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Q: Trying to create rank-1 SparseArray through LibraryLink causes crash Bug introduced in 10.0 or earlier and fixed in 11.3

When I try to create a 2D SparseArray through LibraryLink's MSparseArray_fromExplicitPositions, it works fine.  But when I try to create a 1D SparseArray, the program crashes.  Both are illustrated in the program below.
Can anyone see the mistake in my program?
Creating 3D arrays also works as I expect it to, though that example is not included in the question.

Mathematica code:
Needs["CCompilerDriver`"]
lib = CreateLibrary[{"sa.c"}, "sa"];

sparseTest =
  LibraryFunctionLoad[lib, "sparseTest", {},
   LibraryDataType[SparseArray, Real]];

sparseTest2D =
  LibraryFunctionLoad[lib, "sparseTest2D", {},
   LibraryDataType[SparseArray, Real]];

This works fine:
sparseTest2D[]

This crashes:
sparseTest[]

The C code:
#include "WolframLibrary.h"
#include "WolframSparseLibrary.h"

/* Return the version of Library Link */
DLLEXPORT mint WolframLibrary_getVersion( ) {
    return WolframLibraryVersion;
}

/* Initialize Library */
DLLEXPORT int WolframLibrary_initialize(WolframLibraryData libData) {
    return LIBRARY_NO_ERROR;
}

/* Uninitialize Library */
DLLEXPORT void WolframLibrary_uninitialize(WolframLibraryData libData) {
    return;
}

// THIS FUNCTION CRASHES
// Create a 1D sparse array with 3 explicitly stored elements
DLLEXPORT int sparseTest(WolframLibraryData libData, mint Argc, MArgument *Args, MArgument Res) {
    int err;
    MSparseArray sa = NULL;

    // 3-by-1 positions array
    MTensor pos = NULL;
    mint posdims[] = {3,1};
    mint *posdata;

    // length-3 values vector
    MTensor vals = NULL;
    mint valsdims[] = {3};
    double *valsdata;

    // length-1 dimensions vector for rank-1 sparse array
    MTensor dims = NULL;
    mint dimsdims[] = {1};
    mint *dimsdata;

    // create positions array
    libData->MTensor_new(MType_Integer, 2, posdims, &pos);
    posdata = libData->MTensor_getIntegerData(pos);
    posdata[0] = 1;
    posdata[1] = 3;
    posdata[2] = 4;

    // create values vector
    libData->MTensor_new(MType_Real, 1, valsdims, &vals);
    valsdata = libData->MTensor_getRealData(vals);
    valsdata[0] = 1.5;
    valsdata[1] = 2.6;
    valsdata[2] = 3.7;

    // create dimensions vector, make sure that sparse vector length is larger than highest entry in pos
    libData->MTensor_new(MType_Integer, 1, dimsdims, &dims);
    dimsdata = libData->MTensor_getIntegerData(dims);
    dimsdata[0] = 5;

    // THIS CRASHES
    err = libData->sparseLibraryFunctions->MSparseArray_fromExplicitPositions(pos, vals, dims, NULL, &sa);

    libData->MTensor_free(pos);
    libData->MTensor_free(vals);
    libData->MTensor_free(dims);

    if (err)
        return err;

    MArgument_setMSparseArray(Res, sa);

    return LIBRARY_NO_ERROR;
}

// This function is completley analogous to sparseTest, except that it creates a 2D sparse array instead of a 1D one.
// It does not crash
DLLEXPORT int sparseTest2D(WolframLibraryData libData, mint Argc, MArgument *Args, MArgument Res) {
    int err;
    MSparseArray sa = NULL;

    MTensor pos = NULL;
    mint posdims[] = {3,2};
    mint *posdata;

    MTensor vals = NULL;
    mint valsdims[] = {3};
    double *valsdata;

    MTensor dims = NULL;
    mint dimsdims[] = {2};
    mint *dimsdata;

    libData->MTensor_new(MType_Integer, 2, posdims, &pos);
    posdata = libData->MTensor_getIntegerData(pos);
    posdata[0] = 1; posdata[1] = 1;
    posdata[2] = 3; posdata[3] = 2;
    posdata[4] = 4; posdata[5] = 4;

    libData->MTensor_new(MType_Real, 1, valsdims, &vals);
    valsdata = libData->MTensor_getRealData(vals);
    valsdata[0] = 1.5;
    valsdata[1] = 2.6;
    valsdata[2] = 3.7;

    libData->MTensor_new(MType_Integer, 1, dimsdims, &dims);
    dimsdata = libData->MTensor_getIntegerData(dims);
    dimsdata[0] = 5;
    dimsdata[1] = 4;

    err = libData->sparseLibraryFunctions->MSparseArray_fromExplicitPositions(pos, vals, dims, NULL, &sa);

    libData->MTensor_free(pos);
    libData->MTensor_free(vals);
    libData->MTensor_free(dims);

    if (err)
        return err;

    MArgument_setMSparseArray(Res, sa);

