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[Editor's note: The following is a statement read by the mayor to the City Council Jan. 10. He provided a copy to news media.]
When the Council members voted to settle the legal actions against them they said they didn't want to cost the taxpayers any more money even though they could have won. That is a false claim. They could not have won. To date, I have said nothing, waiting for the legal costs to be reported. Tonight, costs are in the packet and it is my turn to make a statement.
On page 26, on the Litigation Services page, you see a charge by Henderson and Hundley for $2,445.00 reported as being for Haddix vs. City Hall. I questioned Staff on this being the actual total of new changes on this issue, as it had to be higher. The records given to me show a much higher total.
From August through November Laurel Henderson billed the City for $5,517.12, all generated by the Council members from April, 2011, through November, 2012, the legal fees totaled $10,467.12. Add in the GIRMA restitution giving a grand total of $20,433.52
So, who is responsible for those expenses?
When the Council members found out about the lawsuit filed by Harold Logsdon against me, at the same time I found out, they declared me guilty of slander and libel and told the City Attorney I was not to be indemnified. They did so solely upon the word of Harold Logsdon, never asking anyone else who was party to matter about the truth of the accusation. A political decision, not a legal one.
As GIRMA later stated, that forced me to hire my own lawyer, which was a justifiable expense under my personal GIRMA coverage that I was fully entitled to. GIRMA also stated there was mishandling of the matter initially. They stated I should have had their representation from day one. That, contrary to the lawsuit, I did act as Mayor fully within the duties of my office.
Even with the ruling by GIRMA, the Council members continued to declare me guilty of slander and libel. They also added accusations of stealing for the taxpayers. They did so on the dais, in the newspapers and even on TV. They appealed to GIRMA to reverse their decision and take back the money, which GIRMA refused to do.
When I threatened legal action, if they reduced my salary, Councilman Imker said I didn't have the money to sue them. The others backed him. They proceeded to reduce my salary, thinking I had no recourse against them.
But, I did hire a lawyer. They were legally threatened with a lawsuit for the salary. A second lawsuit was threatened for slander and liable. They settled and gave me back my salary and were forced to retract their accusations in the Settlement Agreement.
Bottom line here is if the Council members had backed the full and proper handling of this matter at the beginning, the Logsdon lawsuit would have gone away quickly and cheaply, because three foundational claims in the lawsuit would have been refuted on day one.
The lawsuit didn't end out any kindness of the heart. There were facts laid on the table that caused the dismissal.
The Council members claimed I had to ask their permission to file with GIRMA. That was a false claim and admitted to in the Agenda Item on the ordinance requiring notification of Council of any lawsuit. No permission was ever needed.
The Council members claimed they had to authorize payment of a bill from GIRMA. Again, a false claim admitted to during the Agenda Item.
The Council members claimed they had to authorize reimbursement to me by GIRMA. Yet another false claim admitted to during the Agenda Item.
The Council members claimed they had the authority to reduce my salary via the Budget. And again, another false claim so proven by a court ordering a Fayette County judge's salary, with back pay, be restored. The argument for taking his salary was the same as for taking mine.
The Council members claimed I committed libel and slander. In fact, they had libeled and slandered me over a two year period and had to retract their accusations in the Settlement Agreement.
The Council members claimed City indemnification could not be given for accusations of libel and slander. Yet, they gave themselves indemnification when accused of committing libel and slander.
The Council members claimed it required a Council vote to give indemnification. Yet, they gave themselves indemnification without a vote.
The Council members claimed it required a Council vote to hire a lawyer. Yet they hired a lawyer without a vote.
I was innocent of all charges. The Council members broke laws, made false legal claims and committed the very acts, benefiting themselves, they said it was illegal for me to do.
The cost for this whole circus is the responsibility of the Council members and no one else. If they had followed the law and done the right thing, this would have been over quickly in 2011.
That is my statement on this matter. After two years of accusations, it is my turn to set the record straight.
Don Haddix, mayor
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Pop music might not be on your iPod rotation, but video games have warmed up to them over the years. More than just audial wallpaper, there's a method to this musical madness. As games have matured, the way that they utilize popular music has matured with them. Now if only popular music could do the same.
More often than not, you can guess the music a game will feature before you even open the package. Is it action, adventure, RPG, or a shooter? Then you can probably expect some instrumental music not far removed from Pirates of the Caribbean or Lord of the Rings. Is it spooky? Then some shrill off-key piano is probably in store. Indeed, BioShock was praised for its haunting melodies, but were they really that different from any other survival horror game?
What's missing, what's drastically underutilized in contemporary games is popular music. The Grand Theft Auto series is unique in its ubiquitous usage of popular tunes in building atmosphere: 80s hair bands for a cocaine-stained Miami of yesteryear; 90s era rap for a Rodney King-brutalizing Los Angeles; some bumping Kanye for a modern day New York City. To this day every damn time I hear "A Horse with No Name" I'm transported into dune buggy driving through a desert just west of Las Vegas.
A Fallout virgin prior to Fallout 3, I had no idea of the premise behind the game. Even after reading about the setting—200 years after the destruction of a 1950s retro-futuristic version of 2077—I still struggled with the concept. Regardless, Billie Holiday and The Ink Spots helped ease me into the disorienting environment. For some reason, hearing these artists as the only music available drove home the idea that in Fallout, culture and society never really advanced after the 50s.
One standout example of great usage of pop music in games is a famous scene in Red Dead Redemption; one of my favorite scenes in any video game. When I finally took John Marston south of the border in a disorienting and jarring scene, riding my pale horse during a gorgeous sunset through the jagged cliffs, Jose Gonzalez's haunting voice chimed in, stopping my clock. My clock, perhaps, but not my horse. No, I kept on riding through the desolate Mexican desert, flanked by yipping coyotes; all the while Gonzalez softly explained just how remote my goals really were.
Up to this point, the game featured nothing but the occasional harmonica or steel guitar ambience music of a traditional spaghetti western. Why then, some may ask, did Rockstar decide to insert a popular vocalist like Jose Gonzalez into the game? But no one who played the game would ever ask that. In a gut-wrenching scene, when Marston finally thinks he's getting what he wants, I mounted my horse to ride toward my game-long goal, and right on cue, Jamie Lidell's three-packs-a-day voice carried me the entire ride.
Red Dead Redemption only features four songs with vocals, drastically few considering I spent over 50 hours beating it. But these songs are so perfectly timed and positioned that any more would be tragic. If I sound like a broken record regarding RDR, it's because this game, for the first time ever, used popular music so perfectly and with such laser-point precision it should be imitated ad infinitum.
Now, I know that this formula would not fit in every game; I would hate to hear anyone's voice in Limbo or Assassin's Creed. But an epic rock ballad strumming while Cole MacGrath is on his way to face the Beast in Infamous 2 wouldn't go unappreciated. Hell, depending on his decisions throughout the game, it could very well be a remorseful tune.
For the longest time, developers were limited to pings and dings and music just wasn't in the equation. Indeed, Coleco's first games were often scored by whatever completely random blip the developers could conjure out of the motherboard. From there, music took on its famous 8-bit melodies and before long, games featured full instrumental songs. However, for some reason, beyond the rare title like Tony Hawk, pop music was ignored almost wholesale. And like any habit in the video game industry, this one has been hard to break.
