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THE CHURCH IN CRISIS -- And Scenarios for a Soluti...
THE CHURCH IN CRISIS -- And Scenarios for a Solution
Present at the Demolition: A Philosopher Remembers and Reminds: An interview with Dr. Alice von Hildebrand
The following conversation with Dr. Alice von Hildebrand opens our discussion of this issue's focus: The Crisis in the Church: Scenarios for a Solution. Dr. von Hildebrand, professor of philosophy emeritus of Hunter College (City University of New York) has just completed The Soul of a Lion , a biography of her husband, Dietrich.
TLM: Dr. von Hildebrand, at the time that Pope John XXIII summoned the Second Vatican Council, did you perceive a need for a reform within the Church?
AVH: Most of the insights about this come from my husband. He always said that the members of the Church, due to the effects of original sin and actual sin, are always in need of reform. The Church's teaching, however, is from God. Not one iota is to be changed or considered in need of reform.
TLM: In terms of the present crisis, when did you first perceive something was terribly wrong?
AVH: It was in February 1965. I was taking a sabbatical year in Florence. My husband was reading a theological journal, and suddenly I heard him burst into tears. I ran to him, fearful that his heart condition had suddenly caused him pain. I asked him if he was all right. He told me that the article that he had been reading had provided him with the certain insight that the devil had entered the Church. Remember, my husband was the first prominent German to speak out publicly against Hitler and the Nazis. His insights were always prescient.
TLM: Had your husband ever talked about his fear for the Church before this incident?
AVH: I relate in my biography of my husband, The Soul of a Lion, that a few years after his conversion to Catholicism in the 1920's, he began teaching at the University of Munich. Munich was a Catholic city. Most Catholics at the time went to mass, but he always said that it was there that he became aware of the loss of a sense of the supernatural among Catholics. One incident especially offered him sufficient proof, and it greatly saddened him.
When passing through a door, my husband would always give precedence to those of his students who were priests. One day, one of his colleagues (a Catholic) expressed his astonishment and disapproval: "Why do you let your students step ahead of you?" "Because they are priests," replied my husband. "But they do not have a Ph.D." my husband was grieved. To value a Ph.D. is a natural response; to feel awe for the sublimity of the priesthood is a supernatural response. The professor's attitude proved that his sense for the supernatural had been eroded. That was long before Vatican II. But until the Council, the beauty and the sacredness of the Tridentine liturgy masked this phenomenon.
TLM: Did your husband think that the decline in a sense of the supernatural began around that time, and if so, how did he explain it?
AVH: No, he believed that after Pius X's condemnation of the heresy of Modernism, its proponents merely went underground. He would say that they then took a much more subtle and practical approach. They spread doubt simply by raising questions about the great supernatural interventions throughout salvation history, such as the Virgin Birth and Our Lady's perpetual virginity, as well as the Resurrection, and the Holy Eucharist. They knew that once faith -- the foundation -- totters, the liturgy and the moral teachings of the Church would follow suit. My husband entitled one of his books The Devastated Vineyard . After Vatican II, a tornado seemed to have hit the Church.
Modernism itself was the fruit of the calamity of the Renaissance and the Protestant Revolt, and it took a long historical process to unfold. If you were to ask a typical Catholic in the Middle Ages to name a hero or heroine, he would answer with the name of a saint. The Renaissance began to chant that. Instead of a saint, people would think of geniuses as persons to emulate, and with the oncoming of the industrial age, they would answer with the name of a great scientist. Today, they would answer with a sports figure or cinema personality. In other words, the loss of the sense of the supernatural has brought an inversion of the hierarchy of values.
Even the pagan Plato was open to a sense of the supernatural. He spoke of the weakness, frailty and cowardice often evidenced in human nature. He was asked by a critic to explain why he had such a low opinion of humanity. He replied that he was not denigrating man, only comparing him to God.
With the loss of a sense of the supernatural, there is a loss of the sense of the need for sacrifice today. The closer one comes to God, the greater should be one's sense of sinfulness. The further one gets form God, as today, the more we hear the philosophy of the new age: "I'm OK, You're OK." This loss of the inclination to sacrifice has led to the obscuring of the Church's redemptive mission. Where the Cross is downplayed, our need for redemption is given hardly a thought.
The aversion to sacrifice and redemption has assisted the secularization of the Church from within. We have been hearing for many years form priests and bishops about the need for the Church to adapt herself to the world. Great popes like St. Pius X said just the opposite: the world must adapt itself to the Church.
TLM: From our conversation throughout this afternoon, I must conclude that you don't believe that the accelerating loss of the sense of the supernatural is an accident of history.
AVH: No I do not. There have been two books published in Italy in recent years that confirm what my husband had been suspecting for some time; namely, there has been a systematic infiltration of the Church by diabolical enemies for much of this century. My husband was a very sanguine man and optimistic by nature. During the last ten years of his life, however, I witnessed him many times in moments of great sorrow, and frequently repeating, "They have desecrated the Holy Bride of Christ." He was referring to the "abomination of desolation" of which the prophet Daniel speaks.
TLM: This is a critical admission, Dr. von Hildebrand. Your husband has been called a twentieth-century Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius XII. If he felt so strongly, didn't he have access to the Vatican to tell pope Paul VI of his fears?
AVH: But he did! I shall never forget the private audience we had with Paul VI just before the end of the Council. It was on June 21, 1965. As soon as my husband started pleading with him to condemn the heresies that were rampant, the Pope interrupted him with the words, "Lo scriva, lo scriva." ("Write it down.") A few moments later, for the second time, my husband drew the gravity of the situation to the Pope's attention. Same answer. His Holiness received us standing. It was clear that the Pope was feeling very uncomfortable. The audience lasted only a few minutes. Paul VI immediately gave a sign to his secretary, Fr. Capovilla, to bring us rosaries and medals. We then went back to Florence where my husband wrote a long document (unpublished today) that was delivered to Paul VI just the day before the last session of the Council. It was September 1965. After reading my husband's document, he said to my husband's nephew, Dieter Sattler, who had become the German ambassador to the Holy See, that he had read the document carefully, but that "it was a bit harsh." The reason was obvious: my husband had humbly requested a clear condemnation of heretical statements.
TLM: You realize, of course, Doctor, that as soon as you mention this idea of infiltration, there will be those who roll their eyes in exasperation and remark, "Not another conspiracy theory!"
AVH: I can only tell you what I know. It is a matter of public record, for instance, that Bella Dodd, the ex-Communist who reconverted to the Church, openly spoke of the Communist Party's deliberate infiltration of agents into the seminaries. She told my husband and me that when she was an active party member, she had dealt with no fewer than four cardinals within the Vatican "who were working for us."
