surprise some viewers. Padilha saw the film as an opportunity to make a thinking man's action movie, a vehicle through which to comment on such hot-button political issues as the morality of drone warfare and American military incursions in the Middle East.
In the movie's opening sequence, Samuel L. Jackson's conservative TV commentator, Pat Novak, uses his broadcast to tout the repeal of a law designed to keep robot soldiers off American streets. To support his position, he shows a satellite feed from a newly secured Tehran where citizens must willingly submit to random retinal scans by OmniCorp's armed and battle-ready ED-209 and EM-208 models. Noncompliance is grounds for execution.
"This movie is not the regular superhero Hollywood movie. It just ain't," said Padilha, 46. "I want to take the idea that I see being embodied in the original 'RoboCop,' that the automation of violence opens the door to fascism."
So just how exactly did he manage to get that idea into a big-budget studio action movie?
"I fought the law, and the law won," the Rio native sang. "In our case, the law lost."
Often, the passing of time can burnish the reputation of science-fiction and horror films, but in the case of "RoboCop," the original was hailed as groundbreaking upon its release. Directed by Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven from a script by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner, the picture starred Peter Weller as Alex Murphy, a cop slain by drug dealers who is reborn inside the suit of a cyborg in dystopian Detroit and quickly begins to rid the city's streets of crime, inspiring dissension in the ranks of the police force.
Amid the instability, RoboCop starts to remember aspects of his life as Murphy and before long uncovers the sinister aims of Omni Consumer Products, the monolithic company that created him.
Pairing wild social satire and coal black humor with copious amounts of graphic violence and state-of-the-art stop motion special effects, "RoboCop" arrived near the end of the Reagan era as an audacious, R-rated indictment of corporate greed and corruption (Roger Ebert described it as a "thriller with a difference"). It was nominated for Academy Awards for its editing and sound, and it won a special achievement Oscar for its sound-effects editing.
"RoboCop's" success sparked two less-well-received sequels from other directors (the last of which was released in 1993 and saw actor Robert Burke replace Weller), and the film launched Verhoeven down a path of crafting gleefully subversive sci-fi, movies such as "Total Recall" and "Starship Troopers," though more recently he's returned to making dramatic films in the Netherlands.
In the years since its release, Verhoeven's "RoboCop" has grown in esteem. Criterion Collection issued its own edition of the movie, which is routinely cited as one of the best action films ever made. The idea of remaking it surfaced some years back; in 2008, Darren Aronofsky, worried about the stability of rights holder MGM, abandoned his attempt at a new "RoboCop" after penning a screenplay for the film.
Padilha first seriously pondered a
"RoboCop" remake during a 2011 meeting with MGM executives about other projects the newly relaunched production entity had in the pipeline. The Brazilian had noticed a poster for Verhoeven's original movie, and by the end of the session he'd pitched his concept for modernizing the story.
"I remember that every single film they presented to me, I instantly knew I didn't want to make it," Padilha said. "I'm listening, and I'm (thinking) 'RoboCop,' that's what I'm going to do. I have an idea for that.' So at the end of the meeting … I pitched the idea. Two days later, I got a call from my agent, saying, 'I don't know what you did, but they want to do "RoboCop" with you.' It was a good thing that it came into being this way instead of it being a studio already having an idea about what they want to make from the get-go. It was the filmmaker saying, 'Let's make this, and here's my idea for it.'"
Padilha hired first-time screenwriter Joshua Zetumer and flew him to Brazil, where they spent about four weeks crafting the outline for the script. "It was really good," the voluble filmmaker said. "It was like developing 'Elite Squad' – in my office where I write my scripts, with my board, with my cards, everyone speaking Portuguese around me except Josh. It kind of set the tone."
Padilha's "RoboCop" is set in the Detroit of 2028. Murphy is ferreting out dirty cops in his squad when he is nearly killed in a car bomb explosion. His wife, Clara (Abbie Cornish), gives OmniCorp permission to put what's left of Murphy's body into the RoboCop suit to save her husband's life. Conveniently for the company, the crusading hero arrives at the right time to help sway public opinion in favor of repealing the Dreyfuss Act, a law that prevents OmniCorp from deploying robotic soldiers to keep the peace in American cities.
