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Have you been able to open the web page before or is this the first time? I only get this message when I don't have an internet connection. Sorry, I don't have any other idea. Is it only wifi that causes the problem? Does it work when you use packet data instead of wifi??
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US 8190427 B2 Abstract A compressor device for a compander system has a level detecting/control device and a pre-emphasis device for carrying out an adaptive pre-emphasis filtering. The invention is also directed to an expander device for a compander system with a level detecting/control device and a de-emphasis device for carrying out an adaptive de-emphasis filtering.
Claims(11) 1. A compressor device for a compander system, comprising:
a pre-emphasis device for carrying out an adaptive pre-emphasis filtering of an input signal;
an adding unit for adding the output of the pre-emphasis device to the input signal;
a level detecting/control device for detecting a level of an output signal of the compressor device;
a multiplying unit for multiplying an output of the adding unit with an output of the level detecting/control device, where the output of the multiplying unit corresponds to the output of the compressor device; and
a filter adaption unit which receives the output signal of the compressor device as an input signal and performs an adaption of the pre-emphasis device by updating a filter coefficient according to a linear prediction based on an estimated autocorrelation of each output sample.
2. The compressor device according to
wherein the pre-emphasis device has filters with unlimited impulse response behavior.
3. An audio signal transmitting device comprising:
a compressor device according to
4. An expander device for a compander system, comprising:
a level detecting/control device for detecting a level of an input signal;
a divider for dividing the output of the level detecting/control device from the input signal;
a de-emphasis device for carrying out an adaptive de-emphasis filtering of an output signal of the expander device;
an adding unit which is adapted to subtract the output signal of the de-emphasis device from the output signal of the divider, where the output signal of the adding unit constitutes the output of the expander device; and
a filter adaption unit which receives the input signal of the expander device as input signal and which is adapted to carry out an adaption of the de-emphasis filtering by updating a filter coefficient according to a linear prediction based on an estimated autocorrelation of each output sample.
5. The expander device according to
wherein the de-emphasis device has filters with unlimited impulse response behavior.
6. An audio signal reception device comprising:
an expander device according to
7. An audio signal reception device comprising:
an expander device according to
8. A compander system comprising:
at least one of:
a compressor device according to
an expander device according to
9. An audio signal transmission system comprising:
a compander system according to
10. A method for transmitting audio signals comprising the following steps:
carrying out a pre-emphasis filtering of an input signal (x(n));
adding the input signal (x(n)) and a first output signal of the pre-emphasis filtering;
multiplying a second output signal of the addition by a first signal (g(n)), wherein the first signal (g(n)) represents a result of a level detection of a third output signal (y(n)) of the multiplication; and
wherein an adaption of the pre-emphasis filtering is carried out with the third output signal as input signal by updating a filter coefficient according to a linear prediction based on an estimated autocorrelation of each output sample.
11. The method for transmitting audio signals according to
receiving a transmitted signal; and
dividing the received input signal by a first output signal of a level detection of the received input signal;
wherein a second output signal of a de-emphasis filtering of a third output signal is subtracted from a fourth output signal of the division; and
wherein an adaption of the de-emphasis filtering is carried out with the received input signal as input signal.