I understand that only companies with Rockstar's money can afford to pay artists like Gonzalez and Lidell to write a song for their game or license a song from Kanye West, but this should not be an insurmountable barrier for smaller studios. There are a million musicians with a million voices, many of whom would leap at the opportunity to be featured in a video game. For many games, any avoidance of vocalized music is base laziness. It's easier to pay an established composer the standard fee to score your entire game than it is to dig and hunt for the perfect song for a given scene.
Do I think this will become commonplace or even slightly more frequent? Absolutely not. But I do think it needs to happen. Using popular music in a game proves confidence that video games so often lack. No critic in their right mind is going to diminish an action game because it chooses to use clichéd instrumental scoring. But the thought of putting, say, LMFAO in a game, no matter how fitting, is terrifying to a developer. So, to the timid developer, scared to bring us the best product possible; man up.


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Georgetown University Finds a New Low
Just when you thought the dissident "Catholic" university couldn't find a new low, it manages to surpass even our lowest expectations.
The Lecture Fund at Georgetown University is planning to host Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) President Cecile Richards on campus this April, The Cardinal Newman Society has learned.
"This is the latest in a long history of scandal at Georgetown University," said Cardinal Newman Society President Patrick Reilly. "Disguised as an academic event, this is nothing more than a platform for abortion advocacy at a Catholic university and under the nose of the Catholic bishops, featuring a wicked woman who defends the sale of baby body parts and is responsible for the deaths of millions of aborted children."
It would be one thing to invite Richards to a debate, but here she is given the floor to spew her pro-abortion propaganda. And with Ms. Richards, we're not talking about someone who happens to favor abortion but who is discussing a different topic. No, she is the head of an organization that is responsible for the murder of over 300,000 unborn children per year, not to mention the selling of body parts. Planned Parenthood is just about the most anti-Catholic institution on the face of the Earth, and the head of this organization is being given a platform by an institution that deems itself to be Catholic.
How outrageous is this decision? The Archdiocese of Washington even spoke out against the decision.
In any case, this is not our issue here. What we lament and find sadly lacking in this choice by the student group is any reflection of what should be an environment of morality, ethics and human decency that one expects on a campus that asserts its Jesuit and Catholic history and identity.
One would prefer to see some recognition by this student group of the lives and ministry, focus and values of people like Blessed Óscar Romero, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta and Pope Francis in place of that group's seemingly constant preoccupation with sexual activity, contraception and abortion. The Archdiocese of Washington is always open and ready to dialogue with the students, faculty and administration of the University on issues of such significance.
The apparent unawareness of those pushing the violence of abortion and the denigration of human dignity that there are other human values and issues being challenged in the world lends credence to the perception of the "ivory tower" life of some on campus. This unfortunately does not speak well for the future. One would hope to see this generation of Georgetown graduates have a far less self-absorbed attitude when facing neighbors and those in need, especially the most vulnerable among us.
When even this Archdiocese condemns an action, you know you've gone too far.
I do not normally encourage vocally protesting a speaker, as I generally find it obnoxious. This is a case where I can make an exception.
Georgetown: the Anti-Catholic Catholic University
William Peter Blatty, well-known novelist, author of the Exorcist, a Georgetown graduate, class of 1950, is spearheading an effort to force Georgetown to reform, or to cease to call itself Catholic. Here is his letter:
Dear Friends,
I invite you today to join me in The Father King Society to Make Georgetown Honest, Catholic, and Better by signing on to a very special effort here. I ask you also to curtail your donations to Georgetown University for one year.
The late Jesuit Father Thomas M. King was a good friend. I had the privilege of lecturing his theology class, which started the rumor that he had inspired my priestly character in The Exorcist. Father King inspired many other things; and our effort now.
On May 5, 2012, in a speech to American bishops, Pope Benedict XVI called on America's Catholic universities to reaffirm their Catholic identity. The Pope noted the failure of many Catholic universities to comply with Blessed John Paul II's apostolic constitution Ex corde Ecclesiae. The Pope said that preservation of a university's Catholic identity "entails much more than the teaching of religion or the mere presence of a chaplaincy on campus."
For 21 years now. Georgetown University has refused to comply with Ex corde Ecclesiaie ("From The Heart of the Church"), and, therefore, with canon law. And, it seems as if every month GU gives another scandal to the faithful! The most recent is Georgetown's obtuse invitation to Secretary Sebelius to be a commencement speaker.
Each of these scandals is proof of Georgetown's non-compliance with Ex corde Ecclesiae and canon law. They are each inconsistent with a Catholic identity, and we all know it. A university in solidarity with the Church would not do these prideful things that do so much harm to our communion. (You can pen a heartfelt letter to the Cardinal Archbishop of Washington and the Holy Father offering your own experience here.)
In the months to come, The Father King Society will ask Georgetown and the Church for explanations and decisions. In 1991, in an effort led by courageous Georgetown students, my dearly missed classmate, GU Law Center Prof. Richard Alan Gordon, took the awesome step of submitting a canon law petition asking the Church to remove Georgetown's right to call itself Catholic. Then Dean of Students John J. DeGioia had authorized the funding of a pro-abortion student advocacy group. A contemporaneous secret memorandum from the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities to the presidents of all Jesuit institutions showed us that Dr. DeGioia's decision was part of a larger scheme: GU was to be the dissident leader for others to follow. Dean Gordon's effort was provocative and drastic, but within months of the filing, Rome required Georgetown to reverse itself, and Georgetown did.
Father Tom King was actively involved and submitted an essay to be used in support of the canon law action. (We post it here.) Soon after the 1991 "GU Choice" funding, a meeting took place on campus that collected the students, teachers, alumni and parents who had reacted to the University's scandal in diverse ways. Fr. King listened intently, and then the mild-speaking priest told us of a call the night before from his brother, also a priest. His brother had said, "Tom, you have to choose sometimes — either you fish or cut bait." Father King told us that he had decided to fish. And now, at long last, so have I. I ask you to join us!
For almost two decades, The Cardinal Newman Society has pursued with true inspiration and devotion its unique ministry to strengthen Catholic higher education in America. CNS has agreed to help us. Likewise, the St. Joseph's Foundation, a Texas charity that focuses on canon law, has been a source of valuable information. We appreciate the help of both apostolates.
We may choose to file a canon action again, one much larger in scale and seeking alternative forms of relief that will include, among others, that Georgetown's right to call itself Catholic and Jesuit be revoked or suspended for a time. We will ask for lesser relief as well. Of course, what we truly seek is for Georgetown to have the vision and courage to be Catholic but clearly the slow pastoral approach has not worked. I invite you to sign the "Mandate of Procurator" on this website so that I, and other alumni, parents, teachers and students, may represent you in this special and historic Church petition. Continue reading
Archdiocese of Washington Speaks Out Against Georgetown
Msgr. Pope linked to this editorial from the Catholic Standard. It condemns Georgetown's decision to invite Kathleen Sebelius to speak at a commencement, and does so in unequivocal terms. Here's one key graph:
Founded in 1789 by John Carroll, a Jesuit priest, Georgetown University has, historically speaking, religious roots. So, too, do Harvard, Princeton and Brown. Over time, though, as has happened with these Ivy League institutions, Georgetown has undergone a secularization, due in no small part to the fact that much of its leadership and faculty find their inspiration in sources other than the Gospel and Catholic teaching. Many are quite clear that they reflect the values of the secular culture of our age. Thus the selection of Secretary Sebelius for special recognition, while disappointing, is not surprising.
