Turns out, even incredible female Olympians are subject to sexism.
"The people who watch the Olympics are not particularly sports fans. More women watch the Games than men, and for the women, they're less interested in the result and more interested in the journey," John Miller, the chief marketing officer of the NBC Olympics, said a month before opening night. "It's sort of like the ultimate reality show and mini-series wrapped into one. And to tell the truth, it has been the complaint of a few sports writers. It has not been the complaint of the vast viewing public."
Ugh, women! Always causing problems by caring about the journey!
Business Insider featured a recent Gallup poll that found women are less interested in the Olympics this year than in 2012. This year, 47 percent of women plan to watch a "great deal" or "fair amount" of the Rio Olympics, compared with 63 percent back in 2012.
For men, 49 percent will watch a "great deal" or "fair amount" of the Rio Olympics versus 53 percent in 2012. So the reason is not only nonsensical. It's actually inaccurate.
"Silly women, sports are for men!"
NBC, on reason for tape delay. Nevermind there are more female than male athletes in the US delegation.
Now, back to the inspiring Olympic journeys results.
On Saturday, Katinka Hosszú, a swimmer from Hungary, won gold and broke the world record in her event, the 400-meter individual relay. Her husband, Shane Tusup, was cheering from the sidelines so enthusiastically that he earned a split screen spot during the replay of her event, which is also the only version of the race posted on NBC Sports' official YouTube channel. Side note—Tusup is also her coach.
Then Tusup went from cheering husband and coach to the reason Hosszú swam so well. Dan Hicks, the NBC commentator reporting on the live feed, said that Tusup is "the man responsible," for Hosszú's success, according toThe Washington Post. Yes, Tusup is her coach, but Hosszú broke the world record on her own, while her husband cheered from the sidelines.
Hicks addressed the outrage on Sunday, saying he was trying to discuss the vital role Tusup plays as Hosszú's coach. Hosszú herself has said that Tusup's coaching has made her into the stronger, more confident swimmer. Hicks, on the other hand, revealed his concern about Tusup's coaching style. "It can be very, very harsh," the commentator said during Saturday's broadcast. "In fact, it's been a little disturbing to some of the other swimmers who have observed it. But he has turned her into a tiger in the pool."
After the backlash, Hicks noted that his original choice of words may have been unfair. "With live TV, there are often times you look back and wished you had said things differently," Hicks said. "It is impossible to tell Katinka's story accurately without giving appropriate credit to Shane, and that's what I was trying to do."
The article goes on to include info about Unrein that, honestly, nobody really asked for. Like that he's away at training camp and couldn't make it to Rio to cheer on his wife. He's also a defensive end in his second season with the Bears. And the Bears will be playing the Broncos on Thursday to open their preseason schedule. Wait, what we were talking about?
The Chicago Tribune apologized and said they were simply trying to make a local connection between Cogdell-Unrein and Chicago.
This was a totally fine statement made by an NBC commentator that was twisted by other media outlets. Katie Ledecky broke her own world record and got a gold medal in the women's 400-meter freestyle race. NBC commentator Rowdy Gaines was discussing Ledecky's stroke, which is often compared to the technique and style of male swimmers. Gaines then dropped this gem: "A lot of people think she swims like a man. She swims like Katie Ledecky, for crying out loud."
Overall, Gaines's celebration of Ledecky's talent was met with enthusiasm on Twitter.
During record-breaking swim, NBC breaks gender stereotypes: "People say she swims like a man. No... she swims like @katieledecky "
On Sunday, NBC aired the qualification round for the women's gymnastics individual all-around competition, with Simone Biles and Aly Raisman making it to the finals. After Biles finished her balance beam routine and received a standing ovation from the crowd, she joined the rest of her team on the sideline, where they began chatting.
Watching this and waiting for Biles's score to be posted, one of the commentators said, "They might as well be standing in the middle of a mall." It was more of a comment on how relaxed and friendly the team seemed, but Twitter was not happy.
"They could be standing in a mall"
Brazilian beach volleyball player Larissa Franca celebrated her win against Lauren Fendrik and Brooke Sweat from team USA like most major athletes would do: she went over to hug her wife and family. But as the celebratory hug played out, Chris Marlowe, a NBC news commentator who was narrating the scene, referred to Franca's wife, Liliane Maestrini, as her husband. It was truly cringe worthy.
Did… Did this commentator just call Larissa Franca's wife her husband…?
I'm sorry for the mistake today. Clearly, Liliane is Larissa's wife.
On an episode of Fox'sSports Court last week, two experts unqualified men, Bo Dietl and Mark Simone, discussed Olympians wearing makeup while competing. The show is hosted by Tamara Holder, who asked her guests if they believe that women should feel empowered by wearing makeup while competing. Their thoughts on the issue were problematic, to say the least.
"Why should I have to look at some chick's zits, or some guy's zits on his face," Dietl said on why athlete's should wear makeup. It sounds like he's about to address both women and men who wear makeup while competing, right? Wrong. "Why not a little blush on her lips, and cover those zits! I like to see a person who wins that gold medal go up there and look beautiful."
And this gem of a response from Simone answering Holder's question asking if female athletes should be allowed to wear shorter shorts to show off their legs: "I'm all for it. Lingerie, anything you want," Simone responded. "The better you look, the better your career as an athlete." Because Kaite Ledecky's multiple golds were in a beauty contest, right?
"When someone looks better, people support that more," Dietl added. "Would you put money behind a gal that won the gold who looks like a washed-out rag? No, if the looked beautiful and looked a little happy, then you would support her."
Hahahahaha Fox News aired a segment about women wearing makeup in the Olympics using 2 men. It's like you aren't even trying anymore.
Simone Biles, winner of all things and of our hearts, has repeatedly been called "the next Usain Bolt" or "the next Michael Phelps" because of her straight up dominance in gymnastics.
Olympic gymnast Simone Biles has won 10 golds in the world championships.
But really, why does all Olympic coverage have to be in terms of Michael Phelps? (See: Katie Ledecky, above). Can't these women just be celebrated on their own?
Biles, Bolt, and Phelps have something very obvious in common: they are simply the best in their sports and they have the medals to prove it. But Biles is truly in a league of her own as a gymnast. Which is why she said this epic line in an interview after winning gold to clap back at all of the Biles-Bolt-Phelps-comparers-and-obsessors: "I'm not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps. I'm the first Simone Biles." BOOM! MIC DROP!
This brings us to the end of the first week—with another week to go. Let's hope week two of Rio brings less sexism to the forefront.