Description This is a national phase application of International Application No. PCT/EP2006/003076, filed Apr. 5, 2006 which claims priority of German Application No. 10 2005 015 647.9, filed Apr. 5, 2005, the complete disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference. a) Field of the Invention The present invention is directed to a compressor device, an expander device, and a compander system and to a corresponding transmission method. b) Description of the Related Art Compander systems are known, for example, from the sphere of cassette recorders or analog FM radio transmission systems for suppressing noise and increasing the dynamic range. A digital implementation of a system of this kind was described by Peissig et al. in "Digital emulation of analog companding algorithms for FM radio transmission", DAFX-04 Conference on Digital Audio Effects, pages 285-290, Naples, Italy, 2004. For this purpose, analog circuits were replaced by a digital signal processor. A cassette recorder or an analog FM radio transmission typically has an audio dynamic range of only 50-70 dB. As a result of this reduced dynamic range, audible noise cannot be prevented. Audio compressors are used during recording or during transmission to suppress perception of this noise. The compressor reduces the dynamic range of the input signal so that all signal amplitudes lie above the noise threshold. During playback or FM reception, an expander restores the original dynamic range of the signal using attenuation depending on the signal amplitude. Accordingly, the dynamic range is expanded and the noise level is reduced simultaneously. A system of this kind is known as a compander (compression and expansion) and performs a time-variable processing for audibly changing the processed signal. Further, a compression/expansion can be carried out in different sub-bands. This has the advantage that compression parameters such as the time constants for the level detection of the different sub-bands, for example, can be selected individually so that a better balance can be found between noise reduction and the emergence of compression artifacts. Further, not only is the remaining noise at the expander output reduced, but the spectrum of noise is shaped substantially corresponding to the signal so that much of the noise falls below an audibility threshold. "Spectral amplitude warping (SAW) for noise spectrum shaping in audio coding", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Volume 1, pages 335-338, April 1997, shows a block-by-block transformation of the input signal into the frequency domain, application of a non-linear mapping for every frequency bin, and a back-transformation into the time domain using overlap-and-add. Both the transmitter and the receiver operate in this way and differ only in the non-linear function that is used. In the transmitter, the kth frequency X(k) is mapped by Spectral amplitude warping (SAW) can improve the perceived quality of audio coding systems that do not shape noise in any adequate way by implementing pre-processing steps or post-processing steps in an existing coder. It may be assumed that this method is also suitable for a noisy analog communications link. However, the main disadvantage of this method is the latency at both ends due to the block-based processing. Therefore, it is the primary object of the present invention to provide a compressor device, an expander device and a compander system which changes noise substantially without latency. This object is met by a compressor device in accordance with the invention for a compander system having a level detecting/control device and a pre-emphasis device for carrying out an adaptive pre-emphasis filtering with a filter adaption unit which is designed to carry out an adaption of the pre-emphasis device based on a linear prediction. The object is also achieved in accordance with the invention by an expander device for a compander system with a level detecting/control device and a de-emphasis device for carrying out an adaptive de-emphasis filtering with a filter adaption unit which is designed to carry out an adaption of the de-emphasis device based on a linear prediction. The object is further achieved by a compander system with a compressor device as described above and/or a compander device as also described above. Accordingly, a compressor device is provided for a compander system. The compressor device has a level detecting/controlling device and a pre-emphasis device for carrying out adaptive pre-emphasis filtering. The invention is also directed to an expander device for a compander system with a level detecting/controlling device and a de-emphasis device for carrying out adaptive de-emphasis filtering. The invention is based on the idea of providing adaptive filters for pre-emphasis and de-emphasis. In a compressor, a dynamic compression is carried out in connection with a linear prediction of a pre-emphasis unit. In an expander, a dynamic expansion is carried out based on a linear prediction. The pre-emphasis unit and the de-emphasis unit can each have a feedback. The embodiment examples are described more fully in the following with reference to the drawings. In the drawings: The input signal, preferably an audio signal x(n), is fed to the adding unit ADD1 on the one hand and to the filter P on the other hand. In the filter P, a pre-emphasis filtering is carried out based on the output of the filter adaption unit FA. The output of the filter P is added to the input signal x(n) in the adding unit ADD1. The result of this addition is fed to a multiplying unit M, where the result of the addition is multiplied by a signal g(n). The multiplication results in the output signal y(n). This output signal y(n) is fed to the filter adaption unit FA and to the level detecting/control device LDC. The output of the level detecting/control device LDC yields signal g(n). The output signal y(n) is transmitted over a channel Ch. This channel can be a wireless transmission link or radio link. The expander receives a signal ŷ(n) which is the output signal y(n) transmitted over channel Ch. This signal is fed to a divider D1, a filter adaption unit FA and a level detecting/control device LDC. The output of the level detecting/control device LDC, i.e., the signal an), is likewise fed to the divider D1, and the received signal ŷ(n) is accordingly divided by signal an). The result of this division is fed to a second adding unit ADD2, where an output of a filter G is subtracted from the result of the division. This addition gives output signal {circumflex over (x)}(n). This signal is also the input signal of the filter D in which de-emphasis filtering is carried out based on the output signal of the filter adaption unit FA. Filters P, D are preferably finite impulse response (FIR) filters or filters with unlimited impulse response behavior because their adaption is easier and less computationally intensive. The adaption is preferably carried out regularly or at periodic intervals. Since no side information is transmitted and, therefore, any block synchronization is impossible, the adaption is preferably carried out after every sample to prevent distortion due to displaced blocks in the compressor and expander. The FIR filters preferably have no direct path in order to avoid delay-free loops in the expander. The aim of the filter adaption is to whiten the power spectral density SYY(ejΩ) (using a normalized frequency Ω=2πf/fs) of the transmitted signal compared to the original signal SXX(ejΩ):
The FIR filters F(z)p should have no direct path. The resulting pre-emphasis filter H(z)=1+F(z) at the adding unit ADD1 should have a minimum phase to provide a stable inverse function that can be used by the expander. The frequency response of a minimum-phase filter of this kind with a direct path coefficient h0=1 satisfies the following equation according to Makhoul, "Linear prediction: A tutorial review", Proceedings of the IEEE, Volume 63, pages 561-580, April 1975:
Accordingly, the filtering changes only the shape of the spectrum and leaves the average of the logarithmic spectrum unchanged. Consequently, a broadband compressor can be used together with the filter. Therefore, a filter H(z), where h0=1, must be found which has a minimum phase and a desired spectrum.
