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EXTINA® Foam contains 2% ketoconazole USP, an antifungal agent, in a thermolabile hydroethanolic foam for topical application.
The chemical name for ketoconazole is piperazine, 1-acetyl-4-[4-[[2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl) -2-(1H-imidazol-1-ylmethyl)-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl]methoxy]phenyl]-, cis- with the molecular formula C26H28Cl2N4O4 and a molecular weight of 531.43. The following is the chemical structure:
EXTINA® Foam contains 20 mg ketoconazole per gram in a thermolabile hydroethanolic foam vehicle consisting of cetyl alcohol, citric acid, ethanol (denatured with tert-butyl alcohol and brucine sulfate) 58%, polysorbate 60, potassium citrate, propylene glycol, purified water, and stearyl alcohol pressurized with a hydrocarbon (propane/butane) propellant.
EXTINA® (ketoconazole) Foam, 2% is indicated for the topical treatment of seborrheic dermatitis in immunocompetent patients 12 years of age and older. Safety and efficacy of EXTINA® Foam for treatment of fungal infections have not been established.
EXTINA® Foam should be applied to the affected area(s) twice daily for four weeks.
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EXTINA® Foam contains 2% ketoconazole in a thermolabile hydroethanolic foam, and is provided in 50 g and 100 g aluminum containers.
Storage And Handling
EXTINA® Foam, 2% is supplied in 50 g (NDC 40076-051-50) and 100 g (NDC 40076-051-00) aluminum containers.
Store at controlled room temperature 68°F to 77°F (20°C to 25°C). Do not store under refrigerated conditions. Do not expose containers to heat, and/or store at temperatures above 120°F (49°C). Do not store in direct sunlight.
Contents are flammable.
Contents under pressure. Do not puncture and/or incinerate container.
Keep out of reach of children.
Manufactured for: Prestium Pharma, Inc.Newtown, PA 18940By DPT Laboratories, Ltd., San Antonio, TX 78215. Revised: June 2013
Adverse Reactions In Clinical Trials
Because clinical trials are conducted under widely varying conditions, adverse reaction rates observed in the clinical trials of a drug cannot be directly compared to rates in the clinical trials of another drug, and may not reflect the rates observed in practice. The adverse reaction information from clinical trials does, however, provide a basis for identifying the adverse reactions that appear to be related to drug use and for approximating rates.
The safety data presented in Table 1 (below) reflect exposure to EXTINA® Foam in 672 subjects, 12 years and older with seborrheic dermatitis. Subjects applied EXTINA® Foam or vehicle foam twice daily for 4 weeks to affected areas on the face, scalp, and/or chest. Adverse reactions occurring in > 1% of subjects are presented in Table 1.
Table 1: Adverse Reactions
Reported by > 1% Subjects in Clinical Trials
|Adverse Reactions
|EXTINA® Foam
n (%)
|Vehicle Foam
n (%)
|Subjects with an Adverse Reaction
|188 (28%)
|122 (25%)
|Application site burning
|67 (10%)
|49 (10%)
|Application site reaction
|41 (6%)
|24 (5%)
Application site reactions that were reported in < 1% of subjects were dryness, erythema, irritation, paresthesia, pruritus, rash and warmth.
Dermal Safety Studies
In a photoallergenicity study, 9 of 53 subjects (17%) had reactions during the challenge period at both the irradiated and non-irradiated sites treated with EXTINA® Foam. EXTINA® Foam may cause contact sensitization.
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Contact Sensitization
EXTINA® Foam may result in contact sensitization, including photoallergenicity. [See ADVERSE REACTIONS]
Flammable Contents
The contents of EXTINA® Foam include alcohol and propane/butane, which are flammable. Avoid fire, flame and/or smoking during and immediately following application. Do not puncture and/or incinerate the containers. Do not expose containers to heat and/or store at temperatures above 120°F (49°C).
Systemic Effects
Hepatitis has been seen with orally administered ketoconazole (1:10,000 reported incidence). Lowered testosterone and ACTH–induced corticosteroid serum levels have been seen with high doses of orally administered ketoconazole. These effects have not been seen with topical ketoconazole.
Patient Counseling Information
See FDA-approved patient labeling.
Instructions For Use
- Avoid fire, flame and/or smoking during and immediately following application.
- Do not apply EXTINA® Foam directly to hands. Dispense onto a cool surface, and apply to the affected areas using the fingertips.
Local Reactions
- EXTINA® Foam may cause skin irritation (application site burning and/or reactions)
- EXTINA® Foam may cause contact sensitization.
- As with any topical medication, patients should wash their hands after application.
- Inform a physician if the area of application shows signs of increased irritation and report any signs of adverse reactions.
Nonclinical Toxicology
Carcinogenesis, Mutagenesis, And Impairment Of Fertility
Long-term animal studies have not been performed to evaluate the carcinogenic or photo-carcinogenic potential of EXTINA® Foam.
In oral carcinogenicity studies in mice (18-months) and rats (24-months) at dose levels of 5, 20 and 80 mg/kg/day ketoconazole was not carcinogenic. The high dose in these studies was approximately 2.4 to 4.8 times the expected topical dose in humans based on a mg/m² comparison. In a bacterial reverse mutation assay, ketoconazole did not express any mutagenic potential. In three in vivo assays (sister chromatid exchange in humans, dominant lethal and micronucleus tests in mice), ketoconazole did not exhibit any genotoxic potential.
At oral dose levels of 75 mg/kg/day (4.5 times the expected topical human dose in mg/m²), ketoconazole impaired reproductive performance and fertility when administered to male rats (increased abnormal sperm, decreased sperm mobility and decreased pregnancy in mated females).
Use In Specific Populations
Teratogenic Effects
Pregnancy Category C: Ketoconazole has been shown to be teratogenic (syndactylia and oligodactylia) in the rat when given orally in the diet at 80 mg/kg/day (4.8 times the maximum expected human topical dose based on a mg/m² comparison, assuming 100% absorption from 8 g of foam). However, these effects may be partly related to maternal toxicity, which was also observed at this dose level. [See Pharmacokinetics]
No reproductive studies in animals have been performed with EXTINA® Foam. There are no adequate and well-controlled studies of EXTINA® Foam in pregnant women.
EXTINA® Foam should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus.
Nursing Mothers
It is not known whether EXTINA® Foam administered topically could result in sufficient systemic absorption to produce detectable quantities in breast milk. Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when EXTINA® Foam is administered to women who are breastfeeding.
Pediatric Use
The safety and effectiveness of EXTINA® Foam in pediatric patients less than 12 years of age have not been established.
Of the 672 subjects treated with EXTINA® Foam in the clinical trials, 44 (7%) were from 12 to 17 years of age. [See Clinical Studies]
Geriatric Use
Of the 672 subjects treated with EXTINA® Foam in the clinical trials, 107 (16%) were 65 years and over.
Mechanism Of Action
The mechanism of action of ketoconazole in the treatment of seborrheic dermatitis is not known.
The pharmacodynamics of EXTINA® Foam has not been established.
In a bioavailability study, 12 subjects with moderate to severe seborrheic dermatitis applied 3 g of EXTINA® Foam twice daily for 4 weeks. Circulating plasma levels of ketoconazole were < 6 ng/mL for a majority of subjects (75%), with a maximum level of 11 ng/mL observed in one subject.
Ketoconazole is an antifungal agent which inhibits the in vitro synthesis of ergosterol, a key sterol in the cell membrane of Malassezia furfur. The clinical significance of antifungal activity in the treatment of seborrheic dermatitis is not known.
Clinical Studies
The safety and efficacy of EXTINA® Foam were evaluated in a randomized, double-blind, vehicle-controlled study in subjects 12 years and older with mild to severe seborrheic dermatitis. In the study, 427 subjects received EXTINA® Foam and 420 subjects received vehicle foam. Subjects applied EXTINA® Foam or vehicle foam twice daily for 4 weeks to affected areas on the face, scalp, and/or chest. The overall disease severity in terms of erythema, scaling, and induration was assessed at Baseline and week 4 on a 5-point Investigator's Static Global Assessment (ISGA) scale.
Treatment success was defined as achieving a Week 4 (end of treatment) ISGA score of 0 (clear) or 1 (majority of lesions have individual scores for scaling, erythema, and induration that averages 1 [minimal or faint]) and at least two grades of improvement from baseline. The results are presented in Table 2. The database was not large enough to assess whether there were differences in effects in age, gender, or race subgroups.
Table 2: Efficacy Results
|Number of Subjects
|EXTINA® Foam
n (%)
|Vehicle Foam
n (%)
|Subjects Achieving Treatment Success
|239 (56%)
|176 (42%)
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What is EXTINA® Foam?