    return LIBRARY_NO_ERROR;
}

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How would one portray a fantasy fight. Like something one would see in a comic book but still keep it believable?
September 17, 2013 Chelsea Schmitt	Leave a comment
The trick with realism in fantasy lies in the rules you set up for that setting. This is why world building is incredibly important and why someone saying "I can do what I want because it's just fantasy!" is both true and ultimately false. A character who exists in a world that's very similar to our own will function under similar rules to our own world, a character who exists in a fantasy setting will fall under the rules that have been set up for that world. Fictional worlds require rules because they create tension. In a lot of ways, regardless of whether your character is handling a firearm or a fireball, what makes or breaks a story are those rules, how well you as the author set them up, and how well you adhere to them.
What a character can and can't get away with will be defined by those rules. Now, superpowers whether they are magical or natural add an extra challenge because they ultimately raise the stakes. Magic will get away from you very quickly if it's not balanced by cost in a fictional world. A character who can do anything, but has no restrictions, ultimately ends up boring because we as the audience has no reason to care about them or worry about whether or not they'll succeed, whether they'll survive the next ten minutes.
Realism begins in the restrictions you place on your setting, in the cultures you craft, and how your character reacts as a product of that culture. It's in how well your plot and character actions sync up in the world you've created. After that, the realism of the fight scenes is like icing on top of a very well-made cake. If you don't have that, then it's just icing and while great icing is delicious on it's own, it pales when it compliments a great cake.
I'm actually really hungry right now, I don't know if you can tell.
Anyway, you have to make sure you don't let your imagination run away with you and because it's fantasy, it is ridiculously easy to have that happen. Now, the easiest way I've managed to start setting rules (and it's hard) is to take an RPG system I'm familiar with like GURPS, World of Darkness, or Exalted, pick powers, and just start plugging in numbers. The White Wolf ones are good over D&D because they spear head character development in conjunction with the superpowers. Now, you know what your character can and can't get away with. Stick to that and follow those rules, track their trajectory and always craft antagonists who are their equal or better. The antagonists will require their own character sheets, even the throw away mooks your character is fighting.
Why? Because every character in the story is there for a reason and a fight is between two or more people. So long as the fight stays within the setting established rules and the character stays within the themes the story has set up, then it'll be fine. It'll feel real to the reader. Upgrade your understanding as needed. Be careful. And you'll be fine.
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Hi! I'm trying to decide the most appropriate fighting style for a character I'm writing. It's a fantasy setting and this character is training to fight supernatural creatures since she was young. She's now 16, tall and skinny, and training is a big part of her life. She…
But, I'll be honest, I've never heard of this being an issue before. Some quick checking suggests this is only an issue with rifle rounds.
I'm guessing here, but I suspect this has to do with the density difference between silver and lead. This might be something that could be fixed by tweaking the load by a couple grains, or it could be solved by using silver jacketed rounds instead of true silver bullets.
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Hi! I'm trying to decide the most appropriate fighting style for a character I'm writing. It's a fantasy setting and this character is training to fight supernatural creatures since she was young. She's now 16, tall and skinny, and training is a big part of her life. She fights with a katana-like sword, but I'm also looking for a character skilled in unarmed combat. Which styles should I be looking for? Sorry for the silly question, I didn't know who else to ask =X
This is really going to depend on the setting you've built, and what she's hunting, but here are a few things to think about:
A lot of real martial arts deal with the idea that you're fighting something that is roughly, physiologically equivalent to yourself. That is to say, you're fighting other people. There's no martial art in the world that will help you fight a grizzly bear or a lion in hand to hand combat.
When you're talking about monsters in a fantasy world, you're often talking about things that are bigger, tougher and stronger than humans. That can be almost anything, from a minotaur, to a vampire. The basic assumptions about hand to hand combat don't apply.
Swords are kind of similar; the sword isn't a hunting weapon, it's a weapon designed for killing humans. This works in some contexts, against some monsters, if your character is hunting creatures that used to be human, or are roughly humanoid (like an orc or goblin), then it might still be applicable.
But, if your character is fighting monsters considerably larger than her, like, say, werewolves (of the 9ft tall, bipedal, snarling, deathbeast variety); a sword or hand to hand will get her killed. It's bigger than her, stronger than her, and it has a significant advantage at ripping people apart in close range.
Against something like that, she's better off at range, with a crossbow or a gun. If she needs to use a melee weapon, then I'd suggest a spear; it isn't a perfect solution, but she's got a better chance of tearing something up with a spear at close range without being disemboweled, than she does with a sword.
Whatever she is using, she's probably going to have to tailor her combat tactics to what she's dealing with at the moment. If she's facing off against werewolves, she's going to need to switch out to a crossbow and spear, (and remember, Silver is a very soft metal, it's why it was used for cutlery and not combat, so she'll need a steel weapon AND a silver plated one, if that's something she's dealing with regularly) when she's dealing with vampires, she'll need to be carrying gear to deal with their weaknesses, whatever those happen to be.
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"Superstitions, Jonah's and a life story told" -a recap of season 3 episode 9, by your Aussie Blogging Lass!
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From the moment the opening music begins, we know that the story is moving forward. Bear McCreary has added new Caribbean rhythms to the melody and there are new images in the credits. In the same way that France was left behind for Scotland mid season 2, so too Scotland is being left behind at this point in season 3. The new destination is the West Indies, where the rest of the drama will play out. Changes are ahead!
Claire is watching the preparations of a ship about to sail, as Jamie and Jared approach. Jamie is to act as supercargo on board the Artemis, but Jared notes the changing weather and comments that Jamie is lucky to have a physician at hand for when his seasickness takes hold. Jamie says that he will manage, as the main concern is for Young Ian. Jared says that the records show there is only one ship sailing under a Portuguese flag, the Bruja.
With a home port of Jamaica and the fact that it was sailing low in the water, the men surmise that the ship is on its way home. Jared tries to reassure them, commenting that a healthy male will sell for 30 pounds in Jamaica, so as long as Young Ian hasn't been making trouble, he will be unharmed. Thanking Jared for his help, Jamie and Claire bid him farewell.
Jamie comments that it was ill luck having to pay Laoghaire and that perhaps he is being punished for wanting to be with Claire.
Claire replies that she can't believe any God would take away a man's nephew simply because he wanted to be happy. Again, Jamie asks for reassurance: will they actually be happy? While he believes they are mated for life, he offers to return her to the stones if she truly wants to leave. But Claire deflects the question, saying that the most important thing right now is that they find Young Ian.