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Chapter #1d - Swallowtail Tales: The Bard's Tale. Posted by Lunk.
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Chapter #1d - Swallowtail Tales: The Bard's Tale
Lunk was sad. He had worked hard through the night. Gorvi had told him that all the junk needed to be removed from the streets by dawn. Lunk had done that. He had worked hard.
But Lunk was so tired after working all night that he had fallen asleep near the Junker's Edge. Now he was awake, but no one was around. Lunk was lonely.
Lunk was a big man. Standing at least 6'8" and weighing over 300 pounds, he was a truly impressive physical specimen. Unfortunately, what the gods had given Lunk in terms of physical gifts they had taken from him in mental ones. He knew he was not very smart. He knew a lot of people made fun of him for that, even though he was easily the biggest man in Sandpoint. It made him sad.
Lunk was sad a lot.
Lunk was a gentle man. He never got mad. He had been big from childhood, and his late mother feared that his size would land him in prison. There was little chance of that now. But every so often Lunk wished he was different. Smarter. Better. Madder.
Lunk heard a noise like a lot of people laughing. Something tickled in the back of his mind. He scratched his head and thought hard. He was cleaning up last night for a reason. A lot of people were coming into town.
He remembered! It was the Fall Party! The biggest Fall Party ever!
Lunk was excited. He stood up and looked down Junker's Way. There were people down near the church. So many people! Lunk began walking down the way towards the people. He wondered how they were going to have the Party with so many people. It seemed like too many.
That made him sad.
As Lunk approached the huge crowd of people, he saw the most amazing thing that maybe he'd ever seen. Butterflies! So many butterflies, flying down the street, through the air, with laughing children chasing them. Lunk smiled a huge smile. He liked children's laughter. Not the hard laughter of the mean ones who made fun of him. The pure laughter like that of the children chasing the butterflies.
Lunk reached for a butterfly, but it flew away.
He stood still as butterflies and children swirled around him, wearing the biggest smile he had ever worn. It was perfect.
Lunk saw a small figure approaching him. It was his friend Pisca! He liked Pisca. Pisca made him laugh in a good way. She never made fun of him. She talked to him like he was a smart person. He liked that. He waved at her. "Pisca! Pisca! Over here! Are you going to the Party?"
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Pisca Neep Freemish
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Re: Thread #1d - Swallowtail Tales: The Bard's Tale
The strawberry blonde gnome tipped back her head, and, with a hand to hold onto the big floppy brimmed hat, looked up for any butterflies who might be inclined to light upon a gnome for the few moments requisite to the transfer of good fortune. The hat, being a hummie hat, was, of course, far too big for her. Even with the fullness of her hair, the thing just didn't want to stay on very well. But the hat had once belonged to the Cinderlander before he was killed at the battle of Flameford, and Pisca told herself that a little inconvenience was worth carrying around a little piece of history.
Since leaving Jubrayl's employ, she had opted for the Shoanti look, shedding the colorful Varisian skirts for stylishly slim tan leather leggings, an authentic leather jacket with fringes on the sleeves, and a soft vest of faded crimson, also leather. All in all, she was pretty happy with the look. Though, perhaps next week it would have to be river pirates. Something with a jaunty head scarf.
Glancing into the sky once again, it occurred to the gnome that a right-sized person such as herself would be at a disadvantage among so many overly-large hummies. The butterflies, as butterflies are wont to do, fly high. The heads and shoulders of the hummies, being higher up, would be the first places that the butterflies would likely look to for a resting place. This thought drew a frown to the peach-pink complexion of the gnome, and also served to remind her of how difficult it was to walk amidst a crowd of hummies who never bothered to look down to see the incredibly historical hat that they've just bumped. Or the bow on her back that they've just jostled. Or the pack, or the rapier, or the whip, or any of the many things that were hanging off of her person because she didn't have a pony to carry them for her.
Pisca stopped stock still in the middle of the flowing crowd. She folded her arms across her chest, and her mouth formed into a moue of decided dissatisfaction. One foot began to tap inside its soft moccasin boot. "I'm waiting," she said to no one in particular. but for what or whom was not exactly clear. To anyone. Most especially to Pisca herself.
Ook. Soon enough, though, the young gnome noticed the number of odd looks that she was drawing from curious passersby. Ook. Double ook. Pisca began moving again, affecting a casual nonchalance. No. It wasn't that strange-odd-curious-weird to stop in the middle of a crowd as she just had. She waved at a hummie here and she nodded at a hummie there. She'd just been thinking to herself, right? And besides, it never would have happened if she'd had a pony, now, would it? No. Of course not.
What was that? Pisca looked left and Pisca looked right. Her name. She heard her name. Pisca looked behind herself.
Then she looked up.
"Lunk!"
A crowd cannot stand before the relentless charge of a gnome. It must give way and part. Pisca barreled through the forest of hummie legs and threw herself upward at her friend. In a mad scrabbling flurry of hands and feet she climbed, climbed, climbed, up the clothing of the giant, until she lost momentum and ...
"Ook. Um. Lunk? Could you get me down from here?"
After being placed safely again on terra firma ...
And, after straightening her jumbled gear ...
And, after retrieving her Cinderlander hat from where it had blown off in her mad dash ...
Pisca looked up at her giant friend. That is to say, her friend who was, in actuality, a giant. This, despite the fact that everyone else thought him a hummie just like the other hummies that inhabited Sandpoint. She knew better.
"Lunk, we're at the fair!" The gnome threw her arms wide to encompass the totality of it as she beamed a broad gnomish grin up at the giant. "We are at the (pronounced with an 'ee') fair. Fair, fair, fair, fair, fair, fair, fair. So, what do we do first? Maybe get some food. I think I could go for some crispy squirrel bits."
"How about the archery contest? Would you like to see me shoot? Or, or, you could do the Ogre Stomp!" And the gnome threw her elbows out and stomped around in a circle. "Or the Lighthouse Smash. I bet you could smash the lighthouse. Pretend you're a dragon! Eeraaaahhhh." Pisca hooked one hand into a claw and tore the masonry from an imaginary lighthouse.
"Or, we could go to the Puppet Theater. Yom, yom, yom, yom, yom, yom, yom." The clawed hand of the dragon became a sock-puppet, jabbering away in time to Pisca's nonsensical string of syllables.
But then the face of the irrepressibly effervescent Pisca grew still and quiet. "No. You know what I think I want to do? See the Harrow reader. My Aunt Hattie used to read the cards. I bet she's not as good as Aunt Hattie. I miss her, Lunk," she said. "Come on. Lets go."
The gnome reached up to take the hand of the giant, fitting her small pink hand into his much larger one. And she led him off through the crowd at the Sandpoint Swallowtail Festival.
Ven Vinder's "Devil Hunt" Archery Contest (Near Area 26)
Das Korvut's Ogre Stomp! (Near Area 15)
Aesrick Battlehorn's Lighthouse Smash (Near Area 24)
Cydrak Drokkus' Puppet Theater (Suitable for All Ages!) (Near Area 23)
Harrowing Fortunes with Nishka Mvashti (Near Area 28)
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Lunk smiled as little Pisca charged through the crowd at him like some sort of mad midget rhinocerous. When she reached him, she leapt and clambered about 2/3 of the way up his great bulk before getting stuck. He gently disentangled the little gnome and placed her back on the ground with a delicacy surprising for such a large man. He watched contentedly as she picked up the various items lost during her charge and began chattering on about what she wanted to do at the Party.
He liked Pisca. He smiled at her. Happy. Lunk was happy.
Pisca wanted to go to Madame Mvashti's Harrow readings. Lunk shrugged agreeably. He had lived in Sandpoint all his life. He was comfortable there. He knew exactly how to get to the old woman's tent.
He looked down at the young gnome and thought hard. She was small. There were a lot of people at the Party. They were all bigger than Pisca. She might get hurt. That would make Lunk sad.
Lunk smiled as an idea struck him. He picked Pisca up and, to her squeal of delight, placed her so that she was riding on his shoulders.
Once Lunk ensured Pisca was secure, he began walking down Main Street. Lunk was careful not to jostle people too much; if he did they would get mad. Lunk didn't know why people got mad just for being jostled but they did. So he tried not to do it.
As they walked past the Guard House, Lunk saw a guardsman and his family hugging. Lunk smiled wistfully. He wished he had someone to hug him. But he wasn't smart enough for girls to like him. Several had told him so very plainly. It felt mean. It made Lunk sad.
"Have you ever been to such a big Party?" Lunk asked Pisca as they walked past the bakery. It was closed for the Party. Lunk knew all the people who cooked were making lunch for everyone at the Party. He wondered when that would be. He was hungry.
