Any comment on the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opposition to the Violence Against Women Act?
It is scary and is not just Firefox. It mirrors the issues with the email blacklists I saw over 10 years ago, except it is even less clear how one runs afoul of Google. Any attempt to use my mail servers to relay spam resulted in the spam falling into the bit bucket silently. The ass who ran the biggest black list wanted the server to respond to the spammers. That takes more resources and served no reasonable purpose, yet if you didn't, you, might get blacklisted. They also did spam tests which would crash certain mail servers. They knew which ones, could detect that their test would crash the box and deliberately carried it out anyway.
It is scary and is not just Firefox. It mirrors the issues with the email blacklists I saw over 10 years ago, except it is even less clear how one runs afoul of Google. Any attempt to use my mail servers to relay spam resulted in the spam falling into the bit bucket silently. The ass who ran the biggest black list wanted the server to respond to the spammers. That takes more resources and served no reasonable purpose, yet if you didn't, you, might get blacklisted. They also did spam tests which would crash certain mail servers. They knew which ones, could detect that their test would crash the box and deliberately carried it out anyway.
While the RCC is losing numbers and families just aren't sending their kids off to become priests like they use to, the RCC has one powerful weapon in their arsenal.
Qui tacet consentire videtur - He who is silent appears to consent.
Many Cradle Catholics for whatever reason wish to recieve the Rite of Marriage in a Catholic ceremony in a Catholic Church. So we go along with the circus until we get hitched and then silently hate ourselves for collaborating indirectly.
It's not motivated by the calculus of membership, it's motivated by the momentum of extremism.
The more the Republican party gave up on the black vote, the more voice bigotry had in the party, the more blacks fled the party, the more dominated by racial animus their agenda became. It's a positive feedback loop limited only by the need to not become so obviously extremist that they cannot win elections.
But the Papal pulpit only needs to win one key election, and he already won that one. So now, because ecumenical voices and liberal voices have been made unwelcome, they withdraw, either from the church or from the fray. And that concentrates reactionaries in the decision making seats. And the natural tendency of isolated groups, and who lives a more isolated life than a bishop, really, to echo-chamber the ideas already being aired, results in the normalization of radical beliefs.
Has anyone even offered alternative reasons? It seems like I've just heard denials of a war on women but no explanation why it is so important to put barriers between women and whatever the church doesn't like them doing rather than talking to women like they are adults that can be reasoned with?
Is this because they think they can bully women into having more children? They can't even recruit enough religious as it is. Do they think rebuking religious women like they are rebellious children will up the numbers?
Yes.
Is it bad that I actually want to read this book now, simply to see how bad it is?
Boiling the proposed rule down to its simplest form, it would be "Don't be a dick." This seems like a clear and obvious rule, but sadly since people generally can't agree on just what constitutes being a dick in the first place, it's not a rule that can be made.
Thus, yes, I agree with your position. The best a library can possibly be expected to do is put up a sign stating "This facility caters to The Public. This includes people whose views disagree with yours, your parents', and your religion's idea of What is Proper. This is a Public Facility. We are not responsible for your sense of offendedness. You are warned."
These don't seem to actually be arguments against any of my points. In particular, that there are various reasons that a library patron might be looking at something that someone might consider pornographic, and that different people consider different things to be pornographic. It's awfully glib to just say the patrons ought to have internet at home, because in fact, many of them don't; they may not even have a home. Public libraries are for everyone to use; I'm absolutely unwilling to say that public libraries are for everyone to use but only to look up things that Robert Marmorstein finds acceptable for his children to see. Or, worse, the intersection of what any US adult finds acceptable for any of their children to see.
The problem is that a library is a public space. What one user does on their computer affects those around them. In particular, I don't want my kids exposed to that stuff when we visit the library together.
It's true that some users only have access to the Internet through the public library -- but the best solution to that is to find ways to give them cheap or free access at home.
It's also true that we don't want librarians determining what we can view or see in the privacy of our own homes, but public use of a public terminal is a different matter.
I'm of a real mixed mind on this ... but not for the reasons one might think.
For years, my mother worked as the head bookkeeper in a library system. As such, she was exposed to the dilemma that librarians face over the issue.
The problem is ... well, being caught between the anarchists and the absentee parents, who both abuse what a "library" is supposed to be.
The anarchists would use the library public computers to view porn. And not artistic porn either --- the most deliberately vile, disgusting things the Internet has to offer. They weren't interested in viewing the porn themselves, but instead were watching the reactions of the innocent patrons walking by and seeing those images. They'd also print many of those images --- not because they wanted printouts, but so that the patrons printing resumes or homework assignments or whatever would have to see them as they looked for their own printouts.