Many a time I have heard Americans say that Europeans "smell conspiracy wherever they go." But from the beginning, the Evil One has "conspired" against the Church -- and has always aimed in particular at destroying the mass and sapping belief in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. That some people are empted to blow this undeniable fact out of proportion is no reason for denying its reality. On the other hand, I, European born, am tempted to say that many Americans are naive; living in a country that has been blessed by peace, and knowing little about history, they are more likely than Europeans (whose history is a tumultuous one) to fall prey to illusion. Rousseau has had an enormous influence in the United States. When Christ said to His apostles at the Last Supper that "one of you will betray me," the apostles were stunned. Judas had played his hand so artfully that no one suspected him, for a cunning conspirator knows how to cover his tracks with a show of orthodoxy.
TLM: Do the books by the Italian priest you mentioned before the interview contain documentation that would provide evidence of this infiltration?
AVH: The two books I mentioned were published in 1998 and 2000 by an Italian priest, Don Luigi Villa of the diocese of Brescia, who at the request of Padre Pio has devoted many years of his life to the investigation of the possible infiltration of both Freemasons and Communists into the Church. My husband and I met Don Villa in the sixties. He claims that he does not make any statement that he cannot substantiate. When Paulo Sesto Beato? (1998) was published the book was sent to every single Italian bishop. None of them acknowledged receipt; none challenged any of Don Villa's claims.
In this book, he relates something that no ecclesiastical authority has refuted or asked to be retracted -- even though he names particular personalities in regard to the incident. It pertains to the rift between Pope Pius XII and then Bishop Montini (the future Paul VI) who was his Undersecretary of State. Pius XII, conscious of the threat of Communism, which in the aftermath of World War II was dominating nearly half of Europe, had prohibited the Vatican staff from dealing with Moscow. To his dismay, he was informed one day through the Bishop of Upsala (Sweden) that his strict order had been contravened. The Pope resisted giving credence to this rumor until he was given incontrovertible evidence that Montini had been corresponding with various Soviet agencies. Meanwhile, Pope Pius XII (as had Pius XI) had been sending priests clandestinely into Russia to give comfort to Catholics behind the Iron Curtain. Every one of them had been systematically arrested, tortured, and either executed or sent to the gulag. Eventually a Vatican mole was discovered: Alighiero Tondi, S.J., who was a close advisor to Montini. Tondi was an agent working for Stalin whose mission was to keep Moscow informed about initiatives such as the sending of priests into the Soviet Union.
Add to this Pope Paul's treatment of Cardinal Mindszenty. Against his will, Mindszenty was ordered by the Vatican to leave Budapest. As most everyone knows, he had escaped the Communists and sought refuge in the American embassy compound. The Pope had given him his solemn promise that he would remain primate of Hungary as long as he lived. When the Cardinal (who had been tortured by the Communists) arrived in Rome, Paul VI embraced him warmly, but then sent him to exile in Vienna. Shortly afterwards, this holy prelate was informed that he had been demoted, and had been replaced by someone more acceptable to the Hungarian Communist government. More puzzling, and tragically sad, is the fact that when Mindszenty died, no Church representative was present at his burial.
Another of Don Villa's illustrations of infiltration is one related to him by Cardinal Gagnon. Paul VI had asked Gagnon to head an investigation concerning the infiltration of the Church by powerful enemies. Cardinal Gagnon (at that time Archbishop) accepted this unpleasant task, and compiled a long dossier, rich in worrisome facts. When the work was completed, he requested an audience with Pope Paul in order to deliver personally the manuscript to the Pontiff. This request for a meeting was denied. The Pope sent word that the document should be placed in the offices of the Congregation for the Clergy, specifically in a safe with a double lock. This was done, by the very next day the safe deposit box was broken and the manuscript mysteriously disappeared. The usual policy of the Vatican is to make sure the news of such incidents never sees the light of day. Nevertheless, this theft was reported even in L'Osservatore Romano (perhaps under pressure because it had been reported in the secular press). Cardinal Gagnon, of course, had a copy, and once again asked the Pope for a private audience. Once again his request was denied. He then decided to leave Rome and return to his homeland in Canada. Later, he was called back to Rome by Pope John Paul II and made a cardinal.
TLM: Why did Don Villa write these works singling out Paul VI for criticism?
AVH: Don Villa reluctantly decided to publish the books to which I have alluded. But when several bishops pushed for beatification of Paul VI, this priest perceived it as a clarion call to print the information he had gathered through the years. In so doing, he was following the guidelines of a Roman Congregation, informing the faithful that it was their duty as members of the Church to relay to the Congregation any information that might militate against the candidate's qualifications for beatification.
Considering the tumultuous pontificate of Paul VI, and the confusing signals he was giving, e.g.: speaking about the "smoke of Satan that had entered the Church," yet refusing to condemn heresies officially; his promulgation of Humanae Vitae (the glory of his pontificate), yet his careful avoidance of proclaiming it ex cathedra; delivering his Credo of the People of God in Piazza San Pietro in 1968, and once again failing to declare it binding on all Catholics; disobeying the strict orders of Pius XII to have no contact with Moscow, and appeasing the Hungarian Communist government by reneging on the solemn promise he had made to Cardinal Mindszenty; his treatment of holy Cardinal Slipyj, who had spent seventeen years in a Gulag, only to be made a virtual prisoner in the Vatican by Paul VI; and finally asking Archbishop Gagnon to investigate possible infiltration in the Vatican, only to refuse him and audience when his work was completed -- all these speak strongly against the beatification of Paolo VI, dubbed in Rome, "Paolo Sesto, Mesto" (Paul VI, the sad one).
That the duty to publish this depressing information was onerous and cost Don Villa great sorrow cannot be doubted. Any Catholic rejoices when he can look up to a Pope with boundless veneration. But Catholics also know that even though Christ never promised He would give us perfect leaders, He did promise that the gates of hell shall not prevail. Let us not forget that even thought the Church has had some very bad popes, and some mediocre ones, she ahs been blessed with many great popes. Eighty of them have been canonized and several have been beatified. This is a success story that does not bear parallel in the secular world.
God alone is the judge of Paul VI. But it cannot be denied that his pontificate was a very complex and tragic one. It was under him that, in the course of fifteen years, more changes were introduced in the Church than in all preceding centuries combined. What is worrisome is that we read the testimony of ex-Communists like Bella Dodd, and study Freemasonic documents (dating from the nineteenth century, and usually penned by fallen-away priests like Paul Roca), we can see that to a large extent, their agenda has been carried out: the exodus of priests and nuns after Vatican II, dissenting theologians not censured, feminism, the pressure put on Rome to abolish priestly celibacy, immorality in the clergy, blasphemous liturgies (see articles by David Hart in First Things, April 2001, "The Future of the Papacy"), the radical changes that have been introduced into the sacred liturgy (see Cardinal Ratzinger's book Milestones , pp. 126 and 148, Ignatius Press), and a misleading ecumenism. Only a blind person could deny that many of the Enemy's plan have been perfectly carried out.