And then this:
With all of the people struggling so hard to preserve freedom of religion, and with all that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has said in defense of this important value, Georgetown's choice of the architect of the radical challenge of such freedom for special recognition can only be seen as a statement of where the university stands – certainly not with the Catholic bishops.
The editorial is not mincing words. It is plainly stating that Georgetown is, for all intents and purposes, no longer a Catholic university. As Msgr. Pope notes, these words come from the Archdiocese's official newspaper, and therefore had to be signed off on by the Cardinal's senior staff.
There's much more, and Msgr. Pope also adds his own take on the editorial.
Sandra Fluke and Walmart
Sandra Fluke professes not to have known that birth control pills for $9.00 for a month's supply are available within easy walking distance of Georgetown. I believe her. I doubt if Sandra Fluke would ever do anything as declasse as shop at a Walmart. That is for the hoi polloi. Sandra's life as a struggling law student includes trips to Europe, presumably paid for by her mega-rich boy friend. Continue reading
Jesuitical 13: Rush and Georgetown
Part 13 of my ongoing survey of the follies of many modern day Jesuits. Georgetown University, founded in 1789, is the oldest Jesuit college in the United States. Last week it found itself at the center of the debate over the HHS Mandate. How the powers that be at Georgetown reacted to all of this is instructive.
On February 16, 2012 Representative Darrell Issa (R. CA), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing on the ramifications of the HHS Mandate in regard to religious freedom. Democrats had the opportunity to present witnesses. Initially they were going to have Barry Lynn, a Methodist minister and Leftist political activist, and head of the Americans United for Separation of Church and State, but for some reason that fell through for the Democrats. They then proposed Sandra Fluke, identified as a third year law student at Georgetown. Issa refused to allow her to testify on the grounds that she wasn't testifying about the religious liberty issue but rather about a perceived need for contraception. The Democrats, who realized that they were in trouble on the religious liberty issue, used this as an argument against the hearings, arguing that women were banned from the hearings as speakers. This was a lie, as there were two panels which testified in opposition to the Mandate at the hearing. The second panel included Dr. Allison Garrett and Dr. Laura Champion who testified as to the dangers that the HHS Mandate poses to religious liberty.
On February 23, 2012, Nancy Pelosi (D.CA), minority leader, organized a Democrats only "hearing" at which Sandra Fluke gave her testimony. Go here to read that testimony. Among other statements she said that in three years contraceptives could cost a law student three grand.
The idea that someone at Georgetown Law School, an elite school that costs over 50k a year to attend, was crying poverty over the alleged cost of $1,000.00 a year, a sum about $800-$900 too high in relationship to the actual cost, to make illicit whoopee has its comedic possibilities, and this was seized upon by Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday February 29:
What does it say about the college co-ed Sandra Fluke, who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex, what does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex. She's having so much sex she can't afford the contraception. She wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex. What does that make us? We're the pimps. (interruption) The johns? We would be the johns? No! We're not the johns. (interruption) Yeah, that's right. Pimp's not the right word. Okay, so she's not a slut. She's "round heeled." I take it back.
This caused an uproar and on Thursday March 1, John J. DeGioia, the first lay President of Georgetown, released this statement: Continue reading
A "Call Out" and "Two Thumbs Up" to Professor Patrick Deneen
What's a tenured associate professor of government teaching at a Catholic university to do when he believes the institution isn't really Catholic?
It's pretty easy to say "Give up your tenure and go where you will find what you are looking for." Sometimes, witness to one's faith entails suffering.
Agreed. But, making that decision isn't so simple when other considerations—like those of family, financial obligations (a mortgage, for example), and the like—must also be factored into the equation.
The situation presents an authentic ethical dilemma, one that confronted a former Associate Professor of Government at Georgetown University, Patrick Deneen.
In a letter published at Front Porch Republic, Deneen said with regard to Georgetown University:
…Georgetown increasingly and inevitably remakes itself in the image of its secular peers, ones that have no internal standard of what a university is for other than the aspiration of prestige for the sake of prestige, its ranking rather than its commitment to Truth. Its Catholic identity, which should inform every activity of the community, from curriculum to dorm life to faculty hiring, has increasingly been cordoned off to optional activities of Campus Ministry.
Describing his experience, Deneen wrote:
In the seven years since I joined the faculty at Georgetown, I have found myself often at odds with the trajectory and many decisions of the university. In 2006 I founded The Tocqueville Forum as a campus organization that would offer a different perspective, one centered on the moral underpinnings of liberal learning that are a precondition for the continued existence of liberal democracy, and one that would draw upon the deep wisdom contained in the Catholic humanistic tradition. I have been heartened and overjoyed to witness the great enthusiasm among a myriad of students for the programming and activities of the Forum. However, the program was not supported or recognized by the institution, and that seemed unlikely to change. While I did not seek that approval, I had hoped over the years that the program would be attractive to colleagues across disciplines on the faculty, and would be a rallying-point for those interested in reviving and defending classical liberal learning on campus. The Tocqueville Forum fostered a strong community of inquiry among a sizeable number of students, but I did not find that there was any such community formed around its mission, nor the likely prospect of one, among the more permanent members of the university. I have felt isolated and often lonely at the institution where I have devoted so many of my hours and my passion.
So, where is Professor Deneen headed?
The University of Notre Dame (UND).
However, Deneen appears not to be headed to South Bend blinded by all of the UND hype. He wrote:
I don't doubt that there will be many battles at Our Lady's University. But, there are at least some comrades-in-arms to share in the effort.
UND hired Deneen, he wrote, because they regard him as "someone who can be a significant contributor to its mission and identity, particularly the Catholic identity of the institution."
Although considerations like these are not typically a criterion for hiring at Georgetown as Deneen noted, The Motley Monk would humbly suggest that even in those institutions where they are, there's quite a distance between espousing those ideals and translating them to pedagogical lessons in every classroom, dorm, and student activity.
For Professor Deneen's willingness to witness to the importance of an institution's Catholic identity in name and in fact, The Motley Monk offers a "call out" and "both thumb up."
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Are Great Books Not The Answer?
Patrick Deneen of Georgetown University has an essay on Minding The Campus in which he argues that cultural and intellectual conservatives should be more cautious about championing Great Books type programs in colleges and universities as an antidote to the rootlessness and relativism of the modern curriculum, because the Great Books format itself is often essentially relativistic:
Most curricula in the Great Books offer the various philosophies as inherently coherent and valid systems, suggesting to each student that there is finally no basis on which to decide which philosophy to adopt other than mere preference. One must simply decide. This Nietzschean (or Schmittian) lesson is reinforced by the typical organization of such curricula (where they persist), which is typically chronological. Given that most students today have deeply ingrained progressive worldviews (that is, the view that history has been the slow but steady advance of enlightenment in all forms, culminating in equal rights for all races, all genders, and all sexual preferences), a curriculum that begins with the Bible and Greek philosophy and ends with Nietzsche subtly suggests that Nietzsche is the culmination of Enlightenment's trajectory. The fact that his philosophy is reinforced by the message that an education in the Great Books consists in exposure to equally compelling philosophies between which there is no objective basis to prefer only serves to deepen the most fundamental lesson of a course in the Great Books, which is a basic form of relativism. The choice of a personal philosophy is relative, and the basis on which one makes any such choice is finally arbitrary, the result of personal preference or attraction.
