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Suicide Squad Gets Some Crazy New Character Posters
June 24, 2016 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment
While there are a lot of people excited about Suicide Squad, it's one of the big unknowns of the summer, and it's likely that after seeing these new character posters, a lot of people still won't know what to think. What it certainly continues to do is suggest this isn't going to be a typical comic book movie.
Here's the synopsis: 'From director David Ayer ("Fury," "End of Watch") comes "Suicide Squad," starring Oscar nominee Will Smith ("Ali," "The Pursuit of Happyness"), Oscar winner Jared Leto ("Dallas Buyers Club"), Margot Robbie ("The Wolf of Wall Street," "Focus"), Joel Kinnaman ("Run All Night," "The Killing") and Oscar nominee Viola Davis ("The Help," "Doubt").
'It feels good to be bad… Assemble a team of the world's most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government's disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren't picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it's every man for himself?
'Written and directed by Ayer based on the characters from DC Comics, the film also stars Jai Courtney ("Insurgent"), Jay Hernandez ("Takers"), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ("Thor: The Dark World"), Ike Barinholtz ("Neighbors"), Scott Eastwood ("Fury"), Cara Delevingne ("Paper Towns"), Adam Beach ("Cowboys & Aliens"), and Karen Fukuhara in her feature film debut. It is produced by Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, with Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Colin Wilson and Geoff Johns serving as executive producers.'
The film will be in cinemas in August. [Read more…]
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ACTORS: Will Smith, Joel Kinnaman, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Jared Leto DIRECTORS: David Ayer FILMS: Suicide Squad
New Suicide Squad Trailer – DC Comics villains become a band on unlikely heroes, maybe?
The new trailer for Suicide Squad is keen to show that this is going to be a rather different kind of comic book movie, and that it's not going to just pay lip service to the fact the heroes are actually a bunch of villains. It does look like it could be fund though, and may actually end up helping sell an interconnected DC Comics film universe more than the mixed reaction to Batman v Superman.
Suicide Squad Trailer – Can a truly villainous bunch of comic book baddies become the heroes?
January 20, 2016 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment
Suicide Squad is definitely one of the more intriguing films of the year, especially as it brings together a bunch of villains from the DC Comics universe and will try to make them the (anti)heroes. While we've had a few pics and a first look promo, now we have out best look yet thanks to a great new trailer.
Here's the synopsis: 'An all-star roster of actors has joined new action adventure Suicide Squad, bringing DC Comics' super villain team to the big screen under the direction of David Ayer ("Fury"). The film will star two-time Oscar nominee Will Smith ("The Pursuit of Happyness," "Ali," "Focus") as Deadshot; Joel Kinnaman ("Run All Night", "Robocop") as Rick Flagg; Margot Robbie ("The Wolf of Wall Street," "Focus," upcoming the "Tarzan" movie) as Harley Quinn; Oscar winner Jared Leto ("Dallas Buyers Club," "Alexander") as the Joker; Jai Courtney ("Divergent," "The Water Diviner") as Boomerang; and Cara Delevingne ("Anna Karenina," upcoming "Pan") as Enchantress.
'Ayer is also writing the script for Suicide Squad, which is being produced by Charles Roven ("The Dark Knight" trilogy, upcoming "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice") and Richard Suckle ("American Hustle"). Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Colin Wilson and Geoff Johns are serving as executive producers.'
The film is based around that a group of captured villains are given a chance at redemption as long as they team up and take on a mission that none of them are expected to survive. The film will be in cinemas in August, but you can take a look at the trailer and a new poster below.
ACTORS: Will Smith, Joel Kinnaman, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney DIRECTORS: David Ayer FILMS: Suicide Squad
The Suicide Squad Get Graffiti Character Logo Posters
It seems 2016 may be the year when popular franchises try something different, such as the X-Men spin-off Deadpool, which is so crazy it's just been banned in China, and Rogue One, which promises to be a different kind of Star Wars story. There's also Warner/DC's Suicide Squad, which looks like it might be fun and does supposedly tie into the comic book universe they're creating with the likes of Batman v Superman, but is likely to be rather different in tone.
To help us see this may not be a typical comic book flick, a set of graffiti-style character posters have been released, which you can take a look at below.
'Ayer is also writing the script for Suicide Squad, which is being produced by Charles Roven ("The Dark Knight" trilogy, upcoming "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice") and Richard Suckle ("American Hustle"). Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Colin Wilson and Geoff Johns are serving as executive producers.' The film will be in cinemas in August, but you can take a look at the new posters below.
Concussion Trailer – Will Smith takes on American Football brain trauma
August 31, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment
There's been a lot of talk in the US about the possible effects of playing American Football on the brain, and whether having a career in the game can have massive repercussions for the players.
Concussion wants to take a long, hard look at the subject, with the movie following 'Dr.BennetOmalu (Will Smith) who – after studying the brains of ex-pros such as Dave Duerson (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) and Andre Waters (Richard T. Jones) – discovers that they were suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neuro-degenerative disease caused by repeated trauma to the head.
'The film also stars Luke Wilson as NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, and Albert Brooks and Alec Baldwin as doctors who help Dr.Omaluin his fight for the truth to be known.'
The first trailer has now arrived, which you can watch below. [Read more…]
ACTORS: Will Smith, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Luke Wilson, Alberts Brooks, Alex Baldwin DIRECTORS: Peter Landesman FILMS: Concussion (2015)
Suicide Squad First Look Trailer – The DC Comics bad guys get a shot at redemption
July 14, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment
While it's a safe bet Batman v Superman will do good business, 2015's other major DC Comics adaptation, Suicide Squad, is a more uncertain proposition. It's not surprising then that the film wanted to use Comic Con to introduce the world to the movie and they've now released the first look trailer for us all to see.
It's certainly a potentially cool one, with a very detailed and different kind of comic book world to the one we're used to – and the trailer also seems keen to silence those who'd already pre-judged Jared Leto as being wrong for The Joker.
Here's the synopsis: 'An all-star roster of actors has joined new action adventure Suicide Squad, bringing DC Comics' super villain team to the big screen under the direction of David Ayer ("Fury").
'The film will star two-time Oscar nominee Will Smith ("The Pursuit of Happyness," "Ali," "Focus") as Deadshot; Joel Kinnaman ("Run All Night", "Robocop") as Rick Flagg; Margot Robbie ("The Wolf of Wall Street," "Focus," upcoming the "Tarzan" movie) as Harley Quinn; Oscar winner Jared Leto ("Dallas Buyers Club," "Alexander") as the Joker; Jai Courtney ("Divergent," "The Water Diviner") as Boomerang; and Cara Delevingne ("Anna Karenina," upcoming "Pan") as Enchantress.
The film will be in cinemas August 2016. [Read more…]
Take Your First Look At Will Smith, Jai Courtney & Co. In Costume For Suicide Squad
May 4, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment
Suicide Squad has only just started shooting, but director David Ayer is taking a rather different tack with the film than the usual secrecy that surrounds superhero movies, as he's keen to share pics. It makes sense as currently few non-comic book fans know much about it, even if they may have heard of some of the characters, so getting the word out early is going to help.
A few days ago Ayer posted the first pic of Jared Leto in full Joker make-up, and before that we got many of the cast gathered together for a table read. Now he's given us a glance at the Suicide Squad in costume, all looking pretty rough and tough. Indeed, it took me a second glance to realise that it was Will Smith third from the right.
In the image from left to right there is Adam Beach as Slipknot, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Cara Delevingne as Enchantress, Karen Fukuhara as Katana, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flagg, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Will Smith as Deadshot, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Killer Croc, and Jay Hernandez as El Diablo.
While little has been released about the movie, the reason Leto isn't there is that he's the villain these guys are after. Most of them are bad guys themselves, who've all been locked up but are given a chance at redemption by teaming up for a mission none of them are expected to survive. That team becomes known as Task Force X.
Suicide Squad is due out August 2016.
Will Smith, Joel Kinnaman & The Rest Of The Suicide Squad Cast Unite For A Photo
April 9, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment
DC/Warner Bros.' Suicide Squad is going into production very soon and to prepare the cast have gotten together for a read-through of the script, and to mark the occasion director David Ayer has posted a great cast photo on Twitter.
Ayer appears in the pic with Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flagg), Will Smith (Deadshot), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Killer Croc), Jay Hernandez (unknown), Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Jai Courtney (Boomerang), Cara Delevingne (Enchantress), Karen Fukuhara (unknown) and Viola Davis (Amanda Waller).
Ike Barinholtz and Adam Beach are also included, although as this is the first we knew of them being in the movie, there's no info on who they'll play. There's no Jared Leto on hand, who's playing The Joker, but it's not clear why not.
The movie revolveds around an array of supervillains, who have all been captured but are offered the chance for redemption by taking on a mission from which none of them are expected to return alive.
David Ayer is set to direct, with an August 5th, 2016 release date already been set. [Read more…]
ACTORS: Will Smith, Joel Kinnaman, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Viola Davis DIRECTORS: David Ayer FILMS: Suicide Squad
Pompeii (DVD Review)
September 14, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment
Starring: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kiefer Sutherland, Jared Harris
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Release Date: September 15th 2014 (UK)
It becomes clear fairly early on that director Paul W.S. Anderson would like Pompeii to be his Titanic – creating a movie that spends the first half building romance and intrigue before throwing a massive disaster at it, and then hoping the audience will be suitably moved. Indeed there are moments where the parallels become slightly overbearing.
However what Anderson seems to have forgotten is that he's the director of Alien Vs. Predator, Death Race, The Three Musketeers and Soldier, all of which have had great ambition and plenty of good ideas but got crushed under his rather cack-handed and condescending approach to filmmaking. [Read more…]
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Getting Villainous In Thor 2
Another British actor has joined the cast of Thor: The Dark World, as Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje has signed on to play the villain Algrim the Strong and Kurse, according to Variety.
Algrim the Strong was the most powerful of the Dark Elves who is convinced by his leader, Malekith the Accursed (Christopher Eccleston), to battle the mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth). After being defeated by Thor and betrayed by Malekith, he is transformed into a much more powerful entity dubbed Kurse. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is best known for playing Mr. Eko on Lost, and has also appeared in Killer Elite, The Thing, and Faster, and will be seen early next year in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
Game of Thrones director Alan Taylor is taking the helm on this superhero sequel, working from a screenplay by Don Payne (Thor). The film will shot in the UK later this year.
ACTORS: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Chris Hemsworth DIRECTORS: Alan Taylor FILMS: Thor: The Dark World