Equation (2) was derived from Equation (1), where g is the gain factor which will be approximated by the broadband compressor. When α=0.5, the equation simplifies to:
In the following, it will be described more fully how the adaption is realized using a linear prediction. The prediction error filter resulting from a linear prediction of y(n) has all of the desired properties, including the optimized approximation of Equation (3). The Yule-Walker equations, for example, present a solution to the prediction problem:
But the main problem here is that the autocorrelation matrix RYY can have arbitrarily bad conditions or can even become singular. This results in jumps of the filter coefficient every time Equation (4) is reevaluated for a new autocorrelation vector rYY (k) even when the changes are small. Coefficient jumps of this kind are unacceptable because the autocorrelation vector rYY(k) and h is determined for every sample. To overcome this problem, Equation (4) can be stabilized by making use of the fact that the autocorrelation matrix RYY is semi-definite.
When a large window N is used for calculating the autocorrelation, the coefficient jumps are also reduced because this restricts the difference between consecutive values of the autocorrelation vector rYY(k,n). However, this slows down the adaption of new signal characteristics and accordingly is a less desirable solution. Another possibility for preventing coefficient jumps is to replace the exact solution of the prediction problem by an iterative approximation using the steepest descent approach:
The stochastic gradient approach will be described in more detail in the following. Both of the approaches described above are very intensive computationally. Unfortunately, algorithms such as LMS (Least Mean Square), for example, are not suited to this purpose because they cannot guarantee minimum phase filters and therefore unstable filters can sometimes be obtained in the expander. However, unstable filters in the expander can be eliminated by using a lattice filter according to The gradient adaptive lattice GAL algorithm in L. Griffiths, "A continuously-adaptive filter implemented as a lattice structure", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, pages 683-686, May 1997, offers a simple and efficient stochastic gradient algorithm based on a lattice filter. While it quickly achieves a near-optimum solution, the algorithm does not converge and, instead, the solution causes small random movements around the optimum. This poses a problem for sinusoidal signals, where even a slight divergence between the zero point of the compressor filter and the corresponding pole of the expander filter results in an audible change in the signal level. This can display to a certain degree by using |κi|≦1−ε in place of |κi|≦1 for suitable values of ε>0. However, robustness is not as great with the two methods based on autocorrelation. The broadband compression which is used in connection with the adaptive filtering can be split into two parts, namely, detection of the envelope (or its level) and derivation of the gain factor therefrom. The detector used in this case is based on the HighCom system by Telefunken which was described in J. Peissig, J. R. ter Haseborg, F. Keiler, and U. Zölzer, "Digital emulation of analog companding algorithms for FM radio transmission, DAFX-04 Conference on Digital Audio Effects, pages 285-290, Naples, Italy, 2004. Detection is carried out by integrating (i.e., low-pass filtering) the absolute value of the signal using three different time constants. The shortest time constant is used for the attack case when the absolute value of the current sample exceeds the envelope. A very long time constant which maintains the envelope almost constant is used for the release case initially. After a certain delay, a shorter release time is used when no attack has occurred. The adaptive pre-emphasis filtering attenuates peaks in the signal spectrum while amplifying the valleys, which results in an overall reduction in signal output. This necessitates a stronger or higher compression, i.e., a higher compression factor, than is normally needed in conventional compander systems. A compression factor of 2, for example, does not yield a gain factor g that satisfies Equation (3). Analog transmission channels, particularly a radio channel, typically have additional noise. Compared to an actual FM radio link, additional Gaussian white noise presents an adequate model, although the actual noise is not true white noise. The effects of the white additional noise on the autocorrelation of a signal only show an increase of r(0) by the noise power σN 2, while all other values remain unchanged: However, this has an effect similar to the stabilization according to Equations (6) and (7) so that the influence of channel noise on the expander filter is negligible for the methods based on autocorrelation when σN 2<<ε or when the conditions of RYY are good and σN 2<<rYY (0)+ε. For sinusoidal signals and for strong channel noise, the expander filter is flatter than the compressor filter, which results in an attenuation of the sine components through the overall system. The analysis is more complicated for a GAL-based approach because the stabilization used has no direct correspondence