The Claremont Reviews Advent Interview with Fr. James V. Schall
Since 2002 Ken Masugi, a senior fellow of the Claremont Institute and lecturer in Government at Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC, has conducted Advent interviews with James V. Schall, S.J., author of over thirty books on political theory and theology. Fr. Schall teaches in the Government Department of Georgetown University.
The interviews themselves are a delight to read and span a variety of topics from current events to the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI to issues in philosophy, theology and ethics — and sometimes, in addition, what books Fr. Schall himself is reading at that particular moment in time.
Jesuitical 5: Obama as "the Spirit of Vatican II" President
The fifth installment of my series pointing out the follies of some Jesuits in this country. Father John O'Malley, SJ, of the theology department of Georgetown has a piece in America, where else?, in which he hails Obama as a President who embodies something called "the Spirit of Vatican II". Actually I think Obama really embodies "the Spirit of Jesuits Trapped in '68". Father Z does the necessary fisking of the article here. Carl Olsen has some pointed comments on the same subject here. Rich Leonardi of Ten Reasons points us to thoughts about the meaning of Vatican II by the late, and very great, Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ, which appeared in America in 2003.
Catholic Democrats Come to the Defense of Notre Dame
Catholic Democrats come to the defense of their leader in regard to Georgetown and Notre Dame and run into a buzzsaw named Father Z here.
Update: Good analysis of why Catholic Democrats and other Obama-philes are so concerned about the fallout from Notre Dame is given here by the always readable Damian Thompson across the pond at his blog Holy Smoke.
Where's Jesus?
When Obama gave an economics speech at Georgetown, the monogram IHS in the background was covered over at the request of the White House. I approve! Whenever this President speaks at a Catholic college, anything related to Christ should be covered over! I will leave to others to debate whether Georgetown is a Catholic college!
Update I: Father Z unleashes one of his unforgettable fiskings on this story here.
Udate II: Excellent commentary here.
Res & Explicatio for A.D. 3-6-2009
Salvete AC readers!
Here are today's Top Picks in the Catholic world:
1. Unlike many bishops in America, Coadjutor Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati prayed the Rosary with other protesters outside an abortion mill on Wednesday, March 4. Archbishop Schnurr will replace Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk upon his retirement. Among the protesters came this comment referring to Archbishop Schnurr's presence:
"It's tremendous," Ferraro said of Schnurr's presence. "He's the head of the flock. It certainly affirms (the church leadership's) commitment."
For the link click on Archbishop Schnurr's name above or here.
Updated: Archbishop Pilarczk actively leads Rosary prayer vigils in front of abortion mills as well!
2. Doctors who performed and directly assisted in the abortion of twins to a nine year old rape/incest victim have been declared excommunicated by Archbishop Jose Sobrinho of the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife in Brazil. The nine year old girl was not excommunicated for many reasons, most likely due to her age. Where are these bishops in America? Probably hiding behind the USCCB Faithful Citizenship document thus failing to lead their flocks.
Dr. Ed Peters volunteered his sentiments on this case, "as for the perpetrator of the rape, there isn't a mine shaft deep enough on this earth for him."
For the link click on excommunicated above or here.


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Eastern Tiger Swallowtails have their day
A butterfly or two is an everyday pleasure.
A dozen or more, a sign you've planted well, raising a native garden of plants that bloom in sequence so emergent broods find the food they need to survive.
But an atmosphere thick with butterflies, bushes shimmering with butterflies: What is that?
Time to transplant azaleas and other acid-loving plants
Mid-August to early October is the time to transplant azaleas, rhododendrons, mountain laurel, andromeda, leucothoe and blueberries.
What do blueberries have to do with azaleas and these other landscaping plants?
By August, all have stopped producing top growth and are now making root growth. Transplanting them at this time of year enables the plants to become well established before the ground freezes.
Its beauty aside, Venus is no place like home
As the suns sets and the sky darkens, Venus beckons in the west at the feet of Leo and less than 10 degrees from the lion's heart, Regulus.
Being young and black in America is still dangerous
On New Year's Eve, 2009, Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan: Chronicle) decided to take the BART to San Francisco to see fireworks and party with friends. By 9:15am the next morning, the 22-year-old was dead.
Meet these award-winners at Twin Beach Players Kids Playwriting Festival
Love, not money, sparked 21 kids to seek spots in Twin Beach Players' annual Kids Playwriting Festival.
Lots of love as each had to write a play.
The $100 prize money was a bonus, all six finalists agreed.
Cracking crabs speaks volumes
The water was 90 degrees, murky with algae and the skies overcast. We all peered intently at the barely visible trotline gliding through the water next to our skiff. One chicken neck bait after another appeared, slid over the roller and went back down. But there was no mistaking the first blue crab to appear. That jimmie was seven inches across.
Crabs, Watermelon and Great German Fare
It's time to get cracking. This Friday, August 2, the Annapolis Rotary Club and its 150-plus members roll out the brown paper for its 68th annual World's Largest Crab Feast at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (5-8pm).
The feast is a highlight of summer, with all-you-can-eat steamed crabs, corn on the cob, crab soup, hot dogs, BBQ, soft drinks and beer.
Barnacles and bryozoans rampage thru summer 2013
You are not alone.
Bryozoans, barnacles and the vast fellowship of the fouling community are settling on submerged surfaces throughout the upper- to mid-Chesapeake.
Anything not protected with antifouling paint is now covered in a thick, brown living moss.
Pay it forward in honor of a life saved
Three days in the intensive care unit delayed Amanda Fiedler's meeting with her third child. Finally her husband wheeled her through the halls of Anne Arundel Medical Center to meet Zachary in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Master Watershed Stewards may not have super powers, but they are cleaning up their communities
Going down John Dawson's street in Severna Park, you can't miss the rain garden he's planted in his front yard — and that's exactly how he wants it.
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Ohai Chefs!
At work, we have yet to use search extensively in our Chef Recipes, but we do a fair number of ad hoc knife searches. The following are some knife tricks and tips we've picked up over the last few months. Most of the credit for these goes to my esteemed co-worker, the Impossibly Hip™ Jon DeCamp.
Find all nodes in an environment
Find all nodes which contain a role
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Use 'roles' plural when looking in the expanded run list.
Find all nodes which contain a recipe
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Note the use of
recipes plural to search the expanded run list.
Find all non-64 bit nodes
Return selected attributes from knife search
This returns the
chef_packages.chef.version attribute from all nodes in the Chef Org.
Add a role to all nodes in an Environment
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To be on the safe side, run the command above without the
n.save so results aren't saved back to the Chef server. When you are sure about the command run it with
n.save to save the results back to the Chef server.
Add a role to all nodes in an Environment which don't contain the given Role
Remove a recipe from all nodes in an Environment
Remove all nodes from a given role
Set a node's run_list back to a single item
So that's it for this week. I hope you picked up some valuable knife tricks. The knife search command is versatile and combining
knife exec with search allows you to do some amazing things with your infrstructure. Share some of your own knife tricks in the comments or over on Twitter.


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It seems like just about every celebrity jetted off to somewhere fabulous and warm this holiday season and Rihanna is no exception.
The "We Found Love" singer surely induced pangs of jealousy from those of us stuck in colder climates, when she tweeted a photo of herself basking in the warm glow of the Barbadian sun. Wearing a tiny bikini, Rihanna puckers up for the flirty photo and later posted a photo of her sexy silhouette along with the hashtag "#barBADos."