One should not forget that the world was shocked at what Hitler did. People like my husband, however, actually read what he had said in Mein Kampf. The plan was there. The world simply chose not to believe it.
But grave as the situation is, no committed Catholic can forget that Christ has promised the He will remain with His Church to the very end of the world. We should meditate on the scene related in the Gospel when the apostles' boat was battered by a fierce storm. Christ was sleeping! His terrified followers woke Him up: He said one word, and there was a great calm. "O ye of little faith!"
TLM: I take it by your remarks about ecumenism that you don't agree with the current policy of "convergence" rather than "conversion"?
AVH: Let me relate an incident that caused my husband grief. It was 1946, just after the war. My husband was teaching at Fordham, and there appeared in one of his classes a Jewish student who had been a naval officer during the war. He would eventually tell my husband about a particularly stunning sunset in the Pacific and how it had led him to the quest for the truth about God. He first went to Columbia to study philosophy, and he knew that this was not what he was looking for. A friend suggested he try philosophy at Fordham and mentioned the name Dietrich von Hildebrand. After just one class with my husband, he knew he had found what he was looking for. One day after class my husband and this student went for a walk. He told my husband during this time that he was surprised at the fact that several professors, after discovering he was Jewish, assured him that they would not try to convert him to Catholicism. My husband, stunned, stopped, turned to him and said, "They said what?!" He repeated the story and my husband told him, "I would walk to the ends of the earth to make you a Catholic." To make a long story short, the young man became a Catholic, was ordained a Carthusian priest, and went on to enter the only Charter House in the United States ( in Vermont)!
TLM: You spent many years teaching at Hunter College.
AVH: Yes, and several of my students became Catholics. Oh, the beautiful conversion stories I could relate if I had time -- young people who were swept up by the truth!
I want to make one point very clear, however. I did not convert my students. The most we can do is pray to be God's instruments. To be an instrument we must strive to live the Gospel every day and in every circumstance. Only God's grace can give us the desire and ability to do that.
It is one of the fears I have about traditional Catholics. Some flirt with fanaticism. A fanatic is one who considers truth to be his personal possession instead of God's gift. We are the servants of the truth, and it is as servants that we seek to share it.
I am very concerned that there are "fanatical" Catholics who use the Faith and the truth it proclaims as an intellectual toy. An authentic appropriation of the truth always leads to a striving for holiness. The Faith, in this present crisis, is not an intellectual chess game. For anyone not striving for holiness, that's all it will ever be. Such people do more harm to the Faith, particularly if they are proponents of the traditional Mass.
TLM: So you see the only scenario for a solution to the present crisis as the renewal of a striving for sanctity?
AVH: We should not forget that we are fighting not only against flesh and blood, but against "powers and principalities." This should elicit sufficient dread in us to make us strive more than ever for holiness, and to pray fervently that the Holy Bride of Christ, who is right now at Calvary, comes out of this fearful crisis more radiant than ever.
The Catholic answer is always the same: absolute fidelity to the holy teaching of the Church, faithfulness to the Holy See, frequent reception of the sacraments, the Rosary, daily spiritual reading, and gratitude that we have been given the fullness of God's revelation: "Gaudete, iterum dico vobis, Gaudete."
TLM: I cannot end the interview without asking your reaction to a well-worn canard. There are those critics of the ancient Latin mass who point out that the crisis in the Church developed at a time when the Mass was offered throughout the world. Why should we then think a revival is intrinsic to the solution?
AVH: The devil hates the ancient Mass. He hates it because it is the most perfect reformulation of all the teachings of the Church. It was my husband who gave me this insight about the Mass. The problem that ushered in the present crisis was not the traditional mass. The problem was that the priests who offered it had already lost the sense of the supernatural and the transcendent. They rushed through the prayers, they mumbled and didn't enunciate them. That is a sign that they had brought to the Mass their growing secularism. The ancient Mass does not abide irreverence, and that was why so many priests were just as happy to see it go.
TLM: Thank you, Dr. von Hildebrand, for this time and opportunity to speak to you.
[Alice von Hildebrand, wife of famed philosopher Dietrich von Hildebrand, is an internationally known philosopher and author of numerous books, most recently The Soul of a Lion . The present article, "THE CHURCH IN CRISIS -- And Scenarios For a Solution," was originally published in Latin Mass: A Journal of Catholic Culture and Tradition (Summer 2001), pp. 6-11, and is reprinted here by permission of Latin Mass Magazine, 391 E. Virginia Terrace, Santa Paula, CA 93060.]
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L&T wins Rs 3,799-crore railway contract
The Transportation Infrastructure Business of L&T Construction has won a major order worth Rs 3,799 crore from the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL), the company said in a statement.
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) said on Friday its consortium with Japan's Sojitz Corp has won a Rs 3,799 crore railway contract.
The Transportation Infrastructure Business of L&T Construction has "won a major order worth Rs 3,799 crore from the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL)", the company said in a statement.
The order has been secured by a consortium of L&T Ltd and Sojitz Corp, Japan, it said, adding that this design and build integrated package involves the construction of track works, overhead electrification, traction substations and signaling and telecom works.
The project is for double line electrified tracks with 2x25 kV AC, high rise overhead catenary system capable of operating at a maximum train speed of 100 Km/h, from Rewari to Dadri (128 Km).
Located at the northern end of Western Corridor, it forms a link between the Eastern and Western Corridors.
"The Works will be carried out between Rewari and Dadri (128 Km) through the regions of Rewari-Alwar-Mewat-Gurgaon-Palwal-Faridabad-GB Nagar in the states of Haryana, Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh," the statement said.
L&T will construct 1,042 Km out of the total 1,464 Km of track in the Western Corridor. "In addition, L&T will be electrifying the entire Western Corridor from Dadri to JNPT covering 1,464 route km with over 3,330 track km of High Rise electrification," it said.
The scope of work includes construction of 315 Track Kms of Railway Line, 29 major & 240 minor bridges, a long Tunnel, 2 Traction Sub Stations (TSS), 321 track km of Overhead Equipment and Intermediate block signaling (IBS) at 5 Stations along with supply of all associated equipment. DFCCIL is a special purpose vehicle of the Indian Railways, mandated to build dedicated freight corridors.
This project is funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and is part of the western corridor proposed between Dadri (near Delhi) and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (near Mumbai).
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10 Foods With the Most Bang for Your Buck
By Tara Struyk on 26 August 2014 4 comments
What does it mean to get the most for your money when it comes to food? If you want to get the most calories for your dollar, you needn't look much further than the nearest fast food chain, which will gladly serve up a high-calorie burger, french fries, or a milkshake for less than $1.
And that cheap food sure feels like a bargain. You're full, only $1 dollar poorer, and you can be back at your desk within 20 minutes' time.