Lesley and Hayes (aka the new Rupert and Angus) appear, arguing with each other about tides. It is clear that no one is really looking forward to the journey ahead, but the men are always willing to help Jamie, so are coming along. They tell Jamie that Willoughby and Fergus are already on board, together with some "baggage from Lallybroch". (This is a set-up joke for a revelation that is to come in the next scene.) As they walk towards the ship, Claire and Jamie briefly discuss Jenny and Ian. Not enough time has passed for them to be worried yet, so Jamie has sent them a letter explaining everything.
The voyage begins and the seas already look choppy, but Jamie hasn't noticed his stomach yet, he tells Claire. He is sadly watching the Scottish landscape disappear, vowing that he won't set foot on Scotland's land again without Young Ian. The sailors begin their superstitious routine, touching a horseshoe and politely addressing Jamie. Yet no-one speaks to Claire and she begins to wonder if she is invisible. Jamie explains the superstition - both women and redheaded men are considered bad luck on a ship. To ward off misfortune, the sailors always speak to Jamie before he speaks to them; do not address Claire at all and everyone -Claire included- must touch the horseshoe.
Fergus appears on deck, and is greeted warmly by Jamie, until it is revealed that Marsali is with him. They are married, the couple say, handfast that very morning, after a courtship that had begun the previous August. Since the two young lovers have not yet consummated the marriage, Jamie says that the handfasting is not binding and demands that Marsali return home, as the voyage is too dangerous.
But Marsali is every bit Laoghaire's daughter. After calling Claire an English whore and rolling her eyes at Fergus' admonishment that she must not address Milady in such a fashion, Marsali says that she has sent her mother a letter informing her of the handfasting and if Jamie forces her to return home, she will lie and say that Fergus has bedded her. She will, she adds, either been married or ruined. Painted into a corner, Jamie has no option but to agree, but demands that the two are not to share a cabin. He will share with Fergus and Marsali with Claire - a decision that results in unison cries of "What?!" from both women. Claire tries to change his mind, but it is no use. He must protect Marsali's virtue, he tells a frustrated Claire. When she stalks inside, saying "Mine too, it would seem", Jamie mutters under his breath that now he is going to be sick!
This certainly seems to be the case as the next scene begins. An obviously nauseous Jamie is being fed ginger tea by Claire. Trying to distract himself, he talks of Fergus and Marsali's deception. Claire comments that she doesn't think the two have thought through what a lifetime of commitment will mean, but neither had they when first married. She notices a chest in the corner and Jamie tells her it is some of their things from Lallybroch.
Confused, Claire opens the chest, to find her gowns from Paris inside. Jamie had kept them, he says, as memories of her, but had also allowed Marsali to make use of them. He is becoming more seasick by the minute, prompting Claire to make him drink more tea. She muses that the sea may be calmer the next day, but Jamie says he will be dead by then and asks her to ensure that he is buried at Lallybroch. There is a knock on the door and Claire is called away, Lesley telling her that she is needed.
Claire tends to a sailor who has been injured on deck. It is an unexpected injury and the captain has come below to see what has happened. The sailor, named Manzetti, is asked if he touched the horseshoe. He assures everyone that he has, but it is being taken as an ill omen nonetheless. Someone has not touched the horseshoe, it is mused, something which is extremely bad luck. Claire comments that accidents happen, but this logic is not well received. The Captain quotes Shakespeare in his explanation to her and invites Claire and Jamie to dine with him that evening. Claire accepts, but says that Jamie will probably not feel like food, a comment that brings a brief chuckle from the captain.
Meanwhile, Jamie is trying to talk sense to Fergus, telling the young man that he hardly knows his bride. Fergus counters that Claire and Jamie hadn't known each other well when they married either. Jamie tries to say that he and Claire had been forced to marry, but Fergus isn't buying this argument for a minute.
If Jamie and Claire had been forced to marry, he says, then his own heart is forced to beat; he is forced to breathe. He knows the story and also knows that Jamie had wanted Claire from the moment he saw her. Jamie didn't need time and neither does he. Fergus expresses disappointment that Jamie isn't happy for him. Jamie asks why Fergus hadn't told him beforehand. Fergus answers that it is for the same reason that Jamie had kept Laoghaire a secret from Claire: he was a coward. Jamie asks if Fergus has lied to Marsali too. No, Fergus says, he and Marsali have no secrets. She is aware of his birth in a brothel and his life as a pickpocket. He is forced however, to admit that he hasn't told Marsali about his previous liaisons with women, but stresses that he has not yet bedded Marsali, nor any other woman since their courtship began. He has waited: a fact which must mean something. But Jamie says that it doesn't mean anything if Fergus cannot be honest with his bride.
Captain Raines and Claire are dining in the captain's quarters. Raine expresses his regret that Jamie's seasickness has prevented him from joining them, but Claire comments that she believes that she is the one he had wanted to dine with anyway, as she had questioned his authority in front of the men in regards to the horseshoe.
Raines replies that he merely wants to help: to gain the respect of the men she must put herself in their shoes. He reminds her that her mere presence on the ship is ill luck and that by rights, she and Marsali should be bare breasted, as it is believed that a woman's bare breasts calm an angry sea. It is the reason why the ship's figurehead is a bare breasted woman: to keep the ship safe from curses. The captain adds that a horseshoe is more difficult, as there is no substitute. Claire expresses disbelief that touching a piece of iron will bring better luck, but Raines tells her that every ship has its own superstitions. Anything that provides the crew with assurance is to be encouraged. Claire counters that the men can also lose faith just as easily, if the portends indicate disaster, but Raines says he would rather have them make their own luck than give up hope. His own beliefs about touching a piece of iron are immaterial: the men believe in it. Believing something doesn't make it real, Claire tells him, but the captain disagrees. "On this ship, it does," he replies, before quoting Shakespeare once again. "There is nothing good nor bad, but thinking makes it so."
The next scene begins with the extremely unpleasant sights and sounds of Jamie vomiting into a bucket. Interviews about this scene revealed that Sam Heughan actually had to "vomit" up a mixture of egg whites on cue - and it is a mystery how he wasn't actually sick in the process!
This is a very realistic - even nauseating - sight! Mr Willoughby enters, asking how long Jamie plans on continuing this farce, but Jamie says he must allow time for Claire's ginger tea to work. Willoughby argues against waiting, telling Jamie that the retching he is experiencing can cause more damage, by tearing muscles and even twisting his testicles to the point of requiring removal. He tells Jamie that if Jamie truly wants to wait it is his choice - but it is obvious that he has another plan in mind.
Meanwhile, Marsali and Claire are choosing beds. Marsali comments that Claire should take the bigger one, so that she won't bump her head when she gets up. Claire misinterprets this as an attempt by Marsali to get into her good graces so that Claire will put in a good word with Jamie, and tells the younger woman that she doesn't need to do this, as the situation with Marsali and Fergus is none of her business.
In a retort worthy of both her mother and Jenny, Marsali responds with dripping sarcasm. Claire has dropped out of the clear blue sky, she says, sticking her nose in and ruining her family, but now she has suddenly decided to mind her own business. Jamie may think Claire a wise woman, but Marsali still thinks she's a whore. Abruptly, Claire abandons any pretence at friendship and takes the bigger bed! This scene is fabulous comic relief by Caitriona Balfe and Lauren Lyle and it is hoped the two will share many more scenes in the future!
The next morning, Claire comes across a much improved Jamie having breakfast and she is pleased to see him looking so much better. Marsali and Fergus appear and Marsali tells Jamie that Fergus has told her everything.
