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Disney's 2013 summer blockbuster, The Lone Ranger, tries to be a lot of things and fails at each and every one of them. It's not a serious Western. It's not a mindless action movie. It's not a spoof. It's not a comedy. The best way to describe it is as a bloated Pirates of the Caribbean 5, except set in the desert. Of course, that's assuming Pirates of the Caribbean 5 won't even be as much fun as the worst of its predecessors.
The Lone Ranger stars Johnny Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer as the Lone Ranger as they reboot the classic franchise that was a staple of American entertainment from the 1930s to 1950s. Much has been made about this reboot and whether it would resonate with audiences so far removed from its heyday. We'll never know the answer to that, as the possibility of the film resonating was undercut by the quality of the film. Equally contentious has been Johnny Depp's portrayal of Tonto. Regardless of whether Depp is a Native American, I don't see much to take offense to here. Granted, Depp's character comes across as not being the sharpest tool in the shed for most of the film, but he is vindicated at several points. Beyond that, he's an equal to the Lone Ranger (if not the star of the film), rather than being his simple-minded errand boy, as he was on the show.
What's ultimately disappointing about Depp's character is that Tonto could have had more depth, but instead Depp just plays an adapted and less interesting version of Captain Jack Sparrow. At some times, Tonto is fun and his interactions with the Lone Ranger carry dull parts of the film. At more times, the Tonto shtick stalls the film with stillborn jokes or cringe-inducing dialogue. By contrast, Armie Hammer is mostly strong in the role of the Lone Ranger (when he's not forced to deliver tired jokes) and he does well with the squeaky clean image. William Fichtner steals the show as Butch Cavendish, the "bad guy" cannibal-bandit who makes audiences squirm with his every appearance. All in all, there's really nothing wrong with the casting or characters beyond the treatment of Tonto, and even that isn't terrible.
As for the movie itself, it's all over the place. I'm convinced that somewhere beneath the mess, there's a decent film. Unfortunately, what's there now alternates back and forth between serious drama, attempts at cheap laughs, self-reference and parody, intense violence, and action sequences–all of which are framed by a wholly unnecessary Wild West side-show flashback (presumably a nod to the radio version–but it just doesn't work).
The aspect that works the least is the humor. I'm not some kind of curmudgeon who dislikes using humor in films to lighten the mood–so long as the jokes land and the humor actually lightens the mood. That's not the case in The Lone Ranger, where about 75% of the jokes and gags miss the mark. Worst of all, there are several "pause for awkward laughs" moments in the midst of action that make the movie feel like a Looney Tunes cartoon. I am a bit surprised that none of the bad guys ever ran off cliffs and paused for a few seconds only to fall to their deaths when they realized they were running on air. Beyond that, there is crude and childish humor (the low point of which is probably Tonto dragging the Lone Ranger's head through horse feces) and running jokes that aren't even funny the first time they're told (such as every new person the Lone Ranger meets asking him what's up with the mask).
Those who have seen the Pirates of the Caribbean movies will recognize some of this as just being director Gore Verbinski's style, but this goes way past the quick one-liners sprinkled throughout those movies. Not only are these jokes not funny, but the ones in the middle of action sequences totally kill the pace, and make the viewer roll their eyes at what are already implausible sequences.
Part of me wonders if much of this humor was intended as a way to assuage the concerns of families who might take their kids to this film. It's probably the most violent PG-13 film I've ever seen, with fairly graphic "war" sequences and even on-screen cannibalism. Although the cannibalism is mostly implied (you can see the scene of a man eating a heart reflected in a lifeless eye), it's still there, as is the rest of the violence. I have nothing against violence, I'm just surprised to see Disney get away with this much in a PG-13 movie.
Because of this violence, most viewers would probably expect this to be an action movie or a dramatic western. The film ultimately could work as either, although with Verbinski and Bruckheimer attached, action would seem to be the more fitting genre. The Lone Ranger sputters a bit at its more dramatic points, and although they decently work to advance the plot, most are fairly corny. With the exception of the awkward jokes thrown in, the action scenes do work well, particularly the opening scene and the last 30 minutes of the film. This last 30 minutes is just flat out fun (albeit mindless), but by that point, you've had to sit through 2 hours of a mind-numbing film that didn't know what it wanted to be.
Overall, it's not a totally terrible movie, and I think it could be pretty good with an editor focused on fitting it into one genre (or even two!) and about 45 minutes cut from its running time. I think there is more of a story to be told here, so despite my negativity towards this film, I'm hoping it does well. There are flashes of quality here and there, and I think the filmmakers might be able to find their groove if given another shot…there certainly is theme park potential, too.
Thank you for seeing this so I don't have to!
I'll second Don Livingston's comment. I liked POTC 1, didn't really like 2, hated 3, and didn't even see 4. Looks like this one will continue that trend.
Curious: what did you think of Depp and Verbinski's previous western, Rango?
Wow this is depressing. I was looking forward to seeing it over the 4th of July time. I guess I will have to see how bad the ratings come back on rotten tomoatoes and my favorite critics (other than you Tom).
On another note I just read that Spectromagic is officially dead. RIP. I'm going to really miss this night time parade.
It's currently sitting at 25% on Rotten Tomatoes.
You know what they say about opinions….
I do agree about the violence. I don't understand how they got a PG-13 rating and kind of regret taking my daughter to see it.
I think the movie will do very well, and everyone I went with enjoyed it for what it was: a Disney-fied western.
Thanks for the review. I was pretty sure I wasn't going, maybe let Dad take the boys, but now none of us will see it. Thanks for saving me from having to learn the hard way!
On paper, The Lone Ranger sounds like an awesome movie. I was actually very excited about it once I saw the trailer. I was not crazy about Depp playing Tonto. From the trailer he seems like Jack Sparrow in a different costume and make up.
Thanks for the review. Sounds like I saved myself $10. Granted I'm all for a dramatic, big-budget western, especially with Disney funding it. However it sounds like Ranger just isn't that movie.
As a side note, I would like to recommend Rango. I never saw it in theatres because I didn't expect it to be a good movie or well animated. I'm kind of an animation nerd and first and foremost I'd like to say that Rango is a visually stunning movie. The animation is awesome and there's tons of attention to detail, especially in the animals. Animation aside, Rango is a great movie. I was genuinely surprised at how good it was. It is a bit unconventional and quirky but those are pros to me, not cons. I'd highly recommend you see it.
Down to 22% on rotten tomatoes now. My favorite critic blasted it as well. I still haven't seen Star Trek's lastest installment so maybe I will do that. I'm just not feeling Superman (although I've heard ok things about it) and really don't want to go see Despicable Me 2. Are there any good movies out right now? We did enjoy Monsters U.


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Patterns and Sources of Changing Wage Inequality in Chile and Costa Rica During Structural Adjustment
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News: A$AP Rocky's Pal To Critics: "People Who Call Us Gay Just Aren't Open-Minded"
Saturday, May 25, 2013 9:04AM
New York rapper A$AP Ferg recently discussed his crew's passion for fashion and why getting slapped with "gay" tags is just a sign critics aren't willing to diversify their tastes.
In Ferg's opinion, the entire A$AP team is known for standing out and being questioned for their artistic decisions.
"A$AP is comfortable being black sheep. We were always weirdos. We wanted to be unique. People didn't accept us in Harlem. They were scared to stand next to Jeremy Scott. Why? Because he's gay? He's one of the best designers of our generation. When Rocky wore the Ann Demeulemeester shirt on BET, people called it a dress. It's some high fashion sh*t, a $30,000 long-sleeve shirt. We're on that different type of fly. People who call us gay just aren't open-minded." (Complex)
Back in December, A$AP Rocky came forward to address cross-dressing accusations.
"I was just on '106 & Park' the other day with an oversized shirt on and everybody talkin' about I wore a dress," Rocky said, clearing up the rumor when he appeared on "RapFix Live" as a part of MTV's Big and Best of 2012. "That's foul and mine was long-sleeve. ... If fashion is your life and that's what you like and that's what you're about, express yourself, wear what you want and nothing matters, nobody else opinions matte. Be the person that starts the trend. You're gonna have times where people, they gonna try to joke on you, they're gonna try to play you and all that, that just comes with life. You gotta keep it striving' and always know that if they're talkin' you doin' somethin' right." (MTV)
A couple years ago, Rocky admitted he used to be homophobic but eventually learned to change his ways and appreciate the widespread fashion world.
"I'm respected by all the respected fashion blogs," he says. "It's all about diversity. I don't give a f*ck if you white, black, brown or yellow. I really just want to keep the peace. I really love people for who they are. I'm not gay or anything like that, but even gay people--they can be fans too. All the designer stuff I wear is made by gay people. I used to be an ignorant, homophobic cat. I didn't know any better...I was young. Now that I'm knowledgeable about life all this sh*t has made me a better person. I feel like the world can be a better place if we learn how to accept each other for who we are." (VIBE)
Much like Rocky, Ferg recently talked about his own love for high-end fashion.
"He used to design, he helped Russell Simmons do the Phat Farm cologne, he also helped Puff with the Bad Boy logo. He designed the 'Bad' and the 'Boy' with the little boy coming out the logo with the Tims on. ... He was like the only black guy back then printing shirts on the hip-hop scene, the urban guy. Like before everybody used to go see a bunch of Jews and these big companies but like, black people ain't really know about that stuff. So they went to go see him. They were going to my grandmother's house and sitting at the table." ("Sway in the Morning")