But whether that food is really the most cost-effective thing to eat depends on how you look at value. Sure, you'll probably get the most calories for your money from fast foods or junk food. The problem is that in the United States, what most people need isn't more calories, it's more nutrients.
The latest statistics show that more than two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. And while corpulence used to be considered a sign of wealth, rates of obesity are just as high or higher in the most disadvantaged populations. But despite all those calories, most Americans fall short of the recommended dietary guidelines for many key nutrients. In other words, the concept of getting the most for your money when it comes to buying food has changed. And, at a time when more people than ever are overfed but still undernourished, experts suggest we should be stretching our food budgets by seeking out the foods that cost the least and provide the highest possible level of nutrition. (See also: How to Eat Well on Just $20 a Week (With Meal Plans!))
A publication created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2012 looked at different ways of measuring the value of food and food costs beyond cost-per-calories. It compared cost per 100 calories, cost per 100 edible grams, and cost per portion. What it found is that you can fill your plate — and your stomach — with some very healthy foods for less than the cost of a fast-food burger.
So what are the cheapest healthy foods you can buy? Here are the 10 top contenders.
Corn tortillas are cheap food no matter how you look at them; they're cheap per calorie, they're cheap per portion, and they require little or no preparation (although if you're ambitious, you can make your own.) These aren't nutritional powerhouses on their own, but they're relatively low in calories and if you stuff them with some of the other foods on this list, you'll have a great, low-cost, nutritious meal.
Pinto beans and other dried beans are among the least expensive foods per portion size. And that's good news. Beans are powerful disease fighters that are high in fiber, protein, and antioxidants. They're filling, flavorful, and they come at a price of about 27 cents per cup. And they aren't that hard to cook up. Really.
Onions have been a staple food in many cultures for centuries; the Egyptians even worshipped these pungent layers of peel. What's not to love? They're easy to grow, can be stored for long periods, and they add loads of flavor to any dish. Plus, they're high in vitamin C and disease fighting compounds. And, at 55 cents per pound, onions are one of the least expensive vegetables out there.
Carrots can be cooked into soups, baked into pies, or are great with a little dip as an afternoon snack. They also come with plenty of fiber and tons of vitamin A. The cost? About 63 cents per cup.
Potatoes have gotten a bad rap in recent years, mostly as a result of diets like Atkins or South Beach, which aim to limit carbohydrates. However, it's important to remember that potatoes have been a staple food for people around the world for centuries. Plus, many of the studies that have vilified potatoes have lumped steamed or baked potatoes together with French fries and potato chips. (See also: End Potato Prejudice: 10 Reasons Why You Should Eat Potatoes)
In reality, a plain potato is relatively low in calories, and very high in fiber and vitamins. Plus, potatoes have also been found to be the most satisfying food on the Satiety Index, which means a helping will keep you feeling fuller longer. All that for about 53 cents per cup.
Bread is another food that many health-conscious people have banished from the table, and in some cases for good reason. Research has shown that eating too much starchy food — especially at the expense of fruits and vegetables — contributes to obesity. That said, whole grains are associated with lower levels of unhealthy belly fat. The bottom line? If you stick to whole grain breads and avoid overdoing it, you'll be just fine. Look for day-old bread at your local bakery, or buy in bulk on sale and freeze it for later.
Whole grains are good for you, but oats might just be the best of the bunch. Beyond providing a healthy dose of fiber, oatmeal's soluble fiber has been shown to reduce LDL (or "bad") cholesterol. Eating oatmeal regularly may also reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes and prevent hardening of the artery walls. For the biggest benefit, use rolled or steel cut oats. And be sure to buy them unprocessed; instant oatmeal packets tend to cost more and be loaded with sugar and salt.
A gallon of milk might look pretty expensive; according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a gallon of milk cost an average of $3.62 as of June 2014. Even so, the FDA ranks 1% milk as less expensive than regular soda for an average serving. Full-fat milk is also cheaper on a cost-per-calorie basis, as it has more calories than the same volume of soda. And no matter what kind of milk you choose, it has far more nutrients than soda or even fruit juice, including calcium, vitamin D, and vitamin B12. Debates about milk's value as a health food aside, there's no question that it's a better, more nutritious choice than soda. It's good to know it's healthier for your budget, too.
Eggs are the ultimate low-cost food. Not only are they inexpensive, but they are easy to prepare. They are a great source of complete protein, and include vitamins and minerals that are hard to get from other food sources, such as vitamin D, vitamin K and choline. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a carton of eggs punches in at about $1.95. Breakfast (or lunch or dinner) for a few cents!
Peanut butter is nutritious, filling, practical — and cheap! One serving will give you a dose of vitamin E, magnesium and potassium, and B vitamins. Research has shown that regular consumption of peanuts and other nuts can protect against heart disease, and can significantly lower your risk of diabetes. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, you can bring home a one-pound jar for about $2.50.
What healthy foods help you stretch your food budget? Let me know in the comments!
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Olivia #1
Last fall we made a discovery, roasted vegetables. We found the likes of long neck pumpkin, beets, yams, turnips, and carrots for a dollar a pound or less. I suspect the color rich vegetables are especially nutritionally dense. Peeled, cut into fingers, tossed with a little oil and roasted, they turn into something quite lovely.
Andrey #2
"Research has shown that regular consumption of peanuts and other nuts can protect against heart disease, and can significantly lower your risk of diabetes." - Peanut is not a nut though, it's a legume.
"Potatoes have gotten a bad rap in recent years, mostly as a result of diets like Atkins or South Beach, which aim to limit carbohydrates. However, it's important to remember that potatoes have been a staple food for people around the world for centuries. " - It's too bad that evolution takes millions of years to make changes and adapt. The fact that something has been eaten for "centuries" is a moot point, it's like saying something is right because it's old.
Would love to see a healthy alternative to this list. Aren't vegetables fairly inexpensive? I'd rather eat the non-organic ones for cheap rather than half the food on this list.
Aerynn #3
This is great! My grocery list actually looks a lot like this. Sure wish I paid anything close to those prices, though!
I'd add cabbage to the list - it's super cheap and can be used to bulk out stir-fries (which use only a little meat and are very quick to make), soups (a fantastic dish to use dried beans), and salads, and it's pretty much made of fiber and Vitamin C. Also, one firm head of cabbage goes a long way - I've made a huge pot of cabbage & navy bean soup, a lot of coleslaw, and 2 meals of stir-fry from just one head of cabbage.
Money Saving Enthusiast #4
These all happen to be excellent staples too. It's easy to make many different dishes with potatoes and eggs with together or separately. I lived and Spain and eggs and potatoes together is a very tasty meal called a tortilla. It looks a bit like a keish. I feel like a million bucks eating something I learned to make in Europe that doesn't cost a lot of money. Double bonus!
Tara Struyk