With the assistance of Gary Oldman's scientist, Dr. Norton, Murphy struggles to come to terms with the reality of his weaponized body, but as he's deployed to fight crime on the streets of Detroit, his humanity begins to override his programming, requiring OmniCorp and its chief executive, Raymond Sellars (Michael Keaton), to resort to increasingly extreme tactics to keep him under control.
Impossibly lean, with a fondness for e-cigarettes, the 34-year-old Kinnaman said he was initially resistant to the idea of starring as Alex Murphy. As a fan of the original film, he expected a new version might not have the same teeth. But the actor, best known to American audiences as twitchy detective Stephen Holder in the TV crime drama "The Killing," was swayed by what the ambitious Brazilian aimed to achieve.
"I'd seen his films, and they all had a very strong social and political point of view, and he had a visual style that was both gritty and poetic, and the acting was top notch," Kinnaman said. "He told me the vision of this story that he wanted to tell using the concept of 'RoboCop' and why he felt that it was such a smart concept to bring in today. I was amazed by it. The only thing that was a little suspect about it, I was wondering, 'How the hell was he going to get a studio to do this movie?'"
"There is a reason why you can pull that off with RoboCop and you cannot pull that off with other superheroes, there's a specific reason that has to do with the hero himself," Padilha responded. "The standard model for a superhero movie is you get a character that the audience wants to be like. Kids want to be Iron Man. Who doesn't? He gets all the girls, he's smart as hell, has fun and puts on this suit, and he kicks ass.
"Spider-Man jumps around, Batman has the Batmobile. He can be Batman and he can stop being Batman. And those screenplays – some are great, some are not – but they are all about creating iconic scenes and getting a very charismatic actor and getting kids to go with the character. No one wants to be RoboCop, not even Alex Murphy."
RoboCop wears two distinct suits, a silver model that's intended to reference the original design, and a sleek black outfit that's less bulky and more modern and is in keeping with the new film's slick visual style. But neither was particularly comfortable for the actor to wear during the Toronto shoot.
"It was a bitch to put it on. It was so hot and uncomfortable, but it became an integral part of the performance," Kinnaman said. "It fed my imagination – I didn't expect that the suit would do that. The awkwardness that I would feel in the suit led my imagination to what Alex Murphy would feel. At the same time that he becomes very powerful and almost invincible in this suit, he's also very, very vulnerable. He feels naked."
The PG-13-rated film appears poised to collect roughly $40 million in its first five days at the box office.
If "RoboCop" is a hit, it could launch a franchise for MGM, which enjoyed modest success last year with a new version of the horror film "Carrie," and distributor Sony. Kinnaman is under contract, meaning he would most likely return as Alex Murphy; Padilha's potential involvement in a sequel is less clear. MGM's motion picture group president, Jonathan Glickman, said he and Padilha had not discussed plans for a follow-up, should there be one, but he praised the director's tireless "commitment to his vision."
"We did support that initial vision from the first meeting we had with him. It was his point of view that we backed," Glickman said. "The Westerns of the '50s were very much about the times in that era, and the horror films of that era were very much about the times, but they don't wear their politics or their messaging on their sleeve, and I don't think this film does either. It's just working within a world that is very current and modern in terms of the issues we are facing, but does it within a straight-ahead narrative."
For Kinnaman, the movie's contemporary resonance is key.
"For the action to have any value, you have to build these characters so there's actually something at stake," Kinnaman said. "Mindless action movies become like cartoons for me. That's why this was inspiring. It had a value."
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Fighting has erupted between Netflix and Verizon over who bears responsibility for the low quality of service some Netflix subscribers purportedly experience on Verizon's FiOS broadband service. The angry banter escalated sharply on Thursday when Verizon sent Netflix a letter threatening legal action if the video-streaming company doesn't stop talking smack about Verizon.
Verizon sells a cloud service of its own that Netflix does not use, and both companies sell streaming video services. Verizon customers who are also Netflix subscribers must access their Netflix content via their Verizon account. That seems to be where things go wrong for Netflix customers with Verizon accounts. Who didn't see this coming?
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This appears to be an emerging pattern in cloud computing: Competitors are getting more aggressive and even nasty toward one another.
