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Erekat: Israel has agreed to honor Olmert concessions
The Jerusalem Post (Link) - Khaled Abu Toameh & Herb Keinon (September 5, 2010)
Israel and the Palestinian Authority have agreed on the �core issues� that will be discussed during their direct talks, Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian chief negotiator, said over the weekend.
Erekat claimed that PA President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu agreed at their meeting in Washington on Thursday that the peace talks would be resumed from the point where they were stopped two years ago under then-prime minister Ehud Olmert.
Netanyahu, however, has said repeatedly that he was not bound by concessions that Olmert offered, and the Palestinians rejected.
�We have reached agreement on the agenda of the direct talks,� Erekat said. �We have also reached agreement on a timeline for a temporary framework agreement � 12 months.�
Erekat said that the final-status issues that the sides have agreed to discuss during this period include Jerusalem, borders, refugees, settlements, water, security and prisoners held in Israeli jails.
He added that defining the future borders of a Palestinian state would be the first issue on the negotiating table. �This is the time for decision-making, not negotiations,� he said.
�What is needed is agreement on the principles of the final status issues. When the leaders and decision-makers agree on the principles, the negotiators will then start discussing the details.
Erekat revealed that the Palestinians have set up 14 committees consisting of more than 220 experts to prepare for the negotiations.
The Palestinians were encouraged by what they heard from the US administration at the launch ceremony for the direct talks last week, he said.
�The Americans told us that they plan to play an active and major role in the peace talks,� he said, noting that it was still unclear whether US officials would be present at the negotiating table.
Erekat and other PA officials warned that the talks would be suspended if the government resumed construction in the settlements.
�If they continue with settlement construction, they will close the door to negotiations,� he cautioned.
�Settlements and peace can�t go together.�
The Palestinians hoped that Israel would do what it did in Sinai and the Gaza Strip, when it evacuated settlements, Erekat said.
�Israel destroyed settlements in the Gaza Strip and Sinai, and we hope that this experience will be repeated for the third time in the West Bank,� he said.
Israeli officials would not confirm any of Erekat�s claims, saying that it was agreed in Washington that the content of the talks would not be leaked. Netanyahu, when asked in Washington why he was saying nothing about the content of the negotiations, told journalists, �You want headlines, I want an agreement.�
Israeli officials did confirm, however, that a meeting between the negotiating teams would take place sometime this week, although who would be involved in the talks was not revealed. Abbas and Netanyahu are scheduled to meet again on September 14 in Sharm e-Sheikh.
Netanyahu also said in Washington that the goal of the talks was to reach a framework agreement within a year, meaning an agreement in principle on the core issues between the leaders, with the negotiating teams left to work out all the details.
In private meetings, Netanyahu has dismissed as secondary domestic political concerns, saying that what was important was �to reach an agreement I believe in.�
If such an agreement can be reached, he has said, he will stand before the Israeli public, and the whole world, and support it.
While saying that there would be a comprehensive public debate on any agreement, he has not said what exactly that meant, and whether there would be a referendum or perhaps an early election.
Netanyahu is expected to update the cabinet and Likud ministers on Sunday, and to brief each minister individually.
He has already spoken to Interior Minister and Shas chairman Eli Yishai from Washington.
Netanyahu has invited all 74 coalition MKs and their spouses to his Jerusalem residence for a festive pre-Rosh Hashana toast on Monday evening. He is expected to be grilled when he meets on Tuesday night with a group of veteran Likud central committee hawks from the Tagar movement.
Likud hawk MK Danny Danon condemned the prime minister�s leftward shift.
�If the public wanted a Palestinian state within a year, they would have voted for Kadima and not Likud,� Danon said.
On the other hand, Deputy Industry, Trade, and Labor Minister Orit Noked (Labor) praised the prime minister at a Shabbat cultural event in Beersheba.
�Netanyahu will be like Rabin,� Noked said. �I believe that Bibi has made a decision in his heart to initiate big changes.�
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, on a visit to Cyprus, said on Friday he was not sure �emotional conflicts� such as Jerusalem, refugees and settlements could be resolved. Rather the focus should be on �security and economic issues,� he said.
Lieberman, who has voluntarily sidelined himself from the discussions, is expected to say more on the matter at a Rosh Hashana toast he will host at an Israel Beiteinu event on Sunday.
Erekat�s comments came as the PA continued to send to Palestinians conflicting messages about the peace process.
Contrary to its earlier promises, the PA has not yet addressed the Palestinian public with the same message it has been dispatching to Israelis with the help of US funding. The PA leadership seems to be more concerned with defending its decision to enter into direct talks with Israel than to convince the Palestinians to support the renewed negotiations.
Last week, a PA official said the PA leadership was planning to launch a US-financed campaign to persuade Palestinians to support the peace process.
However, the campaign has thus far been restricted to addressing Israelis by presenting a number of top PA leaders as Israel�s �partners for peace.�
PA negotiators who were in Washington last week for the launch of the direct talks spoke with some optimism about �understandings� and �agreements� that were achieved in meetings between the two sides.
However, other Palestinians representing the PA sent a completely different message to the Palestinian public: Israel does not want peace.
This message has over the past few days become the main theme in the PA-controlled media�s reporting. According to this message, the PA leadership was forced to agree to direct talks only because of heavy pressure and threats from the US administration, the EU and some Arab governments.
The PA media highlighted statements made by Abbas in Washington to the effect that continued construction in West Bank settlements and east Jerusalem neighborhoods would lead to the collapse of the peace talks.
Abbas�s decision to negotiate with Israel unconditionally has drawn strong and unprecedented criticism from almost all Palestinian factions, including Fatah.
The decision has also exacerbated tensions between the PA and Hamas, which has accused Abbas and his team of betraying the national interests of the Palestinians and called for overthrowing his government in the West Bank.
With a few exceptions, the PA-funded newspapers have been ignoring the voices of the Palestinian opposition to the talks. They have also been ignoring the PA�s massive security crackdown on Hamas sympathizers in the West Bank � an operation that began following last Tuesday�s shooting attack that killed four Israelis near Kiryat Arba and that has seen the arrest of more than 300 Palestinians.
Political analysts and newspaper commentators affiliated with the PA continued to raise doubts regarding Israel�s true intentions vis-a-vis the peace process.
�Those who were expecting the Washington summit to bring surprises have been shocked,� said Hani al-Masri, a political analyst who works for the PA�s Ministry of Information.
�Netanyahu�s speech and statements have shown that the talks are being launched with no hope, because they were not preceded by a halt of settlement construction. The talks that were launched in Washington don�t carry anything new, because Israel is in full control of the negotiations.�
Another PA-affiliated analyst, Adel Abdel Rahman, wrote in the Ramallah-based Al-Hayat al-Jadida daily that �despite Netanyahu�s repeated statements about his desire to achieve peace with the Palestinians and that the Likud is capable of making peace, the reality suggests the opposite.
�The measures on the ground emphasize that Israel and its right-wing radical government is not prepared for peace and the two-state solution.�
The writer said that if Netanyahu was really serious about making peace, he should stop demanding that the PA leadership recognize Israel as a Jewish state, and should withdraw to the pre-1967 lines, including from east Jerusalem.
Al-Quds, the largest Palestinian daily, said Palestinians were very skeptical about Israel�s intentions, especially in light of the government�s measures on the ground.
Referring to the approval of new housing projects in Givat Ze�ev and Gilo, the semi-official newspaper, which reflects the views of the PA leadership, said that such �developments mean that Netanyahu, who talked in Washington about painful concessions for peace, is still far from seriously moving forward with the peace process.�
Meanwhile, President Shimon Peres met over the weekend with Arab League Secretary- General Amr Moussa in Cernobbio, Italy, on the sidelines of an economic meeting.
Peres called the negotiations in Washington last week a �promising� start.
Moussa, according to an Associated Press report, predicted this would be the last round of talks between Israel and the Palestinians and that the Arabs were ready for full peace with Israel in exchange for an Israeli withdrawal from the territories, including east Jerusalem.


