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What Does It Mean to Be American?
In a country as vast and multicultural as the United States, it's difficult to pin down what exactly constitutes an American identity. Do self-indentifying "Americans" have specific traits that they all hold in common, and if not, what unites them under the red, white and blue flag? A panel of Hamilton community members discussed this complex question during the panel "What Does It Mean to Be American?" presented by La Vanguardia.
The panelists came from diverse backgrounds representing North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, ensuring that each individual would bring a unique set of experiences to the table. The hosts were Gretha Suarez '15 and Carol Antunez '15. Panelists included Ming-De Xu, East Asian Languages & Literatures (Chinese); Juana Sabadell-Nieto, Hispanic studies, Nigel Westmaas, Africana Studies; Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs; Amit Taneja, director of the Days-Massolo Center; Janet Turvey, assistant to the chief diversity officer; Fidaa Abuassi, Fulbright FLTA Fellow; and Sadiq Abubakar '15.
No panelist identified him or herself as fully American. Rather, each spoke to their experiences with American people, and the extent to which they felt they had adopted the U.S. culture. Cafruny, the only "natural born U.S. citizen" on the panel expressed discomfort with the idea of nationalism as it relates to any country and prefers to represent himself as a global citizen.
Other panelists, such as Turvey and Taneja, reported mixed feelings about their time in the States. Turvey immigrated to the United States in 1985 from the U.K. She explains that she often felt homesick after her move because she felt misunderstood in the context of American culture, both in terms of the language and because of differing conventions. Taneja originally hails from India but moved to Canada for his undergraduate studies and then the U.S. for his master's degree. He explained that he has also felt lonely and alienated in the states, citing a feeling of underrepresentation in the media as one possible cause.
Conversely, many panelists feel that, even if the U.S. is not entirely their home, simply spending time in this country has helped shape their identity relative to their native country. For example, Xu says that when he is in the states, he is often asked where he is from, which has led him to ask complex questions about his home in Taiwan and how that country's identity relates to China's. Abubakar feels that when he returns to Nigeria, he cannot quite relate to his home country in the same way as before he left.
Many panelists, including Westmaas, described the United States as a "global culture" in the sense that American media reaches even the farthest corners of the earth. For many, including Taneja and Abubakar, this meant that America represented an idealized land of plenty. Upon arriving in this country, both experienced a somewhat harsher and less idyllic reality.
Abubakar expressed three main concerns with American culture as he has experienced it. He was expecting to come to a country that could be summed up by what he had seen in the media. On the contrary, he believes that the media supports a certain level of ignorance about other countries. Second, a lot of people have addressed him from a very America-centric viewpoint --that they believe that all things American are inherently better. Finally, he was surprised by the prejudices and double-standards that he witnessed against minorities. Taneja had a different but relevant experience in that he came to the States shortly after 9/11 and was the victim of unrelenting racial profiling.
Westmaas added to this discussion by sharing his memories from graduate school at Binghamton University. As an immigrant from Guyana, he also felt discriminated against in more subtle but equally unjust ways. Westmaas recalled that he and his friends were often followed through stores because security personnel did not trust them, and they were even arrested for playing cricket on Binghamton's baseball field.
Abuassi, on the other hand, came to the United States from Gaza on a Fulbright scholarship with much less rosy expectations than several other panelists. Her family had warned her not to reveal that she was a Palestinian Muslim for fear that Americans, who are stereotyped as "Israel's best friend," would reject her. Though it has taken Abuassi some time to open up to U.S. citizens, she has actually found Americans to be much more accepting and willing to listen to her than she had anticipated. Abuassi's story demonstrates the mixture of positive and negative experiences that panelists discussed.
Perhaps the most enlightening takeaway point from the panel was that these is no right or wrong way to be an American, and each individual's experiences in this country are equally valid. The panel offered a perfect venue for open-ended, meaningful discussion, spanning five continents, more than 20 years and, most importantly, quite diverse personal narratives.


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So I got plans to build a home made snoot from an UW Photography online magazine. I got the arms, the fiberoptics and the mounting for 2 snoots with 2 arms each. I even got a bigger arm if you got use for that. The catch? I dont have the time to finish the project and probably wont be able to use it soon since we are getting a new baby in the next 2 months. I have spent well over $175 and Im reallistic I wont get anywhere near that back. If you are interested let me know. We can work the specifics of what parts you are interested and come to some kind of package and total price. I have some pics below. Please let your buddies know. Send me a PM if you are interested. Thanks...
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canaan wrote:I would run nabokov. His antics are getting old.
DelPen wrote:Staal needs to shoot low with Cooke coming in unmolested.
KG wrote:Meh, who really needs the #1 seed anyway........................................................
offsides wrote:KG wrote:Meh, who really needs the #1 seed anyway........................................................
We've never won the cup from the #1 seeed, anyway...............................
Henry Hank wrote:Game's not over by any means. We've seen lots of Pens/Isles games in recent years where the Isles struck early but the Pens wore them down eventually. If the Pens keep playing like they did in the first eventually they're going to bust through. First goal was kind of flukey, second one was a total softie, Fleury's going to need to be a wall and make up for that one.
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CHICAGO — Former Oakland Raiders linebacker Napoleon Harris is running to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress.
Harris, who starred at Northwestern University, was just elected to the Illinois Senate, but he tells the Chicago Sun-Times that he's been getting overwhelming support for his plan to run for the 2nd Congressional District seat.
Harris is a Dixmoor native who was a first-round pick of the Oakland Raiders in 2002 and played seven seasons in the NFL. Harris was traded to the Minnesota Vikings in a deal that brought Randy Moss to Oakland.
Harris now owns two Beggars Pizza franchises in the Chicago area and is joining what's expected to be a crowded field bidding to replace Jackson, who resigned last week – citing his ongoing treatment for bipolar disorder.
Harris praised Jackson and says he'd like to continue the work he's done in Congress.
Should Harris win his bid, he'd join another former Raider on Capitol Hill. Heath Shuler, Oakland's backup quarterback for part of the 1998 season, is a Democratic congressman for North Carolina.


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Middlebury took its first lead of the game with 8:06 left in the fourth quarter, when Philip Cutler blocked David Kurey's punt attempt at Bates' 18-yard line. Andrew Donnelly won the scramble to come up with the ball, scooping it up at the 2-yard line and twisting into the end zone inside the right pylon. Drew Millier's extra-point attempt made it 43-36 in Middlebury's favor.
