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All the Catholic faithful were invited to join in the prayer, carried live on TV and radio network EWTN.

Held at St. Peter?s Basilica ? built in honor of the Apostle the Church reveres as the first pope, who, according to tradition, is buried below it ? on Wednesday, March 6, the service began with a rosary recited chiefly in Latin, with all the cardinals participating.

Following that was an exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, in which a consecrated Communion wafer ? which, to Catholics, represents the body, blood, soul and divinity of Christ under the form of bread ? is placed in an elaborate holder, or monstrance. The cardinals then spent a period of time praying and meditating in Adoration, sitting in what Catholics believe is the presence of Christ.

Cardinal Angelo Comastri, archpriest of the Basilica, then recited Vespers, the evening prayers of the Church. Finally he offered a benediction to close the gathering.

The College of Cardinals was still awaiting the arrival of two more of its number. It has also expressed a wish to take the time for the members to become better acquainted and more familiar with all the issues that will face the new pontiff.

These deliberations will continue in greater secrecy, since the Congregation reacted to leaks in Italian newspapers by discontinuing daily press briefings. Previously, three briefings were held at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, arranged by American cardinals.

But since the Italian media was also interviewing cardinals from other nations, it is not known whether the leaks came from the media-savvy Americans.

As quoted by the Catholic News Agency, Father Federico Lombardi, the Holy See press office director, said, ?it?s natural that their discernment progresses into more reflection and more silence.?

He added, ?The congregations are not a synod or a congress in which we try to report as much information as possible.?

All the 115 cardinal-electors are expected to be in Rome by Thursday, March 7, with the arrivals of Polish Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz of Warsaw and Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Also on Wednesday, the ever-helpful New York Times published a poll it conducted with CBS News that said American Catholics would like to see the Church change its teachings on issues like contraception, women?s ordination, and married priests.

Anyone who has followed the fierce religious liberty debate between the American Church and the Obama administration is aware that the ban on artificial contraception is not going anywhere.

Apparently, no one taught these Catholics that fundamental teachings such as the ones cited in the poll are not up to a vote of the faithful. There may one day be some movement on married priests, as it is a Church discipline and not part of Catholic doctrine, but that decision would come down from the Holy See, not from some sort of public vote.

One thing that may shock those nattering on about how the Church needs a pope that will toss aside these teachings is that the new pontiff is very likely to be a faithful Roman Catholic. He may reform the Church?s procedures or structure in some areas, but there is zero chance that he?ll be a Protestant, an agnostic, or an atheist ? or a popularly elected official guided by the latest poll numbers.

That does not stop many dissenting Catholics from persisting in thinking they belong to a democratic organization. It also does leave one to wonder why they simply don?t leave the Church and join one of the more than 40,000 other Christian denominations out there, whose doctrines may suit them better.

That is just the issue debated on CNN?s ?Piers Morgan Tonight? by the show?s host and guest Penn Jillette, the illusionist and avowed atheist. Apparently, Jillette has a clearer understanding of the basic theology and philosophy underpinning the Church than does Morgan, who seems to have issues with most of the major teachings of the faith to which he still claims to adhere.

Jillette said to the visibly flummoxed Morgan, ?I think I may be somebody who believes in the pope?s position more than most Catholics. I really take people at their word. And it seems like all of the cynicism and all of the ? who are we going to get in, modernizing ? there?s not supposed to be modernizing. It?s supposed to be the Word of God.?

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor James Franco, lauded for his serious roles and forays into art, was almost too earnest to land the lead in the big screen 3D adventure film "Oz the Great and Powerful," which opens on Friday ahead of the summer blockbuster season.

Filmmaker Sam Raimi, who directed Franco in the "Spider-Man" trilogy from 2002 to 2007, said he initially considered other heavyweight actors such as Johnny Depp and Robert Downey Jr. for the lead role in Disney's big-budget unofficial prequel to the 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz."

Both Depp and Downey have already spearheaded two juggernaut Disney blockbuster franchises, with Depp as raucous Captain Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean" and Downey as the main character in "Iron Man."

Franco has not carried a blockbuster film alone, but Raimi told Reuters the 34-year-old actor's maturation would enable him to do so in "Oz," in which he plays the charming, morally dubious circus magician who cons others on and off stage.

When the character lands in Oz he continues his unethical ways, but becomes a reluctant hero after tapping into his inner goodness.

"I started thinking about what I knew about James in real life and realized they were very similar to Oz's," Raimi said.

"James started out as a 21-year-old actor, was a little into himself, a little selfish, a womanizer. But he had a good heart."

When Franco and Raimi worked together on "Spider-Man," the actor was a relative newcomer in Hollywood, playing the supporting role of Harry Osborn to Toby Maguire's Peter Park/Spider-Man.

Franco, who stars alongside actresses Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis and Rachel Weisz In "Oz," admitted that he lacked the maturity as a performer to play a character like the wizard when he supported Maguire in the "Spider-Man" franchise.