He saw Mr. Chask reading to a group of people on the other side of the street. He waved. Mr. Chask was always nice to Lunk. Sometimes, if he had time, Mr. Chask would read Lunk stories. Lunk loved the stories with adventure and brave knights and daring rescues. Sometimes Mr. Chask would get a sad little look when he read to Lunk. Lunk didn't know why Mr. Chask would be sad when he could read such amazing stories. He wondered if Pisca would want to go hear Mr. Chask read stories.
Lunk wished he could read stories. But Lunk wasn't smart enough to read. He knew that.
Lunk continued down Main Street, past Mr. Vinder and his pretty daughter doing their archery contest. Mr. Vinder seemed very intent on the competition; the redheaded girl seemed bored. Lunk was too big for that contest. The first and only time he had tried, he had broken a bow. Lunk had been sorry, but Mr. Vinder had still not been happy. Lunk's cheeks burned at the memory. He wanted to think about something else.
Lunk passed Mr. Ilsoari's orphan home and school on the left. He pointed it out to Pisca. "That's where I lived after my mother died." Lunk said. He wondered if Pisca had a mother. He missed his mother. She had loved him even though he was really big and wasn't very smart. Not many people did.
As Lunk took a left onto Water Street, he saw Madame Mvashti's tent set up in the southern town square. There was a line in front of the tent. Lunk got into line, still carrying Pisca. He saw Mr. Quink and his new assistant get into line behind them. Lunk tried not to talk to Mr. Quink. He never understood what the man was saying. He couldn't remember the name of Mr. Quink's new assistant. But he looked nice.
After a bit, they reached the front of the line. He put Pisca down so that she could go get a reading from Madame Mvashti. Madame Mvashti was an old woman. She had been old for as long as Lunk could remember. And wrinkled. She looked concerned about the reading she had just done. Madame Mvashti always looked concerned. Lunk thought maybe that was why she had so many wrinkles.
"Welcome, child," Madame Mvashti held out her hand to Pisca, nodding subtly to a coin jar on the table. "What is it you seek from your Harrowing?"
Stars of Desna! A gnome could be happy up here. Pisca wanted to wave down at the hummies below and call out 'Hi' and 'Hullo'. But ... Big Folk could get somewhat ... pricklish about that sort of thing. Stars know why! Maybe Big Folk just can't get enough ... Big. Size envy. Inwardly, Pisca rolled her eyes to the heavens.
"Every day's a party in Kaer Maga, Lunk," Pisca had replied. And she went on to describe all the people who crowded Hospice and the Down Market. She told him of The Bottoms where the Freemen charged about, head-strong and fiercely insisting on their independence, despite the fact that no one really challenges them on it anymore.
"Gnomes don't live with their mothers either, Lunk," Pisca answered rather matter of factly as they passed the place that her giant friend had spend a hummie life growing up. "Well, that's not exactly true. We have a mother and father that we're born to, and then, after that, all gnomes are your mother and father. I grew up mostly with my Aunt Hattie. She reads Harrow cards too. She loves all things Varisian."
The chatty gnome lapsed into silence however, as they got into line for the Harrowing. She sat on Lunk's shoulder, fidgeting. She kicked her feet, idle sorts of kicks. She hung over Lunk's shoulder on her belly, first frontward with a view of the Harrow reader's tent. Then, backwards for variety. She wiggled her fingers at the two hummies behind her, one old man and one young. By then, it was her turn and Lunk set her down and the Harrow reader spoke to her.
Pisca, on the other hand, did not immediately speak back. The gnome put one hand on her hip and pushed the big floppy had back on her head with the other. She tipped her head to the side to examine first one side of the table, then the other. She reached up on the tips of her toes and peeked over the edge of the table where she was presented with a plane that stretched off into the distance until it dropped off just beyond the seer's hands. Pisca looked up into the face of the seer and she tried. She really tried to like her. But, in the end, it wasn't enough. This wasn't right, and she couldn't overcome it.
The strawberry blonde gnome turned to walk away. Then she stopped. She fished in her pouch and brought out a silver coin. Reaching up again to the tabletop, she placed the coin on the edge. "Rivers wander where they will," she said in perfect unaccented Varisian. "And they bring many curiosities along with them. Harriet Tenpicky of Kaer Maga, a sister in the Harrowing, sends her regards."
With those words, she turned and walked away. "Lets go, Lunk," she said, reaching to him to be picked up. "Take me to the Archery. I think I'm sad."
Please mark one silver off of Pisca's CS.
Lunk was confused. Pisca had wanted to go to Madame Mvashti's, but once they got there it seemed like she wanted to be anywhere else. Standing in line with Pisca was like standing in line with a curious weasel.
Lunk had held a weasel once. It was squirmy. Like Pisca.
By the time they finally entered Madame Mvashti's tent, Lunk was ready to sit down and watch a Harrowing. But Pisca had just said some strange words, left a coin, and departed. Lunk wondered what the strange words had been. He thought they might be magic. Lunk didn't know much about magic. Maybe Pisca had cast a spell on Madame Mvashti? But spells were supposed to make people burst into flames or turn into sheep or something. Lunk cast a glance back over his shoulder as they left the tent. Madame Mvashti seemed unsheepified.
So it was that Lunk and the maybe-magical Pisca emerged from Madam Mvashti's tent unHarrowed. That didn't bother Lunk. Harrowings just confused him.
Lunk lifted Pisca back onto his shoulders and began retracing his steps to the Sandpoint General Store and the Vinders' archery competition. Lunk wasn't sure how well Pisca would do, but he was happy to take her.
He didn't know how far someone so short could even shoot a bow. Bows seemed like they should be bigger. Pisca's weapon seemed like a toy. Lunk shrugged to himself. Sometimes small things could be dangerous too. Like spiders. Or broccoli.
A good-sized crowd had gathered near the makeshift archery range set up by the Vinders' store. An occasional cheer went up as they watched shots by the competition's various participants. As they approached, Lunk pointed Pisca to Shayliss Vinder, Ven's bored-looking daughter. "If you want to sign up for the contest, you'll need to talk to her," he said.
"*Sigh*," Pisca sighed.
"*Mope*," Pisca moped.
"*Tarnfrazzle*," Pisca tarnfrazzled, which was an emotional condition of her own creation.
"Have you ever missed home, Lunk?" she asked semi-rhetorically. The semi part being clear from the fact that she never paused for an answer. "I miss Kaer Maga. I thought visiting the Harrow reader would make me feel better. My Aunt Hattie reads the cards. But it just made me miss it more."
"My home," the gnome murmured in a muzzy voice. "Myhome-myhome-myhome." They rose and fell, she and Lunk, to the rhythm of Lunk's great strides. Together, the gnome and her faithful giant companion navigated the river of hummie heads as it flowed between the buildings and houses. He waded against the flow. She rode above it.
"I'm glad you're my friend, Lunk," she said. Pisca hugged the giant around the neck. Not an easy thing to do when you're riding on a shoulder. "It's nice to have a friend when you're away from home."
"I know." Pisca sat bolt upright. "Why don't we do something you want to do. Um ... um, um,um,um,um. I know. I saw you wave at that hummie reading the book. Lets go listen. Archery later. Story now." Ignoring the directions to the archery contest, Pisca scrambled down the height of her giant, descending to the shadowy floor of the human forest. She reached up for his hand and began towing him behind her until, at last, they reached the storyteller.
She tugged at Lunk until he sat next to her, at which point she settled herself into his lap, eager to hear a story.
Sun 1 Sep 2013
"No, Pisca," Lunk replied dutifully, scratching his head and thinking hard. "I guess I can't miss it, because I've never been away." Lunk listened agreeably as his friend went on to talk about her Aunt Hattie. It was a strange name, he thought. He wondered if she made hats. It made sense. Pisca liked hats. A lot.
As Lunk pondered the mysteries of gnomish hat-making, Pisca suddenly jumped down and started pulling him toward Mr. Chask, which was strange, because Mr. Chask didn't shoot bows. At least, as far as Lunk knew. But he was happy to be pulled along. He liked Mr. Chask. Mr. Chask told good stories.
Mr. Chask looked up as they approached, giving them a slightly quizzical smile. "Hello, Lunk," he said kindly, "and hello to your friend . . ."
"Pisca." Lunk supplied helpfully.
"Pisca," nodded Mr. Chask, as he knelt down before the gnome, extending his hand with a smile. "Well met, Pisca." He looked up at Lunk. "What can I do for you Lunk? I just finished a story and I think lunch is starting soon."
Lunk hoped Mr. Chask had time for one more story. "Can I have a story, Mr. Chask? Just one? For me and my friend. She's never heard you tell a story." A note of pleading crept into his voice.
Chask sighed, then smiled. "Okay, Lunk. One story for my favorite listener. What story do you . . ."
"Ursion the Eagle Knight!!" Lunk stated with authority. It was his very very very favorite story ever. He never got tired of it.
"Again?" Mr. Chask raised an eyebrow as Lunk nodded. "Very well. Why don't you two sit down and make yourselves comfortable." Mr. Chask reached for a thin book with a battered green cover. It looked well-loved. He settled into his chair, opening the book to its first pages. "Let us begin, then."