Only once in the game did either team lead by more than eight points: that came when senior Cam Evans (Norwell, Mass.) returned an interception of Foote 59 yards to the end zone, giving Bates a 33-21 lead with 9:33 to go in the third quarter.
Foote completed 39 of 53 passes for 412 yards and five touchdowns. Billy Chapman led Middlebury receivers with 11 catches for 122 yards and a score. Zach Driscoll and Remi Ashkar put up identical receiving numbers of nine catches and 116 yards apiece, with Driscoll scoring twice. Resor caught eight balls for 44 yards and two scores. Ashkar was limited to 65 net yards rushing, but did run for a 1-yard touchdown in the second quarter: Bates held Middlebury to 42 yards rushing, compared to 256 for the Bobcats.
Bates quarterback Trevor Smith (Malvern, Pa.) completed 20 of his 29 passes for 281 yards and two touchdowns. He hooked up with wide receiver John Squires (Swampscott, Mass.) in a career-high day for the 6-foot-7 receiver of 11 catches for 174 yards and one touchdown.
Bates rushed for 256 yards total, getting a career-high 94 yards from sophomore Teddy Downs (South Boston, Mass.) on 10 carries, 77 yards and a score on 15 carries by sophomore slotback Ryan Curit (South Portland, Maine), and 67 yards on 17 carries by junior Patrick George (Gloucester, Mass.). Curit also caught five passes for 46 yards.
The game began with both teams putting together lengthy scoring drives. The Bobcats received the opening kickoff and marched 67 yards in 13 plays, capped by a pitch to Curit for a 9-yard score and sophomore Charlie Donahue's (Plymouth, N.H.) point-after. Middlebury answered just as easily, moving 70 yards in nine plays, including a 26-yard completion in the flat to Ashkar, who was Foote's effective safety valve all day.
Bates went ahead 14-7 in a three-play, 49-yard drive later in the first quarter, as Smith hit senior Tom Finkenstaedt (Norwell, Mass.) for 15 yards, Squires for another 13, and handed off to Downs, who rumbled up the middle for a 21-yard score.
Middlebury drove to the doorstep as the game continued into the second quarter. Bates stopped Ashkar form scoring on three straight runs from inside the 5, but on fourth and goal at the 1 the Panthers' lead back got in, tying the game at 14-14.
Bates answered that with another long scoring drive, moving 69 yards in 10 plays, with Smith diving into the end zone from the 1 to put the Bobcats back on top at 21-14 with 9:05 left in the half.
Middlebury turned the ball over on downs on its next possession, but Bates couldn't take advantage and had to punt. Middlebury got the ball back with 3:08 to go in the quarter, and scored quickly: on three consecutive plays, Foote hit Driscoll for 15 yards, Chapman for 27 and Driscoll again for a 32-yard touchdown with 1:27 still on the clock. The teams headed to the locker rooms at halftime tied 21-21, with Foote at that point having completed 19 of 21 passes for 218 yards.
The third quarter started with Middlebury punting the ball away, with its offense derailed by a holding call and a rare incompletion by Foote. Smith had a 26-yard completion to Squires carry the Bobcats into Panther territory, and on 3rd and 13 from the 38, Smith again found Squires for a leaping catch near the right sideline, and Squires ran down the sideline for the score after the Panther covering him had fallen to the ground. Donahue's point-after was blocked by Keegan Ashley, keeping the lead at 27-21.
The Bobcats climbed into the driver's seat on Middlebury's next possession. Foote hit Chapman for 19 yards on 3rd and 10 to bring the Panthers into Bates territory, but on second down, Foote's pass over the middle was tipped into the air by Bates linebacker Kevin Helm (Norwell, Mass.). Evans gathered the ball, broke a tackle and ran through a broken field and into the clear for a 59-yard score. The Bobcats tried going for two points but failed, giving them a 33-21 lead with 9:33 left in the third.
Middlebury was then induced into a three-and-out, but Matthew Wassel's punt was muffed by Bates and Middlebury's Matthew Crimmins fell on it, giving the Panthers the ball back right away at the Bates 38. They took advantage with a four-play touchdown drive, keyed by Foote's dump-off to Ashkar for 26 yards on 3rd and 11. Foote then completed to a wide-open Driscoll over the middle for a 13-yard score, closing the gap to 33-28.
With momentum swinging back toward Middlebury, Smith was picked off by Joel Blockowicz, who returned the ball 18 yards to the Bates 31. An unsportsmanlike conduct penalty by Bates gave the Panthers another 15 yards, allowing the offense to take over at the 16. The Panthers got to the 1 before Ashkar fumbled the ball through the end zone for a Bates touchback. Given new life, Bates also took advantage of an adrenaline injection from Downs, who took handoffs on the first four plays of the drive for gains of 5, 2, 27 and 21 yards. An eight-yard throw to Curit was followed by a 14-yard jaunt by Downs, bringing the Bobcats to the 3.before settling for a 22-yard field goal by Donahue, his first this season.
The ensuing kickoff was returned by Middlebury's Josh Amster for 66 yards, setting up the Panther offense in terrific field position again, at the Bates 24, as the third quarter wound down. Five plays later, Foote found Chapman for an 11-yard touchdown, and immediately passed to him again for a two-point conversion that tied the game at 36-36 with 13:18 left in the game.
The Panthers got their first lead of the game on the blocked punt, putting them ahead 43-36. Smith was then sacked by Chris Dola at the Middlebury 49, turning the ball over on downs.
But the Bobcats came back with a big defensive play of their own, as senior Tyler Kuehl (Plymouth, N.H.) crashed through the Panther line, stripped the ball from Foote, and scrambled on his elbows to beat Middlebury to the ball at the Bates 45.
The Bobcats kept their drive alive with two big plays. Smith scrambled before passing to Curit for a 25-yard gain on 3rd and 5, and later the Bobcats faced a 4th and 8 situtation that was converted into a first down with a 15-yard catch by Squires to the Middlebury 8. They stood at 4th and goal from the 4 when Smith again bought time by scrambling, then finding junior Ryan MacDonald (Melrose, Mass.) open in the end zone for a 4-yard score. Donahue's big extra-point attempt was good, tying the game again at 43-43 with 1:19 left in the fourth quarter.