"I was still in a stage where I think I took acting too seriously," Franco told Reuters in a recent interview. "I couldn't relax in the roles ... there was a kind of strangulation of the performances that was going on."

LEARNING TO RELAX

In recent years, Franco has undertaken several ventures outside of acting, including writing a book of poetry, curating an art exhibition in Los Angeles, engaging in performance art and teaching screenwriting at the University of California-Los Angeles.

The actor also stepped behind the camera as director on numerous projects including this year's LGBT film "Interior. Leather Bar."

Preoccupied with his serious artistic endeavors, Franco credited the 2008 stoner comedy "Pineapple Express" with loosening him up as an actor and allowing him to embrace the lighter side of filmmaking.

"That movie really taught me that movie-making could be fun, that I don't need to have complete control over everything, that if I relax my performances will be better," he said.

"I thought I needed to be this young, serious brooding performer," Franco added. "And I was just blind to the value of comedy."

Over the course of the three "Spider-Man" films, Raimi said he watched Franco become "more generous, more aware of others," and it was that parallel arc that made the director believe Franco was the right person to play Oz.

It also helped that since their last pairing Franco had starred in hit films like 2011's "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and scored a Best Actor Oscar nomination for Danny Boyle's 2010 survival drama "127 Hours."

Franco said he played the role of Oz "for comedy," and studied privately with Las Vegas magician Lance Burton who taught him tricks and how magicians carried themselves.

In an attempt to reshape the often tedious atmosphere during the obligatory promotional tours for "Oz" that took Franco to Japan, Moscow and London, he brought his UCLA students along to film the trips as part of their class work.

Their presence made the media blitzes more endurable, Franco said, as he watched the students process "a side of the business I'm used to" with fresh eyes.

"At least we're not spinning our wheels promoting this thing like we're used to," he said. "Other people are getting to learn."

(Reporting By Zorianna Kit; Editing by Eric Kelsey, Piya Sinha-Roy and Paul Simao)

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The new GateWay Community College Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation.

GateWay Community College?s Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation will hold its formal grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. March 7.

The new center is a business incubator for early-stage and startup companies that will offer business development services, educational programming and management resources. Its facility is on the GateWay campus on the southeast corner of 38th and Van Buren streets.

The goal is to help companies grow and commercialize their business, ?championing small business job creation for the region,? according to a statement.

Planned speakers include GateWay Community College President Eugene Giovannini, Economic Development Administration Representative Jacob Macias and Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation Executive Director Jeff Saville. Jasper Welch is also expected to speak in one of his first public appearances since being named president and CEO of the National Business Incubation Association.

The 11 client companies of the new center will also be featured, representing a wide range of industries, including bioscience, clean energy and software.

?Our clients are the reason we exist,? said Saville in a statement. ?What better venue than an open house in front of stakeholders and the general public to showcase these entrepreneurs who have dedicated themselves to positively impacting jobs in the state and the region.?

The new center features more than 30 offices, wet lab and light manufacturing spaces, state-of-the-art presentation technology, a client server room and meeting areas.

It?s a partnership between the city of Phoenix, the Economic Development Administration and the Maricopa County Community College District, along with other public and private partners.

For more information, click here.

Hayley Ringle covers technology and startups for the Phoenix Business Journal.

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TODAY's Bob Dotson explores the history of Zildjian, a company that began in Turkey in the 17th century and hasn't seen a layoff in recent memory.

By Bob Dotson, TODAY

When was the last time you heard this in an American factory?
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?I?ve been here 26 years in June,? Mark Lovell says, leaning toward me as telling a secret, ?and I?ve never seen a layoff, ever.?

Lovell is confident that the 70 workers on his production line will always have good-paying jobs, because no one competes with a machine. Whenever a task is automated, the employee who performed it is trained for another one worth equivalent pay.?

?Taking a break while the machine?s taking a break, huh?? The boss, Debbie Zildjian, laughs as she holds a door open for George Plaskas. The Greek immigrant has been retrained seven times in 40 years. Plaskas raised two kids in a solidly middle-class neighborhood.

American industry was built by such immigrants, who looked beyond quarterly profits. And today, the Zildjian cymbal factory in Norwell, Mass., still does.?

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For 15 years, Debbie Zildjian, has offered incentive pay, not just for working faster or producing more, but for jobs that are done right the first time. ?There were only two months out of those 15 years where we haven?t had a payout,? she points out.

Every person on the line must approve the work they do. That?s a big reason why Debbie?s sister, Craigie, the CEO, has never outsourced a job overseas.

Take a look inside the production facility of Zildjian, America's oldest family business, and see how its renowned musical instruments are made.

?The notion of sending your quality, outsourcing your quality halfway around the world,? Craigie says, ?is unthinkable.?