The reasons are clear: The cloud-based technology market is beyond exploding, and most of the larger providers view 2014 and 2015 as the time for a cloud land grab. Most are sensitive to any obstacle that stands in the way of capturing that market, and that sensitivity manifested itself most recently as streaming-video services talking trash.
They're also going after writers like me when they disagree with our viewpoint. Although most cloud providers take the criticism in the spirit it's intended, a number of them views any slightly negative slant as "fighting words" and push back as hard as they can. With such providers, expressing a point of view about cloud concepts and technology doesn't just get you an angry comment on your blog page, but an angry communiqué to your editor, your employer, or your colleagues.
What's more, there are growing attacks on the messenger rather than on the message, which is another disturbing trend. The irony is that those who attack most often are typically representatives of companies that thought cloud computing was a mere fad as recently as a few years ago.
I write and speak a lot about cloud computing. Lately, I've seen the emergence of aggressive behavior that simply wasn't around 10 years ago in the "good old days" of cloud computing. It's sad.
As the technology grows in market share and in importance to enterprises, it's critical that analysts, reporters, bloggers, and consultants who focus on the cloud computing have a point of view that is honest, even if critical at times.
Nothing is perfect. Those who sell cloud technology or services understand there are good things and bad things about what they are doing. At the same time, enterprises are trying to figure out a confusing space, and they require all the points of view they can get. We need to encourage critical thinking, not stamp it out.
This article, "Netflix vs. Verizon: A sign of the cloud wars to come," originally appeared at InfoWorld.com. Read more of David Linthicum's Cloud Computing blog and track the latest developments in cloud computing at InfoWorld.com. For the latest business technology news, follow InfoWorld.com on Twitter.


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The FCC has slapped hotels and other organizations with nearly $2.1 million in fines since the fall of 2014 for blocking patrons' portable Wi-Fi hotspots in the name of IT security, or more likely, to gouge customers for Internet service. But Network World's examination of more than a year's worth of consumer complaints to the FCC about Wi-Fi jamming shows that not all venue operators are getting the message (see infographic below).
Indeed, more than half of the 50-plus complaints whose contents we pored through following a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the FCC came within the few months after the FCC's initial action on this matter, a $600,000 fine on Marriott in October of 2014. Another two dozen complaints trickled in to the FCC in 2015 – a year that began with the FCC serving stern notice that Wi-Fi blocking is prohibited and ended with the agency dishing out a $718,000 fine to big electrical contracting company M.C. Dean for blocking consumers' Wi-Fi connections and a $25,000 fine to Hilton Worldwide for "apparent obstruction of an investigation" into whether Hilton blocked consumers' Wi-Fi devices. The spectrum used by Wi-Fi is unlicensed, and therefore available for broad use.
Complainants' identities were redacted by the FCC Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau in the documents delivered to us via the FOIA request, and just because a complaint or comment was filed does not mean that an FCC violation occurred. However, the complaints as a whole do paint a picture of a problem that is both widespread geographically and in terms of where suspected Wi-Fi hotspot blocking has taken place. No doubt others have experienced Wi-Fi blocking with personal hotspot devices supplied by the likes of AT&T or Verizon and didn't complain to the FCC because they didn't feel like it, didn't realize there was an FCC consumer complaint site and hotline, or didn't even know they were being stymied.
MORE: How Not To Get Slammed By The FCC For Wi-Fi Blocking
Big name hospitality outfits, from Sheraton to Motel 6, were named, with one person describing a Motel 6 Wi-Fi network in Denver as acting "like a virus… [It] would not remain disconnected" and allow the patron to use his or her hotspot.
A handful of Marriott locations were fingered by consumers well after the FCC levied its fine. One consumer argued that Marriott blocking personal Wi-Fi hotspots is an infringement on freedom of speech, as "forcing me to use their system allows them to block me from sites (say Hilton's website) that they don't like."
Casinos, airports and lesser-known organizations were also complained about, with several people critical of Boingo at airports. One complaint even suggested a big retailer was blocking customer Wi-Fi so as to force them onto a store network that would allow patrons' movements and search engine inquiries to be tracked.