She's not naive, she says, she knows Fergus has been with lasses, but now they only want to be with each other. Fergus asks for Jamie to bless their union. Claire speaks up in support, which causes a brief look of disbelief to cross Marsali's face. Claire takes Jamie aside, telling him that if he allows the infatuation to continue, it may well fizzle out. Jamie's response to her is amusing, if for no other reason than it turns the word fizzle into a double entendre, but he will not change his mind, telling the young couple that he simply cannot allow it.
Up on deck, Mr Willoughby is painting characters onto the boards with a brush and water. Claire, who has finally ditched her coat and has repurposed her outfit into a more casual "African Queenesque" ensemble complete with loosely tied ponytail, sees him and asks what the characters are.
Willoughby replies that it is a poem and takes papers from his pocket. Claire assumes this to be more poetry, but Willoughby tells her that he has been scribing his life in China so that it will not be forgotten. The water characters start to fade as Willoughby says that a story told is a life lived. Claire asks if he will tell the story to her. But Willoughby refuses, saying "Not yet". If he tells the story, he will have to let it go. He leaves her on deck and she watches the last of the characters disappear as she looks out to sea.
Time passes. Claire immerses herself in her job as ship doctor, treating injuries and making medicines. She likes the life at sea, as it reminds her of a simpler time.
A bawdy sea shanty is in full swing as she walks back to the cabin, where she discovers Mr Willoughby treating Jamie with acupuncture needles. It is his treatment, not her tea, that has cured his seasickness. Willoughby apologises, saying that Jamie hadn't wanted the treatment but he himself had insisted. Jamie tells him it is all right and Willoughby leaves the cabin. Claire asks why Jamie hadn't told her about the acupuncture and Jamie replies that he didn't want to hurt her feelings, given that they haven't been on the most stable ground recently. He didn't want Claire to see the failed tea as more proof that she didn't belong. And at last, there comes some affection and reconciliation between the two.
Claire tells him that while her return has been confusing and frustrating, there has never been any question that she loves him. Their arms go around each other and she teases him, saying that he looks like a pin cushion. He feels like one too, he tells her, but he hasn't vomited in weeks. They kiss briefly, before Jamie looks quizzically above, commenting that they are not moving.
It is true. The ship has stopped. The sailors are checking the instruments, but even though they are on course, they have lost the wind. Jamie comes up on desk and asks what is going on.
The acupuncture needles are still in his face and Raines asks about them. Willoughby explains, saying that it is a Chinese treatment for sea sickness. Jamie asks if it is usual to lose the wind in these latitudes and the rumblings about ill luck begin again, as well as some comments about who might be responsible. Claire tries to stop this, by suggesting that everyone line up and touch the horseshoe then and there, so that the ship's rules are complied with. Hayes agrees that this is a good idea but the sailors dismiss it: it is too late to touch the horseshoe now - it must be done at the start of a voyage. Raines tells everyone not to worry: the wind will return and they must be ready when it does.
It is night and Claire and Jamie share a moment alone on deck, marvelling at the fact it is just them at last. "And the man in the moon," adds Jamie, kissing her. Wrapping herself in his arms, Claire tells Jamie that before she left Boston, men had just flown to the moon. Jamie wonders what it looks like and she tells him of the photographs she has seen. It is rocky and barren and lifeless, but beautiful. She tells him that the craters can be seen, pointing out the dark spots.
Jamie refers to them as the Man in the Moon's face and says that the moon looks close enough to speak to. Claire begins to quote from "Goodnight, Moon", explaining emotionally to Jamie that she used to read the book to Brianna and that Brianna could recite it to her toy bunny before she could even read. "You miss her," says Jamie. "Terribly," she whispers in response and he pulls her closer to him. This is a beautifully tender scene, acted spectacularly as always by Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe.
Another day dawns and still the ship is not moving. A clock is heard ticking in the background, as Claire's voiceover announces that the days have turned into weeks. Sailors are trying to keep busy with various tasks, but the tension is building. The ship is becalmed in the middle of a vast ocean and even the most experienced sailors are starting to fear the worst. And indeed, it appears as if the worst has happened: the drinking water on board has started to go bad, spoiled by the bilge water. Raines instructs the men to save what they can, and to boil the rest. On top of that, they must go to half rations. He tells them all to pray for rain and leaves.
But the sailors have another suggestion: to find the Jonah who has brought them ill luck and throw the man overboard. A close up on Hayes' worried face indicates the possible identity of the "Jonah" as the scene ends.
Raines, Claire and Jamie discuss the situation. There are only five unspoiled barrels left, which will not be enough. They could normally wait for the wind to return, but not without water or ale. Raines asks who they should blame. Claire says that the bilge water spoiled the barrels, but Raines says that is not what he asked. A scapegoat is needed and Raines is going to allow one to be chosen. Indeed, Raines says he may not be able to stop the sailors. They must believe that he is doing everything he can on their behalf or there will be a mutiny. Jamies states that none of his men will be thrown overboard.
Meanwhile the sailors are going through a list of people they have seen touch the horseshoe. All of Jamie's party have done so, except for one: Hayes. They start to openly call him Jonah and Lesley leaps to his friend's defence, but when the two are left alone in the cabin, Hayes admits that he doesn't think he touched it.
The threats and uncertainty have gotten to Hayes: drunk now, he has climbed to the top of the mast and the others are encouraging him to jump. Lesley explains to Jamie what has happened: the sailors have accused Hayes of not touching the horseshoe and he can't remember if he did so or not. The men had planned to throw him overboard, so he had climbed up high to escape them, but is now thinking they might be right. And so Jamie, ever MacDubh to his men, promptly climbs the rigging to reach Hayes and talk him down.
Jamie reminds him of Ardsmuir, encouraging Hayes to listen to him and not the others. "It was us versus them and it's the same now." If the men are going to throw Hayes overboard, Jamie says, they will have to throw him, Lesley, Fergus and Willoughby (who has just noticed a sea bird flying low over the water) overboard first. Jamie tries another approach: if Hayes jumps, he will be forced to go in after him and Claire will kill them both! He promises Hayes that he won't let any harm come to him and holds out his hand. Hayes takes it finally, but loses his balance and a few anxious moments pass until he manages to catch hold of the rigging. The two men climb down and face an angry mob below who chant "Jonah", as knives are drawn and threats are made.
But it is Willoughby who saves the day. Ringing the bell for silence, he begins to tell his own life story. Willoughby tells them how, in his own country, he was a poet. His poetry came to the attention of the Emperor's second wife, and she asked him to join her household. This was a great honour, but with the condition that as a member of the household of the Emperor's wife, he must be a eunuch. It was dishonourable to refuse; a death sentence, in fact. But, an emotional Willoughby explains, he had fallen in love with women; the taste of their breasts, the scent of their navels, the feeling of their warm mounds like peaches. He is winning over the crowd with his erotic descriptions, and Claire and Jamie share an amused smile! Willoughby fled on the Night of the Lanterns, he says. He left his house and came to a place where the golden words of his poems are taken for the clucking of hens and his calligraphy for bird scratchings. The women now call him Yellow Worm and even the lowest of whores will not lie with him. By not surrendering his manhood, he has lost everything else: honour, livelihood and country.