The Panthers started their game-winning drive from their own 40, and it was all Foote from there. Middlebury faced a 4th and 1 at the Bates 32 with 27 seconds remaining, and Foote connected with Chapman over the middle for seven yards. Middlebury then called timeout with 22 seconds on the clock. A pass interference penalty was then called against Bates, moving the Panthers up 15 yards to the 10 with 18 seconds to play. On first and goal, Foote threw to a well-covered Driscoll, but the taller receiver outleaped his defender and came down safely with the ball near the right sideline for the deciding touchdown with 12 seconds left.
Bates first-year Sam Hundley (Cheshire, Conn.) downed the ensuing squib kickoff at the Bates 30, and the Bobcats got off two plays in the final 10 seconds. Smith hit Squires for 11 yards over the middle, and the Bobcats called timeout to set up a final play. Smith then lofted a pass down the middle of the field to Finkenstaedt, who fell to the ground with a 34-yard catch at the Middlebury 25 as time expired.
Jared Onouye and Zach Roeder had 10 tackles apiece to lead the Panther defense. Helm totaled 14 tackles with one sack to pace the Bobcat defense. Senior Will Taft (South Hamilton, Mass.) and junior Kyle Starr (Concord, N.H.) both had career-highs with nine tackles apiece. Senior Brett McAllister (Exeter, N.H.) totaled eight tackles, including a stop of Ashkar for a loss in the red zone.
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ENGLEWOOD, CO — Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney implored Colorado voters for "one final push" in his final rally Saturday, making his entreaty to the largest and most boisterous crowd of the day.
"One final push is gonna get us there. We've had a lot of short nights and long days and now we're close," Romney told a crowd of more than 17,000 supporters gathered at an outdoor amphitheater. "The door to a brighter future is there – it's open, waiting for us. I need your vote, I need your work, I need your help."
Colorado voters have turned out in large numbers for Romney at recent rallies here, and he'll need the kind of high energy he received tonight to move this state, which most polls show knotted up, back into the Republican column on Tuesday.
In his fourth and final campaign stop of the day, Romney continued to appeal primarily to independent voters with his "closing argument" stump speech, telling his assembled crowd that the president had failed to live up to his lofty promises of change, and would continue to fail to work with Republicans in Congress should be he granted a second term.
"Change can't be measured in speeches; it is measured in achievements. And four years ago, candidate Obama promised to do so very much. But he has fallen so very short," Romney said. "He promised he would be a post-partisan president, but he has been most partisan — dividing, attacking, blaming."
Romney also added a local touch to his final Colorado appearance. Retelling the tale of a Boy Scout group's flag — thought lost in the Challenger space shuttle explosion, but later recovered unharmed and returned to them — Romney invited a special guest out onstage: Maj. William Tolbert, the US Air Force officer and scoutmaster from Monument, Colorado who figures so prominently in the story, carrying the flag itself, encased in glass.
"That," said Romney as Tolbert stood beside him and the crowd cheered its approval, "is a great flag, representing the greatest nation in the history of the Earth."


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MOSCOW, May 14 (UPI) -- A U.S. diplomat accused by Russia of being an undercover CIA agent has been ordered to leave the country immediately, Russian officials said Tuesday.
Russia's Federal Security Service, or FSB, said Ryan Fogle, the third secretary in the political section at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, was detained Monday night after he allegedly tried to recruit a member of the Russian intelligence services, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Fogle has been declared persona non grata and demanded his immediate departure from Russia.
"The U.S. intelligence community recently has made repeated attempts to recruit employees of Russia's law-enforcement bodies and special agencies, which have been recorded and monitored by [Russia's] counterespionage forces," the FSB said in a statement.
The Wall Street Journal said the CIA and the U.S. Embassy in Moscow have declined comment.
The recruitment note allegedly found in Fogle's possession was released by the FSB and published on the website of the Russian TV channel RT. The New York Times said the letter offered $100,000 as a "down payment" for the Russian agent to "discuss your experience, expertise and cooperation."
FSB media officials said the letter was among a number of items confiscated from the agent, including two wigs, three pairs of glasses and several stacks of 500-euro notes.
The letter said: "This is a down payment from someone who is very impressed with your professionalism and who would greatly appreciate your cooperation in the future. Your security means a lot to us. This is why we chose this way of contacting you."
It was signed, "your friends."
Russian officials said Fogle had specialized technical equipment, instructions for the Russian citizen being recruited, a large quantity of cash and the means to change the person's appearance.
Fogle was taken to the FSB receiving office where he has been questioned and turned over to U.S. Embassy representatives, RIA Novosti said.


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Amityville Library honored
The Amityville Historical Society recognized the Amityville Library on its 100th Anniversary at the Society's Heritage Fair June 9. Shown accepting a plaque at the event from Amityville Village Deputy Mayor Peter Casserly is Library Director Nora Schual. Left to right are Larry Basile, Historical Society; Marcia Besserman, Amityville Chamber; Ellen McVeety, Babylon Town Councilwoman; Debra Urbano, Amityville Village Justice ; Ed Johnson, Amityville Village Trustee; Casserly, Schual, Historical Society member David D'Antonio and Rotary Club member Sue Martinson. PHOTO BY JOE TURNER
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Well, shit. Maybe that's what I meant to say the first time. Or not. They're both Half Minds, so the only real difference is fudging their behaviour.
That being said, making them a Submissive creature might work better for a capture-the-slave scenario where the captive is equally unwilling to be on either team. That way, they can be treated more like an objective than an actual minifig.


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PayPal Promises That It's Changing Its Evil Ways In Wrongly Freezing Legit Accounts... But Does So Almost Immediately Again
from the whoops dept
Instead, the PR person pointed me to two links. The first was a blog post from PayPal's President, David Marcus, promising a more "customer first" approach that avoids those kinds of "false positives." The post -- which was written a few days before PayPal froze Mailpile's account -- notes that the company had gotten away from a customer-centric focus, and they were hearing too many media stories about terrible experiences people were having because of PayPal's screwed up process. There are two specific promises in that blog post which it appears that PayPal totally flopped on when it came to MailPile. First, it insists that they need to "take more risks," by which he means "catch more bad guys and way fewer good guys." In fact, he claims that they've already "tweaked" their system and "Hundreds of thousands of customers who may have experienced holds last year based on our policies are no longer impacted."