Mr. Chask's voice dropped into a pleasant baritone. "Ursion of Cheliax was disinherited by his father, Grachius, for two unforgiveable crimes: supporting the Andoran's people's revolution and falling in love with the Lady Pontia, Grachius' ward and a direct descendant King Gaspodar, the last of the great Chelish kings prior to Aroden's death. Grachius planned to marry Lady Pontia to Lurconarr, a scion of the powerful and diabolical House Thune, pretender to the Crown of Cheliax through its dark association with infernal forces."
Lunk scowled. He had no love for House Thune.
"Undeterred by his father's wrath and unable to stand idly by as Grachius offered to bind the woman he loved to such devilry, Ursion left the family estate to assist a young Reginald Cormoth in helping Andoran escape Cheliax's hellish yoke and grant true freedom to its people."
Lunk grinned. Mr. Chask had another story about the adventures of General Cormoth that he liked almost as much as this one. But not quite.
"Months later, back in Cheliax, a group of Chelaxian knights and priests, guided by a Harrower . . ."
"Ursion!!" Lunk said excitedly.
"Don't spoil the book for Pisca, Lunk," Mr. Chask said reprovingly. Lunk looked abashed.
". . .sought Grachius' hospitality. Unbeknownst to Grachius, Marcellano, a wealthy local merchant, had provided aid and comfort to the Andoran revolution. His guests intended to capture the merchant in the morning, confiscate his wealth, and interrogate him regarding any revolutionary connections."
Mr. Chask's voice indicated that this interrogation would not be pleasant for the unfortunate captive.
"But in the dark of night, the Harrower stole out, warning Marcellano of his impending arrest and assisting in his escape from Cheliax. Marcellano repaid his debt by offering the Harrower a suit of armor and a warhorse to participate in the tournament at Ostenso, a city near Grachius' coastal keep. For in his wisdom he deduced that the Harrower was, in reality, a knight."
"A GOOD knight!" Lunk clapped his hands together happily.
"Queen Abrogail herself presided over the Ostenso tournament. On its first day, a bout of individual jousting, a mysterious masked soldier, identifying himself only as 'The Eagle Knight' . . ."
"The Eagle Knight!" Lunk exclaimed enthusiastically, earning a brief glance from Mr. Chask.
"Yes, Lunk, 'The Eagle Knight.' The Eagle Knight made his appearance, defeating some of Cheliax's best lances, including Ser Pavo . . ."
Lunk's visage darkened at the mention of Ser Pavo. Ser Pavo was a bad man.
". . . who was widely-regarded as the flower of Chelish martial prowess. The masked knight declined to reveal himself, even despite Queen Abrogail's request, but was nevertheless declared the champion of the day and permitted to choose the Queen of the Tournament; an honor he bestowed upon the Lady Pontia."
Lunk blushed. He thought Lady Pontia might be the sweetest, most wonderful, most beautiful woman ever.
"A melee defined the second day of the tournament. The Eagle Knight . . . "
Mr. Chask glanced at Lunk again, who controlled himself.
". . . was chosen as leader of one party, but most of the leading knights of Cheliax, including Ser Pavo and the other opponents the Eagle Knight vanquished the previous day, flocked to the opposite standard for their revenge. The Eagle Knight's side was soon hard pressed and he himself beset by multiple foes."
Lunk glanced over at Pisca to make sure she wasn't too worried. He had been very upset at this point when Mr. Chask had first read him this story. Pisca seemed fine. Lunk thought she was very brave.
"Suddenly, another knight, whose failure to take part in the battle to that point had earned him the sobriquet 'The Sluggard,' rode to the Eagle Knight's rescue. The rescuing knight, having evened the odds by his action, then slipped away."
Lunk bounced where he sat. He loved the Sluggard. Although he wasn't sure what a "sobriquet" was. It sounded like a wine.
"Though the Eagle Knight was instrumental in the victory, Queen Abrogail, displeased with his behavior from the previous day, wished to bestow her accolades on the vanished Sluggard, but the Sluggard's departure forced her to declare the Eagle Knight champion."
"At this point, being forced to unmask himself in order to receive his coronet, the Eagle Knight was revealed to be Ursion himself, returned from Andoran, much to the consternation of both Queen Abrogail and his father Grachius, who was also attending the tournament."
Lunk thought Grachius was a terrible father.
"Because Ursion was severely wounded in the competition, and because Grachius refused to have anything to do with him, Ursion was taken into the care of Aula, the beautiful daughter of Marcellano, who was attending the tournament in disguise. In the black of night, she stole away with Ursion and a pair of her most-trusted servants to her father's house, where she felt Ursion might be best treated."
"But Ser Pavo had been taken with Aula's beauty and posted spies at her rooms. He thus knew of her flight and saw it as an opportunity to abduct her. He captured Aula and the wounded Ursion on a forest road, killed Aula's servants, and forcibly took the pair to his border-castle of Torrock, near Brastlewark, where Grachius had also repaired with Lady Pontia in preparation for her wedding to Lurconarr Thune."
Lunk glowered. Lurconarr Thune definitely did NOT deserve Lady Pontia. She deserved a hero.
"But all was not lost! An army, led by the black-armored Sluggard, appeared and besieged Torrock, demanding the release of the captives! When the evil Lurconarr threatened to kill the captives if the besiegers did not disperse, they stormed the castle, which was betrayed from within by a freedom-loving gate-guard who lowered the drawbridge at the moment of their attack."
Chask looked up to ensure his audience took the full import of this critical event. Lunk knew he did.
"Fearing defeat, the black-hearted Ser Pavo drew his sword and made his way to the tower with the intent of killing the captives. Much to his surprise, he was met by Ursion, still injured, who had managed to escape from his bonds. Ursion and Ser Pavo engaged in an epic battle, the end of which saw Ser Pavo sliding, lifeless, from Ursion's sword."
Lunk smiled. He thought Ursion was the most-heroic man ever. He wished he could be like Ursion.
"Lurconarr Thune and Torrock's remaining garrison surrendered to the Sluggard, who revealed himself to be none other than Reginald Cormoth, Ursion's comrade-in-arms from Andoran. Reginald, Ursion, Pontia, Marcellano, Aula, and Grachius all returned triumphantly to Andoran, with Lurconnar in chains. Lurconarr was placed on trial for consorting with demons, and eventually executed."
Lunk nodded in satisfaction. Served him right.
"Reginald, who had fallen in love with Aula, won her heart and her hand. Reginald was united with Aula and Ursion with Pontia in a double marriage that heard church bells ring across Andoran. It was the ring of freedom."
At the instant Mr. Chask finished the story, church bells actually began to chime! Lunk looked around in astonishment. Mr. Chask smiled at him.
"I think those particular bells have the ring of lunch, Lunk." He said. "And we're a little late. Would you and Ms. Pisca care to join me walking up to the cathedral?"
OOC: Pisca, I have a universal lunch post ready, so if you would rather post after I post that just let me know. You are of course welcome to post now if you like; just end your post up at near the cathedral for lunch.
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Mon 2 Sep 2013
Pisca hopped out of Lunk's lap where she had been attentively taking in the story. The smile on her face was a reflection how much she had enjoyed it. "Certainly. Thank you, Mister Chask," she said in reply to the offer of lunch. "And thank you for the story," she added. Pisca took Lunk's hand in her right and the storytellers in her left, placing herself in the middle. And so the strawberry blonde gnome marched toward the new church with a giant in one hand and a human in the other.
"You know, Mister Chask," Pisca said after a short bit of marching and of humming to herself. "For a moment there, I thought The Sluggard was going to be Blackjack. Blackjack wore a mask too. Blackjack is my favorite hero." And Pisca grinned up at both Lunk and Mister Chask to show just how much Blackjack was her favoritest hero. You know why Blackjack is my favorite? Because Blackjack could be anyone."
"Do you want to hear this? This is a Korvosa story. You see, in Korvosa there was a famous sword master - the most famous sword master in Korvosa. And among his students he had two exceptional students. One was a young man, and the other was a young woman. Humans, though. They were all three of them humans. The sword master and his two exceptional students, that is. The sword master and his female student were very close. There was a bond between them of love as well as respect. But the young male student fell in love with the female student too."
"Hummies do that a lot in stories. Fall in love with the wrong person."
"The young male student challenged his master to a duel. Both the sword master and the female student tried to talk the young man out of it. But the young man was in a jealous rage, and would have none of it. When the day of the duel came, the young man was so good, and so angry and relentless was he, that the sword master had to deal him a crippling wound in order to survive. The young man was driven out, never to be the swordsman that he was again. The young woman left the fencing school soon after. She was unable to face the sword master again. Eventually, she joined the city guard, and rose to become the Commander."