Rihanna is clearly enjoying her time at home working on her tan:
The sun just went hiding somewhere, and I'm still not dark yet!!! Wtf
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River Garden is a converted barn in the heart of the beautiful village of West Camel, where you will receive a warm and friendly welcome from Kim & Barry. The house is based at the end of a quiet courtyard and boasts many original features, particularly the substantial oak beams and stained glass in the double height Grand Hall, where you will have breakfast. Free WI-FI is available throughout.
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The Jervis McEntee Diaries - May 27, 1873
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Tuesday, May 27, 1873- We did some packing today and at 3 o'clock took a carriage and went over to the foot of 33rd St. E. R. where we took the boat at 4. for Mr. DeForests place on Long Island at Cold Spring Harbor. Mr. DeForest was on board. The day grew somewhat threatening and we arrived there in a sort of a fog. They have a charming country house and live delightfully. Wednesday was very bright and warm. We rode to Oyster Bay in the forenoon and took a short ride in the afternoon. Mr. DeForest was obliged to go to town. We returned Thursday morning having had a delightful visit. Lockwood his son is going to the Adirondacs on Monday for a month with his Uncle Mr. Francis Weeks. When I reached my studio I found a very friendly note from Dr. Coch in which he said he had spent all the money he could afford this spring for Art, but thanked me for writing him and saying he would like to have one of my pictures. So ends that venture. It is very warm and we will be glad to get into the country. I found a letter from Sara in which she gives us sad news about Maurice. I immediately sat down and wrote him an encouraging letter and I hope he will take a fresh start.


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Is Penn's Career At A Crossroads?
Wednesday - April 21, 2010
It's been a while, at least since the UFC decided to drop its lightweight division in 2004, that the question of BJ Penn's future could be the subject of legitimate discussion.
But after his dismal showing April 17 against Frankie Edgar, the future is suddenly cloudy for the former champ and legitimate contender for sport's unofficial title as best pound-for-pound fighter.
For a man who, when on his game, abused opponents with a combination of superb ground technique and fists good enough to impress legendary boxing trainer Freddie Roach, it was a shocking performance. Penn seemed disinterested, content to stand at a distance and pepper Edgar with jabs while occasionally scoring with harder knocks when his opponent got closer.
The plan was effective enough to turn Edgar's face into collage of cuts and scraps, but not enough to take home a victory over the 8-1 underdog.
The defeat was Penn's first loss at 155 pounds since 2002.
On ESPN MMA Live, Penn refused to blame reports of a sinus infection and a knee injury affecting his training. Good for him. No one wants to hear excuses, and the Hilo native was not offering any, saying to do so would be disrespectful to his opponent. But Penn did look tired, and spent much of his corner time hanging on to the fence in an apparent effort to increase his oxygen flow.
He also was softer in the midsection than he had been in his recent victories.
Penn said he was satisfied with his training leading up to the fight, but when queried by host John Anik about why he didn't take Edgar to the mat in the later rounds as his corner had instructed, Penn admitted to being a bit gassed.
"Fatigue may have been setting on," he said. "I wasn't as fresh ... I really didn't feel like that was the time to take the fight to the ground and use the energy for that."
Some have argued that Edgar didn't pass Rick Flair's "To be the man you've got to beat the man" qualification for title legitimacy. The opinion has support. Fightmetric, a system that ranks striking effectiveness, had Penn winning four of the rounds, three in convincing fashion.
But such limited statistics ignore other aspects of the sport. We heard the same when Sugar Ray Leonard beat Marvin Hagler on points while doing little physical damage. But those are just excuses. Fighting sports have points systems and judges for a reason - without them the contests would resemble the human cockfights that MMA detractors suggest is the true nature of the sport.
No matter which side of the score card one chooses to support, questions remain about Penn's status in a sport he helped to build and in a division he used to dominate. In his book, Why I Fight: The Belt is Just an Accessory, Penn talks about the burning desire to avenge losses. But what we saw April 17 was a guy seemingly resigned to accepting his fate.
If he has lost some of his desire to fight - and who could blame him with a young daughter and eyes on a post-fight MMA business empire (the man understands marketing) - then maybe now is the time to get out. The 31-year-old says he still wants to fight for as long as he can, but he's a hard person to read. For all his charisma in the ring and the way he interacts with fans outside of the octagon, he appears very uneasy in interview settings.
Penn said his handlers have had preliminary talks with the UFC about a rematch. When or if the fight happens remains to be seen. He is currently touring to promote his book, which has come under attack from UFC president Dana White. White, who lords over the UFC like few others in the history of sports, doesn't handle dissension lightly. In his book Penn describes White as vindictive and not above punishing a fighter for not bowing to his demands.
SI.com's Josh Gross reported that upon hearing about the book, White questioned why Penn would " put out a book that is 90 percent not true?"
The article also said the MMA president did not respond when questioned about reading the book, nor could he point out any inaccuracies. If Penn's recall of history and character evaluation is correct, would it be a stretch to believe White may just allow his star to twist in the wind a bit before giving him a title shot?
To say Penn's career is at a crossroads is perhaps reading too much into one fight. The man remains a talented athlete who can dominate at his weight class, but fighting isn't a sport to be attempted without perfect preparation and the will to dominate.
That was lacking against Edgar. Hopefully there will be too much pride and nastiness to let it happen again. His safety depends on it.
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Scripting NetBeans in Ruby
By Martin Krauskopf on May 07, 2008
Few times we were asked whether is is possible to write NetBeans Ruby IDE extensions in Ruby. We usually replied not yet. But having:
there are no reasons why it should not be possible now.
So I've started to peek around what would be needed to provide convenient extension with which the Rubyists would be able to start to tweak NetBeans IDE in Ruby language only. I did not start exactly with such support, but instead started with kind of NetBeans Ruby IDE scripting support. I've recalled Jesse's idea for IDE scripted by JavaScript and applied similar to Ruby.
Working with NetBeans Ruby's dev builds and very often starting with clear userdir and still reopening my projects, I now have the following script instead which I simply run from CLI after fresh NetBeans starts up (just work from IRB as well):
1 require 'nb_ext' 2 netbeans = NBExt.find_first 3 netbeans.attach 4 netbeans.open_projects( 5 '/space/java/netbeans-hg/main/ruby.debugger', 6 '/space/java/netbeans-hg/main/ruby.platform', 7 '/space/java/netbeans-hg/main/ruby.project' 8 )
How does it work?
Below are some details of implementation with inlined snippets of code for convenience. Full code might be downloaded here, Java agent here.
(2) The script finds running NetBeans instance. The
find_first methods goes through the
currently running JVM instances and greps for the NetBeans and returns the first one (or
Thus if you are running more NetBeans instances use
find_by_userdir or
1 vm_desc = VirtualMachine.list.detect do |desc| 2 desc.display_name =~ /org.netbeans.Main/i 3 end
(3) attach to it via Attach API
1 VirtualMachine.attach(@vm_desc)t
(4) and opens given project(s) in the running NetBeans IDE.
open_projects method just compose
projects to be opened with the code utilizing NetBeans APIs (open_projects_code.rb) and sends it to the
agent, running inside NetBeans process VM, for evaluation.