EXTINA® Foam is used on the skin (topical) to treat a skin condition called seborrheic dermatitis in patients 12 years and older. Seborrheic dermatitis can cause areas of flaky skin (scales) on the scalp, face, ears, chest or upper back.
EXTINA® Foam has not been studied in children less than 12 years old.
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Above Tatooine, aboard a privateer ship. Two days earlier.
"Cindy isn't flying too well." A group of mercenaries sat at a table, playing sabaac, drinking beverages, when one of them noticed that outside of the window, the ship had almost ground to a halt. The one that had just spoken was a human with a black coat over some commoner clothes, but he appeared to be the leader. "I'm gonna go check it out." He got up, leaving the rest of them to continue on with sabaac. Walking into the cockpit, Cindy was slouched over in her chair, apparently knocked out. He shook her a bit and she woke up. "Who are you!?" "It's me, Zeth. Cindy, what happened?" She would point out the window, and Zeth's heart would stop. about 2000 meters from where their ship was, lay the biggest thing that either had ever seen. It was black, 17km long, and huge. It seemed to be fading slightly in and out of existence, as if it had some sort of cloaking technology.(http://www.firefoxccmods.com/encicloped ... ipseii.png) Around the ship were 6 black star destroyers, also equipped with stealth technology.(http://www.firefoxccmods.com/encicloped ... dmkiii.png). "Cindy, we have to warn the Commander!" Before they could do anything, their ship was destroyed by a hail of turbo laser fire, and the planet was surrounded with the ships.
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Several high ranking Imperial Officers were speaking with one another when Darth Nox entered. Slowly, all of them bowed down on their knees, until instructed by Darth Nox to rise. "Their base, it's here." He said, scanning the bridge. It was huge for a bridge, but was perfect for a ship this size. "We have reason to believe it is here, sir." Spoke one of the officers, who was wearing an admiral's uniform. "Find it's exact location. Probe every nook and cranny on this planet. Find the insurgent base." Spoke Darth Nox, who proceeded to walk up the 5 steps to his 'throne' on the bridge. I will find them, and I will kill them. If that jedi is with them, he will die too.
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Forums → Art, Music, and Writing → Official Poetry Contests - Theme: Sunshine (Due: May 31)
Welcome to the newest contest on ArmorGames!
This is the new and improved version of both the Periodic Poetry Contest and the Haiku Contest. From this point out, both contests will be combined into one massive contest for everyone to enjoy! And as such, each user is allowed to enter is both contests with separate entries if they so desire, effectively doubling the odds of winning.
Each contest (One being general poetry and the other exclusively haiku) will have one winner every month. Every month, two winners (one from each contest shall be chosen and receive a merit for all their hard work. Show it off to your friends, gloat about it to your enemies! Tell your parents about it and confuse them! It's a win-win-win-win-win scenario, folks.
General Poetry Contest:
- It must fit the theme if the month (same theme as the Haiku Contest).
- It must be submitted by the deadline.
- It cannot have inappropriate language in it.
- It cannot be stolen (if you plagiarize, we will find you).
- The poem must be created for this contest
- A user cannot win twice in a row (though everyone is welcome to submit every month!)
- Only one submission per user will be accepted
Once a month a winner will be chosen from all the received entries. To begin, the Moderation/Administration Team will act as judges and choose winners. Subject to change depending on how well things go.
The winner will then make a comment on the ContestWinners profile to receive a merit.
(Original idea by ubertuna, itemized rules by DragonMistress, modified by Devoidless)
Haiku Contest
"A Haiku is a Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons."
Well, that said, here are the rules:
- It must fit the theme of the month (same as General Poetry Contest)
-The haiku must be original (no plagiarizing)!
- It must be submitted before the deadline
- It must be created for the contest (no using works previously written)
- One submission per user
- The same user cannot win twice in a row (but they are welcome to submit!)
Once a month a winner will be chosen from all the received entries. To begin, the Moderation/Administration Team will act as judges and choose winners. Subject to change depending on how well things go.
The winner will then make a post on the ContestWinners profile to receive a merit.
(Original idea and itemized rules by Maverick4, modified by Devoidless)
First Themes
The first themes to kick off this contest shall be:
- The theme for the General Poetry contest this run is "Touch of Truth".
- The theme for the Haiku contest is "Broken Bond".
Submitting an entry
Since there are two separate contests, users are required to mention in the post which contest they wish to use the entry for. Any entry without this is subject to not being entered into either contest.
Examples of how to clarify which contest an entry is for:
This poem is for the General Poetry contest
-This is for the Haiku contest
I'd like to enter this for the General Poetry/Haiku contest
Remember, each user is allowed to join both contests!
Alright! Looking forward to seeing what you all can create! Good luck, and have fun with it!
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This is for the Haiku contest
seasons change wildly
friendship lost some old some new
lay to rest your mind
on a personal note this is the first Haiku I have ever written and I am not sure if I understood the structure correctly
Oh, how I loathe thee
For I cannot hold pen
I suck at haiku
Touch of Truth
This poem is for the General Poetry contest:
Touch of Truth
I love you (When you stroke my hair)
I love you (When you show you care)
I love you (When you laugh out loud)
I love you (When you leave the crowd)
I love you (When you hug me tight)
I love you (When we dance in the night)
I love you (When you say, "You're mine"
I love you (But only some of the time)
This Entry is for the General Contest
Based on achievement unlocked 2
Running, Jumping, Killing myself.....
Flying, Buying, Pooping Pastries on a shelf....
I do this all for the achieves...
But when i get it all....What will i be?
I'm Just an elephant....
Why am i Blue?
Trying to Escape
Im not done here....
That feels....Too true
Using WASD as controls....
Teleporting....with no control
Running on my wheel....
Backwards I spin......
What will happen....
When i win?
Will I go and turn to Dust?
Will You keep playing,
Till I must?
For Haiku
Death is a chaser
You run from him, Your Whole Life.....
Everyone does
When You run too Long
You are suddenly Alone
Everyone got caught
When does the Chase Stop?
When will you open your eyes?
All of your friends died
Death becomes a friend,
For, Everyone else is gone.
Then you stop running
Hope this is good
For Haiku
Pretty sure you can only submit a single stanza for a haiku.
This is for the general poetry contest :P
Once a lie within my face,
The pain at a constant pace.
Now it haunts me in my place.
Killing me without a trace.
Tell me, my child
Why does this seem so wild.
Please stop right now
Before it gets around
How an opposing act of truth you may say
Something not only used in May
Truth is a blessing I have to admit
Doesn't it just like to tick?
Please give it a try my son
For your lesson may have just begun
A touch a truth is not a statement
Its even something that is pretty ancient
Now you get it, I was getting quite impatient.
[/b] Haiku Contest
How Winter Has Been
Good winter has been,
spring i hope is to be great,
yet spring is to come.
General Contest:
How Winter Passes:
Summer was hot and dry,
Spring was so nice I could cry,
Fall had some wonderful leaves,
But Winter was more than I could believe.
Still it went quite fast,
Oh, how I wish it would last.
Oh, how winter passes.
For Haiku contest
Subject:"Broken Bond"
The two separate
They each have chosen their path
Their bond is broken
sorry what that mean :do i writ a song or a poem or i draw a picture?
and what the theme or the subject that i will do these ?
whats the prize?
what we do in haiku contest?
when is the last time i will submit?
For the general poetry contest with the theme of "touch of truth":
Where Life Met Death
A terza rima sonnet
Dedicated to all affected by the AIDS epidemic in Africa
Based on a true story
In cells both dank and dark I made my stay
Among the lepers of this day and age.
They told us not to touch them, lest we lay
Bedridden as they did from deadly phage.
But in those dim lit eyes I saw the depths
Of loveless pain that grew from former rage.
Living life was labor, like his breaths
Which barely seemed to hold his soul in place.
He could have died a myriad deaths
Before I finished sharing of God's grace
And touched his head, for something seized my hand
To court my death. Instead his crying face
And life eternal God had fully planned,
That selfless love he'd finally understand.
For Haiku contest
Subject:"Broken Bond"
Covalent bonds, as
strong as they hold together
can break, like my heart.
I don't normally do this sort of thing, but I'm fresh out of blue elephants. I'm sure you know how it is. This is for the general poetry contest.
Pedant's Lament
-D. Joseph Holmes
âTis better one should live in darkness unheedingly
Than ever once realise he walks in nightâs sombre cloud
It is a greater blessing that man should not see
That sweet Illusionâs mantle his sense and passions shroud
For what is there to be won with a mere
Touch of Truth? What prize in stark virtue?
