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Infinity (symbolzed: ∞) is a term derived from the Latin infinitas or "unboundedness" denoting concepts involving limitless quantity, numeration, extension or expansion. In mathematics, "infinity" is often treated as if it were a number (i.e., it counts or measures things: "an infinite number of terms") but it is not the same sort of number as the real numbers. In number systems incorporating infinitesimals, the reciprocal of an infinitesimal is an infinite number, i.e. a number greater than any real number. Georg Cantor formalized many ideas related to infinity and infinite sets during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the theory he developed, there are infinite sets of different sizes (called cardinalities). For example, the set of integers is countably infinite, while the set of real numbers is uncountably infinite.
- Ford, there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out.
- Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) ep. 2 (1977)
- All things were together, infinite both in number and in smallness; for the small too was infinite.
- Anaxagoras, Frag. B 1 from Early Greek Philosophy, Chapter 6, John Burnet (1920).
- In Sorbière's day, European thinkers and intellectuals of widely divergent religious and political affiliations campaigned tirelessly to stamp out the doctrine of indivisibles and to eliminate it from philosophical and scientific consideration. In the very years that Hobbes was fighting Wallis over the indivisible line in England, the Society of Jesus was leading its own campaign against the infinitely small in Catholic lands. In France, Hobbes's acquaintance René Descartes, who had initially shown considerable interest in infinitesimals, changed his mind and banned the concept.. Even as late as the 1730s... George Berkeley mocked mathematicians for their use of infinitesimals... Lined up against these naysayers were some of the most prominent mathematicians and philosophers of that era, who championed the use of the infinitesimally small. These included, in addition to Wallis: Galileo and his followers, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, and Isaac Newton.
- Amir Alexander, Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World (2014)
- On the one side were ranged the forces of hierarchy and order—Jesuits, Hobbesians, French Royal Courtiers, and High Church Anglicans. They believed in a unified and fixed order in the world, both natural and human, and were fiercely opposed to infinitesimals. On the other side were comparative "liberalizers" such as Galileo, Wallis, and the Newtonians. They believed in a more pluralistic and flexible order, one that might accommodate a range of views and diverse centers of power, and championed infinitesimals and their use in mathematics. The lines were drawn, and a victory for one side or the other would leave its imprint on the world for centuries to come.
- Amir Alexander, Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World (2014)
- Mind is infinite and self-ruled, and is mixed with nothing, but is alone itself by itself.
- Anaxagoras, Frag. B 12 from Early Greek Philosophy, Chapter 6, John Burnet (1920).
- Empedocles holds that the corporeal elements are four, while all the elements-including those which initiate movement-are six in number; whereas Anaxagoras agrees with Leucippus and Democritus that the elements are infinite.
- Motion is supposed to belong to the class of things which are continuous; and the infinite presents itself first in the continuous--that is how it comes about that 'infinite' is often used in definitions of the continuous ('what is infinitely divisible is continuous'). Besides these, place, void, and time are thought to be necessary conditions of motion.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.1, Hardie and Gaye.
- The science of nature is concerned with spatial magnitudes and motion and time, and each of these at least is necessarily infinite or finite, even if some things dealt with by the science are not, e.g. a quality or a point--it is not necessary perhaps that such things should be put under either head. Hence it is incumbent on the person who specializes in physics to discuss the infinite and to inquire whether there is such a thing or not, and, if there is, what it is. The appropriateness to the science of this problem is clearly indicated. All who have touched on this kind of science in a way worth considering have formulated views about the infinite, and indeed, to a man, make it a principle of things.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.4, Hardie and Gaye.
- Some, as the Pythagoreans and Plato, make the infinite a principle in the sense of a self-subsistent substance, and not as a mere attribute of some other thing. Only the Pythagoreans place the infinite among the objects of sense (they do not regard number as separable from these), and assert that what is outside the heaven is infinite. Plato, on the other hand, holds that there is no body outside (the Forms are not outside because they are nowhere), yet that the infinite is present not only in the objects of sense but in the Forms also.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.4, Hardie and Gaye.
- The Pythagoreans identify the infinite with the even. For this, they say, when it is cut off and shut in by the odd, provides things with the element of infinity. An indication of this is what happens with numbers. If the gnomons are placed round the one, and without the one, in the one construction the figure that results is always different, in the other it is always the same. But Plato has two infinities, the Great and the Small.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.4, Hardie and Gaye.
- The physicists... always regard the infinite as an attribute of a substance which is different from it and belongs to the class of the so-called elements--water or air or what is intermediate between them. Those who make them limited in number never make them infinite in amount. But those who make the elements infinite in number, as Anaxagoras and Democritus do, say that the infinite is continuous by contact-compounded of the homogeneous parts.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.4, Hardie and Gaye.
- We cannot say that the infinite has no effect, and the only effectiveness which we can ascribe to it is that of a principle. Everything is either a source or derived from a source. But there cannot be a source of the infinite or limitless, for that would be a limit of it. Further, as it is a beginning, it is both uncreatable and indestructible. For there must be a point at which what has come to be reaches completion, and also a termination of all passing away. That is why, as we say, there is no principle of this, but it is this which is held to be the principle of other things, and to encompass all and to steer all, as those assert who do not recognize, alongside the infinite, other causes, such as Mind or Friendship. Further they identify it with the Divine, for it is 'deathless and imperishable' as Anaximander says, with the majority of the physicists.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.4, Hardie and Gaye.
- Belief in the existence of the infinite comes mainly from five considerations: 1) From the nature of time--for it is infinite. 2) From the division of magnitudes-for the mathematicians also use the notion of the infinite. 3) If coming to be and passing away do not give out, it is only because that from which things come to be is infinite. 4) Because the limited always finds its limit in something, so that there must be no limit, if everything is always limited by something different from itself. 5) Most of all, a reason which is peculiarly appropriate and presents the difficulty that is felt by everybody--not only number but also mathematical magnitudes and what is outside the heaven are supposed to be infinite because they never give out in our thought.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.4, Hardie and Gaye.
- That what is outside is infinite leads people to suppose that body also is infinite, and that there is an infinite number of worlds. Why should there be body in one part of the void rather than in another? Grant only that mass is anywhere and it follows that it must be everywhere. Also, if void and place are infinite, there must be infinite body too, for in the case of eternal things what may be must be.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.4, Hardie and Gaye.
- The problem of the infinite is difficult: many contradictions result whether we suppose it to exist or not to exist. If it exists, we have still to ask how it exists; as a substance or as the essential attribute of some entity? Or in neither way, yet none the less is there something which is infinite or some things which are infinitely many?
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.4, Hardie and Gaye.
- The problem... which specially belongs to the physicist is to investigate whether there is a sensible magnitude which is infinite. We must begin by distinguishing the various senses in which the term 'infinite' is used. 1) What is incapable of being gone through, because it is not in its nature to be gone through (the sense in which the voice is 'invisible'). 2) What admits of being gone through, the process however having no termination, or what scarcely admits of being gone through. 3) What naturally admits of being gone through, but is not actually gone through or does not actually reach an end. Further, everything that is infinite may be so in respect of addition or division or both.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.4, Hardie and Gaye.
- If 'bounded by a surface' is the definition of body there cannot be an infinite body either intelligible or sensible.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.5, Hardie and Gaye.
- Anaxagoras gives an absurd account of why the infinite is at rest. He says that the infinite itself is the cause of its being fixed. This because it is in itself, since nothing else contains it--on the assumption that wherever anything is, it is there by its own nature. But this is not true: a thing could be somewhere by compulsion, and not where it is its nature to be.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.5, Hardie and Gaye.
- The view that there is an infinite body is plainly incompatible with the doctrine that there is necessarily a proper place for each kind of body, if every sensible body has either weight or lightness, and if a body has a natural locomotion towards the centre if it is heavy, and upwards if it is light. This would need to be true of the infinite also. But neither character can belong to it: it cannot be either as a whole, nor can it be half the one and half the other. For how should you divide it? Or how can the infinite have the one part up and the other down, or an extremity and a centre?
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.5, Hardie and Gaye.
- To suppose that the infinite does not exist in any way leads obviously to many impossible consequences: there will be a beginning and an end of time, a magnitude will not be divisible into magnitudes, number will not be infinite. ...clearly there is a sense in which the infinite exists and another in which it does not.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.6, Hardie and Gaye.
- The infinite turns out to be the contrary of what it is said to be. It is not what has nothing outside it that is infinite, but what always has something outside it.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.6, Hardie and Gaye.
- Our definition then is as follows: A quantity is infinite if it is such that we can always take a part [or piece] outside what has been already taken. On the other hand, what has nothing outside it is complete and whole. For thus we define the whole--that from which nothing is wanting, as a whole man or a whole box. What is true of each particular is true of the whole as such--the whole is that of which nothing is outside. On the other hand that from which something is absent and outside, however small that may be, is not 'all'. 'Whole' and 'complete' are either quite identical or closely akin. Nothing is complete (teleion) which has no end (telos); and the end is a limit.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.6, 207a7, Hardie and Gaye.
- Parmenides must be thought to have spoken better than Melissus. The latter says that the whole is infinite, but the former describes it as limited, 'equally balanced from the middle'. ...it is absurd and impossible to suppose that the unknowable and indeterminate should contain and determine.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.6, Hardie and Gaye.
- What is one is indivisible whatever it may be, e.g. a man is one man, not many. Number on the other hand is a plurality of 'ones' and a certain quantity of them. Hence number must stop at the indivisible: for 'two' and 'three' are merely derivative terms, and so with each of the other numbers.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.6, Hardie and Gaye.