1 def open_projects(\*projects) 2 code = "projects = ['#{projects.join("','")}']\\n" 3 code_file = File.join('code', 'open_projects_code.rb') 4 code << File.read(code_file) 5 eval_code(code) 6 end 7 8 def eval_code(code) 9 output = Tempfile.new('output') 10 @vm.load_agent(@agent_jar, "#{output.path}#{File::PATH_SEPARATOR}#{code}") 11 File.read(output.path) 12 end
Template for opening projects is simple:
1 include Java 2 3 import 'java.net.URI' 4 import 'org.netbeans.api.project.FileOwnerQuery' 5 import 'org.netbeans.api.project.ui.OpenProjects' 6 7 raise("projects must be defined") unless defined?(projects) 8 9 to_open = projects.map do |prj| 10 uri = URI.new("file://#{prj}") 11 FileOwnerQuery.get_owner(uri) 12 end.compact 13 14 to_open_p = to_open.to_java('org.netbeans.api.project.Project') 15 OpenProjects.getDefault().open(to_open_p, false)
Note that
projects variable is defined in the
open_projects method code
composition. Likely templating mechanism would fit here.
Everything written in the Ruby language, just agent class is written in Java (with future JRuby compiler even this piece could be written in Ruby).
Just a playground so far…
This is really just an example how it might be done. Developing such extensions, or writing such scripts, is
still little awkward and not that easy to test and one needs to know NetBeans APIs, but that's likely OK
when wanting to write NetBeans extensions/scripts.
In the future we could bridge some basic NetBeans APIs to Ruby, like the artificial
open_projects method above, to make it easy to write such scripts which adds e.g. new menu
items. Also it should not be hard to write some support into NetBeans where you would manage your scripts
and which will be automatically loaded when NetBeans starts up. Ideally there would be also some support for
testing such script -> write in IDE, run/test it in IDE. Not that simple, but something like this.
It depends whether there is really such a request from NetBeans Ruby users and whether the effort spends on the support does worth it, whether the NetBeans users would like to script or extends NetBeans in Ruby and what would be such use-cases.
If you have any ideas how such support should look like or how does it look in other IDEs, Editors supporting Ruby extensions, let me know.
Can I try it?
Yes, you can. But it might not be that easy at the moment since we are facing
issue with bundled tweaked JRuby. So
firstly you might try to download and install
this NetBeans module
(4384kB!, contains jruby.jar) which should enable JRuby scripting in Netbeans. I've spent some time with
this but still does not work. On the other hand my colleague Erno, does not have problems I'm encountering.
So your mileage may vary.
If it throws strange JRuby internal exceptions, use second brute-force method, and just copy-paste jruby.jar from your JRuby distribution (
lib/jruby.jar) and
jar to your
$JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext directory. Then start the NetBeans IDE and above should
work. You will get some exceptions from our NetBeans Ruby lexer/parser if you used brute-force method, but
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It's a Boy for Will and Kate!
WI Web Staff | 7/22/2013, 5:39 p.m.
Kensington Palace announced late Monday that following a 10-hour labor, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby boy, who will be heir to the royal throne.
The child, born at 4:24 British Standard Time, weighed eight pounds and six ounces, and his name will be announced at a later date. He becomes third in line to the British throne.
"Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well and will remain in the hospital overnight," said a statement from the Royal Household. "The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the news."
As the birth was announced, a loud cheer went up from the well-wishers and media gathered outside St. Mary's Hospital in west London, where the royal couple -- William and Kate -- arrived in an unmarked car early Monday morning.
The royal baby will be known as His Royal Highness Prince of Cambridge.


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This is the April 27, 2013 news archive. View today's Tennessee Sports rumors and news.
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Grizzlies steamroll Clippers to even series at 2
Marc Gasol had 24 points and 13 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Los Angeles Clippers 104-83 Saturday to even their first-round series at 2-all.Share Tweet
Grizz win Game 4 to tie series vs. Clippers at 2-2It was a close contest for most of Game 4 between the Grizzlies and Clippers, but Memphis took over the fourth quarter for a 104-83 win to tie the series at two games apiece.Share Tweet
Meanwhile, the Clippers lead the Grizzlies 47-46 at halftime in Memphis.deadspin.com Apr 27, 2013Meanwhile, the Clippers lead the Grizzlies 47-46 at halftime in Memphis. This is a playoff game that is currently not viewable anywhere. Read more...Share Tweet
Wooten's best quality for Titans: speedIn the late stages of the draft, teams often select players with one hard-to-find quality and hope they can help the rest emerge. That looks like what the Titans have with sixth-round selection Khalid Wooten, a cornerback out of Nevada who was the 202nd…Share Tweet
The Texans' four sixth-roundersA quick look at the Texans' four sixth-round picks: 176th overall: David Quessenberry, OT, San Jose State The pick came in a trade from Oakland, but was well-travelled. It was originally property of the Titans, who dealt it to Minnesota last year. It weShare Tweet
Titans may need run downs from EdwardsIt took until the fifth round, but the Titans finally added a defensive end. At LSU, Lavar Edwards worked largely behind Barkevious Mingo and Sam Montgomery. Mingo was the fifth pick in the draft by the Browns and Montgomery went to Houston in the third…Share Tweet
Titans continue to add to O-lineThe Titans had a bad interior offensive line last year, and had to call on more depth than any team has. Now they've added veterans Andy Levitre, Rob Turner, Chris Spencer, first-round pick Chance Warmack and fourth-round pick Brian Schwenke, who went 1Share Tweet
Previewing Saturday's NBA playoff actionThe Clippers hold a 2-1 lead, but are the Grizzlies poised to get even on Saturday? Rob Mahoney previews all of today's NBA action, including this afternoon's showdown in Memphis.Share Tweet
Shorthanded loss leaves Lakers with many questionsTim Duncan and the Spurs easily dispatched the gutted Lakers 120-89 to seize a 3-0 series lead. The Lakers' tragicomedy is mercifully nearing a conclusion, writes Lee Jenkins.Share Tweet
2013 NFL Draft trades: Day Twoprofootballtalk.com Apr 27, 2013Here are the terms of trades completed on Friday, April 26, the second day of the 2013 NFL Draft. All draft picks are 2013 selections unless otherwise noted: The Titans acquired a second-round pick from San Francisco (No. 34 overall), sending second- an…Share Tweet
Is Zaviar Gooden too similar to Brown?NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- If Zaviar Gooden looks sort of familiar there is a good reason. The Titans drafted a different version of him last year named Zach Brown. Brown was selected 52nd overall in the second round. Gooden was selected 97th overall in the th…Share Tweet
Grizzlies Even Up SeriesApr 27Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph each score 24 points in the Grizzlies' 104-83 win over the Clippers.


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The Mrs peugeot 206 rear wiper motor has siezed solid. This is annoying as the car is going shortly.
Will this be the cause of an upcoming MOT failure?
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Is this an MOT failure?
The Mrs peugeot 206 rear wiper motor has siezed solid. This is annoying as the car is going shortly.
possibly. The general rule is, if it's fitted it's got to work.
Not in my experience. I will find out a definite answer in a second...
Get the spanners out & remove it,& put a rubber grommet in the hole.
If it aint there,it can't get a fail!
As above.
Having a rear wiper isn't a legal neccesity.
If it is there, it needs to be working to be legal.
Take it off,bung the hole. Legal.
Or take it off for the MOT.....then put it back!
I take cars for MOT's every week of the year, the rear wiper motor is not a testable item.
sorry didn't see the word rear....
Take it off?
Wiper info on the MOT test only applies to the Windscreen wiper, not the rear wiper. My annecdotal evidence would agree with this (the previous owner hadn't noticed the rear wiper gearbox was seized solid with years worth of rust and decay - took me ages to clean up).There seems to be a misconception that anything on as standard must work - this is only true of a select few things. Reverse lights being one IIRC lol.