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The performer: Kelly Carlin in A Carlin Home Companion: Growing Up with George
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Cameron Heyward - #97 - DE
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|2011, 1st round, 31st pick by Steelers
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The Bengals needed a stretch-the-field wide receiver to pair with 32-year-old Chad Ochocinco, so they signed ex-Buccaneers UFA Antonio Bryant, as PFW examines the needs of each team, position by position, in a series that continues with the AFC North.
Multi-year deal for Hampton, tag for Reed reflect market conditions
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Steelers keeping very busy
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The Pittsburgh Steelers have agreed to terms with Heyward, their first-round draft pick.||||||| The 6-foot-5, 288-pound Heyward is part of a youth movement along Pittsburgh's aging defensive line. Heyward signed in time to join the rest of the team for practice on Friday afternoon. The 22-year-old Heyward, who was born in Pittsburgh, called it a life-long dream to play for the Steelers and an "honor" to play on the "best" defensive line in the league.
The defending AFC champion Steelers selected Heyward with the 31st pick of the NFL Draft. The Ohio State defensive lineman is the son of the late Craig "Ironhead" Heyward, the former NFL and University of Pittsburgh running back who finished fifth in the 1987 Heisman Trophy balloting.||||||| Cameron Heyward was born in Pittsburgh, still has plenty of family in the city and spent his early years in the suburbs. In addition to his former All-American father, Heyward has an uncle who played at Pitt. Heyward even said he has a Terrible Towel. "I had always loved the team," Heyward said. "I'm from there, my grandparents are from there, my mom's from there. My gut feeling was I wanted to be in Pittsburgh."


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Let the past go; rejoice in the now
- Written by Rev. Charles Quann
- Published in Religion
For the past several months, I have been preaching a series of sermons from the book sub-titled "Break Free From the Bondage of your Past": Joyce Meyer, by Richard Young. Also in this series I refer to Bishop T.D. Jakes' book entitled, "Let It Go."
In each of these books, the author talks about the need to get rid of excess baggage as well as the importance of forgiving, so that we can be forgiven. I would argue strongly, many of us cannot really enjoy life because we are still carrying yesterday's hurts, mistakes and past failures. We will never experience the real joy of life until we let go and move forward in our lives. As pastor of the Bethlehem Baptist Church for more than 25 years, I have encountered many people who are stuck in the past. They have become angry, mean-spirited, have little or no self-esteem, and blame everyone else for their troubles.
I do not know how many people have been helped by these sermons, but I can honestly say these books have helped me to let go of some things. I believe in being transparent and vulnerable in sharing my own journey. Nothing is gained by holding on to yesterday. Bishop Jakes writes in his book, "We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds, and nursing old grudges; in order to move into the blessings of our future, we must relinquish the pains of the past."
Richard Young writes, "Who are you helping most when you forgive the person who hurt you? Actually, you are helping yourself more than the other person". I always looked at forgiving people who hurt me as being really hard. It seemed so unfair for them to receive forgiveness when I had been hurt. I got pain and they got freedom, without having to pay for the pain they caused. I now realize I am helping myself when I choose to forgive.
There is so much truth in what these writers have to say. There is an art to forgiveness, and when you discover that art, you are able to "Break Free From The Bondage of your Past." Our past experiences may have made us the way we are, but we don't have to stay that way. There is a plaque on my desk I read daily which says, "Live, Laugh and Love." You really can't do that when you are bound or slave to the past. Every day is a good day; let yesterday be the past, for this is the day the Lord has made, and surely we can rejoice and be glad in it. You cannot rejoice being angry, holding a grudge or being resentful. Life will pass you by, and the people you are angry with will enjoy life while you wallow in your pity. Sometimes you must write off the past so you are available for the future. There is a portion of Scripture in James 1:2 that reads, "Count it all joy, when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience".
I encourage you to approach each new day with trust and confidence in God. Do not worry about your enemy; according to the Word, he will make your enemy your footstool. Learn to live each day to the fullest and trust God completely. One of the blessings that come to mind is the opportunity to reflect upon my life's journey. In the words of the songwriter, "God has been good to me; all of my good days outweigh my bad days, I won't complain." I have had enough setbacks and failures to be dependent on God, and enough blessings to trust in God. There were those who tried to block my blessings, but they only became steps for God to take me to a higher level.
I will use this column in the coming weeks to write this series of sermons I have preached on "Break Free From the Bondage of the Past." I pray they will be a blessing to you.


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PAAC to review budget cuts today
THE Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) will meet this morning at Gordon House to start its review of the first supplementary estimates for 2013/14, which were tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
The Government trimmed the 2013/14 budget by just over $20 billion in the estimates to fill a huge tax revenue gap and maintain efforts to meet fiscal targets set under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
With a gap of over $11 million in tax revenue projections, the Government cut $12 billion from its recurrent or housekeeping expenses in order to keep on track with its target of a primary surplus of 7.5 per cent over the medium-term.
Fortunately, however, this was facilitated by a $10-billion saving on interest payments under the National Debt Exchange, which has offered the Government some breathing space, albeit much less than the $17-billion saving which had been predicted.
The Opposition and financial analysts had predicted that with the $11-billion tax hole in the budget, it was likely that the Government would have slashed mainly capital expenditure (A and B) and restore those expenditure in the 2014/15 budget. But, while the Government ended up slashing its Capital A budget by approximately $3 billion, and the Capital B budget — which is mainly financed by bilateral and multilateral support — by about $5 billion, the main cut affected its recurrent or housekeeping budget that has been slashed by a whopping $12.2 billion.
The cumulative result was a reduction in the overall budget for 2013/14 from $520.8 billion to $500.7 billion.
The summary of the budget figures published in the new estimates showed that capital expenditure has been reduced from $150.4 billion to $142.4 billion, and the recurrent budget from $370.4 billion to $358.2 billion.
Despite Government's attempt to protect some critical areas of the capital budget, there were cuts in allocations to the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining and the Ministry of Transport and Works.
There were some setbacks in recurrent expenditure for crucial social agencies like the Office of the Public Defender, the Children's Advocate and the Independent Commission of Investigation.
Additional information on the estimates should become available today when the PAAC, following the fiscal responsibility process introduced under the previous government, reviews the estimates with Financial Secretary Devon Rowe and his team from the Ministry of Finance and Planning in attendance.
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It has been a frightening and somewhat maddening few days as the Yankees now sit tied atop the AL East with the Baltimore Orioles. With our starting pitching still shaky and the O's red hot, things are not looking good. Right on both our coattails are the Rays too. We seem to be headed towards the recent end-of-season fates of our cross-town rivals and frankly, that should not be acceptable for this team.
Sure the injuries are not in our hands, but the lack of certain moves by management (which really comes down to the Steinbrenners) is just not acceptable. Things would almost surely have been different had their father still been in charge and I don't think the fan response will be pretty if we miss the playoffs.
Everything is not lost yet, but the Yankees need to buckle down and get back on track, especially in the interdivision series' left because it does not look like the O's (or Rays) will go away quietly.