The other promise is that PayPal would "be human." It notes that the company has changed its policies and now "gives the benefit of the doubt to the seller." Once again, that didn't seem to work at all when it came to Mailpile. Meanwhile, while I apparently didn't qualify to speak to someone at PayPal, they did send someone out to talk to other sites like Ars Technica and Security Ledger, where they just kept pointing back to that Marcus blog post about how they're really working hard to do a better job.
Except, apparently, they've still got some kinks to work out.
Because here we are, just a few days later, and (oh look!) Paypal has done the same damn thing to yet another IndieGoGo campaign, telling the makers of Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm that they've frozen their account until the game is actually released. PayPal even told the company that they have no option to discuss this and only to contact the company "closer to the release date beginning next year." In this case, the whole situation is even more ridiculous, because the developers had "already provided PayPal with documents providing the bona fides of Nyu Media, the developer, and the campaign."
Of course, a few hours after the media started picking up on this, PayPal once again admitted the error and reversed course. However, relying on media attention as the check and balance in your broken algorithm doesn't seem like the most effective of systems.
I think PayPal might want to go back to tweaking those algorithms. Especially that "be human" one.


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Hartsville, S.C. – The Coker College Athletic Department received news of another historic first this week, as women's tennis members, Alyssa Blanchard (Columbia, S.C.) and Rachel Lemar (London, England) have been named the #1 seed in doubles for the "A Draw" at this weekend's Conference Carolinas Individual Championships in Sumter, S.C. This marks the first time that any Coker tennis player, male or female, has received a #1 seeding at a conference tournament.
Blanchard and Lemar were 10-2 last season playing No.1 doubles for the Lady Cobras, with Blanchard being named first team All-Conference and Lemar being named to the Second Team.
The Conference Carolinas Individual Championships run from Saturday, Sept. 12- Monday, Sept. 14 at the Palmetto Tennis Center in Sumter.


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Time Considered as a Big Blob of Semi-Precious Stones
The wonderful thing about having only 365 days in each year and thousands of years behind us is that any one day is full of historical surprises, coincidences, echoes, and oddities. Glancing at a site like this sometimes makes me wonder what would happen if we could condense time and make all the events of any one day throughout history actually happen over the same time 24-hour period (well, calendar day, given differences in time zones -- you know what I mean).
So here's today's essentially useless thought experiment: Consider what today might be like if all of the following happened on January 31 of the same year:
So here's today's essentially useless thought experiment: Consider what today might be like if all of the following happened on January 31 of the same year:
Guy Fawkes ("The only man to enter Parliament with honest intentions") executed.(In addition to link above, information is from here, here, here and here.)
US House of Representatives, by a narrow margin, passes 13th Amendment, outlawing slavery
US federal government orders all Native Americans to move to reservations or be declared hostile.
Henrik Ibsen play "Hedda Gabler" premiers, Munich.
Anton Chekhov's "Three Sisters" opens to mixed reception at the Moscow Art Theater in a production directed by Konstantin Stanislavsky. Olga Knipper, Chekhov's wife, plays Masha.
First poison gas attack, Germans against Russians.
The Soviet Union exiles Leon Trotsky.
McDonald's opens their first restaurant in Russia, in Moscow.
Sir Arthur Sullivan opera "Ivanhoe" premiers, London.
"Drag", a homosexual comedy in three acts by Mae West, opens, Bridgeport.
Italy: A military tribunal condemns Luigi Molinari to 23 years imprisonment as the instigator of the insurrection in Lunigiana.
Jose Marti & others leave NYC to try to liberate Spanish Cuba.
France cedes Naples to Aragon.
Prevented from delivering her lecture today, "Authority versus Liberty," Emma Goldman's comrades print & distribute 5,000 copies of a manifesto containing the text of the anarchist-feminist's barred speech.
Emma Goldman speaks to a crowd of over 2,000 people in San Francisco on "Why I Am an Anarchist."
President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the American hydrogen bomb.
The world's first full daily comics page appears in the "NY Evening Journal".
Scotland: Bloody Friday, The Red Clydeside, Glasgow -- upwards of 60,000 demonstrators gathered in George Square in support of the strike; while a deputation was in the building meeting with Lord Provosts, police mounted a vicious & unprovoked attack on the demonstrators, felling unarmed men and women with their batons.
Erich Maria Remarque novel Im Westen nichts neues is published.
William Faulkner novel Sartoris is published.
William Faulkner completes his novel Absalom, Absalom!.
J.D. Salinger's short story "A Perfect Day for Banana Fish" appears in The New Yorker.
A. A. Milne dies.
Songster Buddy Holly plays Duluth, Minnesota. Bob Dylan is in the audience.
"The Green Hornet" radio show is first heard on WXYZ radio in Detroit, MI.
Lt. Ralph S. Barnaby of the U.S. Navy becomes the first glider pilot to have his craft released from a dirigible at Lakehurst, NJ (where the Hindenberg exploded). Lt. Barnaby's glider was released at an altitude of 3,000 feet.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara declares: "The war in Vietnam is going well & will succeed."
U.S. planes resume bombing of North Vietnam after a 37-day pause.
Tet Offensive catches South Vietnam off guard as war escalates.
Apollo 14, USA Lunar Manned Lander, launched.
The IRA calls a general strike, the day after Bloody Sunday.
The Clash begin their first North American tour, Vancouver, BC. Bo Diddley is their opening act.
Elias Barahona, official spokesman for the Guatemalan Ministry of the Interior, reveals the President, General Romeo Lucas García, ordered police to set fire to the Spanish embassy with its occupants inside.
West German squatters protest eviction attempts, battle the police in West Berlin.
Funeral scene is shot in Attenborough's "Gandhi", with 300,000 extras.
The longest movie ever made, 85-hour "The Cure for Insomnia", premiers, Chicago.
In Somalia, U.S. troops fire on Somalis waiting for food, killing five.
In Colombo, Sri Lanka, 80 people killed by a massive Tamil Tiger terrorist truck bombing.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000" ends its run on the Sci-Fi Channel.


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School Days - Overall Series Impressions & Total Series Rating
This thread is to be used for discussing the entire 12 episodes of School Days ... your thoughts about the show, overall impressions, speculation on the possible DVD only bonus episodes, etc., etc
A few subjects you might want to ramble on about:
The poll represents your total series rating. In other words, how you would rate all the episodes combined (1-10)? If you'd rather rate the whole series by technical/artistic merits, you can do so. An example:
Animation Quality: 1-10
Voice Actors: 1-10
Script: 1-10
Adaptation from Game: 1-10
Editing: 1-10
Average = Total Series Rating
Or a combination of the two. Or your general gut feeling.
|2007-09-27, 15:20
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I just cast the first vote, but I got it wrong...