"I bet you're wondering what this has to do with Blackjack, right? Well, a year or two after that fateful duel, the rightful king of Korvosa died of a mysterious wasting disease, and his young queen of Chelexian birth came to power. The queen mounted her own investigation into her husband's death and quickly charged a young portrait painter who had been doing a painting of the king with the crime of regicide."
"Everyone knew this couldn't be true. Well, they didn't know, but it sounds better that way. The painter had been thrown into the dungeons and was to be executed because she knew something about the king's death. Well, comes the day of the execution, and the painter lead to the block. But just before the axe comes down, a hooded man dressed all in black swings down on a rope, rapier in hand and drives away the executioner. He drives back the Gray Maidens, the queen's special guard. He sweeps the painter up in his arms, he drinks a magic potion, and he flies away with her."
"The crowd that had shown up for the execution was all abuzz. They had seen the black masked rescuer. They had seen his hand. That hand had six fingers on it instead of five. Six fingers, like the hero who'd been a legend in Korvosa for over a hundred years named Blackjack. A city wide manhunt turned up nothing. Neither Blackjack nor the painter were to be found."
"But a few days later, there was a reunion of a sorts at the fencing school of the famous sword master. The student who had been forced to crippled showed up with the city guard in tow. And in their number was the woman who had become the Commander of the guard. 'I was there at the execution, and I watched Blackjack fight,' declared the crippled and very bitter ex-student. 'I watched his style, and it's exactly the same as yours!' he said and pointed an accusing finger at his old teacher. The sword master declared his innocence. He seemed undisturbed, until the city guard searched his house and discovered a hidden compartment in the back of his closet. But when they opened it, they found that it was empty."
"The sword master seemed as surprised as the others. The only one who wasn't surprised was the young woman, who the sword master once loved and who was now the Commander of the guard. She drove the crippled student out, and sent her guardsmen back to the barracks."
"'You knew they wouldn't find my old costume in the secret compartment,' the sword master said to the Commander once they were alone."
"'Yes,' the woman Commander replied."
"'I didn't dress up as Blackjack and save that painter from the headsman's axe,' the sword master said."
"'No,' the woman who was the Commander of the guard replied, 'It was I. I saved the painter. There's a difference between justice and the law. And though I command the city guard, I serve Justice. It's what made me love you, ever since I learned your secret,' she said. And they ... well, they didn't live happily ever after. But they did have lots more adventures."
"That's why Blackjack is my favorite," Pisca said as the cathedral and the prospect of lunch loomed near. "Because anyone could be Blackjack. A woman could be Blackjack. Maybe even a gnome."
Chask Haladan
Chask Haladan always enjoyed a good yarn, but he wondered if Pisca's story selection had been random or if she had chosen the tale to send a particular message. He eyed her thoughtfully as she enthusiastically related the legend of Blackjack's heroism. Lunk smiled broadly as he listened, although the furrow in his brow indicated that he might not have completely understood the more subtle aspects of the story's plot.
Watching Pisca interact with Lunk, Chask decided that she could only be what she seemed; a charming young adventure-loving gnome with no ulterior motives. He gave his two companions a genuine smile as they walked into the town square abutting the cathedral.
Lunch was provided free of charge at the expense of Sandpoint's dining establishments. Each brought its best dishes, or in some cases completely new creations. After all, the Festival Lunch was as much a marketing push for new patrons by Sandpoint's inns, eateries, and pubs as it was a way to feed a hungry Festival crowd.
It soon became apparent that the darling of the lunch was (again) Ameiko Kaijitsu, the proprietor of the Rusty Dragon, whose remarkable curry-spiced salmon and early winterdrop mead slightly but definitively overshadowed the other offerings, such as the Hagfish's lobster chowder and the White Deer's peppercorn venison. Not to say that these other offerings were not top-notch, but Ameiko was well-known as a culinary wizard; the creativity and skill behind her Swallowtail Festival dishes was legendary among those interested in such things as far away as Magnimar.
As Pisca moved to her chosen table, received her meal, and retired to one of the crowded, makeshift picnic tables quickly set up to service hundreds of people all eating simultaneously, she was impressed by how such a small town had organized to serve such a relatively-large number of people. As she attempted to eat without spilling her food all over herself, she heard snippets from the conversations occurring around her . . .
". . . about the latest lumber mill fire? The one in Soggy River . . . ?"
". . . STORVAL boy won?!? What about Barett . . ."
". . . say Shalelu has a new apprentice; maybe she can keep this one alive . . ."
". . . salmon is great . . . too bad her father is a killer . . ."
" . . . ridiculous hat . . . "
". . . say Chopper's ghost set the church fire . . ."
". . . as Desna is my witness, guy left the tent white as a sheet . . ."
". . . think PODRICK is in with the Sczarni?!?!? Don't be silly . . ."
". . .a GNOME was riding him . . ."
". . . wouldn't travel out that way, the Foxglove Estate is haunted by the spirits of . . ."
". . . makes three mills so far . . ."
". . .bugbear killed the last two, didn't he . . ."
". . . WHO won the herb challenge? What happened to Willow Sanderson? She . . ."
". . . and then Alergast TACKLED him, guess the guy can't stand losing . . ."
". . . can't believe Giants would . . ."
". . . hear about Katrine? Apparently she's shacking up with some guy from the mill. Ven's in a state . . ."
". . . they were best friends, it's sad . . ."
". . . Scarnettis have the only mill left . . . "
". . 'clear out the glassworks tonight,' he said. Where am I gonna sleep . . ."
". . . don't think Lonjiku is a KILLER . . . just an asshole . . ."
". . . Mvashti's given out some disturbing readings this year, guy probably got one . . ."
". . . put it past Titus to burn the competition . . ."
". . . with that acolyte boy, they're a cute couple . . ."
". . . want to be that guy, Ven'll beat him to a pulp . . ."
". . .you would be too if you got cuckolded by an ELF . . ."
". . . produce a guy like Aldern? Man's a charmer . . ."
". . . always thought Barett was a stand-up guy . . ."
". . . Hayliss says she has evidence . . ."
Given its size and rural location, Pisca probably shouldn't have been surprised that local events and personages are frequent topics of discussions here in Sandpoint. Eventually the meal service wound down and the Festival patrons head back out into the town to participate in one or two last events before this evening's consecration ceremony . . .
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Pisca had everything for lunch. Tiny dollops of every little thing on all of the collected menus. She arrived at the table with little islands on her plates. Two plates. And she didn't eat a quarter of what she took.
"This is a map of the Cinderlands, Mister Haladan," she said, mashing the delicious-but-more-interesting-when-mashed salmon to the north of her plate into the right shape. (North being the direction away from Pisca, of course.) "This is Kaer Maga, where I'm from, Lunk. It stands at the very top of the Storval Rise." Pisca places a peppercorn at the south of the salmon, sitting on the very edge, overlooking a precipitous drop to the plate below. "Only the bravest gnomes fly Uri's kites out over the thousand-foot drop to the green lands below." The gnome makes the shushing sound of air as she glides the tip of her spoon through the air above the plain of the Storval Salmon.
By the end of the meal, what had began as neat little island of food, wound up a miniature sea awash in the various colors of food. Surprisingly, not a small amount of food actually wound up in Pisca's stomach. (Which was, understandably, a smaller stomach than most.) The gnome came through the meal, also a surprise given her involved engagement with her food, without a spot, a speck or a crumb on her clothing.
"Well! What's next?" Standing on seat of a chair built for the Big People, the strawberry blonde gnome contemplated the options. "We could go back to the Archery Contest, Lunk and you could watch me win. Or ... " And a sly-ish smile came over her face. "We could go Goblin Tossing. hehehe. Come on, Mister Haladan, ever gone Goblin Tossing?" she asked, without adding that she had never gone Goblin Tossing herself.
"I think that settles it," the gnome declared, sans any discernable form of discussion. She threw a small pink fist into the air and called out in a voice loud enough to be heard by every single member of the departing lunch crowd - a high clear voice that, in fact, was surprisingly loud for such a small person, "LETS GO GOBLIN TOSSING!"
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Q: 64-bit TortoiseSVN on Windows 7 says "file or directory is corrupted and unreadable" then runs chkdsk I'm using 64-bit TortoiseSVN on a 64-bit Windows 7 Professional. Every so often a checkout or update will fail with an error message like the following.
Error: Can't move
Error: '[...]\\.svn\tmp\entries'
Error: to
Error: '[...]\\.svn\entries':
Error: The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.