Requests for comment to Sheraton, Motel 6, a WiFi Coalition supposedly addressing WiFi blocking for the International Association of Venue Managers and the American Gaming Association went unanswered. Marriott CIO Bruce Hoffmeister has communicated on the WiFi blocking subject by way of canned press statements. For this article, a Marriott spokesman shared the following very carefully worded statement:
"As we have stated, we do not block Wi-Fi signals at any hotel we manage for any reason. The policy across our managed hotels forbids blocking under any circumstances, and the capability within the networks to block is disabled. As with most wireless technologies, WiFi is not a 100% reliable and at times people may assume that WiFi connectivity issues at any hotel — whether ours or not — is due to the hotel engaging in blocking. This is not the case. To reiterate, Marriott does not block WiFi signals." (Note: Marriott doesn't manage all Marriott-branded properties.)
The hospitality and convention industries have been made well aware that Wi-Fi blocking is not allowed (here's a warning issued by one hotel lawyer). It remains to be seen whether Wi-Fi Blocking will be a topic of any continued attention at hospitality/lodging industry conventions, such as this June's big Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition & Conference, which hasn't yet posted its agenda. However, HITEC does highlight a 2015 Lodging Technology Implementation report on its site that guest Wi-Fi is the top in-room technology that survey respondents from the hospitality industry said they thought was worth investing in.
Wi-Fi Hotspot Device Blocking Complaints
Given that the hospitality industry's blocking antics extend from Wi-Fi hotspot devices to press inquiries, we went directly to the consumers, by way of the FOIA request to the FCC. Perusing the consumer complaints makes for illuminating reading, even though some of the comments are only a sentence or two long, most with identifying information about the venue in question (some 200 of the 250 or so total complaints included in the FOIA request package related more to other aspects of Wi-Fi blocking, largely having to do with dissatisfaction with ISPs' promises, and you can see all of the documents embedded into the end of this article). Complaints were collected via online forms as well as via a telephone hotline, and it's clear that many of the objections were the products of an increasingly tech-savvy public.
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Eight of the complaints at non-Marriott hotels made reference to the FCC's Marriott case, which clearly raised awareness of the Wi-Fi jamming practice.
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High Expectations
Having been to Europe before, my expectations were high. Denmark and the Netherlands are not the only European countries that take bicycle transport very seriously. On previous visits, I had seen the dedicated bike lanes in places like Munich, Germany.
However, this time I wasn't going to any large metropolis with miles of dense population. Those typically have major traffic congestion problems. Increasingly, even in the U.S., large city governments support bicycle transport as one of their traffic congestion solutions and there's already a decent amount of adoption.
Smaller cities can be a different story. With less population density, small cities can be less desperate for alternative transport solutions. Back home at least, this can mean support for bike transport is very limited, merely tolerated, or even subject to hostility. The town of Black Hawk, Colorado is now infamous/famous (depending on your perspective) for banning bikes in that small town.
Since Basel and Innsbruck are relatively small, I was not expecting much more than the limited bike support I've experienced in U.S. small cities. I didn't expect the local governments to be as focused on bike transport. I also thought the time of year might limit the cycling activity I would see.
Exceeded Expections
The first thing that blew my mind was Basel's bike garages. Under their central train station (Hauptbahnhof SBB), is a veritable wonderland for bike commuting enthusiasts. My local friend took me down there and what I saw was a spotless, well-lighted, well-attended, and massive space for intracity and intercity travelers to safely park their bikes at any hour of the day (not just commuter hours).
Especially deluxe were the dedicated entry and exit ramps for bikes. I can't describe how riding in and out of the dedicated bike garage ramps instills this bike commuter with a sense of legitimacy. It was truly a profound experience, especially, when contrasted with the cycling experience back home that leaves one feeling like a second-class or even illegitimate member of the transport community.
How often would people drive if they had to carry a lock with them and drape that lock around a filthy rack at every location they visited? That is precisely the question that many European cities have answered for bikes. The result is a comprehensive set of facilities that make cycling very practical, clean, and therefore easy and attractive.
Once you are out of the garage or off the rack, the support continues in the form of dedicated bike lanes, bike traffic lights, and even bike service stations. All work together to reinforce the idea that bikes aren't just toys that sometimes sneak onto the road to inconvenience cars. They are serious vehicles.
Along those lines, service stations like this one in Basel were a welcome sign. The more ubiquitous bikes become, the more they need ubiquitous services and resources like the ones that autos enjoy.