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Comedian Adam Sandler Spotted in His Hometown of Manchester, New Hampshire
Jolana Miller Published: February 17, 2022
Well, this is so cool! Adam Sandler is home here in New Hampshire at his sister's dental practice, according to comments on the WMUR Instagram feed.
I wonder if he has a cavity? Or maybe he's having his bi-annual teeth-cleaning.
Who knows, but I love that he's basically down the road doing the family thing.
I mean, I literally just finished screaming with excitement after Jennifer Aniston confirmed on Instagram days ago that "Murder Mystery 2" with Adam is a go.
"Murder Mystery" is that whodunit comedy that hit Netflix in the summer of 2019, making one of many of its top 10 lists according to Netflix.
Yes, just those simple words from Jennifer Aniston's Instagram account, "Back to work with my buddy #MurderMystery2" tagging Adam Sandler, was the news so many of us were waiting for. Now, it feels like we could literally see him any minute.
It appears that Adam just finished filming "Murder Mystery 2" with Jennifer (yes, I use first names like I'm friends with them). I say this because according to People Magazine, these good friends reunited for filming in Hawaii, and were literally just there last week.
Now, here we are, a week later, and Adam is home in Manchester. I still remember watching that 60 Minutes episode when they toured his childhood home.
In case you're thinking "wait, I thought he was a New Yorker?", Adam was born in Brooklyn but moved to Manchester when he was 6 years old. He attended Manchester Central High School.
Of course, Granite Staters are loving that he's home right now, commenting on the WMUR feed.
They literally had Adam Sandler day at my daughters high school this week as part of spirit week. What are the chances he was in the state!
We do love him.
Our high school in Peterborough just had a dress like Adam Sandler day!
And I love that he's okay with us knowing he's here.
Awwwww
Since it's a 3-day weekend for many, I wonder if he plans to stick around for a few days?
Yup, super awesome. He's never forgotten where he came from. I always love seeing him wearing New England and New Hampshire logos in his movies.
So, how many are now adding an "Adam Sandler lookout" for this upcoming long weekend?
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The implications of cryptocurrency's quiet privacy revolution
Andrew Munro
Posted: 21 June 2018 4:25 pm News
Unbreakable encryption is coming, for better or worse. How should the world make the most of it?
In December 2015, more than a dozen people in San Bernardino were killed in a workplace-terrorist shooting. The attacker's iPhone was recovered, but it was locked with a 4-digit password and would destroy all data after 10 failed log-in attempts.
In February 2016, the FBI announced that it was unable to unlock the phone and requested that Apple write a backdoor for government authorities to open up that particular phone as well as others when needed. After some legal back and forth, the request was eventually withdrawn and a third-party security firm was hired to create a solution. Slightly ironically, it's not known which security firm engineered the solution and how much they were paid. Journalists filed a freedom of information request to find out, but it was declined and the solver remains anonymous.
The incident left people uneasy on both sides of the fence. Law and order enthusiasts were concerned about the average person on the street carrying cutting-edge military-grade encryption in their pockets and felt that Apple was putting profits over public safety by refusing to install a backdoor for authorities.
Meanwhile, privacy fans were glad Apple took a stand, but were still worried that it could hand over the keys behind closed doors and that their right to privacy seemed to be entirely in the hands of authorities and law enforcement agencies, many of which have their own clear records of power abuse and misbehaviour.
The incident ended up spurring a conversation around the right to privacy which was never properly resolved.
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The state of encryption
Just a couple of years later (aka now), Russian authorities are asking the Telegram messaging platform to hand over its encryption keys so authorities can monitor communications on the platform, ostensibly to catch terrorist plotters, but the conversation is going very differently.
Telegram said no thanks, and that it couldn't even if it wanted to. In response to Telegram's refusal, Russian authorities ineffectually stomped around the Internet and realised that it's technically almost impossible to block a system that doesn't want to be blocked. Now it has started trying to chip away at distribution pillars like app stores, but finding it to be slow going.
This kind of "couldn't even if we wanted to" defence is going to be increasingly common in the age of decentralised technologies. With the addition of features that mean data doesn't need to be stored on devices themselves, there won't necessarily even be a trail left on phones and computers.
This is accomplished by using decentralised systems to create platforms where the platform itself can stay strictly hands off user data, explains Eric Lifson, CEO and co-founder of Skrumble Network, one such system.
"With Skrumble Network, the entire blockchain and application is community owned and operated, and everyone controls their own data," he explained. "Skrumble Network will have no visibility into user data.
"Storage will be offered to users in two ways. The first is on device — this is where data is stored on the user's device through a direct download. The second is through a proprietary, patented distributed scheme. This allows for data files to be stored in multiple locations. These data files are split using a proprietary algorithm and are encoded using the session key and encryption key that are generated for the user and the given session."
It also takes steps to get around being blocked by firewalls or barred by authorities, by functioning as a kind of communication dapp platform. The plan is for users to create and distribute their own secure communication systems and dapps over the Skrumble Network.
Other platforms get around this in different ways. The Mingo platform is designed to function as a kind of encrypted layer for existing apps, such as China's closely monitored WeChat app.
China managed to get in early and bar mainstream messaging platforms before they could take off, replacing them with censorable and closely monitored official messaging platforms such as WeChat. But that monitoring might not be effective if someone runs the program through a decentralised encryption service.
The end result is intended to be a multimedia communication system that cannot be monitored, intercepted or blocked by anyone or anything.
"One of the best things about the project is that we won't be able to be blocked by firewalls, we can assure user anonymity and ensure data and content privacy, truly democratising private communication on a global scale," Lifson said. "The future of communication is blockchain, and a blockchain and application like Skrumble Network's is helping to lead the revolution."
Similar privacy elements are also coming to financial transactions through certain cryptocurrencies, further helping individuals go invisible.
Is it a good or a bad thing?
When asked whether authorities have an inherent right to access citizen's communications to protect them, and what a future of ubiquitous bulletproof encryption might look like, Lifson understandably sidestepped. After all, neither question has any right answer. Instead, Lifson pointed out that the nature of the technology simply means that it's out of Skrumble's hands, and that user communities will have to be responsible for policing themselves because no one else can.