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Q: Change Git Username to Connect to My Remote Repo I worked a contract gig recently with a temporary email address and username for git repos. It's over now and the temp username seems to be messing up my old personal repositories in git.
When I try to push origin master
I get:
remote: Permission to <my-repo>.git denied to <wrong-username>.

If I look in git config --list I get the proper username and email - I can't seem to find the location of [wrong-username] and I can't get rid of it. How do I connect back to my remote repository and get rid of this old username that I won't be using in the future?

A: Did you try the global setup?
$ git config --global user.name "John Doe"
$ git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com

A: I found the answer here: Git's famous "ERROR: Permission to .git denied to user"
It's the second answer with five steps. Go to keychain access and delete anything that looks incorrect. That solved my problem.

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Back in the early 1400s, chess became super popular in a European community. There was a certain group of people in particular who were especially enthusiastic about the game. They meet up to play chess with each other at every opportunity.
Eventually, this obsession with playing chess caught the attention of the church leaders who noticed that this group of people were skipping church to play chess instead. This was seen as blasphemous and they were ordered to stop immediately.
Unfortunately, the draw of the game proved too strong for these chess aficionados and after continuing to defy the church, they were arrested and tried for heresy. They were found guilty and sentenced to be burned at the stake.
This public execution, held in the town square, became the first recorded incident of chess nuts roasting on an open fire.
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Potts, Naeth excel at Eagleman
Timothy Carlson Sun Jun 09 2013
Andy Potts of the U.S. and Angela Naeth of Canada won the men's and women's titles at Ironman 70.3 Eagleman.
Long story short, Andy Potts won Eagleman 70.3 on the swim. Potts's race-best 23:43 split was 1:14 better than David Kahn of the U.S., 1:27 better than Igor Amorelli of Brazil, 1:29 better than Greg Bennett of the U.S., 2:33 better than Mark Bowstead of New Zealand, 2:37 better than Viktor Zyemtsev of the Ukraine, 2:43 better than Jordan Jones of the U.S. As things turned out, most significantly, Potts' swim was 2:44 better than James Cunnama of South Africa.
On the bike, Greg Bennett charged hard and caught Potts (2:08:20) with a race-fastest 2:06:50 split that gave him a 3 seconds lead into T2. Amorelli (2:06:57) trailed by 5 seconds, while Zyemtsev (2:08:04) and Cunnama (2:08:05) trailed by 2 minutes 36 seconds.
From the start of the run, Bennett slowly gave ground, Potts held the lead at 1:13 pace and Cunnama put on a tremendous surge to advance toward the front. At 6.55 miles, Potts led Cunnama by 1:27, Bennett by 2:11 and Zyemtsev, on his way to a 1:16 run, held 4th 3:39 down.
At the finish, Potts' 2nd-best 1:13:30 run was enough to hold off Cunnama's race-fastest 1:12:16 run. Potts won in a time of 3:47:46 by a 1:14 margin over runner-up Cunnama. Zyemtsev's 1:16:39 run brought him past Bennett (1:19:50 run) for the final spot on the podium, 5:38 behind Potts and 41 seconds ahead of Bennett. Amorelli (1:21:16 run) took 5th, 1:19 behind Bennett.
Angela Naeth overcame a 3:56 deficit to Laura Bennett after the swim with a smashing, race-best 2:18:29 bike split that was 6:12 faster than her American rival. Naeth then sealed the deal with a race-fastest 1:23:27 run that added 50 seconds to her lead over Bennett. At the finish, Naeth's 4:14:06 finish provided her with a 3 minutes 15 seconds margin of victory over two-time U.S. Olympian Bennett, who took the runner-up slot, 5:05 ahead of 3rd-place finisher Amber Ferreira of the U.S. Ashley Clifford of the U.S. posted the 2nd-fastest 1:23:50 run which brought her to 4th overall, 27 seconds back of Ferreira.
Unfortunately, defending Eagleman champion Meredith Kessler crashed on the bike and was taken by ambulance to a hospital.
Ironman 70.3 Eagleman
Cambridge, Maryland
S 1.2 mi. / B 56 mi. / R 13.1 mi.
1. Andy Potts (USA) 3:47:46
2. James Cunnama (RSA) 3:49:00
3. Viktor Zyemtsev (UKR) 3:53:24
4. Greg Bennett (USA) 3:54:05
5. Igor Amorelli (BRA) 3:55:24
6. Jordan Jones (USA) 3:59:29
7. Mark Bowstead (NZL) 4:02:39
8. Nathan Buttrick (USA) 4:05:12
9. Grant Bovee (USA) 4:09:00
10. Ryan Bates (USA) 4:11:28
1. Angela Naeth (CAN) 4:14:06
2. Laura Bennett (USA) 4:17:21
3. Amber Ferreira (USA) 4:22:26
4. Ashley Clifford (USA) 4:22:53
5. Sarah Piampiano (USA) 4:25:41
6. Jenna Parker (USA) 4:27:24
7. Kristin Andrews (USA) 4:29:08
8. Annie Gervais (CAN) 4:29:31
9. Beth Shutt (USA) 4:30:08
10. Heather Leiggi (USA) 4:35:01
Alexander, Kessler rule EagleMan
Mon Jun 11 2012
Tollakson, Carfrae take Eagleman
Sun Jun 12 2011


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January 19, 2020 | 22 Tevet, 5780
The Challenges of Teaching about Israel
by Jack Wertheimer
With the new school year nearly upon us, Jewish educational leaders are scrambling to prepare their teachers to discuss this summer's Gaza War. The most pressing challenge is to design age-appropriate conversations: At which grade level might classroom discussions include potentially frightening topics, such as the wounding of non-combatants, kidnapping of young Israelis and sirens warning of incoming rockets? And how should teachers address the tough issues of civilian casualties in Gaza and the flagrant hostility toward Jews and Israel that has erupted in many parts of the world?
These questions are difficult enough, but are especially freighted with anxiety because they hold the potential to revive stereotypes of Israel that North American Jewish schools have been trying to counter. When Israel was forced to wage three major wars during its first quarter century, its image as an embattled enclave overshadowed everything else about its existence.