- In the direction of largeness it is always possible to think of a larger number: for the number of times a magnitude can be bisected is infinite. Hence this infinite is potential, never actual: the number of parts that can be taken always surpasses any assigned number. But this number is not separable from the process of bisection, and its infinity is not a permanent actuality but consists in a process of coming to be, like time and the number of time.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.7, 207b12.
- With magnitudes the contrary holds. What is continuous is divided ad infinitum, but there is no infinite in the direction of increase. For the size which it can potentially be, it can also actually be. Hence since no sensible magnitude is infinite, it is impossible to exceed every assigned magnitude; for if it were possible there would be something bigger than the heavens.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.7, Hardie and Gaye.
- Our account does not rob the mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of the infinite in the direction of increase, in the sense of the untraversable. In point of fact they do not need the infinite and do not use it. They postulate only that the finite straight line may be produced as far as they wish.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.7, Hardie and Gaye.
- It is plain that the infinite is a cause in the sense of matter, and that its essence is privation, the subject as such being what is continuous and sensible. All the other thinkers, too, evidently treat the infinite as matter--that is why it is inconsistent in them to make it what contains, and not what is contained.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.7, Hardie and Gaye.
- It remains to dispose of the arguments which are supposed to support the view that the infinite exists not only potentially but as a separate thing. Some have no cogency; others can be met by fresh objections that are valid. 1) In order that coming to be should not fail, it is not necessary that there should be a sensible body which is actually infinite. The passing away of one thing may be the coming to be of another, the All being limited. 2) There is a difference between touching and being limited. The former is relative to something and is the touching of something (for everything that touches touches something), and latter is an attribute of some one of the things which are limited. On the other hand, what is limited is not limited in relation to anything. Again, contact is not necessarily possible between any two things taken at random. 3) To rely on mere thinking is absurd, for then the excess or defect is not in the thing but in the thought. One might think that one of us is bigger than he is and magnify him ad infinitum. But it does not follow that he is bigger than the size we are, just because some one thinks he is, but only because he is the size he is. The thought is an accident. a) Time indeed and movement are infinite, and also thinking, in the sense that each part that is taken passes in succession out of existence. b) Magnitude is not infinite either in the way of reduction or of magnification in thought. This concludes my account of the way in which the infinite exists, and of the way in which it does not exist, and of what it is.
- Aristotle, Physics Bk III.8, Hardie and Gaye.
- If, then, there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake (everything else being desired for the sake of this), and if we do not choose everything for the sake of something else (for at that rate the process would go on to infinity, so that our desire would be empty and vain), clearly this must be the good and the chief good.
- Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics David Ross, 1961.
- SWA Magazine: How about orbital space colonies? Do you see these facilities being built or is the government going to cut back on projects like this?
- Asimov: Well, now you've put your finger right on it. In order to have all of these wonderful things in space, we don't have to wait for technology - we've got the technology, and we don't have to wait for the know-how - we've got that too. All we need is the political go-ahead and the economic willingness to spend the money that is necessary. It is a little frustrating to think that if people concentrate on how much it is going to cost they will realize the great amount of profit they will get for their investment. Although they are reluctant to spend a few billions of dollars to get back an infinite quantity of money, the world doesn't mind spending $400 billion every years on arms and armaments, never getting anything back from it except a chance to commit suicide.
- Isaac Asimov "Southwest Airlines Magazine." (1979) [1]
- For if they imagine infinite spaces of time before the world, during which God could not have been idle, in like manner they may conceive outside the world infinite realms of space, in which, if any one says that the Omnipotent cannot hold His hand from working, will it not follow that they must adopt Epicurus' dream of innumerable worlds? with this difference only, that he asserts that they are formed and destroyed by the fortuitous movements of atoms, while they will hold that they are made by God's hand, if they maintain that, throughout the boundless immensity of space, stretching interminably in every direction round the world, God cannot rest, and that the worlds which they suppose Him to make cannot be destroyed. ... there is no place beside the world ...no time before the world.
- Augustine of Hippo, The City of God, Book XI, Ch. 5 "That We Ought Not to Seek to Comprehend the Infinite Ages of Time Before the World, Nor the Infinite Realms of Space"
- Every material body has some natural movement, and can change its place. But an infinite body would occupy every place, and every place would be its own place. ...Every mathematical body must be imagined as having some shape. But shape is defined by some term or boundary, and nothing infinite can have a boundary.
- Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (I Q.7) Book I, Question vii (ca. 1270).
- Frank: I was bored. I'd done everything. I'd gone to the limits. There was nothing left to experience. At least nothing I could buy on earth.
- In the entire history of Greek mathematics, all but the incomparable Archimedes and a few of the more heterodox sophists appear to have hated or feared the mathematical infinite. Analysis was thwarted when it might have prospered.
- Eric Temple Bell, The Development of Mathematics (1940)
- Galileo observed as early as 1638 that there are precisely as many squares 1, 4, 9, 16, 25,... as are positive integers all together. This is evident from the sequences
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ... , n, ...He thus recognized the fundamental distinction between finite and infinite classes that became current in the late nineteenth century. An infinite class is one in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between the whole class and a subclass of the whole. Or, what is equivalent, there are as many things in one part of an infinite class as there are in the whole class.
12, 22, 32, 42, 52, 62, ..., n, ...
...A class whose elements can be put in a one-to-one correspondence with the integers 1, 2, 3, ... is said to be denumerable. All the points in any line segment, finite or infinite in length, form a non-denumerable set. A basic course in calculus starts from the theory of point sets. The distinction between denumerable and non-denumerable classes was not started by Galileo; it was observed about 1840 by Bolzano and in 1878 by Cantor. But Galileo's recognition of the cardinal property of all infinite classes makes him one of the genuine anticipators in the history of calculus. The other was Archimedes.
- Eric Temple Bell, The Development of Mathematics (1940)
- If a thing loves, it is infinite.
- William Blake, in Annotations to Swedenborg (1788).
- If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.
- William Blake, A Memorable Fancy in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793).
- To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
- William Blake, in Auguries of Innocence (c. 1805) - Full text online
- There is a concept which corrupts and upsets all others. I refer not to Evil, whose limited realm is that of ethics; I refer to the infinite.
- Jorge Luis Borges, "Avatars of the Tortoise" or "Avatares de la Tortuga" (1939).
- There are no moral or intellectual merits. Homer composed the Odyssey; if we postulate an infinite period of time, with infinite circumstances and changes, the impossible thing is not to compose the Odyssey, at least once.
- Jorge Luis Borges, "The Immortal" (1949).
- Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.
- Attributed to Kenneth Boulding in United States Congress, House (1973), Energy reorganization act of 1973: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, first session, on H.R. 11510. p. 248
- There is no doubt that we cannot do without variable quantities in the sense of the potential infinite. But from this very fact the necessity of the actual infinite can be demonstrated.
- Georg Cantor, in "Über die verschiedenen Ansichten in Bezug auf die actualunendlichen Zahlen" ["Over the different views with regard to the actual infinite numbers"] - Bihand Till Koniglen Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handigar (1886).
- Each potential infinite, if it is rigorously applicable mathematically, presupposes an actual infinite.
- Georg Cantor, in "Über die verschiedenen Ansichten in Bezug auf die actualunendlichen Zahlen" ["Over the different views with regard to the actual infinite numbers"] - Bihand Till Koniglen Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handigar (1886).
- The potential infinite means nothing other than an undetermined, variable quantity, always remaining finite, which has to assume values that either become smaller than any finite limit no matter how small, or greater than any finite limit no matter how great.
- Georg Cantor, in "Mitteilungen" (1887-8).
- I believe that there is no part of matter which is not — I do not say divisible — but actually divisible; and consequently the least particle ought to be considered as a world full of an infinity of different creatures.
- Georg Cantor, as quoted in Out of the Mouths of Mathematicians : A Quotation Book for Philomaths (1993) by Rosemary Schmalz.
- The fear of infinity is a form of myopia that destroys the possibility of seeing the actual infinite, even though it in its highest form has created and sustains us, and in its secondary transfinite forms occurs all around us and even inhabits our minds.
- Georg Cantor, as quoted in Infinity and the Mind (1995) by Rudy Rucker
- For science, the invention of the differential calculus was a giant step. For the first time in human history the concept of the infinite, which had intrigued philosophers and poets from time immemorial, was given a precise mathematical definition, which opened countless new possibilities for the analysis of natural phenomena. ...According to Zeno, the great athlete Achilles can never catch up with a tortoise... The flaw in Zeno's argument lies in the fact that even though it will take Achilles an infinite number of [procedural] steps to reach the tortoise, this does not take an infinite time. With the tools of Newton's calculus it is easy to show that a moving body will run through an infinite number of infinitely small intervals in a finite time.
- Fritjof Capra, The Web of Life (1996).
- And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.
- The primary Imagination I hold to be the living power and prime agent of all human perception, and as a repetition in the finite mind of the eternal act of creation in the infinite I AM.
- Although velocity was a relative in Newtonian science, yet there did not exist one definite velocity which was assumed to be absolute. This was the infinite velocity. It was assumed that a velocity that was infinite or instantaneous for one observer would remain infinite or instantaneous for all other observers. So far... as velocity was concerned, the sole difference between Einstein and Newton is that with Einstein the absolute or invariant velocity is no longer infinite. ...It is this difference between the invariant velocities of Newton and Einstein which is responsible for all the major differences between classical and Einsteinian science... it is this finiteness of the invariant velocity which precludes us from attaching any absolute value to shape and distance. Einstein's theory proves that molar matter can never move with the absolute speed of light. We are therefore perfectly justified in saying that the velocity of matter remains essentially relative, since it can never attain that critical velocity (i.e., that of light) which is absolute.