The absentee parents would ... well, drop off their kids at the library for hours every afternoon while they did other things. The kids, with no particular task at hand, would wander the library, and discover items clearly not intended for underage viewing.
Of course, both sides would claim that they were entitled as "taxpayers" to that sort of activity.
The "real" answer, of course, is for librarians to intervene --- kicking out patrons who are deliberately obscene, and refusing to admit underage patrons without supervision. But that turns librarians into security guards, which is a role they certainly don't want.
I wish there was an easy answer. Unfortunately, the real answer is for everyone --- collectively --- to grow up and act maturely. Alas, 'tis often not to be.
It reminds me of statistics done with pie slices, then of course one could compare apples and oranges if pie slices paint to grim a picture. It's how you slant it.
I haven't, but I'm particularly looking for something that's actually wrist-mounted. And I think *isn't* primarily touchscreen, though that should be available—on something that small, for the reasons you say, I think that a lot of the interaction would have to be voice. But... the pieces are all there, technology-wise. We could have something like this as soon as next Christmas if the right person started putting it together now.
Have you tried using the newest iPod nano? That's a touchpad with roughly the screen area of a large watch, but I found it difficult to control. Perhaps with practice I would find it simpler, especially as I don't regularly use Apple products.
Also, you still have the best verification that I am not a robot.
Thanks! I had exactly this problem and you helped me out tremendously.
I just bought Arts Professional Bakeware - 6 cup Rosebud Muffin Pans. Made my first batch of muffins. They stick in the pan, completely fall apart trying to get them out and the bottoms that fit into the molded design burned while the top is on the soft side. Followed instructions, washed the pans in hot soapy water before starting. Cooked at 400F for 20 minutes. Not impressed!! Feel like I just through $22.00 out the door.
Good luck. I have this weird sense of gestalt that makes me finish books I start, even if they're awful. Makes me really elective about what I even start reading!
Oh man, if there were teleporters that would get me back and forth to work here, I would buy your house in an instant. It's GORGEOUS.
Good luck!
Entertaining page... I'm tearing my hair out yet again because I decided to try my silicone mini-muffin pans again. With the usual results, FOOD STICKS something awful, no matter how well greased or sprayed the pans are. Why did I buy these? Worse, why did I believe -- no, why DO I believe that the results will be different this time? I'll try www.demarleathome.com as mentioned above. But the pans I bought from King Arthur Flour just do not function as advertised, no matter what permutations I tweak. Grrr.
I see there is not much info on silicone kitchen utensils to be found on the internet and in especial Silicone Rubber as used to produce cooking ware, so i will share my findings here with you:
1) What is silicones? Silicones, known chemically as polyorganosiloxanes, have a structure similar to that of organically modified quartz, with a backbone consisting of alternating silicon and oxygen atoms.Their properties can be modified by
attaching different organic groups to the backbone. Nearly all silicone products are derived from the following three types of raw materials: Silicone Fluids, Silicone Rubbers, Silicone Resins.
source: http://www.powerchemical.net/silicone.htm
2) Basically there are two main categories of Silicone rubber: Tin-Cure Silicone Rubber and Platinum-Cure Silicone Rubber:
2a) Tin-based silicones, also called condensation-cure silicones, are two-component materials which cure at room temperature (RTV) to flexible, high tear-strength rubbers. Tin cured silicones can be poured onto models or they can be made brushable by adding a thixotropic additive. They are ideal for molds where easy release or high temperature resistance is required. Tin cured silicones can be used for casting polyurethane, epoxy and polyester resins, waxes, all gypsum products and low-temperature metals.
2b) Platinum-Cure silicones, also called addition cure silicones, are two-component high tear strength, flexible mold compounds. They are recommended as a mold material for casting polyurethane, epoxy, and polyester resins, wax and a wide range of other casting materials. They exhibit extremely low shrinkage and high physical properties. These rubbers are chemically sensitive to latex, sulfur, and certain other materials. Platinum cure silicones can also be used to cast prosthetics for special effects makeup and medical purposes.
source: http://www.smooth-on.com/Silicone-Rubber-an/c2/index.html
I could not find out which of the two are actualy used in the production of silicone kitchen ware, but that is not as important as the following findings i think:
3) Interesting facts on heat, fat, oil and water resistance of Silicone can be read on a documents called "Characteristic properties of Silicone Rubber Compounds" by Shin-Etsu. There it states that silicone rubber can be used indefinitly at
150°C with almost no changes in its properties. It hardens when heated in air containing oxygen. It withstands use even at 200°C for 10.000 hours or more, and some products can withstand heat of 350°C for short periods.