For better or worse, decentralised systems mean "true privacy" is coming to communications and transactions for the first time in the very near future. It's already come, with some hiccups, through Telegram and certain cryptocurrencies, but it will probably start causing more pronounced ripples once it gets more widely used.
For every person using privacy technology to participate in politics without contracting polonium poisoning, there will be a homegrown terrorist enjoying an amateur bomb-making course, or the average person on the street marvelling at how easy tax evasion is these days.
Rather than asking whether it's a good or a bad thing, a more practical question is what are the new pros and cons that these system will introduce and how to best reshape existing systems to accommodate the inevitable.
Community members of the small-name-big-tech privacy coin PIVX have given a lot of thought to these questions. In fact, they might be more tuned in to these kinds of questions than any other coin community. PIVX is unique as the first proof-of-stake privacy coin, which means it can be held as an untraceable interest-earning asset rather than simply being used for one-off transfers the way Monero and others are. As such, it probably tends to attract users who are thinking of privacy on a broader and more ideological societal level, rather than those who just want a private coin to buy drugs with.
Unsurprisingly, most prefer to use pseudonyms.
Balancing the pros and cons
The core argument against universal privacy is that monitoring citizen transactions and communications is necessary for keeping society safely ticking. Arguments against it are largely focused on moral arguments in favour of privacy.
"Innocent citizens should not become victims of the government. Citizens should be trusted until proven otherwise, not distrusted all the time," said PIVX community member "Gets". "It's no one's business what you spend your money on, whether they be shameful things or ordinary, it's a right not to have to disclose such."
Others pointed out that the privacy tech's arrival seems inevitable, but that with a bit of societal adjustment, the benefits can outweigh the downsides.
Simon Fischer (aka Fused_Helios) gives the example of readjusting tax law to accommodate for private assets. As it gets easier for anyone to hide assets, making it so hard for tax agencies to collect taxes that it's not cost-effective to even try, some readjustments will be needed to keep society ticking.
"For taxation, the easiest answer is the adjustment of where taxes are drawn from. Move away from income tax into sales taxes, corporate taxes, etc," he said. "As far as crime goes, they can still follow the money trail. If a McDonalds fry cook is driving a lambo, even if he/she is paid in PIVX, you can still dig and follow the obvious trail."
The argument that bulletproof privacy for all will increase crime may also be a bit specious.
"Crime will keep finding a way, as it always does, regardless," said "Strontium". "The worst that I can imagine is people potentially not paying income taxes en masse, in which case sales taxes go up to accommodate this."
In some ways, it looks like universal privacy technology might actually reduce crime.
Can privacy reduce crime?
There's scant data on how private digital transactions affect crime rates, but evidence to date suggests that cryptocurrency use among criminals actually makes the streets safer and reduces violent crime. Crook-on-crook violence is still crime, and potentially deadly to bystanders. The creation of a safe digital way for criminals to make payments may have already made the streets a bit safer in some places.
It might come at the cost of arrests, but that might be a price worth paying. Crime rates and arrest rates are very different things, and they don't necessarily have a lot to do with each other.
The violent and property crime clearance rate in the USA is dismal. Most violent crime and property crime goes unreported, and even when it does get reported, it tends to go unresolved. Even a cursory glance that very generously assumes that every single convicted person is actually guilty, which they most definitely aren't, paints a fairly unflattering picture of law enforcement success rates.
This is to be expected. Police forces around the world tend to operate stretched to capacity and are simply faced with more crime than can be effectively pursued. It's not a matter of chasing down all leads so much as prioritising the low-hanging fruit and working towards hitting quotas. In extreme cases, these broken incentive mechanisms lead to police knowingly framing people.
Even if some criminals find it easier to go invisible, police will still be just as thinly stretched as always. The worst-case scenario might be a redistribution of arrest rates, without any actual corresponding increase in crime rates.
It might be well worth it if it can help reduce violent crime as well as white collar crime.
In the case of white collar crime, privacy technology will almost certainly do much more good than harm.
Significantly, identity theft is by far the most common type of white collar crime and it's becoming more prevalent year on year, at a devastating human and economic cost. For example, businesses lose fortunes to identity theft involving credit card fraud each year, while victims often suffer irreparable damage to their credit scores with direct impacts on their quality of life.
Here, more secrecy and decentralised identity management systems are not just a good solution – they might be the only solution.
In the case of more conventional white collar crime, such as embezzlement, its prevalence is most closely tied to the general economic situation at the time, suggesting that people mostly do it because they need the money rather than out of sheer greed.
Most people don't commit crimes because most people aren't criminals, not because they're worried about whether they'll get away with it. It's quite possible that making it easier won't have any measurable impact on crime rates.
The flip side of privacy – transparency – can also go a long way to bumping down crime rates.
"A future where everything is secret is not the ideal," Fischer said. "Optional privacy has a far more versatile range. Things like your income, your savings, and your typical spending habits can remain private. Government or even corporate funds can be left public so that the money can be effectively tracked. You can verify that a company isn't lying about expenses or overpaying for basic supplies. The school board's distribution of funds can be tracked for poor decision making or just to get an honest breakdown of what costs so much money. A coin that can operate both privately and publicly has the potential to both enhance individual privacy and institutional transparency."
More transparent business and government finances, where appropriate, could help make the police's job easier by helping embezzlement and similar crimes stand out.
It's also worth laying the human cost of less considered and rarely penalised institutional crimes, such as the violation of workplace health and safety standards, next to the cost of citizen-on-citizen crimes. Preventable workplace deaths (which is theoretically all of them) kill about 50,000 people a year in the US. By contrast, 2016 saw "only" 17,500 homicides across the USA, and that was kind of a big year for murders.
Despite the disparity, almost no law enforcement efforts are focused on tackling the deadly crime of businesses knowingly violating workplace safety standards. On the contrary, the issue is actually being pushed aside through the scrubbing of workplace death data and lax reporting standards, "removing one of the most basic deterrents to unsafe working conditions," in the words of lawmakers. This is one extremely deadly crime that could be directly helped through improved transparency.