Sometimes, he says, he thinks it is not worth it. Dramatically he stands on the edge of the ship and throws the papers of his life story overboard. But instead of sinking, they float into the air: the wind has returned! The sailors spring into action, preparing the boat to set sail once again. Hayes approaches Willoughby and makes a guarded apology, by way of saying that he has heard worse stories. Claire asks Willoughby how he knew the wind was about to return and he draws her attention to the low flying bird. When birds fly high, he says, the air is dry, but when they fly low, the air is heavy and rain is coming. Calling Willoughby by his true name, Claire makes a heartfelt thank you. Overcome, the man turns away. Rain patters onto the deck, erasing the last of Willoughby's letters.
The mood is jubilant as the rain falls. Barrels are filled, men stand with their mouths open, drinking in the rainwater. Below deck, Jamie and Claire giggle as the rolling of the ship knocks them into each other. Aroused, they rush into a storeroom and make love as quickly and as quietly as they can. Claire tells Jamie that others will hear them, to which Jamie responds "Let them!" Afterwards, Claire lies with her head on Jamie's chest, as he strokes her hair, telling her that he likes the grey that is returning. The way the light hits it, it is like a piece of silver moonlight. Claire comments that it is impossible not to love a man who says such things.
With a clever nod to the fandom's name for Jamie, she tells him that were he to say that in the 20th century, he would be the King of All Men. Seriously now, she tells him that she had always known, when she decided to return, that they would have to get used to each other again. "No matter what troubles happen around us, Sassenach," Jamie says, "This, what it is between us, never changes." They kiss tenderly - and the fans rejoice to see them happy again.
And so, of course, this must mean that the happiness is destined not to last. The ship is being pursued by a British Man o War, which is signalling that they want the Artemis to heave to. Raines says that the pursuing ship may be short handed and will need men. There is no choice but to heave to. Hastily Claire and Jamie discuss what may happen. Jamie tells Claire that by law, they can press any British subject into service, which amounts to over half the crew, Jamie included.
Jamie tells Claire that if he is taken, she must continue on to Jamaica to find Young Ian. She agrees. But when the very young acting captain of the Porpoise comes aboard, it is not men that he wants, but a surgeon. The ship has suffered an outbreak of infectious plague, Captain Leonard explains. Claire tells him that she is the surgeon, but that he shouldn't have come on board, nor should he touch anyone while there. Leonard says that he had no choice: the captain and 2 lieutenants are dead, as well as the surgeon and the surgeon's mate. He himself is not experiencing symptoms, but hundreds of others are. He is not there to press men, as he doesn't want more mouths to feed. What he does want is medical assistance. Claire asks what symptoms the men are experiencing and is told griping pain, vomiting, diarrhoea and a rash on their stomachs. Claire says she knows what it might be, but she will need to examine the men first. Leonard asks if she will come aboard, and Claire agrees at precisely the same time as Jamie refuses. The two retire to discuss the situation. Jamie tells Claire she can't set foot on a plague ship, but Claire says that she cannot catch what is on board. It is not plague but typhoid fever, which she has been inoculated against.
She can show the men what to do, she says and she has an obligation to help, due to the oath she swore to become a doctor. Jamie understands oaths. He rubs his finger over her wedding band, remarking that he has taken an oath or two himself and none of them lightly. Jamie remarks that he knows there is no talking her out of it, to which Claire replies that they must both be older and wiser. Jamie says he will not take his eyes off the ship until she returns and they kiss.
Jamie watches as Claire is rowed over to the Porpoise. She is greeted formally on her arrival by the healthy men who remain. She is taken below to where the sick men are and the sights and sounds are horrific (to the viewer as well!) Covering her mouth and nose, Claire takes stock. The conditions are deplorable. Examining the stomach of one man, she sees the tell tale red rash.
In the captain's quarters, Claire tells Leonard that the disease is called typhoid. The methods of containing it are different to other diseases and she knows how to do this. She relays the instructions, but warns Leonard that most of the sick men will still die. What is important is containing the spread, but it will get a lot worse before it gets better. Claire offers to stay for a while to help them organise themselves and Leonard responds that he will be grateful for any assistance. Claire says she will need a dozen healthy crewmen and is promptly introduced to the first of them: a very young man, known as Mr Pound. Claire says that she will work fast, as Jamie and Captain Raines will be anxious to get underway. Leonard tells her that she will inform the ship that she will be a little while longer.
But while Claire is below in the galley fighting with the cook for boiled water, a sudden surge indicates that they are underway.
Claire goes to confront Captain Leonard. He has no choice, he says, as they are desperate. Since both ships are travelling to Jamaica, he has sent word that accommodation will be provided until Claire is able to rejoin the Artemis. Mr Pound reappears to tell Claire that they are ready to move the men. With one last despairing look at the Artemis, she turns to begin her work. There is nothing else she can do.
This episode focuses a lot on the concept of respect. First and foremost, superstitions on ships must be respected and are ignored at peril. Character wise, Willoughby earns the respect not only of Jamie and Claire for his skill with acupuncture, poetry and calligraphy, but also from the men at large for seemingly returning the wind and breaking the curse. Claire and Marsali are yet to earn each other's respect and in turn, Marsali and Fergus are waiting for Jamie to respect and approve their wish to be married. The captains of both ships respect Claire's skill, but this is not enough to prevent yet another separation for Jamie and Claire. Now viewers and readers are left to respect the storytelling of the episodes to come - and trust that the Frasers will soon be reunited!
This recap was written by Susie Brown, a teacher-librarian and writer who lives in Australia. She hated the realism of the vomiting scenes, and although she doesn't suffer from seasickness, started to turn green along with Jamie!
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Tropical Storm Harvey Leaves Houston Underwater
By MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press
Two kayakers try to beat the current pushing them down an overflowing Brays Bayou along S. Braeswood in Houston, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. (Mark Mulligan/Houston Chronicle via AP)
HOUSTON (AP) — Tropical Storm Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into the nation's fourth-largest city Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground and overwhelmed rescuers who could not keep up with the constant calls for help.
'GOING TO SAVE SOME LIVES'
Heroes converging in #Houston#houstonflood #HurricaneHarvey pic.twitter.com/052ObBBrpx
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The incessant rain covered much of Houston in turbid, gray-green water and turned streets into rivers navigable only by boat. In a rescue effort that recalled the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, helicopters landed near flooded freeways, airboats buzzed across submerged neighborhoods and high-wheeled vehicles plowed through water-logged intersections. Some people managed with kayaks or canoes or swam.
Volunteers joined emergency teams to pull people from their homes or from the water, which was high enough in places to gush into second floors. The flooding was so widespread that authorities had trouble pinpointing the worst areas. They urged people to get on top of their homes to avoid becoming trapped in attics and to wave sheets or towels to draw attention to their location.
A reporter in Houston spotted a truck driver stuck in the flood. She was able to flag down police who saved his life live on TV. Holy crap. pic.twitter.com/v2nNjxJ12P