In recent decades, though, Jewish schools have endeavored to present a more rounded picture of Israeli life. Without denying the existential challenges facing the Jewish state, teachers have drawn attention to the rich tapestry of Israeli culture — its diverse inhabitants, culinary treats and eclectic music, for example — and, of course, its technological wizardry. School trips to Israel have highlighted the country's natural beauty and its enjoyable recreational scene, even while exploring the strong connections between the land and the Jewish religion. Educators are understandably loath to resurrect the earlier imagery that simplistically portrayed Israel as a country permanently on war footing.
Responses to the Gaza war require North American Jewish schools to address a second topic that had been pushed to the background in recent years — anti-Semitism. Students in all likelihood are not oblivious of the virulent hostility to Israel and Jews surfacing in the media and on the Web. It's not clear how prepared schools are to address this issue. In reaction to the overemphasis on the Holocaust the 1960s through the 1980s, the pendulum of American Jewish fashion has swung away from discourse about anti-Semitism. Now, with the blatantly negative media coverage of Israel's prosecution of the war and the resurgence of anti-Semitism around the globe, the subject warrants considerably more attention.
The dilemma facing schools in addressing the new anti-Semitism is how to avoid reviving what historian Salo Baron once described as "the lachrymose [tearful] conception of Jewish history." The saga of the Jews is about a great deal more than persecution. Yet with the barely concealed animosity toward Jews evident in some quarters here in America and abroad, alas, the need to teach young people about the insidious nature of anti-Semitism has become pertinent again.
As they formulate a school response to the war, educators might consider three important lessons derived from "Hearts and Minds," a recent report on Israel education in North American Jewish schools:
First, one size does not fit all students. Classrooms this September will contain some students who are largely ignorant about the Gaza war and others who have been exposed to it up close. Students who spent part of the summer in Israel undoubtedly will attest to what it was like to run to bomb shelters or sense the fear aroused in Israel's populace by Hamas tunnels. Teachers will face the daunting task of bridging differences in what students heard from their parents and absorbed elsewhere about the war. The diversity of students and their families adds a considerable measure of complexity to an already challenging situation. All of this places a great responsibility upon teachers to prepare differentiated responses to a broad range of students.
Second, when teaching about Israel, it is imperative to work with students' minds as well as their hearts. Jewish schools have focused their attention especially on the latter, an understandable approach with younger children. But by their middle school and high school years, students deserve to be exposed not only to the joyous dimensions of the Jewish state, but also to the complexities within Israeli society and outside of it in the tough neighborhood of the Middle East.
And third, teaching about other Jewish communities — their achievements and challenges — does not detract from a connection to Israel but strengthens the ties of students to the Jewish people and also Israel. In some parts of the world, notably in several European countries, Jewish communities are under siege. American Jewish students should not be shielded from these ugly realities. This is the time to teach students about the interconnectedness of all Jews, a lesson that will also strengthen their engagement with Israel and its people.
The Gaza war presents Jewish schools with a teachable moment, a time to explore with their students (in an age-appropriate manner) the asymmetrical struggle in which Israel is engaged and the surge in hatred confronting Jews — including children — in many parts of the world.
Jack Wertheimer, a professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary, co-authored "Hearts and Minds: Israel in North American Jewish Day Schools," published last spring by the AVI CHAI Foundation. This piece and the accompanying photo originally appeared at JTA.org and are reprinted with permission.
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Lily-Rose Melody Depp's Height, Hot Feet, Sexy Legs & Net Worth
Scroll down to see pictures of Lily-Rose Depp showing off her nude feet and bare legs in sexy high heels, boots, sandals, pumps, and hot shoes.
Her father, the American actor Johnny Depp, has an estimated net worth of around $200 million.
Her mother, Vanessa Paradis, a French musician and model known for her single "Joe le Taxi," is estimated to be worth around $150 million dollars.
It is not known how much Lily-Rose has inherited from her parents.
Full Name: Lily-Rose Melody Depp
Born: May 27, 1999, in Paris, France
Dating: She has been rumored to be dating Timothée Chalamet, an American actor with a net worth of $6 million, since 2018 after being spotted kissing on the street.
Kids: None
Shoe Size: 7.5 US
Height: 5'3'' (160 cm)
Nationality: French and American
Source of Wealth: Modeling, Film and Television
Ethnicity/Race: Primarily French and English
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Q: two equivalent projections in matrix algebra Let $A$ be a unital $C^*$-algebra and $a$ be a positive element in $A$ such that $\|a\|\leq 1$,show that
$p =\left [ \begin{matrix}
    a & (a-a^2)^{\frac{1}{2}} \\
    (a-a^2)^{\frac{1}{2}}   & 1-a\\
   \end{matrix} \right ]$
is equivalent to
$q =\left [ \begin{matrix}
    1 & 0 \\
    0 & 0 \\
   \end{matrix} \right ].$
My thought :I want to prove that $\|p-q\|<1$,then $p$ is homotopic to $q$ and so $p$ is equivalent to $q$.But I can not show that $\|p-q\|\neq 1$.