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Tech, trends and controversy in the cryptoverse • TechCrunch
There's never a dull moment in the cryptoverse. Blockchain, DeFi and web3 technologies continue to evolve rapidly in a world of wild extremes. How extreme? Consider these two examples.
The Terra ecosystem disappears in a multi-billion-dollar crash-and-burn while traditional investment firm Andreessen Horowitz closes a $4.5 billion crypto megafund. Then you have crypto's ongoing regulatory tug-of-war against the backdrop of the Coinbase insider trading suit.
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Speaking of the event name, will we get to hear about more than just "crypto"?
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JM: There's a deeper level to the crypto industry than just "crypto." Attendees will be able to listen to discussions on a range of topics that benefit or derive from it, but also are creating their own path with the technology. Crypto is the center of the industry, but isn't the be-all-end all term for discussion.
AR: Absolutely — lots of people use the word "crypto" as a synonym for everything related to blockchain technology, though it mainly captures the financial applications/tokens themselves. Those are important, but we'll also be talking about how blockchain tech and the ideas shaping it are impacting founders, creators and everyday internet users who may not be as deeply immersed in the web3 space. Cryptocurrency itself is at the heart of most web3 projects, but I'd consider this to be a broader web3 event.
What makes 2022 a particularly fascinating year to hold our first crypto event?
JM: This year has been nothing short of turbulent — I mean that in both good and bad ways — and a lot of people want answers pertaining to that volatility. Even by the time the event takes place, the crypto industry may be vastly different from when we began planning it. There's a chance we will have to mold our discussions to fit the current landscape, but that's the sort of "beauty" of this industry. It's constantly changing and fitting that we host an event during one of the "crypto winters," because we have to provide content and conferences even when everything isn't going according to plan. Hosting an event this year shows that we're here to provide discussions during the good and bad times.
AR: Regardless of the recent talk of "crypto winter," I believe the last two years have marked a significant inflection point in the arc of crypto's history. Market conditions may (and probably will) fluctuate, and we'll dig into that plenty at the event, but the last two years have seen a huge influx of people dipping their toes into crypto for the first time. That's why 2022 is a great time to reframe some of the discussions we've been having within the crypto community with a wider perspective and an eye to the future.
LM: Crypto may be inside a downturn at the moment, but it's during these periods that players looking for a quick buck depart the industry and the industry streamlines. Holding this event in 2022 promises an opportunity for those looking to stick around to hear from lasting power players on their success stories and how they survived past winters.
Regarding your own background, how did you become interested in writing about the crypto, NFT, blockchain and web3 communities?
LM: So much of my own initial interest was tied to the developer fervor around the space that felt distinct from the financial speculation. The close bond between technologists in the NFT community and emerging digital artists – who have never had an effective means of monetizing their work – provided an early inspiration for me to further explore the sector and dig into communities working on things that had never been done before. It's been a wild ride since — all playing out 24/7 on Twitter.
AR: I credit a cousin of mine, who is now a commodities trader, with sparking my initial interest in blockchain – I'll never forget visiting his family while I was still in college and listening to him explain things like decentralization and hashrates to me in the context of Bitcoin. It sounds nerdy, but as a political science major, I was fascinated trying to wrap my head around the ideology behind it. And as a former investment banker-turned-business-journalist, I spent much of the pandemic following huge, bureaucratic financial institutions as they slowly warmed up to the idea of crypto, oftentimes because of customer demand.
JM: I had a personal interest in crypto prior to covering the industry full-time, but never dove too deep into it. Little did I know, the space is so much bigger than what I initially thought. Once I started reporting on it, I found that many of the "good" industry players were innovative — even though they were a bit gritty — and determined to succeed regardless of the hurdles thrown at them. That, to me, was inspiring. My interest also stems from my love for learning. Even though I've covered an array of crypto topics, I still learn something new almost every day. This industry keeps me curious and always on my toes.
Finally, beyond the obvious reason that it's an awesome city, why host this event in Miami?
JM: Miami has become one of the front-runners representing the crypto industry and has a vibrant community of builders, developers, and retail and institutional investors alike.
AR: Miami has always been one of the most global cities in the United States, with a vibrant immigrant community. Now the city has become somewhat synonymous with crypto, with major investment firms and startups in the space settling in to call Miami their home. As a Miami-born resident of New York, it's been fascinating to see what a marked impact the influx of crypto talent into Miami has had on both my friends and family who still live there and on my peers in NYC, many of whom have moved to Miami temporarily or permanently.
LM: Just as crypto was the breakout success of the tech market's rally over the past several years, Miami become a poster child for a new brand of tech center during a pandemic-fueled exit of young tech workers from the Bay Area. People have plenty of opinions on the city, but no one argues that Miami lacks passion or intensity — elements I'm particularly excited for TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto to tap into.
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Pope Francis recommends silence before forces of scandal and division
Gerard O'ConnellSeptember 03, 2018
Pope Francis arrives to lead his general audience in St. Peter's Square on Aug. 29 at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters)
During his homily at his first morning Mass at Santa Marta since the summer break, Pope Francis recommended "silence and prayer" when one is confronted "with people lacking good will, with people who only seek scandal, who seek only division, who seek only destruction, even within the family: silence, prayer."
His remarks on Sept. 3 are being viewed as his first public response to the 11-page letter of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the former nuncio to the United States. Many have sought to get Francis or the Vatican to respond to Archbishop Viganò's serious allegations that as pope he covered up the multiple abuses of the former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after the former-nuncio said he told Pope Francis about these offenses in a private audience on June 23, 2013.
"The truth is meek. The truth is silent. The truth is not noisy," Pope Francis said in his homily.
The archbishop also alleged that Francis had lifted what are now being described as "private" sanctions alleged to have been imposed on Archbishop McCarrick by Benedict XVI in 2009 or 2010. Without providing evidence for these charges, Archbishop Viganò called for the pope's resignation.
But the pope only urged journalists to look into the archbishop's allegations and has so far refused to comment further.
"The truth is meek. The truth is silent. The truth is not noisy," Pope Francis said in his homily. He was commenting on the Gospel story of the day from Luke that describes how Jesus reacted when he returned to Nazareth and met with opposition from his former neighbors after commenting on a passage from the prophet Isaiah.
Even in a family, Pope Francis said, there are times when a discussion of politics or sports or money escalates into a truly destructive argument; "in these discussions in which you see the devil is there and wants to destroy—silence. Have your say, then keep quiet."
"With his silence," he said, Jesus wins against "the wild dogs"; he wins against "the devil" that "sowed lies in the heart."
He said the Gospel story helps us "to reflect how to act in daily life, when there are misunderstandings" and "to understand how the father of lies, the accuser, the devil, acts to destroy the unity of a family, of a people."
He recalled Jesus' silent composure on that occasion, when people wanted him to do miracles as he had done elsewhere, but when he chose instead to comment on the prophet's words and they got furious and the atmosphere quickly changed "from peace to war." Jesus adopted "silence" when confronted with the devil.
Pope Francis said that those who attacked Jesus "were not persons, they were a pack of wild dogs that threw him out of the city. They did not reason. They shouted. Jesus stayed silent. They took him to the top of the mountain to throw him down, but he passed through their midst and went away."
Pope Francis said that Jesus' dignity shines through "this silence that triumphs" over his attackers, as it would also on Good Friday when they shouted "crucify him!" after praising him on Palm Sunday.
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He acknowledged that what Jesus did is not easy, but "silence wins, through the Cross." He emphasized that "the dignity of the Christian is anchored in the power of God."
Pope Francis concluded by praying,"May the Lord give us the grace to discern when we should speak and when we should stay silent. This applies to every part of life: to work, at home, in society."
In this way, he said, "we will be closer imitators of Jesus."
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Gerard O'Connell is America's Vatican correspondent.
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John Chuchman
The mouse being stepped on by the elephant does not appreciate your neutrality.
Daniel Montiel
I'm curious why you're pretending those who might follow (or scorn) Francis' advice are "neutral".
Why play into the fancy that just because someone bites their lip and keeps opinions private that they suddenly now *have* no opinions, positions, or preferred victors?
Paula Swain
It has nothing to do with victory. It is about doing the right thing. For over seven decades the men who run our Church hierarchy have preached to us to pray for healing, pray for the abusers, pray for the hierarchy. Where has that gotten us? More and more abuse, more and more abuse covered up. And now this pope, this pope in whom we placed our hopes and dreams for honesty, openness and reform has betrayed us. Even Pope Francis is preaching for us to "pray and be silent". The cardinals and bishops who covered up the abuse are still on the pulpit, the Church coffers that the faithful filled with great sacrifice are being used to pay for the abuse while the abusers are moved around to continue abusing. THAT is the Devil at
work and the Devil is using Pope Francis.
Carlos Poblet
Thank you for sharing what is so self-evident that only wifull ignorance can argue against. Francis has to resign. He is an imposter
Jong Ricafort