to the autocorrelation of the signal or spectrum. Sinusoidal signals are the critical signals because they suffer from time-variable amplitude changes for small values of c due to the randomness of the stochastic gradient process. The only effect on the broadband compressor due to the time averaging carried out during envelope detection is based on the increase in signal power by σN 2 which can cause an insufficient attenuation in the expander as long as σN 2<<rYY(0)=σN 2. Due to the compression that is carried out: σN 2<<rYY(0). The total amplification caused by this slightly compensates for the attenuation brought about by the autocorrelation methods. Additional noise is not the only influence on the analog channel. It is also necessary to consider the analog filters, e.g., for suppressing a DC offset, with a nonlinear phase. These phase shifts have considerable influence on the broadband compander when the time averaging of the envelope detection is insufficient. If the envelope follows the signal too closely, the resulting modulation of the signal generates a harmonic and intermodular distortion. Without channel dispersion, the difference in the envelopes used for compression and expansion is small enough to allow for a demodulation and reconstruction of the original signal. After a nonlinear phase filtering, the expander tends to introduce additional distortion instead of eliminating it when the envelope is not sufficiently smooth. Owing to the characteristics of the stochastic gradient process, the GAL algorithm is very susceptible to disturbances vis-ŕ-vis channel dispersion. The autocorrelation depends only on the power spectrum, not on the phase. Therefore, methods based on autocorrelation are more robust provided the length N of the window used to approximate the autocorrelation according to Equation (5) is long enough so that edge phenomena may be disregarded. The following discussion relates to some findings of a simulation by the compander system according to the present invention. This simulation was carried out in two steps: First, the robustness of a range of parameter sets was determined using sinusoidal input signals. The settings that proved to be the most robust, i.e., those which caused neither harmonic nor intermodular distortions or changes in amplitude greater than conventional companders, were subjected to pseudo-acoustic measurements. For this purpose, the Objective Difference Grade ODG was determined according to "ITU Radiocommunication Bureau (BR), Recommendation ITU-R BS. 1387-1—method for objective measurements of perceived audio quality". Six different real-world signals were sampled at a rate of fs=44.1 kHz, and the channel simulation operation was carried out at 50 dB and 30 dB signal-to-noise ratio SNR. The signal-to-noise ratio SNR was measured in relation to sinusoidal amplitude to maximum amplitude. The all-pass in the channel was not used so that the difference between the input signal and output signal of the total system could be calculated.
Table 1 shows the results of the above-described simulation for a multiband compander with an adaptive pre-emphasis/de-emphasis compander. The settings for the multiband compander were optimized to a signal-to-noise ratio SNR of 50 dB by means of listening tests. For the adaptive pre-emphasis/de-emphasis compander according to the present invention, the steepest descent approach (described above) was used for a filter of order M=8, for an autocorrelation window length of N=128, and for a stabilization parameter ε=0.001. As can be seen from Table 1, the adaptive pre-emphasis/de-emphasis compander according to the present invention has a substantially improved perceived audio quality. Accordingly, the compander system according to the present invention relies first on a dynamic compression and also on a linear prediction of a pre-emphasis unit in a compressor and a de-emphasis unit in an expander. The pre-emphasis unit and the de-emphasis unit each have feedback. Novel compander systems of this type are suitable not only for noise reduction but also for shaping spectral noise. In particular, a filter of order M=8 is sufficient to enable real-time applications to currently available digital signal processors. The settings shown in Table 1 require approximately 110 additional multiplications and additions per sample for the adaptive filtering compared to the conventional broadband compander. The compander system described above can be used, for example, in an audio transmission system. This enables a compression of an audio input signal by the compressor before the audio signal is transmitted over a channel, e.g., a radio link. The transmitted audio signal can be expanded in the expander. While the foregoing description and drawings represent the present invention, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made therein without departing from the true spirit and scope of the present invention. Patent Citations
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On April 24, 25 years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space. Hubble has circled the Earth more than 130,000 times, and the stunningly clear images that it has sent back from above our planet's atmosphere have revolutionized our understanding of the universe.