A: Trying to show that $\|p-q\|<1$ won't work, for if $a=0$, we have
$p=\begin{bmatrix}0&0\\0&1\end{bmatrix}$, and $\|p-q\|=1$.
Instead, try showing that that the path of projections $(p_t)_{t\in[0,1]}$ given by
$$p_t=\begin{bmatrix}
t+(1-t)a&((t+(1-t)a)-(t+(1-t)a)^2)^\frac12\\
((t+(1-t)a)-(t+(1-t)a)^2)^\frac12 &t(1-a)
\end{bmatrix}$$
is continuous, for then you have $p\sim_h q$.  To show that this path of projections is continuous, it suffices to show that each matrix coefficient is continuous.  The only not entirely trivial part of this is showing that the off-diagonal entries are continuous, but this follows from the fact that $t+(1-t)a$ lies in $C^*(1,a)$, is positive, and $\sigma(t+(1-t)a)\subset[0,1]$ for each $t\in[0,1]$.


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package com.mathworks.xzheng.tools.remote;

import java.io.File;
import java.rmi.Naming;
import java.rmi.registry.LocateRegistry;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;

import org.apache.lucene.index.DirectoryReader;
import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexReader;
import org.apache.lucene.index.MultiReader;
import org.apache.lucene.search.IndexSearcher;
import org.apache.lucene.store.Directory;
import org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory;

import com.mathworks.xzheng.meetlucene.Searcher;

// From chapter 9
public class SearchServer {
  private static final String ALPHABET =
      "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    if (args.length != 1) {
      System.err.println("Usage: SearchServer <basedir>");
      System.exit(-1);
    }

    String basedir = args[0];    //1
    Directory[] dirs = new Directory[ALPHABET.length()];
    IndexReader[] searchables = new IndexReader[ALPHABET.length()];
    for (int i = 0; i < ALPHABET.length(); i++) {
      dirs[i] = FSDirectory.open(new File(basedir, ""+ALPHABET.charAt(i)));
      searchables[i] = DirectoryReader.open(dirs[i]);	//2
    }

    LocateRegistry.createRegistry(1099);         //3

    IndexSearcher multiSearcher = new IndexSearcher(new MultiReader(searchables)); //4

    ExecutorService pool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(nThreads);

    IndexSearcher multiImpl =                             //4
      new IndexSearcher(multiSearcher);                   //4
    Naming.rebind("//localhost/LIA_Multi", multiImpl);       //4

    Searcher parallelSearcher =                             //5
        new ParallelMultiSearcher(searchables);             //5
    RemoteSearchable parallelImpl =                         //5
        new RemoteSearchable(parallelSearcher);             //5
    Naming.rebind("//localhost/LIA_Parallel", parallelImpl);//5

    System.out.println("Server started");

    for (int i = 0; i < ALPHABET.length(); i++) {
      dirs[i].close();
    }
  }
}

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  #1 Indexes under basedir
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A thriller adventure, Righteous Kill has launched on the Mac App Store, courtesy of G5 Entertainment and Starz Media. You can try the game for free and unlock the full version for US$2.99 through June 13 (it's regularly $4.99).
Here's how the game is described: "The game is a hidden object mystery inspired by the film of the same name. You are a police detective in NY and have been just assigned to Vigilante Unit, a squad created to apprehend people who decide to take the law into their own hands. Your first case puts you on the trail of a husband who's suspected of trying to kill the people responsible for murdering his wife and daughter.
"It's up to you to find this man before he commits any more heinous crimes and bring him to justice. Follow the twists of the story and find out the truth about the killer. Search over 70 locations through 15 animated levels, play forensic based mini-games, find all the clues and stop the creep before he has another opportunity to kill!
Righteous Kill is available for download at http://tinyurl.com/leqmxnm. Originally the game was developed for the PC by Starz Media. Righteous Kill is also available on the iPhone, iPad, Google Play, Kindle Fire and Nook.