- A. D'Abro, The Evolution of Scientific Thought from Newton to Einstein (1927) pp. 154-155.
- Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em,
And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum,
And the great fleas themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go on,
While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so on.
- Augustus De Morgan, A Budget of Paradoxes (c. 1850)
- Neither one nor the other doth follow, for that both the assertions may be true. The Oracle adjudged Socrates the wisest of all men, whose knowledg is limited; Socrates acknowledgeth that he knew nothing in relation to absolute wisdome, which is infinite; and because of infinite, much is the same part as is little, and as is nothing (for to arrive... to the infinite number, it is all one to accumulate thousands, tens, or ciphers,) therefore Socrates well perceived his wisdom to be nothing, in comparison of the infinite knowledg which he wanted. But yet, because there is some knowledg found amongst men, and this not equally shared to all, Socrates might have a greater share thereof than others, and therefore verified the answer of the Oracle.
- Galileo Galilei, Dialogo sopra i Due Massi Sistemi del Mondo (1632) as quoted in Salusbury tr. The Systeme of the World: in Four Dialogues (1661)
- Nature doth, and in it alone is discovered an infinite wisdom, so that Divine Wisdom may be concluded to be infinitely infinite.
- Galileo Galilei, Dialogo sopra i Due Massi Sistemi del Mondo (1632) as quoted in Salusbury tr. The Systeme of the World: in Four Dialogues (1661)
- I must have recourse to a Philosophical distinction, and say that the understanding is to be taken two ways, that is intensivè, or extensivè; and that extensive, that is, as to the multitude of intelligibles, which are infinite, the understanding of man is as nothing, though he should understand a thousand propositions; for that a thousand, in respect of infinity is but as a cypher: but taking the understanding intensive, (in as much as that term imports) intensively, that is, perfectly some propositions, I say, that humane wisdom understandeth some propositions so perfectly, and is as absolutely certain thereof, as Nature herself; and such are the pure Mathematical sciences, to wit, Geometry and Arithmetick: in which Divine Wisdom knows infinite more propositions, because it knows them all; but I believe that the knowledge of those few comprehended by humane understanding, equalleth the divine, as to the certainty objectivè, for that it arriveth to comprehend the necessity thereof, than which there can be no greater certainty.
- Galileo Galilei, Dialogo sopra i Due Massi Sistemi del Mondo (1632) as quoted in Salusbury tr. The Systeme of the World: in Four Dialogues (1661)
- Although I might very rationally put it in dispute, whether there be any such centre in nature, or no; being that neither you nor any one else hath ever proved, whether the World be finite and figurate, or else infinite and interminate; yet nevertheless granting you, for the present, that it is finite, and of a terminate Spherical Figure, and that thereupon it hath its centre; it will be requisite to see how credible it is that the Earth, and not rather some other body, doth possesse the said centre.
- Galileo Galilei, Dialogo sopra i Due Massi Sistemi del Mondo (1632) as quoted in Salusbury tr. The Systeme of the World: in Four Dialogues (1661)
- No priestly dogmas, invented on purpose to tame and subdue the rebellious reason of mankind, ever shocked common sense more than the doctrine of the infinitive divisibility of extension, with its consequences; as they are pompously displayed by all geometricians and metaphysicians, with a kind of triumph and exultation. A real quantity, infinitely less than any finite quantity, containing quantities infinitely less than itself, and so on in infinitum; this is an edifice so bold and prodigious, that it is too weighty for any pretended demonstration to support, because it shocks the clearest and most natural principles of human reason.
- David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748) Ch.XII, Part II.
- Even if there were exceedingly few things in a finite space in an infinite time, they would not have to repeat in the same configurations. Suppose there were three wheels of equal size, rotating on the same axis, one point marked on the circumference of each wheel, and these three points lined up in one straight line. If the second wheel rotated twice as fast as the first, and if the speed of the third wheel was 1/π of the speed of the first, the initial line-up would never recur.
- Walter Kaufmann, Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist p. 327
- The Greeks failed to comprehend the infinitely large, the infinitely small, and infinite processes. They "shrank before the silence of the infinite spaces."
- Morris Kline, Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Oxford University Press, 1972.
- The Pythagoreans associated good and evil with the limited and unlimited, respectively.
- Morris Kline, Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Oxford University Press, 1972.
- Aristotle says the infinite is imperfect, unfinished, and therefore unthinkable; it is formless and confused. Only as objects are delimited and distinct do they have a nature.
- Morris Kline, Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Oxford University Press, 1972.
- To avoid any assertion about the infinitude of the straight line, Euclid says a line segment (he uses the word "line" in this sense) can be extended as far as necessary. Unwillingness to involve the infinitely large is seen also in Euclid's statement of the parallel axiom. Instead of considering two lines that extend to infinity and giving a direct condition or assumption under which parallel lines might exist, his parallel axiom gives a condition under which two lines will meet at some finite point.
- Morris Kline, Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Oxford University Press, 1972.
- The concept of the infinitely small is involved in the relation of points to a line or the relation of the discrete to the continuous, and Zeno's paradoxes may have caused the Greeks to shy away from this subject.
- Morris Kline, Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Oxford University Press, 1972.
- The relationship of point to line bothered the Greeks and led Aristotle to separate the two. Though he admits points are on lines, he says that a line is not made up of points and that the continuous cannot be made up of the discrete. This distinction contributed also to the presumed need for separating number from geometry, since to the Greeks numbers were discrete and geometry dealt with continuous magnitudes.
- Morris Kline, Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Oxford University Press, 1972.
- Because they [the ancient Greeks] feared infinite processes they missed the limit process. In approximating a circle by a polygon they were content to make the difference smaller than any given quantity, but something positive was always left over. Thus the process remained clear to the intuition; the limit process, on the other hand, would have involved the infinitely small.
- Morris Kline, Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Oxford University Press, 1972.
- The attempt to avoid a direct affirmation about infinite parallel straight lines caused Euclid to phrase the parallel axiom in a rather complicated way. He realized that, so worded, this axiom lacked the self-sufficiency of the other nine axioms, and there is good reason to believe that he avoided using it until he had to. Many Greeks tried to find substitute axioms for the parallel axiom or to prove it on the basis of the other nine. ...Simplicius cites others who worked on the problem and says further that people "in ancient times" objected to the use of the parallel postulate.
- Morris Kline, Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Oxford University Press, 1972.
- Closely related to the problem of the parallel postulate is the problem of whether physical space is infinite. Euclid assumes in Postulate 2 that a straight-line segment can be extended as far as necessary; he uses this fact, but only to find a larger finite length—for example in Book I, Propositions 11, 16, and 20. For these proofs Heron gave new proofs that avoided extending the lines, in order to meet the objection of anyone who would deny that the space was available for the extension.
- Morris Kline, Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Oxford University Press, 1972.
- Aristotle had considered the question of whether space is infinite and gave six nonmathematical arguments to prove that it is finite; he foresaw that this question would be troublesome.
- Morris Kline, Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Oxford University Press, 1972.
- In an infinite, eternal universe, the point is that anything is possible, and it's unlikely that we can even begin to scratch the surface of the full range of possibilities.
- Stanley Kubrick Playboy Interview (1968) [2]
- For the present, such a state of instantaneous transition from inequality to equality, from motion to rest, from convergence to parallelism, or anything of the sort, can be sustained in a rigorous or metaphysical sense, or whether infinite extensions successively greater and greater, or infinitely small ones successively less and less, are legitimate considerations, is a matter that I own to be possibly open to question; but for him who would discuss these matters, it is not necessary to fall back upon metaphysical controversies, such as the composition of the continuum, or to make geometrical matters depend thereon. Of course, there is no doubt that a line may be considered to be unlimited in any manner, and that, if it is unlimited on one side only, there can be added to it something that is limited on both sides. But whether a straight line of this kind is to be considered as one whole that can be referred to computation, or whether it can be allocated among quantities which may be used in reckoning, is quite another question that need not be discussed at this point.
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, "Reply to Nieuwentijt Undated," (~1695) The Early Mathematical Manuscripts of Leibniz, 1920, p. 149.
- It will be sufficient if, when we speak of infinitely great (or more strictly unlimited), or of infinitely small quantities (i.e., the very least of those within our knowledge) it is understood that we mean quantities that are indefinitely great or indefinitely small, i.e., as great as you please, or as small as you please, so that the error that any one may assign may be less than a certain assigned quantity. Also, since in general it will appear that, when any small error is assigned, it can be shown that it should be less, it follows that the error is absolutely nothing; an almost exactly similar kind of argument is used in different places by Euclid, Theodosius and others; and this seemed to them to be a wonderful thing, although it could not be denied that it was perfectly true that, from the very thing that was assumed as an error, it could be inferred that the error was non-existent. Thus by infinitely great and infinitely small, we understand something indefinitely great, or something indefinitely small, so that each conducts itself as a sort of class, and not merely as the last thing of a class. If any one wishes to understand these as the ultimate things, or as truly infinite, it can be done, and that too without falling back upon a controversy about the reality of extensions, or of infinite continuums in general, or of the infinitely small, ay, even though he think that such things are utterly impossible; it will be sufficient simply to make use of them as a tool that has advantages for the purpose of the calculation, just as the algebraists retain imaginary roots with great profit. For they contain a handy means of reckoning, as can manifestly be verified in every case in a rigorous manner by the method already stated. But it seems right to show this a little more clearly, in order that it may be confirmed that the algorithm, as it is called, of our differential calculus, set forth by me in the year 1684, is quite reasonable.