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Judging from federal disaster declarations, the storm has so far affected about a quarter of the Texas population, or 6.8 million people in 18 counties. It was blamed for at least two deaths.
As the water rose, the National Weather Service offered another ominous forecast: Before the storm that arrived Friday as a Category 4 hurricane is gone, some parts of Houston and its suburbs could get as much as 50 inches (1.3 meters) of rain. That would be the highest amount ever recorded in Texas.
Unbelievable Before & After of the flooding on Buffalo Bayou in #Houston from #Harvey. (Via streetreporter on Youtube) pic.twitter.com/a6FXIh0rtq
— Matt Reagan (@ReaganMatt) August 27, 2017
Some areas have already received about half that amount. Since Thursday, South Houston recorded nearly 25 inches (63 centimeters), and the suburbs of Santa Fe and Dayton got 27 inches (69 centimeters).
"The breadth and intensity of this rainfall is beyond anything experienced before," the National Weather Service said in a statement.
Average rainfall totals will end up around 40 inches (1 meter) for Houston, weather service meteorologist Patrick Burke said.
The director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Brock Long, predicted that the aftermath of the storm would require FEMA's involvement for years.
"This disaster's going to be a landmark event," Long said.
Rescuers had to give top priority to life-and-death situations, leaving many affected families to fend for themselves.
Tom Bartlett and Steven Craig pulled a rowboat on a rope through chest-deep water for a mile to rescue Bartlett's mother from her home in west Houston. It took them 45 minutes to reach the house. Inside, the water was halfway up the walls.
Marie Bartlett, 88, waited in her bedroom upstairs.
"When I was younger, I used to wish I had a daughter, but I have the best son in the world," she said. "In my 40 years here, I've never seen the water this high."
The city's main convention center was quickly opened as a shelter.
Gillis Leho arrived there soaking wet. She said she awoke Sunday to find her downstairs flooded. She tried to move some belongings upstairs, then grabbed her grandchildren.
"When they told us the current was getting high, we had to bust a window to get out," Leho said.
William Cain sought shelter after water started coming inside his family's apartment and they lost power. "I live in a lake where there was once dry land," he said.
Some people used inflatable beach toys, rubber rafts and even air mattresses to get through the water to safety. Others waded while carrying trash bags stuffed with their belongings and small animals in picnic coolers.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said authorities had received more than 2,000 calls for help, with more coming in. He urged drivers to stay off roads to avoid adding to the number of those stranded.
"I don't need to tell anyone this is a very, very serious and unprecedented storm," Turner told a news conference. "We have several hundred structural flooding reports. We expect that number to rise pretty dramatically."
The deteriorating situation was bound to provoke questions about the conflicting advice given by the governor and Houston leaders before the hurricane. Gov. Greg Abbott urged people to flee from Harvey's path, but the Houston mayor issued no evacuation orders and told everyone to stay home.
The governor refused to point fingers on Sunday.
"Now is not the time to second-guess the decisions that were made," Abbott, a Republican, said at a news conference in Austin. "What's important is that everybody work together to ensure that we are going to, first, save lives and, second, help people across the state rebuild."
The mayor, a Democrat, defended his decision, saying there was no way to know which parts of the city were most vulnerable.
"If you think the situation right now is bad, and you give an order to evacuate, you are creating a nightmare," Turner said, citing the risks of sending the city's 2.3 million inhabitants onto the highways at the same time.
Jesse Gonzalez, and his son, also named Jesse, used their boat to rescue people from a southeast Houston neighborhood. Asked what he had seen, the younger Gonzalez replied: "A lot of people walking and a lot of dogs swimming."
"It's chest- to shoulder-deep out there in certain areas," he told television station KTRK as the pair grabbed a gasoline can to refill their boat.
The Coast Guard deployed five helicopters and asked for additional aircraft from New Orleans.
The White House announced that President Donald Trump would visit Texas on Tuesday. He met Sunday by teleconference with top administration officials to discuss federal support for response and recovery efforts.
The rescues unfolded a day after Harvey settled over the Texas coastline. The system weakened Saturday to a tropical storm.
On Sunday, it was virtually stationary about 25 miles (40 kilometers) northwest of Victoria, Texas, with maximum sustained winds of about 40 mph (72.42 kph), the hurricane center said.
Harvey was the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in 13 years and the strongest to strike Texas since 1961's Hurricane Carla, the most powerful Texas hurricane on record.
Associated Press writers Carla K. Johnson in Chicago; Juan Lozano, Josh Replogle and Robert Ray in Houston; Peter Banda in Dickinson, Texas; and Jamie Stengle in Dallas contributed to this report.
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GoBoat arrives
A new boating operator has landed on the lower Yarra River at the Banana Alley berth, offering customers a unique way of travelling on our river.
Having won a 10-year overnight berthing license from Parks Victoria in July, GoBoat Melbourne has since relocated its business from Docklands to Banana Alley just in time for the warmer months.
Originating from Copenhagen, Denmark, the electric European-style boats provide groups of up to eight people with the opportunity to hire a boat for up to three hours and navigate their own experience on the Yarra.
Because the boats are set to speeds of under four knots, a designated driver can operate a GoBoat without a boating license. BYO food and drink is also encouraged, however, there are strict limits on alcohol.
With all boats made from recycled plastic bottles and running on very quiet electric motors, they're also good for the environment.
Having first established its first Australian location on Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra in 2017, GoBoat Melbourne co-owners Oliver Swan and Andrew Ferguson said they had seen a great opportunity to bring the experience to Melbourne.
"I had always been in the entertainment and experience kind of game so I made contact with Nick from Canberra, who is the owner of GoBoat Australia, and we got chatting about the possibility of Melbourne," Oliver said.
"In August 2018, we made enquiries with Melbourne City Council and spoke to a lot of the people in the industry down here and found out about the Parks Victoria tender process, but when we spoke to the council we were originally offered the spots down in Docklands."
"We submitted our tender [to Parks Victoria] on February 1 and then we were notified that we'd be offered Banana Alley and two berths up the river, which is a fantastic opportunity for GoBoat."
With a fleet of 10 boats, the addition of GoBoat Melbourne to the lower Yarra represents an exciting prospect for the local business community and provides a new and different experience to what is currently on offer on the river.
He added that its new position at Banana Alley was advantageous for its customers as it was directly linked to the CBD and Southbank and provided access to what he considered to be the best part of the Yarra.
And by encouraging a social experience where "the customer could make it their own", he said the model was proving successful for bringing new demographics to the river.
"One of the most amazing things that has come out of this is that over 50 per cent of our passengers are women and over 75 per cent of customers that book are female and we believe it's a new demographic to the river and that's really good."
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I think we can agree on this. Time apart has done us well.
Glimpses of you sporadically reveal themselves to me. And each time it is a sucker punch to see you. Happy, healthy. A good sucker punch, as much as one can be. Yes, my heart seizes and my stomach lurches and the blood rushes to my brain.. but once all of that has calmed down, there is a gentle knowingness. The truth that together we were dying, and apart we are healing.