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BUSINESS-MINDED residents were treated to a rare behind-the-scenes look at QantasLink's maintenance hangar at an event organised by the Tamworth Junior Chamber of Commerce.
More than 100 people took the opportunity last Tuesday to see for themselves the inner workings of a Bombardier plane undergoing maintenance at the state-of-the-art hangar at Tamworth airport.
QantasLink chief executive officer John Gissing took the attendees on a tour before speaking about his rise up the ranks of the airline industry.
"It was great to be able to kick off the new year with the Junior Chamber of Commerce event in Tamworth," he said.
"Attendees got the opportunity to go on board a Q400 aircraft and see the maintenance process first-hand and talk with our engineers personally.
"It was also great to be able to reinforce in person QantasLink's ongoing sponsorship and commitment to the work of the junior chamber in Tamworth and to share career insights and experiences."
QantasLink employs about 100 people in Tamworth, where all its Q-series planes are maintained, including engineer and customer service and finance support teams.
The regional carrier is this financial year's sponsor of the junior chamber, which is made up of young business men and women aged 18 to 35 seeking network opportunities.
Marjolyn Thomas, executive officer of Tamworth Business Chamber, said the event was both fun and informative.
"QantasLink has a really good reputation of supporting the next generation coming through and they have some really good training opportunities within their organisation," she said.
"They were very keen to really make their sponsorship work, so we were lucky enough to get John Gissing come up to have a chat to the junior chamber.
"But the junior chamber thought it was such a great opportunity that wanted to invite the whole of chamber to attend the event.
"It's always great fun to have a behind-the-scenes look at the businesses in and around the Tamworth region."


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It's a long time with no updates, so let's fix it. This is Naku the Cat, my first mobile game. Naku the Cat is an arcade game about soap bubbles and a cat who wants to catch them all. Naku is dreaming and it lasts until Naku misses nine bubbles. Catching multiple bubbles with a single paw swipe counts as combo, more bubbles, more bonus score. Normal paw has limited range but with SUPERPAW power up Naku can temporarily reach higher.The game has been on development for couple of month now, here's some pics from progress.
A sketch about the idea, drawn by my wife:
Version 0.4 with placeholder graphics and random bubble spawning:
Version 0.21 includes work-in-process graphics and menus, moving background, some particle effects and gradually speeding bubbles
I have learned a lot of things during development. One the biggest obstacles was how to deal with all the different screen sizes and aspect ratios. I decided to use fixed aspect ratio 16:9, which is scaled to fit on the screen. I chose 16:9 because the wide screens are majority, especially on tablets. The black bars are added to up/down or left/right if needed. Devs from Clash of the Olympians explains how I did it.
Drawing text on the screen sounded an easy task at first but it was far from it. I tried to use a font with one size only and to scale it up and down when I needed different sizes. But no matter which texture filter settings I used, scaled fonts looked always bad, especially when downscaled. So I ended up to use four different font texture sizes. They increases the game total size a little bit but it is worth it.
A lot of work has been done but to-do list is still quite long: graphics polishing, sound effects, music, menu transitions, some animation and game balance. And of course playtesting.
The dramatic tree. Learning to paint with Photoshop.
A week ago I found #OneGameAMonth challenge where people are making games, one by every month. I was fascinated by the crazy idea and decided to join in. But only one week left and I haven't even started! I must admit I doubted myself that I could finish a game in time. But I did, hell yeah.
The idea came from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. In the restaurant scene a fat man is eating a lot of food and later explodes when waiter gives him a candy. I simplify the idea by giving only chickens and a candy to eat. In "Chickens, please", the purpose is to eat chickens as fast as possible. There's also special "Bastard bonus" available when throwing chickens' remains in the waiter's face. The harder you hit, the higher is bonus.
This was my baptism of fire on Photoshop and Wacom drawing pad. I'm not really good at drawing stuff but this gave me a reason to start learning. I doubt that I will never be a professional artist, but I'm happy if I can make art that suits my needs.
I really enjoyed the rapid development process. I will certainly do this again!
I have dreamed for years of making games. There have always been excuses, good and bad, to not get started. But now I have realized that if I ever going to release a game, I should start working on it. Right now.
I took some time in search of a suitable framework for the first project. At first I thought that I will make a game for the PC only with C# and XNA, but I ended up to develop for mobile devices because they usually needs less graphics and have simpler controls than desktop games. Android was the obvious choice for the platform, because I already have experience with Java and Android development.
For framework I chose LibGDX because it's beginner-friendly, well documented and have good tutorials on their web site.
There was a little hassle in settling up all the prerequisites for development environment. But once it was done, I followed Simple Game tutorial and soon there was a sprite moving around the screen.
Things have been pretty easy so far, but I believe that developing a fully featured game, even a small one, can be a huge task. So let's see what happens.
There's no time to lose. This is my journey to the game development.
Observer theme by Zack Sultan


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UWI face UTech for Championship Trophy
Kingston, Jamaica — The University of the West Indies Mona Campus, and in particular UWI Bowl, will be the place to be at 10:00 am today for the third staging of the UWI/UTech Sports Championships.
This is the significant annual sports clash between the University of the West Indies (UWI) Pelicans and neighbours, the University of Technology (UTech) Knights.
This year over 300 student athletes will be aiming to bring home the Championship Trophy. Themed 'Seven Sports, Two Teams, One Championship', all seven events will be contested in the shortened version to ensure matches are fast paced and intense. The line-up includes 20/20 cricket, basketball, football, fastnet netball and volleyball with two additional sports for this year's championship — rugby and female football, both of which are emerging sports and should provide unlimited excitement as the participants display their determination to win.
The event, which started in 2010, is specifically designed to develop a friendly rivalry between the two leading universities, while synonymously bolstering the individual school spirits. The concept has been well received, as seen over the last two years where hundreds of students have come out in their school colours to show their support for the respective institutions.
"The Mona Pelicans are excited at the opportunity to play host to the UWI/UTech Sports championships for the second time, and we are relishing the chance to defend our title," said Rashid Hall, Championship Co-ordinator from the UWI Sports Department.
"One has to acknowledge the athletic abilities of the students from both universities; it is evident that they have some of the top sportsmen and women in the island and this championship creates an amicable forum to display their abilities," said Hall. "Our teams are preparing, our students are ready and bursting with excitement and we are anticipating competitive, yet friendly interaction. Of course the UWI hopes to improve on its performances and continue on our unbeaten streak since the inception of the event in 2010," Hall concluded.
In addition to the sports today, there will be lots of entertainment and giveaways during game breaks along with a lunch hour concert. A mini social will be also be held after the presentation of awards to help to foster a positive relationship between the athletes, students, staff, alumni and supporters of both institutions.


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This week I've been gathering data for a project comparing the colour vocabulary of Welsh/English bilinguals and monolingual English speakers. The aims of the project are to find out which colour words people know, which order they name them in, and whether the bilinguals name different colours in Welsh and English. All I have to do now is write a 5,000 word report on this data. Unfortunately the colours data collected online is not useable for this project, but I'm very grateful to those of you who completed the questionnaire.
It came as no surprise that there are more words for colours in English than in Welsh – I already suspected that. Most of the bilingual participants listed only basic colour words in Welsh, but one did come up with one I hadn't heard before – gwinau, which means bay, auburn, brown or sepia and is usually used to describe the colour of horses. The same participant mentioned that there are a number of other words used to describe the colour of horses but couldn't think of them. I found melynell (bay), llwyd-ddu (dun), brith / brithlwyd (piebald) and broc / brych (roan).
The basic colour words in Welsh are:
black - du
white - gwyn
red -coch
yellow – melyn
blue – glas
green - gwyrdd / glas
brown – brown / gwinau / cochddu (red/black) / dugoch (black/red)
purple – porffor / cochlas (red/blue) / glasgoch (blue/red)
pink – pinc / gwyngoch (white/red)
orange -oren / melyngoch (yellow/red)
grey – llwyd
The colour glas can mean blue (sky), green (grass), grey (sea), silver (coins) or transparent (saliva) depending on the context. The same word is found in all the other Celtic languages and has a similar meaning. Llwyd is also used to refer to brown paper.
Participants also mentioned arian (silver), aur (gold), piws (puce/purple), fioled (violet) and indigo. Another word for the latter two is dulas (black/blue).
The compounds are not commonly used, as far as I can tell, and none of the participants in this survey mentioned them.
I managed to find a number of other Welsh words for colours:
amber – melyn-goch / ambr
auburn – gwinau / coch / melynwyn / llwydwyn
azure - asur / glas
beige - beis
bronze – efydd
cream – hufen
crimson – coch / rhuddgoch / rhudd / purgoch / fflamgoch
cyan – gwyrddlas
fawn – llwyd olau
magenta – magenta / majenta
maroon – cochddu / marŵn
mauve – piwswyn / porffor gwelw / porffor golau
puce - piws / glasgoch
russet – lwytgoch
scarlet – ysgarlad / coch golau
sepia - gwinau / cochddu
tan – melyngoch
tawny – melynddu
I plan to add a new section on colours to Omniglot and have start collecting colour words in various languages. So could you send me all the colour words you can think of in the language(s) you know?