To celebrate Hubble's 25 anniversary, NASA has release this beautiful new image of a star forming region known as Westerlund 2.
You can find out more about this image here.
There is, understandably, a lot of media coverage of Hubble this week.
A few sites that you might find especially interesting are:
Unforgettable Hubble Space Telescope Photos
The Hubble Telescope: 25 Years of Images From Space
Modest but Momentous: Hubble's Brilliant, Unsung Images
I'm happy to report that an astronomer colleague (Dr, Michael Gregg, UC Davis) and I have new Hubble observations scheduled for next week, we're studying how galaxies are transformed when they move from rural to urban regions of the cosmos.
And if you live far enough south (Nantucket is pushing it) you can even see the Hubble Space Telescope when it passes over your home. You can find dates and times for your location by visiting this website.
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Photos: Vigil for new legislation on gun control as policy makers take questions on Capital Hill
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The PICO National Network's Lifelines to Healing and Sojourners are holding a 24-hour vigil on the National Mall featuring 3,300 grave markers to "remind Congress action is needed on gun violence prevention". The number 3,300 represents the supposed number of people who have died as a result of gun violence since the tragedy in Newtown. At the same time, the U.S. Senate met with family members of victims on gun violence to kick off the discussions on new gun policy at the Capital in Washington D.C. on April 11, 2013.
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Phoenix Suns' Channing Frye: 'I never felt like I was done'
PHOENIX, Ariz. - A new, yet familiar face rejoined the Phoenix Suns Monday.
Channing Frye is back, cleared to resume all basketball activities.
"After close consultation with our team cardiologist Tim Byrne, doctors at Johns Hopkins, doctors at Columbia; after getting all of that information, Channing was cleared and he's decided he wants to play, and at the end of the day that's the most important thing for him and his family," Suns President of Basketball Operations Lon Babby said.
The news comes more than a year (376 days to be exact) after the team announced he would miss the 2012-13 season because of an enlarged heart that had been discovered during a routine physical.
"It's been a long year," Frye said at Suns Media Day. "It's been one of the hardest years I've ever had to go through just because I couldn't do anything. I couldn't rehab it. It was something that I just had to sit and wait and heal."
About the only exercise Frye was allowed to do was golf, yoga and set shooting.
"It's just been a long road of trying to stay active without being active. It was very serious and we took it very serious," he said.
With a wife and two young kids at home, Frye said he would not have resumed his playing career without their blessing.
"For me, my family comes first," he said, "but they were like, �Look, we know you and we know that you have to do this to the fullest.' And if at any point doctors had said, �Look, this is just not going to work out,' I would've just stopped."
But he doesn't have to.
"I just want to play ball. It's what I'm supposed to do, and I never felt like I was done," he said as he wore his familiar No. 8 Suns uniform.
Frye said he has no restrictions, is under no medication but must be tested every six months.
And while he isn't yet in basketball shape, he does plan to be on the court on a limited basis Tuesday when the Suns open their five-day training camp in Flagstaff
"Nobody gets on a treadmill going 20 miles an hour. You got to start and progress," he said.
Added general manager Ryan McDonough, "We'll be patient with him as he tries to get into shape."
With the 6-foot-11 Frye, who will make $6.4 million this season and has a $6.8 million player option for next season, the Suns regain both an inside and outside presence.
"That's another weapon," head coach Jeff Hornacek said. "He's a great shooter; a guy that can help us spread the floor."
Frye is a 39 percent career 3-point shooter, which automatically makes him the best outside threat on the team.
"With his range, my game is going to expand. I'm going to have so much space under the basket," center Marcin Gortat said.
Much has changed with the Suns since Frye, who is also more than a year removed from right shoulder surgery, last played. He's approaching his eighth NBA season with an open mind.