What hero will see the world stripped bare
And not from then live that day to rue?
O, reader! O, my intimate, heed me well!
Quit your quest for that poisnâd Pierian brook!
Hold for truth only this lesson I tell,
And consign to flame every other book.
There is no glory in knowledge, naught
To be learned but will shackle and chain thee.
Therefore, my friend, refuse to be taught
And leave this hell to lonely men like me.
This is slightly based off Naruto so.... yeah (but totatally original Haiku, unless somehow is exact same to another XP)
My Haiku
We were like brothers
But we walked different paths
Now I must save you
My G. Poem
They say the truth will set you free
but sometimes it's hard to see
I know it's really painful
But lying is truly shameful
But sometimes you must
Be someone people can trust
Because bending what's true
Hurts no one but you
Hope I interpreted the theme correctly XP
Are we allowed to make suggestions for people's poems?
This poem is for the General Poetry contest:
(Touch of Truth)
Roses are red
Elephant is blue.
It's going to be mine,
It's of no use to you.
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Ken Macleod's The Stone Canal opens with the story of the young Jonathan Wilde and the major happenings of he and a fair-weather friend as they grow up in near-future Scotland. Getting drunk, chasing girls, and arguing politics, they eventually split due to personal differences as post-humanisn spins everyone's lives in crazy directions. Easing back on the throttle (aiming at 'mere' purposeful humanism), Macleod's 2014 Descent uses a similar character setup, but keeps its agenda more closely tied to the here and now. Purported UFO sightings, government and commercial conspiracy theories, speciation, and subjective reality abound, the story of Ryan Sinclair successfully extends the personal struggles of Wilde into more relatable and eerie Orwellian near future. Featuring the tightest technique of the author's career, some may argue it is Macleod's best yet.
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To the Ends of the Earth: Robert Barron's 'Catholicism'
Even by the standards set by Ken Burns, 10 hours is a hefty length for a documentary. Then again, the series under review is not telling the story of baseball or the Civil War but of Catholicism, an enormously rich tradition that, 10 years into a career in the Catholic press, I am still learning about. When you consider that The New Catholic Encyclopedia clocks in at 12,000 pages, 10 hours seems almost slight.
Produced by Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, Catholicism is written and hosted by the Rev. Robert Barron, a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago who teaches at Mundelein Seminary. Father Barron is best known (at least until now) for Web videos in which he engages with various cultural trends, from the new atheism to the theology of "The Dark Knight." He is both a genial host and a stout defender of the church, who is not afraid to acknowledge its failings.
"Catholicism" is a media project far beyond anything Father Barron has done before. In addition to its impressive length, the documentary boasts exquisite cinematography and enormous range. Teaming up with Matt Leonard of "The Today Show," Father Barron set out to convey the universal nature of the church. The film hops from Mexico City to Israel to Uganda to Rome to the Philippines and a handful of other destinations, with a not unexpected stop in John Paul II's Krakow along the way. More than once, I was put in mind of Niall Ferguson striding across Europe to explain World War II or international monetary policy. (At times, the production can play like "Where in the World is Father Barron?")
Father Barron has a talent for television: He speaks confidently and cogently on camera. (And shots of him gazing contemplatively into the distance are thankfully few.) He is an engaging conversation partner, though not one with whom everyone will always agree. Students of Ignatian spirituality, the Second Vatican Council or contemporary theology, for example, may find his treatment of the faith incomplete. Of course, no documentary, even of this length, could touch upon every tradition within the church. Yet with such a grand title, "Catholicism" invites some argument about what should be included.
A shortened version of "Catholicism" aired on several PBS affiliates in October, though at least one station declined to show it because of its explicitly Christian content. And this documentary is, indeed, a work of apologetics. It may look like your standard slice of public television, but Father Barron is not interested in an objective, clinical examination of the faith. He wants you to, as he says several times in the film, "fall in love with Christ." And few media projects can claim they came about thanks to the intercession of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. (Watch the final credits.)
The series, then, is an exercise in evangelization as much as education, and one of its chief accomplishments is that it is, in the words of George Weigel, "rooted in friendship with Jesus Christ." Every element of this story, from the Annunciation and the conversion of St. Paul to an examination of the Eucharist and the history of the saints, is refracted through that lens. At a time when the church sometimes seems as polarized as the political culture, "Catholicism" is an essential reminder that we are all brothers and sisters in Christ.
From a production standpoint, "Catholicism" is nearly flawless. The Parthenon, St. John Lateran in Rome, Lourdes, the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Lough Derg—these are just some of the sites the production team visits. (No green screen for Father Barron.) The documentary is a little heavy on European cathedrals, though the team does visit the United States, with a particularly moving visit to the corner of Fourth and Walnut Streets in Louisville, Ky., to discuss the spirituality of Thomas Merton. Father Barron also tells the American stories of Peter Maurin, Dorothy Day and St. Katharine Drexel.
Individual believers play a large role in "Catholicism." This is not a documentary about councils and papal encyclicals but about men and women who sought to follow Christ in the unique circumstances of their times. The project's patron saints, if they may be so called, are Thérèse of Lisieux and Thomas Aquinas, doctors of the church whose paths to God could not have been more different. Pope John Paul II also plays a leading role, not only in the story of his own life but also in the spirit of heady evangelization that infuses the series. Father Barron is not interested in dwelling on the problems facing the church. There is nothing here on the priest shortage and only passing mention of the clergy sexual abuse scandal. Instead, he focuses his energy and obvious passion on the graces the church provides. His discussion of the Eucharist is especially affecting, the only time I noticed that his voice cracked with emotion. How appropriate.
"Catholicism" is likely to find its way into parish halls across the country. It is being heavily marketed in the Catholic press, and the filmmakers clearly hope it will be used as a catechetical tool. Some of the episodes will work nicely in that regard. In particular, the introduction to Sts. Peter and Paul and the theological explanation of the liturgy are superb. Other episodes, like "Ineffable Mystery of God," may require a bit more background in the Catholic tradition. The soul-searing images of Catholic art and architecture might even prompt some viewers to consider conversion, just as, for centuries, a trip to Europe often awakened searchers to the beauty of the Catholic tradition.
One virtue of Father Barron's easygoing style is that it invites conversation, even disagreement. After spending 10 hours with him, I am comfortable enough to mount a few friendly arguments. I was puzzled, for one thing, by his decision to highlight the church's teachings on angels and devils. Are these essential to our faith? Including them seems like a deliberate move to emphasize the "otherness" of Catholicism. In discussing the doctrine of purgatory, Father Barron visits Lough Derg in Ireland and commends the spiritual athleticism of the pilgrims who walk without shoes on the island's harsh terrain and stay awake for days as a form of penance. Yet why feature Lough Derg and not any other retreat house or movement, unless to reassert the value of a certain pre-Vatican II Catholicism?
The Catholic Church presented in "Catholicism" comes across as a bit old-fashioned. Consider the art and music. After 10 hours of stained glass windows and Gregorian chant, I found myself yearning for kitschy church mosaics and the strains of the St. Louis Jesuits. The cathedrals of Europe are awe-inspiring, but they can seem far removed from the reality of parish worship today. It is wonderful to contemplate that we share a faith with the men who crafted the rose windows at Notre Dame and the African martyrs who died in Uganda. And "Catholicism" is a valuable reminder of this rich patrimony. Yet in general the film fails to convey that the church is a living tradition, one that continues to inspire artists, musicians and writers, as well as young theologians and lay ministers. Shots of worshippers in Mexico and the Philippines are not enough to capture the vitality of the church today.
At several points, Father Barron argues for the importance of spiritual heroism; he believes that Catholics should actively seek to be saints. He is right that out of false humility, we often shy away from seeking spiritual greatness. Sometimes in his telling, however, spiritual heroism is presented as a kind of warfare against the world. In explaining Jesus as the "Davidic warrior," Father Barron argues that Jesus went mano a mano with the powers of his day and won. Later he cites the Egyptian obelisk in St. Peter's Square—probably the last thing Peter saw before he was crucified—as a "gentle, in-your-face" reminder that Christianity prevailed over its enemies. Setting aside the question of whether the hedonist spirit of early Rome is really dead, this portrayal has the unfortunate effect of presenting Christianity as fundamentally in opposition to the world.
Of course, there are times when the church must take a stand against the culture; but the world is full of riches, too. In his commentaries for "Word on Fire," Father Barron deftly engages with that world, offering incisive cultural analysis of books, journalism and film. Yet "Catholicism" offers little indication that its heroes found wisdom outside of the tradition—that Thomas Merton, for example, was studying Eastern religions when he died. Nor does it give much sense that sometimes the church itself stood in opposition to its most fervent believers. These details make for a messier story, but they also show how truly alive Catholicism is.
Like the church itself, "Catholicism" is sometimes a source of frustration; but it is also a testament to the beauty at the heart of the tradition.
If you do not like Fr. Barron's work, do the job yourself - and do better.
I agree somewhat with the author that Fr. Barron was unable to cover more aspects of our Catholic faith, but he did a fine job of presenting considerable information of how our faith came about and what sustains it to this day. For that, I am grateful.The tv program was beautifully filmed. Thanks. Anna M. Seidler
Fr. Barron emphasizes how subversive the Gospel is.
"Yet in general the film fails to convey that the church is a living tradition, one that continues to inspire artists, musicians and writers, as well as young theologians and lay ministers. Shots of worshippers in Mexico and the Philippines are not enough to capture the vitality of the church today."Are you kidding me? Unfortunately for North America and Europe, the vitality of the church today is precisely in Mexico and the Philippines. Does the United States halt daily at 3:00 to pray the Divine Mercy? Filipinos do. Do penitent North Americans crawl for miles on their knees in supplication to the intercession of the Blessed Mother? The pilgrims to Our Lady of Guadalupe do and we would be wise to follow.
A good article that wets the appetite. I hadn't even heard of the series. Thanks.Just a small point. The "spiritual heroism...presented as a kind of warfare against the world" appears to this reader exactly congruent with the spirtual life of Ignatius Loyola in his role as the Knight fighting against the snares of the Evil One. Perhaps Ignatian spirituality is not as absent from the series as Mr Reidy suspects?
As fairminded a review as could be expected from America magazine, but very revealing in what it wanted omitted - angels and demons (too "other') - and what it wanted to see represented - kitschy mosaics, the St. Louis Jesuits, etc. – and in a series about goodness, truth and beauty. Also missing, thankfully, were contemporary churches with auditoriums in the round which focus everything on the priest as master of ceremonies or talk show host; 'hymns' from the 1970s and 1980s that are all about me or us; and what the review calls 'contemporary theology' (not meaning thereby the work of Ratzinger or Barron himself, but dissidents who reject the Church's teaching while cashing the Church's paycheck).
I had never heard of Father Barron before the release of this series having been brought back to Catholicism by the converts Scott Hahn, Steve Ray, and David Currie to name but a few. I saw this series available through Amazon and took a chance figuring the ten hours of video would be superior to the normal trash which comes across the TV screen. I was so taken in by the series that I watched all ten hours in two sittings. Father Barron's ability to relate the basic tennants of the Catholic Faith, along with photos of places I may never see in my lifetime and history of my faith which I was not aware made for a grand performance. The media is in too great a hurry to remind us the faith is full of sinners and fallen men. What makes Catholicism so great is that it continues to stand in full sight 2000 years after it's creation. If this series doesn't open some hearts and minds to the Catholic Church, then they are fully hardened by our culture. The rejection by some PBS affiliates and others offers proof that this is a message and a truth that many are afraid of.
I have only seen the four episodes on PBS and agree that the videography is spectacular. It's a great travelogue for those who have never visited these places. The summary history of Christianity was good also.
But, the narrator is somewhat annoying to watch. Instead of directing his conversation to the audience (the camera), he's constantly looking up or down or sideways as though there were someone hidden from view that he was talking to. Now and then he looked directly at the camera, but not very often. If I were sitting there in front of him listening to him talk, it would come across as rude. In the videos, it comes across as a nervous mannerism. Maybe he didn't have a director to remind hin to talk to the audience. After a while, I didn't watch him directly, because this mannerism started to distract me from what he was saying, so I looked at the background while he spoke and tried not to watch him directly. The other annoying part of it was the short question and answer period after. He didn't really answer the predetermined questions very well, even though he obviously knew what they would be. He seemed to use them as a pretext or springboard to do a little editorializing instead of actually answering them. That part can be skipped without missing anything of importance.
Interesting that the reviewer finds fault with Fr. Barron's presentation for little openness to other traditions, whilst he is certainly a great fan of St. Thomas Aquinas, who was open to other traditions, such as Aristotle, a pagan phiosopher, as well as other non Christian thinkers. At the same time he complains about Fr. Barron's visit to Lough Derg and the penance related to this place, -unless to reassert the value of a certain pre-Vatican II Catholicism?- One wonders why he would complain about the value of so called pre-Vatican II Catholicism, while at the same time criticizing Fr. Barron for not being open to other traditions. There is no doubt that post-Vatican II Catholicism might well learn something from the likes of Lough Derg which stresses fasting, which the latter type of Cathilocism seems to have excluded, something unthinkable for the Fathers of the Church or any other Catholics over the centuries or any Biblical author. The truth is that there is no such thing as pre or post Vatican II Cathoicism, or post-Vatican II Castholicism, but simply Catholicism. Iny any case, it does seem that the actual documents of Vatican II in any support the notion that the council intended to invent a new type of Catholicism.
Like Maurice Timothy Reidy, I have watched all ten episodes of Father Robert Barron's Catholicism series. I agree with much of what he says in his review of the series (Nov. 21, 2011). However, I take issue with his insinuations that Barron is portraying a "pre-Vatican II Catholicism."
In his book, Bridging the Great Divide, Father Barron describes himself as a "post-liberal, post-conservative, evangelical Catholic." His antidote to the poison of polarization in our contemporary church is to focus attention on Jesus' searing question: "Who do you say that I am?" The story of Catholicism, according to Father Barron, is the way each generation, each culture, each historical epoch has responded.
The subtitle of the series is "A Journey to the Heart of the Church." Father Barron strives in each episode to understand Christian faith as a response to God's invitation to love. Karen Armstrong, in The Case for God, reminds us that the word "credo" derives from two Latin words—cor (heart)and do (I give). When we give ourselves away in love to others, as Christ did on the cross, we unleash the eternal—the divine life—within ourselves. That is the rock on which Christ builds his church; that is the underlying theme of each episode—and Father Barron pulls it off beautifully. His perspective transcends the pre/post Vatican II dichotomy.
Mr. Reidy doesn't clarify why he thinks "students of Ignation spirituality, the Second Vatican Council, or contemporary theology, for example, may find his treatment of the faith incomplete." Is he suggesting that Father Barron is not steeped in these important areas of Catholic theology, or that an essential dimension of Christian faith is missing in Barron's understanding of the faith ?
Mr. Reidy writes that the "Catholic Church presented in Catholicism comes across as a bit old fashioned." He complains that "after 10 hours of stained glass windows and Gregorian chant, I found myself yearning for kitschy church mosaics and strains of the St. Louis Jesuits." Funny, I had just the opposite response. I am grateful that the series invites Catholics to "think globally," to understanding ourselves as part of a world-wide community that, 2000 years later, continues to "act locally"—trusting in the power of self-giving love, made manifest in the cross, to dispel the darkness of our existence. To my mind, and I think Father Barron's, that's what the New Evangelization is all about.
Dan Cawthon. Professor Emeritus
Saint Mary's College, Moraga, California


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As the UN climate-change conference in Copenhagen approaches, we are in a race between political tipping points and natural ones. Can we cut carbon emissions fast enough to keep the melting of the Greenland ice sheet from becoming irreversible? Can we close coal-fired power plants in time to save at least the larger glaciers in the Himalayas and on the Tibetan plateau? Can we head off ever more intense crop-withering heatwaves before they create chaos in world grain markets?
These are all climate-change issues, but they have something else in common: food. Copenhagen will be about climate, of course, but in a fundamental sense, it must also be about whether we will have enough to eat in the decades to come.
We need not go beyond ice melting to see that the world is in trouble on the food front. As the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets continue to shrink, sea levels will rise, threatening rice harvests around the globe. Recent projections show that the sea could rise up to six feet this century (if the Greenland ice sheet were to melt entirely, it would rise by 23 feet). According to the World Bank, it would take only a three-foot rise in sea level to cover half the ricefields in Bangladesh, a country of nearly 160 million people. Such an increase would also inundate much of the Mekong Delta, which produces half the rice crop in Vietnam, the world's No. 2 rice exporter. And it would submerge parts of the 20 or so other rice-growing river deltas in Asia.
Melting mountain glaciers are even more worrisome. The World Glacier Monitoring Service in Switzerland recently reported the 18th consecutive year of shrinking mountain glaciers around the world, from the Andes to the Rockies, from the Alps to the mountain ranges of Asia. Of these, the disappearance of glaciers in the Himalayas and on the Tibetan plateau threatens to shrink food supplies most sharply. Their annual ice melt sustains the major rivers of India and China – the Indus, Ganges, Yangtze and Yellow – during the dry season. And this water in turn supplies irrigation systems.