I had wanted to put it 9/10, and it ended up 5/10......so please ignore it
Let me vote it separately:
Quality: 8/10
Seiyu: 9/10
Script: 9/10
Adaptation: 7/10
Editing: 10/10
Overally a great anime. I would rank it top 5 among the tv animes this year, and I will only put Lucky Star absolutely above it.
|2007-09-27, 15:49
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I don't know why you feel that way about episode 11.
For me, after I watched episode 11, my first reaction was: "to my child", and Makoto will be killed by Sekai.
|2007-09-27, 18:45
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Totally agree whith the death which killz (with a saw and a lot of blood^^).
The ending has refreshed a lot of anime suki forumers.
But do you know an anime with a perfect ending?
Maybe you have THE perfect ending to each anime, so send your curriculum vitae to Toei Animation, Bones, TNK or Overflow.
It's not too late
Death Note has been very criticized a lot too with its ending but personnaly I loved it. (I don't understand why people have done it, for me it's just critic for critic, so I fuck it and I'd rather make my own feeling about it).
Japanimation is like it. I have a lot of time be unsatisfied by a lot of anime endingz but for me the end of SD, this is quite good so don't be afraid.
Watch SD.
Spend a good time.
Make your own opinion.
Buy the DVDs, tee-shirts, hentais, toys... (I joke)
Be sure that anime is really original and pleasant.
An anime to have absolutely.
Edit: Oops! I forgot: I give directly a 10 to it for the global serie. Enjoy!
|2007-09-27, 19:41
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Plot 9/10: It went to where no other romance series have ever dared. Served as a refreshing change in an genre that has became stagnant in the recent years and will serve as the benchmark for "innovative harem plot" for years to come.
Music 12/10: OP serving as contrast was perfect in retrospect. ED's and BGM fitted like a glove.
Animation 8/10: Leaps and bounds ahead of the pixilated stills that claimed to be animation in the game and was above average for such type of anime.
Acting 10/10: Characters were clearly defined and never felt like script reading.
|2007-09-27, 19:51
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Well, I thought this would honestly be one of those typical harem romances in their innocent like ways. I was wrong. I did not expect anything that happened. I must admit its a big change for this genre but it went a little extreme. I felt the ending wasn't really great; lots of holes in a conclusion for other characters, they just drop off from ever being apart of the show. It became fun to watch what messed up things were going to happen next for me.
|2007-09-27, 20:25
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Well, that was great. After the comparative hilarity of episode 11, we all knew this anime was going in strange and novel directions. The destination it ended up in defines this anime as a whole. Suddenly every trivial and seemingly nonsensical decision seems to take on a new significance. It was the old switcheroo! The first three quaters of this anime are designed to throw you into the familiar state of acceptance of some of the more ridiculous tenets of this genre (when converted from game to anime) - every woman habouring a crush for the lead, one woman with extremes of emotional instability, the typical duality of the nurturing/introspective versus the sporty/outgoing... You know, the usuals. People were scratching their heads somewhat (and I'll admit to giving my scalp a good rake) at around the mid point of this anime, wondering what the hell the writers were playing at. Yet it now seems to simple and quite logical - they were pushing us around, wrongfooting, trying to generate a complete lack of understanding, trying to place us in the box of 'unsuspecting'. Some of us saw through the tricks and traps and yet still wondered quite innocently where this was going. Most of us saw something big and controversial on the horizon.
Spoiler for the conclusion, nothing concrete:
Makoto's behaviour essentially sealed his fate. He was never going to get away with his rampant lifestyle. That's the point - for some, some deeds are never overcome with a desire for redemption when you're playing with hearts like a contrived eroge or a saccarine sweet romance. Makoto payed in blood because there was no other conclusion for the anime to make unless it wanted to double back on itself and return to the realms of realism from whence it started, and it was far beyond that stage. No, we were somewhere else entirely - the ending of this anime bears absolutely no resemblence to the beginning and as if to make that point as EXPLICIT as possible, they layered over an innocent-as-you-like idle wondering from a once-romantic Makoto at the very end. The writers are showing you what you fell for, showing you where you've been so you can make sense of the journey. Makoto died for a reason - and that reason was purely to create as great a contrast between the beginning and the end as possible. Throw together a group of largely unlikeable losers willing to do the dirty on their closest friends, a loathsome lovehound whose only consideration for 90% of the show is where his next lay is coming from, and all the staples of the harem genre, allow the protagonist to take full advantage of the situation in typical eroge style, and let the whole recipe simmer until boiling point.
Sekai was bested by Kotonoha whose return to idealism was best typified in the final few shots of the anime by taking the severed head of her beloved and sailing off into the sunset. It's a hilarious send-up of her detachment and exemplifies what she wanted from Makoto in the first instance - the type of hopelessly fantastical companionship that a relentlessly bullied incommunicado lunatic craves. She's GOT what she wanted. She's satisfied! She gets the happy ending, she gets the sunset. I had a joke here about Makoto giving her head but I'll leave it. Her punishment is her reward - a descent into the bottomless abyss, completely detached - completely at sea. Nice boat, Kotonoha.
So really, what does this anime mean? Not much. It's a thumbing of the nose to expectation and realism. It's a thumbing of the nose to logical plot development and character exposition. It's a triumph of style over substance - but knowingly so. It is perhaps the first 'harem' piece that is so conscious of its most recognisable traits that it deliberately distorts them and overplays them. It is self-aware, and yet self-depreciating. It mocks itself as a typical bit-player in an overcrowded genre that specialises in dirty exercises of wish fulflilment - almost a method of distancing itself from the source material. It treats the fans of the games with a certain degree of contempt, almost as though it is saying 'this is what you'd spend your time on? These hopeless fantasies? Well get real!'. It has no appreciation for taste or decency because they are meaningless in pursuit of the goal - that nothing is more distasteful than the eager participation of the viewer in their digestion of it. Rape? Group sex? Voyeurism? Corpse mutilation? The possibility of necrophilia? Chalk them up, and hang your heads in shame. The players, and viewers, are Makoto. Those who pursue for the sex scenes, those who want to see the endings that result in bloodshed. Feeling suitably dirty?