Then CHKDSK runs after reboot, which makes me nervous.
Why might this be happening or how I can avoid it?

A: This is a known bug in Window 7, slated to be fixed in SP 1:
http://subversion.wandisco.com/blogs/windows-7-bogus-errorfilecorrupt-error-.html
There is now a hotfix available:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982927/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2498472/en-us

A: It's all the doing of the Windows Indexing Service. See SVN: TortoiseSVN Can't Move .. The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable (Windows 7).

A: I had the same problem, but with 32-bit TortoiseSVN (1.6.6 on Win7 x64).
Disabling/changing antivirus did not help. Neither did downgrading to TortoiseSVN 1.5.10 (that only had the consequence of not being able to read the checked out repository directories any more.
What helped was configuring the Windows Indexing Service to not index my SVN/source code directories. I found that tip here: http://schleichermann.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/svn-tortoisesvn-cant-move-the-file-or-directory-is-corrupted-and-unreadable-windows-7/

A: Here is a solution I found to solve the problem which worked like a treat. It's an excerpt from SVN: TortoiseSVN Can't Move .. The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable (Windows 7).

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*Click the start menu button, then click in the text box to begin a search.

*Type in "windows index"

*Click on "Indexing Options" that should come up in the search (this can also be found in the Control Panel, if you change the View by to Large or Small icons. I am not sure what it's categorized under, though)

*When the Indexing Options box comes up, click on the Modify button. This will pop up an Indexed Locations dialog, where you should see a list of some "locations", with your hard drive(s) being in the list.

*Expand the desired hard drive, down to the root folder of the files you're using SVN with, and make sure the box is unchecked. It was checked for me here, even though the folder option was as I described in my last post. Also note that the hard drive will most likely be collapsed, and will have its box unchecked, even though once you expand it, you may find checked boxes.

For example, my projects are located in my C:\Users\Name\Documents\VS2008\Projects\ folder and each of the folders in here were checked in the Indexed Locations dialog. After unchecking the appropriate folders here, which is where my working copy of SVN'd projects are, everything seems to be working the way I expect it to.
I hope this helps someone still suffering from this crippling problem.

A: The article "Getting ERROR_FILE_CORRUPT when moving a file... Result: Chkdsk at reboot (Reproducable and confirmed)" explains why it is happening, and the example program therein shows exactly how you can get this error on Windows 7. I just hope Microsoft finds a way to resolve this issue.
[Update]
This issue has been fixed in ServicePack 1 for Windows 7 and ServicePack 1 for Windows Server 2008R2.

A: I had the same problem (using MS Security Essentials).  I 'think' it might have something to do with the AV programs monitoring program activity.  It seems like that MS SE 'thinks' a malicious script is running and it stops it.
I tried disabling 'Monitor file and program activity on your computer' in 'Real-time protection' and it seemed to solve the problem.
From there, I did some other testing and found that I could leave the option on and still have successful checkouts by configuring 'Excluded Processes' to include "C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\TortoiseProc.exe" "C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\TSVNCache.exe"
Either method seems to have worked for me so far. (I've been able to do large check-outs consistently since I've changed the options.) I prefer the 2nd, so that MS SE still monitors for potential malicious activity anyway.

A: This is problem 'The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.' is coming  in Windows 7 or Vista because YOU HAVE TURNED ON THE INDEXING SERVICE.
To get solved either Turn of the indexing service for your svn directory or its parent directory
or
Temporarily turn off the indexing:
Here's HOW?
1)Go to Control Panel - Indexing Options
2) Click On Pause. This will pause indexing for next 15 minutes by default.
3) Now Perform Commit. You are aloud to commit for next 15 mins

A: We were experiencing the same issue. If you have a virus scanner installed, it appears that it could be causing the problem. Try to disable scanning before a large checkout.
http://groups.google.com/group/tortoisesvn/browse_thread/thread/4d8bdcea4fd14fce?pli=1
For us, we were only experiencing the issue with very large updates/checkouts. Average or small updates were working flawlessly. I don't know why that's the case, but I can totally see a virus-scanner-related issue being inconsistent in such a manner.

A: I have the same issue with McAfee 8.7i.
To workaround it, i've to disable Access Protection as i can't seem to figure how to add an exception for TortoiseSVN.

A: I was getting the exact same error, but also another error when Updating ("Cannot find the file specified").
I am running Windows 7 x64 and have McAfee installed.
I had renamed a file from "Map" to "map" and committed it. The commit worked fine but Checking Out failed with the "directory is corrupt" error.
In my case it was fixed by going into Repo-Browser and deleting the file "map". So I still had the original un-renamed file ("Map") in version control. From then the checkout worked fine.

A: I was running Panda Cloud Anti-Virus and received this error -- as noted above, when disabled, the error went away completely.

A: Not sure if you're still having this issue, but I found a solution that wasn't coming up in my Google searches for me.  I posted specific directions here on my blog.  Hope this helps.

A: I have a directory - C:\Users\\workspace\ - where I checkout projects.
What I have found is that if I go to the indexing options in Windows 7, and click 'Modify', a new popup appears. From this popup I can see my C drive with and expand and collapse arrow. I have simply unchecked my workspace directory. Presumably this should disable indexing on this directory.
I am still getting the errors, but I thought this might be a helpful piece of info towards the solution. NB I get the errors with indexing paused anyway, so there may be another factor.

A: You can recover from this problem using "cleanup" in Tortoise SVN. Find the directory(ies) that are giving you problems and descend into them. You will see files badged as unversioned. If you run the cleanup command on the containing directory, it will temporarily fix the problem.
I'm also going to turn off the indexing mishegas, toute-suite. Thanks for that!

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Q: Linq Order by based on Or condition This is how my EF Model Responses table looks like
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3                   Tend to DisAgree
3                   Tend to DisAgree

in the above eg. i want to sort by Question ID based on Agree(Agree should include Tend to Agree also while counting) and DisAgree. DisAgree should include Tend to Disagree also while counting)
Hence Agree order Should as below
1 // (Got 4 Agree)
2 // (Got 3 Agree)
3 // (Got 0 Agree)

Disgaree Should as below
3 // (Got 4 Disagree)
2 // (Got 1 Disagree)
1 // (Got 0 Disagree)

Simle Linq to order based on total responce Count.
I am expecting modified linq based on above requirement
db.Questions.OrderBy(x => x.Responces.Count).Select(y=>new { y.Question_ID,count= y.Responces.Count()}).ToList();

A: You cant group by two keys simultaniously. One Group needs one unique key.
What you could to however is the following:
db.Questions.GroupBy(x=>((x.Responce == "Agree")|(x.Responce == "Tend
to Agree")));

This will give you two keys TRUE and FALSE. In the TRUE group are all values that have "Agree" or "Tend to Agree". In the FALSE group there will be all others.

A: I would suggest that you convert your response-column to an enum type like this one:
[Flags]
public enum Response
{
    Agree = 1,
    Unknown = 2,
    Disagree = 4,
    TendToAgree = Agree | Unknown,
    TendToDisagree = Unknown | Disagree
}

That way you check for the flag you want and count the entries:
var agreed = list.Where(x => x.QuestionID == 1).Count(x => x.Response.HasFlag(Response.Agree));
var disagreed = list.Where(x => x.QuestionID == 1).Count(x => x.Response.HasFlag(Response.Disagree));


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Il rapido sviluppo (The Rapid Development) is an apostolic letter signed by Pope John Paul II on 24 January 2005; it mainly addresses those who are involved in communications.

He signed the letter on January 24, the feast day of Saint Francis de Sales, Patron Saint of Journalists. Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1963 decree Inter Mirifica ("The Means of Social Communication"), Pope John Paul II writes about how the message found in Inter Mirifica is strengthened by the development of technical inventions. The Jesuit magazine America referred to the document as "the most authoritative papal statement on the church and communications in nearly 50 years", and aims to make the Church pay "attention to the culture created by communications media".

The document suggests that the internet provides an opportunity for the Church, not just a danger. New communications have helped create a "global village", and the faithful need to take advantage of its possibilities but use them "ethically and responsibly". Proper communication is a moral act, and Christ is an example of a communicator who used all the means available to him to spread the gospel: "The media aid the Church in spreading the Gospel and religious values, promoting dialogue and cooperation, and defending the moral and ethical principles" of the Church, according to John Fagan's summary.

Background
Pope John Paul II was always fascinated by the mass media and used them, especially in his numerous trips around the world, to enhance the image of the Church; French philosopher Jacques Derrida referred to the pope's journeys as " a hegemonic form of testimony and confession". The Rapid Development should be seen, according to Warren Kappeler, as documentation of the pope's interest in mass media and as an attempt to cause the Church to reflect on its importance and its possibilities. The importance of the media to promulgating the message of the Church was seen by John Paul II's successor as well, as noted by Cardinal John Patrick Foley, then President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications: Foley "noted that the last major document of Pope John Paul II...was on the theme of communications, and one of the first audiences given by Pope Benedict XVI was to the communicators who has [sic] covered the funeral of Pope John Paul II and his own election and beginning days as pope".

Summary

1. Fruitful Progress in the Wake of the Decree Inter Mirifica

The pope explains that the Church is called to spread the Gospel and the message of salvation by using contemporary communications which is, "today more than ever" , an important part of the 21st century. Pope John Paul II then explains that we live in "an age of global communication" where we are exposed to different mass media outlets. Pope John Paul II suggests that the mass media reports events with truth and accuracy by means of complete analysis and providing different opinions to the audience.