Better read Matthew12:37
and ponder 8th commandments.
An attack on Pope Francis the Vicar of Christ is a direct attack on Jesus Himself.
(Acts9:4)
"Carlos,carlos why are you persecuting me?"
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Hilde W
I wonder whether those shouting for the Pope's resignation have bothered to carefully read Vigano's accusations?
Vigano wrote that, when he was asked by the newly elected Pope Francis on 23 June 2013 what Cardinal McCarrick was like, he told the Pope that McCarrick "corrupted generations of seminarians and priests". This wording is often used in Catholic circles to refer to unorthodox doctrinal teaching. By his own account, Vigano's words to Pope Francis made no mention of sexual abuse. And by his own account, Vigano did not clarify his misleading statement to the Pope. And yet Vigano goes on to claim that Pope Francis knew from that conversation on 23 June 2013 that "McCarrick was a serial predator"!? How does the latter logically follow from what Vigano says he told the Pope?
Pope Francis has said that Vigano's letter speaks for itself. Indeed, Vigano's own words prove that he failed in his duty as Nuncio to properly inform the newly elected Pope, in unambiguous terms, of the very grave allegations against McCarrick. In addition, the many speculations in Vigano's letter regarding the Pope's motives and intentions demonstrate that Vigano somehow believes himself to be able to read another person's mind. The nature of these speculations exposes Vigano as a complex person full of suspicion and intrigue, consumed by hostility against our (and his) Holy Father.
The Pope hasn't been attacked as some assert; he has been accused. For the Pope, and some following him, to appropriate scripture verses and misuse them to infer Jesus would approve the Pope's silence now seems blasphemous to me, and maybe worse.
Tim O'Leary
Pope Francis talks off-the-cuff all the time about everything. So, now is not the time to go silent. Pope Benedict XVI had to retire to get that option. "Cardinal Joseph Tobin told a journalist on Friday that he heard rumors shortly after his 2017 arrival in the Archdiocese of Newark about the sexual misconduct of Archbishop Theodore McCarrick. He said he did not investigate those rumours because he found them unbelievable." So, he stayed silent. Yet, he is seen as a protege of McCarrick and has said recently he never heard about a gay lobby, after six priests in his diocese described how active it was there. Mike Kelly of the North Jersey Record reported: "Tobin told me that soon after arriving in Newark, he heard 'rumours' about McCarrick's beach house. But he never bothered to check them out. He says he thought the story was too 'incredulous' to believe." "Shame on me that I didn't ask sooner," Tobin reportedly told Kelly.
https://cruxnow.com/cardinals/2018/09/02/cardinal-tobin-reportedly-declined-to-investigate-mccarrick-misconduct-rumors/
J Rabaza
" So, now is not the time to go silent"
If only Tim, if only, you would do as Pope Francis does....be silent
Henry Brown
You comment more than anyone else.
If Bishop Tobin heard the rumours and did not investigate then he needs to resign.
Why did it take so long for Mccarrick to be disciplined, if what he was doing was so well known ?
Gay Timothy O'Dreary
"Henry" how many accounts do you use to comment on America Magazine?
You'll have to ask Pope John Paul in prayer why he did nothing about the "lavender mafia" as you often call them since all he did when he called the US Cardinals to Rome after the Cardinal Law mess was have lunch with them.
Silence in the face of abuse is Complicity.
Danny Collins
Staggered that he would say this. Suddenly I feel it just will never get better.
Interesting! The above comments are so, so furious that Francis recommends *not* playing into either a media firestorm or a stacked deck/public jury.
Man, they are *PO'ed*, aren't they, that Francis recommends not launching pitched battles with people who buy ink by the barrel. 😆
Sarah Dolski
Daniel, I'm not entirely sure what is going on internally with those who commented above and are upset with Pope Francis' silence. It's hard to discern others motivations and emotions. I can only speak for myself in saying that my heart is broken by our father who is for whatever his reasons may be, unwilling to speak truth into a serious situation which is directly leading to the division of the church, against which he mentioned in his homely. A father speaks truth. A father reassures his frightened children. A father apologizes if it is necessary. A father does not remain silent when his strength is needed. It was God in the genesis account who spoke into existence truth, Which brought about order from chaos. Our church is in a chaotic and divided place and desperately in need unity which is order. We are in need of a leader who will use his words to heal. Instead I'm afraid we may be seeing a situation not unlike the shortcomings of our first father, Adam, who remained silent when his strength was imperative.
Pope Francis Wisdom is so great, he said 'fake news" is satan snake tactics back in the garden of eden.
So, before we believe evrything satan presented to us as truth...we discern first first as satan can deceived us like Eve.
The fruit of SILENCE is prayer...and satan cannot beguile nor deceive a prayerful soul.
Gobless
Well worded! Either PF cannot respond because the accusations are true, or he is depending on the incredulity of the main part of the Church, and hopes to "ride it out."
Silence is golden. It has the result—in the present case of Francis' detractors, the most immediate of whom is Vigano—to ferret out PRECISELY one's detractors. Silence in this case is laudable because it imitates Jesus by revealing not evading the truth (that there are detractors whose intentions are pernicious and whose words are poison).
Francis Gentry
Thank you Daniel Montiel and John Collins! I despair of the Church many times while reading comments by "professed" Catholics. Where has the humility gone, I wonder?
I assure you, Mr. Gentry, I am as much of a faithful Catholic as you are. I love my faith, my Church and my God. I will continue to demand truth, honesty, transparency.
Could it be possible that the questioning is not motivated by the professed Catholics lack of humility? Perhaps for some, but I am willing to give many the benefit of the doubt and believe them when they say that the questioning is grounded in a search for truth because of their profound love of the Church. Dialogue brings order out of chaos. God SAID to the darkness let there be light and it was created and it was good. Therefore our words, since we are co-creators with the divine, bring about goodness- life, unity, order and truth. I'm sorry, I didn't mean for this reply to sound like I'm getting on a soap box of anything, and I'm sorry if it came across that way. I just wanted to offer another perspective.
Chris Puckett
it's a brilliant strategy considering his position.
rose-ellen caminer
Pope Francis gets it; ""when I think of McCain my emotional response is; bitter!; in case the animus was water off this ducks back, the bullying piled on and escalated [take note sociologists of the internet,out there.lol]; "McCain seethed bitterness in his every pore".Anyone can say anything about anyone.Such Emotional outbursts, accusations uncorroborated by evidence, is devilish work. Whether emotional, or biased no unsubstantiated attack needs to be answered. If a homophobic or right wing Vigano is after the Pope because of the Pope's[left leaning] political beliefs, Francis is right to not address unsubstantiated charges against him regarding sexual abuse scandal.This scandal [ first it was the abuse itself by predator priests, now finally we are getting comments that recognizing the humanity of the abusive priests in the institutionalized asexual church setting they were immersed in, which mitigates their crimes, and so the goal post has shifted and its now the cover up by the powerful bishops who are most to blame] is now being used as a weapon by right wingers and left wingers.each with their own agenda.; ban gays from the priesthood, ordain women , abolish the celibate, clergy , abolish the clergy itself, abolish the hierarchy, the pope!Pope Francis does not need to take the bait of mere unsubstantiated accusations, in the name of transparency.A lesson for all?Certainly for me as a predictable bait taking online "commenter" .[ i got ptsd; thought i was back on that other catholic blog].God bless you Pope Francis.
Jim Lein
Vigano is certainly Trump-like in tone but with more words. He may have some valid points but he is overplaying his hand with his shrillness. He is definitely not Christ-like.
Yes.Thanks.
Jack Feehily
This attempted coup against the Successor of Peter is being justified by an archbishop who has appointed himself the prosecutor of the Roman Pontiff. We already know that McCarrick in no way acted as if canonical sanctions had been levied against him by Pope Benedict. So "the prosecutor" amends his comments by calling them private actions. We already know that in the alleged encounter with Vigano and Francis neither knew of the credible and substantiated charge of the sexual abuse of a minors by McCarrick while a priest in NYC. We should also know that while a thousand persons may have referred to "things going on at the beach house", this is not the same as testimony of eye witnesses. When actual charges were made by two adults about sexual misconduct by McCarrick were made they were adjudicated and resulted in financial settlements. Present canon law does not regard sexual acts between a cleric and an adult as a crime. It is, of course a serious violation of the promise of chaste celibacy and one would not expect that such a person would receive ecclesiastical promotions. That is a true scandal and can be resolved by a new process of vetting nominees for episcopal appointments, No pope has done more to address the issue of sexual abuse and episcopal coverups than Francis. He has accepted or requested the resignations of more than a dozen bishops either for sexual misconduct or for covering such matters up. The resignations of more than thirty additional Chilean bishops are still on his desk. The resignation of Cdl. Wuerl is also on his desk as is those of any bishop over 75 years of age. The response we should be looking for from. Francis is the further work he has vowed to end this mess. I have confidence that he will do so. Long live pope Francis!
I'm not sure what the motive of every individual who is asking for answers and clarification regarding these serious allegations directed towards Pope Francis are. I'm not sure why the pope is remaining silent. All I'm sure of is that I , like many Catholics, are simply afraid and need to hear our father speak into this situation to reassure us. For me it is not politically motivated. It's a more a matter of human relationship built upon the foundation of trust which seems to be for many crumbling. This needs to be acknowledged if unity and healing is to occur. I don't know if Pope Francis is guilty of what he is accused of. Because I love him, I would like to believe he is innocent. But I and many others will live in a state of constant questioning until our leaders acknowledge our concerns by addressing this situation head on. The solution may only come about through dialogue and honest speech.
Beth Cioffoletti
Profound leadership and example from our Holy Father.
Hi Beth! I'm curious to hear what specifically you found profound regarding our Holy Fathers Response. Do you feel comfortable in elaborating?