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Funding opportunities
Epigenetic engineering of human pluripotent cell fate
Funding Type:
Basic Biology V
Grant Number:
Funds requested:
$480 000
Funding Recommendations:
Not recommended
Grant approved:
Public Abstract:
Virtually all cells in our body possess an identical genetic code. However, the expression of this code is regulated by a multitude of factors that coordinate which portions of the genetic code can be read and interpreted. We further know that these so called epigenetic factors change drastically through development, and patterns of epigenetic marks control changes to cellular identity. The proposed research aims to site-specifically change key epigenetic marks, altering which DNA instructions are available to pluripotent cells and changing their behavior during cell fate commitment. We describe a technique to bind custom DNA binding proteins (TALES) to critical regulatory regions of known cell fate determining genes. TALE binding changes local DNA chromatin structures and implants instructions for becoming desirable cell types when given an appropriate environmental cue. This novel and potentially transformative approach, termed "epigenetic engineering" (EE), is proposed here to improve stem cell differentiation towards more pure and functionally mature cardiomyocytes. This will not only be the first example of guiding cell fate through gene-specific epigenetic manipulation, but will improve the generation of necessary cardiomyocyte types for cell replacement following heart attack. Lastly, EE also is likely to be adaptable to numerous differentiation strategies for routine production of many regenerative medicine cell types.
Statement of Benefit to California:
Heart disease and myocardial infarction represent the primary cause of death in industrialized nations. In California, greater than 1 out of 4 deaths are due to heart disease. The health and financial burdens are enormous. Currently, the most promising new strategies for heart regeneration involve replacement of dead or damaged tissue with cardiomyocytes (CMs) derived from pluripotent stem cells; however, the control of pluripotent cell fate is problematic. Pluripotent-derived-CMs are typically impure and functionally immature, so they may not contribute to heart contractility effectively or safely. We propose the development of a novel technology, termed "epigenetic engineering (EE)," to control cell fate and improve yields of mature CMs. EE involves the stable manipulation of stem cell chromatin structures, without DNA breaks or mutations, so as to "set the stage" for correct differentiation. When given an appropriate environmental cue, the engineered stem cells can then interpret these instructions to guide their cell fate commitment. This technology will improve the routine production of pure and functional CMs for cell replacement strategies that could significantly augment the current standard of care. Also, and highly important, EE is likely to be adaptable to alternative differentiation strategies (e.g. insulin producing beta-cells) and therefore potentially transformative for regenerative medicine.
Review Summary:
The goal of this Track 2 (Exploratory Concepts) proposal is to develop a technology to induce transient epigenetic changes in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) that induce their differentiation towards specific lineages and silence the differentiation to alternative cell fates. In so doing, the applicants hope to achieve higher purity and yields in the differentiation process. This approach will be tested through two specific aims that will create and test DNA sequence-specific transcription activator-like effectors (TALES) designed to guide hESCs towards a cardiomyocyte phenotype, and then examine whether the TALES impart an epigenetic memory that persists and regulates differentiation. Novelty and Transformative Potential - The proposal to modulate the pluripotent epigenome to direct stem cell differentiation was felt to be novel and somewhat innovative. - While the concept was novel, fundamental flaws in logic and design led to the conclusion that the transformative potential of the proposal would be low. Feasibility and Experimental Design -Technically, the studies outlined to induce the epigenetic engineering in specific loci are sound and feasible. - Reviewers felt that the induced epigenetic memory would be too transient to have a meaningful and sustained effect on differentiation as this "memory" erases with passage of the cells. - Reviewers felt that there are already many ways to direct differentiation of hESC towards specific lineages and a convincing rationale for developing the proposed approach was not found. - The preliminary data provided is not impressive and suggests that the approach does not regulate target gene expression to an extent that would be desirable to affect reprogramming and differentiation. Principal Investigator (PI) and Research Team -The PI and assembled team are skilled and capable of performing the outlined research although the relative contribution by some personnel was minimal. - Productivity of the PI in recent years has been minimal. Responsiveness to the RFA -The goals outlined in the proposal are responsive to the CIRM RFA.


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Android users aren't so fortunate. But there are a few apps that can do the work for you.
How to site Lost In Tech found a great Android app that we tried today that will make sure you never lose a text message.
The free app, SMS Backup and Restore, does exactly what the name implies. With one tap, the app backs up all your texts to a file on your phone's SD memory card. You can then transfer the file to your computer for safe keeping via your USB cable.
You can also schedule the app to make regular backups to your SD card for any timeframe you choose.
If you need to restore your texts, just tap the "Restore" button and select which file you want to restore from. We recommend naming each file by the date you backed up so you can keep track.
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Yesssssssss. RT @BuzzFeedAndrew: Mitch McConnell: Soon twitpic.com/bx7v9f via @DorseyShaw—
Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) January 22, 2013
Senator Mitch McConnell is a hard person to laugh at. Love him or hate him, he's established himself as one of the more bland personalities on Capitol Hill. Yet today, it was proved that even the very-vanilla McConnell could find himself at the center of an Internet meme. After being caught staring sternly in an inauguration crowd, the Gentleman from Kentucky looked ominously like someone involved in a dastardly plot. Of course there's a meme for such images, and this one quickly spread among the punditry.
Soon. @BuzzFeedAndrew twitpic.com/bx7v9f—
Dorsey Shaw (@dorseyshaw) January 22, 2013
Mitch McConnell: Soon twitpic.com/bx7v9f via @DorseyShaw—
Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) January 22, 2013
Oh hell, he sees us. Run! @JonahNRO: Yesssssssss. @BuzzFeedAndrew: Mitch McConnell: Soon twitpic.com/bx7v9f via @DorseyShaw—
Wayne Baisley (@craptard) January 22, 2013
"@BuzzFeedAndrew: Mitch McConnell: Soon twitpic.com/bx7v9f via @DorseyShaw" He's holding in a dirty bomb #alroker—
Frank Saltzman (@fsaltzman) January 22, 2013
@dorseyshaw @buzzfeedandrew The look on Mitch McConnell's face in the middle of the screen is priceless!—
Shelly (@rochshelly) January 22, 2013
@dorseyshaw @buzzfeedandrew holy crap I just walked by there and he's STILL STANDING THERE LIKE THAT—
Richard Potato (@d1ckt8r) January 22, 2013
@BuzzFeedAndrew @dorseyshaw Grumpy old man is grumpy—
Marcus Harvey (@marcushasfun) January 22, 2013
@BuzzFeedAndrew @dorseyshaw Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy, Happy, Happy, Joy #MitchMcConell hahaha!—
Patty Burns (@grandma420) January 22, 2013
For those unfamiliar with the "soon" meme, it's defined by KnowYourMeme.com as "an image macro series that typically features a creepy looking figure peering out of a dark enclosed space with the word 'soon' overlaid. It is meant to imply that the figure is planning some kind of devious scheme."
Yes, we actually looked that up — so you don't have to.
Here are some other famous images associated with the meme. McConnell is in good company.
Yeah. That honey bear definitely reminds us of Mitch.