Yao Tandong, one of China's leading glaciologists, warned last year in the journal Nature that two-thirds of the country's glaciers could be gone by 2050, and he has said that "the full-scale glacier shrinkage in the plateau regions will eventually lead to an ecological catastrophe."
It will also lead to a humanitarian catastrophe. China is the world's leading producer of wheat. India is No. 2. These two countries also dominate the world's rice harvest. But unlike in the United States (the third-largest wheat producer), where wheat is watered largely by rainfall, most crops in China and India are irrigated. The vanishing of mountain glaciers in Asia therefore represents the biggest threat to the world food supply that we have ever seen.
Americans may be tempted to see melting glaciers on the Tibetan plateau as China's problem. And they are. But they are also our problem. We live in an era of fully integrated global food markets; a major harvest shortfall in one corner of the world will drive up prices everywhere.
If China can no longer grow enough wheat and rice to feed its 1.3 billion people and goes shopping for massive quantities of grain, global food costs will rise dramatically. When domestic food prices skyrocketed in the 1970s, the United States restricted exports of grain and soybeans. This time around, with China holding $800 billion in US Treasury securities, we won't be in any position to limit exports. China is our banker. China's food shortage will be our shortage, too.
Sea levels and melting glaciers aside, rising temperatures will also have a direct impact on crops around the world. Agriculture as it exists today evolved over an 11,000-year period of remarkable climate stability. The crops we grow were bred to flourish in this climate. But as the weather changes, they will be increasingly out of sync with their environment.
Even a relatively minor increase in temperature will dramatically shrink crop yields. A 2004 study published by the US National Academy of Sciences showed that for each 1 degree Celsius rise in temperature during the growing season, we can expect a 10-percent decline in rice yields. This appears to hold true for wheat and corn as well. In a world with limited grain stocks, a crop-shrinking heat wave in a major grain-producing region could lead to food shortages and political instability.
While delegates from around the world prepare to gather in Copenhagen, hunger is already spreading. For much of the late 20th century, the number of hungry people declined, bottoming out in the mid-1990s at 825 million. It then turned upward, reaching 873 million around 2005 and passing 1 billion in 2009, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. The combination of rising seas, melting glaciers and crop-decimating heat waves could push these numbers up even faster.
As the number of hungry people has risen, so too has the number of failing states. How much hunger will the world be able to absorb before we have not just failing nations, but a failing global civilization?
Lester R. Brown is president of the Earth Policy Institute and the author of Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization.


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Disney Wonder crew member missing | Enchanted artwork coming to Mickey's meet-and-greet queue? | Tower of Terror gets "green" makeover | Disney Animal Programs releases one manatee, takes in another | Former Disney Parks chair needs bone marrow transplant | Construction update | Quick takes | Crowd update
Disney Wonder crew member missing
A member of the Disney Wonder's crew was reported missing last Tuesday when she failed to report for her scheduled shift in the Youth Activities department. Rebecca Coriam, 24, of Chester, England, was last seen early that morning making a phone call to friend, according to a KABC report, but details of that phone call have not been made public. The ship left the Port of Los Angeles last Sunday, March 20, for a seven-day Mexican Riviera cruise, and made its first port of call in Puerto Vallarta on Wednesday after two days at sea.
The Bahamas Maritime Authority is leading in the investigation on the Bahamanian-registered ship, with the Mexican navy and the U.S. Coast Guard assisting. U.S. law enforcement authorities have no jurisdiction because the ship has a foreign registry and was not in U.S. waters at the time. Bahamian authorities met the ship in Cabo San Lucas on Friday, and the ship returned to the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro yesterday morning, and left again for another round-trip yesterday evening.
According to reports posted on the Internet from passengers aboard the ship, there were two calls for Coriam to contact the captain, followed by a ship-wide search that included searches of all cabins. The woman's parents, Michael and Ann Coriam, have flown from England to Los Angeles to await news of their daughter.
As the news broke on Friday, Disney Cruise Lines issued this statement:
"Given the circumstances we are very concerned about this situation and are doing everything possible to assist with the search effort and investigation. The Mexican Navy has been conducting searches since Tuesday, and we immediately contacted the FBI and the Bahamian Maritime Authority, which is leading the investigation on this matter. We have also conducted a thorough and comprehensive inspection of the ship and spoken with the crew member's colleagues to gather as much information as possible."
On Sunday morning, another statement from DCL added:
"We have been doing everything possible to find Rebecca Coriam including conducting multiple shipboard searches, the latest one as recently as Saturday. In addition, we have been working with all of the appropriate authorities. Rebecca's disappearance has been difficult for everyone at Disney Cruise Line. We've been in close contact with the Coriam family, and we're assisting them in any way we can."
The Wonder relocated from Port Canaveral, Florida to the Port of Los Angeles this past January in preparation for the arrival of the Disney Dream in Florida. In April, the Wonder will relocate to Vancouver for a series of Alaska cruises, and will return to Los Angeles in September to resume Mexican Riviera sailings.
Enchanted artwork coming to Mickey's meet-and-greet queue?
The queue for the new meet-and-greet experience with Magician Mickey Mouse at the newly renamed Town Square Theater may showcase some "Enchanted Art" first pioneered on board the Disney Dream cruise ship. In a post on the Disney Parks Blog, Jennifer Fickley-Baker quotes Walt Disney Imagineering director/senior show producer Jon Georges as saying that "these posters carry Mickey's magical touch that can bring them to life and interact with you as you wait."
FastPass signage is getting finishing touches in preparation for Friday's grand opening of the meet-and-greet locations inside the Town Square Theater. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
A beautiful Italian style floor mosaic reveals the initials "TS" for "Town Square." The "1901" at the top of the design recalls Walt Disney's birth year. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
This sounds a great deal like the Enchanted Art aboard the Dream, which "come to life" and display moving images when a proximity sensor in the image's frame is tripped. The Enchanted Art is also connected to a central computer that allows for an interactive detective game to be played with special cards displaying two-dimensional bar codes. It is possible that the art in the queue will have some sort of programmed interactivity, or it may just be set to interact with certain motions or at given intervals. In either case, it definitely sounds like there's more "Next Generation" technology coming to the Magic Kingdom starting this Friday.
A new chandelier lights the entry lobby of the Town Square Theater. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
The entry to Tony's Town Square Restaurant is now wide open, rather than having the desk function as a barrier to the walkway. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
The Town Square Theater lobby is now open, with the construction walls moved back to the entrance to the meet-and-greet queue. Guests can now see the improved entrance to Tony's Town Square Restaurant, the renamed Box Office Gifts, and the Theater Entrance, that will lead to the queues for Magician Mickey Mouse and the Disney princesses. The interactive posters will appear on the walls of the queue area to the "backstage corridors" of the theater. Magician Mickey will meet and greet guests in his "rehearsal room."
Guests will pass through the theater entrance on their way to meet Mickey Mouse and the Disney princesses. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
The old Exposition Hall gift shop has been condensed into the south side of the building and renamed Box Office Gifts. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
Colonial Mickey Mouse gets in his final meet-and-greets in the Hall of Presidents lobby while awaiting the opening of the new Main Street location. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
Tower of Terror gets "green" makeover
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios is getting a fresh coat of "green" paint during its refurbishment, but don't expect it to look any different. The "Hollywood Tower Hotel" structure is being repainted with special low volatile organic compound (low VOC) paint, which cuts down on environmental emissions. Standard paint contains volatile organic compounds, which create environmental emissions that can react with other elements to product ozone and cause air pollution. The environmentally friendly paint was also used during the just-finished refurbishment of Blizzard Beach.
Walt Disney World has been using low VOC paints for the last two years, and has reduced the amount of VOC emissions from the resort by more than two-thirds. Last year, more than 110,000 gallons of paint was used to paint the resort.
The Main Street projectors for "The Magic, The Memories, and You" castle show have been hidden behind a facade. Unfortunately, the scale and style really does not fit with the rest of Main Street, U.S.A. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
Rockwork, or perhaps "tree" work, has begun in the Belle's Village/Beast's Castle area. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
The Diamond Horseshoe is open, and perhaps longer than just Spring Break. It now sports two fairly permanent and themed cashier registers in front. The menu now offers hot items including a barbecued chicken sandwich. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
Disney Animal Programs releases one manatee, takes in another
Disney Animal Programs has marked another manatee success story, and turned right around to start helping another of the endangered marine mammals. After nearly a year of care at The Seas with Nemo & Friends pavilion, Jasper the manatee was deemed healthy enough to return to the wild. Jasper was released in the Indian River Lagoon on February 22, and was reportedly already integrating with a herd of 30 other manatees.