Decentralised systems and the arrival of bulletproof privacy technology is inevitable. At the same time, it's also bringing tools for improved transparency. By ensuring that the privacy and transparency sides of the coin are appropriately distributed, society might be able to get the best of both worlds. Running into the hardest core libertarian ideals isn't perfect, but neither is bending the potential of blockchain technology to universal surveillance. The right path is probably to get a range of opinions on this undeniably charged subject, while staying focused on the practical factual outcomes of different options.
Full quotes from PIVX community members
"Strontium" says:
"I think privacy in transactions is something people as a whole feel differently about to governing bodies. To most people, we value our privacy for a few reasons: (the illusion of) control, security (not becoming a target of theft or discrimination for example), maintaining our public face (eg. not openly sharing on taboo topics/avoiding shame). The priority of governing bodies is towards maintaining control, both by monitoring our behaviour, and sapping our resources via tax. We're a communal species, and transacting—be it emotional, financial, teamwork etc—is the basis of our survival. Having control over that is, I feel, integral to our ability to function.
"It was not that long ago that 'pay-packets' were handed out by companies on pay day as literal packets of money. People would do with that cash as they pleased—be it depositing it, blowing it at the casino, anything! All was well as long as they paid taxes. Nowadays many nations refuse to pay you unless it's through a bank, where they can have near-full access to how and where we use our money. Slice by slice our freedom with our money is being taken away from us with things like the patriot act, with the government boiling-frogging us out of freedom under the pretense of security. Crime and tax evasion is nothing new, and is just another excuse to maintain the leash around the necks of the masses.
"I can't see any problem with [complete secrecy]. Crime will keep finding a way, as it always does, regardless. The worst that I can imagine is people potentially not paying income taxes en masse, in which case sales taxes go up to accommodate this."
Simon Fischer (aka. Fused_Helios) says:
"The morality of it all comes down to whether or not the regular, law abiding citizens have to give up their privacy because some people might abuse that. Your financial information can be used by companies to manipulate you, can be used by criminals to target you, and can be used by your peers to pressure you. You as a law abiding citizen do not deserve that. Privacy is needed within cryptocurrency because the alternative is not the status quo. It is the complete removal of privacy.
"As far as crime goes, they can still follow the money trail. If a McDonalds fry cook is driving a lambo, even if he/she is paid in PIVX, you can still dig and follow the obvious trail. For taxation, the easiest answer is the adjustment of where taxes are drawn from. Move away from income tax into sales taxes, corporate taxes, etc.
"A future where everything is secret is not the ideal. Optional privacy has a far more versatile range. Things like your income, your savings, and your typical spending habits can remain private. Government or even corporate funds can be left public so that the money can be effectively tracked. You can verify that a company isn't lying about expenses or overpaying for basic supplies. The school boards distribution of funds can be tracked for poor decision making or just to get an honest breakdown of what costs so much money. A coin that can operate both privately and publicly has the potential to both enhance individual privacy and institutional transparency."
"Turtleflax" says:
"We already had private money (cash) for a long time. The debate should be, are we ready to give up privacy. Are we ready to let the government require you to register your crypto addresses, let them limit how much you can hold or send, let them decide who you can't send money to? Do you want to provide your account balance and transaction history to anyone you transact with? Are you ready to put that target on your back?"
"Gets" says:
"I'd say right to privacy of transactions: safety against prying eyes who may come for your money if they see you spend a lot (criminals, people soliciting donations etc.). It's no one's business what you spend your money on, whether they be shameful things or ordinary, it's a right not to have to disclose such.
"Innocent citizens should not become victims of the government, citizens should be trusted until proven otherwise, not distrusted all the time.
"Everyone is already able to [transact/communicate in complete secrecy] through cash/encrypted channels. We're just making it easier/more accessible. It's the only means we have left to combat the ever increasing surveillance state.
"Without privacy, we won't have free speech anymore, just look at China for instance. The stronger a government becomes, the more important privacy is.
"The economy and personal freedom and access to money will actually improve with readily available private transactions. Aml/Kyc is expensive and slow to enforce and harms a lot of innocent people by making banking inaccessible to much of the world's population. When the other option to private transactions results in an industry created to monetize and share your personal information (or lose it), then private transactions protects us from such misuse."
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Cardinals Reach Halfway Point With Loss
Posted on July 4, 2012 by Christine Coleman
Good pitching performances by the St. Louis Cardinals? Always welcome.
Holding the Colorado Rockies hitless in seven of the nine innings? Definitely welcome too, particularly when three of those innings are from the bullpen.
Giving up only three runs on five hits for the night? Not a bad night for Joe Kelly.
The Cardinals offense scoring only two runs on a first inning Matt Holliday homer despite nine hits and three walks and going 0 for 5 with runners in scoring position? Not good. Terrible, as a matter of fact.
Yet all of that is exactly what happened last night, meaning that Tyler Colvin's three-run third inning homer topped Holliday's two-run first inning blast. It was only the sixth win from the Rockies in their last 25 games.
Last night also was game No. 81 for the Cardinals, giving them a record of 42-39 halfway through the season. On the plus side, they are in second place — only because a Reds loss and Pirates win means those two teams are once again tied for first with identical 44-36 records.
There's some work to be done in the next 81 games.
On the plus side from last night, one of those scoreless innings was from Barret Browning. And our new guy continued to impress.
Poem for the New Poet — July 3
Two pitches, one out.
Four-pitch K and a ground-out.
Perfection again.
Hard to do much better than Barret's done so far — nine batters faced in three innings, nine batter retired in order.
Also doing very well: Fernando Salas. He pitched the eighth and ninth innings, striking out three with a walk.
Good pitching is also a plus on the night when we all knew definitively that Chris Carpenter wouldn't pitch in 2012. And Laura perfectly captured what is undoubtedly CC's sentiment going into surgery in a couple weeks. (Thank you, Laura!)
Remove a rib and some muscles to alleviate the nerve issue in his shoulder? Yeah, whatever.
That's our BAMF.
Christine Coleman is the senior St. Louis Cardinals reporter for Aaron Miles' Fastball. Follow her on Twitter, @CColeman802, or email aaronmilesfastball@gmail.com. Also follow @AMilesFastball for the latest updates.
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Amy Winehouse on July 4, 2012 at 3:43 pm said:
If you go by Bill James' Pythagorean formula to predict a team's wins and losses based on the runs they score and give up, the Cardinals should have five more wins than they do.
That's the biggest discrepancy in baseball.
Christine Coleman on July 4, 2012 at 9:37 pm said:
Seeing their Pythagorean record ticks me off every time I looks at the Cards Baseball Reference page.