"I'm excited to be a part of it and to challenge myself and to maybe get better," he said. "You never know what might happen. It's a new coach, a new team, new energy, and so for me it's just a chance for me to be the best Channing I can be."
He's already off to a good start: He's healthy.
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Sunday, April 26, 2015
Broke a rib coughing, so will be sitting it out for a bit. Doing ok, but am still not on my feet yet. Good times.
Monday, April 20, 2015
NYT Wonders - Will Pope Francis Split the Church?
My emphasis below:
Yet now we have a Pope Francesco in the flesh, and elements of Murphy's vision have come to pass, or so it seems: the attention-grabbing breaks with papal protocol, the interventions in global politics, the reopening of moral issues that his predecessors had deemed settled, and the blend of public humility and skillful exploitation—including the cashiering of opponents—of the papal office and its powers.
A pope who has earned his popularity by claiming 2000 years of teaching breaking commandments obstructs salvation was wrong, the Church is in error.
The exact details of that agenda can sometimes be difficult to discern. Phrases like master of ambiguity circulate among admirers and critics alike.
All agree that he is a master at taking truth and making it unidentifiable.
Many of Bergoglio's fellow Jesuits believed they had a postconciliar mandate to make the pursuit of social justice the order's organizing mission.
Changing the mission of Christs Church from the institution responsible for salvation to a social service agency is certainly an astute observation of the perverted agenda being executed.
Francis may indeed see his papacy as a kind of moderate corrective to the previous two. Rather than conceiving of himself primarily as a custodian of Catholic truth against relativizing trends,
True enough that his pontificate has abandoned custody of the Deposit of Faith and the mission of teaching truth but in my observation, the Holy Father has discredited Christ's Church as the arbiter of Truth - which is actually worse than his own personal circus in St. Peter's Square.
Take careful note of this paragraph:
If people who are living as adulterers can receive Communion, if the Church can recognize their state of life as nonideal but somehow tolerable, then either the Church's sacramental theology or its definition of sin has been effectively rewritten. And the ramifications of such a change are potentially sweeping. If ongoing adultery is forgivable, then why not other forms of loving, long-standing sexual commitment? Not only same-sex couples but cohabiting straight couples and even polygamous families (a particular concern among African cardinals) could make a plausible case that they deserve the same pastoral exception, rendering the very idea of objective sexual sin anachronistic in one swift march.
Herein lies the beauty and fruit of Pope Francis 'ambiguity'.
We know that he knows the lethal definition he is attempting to impose upon Truth and Christ's Church as the Arbiter of It. We have watched what could only be described as deception - by omission and commission - around the agenda to impose theological and sacramental chaos. All the shady characters he has surrounded himself with haven not helped his image.
The magnitude of the deception rises to the level of sinister. He would have been better off taking ownership of the heresy he seeks to impose.
There is an outdated principle in this article that I suspect will be explosive to all who will have the sad duty to unravel.
But altering a teaching on sex and marriage that the Church has spent centuries insisting it simply cannot alter—a teaching on a question addressed directly (as, say, homosexuality is not) by Jesus himself—is a very different thing. It would suggest to the world, and to many Catholics, that Catholicism was formally capitulating to the sexual revolution. It would grant the Church's progressives reasonable grounds for demanding room for further experiments. And it would make it impossible for many conservatives, lay and clerical, to avoid some kind of public opposition to the pope.
The media missed the revolution which has already taken place. Everyone can take this to the bank: Catholics absolutely will rise to publicly oppose Pope Francis should he dare to pull the trigger.
They are going to poop their drawers in Rome when it happens.
They built an empire where their corruption was swept under the rug for centuries by Catholic laity and they have no idea that it met its end.
Here is another error:
Such a development probably would not produce an immediate crisis or schism. But it would put the Church on the kind of trajectory that the Anglican Communion and other Protestant denominations have traced on these issues, and would make some eventual division much more likely.
The Catholic Church is tied to the Chair of Peter - not its occupant. Christ's descendants and heirs to his Church have never and will never leave the Chair of Peter in the hands of a man imposing heresy and leading Catholics into temptation and sin.
The opposition will rise against the occupant of the Chair of Peter wherein his administration will run into the plan of the God of Surprises.
Saturday, April 18, 2015
LCWR Nun Joan Chittister Explains a Soul
As if we need a reminder of the willful blindness of Pope Francis to empower dangerous people in his papacy -- here is a video of Joan Chittister explaining a 'soul'.