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, "Reply to Nieuwentijt Undated," (~1695) The Early Mathematical Manuscripts of Leibniz, 1920, p. 150.
- Outside the ordered universe [is] that amorphous blight of nethermost confusion which blasphemes and bubbles at the center of all infinity—the boundless daemon sultan Azathoth, whose name no lips dare speak aloud, and who gnaws hungrily in inconceivable, unlighted chambers beyond time and space amidst the muffled, maddening beating of vile drums and the thin monotonous whine of accursed flutes.
- H.P. Lovecraft The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, in At The Mountains of Madness, p. 308.
- The concept of infinity came in relatively late, even in Egypt, and... its first fathers were more likely metaphysicians than theologians. In looking backward, as in looking forward, early man was quite unable to imagine endless time. Always he concluded that the animal creation, including his own kind, must have a beginning, and the earth he walked on, with it. Sometimes he ascribed the act of creation to the gods, or to one of them, and sometimes he laid it to a potent being of lesser dignity, usually to a totem animal.
- H.L. Mencken, Treatise on the Gods (1930).
- Swamp Thing: You thought ...that it could not...get worse...you imagined...that things...had reached their limits. Do not...delude yourselves...there are...no limits.
- Alan Moore, Saga of the Swamp Thing #53, pg. 25
- It seems to me, that if the matter of our sun and planets and all the matter of the universe, were evenly scattered throughout all the heavens, and every particle had an innate gravity towards all the rest, and the whole of space throughout which this matter was scattered was but finite, the matter on [toward] the outside of this space would, by its gravity, tend towards all the matter on the inside, and, by consequence, fall down into the middle of the whole space, and there compose one great spherical mass. But if the matter was evenly disposed throughout an infinite space it could never convene into one mass; but some of it would convene into one mass and some into another, so as to make an infinite number of great masses, scattered at great distances from one another throughout all that infinite space.
- Isaac Newton, Four Letters to Bentley (1692) first letter
- Let man then contemplate the whole of nature in her full and grand majesty, and turn his vision from the low objects which surround him. Let him gaze on that brilliant light, set like an eternal lamp to illumine the universe; let the earth appear to him a point in comparison with the vast circle described by the sun; and let him wonder at the fact that this vast circle is itself but a very fine point in comparison with that described by the stars in their revolution round the firmament. But if our view be arrested there, let our imagination pass beyond; it will sooner exhaust the power of conception than nature that of supplying material for conception. The whole visible world is only an imperceptible atom in the ample bosom of nature. No idea approaches it. We may enlarge our conceptions beyond all imaginable space; we only produce atoms in comparison with the reality of things. It is an infinite sphere, the center of which is everywhere, the circumference nowhere. In short it is the greatest sensible mark of the almighty power of God, that imagination loses itself in that thought.
- Note: Havet traces the statement about nature's infinite sphere to Empedocles
- Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 72 (1669).
- For after all what is man in nature? A nothing in relation to infinity, all in relation to nothing, a central point between nothing and all and infinitely far from understanding either. The ends of things and their beginnings are impregnably concealed from him in an impenetrable secret. He is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness out of which he was drawn and the infinite in which he is engulfed.
- Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 72 (1669).
- ...as nature has graven her image and that of her Author on all things, they almost all partake of her double infinity. Thus we see that all the sciences are infinite in the extent of their researches. For who doubts that geometry, for instance, has an infinite infinity of problems to solve? They are also infinite in the multitude and fineness of their premises; for it is clear that those which are put forward as ultimate are not self-supporting, but are based on others which, again having others for their support, do not permit of finality. ...Of these two Infinites of science, that of greatness is the most palpable, and hence a few persons have pretended to know all things. ...the infinitely little is the least obvious. Philosophers have much oftener claimed to have reached it, and it is here they have all stumbled. ...We need no less capacity for attaining the Nothing than the All. Infinite capacity is required for both, and it seems to me that whoever shall have understood the ultimate principles of being might also attain to the knowledge of the Infinite. The one depends on the other, and one leads to the other. These extremes meet and reunite by force of distance, and find each other in God, and in God alone.
- Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 72 (1669).
- Excessive qualities are prejudicial to us and not perceptible by the senses; we do not feel but suffer them. Extreme youth and extreme age hinder the mind, as also too much and too little education. In short, extremes are for us as though they were not, and we are not within their notice. They escape us, or we them. This is our true state; this is what makes us incapable of certain knowledge and of absolute ignorance.
- Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 72 (1669).
- We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end. When we think to attach ourselves to any point and to fasten to it, it wavers and leaves us; and if we follow it, it eludes our grasp, slips past us, and vanishes for ever. Nothing stays for us. This is our natural condition, and yet most contrary to our inclination; we burn with desire to find solid ground and an ultimate sure foundation whereon to build a tower reaching to the Infinite. But our whole groundwork cracks, and the earth opens to abysses.
- Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 72 (1669).
- I hold it equally impossible to know the parts without knowing the whole, and to know the whole without knowing the parts in detail. The eternity of things in itself or in God must also astonish our brief duration.
- Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 72 (1669).
- Unity joined to infinity adds nothing to it, no more than one foot to an infinite measure. The finite is annihilated in the presence of the infinite, and becomes a pure nothing. So our spirit before God, so our justice before divine justice.
- Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 233 (1669).
- We know that there is an infinite, and are ignorant of its nature. As we know it to be false that numbers are finite, it is therefore true that there is an infinity in number. But we do not know what it is. It is false that it is even, it is false that it is odd; for the addition of a unit can make no change in its nature. Yet it is a number, and every number is odd or even (this is certainly true of every finite number). So we may well know that there is a God without knowing what He is. Is there not one substantial truth, seeing there are so many things which are not the truth itself?
- Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 233 (1669).
- We know then the existence and nature of the finite, because we also are finite and have extension. We know the existence of the infinite, and are ignorant of its nature, because it has extension like us, but not limits like us. But we know neither the existence nor the nature of God, because He has neither extension nor limits.
- Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 233 (1669).
- When we would pursue virtues to their extremes on either side, vices present themselves insensibly there, in their insensible journeys towards the infinitely little; and vices present themselves in a crowd towards the infinitely great, so that we lose ourselves in them, and no longer see virtues.
- Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 357 (1669).
- We must relax our minds a little; but this opens the door to debauchery. Let us mark the limits. There are no limits in things. Laws would put them there, and the mind cannot suffer it.
- Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 380 (1669).
- All that is not thought is pure nothingness...And yet—strange contradiction for those who believe in time—geologic history shows us that life is only a short episode between two eternities of death, and that, even in this episode, conscious thought has lasted and will last only a moment. Thought is only a gleam in the midst of a long night. But it is this gleam which is everything.
- Henri Poincaré, The Value of Science (1905) Ch. 11: Science and Reality, Tr. (1907) George Bruce Halsted p.142
- This procedure is the demonstration by recurrence. We first establish a theorem for n = 1; then we show that if it is true of n - 1, it is true of n, and thence conclude that it is true for all the whole numbers. ..Here then we have the mathematical reasoning par excellence, and we must examine it more closely.
...The essential characteristic of reasoning by recurrence is that it contains, condensed, so to speak, in a single formula, an infinity of syllogisms.
...to arrive at the smallest theorem [we] can not dispense with the aid of reasoning by recurrence, for this is an instrument which enables us to pass from the finite to the infinite.
This instrument is always useful, for, allowing us to overleap at a bound as many stages as we wish, it spares us verifications, long, irksome and monotonous, which would quickly become impracticable. But it becomes indispensable as soon as we aim at the general theorem...
In this domain of arithmetic,.. the mathematical infinite already plays a preponderant rôle, and without it there would be no science, because there would be nothing general.
- Henri Poincaré, Science and Hypothesis (1901) Ch. I. On the Nature of Mathematical Reasoning, Tr. (1905) George Bruce Halstead
- Euler's step was daring. In strict logic, it was an outright fallacy... Yet it was justified by analogy, by the analogy of the most successful achievements of a rising science that he called... "Analysis of the Infinite." Other mathematicians, before Euler, passed from finite differences to infinitely small differences, from sums with a finite number of terms to sums with an infinity of terms, from finite products to infinite products. And so Euler passed from equations of a finite degree (algebraic equations) to equations of infinite degree, applying the rules made for the finite...
This analogy... is beset with pitfalls. How did Euler avoid them? ...Euler's reasons are not demonstrative. Euler does not reexamine the grounds for his conjecture... only its consequences. ...He examines also the consequences of closely related analogous conjectures... Euler's reasons are, in fact, inductive.
- George Pólya, Induction and Analogy in Mathematics (1954) Vol. 1 Of Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning
- This I have tested too frequently to be mistaken by offering to indifferent spectators forms of equal abstract beauty in half tint, relieved, the one against dark sky, the other against a bright distance. The preference is invariably given to the latter... the same preference is unhesitatingly accorded to the same effect in Nature herself.
Whatever beauty there may result from effects of light on foreground objects... there is yet a light which the eye invariably seeks with a deeper feeling of the beautiful, the light of the declining or breaking day, and the flakes of scarlet cloud burning like watch-fires in the green sky of the horizon; a deeper feeling... having more of spiritual hope and longing, less of animal and present life...