I cannot say I've let go of you. I think of you often, in my wakefulness and sleep. What are you doing? How are you fairing? Who are you becoming?
I am no longer privy to this information and I fight the urge to see if I can get it through the internet.
It's not my job to care anymore.
And to another point, I know whatever is on there won't be real. We never revealed the truth of our thoughts and feelings and circumstance in such a public fashion.
Even as the days get easier and the aches get further apart, I still sit in shocked silence when I realize it's only been a handful of months, a couple of seasons. Barely any time at all, and with just a glimpse of your image, I'm thrown right back to where we were.
Under the night sky, the haze of smoke, the fire of your hand on mine. The emotion of love swallowing us in the midst of the audience surrounding.
Then again, under a different night sky. Your hand tugging mine, our lips briefly touching, the moment over in an instant.
My first true kiss and I barely felt it.
It's been asked of me every time you come up in conversation with the few who knew that we ever were an "us." I usually say that the passion, even if merely anger, was my reason for lingering as you weaved in and out of my life.
And we both know that I did my own fair share of weaving.
Maybe no one will ever know the depths of what we shared, the rope we extended to each other – at first pulling upward, then tumbling down.
The reason we had to sever it.
I hope you know all that I think and feel and hope for you is goodness and freedom and joy.
I pray this is your best year yet.
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JB Hi-Fi shrugs off the retail crunch to post record sales of $5.6 billion
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Consumer electronics retailer JB Hi-Fi has again defied the retail slowdown, posting a 13.2% rise in full year net profit of $172.4 million as revenue jumped 42% to a record $5.62 billion.
In Australia, total sales grew by 10.9% to $4.15 billion, with comparable sales up 8.6%.
For the whitegoods retailer The Good Guys, acquired in November, total sales were up 0.2% to $1.26 billion with comparable sales down 1.3%.
"2017 has been a great year. We are pleased to have delivered record sales and earnings, both on a statutory and underlying basis," says CEO Richard Murray.
"It has been a particularly strong 18 months for the JB HI-FI business in Australia and we are pleased with the recent performance of The Good Guys and excited about the future opportunities for the group."
The company declared a fully franked dividend of 18 cents a share, bringing the full year payout to 118 cents.
In July, sales growth for JB Hi-Fi was 8.8% with comparable sales growth of 5.8%.
In 2018, the company expects to open five JB Hi-Fi stores and continue to monitor opportunities for its newly acquired The Good Guys stores. The company currently has 303 stores in Australia and New Zealand.
JB Hi-Fi expects total group sales to be about $6.8 billion in 2018.
The 2017 numbers:
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Felice Persico appointed EY's Global Assurance Leader
LONDON - Monday, July 22nd 2013 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- EY announced today that Felice Persico has become its Global Vice Chair for Assurance. Felice will lead a business of over 65,000 professionals worldwide, providing services that include: financial statement audit; fraud investigation and dispute services; financial accounting advisory services; and climate change and sustainability services.
Felice was previously the Assurance Leader for EY's Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA) business. He joined EY in 1986 and has served as Assurance COO for EMEIA as well as Assurance Leader for Italy and Continental Western Europe. Felice is the global lead audit Partner for several global Fortune 100 companies and also has extensive experience in assisting companies with capital market transactions, as well as in financial due diligence and valuation services.
Felice says: "The dynamic global business landscape is reshaping the financial and reporting en ... Read more »
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Reel Code Media App Makes Its Debut at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim
New App Connects Single Images to Multiple Interactive Behind the Scenes Content
MIAMI - Sunday, July 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE) Reel Code Media, a new app, is making a splash during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim, Miami's most anticipated fashion event. The innovative app lets attendees view and control multiple types of interactive behind the scenes content after scanning a single framed image.
For users the app is simple to learn. To activate content such as videos, links, promotions and more; users scan any Reel Code Media image, select one of the four corners of the frame and drag it to the center of their viewing screen. For advertisers there's no need to change signage to deliver new updates because the content can be customized at the back end - even after the image using Reel Code technology has been released to the public - allowing promotion and advertising to be updated daily. A major benefit of the app is the ability to serve multiple in ... Read more »
Celgene Will Discontinue Phase III ORIGIN® Trial in Previously Untreated Elderly Patients with B-Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
SUMMIT, N.J, - Sunday, July 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE) Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) today announced that after consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Celgene will discontinue treatment with REVLIMID® (lenalidomide) in the open-label, phase III ORIGIN® trial, which enrolled 450 patients in over 100 sites in 26 countries. An imbalance was observed in the number of deaths in patients treated with lenalidomide versus patients treated with chlorambucil.
The FDA placed the ORIGIN study on clinical hold on July 12, 2013, with the discontinuation of lenalidomide treatment. All clinical investigators in ongoing chronic lymphocytic leukemia studies using lenalidomide will be officially advised of this action and instructed to inform their patients accordingly.
REVLIMID is not approved as a treatment for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
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Dongyan Zhang (Physics) has received funding from StabiLux Biosciences, Inc. in the amount of $198,944. This is for a two-year project entitled "High Brightness Fluorophores II".
Dr. Zhang is the co-PI of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II project funded by National Science Foundation.
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Three startup companies with Michigan Tech roots have been named semi-finalists in this year's Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition.
Goldstrike Data, a big data analytics firm founded and headed by Michigan Tech alumna Ashley Kern '15, was selected as one of 36 semi-finalists, as were StabiLux Biosciences (Novolux Biosciences) and Orbion Space Technology. StabiLux Biosciences( Novolux Biosciences) was founded by Yoke Khin Yap, a professor of physics at Tech, and Orbion Space Technology was founded by L. Brad King, the Ron and Elaine Starr Professor in Space Systems in the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics.
The semi-finalists are innovative startups from a variety of high-growth sectors including advanced materials, manufacturing, alternative energy, business services, consumer products, information technology, life sciences/healthcare, media, mobility and more. On Nov. 16, 10 finalists will be selected and the winner will be chosen from among the finalists that night at the Detroit Masonic Temple. Since the competition's inception, participating companies have generated more than 1,000 jobs in Michigan and raised more than $550 million in capital.
"We are extremely impressed with the diverse and creative entries that came to us from across the state and we're excited to unveil an outstanding new crop of competitors," said Martin Dober, vice president of Invest Detroit and managing director of Invest Detroit Ventures. "This competition has the potential to be life changing for these businesses. It is truly rewarding to help put promising young startups on a trajectory toward success."
Each year, the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition showcases the startup innovation throughout Michigan and provides startups with the exposure, funding and mentorship they need. The first place company will win $500,000. The total value of all prizes is almost $1 million.