Last edited by Perishthethought; 2007-09-27 at 20:54. Reason: Cleaned it up a bit, like a nice boat.
|2007-09-27, 20:31
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It's great that there's a harem anime that finally shows what [b]SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED[b/] in all harem shows! Great to see that both the "honest" jerk Makoto and the backstabbing scheming psycho bitch Sekai to die in their respectively deserved gruesome-ness.
+++++++++++ for the mutilation of Makoto
+++++++++++++++++++++ for the "cesarean delivery" on Sekai
|2007-09-27, 20:49
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-1/10 I want my soul back after watching this monstrosity. Originally i said that i would probably rate the series a 5/10 but that poor excuse for an ending shattered what little respect i was going to give. To take a mediocre story to start out with and completely destroy it is beyond my comprehension. The start SD was too my liking not overly great but not bad either with great potential. Around episode 8 is when it went to shit for me.
The story is not meant to be taken seriously its anime of course. But the way they ended the series with the gory for no reason blood feast was not tasteful at all, Tell me was there any point to having Katsura cut open Sekai for check for a baby? did it really need to be done? what did it add to the story? showing us Katsura mental instability was already shown it could have ended after she sliced Sekais throat open. Also, did sawing Makotos head add anything? nope nothing there either. Some people are comparing the ending of SD to Higurashi BLASPHEMY Higurashi is not a Shojo/Shonen romance the killing and deaths in that series are directly related to the plot and is a MUST for the series plus Higurashi is a suspense drama/thriller where deaths usually occure in this genre. For the recored I was not opposed to some killing if it were done with some meaning SOMETHING behind it to make it worth the time and needlessly to say i didnt get it. Its so easy to end an anime like this with no real talent and barely any work. None of the damn problems were solved technically nothing happened. The same recycled crap just kept going around and around till the gruesome deaths at the end. You would think a story would go somewhere SD went no where so im left asking my self what is it i just watched and i honestly can not answer.
In closing the possibilities to make School Days half way decent was wasted on the build up leading to the killings nothing more, thats all it was make the drama so intense so it would justify the blood at the end. Everything that happend was only to get the audience to hate Makoto, Make Sekai the scapegoat and have sympathy for Katsura. I can sum the whole series up in couple of words.
more lies
more sex
Repeat previous lines 12 times for each episode
That is all that happen unfortunately the series will probably be rated high by most viewers because all most people wanted was blood and they got it. I honestly wonder if the writers slept well after this episode.
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|2007-09-27, 20:57
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Sekai is not the scapegoat, she's the grand bitch in the show. Only Sekai fans will try to think her as a scapegoat due to Makoto's faults, just like only Makoto fans (yea I've seen some ) will try to think him as a scapegoat due to Sekai's faults. Actually the whole show can be summed up to these :
If you are a guy, don't be a jerk
If you are a girl, don't be a bitch
Run-of-the-mill harem anime sucks, School Days rocks.
quite educational isn't it
|2007-09-27, 21:04
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I am a big fan of School Days and Summer Days, so I was really excited about an anime adaption.
By the first episode, I knew it was going great.
By the fifth episode, I couldn't wait for the next episode.
It got crazier by the episode. However, it was more of a bad thing than a good thing. Characters did stupid, illogical, or unexplainable things and left viewers (that did not play the game) startled going .
Anyways, this was pretty much revolutionary in the romance genre and was one of the charms of this show.
Of course, the only thing I can complain about is that the anime makes the characters seem far worse and more stupid than they actually are. As a fan of various characters, it was somewhat painful to watch several events in the show.
I never cared too much about a bloody ending, nor did I desire one, but that was what resulted from the actions of the main character who is a complete idiot and a big jerk in the anime. But it was definitely an amazing end, despite various unexplained things.
Animation Quality: 8 (It's pretty good, but I liked the way the characters looked in the game)
Voice Actors: 9 (Sounded strange occasionally, but no real problems plus similar sounding to the game's voice acting)
Script: 8 (Crazy and ridiculous, but that was one of this show's good points)
Adaptation from Game: 6 (definitely different)
The opening theme was meh, but the inserts and ending themes win.
Farewell, School Days anime, I won't forget you!
|2007-09-27, 21:09
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If you are jerk Die
IF you cheat Die
If your a bitch Die
if you lie Die
No matter what is said it only comes back to Makoto should die or Sekai should die or Katsura should just kill them all. Sorry thats too damn easy and too freakin lazy they had a shit load of material to write the anime adaptation and they still made bastardized it.
|2007-09-27, 21:23
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I don't know how to rate it. It was a fun ride, but the main characters are just too idiotic for me to care about their end one way or the order. The plot seem to be driven toward maximum amount of controversy, and very successful at that by looking at the post counts in various forums. Will watch the last ep again when the uncensored one appears, but it is certainly not on the buy list.
|2007-09-27, 21:28
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I think your expectation is too high. We are talking about a harem anime here, not some literature thesis or Shakespearean masterpiece. For a harem anime to deliver the "jerk die bitch die" message it's already quite a miraculous masterpiece
|2007-09-27, 21:42
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Biological and health effects of static fields
- Static magnetic fields exert forces on magnetisable metals as well as on moving electrically charged particles.
- As an example humans use strong magnetic fields for medical imaging methods.
- To date, investigations have not revealed any direct negative biological or health effects from static magnetic fields with magnetic flux densities of up to four teslas.
- Further research is needed on the effects of stronger static magnetic fields.
The Earth's magnetic field deflects a part of the cosmic radiation, which has an ionising effect and is carcinogenic on living beings. At the equator the field has a magnetic flux density of about 30 microteslas, at the poles it is twice as high. In central Europe the flux density is about 48 microteslas.
Some species of fish are able to detect very weak static fields such as the Earth's magnetic field and use these to orient themselves. Sharks and rays have very sensitive sensory organs in their skin which respond to electric fields induced by the magnetic field in salt water. Migratory fish like salmon use magnetite (a compound of iron and oxygen) in their nasal septum for the perception of the Earth's magnetic field.
Many bird species are able to sense the Earth's magnetic field and to orient themselves accordingly. To this end, they use several functionally independent sensory organs:
- Special receptors in the retina respond to the direction of the magnetic field.
- In the bird's beak, there are cells containing magnetite which serve to detect the magnetic field strength.
- Parts of the inner ear also respond to magnetic fields.