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First, my quote to make up for Tuesday (one of my personal favorite Winnie the Pooh quotes):
"Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. 'Pooh,' he whispered.
'Yes, Piglet?'
"Nothing,' said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. 'I just wanted to be sure of you.'
-- A. A. Milne
and now today's:
"Wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing."
--A. A. Milne


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^^ That's never bad advice.
Otherwise women will sometimes 'throw darts'. Read: Do little dumb shit to get you pissed off.....this is her brain's subconscious way of building emotional connection with you. She knows (subconsciously mind you) that if she can get you into an argument with her then you'll both get subjective (deep into your emotions) and come out of it with a greater emotional connection. Of course men don't really work that way, normally we'll do as you did and desire freedom. So if its not dealt with the darts get bigger and bigger.
If you can develop a greater emotional connection with her (so that she 'feels felt' by you) then these darts will stop...for a time She'll also be more feminine (lubby dubby) with you, which is what you want. Actively listening and effectively communicating are what you need to do to stop this.
Note: she has no idea she is doing this for the aforementioned reason, but that's why. Women must feel understood.
PS: some women are just crazy, don't confuse throwing darts with being emotionally abusive and destructive. Most of you guys will though


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The long and winding eligibility saga for Norman (Ok.) North quarterback David Cornwell finally came to an end on Friday afternoon, the 6'5, 230-pound passer revealed via Twitter:
Excited to announce I have been declared eligible for my senior year at Norman North. Thanks to everyone for the love and support. Pumped!— DC5 (@DavidCornwell5) June 7, 2013
A consensus four-star prospect rated as the top pro-style passer in the country by 247Sports, Cornwell's appeal was heard on Tuesday, but no decision handed down for several days. At issue was the fact that he missed the fall semester in 2011 when he was in Florida because his mother was suffering from what the family called in a release "an unexpected, debilitating illness that could have taken her life."
As such, it seemed as if there wouldn't be much deliberation from OSSAA that governs Oklahoma high school football, but that was not the case. Cornwell didn't add anything to his above statement on Twitter, so it's not clear at this time what made the organization relent in their plans to keep Cornwell off the field this fall, but it happened.
Last week, the executive director of the OSSAA, Ed Sheakley, didn't exactly sound sympathetic to the family's plight in an interview with ESPN:
He's asking for an exception for an additional year. They made a choice to leave school (in 2011). They also made a choice not to play football that year. That's kind of where we're at from our point of view.
It was a point of view that clearly changed in the time since then, at least according to the board's ruling, and Cornwell, Norman North, and all the colleges recruiting him benefit from the decision. Not to mention college football fans around the country who did feel sympathy towards his situation and wanted to see him showing off his prodigious talent on the field this fall.
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"Beautiful Darkness"
Perennial Inland talent Noa James raised the bar even higher this year with "Beautiful Darkness," a release that has the rapper exploring light and dark, good and evil and plenty of sick rhymes to go on top.
Opening track "He's Coming" almost has a Pink Floyd-quality to the woman's wail in the beginning before James launches into who he is, what he's about and why music is his escape. The title track, which is an imaginary conversation between James and the devil, is another one to download from the album.
James is planning to tour the United Kingdom in the spring and is planning a trek to the tastemaking South By Southwest music Conference in Austin, Texas this March.
In addition to putting out a fine album, James has continued to grow the hip-hop scene in Riverside with his Common Ground nights at The Vibe in Riverside every Sunday and he's been busy with his label Black Cloud Music.
"I also want to build The Common Ground's reputation up to where that it is the place that all artists want to perform at," James said.
The rapper is also reaching out to fans to help get him in front of a bigger audience–like one at the Paid Dues independent hip-hop festival in San Bernardino in April. With his rhymes and the power he has been pushing musically, he's earned it.
See it live: Common Ground, every Sunday, The Vibe, Riverside
On the Web: www.JamesForTheWin.Com
We're putting the spotlight on all of the bands who made the Best of 2010 in Inland music list. Read the full list here and check back for videos and more.


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This cozy 2 bedroom, 1 bath freestanding guest house is separated from the main house by a creek. Situated on the banks of the Snake River with filtered mountain views. Very quiet location with a year round stream, mature trees and a variety of wildlilfe that frequent the area. (Moose, Elk, Deer, Otter, Fox and many others). The guest house and main house are located on 5.5 acres which give you a feel of being away from it all yet you are centrally located only 5 miles west of Jackson, 5 miles south of the Teton Village Ski Area and 1 mile east of the town of Wilson.
apartment rental amenities
The home is 1,000sf, located on the second level and includes 2 bedroom, 1 bath, that has a full kitchen and washer & dryer. The residence is tastefully furnished and can sleep 4 people with two twin beds in one bedroom, one king bed in the other bedroom. High speed internet (WIFI) & cable TV included. Pets would be considered.
activities and attractions in Jackson Hole Wyoming
Major attractions: Teton Village ski area, 30 minutes to Grand Teton National Park, 90 miles to the entrance of Yellowstone National Park. Activities to include: alpine skiing, snowboarding, cross country skiing, nordic skiing, mountain biking, golfing, hiking, fishing, sight seeing in the national parks and the Jackson Hole Valley, camping, whitewater rafting, arts and music.
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text: Seatwave launches ticketing APIs, partners with The Echo Nest Business 08 February 12 by Olivia Solon Tweet Flickr.com/marfis75 Ticket marketplace Seatwave has launched two APIs that allow developers to incorporate event discovery and ticket purchasing into their apps. Seatwave has also integrated its APIs into music intelligence provider The Echo Nest's Rosetta Stone platform.The discovery API allows for users to navigate the Seatwave catalogue, showcasing events and tickets for artists, sports, festivals and theatre shows. Through an affiliate relationship with Seatwave, these developers will receive 35 percent of net revenue from sales through their apps.The purchase API offers developers a white-labelled way of selling tickets to events via their apps. Purchases will be processed by the developer and then reconciled with Seatwave at a later date. Developers who opt for this approach will also receive a revenue share, which will be negotiated individually, but they have to deal with customer relations and the processing of payments. The launch of these APIs follows on from the release of Seatwave's iOS SDK in December 2011.Seatwave offers up some suggestions (.pdf) for the sorts of apps that could benefit from integrating the company's ticketing APIs, including travel sites that want to offer their customers access to tickets to festivals, sporting events and theatre shows around the world; e-commerce sites that want to extend their offering to events and music blogs or apps that want to generate extra revenue through ticket sales. The integration of the APIs into The Echo Nest's Rosetta Stone platform means that the 10,000 or so developers who work with The Echo Nest will now be able to add Seatwave's event discovery and ticket-buying functionality."Events are an integral part of music enjoyment for any fan, so the addition of Seatwave to our roster of partners as the first ticketing provider is very significant," said Shane Tobin, Head of Strategic Partnerships at The Echo Nest. The partnership will be put to the test at Music Hack Day San Francisco.Joe Cohen, founder and CEO of Seatwave, told Wired.co.uk: "We believe that the future of e-commerce is distributed and will move away from proprietary platforms with a walled-garden approach. Anyone can now sell tickets from our system."He added that there are plans to allow people to place tickets onto the Seatwave website and organise their own events through similar APIs. You can find the APIs on Seatwave's developer site. Edited by Nate Lanxon Comments Read more on Music Everything from bands to festivals to instruments to tonal experimentation Technology Sonos drops need for Bridge, releases new one anyway Culture Spotify's Serendipity visualises songs playing in two places at once Culture iTunes festival lands Elbow, Rudimental and more Culture 2014 iTunes Festival lineup revealed Science Headbanging to Motörhead can kill you, says science Science Chimpanzees prefer African and Indian music Latest on wired.co.uk