Have ever heard anything so insane?
That light of consciousness of the beauty of life that is given to you to keep.
The camera zooms in to capture Oprah's reaction. Even she looks skeptical.
We talk of people being soul full or full of soul or having more soul than others - and you know what I'm talking about.
She is full of something all right.
The more light you let in, the more life you will have and your own soul will grow.
Exupery says: To live is to be slowly born.
I don't have the same soul that I had at 6. I have a soul that is thicker, deeper, broader, warmer, brighter..
These women are not capable of teaching Catholicism. They are not Catholic. The truth is not in them.
I was thinking about Cardinal O'Malley statement that Vatican's initiative to correct this coven of pagan and heretical nuns was the disaster.
The souls these lunatic women continue to demoralize and mislead is not the disaster to Cardinal O'Malley.
Joan Chittister and Oprah Winfrey's criticism is the disaster to Cardinal O.
This is the same flaw that empowered pedophiles.
Not to worry folks, the fix is in Vatican City.
Friday, April 17, 2015
Rich Heretics Ask Pope to Remove Archbishop Cordileone for Mandating Teachers Teach Catholic Children Catholic Theology
Cronies of Pelosi and proabort politicians.
Why not?
They have been successfully bribing parish priests and bishops with their money to obstruct teaching for decades.
With a Pope who obstructs, discredits and silences teaching himself, they probably figure they stand a good chance.
Would the Pope be willing to remove an archbishop for implementing the Mandatum and Apostolic Constitution of Ex Corde Ecclesia?
The backlash from the actions he took against Cardinal Burke and the deceptive antics at the Synod, I'd say it makes it harder but I would not say it is out of the question.
In the Church where the Pope's public image is more important than the salvation of our children, they who sling the most mud wins'. It is important to let Pope Francis and his administration know the ramifications of such an act of corruption.
We need to shoot the flare across the Holy Father's bow to say, if he does it, faithful Catholics will write and publish details articulating it is a hostile act of an enemy of our children's salvation and we will pin it on him.
The reality of making enemies out of faithful Catholic parents hasn't really processed in Rome yet. They are starting to get the picture but they are going to test to see if they can recapture the glory days when they had free reign to rape and rob our children without and remain free of public criticism.
A dozen or more incidents will have to take place before it sinks in.
They still fear the uproar the heretical nuns more than they fear the parents of children they license them to destroy. That is a problem we intend to rectify.
Why not?
They have been successfully bribing parish priests and bishops with their money to obstruct teaching for decades.
With a Pope who obstructs, discredits and silences teaching himself, they probably figure they stand a good chance.
Would the Pope be willing to remove an archbishop for implementing the Mandatum and Apostolic Constitution of Ex Corde Ecclesia?
The backlash from the actions he took against Cardinal Burke and the deceptive antics at the Synod, I'd say it makes it harder but I would not say it is out of the question.
In the Church where the Pope's public image is more important than the salvation of our children, they who sling the most mud wins'. It is important to let Pope Francis and his administration know the ramifications of such an act of corruption.
We need to shoot the flare across the Holy Father's bow to say, if he does it, faithful Catholics will write and publish details articulating it is a hostile act of an enemy of our children's salvation and we will pin it on him.
The reality of making enemies out of faithful Catholic parents hasn't really processed in Rome yet. They are starting to get the picture but they are going to test to see if they can recapture the glory days when they had free reign to rape and rob our children without and remain free of public criticism.
A dozen or more incidents will have to take place before it sinks in.
They still fear the uproar the heretical nuns more than they fear the parents of children they license them to destroy. That is a problem we intend to rectify.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
What Elephants?
What butchy nuns?
Not to worry folks, Pope Francis has mandated the nun's work be reviewed by 'competent theologians'.
This would have some credibility if the Holy Father hadn't called the long-standing heretic Cardinal Kasper a 'competent theologian'.
It's all on the up and up. The nuns are not going to say anything ambiguous to mislead or confuse Catholics from here on out.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
Joan Chittister has turned a new leaf. lol
Yes, the pope is feeding his children to the serpent, grinning from ear to ear.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Lifesite's Blockbuster story on Laurent Stefanini
Just when you think things couldn't possibly get any stranger, our friends from Lifesite is reporting that Laurent Stefani a) never lobbied for gay marriage as previously claimed, b) has never been a cultural activist for the culture of death, c) has never disclosed to anyone that he has same-sex attraction and was never known as a homosexual prior to the story breaking d) is unmarried with no known companion and is in fact known to be a practicing Catholic e) may not be gay.