The kids weren't feeling very well yesterday afternoon when they got up from their naps. Elijah and Caleb had been running a fever the day before, and Abby and both boys were fighting runny noses. I decided to let them have their snack in the living room with a movie since they really didn't want to do anything but sit there. They did fabulously! I was so proud of the minimal mess that I might just be convinced to let them enjoy a snack in the living room again.
Turns out the fevers and runny noses were only a preview of what was to come. The Elijah and Ellie synchronized their puking last night (such good little buddies), and Abby joined the ranks this morning. The stomach flu has hit our house again...and it's only been a month since the last time we had it! At least the upside is that the kids got to sit on a fancy covered couch. Caleb thought it was really fascinating that I would drape a sheet over it and kept trying to pull it off. By lunch it was wadded up on the floor. At least no one threw up while sitting there though!
I completely overhauled my open pantry, and it looks so much better now! It took several hours over a couple of days to work through all of it, but it's done. Whew! It's been on my to-do list forever. I'd put a photo up today, but something this massive deserves it's own post. Come back Sunday for that one!


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Sheldon is the former head of Florida's child welfare agency and a former Democratic lawmaker in that state. He spoke Tuesday before the City Club of Chicago.


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Marco Island is a beautiful area and a great stopping point prior to reaching out to the Keys. Knowing we have a long day ahead of us we pulled away from the beautiful Marco Island docks about 6:45 am and headed south through an inside passage that comes out in a little town called Goodland. The Calusa Marina is the last stop prior to entering the Gulf of Mexico and it was the last fuel dock between us and Marathon Key. Good place to top off the tanks, but make certain you stay within marked channels. Water gets real skinny, real fast.
We carry 87 gallons of gas when full, but at this fill up we only needed about 30 gallons. Prior to continuing our trip this morning, we filed a "float plan" with my son Curtis, instructing him we would call him before 6:00 pm. By that time we would certainly be in Marathon and would let him know we had arrived safely.
So by 9:00 am we're prepared to stick our nose out through the pass and enter the Gulf. From this point to Marathon is about 85 miles of open water. There are a few places on the coast to our port that are historic safe harbors if you get caught in bad weather, and although the waters are a little choppy, it's safe to continue. Seas are about 2-4 feet SSE with 8-10 mph winds and kicking up a little spray. We cruise at about 15 mph (3600 rpm) and settled in for our six hour crossing. All around us is beautiful blue sky and blue water.
At 12:30, with about 30 miles remaining before we reach Marathon, our starboard temperature guage indicates we are overheating on that engine, and the warning signal starts blaring. As you can imagine, these are not good things to hear out in the middle of no where. We shut down the starboard engine, assessed our situation and made the decision to limp into Marathon on just the port engine. So we raise the dead engine to eliminate drag and slowed to 8 mph. Now, instead of arriving Marathon at 2:30 pm as projected, our new ETA will be 4:07 ... if the port engine continues.
Well, the port engine did not continue. We deployed our new Manus anchor, that heretofore had never even been in the water, and are now anchored 27 miles from Marathon in about 15' of water. We are too far from shore to have cell phone communication but we do have two VHF radios on board. Unfortunately, we are having a difficult time raising TowBoatUS, but a passing vessel named FLUKE heard us and began relaying our communication with the Coast Guard sector/Key West. After sharing our location coordinates (N25º, 07'205" and W081º,10',43.4") the Coast Guard relayed our transmissions to the tow service advising them our destination was Marathon. At 1:30 the Coast Guard confirmed to us TowBoatUS had been dispatched to our location and should be alongside within two hours. At 4:00 pm we are still scanning the horizon, but no sign of any boat traffic.
and efficiently ties to our eye cleat on the bow and starts our 4.5 hour towing trip to Marathon. Enroute we share a beautiful sunset and a gorgeous moonrise, all within minutes of each other. This has been a very long day.
Up to now we had been unable to contact any family members to let them know we were OK and no one was injured. About 7:00 we received a transmission on the VHF radio from TowBoatUS that a "family member was making inquiry through Coast Guard regarding the that that was in tow. (Apparently, Coast Guard will not provide details to anyone making inquiries by phone.) It appears that when we were unable to contract Curtis by 6:00 he put our "float plan" into action. He contacted the Marathon Yacht Club, Coast Guard and Tow Boat, which prompted the VHF message from the towing company. About an hour later we were able to receive cell phone transmission and talked directly with our sons to let them know we were OK, and just delayed because of engine problems.
NOTE: Curtis is not a boater, and I told him I was very impressed with his efforts to determine our location and status. How did you know where to call? His response: Well, I am an Eagle Scout, you know!"
As of this writing we have restarted our engines many times during the next few days and they seem to be operating fine. At first we thought this could be a fuel issue, but most of the comments at the marina feel we travelled through a "weed line" and may have picked up debris that restricted water flow through the pumps. To be on the safe side we will top off our tanks at the Burdines Dock before heading out again and put a fuel stabilizer in the tank. Hopefully, we have remedied the problem, but just in case I still have my rosary on board.