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[based (in spirit and tenor) mostly on the repeated mantra-like arguments of a former frequent "dialogue" opponent of mine, whose initials are TE. See my many past "dialogues" with this person on my Dialogues page]
CC = Catholic Catholic [i.e., in this case, myself]
RP = Reformed (Protestant) "Catholic" (green)
Past "Catholic" comments of mine from the old fictional dialogue on sola Scriptura will be in blue. Past "fictional Protestant" coments will be in purple.
CC: Hey, how are ya?
RP: Okay, but I'm sick to death of how much you misrepresent Reformed Catholic beliefs.
CC: [astounded look] Huh??!! What did I do now?
RP: Oh, I'm thinking of that silly fake dialogue of yours with a "Protestant" on sola Scriptura . . . but of course I could mention many of your million and a half papers where you either distort what Protestants as a whole believe or act like there is no difference between your typical Anabaptistic Protestant and we Reformed Catholics. If you understood epistemology and had read (in Latin) the canon law of Sigmund of Engelbert Humperdinckburg (1092-1206), complete with glosses by Hugo of Yugo (1434-1448), then you would understand this. Instead you rely solely on the Great Infallible Oracle Newman who said that idiotic thing that torments - oops, I meant to say "bugs" - me to no end (that I have devoted my life to obsessively disproving): "to be deep in history is to cease to be a Protestant". If I ever had the time to read Newman, I would rip his arguments to shreds.
CC: I see. Well, what can I do? I'd be glad to revisit the dialogue with you, to see how you would answer differently from my hypothetical Protestant. Is that fair enough?
RP: No, because you'll distort what I say, or edit it unfairly or something. I don't trust you. And I change my mind every six months anyway, so it'll be obsolete by then, but you will have it forever on your blasted website, and people will see the silly things I have said in the past.
CC: Then how about if you post it on your website, too, so you can edit it however you like? I'll even post a link to that on my posting. If you take it down, I'll agree to take my version down, too. Game?
RP: I've had enough of your "socratic dialogue" where everyone is expected to play by your rules or else you will pout and whine and go home. You act like you have a lock on Plato and Socrates.
CC: I'm just talking to you. People who disagree ought to talk to each other and try to reach a better understanding or resolution of their differences if possible. I prefer this method, but of course there are many other good ways to do it as well. I say that we should each post our versions of the conversation, so that no one can cry "foul". If you like, we can do an audio tape. I'm not scared of what might happen, and I promise to post everything before we start.
RP: It's still not fair. I have to have a way to flee for the hills if you ask a question that I can't answer, but you never allow me to have an exit strategy so I can save face and my superior view can always appear superior despite my refusal to ever fully defend it against critiques. You're so arrogant that you think conversations actually have to be followed through, and I don't have the time to do that. Even if I did, I have read so much that you would never be able to keep up with all this book knowledge I have accumulated. All you do is rely on second-hand scraps and the Great Irrefutable Triumphal Newman.
CC: What you do is up to you. You have claimed that I misrepresent both Protestant and "Reformed Catholic" views and (elsewhere) that I can't provide any answer to them. I deny it, and am willing to go through the matter with you point-by-point, to explain why your accusation is untrue. What else can you ask of me? For the last time: do you want to do this or not?
RP: Yes [dander now up and blood boiling but heroically subdued for appearance' sake].
CC: Good. So, then, I propose that we go through the past fictional dialogue. I'll give my original comments (represented by the Catholic in that dialogue), and you can answer differently if you think I misrepresented the Protestant. But first let me point out that when one is generalizing about Protestants, there are always exceptions to the rule, and this is understood. I tried to fairly represent what a typical Protestant (not absolutely every conceivable type of Protestant) might say; how he would argue.
Of course, the natural bias is towards the Catholic view, but I do try my best to present a plausible Protestant argument. After all, I used to be one myself, and made most of the same arguments I now critique. It's understood that there are more sophisticated Protestants who would answer differently and provide a better answer. That's why I am offering this opportunity to you. Okay; here we go:
Protestant (P): X is a true, biblical doctrine because it is biblical.
Catholic (C): According to which denominational tradition?
P: Ours.
C: How do you know your tradition is true, while others which contradict it are false?
P: Because we are the most biblical.
RP: No!!! See, now this is exactly what I mean. You make the Protestant out to be this know-nothing, Bible-only ignoramus.
CC: I don't see how. Protestants' last appeal is to the Bible, over against Tradition. It was Martin Luther who said at the famous Diet of Worms in 1521 (close paraphrase) "here I stand; unless I can be convinced by plain Scripture and reason I do not recant." Protestants (virtually all of them) DO appeal to the Bible, and we catch misery whenever we make an argument that doesn't include the Bible. It is not making them out to be "ignoramuses" to merely point out this obvious fact.
RP: The Protestant magisterial reformers also appealed to the testimony of Tradition. They didn't believe in this radical rationalistic notion of "Bible Only."
CC: I know that (and nothing in my fictional dialogue denies this, because it is understood to be a generalization). Yet Protestants do believe Scripture is the final and only infallible authority, right?
RP: Yes. Thank heavens you finally have figured this out after my educating you for six years.
CC: I always knew this. I knew this as a Protestant. My earliest papers as a Catholic back in 1991 made this distinction, as I have pointed out to you many times now.
RP: Don't confuse me with the facts! We are trying to be rhetorical, polemical, and sophistical here, and to portray your opinions in the worst possible light!
CC: Oh, sorry to mess up the plan. Occasionally I slip and some facts fall between the cracks of your rhetoric.
RP: Rhetoric is an honorable field of ancient classical Christian education. If you had read Cicero like I have you would know this.
CC: [laughing] I never denied that. I was using the word in the common, more derogatory sense [more smiles]. Anyway, moving on:
C: How do you know yours is the most biblical?
P: Because our exegesis is the most all-encompassing and consistent, and true to the clear teaching of Scripture.
C: But the other Protestant traditions claim the same superiority . . .
P: I must say in love that they are wrong.
C: How do you know they are wrong? I thought that Protestants were supposed to be tolerant of each other's "distinctives," especially in "secondary" issues, yet you are calling fellow brothers in Christ "wrong."
P: I am compelled to because they have a faulty hermeneutic and exegesis, and I must stand firm for biblical truth.
RP: C'mon, Dave; you have distorted the presentation again to a Bible-only mentality, by ignoring the role of legitimate Protestant tradition in the scheme of things. Calvin is always citing not only the Fathers but also classical writers. He was not ahistorical.
CC: Granted. But if you appeal to Protestant tradition (in the lesser, non-infallible sense of "the most biblically-based and honorable tradition" available among the options), you still must decide which Protestant tradition among many, right?
RP: No, because we are merely going back to the pure biblical tradition of the Fathers, and getting rid of the unbiblical Roman Catholic addditions. We're not these rebels you make us out to be, who have no respect for precedent whatever. You have to understand how rotten the conditions were in the medieval Church because of the oppressive, arrogant papacy, which usurped all power to itself and ignored the cries of all the great conciliarists (many of whom were semi-Pelagians, but we can easily overlook that if they help our cause of anti-papalism).
CC: You miss the point. As soon as Protestants disagree, they have to have some means to determine who is right and who is wrong (or that both are wrong; but logically-speaking, both cannot be right when they contradict each other). So what is that means or method?
RP: We simply go back to the fathers and the unbroken Christian tradition. See, if you could only figure out that we respect tradition, you wouldn't even ask these silly questions. But I understand why you answer in this way because you have mostly dealt with dough-head "reformed [Anabaptistic] Protestants" like Eric Svendsen and James White (whom I idolized for years, and imitated when I first tried to goad you into a live chat back in 1999 so I could kick your butt in debate, to prove that I was a man and valiant defender of White Orthodoxy and smarter than you are).
CC: Yeah, we finally had that "live chat" in late 2000 in White's chat room. I seem to remember you not holding to our prior agreement, apologizing to the crowd, and handing the chore of defending Protestantism over to your good buddy James White.
RP: I don't recall that . . .
CC: You wouldn't. We all repress painful, embarrassing memories, don't we? In any event, this "debate" did NOT turn out at all like you had hoped and prayed. Your potential Finest Hour turned out to be a mere Whimper and Retreat. And we have clashed ever since then, with few exceptions (not having anything to do with this encounter, of course; needless to say). But back to the topic at hand:
C: How do you know they have a faulty method of interpretation?
P: By Scripture and linguistic study, and the consensus of scholarly commentaries, and because R.C. Sproul said so [ :-) ]
RP: This is inaccurate! I would say because Peter Leithart, Andrew Sandlin, Alastair Roberts, Paul Owen, Kevin Johnson, and Douglases Wilson & Jones said so!
CC: Great, but the problem is: you are not Protestant Everyman. Not every Protestant thinks as you do, and many think the way this hypothetical Protestant does. What's wrong with that (in terms of the alleged "inaccuracy" of my presentation)?
RP: It doesn't present we Reformed Catholics! This is an outrage! After all, there are about 256 of us now, and we ought to be counted as representative of Protestantism as a whole.CC: Yeah, you're right. I do owe you an apology. Hopefully, this clarifying paper can make amends for this horrendous and inexcusable oversight on my part.
C: But again, the others claim the same prerogative and abilities.
P: Then if they are wrong, they must be blinded by their presuppositional biases, or else by sin.
C: How do you know that?
P: Because they come to the wrong conclusions about the perspicuous biblical data.
RP: It is true that White, Svendsen, and their ilk show such blindness . . .
CC: You mean your former comrades-in-arms?
RP: [ferocious anger] I've paid a great price for disagreeing with them. You don't know anything about being lied about on the Internet.
CC: No, I don't. It must be terrible, huh? But then again, I have never been a former anti-Catholic and former anti-intellectual Protestant like you, so I wouldn't be able to relate.
RP: You act like White and his attitudes are the only Protestant options. You don't point out that there are those of us who are far more nuanced than that.
CC: I have done so many times, and am doing so again now. But a brief fictional dialogue cannot possibly cover all that ground. It's not required to, anyway. Every generalization has exceptions. Besides, when I wrote it ten years ago there were only 39 Reformed Catholics. Now y'all have impressively multiplied six-and-a-half times to 256. But let's cut to the quick. How do you know how to identify the perspicuous meaning of the Bible?
RP: I never discuss exegesis and hermeneutics.
CC: Why not?
RP: Because I don't know enough to do it. That's for the scholars.
CC: What becomes of Luther's proverbial "plowboy," then, interpreting the Scriptures on his own?
RP: That's a distortion: back to the radical Bible-only view again.
CC: It's not a distortion of classic or "magisterial" Protestantism; it's right from Martin Luther, whom you classify as a "magisterial reformer".
RP: Sure; but Calvin understood this better.
CC: Okay; how does he determine the perspicuous meaning of Scripture?
RP: By following the consensus of Christian tradition.
CC: Oh, so then he must have believed in episcopacy and papacy, right (as well as the traditional understanding of apostolic succession)?
RP: No.
CC: No??!! How could that be? After all, the papacy was a clear feature of Church government, at least in the West, where Calvin came from. Episcopacy is even more clearly an aspect of ecclesiology - accepted by the Orthodox as well. Apostolic succession was clearly the final court of appeal of the Fathers over against the heretics. No historian of Church doctrine (whether Kelly, or Oberman, or Pelikan, or Schaff, etc.) denies that for a second.
RP: Ecclesiology is not made clear enough in the Scriptures. Men of good will can disagree on that.
CC: So now you are back to the radical "Bible Only" outlook that you say you despise [big "gotcha" smile]? You claim that Scripture doesn't make it clear enough, yet nevertheless, you fall back on Scripture, rather than accept the very clear testimony of Church history. There's that bugaboo of Protestants and difficulties with history again . . . what a nuisance . . .