Among mammals, only a few animals are able to orient themselves according to the Earth's magnetic field. They live in darkness like for example bats, or underground like naked mole rats (rodents). Humans are not able to perceive the Earth's magnetic field.
Strong static magnetic fields in magnetic resonance imaging
Employees and patients may come into contact with strong magnetic fields, for example in magnetic resonance imaging, a diagnostic imaging technique used in medicine. The scanners currently employed in clinical practice mostly have magnetic flux densities of 1.5 or 3 teslas. Scanners with 7 to 11 teslas intended for future clinical use are already being tested in research. Whether stronger fields have any health effects on patients or medical personnel is now being researched.
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Objects made of magnetisable metals, such as coins or scissors can turn into dangerous projectiles in the environment of magnetic resonance scanners. Already at magnetic flux densities above 3 milliteslas, magnetic fields exert strong forces on these objects.
These forces also act on implants containing magnetisable metals. For that reason, wearers of such implants can often not be examined in magnetic resonance scanners. Prior to the examination, the physician has to balance risks and benefits on the basis of the patient's medical record and the information provided by the manufacturer of the implant.
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Magnetic fields exert forces on electrically charged particles in the human body only when the particles are moving. This relates to blood flow or movements of the body within the magnetic field. To date, scientific investigations on magnetic flux densities below four teslas have not revealed any direct negative health effects on the human body.
Depending on their alignment, strong magnetic fields within the magnetic resonance scanner may slightly slow down the blood flow in large arteries of patients. Below eight teslas these effects are very minor and not relevant to health.
Furthermore, strong magnetic fields can directly exert forces on fluids and ions in the vestibular organ which can lead to impaired balance and dizziness in patients and medical personnel.
Individuals moving rapidly within strong static magnetic fields may experience sensations of dizziness, nausea and a metallic taste. This is due to the impact of induced electric fields on the vestibular organ and the taste buds. Moving rapidly within the spatial gradient of a strong static magnetic field may cause the perception of light flashes. These result from induced low-frequency electric fields in the retina.
In addition to strong static magnetic fields, time-varying gradient fields and high-frequency electromagnetic fields are employed in magnetic resonance imaging. Gradient fields are low-frequency magnetic fields.
Knowledge gaps
The effects of stronger magnetic fields (above four teslas) have not yet been adequately investigated as the technology of magnetic resonance imaging using high magnetic flux densities is relatively new. In large scientific areas there are no established research findings on health effects.
Whether strong static magnetic fields have an influence on pregnancy and embryonic development has been investigated inadequately and only for low flux densities. This knowledge, however, is important for the safety of pregnant patients and medical personnel. As a precautionary measure, the German Commission on Radiological Protection (Strahlenschutzkommission - SSK) therefore recommends an especially careful balancing of the risks and benefits, particularly during the first three months of pregnancy. Nevertheless, this technology is increasingly used for diagnosing pregnant women, since it does not involve ionising radiation as is the case with X-ray or computer tomography.
Whether uncomfortable perceptions and impacts on the nervous system impair the performance of medical personnel also has to be investigated, as such impairment could be a hazard to the patients.
Research commissioned by the BfS
Source: University Duisburg-Essen
Several research projects commissioned by the BfS have investigated whether static magnetic fields of magnetic resonance imaging scanners may have health effects on patients or medical personnel.
It has been demonstrated that magnetic fields of up to seven teslas do not have any adverse health effects on the fertility of male mice, on the pregnancy of female mice, and on the embryonic development as well as on the further development of the offspring.
Investigations in humans have confirmed uncomfortable sensations, especially dizziness. This has, however, had no effects on cognitive performance such as reaction times and memory.
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Google Shares Tumble After Revenue Misses Target
Google reported lower-than-expected second-quarter revenue Thursday, causing the stock to fall nearly 5% in after-hours trading. MarketWatch's Dan Gallagher reports. (Photo: Getty Images)
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One of the subjects I'm going to talk about is taking advantage of what animation can do that you can't do as well in other media.
You can do extreme exaggeration. This type of gag would just look grotesque in live action.
Like this:
Although both Jerry Lewis and the 3 Stooges did some similar things, but not anywhere near as exaggerated.
People are much more eager to suspend their disbelief and accept preposterous situations in cartoons than they are in live action.
Since the animator is completely controlling every image on screen, he can make those images have really interesting and entertaining proportions...if he's allowed to.
That skinny Daffy body coming out of the fat Porky butt is hilarious! The same gag would not have as much impact if the proportions were more even - as they might have been if Friz did the same gag. Gags in cartoons are not just the idea of the gag itself-it's the visual presentation of the idea.
This scene is amazing.
You don't actually see all these drawings in real time but you definitely feel the impact.
It's a powerful combination of imagination and skill at work.
This type of petrified mannequin doesn't have any of the specificity and subtlety of real live actors, nor does it take advantage of design, appeal, imagination, abstraction or exaggeration that animation has to offer.
It's also very tedious to do. I don't know why anyone would purposely choose to do something that takes so much work, is no fun to do and has such a vague and boring result.
Look at that horse design. Horses are hard to animate in the first place, but you'd think you could at least start with a pleasant design that takes advantage of cartooning or at least, illustration.Here's a beautifully drawn and animated horse from an early UPA cartoon. It's both stylized and based on real horse anatomy. It would still be a bugger of a job to animate and you'd have to be super skilled to pull it off - as these animators and layout artists obviously were. This design predates the horse in Sleeping Beauty which has been copied so many times ever since.
Animated humans hardly ever make expressions-unlike cartoon characters or real people. They make these generic vacant faces. Even if this expression was interesting the first time it was drawn, is it still interesting 25 years later when it's used in every animated feature?
Here's something that inspired me. In Clampett cartoons, sometimes Scribner and the other animators would combine live action anatomy and expressions with the advantage of exaggeration that cartoons have.
This is the best of both worlds.
The topics I will be speaking about:
Timing: animating to rhythms
Exaggeration: It doesn't read if it doesn't stretch
Abstraction and Imagination: Tex Avery and UPA, 2 different approaches to using the medium
Acting: Cartoon VS Live Action VS a Combination VS Generic Formula
Context: Using the medium to strengthen and enrich the "story" points
Control VS Anarchy
Skill: Wowing the audience with outstanding craftsmanship
I am going to show clips from classic cartoons that inspire me and then show some of my stuff that used the inspirations.