I am willing to let it rest on the determination of every reader, whether the pleasure which he has received from these effects of calm and luminous distance be not the most singular and memorable of which he has been conscious...
It is not then by nobler form, it is not by positiveness of hue, it is not by intensity of light... that this strange distant space possesses its attractive power. But there is one thing that it has, or suggests, which no other object of sight suggests in equal degree, and that is—Infinity. It is of all visible things the least material, the least finite, the farthest withdrawn from the earth prison-house, the most typical of the nature of God, the most suggestive of the glory of his dwelling-place. For the sky of night, though we may know it boundless, is dark; it is a studded vault, a roof that seems to shut us in and down; but the bright distance has no limit, we feel its infinity, as we rejoice in its purity of light. ...this expression of infinity in distance... is of that value that no other forms will altogether recompense us for its loss; and... no work of any art, in which this expression of infinity is possible, can be perfect or supremely elevated, without it, and that, in proportion to its presence, it will exalt and render impressive even the most tame and trivial themes. And I think if there be any one grand division, by which it is at all possible to set the productions of painting, so far as their mere plan or system is concerned, on our right and left hands, it is this of light and dark background, of heaven light or of object light.
- John Ruskin, Modern Painters (1860) Vol. 2, Ch. V
- We know by actual observation only a comparatively small part of the whole universe. I will call this "our neighborhood." Even within the confines of this province our knowledge decreases very rapidly as we get away from our own particular position in space and time. It is only within the solar system that our empirical knowledge extends to the second order of small quantities (and that only for g44 and not for the other gαβ), the first order corresponding to about 10-8. How the gαβ outside our neighborhood are, we do not know, and how they are at infinity of space or time we shall never know. Infinity is not a physical but a mathematical concept, introduced to make our equations more symmetrical and elegant. From the physical point of view everything that is outside our neighborhood is pure extrapolation, and we are entirely free to make this extrapolation as we please to suit our philosophical or aesthetical predilections—or prejudices. It is true that some of these prejudices are so deeply rooted that we can hardly avoid believing them to be above any possible suspicion of doubt, but this belief is not founded on any physical basis. One of these convictions, on which extrapolation is naturally based, is that the particular part of the universe where we happen to be, is in no way exceptional or privileged; in other words, that the universe, when considered on a large enough scale, is isotropic and homogeneous.
- Willem de Sitter, The Astronomical Aspect of the Theory of Relativity (1933)
- It is only by intuition that the infinite can be apprehended. But why is this? Why cannot the infinite be apprehended by concepts? To see this we must understand that the word "infinite," in the religious sense, has nothing at all to do with that sense of the word in which it is applied to space, time, and the number series. We may call this latter the mathematical infinite to distinguish it from the religious infinite. And it is the confusion between these two which misled us into the false trail of supposing that the infinity of God's mind refers to the amount of His knowledge and that the finitude of man's mind refers to his ignorance. The religious infinite, or in other words the infinity of God, means that than 'which there is no other'. In this sense neither space nor time could be infinite, since space is an "other" to time, and time is an "other" to space.
- Walter Terence Stace, Time and Eternity (1952), p. 46-47
- What does infinity mean to you? Are you not infinity and yourself?
- Dejan Stojanovic in Circling, "Infinity" (Sequence: "Recircling").
- Infinity is the end. End without infinity is but a new beginning.
- Dejan Stojanovic in The Sun Watches the Sun, "Infinity and End" (Sequence: "Skywalking").
- By God, I mean a being absolutely infinite — that is, a substance consisting in infinite attributes, of which each expresses eternal and infinite essentiality.
Explanation — I say absolutely infinite, not infinite after its kind: for, of a thing infinite only after its kind, infinite attributes may be denied; but that which is absolutely infinite, contains in its essence whatever expresses reality, and involves no negation.
- Baruch Spinoza, in Ethics Geometrically Demonstrated (1677), Definition 6
- In the Timaeus Plato had expounded a theory that outside the universe, which he regarded as bounded and spherical, there was an infinite empty space.
- Gerald James Whitrow, The Structure of the Universe: An Introduction to Cosmology (1949)
- During the Middle Ages the universe was regarded as finite, with the earth at its centre. The idea was abandoned during the Scientific Renaissance, and the universe came to be pictured as an indefinitely large number of stars scattered throughout infinite Euclidean space. This conception appeared to be a necessary consequence of the theory of gravitation; for, as Newton pointed out, a finite material universe in infinite space would tend to concentrate in one massive lump.
- Gerald James Whitrow, The Structure of the Universe: An Introduction to Cosmology (1949)
- A child might be overawed by a great city, but a civil engineer knows that he might demolish it and rebuild it himself. Husserl's philosophy has the same aim: to show us that, although we may have been thrust into this world without a 'by your leave,' we are mistaken to assume that it exists independently of us. It is true that reality exists apart from us; but what we mistake for the world is actually a world constituted by us, selected from an infinitely complex reality.
- Colin Wilson in Introduction to the New Existentialism, p. 63 (1966)
- When you reach the top of the mountain, keep climbing.
- Quoted as a Zen Koan in Kevin Grange, "Beneath Blossom Rain: Discovering Bhutan on the Toughest Trek in the World" (2011), p. 284.


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When MMQB.com's Peter King arrived in Davie as part of his training camp tour about a month ago, there was one player specifically on the Dolphins roster that he couldn't have better things to say about than All-Pro defensive end Cameron Wake.
"Cameron Wake to me is one of my three favorite pass rushers in the league," said King. "The thing I love about him, and I told him this. I said the thing I really like you is that you have a true appreciation of your life, of he fact that you almost didn't have this life, and eight years ago you were working out in a gym just praying that somebody would give you a chance. And he made something of himself. That's why it's really, really easy to root for Cam Wake."
With the Dolphins defensive line as a whole likely to garner some national attention, King continued to highlight Wake and his tenacious pass rushing ability specifically today in The MMQB's 2014 NFL Season Preview, as he predicted that the three time Pro Bowler would lead the NFL in sacks this upcoming season.
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Losi Lightweight Outdrives for 8IGHT & 8IGHT-T **Spy Shots**
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While at the Silver State Nitro Challenge, I spotted these lightweight outdrives from Team Losi. The outdrives should improve acceleration, which we all want more of. The outdrives will work for both the 8IGHT and 8IGHT-T. Talk about the outdrives here.


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Ohio Schools Get Their Grades
Department of Education releases report cards
August 23, 2013
STEUBENVILLE — Mike McVey admits the past year has been tough for Steubenville City Schools, but said meeting 21 of the 24 performance standards established by the Ohio Department of Education......
do you trust your local school board with numbers?
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Switzerland of Ohio Schools want a bond for school operations! A lot of nepotism in the staff, "keeping it in the family!"
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Doug Thoburn, Union Local Super said: "No, we are not satisfied with the grades, and we take exception to the image portrayed by these grades," he said in a statement. "Anyone with rational thinking can look at this process and see the lunacy involved."
Come' Doug, anyone with rational thinking can see that with Union Local Math scores of proficiency in some grades being in the 60's and 70's %'s that it is lunacy to deny the facts. Accept it and move on.
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FESTIVALS: MIPTV, where Meetings and Mimosas Mix
by Michael Lee
[A two-part dairy on the TV Conferences, MIPDOC and MIPTV, held in Cannes last month. Part I followed Prague-based outsider/filmmaker/journalist Michael Lee schmoozing through the affable crowds of Cannes's MIPDOC with Guy Debord's "Society of the Spectacle" packed in his new vinyl MIP bag, while struggling to find the right connections to fund his own documentary; Part II, MIPTV where the harder work is to be done.]
The enormity of the inside of MIPTV's central core, the Grand Palais actually soothes me. Its catacombs of booths are open, but a lot of people aren't here yet. There's a whole week ahead, and still a relaxed feeling. Problem is, they're relaxed because they're organized and know exactly their schedules. The executives I'd hoped to find from the bigger channels are mainly off somewhere at meetings, out in the sun probably. I leave messages that I don't expect to be returned.
Bruce, the Australian producer, enlightens me: "I have friends here who don't have time to have lunch with me because they're totally booked. Old friends. People are already arranging their meal plans for next year's MIP. It's almost better to FAIL to see people. Because then NEXT time, you remind them: we missed each other. . ."
For an extreme independent, the best way to approach MIP may be simply ambling and gathering, a Debordian stroll up and down the aisles, treating it like a world's fair, soaking up info, plucking biz cards and catalogues.
It also turns out to be a good way to meet, accidentally, some of the same people you've decided not to bother finding -- and others you never would have thought of. You linger too long at a stand, and boom, they ask YOU what they can do to help. You describe your project, and, if they're not the right person, they're setting up an appointment if at all possible, filling a just-opened crack in a schedule that, if you'd written ahead of time, you probably weren't important enough to enter. At MIP, just showing up truly is the bulk of the battle.
For instance: the friendly woman at the Filmkontakt Nord/Dokument Nordsk booth tells me sorry, they only service Nordic directors, but introduces me to her colleague Anita, from the European Documentary Network, an umbrella for European doc makers much like the IDA for Americans. I meet with her boss. They're co-organizing a conference in late June in Munich; and paying for attendance by Central and East Europeans, and they're short Czechs, Slovaks, and southern Slavs. I promise to get them some names back in Prague; they promise to give me their extremely useful catalogue of all major buyers of docs. (For more info on EDN and the June congress, check out their website at http://www.dox.dk)
Our meeting is in the special top-floor lounge for "The Marketplace," a consortium of small European distributors and production companies organized by the MEDIA program of the EU. It takes up two floors of the Palais and is a great clearinghouse for a US extreme independent looking to work with Europe. But I have to finish getting my proposals printed; I will make my rounds here tomorrow.