Very strange.
If this story ran in the National Catholic Register, I wouldn't believe it - but Lifesite has never been known to cover up internal corruption.
If true that he has not scandalized or led other Catholics into temptation and sin, one wonders why the Holy See has rejected the nomination.
After all, the Roman Curia isn't exactly known for stacking the decks with heterosexuals, especially in this administration.
Further, neither France nor Stefanini has defended himself against the allegations. I would think if a case could be made that no evidence of lobbying or heresy could be made against Stefanini, we'd be reading about it from the Stefanini bunker.
What do you make of it?
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Marco Rubio - Nice guy, but a little too slick.
The campaign let loose a trial balloon saying Marco was a practicing Catholic who craved the Eucharist.
But he attends protestant services.
Give us a break.
If you know what the Eucharist is, you don't go to a protestant service. When a Catholic 'craves' the Eucharist, they go to Mass daily or several times a week. You can't get enough and consequently would never drive by the Catholic Church and pull your fanny into the protestant church parking lot.
Pope Francis: If you don't desire anarchy and weakness in structures, you're mentally imbalanced
All the people who know the human personality - may they be psychologists, spiritual fathers, spiritual mothers - tell us that young people who unconsciously feel they have something unbalanced or some problem of mental imbalance or deviation unconsciously seek strong structures that protect them, to protect themselves.
Because there's nothing like weakness, disorganization and dysfunction to demonstrate one's mental stability - that's what I always say.
I'm guessing this is something someone said that sounded good after a few bottles of Frascati?
More than by fear of going astray, my hope is that we will be moved by the fear of remaining shut up within structures which give us a false sense of security, within rules which make us harsh judges, within habits which make us feel safe, while at our door people are starving and Jesus does not tire of saying to us: "Give them something to eat."
Like retired and sick priests whose pensions have disappeared?
Monday, April 13, 2015
Cardinal Müller:No Mercy Without Truth
Tit for tat baby, tit for tat.
"The Holy Year is to serve the people to remember that mercy can not be without the truth," said Cardinal Gerhard Müller, Prefect of the Congregation.
Cardinal Müller didn't name names, but went on to say some people around this place are tempted to separate one from the other.
The love of God is closely bound up with the truth. The same applies to the so-called broken families, those who are in an irregular situation. They need the attention of the Church, not in new pastoral ways, but by the truth.
Yes, with fifty years of non-existent catechesis and the secular world demoralizing the people we love, what the family needs is a pope who will teach the truth and mercy of absolution, the firm purpose of amendment and Sanctifying Grace.
In view of the Synod of Bishops in October, the German cardinal added that this also applies to the family. "We must accept all, especially sinners, because we are all sinners, but according to the instructions of God and not by human considerations. Because sometimes people see things a little differently as God sees them."
Doesn't get any better than that!
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Bishop Richard Lennon Mans Up
I'm really pumped about this development.
Bishop Lennon has taken the ax to the poisonous tree.
"Actions and speech that are contrary to Catholic teaching shall be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination," the contract language states, according to Cleveland.com.
Cleveland Bishop Richard Lennon told faculty at the schools in a letter the effectiveness of a Catholic school does not depend only on the quality of religious curriculum, rather, a Catholic school succeeds in its mission only if every aspect of the of the school is inspired and guided by the Gospel.
"The Church has long recognized the uniquely important and true ministry of teachers and administrators in fulfilling this mission," he said.
"Furthermore, the example set by teachers and administrators through their actions and their lives is considered by the Church to be even more important than what they say."
In addition to participation in or public support for abortion, transgender issues, and homosexual "marriage," the contract also specifies that euthanasia, surrogate parenthood, direct sterilization, sexual relations outside of marriage, and cohabiting outside of wedlock are prohibited.
Membership in anti-Catholic organizations is also forbidden, as is indecent or lewd behavior, such as illicit drug use or pornography consumption. The contract requires faculty to refrain from using electronics and social media to transmit lewd or indecent messages, and also from behavior or attitudes which could tempt others to commit acts considered by the Church to be evil or immoral.
Isn't that beautiful?
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