Hmmm, can't even get the arm off, as it's siezed to the shaft!
If its not a testable item, i'll just leave it.
nope reverse lights aren't part of the mot either.
ITs amazing how little is actually tested
here's a proper link,
sorry, I meant reverse lights being one of the ones that are only failure if they are on but dont work, if they arent attached they're not tested. But it seems they're simply not tested at all - mental!
Tester here - As said, not a testable item :o)
The "if its fitted it must be working" thing mostly only applies to construction and use regulations.
Well my old Focus didn't fail on that for several years. Granted it had to have a whole load of other things done to pass, but that fact that the rear wiper wasn't working was irrelevant.
The rear wiper on my Passat works but makes an incredible screaming noise. I have to warn the passengers before I use it. Comical
My car has been through 2 MOTs with a broken rear wiper
Friend took her car for mot. Failed due to tester not being able to test middle rear seat belt due to no anchor point.
Anchor point was under rear seat after they had been tilted to get bike in Seems the guy ran out of time now that everything is timed by computer.
Somebody snapped my rear wiper off and it still passed an mot.
Friend took her car for mot. Failed due to tester not being able to test middle rear seat belt due to no anchor point.
Anchor point was under rear seat after they had been tilted to get bike in
That's just a lazy tester, nothing more.
The computer timing is supposed to slow them down to test more thoroughly and prevent rushing through too many tests in one day.
Definately - you will fail the MOT with worn window wiper rubber - never mind buggered motors
Again - the rear wiper is not tested as part of the MOT.
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The servant of God should give minute attention in multifarious ways
concerning his relationship with his fellow-beings. Foremost is the proper
control of his thoughts which are the seeds of human attitudes and behaviour.
The mind is similar to fertile soil. It produces whatever is planted in
it. Man is the gardener of his own mind. He is free to sow seeds of his
own choice which will grow and flourish externally in accordance with
the kind of seeds he planted. He also has the capacity to remove whatever
weeds may appear - with the help of God. Man is his own master and captain
of his own soul, destiny, character and even circumstances. As the proverbs
"As he thinketh in his heart so is he"
"You can, if you think you can."
"You can, if you think you can."
"Repel evil with that which is best. And lo, he, between whom
and thyself was enmity, will become as though he were a warm friend."
The wronged one who endures with fortitude and forgives, indeed
achieves a matter of high resolve." (42:44)
"Let them forgive and forbear. Do you not desire that Allah
should forgive you ? " (24:23)
The servant of God feels distressed when he knows that someone is committing
sin and he prays for that person. He knows that he himself is most imperfect
and had it not been for the grace and succour of God, he himself might
have been worse than the other person. Furthermore, had the other person
seen the light and turned to God then again he might have well outstripped
the servant of God in devotion and piety. If he thinks himself to be a
person of high spiritual stature then, indeed, he is not a true servant
of God, because a servant of God is such a person who is the essence of
humility, ever aware of his sins, short-comings and weaknesses for which
he is constantly imploring God for His forgiveness, mercy and succour.
He is ever mindful of the admonition in the Holy Quran:
"Ascribe not purity to yourselves. He knows best who is truly
righteous." (53:33)
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As far as everybody knows Milan had no natural water arteries from the ancient times. Navigli canals were dug out in Middle Ages just to create cheap water ways so that deliver to the city row materials and divers goods. Since I'm from Saint Petersburg where we have more than three hundred rivers and canals I couldn't be impressed with couple canals in Milan. Although something impalpable makes Navigli Canals very charming. I don't know what, maybe their natural undermaintenance and decadence? Or maybe fabulous restaurants with excellent Italian cuisine on its banks? Or Maybe Church of Santa Maria built up out of the traditional red bricks? I don't know. I only know that this place is very fascinating and restaurants there provide delicious food. So, Navigli have been firmly put to my must see list.
Originally a series of canals connected Milan to lakes and rivers all over Lombardy. The marble used for the construction of the Duomo was transported via these waterways from the Lago Maggiore near the Alps to the center of the city. Michelangelo was enlisted to help design a series of innovative sluices to overcome the differences in elevation.
Its claim to fame presently is being the venue for a huge flea market on the weekends, and there are a variety of eating opportunities all over the district.
It's hard to believe landlocked Milan was once an important port. But in the 12th century a series of canals were built to transport goods in and out of the city and surrounding areas of Lombardy before flowing into the rivers that eventually lead to the sea.
Many were filled in during the 1930s - 1960s as they became less and less significant as a method of transport, with roads built over the straight lines created by the canals (although ironically the canal system became important during WWII due to the destruction of the roads that were replacing them).
But a few remain, at least in part, with the Naviglio Grande to the south of the city and what is left of the Darsena (port) now a major attraction.
Lined with houses, old and new, old wash-houses with wooden beamed roofs and craftsmen's workshops, galleries, bars and restaurants make it a very different destination for enjoying Milan. Every last Sunday of the month, the Darsena is the location of an extensive flea-market.
Running more or less parallel to the Grande is the Naviglio Pavese - smaller and more residential, a number of old moored barges are fitted out as bars and cafes.
A number of boat trips are also offered - from short one hour trips around the immediate vicinity to full day tours, travelling to outlying villages and farmland connected by the waterways.
Hopefully the water level will be a bit higher than when I visited, otherwise the canals will be pretty smelly in high summer!
This is the canal area, once a busy industrialised district and now (I'm told) a centre for nightlife, antique shops and so on and so forth.
I wandered down there to see what I could see. Restaurants and cafes and bars and antique/specialist shops, most certainly....and I can imagine that it would be a pleasant area to while away an hour or two in the evenings (as long as that water level rises!).
There are two canals: the Naviglio Grande (the first canal to be built) and the Naviglio Pavese (the last canal to be built). The architecture remains much as it was when the district was working-class, although many of the buildings have now become sought-after city ocations.
One little area..the Vicolo dei Lavanderie is supposedly as it once was...where washerwomen did their washing....but it is (I suspect) much 'tarted up', with an upmarket restaurant next door, flower troughs and so on and so forth. But interesting nevertheless (use your imagination!).
I think it's worth seeking out this district and going for a little exploration. My time was short, but I'm glad I went. Nearest Metro stop is Porta Genova on line 2.
Navigli is a district in the south of Milan where you can find many restaurants, bars, art galleries and antique shops. There is an antique market by the canals the last Sunday every month in September to June. It is a nice area to walk around in.
In Navigli you can see some of Milan's old canals. Already in 1177 construction of the first canal, Naviglio Grande, was begun. More canals were built (they were five all together) after that and Navigli became a busy harbour district where goods were coming to Milan or shipped away on barges. Today there is no traffic on the canals and the big barges by the canal have been turned into restaurants and nightclubs.
Navigli is certainly one of the most picturesque of Milan. Here you find boutiques and ateliers of artist of Milan, cafes, restaurants and old moored barges fitted out as bars for meeting the typical atmosphere and the young Milan people. Here, every last Sunday of the month the colourful flea market takes place where second-hand goods and antiques may be found.
Navigli es por seguro uno de los sitios mas pintorescos de Milan. Aquí encontrarás tiendas, talleres de artistas, cafes, restaurantes y una amplia zona de bares donde la gente joven se reune para tomar algo sin duda es la zona de marcha de Milan. Cada último domingo de cada mes se celebra un mercadillo en el que se vende toda clase de articulos de segunda mano.