MIPTV officially opens tonight at the Martinez. The bash blows out everything that's come before: six rooms, at least 49 savory foods and 16 dessert items; in the big hall in back, a Steadicam operator shimmies his Beta through a Brazilian drum and dance troupe. Only as I'm preparing to leave this extravaganza do I run into Marianne, the MIP organizer I met yesterday at the CANAL+ luncheon, and her friends: Stephan is an indie French doc maker, Victoria, a distributor. We don't talk a bit about work. We gorge and blague. More mimosas.
Much later, at the quiet piano bar of the Carlton, Marianne suggests I meet some other friends at the MIPTV news, which produces a full color magazine of around 180 pages each day, announcing hot deals, full of photos from the poshest parties and features like, "Asian Markets Fuse in Perfect Marriage," and a dense section called PROJECT NEWS. She's friends with the two top editors, who, she says, are great guys. "Go and tell them what you're doing, and maybe they'll do a story on you." Hmm.
A reporter from South Africa also might do a story. He needs a local angle and is finding very little here, so my ground-up efforts might be the trick. Of course, I'm encouraging him as well. He's entertained by the idea of me, later, writing this article about him writing about me writing. He too, it turns out, is a spy, a journalist trying to find support for his own doc.
After this morning's fiction Bourse -- another free breakfast, I stop by the French ARTE booth (a French/German/Spanish broadcaster and co-production company and my biggest target) with my new shiny full-color proposals, but discover that Thierry Garrel, the head of docs, has left for Paris an hour ago. But I can talk to Marthe Verteux, the doc buyer. Don't bother with an appointment, they tell me. She'll be at the booth all day tomorrow. I leave a proposal and hope.
Marianne later tells me Garrel had been sitting next to me at the fiction Bourse. Lesson: go through the catalogue carefully; memorize the photos. And go to your main targets, first (duh!) as soon as possible.
The South African buyer doesn't show at our noon appointment. I pop my credit card into the phone and end up leaving a message in another hemisphere. At Discovery, I drop the page off for heavy hitter Chris Haws, who nobody has seen all morning. Nobody at CANAL+ either.
I climb the steps to the MEDIA program. I stop at MTV -- no, not that one: "We had the name first," American-born Sandra says of the Danish company that can't do much with my type of show (http://www.mtv.dk). Patty at Absolutely Independent (email@example.com), a Dutch umbrella for independent producers, thinks my project would be perfect for Dutch station NOS. She also reveals to me the MEDIA program's secret heart: half-hourly group meetings running all day every day with buyers at the most important channels in the world. Just this morning, I've missed YLE and YLE 2, ARTE, Film for the Humanities, WGBH, National Geographic. . . In this case, my ignorance is not my fault. At the MEDIA counter, they don't want to let me see a schedule -- only for registered participants.
After the MEDIA's open symposium "Arts Programming: Funding, Content, the 21st Century," I run into my South Africa buyer, who apologizes profusely -- she arrived about five minutes after I left, she says. Still pessimistic about arts in general, she asks if I can leave her a proposal - out comes one, freshly minted - and she says she'll write. Behind her is Haws, who thanks me for leaving him the proposal page before disappearing into the surging swamp.
Finally I learn too late: DON'T drop stuff off. Even most of the people I meet face to face don't want me to leave them with proposals. Everyone tells the same story: truckloads of stuff to be driven back home, at least three weeks before they'll see it. Mail it to me when you get back, they all say, I'll read it sooner. Email it.
The conference is more about dissemination than delivery. As Bruce points out, it's mainly a forum to discuss projects that have already been proposed beforehand. "They get the stuff ahead of time. Then here, they can meet you and ask questions about it."
I stop off at ARTE - Verteux is in meetings back-to-back-to-back. They interrupt her and tell me to come back in fifteen minutes. But when I return, she's already gone to lunch. "Her last meeting's at 3," the receptionist tells me in her lovely French. "She flies to Paris at 4. Try 3:30."
I rush by MIPTV news and introduce myself to the editor, telling him I'm Marianne's friend and she said I must meet him. He asks what I'm working on. I tell him about my doc and assignment. "Well," he says, "sounds like we should do a little article on you. Can you come back at 3:30?" We agree on 4.
Making my last stagger through the MEDIA floor, I run into Jean from "tv files," a year old service which beams trailers for independent producers by satellite to subscribers worldwide. Seems like a pretty good way of advertising projects at a relatively low cost, though in our conversation I get the feeling they're shooting high and are concerned with independent folk mainly as a stepping stone to the bigger money. Still, worth checking out: http://www.tvfiles.com
Back at ARTE, Verteux is nowhere to be found. I wait and wait and finally, ten minutes to four, she shows up and WE ACTUALLY SIT DOWN. I pitch the project, she asks questions, and then says she needs much more: can I send her and Thierry a detailed script, and some of the footage?
At my interview, I'm the beaming optimist.
On my way back inside the emptying Palais, I walk almost straight into Steven Rosenbaum, head honcho at New York's BNN. I recognize his name from last November in New York, when I called BNN about my doc - we talked on the phone for less than a minute, but that was enough. He vaguely remembers me and the film. He's very interested in my experiences here as an extreme independent.
"It's a positive development," he says. "This place used to be dominated by the big American companies. There was no room for independents at all. In just the last three years, you've seen a tremendous shift in emphasis toward Europe, toward smaller companies."
He gets around to asking me about my doc, how my trip was, how things have gone for me here. I lament the disinterest of American stations in foreign stories. "It's true," he says, "but it's funny, because it's not what the viewers want anymore. They're very globally poised, especially the youth." He tells me about a class he was teaching at Columbia, where a top executive from one of the big three networks came and was roundly trounced by the students for his Amero-centric policies.
Our conversation shifts to the Internet and Steve's ideas about how to use it to finance and market smaller films, especially video docs. "You drop it straight online, into a catalogue, broken down by topic, of as many films as you want, with information constantly added, very up-to-date, web links, contact info, of everything that's out there looking for funding and viewership." And once Internet integrates more fully with TV, which he is certain is imminent, it will revolutionize the way this whole business is done. "True independence will be much less difficult."
He too asks me for a proposal and to send some footage. "Here's how it works: there are about ten people I like to work with, and once I look at what you have, I'll know if any of them will go for it." If I can get a major music figure in America to go to bat for me, he says, someone like Paul Simon - who already promoted to success South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo - or Whitney Houston as an introductory host, it's sold. "That's how it works in the States."
My last official stop is distributor Tapestry International, who I also talked to in New York. Karen remembers me vaguely. I tell her about Steve's celebrity advocacy angle and mention Black Mambazo. "I can help you get them," she says, "That much I can do, definitely." They've just acquired a doc on the group. She takes a proposal and asks me to send a sample.
I meet Marianne's friends, Stephan and Victoria at the giant booth for French independents. Stephan's company, Ardeche Images, focusses on less commercial docs. They'll be running a festival in August in the countryside near Lyon for indie docs, no business, all art. He invites me, but I'll probably be shooting in South Africa.
With Stephan and Victoria at a beachside party, I run into Haws again. I follow him out and beg one last time, I'm an outsider, ANY help. . . He asks about our South African friend. I relay her friendly pessimism. "Well, she's the one, she should know."
He tries to hail a cab for La Hacienda, a Mexican restaurant, for a party. Don't bother, I tell him, it's just a few blocks walk down; I saw it yesterday. "Thanks for that," he says, and turns into the wind to go.
I find myself quietly psyched at the face points. I also realize in that one way, I now know Cannes better than this extreme veteran. Whatever happens next, the brief week has changed me. I'm not quite as independent anymore. I reach into my bag, finger the unopened Debord, head back inside, and order us another round of mimosas.
[Michael Lee is a filmmaker and writer based in Prague.]


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One night and 10 sights in Paris
I've always been a bit of a last-minute holiday planner, and when hearing that my boyfriend had never been to Paris – shock horror – I felt an instant need to rectify the situation. I picked up the DK 'Eyewitness Travel: Top 10 Paris' because it seemed handbag friendly and concise. It contained enough tips and information to keep us entertained for months, let alone for the two days we'd hastily booked. I'd recommend it as it's easy to use and the top 10 lists, which feature subjects such as top 10 restaurants and top 10 sights, seemed to offer such a wide variety of choice. It has a handy pull-out map, with a metro plan and 60 ideas of how to spend your day should preliminary plans go wrong.
Using the guides as a basis, we decided to create our own top 10 list of things to do and see. We stayed at the quirky and colourful Hotel Des Arts in the heart of the bohemian Montmartre, home of the famous Moulin Rouge. As we walked from Blanche metro station to our hotel, I was in the middle of saying "…and the café where they filmed Amelie is around here somewhere…" when up it popped halfway up Rue Lepic. We'd put the Café des 2 Moulins second on our list of things to see and I'd highly recommend you stopping by for a café au lait or two.
On the way back from Sacré-Coeur, the third tick off our list where we experienced the spectacular views of the city, we took a wrong turn and got a bit lost. Using the handy guide, we found that we were near the Salvador Dali museum so decided to stop in. It features more than 300 of his drawings and sculptures with surreal sound effects, including Dali's voice. Fun and interesting.