RP: You know, Dave, it is miserable dialoguing with you because you think you know everything, and you distort Protestant views, and refuse to be fair to us. I explain over and over how the Reformed Protestant view explains all of these questions you have, but you ignore that . . .
CC: Please, by all means, explain how it accounts for the difficulties just raised. This is your opportunity. I beg you to continue defending your view. How about if I give you $100? Naw, make that $1000. I'm sure I could raise that much from my friends, just to watch you participate in a dialogue and defend your view without losing it and flying off into the Hyper-Polemical Stratosphere, leaving everything unresolved yet again, for the umpteenth time.
RP: . . . and you go off on your endless tirades, citing Newman for everything you argue as if He Can Do or Say No Wrong, and is Next to God . . .
CC: I haven't cited Newman once here, to back up any argument I made (I only gave that one quote that I provided merely to make it known that you hate it so much).
RP: . . . ah, but you WANTED to. He was always in your mind . . .
CC: What is this? The "Willie Nelsonization" of apologetic discussion? LOL "YOu were always on my mind . . ."
RP: . . . because you despise Protestants so much and can't get any to talk to you at all and you think we're all anti-Catholic and that we are radical Enlightenment individualists and "rebels" because you are a self-appointed "apologist".
CC: Is that why the late Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., close adviser to Pope Paul VI and Mother Teresa, enthusiastically recommended my first book [one can read that here]?
RP: That means nothing. He was probably just a Newman nut like you.
CC: Well, being a Jesuit, he rather stressed St. Ignatius of Loyola and his Spiritual Exercises. I heard little from Cardinal Newman in the marvelous classes of his which I attended.
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RP: Don't change the subject! And don't bring in facts. That drives me nuts!!!!! Don't you know that I know more about your history, motivations, and opinions than you do yourself? After all, all you do is post outdated, ill-thought through broken-record Catholic apologetic propaganda. Nearly everything you write about Protestantism is utterly irrelevant to everything we Reformed Catholics are doing. Perhaps someday you'll get a new record and be able to actually join in a substantive conversation.
CC: That may be, but how about we get back to the subject: how Protestants resolve their differences and their relationship to this Christian consensus-tradition you refer to? How is that resolved with regard to ecclesiology (which is what I brought up as a problem for your point of view to grapple with)?
RP: I don't have time to spell it all out for those who are inordinately attached to the brilliant utterances of Cardinal Newman, or unrealistically convinced that they understand Christological metaphysics so well that all they have to do is throw terms around and they've won. I suppose I just shouldn't post at all. I have a life now, sorry.
CC: No, you should post! You should defend your view and demonstrate how it can provide plausible answers to the hard questions I have asked, and those from others. I encourage you; I beg you; I'll give you $1000 and an all-expenses paid trip to Cheboygan, Michigan, including the boat ride to Mackinac Island . . . please, PLEASE!!!! Just make it to the end of ONE dialogue without exploding in a fit of rage . . . that's all we ask, We'll never ask again, or make such a generous offer.
RP: We see self-styled "apologists" for Catholicism all the time, and particularly those who convert and then instantly start preaching the glories of their newfound "fullness of the faith." Been there, done that, so I know how it goes. Nevertheless, orthodox Catholic apologists need to stay on their own websites, because intelligent interaction with critiques of Catholicism requires a LOT more than memorizing Newman and learning to talk big about "the" Church.
CC: Yeah, I agree. You call for "intelligent interaction with critiques of Catholicism." I couldn't agree more. I try to make such responses all the time. But do you have no similar obligation to defend your views?
RP: I ceased engaging orthodox Catholic apologists (who are actually - egads!!! - confident in their beliefs and not always simultaneously fashionably tentative and temperamentally dogmatic like I am), some time ago on my own website, since it was clear that for the most part they weren't interested in anything but their little boxes construed in the most narrow way possible. But some of these folks (like you) won't return the favor of basically minding their own business and doing their own circle-running routine with equally narrow Protestant apologists. Some of them keep coming around reading my stuff and then purporting to refute it either in my comments boxes or on their own sites to which they gratuitously link.
CC: What a shame. Everyone knows that no one can refute Reformed Catholicism.
RP: That's right, and that's why I never try to defend it, because it can't be refuted, so why waste that time? If someone doesn't get it, they're just ignorant.
CC: But can we please get back to the subject of ecclesiology and the Protestant rule of faith? You already have the $1000 and the free trip to Cheboygan on the table. Now you gotta earn that!
RP: There are EXTREMELY SERIOUS problems with your way of carrying on discussions.
CC: You mean, like not staying on the subject or descending into personal attack? Sorry I fell into those things. I shall try my very best to do better next time. Now where were we after I got us off track?
RP: Please stop all the silly one-sided pontificating and actually have real discussions.
CC: What did I "pontificate" about? Please do tell.
RP: I'm a Protestant, but I guess it's just news to you that I'm not a "business as usual" Protestant, and you can't dispose of me with catenas of blustering from Newman, vague hand-waving about the "DNA" of Protestantism, and all the other comfortable grooves of polemics that have created so much ill-will between our communions for the last 500 years. It's time to grow up.
CC: I'm not trying to "dispose" of anyone. I had a few questions that I think your side needs to seriously consider . . .
RP: We don't subscribe to the theory of historical discontinuity that drives the Catholic propaganda about Protestantism that you promote. We aren't fazed by your Great Hero Cardinal Newman because he's not even in the same world of conceptual discourse as we are.
CC: Yeah, I know that; so how would you answer the questions I raised, then?
RP: Your historical apologetics, based as they are it seems exclusively in Newman, are simply irrelevant to what I do. None of the devices which you have gathered up from the writings of Newman have any relevance to my program, and indeed, because of the dogmatic fervor with which you hold to Newman, they merely make you incapable of even processing my program, much less intelligibly responding.
CC: I said already: Newman has played no part in this discussion at all.
RP: Sure he did. He's behind everything you write. The Newman-derived construct about "private judgment" which you rely upon as the foundation of your view of the work of the Protestant reformers is something which entirely misses the classical Protestant views, derived from Medieval catholic theology, of ministerial government and conciliar-based publicly-binding arbitration of disputes.
CC: Now that may get us back to the subject: ecclesiology (cuz you mentioned "government").
Thanks. Glad to be back there . . .
RP: Your apologetics are based on the need to create and exploit the purely angst-driven concerns of conversion mania.
CC: Huh? [dazed, befuddled, frustrated look - I would certainly be angry too if I weren't so nauseatingly familiar with this routine] Fiddlesticks! I actually thought we were back on the subject . . .
RP: An excellent example of this deep hermeneutical failure on your part is your "plain texts" approach to Scripture and history, for instance, which is a leftover hangup from your Evangelical days, and which constantly self-sabotages your interactions with other Christians.
CC: Well, if it's left over from evangelical Protestantism and the "perspicuity" of Luther and Calvin, I should think that you would rejoice in that, since it is a remnant from the days before my terrible apostasy into Unbiblical Catholicism. Perhaps I have a warped, stunted version of hermeneutics, but for all my faults, at least I discuss and write about Holy Scripture a thousand times more than you do. How ironic, huh? I stress biblical arguments and you stress (besides vapid, boorish, endless jeremiads) . . . what?
RP: You are a quirky Evangelical-ish conservative with narrow and rigid self-contained, self-justifying paradigms from which you cannot entertain the slightest doubt. You exude a Protestant Fundamentalist angst which has produced no end of historical caricatures and total failure to engage with different paradigms.
CC: Can we please get back to the subject? My shortcomings (which are many, but not usually what you think they are) can be the topic of another post . . .
RP: Your apologetics is the subject, because it can bring nothing to the table of intelligent discussion except shrill, childish, sectarian demands. These criticisms are just off the top of my head. You are as bad as James White, I swear. I have to get in that dig because I am still mad at myself for being stupid enough to idolize him, and mad at you because you were never so stupid. Why couldn't you believe the stupid things I have in the past so my constant projection-lecturing you about things you have believed for many years (as if I tell you something new) would be the remotest bit plausible?
CC: Well, folks, I tried. There you have it. We can all learn something from the above "discussion." Not sure what, but something . . .
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Heading into last week's matchups, West Virginia and Kansas
were two football teams that were losing a bunch of games. Combined, the
programs had fallen in 15-straight outings.
While the Mountaineers got back on track with a 31-24 effort
at Iowa State, the Jayhawks only went without a loss because they didn't play
anyone during their final bye week of the season.
WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen witnessed firsthand how
difficult it was to get his team to break a streak of five losses and come out
victorious for the first time since October and KU's Charlie Weis is still
looking to get his men to put one in the W column like they did only once in
week one of the season.
Watching some of the Mountaineers race to the WVU section of
Jack Trice Stadium following Friday's win showed just how much it meant to the
players to get that sixth win and become bowl eligible after they had become
used to losing at a rate unseen in quite some years.
"I thought we've done a good job of just sticking together,"
Holgorsen said Monday. "Obviously you hit some adversity, you stack a couple of
losses on top of each other and you can go one direction or you can go the
other. We've got a lot of seniors on the team that it means a lot to that didn't
want to go out like that. They didn't want to be remembered for the team that
couldn't handle the new conference or anything like that."
Among those seniors unwilling to continue in their losing
ways was Tavon Austin, whose success in recent weeks has not gone unnoticed as
WVU finally clawed its way past the Cyclones.
"It feels good just to know that we're not the only senior
class that won't go to a bowl game," Austin said quite plainly after that win. "It's
not what we wanted. We really wanted a BCS [bowl game] or a national
championship, but things happen, so we've just got to take what we've got and
hope we get a win."
Holgorsen's message to the team in Ames was that the last
time they felt the emotions that come along with victory was in Austin and
perhaps they celebrated that accomplishment too much and for too long. They
have seen in the weeks since just how hard it is to get a win in this league,
and the plan now is to make sure they appreciate it rather than take it for
No Big 12 team would appreciate a win this coming week as
much as Kansas. Many on the roster have no idea what it feels like to beat a
conference opponent. The Jayhawks haven't done it since the 2010 season. With
nothing to lose, they will play for the simple, perhaps underrated, joy that
accompanies a win.
"They've played real good or then they've kind of relaxed
every other game it seems like," Holgorsen said of Kansas. "They're going to
coach them up. We're going to be at a major schematic disadvantage going
against their coaches. They've got coaches with a tremendous pedigree that have
coached everybody in the world and coached for decades and decades."
Whatever experience the staff may have at various levels of
football, the results have not been there in year one with the program.
Holgorsen's staff will be looking forward to facing a defense that has given up
points in bunches and an offense that frequently fails to come close to doing
the same.
Still, it is a team that has gone to overtime with Texas
Tech and lost to Texas and Oklahoma State by a combined 10 points. Kansas has
been right there, but not felt the payoff in the end.
"It'll be challenging. You never know what you're going to
get," Holgorsen said. "They kind of have a flavor of the week in the fact that
schematically, you're dealing with a group of coaches that understand football
as good or better than anybody in the country. What we've got to do is we've
got to figure out what their plan is going to be."
The Mountaineers have five days to do just that, with a 2:30
p.m. kickoff looming as WVU's seniors look to end their careers with a home