Sarah, to answer your question perhaps these words can help you understand holiness and our Holy Father. Does this look familiar to you?
"Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated,it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things"
Thanks Guillermo for your response. That passage of scripture is so beautiful and meaningful. It's one of my favorites! I love the last line which addresses hope. Sometimes it feels hard to hold onto that. I'm also particularly struck by the part in which it speaks about rejoicing in the truth. My prayer right now is that the truth will come out so the rejoicing can begin!
"It's one of my favorites!"
Sarah, are you a Catholic fundamentalist? The chapter is beautiful on so many levels, yet you only took one phrase of it.
You are welcome, Sarah. I'm here to evangelize the lost and humble the proud in heart by showing them Jesus. Does that name sound familiar?
I'm sorry. I don't want to engage in dialogue with you anymore. You don't know me, and I'm not going to invest in conversation with someone who makes broad and judgemental assumptions about people they have never metand their theology. Thank you for your offer to evangelize me on the grounds that my heart lacks humility. However, I will take the Holy Fathers advice on this one and remain silent.
a) That is what the Catholic Faithful did when they put their trust in Priests/Bishops/Cardinals who took advantage of them.
b) Your closing remark belies what you claim we should all be doing.
Hi Sarah - I'm just getting back to this. Francis says: "The truth is meek. The truth is silent. The truth is not noisy." This conveys to me a man who knows what it is to wrestle with truth can complex relational issues. I am going through something in my family that is riddled with defensiveness and accusations. I recognize how much wisdom is in his insight of backing off, being silent, and allowing the truth to reveal itself. Entering the fray adds to the turmoil, the accusations - "You are wrong!", "no YOU are wrong!" Most times we all are more or less "wrong" and what is needed for healing is much deeper than more rhetoric. Silence can allow that deeper insight and healing to happen. The truth. Francis gets this and models it for us.
THe human need to blame "the other side" is out of control. Francis, wisely, does not take part in this. Anything that he says would ratchet the crisis up a notch or two.
Hi Beth. Thanks for your response. I came to this forum very heartbroken and looking for conversation with other Catholics who are responding to this situation in their own ways. I felt sad that the Holy Father was remaining silent because I don't understand it. I'm really grateful for your response, because honestly it brought me some peace to hear you explain it the way you did. Like you said, there is so much arguing and yelling that people on opposite sides can't hear one another. I even on this forum, I've been accused of being a religious fundamentalist who needs to humble her heart and actually get to know Jesus, perhaps because the person accusing viewed me for whatever reason an enemy. I think we're afraid, but the Popes suggestion regarding silence as a source of contemplation is very profound and counter cultural in a good way. It goes against our instincts to try to make things better in a reactive way. Perhaps he is suggesting that we all need to take a breather, remembering we are all one body and let the Holy Spirit move our hearts in a more loving direction. Maybe then at that point we could have more constructive and healing dialogue. I don't know the intricacies of this situation, but I'm going to trust that God is still in control and actively working through our Holy Father even if he isn't giving explanations the way I would like. After all, he is the Holy Father and I am not! Lol. Thanks again Beth!
John Keenan
"Have your say, then keep quiet." That is fair; yet these are serious questions that need a factual non-emotive response, then quiet. Silence in response to the alleged facts that plague the USA Church deems consent. Something needs to be done.
C Walter Mattingly
Such a disheartening response from the Holy Father. It's silence before darkness that has brought us to this point. The way now can only be the truth and the light. And it needs to begin at the top. Most Catholics want answers and consider them long overdue.
At the onset of Vatican II, St John 23rd said the church needed to open the windows and let in fresh air. The light along with it.
bill carson
Francis recommended "silence and prayer" when one is confronted "with people lacking good will."
People lacking good will? Didn't he really just mean, the people asking questions?
The pope is adopting that same strategy that got the Church into trouble in the first place. The lousy priest and the lousy bishops REFUSED to tell their parish or diocese about the criminal sinners. They used the power of their position to discourage any question asking. I'll bet a lot of American businessmen caught up in scandal with this or that woman wish they could respond like the pope: "I ain't gonna answer your stinking questions because you have bad faith!"
Agree! Hear hear!
Lucie Johnson
I do like Pope Francis' response. Silence, peace, and prayer are important as a response gets ready to emerge. We tend to want instant responses, instant comments, and that is often not a good idea.
We don't need more angry tit-for-tats. We need the accusations of Msgr Vigano carefully researched, and a full, well supported and documented response put together. I would imagine this takes at least a couple of weeks.
This is all very painful.
So I am wondering can we de-canonize John Paul II, if it turns out he covered up not just abuse, but even the corruption of seminarists and religious?
lynne miller
I have the same question about John Paul II - it seemed to me a too hasty canonization. There's good reason to wait a while and see what comes of his actions.
An excellent summary by the centrist John Allen of Crux https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2018/09/02/drama-unleashed-by-pope-cover-up-allegation-probably-isnt-over/. His conclusion: "And that, in the end, is why the "it's already over" strategy may not quite hold up. There's obviously going to be an investigation on McCarrick. The main thrust of DiNardo's August 16 statement was to call for the Vatican to launch an Apostolic Visitation, suggesting a principal focus on the American end of things, but inevitably it would also involve queries as to what the Vatican knew and when it knew it - whether that trail ultimately leads to the pope or not." and "One hopes that by now, everyone involved in the situation appreciates that to announce an investigation and then artificially limit its scope, giving the appearance of yet another cover-up, would be the public relations equivalent of mass suicide."
More from Allen and Bishop Barron's most popular youtube ever. "For the "not so fast" group, the approach is to treat the Viganò charge as one would any other accusation regarding sexual abuse and misconduct - meaning that if it has even a surface appearance of credibility, it can't just be dismissed no matter what reasons there may be at the beginning to be skeptical. That seemed the spirit of a take by Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron of Los Angeles, speaking in a video from his "Word on Fire" ministry. (Two videos Barron did during the week, one a Q&A on the crisis and another on "Why Remain Catholic?", together drew more than one million views, making them the most popular videos Barron has ever produced for YouTube.) "Is it worth looking at? Yeah, you bet," Barron said of Viganò's accusation. "This is not some minor player, this is the former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States … He's making some serious claims, and I'd say look into them. Let's take an honest, objective look at what's being claimed here."
Anthony Noble
I think some commentators are mixing things up. Pope Francis was talking about keeping silent in response to false accusations and he directed journalists to investigate the matter in which they found the allegations against the Pope to be unfounded. A tit-for-tat argument would be unseemly and set a precident that any allegation from anyone would need a similar response. Since the early 2000's the Church has been vocal in not keeping silent about child abuse. However, a blind spot emerged on the Pope's trip to Chile. While the pedophile priests were dealt with, some bishops who covered it up were not punished. The Pope initially couldn't believe such a cover up but did follow through with a papal investigation, resulting in pastoral care for the abused at the Vatican and a meeting with all the Chilean bishops leading to all their resignations. At least 5 resignations were accepted.
The silence that the Pope spoke of was not to keep silent about abuse
The Pope said in arguments with family, speak your truth, then remain silent - you said what you needed to and any resulting screaming match will be a pointless mess. The most effective way to diffuse a provocateur is not to rise to the bait and let the heated air fall flat. It's a virtue I wish I had more regularly.
No mix up. Since the early 2000s the hierarchy of the Church has been (falsely) telling us that there was going to be transparency. Yet the cover up continues. The Church has to open the books. How much has each parish spent to pay the abused. Which priests by name (dead or alive). How much has the Vatican spent? This is our money that we gave in good faith to help our Church do good work. Instead it was spent on covering up crimes. No more silence. If the questions are too much for our Holy Father then he can step aside. But whoever takes his place will get no safe haven. The laity wants answers and we deserve answers and a say in how our Church runs the business side. Because make no mistake, the Catholic Church is a business. The consecrated can run our spiritual guidance but now it's time for the laity to have the larger influence on our business dealings.
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Our goal is to find, document and collect heritage hops from around Alberta. Bringing them together in one place should paint an interesting picture of the Alberta history of this amazing plant.
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It's official – the British summer in 2012 has seen the highest rainfall on record! As per the 80s band it's been wet wet wet. More like winter months with the challenges of getting about with large ruts in the fields made from tractors driving round.
Even in July when I went to the National Sheep Association Sheep Show in Malvern, boy was the show ground wet! The ground was more like a mud bath with the odd bit of green.
Wellies were the order of the day and most people had them on. Nevertheless I notice that people walked around a puddle. Why?
Now I know a lot of you will be thinking "no I would walk through it". However when I sat down for a bite to eat and watched the people going past, their subconscious mind steered them around the puddles in the showground.
If the puddle was clear people would walk through it but if it was dirty they would not.
The dirty puddles of water are the unknown. They might conceal a hole, uneven ground or just a dip in the ground. So it is safer not to go through it but round the edge of it.
The sheep thinks the same way – they would rather walk round the edge than walk through the middle. Getting your feet wet is the start of your clothes getting wet.
So how many puddles will you walk round this week?