That night, we dined on onion soup, steak and crème brûlée, completing five out of 10, and pursued our top 10 guide to plan the next day.
We arose at a reasonable time and still managed to leisurely tick off a large amount of the Louvre; a stroll through Jardin du Carrousel and Jardin des Tuileries; some mouth-watering window shopping along the Champs Elysèes; saw the breathtaking views from the top of the Arc de Triomphe and finished the day with the magnificent Eiffel Tower at sunset, which seemed the perfect ending to our mini Parisian getaway. We knew we'd never see all Paris has to offer in two days, but left feeling satisfied at ticking off our top 10 list and ready to plan a return visit…
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Daily Commentary – Tuesday, June 26, 2012 – It Appears NBC Has Been Up To Their Same Editing Tricks Again in Bob Costos – Sandusky Interview
- One of the phone interviews tapes of Sandusky's interview with Bob Costas includes an embarrassing edit that may be used by the defense in their appeal
Daily Commentary – Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Download
Posted June 26, 2012 by Klaasend
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Daily Commentary – Monday, June 25, 2012 – Now That Justice Has Been Served in the Jerry Sandusky Case, What's Next?
- With adopted son Matt being added to the long list of accusers, you have to wonder how many more charges will be filed after Sandusky guilty on 45 counts.
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Posted June 25, 2012 by Klaasend
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Jerry Sandusky Perp Walk in Handcuff Out of Court Following Conviction on 45 of 48 Child Sexual Abuse Crimes (VIDEO)
Following the juries verdict, Jerry Sandusky guilty on 45 of 48 sexual abuse crimes against little boys, Sandusky was made to do the "PERP WALK" in handcuffs back to jail Bail was denied following the verdict and the former Penn State assistant football coach will face sentencing in the near future. Sandusky faces a maximum of 442 year.
Posted June 23, 2012 by Scared Monkeys
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Jury Has Reached Verdict in the Jerry Sandusky/PSU Child Sex Abuse Trial … JERRY SANDUSKY GUILTY ON 45 OF 48 COUNTS (VIDEO)
After the jury in the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse trial have deliberated for more than 21 hours, they have reached a verdict. Jerry Sandusky, his defense attorneys and the prosecutors are making their way back to the court room to hear the verdict.
Jerry Sandusky has been convicted on 45 of 48 counts, including25 felonies. Sandusky faced a maximum of 442 years. There was been justice served in the heinous action by former Penn State assistant football coach. It would have been hard to believe that any jury would have found Sandusky not guilty after the evidence had been presented and testimony from multiple victims.
Crowd Cheers After Jerry Sandusky Found Guilty On 45 Counts Of Child Sex Abuse
Sandusky has basically just received a life sentence as he faces a maximum of 442 years. He will likely be sentenced to life in prison. In a post trial news conference, when Sandusky's defense attorney stated that his client was given a life sentence due to his age, the crowd cheered with approval.
KUDOS to the jury for doing their job in a methodical and deliberate manner. They went back and looked at certain evidence and went through every charge and handed out justice this evening against child sex criminal Jerry Sandusky.
After 20 hours of sequestered deliberations, the jury of seven women and five men read dozens of "guilty" verdicts as Sandusky stood and looked at the jury with a hand in a pocket of his brown jacket.
Sandusky was found guilty on 45 of the 48 counts against him of sex abuse involving 10 boys he allegedly groomed through a charity he operated. He was led out of court by officers.
Let the civil suits begin and so they should. Get ready Sandusky's, Penn State University and the numerous PSU officials that did nothing and looked the other way and allowed the continued abuse to occur. The fact that police were never called will make PSU square in the civil law suit bulls-eye.
NY TIMES … Sandusky Convicted of Sexually Abusing Boys
Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach, was convicted Friday of sexually abusing nine young boys, completing the downfall of a onetime local hero in a pedophilia scandal that seized national attention.
The charges against Sandusky, 68, shook Penn State to its roots last year, ending the careers of Joe Paterno, the university's famed head coach, and its longtime president Graham B. Spanier, and prompting debate and soul-searching over the role of big-time college sports and of trusted men in children's lives.
PENN LIVE has a listing of all the guilty counts as per each victim.
For more updates, comments and opinions and to provide your own … go to Scared Monkeys Crime Forum: Former Penn State Coach Jerry Sandusky Charged with 52 counts- Sexual Abuse of 10 Boys.
UPDATE I: Don't miss the Sandusky Perp Walk, watch VIDEO HERE.
Posted June 22, 2012 by Scared Monkeys
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Bombshell … Jerry Sandusky's Adopted Son, Matt Sandusky, says He was Abused by His Father
As Nancy Grace would say … BOMBSHELL TONIGHT, or today as they case may be.
One of Jerry Sandusky's adopted sons, Matt Sandusky,has said through his attorney that he was sexually abused by his father. OUCH. As the Sandusky jury was about to deliberate in the Sandusky child sex trial along comes this whopper. This morning, as the sequestered jury headed for deliberations, NBC News reported for the first time that the reason Jerry Sandusky did not take the stand in his own defense yesterday was because Matt was prepared to testify against his dad. So much for the gag order as this news surfaced regarding Matt's allegations. Then again, the entire Sandusky child sex abuse trial was enought to make anyone gag.
Matt Sandusky, one of six adopted children of Jerry Sandusky, said through his attorney Thursday that he was sexually abused by the former Penn State assistant football coach, adding that he had been prepared to testify against him in a high-profile child rape case.
"At Matt's request, we immediately arranged a meeting between him and the prosecutors and investigators," attorneys Andrew Shubin and Justine Andronici said in a statement. "This has been an extremely painful experience for Matt and he has asked us to convey his request that the media respect his privacy."
That accusation could lead to additional charges, including incest charges even though Matt Sandusky is adopted, according to Marci Hamilton, a Cardozo Law School professor who has represented victims and written on sexual abuse cases.
From NBC10 – Philadelphia, STATEMENT OF ATTORNEYS ANDREW SHUBIN AND JUSTINE ANDRONICI:
Matt Sandusky, one of Jerry Sandusky's adopted children, asked us to confirm with you the accuracy of this morning's news reports indicating that he was prepared to testify truthfully as a Commonwealth witness.
During the trial, Matt Sandusky contacted us and requested our advice and assistance in arranging a meeting with prosecutors to disclose for the first time in this case that he is a victim of Jerry Sandusky's abuse.
The judge tells the media that Sandusky verdict cannot be reported until court is adjourned. LOL … good luck to that dude. There is this little think called texting to an anonymous third party that might just put an end to that.
More from Diane Dimond, friend of Scared Monkeys and frequent guest of the Dana Pretzer Show on Scared Monkeys radio.
Because the jury is sequestered, they will not hear of the explosive revelation that came out just moments later: One of Sandusky's adopted sons has reportedly just revealed to prosecutors that he, too, was a sexual molestation victim of the former Penn State football coach. According to the Patriot-News, the newspaper that won a Pulitzer Prize for first reporting the Sandusky scandal, 33-year-old Matt Sandusky had agreed to testify if called, but apparently the judge denied the prosecution's last-minute request. The Daily Beast spoke to Matt's biological mother, Debra Rose Long, in the courtroom today, but she declined to comment on the record. Long has always said she believes the Sanduskys "stole" her son from her, officially adopting him when he turned 18.
Posted June 21, 2012 by Scared Monkeys
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Penn St Child Sex Scandal: Jerry Sandusky Handcuffed & Arrested at Home … Faces Two New Criminal Child Sex Abuse Charges
Oops, he did it again. Sandusky faces two more child sex abuse charges … This now makes 10!
Former assistant Penn St. University football coach Jerry Sandusky was taken from his home in handcuffs, arrested and faces two new child sex abuse charges. Sandusky was lead off to jail after failing to post a $250K bail. The latest arrests and child sex abuse charges stem from two additional men who testified in front of the grand jury, victim 9 & victim 10. Both of whom were children when Sandusky was alleged to have abused them.
View more videos at: http://nbcphiladelphia.com.
Jerry Sandusky was taken out of his home in handcuffs by the Centre County District Attorney's office on Wednesday afternoon to face two new criminal charges of child sex abuse. He was sent to the county jail after being unable to post the $250,000 bail.
"Today's criminal charges were recommended by a statewide investigating grand jury, based on evidence and testimony that was received following the initial arrest of Sandusky on November 5th," Attorney General Kelly said in a statement."
Press Statement from Attorney General Kelly:
According to the grand jury, Victim 9 first encountered Sandusky in approximately 2004, while participating in a summer camp organized by The Second Mile, when he was 11 or 12 years old. Sandusky allegedly approached the young man, engaged him in conversation and expressed an interest in spending more time with the child.
Posted December 7, 2011 by Scared Monkeys
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Syracuse University Fires Asst Basketball Coach Bernie Fine in Wake of Sex Scandal, Tape Release Fine's Wife, "Bernie has issues, maybe that he's not aware of, but he has issues. …"
In the wake of the Syracuse sex scandal, assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine has been fired by Syracuse University. As the investigation continues in the alleged accusations of sexual molestation by Bernie Fine, the asst coach finds himself out of a job after 36 years and in hot water. The firing comes after a third individual came forward with allegation of sexual molestation and a search of Fine's home over the weekend by Syracuse police and US Secret Service agents.
Bernie Fine was fired Sunday by Syracuse University after a third man accused the assistant basketball coach of molesting him nine years ago.