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TAPinto Travels Locale - Sunny skies and spring weather has finally arrived in New Jersey. With the forecast finally showing mild temperatures, everyone is eager to bring their family to one of the many fantastic events happening this weekend throughout the state. The following are a few highlights you won't want to miss.
Black River and Western Railroad's Easter Bunny Express
All aboard the Easter Bunny Express this coming weekend! This laid-back, all-ages train ride will leave Flemington station and take a 25-minute scenic ride to Ringoes. After a brief pit stop, ticketholders will re-board the train for their return to Flemington. Peter Cottontail will be on the train, available for pictures and to hand out surprise treats. Advanced tickets for the diesel train are recommended and can be purchased through the railroad's website.
Heaven Hill Farm Easter Egg Hunt
It's not too late to gather up the kids and attend one of the area's annual Easter Egg hunts. One of the most popular hunts in Northern New Jersey takes place at Heaven Hill Farm in Sussex County on April 15. Throughout the day, there will be multiple times for the egg hunts and scheduled hayrides. An Easter bonnet contest will also be held. No pre-registration is required.
Easter and Springtime Family Festival
If you're in Morris County, you must travel to the Chester-based Alstede Farms for their springtime-themed weekend festivals. This coming weekend, the farm has added Friday and Saturday seatings for Breakfast with the Easter Bunny. For one low admission price, you can buy entry into the festival for admission to the farm's Easter Egg Hunt, hay rides, moon bounce rides, scavenger hunt, and more.
Looking for something a little out of the ordinary to do this weekend? Then, you should head down to Wellmont Theatre in Montclair on Saturday for the Strange Xchange to buy unusual and unique gifts for everyone in your family. Soaps, leather jewelry, henna tattoos, and more will be available. Robert Bruce from "Comic Book Men" and the Easter Bunny will be there to add star power to the event. Advance tickets are available for purchase.


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UK Hairdresser Fined For Playing Music Even Though He Tried To Be Legal
from the the-system-is-designed-to-trip-you-up dept
In his defense, he claimed that he'd never even heard of PPL, and since he had a PRS license, he assumed (quite reasonably) that he was in the clear. Now, I'm sure that defenders of the system will quickly step up and say that it was his responsibility to find out what music licensing groups you have to hand over a tithe to each year, but all this guy wants to do is turn on his radio. For most people, it's just common sense that you shouldn't have to pay a fee just to turn on a radio in your barber shop. And then, once you're informed that this totally nonsensical situation is, in fact, true, it seems quite reasonable to then assume that one license will let you turn on the radio. Finding out that you need two (or more) separate licenses just to turn on the radio (even though the radio already pays its fees and the music acts a promotion) just seems ridiculous for everyone who isn't a recording industry exec or a long term copyright lawyer.
Copyright is not supposed to work this way.


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UW Religion Today Column for Week of Oct. 14-20: Pay to Pray, or, the Dangers of Church-State Entanglement
By Paul V.M. Flesher
When you are sitting in church and the offering plate is passed, do you feel uncomfortable? Does the social pressure of your neighbors watching impel you to put in more than you planned? How do you handle the stares of those near you when you put in nothing?
More than a century ago, churches in Germany solved this problem. They don't pass the plate anymore. Instead, the federal government deducts a payment for your church on your tax bill. It happens automatically, so you don't have to think about it. It is invisible, so your neighbors do not see it. And, it is probably less than you would put in the offering, no more than 9 percent of your tax bill -- compared to the tithing expectation of 10 percent of your total income.
The "church tax" as it is called, goes not just to church operating budgets, but also to social services provided by the churches for all citizens, such as kindergartens, old-people's homes, hospitals and so on.
But how should the church react when individuals stop paying the tax (it is voluntary), yet still want services the church provides, such as communion, baptism, weddings, burials and funerals and other services?
The bishops of Germany's Catholic Church decided this would be allowing freeloaders to mooch off the payments of paid-up members. So they recently issued instructions requiring parishes to refuse to permit those who do not pay the church tax to participate in church activities.
The morality of this move has caused a great deal of debate. On the one hand, many faithful parishioners feel relieved of carrying the financial burdens of other people. On the other hand, many believers feel uneasy about restricting access to "spiritual services" (e.g., divine forgiveness and even entry to heaven) to people who pay a tax.
The right of the Catholic Church to issue such a ban was challenged in court by a retired law professor on the basis that Canon Law determined church membership according to an individual's belief, not by their financial link to the church. The court ruled against him.
The implication of this ruling is potentially significant, for it establishes a new standard for church membership in Germany. More importantly, from the viewpoint of church-state relations, the decision about membership was made by a secular court, not by a church body.
Not only did the court's actions establish jurisdiction over matters of church membership (i.e., indicating it had the authority to decided membership questions for the Catholic Church), but its very decision ruled that belief was not the primary factor in determining membership. The secular act of tax payment trumped all.
Of course, the bishops made this decision in light of the financial strains on the church following the sexual abuse scandals rocking the church and years of economic downturn. Combined, the two causes have increased the rates of people withdrawing from the church.
But the implications go beyond this. They reshape the church to be like a private club rather than a universal institution. Rather than worrying about the salvation of all humanity, the church has made it clear that it is focusing on serving its members. Its "pay for pray" approach makes it more like the Rotary Club, or the Elks Lodge, or even Sam's Club, where paying membership dues gives you rights and services unavailable to non-members.
While this column has featured Germany's Catholic Church because it is in the news, the Protestant churches are just as closely tied to the government. Although they have not forbidden non-payers access to communion, Protestants have restricted employment in church-based services, such as hospitals and kindergartens, to church members only. So now one has to pay the church for the privilege of working for it. America's separation of church and state avoids this set of problems. Good for us.
Flesher is director of UW's Religious Studies Program. Past columns and more information about the program can be found on the web at www.uwyo.edu/RelStds. To comment on this column, visit http://religion-today.blogspot.com.


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The American Lung Association will host a Tobacco Prevention Community Outreach Training workshop on March 21.
The event will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Delaware Tech, Dover Campus, 100 Campus Drive, Dover. The workshop will teach community leaders how to maximize the impact of tobacco control programs.
The workshops are open to the Division of Public Health's mini-grant applicants, mini-grant recipients, IMPACT coalition members, and others interested in tobacco control. More than 20 non-profit organizations and health and wellness centers attended the first session held in January.
This workshop is free.
For more information or to register: (302) 737-6414 ext. 15; lungusa.org.