2. Gospel Reflection and Missionary Commitment
The pope suggests that mass media is also in need of being saved by Christ. Pope John Paul II explains that personal and social dialogue has been effected by sin which in turn makes humanity suffer thanks to the separation between man and Christ. The letter then goes on to outline the fact that "the communication between God and humanity has thus reached its perfection in the Word made flesh" Pope John Paul II illustrates to his readers that the Incarnate Word, Jesus, has provided many examples of communication such as explaining scriptures by preaching to those either in the streets or on the mountains, all of which are examples of communicating with God and humanity. The Church uses communication as a tool to spread the "joyful message of salvation".

3. A Change of Mentality and Pastoral Renewal
The pope states that the Church uses communication to help spread religious values and principles and allow for ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue. Pope John Paul II suggests that those in the Church community who "work in the media should be encouraged with pastoral prudence and wisdom" so that they will be able to work professionally as part of the mass media. With the development of mass media, the Church is impelled "towards a sort of pastoral and cultural revision". Pastors have the responsibility to continue to preach the Gospel so that It continues to permeate society. New technologies, such as the internet, are used as a service by the pastoral community, but Pope John Paul II highlights the importance of traditional means of communication such as new papers, publications, television and radio to be used within the Church community. The reader is reminded that the goal, of using communication as a tool, is to highlight the ethical and moral parts of information. The Church also serves as a place where those who work with the media can renew and develop their abilities to deal with "tensions and ethical dilemmas that arise in their daily work".

4. The Mass Media, the Crossroads of the Great Social Questions
The pope calls the Church to act as a teacher to humanity in their obligations to provide guidelines and prepare them for the rapid development in social communications, in a fashion which is in accordance with God and the Church's beliefs. Today's media practice extreme form of influence to people's way of life, judgements, future actions, attitudes, and viewpoints—therefore it is stated that these communications of media must be regulated and managed organically from "the point of view of formation and ethical responsibility". Pope John Paul II emphasizes heavily on protecting a person's dignity in using media, which will require a positive development, that has clear structure, since media not only provide for mere entertainment, but has close connections to all areas of human life, i.e. Politics, economy, culture. There are three "fundamental options") the Church and her members face today: formation, participation, and dialogue. First, the formation of media has to be closely observed and filtered, such as formation of a new vocabulary used widely in media, then spreading to everyday language. Pope John Paul II notes that without "proper formation,") the media would no longer be serving humanity, but shaping our beliefs and minds. In this, chiefly the younger generation are the most concerned, who would need critical and responsible education on the use of media(11). Second, a true participation by all members are encouraged, in which the Pope calls for a "culture of co-responsibility," towards handling of media. Lastly, mass media's role of promoting dialogue and as tool of reciprocal knowledge is highlighted. However, this feature is like a double-edged sword, in that if used for good purpose, it can become the most powerful tool in spreading peace and understandings amongst humanity, or, "a destructive weapon") if it were to be used in a negative manner.  Pope John Paul II refers to his predecessors, who have discussed about such features of media we face today, such as Pius XII. Pius XII recognized the value of public opinion within and towards the Church, which is a strong feature of media communications. Also, according to the 1983 Code of Canon Law, everyone has a right to express their opinion. Therefore, John Paul II is telling the readers that his goal of writing such document on media today, isn't aiming for complete control and coercion over the people's mind and opinions. Although the Church must not leave room for arbitrary interpretations of the faith, by no means it is promoting the absolute power of the Church—rather, he notes that the dialogue between the faithful is valued within the Church. John Paul II expands on the promotion of dialogues, yet he notes that although the Church is open to all, there will be times when an "adequate confidentiality" is required for the good of all.

5. To Communicate with the Power of the Holy Spirit
As stated in the title, the pope encourages for active individual involvement in seeking help of the Holy Spirit, when faced with challenges brought by or enhanced by media communications, i.e. Strive for power, wealth, birth of conflicts and rivalries, and human weakness. The modern gadgets and technology is growing in a rapid paste, and reaching the nations ever so deeply in forming people's minds today. John Paul II warns that although the spread and the growth of media is to be praised, on the other hand, it has taken away the relationship individuals had that was between mind and mind, and heart and heart. Towards the last bit of the document, Pope John Paul II provides rightful examples and figures of communications in the history of salvation, such as Jesus Christ and the apostle Paul. Jesus is the perfect communicator of the Father, who teaches "that communication is a moral act. The apostle Paul gives advice to those involved in communications,  by writing: Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak the truth, each one to his neighbour, for we are members one of another(Eph 4:25, 29). Finally, the pope urges the members of the Church, "Do not be afraid." Media is just another creation of God, which He has "placed at our disposal to discover, to use and to make known the truth...of his eternal kingdom," and there is no reason for the faithful individuals to be afraid of attacks and rejections from the world, since Jesus has conquered the world(Jn 16:33). The task left to do with all the social media and communications humanity faces today, is to communicate the message of God and promote Christ's hope, grace and love. Media tools are merely tools of this world, but the eternal perspective of heaven is a perspective which "no communications medium" can ever communicate.

See also
Inter mirifica
Communio et progressio

References

Further reading
Communio et Progressio "Means of Social Communication" by Second Vatican Council, accessed September 25, 2013.
Vigilianti Cura (principles concerning films and their duty to serve God's glory and the salvation of souls), accessed September 25, 2013.

2005 documents
2005 in Christianity
Documents of Pope John Paul II

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Ballack to lead Germany to victory in Azerbaijan
By blue admin	 On Aug 11, 2009
The Germany captain Michael Ballack will be feeling confident after Chelsea's victory over Man Utd in the Community Shield, and he seems to have totally recovered from his broken toe sustained during the preseason tour of America.
He is the lynchpin of the Germany team and will be looking to step a little closer to his last World Cup with a win over minnows Azerbaijan on Wednesday. They will move four points clear of Russia with a win, and they will go to Moscow in October looking to wrap up their qualification there.
But coach Joachim Loew wants the team to forget about Russia and concentrate on the job in hand. He said: "There's too much talk of Moscow. We shouldn't lose more points. First comes the away game in Baku, which will take place at the start of the Bundesliga season, so the players still won't be match fit,"
"Moreover, it's very warm and there's a long journey – this game is difficult enough, so we must concentrate. Russia is not until October."
This is conservative talk from the coach as six weeks ago his team beat the United Arab Emirates 7-2 in a friendly, and i don't imagine it was played in a snowstorm!
Ballack will have some class players around him. Hitzlsperger, Schweinsteiger and Trochowski are expected to make up the midfield with Klose and Gomez in front of them in attack, and i expect them to score goals against a team that is yet to score a goal in this Qualifying campaign.
The only point Azerbaijan have gained was in the 0-0 draw with Liechtenstein but they have restricted Turkey, Russia and Wales to two goals or less recently. But will they be able to do the same to Germany tomorrow? I doubt it.
Mario Gomez finally broke his international goal drought in spectacular fashion with four goals against the UAE, and i expect the new Bayern Munich striker now to go on and prove it wasn't a fluke.
Azerbaijan coach Berti Vogts has had his preparations for this game interrupted by the two top teams in Azerbaijan being involved in European Qualifiers, and with just one of his players coming from outside the local league, they can hardly live with the might of Germany.
I have a feeling that the Germans will record a big win here.
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Chelsea Drop Hint – 19 Year Old Striker To Start Vs Arsenal
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The Qwiic Accelerometer - MMA8452Q is a smart low-power, three-axis, MEMS accelerometer with 12 bits of resolution. This accelerometer is packed with embedded functions with flexible user programmable options, configurable to two interrupt pins. Embedded interrupt functions allow for overall power savings relieving the host processor from continuously polling data.
The Qwiic system enables fast and solderless connection between popular platforms and various sensors and actuators.


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William Ferguson Reid (1925- ) was the first African American elected to the General Assembly in the twentieth century. A medical doctor and community leader in the city of Richmond, Reid was one of the founders of the Crusade for Voters, organized in 1955 and one of the most formidable political organizations in the state. It lobbied for voter registration among African Americans, conducted get-out-the-vote drives, and enabled Reid to win a seat in the House of Delegates from the city of Richmond in 1967 on his second try. Reid served three terms in the assembly. Afterward he was a regional medical officer for the United States Department of State. Reid was the only African American in the General Assembly when he took office in 1968. In 2000 there are fifteen.
"Tuesday, July 13, 1965 is election day, a solid Negro vote can give us representation in Virginia's General Assembly." 1965.
Broadside. Virginia Historical Society Broadside 1965:2.