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Molosi to perform alongside Sharon Stone and Cat Stevens
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The latest project from prominent Motswana actor, Donald Molosi, is a musical dubbed '2050: The Future We Want,' which he will perform alongside American actress, film producer and former fashion model, Sharon Stone as well as British singer-songwriter Cat Williams on October 3rd in Geneva. The musical will honor an environmental group founded by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, which sheds light on environmental issues as well as poverty and insecurity.
"I grew up watching Sharon Stone in films and sharing the stage with her is unbelievable. At the same time, I work extremely hard and I hope that I also give a memorable performance of my own in this musical. Apart from being an actor, I am also a classically trained singer and most of my audiences do not know that. It is time for me to share that with my audience alongside my acting. I am ready," Molosi said. The musical will also mark 20 years since Gorbachev, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, founded Green Cross International.
Sharing his reasons for supporting the initiative, Molosi said, "I last did a professional musical in 2005 in New York City and I am glad to be doing it once again; eight years later. But as with all my other performances, this is not just for entertainment. The musical sheds light on environmental issues and our audience is the world's diplomats and heads of state. Someday I will use my talents for pure entertainment but for now the call to use one's gifts for good causes is too urgent. I have to entertain and inform at the same time."
Commenting on the opportunity that has availed itself to him he revealed that, "I am not just representing Botswana. I was chosen from hundreds of African performers to represent all of Africa so of course I have prepared myself to speak for other regions of Africa with intelligence and true representation. "
He added that even when he was playing his role as Botswana's First President Sir Seretse Khama in his award winning play Blue, Black and White, it was not about entertainment only, but also about reconstructing a nation's memory of its leaders. "My work seeks to be entertaining on stage and useful off stage. My audience should walk away energized to seek and make change," he adde d.
It would be the first time that a Motswana performs at the UN and Stone, Molosi and Stevens as storytellers in the piece, will be showing the audience how to resolve some of the critical challenges facing the world that include climate change and poverty.
"I can't wait to start working with young artists from all over the world who 20 years after president Gorbachev launched his global mission, are showing that there is a way forward, but only if we act now," Stone said in a statement in one of the US publications.
The musical is being co-produced by Green Cross and Peace Child International, which began setting up musicals during the Cold War in an attempt to bring young people from the United States and the Soviet Union together to help resolve the conflict.
The President of Peace Child International, and main organizer of the event, David Woollcombe said in a statement, "Today sees the start of an inspirational journey to create an optimistic musical that will show how youth achieve the future they want."
Green Cross International president Alexander Likhotal also added that the musical will use artistic language and vivid imagery to translate the problems facing humanity into a new form; that of theatre, and in doing so bring to wide attention the issues, urgency and priorities for action.
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František Blažek (3. října 1867 Borovany u Milevska – 14. prosince 1937 Praha) byl český lesní inženýr, geodet, člen samosprávy v Rožmitále pod Třemšínem, člen různých lesnických sdružení a držitel řádu svatého Silvestra.

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Narodil se v Borovanech u Milevska v rodině půlláníka Jana Blažka a jeho manželky Marie rozené Bouškové. Měl mladšího bratra Jana, který zemřel v dětském věku (15. dubna 1866 – 22. prosince 1866). Vystudoval nižší reálku v Táboře. V roce 1882 vstoupil do služby pražského arcibiskupství. Nejdříve začínal jako lesní praktikant na velkostatku Týn nad Vltavou. Po třech letech úspěšně složil státní zkoušku z lesnictví a myslivosti. Od listopadu 1888 pracoval jako příručí v polesí Skalsko na velkostatku Dolní Břežany. V roce 1890 přestoupil do polesí Roželov na velkostatku Rožmitál pod Třemšínem. V letech 1892–1894 studoval na německé spolkové lesnické škole v Bělé pod Bezdězem. Po návratu ze studií zařídil lesy na třech velkostatcích. V roce 1897 složil zkoušku pro samostatné lesní hospodáře a o rok později autorizační zkoušku pro civilní geometry. Téhož roku přestoupil v hodnosti lesního a civilního geometra na velkostatek Červená Řečice u Pelhřimova. V roce 1904 získal titul nadlesního, v roce 1911 se stal přednostou obvodu Červená Řečice, Onšov a Nový Rychnov. V roce 1917 se stal lesmistrem.V roce 1916 předsedal okresní správní komisi v Pelhřimově. V Rožmitále pod Třemšínem byl členem městské rady. Od roku 1919 mu bylo povoleno užívání titulu Ing.. Od května 1920 byl přijat do správy arcibiskupského velkostatku Rožmitál pod Třemšínem. V roce 1926 obdržel od arcibiskupství titul lesního rady a ředitele a byl mu od papeže udělen rytířský řád svatého Silvestra.
Je uváděn jako místopředseda Penzijního ústavu pro úředníky a zřízence velkostatků arcibiskupství pražského, jako předseda Volných sdružení lesních správ na Podbrdsku, jako delegát ÚV Volných sdružení lesních správ v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku se sídlem v Praze a jako člen výboru Ústřední jednoty československého lesnictva a předseda jejího krajského odboru v Písku. Dále přijal členství v ČAZ a v České lesnické jednotě (Böhmischer Forstverein). Zúčastňoval se i anket pořádaných Zemědělskou radou v Praze.

Na všech velkostatcích, kde působil se značně přičinil zvláště v oblastech zařízení a pěstění lesů a v potírání mnišky, proti níž bojoval především prosvětlováním porostů. Úspěšně se věnoval přirozené obnově porostů zmlazováním. Dal podsazovat zchudlá a degenerovaná lesní stanoviště bukem a jedlí.

V knize Město Rožmitál a jeho okolí od Františka Augustina Slavíka je mu věnováno poděkování za spolupráci na rozšířeném 2. vydání z roku 1930.

V roce 1936 odešel na odpočinek a odstěhoval se do Prahy. Zemřel 17. prosince 1937 a je pochován na hřbitově u kostela sv. Matěje v Praze-Dejvicích.