Jasper's successful release opened up a spot in the manatee tank for Vail, who has been cared for in various facilities since he was injured nearly 15 years ago when he was hit by a watercraft. Vail is missing a portion of his tail paddle, which gives him something in common with his tank-mate, Lou. Lou has been at the pavilion for some time. Vail has settled in, and has already regained his appetite.
Manatees are an endangered species in Florida, with only about 5,000 of the creatures remaining. Disney Animal Programs has been involved with the Manatee Rehabilitation Partnership (MRP), a cooperative public/private partnership that helps to monitor the health and survival of manatees, for the last ten years. Disney park guests help to contribute to the care of the manatees through contributions to the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund.
The new flat Adventureland bridge finally has its sign, featuring skulls, spears, and masks. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
The temporary interim bridge to Adventureland is still in operation. It would need an upgrade of its support structure if it was decided to make it permanent. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
Former Disney Parks chair needs bone marrow transplant
Former Disney Parks & Resorts Chairman Judson Green has been recently diagnosed with leukemia, and is in need of a bone marrow (stem cell) transplant, which is now a non-invasive procedure. If you are interested in being tested to see if you are a match, please see the details on how to sign up in a blog post in a blog post by former Disney Parks executive Lee Cockerell.
A Personal Appeal, Year Six
There is nothing more heartbreaking than a baby who is born too soon having medical complications that leave them with medical difficulties for life, or worse, that never let them leave the hospital alive. On May 15, I will once again be walking to raise money for the March of Dimes. The March of Dimes mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality.
Over the last five years, through the generosity of MousePlanet readers, friends, family, and co-workers, we have raised nearly $19,000. This year, let's do something really special. My personal goal is to raise $5,000 this year, but you can help in ways other than donating to my walk. This year, you can walk with me. Even if you aren't in the Albany, NY area, you can virtually walk with me by joining Team MousePlanet and walking at the March for Babies site near you. If you join me in walking, money that you raise will help babies in your area to get a fighting chance to survive!
For more information about why I'm walking, or to donate to my walk, please go to my fundraising page. To sign up to join Team MousePlanet, please go to the team page. Let's show those struggling babies how much MousePlanet readers care!
With the help of our fantastic Guide Editors, we've just completed a major update of the park restaurant menus from Walt Disney World. Click on the "Dining" section from our Walt Disney World Guide to see the list. Please help us keep the menus up to date! Send photos or scans of park menus to firstname.lastname@example.com to help us keep our listings updated!
Construction update
Here is the listing of interesting items from paperwork filed with Orange County in the last week:
- Magic Kingdom Hall of Presidents – completion of construction.
- Magic Kingdom Frontierland Shootin' Arcade – completion of construction.
- Magic Kingdom Fishing Shack – completion of construction.
- Magic Kingdom bus information booth – completion of construction.
- Magic Kingdom Town Square Theater – install EMT and fiber optic cable.
- Magic Kingdom New Fantasyland – Phase III - Tents.
- Epcot Imagination pavilion – post show area wall.
- Epcot – overall park cable installation.
- Epcot Canada pavilion Le Cellier – kitchen wall modifications.
- Disney's Hollywood Studios Twilight Zone Tower of Terror – completion of construction.
- Disney's Animal Kingdom Festival of the Lion King Theater – completion of construction.
- Disney's Animal Kingdom bus coordinators building – completion of construction.
- Disney's Animal Kingdom Conservation Station Animal Programs building – completion of construction.
- Disney's Animal Kingdom Kilimanjaro Safaris elephant area cast stairs – construction work.
- Disney's Animal Kingdom forage warehouse – installation of damper in hood system.
- Downtown Disney West Side Cirque du Soleil – completion of construction.
- Downtown Disney Marketplace World of Disney – completion of construction.
- Downtown Disney Marketplace LEGO store – installation of two LEGO logo signs.
- Downtown Disney Marketplace stroller rental – sign installation.
- Downtown Disney Marketplace building 4 – roofing work.
- Contemporary Resort Main Tower building – mechanical work.
- Contemporary Resort east side guest rooms – mechanical work.
- Contemporary Resort fourth floor kitchen – mechanical work.
- Contemporary Resort Convention Center West Rotunda – electrical work.
- Polynesian Resort Tambu Lounge – construction work.
- Polynesian Resort Luau Cove – mechanical work.
- Port Orleans French Quarter Resort buildings 2 & 3 – guestroom renovations.
- Pop Century Resort – kitchen flue plumbing.
A family of busts (or busts of a family) invite you to solve a murder mystery in the Haunted Mansion's new interactive queue. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
Uncle Jacob. Greed was the poison he had swallowed. He went first, the others followed. His killer's face he surely knew. Now try to discover who killed who. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
Bertie: Avid hunter and expert shot. In the end that's what he got. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
Aunt Florence: Never did a dishonorable deed. Yet found face down in canary seed. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
The Twins: Wellington & Forsythia. Departed life while in their beds. With identical bumps on identical heads. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
Cousin Maude: Our Sleeping Beauty, who never woke. The night her dreams went up in smoke. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
This crypt of books popping in and out might just offer some hidden clues. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
This clever exhibit offers incomplete poetry by a ghost writer who died of writer's block. Using voice/word recognition, it allows you to finish the poem for him. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
Here floats Captain Culpepper Clyne. Allergic to dirt so he's pickled in brine. He braved the sea and all her wrath, but drowned on land while taking a bath. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
This "Ravenscroft" organ (a tribute to singer/actor Thurl Ravenscroft) lets you "play" the "grim" tune that Thurl is famous for singing. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
He's gone from this world of trouble and strife. But a touch of your hand brings his music to life. Touch the instruments on the side of the "decomposing composer" crypt to "play" along with the organ. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
A new crypt wall pays homage to "Ghost Host" voice Paul Frees and Imagineers Ken Anderson, Rolly Crump, and Blaine Gibson. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
Recast replicas of the original gravestones representing Imagineers are still found throughout. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
Quick takes …
…Disney has launched a new web series called "Destination: Disney," hosted by Samantha Brown, that will appear only on Disney Online. To kick things off, they posted an interview with Brown and Disney CEO Robert Iger discussing the Disney Dream. During the interview, Brown asks Iger about how the AquaDuck came to be. The first episodes of Destination: Disney are now available online.
…It appears that Disney is again looking to shift shopping crowds during spring break. Some quick service restaurants are said to be distributing 10 percent merchandise discounts good only in the morning hours. It is also possible that the off-hours quick service dining discounts might surface as well, but we have no confirmation at this time.
…The Tomorrowland Terrace will be open in the evenings for the next month to help provide dining capacity for the huge spring break crowds.
…Blizzard Beach returned from its annual refurbishment yesterday.
…RunDisney, the umbrella group responsible for organizing Disney's major running events, has announced that there will be an announcement coming soon about a new race. Clues are being leaked one at a time on the RunDisney Facebook page. Two out of ten clues have been posted so far. Can you figure it out?
…Guests who are planning to purchase a Disney PhotoCD and are looking for great photos of the fairy topiaries from Epcot's Pixie Hollow Fairy Garden have a special option to make that happen. Guests who add Claim ID EPCT-FLWR-GRDN-FEST to their PhotoPass account will have those photos added to their CD's bonus content folder.
…Walt Disney World has introduced three new designs for Disney gift cards to commemorate the resort's upcoming 40th anniversary. the card designs are based on the 40th anniversary collage that is being used for ear hats, bags, and other merchandise. Two of the cards are standard shape cards and feature different parts of the collage. A third "cut-out" card has a ear hat design with the ears featuring a "71" (to commemorate the resort's opening year) on one and the 40th anniversary logo (based on the original "globe with ears inside a D" logo for the resort) on the other, with a number of the commemorative 40th anniversary panels (also available as pins) appearing in the background.
…The quiet pool at the Polynesian Resort will be closed for the next couple of weeks for the addition of zero-entry access.
…Fire Rock Geyser at the Wilderness Lodge is reportedly out of commission for a few weeks, as it is in need of repair and Disney is awaiting the arrival of replacement parts.
…We've had an amazing fan stop motion video pointed out to us that was made with 5,151 still photos, took 6 hours to shoot, 12 hours to edit, and professional software to put it all together. Check it out below:
…Registration for the Expedition Everest Challenge, scheduled for May 7, is now 75 percent full. Sign up now.