I have seen some nice photos at vt websites we went to find this lively zone with nice river view. We took the metro to P.Ta Genoa. River bed was dry. Full of trafic & noisy.We waslked down the river but could not find any bar to hung on. Anyway finally we found Via Casale which was full of students. This is a very nice bar where you can have aperitivi between 7 - 10. ( Aperativo means happy hour you get coctails like 7 - 8 Euros & eat as much as you can from the buffet.) Afterwards we took tram to Duomo & it was also very nice experience.So my suggesiton is do not try to look for other places by the river ( at least around porto Genova) Just directly to Via Casale if you are looking for a bar.
Navigli are the water canals used for transportation of goods in the old times. However, today they have become the area for restaurants and bars for gathering. Along Navigli, you can find many nice pizzeria, restaurants, bars and gelateria. The only disadvantage is the mosquitos breeding in stagnant pats of Navigli. Come with a mosquito repellent if you want to enjoy your evening.
Naviglio Grande is one of my favourite places in Milan. Linked with many restaurants, cafes and little streets, it has a great atmosphere. It's the right place both for an afternoon walk and the night spree.
Santa Maria delle Grazie al Naviglio, which I discovered by chance, wandering in Navigli area, is one of the most beautiful churches I have seen in Milan.
The church took the name from its position on the left shore of Naviglio Grande (the Grand channel).
The truth is that not so many tourists ever heard about the Navigli, one of the most picturesque areas in Milan.
The channels meet in the great basin of Darsena, the famous dockyard which today is no longer in use.
There are three main channels: Naviglio Grande who carries the waters of Lake Maggiore, Naviglio Interno who carries the waters of Como Lake and the third one is Naviglio Pavese who flows towards Ticino River and joins after a while Po River.
The canals known today as Navigli were devised almost a thousand years ago, and it was in 1179 when the first canal (the Naviglio Grande) was finished and opened, serving both as a communication means and as a source of water for the fields around Milan.
The ingenious hydraulic system that still governs the water flow today was devised by Leonardo da Vinci around the end of the 15th century.
Another all-time great, Napoleon, decided to build what today is called the Naviglio Pavese, which connected Milan to Pavia and allowed reaching the city from the sea via the river Po and Naviglio Pavese, from Lake Maggiore via the Ticino river and Naviglio Grande and from Lake Como via the Adda river and Naviglio della Martesana.
The commerce that the Navigli brought enriched the people who were living nearby, which explains the dozens of mansion houses that you still can see along those rivers.
In the late 18th and early 19th century a new city planning scheme involved the burying of all the existing Navigli network, which now run underground or have been filled with earth. With the exception of Naviglio Grande and Naviglio Pavese, and a few stretches of Naviglio della Martesana, you cannot see the Navigli network today.
The canals that are left today make a picturesque setting for Milan's buzziest nightlife spot. See my tip on that.


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Peanut Cocoa Cookies
|Whole wheat
|6 Tablespoon (Use 1/3 Cup Plus 2 Teaspoons)
|All-purpose flour
|6 Tablespoon (Use 1/3 Cup Plus 2 Teaspoons)
|Unsweetened cocoa
|1 Tablespoon
|Baking powder
|1 Teaspoon
|Chunky peanut butter
|3 Tablespoon
|1 Tablespoon
|Granulated sugar
|2 Tablespoon
|Firmly packed dark brown sugar
|2 Tablespoon
|Vanilla extract
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
1) Preheat oven to 350° F.
2) Use a small mixing bowl, to add flours, cocoa, and baking powder. Combine well and set aside.
3) In a medium mixing bowl, combine peanut butter and margarine with the help of two forks.
4) Use an electric mixture to add sugars at medium speed to beat until thoroughly combined and mixture is light and fluffy.
5) Fold in egg and vanilla and beat until combined.
6) Add the flour mixture and continue beating, until combined.
7) Make out 12 equal portions from the dough and shape into balls.
8) Use a nonstick cookie sheet to arrange the balls, spacing 1 inch apart.
9) Slightly flatten the cookies on top, with the help of the tines of a fork. Press in the opposite direction for the second time and create a checkerboard pattern.
10) Place inside oven to bake for 15 minutes until the cookies are firm to touch.
11) Transfer the cookies on wire rack. Allow to cool.
12) Serve the cookies with your choice of beverages.
Recipe Summary
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size
Calories 343 Calories from Fat 94
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11 g17.3%
Saturated Fat 1.9 g9.6%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 52.9 mg17.6%
Sodium 172.8 mg7.2%
Total Carbohydrates 54 g18.1%
Dietary Fiber 5.7 g23%
Sugars 16.2 g
Protein 10 g19.8%
Vitamin A 3.9% Vitamin C 0.01%
Calcium 11.5% Iron 14.7%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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I wouldn't call this "conditional probability" . . .
This takes a lot of preliminary work . . . bear with me.There are three urns, A, B, and C.
Urn A contains 6 white balls and 4 black balls,
urn B contains 2 white balls and 6 black balls,
and urn C is empty.
Two balls are drawn at random from each of urn A and urn B,
and are placed into urn C.
Then a ball is drawn at random from urn C.
What is the probability the ball drawn from urn C is black?
Urn A
There are: . outcomes.
Urn B
There are: . outcomes.
Urn C
Now in each of these five cases, what is the probability of drawing a black ball?
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Hey there, going as a gender bend Vlad for London MCM May 2014, but I'm not sure what material to make the coat from :<
I need it to be able to keep a decent shape, am pretty good with wire work, so thinking wire in between the lining and such to keep the collar up, maybe even some mesh possibly.
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Would some kind of velvety material be a good place to start?
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Velvet would be in keeping with this sort of costume, I reckon Red velvet is quite a popular colour for velvet so you may be able to find some bargains, especially if you look for cotton velvet or even velour. I'd suggest avoiding velveteen, because in my experience the glue used to keep the flocking on the fabric can gum up sewing machine needles and make them sticky!
Wire is one possibility for the standing collar, but it does tend to bend out of shape quite easily (though it also bends back without too much trouble). In the past I've used, and seen others use, funky foam, card and thermoplastics like Worbla or Wonderflex. Foam tends to be a bit floppy, card or mountboard works well but can't really be washed or allowed to get wet, thermoplastics hold very well but are a bit pricey to use as glorified interfacing... they all have ups and downs. The best thing I've used was iron-on canvas, but I've no idea how easy that is to get outside of the one shop in Shepherd's Bush where I bought it... Plain interfacing will never have the strength for a collar that high.
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I'm guessing you're an electrical engineering major, what with using . I'll use the same, to avoid confusion. You might be able to simplify the expression either before or after the integral. Certainly, if you shift the limits of the integral, that ends up as multiplying by an exponential. But, going through with the integral as you've stated it (here I'll ignore any multipliers out front, since there are loads of different conventions - I prefer the symmetric factor myself), then you get
It sounds like this is as far as you got. There is a little trick I learned for my thesis: create symmetry where there isn't any before. You'd like the exponentials to be equal in magnitude, but opposite in sign. Then you could use some nice formulas for converting to trig functions. So, multiply top and bottom by what you need:
In turn, this equals
Now use the identities to simplify further. As I hinted earlier, this procedure is entirely analogous to time-shifting before taking the transform. The result is the same. I would not, however, put one of the limits at 0, because exponentials go to 1 there; they do not disappear.