Serious Bike Usage
The infrastructure certainly did its part to ensure cycling is serious transport. However, that wouldn't matter if people didn't use it. My expectations were exceeded here as well. Day or night, warm or cold, rain or shine, male or female, young or old, folks were using bikes to go on dates, get groceries, and of course go to work and school.
I was pleasantly surprised to see all ages and genders well represented on bikes late at night in freezing temperatures. Back home, just one of these factors is frequently cited as an excuse for not cycling. Here none are. Couples think nothing of going out to dinner on bikes at night, even in winter.
Even during a day trip to Colmar, France, I found these two in the train station running errands on their bikes. I didn't see enough of France this trip to comment on their bike transport experience but some of the same commitment to bike transport obviously bleeds over the border from Basel.
Back home, bike transport is increasingly more mainstream but it still is most popular among young people in major metropolitan areas. Here, the range of ages and backgrounds is very wide, as is the penetration beyond big cities.
All this demonstrates that, with the right attitude and right clothing, bike commuters can experience physical and social warmth no matter when they ride.
Serious Challenge
This trip reinvigorated my resolve to see this level of bike transport infrastructure and adoption in the U.S. It can be done. It will be done, in the U.S. as it is in bike transport heaven: Europe.


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C11 stuff
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Cleanup prototype parsing and checking.
Ensure that the instruction matcher do not assume that it will reclaim a register if a direct match of something else than a register is done as a leg node. This may require additions to visit and su fields in table and node.
Teach the register allocator how to allocate multiple registers at once. This is not the same as register pairs; pairing is handled as a separate register class. This is used for example when a type is not supported by the underlying hardware, like long long on i386 or long on pdp11.
Support structs and unions in TEMPs, so that their members can be optimized.
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Monday, March 1, 2010
REVIEW: Wheel of Evil
The PDF is attractively laid out, using two columns of text with clear headers and, where necessary, bullet points to draw attention to particular details. Art is sparse and (unless I'm mistaken) drawn from public domain sources, but, truthfully, the module is so easy on the eyes that I barely noticed the relative paucity of illustrations. The text itself is engagingly written, neither vapid nor overwrought, with dashes of Gygaxian flair that nevertheless avoid detracting from its overall clarity -- quite an achievement, in my opinion.
Wheel of Evil takes place in and around the town of Renneton, renowned for its fine cheeses, which are aged in caves in the nearby Sardo Hills. Unfortunately, just weeks before the cheese festival that brings Renneton much of its annual income, the cheese caves were attacked by a band of kobolds, who seemed intent on destroying the cheeses for reasons unknown. The townsfolk fought back, slaying some of their number, and forcing others deeper into the caves. Certain townsfolk disappeared and they are assumed slain or captured by the kobolds who remain alive.
The PCs are hired to investigate deeper into the caves, protecting the remaining cheeses, seeking out any Renneton survivors, and dealing with the marauding kobolds. The town is presently cash-poor and can pay the characters only in shares of the cheese harvest, thereby giving them a good reason to "behave responsibly" while venturing into the caves, as their bottom line is adversely affected if they destroy or allow to be destroyed too many of the cheeses aging within. In several places, the text specifically notes what actions might damage or destroy nearby cheeses and an accounting of these accidents will indeed decrease the reward the PCs earn at the adventure's completion.
Without spoiling the adventure, I will only say that -- of course -- things are not as they first appear and there's a danger far worse than mere kobolds lurking within the cheese caves. This turn of events is, I think, very well handled in Wheel of Evil, following a naturalistic logic that lays the groundwork for a terrific little adventure -- and an unexpected one at that. Wheel of Evil is in fact a good model for referees looking to create meaningful episodic adventures that avoid the twin dangers of Just Another Dungeon and an epic quest to save the world.
Wheel of Evil is both challenging and fun and it's full of clever inventiveness. It's one of the first adventures I've read since Death Frost Doom that made me consider ways I could include it in my Dwimmermount campaign in its entirety rather than as idea fodder. Even if I cannot do so, Wheel of Evil also includes a new spell and six new monsters I have a good mind to swipe. My only substantive complaint is the price. At $6.00 for the PDF, it seems slightly expensive to (apparently parsimonious) tastes, but I must concede that, given its quality, it bothers me less than it usually might. Wheel of Evil is an excellent adventure module and easily adaptable to most old school fantasy games and settings without much effort. As I stated at the beginning of this review, I hope we see more such products from Faster Monkey Games in the future, if Wheel of Evil is any indication of what's to come.