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All tied up
Posted on April 5, 2010 by Jen
Here's another new BME submission, the corset piercings were done by Rob Hill. I'm definitely loving this photo.
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22 thoughts on "All tied up"
Cazaclysmic on April 5, 2010 at 2:32 pm said:
What a gorgeous couple!
blackroses on April 5, 2010 at 2:33 pm said:
that looks so cool!
is it me or is one ball on his bridge piercing bigger than the other?? or is it just an illusion?
SagePDX on April 5, 2010 at 3:03 pm said:
Beautiful bonds.
atmosphericchaos on April 5, 2010 at 3:43 pm said:
=O Another person with LOVE LIFE.
Erin on April 5, 2010 at 3:44 pm said:
Rad photo!
Dagon on April 5, 2010 at 3:44 pm said:
Whoops! I posted ^ under the wrong name. Hahaha…
Adam Burdine on April 5, 2010 at 3:49 pm said:
sexaaay
anthony on April 5, 2010 at 4:56 pm said:
Not intending this to start any sort of a flame war, just some sincere input – the commentary on the image seems a bit… rushed. i realize submissions do not always have a tremendous amount of info along with them, but that just seemed sort of… boring. i DO like the photo though, it's a cool idea.
Lanny on April 5, 2010 at 7:25 pm said:
I've heard of boobies and moobies[manboobs], but "handbies"?.
Jen on April 5, 2010 at 8:42 pm said:
It was rushed but I wanted to post the photo before I went out. I know it was kind of blah but it's about the photo more than anything I have to say anyway (at least that's what we're going to say for today). :)
Jenocide on April 6, 2010 at 3:33 am said:
they have almost all the same piercings and jewlery. hm.
broj on April 6, 2010 at 4:26 am said:
no click through?!?!?! what is the world coming to?
Botexty on April 6, 2010 at 5:12 am said:
i wanna know if piercings are connected to his hands or to the underside of her boobs… i think it's his hands, but I can't quite tell.
cardboardfrog on April 6, 2010 at 6:14 am said:
if they ever had kids, they would be gorgeous.
Jen on April 6, 2010 at 10:57 am said:
Sorry, there's no nudity in the photo so I didn't think it needed to be behind a click through…
Rob Hill on April 6, 2010 at 5:59 pm said:
This is a temporary piercing done @ the Massachusetts Tattoo and Arts Festival in March of 2009.. there are two piercings in her hips, and 8 piercings done along the side of his hands/fingers.. These piercings were only worn for a period of a few hours then removed..
Thank you Pistol Photography for shooting it !
lornen on April 6, 2010 at 6:35 pm said:
They are attached to his hands. If you look closely, on his left hand just below his small finger's knuckle one of the rings is definately tugging his hand skin down.
Nice photo. Couple photo's are always nice. I also noticed the almost identical piercings, that and how much that boy seems to like symmetry in his body modifications.
trip on April 6, 2010 at 6:41 pm said:
the lace is braided through and then attached vis piercing to his hands and his hands are covering her chest this is a cool interesting couples photo.
Nix on April 7, 2010 at 3:26 am said:
Fantastic. This is amazing.
@Jen, :P I meant a click through to some nudity
Jamie @ Pistol Photography on April 7, 2010 at 9:22 am said:
Thanks for the kind comments on the photo everyone.
Jay on April 7, 2010 at 5:14 pm said:
Hey look its me!!! Thank you Rob Hill your amazing and thanks to the guys down @ Pistol Photography you guys are nice as hell and did an AMAZING job on our pictures.


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Cutting through all the talk about Trump and his supporters versus the rising opposition made up of Democrats, independents, and some Republicans, what it comes down to is one-man rule versus our democratic system of government.
Many Trump supporters understand this division and choice and completely accept the one-man rule that Trump is in essence pushing for. He believes the attorney general should serve as his personal attorney. He rejects any investigation of his presidency, either by Congress as set forth in the Constitution or a special counsel.
It is no more impossible that a large percentage of Americans would abandon democracy than it is impossible that they would elect Donald Trump and the anti-race, anti-immigrant platform he pledged to give us.
Is one-man rule better than the democracy we have now? History has lessons, ready and waiting. The best of these lessons is available in movies and books. It is Germany in the '20s, '30s, and '40s. An educated German people schooled in democracy eagerly switched to one-man rule over that time period, believing the strongman's promise to make Germany great again. The steps of the change, one by one, are all cataloged well in movies and books for our education. From start to end, anyone can see the progress and people's support for this radical change—a flight from democracy to something promised as better.
Spoiler alert. One-man rule didn't end as predicted by the one-man ruler. Instead, it ended in a vast failure of epic proportions with terrible suffering and the agonizing death of millions of humans—including Russian soldiers, American soldiers, German soldiers, and German citizens.
Today, Americans aren't interested in history or books. While they like movies, they don't like historical documentaries. Few are familiar with the details of this one-man-rule story in Western history. Strongman rule sounds good to them, despite the many failures of the current wannabe one-man ruler to deliver on past promises! Vile, trust-eroding radio and TV talkers have made the new one-man-rule enthusiasts ready for another Western democracy to unwisely embrace the one man who "absolutely promised" to cure all national ills.
But for those who still have some sense of the value of history, at least watch those well-documented movies on Germany in the '20s, '30s, and '40s. The America that has done so much for so many at least deserves that easy study. The BBC has particularly good programs on this history.
After watching this history, ask yourself—which path is preferable: messy, disagreement-plagued democracy or clean, simple one-man rule? You'll be armed with facts to answer the question.


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