…Registration is now open for all races during the Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon weekend. Sign up now for the Half Marathon, Half Marathon Relay, Disney Family Fun Run 5K, and Disney Kids' Races. Registration for the weekend's ChEAR Squad will open later.
…Registration for the events for the Walt Disney World Marathon 2012 is now open.
The Magic of Disney Animation at Disney's Hollywood Studios now hosts an exhibit promoting this summer's release of Cars 2. Fun locations include "Fin Land" and "Towkyo." Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
Also being promoted is the July release of the new Winnie the Pooh film. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
The handprints in front of the Chinese Theater at Disney's Hollywood Studios have been refreshed and repainted. Photo by J. Jeff Kober.
Crowd update
Crowd information and forecasts are provided by TouringPlans.com, the Web site of the Unofficial Guide to Disneyland, to help you better plan your trip to the Disneyland Resort. TouringPlans.com gathers wait time data from a team of in-park researchers and users of their Lines mobile phone application, and then predicts crowd levels for the next 365 days. Using a scale from 1 to 10, TouringPlans.com has a 90 percent accuracy of predicting the crowds to within 1 point, helping visitors prepare for their trips so they can "Do more. Wait less."
Another busy spring week in Florida brought high crowd levels this week at the Walt Disney World Resort. Our research team and fabulous Disney World Lines users submit wait times year round. Last year, here's what our statistical team measured for the upcoming week:
The third week of Spring Break last year was Easter, and while this upcoming week will not be nearly as crazy, it will still be very crowded.
See Disney World crowds for the next 365 days.
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Coming up
- Through March 31: Atlanta Braves Spring Training.
- Through May 15: Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival.
- April 28 to May 2: USASF Cheerleading and Dance Worlds.
- April 29, 30, May 6, 7: Grad Nites.
- May 7: Expedition Everest Challenge.
- May 8: Danskin Women's Triathlon.
- May 15: Rohto Florida Ironman 70.3.
- September 30, October 1: Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend. Registration opens February 14.
- September 30 to November 13: Epcot International Food & Wine Festival.
- November 24–25, 27: Old Spice Classic.
- January 5–8, 2012: Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend. Registration opens March 15.
- February 24-26, 2012: Disney's Princess Half Marathon Weekend. Registration opens July 5.
Refurbishments and Attraction Closures
Magic Kingdom
- Mickey's Toontown Fair – closed permanently to make way for Fantasyland expansion.
- Enchanted Tiki Room – Under New Management – closed since January 13, due to a fire. Expected to reopen on June 1.
- Yong Feng Shandian Shop – closed through April 1 for refurbishment.
Disney's Hollywood Studios
- Star Tours – closed for refurbishment through May 19, 2011.
Animal Kingdom
- Primeval Whirl – closed for refurbishment through April 16, 2011.
- Saratoga Springs Resort – Paddock Leisure Pool closed through June 29 for expansion into a new feature pool, wet play area, and quick-service eatery. During the renovations, the Paddock bus stop and laundry facility will also be closed. Guests can use the High Rock Spring pool near the Carriage House or the leisure pools at Congress Park or The Grandstand. Nearby bus stops can be found at The Springs, Congress Park and The Carousel. Alternate laundry facilities are located at The Springs and Congress Park.
- Port Orleans Riverside Resort – leisure pool between Acadian House and Magnolia Terrace closed March 30-31 for refurbishment.
- Polynesian Resort – quiet pool closed through April 8 for installation of zero-entry access.
- Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground – Wilderness Pool closed through April 22 for refurbishment.
Water Parks
- No known current refurbishments.
- Cirque du Soleil La Nouba – performs Tuesdays through Saturdays.
- LEGO Imagination Center – temporarily relocated near Once Upon a Toy through mid-April during expansion of the store.
Current Discounts & Promotions
Passholder merchandise discounts extended through 2011
Walt Disney World Passholder merchandise discounts have been extended through the end of 2011. Epcot After 4pm, Weekday Select, Seasonal and Annual Passholders get 10 percent off purchases at selected locations, while Premium Annual Passholders (including bi-coastal Premier Annual Passholders) get 20 percent off. The discount is available at Walt Disney World-owned and operated shops, but not those stores owned by "operating participants" (third-party stores). The discount is also not valid on a long list of products, and can not be combined with other discounts, offers or promotions. For a full list of what is not included in this discount, check out the Art of Disney Parks Web site.
La Nouba offers discounts to DVC Members, Passholders
Disney Vacation Club members and Passholders can get 30 percent off Category 2 tickets to see La Nouba by Cirque du Soleil when purchased in advance. The discount is good on any performance from February 1 through April 9. You can purchase your advance tickets by calling 407-939-7604. The offer is valid for DVC members and/or Passholders plus up to 5 guests. This offer provides a deeper discount than even the troupe's own Cirque Club, which is offering a 25 percent discount over the same dates.
Tickets will be available for pick up at the La Nouba Box Office's Will Call window. You'll have to present valid DVC Member or Passholder ID to pick up your tickets. Please plan to arrive at least one hour before show time. This offer isn't good for gift certificates or on tickets you've already bought, and you can't combine it with other discounts. The offer is subject to availability.
Passholder discounts now available through mid-April
Passholders can save 32 to 42 percent off their room rates for stays at Walt Disney World for most nights February 6 – April 16, 2011.
- Value resorts – 32 percent off
- Moderate resorts, including Fort Wilderness Cabins – 35 percent off
- Deluxe Resorts – 32-42 percent off
(Note: Animal Kingdom Lodge and Polynesian Resort are 32 percent off)
- Deluxe Villa Resorts – 42 percent off
You can book the deal from now through your day of arrival, through the rooms may go fast. The number of rooms available at these rates is limited. Suites and 3-bedroom Grand Villas are not included. An adult passholder must show their pass at check-in. Minimum length of stay requirements may apply for Friday or Saturday arrivals.
Reservations may be booked through the Walt Disney World Web site, by calling Walt Disney World at 407-939-7939, or your travel agent and using booking code AU6. MousePlanet's preferred Disney travel providers are MouseEarVacations.com and Small World Vacations.
Sail across the ocean for $57 per night
If you'd like to take a TransAtlantic cruise for as little as $57 per night, now is the time to book! The 14-night Eastbound repositioning cruise of the Disney Magic is offering eight days at sea and stops at Castaway Cay; Madeira, Portugal; Cadiz, Spain; Gibraltar, U.K.; and Barcelona Spain for just $799 per person based on double occupancy for an inside stateroom with restrictions. The cruise leaves Port Canaveral on May 14 and arrives in Barcelona on May 28.
Reservations may be booked through the Disney Cruise Line website, by calling the Disney Cruise Line at 800-951-3532, or your travel agent. MousePlanet's preferred Disney travel providers are MouseEarVacations.com and Small World Vacations.
Military ticket offer
From now through September 28, 2011, active and retired U.S. military personnel can purchase 4-Day Military Promotional Tickets with either the Park Hopper or Water Parks Fun and More option for $138 per ticket, plus tax, or with both the Park Hopper and Water Parks Fun and More options for $165 per ticket, plus tax. No Base ticket is available with this offer.
The tickets expire and may not be used after October 1, 2011. The tickets may not be used at all Walt Disney World theme parks and other gated attractions on the following blockout dates: December 27-31, 2010 and April 17-23, 2011. Additionally, the tickets may not be used at the Magic Kingdom on July 4, 2011.
Eligible service members include active or retired members of the U.S. military including the U.S. Coast Guard, National Guard, and Reservists. Disney Military Promotional Tickets can be purchased at Shades of Green or at a participating military base (MWR/ITT) office. There is no tax charged for these tickets but they must be activated at a theme park ticket window. Tickets may also be purchased at Walt Disney World Park Ticket Offices and Guest Relations Offices where tax will be charged. No more than six tickets may be purchased by any eligible member of the U.S. military (or their spouse, but not both) for themselves, family members, and friends, and all tickets must be purchased at the same time. If the immediate family has more than five dependents, additional tickets may be purchased for the dependents, however, additional tickets for guests may not be purchased. Valid military identification is required. The tickets are non-transferable and may not be resold.
The tickets may be upgraded to Seasonal Passes or Florida Resident Weekday Select Passes (for Florida Residents), or Annual Passes, Premium Annual Passes, or Disney Premier Pass with credit toward the upgrade based on the actual price paid. The no-expiration option and other upgrades, such as additional days, are not available.
For complete information regarding Disney 4-Day Military Promotional Tickets, military personnel may call (407) 939-7830 or participating U.S. military base ticket offices.
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Of course, the video was cleverly done, but at the same time it reminded me of all the guests at Epcot World Showcae who race through all the countries without ever stopping to really look and explore. I've overheard many a comment from one person to another over the years that there's "nothing to do" in World Showcase!