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PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria man was indicted Tuesday for his role in a home invasion that occurred earlier this month.
Jaterrius Yankaway, 18, was indicted on charges of criminal damage to property and criminal trespass to residence.
Police say at least three suspects kicked down the door of an apartment in the 2800 block of West Ann Street.
Yankaway was arrested after a brief police chase. Two other suspects remain at large.
Also indicted were:
Dameon Newborn, 26, 2401 N Gale, aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
Naron Holloway, 19, 1311 W Tobi Lane, aggravated arson, residential arson and arson/real/personal property.
Michael Smith, 40, 720 NE Adams, unlawful possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
Jeffery Evans, 28, 1315 S Matthews, domestic battery.
Melvin Yates, 43, 708 Wayne St., three counts of aggravated DUI and driving while license revoked.
John D. Brown, 37, 1310 N North, unlawful possession with intent to deliver, unlawful possession of a controlled substance and criminal damage to property.
Jasmin Stone, 28, 1525 NE Starr Terrace, theft.
Louis Huffman, 41, 3500 W Verna, domestic battery.
Antonio Pullman, 20, 2401 N Gale, unlawful use of a weapon by a felon.
Michael A. Edwards, 25, 1019 S Shelley, two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
Achevis Hines, 18, 3025 W. Grinnell, aggravated battery.
Shannon Kilgore, 37, 505 Beacon St., two counts of retail theft.
Brian Crider, 46, 716 W Pinehill, two counts of retail theft and burglary.
Shaka Jones, 35, 405 E Ravine, unlawful possession of cannabis.
Tyler Winkle, 42, 1015 Collins Court, Bartonville, resisting a peace officer.
Adrian Watkins, 41, 745 E Nebraska, unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
Dalton Stropes, 18, 7225 W Plank, aggravated battery.
Justin Sargent, 25, 5250 N Knoxville Ave., unlawful possession of a controlled substance.


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