Isaiah 55:1-9 comprises most of the final hymn of the exilic portion of Isaiah (chapters 40-55, commonly called Second Isaiah), which invites exiles living outside of Judah in the sixth century B.C.E., at the dawn of Persian rule, to uproot themselves, move to a land their generation never knew, and reclaim their ancestral home.
For more on the Babylonian exile and on Second Isaiah's response to it see the discussion of Isaiah 43:1-7 on January 13, the Sunday of the Baptism of our Lord.
Though a real event in an earthly world, the Babylonian exile of the Jews was portrayed in Scripture with such moving imagination that later readers saw in it much more than history. Poetry eloquently describing a pragmatic return from exile in spiritual terms soon came to be read as describing the spiritual journey of every believer from our various alienations to our home in God.
Second Isaiah constructs several bold arguments for this journey: to reclaim the legacy of Abraham and Sarah (Isaiah 41:8; 51:1-2); to reenact the exodus from Egypt so many centuries before (43:16-17; 51:9-10); to live out Israel's role as God's own creation (42:5-6; 43:1, 7, 15; 51:16). Here in chapter 55 the poet imagines repatriation as welcome to a bountiful feast of satisfying foods, hosted by none other than God.
The image of Judah's land as one "flowing with milk and honey" (see Deuteronomy 26:9) is implicit in this invitation. In the book of Proverbs, Woman Wisdom speaks very similarly, preparing her food, setting her table, and sending her servant girls to fetch the ignorant, saying, "Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed. Lay aside immaturity, and live, and walk in the way of insight" (Proverbs 9:5-6). Just as Wisdom employs food as a metaphor for wise teaching, here God's banquet not only recalls the promise of the land's fertility but also the spiritual richness of life before God.
The bold exhortation embedded in verse one's thrice-repeated imperative verb "come … come … come" is to choose well. Come to the water; come to the banquet; come buy without money. In other words, don't take what has value and waste it on nothing. Don't settle for what doesn't feed; take only what is good. This theme of choice permeates the whole passage. Soon the food imagery recedes, and returning to the land is merged with returning to God (verses 6-7). Clear distinction between seeking God's ways and failing to seek them is made in verses 8-9. Because God's ways are so radically different from human ways, because God's thoughts are not human thoughts, they won't be found by any other means than through this Godward journey.
The chapter's final four verses, 10-13, return to the theme of nutrition, as God's own words are compared to the rain and snow that bring food from the ground. Mountains, hills, and trees -- powerful figures of the natural world -- are imagined singing and clapping in celebration when the exiles return. Verdancy quickly follows as cypress and myrtle appear. Isaiah 55 beckons its audience to choose to position themselves as recipients of God's bounty, both physical and spiritual.
Those who lost their heritage to encroaching foreigners were forced to pay money even for natural resources freely found by those owning property. Not only fuel, but even water, had been commodified. This harsh reality faced by the generation of the conquered makes the offer of free water, milk, food, and wine all the more moving.
What of the choices in our world? On a spiritual, individual plane we can certainly speak of the invitation to make healthy choices for one's own soul, to choose what gives life, rather than what does not nourish, and to meet our gracious and giving God in that place. On a more literal plane we can point to the growing health crisis in America born of poor choices both individual and social.
We can point to the consumption of what writer and food activist Michael Pollan has called "food-like substances," processed, packaged items with unpronounceable ingredients, developed not for their nutritional value but for their usefulness in converting government-subsidized field corn into sweets that children will crave and parents will buy, food-like substances that substitute in the American stomach for the nutritious, varied diet of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains that doctors recommend. Why spend money for what is not really food? Why labor to buy what does not satisfy?
They are not the only losers from society's food choices. Even here at home, we find "food deserts," neighborhoods lacking grocery stores to provide fresh, healthy foods. In food deserts, nutrition is disproportionately poor not simply because of individual choices, but because transportation beyond the fast food restaurant or convenience store is simply unavailable to those who cannot afford a car.
What would happen if we were to take seriously the graceful cornucopia of this passage, offering nutritional gifts not just for ourselves, but for all for whom God cares?