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Health warnings as Western Europe swelters under heatwave
Joseph Schmid with AFP bureaus
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Dutch authorities warned that the beach in Zandvoort was getting dangerously crowded
France heatwave warnings
Map of France giving heatwave warnings per region for July 31 - Aug 1
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Address To The Greater Houston Ministerial Association
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Reverend Meza, Reverend Reck, I'm grateful for your generous invitation to state my views.
While the so-called religious issue is necessarily and properly the chief topic here tonight, I want to emphasize from the outset that I believe that we have far more critical issues in the 1960 campaign; the spread of Communist influence, until it now festers only 90 miles from the coast of Florida -- the humiliating treatment of our President and Vice President by those who no longer respect our power -- the hungry children I saw in West Virginia, the old people who cannot pay their doctors bills, the families forced to give up their farms -- an America with too many slums, with too few schools, and too late to the moon and outer space. These are the real issues which should decide this campaign. And they are not religious issues -- for war and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barrier.
But because I am a Catholic, and no Catholic has ever been elected President, the real issues in this campaign have been obscured -- perhaps deliberately, in some quarters less responsible than this. So it is apparently necessary for me to state once again -- not what kind of church I believe in, for that should be important only to me -- but what kind of America I believe in.
I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute; where no Catholic prelate would tell the President -- should he be Catholic -- how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote; where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference, and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the President who might appoint him, or the people who might elect him.
I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish; where no public official either requests or accept instructions on public policy from the Pope, the National Council of Churches or any other ecclesiastical source; where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials, and where religious liberty is so indivisible that an act against one church is treated as an act against all.
For while this year it may be a Catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed, in other years it has been -- and may someday be again -- a Jew, or a Quaker, or a Unitarian, or a Baptist. It was Virginia's harassment of Baptist preachers, for example, that led to Jefferson's statute of religious freedom. Today, I may be the victim, but tomorrow it may be you -- until the whole fabric of our harmonious society is ripped apart at a time of great national peril.
Finally, I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end, where all men and all churches are treated as equals, where every man has the same right to attend or not to attend the church of his choice, where there is no Catholic vote, no anti-Catholic vote, no bloc voting of any kind, and where Catholics, Protestants, and Jews, at both the lay and the pastoral levels, will refrain from those attitudes of disdain and division which have so often marred their works in the past, and promote instead the American ideal of brotherhood.
That is the kind of America in which I believe. And it represents the kind of Presidency in which I believe, a great office that must be neither humbled by making it the instrument of any religious group nor tarnished by arbitrarily withholding it -- its occupancy from the members of any one religious group. I believe in a President whose views on religion are his own private affair, neither imposed upon him by the nation, nor imposed by the nation upon himÐ'â"- as a condition to holding that office.
I would not look with favor upon a President working to subvert the first amendment's guarantees of religious liberty; nor would our system of checks and balances permit him to do so. And neither do I look with favor upon those who would work to subvert Article VI of the Constitution by requiring a religious test, even by indirection. For if they disagree with that safeguard, they should be openly working to repeal it.
I want a Chief Executive whose public acts are responsible to all and obligated to none, who can attend any ceremony, service, or dinner his office may appropriately require of him to fulfill; and whose fulfillment of his Presidential office is not limited or conditioned by any religious oath, ritual, or obligation.
This is the kind of America I believe in -- and this is the kind of America I fought for in the South Pacific, and the kind my brother died for in Europe. No one suggested then that we might have a divided loyalty, that we did not believe in liberty, or that we belonged to a disloyal group that threatened -- I quote -- "the freedoms for which our forefathers died."
And in fact this is the kind of America for which our forefathers did die when they fled here to escape religious test oaths that denied office to members of less favored churches -- when they fought for the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom -- and when they fought at the shrine I visited today, the Alamo. For side by side with Bowie and Crockett died Fuentes, and McCafferty, and Bailey, and Badillo, and Carey -- but no one knows whether they were Catholics or not. For there was no religious test there.
I ask you tonight to follow in that tradition -- to judge me on the basis of 14 years in the Congress, on my declared
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