"At the direction of Chancellor Cantor, Bernie Fine's employment with Syracuse University has been terminated, effective immediately," Kevin Quinn, the school's senior vice president for public affairs, said in a statement.
The 65-year-old Fine was in his 36th season at his alma mater. He had the longest active streak of consecutive seasons at one school among assistant coaches in Division I.
After the tape of Bernie Fine's wife, Laurie Fine, came forward, LISTEN HERE, it was hard to believe that Fine would not be fired and worse. The tape of Fine's wife was recorded without her knowledge at the time. The tape obviously shows that Fine's wife had concerns of Bernie Fine's sexual molestation. YIKES!!! The tape is troubling and disturbing to listen to … um, ESPN had this how long ago?
Bobby Davis, who has publicly accused Bernie Fine of years of molestation that Davis said started when he was in the seventh grade, legally recorded his Oct. 8, 2002, phone call to Laurie Fine.
"I know everything that went on, you know," Laurie Fine said on the call, obtained by Outside the Lines from Davis. "I know everything that went on with him … Bernie has issues, maybe that he's not aware of, but he has issues … And you trusted somebody you shouldn't have trusted … "
She continued: "Bernie is also in denial. I think that he did the things he did, but he's somehow through his own mental telepathy has erased them out of his mind."
Long time Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim released a statement regarding the firing of Fine. Boeheim had initially defended Fine when the story first broke; however, he has obviously developed a change of heart and stated that he was sorry if his initial comments in defense of Fine were "insensitive to victims of abuse."
"The allegations that have come forth today are disturbing and deeply troubling," Boeheim said in a statement released by the school. "I am personally very shocked because I have never witnessed any of the activities that have been alleged. I believe the university took the appropriate step tonight. What is most important is that this matter be fully investigated and that anyone with information be supported to come forward so that the truth can be found. I deeply regret any statements I made that might have inhibited that from occurring or been insensitive to victims of abuse."
First Penn State and now Syracuse University. One really has to wonder how many colleges and universities have such deep dark skeletons in their closets? Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts, absolutely.
Posted November 28, 2011 by Scared Monkeys
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Former Penn State Defensive Coach Jerry Sandusky Admits Showering & Horsing Around with Little Boys but says He is Not a Pedophile
This story might be one of the biggest WTF ever!!!
Good grief, Jerry Sandusky's comments sound an awful lot like, I smoked pot but I never inhaled.
Sandusky has admitted to showering and horsing around with young boys, in an interview with NBC's Bob Costas; however, he denied being a pedophile. What a relief that is to everyone, because we all thought you were. Now we, the boys your showered with and their distraught parents can sleep easy tonight. NOT!!! Sandusky also proclaimed his innocence of the 40 sex crime charges against him. This perv is in enough trouble, doing an interview was probably not the wisest of moves. I think damage control is a lit late at this point. As stated at Hot Air, "isn't it weird that a guy who was investigated for child sexual abuse in 1998 was still willing to risk people getting the wrong impression about him four years later?" Because I am sure what grad student McQueary witnessed was only Sandusky showering with a 10 year old boy and not child rape. Oh, alleged child rape.
"I say that I am innocent of those charges," said Sandusky in a phone interview with Costas.
When asked by Costas, "Are you a pedophile," Sandusky responded, "No."
Joe Paterno's one-time defensive coordinator was charged earlier this month with 40 counts of sexually abusing eight boys. He is currently free on a $100,000 bond and has denied any wrongdoing. The allegations date back to 1994, according to a grand jury report. A grand jury report detailed claims of alleged sexual encounters with young boys in Sandusky's home, hotels and Penn State locker rooms.
"I could say that I have done some of those things. I have horsed around with kids I have showered after workouts. I have hugged them and I have touched their legs without intent of sexual contact," said Sandusky.
When pressed by Costas about what Sandusky was willing to concede that he'd done wrong, Sandusky said: "I shouldn't have showered with those kids."
No kidding, really? Has it finally come as an epiphany to Sandusky that he should not have showered with little boys, SERIOUSLY!!! This pervert showered with little boys, hugged and touched them … oh but of course there was no intent of sexual contact. PLEASE DO NOT INSULT OUR INTELLIGENCE!!! We are all certain that you just showered and touched them to make sure they properly used the soap.
Posted November 14, 2011 by Scared Monkeys
child abuse, Child Welfare, Crime, Media, Penn St Sex scandal, Rape, Scandal, Sexual Assault, WTF | 16 comments
Saturday Night Live: Even the Devil Offended by the Penn State Child Sex Abuse Scandal in SNL Skit
The Penn State child sex scandal, it's pretty bad when even the Devil is taken aback and offended … Evil just ain't what it used to be.
Saturday Night Live probably did one of their best skits in years and there was nothing political about it. It is a must see VIDEO because it brings light on a hideous scandal and shows the absurdity of how Penn State as an institution so badly handled it. The SNL skit targeted the Penn State child sex scandal in showing that even the Devil was offended by what had transpired in not so Happy Valley.
"SNL" cast member Jason Sudeikis reprised his role as Satan, appearing with red horns and pitchfork. The devil was informed by "Weekend Update" host Seth Meyers of sex charges against a former defensive coordinator and allegations that university officials failed to report the abuse.
Even he was disturbed by the news. Addressing Penn State students who protested football coach Joe Paterno's firing, the devil spoke directly into the camera, asking, "Do you know how bad that made you look?"
As an upset and disturbed Satan stated when he found out the the scandal at Penn State was a child abuse sex scandal and not selling tickets for money, "I am the Price of Darkness, not a monster". Doesn't that pretty much say it all. This SNL is a classic, not because the content is humorous at it's core, it is just the opposite, the child sex scandal cover up makes any one with a soul sick. Hell, even Satan was appalled and there lies the visceral disgust in this entire matter. As the Devil said, "this is Penn State football, not the Catholic church". However, these days one has to wonder because they handed the matter of sexually abusing little boys in the same way. Sorry, but facts are the fact. Through hyperbole SNL showed just how bad this scandal is and was at Penn State … When the Devil is offended,
Houston Penn State, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM!
UPDATE I: The NY Times has their own version of the Devil and Joe Paterno. The interesting point from this article is that Joe Pa might have believed more in the institution than individuals "inappropriate behavior". And there lies the problem. Protecting the band, rather than protecting children.
They believed in their church. They believed in their mission. And out of the temptation that comes only to the virtuous, they somehow persuaded themselves that protecting their institution's various good works mattered more than justice for the children they were supposed to shepherd and protect.
I suspect a similar instinct prompted the higher-ups at Penn State to basically ignore what they described as Jerry Sandusky's "inappropriate conduct," and persuaded Paterno that by punting the allegation to his superiors he had fulfilled his responsibility to the victimized child. He had so many important duties, after all, and so many people counting on him. And Sandusky had done so much good over the years …
Posted November 13, 2011 by Scared Monkeys
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Success with Honor Needs a Fresh Start … An Open Letter to Penn State University President Rodney Erickson in Wake of Child Sex Scandal
"Success with Honor" needs to be a reality at Penn State with the coaches and administrators, not just a catch phrase for the students to live by.
In the wake of the hideous child sex scandal, Penn State's "Success with Honor" might be in need of a fresh clean slate. There is going to be a complete image change required at State College in Happy Valley, where the words of integrity, commitment and loyalty have to be reevaluated. Especially that loyalty one, that appears to be at the heart of the issue of the cover up of the alleged child sex crimes of former defensive PSU coach Jerry Sandusky.
It would appear that a new image is required at Penn State, read the following open letter to interim Penn State President Rodney Erickson. First, get a PR firm.
Once retained, have the agency facilitate meetings through their agents with Bill Parcells and Bill Cowher immediately. Specify no leaks to the press until after they occur and by mutual agreement. Cowher may be the low hanging fruit on this one, he is returning to CBS next year.
If neither is interested in a head coach commitment of an 8-1 Big Ten team, follow their recommendations about who to contact next and ask them; beg if necessary, if they would be willing to consider a consulting gig for the recruitment process. Urban Myer is a fine coach and leader, but regardless of who PSU ultimately chooses, efforts to rebuild the PSU brand must start with a nationally recognizable face of a trusted and respected winner, like yesterday.
Champions attract champions and without that, it is like asking collegiate coaching candidates to walk into the lion's den (pun intended) wearing a raw steak necklace. You will not even get one to tour Lasche, trust me on this.
This strategy would likely also include a public facing spokesperson effort, and worth every penny if that is all you can get a commitment for from either coach.
Pay them to sit in the lobby. Pay them to ride the elevator a few times, but get them on grounds. Pay them to have a motivational meeting with the team.
Read the rest HERE.
Posted November 12, 2011 by Scared Monkeys
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Username: GKirk
Posted 2000-11-12 10:39:39 and read 1400 times.
Im soon to visit some relatives and i havent decided where to catch a connecting flight from, I could take a BA flight to LHR, AF to CDG, KLM Uk to AMS, SN to BRU or BA to CPH. Can anyone advise me on what to take and what flight and a/c I would get from these places, at the moment Im thinking of going via LHR.
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Username: SRA330-223
Posted 2000-11-12 11:10:27 and read 1377 times.
Well, just a question ! Where is your departure and arrival airport ??? If you do not where you board and deboard the aircraft there is no one who could help you finding the best route for travel !
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Posted 2000-11-12 22:16:47 and read 1346 times.
go via AMS - catch a few hours with your camera on the obs deck.
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