Principal Loren Dunn and Associate Rachel Roberts (Seattle) will exhibit a presentation as part of Battelle's 10th Annual Sediments Conference, taking place in New Orleans, LA, from February 11 to 14. The event is an international conference on remediation and management of contaminated sediments that provides a forum for sharing research results, practical experiences, and opportunities associated with investigating, remediating, and restoring the environmental and economic vitality of waterways.
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Q: color coding in a list view is lost when any of the columns are arranged by clicking on the column header I have some JavaScript that will colour row in a SharePoint list View web part depending on values in certain column. This part works fine and the rows are coloured correctly upon page load. The issue I have is that when the List is filtered (if you click on any of the column headers and arrange by Ascending or Descending order) the formatting is lost and the colours disappear.
If the page is refreshed, the Filter that was selected will remain in place and the colours will return.
I'm looking for a way for the formatting to stay or be reapplied after the sort action has completed.
I need a way for the colours to be reapplied once a filter has been applied instead of just on Page Load.
Thanks in advance.
Here is my current JS:
SPClientTemplates.TemplateManager.RegisterTemplateOverrides(
{
    OnPostRender: function(ctx)
    {
        var rows = ctx.ListData.Row;
        for (var i = 0; i < rows.length; i++)
        {
            var trimmed = rows[i]["Age"]
            var final = trimmed.replace(",", "");
            var oneWeek = final < 7;
            var oneToTwo = final >= 7 && final <= 14;
            var twoOrMore = final > 14;