The Zildjian Company makes cymbals. Leon Chiappini has been testing them for more than half a century. ?You?re not going to find two of them that are the same,? Chiappini says. ?They?re like snowflakes. Each sound is unique.?

Cymbals were hardly heard at all in popular music before Craigie's and Debbie?s grandfather made some of them thinner and found a rainbow of sound. He did this during hard times, the start of the Great Depression. Avedis Zildjian III began hiring as businesses all around him were firing.? He lured good workers with a simple promise.?

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?It comes down to trust doesn?t it?? Craigie says. ?You take care of us, and we?ll take care of you.? That pledge has remained unbroken since the beginning.

The Zildjian Company has outlasted empires. It began in Turkey back in 1623, survived the move to Massachusetts, and thrives even during economic turmoil.

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Matt Flynn, drummer for the band Maroon 5, sits down with TODAY's Bob Dotson to talk about Zildjian cymbals and the differences between individual cymbals.

Quality became more than a slogan. The 125 Americans in this little factory cornered more than half the cymbal market in the world. Who better to tell us how to create and keep good jobs than a company in business for 390 years?

?Our dad always said, ?follow the music,?" Debbie says. And they did, from big bands to the Beatles, classical to jazz. Debbie pointed to pictures of the legendary drummers who have used their product:? Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Ringo Starr. They were invited to help the company innovate.

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And musicians still do today. They can test their cymbals in a pressurized room that re-creates the acoustics of concert venues across the country, giving them a chance to hear how cymbals will sound before they perform.

Zildjian?s success attracts people with deep pockets. ?Have you ever been tempted to sell the company?? I asked Craigie.

?Oh, almost weekly. We could be quite wealthy. But we?re not tempted.? Because Debbie?s 4-year-old granddaughter is in line to take over one day.

The CEO pushes back from her desk and asks the little girl: ?Do you want to work at the company, Emilia??

The job won?t be handed to her when she gets bigger. Every Zildjian in the family business must first prove their worth working outside the firm. But Emilia doesn?t hesitate. She answers emphatically: ?Yes.?

New electronic cymbals have already been named after her generation of Zildjians ? the 16th.

To contact the subject of this American Story with Bob Dotson, write to:

Laura Rivera
laurar@zildjian.com
Zildjian Company
22 Longwater Drive
Norwell, MA 02061

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There are no layoffs at the Zildjian Company, which makes cymbals at their factory in Norwell, Mass. The company began in Turkey in 1623 and has outlasted empires.

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There are fewer than 41 million Internet users in Mexico, a country of more than 112 million people. That?s a connectivity rate of just 36 percent in Latin America?s second-largest economy.

Barely 17 percent have Internet access at home, according to the latest figures of the Americas Barometer, a survey by Vanderbilt University?s Latin American Public Opinion. Although the digital divide ? the gap between those who can afford access and those who can?t ? has narrowed in recent years, progress has been slow and Mexico still finds itself well below its peers.

More than 40 percent of Chileans have Internet at home, according to the barometer. Brazil ranks second with a home connectivity rate above 38 percent. Sixteen Latin American countries fare better than Mexico, including all of Central America.

Many observers blame the high cost of broadband in Mexico ? and the telecommunications dominance of billionaire Carlos Slim.?(Yesterday, Mr.?Slim was named Forbes' richest man in the world for the fourth consecutive year.)?His companies, including Telmex, control nearly three-quarters of Mexico?s broadband connections, according to Jeffrey Puryear, vice president for social policy at the Inter-American Dialogue. Fast access in Mexico costs almost twice as much as it does in Chile.

Earlier this year, Slim announced he would invest $300 million in connectivity, digital libraries, and equipment for schools, as well as translations of Khan Academy online courses into Spanish. Telmex says its digital libraries will ?create opportunities for development and education,? giving needy students access to 21st century tools.

The libraries mimic the free ?cyber centers? Mexico City provides in metro stations as well as the work of nonprofits like Fundaci?n?Proacceso, whose network of ?innovation and learning centers? offers access and free courses in marginalized communities.

Many have lauded Slim?s gift, but Mr. Puryear notes that the high cost still remains the heart of the issue.

?The most effective step that Carlos Slim could take to give poor children greater access to online courses would be to share his near-monopoly in telecommunications,? Puryear said in a recent Inter-American Dialogue newsletter.

The digital divide in Mexico has far-reaching consequences for education, too. As Mexico struggles to overhaul its education system ? beginning with a major constitutional reform last week ? it will be hard-pressed to close inequality gaps as long as only some students have access to digital tools.

The digital divide did narrow in recent years in Mexico, if only slightly. The number of users rose 14 percent between 2010 and 2011, according to the latest figures from the Mexican Internet Association, or AMIPCI. Connectivity has been bolstered by a boom in smartphones, whose use doubled over the same period.

Still, Mexico has a long way to go if it wants to catch up to the rest of Latin America ? and not get left behind in the Information Age.

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