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New Publication: 'Justice Wide Open' Working Papers – Judith Townend
20 June 2012
The real "democratic deficit" in the courts is about limited public access not "unelected judges", Adam Wagner argued on the UK Human Rights Blog at the weekend, challenging a recent political and media narrative.
In his view, the internet age necessitates "a completely new understanding of the old adage 'Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done'".
Wagner is one of 14 authors who contributed to a new working publication entitled 'Justice Wide Open', produced by the Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism (CLJJ), City University London, following an event on February 29 2012. The individual chapters can be accessed electronically.
The new collection of working papers is part of a wider project encouraging 'Open Justice in the Digital Era'. The issues are extensive and diverse: the recommendations of the government's 'secret justice' green paper, now the Justice & Security bill, which would see more cases behind closed doors; the decline in local and national court reporting as a result of cuts in journalism; the courts' barriers to entry due to ill-informed staff; and the difficulties in obtaining free legal information.
In the first section on the tradition and context of open justice, Geoffrey Robertson QC, the keynote speaker at the event, sets out the history of the principle and argues that the government's Justice and Security recommendations are simply not compatible.
The Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger, examines the way in which open justice is said to underpin the rule of law and our liberal democracy, and Dr David Goldberglooks to Sweden and Scotland for historical and comparative examples of open justice.
The second section explores the flow of legal knowledge: Hugh Tomlinson QC makes recommendations for the online availability of case law and lists, while Emily Allbonanalyses the 'free legal info landscape'. Nick Holmes introduces the 'Free Legal Web' initiative and David Banisar comments on a 'bold' Court of Appeal judgment ordering the publication of certain documents in criminal proceedings.
We turn to the role of the media and journalists in the third section: Heather Brookedescribes the evolving culture of 'secret justice' and Mike Dodd reflects on the numerous obstacles to court reporting. Adam Wagner explains how legal blogs can act as a corrective to poor journalism, while William Perrin sets out his own 'courts transparency charter' for the publication of daily legal data.
Three academic researchers tackle open justice issues in the final section: Professor Ian Cram looks at the effect of Twitter on juries; Dr Lawrence McNamara considers how the judiciary contributes to legal reform through 'extra- judicial' statements; andLucy Series examines secrecy in the Court of Protection.
The debate continues beyond the pages of the publication, however. The CLJJ has created a special page on its website to track the development of the 'Open Justice in the Digital Era' project, which includes audio from the event and hyperlinks to relevant reports. We will also be affiliated with the newly formed Coalition for a Public Interest Data Policy.
Please contact the CLJJ with your own thoughts and experiences, which will feed into ongoing research and work in this area and forthcoming recommendations to the Ministry of Justice.
Judith Townend is a PhD researcher based at the Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism and editor of 'Justice Wide Open'. This post first appeared on Inforrm's Blog and is reproduced here with permission and thanks.
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The Pacific Ocean is a pretty enormous buffer between the cultures of the Far East and the Old West, but as scads of Southeast Asian rock fans can tell you, that never got in the way of their record collections. Maybe it's the sly melodies or a strange form of post-colonial/Cold War nostalgia. Or maybe it's just those splashy, reverberated guitar invocations of the ocean that millions of people stare out at every day, thinking thoughts in hundreds of different languages.
Dengue Fever grew up on the beach, too — most of the group were born and raised in Los Angeles. "I think we're a product of the West Coast for sure," says Smith. "I grew up hanging around the beach. I didn't necessarily surf, but there is a kind of laid-back attitude, a kind of sense of adventure."
In this case, the adventure is building a career on the inspiration of a lost generation of a Cambodian psychedelic pop, a genre — born in the '60s in that distant nation on the other side of the Pacific — that mashes together a string of American pop, rock and roll, soul, and surf music with more traditional Cambodian vocals. They've just released their fourth full album, Cannibal Courtship (Fantasy /Concord) and are headed for a date with the Brighton Music Hall this Tuesday.
The band has grown up through a time of exploding interest in bizarro-world takes on rock from the remotest corners of the planet, egged on by a plethora of blogs and reissue labels. A smattering of old friends with diverse backgrounds in LA and the Bay area, they began with a handful of covers from tapes that keyboardist Ethan Holtzman had brought over from travels in Cambodia. Then they discovered the incredible singer Chhom Nimol at a club called the Dragon House in Long Beach.
Now, they're genuine ambassadors of the music, preserving the sound while simultaneously shaking things up. The documentary of their visit to Cambodia in 2005, Sleepwalking Through the Mekong, is a must-see, and last year's band-curated compilation of vintage Cambodian singles — Electric Cambodia (Minky) — is a defining document of the genre. Aside from drawing a strong contingent to their shows from various Cambodian communities around Boston, the group has worked closely with the Cambodian Living Arts group at Marion Institute in Marion in a series of Cambodian student music classes and workshops. Meanwhile, Nimol's English has grown more proficient, to the point where she's now singing about heat-seeking missiles and visits to her therapist and playing off campy sci-fi keyboard references with ease. The band has clearly outgrown the role of mimicking those old tapes.
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Fear of Santa: embarrassing for children, hilarious for onlookers. Both of these feelings are intensified if the child is you and the onlookers are your family, and Santa is your grandpa.
I was born in a town of 1,200 people in rural northwestern Wisconsin, as was my father and his mother and her parents and many of the offspring of his relatives. We're a big, loud, joke cracking, baseball debating, wild game eating, left-leaning conglomerate of small town smartasses, and even though many of us have scattered far and wide since my childhood, Christmas has always been our biggest family celebration. While I have many fond memories of spending time around my extended family, I found Santa's frequent appearances traumatizing.
My family has a kind of twisted tradition of reimagining Santa as a cranky jerk who hates his job that started with my Great Grandpa Ryan wearing a terrifying rubber Santa mask and yelling at my dad and his dozens of cousins. For my generation, the role was softened a bit, and Santa was always played by my grandpa (who was usually a jovial guy). Santa would show up after Grandpa went outside to "feed the cows," and he'd stay until just before Grandpa came back from "feeding the cows," and somehow this wasn't suspect to me when I was a child, so strong was my belief that what my parents told me was the truth, that Santa must be real because otherwise who eats the cookies, huh? Who drinks the milk?
So Grandpa would leave and minutes later, Santa would arrive, harumphing and complaining about the weather and the lack of hospitality from my uncles, and he'd grumble into a chair and flop a bag full of boxes down next to him. "COME ON!" he'd say, "WHO'S FIRST?! SANTA DOESN'T HAVE ALL NIGHT!"
The grandchildren would sit on Santa's lap from youngest to oldest, and Santa would goad them to varying degrees. He was usually pretty sensitive to how much grief from Santa the grandkids could stand, adjusting his gruffness to suit each of them. Unbeknownst to us, though, Santagrandpa had done some preliminary reconnaissance with our parents, gathering anecdotes of our misbehavior or insubordination before his visit and using them against us in an attempt to build a case that maybe we don't deserve presents, after all. Once, he told me that he'd heard I hadn't been doing well in spelling. Once he teased me about this poorly behaved boy from Sunday school, asking if he was my boyfriend.
My God, I thought, terrified, HOW DOES HE KNOW?!
As a result of Grandpa's cranky Santa, I grew up convinced that Santa knew literally everything about me. His reach was more extensive, his knowledge more unending, than God himself. If I didn't cry when Santa arrived, I'd cry while sitting on his lap, or I'd sit there, big-eyed and blinking, trying to fight off tears. Santa terrified me. He knew all and I was at his mercy.
Before he left (presumably to crab at the other children of the world), he'd force us to sing Christmas carols to him and then tell us that he'd heard better. Ho, ho, humbug.
One Christmas when I was probably 7 or 8, Santa invited two of my cousins (who are around my age) back to the utility room with him. When we got back there, he said, "You kids are old enough to see Santa's trick!" and removed his beard, revealing his face. Normal children would have reasoned that Grandpa was dressed up as Santa and therefore Santa is an invention of adults to make Christmas more fun.
But no. Not me. Rather than concluding that Santa wasn't real, I came to the understanding that my grandfather was literally Santa Claus. Oh my god I have been this close to someone famous for my entire life and I'd never known! What a fool I'd been! I continued living under that misapprehension that my grandfather was literally Santa Claus for about a year.
Grandpa Ryan passed away in August of 2009, and while we all miss him, his 5 surviving sons have proudly taken up the Crabby Santa mantle, taking turns donning Grandpa's shabby Santa Suit and scaring the shit out of all of the children.
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