            if (oneWeek)
            {
                var rowElementId = GenerateIIDForListItem(ctx, rows[i]);
                var tr = document.getElementById(rowElementId);
                tr.style.backgroundColor = "#CCFFCC";

            }
            else if (oneToTwo)
            {
                var rowElementId = GenerateIIDForListItem(ctx, rows[i]);
                var tr = document.getElementById(rowElementId);
                tr.style.backgroundColor = "#FFEECC";

            }
            else if (twoOrMore)
            {
                var rowElementId = GenerateIIDForListItem(ctx, rows[i]);
                var tr = document.getElementById(rowElementId);
                tr.style.backgroundColor = "#FFCCCC";

            }
        }

    }
});

A: Ok, as requested by the OP, here is a solution for how to deal with MDS when trying to apply CSR.
First, a brief explanation of the problem.  To quote this blog post (which is where I found the solution of how to do this):

When the list view page was first rendered, the MDS system receives
  the custom javascript for the first time.  It then, puts this
  javascript in a list (let's call it "already executed javascripts" for
  fun).  When subsequent pages are requested, MDS checks its own list of
  "already executed javascripts" and if the page being requested
  requires execution of a javascript, which MDS already has on its list,
  it simply will not execute it again.

Luckily, the MDS system has a way to register scripts to exclude from that list, meaning, the registered scripts will execute again and again because they won't be on that list.
However, to register a script that way, the script needs an entry point function, and usually the pattern for creating CSR template overrides uses a self-executing anonymous function.
So to get this to work, we need to do two things:

*

*Change the CSR code to have an entry point function

*Register the script (and that function) with MDS so it will always execute

With that all said, here is the pattern I have been using for CSR template overrides that will work on both MDS enabled sites and MDS disabled sites.  Since you are using OnPostRender I will include that, and I will also include an item override just so you can see how other parts would fit in as well.
var myCustomOverrides = myCustomOverrides || {};  // register our namespace

myCustomOverrides.colourCodedRows = (function () {
    return {
        item: function (ctx) {
            var itemHtml = "";
            // custom code to do whatever we want here
            return itemHtml;
        },

        postProcess: function (ctx) {
            // your OnPostRender code here
        },

        render: function () {
            var myTemplateOverrides = {};
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            myTemplateOverrides.OnPostRender = myCustomOverrides.colourCodedRows.postProcess;

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Then just attach that script file to the List View Web Part (or wherever you are attaching it) using JSLink in the regular way.