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Dne 26. července 1898 se v Rožmitále oženil s Vilemínou Haschkeovou, dcerou Josefa Haschkeho, arcibiskupského lesmistra působícího v Louňovicích a v Rožmitále, a Marie rozené Brožové z Rožmitálu, která byla dcerou rožmitálského řídícího učitele Ferdinanda Brože (autor prvního životopisu Jana Jakuba Ryby). František s Vilemínou měli tři děti, které se narodily v Červené Řečici. V roce 1899 se narodila dcera Nina (1899–1971), která se stala profesorkou hudby v Praze a pedagožkou publicisty Vratislava Beránka. Provdala se za Ing. Roberta Štechu (1891–1964), vědeckého a kulturního pracovníka. V roce 1900 se narodil syn Jan (1900–1973), který se stal architektem. Nejmladší syn František Blažek (1903–1977) byl pediatr, profesor a pedagog.

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More benefits for couples who adopt disabled children
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Published : Feb 17, 2011 - 18:26 Updated : Feb 17, 2011 - 18:26
A 50-year-old office worker, Jun Soon-geol, and his wife Shin Joo-ryeon, also 50, adopted two baby girls 11 years ago.
They soon discovered that the younger child, Ah-young, was suffering from cerebral palsy but have never regretted their decision.
"Government subsidies have helped a lot for raising our daughter. But we hope that more support is given for essential but expensive medical equipment like a wheelchair," said the couple who also have a biological son, Hae-chan, 21.
The couple is among the few Koreans who adopt handicapped children, of whom more than 90 percent are sent abroad.
Along with the nation's long emphasis on blood ties, the prejudice toward disabled people has made it difficult for the children to find a home in Korea.
As part of the plan to promote domestic adoption, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday that more benefits will be given to adoptive families of disabled children from this year.
Child care subsidies will be increased from the current 570,000 won to 627,000 won ($510 to $560) per month, while annual medical support will be raised from 2.52 million won to 2.6 million won.
Korea is still the fourth-largest "baby-exporting country" to the U.S. after China, Ethiopia and Rwanda, with nearly half the children adopted finding home abroad.
Of the 1,462 children adopted domestically last year, only 3.2 percent were children with a disability, the ministry said.
"Considering that 92.5 percent of handicapped children are sent abroad for adoption, I'll try to offer more realistic help to the adoptive family," said Health and Welfare Minister Chin Soo-hee when she visited an adoption agency in southern Seoul on Thursday.
Saying that 90 percent of adoptive children are born to single mothers, she also emphasized support measures for birth mothers to take care of the children themselves.
The ministry also plans to increase the amount of adoption commission given to related organizations, which had been paid by the adoptive family previously but has been supported by the government since 2007.
By Lee Ji-yoon (jylee@heraldcorp.com)


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A storybook week: 'Onward to the Kingdom' retreat rallies vicariate's spirit of cooperation
Daniel Meloy
Mar 29, 2019 Local
Auxiliary Bishop Robert Fisher, left, and Fr. Roman Pasieczny, pastor of St. Lawrence Parish in Utica, distribute Communion during the closing Mass of the North Macomb Vicariate's biennial "Onward to the Kingdom" retreat March 28 at St. Isidore Parish in Macomb. The weeklong retreat featured concerts, talks and presentations from local and national speakers hosted by each of the vicariate's nine parishes. (Photos by Dan Meloy | Detroit Catholic)
Nine parishes in North Macomb Vicariate unite for weeklong event no one parish 'would be able to do on our own,' organizers say
MACOMB — It is a story that has been told countless times before. To millions upon millions of ears.
But it is a story that needs to be told again. Once more. To ears that have not heard the story before, or those who have heard the story, but have forgotten their part in the tale.
It is the story of Christ, his Church, and how everyone is invited to take part in telling and receiving God's plan to save humanity from sin.
For one week in northern Macomb County, nine parishes united to tell, share and retell that story to the greater community.
From March 23-28, the North Macomb Vicariate hosted its biennial "Onward to the Kingdom" Lenten retreat. Throughout the week, each of the vicariate's nine parishes — St. John Vianney, St. Therese of Lisieux and St. Kieran in Shelby Township; St. Lawrence in Utica; St. Clement of Rome in Romeo; St. Francis of Assisi-St. Maximilian Koble in Ray Township; St. Isidore in Macomb; St. Mary Mystical Rose in Armada; and SS. John and Paul in Washington Township — took turns hosting local and national speakers and Masses in a call to revive the faith in northern Macomb County.
Massgoers pray the "Our Father" during the closing Mass of the weeklong "Onward to the Kingdom" retreat, which featured talks by Crux editor and founder John Allen Jr. and musician John Angotti.
"This is a way for all of us to remember that we are part of a larger Church," Mary Kraus, Christian service coordinator at St. Lawrence, told Detroit Catholic. "Even though I may be a parishioner at St. Lawrence, when I visit the other parishes in my vicariate, see the Catholic faithful at others churches, it shows we're all part of something bigger."
The weeklong mission began with a day of service at the vicariate's lone Catholic high school, Austin Catholic in Chesterfield Township. On Sunday, nationally acclaimed Catholic musician John Angotti hosted a music ministry workshop at St. Therese of Lisieux before the retreat moved to St. Lawrence, where Angotti performed a concert titled "Celebrate Our Story."
Monday featured Mass at St. Francis-St. Maximilian in the morning, followed by Angotti giving a "Renew Our Story" presentation at SS. John and Paul Parish. After Mass on Tuesday at St. Clement of Rome, local speaker and evangelist Mary Wilkerson gave a "Tell Our Story" presentation at St. Kieran.
"This retreat started in 2009 as an opportunity to get our parishioners out to other parishes to see the ways we are the same but still differ in how we celebrate Mass, the look and feel of the parishes," Kraus said. "The way we format the week leaves everyone with an opportunity to step outside of their box, be exposed to the bigger Church."
On Wednesday, retreatants went to the Capuchin Retreat Center in Washington Township for Mass, before an evening "Connect Our Story" presentation at St. John Vianney from Crux founder and editor John Allen Jr., who gave the retreat goers a more global perspective of the current state of the Church.
"With the collaboration effort between the parishes, we're able to book speakers and events we in no way would be able to do on our own," said John Lajiness, pastoral associate at St. John Vianney. "We are usually able to bring in some national-level speakers, something that any one parish would struggle to do, especially in the smaller parishes in the vicariate."
"The wide diversity of the different speakers and opportunities for our parishioners was something that really excited me about this year's retreat," Lajiness continued. "John Angotti with his pastoral background and musical gifts; Mary Wilkerson is a local speaker who shared with us how to share our witness and testimony. And John brought a broader perspective, with his experience covering Rome and what the Catholic Church looks like on a global perspective."
Matt Kush, music and creative director for St. Isidore Parish in Macomb, leads the choir during the closing Mass.
The final day of the retreat, Thursday, began with a Mass at St. Mary Mystical Rose, and the evening ending with Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Robert Fisher, episcopal moderator of the archdiocese's Northeast Region, celebrating Mass at St. Isidore.
During his homily, Bishop Fisher recounted his days as a counselor at Catholic Youth Organization camps in Port Sanilac and the power of stories to captivate attention.
"The stories we have are a great power for all of us," Bishop Fisher said. "This week, the theme of the mission revolved around stories, talking about celebrating our stories, renewing our stories, telling our stories and connecting with our stories. In a lot of ways, those four sub-themes are what we do at the Mass: we celebrate, we tell, we relive and we come in communion with the story of Jesus Christ."
Bishop Fisher said Lent is the time for the faithful to examine where they have gone astray with the story God has given them, calling to mind the sacrifice Christ endured to make each believer's story a story of salvation.
"During the season of Lent, it is a wonderful time to renew, to take a look at where our story has deviated from Jesus' story," Bishop Fisher said. "How have we forgotten to serve, forgotten to love, forgotten to look for Christ in others, to be generous? So I invite us to come back, to renew, to confess our sins and celebrate the sacrament of reconciliation, to have a time of renewal, because God has forgiven us, truly, and sent us forth to tell our story to the world."
Renewed with the call to go forth and proclaim the Gospel, the vicariate community relished the chance to celebrate together one last time.
Fr. Roman Pasieczny, pastor of St. Lawrence, told Detroit Catholic why the mission is such a crucial part of Lent for the northern Macomb community.
"During Lent, it is all of our mission to return to God, to come together and proclaim that this community, these parishes, are a community for God," Fr. Pasieczny said. "There are so many stories for this community to share, in each of the nine parishes. But the story of the vicariate, being here, in one of the fastest-growing regions in Michigan for the last 10 to 20 years, is to come together, to return to God. God is here, in our community. He loves us, He saves us. And His story is our story."