ScoreLight is a one-of-a-kind musical instrument that scans objects with laser pointers and produces sound based on their shape and color.
Scientists at the University of Tokyo have found a curious way to translate drawings and three-dimensional shapes into music. The prototype laser-based musical instrument known as scoreLight uses 3D tracking technology to generate real-time sounds based on the shapes and colors it encounters along the way, transforming doodling into a truly synthesized experience.
As a laser tracker travels along the contours, scoreLight produces and modulates sound according to the curvature, angle, texture, color and contrast of the surface it is exploring. For instance, a sudden change of direction generates a beat-like sound, which translates in a rhythm when the laser is forced into a loop. Size and shape of the lines determine tempo as well as the structure of the beat. As more than one laser pointer is activated, generating more and more complex sounds is as simple as doodling.
Another interesting application could be to use the lasers to scan the shape of buildings or trafficked roads tens or hundreds of meters away and "read" the city landscape.
It's not clear at this point whether scoreLight could be developed into a fully-fledged musical instrument — especially as it seems to lack in terms of expressivity — but even as it is now, it's certainly a very unique way to compose music and experience the reality around us.
scoreLight (Alvaro Cassinelli, Daito Manabe and Yusaku Kuribara) via Pink Tentacle.


What does the above code result?
2) What are the three important manipulations done in a for loop on a loop variable?
Will the above code snippet work? If not, what will be the error?
5) What will happen if the body of a for/in loop deletes a property that has not yet been enumerated?
6) What will be the step of the interpreter in a jump statement when an exception is thrown?
What will be the role of the continue keyword in the above code snippet?
What could be the task of the statement debugger?
9) Among the keywords below, which one is not a statement?


thelandingph.com.au - Home Page :: Port Hedland accommodation for explorers, workforce and construction workers.
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The Landing Resort provides quality tourist, business & workforce accommodation for long or short term stays.
There area a large number of quality motel rooms with Queen Beds, en-suites and air conditioning. Our onsite restaurant provides meal packages to the highest standard, including hot breakfast, crib lunch and buffet dinners.
We boast the best food in the Pilbara.
The Landing Resort welcomes family groups visiting Port Hedland, and our restaurant caters for all people, including children. We have a great selection of ice-cream for desert!
Conveniently located between South and Port Hedland, The Landing Resort is the perfect choice for your base as you explore Port Hedland and surrounds.
Permanent residents are welcome at the Landing Resort - speak to our friendly receptionists to discuss your options, including meal packages.
We provide workforce accommodation packages for mining and construction contractors working in Port Hedland.


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Q: How can i add multi web part which used angularjs module? How can i add multi web part sharepoint which used angularjs module?
I have web part in which i have used angular the problem is when i want to add this web part for several times in a page i don't know how to separate angular modules name? when there is only one web part added in the page it works properly but when there are more than one problem start
i guess i should create dynamic names for modules in server side am i right? is there any other way?
I used angular.bootstrap.

A: This resource helped me to figure out how to load different angularjs html+js files in 2 different content editor webparts. I also made sure to load angularjs only once on the page.


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Endless Nights - The Sky View Drive-In
The Sky View Drive-In
The Sky View is the last original Route 66 drive-in theater in Illinois. Enjoying movies under the stars was a novel experience in 1950 when this theater opened – a time when most people didn't own a black and white TV. Drive-ins were popular gathering places for families, friends, and couples.
"It did more to upset life in Litchfield than when Walmart came to town. It was unthinkable that you would wait till dark to watch a movie and stay out so late. This was a farm community you know." - Walter "Chic" Bishop.
An automobile provided privacy for couples on romantic dates or for families to tuck in the youngsters for a night's sleep while mom and dad watched the movie.
During intermission, hotdogs danced across the screen, luring moviegoers to the Sky View's concession stand.
Like most outdoor theaters, the Sky View always had a busy playground below the screen where children played before the movie began.


I hope you're new year is off to a good start! I have started some major overhaul projects and looking to improve our websites over the next few months leading up to the NAB show we attend every year. We recently upgraded the networking section this post is in and have a few tweaks coming in the next few days that should make it even better. I am hoping I can make it out to Hollywood this year for the ASC awards banquet and looking forward to many trade shows we attend each year. This is and election year. I think people are a little more intense on election years. I was even thinking maybe there is a ways we could do some kind of contest that would include the election. Possibly some kind of documentary contest that might be bi partisan :) No matter who it is that takes his place Obama will be stepping down and a new President will be seated January 2017. If you have any ideas for a contest that would be fair to all the candidates let me know.


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Piki.fm to be Closed, Focus Being Added to Turntable.fm
#EDM Articles EDM News
Electric Polar Bears Kick Off 2022 with Dreamy Track "Cold Shoulder" ft. Katie Sky
Jeffrey Sutorius Announces 2022 World Tour & Album Ahead of New Single "Sink or Swim"
TheFatRat Releases Digital Card Collection with RCRDSHP
tyDi & Electric Polar Bears Debut Massive 12 Track Remix Pack got "You Never Know"
Ken Bauer Introduces His New Label, 'Future Rave Music', in Exclusive Interview
EDM News New Music Trance
Giuseppe Ottaviani & Monika Santucci Lift Our Spirits On "With You"
Bruce Genovese
Earlier this morning, the team at Piki.fm had sent out an email to all of the sites users. Within this email, they stated that Piki.fm will be shut down as of September 23. The email goes on to state that "the team has refocused on a new version of turntable.fm, coming in October." With this information, we can only hope that with the resources at hand and the dedication of those involved will be able to revive the dwindling flame of turntable.
What exactly was Piki, what was their goal? In short, this website was an ad free way to share music with your friends. Users would "pick" songs via YouTube, SoundCloud, etc. and they would stream to their followers in a fashion similar to Pandora or iHeartRadio. The music would stream to the listener and could skip from an EDM song to Country on a whim. There was endless possibility to discover New Music, which was the goal. Discover new music.
On a personal note, I have been around for both services (turntable.fm and piki.fm) since both of their launches. They are both fantastic services that support the goal of discovering new music. Turntable also has a very strong scene of community I have yet to see in other websites. If you want to check out turntable, just click HERE.
In this article:closed, closing, Music, Piki, sharing, streaming, turntable.fm


To the extent of the State's legal interest therein the present courthouse and attendant facilities and [personalty] are subject to the Court's exclusive control. The Court may make an exchange of building and facilities with the Executive. At the Court's request the Governor makes every reasonable effort to provide, by exchange of buildings and facilities, Government land and buildings suitable for Court operations and appropriate to the administration of justice. An exchange does not require Legislature approval.


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import org.opencms.file.CmsObject;
import org.opencms.file.CmsResource;
import org.opencms.main.CmsException;
import org.opencms.main.OpenCms;
import org.opencms.staticexport.CmsAfterPublishStaticExportHandler;
import org.opencms.staticexport.CmsStaticExportExportRule;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

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 * Copy from org.opencms.staticexport.CmsAfterPublishStaticExportHandler
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public class AfterPublishStaticExportHandler extends CmsAfterPublishStaticExportHandler {

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                                CmsPublishedResource sibling = itSiblings.next();
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                        resourceMap.put(pubResource.getRootPath(), pubResource);
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                    boolean match = false;
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                    while (itExportRules.hasNext()) {
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                        Set<CmsPublishedResource> relatedResources = rule.getRelatedResources(cms, pubResource);
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                            Iterator<CmsPublishedResource> itRelatedRes = relatedResources.iterator();
                            while (itRelatedRes.hasNext()) {
                                CmsPublishedResource relatedRes = itRelatedRes.next();
                                resourceMap.put(relatedRes.getRootPath(), relatedRes);
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                            match = true;
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                        return publishedResources;
                    }
                }
                return new ArrayList<CmsPublishedResource>(resourceMap.values());
            }
        } finally {
            cms.getRequestContext().setSiteRoot(storedSiteRoot);
        }
    }
}


Julianna Snow, a terminally ill five-year-old girl who captured the worldwide attention with the CNN program Heaven Over Hospital, has died in her family home in Portland, Oregon.
Snow suffered from a common inherited neurodegenerative condition called Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease – a condition that damages the nerves affecting certain muscles. In most cases, the effects of the disease are confined to the arm and leg muscles, but in Julianna's case it affected muscles needed for chewing, swallowing and even breathing.
Snow's case received attention from bioethicists who questioned the girl's capacity to make end-of-life decisions.
"I want to make it clear these are not Julianna's decisions or choices," Moon told People.