A: @malibeg sorry,  I thought I updated this post. The solution was to add a line of code to the bottom
ctx.skipAnimation();
What was happening was the code was rendering properly then the animation (a very subtle scroll effect) was running and resetting the view.
Adding the line above to the end of your code prevents that and it should work fine from there.

A: You can update your code as follows
SPClientTemplates.TemplateManager.RegisterTemplateOverrides({
    //your code
    OnPostRender: function(ctx) {
        //your code

        //Add this  line of statement to work your customizations on sorting, searching, filtering
        ctx.skipNextAnimation = true;
    }

});

A: You can update your code as follows
SPClientTemplates.TemplateManager.RegisterTemplateOverrides({
//your code
OnPostRender: function(ctx) {
    //your code

    //Add this  line of statement to work your customizations on sorting ,searching, filtering
    ctx.skipNextAnimation = true;
 }
});

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Mahadevi, famed as Akka – elder sister, while leaving the domestic arena in search of God, also abandoned modesty and clothing. The film explores the meaning of this denial through the work of contemporary artists and writers and testimonies of ordinary folks who nurtured her image through centuries in their folklores and oral literature.
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Podium joy for Honda men
Lewis Tombs and Josh Gilbert put their Buildbase Hondas on the Pro MX1 and MX2 podiums at round two of the Michelin MX Nationals on a sweltering day at the iconic Hawkstone Park this weekend.
The hot weather and super-tough sand circuit meant both riders were forced to dig deep in challenging conditions. The championship's 'Fastest 40' format sees MX1 and MX2 classes race together – although they're scored separately – so Josh also had to contend with a full line-up of 450 machines on his CRF250R.
Tombs took third in MX1
After qualifying in fifth, Lewis' 4-3 card earned him third overall on his CRF450R following the two 25-minute plus two lap motos but he would have finished one step higher on the podium if he hadn't lost second place in race two on the final lap.
"It's been good but it was hot and the track was gnarly so it was quite a difficult day," said Lewis. "In the first race I struggled a bit – I had quite bad arm-pump and was just riding tense and didn't really get into it but I managed to hold off Nathan [Watson] towards the end.
"In the second moto I didn't get such a great start in around seventh and managed to work my way into second but Mel [Pocock] passed me on the last lap which was a shame because otherwise I would have been second overall but I'm happy with a podium."
Gilbert on the gas
The defending champion, Josh was second in qualifying and led the MX2 field in the closing laps of both motos but each time crashed and had to settle for a 2-2 score and second overall.
"I'm a little bit disappointed really," said Josh. "I kinda handed it to Martin [Barr] in both motos. In the first race I got a reasonable start, picked off the 450 riders ahead of me and was just about to get into second but lost the front wheel which was game over. Martin went past and by the time I got up he was a good 15 seconds in front.
"It was frustrating because there were only about five minutes left and I felt I had it in the bag – I knew where Martin was quick and where he wasn't so I had it sussed.
"In the second moto I didn't get as good a start but it still wasn't too bad. I was sat behind Martin, not pushing too hard and feeling really comfortable. I was biding my time and planning to go for it at the end but he made a mistake and I passed him with about seven minutes to go and then almost straight away I went round a turn, tried to double a couple of bumps, lost the back end and high-sided. By the time I got up Martin was long gone."
The team's guest rider – Japanese teenager Shiaru Honda – was racing in the MXY2 250 class and towards the end of his first race on Saturday he was looking good for a solid score when he was pushed over a berm, crashed and injured his hand.
Honda on a Honda!
After sitting out the second moto he bravely attempted to race on Sunday but was in too much pain to compete.
"Josh crashed out of the MX2 lead in both races which was a real shame," said team spokesman Ryan Thorpe, "especially in the second race when he'd just passed Martin for the lead and then went down probably around 200 metres later.
"Lewis is still learning the 450 but he was strong again and to get both riders on the podium is great so all-in-all it was a really good day for the team."
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Bose to Cancel Out Road Noise With QuietComfort
It doesn't matter how much sound-proofing a vehicle has, some road noise gets through. Bose aims to solve that problem through technology which combines accelerometers, microphones, and your car stereo. It's called Bose QuietComfort Noise Control.
Matthew Humphries
I've been working at PCMag since November 2016, covering all areas of technology and video game news. Before that I spent nearly 15 years working at Geek.com as a writer and editor. I also spent the first six years after leaving university as a professional game designer working with Disney, Games Workshop, 20th Century Fox, and Vivendi.
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Road noise is never going to be removed completely when driving, but Bose has decided to take a stab at doing just that by tweaking its existing noise-cancelling technology. It's called Bose QuietComfort Noise Control(Opens in a new window), and it's being offered to vehicle manufacturers for inclusion in cars, SUVs, and trucks.
The problem with existing vehicle soundproofing is it doesn't react to the conditions. It may limit noise, but it doesn't adapt to the road conditions or the age of the vehicle and the extra sounds that can introduce. As Engadget(Opens in a new window) reports, Bose is well-versed in noise cancellation for headphones, so it decided to adapt the technology for vehicles.
As the video above explains, Bose's solution to road noise relies on a series of accelerometers and microphones placed around a vehicle which are combined with proprietary signal-processing software. When this is linked into the vehicle's sound system it can actively respond to road noise and cancel it out using opposing sound waves before the driver and passengers have a chance to hear it. That's the theory, anyway.
The big advantage of using an active system is its ability to react to changing conditions. If the surface being driven over becomes more uneven or there's potholes, QuietComfort works harder to cancel the additional noise out. The same is true of an aging vehicle which will create more noise as parts wear.
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Bose points out that dealing with road noise will become more difficult as we move to electric vehicles, which are lighter and therefore include less static soundproofing. If that's the case, it won't just be Bose offering active solutions to the problem, more audio-focused brands could enter the market.
About Matthew Humphries
I hold two degrees: a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a Master's degree in Games Development. My first book, Make Your Own Pixel Art, is available from all good book shops.
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