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Why did Harry Styles' Capital One concert get cancelled?
Harry Styles fans may be relieved to hear that the singer's Capital One Concert, which was supposed to be held in Miami, has been called off.
Fans had been anticipating Harry's concert, which was scheduled to happen on December 30. Along with the singer, Khalid would also be performing. To make sure people could have a good time, the event's tickets were free. Unfortunately, on December 20, it was reported that the event would not be held.
Why Was The Harry Styles Concert Cancelled?
Due to an increase in COVID in the United States, Harry's show was postponed.
"As a result of the epidemic's complex logistics and production issues, as well as consultation with the artists and their production teams, we've decided to cancel the Capital One Beach Bash originally planned for December 30, 2021, at Lummus Park on South Beach."
The announcement was made on Capital One's official account.
Will Harry Styles Have Another Concert Soon?
Harry hasn't announced any tours yet, but he did tell his followers that he would be releasing new music shortly. Harry addressed his fans during the last week while on tour in the United States, according to People: "I'm going to disappear for a little bit and we'll work on some things before returning. I promise I won't be gone long."
After the Madison Square Garden date on his Purpose World Tour, Ed thanked his fans for their support, stating: "I'd just want to take a moment to say thank you to all of you for what you've given me in this tour; it's something I'll never be able to tell you because what you've shared with us every night…emotionally, you've been so generous with me, and I really appreciate it."
Other Concerts That Have Been Cancelled Due To Covid
The epidemic is causing several artists to call off their tours. As a result of the omicron variant, several performances have been canceled. In addition, the following are some of the events and gatherings that have been called off:
Bryan Adams concert
iHeartRadio Y100 Jingle Ball
The Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes
Meanwhile, several TV shows have been canceled for next year.
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New D+Q: Sabrina by Nick Drnaso
Nick Drnaso's second full length book hits shelves today! It follows several characters' lives that are interconnected by the disappearance of the titular Sabrina. In the same vein as Beverly, Drnaso's impressive debut, Sabrina delves deeply into the suburban Midwestern experience.
In the wake of tragedy, Sabrina's boyfriend, Teddy, takes refuge at a childhood friend's home. Calvin generously agrees to look after Teddy as best he can, despite dealing with his own grief over a failed marriage, and an uneventful career with the U.S. Air Force. In glimpses we see Sabina's sister, Sandra, coping with meditation and group therapy.
Sabrina is remarkable for the way it convincingly conveys the texture of daily life. Drnaso draws these lives in such conceivable detail that you can almost hear the room tone in each panel. His deft integration of watching television, playing video games, or perusing e-mails gives visual expression to an experience that has become second nature to many.
As Teddy withdraws from his reality, he begins tuning into an alternative talk radio universe - one that is obsessed by secrets and lies. And, when a video of Sabrina surfaces, a horde of righteous conspiracy theorists begin harassing the victims of this senseless crime. In the Trumpian era of fake news, it's a timely depiction of the climate of public discord.
Nothing is explicit in Drnaso's work. Connections present themselves, but it never feels as though the artist is guiding the reader to some predetermined conclusion. This understated style makes for a nuanced and compelling read. Sabrina is a complex, touching portrait of contemporary middle class American life in all its attendant joys and sorrows, dreams and disappointments.
For more on this book, read words from editor here.


Little is known about the new culture secretary. Is the media waiting to see how long he lasts?
The new culture secretary has a legal background, but not much more is known about Jeremy Wright, a former criminal barrister.
Typically, the appointment of the minister responsible for culture, media and sport prompts a slew of stories about their cultural preferences. For example we learned that Wright's predecessor Matt Hancock liked Ed Sheeran and racing, while Karen Bradley liked Adele and Man City.
More than a week after Wright's appointment no detail has yet emerged about the man who spent four years as chief legal adviser to the government, apart from the fact that he is a married father of two who voted to remain as MP of Kenilworth and Southam in Warwickshire.
This lack of interest could be down to the fact that as the fourth culture secretary in two years, the media has decided to see how long he lasts.
In the post-referendum merry-go-round, the media job has proved a springboard for high-fliers such as the home secretary, Sajid Javid, as well as Bradley and Hancock. But the wheels have turned so many times, it seems as though the whips have been forced to wander around looking for anyone left.
In this plum job, the brief includes dealing with Fox's acquisition of Sky and a review into the future of journalism, due next year. The issue of digital platforms' responsibility will prove key and Wright has shown an early belief that when it comes to posting racist or Islamophobic comments, technology firms must "understand clearly that criminal law applies".
Unlike his predecessor, Wright appears to be no fan of social media – until last week he had not tweeted since 2015. He has consistently voted against increases in corporation tax, suggesting that his tenure will be a continuation of Hancock: pro business, but tech-sceptic.


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