Presentation: 7 out of 10
Creativity: 8 out of 10
Utility: 8 out of 10
Buy This If: You're looking for a quirky, cleverly written module to challenge characters of levels 3-5.
Don't Buy This If: You're not interested in very modular adventures or have no need of adventures in this level range.
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"there's a danger far worse than mere kobolds lurking within the cheese caves"ReplyDelete
I was sold on this as soon as I learned it revolved around an area called "the cheese caves".
Oh yes. The setting of Wheel of Evil is a wonderful thing -- quirky without being silly and perfectly in keeping with Gygaxian naturalist principles. It's a very nice piece of work.ReplyDelete
Is $6 really too much for a 16 page PDF? Can't get lunch in these parts for that, and let's not even start on the price of a movie. Granted, if it is just idea fodder, you might pass, but for a playable module it sounds like a bargain.ReplyDelete
I personally find $6 expensive when you consider that the LL rules themselves only go for $4.95 in PDF form.
That said, I'm often willing to pay slightly more for things I think are well done and useful and Wheel of Evil certainly qualifies. It's an excellent adventure and very cleverly done.
I remember once facing (in AD&D2 I think this was) a being from the Quasi-Elemental Plane of Cheese.ReplyDelete
Of course, what something is "worth" is entirely subjective, and open to interpretation on an individual basis. Some people think that a rare bottle of wine is worth hundreds of dollars, others are happy with Two Buck Chuck.ReplyDelete
Comparatively speaking, $6 for a 16 page pdf with little art is relatively expensive when one looks at Knockspell magazine ($4 for 64 pages plus lots of art), and even Fight On! (more expensive).
Renneton, capital of cheese? Ouch. I assume it's just down the road from the great jam-making town of Pecton.ReplyDelete
...that said, as a fan of Cheddar showcaves and the Witch of Wookey Hole, I'm delighted that cheese caves are finally getting some love. I only hope they managed to resist filling the place with eerie winings and Munsters.
Thanks so much for the extremely thoughtful review. If any of your readers are, like you, a bit concerned about the price, we might as well let them know about an upcoming sale. Later this week, as part of RPGNow's GM's Day Sale, all Faster Monkey Games will be 25% off, including WHEEL OF EVIL for only $4.50, and the Handy-Dandy TURNTRACKER for just $2.25!ReplyDelete
richard, I thought much the same, but then I suppose that we're dealing with a level of society where people and places are likely to be named after their jobs and products. It's where we get names like "Fletcher" after all.ReplyDelete
But yes, I'd probably change it. ;)
@richard and kelvingreenReplyDelete
If you start going through the module trying to remove every pun and cheese reference, you will be very busy boys. =)
Well, now, parsimonious you may be, but I remember shelling out an average of $8 per- for every 1e AD&D module that caught my fancy back in the early 80s. These days I'd say $6.00 is a bargain for any decent product.ReplyDelete
bighara, ha, well fair enough!ReplyDelete
I remember once facing (in AD&D2 I think this was) a being from the Quasi-Elemental Plane of Cheese.ReplyDelete
That should be Queso-Elemental Plane of Cheese!
Love the blog!
You know times are tough when Adventures have to fight monsters for a slab of cheddar.ReplyDelete
FYI: Sale's on now!ReplyDelete
I am surprised that the Cheeseheads of Lake Geneva, WI, have not incorporated more cheese in the books and modules.ReplyDelete
I think that might be because of the uniformity of most WI cheese: you could build dungeons out of it, but you don't get many changes of pace or flavour.ReplyDelete
I propose a Monster Manual of cheeses: the strong, domineering Roqueforts and Stiltons, the subtle and delicate camemberts and coutances, and the deceptively powerful dolcelatte. I can see a level-based system, with edams and havartis as surface-going foot soldiers propitiating, or desperately trying to contain, the rare and dangerous morbier or taleggio lurking in the depths. I wonder what the final, the boss cheese would be. Something made from dragon milk.


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