Source: pages 4 and 5 of http://www.silicone.jp/e/catalog/pdf/rubber_e.pdf
So far so good, but considered that baking oven temperatures, in aspecial gas ovens, is often over 200°C that is not an ideal material to be used at this high heat. Consider using stoneware, and non coated ceramics instead even if these are
non sticky.
Test results on oil and chemical resistance can be found on page 6 and changes in volume from fluids on page 7 of same document http://www.silicone.jp/e/catalog/pdf/rubber_e.pdf
4) Most of us know about the dangers of Formaldehyde, but i was unaware that silicone rubber as used in cooking ware had that too. Here an excerpt and usual source link:
...Formaldehyde is thermally generated from many materials -including high consistency silicone rubber.
However, the rate at which silicone rubber generates formaldehyde is substantially lower than many common materials. Silicone rubber begins to generate formaldehyde at temperatures as low as 149oC, but does not appreciably generate formaldehyde until ~200oC and above. At these temperatures, other materials have already achieved significantly greater formaldehyde generation rates. ...
source: http://www.arlonstd.com/Library/Guides/Formaldehyde%20Generation%20from%20Silicone%20Rubber.pdf
5) And yes i could not, not include this one link here below too, even though its more related to breast implants it is still a good source of general knowledge on silicones and us: "... Silicone produces a classifiable new disease marked by autoimmune symptoms..."
source: http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/breast-implants.htm#immune
I wished there where more researches on this Silicone Rubber, as there was for PFC materials like Teflon, etc. So basically i think even though nearly every one says it must be safe as there is no evidence of the contrary and there is enough doubt coming up reading the above, i will rather let my food stick to earthenware clay pots (unglazed or glazed with lead free glazing only if certified as such) as even our beloved everyday metal pots (pure, emailed or coated) and even the stainless steel ones (unbelievable but true) do give out metals to our food.
source: http://bit.ly/vvkRBI and http://healthychild.org/live-healthy/faq/C346/
... and metal kitchen ware is absolutely not green in its production neither.
source: http://www.ceramcor.com/making-steel.aspx
... and green washed products like the "Green Pan" with Thermolone are absolutely no alternative neither.
soource: http://bit.ly/sX8teF
I just made zuchinni bread in the mini loaf pan that has 6 sections. They ALL STUCK! I was to sell these at a Craft Fair! I am making Pumpkin Bread next in the REGULAR pans. I am NOT HAPPY!! I was so excited to use these.
Your bathroom tile plan is very similar to what I want to do. Thanks so much for the pointers to cobalt tiles. I would love to hear how it all turned out, especially the cobalt hex for the floor. I too need to track some down, though my preference would be 3/4" hex. I know the tile lines may have changed since your project, but maybe . . . Please post an update!
Answer to ALLAROUNDAGEEK FROM DEC 15. I found that my silicone sheet pan had that slightly greasy feel that defied washing in even Dawn liquid. My son has a Chemistry degree and he made up some completely odorless, completely natural and safe washing liquid.It gets rid of all that sticky goop and the silicone looks much cleaner. Im thinking of marketing the cleaner...do ou think there is a market?? SandyR
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I bought some DEMARLE cookware at a friends house party...was not prepared for how GOOD this product is! It cooks like a dream, have used the baking pad (called a Silpat) fro superior cookies, baked fish, vegetables, everything...It truly is the quality you buy and you pay for it too, but boy...the outcome is great...I also purchased the muffin tray and the pastry roll out (roulpat) and they are great...getting ready to spend some more money on them! The stuff is made w/silicone (a naturally occurring element around these parts...is is rock formations and does NOT react with the body) and spun glass filaments. I could go on and on...maybe I should sell the stuff! It is also very light weight and so easy to store, not taking up much cupboard space...
Before listing a review, can everyone please be mindful to include the brand of the bakeware about which they comment? It's clear that not all silicone is created equal - there are many types of silicone products with different additives influencing their properties. Some brands may succeed at being non-stick, while others do not. If you don't tell us what brand you are reviewing, your rants are not very helpful. Thanks.
How convenient! Done.
You don't need to upgrade, just modify your RSS/Atom templates to include the full article body rather than an excerpt. Probably just a modification of the MTEntryBody tag to remove the words parameter or changing an MTEntryExcerpt into an MTEntryBody.
I used silcone bakeware and everything turned blue...the colour of the cups. I use slicone gloves without a problem and a sheet too, but its certainly put me off.
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