Month: October 2012
From Agence France Presse: “Vatican City (AFP) – Six non-European Roman Catholic prelates will join the Vatican’s College of Cardinals in November, Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday, in a move which may affect the election of the future pope.
“… Vatican watchers had not expected there to be another consistory until next year and the surprise announcement sparked concern that the 85-year-old pontiff’s health may be worse than thought.
“…The new cardinals will be the American James Michael Harvey, Lebanon’s Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, India’s Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, Nigeria’s John Onaiyekan, Colombia’s Ruben Salazar Gomez and Filipino Luis Antonio Tagle.”
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The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968 film), text & photos from imdb.com
The Elder Pope 
(played by the late Sir John Gielgud): There is a legend about you. That once you were asked to deny the faith, and they tied up seven priests and shot them, shot them before your eyes. And still you would not deny the faith. Is that story true?
Kiril Lakota (played by the late Anthony Quinn) : I try not to look back on that, or other days, Holiness.
The Elder Pope: God is with you, my Brother. I believe that God has sent you. Trust us to make the best use of you. But first, you must be honored.
[Hold up the red cap of a cardinal]
The Elder Pope: Kneel. 
[Lakota kneels]
The Elder Pope: You are created cardinal-priest in the title of Saint Athanasius.
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Cardinal Rinaldi: [standing before the cardinals in the conclave] My brothers. My brothers, we have already failed seven times to reach an election. I stand now to claim a right under canon law. In all humility, I proclaim to you my belief that there is among us a man already marked by God to sit in the chair of St. Peter. Like the first of the apostles this man has suffered prison stripes for the faith. The hand of God has led him out of bondage to join us in this conclave. I announce him as my candidate and dedicate to him my vote and my obedience. Kiril Cardinal Lakota.
Kiril Lakota: [Stunned. Slowly rises] Thank you, Eminence. But I – I cannot consent to it.
Cardinal Rahamani: [after a moment, rises] I too proclaim him.
Asian Cardinal: [Rises] I also proclaim him.
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George Faber: It’s the Russian. Kiril Lakota. They’ve elected a Russian Pope.
“You mentioned the navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well, governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military’s changed,” (laughter from the audience.) – U.S. Pres. Barack Obama’s comeback to Gov. Mitt Romney, U.S. presidential debate 22 Oct. 2012
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My dog-&-pony show
There are free-speech cases that date as far back as World War I. For the oldest case for discussion, we have a slideshow with World War I photos in black and white so students will know it was an entirely different world… Last year the department batted for the reinstatement of Kas I or Kasaysayan 1 (History class) in the G.E. course (it had been removed half a decade ago), I have students who think the Hukbalahap rose up against the Spanish colonizers in 1898; in one student’s slideshow (Ayer vs. RTC Judge Capulong & Enrile, a movie on the 1986 EDSA uprising) there were photos of EDSA rallies around the giant Mama Mary EDSA Shrine. Prof (turning her head counterclockwise to look at the slide from another angle): “is that… EDSA One?” Student: “Ma’m yes.” Prof: “Eh ano yang monumento dyan (What’s that monument there?”) Student: “EDSA Shrine.” Prof: “And those are… flyovers, right?” Student: “yes” Prof: “so that’s… 1986?” (class laughs) Student: “ay mali, sorry”. (actually, this was a longer story; i had to explain that the flyovers were built in the 1990’s.) And so now, History 1 has been restored.
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And…for slideshows, if you will just read off a slide, don’t bother to make a presentation. A common mistake is when the presenter sits behind a desk…behind a laptop… and just clicks and reads the text off it…you might as well send a well-trained chihuahua to do that. Show the title slide . Then stand in front, not behind the desk or podium, in front! (or you can walk up and down during your talkies).
Give a short discussion of what will follow… then engage. Then…that’s when to click on the slide ; with sound effects if you like; put animation, then animate the text (handouts distributed earlier so the audience does not have to copy off the slides). Then discuss, engage. And so on. (finish with an “applause “ sound effects slide to amuse people).DO NOT READ OFF THE SLIDE –- discuss, engage, stand in front (instead of being attached to your computer).
And better yet — throw a question or two. Here and there. And here’s the bayonet question, Abrams vs. United States (1919), never fails:
